178-10002-10265 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : . AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE : DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE: CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information ROCKCOM 178-10002-10265 ASSASSINATION FILES A-I(J) CORRESPONDENCE--ASSASSINATIONS Document Information ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION CARGILL, MASON FILE Date: 8/27/20) PERSONS...WHO MIGHT BE INTERVIEWED RE CASTRO ASSASSINATION PLANS 05/15/1975 * e) ASSASSINATIONS, FOREIGN LEADERS CIA ‘ AMLASH | ANTI-CASTRO ACTIVITIES CLANDESTINE OPERATIONS LIST Unelassified 1A; 1B Redact 07/07/1993 Unmarked but may contain unreleasable names. 118 HW 50955 Docld: 32275468 Page 1
COMMISSION ON CIA ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES Washington, DC 20500 -May 15, 1975 MEMORANDUM 178-10002-10265 To: File From: Mason Cargill Subject: PERSONS IDENTIFIED IN 1967 IN INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT WHO MIGHT BE INTERVIEWED ON THE SUBJECT OF CASTRO ASSASSINATION PLANS — so Sat 1. James PB. O'Connell.“ First mentioned. on page 16 of the report, O'Connell was named as Colonel Edwards'! st case officer for the Phase I operation involving Maheu and Ne Roselli. At the time, O'Connell was Chief, Operational Support Division, Office of Security. _2. Dr. Edward Gunn. Dr. Gunn was Chief, Operations . Division, Office of Medical Services. He assisted Shef Edwards a with various technical aspects of the Castro plots. , 3. | . an employee of the Technical Servicés Division, prepared poisoned cigars during Phase I. 4. | He was Chief of the Technical Services Division during P he requests for assistance from Edwards to Gunn and were passed through Roosevelt. >. A. B. Esterline. He was Chief of the WH/4 Division during Phase I and was listed on page 34 of the report as having been witting of the Phase I plan. 6. Sidney Gottlieb. He was Special Assistant to . .. |the DD/P during Phase I and was listed as having been witting "oe of the Castro operation. The report states that in 1967, he , denied knowing of the operation. 7. Robert Bannerman. He was Deputy Director of Security during this era and was listed as having been witting of the Castro plan. RMC:clb oo . ; . (2) | UNMARKED \ MAY CONTAIN NATL SECURITY INFORMATION : HY 50955 Docld: 32275468 Page 2 Y GQTWHAD FAT wows ranantraus ANVdAGIT aTyo4g
8. J.C. King. He was Chief of the WH Division 3 and was listed in the IG report as being witting of the plan. Ae / In 1967 he denied knowledge of it. we “i 9. “Justin O'Donnell.’ Mentioned on page 38 of the - report, ‘O'Donnell’ was. to have been in charge of the assassi- nation of Patrice Lamumba by agent QUWIN; however, he surveyed Ce the scene and decided he wanted no part in an assassination Nt attempt. ' 10. Bruce Cheever. He was Harvey's deputy in 1962 and was listed on page 55 as having been‘witting of Phase II. ll. Lawrence Houston. First mentioned on page 62 of the report. He was requested by Colonel Edwards to call ., on an Assistant Attorney General to explain the bugging incident oe in Las Vegas. It appears from the IG report that Houston was vee witting of aspects of Phase I which led up to the wiretapping incident. On May 7, 1962, Houston, along with Sheffield Edwards, briefed Attorney General Kennedy on the Phase I operation. 12. General Carter. Carter was DDCI under John McCone. In April, 1962, he was briefed by Houston on Phase I. He said he "understood" the situation and "in due time might | brief the Director, Mr. McCone." However, the 1967 report o“ states, "There is no indication that General Carter was further briefed on the full details of the assassination plot against Castro." 13. Robert A. Maheu. Maheu, of course, was the private investigator who served as the Agency's contact with Roselli during Phase I. 14. Edward P. Morgan. He was Maheu's attorney in 1966 when the CIA intervened with the Long committee. He excused Maheu as a witness in its investigation of invasions of privacy. According to the IG report, Maheu indicated that he might brief his attorney Morgan fully about his past acti- vities so that Morgan would be able to decide how best to represent him. “4 No, 15, Desmond Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald became head of gt the Cuban task force in January, 1963. Mentioned on page 75 se of the report, Fitzgerald said that the skin diving suit plan X began while he was head of the Cuban task force. 16. Samuel Halpern. The IG report, page 75, states that Halpern said the skin diving suit plan had begun under William Harvey and that he, Halpern, had briefed Fitzgerald \ on it. ) J er 50955 Docld: 32275468 Page 3 , “SS OTYNTSD FEY Wo zRaanTAT AUS ANVddIT aoy
17. George McManus. He was a special assistant to DD/P Helms in 1963. He had been told of the skin diving suit pian by Halpern and later mentioned it to Mr. Helms. 18. Nestor Sanchez. According to page 80 of the report, Sanchez,was the case officer of Rolando Cubela during the AMLASH projéct. 19. ; He was a case officer from headquarters who on several occasions met with Cubela at , European locations. He is first mentioned on page 83. 20. . According to. the report, page 85, he was a Spanish-speaking case officer from the once met with Rolando Cubela and[ . fhe: an aaa Se? NU dinctsslomausaaubomisentld _ .. 22. ' He was a CIA officer of the iStatVon' In Iyeal He participated in meetings with Cabela. He is mentioned on page 100 of the report. 23. Juan Orta. First mentioned on page 25 of the report, he was said to be the "inside" man who was going to plant pills in Castro's food. Apparently, the Agency, in 1967, felt that Orta was either in the U.S. or otherwise available. In speculating as to whether others could reconstruct the details of this report, it stated, on page 123, “Orta can confirm the pill element of Phase I." 24. Tony Varona (Dr. Manuel Antonio De Verona de Loredo). Varona was used as a funnel for pills in Phase I. He was a prominent member of the Cuban exile community. Varona was also mentioned, on page 132, as a possible source of information about Phase I. HY 50955 Docld: 32275468 Page 4 21. “RealStant. According to the report, page 88 he was another CIA officer who had met with Cubela and) WONT RannataAca “HS OGTWATD FA, ABWdaGiT aquog