os age (fostorog-o0da] ® . PWalliam’Caufield{ Chief,’ Certification and Liaison Divie 00 . “sion, Office of Finance, and Mee pe ap Hof Finance eS . On the subject z,/cadtien oward Hint. @ outset-of 2020) . Anstruction had ¢ _ _ . OFFice of Finance, Mr..Thomas Yale, that discussion on °°” oO Mr. Hunt to avoid duplication. Mr. Yale added paren-= =. |. _ thetically that.it was the nature of Finance Officers. . not to Isave a job half done and thet en "informal" | .@i February 1974 © A ee oo MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD * SUBJECT: Office of Finance Records - H. Howard Hunt” a oa, On the instruction of Mr. Steven L. Kuhn, Chief. | of Operations, PSI, the undersigned made an. appointment ==. 7. or the Caufiotal Of 20 February 1974 to interview Mr. thé interview Mr./Caufield]advised-the undersigned that’ 9. <%. fen received from the Director of the 9 |... the subject of Mr. Hunt was to be carried out only with ©9260. _, the Office of ths Inspector General. Mr.) Canfi Adjstated = © = iv that he had informed Mr. Yale of the requested interview -. eet and had received this instruction with the suggestion | le that the undersigned contact Mr. Yale directly with any ‘ainguiry. |. ae a ea a Z- Accompanied by Hr. (Caufieias ‘the undersigned ... ' brisfed Mr. Yale on the nature of the request and iden- _ tified the "Task Force” effort being undertaken by the __. Office of Security in concert with the Offices of the ©. Inspector General and Legislative Counsel, Mr. Yale responded that he recognized the legitimacy of the ins 9° 02 2 quiry. Mr. Yale explained that subsequent to i Atiation. 9 if nge: of the complete audit being undertaken by Mr. of - 8 . the Audit. Staff, the Deputy Director for Managemen ‘and ‘Services, Mr. Harold L. Brownman, had requested the - il Office of Finance to discontinue their investigation of |. tt less continued at a more. subdued. pace, inquiry into Mr. Hunt’s financial records had neverthe- 0. “REFURNTO.CIA 8 800 2 ackgrourd Use Only.” '.. Do Not Reproduce - (7 ne 22: ee So gepngz cosa GL BY 011696 ° Be tod 5! We bu to SBS So od
fan eth vel ca _sphers Division, . “Deputy Directorate for Plans, - payment in the amount: of 3s to OME s cor _this purpose. oe Se Tee OE "” operational reimbursements were made to Mr. Hunt through ~ ‘accounts or. advances being _processed through this channel. ne felt that it-was inconceivable that Mr. -Hunt could havs | ces -undertaken operational activity without some transfer of - oF accounting for funds. To date, no such records have + tional Activity (OOA)" funds expended by or on behalf of * . .* . . ! ; é f ‘ . . ; ; . f. . . 3. <A review of the circumstances surrounding So Hunt's conversion to Contract Type A employment and ae ssignment was then undertaken by Messrs. Yale, (Caufield) (iudsoh[and the undersigned. The contract and payroll. iles of Mr. Hunt were reviewsad for possible indications of the nature of the operational activity undertaken in Madrid. A review of travel vouchers indicated that Mr... Hunt and his family made accountings indicating departures from Washington, D. €., on 5 August 1965 with an arrival ' in Madrid, Spain,.on 16 August 1965. The costs of this travel were charged to the budget of the Western i-- Station Support account. A subsequent account ing sum-_ marized PCS travel. expenses and included a payment for. apartment rental.for 16, 17 and 18 August 1965 with a 4. It was determined that an allottes bank account | in Mr. Hunt's name had been established at the Riggs .. | National Bank. o£ Washington. All salary and other non-. _. sterile check to this account. An operational atcount . was established for Mr. Hunt with the Chase Manhattan oa Bank of New York City. A review of all paymants made to Mr. Hunt through the Chase bank account. through Mr. Hunt's i operational advance subsidiary account, or 1442 account, 02. | had been made. There was no record of any operational —— Mr, Yale stated that this Zact defined his concern, He... been developed. No reference to a project or project wo ree te digraph or operational FAN number has been jocated. AL  - 9° fo: “expenses connected with Mr. Hunt identified to date were =. | Support. A review made of eS records has not indicated any "Developmental and Target of Opportimity (D4TO)" funds or "Other Operas Mr. Hunt. These two accounts would normally be ths source ve iss of operational funding not. charged against a. specific } Pro- a ject. activity. Ce ot | me ay : JA, . 7 . * . vi
14-00000 e a a an . ad e 2 - advance account of Mr. Hunt be reviewed for other possible After discussion, it was agreed that particular attention. 05. _. bS taken to any items connected with publishing or book Ce Sas . Yoyaities. Mr. Yale noted that the royalty offset waiver -.°.. _ intention to interview Mr, Edward Ryan, currently Chief, | crn . Division D, who was at tha time of Mr. Hunt's Madrid assign~~: . The undarsigned informed Mx. Yale that this had been done . ‘and briefed Mr. Yale on the generally. negatives results of .-- ‘the interview. Mr..Yale then recommended that Mr. Sam ._ ate Halpern be interviewed, Mr. Yale noted that Mr, Halpern 00 gatter was Chief, Western Hemisphere Division and had ae~ oe passing that Mr. Halpern remained on the staff and acted as--:- ” an Executive Officer for Mr. Thomas Kavamessines. Mr, Yale sos. 5. <A review of all of the travel vouchers on record for Mr. Hunt during this period also failed to identify ; a project. In addition to the. PCS and return vouchers, — two other accountings are on record. One accounting — covered a trip by the entire Hunt family to Paris "for _ - the renewal of visas." A second voucher covered a TDY trip from Madrid to Washington with return to Madrid; mada by Mr. Hunt from 5 January to 8 January 1966. The voucher states in the space provided for the citation of | ee the travel order number - "no travel order.” .The account- ©. an ing was approved and Signed by Mr. Thomas Karamessines,  ..-. 0°. then Beputy Director for Plans, No justification or Re ath statement of purpose for this TDY was given.on the -BCcount= 2: eeske . 62° Mr. Yale determinad that further review of possible. oe aa wee -. sources or identification of operational funding was in order. Mr. Yale gave instructions that the entire 1442 2s Channels of funding outside of the New York Chase account, ~ provision ammended to Mr. Hunt’ s contract was, in his ex- Pie. Ay perience, somewhat unusual. CO Ee te 7. Mr. Yale was informed b y the undersigned o£ the ee Be ment, Deputy Chisf of the Western Hemisphere Division. Mr. 08% Yale suggested that Mr. Davis Powell also be interviewed. | had been an assistant to Mr. Desmond Fitzgerald when the companied Mr. Fitzgerald when he became Deputy Director for 0 Plans, Myr. Yale recalled that subsequent to Hr. Fitzgerald's Stated that from his experience, Mr. Karamessinas would - have delegated al1 the. arranging of “details” surrounding <5. 1: an assignment such as Mr. Hunt's to Mr. Halpern. - Mr, Yale or _ | pRtEee offered the parenthetical observation of his surprise at -. ; what he interpreted to be reticence to date to interveww, |. ‘iz, Halper, , ae oy = °
14-00000 8. The undersigned assured Mr. Yale that he would be informed of any information identifying any possible project  - activity developed in subsequent investigation. Mr. Yale —. - stated that any information in this area would greatly . *) facilitate the job of checking computorized financial o=-- -. records. . - _ oo ; oo . Lawrence J. Howe © 4 ¥ ad PNET Pe OETA? Odie /osdolsivs