(foa-tor44-1o064 CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM ek ae | SANITIZED ~SEuRET at a 22 March 1957 MEMORANDUM FCR : Chief, Security Support Division FROM : Chief, Investigations Branch SUBJECT : C-25507 #112569 GIST s The Sub ject, a Contract Agent, is now being considered for career agent status and a provisional covert security approval has been requested on an expedite basis to enable the Subject to. sign a contract as a career agent when he comes to the United States in the latter part of March. Subject meets staff stan- dards with the exception that his wife is a Costa Rican citizen. Recommend issuance of provisional covert security approval with full covert security approval to follow upon completion of ad- ditional investigation. DETAILS : 1. The Subject is a native born United States citizen, who resided in Illinois from the date of his birth in 1922 to 19L0 when he entered the United States Army. He served overseas with the Army and later the Air Force until his discharge in 19l5. After his dis- charge he worked for a brief period in Sterling, Dllinois until December 1945, at which time he moved to the Panama Canal Zone. He has remained outside the United States from 195 to the present time __ and from 1946 to 1919 served a period of re-inlistment in the Air Ath for dno fh Force. ; 2. According to information supplied by,WH Division, Subject i.7,.9 T became a Contract Agent in June 1949 and has served continuously in ‘A. & tiat capacity up to the present time. Subject's security file re- flects that. he was processed for an operational clearance in July Ad & Wey, | 1954 for use as an agent under Project AY o| Investigation ” at that time consisted of RI-K checks on the Subject which produced nothing derogatory and National Agency Name Checks on the Subject which were likewise non derogatory. E 0, OoS/i&S $50 Files
14-00000 we 3. Additional investigation which can be performed includes coverage at DeKalb and Sterling, Illinois to cover the Subject's. residences in those camunities prior to 190 and for the brief period during 1945, during which he was employed in Sterling, Tllinois. In addition,name checks and RI-K checks will be brought up to date on the Subject and additional RI-K checks will be scheduled on the Subject's spouse and her relatives who are apparently residing in Costa Rica. lk. In a memorandum dated 8 March 1957 from Chief, WH Division, it was stated that the Subject is currently assigned to Cuba where he is utilized as Principal Agent on Project ANf{/ ol This Pro- ject is an FI operation designed to provide information on political activities (including Communist) in University circles in Havana, Cuba. Subject's activities in connection with this Project have been concerned with Communist Party penetration and his current work in- volves the handling of a net of. agents providing coverage of Communist, leftist, revolutionary and other political activities of Havana and the student youti, circles in general in Cuba. Subject's use under. the requested covert security approval will be the same as in the Past according to Mr. Hugh MacCAULZY, WH/3. 5. WH Division in its memorandum of 8 March 1957 was highly laudatory in its evalanesof the Subject and consider him to be an outstanding employee with strong overall qualifications. It was further pointed out that the Subject's spouse, a Costa Rican citizen, has expressed a desire to acquire United States citizenship and she plans to accompany her husband to the United States for this purpose in the near future. 6. The reason for elevating the Subject to career agent status is to reward him with more permanent status dndgreater benefits for the outstanding service which he has performed in the past. The Sub- _ ject plans to be in Washingtm, D. C. at the end of March and it-is desired to assign him to a contract as a career agent at that time. ——, 7- In view of the absence of any derogatory information con- cerning the Subject, plus the fact that he is a native born United States citizen and taking into account his past record of outstanding service as a contract agent, it is felt that a provisional covert security approval could be issued at this time to enable the Subject's usé as a career agent. The provisional covert security approval would be issued with the understanding that additional investigation was being performed and that a final decision regarding the issuance of a full covert security approval would depend on the results of said investigation. The only area wherein Subject failed to meet staff standards is in the fact that his wife and her relatives are citizens SERRE
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