P.9714 “ “APR 15 °97 @5:@2PM USGOVERNMENT HW 55157 Subject: CIA Employees from such release. The CIA will conduct the appropriate searches to determine whether release would pose national security concerns for the US Government or personal safety concerns for the individual. In this way, CIA and the Review Board can concentrate their. efforts on individuals who are significant figures in the JFK story, expediting the review of the sequestered collection. 23. (U) It ig our hope that the CIA and the Review Board can agree on and work out a mutually acceptable policy regarding the identity of CIA employees that will not - undermine the important principle of protecting those who work covertly for the US Government. My staff and I are ready to discuss this matter with you at your convenience. Attachment A. letter ‘JFK Act 6 (1) (A) JFK Act 6 (1) (B) DoclId:327404069 Page 3
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“APR 1S ’97 @5!@3PM USGOVERNMENT . pp Prliid 17 March 1997 Your letter of 4 Maroh was del ered tor me on. 10 0 March, and this reply will be sent via the satne channel. | oI cwigh to go on record as demanding t that my name not at be released | in ANY document disclosed concerning the Kf | pinedy assassination, 7 First, 1 shall deseribe n my present ciroumstances and thereafter I will address - ! the legal points in the legislation, Oo which has worked reasonably well since “then I reside 7 [TSC™~tCCCCC#d*‘V ig city (and the entire country) i is still populated with Communists and ex-Communists - who formed part of the Marxist. conspiracy to overthrow the demooratically elected Governments in the 1960s and 70s. Many of these persons are. LOW. members of Congress and. a few are, in the President's Cabinet. During my service as COS, | maintained liaison with civilian and military officers, during which time 1 worked with these. to overcome the guerilla offensive, and ‘to combat the Communist Party. after it accepted "pacification." I left Jena went to Vietnam, from which. I returned to as a private oltizen. Because of my . wife's long employment and friendships, we are as closely connected. with the [es two Christians ¢ can be, . . Given n my somewhat exposed osition as COS, my true affiliation was known toa number, of i ona gn officials: In any event, soon after my retum, I was informed by the[ sd [Government that an important Communist leader had learned of my retum, and that “I was Uving i in [ka small and somewhat isolated] ]suburb) and that I was training right wing paramilitary personnel." They were nght about where I lived, but HW 55157 DBocld:32404069 Page 11
tty "APR 15 '97 @5:84PM USGOVERNMENT . 7 | - ~ volunteer leader for the vf from 1974 to about 1991, fo rsonnel." I worked as a In any event, the [ [Government was sufficiently concemed about ' the matter, that it offered me a group of bodyguards. I tumed down the offer, and asked them to provide me with an automatic pistol for my protection, I still have that piatol, : | fof _ The country has changed somewhat since that time. Theré are still ‘a number of underground radical groups who resisted pacification, and try to foment violence "wherever possible. Along the border they appear to be linked up with the | In addition to these, the country has been infiltrated by radical Moslem movements. A Cuban Embassy, with its usual collection of intelligence officers, ia looated inf | Further Iran, Iraq and Lebanon also maintain diplomatic posts here, and probably support the Muslim extremists, . : | Pe ; } Under present circumstances, my cover hes prevented me from coming to the attention of these people. However, I feel vory strongly that if my name is released, _T will again become a potential target for these and other persons whd wish to adversely affect] relationships. _ embarrass the United States and/or | for my contributions to good was recently decorated by the I have no intention of leaving! funder any ciroumstatioes, Any connection I may ever have had with tho investigation of President Kennedy's assassination, was highly peripheral. Any documents which may be released, could include my job title (rather than my name) without reduoing the value of said documents, . Since J will be quite dead in 25 years, I cannot object to my name being HW 55157 DBocld:32404069 Page 12
"my PR, 15,792, BS: G6PM USGOVERNMENT p.q - 13714 " released at that time. Although not mentioned t as an option in your letter, I would like to be permitted to review the doouments containing my name which you are being obliged to release. When I retired, I gave up all links with fomier sources. One of these ‘popped up in i ae week, Some others may still be alive, and in need of protection, although as‘I tecall, none had any useful data concerning ths assassination. If the sources are to be exposed, I feel very strongly that they are entitled to all the protection we oan afford them. I will be in the Washington D.C. area in November 1997, and would be willing to review these documents In terms of the provisions you cite for exceptions in your letter. (A)I consider myself a person (Agent?) whose identity currently requires protection The public disclosure of my name as part of the assassination record (C.3) could reasonably be. -expeoted to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, and that invasion i ig so substantial that it outweighs the public. interest, I cannot resist: defining the publican interest in this matter as “publi morbid curiosity. The publio disclosure of my name'as part of the assassination record. (C. 4) would probably compromise: the. existence of an. understanding of confidentiality currently requiring proteotion’ bétween a govertimetit’ agent ‘ard a cooperating individual or foreign government, and public disclosure would be so harmful that {t outweighs the public’ interest. I was COS [when the assassination occurred. Iwas in close touch withL —Ss—™~—“~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~CSCSC*éiE état time, and with[SSCSCSCSCSCSC*iri x ee probanbly interchanged data on the murder, although they could provide nothing useful. Also, the Station was probably _ tasked to query all of our sources’ on the matter, again with negative results. The revelation of my name and the {dentitles of Haison contacts and unilateral sourees would not only imperil me, but would also embarrass HW 55157 DBocld:32404069 Page 13
Se meth £2 20 LUD LUM USGUVERINMIEN | p.5Y: 1avia c could endanger current activities of the Agency in that country. I do not recall whether in my subsequent. assignment as Chief of the Cuban Task Force, any _ mention of the assassination came up. However, if it did, revelation of my name could not only imperil ‘those agents of the time who survive, compromise our opérational methods, but also, make me a prime target for the Cuban intelligenoe service, | "None of the above should be construed as a waiver of my rights, or those of my heirs, to take legal action to prevent the release of my name and/or to oollect damages, both civil and punitive, resulting from the release of my name. There exists an implicit cotitract between me and the Ageticy dating from when I accepted the inconveniences The Agency undertoo | | It should be noted that this implicit contract predates Public Law 102-526 by some 18 years. Naturally, I am going to inform my legal / advisor of this entire matter. I suggest that you pull together a set of all documents . pertaining to my retirement, 0. 0 that these can be made available for his review. [refrain from comment about a U.S, Congress that would pass such a bill, ‘and a President who would fail to veto it. (You of course, are not te-blame.) The Now York Times and the Washington Post, will, of course, be drooling to get 1 their ‘hands on your papers. I don't envy you because this is an extremely complicated matter, Unfortunately, the release on a lot of non-pertinent information will go & long way to reveal the scope and role of the Agenoy in Latin America to any analyst _ who wants to review the material and piece it together. I believe that this role i is not significantly different today than it was when President Kennedy Was murdered, Only the targets and the gadgets have changed, Sincerely yours, I SEK Act 6 (1) (A) JFK Act 6 (1) (B) HW 55157 DBocld:32404069 Page 14