Nn amet t 16 Ur Blude i said President Kennedy had been shot, and if I have ever seen ‘surprise and hooror on the group of faces around me it was eee eee ee ee ee ee ne | 1-145 | | the assassination to pin it on the Cuban Governement. | 2 Do you have any cmments that you would like to make on | | — 3 | that, six? | = 4 | Mr. Helms. Sir, the only comment I would like to make | s | . | - on that was, or is, not was, that I never knew of anyone in :. |; 6 the CIA that .alleged that he knew about President Kennedy's | ? assassination beforehand.. I-never heard that asserted by a | 8 single soul, .ever. I don't believe there was anyone in the | } ui ! | | 9 | CIA who had any foreknowledge. | : | 10 I recall personally that I was sitting having lunch with | “| Director McCone and two or three other CIA officials when his | 12 | Executive Assistant, Walter Elder, walked into the room and : | i3 | international conferences and make speeches (a), without speci- | on that occasion. So I can't conceive that either Director | ! 16 | McCone or I had ever heard of this thing and I have never heard | 17 | 2 yo. an further comment about Mr. Azcue, and that is that in a Communisi 9 state individuals of the local government do not appear at | it alleged that anybody else had, and I would like to make one fa | fic authorization, and; (b), specific instructions as to what 5 || they are to say and what they are to cover. r | : | | | | ag | I found it equally interesting that Mr. Cubela, the famous Mr. AMLASH, who has dotted the transcripts of lord knows how nw) fe aa t _ tt it Docld: 32263410 bage 147 TRD GreorT ; +. | | se f many Congressional hearings, also appeared, having been releaser | ' |
Doctid: ho se oo] oo —! fe. in 322763410 hage 146 . TRy Qrrerry K " i | 7 tur SEAL I 1-147 from jail, as stated in the Washington Post, to assert that he had never been a double agent, that he had only worked for a certain period of time for the CIA. Why he was asked to make the statement, why he was released from jail for the purpose of doing it, I don't know. I could hazard an opinion. But I can only say that these conferences are orchestrated and they are orchestrated very skilifully and orchestrated for a purpose Mr. Preyer. Do you know anything of any 23 page document that I understand Mr.Castro says he has outlining or substan- tiating his charges? Mr. Helms. No sir, I don't know anything about it. Soe ee eee tii reece enms eer rnn a Didn't he give Senator McGovern a document one time that Senator brought back with him, or was it Senator Church? I saw something in the newspapers about this. I havewno firsthand knowledge. Mr. Preyer. I got. the impression this was a recent com- pilation. : , [ Mr. Helms. I see. 7 Mr. Preyer. _ Probably on the order of Mr. Cubela and Mr. Azcue's appearances. It always seemed to me a little surpris- ing Mr. Cubela, if he was guilty of all the things alleged, that he wasn't preemporily shot, rather than being in prison. Well, I appreciate:your comments on that. That is very helpful.. Mr. Goldsmith. This would be an appropriate time,
ND ian dr Docld: 32263410 ——SSS ee weeps oe ee ee = eS = - available for the deposition that is about to begin in about a 13 tur BLULAE I 1-148 ~~ for us to break, rather than continue getting into a new area and break for the deposition, so I would recommend that at this time. Mr. Preyer. Very well. | Mr. Goldsmith. I might point out, Mr. Chairman, that if we do break at this time, that under the Committee Rules, the Ambassador would be entitled to make a statement at this time. I would also be prepared to have the Ambassador make a state- ment at the deposition. Mr. Preyer. Yes. Under our rules each person who testi- fies, at the conclusion of the Committee portion of the nearing is entitled to make a statement of five minutes, if he cares to, explaining any aspect of the testimony further, or any ‘statement he may care to make. Mr. Helms. You mean if he has anything left to say? Mr. Preyer. Yes. Mr. Helms. Thank you. very much, sir. - Mr. Preyer. Thank you, Ambassador Helms. We appreciate very much your cooperation in this. Sorry we have interrupted you a number of times today, but I hope we will be able to complete the testimony. Mr. Goldsmith.. For the record, I would like to clarify . that I don't believe that the Committee will have a Notary half an hour or so, so I would like to indicate for the record, age 149 Ths CEPRET .
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