104-10059-1023 er H ! v4 1 /MEMORANDUM FOR THE.RECORD ~ ‘SUBJECT: James A. Everett’) .00 0 0 which he now ‘thinks may have been, ‘wrong ew *, 4. ‘Everett met . with the iG and the undersigned £ for over an 1 hour we and | 2 haif yesterday afternoon. ‘He was separated from the Agency, as. a a 7 _ Staff Agent, in, J une. 21973, and now, seeks a review v of that action.. “2. Everett stated that he served for fourteen’ years with the” 7 BO Agency,’ starting. with CT training. in 1959. He joined the Agency .. aftér 8-1/ 2° years in the ministry, and was "clean" for purposes of” “deep cover. He served always under. cover, and the meeting with! ‘os was the first time he ever had been ih the Headquarters Building. *: He had spent four years in Norway, and spoke the Janguage, which he felt made him a natural for his original. choice of deep | cover, no. ” ve New . * 3. Everett states ‘that he was s with the Agency i in - Sweden for a 7 years. - 1960-67 -~ first under cover with an export-import firm. \- . hased in New York The,last three to three and a half years were . with Robert R. Mullen & Co. He says hef#/S the number two man Oe - in LPGLOBE,: which he understands has since been incorporated - _into.CCS. He retained his cover in Mullen (which was two blocks . : awey from the CPGLOBE offices), being responsible for the Africa. - area. Then he went to the Netherlands for four. years; he doubted ~ the viability of that assignment, yet there were four . people there without enough to do. ._ 4, Two things happened. “First there was the Western: “Hemisphere flap, related to the Agee case. He had been a CT’ classmate of Agee's, although they were in different parts of the. 7 ‘divided class. .He knew A, zee, having a casual but familiar association | ae lal. with him during training. He says ‘Agee has a phenomenal memory. | fie has not seen Agee since training. He says that Agee was Kindschi's ~~” case officer in Mexico City, when Kindschiywas under Mullen cover, and that Agee lis ted «indschie a book Agee} has written, ‘repoiting . agg a onthe SDemarar et wr SAF/ 9D “aa Per Jean S. - original in Everette! Ss Case File. © ye: oeranr “ a LSs 3 x3
14-00000 “(Kind Schi¥@ earlier | service in Stockholm under cover @with E: Bvara - On where Kindschi and Everett were “the Bobbsy twins)'). Everett. - was not mentioned in Agee's. book, but it raised a further question about his exposur "@ fo ) Agee. oe . . eS . _ . : . . ca =. - Everett reiurned. to Washi on iT Tune 1972--he noted the irony of the date,. being the one-of th Watergate arrests. Fle met. . Howard Hunt (for the. first time). on 19. June at the Mullen office, at . which Hunt met him like a long.lost brother,. baséd on his own earlier - OLA employment. Now théy were both vice presidents of. the same , | company. The window of the office was across the street from that © -~ of the.office of headquarters of the Committee to Re-elect the President. ., Everett commented that they must be uneasy "over there, "and |: - coramented on the stupidity of what had been ‘done in view of the over- : whelming. strength of the President. ..He could see something like that a happening in 1937 (sic), when theré was the issue of peace. Hunt did . not comment, but in about 2 half hour theré was a phone call indicating . . that the police had a lead, Hunt exclaimed, "My God, no!" and left. _ '. They met.on the street shortly thereafter, but Hunt.didn't even see him he was so preoccupied. He returned: to the office and left’ again , and Everett never saw him again. Everett observed that his association | . with Hunt, although clean, was another weakness in his cover. His - - cover, “twhich. had been strong was now gone."' Now. deep. cover W4S - over, . for him, and the question became \ what to do.. . ; ne 6, At th is S point & verett gave his 5 person nal view that an intelli- gence oxgenization has special r esponsibilities towards its employ CES. - "If it doesn mit y xeact with integrity towards its employees--that will be ‘the dezt bo : ‘that De. ‘Schie esinge a thwas: here thew SO - Déscribing it experience for the Agency,.he saw it” “as affecting abi ‘lity to adjust to its responsibilities. oo He (Ev erett) had locked. for. another line of work in the Agency,. and : finally found a place in Bare) Division {al though it has become FR ', Division. and may have doné so by then}, The job was in Chicage, . . nd he ialked twice ¢ to the Chief of Station, as he terre ed him, whese  ..: +... he caonct now recall, meeti ing in a safehouse in Wash ington. Both tclt they had “made a good marriage. ‘' Both knew foreigners, cae. and Everett.was the scrt whe ceuld develop acquaintances from students | le thre cust p refessors. Operations would be conducted in alias and disguise,
14-00000 i t ty a “and there was practically no chance ¢ ofa tie-in- ‘to the past. “Everett says he did not have a "signature on paper," but pe considered it. : practically agreed, the previso being approval. of the Division Chief,’ a Nor somecne above him.'. He only had to come in on a Menday, ee Ee zfter which he would go to. Chicago to 3 look for housing.» No one kept. oe . the Bon ey appointment at the safehouse. Again, On 3 Tuesday, ne | ws : ' ao abst ub the “off again, on-again’ | Tt “mature of this. On Friday another appointment was tnade, but instead. - i... e£ someone from the Division showing up, it was Jack Kindschi ana = p- * > | Charlie Beckman from CCS, the latter saying it was his respaonsibv ity. ae (i .e° . #9 tell him that he had been declared surplus. | Beckman described. 0. . alternatives that Beckrnan characterized as being "very generous," . _along with a‘‘number of horror steries to keep'me feeling 2 little | ~ oe more comfortable." ‘There were three limitations on a settlement: 6.00 80° 5) ao _. Q) Everett could not use. his former Agency employment as a refer ence, | By he ‘could not use his former 3 ‘Mullen association as a reference, amd rs: ne (3) he could not seek employment on the Hast coast... He-would be paid a _ @ year's salary, wth taxes deductible. Everett said he could not - accept the offer. He was an executive who would have to seck empioy~ a ment with no record of what he had done for the past fourteen years... oe 7 “Beckman was quoted: as: saying it is "the best * anybody! Ss ‘been offered.’ CoS 2 ene, - showed Ups, re became vy crried Ls a 8, Everett talked \ ‘with Mallen,” ‘who he said - was | shocked. - Bo Mullen had helped Bissell, and had done more for the Agency than. fe “many in it,: and could not understand this approach, - Beckman >". oe . . (epparently) off-set this reaction with statements of the Agency? s eh authority to hire and fire, and told him of the lack of success of" oe eléven who had taken the is sue, 2, to court. CUR Be ote 9.) Everett warited alump sum payment,  gnaccountable, “ana” i. + Sn a few day3.° 15 July was the deadline. "They" returned on 15. Joly” / sand said OK, but on 30, July, they: said the payment would have to be =~ taxed. This meant an extra $5,000 out of his pocket. Everett then ~ . cited some $18- 19, 000 for his: salary, plus some $10, 800 from his 2 retirement ahd accumulated leave. He did not complete summarizing a oe the details. "He said they tried their best to go back and re- oS eg alculate. the past five years to help on the tax, -and the Agency is Tene pesponsible for doing the tax "this. year. and until the taxes jevel off." oe _.. 10. Everett said he had talked with Pete Wheeler at the time © 2 a who was incensed, and who said Nw efi) get you something, ad and Mas ot. wot
14-00000 cee meeenssvees =~ long as Iam in this Agency you will have a job.". This was in Juone-_ July 1973, and Wheeler "fought it up to and including Schlesinger."'. Evereit said his record was superior--he had never been ina flap, _alth ough Ae had takén over pecple's flaps, he had never had a money : problem, he had Mever raped a secretary, while others who had: | BLot blems. Stayed on. Wt aceler argued that if acid nad been throws ir his face he would have been retired on medical. disability, ond that now he suffered. a sécuriiy disability which, for our Agency, was just - ‘as much a disability, and he should be retired with an annuity. Wheeler qucted Schlesinger to Everett as dismissing it out of hand, and Colby; : as not, wanting to touch it.. Wheeler said he had no where else to BOr ‘and it was. final. : Everett then \ went to Mullen. , i Mullen then undertook to take on the responsibility, although — itwas not his. - He said there would be ncthing for 1973, but that then “he could expect $25, 000 a year, followed by $35,000.. Unfortunately 2 Ww atergate hasnot fone away--it has been hammer, hammer, hammer. _ innocent people have been hurt, and Mullen has lost business because of it. . The largest account has been lost, for Rehabilitation of the Handicapped at $98,000 a ‘year. He also named: General Foods to the : tune of $50- 60, 000 a year, the Mormon Church and International . Rotary Club. - * Mullen sold out to Robert Bennett, to be paid $150, 000, * bet in view of what has happened to the company he has waived the " payment... . Everett still wants to stay with Bennett, but Bennett is _ looking around, ‘for a way, to o get out, which would mean the « company is through. eo le Se an 12. Everett ‘Spoke | of bis status, in which his family, the Dutch, hig’ chaz ch, etc., have sot kiowz his zusociatién with CIA. The publicity - (ot the Mull. en Amsterdam office can mean only him; as he was the 7 Amsterdam office. * With the Muilen Company he ‘brougkt in 2 $30, 0G count--$25 5,000 ‘this year=-but now it seems to be under some h old. . oses. the account b recause of pub Micit y who i is to pay? . act, and toro secret: aries in Ww ashington. ” Benvett has £ : Sone eat TET A wy es bly +} » ofthe vice presidencies of UVTHRA (phonetic), th Act, with Senator Baker behind him. The ma week, There has beea taik of a GS-25 ment of Transp oxtation, with support threugh or Bennett), Gut Watergate ovblicity will
14-00000 u . . . oo ~ . ue e ton . . n . . : “Jill this.” He can't go ta Dan Shorr asa Mullen "representative, because | he is tarred with CIA. - ee a - le te . 44. in his talks with tty good friend on the Hull, " he - was. 5 asked, > about his separation from CIA, about what the IG said about it. _He : said he never knew, as he never talked to him, - Then he called . ry & ae Pete Wheeler who rec commends: te that Re see the oe : re es Dre ‘Chamberlain said that judgments are not easy ‘to. Bed, challenge, but that we could look at the procedures. followed. “¥ Pere would have to inguire into hor Ww r the matter was handled. er — “1. ‘Everett said that his appeal v was essentially for one sof t a “alternative things: (1) a return to the Agency, deep cover is out, - but’ on possibly something. like the IG, but no make-work job.“He might be - a a eo -. given an overseas post in an embassy under official cover; or (2) he sie -. feels he has earned JA. 20 of retirement, under the security disability © , argument of Pete Wheeler's. .He then added what amounts to a third ee alternative, that he get the Agency's help with employment els ewhere - a oo in the government, at a one~or- two > step. increase and not as a -GS- 13. 17. Names of those who can speak ¢ on his problem: Pete - Wheeler, Jack Kindschi, Charlie e Beckman, a Ralph (last name not . recalled atthe moment). Others involved « with him in the past: Ed _~ he “.. |. Marelius, when he had troubles there,‘ and Glenn. | . me - Gurtis or Curtis Glenn, ‘Around 1967 there. were five a - din +f The had been there 1964-67, and his deputy . had been PNGd. The new |came out a week or so before Everett. .— left, and Everett (representing the other case officers) wrote him a : memorandum about the mistress. She-neededad money and her. ' apartment was made.a safehouse (where she entertained other boy | _° ° °. €rienas); het brother, a homosexual, had the adjoin ing apartment - . - - os a vo hcmext deor. She was foisted off on: ‘the Muller cover company asa’: . ae . >. secretary or translator, ‘neither of which was-she qualified for,” oo an The new wrote Everettts ‘Fitness Report, although he had _ been in a supervisory position only a waek or 50, and had met him | 7 -only once, saying thet Everett's eight years of church background. . was: such that he cur wuld. nat be at ease with the icibles of mankind, - so Everett § says he cude Nyiago rous objections" through George Kephart ys Bi P and he understands that the Fitness > Report was amended — BS ae OQ) o8 ise and thal vas ceprimanded, — | ee
14-00000 ae wea! et ; “18. “The ‘xelevance of this was that when I he, Everett, was = * preparing to enter into the Chicago: arrangement, the man who had been was the Deputy Division Chief in DO Division (now PRD)... Jack Kindschi told Everett that this man is the one who was. responsible for the adverse fern of evenis, _ . ~ 19.8 ‘Everett spoke 2 oft the “tack that Ast Hochberg was under - 7 Mullen cover in Singapore. He. understands that Hochberg was “withdrawn for his safety, rélating a story he hae -Lukeskie that Hochberg w e a3 from Mavty was toid to go to Bangkox and phone for . astrections,” which ted t to his moving t to Manila. . . 20. . Everett t pressed for alacrity in our review oft his case. _ We: said we could/get the affair rounded up before abdnut, two weeks. “We got his home and office telephone numbers. “ash 7 S. D. Breckinr’ age