MEMO RE WATERGATE--FRANK A. O'MALLEY.
Originator: CIA
From: EVANS, FREDERICK; HOWE, LAWRENCE
To: MEMO FOR THE RECORD
Document date: 02/21/1974
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

21 FEbruary 1STe

¡ENORLDUM FOR THE RECORD

SÜBJECI: Watergate--Frank A. O Maliey

1. At 3 p.m. on the afternoon of 19 February 1974,

Ur. Frederick N. Evans and Laurance j. Hove interriered

Mr. Frank A. O'Malley ai his residence, 6419 Lakeview

Drive, Falls Church, Virginia.

No. O'Mallay retired

From this Agency in June of 1972.

PIlOI t0 retirement

ilE.

O'Malley was an officer in the External Expioynent

Assistance Branch, Retirement ACtivities Division of

the Office of Personnel.

to assist personnel retiring fron this Agency in finding

post-retirement employmeni. In this capacity Mr. O'ralley

had been instrumental in the placement of Mt. e. Howard

Kunt in the Robert R. Mullen public relations fira.

The

purpose of this interview was to attempi to determine it

additional

information could be developed fion i. O'Malley.

with regard to the placement of de. Funt with the Mullen

ompany.

2. Vir. O'Nalley began the intervier by recalling

the nature of his pasi Agency associations both with Mr.

Hunt and the Mullen Company.

Mr. O'Malley stated that

prior to assuming his responsibilities in the Office of

Personnel

he had

served with Central Cover Staff in the

area dealing with the funding of covert action projects-

In this capacity he had becone familiar with the acti-

vities of Mt. Hunt while Mr. Hunt functioned on the. Covert

ty te hide

Activities Staff primarily in the propaganda field.

MIT-

O'Malley stated thai he first came in contact with the

Mullen

Company when he ras atiempting to tind an organI-

zation

to handle the public relations effort of a covert

Agency activity known as the Free Cuba Committea.

Mr.

O'Malley related that le had arranged this cover thrcugh

the Christianion Organization and that his duties

in-

trod all aspaces or thr

fending on this

o'Malley doscated the nature of his working relationship

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with dir. Robert R. Mullen as

being close and cordiai.

Me. O'Malley stated that MI.

Mullen was in the habit

of confiding

to hin information concerning other Mullen

business contacis and projecis.

In response to a

specific question, ir. O'Malicy stated thai during tha

period of his contact with the Mullen Company dealing

with the Frea Cuba Committee, Mr. Mullen told him the

Howard Hughes Organization vas a client of the concein.

3. Mr. O'rialley reiterated his previous siatemenis

that Mr. Hunt was referred

to his office foi placerent

assistance through the Office of the Executive Director,

then Colonel L. K. White.

Mr. O'Nalley stated that in

view of Mr.. Hunt's interests

in the public relations

fleld, It was thought advisable to pui Mr. runt in touch

with Mr. Robert Mullen tox

the purpose of gaining the

benefit of Mi. Mullen's guidance.

Mr. O'Maliey recallee,

after the initial neeting, Mr. Mullen mentioned having

met Mr. Hunt

some years previously in Paris, France-

Mr. O'malley's office arranged interviers with vatious

organizations including Reader's Digest and the kennecout

Copper

Company. Through the offices of the fuilen Company

an interview was arranged with the General Foods Corpora-

tion, a Mullen client.

Mr. O'lialley stated there was

disappointment that ir. Hunt had been unsuccessful in

"selling himself" during any of these interviews and thai

no job offers had resulted.

In response to a question

as to whether of not executive level interesi ves still

being

shown in Mi. Hunt's posi-enployment placement,

Mr. O'Malley recalled ihat ir. Richard Helns, then

Director of Central Intelligence, wes listed

as a charac-

ter reference on Mr. Hunt's resume and that MI. Helms

signed a letter of recommencation to the kennecott Copper

Conpany on Mr. Hunt's behalf.

MI. O'Malley recalled being

contacted in the last nonth of Mr. Hunt's agency serrice by

Mr Mullen, uno stated that a decision had

been made to

expand ineir operations.

In view of this expansion, hit-

Mullen had decided he would himself offer Mir. Hunt a joo-

Nir. Nuilen had stated that he was interested in having Mr.

Ilunt begin work inmediately.

However, Mr. O'Malley te-

called thai Mr. Huni completed retirement formalities and

actually starica work for the Mullen Company approximataly

a week to 10 days later.

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4. Ni. O'Malley stated that contaci vas maintained

with t. Hunt while at the Mullen Conpany on a continuing

basis, becausc Mr. O'Malley was interested in sit. Hurt

for possible referIal of other agency actixees.

O'Nalley also understood that there was Covei and Coi-

nercial Steff interest in the Mullen Company, and trat

Mr. Huni became instrumental in discussing sevaral aspecis

of the cover operations in his capacity as

an officer of

the company. Mr. O'Malley recalled referzing various

Agency officers to Mr. Huni for guidance when these indi-

viduals expressed an interes: in entering the public.

relations field. Mr. O'Malley did recall disappoininent

in feeling Mr. Hunt had generally been less helpful on

these occasions.

5.

Mr. Hunt contacted Mr. O!Malley on several occasions.

requesting referral of retiring Agency employeas with

specific

qualifications. These instances occurred apparent-

ly artei Mr. Hunt had assuned his responsibilities with

the White House.

In one

instance Mi. Hunt requcsied re-

• {erIal

of a recently retired Agency secretary.

As in

previous memoranda and discussions, Mr. O'Malley was unabic

¿o recall the name of this

individual: He die, however,

state thai he is quite certain Mr. Hunt turned down the

individual whom he referred.

As a point of clarification,

DiT. O'Malley said that this

individual had not previously

been known to Mr. Hunt, nor had she previously worked

For him in any capacity.

M. C'palley also recalled a

request from Mr. Hunt for an individual having skills in

the

area of locks and surreptitious entry.

A resume of

Mr. Tense ninete was provided to Mr. Huni at thai tine.

It is Mo. O'Malley's recollection that Mr. Hunt specifically

stated

that a person with Mr. Ahile qualifications was

needed in connection with a requirement of the hoard

Hughes Organization in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mr. O'Malley

starea the opinion that lt was his Impression chai the

duties involved would include the monitoring of a listeniig

device in an undisclosed locarion.

Mr. O'Mallcy reiterated

nas understanding that Mi. s

mn dia not accepi Dir. Hunt's

offer of employment.

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Mr. O'Malley thon recalled request fron Me. Huat

to carry out in eiccironic countermeasures

"slicop."

PIT-

O'Mailey reconnended the

rackonhut Corporation.

PiT-

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O'Malley occalied that Mi. Hunt expressed dissatisfaction

with thai suggestion in part because of what Mi- Mine

fieved as that firm's political

crientation.

Sir. O'Dalley

did not elaborate further on thai renari. Mi. O'Malley

then suggested the use of mderson sacuilty consultanis,

incorporated, an

the OiIICE OI

security.

No. O'Mallay stated thai insofar as this

organization was advertised in the yellow pages und that

Mr. Hunt could be assured of the reliability of the sei-

vices, he felt this to be a reasonable suggestion.

O'Nalley stated that during a subsequent phone call when

iir. O'Malley asked how his suggestion had worked out,

Mr. Hunt responded,

"Yes, they had done a fine job."

At this point Mr. O'Malley was asked whether or not from

his associations

with fix. Hunt he felt lit. Hunt was in

the habit of naking glib connents which were not neces-

sarily accurate in order to pass over a subjeci. Mr.

O'Malley stated that this was categorically so. He said

he was sure that Mr. Hunt had lied to hin on a number of

occasions and that, therefore, he was in no positión to

be sure that Mr. Hunt had actually,

in faci, used the

services of Anderson Security Consultants.

Mr. O'Nalley

volunteared the opinion thai he suspected the electronic

counterneasures "sweep" was to be carried out in the citices

of the Comittee to Re-elect the President-

7.

In response to a question as to whether he had

ever referred anyone to McCord

Associates, Mr. O'Malley

replied thai he remembered having referred Walter Brayden.

Mit.

Brayden for a tine acied as bodyguard to Mrs. Martha

Mitchell.

As an aside Mir.. O'Malley mentioned that Mr:

Brayden had refused to carry a firearm in spite of the

fact that Mir. NcCord told him he could do so on the author-

Nicot to carry

it of the Attorney Genoral. Asked specifically to de had

ever referred

either Willian Shea or Teresa Shee

ricCord, Mr. O'Malley stated that he did not recall specif-

ically refering Teresa Shea and thai he was sure that he

had not referred Willian Shea to hin. So, contrary to

previous statenents, it is now dir. O'Malley's belief that

in all probability Mrs. Shea was not referred by this

agency to r. McCord.

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S.

Returning to Mi. O'Halley's previous ecsponsibilitics

in coordinating funding for to corort action activities

Of ME. E. Howard Hunt, the issue was

or not the funding of Mr. Huri's projecis continuad baireen

Julÿ 1965 and Sepienber 1906 while Mr. Hunt tas

cmployee stationed at Madria,

Spain. Mr. O'Malley recalled

that at the

time of Mr. Hunt's assignment to Madiid tha

statement disseminated for consumption within the Agency

was that MI. Hunt was retiring. Mr. O'Malley stated that •

this was not generally bellaved.

No. O'Malley was quite

certain that during this pariod his office handleà no

projeci funding for Mr. Hunt.

question Mr. O'Malley stated that on Mir. Hunt's retura to

staff employment the projects and funding wich stopped in

July 1965 were again resumed. Mr. O'Malley was not aware

of any projeci names or funding nechanisns or post-assignneni

accountings in connection with Nr. Hunt's activities in

Madrid.

Frederick N. Evans

Falsen ture

Latirense J Hove.

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