AGENCY CONTACT WITH THE INS ON BEHALF OF JOHNNY ROSELLI
Originator: CIA
From: ENSE, STANTON E.
Document date: 1974-03-25 00:00:00
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY : CIA

RECORD NUMBER : 104-10133-10308

RECORD SERIES : JEK

AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 80T01357A

DOCUMENT

INFORMATION

AGENCY ORIGINATOR : CIA

FROM

: ENSE, STANTON E.

TO

TITLE : AGENCY CONTACT WITH THE INS ON BEHALF OF JOHNNY ROSELLI

DATE : 03/25/1974

PAGES : 2

SUBJECTS : KENNEDY

ROSELLI, JOHNNY

MAHEU,

ROBERT

GIANCANA, SAM

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

SUBJECT: Agency Contact with the Immigration and

Naturalization Service on Behalf of Mr.

Johnny Roselli

1.

Reference is made to a request forwarded to the

Office of Security on 19 March 1974, by Mr. John C.

Richards, Office of the Inspector General. The Subject

of inquiry is based on a request for information, made on

13 March 1974, by Mr. Terry Lenzner, Assistant Majority

Chief Counsel,

Senate Select Committee on Presidential

Campaign Activities, to Mr. Lyle L. Miller, Deputy Legis-

lative Counsel. Mr. Lenzner cited a 14 May 1962, Agency

memorandum which refers to contact between Mr. Lawrence

Houston, then General Counsel,

and the then Attorney

General, Mr. Robert Kennedy, with the intention of "quashing

of a Grand Jury organized crime indictment against Sam

Gianconni (sic) (Salvatore Giancana)." Mr. Lenzner is under-

stood to believe this reported contact and the circumstances

surrounding the intended Agency utilization of Mr. Giancana

during President John F. Kennedy's Administration were being

surtaced in 1971 as part of an effort to obtain blackmail-

type information on certain principals. in the Democratic

Party. Mr. Lenzner specifically requested information on

Agency contacts with the Administration during 1971 relating

to this matter.

The files and records of all individuals identified

with the planned utilization of Mr. Giancana were searched.

These individuals included Mr. Robert A. Maheu, who arranged

contact with Mr. Giancana through Mr. Johnny Roselli; MT.

Richard Cain, recently deceased, who was identified in the

press as knowledgeable of Agency association with Mr. Giancana;

and Mr. William King Harvey, retired Staff employee, who

acted as principal contact with Mr. Roselli during the

late 1960's and up until Mr. Roselli's incarceration.

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Additionally, the files of other individuals associated with

Mr. Robert A. Maheu were also searched. These included, Mr.

Peter R. Maheu, Mr. John Meier, and Mr. Michael Merhige, 11,

currently an Agency contract employee, who was utilized

during 1968 and 1969 in Ecuador under a commercial cover

arrangement provided by the Maheu organization.

3. Memoranda were located in the file of Mr. Johnny

Roselli which summarize contact on 26' February 1971?

initiated by this Agency with the Commissioner, Immigration

and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice, Mr. Raymond

Farrell. The purpose of this effort was to intercede with

the Immigration and Naturalization Service on behalf of Nr.

Roselli in the action being initiated for deportation. It

was determined that this Agency would be kept informed of the

progress of the action against Mr. Roselli in an effort to

forestall public disclosure of his association with the United

States Government.

The Attorney General at the time of these

contacts with the Immigration and Naturalization Service was

Mr. John N. Mitchell.

4. On 21 March 1974, this matter was discussed with Mr.

John C. Richards, Office of the Inspector General; Mr. Lyle L.

Miller, Deputy Legislative Counsel; and Stanton F. Ense,

Deputy Director for Personnel Security and Investigations,

Office of Security.

The Office of Security file on Mr. Johnny

Roselli

was made available to Messrs. Richards and Miller,

including the memoranda cited in paragraphs l and 3 above.

Mr.

Miller indicated that he planned to await a follow-up call

from Mr. Lenzner on this Subject.

Stanton F. Ense

Personauty curect and seetations

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