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N4 Aculy SUNDARN: NS, A 13: 175)

noners of rus eir

Amenical

mata Haji Who Duped Gasiro

I's clandestine

mperations 2.08

indergoing.

sanctimes painful official

• A fantastic scheme to ecize a

renutin, die Contral Intelligence loc

as claws, a licht lip.

Cat.

Soviet ship ani use it to obin the:

infrygicits

with the roors

the: CIl's clock-and-dagger

release of the canturca anicrican spy

scid, News reporter

here for: thi

first time of the intrinue

thut sangered in

-'ion

die Choar

that rushed the U.S.

• ship Pueblo.

625206 55S270

Hiit of a series.

• Segret ¿cals mich Arcricon mob

sterg: rho. rad icot their mulcinillion.

dollar Cuben Gannica casinos.

PAUL MECH

A1 EAUTIFUL Cormen-American,

Fix!

accred an intelligence coup: fo:

1a, ClA by stealing secret naper

• Armed rails on Cuba ard many

shipmen's of cucrills fighters, weap

ons, explosires and other tier materi-

to

she

inland beere and after the

Iny of Pios Li:es.

carmed i ta Fidel Cartro.

inc

imperiant

Man are Fred Eat of

te"?

Some is

Caribican cos:

Her Calen

.O!)

i's head

quietly

c?i,

Marie

arenai apied on Fidei.

air, 3

Sh:*

т...

core

me. bara

of

most

TAT,

macaoes

the Coatral

Init

Frank

i somni,

who later became krorn to the comeri

can subtic 5y

Sturgis.

Tateroute bangler

Frack

Lorerz, Sturgia, cher formot

espionare "archts.

Caribbean. conspira-

forg. sig finan freedom

fighters were

•ТРіСН

for

this

*C*ICS.

on

the

Caribbean

and

CIA

the

denmastine

ill haro for the

first time,

vestimated by

the

Sorr

Intclli-

tice

Presilent Peckcfuler's

an ra CIta civitics.

sources,

or soother; involved in:

rese sinata foreign

heads

of

lading. Castro

of

Caca,

Pana

Initi and Paisel

trollo it

io Dominican Inpuria"

S.02ra

a Cartroite artemot to

inrade Paisa and sabotage the Pana-

Tus Canal.

• The

Laplosion of a munitions ship

Ilstars harbor.

ary disg pulls

w-bite

lorary

barte:

the

Localin,

Inchored In

neat-to-lest ctop

ci a

Cariabcun cro

Is.

en so tastily

srined

Cubai?,

beards:

snid:

rumried

cäve Frecn

Satirica.

r te

itner's. ecccambdation

lauder das

(Continent in pass er)

Bax 44I

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eyes data Perd Who Duped Caste

(Continus from ride =)

airborne

churi

Chases sir do antate us bor

liverid

eil allard liko airibed. b're

frein

their

belts

swinging

alld

vedv

Idealistic then." she

Iron their

wus code on an adventur

temen

ron

in evening.

screamed

fur

with

their

canner-

tha

ship

"I was dri

rom the airpo

vial tring

rallel by

bandits Lut.oul.ir.

this

luvana

The

where

Fidelf had

the

lakeu over

of

the

rinister-lo.kuig

Fidel

four

Graxire, tie new

fire mimisper of Cuhs,

the

iloton.

Then now For in t

ever

mind they crowded around hi

for: auto-

dujin to

, the

friend," he shoul

wa te witte shop, the bargedos

the commotion he find cauer

•Klike Americans.

I lived His Pri

shaper, fortice Certion

Hivy

Cant.

Heinrich

lu

define

lasited

with

Castro

posind.

introducid Quatro

i his

ld sanchter, Minrilt

he

with C'antro.'

Mari

old

this

"Ile took

inch on

our of to no. from de

to please leave their guns

dining

or file

Pot dinner.

dange maid they din!

feel

ithout

Muns,

my, father

Lunt to keep their pissols, but he

Win liger the muchine.

autu.rut

rifle

And

grenades

at

captain's

Lable,

anit

shr

15'x1

frequently

tha

Marie,

впу

1Uh.

kirk

be

rishutin.

the Mamboyant

by

compli-

hero

of the

spoke

•tr

Cerman

and

Enzlish,

had learned from

can

mother.

Castro

sai

her Atheri-

he

these

who could

write

nceded

lunguages.

Before

lettura

in

14.2

madl, was

uper, he offered lhe job to Marie.

Took Offer As Joke

"Ile

anil

asked

stay In

Havana

wooth

for

hima

ther

ATal

Ith

she

said. "Lly

laughed.

WuS

going back

to

My

father

Germany

rduration."

promised ln write to

her.

shir

KaVe

1n$3

home

in

addresser--her

brother'y

Bremen,

Germany

mpartment in

she

Caribbean

planned

New

slay

cruise ended.

She

never

10gas

werter to sur or hear from Fidel

Abont

worka

later,

officers

called on

in

carried a

New

shal

ork

They

was in

on

Castro.

need

English Gorman translator.

of

lie

had

bring

her

big mistake," Marle maid.,

"I fes

Durin

flight

to luvana,

she

tried lu imagine her

afe in

Castroland.

Site thonght

she weilt purse a derk in

the

prenup's

earmene of let owns

and

She may

even huse

dreamed pí a románce

with

Fidel?"

•Wese you"'öner in lovelitt

"No; never.

How can you he ilf low

when you're afraid, when you're (rated

like &

of

furniture.

when quine

Scoping with

a live haznoka.

undie the

when you're living in a room!

Kung

with

over the flour?'

"balle and cigar butts all

"Mly

wHy

she, continued.

harf

tahing win eye

cleán.

very

orderly,

never

very

realizer anyone,

engarcial.

pritue

minister.

could be

80

1:18ia.ed.

thou, he

150r-

rul

officer

he

would

have

telephones.

All

with

desks,

he had,

at

chairs and

this

oint,

TO97TS

where

UnIO

suite

of

at the

undi workerl.

rootos.

The

I wattkeut

duor til the

firs

from

ERE

outside.

visitors were in therpert

rooln,

door between the §gome

wus kept

lucked

Rtudy

y Spanishl

rail

Woks.

and furth,

to

the

113038

able.

nut

over

un the badrony

My

father tried

o find ou

hud

happened lo

me.

tle contart-

the

Ameri

als

tieharry

in

Marie

weir

but

nothing:

appened.

Ameriran citizen)

only

I had were

what 1

hrought

couldn'?

with

from

had

that

New

Yotk.

anything.

measured

Fidel

uniform 3o

of

July

a meinher of the with

fcrin

with

•nt.

An

olive-greets

unt-

cutenant's atar.

when I

was allowed

out

thought

people gould

of hig

officere.l But

lavana houservifo

that

heard

itro wis

A in

crican.

for-

kirl, at the lillton.

problem to him.

One

ronin

they

barbudus came to the

Fidel

theve

out.

They

suid

to help nie

They took

¡ line rido! Lo

the

i k

bautiful blacks build trach

whowed Ie the

then

to me

there

drove

mo hy

jeep

and

bitfts

hust

prison complex. They showed me a coll

fareca

Discovery of missile

Bitço in Cuba provolod

a culd-war showdown

balwoon than Proddent

John F. Kennody and

tlion Soviot Premiar

Nikita Khruchchar, a

confrontation that had

the world holding

iis braath.

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A chance meoting in Harana harbor abozru a cruiso slip captained by hos

fathor brought Marie Lorenz and Fidel Castro logother. It bogan e

liaison destined to have international repercussions.

where dictator

Fulgencio

Kaliste

imprisoned

Fidel

und

Rail

hael

(tidel's

brother)

years before.

I wont into the

rell to

look at a bronze plie

1111

wall. They shut the door and locked mo

in the cell. Then they went'inar.

She Wusn't Pampered

"I spent a

week there, ratink the

foud

49 the

1E16ADT71'19

stale bread and col.

ree. An fur an I know, I was the only

wotan there.

"Every burning we would hear the

firing squads.

As s00n

it got light,

the birds

would start

363l41114.

Then the

runs would go off. Then marching and

quiet Then brenkfast

and coll cherk..

The guards would check to see if you'd

hanged yourself during

the night or if

out done

sumething

WTONK

where there

those

was hardly room to turn

around. le was horrible.

ffer

Briven days,

i was taken out

and flown back to Havana."

Duver told

was

jailed. She num believes Castro had her

loched un to make sure she didn't rs.

cape whitr he

Visiting

Алогіся.

body ruards

disrora Hotel shon a handsome, wasv.

hered man

et per-suchest

her.

the close-d pee's

rebel uniform

and' tha

meignia of a coplan in the Cuban air

forer.

While Cantra vias

his

conferring

with

sides on the

other

leslobey.

the

side

of

the

Captain

mingled

barbador

around

Marie

arl

whisperea

lu her in English: "I know alast you.

"Can you help nue?" she

"I'an you set me out of here ?,responded.

"Yes.

T'm

the

Amerien

Embassy. I'll are you out"

This

mandante

her

Intractuction to

Frunk

Franti

Fiorin

(later

Com-

Sturgial,

Castro

confidant

hired agent

for the

V.s.

С'ел:ra!

intelligence Agenes.

Ayrces to Spy on Flie!

for the nort low works t'rank kopk

contart

with

throus:h

C'antra

Afterin

and

were

working for him.

Plarie agreed to auy

on C'astro.

She filched accret documenta

riported

with

Castro's

cunversations

important

ViTILOrA

Ily

overheard

chrongh the hotel. mulls.

could

she

well.

reud

and aprak Spanish fairly

•The

knite way

papers,"

shie guidl.

fell

all over the

Lastles.

papers

Lhe

11008.

the led, the dresser. Die lad one

filing

cabinet

that was nesee becked, It

full

of

WAY

money,

papers,

documenta

11a118.

I tou'

thrin

Frank.

out and slipper

Fidel

miered

them

"Frank

said,

емів."

Mari and I did.'

wall the dara see.

wus a regulur

Then Marle becama rick, and Frank

attungel her escape.

Two

Cuban

offi-

cers look her out of the hotel while

Curtro

was

Away

Cubana Airlines Mallo Neer York.

About that time, Frank also act ip

the cacapes of two top

Cuban air.

for'e

LAVE Bad!

project that forced him

leave

lle

tr

moved

his

to

of

operations

Miant,

but he

kint

in

touch with him arents on the island and

his CIA contacte in lavana and Wash-

inston.

When she recosered from her ill.

ness,

onlunteered

Marie inned him in Whorida and

miscion that meant

certain death if or were caniht.

Farly

in

1900,

Castle

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SUNDAY NEWS, JUNE 18, 1976

?

CIA Sent Bedmate

To Kill Castro in '60

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The C'entral Intelligence Ageney sent a shapely Mata Mari to Cuba in

1960 to kill her former lover, Fidel Castro.

Details of this case were

modered dee The done and a Senato Intelliam

Committee investigator who

learned that a mystery

woman had been involved

The Memo That Started It

in

ill

assassination plot

against the Cuban dictator

It was

the

first

of several

On 1)

Western

Dirritor

burt. Niri

(TA-sponsorel

attempts to exe-

cate Castro.

against

kind.

1liv

Momoted it

online to a Sonat

committee t

tar taft" regime in lit

**11

countries

realmondre

that:

The mostery woman

has

been identified by the committee

Pond di

the

ol. such

and The free as Mario Loren.

il 11

attractive

German-American

brunette

who

shared

C'astro's

the massr

aner of Fidel

Mavana

hotel

suite for scoral

Miestiter!

people

it Her tee recaptur

grand drecictate a fall on the poor:

months in 1950. When a cramit.

incriticator

with

confronted

"N'T

approved

evidence linking her to the

plot,

she admitted

fire fears.

Parter of The treet Pi:

moon. and the

against circtree that lacied it

This to the excinie story at tie tired try.

that the has been recruited ior

the attempted hit.

Exclusive decount

Thrn, last work,

she wave this

coporter an exclusive account ot

111551011

scret

that

she

Melet mentioned it to anyone for

¡trille.

Ms. lorenz. who now liver in

Pork

tit'

thie'

late.

daughier

German

Navy

Heinrich Lorens and his Ameri

CA!!

wile.

After

World War 11.

T.0ren7.

Maris

linor

shipper

of the

along

Berlin.

fle took

it

carbocan

11unth

fluents

afiot

1959.

Presh ute?

to Caled Errantent.

trusted the Borden in

Marante

harbor

ti!

diner

witn

captatt

aili

his

Praclous

teenage daughter. He later per-

maded Maris to return to Hava-

mit to work as his personal inter-

When

she'

arrived she

Installed in

Castro's 21th-

Mand soite at the Havana Hilton.

ali!

realized

she

1:15 8

ritual prisoner.

Quired hy FRI

Frank

Fiorini, an

American

nine had Armore a Cuban Roto-

Mitonary Army

and a

11.1

iwent, contacted her amd

persuaden

her

to

photograph

Castro's serret papers. He later

helped her escape.

lett

Havana in January

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CIA Sent a Bedmate

Tr. Kill Castro in'60

m page 3)

Fiorini

rave her

two

capsules

full of poison

powiler.

she

York

1111:1

told to

sprinkie the powder in

'stro's coffer.

"I Kurse the

company

(CIA)

supplied them. Frank said it was

:1 111.1.

company

operation.

Packing

the

olive-drab unt-

form that Caxtro had Riven her.

norbed the

The Rooftonig

her a lieutenant in

Army,

Mr.

11.0c002 Mlese bark to Havana on

Airlines. Believing she

illosiotis

might he searched it the airport,

front

18:18

she hid the capsules in a jar of

cold cream in her purse.

When

she

arrived

Havan

she

checkerl

Into

tourist

hotel.

changed Into her Fideliste

uni-

jorm and went to the Milton.

mendous

C'old-Cream Caper

1271219

i1.:

Hit office

conle.

who

picrloue.y.

"The lobby was full of report-

ors and other people tryink to

see Castro, but he wasn't

there.

Une of his aideg recognized me

and took me up to Fidel's suite.

my atti.

she

siind,

willing

in. and

1 sald,

Entering the two-room suite,

she saw that nothing had chank-

ed in her absence.

The sitting

room wag crowded with Castro's

bearded,

pistol-nacking

retain-

cry.

The

bedroom

WILS

littered

Thought

with papers, cigar butls and

Was a Joko

Mon call knock

...:

She waited nervously ln ('a9-

12. B0::

thought he

lept cold

realized

tros private room until he came

in a few hours later..

As soon as

he smiled and hugsed her,

she

knew he didn't suspect she

had

don't von kill

visited the quite

feiv

monthy

those

know

how,

previously and stolen his secrets.

around him,

And he cortinly didn't

suspect

i she had come back to kill him.

and loon't sure it it's in me to

kin hun.

Do Not Disturb

"He asked why I left him and

pointed

and thing

said it wax

hechuse I missed

my mother

and my home.

He

'I'm

noi

k:

1:n:1:111

the ku!:.

11+.

• N000

We mangs at wind

kiling

started talking about Cuba and

tho problems, the lack of money,

the shortages. He

talked a long

time. He

said he

wag

expecting

an important phone call, but he

took the receiver off the hook

weirdictin

"Finally

merided

on pol-

9021. Ther

7 would he easy

i!!

fond or

are

me" To go down

and he shouted to the barbados

(bearded

in

the

next

room:

•No me moleste (Don't!

bother mey'

rirink.

"Finally he

ordered food and

and kill him

coffee sent up. When it came, hel

fell asleep

on

the

bed,

In

his

history.

sail.

don't

fatigues and with a cigar in his

mouth.

I had no confidence left.!

"Thes didn't tell me

to do It

not

it.

They said if I

sunt lit tie

protected.

but who

could guarantee lil det out?"

1 Motherl Ready

Toront

aid she

finally

Miami

with

but I knew

this

was

the chance

to io it.

"I went into the bathroom and

opened the jar of cold

cream.

stuck my finger In it and the

whole thing came out like juck.

Mr=.

I

couldn't

find

the capsules.

They had meltet.

1t

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## Page 7

111

i wind

room was crowded

I saul,

with Castro's

bearded,

pistol-packing

retain.

vIs.

The

bedroom was

littered

Thomant

11

Joke

with papers,

guns.

cigar butts

and

She waited nervous th cas.

nought

tro's private room until he came

in a fow hours later. As soon as

realized

ho

smiledl

and hugged her,

knew he didn't suspect

she

she

had

Win don't son kill

Visited the

suite a few

months

I don't know how,

previously and stolen his secrets.

around him,

And he

certainly didn't suspect

ws it it's in me to she had come back to kill him.

Do Sot Disturb

jealousy

!i:!n

stit

"He

asked why I left him and

sal

hecause I missed

111)

and

my

honie.

noi

drantis

Hp

started talkins

about Cuba

the problems. the lack

and

of money,

the

shortarts.

tie

talked a lonk

:tw-1e

NIl:

time.

he was expeciina

important

phone.call..but he

tank

• the

receiver

off

W':

the hink

and he

shouted to the

"Fina

barbudos

on

pol.

Rol.

(bearded

One:)

Ther

in

the

next

would he past

room:

• No

ne moleste (Don't

i:

hi.:

bother mej'

drink.

•Wha:

are

1111l:

10

nod kill hin

idle me?

To go down

"Finally he ordered food and

coffee sent up. When it came, he

"Ales soil. l! would change

fell

aslery

on the bed,

in

his

history.

sand.

"Well,

I don't

fatigues and with a cigar in his

mouth.

I had no confidence, left,

Mine in die

"They

didn't toll me to do it

but I knew this was the 'chance

0! 1102

1t.

They said

if I to do it.

I'4

he protected, but who

"I went into the bathroom and

could guarantee I'd det out?"

opened the jar of cold cream. 1

stuck

A Mothod Ready

my

finger In it and the

Mrs.

said she finally

whole

thing came out like juck

couldn't

find

Miami

the

capsules.

with

They had melted.

fuss meeting with Fiori-

"It was like an omen.

m, lto. "sand he had a way to do

"I

couldn't just dump a glob

of cold cream

in his coffee,

80 I

guid

merlie in a

Miami

1:

itic

Harke.

it

shr

Riwnt

three

"sate house" in

"The's

but Flori-

kopt

talk-

11:0

do

Thes

said,

•You

Pite the only one

sir, can do it.

Astient if she nos believes she

was hrainwashed, she replied: "I

2108 50.

She said they apporl-

el in her matriotism and told her

silt

thousands,

2101214

to retire.

if she

BUC-

ericant.

coul the

shut

the

JaT

the bedroom

and

went

bark

to

sleeping.

and I watched him

Finally I las down

the bed beside him.

on

"I thought.

"To hell with It.

Let history take its course.

"Stupid, Stupid"

Frank and Ales met me when T

flows

Miami next

morning

They

asked me what happened

and I

said the capsules melted.

Frank

was very unset. He sald

Whon she finally agreed to ac-

she

said,

'Stupid,

stupid, atupid. Why did

vou put them in the cold cream?'

I said. Where else? It was the

only place

to think of

where no

Aria Floors

Opera Singer

London.

Ji.ne 12

(UPI) -

Cocanni

teached

for a

Nich not tho kind Opera

London

night

and fell through the floor.

He muck ther. in the

RI!:

uf

per-

sincer

Rugsero Rai-

mondi, trappert

his

waist

ini

singind

for dear life. Sir

Containt.

Evans and

his other

in-performers.

still

and pulled. Eventual-

- Raimondi climbed

out,

un-

hurt but shaken with his word

bent into a curve.

"Ther

WOFF

magnificent,"

said critie Hilton

H'as

in

the

who

auchence

Tims: Theo

carried on without letting the

incident.

upset

equilibriun.

their

vocal

one would find them'"

Ms.

Lorenz Was

not asked to

try again.

"Would you have killed him if

the capsules hadn't melted"

the

interviewer

asked.

"No,"

she

replied. "Probably not."

Alex Rorke later

disappeared

on a

mystery flight to Nicara-

gua.

Frank Fiorini, now

known

as

Frank Sturgia,

continued

to

perform odd jobs

for

the

CIA

until his arrest in 1972 as one of

the Watergate burglars.

Informed of Ms.

Lorenz'

count

of

the

assassination

яс-

at-

tempt, he verified her story.

Soon after her murder mission

failed, the CIA recruited Mafia

mobsterg

apan

including

John

Roselli of Las Vegas, Sam Gian-

cana of Chicago and Santo Trat-

ficante of Tampa, Fla, - to kill

Castro.

But they

were no

more

successful than the sexy. Mata

Hari.

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DocId:32423630 Page

tri

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## Page 8

DUSTRACT

wilso

WATCHFUL NEWSPAPER

SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1975.

1 Daily, ICe-Sunday 25c.

CIA, Mobsters Lucked

-To Cuba Raid Plans

Newspaper Names 4 Maria Figures;

SACRAMENTO AY) -- 109

when it became obvious that

world: Information, as declül-

thing like that My nervi

Central latelligere agaucy

that invasion of 1,400 cxiles

ng to confirma or deny the, piobsbly not og nou 45 ecued

relied on lour underworldi

"way a fallure, tie mobster

accounts.

then you selloct on it it

mobsters for Intelligence used

..boat returned to Florida.

The Bee reported thut Hous

not an impassible: stuctiol

In planning thuulfated 1081!

Is it?"

"Walsh identified the source

Bay of Piga invasion't Cuba,

of his. information as a former

Related Story Page AS

The Bee sald tric de lie four

mobsters triolved Fith tha

lie Sacramento Bee said to

employe of the CIA. He did

das'-

not identify the employe in

ton, retired general counsel of

CIA in the Bay of J's al;

sill alive.

The CIn's underworld in

thiệ story, which carried a Las

the

CIA, said of the story:

formants, all former Havaga.

Vegas, Nev., dateline.

«I do not recollect such a.

It said one la fussel Bulaila

casino

besses, had, buried

Ho

quoted Lawrence

R.

thing, but that doesn't mean it

no, 71, descrits1 as a sull-de

$750,0ü in Cuba chan they

Houston, described as lie CIA

didn't happen. I won't deny it,

avo northcastat Deansyl

fled Fidel Castro. There ore

• ofacial receiving the wider-

but I don't remember any

(Pleases Tus To A3, Com's)

they had a sake in encourag-

log the finited Stuies to une

dertake live invasier to over

throw Castro, the. Bue repurt.

"The Information they sup

plied to the CLA' supposedly"

pinpointed troop: and naval

vessel positions," Bee investi

gative reporter Denny Walsh

wrote in the Sunday edition.

unportantly, per

haps, the mobsters also re-

ported that many of the peo

ple of Havana were unsym-

pathetic to Castro and. would

almost certainty rise

support of a counter revolle

tonary force once it hadies.

tablishod & "beachhead,"

Walsh continued.

In exchange for their heip,

the houdlum had: been prom.

ised they sould be aloned to

recover their buried cache un

hindered, Walan Bart.

to sald the liodlus had

tlieft ompy boat, with qne. CIA

man aboard, standing off the

Cupgn shore when the Bay of

NW 50955.

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## Page 9

CtA-Mafia Link

(Conlnued Fron Page Âl).

la. Mialia bosa wno wag cono,

victed just boforo hiis hooknp

fith tao Cln of conspiring to

costruct fustico in lying abput

the 1957 Matla summit moet-

ing at Apalac in, N.Y.

The newspiper said the oth-

er living informant Is- Gcorue

Lovlett, also known ny acse'

Lawin whe. was dencrilied ag

d6 oversoer and monudor of.

{ Malla gambling Intorcüla las

pre-Castro" Caba, Iho'

Bce

cald he is roportedly: lving in

Coral Gablee; Fla.

The other two were Jamsy

Pigumerli Identifled as a for.

mer Malia bljackor, labor:

racketeer and" gaiment dis-

trict strongmat, and. Salva:

fore Granello, Identitteu as a

ntiila extortionlst and gant.

aler.

eil Plumeri and Granello, were

aVictims sevetal years cgo of

Hintelated gangland etecui

n Loris, Walsh wrolo."

'!!•

K fere "is the accoung' of

XCLA-Mafia Intrigue es *de

Uncribed "byww Walshy fromns his

unldentilied:" former ! CIA

jcourco:

"During the pre-1959 Te

, dime öl the iformor Cuban

dictator, Pulgencio ^Sulista,

Ea ino. gambling flourished in

the country under the dires-

Uon and controt of the U.S.

crganized. crime 'underorld.

Tar The Castro rovolution

arouted the mob along with

*Balista, and the Cuban pre-

empipr's: Communist

goveril®

Zungut has bever alowed tho

, itcsumption of mob. activities

if there."*

NW 50955 DocId:32423630 Paye 9

The Tour -former

CaSiDO

bosses

"Inade periodic re

ports to the CIA until just

before the abortiue: Day of

Pigs invasion.

"Between

$45,000 ana

$50,000 was paid-by the four

gongstera, ta informants t:

::Cuba for tho inforrnation.

"'The mnuney came, at least

in part, from a $750,000 cacho *

wropped li oilcloth and bur

Ied in tho geound by Grnnollos

and Lovino just before, thelr.

hnsty doparturo fron Cuba

during tho turbulcnt doys of"

the Castro takeover.

"It was the rest of thisg

moncy tliat Granello, Levine,

Bufalino and Plumeri were

aseured they would be able to ,

recover unhindered if the Cas-

tro govermment was topplcd..

"They managed to got wotd.

to "hoodluins inside Cuba who

knew the whercabouts of the

mdney to start buying stra-

tegic Information. Other Cu-

ban

associates of the four

gangsters were dispatched to

the island from Florida on

Intelligence-gathering sorties."

Idarüer published reports

bave said that in preparation

for the Bay of Pigs invasion,

CIA Director Allen Dullcs ro

licd heavily on reports which

stresser the unpopularity of

the Castro regime and the

expectation, never realized, of

massive rebellion at the time

of a strike.

dilrna

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## Page 10

to Sorior Union (right)

Cirrara do Cupata, A

vast

champ that

he per sial to rondert to rice fields. A.s

as tie

Harana with hig usual

entusurage, Marin aereised onders to re-

Inan la the Colan

rapital inimediately.

she lumidei le regular

fl.2he,

Cubana Airlines

B.Mod1X

American

mIl cassying hes

Castro uniform and a

lue lee revolver in des obernight bag.

Shie

arrived in lacune a

fow hours

Castro lore town.

Americans were

still

Welrono

those days,

Caban castone efficees eoldon searched

tour.ats' luxxaye.

18:13

me trouble at the alr-

por!."

Marin

chrckedl

aleary little hotel in downtown

into

changed

lavina,

anl

se direno me manda morn.

lo the

Hiavana Hilton.

isy

11114

the

time.

listro hard a

130f1la

on

mi lurla al lavara, Casa Cojimar,

but 1t was muore convenient for hima to

keep hia papere el the tilton.

"aux and the ailjoin.

hiaof

?md

hits

210x.

Malerals

when tumme

ditte

anel mule my completion darier

ilan lê in maturally.

pergole)

ware darle ala cina, evon at mialer.

all

"А'

11+1,99

tiLrtInk 1n

the lost:.

duer mariend rient threanin.

l'assine th

hat 6.0.194938 clitr

Sperial

Insule

of

mais tan.1.

Salenty

406•1194961

notie

ne. I tallen to the elevatore and went

Saw Her Opportunity

Mt014d

Whess

Fidel

When 1

ald esorothing mors dead gunt, or elr

Fidel was thiere and thrre was a lot of

nutre and rigar smoke.

unischrol lice dovr lo Suile 210X,

fr.lt

prell: confident le.

TeoriC

changel into

Tra Tight lo Man.

dress atl ranght the

"Frank met me at the

airport and !

Rive him all the papert. I never knes

martly what

information they contain-

eel.

Wis

told the

stuff was good, it

the

United Slaten kov.

criment ly vory happy.

Anung the papers were topographi-

linl

of Cnbes

which

several

ettenti,

uf

avay

from

undevelopert

an;

land.

1121d99

Population conter, had

bren

markre

The mape

with

han-rawn

circley.

alxo had hardwritton nota-

tuay that darie conton't read -locance

Torrign

lunguage -

Carch, 1 think.

Her Find Was Voluuble

Thiere yours

Inter,

sente u

Agent

tokt

hey

"thie

promessork

fur

Saviet

the

The cireted

KggetL."

soviet

TERGEREI

196:1.

missile

rolling:

oft

this

historic whowdown

hatween

Preri

dent Aranedy und f'romier khrashchry.

information

suppohe d

arrule inside Cuba

1fom

U.2 Mps

Disney.

anappert

('TA

fintet

1eN Alfa

pinpoint alt the

mattattat

lesse's

this

isand. But Mario boliroes her sol.

4l0n In Castro's latr

1460 the ClA

11+4

plotting.

She nisd bohreng desten cur

preted tho wier the

Se sentale

las declinea 1o

comment on Murin'a involvement.)

completed

МАГІР

this

recrived

from

er's

apartorut

anill.

number)

Takr

after

slie hirl

Gangeron имит.

myxlerious trlcgr.m

Delivere

hirr

Lewh

hath s1,

2x607

11'n:1ro+

pritate

LATH

AT

NIGHT.

113

IMPORTAVT."

181+

"Ysnos." breaming

l'ipt.

Jesus

Yanez

Palleter,

l'astro's closest nider.

Minne's Tired Imb

innore tho mersigr.

bent

curinxil y

"vocatis

Withenet

her

turntioning

T1le9

brother,

tefL

Ile:

Ha= 10 2: 111

$1411'E.

will papers and ton

littered

121a124n 11.x

tus ne?

Ne she alopped into thie amall sote

baln between the noler and inner front

donne in the mantient mondo. tire tr

17FH

50955

unform pockels and

Krakhed her. One of them wne litr:

MPocId 92 389900 Page-101

Mini in

arcallot

Wils suino ln laba

an titano is ed

C'isba

Taner maid a plane

stas Mating:

Ht lellereld Airport

face and tried to drag me ont lo a car.

"A person

lisee un the bunding

"pener the door sand can me sorrent?

and fighting.

towenit

Thie

perx.na

desta

Riverside Derive.

Lion

distrartedt the

The

1 1288.4695

the'm

duln't.

"hoot'

eup there.

"The cibano trot

all bloody. Thank st

t..oh

nus to the

butt

und"

trage"

and frar

N'est

t.l1.:

Tenh

110te atet

matrit

kur deplomati

hon

minster's

lego: Geodel lesset

uffior

sturare to

Matte, Piatto

d..I

intint

1l:"

1109 B1091•1011

Discussed Killing Castro

Aillong

hal coer

firslie,

Masre repherd:

ill

durin

drone rit

le benito

his sprecher.

181•611

le mier and drog ii

right on tup of hitn.

"Il'e leaod the brosnlo, che golone, I una

run.

H"1?

Sense lenti

brut

Copyredd

W..

1.E4

That's

nt:1

knuw."

Manire

tristel

Nt'912

14•J51

Matt tr

shorlly hefogr

the bir;

l'is.

"I mt there at is littler alite henst-as

Itr

Mialis

thank

0a02

Furier

polare

+++1

thr's

idire al chie of mus

fei!

Abrout

Aulettent.-

hokr

('a:tro

Mant

i11.

hirt

hrarle,

sollies s.

ant-

anl

¡ora " !

Missir

c....l

tripri le C'ale.

11.1!0.

1 19111:

chiosia

.l.ees.

''"'

Haired on ay lesle dal pisyroll.

pi siril.

tter

'Eduardo Supplied Cosh

liden

..e'* W:9

Pillarole

lied

fr.m

lime

trevine " in Miei

"Pluardo

Mieria s.and.

the moms.

Petitt

". 11r 18"

Nossiettat

frank

miol

thing."

..!!...

Me ironel loo poiedo 199o

long of this

paper

finire

MIAM

the

itiene

"Estuarolo"

11i,

111114.

Fiorins.

Mio neer of the core britano

caucht in Detratte

Se, nel frantut-

1'.

Hiropate

compire ott tutte

Pion

Sturais,

linstad Marker, Fuarmin

lislando

Melonl,

thet:

Premi!

fur

the

campion contantle. .

Ho le 60008 C1.8 cangoodes

hael

Perditip

**,,

H.r.

Mostremol

sinigin,

curt bolomons

Harkre

1/+.

oltreil

1194

areal three.

tradit:

cerne al the koinielle

Polsitir

tritimons.

hel allor

•vers!

staff

1411)

iny.

mudere

Humoeroses frank tuone Sturgie.

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## Page 11

-in-

Howevestower the Conal Lone Wus toted

BY PAUL MiESKIL

Third of a series

•: Thes tentral intelligence Aren

no one investigated bill Castro,

ladlerin Margot

Fontosh and ac.

tors John Wayn

and torol Hin

in connertion arith a bizarre inta-

it wis surrounded los 1.00000 Cabras Aerogre

led hu tulel Castro himself.

TV sames me on their are the

The mummer owen id lolas

Pastrin

The interful eadt of shis

991-91914

American

set Tradeen can Nor

a lutes.

Morgan was excentend by de cartra

arperard fors

firing

Mortie,

l'assame plant

sider into

Alta.

Neither Muggin's P'antan Dole door

this

Ames made Paraly mood eas

al. Nur did Carlto.

layeral,

As a that will"

mession cool

Alre

Herther

it stations

fail and deported from lister.

Hos

focuss

htr.

turned miany

treats, Hos

seized tria.

toor

•lu Panama, part of the invasion lenmijs quickly juired.

theer dande tiar

te: M612188

march on

the

Canal Zore

and rield in

clipint

Heerbosalt

I knew nothing ebont the l'aname plot

and a 36.foro spelled. thee Plates 1ll.

Lane cy do he damas, palice

nol Flone ale was yeled about ho

Sturgis arcompensed hoar on mal.s

• friendship

trias.

Thes

hail

bern

terions missions.

1001.

But trund's reporte lo the ClA pio

together in Cuba, where Flynn was

maling

Assassins fuiled

siled sufferent advance warming.

• musie based on the

the

Commustist forger belgre

n-tro lote C'ulin

April 14. Then

revolution. The sereen sessibuckler said

Kurtie

Hese to l'anama And

Arie wanted do hure flum's richt.

()n

1181+

Mertstorn,

reportedis

the

landed an erreather squad that bored lois

the

dictatorshp

ral case madle diorean a dajor, hig

rended the Deloud motor launch Nola for

veran-cuing Caca, for a trip to l'unania.

Fadeel in hill d'asten, Fartg in dood, 1lie

•, rent in the revolutionary dim:

punk fish-

Suspecting what ho had in mind, Plen

"The upset

VIc)ry

an•l

Five louth looning

refused.

he spore that went sill it, encourageo

fuck them

Some CT4 arease believe Morgen

woold not huve attempted the l'anna

forman do consider extending the revolu

Cache of arms

6119831

invasion

lint

A few

Castine consent.

weeks

Ther reportedly adled divertly (o

without

faded insisted: "I hadd nothing to de with

takeover

Harena.

Bengal dallel

At 4401.

Frank Fiorin's

rashe

of urnes

simi-

it.

attice in golan die force headquarters.

automatre rifles, revolvers, machine eligis,

When the

spearheid fosie splached

srenades and ammosition in waterpfarf

ashore on a Sant Mar Indian reservatmn.

Refused second spot

last beeir dropped in the

the dilA had as man at the serne. He was

"Mager Morgan spoke to me confiden.

facino Norn. 1à miles outside she PAra.

Alesander Harle Jr. eGorrierre iouront.

tially.

sturgis told The irses.

"He sand

Canal entrance.

he see preparing on invasing of l'anna

had tern

The

chunnege bond

ise, photographer and intolligenor agent.

landing

loy

for the

1188"

10:4/10919

Double doublecross

86 000006008.6068 08 60 08 4117 1 99277 171

ween the 1i.S. und Crea

Bentrol satell

Lene agend questioned larke and ihe

17 cuban railere solin migr

Kurte told them the 1'lA Med Wireeeed

many tripe of the Violson Ill Mind

"Ilis

contral Intelligenis

sance linowledge ood thiere tolgia"

Pid accente told the dess

this statement an- frur.

contrait

and the lanai lone.

He wantral me to be

-kralle

Borond-in command of the

expeditions. 1

freen thr

water all later tansferred

son of a dra lord gulde. Alex sors.

tole hint 1 was interested,

thin to the Sola.

Healership position.

The

"fishermen" alull the Mola

cialist in

rename whose.

eil their togets and caraud little dier.

"I sand,

'Hill, you've put to le crazy.

came ashore on the l'arfie

coast, lear

married

actress Jacquelne

Hillnkley.

The American cupcenment's xot a mili.

Five monthe later, Krocks went on his

Sinte Clara,

und buried the suns dond

daughter of doorl, Clut osner Shorman

lary force these.

Yinite

HYa1H9t

willing

¿anne on the bearde. Diame Margot

He anil,

Hillingeles.

Frank Seleon, an American husinee.

'Well: the 1'.s.

Here del anything for

Un Horil Ix.

810'.

after terriving a, ClA

man in Cole, sae insoled noth Sturge,

report that. an imason

ship had sailed

Morgan and luke in carous plots.

The American military strength in the

churling

"amal fee.

"i that time in log Lotaled

" if

Morkan',

military

1.1as

double

dorabler trees.

Nelson,

share as le lisee and dess Dock if her guad

Wall Har.

Markan

I Villas Provinerd, the

Panamaran sov-

tani bed seriting do loond endidled "fier a

laured it

sur-

rammes. me leged Arons arrest. He hrarl

Million bullier*,

" role Then dress:

19199

Miser. Min Tow

hundred Cultus,'

the nose on Ile Sinle's radio, retorted to

the Santia Clare area and went into hid-

winaled has mul.

ing nt his fanly's catch.

the vital eata!

sabotage.

lietore dawn next day, the Nola slip-

prodote the Paname Canal with outy the

"Thie comporatred planned to uses.

skipper and Dams

Margot

almsaril.

She

Thrase thee

dinomants

Robertment and

arml lie the larame of lies

sister-in-law.

"'alial

Senora Chola rias.

A few hours later,

extorton eraseme" Slurris sand.

hours in jail,

"Thirs

the poma ballernd wax

gonna shit.

Meanstle, Aers had taken sof.

Pradeed leille espioniong, through the caned

lorks. Thre were count to blee my and

mer in the Brazehan Kinhary in Punanis

sink line

sp comes gote tear the lock-,

Pier. the line later allowed tee legre the

Kilos

wild list

Mutants.

Setonal coardamen found the usma

perl in and directreme

tourne in the lerack el Sinle Clara. 1

eel a cluse friend of mine. I sent to

Frank

there

was anything the criola de lo get

m; friend out of garl. He cont

Murean uhe war very elose lo Castro.

ted Morgans warn't interested in sity.

thing lost money.

"I found eat that laden man cong t

invasle

the Dominican Hopette, in

went there and told

dictator Madard Dragilled dead the mois

asen plane l sand lar

-hereial beerd fireless

the

punch and intele

"Moteins

could domes cache war chernered dent a

harred go smale lie age thre

college ested log on Amesscan flond ni

cumal for it loanst tere months. He was ait

BrE109

Amar firmaly.

"I cold Tragillo, l think you inn lus

Morgan

for

lilion concer

I.et hits

1.a1a Prilag meln, Aper 21, w. Colesn

planes, morestlins.

hisp

finites

Commodo

Then go Come 19 15111

and he partner, dirufleer salloran. iN. af

Waterbury,

le.

Inderdule, flo, in a rented loin endine

Beechoraft on Sant

1, 11999.91

Tan 8'12-

band arrotepanied them.

Make does Clad che den

lund 1.e

frenales merrier

They

lear feel

Alert.

He cozumar laland off Meritis

Yuralen l'erinaute and al Hell re brasiato

Honduras, When

they

plane desappeare

loft

libris,

thie

That night, Steeeee Cerersed S rogerl

Irat the plane ane rueroled in diarades.

Fresh immediacely coiled the command.

er of nasal intellenes in Miam.

-411 1815

10 185.

Henched leg the Nary.

lunge linned and dor Fores

11r101l0

party

Hushe's

Moani

larger

per sensel

Renal, dollie Kulder

let Bee core of ther

89188-798:

Someoname ar their plane

11 8.4

Forced onto boat

inserplode bodied

Soland lone amother teres

Showed planes, named names

nd l'anana

fill males northest of the cangital. In it'

in Herisdie

Morr.i armed men, Colons and l'ama.

at nobleed the 16lAt arent

trenches, and a oman muste.

Nickerla.

Spearhead blunted

finsherd."

Trouble apprasad the mothere dotiar

sent

rel pest up than cued do not of starte

til. Nelson sand he priet Moogan S..00.1100

down, plae $100,000 lug aspenses.

The

EaD A919

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HW 50455

N. Y. DAILY NEWS, MONDAY. APRIL, 21, 1915

Our Mavuna Triple Spy halped & Hurt Cestro

By PAUL MESKIL

387086

"I was a spy," frank Sturgis

admits.

"I was involved in assassina-

tion plots and conspirisies to over-

throw

several

foreign sovern-

ments, including Cuba,

Panama,

Guntemala, the Dominican Repub-

lie and Haiti.

"I smuggie arms and men into Cuba.

- fur Castro and arainst Castro. I broke

nes the intelligence files

of the Cuban

army and Air force. I stole and photo

graphed hundreds of secret documents.

"That's what spies do.

"I also broke into orciga

consulates

and business uffices in Cuha, for the pur-

pose

of obtaining information, and into

Venezure,

•import-export

office

that was

Caracu,

front for the

KGH (Soviet Secret Service)."

Sturzis

Tias a hired operative of che

Central Intelligence Agency for at least

aisybe he still

1s,

though hig

rover was blown forever by the notoriety

he recrived

as a Molergate burglar. He

construrted and controlled an

espionage

netwosh in Cuba that is still functioning

despite frantic efforts by Castro security

forces and the KCiS to lestroy it.

the Waterarie drania, Stargis is a real

Ule James bond whose rapluite eva!

those of any fictional spy. letervicard at

the office of his aliami laiver.

Fillis

Rubin, and at other places in Siu.

York

and Florida, he candidly revealed mans

details uf his culoríul carrer as a

hero.

rilia fighter and professional plutter.

Charged the subject

A ted if he had alsu

sir,

he

politely

changed

sune things he will not

A slocky, iron-jan

much jounger than his

burn

Via.

Frank

Angelo

subyer:.

nian who looks

he was

Nirfolk.

He joined the

th: start

of

U.s

World

War

fought

through the Pacific with the famed Firt

Raider Battalion

After the war.

i'd ir.

the

Air

Force,

Army

Aind

Reserve.

Mats

full had the seece rainingf

rerhniggur..

Il. # plane and thi

Havy license.

3: fate

him t.

ruine l

him to handle gmall, fast ships.

The ry

rumpleted thi

SEGRETS 07

THE GIS

siened ls a security unit that handled

tup-secret

front

Allie:

inteili-

genie ugents all over Europe.

his

introdiction

This vi's!

to the darli wurld of

espionage and intrigue.

In Berlin during the chilliest part of

the cold war,

he wet his liest real spy.

She was &

caullul actress who aiso was.

an arent.

disganah,

the

sriret arniy

formed to

defend the new stale of Israel.

When

Frani hecame:

civilian

"ife,

a llaganah courier

- per-

haps the

only

Roman

Catholic

in

this

group. In the 19504.

he Tyrel to Sliami to

visit an uncle wi

emile.

ho had married a Cuten

Carlos

Prio, the Cuban president

FuRenrio

Trio and

other wealthy Cubans

whose Miami man-

stung

hotheds

• 1211341

irigue.a some of them supplied

support

for

& nery joura

reint,. Fidel

who was then living in Steria.

Ir. 1937,

Prio asked Franti to

a nia what he's

army

nie

dring." Franà serptel

(Continued

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## Page 13

QUE TRIPLE-AGENT IN HAVANA

locuments."

(Continuad from pago 3)

the assignment. He flive to Havana nod

witle the help of a ruban

prlest.

he

quickly Incatred

CHalru's camp In 'thie

Sirra

Maestra Mountrine nud volun-

terrel his services.

"Fidel remembered me," he sald. "We

could understand each other. I apole ltal-

lan,

which 19 simiar to spanish,

and lie

sune English. I offered

to help

train his troops, burt he said, 'Frank, what

1 nerd is suns.'

So frank bees

ne a kun runner. With

supplied

the C'astro

181

under.

he purchared thon-

sand

uf rifles.

fornia other weapons frum

Intyrnationn!

Cony.

(inter-

ariacoy

"P Ales:

Va, the

largest denter

urmia.

world's

He then

aet upe an claborate land-sra air smug.

Boedsl1181

amartinition intr

the

KUla

and

Ho Became Triple Agent

1102st he

presidential palace, in

with Fidel. I re.

cruited everyone l cruhl, Americans and

Cubans, to be undererver egcnla."

Blas

Gorman Gonzales, a Miami bust-

nearinan who took part in clonk-and-dag.

85r operations against both lutista and

astro,

know'n

aint

worked

Stureia for many years. He save Sturgis

TwAs A ClA employre from 1949 to 1068.

The ClA asked

him to

participalo

in

assassination jluts in-Cintr

double

MULAINK

C'asten,

Frank became

This time,

he wits recruited for the Kame of intelli-

"Tore T

Atta.

State

Park F.

Departight official

then in stasike

ut the 1S. Consulato in

Santage de C'uh.

"We 1e0: at the dare firenole Slotel In

Santidy",

"Promis ceralia. "Montion kars

what 1 reas doing.

ile

apprenched me or

meone stroduce

where.

Sturgi:

introdueed lop

Cuban

military and political leaders to Ameri

can agents el the 095. Embasey in Hava.

Thume these Mints, a consolacy 1o

arrassinate Casers and other (abne leal.

"Two altompts nomine Castin's lifo

wise made in

rally part

Hollo Tailed.

astralte

of 1969.

Whose wallar?

for a green loche. from Fränk timini

Marries tard allege way made int

This repenter ashed titungie whon the

I agreed lu sure with lind.

agenry first logan thunking nbout escar.

sinating fasten

• revolution ran over.

Hsra..

1a118, lected tore elite are 1

•stel one the Amori.

the new contacts,

stop...

unitel

the cinies t's

mallary

it:

•"The inal disemarion of assassination

with my 1ClAd contacte war in Fichen.

ary 19h0 " ho replend. "I was making re.

sirl,

ments in all the

communist notisaly in

the molitary, I surered that thie would

findel.

fortres

1ri..e1l

100.18.000 le polia, eit lols most

uf

the

1 all..

That lane, le close Grend of Frank's, lar.

ClaDdog Di

1n.1

1114

Air

Metimes,

Pias

said Dwouke organice it and follery. it

thraugh.

"I wood arrange an Impostant con-

terence at liaipe Laber tarl Cany laber

Ly, the combined army nor force bose and

headquarters formerly Lumn as Camp

¡he'

remandits

would come to the hase in them jeope and

Frand leriped the Dire Lake Druthers

the roofs.

del

reurparter the der Furio and thes made

the cfire.

him their sermoly and intelligence chief,

hate wipel sout

bodel, lue lirather 1? lil

He also leine the offices

in charte of

and all the top Apro communet) nule.y

inspestina

("ut.an

cutenders 1030 errands.

Kambling insinus.

"I asked tas

which were owned and

enluct in the lennis.

barnald by amlorian modelare

all on this.

Franks said

Whether this would hots.

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Mule lloy

A bit player in the Warergate drama,

Sturgis was a real-life James Bond when

he did inis big jobs for the CIA

Sturgis and his (1. contacte desired (wo

alternale plute, "no vias to excculo Cas-

tro

in the arcond floor cunference room

at Alr F'urce hendquarters. As he mud the

other officers would not arrive at exactly

the sume time, it might be more prach.

cal in wuit until they were all ansembled

aruund the conference labir.

"The whole ider was to bill all of

Chions at once. Unfortunairly, it some ut

Ura anti-Communist

officers were la

there at the same time, they would have

1o to lee. The lives uf some of the ant.

Fomensaise commanders Would have to loos

aucrificed in order lo get linstru and lis

The third scheme Insolored planting a

the prime minister's

office,

send.

"I haew Fidel's private sorelary.

Juan Orla. I recrated him lu sock wirl

the Finland%. A placemed to dire to fidel's

office with a bufrase full of explo.

When

Fidel entered the offere, a signed would

he siren und the bout sould he get off

by an electromeo device neross the sireet."

The plotters badled goveral muntles

ur the keeen luckie from Washongton,

but it never cal

"Thing couldn't runke

up this minds,".

Preak sand of thir un.

"Thiey

pool tra'd derale what to du."

Asked for Green Light

But, severange too fossor intelliarsio

the 'C'1.

latre

appearseel

N1:1

bankrolled ather plode to serge mud diat

14.19.

Ameran ache nturets, dian raily,

rials plagedt promment parts in these

Forea

In June, 18e0, Castro Pled D6 Log Air

utteres superted of disagalls,

includme the Diac Land brothera. Pedro

Was lone tute seemed trut the Arr

Almeida, ordered l'edro's arreat and the

Diaz Iant brotherg went Lul: raround.

46 chis point, trank was pulled out

ol Cula. "I lefe Havana on Juno 30 and

came lo Miami to arrange lie escaper of

1he Diaz Lans brothere and thielr

Ja mt-

lira, l'edro and his mife sat out by sall.

boat; Marcus was piched up lig a plane."

The brothere fled to Florida, lold all

they knew

alrut the

C'astro regime and

went to work for the (:1A.

4 fuw

after franh's abrupt

departuro

from

Havans,

he

recelied

mond that Castro nue sending do assas.

9lab10n team after bem. Pranh'a Inform-

supplied

foll

descriptions

of

the

three

assassins,

Merlican

The Fill posted

the-clock yuard oh Truth g. Miami home

and trueral agents followed hus

wher-

eer he went.

Tailed to Florida

Customs

an!?

Immigration officera

were alerted. The Mencan Kunmen were

yotted when they

crosied. the border

and were tailer lo Flornda, where they

ree arredel. Theer car bus confiscate

and they sere lordo a back lo Stories

08. 8e8. 26, 19ei3, an Amorican 11.25

called lia "burdene"

luid

•Pedro Bond Lane Mins this

pilot,"

privet.

Mercut lorise

nand another

filtere came alter de bust they molksedd

119 Atta

can plans

elr.ss 11.

Tire his sure it the Saty Nation

The shade of there same sure shot thand they

Kuladled."

I he

first of mane dad agendend

Studdle made do trilos log aid serial sock

withrat the darn laht (with aend aith-

"I hund fond lude They were Granced

log ther

Camel linerd aller.

40991

it lord long, witle

Anuther

lord, thie Class, was aboal this she gize.

1 alre had lise in. fool Alertlies Prata

with sader aid other amphenticated equip-

priated

i slee all hered

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## Page 14

- A Mission to Cuba: Tale of the Doomed Raiders

BY PAUL MESKIL 4/24, 755

tl.at

Tas to go lato Cito delure ile

Filth of e series

Bay if Pigy assault.

Ti. vi Darly New.

Some former

On March 17, 1960, Prosident

Operation

As

an

dr ceribe.

SECRETS OF

140.111M144

Eisenhower authorized tho ClA to

ayhad." Sturgis won't go thirt far.

THE GIA

form a guerrilla army of Cuban

"It sas a top ClA projrct." he siris.

refugees and incade Cuba.

Shortly

"Most o!

nich

in it

Here

Catars:

whin

thereafter,

had

keen

1h e

tralried

the

CI.A

dispatched

U.%A

Ariny.

I am nut saying that Operation

arent. Frank Sturgis to Guatemala

30 had an

to

conter with

Prexident

Miguel

There

are reports that there was one, but I'm

Yulgorag ahout setting up training

, nut saying s0.

bases in that country.

To laliltrale

This

"secret"

mission

was quickly

'The prime

purpose dias infiltration,

discovered and reported by the Guate.

not

assassination.

(kroup

bers) were to infiltrate

Flee here mom:

malan neas nadia.

tact anti-Castro

military leaders, politi-

"I had

plunned to hreak into

while

the

leaders

underground

Cuben

wag

And they

people.

Guatemala

Could kind frey a propin

porter recently,

City but the president sun.

It was really necessary."

preted. 1 leare the

country

because

of

Chief of Operation 10 was Jnse Joa.

quin sanjenia. & 1

all

the

publicity,

The nenspapers

and

ormer Casiro sile w110

TV reported

deterted and frame a ClA agent.

Han a ClA agent and

of his cousins also

TH::

WAS

trying to

obtain

morand fur the agin.

bases

for

the

rj.

Cuban invasion."

Over the next year, the Cll tralned

Farly In 19el, the ClA learned that

Cuban recruits

a proup

in Guatemnia.

Tanama,

plotting

of cuban military offr.rs was

10 overthrow Castro.

statey.

er of

that gent hundreds of Bat!sta loyal.1,

tu the firing squads, and C'astro's first

minister uf agricullure.

But by 1001 he

had turned against the Castro regime.

His partners in the anti-Castro con.

spiracy

included

nary

other

alr

force

Cuban

army,

commanders,

the

chief of Castro's secret pollie, die deny.

finance minister and the head of the

Colan

Sugar Institute.

They

planned &

Bilitary

uprising

during

which Castro

and

hig

killed.

Commorist adriors would be

As soon as the ClA learned abal

they were up 1o,

Operation 10 dr: 16t0

8.4:11.

Agents slipped

into Cats,

tarted the

conspiraions and riled •tein

the

military

repelt to cincide

*ith the Bag of Piss invarior

bifore

lucro

Rico

and

the

Uniteit

The leird.

Sturgis.

this

Misfine

cumhat

plot

veteran

of

Has diajor

World

H'ar Il.

Humbe:

Sori

trained about 60 Cubans

former

thes

in the Florida Fiverglades.

drafted

the

Sturgis

Castro

which

TaR fare of the axency's

penal

made

firing

squa.d

Buper-scorel Uperation

legal.

Sori

Marin

an infiltra-

had been adiuiry

tion

got"ral

and

intelligence-cathering

Castro's

army.

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of

"war crimes

revolt-invasion

patrol

Rag sent to

uf iluvana

to

tren

shortagog.

A. thie

to her house, she

(Contineed on pago 69)

• 11.=51!

Sort, A ridicia

MER-RETEN

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## Page 15

TALE OF UNE DOOMED RAIDERS

(Continued from figo 5)

Klet to the

nearts home

of a lured:

angineer wind his wife.

The

her

intered. the

enemiter's house

and,burst

anilit uty

room

where were dines tround

seated

the

A Lite scene will devana street mapa

jungninting

the

locations

if key

InsLal

la mid hit were to here it

miltiamen were outranked and

outnumbered.

The!

hesitated.

nut

SUT

what to jo.

So?!

Then informed sources

Marin

pullert

said?

pistol.

burst !from

1 Czech-misle

wounded him

the

submwachin

le's

and

1,1m1

Kai hie

co-conspiraLor.

surrrader

off

Cabana fortress lug questioning.

A round

noisy

th:+

was

heid

in

Murch

1961,

& small

Reinvalon

Miamix Cubian

bunpairn

HAR

section.

• C1.A

"safe huure"

thị

Wits

Operation

unentf celebration

40

squad-five

Cuband

American-that

was about

invada (oba.

Contact underground

The

Mad'A mission

was

in

anti-fastro

contary

the

underground

and

treat

vermond on the north

coast, to nunh

Castro think i guerrilla

force was land!

there

Tle diversionary

Wist

109083

-hortly before the real invasion

un the sonith coast

Mist

people

at

the

laban refugees.

Among

A me

Frank

tie

Nelson,

vieran l'arsbbean conspirator,

Sturgis

and

and

es.0=.

Alix

fell

tandoor

why

inte

conversation

Metair.

lone

with

American

thie".

Cuba-bound

4/1adl.

he

Mr.Xirr

such

replierl:

1 Murran,

i who alta

Army

"I bure.:

4. head 38 Sair

'bren't you afraid of 1

Thos

were

4.711.91134

and delorere of the disband

Wells

"..to tailor.

He trusted

Then: else

That Hire a fatal metake.

The 1'1d risidore got off the

Hip'

salt tread the

Floral kroom the

Mercury.

Commstuns.

af

Tree destroome bud an inded ut dates

Reputed ClA ogent

d:

rarel ristles.

His.

indetrea

1.t5l

Cs.

Inione ClA plot to hill Castro, the rifle failod to fire.

Super-secrut Operation 40 was stymied

so many times by the alori Cubans that

it began to sound like Carch 22

A ite:

"1:

ant failin

table, to M:4 12a

there gardere

other

18o ple

and if the

..i-ro t..

i finalis..

Snaily after mandriant on Murate 10,

Mer. ill y

taped 1h

pain bored corte

Me taip

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into thr

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10, thro

thrilors

Irensel

Spilled!

•see lise leogardo caned dessertedends thems.

3084• 1h:n 1609

colliers and mulitiaren

114'Fa1

Sonne, perlape a Carlin

nant ish's

nad talkel,

Instep-of

maple on

li:.

aIr. 101

the

Misings

wily le

The two

arguested told

1. ril 19.

lar dares alter the Hay

•Be Itali

dearth.

H. str

harrot:

i. 11.1

thr

l'amant Meaten tel went to work

le le cla

were pore tend nerd day. Agend 3h, drivres

cheat on thee ballers pears linst

Tatiehante

tortre's.

trom Here

Hunterter Soret

Matan.

metrone Ametan motton who called

Imself Hatred Bein

H16 116.:

emplesal la 11.4

He argenteally server

and he. derites

mood so indoote veterans cutened

intrist

_fEE

Hot not for

Ise.

tie food moodle,!

feel tear mole lundreds of deralestine

• strat

Fi. Louderdale, Florida. le enriod the

latest radar

and Hooke enuipment, fier

Cannon",

several

30 coither

machine.

Kuns and lair d0 foul speedboats

Its shipper reportedly sins dagonio

Roland Mortisica, no Branni oral calile

sidlesterl

and

CIA

meant whos

more then too nectarnel rose lo Cula.

taken all the

official

011

payroll in 1972, the sat aftor his use

ranaht on the Wateredde

treak on.)

On 19r maht of July 21, 19910, mur of

a anall istand nif las Ville pressme

The invaders exportedle hal borks sont

kill castra al ma. duly

20

sully

113

Hasanne's Plare de l

fors:

they never out there. They wase picked

up hy a miliary patrol soon after thay

lamded.

Men captured

On the airle of 00or. 21. 19403, 1he

liex

thee

sent ite tisin

western

ashore nt

The

oheservert

landlies:

patrol

141108

the six moon ou the

Be18.B1

1011 cape-

turer not meet us they

launch

hit the lanede.

signati

The

cabin

tualone no 11 rared board dor thie

krs.

the Cuban veet The

104 0149t

nterated thig

Mhsp..

formed 110at

itse

Nie!

841978908' 1116

kex

off thie

1.181 9171214.

tive dubans

Tout closet toote

н0129о1e

reportes were than lorrant dee the

then submushed

aint

heardard foor

Floridn.

dent Krinent!

Harvey

16'14

Oswalt.

n-n- rieradend les 10..

wilso.

Kanbrasy in Moxied Cols

before 1hre

hual

shortly

joined int

pro C'astr

far

That fur

linter

kranels

Joines,

that

thereglie

"ratitration"

Sat the 110 Mare herd

loses do hell dis: 11e.

These efforte contend after hasse

meets door:!

Leader ofstudents

lee mode contact with doo.on

Arry

Mine disbande Canloolis, de brore of the

lie-lar teariesels dad at leaded not there

11118

tin

180 1861

Treatin

Propondinne

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interate merchang

"! the

The off ate.

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dred loans

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did aroul.

Clean Be Tell 11l-d*rt-

Parted well o!.

i hate amerinal dishit.

thre

intelling:

1 liter.

1l44.

and nost 1'144.

don in pur

Tied 1110 this

late.

lest the

opterried

tripper,

111 6.

dred postser later got wind of there is the

• Irel l'ulerlina

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• ludin

dear resend leane the fir 1a.

• lemotio.

head hotte

beds the list 118.

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...:

NY 50955

How U.S. Made Unholy Alliance With the Mafa

BY PAUL MESKIL 4/2:3/75

knew he was preparing

Fourth if a sarles

durn permanently, dirt he did.!

N. 41. Dauly Teas

"Thry

wirre

very,

Ti.-p

When Fidel Castro threw the

casinos

Here wurls flun

SEGRETS OF

American gangsters out of Cuba,

to the American crime indicrie

important

mOD

kirs

they vowed to return-ner his

States had pairts pergralager

DESE GIA

Cuban

casinos.

dead body.

Farh

Their determination to

det rid

310,000 tu 31,0 Taffee

"Lanshi

n1.d

mieslexica

Carl. a His shared ls many

tup

Cut.en

officiais

high-placed

in

American

had direce business drones

but

with

are this common

Trufficante

a....

cooler

K. publi, Portug

on the

chiose

Potninican

cause led eventually

had severei

unholy

al-

cluding the sars fouci

liance

The

beiween

the

(TA and the mob.

alrange story of ClA arents

Blafia

mobsters

plotting

and

Sans Souci partners

together

His

aguinst C'astro was picord sugether fron

Intervich's

with

polier.

Norman

Indoli

frutral

agents,

tha

notorlous

Wannarina

ex-agents and underworld sourers.

Gabriel and Sam.

Mafia chief.

Meyer Lansky,

the crime syndicate's

burgh.

Rothman

financid genius.

Bal Santa Trafficante,

und

tried to stop the Castro

friendly torms with

includi:*

Wilest

Une

crialion,

syndicate to get and of

1o this boat

Minfra bosg of

West Florida

1o8 ly amueeling & planeta

of Cuba imm diately after

front

a National linoid Hier.

ry

in Ohio

tor F'ultencio Batista.

The over tety

of

Cuba.

gambling

l'irsiro,

Sturzis

un! Levine

popped

liter

Castro

didring

whiriwind tour

Nuith and

cahinos remained on the

Acconding

to

police

island, nervously waiting for the ase to

sources,

Rothman

fall.

Cuban crime

was high

syndicatt

the

"I was in

touch with

all the casino

pruits

with

owners and operators in

Hnvana."

In. las, tien.

Ball: "e'

staged at

Fireats redis.

and Cuisan

Frank Sturgis,

said

dia.

Robert Fernandes

Inspector

Who was l'astruis casino

during

this

Rothman

ordered me to close all the casinos

"Fidel

altrip the

returned, 1.

10 days.

for

Tiss

Cuban

ditretive

as part un

owners gut the him.

CHeMINA

call fpsint

detail.

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## Page 17

AN UNNCLY ALLLANCE

CIA ANP THE MOB

1 f.

HW

50955

Surrouldod by his soldiors, Castro entor Harana in triumph oftor ousting the Batista government.

(Continerdl from page 8)

w.ise,r"

uesd allerssod)

the Castro

Deprived of is havana casinos, U.S. mob

Pisnor srdlonnt -perdad permisaion.

•Thered d Aly.

crp

unrin!' '''rlenl.

turre to urro

"Ilc

BH)'9

hw'str

з our.

joined ClA in series of plots to kill Cusiro,

"'Sreadd duen op." frank repliesl.

using everything from poison to dynamite

Thr.

NHDgE.

poet hellret

17D:74

who ur-

rlent dl fois

msmntes laetre lundiee moree

he a sindfather thian an uncle.

P'rank

Ferermiyeg imt

tro coup. He klex Hlasiia well andd wan

mriduer

1>1

tlie

perlert thorr

Itidbicoid dsanntolings nupls. G'omunge atraigll

HaNigan'н,

lor the arrenspination

the:

thnnt,

thise

lsend oftored

Frunk

Tolsd.

he

mther derllard. or

$10./010 hill l'eset.

wis n't, offrarnd the ronteer!.

"P'uns shoe log biree

" F'runk anid, ersta

Thee mote aod the d'lß limally kave lt

Ing the converation.

Keewolle,

reputerl

l'oseia,

Mudin leess , uf I.ms

Nlorine hiro

prolus nod

te lluvana n lesi!

frederal seurcey sand.

duus lieder, he rroprudrd the

А dapper.

FyCr hn who calls

offor to hir

hirnaolf

MlA cintars et the Amrican Einbns-

Rlobt Weosnd

InrXse!

prod:sore

NBte I';

dy.

loeneseoloet patron of Verss

srureie houd oo Ponthes conturt with

-hologirir.

Kreaolle sepereteolls wad inlro

tine seanenter

slurral to l'lA cseneo on loen los e llosvaril

nir Dpprenclind hims

in':

"'rw

Harhey oyeristisn

Yarn.

Mh MI1I0D6 W60610 1

lt gotedone tu tise

intrlli

fur the P'lel.

thee miodetal,s

tlteteodd

Then, tederad com.ry mind.

Thad tHt 170

14ч0-HO MArDeкі 112

aul 1lie

aymnlicaale shuorulad

join

sisle 1o91

eeronod de dlosslle xopued

m/:.91864L 110:1500.

The

Ho-10115e19 mia-keed

tue sido les 8 eleit berostureg l'adgilrer.

TT la GTItE TOGURIeIS

Mie: arost thiafi

Money from CIA

eniouanes

'The

•Intbeman wee in douclo with goveral

nal4

euppde mosres,

"ld nposnils."

Meoprons. g1l trate prortoleids

foriard axdnt

duldl 'The

Pireolle dlede der Mrame en Mourde, Toiil,

tir s8s.

"Thry hael tar9s.

lbte1d3sKR

4*4•1)-

mel hold arpagato.

atrmna a4.60.oo:1ataod plots ogined l'a1.

lBd-El'"..

sih C1t

H66718 91091

periejos't.,

Tintfecante an theod'actree

Kerollensen, ins durrns, dlisunsserd lhie mal.

liv rili

TaeMlertery ?..

her dnssratey

lnE te

lud peerid Amongo thrse who

ClA Snanerd

Hoood loort gee Bhadeg,

cintr.

Liis

Mlag69

teriel potrlegis, loli

Todernl Meclloeg told

gnldiny

rindol.

1ar uf these pxp.

Eea de

Samo

satrodes ropet leully

Tridtfeande of Tamnga; Samm

Tazloteogiratsl

TR0S H11 B0NNs

Manharine

uf lrtichmrele; Sielealine ragile liarng)

sopua.l thuat- atteropplerd hoot faodert lo liit

Ciremolla

Tiailres done amother der daynn, Thie cresr i?

1t:21

1.hiap hrix

1'lerrlio

1adep Tourine, bedn af does lork, imd

Iee f koaolie lanach Goncht le rantuny kull-

Jesltad

11ln

Tiishe rirte es c'aleam pertond leedd.

l'exiee.

1o06.60101) 1orsell1 1f 1.0g

telmmsettat

dey'k

.Anilep..on

reportenl

dorallil.,

mrguder af lhe Vilin

Mhal dlA Aprela AHwe КТ 9016 114

Manld cil.ilsfgow

Genovrid rorme Pamtio, beed co ri4:nod

whuel lee percorel elossk ler a

He toglndg M0nd 109:e0 e 11189g099

ranlan tho wats redatodl to dandros's cluif.

foasoh teateh.

to nuorallon oe Manhaltan's lat sulo.

The starf sass loe bout thae goos sn

1n 1:04-

Ia't frund! Thrs

Trurtr.

Clree MieTPIrMeel aY

le gtarGhBeY

setsns'

thias

1ol,

.Ne'se

tf11d.1 6at1614

Newe' eonfirmnel thal nt trgst

you?' The wislter aund, iI dluri't kiois;

myt.e 1 t1!

" frser."

C'artrs Muart Hume

arrrated undl hast

doinh

Mrdly ses!

C'lirmuate Poundd thei paisues richt adias"

CHITY

Tal.а

mirore

ciatotato

Maanerinution allempl wis dorcoted lis ao

well-financedd American

Mmd8

M8111141

linvana goun affor the

Crvera tishronar

hind liverd there

untel ercuntt polire ac

cuses' lums of working pur do l'l.4 arel

pluntungo lo surdler C'ieslrro.

W'errhingo

Soaait

mnditatr?

ine: taalro l'ubian

atze• s 1

the Ametirot planteed

atiit.

Hbler itte

ilatars pperlment

hurkdrng

tlrd

TdEll•f

l'aatre

Herspee

and .l'nmenunial.bler

ledl mebe nnene Cianhrs.

diplomals

"C'insline

ratlls'

tit

thie

apuertinrnt

leonrd rgrld tieee wrrke lee see uuld oof lun

ntantants,"

wnt af lhe plodters radl. "Ile

alsseds herrioen in thse aftesnon, on the

Aune dlaey of 1hia rreti.

"Ile.

wroulet drsso ins wftle bye lourds.

KIRIGUEE дEMI IIIFA

hty rix"

a l'e

epare

reutr sped fur lom. lle tueneed toe dlsids

Misas'y bosik

al lonst froe mntlurtes fur

hum te kot inte the dineideis, meni aut lhee

and into the

freaddt dlosdtor thict

tungle hine upstanis wohere he reamdasd loo dse

"Weo hred d lonee oe coedp meens logir

wudld dlgnal frum de nesrley

soef 18he 1

f'eutrantae alartol

Haleo thre dedpasgs.

The Mignal woldn te pomn 00 Toon n

e'engle dof puge sreddel hast thee pelenper it

an

eleat ronte

drtrn.rtitig

Ith.

1167 С008 90 G9д11 M 10 9M 807181•4

mont housr.

"H'o

werulel

harre

toosdhen fo

ta,tle

Kusibirties

iklictie

atlenmpot nme mdlo do puscome Caslb.

Thunntriro

dir rasrodo.

Ilerrry

An: amororsede shore ode andovo in thet

d'aloeria, dtdore dredd aperateed Muvana raii.

EA19J9

ant-e'aotsie andeneroun in liabor at tha

eplntagoni

pig -ons

eade chloee bate mire foer

dadle1is

to'otat ne

toce dapd eeohn

Maw ter sond fer

dinngonro Makmuldotoes, a nt1 mrt Muedee

molk sout lo f'a:tro: sonte mn ther Har..6

11111098

Batno

E 1.0005

Ilie doolterd

Mifere tham do Eroegolat 198

" C'al.lere

44019

TISI?M

the

wrertet hefere hs

riditgef

ilncrolate 11.

malod mesaego dBael -fhw

Hed thulad mWls hy d shaamd bomod 1as

•ani. bale'.i

aiitiala lastmgesekel

Hirnkdyo

it loa has: resenene " llse a

Nrarllunn

tnl6d Gimlitr.1e,

"W'horas

mazen

Vra 1 euLh.Cama...n

doth11001e9 -8bald. le. so.es

hondoage yig hi

P530 l Page iTe dee deooplonn

lu ilie

"I'he niglit befure ll Mia. no liegpen.

the suge tllie latoele dior atee bad de

final

mertunr?

the dleond'

Nuhorls

ualtt? tg a1e 1aeyx"

TaEaetaR

thee elymaanute, best

l trreeel net orord

ciè ll'adaron ontothgead coloue e lo.ulal

eour sebnet thee ateedarog atd eeponglerd it.

Theo tio enane Looke teo tlt

"Thes

derare nue dode aporeede tit mardee

Away feoie the plarde ahoro thie dlerie

Inle tels1.

Iln. di " raend.! 1'.

11188.1074

mel eprasdrorde aleesteel dur, og inl'

Dure ol the

Urr me

oInd aa911Y

• !!

fre1 g+r tliptys

Sie's1s

nith thie

mirinsborit

ferestsel

setlir 1e

t.mbases

18:0°

"I'antreo

nevtr

Po.eul rildl aelound lhe

doriattitr.

?д'itte

-e e819

u lio

sluared thee

plul lu Trie dows

din-

A (98.

nletr "otll.

thiers.

tetodet

"It's prol.

the

KUIAGO

Intellirehre anurire told thin reporti

er thal che 6'1.4 soni an pacculrogs aquadl

Into Orirate f'rrvince 1r. Nueronloir 1902

alnbush

l'salroo

hr.at

tenlimco

dld

c'nls no he ddrnde dn aa menieriel noroledi

lur his fallen gverrilan.

Snlpurahld along rood

tinspere had ameng brund aud buahen

hatnk the phan 16 116

l'c thte Te lW tlge*1 де

11.8

serthd

50. :. p.

Togcot 1

1708+

mgstaldo dor lhon sobendidlend cotomonos.

mndoreade do dioe

seape nrprmechedd thir

NtMYATHTEI

Th:po

f:t.:

josg'

seie fuudl esf

• Arcjaiie es.

Mand mence tneron

A lall,

'а'MM SeMEAil.

•lnróia do mirl lua fatigro

rao siee prurrod edocess lo beig ay sn.

Micdrilis 1;811a

rtos ereated 1lio

seintal jorg.

to l.ie: a.

atlltie

dritas mirdl liis

tiie

tae rigee.

whre tornerd

10u: to lse dlestiris

litt't

sn'ihon tno lopeshred,

ditrootee

'ioioot n1i

Tr.r

#S+LNARES

d'aapeod dre dood filloi, sodroe liand goddent.

in taeen ahotiod Did'd

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tr1y

Ihe 1ld prrde aa lold

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166l !l tơ1.?.6000000e Melra Tlt

diredirodo 140.1

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17t 4

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mtdl.td.ot,.

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l'ereidrge load prore

?./.

eals k:.f+

tlort trde camied de dlthllde!

11 indlrs.

ilir.

to dier drorllodne oss.

ln inii, tee brint'nl af iaud dideid.

roeloo.d'...t.

•i.io Hioe la

janrendarge codtllodo looe dode. d9ded Dirinsd

le, ctee te sisk tia lte

lo oote tr thie agresty.

di dleralis deoln ie,'o

111

iltrio,

...n alire d'realdens

rrsrgo trodd oldede degeccngolil liojaan

nebore d ln erdadt dend Diroddle adaod dlal moe

teps 1fet lor

boindg.081.d3.erl

hlorrrtoe. "edkaset,in

p.. 19tt

17+8|

tueri eporpiip" lrie ld tore roid drgerto

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## Page 18

NW 50955*

DAILY NEWSEPRIDAY APRIL 25. 1075

"Frogmen' Blew Up a French Ship in Modeny

Dy PAUL MESKIL

nedted with the ClA and viher

Last of l serles

genre

agencie"

in

blumed

the hig blast

At 3:10 p.m. on March 1, 1960,

on

Gen.

Trujillo, then dirtatur of the Do:

a French munitions ship blew up

in lavann harbor, killing at least

Republic.

•Trujollo and his siniater Intelligence

chief. Juhnny

SECRETS Ca

TINE GIT

76 people and injuring more than

Alters.

hail muny enter-

with

2(4).

Burnts.

On

CIA

officials and

nicasion

The vessel, le Couvre, exploded dur-,

Trujille offered ClA agent Frank Far

Ing the unlondina of is tons

nition

R3l0

of ammu,

and Pedro Diat Lanz, former

grenades Intended for Fidel

of lastica Air

force, 3l nillion id ira

Castro's military and police forces. l'us-

an invasion

tro

of

suspected

sat-tayr,

Cuba

frun:

the

1l mini-

couldn't

Republie.

Diaz larz

decliner.

The l'niirl

ennverted

plore it.

States denied ary

ing hia ('H.A

bagsee that

he didni frant

involvement in the incident.

lu work for another dirtator.

(1.4

closed rat'st rar

suns

has not

bers dis-

stri quent

weapors figured in

Francis (Par

Attempts

exterminate

Joo Ilitie

* Dor) Duvalier, lio soo

of Aux.

1C3.

left Florida

Сед.

leon

A

Pariner CI.A

recently

*sent told The News

that Te Couvre

Plotting to kill Trujille

by

"ClA frogmen."

was ambulaxed

, He said an

under-

water deniolition

confer

slipped

into the

Whisk to hun Restres

lie

Trujillo

which

in 1901.

his

Reputlic,

of lhopasidle

water at night and nttached a

alfo contaited

bonth to

the ship's hull, wader the materine.

cers who

Reminican military

so kill T: ojille.

bomb,

were piotting

The

device

The

CIA

•drinking and a timing

the

military

piottens

were in a waterpron!

Bung and annue ition.

The. ex-arent

mitted

cuntainer, he said..

"The suns a med

that

the

men Here Cules is orking

for the ClA.

eupermarhes in tudad Trans rilir

nas

marinan

I..

(IA-connerted

capital,

thing.

Domingos,"

Frank

Nelin

MarTHAT

slol the brunb

supposed to

plot to coethion

The

219: 1lai

when

the anterflun:

thing

19s alogerinel, but sume.

rid. efforts didn't need

w'rt:t

nicely

The Hast cave

Arh the timer an.l

isad

31 л

12 lance later, when the.

They meded the mark:

drit

Lee formerts run!

liter

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## Page 19

ALON TO RUNASE VHE PULBLO

(Condemned tre

=.

nitres the rites

of iln!.

New

the

Fs:

33

who

her

tori

151

61.

one.

Drops two gasoline drums

Rag 1

Tond

di•l

01-116-

119

the

1'5::

1n: 5 Atrix

„L.n

but

Lh..5A

let .?. the dirt

'Ire

plannin

11.r

aj.10.19.

1*19

til.

Lande reliale hele

ilnd

tar

Sand.

Ritas

nol,

!..l...

15 '

Max

h 1.

an.l ,...

HARN SOIN.

"There hird

1..1

1691+

life

anit

Kind

real, Wolt, if

wood nleng.'

8199999 lur d

do fu printil premiere toon P'arleria

con..ntiis

Stur

The

rial mi.

rarps. He ain.

printer.

Man us precedly were to be frerol.

WW 50955 pedid 12498630

Trujillo, dictalor of thie Dominican Republic, offered $1 million for a Cul-an)invasion.

In the Caribbean, the ClA got involved

in dozens of schemes, including blowiny up

a French ship and killing Trajillo

Singio

tied "The ClA

Mation m

Manda mire ascare of '1l...

181°P4

481199:4

-tufired boy the fidan vessel. The thig

per of the Suered shop. parboble weall

mud he suspicines of a beneding: part!

The meetere

mut to sid rites

but to no noeasong will anothere stage off

Mrxien and.

with the

11t h14

slap,

seize

Kặs sian

res: ed. He wess in merd a Cabar frontl.

I crome

WH9я

1704014414963

Cuban

Yavnl vessel. rom.

Yusy aflicer:

whis

were Quenchanted sin destro

mriders

(for

completing

operalion!

sage inheritol thir

Hip.

The captain aloe bad de sading selinale

listing

arrivals

departures

Suviet

and Communist blue

versel

all

• in

the caribbean und the told of

suviel

"He wondl there

Vie were to like

it

lu a point off thr

Theoriors were not

to an into any poet bot to clay of thie

edent. Certain officiale in 1hr

Venezin.

lu groernment More abile of the plan.

They

would participate

negot introdes

for

the release

of thie

captive ship and

A statement would be issuel

to the

offeet

chane the.

that

ship

(Ten

fur cerlain

political prisonera in Culia.

"Hut this war a ruse. Then we would

Fame three ad shie do the menti

Arils

P.55. luello, ile cantion send crew. alo

tor sinte

The Communi-d slip nud bell all the hos-

luiet i:

cluse. It sean gropposed to lock

Tine'tiran

mereadoles dial are d'anien & 1100119."

co, tune, compong consigment, mooteine,

hurrileges.

fialue trunk

If a louis Filron that was

oulfilled by

le mechand or k

Miant

parade nuned ly too Old employes

The vilunteers were lo preside their

pun liansportalion 1o

Mered and their

own weapons and campink

"The men had to set la the morting

piece. Guadalajara.

their

sure sent intro

sail.

contiat

efferr

there.

ratll they

there was there

business."

Ranting out of money

line of the recruila.

Robert d'urtis,

later testified in a emuare dame

front the

operatron:

"When no pos los

lundolajaro, the hotal se wore

posed to do l0 was turn dosen.

the

statet fet

Le-s

He went

moricanoe

(another hotel). He left the ear perker

out front where he eSturgias could are

It. We waited there werks, and tie we re

ruming out of money.

41319 9

unit 1o

# dull shog and

sult 1es Japanese

for

$30.*

Frank

and line road. dif the

4: 10132

erentually

Mastered and princesaded lo a

training

camp fatales heed set

"p

the

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Cuban Extremists in U.S.

A GROWING TERROR THREAT

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lence. Terrorists' aim is to topple Castro, free

Cuba. Nearly all Cuban refugees share this

dream. But the acts of a few zealots create

trouble for fellow exiles and for the U.S.

Reported from

MIAMI and WASHINGTON

Terrorism by radical Cuban refugees has become a thorny

problem in the conduct of U.S. foreign policy and, in the

view of some authorities, a potential threat to the lives of

The terrorists' goal is to wrest control of Cuba away from

its Communist dictator, Fidel Castro.

In pursuit of that goal, they have blazed a trail of violence

from Miami across the Caribbean Sea, not only to Cuba but

also to Mexico, Barbados, Jamaica and Panama-even across

the South Atlantic to Argentin:.

They have engaged in a series of bombings in the U.S. ind

abroad. They have carried out military-style attacks on

Communist ships. They are strongly suspected of several

A federal grand jury in Miami is investigating their activi-

loss, is it nest Administration prepares to take over in

Washington, it is feared that the Cuban terrorists will step up

their attachs in in effort to thwart any turn toward reconcili.

ation with Castro.

Officials familif with their operations warn that some uf

the Cuban extremists will stop at nothing, not even it

assassinating members of the Carter Administration

"The Cuban terrorists are the most highly trained assassins

insthe world today,

"Say's one U.S. official.

Many of the terrorists were trained by the Central Intolli-

gence Agency in the days when this country was trying lo

overthrow Castro, or kill him.

The Sonate Internal Security Subcommittee recently held

heirings on the Cuban-terrorist threat. It heard this testimo-

ny from Lt. Thomas Lyons, head of a special antiterrorist

squad of the Dade County public-safety department in

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Miami, where Cuban refugees

are concentrated:

"The overwhelming major-

ity of the Cubans in Miami are

strongly anti-Castro. That's

why they came to Miami in

the first place. They are also

law-abiding citizens who, with

minor exceptions,

manifest

their opposition to Castro in

legal ways.

"However, there are a small

number of individuals

whose

hatred of Cuban Prinie Minis-

ter Fidel Castro and Commu-

Dr. Orlando Bosch,

an

anti-

Castro leader, is accused in

plane bombing fatal to 73

nism has led them to engage

in extralegal actions and to

violate the laws of the country

which gave them sanctuary

These individuals use Dude

County as il base for international terrorism... against

governments allied with Cuba, Cuban shipping, Commu-

nists, purported Communists and individuals sho take i

stand against their terrorist type attacks...

Some Cuban groups purporting to be involved in terror-

ist-type attacks against the Cuban Government tre no more

or no less than outright criminals, feeding upon the Cuban

population ind diverting the collected funding for Their own-

Other investigators charge that the terrorists, to finance

their crusade, have dealt in cocaine and prostitution and in.

extortion from wealthy fellow refugees.

The number of hurd-core terrorists is small; officially

estimated at fewer than 300. But their reach is wide. In this

vear alone they have either bragged about or been accused

of such acts as:

• Machine-gun attacks on the high seas against vessels

from Cuba and other Communist nations.

• Bombing a wide variety of targets in the United States,

Latin America and Portugal.

• Planting-d bomb that caused the crash of i Cubana

Airlines plane near Barbados on October 6, with the loss of

73 livos.

• Possiblo involvement in the stilkinsolved bomb deatli of

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EXILES vS.

CASTRO—

A Relentless

Pursuit

On Jan. 1, 1959, Fidel Castro took power and

the first wave of refugees fled Cuba. A small

number of the 600,000 exiles who settled in the

U.S. have become extremists.

Highlights of events in

those 18 years,

some

involving law-abiding exiles, others involving the

extremists.

: 1961: A 1,300-man Cuban Brigade, armed and

, trained by the U.S. in Florida, Guatemala and Nica-

ragua, landed at the Bay of Pigs on Cuba's south

shore. The invasion was a failure.

1962: Survivors of the Bay of Pigs were released

by Castro after payment of a 53-million-dollar ran-

som in drugs, food, medical equipment and other

supplies from

"private contributions." President

John F. Kennedy, in Miami, pledged to the Cuban

exiles that the Brigade flag would one day fly over a

liberated Cuba.

U.S. launched its secret "Operation Mongoose"-

a plan to use Cuban exiles in paramilitary war

against Castro while U.S. maintained an economic

blockade to shake the island's economy. The attacks

generally failed.

1964: Cuban extremists in New York City fired a

mortar shell at United Nations as Cuba's Ché Gue-

vara addressed the General Assembly.

1967: Cuban exile

specialists and U.S.-trained

Bolivian troops trapped and killed Guevara and

some of his Communist guerrillas in Bolivia.

1968-72: Cuban-exile extremists bombed ships

of nations considered to be friendly to Castro, ter-

rorized other exiles to keep them in line.

1972: Cuban exiles trained by Central Intelli-

gence Agency took part in Watergate break-in, later

testified that they thought it would help their anti-

Castro campaign.

1973: U.S. and Cuba signed agreement aimed at

controlling hijacking of aircraft and piracy of ships

1974-76: Cuban extremists exploded more than

100 bombs in Miarni area in two-year period, hitting

offices of the FBI, a State attorney and the Miami

police department.

Exile terrorists attacked airline offices and consul-

ates of governments that have diplomatic relations

with Castro. Bombings took place in Jamaica, Mexi-

co, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Panama, other countries.

Fishing -boats based. in Cuba and

Soviet cargo

ships were attacked by high-speed motor launches

_ manned by exile extremists.

Terror reached its peak with the bomb sabotage

of a Cuban airliner and the death of 73 passengers

and crew last October 6near Barbados. Police

seized Cuban exiles in Caracas, Venezuela, on suspi-

cion of involvement in the sabotage. Castro can-

celed U.S.-Cuba hijacking agreement..

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CUBAN EXTREMISTS

(continued from preceding page)

a former Chilean Ambassador in Washington, D.C., on Sep-

tember 21.

• Kidnaping two Cuban officials in Argentina.

• Attempting to kidnap a Cuban consul in Mexico.

Who are these terrorists? What motivates them? How do

they operate? And why are U.S. officials so concerned about

what they may do in the future?

To answer such questions, Orr Kelly and Carl J. Migdail of

the U.S. News & World Report staff dug deeply into the

records, interviewed Cuban refugees who share the hopes

though not the methods of the terrorists, and talked to law.

enforcement officials who are trying to stem the violence.

BREEDING GROUND FOR TERRORISM

After Fidel Castro took over Cuba in 1959 and it became

apparent that he intended to establish a Communist state,

800,000 Cubans "voted with their feet" and fled their

homeland. Some 600,000 of them settled in the United

States. They and their children now total 750,000. Most of

them live in the Miami area.

The majority of these immigrants are law abiding. But

Miami's "Little Havana" provides a culture in which the

virus of violence can grow.

"In Miami,"

explains one refugee leader,

"the Cubans

keep their national identity, their heritage, traditions,

hatreds-and their hopes of going back to their homeland.

And they know they can't go back until Castro is gone. So

they dream of toppling Castro. What is clearly unrealistic in

other places in the United States seems very possible in the

atmosphere in Miami."

In the early 1960s, the overthrow of Castro seemed to the

Cubans in exile to be not only possible but almost inevitable.

It was U.S. policy to drive him from power. There was in

intempt to invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs in 1961 with an

army of Cuban exiles recruited and trained in secret by the

CIA. The invaders were not given the air cover necessary for

il successful attack, and the operation was a disaster. Only

180 of about 1,300 invaders escaped death or capture. The

Cubans felt betrayed

Then came other American moves against Castro. There

was a secret "Operation Mongoose,'

" which included efforts

to assassinate the Cuban leader. The United States backed an

economic blockade of Cuba in an attempt to prevent Castro

from obtaining sorely needed supplies and equipment from

abroad. Later, Cuban refugees were used to carry out secret

operations not only in the Caribbe but also in other parts

of Latin America-and even in Africa.

To many Cuban refugees, attacking Castro and Commu-

nist became a way of life.

Since then, however, American policy has failed to match

in intensity the fierce anti-Castro passion of the more mili-

tant refugees. In recent yours, prominent members of the

U.S. Sonate have visited Cuba. In 1973, Cuba made an

agreement with the United States to curb the airplane

hijackers who had been using Cuba as asylum. There were

moves on both sides toward normalization of relations be-

tween Cuba and the U.S.

As their hopes of American action against Castro ebbed

some Cuban refugees turned to violence on their own. The.

box on this page gives the chronology of developments.

TERRORIST LEADERS AND TACTICS

Though their numbers ire small, the 300 or fewer active

terrorists have organized themselves into many groups.

Slogiss of one group chalked on the walls in "Little Havana"

have barely begun to lude before they are replaced by the

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slogans and initials of yet another group. Among groups

named in testimony before the Senate Internal Security

Subcommittee are: Accion Cubana, or Cuban Action; Alpha

66, a name adopted when victory in 1966 seemed possible;

FLNC, standing for Frente de Liberacion Nacional de Cuba,

which means Cuban National Liberation Front, and Pragma-

tistas, which means what it sounds like-pragmatists.

A group calling itself Zero issued a "death list" of people

marked for killing and, according to officials, several persons

on the list soon died violent deaths.

Dade County's antiterrorist head, Lieutenant Lyons, silys

he has stopped trying to keep track of the groups and instead

concentrates on trying to solve the crimes that they are

suspected of having committed. He has no shortage of

business. Here is a sample of the violence attributed

terrorists in the last two years:

• Since February, 1975, there have been at least seven

assassination attempts directed against refugee leaders who

were viewed as opponents of the terrorists' tactics. Three

men were shot to death. One was killed by a bomb. Three

other attempted killings failed, but a prominent radio broad-

caster lost both legs below the knees when a bomb ripped his

• On Dec. 3-4, 1975, bombs blasted the Miami office of the

Federal Bureau of Investigation, a Social Security office, a

State unemployment office, two post offices, a bank, a State

attorney's office and the Miami police-department headquar-

ters. A man accused of those bombings, and also the bombing

of the Miami International Airport two months earlier, was

acquitted recently in a federal court. He is to be tried again

in a State court.

• A number of bombs have been exploded in New York.

One blew out the window of the Venezuelan consulate on

Fifth Avenue, across the street from St. Patrick's Cathedral.

• On Feb. 12, 1976, a Soviet freighter, the Dzhordano

Bruno, was sitting motionless 35 miles off Cuba's north coast

while its tanks were being cleaned. Suddenly a small boat

raced close to the freighter and raked it with heavy machine-

'gun fire. No one was injured

• On April 6, 1976, two Cuban fishing boats were attacked

ind a fisherman was killed.

• On Sept. 21, 1976, in Washington, D.C., a bomb ex-

ploded in a car and killed Orlando Letelier, a former Chilean

Ambassador to the U.S. under the Marxist regime of the late

President Salvador Allende. Although the crime is officially

insolved, there have been persistent reports that the bomb

was planted by Cuban terrorists as a "favor" to the secret

olice of the present anti-Communist Government in Chile.

NEW TERRORIST STRATEGY

Leaders of the terrorist bands are hard to identify. But one

in has emerged as an apparent leader: Dr. Orlando Bosch,

pediatrician. He was caught firing a bazooka at a Polish

p in Miami harbor in 1968 and was sentenced to 10 years

Ir. Bosch was released on parole after four years, but he

ortedly returned to the movement. He is now under

it in Venezuela, charged along with three other men-in

section with the Cuban airliner bombing. Dr. Bosch is

ribed as the-leader of the group calling itself Accion

June of this year, Dr. Bosch called a small group of his

activists together in the Dominican Republic. They

sharply divided on policy and strategy.

-ie wanted to avoid the risksof further attacks in the..

I States and to concentrate their efforts against Cástro

this country.. Others held out for continuing their

ies both here and-abroad

a heated argument, a shaky agreement was reached

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Automobile bombing that killed a Cuban refugee in Miami is one

of many unsolved crimes attributed to anti-Castro terrorists.

to focus their efforts outside the U.S. To direct the activities,

a new group was formed with the initials CORU, which stand

for Coordinacion de Organizaciones Revolucionaires Unidas

in Spanish or Co-ordinating Committee of United Revolu-

tionary Organizations in English.

American law-enforcement officials say that members of

CORU have the backing of powerful forces, perhaps even

the governments themselves, in some countries of Litin

America. The terrorists are described as "at home" in Ilaiti,

the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua and Chile. They are well

armed for terroristic acts, as shown in the box on page 32.

Since the June meeting, a new wave of terrorism has swept

across the Caribbean and beyond. Bombs have damaged

Cuban airline facilities in Barbados, Jamaica and Panama.

Two Cuban officials were kidnaped in Argentina.

On July 23, three men who had flown from Miami carrying

three coffee cans filled with plastic explosive attempted to

kidnap Cuban Consul Daniel Ferrer Fernandez in Mérida,

Mexico. He escaped, but a Cuban fisheries expert was killed.

The most serious act of terrorism came on October 6,

when a Cubana Airlines DC-8 exploded in flight shortly after

taking off from Barbados. The plane fell into the sea, killing

73 persons including members of the Cuban national fencing

In messages to news media, both CORU and El Condor, a

group unheard of previously, claimed responsibility for the

crash of the plane.

Dr. Bosch, who has traveled freely on documents appar-

ently provided by officials of Governments friendly to the

anti-Castro movement, was picked up in Venezuela and on

November 2 was charged with homicide in connection with

the plane crash. Three other men are similarly charged.

The arrests of Dr. Bosch and his cohorts, instead of

reducing terrorist violence, may actually stimulate more

violence. El Condor, in a message to the United Press

International on November 19, said the four men held by the

Venezuelans are innocent und warned that, if they are

convicted, planes of the Venezuelan _International Airways

will be attacked. On the same day, CORU sent a message

saying it would join with the Honduran Anti-Communist

Alliunce in attacks on three airlines that plan excursion

fights-to Havana.

Roberto Carballo, a militant leader. of veterans of the Bay

of Pigs invasion, denounced the threatened attacks. "It aids

Castro by making all Cuban exiles look like mad bombers,"

Carballo said.

- CRACKDOWN BY LAW OFFICERS

. Since last spring, there has been a sharp. reduction in

terroristic violence in the Miami area. That may be as much

due to a successful counterattack by law-enforcement agen-

cies as to the policy that was adopted by CORU last June.

Early this year, an antiterrorist task force was orennizadr."

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CUBAN EXTREMISTS

[continued from preceding page]

includes representatives from Dade County and Miami po-

lice, the U:S. Customs Service and the U.S. Bureau of

Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Although the Federal Bu-

reau of Investigation is not formally a part of this task force,

its agents work closely with it.

With co-operation from Cuban refugees who are sick of

the terrorist violence, law officers have arrested a number of

suspects. Police also have learned enough about other sus-

pects so that their freedom to engage in new acts of violence

can be limited even though there is not enough evidence to

A federal grand jury is interrogating witnesses who might

have some knowledge of terror operations.

Efforts of law enforcement officials to deal with the terror-

ist groups face formidable handicaps, however. The terrorists

seem to know

what police are doing. Lieutenant Lyons

relates that one suspect "identified one of my officers who

had never met him before, called him by name and told him

what section he worked in and what his duties wvere."

Terrorists are protected by a web of old loyalties. Most of

them worked at one time or another for the U.S. Govern-

ment. Many have had several roles: members. of the U.S.

Army, CIA operatives and FBI informants. One refugee

leader suggests that law enforcement officials have not found

the killers of Cubans "because they don't want to."

A further complication is the heavy infiltration of the

terrorist movement by members of Castro's intelligence

corps. They not only gather intelligence but sometimes act as

agents provocateurs, instigating terrorist acts designed to

discredit the refugees and influence American policy.

The Cuban Prime Minister has "surfaced" enough of such

agents to reveal their pattern of operation. Early this year,

for example, Manuel de Armas, a Cuban refugee who was

named in Senate committee testimony as having been in-

volved in terrorist activities in Miami, showed up in Havana.

In an April 22 broadcast by Radio Havana, De Armas said

that he had supplied the explosives used in the killing of a

man named Rolando Masferrer and that a CIA agent had

provided him with the explosives.

In a speech on October 15, Castro boasted of a double

agent who Castro claimed had passed on coded instructions

TERRORISTS' ARSENAL:

PLANES TO CANNONS

One measure of the military equipment

A further measure comes from this tally

that is acailable to Cuban -terrorists is-:

of extremists weapons.confiscated by Mi.

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# 10 or more high-speed motor launchest

abour 30 feet long,

with special fuel

:1:20mm cannon, with*100 rounds of

explosive ammunition

wanks for extra ranged. en

- A number of small, spotter aircraft

198 submachine guns, 480 of them: with.

_Large-caliber.recoilless.riffes..

.82.explosive.devices.

=m Missile-antitank weapons

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• 3,265 pounds. uf dynamite and TNT

: Wide-assortment ol-smaller weapons.cm

- 4. boxes.of.napalg

- Large quantities of C-4 explosives devel-

6 rifles

Oped by the U'S."Army

# 20 handguns in

• Thousands of rounds of ammunition

from the CIA. Said Castro: "From the very moment when he

was recruited by the CIA and over, a period of 10 years, the

supposed agent has kept the Cuban Government fully in-

formed of all his contacts with [the CIA] and of the equip-

ment and instructions he has received."

Castro blained the CIA for the airliner bombing and other

acts of violence. "Who else but the CIA... can carry out

these acts?" Castro asked.

Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has flatly denied U.S.

involvement in the airliner bombing. He said: "I can state

categorically that no official of the United States Govern-

ment, nobody paid by the American Government, nobody in

contact with the American Government has had anything to

do with this crash of the airliner. We consider actions like this

totally reprehensible."

The CIA declines to discuss Cuban refugee terrorism.

Officials of other Government agencies say they seriously

donbt that the CIA, after all the criticism it has received for

some of its earlier activities, is still involved in operations

against the castro regime. However, the agency is described

as providing very little help in combatting the terrorist

groups. "We have absolutely no contact with the CIA," suys

Lieutenant Lyons. "I'd like to, but they don't talk to us." One

reason for that attitude may be that laws bar the CIA from

domestic law enforcement activities.

Other laws, or the lack of them, also complicate the fight

against the terrorists. U.S. agencies cannot become involved

in investigations of terrorism outside the United Stutes unless

the crime involves violations of neutrality laws making it

illegal to conspire in this country to commit crimes abroad or

to export arms without a license.

Although shocked by the October 6 airliner bombing, U.S.

officials reluctantly decided there was no authorization for

the FBI to enter that case.

With such handicaps as these, law-enforcement officials say

they can look forward to only limited success against the

terrorists. Any real solution to the problem must come fron

vithin the Cuban refugee community and investigators

state that the co-operation they get there does not extend to

cases of violence committed outside the U.S.

WHAT HAVE TERRORISTS GAINED?

As officials size up the effects of the terrorist campaign:

The only tangible accomplishment has been to push Castro

into renouncing the antihijacking

treaty, thus discouraging efforts to-

ward a diplomatic reconciliation be-

tween the United Stutes and Cuba.

Despite all the terrorist plots and

attacks, Castro remains firmly seat-

ed as head of a Communist regime

in Cuba. And it appears to the refu-

gees almost inevitable that the

movement toward-some kind; of de:

commodation with Castro will be

resumed by allerican policy mak

ers. Throughout

"Eittle Havana,

the-fear-is widespread-that-Jimmy.

Carter, when he becomes Presi

*dent, will give new impetus to this

movement, and that their homeland

will never be liberated "from" Com-

munist rule.

* - To böth officials and Cuban refusin

m gee leaders, it seems inevitable that.

the terrorists will continue their at-

tempts to keep the two countries

apate only method they

know further acts of violence:

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HOWARD S. LIEBENGOOD

SUBJECT: JUSTICE DEPARIMENT INFORMATION OF JANUARY 19, 1977

I called Larry Callahan at 2:00 p.m. to advise him that

the Commiteee desired to interview Mr. Gene A. Boren, of

the IRS, at the earliest available opportunity and requested

his advice and assistance to accomplish this. Callahan was

nervous about the Committee's eagerness to proceed in response

to the memorandum for fear that we would be interfering with

an on-going criminal investigation. He noted the FBI was looking

into this

and he would have to check with the Bureau to

ascertain the feasibility of proceeding unilaterally. I told

Callahan we did not want to interfere with a criminal investi-

gation and that I did not feel that our interview of the IRS

employee would fall into that category. Callahan referred to

a possible obstruction of justice

on the part of that employee

in that the information had been withheld for approximately

five years.

At 2:30 p.m. I received a telephone call from Paul Daly

urging Committee restraint in unilaterally investigating

subject matter. Daly noted the Bureau had just received this

information and was intending to interview the IRS employee.

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and other individuals in question today or tomorrow. Daly

noted that he was disturbed that Callahan had brought the

memo to the Committee's attention so promptly, as the Bureau

had intended to brief the Committee at the conclusion of their

investigation. Daly seemed most concerned that the IRS delay

in bringing the matter to the Bureau's attention and assured

us that the Bureau was desirous of cooperating fully. He

noted the information had been furnished by Justice absent

a specific inquiry from the Committee and that we were being

unreasonable if we desired to pursue the matter further at

this time.

I asked Daly what information was available at the

Bureau on Brading and Hunt. He said there was a large quantity

of information available on both and that he felt he could pull

that material which related to the assassination quickly, but

would be reluctant to produce the information in its entirety.

I told him to ascertain this afternoon what information could

be produced immediately and he said that he would.

At 2:45 p.m. I talked again with Callahan who indicated

that Daly would be calling. Callahan said he thought the

Bureau was

eager to redeem itself in this area and we should

give them that opportunity. I told Callahan that I was con-

mutilatina

lesslon

cerned about the utilization of leaks, a position which Callahan

thinks is ridiculous. Callahan, however, did state that this

information was not as old as it looks at the Bureau, to-wit:

While the Justice received the IRS memo on December 30, 1976,

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considerable time went by before Attorney General, Levi could

address the issue of whether or not to entrust this matter to

the Bureau. Approximately one week ago, Justice went to Jim

Adams of the FBI with the request to look into the allegation

and was

surprised to find that Adams was already apprised of

the situation and investigating, i.e., general indexes.

Apparently, Adams had been in receipt of similar information

in recent days.

Yesterday, in response to the Attorney General's request

for information, Paul Daly hand carried to Callahan the Bureau's

response (which is dated January 14) and today Callahan hand

carried the package to us over Assistant Attorney General

Uhlmann;s signature. Callahan advised that Daly was upset that

the Committee had been so promptly advised for fear that we

would interupt the Bureau's inquiry. Callahan apologized for

the lack of responsiveness

on the part of Justice and the Bureau

but things are in disarray with Levi about to depart. I assured

Callahan we did not desire to interfere in the investigation

but desired to be promptly informed of any developments and

that we would stay in touch with Paul Daly in that regard

Callahan promised to expedite any Committee requests as

made.

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Paul Daly called at 3:10 p.m. to advise that "the powers

that be" at the Bureau were upset with the possibility that the

Committee was considering going to Dallas and interfering with

the investigation. He specifically that the Director be given

an opportunity to talk with Inouye prior to any such action.

I told Daly that it was merely the Committee's desire to go

to Texas; I had heard no discussion of going regardless of

the Bureau's position. Daly promised to pull together without

the need for a written request, all available information on

Brading for Committee review this afternoon, if at all possible.

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HE NEW YORK TIMES,

Hunt Sons Charge

C.I.A. Used Agents®

To Embezzle Funds

€ k7100 Hurt

DALLAS; July 22 (UPI)-Two

sons.of H. I. Hunt, the late

billionaire

contending

they

were discriminated against be-

cause of their

, fonservative

views,

charged loday that the

Central Intelligence Agency in-

filtrated the family oil empire

and used secret agents to help

embezzle more than $50-mil.

lion from them..

The brothers, Nelson Bunker

Hunt and W.

Herbert, Hunt,

said new Federal charges that

they had tried to cover. up

a family wiretapping scheme

were a further result of an

attempt by the C.I.A. to discred-

it the Hunt oil empire. They

said they held the .C.l.A. re-

sponsible for earlier. Federal

charges

that

they

had spied

on

aides of their father.

They

said their refusal

to

allow

the C.I.A. to use their

overseas Hunt Oil Company af-

filiate for espionge

had

led

to the Federal charges against

them.

"After turning

down

the

C.I.A., a massive embezzlement

scheme involving loses of over

$50-million from the

Hunt Oil

Company were uncovered," the

brothers said in a news release,

"An

investigation

disclosed

that some of the Hunt employes

involved

in

the scheme

. were

secret Government agents."

A spokesman at C.I.A. head

quarters

outside Washington

said,

"Since it appears such a

complicated matter, the agen-

cy's legal people

would

like

time to find out what it is all

about."

• 'ігл...

A. Federal grand jury yester.

day charged the Hunt brothers,

Percy Foreman of Houston,

a

criminal lawyer,

three

other.

attorneys and a retired: Texas

industrialist with obstruction

of

justice for allegedly trying

to thwart the wiretap investiga-

tion.

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usts down, deal with labor problems.

samar's low-keyed personal style

Steadman says Lamar has never given

im a direct order in the 15 years of

heir association) tends to make somel

eople think of him as a sort of a Mr.

eepers with a yen to be a jock. "Ac.

ually," says Maxfield, "he's Clark

Cent. He is a mild-mannered, meek, i

veryday guy. But when money needs

o be committed, he goes into that little:

hone booth and comes out with an 'S'

n his shirt."

lucky 11 trusta

The bedrock of Lamar's personal for-

une is the trust that his father set up

or him in 1935 as part of a tax

trategy planned with the aid of vet-

ran Hunt attorney J. B. McEntire. At

hat time, a trust was established for

ach of the Hunt children. In 1958, the

attern was repeated when the elder;

lunt established trusts for each of the!:

cond Mrs. Hunt's children, calling

hem Loyal Trusts 1, 2, 3, and 4. Except

or Hunt Oil Co., which went entirelyi

o Mrs. Hunt, H. L. Hunt left the bulk!

f his personal holdings to the Loyal

rusts, whose beneficiaries are Ray

lunt, Ruth Jane Hunt, Mrs. Randall

(Helen LaKelley) Kreiling, and Mrs.

lark A. (Swanee Grace) Meeks.

The size of these trusts is

nknown, but one of the

roblems facing the Hunt

amily is how to commingle

I separate fortunes (those

f the 10 children plus the

uth Ray Hunt Trust) to

laximum advantage. Dallas

riends™

of

son-in-law

Randy" Kreiling say the

uestion is being debated

armly within the family.

Ithough Kreiling's role in

le Great Western United

Ikeover was relatively mi-

or, it did demonstrate a

illingness between the two

bling groups to cooperate.

Lamar Hunt observes

lat, since the bulk of H. L.

unt's estate

was left to

rs. Hunt,

"it was a natural

ling for Ray to be the per-

on who looks after it." La-

lar adds: "It does not mean

at Ray will run the busi-

ess. He will be making an

rderly transition, a change

• whatever happens. He will

ive the responsibility of

Taking decisions in relation-

hip to Dad's property, but

ad's operation

impler.

WaS

much

There will be no move to

WIDt. Faon

Junt Oil public, Lamar say's. "Our

philosophy is not one of promotion of

stock and promotion to the public," he

says.

"Each of us has his own interests.

All of us operate in the oil business,

gometimes together, sometimes as an

independent oil operator. Hunt Oil,

which was my Dad's company, will be

run basically by employees of the com-

pany. We all will continue to operate

out of the Hunt Oil office."

Maxfield, who has been

observing

the Hunts for nine years as Lamar's

partner, believes that Hunt Oil and

Placid Oil will carry on the monolithic

base of the family fortune. "It's like a

tree trunk, with each brother having

his own branch," he says. "Oil is not an

expression of the personality of the

sons as it was of the old man. The ex-

pression of the brothers will be in the

branches-Ray in real estate; Lamar

sports; Bunker horses, commodities,

and agriculture; Herbert in real estate,

residential development, and commodi-

ties." And while the brothers are

branching out, Maxfield believes, "they

will run the oil companies collectively

with a professional staff."

Stormy weather closes In

Meanwhile,

a threatening

cloud

looms on the family's horizon. Not only

i Ray Hunt (right) looks over his Dallas development.

is an

oft-delayed

(trial ahead

for

Bunker and Herbert Hunt on the wire

tapping charges, but there is also the

threat of more indictments

against

them by a federal grand jury that has

been sitting in Dallas for more than a

year. The Hunts claim their wiretap-

ping activities were aimed at uncov-

ering suspected embezzlements from

their father's food concern. In their

only statement on the matter, over a

year ago, they cited "extensive, unex-

plained losses" suffered by the com-

pany, "We only sought to protect our

father and his property, as any others

would have done," they said.

But one of the wiretappers, Jon Jo-

seph Kelly, says that the tapping was

prompted by Bunker's and Herbert's

suspicions that someone was trying to

influence H. L. Hunt to leave the bulk

of his estate to the second Mrs. Hunt

and her children. Three of the wiretap

victims back up Kelly's version.

Just two weeks ago, in their syndi-

cated column, Jack Anderson and Les

Whitten aired a recurring Dallas ru-

mor that the grand jury is looking into

an alleged "$50,000 to $60,000 payoff"

from Bunker to the chairman of the

Senate Judiciary Committee, James O.

Eastland of Mississippi, in return for

Eastland's assistance in getting a pa-

role for the other wiretapper, Houston

private eye Patrick W. McCann III.

Eastland wrote a letter on McCann's

behalf, but Bunker has denied that

there was any payoff!

The Dallas grand jury, is said to be

mulling the Eastland connection, as

well as the circumstances surrounding

the three-year lapse between the wire-

tappers' arrest and the indictment of

Herbert and Bunker on Feb. 28, 1973. A

Hunt family lawyer told Dallas Morn-

ing News investigative reporter Earl

Golz that Bunker managed to strike a

bargain with the Justice Dept. in which

"there would be no prosecution of the

Hunts if they performed certain ac-

tions; they performed the actions, but

there was an indictment anyway."

The actions, reportedly made after

1972 meetings with former President

Richard M. Nixon and former Attorney

General Richard Kleindienst, included

Bunker's providing Justice with a list

of Al Fatah agents in the U.S. He had

secured the list privately because he

feared he was on the Al Fatah death

list because of his Libyan holdings.:

For the Hunts, the wiretapping epi-

sode has proved disastrous. Bunker and

Herbert could receive prison sentences.

And, more than anything else in the

family's history, it has torn the tightly

woven curtain of secrecy behind which

the family has lived and worked for

more than four decades.

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PART TWO: JIM BRADEN

one of the most incredible bodies of recent informatior

concerning the alleged conspiracy to assassinate President

Kennedv is largely based on the investigative research

done by Peter loyes, a former CBS Producer and top inves-

tigative reporter.

Last year. Noyes published a book, Logacy of Doubt, which

assassination. The Noyes book is almost entirely factual

and

is

substantiated information such as

police records provided by the FBI, the Los Angeles Police

Department, the California Attorney General's Office, and

Texas police officials.

Though the Noves book (like most recent assassination books)

did not sell well or receive much press attention, it has

been

regarded

as

a valuable contribution by most of author

Noyes i

fellow Warren Commission critics..

It can definitely be said

that

almost all of Moyes' findings,

particularly with respect to his main character Jim Braden,

have been factually substantiated and are solidly established

by official police records.

Basically the Noyes book outlines the background of a

mysterious man who was picked

up by the police at the

of President Kennedy's assassination just minutes after the

shooting. The man was apprehended by a Dallas policeman who

thought he was behaving suspiciously. The man, who identified

himself under the false name of Jim Bradon, was released

shortly thercafter following brief questioning by the Dallas

Sheriff's Office.

Author Noyes uncovered the story of Jim Braden and his

true identity during five years of investigative research.

And it is Jim Braden's true identity and his iropic misfortune

of being picked up

at the scene of the assassination for

"looking suspicious" that the Warren Commission critics now

believe ranks with James McCord's mistake of leaving masking

tape on the doors during the Watergate break-in as the ultimate

fatal slip-ups in the two conspiracies.

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2.

For Jim Braden,

those true identity. is Eugene Hale Brading,

is a maniwith sinqularly avesome direct ties to the highest

levels of the Mafia. Of all the Mafia figures connected to

the syndicate's crucial

of coercion.

security and enforcenent activities

maiming, intra-syndicate assassination and

outside murder contracting,: Jim Braden

anpears

to be an

indispensable link - or leader - of organized crime's

far flung nétwork of "controlled violence" specialists

and professional hit men.

Braden's involvement with the Mafia's highest echelon

"enforcers" has spanned the continent from coast to coast

and covers virtually every national crime syndicate juris-

diction. According

to federal authorities working with the

Justice Department's organized crime strike force units, ano

according to other high government sources cited by author

lloyes, Jim Braden is now serving as personal courier for

Meyer

Lansky•

The importance of this mysterious

man who was, picked

under a false name across the street from the Texas Book

Depository gust moments after the

shots were fired on

November 22,

1963 cannot be overemphasized.

Though there

were several

innocent witnesses or bystanders

in the arcallof the assassination who vere alsó arrested or

brought in

for questioning by the Dallas police, alt of whom

were

shortly released like Jim Braden, his presence there at

that precise moment does in fact raise

an incredible specter,

and may indeed have been the monumental slip-up that critics

of the Parren Commission now

attest to.

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3.

Jim Bracion's Arrest On lovember 22

Deputy Col. Lewis was one of the first Dallas police

officers on the scene. at the Texas School Book Depository

following the assassination..

Within just minutes after the deadly shots vere fired,

Deputy Levis.confronted a man across the street from the

•Book Depository, a man whom Lewis thought was "acting.

suspiciously."

Deputy Lewis

questioned the man for several minutes before

taking him to the Sheriff's office for further interrogation.

identified himself as Jim Braden, and said that he

was. in the oil business in Beverly Hills, California. Deputy

Lewis became even more suspicious over the way. the man first

tried to identify himsolf. Instead of producing his driver's

licenso, the common means of identification, the man pulled

out a gasoline credit card instead.

The man who identified himself as Jim Braden strongly protested

when Deputy

Lewis told him

that he would have to take him in

for further

interrogation.

it the Sheriff's office, Jim Braden agreed to make a voluntary

statement. Braden, then

48, told the police that he was in

Dallas on oil business and

had been there for two days. Ho

said he was staying at the Cabana Motel, s short distance avay

from the scene of the assassination. Braden said he had been

walking down the street by the Texas Bool: Depository at the

time of the assassination and had been looking for a taxi cab.

Jim Braden further

stated that he was confronted by Deputy

Lewis inside a building across the street from the depository

during an

attempt to make a telephone call following the

shooting.

Braden was shortly thereafter released by the Dallas Sheriff's

office. Braden was not fingerprinted, nor was any check made

Of

possible crininal records relating

to him.

Two months Inter, in late January of 1964, Jim Braden was

intervieved by two FBI agents at his offico in Beverly Hills.

The Warren Commission's investigation vas then in full sving

and witnesses to the assassination were being questioned by

the FBI and other authorities. In his FBI interview, Braden

gave the same account as he had given to the Dallas police on

the day of the assassination. The FBI's official report on

Braden's interrogation further stated that,

"Braden has no

information

concerning

the assassination and both Lee Harvey

Oswald and Jack Ruby are unknown to him."

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Jim Braden' sl

True Islentity Bacises

In early 190p, Peter loves,

the investigative reporter

whose book: covers much of

the information regarding Jim

Braden, began investigating the mysterious California

"oil man."

Hoyes originally received a tip about Braden from a

the assassination at the time of the shooting.

lloyes soon found that Jim Braden was no longer at cither

of the addressos that he had given the Dallas police, and

had left no forwarding addresses.

Hoves then had the California Department of Motor Vehicles

run

a check on the license number that Braden had given to

the Dallas police at the Sheriff's office following the

assassination. Motor Vehicles told

Moyes that Braden's

license (H751755) had been

renewed by Braden in San Diego

county in lovember of 1966. Braden

has also listed now

business

and. home addresses, which interestingly were over

a hundred miles apart.

The Department of lotor Vehicles' Iccords on Jim Braden

also showed that "Jim Braden" was not Ically his original

name. The license had actually been issued in the 1950's

to Buache lale Brading, which is Braden's true identity.

On September 10,

1963, just ten wecks before the assassination,

Hugenc

Male Brading had notified the Department that he had

legally changed his name to Jim Braden, and he rcquested a

new license under that name. The license was granted.

Intriqued by the fact that Jim Braden was really a false

identity assumed by Eugene Brading, investigator Noyes

contacted the Intolligence Division of the California

Attorney General's Office, and had a checl run on the.

mysterious Brading.

Loves was told that Eugene Hale Brading "is a real bad guy.

He's got a long rap sheet and apparantly has Mafia connections."

Noyes shortly thercafter obtained a copy of Eugene Brading's

(Jim

Braden's) police records.

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5.

The Brading "rap sheet" contained an incredible 35

seperate entries covering virtually every phase of

criminal activity, including mail fraud, embezzlement,

oneratina ai gambling house in Miami, car theft, shop

lifting, cceiving stolen property, and selling wartime

gas ration coupons on the black market.

Most of those arrosts had been made under the name of

Eugeno Hale Brading, but the police dossier on him

also

showed a handful of

other aliases, including Marry lugene

Bradle!, Gone Brady, James Lee Cole, James Bradley Lee,

and incvitably, Jim

Braden.

"Jin Braden" was the last entry shown on Brading's

records.

Incredibiv:

investigator loyes found that due to the fact

that the Dallas police had not fingerprinted Jim braden or

run a make on him, his truc identity of lugene Brading was

nevor discovered by the FBI or the Harren Commission at the

time of their investigation of the assassination. The Warren

Commission' had only routinely included Braden's

short state

ment about being in Dallas

on

"oil business"

in

a police

exhibit of witnesses

contained in Warren Commission Hearing's

Volume XIM.:

Jim Braden and his story had been accepted at

face value

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Jim Braden (Eugene Brading) ind The liafia

Investigator

Hoyes bogan a thorough investigation of

Braden based

upon all available police records and

documents!

What coon clearly emerged was a long record of involvement

by Braden: (Brading) with many of the most notorious lafia

leaders in the nation, a record of close

association with

loy figures in the national crime syndicate.

Folloving.a string of arrests in the 1910's, dating all

the way back to his young adulthood, bugene

Brading had

moved to El paso

Texas, in 1950.

(BRADING AND PEREIRA)

In E1 Paso, Brading became closely associated with Victor

•ereira,

7 man who was a close associate and confidante of

scveral

Mafia members. Brading and Percira became irvolved

in a number of schemes involving marriage to and embezzlement

of wealthy widows.

Bracing and his close friend Porcira wore arrested

In 1994rat in New York on a furitive varront issued in Texas.

The two men vere charged with enbezzling over 550,000 from

a walthy ridow whom Percira had marriod

shortly before

flecing with her moncy. Brading and Percira vere soon con-

victed of the

charges and were each

sentenced to 12 years

in prison:

liowever,

Brading and Pereira were out free during the three

ycars of their appeals,

and Brading was later paroled in 1959

aiter having served just five ycars of his sentence.

(BRADING AND THE SMALDOHES)

During the three years of arcedom under their appeals of the

convictions!

Erading and Pereira left Texas (following still

another flcecing of another wealthy widow) and moved to

Denver, Colorado.

In Denver; Brading became very closely associated with.

two leading lafia bosses in the Rocky Hountain area, Clyde

and Gene Smaldone.

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7.

The Smaldone brothers, who vere also knoun as "Chockers

and illn Elon," verc the Mafia loaders in charde of the

syndicates vending-machine market which stretched from

the Rockies

all the way to Chicago. Police records show

that at one time, the Smaldones virtually controlled the

entire Pugblo arca of Colorado.

The Smaldone brothers vere notorious for the brutal brand

or violence. they practiced in their operations. Brading

(Draden) becane involved in many transactions.uith the

Smaldones and bocame a close personal friend. Several ycars

later, affer Brading

finally went to jail for the embezzlement

of the Texas widow, the smaldone brothors Icgularly wrote

to him in prison,

secking his advice on various financial

natters.

(BRADING AND CLARK AND BAUMAIT)

Brading and his friend Pereira later movod to Beverly Hills

in California. Shortly thereafter, Brading inovitably came

under investigation by the Los Ingeles Police Department

Intelligence Division's Mafia specialists.

In particular,

his ciosel

the LAiD interest in Brading was focused on

association in Beverly. Hills with two "oil specu-

lators" from Miami, Arthur Clark and Roger Bauman. Clark

and Bauman were notorious Maria

figures with long police

records:

Brading's friend Clark had been one of the ton leaders of

out of Detroit and Youngstown. The

he famous purple Gang of the lafiatos ingeles oncrated

police hac

nlaced Clark and Bauman under

tight surveillance and had

compiled extensive information on their friendship iith

Brading.

1n. 1956, the Chief of Intelligence of the LAPD. Captain

James ranition, sent a letter

co the crime Commiscion of

Greater Mani

seeking infornation about Clarl, Bauman, and

Brading.

Cantain Hamilton, who

was known

as one of the foremost

experts on the afia in the nation, ashod the Miami Commission

(which was conducting extensive investigations of the Mafia)

to inform him

as to the involvement of several associates of

Clark and. Bauman•

Among those named was Eugene Brading.

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Captain

Hamilton's letter stated:

"This

Department has under investigation Arthur

Lewis Clark, SI., FBI 3709250, and a Roger Bauman.

men are representing thomsolves as officials

of the Sunbean Oil Company, 212 Roosevelt Theater

litami Beach, and both are spending moncy

vory lavishly."

"Clark: has bech arrested several times and has been

associated with many confidence men and hoodlums such

as vames Pratianno,

Victor Percira,

Eugene Brading,

Clarénce Rhodes, Stephen Sambor and the Siraldone

brothers of Denver."

As investigator Poter loves points out, the men listed

with Brading in the letter, represent a virtual "who's io"

of organized

crine leaders

between California and the Midwest.

(BRADING AND! FRATIANNO)

Of these top Hafia men listed with Brading (Braden) perhaps

the most important one Is James fratianno, also widely known

as "Jinmie The Woasel." Fratianno was known as perhaps the

Mafia's highest ranking executioner in the nation.

Li that do ta he tan can con, the

in his testinony before the Rackcts Conmittee of

Chief of

"He have, long considered Fratianno to

be the exccutioner for the lafia on

the Hest Coast."

Captain Hamilton told the Rackets Committee that his Intelligence

Division had linked Jinnie Fratianno to at loast sixteen Mafia

exocutions. "

Fratianno had once been arrested for the attempted

assassination

of bos Angeles dafia head Mickev Cohen in 1919! Conen had

survived the bloody shooting nich took

the life, of one of

nis licutenants. Fratianno was lator rolcasca due to insuf

icient cvidence. Fratianno used the alibi that he had been

at the home of Mafia associate Nick Licata the night of the

shooting. Licata later became the new head of the Los Angeles

halla, and, perhaps significantly, was later given control of

the Mafia in Dallas, Texas.

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jimmie Fratianno vas also susnocted of complicity in

the murders of two

men in 1951. Two men who made the

mistake of robbing the lafia's Flamingo Hotcl lin Las

Vegas were found dead in a parked car following the

robbery. Both, of their skulls had been shattered by

bullets firod bohind the ear, apparantly in true lafia

fashion.

Fratianno had also been linked to the famous murder of

Harry "Hooky" Rothman, who had been another close

issociate of liickcy Cohen,

the Los Angeles Mafia head.

Also.

Pratianno was also linked to the disapocarance of

another top member of the riclicy Cohen gang, Frank Hiccoli.

Naccoll had mysteriously vanished following a late dinner

at Fratianno's home one night.

Fratianno, was! also linked to the brutal murder of a business-

man in northern California in 1952. Thomas leen, a wealthy

gambler, had apparantly welched on a $30,000 gambling debt

that he

owed the lafia,

and

was blown to

bits from a dynamite

charge hiddon under the hood of his car.

Fratianno later corved a six year prison term (1954-1960) for

extortion. In later years

Fratianno bocane the contral fiqure

involved

in LOOK magazine's "expose" of

San Francisco Mayor

Josenh Allotol's allegca lafia connections. Look allcoed that

Fratianno lad

becone a close friend of layor Mlito and that

the Mayor had arranged for Fratianno to

receive loans of over

a bank where Alioto sorved as Chairman of the

The lavor also said that he had not known that the notorious

Fratianno vas

a member of the Mafia.

(BRADING AID HELTZER)

while in Lois ingeles, Brading (Jin Braden) also became

connocted, with top Maria leader Harold "lappy" Heltzer.

The LAPD Intolligenco Division had originally become

avarc of Brading's close rclationship with lieltzer ven

Brading's nane was found on leltzer's Christmas card list.

Meltzer was widely known as one of the most poverful Mafia

leaders in the entire nation.

The U.S. Sonate Rackets Committce identified Brading's

friend lieltzer as a top Mafia boss in the areas of union

racketeering and narcotics.

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i report

the Senate Rachets Conmittee from 1961

states:

"Heltzet now is reported

to operato a laroc

bookmaking and prostitution syndicate in

California. A major figure in the organized

underworld.

he is known to all the immortant

narcotico traffickers throughout the United

States

c has also operated in Ollahoma,

Baltinore, Miami, Las legas, Boston,

na various areas of canada, cuba,

long Kong,

Japan,

nawall, and the Philippines."

(BRADING AND THE SICAS)

In Ios Anacles, Brading also became closely associated with

•vet another ton lafia operation. Brading becane a close

friend and associate of the notorious sica brothers - Joe,

Freddie, and George. The

sica brothers were particularly

brutal

syndicate members specializing in narcotics..

narcotics ring in the United States.

The

Sica brothers vore shortly thereafter brought to

trial.

On the night before the trial onened, the government's

star vitness,,

an

informant

named Abo

Davidian, as mysteriously

snot to death in his mother's home in Fresno. "The murder was

never soluca and

the sica brothors were soon relcased for

lack of evidence.

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Jim Braden:

Possible Link to Jack Kuby

The same inadequate investigative work which led the

Warren Commission to largely overlook: Jack Ruby's solid

Malla involvement, appears also to have soch responsible

for the failure to uncover Jim. Braden's true identity of

eugene Broding during the official invostigation into the

kennedy assassination.

As shown in the previous account of Jack Rubyls very

substanti

ali ties to

the rafia, Ruby was particularly

involved in

the syndicate areas of gambling and narcotics.

But bovond

the multiplicity of evidence which indicates

that Jack Rubi and Jim Braden were both important lafia

figures oporating in the same general arcas, at the same

general tames,.

there is another single picce of evidence

which

nlaces both Ruby and Braden at the same place on the

day bafore

the assassination.

Evidence indicates that both Jim Braden and Jack Ruby

visited the dallas offices of the lot. Munt Oil Company

on the afternoon! of Hovember 21, 1963, just twenty four

hours before the president yas murdered. Obviously any

link which places both Bradon and Ruby in the same place

at the sano time

on the day before the assascination does

of courseiraise further significant questions

about a

possible

relationship betveen the two men.

Jiin

Braden

received parmission from the U.5. Board of

Parole intos ingeles to make a trip to Dallasy Texas on

• 1003,

Iour days before the assassination.

Braden was required to report all of his travels to his

Parole Board following his parole in 1959 for the embez-

zlement conviction.

on lovember at, 1903, the day before the assassination,

Jim Braden chocked in with the U.S. Parole Office in

Dallas. Accordina to Roger Carroll

:.tho Chief Barole

officer in Dallas, Braden (Brading) "advisedithat ne

planned to see tamar fiunt and other oil speculators while

here." Lamar lunt is the son of h.l. Hunt, the famous

right-ving oil billionaire.

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l'aul Rothermel, a former FBl agent ho was Dircctor of

security for the hunt Oil Connany in Dallas atthat time,

has recalled that he distinctly remembers Braden visiting

the fiunt offices. on November 2i in the company of three

other men!!

Pothermol has stated that the office lo0

ilovember l1 showed that Roger Bauman.

for

(Bradinai's oli

friend!) and liorgan Brown and Duane towlin "ana!

Mafia

friend"

visited the lunt office on that afternoon. Rothermel states.

that Braden was definitely the "friend."

liccurity chief roul Rothermel was Inter firediby llb. Hunt's

reports allegedly surfaced that Rothermel was

"suspicious" of a possible Hunt connection to the assassin-

ation. Folloving his

termination by the lunts, rothermel

found that he vas being illegally wiretapped. Rothermel

Illed suit againot Lamar Hunt and another onelof l.I. Hunt's

sons,

is still

in the courts.

Also on November 21, the day before the assassination,

according to a conclusion of the Warren Cormission, Jack

my Has deso on his way to the dob. lunt offices in Dallas.

The

Warren 'Commission concluded that Jacl Rubydrove a woman

friend of hols to the lunt offices sometime that same after-

noon. The woman, who had declined work in Ruby's nightclub

aS a

stripier,

Grove with Ruby to the lunt offlices, apparantly

in scarch of

criployneni. This does coincide with Braden's

visit to tho

same offices on that same afternoon.

The arich Comminsion investigated several othor possible

lints of Jack luby to the junts,

including the still

unernlaingal fact that Lamar Hunt's name was found insidc

one of RupylE notebooks. But of these possible linls, the

Warren Commission concluded only that evidence did indicate

that ruby had driven to the lunt offices on rovenber 21.

Thus a possible Ruby-Braden connection on theiday before

the President's assassination does indood arisc.

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Jim Bracien

rossible link to David Ferric

Investigator Peter Moyes has turned un severall pieces

of Information which indicate a possible connection

between

Jim Braden

and the mysterious David Ferris.

David Forric was the homosekual airline nilot and private

investigator thon Jim Garrison accused of participating

in the plot to assassinate President kennedy.

Six days after

found dead in his apartment in bey Orleans. His

mysterious death was finally ruled to have beon a suicide.

David Forgie has boon a taraot of investigation ly critics

of the lauren Commission ever since the assassination. In

Fact the aBI and Sccret Service both investinated a possible

Forrie role immediatoly after the assassination. It was

widely rumored in How Orloans and Dallas. that Ferrie vas to

alleged assassins out of the country folloving

the assasgination. The Warren Commission decided not to include

the official secret service and FBI reports on forric in the

of learings which vere relcased after the warren

the Justice Denartment did finallv

release those renorts io the National Archiveslin 1967 following

Garrison's public accusations.

juthor Hoyes has since established that both Jin Braden and

Forrie

out of theyfloor of officos in a building

in Now Orleans in the month or two immediately preceding the

assassination.

This is particularly significant due to the fact that at that

mustcrious David Ferrie was emploved as a private

investigator by Carlos Marcello, the top Hafia kingvin. It

is widely

believed by most federal authoritics

that Carlos

Marcollo ranlis with his

close friend Heyer Lansky

the two single most powerful Icaders of the dafia's national

intornational crime syndicate. Carlos Marcello heads the

l'afia empire centered

in New Orleans, Louisiana, and controls

most of the Mafia activity in the southern

of the United

In Septenber and October of 1963, just weeks before the

assassination, David Forrie was

working out of the offices

of Carlos Marcello's criminal attorney,

G. Wray Gill. Ferrie,

investigative work on a norjury charge that his

boss liarcello was then Encing, worked out of Room 1707 in the

Pere Harguctte Building in Now Orleans.

it this same time,

in september and October of 1963, Jim

Braden was operating out

of Room 1701 in the Pare ilarquette

Building.

have President Kennedy

his brother murdered. Reid has

written that he was told of Marcello's threat by an informant

who attended a secret meeting with larcello in New Orleans in

September of 1962.

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Accordina to Rein's informant, Marcello told his top

"Don't worry about that little Bobby

sonofabitch. He's going to be taken care of." The

informant stated that Marcello said

that President

Kennedy himself would have to be killed

hat his brother vould then follow. The informant

Further stated that Marcello spoke of using some "nut"

to do the killings.

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Jim

Braden: Author Peter loves And Judae Byrne

Peter Noyes, the investigative reporter who uncovered

most of the

material regarding Jim Braden (lugone Brading),

is a former classmate and close friend of Judge latthew

the U.S. District Court Judgo who prosided

over the

Ellsberg. Pentagon Papers trial lnst year.

As is pow vell known, Judge Byrne dismissed the casc

against allsher

after he was notified that the white

House, "Plumbers" had once burglarized the office of

Ellsberg's psychiatrist.

A chort time lator, it became known that President Nixon

had twice instructed John Chrlichman to annroach judge

Byrne during the course of the bllsberg trial and offer him

the rosition of Diroctor of the FBI. This offer, which Judge

Byrne refused, has been regarded as a potential act of

bribery by some critics of President lison,:

and is currently

investigation by the soccial Frosecutor's Office.

It has been widely assumed that llixon's fervent interest

in the outcone or

the prosecution of Ellshero. may have

been the motivation behind his approach to Judge byrne.

Author Hoyes has written of his friend Judge Byrne's

involvement in his research on Jim Braden. In 1960, after

loyes had accumulated much of his information regarding

the mysterious Bracien, he took the information to hi

richd, Matt tyrne, who was then U.s. Attorney for southern

california. loyes had several talks with Byrne, and has said

that Byine was

very impressed by the substantive evidence

which loves had gathered. During one of these nectings with

Byrnc and another FBI man whom Byrne had invited to attend,

the FBI man told. Noves that the FBI had never before linown

that jim Braden - the man arrested at the seche of the

assassination in 1903 - was actually Surenc Blading. The

FBI man said that the bureau must have made la big mistake

in not tracing down Braden's true idontity and nolice record.

the FBI man was nearly incredulous over loves'i

evidence on

Braden.

loyes meanwhile had discovered that Jim Braden had also been

in Los ingeles on the night that Robert Kennedy was assassinated

in carly June of 1968.

Though oyes couldn't find any significant information indicating

any Braden connoction to the second kennedy murder, he and his

friend Hatt Byrne forwarded the information on Braden to the

Special Unit of the IND which was investigating: the REk death.

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The jpacial. Unit of the maey, according to moyes, aiu-

counted the information ecaniling the Rfl asanssination,

but was indeed impressed by the Braden connection

to the

1963 assassination. Hoyes writes that Judge Byrne never

heard anynore about it after he forwarded

the information

to tho RFK investigators.

later, attorney General John Mitchell slected Byrne to

be inccutive Director for the scranton

commission that

the position he hold at the time of the Ellsberg trial.

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!''a

Jin traden:

There lie Is today

Immedintely

folloing the assassination of fresident

Konnedy,

Bugene Brading (Jim Braden) had an upturn in

his porsonal finances.

Brading later reported a lalge increase in revenue from

an oil velli he had an interest in back in Louisiana. ic

roporton the large incroase in revenue from the woll

for

the month of lovember 1963.

• month later, in Decenber of 1963, Brading became a

chartor member of the exclusive land very capensive)

ba costa Country Club in southern Californial later that

year, 1961, Bradling and his old syndicate oil

friend

Roger Baunion cotablished the "s and B'eattle Comnany."

The

connany was

set un in Chicago and vas presumably

named niter

them, "B And D," though neither of the tro

men

are fisted as corporate officers. It was also during

this same period that Brading made a

substantial investment

in

two lots in Coral Gables, Florida.

In 1963, Brading's

lengthy parole vas finally terminatcd..

1Ic

500:1

bought

new home near the la costa country club

thic! heflad joined, and he also bought a house for his

parents

in Santa Barbara.

And it is

alt

trail of Jim

the la Costa Country Club that

the nysterious

Braden, or bugeno Hale Brading,

finally ends.

The la costa country club, which Bracing had joined as one

of its 100 Chartor nonbors in January of 1961

is one of

the moro notorious iafia properties in the nation.

The most poweriul force behind la Costa is Noc Dalitz, one

single closest

associates. Hoe Dalitz had

been the leader of the early Mayfield Road Gang in Cleveland

and mad been

the founder of

the actual Cleveland syndicate

one of the most noverful forces in the national crime syndicate.

joe Dalith had scen one of the lafia's biggest investors in

Las Veges,

and it has been Dalitz who haul porsonally helped

sot un the Howard llughes empire in Las Veras. Dalitz han

sold nuch of his own holdings to lloward lughes in the late

1960's.

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the la Costa

country Club had become, under the direction

of doe balatz and liever Lansky, a key "watering hole" of

the syndicate. La Costa was originally financed through a

•syndicate deal with James Hoffa of the Teamstors. One of

the Teamsters Union's billion dollar Pension Funds was used

in the rihancing of the project. La Costa became what is

known in the linfia as "open

torritory" - neaning that no

single Mafia

family controlled it. La Costa vas, open to all.

Intelligence authorities in southern California have long

regarded la costa as a nrime hangout for the Mafia. Some

officials have dubbed it "Apalachin West."

The syndicate had originally given Charter memberships in

La Costa to a numbor of Hollywood celcirities

30 as to

soften the image of the plush resort. Among the members

were Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, and Bing CrOSDY:

lembers of President Vison's innor circlo also became

froquent guests

as in Costa, which is just trenty miles

away fromiSan Clemente. Barly in the Mixon Noministration,

in 1960;

Los Angeles lolice vore astonished to find Murray

Chotiner, lone of the

President's closest confidantes, living

it up at

La Costa while the President was in San Clemente.

In February of 1973, while President Mixon was it San Clem-

ente, l. Ri

Ilal.deman,

John

held a serics of mectings

Sometime to costa to discuss

the latergate conspiracy, which was then beginning to

unravel.

John

henrings

Dean entrain thy testimony during the devin Committee

"the la Costa mectings." These moetings

at la Costa have

strategy sessions involved

since enoraed as perhaps

the most crucial

in the alleged covei-un of

Waterante

by the President's closest aides. Dean testified

that the da Costn

meetings took place over a period of two

days, February 10 - 12, 1973. Dean testifind that the sessions

a special

villa at La Costa that; was

used by

Maldeman

It has boen during this same voriod of time,

in the last

several. wears, that Eugene Brading (Jim Braden) has bocome

one of the most innortant Mafia operatives at la Costa.

iccordinalto numerous intelligence reports, from California,

lovada, und federal authorities, Brading is noyisuspected of

being the parsonal courier for national crime syndicate boss

lieyer Lansky.

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the Moradh

Gaming Bond is continuing an investigation

into Braden's alleged role as syndicate couricr for

"slimmed" gambling revenue from Las Vegas. Investigator

Hoyes was told by several high government officials that

Jim Braden had indecd been identified as the personal

courtor tor lever Lansky: One official disclosea that

Braden was suspected of

aking over slL million out of

the country for the syndicate. Another officihi

said

that was a "low estimate."

In the summer of 1971, Braden came under renewed investi-

gation by califoinia authorities following an incident at

La Costa.

1 janitor at la corta opened Braden's golf Jocker to male

a routine:

¡ananaction out of the locker tumbled a

bundle of

vall ovcr

5100,oon in cash.

cuthor moles mas informed by one official tat the bundle

hac contened at least 012e, cog in cooh, and

ifornia odbicial put chetamount at closer to $200,000.

Juring questionina regarding

da money cron an el transaction,

Traden stated

of two planes ouned by lovard ilughes to fl! Mafia gambling

cash out of devada and the country.

At present

surene Broding, alias Jim Breden,

operating lout of La costa.

1s still

Michael Ewing

Sen. Hughes office

June; 1974

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505

•30 March 1976

Mr. Frank Sturgis

2515 NW. 122nd Street

Miami, FL 33167

Dear Mr. Sturgis

We have received your request under the Freedom of Infor-

mation Act for information pertaining to you. This is to advise

you that as of 27 September 1975 the Privacy Act of 1974 took

effect.

This act and pertinent CIA regulations established

requirements and procedures for access by individuals to infor-

mation pertaining to them.

CIA Regulations were published

in the Federal Register on 28 August 1975 and may be found in

Title 32 C.F.R. 1901.

Since the Privacy Act requires federal agencies to ensure

that improper disclosure of personally identifiable information

will not be made and further provides criminal penalties for

improper disclosure, CIA Privacy Regulations, section 1901.13,

sets forth the following requirements for identification of

individuals making requests.

An individual seeking access to or notification of

the existence of records about himself shall provide in the

letter of request his full name, statement swearing poce of

birth together with a notarized

affirming his identity!...If such individual is an alien

lawfully admitted

for permanent residence, his or her

alien registration number must be also provided.

Before we may begin processing your request, we must receive

from you a notarized statement as explained above.

The statement

should verify that you are a U.S. citizen or an alien admitted for

permanent residence. It is also requested that you provide any

additional information concerning yourself which might facilitate

search of records. Unless you identify specific records you

may be looking for, we will conduct a search of all Agency records

that might contain information that pertains to you.

Am filen

Information and Privacy Coordinator

PERICAN RELO

LUTION

OCENTENNIA.

1776-1976

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2515 NoW. 122nd Street

¡iami, Florida 33157

7 day 1975

!I. Gene lilson

Information and

Privacy Coordinator

Central Intelligence agency

ashington, D.C. 20505

Re:

Pre-freedon of information request

notice of charges

Dear Mr. "ilson:

Before exercising my

right to a treedom of information

request for copies

of any and all available ( in accordance with the declassification processes

stipulated in Executive Order 11652 and

, its amendment of January 1974) files

of records and documents, both computerized and manual apposite of me and my

activities under my present and former names and pseudonyms, I bereby request

the complete and, final estimate of charges for search and duplication services.

is regards the charges for these services, two matters may be worthy of

consideration. The first of them is that, given the proper access codes, the

execution of a computer search is neither difficult nor costly. ind the second

is that in lighti of the controversial nature of my past, a waiver or reduction

of charges may conduce to the furtherance of the public interest. I therefore

respectfully request that these factors be considered in the making of a decision

as to the cost of services.

In compliance with your request for identity verification ( pursuant to

provisions of the 1974 Privacy ict, section subsections subsections b and d) I

hereby swear before a notary public as to my name and former names, my present

eddress, my date

as well as place of birth, and my citizenship. Thanking you

for your cooperation, I am

STATE OF FLORIDA

COUNTY OF DADE

fours truly,

tran

Frank Sturgis

Sturgis

Before me personally appeared

Frank sturgis to me well known and

known to me to be the person de-

scribed in and who executed the fore-

going instrument for the purposes

therein expressed.

Witness my hand and official seal

this 19th day of May, A.D. 1976.

Notary: Public,! State of Florida

at Large

My" comes stone

OMMISSION

PETTYPES AT LARGE

99 1978

BONDED THRU GENERAL INSURANCE UNDERWRITERS

Frank Ingelo Fiorino

Frank Angelo Fiorini

Frank A-Fiorini

Frank Inthony Sturgis

Franks A. Sturgis

Frank Sturgis

Frank: Bonnelli

Frank: Campbell

code names:

Federini

Barbarossa

Samson

boon 9 December 1924

in Norfolk, Va.

United States of American citizen-

ship

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CIZOMOLOGIC 3

SHOTG

OF RESIDENCES HID EXPLOY SUTS OF:

also !:nown as:

1924, Dec.

1930-1942

1942-1945.

1945°

1945

c.1945-1943

9

c. 1948

c.1949.

c. 1949-1950

c. 1950-1952.

C .

1952

C.

1952-1954.

c. 1956-1961

Frank Sturgis

present address:

2515 M.:.122nd Street

iliani, Florida 33167

Franl: inthony Sturgis

=

Frank 1. Sturgis

Frank Angelo Fiorini

Frank: do Fiorini

Frank. Fiorini

Fran!: ingelo Fiorino

•born in Norfolk, Va.

•resided at 510 ligh Street, Germantown,

Philadelphia, Pa.

U.Solarine Corps Reserve

Paris Iso, S.C.; Pacific theatre,

honorable discharge -Klamouth Falls, Ore.

Miami, Florida

•¡orfolk, Va. adrs: Banl Ste, etc.

joined Norfoll Police Dept.

attended Milliam and Mary College

also attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute

c.1946-employed as manager of the Virginia

Tavern on East Main Street

c.1949-employed as oner and manager of

The Whitehorse Tavern on East Hain Street

•enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve

at the Morfolk Naval Air Station

honorable discharge

..U.S. Merchant ilarine travelling to and frum

Europe

.U.So Army - stationed in Germany

•honorable discharge

..o:mer-manager of Tophat Nightclub in

Virginia, Beach, Va.

•Cuba (Sierra Maestra); Miami, Florida;

Mexico; Venezuelaj Costa Rica; Guatemala;

Panama; Honduras; Bahama Is.

1958: contact with CIA at US Consulate-

Santiago, Cuba

1959: contact with CIA at US Embassy

Havana, Cuba

1959: contact with FBI HQ - Washington, DC

1961: -1970:

Bay of Pigs

CIA control officer Sam Jenís

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CHRONOLOGICAL SIETC!!

- contid

19630

1953

1968-1972.

June 17, 1972.

June-July 1972

January 8, 1973

January 15, 1973

c.Hay 1973.

January. 1974.

1974

1974-1975.

1975.

1974-1975

•contact with FBI and CIA

• travel and business (operation sword) Mexico and

Honduras

•mechanic and salesman for the Pan-American Aluminum Corpo

185th Sto, Miami, Florida

•adventure: Matergate Office Building

•moved to lashington, D.C. jail

Watergate trial: O.Sav. G. Cordon Liddy et al.

•plea of guilty entered

•moved to Federal ?rison Inst. in Danbury, Conn.

Then moved to Eglin Air Force Base

thence moved to Dade County Jail

•released on appeal bond

• salesman for Heavy Equipment Company, Miami, Florida

•salesmanager for Dodge Is. Repairs, Miani, Florida

•salesmanager for Continental Egg Corp., Miami, Florida

salesmanager for iliami Book Ufg. Company

Miami, Florida

Mans you,

trank Sturgis

Frank Sturgis

STATE OF FLORIDA

COUNTY OF DADE

Before me personally appeared Frank Sturgis to me well known

and known to me to be the person described in and who executed

the foregoing

instrument for the purposed therein expressed.

Witness my hand

1976.

official seal this 19th day of May, A.D.

Viter Wilko

Notary Public,

State of Florida

at Large

NOTART THE STATE CE FLORIDA AT LARGE

MY COMM!:

OH EXTIRES AUGUST

22 1978

My commission

expires

BONDED THEN GENERE INSURANCE UNDEBWRITERS

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505

2 6 MAY 1976

Mr. Frank Sturgis

2515 N.W. 122nd Street

Miami, FL 33167

Dear Mr. Sturgis

This acknowledges receipt of your letter, dated 7 May,

requesting access

under the

Privacy Act for information

pertaining to you. There is no charge for processing Privacy

Act requests.

We are therefore processing your request and will provide

you with the results under the Privacy Act as soon as possible..:

Sincerely,

Gene F. Wilson

Information and Privacy Coordinator

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OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

20535

April 12, 1976

Mr. Frank. Sturgis

2515 Northwest 122nd Street

Miami, Florida

33167

Dear Mr. Sturgis:

This is to acknowledge receipt by the FBI on

March 23, 1976, of your Freedom of Information-Privacy

Acts (FOIPA) request dated March 13, 1976.

Based on the limited information you provided, :

it is not possible to make an

records. To insure an accurate search of our records,

come ever

accurate search of our

please furnish your complete name, date and place of

birth, prior addresses, employments and any specific data

that would permit us to locate the documents you seek.

An exceedingly heavy volume of FOIPA requests

has been received these past few months. Additionally,

court deadlines involving certain historical cases of

considerable scope have been imposed upon the FBI. Despite

successive expansions of our staff responsible for FOIPA

matters, substantial delays in processing requests continue.

Since January 1, 1975, the FBI has received

a total of 17,204 FOIPA requests.

Of these, our present

backlog

is 6,782.

In an effort to deal fairly with any

request requiring the retrieval, processing and duplication

of documents, each reguest is being handled in chronological

order based on the date of receipt.

Please

be assured

that

your request is being handled as equitably as possible

and that all documents which can be released will be made

available at the earliest possible date.

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Mr. Frank Sturgis

Prior to the processing or release of any docu-

ments which may pertain to you, it will be necessary for

you to submit your notarized signature. This procedure

is designed to insure that information concerning an

individual is released only to that person.

Your patience and cooperation will be appreciated.

Sincerely yours,

cunkelle

Clarence M. Kelley

Director

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FRANK. STURGIS

2515 N.W. 122 STREET

MIAMI, FLORIDA 33167

May 3., 1976

The Honorable Clarence M. Kelley, Director

Office of the Director

Federal Bureau of Investigation

washington, D. C.

RE: Freedom of Information Request

Dear Mr. Kelley:

Thank you for your recent letter in which you requested more

specific information to help in the search, collection and

duplication of records indicated in my recent freedom of infor

mation request. I am sending a chronological sketch of my

residences and employments prefaced by a list of names under which

I have been known. I hope this profile will aid the Bureau in its

search for my records.

Notarization of this letter and the sketch

will attest, to the verification of my identity®

Considering the voluminous quantity of material that may have

to be read and screened, I would be pleased in the

interest of

fairness to afford the Justice Department whatever, reasonable

extension of time is needed to comply with my freedom of infor

mation request.

Thank you for your kind cooperation.

STATE OF FLORIDA

COUNTY OF DADE

Very truly yours,

trank Sturgis

Frank Sturgis

Encl/

FS :S

Before me personally

appeared FRANK STURGIS

to me well known and

known to me. to be the

person described in and who executed the

foregoing instrument

for the purposes there-

in expressed.

WITNESS my hand and official seal this

6th day of May, A.D.,

1976 .

ruline wilbi

Notary Publio

State'of Florida at LargeRY PUBLe STATE Of FLORIDA AT LÄRGe

AMY COMMISSION EXPIRES AUGUST 22.1978.

My commission expires ONDED THRU GENERAL INSURANCE UNDERWRITER

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MEMORANDUM

October 29.

1976

TO

FROM

Mike Madigan, Howard Llebengood, Mike Epstein

Rick Inderfurth

In case you miased the attached artiole on

Russell Bufalln®••

Attech

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The Washington

October 28,

1976

Post

Reputed Crime Chief

Accused of Extortion

In Collecting a Debt!!

Associated Press

Russell Bufalino, a reputed organ-

ized crime leader, has been

indicted

on federal charges of conspiracy and

extortion for using threats of violence:

in trying to collect a debt, the Justice

Department announced yesterday.

Bufalino and three other men were

named defendants in a sealed indict-

ment returned by a federal grand jury

in New York City Tuesday and un-

sealed yesterday.:

Bufalino, 71, of. Kingston, Pa., was

; Identified by federal officials in 1973

as the head of one of five Cosa Nostra,;

families operating, In Pennsylvania.

¡ The Immigration'

tempted or nearly 20 years to departe

Bufalino to Sicily, saying he was born

there and brought to the United

States as an infant. He says he

• was

born in this country

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Fisher

ATTORNEY GENERAL: LEVI

Ra:

RAPHAEL: GENER.

October 26, 1976

IN REPLY

PLEASE

REFER TO

"R"

5080

Honorable Edward H.

Levi

Attorney General of the

United States:

Department of Justice

Washington, D. C.

Dear Attorney General Levi:

As you know, the Intelligence Committee has taken

testimony with regard to John Rossellf and the assassi-

nation plots directed againat Fidel C testinomy has been

the Committea's liquiry in this area,

received regarding an individual by the name of Raphael

Gener. Coumittee staff have participated in a reviey of

this testimony with representatives of the Federal

Bureau of Investigation. We are requesting that, upon

Committee

Gener.

We are hopeful that Comnittee staff and your repre-

sentatives will be able to work out access to the appro

priate files and materlale in the same manner as we have:

in the past.

We continue to appreciate your assiatance:

In these matters.

:Aloha,

Daniel K. Inouye

Chairman

Howard H. Baker, Js. 3a

Vice Chairman

MJM: mlh:

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## Page 63

Veciana/ri notea.

12/20/76

meno SAc 5xuan di Deiectar: 18/25/13

Infomant, o 4 recantions beted. Se lug and Oct, 73

adrise SA deng Sellers AV Revesed Alpha lebe

rel. Deveral years earles i wen membr p PM.

ber serened semanes 1973 because locked Revoli

: Zeal

Mero SAc Miami de Dieda 9/21/3 refereace 3 enfosa

pis LAM 3 9/21/73 re the DR (Dericterie levorucionario)

from Mani,

reunia: De placining tecosil as tinties

Ase Antonio Calatagud Rivera di Sec...

Sa. - se.

Ado desapo Crista Pago, Eulalia Armente

resigned from De Sept 16,973

Primivete Rodriguez- Rodriguez said

ataca on laris Embang sitiated en sec

of Lesnik (Replica) + peranced un Ausch + AV.

Lei empert export baseases.

Lim Cuq30, 1973 Me Barres

Bares aderies iBl that BV Gad

Serafin planned, executed Parei

in Aug 2, 1913. =

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wr. tul, 73, AV. Odwised Baires thia

he oftacred.

= 300 les i C.1 explisuno

si sexa( haung heen unaile tr

Otann (4) and listed it en the Eserglade

An sad he had sent a monte

Apan, Arance, Argentina, Pasa to cance

explosera al Cuban Enfossus o crate ablack

Sere." type organizalor

1 16.ozi (Quz 3o, 73)

_"Moralitos"

Main Morales Navarette - Ocked by Bureau

te Bosch. Accusad of deach g

Cabanaci

Us. Particepated en terroust clorts Booki

group has sentenced It dath

Micine SAC e Derectos mero (8/2/73)

AN presensed is Balinan a

numerous individuals p

interest

1/16/13 SAC Miami to Desector Meno

Achnewledges FBI Contact Wl ANii

Micini t tane Legat in Caracast

La Par,

-FBI un contact lecause AN

en PRP. Vec. an oppostenit

la helizul rede san ten

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## Page 65

CorRelatcon

recionaAsusamary - 3115/73

FRancisco Venicento Gonralez Tueso sais

he and it sidled the robled the

Banco Kerosetero Financerio in

Caba in March, be. AU planned the

robbery. As then sent message to

Lenaida (LNU 1174 Su 12tSt. Miami

reguesturg rifle grenadio..

12/27/61 Coap. stace advised ABI that AN

plaused most recent attent o

Castros lyi.

111/63 Craig T. sheldon raisera

money for AN + repla bla

An heavily funded by tule holes.

1/30/64 AN advisio he had us

scout Knowledge of John Robert

Klinner, who was investigated re

JER ascassenation..

Kleiner. en

up Caban Fredom Fishta: (Sa reprt

#: 62-109060 and #62-109060-3083

p. 6, 655.)

11/30/64 veciana sutstantiabo

repent f Eusebie Ofeda, Chiy of Pesunl

SENE

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Veriana in Dallas in

'May 64 to wit

Doelas SENE Chepte

contact us Somosa colid

The CIA admied that James S. Cogswell,

Who reportedly had hish level contacts

en soccely and 43 Nary in Carel, 1966

entro. AU co CiA re

eps. AU wanted

50,000 to organize group te assassinate

CASTRO - CIA declined.

revana treasures, donatiati

spokesmen for the uncle gone?

alphia Cele,

- SENET MRP.

2114/69 AN Aigned doe. presented Hus date

to Dixon Se free Orlands Bosce.

Vecianic leved at Savoy Hotel in Cavaces,

qui Herez Silva was detained questeoned

and released ile fagung te enter Sorret

embany in en hataz. Silva had Als

wife aare

into me his torte

Al established liaison us heçat dimAi

Boliva thra Its minerals atlache at

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um 30, 68

enge

sim Augusto lineda Gonzalez- Pund

came over on boat wy AVi Av

visited Pineda mi June 68

and asked linida to receive

3 57mm recoiless rifles m Fear.

somewhue outside Manit

delinei tem

unspeciful

SENE people in Miame., Woled

be used to attack Somet ships.

AN disqusted of US poles AN

tred?

inida to organge

demonstrations and arned

115+

attacks to ande centenced.

create probs..

Us pretecting Castro.

Au would pund pereda

13,600 4.

85, d00 pr mo..

Peneda de call deia enda

the t:

Ca Crdinetor I Cuban Affaus y the

panted FBI info:

on veciani

d leaded on his pertuat

contacts up hein a nif to enore

irit - Casi

Fresquet + Roy Active in 1967 w, Vecien

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1914 - Ensigue Nunez.

Alvavez and

Elvio Rivera Limonta actra

in FLNC tersoust active,

Bich in

-P. Rico,

MM 105 - 22094 at TAB Bupile

105-261797

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///t M. I. Group, Mearni

dessera

reT

AV on 1/i/2 had iportedly tied sonce that

The US Embana i Lalaz helped hein organirè

Me Costa Re Connentin

mRs. Frances@grant

Framerso

- spee. envition (Reca

Tony Santrage - a initcaler, Cinetee

pe Chia confition

Felipe PAzos- headed Benco Nacional

an. Cuba under Prid

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Israel Romeso was Union City, 1.J.

reps. & mirk during po. Bosch involved

in bombing activiters. Roser once close

10 Bosch

Anturo Villar: wealthy, son then, active

Rennon Font furnished explosene

for French expe Guy 3, 73 Hitel. lass

Av rainville, Fe.

Lessick - longstanding Marxist.

attacked Batista in radio

broadcast

Conteniud Broadcasts after

Castro- inventia

"Cuba-Si-Yunguis

700 a t years in :

contact as hoidlem

elements durina Batista vegime.

Took part in ravious assoults in

Havanna dunna Batesta.

Left Havanna year or two after

Castes took power. Exile in Miami.

Despite fact - close truend of

n college.

LU tended 'Replica.

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LIEBENGOOD ROUTH NOTES FROM U. S. V. VECIANA, ET AL

DATE:

December 1, 1976

Veciana

was represented by Barry L. Garber, 1040 City National

Bank Building,

(305-377-4963)

25 West Flagler Street, Miami, Florida 33130

Veciana became implicated as the result of a drug bust

of one Augustine Barres, a/k/a/ Emidigio Augustine Barres Fangul

("'Gus Barres").

The bust resulted from an search warrant of

23 July 73 for Barres'

York.

attache case at the Taft Hotel in New

The police were acting on an informant tip to an under-

cover agent who arranged for a buy from Barres of seven kilograms

i cover to grams

of Cocaine

be with a "female" laft. The police understood that Barres was to

Barres advised DEA task force re-

poet he peese teen it to antone vectant in Miam

seven kilos from Antonio Veciana in Miami

on July 21, 1973.

Barres owns a home in Puerto Rico and travels to New York

every two weeks on business.

A co-defendant of Veciana's in the case was Ariel Pomares

who is the President of Occidental Investment, a real estate

firm owned by Barres,

located at 1186 J. T. Pinero Avenue,

Miami. Pomares is also involved with FRECA Imports in Puerto

Rico. This is also a Barres enterprise.

The DEA Miami regional office cables that Veciana is the

subject of INS File No. A12-490987 and that he claims to be a

public accountant.

According to the Miami Herald of July 25, 1973, Barres was

Assistant Secretary of Communications under Castro and later the

general manager of the Havana Health Department. He fled Cuba

in 1961 for asylum in Puerto Rico. He became a United States

citizen in 1970.

Task Arable Durina bE ahaiet, vestigaton, states that

Veciana was arrested without incident on

7/24/73 and

"consent to search" form.

Miscellaneous papers and numerous

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Liebengood Rough Noetes from U. S. V. Veciana,

et al con't.

foreign passports belonging to several subjects were seized.

Swiss bank account deposit slips were seized and!

are to be

followed by IRS.

Veciana claims to be an anti-Castro fund

raiser. FBI confirms this.

A July, 1973 TWIX from DEA in New York to DEA headquarters

Washington

• (attention:

Daniel P. Casey, Acting Chief) referenced

as subject: G1-73-X093 (presumably Veciana) and states

"during

learned that Antonio Carlos Veciana, 811 North Southwest

Court, Miami

is a member of an anti-Castro group which he has

stated intends to blow up a number of Cuban properties and/or

embassies in foreign nations, i.e., Spain, Mexico, Peru and France.

Bombings originally scheduled for July now delayed until August.

Subpoena of August 14, 1973 exists for a telegram billed to

Veciana at 649-1226 and sent to Barcelona, Spain on 5/26/73.

Barres implicates a Paraguyan diplomat formerly assigned

to LaPaz, Bolivia and reassigned to Spain in the drug traffic.

DEA is discretely checking his identity.

A follow-up cable

from DEA indicates that they have failed to identify the Paraguyan

diplomat sent to Spain but do indicate that a Pedro P. Medina,

a Paraguyan assigned to LaPaz, is believed to be involved in

Cocaine smuggling.

Barres admitted that he was responsible for

an employee of his, into illegal drug activity.

bringing Pomares,

not fineana claimed to be without funds and destitute and was

The U. S. Attorney was concerned that he posted a

$100,000 bail immediately:

However, after initial concern being

shown in the file by the U. S. Attorney,

the U. S. Attorney later

Michigan.

The remainder of the bail money was furnished by Veciana's

uncle and other family members and friends who cashed insurance

policies, closed children's savings accounts, etc.

U. S. Attorney

concluded that Veciana was possibly telling the truth when he advised

the Court that he was destitute.

Jose

One Hosea Lopez is a character reference for Barres on

appeal.

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Liebengood Rough Notes

-3-

from U.S. V. Veciana, et al, con't.

Barres says he requested the government to give immunity to

Veciana in order to destroy the traffic of Cocaine from Bolivia.

Barres studied at Columbia Military Academy in Columbia,

Tennessee in 1951.

A taped transcript of Barres' debriefing by detectives

Flynn and Scamardella on July 25, 1973 reveals the following:

sarres got involved in drugs through his friend: Veciana who was

an officer

of the International Development Bank in the U.S.

Embassy in Bolivia.

Some people think Veciana is with the CIA

but Barres does not know.

Barres dealt with Veciana regarding

an attempt to kill Castro in chile.

He says Veciana did a good

job of transferring everything into Chile (1970-1971).

Barres

gave Veciana $2,000 in support of this assassination effort.

About this time

Veciana said that drugs could be smuggled out of

Bolivia through diplomatic pouch.

Barres thought this was how

Veciana had sent weapons into Chile.

Barres advised that the head

of Interpol in Bolivia gets a cut of drug money for protection on

the Bolivian

end and that a Secret Service Agent and

two Paraguyan

diplomats were also involved.

They handled the transfer to

Veciana in Miami Beach of the drugs from Bolivia.

Barres thought that the individual he was selling the drugs

to in New York was

a mafia

type.

It appears this is the indi-

vidual who informed the police.

He is known only as Tony

in the

transcript.

The police were aware of his identity but did not

desire Barres to discuss it.

Pomares ' counsel, Gustavo Del Toro, urged the DEA in San

Juan at the time of the arrest of Pomares to consider immunley

for Pomares

because Pomares possessed valuable information re-

garding international narcotic trafficing, including the impli-

cation of diplomats in places such as Bolivia, Paraguay and

Nicaragua.

The file contains cancelled Veciana checks

drawn on the

account of Antonio Sira Veciana at the Fidelity National Bank,

5880 Byrd Road, Miami, Florida, in May and June, 1972, for 51,000

each, payable to the Swiss Bank Corporation for account EF558230.

These checks were obtained through subpoena on Catherine Hune,

Vice President and Cashier of the Fidelity National Bank in Miami:

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Liebengood Rough Notes on U. S. v. Veciana, et al,

con't.

In Veciana's appellate brief he references transfers of

drugs through the government's "APO System"

He indicates that

the first transaction he was involved in took place in April,

Also

involved is someone known as "the midget"

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Veciana

fell

MEMORANDUM TO: File

RE: Antonio Veciana

FROM: Tom Moore

DATE: Jan. 3, 1977

Telephoned Veciana to ask if he recalled any

attempts on

his life in late 1962 or 1963..

He answered that

there were

three attempts on his iife, but none in 1962 or 1963. The

first attempt, he said, occurred in a stadium in

Puerto

Rico in 1967 when a bomb exploded approximately 20

meters

away. He said he belleved Puerto Rican communists

were

responsible for this attempt. The second attempt

occurred

in Bolivia In approximately 1970 when some men with weapons

appeared at a home where he was supposed to be.

He said a

woman who owned the home called him to warn him.

He said

he thought this attempt was related to a revolution which.

was taking place at that time. The third attempt,

he said,

occurred in Caracas, Venezuela In 1971. He added that he had

received information within the past three months

that Castro

wanted to kidnap him.

The only relevant incident in late 1962 or 1963 was that

an Isobel Zarate began making inquiries about him in Miami. He

said many people in the Cuban community informed the FBI she

was a Castro spy and that she subsequently escaped to Cuba via

Mexico.

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I. Carry-over from Church report

A. Relationship between agencies and Warren Commission

I. Warren Comm. staff has never been interviewed in

depth.

Many have not been interviewed at all. The

Commission had particular staff assigned to (a) Cuba

and (b) organized crime. They, especially, should be

fully debriefed about everything that happened in their

contacts with the agencies, their frustrations, unful-

filled leads, inability to get access, questionmarks,

and what they knew, heard, or suspected about contacts

at high-level between Commission members and top agency

officials. This would include leads to additional

documents, memoranda and people, and is especially

important in the time-frame just before the Commission

issued its report, i.e. as final drafts being written,

when staff learned for the first time about Castro's

threat.

(Willens, staff director, said there were staff

pushing hard to re-open this subject, but pressure of

getting the report out prevailed.)

2. Look for all other memoranda of contacts

between

McCone and CIA re how to structure questions, etc.

3. We now know that Ruby was contacted svereal times

by: FBI

to inform on axganisadxexinexinxRatkasxaxeax

{"criminal element" in Dallas area. All we've seen

is the cummary memo in which Wareen Commission was

so informed.

Get each memorandum of contact between

FBI agents and Ruby, i.e. underlying materials which

"support" the summary memo.

B. The inter-agency committee which met to develop

continegncy plans in the wake of Castro's threat.

1. Numerous documents were sought from FBI, CIA,

Defense, State, etc., but never received by Church

Committee before our final report was issued. Must

follow-through, and then go deeper into it.

2. What else was known besides Castro's retaliation

threat? What facts went into the assessment that

Castro might retaliate against U.S. leaders in Latin

America, but not U.S. leaders in

the U.S.? Precisely

what accounted for the/* original inclusion of

a concern about retaliation in the U.S., but the sub-

sequent deletion of that prospect?

Who was responsible

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the agencies' failure to

investigate retaliation?

3. We must find out exactly who was on this Committee

at each meeting, get all back-up materials, and interview.

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C. FBI involvement in ½ Bay of Pigs, Lansdale planning, etc.

As Church report

was being completed, we were just

beginning to learn about how deeply the

FBI was apparently

involved in U.S. anti-Castro action. Possibility

here that the this could provide another clue in re

•FBI's original reluctance to investigate retaliation

more| fully.

For instance we now know that FBI had

learned about CIA's interest in using organized

crime to kill Castro long before RFK toldkaupxx

Hoover about it (Hoover had professed surprise in

19613m, but there's some indication he may have already

One FBI witness even told us that a high FBI

official # had even proposed the plot idea "in jest".

the paper record shows FBI wasxrantarted

informed about idea of using

orgi. crime figures to provide Cuban intelligence and

that, according to the paper record, FBI recommended

against it.

Trafficante has now claimed that FBI agents

came to him

seeking Cuban intelligence. This must be

followed up, agents interviewed, and FBI memo's, etc.,

examined.

D. CIA files

I always had the impression that Jim Johnston felt

there were more CIA documents which he hadn't seen.

We must go over the itmes, one by one, with Johnston,

to find out just where we stand on the question of

whether or o not were seen everything. Do any of us

really fully understand the entire CIA filing system

so as to know whether we'vey been shown everything, of

indeed, whether they have even as g-ne looking for

everything.?

And how about the field office files,

i.e. JMWAVE files in Miami, New Orleans and Mexico.

Coty files, DC local CIA station files, and FBI field

office files?

II. Rosselli organized crime-Trafficante-Cuba

A. Organized crime: files

1. A

assessment of all travel, contacts, relation-

ships, etc. of

all major organized

crime figures in

and around the time of the assassination of JFK.

This

would include

a review (with appropriate @xx&axxxx

system for pritecting privacy interests) of all

microphone surveillance logs on organized crime figures

during key months in 1963, e.g. Fred Black. Trafficante,

Rosselli, Giancana, Las Vegas

sartaras casinos, etc.

(Rosselli was waxexx very defensive in his testimony

about some comment he says he made on the phone

someone upon first learning that JFK had been killed;

he indicated that he had been "coming out of a deep

sleep and said someting about communists did it."

of

c arse he now knows that that call may have been an tapped

and; is trying to explain. No one had ever asked for

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that log.

2. Alnew analysis of all the long distance toll calls

o Jack Ruby in the dass around Nov. 22. Warren Comm.

records show he made calls to Chicago O.6. figure

Barney Baker, and Teamster heavy Dusty Miller, plus

others.

Does

the explanation for these calls really

wash

(i.e. Ruby's union troubles in re his nightclub).

Has this whole sh

subject been exhausted by Warren

comm. or not.

Is there more (interviews, etc.) that

should be done 'here?

3. Someone should literally live in Miami area for

a month, immerse in the community, get to know the

whole scorecard, (maybe hire a local Spanish-speaking

cop with good local contacts). & More fully debrief

Trafficante for his version of events and people.

Follow up with contacts with all the Cubans involved.

Has Miami pulled all the significant toll records

o.c Period of time around Rosselli's death (Cubans,

figures, garage owner, etc.) and followed up.

4. A full tracking of what happened when Church reports

were released, reactions, contacts, concerns, who

and

asked for reports.

Local nuax news mix media for leads

in re reactions of the community. Travel records of

0.C. and Cuban leaders in and around that time, as well

as in and around time of Rosselli's death.

5. Metallis

• Trafficante essouite who inuited

Ruby to Cuba in 1959, Mobillie late manages

Les vegas casino's i his contact with Ruby

continues, Warren Comm, moestigate Malequate on

this subject.

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MEMORAN DUM

Marita file

TO :

FROM:

DATE:

SUBJECT:

MIKE MADIGAN

TOM MOORE

BILL MILLER

HOWARD S.

LIEBENGOOD

DECEMBER 27, 1976

MARITA LORENZ

Ms. Lorenz called this afternoon to express her desire

to come to Washington and tell us "all the things held back

on" in New York. Her desire to cooperate has been engendered

by two events, i.e., Sturgis told the German press of her

FBI spying on the head of the Soviet U.N. Mission and she

had a chance encounter with the Soviet on December 26 which

frightened her. She claims to want her information in

responsible hands as soon as possible and requests we subpoena

her (i.e. pay her way) here and make one night's accommodation

for her.

What do you think?

I am to call her back on Monday,

January 3 at 212-534-2412. My personal opinion is that we

have little to lose if we have time to listen to her.

I thin we should

HSL/ dr

seen on integrid.

ate net y

remile -

mtil lott

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59÷6

MEMORANDUM

TO :

FROM:

DATE:

SUBJECT:

MIKE MADIGAN

*TOM MOORE

BILL MILLER

HOWARD S. LIEBENGOOD

DECEMBER 27, 1976

MARITA LORENZ

Ms.

Lorenz called this afternoon to express her desire

to come

to

Washington and tell us "all the things held back

on" in New York. Her desire to cooperate has been engendered

by two events, i.e., Sturgis told the German press of her

FBI spying on the head of the Soviet U.N. Mission and she

had a chance encounter with the Soviet on December 26 which

frightened her.

She claims to want her information in

responsible hands as soon as possible and requests we subpoena

her (i.e. pay her way) here and make one night's accommodation

for her.

What do you think? I am to call her back on Monday,

January

3

have little

at 212-534-2412. My personal opinion is that we

to lose if we have time to listen to her.

Howard:

I have no objections # to her coming down, but

would be personaly hesitant to invest any more of my own time

unless

she wi can provide at least la specific adjenda of new information she

will discuss.

One possible tactic is to tell her that we are extremely

pressed for time and cannot subpena her until late February unless she

give us specific areas that would allow us to show "our superiors"

chat tatian

to her should be given a aghm higher ara priority t Oven

other committee

business.

Tom ToM

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MEMORANDUM

TO :

FROM:

DATE:

SUBJECT:

MIKE MADIGAN

TOM MOORE

BILL MILLERi

HOWARD S. LIEBENGOOD

DECEMBER 27; 1976

MARITA LORENZ

Ms.

Lorenz called this afternoon to express her desire

to come

Washington

and tell us "all the things held back

on" in New York. Her desire to cooperate has been engendered

by two events, i.e., Sturgis told the German press of her

FBI spying on the head of the Soviet U.N. Mission and she

had a chance encounter with the Soviet on December 26 which

frightened her. She claims to want her information in

responsible hands as soon as possible and requests we subpoena

her (i.e. pay her way) here and make one night's accommodation

for her.

What do you think?' I am to call her back on Monday,

January 3 at 212-534-2412. My personal opinion is that we

have little to lose if we have time to listen to

her.

HSL/ dr

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MEMORANDUM

To: Mike Madigan

From: Ed Greissing

Date: Sept. 16, 1976

Subject: Review

of CIA documents presented the SCI by Jack Anderson

The documents recently received by this Committee,

from Jack

Anderson, had previously been reviewed by the Church Committee staff.

The documents appear to be a few of those requested for FOIA review

by David Belin. It is my understanding,

after these documents were

declassified, David Belin furnished copies to both David Martin (AP)

Jack Anderson.

The Church Committee was permitted to review the l'entire Oswald

201 file, the AMLASH file, Garrison files and selected Office of

Security

files. The Committee primarily concerned itself with the

early period of the investigation (November 1963 - October 1964), as

It belleved the intormation to be received from this time period

to be more relevant in evaluating the performance of the intelligence

agencies with respect to their investigation.

Dan Niescher, the Church Committee contact at the CIA,was the

individual responsible for the declassification of documents

relating to the assassination of President Kennedy. During this

declassification

process, Dan Niescher consulted the Committee staff

to make sure that we were aware of certain documents. In addition,

Mr. Kaleras had given the staff unlimited access to all files we

believed necessary to conduct our investigation.

Yet, the possibility still remains that. the staff!

was not

shown

everything. The CIA has maintained throughout that the Oswald

201 file was a complete compilation of the material related to the

assassination of President Kennedy. However, information relating to

who Lee Harvey Oswald was, and what he was

doing are not included.in

their files. The Oswald 201 does not attempt to question Oswald's

connection with both pro-Castro and anti-Castro groupslor any of

the AMLASH information. The most notable subject missing was inform-

ation relating to CIA/U.S. Government attempts to assassinate Fidel

Castro.

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Do to Rosselli fie

Labreegue

12/27/76

No, I can't either confirm of deny it.. We are prohibited

at staff level from discussing any Committee business.

I apologize for not being able to help you. You know the

ground rules and they haven't changed. Right:

I can't say!

I don't know. You indicated that you .

Are you still working Rosselli? You getting anywhere?

You got a pretty good source on that? On the

fact that

they were having dinner together on many occasions before

he was murdered?

I just can't

help you because of the ground rules.

I'd

like to have a copy of your piece, or two, for me and

Inderfurth' here. Just drop a copy in the mail

and I'11

appreciate it.

•

You mean people like

Trafficante?

•

• Well, I think .

people like

....

Well, I can't discuss whether or not such a meeting took

place. I can't tell you whether you*re right of wrong.

Now when you talk about Trafficante you don't need to be

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You know them as well as I do.

Well, as far as our rules are concerned, it wouldn't

make any difference if Trafficante was here.

It wouldn't

make any difference in our ability to confirm of deny that.

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= He

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Trafficante Made Secret Appearance

At Senate Investigation, Sources Say

By RON LaBRECQUE

Herald Staff Writer

Florida"s

reputed

organized

crime boss,

Santos Trafficante of

Tampa and Miami, made a secret,

four-hour

October appearance

fore the Senate Intelligence

be-

Com-

mittee to answer questions about

his role in a CIA assassination plot,

investigation sources

have

dis-

closed.

Trafficante,

62, had not previ-

ously been questioned by the com-

mittee or its staff in the two-year-

old investigation of CIA activities:

Of the

three Mafia figures in-

volved in the early 1960s plot to

kill Cuban

Premier Fidel Castro,

only Trafficante is still alive. Both

Sam Giancant

and John

Rosselli

were murdered within the last 16

months.

The murders are unsolved.

John Rosselli

... dined with Trafficante

INVESTIGATORS

ALSO

that Trafficante

said

had dinner with

Rosselli

at

The

Landings,

Fort

Lauderdale restaurant, in mid-July,

less than two weeks before Rossel-

li

disappeared.

Rosselli's

body,

stuffed in an oil drum, floated to

years has maintained a home at

740 NE 155th St. in North Dade

could not be reached for comment.

Trafficante was identified as the

head of a South Florida Mafia fam-

ily in testimony in 1963 before a

U.S. Senate subcommittee.'

the

surface

of Dumfoundling Bay

the first week of August.

HIS ATTORNEY, Henry Gonza-

Trafficante

reportedly has told

lez

of Tampa,

who

police that the

July dinner with

Trafficante

when

accompanied

he

went

to

Rosselli - as well as several other

Washington,

according to sources,

meetings previously at the Cordoba

would not comment on either the

Restaurant

in

Miami.

formerly

Senate appearance or Trafficante's

owned by the husband of Rosselli's

past

activities.

When first asked

niece, according to police -

were

about

Senate

appearance,

"friendly.

the

he

social events

with no

said,

"You realize you're treading

business.

Investigators

in

on da:

garoue groundi

recent

weeks

committee

Trafficante

source

had

said

have centered their efforts on trac-

not

been

that

Ing

ques-

the

whereabouts

of

Traffi-

tioned previously by the committee

cante's

associates

at

the

because his role in the plot: had

Rosselli's disappearanco, a source.

heen considered "secondary."

said.

Interest was renewed fiT the plot

Traffirante. Whrs for store for after Rosselli's death. Investigators

sought to determine whether the

murders of the two men were con-

she nations ot the as

sassination of John

Kennedy.

nected in any way, with their testi-

Revelations of the Senate commit»

mony or potential testimony before,

tee were a key factor in the cre-

the committee.

ation of the new House of Repre

GIANCANA, WHO was a Mafia

sentative

investigation,

which

is

boss in Chicago for

many

years.

taking a new look at the JFK mur

was killed

der.

same

time

June

1975.

at

the

Senate

investigators

Trafficante

reportedly has told

were preparing to contact him. The

investigators that he first met Rog

gun used to kill Giancana, found

• discarded

selli about 1956. It was in the early

on

roadside

miles

from

Glancana's

several

1950s that Florida law- enforce

month

after

the

house

ment officials estimated that a Bo-

murder.

was

lita opertion run by Trafficante and

traced to a Miami gunshop, but the

his brother netted $2 million annu-

trail stopped there.

ally.

Investigators said the gun

part of a shipment purchased ir

Trafficante was a major gary-

1965 by the Tamiami

Gun

Shop,

bling figure in pre-Castro Havana,

but there are no records to indicate

where he ran a casino. In 1959, it

where it went from there, accord-

was estimated that $1 million or $2

ing to investigators and

owners.

gunshop

million was bet nightly in all the

Malia-run casinos in Havana. The

gambling

stopped

Rosselli,

when Castro

whose most powerful

took over in 1959.

Mafia days were reportedly in the

1950s and early 1960s in Las Vegas

Rosselli was. the first

of the

and Los Angeles, did appear before

three Mafia figures to be recruited

the committee at least three times

by the CIA in 1960 in its plot to as

in the 12 months before his death.

sassinate Castro.

In

Washington,

the

committee

has kept a tight clamp on comment

about the investigation,

and only

one

(Roy

member,

Robert

T.

Stafford

Vt.), acknowledged the Traffi-

cante session,

saying

present

when

the

""I

was not

witness

you

speak of was in front of the com-

mittee."

Sen. Daniel Inouve (D., Hawaii),

-the

committee

chairman

who,

along with Sen. Howard Baker (R.,

Tenn.) pressured

for

Justice

De-

partment and FBI involvement in

the

Rosselli murder

have never met

case,

Mr.

said

"I

Trafficante.

That's as far as I'll go."

A PRIME interest of the commit-

tee has been possible links between

IN A CIA memo quoted in an tr

terim

report of the committee

year ago, it was said that Traffi-

cante's role was to "serve as a cou»

rier

to

Cuba

and make arrange

ments there.

Rosselli told his CIA llaison that

"Trafficante

believed

certain

leading figure in the Cuban exile

movement might be able to accom

plish the assassination."

An inter

nal CIA investigation in 1967 sug-

gests that this

Cuban

may

have

been receiving funds from Traffi-

cante and other racketeers interest

ed in securing 'gambling,

prostito-

non and dope monopolies' in Cuba

after the overthrow of Castro."

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The Washington Merry Go-Round

THE WASHINGTON POST Monday, dun, 18, 1971

B7

6 Attempts to Kill Castro Laid to CIA

By Juck Anderson

tor before the motley Invad. iale against President Ken- complete with secret trysts at

ers landed on the island. Their nedy.

glittering Miami Beach hotels

Locked in the darkest re-

cesses of the Central Intelli-

arrival was expected to louch To set up the Castro assassi-

and

midnight powerboat

off a general uprising, which nation, the CiA enlisted Rob

dashes to secret landing spots

gence Agency is the story of

the Communist militia would erl Maheu

..a former FBI on the Cuban coast. Once, По-

assassination

altempts

agalnst Cuba's Fidel Castro.

have had more trouble putting

agent with shadowy contarts, selll's boat wis shot out from.

who had handled other under- under him.

For 10 years, only a few key

down without the charismatle cover assignments for the CIA

For the first try, the CIA:

people have known the terri. Castro to lead them.

out of his Washington publle furnished Rosill with spectat.?

ble secret. They have sworn

After the first

attempt relalions office.

He later

never to talk. Yet we have falled, five more assassination

moved to Las Vegas to head

poison capsules to slip Inlo?:

learned

Castro's food. The poison wns

the details.

up billionaire Howard Hughes'

teams were sent to Cuba. The

supposed to take three days lo

sources whose credentials are

Nevada operations.

act. By the time l'astro dled.

beyond question.

last team reportedly made It Maheu recrulted John Ro

his system would throw off all

We spoke lo John. McCone,

to a rooftop within shooting selli, a ruggedly handsome

traces of the poison, so ha

who headed the CIA at the

distance of Castro before they gambler with contacts in both

would appear to be the victim

time of the assassination at-

were apprehended. This hap-the American and Cuban un- of a natural if mysterlous ail.

tempts. He acknowledged the

pened around the last of Feb derworlds, to arrange the as ment.

idea had been discussed inside ruary or first of March, 1963.

sassination. The dapper, hawk-

Rosell!

arranged with

• .:

the CIA but insisted it had

Nine months later, F'rest. faced Roselli, formerly mar. Cuban. related to one of Cas-

been

"rejected

Immedi- dent Kennedy was

gunned ried to movie actresg June

tro's chels, to plant the deadly

ately." He vigorously denied

down In Dallas by Lee Harvey Lang, was a power in the

pellets in the dictator's food.

that the CIA had ever partici-

Oswald, a fanatic who pre-

movie industry until his con-

On March 13, 1061, Roscill de-

pated in any plot on Castro's

viously had agitaled for Cag-

viction with racketeer. Willle

llvered the capsules to his con-

lilfe. Asked whether

the

at.

tro in New Orleans and had

Bioff in a million-dollar Molly-

tact at Miami Beach's clamor-

tempte could. have been made

made a mysterious trip to the wood labor shakedown. The

ous Fontainebleau Hotel.

with

his knowledge,

he re

Cuban Embassy in | Mexico CIA assigned two of Its most

A couple of weeks later, Just

plied: "It could not have hap.

pened."

City.

trusted

operatives,

William

about the right time for the

Among those privy| to the Harvey and James (BIg JIm)

plot to have been carried out

We have complete confi- CIA conspiracy, there is still a O'Connell, to the hush-hush

a report out of Havana sal

• idence,

however, in our nagging suspicion-unsup- murder mission. Using phony Castro war Ill. But he rp

sources.

ported by the Warren Com- names, they accompanied Ro-covered before the Bay of Fif :

The plot lo knock off Castro mission's findings that Cas selli un trips to Miami to line invasion on April 17, 19R1.

bezan as part of the Bay of

tro. became aware of the U.S. up the assassination teams.

Four more attempts ule

Ples optention The Intent was

pint upon his lifr anil omel

The full story reads like the

in elminair the Cuban dicta-low recrulted Oswald so Meal. script ol a James Bond movie, made on Castro's

life.

= 187i, Hell-Meclure Gindleate 1.8

• ...

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1975

Four and a half years ago, I broke

a story that now is belatedly rocking

Washington.

I reported that the Central Intelligence Agency had recruited two

Mafia figures, John Roselli and Sam Giancana, to assassinate Cuban Premier

Fidel Castro.

I tracked down Roselli and questioned him about the story. He had nothing

to say. He promised me, however, that he would give me his exclusive story

if he should ever be free to talk.

Yesterday, John Roselli told his story -- first to the Senate Intelligence

Committee in secret session,!

then to me as he had promised four and a half

years ago.

Roselli is a dapper, hawk-faced man with a thatch of white hair. He has

been disciplined all his life to keep his mouth shut.

His Mafia partner,

Sam Giancana, was stain before Senate investigators could

serve him with

a subpoena.

So it was obviously painful for Roselli to talk. I promised I would make

clear that he revealed no names, except for the CIA contacts whose identities

the Senate already knew.

So here, is Roselli's own account of a real-life "Mission Impossible" --

the attempt to kill Castro.

'It is a

story of cash payments, poison pellets,

high-powered rifles and powerboat dashes to Cuba.

The plot against Castro, Roselli said, began in 1960 -- when Dwight

Eisenhower wa's President,

Richard Nixon was Vice President and Allen Dulles

was the CIA chief.

Roselli was recruited in Los Angeles, he said, by Robert Maheu, then an

aide to billionaire Howard Hughes. Previously, Maheu had operated a CIA

front in Washington.

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According to Roselli,

the murdered mobster, Sam Giancana, never became

involved in the assassination plot. He knew about it; he may even have suggested

a Cuban contact; nothing more.

Roselli identified the CIA project officer, in charge of the Castro

assassination, as "Big Jim" O'Connell.

Maheu put Roselli in contact with

O'Connell, as Roselli remembers

it, in New York City on September 14, 1960.

Thereafter, Roselli flew to Miami and recruited the assassination squads.

At first, they plotted to poison Castro. Poison pellets were supplied by the CIA.

They were delivered to the plotters

in a Miami hotel room, according to Roselli,

by Maheu. He dramatically opened his briefcase, revealing $10, 000 in cash

and the fatal pellets.

The money was distributed tothe Cuban plotters.

Roselli swore he never

took any money from the CIA, except for some incidental expenses.

He paid the

big expenses, he said, out of his own pocket.

The poison pills were supposed to take three days

to work. Supposedly,

this would give the poison time to work its way out of Castro's system before

he died, and his death would be attributed to natural causes.

Roselli never found out what happened to the plotters or the pellets.

But

they tried again later with a

stronger dose of poison.

Not long afterward,

reports

reached them that Castro was desperately ill. Roselli doesn't know whether the

illness was caused by the poison or a virus. But Castro survived, and the

plotters apparently did not.

Toselli said he also picked up intelligence, which he submitted to the CIA

both during

the Bay of Pigs planning and the later Cuban"missile crisis. After

the Bay of Pigs,

Roselli said, Maheu was cut out of the plot. Thereafter,

Roselli reported to a CIA agent named William Harvey.

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There were four more ascassination attempts,

the plotters were smuggled

into Cuba with high-powered rifles.

The last assassination squad, Roselli heard,

made it to a Havana rooftop before they were caught.

This was around March 1, 1963. Then the project was abandoned.. Roselli

saw Harvey for the last time in June, 1963. Five months later, Lee Harvey Oswa

gunned down President Kennedy in Dallas. Oswald had been active in the pro-

Castro movement. Shortly before that dreadful day in Dallas, Oswald had made

a mysterious trip to Mexico where he visited the Cuban embassy. The Warren

Commission found no evidence, however, that Oswald was in the hire of Havana,

Yesterday, Roselli made no apology for his CIA role. U.S. authorities

call him a mobster. He regards himself as a patriot.

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THE FASHENGTON POST.

marlos: dog ember 12. 1976

The Calculated Rise

And Abrupt Descent

Of Johnny Roselli

lives in a sprawling white home that

By Rudy Masa

at first glance, resembles every othe

house in the neighborhood.

Until last month, Johnny: Roselli

But it is different: the carefully cur

lived comfortably with his sister and

tained windows, the extra lock on th

brother-in-law in a Miami suburb. A

front door, and spotlights on all side

friend estimated he earned about $25,-

of the house give it the look of a subu!

ou can the o or i eat Pro

ban fortress.

Inside, the furniture i

pale blue Mediterranean, the carpet i

tier Hotel.

thick white.

He shrugged last year when his at-

Roselli's killers did not ambush th

torney suggested he hire a bodyguard,

house; Roselli went to them. He lef

after the murder of Chicago mobster

Plantation at 1 p.m. on July 28 wearin

Sam Giancana, his partner in CIA plots

a golf shirt, his golf clubs in his ca

to kill Fidel Castro. If anybody wants

trunk. He told his sister he would b

to kill me at my age, the 71-year-old Ro

home for dinner. That afternoon o

selli said,

• what difference • does fit:

evening he was killed, probably by su

make? So he played golf several times

focation, perhaps after being torture

a week, sipped white wine with din-

early reports said his legs were bri

ner, and-until somebody decided

ken..

Heavily

chained,

Roselli wa

Johnny Roselli should wind up in an

stuffed in a 55 gallon oildrum an

oil barrel in Miami's Dumfoundling

dumped into the ocean.

Bay considered employment in the

His brother-in-law found Roselli's si

new gambling casinos beginning to: ver-colored 1975 Chevrolet Impala ses

open in the oil rich Middle East.

eral days later, parked at the Miami h

ternational Airport.

Ten days after Roselli's disappea

In the late 1920s Al Capone and his .:

ance sometbing went wrong. The o

friends chose Miami as: the chic spot

drum that was meant to keep his deal

for organized crime figures to buy?

a secret floated to the surface of Dun

winter home. Just across a strip.

foundling Bay, buoyed by the gases

ocean was Cuba, a gambling and vice

Roselli's decaying body.

• mecca. The mobsters from the north

The holes in the side of the dru:

were treated like visiting celebrities

and the placing of his Chevrolet at tb

by Florida press and society, while

airport convinced investigators h

¿some members of the local police force

corpse was meant never to be disco

began developing a taste for the finer.

ered: history was supposed to. recor

things in life.

that dapper Johnny Roselli, facing d

In the 1940s the sheriff of Dade:

portation proceedings that the gover:

County (which includes most of the Mi, ment had threatened off and on f

ami area admitted to the Kefauver.or-

years, decided to disappear on an ai

ganized crime committee that, since

plane flight to who-knows-where.

he had become sheriff on an annual

salary of $12,000 five years earlier; his

"Cutting up and disposing of bodi

personal fortune had increased from.+

is not necessarily new to our depar

$2,500 to $70,000. One of the sheriff's

ment," says the man who is directir

deputies said he collected $50,000 in

bribes in nine months spent as a bag-

the search for Roselli's killers. Lt. Ga

Minnium, head of the Dade Coun

man for Miami Beach gambling con-

homicide squad, is a well-muscled mi

cessions. In 1948 a bookmaker's opera-

with an aquiline nose that separates

tion in Miami grossed $26 million! It

was the kind of place that made a rack-

pair of hard blue eyes. On the pa

green wall of bis bare office is a sm:

eteer feel at home.

card that reads "DYNAMITE DON

For the last two years, Johnny Ro

selli felt at home in. Plantation, a bed-

SHAKE ME UP."

room suburb north of Miami that Ro.

He and another police officer

selli made his retirement havenübe-

count the solving of some of Da!

cause he had family there. His brother-

County's more brutal murders wi

in-law, a government missile expert,

See ROSELLI, LA, Col. 1

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ROSELLI, From LI

• the enthusiasm of two football players

recalling their favorite bowl games.

The headless,

handless body

that

floated into a Miami canal last month

reminded Minnium of that other, simi-

larly mutilated body that turned up

last December. And who can

forget

the man who got angry with his room-

mate,

sliced him up

and: tossed the

parts along a highway? !!

As it turned out, Roselli's wasn't the

first body to float into the annals of Mi-

ami crime in a drum, Minnium says.

Ten years ago a lovers' quarrel re-

sulted in a man stuffing his girl friend

into a drum, filling it with cement and

Aqua Velva shave lotion. The drum

was found resting against a dike and

justice was eventually done.

Minnium is not pleased by such vio-

lent antics.

"We don't appreciate people com-

mitting murder and dumping a body

in our county, regardless of who the

people are, but especially if it's organ-

ized crime," Minnium says.

His, department handled 168 homl-

cides last year and boasted an 85 per

cert "clearance record." As of July,

1976, the percentage was even higher,

standing at about 92 per cent.

It Charles Zatrepalek

and Jullo

Ojeda have anything to say about it,

Roselli's killing is not going to dimin.

ish those percentages. Both men are

28-year-old homicide detectives who

after a

work-a-day,

a velvety

juniorjump! $58

A be-deviling shimmer-glimmer

you, set for champagne or a great

beat! One-piece cotton velveteen, ready

to layer black or brown, 5-13: Come in,

write or phone..

vow with a schoolboy's sincerity tha

they won't rest until Roselli's murder

is solved. In the last four weeks, with

the help of Washington agencies, Za.

trepalek and Ojeda have reconstructed

Roselli's life in hopes of understanding

his death. For the third time in eight

years of marriage, Zatrepalek worked

out of town on his wedding anniversa-

ry; because of the "awesomeness" of

this case, Ojeda spent his Labor Day

holiday at work.

"Maybe 10 years from'now." Ojeda

says, "I want someone to look at my

file and say, 'Hey, he talked to every.

body.' And maybe he'll hear some.

thing and BANG! that's the arrest!"

That Johnny Roseill was destined to

walk on the dark side of life never

seemed in doubt. As a teen-ager in Bos-

ton, when his name was Filippo Sacco,

Roselli was a runner for the numbers

racket. He helped his stepfather burn

down his home for the insurance mon-

ey. He was arrested at age 22 for steal.

ing about $25 from someone. Then he

changed his name and left for Chica-

до.

It would be 40 years until, in the late

1960s, Johnny Roselli would see his

mother again, though he sent money

to his family through an intermediary

in Chicago so his sisters could attend

college.!

By the late 1920s Al Capone was well

established in Chicago.

Newspaper-

men, politicians and cops were on the

Capone payroll and a young man with

Roselli's street savvy had little trouble

finding suitable employment; he hired

on as ajrumrunner with the Capone

gang. At age 26 Roselli was arrested

for selling morphine to an undercover

agent. He was acquitted because, after

Roselli's arrest, no one could seem to

find the arresting officer or informant

in the case. They still haven't been

found.

in the mid-1930s Roselli, by now

a

mature and charming man, lucky with

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"In the 1940s the sheriff of Dade County (which

includes most of the Miami area) admitted to the

Kefauver organized crime committee that, since

he had become sheriff on an annual salary of

$12,000 five years earlier, his personal fortune

had increased from $2,500 to $70,000."

women, friendly with men of money,

moved to Los Angeles. He wore hand-

tailored suits and, by all accounts, was

easygoing,

mild-mannered. He was

married for a time to an actress, but

they had no children. He became a

close friend of Harry Cohn, the legend-

ary head of Columbia Pictures. The

two men sometimes

vacationed to-

gether and Roselli always seemed to

know how to place a bet should Cohn

care to wager on a horse.

According to Bob Thomas' biogra-

phy of Cohn,

"King Cohn," the movie

mogul once offered Roselli a job as a

producer. (In his book,

Thomas dis-

guised Roselli's identity at Roselli's re-

quest.)

"What would you pay me?" Roselli

asked Cohn.

"Five

hundred dollars a

week,"

Cohn said.

"I get that much

from waitresses

who take bets for me," Roselli is said to

have replied.

Besides being a handy man with the

placing of bets, Roselli purchased al26

per cent interest in a Tijuanal race-

track with $25,000 Cohn loaned him.

Roselli paid him back promptly and in-

cluded a check for 6 per cent interest;

Cohn magnanimously tore up the in

terest check.

Roselli bought twin star rubies, had

them set in rings and gave one to

Cohn, who considered it a good luck

charm until his death. Once, when Chi-

cago mobster Willie Bioff moved to

Hollywood and began making life mi-

serable for movie studios by shaking

down executives in return for labor

peace,

Roselli stepped in and saved

Cohn from a lengthy strike.

When Cohn refused to pay tribute to

Bioff and his union, Bioff tried to halt

production at Columbia by calling a

sudden strike. Desperate, Cohn called

Roselli who marched into Bioft's office

and confronted the hoodlum who sat

behind his desk wearing a hat and

coat, chomping on a cigar, a gun rest-

ing on the desk in front of him.

"Listen, Willie, I don't know what

you're trying to prove but it isn't going

.. to work,". Roselli told him.

"This is a

spite thing and you're not going to get

away with it. You meet with Cohn and

get it settled."

; Bioff backed down and called off his

pickets. After he was sent to jail for ex-

tortion, Bioff cut a deal with the gov.

ernment and named Roselli as a Chi-

cago mobster who had helped him

shake down movie studios. Cohn testi-

fied on Roselli's behalf, but in 1943 Ro-

selli was sentenced to 10 years in pris-

on. When he got out he returned to

Hollywood to make pictures of prison

and gangster life. But publicity about a

secret appearance before the Kefau-

ver crime committee ruined his rela-

tionship with most studios. Even Cohn

re fused to hire him-"The stockhold.

ers would scalp me," Cohn told a bitter

Roselli.

It was during his years in the Los

Angeles and Las Vegas areas that Ro-

selli met the man who would make

him a household name later in life.

Robert Maheu, the ex-FBI agent who

parlayed a Washington private eye

business into a stormy career as How-

ard Hughes' man in Las Vegas, ap-

proached Roselli on behalf of the CLA

in 1960.

(Another person Roselli met in that

era who would later surface to talk of

Roselli, Giancana and John F. Ken-

nedy was a young party girl named Ju-

dith Campbell.)

Maheu and Roselli would later tell

Frank Church's Senate Intelligence

Committee the details of their plots to

kill Castro. Maheu told investigators he

had known Roselli since the late 1950s

and, while he didn't know of his un-

derworld connections,

"it was cer-

tainly evident to me that (Roselli) was

able to accomplish things in Las Vegas

when nobody else seemed to get the

same kind of attention."

Over dinner at the Brown Derby in

Beverly Hills 16 years ago, Maheu ex-

plained to Roselli that his government

needed his services. Roselli, who was

born on July 4, 1905, was nothing if not

patriotic. Sami Giancana once

said,

'Just wave a flag and Johnny'll follow

you to any canal.") Maheu recalled that

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pealed to Harvey for nep and Harvey

recommended to the CIA that it try to

prevent prosecution, but Roselli was

convicted of violating interstate gam-

bling laws. He went to jail, returning

in

1974 to Plantation

to

do battle

against government efforts to deport

him:

In 1971 the CIA asked the Immigra-

tion and

Naturalization Service

to

"forestall public disclosure of Rosell's

past operational activity with the CIA"

that might occur if deportation pro-

ceedings were pursued.

The INS

agreed to keep the CIA informed, but

at his death, Roselli and his lawyers

were still fighting deportation.

• #Bob Mahen must be running scared

I thought about that just the other.

day: 'Jesus, what's Maheu thinking?' "

said another of Roselli's brothers-in-

law, Peter Cardillo of New Jersey.

The public doesn't know what Ma-

heu is thinking, whether he worries if

pro-Castro Cubans are exacting retri-

bution for sins of 16 years ago. Maheu's

secretary in Las Vegas says she doesn't

know where her boss is or when he'll

be returning to his office. He report-

ediy has some business interest in

Egypt, a part of the world that seems

to hold some fascination for the Castro

plotters; Giancana kept an apartment

in Beirut and, just before his death,

told a friend he had some sort of deal

brewing there. And Roselli longingly

eyed the opening of gambling casinos

in the land of the new oil millionaires.

In Tampa, Santos Trafficante, an-

other of the original Maneu group, also

refuses to talk with the press. But unt

like the others, he did not testify be-

fore the Church committee so the pub-

lic has no inkling of his thoughts on

the Castro assassination attempts.

Whether Roselli's killing was one of

retribution for a public or a private

matter, Johnny Roselli was a testa-

ment to an era that has passed. His life,

which would have remained largely

unnoticed save for the Senate's CIA

hearings, seemed straight from the

pages of a Mafia novel: allegedly

brought into the United States illegally

at the turn of the century, Roselli

clawed his way from the mean streets

of Boston and Chicago to the relative

glamor of Hollywood, Las Vegas and

finally, Miami. Along the way, a simple

strain of patriotism-which impressed

the ClA enough to mention it to the

Johnns Roselli

1975. upper ri

and.

counterclo

wise from upper 1

Fidel Castro in

Sam Ciancuna in

President John

Kennedy

in

Dade County Po

Lt. Gary Minni

and the Flor

home where Rus

lived

before

death.

Photos by The Washlngton P

The Chicago Daily Newy. AP.

Church committee-put him in a rope-

dancer's position of sometimes receiv-

ing, sometimes taking advantage of his

knowledge of the darkest side of gov-

ernment.

While some have speculated that he

was killed for talking too much to gov-

ernment investigators,

Roselli

was

hardy a loudmouth in the league of a

Joe Valachi, who sang for televised

Senate hearings on the Mafia in 1963.

Fourteen years ago Roselli confided in

his lawyer, Washington attorney Ed-

ward Morgan, that he had been told by

Cuban sources in Miami that John

Kennedy's killing was ordered and ar-

ranged by Castro, but he lived with his

secret.

The day after Roselli's body was

scooped from its crude coffin. his

brother-in-law in New Jersey, Peter

Cardillo, told me: "Down deep, in a

way, I probably hope it was connected

with (the Castro affair). At least then

Johnny, he would have died for a

cause.

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Roselli Probe

By PON LaBRECQUE

Sen.-Garj Fart (D., Colo,) made an unannounced tripito

Marni Friday for a privete meeting with homicide delectives to

underscore the strong interest of the Senate Salect Intelligence

Coininittee in abe John. fossil murder intestigation and to insue

that federal agencies cooperate with local police.

The FBI wes ordered Into the case last week by Auornes.

General Edward Levi alter pressure from the Senate committee.

•We're not here to solve the crime,

* Hart said, "we want lo

find out if there is any connection between (Rosell's) death and

Dis pestimony pefore the Committee

HARÍ SAID hE

hoped

to

mite: with loss! Officials of the FBI

and

Immigration

Lion Service. i"

and

Natural'za

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three

times:

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about,

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CIA in a

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send

sluffed in 2n

DiL.

in

Dumfoundh

ear that ihe int

that Rosa

sonnected

he

10

his

did

there

idente

indicating

ch!

have teen billed

Ro

m

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isthing

10. prevent

piber

organized crime pachs.

tinas of no plans

àt.

to here

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l.ave

call: d

hito back if some nei

falls

ArCO

...9 I

"But il rould he traching ie may

we had tine lidication ra: he had

not ati satulied sharai) evidence

importando us ben tad suk

FU THENTURDER of Rosell, whor

Flast restified in April, renewed In.

selligence Committee interest in the

meets, of Chicago oreenized crime

Beader Sam (Wome) Giancerin

Gf.

encona was shot so deach in, his!

Thome. in June

of 1975, just a.4a

Lime when Intelligence Commited

investigaiors were tracking him

Down.

Accompanting Mart Friday wai

Michael Madigan, & comminice at-

somey who, in June of 1975, Wes

preparing

1o interview

Gianeana

about hle involsemeni sith Rosell':

• In the Cauro plon

Gizhcans and Fainpa

organizro

crime - figure

Santo -Tralfiesole

played

"accompanying

the cli anth com

LisasSina".

another committee

Staff

mender tgaveling with Har: kaid

Friday, in

•The coumilite bad also "coosid..

ered":

subpending

Trafficeste,

the

stall prougator said, but

i cente was never saued socause the

¿Gagmier considered. Roselle 198

¿ Linony lbe mosi important.

CHICAGO-AREA investigators"

6020401

thai

Giaocana's deaisa

was firt of an internal gangland:

1 58rU886

Herertheless. Hant sole The Her

•ald Friday

that " witb

Rosellis:

desth, Troubling questors" stairt:

Gienicanes inulder linger:

"The CD

incidents

• misin to string trem.

selves

sogether " aski

the

1$72:

I presidential rampeign miaraits 1659

diked il he was satisfied with:

fthe

conclusions of

the intens's death sai noi cone:

nected lo his jarential destinony:

before

orating evidence which pritius.

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FROM FAGE ID:

wadigan said the widespread ter

23113. 21ter

Giancana's death that

his appeararee before the cominit.

15.0

wes Iraininent sere 00l true.

That further

indicates, he agreed.

that Ginucane's dead as not die

rectly related so his pset CLA assai

FIVE FINALLY

80l; Gancasa's

Jont

Dumber ilbe.

had some, diffiolty tracking

him

Bown in Rouston (abere Glancana

ben decided toeli mas going to

interview Thim to

ise. Whether it:

would be worth it to call him a a

stilnese, He hed bot bign coatscied

jet and toe. hee cos brea sulpe

nand," Madigao soid

Corelli,

bear

5u2pe

, did

testify for

the find time

your devs afier Gianeora d'as shor

That corerriters was headed by

Seo. Maok

Carch and

hes sinc

bren replecedity & armly formed

committce heated by Sen.

Daniel

incuye (D. Hazali) and Sea. How-

Teao.): lo is final

report,

fornet.! cemmitte

strongly wiged the

new committe

1o continue the investigation of co

VEr CLA Activity is meil as cose

suctione betteen the Castro sesasi.

nation plot ant the assassinaton of

Carita's body planted lo the sure.

face of lew York Harbor olf 5t2-

•ten Joland on Aug.

" his ray.

werpund in a proloched chain and

scalled by two. 15-jound bont

dad been

lated, parsibly by strangles. acr

curtlug 10 Inverticalors here.

•they have not. been able to: pin;

down a motive in his death

The Washingion Stor, quoting an

unlinnildled 'FBI source, reportedis

i that Carald had met with Roselll'.

"In Chlesgo about two monthe go..:

MARI SAID FRIDAY there are

ticulartsi

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the sew Intelligence Committce

"Rosell mes very caste dul dea

Commate invest caloo fia De

daj" they have found no

Tween. Roscli and EugeBe hS.

Car®

Finit Rochville, Me:, soúque suto

dealt with repared

organiree

1ag borne gone who died under

crusades mysteriousy chinoi

eater to Rosell's dista

Carrale

• 37.

was tepored.rurg

Ing by his ate

July 28, the

Finaletion

"We had Fred Sor lorce Seat.

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Roselli Probe

BYRON LABRECQUE

Heral stam her nor

Sen-Gary Hare (D., Colo,) made an unannounced.

.srip-70

Miami Friday for a private meeting with homicide delectives to

underscore the strong interest of the senate Select Intelligence

Committee in 1be John Nosell murder investigation and to insue:

that federal agencies cooperate with local police.

The FBI was ordered Into the case last| week by Auorney

General Edward Levi alter pressure from the Senate committee.

"We're not here to salve the crime,.

* Hart said, "we want lo

find out if there is any connection between (Rosell's) death and

his lestimony pelore the Commilee

BLARE SAID NE

also hoped to:

mee: with local officials of the FBI

and

linmigration

Natural

alza-?

Lion

Sorrice,i"

Realli.

71.

organized cringe

LiTe

1.40

lesiified

the

three times

fare

877J

itt

Sanele

Inleiligencer

in

the past

Year

¿bout

rECi

ill

uitment by the ClA in a

Fidel

Cista,

jound

f si

in't t lif

&gD,

stuffed in aa

cil:

flesting

in

Dunloundlin

inade it

That the Intel

ligence

Committee

is

concerned

naut the fissibility

Chat Rosell

diạth

is connected

10

his

$°

testion

eithough be did

say. there

no

evidence: indicating

" Rose) li

ight

have

killed 8o preveal

hi

m

iroro

¿alking abaur piber,

CIA

orgsbiato crime pacis.

Know a no pians shin

EF

here him come back Rart has

thelf no: 1o 539

cillad hira back it some new

"But is would he reaching io my.

we had wine ladication . he had.

(nes jet penutica alarai) evidence.

imperian to us Men sad

RO THE WURDER oF Roseli, who

Flast Bestified in Aprily renewed In.

selligence Commitice interest in the

mlesib,of Chicago diganized some

leader Sam (Momo) Giancins; Gh

ancana itiat shot

death in, his"

Thome: fo: jube

of

3975, just a.88

time spien

Intelligence Cornitice.

investigaiors were cracking him

dosn...

Accommanting Mart Friday was

•Trichael Madigan, ¿' comminiee at.

•cosey, who, in June of 1975, wes

„preparing

1o interview Giancana

about his involvemens witb Rosell:

•In the Cauro plon

Giancans and Fampa orgenied

crime- figure.

Santo

_Trallicable

piajed

"secompanying

roles". in

the ClA-Inspired Costro

assassina.:

Peon plot, another cornmitife tart

member traveling.

with

Harti said

Fiday.

The stamilice bad airo "adosid.

ered"'

Trafficesle

the

siall foreigator said. but Traffi-

cente weaneser called because the

¿Gorimitst considered Rosell's tes:

timony the mest important.

to it?"

• CHICAGO-AREA

investigators

thai Giaocana's deatbe?

was pint ol an internal ganglande

=!:

¡Herertheless, Hart tole The Her:

eld Friday

1h88: 4ilb

oscills!

desib, "proubline questions" sisit:

incarna cuto sen

The co

"to siring thier"

selves

sogether asid

1ht

1872.

presidential comprign bianager 165n

Gorge Blcfnvern-;

¿asked il he dias satisfied

with:

{che

conclusions

investigaiors

(that fiancers's death sis, noi

nected lo his potential destinony:

belore Lhe committee, Hari

"there is the' abernce of any corro

Borating

•Evidence which prestols

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Ho0.

Madigan said the midespreid te

soi1s. alter Giencana's desth lit

nis apouarante belore the comit

ses loininent tere 80g true

Thial Birther indicates, de agred.

that Grucaras desla iras not die

resuly. Telated 10 his post ClA aso:

datlon

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Madigan. sajd

ad soroe, difterlty tracking

=o4D'in Fouron (wbere Gisneasa

no para in the borgltald ly bad

bado decidnd thei 1 fias

going to.

aleriew i him 10

ste. H'ütther

it*

mould be worth it to call him a a

silAsi, He hno not bran costscred

g'et and tre hed. cor bits subes

• 15sdigan soid

Roselll,

$63

hasd base

sobre

testify foi the firsa tima

sour casa alter Gianeará sas shor

That corurüttre mas beaded by

Sra, Faok

Canich and Mas sinca

"acen replaend dy a newly furmad

committee nested by Sen. Daniel

іповуа (-

71aHWD) and Ses. How»

ward Raker (Ri

Teno.): 10 iis fins

"repon.

shat" foraier ! commine

strongiy urged the new commitike

to continue

Le invertigation of

vort ClA activity as Hell as 00g.

arctione hereten the Castro arsar

mation plot zod she assassinaton of

john F. Reartay®

MART SAID PRIDAY there ate

ash unbcassered questiong shout

"retaliades Vison"

IST

procerto

agente

"Hart interviswed' Roselli tice

the sew inteligence Committee

"Rosell was very condid bur ben

ad notareluter informatona

" Comente investica do fila ve

def they have found 3o

"Inero Rosali and Eugeot Mi. Can

deale mith repared

dentar to Bocell's testa

Cerrale

37. Mas sonoros. mit

uis sritr la Plenation with whom

"he had lusa for thice gram.

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Carilin's body flonted to the sure.

Inca o! New York Harbor olf Sta-

ter Jsland on Aug.

, hla body.

ranco in & pnglockea choin ano

vegilea. by tHo. 15-jound bont

ind been

sranglen Romalilhed Dien asahy%

Hied, passlbly by strangling,

curdlag to Invertigators here.

New York. Cley deircllves

sald

Thal Carella"

"Anow Glancana" but

they have not bren able to: pin

• down a motive in hls death

The Washingion Star, quoting an

talennellied 'FBI source, reported.

li that Carrila had met with Roselll'

in Chieago about two montherao,

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Roselli Probe

BY RON TABRECQUE

Morala star borner

Ser, -Gary' Hare (D., Colo,) inade

an unannounced trip to

Miami Friday for a private meeting with homicide delectives to

underscore the strong inierest of the Senate Select Intelligençe.:

Coininittee in ibe John. Rosell murder investigation and to insue

that lederal agencies copperaté with local police.

The FBl was ordered Irlo the cäse last week by Alorney

General Edward Levi alter pressure from the Senate committee:

"We're not here to solve the crime, Hart said, "we want lo

find out if there is any connection between (Rosell's) death and:

his lestimony, pelore the Committee

HARÍ SAID be alo

hoped

80

mee: with locs! officials of the FBI

and

Immigration

and

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tion

Sentice.

Regalli.

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ure

organized

lestified

crime

three

time e5

the

in

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that Rose

is connscied

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10

his

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say, there

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right

nolcating

him

rave

Iro:o

been

R

killed 1o. pre

EA

IsTkIng 20018

piber

orgesired crime paces.

"I know of no plans

here tim

COmE

bask.

But that's

called

70: 10 22}

kie world

nit

hiro back it some

fatis

"But is would he traching to say

we het time Hiditation,: he had.

10ol nei denufied. alari) evidence

imperators ten said:

a tina ope

FU THE SIRDER of Rosell, whol

last testified in April, renewed Jn-

telligence Committee interesi in the

meatb, of Chicago diganized srime

Eleader Sam (Mono) Giansert,

encoma wes shot to deart in, his?

Thome. In: June

of: 1975, just

• time shen Intelligence Committe:

investigaiors sere cracking him

| conccom

Accompaning Hart Friday was

trichnes shadigan, a commince al

sorney who, in June of 1975,

weS

preparing

to interview

Giancent

about his insolvement stith Rosell

on the Cacro plou

Giancana

and

Fampa

diganized

-crime: figure.

Santo

-Trallicante

played

"accompanying To)EsiD

the ClA-renired Casto

essassina-

Yeon not, anoiher commitire fall

memies tryaveling wiih

Hart. said

Friday.

iina, 917

The curmitire bad also. "roasid..

ertd"",

subpending

Trafficeste.

ane

Laf!

jaratigator sajo.

but

Traffice

cente

Wis never caled because thes

Gopiralties

considered Rate s

timony ibe mosi important.

do it!

•CHICAGO-AREA

insesti221075

thai

Giaocana's: death-?

was.part.of do internal gangland.

Netértheless. Hart sold The Her.

•ald Friday

that " with

"Rose)li's"

death, "troubling questions" absir.

incided wine to ser

-The co

siring. them.

¡selues rogether

asid

the

1$72

I presidential rainpaign manager 105*

Gronge hicGriert.

irin

asked il he sas. salictled

wilh :

conclusions Di

investigaiots

thal Giantans's desth adi noi con"

stiled 10

his poiential.iesti.nony:

before the commitree, Hart faid

"there is ibe' abernce of and corro

orating evidence which piftiu

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tion

Nadigan said the widespread te

soils after Giencans's death lat

is appearance belore the commit.

that Giaricane's det mar not di.

rectly. related to his psst ClA assoi?

cation. 03

An in at stan

number the day her wash

filed Madigan. saio Fridagi.We

had some differity tracking. him

3own in Fourton Inbere Glancasa

had hacal fo the hosplald li had.

been decided that 1 mas going to

joterview him to see. whether hr

would be worth it to call biminale

sritzese, He had not tien posticed

nand," ridalgan said.

Rosellbists tad

boss sabga

anned, did thatin for the first time

sour dese alier Giancora was shot.

1 .

That

"cerciniters was beaded tig

Se, Frank Courch aud has zince

been taplacad oy & assily forme

commitice nraded by Sey. Danie

insaye (Duilismall) and Ses. How-

ard Esker R,

Teas.) In its final

"that "forntr.' committe

strongly urged the new commince

so continue lse investigation of co

vare CiA activity as well as coga:

sactiong berteen the Castro assasi-

nation plot zo1 she assassination of

John F.Kearrdg,

¿ Caratra's body sonted lo the sure.

faca of New. York Harbor off Sta-

ters Island on Aug.

4, ble body

wreaned in & padlocked chain and

weigiled by two. 15-gound bont

nchore Follce nuid no mad beco

trangled. Rosolil hed been 13phy*

lased, possibly by strangling, aer

curding 1o Inverticators here.

. =

Now York. City dcircllves

that Caratta "knew Glancane" but

they have not. been able to pla

down a motive in his death.

The Washington Star, quoting an

taidentified 'FBl source,

reported:

"that Carnita had met with Roselll

•In, Chleago about two moathe go.

Vasin unueeniered questions abrit

tieularly relating to the zocalled

105

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on Cuto's life.

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MEMORANDUM FOR, THE RECORD:

Michael Madigan

August 13, 1976:

I recently discussed with Agent Richard Taylos of thes

Federal Bureau of Investigation my recollections off pre-

testimony Interviews with Mr. John Rosselll prior to Rosselll'g

testifying under oath. in June of 1975. It is.ny recollection

that there were several meetings between myself,las counsel for

the Coumittee, and Rosselll and hie attorneyer, Rosselli and bie

attorneys expressed on numerous occasions. fear for the vell-being

of Rosselll. They insisted and the Connicton agreed that I.

would conduct interviews prior to the sworn teattmony, afra

location, away fron the Senate so as to avoid any publictty

During these Interv we Rosselli, on more, than one occasion,

stated that he was taking a great risk ln testifylog.

He was.

worried about recallation and particularly worsted abour hie

relativee with whom he vas living. in Ploriday I cannot recall

Rossellt spectlying exactly. who he was noat afratd off but be

declined to testify about Glancana (until after Glancana's death)

refused to identify any of the Cubans who were Involved" In

assassination plots, and was reluctant to mention Santoe,

Trafficante by name.

In fact, I cannot recall Rossell ever

mentioning Trafficante, by name and only very vaguely sponding

to questions 1t the questioner used the name Trafficante:

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It ta by recollection that on at leant one occaston, in

the presence /of: Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr Rossellt told

the Senator that he, Rosselll, was concerned for hle safety and

his life and that he was risking his well-being by testlfying..

before the Committee.

I am uncertain in my recollection as to

whether, that conversation took place up in the Senate interven

room or elsewhere.

Throughout his testimony Rossell declined to give his

exact address in Florida for reasons of safety. It le also my

recollection that Rosselli's demanor, was viaibly affected:

whenever: testimony of interview focused of attempted to focus

on Santos Trafficante:

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

Michael Madigan

August 13, 1976

I recently discussed with Agent Richard Taylor of the

Federal Bureau of Investigation my recollections of pre-

testimony interviews with Mr. John Rosselli prior to Rosselli's

testifying under oath in June of 1975. It 18 my recollection

that there were several meetings between myself, de counsel for

the Coumittee, and Rosselli and his attorneye. Rosselll and hie.

attorneys expressed on numerous occasions fear, for the well-being,

of Rosselll. They Insisted and the Committee agreed that I

would conduct interviews prior to the sworn testimony at a

location: away from the Senate so as to avold any publicity.

During these interviews Rosselli, on more than one occaston,

stated that he was. taking a great risk in testifying. He wan

worried about retaliation and particularly worrled about his.

relatives with whom he was living in Florida. I cannot recall

Rossell specifying exactly who he was most afraid of ? but he

declined to testify about Glancana (until after Glancana/s death),

refused to identify any of the Cubans who were Involved In

assassination plota, and was reluctant to mention Santos.

Trafficante: by name. In fact, I cannot recall Rosselll ever

mentioning Trafficante by name and only very vaguely responding

to questions if the questioner used the name Trafficante.

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It is my recollection that on at least one occaston, In

the presence of Senator Howard H. Baker,/Jery Rosselli told

the Senator that he, Rossell1, was concarned for his safety and

his life and that he was ilsking his well-being by testifying.

before the Committee. I am uncertain in my recollection as to

whether that conversation took place up to the Senate Interview.

room or elsewhere.

Throughout his testimony Rosselli declined to aive. his

exact address in Florida for reasons of safetyne IC te also my

recollection that Rooselll's demeanor was vietbly affected

whenever testimony of interview focused or attempted-to: focus

on Santos Traffleante.

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

Michael Madigan

August 13, 1976

I recently discussed with Agent Richard Taylor of the

Federal Bureau Of Investigation my recollectton of pres

testimony Interviews with Mr. John Rossell prlor to Rosselli's

testifying under oath in Junel of 1975, ICla my recollection

that Chere were several meetinga betveen myself as counsel for

the Committeo, and Rosselly and his etto neya Rossellt, and hid

attorneys expressed on numeroue Occantons fear for che well-being

of, Rosselli

They insisted and the Connittee agreed that I

would conduct interviews prior to. the avorn teutimony at a

location away from the Senate so-an to avotd any publicity?

During these Intervlews Rossellt, on more than one occasion,

stated that he van taking a great lok in testifying. He way

worrted about reto tacion and particularly von led about tie

relactveg wich whon he vas living. in flortaa

I cannot recall

RossellI spectfying exactly who he wen not afraid of, but he

declinedito testify about Clancana (until after Claneana'a death)

refused to identify any of the Cubana no verg involved in

assassination ploto, and was reluctant to wept on santos. e

Trafficanter by name

In fact, I cannot decil Rondälli ever

mentioning Trafitcante by name and only very vaguely responding

to questions if the questioner used the name trafficante.

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It 18 ny recollection that on at least ono occaston. in

the preserice of Senator Howardel. Baker- Jier Rosselli told

the Senator that he, Rossellf, was concerned fos ble safety and

his life and that he was risking his well-being by testifying

before: the Cormittee.

I am uncertain in my recollection as tor

whether that conversation took place up in the Senate Interview

room or elsewhere.::

Throughout hle testimony Rosselli declined to sive bie

exact address in Florida for reasons of cafety It: 18 also my

recollection that Rosell!'o demeanor wae wielbly affected

whenever testimony or interview focused or attemptedito focua

on Santos Trafficante.

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MEMORANDUM

To:

From:

Date:

Re:

Rick. Inderfurth

Mitke Madigen

August: 13, 1976

Mant; Interviews

I. spoke with Senator Hart today abouts settinglup Intervlews

In Miant for Friday, August 20, In the Rosselli matter.

He-will

be calling you about these arrangementa.

I will try to have e aubpoena for Santos Tenfficante eigned

by Senator Baker before he leases for the conventions we, how-

ever must obtain the approval of all or a nafortty of the-

members of the Conmittee (under the Rules) to lasue the subpoena.

Therefore, I have asked Martha to poll membera on tvo questtone.

(1) Authority to Lesue a subpoena, for

Trafficante

(2) - Authority Cor Senator Hart, co disclose

to the Miant police lovestigators In the Roesell&.

case chose portions of the alasal ted kassellt

related trange ipts which he deen stolevant to the

murder Laven sation

In case ve nice connocetone, the relevent people tvolved aren

(1) Bil Lynch head. of the dusttee Organtzed

Crtme. Sectton, Celephone number 739-35t6 he should

help ue locate Trafficante and peshapn bave es

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suggestion as to how best to serve fim with a

subpoena) ;

(2) Detectives Wolf and Zatrepallek*- Dade

County Sheruff's Office, telephone number 305-547-7456

(they are the detectives investigating the Rossellt

murdet. for the locals) (I have been-putting them

off about whether they can have access to the

transcripts- you need to talk to Bill Miller and-

Gary: about this) ;

(3) " Paul Daly - you may have to go through

him if we need the FBI to locate Trafficante

By the time you return I will have taken preparatory steps

to set up interviows with the Miami police people as well as

begun an effort to locate Trafficante. After talking with Cary

you will need to follow up and confirm all these next week as I

will be in Kansas Clty from Monday through Thursday

* I will be

flying from Kansas City to Miant on Thursday night for the

Interviews on Friday. You can reach me through the numbers

that either Bill Miller or Marie has. We need to talk at some

point nextiweek to confirm all this.

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A14

ux PosT 8112/74

THURSDAY, A

The Washington post

AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER

Who Killed John Roselli?

WEre Gore was a rel yent who as murdered.

Once there was a President who was murdered.

His brother was murdered too. A long time after they

died some very strange facts came to light. It turned

out that while they were running the government,

the government was frying to get two Mafia mobsters

to arrange the murder of someone else the head of

a small, hostile neighbor state. It also turned out that

one brother the one who was President-appar-

ently had a girlfriend who was the girlfriend as well

of the mobsters. And one of the mobsters, whose

nickname was Momo, was prominent on the list of

criminals the President's brother was trying to put in

jail. The story may sound complicated, but life is com-

plicated, and the complications in this case got even

more so. For when a committee of the Congress

wanted the two mobsters to come and tell them some-

thing about. all this, only one of them-the one

named Johnny came. The other one, Momo, was

murdered in his house a week before they wanted

amount to a system of justice which 1) only affects

those dumb enough to get involved in it in the first

place and 2) tends only to punish those who have

committed what the rest of us would regard as hei-

nous crimes anyway. Not that these are things people

say-they're things people can be expected

to as-

sume. But we think in this case the assumptions have

even less validity than they would have on a clear

day, which isn't much. And that is because if we

know anything, we know that the Mafia operations in

which Messers. Giancana and Roselli figured had be-

come intertwined with the operations of the United

States government. Never mind that the decisions of

the early 1960s which made this so may rank among

the most abominable decisions ever taken in the U.S.

government. The plain fact is that, given the provoca-

tive and suggestive history of the two men, it is not

possible for either Congress or the Executive Branch

to look the other way or to complaisantly accept the

earmarks-of-a-gangland-slaying bromide.

him to testify. Johnny, however, told his story to one

committee in the Congress and then came back-qui-

After Mr. Giancana was killed, the Church Commit-

etly-to tell some more things to another committee

tee inquired of the FBI whether its proposed meeting

which was in fact looking into the murder of the

with him had figured in his murder. The FBI re-.

President. Then Johnny went to Florida. Then no one.

ported that it had no evidence to this effect. The

could find him. Then some fishermen found him..

then-director of the CIA, William Colby, felt obliged

Dead. In an oil drum.

to state that the CIA had had nothing to do with the

But we haven't told you the strangest part of all

murder-and Mr. Colby likewise pronounced the

yet, the part you're really not going to believe. It is

other day that he was certain the CIA had not done in

that when the great national political community of

Mr. Roselli. The mere fact that the questions, to

solons, scribes, policemen, spies and managers of the

which these were meant to be the answers, had been

general wellbeing heard about poor Johnny, they

raised tells us, anyway, that much more in the way of

said: "Oh, my goodness." Some of them went farther,

inquiry is wanted. The newly formed Senate Select

of course. They said: "Fancy that!" But most of them

Committee on Intelligence has now asked the Justice

didn't say anything at all except: "Yawn."

Department to make an investigation of Mr. Roselli's

Forgive us for lapsing into storybookese. We do it

death. We think the Department should comply and

for a reason which is that the simple unadorned facts

that the investigation, despite FBI Director Clarence

of the John and Robert Kennedy-Fidel Castro-CIA-

Kelley's disclaimer.of jurisdiction, should have the

Mafia-Momo Giancana-Johnny Roselli-Judith Exner-

Attorney General's personal attention. Such atten-

Church Committee Schweiker Committee saga need

tion is needed because of the elaborate and not en-

to be put forward in stark outline for their magni-

tirely reassuring history of relationships between the

tude to be understood. Is it really, as the sophisticated

FBI and the CIA and the various participants in the

wisdom goes, "paranoid" on our part to brood about

whole sorry saga. We are not suggesting that any

the suggestive and possibly monstrous interconnec

agency of government-or even any of those agen-

tions between all these facts and to wonder why they

cy's fringe retainers -were the murderers.

We are

are not the object of intense press and government

suggesting that there is an overlay of potentially em-

• scrutiny? What accounts for the general indifference

barrassing information sufficiently pervasive to keep

in high places? What accounts for the eagerness with

an awful lot of people from wanting to have this

which we all seem to accept that familiar tipoff that

thing aired. We also think that the Select Committee

we shall be hearing no more about the latest crime-

should reserve the right to pursue the matter. Con-

i.e., the pronouncement that Mr. Roselli's dispatch to

gress, after all, can hardly be expected to sit idly by

an oil drum and Beyond had "all the earmarks of a

while its witnesses are being done in. Nor do we see

gangland slaying."

Those are. the good old

"ear-

how the public in general and the political establish-

marks" we only hear about when it is next to certain,.

ment in particular can turn their attention away un-vi

that we shall hear nothing more.

til we are all satisfied that a much greater effort has

The supposition of course is that the Gang which

been made by the government-which means both

runs gangland has its reasons and its methods and

the Executive Branch and the Congress-to discover

that, disagreeable as these may be. they really lie out-

what elements were at play in this series of appalling

side the proper realm of public concern because they

crimes and scandals:

The Data From M

DR. HAROLD KLEIN one of the sci

and our best theories

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1955

1960

ROSSELLI CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS

Meets Maheu at insurance friend's home.

Late July/early August. Maheu calls. Working for government. Recruit

Rosselli only.

Meet Brown Derby, L.A., for lunch. Long talk about

project in Cuba.

Rosselli wants

verification.

and meeting, L.A., discuss further details, no discussion of specific

techniques.

Plan

. to meet in N.Y. for verification.

Sept. 14, 1960. First meeting in N.Y. at old Plaza Hotel. Rosselli

introduced by Maheu to O'Connell.

Rosselli "knew" O'Connell worked

for the CIA. Rosselli agrees to work on Cuban project.

Sept. 25, 1960. Maheu and Rosselli travel to Miami to begin making

contact with Cubans to be recruited for mission.

(Between Sept. 25 and the Bay of Pigs, a series of recruitments, meetings,

and arrangements were made. The following is an outline of events that

is not necessarily in chronological order.)

- Meeting where Maheu is introduced to Trafficante. Meeting

where Maheu is introduced to Giancana. Giancana was, according

to Rosselli, to only be a 'back up man." Rosselli states

Giancana had nothing to do with the actual operation. Trafficante

was used, according to Rosselli, as a translator.

- Meeting with O'Connell, Maheu, Rosselli, and turntantsalea

discuss the Cuban project.

-- Rosselli, in his contact with the Cubans, "invents" the cover

story that he represents some Wall Street business interests who

want to see Castro eliminated. Rosselli trusts Cubans he has

recruited because they are part of the Bay of Pigs operation.

-- lst attempt at assassination involved the use of pills.

Maheu

and Rosselli met with Cuban #1 and #2 (?). Maheu opened up his

briefcase and gave the pills with instructions for their use to

Cuban #1. Maheu also had $10,000 he gave the Cubans for doing

the project. Rosselli did not know of the money. Rosselli states

he received no remuneration for his work on the project, in fact,

he paid out $800 for gas for a speed boat to deliver two or three

man parties for guerrilla raids into Cuba.

- Prior to Bay of Pigs there was no discussion of using guns to

assassinate Castro.

-- Rosselli's cover name was "John Ralston."

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- At different times, Cuban #1, #2, or #3 would propose different

projects. These would range from using plastic explosives to

booby trapping Castro's desk. Rosselli would relay these on

to Maheu,

in Havana.

-- Eventually, Rosselli felt the project had failed. There was no

specific point when it was announced. But, at sometime Rosselli

assumed the project, for whatever reason, had not succeeded.

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DATE

1959

October

1960

1961 Feb.

Early 1961

April 1961

May 31, 1961

Rest of 1961

and 1962

Sometime in

early 1960's

October 1962

Early 1763

March 1963

Sometime in

1963

November

1963

Early 1964

CHRONOLOGY

(ALLEGATIONS AND REPORTS OF ANY

U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN ASSASSINATIONS)

EVENT OR ITEM

Richard Bissel becomes DDP

(head of Plans Directorate)

Tap on Dan Rowan phone in Las

Vegas ( allegedly: (a) favor

to Giancana, and (b) done by

Rosselli)

Lumumba mysteriously killed

during Congolese strife.

SOURCE ( Where Necessary)

ate and Rosselli role fro

overnment Opposition pape

to Rosselli motion for

reduction in sentence, 1971

Wash. Post & Star contempor-

aneous accounts

Wash. Post 2/6/75 story by

Lardener and Greider Tab A

Jack Anderson 1967, 1971

and 1975 columns;

Watergate Helms mencon

Attempts to kill Castro before

Bay of Pigs landing by Rosselli

team

Bay of Pigs Landing

Trujillo assassinated; charge

of U.S. involvement

Possibly ongoing efforts to

Kill Castro by Rosselli team

REK quashes prosecution. of

Giancana for Rowan Las Vegas tap

Cuban Missile Crisis -(date for

background reference)

Rosselli training a team in Miami

area

Rosselli's last effort to

kill Castro

REK stopped further efforts

Diem killed in Saigon coup

JFK told Smathers later

he thought CIA involved

Colby head

DDP Far East

Division

the time

Howard Hunt and others from

Bay of Pigs

effort begin plot on

another Castro assassination

Jack Anderson column (1/19/

71) on Smathers coversation

with JFK. Agee book ( obvious

Iy suspect in some respects)

last attempt by

Rosselli team in 1963, infra.

latergate mencons on Keeney

and Wilson interviews

Wash. Post Greider/Lardener

story, supra., states Army

Ranger Capt

Ayres saw him

J. Anderson 1971 columns

J. Anderson 1971 columns

J. Anderson, 1/19/71 column

articles on Colby

reported by Tad Szulc in

book on Howard Hunt (1974)

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Chronology • 2

( more on Hunt Castro project)

Assassination alleged to have

beenplanned as part of a smaller

invasion effortand preparations

were allegedly made in Costa Rica

May 1965

Hunt Castro scheme "aborted when

Dominican Republic strife broke out

(scheme also allegedly involved

McCord, Barker and Sturgis)

May 1965

(or later)

As Katzenbach/Helms/LBJ meeting

on Domincan Republic ended, LBJ

1966

1967

March 3

1967

been involved in assassination

(of a leader) and Helms said

PRes. DuvalieR;

Duvalving borat palacentia

Rosselli indicted for alien law

and interstate gambling crimes

(Friars Club card game rigging)

First Anderson column. on Rossell1

Szulc, supra

Katzenbach testimony

to Senate Select Committ

1968

1968

Early 1969

1970

In response to Anderson story,

RFK tells Walinsky and Edelman

he shut it off;

ElA bombing Mritian polder

Rosselli sentenced to 5 years

Asst. Atty Gen Wilson

asks for

Justice Dept. Rosselli file

Rosselli goes before grand jury

inder immunity re:Giancan

Andersad col., 4/2/25

Government Opposition

to sentence reduction,

supra.

We dont have, but Andersc

referred to in Hersh NY

Times story 3/10/75

Hersh story, supra

Anderson col,, 4/2/95

Government Opposition,

Keeney Watergate mencon

Government Opposition, sup?

1971 Jan.18

Jan.19

Jan. 27

Eeb.1

First of three Anderson columns

(scheduled to go before grand

Su John Mat Yeta:

on Las Vegas skimming) calls

Same day: Haldeman ess Dean to inquire-

into Hughes/0'Brien/Maheu ties

Maheu interviewed by Wilson and Peterson

on Rosselli

matter

Caulfield to Dean memo that Maheu was

involved in covert activity for CIA in

early 1960's

Rosselli files motion for reduction

sentence,

citing Anderson stories

and

presenting memorandum to court

Lenzner memo to SenErvin

on Rosselli ( and phone Ir

"

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DATE

1959

October

1960

1961 Feb.

Early 1961

April 1961

May 31, 1961

Rest of 1961

and 1962

Sometime in

early 1960's

October 1962

Early 1963

March 1963

Sometime in

1963

November

1963

Early 1964

CHRONOLOGY

(ALLEGATIONS AND REPORTS OF ANY

U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN ASSASSINATIONS)

EVENT OR ITEM

Richard Bissel becomes DDP

(head of Plans Directorate)

Tap on Dan Rowan phone in Las

Vegas ( allegedly: (a) favor

to Giancana, and (b) done by

Rosselli)

Lumumba mysteriously killed

during Congolese strife.

SOURCE ( Where Necessary)

Date and Rosselli role from

Government Opposition paper

to Rosselli motion for

reduction in sentence, 1971

Wash. Post & Star contempor-

aneous accounts

Wash. Post 2/6/75 story by

Lardener and Greider Tab A

Jack Anderson 1967, 1971

and 1975 columns;

Watergate Helms memcon

Attempts to kill Castro before

Bay of Pigs landing by Rosselli

team

Bay of Pigs Landing

Trujillo assassinated; charge

of U.s. involvement

Possibly ongoing efforts to

Kill dastro by Rosselli team

FK quashes prosecution of

Giancana for Rowan Las Vegas tal

Cuban Missile Crisis - (date for

background reference)

Rosselli training a team in Miami

area

Rosselli's last effort to

kill Castro

REK stopped further efforts

Diem killed in Saigon coup

JFK told Smathers later

he thought CIA involved

Colby head of DDP Far East

Division at the time

Howard Hunt and others from

Bay of Pigs effort begin plot

on

another Castro assassination

Jack Anderson column (1/19/

71) on Smathers coversation

with JFK. Agee book ( obvious

ly suspect in some respects)

last attempt by

Rosselli team in 1963, infra.

latergate mencons on Keeney

and Wilson interviews

Wash. Post Greider/Lardener

story, supra., states Army

Ranger Capt

Ayres saw him.

J. Anderson 1971 columns

J. Anderson 1971 columns

J. Anderson; 1/19/71-column

articles on Colby

reported by Tad Szulc in

book on Howard Hunt. (1974)

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Chronology -- 2

( more on Hunt Castro project)

May 1965

May 1965

(or later

1967

March 3

1967

Assassination alleged to have

beenplanned as part of a smaller

invasion effortand preparations

were allegedly made in Costa Rica

Hunt Castro scheme "aborted when

Dominican Republic strife broke out

(scheme also allegedly involved

McCord, Barker and Sturgis)

As Katzenbach/Helms/LBJ meeting

on Domincan Republic ended, LBJ

asked Helms if CIA had ever

been involved in assassination

(of a leader) and Helms

said

"no"

Rosselli indicted for alien law

and

interstate gambling crimes

(Friars Club card game rigging)

First Anderson column. on Rossel]1

Szulc, supra

"

Katzenbach testimony

to Senate Select Committ

1968

Early 1969

1970

In response to Anderson story,

he tet stalinsky and Edelman

Rosselli sentenced to 5 years

Asst. Atty Gen Wilson asks for

Justice Dept. Rosselli file

Rosselli goes before grand jury

under immunity re:Giancana

Government Opposition

to sentence reduction,

supra.

ve dont have, but Anders

referred to in Hersh Ny

Times story 3/I0/75

Hersh story, supra

Government Opposition,

Keeney Watergate memcon

Government Opposition, supr

1971 Jan. 18

Jan.19

Jan. 27

Zeb.1

First of three Anderson columns

Mayhu (scheduled to go before grand

jury on Las Vegas skimming) calls

"AG John Mitchell

Same day: Haldeman ess Dean to inquire

into Hughes/O'Brien/Maheu ties

Maheu interviewed by Wilson and Peterson

on Rosselli matter

Caulfield to Dean memo that Maheu was

involved in covert activity for CIA in

early 1960's

Rosselli files motion for reduction

in sentence,

citing Anderson stories

and presenting memorandum to Court

Lenzner memo to SenErvin

on Rosselli ( and phone Ic

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1961

After the Bay of Pigs (April 1961)

Rosselli felt "sorry for the poor bastards,

left on the

pate in the invasion Iwo or three weeks after the

invasion, Rosselli was contacted in Los Angeles by

O'Connell, a meeting was

arranged for at the airport

hotel in Miami.

Rosselli went there and was introduced

to Harvey.

O'Connell said Harvey was now in charge of

the Cuban

Harvey told Rossellf he was to cease

all contact with Maheu and Giancana.

Further, Harvey

stated that the government was still interested in using

Rosselli for intelligence-gathering operations..

Rosselli

would report information from the Cubans to Harvey about

personalities and events in Cuba. Rosselli would also

relay on to his Cuban contacts requests for specific in-

formation from the CIA.

Sometime between the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban

missile crisis, Harvey gave Rosselli six poison capsules.

Rosselli, in turn, gave them to his Cuban contacts who

were to

take them

to Cuba, where another Cuban or Cubans

would use them to assassinate Castro. Rosselli never

learned the details of what happened, but the project ob-

viously failed. At one point, Rosselli remembers hearing

over the radio that Castro was very i11!

A short time

later, he recovered.

Sometime before the missile crisis, Rosselli arranged,

pursuant to Cuban #1 request, for a van loaded with rifles

and ammunition to be delivered in Florida! O'Connell and

Rosselli watched the Cuban contact pickup the van and

return it empty.

Rosselli assumed that these guns were

going to be used by the two or three-man raiding parties

in Cuba to assassinate Castro and overthrow the government.

apolis and left his number in Chicago. (Harvey then called

nim, told him to go to Washington, D.C.! From Washington,

D.C., Rosselli traveled to Florida where he stayed for

the duration of the Cuban missile crisis. He, at times,

would, through his Cuban contacts, attempt to verify the

location of the Russian missiles in Cuba.|

Rosselli claimed

that this had been successful. After the Cuban missile

crisis, Harvey called Rosselli and told him to stop all

contacts with any and all persons involved in past Cuban

missions.

Harvey never stated why the missions were being

called off.

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Rosselli said that he understood that Giancana had

asked Maheu for a tap on Dan Rowan. Maheu gave

Rosselli two stories.

The first was that he was

doing Giancana a favor and

the second was that there

was a real intelligence value in that Maheu was

afraid that Giancana or Rowan might be giving out

intelligence information that would be of value to

enemies of the United States.

Rosselli had not heard

of the names Dubois or Belotti or Fred Harrison.

He

admitted that Harvey had discussed

the tap with him,

but both Harvey and Rosselli were mad that the opera-

tion had gone on.

Giancana obviously knew about the

tap. Maheu did ask Rosselli to get ball money for

the two tappers who were caught and thrown in jail.

Maheu suggested that Rosselli could get a hotel to

turn over the bail money.

to have a man with a green carnation in his lapel

meet and

transfer the bail money. He never received

any of this money back.

Rosselli claims that he did

not know what type of tap went on. He admitted that

he had been questioned by the FBI but he gave no

answers.

Rosselli knew that Maheu had been questioned

by the FBI.

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Ser

MEMORANDUM:

To :

FrOm:

Gary

Rick

Date:

Subject:

August 10, 1976

Roselli

First,

some background information. Yesterday,

August 9, Senators Inouye and Baker met with Directors

Kelley and Bush to discuss Roselli's death. The FBI

doesn't want to touch this with a ten-foot pole.

At the

meeting, Jim Adams told Inouye and Baker that the

FBI had

been told by Justice (Richard Thornburg) that it had no

jurisdiction in this case. Levi had, apparently,

not been

consulted.

Senators Baker and Inouye (especially Baker)

requested Kelley to take this up directly with Levi. Today,

a letter was sent to Levi, signed by Baker and Inouye, urg-

ing Justice to authorizé FBI involvement. A copy of that

letter is

attached.

One other point about the meeting. George Bush was

extremely upset about this case and the allegations that

the CIA was involved in Roselli's death. He said that he

would personally contact Levi to request that the

Depart-

ment grant jurisdiction to the FBI to investigate.

For your information, Roselli appeared before the

Committee on four separate occasions to testify on three

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matters.

He appeared on June 25 to discuss the plots against

Castro;

September 20 and 22 to discuss the Campbell

affair;

and on April 25 to discuss the retaliation theory.

Now for current events. First, the two detectives in

Miami handling the Roselli case are Detectives Zatrefralek

and Wolf. They are with Dade County Homicide.

Their numbers

are 305-547-7456 and 547-7923. Madigan has already talked

with Detective Wolf. Second, in light of the Inouye/Baker

letter to Levi I did not ask the FBI about the current

whereabouts of Santo Trafficante. I did, however, ask CIA.

They have no information. Third, Baker and Liebengood are

putting

together a packet of information on Roselli, which

will include CIA and Select Committee information and will

get this

"to you tomorrow.

think you already know this, but Senator Baker does

want to

launch an informal investigation into this matter.

Roselli told him, when he appeared before the Committee, that

he thought his life

was, in danger for testifying.

Baker feels

a moral obligation, therefore, to look into this

I have attached the most recent articles

'on

the Roselli

death for

you.

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P.S. A couple of grizzly facts: Over the past few

years

there have been quite a few anti-Castro deaths

in

the

Miami area. Car bombs and shootings have been the usual

means of death. Second, we received a report today that

another body was pulled

up in the Hudson River.

Another

gangland slaying, complete with cement and chains

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MEMORANDUM:

TO:

TO THE FILES

FROM:

DATE:

PATRICK SHEA AND MICHAEL MADIGAN

JUNE 21, 1975

SUBJECT:

SUMMARY OF A MEETING WITH MR. JOHN ROSSELLI

BEGAN Al 411: 35 a.m., JUNE 21, 1975, IN ROOM 711 of the WATERGATE HOTEL.

PRESENT ATIHE SESSION: MR. MICHAEL MADIGAN, MR. PATRICK SHEA OF THE SELECT

COMMITTEE STAFF, MR. ROSSELLI, MR. THOMAS WADDEN, MR. JAMES CANTILLON, MR. LESLIE

SCHERR.

At the

beginning of the meeting, Mr. Madigan asked Mr.

Rosselli if he felt

could provide U/S, Marshalls for Mr. Rosselli during his stay in Washington.

This offer

was

rejected.

Mr. Rosselli stated that Giancanna had no involvement,

to his knowledge,

with any of the attempted assassinations of Fidel Castro.

Maheu did deal with

higher authorities in government but stated that Rosselli was only the contact,

Giancana has a backup man.

Rosselli was very concerned about the adverse

publicity in

recent times, about the CIA and he thought it was unfortunate from

the Agency'S

point of view that the Giancana name had been linked to the Agency.

Rosselli was upset by the harassment he had been under by the FBI. He

pointed to the 1966 Frier Club incident as an example. He said in 1966 he had

been approached by the FBI to provide information on inside basis about organized

crime and when he had refused 18 months later he was indicted.

Again, the first

week in June, of 1970, the FBI had offered him cooperation but he refused.

Rossell first met Maheu twenty years ago.

He was introduced through a

life long riend who is dead now, named Spitzle, who was in the insurance business.

meeting happened in Los Angeles, in 1955. Maheu, at the time, was

running Maheul Associates in Washington, D.C. The meeting,was only a social

gathering. There was nothing specifically discussed about activities of the ClA.

• Maheu called Rosselli and stated that he was working for

the governient and had been specifically asked to recruit Rosselli.

Maheu Kar

stressed that it was to be Rosselli and no one else.

They agreed to meet for lunch

at the Brown' Derby in Los Angeles. Maheu described the project as an intelligence

operation involving Cuba.

Maheu mentioned specifically Cástro, Che Guevara, and

Raoul Castro.

It was Rosselli's feeling that Maheu had recruited him because of

his known Cuban connections in Florida.

These connections were unrelated to

gambling.

There was no money mentioned by Maheu to Rosselli for payment for

services.

The alleged support of Wall Street business men had not been mentioned and

was a cover invented by Roseelli later. At the end of their first meeting, they

agreed to meet again at which time Maheu would verify to Rosselli that he was

working for the government. This verification would be by introducing a

government official of higher authority to Rosselli.

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The 1a62o

Khrushchev]

At this point,

hour or more

ra various aspects of the proposed axpertoes projects, were discussed

but nothing was mentioned of specific techniques.

Rosalli scan

I went to N4i.

coinciding

Rossell remembered his arrival in New York: siting with a visit & by

Eisenhower, Castro, Nasser, and perhaps Krushev.

because New Work was crawling with officials from all over the world. Rosselli

• paid his own fare from Los Angeles to New York and stayed at the old Plaza Hotel

on Fifth Avenue and 57th Street. He was given the cover name, John Ralston.

The meeting in New York took place in a hotel room. In attendance were

Maheu, Rosselli and "big" Jim O'Connell, and two or three other people who

did not explain why they were there.

Jim O'Connell was introduced as a CIA

official. Rosselli was unclear as to whether this was stated explicitly or

whether through the whole context of discussions it became clear that he worked

for the ClAviAt this point, Rosselli was satisfied that Maheu was working for

the government: and, therefore, agreed to work at the Cuban mission described at

their first

meeting. Rosselli was not sure as to the length of his stay in New

si time.

He did remember going to lunch with Maheu a number of times

and talking about

the particular projects.

After his stay in New York,

he traveled to either Washington, D. C. or

Florida. Hellwas uncertain as to the exact location but he did remember there

were series lof meetings between himself and Maheu to discuss further plans

about the attempted assassination.

There was only one further meeting with

O'Connell, involving these preliminary stages.

At this point,he only discussed

techniques of assassination with Maheu. Rosselli remembered staying in Maheu's

Falls Church home it had a tennis court )during his stays in Washington.

When

Rosselli reached Florida, he made his contacts with the Cubans and

then arranged for the Cubans to meet with Maheu.

He trusted the Cubans he came

in contact with because they, according to themselves, were working on the Bay of

Pigs operation, which had not occurred as of yet. There were times when they would

stay at Arthur Godfrey's hotell, the Kenilworth Hotel, in Florida. At times he

registered under the name Rollins.

This was to allow him to maintain his cover

while Maheu, still working for Hughes, was able to register under his own name,

so that Hughes believed that he was doing his work.

The operation went on in

terms of Rosselli arranoing meetings with his Cuban contacts and then having

further discussions about apecifics with Maheu. At times,

O'Connell, from

the CIA, would visit with Maheu and Rosselli.

One time, before the 1960 election;

O'Connell brought with him twó Admirals, one of whom, Rosselli thinks, was retired.

point, Rosselli also was telling his Cuban contacts the cover story,

namely that he represented

private business interests in New York who were interested

in seeing Castro done away with. The Cubans, at this point, had not met with im

O'Connell, but had met with Maheu. Inmediately after the Bay of Pigs, Maheu

left and Rosselli only met once more with O'Connell. Then he also left for the West

The two attempts at assassination. both involved the use of pills. One attempt

was before the Bay of Pigs land the other was sometime after. The first means was to

use a capsule filled with a special poison that could be spilled into the food of

Castro and cause him to die of poisoning that was not traceable and made his death

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Rosselli contacted a little

Cuban whose relative was a chef for Castro, At this time! Cubans could still

travel between Florida and Cuba.

It was agreed that the CIA would manufacture

costa math Roseli and Ce cusan e esent

The Cubans came up to the room, Maheu opened up his brief

., and gave them capsule, plus $10,000

The money had come from the CIA and was considered partial payment

for the job of assassinating Castro. At this meeting, Maheu described the

method of using these capsules, making sure the Cubans understood the Cubans

of eated, they could not the was no fod shat was bite cubans, a his meting,

of using these pillar

about $250,000 dollars. That figure was used by Maheu after his first meeting

vith the cubans, described what the a cla might put up to help the familie.

of men injured or killed in thispattempted assassination. Rosselli thinks that

the meeting with the money and capsules was after the election. The number one

Cuban contact that Rosselli had would from time to time, make requests of Rosselli

to be relayed on to the CIA for equipment.

The CIA did provide, for instance,

short haveliadio, which was supposed to be used by the Cubans in Florida t

contact Cubans in Cuba about the success or failure of the poison pill mission

Rosselli was sure that the pills were sent to Cuba but he has received no

explanationias to what happened.

Another project was for the Cubans to receive plastic explosives from the

CIA and give them to frognen on their side that in turn would place them on ships

in Havana harbor and blow them up. The CIA refused to do this because of the

Another ereposal was that there be a booby trapped desk. Each of these

latter two projects were proposed by Cuban refugees who said they had people

in positions vis a vis Castro who could achieve the assassination.

Prior to the Bay of Pigs, there was no discussion of rms.

Rosselli claimed

to have a better Idea than Maned, namely nat with far fewer men than were involvec

in the Bayilof Pigs, perhaps a hundred, they could land in Cuba and do the job

successfully! Rosselli's Cuban contact at the time was traveling to New York and

New OrleanS for meetings. Rosselli was not sure about what the meetings were

about but saild that they were related to the overthrow of Castro. Another proposa

put forward was to purchase a speed beat and use some type of emploding seachall

The night before the Bay of Pigs Rosselli went to his number one Cuban's

house and spoke with him. The Cuban contact said, "See you in Haxana." Rosselli

expressed serious reservation about the possibility of success for the operation.

Rosselli left Florida Night after the Bay of Pigs. His total time on this

Za particular!

attempt at assassination in Florida was three or four months.

0055.

felt sorry for'the poor bastards left on the beach." He felt

indirectly responsible for having encouraged them many of them to participate

A few weeks after the Bay of Pigs, Rosselli was contacted by Maheu or O'Connell,

he's not sure. He did meet with Jim O'Connell in Floridala few weeks later. They

had arranged to have rooms at the Airport Hotel. Rosselli was not sure as to what.

the ca man at nee he esteed unt t, he this me tarvey, losed eas tota

new CIA man, named Harvey.

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Khave

Harvey wantedlito know all that Rosselli knew about Cuba iran intelligence line

Harvey told him at feds this meeting to have no further contact with Maheu

and that he should not talk further with Glancana.

He also said that he

Harvey,

was in charge.

Tak his orge from Harvation a this point ord tal re, chat Being i tho

or that Rosselli should

was considered defunct

with tHere

After this first meeting, Rosselli again contacted his Cuban people. Te

made several trips, that i

Rosselli made several trips with Harvey in Florida;

some down in the Keys to see. what type of operations were|continuing.

One of

the projects Harvey had Rosselli doing was verifying CIA reports by using Rosselli's .

own people who were in frequent contact with Cuba. The intelligence reports dealt

both with personalities/ in the Cuban hierarchy, as well as differentongoing

operations

Rosselli paid his own bills wit before the Bay of Pigs but after, Harvey

would usually pick up the tab.

Harvey approached Rosselli with the proposed mission| to try i for a second

time to assassinate CubalS]

Harvev said that the new ipilis would really work

and were much stronger. Harvey gave Rosselli six pills, then Rosselli gave those

six pills to his Cuban contact.

There were no special instructions on haw'

to handle the pills and his Cuban contact said that they would be passed into Cuba

and used.

At this time, Rosselli had no ongoing contact with Maheu, but may have run

into him in Los Angeles.

Maheu knew that Rosselli was still working on the Cuban

project and. that he, Maneu, was out.

Rosselli never got any report back on what

happened to the six pills but he assumed that they had been unsuccessful he did

hear a mox report over a radio or TV station, that Fidel Castro was deathly

but then, shortly thereafter, he recovered.

Rosselli arranged for the CIA to supply a panel truck loaded with carbines

for use by|his Cuban contacts to make two or three-manned party raids into cuba,

hopefully

assassinating Castro and overturning the government.

oKw/

'67 Rep't

Rosselli traveled to Florida where he stayed for the duration öf the Cuban missile

crisis.

He wat times, would, through his Cuban contacts, attempt to verify the

location of the Russian missiles in Cuba. Rosselli claimed that this had been

successful! After the Cuban missile crisis, Harvey called Rosselli and told him

Ito stop all contacts with any and aIT persons involved in past Cuban missions.

Harvey never stated why the missions were being called off!

The only money that Rosselli ever put up was $800 to buy gas for the speed-

boat that would deliver the two or three-man teams to Cuba to do guerrilla operations.

He stressed throughout the interview that he had never received any money and that

besides this $800 he had never given any money for. His last contact with Harvey

was in June loftat 1963 or shortly there before, when Rosselli found out that Harvey

was being

transtered to Rome and he made a special trip to Washington to say goodby

to him.

detail.

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The Rowan tap; Rosselli said that he understood that Giancana had asked

Mast fo he has doing cana a ta and save ond as that tries was a First

intelligence value in that he was, Maneu was afraid, that Giancana or Rowan

might be giving out intelligence information that would belof value to enemies of

the United States.

Rosselli had not heard of the names Dube Shor Belotti or Fred

Harrison.

Hel admitted that Harvey had discussed the tap with him,but both Harvey

DelAre " and Rosselli were pissed off ate that the operation had gone on. Giancana

obviously knew about the tap. Maheu did ask Rosselli to get ball money for the

could get a hotel to turn over the bail money. Finally, Mr. Rosselli arranged

to have a man withfgreen caration in his lapel meet with Mr. Doakes" for a transfer

of the bail money.

He never received any of this money back. Rosselli claims

that he did not know what type of tap went on. He admitted that he had been

questioned py, the FBl but he gave no answers and he knew that Maheu had been

questioned by the FBI.

During his early contacts with Maheu in 1959 and '60, in setting up the

Cuban operation, Maheu was

setting up a guard system for different Hughes'.

operations,

such as Hughes Aircraft or other corporate interests.

Rosselli can't remember whether he ever introduced Giancana as Mr. Sam

Gold. He claims to have no business relationship with Giancana. Rosselli's

only bustness interests was the Ice machines in Las Vegas;" He ran those by himselt

and had no contact with Giancana. When asked about Joe Santa Me cad Trafficanto,

Rosselli stated that he used him only as an interpreter but not as a contact for

recruiting other Cubans for his mission.

Mr. Thomas Waddeng stated that he was receiving no fees for his counsel,

The status of Mr. Cantilion or Mr. Scherr

was not ancilear.

for his representing Re was discussion as to the Committee paying the expenses.

of Mr. Rosselli's transportation from Los Angeles and there was discussion as to

the limits, if any, to be placed on the Committee's inquity of Mr. Rosselli's

contacts with the Cubans, how they had been developed, and what other operations

did go on.

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The Attoricy Gencial

The Informant was told that his offef is outside

our jurisdiction, which he acknowledged.

No commitments were

made to him. At this time, we do not plan to further pursue

the matter.

Our relationship with him has been most carefully

guarded and ve would feel obligated to handle any recontact

of him concerning this matter if such is desired.

1 - The Deputy Attorney General

2

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1976

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Book V, p.

12-13

The cast of characters

surrounding

the seizure of anti-Castro

hardware as outlined on

these pages

is particularly interesting.

The raw material cited in the

footnote is attached.

Note

reference to Briniuer and Oswald.

Below that McLaney brothers and

Victor Espinosa and Frank Sturgis.

Not attached is a critical New

Orleans field office memo to

FBI headquarters linking Briniuer

to the McClaney/Sturgis operation.

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Yew Orleans

tion a photo-

Orleans, La.,

* given to a

record, given

rlo the same,

videl Castro,

cht to invade

ates will do

rigbt.

my friend to

•d this after

that eonver-

"n my friend

here and he

se Fair Play

horities, be-

nowledge of

tront of Ed

• Council of

friend and

Iller all the

bat Oswald

Oswald had

Ve gave all

1s, somebody

lebate.

day of the

the time of

sill Stuckey

indicate to

hake hands

eat Stuckey

'elleve that

: to Oswald

to him as

•t one Com-

sminunism,

hat I don't

ic way.

c'ommunist,

hat if any

• something

me to me,

ive nothing

" aaswered

the wrong

it moment.

ilebook for

•ill happen

• him per.

sonally asa traitor if he doing something wrong in the debite.

When he saw the

guidebook for Marines, he smiled to me, and he told me! "Well, listen, Carlos!

don't try

to do un invasion witl that guidebook for Marines, because that ig an

old one and that will be a failure."

That was his Joke in that moment.

After that ive went to the debate, and I think that you have the whole history

of the debate, you have the transcription and everything, (so] that I don't have

to go inside that, because that is subjective, not objective..

You have the ob!

Jective, and that is the debate.

Mr. LIeBeErR. That is right. We do have a transcript and we listened to it on

the tape last night over at the television station too.

Mr.

to

you 1

Mr. LIEBELER. Yes.

Mr. BRINGUTER. (Producing newspaper.] At the beginning of August in the

Diario Laliamericas from Miami for September 4-

Mr. LIEBELER. For September 4, 1963?

Mr. BRINGUER. That is right.

[Indicating photograph.] This is the spy

who was inside the training camp! The Christian Democratic Movement turned

him over folthe FBI, and the FBI ivas questioning him in Miami.

The Christian

Democratic Movement found a letter, according to this Information, from this

guy directedito Carlos Lechuga, former Cuban Ambassador to Mexico and now

Cuban Ambassador to the United Nations in New York.

In that letter the spy,

Fernando Bernandez, was warning Lechuga that they have to be alert from that

date to August 8, and the day that Oswald came trying to infitrate my orga-

nization Mason August 5. This sounds for me strange in alt this matter.

(Indicating.) Here is another interview from Fernandez here 3 days later.

Mir. LIEBEER. You are referring to a copy of the same net'spaper but for the

date or september 6, 1903, on the front page of which—

Mr.

coexistencel i

BRiQUIER. (Indicating.) Here.

"Fernundo Fernandez is in favor of

Spanish.

the Communist (regime of Castro." That Is

the title in

Mr. LIEBELER. Let me see If I can understand what you are saying. You say

that fernandez wrote a letter to Lechuga?

Mr. BRINGuieR. Fernandez wrote a letter to Lechuga in Mexico.

Mr. TIERELER. Techuga is a member of the Castro government?

Mr. BRINGUIER. Right.

NIr. LIBELER. He is now Ambassador to the United Nations?

Mr. BRiNGUiER. In New Jork: right.

Mr. Irelater. Fernandez is the person who was the Castro spy who had in.

Altrated theftraining camp in Louisiana?

Mr. BRINgUIeR. For the Christian Democratle Movement here in Loulsiana.

Mr. LIEBELER. Now the Christian Democratic Movement, is-what?

Pro-

Castro?

Mr. BRINdUIer. Anti-Castro.

NIr. LIEBELER. It Is an anti-Castro organization?

Mr. BRINQUIER. Yes; they were training Cubans over here'to make a com-

mando action against Castro, but they find out that there was a Castro spy

inside the training camp, and they went back to Miami with the people and with

him, and ithey. turn him over to the FBI.

I think that after that the leader

for the Christinn Democratic Movement-or that the FBI didn't found nothing,

because was not against the law to spy inside an anti-Castro organization.

It

was against the law to spy inside the US. Government but not inside the anti-

Castro organization.

And my feeling-and this is the question that I am asking

myself-in New Orleans we are about 900 miles from Miami.

In Mlami is wbere

the headquarters of all the anti-Castro groups.

I could not find any reason

for Oswald to come to me and offer me his service to train Cubans in guerrilla

warfare at the same moment when there was a secret anti-Castro training camp

In New Orleans and & Castro spy was inside that training camp.

That for me

is because, if he was willing to infiltrate one active organization, he will go

directly to Mumi and he will offer his service over there in Minmi, but not in

New Orleans where it is not publicly known tha. here was something going on

at that moment.

I believe that that was the only time herelin New Orleans that

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there was something like that, and it was a coincidence.

Andithere is another

coincidence

too for me, and that Is that when Oswald left the city he went to

Mexico, and the letter from Fernandez that was Intercepted here was to. Mexico

too, and Oswald visit the Cuban consulate In Mexico, and the Fernandez letter

was to the Cuban Ambassador to Mexico. For me, that is a big doubt.

Mr. LIeseLeR. Go ahead.

Mr. BRINQUIER. You see, after the debate, the same night of the debate, I

went to thelle

radio station here In New Orleans and the local papers and the

United Press International office, and lI gave a press release. ' If you want a

copy, I could gite you a copy.

I gave a copy to the Secret Service.

The most interesting thing is the four things that I asked to the Secret

Service of New Orleans. I think| that this is the second one where I sald.

"Write, to Your Congressman asking for a full Investigation of Mr. Lee H

Oswald, a confessed Marxist" [producing document]. And that was 3 months

before the assassination.

Mr. LieBeiER. Do you have another copy of this?

Mr. BRINGUieE: I have the original of that.

You can have that.

• Mr. LiesaLes. I have marked a

copy of the press release distributed to the

various communications media here in New Orleans, on August 16, 1963-

Mr. BRINGUIER! No, 'August 21.

Mr. LIEBELER. August 21, 1983?

Mr. BRINGUIcE. August 21, the night of the debate.

Mr. Liensics. I mark it as "Exhibit No. 3" to your deposition, and I have

Initialed It: Vould you initial it?

[The witness' complied.]

Mr. LIeBeles. Let me go over somel of this testimony that' you have just

given to see lie I understand. Mr. Fernandez wrote to Mr. Lechuga a letter

in wbich Fernandez said that we meaning the Castro people?;

Mr. LIsBELR Must be on guard up untll August 8?

MIr. BRINgUIER. August 8, that is right.

Mr. LIEBELEE. Of 1903?

MIr. BRINGUIER. That is right.

Mr. LIBeLER. You indicated that Oswald had come to your store or offices

on August 5,

1963?

Mr. BRINGUIER: That is right.

Mr. LIEBELEr. Oswald came to you offering to assist in the military training

of Cubans?!

Mr. BRInGUIER. That is right.

MIr. LIBELER. At that time, there was, in fact, a training camp near New

Orleans-

Mr. BrinQUiEr. That is right.

Mr. LIEBELER

For the training of people for military action against Castro?

Mr. BRINGUIFR. | Right.

NIr. LIEBELERI

KU And that was not public knowledge at that time?

Mr. BRinGUIER, That is right.

Mr. LIEBELER! So you are tying this up in your mind by considering the pos-

sibility that 'Osyaid was, in fact, a Castro agent?

BrinGuieR. That Is right.

Mr. L'EBLeR. And did know about the existence of this training camp, be-

cause Mr. Fernandez had already bimself infiltrated that training camp?

Mr.

BrInguIer. That is right.

Mr. LIEBELER.

R. And that Fernandez had told Oswald about the existence of this

camp and had asked. Oswald himself to try to infiltrate that camp for your

organization?"

Mr. BRINGgiER. Excuse me.

Mr. LICHELER. Is that correct?

Mr. BANGUIDA

Well, the only thing that I don't belleve is that Fernandez

had told

directly to Oswald.

What I believe is that Fernandez had informed

some people outside the United States, and these. people had informed Oswald and

had gave to. Oswald the order to try to infiltrate the Cuban group here in New

Orleans.!

44

Mr. LteneLEr. And Mr. Fernane

aware of approximately the time

fore, Indented to Lechuga that 1

discovered as an attempted infiltr.

Mr. BRINQUIER. I beg pardon?

• Mr. LIEBELEk. As I understand

Intes to the fact that Fernandez

will be In danger,"-up until abo

anything to do with Oswald?

Mr. BRINQUIER. Well, what I thi

on August 5 Oswald came to me

name

period

of time.

Somethin

Orlenns, that there was a secret

of the Fair Play for Cuba Comn.

Now Orleans.

Those are the fact

not sure about.

I just want to s.

connection.

Mr. LIEBeLER. Now It doesn't see

handing out literature in the stre

to Infltrate the anti-Castro moven

Mr. BRINQUIEs. Remember that

after I told him that I don't bar

that here there Is nothing, and th

went openly to do that before l

he went openly to do that after he s

Mr. LIEBELER. Do you know of

In the pro-Castro movement and r

Information to Oswald-conducted

Mr. BRINGUIEk. No.

Mr. LIEBELER. Would you have n

as a result of your anti-Castro ar

person as this, do you think you

Mr. BRINGUIER. Beg your pardon

Mr. LIEbELER. If there were sur

Castro movement who had been !:

would have had access to that in

And out about it?

Mr. BRINGUIER. You see, that Is

have a lot of persons.

There ar

who are anti-Castro.

Even amos.

agents here in the city and you

But there is something else: Th

18 located in 117 Decatur Street, j

the owner of the Havana Bar Is

over there,

gave the information

before-that Oswald went to the

leonade. He was with one Mexi

drinking the lemonade, he start lo

to be a Cuban capitalistic, and tha

Ile was telling that that was too n

moment, Oswald feel bad at that

out to the sidewalk to vomit outsid

• the Ilavana Bar told me that the

the same one that one time the FBI

Immediately because that was a pr

August 15 and August 30 was th:

because I start to find out all thest

before, because before I did

not

nothing of this before to me.

Bi!

the owner of the Havana Bar cam

cause he already. saw one automol.

one of thein the one who had bee

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if the debate, I

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of Mr. Lee H.

it was 3 months

istributed to the

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rion, and I have

t you have just

lechuga a letter

: store or offices

ilitary training

camp near New

against Castro?

sidering the pos-

aining camp, be

ing camp?

• existence of this

t camp for your

- that Fernandez

oz bad informed

rined Oswald and

coup here in New

Mr.

And Mr. Fernandez was, on this theory, aware of that and was

aware

of approxinately the time Oswald would make this attempt, and, there

fore,

indicated to Lechuga that there would be some, danger of Oswald being

discovered as an attempted infiltrator?

Mr.

BRINGUIER, I beg pardon?! I don't understand the words.

DiEBeLER.. As I understand, part of the hypothesis here, the theory,

Intes to the fact that Fornandez said to Lechuga,

re

"We must be careful, or

ive

will be'

In danger,"-up until about August 8. Now does that statement have

anything to do with Oswald?

Mr. Blinguier. Well, whnt I think is this: He send that letter to Lechuga, and

on August 5 Oswald came to me offering his service to train Cubans, all in the

period of time. Something that never was happening here in New

Orleans, that there was a secret anti-Castro training camp, and the chairman

of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee trying to join the Cuban group here in

Nerv|Orleans. Those are the facts.

I don't want to tell something that 1| am

not sure about. I just want to show you that tremendous coincidence or that:

connection.

Mr. LieseLeR. Now it doesn't seem likely, does it, that Oswald would go around

handinghout literature in the streets like he did if he wag actually attempting

to infiltrate the anti-Castro movement?

BrIngIER. Remember that that was after I turned down bis offer and

after Titold him that I don't have nothing to do with military activities and

there is nothing, and that I turned down completely him.

He didn't

vent openly to do that before the attempt to infiltrate the training camp:

he ventlopenly to do that after he was turned down.

Mal WEBELER. Do you know of any conceivable association between anybody

in the pro-Castro novement and Oswald that could have acted as a sourceof

information to Oswald- conducted the orders to him?

Mr!

LiEBELER. Would you bave any way of obtaining information of that sort

as a result of your anti-Castro activities and contacts?. If there were such a

person as this, do you think you would be likely to know about it?

Mr. BringuIer. Beg your pardon?

LIBeLeR. If there were such a person, that Is to say, some agent of the

movement who had been working with Oswald, do you think that you

And out about it?

bare exquen, You see, that is a hard question, because here in the city you

a lot of persons.

There are some who are pro-Castro, there are mang

who

anti-Castro.

Even among the

Cubans you could have some Castro

agents here in the city and you could not have control of everybody.

But there is something else: The owner of the Havana Bar-the Havana Bar

is located in 117 Decatur Street, just two door or three door from iny store ili

the. owner of the Havana Bar is a Cuban; and be and one of the employees

over there. gave the information to me after Kennedy's assassination H

before that Oswald went to the Havana Bar one

time.

lemonade. He was with one Mexican at that moment, and when Oswald ivas

drinking the lemonade, he start to say that, sure,

to be a Cuban capitalistic, and that he argue about the price of the lemonade.

He was telling that that was too much for a lemonade, and he feel bad at that

moment, Oswald feel bad at that moment-he bad some, vomits

and he went:

olit to:

the sidewalk to vomit outside on the sidewalk. These persons here from

the flagana Bar, told me that the guy, the flexican, who was with Oswald, was

the samelone that one time the FBI told them that if they will see him, call them

immediately bécause that was a pro-Commuhist.

I remember that was between

August is and August 30 was that period

of time. : I could not locate

that

because I start to find out all these things after the Kennedy assassination, not

before, because before I did not found any connection.

They

nothing of this before to me.Between the loth and the 30th the brother,

the oWner of the Havana Bar came to my store asking me to call the FBI, be-

cause he already saw one automobile passing by the street with two Mexicans,

one ofithem the one who had been with wald in

the bar, and he told me

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1.

Fair Play for Cuba Committee materials on one uneventful oc-

casion in Dallas sometime during the period April 6-24, 1963,316

Oswald's first public identification with that cause was in New Or-

leans.

in late May and early June of 1903, under the name

Lee Osborne, he had printed a handbill leaded in large letters "Flands

Oft Cuba," an application form for, and a membership card in, the

New Orleans branch of tlie Fair Play for Cuba Committee.317

He

first distribured his handbills and other material uneventfully in the

vicinity of the U.S.S. Wasp, which was berthed at the Dumaine Street

wharf in New Orleans, on June 16, 1963.318 He distributed literature

in downtown New Orleans on August 9, 1963, and was arrested because

of a dispute Wich three anti-Castro Cuban exiles, and again on August

16, 1963,319 Following his urrest, he was interviewed by the police, and

at. his own request, by an agent of tlie FBI. On August 17, 1963, he

appeared briefly on a radio program 32 and on August 21, 1963, he

clebated over

¿radio station WDSU, New Orleans, with Carlos Brin-

quier, one of the Cuban exiles who had been arrested with him on

August 9,323

Bringuier claimed that on August 5, 1963, Oswald had

attempted to infltratelan anti-Castro organization with which he was

associated. 32301115

While Oswald

publicly engaged in the activities described above,

his "organization" was a product of his imagination 3 The imaginary

president of the nonexistent chapter was named A. J. Hidell,as the

name that Osald used when he purchased the assassination weapon, 3o

Marina Oswald said she signed that name, apparently chosen because

it rhymed with «Fidel," 32 to her husband's membership card in the

New Orleans chapter:

She testified that he threatened to beat her if

she did not do sö.32a The chapter had never been chartered by the

national FROC organization, 3a

It appears to have been a solitary.

operation on Oswald's part in spite of his misstatements to the New

Orleans police that it had 35 members, 5 of which were usually present

at meetings which were held once a month. s3o l

Oswald's Fair Play for Cuba activities may be vierred as a very

shrewd political operation in which one man ,single handedly created

publicity forhis cause or for himself. It is also evidence of Oswald's

reluctance to

describe events accurately and of his need to present

himself to others as well as to himself in a light more favorable than

was justified by reality. This is suggested by his misleading and some-

time untruthful statements in his letters to Mr. V. T. Lee, then

national director of EPCC. In one of those letters, dated August 1:

1063, Oswaldi

wrote that an ofice which he had previously claimed to

have rented for FPCC activities had been "promply closed 3 days

Inter for some obsure reasons by the renters, they said something

about remodeling ect., I'm sure you understand." 331

He wrote that

"thousands of circulars were distrubed" 332 and that he continued to

receive inquiries through his post ofice box which he endeavored

"to keep answering to the best of my ability." 's In his letter to

V. T. Lee, lle stated that he was then alonel in his efforts on behalf

of FPCC, but he attributed his lack of support to an attack by Cuban

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exiles in a street demonstration and being "officialy cautioned" by the

police, levents whieh

robbel me of what support I had leaving me

alone."! 334

In spite of those

clains, the Commission his not been able to un-

cover any evidence thint anyone ever attacked any street demonstintion

in which Oswald wasinvolved, except. for the Bringuier incident men-

tioned above, which occurred 8 days after Oswald wrote the above

letter to.V. T. Lee. 3 Bringer, who seemed to be familiar with many

anti-Castro activities i

in New Orleans, was not aware of any such

incident. 33à Police reports also fail to refiect any activity on Oswald's

part prior to AugustO

1, 1963, except for the uneventful distribution of

literature at the Dumaine Street wharf in June'337

Furthermore, the

general tenor of Ostyald's next letter to Vi. T. Lee, in which he sup

ported his report on tie Bringuier incident with a copy of the charges

made against him and a newspaper clipping reporting the event, sug-

rests that his previous story of an attack by Cuban exiles was at least

greatly exaggerated a Vhile the legend "FPCC 544/Camp St. NEW

ORLEANS, LA." Was stamped on some literature that Oswald had

in his possession at the time of his arrest in New Orleans, extensive

investigation was not able to connect Oswald with that address, al-

though it did develop the fact that an anti-Castro organization had

commisco ofies tiere fola perial enother minton that Ostie

had rented an office in New Orleans.

In view of the limited amount

of public activity on Oswald's part before August 9, 1963, there also

seems to be no basis for his claim that he lad distributed "thousands""

of circulars, especiallyls

since he had claimed to have printed only 2,000

and actually had only 1,000 printed. In addition, there is no evidence

that he received any

substantial amount of materials; from the na-

tional headquarters. 310

that he the lefter to i dated Aust 10 teal wrote

program over TVDSU-TV called "Latin American Focus" as a result

of which he was "flooded with callers and invitations to debate's ect.

be well as tvs ited inton ote the Feed am her.

oranch " 341

can Focus." s42 Stuckey had a radio program called "Latin Listening

Post," on which Oswald was heard for less than 5 minutes on August

17, 1063.313 It appears that Oswald had only one caller in response to

all of his FPCC activities, an agent of Bringuier's attempting to leurn

more about the true pature of the alleged FPCC "organization" in

New Orleans.344

Oswald's statements siggest that he hoped to be flooded with callers

and invitations to debate This would have made him areal center of

attention as he must hive been when he first arrived in the Soviet Union

and as he was to somerexteht when he returned to the United States.

The limited notoriety that Oswald received as a reshlt of the street

fracas and in the subsequent radio debate was apparently not enorigh

to satisfy him. He exaggerated in his letters to V! T. Lee in an appar-

408

OSWALD DISTRIBUTING FAIR

ORLEANS, AUGUST 16, 1963 --

BILLS ON WHICH HE HAD ST.

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HANDS:

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Cuba Committee

NEW ORLEANS CHARTER

MEMBER BRANCH

•de Literature, Lectures

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10/3/63

Raket d. Qunger

Report

informacion concerning the Conandus Mambises

spokesman

RAFAEL PARCIEZ PUPO, Who made

Guatema

claiming credit for the Auguse

17

their

1TeD925

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attack.

BOSCh stared that the mirr will promote other

attacks

the future,

as opportunitios and allability

of equiprops

permit, withous conpromising the

Unisad

Scares

Vo

MISCELLANCOUS

Cal June 14, 1963

Information vas

received that

Cuban exiles had a plan to bomb

the

Shell refiuery

& grOUP

In Cuba

Oral

June 1s, 1900s Unisco Sheree dagone Agen

seized

seechonatt airplane on the outskirts of

Miami

glorida, along with a quantity of explosives.

MICUEL ALVAREZ, EVELIO ALPIZAR, RENE ESPINOSA,

VICTOR:

PORIOCA AND CARLOS MORALEDEL, ALONE

wach Auerican

SAM BENTON

o were Involved land detained, bus

not arrested,

I TH

by Uni fea

States Customs Agents.

Is was ascercained

that MIchL No lANcy supplied the monay shallexplosives

for this

operation. IMC LANZY is well knosh as a former

gamb11ng

concession operotor in Havana, Cuba, and

presentl

resides at Miani

Beach, Florida.

On July 19, 1963, ACELO PEDROSO

advised there

was anotherplan to bomb Cuba, using bomb

casings and

dynamite

located on the outskirts of New Orleans, Louiziana.

On July 31, 1963

the Federal Burcau

In istigation (EBLi

at New Orleans, Loulnians

obtsined &

Le GiviN

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search warraos

and seized 2,400 pounds of dynamite and

20 bomb casints

Hear Incobal Louisiana.

This material

was located oa

and property of WILLIAM J. Me LANEX

brother of MIGNAEL J. LIC LANEY, a Miami Beach genbler

and

forner operator of a casino in the Nacional notel,

Bavana,

Cuba.

Investigation determined that this dynamite

172. S

purchased at Colliusville, Illinois, by RICH LADONLi for

who mas involved in the June 14y

scicures &i:

ESPINOSA transported the dynarise to

New Orleans

al rented trailer

Alao Involvad iu

Tanis

bomb plot sare

CARLOS HERIANEZ,

MIGUEL ALVAREZ and SAM

BENION, a Miami

Florida private

detective.

HM

who is personally acquainted wiph

BENTON and

LAUGHLI, adviced chat du BenoN

been Involved!

In the past, with Cuban revolutdony

groups in pisas

to sink yachts to obtaia insurance

arms deals and

colestion e fuds dor personas

SAM

MIN

advisedon June 14, 1963, RICH ALBERT

LAuchLI of collinsville, Illinois recently arrived

in

Mlami, Florish/

In a ford station wagon with a 1030

of

Arms

Mill Americanaventurers aud mexcenaries, CERALD

STRICK HEYING, OR 9

and FRANK ANIONY STURGIS,

Hook

INUCHLI arosad to meet the different Cuban exile

lesders in

Miani. LavontIi subsequently. sold a.57 mn recoilless

SNEE, a Japanese machine gun co American

mercenary BaLL CARIAN, Lwo audomatic rifles and

guns to PAlON FONT of Comandon L, and miscellaneous

Tero French

other equiprent to other organizations.

Miami In

June

RECEN

MMiT-3 explained that when LAUChLl artived in

of 1903, his statioragon contained

•50 caliber

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machine guns, nine sub-machine guns, automatic rifles

and a number of foreign-made weapnns.

lAUCHLI sold

nearly all öf these arns, and at reasonable prices.

MA T-3 explained that lAUCaLI is more interested

in arms sales as

a gun denler, and has no emotional feeling

about the Choon cutle cause of trying

to overthcoy the

present Covernment in Cuba.

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5

There was no indication that the

Castro assassination plots were

brought to the Warren Commission's

attention in anyway.

"The subordinate

officers at the FBI

and the CIA who

acted as liaison with the Warren

Commission did not know of the CIA

assassination attempts.

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The CIA investigation of the

assassination did not divulge

the AMLASH operation although

these investigators, in retro-

spect, think this knowledge

vital.

"There is also evidence

that CIA investigators requested

name traces which should have

made them aware offithe AMLASH

operation, but forisome reason,

they did not learntof that

operation."

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V

p. 10

FBI informant during missile crisis

suggested that Castro could be

assassinated

through underworld channels

inside Cuba and that the informant would

fund this if U.S. government would

assure such endeavor would not adversely

effect the national security.

attached Hoover memo.

We need to identify

and interview informant

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OUTERNE

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Octobor

29,

1902

OFFICE OF T

2 2 1962

SUNJECT: FIDEL CASTRO

INTEENAL SECURITY - CUBI

ADORRY GOT

We have an infornant who furnishes data concerning

criminal matters and who is close to high officials of the

Teamsters Union. He has many contacts with hoodlun and

gambling elcents throughout the United States.

He is most

concerned that his relationship with the IlI not le revealid

since he leels cortain that, if his cooperation becomes

known, he will be killed innediately.

On October 22, 1962, the informant volunteered to

our Los angeles, california, Oilice that he believes ne could

arrange to have ridel Castro assassinated. He explainec

that some of his underworld acquaintances, such as layer Lonsky,

in the pasi have had close connections/ in Cuba whorby they

were able to "buy" praciically any Cuban official or to

accomplish almost anything they wanted to do in Cuba. He

believes some of these undervorld figures still have channels

inside Cuba through which the assassination of Castro could be

successfully arranged.

8-67,75

TE COULD IDENTITY CONCUDENCIAL SCURCE

1 piscat lead it inte

lie said that, in the event the

United States Government is intcrested in having the attempt

made, he would raise the necessary money and would want nothing

from the Goverment except assurance that such an undertaking

would in no way adverscly affect the national security. Ic

expressed confidence in his ability to accomplish this mission

without any additional. contact with Government rcpreschtatives

and with a minimum of contacts with private

109-539

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MAY.

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JAN ? 1963

RECORDS BRANCH

ATTORNEY GENERAL

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Intelligence files in mid-1963 documenting

series of meetings among major leaders

of anti-Castro movement.

Such a report

is attached.

Attention to the cast of

characters: i.e., Artime, Maceo, Somoza,

Carlos Prio.

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On Arguot 23, 1963, ALFREDO BORJAS, labelligence

Chief of the Movimiento de Recuperacion Revolusionario (VRR)

anti-CASTRO Organization Of MUUEL ARIINE, edviced chat the

URR-CORDAdCE DE CARLOS BANDIi is a dissident group. BORJAS

said shis through his contacts in the lacker organimous,

he load ascertatied that only about five members of SARDIN's

organtare on Landed in Cuba at the time of the june 20,

1963 Invaston L03s.

BORIAS said the CRC prosa releases were & publicity

stunt: which backfired and destroyed any credibility and

activity the CRe may have had up to that sire.

When the

prese found cus i6 das a hoax, ALTOMO TOLO and CARLOS BALDIN

resigned, blaming the CRC for the scandal which they bosa

helped to create.

II. THE SONOZA PLAN

Or JULY 10, 1963, MIGUEL CARCIA, in charge of

publie relationg for

the CRC, announced that LUIS SOMOZA,

former Preatdent of Nicaragua, had recently been in

Washington, D.C; reportedly conferred with United States

Goverrment officials, and about ten days ago arrived in

Miani, Florida.

GARCIA said that SOMOZA conducted & series of

wheat all be the well lame unse

Presidents of the Central American Republics, and there

Presidorts are willing to help Cuban exiles in the form

of trading corps, military equipment, and bases of

operation from which to attack the present government of

Cubis.

SOKORA indicated that his meetings wich the

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Presidents of the several Central Americon Republi, ° 3

and the leading figuras among the Cubon exiles in Mlar.:

New York and Washington, were known to have the sanecion

of the Vadced States Governnent. On July 16, 1963,

SOMOZA left Miami and returned to Micarog.

On Jely 15, 1963, the "Hilami 'News" contained

en arctale staling that there is crowing speculation in

Mians Chat Attorney General RODENT KERNOY IS QUICHT

backing certain Cuben exiles, such as lANdL ARCLIE

BUES;

and thie so-ealled SOMOZA Plan. Il 15 noced shat inneL

ARTINE BUESA iS the head of the HiR, an anti-CASIRO

organisation.

On July 15, 1963, M1 I-3, Who bas been active

1n Cuban revolucionary matters for the past five years,

advisod clust the belur listed percons are some of che

better-known Cuban exile leaders who met wich SOMOZA during

his recent visit to the United States:

SANTIACO ALVAREZ RODRIGUEZ, Comandos L

LAUREANO BATISTA FALLA, Movimiento Democrata

Cristiano (1DC)

ANIONIO VECIAN, Alpha 66

SIXTO MESA, MRR

JOSE MORELI ROMERO, Cuban Committee of Liberation

CARLOS PRIO SOCARRAS, former President of Cuba

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MANUEL ARTIME, MRR

EUSEBIO MUJAL, labor leader

JOSE BOSCH, Cuban industrialist

On July 26, 1963, SANTIACO ALVAREZ RODRIQUEZ

advised he had talked with LUIS SOMOZA about four hours

while soupza was in Miami during the middle of July, 1263.

ALVAREZ said that it is his opinion SOMOZA vas accog 52

an intermediary between the United Scates Coverent sud

the Cuban exiles.

On August 20, 1963, ALVAREZ advised that nothing

has yel: devaloped concerning

the SOMOZA plan; it is now

not. clear what soroza is offering, or what the United states

Government'

§ position or attitude is in this matter. ALVAREZ

said it 1s obvious SOMOZA cannot affoid, either as a private

individus or a representative of the Nicaraguan Govarament,

to back such a military program by Cuban exilen, and will

have to have the backing and support of the UnivelStates

Government to go on with his plan.

On July 30, 1963, FERMIN FLEITES, member of tie

Executive Committee of the

MDC, advised that abous a wack

ago, a Nicaraguan Army officer visited the 10C Readquerters,

and in the name of SoMoza, offercd camps, milicary enuipment

and bases in Nicaragua. This individunl also offered to

pay the expenses of moving the MDC operations to licarugua.

ELEIKES explained that the MDC had taken no

positive action concerning this matter, and had adopted a

"wait and see" policy to ascertain what attitude the

Untied Stales Goverment suuld tale concerning this mecer.

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On August 7, 1963, MARIO DEL CAMI, Executive

Secretary of Reacate Democratico Revolucionario, advised

that when SOrOZA was in the United Crates during July

Of 1963, JANUEL ANTONIO DE VARO, heed of the Rescate

Democratico

Revolucionario (RDN), conferred rich S0n02A

in Hier and New York.

At the inviescion of 30M04A.

VARO lere for Micaragua on August 1; 1963, to agein confer

with soroz, and

is expected to return to lllani in abouc a

week.

Om September 10, 1963, CAML advined that nothing

definite hed been established as a resule of vaRol's

viali to Nicaragua, and that the future of the proposed

SOMOZA Plan 15, uncertain.

On August 13, 1963, LAURIANO BATIOLA FALLA,

military lauder. of the lUC, adviced. thas he tnd revently

returred from Nicaragus, where he lad conferred wish

Sonora, no made no commitments or indicated ay defarice

plan existed.

soroza showed great intereat in the Cubon

problem, but offered no positive help or aid in the vay of

arms or training camps.

BATISTA FALLA said that CARLOS PRIO SOCARRAS,

former President of Cuba, was in Nicaragus at the same

time, conferred with soMozA, but did not receive any

offers of positive aid, BATISTA explained chat PRIO

had just previoualy returned from the Dominicon Republie

(DR), and although PRIO and JUAN BOSca, President of the

DR, had been friends for many years, PRIO Wan unable to

obtain any military bases in the DR.

On August 22, 1963, RUBEN DE LEON, former Cuban

Minister of Defense and Co-Ordinator of the

anti-üAStRo

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orgentation Armed Forces of Cuba in Bulle, stated that

about & month ago, LUIS SOlOZA told EMILIO MUNEZ PORTJO:DO,

former Cason delegate to the Unitca Nations (Wl), that

he (S0M0Za) had

talked to United Scates Attorney General (AG)

ROBERT KEINEDY•

AG KENNEDY reportedly sal! It was necessary for

SOMOZA to work ous the Cuban problein and to unite Cubin

exiles. SONOZA recommended that INUEL ARTIL BUESA bE

designated as the leader of the Cuban exiles.

DE LEON advised that there was later a meeting In

Miami at the honz of Nicaraguan Aruy Captain JOSE ALDOREZI

between SOMOZA and a number of Cuban exile leaders. At tais

meeting, colora said there was a possibility of Nichraguan

support

for the Cuban exile anti-CASaNO noveneat, bus firet

the exiles would have to accept ARTIlE as their leader. There

was considerable opposition to this suggascion by the exile

leaders attending the meeting.

On September 12, 1963, PAULINO SIERRA FARTINEZ,

former attorney and

textile mill operator la cuba, advised

he had recently visited Nicaragua and conferred with LUiS

SOMOZA concerning help to Cuban exiles.

STERRA said there are no training campa in

Nicarague or Central America for Cuban exiles, and 411 the

proposed aid and backing has progressed no further clan the

talking suage. SIERRA said it seems to him that everyone

1s waiting for the United States Governnent to give the

"green light"

pOn September 12, 1963, MM I-3 advised that rearly

all top polate a1, leaders

among

Cuban exiles have conferred

with SOHOAY

and now

agree that the SOMOZA Plan 1s too big for

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SOMOZA and the Central American Republics to put into

effect without United States military and political

SUPPOrE.

MM I-3 said that the different Cuban malitary

and political lsaders now feel thai Soroze has noc ye

obtained & positive commitment from

I the United States

Government, beenuse after tro and a half moathe of

conferences, there are not any Cuban exile militery

training campn in Centrol America, und the 50:02A Plan

has not progroosed beyond the talking stuge.

III. ORGANIZATIONS

Comandos L

MM T-3 advised chat Condodos I le one of the leading

anti-CASTRO oceanisations and action groups.

It is deaded by

SANTIAGO ALVAREZ RODRIGUEZ, ANTONIO GUESSA ANd RAVON FORT.

The organizacion maintains no office as such, bus continues

to use Post Office Bor 66, Riverside Station, Mani, Elosida,

to collect money donations.

On JUly 29, 1963, SANTIAGO ALVAREZ RODRICHEZ

advised the organication has had no milliary setardy

since Msrch of 1963. The leadership is now

building the

organization to increase membership, establin different

sections, sucla as a Women's Section, a Publletty Section,

and committees to raise funds. The organizacion recency

put out a thirty page booklet, setting forch the aims aud

purposes of the organization, along vich information

concerning previous military operations of the organization.

ALVAREZ adwitted his group has two boats in the

Miami

River, which will be used in the tusure for maltsary

10.

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Book V, p. 25

Helms directed Karamessinis and Angleton

to fully cooperate with the desk officer,

John Whitten, charged with investigating

the

assassination.

On November

24,

Mexico City cabled the names of known

contacts of Soviet personnel in Mexico

City

and AMLASH's name (Rolando Cubela)

was

included on that list. Nonetheless

neither Fitzgerald, Helms, Tom K or

Angleton advised the desk officer of

significance of this name.

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On November 23, 1963, the CLA

Headquarters asked the Mexico Station

to stop the planned arrest of Sylvia

Duran.

Karamessinis speculated that this

was because CIA feared Cuba responsible

for assassination.

p. 29

Headquarters equally concerned with

Duran on November 27 and warned

Mexico City station chief that U.S.

Ambassador pushing Cuban theory too

hard.

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AMLASH's case officer omitted reference

co che poison pen in his November 25

meeting on

instruction from Fitzgerald.

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28

"D" tells his story in Mexico City on

November 25.

On November

26, Mexic

City cables details of "D" interrora-

tion to CIA Headquarters.

On December 1,

CIA Headquarters cables Mexico City that

the White House has been told that D's

story is a fabrication.

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30

On December 1, 1963, CIA Headquarters

cabled Mexico City that a sensitive

source (

• has advised

that a Cubana airlines flight to Havana

was delayed in Mexico City on November 22

to pick up a passenger who rode in the

cockpit without going through cuscoms..

This cable was found in Mexico City

file with no CIA headquarters record

of follow-up being found.

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Book V, p. 35

In December, 1963, Sullivan prepared a

memo for Hoover's aid in briefing the

President that stated that no evidence

had been developed which would indicate

Oswald's assassination was inspired or

directed by Pro Castro organizations

or by any foreign country.

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FBI Legat in Mexico City cabled

FBI Headquarters on November 24

that U.S. Ambassador felt Cubans

participated in assassination

effort.

"Bureau may desire to

give consideration to polling

all Cuban sources in US in

there i meado tere this

cheory.

supervisor determined this was

not desirable and would only

promote rumors.

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Book V,

P. 58

The CIA investigation reflected a

Soviet orientation, with exhaustive

studies of Oswald's activities in

re Soviet Union

There is no corres-

ponding CIA analysis of Oswald's con-

tacts with pro and anti Castro groups

in U.S.

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Book V, p. 61- In December, 1963, the CIA learned that

63

a Cuban American had crossed the border

from Texas into Mexico, on November L3

and arrived in Mexico City on November 25.

He stayed in a hotel until the evening of

November 27, when he departed on a

regularly scheduled Cubana airlines flight

to Havana using a Cuban courtesy visa and

an expired U.S. passport.

He was the only

passenger on the flight. In March, 1964

the Agency received a report from a

source which alleged that the same Cuban

American had received a permit to enter

Mexico City on November 20 in Tampa,

The same source said the Cuban

2o a Tana cuban

American was somehow involved in the

assassination.

The Agency did not follow up on this

report other than to ask a Cuban

defector about his knowledge of the

Cuban American's activities.

The FBI

did investigate the reported unusual

travel but did not fully report the

results of their investigation to their

Warren Commissio" individual had lived

Their investigation

showed that this

in Tampa and Key West and was pro-Castro.

He had traveled to Cuba in May of 1962

and had a brother in the Cuban military

who was studying in the Soviet Union.

On November 17, 1963, the Cuban American

was at a get-together at the home of a

member of the Tampa chapter of the Fair

Play for Cuba Committee.

This was the

same Fair Play for Cuba Committee that

Oswald had possibly contacted in May of

1963.

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Book

V, p.

63-64

In March of 1964, the Warren

Commission requested from Director

Hoover intormation on certain pro-

Castro and anti-Castro organizations

which were active in the U.S.

including the Fair Play for Cuba

Committee, and Alpha 66, among

others.

The Bureau furnished less

than a full and satisfactory

response and did not disclose the

fact that the CIA had operational

interests in certain of the entities

inquired about.

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Book V, p. 65

The FBI reports on Alpha 66 furnished

the Warren Commission noted the attack

on the Soviet vessel in March of 1963

but did not detail that group's

continued activity in planning and

carrying out their military operations

against Cuba.

The FBI reports did not

show that Alpha 66 had been involved

with the New Orleans anti-Castro train-

ing camp.

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65

It is known that the CIA took an

interest in the Fair Play for Cuba

Committee with which Oswald was

associated.

According to Bureau

documents, the Agency advised the

Bureau that they were considering

the use of disinformation that might

embarass the Committee in areas where

the Committee had support.

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Book V, p. 72 In late July 1964, an FBI informant

reported that the

CIA was meeting with

AMLASH for the purpose of assassinating

Castro.

Informant also reported that

AMLASH was unhappy with the CIA's efforts

and that Attorney General Kennedy had

refused to support the plan but that the

plan had not been completely put to rest.

This information was not disseminated

outside the Bureau at the request of the

informant.

But the Bureau notations

indicate that the Bureau was looking

into an underworld plot against Castro

that might be coincidental with the

AMLASH plan. The Bureau had first been

informed of AMLASH-CIA meetings in

October 1963.

That information did not

indicate assassination involvement.

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Book V, p. 74-75

The AMLASH operation was insecure

prior to the Fitzgerald meeting

with AMLASH, a meeting that

Fitzgerald was urged not to under-

take by several in the Agency.

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AMLISIT

Book

V, pp. 77-78

Individuals outside the CIA had

been brought into thel operation,

and the Agency learned that one

of these individuals was in

clandestine contact with Cuban

intelligence (Cable from

European station to CIA Head-

quarters, 3/18/65) .

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Book V, p. 78 Victor Espinosa, a Cuban exile, involved

in the transporting explosives

to New

Orleans in 1963, contacted INS with

information about the AMLASH operation.

This information was turned over to the

FBI which informed the CIA. Both

agencies interrogated Espinosa in June

of 1965 and found that he knew that

AMLASH and others were planning a coup

which involved the assassination of

Castro and that the CIA had been

involved with AMLASH and others in the

planning.

Espinosa and AMLASH were life-long friends

but during the interrogation he gave no

indication that he was aware of the 1963

AMLASH-CIA meetings.

Espinosa's

information noted in the 1967 IG Report

suggests a link between the AMLASH

operation

and the CIA plots to assassinate

Castro using underworld contacts.

Therefore,

Espinosa's information raised

the possibility that underworld figures

who were aware of the Harvey plots may

have been

aware of the AMLASH operation.

CIA reaction to this interrogation was

to terminate the operation immediately.

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Book V, p. 79

CIA had FBI files on Espinosa detailing

his involvement with anti-Castro exiles

and underworld figures who were operating

the guerrilla training camps in New

Orleans in July 1963.

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Book V, p. 79

In mid-1965 the CIA interrogated Tepedino,

New York jeweler, who had been involved

with the AMLASH operation from the

beginning.

The report concluded that

the subject was. deceptive during the

Interrogation and withheld pertinent

information in one or more relevant

areas.

Tepedino lied in response to

questions dealing with AMLASH's and his

ties to Cuban intelligence.

Tepedino

stated that AMLASH had no plan to over-

throw Castro.

Tepedino stated AMLASH

had strong connections with Cuban

intelligence and was probably cooperating

with it in various ways.

Although

AMLASH never mentioned these connections

to his CIA case officers; Teledino

stated that AMLASH had mentioned them

to him

and almost everyone else he had

met.

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Book V,

79

The FBI made the connection between

Espinosa's 1963 activities and the

fact that in 1965 he was knowledgeable

of CIA involvement in plans to

assassinate Castro.

However, there

is no evidence that either the CIA or

FBI investigated this connection

until 1967.

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Book v, p.

79

Although the CIA had received information

hat AMLASH was a provocation there i

no evidence that the CIA investigate

the possibility of a connection between

its

fall 1963 meetings with AMLASH and

the assassination of President Kennedy.

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Book V, P.

80

A client of Morgan's had informed him

that the United States had attempted

co assassinate lastro in the early

1960's and that Castro had decided

retaliate.

This information was passed

to Drew Pearson who, in turn attempted

to have Chief Justice Warren look into

it but he declined.

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Book V, P. 81

Supervisory personnel assigned to the

assassination investigation have

uniformly testified they do not recall

ever discussing or reviewing memoranda

which touch upon Cuban involvement

in the assassination or of Cuban

retaliation for the CIA assassination

plots.

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Book V, p. 81

According to Secretary of State Rusk

in his testimony before the Warren

Commission, 6/10/64,

he stated

was

there

"very considerable concern" in Cuba

immedlately tollowing the assassination

as to whether Cuba would be held

responsible for the

assassination and

what effect the assassination might

have on Cuba's position and security.

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Book V, p.

84

On March 21, 1967, WFO send Headquarters

10 copies of a blind memorandum which

stated Castro employed assassination

teams for the purpose of removing

President Kennedy.

Morgan's clients

were also aware of the identity of

individuals sent to the United States

for that purpose.

He understood that two

such individuals were now in the state

of New Jersey.

The transmittal slip is

attached to this memorandum.

Neither the President nor the Attorney

.. General ordered a follow-up investigation

after receiving this memo.

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Book V, p. 92

In October, 1963, Soviet experts at FBI

Headquarters were informed that Oswald

had met with Vice Counsel Kostikov at

the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City.

Kostikov was a member of the KGB and

believed to be with the

KGB department

that carried out assassinations and

sabotage.

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I, Frank Sturgis, have today personally delivered

to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence the

following materials:

/ Envelope - 2 cassettes

149 mentin erupe - secret con

Date:

9-3-76

RECEIVED:

famela Crupi

For

the Committe

Frank

Fraud stugn

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INTERVIEW OF MARITA LORENZE

BY FRANK

STURGIS, 9/2/76

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Selia Sanchez, Haiti Santa Maria, Paco

and Fidel and several of his armed guards.

Okay now, what happened

Castanyava...

Castanyava

Castanyava was the chief of the Navy.

And Fidel offered you a job or something, can you

so into that?

Well he was very fond of everything German. He

said he read

and my father, you know, tried

to pacify the tourists, the passengers on the ship

because they were terrified. They thought they were

being invaded.

So I helped my father pacify the

tourists and it was really a funny scene.

Then I

steered Fidel to my father's cabin and we went to

dinner and Fidel started to play kneesies under the

table. And this was February 28, 1959 on the cruise.

And he offered you a job, right?

Yes, after about 5 hours on board ship we went back

up to my father's cabin and had drinks and exchanged

gifts,

and my father and Fidel seemed to get along

very well. My father is diplomatic and they

exchanged plaques and my father's silver ashtray and

stuff like that.

And he asked me, he asked my father

if since I was bilingual if I could go, come back,

return to cuba to be his secretary since he was

getting German mail and he did not speak German and

he assured me that I would be safe and set up in an

office, and blan, blah, blan, blah. And I had

friends in Cuba

anyway.

How old were you then?

Nineteen, nineteen years old.

Did you get off the ship and stay there?

No, I went back to New York. Fidel, on the bridge,

asked me for my phone number and address in New York

and said he would call me, and I just, I didn't

believe it.

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When did he call you?

The same day I arrived in New York. Because my

father took off that night for Germany again and

the phone ring, and it rang at l o'clock in the

morning.

I guess the previous...

Well he went back to Germany with the ship, right?

Where did you go?

I was living with my brother in New York City.

My brother was a translator for the United Nations

and I was alone living in New York City going to

the Merchantson Banker School.

Well how did you get back to New York City from

Havana?

On my father's ship.

It was the last stop on the

cruise of about 5 or 6 stops.

Oh, in other words the, in other words the ship left

that night, left Havana that night...

Yeah.

went over to New York and then from New York went

back to Europe, right?

Yes.

Yes. I thought about Fidel and he pointed out

this is my Havana and I guess I was impressed.

was young, I don't know. And I thought that...

He called, he called you, he knew just about what

time you were going

; to arrive in New York and when

you got there he called you, what, the same, the same

day you got there?

The same day our ship arrived, three days later. And I

just picked up the phone and the Havana operator said

one moment please,

the Prime Minister is on the phone,

on the

line,

and

I heard some shouting and then I

heard "hello"

Did he speak Cuban or English to you?

He spoke broken English in his hoarse voice. I guess

he was giving a lot of speeches

at that time. And he

asked me, "Hello Marita, you think I don't call? I

think about you very much and I call. I keep my word.

I want to prove to you that one man's Cuban word I keep."

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So,

I was as surprised, I was very surprised.

How long was it did you leave New York to go to

Havana?

Fidel said to me, I said is this really you Fidel,

and he said yes.

I am in Havana Hilton, you call

me back in room 2408, and I said no, alright I

believe you I said because how else would you have

my number. He said "I want you come back.

I think

about you

and I will send a plane, my plane, and you

And it was a joke really, I liked the

Cocoa Glace, it's an ice cream in a cocoanut shell,

and he had sent to my father's ship a case of it so

I would have enough for the return trip home because,

I don't know, I just talked about Havana, the island

in general.

So 1,

and I still didn't believe him

that he would send the plane.

Did he send the airplane?

Yes.

What kind of an airplane did he send?

A Cubana airliner with...

Four engines?

The a cont ong

Yes, with two men and two men came to the, my door.

I was living at 344 West 87th Street at the time, on

the second floor, and my brother was at a UN party

and I was home alone studying.

Oh no, in fact I was

reading a Herbert L. Mathews article on Fidel Castro

and Cuba when the doorbell rang, and it was Jesus

and Pedro

and they showed me identification.

One came in military

uniform,

One smiled,.

one didn't.

une go not at want very nu or be you. one said,

One said,

(Laughter).

And I said I didn't finish my homework yet. I was like

in shock.

I didn't know what to do. So they said they

were staying in a hotel, that they would, the plane

would leave tomorrow, please be ready. I, meanwhile I

haven't even unpacked, you know, from the cruise. My

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clothes were all laundered anyway from the ship and

I hadn't even unpacked because I was worred about

missing two days at school.

Yeah.

So I went...

FS :

Well these are incidentals anyway, so, what'd you

do, you went to the airport?

What airport did

airplane, was the airplane at?

the

ML :

Uh, LaGuard, which is not Kennedy, it was at that

time named something else. Idlewild, right?

FS:

Idlewild, yeah.

ML:

And...

FS:

It was Idlewild airport, that's where they had the

airplane, Cubana Airlines?

ML:

Yeah, Cubana Airlines. Got on the plane...

FS :

How many people where on the airplane?

ML:

Me, a steward, a pilot and a co-pilot and the two

guards.

FS:

Ha, ha, had

-- that's funny. Go ahead.

ML:

So anyway, I met Fidel and that's when I got involved.

FS :

This is more or less

a background so they know her

background.

ML:

FS:

Yeah that's, that's out anyway.

(Unidentified voice: "Yeah, right.")

I mean don't drag it out so much because the details

of all this thing is...

ML:

Yeah.

ML :

Is yours, you know.

Go over it lightly.

back to Havana, right:

Right.

So you went

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Now when

you went back to Havana you saw Fidel where?

Cause we'll go over this lightly.

I was in the...

At the Hilton?

1

I was driven by black limousine right to the Hilton.

And that's where Fidel was staying at the Hilton, right?

Yes, he was having an argument in his suite with Chez

Raoul and some Americans.

He was having some argument with some Americans. Do

you know who the Americans were?

Yes.

Who were they?

One lady attorney trying to promote something, Muriel...

Oh this was more business or something like that?

Yes business.

Everybody was trying to promote this

and that with Fidel.

Yes, well that's immaterial.

So then I was told to go in the room and wait and the

door locked

And I was in there, in his suite, and

Fidel came in and I missed him and he missed me and

the rest is going to be in the book if I ever write it.

You'll write it don't worry. Alright now...

If I live.

Do you know approximately when you met me?

A couple months, or two months, or three months after

that.

No, That was very, I think you met me around what, April?

April, right.

April of 1959, right?

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Yeah.

And I believe we met at the Riviera Hotel in the

lobby?

Yes.

That's where, when I saw...

That's what I said, a couple months...

Right.

right after that.

In April, right. And this is where we made contact

and so forth and then we saw each other a few times

after that...

In the coffee shop.

In the coffee shop and this is when you were recruited

to go ahead and spy for the United States and so forth

and, were you ever introduced or, to Colonel Nickels?

Yes.

Do you know who Colonel Nickels is, right. He was

the Colonel who was military attache with the American

Embassy in Havana, Cuba at

that time, right?

Yes.

Okay.

Then you started your spy thing and so forth

and so forth, alright?

Um hum.

We'll go ahead and jump a little bit and so forth.

There were several meetings that Fidel had in the

Hilton with some of the people of the staff.

I was

present at the meeting, right?

Right.

And, one of the time that Fidel was talking to the

staff concerned the gambling casinos and American

business interests in Cuba, right?

Right.

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stated that he was going to run all the

racketeers

out of...

Out of Cuba.

cuba.

ahead and be nationalized because

All the American businesses ve going to go

and the

Cuba for the Cubans.

Right.

And so forth.

And then it was suggested about well

you know the American government may not like it.

You're gonna have all the American business interests

put pressure on the State Department which would put

pressure on him and that they would be up in arms and

they would have the agents, they would send new agents

into Cuba because the CIA at that time was very close,

closely contacted, at least certain people in the CIA

had contact with the 26th of July movement. As a

matter of fact that they were exchanging information

with Castro...

Uh hum.

which enabled him to outwit many of the other groups

so really CIA helped Fidel quite a bit in this power

struggle that was going on in Cuba at that time. So

Fidel, with the help of CIA...

Yes.

got to be the ruler of Cuba. Now...

I would, what about, where did Fidel get most of his

guns from?

Well, you know...

To lead the revolution?

Right, you know, so forth. That's a story which we

won't have to go into and so forth because we just

(unintelligible) briefly over it.

And then there

came a period of time where Fidel in all his

popularity and so Iorth was, now fidel with you - he

nade approaches to you, right, and so forth?

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He told you he loved you and so

forth.

Yes.

And he seduced you, right? And, which has been on

record.

Mm-Hmm.

You know, and you liked him and you actually in

liking him like a young girl thought for the future

that here's a man that I, you admired, that you

started to get an affection for him and so forth,

and really you thought of marriage, right?

Mm-hmm.

And in the process of being close with him, being as

the man's intelligent, dynamic and so forth, he did

force his attentions on you and naturally he seduced

you. You didn't want to but it happened.

Yes.

And you had nobody to go to because, hey, you're in

his Cuba, right?

I was in his Cuba alright.

Right,

now also what we were getting in this Senate

Intelligence Committee has got is the things that

Fidel has stated against the United States government

it they tried to interfere with the revolution and so

forth when the new election time comes because at that

time the President of the United States was Eisenhower

and it looked like that the Democrats were going to

win the election and he felt that if a new government,

which was discussed among the top military people, if

the new

government came in and if they decided that they

didn't like Fidel's policy, which Fidel was saying what

he was going to do for Cuba on an international scale,

that if the United States government decided to go and

turn against him and put pressure on him he would do

likewise to the United States government. And he was

going to export his revolution in Latin America.

These

are the things that you heard...

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A number of times I was present up there for the...

Mm-hmm.

in the Hilton with all the people. Now you left Cuba

when?

Sometime in September.

In September of 1959 you came to the United States,

right?

Yeah.

And when you came back to the United States you saw

me.

Yes.

And then arrangements were made for you to go back to

Cuba and so forth...

Yes, yes.

And this is what happened with the attempt and so forth.

Right.

Now when you went back to Cuba, when did you leave

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towards

When exactly /

the end of 1959, 1960.

1959?

'60 - I'm not sure. I'm no good at dates and all that.

I just know I went

in and I took that stuff and

.. I went

out.

Well then was it the early part of '60?

Yeah.

It had to be the early part of '60 and you came back

to Miami, right?

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You came back to Miami and you continued to go ahead

and do some work

With Alex.

With Alex and myself here in South Florida. And then

when did you cease doing some work at that time?

Uh, in 19--, end of 1960.

End of 1960. When did I tell you to make contact with

Petty Humanez at his home.

Do you know approximately

what time that was?

In 1960, 61.

The end of 1960, or the early part of '61, was that

then?

About the time of the Bay of Pigs.

Well, '61 was

the Bay of Pigs, in April.

'61.

So it

had to be before the Bay of Pigs.

Before, before, yes it was.

Yeah this

is when Petty Humanez was exiled in Miami..

Right.

Yes.

Beach on the island there, right?

homeght, and you were told by whom to so over to his

You.

You were told by me and you went there by yourself or

with someone else?

Should I name him?

Yeah. Alex?

Alex York.

Alright, Alex went with you over to Petty Humanez'

house, right.

They had a gathering there with some

Cubans,

and so forth and so forth.

Do you know who

some of the Cubans who were at that gathering?

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Well when you talk about big Cubans can you name some?

Top Cubans in exile, Prios, Carlos Prios

President, ex-President Carlos Prios.

I don't know, there were so many, God.

Alright, well that's, that's good enough.

Anyway.

Alright, that's when you first met Petty Humanez,

alright.

Yes.

What was the idea of me sending you over there to meet

Petty Humanez?

nformation gathering, to find out how he wa

sponsoring the Cuban exiles

Wasn't he suspected of supplying money and other

goodies…..

Oh, yes.

to groups, where at?

In Miami and outside of Miami.

And down in Texas, right?

Yeah.

Training camps in Texas?

Yes.

Alright, he was feeding money to them also in...

Yeah.

Texas, right? And this is to help overthrow Castro

government, right?

I would presume, yeah. I guess so.

Now did you find out whether or not he was giving them

this financial assistance?

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saw him give money to some Cubans.

I was with

him at the time.

Now you got very friendly with Petty Humanez, isn't

that

correct?

I would say so.

You would say so.

As a matter of fact...

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As a matter of fact a love, affair developed...

Yes.

and so forth and so forth, alright.

Yeah.

We won't go into anything else. We'll go ahead and

jump past that. Then we lost contact with you, right?

Yes.

And in losing contact with you we, well we mentioned

sometime when they, the United States State Department

sent Petty Humanez back to Venezuela, he went to

prison,

and you mentioned something

about the family

wanted to break him out and you wanted to see if I

could do it and so forth. Alright, so we'll skip that.

Anyway, I lost contact with you.

When was the last

time we

lost contact, when was that?

' 64.

1964 or '63?

'63 or '64 approximately, alright?

After '64.

It was around, approximately 1964.

(unintelligible)

And you what, came to New York?

When the General went to jail.

Yeah, you went to South America and then you came back

to New York to live and so forth, right?

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Then you remarried, rather you got married here in

New York?

Oh some time passed, I waited for the General but

then I got married, right.

Who did you marry? You're

gonna say, you're gonna go

ahead and say he worked

at the building with you,

and...

Yeah, I guess I have to. Louis John Yurositz.

Alright, now one time you and him did what at what

building and the address?

We were both federal informants for the FBI in New York.

You worked as an, both of you worked as undercover

agents for the FBI in New Yor, right?

Me as a double because I had...

You as a double agent. Now when did this start?

in Manhattan called the

He was the building manager at 250 East 87th Street

The building is owned by Glenwood

Management,

called the Newberry. The work started

with the case agent in 1969.

1969:

Who was the case agent's name, and what federal

agents, you already told me.

You already told me and

they got it on record and this...

They told me not to say anything.

Well, honey, they got it on record and you're gonna

go ahead and send this down there because Senator

Baker knows who your case agent is, knows the CIA

agent that you were in touch with.

You know I keep remembering don't embarass the Bureau

and...

Honey, you're not embarassing the Bureau. What you're

doing is giving this information to Senator Baker's

Committee to turn over to the Justice Department in

order for them to go ahead and say, hey - you worked

as an agent for them, also as a double agent, you need

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protection for you and your kid, and if you don't go

ahead and tell them the name of these here people how

you gonna do it?

Mmm.

You know we get back to the same thing again.

Yeah,

you're looking for protection.

So far the people

you've worked with, so far this man Pucci who you

saved his

and

saved another undercover agent's

life whose working with the FBI.

These people are

powerful people yet they have done nothing with the

problem that you have had right now with you, three

times there's been an attempt on your life, isn't

that correct?

One time they almost threw you out of

an 18 story building.

Another time you got pistol-

whipped.

You did all this crap for these people

here yet they will do nothing to go ahead at the

present time, and this is on record in their own

files and so forth, yet you cannot move them to give

you or your children any protection.

tape is going to go right to senator Baker pettice,

it'll go to Howard Liebengood for him to listen to,

to evaluate it and turn this tape over to the proper

authorities which will be the Justice Department.

You can call Howard Liebengood to see if he has

received those codes from the Albanian Embassy from

You can call him and find out,

and also you

can call him at the same time and let him know if

a tape has been turned over to him.

As a matter of

fact when I get there Friday and leave this in his

office I will instruct his people in the office to

get a hold of you,

because I'm gonna leave your phone

number with Senator's Baker's people, with Senator

Baker is on, has a Committee on Intelligence...

Mm-hmm.

He's got the committee. It's a new Committee that has

been formed on intelligence. See, now I am turning this

information over to the proper authorities.

this information is not going to go to any newspaper

ormatter

See.

And

or anybody...

Okay, okay Frank. I have your word. It's just that I

got a hang-up, you know I guess, with them working on

practically all my adult life.

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Honey,

I don't want to know everything you did in 6

I don't want to know everything you did

because you can't...

They were like a family, they were like a family at

one time.

Now when I need help they don't come

through and they say it costs too much.

It cost me

a lot of nights in the garbage looking for Albanian

stuff, cost me a lot of worry, cost me a lot of fear,

threats.

Alright so this is why...

(Unintelligible)

I want some stuff on this thing because if you make a

story up then how are you gonna prove, for instance,

you gonna go ahead...

No I'm not making anything up. I wouldn't lie about

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building with

33 Soviet families, who did you work

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-- well I worked for the FBI.

They call the FBI,

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FBI said we know nothing about it. Then you are

a liar.

No way am I going to be a liar.

I'm just saying,

they're going to say how we gonna

protect this girl when she's lying to us because the

FBI says no.

But if you name names and say I worked

with this man here, it's got my file, I worked over

a six year period.

God damn it - that, that Justice

Department will say, hey baby we want to see you and

we want to see your

files on this girl.

And baby

they got to go

and come up with it.

And if they don't

come up with it they're in trouble. They're in

trouble. Now, how could they hide something when they

are working for the same people who are their bosses in

who are their bosses?

can tell you to go jump

a lake over here.

But Washington, D. C.

says - hey,

I want to see something here.

Why haven't you given

they don le protection if all this is true.

But if

t know, honey, how the hell are they gonna

do anything?

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I guess if something happens somebody's gonna know,

you know.

Somebody has to know.

Now at the beginning you and

your husband, your husband was manager...

was the building manager of this building.

And he..

Is he still building manager of that building?

Yes, but the way this

going...

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He still manages the building. Alright, now, how long

has he been manager of this building?

We raised this building, we

In other words when was the first years...

We were the very first tenants in this building. We

moved in there before anybody moved in there.

were the first tenants.

The first person to move in

was

the first Secretary to the Soviet Mission.

What was his name?

Mr. Vittikoff.

And who was Mr. Vittikoff?

He was the first Secretary to Malek, the Soviet

Ambassador to the United Nations.

Would you say a

cesspool of spies which this cesspool

of spies which is

the Soviet

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manager,

you were the first people to live in that

place?

one of Ta genie, to eater a tad or genod

Okay, now, who started to move in there?

Our very first tenant was Mr. Ovinikoff, he was the

First Secretary to Ambassador Malek at the United

Nations.

(unintelligible)

Alright, go ahead, keep talking into there.

And he's a little guy. He seemed like normal people,

but I never really...

Well how many people eventually moved in there besides

this man?

Oh well the first one was Mr. Ovinikoff, the second

one I named The Stalker, the third one - I have nick-

names...

Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute now.

The

second one who moved in there you called, you nick-

named the

The Stalker.

The Stalker. What was his real name?

Because he,

he was, he checked on the Russians. The

Russians checked on the Russians. And if a woman,

Soviet wife, got out of hand or went shopping by her-

self or did

something out of the way she got pulled

back and she was under house arrest.

Alright, what was his name?

Mr. Artimenko, Artimenko. I kept, then I...

Who was the third one you gave a nickname to?

I had nicknames for all of them.

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Moonface, The Stalker...

Yeah.

The Shadow. It was

my own little thing of remembering

until I memorized.

We

started out with the tenants'

list

Alright, how many people were on the tenants' list?

No ad then tet ding on had an h 10 d: sa

Union of Soviet Socialist Republic resident, and I

got interested. Then one day an agent came

in the morning, and my husband had been previously

working with Treasury and other agencies, including

this agent which I'll name, that's Al Chestone.

His first name was what?

Albert, Albert Chestone.

What agency was he with?

The FBI.

Special Agent, FBI?

Yes, counterintelligence.

Sector of the FBI

Yes, political. And, my husband had known him

previously working with the Polaris missile, Polaris

missile thing.

This was before I met my husband or

married him.

He did something with the Polaris

missile thing. And my husband was paid by this same

agent.

anyway, we, he came daily and we went over the

'enants' list and we sort of dissected everybody in

the building.

Alright now, were you recruited by this agent?

Yes, he said are you willing to work and I said, well,

why not?

He said it doesn't consist of much, a

few

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In other words this agent...

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them, and you take the woman's viewpoint, standpoint,

and my husband...

And they wanted you to do some burglaries, right?

Well, I, yes.

Alright now, these burglaries, did they consist of

you and your husband doing the burglaries or you by

Well my husband had the master keys.

Right, alright.

And...

Well when you did these burglaries...

We all did them together.

They're were about 5, 6,

/ cars. One stationed in front of the Soviet Mission.

Suppose, say like they were interested in one Soviet

who they lost track of, who was supposed to be in

Washington, D. C., and

sudden in our building because they had surveillance

across the street. That's the first thing - they set

he street

then they found him all of a

up surveillance, a camera, high-power camera across

the street.

That we were pointed out to.

That

everybody who went in and out of the building was

photographed.

Including yourself and your husband?

Oh yeah, me especially in the morning taking my son to

school and everything...

Right.

But, and...

Alright, now, getting back to the entries that you made

into the apartments.

Unce you tound out that the

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No.

You saw them leave?

No, no.

They were assigned, first of all we were told

that we wanted, they wanted to hit the apartment, the

Bureau

and I would listen and my husband looked

and I looked

at me

at him but it was still in the best

interests of the country, and this was a very, very top

KGB agent, a

Soviet General, blah, blah, blah

, he was

interested...

Do you know the man's name?

Yes.

This General?

Yes.

What was his name?

Oleg Likichev.

What's his name?

Oleg Likichev.

Likichev.

He's a top...

KGB spy.

Alright, and he lived in the building?

Yes, with his wife and 5 year old son.

Right.

On the 10th floor.

Alright, now you were advising them when they left

the building.

Naturally they had surveillance out-

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Well first we were told to get close to them, maybe

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Friendly.

Very friendly.

We exchanged gifts and we went to

dinner, and we were invited to the U.N., and we

exchanged...

In other words you were being guided into doing

certain things...

No.

This one particular FBI agent.

This one particular agent told us daily what to do.

Alright now did he give you a code name or a code,

any particular code?

My name, Mariuch.

Mariuch was the name he gave, that he gave you, right?

Mariuch.

Alright, it sounds Italian.

Mariuch is Italian.

Well he...

_Maria.

He is Italian, too.

The agent?

Yes.

Alright, now, when

this top KGB agent'did you ever make an entry into

s apartment?

This one particular, there were several. This wasn't

the only one.

Well, let's talk, let's talk about, the, general.

Oleg was, in other words my husband and I discussed

it and I

said,

"Louis, you know,"

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It could be very dangerous.

Yeah, yeah,

I said...

You could get caught, you could be killed.

I said suppose, you know, we're working in the precinct

on a local

"level - that's breaking and entering, right?

And my husband and

I dis, you know we discussed

it.

Now, Uncle Al - as

we started to call this...

FBI agent?

FBI agent, said "Look, he's a very bad person, we lost

him and we found him and he's in the building and we

want to get in the apartment. We feel he has, for

national security reasons, we want to enter that

apartment.

Louis, will you cooperate?" You know?

And my husband said, "Alright"

•

Did he said he had to discuss it with you?

They discussed it in front of me.

I mean did your husband say he had, he would discuss

it with you about...

No, no, but he did, but he didn't ask me because I

asked my husband later,

to do what Al tells us

to do, me

Louis opening the doors for them"

; Louis said, Louis

is my husband, said "What do you want me to do, get

subpoenaed? They'll subpoena me if I don't do

I'11 go along with it.

So

So it, it was agreed...

It was agreed that he would do it.

Alright, now what did your husband do. Did he open the

door for the agents?

Yes he did.

Did he go in, for what, one agent, two agents?

Two agents.

Two agents. Was

Uncle Al one of those agents?

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No he was not.

Do you know the name of the two agents that made the

entry?

No I do not.

Do not.

You were

were coming?

Yes.

They came on the specific morning when they had Oleg...

by Uncle Al that these two agents

Alright, on a specific morning?

Yes.

Alright, and...

They came as lumberjacks, one as

a refrigeration

repairman.

- Right.

Refrigerator, refrigeration-air conditioning repairman.

Alright, now you and your husband with these two

agents

went up to the loth floor, right?

You were

stationed where you were going to be the lookout?

In the...

Hallway?

Service entrance.

In the service entrance.

keys?

Yes.

Your husband had the pass

He opened the door?

Yes.

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Yes.

Did your husband go in?

He stood at the door.

He stood at the door?

He stood at the door.

That is in case they'd come back he'd...

Right.

The fact that he is the manager of the building

standing there with two repairman.

But that he was assured, he was assured, right."

That these two men were repairmen?

That, that just in case

something went wrong with the

5 cars assigned to this job that one car would radio

that Oleg Likichev was leaving the Mission at this

noment, he is getting into his car, he is on the way

up

2nd Avenue to his residence.

Right, and they..:

You've got approximately 7 to 8 minutes...

Minutes to do what you gott do and get the hell out.

Do, and get out.

Okay.

So, my husband stood in the door and I was in the

staircase and they went in with a, a case that looks

like a television repair case which had high power

cameras.

Right.

And they, my husband was

always annoyed because they

were sloppy.

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The soviets are very trained, they would leave a

cigarette on an ashtray. If

you knocked it over they

know immediately someone was in the apartment.

Now, when the agents, before your husband opened the

over to see if there was any powder marks, tapes,

key, did the agents look the door

hairs, OF

anything, or something leaning against the

door to signify that possibly when the Cuban general,

this, not Cuban general, this Russian general, who is

a top KGB .

agent..

Yes.

wanted to see if somebody made an entry they would

leave something on the door.

Yes.

They inspected the door, right? And they didn't find

anything?

Right.

Right.

So they opened the door. In other words, what-

ever they touched...

But they made a mistake inside on one break-in and

that..

Alright, now, no let's not jump.

We're, you were on

this one particular thing.

Alright.

These people did go in, they did what they had to do

with the cameras

and

.. so forth, evidently these

were

hidden...

Yeah.

cameras that they installed some place in there, right?

No, it was microfilm.

Well there were cameras...

In the flour can...

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What the two agents brought in.

Yes.

Yeah, what did they bring in with them, what, in the

general's...

Cameras.

They brought cameras...

Mm-hmm.

which were installed.

Yeah.

What else did they bring in?

I don't know. They...

Any listening devices, bugging devices?

I would say so. I think...

You don't know for sure, though?

I'm not sure, my husband...

No, but you do know about the cameras?

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I think sometimes, plenty of times they wanted to

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Sure.

Especially in the television, the cable IV, the...

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the cable TV.

Oh, for the cable TV. Well, yeah, alright.

That way they thought they could tune in to them

transmitting.

Yeah. Alright, now, how long did they stay in, to

the General

s apartment?

In the apartment, approximately 10-15-20 minutes.

Then they left, your husband closed the door, did he

wipe his fingerprints off the door? Do you know?

No, but my husband would usually put the edge of the

rug back the way he found it.

Right, in other, everything...

It was turned over...

had to be placed back the same way it was.

And he would watch them and they were rough.

Well, we'll forget about that part. We're not

interested in...

This worried my husband because this would...

Yeah, it would make…..

They knew...

Make them know there was

an entry:

Right.

Okay, now, they did that, they left. Did, did, did the

agents ever go back into that apartment again?

No, one time.

Just one time and they never went back into that...

No...

that particular apartment.

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they were satisfied.

They were satisfied so evidently everything worked out

alright.

Even though.

Mm-hmm.

your husband was on edge about the way the agents

were...

Oh yeah.

Okay? Alright, so we'll forget that part. Now how

about other entries. We'll get one at a time.

The other entry that's outstanding is Soviet..

Yeah, go ahead, keep talking.

Very Americanized Soviet, handsome, married with a 10

year old daughter.

I forget his name.

I have them

all at home.

And, I nicknamed him

"The Tennis Player"

because he use to do a lot of jogging and play tennis

every morning to make contacts with Americans, and try

to recruit, I guess, gather information at the same

time. He spoke English without an..

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Luently, without an accent,

down to curses and slang

and everything else. His wife...

You got friendly with him also?

No, he even suggested to take my husband to a massage

parlor and he was way out, too much way out.

In other words, -

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I had his, no, I was, well he was one of those.

He liked to play?

Yeah.

He was a playboy.

He was a playboy. That's, they use

Which is very, yeah,

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They use, they used, he was also a top KGB, and

his apartment, they

did his apartment,

too.

What did they do?

They broke in, they

Well, now wait a minute.

used my husband to break in.

This a job I wasn't

on but...

Well, that not breaking in now.

It's illegal entry..

'Entry.

Right. In other words they used your husband and you

also as a stakeout again?

Yeah.

On that particular one.

Mm-hmm.

He opened the door again. What floor did he have his

apartment?

I don't recall that. I'd have to get the tenants' list.

Alright, it makes no difference. Alright, don't

worry about that.. But they made entry into his

apartment

Yes.

What did they do in his apartment?

I guess they microfilmed and planted a device.

either way, whatever they did they did...

With the corpor, cooperation of your husband?

Cooperation of my husband...

And yourself.

Anyway,

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And they did it sloppy because this particular Soviet,

the tennis player, made a formal complaint to the

23rd Precinct, PIU investigation unit, where I was

working.

When you say PIU, what's PIU?

Prisoner Investigation Unit.

Prisoner or Police?

Prisoner Investigation Unit.

Was that a police unit?

That's the 23rd precinct.

Police.

Right, police...

Alright:

department. I was working up there.

Alright.

Now I answered the phones.

oh, hm-mmm.

You understand?

Yeah.

And this tennis player called up and demanded a

detective. I was working up there and the detectives

were hot on a homicide and I answered the phone and

here it was the tennis player calling to make a formal

complaint of breaking and entering his apartment.

I

had him on the phone.

And he didn't know it was you.

And I died, I tried to disguise my voice and he kept

on talking and talking and talking and I couldn't

disguise my voice. I was afraid he would know that I,

it was me.

I took the complaint in other words.

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And I wrote up the 61.

Go ahead. Now let me ask you this here.

The 61 - complaint report.

Alright, let me ask you this here.

You say you were

working for this police department in this precinct.

What was your job with them?

Auxiliary volunteer. Photos, translations, rape

cases, interrogation.

And at that time you were answering phone calls that

were coming in?

And typing,

and doing other things but I don't really

want to get those guys involved because they...

No, I just wanted, wanted them to know what you were

doing in the police department.

I was an auxiliary sergeant.

Answering the phones.

Okay.

Auxiliary is

a volunteer police.

Right, good enough. Now what other entries did you make

with them. That'

s two -- that you specified.

Two.

The rest I didn't want to go along with because

I was a little afraid so my...

Things were getting a little hot for you.

Yes,

because we had too many Russians, we had the

Albanians, we had the Red Chinese.

All living in that building?

All living in the same building.

There was, it was

comical.

The Albanians wouldn't talk to the Russians,

the Russians ignored the Albanians, the Red Chinese

went down the service entrance and

to avoid the

Russians and the Al-, it was just, the Secret Service

in the garage and in the front door. The narcotics

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peddlers coming out of the laundry room.

It was, it

was a merry-go-round.

In other words,

We had, in one day about four different agencies

watching people.

In and out of the building.

And we didn't know if we were coming or going.

Yeah.

We lived on the second floor. We had a view of the

street and we would signal to the, across the street

surveillance apartment, apartment, you know. We'd

see the cars pull up and the cars leave.

Alright, now...

My husband did most of, he'd been doing it.

He'd been

doing most of the end of the...

Yes,

because I felt I didn't want to get caught.

I

just didn't want to get caught because it was a heck

of a chance because more than one Soviet family lived

on one floor and if anyone of them walked out when my

husband was opening the door to let those guys in my

husband would have been dead.

Alright, not only that I understand that you were

getting very familiar with many of the families of...

I was too friendly...

these people.

with the families.

Right, so you didn't want to go ahead and

They trusted me alone in their apartments.

We had many

discussions together, we exchanged

medicine, I gave

them medicine for one child who...

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At the same time you tried to get as much information

out of them

as you can being on

that friendly basis.

I was being on

a very social...

Right.

natural basis.

Right.

And I became friendly with them.

How long, how long...

'We even were paid money to throw a few parties.

You were paid money...

For the Soviets.

You were given money by the...

By the Justice Department.

Yeah.

To throw a few parties.

So the agents could make surveillance.

So they

could make surveillance.

And contact?

And contact, and try to get them, loosen up, to loosen

up...

Well, booze can loosen a lot of people's mouths.

Well it was

mostly their vodka anyway they gave us.

But, yeah they suggested the, using agents as waiters

and bartenders

and all that. And I said that wouldn't

go. Soviet people are very trained. They smell any-

thing like that. And I was very open with them.

They'd

leave from the countries and I would be the first to

know.

They

would bring back gifts. They babysat my

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medicine and I just didn't want anything to go wrong.

But your husband continued to work with the agency,

right?

Yes.

cars.

We, we took, we ID'd photos. We watched for

We watched their movement. It was day and night.

You did a lot of surveillance work on these people

but you yourself, personally, wanted to try to keep

out of the...

Yeah.

operation as far as...

Break..:

entering into the apartments, right?

Yes.

How long did this last?. Over a period of how long?

1969 to 1976.

All these years?

Yes.

That's doing surveillance on these people.

Yeah. We were...

How about the Albanians now, tell me about the code.

The Albanians, the Albanians we got very friendly with

a Mr.

Koyani, Ambassador to the Mission, the U.N., and

the Albanians are not as elite as the Russians are.

apartment.

children to watch television.

convinced the Albanians who had a mission on their

nission, which they blocked a complete fire exit was

on the 21st floor of the Newberry.

apartments on the 20th floor and the 22nd floor. And

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they had about 30, 30 families who resided there and

their mission was

there.

And we became very friendly

with them because of one incident, especially my

husband, took, went to see his mother and left me in

charge of the

building.

That same day they had a so-

called demonstration where the demonstrators had a

25-minute picketing right to picket.

The demonstra-

tion turned into a bloody riot where they burned flags

and everything and the Albanians came down.

They all

are armed.

They're all armed,

and they agitated the

rioters out on the street.

And I was alone with only

my basic police training and my wits, really, and a

panicking

doorman and my kids.

the first

thing I looked out the window when I heard

i got mg bud the ving no

I was just alone.

I,

the shooting I called the Bureau and I said, "Get me

Al Chestone

fast."

I said I don't have Louis here.

I said I need help. I have a demonstration.

I don't

know what to do.

And there were about 500 people

throwing bricks, unines, everything through the plate

glass windows.

American flags and Albanian

Élags because of something that happened in Albania.

Those that defected here started this demonstration.

So then I, things got out of hand, the doorman was

hurt with

a brick.

I saw blood, and the Albanian

Ambassador and five top officials agitated these

people from inside the lobby with fists.

Very

unprofessional-like.

Yeah.

So I physically pulled them by their coats and told

them,

"'Get upstairs, get upstairs and get yourself

back into the mission'

, because

tenants were walking

through the lobby and we were going to get hurt by

Flying glass and everything else.

And I had no help.

The police were outside of the line...

Marita,

what we're going into details is something

that is

story.

Oh, alright.

So we'll go ahead and just bypass that.

Anyway, the Albanians Al was interested into, and

especially because they were admitting the Red Chinese

into the United Nations, which they did.

It was that

speech, which I have the original copy of.

Ambassador

Rocco Nocco - sounds crazy, but that's his name, Rocco

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Nocco, and they were, they were sloppier, and the

agent

Al Chestone told me convince them, you know,

case

'em, keep going up and down the steps,

what

time they throw their garbage out.

Garbage was

the most valuable source of information for the

Bureau, and that was...

Garbage and trash.

Trash. Chicken bones,

codes, diapers, whatever, you

know, and that was my job because I had the patience.

Now the FBI supplied

me with bandaids and gloves,

flashlights, batteries and the whole thing, because

[ convinced

the Albanians that the compacter, which

was the disposal system in the building from 31 floors

down -- in other words when they threw their garbage

out that it would come out in brick form, block form,

brick crushed, which in fact was not true.

But they believed it?

They believed it.

They trusted us. Louis and I were

the only ones

allowed in the mission. We were. the

only ones.

Now this mission is that building you were talking

about.

That's still there.

Still there.

Very much there. That's the code that you have.

Right.

So, I started, made it a every two hour routine to go

after midnight when they put their garbage out in the

hall, pick up the bags.

Take them down to the service

'em home.

and

gather torn up letters, this was before they

and bought a shredder (unintelligible). And I woufart

turn this garbage letter, in other words, I would

past it together and give it to the Bureau and some

of these letters turned out to be very valuable. Among

them was one code, now...

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I would assume that these letters that were in code.

they would be classified material. Otherwise it

wouldn't be in code.

Very valuable, yes. The...

And this was turned over to who?

To Al Chestone. The first code I got, I just got on

a hunch lucky.

Because it was just at

the time when

the Red Chinese entered the United States, first

came here.

them

Mr. Huang Yua, and I met them. We met

first before anybody met them, Louis and I.

And that same night the code came down at 3:00 in the

and I just had a hunch and I got up and 1

i an in the

said,

morningtouis I can't sleep, I'm going down and do

some work.

Give me the keys to the compacter room."

So I went downstairs and I waited and sure enough

around 3:30 these bags started to come down from the

21st floor.

3:30 in the morning?

3:30 in the morning because Al said watch them

closely, because of the Red Chinese.

And I shut

the machine off and I got these, I got this code,

I caught it in other words, but it....

This is the code you turned over to me?

This is the first code, the very first code, at the

risk of having my hands chopped off because if I

didn't shut that machine off in time I could have

been hurt.

But I got it.

The first code was very

valuable. It was sent to Washington.

(End of tape - side 2).

these bags of stuff and if you hadn't have turned

off the machine you would have got your hand either

chopped up or cut off, and

so forth. What did, were

you saying about Al, Uncle Al?

Uncle Al slept and I did the work, and by the time I

got upstairs and took the orange peels and everything

out of the garbage and separated the letters and

every tiny little piece with tweezers and everything,

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put it all in a box, right down to every piece.

I

ruined

my rugs and

everything.

And Uncle Al would

come at 8:30,

9:00 in the morning and I would still

be up separating the garbage and he'd be all fresh

and ready for work and I had just come back from the

garbage room.. And...

You stayed awake all night?

Yeah, with the tweezers and I use to run out of

skotch tape which was

frustrating cause I couldn't

stick these letters togethers without skotch tape,

so he brought me a big box of skotch tape which

was very kind of him. Then I would give it to him

and he'd, he'd have coffee, tea and toast or whatever.

And I'd say,

"'Now I want to go to sleep.

say, "No, no, no, wait a minute.

. Mr. So-and-so,

or Berzofsky, we want to get a line on Mr. Berzofsky.

Who was Mr. Berzofsky?

Berzofsky, the Second Secretary to the Union of the

Soviet Socialist Republic.

What was his first name, do you know?

Mmmm, I forgot...

That's alright, it don't matter.

I forgot really. But we were very close to him. His

wife was

surgeon in the Soviet mission and she was,

she's, she's adorable.

She's nice, she's sweet and

she has a lovely daughter, Irene,

who turned out to

have liver cancer. She was a little girl when I first

met her,

like my daughter.

My daugher played with her,

they took piano lessons together, exchanged books, and

the little girl, at sixteen, Irene was sent back to

the Soviet Union with liver

cancer.

got very close

to the mother, the mother was heartbroken, the father

was heartbroken.

I guess like any mother and father

when their only child turns out to have liver cancer.

She's diagnosed as such in the Soviet Union and they

asked me to get medicine, pain killers for Irene.

do so and pass along to them empirin and codine #4,

which is a pain killer which they smuggled over to

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their daughter on

with the permission of

the FBI.

exchanged jewelry, clothes, and everything

else.

Ne were just one mother to another mother.

Their little girl in trouble, mine not in trouble and

it was little things like that that I would get very

involved with. I don't know...

Morita let me ask you this here, did the agents ever

tell you to go out with any of the diplomats in the

mission?

Well, now we have to go back to Oleg, Oleg Likichev.

And who is he again?

He was the KGB spy that they lost and thought he, they

shou be hashington, st

thought he was still residing in Washington, the out-

side of Washington, D. C., in Virginia.

supposed to have last been seen in Virginia somewhere

and all of a sudden they picked him up in our building,

as being in our building..

They lost him and they were

furious,

the Bureau, and

him.

they wanted us very close to

And he, we had a lot of evenings together we

spent with him, dinners, and he came to us,

In other words he asked you to go out, did he ask

(unintelligible)

Well, Oleg, Oleg, let's just say, I don't know if it

was a game they were playing or it they were doubles

or what. They talked a lot about the state of

Washington, residing in the State of Washington.

They also knew I had diamonds and he asked

me,

(unintelligible) "Can you get me diamonds?"

What did he call you?

Ilonka Marischa, Ilona Marita.

Oh, that's in Russian?

Yes. And we always exchanged Russian words and I

know a few, enough to get by

on.

All of a sudden,

you know, he was interested in diamonds.

He had

fascination for diamonds. His wife, she was kind

of sweet on my husband he was kind of sweet on me

and I kept telling Uncle Al this thing is going to

get out of hand.

I said all of a sudden he wants

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and Al, what do I do.

Go ahead, talk to

him about diamonds.

So I said Oleg, what

do you

mean by diamonds?

He said uncut stones for cash.

I am a Soviet official, I cannot go into a jewelry

store like you and buy them. I want diamonds.

I'm

willing to pay a hundred thousand dollars for them.

I said it's

a good

enough reason.

So I said, "Hey

can we do for Oleg about his diamonds?" wouis, what

And Louis

said we'll figure something out. And then Oleg said,

this was at a dinner party up in their house.

Hot

diamonds, he wanted hot, uncut, raw diamonds. So

he was serious, he was dead serious. He said he

would buy them for cash.

How serious was he? Did you ever get any for him?

Well it got this far. We told Uncle Al the next

you.

I said,

"Uncle Al, I got a surprise for

You're gonna have to come up with some hot

diamonds

A hundred thousand dollars worth because

I promised Oleg that I would get them for him since

he can't buy them.

Oleg wants diamonds." And I

said if you can put two

and two together maybe this

guy will defect because he's talking about the State

of Washington.

I said but you have to be careful,

I have to be

So Al said I'll get you

the diamonds.

You tell him to get the cash ready.

So Uncle Al went to an underworld source and got

the diamonds.

Uncle Al made a boo-boo and Oleg, the

day of the exchange I was supposed to make the sale

in the apartment, Oleg was at a sports meeting in

washington, D.C.

Uncle Al said,

'I've got to give

-hese diamonds back to the underworld or give then

the cash."

I said,

"Listen, I told you tomorrow,

not today, Al.

Tomorrow, because Oleg told us he's

Alright whatever the

in Washington, D. C."

"Oh is he?"

he is."

Right.

Anyway" Use Al" started to panick

because he was in my house with a hundred thousand

dollars worth of uncut, hot diamonds.

By himself?

By himself, and I was supposed to get the cash from

Oleg. Oleg said on a Thursday and Uncle Al came on

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So what happened?

fell through.

Al said he had to give them back to

the underworlds

to his source.

So he took them

ack and then Oleg, you know, I had to talk my

way out of it.

It was just one of the flubs.

But

anyway after I left my husband Oleg kept asking for

me, kept coming directly to the apartment and say-

ing, "Louis, I don't believe you two split, you two

go, she left.

I don't believe it."

And my husband

said "yes, she did leave;

It's her own problems,

Oleg, you know, forget about it."

And he said,

"No, it's not possible.

You must stay together.

" You must stay together.

Anyway, he kept coming,

about four times and asking my husband, until my

husband made a joke of it and said Oleg wants to

I mean he's made it damn plain that he

wants to see you.

In other words if you're

finished I'll take over.

Where is she living? My

husband tells him I'm living on

88th Street.

NoW

I talked to my husband and I said what did you do

that for? Tell him I'm living on 88th Street?

You know, because I know he wants to go out with

me.

You can teel it

I can feel it, the, you know?

0 I call up,Uncle Al meantime is transferred to

Newark, I get another case agent. Louis gets a

case agent for the building and he works alone,

without me. The other agent is John Kotter.

With the FBI?

FBI, 69th Street. I call up

John Kotter.

I said,

different assignments, then we get to Oleg.

I said

look, Oleg is bothering Louis. He wants to go out

with me.

And John Kotter says,,

"Beautiful, that is

a beautiful setup.

Let's call him up.".

said,

"Hey, wait a minute:

Either do this sophisticated,

alright?

First I'll send him a Christmas card and

sign it Ilonka Marischa, you know?

I'll put my

phone number on the bottom, something you know?

Or I'11 happen to be there when he's going into the

bullding,

or I'll bump into him."

I said you don't

just call him up.

You know that's going to be like

a setup because I've been avoiding him.

SO;

anyway,

he tells, he outlines the whole thing.. I said what

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the best interests of the

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but how far do you want me to go?

And he

"all the way"

I said what is all the way? He

said, "You start with a Christmas card."

Well the

Christmas card was answered by Oleg going to Louis

saying, "I got Ilonka's Christmas card.

Where is

she living, Louis?"

You know, so John talked me into

calling the mission. I call up the mission, across

from 19th precinct, and I said, "Oleg, this is Ilonka

Marischa.

Hello darling"

, you know, and this, this

and this.

And I said oh

boy everything is wired and

everything from the mission anyway. But he's top dog

there.

He is top dog in the mission. He has

the

say.

He's a very important person in the Soviet

mission.

Anyway, John okays a telephone coil pickup

that I have on my phone to a Soni tape recorder.

We

make a tape of this because John Kotter is sitting on

pins and needles

waiting for me to replay that tape

on what Oleg tells me, you know?

Oleg doubletalks

out we get a message that we want to meet, you know!

So they had some kind of a security council and we

made a date and it was postponed. Oleg called up

and apologized which I also have on tape. And each

time the Bureau was very happy. We're gonna start a

blossoming relationship here, you know, and end up

with photographs and better something, which I don't

think

I would have gone all the way.

But that's what

their idea was so they can exchange at a later date.

Blackmail?

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So, anyway, I go, I go to the

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My daughter, I guess, is a little use to my

life.

She's use to FBI all her life.

She knows not

to talk.

She knows whether we look at her when to

say something.

I guess she's the closest thing to me

now.

She goes along. She's very cool and we both

vasked into the mission on the pretense that she hac

•o do a project for school on the Soviet Union.

She

needed material. Now as soon as we walked into the

mission everybody there I know because they reside in

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"Ilonka Marischa

blah, blah, blah, blah.

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They all love my daughter. But we're

there for other reasons.

We're there to go to see

We gather, we gather the material, meanwhile

I'm aware that every picture has an eye or every

poster has a mirror or camera, you know?

But my

daugher's very cool and we're left alone in the room

where the soviet material is displayed.

But I know

we're

being watched.

She knows it too and she

doesn't, she says, "Mommy, look, this is beautiful,

beautiful." You know?

Then I ask for Oleg to this

want?,, Very tough Soviet woman that said "What you

I'd like

is still in the United Nations, he asks you to wait.

I refused a wire or anything like that, but...

What wire are you talking about?

A wire on me.

Oh.

Because...

That the agents (unintelligible)

Yes, because Oleg I know likes me and if he sees me

he would grab me and hug me and that's the Russian

way...

Yeah.

And he'll feel that and I'm dead.

Right.

Right in the mission. That's not my proper there.

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we waited.

"We were allowed the run of the plan aye

knew everyone there and...

Like you say, eyes were watching you.

Oh definitely, definitely, because that's how they

test you when you walk in

there.

And you just don't

get in there and have the run of the place, you're

not left

alone.

But I know you're being watched.

Sure.

Anyway, there was this, it was, it was a legitimate

excuse that Oleg was tied up in the United Nations

secause it was in the paper the next day, that it

was some security council meeting.

And I said

"Please give this note to Mr. Likichev.

Tell him

thank you very much for the material.

And best

wishes to his wife, blah, blah, blah," and we left.

Funny thing is the cop outside almost arrested us,

a uniformed police officer.

For what reason?

He gave us a dirty look and made a very slurring,

nasty remark when I left. But I hate to knock the

police department because they're helping me now.

But, I guess, he didn't know, you know?

Yeah, he thought you were Russians.

He thought I was a Russian.

Or a Russian sympathizer.

Right, especially going in with a child and I looked

very...

Yeah.

American.

Anyway, I got home and John Kotter was

waiting in front of my door. I remember it was

caining. He was reading.

And I said, he said "Are

you

going to meet Oleg?

I said, "Now how the hell

can

I make a date with Oleg with

my daughter?"

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Why don't you

tell me these things before that they're delayed at

a security council meeting, you know, instead of me

letting, letting me sit there.

You know these are

all the

little things that use to annoy me...

Yeah.

that they have to screen things first before, you

know - check things out,

don't have to make a

blunder

like that.

Anyway, I said I left Oleg a note.

I

said now you go home and I'm going to take it easy

and they, we tried, and I said,

"You know, John,

you're just going to get me so involved with Oleg.

I'm not going to end up in bed in a motel room

upstate somewhere with Oleg so you can come in

and

take photographs.

That's not my stick."

I said

I'11 gather garbage, get license plates, tape, do

everything else, but,

I'll even take the mail, like

I've been doing, but I'm not going to be caught in

bed. I said that's too big a pawn for me and I'm

not getting anything for it right now.

They allowed

me to take mail, steam it, photograph it and put it

back.

Some of that mail is now missing, which

belongs to the Soviet people, which this perpetrator,

perpetrator has and wants to blackmail me with and 1

asked the FBI to please help me with that.

Who's the

perpetrator?

The perpetrator is Guiseppi Faisiano, aka Pionne,

David Ring, who broke into my apartment and stole

this tape with Oleg Likichev, these love conversations,

the mail, and part of the Albanian code. He has those

in his possession. He threatens my life with it. He

threatens blackmail with me.

He assaulted me.

pistol-whipped me

and I asked the Bureau for help.

Did he try to throw you out the 18 story build-, window?

Yes.

He did what?

Yes, he tried to push me out the window.

18 stories?

Yes, and I told him stay away, get back, because if

anything happens to me there'

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threatened to shoot my

• daughter in the back.

He's threatening her right

now with disgrace because she is the daughter of

the, of a well-known man.

Right now my main concern

is the

these letters and the code and the tape and

possibly other things,

are in

the hands of this

Guiseppi Faisiano, and he wants money from me and

he's probably right now at the building.

He is

casing the Soviets and he's going to try to go to

the

same people that he has on the letters to tell

them that I was an informant for the FBI for revenge,

for having him arrested on the assault charge with a

gun.

He

also wants

money.

He wants to disgrace the

FBI. He's blackmailing right now my husband, my ex-

husband,

for the master keys of the Newberry.

husband

is calling me for help and I don't know what

to do.

I asked Frank to help me.

I gave him the

code because everybody refused.

I was afraid to have

any-, anywhere.

I guess Frank

helped me before in

Cuba and I don't, I worked, he worked for me and I

worked for him and I don't know where to go because,

the only ones that are helping me now are the local

police - in their lunch hours or when I'm too afraid

to leave the house they buy me milk and fruit for the

kids.

And they'll take the children home when I get

a threat on the phone or a box in the mailbox or get

my back door shot at.

I take my children and 1 put

them in the 23rd precinct.

They even, off duty...

The off-duty police, police officers take my children

home...

And they spend time at the house?

And they spend time at the house in their free time

when they should be home with their families:

Well you have saved the life of two people, right?

I would think so.

Well, you have.

Yes.

When, one of the, who are the two people you saved

their lives?

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A federal narcotics informant...

Undercover agent,

right?

Undercover agent Pino Cantanya, and Assistant Federal

District Attorney

Thomas A. Puccio from Brooklyn.

And you saved their lives because a contract was

being put out on them?

Yes because I overheard and everything I said checked

out.

And even though you have saved their lives...

I asked them please help me with this man, he has

Soviet documents, he's hurt me, he's hurt my

children, he almost shot my daughter.

He, I asked

them please help me because I gave you information

for nothing and they said they promised to do something

on this individual immigration-wise.

So far he has

threatened everybody around me.

My physicians, my

mother, my ex-husband, my children, my neighbors, my

super.

He's an illegal immigrant?

He is.

I would say he's an illegal alien.

What's his full name, his real name?

His arrest name, that he was arrested under was

Guiseppi Faisaino.

He has, he's also known as David

Ring:

He has a passport under this name.

He's also

known as Pinno, and he is a gunman. Never worked a

he's a stickete, never paid taxes, he's a gambler.

man and I worked for the FBI on

organized crime at the racetrack.

Roosevelt Raceway,

Yonkers, and...

Any other agencies?

Organized Crime Commission Bureau, ОССВ.

Ever worked with DEA? Drug Enforcement Agency?

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Who are the people you are in touch with?

Two agents, Murphy and Shannon. This was.:.

You know their full names?

Well I have a day number and a night number and

I did some work in the Newberry with my husband

with them involving the Cuban narcotics connection

in South America. .

đ home invok ving

I also worked with the organized

crime, gambling.

Now you've turned, you want me to turn this tape

over to Senator Baker's committee to be turned over

to the Justice Department, is that correct? Right?

Yes.

You want me turn the...

Yes, I would like you, Frank, to turn this over just

in case something happens to me because I don't know

which way it's going to come.

And you need some protection, right now, right?

I need some type of help for my children, because of

this man Pinno threatening to expose my dealings

with

the FBI and to the foreign press.

I just caught up

in this thing since 1959 and I've

been with it up

until last month, last week and I've just, and I need

help.

There is no help.

I mean since last month and

I don't want my children hurt. They've already been

hurt.

Alright, I promise to turn this tape and the code over

to Senator Baker's committee, right?

Yes.

Who in turn will turn the information over to the •

proper officials in Washington, D. C.

Yes. I don't mean to embarass the Bureau.

I know how

important it is but at this point I need help

desparately for my kids..

They're 6 and 14 and

they

don't deserve what they have to go through.

The

whole summer locked up, threatened and afraid, and

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Yes.

the kids?

They threatened to kidnap my children.

They were

once abducted by this man.

it.

I had no knowledge of

On the last day of school and he, he will

hurt them. He will hurt them - this man is sick.

He's, he's on 10 valiums a day. He's unpredictable.

He's

vengeful.

And his close association with top mobsters?

• Yes he has

close

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Marita Lorenze (ML)

Frank Sturgis

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Marita Lorenze

You an American citizen?

Yes.

Were you born here?

Born in Braemen, Germany on August 18, 1939 and my

mother registered me at birthwith the Consulate

because she was stuck in the war over there, but I

am an American

citizen, not naturalized or

anything.

I was registered as an American citizen.

How old were you when you came to the United States?

I was about 12, came over on the U.S.S. Henry Gibbons,

American troop

transport, because my mother worked for

the United States Army.

Okay, now we're going to go ahead and jump.

You went

to Cuba what month and what year and on what ship?

I met, I went, I took several trips with my father

who was Commander of the oceanliner Berlin. I met

Fidel...

What was your father's full name?

Commander Heinrich Frederick Lorenz.

And how old was he?

Approximately 50-something, 55, when I first, I went

on several trips to Cuba before I met Fidel with,

but I was a little girl.

When's the first time you went to Cuba after Fidel

took over the government on January 1, 1959?

I met Fidel February 28, 1959, on one of my father's

cruises where Fidel came

aboard with several of his

men. He said he saw the oceanliner from the Havana

Hilton balcony and he took a launch with his Chief

of the Navy, what's his name, I forgot, Castagna...

Forget it, forget about it, we can go ahead. Who

else was

there besides the

chief of the Cuban navy.

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Selia Sanchez, Haiti Santa Maria, Paco

and Fidel and several of his armed guards.

Okay now, what happened

Castanyava..•

Castanyava

Castanyava was the chief of the Navy.

And Fidel offered you a job or something, can you

go into that?

Well he was very fond of everything German. He

said he read

and my father, you know, tried.

to pacify the tourists,

the passengers on the ship

because they were terrified. They thought they were

being invaded.

So I helped my father pacify the

tourists and it was really a funny scene.

Then I

steered Fidel to my father's cabin and we went to

dinner and Fidel started to play kneesies under the

table. And this was February 28, 1959 on the cruise.

And he offered you a job, right?

Yes, after about 5 hours on board ship we went back

up to my father's cabin and had drinks and exchanged

gifts; and my father and Fidel seemed to get along

very well.. My father is diplomatic and they

exchanged plaques and my father's silver ashtray and

stuff like that.

And he asked me, he asked my father

if since I was bilingual if I could go, come back,

return to cuba to be his secretary since he was

bolin has

getting German mail and he did not speak German and

he assured me that I would be safe and set up in an

office,

and blah, blah, blah, blah.. And I had

friends in Cuba

anyway.

How old were you then?

Nineteen, nineteen years old:

Did you get off the ship and stay there?

No, I went back to New York. Fidel, on the bridge,

asked me for my phone number and address in New York

and said he would call me, and I just, I didn't

believe it.

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When did he call you?

The same day I

father took off that night for Germany again and

of traven

arrived in New York. Because my

morning.

Well he went back to Germany with the ship, right?

Where did

you go?

I was living with my brother in New York City.

My brother was a translator for the United Nations

and I was alone living in New York City going to

the Merchantson Banker School.

Well how did you get back to New York City from

Havana?

On my father's ship. It was the last stop on the

cruise of about 5 or 6 stops.

Oh, in other words the, in other words the ship left

that night, left Havana that night...

Yeah.

went over to New York and then from New York went

back

to Europe, right?

Yes. Yes. I thought about Fidel and he pointed out

this is my Havana and I guess I was impressed.

was young, I don't know. And I thought that...

He called, he called you, he knew just about what

time you were going to arrive in New York and when

you got there he called you, what, the same, the same

day you got there?

The same day our ship arrived, three days later. And I

just picked up the phone and the Havana operator said

one moment please, heard some shouting and then I

the Prime Minister is on the phone,

on the line,

heard "hello"

Did he speak Cuban or English to you?

He spoke broken English in his hoarse voice. I guess

he was giving a lot of speeches at that time. And he

asked me, "Hello Marita, you think I don't call? I

think about you very much and I call.

I keep my

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So, I was

as surprised, I was very surprised.

How long was it did you leave New York to go to

Havana?

Fidel said to me, I said is this really you Fidel,

and he said yes.

I am in Havana Hilton, you call

me back in room 2408, and I said no, alright I

believe you I said because how else would you have

my number.

He said "I want you come back.

I think

about you and I will send a plane, my plane, and you

come back."

And it was a joke really, I liked the

Cocoa Glace, it's an ice cream in a cocoanut shell,

and he had sent to my father's ship a case of it so

I would have enough for the return trip home because,

I don't know, I just talked about Havana,

the island

in general.

So I, and I still didn't believe him

that he would send the

plane.

Did he send the airplane?

Yes.

What kind of an airplane did he send?

A. Cubana airliner with...

Four engines?

Yes, with

two men and two men came to the, my door.

I was living at 344 West 87th Street at the time, on

the second floor, and my brother was at a UN party

and I was home alone studying.

Oh no, in

• fact I was

reading a Herbert L. Mathews article on Fidel Castro

and Cuba when the doorbell rang, and it was Jesus

and Pedro

and they showed me identification: One came in military

one didn't.

the one said, are you ready?" And one sal

One said,

And one said,

"We go

now. Fidel want very much to see you."

(Laughter).

And I said I didn't finish my homework yet. I was like

in shock.

I didn't know what to do.

So they said they

were staying in a hotel, that they would, the plane

would leave tomorrow, please be ready. I, meanwhile I

haven't even unpacked, you know, from the cruise. My

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I hadn't even unpacked because I was worred about

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are incidentals anyway, so, what'd you

do, you went to the airport?

What airport did the

airplane, was the airplane at?

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time named something else. Idlewild, right?

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And..

It was Idlewild airport, that's where they had the

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Yeah, Cubana Airlines. Got on the plane...

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How many people where on the airplane?

Me, a steward, a pilot and a co-pilot and the two

guards.

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Ha, ha, had -- that's funny. Go ahead.

So anyway, I met Fidel and that's when I got involved.

This is more or less a background so they know her

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(Unidentified voice: "Yeah, right.")

I mean don't drag it out so much because the details

of all this thing is...

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back to Havana, right?

Right.

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you went back to Havana you saw Fidel where?

Cause we'll go over this lightly.

I was in the...

At the Hilton?

I was driven by black limousine right to the Hilton.

And that's where Fidel was staying at the Hilton, right?

Yes, he was having an argument in his suite with Chez

Raoul and some Americans.

He was having some argument with some Americans. Do

you know who the Americans were?

Yes.

Who were they?

One lady attorney trying to promote something, Muriel...

Oh this was more business or something like that?

Yes business.

Everybody was trying to promote this

and that with Fidel.

Yes, well that's immaterial.

So then I was told to go in the room and wait and the

And I was in there, in his suite, and

Fidel came in and I missed him and he missed me and

the rest is going to be in the book if I ever write it.

You'll write it don't worry. Alright now..:

If I live.

Do you know approximately when you met me?

A couple months, or

two months, or three months after

that.

No, That was very, I think you met me around what, April?

April, right.

April of 1959, right?

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And I believe we met at the Riviera Hotel in the

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Yes.

That's where, when I saw...

That's what I said,

a couple months...

Right.

right after that.

In April, right. And this is where we made contact

and so forth

and then we saw each other a few times

after that...

In the coffee shop.

In the coffee shop and this is when you were recruited

to go ahead and spy for the United States and

are you every

so forth

and, were you ever introduced or, to Colonel Nickels?

Yes.

Do you know who Colonel Nickels is, right.

He was

the Colonel who was military attache with the American

Embassy in Havana, Cuba at that time, right?

Yes.

Then you started your spy thing and so forth

and so forth, alright?

Um hum.

We'll go ahead and jump a little bit and so forth.

There were several meetings that Fidel had in the

Hilton with some of the people of the start.

I was

present at the meeting, right?

Right.

And, one of the time that Fidel was talking to the

staff concerned the gambling casinos and American

business interests in Cuba, right?

Right.

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And it was stated that he was going to run all the

racketeers

out of...

Out of Cuba.

Cuba.

All the American businesses were going to go

ahead and be nationalized because it was Cuba and the

Cuba

• for the Cubans.

Right.

And so forth.

And then it was suggested about well

you know the American government may not like it.

You're gonna have all the American business interests

put pressure on the State Department which would put

pressure on him and that they would be up in arms and

they would have the agents, they would send new agents

into Cuba because the CIA at that time was very close,

closely contacted, at least certain people in the CIA

had contact with

matter of fact that they were exchanging information

+ tact that

the 26th of July movement.

As a

with Castro...

Uh hum.

which enabled him to outwit many of the other groups

so really CIA helped Fidel quite a bit in this power

struggle that was going on in Cuba at that time.

So

Fidel, with the help of CIA...

Yes.

got to be the ruler of Cuba. Now...

I would, what about, where did Fidel get most of his

guns from?

Well, you know...

To lead the revolution?

Right, you know, so forth.

That's a story which we

won't have to go into and

so forth because we just

(unintelligible) briefly over it.

And then there

came a period of time where Fidel in all his

popularity and so forth was, now

Fidel with you - he

nade approaches to you, right, and so forth?

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He told you he loved you and so forth.

Yes.

And he seduced you, right? And, which has been on

record.

Mm-Hmm.

Lou know, and you liked him and you actually ir

liking him like a young

that you

Be to de an are on to hin are he couture

and really you thought of marriage, right?

Mm-hmm.

And in the process of being close with him, being as

the man's intelligent, dynamic and so forth, he did

force his

attentions

on you and naturally he seduced

you. You didn't want to but it happened.

Yes.

And you had nobody to go to because, hey, you're in

his

Cuba, right?

I was in his Cuba alright.

Right, now also what we were getting in this Senate

Intelligence Committee has got is the things that

Fidel has stated against the United States government

if they tried to interfere with the revolution and s

forth when the new election time comes because at that

time the President of the United States was Eisenhower

and it looked like that the Democrats were going to

win the election and he felt that if a new government,

which was discussed among the top military people, if

the new government came in and if they decided that they

didn't like Fidel's policy, which Fidel was saying what

ne was going to do for Cuba on an international scale,

that if

the United States government decided to go and

turn against him and put pressure on him he would do

likewise to the United States government. And he was

going to export his revolution in Latin America.

These

are the things that you heard...

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Mm-hmm.

A number of times I was present up there for the..:

in the Hilton with all the people.

Now you left Cuba

when?

Sometime in September.

righeptember of 1959 you came to the United States,

Yeah.

And when you came back to the United States you saw'

me.

Yes.

And then arrangements were made for you to go back to

Cuba and so forth...

Yes, yes.

And this is what happened with the attempt and so forth.

Right.

Now when you went back to Cuba, when did you leave

there the second time?

towards

When exactly /

the end of 1959, 1960.

1959?

'60 - I'm not sure. I'm no good at dates and all_ that.

I just know I went in and I took that stuff and I went

out.

Well then was it the early part of '60?

Yeah.

It had to be the early part of '60 and you came back

to Miami, right?

Right.

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You came back to Miami and you continued to

go ahead

and do some work

With Alex.

With Alex and myself here in South Florida. And then

when did you cease doing some work at that time?

Uh, in 19--, end of 1960.

End of 1960. When did I tell you to make contact with

Petty Humanez at his home.

Do you know approximately

what time that was?

In 1960, 61.

The end of 1960, or the early part of '61, was that

then?

About the time of the Bay of Pigs.

Well, '61 was the Bay of Pigs, in April.

'61.

So it

had to be before the Bay of Pigs.

Before, before, yes it was.

Yeah this is when Petty Humanez was exiled in Miami..

Right.

Beach on the island there, right?

Yes.

Alright, and you were told by whom to go over to his

home?

You.

You were told by me and you went there by yourself or

with someone else?

Should I name him?

Yeah. Alex?

Alex York.

Alright, Alex went with you over to Petty Humanez'

Do you know who

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Big Cubans.

Well when you talk about big Cubans can you name some?

Top Cubans in exile, Prios, Carlos Prios

President, ex-President Carlos Prios.

I don't know, there were so many, God.

Alright, well that's, that's good enough.

Anyway.

Alright,

that's when

you first met Petty Humanez,

alright.

Yes.

What was the idea of me sending you over there to meet

Petty Humanez?

Information gathering, to find out how he was

sponsoring the Cuban exiles.

Wasn't he

suspected of supplying money and other

goodies...

Oh, yes.

to groups, where at?

In Miami and outside of Miami.

And down in Texas, right?

•Yeah.

Training camps in Texas?

Yes.

Alright, he was feeding money to them also in...

Yeah.

Texas, right? And this is to help overthrow Castro

government, right?

I would presume, yeah. I guess so.

Now did you find out whether or not he was giving them

this financial assistance?

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Yeah I saw him give money to some Cubans. I was with

him at the time.

Now you got very friendly with Petty Humanez, isn't

that correct?

I would say so.

You would say so.

As a matter of fact...

(unintelligible)

As a matter of fact a love affair developed...

Yes.

and so forth and so forth, alright.

Yeah.

We won't go into anything else. We'll go ahead and

jump past that. Then we lost contact with you, right?

Yes.

And in losing contact with you we, well we mentioned

sometime when they, the United States State Department

sent Petty Humanez

back to Venezuela, he went to

prison, and you mentioned something about the family

wanted to break him out and you wanted to see if I

could do it and so forth:

Alright, so we'll skip that.

Anyway, I lost contact with you.

When was

the last

time we lost contact, when was that?

'64.

1964 or '63?

'63 or '64 approximately, alright?

After '64.

It was around, approximately 1964.

(unintelligible)

And you what, came to New York?

When the General went to jail.

Yeah, you went to South America and then you came back

to New York to live and so forth, right?

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Then you remarried, rather you got married here in

New

York?

Oh some time passed, I waited for the General but

then

I got married,

right.

Who did you marry? You're gonna say, you're gonna go

ahead

and say he worked at the building with you, and...

Yeah, I guess I have to. Louis John Yurositz.

Alright, now one time you and him did what at what

building

and the address?

We were both federal informants for the FBI in New York.

You worked as an, both of you worked as undercover

agents for the FBI in New Yor, right?

Me as a double because I had...

You as a double agent. Now when did this start?

He was the building manager at 250 East 87th Street

in Manhattan.

The building is owned by Glenwood

Management,

called the Newberry. The work started

with the case agent in 1969.

1969.

Who was the case agent's name, and what federal

agents, you already told me.

You already told me and

they got it on record and this...

They told me not to say anything.

Well, honey,

they got it on record and you're gonna

go ahead and send this down there because Senator

Baker knows who your case agent is, knows the CIA

agent that you were in touch with.

You know I keep remembering don't embarass the Bureau

and...

Honey, you're not embarassing the Bureau. What you're

doing is giving this information to Senator Baker's

Committee to turn over to the Justice Department in

order for them to go ahead and say, hey - you worked

as an agent for them, also as a double agent, you need

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protection for you and your kid, and if you don't go

ahead and tell them the name of these here people how

you gonna

do it?

Mmm.

You know we get back to the same thing again. Yeah,

you're looking for protection.

So far the people

you've worked with, so far this man Pucci who you

saved his life,

and saved another undercover agent's

life whose working with the FBI.

These people are

powerful people yet they have done nothing with the

problem that you have had right now with you, three

times there's been

an attempt on your life, isn't

that correct? One time they almost threw you out of

an 18 story building.

Another time you got pistol-

whipped.

You did all this

crap for these people

here yet they will do nothing to go ahead at the

present time, and this is on record in their own

forth, yet you cannot move them to give

you of your children any protection.

tape is going to go right to Senator Baker's office,

it'll go to Howard Liebengood for him to listen to,

turn this tape over to the proper

which will be the Justice Department.

You can call Howard Liebengood to see if he has

received those codes from the Albanian Embassy from

You can call him and find out, and also you

can call him at the same time and let him know if

a tape has been turned over to him.

As a matter of

fact when I get there Friday and leave this in his

office I will instruct his people in the office to

get a hold of you,

because I'm gonna leave your phone

number with Senator's Baker's people, with Senator

Baker is on, has a Committee on Intelligence...

Mm-hmm.

He's got the committee. It's a new Committee that has

been formed on intelligence. See, now I am turning this

information over to the proper authorities.

See.

And

this information is not going to go to any newspaper

or anybody...

Okay, okay Frank. I have your word. It's just that I

you know I guess, with them working on

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Honey, I don't want to know everything you did in 6

years.

I don't want to know everything you did

because you can't...

They were like a family, they were like a family at

Now when I need help they don't come

through and they say it costs too much.

It cost me.

a lot of nights in the garbage looking for Albanian

stuff, cost me a lot of worry, cost me a lot of fear,

threats.

Alright so this is why...

(Unintelligible) '

I want some stuff on this thing because if you make a

story up then how are you gonna prove, for instance,

you gonna go ahead...

No I'm not making anything up. I wouldn't lie about

No, no, honey, I'm just saying. If you're gonna go

ahead

and say, hey - I broke into 33, in an apartment

building with

33 Soviet families, who did you work

for

-- well'I worked for the FBI.

They call the FBI,

the FBI said we know nothing about it. Then you are

a liar.

No way am I going to be a liar.

I'm just saying, they're going to say how we gonna

protect this girl when she's lying to us because the

FBI says no. But if you name names and say I worked

with this man here, it's got my file, I worked over

a six year period.

God damn it - that, that Justice

Department will say, hey baby we want to see you and

we want to see your files on this girl. And baby

they got to go and come up with it.

And if they don't

come up with it they're in trouble. They're in

trouble.

Now, how could they hide something when they

are working for the same people who are their bosses.

who are their bosses?

They can tell you to go jump in

a lake over here.

But Washington, D. C. says - hey,

I want to see something here.

Why haven't you given

this people protection if all this is true.

But if

they don't know, honey, how the hell are they gonna

do anything?

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I guess if something happens somebody's gonna know,

you know.

Somebody has to know.

Now at the beginning you and

your husband, your husband was manager.

was the building manager of this building.

And he...

Is he still building manager of that building?

Yes, but the way this

going...

re getting at the building and we're...

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He still manages the building. Alright, now, how long

has he been

manager of this building?

We raised this building, we

In other words when was the first years...

We were the very first tenants in this building. We

noved in there before anybody moved in there.

were the first tenants.

The first person to move in

was the first Secretary to the Soviet Mission.

What was his name?

Mr. Vittikoff.

And who was Mr. Vittikoff?

He was the first Secretary to Malek, the Soviet

Ambassador to the United Nations.

Would you say a cesspool of spies which this cesspool

of spies which is the Soviet

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manager, you were the first people to live in that

place?

Come of a Agent, no abed he Red by glenood

Okay, now, who started to move in there?

Our very first tenant was Mr. Ovinikoff, he was the

First Secretary to Ambassador Malek at

the United

Nations.

(unintelligible)

Alright, go ahead, keep talking into there.

And he's a little guy. He seemed like normal people,

but I never really...

Well how many people eventually moved in there besides

this man?

Oh well the first one was Mr. Ovinikoff, the second

one I named The Stalker, the third one - I have nick-

names...

Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute now. The

second one who moved in there you called, you nick-

named the

The Stalker:

The Stalker. What was his real name?

Because he, he was, he checked on the Russians. The

Russians checked on

the Russians.

And if a woman,

Soviet wife, got out of hand or went shopping by her-

self or did

something out of the way she got pulled

back and she was under house arrest.

Alright, what was his name?

Mr. Artimenko, Artimenko. I kept, then I...

Who was the third one you gave a nickname to?

I had nicknames for all of them.

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Moonface, The Stalker...

Yeah.

The Shadow.

It was my own little thing of remembering

until I memorized.

We started out with

" the tenants'

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of the

*Union of Soviet Socialist Republic resident, and I

got interested. Then one day an agent came at 9 o'clock

in the morning, and my husband had been previously

working with Treasury and other agencies, including

this agent which I'll name, that's Al Chestone.

His first name was what?

Albert, Albert Chestone.

What agency was he with?

The FBI.

Special Agent, FBI?

Yes, counterintelligence.

Sector of the FBI

Yes,

political.

And, my husband had known him

previously working with the Polaris missile, Polaris

missile thing.

This was before I met my husband or

married him.

He did something with the Polaris

missile thing.

And my husband was paid by this same

agent.

Anyway, we, he came daily and we went over the

enants' list and we sort of dissected everybody in

the building.

Alright now, were you recruited by this agent?

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burglaries (laughter)...

In other words this agent...

Information gather, get close to them, get friendly with

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them, and you take the woman's viewpoint, standpoint,

and my husband...

And they wanted you to do some burglaries, right?

Well, I, yes.

Alright now, these burglaries, did they consist of

you and your husband doing the burglaries or you by

yourself?

Well my husband had the master keys.

Right, alright.

And...

Well when you did these burglaries...

We all did them together.

cars.

dide statioth In front ce tee save dission.

Suppose, say like they were interested in one Soviet

who they lost track of, who was supposed to be in

Washington, D. C.,

and

sudden in our building because they had surveillance

across the street.

but ma be tune

then they found him all of a

That's the first thing - they set

up surveillan that we were

a camera, high-power camera across

the street.

pointed out to.

That

everybody who went in and out of the building was

photographed.

Including yourself and your husband?

Oh yeah, me especially in the morning taking my son to

school and everything...

Right.

But, and...

Alright, now, getting back to the entries that you made

into the apartments:

Once you found out that the

people were not in the apartments -- how did you find

out they weren't in the apartments?

Well, they would...

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No.

You saw them leave?

No, no.

They were assigned, first of all we were told

that we wanted, they wanted to hit the apartment, the

and. I would listen and my husband looked at me

and I looked at him but it was still in the best

interests of the country, and this was a very, very top

KGB agent,

a Soviet General, blah, blah, blah, he was

interested...

Do you know the man's name?

Yes.

This General?

Yes.

What was his name?

Oleg Likichev.

What's his name?

Oleg Likichev.

Likichev.

He's a top...

KGB spy.

Alright, and he lived in the building?

Yes, with his wife and 5 year old son.

Right.

On the 10th floor.

Alright, now you were advising them when they left

the building. Naturally they had surveillance out

side, they would know when he left...

Well first we were told to get close to them, maybe

friendly...

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Friendly.

Very friendly.

We exchanged gifts and we went to

dinner, and we were invited to the U.N., and we

exchanged

In other words you were being guided into doing

certain things...

No.

This

. one particular FBl agent.

This one particular agent told us daily what to do.

Alright now did he give you a code name or a code,

any particular code?

My name, Mariuch.

Mariuch was the name he gave, that he gave you, right?

Mariuch.

Alright, it sounds Italian. Mariuch is Italian.

Well he...

Maria.

He is Italian, too.

The agent?

Yes.

Alright, now, when, did you ever make an entry into

this top KGB agent'

s apartment?

This one particular, there were several. This wasn't

the only one.

Well, let's talk, let's talk about, the, general.

Oleg was, in other words my husband and I discussed

it and I said,

"Louis, you know,"

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It could be very dangerous.

Yeah, yeah, I said...

You could get caught, you could be killed.

I said suppose,

you know, we're working in the precinct

on a local level - that's breaking and entering,

right?

And my husband and I dis, you know we discussed

it.

Now, Uncle Al - as we started to call this...

FBI agent?

FBI agent, said "Look, he's a very bad person, we lost

him and we found him and he's in the building and we

want to get in the apartment.

We feel he has, for

national security reasons, we want to enter that

apartment.

Louis, will you cooperate?"

You know?

And my husband said, "Alright"

Did he said he had to discuss it with you?

They discussed it in front of me.

I mean did your husband say he had, he would discuss

it with you about...

No, no, but he did, but he didn't ask me because I

to do what Al tells us

Louis opening the doors for them''

', Louis said, Louis

is my husband, said "What do you want me to do, get

subpoenaed?

They'1l subpoena me if I don't do it. So

I'1l go along with it.

So it, it was agreed...

It was agreed that he would do it.

Alright, now what did your husband do.

Did he open the

door for the agents?

Yes he did.

Did he go in, for what, one agent, two agents?

Two agents.

Two agents. Was Uncle Al one of those

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No he was not.

Do you know the name of the two agents that made the

entry?

No I do not.

Do not.

They came on the specific morning when they had Oleg...

You were

by Uncle Al that these two agents

were coming?

Yes:

Alright, on a specific morning?

Yes.

Alright, and..•

They came as lumberjacks,

one as a refrigeration

repairman.

Right.

Refrigerator, refrigeration-air conditioning repairman.

Alright, now you and your husband with these two

agents went up to the l0th floor, right? You were

stationed where you were going to be the lookout?

In the...

Hallway?

Service entrance.

In the service entrance.

Your husband had the pass

keys?

Yes.

He opened the door?

Yes.

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Yes.

Did your husband go in?

He stood at the door.

He stood at the door?

He stood at the door.

That is in case they'd come back he'd...

Right.

The fact that he is the manager of the building

standing there with two repairman.

But that he was assured, he was assured, right.

That these two men were repairmen?

That, that just in case something went wrong with the

5 cars assigned to this job that one

car would radio

that Oleg Likichev was leaving the Mission at this

moment, he is getting into his car, he is on the way

• 2nd Avenue to his residence.

Right, and they...

You've got approximately 7 to 8 minutes...

Minutes to do what you gott do and get the hell out.

Do, and get out.

Okay.

So, my husband stood in the door and I was in the

staircase and they went in with a, a case that looks

like a television repair case which had high power

cameras.

Right.

And they, my husband was always annoyed because they.

were sloppy.

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The Soviets are very trained, they would leave a

cigarette on an ashtray. If you knocked it over they

know immediately someone was in the apartment.

Now, when the agents, before your husband opened the

door with the

pass key, did the agents look the door

ver to see if there was any powder marks, tapes,

hairs, or anything, or something leaning against

the

door to signify that possibly when the Cuban general,

this, not Cuban general, this Russian general, who is

a top KGB agent...

Yes.

wanted to see if somebody made an entry they would

leave something on the door.

Yes.

They inspected the door, right? And they didn't find

anything?

Right.

Right.

So they opened the door. In other words, what-

ever they touched...

But they made a mistake inside on one break-in and

that...

Alright, now, no let's not jump.

We're, you were on

this one particular thing.

Alright.

These people did go in, they did what they had to de

with the cameras

and. so

forth, evidently these were

hidden...

Yeah.

cameras that they installed some place in there, right?

No, it was microfilm.

Well there were cameras...

In the flour can...

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Oh, you mean what the agents brought in?

What the two agents brought in.

Yes.

Yeah, what did they bring in with them, what, in the

general's...

Cameras.

They brought cameras...

Mm-hmm.

which were installed.

Yeah.

What else did they bring in?

I don't know.. They...

Any listening devices, bugging devices?

I would say so.

I think...

You don't know for sure, though?

I'm not sure, my husband...

No, but you do know about the cameras?

Yes.

Alright, but there is a possibility they brought

bugging devices because

it's logical they would

bring bugging devices.

I think sometimes, plenty of times they wanted to

plant a bug.

Sure.

Especially in the television, the cable IV, the...

Well they install that through the walls and so forth.

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No, in the,

they'd hook it up to the master antenna

for the cable TV.

Oh, for the cable TV.. Well, yeah, alright.

That way they thought they could tune in to them

transmitting.

Yeah. Alright, now, how long did they stay in, to

the General'

apartment?

In the apartment, approximately 10-15-20 minutes.

Then they left, your husband closed the door, did he

wipe his fingerprints off the door? Do you know?

No, but my husband would usually put the edge of the

rug back the way he found it.

Right, in other, everything...

It was turned over...

had to be placed back the same way it was.

And he would watch them and they were rough.

Well,

we'll forget about that part. We're not

interested in...

This worried my husband because this would..

Yeah, it would make...

They knew...

Make them know there was.

an entry.

Right.

Okay, now, they did that, they left. Did, did, did the

agents ever go back into that apartment again?

No, one time.

Just one time and they never went back into that...

No...

that particular apartment.

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they were satisfied.

They were satisfied so evidently everything worked out

alright. Even though...

Mm-hmm.

your husband was on edge about the way the agents

were...

Oh yeah.

Okay? Alright, so we'll forget that part. Now how

about other entries. We'll get one at a time.

The other entry that's outstanding is. Soviet..

Yeah, go ahead, keep talking.

Very Americanized Soviet, handsome, married with a 10

year old daughter.

I forget his name.

I have them

all at home. And, I nicknamed him

1 "The Tennis Player"

because he use to do a lot of jogging and play tennis

every morning to make contacts with Americans, and try

ten spoken i teto eaten at the same

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Fluently, without an accent, down to curses and slang

and everything else. His wife...

You got friendly with him also?

No, he even suggested to take my husband to a massage

parlor and he was way out, too much way out.

In other words, -

_ play with girls?

I had his, no, I was, well he was one of those.

He liked to play?

Yeah.

He was a playboy.

He was a playboy.

That's, they use

Which is very, yeah,

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They use, they used, he was also a top KeB, and

his apartment, they

did his apartment,

too.

What did they do?

They broke in, they

Well, now wait a minute.

used my husband to break in. This a job I wasn't

on but...

Well, that not breaking in now. It's illegal entry..

Entry.

Right.

In other words they used your husband and you

also as a stakeout again?

Yeah.

On that particular one.

Mm-hmm.

He opened the door again. What floor did he have his

apartment?

I don't recall that. I'd have to get the tenants' list.

Alright, it makes no difference. Alright, don't

worry about that.

But they made entry into his

apartment.

Yes.

What did they do in his apartment?

I guess they microfilmed and planted a device. Anyway,

either way, whatever they did they did...

With the corpor, cooperation of your husband?

Cooperation of my husband...

And yourself.

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And they did it sloppy because this particular Soviet,

• the tennis player, made a formal complaint to the

23rd Precinct,

PIU investigation unit, where I was

working.

When you say PIU, what's PIU?

Prisoner Investigation Unit.

Prisoner or Police?

Prisoner Investigation Unit.

Was that a police unit?

That's the 23rd precinct.

Police.

Right, police...

Alright.

department. I was working up there.

Alright.

Now I answered the phones.

Oh, hm-mmm.

You understand?

Yeah.

And this tennis player called up and demanded a

detective.

I was working up there and the detectives

were hot on a homicide and I answered the phone and

here it was the tennis player calling to make a formal

complaint of breaking and entering his apartment. I

had him on the phone.

And he didn't know it was you.

And I died, I tried to disguise my voice and he kept

on talking and talking and talking and I couldn't

disguise my voice.

I was afraid he would know that I,

it was me. I took the complaint in other words.

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And I wrote up the 61.

Go ahead. Now let me ask you this here.

The 61 - complaint report.

Alright, let me ask you this here.

You say you were

working for this police hepartment in this precinct.

What was your job with

Auxiliary volunteer. Photos, translations, rape

cases, interrogation.

And at that time you were answering phone calls that

were coming in?

And typing, and doing other things but I don't really

want to get those guys involved because they...

Moing just ped wanted the to know what you were

I was an auxiliary sergeant.

Answering the phones. Okay.

Auxiliary is a volunteer police.

Right, good enough. Now what other entries did you make

with them. That's two -- that you specified.

Two.

The rest I didn't want to go along with because

I was a little afraid so my...

Things were getting a little hot for you.

Yes, because we had too many Russians, we had the

Albanians, we had the Red Chinese.

All living in that building?

All living in the same building:

There was, it was

comical.

The Albanians wouldn

t talk to the Russians,

the Russians ignored the Albanians, the Red Chinese

went down the service entrance and

to avoid the

Russians and the Al-, it was just,the Secret Service

in the garage and in the front door. The narcotics

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peddlers coming out of the laundry room.

It was, it

was a merry-go-round.

In other words,

We had, in one day about four different agencies

watching people.

In and out of the building.

And we didn't know if we were coming or going.

Yeah.

We lived on the second floor. We had a view of the

street and we would signal to the, across the street

surveillance apartment,

apartment, you know. We'd

see the cars pull up and the cars leave.

Alright, now...

My husband did most of, he'd been doing it.

He'd been doing most of the end of the...

Yes,

because I felt I didn't want to get caught. I

just didn't want to get caught because it was a heck

of a chance because more than one Soviet family lived

on one floor and if anyone of them walked out when my

husband was opening the door to let those guys in my

husband would have been dead.

Alright, not only that I understand. that you were

getting very familiar with many of the families of...

I was too friendly...

these people.

with the families.

Right, so you didn't want to go ahead and

They trusted me alone in their apartments. We had many

discussions together, we exchanged medicine, I gave

them medicine for one child who...

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At the same time you tried to get as much information

out of them as you can being on that friendly basis.

I was being on a very social...

Right.

natural basis.

Right.

Ard I became friendly with them.

How long, how long...

We even were paid money to throw a few parties.

You were paid money...

For the Soviets.

You were given money by the...

By the Justice Department.

Yeah.

To throw a few parties.

So the agents could make surveillance.

• So they could make surveillance.

And contact?

And contact, and try to get them, loosen up, to loosen

up . ..

Well, booze can loosen a lot of people's mouths.

Well it was mostly their vodka anyway they gave us.

But, yeah they suggested the, using agents as waiters

and

bartenders and all that.

And I said that wouldn't

go. Soviet people are very trained. They smell any-

thing like that.

people

And I was very open with them.

They'd

leave from the countries and I would be the first to

know.

They would bring back gifts.

They babysat my

children, I babysat their children. We exchanged

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medicine and I just didn't want anything to go wrong.

But your husband continued to work with the agency,

right?

Yes.

cars.

We, we took, we ID'd photos. We watched for

watched

their movement.

It was day and night.

You did a lot of surveillance work on these people

but you yourself, personally, wanted to try to keep

out of the...

Yeah.

operation as far as...

Break...

entering into the apartments, right?

Yes.

How long did this last?: Over a period of how long?

1969 to 1976.

All these years?

Yes.

That's doing surveillance on these people.

Yeah. We were...

How about the Albanians now, tell me about the code.

the Albanians, the Albanians we got very friendly witr

a Mr. Koyani,

Ambassador to the Mission, the U.N., anc

the Albanians are not as elite as the Russians

The Russians dry clean their own clothes, burn their

own garbage, have no photos, personal things in the

apartment.

The Albanians

are more, they allow their

children to watch television.

The Soviets don't.

convinced the Albanians who had a mission on their

mission, which they blocked a complete fire exit was

on the 2lst floor of the Newberry.

They lived in the

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they had about 30, 30 families who-resided there and

their mission was

there.

And we became very Irlendly

with them because of one incident, especially my

husband, took, went to see his mother and left me in

charge of the building.

That same day they had a so-

called demonstration where the demonstrators had a

25-minute picketing right to picket...The demonstra-

tion turned into a bloody riot where they burned flags

and everything and the Albanians came down.

They all

are armed.

They're all armed, and they agitated the

rioters out on the street.

And I was alone with only

my basic police training

and my wits, really, and a

panicking doorman and my kids. I was just alone. 1,

the first thing I looked out the window when I heard

the shooting I called the Bureau and I said, "Get me

Al Chestone fast."

I said I need help.

I have a demonstration.

I said I don't have Louis I don't

know what to do.

And there were about s0u people

hrowing bricks, bottles, everything through the plate

glass windows.

Burning American flags and Albanian

flags because of something that happened in Albania.

Those that defected here. started this demonstration.

So then I, things got out of hand, the doorman was

hurt with

a brick.

I saw blood,

and the Albanian

Ambassador and five top officials agitated these

people from inside the lobby with fists. Very

unprofessional-like.

Yeah.

So I physically pulled them by their coats and told

them,

"Get upstairs, get upstairs and get yourself

back into the mission

, because tenants were walking

through the lobby and we were going to get hurt by

flying glass and everything else.

And I had no help.

The police were outside of the line...

Marita, what we're going into details is something

that is a story.

Oh, alright.

So we'll go ahead and just bypass that.

Anyway, the Albanians Al was interested into, and

especially because they were admitting the Red Chinese

into the United Nations, which they did.

It was that

speech, which I have the original copy of. Ambassador

Rocco Nocco - sounds crazy, but that's his name, Rocco

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Nocco, and they were, they were sloppier, and the

agent

Al Chestone told me convince them, you know,

case

'em, keep going up and down the steps,

what

time they throw their garbage out.

Garbage was

the most valuable source of information for the

Bureau, and that was...

Garbage and trash.

Frash. Chicken bones, codes, diapers, whatever, you

know,

and that was my job because I had the patience.

Now the FBI supplied me with bandaids and gloves,

flashlights, batteries and the whole thing, because

I

convinced

the Albanians that the compacter, which

was the disposal system in the building from 31 floors

down

-- in other words when they threw their garbage

out that it would come out in brick form, block form,

brick crushed, which in fact was not true:

But they believed it?

They believed it. They trusted us. Louis and I were

the only ones

allowed in the mission. We were the

only ones.

Now this mission is that building you were talking

about

That's still there.

Still there.

Very much there. That's the code that you have.

Right.

So, I started, made it a every two hour routine to go

after midnight when they put their garbage out in the

hall, pick up the bags.

Take them down to the service

intrance and take the bags at home

'em home.

Ind go through the orange peels and chicken bones

and

father torn up letters,

turn this garbage letter, in other words, I would

past it together and give it to the Bureau and some

of these letters turned out to be very valuable. Among

them was one code, now...

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I would assume that these letters that were in code

they would be classified material. Otherwise it

wouldn't be in code.

Very valuable, yes. The...

And this was turned over to who?

To Al Chestone. The first code I got, I just got on

a hunch lucky.

Because it was just at

the time when

the Red Chinese entered the United States, first

Mr. Huang Yua, and I met them.

cha hat are are people men, won at 3:00 in the

norning and I just had a hunch and I got up and

said,

'Louis I can't sleep, I'm going down and do

some work.

Give me the keys to the compacter room. "

So I went downstairs and I waited and sure enough

around 3:30 these bags started to come down from the

21st floor.

3:30 in the morning?

3:30 in the morning because Al said watch them

closely, because of the Red Chinese.

And I shut

the machine off and I got these, I got this code,

I caught it in other words, but it...

This is the code you turned over to me?

This is the first code, the very first code, at the

risk of having my hands chopped off because if I

didn't shut that machine off in time I could have

been hurt.

But I got it.

valuable.

The first code was very

It was sent to Washington.

(End of tape - side 2).

these bags of stuff and if you hadn't have turned

off the machine you would have got your hand either

chopped up of cut off, and so forth. What did, were

you saying about Al, Uncle Al?

Uncle Al slept and I did the work, and by the time I

got upstairs and took the orange peels and everything

out of the garbage and separated the letters and

every tiny little piece with tweezers and everything,

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put it all in a box, right down to every piece.

ruined

my

rugs and everything.

And Uncle Al would

come at 8:30,

9:00 in the morning and I would still

be up separating the garbage and he'd be all fresh

and ready for work and I had just come back from the

garbage room. And...

You stayed awake all night?

Yeah, with the tweezers and I use to run out of

skotch tape which was frustrating cause I couldn't

stick these letters togethers without skotch tape,

so he brought me a big box of skotch tape which

was very kind of him.

Then I would give it to him

and he'd, he'd have coffee, tea and toast or whatever.

And I'd say, "Now I want to go to sleep." And he'd

say, ''No, no, no, wait a minute. Mr. So-and-so,

or Berzofsky, we want to get a line on Mr. Berzofsky.

Who was Mr. Berzofsky?

Berzofsky, the Second Secretary to the Union of the

Soviet Socialist Republic.

What was his first name, do you know?

Mmmm, I forgot...

That's alright, it don't matter.

I forgot really. But we were very close to him. His

wife was

surgeon in the Soviet mission and she was,

she's, she's adorable. She's nice, she's sweet and

have liver cancer.

met her, like my daughter.

My daugher played with her,

they took piano lessons together, exchanged books, and

the little girl; at sixteen, Irene was sent back to

the Soviet Union with liver cancer. I got very close

to the mother, the mother was heartbroken, the father

was heartbroken.

I guess like any mother and father

when their only child turns out to have liver cancer.

She's diagnosed as such in the Soviet Union and they

asked me

to get medicine, pain killers for Irene.

do so and pass along to them empirin and codine #4,

which is a pain killer which they smuggled over to

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with the permission of

the FBI.

We exchanged jewelry, clothes, and everything

else.

We were just one mother to another mother.

Their little girl in trouble, mine not in trouble and

it was little things like that that I would get very

involved with. I don't know...

Morita let me ask you this here, did the agents ever

tell you to go out with any of the diplomats in the

mission?

Well, now we have to go back to Oleg, Oleg Likichev.

And who is he again?

He was the KGB spy that they lost and thought he, they

thought he was still residing in Washington, the

out-

side of Washington, D. C., in Virginia.

was

supposed to have last been

seen in Virginia somewhere

and all of a sudden they picked him up in our building,

as being in our building.

furious,

him.

•read a other.

They lost him and they were

they wanted us very close to

And he, we had a'lot of evenings together we

spent with him, dinners, and he came to us,

In other words he asked you to go out, did he ask

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or what.

a.lot about the State of

Washington, residing in the State of Washington.

They also knew I had diamonds and he asked me,

unintelligible) "Can you get me diamonds?"

What did he call you?'

Ilonka Marischa, Ilona Marita.

Oh, that's in Russian?

Yes. And we always exchanged Russian words and I

know a few, enough to get by on.

All of a sudden,

you know, he was interested in diamonds.

He had a

Eascination for diamonds. His wife, she was kind

of sweet on my husband he was kind of sweet on me

and I kept telling Uncle Al this thing is going to

get out of hand.

I said all of a sudden he wants

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diamonds, and Al, what do I do.

Go ahead, talk to

him about diamonds.

So I said Oleg, what do you

mean by diamonds?

He said uncut stones for cash.

I am a Soviet official, I cannot go into a jewelry

store like you and buy them. • I want diamonds.

willing to pay a hundred thousand dollars for them.

I said, I said. tell me why, Oleg. And he said,

"Money, why does anybody want diamonds." I said it's

a good enough reason.

So I said,

can we do for Oleg about his diamonds? and Louist

said we'll figure something out.

And then Oleg said,

this was at a dinner party up in their house.

Hot

diamonds, he wanted hot, uncut, raw diamonds. So

he was serious, he was dead serious. He said he

would buy them

for cash.

How serious was he? Did you ever get any for him?

Well it got this far. We told Uncle Al the next

morning.

I said, "Uncle Al, I got a surprise for

You're gonna have to come up with some hot

diamonds.

A hundred thousand dollars worth because

I promised Oleg that I would get them for him since

he can't buy them.

Oleg wants diamonds.

said if you can put two and two together maybe this

guy will defect because he's talking about the State

of Washington.

I said but you have to be careful,

I have to be

careful,

по?

So Al said I'll get you

the diamonds.

You tell him to get the cash ready.

So Uncle Al went to an underworld source and got

the diamonds.

Uncle Al made a boo-boo and Oleg, the

day of the exchange I was supposed to make the sale

in the apartment,

Oleg was at a sports meeting 1n

Washington, D.C.

Uncle Al said,

"I've got to give

these diamonds back to the underworld or give them

the cash."

I said,

"Listen, I told you tomorrow,

not today, Al.

Lomorrow, because. Oleg told us he's

going to this soccer meeting in washington, b.u.

Alright whatever the

kind of meeting it is.

in Washington, D. C."

"Oh is he?"

he is."

Right.

Anyway, Uncle Al started i "panick

because he was in my house with a hundred thousand

dollars worth of uncut, hot diamonds.

By himself?

By himself, and I was supposed to get the cash from

Oleg. Oleg said on a Thursday and Uncle Al came on

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So what happened?

fell through.

Al said he had to give them back to

he underworlds,

to his source.

So he took them

pack and then Oleg, you know,

I had to talk my

way out of it.

It was just one of the flubs.

anyway after I left my husband Oleg kept asking for

me, kept coming directly to the apartment and say-

ing,

she left. I don't believe it."

said "yes, she did leave.

It's her own problems,

Oleg, you know, forget about it.

And he said,

it's not possible.

You must stay together.

You must stay. together."

Anyway, he kept coming,

about four times and asking my husband, until my

husband made a joke of it and said Oleg wants to

see you.

he's made it damn plain that he

wants to see you. In other words if you're

finished

I'11 take over.

Where is she living? My

husband tells him I'm living on

88th. Street.

I talked to my husband and I said what did you do

that for?

Tell him I'm living on 88th Street?

You know, because I know he wants

to go out with

You can feed it, I can feed it, the, you know!

I call up, Uncle Al meantime is transferred to

Newark, I get another case

Louis gets

case agent for the building and he works alone,

without me.

The other agent is John Kotter.

With the FBI?

John Kotter.

"John, I hear your taking Al's place"

"and I meet

Drop things, start things, drop

different assignments, then we get to Oleg.

things'1 said

look, Oleg is bothering Louis. He wants to go out

I said,

"Hey, wait a minute.

Either do this sophisticated,

alright?

First I'll send him a Christmas card and

sign it Ilonka Marischa, you know?

I'11 put my

phone number on

the bottom,

something you know?

Or I'11 happen

to be there when he's

going into the

I said you don't

You know that's going to be like

a setup because I've|been avoiding him.

So, anyway,

he tells, he outlines the whole thing.

I said what

have you got planned, John. And he says,

"Do you

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So, anyway; 1 go, I go to the

mission with my daughter, who was

at the time 12 years

old.

My daughter, I guess,

is a little use to my

life.

She's use to FBI all her life.

She knows not

to talk.

She knows whether we look at her when to

say something.

I guess she's the closest thing to me

now.

she goes along. She's very cool and we both

valked into the mission on the pretense that she hac

to do

a protect for schoos on the Soviet Union.

She

needed material. Now as soon as we walked into the

mission everybody there I know because they reside in

the building.

And they

"Ilonka Marischa

blah, blah, blah, blah.

"And I'm very friendly with

them all.

They all love my daughter. But we're

there for other reasons.

We're there to go to see

We gather, we gather the material, meanwhile

I'm aware that every picture has an eye or every

poster has a mirror or camera,

you know?

But my

laugher's very cool and we're left alone in the room

where the Soviet material is displayed.

But I know

She knows it too

and she

en a many too, this 1s beautiful,

beautiful." You know? Then I ask for Oleg to this

want?,, very tough Soviet woman that said "What you

, you know.

I said

"Oleg Likichev, please.

I'd like to speak to him." And she called and he

is still in the United Nations, he asks you to wait.

I refused a wire or anything like that, but...

What wire are you talking about?

A wire on me.

Oh.

Because...

That the agents (unintelligible)

Yes, because Oleg I know likes

me and if he sees me

he would grab me and hug me and that's the Russian

way..

Yeah.

And he'll feel that and I'm dead.

Right.

Right in the mission.

Right.

That's not my proper there.

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we waited.

We were allowed

the run of the place.

anyway,

We

knew

everyone there and...

Like you say, eyes were watching you.

Oh definitely, definitely, because that's how they

test you when you walk in

not left alone.

Sure.

Anyway, there was this, it was, it was a legitimate

excuse

that Oleg was tied up in the United Nations

because it was in the paper the next day, that it

was some security council meeting.

And I said

"Please give this note to Mr. Likichev. Tell him

And best

thank you very much for the material, and we left.

wishes to his wife, blah, blah, blah,

Funny thing is the

cop outside

almost arrested us,

a uniformed police officer.

For what reason?

He gave us a dirty look and made a very slurring,

nasty remark when

• I left.

But I hate to knock the

police department because they're helping me now.

But, I guess, he didn't know, you know?

Yeah, he thought you were Russians.

He thought I was a Russian.

Or a Russian sympathizer.

Right, especially going in with a child and I looked

very...

Yeah.

American. Anyway, I got home and John Kotter was

waiting in front of my door.

I remember it was

raining.

And I said, he said "Are

I said, "Now how the hell

I make a date with Oleg with my daughter?"

Yeah.

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Why don't you

tell me these things before that they're delayed

at

a security council meeting, you know, instead of me

letting, letting me sit there.

You know these are

all the

little things that use to annoy me...

Yeah.

that they a things que, at left oles are

that they have to screen things first before, you

don't have to make a

Anyway, I said I left Oleg a note. I

said now

you go home and I'm going to take it easy

and they, we tried, and I said,

"You know, John,

you're just going to get me so involved with Oleg.

I'm not going to end up in bed in a motel room

upstate somewhere with Oleg so you can come in and

take photographs.

That's not my stick."

I said

I'll gather garbage, get license plates, tape, do

everything else, but, I'll even take the mail, like

I've been doing, but I'm not going to be caught in

bed. I said that's too big a pawn for me and I'm

not getting anything for it right now.

They allowed

me to take mail, steam it, photograph it and put it

Some of that mail is now missing, which

belongs to the Soviet people, which this perpetrator,

perpetrator has and wants to blackmail me with and I

asked the FBI to please help me with that.

Who's the perpetrator?

The perpetrator is Guiseppi Faisiano, aka Pionne,

aka David Ring, who broke into my apartment and stole

this tape with Oleg Likichev, these love conversations,

He has those

He threatens my life with it:

threatens blackmail with me.

He assaulted me.

pistol-whipped me and I asked the Bureau for help.

Did he try to throw you out the 18 story build-, window?

Yes.

He did what?

Yes, he tried to push me out the window.

18 stories?

Yes, and I told him stay away, get back, because if

anything happens to me there's letters with the

Justice Department naming everything I know about you,

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stopped cold. He threatened to shoot my

daughter in the back. He's threatening her right

now with disgrace because she is the daughter of

the, of a well-known man.

is

Right now my main concern

the, these letters and the code and the tape and

possibly other things, are in the hands of this

Guiseppi Faisiano, and he wants money from me and

he's probably right now at the building.

He is

casing the Soviets and he's going to try to go to

the same people that he has on the letters to tel

them that I was an informant for the FBI for revenge,

for having him arrested on the assault charge with a

gun.

He

also wants money:

He wants to disgrace the

FBI. He's blackmalling right now my husband, my ex-

husband, for the master keys of the Newberry.

husband

is calling me for help and I don't know what

to do.

I asked Frank to help me.

I gave him the

code because everybody refused.

I was afraid to have

I guess Frank helped me before in

cuba and were t, I worked he worked for me and I

worked for him and I don't know where to go because,

the only ones that are helping me now are the local

police - in their lunch hours or when I'm too afraid

to leave the house they buy me milk and fruit for the

kids.

And they'll take the children home when I get

a threat on the phone of a box in the mailbox of get

my back door shot at.

I take my children and 1 put

them in the 23rd precinct.

They even, off duty...

The off-duty police,

police officers take my children

home...

And they spend time at the house?

And they spend time at the house in their free time

when they should be home with their families.

Well you have saved the life of two people, right?

I would think so.

Well, you have.

Yes.

When, one of the, who are the two people you saved

their lives?

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• A federal narcotics informant...

Undercover agent, right?

Undercover agent Pino Cantanya, and Assistant Federal

District Attorney Thomas A. Puccio from Brooklyn.

And you saved their lives because a contract was

being put out on them?

Yes because I overheard and everything I said checked

out.

And even though you have saved their lives...

I asked them please help me with this man, he has

Soviet documents, he's hurt me, he's hurt my

children, he almost shot my daughter.

He, I asked

them please help me because I gave you information

for nothing and they said they promised to do something

on this individual immigration-wise.

So far he has

threatened everybody around me. My physicians, my

mother, my ex-husband, my children, my neighbors, my

super.

He's an illegal immigrant?

He is. I would say he's an illegal alien.

What's his full name, his real name?

His arrest name, that he was arrested under was

Guiseppi Faisaino. He has, he's also known as David

Ring.

He has a passport under this name.

He's also

known as Pinno, and he is a gunman..

Never worked a

organized crime at the racetrack. Roosevelt Raceway,

Yonkers, and...

Any other agencies?

Organized Crime Commission Bureau, OCCB.

Ever worked with DEA? Drug Enforcement Agency?

Yes I did.

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Who are the people you are in touch with?

Two agents, Murphy and Shannon. This was...

You know their full names?

Well I have a day number and a night number and

I did some work in the Newberry with my husband

with them involving the Cuban narcotics connection

in South America.

I also worked with the organized

crime, gambling.

Now you've turned, you want me to turn this tape

over to Senator Baker's committee to be turned over

to the Justice Department, is that correct? Right?

Yes.

You want me turn the..:

Yes, I would like you, Frank, to turn this over just

in case something happens to me because I don't know

which way it's going to come.

And you need some protection, right now, right?

I need some type of help for my children, because of

this man Pinno threatening to expose my dealings with

the FBl and to the foreign press.

the ten no to pol ten an in

in this thing since 1959

and I've been with it up

until last month, last week and I've just, and I need

help.

There is no help.

I mean since last month and

I don't want my children hurt.

They've already been

hurt.

Alright, I promise to turn this tape and the code over

to Senator Baker's committee, right?

Yes.

Who in turn will turn the information over to the

proper officials in Washington, D. C.

Yes. I don't mean to embarass the Bureau.

I know how

important it is but at this point I need help

desparately for my kids.

They're 6 and 14 and they

don

t deserve what they have to go through.

The

whole summer locked up, threatened and afraid, and

my daughter of exposure.

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Yes.

the kids?

They threatened to kidnap my children.

They were

once abducted by this man.

I had no knowledge of

it. On the last day of school and he, he will

hurt them.

He will hurt them - this man is sick.

He's, he's on 10 valiums a day. He's unpredictable.

He's

vengeful.

And his close association with top mobsters?

Yes he has close

associations...

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June 7. 7976

Hangrable Tantel t. Iroy*

Senate

112 Russell

$759.

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"ear fanator Inosyo:

Taclosed you will Plad a cosy of a lecter froe tars ol!lea

so Sanster Mansfleld anpressing our concern over the much of

eye Central Intellinence Agency to destroy lapse quantities ap

secret goverrment cocosents.

or Intellence ghoals perfor with CIA Pipector Buck what

soncifically the drency Intends to lastray befere delay so.

le 1s likely that chore ape numerous senopanda and other socutenis

inch are of extrame laportence to phe countttee, shich are cantral

to tho consolatoe's exocutino the Sonately sandate of compohens 1ve

and cosplate overstant of crocutire Intelligance arenelos.

Ve 102e

that the sonators sorring on the Intalligance

Carletee tate shatever stors rocessary to stos the lostrictlon

d nacertels by the Contral Intellizance looney antf) suce t19o

as the ronsitree can revies the content and laportance of that into:

sinceroly. yours:

James (asphreys

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

WASHINGTON, D. C. 20505

22 Jure 1976

Ju: 23 11 26 AH'76

Honorable Diniel Inouye, Chairman

Select Committee on Intelligence

United States Senate

Washington, D.C. 20510

Dear Mr. Chairman:

I am sending you a copy of my letters to

Senators Mansfield and Scott extending the moratorium

n the destruction of certain records until 10 December

1976. I do hop that this action and the procedures

cutlined in my letters are fully responsive to the

interests ol your Comn ittee.

Sincerely,

George Bush

Director

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My MSM Preturn to Reseech

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CENTRAL. INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505

2 2 JUN 1976

Honorable Mike Mansfield

United States Senate

Washington, D.C. 20510

Dear Senator Mansfield:

In accordance with your letter of 10 June 1976, we have

extended the period of the moratorium on the destruction of certain

records which were the subject of your letter of 2% January 1975

in connection with S. Res. 21. The moratorium will expire on

10 Decembir 1976.

In addition, before any such records are destroyed, we

shall transmit to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence copies •

of the record schedules which are submitted to the National Archives

and Record Service for their approval prior to the destruction of any

records.

The same will be done with respect to those routine

administrative records which, although not involved under S. Res. 21,

were withheld from routine destruction during the life of that Resolution.

I am confident that suitable arrangements can be made for review of

documents before they are destroyed if this is the desire of the Select

Committee.

It is hoped that these arrangements are fully responsive to

the wishes of you and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

as outlined to me in your letter of 9 June and Chairman Inouye's

letter of 8 June to you.

Sincerely,

Eugo

George Bush

Director

co: Chairman Daniel Inouye

1776-1976

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505.

Honorable Hugh Scutt

United States Senate

Washington, D.C. 20510

22 JUN 1976

Dear Senator Scott:

In accordance with your letter of 10 June 1976, we have

extended the period of the moratorium on the destruction of certain

records which were the subject of your letter of 27 January 1975

in connection with S. Res. 21. The moratorium will expire on

10 December 1976.

In addition, before any such records are destroyed, we

shall transmit to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence copies

of the record schedules which are submitted to the National Archives

and Record Service for their approval prior to the destruction of any

records. The same will be done with respect to those routine

administrative records which, although not involved under S. Res. 21,

were withheld from routine destruction during the life of that Resolution.

I am confident that suitable arrangements can be made for rèview of

documents before they are destroyed if this is the desire of the Select

Committee.

It is hoped that these arrangements are fully responsive to

the wishes of you and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

as outlined to me in your letter of 9 June and Chairman Inouye's

letter of 8 June to you.

Sincerely,

indicated

George Bush

Director

cc: Chairman Daniel Inouye

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Juce 7, 1976

Honerable Michael J. Monafteld

United Statna Senate

133 Buscell Bldg-

washingten, Do

20510

Daar Senator Menalield:

George Bush's letter to Senater Hugh Scott, with a copy co

you, of the ind of Jun la disturbingly nbiguoul. In staclas

that the CIA nar belleves ltself rolleved of the reapianibillty

of maintalaing data Whteh vre ausjest to inestigition by the

Rooksafeller Contasion and the Select Conlittee, " the Ageney

fallod to muko any olfore to identily what untertala nse taratod

for destruetion and shich veren't. Furtbar, tha sant to last

sentence of it. Buah's Intter, "I. truat you (Senatar Scots) agran

that this action is now necessazy and sppropelato, and I veald

appreciate your calleracion of this understandias, " has led

some observors la the Sennto to concino no destruction 111

tabo place mell such entiration la born gives This does

not appeas to bo teas.. Daither tho pese etrico nor sn 1080

lative content would confima that destruction of date has sot

alroady oscurd, or vald sot occue vithout acguisence fres the

senote loderalip to the contrary, the legiolative coul'e

office inferned this group that the

"procona" of destruction bas

already begun.

The setion of the Charzal Intelligence Astay le vrons.

Ibs mun Seluct Cramlet en Intollisones ahoald ano bien

consultad pitos to the dentmetion of any matertals nich mighe

Do oscal to tha proper functioning af that comitere and vaiet

la any case ur vithin the lestalative and overnight denia of

that conniten Chaliman Incuys and Vica-Chalian Baker, along

v1ch the manberahip of the Intelligence Connicton shoald heve

the opportmily to rovien the data solected for destructian and

to deterine, in conjunetion uith the CIA, cheppropriasy ol

destroying or maintaining auch data.

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We urge you, Senator Manninld, to tale whatever stapa

necessary to lanediataly hale the unilateral act undartatoes by

che CIA d6 destroying possibly ericieal and irreplaceablo

coverament documents.

Sinneroly yours,

Janea Humphreys

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Hrited States Senate

@ffice of the Majority Header

Fastington, I. tho

20510

June 7,. 1976

Honorable Daniel K. Inouye

• Chairman

Select Committee on Intelligence

United States Senate

Washington, D. C.

Dear Mr. Chairman:

We have received a letter from the Honorable George Bush,

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, relative to the destruc

tion of papers and material which he has held for sometime relative

to our request. Our action was taken to facilitate the inquiry being

undertaken by your predecessor committee under the chairmanship of

Senator Frank Church•

In view of the fact, as we assume, that all of Senator

Church's committee records have been turned over to your permanent

Select Committee, we would appreciate your advising us as to whether

or not you want our original letter to stand and the papers and other

materialo to st111 be held. Could you give us the judgment of you

and your Conmittee on this matter?

With best wishes, we are

High Sett

HUGH SCOTT

REPUBLICAN LEADER

MIKE MANSFIELD

MAJORITY LEADER

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505

2 June 1976

Honorable Mike Mansfield

United States Senate

Office of the Majority Leader

Washington, D.C. 20510

Dear Senator Mansfield:

On 27 January 1975, following adoption of S. Res. 21 creating the

Select Committee on Intelligence, you and Senator Hugh Scott requested

that the Central Intelligence Agency "not destroy, remove from [its] pos

session or control, or otherwise dispose or permit the disposal of any

records or documents which might have a bearing on the subjects under

investigation, including but not limited to all records or documents per-

taining in any way to the matters set out in section 2 of S. Res. 21."

In response to this request, the Agency placed in effect a complete

moratorium on the destruction of records, including normal administrative

records scheduled for routine destruction.

The purpose of this letter is to advise you that it is our intention to

proceed with destruction of records, now that the Select Committee has

completed its investigation and issued its final report. We have so advised

Senator Church.

this latter material by the Privacy Act of 1974 (P. L. 93-579) and by

Executive Order 11905. Of course, all records destruction will be fully

consistent with other applicable laws, Presidential directives, and the

requirements of pending litigation and Justice Department investigations.

I trust you agree that this action is now necessary and appropriate,

and I would appreciate your confirmation of this understanding.

I am sending a duplicate of this letter to Senator Hugh Scott.

Sincerely,

Gedge Bush

Director

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•RANK CHINON, IDANO CHAIRMAI

OMN G. TOWER, TEXAS, VICE CHAIRMAN

PHILIP A. HART, MICH.

HOWARD H. BAKER, JR., TENN.

WALTER F. MONDALE, MINN.

BARRY GOLDWATER, ARIZ.

WALTER D. HUDDLESTON, KY.

CHARLES MCC. MATHIAS, JR., MD.

Poken mentorialate.

RICHARD 9. SCHWEIKER, PA.

GARY HART, COLO.

WILLIAM @. MILLER, STAFF DIRECTOR

FREDERICK A. O. SCHWARZ, JR., CHIEF COUNSEL

CURTIS R. SMOTHERS, MINORITY COUNSEL

United States Senate

SELECT COMMITTEE TO

STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS WITH

RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES

(PURSUANT TO B. RES. 21, STH CONGRESS)

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510

February 11, 1976

Professor E. W. Pfeiffer

University of Montana

Missoula, Montana 59801

Dear Professor Pfeiffer:

Senator Mansfield has informed me that you did not

receive my letter to you of December 19, concerning the

work of the Select Committee.

I am therefore enclosing

a copy for your information:

Sincerely,

William G. Miller

Staff Director

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MIKE MANSFIELD

MONTANA

United States Senate

Office of the Majority Heater

Mashington, A.d. 20510

1975 DSC 18 AM I!: 25

SCorn COMETEE ON

INTE-LIGENCE AGAVITIES

December 15, 1975

Professor E. W. Pfeiffer

University of Montana

Missoula, Montana 59801

Dear Professor Pfeiffer:

This will acknowledge your letter of December 2.

I will be glad to contact Mr. Miller again and ask him to

respond to your request.

Must close now, but with best personal wishes, I am

sincerely yours,

CC William G. Miller

Long

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University of Montana

Missoula, Montana 59801

(406) 243-0211

January 8, 1976

Senator Mike Mansfield

United States Senate

Washington, DC 20510

Dear. Senator Mansfield:

Thank you for your letter of December 15th in which you state that you

would contact fir. Miller and ask him to respond to my request. I am sorry

to bother you again but I have had no word from Mr. Miller.

As you know,

I feel that the matter is of sufficient importance that it deserves a reply

or at least an acknowledgement of a receipt of my letter from Mr. Miller.

Sincerely yours,

E.

i. Pfeifter

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I regret that we simly do not have the time or re-

sources to investigate the matter which understandably con-

cerns you.

This does not deny its importance..

I hope one

of the other comnittees may better be able to help you.

Sincerely,

• William G. Miller

Staff Director

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I regret that we simply do not have the time or re-

sources to investigate the natter which understandably con-

cerns you.

This does not deny its importance.

I hope one

of the other committces may better be able to help you.

Sincerely,

William G. Miller

Staff Director

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SEL COMM

File:

December 19, 1975

Professor L. W. Pfelffer

University of Montana

Missoula, Montana 59801

Dear Professor Pfeiffer:

'Please forgive the delay in replying to your inquiries.

The press of business on the Select Committee has been ex-

cessive.

The Cormittee has indeed considered a number of problems

concerning the role of U.S. intelligence agencies in Indochina.

For example, there was an executive session on CIA paramilitary

operations in Laos.

Staff members have also investigated sev

eral cases related

to Vietnam.

Unfortunately, the Committee has been forced to set some

limits to its inquiry.

There are a vast number of important

Isgues in the activities of the intelligence agencies.

To do

an effective job of presenting recommendations for legislation

concerning the agencies, within the time allotted to the Com-

mittee, we have had to concentrate our attention on certain

Issues

rather than others.

The Committee has concluded that

the use of herbicides will not be within the purview of its

Investigation.

A permanent committee for oversight of the intelligence

agencies may be established to follow the Select Committee.

In this case there would be new opportunities to pursue many

of the lingering, unresolved issues which renain.

The problen

of use of herbicides in Indochina might also be considered with-

In the jurisdictions of the Committees on Foreign Relationg or

Armed Services.

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University of Montana

Missoula, Montana 59801

(406) 243-0211

Decemuer 2, 1975

Senator Mike Mansfield

.S. Senate Office Building

Washington, D.C.

20510

Dear Senator Mansfield:

lou may recall that some weeks ago you were kind enough to arrange a

meeting between myself and Mr. William Miller, of the staff of the Senate Select

Committee on Intelligence.

Iou arranged this meeting for me so that I could

present documents, which I showed you, relating to possible CIA illegal activ-

ities in Indochina. Specifically, as

you know, I have long been interested in

the problem of who carried out the nassive defoliation raids against Cambodia,

one year prior to the lo. incursions into that country and during a time when,

formally, there were normal relations between the United States and the Royal

government of Cambodia. After talking with you about the matter, I met, for

about one-half hour, with fir. Hiller and showed him the documents

I showed you.

He made some notes and assured me that the question of possible illegal activ-

ities of the CIA in Indochina, including Cambodia, was on the agenda of his

committee. Sometime ago, I wrote ir. Miller to find out when he expected the

committee might look into Indochina. However, as has been the case since

ugust, with respect to communications from this comnittee,

I have as jet re-

I have just read

in the press that the Senate Intelligence Committee expects again to look at

Chile, Cuba, etc., but there is no indication of any interest in Indochina.

I would greatly appreciate your help in learning whether, in fact, the Senate

Select Committee on Intelligence will look into possible illegal coltert opera-

tions of "... intelligence agencies in I!dochina.

your views as to what I should do to get an investigation of the massive clan- !!

destine herbicide attack on Cambodia (1969). This was a unique operation in

technological history of foreign relations and as a biologist I an most inter-

ested and concerned to get the full story on this bizarre incident.

If the

Senate delect Committee will not ask obvivus questions of the intelligence

community, I would greatly appreciate your views on whomI should turn to, to

ask these questions.

I want to thank you again for your help on my last trip to washington. I

regret that I have to keep bothering you about this matter, but I do hope jou

understand my concern, based on my personal observations in Indochina, that

the t'acts about colert operations there be publically determined.

Sincerel;

"OUT

Malit

E. W. Pfeiffe

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Professor L. W. Pfeiffer

University of Montana

Missoula, Montana

59301

Dear Professor Pfeiffer:

Please forgive the delay in replying to your inquiries.

The press of business on the Select Committee has been ex-

cessive.

The Committee has Indeed considered a number of problems

concerning, the role of U.S. intelligence agencies in Indochina.

operations

For example, here was an executive session on CIA paramlitary

Staff members have also investigated sev-

eral cases related

to Vietnam.

Unfortunately, the Committee has been forced to set some

limits to its inquiry.

There are a vast number of important

1A.

issues in the activities of the intelligence agencies.

To do

an effective job of presenting recommendations

for legislation

concemning the agencies, within the time allotted to the Com

mittee, we have had to concentrate our attention on certain

rather than others.

The Committee has concluded that

the use of herbicides will not be within the purview of its

" investigation.

A permanent committee for oversight of the intelligence

agencies may be established to follow the Select Committee.

Fo. In this

case there would be new opportunities to pursue many

in the jurisdictions of the Committees on Foreign Relations or

Armed Services.

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February I1, 1976

Professor E. W. Heiffer

Univeraity of homem

Missoula, Montann 59601

Dear Professor Preiffer

Sentor Mansfield han Informed me that you aid not

receive wy letter to you of December 19, concerniag the

vort of the Seleet Committee:

I am therefore enclosing

a copy for your information.

Sincerely,

WIllIan d. Miller

EtalI Director

be: Senator Mike Manifield

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a letter he had written to Professor E. W. Pfeiffer of the University of

Montana, stating that Senator Church had reliable information that Air

America was responsible for defoliation operations in Cambodia A

copy of Senator Church's letter had been sent to the Director for comment

by Professor Arthur H. Westing, Windham College in Vermont 1

explained to the Senator we were much concerned over this allegation and

the Director authorized me to deny it categorically. I added that while we

were not prying into the identity of the Senator's source, we were curious

as to whether this source's allegations were based on honest mistake or

malice. If the former, I suggested the Senator might wish to straighten

him out. Senator Church said he couldn't remember off hand where he

learned this information but would check his files. He said he fully accepted.

our denial

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December 19, 1975

Professor E. W. Pfeiffer

University of Montana

Missoula, Montana 59801

Dear

Professor Pfeiffer:

Please forgive the delay in replying to your inquiries.

The press'of business on the Select Committee has been

cessive.

The Committee has Indeed considered a number of problems

concerning the role of U.S.: intelligence

agencies in Indochina.

For

example, there was an executive session on CIA paramlitary :

operations in Laos.

eral

Cases related

Stnff members have also investigated sev-

to Vietnan.

Unfortunately, the Committee has been forced to set some

limits to its inquiry.

There are a vast number of important

Issues in the activities of the intelligence agencies. To do

an effective Job of presenting recoumendations for legislation

conceming the agencies, within the time allotted to the Com-

mittee, ve have had to concentrate our attention on certain

Issues

the

rather than otherfi

The Committee has concluded

that

use of herbicides will not be within the purview of its

Investigation.

A permanent committee for oversight of the intelligence

agencies may be established to follow the Select Committea.

there would be new opportunities to pursue many

of

the lingering, resolved issues which renain.

The problem

of

use of herbicides in Indochina might also be considered with

in the jurisdictions of the Committees on Forelgn Relations or

Armed Services.

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regret that we simply do not have the time or re-

gourdes

to investigate the matter which understandably con

cernsi

you.

This does not deny its importance.

I hope one

of thel other committees may better be able to help you.

Sincerely,

William G. Miller

Staff Director

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY W

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505

Review Staff:

76-0229/2

27 February 1976

Mr.

William G. Miller

Staff Director

Select Committee To Study Governmental

Operations With Respect To Intelligence

Activities

Room G- 308

Dirksen Senate Office Building

Washington, D. C.

20510

Attn:

Mr. Ralston

Dear

Mr. Miller:

In response to requests about Agency involvement

in Cambodia, the attached statement is forwarded for

your information.

Sincerely,

Wast Elder

Walter Elder

Review Staff

Attachment

Denial of CIA involvement in the

resistance and dissident activities

which occurred in Cambodia since the

fall of that country to Communists

RECEIVED FROM

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CIA

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UNCLASSIFIED

The Central Intelligence Agency has not been involved

in any way in the resistance and dissident activities which

have dacurred

in Cambodia since the fall of that country

to

the Communists!

RECU

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505

Kil

Review Staff: 176-0229/1

23 February 1976

Mr.

/William G. Miller

Staff Director

Select. Committee To Study Governmental

Operations With Respect 10 Intelligence

Activities

Room G-308

Dirksen' Senate Office Building

Washington, D. C.

20510

Attn :

Delair

Mr. Miller:

Mr. Raiston

In response to your recent request about allegations

of Agency involvement in Cambodia, please be advised

that

MT. Ralston was given

a copy of a

1971 letter from

Senator Church to Professor Pfeiffer and a copy of a

memorandum for the record reflecting a conversation

between Senator Church and our Legislative Counsel about

the specific allegation concerning the use of herbicides

in Cambodia in 1969.

These memoranda were furnished Professor Pfeiffer

in

response to his FOIA request.

Sincerely,

Wast Elder

Walter Elder

Review Staff

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December 19, 1975

Professor E. W. Pfeifier

University of Montana

Missoula, Montana 59801

Dear Professor Pfeiffer:

Please forgive the delay in replying to your inquiries.

The press of business on the Select Committee has been ex-

The Committee has indeed considered a number of problems

concerning the role of U.S. intelligence agencies in Indochina.

for example, there was an executive session on ClA paramilitary

operations in Laos. Staff members have also investigated sev-

eral cases related to Vietnam.

Unfortunately, the Committee has been forced to set some

limits to its inquiry. There are a vast number of important

issues in the activities of the intelligence agencies.

To do

an effective job of presenting recommendations for legislation

concerning the agencies, within the time allotted to the Com-

nittee, we have had to concentrate our attention on certain

Issues rather than others.

The Committee has concluded that

the use of herbicides will not be within the purview of its

Investigation.

A permanent committee for oversight of the intelligence

agencies may be established to follow the Select Committee.

-In this case there would be new opportunities to pursue many

of the lingering,

unresolved issues which remain.

The problem

of use of herbicides In Indochina might also be considered with

in the jurisdictions of the Committees on Foreign Relations or

Armed Services.

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Pfeiffer

December 19, 1975

Page Iwo

I regret that we simply do not have the time or re

sources to investigate the matter which understandably con

cerns

you.

This does not deny its importance.

I hope one

of the other committces may better be able to

help you.

Sincerely,

•William G. Miller

Staff Director

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MIKE MANSFIELD

, MONTANA

1073 00C 118:

Office nf the jurity Honder

Mashington, A.O. 20510

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ATEE ON

SE ACRVITIES

December 15, 1975

Professor E. W. Pfeiffer

University of Montana

Missoula, Montana

59801

Dear Professor Pfeiffer:

This will acknowledge your letter of December 2.

I will be glad to contact MI. Miller again and ask him to

respond to your request.

Must close now, but with best personal wishes, I am

Sincerely yours,

CC W1lllam G. Miller

TiNC

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University

of Montana

Missoula,

Montana 59801

(406) 243-0211

Decemuer 2,

1975

Senator Mike Mansrield

1!.S. Senate Uffice Building

Washington, D.l.

20510

Dear Senator Mansfield:

jou may recal that some weeks ago you were kind enough to arrange a

meeting between myself and lic. William liller, of the staff of the Senate Select

Committee on Intelligence. You arranged this neeting for me so that I could

present documents, which I shoved you, relatin to possible CIA illeralláctiv-

ities in Induchina. Specifically, as you know, I hire long, been interested in

the problem of who carried out the massive defoliation raids against Cambodia,

one year onior to the l.". incursions into that country and during a time when,

formally, there were normal relations between the "nited States and the Royal

government of Cambodia. After talking with you about the matter, I met, for

about one-half hour, with tir. willer and showed him the documents I showed you.

Ile made some notes and assured me that the question of possible illegal activ

ities of the CIA in Indochiha, including Cambodin, was on the agencia of his

committee. Sometime ago, I wrote fir. willer to find out when he expected the

committee mirht look into Indochina.

However, as has been the case since

urust, with respect to communications fron this comitteel, I have as jet re-

ceived no answer, not even an icknowledgement oi receit. i have just read

in the press that the Senate Intellirence Con: ittee expects again to look at

, etc., but there is no indication of any interest in Indochina.

tions of ills. intelligence agencies in Indochina.

I want to thank you again for your help on my lant trip to washington.

I

regret that I have to keep bothering you alout this matter,

but I do lope

understand my concern, based on my personal overvations in Indochina,

..Fou

that

the facts about covert operations there be publicaily determined.

Sincerely

1.. w.

PRodier

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United States Senate

Washinglon, D. C.,

December 15

9. 1

Respectfully referred to

Mr. William G. Miller

Staff Director

Select Committee

on Intelligence Activities

U. S. Senate

Correspondence from Professor E. W.

Pfeiffer

I would appreciate your replying to

Professor Pfeitter directly.

Mike Mansfield

Form No. 3

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THE MISSOULIAN

P. 0. BOX 1535

• 500 N. HIGGINS AVE.

MISSOULA, MONTANA

39801

TEL.

(406) 542-0318

Oct. 23, 1975

Mr. William G. Miller, Staff Director

Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations

With Respect to Intelligence Activities

Room 607, Capitol Hill Hotel

Washington,. D.C.

20510

Dear Mr. Miller:

Recently I discussed with Dr. E. W. Pfeiffer, University of Montana

zoologist, an incident in which he has had an abiding concern:

herbicide attack that occurred in eastern Cambodia in the spring of

1969.

As I understand it, from my talks with Dr. Pfeiffer and from my

review of the correspondence he has received from various agencies,

there is no doubt that the attack actually occurred, that it was

large and sirnificant, and that the nature of the chemicals and

aircraft involved indicate that the U.S. hadia direct role in

carrying it out.

Yet it seems the state and Defense departments, the CIA and the

"private" CIA-affiliate Air America have all denied in one way or

another that they conducted the attack.

The obvious question is who did make the attack? Who ordered 1t,

why was it ordered and under what authority?

Dr. Pfeiffer has

Indicated your committee is looking into this matter and that the

haste t one pot o di

affair may ultimately be discussed in the course of Select Committee

Is it possible for you to

tell me the status of your inquiry? Would

It be ampropriate at this

time for our newspaper to interview Dr.

Pfeiffer and write a newg

story on the documents he has received,

or would such a

study benefit from new information your committee

efforts may resurrect within the near future?

Thanks

in advance

for your

interest.

We have followed with great

interest the Select Committee efforts to date.

orig → ForTE

Sincerely,

My -3 Bue

Svenese

Don Schwennesen

Environmental Writer

Western Montana's Leading Newspaper

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Missoula, Montana 59801

(406) 243-0211

Oct.

27, 1975

INTELLISENCE ACTINNIES

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Mr. William Miller

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

Rm G- 308

Dirksen Senate Office Bldg

Washington, D.C.

Dear Mr. Miller:

Through the good offices of Senator Mansileld, we met some

weeks ago to discuss certain problems related to possibleciA

activity in Cambodia. As you know,I am particularly interested

in why the CIA cannot or will not find out who carried out the

massive herbicide attack against Cambodia in the spring of 1969.

The CIA has under the Freedom of Information Act provided me

with some documents from my file which bear directly upon this

strange episode and Senator Church's efforts to find out information

for me. When we met you indicated that CIA activities in Indochina

were to be investigated by the Select Committee. I would greatly

appreciate krowing about when you think this subject will come

up. I would also very much like to submit some of the documents

I have received from the CIA and my persohal testimony to the

Committee. I believe that Professor A. Westing and myself were

the last official guests of the Sihanouk regime before it was

temporarily deposed.

I look forward to hearing from you on these matters.

Sincerely yours,

oụg →> WGN!

Vy. → blue

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University of Montana

Missoula, Montana 59801

(406) 243-0211

Aug. 6, 1975

Mr. Paul Wallach

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

Room G 308 Dirksen Building

Washington, D.C. 20510

Dear Mr. Wallach:

As decided in our phone conversation today, I am

writing to you about a conversation I had last week in

Paris with an official of the Royal Government of Cambodia.

He informed me that CIA-directed activities hostile to his

government are presently occurring in his country, and that

these activities are being launched from bases in Thailand.

I would greatly appreciate your assistance in finding out for

me whether any agency of the U.S. Government is presently

carrying out activities against the Royal Government of

Cambodia®

I greatly appreciated the opportunity to talk with

you in person recently, and thank you for your interest

and help.

sincerely, yours,

suitor

E.W.Pfeiffer

Professor of Z00logy

Ly → Blue chan

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S1 ANY.A

STAGE LINEUTUS

Mated Bideo «Gerate

ariano:0s, D.6. 20910

July 26, 1971

5. W. Preifter

Professor ci Z0010BY

Untrersity of Montanc

Missoula, Montana

59802

Dear Profesoci Pleifêor:

Please fongive my delay in repiving to your

last letter of March 29, 1971.

Aithough the De-

partment of State has offozed to wake the Seventh

Air force siudy available to me aù the Departuert,

I franiely have not had the chance to get dova ani

study 1t.

I have been toid

ses responsible for the camboat that atr anentee,

on defoliation.

source was not, the State Departnent, but ruined sn

Individual vo is in s position

to know the facts

In this natter.

It would be most useful to novo a full study

of the extent una the effecis of our defoliation

progran in souchoast Asio.

Perhaps you end Arthur

lecting and others coula get together to make a pro

posul for E sinay or unis naulite.

Math best rashes,

sincerely,

Friends

Frank Church

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Memorandum

mM 2/14/74

To: Terry Lenzner

From: Jim Moore

Subject: Robert Maheu - John Roselli -

Hereis a summary of what I have done on the Roselli- Maheu

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Yesterday I spoke with David Nissen, who prosecuted Roselli in

1968 for being an unregistered alien and for being involved with hidden

owners in the Friar's Club, case. Nissen never met Maheu or spoke with

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him. However,

he did remember that stories about Maheu and Roselli

being involved in anti-Castro plots did come to his attention when he was

investigating and prosecuting Roselli. He couldn't remember the source

of those stories, saying that his information came from many people,

including Justice Department lawyers in Washington and the FBI. One

story he heard was that Maheu tried to intervene in Washington, either

through direct contacts in the FBI or at Justice or through Edward P.

Morgan, to kill the Roselli prosecution on the basis that Roselli had helped

the United States in Cuba. Maheu was reportedly an old CIA agent, • Nissen

remembers hearing at some point that Roselli had gone to Cuba in an attempt

to assasinate Castro.

Nissen said that there are extensive files on Roselli maintained by

the FBI or the Department. Nissen had a vague recollection that the files

contained a story about Maheu somehow being involved in a wiretap on Sam

Giancona, for whom Roselli worked. Nissen also remembered information

about a meeting between Maheu and Giancona regarding. Cuba, but he couldn't

remember any of the specifics.

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When Roselli came up for sentencing, he was represented by Tom

Wadden, who had been associated in some capacity with Edward Bennett

Williams. Wadden filed a motion to reduce sentence and included with it

two columns by Jack Anderson that recounted the story of Roselli and Maheu

trying to assasinate Castro. Nissen thought the motion might also have

included an affidavit from Edward P. Morgan. The government successfully

resisted the motion on the grounds of fraud, since Wadden produced no

witnesses or documentation to support his claim.

I called the Federal Court

in Los Angeles, and they have sent the motion for reduction of sentence? and

attached papers to us. The Clerk there told me that in addition to the Anderson

columns, the motion included affidavits from Anderson and Les Whitten

vouching for the unnamed source of the columns.

Roselli is now in Florida so he can be reached, but, according to:

Nissen, Giancona is in exile somewhere in Mexico.

FRONTIER CASE

Nissen never heard about Maheu being questioned in Washington in

Frontier

lieu of the Grand Jury appearance. Nissen did not try the case, because be

had been promoted to supervisory capacity. However, he seemed surprised

gave me the names of

that he had never heard of such a meeting. He

three lawyers who handled the case after he gave up direct responsibility.

for it. My phone interview with the first of them, Jerry Ullman, is written

up as a separate interview.. The second Lawyer, John Hornbeck, has not

yet returned my phone call. The third, Tom Kotoski,actually tried the case.

He is now an assistant United States Attorney in Los Angeles and about to

become head of the San Francisco Strike Force. He will be in Washington

Thursday and Friday, February 14 and 15, and I have asked him to call me

as soon as possible.

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One final note - Nissen said/the Roseli/in the Justice Department

contains many references to Maheu. He never, however, saw or heard about

a file kept on Maheu himself.

Richard Crane, head of the Organized Crime office in Los Angeles,

is also in town until the lend of this week.. He may know something about

Maheu and Roselli,

asr

well as about? Dalitz coming back to the

Desert Inn. He should call me this evening or tomorrow morning.

* Also,

Mike DeFeo,head of the Kansas City Strike Force, will be in town tomorrow

and Friday. He, according to Crane, might know something about the Dunes.

In addition, Will Wilson mentioned the strike foyce man from Kansas City

as the one who set up the Maheu interview at the Justice Department.

spoke with DeFeo today, and he will call me tomorrow to arrange a meeting

time before he leaves town.

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NAME

• Sam GIANCANA

ALTASES

..: Sam Mooney, Sam Malone

DESCRIPTION : Born 7-16-08, Chicago, Illo;

5:9", 175 lbs., hazel eyes,

dark chestnut hair, fair

complexion and medium build.

LACALITIES

FREQUENTED

: Resides at 1147 Wenonah Ave.

Oak Park, Ill. Frequents

the Army Lounge, Norwood

House, Villa Venice, all of

Chicago, Illinois.

FAMILY

BACKGROUND

: Wife, Angeline DeTolve, died in 1954. - Has three

daughters, Annette,

Bonita Lou and Francine.

Mother deceased, father is Tony Giancana, and

sisters are Mary, Josephine and Victoria.

consort is Ladana Collins, 20 E. Delaware, Chicago,

Illinois.

CRIMINAL

ASSOCIATES

CRIMINAL

HISTORY

BUSINESS

MODUS

OPERANDI

: Tony Accardo, Paul Riceo, Willie Baddone, Nicholas

D'Amico, Sam Battaglia and Leonard Gianola, all of

Chicago, Illinois.

: FBI #58L37, Chicago PD #E-27465. Subject has re-

cord of 13 arrests dating from Sept. 1925, on such

charges as murder, grand larceny, auto theft,

burglary and liquor law violations with two felony

convictions.

: Ouns the Forest Lounge, the R&S Liquor Co., the

Lohmar Dist. Co., Chicago, Ill., and has gambling

interests. and an interest in the shrimp business

in Cuba.

: A top ranking member of the Mafia in the State of

Ill, and a director of the organization's activi-

ties in Chinson and vininite

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NAME

: Giovanni ROSELLI

ALIASES

: John Rosells, John fusselli,

John Kasselle, John Passelli

DESCRIPTION. & Born 7-L-OL Chicago, Ill,

518", 171 lbs, brown-grey

hair, blue eyes.

LOCALITIES

FREQUENTED

: Resides 1251 No. Crescent

Hts., Hollywood, Cal. Fre-

quents gambling casinos.at

Las Vegas where he has roo

at Tropicana Hotel. Travels

frequently all parts U.S.

FAMILI

BACKGROUND

: Divorced from movie actress June Langs fathere

Vincenzo, mothers Marià Russo (both deceased);

cousins Joseph Evangelista.

CRIMINAL.

ASSOCIATES

: Dragna fanily, Philip Kastel, Harold Meltzer,

Francisco Costiglia, Charles Fischetti, Louis

Piscopo.

CRIMINAL®

HISTORI

: FBI #3339986. LoA. Sheriff's Office #51247e

Record dating from 1926 includes arrests for

suspicion of robbery, vagrancy, Interfering with

trade, mall fraud & violation of parole.

BUSINESS

: Vice-President Monte Prosser Productions and

varied other interests.

MODUS

OPERANDI

•A: top Mafia figure at Los Angeles and Las Vegas

ctive in labor racketeering and control. of gam

Jing

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NONTAND M. MAICER, JRO TENNI VICE CHAIRMAN

HERMAN E, TALMADAL, dA,

DANIEL I. INOUTE, HAWAII

BOWARD E. GURNEY, FLA

JOSEPHIN. MONTOYA, AL MIL

LOWELL P. WECKER, JR, CONS

SAMUEL DASH

CHES COUNSEL AND STAFF DIRECTON

FRED D. THOMPSON

MINORITY COUNSEL

RUFUS L. EDMISTEN

DEPUTY COUNSEL

United States Senate

SELECT COMMITTEE ON

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES

(PURSUANT TO S. RES. E0, 130 CONGRESS)

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510

MEMORANDUM

PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL.

To::

Senator Ervin

From:

Terry Lenzner and Marc Lackritz

Subject: Relevance to S. Res. 60 of John Rosselli's :

testimony about his CIA activities:

Summary:

John Rosselli and his attorney, Tom Wadden, object to

testifying about Rosselli's involvement with Robert Maheu in a ::

CIA-financed plot to assassinate Fidel Castro in the early 1960's.

The objection is based upon national security grounds as well as

an assertion by Mr. Wadden that the material is not relevant to

our inquiry under S. Res. 60.

Testimony of Mr. Rosselli about this matter is relevant

and necessary to our investigation for a variety of reasons.

Facts: -

During the last year of the Eisenhower Administration, the

CIA apparently financed and organized a plot to assassinate Fidel

Castro. "Among the participants in this plot were Robert Maheu and

John Rossell. Maheu had a public relations business at the time,

and Rosselli was associated with some alleged organized crime

figures (e.g. Sam Giancana) who had lost substantial gambling

Investments when Castro came to power. Apparently, the plot

continued into the early 1960's even after the abortive Bay of Pigs

Invasion, but it failed in attaining its objective of killing Castro.

Only a few officials in the government knew of the exis-

tence of the plot at that time.

Justice Department officials stumbled across this infor-

mation about the plot as a result of their investigation into an

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The sensitive information was brought to the attention of

FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, and either he or then-Attorney General

Robert Kennedy ordered the prosecution of Giancana dropped in order

not to compromise national security considerations.

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The Information about the alleged assassination plot then

lay dormant in a

a secret file in the Department of Justice until

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1969, when Assistant Attorney General Will Wilson requested the

file from the Deputy Chief of the Organized Crime Section. The file

was returned to Central Files shortly after it was taken out.

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Justice file in early 1971 in connection with his interview of Robert

Maheu on January 27, 1971 (see attached chronology). This interview

at the Department of Justice, in lieu of a grand jury appearance, was

arranged by a telephone call to Attorney General Mitchell on January 19,

1971, only one day after Jack Anderson published his first column linking

both Maheu and Rosselli to the CIA plot to kill Castro. (see attached)

However, the significance of Anderson's column on January 18,

1971, was that on the same day, Haldeman requested Dean to find out

what he could about the Hughes - Maheu - O'Brien relationship.

In the follow-up memos from Caulfield to Dean on the Maheu-

O'Brien link, Caulfield notes Maheu's prior "covert activities" for the

CIA and advises Dean that a check into CIA, FBI, and IRS files on Robert

Maheu is advisable to avoid a "counter-scandal."

In addition, Assistant Attorney General Wilson showed the

sensitive "Castro file" to Attorney General Mitchell, in January, 1971.

and discussed with him the political implications of the information.

Following the on-the-record interview of Maheu on January 27, 1971,

by Lynch, Wilson and Petersen, Maheu was interviewed privately by

Wilson concerning his prior CIA activities with John Rossell. Maheu

was not forthcoming with information about the plot at that time.

Attorney General Mitchell discussed the contents of the sensitive file

with President Nixon, according to Wilson, who had advised him to do

SO.

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on Larry O'Brien in 1971 and 1972 was in part motivated by a "fear that

Maheu would impart some of this sensitive information about the plot

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to O'Brien. Alternatively the objective was to discover if there was

any information about the plot that might be damaging to the Democrats

that O'Brien might possess from Maheu. And these concerns could

have been a possible motivation for the break-in to the offices of the

DNC and Larry O'Brien by four Cuban-Americans on June 17, 1972,

especially since their directions were to photograph any documents

relating to Cuban contributions or Cuban involvement in the 1972^•

Democratic campaign.

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about the nature and scope of his activities. with Robert Maheu in the

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CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS

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on Maheu's Involvement in plot to assassini

Castro. "

Attorney General John Mitchell called Robert

Maheu in Las Vegas at 5:12 p.m. and talked

Caulfield to Dean memo discussing Danner

relationship with Maheu, O'Brien relationsh:

with Maheu, and request for investigation ir

CIA, FBI, IRS files for information to avoid a

"counter-scandal."

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John Rosselll enters prison.

Dean to Haldeman memo on Maheu-O'Brien-

Hughes relationship

Maheu interviewed at Department of Justice 1

A.A. G. Will Wilson, Henry Petersen and Bill

Lynch, in lleu of an appearance before the

Grand Jury. Interview is about "skimming" i

Las Vegas:

A.A. G. Wilson and Petersen meet with Mahei

privately to discuss Maheu's prior CIA activi

Caulfield to Dean memo noting that Maheu wi

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are therein stated upon my information or belief, and as to those matters I believe it to be true.

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I om a citizen of the United Slates and a resident of the county aforesaid; I am ever the age of eighteen years and nos

a party to the within entitled action; my business address is:

9601 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 400, Beverly Hills, California 90210

June 25

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Notice of Motion For Reduction

of Sentence (Rule 35 FRCP); Points and Authorities; Affidavits in

Support Thereof

Plaintiff

in said action, by placing a true copy thered enclosed in a sculed envelope with postage shereon fully prepaid, in she

United States mail at

Beverly Hills, California

adaressed as follows:

DAVID R. NISSEN

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Chief, Criminal Division

1200 U.S.

Courthouse

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Los Angeles, Calif. 90012

I certify (or declare), under penalty of perjury," shat she foregoing is true and correce

Executed on June 25, 1971

Subscribed and sworn to before me this

25th day of June, 1971

Califoria

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KATHRYN A. SCHEIBAL

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vested in me by the Administrator of General Services, 1

bichalf, under the seal of the United Stares General Services Administration,

reproduction(s) is a true and correct copy of documents in his custody.

SIGNATURE

NAME

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TITLE

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NAME AND ADDRESS OF DEPOSITORY

General Services Administration (9NC-L)

Federal Records Center, NARS

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ROBERT L. MEYER

United States Attorney

DAVID R. NISSEN

Assistant U. S. Attorney

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1200 U. S. Courthouse Building

312 North Spring

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Tel: 688-2406

Attorneys for Plaintiff,

United States of America.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURI

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

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FILIPPO SACCO,

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JOHN ROSSELLI,

Defendant.

No. 1175-PH-CD

GOVERNMENT'S OPPOSITION TO

DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO

REDUCE SENTENCE

Plaintiff, United States of America, strongly opposes

defendant's Motion to Reduce Sentence based upon the files and

records in the case and the attached Memorandum.

Respectfully submitted,

ROBERT L. MEYER

United States Attorney.

Dand R. Dissin

DAVID R. NISSEN

Assistant United States Attorney

Chief, Criminal Division

Attorneys for Plaintiff,

United States of America.

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MEMORANDUM

John Rosselli is actually Filippo Sacco, born July 4, 1905,

in Italy of parents Vincenzo and Maria Sacco. Vincenzo Sacco

came to the United States after the birth of Filippo, his oldest

child, and in 1911, Mrs. Sacco and Filippo joined Vincenzo in

the United States where they resided as aliens in East Boston.

Filippo Sacco completed the sixth grade in the public

schools of East Boston and was discharged from school in 1917.

By this time Filippo had two younger brothers and two younger

sisters. In 1918, Vincenzo Sacco died. His wife Maria and the

five children moved into the residence of Liberato Clanciulli

and a daughter was born in 1920. In 1922, Maria and Clanciullf

were married.

In 1922, Filippo had a job driving a horse-drawn milk

wagon and was nicknamed "Milky". However, in addition to his

legitimate occupation, Filippo had made connections with the

criminal element in East Boston and was engaged innarcotic

traffic with his headquarters in and around Maverick Square.

On September 14, 1922, Filippo sold morphine to a government

Informant named Fisher while under surveillance by a narcotic

agent. On September 19, 1922, Filippo arranged for a large

sale fron his "source" and was present and under agent sur-

veillance when the morphine was delivered. On September 29,

1922, Filippo Sacco and his "source" were arrested by Federal

narcotics agents. On October 18, 1922, the Federal Grand Jury

in Boston indicted Sacco for the sale of narcotic drugs and

two days later he was released on bail. While awaiting trial

in the narcotics case, in Federal Court, Sacco was arrested and

indicted in Massachusetts State Court for grand larceny and

was released on bail on July 2, 1923.

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In 1923, while he was on bail awaiting trial in the

narcotics and larceny cases, Filippo Sacco jumped bail in both

cases and disappeared from East Boston. The Government narcotics

informant, Fisher, disappeared about the same time and Goverment

sources believe that he may have been killed to

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testifying.

Because of his fugitive status, both indictments

against Sacco were dropped.

After Sacco's flight from his home in 1923, he spent some

time in New York and Chicago, and finally made his appearance in

Los Angeles in 1924 under the fictitious name "John Roselli."

Sources indicate that Sacco engaged in bootlegging and hijacking

during this period and police records show he was frequently

arrested on such charges as carrying concealed weapons, and sus

picion of robbery.

After 1930, Sacco became associated with the Al Capone

gang in Chicago and was also closely associated with organized

crime in Los Angeles. Reliable sources relate that he was an

executioner for the criminal organizations in both cities. In

1936, by demands and threats, Sacco forced his way into part

ownership of "Nationwide News Service," a horseracing information

service used by bookmakers across the country.

• After prohibition was repealed, Sacço left the bootlegging

business and associated himself with Columbia Picture Studios.

As a close friend of Los Angeles underworld leader Jack Dragna,

Sacco soon became known as a labor muscleman and racketeer for

the movie studios. In 1943, Sacco was Indicted on a charge of

conspiracy to extort millions of dollars from movie producers

and a labor union. Also indicted were union officials Browne

and Bloff, and the following ranking members of the Chicago La

Cosa Nostra family: Frank Nitto (aka Nitti), Louis Campagna,

Paul DeLucia (aka Paul "the waiter" Ricia), Phil D'Andrea,

Francis Manitote (aka Frank Diamond), and Charles "Cherry Nose"

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Gioe. In 1944, Sacco and the Chicago defendants were convicted

and all were sentenced to ten years in prison.

In 1947, Sacco and all his co-defendants were paroled

immediately upon their becoming eligible therefor.

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indications that their release had been secured by bribery but

admissible evidence sufficient for prosecution was not obtained.

In July 1948, Sacco's parole was revoked because of his con-

tinued association with known criminals and he was imprisoned

until November 1948, when his parole was reinstated. Shortly

after Sacco's parole terminated in March 1954, William Bioff, a

key Government witness at the extortion trial was murdered by

the bombing of his vehicle. (The trial judge reportedly had

warned the defendants that if anything happened to Bioff while

they were on parole he would hold them responsible.) Two other

co-defendants of Sacco have also been victims of gang slayings.

Upon his release from prison, Sacco returned to Los Angeles

and again associated himself with a movie studio. Reliable

sources report that this was a front and in fact, through his

close association with San Giancana of Chicago, Sacco received

the responsibility of overseeing the concealed interests in

Las Vegas casinos of the Chicago underworld. Sacco immediately

became a powerful figure in Las Vegas. He travels back and

forth between Las Vegas and Los Angeles extensively and asso-

ciates with the known Cosa Nostra members and major gamblers.

Rosselli appeared before the Kefauver Committee investi-

gating organized crime and falsely testified concerning his

association with underworld figures and even his own personal

background.

During the period 1956-1958, Sacco was very active in

the construction and pre-opening operation of the Tropicana Hotel,

and Sacco received the lease to operate the gift shop.

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Nevada Gaming Control Board refused to allow the Tropicana to

open as long as Sacco was associated with its operation, where-

upon the hotel owners were forced to buy back the gift shop lease

at a cost of $180,000, reportedly about thirty times the amount

paid for the lease.

During the above period, Sacco also involved himself in the

production of shows for the Tropicana, but again the Gaming

Control Board refused to allow him to participate in any capacity

and he sold his interest.

Following his ouster from the

Tropicana, Sacco sold ice machines to most of the Las Vegas hotels

at prices far in excess of prices on the open market. Sacco has

also received numerous "finders fees" from various Las Vegas

hotels and casinos for which few if any services were performed.

• In October 1960, Sacco and I. W. Richardson were involved

in placing a wire tap on the telephone of comedian Dan Rowan in

Las Vegas at the request of Chicago gangster Sam Giancana.

In May 1968, Sacco was convicted of failing to register as

an alien and report his address annually. In the course of that

trial, it was shown that birth records in Chicago, Illinois, had

been forged in an effort to make it appear that Sacco had been

born there as John Rosselli. Sacco has long been

a close friend

of Edward J. Barrett, County Clerk, Cook County, Illinois,' in

whose office the birth records for Chicago were kept.

Among Sacco's underworld associates are the following:

Al Capone - head of the Chicago underworld gang;

Charles F. Fischetti - a Capone lieutenant;

Micky Cohen - gambler and racketeer;

Jack Dragna - leader of the Cosa Nostra, Los Angeles,

now deceased;

Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel - member of Murder, Inc.,

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Numerous prospective witnesses in the course of investiga-

tions concerning Sacco's criminal activities have expressed or

displayed fear at the prospect of being called to testify

against him, and a number of witnesses have refused to testify.

In the Friars Club trial, It was apparent that a number of

witnesses deliberately perjured themselves in order to exonerate

Sacco, Including Friedman, Vinnie Donato, Lee Deer, and Nat Ross.

Defendant Sacco was convicted in the Friars Club case in

December 1968 of interstate travel in aid of a racketeering

enterprise and interstate transportation of fraudulently obtained

securities. He was also convicted of making a false statement in

his income tax return.

Sacco has had a long practice of concealing.

the source and nature of his income. He was sentenced to five years

in prison.

In view of Sacco's extensive criminal record extending back

more than 40 years, as well as his membership and participation

In the organized criminal syndicate known as Cosa Nostra, we

strongly urge that defendant Sacco's sentence not be reduced for

any reason whatsoever.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE BY MAIL

I, _

_JUNE S. TOKUYAMA

• declare:

That I am a citizen of the United States and resident or em-

ployed in Los Angeles County, California; that my business address 1s

office of United States Attorney, United States Courthouse, 312 North

Spring Street, Los Angeles, California 90012; that I am over the age

of eighteen years, and am not a party to the above-entitled action;

That I am employed by the United States Attorney for the Cen

tral District of California who is a member of the Bar of the United

States District Court for the Central District of California, at whose

direction the service by mail described in this Certificate was made;

that on

February 17, 1971

→ I deposited in the United

States mails in the United States Courthouse at 312 North Spring St.,

Los Angeles, California, in the above-entitled action, In an envelope

bearing the requisite postage, a copy of

GOVERNMENT'S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT'S MOTION

TO REDUCE SENTENCE

addressed to

Adrian Marshall, Esq.

Attorney at Law

9601 Wilshire Blvd.

Suite 400

Beverly Hills, California 90210

at his last known address, at which place there is a delivery ser-

vice by United States mail.

This Certificate 1s executed on

February 17, 1971

at Los Angeles, California.

I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing 1s true

and correct.

JUNE Si

I. Pikery one

TOKUYAMA"

USA-12c-240

(Rev. 10/19/67)

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To : Terry Lenzner

From : Bob Muse

Subject:

Interview of John Roselli

On Wednesday February 20, 1974, Scott Armstrong, Mare Lackritz and Bob

Muse interviewed John Roselll at the office of Roselli's attorney, Tom Wadden,

888 17th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C., telephone 833-1440. Also present were

Wadden's associates Bryan B. McMenamin and Leslie Scherr.

Wadden began the interview by noting that for the first time, he

had:

rosa test it presented a great problem of attion

Accordingly he had

tried to reach Senator Ervin,.

an old acquaintance, and see if he could persuade the

Senator from allowing this interview to go forward..

Fe did not get in touch

Ervin directly but talked, to a staft member in Ervia'a office, whom he would sot

Identify. He further noted that, Roselli was insistent upon not giving any informatior

about his Cuban activities

and would rather go to jail than be compelled to testify

about the matter.

Thus the interview.

was"

not productive Insofar as Rosell!'s

Involvement with Maheu in 2960, was concerned.

However, Wadden did allow us to inter-

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es 100 before ou senator here John a veil ersat to competito to eat you nia

Involvement with Maheü in Cube.

(It should be noted that hadden would not identify

his privilege

claim other than saying it related to national security.)

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and Mrs. Joseph Delle at see on the emp Corer, ter

resides with his sister and brother-in-law, a Mr.

Corner, Plantation, Florida 33314. His

telephone number there is area: 305 581-6585•

Temp. de has been living In retirement with

them since he left jail at the end of last summer.

Prior to moving to Florida he

had been in the federal prison for thirty-three months, having been convicted in the

Friar's Club case, a conspiracy in which he was charged along with Maurice Friedman,

Benjamin Teitlebaum, and Manuel Jacobs. (He noted that Hank Greenspun had no Involve-

ment either as a co-defendant or unindicted co-conspirator in that case.)

With regard to Bob Maheu, he met Maheu for the first time in the mid-50's

in either Washington or, California

through & mutual acquaintance, Herman Spitzel.

When questions were asked as to what his subsequent Involvement with Maheu was,

Rosell's attorney instructed him not to

answer any questions on the ground of

national security®

Roselli did however indicate how he and Maheu had made arrangements for

Fughes to live at the Desert Inn when Fughes first

arrived there in late 1966.

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said that he had received a call from Maheu, who needed to make arrangements for

Hughes to move to Las Vegas from Boston.

According to Maheu, no one wanted to give

Fughes any rooms. Roselli at the request of Maheu left his residence in Los Angeles

and went up to Las Vegas and asked his acquaintance Ruby Kolod, who owned 13% of

the Desert Inn, to accommodate Hughes and allow him to take two of the penthouses

at the Desert Inn. At the time Maheu was in charge of security and responsible for

seeing that Fughes arrived unnoticed in Las Vegas.

Kolod acquiesced and told

Rosellf that the top floor of the Desert Inn would be available at the going rate,

but that they would have to leave the hotel by New Years. When the New Years date

was approaching, Maheu called and said that they had received notice from Kolod and

were suppose to leave

their premises.

Rosell then convinced Kolod to allow

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want to get involved in any of the gambling businesses and would not therefore want

sell it. Kolod replied that if Rosells could make arrangements to sell it he would

receive a finder's fee. Roselli then turned around and-asked Maheu if he wanted to

purchase It.

Maheu responded that he would and Roselll-turned the matter over to

his attorney Fd Morgan who then handled the matter until the end. Roselli also

Instigated some talk about the possibility of purchasing the sands and.

, while he did

not negotiate it, received at & later date from Ed Morgan a check for $95,000 which .

represented his finder's fee for the sale of both the Desert Inn and the Sands:

Roselll noted that while Moe Dalitz was the owner of the Desert Inn, he

did not negotiate with him because he found him less agreeable than Kolod. He said

that he had some minor dealings with Dalitz but none of them related to matters

concerning the las Vegas hotel Industry.

With regard to Ed Morgan, Roselli met him in the middle 50's. Since that

time Morgan has represented him in different Las Vegas Interests. He noted that

Morgan did not represent him in his Friars' Club defense (but did arrange for Jim

Cantillion, a Los Angeles attorney to handle the matter). He said that he had no

trouble with Morgan's handling of the Desert Inn finder'g fee, since he trusted

Morgan Implicity®

He noted that Morgan had arranged for John

Rosell1 to be represent

by Tom Wadden, his present attorney. This representation first began on the appeal

from the Friar's Club.

Rosell1 indicated that his only present interest in Las Vegas concerns:

his boldings in the gift shop at the Frontier hotel. His Involvement there started

in 196T when he had an arrangement with Mr. Friedman. This set-up did not work out

and Rosells resigned as President of the gift shop.

Thereafter he made an arrange.

ment with a Mr. Breen whereby he would furnish Breen with money and indemnify him

against any losses if Breen would run the gift shop.. This arrangement has worked

out fairly well and he continues to receive his share of the profits each year from

the gift shop.

He mentioned that it was his opinion that Breen had been poorly

treated by the Fughes enterprises, since Hughes first purchased the Frontier®

recalls, at his last meeting with Maheu, asking Maheu to lend Breen $60,000 for the

gift shop. Maheu said he would get back to him but never did. Ultimately a loan

was arranged through Perry Thomas at: the Valley Bank of Nevada.

Since 1967 Roselli has seen Maheu only once: And while he does not recall

the date of that meeting he remembers that 1t was in Los Angeles before Maheu had

terminated with hughes.

He recalls that Maheu was in Los Angeles at the time while

his wife was having a foot operation; and that he called Roselli to have supper.

Rosell has no recollection of the conversation that the two had at supper other

than that they discussed, as noted above, the possibility of arranging a loan for

Breen at the Frontier Hotel Gift Shop.

He said he has known Peter Maheu since the middle 1950's and that he went

to Peter's wedding reception. His only Involvement with Peter occurred whenever

Robert Maheu wanted

& message conveyed to Rosell1. He recalla no subsequent substanti

discussions with Peter Maheu.

He Indicated he knew nothing about larry O'Brien, Tony Hatsis, or Jack

Cleveland.

Similarly be has no recollection of ever having met Bebe Rebozo, and

knows of the person only through newspaper articles.

With regard to his appearance before the Frontier Hotel grand jury 1n

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Los Angeles, he remembers being represented by James Cantillon & LOs Angeles attorney

He remembers that this grand jury was convened sometime in the summer of 1970 and

that his appearance took place before he went to jail, which was January 25, 1971.

He has no recollection of lavid Nissen, the prosecutor, ever having made a comment

about Maheu; nor did he question Rosellf about his recollection of his involvement

with Maheu In the Cuban undertaking®

Rosell1 had very bad words about Nissen and

mentioned that Nissen had once filed with Judge Gray an unsigned and undated state-

ment discussing Roselll's background, which Roselll, and Wadden both said was very

Inaccurate®

Roselli has no recollection of being asked to be an Informer by Nissen.

Hedoes remember, however, being approached by two FBI agents in 1966 about the:

possibility of being an informer.

This possibility is discussed in the court files.

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Rosell recalls appearing four or live times before the Frontier Hotel

he answered questions extensively only on the first day and thereafter

appeared at

request, of Nissen and waited around. Wadden Indicated that we should

make &

request of Judge

Byrne

whoever

else might have access to those grand jury.

to get Rosell's testimony about the Frontier.

Rosell1 does not recall

having talked to Bob Maheu about his appearance before the grand jury. He said he

recollection of Maheu appearing there but, after being advised by Wadden

that Maheu's appearance was well noted in the paper, he said he may have read about

1to:

He said he has no recollection or knowledge of Bob Maheu ever making an

application on Rosell's behalf for reduction of sentence.

With regard to political contributions, he has never had any discussions

with Rebozo, or had any conversations with anyone about any contributions (of over

$10,000) to & Presidential campaign. He has no recollection of the Teamsters making

any substantial contributions to the Presidential Campaign. Similarly he has no

knowledge of ferry Thomas making any contribution.

Rosselli has no recollection of ever discussing with Maheu any of

Maheu's problems or contacts with the Administration. Specifically, he does

not recall Maheu ever talking about Stans or any involvements Stans may have

bad with Thomas or Greenspun.

He knew nothing about any use of stolen stocks.

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With regard to Jim Crosby, Jack Davis and Mary Carter Paoint Co. he

knew nothing.

Similarly he knew nothing about Jim Golden.

He had no knowledge of Bob Peliquin or Intertel's Involvement at

Paradise Island®

Wadden chined in by noting that he had been an old associate

of Hundley and had gone to Paradise Island with Fundley about T years ago to

look at the Paradise Island set-up.

Rosell has never talked with or net Jack Caulfield. Nor does he

recall ever having any private individuals interview him while he was in jail.

He recalls however, that three officers from the Immigration Department once vis-

ited him and told him about the detainer that was being held on him. Similarly,

while he was in jall, the IRS interviewed bim in los Angeles about the finder's

lee he received in the Frontier Hotel.

to Maheu, but, since It was so short,

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about Maheu concerned®

He noted that do one has ever asked him about banner,

Rebozo or any members of the Administration.

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With regard to Hank Greensyun, Rosellf has known him since the 50's.

The last time he met Greenspun was when he ran into Greenspun in Los Angeles shortly

after he got out of prison, at which time they talked a few minutes.

No questiona

were asked and there was no discussion with Greenspun about his Involvement with

Maheu. He noted that Greenspun has never questioned him about any matters.

He noted that he has never met Gordon Ilddy, Howard funt of any of the

Cuban Americans who were involved in the Watergate break-in.

He said however that

he has been Liddy once, and that was at Terminal Island when he was acting as a

prison librarian.

There were no discussions with Liddy.

He is fairly certain he

has never met Funt with regard to any CIA Involvement of his own. He also noted

that he has never had any property or business dealings in Cuba.

The interview concluded with the serving of a subpoena upon Mi. Rosell

and the decision to hold a further meeting under oath at a later date.

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To : Terry Lenzner

From : Bob Muse

Subject:

Interview of John Roselli

On Wednesday February 20, 1974, Scott Armstrong, Mare Lackritz and Bob

Muse Interviewed John Roselll at the office of Roselll's attorney, Tom Wadden,

888 17th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C., telephone 833-1440..

Also present were

Wadden's associates Bryan B. McMenamin and Leslfe Scherr.

Wadden began the

interview by noting that for the first

time, he had.

discussed with Roselli the Maheu Cuban matter with

which we were concerned; and

found that it presented a great problem of national security.

Accordingly he

had

tried to reach Senator Ervin,.

an old acquaintance, and see if he could persuade the

Senator from allowing this interview to go forward.

He did not get in touch

Ervin directly but talked to a stare member in Ervin's office, whom he would with

Identify. He fürther noted that,

Rosell1 was insistent upon not giving any informatior

about his Cuban activities and would rather go to jail than be compelled to testify

about the matter.

the Interview

was" not productive Insofar_as Roselll's

Involvement with Maheu in 2960;

However. Wadden did allow us to inter-

view Roselll about his background and we

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Involvement With Maheu In Cuba.

(It should be noted that wadden would not identify

his privilege

clalm other than saying it related to national security,)

John Roselli presently, resides with his sister and brother-in-law, a Mr.

and Mrs. Joseph Daigle at 522 Southwest Temp Corner, Plantation, Florida 33314. His

telephone number there is area: 305 581-6585

He has been living in retirement with

them since he left jail at the end of last summer.

Prior to moving to Florida he

had been in the federal prison for thirty-three months, having been convicted in the

Friar's Club case, a conspiracy in which he was charged along with Maurice Friedman,

Benjamin Teitlebaum, and Manuel Jacobs. (He noted that Hank Greenspun had no involve-

ment either as a co-defendant or unindicted co-conspirator in that case.)

With regard to Bob Maheu, he met Maheu for the first time In the mid-50's

in either Washington or California

through & mutual acquaintance, Herman Spitzel.

When questions were asked as to what his subseguent Involvement with Maheu was,

Roselll's attorney Instructed bim not

to answer any questions on the ground of

national security.

Roselli did however indicate how he and Maheu had made arrangements for

Hughes to live at the Desert Inn when Hughes first arrived there in late 1966. Fe

said that he had received & call from Maheu, who needed to make arrangements for

Hughes to move to Las Vegas from Boston.

According to Maheu, no one wanted to give

fughes any rooms.

Roselli at the request of Maheu left his residence in los Angeles

and went up to las Vegas and asked his acquaintance Ruby Kolod, who owned 13% of

the Desert Inn, to accommodate Hughes and allow him to take two of the penthouses-

seeing that Hughes arrived unnoticed in las Vegas.

Rosell that the top floor of the Desert Inn would be available at the going rate,

but that they would have to leave the hotel by New Years.

When the New Years date

was approaching, Maheu called and said that they had received notice from Kolod and

Rosell then convinced Kolod to allow them

to stay. At the same time he told Maheu that fughes should buy the Hotels an

and avoid

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want to get involved in any of the gambling businesses and would not therefore want

to purchase the hotel. It was at this point that Rosell conceived of the idea of

trying to sell the hotel, and approached Kolod and asked if he would be willing to

sell it. Kolod replied that if Rosell could make arrangements to sell it he would

receive a finder's fee. Roselll then turned around and-asked Maheu if he wanted to

purchase it. Maheu responded that he would and Rosell turned the matter over to

his attorney Fd Morgan who then handled the matter until the end.

Roselll also

Instigated some talk about the possibility of purchasing the Sands and, while he did

not negotiate it, received at a later date from id Morgan a check for $95,000 which .

represented his finder's fee for the sale of both the Desert Inn and the Sands:

Roselli noted that while Moe Dalitz was the owner of the Desert Inn, he

did not negotiate with him because he found him less agreeable than Kolod.

He said

that he had some minor dealings with Dalitz but none of them related to matters

concerning the las Vegas hotel Industry.

With regard to Ed Morgan, Roselli met him in the middle 50's. Since that

time Morgan has represented him in different Las Vegas Interests. He noted that

Morgan did not represent him in his Friars' Club defense (but did arrange for Jim

Cantillion, a Los Angeles attorney to handle the matter). He said that he had no

trouble with Morgan's handling of the Desert Inn finder's fee, since he trusted

Morgan Implicity.

He noted that Morgan had arranged for John Rosell to be represent

by Tom Wadden, his present attorney. This representation first began on the appeal

Prom the Friar's Club.

Rosell1 Indicated that his only present interest in Las Vegas concerns.

his boldings in the gift shop at the Frontier hotel. His Involvement there started

In 196T when he had an arrangement with Mr. Friedman. This set-up did not work out

and Roselll resigned as President of the gift shop.

Thereafter he made an arrange

ment with a Mr. Breen whereby he would furnish Breen with money and indemnify him

against any losses if Breen would run the gift shop.. This arrangement has worked

out fairly well and he continues to receive his share of the profits each year from

the gift shop. He mentioned that it was his opinion that Breen had been poorly

treated by the Hughes enterprises, since Hughes first purchased the Frontier.

He

recalls, at his last meeting with

Maheu, asking Maheu to lend Breen $60,000 for the

gift shop. Maheu said he would get back to him but never did.

Ultimately a loan

was arranged through Perry Thomas at the Valley Bank of Nevada.

Since 1967 Rosell has seen Maheu only once. And while he does not recall

the date of that meeting he remembers that it was in Los Angeles before Maheu had

• terminated with Hughes.

He recalls that Maheu was in Los Angeles at the time while

his wife was having a foot operation, and that he called Roselli to have supper.

Roselll has no recollection of the conversation that the two had at supper other

than that they discussed, as noted above, the possibility of arranging a loan for

Breen at the Frontier®

Hotel Gift Shop•

He said he has known Peter Maheu since the middle 1950's and that he went

to Peter's wedding reception. His only involvement with Peter occurred whenever

Robert Maheu wanted a message conveyed to Roselll. He recalls no cubsequent substantiu

discussions with Peter Maheu®

He Indicated he knew nothing about Larry O'Brien, Tony Fatsis, or Jack

Cleveland. Similarly he has no recollection of ever having net Bebe Rebozo, and

knows of the person only through newspaper articles.

With regard to his appearance before the Frontier Hotel grand jury in

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Los Angeles, he remembers being represented by James Cantillon & Los Angeles attorney

He remembers that this grand jury was convened sometime in the summer of 1970 and

that his appearance took place before he went to jail, which was January 25, 1971.

He has no recollection of lavid Nissen, the prosecutor, ever having made a comment

about Maheu; nor did he question Roselli about his recollection of his involvement

with Maheu in the Cuban undertaking. Roselli had very bad words about Nissen and

mentioned that Nissen had once filed with Judge Gray an unsigned and undated state-

ment discussing Roselli's background, which Roselll, and Wadden both said was very

inaccurate.

Roseill has no recollection of being asked to be an informer by Nissen.

Hedoes

remember, however, being approached by two FBI agents in 1966 about the

possibility of being an informer.

This possibility is discussed in the court files.

Rosell1 recalls appearing four or live times before the Frontier Hotel

He answered questions

extensively only on the first day and thereafter

Wadden indicated that we should

grand junt the requent of Meten and alted mount neve access to those grand Jury

make a request of Judge

Byrne or whoever

minutes to get Roselll's testimony about the Frontier.

Rose1l1 does not recall

having talked to Bob Maheu about his appearance before the grand jury. He said he

had no recollection of Maheu appearing there but, after being advised by Wadden

that Maheu's appearance was well noted in the paper, he said he may have read about

He said he has no recollection or knowledge of Bob Maheu ever making an

application on Roselll's behalf for reduction of sentence.

With regard to political contributions, he has never had any discussions

with Rebozo, or had any conversations with anyone about any contributions (of over

$10,000) to a Presidential campaign. He has no recollection of the Teamsters making

any substantial contributions to the Presidential Campaign. Similarly he has no

knowledge of ferry Thomas making any contribution.

Rosselli has no recollection of ever discussing with Maheu any of

Maheu's problems or contacts with the Administration.

Specifically, he does

not recall Maheu ever talking about Stans or any involvements Stans may have

bad

with Thomas or Greenspun

He knew nothing about any use of stolen stocks.

With regard to Jim Crosby, Jack Davis and Mary Carter Paoint Co. he

knew nothing.

Similarly he knew nothing about Jim Golden.

He had no knowledge of Bob Peliquin or Intertel's involvement at

Paradise Island.

Wadden chimed in by noting that he had been an old associate

of Fundley and had gone to Paradise Island with Fundley about Y years ago to

look at the Paradise Island set-up.

Rosells has never talked with or met Jack Caulfield. Nor does he

recall ever having any private individuals interview him while he was in jail.

He recalls however, that three officers from the Immigration Department once vis-

Ited himand told him about the detainer that was being held on him.

Similarly,

while he was in

ja11, the IRS interviewed him in Los Angeles about the finder's

lee he received in the Frontier Hotel.

The investigation may have related somewhat

to maheu, but, since it was so short, he does not recall what the discussion

about Maheu concerned..

He noted that no one has ever asked him about Danner,

Rebozo or any members

of the Administration.

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With regard to Hank Greenspun, Roselll has known him since the 50's.

The last time he met Greenspun was when

he ran into Greenspun in Los Angeles shortly

after he got out of prison, at which time they talked a few minutes.. No questions

were asked and there was no discussion with Greenspun about his involvement with

He noted that Greenspun has never questioned him about any matters.

He noted that he has never met Gordon Liddy, Howard Funt or any of the

Cuban Americans who were involved in the Watergate break-in.

He said however that

he has been Liddy once, and that was at Terminal Island when he was acting as a

prison librarian.

There were no discussions with Liddy. He is fairly certain he

has never met Hunt with regard to any CIA Involvement of his own. He also noted

that he has never had any property or business dealings in Cuba.

The interview concluded with the serving of a subpoena upon Mr. Roselli

and the decision to hold a further meeting under oath at a later date.

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CLERK, U. S. DISTRICT COURT

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

NO.

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MAURICE H. FRIEDMAN;

MANUEL JACOBS (aka RICKY JACOBS);

VICTOR G. LANDS;

FILIPPO SACCO (aka JOHN ROSSELLI);

BENJAMIN TEITELBAUM,

Defendants.

INDICIMENT

[18 U.S.C. §371: Conspiracy;

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$1952: Interstate

Transportation In Aid of

Racketeering; 18 U.S.C. $2314:

Interstate Transportation of

Funds Obtained by Fraud;

47 U.S.C. $502: Operating Un-

certified Communication Device;

26 U.S.C. 87206 (1) Subscribing

False Tax Return.]

The Grand Jury charges:

COUNT ONE

[18 USC $3711

Commencing prior to June 15, 1962, and continuing. to the

date of the return of this indictment, defendants MAURICE H. FPIEDMAN,

MANUEL JACOBS (also known as RICKY JACOES), VICTOR G. LANDS,

T. WARNER RICHARDSON, FILIPPO SACCO (also known as JOHN ROSSELLI),

BENJAMIN TEITELBAUM, and their unindicted co-conspirators Ernest S.

Allen, Vernall Furlong (also known as William G. Douglas), Edwin

Nathaniel Gebhard (also known as Pete Kelly, Pete Peterson, and

George McFarland), Alfred Mathes, George E. Seach, and Albert Snyder

agreed, confederated and conspired together to commit offenses

against the United States

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(a) To travel in Interstate. commerce and use facilitles

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ADRIAN MARSHALL

WADDEN, WALL: & RUDY

9601 Wilshire Blvd.

Suite 400

Beverly Hills, California 90210

272-9211

Attorneys for Defendant

Filippo Sacco, also known as

John Rosselli.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

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JOHN ROSSELLI, et al,

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NO. 1432 - Criminal (WP6)

NOTICE OF MOTION FOR

REDUCTION OF SENTENCE

(RULE 35 FRCP); POINTS AND

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TO DAVID R. NISSEN, Chief, Criminal Division, Umited States Attorneys

Office, Los Angeles, California:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that. On July 6, 1971, at 2:00 o'clock P.M.,

or as soon thereafter as the matter can be heard, at the Courtroom of the

Honorable William P. Gray, defendant, Filippo Saco, also known as

John Rosselli, will move the Court for a reduction of sentence entered in this

case.

Said motion will be based upon the grounds stated herein, the

affidavits attached hereto, additional affidavits defenant proposes to file

before the date of the hearing, oral testimony to be presented at the hearing,

and all of the files, records, pleadings and other documents in this case.

Defendant was convicted of one count of violation of 18 U.S.C.

§371, one count of violation of 18 U.S.C. $1952, three counts of violation of

18 U.S.C. §2314 and one count of violation of 26 U.S.C. §7206 (1).

Defendant was sentenced to three years imprisonment and a fine

of $10, 000. 00 on Count One, two years to run consecuively to Count One and

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a fine of $10, 000. 00 for Count Six, and two years imprisonment to run

concurrently with Count Six and a fine of $10, 000. 00 for each of Counts

Sixteen, Seventeen and Eighteen of the Indictment, and one year imprisonment

to run concurrently with Count One and a fine of $5, 000. 00 for Count

Twenty-Two. The total imprisonment was five years and the total fine was

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On January 18th and 19th, 1971, there appeared in newspapers

throughout the country nationally syndicated articles by columnist

Jack Anderson alleging that defendant had assisted the Central Intelligence

Agency of the United States Government as set forth in said articles.

The affidavits of Jack Anderson and his assistant, Les Whitten, are

attached hereto and included therewith are copies of the columns, set forth

as Exhibits A and B. Exhibits A and B were published on the 18th and 19th

of January, 1971. Attached as Exhibit C is a follow-up column which

appeared on February 24, 1971, and Exhibits D and E which are copies

of the office records of columnist Jack Anderson, which were released

and published on April 18th and April 27th, 1971.

The undersigned is informed that at no time prior to the

sentencing of defendant were the matters set forth in Exhibits A and B

of the attached affidavits brought to the Court's attention. It is the belief

of the undersigned that had these matters been brought to the Court's

attention they would have materially affected the sentence handed down

by the Court in this case.

Defendant proposes to file and serve additional affidavits in

support of this written motion and to present the testimony of at least one

witness at the hearing on July 6, 1971. The additional affidavits and/or

testimony to be produced at the hearing may relate to the financial ability

of defendant to pay the fine of $55, 000. 00 as well as the condition of

defendant's health.

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DATED: June 25, 1971.

Respectfully submitted,

ADRIAN MARSHALL

WADDEN, WALL & RUDY

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ADRIAN MARSHALL

Attorneys for Defendant,

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AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF MOTION

FOR REDUCTION OF SENTENCE

AND REQUEST FOR EVIDENTIARY HEARING

CITY OF WASHINGTON

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

sS.

JACK ANDERSON, being duly sworn, deposes and says the

following:

1. I am a nationally syndicated columnist writing

under my own by-line. For many years prior to the death of Mr.

Drew Pearson, he and I wrote a column known as the "Washington

Merry-Go-Round" •

2. I wrote the articles attached hereto as Exhibits

A and B pertaining to certain activities performed by John

Rosselli, the Defendant herein, on behalf of the United States

Government.

3. The information contained in said articles was

made available to me by persons employed by the United States

Government who, in the past, have supplied me with accurate and

truthful information as pertains to other subjects.

4. After receiving said basic information, my staff

and I conducted an impartial and independent investigation

regarding John Rosselli's activities as destribed in Exhibit A,

which were performed at the behest of Agents of the United

States Government.

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The aforementioned investigation satisfied me that

the facts set forth in Exhibit A are a truthful account of MI.

Rosselli's activities as described therein.

Sworn to before me this 17th day of

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NOTARY PURVIC

Mey Commiccin expeced Mauch 31, 1975

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AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF MOTION

FOR REDUCTION OF SENTENCE

AND REQUEST FOR EVIDENTIARY HEARING

CITY OF WASHINGTON

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

SS.

LESLIE WHITTEN, being duly sworn, deposes and says the

following:

1. I am employed as principal associate of nationally-

syndicated columnist Jack Anderson, writer of: "Washington Merry-

Go-Round".

2. I worked on certain articles relating to John

Rosselli, and services

performed by him on behalf of the Central

Intelligence Agency, an organ of the United States Federal Gov-

ernment.

3. As part of my investigation, I twice called William

K. Harvey, a retired Central Intelligence Agency official, now öf

Indianapolis.

4. On my first call, in January, I asked Harvey if it

were not true that he had personally intervened with the Justice

Department in order to mitigate the government's prosecution of

Rosselli on the basis that Rosselli had done a formidable service

for his country. Harvey said "this is a long story... I don't

think it ought to be printed." I asked him whether it was not

true that he had

a high regard for Rosselli. "I still do," he

earnestly replied.

5. In pursuing the story further, I called Harvey

again in Indianapolis in February and asked him whether he could

comment on our

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he twice reaffirmed his "high regard" for Rosselli. I advised

him I was making an affidavit on Rosselli's behalf and he ex-

pressed concern for Rosselli, asked his present status and said

he would "follow up" on Rosselli's behalf from his end.

6. Based on my part of the investigation, I am satis-

fied that the facts set down in Exhibit A, appended to the Affi-

davit of Jack Anderson, are a truthful account of Rosselli's

activities on behalf of the United States.

LESLIE WHITTEN

Sworn to before me this 17th day of June, 1971.

Save P. Ooner

NOTARY PUBLIC

My Commercin esperas Mauch 31, 1975

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ADRIAN MARSHALL

WADDEN, WALL & RUDY

9601 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 400

Beverly Hills, California 90210

272 9211

Attorneys for Defendant

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

NO. 1175- PH

MOTION FOR REDUCTION

OF SENTENCE AND

REQUEST FOR EVIDENTIARY

HE AR ING

vS.

FILIPPO SACCO,

also known

as JOHN ROSSELLI,

Defendant.

Defendant FILIPPO SACCO, also known as JOHN ROSSELLI, by his attorneys,

ADRIAN MARSHALL and WADDEN, WALL & RUDY, requests this Court

to grant a hearing for the presentation of oral testimony and other evidence

in support of defendant's Motion for Reduction of Sentence entered in this

case. As grounds therefor defendant alleges:

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Defendant was convicted of six counts of violation of Title 8

U.S.C. Sections 1302 and 1306 (a) and Title 8 U.S.C. Sections 1305 and

1306 (b) and sentenced to six months on Count 1 and thirty days on Counts

2 through 6, all to run concurrently.

2.

On January 18, 1971, the mandate was spread and defendant was

ordered to surrender to the United States Marshal at noon on January 25, 1971,

for direct delivery of defendant to Terminal Island for service of his sentence..

3.

On January 18 and 19, 1971, there appeared in newspapers through

out the country nationally syndicated articles of columnist Jack Anderson

alleging that defendant had assisted the Central Intelligence Agency in an

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assassination attempt against Fidel Castro. Attached hereto as Exhibits A

and B are Xerox copies of said publications.

At no time prior to the sentencing of defendant were the

matters referred to in Exhibits A and B brought to the Court's attention.

5.

At an evidentiary hearing, defendant will present oral testimony

and other evidence in support of this motion related to the matters set forth

in Jack Anderson's column which defendant feels will materially affect the

Court's reconsideration of the sentence entered in this case.

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On or before February 19, 1971, defendant proposes to file

and serve additional affidavits in support of this written motion.

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Dated:

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Respectfully submitted,

ADRIAN MARSHALL

WADDEN, WALL & RUDY

By

Adrie

Tasted.

ADRIAN MARSHALL

Attorneys for Defendant.

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June 24, 1978 Testimony of John Rosselli before Committee

Senator |Church presiding

Los Angeles

Rosselli first met Maheu in approximately July, 1960,

pursuant

to a telephone call from Maheu. At their first

meeting, Maheu told Rosselli that a high government official

had requested that Maheu recruit Rosselli to "fight Communism

90 miles away from Florida"' -- to recruit Cubans to

assassinate

Castro.

New York

Rosselli had second meeting with Maheu and went to New York

in September under the alias of John Rawlston

[Castro was

in New York at this timel. Rosselli met Jim O'Connell of

CIA, plus "three others.

Florida

O'Connell, Maheu and Rosselli met in Florida hotel approxi-

mately one week after New York.

Rosselli introduced Giancana

to Maheu. Also introduced X (Trafficante) to Maheu. Obtained

permission from Maheu to bring Giancanainto project.

Rosselli recruits Cuban #1, Rosselli's cover was

as Wall Street

businessman.

Rosselli and Maheu agree on a $250,000 price tag

for the job.

O'Connell never met Cubans. Trafficante, Cubans and Maheu met.

Maheu brought $10,000 and poison capsules.

Rosselli told Giancana about CIA involvement to keep his mouth

shut.

Rosselli only had one discussion with Giancana.

O'Connell called Rosselli after Bay of Pigs. Met in Florida

not long after Bay of Pigs with William Harvey, O'Connell and

Rosselli. Harvey told Rosselli that he wanted Rosselli to

have nothing to do with Maheu and not to use Giancana connections.

Rosselli indicates that pro-Castro people in Florida probably

had inkling of assassination attempts.

During Missle Crisis, Harvey asked Rosselli to see if "they"

had any intelligence on us, on the missiles.

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FBI agents Hill and Dodge met with Rosselli and his lawyer,

Cantillon.

At this time Dodge informed Rosselli that the

FBI was

aware that he was not a U.S. citizen.

Dodge indicated

something about Nevada and some other secret

organizations.

Rosselli met with Sheffield Edwards in 1966 for some drinks

and discussed his problems with the FBI.

Rosselli received a telephone call from an FBI agent, Jack

Barron in June of 1970.

The agent informed Rosselli

that his

appeals can be reversed. He was told that his lawyers and

friends can't do anything for him in Washington.

Rosselli talked with Bill Harvey prior to his testimony before

the Select Committee to see if Harvey had objections and

Harvey only suggested that Rosselli protect those people whose

lives and whose families might be jeopardized by his testimony.

Rosselli stated he did not know the five so-called Watergate

burglars -- Hunt, McCord, Barker, Martinez or Sturgis.

Roselli had no doubt that the Cuban operation was on behalf

of the CIA and not Mr. Hughes.

Rosselli stated that his Cuban contacts were never informed

that this was a CIA project, but that he represented a Wall

Street business:

In the period 1967-1968, Rosselli failed to register as an

alien and faced criminal charges.

Rosselli describes how he is brought into the operation --

Maheu's contact and O'Connell's satisfying him that they

were government representatives.

Rosselli stated that Sheffield Edwards was not overly concerned

with the FBI's contacting Rosselli.

Rossell's reason for not informing his sources that it was

a CIA operation was because he believed he would be more

successful doing what he was doing by representing big

business.

When the FBI contacted Rosselli in both 1966 and 1970

they hinted that they wanted Rosselli to provide information

about United States gambling interests.

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After the Cuban Missile Crisis, the whole operation came

to a halt and Rosselli said he

was never in contact with

the Cubans again.

Rosselli met Harvey at Dulles Airport in Washington after

the Missile Crisis, in June 1963, and had dinner with him

in Washington that night.

Rosselli mentions FBI had him under surveillance for several

years.

Roselli has two stories re Rowan wiretap from Maheu.

Maheu

told him he wanted Rosselli to get some bail money for two

guys in Las Vegas who were in trouble and he had placed some

taps in Rowan's room because 1) Maheu was doing Giancana a

favor, and 2) Maheu had the authority to see if Giancana was

leaking to his girlfriend.

Rosselli arranged bail money for the two men who were caught

tapping Rowan's room.

Giancana laughed when Rosselli discussed tapping incident with

him, but gave no clues to the reason for the tap.

Rosselli met in New York with O'Connell and Harvey in April

1962.

Rosselli states to the Committee that he felt the CIA came

to him because he has contacts in Cuba.

Rosselli states he took on "project" because it was the

government; he was patriotic.

Rosselli knew Trafficante before "operation" started.

Rosselli maintained some contact with Maheu after Harvey took

over.

Rosselli still is social friends with Harvey.

In April or May of 1966, Rosselli was stopped in the street

by two FBI agents with note saying to meet him later. Rosselli

referred them

to his attorney, Mr. Cantillon

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@Crited States Senate

SELECT COMMITTEE TO

STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS WITH

RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES

(PURSUANT TO S. RES. 21, PATH CONGRESS)

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Howard--

In re your "battle plan" memo to Hart

and Garn, I think you should consider possible

wis dom of our Committee making some kind of

very low-key anouncement that we're doing

something

Purpose would be two-fold--to

prevent getting wholly co-opted by new

House Committee (and agencies making a

claim that since House is doing it, they can

ignore us--also to put House on notice there

is specific area we have carved and will

continue to carve out for ourselves). Most

important, we must do something affirmative to

insure that the sources out there come to us.

If we say nothing, potentials which just go

to House under assumption that that's the only

thing going on.

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could say in response to an inquiry (which

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limited inquiry into certain leads which the Church Committee

did not have time to finish checking out. The Committee is

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appearances

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DeLonca to Mohr 12-12-63

Me: Assassination of the President

I told Ford in strict confidence that the Director concurred with his

viewpoint. I mentioned that our investigation thus far had conclusively shown that

Oswald operated by himself and that Ruby additionally was a loner. However, FEI

investigation was still pending on a large number of rumors, speculation and gossip

and it, therefore vould be quite unfair for the Commission to take a stand prior to

ilis the evidence being turned in. Ford stated this was his point entirely and that

ilthough he was a minority of one he intended to stick to his point.:

Ford told me that John McCone, Director of CIA, had, approximately

one wech ago, gone un to his office and told him that CLA had uncovered some

"startling information" in the Oswald case.

NIcCone procecded to tell Ford that a

source of Chi's in Alexico had seen money exchange hands between Oswald and an

unknown Cuban Negi.. Ford stated this excited him greaily inasmuch as it definitely

ended to show there was an international connection involved in the assassination i i

the President.

ruins

have fine is. iN

I told Ford that apparently McCohe had failed to follow up on this matter.

I mentioned that ClA's source had recantec his story and had indicated that it was a

soment of his imagenuidia

¿However, to prove the unstable tendencies of this source:

he source had later clainec that he was actually telling the truth. I pointed out that we

ie stir em cacur Some anetes of tins.

- however, the Cia source was obviously either

inste or somewhat of 2 an in aste he con rainy see this.

Ford indicated he would keep me tiprouchly avised as in the activities of

ne Commission. He stated this would have to be on a confidential basis, however, he

nought it should be done. He also asked if he could call me from time to time and

traighten out questions in his mind concerning our investigation. I told him by all

cans he should do this. He reiterated that our relationship would, of course, remain

onfidential.

We have had excellent relations with Congressman Ford for many years.

le has been given an autographed copy of the Director's bool "A Study of Communism"

ind has been in touch with my oifice on numcrous occasions in the past.

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•UNITED STATES COVEKYMENT

Memorandum

TO

Mr. Mohr

DATE:

109,118

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FROM

C. D. DeLoach

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SUBJECT:

ASSASSINATION OF THE PRESIDENT

I had a long talk this morning with Congressman Gerald R. (Gerry) Ford

(R. - Micigan) in his officc. He asked that I come up to sce him. Upon arriving he

told me he wanted to talk in the strictest of confidence. This was agreed to.

• Ford told me he was somewhat disturbed about the manner in which

Chief Justice Warren was carrying on his Chairmanship of the Presidential Commission.

He explained that the tirst inistake that Wurren made was his attempt to establish a

"one man commission" by appointing a Chiet Counsel, Warreir Olney, that was his own

prolege.

Ford staled that after the mention of Olney's name by the Chief Justice, at

their first meeting, Allen Dulles, former Director of CIA, protested quite violently.

Because of Dulles' protest.

the other members told Warren that they would like to knowI

more about Olney prior to giving their consent.

On the occasion of their second meeting, Ford and Hale boggs joined i

Dulles. Hale Boggs told Warren flatly that Olney would not be acceptable and that

he (Poggs) would not work on the Commission with Olney. Warren put up a stiff

argument jut a compromise was inace when the name of ee Rankin was mentioned.

Warren sinted he knew Rankin and could work with him.

Ford told me that he was currently having problems inasmuch as the

majority of the members of the Commission desired to go along with the recommendatio

made in Deputy Attorney General Katzenbach's Loiter to the Commission dated 12-9-63-

"In this loller, Katzenbach recommended that the Commission make an immediate

press relcase pointing out that the FBI roport clearly showed there was no internationaz

conspiracy or collusion and that Oswald wus a lones. Ford statsd he was a minority all

one that did not want to give out any press rclease until the Commission had had a

thorough opportunity to revicw and discuss the FBI report. (I noted that the roport was,

"on his desk at the time of our mecting.)

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Debunch to Mohr

12-12-63

Re. Assassination of the President

I told Ford in strict confidence that the Director concurred with his

viewpoint. I mentioned that our investigation thus far had conclusively shown that

Oswald operated by himself and that Ruby additionally was a loner. However, FBI

investigation was still pending on a large number oi rumors, speculation and gossip

and it, therefore. vould he quite unfair for the Commission to take a stand prior to

ill the evidence being turned in. Ford Siated this was his point entirely and that

although he was a minority of one he intended to stick to his point.:

Ford told me that John McCone. Director of CIA, had, approximately

one weck ago, sone up to his office and told him that CIA had uncovered some

"startling information" in the Oswald case. McCone procecded to tell Ford that a

source of Cit's in Mexico had seen money exchange hands between Oswald and an

inknown Cuban Negi. Ford stated this excited him greaily inasmuch as it ciefinitely

ended to show there was an international connection involved in the assassination i l

ne president. in rons iron

I told Ford that apparently McCohe had failed to follow up on this matter.

I mentioned that ClA's source had recanted his story and had indicated that it was a

isment of his imasonmon.

• However, to prove the unstaule tendencies of this source:

he source had inter elained that he was actually telling the truth. I pointed out that we

rie sur emerong Bonte anetes ot tims.

- However, Ine ClA source was obviously either

insing or somerhat of re te me one certainly see this.

Ford indicated he would keep me thoroughly avised as to the activities of

he Commission.

He stated this would have to be on a confidential basis, however, he

hought it should be done. He also asked if he could call me from time to time and

traighten out questions in his mind concerning our investigation. I told him by all

cans he should do this. He reiterated that our relationship would, of course, remain

:onfidential.

We have had excellent relations with Congressman Ford for many yeai's.

le has been given an autographed copy of the Director's book "A Study of Communism"

ind has been in touch with my office on numcrous occasions in the past.

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Contack will be maintained with Congressman Forde Rise 58en5 63.

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My Turn

Donald E. Schulz

Kennedy and the Cuban Connection

Conspiracy theories are fashionable. to discuss the prospect of negotiations.

with their revolu-

sometimes even fruitful, as in the

By early November, Kennedy had de- tionary brethren in

case of Watergate. So it is not surprising

cided to push toward an opening with

other lands. But ul-

that recent revelations of the Senate In-

Cuba in hopes of taking Castro out of the

telligence Committee have resurrected

Soviet fold and erasing the memory of

tion would have to

an old question: what connection, it any,

the Bay of Pigs. The Americans sought a

determine its own

did the Castro government have with the

meeting to draw up an agenda for later

destiny, and "if they

assassination of John F. Kennedy?

discussions. On Nov. 18, this message

choose regimes oth-

Current speculation is that the Cuban

was transmitted to

er than ours, this is not our business.'

dictator, having learned of ClA plots

thereafter, Lechuga was instructed to set

This was two days prior to President

against his life, decided to strike back.

forth such a plan for U.S. consideration.

Kennedy's death.

returning violence for violence, with

Even as these developments were un-

I. mention these developments be-

consequences that are now history. In-

folding, a second dialogue was taking

cause they provide an important and

deed, the recent report of the Schweiker-

place through an unofficial envoy-the

perhaps crucial-frame of reference for

Hurt task force, while finding no hard

French journalist Jean Daniel. On Oct.

Congressional investigators and the pub-

evidence to support this theory, did un-

24, Kennedy had received Daniel in the

lic alike: They are not, of course, proof of

cover some interesting new leads. More

White House. The President, it seems,

innocence. But they are suggestive:

than that, it established that a CIA-FBI

had learned of the Frenchman's forth-

would Castro have been so intent or

"cover-up" had deprived the Warren

coming visit to Cuba and had decided to

coming to terms with a man he was

commission of vital information that pre-

seize the occasion to send Castro a mes-

conspiring to kill? One may seriously

vented it from seriously exploring the

sage. The essence of this communication

doubt it. In point of fact, the assassina-

possibility of Castro's involvement and

was a strong hint that the United States

tion would bring a quick end to Washing-

that consequeritry there is no longer any

would be willing to normalize relations

ton's interest in accommodation.

reason to have faith in its picture of the

providing certain conditions were met.

What were those conditions? One, clear-

POSSIBLE SCENARIOS

And so we may well have a reopening

ly, was an end to Castroite subversion.

Still, this is not to rule out the possibil-

of the ingestigation. At last.

The U.S. had a special responsibility to

ity of a "Cuban connection.'

Given all this, it seems appropriate to

contain Communist expansionism. As

ments often behave in inconsistent and

examine the record of the period. A small

long as Havana continued to export revo-

self-defeating ways. Indeed, even as the

but interesting body of published testi-

lution, the economic

"blockade" of the

Kennedy Administration was taking

inons and reminiscences describes and

island would remain in effect.

these first covert steps toward rap

imply documents a little-known cam-

prochement, the CIA was engaged in an

paign of accommodation launched by

ACCOMMODATIONS

attempt on Castro's life. If, due to a lack

Washington and Havana in the weeks

Beyond this, not much was definite.

of political control and a prevailing at-

preceding that fateful day in November

The American negotiating position had

mosphere of cold-war hostility, U.s

1963. Actually, the origins of this tenta-

not yet been worked out. Even so, hints

agents could be conducting such activi.

tive and ultimately ill-fated rapproche-

of possible Cuban participation in the

ties in direct conflict with Presidential

ment may be traced to the

Alliance for Progress and of the desire of

policy, it is not difficult to imagine simi-

spring. when. Castro, increasingly de-

the United States to see a decline in

lar distortions on the Cuban side. Only a

sendent on his Soviet sponsors, rounc

Soviet influence on the island suggested

few weeks earlier, Castro had publicly

limselfobliged to embrace the banner ol

further avenues for discussion.

U.S.-sponsored assassina-

peaceful coexistence"" in order to obtain

Bearing this message and an invitation

tions and even threatened retaliation.

economic and military agreements need-

to revisit the White House upon his re-

Might not some overzealous security of-

er to assure the continued development

tum, Daniel set off for Cuba.'

ficials have taken this for tacit authority

of his revolution. In practical terms, this

found a remarkably receptive Fidel Cas-

to set up a "program of elimination"p

meant the normalization of relations

tro. Indeed, during the course of a six-

But all this remains speculation. It is

with the United States.

hour interview the lider máximo found

possible to envision any number of sce-

occasion to praise the American Presi-

narios that might have led to. the fatal

A MESSAGE FOR CASTRO

dent for his sincerity, realism and "good

events of Nov. 22. In lieu of hard evi-

It was not until September 1963, how-

ideas": Kennedy might yet understand

dence, however, it seems only fair to give

"coexistence be-

Castro the same benefit of the doubt that

ever, that this campaign began to show

results. At that time, William Attwood, an

tween capitalists and socialists, even in

Kennedy has been accorded-namely:

adviser to the U.S. delegation to the

the Americas."

Castro was convinced

that he be considered innocent until

United Nations, told his superiors he had

that normal relations could be restored

proved guilty. It is hoped that the inves-

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of subversion would not be an obstacle.

science at Ohio State University, is wril-

were established and meetings held

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PART THO: JIM. BRADEN

One of the most incredible bodies of recent information

concerning

the alleged conspiracy

• to assassinate President

Kennedy is largely based on the investigative research

done by Peter loves, a former CBS Producer and top inves-

tigative reporter.

Last year, Noyes published a. book, Legacy of Doubt, which

summed up many of his findings, and which generally outlines

what Noyes believes

was heavy Mafia involvement in the

assassination. The Noyes book is almost entirely factual

and is largely based on substantiated information such

police records california titorney ten eras a celes, aico

Department,

police officials.

Though the Noyes book (like most recent assassination books)

did not sell

well or receive much press attention, it has

been regarded

as a valuable contribution by most of author

Noyes' fellow Warren Commission critics.

It can definitely be said that almost all of Moyes' findings,

particularly with respect to his main character Jim Braden

have been

factually substantiated and are solidly established

by official police

records.

Basically the Noyes book outlines the background of a

mysterious man who was picked

of President Kennedy's assassination the police at the

just minutes after the

shooting. The man was apprehended by a Dallas policeman who

thought he was behaving suspiciously. The man, who identified

himself under the false name of Jim Braden.

was released

shortly thereafter following brief questioning by the Dallas

Sheriff's Office.

Author Noyes uncovered the story of Jim Braden and his

true identity during five years of investigative research.

And it is Jim Braden's true identity and his ironic misfortune

of being picked up at the scene of the assassination for

"looking suspicious" that the warren Commission critics now

ranks with James McCord's mistake of leaving masking

tape on the doors during the Watergate break-in as

the ultimate

fatal slip-ups in the two conspiracies.

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For Jim Braden, whose true identity is Eugene Hale Brading,

is a man with

singularly avesome direct ties to the highest

levels of the lafia. Of all the Mafia figures connected to

the syndicate's crucial security and enforcement activities

of coercion, maiming, intra-syndicate assassination and

outside murder contracting, Jim Braden appears to be an

indispensable link - or leader - of organized crime's

far flung network of "controlled violence" specialists

and protessional hit men.

Braden's involvement with the Mafia's highest echelon

"enforcers" has spanned the continent from coast to coast

and covers virtually every national crime syndicate juris

diction. According

to federal authorities working with the

Justice Department's organized crime strike force units, and

according to other high government sources cited by author

loyes, Jim Braden is now serving as personal courier for

ileyer Lansky•

The importance of this mysterious man who was picked up

under a false name across the street from the Texas Book

Depository just moments after the shots were fired on

November 22, 1963 cannot be overemphasized.

Though there wore several

innocent witnesses or bystanders

in the arca of the assassination who were also arrested or

brought in for questioning by the dallas police, all of whom

were shortly relcased like Jim Braden, his presence there at

that precise moment docs in fact raise an incredible specter,

and may indeed have been

the monumental slip-up that critics

of the Warren Commission now attest to•

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Jim Braden's Arrest On Hovember 22

Deputy C.I. Lewis was one of the first Dallas police

officers on the scene at the

Texas School Book Depository

following the assassination.

Deputy Lowis confronted a man across the street fron the

suspiciously."

Deputy Lovis questioned the man for sevcral minutes before

taking him

to the Sherift's office for further interrogation.

The man identified himself as Jim Braden, and said that he

was in the oil business in Beverly Hills, California. Deputy

Lewis became even more suspicious over the way the man first

tried to identify hinsolf. Instead of producing his driver's

license, the common means of identification, the man pulled

out a gasoline credit card instead.

The man who identified himself

as Jim Braden strongly protested

when Deputy Lewis told him

that he would have to take him in

for further interrogation.

it the Sheriff's offico, Jim Braden agreed to make a voluntary

statement. Braden, then 48, told the police that he was in

Dallas on oil business and

had been there for two days. He

said he was staying at the Cabana lotel, s short distance avay

the scene of the assassination. Braden said he had been

walking down the strcet by the Texas Book Depository at the

time of the assassination and had been looking for a taxi cab.

Braden further stated that he was confronted by Deputy

Levis inside a building across

the street fron the Depository

during an

attempt to make a telephone call following the

shooting.

Braden was shortly thereafter relcased by tho Dallas Sheriff's

office.

Braden was not fingerprinted, nor was any check made

of possible criminal records relating to hin.

Two months liter, in late January of 1961, Jim Braden was

intervicued by two FBI agents at his office in Beverly Hills.

The Warren Commission's investigation was then in full swing

and witnesses to the assassination were being questioned by

the FBI and other authorities. In his FBI intorview, Braden

gave the same account as he had given

to the Dallas

police on

the day of the assassination. The FBI's official report on

Braden's interrogation further stated

that,

"Braden has no

infornation concerning the assassination and both Lee Harvey

Oswald and Jack Ruby are unknown to him."

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Jim Braden's Truc Identity Energes

In early 1909, Peter Foves,

the investigative reporter

whose bool covers much of

the information regarding

Braden, Dogan investigating the mysterious california

"oil man."

loyos originally reccived a tip about Braden from a

former FBI agent who was then aiding District Attorney

Jim Garrison's investigation of the Kennedy assassination.

The FBI man told loves of Braden's presence at the scene of

the assassination at the time of the shooting.

lioyes soon found that Jin Braden was no longer at cither

of the addresses that he had given the Dallas police, and

had left no forwarding audresses.

Hoves then had the California Department of Motor Vehicles

a chock on the license number that Braden had given

the Dallas

police at the Sheriff's office following the

assassination. Motor Vehicles told joyes that Braden's

license

(1751755) had boen renewed by Braden in San Diego

county in November of 1966. Braden has also listed new

business and home addresses, which interestingly were over

miles apart.

The Department of l'otor Vehiclos' rocords on Jin Braden

also showed that "Jim Braden" was not really his original

name. The license had actually been issued in the 1950's

to Luacre lialc Brading, which is Braden's true identity.

On September 10, 1903, just ten wechs before the assassination,

Lugene Hale Brading had notified the Department that he had

logally changed his name to

Jim Braden,

and he rcquested a

new license under that name. The license was granted.

Intrigued by the fact that Jim Braden was really a false

identity assumed by Bugene Brading, investigator Noyes

contacted the Intelligence Division of the Calliornia

Attorney Genoral's Office, and had a checl run on the

mysterious brading.

Hoves was told that Eugene Hale Brading "is a real bad guy.

¡e's got a long rap sheet and apparantly has liafia connections."

Nojes shortly thorcafter obtained a copy of Eugene Brading's

(Jim Braden's) police records.

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The Brading

"rap sheet" contained an incredible 35

soperate entries covering virtually every phase of

crininal activity, including mail fraud, embezzlement,

operating a gambling house in Miami, car theft, shop

lifting, receiving

stolen property,

and sclling wartime

gas ration coupons on the black market.

¡ost of these arrests had been made under the name of

Eugone Hale Brading, but the

police dossier on him also

showed a handful of

other aliases, including Harry Eugene

Bradley,

Gone Brady, James Lee Cole, James Bradley Lee,

and incvitably, .Jim

Braden.

"Jim Bradon" was the last ontry shown on Brading's

IecoIdS.

Incredibl:, investigator lloyes found that due to the fact

that the dallas police had not fingerprinted Jim Braden or

run a make on him,

his true identity of

Bugene Brading was

nevor discovered by the FBI or the Warren Commission at the

time

of their investigation of the assassination. The Warren

Commission had only routinely included Braden's

short state

ment about being in Dallas on "oil business" in a police

cahibit on witnesses contained. in Warren

Commission Hearing's

Volune "IX. Jin Braden and his story had been

accepted at

face value.

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Jim Bracion (Burche Bradlinal ind The liafia

Investigator loves began a thorough investigation of

Braden based upon all available police records and

documents.

What soon clearly merged was a long record of involvement

by Braden (Brading) with many of the most notorious hafia

Icadcis in

the nation, a record of close association with

key figures in the national crime syndicate.

Following

string of arrests in the 1940's, dating all

the way back to his young adulthood, Eugene Brading had

moved to bl Paso, Texas, in 1950.

(DRADING AND PEREIRA)

In E1 laso, Brading became closely associated with Victor

Pereira, a

man who was a close associate

and confidante of

scvCral

Mafia

members. Brading and Percira becane involved

in a number of schemes involving marriage to and embezzlement

of wealthy widows.

Brading and his close friend Porcira vore arrested

by the tol in lew York on a fugitive varrant issued in Texas.

mon were charged with

embezzling over

wealthy dion when Pereira had married shortly before

flecing with her money. Brading and Percira were soon con

victed of the charges

and were each sentenced to 12 years

in prison.

lioweve:, Bracing and Foreira were out frec during the three

ycars of their appeals, and Brading was later paroled in 1959

after having served just five ycars of his sentence.

(BRADING AND PHE SMALDOMES).

Durina the three yours of frcedom

under their appeals of the

convictions,

Brading and Percira loft Texas (iolloving still

another flcecing of another wealthy wido:) and moved to

DenveI, colorado.

In Denvoi, Brading became

very closely associated vith

tro leading Hafia bosses in the Rocky Hountain area, Clyde

and Gene Smaldone.

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The Snaldone brothers, who were also known as "Chockers

and Flip Flon," vero the Mafia leaders in charge of the

syndicate's vending-machine market which stretched from

the Rockies all the way to Chicago. Police records show

that at one time,

entire Pueblo arca of Colorado.

one manues virtuatte control. show

The Smaldone brothors wore notorious for the brutal brand

of violence they practiced in their operations. Brading

(Draden) became involved in many transactions with the

smaldones and became a close personal friend. Several ycars

later, after Brading finally wont to jail for the embezzlement

of the Texas widow,

the Smaldone brothers regularly wote

to him in prison, secking his advice on various financial

mattors.

(BRADING AND CLARK AID BAUMAIT)

Brading and his friend Pereira later moved to Boverly Hills

in California. Shortly thereafter, Brading inevitably came

under investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department

Intelligence Division's Mafia specialists.

In particular,

the LAPD interest in Brading was focused on

his close association in Beverly Hills with two "oil specu-

lators" from

liami, Arthur Clark and Roger Bauman. Clark

and. Bauman were notorious Mafia figures with long police

records.

Brading's friend Clark had been one of the ton leaders of

the fanous Purple Gang of the lafia, which had oncrated

out of Dotroit and Younastown. The Los Anacles nolice had

nlaced Clark and Bauman under

tight survcillance and had

compiled extensive information on their friondship with

Brading.

In 1956, the Chief of Intelligence of the LaPD, Captain

Jamos lanilton, sent a letter

to the Crino Commission of

Greater liani

seeking information about Clarl, Bauman, and

Brading.

Captain Hamilton,

who was

known

as one of the foremost

experis on the infia in the nation, asted the dani Conmission

(which was conducting crtonsive investigations of the Mafia)

to inform him as

to the involvement of several associates of

Clark and

Bauman.

Among those named was Bugene Brading.

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Captain Hamilton's letter stated:

"This Department has under investigation Arthur

Iewis Clark, SI., FBI 3709258, and a Roger Bauman.

These men arc representing thensolves as officials

of the sunbeam Oil Company, 212 Roosevelt Theater

Building, Hiami Beach, and

both are spending moncy

very lavishly."

"Clark has been arrested several times and has been

associated with many confidence men and hoodlums such

as Janes Fratian stephen Sambor and the Sealdone

Victor Percira, Hugene Brading,

Clarence Rhodes,

brothers of Denvcr."

As investigator Peter loves points out, the men listed

with Brading in the letter, reprosent a virtual "Who's iho"

of organized crime leaders

between California and the Midwest.

(BRADING AID FRATIANO)

of these top lafia men listed with Brading (Braden) perhaps

the nost important one is James Fratianno, also widely known

as "Jimmic The Heasel." Fratianno was known as perhaps the

Mafia's highest ranking executioner in the nation.

in his testinony before the Rackets Conmittee of

the california logislature, captain lamilton, the chief of

LAPD Intelligence, stated that,

"ie have lona considered Fratianno to

the exccutioner for the Mafia on

the West Coast."

Captain Hamilton told the Rackets Committec that his Intelligence

Division had linked Jimmic Fratianno to at lcast sixteen Mafia

exccutions.

Fratianno had once

been arrested for the attempted

assassination

of Los Angeles Mafia head Mickey Cohen in 1919. Conen had

survived the bloody shooting which took the lifc. of one oi

nis licutonants. Fratianno was later rolcased due to insuf-

ficient evidence. Fratianno used the alibi that he had been

at the home of lafia associate Nick Licata the night of the

shooting. Licata later became the new head of the Los Angeles

dafia,

and, perhaps significantly, was later given control oI

the Maila in Dallas, texas.

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jimmie Iratianno was also susnocted of complicity in

the murders of two men in 1951. Two mon who made the

mistake of robbing the Mafia's

Flamingo Hotel in Las

Vegas were found dead in a parked car folloving tho

robbery. Both of their skulls had been shattered by

bullets

fircd behind the ear, apparantly in true Mafia

fashion.

Fratianno had al50 been linked to the famous murder of

Iarry "Hooky" Rothman, who had been another close

associate of lilclicy Cohen,

the Los Angeles Mafia head.

A150.

Fratianno was also linked to the disapocarance of

another top momber of the richey Cohen gang, Frank Hiccoli.

Niccoli had mysteriously vanished following a late dinner

at Fratianno's home one night.

Fratianno was also linked to the brutal murder of a business-

man in northern California in 1952. Thomas Keen, a wealthy

gambler, had

apparantly welched on a $30,000 gambling debt

that he owed the lafia, and was blown to bits from a dynamite

charge hidden under the hood of his car.

Fratianno later corved a six year prison term (1954-1960) for

extortion. In later years Fratianno becane the central figure

involved in LOOK magazine's

"exposc" of San Francisco layor

Joseph Alioto's alleged Mafia connections. LOOK alleged that

Fratianno had become a close friend of lavor Alito and that

Mayor had arranged for Fratianno to receive loans of over

$105,000 from a bank inere Mlioto sorved

as Chairman of the

Board. Alioto admitted that Fratianno vas a "casual acquaintance"

of his, but denied that he had used any influence in the loans.

The lavor also said that he had not known that the notorious

Fratianno was a nember of the Mafia.

(BRADING AND MELTZER) :

While in Los ingeles, Erading (Jin Braden) also became

connected with top Mafia leader Harold "liany" Meltzer.

The LAPD Intolligonce Division had originally become

avare of Brading's close relationship with leltzer vhen

Brading's nane was found on

loltzor's Christmas card list.

Meltzor was widel! known

ag

one of the most powerful lafia

lcaders in the entire nation.

The U.S. Sonate Packets Committce idontified Brading's

friend Holtzer as a ton Mafia boss in the arcas of union

rackcteering and narcotics.

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i report of the Senate Racets Conmittee from 1961 states:

"rieltzer now is reported

to oporato a large

bookmaking and prostitution syndicate in

California. A major figure in the organized

undervorld, he is known to all the important

narcotics traffickors throughout the United

Statos. He has also operated in Ollahoma

Texas, Baltimore, diami, Las legas, boston,

and various areas of Canada, Cuba,

liong Kong,

Japan, Hawall, and the Philippines."

(BRADING AND THE SICAS)

In Los Angeles, Brading also becano closely associated with

yet another top liaria oncration. Brading became a close

friend and associate of the notorious sica brothers - Joe,

rroddie, and Gorac. The sica brothers were particularly

brutal syndicate members

specializing in narcotics.

In 1950, the U.s. nitorney

in los angeles accused Brading's

narcotics ring in the United

friende, don and Freddie sicastatesending the single largest

The Sica brothers were shortly thereafter brought to trial.

on the night velore the trial opened, the government's

star witnoss, an informant named aba

Davidian, was mysteriously

shot to death in his mother's home in fresno.

The nurder was

never solved and the Sica brothors were soon released for

lack of cvidence.

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Jim braden: Possible Link to Jack Rub

The samo inadequate investigative work which led the

Warren

commission to largely overlook: Jack Ruby's solid

Mafia involvement, appears also to have boon responsible

for the failure to

uncover Jin Braden's true identity of

Eugene Brading during the official invostigation into the

Kennedy assassination.

is shown

in the previous

account of Jack Ruby's very

substantial ties to the Mafia, ruby was particularly

involved in the syndicate areas of gambling and narcotics.

But bevond the multiplicity of evidence which indicates

that Jack Ruby and Jim Braden wore both important nafia

figures opcrating in

the same general arcas, at the same

general times,

there is another sinale niece of evidence

which places both Ruby and Braden at the same place on the

day bofore the assassination.

Evidence indicatos that both Jim Braden and Jack ruby

visited the Dallas officos of the H.l. Hunt Oil Company

on the afternooi? of lovember 21, 1963, just twenty four

hours bofore the President was murdered. Obviously any

link which places both Braden and Ruby in the same place

not so don and aus

at the sane time on the day before the assassination does

of course raise further significant questions about a

possible Iclationship between the tro men.

Jim Braden

received permission from the U.s. Board of

November 18, 1903,

Braden was roguired to report all of his travels to his

Parole Board folloving his parole in 1959 for the embez-

zlement conviction.

On November 21, 1963, the day before the assassination,

Jim Braden checked in with the U.s. Parole Office in

Dallas. According to Roger Carroll

the Chief Parole

officer in Dallas, Braden (Brading) "advised that ne

planned

to soe Lamar

funt and other oil speculators while

here." Lamar lunt is the son of H.L. Hunt, the famous

right-ving oil billionaire.

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l'aul Rothermel, a former

FBl agent who was Dircctor of

Security for the liunt Oil Comnany in Dallas at that. time,

has' recalled that he distinctly remembers Braden visiting

the Hunt offices on November 21 in the company of three

other men. Rothernel has stated that the office 10g for

ilovember

21 showed that Roger Bauman (Brading's old Mafia

friend! and Horgan Brown and Duane vowlin "and friend"

visited the

Hunt office on that afternoon. Rothermel statcs

that Braden

was definitely the "friend."

(security chief Paul Rothormel was later fired by l.L. Hunt's

sons after reports allegedly surfaced that Rothermel was

"suspicious" of a possible liunt connection to the assassin-

ation. Folloving his tormination by the lunts, Rothermel

Found

that he vas being illegally wiretappod.

Rothormel

filed suit against Lamar Hunt and another onc of k.l. Hunt's

sons, charging them with the wiretapring, and asking for

soveral million dollars in damages.

produced very damaging cvidence against the Hunt brothers,

is still in the courts.)

Also on November 21, the day before the issussination,

according to a conclusion of the Warren Commission, Jack

Ruby was also on his may to the H.l. Hunt offices in Dallas.

The Warren Commission concluded that Jacl Ruby drove a woman

friend

of his to the Munt officos sometime that samc after-

noon. The roman, who had acclined work

in Ruby's nightclub

as a stripper,

drove with Ruby to the lunt offices, apparantly

in search

of employment. This does coincide with Braden's

visit to the same offices on that same afternoon.

The Warren Commiasion investigated soveral other possible.

lints of Jack Ruby to the Hunts,

including the still

nernlained fact that Lamar Hunt's name was found insido

one of Ruby's

notebooks. But of these possible lints, the

Warren Commission concluded only that evidence did indicate

that ruby had driven to the llunt offices on lovember 21.

Thus a possible ruby-Braden conncction on the day before

tie President's

assassination does indood arise.

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Jim BIncion: lossible lin! to David Farric

Investigator Ictor Moyes has turned up several pieces

of information which indicate a possible connection between

Jim Braden and the mysterious David Ferris.

David Forric was the homosexual airline nilot and private

invostinator thon Jim Garrison

accused of participating

in the plot to assassinate President kennedy. Six days after

District ittorney Garrison's charges vere made public, David

Ferric was found

dead in his apartmont in vow Orleans. His

mysterious death. was finally ruled to have been a suicide.

David Ferric has been

a target of investigation ! critics

of the Harron Connission ever since the arsassination. In

fact the FBI

and socret Service both investinnted a possible

Ferrie role inmediatoly after the assassination. It vas

widely rumored in Me. Orleans

and Dallas that Forrie was to

have flown

the alleged assassins out of the country folloving

assassination. The warren Commission docided not to include

the orficial secret service, and FBI reports or ferric in

26 Volumes of liering which were rolcased after the barren

Lenori was issued. However,

Justico Department did finall!

release those renorto io

the National Archives in 1957 following

Garrison's public accusations.

Author Hoyes

sinor established that both Jim Braden and

Davod Forrie worked out of thenfloor of offices in a building

in Now Orleans

in the month or two immediately preceding the

assassination.

This

is particularly significant due to the fact that at that

time the mysterious

Ferrie was employed as a privatc

investigator by Carlos Marcollo, the con lafia kingvin. It

is widely believed by nost federal authorities that Carlos

Harcollo rans with his close friend licyer Lansly as one of

the two single most powciful loaders of the infia's national

and intonational crine syndicate. Carlos "nrcello heads the

l'afia empire centered in New Orleans,

Louisiana, and controls

nost of the Mafia activity in the southern part

of the United

states.

In Septonber and October of 1963, just tools before the

assascination, David Ferrie was working out of the offices

of Carlos liarcello's crininal attorney, G. Hray Gill. Ferrie,

who was doing investigative work on a serjury charge that his

boss Marcello was then Encing,

worked out of foom 1707 in the

fore larauctte Building in

New Orleans.

it this same time, in september and october of 1963, Jim

Braden was operating out of room 1701 in the Fere inrouetic

Building.

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Braden was then commuting between llew Orleans and

Beverly Hills, with the approval of his Parole Board.

was working as a representative of his lafia

Bauman, the oil spoculator. Braden worked

Room 1701, which was

the office

of his associate,

Victor Main,

an oil geologist. This was just a short

way down the hall from David ferrie in Room 1707.

Intorestinaly, in one visit to his Parole Offico, Braden

"mistakenly'"

his Parole Officer that he was vorking

out of loom 1700 - which would have been the room next

door to Ferric - instead of Room 1701.

a possible Binden-Ferrie connection in the weeks

just bofore the assassination does indeed arise in addition

to the possible Braden-Ruby connection. Both connections

definitely do seem to fall outside of or beyond the arca

which could reasonably be attributed to coincidence, chance,

or circumstance.

Bavond soveral soto of information wich tend to indicate

that David Porric had some contact

with lee Oswald at

various tines;

the critics of

the warren Commission have

particularly focused on Ferric's ties to Carlos Marcello

and the Marcello lafia empire.

In fact, in his interviews with the FBI and secret Service

after the assassination, Forrie clained that he was with

Marcello at the very time of the assassination. Ferrie

stated that he was

in court with Marcello on the afternoon

of Novenber 2?., which does

appear to be true.

Carlos Marcello, alond with leyer Lansky,

had becone the

of the Justice Department's Organized

Crine Division in the carly l9bD's, under the vigorous

direction of Attorney General Robert Kennody.

arcello, known as "The little lan," becane one of sittorney

jeneral Kanncav's most ficice enomics durina that porod.

Marcollo once claimed that he had boon kidhanped under orders

of Robert kennedy and the Justice Department.

Ba Reid,

author of the Greenfclt Jungle and widely recognized

as one of the most respected exports on the Mafia in the

nation, has written that Carlos. Marcello once threatened

have President Kennedy and his brother murdered. Reid has

written that he was told of Marcello's threat by an infornant

who attended a secret meeting with Marcello in New Orleans in

september of 1902.

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iccordina to Roirl's informant, Marcello told his too

lieutenants, "Don't worry about that little Bobby

sonofabitch. He's going to be taken care of." The

informant stated that Marcello said that President

Kennedy himself would have to be killed first, and

that his brother vould then follow. The informant

further stated that Marcello spoke of using some "nut"

to do the killings.

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Jim Bradion: author Peter loves And Judae Bvrne

Peter Moyes, the investigative reporter who uncovered

most

of the

material

regarding Jim Braden (Bugone Brading),

j.s a

former classmate and close friend of Judge latthew

ByIne, JI.

the U.s. District. Court Judge Who presided

over

the silsbera

Pentagon Papers trial last year.

as is now well known, Judge Byrne dismissed the case

against Ellsbera

after he was notified that the white

House "Plumbers" had once burglarized the office of

Ellsberg's psychiatrist.

A short time later, it became known that Fresident Nixon

had twice instructed John thrlichnan to anproach Judge

Byrne during the course of the illsberg trial and offer him

the position of piroctor of the FBI. This offer, which Judge

Byrne refused, has been regarded as a potentini

act of

bribery by some critics of President ilixon, and is currently

under investigation by the Soccial Frosecutor's Office.

It has been wicely assumed that llixon's fervent interest

in the outcone of the prosecution of Ellabore may: have

been the motivation behind his approach to Judge byrnc.

Author Moves has writton of his friend Judge Byrne's

involvement in his research on Jim Bradon. In 195?,

after

loyes had

accumulated much of his information regarding.

tie mysterious Bracien, he took the information to his

Fricha

, Matt Pyrne,

who was then U.s. attorney for southern

california. toyes had several

talks with Byrne and has said

that Byrne was

very impressed by the subatantive evidence

which Hoves had gathered. During one of those rectings with

Byrne and another

FBI man whom Byrne had invited to attend,

the FBI man told loves that the fBI had never before known

that Jin Broden - the man

arrested at the scene of the

assassination in 1903 - vas

actually sugene Erading. the

FBi man said that the bureau must have made a big mistalo

in not tracing down Braden's true identity and police record.

The FBI man

was nearly incredulous over lloyes' cvidence on

Braden.

Voyes meanwhile had discovored that Jim Praden had also boon

in Los Angeles on the night that Robert Kennedy was assassinated

in carly June of 1968.

Though Toyes couldn't find any significant information indicating

any Braden conncction to the second Kennedy murder, he and his

friend Matt Byrne Forwarded the information on Braden to the

Special Unit of the LAPD which was investigating the Rek doath.

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The special Unit of the indy, according to loves, is-

counted the infornation scrarding the Rili ascassination,

but was indeed impressed by the Braden connection to the

1963 assassination. Hoyes writes that Judge Byrne never

heard anymore about it after he forwardod the information

to the Rei invostigators:

Inter, ittorney Goneral John Mitchell slected Burne to

be Decutive pirector for the scranton Commission that

investigated student unrest several years ago. Folloring

his work for the Scranton Commission

U.s. Attorney Byrne

was arpointed U.S. District Court Judoe by l'rosident nixon,

the position he held at the time of the Ellsberg trial.

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Jan Praden:

where lie Is today

Immediatoly following the assassination of fresident

Konnedy, Bugone Brading (Jim Bradon) had an upturn in

his porsonal finances.

Bracing later roported

a large increasa in revenue fron

an oil woll he had an interest in back in louisina. ic

reportod the large incroase in revenue fIom the woll for

the month of lovember 1963.

¿ month Inter, in Decenbor of 1963, Bradina becane

charter menber of the exclusive (and vory capensive)

La Costa Country Club in southorn California. Later that

year, 1064, Brading and his old syndicato oil friend

Roger baumon catablished the "B and B'Cattle Comnany."

The comnany uns set u! in Chicago and ves presumably

naned after

them, "B and B," though neither of the two

men ars listed as corporate officors. It was also during

this sane period that Brading made a

substantial investment

In two lots in Coral Gables, Florida:

In 1965, Brading's lengthy parole vas finally terminated.

lic soo: bought a

new home near the la Costa Country Club

which he had joined, and he also bought a house for his

parents in Santa Barbara.

And it is at the La

Costa Country Club that the mysterious

trail

of Jin Bracion, or lucene Hale Erading, finally ends.

The In costa country Club, which Brading had joined as one

is one of

The most noverful force behind la Costa is loc dalitz, one

of Hover Innoky's single closest associates. Noc Dalitz had

been the leader of the early Mayfield noad Gang in Cleveland,

and ind been the founder of the actual Clovoland syndicate

one of the most poverful forces in the national crime syndicate.

Hoe dalitz harl been one of the liafia's biggest investors in

Jas vegas,

and 1t ha: been Dalitz who had porsonally helped

sot un the lowara lughes empire in Las vegas.

s01d nuch of his own holdings to lloward lughes in the late

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The la costa Country Club had become, under the direction

of doe Dalitz and liever Lansky, a ley "watering

hole" of

the syndicate. La Costa was originally. financed through

syndicate deal with James Hoffa of the Teamstors. Onc of

the Teansters

Union's billion dollar Pension Funds was used

in the financing of the project. La Costa became what is

known in

the Hafia as

"open

territory" - neaning that no

single Mafia family controlled it. La Costa was open to all.

Intelligence authorities in southern California have long

regardod la Costa as a nrime hangout for

the Mafia. Some

officials have dubbed it "Apalachin West."

The syndicate had originally given Chartor memberships in

La Costa to a numbor of Hollywood colchritio:

, so ng to

soften the image

of the plush resort. Among the members

were frank Sinatra, Bob liope, and Bing Crosby.

l'embors of Prosident Hixon's inner circle also became

frequent quests as la Costa, which

is just trenty miles

away room san Clomentc. barly in the dixon Administration,

in 106?, Los angeles Police were

astonished to find Murray

closest confidantes, living

it up at La Costa while the Prosident vas in san Clemente.

In February of 1973, while President Mixon was at San Clem-

ente, Her Haldenan,

John. Ehrlichman,

Richard "oore,

and

John

held a serics of

mectings at la Costa to discuss

the latergate conspiracy, which was then beginning to

unravel.

John Dean gave longthy testimony during the

irvin Committec

hearings rogerding

"the la Costa mectings." Those mectings

since enorced as perhano

the most crucial

strategy seasions involved

in the allered cover-un of

Vaterante by the Prosident's closest aider. Dean tostified

that the la Costa

nectings

took place over

a period of tro

days, February 10 - 12, 1973. Dean testifind that the sessions

were hold in a special villa at La Costa tiat was used by

ilaldoman.

several vears,

one of the most important Mafia oporatives at la Costa.

accoring to numerous intelligence reports, from california,

revada,

and federal authorities,

Brading is now suanected of

being

the personal courier for national crime syndicate boss

Meyer Lansky.

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the Nevaria Gaming Bonrd is continuing an invostigation

into Braden's alleged role as syndicate courier for

"slimmod"

gambling revenue from Las vegas. Investigator

Hoyes was told by several high governmont officials that

Jim Braden had indeed been identified as the personal

courior for lever Lonsky. One official

disclosed that

Braden was suspected of

taking over 572 million out of

the country for the syndicate. inother official said

that was a

"low estimate."

In the summer of 1971, Bracien came under renewed investi-

nation by Califoinia

authorities folloving an incident at

La Costa.

A janitor at lin Conta opened Braden's molf Jocker to make

a routine innaction. out of the locker tumbled a bundle of

sell over s1pn, con in cash.

cuthor tores ind informed by one official that the bundle

had contained at least 5120, mop in cool, and another cal-

¡fornia ofticial put the anount at closer to $200, 000.

Juring questionina regarding the incident.

Traden

that he had

received the noncy from in oil transaction,

and? that he had tonnornrily stord it in

the loctor. Later

one of the officials rocking on that particular investigation

of Bracon, told Moves that Braden had alro been given the use

of two Dianes auned by Howard Hughes to fly Hafia ganbling

cash out of icada and the country.

At present, surene Brading, allas Jin Braden, is still

opcratina out of la costa.

(Bnaden is now living in Atlanta.)

- Mike Ewing

Sen, Hughes office

June, 1974

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RICHARD L.. THORNBURGH

RE: JKF ASSASSINATION

January 21, 1977

IN REPLY PLEASE

REFER TO RI.6Z50

Honorable Richard I. Thornburgh

Acting Attorney General

Department of Justice

Washington, D.C.

Dear General Thornburgh:

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence would

most appreciate prompt access to Federal Bureau of

Investigation material relating to Ki. Nelson Bunker

Hunt and Nx. Eugene Brading, a/k/a Jim Braden.

Your assistance and cooperation with the Select

Coumitten: is most appreciated.

Aloha,

DANIEL K. INOUYE, Chairman

HSL/de

author file

1 subject matter file

1 - William G. Miller

1 - Michael J. Madigan

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DONALD F. MASSEY

RE: LEE HARVEY ONWALD

December 8, 1976

IN REPLY PLEASE

REFER TO RA5785

Mr. Donald F. Massey

Assistant Legislative Counsel

Central Intelligence Agency

Washington, D.C.

Dear Don:

As I mentioned briefly this afternoon, the Select.

Committee has expressed an interest in recent press accounta

suggesting the existence of transcripts of Lee Harvey

Oswald conversations In Mexico City.

I would be pleased

1f you would advise as to the exiatence of such transcripta

and their avallability for review by the Senate Select

Coumittee.

Thank you in advance for your attention to thia

request.

Sincerely,

HOWARD S. LIEBENGOOD

Minority Staff Director

HSE : de

cc: 1 - Author File

1: - Subject File

1 - Minority Counsel

1 - Staff Director

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CIA Withheld Data in JFK Probe

After President John F. Kennedy

1962. Yet neither Kennedy nor Hoover

was struck down on Nov. 22, 1963, the

" later divulged this important informa

Central Intelligence Agency received

tion to the Warren Commission.

evidence suggesting that Cuban Pre-

mier Fidel Castro arranged the assassi-

Of course, various CIA officials also

nation in retaliation for attempts on:

knew about the assassination scheme.

Not the least of them was the late CIA

bis life.

Yet sources privy to the secret dis-

chief Allen W. Dulles, who approved

cussions at the highest levels of the

the original plan. He later served on

CIA during those hectic days now tell

the Warren Commmission, yet he sat:•

silently throughout the investigation

us that the CIA deliberately withheld

without mentioning the Cuban angle..

the evidence from the Warren Com-

mission investigating Kennedy's death.

Within hours of President Kenne-

Our sources

cite two reasons for

dy's death, the U.S. embassy cabled in-

holding back this evidence. One was a

formation from Mexico City suggest-

resolve to cover up the secret that the

ing that the Cubans may have been be-

CIA had enlisted Mafia mobsters to kill

hind the assassination. Our sources say

Castro.

that the CIA developed similar infor-

There also was a legitimate concern

mation in Washington.

that the Castro revelations might in:

The first person to reach Robert

flame the

American people, whose

Kennedy's side after the shooting was

grief could have turned into a terrible

CIA Director John A. McCone, who re-

wrath that might have precipitated

mained alone with the Attorney Gen-

some rash action.

eral at his McLean, Va, home for

Only a few key people knew about

nearly three hours.

the CIA plot to assassinate Castro. One

McCone swore to us that Castro's

was Attorney General Robert F. Ken-

name was never mentioned during the

nedy, who was his brother's personal

three hours. But CIA records show

watchdog

over the CIA. It has now

• that the next day McCone not only

been established that Robert Kennedy

mentioned Castro to the new Presi-

was briefed on May 7, 1962, about the

dent, Lyndon B. Johnson, but briefed

attempt to use underworld killers to

him on the information from Mexico

knock off Castro.

City.

Two days later, Robert Kennedy cau-

Yet no one brought the Cuban

tioned the CIA not to go ahead with

connection to the attention of the War-

the assassination without consulting

ren Commission. We were the first to

him. Since Robert Kennedy rode herd

on the CIA, it must be assumed that he

get word of the anti-Castro plot to

Chief Justice Earl Warren, the com-

was kept advised of subsequent assassi-

mission chairman, four years later.

nation attempts. However, there is no

We are now free to reveal our role

documentary evidence of this

in the drama. Two of our confidential

Records now available

show

that

sources, CIA agent William Harvey

Robert Kennedy informed FBI chief J.

and mobster John Rosselli, are dead. A

Edgar Hoover of the plot on May. 10,

third source, attorney Edward P. Mor-

gan, has waived the confidentiality we

had promised him.

Morgan told us in January, 1987,

about the CIA-Mafia assassination plot,

against Castro. He raised the possibil

ity that the plot could have backfired

against

President Kennedy.

There

were suspicious circumstances, he

pointed out, indicating that Castro

may have learned of the attempts on

his life

'and may have retallated

against Kennedy.

Morgan refused to identify his

sources because it would have violated

the attorney client privilege. But he

was an attorney of such stature that

we didn't doubt his word. He bad been

chief inspector of the FBI. He had di:

rected the historic congressional inves

tigation of the Pearl Harbor bombing.

Later, be ran the investigation into the

excesses of the late Sen. Joseph McCar-

thy.

We got Morgan's permission, to

write a cautious story. We confirmed

the general outlines from

a CIA

source.

Then on March 3, 1967, we

wrote that Robert Kennedy "may have

' approved an assassination plot, which

then possibly backfired against his late.

brother."

The next day, according to records

now available,

Kennedy's secretary

called for a copy of the May 7, 1962,

memo, which summarized the briefing

he had received on the assassination

plot.

On March 7, 1967, we reported more

details. "A reported CIA plan in 1963 to

assassinate Cuba's Fidel Castro," we

wrote,

... may have resulted in a

counterplot by Castro to assassinate

President Kennedy."

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The Washington Post

August 22, 1976

Slain Mobster Claimed

Cuban Link to JFK Death

• By Ronald Kessler and Laurence Stern

Washington Post Staff Writers

Long before

his recent murder,

John Rosselli, the CIA's underworld

recruit in attempts to kill Fidel Cas-

tro, had been privately claiming that

agents of the Cuban premier, in retali-

ation, were involved in the assassina-

tion of President John F. Kennedy.

Rosselli's belief in a Cuban

connec

tion to the Kennedy assassination was

expressed through his attorney, Ed-

ward P. Morgan, to the FBI as long

ago as March, 1967, and also in private.

conversations with a longtime associ-

ate of Rosselli who participated

in

meetings between Rosselli and the

CIA.

An FBI "blind memorandum" on

an interview

with

Morgan

dated

March 21, 1967, was included, without

identification of the interviewee, in

last June's

Senate Intelligence

Com-'

mittee's report on the role of the in-

telligence community

in

the Kennedy

assassination investigation.

Morgan told the FBI that Rosselli

and another

Morgan

client had in-

formed him that Castro became aware

of

CIA

assassination

conspiracies

against him and

"thereafter employed

teams

of individuals

who were dis

patched to the United States for the

purpose of

assassinating

Mr. Ken-

neds."

Because neither Morgan nor Ros-

selli was identified in the Senate re-

port, the significance of that portion

of the 106-page document was

dis-

counted at the time it was published

in June,

before Rosselli's

disappear-

ance and the subsequent discovery of

his body in an

oil drum in

Florida

waters. The Washington Post, however,

has confirmed that Morgan and Rosselli

. were the sources of the testimony that

suggested a Cuban role in the Ken-

Morgan's account, according. to a

summary of the FBl interview,

that Rosselli had

reached his conclu-

sion about a Cuban connection to the

Kennedy

«feedback" furnished by sources close

to Castro who were involved in the ClA

plots to assassinate the Cuban leader.

"His (Morgan's) clients were aware

of the identity of some of the individ-

uals who came to the United States

for this purpose and he understood

that two such individuals were now in

the state of New Jersey,". the FBI in•

terview summary stated.

A long-time associate of Rosselli

who was interviewed separately

by

• The Washington Post, said there was

no question in the slain mobster's

mind that President Kennedy

was

: killed on Castro's behalf in reprisal

for the CIA schemes against the Cu-

ban leader.

"He was positive; he was sure," said

the associate, who knew Rosselli well

and was in contact with him before

Rosselli disappeared from his Florida

home on July 28. The associate, who

• does not want to be identified pub-

licly, is scheduled to be interviewed

this week by Dade County, Fla,, homi-

cide detectives. He was a party to Ros-

"selli's contacts in the early 1960s with

CIA case officers overseeing the at-

tempts to assassinate Castro.

Despite occasional speculation, the

collective conclusion

of

all official

U.S. government investigations into

the Kennedy assassination-including

the Warren Commission, the FBI and

the CIA-has been that there was no

evidence that implicated the Castro

government or any of its agents.

However, the CIA's involvement in

the schemes

to assassinate • Castro

was not divulged to the Warren Com-

mission, and knowledge of them was

confined until 1967 to a small, elite

. circle of the U.S. intelligence commu-

• nity. President Johnson

apparently

first learned about the schemes only

after a March 7. 1967, column by the

• late Drew Person,

which prompted

• Johnson to order a CIA investigation

: of the highly sensitive episode.

Full details of the CIA underworld

¡collusion in the plots to kili Castro

did not surface publicly until the pub-

lication last year of the Senate Intelli-

gence Committee's assassination re:

port and the ensuing report last lune

on the possible role of the intelligence

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agencies in the Kennedy assassination

and investigation.

The body

of

Rosselli, who lived

flamboyantly in a world of mobsters.

politicians and

playgiris, was found

two weeks ago in an inverted oil drum

weighted. with

chains

but buoyed by

gases

from

decomposition

on

the

ocean's surface off the coast of Miami.

The specific cause of death was deter-

mined by an autopsy to be asphyxia-

Last year, an underworld colleague

of Rosselli,

who also bad been recruited by the

CIA in the effort to kill Castro,

, found shot to death in his Chicago

home in what police described as a

highly professional job by

penetrated the mobster's per-

sonal security screen. Giancana was

due to testify before the Senate Intel-

ligence Committee shortly after his

Neither murder Has been solved.

The possibility that Rosselli's mur-

der might have been related to his

Senate testimony on the CIA schemes

to kill Castro has brought the FBI

into the investigation at the request

of Attorney General Edward H. Levi.

The involvement of Rosselli, Gian-

cana and other underworld figures-

principally

Santos

Trafficante

of

Tampa, Fla., whose one-time Havana

gambling enterprises fell hostage in

1959 to the Cuban revolution-in plots

against Castro had been a closely held

secret within the top echelons of the

CIA and FBI until recently.

The tangled chronology of suppres

sion and eventual disclosure, although

detailed in the June report, has re-

ceived little public attention. Rossel-

li's murder adds significance to those

events.

Here is the sequence, pieced to-

acther

from the testimony given

to

Senate intelligence investigators:

Columnist Drew

Pearson went to

the late Chief Justice of the United

States Earl Warren late in January,

1967, and told him that a Washington.

lawyer had confided to him that one

of his clients

said the United States

"had attempted to

assassinate Fidel

Castro in the early 1960s and Castro

had decided to retaliate."

Warren declined Pearson's sugges-

tion that he see the lawyer, who was

Edward Morgan. Warren referred the

matter to then Secret Service Direc-

tor James J. Rowley, who on Feb. 13,

1967, wrote FBI Director J. Edgar Ho-

over, informing him of the allegations.

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• Hoover sent the Rowley letter to six

•only" basis. There is no record of FBI

meetings or discussions of those alle-

gations. At that point the sensitive let-

ter bounced back and forth'in the

higher reaches of the FBI bureauc-

The job of responding to Rowley's

letter was assigned to the supervisor

of the FBI's General Investigative Di-

vision who was given responsiility for

the overall assassination investigation

This official's job was complicated

by the fact that he had never been in.

formed of what Hoover and his closest

circle of confidants in the FBI learned

1962-that the CIA

assassination

• attempts against Castro, and promi-

nent American underworld figures, in.

been recruited for the attempts.

So on Feb. 15, 1967. the FBI official

prepared a draft reply to the Rowley

.; letter for his superiors saying "our in-

• vestigation uncovered no evidence in-

dicating Fidel Castro officials of the

Goverument were

..with Lee Harvey Oswald in the assas-

sination of President Kennedy. This

bureau is not conducting, any investi-

this matter.". The

FBI official added in later, testimony

that "everyone.in the higher echelons

Drew Pearson went ahead and pub-

lished a column on March 7, 1967, ref-

erring to reports that CIA schemes

against Castro's life in 1963 "may

have resulted in a counterplot by Cas-

assassinate President Kenne-

Ten days later, Marvin Watson, one

Johnson's chief deputies,

called FBI assistant director Cartha

DeLoach with the message that "the

President had instructed that the FBI.

knowledge he might have

assassination of President Ken-

DeLoach told

Watson that it ap-

peared Morgan "did not want to be in-

terviewed, and even if he was

viewed he would probably not divulge

the identity of his sources ..'

son persisted, however.

circumstances,"

Loach concluded in a memo

"it appears that we have no al-

interview (Morgan)

and then furnish the results to Wat:

son in blind memorandum form."...

The interriew was assigned to two

agents from the FBI's General Investi-

gative Division, which the

Senate

committee concluded was "puzzling"

because it was the Domestic Intelli-

gence

Division

which had heen as-

signed responsibility for investigating

possible foreign involvement in the

assassination.

Neither agent was privy to the

knowledge, confined to Hoover and

his top aides, of the CIA's assassina-

tion plots against Castro. Both agents

testified eight years later that they

were

"surprised"

when Morgan al-

luded during the interview to U.S. at-

tempts to assassinate Castro.

agents stated

(Morgan's) allegations or question him

in detail on them, since they had not

been briefed on the CIA assassination

the Senate committee ob-

On March 21, 1967, the FBI's Wash-

ington Field Office sent headquarters

ten copies of a blind memorandum

summarizing the interview with Mor-

In a Senate Intelligence Committee

summary of the FBI interview, Mor-

gan was reported to have acknowl-

edged that his clients. were "on the

fringe of the underworld" and that

they faced "possible prosecution in a

crime not related to the assassination

Morgan said his clients "were called

upon by a governmental agency to as-

sist in a project which was

have the highest governmental ap-

proval. The project had as its purpose

Elaborate plans were made, including

the infiltration of the Cuban Govern-

ment and the placing of informants

within key posts in Cuba."'

Morgan also told the FBI, according

to the summary, that Castro had em-

of individuals

were dispatched to the United States

for the purpose of assassinating Presi

'dent Kennedy."

It was not 'clear then-nor is it to."

day-why Morgan came forward

that time to bring Rosselli's story to

the ears of the nation's highest law

enforcement authorities.

It may be relevant that Rosselli had

serious legal problems at the time.

In May, 1966, the FBI. threatened to

deport him for living in the United

States under an assumed name unless

he cooperated in an investigation of

the Mafia (his true name was Filippo

Saco). At the time, he reached a CIA

contact from the anti-Castro conspir-

acy days,

CIA security director Col.'

Sheffield Edwards, who informed the

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afraid that the mob might kill him for

In 1967, after he was arrested for

gambling fraud at the Friars Club' in

Beverly Hills, Rosselli approached his

former CIA case officer, William Har-

vey. who sought unsuccessfully go in.

tercede in the prosecution.

It was against this background that

and then the FBI, with Rosselli's sen-

sational allegations of

CIA plotting

against Castro and the Cuban counter-

espionage directed against President

Last April Rosselli told the Senate

Intelligence Committee he had no rec-

ollection. of either receiving informa-

that Castro retaliated

President Kennedy or of having dis-

cussed it with Morgan. This meant ei

ther that Rosselli suffered a dramatic

memory loss or that Morgan's state-

ment to FBI agents nine years earlier

was a pure invention, a

Serious risk

for an established Washington lawyer.

No committee source could explain

the discrepancy, and Morgan declined

to confirm that Rosselli was the client

in question or to discuss

either his

allegations against the Cuban govern-

ment or his recent testimony.

The internal FBI memo on the 1967

interview

with Morgan

was

sent to

headquarters

with a transmittal

slip

saying:

"No further investigation is

being

conducted by the

Washington

field office unless it is advised to the

contrary by the Bureau."

The Senate intelligence committee,

in commenting on this position.

said

that

"had

the interviewing

agents

known of the CIA underworld

plots

against Castro, they would have been

aware that the lawyer had clients who.

had been active in the assassination

On March 21, FBI headquarters for-

warded the

Washington

field office

memo to the White House, the attor-

ney general and the Secret Service. It

did. not recommend

any further in-

vestigation of Morgan's allegations.

On the evening of the

day, President Johnson called CIA Di-

rector Richard M. Helms to the White

House. The next morning; March 23,

Helms ordered the CIA inspector gen-

eral to prepare a report on the

CIA

involvement in the assassination plots

-Operation

Mongoose-of

which

Helms had full knowledge at the time!

they were executed.

By May 22, Helms briefed President:

Johnson on the results. There is, how-

ever, no evidence that Helms briefed

the President on the November, 1963, •

plot-one of eight major schemes on

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Castro's life from 1960 to 1965-to as-

sassinate the Cuban leader through

the employment of an agent with the

cryptonymn AMLASH.

His identity

was revealed as Rolando Cubela.

1961 CIA "recruit" with close access

CIA operatives turned over assassi

nation equipment to Cubela during a

• Paris meeting on November 22, 1963-:

the day President Kennedy was killed

, in Dallas. There has been subsequent

speculation that the mercurial

•talkative, Cubela was either a double

being, monitored by Cuban

During the later days of his presi

dency, Marioheso spoke cryptically

rated" targeted against Fidel Castro.

The inspiration for that statement un-

doubtedly was the CIA inspector gen-

eral's report he ordered Helms to have

Within the past year, Rosselli' and

two of his co-conspirators in the Cas-

tro assassination schemes have died,

Giancana at the hands of a profes-

sional hit man and Harvey as the re-

sult of a "massive heart attack" last

Mrs. William Harvev, the widow of

the deceased CIA ' official, said she

suspected no foul play in her hus:

band's death. She did, however, tell.

"The Washington lost that she re.

ceived a call after Rosselli's disappear-

ance in late July warning her that Cur

bans appeared to be attempting to

wipe out all those who participated in

the anti-Castro plots.

The call, she said, came from an old

friend who was acquainted with Ros-

selli's sister, whose name is Edith Dai-

gle: Mrs, Harvey said that Mrs. Daigle

told the mutual acquaintance that the

Rosselli family had received a tele.

phone threat from unidentified Cu-

bans prior to Rosselli's disappearance.

She also said that Rosselli had gone to

meet the Cubans in an effort to pro-

tect his family.

Mrs. Daigle could not be reached by

The Washington Post. But another sis-

ter of Rosselli said she had heard of

no such threats or warnings.

at age 60 and

whose exploits as a clandestine opera-

tor are both legendary and controver-

sial within the agency, testified to the

Intelligence Committee.

had become Rosselli's case officer in

Operation Mongoose and supplied the

mobster with poison pills, explosives,

detonators, rifles, handguns,

transmission

anti-Castro Cuban agents. Harvey and

Rosselli, a CIA

• close friendshin.".

committee,

"developed a

Another CIA official who worked

with Rosselli, James R. O'Connell. was

asked if he knew whethel the agency

transmitted information/to the mob-

ster on possible Cuban involvement in

the Kennedy assassination. He replied

that he was out of the dountry at the

time Kennedy was killed, and had no

further comment.

• Two months before the Kennedy as-

sassination, Lee Harvey Oswald, who

was identified by the Warren Commis-

sion as Kennedy's murderer, had trav-

eled to Mexico City in an attempt to

gain entry to Cuba. According to the

Warren Commission, Oswald repre-

sented himself as the head of the New

Orleans branch of the Fair Play for

Cuba organization and a friend of the

, Cuban Revolution.

Some three months before Kennedy

was killed, Castro told Associated

Press reporter Daniel Harker that

U.S. leaders aiding terrorist plans to

eliminate Cuban leaders would them-

selves not be safe.'

A U.S. government committee coor-

dinating policy

toward Cuba at the

•, time agreed there is a strong liklihood

that Castro would retaliate in some

fashion. However, it concluded Castro

would not risk a major confrontation

with the U.S. by attacking U.S. lead.

On the same day Kennedy was as.

sassinated, a CIA officer

high-ranking Cuban official. who had

said he would kill Castro, to tell him

the U.S. would provide him with ex-

plosives and a poison pen device.

While the Senate Intelligence Com-

mittee said it found no evidence suffi-

cient to justify a conclusion that the

Kennedy assassination was part of a

conspiracy, it also said .U.S

did not properly investigate the assas-

sination or tell the Warren Commis-

sion about the CIA plots on Castro's

"There is no indication that the FBI

or the CIA directed the interviewing

the Cuban exile community," the Sen-

According to a former FBI official

in charge of key aspects of the FBI's

probe of the Kennedy murder. the

FBI never satisfactorily determined

what Oswald planned to do in Cuba or

what he had done in Russia.

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THE WASHINGTON POST

September 12, 1976

Won lige

The JFK Assassination: Curiosity in Havana

An inquisitive American learns many things on a

visit to Cuba. One of the most surprising is that high

officials in Havana seem genuinely hopeful that the

investigation of the Kennedy assassination will be re-

opened. They are convinced that there was a Cuban

factor in the murder.

•Conversations with senior officials of the Cuban

government, including Deputy Prime Minister Carlas.

Rafael Rodriguez, make clear that they have followed

closely the disclosures by the Senate Intelligence

Committee casting doubt upon the Warren Commis-

sion investigation. The Cubans are well aware that the

doubts center on the failure of the CLA and the FBI to

inform the Warren Commission of the several plots

mounted by the CIA to kill Fidel Castro. Knowledge

of these plots appears to have been withheld even

from the FBI and CIA officials who were responsible

for investigating the President's murder and for sup-

porting the work of the Warren Commission. As a re-

sult, there was no special effort to explore the possi-

ble involvement of either the Cuban government or.

Cuban exiles in the assassination. Evidence developed

by the Senate committee makes both hypotheses plau-

sible and a new inquiry imperative.

The situation is murkier and more perplexing than

ever. Those who are resistant to conspiracy theories

and who have been prepared-even, eager —to be-

lieve that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone can no

longer rely on the Warren Commission report as an

"The writer is a senior fellow of the Council on For..

eign Relations:

adequate prop for their predilections. The commis-,

sion did not know that on Nov. 22, 1983, at about the

very hour Oswald struck in Dallas, an agent of the

Central Intelligence Agency was meeting with a rank-

ing Cuban

official (code-named AMLASH and re.

cently identified as Rolando Cubela) to plan the mur.:

der of Castro. Simultaneously, in Cuba, a French re-i

porter, Jean Daniel, was spending the day with Cas-

tro, conveying to the Cuban leader views expressed

by President Meanedy in a brief interview at they

White House on Oct. 2t, persuading Castro that Ken-:

nedy wanted to explore ways to normalize relations.

• Thus, at the moment the President was killed, U.S.

pollcy toward Cuba appeared to be moving not only

on two tracks but in opposite directions, and move:

ment on either track could have provoked violent re-

sponse by one or another Cuban faction.

Perceptions inside the Cuban government re-

sponded to both tendencies in U.s. policy. There is

good reason to suspect that the AMLASH operation

involved a double agent, or at least a singularly inept

one. Castro almost certainly knew of it. The ClA even-

• tually concluded that the AMLASH activity was "inse-

cure"

and terminated it. Among other discoveries.

within two days of the assassination it was known (but

not to the Warren Commission) that AMLASH bad:

been in contact with Soviet personnel in Mexico City,

wbere Oswald bad gone in September 1963 to visit

hoth the Cuban and Soviet consulates. Whether these .

facts are significant or merely coincidental, one can-

not tell. In retrospect, Cuban authorities note with

some relief that Oswald was denied permission to visit

Cuba, implying that, had his request been granted:

the finger of suspicion would surely have pointed at

Havana.

Perhaps more suggestive of a direct leak from AM:

LASH to Castro was the sequence of events on Sept. 7,

1963, when the CLA re-established contact with the Cụ-

ban conspirator for the first time since the preceding

: year. Late that evening, Prime Minister Castro called

in Associated Press reporter Daniel Harker for an un-

expected interview. Only three Western reporters.

were based in Havana at the time and their contact

with Castro was quite limited. Evidently, the Cuban

leader had a message he wished to get on the record

through Harker. He charged that the United States

was aiding terrorist plots in Cuba and warned U.S..

leaders that "if they are aiding terrorist plans to elimi-

nate Cuban leaders, they themselves will not be safe."

This threat of reprisals seems less inflammatory

and more understandable now that we know what

Castro knew at the time, namely, that the United

States was in fact stepping up its covert operations

against Cuba during the summer and fall of 1963. Yet

it seems an exception to the main lines of Cuban pol-

icy as it was then evolving.

For months afer the missile crisis of 196%, Castro

had been displeased with the Soviets, and there are

signs that he was interested in an opening to Wash-

ington. On Sept. 5, the Cubans quietly proposed. talks:

with the Americans at the United Nations, and Ken-, d

hedy soon responded with interest: Also, in early Sep-

tember the Time magazine bureau chief in Buenos

Aires, Gavin Scott, travelling on a Canadian passport,

spent two weeks in Cuba. Although key U.S. officials

have no recollection of consulting with Scott on that

occasion, the Cubans recall his questions and com-.

ments as hinting of American interest in a possible ac.

commodation, much as they were later to interpret

the discussions between Jean Daniel and Castro.

Then and now the Cubans' attitude toward Ken- i

nedy has been a compound of political antipathy andy:-

personal admiration. While critical of Kennedy's role

in various counter-revolutionary efforts, Castro and

his associates voice a warm, almost affectionate re-

gard for the President's courage and realism. They

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protess to have seen his death as a grave setback to

more hopeful relations between the two countries.

The John Kennedy of 1963 was not, in their judgment. y

the same man who was inaugurated in 1961, but a

more mature, poised and forward-looking leader with 1

whom they could have done business.

With this frame of reference, Cuban officials specu-

late that the real origin of the assassination lies in an..

ti-Castro circles, with which Oswald also was in touch.

• They emphasize that assassination is incompatible

with their own revolutionary doctrine and that they

never contemplated it even against Batista, the pre-

vious Cuban ruler. And they volunteer the suspicion i

that the recent murders of Sam Giancana and Johnny

Rosselli, the Mafia figures who consorted with the

CIA to kill Castro, surely have some connection with

Cuban exile politics and the Kennedy murder.

Castro has said publicly that he bas no proof "count-

er-revolutionary elements" planned the assassination,

but that is clearly the consensus in Havana. Furthera

investigation may still be inconclusive, but, far from:

seeing it as an impediment to Cuban-American rela-

tions, the Castro regime welcomes such an inquiry.

• Their curiosity seems greater than their complicity:

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The Miami Herald

September 19, 1976

Could Rosselli Have Linked

Castro Plot to JFK Death?

By RON LaBRECQUE

In 1960, when the CIA was try-

• ing to set up a delicate attempt on

the life of Fidel Castro, it turned to

a man once described as "the big-

gest flag-waving SOB in the coun-

figure Johnny Rosselli.

ble conspirator in a government

plot - got the "flag-waving" label

Salvatore (Momo)

then Chicago's top crime boss and

a man Rosselli

Now both are dead, murdered in

the past year, and investigators are

wondering whether their plotting

led to their deaths and whether the

CIA plots against Castro - only

recently made public and even kept

from the Warren Commission -

are vitai clues to the John F. Ken-

nedy assassination.

The deaths of Giancana, in June

of 1975, and Rosselli, this summer,

have aroused a renewed concern in

Washington, where on Friday the

House of Representives voted to re-

open the investigation of the Ken-

nedy murder.

REP. THOMAS N. Downing (D.,

Va.), who will be chairman of the,

panel, said he is "convinced" a con-

spiracy was involved in Kennedy's

death.

Now, in the aftermath of the vi-:

olent deaths of Giancana and Ros-

selli, the question arises of what

role, if any, the Kennedy White

House played in the early 1960s

"deal" the CIA made with the two

underworld figures to have Castro

murdered.

Whether "the Kennedy White

House knew 'about about the CIA's

plotting (Robert F. Kennedy found

out after the contacts were ended),

the ClA's use of the underworld

Scems ironic in retrospect.

Robert Kennedy's passionate ef-

forts to disable organized crime are

well documented.

IN 1960 when Robert Kennedy

wrote about what he had learned

of organized crime in America

from his years as chief counsel to

the Senate Rackets Committee, he

too quoted Giancana to make a

He told about Giancana's inter

view at his local draft board at the

outbreak of World War II,

he was asked what he did for a live

jreiy steal." Giancana is said to

have replied.

So Sam Giancana didn't go to

war and years later would boast to

Chicago reporter Sandy Smith that

he stayed out of the Army - la-

beled unfit — by telling the truth.

"What's wrong with the syndi-

'cate?" Kennedy, quoted Giancana.

"Two or three of us get together

on a business deal and everybody

says it's a bad thing. Businessmen

A Senate committee began stu:

Idying the Kennedy questions more

than a year ago as it looked at co-

ivert CIA activities.

IN AN addendum to the Senate

¡Intelligence Committee's

report last November, Sen. Howard

spersonal view that on balance the

likelihood that presidents (the re-

port dealt with Dwight Eisenhower

and Kennedy) knew of the (Castro)

assassination plots is greater than

the likelihood that they did not."

with the CIA is mind-boggling for

the investigators. Yet, it is just one

aspect of the search for his killer.

Johnny Rosselli — born on the

fourth of July in Esperia, Italy, and

71 when he died - was not first

and foremost a CIA operative.

* His greater role as evidenced by

two

convictions,

his associations

and to some extent his own com-

ments, was

as

an influential, if

publicly lesser known, organized:

crime figure.

HIS ASSOCIATION with other

identified

underworld

members.

was monitored by law enforcement

agencies

as recently as

several:

weeks before his July 28 disap

pearance.

By all accounts, Rosselli was a:

charming man, dressing in expen-

isive clothes, married for only two

years in the early 1940s

and

iknown most of his life as one who

leasily attracted women.

He was an immigrant who told

lin a short autubiography written

*about 1967 that his

"life of crime"

¡began as a teenager in Boston, at-

tempting arson for his stepfather

and stealing $50 on his own. As he

west, finally to settle in

California, his attention turned to :

bootlegging, gambling

and dab

bling in the movie business.

IT IS said that Rosselli guarded

the West Coast gambling interests

for Giancana's Chicago syndicate.

Why Rosselli was chosen by the

"CIA for a Castro plot in 1960 is un-

clear, although ClA officials have

since testified that they wanted the

Kind of contacts in Cuba which or

ganized crime had made during the

pre-Castro days when Havana was

a: gamblers' haven.:

Giancana was enlisted by Rossel-

li because he had influence with

Florida's Santo Trafficante, consid-:

ered the key underworld gambling

figure in Havana.

The unraveling of CIA and un-

derworld conspiracies, an awesome.

web spanning decades,

team of nine in the Metro Homicide

Division. It is a team now clearly

consumed by the task

a full-time operation

Rosselli's body was

Dumfoundling Buy on Aug. 7.

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• • THAT THE Metro team is even

Involved is happenstance. Rosselli

lived in Plantation, Broward Coun-

ty, with his

and brother-in-

law. It's just that his killers chose

to dump his body in Dade.

their instincts lead them to con-

clude that the Rosselli murder was

an internal underworld affair,

on the team are aware of the pres-

sure on them to search each

that leads back to the CIA-Castro

With Rosselli's death this sum-

the newly appointed Senate

committee saw its list of knowl-

med. Some of those witnesses have

died violently and some from natu-

•: When Giancana was murdered in

June of 1975, before he could even

be questioned by

staff, authorities attributed it to an

internal gangland struggle - even

though. the murderer is still un-

• The death of Rosselli, who had

three times in the past year with-

out immunity, caused greater con-

cern on Capitol Hill.

THE SAME night Rosselli's body

was identified - the legs hacked

off and stuffed along with the body

into an

oll drum

- Baker, vice

chairman of the Senate Intelligence

Committee, called for the FBI to

get involved in the case. (Several

days later, Attorney General Ed-

ward Levi ordered FBI involve-

ment.)

It wasn't until several weeks

later, however, that what was

known to Baker became public

knowledge.

A section of the former commit-

tee's April report told of a Wash-

ington attorney who in 1967 went

to Supreme Court Chief Justice

Earl Warren (chairman of the

then-disbanded Warren Commis-

sion) to say that two'of his clients

believed they knew about Cuban

agents in the United States who

conspired in the assassination of

John F. Kennedy,

THE INFORMATION; eventually

reached the FBI, but as the Senate

committee concluded this year, the

1967 FBI probe was slipshod and

incomplete.

One of the clients referred to in

the report has since been identified

as Rosselli. And it has since been

learned

that

Rosselli

was

con-

vinced he held a vital clue to the

JFK murder.

"There was never the slightest

doubt in John's mind that Castro

was responsible for the assassina-.

tion of Kennedy," said Edward P.

Morgan, the attorney referred to in

the report.

is an attorney of no

mean

in Washington. He

served as chief counsel to the joint

congressional committee

which

studied the Pearl Harbor attack,

counsel to the Senate Foreign Rela-

tions Committee

for seven

years was chief inspector of the

FBI.

ROSSELLI told Morgan about

the CIA plot in 1967, when the De-

partment of Justice was vigorously

attempting to deport Rosselli for

being an illegal alien.

Rosselli, Morgan said, "was cer-

tain that the people he (Rosselli)

put around Castro in the CIA plot

turned right around and killed Ken-

nedy. The people he still knew in

1967) did it."

Rosselli,

according to Morgan,

decided to talk about his CIA activ® :

ity in hopes of decreasing the pres-

sure from the FBI and Department

of Naturalization and Immigration,.

both Justice Department agencies.

Several friends of Rosselli, in-

cluding Morgan, say they are con-

vinced the FBI tried to get Rosselli

to become an organized crime in-

threatening

him deported if he didn't coopera-

FBI became?

aware of Rosselli's CIA activities.

were in Florida planning the opera-

tion, Giancana wanted to return to

Las Vegas to check on his girl

friend, Phyllis McGuire, whom he

suspected of dating comedian Dan

Rowan. To keep Giancana in. Flori-

da, it was agreed that a bug would

be placed in her hotel room and her

But the private detective they

hired, with CIA money. it has since

been learned, was discovered and

arrested. Eventually the police in-

Prosecution was avoided when

the CIA intervened

"national interest" would

aged if the

plot information be-

WHEN THE wiretap case

again to be investigated in 1966,

this time by a Senate committee

headed by the late Sen.

Edward

Long (D., Mo.), the CIA again step-

ped in to stop it.

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Morgan was told about the pend-

ing investigation by Rosselli and

Robert

Mahue,

former FBI

agent-turned Howard Hughes aide

who was the CIA's initial link to

Rosselli.

Mahue told Morgan that both he

and Rosselli had been subpenaed to.

appear belore the committee.

Mor-

gan said he called Lawrence Hous

ton, the CIA general counsel. Hous

ton went to Long and the investi-

gation was dropped.

MORGAN SAID he knew, as the

Senate committee recently empha-.

sized as well, that all information

• about the CIA plots - which could

have been the incentive for pro-:

Castro forces to kill Kennedy -

had been kept from the Warren:

Commission.

"I was an admirer of Earl War-

ren," Morgan said.

"(His) report:

said that

• Oswald alone killed.

Kennedy. It kept bugging me after

so gruesome a detail from Rosselli

that the Chief Justice could put his

name on a report which didn't as-

sess the most significant piece of

evidence bearing on the killing of

Kennedy."

The

information Morgan

had

was passed to Warren via colum-

nist Drew Pearson, a mutual

friend. Eventually, it reached the

FBI, but, remarkably, even after di-

rect orders from President Lyndon

Johnson in the spring of 1967, in-

vestigation was not vigorously pur

sued.

THE SENATE Intelligence Com-

mittee compared that apparent in-

action with a statement former FBI

director J. Edgar Hoover made to

the Warren Commission on May 5,

1964. Hoover said,

"well, I can as-

• sure. you so far as the FBI is con-

cerned the case

will be continued:

in an open classification for.

time. That is, any information com-

ing to us or any report coming to.

us from any source will be thor:

oughly

investigated, so

that we

"Will be able to prove or disprove

the allegation."

A Senate Committee staff mem

ber commented recently,

"what is

really happening is that the investi-

gation which the FBI should have

done in 1967 - and no one can

come close to explaining why it

wasn't - is actually being done

now."

HART, AS have local investiga-

tors, has established three possible

scenario's for Rosselli's death: his

recent organized crime activity, re-

taliation

for his Castro assassina-

tion efforts or the information he

held concerning the JFK assassina-

tion.

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Roodelli's - information

was the vital nerve of the Kennedy

assassination,

" a Senate source told

High officials in the Cuban gov-

ernment also reportedly feel there

"Cuban factor" in the JFK

death, but they see it as a result of

exile politics, according to a recent

article by Alton Frye, a senior fel-:

low of the Council Foreign Rela-

Frye wrote that he visited Ha-

vana recently and met with Cuban.

officials including

Deputy Prime

Minister Carlos Rafael Rodriguez.

... they volunteer the suspicion

that the recent murders of Sam Gi-

surely have

some connection with

/ Cuban exile politics and the Kenne-

dy murder," Frye wrote.

THERE HAVE been theories re-

cently propounded

to

show

both

pro

and

why

anti-Castro

forces

could have wanted to get JFK out

of power in 1963.

On the one hand, there is the re-

port of French journalist Jean Dan-

iel, who was the bearer to Castro

of an offer from JFK for calmer re-

lations.

Castro

was

reportedly

agreeable. The report stated that

Daniel later was .lunching

with.

Castro when word came that Ken-

nedy had been shot.

Daniel

de-

scribed the Cuban leader as

genu-

inely shocked by the news.

It has since been learned that

probably in the very hour JFK was

shot, a one-time Castro supporter

was receiving a poison pen device

from a CIA agent in what was it

long-running

anti-Castro effort.

That Cuban agent was code-named

AM/LASH, and he has since been

identified as Rolando Cuebala, now

imprisoned in Cuba for his assassi

nation plotting.

WHETHER JFK had knowledge

of, or perhaps even approved, any:

of the assassination plots will prob

ably never be known.

His closest advisers, who

testi-

fied before the Senate Committee,

" all said he had no knowledge

such plots and would never have

i approved of them.

The same month Rosselli was

passing poison pills to his Cuban

÷ contact

at a meeting at the Fon-

tainebleau, March of 1961, former

Florida

Sen. George Smathers,

a

friend of Kennedy, said he and

Kennedy discussed

the ramifica

tions of a Castro assassination.

Smathers has since said Kennedy

rejected the idea and that the dis.

cussion was more of a "brain-pick-

ing" session.

AT LEAST one high-level CIA

official did testify he believed the

White House was being briefed on

the plots but according to Richard

originally decided to use Rosselli, it

was through the method of "plau-

sible deniability."

That, according to the recent

Senate report, "can also lead to the

use of euphemism and circumlocu-

tion, which are designed to allow

the President and other senior offi-

cials to deny knowledge of an op-

eration should it be disclosed."

the White House and the under-

• world plotters, first made public by

Committee,

been denied by virtually everyone

involved. Judith Campbell Exner,

the woman who claims to have

been friend and lover to both Gian-

cana and JFK, introduced to both

by Frank Sinatra, was not a link in

the Castro plotting, those close to

both Giancana and Kennedy have :

A MAN with access to Kenne-

dy's closest advisers told The Her-

ald recently,

"The Giancana-Ros-

selli thing is unrelated to the Exner

thing. I was there. Sure JFK knew

her, but he was naive about those

kinds of things."

There is documentation to show

that on March 22, 1962, Hoover

lunched privately with

and presumably gave him his first

information linking Exner with the

House and Exner was made only a

Another possible link discussed

in the Senate report shows that the

same unidentified Cuban to whom

Rosselli passed the

prior to the Bay of Pigs operation

in April of 1961, was

group of Cuban exile leaders who

met with JFK following the inva-

sion fiasco.

: IT IS known that several of the

Cubans • with

Rosselli

worked have been identified, but

investigators say that not all are

known.

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:. As a condition to his appear®.

ances before the Senate Committee.

in the past year, it was agreed that i

Rosselli

"would

not

state

the

names or confirm the existence of

those

agents

about,"

whom

he

knew

Rosselli's attorney Leslie.

Scheer said.

The friends and acquaintances of

Rosselli who could be contacted by

The Herald all said they

never

heard

the names of the Cuban

/ agents.

But a committee

War"

source cau."

tioned,

"they (Cuban agents) read

the committee's report, they know

who's being referred to."

Tom Wadden, a partner of Edward

Bennett Williams, said,

he had more knowledge';

Searching Rosselli's more recent:

for. enemies

also presents

, problems, investigators say.

The decline of John Rosselli ap-

pears to begin in the late 1960s. In

1967, he was convicted in a card-

cheating scandal at the posh, celeb-

rity-filled Friar's Club in Los An-

geles where the influence of Sina-

tra had made him a member ac

cording to investigators.

Deportation pressures were also

mounting at this time.

•ROSSELLI entered prison on the

conviction in 1970 where he would:

serve three years of a five-year

sentence.

In 1971; he was brought tớ a.

federal grand jury in Los Angeles

which was probing whether some

indentified Detroit organized crime

leaders conspired with the Emprise

Corp. - a giant firm with nation:

wide race track and sporting eventi

concessions — to hide financial in-

terests in the Frontier Hotel in' Las:

Vegas.

Rosselli, too, had, an interest in

the Frontier, which opened in 1967.

He owned the gift shop concession

along: with a

partner named Joe.

Breen,

How Rosselli obtained the

concession is unclear, but' Breen

said it gave Rosselli an' income of

about $60,000.

ROSSELLI at one time had been :

a major influence in Las Vegas.

Several sources sajd that when the

owners of the Desert Inn wanted

Howard Hughes to move out of the

penthouse

— because. his special

needs

were costly and putting

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some "high rollers" in

would

be

more profitable — it was Rosselli

who patched things up.

Hughes eventually

Desert Inn, as well as the Frontier.

What Rosselli told the federal

grand "jury about the Frontier. in

1971 is unknown.. Rosselli didn't

testify later at the trial at which

Anthony J. Zerilli and Michael Pol-

izzi and the Emprise Corp., among

others, were convicted.

ZERILLI and Polizzi are still in

jail. In 1973, the House of

Repre-

sentatives

Select

Committee

on

Crime probed the influence of or-

ganized crime in sports - and one

area they looked at was Emprise

and the Frontier Hotel case.

At the time of the conviction, the

federal prosecutor asked that Poliz-

zi and Terilli be jailed immediately,

because

monitored,

wiretapped'

conversations showed that the two

had talked about "murder, the kill-

ing of certain individuals."

An intimate associate of Rosselli,

however, discounts

the possibility

that Rosselli's grand jury

appear.

ance could

have led to

his death.

"They know Johnny didn't talk to

the grand jury," the associate said.

JOE BREEN said Rosselli hadn't

been to Las Vegas for nine years,

that

"he's never even seen the gift

shop."

Since

his prison

release

and

move to Plantation, Rosselli wasn't

trying to regain power; according

to his friends.

"He had no muscle."

said an associate."I can't

believe

Rosselli was getting back into mob

the same time, many of

learn about Rosselli's recent visits

alleged organized crime fig-

ures on the West Coast.

Several associates speculate that

Rosselli wanted to get involved in

casino gambling, preferably in the

Middle East,

was looking for

someone with money to back him.

"MY IMPRESSION

was that he

was broke." Morgan said. "He told

me last year, 'I'm. in. bad linancial.

straits.' "

Scheer said Rosselli's income in-

cluded about $60,000 from the gift

shop and about $3,500 in social se-

curity, most

went for

back fees to attorneys and for gov-

ernment fines.

One friend said that just before

Giancana's death, Rosselli had ac-

cepted Giancana's offer of money.

The friend was to act as the inter-

mediary. "Let me figure out what

my next (attorney's) tab will be,"

the friend quoted! Rosselli as say:

ing.

Rosselli is described as a man

with a sense of humor who did lit-

tle offending.

A California woman who had

known Rosselli for about 40 years

told The Herald, "If you

were.

around him for 30 minutes you'd

like him because he would regard

you as a human being."

"If you had a headache he would

either get you an aspirin or send

someone to get one. I said some-

thing significant there — he would

get it or he would send someone

he wasn't a pansy, but he wasn't a

tough guy either.

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Owned 201 - 57 peli predes- chion auanged

Batten for accesd.

Ck.. ClA felis on Jolen Wilson - Dudson.

Stare Tent — not vi Secuits report Whilli Raica

tune - Swenson to spain.

1961- seed Stevast -(1961 I6 Mped) fust resenten

FBI Pre Dailip, saya the FBI informant cule

tres from, AmLass slat com

not

sino che

informant us Tepicies,

Espinosa til citi denarite na staraci

New Orlan miami.

A1b,1965 it dote ti

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que ton, is Be Answered FRom Masing 1467 I6 Repost -

D Who 1s 2501n West are names Felicitie

what does he do? g

planning, askid te eters , lether mathie.

= Veke. Estinkene was head: i Calea tride forcecio pe: Bary Peo

days.

Correlius: Lasseell-Chris, TS), dieing early: plots.

us i cheapond rendered llege and.

surial negligible.

She dis affected Chen of

die settlet involved"

time fisme.

Speroe Asse to DDP

during relevan

Arita lost pisition i Culan goot o a le Lau. 196% i

look refuge in Venzulean embassy @puè " 1961

and hecame the reponcilit → the Merccan"

Embassy when Ving. Wake Matien co, Chiname

Mor: 1961. Castro resured i safe Conduct prai

unil Oct. 1964 when blowed hin to go the Mexico ale.

Orla arrivid ni Mraini in 1ed, 1965 (Criel: face fron

favor st caed feet killed frish gangster ATTerpt.)

Orto suppete a succeer anomade sereass

2) Who was successi?

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G'afficante-sugpüted Lauy Varsia (hegli en excle

movement)

Vosora not satisfial degree y Clinitance

21 De60 - TBI gave ClA a momo on rocketeers efforts

ta france suti-cantr activeteri.

it son 6- Verona acrocided of slave scherner. Heres

Edu. Moss, D.C. puthic relations shan an fund

raiser and puatic relatinies admiss. Moss's mishen

Julia Cellini, consee beehes owned 2 large Neonna

Jamming cras, Mon had her quin Coral Scui ein.

3.) Whise are the rig, FBI repost?

4.) Edward k. Moss file

Esterine supposedly took 'eneffecter steps

I thwast Varona's invale. in mobstrplan

12.. he was one a five keep pegures on the

the androaching Biff plan

3.) Who wee other I leadin? Withal slipe Lake

take? Why infecters?

p. 35

6) Who is Varonas son-i-laid - Clises, sivened us his

during relevant fire prome?

2R rifle was covered as on F1/s opertion (entencil,

1) Nomes f Hose in FI/D ravalued is sniple,

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46

47

48

Suna decisied posson pills. to Haikey

Harvey gags Rosselli in forch we Varosia

shuse 2. efforts

Giancana and Trafficanti appeentey nor involved wi

phasi 2, Rosselli descenjui a Culian uno spose Italian nome

+ Varonas son-ii-/ris.

so- shackle, was never tole who pill delir to as whys only toed servellan

in suppest y a 119 apr

larvey and Stackley delin cune - eguo. to Boi

jor Vaima

52. Feb 63. Harvey der ussa fo MACEO Mai i looked linit

agreed ii close con off "but Chal il uned li unmise to

allempi ti prespita a prena luterana Rissili " Varona"

win Ras

Agres

contesterai rucie un

sme:

53 June 63= Roselli Visited Harveges DC I west out to dinner

hi donner quest made Roselli Under intensive SurveiVance

Papich said have to tell Hoover

-Edwds:

ples Wh ded Agenes tl tl Thar- opas ceased

we saoo chew ini

fact they stll

underwing wi bat

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10 B1 Interviewed Ed Morgan.

Io tons miate

nast once

marchos vis-a-vis Onassis.

sea.

73 Som Hoepun was in on the contoninald diving sult.

scheme after Des Fitzquald Totk aver Ciban Jask Zoice from

Harvey in ton. 63: Sories of cause alas involved.

meisico Citaja

18 march - Jack Stewais met wp Cilen Stow. angies.

to mex. city Knew Cuben cosumly from Arranna doys. Tepedins

(Amwhip-), long lime freend Calela arranged utenti stess

Cullen oit on his vens oa cuban situaton The muling

monsen

conclusue lEd la AssenSA.

Juan Orto (gaugilis manin (u) wances ti defect:

CIA found 3 riame links betw. Cubeln and seisons

involved in gombling spadicate episodes - All resulou

Aug 61. Culla sent message to. Lepidino taci Cullla mario

to talk with friend y Stanaits in Pais ef pesciale. Sent thrn Custes

qui frund-arlene hosten, Paris airen oRto approach - no indic

he was ever contacted.

8%

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Chan credit ten ten on way cia harlie

84

iuq - Culela met w/ Spanich spenting, case gives in Pacia tales in Belage.

aples: melug in Stockholm on

aug7-9.

A Paris it was learned that Cubela

toed 489 he nesting is Helsinki.

14-23 suq62 - Earle Williamson, fearnt spicking case spui

from adrid, muti in Pans in Cules, Tep', "Wäineright, In 18 Ariq.

Hg: strrmal4 agreed Cubelt ast to begins slizucul elemation

mission

191.42

16 Jest63 Cutien (anis) creter Tep. (V4) don't itina to see Sour tragain

30cT68 Sancher assives ni Paris Anyway, Learned That French

Keeping CubelA under suncillance.

"Oct 63 - sancher call cullen risint on mean, cincon as fucie,

pref. RFK; for assurances.

290163 Desking tames clark deis met Cülela us Paris ar

home. rp Rid Stenti

Sanchez inteep.:: Filer"" said. hiS. warnled

no.- part in attempt on Castróe llfe.

14 NOV63 Wairight met Sipedino i N4- Sant Cullen alersed isr

Des meiting from pali standpaint but very unhappy at not

Ging given tech. assistance,

19 Nor 63 Des androved tilling Cubeln he woud be furnished cache insics

СивА.

Decod recode to so

has gap. here

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## Page 411

sent ipte

so don. Here Scares ended a is pacion pen par demeds as day.

22 Noo Savites assura Paris a meto Culela late AM. Culela

Accept pen hut doesnt Th much of deuce.

Fite called Sanchez oftu JFK ass, sayerg everything off.

The cable not in file.

30 Cua64- Artini rec. enfo Turn Modul

trat dissidents in Caster requi

wanted deiece Arteme conloct

Who Xon 0ct64 an Artime astor. went

to France to serve as intermediain

wi dissid group.

agency conspining to put Cubels - Ostume

1954 - tigether

weapon wants

W/0- lach other

Knowing it.

971464- Artemi rech Cubela in Madred

Feb 65- Calula get silenced clapon frosa Artinia

secty in Madied

March 65- Madud cable That lawyer Hercia-Bango

arrived in Madrid we neuse that he was in contace li

Cutila,long a close freid. G-B was farted in 1962 fr

digending FanTas TRasficATE.

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## Page 412

106

p108-

and of an complicity.

June 2365 da sent caste is ce smilain euring tensin

o contact is Cabela grap

Macle d6. Cabela acrested for countereral. activ.

Cubela Treat banght out

contact wi James Noel in Badil

a gangland effort ts pa.

refer te FB1 interv. & pritie.

pli- o'Connell met us makes post drew?. Anteele

He reported:

Rosselli stered to Morgan sepaiatey

from Mahen) by Grenipur.

+ pache stre en as at each.

P121

Ry to a lucit Ruda en Phillipire custil

who say isi priticipated is Caste

inspied assas. plat in Doelss. Buins

expected to uring him diy

128

vasona learne very emutared i

But failero. Among most cretial. Agency failure

" support his exile Jeep led to is if locome

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he in it be livers bund is mouth asy

pact time auts salesman.

130. "Mahea has gord vener for voi Want

the stay aned forue. Unformiable

public, might cause hum to lose tei;

lucratur clt., Hawd. Hughies.

7 MarCole - Cable to Ruck - Lies about ass. Involu

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## Page 414

TO

FROM

SUBJECT

1:G.

UNITED STATES GO: KNMENT.

• Memorandum

Mr.

Belment

A. nosgigim

PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION

ON THE AOSASSINATION OF

PRESIDENT KENNEDY

DATE: 12-10-64

I-Hi. Sullivan

(O.H. Bartlett)

1-Hx. DeLoach

1-MI°.

Belmont

1-h1.

Rosen

1-Mr. Malley

1-Mr.

Shroder

1-Mr • ROggE

Cooper —

Callahan -

оптої -

Nons -

її

toile

Hoken

Sulliva

Tovel.

Trotler -

Tole. Roon --

Holnie's -

Gandy

PLi

PURPOSE:

BARON

To advise you that an Agent of the Secret Service,

testifying before the President's Conmission, denied naking certain

statenents to FBI Agents which vere subsequently reported to the

Connission, i

DETAILS:

In Volume iI of the hearings before the President's

Commission conmencing on page 61 there appenis the testimony

of Roy Il. Kellerman, Assistant Special Agent, White House Detail,

U.'S. Secret*Service on 3-9-6%.

*In Charge

Under questioning by a Conmission member, Kellerman

was asked about certain statements reportedly made by him on

11-22-63, to SA's Francis ¼: O Neill, Ji. and Janes W. Sibert,

of our Baltinore Office, which appear in the 12-10-63 Dallas

report of Special Agent Robert P. Gemberling

: (page 3, paragraph

4) •

SA'S O'Neill and Sibert were under orders to be observer's

during the autopsy of president Kennedy at the lational Naval .

Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, which commenced on the

evening of 11-22-63, to be oi

assistance to the Secret service;

and to look after the Bureau's interests.

Our Agents, in conversation with kellernan, sometine

during the evening of 11-22-63,

portions of which were reported as follows:

learned of certain infornatiole

"He advised he heard a shot and imediaints

turned around,

looking past Goveinor Connally;

who was seated directly in back of him, to-the

President.

Ile observed the President slumped

forward and heard him say, 'Get ise to a hospital."

Jir. Kellernan then heard lis. Kennedy say,

K6b.0 3976

'Oh, no!', as the President leaned tovaras nei.

Ile innediately advised the driver to take the

FBI

President to the neerest hospital."

RDE: Emt /

(8) kis

CONTINUED - OVER

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• A. Bosen to Mr. Belmont Memo

RE: PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION

The Commission in questioning Kellerman made specific

reference to the underscored portions of the above paragraph

as it contradicts some of Kellerman's testimony. Kellerman

claims he did not hear the President nor Mrs. Kennedy say

these things and had never told our Agents that he had.

In

part of Kellernan's denial he stated "I don't know where they

got those quotes."

OBSERVATIONS:

Kellerman

is claiming our Agents furnished inaccurate

accounts of a conversation with him.

It is to be remembered

that at the time this conversation with our Agents reportedly

took place 11-22-63, Kellerman had been a security guard in

the President's car

and more than likely was upset and feeling

r'emoise over the days episode.

In his testimony before

the

Commission hetendeavored to give the impression that he'acted

" calmly and immediately took command, issuing logical instructions

aftor the Presidint was hit.

The conversation reported by

our agents

made it appear Kellerman reacted normally to the

tragedy and not dramatically as indicated in his testimony,

as he didn't order the driver to the hospital until after the

President had so directed.

It is felt our Agents reported accurately what

Kellerman

told them on 11-22-63, and that Kellerman's testimony

32 months later is the result of considered deliveration, on

his part, to paint the most favorable picture possible, under

the circumstances, for the secret service.

Consideration has been given to discussing this matter

with Chief Rowley of secret service,

hovever, since it is the

word of our Agents against Kellerman's, it is not felt any good

purpose would be served by this course of action.

RECOMMENDATION:

Affidavits are being obtained from our Agents Sibert

and O'Naill attesting to the accuracy of their report and

refuting kellerman so that we vill be in a position to show

any future inquirer that we recognized this contradiction and

did something about it.

-2-

FBI

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

WASHINGTON. D.C. 20505

Rescue

Review Staff:

11 March 1976

76-0298/1

Mr. William G. Miller

Staff Director

Selcet Conmittee To Study Governmental

Operations With Respect To Intelligence

Activities

Room G- 308

Dirksen Senate Office Building

Washington, D. C.

20510

Attn: Mr. Johnston

Dear Mr. Miller:

In response to a

request dated ? March 1976 about

the Oswald file held by the Agency, the attached is

forwarded for your information.

Sincerely,

Wast Elder

Walter Elder

Review Staff

Attachment:

As stated

1796-1976

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SE02S

242272

Attachment to:

Review Staff:

76-0070/1

1. The following CIA Staff Employees,

all of whom

are now

retired, participated in the preparation of DIR

86054 on

30 November 1963:

Originator: Mr. Louis Armstrong

Coordinators: Mr.

John M. Whitten, Mr. William

B. lyng,

Ms. Sue L. Darling

Authenticator: Mr. William B. Tyng ("'for"

Desmond FitzGerald)

Releasor: Mr. John M. Whitten ("'for" J. C. King)

2.

We believe that the Italian diplomat on the Cubana

flight No. 465 on 22 November 1963 from Mexico City to Havana,

Cuba, was Mario MAURI who was accompanied by his wife, Maria

Antonieta MAURI. We have been unable to determine who trans-

mitted the information contained in DIR 86054 to CIA and we

have not been able to locate any documents relating to this

matter in Latin America Division files or the Oswald files.

3. We have been unable to locate any documents which

would indicate that there was a response to DIR 86054 from

Mexico City.

Assuming there was no response to DIR 86054, the

originating Headquarters component

should have

initiated

follow-up action if a response was not received.

5. We have been unable to find any further information

relating to DIR 86054 in Latin America Division

files.

RECE: FOCA

FEB 5 1975

CIA

SECRET/S SERIVE

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6.

We do not have a copy of the Cubana manifest for

the 22 Novenber: 1963 flight from Mexico City to Havana, but

we have determined that the following persons were on that

flight:

NAME

NATIONALITY

Jakob ETT

Hector LEMIEUX.

Joseph POULIOT

Donald George CAMERON

William POULIS

Thomas Clark OSULD

Dungan MCPHERSON

Leo John DEST

Thomas MURPHY

Arthur EDMONDS

James DISINOP

Venancio OLIVAREZ Villaverde

Jose Luis CACHO y Barcha

David FLOR Lechago

Maria Antonieta MAURI

Mario MAURI

Maarten Van DERPLAAT

Swiss

Canadian

Canadian

Canadian

Canadian

Canadian

Canadian

Canadian

Canadian.

British

British

Spanish

Spanish

Spanish

Italian

Italian

Dutch

OCCUPATION

Diplomat

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Diplomat

Diplomat

RECT

ROM

Pee 5 1976

CLA

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ittichment F

F547:

I3E0222

(

VIRAI DAS ITZTIG DO IRAVE DENICS PER CIIA-.

VIIS IVIL SIN ISTALTSE II EI LISTEN DAI "ESSI ERENCES ZUVI LI ISTVERE

0 ÷8532

ZINSEN CE

Document Number 34-595

for FOlA Raview on

APR 1976

FIONARO 1PI3

DES

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Sue fattore do urai?

(

Docurers

ine ROle Boview'on

1:

AMP 1975

FBI did i don 6%, hit

bout fires

in about this bon

a Rose this sies

STEAL ATTACHE

LA Memo said tiley checked i

infol

and found it

unsubstantigted.

astred me to

2.l

send

Aís cable.

i refuel!

will try to contam

lso communists set montaned in paris dispires

et Wander Commissione ingestigation

RECORD COPY

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Caiduor 5, 1901

Mexican Con mists Mio i'd contacü with Ostala,

as has not apparea

in arren Connission vrite-ls in 2ra3:

suï treund recailing detail:

of their having boen in a group with Oswold hezo last fall

during the daysthat he vis in liexico.- The write-ups of the

warren Commission roport in the neuspapers sparked this

discussiong and they apparently nad never really. Sat around

detormind

to pieco it all

together, although all thras were

deeply affected by Kennaiy's assussination, seoned literally

to acore the kennady lamily image, still follow Robart reinca:

career with great interest and admiration.

The dain points:

SOURCE

Horacio is tha husband oi

SILVIA DURAL, the Mexicon girl who was airasted for quastiona

about Oswid

she had been in touch wiih him at the Cu

encassy when be went there locking- for a visa.. (sha is or v

also a ringleader at the Cubur-toxican Institute on Iokic, I

remonicar).

hile Ostuld was here last fail the duran cousins invited the

to a "twist party" at the

none of Ruben Duran mid-weak. i few Comunists they bnew

and a number of peopla uno struck ta

as very peculiar at the time, wore there. AND OSHALD PASTEER:

DIZE THO CINERE BEATNIK LOKING SOYS, CNE OF BEE

VERY TALL AND ALL THREE O3 MOM MILY RAISEBER SUITE

888

they were shifted to another roon.l

tiey were intrigued because!

Foweve?

said he didn't imo

who they were,

Also, when the l

so insistent about neeting thar,

-Is the Durans raplied that the boys were leaving town i

early the neit morning. The next day, wall along in the day:

SOURCE

• sa: all tarc

coys togethor on insurgoniss. In other worcs,

thoy had not 1r

join. It the time, they cenaried ibout t it.

Sounsels soon as Gang ade nas

as soon as casla's picture was printec in the nauspapers

clearly regeno rod hii. And oi courso the arrest of

Sylvia jun alrost indeciately aiterward, undcrlined thoir

cortainty.

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so sickonod!

off their volations wil

thaburong.

S'ource

says choi byna Duran and one of the Duras

•boys. havo nade trips to

jones. And that most conspicuoisly

they hare all prospered

this last yoar. Always poor before,

they now have

an expansive car each.

ICYC

AGGI Horacio Duran works at El Dia neispapor..

It's employmen, firel.

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- :

1!°

FD!"

CONFI

INFO

XXX

тО .

DIRECTOR

DEFEPRED

ROUTINE

34315

INFO

• CITE DIR •

1.: ARREST OF SIUIVA DURAN IS EXILELY SERICUS NATRER WEICH COULD PREJUDICE

U.S. FREDO: CE ACHION CO ENTIRE QUESTION OF CUBAN PESPOTSIEILINY.

FINI FUEL

RECARD FOR MURICA INTERESTS, REQUEST YOU SURE THAT LER ARREST IS IPE LOSOUTES

SECRET,

FINE DO ETORATION FROT HER IS PULISHED OR LEAKED, THAT AD I SECL ITC IS

5 3

CADIED TO US, AID THAT FACT CE HER ARRESI AND HER STATERENIS ARE NOE SPREAD 1O

LUFTISE CR DISLOYAL CIFCUES IT ME LEXICAN GOVERINENT.

2. WE ARE ERYTIG TO GOT TORE INFO CIT OSTALD FROM FBI AND WILL ADVISE DIRECE

CR JEROUG FBI MEXICO,

END CF HESSACE

Document Number

for FOlA Review ore

37-

4-529

APR 1975

23 Nor 63

THONAS E• KARA ISSITS

ADDP

RELEASING OFFICER

ES COPY

COORDINATING OFFICERS

REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED.

AUSHENTICATING

OFFICER

Copyilo.

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1717. 1963.

the tround.

DJ FILE IN CS FILE NO

6

27N0: 63.28

1Zz

CONF:

INFO

TO

FLASH

CITE DIR...

DÉFERREU

ROUTINE

FLASH

8.5318

RE:

(IN-69048)

I.: THIS INSTRUCTION HAS BEEN COORDINATED WITH

AND

•2o MEXICAN AUTHORITIES SHOULD INTERROGATE SILVIA DURAN TO EXTENT

NECESSARY CIARIFY OUTSTANDING POINTS WHICH BEEN RAISED IOUR CABLES LAST 48

HOURS. YOU MAY PROVIDE QUESTIONS TO MEXICAN INTERFOGATORS BUT WE DO HOT

REPEAT NOT WANT ANY AMERICANS TO CONFRONT SILVIA DURAI OR BE IN CONTACT WITH

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WEITHER NOR CUBANS

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AMERICANS BEHIND HER REARREST.

IN OTHER WORDS, WE WANT TEXTCAN AUTIOPTITES

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"ÖSWALD, LEE HENRY.

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DEULATINT OF THE NAVY

SUBJECT: LEE HENRY OSHAZI

CITE DIR

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:.1.. ON 1 OCTOBER 1953

LEXICO REPORTED THAT AN AMERICAN MALE,

IDENTIFIED

AS LET OSTALD, CONTACTED TES SOVIET EUBASSI IN

LEXICO CITY INQUIRING WHETHER THE EMBASSY. HAD RECEIVED

ANT NEGS CONCERNING A TRLEGRAM WAICH HAD BEEN SENT TO

STISHINGTON. :

THE AFRICAN HAS DESCRIBED AS APPROXIMATELY

35. TEARS OLD, WITE AN ATELETIC BUILD, ABOUT SIX PERT TATI

HITA A ESCODIEG? HAIRLINE.

2. IT IS BELISVED THAT OSFALO MAY BE IDENTICAL TO LEE

HERE SHARD, BORN ON R 1939 NEW MEANS, LOUISTENE

A PORTER U.S. HARINS THO DSFICIED TO THE SOVIET UNION IN

OCTOBER 1959 AND LATER HADE ARRANGEENTS THROUGE THE UNITED

STATES EMBASSI IN MOSCON TO RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES FITH

EIS RUSSIAN DORY TITE, MARINA NIKOLAEVNA FUSAZOVA.

AND THEIR

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TO YOUR BAPRESEUTATIVES IN LEXICO CITY. ANY FURTHER INFORMATIC

RECEIVED ON THIS SUBISCT HILL, BE FURNISHED YOU. THIS INFORMATIC

IS BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO TEE INMIGZATION AND NATURALIZATION

SEBTICE.

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1. OCA. PROBARLI IDENTICI,

I,33 ESCRY. OSMALD

BORN 18 OCT 1939, NST ORLANS,

LOUISTATA, PORRE RADAR OPERATOR IN UNITED STATES MARIVES

HER DESZCINO TO USSE IN COT 1959. OSFALD IS FIVE FAT 2E3

TEVE LATA NOES LEDIZ SONDOE SALE LUIS ESTONIA SNO SOSTENI

BLUS, SKES.

222 08. 32.00T 1959 E3 ATTRPIED TO BEVOLICE HIS UNIO

STATES CITITAYSEIP TO TRE UNITED STATZS FRIB IN LOSCOR,

MANOTET

INDICATING E3 ESE APPLTRI TOR SOVIST CITIZENSHIP. ON 23 FEB

ETER US ERB MOSCOT RECRIVED AT UNDATI ISTIER FROM OSTARO

FOSTARISD HINSX ON FIVE FUS 1901 IN FaICH SUBI INDICALED

FE DISIPED RETURY OF HIS US DEI AS MISERD TO RITURY TO ESA

TI "IS COULI COLA TO SOIS EURSISE CONCERNING THE DROPPING

DE ANT LEGAL PROCKADINGS AGHINST EY ON 8 JULY ON HIS ONE

INIZIATIVS HE APPRARZO AI TAS BAB. VITE HIS MIRATO SEE A20TE

HIS RETUSN TO STATES.

SUSI STATZD THAT. ER ACTUALLY JAD ASTER

2D0L1Z0 FOR SOVIET CITIZENYSAIP AND THAI HIS APPIICATION 27 10 CReT

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• 83

THAT TIKE HAD BEEN TO REMAIN IN USSR AND EDE INPORALY EXTENSION

OF HIS TOURIST VISA PENDING OUTCOIR OF HIS REQUEST. TEIS

APPLICATION, ACCORDING TO OSHAID, CONTAINED NO REE TO SOVIET

CITIZENSSIP. OSHALD STATED THAT HID BRAN ENFLOYED SINCE

13 JAN 1960 IN BEZORUSSIAN RADIO AND IV. FACTORI. IN HINSE

PHERE FORKED AS METAL WORKER IN RESSARCE SHOP. OSFAID WAS.

MAPBIRD ON 3O APRIL 1961 TO MARINA NIKOUSETNS PUSAROTE AS

DENTAL TECHNICIAN BORI 17 JULY IS4I USSRO NO IDES TRACES.

COLD APPRAZ AT JOB FOR VISA INTERVIET. HIS QUERICAN PRE

FAS RETURNED TO HIL.: US EUB YOSCON STATED TEENIT MONTHS

OF REALITIES OF LIFE IN SOVIET UNIOR HAD CLEARLY HAD MATURING

DETECT ON OSFAID.

3. LATEST EDeS INFO FAS/

REPORT DATED MAI 19€2

STATE

SAYING!

HAD DEFERMINED OSFALD IS STILL US CITIZEN AND

BOTE HE AND HIS SOVIET WIFE FATE EMIT PERMITS AND DEPT STATE

EAD GIVEN APPROVAL, FOR TREIR TRATE WITE THEIR INFANT CEILD

TO USA.

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Lee Harvey Oswali

Race Whitz

Sax Male'

DOB 16 Octobe, 1939

POS New O=leaas, Louisiaja

Height 5'. 9"

Weighi 140 Poúnda

Hair Medium Brown

Eyes Blue Gräy

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UNITED STATES DETERTMENT OE JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU F INVESTIG.ITIO.Y

=ASHINGTOY ES. D.C..

June 9, 196÷

BY COURIER SERVICE

Zonorable j. Lee Rarkin

Ganeral Counsel

The President's Commission

200 Margland Avenue, Northeast

Masaington, D. C. 20002

Dear MI. RanjiD:

Your Istter of June 1, 1961, reguesting suraries

cÊ FBI IpoIis Tita regard to ten baned persons and certain

inoration regarding the contact by special agent Caarles i,

FLYDO MIIO

acinowledged.

Jaci to iudy on Marcia 11, 1059, is Textita

As you mere advised by my letter of february 27,

195÷, Jaci Ruby mas contacted by Spacial Agent Charles Pi.

=1jna of the Dallas Cifice on Harco 11, 1259, in view of his

position as a night cluo operator too sight have kaonledge oi

the crininal eleceat in Dallas. The purpose of this contaci

was to deterize mather or not suby did have such knorledge,

and if so, if he would be villing to urnisa infornation to

tjis sureau.

Fuby was advised of the ISI's jurisdiction ia

crisinal battars, and he expressed a millingass ta junish

Loraation.

A personal descrigtion of huoy was obtaized by

Sceciai Agent aljan on the occasion oi this contact on

Haich 11, 1e59, but so inboraction or other tesults were

astained.

Batrean Marca 11,:

1959,

and Cotobes 2, 1959, PUST

was contacted of eight other eccasions, but is furcishad 2o

1a0r7af1on patezer and further contacas mith him mere

discontiaued.

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Wincrabla 5. Lea Rankin

In personal descrintion of ruby as obtainad by

Saaciel agend Flyaa on March l1, 1959, did sot da iiself contaia

the radark "aDona Dallas crininal.""

This renaro was added to

tha description by Special Agent louis 1. salley at the tige

rides he ras assisting in the preparation oì the report of Special

Agent Manzing C. Clesenis at Dallas dated dozeaber 30, 1563.

Enclosed hererith is the aiiidavit of Special âgent Louis i.

• Kelley at

Little Rock, debarsas, dated June 4, 1964, seiting

forth his

basis for adding the zenary "Inora Dallas

crisinal" to the description of

Pudy as it appears in the report

of saecial agent danning C. Clements at Dallas dated Movenber 30,

1963, and in the enclosure to my letter to you of April t, 1964.

The summaries concerning the ten nazed

individuals in

your letter of june 1, 1961, are currently being prepared and

mill be lomarded to you pronotly upon cospletion.

Sinceraly yours,

Enclosura

Alainion?

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ttle 3001, triansas

Juae :: 155÷

I, iouis bl. kelley, Soacial Agent, Federal 3u=ezu

of investigation, alter being taig shore, depose as foilows:

I arrivad at Dallas, Teisas, lavander 23, 1963, to

assist in the investigation of the assassination of President

Join fitzgerali Kernecy and related natters.

On or about

to prevare an insert based on such file review for inclusion

in an investigative report. This insert was to include such

physical descriation and biographical data as wore availabla

from the

file review and iron iniorsation develoyed on

liovander 21, 1963.

I had before me zi the tine I dictated

the insert intorzation which had been obtained on liovenoer

24, 1953, by otber Special Agents of

the IBi and iron the

Icontification Division files of the dallas Police Department.

The Dallas Police Departnent recordo, uncer Dailas Police

Departnes:

tio. 22255, included inforsation concerning arrests

oi Ruby dating iron february á, 1943, to sarca 14, 1963.

In dictating the physical descriation and biogragical

data concerning luby, I possibly included under the heading

"Remarks," "known Dallas area crizinal," based on the fact I

ind before me Ruby's identification record iron the Dallas

Police Departuent, which listed several arresis in the pallas

area. This would

have been the only thing on which such an

ocservation could have been based.

• Swurn and subscribed to bajore ne

this

day of June 1964.

Notary public

Be carmission Salina jer. 22, 1535

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Mr Mashington Merry-Go-Round

FBI Withheld Data on JFK Slaying

By Jock Anderson

The confidential notes quite

anil les Whitten

Hoover

as instructing

subordinates to get the report

10.127 j. 16k out of the Justice Departnient

The FBI withheld from the

Warren Commission hundreds

"before Bobby gets back.

Apparently, the FBI

of

documents about

the

also feared Deputy Attorncy

assassination of

President

General Nicholas

Kennedy.

zenbach might tamper with

These are raw FBI files,

the report before forwarding it

which

the

commission

to the Warren Commission.

requested but never received.

Hoover told his aides to alert

They

contain

nO

startling

President Johnson's major-

information that will overturn

domo, Waller Jenkins.

the commission's verdict, but

"Let Jenkins know after

they reveal intimately how the

report is out of our hands."

FBI handled

its

most

im-

Hoover directed. "Let Jenkins

portant case.

In the

margins of

some

doing. Might cause long delay.

suppressed memos, the late

FBI chief, J. Edgar Hoover,

scribbled caustic comments in

blue ink. He was critical of

almost everyone involved in

the investigation, from Dallas

police chief Jesse Curry to

• President Lyndon Johnson.

Confidential notes kept by

i one top

FBI official,

for

example,

quote Hoover as

warning:

"Johnson

may

become very dictatorial. We

* inust keep our guard up."

Sources familiar with the

suppressed documents say the

contents

were

summarized

President

Kennedy

was

gunned

down in

Dallas,

Hoover delivered a detailed

report to Katzenbach naming

Lee Harvey Oswald

assassin. Katzenbach kept it

four days before submitting it

to the commission.

The crusty old G-man was

furious at the Dallas police

chief, meanwhile, for leaking

the story that the FBI had

investigated. Oswald but had

to alert the

and submitted to the Warren

Commission.

But there were

some

subtle,

perhaps

"This is the lowest level in

history of Bureau since I have

deliberate, omissions.

according to the

The documents show

Hoover brought pressure on

He contended that Oswald

his subordinates to rush out a

preliminary report on the FBI

investigation

grumbled Hoover, "how could

he be security risk? No in-

dication of violence so far as

our records show... Oswald

could have

hollered false

arrest if we had arrested

him."

The FBI chief commented

that

Chief

Justice

Earl

Warren, who headed the

commission,

"would

have

been first one lo holler" about

Oswald's rights. Citing the

criticism of the FBI. Hoover

commented: "This is one of

the rough ones."

He

felt,

therefore,

that

President

Johnson

should

have endorsed the FBI report.

"President

should have

backed up report,"

com-

plained Lever,

"based on

eviderse gathered by the

FRI"

In private remarks that

were never intended to be

repeated outside his inner

circle, he made deprecating

remarks not

only

ahout

President Johnson but about

Sen.

Barry Goldwater (R-

Ariz.).

who

was

then

preparing to run against LBJ

for the presidency.

"Goldwater has no sound

advisers around him." Hoover

noled. But his comment on

Johnson was more deadly:

"LBJ's speeches are dull."

The Warren Commission

adopted

•a

resolution,

meanwhile, calling for "the

raw materials upon which any

reports given to the com-

mission are based, together

with all raw materials and

reports relating to the work of

the commission since the date

of any and all earlier reports."

J. Lee Rankin, the general

counsel,

followed up

with a:

"'Dear Edgar" letter lo. the :

FBI chief requesting the full

files

"as promptly

as

possible." But they

. ~ :

never delivered.

were

A commission lawyer,

remembering those days:

more

than a decade ago,

told us: "Nobody ever got the

FBI's own files.

" In 1963-64,

another staff member pointed

out, the FBI "could do no

• wrong," so no one pressed too

hard

for their internal

records.

Now

12 years

alter the

Kennedy assassination,

fascinating story is still locked

in FBI files awaiting a public

reopening. We will tell part of

the story in future columns.

en. richard schwelker (F

a.), chairman of the benat

intelligence subcomihittee

investigating

the

assassination, is seeking the

full story from the FBI.

Footnote: FBI spokesmen

stoutly

defended the FBI's

findings and the thoroughness

of the

investigation.

conceded nest intormatihey

and

"deliberative" memos

were not given to the com

mission. But "everything they

needed was given them. They

had all they wanted to make

their

findings.

11073, United Feature Syndicate, Inc.)

murdered

President's

brother, Robert F. Kennedy,

returned to his desk as

Attorney General.

firearms, had written no hate

letters against U.S. leaders.

As a former defector, he also

knew he was a marked man

whom the FBI was watching.

that background,"

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The Hashington Merry Co-Bound

Oswald-Agent Contact Covered Up

By Jack Anderson

and Les Whitten

The late J. Edgar Hoover, in

his zeal to protect his beloved

FBI, engineered a cover-up 12

years ago to keep the Warren

Commission from learning

about the ties between FBI

agent

James Hosty

and

assassin Lee Harvey Oswald.

The

formidable Hoover,

whose bulldog visage had

become a national symbol of

law and order, intervened

personally when the Warren

Commission began to zero in

• on Hosty.

Now, 12 years later.

Hosty

• has admitted destroying a

threatening

note,

which

Oswald delivered to the FBI

office in Dallas a few days

before shooting President

John

F.

Kennedy

in

November, 1963. The note

threatened to blow up the FBI

office and Dallas

police.,

headquarters if Hosty didn't

stop bothering his wife.

The

FBI

should

have

notified the Secret Service

- that Oswald, a misfit who had

threatened violence,

was in

the Dallas area. The Secret

Service routinely would have

checked his whereabouts

during the presidential visit.

This

might

have

saved

President Kennedy's life.

When the FBI learned that a

• suspect named Lee Harvey

Oswald had been picked up,.

Hosty reminded his boss,

Gordon Shanklin, that he had

But in a later letter to the

case. Shanklin lelephoned the

notebook.

The summary

Warren

Commission,

dated

Dallas police

and

asked

conveniently omitted the fact

April 6, 1964, Hoover stated

whether Hosty could par;

that Hosty's name, telephone

categorically: "I wish to

ticipate in the interrogation.

and license tag had been in the

emphasize that the facts

Hosty later questioned

nolebook.

available to the FBI con-

Oswald at police headquar

The commission found out : cerning Lee Harvey Oswald

ters. Oswald, who had been

about

the omission

and

prior to the assassination did

outwardly calm, suddenly

demanded an explanation. On

not indicate in any way that he

became agitated. "I know

Jan.

27,

1964,

Hoover

was or would be a threat to :

you!"' he shouted. "I know

acknowledged that Hosty's

ynu! You're the one who ac-

name

had been in

the

President Kennedy."

costed my wife twice!"

notebook.

The truth is, of course, that

The

incident

passed,

The G-man also gave what

the

FBI

had

received

however, without any mention

purported to be a full account dramatic evidence less than a

of the

threatening letter.

of the FBl's contacts with

week before the assassination

Hosty also confided to a friend

Oswald. The last contact, he

, that Oswald was violence

on the Dallas police force, Lt.

reported, had been on Aug. 10, prone.

Jack Revill, that the FBI had

1963.

"We did not interview

On April 24, the Dallas

a file on Oswald. Revill

Oswald in Dallas, Texas, or in

Morning News reported Hosty

repeated the conversation to a

Irving, Texas, prior to the

had told the Dallas police

superior who ordered him to

assassination of President:

: lieutenant, Jack Revill, that

put it in writing.

Kennedy," Hoover added

; the FBI knew Oswald was

Interestingly, he used the

"capable" of assassinating

"Special Agent Hosty,

word "our"

to describe the

the President.

related to this officer...

• last contact with the FBI. But

Hoover immediately sent

Revill wrote,

"that the

• on Feb. 6, in a sworn affidavit,

word to the Warfen Com-

Federal

Bureau

of

Hoover changed the wording

mission that the story was

Investigation was aware of the

in a curious way. He swore

• "false" and followed up three

subject (Oswald) and that

"that Oswald had no contact

days later with a personal

they had information that this

with FBI "agents" after Aug.

letter delivered by courier.

subject

was

capable of

.. 10, 1963.

"Special

Agent

Hosty

committing the assassination

unequivocally denies ever

of President Kennedy:"

It is now known, of course,.

having made the statement as

Hoover was furious when he

that Oswald appeared at the

quoted

in this article..

learned of Hosty's loose talk.

FBI office in Dallas a few days

declared the FBI director.

According to confidential

before the assassination. At

"Special Agent Hosty points

notes taken at the time, the

that time, just as Hoover said,

out

that

prior

to

the

grizzled FBI chief complained

he did not speak with any FBI

assassination of President

that Hosty had "diarrhea of

"agents." But he spoke with .

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, he

words."

But the old man,

ah FBI receptionist, who

never had any information:

nevertheless, sought to cover to the agents.

passed on his threatening note

indicating potential violence

up the FBI's embarrassment.

On Dec. 23, 1963, the FBI

It is impossible to know

on the part of Lee Harvey.

Oswald.

gave the Warren Comnission a

whether the late FBI chief

There's more to Hoover's

subtly switched the word

'our"" to "agents" in order to

great cover-up, which we'll

report in a future column.

hide

his

knowledge

Oswald's violent threat.

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Juct Anderson WPost 7127.

Did the Castro Plot Backfire?

The late Robert Kennedy

kas tor.

mented by the icrrible thought, ac.

cordiny to intimates, that he may have

" helped trigoer the assassination of his

brother:

We raised this possibility in January

1071, when we first revealed that the

• ClA had plotted to assassinate Cuban

Premier Fidel Castro. It has taken us

4l years to get the rest of the story.

Loyal

associates of Robert Kcanedy,

rushing to defend

his memory,

have

sworn that he knew nothing about the

assassination attempts.and,

contradic-

torily, that te put a stop to them. Both

accounts are

incorrect,

according

1o

sources with an intimate knowledge of

the crents.

Not only was he fully aware of the

CIA's attempts to kill Castro,

but after

President Kennedy was gunned down

in Dallas,

Robert was devastated by

the possibility that the CIA plot may

have backfired

against his brother.

• The preparations to knock off Castro

began during the last months of the

Eisenhower administration as part of

the Bay of Pigs planning. President

Kennedy,

who inherited the fiasco,

swore

10

friends

afterward that he

would like "to splinter the Cl. in a

thousand pieces and scatter it to the

winds."..

Instead, he appointed his brother,

Robert, to oversee the CIA, with in-

siructions to shake it up. Characteristi-

cally, Robert began investigating the

undercover operations from top 10 bot-

tom. Ilis purpose was to prevent an-

other Bay of Pigs.

Ile became

fascinated,

say

OUr

sources, with the ClA's covert activi.

tics. Eagerly, he pursued

the details

down through the lower-levels. As one

source put it, "He was like a wide eyed

schoolboy,"

In the process, he learned about the

continuing effort to eliminate

Castro,

in operation known inside the CIA as

"esecutive action plan." In

fact,

Robert took a special interest in

the

"Not only was he fully mare of the Clil's

"tempts to lill Castro, but aller President

Kennedy was gunned down in Dallas, Robert

Kennedy was decstated by the possibility that

the CiA plot muy huce bacifired aguinst his

brother."?

activities against Castro. One insider,

former Deputy Defense Sccretary Ros.

well Gilpatric, told us ihe focus

the Cuban situation" was intensified in

1061 at Robert Kennedy's "jnsistence."

The President eventually put Robert

in charge of a counter-insurgency com-

milee, called the Special

concentrated upon harassing

Castro. One member, former ClA chier

John McCone, achrowledged that the

Things against Castro like saliating

saboteurs, blowing up bridges and car-

rsing on general confusion."

NIcCone insisted, however, that "the

group at no time gave any considera.

tion to any

assassination plot."

have established that the executive

action plan" was directed by William

Harvey, the ClA operative whom we

linked to the assassination plot in our

original 1971 story.

Icarned that he reported to the late

Desmond Fitzgerald in ClA headquar-

ters. We have been unable, hosiever, to

identify the next link in the chain of

within range of Castro's movements,

about March 1, 1903:

The Cuban premier, in an intervicw

with Issociaicd Press

correspondent

Daniel Marker the folosing Septemi-

ber, warned

that U.S. leaders would

find themselres in danger if they at-

tempied to do away with Cuban lead.

"United States leaders should think

that if they are aiding terrorist plans

to eliminate Cuban leaders, they them-

selves will not be safe," Castro told,

Two months later, President Ken-

nedy was shot down in the streets of

Dallas. The accused assassin, Lee Har-

vey Oswald, had been active in the

pro-Castro movement and had traveled

to Mexico to visit the Cuban cmbassy.

a few wecks carlier.

The first person to reach Robert

Kennedy's side aiter the shooting was

CIA director John McCone, Who re

mained alone with Robert at his Mci

ncarly three

hours. All others, including Robert's

priest, were turned away. But MuCone

Nevertheless, wholly reliable sources

swore to us that Castro's name was

that Robert

never mentioned during the agonizing

about the plot against Castro and did

nothing to stop it. The intended tar-

get, Fidel Castro, also knew about it

that Robert,

deeply despondent, went into semi-se-

One assassination. squad

reportedly.. clusion for the

was apprehended on a Harana roof lop:

though he bottled up his feclings, they

knew him and understood the circum.

stances

well

cnouch. 1o

rcalize

blamed himselt for his brother's death.

There was little doubt, they say, tit

he believed the ClA's attempts acainit

Castro put into motion the forces that

brought about his brother's martyr

com.

On January 18, 1971, we

reported:

"ismong those privy to

the CIA con-

spiracy, there is still a nagging suspi-

cion—unsupported by the Warren Com.

mission's findings-that Castro became

aware of the U.S. plot upon his life

and somchow recruited Oswald to re-

talinte against President Kenncds."

It has now been disclosed that the

Warren Commission was told nothing

about the CIl's plot to kill Castro

even though the late Allen Dulles, the

CIa chief who initiated the plot, sat on

the commission.

According to the final report, ihe

commission investigaied "literally dor

ens of allegations of a conspiratorial

contact between Oswald and the Cuban

government' but found no substance

to any of them.

The Cuban premier himself, in an in-

terview with Frank

Mankiewicz and

Kirby Jones, emphatically denied har.

ing anything to do witin the kennedsh

assassination.

"It is... very interesting that this

man Oswald, who was involved in ther

sashanon, traveled to Mexico a four

months prior to the assassination and

applied for a permit at the Cuban cm-

bassy to travel to Cuba, and he was

not given the permit," said Castro.

"But l ask myself why would a man,

who commits such an act try to come

here. Sometimes we ask ourselves if

someone did not wish to involve Cuba

in this, because I am under the impres.

sion that Kennedy's assassination was

reactionaries

United States and that it was all a re-

sult of a conspiracy... We have never

in carrying out

assassination

adversaries."

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Jack Anderson and Les Whitten

CIA Withheld Data in JFK Probe

After President John F. Kennedy

196%. Yet neither Kennedy nor Hoover

was struck down on Nov. 22, 1963, the

later divulged this important informa-

gan, has waived the confidentiality we

Central Intelligence Agency received

tion to the Warren Commission.

had promised him.

evidence suggesting that Cuban Pre-

mier Fidel Castro arranged the assassi-

Morgan told us in January, 1967,

nation in retaliation for attempts on

knew about the assassination scheme.

Of course, various CIA officials also about the CIA Mafia assassination plot

his life.

Not the least of them was the late CIA

against Castro. He raised the possibil-

Yet sources privy to the secret dis-

chief Allen W. Dulles, who approved

ity that the plot could have backfired

cussions at the highest levels of the

he original plan. He later served or

against President Kennedy, There

CLA during those hectic days now tell

he Warren Commmission, yet he sat

were

suspicious

circumstances, he

us that the CIA deliberately withheld

silently throughout the investigation

pointed out, indicating that Castro

the evidence from the Warren Com-

without mentioning the Cuban angle.

may have learned of the attempts on

mission investigating Kennedy's death.

Within hours of President Kenne

his life and may have retaliated

against Kennedy.

Our sources cite two reasons for

dy's death, the U.S. embassy cabled in-

holding back this evidence. One was a

formation from Mexico City suggest-

Morgan refused to identify his

sources because it would have violated

resolve to cover up the secret that the

ing that the Cubans may have been be-

the attorney client privilege. But he

CLA had enlisted Mafia mobsters to kill

hind the assassination. Our sources say

was an attorney of such stature that

Castro.

that the CIA developed similar infor-

we didn't doubt his word. He had been

There also was a legitimate concern

mation in Washington.

chief inspector of the FBL He had di-

that the Castro revelations might in-

the first person to reach Robert

rected the historic congressional inves-

flame the American people,

whose

Kennedy's side after the shooting was

tigation of the Pearl Harbor bombing.

grief could have turned into a terrible

CLA Director John A. McCone, who re-

Later, he ran the investigation into the

wrath that might have precipitated

mained alone with the Attorney Gen-

excesses of the late Sen. Joseph McCar-

some rash action.

eral at his McLean, Va, home for

Only a few key people knew about

nearly three hours.

We got Morgan's permission. to

the CIA plot to assassinate Castro. One

McCone swore to us that Castro's

write a cautious story. We confirmed

was Attorney General Robert F. Ken-

nedy, who was his brother's personal

name was never mentioned during the

the general outlines from a CIA

three hours. But CIA records show

source.

Then on March 3, 1967, we

watchdog over the CIA. It has now

been established that Robert Kennedy

that the next day. McCone not only

wrote that Robert Kennedy "may have

mentioned Castro to the new Presi-

approved an assassination plot, which

was briefed on May 7, 1962, about the

dent, Lyndon B. Johnson, but briefed

then possibly backfired against his late

attempt to use underworld killers to

knock off Castro.

him on the information from Mexico

City.

brother."

Two days later, Robert Kennedy cau-

The next day, according to records

Yet no one brought the Cuban

now

available,

tioned the CIA not to go ahead with

Kennedy's secretary

connection to the attention of the War-

the assassination without consulting

called for a copy of the May 7, 1962,

ren Commission. We were the first to

him. Since Robert Kennedy rode herd

memo, which summarized the briefing

get word of the

anti-Castro plot to

he had received on the assassination

on the CIA, it must be assumed that he

Chief Justice Earl Warren, the com-

plot.

was kept advised of subsequent assassi-

mission chairman, four years later.

nation attempts. However, there is no

We are now free to reveal our role

On March 7, 1967, we reported more

documentary evidence of this.

details. "A reported CIA plan in 1983 to

in the drama. Two of our confidential

Records now available show that

assassinate Cuba's Fidel Castro," we

sources,

CIA agent William Harvey

Robert Kennedy informed FBI chief J.

wrote, ".

• . . may have resulted in a

and mobster John Rosselli, are dead. A

Edgar Hoover of the plot on May 10,

counterplot by Castro to assassinate

third source, attorney Edward P. Mor-

President Kennedy."

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THE KASHINGTON POST

Tueulas, Erperenter i, 19:6

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lack Anderson and Les Whisten

Behind John F. Kennedy's Murder

Mafia mobster John

Roselli mas

They were under the loose control

In an impromptu, three-hour inter.

nave taken the secret of the John F

of Florida's Mafia

chieftan, Santos

Associated Press reporter

Kennedy assassination with him to bis

Trafficante. His gambling enterprises

Daniel Harker, Castro indicated that

death. He was brutally murdered a

in Havana had been closed down by

he knew about the attempts on his life

few

weeks ago, his backed-up body

Castro after the 1959 revolution. In

and warned

that U.S. leaders also

stuffed into an oil drum and dumped

fact. Trafficante had been lodged for a

into Miami's Biscayne Bay.

period in a Cuban jail, an indignity

might not be safe. That was Sept. Z

Before he died, Roselli hinted to as-

that didn't endear Castro to bim.

According to Roselli, Castro enlisted

sociates that he knew who had ar-

After Trafficante made it back to bis

the same underworld elements whom

ranged President Kennedy's murder.

, Florida haunts, he left part of his or.

he bad caught plotting against him.

It was the same conspirators, be sug-

ganization behind in Havana. Some of

They supposedly were Cubans from

gested, whom he bad recruited earlier

his henchmen even managed to de-

Trafficante organization.

to kill Cuban Premier Fidel Castro.

velop contacts in Castro's inner circle.

By Roselli's cryptic account, Castro

These were the people Roselli wanted

Working with Cuban intelligence. they

learned the identity of the underworld

'allegedly lined up an ex-Marine sharp-

to use to knock off Castro.

shooter, Lee Harvey Oswald, who had

contacts in Havana who bad been

But Roselli didn't have the stature

been active in the pro-Castro move-

trying to knock him off. He believed,

inside tbe Mafia to make the necessary

not altogether without basis, that Pres

arrangements with Trafficante. So

ident Kennedy was behind the plot.

Roselli called in his patron, the Chi-

The Cuban leader, as the supreme

cago godfather Sam (Momo) Giancana,

irony, decided to turn the tables and

to deal with Trafficante.

use the same crowd to arrange Ken-

As Roselli's associates tell it, he per-

nedy's assassination, according to

suaded Glancana that it would be to

Roselli's scenario. To save their skins,

their advantage to win the good will of

the plotters lined up Lee Harvey Os-

the CIA. Convinced, Glancana flew

wald to pull the trigger.

down to Florida to make the prelimi-

Roselli could never be pinned down

nary arrangements.

on names or details. It was also diffi-

Once Giancana and Trafficante set it

cult to assess whether he knew what

up, Roselli used the Havana under-

he was talking about or whether he

world to plot Castro's demise. At first,

merely described what he thought

they tried to plant poison pills, sup-

might have happened. Certainly there

plied by the CLA, in Castro's food. The

is no real evidence to support Roselli's

pills would have made it appear that

story. But there are enough curious

he died of natural causes. When this

circumstances to justify telling it. Here

failed, snipers were dispatched to a

are the fascinating highlights.

Havana rooftop. They were caught.

The word reached Roselli that some

The ruggedly handsome Roselli, a

of the plotters had been tortured and

flamboyant mobster with underworld

contacts in Havana, was recruited by

that Castro had learned about the

the Central Intelligence Agency in

The CLA called off the Roselli opera-

1960 to assassinate Castro. He had no

tion in March, 1963, but recruited

authority,

however, over the under-

Castro assoclate, Rolando Cubela, to

world elements in Havana.

DROPOUTS

According to Roselli's version,

Oswald may have shot Kennedy or

may have acted as a decoy while oth-

ers ambushed him from closer range.

When Oswald was picked up. Roselli

suggested, the underworld conspira-

tors feared he would crack and dis-

close information that might lead to

them. This almost certainly

have brought a massive U.S. crack-

down on the Mafia.

So Jack Ruby was ordered to elim-

inate Oswald, making it appear as an

act of reprisal against the President's

killer. At least this is how Roselli ex-

plained the tragedy in Dallas.

Several key CIA officials believed

that Castro was bebind the Kennedy

assassination.

It has also been established that Jack

Ruby, indeed, had been in Cuba and

had connections in the Havana under-

world. One CIA cable, dated Nov. 23.

1963, reported that

"an American

gangster type named Ruby" had vis.

ited Trafficante in his Cuban prison.

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THE WASHINGTON POST Friday. August 27, 1976

Jack Anderson and Les Whitten

Smudge Only Clue in Rosselli Case

It was a grisly end for John Rossell,

fidence, so he came to trust us. We

gave information, according to

Our

the dapper, debonair mobster about

were the only reporters he would talk

sources, which resulted in a grand jury

town, who had been a famillar figure

to.

confrontation for Tony Accardo. The

In the glittering night spots of Holly. So when he vanished last month his surly mobster took the fifth. But Ac-

wood. Las Vegas and Havana.

associates

came to us for help. We

cardo grumbled to associates that he.

His killers shot or stabbed him in the

were suspicious, of course, that his dis

would pay back Rosselli some day.

stomach. The autopsy indicates they

appearance was linked to the Castro i

Rosselli was also, blamed for passing

may have shot him and then dug out caper. But our investigation has now. information to the government, which

the bullet with a knife. Then they bru produced evidence to the contrary.

led to the conviction of Detroit mob ;

tally hacked off his legs. It is possible

We have learned, for example, that: ster Anthony Lerli, He is now serving

that he was still alive when they. Rosselli was not the amiable, retired

a four-year sentence at Sandstone fed-

stuffed his body into a 55-gallon drum.

old duffer be pretended to be. He be-

eral penitentiary for racketeering.

They wrapped chains around the.

gan in the big time as a bookkeeper for

Perhaps the last straw was Rossellf'e

drum to weight it down and tossed it

Chicago's notorious Al Capone and be

testimony in the Castro case. He ident-

, into Biscayne Bay. The autopsy sug

came a

specialist

in white collar

fied two mobsters, the late Sam Glan-

gests he may have died of asphyxiation

crimes.

. It's a profession, apparently,

cana and Santo Trafficante, as being

inside the drum before it bit the wa

that he never gave up.

involved in the assassination attempts.

ter. The gases from the decomposing

i Competent sources say that, be

It's no secret in the underworld that i

body floated the heavy container to

tween rounds on the Florida golf

Trafficante detests publicity.

the surface. It was discovered, with its

courses, Rosselli was involved in stolen

Our sources believe that the Mafia

nightmartsh

contents, 10 days after

securities and financial swindles. His

bosses finally became fed up with Ros

Rosselli had disappeared from his alti operations reportediy were resented sell. His' execution would have re

er's home in Plantation, Fla.

by Santo Trafficante, who has been

quired the approval of the top leaders,"

The police withheld the gruesome identified in Senate testimony as the

our sources say, because it was almost

detalls

his death

while they Mafla chief in Florida.

certain to bring the federal govern-

searched for his killers. We began our

' Rosselli came to Florida from Las

ment into the case.

own investigation, meanwhile, after an

Vegas, where he allegedly represented

Who were the viclous killers? The

appeal from his associates.

the Chicago mob. Our sources say that

only clue is a smudge spot on the win.

We first encountered Johnny Ros he handled millions in illegal gambling

dow of Rosselli's car. One of his assail-

selli more than five years ago. We money, which he forwarded to the

ants probably had used a greasy hair

were investigating his role in the Cen- Chicago underworld. There are re

_pomade.

tral Intelligence Agency's plot to assas

ports that Chicago crime lord Tony Ac-

sinate Cuban Premier Fidel Castro.

cardo felt he had been short-changed

The CIA case officer, William Harv. by Rosselli.

ey, told us that Rosselli had been the

Still earlier, Rosselli spent time in

, hero of the abortive

adventure.

the slammer, first, for extortion and,

Harvey broke his oath of secrecy be.

cause he thought it might help Rossel-

later, for a card swindle. Those who

know him say he had developed a taste

' ll, who was in trouble with the law. for the good life. He dressed in the lat-

The CLA agent had nothing but praise est styles, dined at the best restaurants

for Rosselli's daring.

and dated beautiful women.

In the strictest of confidence, Ros-

thought of going back to prison,

selli himself confirmed that he had di-'friends say, horrified him.

rected

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assassination

attempts

To avoid prison, he began to talk to

against Castro. We protected his con- the government as early as 1970. He

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'HE WASHINGTON POST Tuesdry, Feh. 23.1971

B11

astro Stalker Worked for the CIA

Jack Anderson.

job by Robert Maheu, a for selll with deadly polson|is still on the CIA payroll.

The mystery man whom the

mer FBI agent, who admitted capsules which

he tried Both admitted to us a friend.

to us that he had handled un. through a relative of Castro's

ship with Roselll but refused

Central Intelligence Agency

to discuss their CIA activities.

recruited to assassinate Cuba's

dercover assignments for the che? to plant in the dictator'. Harvey sald tie had a "high re-

CIA. He refused, however, to food. Later, marksmen armed

for. Roselll and called

Fidel Castro has been laid up

discuss the details. This Is the with high-powered Belgian rio the Friar'a Club case a "bum

In the sick ward of the Los

same Maheu, Incidentally, who flea attempted to Infiltrate

rap.". Said Harvey::. "The

Angeles County Jall.

He is handsome, hawk-faced

is now involved in a legal bat-

close enough to gua Castro Friar's Club Indictment Is

tle over phantom

John Roselli,

once & dashing

Howard Hughes' Nevada Oper

: All bold, six assassination at

paony. Roselll had no more to

figure around Hollywood and

do with that than I had."

tempts were made; the last in

; Rosell's lawyers are .now

now a gray, 68-

Roselli was so flattered over

year-old inmate with a respira- being asked to perform a se-

the pring of 1963, Through. trying to get clemency

out this perlod, Roselll worked

their client, citing our storien,

tory allment.

cret mission for the U.S. gov-

under, the direct, supervision

Confidential FBI files Iden-

"a top Mafia fig-

ernment that he pald all his

of two secrot CIA agents, Wil-

about his secret CLA service.

expenses out

lam Harvey and James (BLg

ure" who watched over

Firearms Fiasco

pocket and risked his neck to Jim) O'Connell.:

concealed interests

Las land the assassination teams

Under pressure from the

Vegas casinos of the Chicago on the Cuban coast..

underworld."

In James- Bond tashlon, he

Roselli's Reward

firearms lobby, the Treasury

The FBI which got wind of Department has falled to ep-

to held whispered meetings in the assassination plot, bas force a vital section of the

friends that he was a rum run. Miam! Beach hotels with Cu•

tried to pump. Roselll for in-

ner during the Roaring Twen. bans willing to make an at- formation. But he was sworn

1968 federal firearms act.

Jes. Operating nlong the East tempt on Castro's life. Once, to allence by the CLA, and up

The law was passed after

Coast, he learned how to evade he called on Chicago racket to this moment, he hasn't bro

the murders of Sen. Robert

Coast Guard cutters

and po- boss Sam Giancana to line up ken 1l

Kennedy and Dr. Martin Lu-

contact. The confidentlal

name later became files report that Glancana had

" Meanwhile, the Justice De

ther King. It authorizes the

partment, as part of ita crack-

Treasury Secretary to require

linked with the biggest names "gambling Interest and an I-

down. on, organized crime,

full reports of all firearms and

in the Chicago and Los Ange.

les underworlds. He also de.

terest in the shrimp business trled to nail Rosell me FBI

ammunition sales.

in Cuba." However, the Chi- discovered that his Chicago

For the two years that the

• veloped contacts in the Cuban

cago gangster took no direct birth records had been forged,

law hag. been

underworld before Castro took

part in the assassination plot

that his name was really FI-

Treasury Department has Ig•

over the Havana gambling ca-

dashes to Cuba with his hired

midnight lippo Sacco and that he had

nored this key provision. The

the right back-

come to this country from

gun industry has complained.

assassing in twin powerboats.

Italy as a child. He was con-

would be a bookkeeping

ground for a hush-hush mis

Once a Cuban / patrol abip

sion that the CIA was plan•

victed for falling to register as nightmare.

turned its guns on his dark-

federal government,

ning In 1981. As part of the

ened boat, tore a hole in the

He was also convicted for which would have to compile:

Bay of Pigs Invasion, the CIA

bottom and sank the boat. Ro conspiracy to rig card games

all the sales data, has alsos

hoped to knock off Castro and

selll was fished out of the at

L0g

Angeles'

exclusive

been reluctant to spend the

leave Cuba leaderless.

water by the other boat, which

Friar's Club.

$100 million it would cost for;

escaped into the shadows.

Of Roselli's two CIA asso-

computers and staff to main*

Rieks Neck

In earlier columns, we re- clates, Harvey has now retired tain the firearms files.

Rosell was recruited for the ported how the CIA furnished to Indianapolis and O'Connell

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Castro Plot Raises Ugly Questions

By Jack Undersan

behind the Trujillo and Diem ment

and had traveled to sion, there was a wide spoc

assassinations.

Mexico to

visit the Cuban trum of plans ranging from

The plot to kill Cuban dic

3. Did the laté Robert Ken Embassy a 'lew weeks before one extreme to another,".

tator Fidel Castro, hidden for

nedy know about the assassina. the dreadful day in Dallas. McCone admitted. "Whenever

10 years from the publle, raises tion attempts? After the Bay Could Bob Kennedy have this subject (assassinating Cas-

some ugly questions that high

of Pigs fiasco, President Ken- been plagued by the terrible tro) was brought up and it

officials would rather keep

swore to friends he thought that the CIA plot, was — it was rejected imme

buried deep inside the Central

which he must at least have

would like "to splinter the CIA

diately on two grounds. Flait,

Intelligence Agency.

In & thousand pieces and scat forces that may have brought

It would not be condoned-by

1. Has the CIA tried to as- ter It to the winds." He put about his brother's martyr

anybody. Second, It wouldn't

sassinate any other leaders?

his brother, Robert, in charge dom?

John McCone, who headed the of the CIA with instructlons

have acbleved anything."

The last surviving brother,

CIA during the six attempts to shake it up. The CIA made Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass),

There was also talk in high

to knock off Castro, denied five attempts on Castro's life could give us no insight. His places, McCone acknowledged,

emphatically that the CIA has after the Bay of Pigs while brothers had never spoken to of supporting

tried to kill anyone. But ex. Robert Kennedy was riding him about any assassination

The former CIA dl.

Sen. George Smathers, one of herd on the agency.

attempts against Castro, he rector sald he had argued

4. Could the plot against said. He was aware, he volun-

against this at a secret session

friends, told us the late Presi- Castro have backfired against teered, only that Sen. Smath-

with both Kennedy brothers.

dent suspected that the CIA President Kennedy? The late ers had talked to

He had contended that there

had arranged the shootings of President was murdered nine President

about eliminating

was no one strong enough to

¡the Dominican Republic's Ra- months after the last assassi- Castro.

take Diem's place and that a

fael Trujillo in 1961 and South nation team was caught on a

Smathers told us that Presi-

coup, therefore, would bring

! Vietnam's Ngo Dinh Diem in Havana rooftop

with high- dent Kennedy seemed "horri-

"political upheaval."

Did President Kennedy they were subjected to flend. assassination apar

Presumably, fied" at the

"I told the President and

Bobby together," recalled Mc-

personally. sanction the plot ish tortures until they told all him saying," recalled Smath-

Cone, "that if I were running

The prepara-

they knew. None of the assas-ers,

"that the CIA frequently

a baseball team and had only

rations to assassinate the Cu- sination teams, however, had did things

one pitcher, I wouldn't take

ban dictator began during the direct knowledge of the CIA about, and he was

last months of the Eisenhower Involvement. The CIA Insti- about It. He complained that

The November, 1963, coup

administration as part of the gators had represented them. the CIA was almost autono-

caught the United States com-

selves as oilmen seeking re- mous.

pletely by surprise, he sald.

attempts, however, were made

venge against Castro for bis

"He told me he belleved the

While the plotters were mov-

during 1961-63 when Mi. Ken-

seizure of oil höldings.

CIA had arranged to have

ing on the palace, he sald,

Diem and Trujillo bumped off.

then-Ambassador Henry Cabot

PLOT BACKFIRE?

House. Smathers told us he

He was pretty well shocked Lodge was visiting Diem.

recall about that. He thought it was

Adm. Ulysses Sharp, then our

jonce spoke in the late Prest that Robert Kennedy, deep. a stupid thing to do, and he

Pacifie commander, had also

dent about assassinating Cas ly despondent, went into semi- wanted to get control of what been present, but had left

seclusion after his brother's the CIA was doing."

early to go to the airport.

rolled back his eyes, recalled assassination. Could he have

Smathers, as if to indicate the been tormented by more than vigorously, told us that

McCone, disagreeing Diem escaped through a tun-

idea was too wild to discuss. natural

certainly plot was authorized or imple. nel but was caught in nearby

Subsequently, Mr.

Kennedy learned that the assassin, Lee mented" to assassinate Castro, Cholon, and "shot in a station

told Smathers of his suspicion Harvey Oswald, had been ac- Trujillo, Diem or anyone else.

that the Cla may have been tive in the pro-Castro move-l

"During those days of ten-l

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Allempts to Kill Castro Luid to CIA

By Jack Anderson

"tor before the motley Invad. late against President Ken- complete with scoret trysts at

ers landed on the Island. Their nedy.

glittering Miam! Beach hotels

Locked In the darkest re.

arrival was expected to touch

To set up the Castro assassi. and

midnight powerboat

cesses of the Central Intelll-

off a general uprising, which

nation, the CIA enlisted Roh. dashes to secret landing spots

gence Agency is the story of

the Communist militia would

Maheu, a former FBI

agent with shadowy contacts,

on the Cuban coast. Once, Ro-

against Cuba's Fidel Castro.

have had more trouble putting

selli's boat was shot out from

who had handled other under-

For 10 years, only a few key

down without the charismatic

cover assignments for the CIA

For the first try, the CIA

people have known the terri- Castro to lead them.

out of his Washington public furnished Roselli with speclal

ble secret. They have sworn

After the firat attempt

relalions office.

never to talk. Yet we have falled, flve more assassination

poison capsules to slip into

moved to Las Vegas to head

Castro's food. The poison was

learned the detalls from

sources whose credentials are

teams were sent to Cuba. The Nevada operatlons.

up billionaire Howard Hughes'

supposed to take three days to

beyond question.

last team reportedly made It

act. By the time Castro died,

We spoke to John McCone, to a rooftop within shooting selli,

Maheu recruited John Ro. his system would throw off all

a ruggedly handsome traces of the poison, so he

who headed the CIA at the distance of Castro before they

gambler with contacts in both would appear to be the victim

time of the assassination at-

were apprehended. This hap. the American and Cuban un-jof a natural if mysterious ail.

tempts. He acknowledged the pened around the last of Feb. derworlds, to arrange the as ment.

idea had been discussed Inside | ruary or first of March, 1963.

sassination. The dapper, hawk-

Nine months later, Presl- faced Roselli, formerly mar- Cuban, related lo one of Cas-

dent Kennedy was

gunned ried to movie actress June jtrn's chefs, to plant the deadly

ately." He vigorously denled

down in Dallas by Lee Harvey Lang,

wag a power in the

pellels: in the dictator's food.

that the CIA had ever partiel- Oswald, a fanatic who pre

movie Industry until his con. On March 13, 1061, Roselli de.

pated In any plot on Castro's

vlously had agitated for Cas- viction with racketeer Willie livered the capsules to his con•

life. Asked whether the al-tro In New Orleans and had Bloft In a million-dollar Holly-'tart at Miami Beach's glamor-

tempts could have been made made a mysterious trip to the wood labor shakedown. The!

his knowledge, he re- Cuban Embassy in Mexico CIA assigned two of its most

A couple of wecks later. Just

plled: "It could not have hap-CIty.

trusted operatives,

William about the right time for the

Among those prisy to the Harvey and James (Big Jim) plot to have been carried out.

We hare complete confi- CIA conspiracy, there is still a O'Connell, to the hush-hush a report out of Ilavana said

in ourin agging suspicion-unsup.|murder mission. Using phony Castro

was ill. But he

ported by the Warren Com- names, they accompanied Ro-covered before the Bay of Pigs

The plot to knock off Castro

mission's findings-that Cas- selli on trips to Miami to line invasion on April 17, 1961.

began as part of the Bay of tro became aware of the U.S. up the assassination teams.

1 Four more

Pigs operation. The Intent was plot upon his life and some.

The full story reads like the

,made on Castro's life,

to eliminate the Cuban dicta-|how recruited Oswald to retal-/script of a James Bond movie,

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with Les Whitten

WASHINGTON-Press

account.

have

identified Cuba'g Fidel Castro as lyr target

of an unsuccessful CIA assassination plot.

The headlines couldn't have cone.at a

worse time for Secretary of State Henry Kis-

singer. He is in the thick of "most felicate

negotiations," according to our Whit: House

sources,

to restore some m

kind of

diplomatic rela-

tionship

with Cuba.:

Actually, we reported

as far back as Jan. 18,

revived, it might be use

ful to recount the details.

The plot began as part

Anderson

of the discredited Bay of Pigs operation.

The strategy was to eliminate the Cuban

leader before the CIA invasion force landed.

on the island.

To carry out the assassination, the CIA

selected an underworld figure who could be

disowned. He was hawk-faced John Roselli,

identified in confidential FBI files as "a top

Mafia figure" who watched over

"the con-

cealed interests in Las Vegas casinos of the

Chicago underworld."

Roselli represented himself as an oil man

seeking revenge against Castro for his sei-

sure of oil holdings.

For the first try, the ClA furnished Ro

selli with

special

poison capsules to

slip

into Castro's food. The poison was supposed

to take three days to act. By the time Cas.

tro died, his systera would throw off all

traces of the poison, so he would appear to

be the victim of a natural if mysterious ail-

ment.

Roselli arranged with a Cuban, related to

one of Castro's cheis, to plant the deadly

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pellets in the dictator's food. On. March 13,

1961, Roselli delivered the capsules to hig

contact at Miami Beach's glamorous For

tainebleau Hotel..

A couple weeks later, just about the right

time for the plot to have been carried out, a

report out of Havana said Castro was ill.

But he recovered in time to rout the Bay of

Pigs invasion on April 17, 1961:

Although both the murder plot and the in

vasion failed, the CIA continued trying to

get rid of Castro. The Cuban who had

sneaked the poison into Havana was never

seen again.

Roselli arranged for triple-strength cap.

sules to be slipped into Castro's food several

weeks after. the Bay of Pigs. But once again,

the plot failed and the conspirators disap

peared.

Four more attempts were made on Cas...

tro's life. thereafter, using assassination

teams equipped with high-powered rifles,

explosives and two way radios. Roselli per

sonally made midnight powerboat dashes to

deliver the teams at secret landing spots on

the Cuban coast.

. The assassination teams never got a shot

at Castro, although the CIA learned that the

last group reached a rooftop within range.

This occurred

around the last of February

or first of March, 1963.

• Nine

later, President Kennedy'

was gunned down in Dallas by Lee Harvey

Oswald, a fanatic who had been active in the

pro-Castro movement and had paid a myste

rious call upon the Cuban embassy in Mex-

ico City a few weeks before the dreadful day

in Dallas.

Sources familiar with the CIA conspiracy

can't shake a nagging suspicion unsup

ported by the Warren Commission's findings

-that Castro may have become aware of

the U.S. plot upon his life and, therefore,

may have recruited Oswald to retaliate

against President Kennedy.

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THE HASILIGTON POST Monday. March 10.1975

CIA Plots Against Castro Recounte

By Jack Anderton

who watched over "the con- lets in the dictator's food. Onling spots on the Cuball

und Les Whitten

cealed interests in Las Vegas March 13, 1961. Roselli delis.

casinos of the Chicago under- ered the capsules to his contact

The

assassination

Press accounts have identi-

world."

neser got a shot at Cror

at Miami Beach's Fontaine-

fied Cuba's Fidel Castro as the

Roselli's ClA contacts were bleau flotel.

though the CIA learned th.

target of an unsuccessiul ClA

William

Harvey and

James

last group reached a ro

A couple of weeks later, just

assassination plot.

within

range. This occ

i Connell,, who accompanied about the right time for the plot

The headlines couldn't have

around the last of februa

him on hush-hush trips to Miami lo have been carried out, a re- firstof March, 1003.

come at a worse time for Secre-to line up the assassination port out of Havana said Castro

tars of Statellenry A. Kissinger. teams. No one else was told,

was ill. But he recovered in time

Nino months later. Pres,

He us in the thick of "most deli-

however, of the ClA's role in the to rout the Bay of Pigs invasion

Kennedy was gunned dow

ente negotiations," according to

murder mission.

on April 17, 1961.

Dallas by Lee Harvey Os

our White llouse sources. lovc-

Koselli represented himsell

Although both the mader a fanatic who had been act

store some kind of diplomatic

an oilman seeking revenge plot and the invasion failed, the

the pro-Castro movement

relationship with Cuba.

against Castro for his seizure of CIA continued trying to get rid

had paid a mysterious call i

Actually, we reported as far

holdings. The assassination of Castro. The Cuban who had the Cuban Enlassy in le

back as Jan. 18. 1971, that the

weapons were also carclully se- sneaked the poison into lavana

City a low weeks before

C'I.t had arranged six assassina-

lecter

from foreign

makes. was never seen azain. There-

dreadful day in Dallas

tion attempts against Castro in

mostly Belgian, to prevent any fore, the ClA, unsure whether

Sources familiar with the

the early 1960s.

Now that the

link tothe United States.

the plotters had failed or the

conspiracy can't shake i

story has been revived, it micht

Each attempt to kill Castro

POISOn

hadn't been

stron!

umnasuspicion-unsupporte

br useful to recountthe details.

was meticulously planned. like

The plot bedan as part of the

enough, decided to try again

the Warren Commission's 1

an episode from the TV drama

with a more powerful dose.

Ings-that Castro may hase

discredited Bay of Pigs opora-

Mission Impossible." For the

Roselli arranged for triple-

come aware of the Us.

The stratesy was to climi.

tirst try, the ClA furnished Ro- strength capsules to be slipped

upon his lile and. theref

nate the Cuban leader belore

selli with special poison cap-

into Castro's food several weeks may have recrunted Oswal.

the ClA invasion force landed

sules to slip into Castro's food.

after the Bay of Pigs. But once

retaliate against President+

on the island. Without the char.

The poison was supposed to again, the plot failed and the

nedy.

ismatic

Castro, it was thought,

take three days to act. By the

conspirators disappeared.

Footnote: sources

falls

the

dofenders

would become

tine Castro

died, his system

Four

more attempts

were

with the secret review of

demoralized and disorganized.

would throw off all traces of the made on Castro's life, therealter

ClA's activities haye nuw

To carry out the assassination.

poison, so he would appear to using

issassination

teams

knowledged that Castro, is

the CIA selected an underworld

he the victim of a natural if mys-equipped with high-powered

reported four years ago.

livure who could be disowned

terious ailment.

rifles, explosives and two-way

marked for assassination by

il.was hawk-faced.John.H

Roselli arranged with a Cu- radios. Roselli personally made

CIA. A ClA spokesman relu:

selli, identified in confidential ban, related to one of castro's midnight powerboat dashes to to comment.

PAl files as "i dop Mafia figure"

chels, to plant the deadly pel- deliver the teams alisecret land.

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Only a Ho-Hum Murder

corner greasy spoon can engage in

By Russell: Baker

"home-style cooking."

The one special requirement is a

The gangsters

Sam: Giancana

and

victim who is a bona fide citizen of

John Roselli who were associated with

gangland. Obviously, a philandering

the C.I.A. in a scheme to dispatch

husband cannot do in a loyal wife of

Fidel Castro have now both been mur-

40 years "gangland-style" and expect

dered after discussing their C.I.A. en-

the police not to lift an eyebrow. Un-

terprise with the United States Senate,

less the subject is the real gangland

and the police have pronounced the

thing, it won't work.

inciderts "gangland-style killings."

The corollary of this fact le that

The phrase "gangland-style killing"

gangland people are peculiarly vulner-

has the cozy resonance of "home-style

able to

"gangland-style" murder by

cooking," perhaps because both sug-

devious non-ganglanders, who have no

gest the Intimacy of hearth and fire

right to get away with it.

with nobody but us family gathered

This must be infuriating to them.

round and nobody else welcome, Jack.

Imagine that you are

an eminent.

These family affairs are, of course,

statesman of gangland, and the vexa-

meddled into by the constabulary, but

tion becomes manifest. You are en-

carely with much enthusiasm.

tirely prepared to be sent off "gang-

This may be because police success

land-style" by your colleagues. Those

at nabbing perpetrators of "gangland-

are the rules of the land.

style killings" has never been such as

Moreover, if they complete the job,

to get them into the world series of

you wouldn't dream of telling the po-

detection, with the result that inces

lice who did it, even if you could. That

sant failure may have dulled: their

would violate the rules of the sports-

appetite for. the hunt.

manship governing gangland. In gang:

Or, it may be because policemen

land, good sports don't tell.

believe the subjects of "gangland-style

But to have some alien from the

killings" aren't worth working over-

outer world- some straight-Jake cous-

time for. I don't know, and I certainly

in who wants his share of your will

don't mean to impute either languor,

timidity or indifference to America's

homicide squads. I simply point out

OBSERVER

that once a murder has been called

"gangland-style," apprehension of the

prematurely, some barber who hates

perpetrator almost invariably fails to

your sideburns- to have somebody like

occur.

this do the job on you and get away

This raises

the question whether

with it because it's done "gangland-

"gangland-style" murders might pos-

sibly be catching among people who

style" Ah, my friend, that must seem

a cruel injustice.

don't come from gangland. Consider

- Such a bad egg as that you would

the Roselli case. The body is found in

surely betray to the cops. How infuri

the customary barrel, with the cus-

ating it would be if they looked at the

tomary

weights,

in

the customary

barrel, the concrete, the water, the

water.: It bears the customary bullet

bullet holes and closed the case with

holes. Roselli's publicized standing in

a quietly murmured,

"Just. another

gangland seems to leave an open-and-

gangland-style killing."

shut case, which the police will quietly

You will have been the victim, not

shut as soon as possible.

only of murder, but also of discrimina-

If you and I know this, reader, does

tion, for it is only your membership

it not follow that it is also known by,

in gangland that prevents the police

let us say, some hot-tempered waiter

from extending themselves:

whom Roselli has been: consistently

to bring

your persecutor to justice.

undertipping for years?

I do not know how policemen feel

If that waiter wanted to take his

about nonmembers of gangland killing

revenge and get away with it, is it

gangland members

"gangland-style,"

not logical that he would do it "gang-

but my hunch is that they take a

land-style," so the police could forget

sterner view of it than they do of

it, rather than by scalding Roselli to

gangland men bumping off each other.

death in public with a tureen of lobster

The average cop probably thinks it is

bisque?

not the kind of thing decent people

This is not to suggest that the police

ought to be doing.

ought to be giving Roselli's waiters

I know very well that gangland folks

the third degree, but merely. to point: don't approve of it, and to make sure

out that gangland can have no monopo

•that there is no misunderstanding, I

oly on

"gangland-style killing." Any-

want to assure them that I haven't

body with a barrel, some concrete and

the heart to swat a fly, myself, and,

a capacious expanse

of. water. can.

what's more, I've never been any good

engage in it, just as

readily as your

with concrete.

$/24/21.

Twins

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Only a Ho-Hum Murder

corner

By Russell Baker:

greasy spoon can engage in

"home-style cooking."

The one special requirement is a

The gangsters Sam Giancana

and

victim

who is a bona fide citizen of

John Roselli who were associated with

gangland. Obviously, a philandering

the C.I.A, in a scheme to dispatch

husband cannot do in a loyal wife of

Fidel Castro have now both been mur-

40 years "gangland-style" and expect

dered after discussing their C.l.A. en-

the police not to lift an eyebrow. Un-

terprise with the United States Senate,

less the subject is the real gangland

and

the police have

pronounced the

thing, it won't work.

inciderts "gangland-style killings."

The corollary of this fact le that

The phrase "gangland-style killing"

gangland people are peculiarly vulner-

has the cozy resonance of "home-style

able to "gangland-style" murder by

cooking," perhaps because both sug-

devious non-ganglanders, who have no

gest the Intimacy of hearth and fire

right to get away with it.

with nobody but us family gathered

This must be Infuriating to them.

round and nobody else welcome, Jack.

Imagine that

you are an eminent

These family affairs are, of course,

statesman of gangland, and the vexa-

meddled into by the constabulary, but

tion becomes manifest. You are en-

rarely with much enthusiasm.

This may be because police success

tirely prepared to be sent off "gang-

land-style" by your colleagues. Those

at nabbing perpetrators of "gangland-

are the rules of the land.

style killings" has never been such as

Moreover, if they complete the job,

to get them into the world series of

you wouldn't dream of telling the po-

detection, with the result that inces

lice who did it, even if you could. That

sant

failure may have dulled: their

would violate the rules of the sports

appetite for the hunt.

Or, it may be because policemen

manship governing gangland. In gang®.

land, good sports don't tell.

believe the subjects of "gangland-style

But to have some alien from the

killings" aren't worth working over-

outer world- some straight-Jake cous-

time for. I don't know, and I certainly

in who wants his share of your will

don't mean to impute either languor,

timidity or indifference to America's

homicide squads. I simply point out

OBSERVER

that once a murder has been called

"gangland-style," apprehension of the

perpetrator almost invariably fails to

prematurely, some barber who hates

your sideburns to have somebody like

occur.

this do the job on you and get away

This raises

the question whether

"gangland-style" murders might pos-

with it because it's done "gangland-

sibly be catching among people who

style" Ah, my friend, that must seem

a cruel injustice.

don't come from gangland. Consider

the Roselli case. The body is found in

- Such a bad egg as that you. would

the customary barrel, with the cus-

surely betray to the cops. How infuri

ating it would be if they looked at the

tomary

weights, in

the customary

barrel,

the concrete, the water, the

water. It bears the customary bullet

bullet holes and closed the case with

holes. Roselli's publicized standing in

gangland seems to leave an open-and-

quietly murmured,

"Just another

shut case, which the police will quietly

gangland-style killing."

You will have been the victim, not

shut as soon as possible..

only of murder, but also of discrimina-

If you and I know this, reader, does

tion, for it is

only your membership

it not follow that it is also known by,

in gangland that prevents the police

let us say, some hot-tempered

waiter

from

extending

whom Roselli has been; consistently

your persecutor to justice.

themselves, to bring

undertipping for years?

I do not know how policement feel

If that waiter wanted to take his

about nonmembers of gangland killing

revenge and get away with it, is it

gangland

members

not logical that he would do it "gang.

"gangland-style,"

but my

hunch is that they take a

land-style," so the police could forget

sterner view of it than they do of

it, rather than by. scalding Roselli to

gangland men bumping off each other.

death in public with a tureen.of lobster

The average cop probably thinks it is

bisque?

This is not to suggest that the police

not the kind of thing decent people

• ought to be doing.

ought to be giving Roselli's waiters

I know very well that gangland folks

the third degree, but merely to point: don't approve of it, and to make sure

out that gangland can have no monop-

that there is no misunderstanding, I

oly on

"gangland-style killing." Any- want to assure them that I haven't

body with a barrel, some concrete and the heart to swat a fly, myself, and,

& capacious

expanse

of water can. "what's more, I've never beer any good

engage

in it, just as readily. as your

with concrete.

$/24/21

Mich

Turn

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Terrorist Activities

Charged to Cubans

By Police in Miami

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (UPD'

-Militant pro-Castro and anti-

Castro groups in

the Miami!

area

are engaged in

terroristis

activities both in and

outside t

the United States, according to e

testimony given before a

ate subcommittee and released R

today.

The testimony came last May re

before a Judiciary subcommit-

W

tee on internal security headed g

by Senator James O. Eastland,

at

that as

many as

Cuban

groups of various shadings had ti

been operating in Miami at anyla

one time, many of them

en-T

gaged in violent plots involving re

local actions and activities in r

Mexico,

Central

and

South W

America and Cuba itself.

Lieut.

Thomas

Lyons, who D

has been with the Dade County/o

Public. Safety Department forh

inore than nine years, and Raulc

J. Diaz, of the department's or-d

ganized crime, terrorist and se-

curity unit,

told of efforts to C

track down terrorist elements p

in the greater Miami area.

Lieutenant Lyons said mostle

Cubans in the area were hard.

working

and

industrious; but v

some

individuals

"use

Dade e

County

tional

as a

base for interna-v

terrorism

governments

of

against

allied

shipping,

Cuba,

Cuban e

Communists, purports

ed Communists and individuals

who take a stand against their

terroristic-type tactics."

During

the

last

Lieutenant

two years,

Lyons

said,

there

have been four homicides "with

strong indicators on each that

the motivations were

political

in nature and terroristic, by de-

sign.".

Mr. Diaz said that some. Cas-

tro groups had infiltrated exile

organizations and

that there:

were plans to assassinate Latin-

American

diplomats and

for-

eign ininisters.

Lieutenant

Lyons said his

unit received Information from

a confidential source early this t

year that there would Do

attenpt on the life of Secretary ti

of

State Henry

A. Kissinger

during

his February

VISIE to

Costa Rica.

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The Federal Bureau of Inves-

tigation and the Secret Service

were notified, he said. A well.

known fugitive exile,

Orlando

Bosch, was jailed after illegally

entering Costa Rica. There no

incidents during the Kissinger

visit.

He did not mention the Cen-

tral Intelligence

Agency's ef.

forts to use Cuban exiles in

Florida and American gangsters

to kill Prime Minister Fidel Cas-

tro.

Two weeks ago, the body of

an

underworld

figure,

John

Roselli was found stuffed in a

chain-weighted, 55-gallon drum

floating in a bay near Miami.

Mr. Roselli had

testified last

year before the Senate Select

Committee on Intellegence Ac-

tivities that he and a Chicago

gangster, Sam Giancana, were

hired by the C.I.A. to recruit

-Cubans to kill Mr. Castro. Mr.

Giancana was shot and

killed

by unknown persons last year

just before he was testify be-

fore the Washington panel.

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Ine boston Glove

monday, August 23, 1916 19 %.

JACK ANDERSON

Plot to kill

Kissinger

blocked

WASHINGTON - A reported plot to assassinate Sec-

retary of State Henry Kissinger in Costa Rica six months

ago was blocked by US and Costa Rican authorities four

days before it was supposed to be carried out.

We have pieced together the story from secret testimo-

ny before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee and

from interviews with Cuban exiles and US intelligence

A Cuban terrorist named Orlando Bosch Avila was re-

ported to be gunning for Kissinger. The attempt on the

Secretary's life was expected, according to underground

reports, during his visit to Costa Rica last February.

Shortly before Kissinger's arrival, Bosch slipped into

Costa Rica on a false passport. But the FBI and Secret Ser-

vice had been alerted. They traced Bosch's movements and

notified the Costa Rican authorities. The suspected assas-

sin was arrested and clapped into a tiny jail cell four days

before Kissinger got to town.

The plot to kill Kissinger apparently grew out of his

overtures to improve relations with Cuba's Fidel Castro

back in 1972. This reportedly upset an anti-Castro terrorist

band, known as Cuban Action, which Bosch headed.

We reported part of the story two years later after a

lengthy investigation in Miami. In columns on Sept. 1 and

Nov. 12, 1974, we

warned that anti-Castro terrorists

planned an "assassination ... against American congress-

men and businessmen who supported a ... thaw." We noted

that Kissinger had been in touch with Castro:

The first hint that Kissinger, himself, was one of the

targets came later from Carlos Rivero Collado, son of the

man elected to the presidency of Cuba in 1958. Rivero was

active in the anti-Castro underground in Miami's little

Havana. But he later re-defected to Cuba where he gave a

fascinating interview.

"I have known privately since 1972," he said, "(about)

the plan to assassinate the US Secretary of State." He said

the plot had' taken

"certain form" by 1973 and had been

"actualized" by 1974.

Then, in a reference to our 1974 columns, he added:

"This fact which, I repeat, I've known privately, has been

corroborated by the US journalist Jack Anderson."

Rivero named Bosch as one of the 18 anti- Castro l

ers who had conspired to kill US and other leaders pron

ing a Cuban-American detente. Bosch already had bi

convicted in 1968 of shelling a Polish freighter with a

• zooka while it was moored in Miami. He jumped Fede.

parole and fled to Venezuela ir 1974.

Months later, he was reported to be in Curacao, pr

lected by Chilean gunmen. He bragged, according to u

reports, of his "money, friends and protection."

Florida's Dade County Public Safety Department, be

cause of the huge Cuban population in Miami, has excellen

ties throughout Latin America. In early 1976, tbe county':

terrorist expert, Lt. Thomas Lynch, picked up some electri-

fying news.

He told the Senate Subcommittee about it in secret tes-

timony. "We received information from confidential sourc-

es," he swore, "that there was going to be an attempt on the

life of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger... We passed the

information on to the FBI, and they had also received the

information, and we notified the Secret Service, as they.

have the protective duty for the Secretary of State."

The plot was linked to Kissinger's two-day stay in Cos-

la Rica, and Bosch was picked up and questioned. He was

held on a false passport charge until Kissinger was safely

out of the country.

Bosch later insisted: "My only crime was entering the

country with a false passport." Certainly, it was never

proved in court that he hoped to knock off Kissinger. He is

now at large somewhere in Latin America.

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Slain Mobster Cluined

Cuban Link 1o IFK Death

By Ronald Kessler and Laurence Stern

Washington Post Staff Writers

Long before his recent murder,

John Rosselli, the CIA's underworld

recruit in attempts to kill Fidel Cas-

tro, had been privately claiming that

agents of the Cuban premier, in retali.

ation, were involved in the assassina-

tion of President John F. Kennedy.

Rosselli's belief in a Cuban connec-

tion to the Kennedy assassination was

expressed through his attorney,

Ed-

ward P. Morgan, to the FBI

as long

ago as March, 1967, and also in private

conversations

with a longtime associ

ate of Rosselli

who participated in

meetings between

Rosselli and the

CIA.

An

FBI "blind memorandum" on

an

interview

with

Morgan

dated

March 21, 1967, was included, without

ROSSELLI, From Al

mance and the subsequent discovery of

This body in

an oil drum in

Florida

•waters. The Washington Post, however,

has confirmed that Morgan and Rosselli

were the sources of the testimony that

"suggested a Cuban role in the Ken-

*nedy murder.

Morgan's

account.

according to a

summary of the FBI interview, was

*that Rosselli had reached his conclu

ision about a Cuban connection to the

Kennedy

assassination

from

/"feedback" furnished by sources close

Sto Castro who were involved in the CIA

"plots to assassinate the Cuban leader.

"His (Morgan's) clients were aware

Not the identity of some of the individ.

quals who, came to the United States

"for this purpose and he understood

"that two such individuals were now in

¡the state of New Jersey,

" the FBl in-

(terview summary stated.

A long-time associate .of Rosselli

•who was

interviewed separately by

The Washington Post, said there was

no question in the slain mobster's

mind that Président 1

Kennedy was

killed on Castro's behalf in reprisal':

for the CIA schemes against the Cu-

ban leader.

* "He was positive; he was sure." said

the associate, who knew Rosselli well:

*and was in contact

with him before

Rosselli disappeared from his Florida

¡home on July 28. The associate, who

does not want to

be identified pub-

licly, is scheduled to be interviewed

Ihis week by Dade County, Fla., homi-

'cide detectives. He was a party to Ros-

belli's contacts in the early 1960s with

CIA case officers overseeing the at-

tempts to assassinate Castro.

Despite occasional speculation, the

¡collective

conclusion of all

official

•U.S. government investigations into

the Kennedy assassination-including

the Warren Commission, the FBI and

the CIA has been that there was no

evidence that implicated the Castro

government or anu of ite ara

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164

iderification of the intervicwee, in

Jast June's Senate Intelligence Com-

mittee's report on the role of the in.

telligence

community in the Kennedy

assassination investigation.

Morgan told the FBI that Rosselli

and another Morgan

client had in-

formed him that Castro became aware

of

CIA

assassination

conspiracies

against him and "thereafter employed

teams of individuals

who were dis.

patched to the United States for the

purpose of

assassinating

Mr. Ken-

nedly."

Because neither Morgan nor Ros-

selli was identified in the Senate re-

port, the significance of that portion

of the 106-page document was dis.

counted at the time it was published

in June, before Rosselli's disappear-

See ROSSELLI, A8, Col. 1

• However, the CIA's involvement in

the schemes to assassinate Castro

was not divulged to the Warren Com-

mission, and knowledge of them was

confined until 1967 to a small, elite

circle of the U.S. intelligence commu-

nity. President Johnson

apparently

first learned about the schemes only

after a March 7, 1967, column by the;

late Drew Person, which prompted

Johnson to order a CIA investigation

of the highly sensitive episode..

Pull:details of the CIA underworld

collusion in the

plots to kill Castro

did not surface publicly until the pub-

lication last yeat of the Senate Intelli-

ence Committee's assassination

re-

port and the ensuing report last June

on the possible role of the intelligence

agencies in the Kennedy assassination

and infestigation.

The body

of Rosselli, who lived

flamboyantly in a world of mobsters,

politicians and playgirls, was found

two weeks ago in an inverted oil drum

Weighted with chains but buoyed by

gases from decomposition

on

the

cean's surface off the coast of Miam

'he specific cause of death was dete

mined by an autopsy to be asphyxia-

dion.

an underworid colleague

i Rosell, Sam (Comp) Giancarue

found shot to death in 'his Chicago!

home in /what police described

as

highly professional job by assailants

#ho penetrated the mobster's per

Sonal security screen. Giancana was

due to testily before the Senate Intel

ligence Committee shortly after his

/ Neither murder has been solved.

! The possibility that Rosselli's mur-

der might have been related to his.

Senate testimony on the CIA schemes

lo kill Castro has brought the FBI

nto the investigation at the request

if Attorney General Edward H. Levi

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Tampa. Fla., whose one-time Havana

combling enterprises lell hostage in

1959 to the Cuban revolution- in Diols

against Castro had been a closely held

wiret mithin the top echelons of the

CIl and FBI until recently.

i The tangled chronologs: of suppres.

sion and eventual disclosure. although

#tailed in the June report,

erived little public attention. Rossel.

li's murder. adds significance to those

•* Herei is

Senate intelligence investigators:

* Columnist. Drew Pearson went to

the late Chief Justice of the United

Earl Warren late in January,

1967, and told him that a Washington

lawyer had confided to him that one

of his clients said the United States

"had attempted to assassinate Fidel

Castro in the early 1960s and Castro

had decided to retaliale."

Warren declined Pearson's sugges-

tion that he see the lawyer, who was

Edward Morgan. Warren referred the

matter to then Secret Service Direc-

tor James J. Rowley, who on Feb. 13,

1967, wrote FBI Director J. Edgar Ho-

over, informing him of the allegations.

Hoover sent the Rowley letter to six

senior

bureau officials on an

"eyes-

only" basis. There is no record of FBI

meetings or discussions of those alle-

gations. At that point the sensitive let-

ter bounced back and forth in the

higher reaches of the FBI bureauc-

racy.

The job of responding to Rowley's

letter was assigned to the supervisor

of the FBl's General Investigative Di-

vision who was given responsility for

the overall assassination investigation

in March 1964.

This official's job was complicated

by the fact that he had never been in-

formed of what Hoover and his closest

circle of confidants in the FBI learned

assassination

attempts against Castro. and promi-

nent American underworld figures, in-

cluding Rosselli

been recruited for the attempts.

and Giancana, had d

So on Feb. 15, 1967. the FBI official;

prepared a draft reply to the Rowley

letter for his superiors saying "our in-

vestigation uncovered, no, evidence in-

dicating Fidel Castro officials of the

Government

with Lee Harvey Oswaldi in the assas;

sination of President Kennedy, This.

bureau is not conducting any investi-

this' matter." The

FBI official added in later testimony,

that "everyone in the higher echelons

Drew Pearson went ahead and pub.

lished a column on March 7, 1967, ref-

erring to reports that CIA schemes

against Castro's life in

1963 "may

have resulted in a counterplot by Cas-

tro

to assassinate President Kenne-

Deloach witli

President had in trueted that the FBI

intervice (Mor.m

concerning any

knowledge he wi ht have regarding

the assassination of President Ken-

527126 lurstiten

Pist

'Valson that it ap-

peared Morgan "id not want to be in-

terviewed, and in if he was inter.

viewed he would probably not divulge

7013

the identity of his sources ..." Wat-

circumstances,"

Loach concluded in a memo for the

"it appears that we have no al

ternative but to interview (Morgan)

and then furnish the results to Wat-

son in blind memorandum form."

The interview was assigned to two

agents from the FBI's General Investi-

gative Division.

committee concluded was "puzzling"

because it was the Domestic Intelli-

gence Division

which had been as.

signed responsibility for investigating

possible foreign involvement in the

assassination.

Neither agent was privy to the

knowledge. confined to Hoover and

his top aides, of the CLA's assassina-

tion plots against Castro. Both agents

It was not clear then nor is it to,

day-why Morgan

came forward at

that time to bring Rosselli's story to

of the nation's highest law;

enforcement authorities.

It may be relevant that Rosselli had

serious legal problems at the time.

In May. 1966, the FBI threatened to

deport him for living in the United y

States under an assumed name unless

!) he cooperated in an investigation of !

the Mafia (his true name was Filippo

testified eight years later that they:

Saco). Al the time, he reached a CIA

were

"surprised"

when Morgan al-

contact from the anti-Castro conspir-

luded during the interview to U.S. at-

acy days, CIA security director Col.

tempts to assassinate Castro.

Sheffield Edwards, who informed the

"These agents stated that they

FBI that Rosselli wanted 10

could not

the lawyer's

square with

the bureau" but

(Morgan's) allegations or question him,

afraid that the mob might kill him for i

in detail on them, since they had not

been briefed on the ClA assassination

In 1967, after he was arrested for

efforts,"

the Senate committee ob

gambling fraud at the Friars Club in

Beverly Hills, Rosselli approached his:

On March 21, 1967, the FBl's Wash-

former CIA case officer, William Har. •

, ington Field: Office sent headquarters:

vey, who sought unsuccessfully to in- !

ten copies of a blind memorandum

tercede in the prosecution.

summarizing the interview with Mor.!

It was against this background that

Morgan went,

first to Drew

gan.

and then the FBI, with Rosselli's sen-

In a Senate Intelligence Committee

sational allegations of CIA plotting.-

summary of the FBI interview, Mor-;

against Castro and the Cuban counter-

gan was reported to have acknowl-.

edged that his clients were "on the, :

espionage directed against President:

fringe of the underworld" and that

they faced "possible prosecution in a

Last April Rosselli told the Senate

Intelligence Committee he had no rec-

crime not related to the assassination ollection of either receiving informa-

Morgan said his clients "were called

that Castro retaliated

President Kennedy or of having dis-:

upon by a governmental agency to as-

sist in a project which was sald to

cussed it with Morgan. This meant ei-.

have the

highest governmental ap.

ther that Rosselli suffered a dramatic :

proval. The project had as its purpose

assassination

Elaborate plans were made, including

the infiltration of the Cuban Govern-

the placing of informants

within key posts in Cuba."

Morgan also told the FBI. according

to the summary, that Castro had en-

of; individuals who

, were dispatched to the United Stales

for the purpose of assassinating Presi-

dent Kennedy."

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invenlion.

serious risk

established Washington lawyer.

i ommittee source could explain

!!.: discrepancy, and Morgan declined

to. ufirin that Rosselli was the client

i: quention

or to discuss either his

allo gations against the Cuban govern-

moon o his recent testimony.

The internal FBI memo on the 1967

interview

with Morgan was

sent to

headquarters with a transmittal slip

saying:

"No further investigation is

being

conducted by the Washington

field office unless it is advised to the

contrary by the Bureau."

• The Senate intelligence

committee,

in commenting on this position, said

that "had

the interviewing agents

known of the CIA underworld plots

against Castro, they would have been

aware that the lawyer had clients who

had been active in the assassination

plots."

On March 21, FBI headquarters for-

warded the

Washington field office

memo to the White House, the attor-

ney general and the Secret Service. It

did not recommend any further in.

vestigation of Morgan's allegations.

On the evening of the following

day. President Johnson called CIA Di-

rector Richard M. Helms to the White

House. The next morning, March 23.

Helms ordered the CIA inspector gen-

eral to prepare a report on the CIA

involvement in the assassination plots

-Operation

Mongoose-of

*which

Helms had full knowledge at the time

they were executed.

By May 22, Helms briefed President

Johnson on the results. There is. how.

ever.

no evidence that Helms briefed

* the President on the November, 1963,

plot-one of eight major' schemes on:

Castro's life from 1960 to 1965-t0 as-

sassinate the Cuban leader through

the employment of an agent with the

cryptonymn

AMLASH. His identity

was revealed

as Rolando Cubela, a

' 1961 CIA "recruit" with close access

to Castro.

CIA operatives turned over assassi-

nation equipment to Cubela during a

Paris meeting on November 22, 1963

the day President Kennedy was killed

in Dallas. There has been subsequent

speculation that the mercurial

and

talkative Cubela was either a double

agent or being monitored by Cuban

intelligence.

During the later days of his presi-

dency, Mr. Johnson spoke cryptically

of

"Caribbean

Murder Incorpo

rated" targeted against Fidel Castro.

The inspiration for that statement un-

• doubtedly was the CIA inspector gen-

eral's report he ordered Helms to have

• prepared.

Within

the past year, Rosselli and

two of his co-conspirators in the Cas-

tro assassination schemes have died,

Giancana at the hands of a profes.

sional hit man and Harvey as the re-

sult of a "massive heart attack' last

June.

Mrs. William Harvey. the widow of

the deceased CIA

official, said she

suspected no foul play in her hug

band's death. She did, however, tel

002174

test

3013

Rosselli, a CIA superior testified to

the Senate committee,

"developed

„ close friendship."

Another CIA official who worked

with Rosselli, James P. O'Connell, was

asked if he knew whether the agency

transmitted information to the mob-

ster on possible Cuban involvement in

the Kennedy assassination. He replied

that he was out of the country at the

time Kennedy was killed, and had no

further comment.

Two months before the Kennedy ag-

sassination; Lee Harvey Oswald, who

was identified by the Warren Commis-

sion as Kennedy's murderer, had trav-

eled to Mexico City in an attempt to

gain entry to Cuba. According to the

Warren Commission, Oswald repre-

sented himself as the head of the New

Orleans branch of the Fair Play for

Cuba organization and a friend of the

Cuban Revolution.

Some three months before Kennedy

Castro told Associated

Press reporter Daniel Harker that

U.S. leaders aiding terrorist plans to

eliminate Cuban leaders would them-

The Washington Post that she re-

ceived a call after Rosselli's disappear:

ance in late July warning her that Cu-

bans appeared to

be attempting to

wipe out all those who participated in

the anti-Castro plots.

A U.S. government committee coor-

dinating policy: toward Cuba

time agreed there is a strong liklihood

that Castro would retaliate in some.

fashion. However, it concluded Castro

would not risk a major confrontation

with the U.S. by

attacking U.S. lead.

The call, she said, came from an old

On the same day Kennedy was as-

friend who was acquainted with Ros-

sassirated, a CIA officer met with a

selli's sister, whose name is Edith Dai-

high-ranking Cuban official, who had

gle. Mrs. Harvey said that Mrs. Daigle

said he would kill Castro, to tell hira

told the mutual acquaintance that the

Rosselli family had received a tele-

the U.S. would provide him with ex-

plosives and a poison pen device.

phone threat from unidentified Cu•

While the Senate Intelligence Confo

bans prior to Rosselli's disappearance.

mittee said it found no evidence suffi-

She also said that Rosselli had gone to

cient to justify a conclusion that the

meet the Cubans in an effort to pro-

Kennedy assassination was part of a

tect his family.

conspiracy, it also said U.S. agencies

Mrs. Daigle could not be reached by

did not properly investigate the assas.

The Washington Post. But another sis-

sination or tell the Warren

ter of Rosselli said she had heard of

no such threats or warnings.

sion about the CIA plots on Castro's

Harvey, who died

at age 60 and

"There is no indication that the FBI

whose exploits as a clandestine opera-

or the CIA directed the interviewing

tor are both legendary and

sial within the agency, testified to re

of Cuban sources or sources within

the Cuban exile community," the Sen-

Senate Intelligence

ate committee said.

had become Rosselli's case officer in

According to a former FBI official

Operation Mongoose and supplied the

in charge of key aspects of the FBI's

mobster with poison pills, explosives,

probe of the Kennedy murder, the

detonators, rifles,

FBI never satisfactorily detèrmined

and boat. radar for transmission to

what Oswald planned to do in Cuba or

anti;Castro Cuban agents. Harvey and

: what he had done in Russia.

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OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535

62-116395

February 24, 1976

U. S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE TO

STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

WITH RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES

• (SSC)

Reference is made to SSC letter to the U. S.

Department of

Justice dated January 14, 1976,

requesting access to certain material and delivery of

other material maintained by the FBI.

Pursuant to request item numbered 17, we

currently have one abstract covering the areas of

inquiry available for review at FBI Headquarters by

approved personnel of the Committee.

Pursuant to request item numbered 18, we were

not able to locate a copy of a cable dated on or about

November 28, 1963, from Director, FBI, to Director,

CIA, regarding interrogation of witnesses concerning

Lee

Harvey Oswald's activities in Mexico City.

We are,

• however, furnishing a copy of an FBI to CIA teletype

dated November 27, 1963, captioned "Lee Harvey Oswald,"

which advises that the interrogation of Oswald between

his arrest and murder had not extended to his travel to

Mexico or his contacts with Soviet establishments.

The

teletype, classified "Secret," also contains details

from an Oswald letter to the Soviet Embassy,

Washington, D. C., which were obtained from a highly

sensitive source.

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U. S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE TO

STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

WITH RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE

ACTIVITIES (SSC)

We are also furnishing 3. Bureau memoranda in

response to the latter part of request item 18 asking

for all memoranda prepared between November 22, 1963,

and December 30, 1963, which relate to the interrogation

of witnesses concerning Oswald's trip to Mexico City,

including his visits to

Consulate•

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OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20530

FEB 26 1976

Honorable Frank Church, Chairman

United States Senate Select Committee

on Intelligence Activities

Washington, D.

C.

20510

Dear Senator Church:

Transmitted herewith is a memorandum with SECRET

enclosures prepared by the Federal Bureau of Investigation

in response to the request in Items 17 and 18 of a letter

dated January 14, 1976, from Mr. Paul Wallach of your

Committee staff.

Sincerely,

Mild & Schnit

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Cura

THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

SECRET. - EYES ONLY

January 9, 1964

MEMORANDUM TO THE PRESIDENT

SUBJECT: Sabotage against Castro

Three small-scale sabotage operations have been approved by the

Special Group, but this recommendation is based on a routine con-

tinuation of broad policy guidance which I think you may wish

to review. The three operations involved are:

(1) a commando sabotage operation against a coastal

warehouse and pier;

(2) a sabotage attack against naval or patrol vessels in

a harbor; and

(3) a sabotage operation against a fuel barge proceeding

in coastal waters.:

All of these operations would have been approved three months ago,

and indeed one of them is a rescheduling of an operation aborted

because of high seas.

While it is always hard to predict the noise

level in these matters, these operations seem comparable to the

small attack on a Cuban naval patrol which occurred in late December

which Castro promptly blamed on you (in fact it was an operation

approved before November 22 and not cancelled thereafter because it

seemed to fall within the guidance you expressed in your first review

of the Cuban problem).

The policy question now is this: If we continue these even small

sabotage operations, Castro will certainly know it. Equally, if we

call them off, he will know it, and so will the Russians.

We thus

have an opportunity to choose.

I doubt if this choice should be made on momentum alone.

I therefore recommend a Cabinet-level review of the whole principle

of covert sabotage against Cuba. I know that Rusk has never liked it

and that McNamara thinks it does very little good. .

McCone and the CIA

are for it, and so are most of the middle-level officers dealing with the

Castro problem. I myself consider the matter extremely evenly balanced,

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but before hearing full argument, my guess is that in your position

ineffective, and damaging to our broader policy. I might then wish

to make a little capital from this decision with the Soviet Union.

McG. B.

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ME MORANDUM

TO :

FROM:

SECRET

TAB. #

Senator Hart (Colorado) and Senator Schweiker

Jim Johnston

Dan Dwyer

Ed Greissing

January 27, 1976

Connection Between Amlash Operation and Investigation

of JFK Assassination

DATE :

SUBJ:

Background

The staff's memorandum of January 5, 1976, postulated that the

Amlash operation might have had some effect on CIA's response to

the investigation of President Kennedy's assassination.

On January

9, 1976, the staff asked for access to the Amlash file at CIA; and

after a delay which was not explained, the staff was permitted to

review the file on January 23 and 26.

Summary of Amlash File

Amlash initially contacted by CIA in 1961 met occasionally with

case officers through August 1yo2, at which time he was given instruc

cion in secret writing and explosives.

Interest in Amlash continued

after the August meetings, but there was no further direct contact by CIA

agents until mid-1963. Why there was a year lapse in contact with Am-

lash cannot be determined; the Cuban missile crisis in October 1962

undoubtedly made CIA cautious in dealing with Amlash.

In any event, DIR 48198*

to Rome of 19 June 1963 states that

Amwhip, a Cuban exile who assisted CIA, had sent a letter as part of

an "activation effort to reluctant dragon." Presumably, Amlash was

"reluctant dragon" and was, by this letter, asked to recontact CIA.

In late August, Amlash traveled with a large contingent of Cuban

officials and athletes to Porto Alegre, Brazil.

He cabled Anwhip

about his arrival on August 29. This cable apparently was the signal

that he was prepared to meet Amwhip in Porto Alegre.

Amwhip and two CIA case officers met with Amlash in Porto Alegre

between September 5 and 8. The two case officers have testified to

the Committee about their understanding of events at this series of

meetings which they viewed essentially as a get acquainted session.

CIA messages tell a different story.

Porto Alegre 0704 to DIR Öf 7

September stated that Amlash told Amwhip he felt there were only two

ways of

getting rid of Castro.

The first was an invasion by U.s.

forces which. Amlash knew was out of the question and the second was

an "inside job."

Amlash indicated he was awaiting a U.S. plan of action.

He

referred to the

expLosIves

demonstration CIA gave him a year earlier

as

"too cumbersome" for his purposes.

* DIRs are messages

sent from Langley:

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At the conclusion of the meetings with Amlash, Headquarters

cabled on 9 September that, based on

what little feel Headquarters

had, Amlash appeared hopeless

as an intelligence performer and should

be approached as a chief conspirator allowed to recruit his own co-

horts.

He should be urged to recruit a

few trusted friends to assist

him, initially in "FI and Ops reporting" and then progress to sabotage

and

more serious matters on an orderly basis. (DIR 67110 to Porto

Alegre, JMWAVE and Rio.)

On 11 September, Porto Alegre 0708 to DIR summarized the intel-

ligence information Amlash had given on Soviet units

in Cuba, saying

all IRBM and bombers had been removed. By this time Amlash had left

Brazil apparently heading for a vacation in Europe.

A document in the file dated 16 September and marked OFPA 72775

appears to be a transcript of a conversation obtained by covert means.

There is no indication as to where the conversation takes place, but

it probably is in the Cuban Embassy in Paris.

"Mary: I don't want to imagine things but

this thing of Amlash.

Moreno:

It is either

a tremendous secret or a

Lop sectet matter (unreadable) then the

word "treason" or "reason").

Betty: I believe it is a top secret matter."

By letters of September 14 and September 16, Amlash stayed in

contact with Anwhip.

Paris stacion apparently was picking up responsi

bility for Amlash at this

time, since

Paris 0706

to DIR dated 19

September asks for some background material on Amlash.

On 19 September, JMWAVE 4580 to DIR warns that Amlash is part of

an anti-communist group in Cuba and details the membership of his group

as well as a communist group. The message also notes that Fidel is

allegedly aware of the two groups and acts as moderator between them

in order to maintain cohesion in the Government of Cuba.

Nevertheless, Amwhip is asked to continue to work with Amlash

and is assigned to accompany him around Europe. According to Paris

0934 to. DIR dated ? October, Amlash met with case officer O* on 5

October.

Case officer O sat and listened permitting Amlash to get

everything off his chest. Amlash seemed to be complaining about the

low level espionage matters that had been discussed at the September

meeting in Brazil, implying he had a more valuable role.

Case officer

O "provided necessary assurances his feelings not in fact true and

that his

case receiving consideration highest levels. (emphasis added)!!''

"With this problem which had undoubtedly been bothering Amlash con-

The files do not accurately identify these case officers.

and 1

however, were the principal case officers.

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siderably, off his chest, a much more relaxed Amlash departed restating

his desire return Cuba to undertake 'the big job!""

On October 15, London 5224 to DIR states case officer O met with

and Anwhip on 13 October. Although. the case officer had been

forewarned by Anwhip, he was not successful in discouraging Amlash's

request for a high level meeting.

"Amlash convinced that if such meet

does not take place at this time

it will be almost impossible come out

again and we will be in same situation

as last year with no definite

decision.

finds it difficult

to believe why RFK who receives many

Cubans would refuse to see a major" such as Amlash. The message notes

the fact remains that Amlash does "have excellent entree to highest

target level which believe we cannot afford overlook."

This message seemingly moved Headquarters to re-evaluate Amlash's

role. DIR 75683 to London on 15 October directed case officer O to

return headquarters soonest for discussions of all phases of the case.

The next meeting apparently took place on October 29. One case

officer met Amlash holding himself out as the personal representative

of REK.

He informed Amlash,

according to a 13 November MFR, that

the U.S. was prepared to render all necessary assistance to

any anti-

communist Cuban group which succeeded in neutralizing the present Cuban

leadership and which assumed significant control to invite

the U.S.

to render assistance.

He emphasized that U.S: support could come only

after a

successful coup. Amlash responded by saying that without Fidel,

ne milltary would break up into 4 or 5 groups and the regime woul

disintegrate.

He also said he was satisfied with the policy discussio

but desired to know what technical support he could get.

Since Anwhip was closer to Amlash than the case officers, he was

asked about Amlash's reaction to the

meeting.

His reactions

summarized in Attachment A to Anwhip's Memo of Meeting dated 14 Novem-

ber. Anwhip said Amlash was still not pleased with support from U.S.

government. While Amlash was satisfied on policy grounds, he was not

at all happy with the fact that he still was not given the technical

assistance for the operation plan as he saw it.

Amlash could not under-

stand why he was denied certain small pieces of equipment which promised

a tinal solution to the problem, while, on the other hand, the U.s. gave

much equipment and money to exile groups for their ineffective excursions

Amlash had accepted the fact he had to

Amlash talked about

going to the Trench terrorist

the OAS, but realized that was not feasible.

The memorandum ends with

what apparently is the author's conclusion:

"It is hoped that he does

realize that Havana must first be taken

...or failing that, a

truly sizeable piece of land (say, almost an entire province) which

could be true rallying point."

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In a Memo for Record dated 19 November, one case officer summarized

the actions to be taken at the next meeting with Amlash.

Amlash was

to

be told the U.S. was prepared to give full

support to Amlash's coup.

He would be shown President Kennedy's speech in Miami of November 18

and told this reaffirmed support for Amlash's proposal. Headquarters

had approved giving Amlash

scopes and rifles and other equipment.

The

memo ended by stating that "C/SAS* requested written reports on Amlash

operation be kept to a minimum."

Pari 1564 to DIR of 20 November indicated Amlash had been called

on the night of November 20 and had agreed to postpone his retur

Cuba in order to see case officer o "if it something interesting., to

The

CIA officer said he could not assure it was interesting but that it was

to be a meeting which Amlash had requested.

(Obviously, ClA wanted to

give Amlash the

"technical support" he felt he had not been promised in

the 29 October meeting.)

Case officer O flew from the U.S.. so as to arrive in Paris on the morn-

ing of November 22 for this meeting.

Pari 1607 to DIR received at Langley at 6:25 a.m. on 23 November

is the only message

in Amlash's file reflecting the fact the meeting

had taken place.

It indicated that Amlash was anxious to return to

Cuba and that case officer O was to arrive in Washington at 1810 that

day.

The file contains no outgoing cable to Paris on November 23 or

any other time telling Paris to break contact with Amlash. **

On 25 November, a contact report was prepared. There is reason

to question the authenticity of this document which is three pages

and reports the 22 November meeting with Amlash.

The first two pages

have dark type as though prepared on a typewriter with a new ribbon.

The type on the third page is much lighter as though prepared on a

typewriter with an old ribbon. It made no mention of the

passing

a poison pen to Amlash.

On November 27, Pari 1669 to DIR reports information obtained

plained bitterly about official (Cuban) visitors to Paris and how they

denigrate the revolution..

" at the the the ng con

A source com-

cealed tape recorder to record these conversations. She named Amlash

as. one of these visitors.

* Desmond Fitzgerald

** In its 1967 report, the IG stated such a message had been sent

but could not be found.

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On 3 December

Amlash meeting includeadquarters furnished JMWAVE some details on che

also promised

JMWAVE's operations.

arms which will have to be furnished through

A series of confusing cables passed between Headquarters and JMWAVE

on December 6, 7, and 8.

authority to

drop a cache of arms in Cuba.

off the operation.

he 87615 of cabare 1a

Then Headquarters called

top level Cuban/Caribbean policy review scheduled early next week which

should provide basis for decision."

JWAVE complained about the change in orders in a cable of 8

December. JMWAVE 8702 pointed out that one Headquarter's message

indicated December infiltration operations were approved by higher author-

ity but a

second message indicated

a scheduled operation should be de-

layed and

not run in December.

Headquarters responded in DIR 87880. Headquarters procedure

was to present infiltration operation plans to "higher authority"

even though there is a reasonable chance operation may

be postponed

or delayed as was case with the scheduled operation.

"This procedure

will secure approval for the operation with only telephonic recontirma-

tion needed when previously relaxed operation finally mounted."

quarters recommended delay until

January after considering and equating

objectives against risk

factors

for Amlash and others.

January,

"Believe by

CIA should be in position better evaluate status of internal

assets.

By Pari 1914 of 13 December, Paris reported that Amlash left

Paris for Prague on November 27 but did not seek recontact with case

officer.

DIR 90966 to JMWAVE of 23 December reported that Havana radio

on 2 December stated Amlash arrived Cuba on 1 December.

The last document in Amlash's file for the period ending December

1963, is a long report on Amlash, but it does not contain information

relevant to the October-November activities.

Nevertheless, In red pen

on the cover page appears:

(Sanchez) orders." followed by initials that appear to be "GM. "On Nestor's

• pollowed by

"Dec 1963 Not to leave this office

One later document in the Amlash file contains more information

about the November 22, 1963 meeting.

That document, a rough draft of

a biographical information sheet on Amlash (no final draft was found)

appears to have been preparediin 1966 at the time of Amlash's arrest

for a later plot against Castro. It states:

"22 Nov. 63 Mr.

Fitzgerald

and Mr. Sanchez assured subject

that this Agency would give him every-

thing he needed (telescopic sight, silencer, all the money he wanted).

The situation changed when Mr. Sanchez and Mr. Fitzgerald left the meet-

ing to discover that President Kennedy had been assassinated. Because

of this fact, plans with subject changed and it was decided that this

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Agency could have no part in the assassination of a goverment leader

(including Castro) and it would not aid subject in his attempt.

included the following.

"We would not furnish the silencer, nor scope

nor any money for direct assassination; furthermore, we would not lift

a finger to help subject escape from Cuba should he

assassinate Castro."

The same document states this message was communicated to Amlash

in November 1964 by Mr. Sanchez.

Despite this decision, the CIA in fact continued to assist Amlash

through a cut-out until Amlash's arrest in 1966.

Later documents on Amlash are also relevant to the September-

November 1963 Amlash operation.

Several such documents report informa-

tion received to the effect that Fidel Castro had long been aware of

Amlash's plots against him.

for example, Amlash's one time Cubar

mistress was believed to be working for Cuban intelligence and hei

brother was known to be with Cuban intelligence. Pari 8242 to DIR

in December 1964 warns that Amlash's objective may be known to too

many Cubans.

And, one CIA informant reported in 1966 on one known

double agent of Cuban intelligence working for CIA and said the CIA's

Cuban operations had been penetrated at a high level by Cuban intel-

ligence. He identified this latter individual only as one of the Cuban

exiles who was knowledgeable of a number of the most important opera-

tions.

Nevertheless, Amlash's

file contains nothing to indicate any

detailed analysis of these possible penetrations of the CIA's Amlash

operation,

although a cryptic handwritten note on at least one re-

port rejects the suggestion that Amlash was himself reporting to Castro.

gave

One other document bears on the testimony Amlash's case officers

before the Select Committee to the effect that Amlash was given

a poison pen for self-protection.

That document reports that Amlash,

and other Cuban officials in Paris in 1963, were carrying pistols for

self-protection throughout their travel in Europe.

222222

Finally, although the staff has not reviewed all possible CIA

files to determine what other operations Castro might have been re=

Ferring to in his September 7 statement, the Amlash file indicates

that some coastal landings of supplies in August were the only other

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This doctrine is based on the proposition that

the decision has been reached that the U.s. cannot live

with 1 Castro/conmunist regime in Cuba which continues

• its present course of subversion and aggression in Latin

America and that we are determined to taie appropriate

action to put an end to these acts.

I. In the Venezuelan arms cache case now before

the OAS hold out for a "blank check" resolution. Settle

IOT & 13 vote najority regardless of Mexican, Brazillan,

or chilean support.

2. II, despite 1. above, OAS waterg down resolu

tion, vote agalast the watered-down version.

3. If "blank check" resolution passed, proceed

to 5. below.

4. If waterod-down resolution passed over our

protest, announce publicly that OAS no longer represents

an adequate hemispheric safeguard and therefore that the

United States must unilaterally declare (see 5. below).

5. Declare publicly that further aggression and

subversion by Castro in Latin America would be intolerable

to the United States and, in the event of a new act on the

part of Castro of the nature and magnitude of the Venezuelan

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arms cache, the U.s. will take such measures agatast

the Castro/communist regime in Cuba as 1t deens appro-

priato in the circunstances.

6. Explain carefully through diplomatic

channels to the soviet union that the United states

Linds the prosent behavior of the Castro/ communist

rogino in Cuba intolerable, that Cuba's activities in

Venesuels prove this to be so and that turther acts

of violence of comparable danger or potential danger

on the part of Cuba will causo the U.S. to feel no

longer bound by any inhibitions against invasion or

other appropriate action. Urge the Soviet Union, in

ordor to reduce tensions in the Caribbean and permit

the U.S. to live pescefully with the Castro/communist

regime in Cuba, to assure that cuba 1s restrained

Iron repoating 1ts dangerous practices. Make it plain

to the Soviet Union that further behavior of this sort

by Castro will compel the U.S. to adopt drastic measures.

Point out to the soviet Union the physical vulnerability

of cuba as well as the effect a failure to resolve the

Cuban problem will have on the traditional policy which

the U.S. han pursued of not exerting pressures upon the

Soviets! European satellites. Make it plais that the U.S.

desires peace in the Caribbean and expects the Soviet

Union to achieve good behavior on the part of castro.

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7. Decide upon the type of action on the part

of Castro which would trigger action on the part of the

U.S. A rule of thumb could be: such action as would

represent serious, realized or potential, danger to the

stability of a Intin American state. By this criterion

20 Castro-tratned men and four tons of arms introduced

Into northeast Brazil might not constitute & trigger,

whereas the same effort by Castro in a Central American

country might. The judgment can be unilateral and

subjective on the part of the U.s.

8. Formulate a progran for a post-Castro Cubs

giving full weight to the real changes which have taken

place there during the pant five years and full recog

nition to the need for channeling Castro's unfinished

revolution into constructive lines.

The above scenario should not be commenced unless

it is recognized that, ulthough these actions are

primarily designed to deter Castro from his present course,

he may very well persevere in his policy. Under such

circumstances the U.S., having publicly embarked on the

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Advantages

Disadvantages

= Probably feasible

within OAS.

b.. Surveillance com-

pletely legal and

low noise level.

2.

Does not attack pria

cipal problem of

Castro's subversion

in Latin Anerica.

b. Castro may return to

policy of non- shipment

0f arms.

C.

Probably will not result

1n apprehending arms

carriers.

d... Expensive.

6. In addition to actiong in 3., 4. and 5. above,

engage in soft sabotage operationg by supporting

"autonomous" exile groups and continue to encourage

internal acts of sabotage by means of radio, press and

leaflet campaigns.

Advantages

Some economic advan-

tages and limited

encouragement to

anti-Castro sonti

ment.

b.

Deniability by U.S.

as U.S. soil and

personnel not used.

Disadvantages

Results commensurate

with limited sk1lls of

exile groups.

b. Though fact of U.s.

support carefully

guarded, Castro will

blame U.S. anyway.

C. Some noise level.

7.

In addition to actions in 3., 4., 5. and 6. above,

engage in soft sabotage operations employing CIA controlled

Cuban groups against selected targets and at spaced

Intervals.

Advantages

Disadvantages

More professional

operations that are

targetted and con

trolled.

Constant danger of prooi

0f U.S. involvement.

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b. Improvement of morale

among internal anti-

Castro elements.

Better domestic poli-

tical position as

result of increased:

noise level.

D. Continued exacerbation

of Castro without chance

of delivering a mortal

blow.

3o In addition to actions in 3., 4, 5, 6. and 7.

above, relax the present policy banning

independent cuban

exile maritine raids and air strikes against Cuba from

U.s. territory.

Advantages

Disadvantages

Improvement of exile

morale and internal

resistance spirit.

8.

General ineffectiveness

against targets.

b. Obvious employment of

U.s. soil.

c. Air strikes however

ineffective begin to

arouse soviet response.

B. Can't Live with Castro

(It is assumed that maximum intelligence collection

w111 be continued.)

Engage in CIA-controlled as well as "autononous"

covert sabotage actions against larger economic impact

but higher risk targets such as Santiago refinery,

Natanzas power plant, etc., employing Cuban personnel

only.

Advantages

This essentially minimum

plan evolved June 1963,

but never permitted to

develop, saving some

chance to overthro

castro.

Disadvantages

High risk of capture

and exposure.

b. High noise level.

C.

Possibility of some

Soviet response.

b.

Measurable economic impact

and strong encouragement

to anti-Castro elements.

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2. Institute an economic denial program based upon

the antabliahment of a "proclaimed List" under the Trading

with the Enemy Act togother with all other feasible actions,

overt and covert, to deny to Cuba items critical to Its

есолову.

Advantages

Disadvantages

• Considerable Increase

1n Cuba's difficulty in

procuring key imports.

b. U.S. obviously "doing

Multiplication of U.s.

problems with major allies

including possible loss of

allies' support of U.s.

dollar.

something about Castro."

b.. Loss o1 trade.

c. Will not assure overthrow

of Castro.

3. Engage in sabotage operations as in B.l. above

uging not only Cuban but other nationalities including

U.S. soldier of fortune teams.

Advantages

Improved operations and

8.

greater economic damage.

Disadvantages

Technical deniability

only and very bigh

noise level.

b. Will not assure over-

throw of castro.

4.

Engage in violent large-scale non-deniable

sabotage activities, using U.S. service personnel where

necessary,

such as mining Cuban harbors, attacking Cubas

shipping on the high seas and in the harborg using drone

surface cruit, sneat alt attacks on key installations, etc.

Advantages

Disadvantages

Much more effective opora-

tiong and renl econonio

a. No deniability.

damage..

b. Very high noise level.

C.. If does not result

rapidly in fall of

castro, will result ir

Bay of Pigs type of

criticis.

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5. U.S. unilateral close-in quarantine of Cuban

shipping,

ostensibly for the purpose of preventing

export of arma to Latin America with the ain of humi

Ilating and degrading Castro.

Advantages

Proof of U.s. intention

to stop Castro.

Disadvantages

Hill probably not catch

contraband:

b. If vigorously pursued

against all Cuban

shipping, may provoke

Soviet response.

c. Very expensive without

assuring fall of Castro.

Cutoff of all communicationg (except radio) into

and out of Cuba including a clandestine cutting of the

Jamaica cable.

Advantages

Disadvantages

W111 at least for a

a. Considerable outcry

period disrupt Cuba's

from Europe and Latin

diplomatic and economic

America.

offensive and binder

subversive efforts.

b. Not fatal to Fidel.

7. A Presidential public declaration naking clear

that the U.s. considers the continued presence of the

Castro regime as Intolerable, barring any rapprochement

with 1t and encouraging anti-Castro/communist dissident

elements within the cuban armed lorces to carry out a coup.

Advantages

Very effective Inside Cuba

and encouraging

to Latin

America.

Disadvantages

Must be followed by some

form of effective action.

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8. An official declaration that should Castro

engage in certain specified proscribed actions the

U.S. ill in each instance destroy a major installation

inside Cuba (the "Rostow Doctrine").

Advantages

8. Hay force Castro to

stop bis subversive

actiong.

b.

Whether rotallation by

the U.S. is required.

or not, 1t will have

profound effect on

anti-Castro norale.

Disadvantages

May provoke Soviet

response either before

or after retallatory

action taken.

b. Difficulty in pinning

down clear-cut viola

tions by Castro.

c. Diificulty in avoiding

civilian casualties.

9. Announce publicly and inform the soviet Union

through high level diplomatic cannels that further sub-

version by Castro in Latin America is intolerable and

that 11 Castro persists in his present course the United

States will no longer feel bound by any inhibitiong

against invagion of Cuba

and will take such measures as

it deens appropriate.

See Annex A.

₴.

Advantages

Proper basis for

future actions.

Disadvantages

a. Difficulty of clear

proof.

bo Possible deterrence

b. Possible Soviet:

of castro.

reactions.

C.

Best method of mini-

mizing Soviet reaction.

10. After having established the appropriate bagis

for such action, impose a total blockade of Cuca:

Advantages

Disadvantages

The most effective method

Possible Soviet reactions.

of bringing dow Castro.

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11.

After having established the appropriato basis

Ios such notion, invade Cuba.

Advantages

Will bring down Castro.

Disadvantages

Possible Soviet

reaction.

b.

Probable heavy

casualtias on both

sides.

c. Increased difficulties

in post-Castro Cuba.

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¡ CUBA COMITIES

799 BROADWAY NEW YORK 3, N. Y.

OREGOR 4.8293

to a mineo machine to prepare public material if you are going to operate. A

good trpewriter is essential and above all people that will carry out the million

and one mechanical functions necessary-to make

it a going operation.

(Notes when you contact people by mail we recommend that only first class be

used and that no full name go on the return address on the outside of the envelope,

You will notice how ie work our's here on the national Level. Many people will

spond better with this type of protection against nutty neighbors and over curios

postmen* These may sound like small things to you,, but. I can assure you that we tie

gone through thi a thousand and more time the length and breadth of the country ar

have learned a great deal over the last three years through some bitter experience

Naturally, I would like to comnunicate with you a groat deal more concernirg

yourself so that ie can get to kno you and possibly be of sone assistence to you

as we get more information.

Te hope to hear from you very soon in this regard and ara looking forward to

a good working relationship for the future. Please; fell free

to discuss this ai

quite thoroughly with me.

4P.

an 1

09 t

Fraternally

X. Tale

V. T.

Lee,

National Director.

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21 February 1964

SPECTRUM OF COURSES OF ACTION WITH RESPECT TO CUBA

Accepting as valid the Attorney General's statement

that there is no point in discussing courses of action

with respect to Cuba until the fundamental decision 1g

made as to whether or not it 1s possible for the United

States to live with Castro, the following possible

courses of action are listed under the headingg "Can

Live with Castro" and "Can't Live with Castro." Neither

of these headings is absolute; the courses of

action

listed under each are indicative of degrees of accepta-

bility of the Castro regime or conversely the urgency

to overthrow 1t.

COURSES OF ACTION

A. Can Iive with Castro

l. Negotiate a detente with Fidel looking towards

the detente would endeavor to secure from Castro com

mitments not to engage in subversive activities in

Latin America and not to engage in polemics against

the United States. He would also endeavor to reduce

or eliminate, as a result of our concessions, Soviet

presence In Cuba and reduce the Cuban military machine

to one compatible with the requirements of a pesceful

Latin American Island republic.

No covert activities would be undertaken and

intelligence operations would be of a nature compat-

ible with our relations with a neutral power.

Talle

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Advantages

If the plan works, this

would represent a satis

factory solution of the

Cuban probles, especially

11 the soviet presence

could thereby be eliminated.

Disadvantages

As plan almost sure not

to work, it would have grave

consequences throughout

Latin America as well as

serlous domestic political

repercussions.

b. Even 11 plan ultimatoly

successful there would

bo short tern domestic

political losses and

short term weakening

U.S. position in Latin

America.

Do nothing.

No specific efforts will be made

to arrange a rapprochement with Fidel but we would

remin receptive to any advances made by him.

No

covert operations would be undertaken and intelligence

operations rould not include black maritime operations

into cuba.

mad to lude last na

It would be hoped that Fidel, recognizing

the good faith and good will of the new Administration,

would make his own advances leading towards a satig

factory detente.

Advantages

As in l. above.

Disadvantages

a. As in l. above but less

short term domestic and

Latin Anerican losses.

b. Even less chance of

Success.

3. The present level of intelligence operations,

Including Ud overflights would be continued.

Black

maritine intiltrations and exfiltrations of agents and

caches of Intelligence gear would continue but no action

operationg would be conducted.

We would be "keeping an

eye on" fidel both in Cuba and abroad but would be making

no effort to hinder his laternal development.

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Maximum effort would be made to increase the

countersubversion capabilities of Fidel's foreign

target countries.

Advantages:

We would be maintaining

a clen hands attitude

towards Castro and our

policy would be more

compatible with that of

our major allies.

Disadvantages

Evidence of American

inaction would be

domestically assailable,

would be quickly sensed

by Latin American coun-

tries and would further

demoralize the exile

community.

He would be in effect

helping Castro to con

solidate his position

at home and establish

his image abroad.

In addition to intelligence collection as in

3., we would engage in a "persuasive" economic denial

program employing diplomatic eiforts and the coopera-

tion oi U.s. corporations.

Covert subtle sabotage

against selected Cuban imports (e.g. contamination of

lubricant additives).

Advantages

A carefully targetted

denial program with effec

tive subtle sabotage is capa-

ble of at least disrupting

Disadvantages

We will remain at odds with

our allies on Cuba trade.

We may delay but not prevent

Castro's progress.

tino tining of Castro'g

econonic eiforts. It may

have a measurable effect

on Cuba's one domestic

sOurCe Of economic strength

sugar.

So In addition to actions in 3. and 4 above,

engage in surveillance of suspected vessels or aircraft

carrying Cuban arms Shipments by means of bilateral

agreements with individual countries 1n Latin America,

such surveillance to be accomplished without the use of

force in international wators and the use of force in

national waters.

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MUR PLAY FOR

CUBA COMMITTER

799

BROADWAY NEW YORK 3, N. Y. O86g00 48293

Exhales No, 3 T01

dagestion of Tilie

for cry on 5/ 14149)

Hay 29, 1963

Cavald

137? L/c ingazine Street

Vow orleans, louisiana

inar friend:

Thank you for your prompt reply.

Enclosed are your card and receipt, long

with our thanks; and welcome.

Your interest in helping to form an FPCO Chapter in New Orleans 18 gratefully

received. I shall try to give you some basic information now so that you may have

a jotter nicture of what this entails.

For one thing, I. an enclosing a copy of our constitution and ly-laws for all

Chapters and Student Councils. You will note that there is considerable autonony

Ios an organization our sizo. Me try and let all Chapters operate according to the

Local requirements. Naturally, there a minimul regulations which must be mot.

(111 chapters can receive literature in bulk at a discounted rate and resell at

the ritail price and usa the proceeuis for further Chapter activities, credit is

cxtonded and pay.ont is not requirod vith the order. lie do expect payment within a

reasonabie period so that ve may continue our end of the operation.

It would be hard to concieve of a chapter with as few mèmbers as seem to exist

in the leir Orleans area. I have just gone through our files and find that Lousiana

scens somewhat restricted for fair Play activition. Horever, with what le there

porhaps you could build a larger group if a few people would undertake the disciplined

responsibility of concrete organizational work.

ve certainly are not at all adverse to a very small Chapter but certainly would

expect that there wold be at least tirice the amount needed to conduct a logal executive

board for the Chapter.

Should this be reasonable. me could readily issue a charter fa

take

Ve f

contac

I ori:

experie

those

'een

for.

t:

foceedure

noporters.

easily ir

commend

gerate in

"e wili

the loca

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her new for;

Sutsinted

pay: 015/141449

Wit.

I7.

29, 1963

receipt, along

leans is gratefully

o that you may have

And By Laws for all

considerable autonony

parato according to the

onw which must be mot.

ineouated rate and resell at

ractivities. Crodit is

' e 'ot payment within a

i operamoro

ion members as seen to exist

illes and find that Lousiana

"evar, with what is there

would undertake the disciplined

1 Chapter but certainly would

ded to conduct a lofal executive

Id roadily issue a charter fo

MIR PLAY FOME

CUBA CORITIER

799 BROADWAY NEW YORK 3, N. Y.

ORegoa 4:8299:

= "en leans Chaptér of Fput. In fact, we would de very, very pleased to sce this

take place and would like to do everything possible to assist in brinzing it about.

Je feel that the south-east is a very difficult area to work because of our lack of

contacts. Our only southeastern Chapter right now is that in Tampa, Florida which

I originally organized beiore coming up to work in the National Office.

I for one am convinced of the possibility of such an enterprise but know from

experience that it is quite a problem and requires some sacrifice on the part of

those inv lved.

You mist realize that you will come under tremendous pressures with any attempt

to do FPCC work in that area and that you will not be able to operate in the manner

which is conventional here in the north-east. Even most of our big city Uhapters have

been forced

to abandon the idea of operating an office in public. The national offico

here In New York

is the only one in the country, today and the Hew York City Chapter

uses our office too so it is the only Chapter with an office, Most Chapters have dis

covered that it is easier to operate semi-privately out of a home ard raintain a P.l.

sox for all mailings and public notices. MA PoO. Dox is a must for any Chapter in tile

organization to guarnatee the continued contact with the national even if an individual

should move or drop

outo)) ¡Te do have a serivis and often violent opposition and tilis

procedure helps prevent many unnecessary incidents which frighten away prosoective

supporters. I definitely would not recoumend an office, at least not one that will

be easily identifyable to the lunatic fringe in your community. Certainty, I would not

recommend that you engage in one at the very beginning but wait and see how you can

operate in the comminity through several public experiences.

"e will be able to give you sone assistence from here, but not much. It is up

is the 200a2 chapterg ta handle thel am arcaine, You shagued have at least açcess

V. T. Lee Exhibit 3

LEE (V'INCENT T.) ExHIBIT No. 3. Continued'

r No. 3

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

Deputy Director (Plans)

Cost of Cuban Operations

Fiscal Years 1960 - 1964

Supporta/

Fiscal Year

Covertb

Collection

1960

1961

1962

1963

1964 (est.)

Total

$319,534

6,293, 580

3,599

,274

5,343,973

5,030

,000

20,586,361

$131,063

457,633

793,8248/

1,738,9772!

1,767,500

4,888,997

PA/Propd/

$1,677,161

5,168,584

6,444,098

5,786,797

3,520

2,000

22,596,040

Covert Actions/

Post-InvasionE/

Paramilitary€/Brigade Support

$318,409

30,164,698

2,975,635

5,038,890

9,317,500đ/

47,815,122

Total

$2,446,167

$1,627,824

4,176,000

3,899,830

565,000

10,268,654

43,712,319

17,988,831

21,808,457

20

, 200,000

106, 155,774

a/ Support: Includes

administrative

facilities, eic..

stall salaries, purchase of/equipment and supplies, rental of bropertles an!

administrative

b/ Covert Collection:

Includes foreign intelligence collection operations and

counter-intelligence

opcrations involving the use of classic agent operations, audin and other technical devices, use

of third-country intelligence and security services, icfugec debriefings, etc.

c/ Covert Action: Includes the broad field of psychological warfare and paramilitary activities

encompassed by NSC 5412.

PA/Prop: Includes political action and propaganda operations involving the use of newspapers,

magazines, other publications, radio, television, etc.

Paramilitary: Includes maritime operations, air operations, training, military hardrare, the

£/

Brigade Support: Includes payments to dependents of Brigade 2506 wounded, missing, or killed in

members, elc.

action, medical and rehabilitation costs of released Brigade members, direct payments to Brigade

Il Includes a total of $345,000 for the operation of the Inter-Agency Caribbean Adnissions Center at

Opa Locka, Florida:

$95,000 for fiscal year 1962 and $250,000 for fiscal year 1963.

h/ Includes $5,000,000 for support of autonomous Cuban groups under the covert program approved in

June 1963.

ados

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REVISA OF CURRENT POCCRAM OF

COVERT ACTION ACAINST CUBA

See page 11442

In - The Curtent Struation in Cuba

During 1953 the situation In Cuba steadily sorsezed..

The

economy continued its decline and Castro was not able to halt:

the dosmard curve.. Hurricana Flora Intensified Cuba's econcaie

problens. Disillusloment and avatay soong tha great rajority

of the populazion contimed to groi, and enthusiasu vas increasiagly

restricted to a hard coss.

As popular support wared, coercion and

terror were exployed sore and sore to saintaia the regina's control.

Castro's dalive to convert Cuba into a staadard comminist prototype

caused Increasing disillunloment anong his original followers.

ils stature in tie eyes of many Cubans and Inti laericana suftered

with the realicatico, in the alterath of the October missile crislo,

that Cuba had been a fawn snd Castro a cupe of Soviet polley.

Despite extraordinary efforts, Castro bas not been able to.

stop acta of defiance against his regtus. Guerrilla activity,

although scattered and uncoordirated, continues. Spontaneous

acts of sabotaze are comon throughout the island, At great

Isi refugees still eluce his security forces and sea patrols

to eBespe fIon Cuba. In tols acrosphere, esternally toanted

Jalds against Cubas targets tave added to Castro's sease of

frastration and helped sustata hope song the may Cubang dis-

11asloned v1th bio regine.

Durinz 1963 Cuba's International situation secrad altost as

bad as the donetic. Although chiaks appeared In the wall, the

U.S, policy of econonte and diplomatic Isolation of Cuba vas

holding up falrly well. Soviat-Cuban relations clerrly vere under

strali. Casiro scored no foreign policy victories to provida a

much needed psycsological boost. His major effort to stimulato

Cratzo-type aned uprishags throughout latin Anerici failed to

disrupt the Venezuelan elections o1 December and netted a potentially

enbarrassing exposure that Cuba had shipped amma clandesticely to

Venezuela.

These Intonal and international trends and develop-

ments brought Cuca to a lon point during 1963..

Withlo the past few veeies, horever, five developments have

siren the cantso rozias an Imortaat political-psychological.

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116to. They are:

1o. Tue resisation in the Guban Goverment that esse

contituing high sugar prices in the world varket

have enabled Cuba so espand ite comertibla

CUTICICY ICIRTYOS ETON about $20 sillion to

alnoat $100 million daring the year.

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Tse Soviet-Cuban trade protocol for 1964, signed

on Jacuary l1, and tle Khrushchevassurarces of

JaLaTy 12, desonstrased a soviet willlagess to

mintain 1ea did and trade progzam at a vary

substantial level and to support Calan sugar

prices.

Tha protocol calls for Cubannioriat trade

to Increasa by 22 pes coat over 1953. Soviet

esports, zbout 40 per sent as which will be on

credit, will Increase by at least 10 per cant.

300

The distinct possibility that the United States

policy of econcaic and diplonatis 15011t103 of Cuba

zuy not be able to stard in the face of Increaning

pressures fica leatera countries to empand trade

with Cuba, enterainy cradle 1f nacessary. The

British bus deal, with payrent spread over a

five-year period, is an important polltical and

psychological trips for castro, Ica ensive

eftects on porential Cuban suppliera are already

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The recent Iloting and violenca 11 Passa, in which

Castro bad some hand, will inject new sevolutionary

IcIvos into castIolto activicles. In addition,

Parama and its afterrath vill take the play away

from the loclient of the Venazuela ang cache.

The revolt in Zuzzibar, In which Castro also had a

band, is bernd to Impresa latin merica as vell as

other unstable areas with the length of Fidel's.

art and the potezzy of hia dectriue.

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These recent davalopaents bave provided the upward

political and psychological tirust Castro's ragle badly

needed, lle now bas a fimer bass for his repcated cllma

that cuba has survived the full bront of a ajor baitad Stacco

effort-to destzy the Cuben revolution, claina likely to 1=

presa nary LaLia Aucticans as well as Cucans. In addlzion,.

Castro nor ba3 tbo possibillty of producing sore tangible evidence

that his regize can restore forward somentun 1a the economy.

consequentis, the general position of ths Castro rezina 1a

mach laproved over that of three at four sonths ezo.

II - Gurrent I. S. Pollen and PEDrEame

The altisata U.S, objective la the replacement of tha

present soverment in Guba by one fully carpatible sith the

goals of the baited stater..

In attain this objective, va are brying, by eresting

madam pressure througa all nonna short of the use of n111-

tasy force, to crcate a desces of disorganization, uncertainty

and decontent in Cuba shich t1l1 (a) predispose clements in

the milliary and otier porar centers of tue regina to briag

about the overtiron of the Castro/Corrumist group end tha

elimination of the soviet preseaco 1a Cuba; (D) vesian tha

Base for suiversion la the licnispcare; and (e) ess135 1a

convincing the soviets thas tbay ase bucking = losing and

expensiva borse.

In order to create tha optom altuation just describei,

se bare teea carzying out a progran of integratad, macually

retriorcing and sutually dependent coursca of accion, Ibesa

congrice:

For econtle, political and psycholorical isolation

DE Coba fame the Ezaz vorla

Dontal of fear urld mulata und somas dE

Eua2tz to Cual: we have unccatshen a variety.

O1 overt and corcrt activities cestoria to

reduce freeriorld trade wich Cuba and, especially.

to deny Cuba asceas to consoditles critical to

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economy. Proposala for espandlez and intensi-

fyiog these sctivitles are now being presented.

Tho enccution of these additional seasures deperls

sasically on a decision to Ineur the considerbla

political costs and risks that are cutalled.

The reduction of inse would abinziny in the Cisha.

trade: lie have mintained dipionatic pressars

on froe-world sations to reduca and eventrally

elimitato their ships in tho Cuba trade. he have

deried V.S. fisanced cargoes la U.S. posta to

saips 1n fue Cuba trade (sai 220, 2s mended).

To the sume general end, wa have emloyed orlating

legislation, and the threat of additional legis

lation, restricting economic and silitary assist

nore to countiles vita shipa la the Cuba trade.

The reduction of free world, and the containent

SE SOViEt BLOE, BIE SOcIleO to Cuba: ke have

131nt21-0d dIplotle pressures on Exte world

countles baving. or uishlog to establisa, al=

sErviCe to 053.

He are invokias iccast legis

latios denyiaz assistanca to conairica shose

ships and alicraft carsy comodities to and from

Cuba, In addition, we have exerted diplomatic

pIessures on fIce orld countries to desy their

Facilitles to Soviat Bloe and Cubaa airlinea

nerving or trying to serve Cuba, or haraas suci

alt 117es.

The ladation de fresnerla do lemale relatlona

Cuba:

As osporamity las offered, we have

eserted pressure to persuade free-voria coutilea

to break diplosetic Iclacions with Cuba or to

revent the establissant:of such rolationa tich

Estorts to intermins the Castes inare abroad and

to Fristrate crien attents to cubaner that in:tes

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Isasures we have endeavored to doronstrate the

seabnasa, fallures and betrayals of the Castro

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Be Defense grainst Castro-Commist Subversion

Within Cube: As ladicated abovs, all our effo-ta

to balag about disorgmization, uncertainty and

discontent 1a Cuia era Intesdad to weatch the

Cuban kasa for Castro/Communis: subversion,

Catside Cuba:

Mulellatamal: le have sougut, tarough the C15,

to outala scaaral Intia inorican recogaition

of the seriousness of the subvcraivo these

and appIoral of recomendations of reasures

to 11n1s travel to and fron Cuba, and the

transicI of funda and propaganda, he tbe

present time, ve intend to expand and Intenaisy

tnto effort through actions so le taken by tha

Ois on tha basis of tho Vecezuelan complaint

against Cuba, Beyond the activitics In the 015,

no have made special efforts wich the Centzal

Erozicin countrios and Firina to hava trem

tighten controls on the activities and soronent

es cuiversives, to dercloy talmis and fralore

survillance capabillile", to crcica effective

Latellignace organications and to establisia

systen of intollizenca excrange.

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snea and cachange of intellizener, se bava

torted to improva the lateras1 security

capabllities of indiviisal couatitos.

Inilateral: In addition to mitilateral and

bilateral mcasures, we have continued to

maintain our surface patzola in the veinity

of Culo, to tearove cus ona comunications

systons and to davelop our ova latelligenes

capabilities agaisat subveraiva activities.

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We bave saintained diploratio pressura on the Sovlets

to contasus troopivitadinals and ve have warned the

Soviets that we will not tolerate the use of Soviet

forces in cuba to supprasa popular uprising.

D.

The collection of Intelligerca

We have maintained and Improved our overt and covere

collection of intelligence to neet not only U.S.

stratogie requirerents but also operational requirer

ments comected tits our covert activitles vithin Cuba.

ke have mintained pertodic high-level overflighta

supplemented on a fes occasions by low level flights.

He bave waraed the Soviets and Cubans against later

forenca with these flighes.

Corent onestions to seaton and undermine tha Castro

Rostue

A detalled discussion of tio covert elencats of our

prOgIzy apPearS In Section IIIi.

¿n stated above, all these courses of action iatezict audi

are Interdependent, For estable, our coverE sconcic denial

operations are designed to reinionca and la reinforsed by ous

overt Exasures of econonto pIcssite, Both types of activities

directed agalast the econcay are intendel to aggravate existing

econale difflculties and inus to increase the level of dia

affection not coly in the popular mans but particularly la

the gower enters of the ragic, Tals disasfection enances

our abilly to establish nosingúul contec with figures 1a

tha ellizary and other poser centers and to develop Intell1-

gence sources.. This disailoction is 1s turn intesslfled by

the evidence of vulnerability to outsida attacks provided

_Dy the succasa of covert sabotage and harassment activities.

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By the saso tokes, the falluze or elimination of ons of these

mtaally supporting courses of action jeopardizes the orbera

and thus comprcuises toe entiro program.

Through 1963, these courses of action here baviag a mesour

able paaitive impace.

lie are noy confronted, however, by a

series of develocuents, described 1o Seczion I, Which threaten

tO fIreSt DI eVes IQverse OUt IoTaTd uovement, The situation

1a parcicularly aciste with respect to the maintenance of our

ecoLonic pIeSJUSeS. Thig face maices tals IevieW of our covert

operationa particularly tiraly and important.

III. Consent of the Covest Action Prorean

The CIA covert sction proges als at salataining all

fensible pressures on Cuba and at croating and coploiting

situations in Cara calculated to stimlato dissisone elenents

unthin the regise, particularly la the amed forces, to carry

out a coup. The objective of the coup tould be to remove

the Castro/Cominists Iron the regime and to eliminato tbe

entira soviet presence fros Cuba. Recognizing that the U.s.

19 enzaged in 1 Inca agzinat time wich Cuba and i13 Sovlez

ally to obstruct the concolidation bi Castro's rogiza at tone

and to provest bia fron achioring bis esbitions in Latio

decries, te sat the time frue for this progran at about

eighteen months fron June 1953.

As origirally concalved and exproved In June 1963, the

covert action progran vas based co the assumption that U.3.

polloy procludes a military isveston or a full blockade of

Cuba which could lead to a controntation with tha Soviat Union

In addition, the covert action progeon tas and l: predicsted

on the thesis that 1ts clance of success would deperd beavily

on a sustairer and Intonsivo cffort in ochor sectois, partia.

eularly the overt ecomic dental and political isolation

prograss, by all elonents of the United States Goverucent.

Tud, tha inscraction of the overt and covert effort agairst

Cuba is JogazicE as a vital sed treplaceable fastor 1f there

In to be any bege ol accomplishing the overall nissioni

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CIl's integrated covert action prozian consists of the

folloing Interdependent courses of action:

Covert rollention of Intellitence to nect U.S.

sitional security regairemants and to support

current and plained covert operstions. It should

be noted that clandestine maritire operations ara

an latezral parz o1 latollizonca collection.

Presagenda actions to stimulate lou-sist simple

sain 32e and other fory of active and passive

resistance against the regime.

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Economic denial actions la support of sovercat-

vide overt official U.S, ecorone isOlation

4.

Emloitation and timulation of diesafection la

the Cuban armed foreso and pther puner cuntare of

the condue to encourage these elemants to cility out

a coup against the castro/ComaisE factionS. GIA

19 identliying, concacting and attempting to es.

tablish channels of connicatton with these indi-

viduals.

GenaTal caborera and hosassmene 13 an econoade reapeo

and as a stimulus to intaral resistence. As an

ecozoale weapon, 1t 13 designed to supplement and

support the overall ecosonic denial progran by

canaging economically important lestallationa and to

add to Castro's accuonte problems by fereing him to

divert Elsay, mangoner and resources fron economie

to Isteral eecurity activiclea: As a siimalus to

resistunca, sabotage and physical baressaca: operations

provide visibla ind armatic evidenco of tue exisionee

and espabilisy of organized resistance agalost the

regime, To the extont that these oporations are

successEsi, they also denstrate to the cuban

population sad elite groupa the vulnerability oi the

reglue to milliant action.. It is recogalred tbat no

single act of envotage by itself can materially affect

tina econouy or siloulata resistance, but we belleve

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that the cumlativa psychologioal and political

Lapact withta Cuba of sustairod sabotaga cperations

1s a neccasary elenat in the sccompliabnent of ou

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SunsEt of natoncesus inti-Castro Cuben exila

ROONER®

These operations are intended to provida

a deniable activity, a meana of supplemcting ani

expanding QuI Covert Capability LId 1 mars Of ta:1ag

advantage of untapped political and resiszanca resourcas

of the exila camunity. The program sea includes too

auteronous groups those credibility as to autonomy 1a

stzengthened by the facts thati

They sto led by men sbose prominence and atatus

1a the Cuban exile commity sacos plausible thalr

aCcess to suns, equirect and sarpover quite in.

dependent of tha d5..

Both are based 1n the Caribbeen area outside of

U.S. territory;

Foth kavo natural, silling allles 1a power to

sEveral Istin ALErieIn countIles"

Both are Ouben and exploy Qubes nationals

exclusively;

Every item of tinancial and loglotic support has

been bondled 11 a samer as to provide maria

protection against proof of CIA or U.S, parti-

c1pat1one.

The Initial ain of those operstions 1s to strengthen

tho will to recist by inercasing the tempo of b

version and sabotage lungely Infatained entll ou

by CIA; the creatual dia is to tase the tight

fros tha coastline to the interior of Cuba..

To disadventage of our astoscacua cporations la

that it 1y nccessary to accept a louar order of

efficiency and entral tian would ba considered

accaptable in CIA-Is opaIazionsa.

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of the foregoing Inter-locking courses of action, ltera

(2) and (2) are 13 bain and no polloy problems regarding then

ura expected. Item (3) 1s the subject of soother paper whica

15 bejaz presented for concurreut consideration. Itta (4)

1s the essence of cur program and 1s dependent for its succesa

on the resules of all other overt and covert couses of action.

Item (S) has beca the subjest of contimal revier siece tha

taka place with a discussion of easotage and barcarzent (Itan 5).

Thesa latter to irons ara discussed 11 more Catail In Section V.

belouse

IV. The Sabotaza 352209 17 Retrospect

he stora or at least 30 acta of Intersi sabotage and 60

armed clashes between Cuban security forces and Insurgents

since 1 June, Insuigenoy and sabotage Laside Cuis are toe

part of a coordtrated progena; tbey era seta of individual

or suall goap defiance.

"sey are stillated by many factors,

and no one factor can ba assigned entire credit. Sabotage

Incidents, which Includo a higi proportion of suzar care

bimalaga, bavs a tendeney to ba seasonal, a fact ubich furtsar

obscures statistical analysis. Although it 13 true that Exo

# low point in sabotaze ircicanta aulag the sumer of 1963

there was a hervy incresas during tha fall (following the

concorecsont of mus raidinz activity), so bellove that clez=st

light 1s saed on the eftecis of our harassment program by the

atzrements of vitresses of varying poíats of vios within Gula

mad by the acts of the cuban razine itsel

All vere successful: Thore was substantial

donge to the target; all participants vero ariely recovered

and toe plausible deniability of the operations vas not

compromised

the lack

1o. Apres I contains a bites ruvier of these operatlonse

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The laci of proof of U.3. Involvenent did not prevent

Cantro from charzing tue Cli Nith responsibility:

indeed,

alrost evary act of deflance against his regime has been

cradited to tbe Agency.

Castro's erotional resctions to real or tuscied security

thrests point up his soute sensitivity to lateral resistance

and russests that he fools his regime to la far fron secure

fros exteral threats. The Sovlet Bales, on the other bard,

had reacted to the savotaga Icius wich nuch le93 vigor and

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no responsibility.

They did no real drage, but they did

demustaste that the Cuban air defense syston could be

breached, and they added substantially to the paycizological

Impact of our flist tho raida.

Iba Ageney sabotage raids produced sone very spectfis

sesults. For exacle, in the political and psycholozical

rali, Cradian bassador Kill reported in late auzust

that the incidents that south, Including the Santa licia

and Castlin operations "disturbed the fceling of concoli-

dation and trenailay which tha Castro Jagine had auccended

La creating in recent ronths." De reported fizzi tra Cubana

vera uncertala and apprehensive ovar tha posaibility of a

Too camalga of subvarsion aná sabotage because of Cuba's

vilnerability to suca a camalga due to the "low ebo" oê

enthusiam foz the Castro resure anonz the people. lo alo

stated. that the raids had "raised hopes of those opposed

to the regise" and that "dispiritod opposition had received

A £1111p to 153 sorale."

' In a Septeaber report, Ambassador lied stated that

the "Lost inseciate effect df such attacles 19 tha psycho

logiest blor dealt to the stability of the Castro regine.

with consequent boost in opposition'" in sozalo and

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Ambassador Kidd also Isporzed that Che Guevare rad indicated

concers that the ralda would divert such needed manpover

and resources tron the ecosendo to the silitary sector.

On 4 September a rellable clandestine sourco in Cuba

reported that the scaction os the average sun 0s the sticet la

Eavans to the reus of the attacks on Casilda and Santa Lucia

ves.

"astounding-" Erior to the Cuban govarmant's announce-

-Dent de the raide, the average san on the strcet semed

apathetie, depresaed and in z lew state of marale. Following

¿be anscuncerot their bood changed lo one of pleasure, j0%,

- and bope,. The observations of lula source sare reiníorced

by rio atasements of Cuban refugcea sho eitived in the U.s.

sbortiy after the Cubia amouncenent of the raida.

A Forse Msjor ln tha Cuban Bebel Asury sho broke vita

Castro reported after his exfilization from Cuba 11 January

•196ú that the 23 Decenber Siguanes Inld which destroyed

Put patrol boat was a great boost to norale anons disaffected

Carbara.

A Cuban Lawyer with estersiva connections zonz Cuban

governent officials end in the lestern commity in Bavana

has just reported that the "morale effecta of the recent:

sabotaga operations are go0d among anti-regina seguents of

the population. Soch acts, to then, Indicate that the cutside

world 13 soi forgetting the cuban people, that tho fizit con

¡fores and suggesta & possible prelude to sone ustitary action

agnint Castro, Oprosite mrale effects are noted among the

pro-regime segnants wid have tenued to renain sotably quiet

about the regira after succossius sabstage operations.

A Cacas commiestions technician enployed by the Cuban

goverent reported on 1 January that tha "act of sabotage

against the torpedo boat on the Isle of Pines bag very successo

ful 1a the opinior of the people and, for sure, publie opinion

Doeded soncthing to silzulata 1t, thas happmad at La Siguanes

- bad cuch an effect: Although at dioes failurea sie suffered

vaich depresa the people, they are andous for seethiaz to

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The raids also had an Impact on the Cuban military and

security forces. Certain arcas and ports were placed on

spectal siort status. Forces ara often rushed to dalessive

positions; grousd, taval, and air patrols are lIcquently

Larched or Intensified; and defensive positiens in tadustrial

os agricultural completes as minned to meet ta real o

Imagined threats.

The ralds Interfare not only with soutine

miltrasy tradalag but also with work on construction and

agricultural projects watch use milltary personnel. Baul

CastIo personally Investigated too Siguanca incident.

In addition, fastso amandod his coast basching networt

Ison 46:0bseruation posta at the end of Juas to 103 at tbe.

end of Detober. Those posts have radto comunications and are

manned by 10 to 25 full-iloo persornol. In a furthar sEfort

to scal fura'a stores, at least 10 surface search radar stationa

have been establisted since jure, and ma bave evidence tenta-

taraly identifying? sore.

Castro's leas of Ilalag disaldenca and lasuzgency la

reflocted 1s bin initlation of a wide varlety of repressive

measures. Lary are bound to have adverse political, psycho

Logical or ecomic opercussions insido Cuba, Le has cos-

ducted alrost constaut anti-insu gent operations involviag

mita of up to 2,500 san. AlI, naval and ground force

elerenta bavo boen put on special alert, either en a local

or Islaad side basis, on at least 35 occaalong curlag 1953

as a result of immored or actual maritine operations.

Resi

dents 1a arcas of quezullle activity have been forcibly

soloested, sod restrictions have bees placed on transportation

11 suspect srcas.. In Lugust 1963 & nou Internal security

force, the Lucha Ccatta Fisatas, waa formed to attempt to

cope uith off abora raiding parties. In Septimber new trainlog

Coursey vera initlated for camaro cadrea of "popular defense

mita:" Tha perpose of these unita 1s to organise the people :

to defend thenselves against enemy attaci and to protect

Lastastilal centers and installations iron sabotage..

Despita these measures to Inercase Cuba'a defensive

capability a2a1sat 5a1d3, we have continued to Improva cur

on infiltration techaiques and are still abla to penetrato

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cuba's delanes alta good regularity. Raidias oporations of

have dera 1n cho past giviag Castro the opporbrity to sale

voelfarous propaganda against US. aggression. In addition,

although thrushchey has not nade agesey harassing raids the

mubject of spocial protest (as he did la tea case of the

estle alI Ialds In August and Sentember), a major step-ta

1a the frequency or scale as, for lastanco, en sitach on

a major eccacnic target such an Paranzas oI Santlago, alght

¿bring about a sovior protest. Ine chance of a physical

Iatsilation by Castro as, loz Instaco, on attics upos a

0.9, Installation 12 tho Caribbean, although mlikely,

cannot be entirely discounted.

Il Castro is to be brougot don witsout overt allltasy

action the main effort will lave to coma fion insida Cuba.

No belleva that there is sufficient evidence to show that

sadorage ralds, despite the rius involved, are a necessary

atialus to internal action walch will noed to be contimued fos

e considerabls pardod to pernie the toupo of Intornal acts ta

mach a polar shera 1t can becone solf-sustained.

V. Imact of Cassation of Sabotage Onerationa

Rocause of the visibla und dimatic nature of sabotage

operations, their cessatton vould soon be norad by all

Interested parzics to and observers of U.a/Cuban relations.

Tue cossation of thesa raids, Losever, disclaimula by tha

U.5. the raida bonelvas may be, sould probably be lates-

preted 1I latin Averies ud cartairl, Inside Cuta za a suitca

of. U.Se polley fron one of discreet cacouragement and support

of aggressiva action against the castro regina to one of

"consistance" and eventual accosmodation with a Castro/Cornist

Caba. litious constant and visible signs of offensive action

against Cabi, a reatening procesa would be set 10 ration

which could well load the countrles of latin Anerica to dram

thals on conclusions from these Indicators and onbar on

accommodatlon policies of their on Taosa govercents 1u

Latin Acries already threatenad by Castzoitas in their our

"coatries arallikely to be aubjectad to evera atronges domestio

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As tals bellef spraada, Western Duropcan and other free

morld coustries cager to trado vita Cuba ulll con to feel

that they say safely Ignore and avade, to an even arcater

extent thr they do now, U.S. appeals for the econcade and

political Isolation of cuba. An Important additional econoria

affoct sould be tha rolesse into norual econoule activity of

amposer and funda sou tied up la defense against ralds..

Inally, sad most Important, this development in thee

La bomd to have a severa decoralizing effect on the lateral

resistance azalast Castro. The Cuban exila comunity and

particularly lts silitant and articulate elchants would be

acutely sensitiva to a cessation of talus and cia ba expected

to react vocifcrousiy, Judging fron past esperience, we

con espect a new surge of danastic political agitation on

the part of the runarous Cuban exiles who hava polltical

comections sithis ice las.

In the event thas 1t 13 decided to termloats CIA

controlled sabozage dod hararnnone operations, lt canaot be

marmed that the autonotons groups, despite tha greater:

dentability of thale actiona, could tale over entlicly tho

1d3s10a of fumissing proof of visible resistance to castro

Bad Inspiring lateral, elements to tato the personal risks

necessary to sit a coup in extion, Autoromous Eroups are

ms yot untosted 19 their capability to conduct successful

sabotage and harassment sparations on & sustained bagis.

It to unilely that in the nezi mouths the autonazous groups

1111 dEvalop the ability tO natch CIA contOlled operatioNs,

either 1a quantity or curlit

If sabotage and barassent operations vera to be terminated

for the antonanous gicupa as sell as for the ligency, lta

support to tha autorarous stoups must also be tercinated

completely as otherisa la bould not bo in a position to

Insura that they would discontinue saids and sabotage.

Such ternination would cosound the cifects of tha cessatioa

of our owa raida, particularly la those aress in tbe Caribbean

stare the autonosona groups havo been vast active.:

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Is tea event 1e 1a decided to abandon the core of tha

covert program, we will be obliged to fall baci on casentially

overt courses of action which are already operating but which

can be ruflaed and intensified, provided the political riska

md costs ara judged Iccoptable dod ve recalve adequate :.

cooperation from our allies.

mi: A: Action apainst freetorld econonio tios with curs

Because of the recent erosion of our efforts in thia

sector end the clear intention of the Cubans and Soviets to

expand Cuban ecsionis sclations with the free world, a series

of recormendations to intenally this cousse of action has been

made and 1s now boing presested. The basic issue 1a the

recommendations is our ability and willingness to incur the

political costs and riles thar heightered econculo pressure

would lovolve. Even 11 the reccmendations are adopted

completely, ve could have no real assurance that our attcuita

to curtail Cuban free norld economic ties would be cuccesarule

On the other hard, if the actions and comitronts Included

1s the racormonistions ara nor adopted, 1t 18 a near certalaty

that; under present circumatinces, our economie pressures will

be reduced to lroffcctivenesa.. In suy case, it must ba clearly

necopalzad that so amount of econonte pressure can by itsele

bring sown the Castro soverment, at least an loay as the

Soviato ura prepared to cubaidizo the Cuban ecenomy, The

curtailment and disruption of Cuban economic tles wità the

trea world can oaly contributs, and then only over time, to

the creazion of the optimm situation we ars trying to develop. li

The effoctiveness of this contribution would be at loast

sharply Impalred by the relaration of the pressure created

by covert operations, Beyond these considerations, la can

sever have assurance that a foreign goverment cooperatiag

in the econonte progran vill not pull out and vietually

collapae the prograss. Entire or even Important rellance.

ca econonte pressure as a substitato for the covert progres

wald be to daliver the fata of cur polley lato the uncertila

bands of goverments which do not share our comictious and

Bensa of palarity thia respect to cuba:

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B. DAS Action

As a sosali of tha Venezuelan charges azaluat Cubs arizing

ton the ares cache discovery, we have been considertog a series

of mcasures whica me sould seeis 1a the Ois. It stould be noted

that the ascosphere for a13 adoption of strong neayares bis

detertaratad as a result of the Pantanian crisis.

Te neanures which we have been studying Include:

In A break in diolamtic relationa

The principal effects of this measure, which would

tean actlon by five cosntles, Including Iraill,

Gallo and Mexico, bould de to provice Isther dramatis

evidenco of Castro's Isolation and to deny the Cuban

rogins suprarsive facilitles offered by ira renaining

21531ons in LIttA MaTiC. The nanture would neet

•heavy Ieslatance fron Mazico, Chile and particularly

Irazil»;

A bres lin economic zelations

Although this would have little practieal elfeet

econonieally,: 11 would bave sons utility da a beans

05 coral przssure on other fIce world countlem

trading rich cuca.

Bi A DrEak In BIE ENd ElFERCE cOMmenICatlOnE

Over time this sould lead to a reductior la the

Cobra ability to nove subversives to and fIon Latio

instica:: Is rould ba useful as a rsans of noral

presaure on otker free world countsies baving, or

11s3lng to establish, air services with Cuba..

tha segative nide it rould scan the temporary 1033

of Intelligence Encilities and would hava an adversa

effect on Cuban exila borala by clasing en entatiag

escape route for perscan laside Cuba:

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4o Aretoval fOr esonerative survelllanes Meestres

enalist soverent of arms and ben

The singls nost daraging OiS retion to Castro would ba

an anthorization for tha usa of force 1a comection

with the novement of amus and tea.

The chances of

getting a politically acceptable sajority for much

sna vas estimated to ba less than even before the

events la Pasins and the prospects hava dinlalhed

since then. Such OiS action would aloost certalaly

dramatize the Cuban Issue dosestically and luteI

ostionally. At tho present tizo, it appears that tha

surveillares systes which night ba anthosized by the

CAS sould Involve the use of force only in the

territorial watero of tha countrian for which the

aricading shipments ars destined.

Tana the question

Di OsS salhorization for the use of force on the

bigh seas will not arise.

Sa Condomation or the Castro Essera

Thia would be a End long actlen, with only linited

paychological fosce.

Baffination of DIvions CAS measures on controlling

Cutan-based end sapported subversion

This would be of value as a means of reinforciog a

general affort la this sector (sce 6 balor).. It 1a,

however, A purely Cafendive easurO.

Is sun; this series of a1s measures would certainly be

helpial. and would constituis important multilataral progress.

The actions, borever, ura primitily psycholozical and

defensiva

Go Inerested closts against sutrersion

Ho can probably inerease and expand our multilateral;

i bilateral and unflateral efforts to Increase the soility of

"Istin Aneries to raslot subversion. Such efforts ura purely

defensive and estorial to luba, "lo certaia results can ba

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guaranteed, In say caJe, 1E lia Caban base vera to bei

strengthened by the talazation of covert prassures or by

the venionins al econonia pressares, so will be fighting

#galast increasioz odds.

D. Increased psycholosical and arogaranda efforts

Fe cm intensify our neasures in this sector, includiaz

major polley declarations on Cuba by the President and otber

senlor afficers of the Governent. The efficacy of such

Riforta la entirely dependent, however, upca tie substance

behind thes. A propaganda offensive sould be productiva

only 11 there waro credible evidence that our sards were

being accompanied by successful actions is other sectors.

VII. Conclusion

The residual progran set out stova 1a subazantially

venter than the present program. Accordiagly, the prospects

for attaining ous altimate objectiva os soplacing the Castrol

Commentist regime, which have been by no neans certain even

under the present progran, would be very measurably dinintsbad

meer the residual progren. Tie elimination of the core of

the preseas covert progra, especially 11 accompanied by a

rejection or fallure of tia proposed expanded unans of econcale

pressure, would salsa la shap icrus the question of the neod -

to eszaina the tao basic alteratives: the use of force or

acconmodat1on.

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That the covert progess ba continued in at ledat its

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The fire cabotage salda sun by ClAs

1a. On 18 August the POL storage tanks at Cagilda, LIa

Villas Proviaca vera attached astag 4.2 mortara.

One tani car una destroyed and one storazo tania

broached, causirz considorable fire danage.

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On 19 Augast the culpturic acid plant at Santa

Iccla, "inar dol Rio Province was artacked.

There nas considerable fire damago and fuel

Iines wero broken, le have reports that cold

found lEs way into the turbines sa a resalt i

of the raid causing additional domage.

3=. On 30 Septenber a lumbermill at Babia de

Maravi, Orienta Provinca, a ainor Lastallation

of local econonie importance, was 70 per cant

destroyed by a raiding parsy.

on 21 October an underwater demolition tere

attzcked a dredge 1a tbe harbor at la Isabelay»:

Las Villas Frovince, The vessel nas suri.

On 23 December an undervater denolition teau

attrexed a Cuban soyal Ió patzol boat in tha

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tive." Second question: What does the American gov-

ernment expect to gain from the blockade? Is the

economic isolation of Cuba a punishment or a political

maneuver?

Kennedy's reply: "Are you suggesting that the polit-

ical effectiveness of the blockade is uncertain (smile]?

You will see when you go to Cuba whether it is or not.

In any case, we can't let Communist subversion win in

• the other Latin American countries. Two dikes are

needed to contain Soviet expansion: the blockade on

the one hand, a tremendous effort toward progress on

the other. This is the problem in a nutshell. Both battles

are equally difficult." (Silence.) Then, a last comment:

"The continuation of the blockade depends on the con-

tinuation of subversive activities."

The interview was over. I did not really wish to sug-

gest anything, since I had never been to Cuba and

on the other hand, I had heard from all sides tales of

the privations the Cuban people were suffering owing

to their isolated economic situation. But I could see

plainly that John Kennedy had doubts, and was seeking

a way out.

That same evening I recounted this conversation in

detail to an American colleague - an intimate friend of

President Kennedy, through whom I had obtained this

interview -and to the editor of The New Republic.

Both my confidants, who knew the President a thou-

sand times better than I, agreed that John F. Kennedy

had never before expressed him so specifically and

with such feeling on his understanding of the first

phase of the Castro revolution. They hesitated to draw

any political conclusions from his remarks. However,

they were not surprised at Kennedy's invitation to

come and see him again when I returned from Cuba.

In effect, John Kennedy displayed two basic charac-

teristics in his exercise of power: first, an overwhelming

degree of empiricism and realism. A man without a

particular doctrine, he reacted decisively to events, and

only to events. Nothing but the shock of collision with

a problem was sufficient to make him come to a deci-

sion, and because of this, his decisions were unpredic-

table. At that point he had

& consuming need for

information, and this need had increased a great deal

since experience had taught him not to rely solely on

official channels.

After this, I went to Havana.

Night Session

TAC

In the "Pearl of the Adles rum-perfumed and

steeped in triumphant sensuality," as Cuba is described

in those American tourist folders still lying about in

the hotels of Havana, I spent three closely packed and

intensive weeks, but thinking all! along that I would

, never get to meet with Fidel Castro: I talked with farm-

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cis, writers and painters, militants and counter-revo-

lutionaries, ministers and ambassaubts - but Fidel re-

mained inaccessible. I had been warned: he was snowed

under with work; as a result of the hurricane, the

Cuban government had been obliged to revise its whole

planning program; and then, above all, he no longer

had any desire to receive any journalists, least of all

IVestern newsmen. I had practically given up. hope

when, on the evenine of what L thought was to be my

leparture dais the capricious plane which link:

Havana with Mexico happily did not leave the next day

after all), Fidel came to my hotel. He had heard of my

interview with the President. We went up to my

room at to in the evening and did not leave until 4 in

the following morning. Here, I shall only recount that

part of that interview which constitutes a reply to John

E. Kennedy's remarks.

Fidel listened with devouring and passionate inter-

est: he pulled at his beard, yanked his parachutist's

beret down over his eyes, adjusted his maqui tunic, all.

the while making me the target of a thousand malicio

sparks cast by his deep-sunk, lively eyes. At one point

I felt as though I were playing the role of that partner

with whom he had as strong a desire to confer as to do

battle; as though I myself were in a small way that

intimate enemy in the White House whom Khrushchev

described to Fidel as someone with whom "it is pos-

sible to talk." Three times he had me repeat certain re-

marks, particularly those in which Kennedy expressed

his criticism of the Batista regime, those in which Ken-

nedy showed his impatience with the comments attrib-

uted to General. de Gaulle, and lastly those in which

Kennedy accused Fidel of having almost caused a war

fatal to all humanity.

When I stopped talking, I expected an explosion.

Instead, I was treated to a lengthy silence and, at the

end of that silence, to a calm, composed, often humor-

ous, always thoughtful exposition. I don't know wheth-

er Fidel has changed, or whether these cartoons cari-

caturing him as a ranting madman which appear in the

Western press perhaps correspond to a former reality.

I only know that at no time during the two complete

days I spent with him (and during which a great deal

happened), did Castro abandon his composure and

poise. Here too, I shall let Castro speak for himself,

reserving only the possibility of correcting certain judg-

ments on these two political leaders based on my own

experiences in Cuba.

"I believe Kennedy is sincere," Fidel declared. "I

also believe that today the expression of Bris sincerity

could have political significance. I'll explain what I

firmness toward Cuba. I have not forgotten the Ma-

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invasion the pressures, thie blackmail, the organizait."

of a counter-icvolution, the blockade and, above ev "y-

thing, all the retaliatory measures which were imnused

hefore, lony before there was the uretert and alibi of

Communism. But I feel that he inherited a difficult

situation; I don't think a President of the United States

is ever really free, and ! believe Kennedy is at present:

feeling the impact of this lack of freedom. I also believe

he now understands the extent to which he has been

misled, especially, for example, on Cuban reaction at

the time of the attempted Bay of Pigs invasion. I also

think he is a icalist; he is now registering that it is im-

possible to simply wave a wand and cause us, and the

explosive situation throughout Latin America, to dis-

appear.

Why the Missiles Were Installed

"There is one point on which I want to give you new

information. right away. I have refrained from doing

this until now; but today an attempt is being made to

frighten all mankind by propagating the idea that

Cuba, and in particular I, might provoke a nuclear war,

so I feel the world should know the true story of the

missile emplacement.

"Six months before these missiles were installes in

Cuba, we had recoived an accumulation of information

waiting us that a new invasion of the island was being

prepared under sponsorshing the Central Intelicence

Agency, whose administrators were humiliated by the

Bay of Pigs disaster and by the spoctacle of being

ridiculed in the eyes of the world and beraled in US

government circles. We also knew that the Pentagon

was vesting the ClA preparations with the mantle of

its authority, but we had doubts as to the attitude of

the President. There ivere those among our informants

Who even thought it would suffice to alert the President

and give him cause for concern in order to arrest thesc

preparations. Then one day Khrushchev's son-in-law,

Adzhubei, came to pay us a visit before going on to

Washington at the invitation of Kennedy's associates.

Immediately upon arriving in Washington, Adzhubei

had been received by the American Chief Excculive,

and their talk centered particularly on Cuba: A weck

after this interview, we received in Havana a copy of

Adzhubei's report to Khrushcher. It was this report

which triggered the whole situation.

•"What did Kennedy say to Adzhubei? Now listen to

this carefully, for it is very important: he had said that

- the now situation in Cuba was intolerable for the Unit-

med States, that the American government hud decide

it would not tolerate it any louser; he had said that

peaceful coexistence was seriously compromised by the

fact that 'Soviet influences' in Cuba altered the balance

of strength, was destroying the equilibrium agreed

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upon and fat this point Castro emphasized his state-

ment by pronouncing each stable separatelyl Ken-

nedy reminded the Russians that the United States

had not intervened in Hungary, which was obviously

a way of demanding Russian non-intervention in the

event of a possible invasion. To be sure, the actual word

draw the same conclusions as we did. But when we

communicated to Khrushchev all our previous informa--

tion, the Russians too began to interpret the Kennedy-

Adzhubei conversation as we saw it and they went to

the succo du formation. By is cadet month,

definite conviction that an invasion might take place

from one moment lo the next. This is the truth.

"What was lo be done? How could we prevent the

invasion? We found that Khrushcher was concerned

about the same things that were worrying us. He asked

is the same as in allack ou the Sawin Tion. And how

to realize this objective? All our thinking and discus-

sions revolved around this point. We thought of a

proclamation, an alliance, conventional military aid.

The Russians explained to us that their concern was

twofold: first, they wanted to save the Cuban revolu-

tion (in other words, their socialist honor in the cyes

of the world), and at the same time they wished to

avoid a world conflict. They reasoned that if conven-

tional military aid was the extent of their assistance,

the United States might not hesitate to instigate in

invasion, in which case Russia would retaliate and this

would inevitably touch off a world war."

At this point I interrupted to ask how Cub.: could

have been absolutely certain of Soviet intervention.

After all, I said, Stalin certainly "let down" Markos,

the Chief of the Greck Communist Resistance, because

such help would have conflicted with prevailing zones

of influence.

"I know," Castro replied, "but the two situations

cannot be compared." Then he continued:

"Russia was much too deeply committed to us. More-

over, since then we have had every proof of the im-

mense solidarity of the Soviet people and its leaders.

You can see for yourself how clearly this solidarity is

manifest here. Then there is. something else, specifi-

cally apropos of Stalin. When I was in the USSR and

others, outside Russia, were reproaching Khrushchev

for taking a more conciliatory standthan Stalin toward

the capitalists, Khrushchev confided to me several ex-

amples, which I will not repeat to you, illustrating the

prudence, even the abdication of Stalin. He told me -

and I believe him - that Stalin would never have em-

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"It is true that it was said then by other factions

that the real

reason for installing the missiles was

because certain internal problems were driving the Rus-

sians to use us to provoke the United States. I am here

to tell you that the Russians didn't want and do not

today want war. One only need visit them on their

home territory, watch thein at work, share their cro-.

nomic concerns, admire their intense efforts to raise the

workers' standard of living, to understand right away

that they are far, very far, from any idea of provocation

or domination. However, Soviet Russia was confronted

by two alternatives: an absolutely inevitable war (be-

cause of their commitments and their position in thic

socialist world), if the Cuban revolution was attacked:

or the risk of a war if the United States, refusing to

retreat before the missiles, would not give up the at-

tempt to destroy Cuba. They chose socialist solidarity

and the risk of war.

"Under these circumstances, how could we Cubans

have refused to share the risks taken to save us? It

was, in the final analysis, a question of honor, don't

you agree? Don't you believe that honor plays a role

in politics? You think we are romantics, don't you?

Perhaps we are. And why not? In any event, we are

militants. In a word, then, we agreed to the emplace-

ment of the missiles. And I might add here that for us

Cubans it didn't really make so much difference

whether we died by conventional bombing or a hydro-

gen bomb. Nevertheless, we were gambling with

the peace of the world. The United States was the one

to jeopardize the peace of mankind by using the threat

of war to stifle revolutions.

"And so in June, roos, my brother Raoul and Che

Guevara went to Moscow to discuss ways and means

of installing the missiles. The convoy arrived by sea in

three weeks. The United States was able to find out

that weapons were being shipped in, of course; but it

took them tivo months to discover that these weapons

were guided missiles. Tiro months... in other words,

longer than we had calculated. Because, of course, we

were seeking intimidation, not aggression."

•Alliance for Progress

The conversation now turned to the Alliance for Prog-

ress. "In a way,". Castro said, "it was a good idea, it

marked progress of a sort. Even if it can be said that it

was overdue, timid, conceived on the spur of the

moment, under constraint. despile all that I am will

ing to agres that the idea inter constituted an effort.

to adapt to the extraordinarily rapid course of events in

Latin America. Such as, for example, what we read in

he papers this morning - did you see the news? That

argentina is nationalizing the oil industry? The Argen-

tine government! Do you realize what that means? This

sill cause more commotion on the Hew York stock

exchange than Castroism! The Catholic and military

concervatives of Argentina, the factions most closely

linked with American interests! There is talk of na-

tionalization of industries there, of agrarian reform

there... well and good! If the Alliance for Progress

provokes these developments, then it's not doing so

badly; all these things are consonant with the aspira-

tions of the people. I can look back to the days of

Eisenhower, or rather of Nixon, and recall the furore

which broke out when the United States and Cuba to-

gether decleed an agrarian reform which was to apply,

mark this well, only to landowners of over 200,000

hectares! Yes, 200,000! Yet the reaction of the trusts

was terrible al that time. Nowadays, in the other Latin

American countries, because the Communist banner is

used as a bogeyman, the reaction of the American

trusts is shrewder. They are going to choose strawmen,

so as to rule indirectly. But there will be difficulties.

"This is why Kennedy's good idcas aren't going to

vickd any results. It is very easy to understand and at

this point he surely is aware of this because, as I told

you, he is a realist. For years and years American policy

- not the government, but the trusts and the Pentagon

- has supported the Latin American oligarchies. All the

prestige, the dollars, and the power was held by a class

which Kennedy himself has described in speaking of

Batista. Suddenly a President arrives on the scene who

tries to support the interests of another class (which

has no access to any of the levers of power) to give the

various Latin American countries the impression that

the United Sates no longer stands behind the dictators,

and so there is no more need. to start Castro-type revo-

lutions: What happens then? The trusts see that their

interests are being a little compromised (just barely,

• but still compromised); the Pentagon thinks the strate-

gie bases are in danger; the powertul oligarchies in all

the Latin American

countries alert their American

friends; they sabotage the new policy; and in short,

Kennedy has everyone against him. The fes liberal or

allegedly liberal presidents who were chosen as instru-

ments of the new policy are swept out of office, like

Bosch in Santo Domingo, or else they are transformed.

Belancourt, for example, was not a Balista; now he

has become one.

"In view of all these things, how can the American.

government seriously believe that Cuban subversion is

it the root of explosions taking place all over the

South American continent? In Venezuela, for, example,

are you familiar with the situation there? Do you think

the Venezuclans need us to understand what's going

on in their country? Do you think we don't have

enough problems of our own? Right now I ask only

one thing: Leave us in peace to better our country's

economic situation, to put our planning into effect, to

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educate our young compañeres. This doesn't mean we

do not feel solidarity toward nations that are struggling

and suffering, like the l'enezuclon people. But it is up

to those nations to decide what they want, and if they

choose other regimes than ours, this isn't our business."

"We Have Alonys Lived with Daiger"

I asked Fidel where is this all going to end? How will

the situation develop? Even if the United States uses

against you what you call the alibi of Communism, it

still remains true that you have chosen Communism,

that your economy and your security depend on the

Soviet Union, and that even if you have no ulterior mo-

tives in this association, still the United States considers

that you are part of an international strategy, that you

constitute a Soviet base in a world where peace depends

on mutual respect for a tacit division of zones of in-

Auence.

"I don't want to discuss our ties with the Soviet

Union," Fidel Castro cut me short. "I find this indecent.

We have none but feelings of fraternily and profound,

total gratitude toward the USSR. The Russians are

making extraordinary efforts on our behalf, efforts

which sometimes cost them dear. But we have our own

policies which are perhaps not always the same (we

have proved this!) as those of the USSR. I refuse to

dwell on this point, because asking me to say that I am

not a pawn on the Soviet ches: trap is something like

asking a woman to shout aloud in the public square

that she is not a prostitute.

"If the United States. sees the problem as you have

posed it, then you are right, there is no way out. But

who is the loser in the last analysis? They have tried

everything against us, everything, absolutely every-

thing, and we are still alive and getting better day by

day; we are still standing upright, and we plan to cele-

brate with greater festivities than usual, on January 1,

1964, the fifth anniversary of the Cuban Revolution!

The United States policy of isolating us economically

is less effective with each passing day; we are increas-

ing our trade with the rest of the world. Even with

Spain! We have just sold a shipment of 300,000 tons

of sugar to the Spaniards. Far from discouraging us,

the blockade is maintaining the revolutionary atmos-

phere we need to stiffen the country's backbone. Are we

in danger? We have always lived with danger. To say

nothing of the fact that you have no idea how many

friends one discovers in the world when one is perse-

cuter by the United Stake Nim truly, for all these

reasons, we are not suppliants, ive ask nothing. I'll

tell you something else: since the rupture and the

blockade, we have forgotten the United States. We feel

neither hatred nor resentment any more, we simply

don't think about the US. When I think of the problems

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would posc! The Swiss Ambassador sepresenting the

U's at present. I prefer to do business with him than

with 2o0 members of an Embassy among whom surely

some spies would be spotted.

"I have just talked to you as a Cuban revolutionary.

But I should also speak to you as a peace lover, and

from this viewpoint I believe the United States is too

important a country not to have an influence on world

peace. I cannot help hoping, therefore, that a leader

will come to the fore in North America (why. not Ken-

nedy, there are things in his favor!), who will be willing

to brave unpopularity, fight the trusts, tell the truth

and, most important, let the various nations act as

they see fit. I ask nothing: neither dollars, nor assis:-

ance, nor diplomats, nor bankers, nor military men.

nothing but peace, and to be accepted as lie are! We

are socialists, the United States is a capitalist nation,

the Latin American countries will choose what they

want. All the same, at a time when the United States

is selling wheat to the Russians, Canada is trading with

China, de Gaulle respects Ben Bella, why should it be

impossible to make the Americans understand that

...

socialism leads, not to hostility toward them, but to co-

existence? Why am I not Tito or Sekou Touré? Because

the Russians have never done us any injury such as

the Yugoslavians and the Guineans have complained

of in the past, and because the Americans have never

given us any of the benefits for which these two nations

congratulate themselves today.

"As to this matter of fearing Soviet intentions in

Latin America through Cuba's subversive activitis:.

this is just attributing to others one's own desire to

dominate. You said yourself just a little while ago tha:

the Russians have had enough of their Cuban involve-

ment. Economically this is obvious. This is why, speak-

ing from a military viewpoint, it is better not to force

nations id turn to the Russians for help. Really, it

scems to me that á man like Kennedy is capable of

seeing that it is not in the United States interest to

pursue a policy which can lead only to a stalemate. So

far as we are concerned, everything can be restored to

normalcy on the basis of mutual respect of sover-

eignly."

In conclusion, Fidel Castro said to me: "Since you

are going to see Kennedy again, be an emissary of

peace, despite everything. I want to make myself clear:

I don't want anything, I don't expect anything, and

as a revolutionary, the present situation does not dis-

please me. But as a man and as a statesman, it is my

duty

to indicate what the bases for understanding

could be."

All this was said two days before President Ken-

nedy's death.

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MEMO to Boonstra, do to COS from LEGAIy Subject: OSWALD - It is to be noted that the imite

House

was In receipt of a paper entitled "Possible Psychological Motivations in the desasstra-

_tion of Pres. Kennedy" vritten by Jose| I. LASAGA of Miami, Fla.

speculative incor utteroced

to establich that the motivation of OSWALD in the assassination of Pres Kras Fidei cAsTRO

or s CASTRO agent and that OSWALD was motivated during his trip to luxi betwien 27 salt and

2. Oct 63. The paper alleged that OSWALD held an extended Interview with the Cuban Mut in

Mexi whom he met in a restaurent on the outskirts of Mexi from which ristau.ino tre: both

Inter left in the Amb's der for a talkiwithout baing overheard, / Sou:se of 115 Latel Info

was alleged to be Salvador DIAZ Verson. This Irdividual was intervlewed aù Micri.

that while in Mexi 29-29 Nov 63 attending the Congrees of the Intemutional Faderation of

Professional Newspaper Organizations, he was at the offices of the neveparer Excelsior

Ch

the night of 25: Nov 63. There he learned through the Mexi press that ühe Heat gor tad arested

one SIlvia DURAN; that DURAN allegedly had OSWALD a3 a guest in her, lose

Surin ali visit

to Mexis and that DURAN placed OSWALD in contact with officials of the cust in i. 1

DIAZ Verson went on to claim that he was d told by Di. BORRELL Navarice, en exiled dian

newspaperman employed by Excelsior, thai OSWALD and DURAl on the dey follodne ColAt's arrtia:

In Mexi went to a restaurant called the Caballo Blanco or possibly the Caballo Bayo diana they

met an' official of the Cub. Emb, DIAZ Verson claimed that he knous nothing aust Osle and

the cub official leaying the restaurant together in a car. / It was locerialid

Chat Dr.

Eduardo BORReLL: NaVerID,

•& former Cuban Cabinet Minister who on occasion vritoo deattra

artioles for the Moxi City Excelsior, currently rasides at 1503 Hordeo St., Nurt cer, Hex1.

= BORRELLi Naverrowas. Intervlewed on 11. Jan at which time he furnished the folloring io:

Salvador DIA Verson was in Mexi as clalmed and discussed OSWALD with berter. and orner Cuban

exiles:

DIAZ Verson also visited BORRELL in BORReLL's home, / BORIant did not tell the stor!

credited to him|by DIAZ Verson concerning the visit to a Mexi City restaurone by ONALD ti

S1lvIa DURAN. BORnciL had never heard this story or any mimilar sto beiara.

/ Bontent torew

of no meeting between OSWALD and Cub Emb officials other then the neutings wrich occurred

af the time OSWALD visited the Cub Con In Mexl. / BORRELL knew nothing soncerning and visit

OSWALD to the home of DURAN. / It is to be noted thut DURAN vas questioned by laul iuthor-tlea

on 25 Nov

63.

At that time she confirmed that OSWALD Vialted the Cub Emb In Maxl during thou lA

time he wad In Mexi from 27 Sept to 2 Oot.! She alleged that the purpose of hio violts to the

• Cuban Imb was to obtain a Cuban visa. | She stated she had given him a telephono number to uso

in calling her concorning the visa, but donied that he had ever visitod in her homs. / On

17 Jan 64 & source.!

..advioed that he had beenlunablo to locate a Caballo Blano restaurant

outskirts, of Maxi.

charge of Cub Con at the time of OSWALD's visit|there, of Cub Amb HERNANDEZ Armas, of S1lvia

DURAN and Of OSWALDito employces of restaurant and conducted extensive interviews of these

employees to as unable to find anyone among the employees,

pera 008

ag having.

restaurant,

who oould

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From the listing of files contained, nothing appeared likely

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REFERENCES

TO CUBA ASSASSINATIONS,

WARREN COMMISSION MATTERS

BOX 2: MEMORANDA FOR RECORD

File: November 29, 1961 - April 5, 1962

December 5, 1961, Meeting with Attorney General Kennedy -

"Lansdale operation" mentioned in paragraph 12.

December 27, 1961, Meeting with Attorney General Kennedy -

"Lansdale operation" mentioned in paragraph 5.

January 22, 1962, Meeting with Attorney General Kennedy -

Reference

to a

"Lansdale paper" to be discussed by the 5412

Committee plus Robert Kennedy.

April 5, 1962, Memos on Special Group/Mongoose Project -

General discussion of possible military intervention in Cuba.

File: April 7, 1962 - August 21, 1962

(40) - April 10, 1962, phone call to Bundy explaining that

Attorney General upset that Perrez was apparently telling

people in Miami about his five meetings with the Attorney

General. Cardona was

to meet JFK that day.

61) - July 3, 1962, meeting with Attorney General -

included a

short discussion of

"Reuther plan" for labor

operations apparently in Italy.

(86) - August 21, 1962, meeting with Rush, McNamara, Alexis

Johnson, the Attorney General, Director of Central Intelligence,

General Taylor, Lemnitzer, and M. Bundy - a general discussion

of Cuban situation and possible courses of action if MRBM's

are discovered

in Cuba:

"McNamara expressed strong feelings

that we should

take every possible aggressive

action in the fields of intelligence, sabo-

tage and guerrilla warfare, utilizing Cubans

and do such other things as might be indi-.

cated to divide the Castro regime."

(emphasis added)

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File: August 24, 1962 - December 31, 1962

(97) - October 5, 1962, Meeting between DCI and Bundy:

McCone wanted to be more activist toward Cuba - Bundy was

more conservative. (No specifics)

(118) - December 17, 1962, DCI memo re Earman Report on

Cuba [MISSING]

(Apparently not a meeting or phone call

(Comments on Report on Missile Crisis, according to Elder)

(119) - December 18, 1962, DCI memo re Earman Report on Cuba

[MISSING]

(120) - December 19, 1962, DCI memo re Earman Report on Cuba

[MISSING]

File: June 1, 1963 - February 9, 1963

(12) - January 21, 1963, phone call between DCI and

Eisenhower (transcript) about Cuba. - (No mention of

assassination.)

File: February 9, 1963 - April 9, 1963

(36) - March 5, 1963, Memo of DCI discussion with Attorney

General (No one to see without DCI permission]

[DESTROYED]

[According to Elder, dealt with wiretap of newsmen:!

(38) - March 7, 1963, Memo of conversation with Attorney

General at Hickory Hill INo one to see without DCI permission].

[DESTROYED]

(52) - March 30, 1963, DCI discussion with Eisenhower and

Lundahl on "current status of Cuba" [DESTROYED]

File: April 15, 1963 - June 4, 1963

(68) - Memo of DCI on Cuban Policy: "Random thoughts

developed by DCI on various aspects of the Cuban problem

and the discussions at Standing Group prepared for use by

representatives of DCI at meetings on this subject during

his absence from the country," April 25, 1963, contains

the following:

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"I agree with the ONE estimate that

Castro's political position will im-

prove within the next year (barring

assassination)."

The context clearly indicates, however, that DCI is not

proposing this.

(77) - DCI memo of May 18, 1963, on Haiti: contains this

statement:

"Apparently Duvalier, in the absence of assassi-

nation, will survive the efforts of internal opposition

elements..."

Context indicates DCI was not proposing or

considering assassination.

(61) - April 15, 1963, Memo of meeting between Attorney

General and Director of Central Intelligence about "Helms/

Angleton operation, Cuban sabotage proposals"

[DESTROYED]

(62) - April 17, 1963, Meeting of DCI and Rusk about:

"Helms/Angleton Project...".

[DESTROYED]

File: June 5, 1963 - July 20, 1963

Nothing Relevant

File: July 23, 1963 - November 26, 1963

(133) - August 20, 1963, Luncheon with DCI, Colonel Grogan,

Tom Ross of Chicago Sun Times

[MISSING)

(138) - September 5, 1963, DCI and Bundy, "After Special Group"

[MISSING]

(138) - September 7, 1963, DCI and Papich [MISSING]

(138) - September 12, 1963, DCI and J. Edgar Hoover at

Justice Department

[MISSING]

(158.5)

- October 24, 1963, DCI/Robert F. Kennedy lunch at

Kennedy's house

[MISSING]

(168) - November 26, 1963, DCI and Bundy on message about

Kennedy assassination MISSING]

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(168) - November 15, 1963, DCI and Rusk: Sukarno had said

that British and CIA were plotting

to kill him.

Rusk asked

if CIA had any information about a plot by British.

DCI

said no.

File: November 27, 1963 - December 31, 1963

[Entire contents of file missing.)

From titles, nothing here appears relevant.

File: January 1, 1964 - February 11, 1964

Nothing relevant.

File: February 12, 1964 - April 5, 1964

[Entire contents of file missing.]

(25.5) - February 19, 1964, DCI and Fitzgerald: "White House

Meeting - Situation Room - Re:

Cuba"

[DESTROYED]

(36.1) - March 14, 1964, Meeting of DCI, Bundy, Helms [DESTROYED]

(46) - April 5, 1964, Meeting of DCI and Rusk: "EYES ONLY -

NO DISTRIBUTION - FSO Richard Fredericks; Carl Rowan;

Republican Platform of 1960."

[DESTROYED]

File: April 6, 1964 - July 8, 1964

(19) - April 16, 1964, Meeting with: DCI, Justice WaMet in

Senator Cooper, Stern, Rankin, Willens of subject:

DCI's Office"

[MISSING]

(58) - May 14, 1964, DCI, Rankin, Helms - Subject: "Warren

Commission (accompanied by Mt. Helms) •

transcript and returned it to. the commission. "saw commission

expected" [MISSING]

(69) - June 12, 1964, DCI, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Luce:

"Memos

used at lunch're: Cuban article in TIME" - NO DISTRIBUTION -

nothing on assassinations.

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(No file under these dates.)

File: August 12, 1964 - September 10, 1964

Nothing relevant.

File: September 11, 1964 - October 31, 1964

(138) - October 15, 1964, DCI, Sam Papich - "NO DISTRIBUTION -

discussion re Walter Jenkins'

matter."

[DESTROYED]

(143) - October 22, 1964, DCI, Robert Kennedy: "In

Presidential Suite, NYC - Personal discussion EYES ONLY

JAM - NO DISTRIBUTION"

[DESTROYED]

File: November I, 1964 - December 31, 1964

Nothing relevant.

BOX 8: MEMORANDA OF MEETINGS WITH THE PRESIDENT

File: October 25, 1961 - July 31, 1962

(B) - December 14, 1961, at

a meeting with the President

and General Taylor, DCI advised Kennedy that there were

possible dangers that he might be the subject of an assassi

nation attempt on his planned trip to Colombia and Venezuela,

which the CIA could not guarantee the safety of.

(6) - February 11, 1962, at a meeting with the President,

Bundy, and Taylor, DCI discussed efforts to convince one

Charles Murphy not to write a certain article for Life

magazine on some subject related to Cuba. Apparently,

the

article was revised to DCI's satisfaction and then published.

(12) - May 7, 1962, at a meeting with the President and

Taylor, 'DCI discussed Operation Mongoose in some detail.

No mention of assassinations.

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File: JulY 31, 1962 - November 29, 1962 [actually covering

through Dec. 18, 1962]

(28) - July 20, 1962: At a meeting with the President,

Taylor, and Alexis Johnson, Mongoose was discussed.

mention of assassination.

(52) - October 26, 1962:

¡At a meeting of NSC Executive

Committee, DCI discussed Mongoose.. No mention of assassination.

(55) - October 30, 1962:

"Memo to DDCI outlining Presidential

Directive to CIA; no provocative actions by refugee groups:

estop Alpha 66; stop Mongoose ops; no contact with Press."

[MISSING]

(70) - November 29, 1962:

At a meeting of the NSC

Executive Committee (President absent), DCI discussed

Mongoose. No mention of assassination.

File: January 1, 1963 - March 31, 1963

(7) - January 23, 1963 (4:30 p.M.): Meeting with President.

DCI, and Helms."

No memo present. Listing does not indicate

whether or not memo was prepared, even though it generally

of 1/27/72 (MB) notes:

on 1/21/52hen eate were real" secretary's note

(8) - January 23, 1963 (4:45 p.m.): Meeting between DCI

and President - missing memo; same situation as # (7) above.

(28) - March 25, 1963:

In meeting with President, DCI

"reviewed the requirements for telephonic and audio surveillance

intelligence at selected embassies and foreign residences within

the United States..." President suggested that the DCI talk"

with J. Edgar Hoover on this matter.

File: April 1, 1963 - July 1, 1963

(33) - April 16, 1963:

In meeting with the President, DCI

discussed two methods of dealing with Castro: (1) "Working

on" Castro to turn him from Soviets; (2) Pressuring USSR to

remove from Cuba and "then to bring about the downfall of

Castro by means which could be developed after the rémoval

of Soviet troops..."

No mention of assassination.

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(43) - May 27, 1963: In meeting of President, DCI, and

others, policy

towards covert operations against Haiti were

discussed.

No mention of assassination.

(50) - June 19, 1963: In meeting with the President and

others, Del discussed plans for covert operations

against

Cuba, including "external sabotage."

Vague memo of record

by Desmond FitzGerald, but no mention of assassination.

File: July 1, 1963 - November 12, 1963

(74) - November 12, 1963:

At a meeting of the President, DCI,

and others, 'McCone emphasized that to a very considerable

extent these [Cuban exile groups] are uncontrollable and

forecast that once Artime was in business, we might expect

some events to take place which were not exactly to our liking."

(This was in a general discussion of covert actions against

Cuba; no mention of assassination.)

File: November 23, 1963. - December 31, 1963

(1) November 23, 1963

(memo of November 25): DCI told

Lyndon B. Johnson of information received from Mexico City.

DCI later called Rusk to tell him of information

from Mexico City:

"... the holding of a Mexican employee of the Cuban embassy by

Mexican officials for interrogation concerning Lee Oswald."

(4) November 25

and 26, 1963 (memo of November 26) : In

meetings with the President and the DCI, the President expressed

"contempt" at Justice Department suggestion of independent inves-

tigation of John F. Kennedy's assassination.

He instructed the

DCI to insure CIA cooperation with the FBI report.

(4) November 29, 1963: In a meeting with DCI, Lyndon B.

Johnson, McNamara, and Bundy, the DCI apparently gave latest

developments in Mexico City investigation of Oswald.

A list

of "late developments" is in file, to be used. for this purpose.

(Obtain copy.)

File: January 1, 1964 - April 2, 1964

Nothing relevant.

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(19) - April 7, 1964: Meeting of DCI, President, and others

re Cuba Covert Action.

Here DCI advocates strong program to obtain overall objective

set forth in a paper of June 8, 1963:

"The ultimate objective

of this policy would be to encourage dissident elements in the

military and other power centers of the regime to bring about the

eventual liquidation of the Castro/communist entourage

• diasten eo being about the

elimination of the Soviet presence from Cuba." (emphasis added)

[OBTAIN COPY]

File: May 21, 1964 - October 5, 1964

September 30, 1964: Meeting of "DCI; President; et al" to

discuss "Warren Commission Report - (to set up Presidential

Committee)" - No memo indicated to have been prepared.

File: October 6, 1964 - December 28, 1964

Nothing Relevant.

BOX 1: 303 COMMITTEE, COUNTERINSURGENCY, SPECIAL GROUP,

CHRONO (1962)

File: 303 - January - December, 1963

Several sets of minutes have the following notations

after

paragraphs dealing with Cuban operations:

"See special

minutes for additional items." - No such

"special minutes"

appear to be contained in this file.*

However, this same nota-

tion appeared in connection with other subjects.

This file contains several discussions of the Haitian problem.

Although it's clear the participants would like to be rid of

Duvalier, there is no mention of assassination.

Nothing else relevant.

File: January - December, 1964

Contains discussion of Haitian problem, and CIA agreed to

"explore methods of dealing with the Duvalier problem in

the immediate future."

(May 12, 1964)

*Other than certain memoranda prepared by McCone.

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The minutes of the June 18, 1964, meeting (dated June 22, 1964)

contained the following: [OBTAIN COPY] (signed by Peter Jessup)

"A paper was discussed on alleged plans which involve

the underworld to assassinate certain Cuban leaders.

Mr. McCone was somewhat skeptical of the reported plots and

stated that he would like to go into the matter further.

Others, including Mr. Bundy, felt that the United States was

being put on notice and should do everything in its power to

ascertain promptly the veracity of the reports and then under-

take prevention.

It was decided that Mr. Bundy would call the

matter to the Attorney General's attention as a

matter of law

enforcement."

Mr. McCone's personal memorandum for the record on this

meeting (dated) June 18,

1964, contains substantially the same

information.

(OBTAIN COPY] It refers to a June 10, 1964, CIA

memorandum "reporting plans of Cuban exiles to assassinate

leading Cuban government leaders.

This memo apparently had

been sent to Special Group members and the Attorney General.

[OBTAIN COPY]

McCone's memo contains the following:

"ACTION: Discuss with General Carter and Mr. Helms steps we

should take to establish the credibility. of the report; also

communicate with the FBI through Mr. Papich. Also I should

call the Attorney General personally."

The official minutes of the July 30, 1964, 303 Committee

meeting (dated July 31, 1964) (referred to in 1967 IG report)

contain no

mention of

assassination or even of Cuba.

Mr. McCone's personal memorandum (dated July 31, 1964) had

only the following reference to Cuba:

"Proposed infiltration/exfiltration operations into Cuba for

August were approved and the July operations were noted."

File: Counterinsurgency - January - June, 1962

Nothing relevant.

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Envelope - "Cuba Loose Ends"

Much information on Mongoose. No mention of assassination.

Envelope containing FBI report of October 16, 1963, entitled

"Communism and the Negro Movement - A Current Analysis" -

contains comments on Dr. King's personal life. Relayed by

J. Edgar Hoover to McCone.

File: "Cuba - Background Material"

This file contains only material relating to the Cuban missile

crisis.

It contains no references to any assassinations.

File: "White House"

This file, covering 1962 and 1963, contains correspondence

to, from, and of interest to the

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The file entitled "Cuba Package" does not appear to be in this

box.

The name of this file, however, appears on the page which

purports to list the files in the box.

File: Cuba 1962

Nothing relevant to assassinations.

File: Cuba 1964

February 21, 1964, memorandum for the Director of Central

Intelligence from Desmond FitzGerald, Chief, Special Affairs

Staff, entitled "Spectrum of Courses of Action with Respect

to Cuba." This nine-page memorandum outlines many possible

courses of action which the U.S. Government could take with

respect to Fidel Castro even including measures as drastic as

an actual invasion of the island by U.S. military forces.

It.

however, contains no mention or reference to possible assassi-

nation of Castro.

BOX 6: MISCELLANEOUS

File: Presidential Briefing, December 22, 1964

Nothing relevant to assassination.

File: "M" File

Nothing relevant to our subject of interest.

File: "D" File

This file contains papers dealing with the services of Allen

Dulles as a consultant to the Agency after his retirement.

There is no mention of the subject in which we are interested.

File: "W" File

Nothing relevant.

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It was around liza in the afternoon, Cuban time. We

were having lunch in the living room of the modest

summer residence which Fidel Castro owns on magni-

ficent Varadero Beach, 12o kilonicters from Havana.

for at least the tenth time, I was questioning the Cuban

¡cader on details of the negotiations with Russia before

the misste installations last year. The telephone rang,

a secretary in guerrilla garb announced that Mr. Dor-

both the American contingets inchieve this goat, a -

leader would have to arise in the United States capable

of understanding the explesive realities of Latin Amer-

ica and of meeting them halfway. Then, suddenly, he

had taken a less hostile tack: "Kennedy could still be

this man. He still has the possibility of becoming,

in the eyes of history, the greatest President of the

United States, the leader who may at last understand

that there can be coexistence between capitalists and

socialists, even in the Americas. He would then be

an even greater President than Lincoln. I know, for

"What's that? An attempted assassination?") He then

turner to us to say that Kennedy had just been struck

lown in Dallas. Then he went back to the telephone

ind exclaimed in a loud voice "Merido? Muy grave-

"icnie"" ("Wounded? Very seriously?")

He came back, sat down, and repeated three times

he words: "Es una male noticin" ("This is bad news.")

He remained silent for a moment, awaiting another call

with further news. He remarked while we waited that

tere was an alarmingly sizable lunatic fringe in Amer-

can society and that this deed could equally well have

D:

he work of a madman or of a terrorist. Perhaps a

Victnamese? Or a member of the Ku Klux Klan? The

econd call came through: it was hoped they would be

abie to announce that the United States President was

till alive, that there was hope of saving him. Fidel

Costro's immediate reaction was: "If they can, hej is

ready re-clected." He pronounced these words with

satisfaction.

This sentence was a sequel to a conversation we had

eld on a previous evening and which had turned into

in all-night session. To be precise, it lasted from 1o in

he evening until 4 in the morning. A good part jof

the talk revolved about the impressions I recounted

to him of an interview which President Kennedy

granted me this last October 24, and about Fidel

Castro's reactions to these impressions. During this

nocturnal discussion, Castro had delivered himself lof

• relentless indictment of US policy, adding that in the

recent past Washington had had ample opportunity

lo normalize its relations with Cuba, but that instead

it had tolcrated a CIA program of training, equipping

ind organizing a counter-revolution. He had told me

that he wasn't in the least fearful of his life, since

danger was his natural milieu, and it he were to become

I victim of the United; States this would simply en-

1a.

his radius of influence in Latin America as well

as throughout the socialist world. He was speaking, he

said, from the viewpolat of the interests of peace jin

example, that for Khrushchev, Kennedy is a man you

can talk with. I have gotten this impression from all

my conversations with Khrushchev. Other leaders have

assured me that to attain this goal, we must first await

his re-election. Personally, I consider him responsible

for everything, but I will say this: he has come to

understand many things over the past few. months;

and then .too, in the last analysis, I'm convinced that

anyone else would be woise."

Then Fidel had added

with a broad and boyish grin: "If you see him again,

you can tell him that i'nigelling to declare Goldwater

my friend if that will guarantee Kennedy's re-election!"

This conversation was heid on November 19.

Now it was nearly a o'clock and we got up from.

the table and settled ourselves in front of a radio.

Commandant Vallero, his physiclan, aide-de-camp, and

intimate friend, was easily able to get the broadcasts

from the NBC network in Miami. As the news came

in, Vallero would translate it for. Fidel: Kennedy

wounded in the head; pursuit of the assassin; murder

of a policeman; finally the fatal announcement: Presi-

change. The United States occupies such a position in

world affairs that the death of a President of that

country affects millions of people in every corner of

the globe. The cold war, relations with Russia, Latin

America, Cuba, the Negro question... all will have to

be rethought. I'll tell you one thing: at least Kennedy

was an enemy to whom we had become accustomed.

This is a serious matter, an extremely serious matter."

After the quarter-hour of silence observed by all

the American radio stations, we once more tuned in

on Miami; the silence had only been broken by a re-

broddeasting of the American national anthem. Strange

indeed was the impression made, on hearing this hymn

ring out in the house of Fidel Castro, in the midst of a

circl. of worried faces. "Now," Fidel said, "they will

ha: to find the assassin quickly, but very quickly,

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otherwise, you watch and see, I know them, they wir

try to put the blame on us for this thing. but tell I

how many Presidents have been assassinated? Fosi

This is most disturbing! In Cuba, only one has bee:

assassinated. You know, when ive were hiding out is

the Sierra there were some (not ill my sroup, in an.

other) who wanted to kill Batista. They thought they

could do away with a regime by decapitating it. I have

always been violently opposed to such methods. First

of all from the viewpoint of political self-interest, be-

cause so far as Cuba is concerned, it Batista had been

killed he would have been replaced by some military

figure who would have tried to make the revolutionists

pay for the martyrdom of the dictator. But I was also

opposed to it on personal grounds; assassination is

repellent to me."

The broadcasts were now resumed. One reporter

felt he should mention the difficulty Mrs. Kennedy

was having in getting rid of her bloodstained stockings.

Fidel exploded: "What sort of a mind isi this!" He re-

peated the remark

several times: "What sort of a

mind is this? There is a difference in our civilizations

after all. Are you like this in Europe? For us Latin

Americans, death is a sacred matter; not only does it

mark the close of hostilities, but it also imposes de-

cency, dignity, respect. There are even istreet urchins

who behave like kings in the lace of death. Incidentally,

this reminds me of something else: if you write all

those things I told you yamalay against Kennedy's

policy, don't use his name now; speak instead of the

policy of the United States government."

Toward 5 o'clock, Fidel Castro declared that since

there was nothing we could do to alter the tragedy, we

must try to put our time lo good use in spite of it. He

wanted to accompany me in person

on a visit to a

granja de pucblo (state farm), where he had been en-

gaging in some experiments. His present obsession is

agriculture. He reads nothing but agronomical studies

and reports. He dwells lyrically on the soil, fertilizers,

and the possibilities which will give Cuba, enough

sugar cane by 1970 to achieve. economic independence.

"Didn't I Tell You"

We went by car, with the radio on. The Dallas

police were now hot on the trail of the assassin. He

is a Russian spy, says the news commentator.. Five

minutes later, correction: he is. a spy married to a

Russian. Fidel said: "There, didn't I tell you; it'll be

maturn next." Buin jad. The next word was: the

assassin is a Marxist deserter. Then the word came

through, in effect, that the assassin was a young man

who was a member of the "Fair Play for Cuba Com-

mittee," that he was an admirer of Fidel Castro. Fidel

declared: "If they had had proof, they would have said

8

rikbill

he was an agent, an accomplice, a hired killer. In

saying simply that he is an admiss, this is just to try

and make an association in people's minds betwach ihe

name of Castro and the cmotion awakened by the

assassination. This is a publicity method, a propaganda

device. It's terrible. But you know, I'm sure this will

all soon blow over. There are too many competing

policies in the United States for any single one to be

able to impose itself universally for very long."

We arrived at the granja de preblo, where the farm-

ers welcomed Fidel. At that very moment, a speaker

announced over the radio that it was now known that

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ingly emotional, increasingly aggressive. Fidel then

excused himself: "We shall have to give up the visit

had questions: "Who is Lyndon Johnson? What is his

reputation? What were his relations with Kennedy?

With Khrushchev? What was his position at the time of

the attempted invasion of Cuba?" Finally and most

important of all: "What authority does he exercise

over the CIA?" Then abruptly he looked at his watch,

saw that it would be half an hour before we reached

Matanzas and, practically on the spot, he dropped off to

After Matanzas, where he must have decreed a state

of alert, se returned to Varadero for dinner. Quoting

the words spoken to him by a woman shortly before,

he said to me that it was an irony of history for the

Cubans, in the situation to which they had been re-

duced by the blockade, to have to mourn the death of

a President of the United States. "After all," he added

"there are perhaps some people in the world to whom

this news is cause for rejoicing. The South Vietnamese

guerrillas, for

example, and also, I would imagine,

Madame Nhu!"

I thought of the people of Cuba, accustomed to the

sight of posters like the one depicting the Red Army

with maquis superimposed in front, and the screaming

captions * HALT, MR. KENNEDY! CUBA IS NOT ALONE..:

I thought of all those who had been led to associate

their deprivations with the policies of President John

F. Kennedy.

At dinner I was able to take up all my questions.

What had motivated Castro to endanger the peace of

the world with the missiles in Cuba? How dependent

was Cuba on the Soviet Union? Is it not possible to

envisage relations between Cuba and the United States

along the same lines as those between Finland and the

Russians? How was the transition made from the

humanism of Sierra Maestra to the Marxism-Leninism

of 1061? Fidel Castro, once more in top form, had an

explanation for everything. Then he questioned me

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once more on Kennedy, and each time I culogized tie

intellectual qualities of the assassinated President, 1

awakened the keenest interest in lim.

The Cubans have lived with the United States in

that cruel intimacy so familiar to me of the colonized

with their colonizers. Nevertheless, it was an intimacy.

In that very sedative city of Havana to snich we re-

turned in the evening, where the luminous signboards

with Marxist slogans have replaced the Coca Cola and

toothpaste billboards, in the midst of Soviet exhibits

and Czechoslovakian trucks, a certain American emo-

tion vibrated in the almosphere, compounded of re-

sentment, of concern, of anxicly, yet also, in spite of

everything, of a mysterious alinost imperceptible rap-

prochement. After all, this American President was able

to reach accerd with our Russian friends during his

iretime, said a young Crean melectual to me as i vas

taking my leave. It was almost as though he were apolo-

gizing for not rejoicing at the assassination.

JEAN DANIEL

ROMANS

"Robert Frost trote go years age, 'nothing is true except as a man or men

adhere to it -to live for it, to spend diemselves on it, to die for it! We

nced this spirit even more than noney or instititions or agreements."

- JOIN F. KENNEDY, November 13, 1965

By Saturday. night, even the television seemed worn

out by attempt and failure and ceased to comment and

gave over to a succession of photographs of the col-

imns and the windows and the corners of the White

House and of the shadows of the great Lincoln head

in Springfield and to a voice reciting "Oh, Captain,

My Captain." It is to be, then, the grand style. But the

ship has. not weathered every storm; Mr. Kennedy is

not Abrahum Lincoln; not because he is more or less,

but because he is a remembered physical presence and

Mr. Lincoln an image of the plastic arts. One's own

time is personal, not historical. Just how long will it be

before many of us will want to read a book about the

day Mr. Kennedy was shot?

The news of tie President's assassination was given

by a taxi driver to three gentlemen as they left a hotel

on Arlington Street in

Boston: They turned right

around and hurried back inside to attend to their in-

vestments. Packed with students ind businessmen a

shuttle plane from Boston to Washington waited for

permission to take off when the captain-came. on the

intercom: "Folks, up here on the flight deck we've been

listening to the news. and the President is dead." There

was only time to hear one woman say, "How dread-

ful" before three men went back to discussing plan

specifications. A college student reading denmemnon

io visible attention. One of his notes read,

"love-

in-ie." The plane took off, the stewardess collected

the money and started to serve drinks. Then the cap-

tain was back again. They had been listening to more

news, that is trying to listen to news because their

real job was to hear flight control. There had been a

gun battle in Dallas; a patrolman was killed; the police

had taken a man in Testic theater. Vice President

Johnson was now the President. The talk of business

went on through this, and stopped only when the cap-

tain again interrupted to say that the new President had

been sworn in aboard an aircraft. A few laughed.

They ask too much of us when they ask us to act up

to the grand style. We are not an emotionally affluent

people. Ant yet some of us always complained that

Mr. Kennedy did not seem quite emotionally commit-

ted enough. But now someone remembered with special

alfection a moment late in the 1000 campaign. Mr.

Kennedy was in a motorcade and the Democratic gov-

ernor iho was with him said how wonderful it was to

feel the love ivith which these crowds pressed forward

to feel the touch of their candidate. "Oh, dry up," Mr..

Kennedy said. It seemed now somehow a special grace

in him that he used only the real in emotion and ab-

stained from fabricating the expected. He had too much

respect for the grand style to counterfeit it; how much

truer to him might we have been if we had come down

in scale and if the many of us who must have remem-

bered the lines from Cymbeline had thought them

proper to speak

"Fear no more the heat of the sun/Nor the furious

winter's rages.

Thou thy worldly task hast done/Home. art thou

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Flash from Dallas

Just as Secret Service men reacted instinctively, rushing to protect the

presidential party, reporters reacted instinctively to get the news-sketchy

as it was at first-to the world. United Press International's Merriman

Smith, dean of the White House correspondents, describes on pages 32-33

his frantic rush to call the Dallas UPI bureau. Reproduced here is the result

of Smith's first efforts-the actual Teletype copy that almost immediately

clacked out of hundreds of UPI machines in newsrooms, radio and

television stations, pressrooms, and business offices all over the world.

CETECTIVES WERE THERE AVD THEY ASKED HIM TO LOOK IN THERE THE BRIEF-

CASED FOR

SOMETHING."

DILLS,

THE WITNESS SAID•

THE STATE HAD

SAID IT WOULD

PIECE

OF EVIDENCE BUT IT KAD

NOT

LISTED IT AS ONE

"OF THE SEVEN

LINKS."

THE DEFENSE HAS IMPLIED IT WILL

TAKE THE LINE THAT CAROL'S

DEATH AFTER A SAVAGE DLUDGEONING AND STABBING IN HER HOME WAS THE

RESULT OF AN ATTEMPTED

MOREDA 1234 PCS

UPI AIN DA

PRECEDE KENNEDY

DALLAS,

MOTORCADE TODAY IN DOUNTOWN DALLAS.

(UPI)--THREE SHOTS WERE FIRED AT PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S

JT1234PCS. •

UPI ASN HX

2ND ADD 2ND LEAD

BUOS HO

UPHOLD

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THOMPSON MINNEA POLIST

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DAY

CORRECTE

BUOS UPHOLD-- NX

UPI A8N DA

URGENT

IST ADD SMOTS®

DALLAS (A7N) XXX DOWNTOWN DALLAS.

NO CASUALTIES WERE REPORTED.

THE INCIDENT OCCURRED NEAR

THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON MAIN

STREET,

JUST EAST OF AN UNDERPASS LEADING TOWARD THE TRADE MART WHERE

THE PRESIDENT WAS TO MA

FLASH

FLASH

KENNEDY SERIOUSLY WOUNDED

PERHAPS SERIOUSLY

PERHAPS FATALLY BY ASSASSINS BULLET

JT 1239 PCS

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At 12:34 the Teletype was

supplying copy on a

Minneapolis murder trial.

The Dallas bureau, alerted by

Smith over radiotelephone from

the press car as it careered

toward the hospital, sends out

the first sparse news.

Minneapolis starts to add more

details on the murder trial. The

New York bureau, knowing

that ace reporter Smith is covering

the President's trip, tells all

bureaus to "uphold" -get off the

wire. "Dallas, it's yours."

Atlanta tries to interrupt, but is

quickly squelched by the

New York bureau.

The Dallas operator begins

sending the rest of Smith's account

from the press car.

At the hospital, Smith sees the

President's limp body in the cas

and races to a telephone. At

12:39, nine minutes after the

shooting, the grave news flashes

over the wire.

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UPI 9N

BULLETIN

IST LEAD SHOOTING

DALLAS,

NOV.

22 (UPI) - PRESIDENT KENNEDY AND S THEY

JOHN B.

CONNALLY

OF

TEXAS WERE CUTDOWN

ASSASSIN'S BULLETS AS

TOURED

DOWNTOWN DALLAS IN AY OPEN AUTOMOBILE TODAY.

MORE JT 1241 PCS

UPI ALON DA

IST ADD IST LEAD SHOOTING DALLAS

CON DALLAS AX TODAY.

THE PRESIDENT,

HIS LIMP BODY CRADLED IN THE ARMS OF HIS WIFE,

WAS

RUSKED TO PARKLAND MOSPITAL.

THE GOVERVOR ALSO WAS TAKEN TO PARKLAND.

CLINT HILLO

A SECRET SERVICE AGENT ASSIGNED TO MRS.

KENNEDY,

SAID

ЧЕ "S

DEAD,"

AS THE PRESIDENT WAS LIFTED FROM THE REAR OF

WHITE HOUSE

•OURING CAR,

THE FAMOUS

"BUBBLETOP"

FROM WASHINGTON. • HE WAS RUSHED

TO AN

EMERGENCY ROOM IN THE HOSPITAL.

OTHER WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS WERE IN DOUST AS THE CORRIDORS OF THE

HOSPITAL ERUPTED IN PANDEMONIUM.

THE INCIDENT OCCURRED JUST EAST OF THE TRIPLE UNDERPASS FACING A

PARK IN DOWNTOWN

DALLAS.

REPORTERS ABOUT FIVE CAR LENGTHS BEMIND TKE CHIEF EXECUTIVE

HEAR

MORE INAPES

UPT ALIN DA

END ADD IST LEAD SHOOTING ¿9: DALLAS> XXX DALLAS.

REPORTERS ABOUT FIVE CAR LENGTHS SEHIND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE

WHAT WOUNDED LIKE THREE SURST OF

SECRET SERUNCE AGENTS ARE FORECASEY. UNLIMBERED THEIR

THE BUBBLE TOP OF THE PRESIDENT'S CAR WAS DOWN.

THEY DREY THEIR PISTOLS,

BUT THE DAMAGE WAS DONE.

SLUMPED OVER IN THE BACKSEAT OF THE CAR FACE

CONNALLY LAY ON THE FLOOR OF THE REAR SEAT.

IT WAS INPOSSIBLE TO TELL AT

MORE 145 PES

UPI A12V DA

IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL AT ONCE WHERE KENNEDY WAS HIT,

BUT BULLET

WOUNDS IN

MIGHT POSSIBLY HAVE COME FROM AN AUTOMATIC WEAPON.

CONNALLY'S CHEST WERE PLAINLY

INDICATING

THE

GUNFIRE

THERE WERE THREE LOUD BURSTS.

DALLAS MOTORCYCLE OFFICERS ESCORTING THE PRESIDENT QUICKLY LEAPED.

FRON

THEIR BIKES AND RACED UP A GRASSY HILL.

MORE 146PES

UPIALIN DA

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Now reporter Smith is dictating a

story ready for printing.

Smith rolls on, swiftly and

fluently, adding fresh details as

"pandemonium" breaks out

in the corridor outside his

telephone niche.

Searching his mind for

impressions of the shooting,

Smith adds all he can remember

to the story. The shaken wire

operator stumbles in the

second line.

As yet nothing is known of the

sniper, what kind of weapon

he used, or where the

shots came from.

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late in calling cin, lat becouse of d intera mi: us line, is rus rot doic so

torna: ?.

mars mined y indonica at rich 1eelundicallyo twinite respect to

the concrete point wiich you asked we aout, no ill thsre was no offer of ziy lind!'.

Dorticos:

"20,: I rasn't estlag about sa offor", azadez Amar: "ab, I lad

understood that vite the coalusion of toe..." illars: "no, I vas refégring as io

wether they had threatened der so that she ludi rain statement that the Consilate.

had in given noney to the man.. thai American. Uederstend?" Fernerdca Armas: "ah,.

no, no, no, not at any moreat". Durticos: "nulling of that?" ñerruedez Armas: "iO,

no, that nothing absolutely was given to her...iather they (enderezar - straightened cut?)

•..íe the

the isterrogation...." Dorticos: "then we can go along aa version of do your

Jafonet109?" Ferrandez Amas:"

yes, Sr. Presente, of course". Dorticos: "then

nothizz sore of uportance?". Heriandez Armas: "

No, nothing important. ••t anyway,

• an foing;to subait soon a draft of all the detrils, beczuse there are obber details

of minor impostance, and others of noze at al1, jut contained in the stutement....

and I have asted her to mise me a icia draft a prollelo as possizia to duamit it

at the first opportunity".

3-4t

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•COPiES OF SPANISH LANGUAGE

TRANSCRiPTS AND SOME ENGLISH:

TRAIVSLATIONS DE TELSPHONE

CONVERSATIOUS AS CONTAINEO IN

TItE MEXICO CITY STATION FILES

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-This document is arenared l respone a your request and is: indici

natin nutside vour Commitir.

Its or as benitro in appen!

FROM

SUBJECT:

Mr. Belmont

C. A. Evans

DATE:

November 27, 1963

Jatin F

ASSASSINATION OF PRESIENT KENNEDY

0990-0705090

Sullivara

Tovel

Trotte:

Tale. Rest.

Holres...

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HW

Deputy Attorney General Katzenbach telephoned at 10:50 a.m.

He said he had just completed talking on the telephone with Alexis Johnson,

Deputy Under Secretary of State. Johnson told Katzenbach that insofar as

the investigation of this matter in Mexico is concerned, the State Department

felt this should be coordinated and directed by the FBI. State took the

position that the President's directive to the FBI extended to any

activity

outside of the United States, as well as within the country. Insofar as the

Ambassador in Mexico is concerned, Johnson believed he should be kept

informed of any pertinent developments but that the Ambassador should not

be running the investigation.

• As to current developments, Katzenbach said that the last thin:

he would want would be for the FBI to take Agents away from their investiga-

tive duties to prepare reports. He requested, however, that if there were

any pertinent developments he be orally briefed.

With further reference to his conversation with Alexis Johnson,

Katzenbach said he had been asked whether the State Department should make

a formal inquiry of the Soviet Government for information concerning Oswaid

and his wife, particularly as to their activities in Russia. He asked that this!!

question be considered by the Director, as Katzenbach feit his views most

important.

In thinking about the matter himself, Katzenbach noted if we

did not ask the Soviets for information there would 'be no answer should the

question of Oswald's stay in Russia be raised, other than to admit we had

made no inquiry. On the other hand, he observed that we could not place

any reliance on anything the Soviets said.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

REC- 78

62-11600-1493

After conferring.

with Messrs. Belmont and Sullivan, the

1 - Mr. Mohr

48) FROM

1 - Mr. DeLoach

1 - Mr. Rosen

- Mr.; Sullivan

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atenioraudum to Mr. Belmont!

following recommendations are submitted with reference to the points

raised by Mr. Katzenbach:

1. Insofar as making a formal approach to the Soviet Government,

we believe this undesirable. Such a formal request from the United States

will enable the Russians to put out an official statement entirely favorable

to them. The United States will have to acdoêt this, since it is in response

to our formal request, and we won't be in a position to disprove it. The

State Department has responsibility here and we should not dictate the

position they are to take, but our views should be stated.

2.

In connection with the investigation in Mexico, it is

recommended Katzenbach be informed that the State Department and

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) have jurisdiction in dealing with foreign

governments and in getting investigative results and intelligence coverage

abroad; that while we are cooperating fully with State and CIA in Mexico,

the responsibility in this matter should rest with State and CIA.

I approved, Katzenbach will be so advised.

Die 235pm

5_11/27/63

V.

OK. The Ambassador

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SECREF

Profict ZRRIFLE

(

HARNEY EX/ R371

6/25/75

Grys

NH

1. Identification: The purpsse of Profeit IRRiFLE is

to spot, levelop, and use forcipe agent aceto for. Divisise D.

post operations.

Agento will be spotted in sueral areas,.

michihing the tuited Hites, hit it pom for apertional

remity veious will probably not be wed in theis.

countries of residence Precent deciligmental actuite, is

tenig conducted in the WE and EF areas, lust it

is miticipated that this will he esteled to atter divisione

aves. The profect will he spented agrist third-country.

ristallatione, and personel:

2. Objetice: The egitive of this prope in the mes,

of of code and ipher materials, in scordauce witt...

requisemente levied on the Clantistice tencias, primei, b

the Nationel leand, agency: bice these requisamente ane

subject to frequent vericion, no lesting of tarsete wald.

he malid for the duction of the propect. sperific

operations will he mounted on the baris of nied aid

oppestrente The profect will le conductel las Ficcion

D with assistauce fram ança divisione and statione es

3 Bategrant

RECE

meeded.

NN 24 1915

CLA

3. Bacepround: Su responce to the incressung reguiremente

for the spretonel procunement of foreion cole and cipler

misteria!e, Dicion D in 1960 beyon the spotting of

agent arte ae a delopmentel actiits. Duning the some -

Classied y 00. 2.78.91i

NATIONAL "SECURITY INFORMATIOiL

Exonpt tram goneral

Unauthorized Disclosure Subject lo

doelassisahen conecuto of E.O. 11852

exemption sct-dulo 53 (1), (2), (3)

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SECRET

- period reguremento from NSA became more refuel and in

many respecto rare recitica. Because mast statica are

not equipped to conduct this type of operatino, and liaise

of the desiralility of completel, centralised control over, this

entine effort, it was determied that Division D, which is. -

in closest touch with NSA on procurement regimeneute, could.

heat conduct the ictity. The first spothing actint,...

has now advanced for enrugh to pistify semouing from

the 01A estepany.

4 Operational arreto :

(1) Persuel: # PTWiN is under writter

contract as a precipel aset, with the primsy tade of

spotting sent canditstes. Of fuin was firet contacted in

1958 though the chief of the Luxeneloung I. Vi be

the Qif of Station, Luxembourg, in canection wiste.

an illegal rascotics operation into the quited Hates, For

a period of a year and a half t wes contreted i to

sporadically big COS, Lukenelowing, in behalf of the

Busean of Nosestes. Hiles of this Burea rested

an epellent performance l Quin. Du better, 1960,.

RECED

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CIA

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SECRET

3

R furine annual salone:

$ 7,200

Travel + aps expenses for

RAwi + other agent 4 ageit candidated: 2, 000

Nees for revies by and

standly of agents aid

ajent candidates

2, 000

Travel of staff employees o

engaged in Zorifle actinity:

2,500

Hire of rafehouses, automobiles.

and otter spectione expenses:

_ 1, 000

4 / 4.,700

Pay for agents on completion of johs?

REGa

Jint 24 1975

CIA

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4

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hilite, .

2) Guz eum espstnies (Baughsh). (Feltestan DSP) and experiicce

_w/KGB (Cruccup, Bastera praupe, Mholller) → requine msst.

jres fiaumel, prsven apenatioualli, competenit, vuthlers, stible,,

cE-egusienced ouc officere (few svailable), able to couduct pateit

3) Maçimum cecnity :

a. Kukanke ouly (e.g.; mhat loes tiraguea mur

herow?); no approsch to otts baut, aseucies.

b. Withiù Kubali, one focal pont for contral,

search, tracuig, cace officrung ieto- DDPeithent,

in this focal panit mandetory. Dii officall, aluiet?

c. Mayo recicoty cable counco for imocaoue

caliler auly; no nestriction on trasel; poccililate,

of inc-man.oucress (@urope) aontrol base witte

onvriat(mon-stations comwcos tord of nesutht

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1. Exclude orpans et hille, thare.

precand of amects, those n/ motebilits of jurpse

as criminals.

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recite site prominees escutiali me follon, liestraine,

? toumer recitance perquel a possibility.

8. Ue nobod aho has never deatt a/ eveninalis; othinnice

will best be aware of pitfalls or corseter factors suck

as freelen to traud, wanted listo, eto..

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documents the in forget backdated, should lookie.

a CE file.

-10. Possible use of staffers for the action.

1. tilverthorne.

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liglepnat.escurcensugle

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dass firequca nou huao?).

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derhs for enciple

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aletions Comiplete

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hie migilly,

cace-officered; no sille-shunt

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pocilly for appisade tto foreigu elemento.

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who tainted bey rse.

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pau an fareiquere- aud liiuited.

official neference,

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kamnections permiittug blackmeil

6) Don't meet

auy actectie in horue tervitory..

7) Auaid décusion uf freign ifticials uithl all possililit,.

of search thraugle prisete citsers (e-g.) AJuin, hss

been enfaprened.

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2-2 1975

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9) Exclude orqarization Orwwiels, thire witts secord of.

amests, thsce who haue eugagel in seuerdl tiper of crive.

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Mafia.

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-archives.

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selecter.

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espererice..

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i Penis.

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limits on team or ridividuals ab

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January 28, 1276

The Honorable Otis Fiko, Chalanan

Mouse Select Conmittee on Tatelligenca,

Rayburn House office Building,

Washington, D. C. 2051.5

Dear Congresunan Pike:

Congradulations on your Connittee's groat servico to she Anerican clec

torate in ronoving sone of the mask of sceroey fron the donostic covert

operations and fundirg of the CIA. Socrecy protcoted counterproductive

and indefensible covert operations for wenty-roven year.

The light

of exposure ind cleansing is now enharcing.our countises security.

The

pubiluhing of your excollone seport over CIA and Whitr House objections

I3 an ict of courage the clectorate mill soon apprcelite.

Reliance, however, by any Congressional comnittse on tandouts fron the

CI. itself, is like an investigative reporter compilig his story from

government

press releases. Neither 1u doing the job dis employer paid

It to do.

Finüing the hidden CIA budgets for thiro or four tines the billions of

dollaro nandatod to the elcotorate lo a corendable amieremont. But

what sculd your investigators have achievd if a law is alroady in

forco imposing criminal penalties uper CIA emplogeos sio lodied incor

nailon to you? The CIA proposed secrcoy law is a blacoil veapon.

Intelligence, monuy and secrocy combine to constitute autoeratic power

in our acciety. The Congross enjogs no intolligenco ervier of its

on. Il enjoys no offootire control over sponding of funde hidden in

the budgets of non-Gli departients and agoncico. If te surronders to

the doctrine of secrecy 1ò is ponerless indeed.

To stongthen Congrens'

povor I offer you my on counturintelligenco sorrice li placo.. Tho

sources hare been carefully tested and accumulated sine 1949.

The problen is. not leaking intolligence out of comnittie; it is loaking

Inlependent intelligence Into 1t. Starting exacity ont year ago today

I lunchod penetration offorts with a 19 page report adressed to

"Chairman and lembers, Scleet Connittees in Intelligene Coerations.

I houd delivered this report to every comittoo members offico. My

wife Mancy recorded the date, hour and person deliveret to.

On June 25, 1975 Edward Roader III of your staff recelited for 103

pages of counterintelligence on CIA.

This represented a distillation

of e quartor century of in'lligence gatoring. ClA cantrol of the

Watergate broakin and coverup and CIA's investigation d my penetration

of their secrets 1o covorca.

The application to the u.S. Attornay and

three U. S. Special Prosecutors requenting investigatle and prosecution

of murder of American citizens rithin the U.S.h. is Inyour files.

Neverthelous, none of this intelligence leaked to recomition or 1nv03-

tigation within the executivo dopartments or your Commitoe.

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Ou July 30, 1075 Enaly Shoketoff of your staff receipted for a one page

notticasion sistributed lo chairmer and nonbero that anne le Connandu.

ras, an employes of CIA's donestic assassination offico, had been mur

dered in ber apartment house sinning pool by ell assuasin Bugene Hale

Bredinge

I no: enjoy the adaational intelligenco that Commanduras was executed

1uh a GlA dart gun auch as that dieplayed to neus conoras by i member

of the Sonate Intalligere: Cormittra.

the intelligence reapon fires a

sliver coated with coolitich toxin that kills within second, dissolves

and leaves no mav. The CI procerved their chollfish toxin supply in

direct contravention of an order of to Presidone.

Your Connittee filed

this roport without action slong with orer 200 adriltional counterintel

Ilgonoo. Is this accruey that protocts rational security?

Congreasnan Pile, you have exposed $10 billion of CIA funding nostly

hidden in arothor budget.

till you go for more? Then exanine the

Stute Departient, Freerury Departnent, justice Department, inite House

and congress appropriationg. All of thess support personnel accopting

orders for covert donentle oporations from CIA.

You linve uncorered CIA operations in the media. Investigat polica

doparimonts throughout the nation funded by Leil that ars responsive to

CIA DEGOIS.

In the Falifur County, Virginia, polica departent alono

a Cil ascassin has tideo employed the badge of the dopartmont aù cover

to guin entrance to doniciles to perform executions.

I again cormoid your Connittee for revisting the pressure for secrecy

in publishing your report. I deplore your resictunce to the leaking

of intolligence into your Committoo.

The Latter confince your Com-

nittee's intolligence to official and unofilcial laaking channela of

the CIA.

Please corsede that thore are othes citizens as concerned

1os the securlty of America as you are.

I respectfully reques: opportunity to confer rith you, Congressnan Pike,

i tilth your capable, diligint and honcot stati chief, A. Soarle Fiold.

I vant to issist your Conlotan in reconnending retodial legislaiior

based upon 21 years of defining the problem.

Respectfully submitted,

Almos E, Hercock

Amos E. Reacock

4410 Celathorpe, Apt. 703,

Hyacisville, id.

20761

Telephore 864-5353

anel:. Letters to Senator

Abrahan Ribicofi and to

Senator Frank Churcho

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MEGUEST TO TESTIFY iN DOMESTIC INTEL-

GENCE DiVISION, CiA - PENETRATION CE NON-.

ACHALAN RISICOFF, CONN., CHAIRMAN

JOHN L: MCCLELLAN, ARK.

CHARLES H. PERCY, ILL.

INTELLIGENCE ARANCHES OR GUN'T AND CUNTER-BENETRATION

HENRY M. JACKSON, WASH.

JACOD K. JAVITS, N.Y.

EDMUNO S, MUSKIE, MAINE

LEE METCALF,

MONT.

WILLIAM V. ROTH, JR., DEb.

13Y SOVIET KES:

all crock. Herri

-ths

LOWELL F. WEICKER, JR.. CONN.

LAWTON CHILES, FLA.

SAM MUNN, GA.

JOIN GLENit, OHIO

@Inited States Senate

RICHARD A. WEGMAN

CHEF COUNSEL AND STAFF DIRECTOM

COMMITTEE ON

GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510

March 8, 1976

Mir. Amos E. Heacock

4410 Oglethorpe, Apt, 708

Hyattoville, Maryland 20787

2334-128506

Fille Church, 1'2, 2'2843

Tel, (1001) 534-3975

Dear Mr. Heacock:

Thank you for writing

to me regarding your knowledge of

the activities of the Central Intelligence Agency.

I understand

that you have discussed these questions at length with members

of the Committee

staff.

On March 1 the Committee reported S. Res. 400 creating

a Senate Committee on Intelligence Activities.

The legislation

which was before us concerned only the establishment of

congressional committee; it did not involve revisions that would

significantly modify the structure of the powers of the CIA it-

self.

The Committee has not been authorized to hire additional

staff personnel for the purpose of this legislation. Further-

more,

we were under instructions from the Senate to report out a.

formal recommendation in the form of legislation by March 1.

I am, however, deeply concerned with the charges you

have made because, 1f

true,. they represent grave examples of

corruption and criminality.

It is

my hope and intent that the

committee created by the legislation we are considering,

once it is established, will have the jurisdiction and the re-

sources to explore the

kind of issues which you raise.

I assure you that the entirety of the information you

have submitted to my committee will be made available to the

new Congressional oversight committee.

I am sure you understand the constraints on the Govern-

ment Operations

Committee which prevent us from

undertaking the

investigations you suggest, but I shall forward the macertas

you submitted to the new committee as soon as it is established.

For your information, I

am enclosing a copy of S. Res.

400 and a copy of the committee's report on this measure.

Sincerely,

Abe Ribicoff

Enclosures (2):

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January 28, 1976

The Honorable Aurahan Ridicoft, Chairnan

Conmittee on Gorerunon: Uperations,

United States Senate

Dirksen Senate Office Building

•Washington, Do C. 20510.

Dear Senator Ribicoft:

Desting has chosen you tha second time in seven years to chair a com

mitten with capabilly of establishing legiolativa romedios to provent

donervic and foreigu aesascinations, huge corcuption within nilitary

supply sorcans, malil billion dollar currency manipulation and 1c33178

Intervention of the CIA in domestic covere operations.

On or about March 6, 1950 you were the scuing chalman of the Permanent

Inventigations Subcontten that heard Comclius Harkridge, my satness,

describe a nulet billion dollar currency nandpulation racked in South

Viethan.

Caine Ellino, staff investigaton, parented Hawkidage frous.

aloo testifying aout truck convoys of stalen military ars and supplies

that he obserred heading tomasa the Cambodia border,

the ilencai for

those stolon arna vas the fabulous Sorict KGB agons Jacques long, dog-

cribad by sourt ta yous nearing to ba a mere Viathanio commisuaty

clors.

The organized erine vendors of the sulen goods roached into

your comice in carnino bellino lo prodoce cohe Sucratire rackou.

Harkaldga later wote you a lottir cororing this deficienes in ta0t1

nonvo Me pointad out the sale of aras generated finds used in cur

rancy manipulation.

I aldod the cripplod Haircridge abourd his flight at seritle. Your Con-

mistoo providod an ambulance to naot hin for lt was loss than two

months since ho survived an agassination accoupe tat killed his wife.

Tha Soriot X0B let a contract with organized crima's Cl assassination

facilitins to lall thon. Tho KG3 considored Maskolage a defector.

Willians. mood, allas illian Foxley, ClA alias Willies Harvey and

double agont for KGB fingersi Harkiidge and his vile ligola, a "baby

sittin" agent for lost Gaman and Cli intilligence.

Il the contrived

truci-car "accident" Hakridge vas crippled for life.

I not with CIng Harvey as Boxley in Noveroor, 1968, 1: New Orleang

pursuant to my counterintelligenes Investigations.

Haryoy, witna33

bafora the Sonato Intolligance Comittee, has admitter his rola as

organizer of the 2R/RITL5 Executire Astion agrassination capabllity

and his contacts with John Rosselli and Say Glancana d organized Crina

to inplonent that capability. Harvey incostuctly junged to the conclu

sion for the KGB that Haveridge was a cooparativo sours of much of my

accurats counterintelligence on

KGB.

Harkridge had precipitated your investigation by appealing to a Broasury

official. The official provalled soon Sonator John Nolellan, then

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Chairman of your Connittie, to conducù it.

He first exposed the farous

"Prysuneen" account in a New York bank.

It was used to convert South

Vietnanese piastors to dollars, nost of mich onded up in three banis

in the shiekdon of Dubal on the Porsion Gulf.

My furthor Investigation boyond the Comittie probe, sabatigad by Bel-

lino, establlshod the dollars wore used to requisition gold ingots

fron the U.S. Praasury at $35 por ounce,

Those were romelted to con

venient "taels" or. valors of gold for bluck narket trading for Indo-

china currencies again at huge discounts.

The conspirators enjoyed

goverment facilities for convurting piasters to dollars at fantaati-

cally unscalistic official exchange rates.

The exchange provided hugo

profits to conspirators and huge losses to the Ireasury.

This inflation machine 15 3t1dl at vork, though at a roduced rate sinca

the end of the wai in Southeast Asia.

The entrepreneurs sock gicencr

pasturos shore not nars dostabilise currencieso

Perhaps Angola?

Harridge's real nars is Corol Solyon. His intolligence activitles

for il decade vore traced in a bly page repost in the possession of tho

Sonate and House Intolligenco Connittees and your Committee.

Senator Ribicodf, had the actintles of ClA-Crine double agent Carmine

cellino and Harridge's testimony been exposed in the public record in

1963, the trauna for you, for your Comittee, for the Congress and for

the Merican electorate would have been norcifully soitened. Bollino

went on to become Chief Investigator jon the Senate Watergate Committoe.

He covered uo the sources of $1,050, 000 of so-called political donor

funds I hare traced.

He went on to instruct CIA agent Alaxander But

terfiold in the inite lloso to reveal the existonce of the Prosident's

tapes, thereby insuzing his domfall.

A filo of my lettoro to Senator Henry Jackson in 1969 were sont by hin

to jour Conittoo.

The intelligence was suporessed by Ballinn.

Although

your comicise published elzht volunes oi hearings in this investigation,

Hawsridgo's vital tastinony vas daleted. My intelligence was disrugarded.

secrocy to support CIA covert operations such as those that led our

country into the nost countorprodicure covert operation in our nation's

history - the Har in Vietnan. Did tho secrecy imposed by Bellino viti

in your Committoe advance the security of the United Statos? Or did it

Insura the greatost huniliation of our forsign policy and our armad

forces since the birth of our republic 200 years ago?

I am alained that crininal penalties are being proposed for public sei

vants whose conscience unpels them to notify Congress and the public of

Irresponsible actions of men infected with the arrogance of power. I

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The Honorable Fris Church, Chadrman

Selcet Connitise on Intelligenco

Undted Statos Senato,

Russell Office Bullding,

Washingion, D. Co 20510

January 28, 1976

Rof: My lettor 11/20/714

& enol, to Son, Molkar

forwarded le neimonledged

your loctor k/7/15; your

ackno:tergement data

5/5/153 my Lotter 711/75.

Doar Senator Church:

I commend the diligent efforts of you, the members and the stuff in produc

1ng and especially in publishing the Connilter's report on "illaged 195a53-

ination Plots Involving Foreign Leadors."

Nevertheless, I nust adtiso you that over 200 pages of counterintalligence

on donastic and foreign assassinations of the ClA i have provided or mado

availablo to stafi and menborg hai boon diaregarded or daliborately ith

hold fron mombero.

Consequently, as nenbers aro preparing to sign a final report, 3.t 1s tinely

to list some of the disastrous errors of the interin raçore.

The orrors

are tho

rasult of intentional micropresontation and deceit of the Congrass

and the American electorats by the CIA, lès directors and employees.

(1) Tho ZR/RIFLE Execusive dotion progron begun in 1950, headed by wil-

I1an Harvey, was designed as a domestle asgastnation capability.

(2) Under the direct planning and Implamentation of Harvey, a number of

donostic and foraign assassinations were executed.

(3) Harvey's real name 1u WilliamS. Hood, allas illian Bocloy, allas

No 3. luodo His assassinations In USA I have already reportod.

(4) Among foreign assassinations with participation by bood's domostio

toas mendera on foreigu duty are those o1 Lumunba and Irujillo.

(5) Ordors passed by CIA for execution, rather than exiling or kidnapoing,

caused the deaths of Ngo Dien, igo Nhu and Rene Schneidor.

(s) CIA gave the code nare wrimi to the organized crime ascassination

consultant employed to inoure the killing of Patrice Lumumba.

113.3

roal name is Hichael Genovese, allas Victor Resignio, son of Vito

Ganovese, boss of bouses of the lafia in itlanta fedcial prison

unt1l he died. Genoveso enjoyed assassination authority indopondone

of CIA directors delagated by Moyer Lansky, boss of the American

intornational crime syndicato ton. Neithor Presidont Elsenhower nor

Presidant Xonnedy conferrod assassination authority uion CIA.

(7) Genovese, as Victor Resignio, directed an arms and supplios diversion

and currency manipulation racket In South Vietnam in 1266-67 that cost

the Iroasury $51.8 billion, Executive Doparinents' total, not mino.

(8) Noodl's crino team meniber that aided Genovoso to assure Lumumba's death

was code namod VI/iCGUE. He is Frank Sturgle, Watergate burglar.

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(9) Shoffield Edwards, iltnens producad by CIA as it Diractor of Secur

Iãy, was is spurious subuitution to docolve the Connlitoo and. tho

Anarican clectorate.

Reclusted fron organtied crite, clA conchod

him to appras as the Ediaris or Colonel Edureds to directed tho

carly alleged attempts to assassinats fidol Castro.

The real Ediardo we collaborated with organized crimo's hit man John

Hugnes, oil tool billionairo, Has E. Horaid Hurt, Watergato burglai.

Erlands was Hunt's CIA nanc.

The CIA potsoned Shelfield Eduards

aftor his appearance to prevent his recall and nosaible exposure as

a fraud.

(10) Jchn Rossalli accepted abdassination onders frommob leader Glancana

who accopiod orders in turn fron Meyer Lansky.

(12) Comnities witness Rosselli was tie hit man who Bot Giancana with a

special assassination scapon developed by CIA. la led the kidnapping

and crecution of Janes lotta, one tine Teansters' president - even

as your hearings progresced.

(12) Witness Robert Kahue encuted the ordory of Howart fughes in contact

ing Fossolli to implenent i domestic assassinatior capabillty through

organised crine. Hughes Iroued ordero to assasciate Fromier Ngo

Diem through Richard G. Danner, alles Cil Dunner.

Dannor precipitated the lughos order to bug Laurece O'Brien'g tolo-

phone in the hatergate complex by being caught louarding a $100,000

paymont on Prosident Nizon's San Clemente and Kay Biscayne hones

Hughes to the Presiciont's Erlond, Bebe Reboro. Highos suspectod a

plot uy deloctor inhou and O'Brien to bior the oletion for Nixon.

"Cil" Dannor was managor; of the International Clul: In Sadgon, ouod

by tha U.S. Embassy. He roprecented lighes! intaost in the $51.8

billion racket munaged by richaed Genovese.

(13) CIA in 1949 ostáblished a Bonestic Intolligenco Dirision for covert

action within tho White louse, the Executivo Depatments, Congress,

political partios and the media.

(111) The Central Intolligence Agency dot of 1942 vas und as authoriaation

for CIA to implenonü domestic covert actions through funding and

personnel of conestic agencios of government.

The Intelligerce DiliCe

torate of CIA ls cover for domestic covert action:in the agency Itsolfo

I am sure you will agree that had your staff investigatedand confimed my

counterintelligenco auring the yoar 1t has been availableto you, the l0g1s

Lativo ronedlas recommended by jour proliminary report told have beon found

unaccoptably ieak by Committeo, Congross and the Americarolectorate. Please

permit me to neot and soive you with countorintelligercainpute

Encl: Letters to Son.

Ribicoff & Rep. PIke

Amos E. Heacock, 14lO Ogleborpe, Hyattsyllle,

20701, telephone 864-5353.

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an alarmed that no withoss has pointed a fingor of blame at the Contral.

Intelligones Agonoy dot of 1949. It 13 tha lagua Charta or CIA's Don

estic Intelligence Division.

This aet specifically provided cover for

CIA. It effectisely repealod CIl's rustriction to foreign operations

intended by Congroas to prevent a police state.

The 1942 act authorised CIA to concoal huge poriions of its budgot and

porsonnel within the budgets and parsonnel roster of domatic agencies

of government.

These especially include employees on Capitol Hill,

in the inite House, in the Dopartoonù of Justica, In the Fedoral Aiation

Auninistrucion and in the Civil loronauties Board. Until the act 1u

repealed Congress will remainilpart of the problen, not part of the

solution.

When Cornelius and Angela Mascridge vera hit by the ClA's donastic

assagains on January 10, 10b9imy anger ovariode my caution. I wrote

all fifteen membors of the Senate Foreign Rolations Coinitie February

23, 1957.

I demanded that rankridge be heard by the Senat?.

Although

I roceived no replies, this forced Carine Bellino's hand and Kak

ridge was subpoensed.

The recipients roferred some lettary to your

Connittoc.

Six nonths earlier my lotter of lugust l4, 1008 to the Forclgn Relations

connitine enclosed a 50s page stuy entitled "Assassinations of the

Iniusurial State." it concluded with the startling preinise I am now

proparad to prove to the Senate:

"It is my fim prediction; that when the Foreign Relationg

Conmittees get to the botton of the CIA's conspiracy to

usurp Congress' foreign polloy authority they will also

have solved the conspiracies bshind the continuing

assassinations of the industrial state."

I raly upon your falmess for opportunity to refurs the clalis of

Willian Colby, Director of Central Intelligonce, to testify and to aid

your Comitine to draft leglolation that will effectively prevent

abuses of power by the goveinment's intolligence agencies.

As an Mir Force officor before, during and after World War II, I am

conceined, as. I know you are, that our country's security will be pro

tactod.

I will testify for more oftective logitimats intelligence and

counterintalligence sorrices.

Perhaps the most effective testimony I

can give is that wich will establish that the CIA has been thoroughly

infiltrated and corrupted by double agents who owa their prinury

loyalty to the Soviet KOB.

Enel: Lettors to

Senator Frank Church

and Congressman

Otis Fake.

Respectfully submittod,

Arnose E, Hearock

• Amos E. Heacock

W110 Oglethorpo, Apt. 703,

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Telephone 854-5353

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SECREF

FIELD INFORMATION REPORT

COUNTRY:

Cuba :

SUBJECT:

Assassination of Lt. Col. Antonio.

BLMICO Pico Solved

REPORT NO.

HKH-1385

DATE OF INFO: 28-29 Riovember 1956

DATE ACQUIPED: 29 November 1950

DATE OF. "PEPORT: 30 November 1956

•PLACE ACQUIRED: Habana

SOURCE, SOURCE EVALLATION, APPRAISAL OF CONTENT: Cuban goverment official (B)

Appraisal of Content: 3

1.

Agents of the Servicio de Inteligencia Militar (SIM, Cuban Military Intelligence

service) are reported to have identified definitely the assassins of Li. Cel.

Antonio BLANCO Pico, former chief of SIM killed on 22 October 1956 at the Mont-

martre nightclub. On 29 lovember 1955 SIM agents interrogated ur. Armando Lardenas

Aranguren,

instructor of pathology at the University oi rabana, and succeeded

in obtaining an

admission from CaRdchAs that duan Pedro CeRso servia ano

USELES Secades had sought refuce at his house after the assassination of ELico

Rico and had remained there approximately three or four days.

CARDEAS stated

during interrogation that CARSO had arrived

at his house carrying a sub-rachine

gun.

On the basis of CARDElAS' admissions, SiM officiais are convinced

that

CARBO and CUBELAS viere the ones who killed ELaNCO Rico.

2. Implication of CARDENAS and CUBELAS resulted from the interception of a cable

by SIM sent from Miami, Florida, by a friend of CUBELAS to Virginia SECADES,

On 27 November 1956 Virginia SECADES was arrested

by SIM and taken to SIM headquarters for questioning concerning her son's parti-

cipation in the assassination of BLANCO Rico. SIM agents were unable to obtain

any information from SECADES concerning her son's role in the killing but suc-

ceeded in learning that CARDENAS was a close friend of her son.

On 29 lovember

1956 SIM

agents picked up CARDENAS, who, under pressure, admitted that he was

a homosexual, that CUSELAS was his intimate friend, and that he had nidden

CUBELAS and CARBO in his home for about four days.

These admissions were made

at SIM headquarters in the presence of Colonel Irenaldo GARCIA Baez, deputy

chief of SIM, It. Col. Marcelo TASERNILLA, who was wounded during the shooting

Of BLANCO Rico, and other high SIM officials.

"3.

interrogation of CARDENAS failed to reveal the destination of CARBO and CUBELAS

after they left the home of CARDENAS.. On the basis of the intercepted cable,

dated 23 November 1956, however, SIM officials believe that CARGO and CUBELAS

states ng fatates a a CARdo an ouR assass de viewed to the in tea

¡CARBO and CUBELAS are believed to be in Miami

at the present time.

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4. SIM has transmitted the results of interrogation of SECADES and CARDEÑAS to

President Fulgencio BATISTA, but the latter's reaction to these new develop-

ments is not known. Further action by the Cuban-authorities is complicated

by the fact that the Government's main witness, Chaleins, is of cubious re-

lability, because of his homosexuality. CARDErAS is also reported to be

the doctor of the family of Santiago VEPDEJA Neyra, Minister of Defense, who

vouched for him when he was arrested by siM.

Field Corments:

1. Office files contain no previous record of CARDENAS in connection with

anti-BATISTA activities.

A Dr. Armando CARDENAS was listed in hox (defunct

newspaper of the Cuban Co-bunist Party), issue of 22 April 1969, as one

of the persons who sent greetings to

the Horld Corgress of Peace Partisans,

scheduled to begin in Paris on 20 April 1949.

2.

Both CARSO and CUBELAS have been the subjects in the past of derunctations

and arrests by the Cuban authorities as a result of their anti-BATISTA

activities.

• They were accused in August 1955 by Colonel Orlando PIEDRA,

chief of the Department of Investigations, of having fled from the police

from the site of an ams cache.

In February 1956 CUBELAS was arrested and

tried on charges of participating in student disorders, according to articles

which appeared in local newspapers on 15 March 1955 and I April 1956.

CARBO

was denounced by the Cuban police as one of BLANCO Rico's killers immediately

after the shooting incident at the Montmartre nightclub.

office files contain no previous record of Virginia SECADES, Habana news-

papers of 29 November 1956 carried an item in which the University of Habana

Student Federation protested against the detention of Virginia SECADES by

SIM.

4. Files of the Consular Section, United States Embassy, Habana, revealed

that CARBO was issued a tourist visa on 3 June 1954 and that CUGELAS re-

ceived a similar visa on 15 October 1954. The files do not indicate

whether these visas were valid for a single entry or multiple entries, but

they could still be valid, on the basis of the dates of issue.

5. Podce

Police offictals announced immediately after the assassination of bLANku

Rico that they had intormation as to the identity of the two assassins

1IG "5 labnaming CARBO but not his accomplice, and that they were on the trail of

the latter. The police have failed to find the killers, however, and re-

CIA

portedly, under pressure

from President BATISTA and General Francisco

TABERMILLA, Chief of Staff, Cuban Armed Forces, SIM and the police have

been making desperate efforts to solve the BLANCO Rico kIlling. It is

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possible that CARDENAS may have been forced by sIM interrogators to make

statements implicating CARBO and CUBELAS which were not altogether true.

6.

The local press and radio reported on 29 and 30 Movember 1956 that United

States authorities were looking in lew Orleans for two Cubans who were sus-

pected of being the killers of BLANCO Pico.

They were identified by name as

Rolando CUSELAS Secades and Guillermo GARCIA Riestra.

The latter, inile a

student at the University of Habana, was accused of having participated in

an attempt against the life of Rolando MASFERRER in September 1949, accord-

ing to office files.

7.

Habana-afternoon newspaper, published the official sin version of

CARDERAS arrest on 30 November 1956; other newspaders carried it subse-

quently. It contained substantially the same information as reported

above, but it also implicated among others, former president carlos Pril socarras,

in the assassination of BLAXco Rico, alleging that PRiO had nelped CARee

and CUBELAS to escape from Cuba.

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18 March 1905

LENORINDUM:

SUBJECT:

Proposal to Exploit

Jose Rebellou In

PAIN

OperatION

2.

U-25

It is proposed tuat at the next rectiny nith

wo pras a nessago as

follors:

"A big conandanto or cavitaa sho unad

to bo a leader of the university students

opcood a numbered (eecIot) account ju

Switzorland throunh, Coloabian Suarez (5ỹ

successor:

Ho ras traveller in Europe at

that tino, roughly Doccuber. 1561-Jznuar3 1965.

Tho doposit was 11 the sount of $10,000."

The message is purposely so phrasco trat

It could apply to

- and Jobe. Robollou: Dots ura' part eroster ter

of the reu (Fedoration oi University Studento), ore is u

conindunto and the other a captain, and both xere travoling

1n Europe lI Decenber 1961-January 1965.

2. Subjoct proposal, has taken the followiag inscration

Into consideration.

L-li

Ila recerd

The file shons that sinco

April 1959 and repeatedly sises thor

bis throatoned to clininato cAsTRo, but lias

not dono so. Ho also was reportedly on is

vorgo sevaral tinos of dafecting but nover did.

Thero aro sunorous reports o1 varsina crodibility

tune te tas Been and is rcasuro agent.

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charactor is such that ho has been described.

In a report as

'a probabie thier, a possibla

iser el Farcotics, a honosexual or a friend ol

homosoxuals," but also "an exccedingly brave

Various reports indicato that ho is a

hoavy drinkor and a party lovor.

-thus a porson

inth sach trafts could rcsonably be bolloved

to bo involvod in Irregular financial transactions.

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b. . Favorablo factors (fron

"ÖPS

standpoint) :

In the sunner of 1962

gave

nd-1 9500 in Hoisinki to beideposited

bal in a European bank "for a rainy

day." In March 195).

showed gront

sensitivity on tho subject of bank accounts

IIl Europe by Culin ofilcials, Ludicating that

he sight shoot any official so invoived.

Conclusion:

whilo it cannot bo

discounted thist :

L-1

may bs a Castro

JEez,-it say bo that ho has boon sincoro

-In his dealings with

coubts throuch a0

FOlyGRAPH.

Resolution of

• Lacorvier bas

beon

inpossible since

uit tho

colling whos the mattor ras first montioned.

Prosunably CI's Interest in

L-l: 15 to 500 bla Carry Oul biG nissioz

to olininate

CASTRO The above proposal

may actually sticulate to desired action.

is questioned by tho rogine in

connection with this chargo, and should the

Investigation involvo a cortain arount of

harassment and unpleasantness, he uigbt tell

roach the conclusion that the time to tako

natters Into his own hands (abich he has

threatenod to do for several years)

aas at

Inst sirived.

sort

If

L-i"

is a Castro agent and:

Castro should bo aware of

's rolation-

ship F1tb C//

Castro night conclude that

recolved! the noney fron

C/A

banied 1t vitbout rocorting it, and rag in

fact vorking with

CIA againgt Castro.

(At tho recont. nootings 1n Paris .

asked us

for 510.000.

_Tie did rot give hin

thIs sus, though

wu-l savo bir $7,000.)

Whiche

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ENce

be

If for any reason the irgino should

do away with

1-1

.. his allegod ayopathizers

In the Arnod Forcos night fool thoy must react

It once to save thoir own

sking. Given tho

tonse political altuation in Cube today,

1s not' out of tho question and cortanly tide

proposal could split the rogine nore.

the last

Wis

AM M00

lic

50 7

it him?

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F

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Jose Robellon

Reballon is a

sor-controversial

gOOd

target for inclugion in this

OPS play for

the following reasons:

L -1

No is close t0 Castro, ag woll es to

•and has a Cornunist bacharound.

D.

account openod in a Swiss bank by Anbassador

Carrillo in cho fall of 1904.. Rebolion bas

boon authorizod by Castro to drar on that

fund for purchases relaica to Castro's pot

projectg.

Castro night thiak that Rebellon

bad raidod Castro's orn official fuad.

As with

Li-!

any sellon by the

regina against Rebollon night niden splies in

Cuba and bring about further political uneusiness

end tensions in interpersonal rolationships that

we desire.

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MELIORANDUM FOR:

ATTENTION:

VIA:

SUBJECT:

REFERENCE:

The Review Staff

Mr. Walter Elder

SA/DDO

SSC Request

RS 76-0083/A (14 January 1976)

REC

ACE II LOTS

CIA

ROM

1. Re question number 1 of reference: Attachment "A" contains

the names of Agency personnel who were in ilexico City, Mexico, during

the period 1 September 1963 through 31 December 1963 and no are still

on duty. Attachment "B" contains the names of Agency personnel who

were in ilexico City during this same period but are now retired or no

longer on duty. It is understood that these.

attachments will be

retained in the Headquarters building for use by the Committee Staff.

2.

Re question number 3(a) of reference: For your background,

•the Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil (DRE) was a Cuban

exile entity founded in September 1960 as an anti-Communist revolutionary

organization dedicated to the overthrow of the Castro regime!

organization of the DRE was the Directorio Revolucionario (DR), a revolu

tionary organization of Cuban students opposed to the Batista regime

which actively joined the Castro forces by organizing a guerrilla move-

ment which contributed greatly to the collapse of the Batista regime.

The Castro government, themselves of student origin, recognized the DR

their participation. The original DR became Communist controlled and

directed. While the Agency had no role in the founding, the DRE was an

entity used by the CIA as a unilateral asset in pursuing U.S. policy

objectives. CIA support to the DRE ceased on 30 September 1966 and formally

terminated on 1 January 1967. At that time DRE files were reviewed and

material dealing with CIA support and operations were either destroyed

or turned over the JMWAVE Station.

The DRE was expected to continue as

an organizational entity and continue its activities independent of CIA.

The DRE files of both Station INWAVE and Headquarters that are

available have been reviewed and Lee Harvey Oswald's name does not appear

in these files.

WAVE cable 8049 (in 66782) of 22 November 1963, states

in the third sentence, "according AMSPELL files, Oswald", undoubtedly

refers to the DRE files maintained in the DRE office in Miami, Florida.

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These entity files were independent of the JMVAVE Station files. Had

Station JHVAVE referred to its files in WAVE 8049 the cavle would have

been worded, "according MISPELL Station files." The file of AMHINI-53,

a former executive of the DRE, has also been reviewed and

no. reference

to Oswald was found. The file number which appears on WAVE 8049 is no

longer in use and the contents of this former file were transferred

into Oswald's and other 201. files by the CI Staff.

A tape of the radio

debate cited in WAVE 8049 is included in the Oswald 201 held by the CI

Staff.

4. Re question number 3(b) of reference: We have been unable to

determine if Station JMWAVE was instructed to review its files for

Information on Oswald. For. many years the CI Staff has been the focal

point for the collation of any. and all information concerning Oswald

and if the JWAVE files on any Cuban groups contained information on

Oswald

such information should be reflected in Oswald 201 file.

Kidnard S.

Sampson

Chief

Latin America Division

Attachments:

A & B

as

stated

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Fernandez Ares: "Ilsten, I hare your contilantial (report) 125, aboilt tha SIn.

Dursi casey and i vani to si you for sure declarations on this, you can teel n

in detail". He adds "Listen, thet's true...of biacirail, wast you say here in tha

confidential (report), the Federals of that country wanted Sra. Silvia Dural to D

sowething, that they had some interest in, and ned offered some money to the

Anerican? (Oswald). Hernandez Arnas replied that "no, no, nothing about monay, no".

Dorticos continued speaking, "and they tried to detain her, to oblige her to make

a statement". Hernandez says that

she was detained, and was questioned with respect

to this visit and the request for a visa, and then she said that she had requested

the visa, had flied out ile cunwaits and the reply of our government hed been -

negative, nogranting the visa".

Dorticos asked if "you spoke with her!, -Hernandez

said that yes, "I could talk to her yesterday and I imediately sent the report".

Dortico3:

DETAINED

"derstand? if all this is true,

better that it be known; if she is being

by those people, better too." Hernandez: I was saying that she was.

"detained Saturday alternoon, and freed in the early noming, end yesterday was when

I found her ard-could talk with her, she referred me (? ne refirió) and I took

:advantage. of the fact that a plane was about to leave with our mall. "Dorticos: yes,

yes, you sent that, I alredy how what you sent... do you know what happened? that-

the paper that I have here, and don't tell me that tir that is what happened?

Hernandez: What I have just told you besides the interrogation. Dorticos: what was

It that they asked you? Hernandez; They asked her concretly about whether she new

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This indirional; if she had gone to the Consulate; 1f she had personal relations, and

-even If she had intimate relations with him.. she denied all that, only... Dorticos:

intinate relations with im hin?" Jernandez:" Yes; she denied all that and seid that

It was a case like any other, of the merry of the hundreds of cases

that-come to

request visas at the consulate, and if she remembered in detail of this case it was

beceuse

this man had an incident with our Consul... he had an incident witherunoscenen

in which our Consul AZCUS, rebuked him and practiallytarew-him out of the Consulate.

BRUISES

Dortloos: end why does she have (amatones ess6.

did they

treat her badly? Hernardez: well, yes, yes.. Dorticos: wiat did they do to her?

enurses

Hemandez: She has a fen frau on the arms, because she says they squeezed her

aIs during the interrogation. Dorticos: what was it...as she told you about rbat

was done. Hernandezs In this way,presidentel: they want to her house and took ber

to I steer io the FRU Faderal Police and interrogated ker to the estreme

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I was tilling you about. Dorticos:

and the maltreatment, now was it? Hernander:

At the time of interrogation, trying to inpress hes so that she would tell all sne

had to say, that she knew, and then was when they took her by the arms and snook

ber. Dortices: listen, Joaguin end did they aske her some other question about waney?

Hernandez: no, no, absolutely, it seens.... Dorticos: did they try to get a statement

Iron her? Hernandez; no, no, ebsolutely from what she told me, they limited themselves

principally to sistry to find out what relations she had had and her husband with

this Individual. Dorticos: and they spoke of money? Hernandez: 10, 10, she has not

told me anything about money,. they did not talk to her about that, that 1s, she has

SAID

not told me that they spoke to her about that. Dorticos: Mirabal

to & friend

something about that.

Hernandez: eeh? well, I asked her if there had been some

Interest, If they had questioned her thux on other points, if there had been something

else, end she did not speak about that. Dorticos: At any rate, question her some

more, Investigate more and I call me here. Hernandez: Good, Presidente, I will call

you immediately.

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FIDEL CASTRO SAYS HE

KNEW OF

OSWALD THREAT

TO KILL JFK

By COMER CLARK

"Yes, I heard of Lee Harvey Oswald's plan to kill President Kennedy. It's

possible that I could have saved him.

"I might have been able to — but I didn't. I never believed the plan would

These were the dramatic words spoken to me by Cuba's Prime Minister Fidel

Castro in Havana on July 15.

"Lee Oswald came to the Cuban embassy in Mexico City twice," Castro

went on.

"The first time — I was told — he wanted to work for us.

"He was asked to explain, but he

wouldn't.

"He wouldn't go into details.

"The second time he said he wanted

to 'free Cuba from American imperial-

ism.'

"Then he said something like: 'Some-

ught to shoot that President Ken-

nedy.'

"Then Oswald said — and this was

exactly how it was reported to me -

'Maybe I'll try to do it.'

"This was less than 2 months before the

U.S. President was assassinated.

"The two visits occurred

close together,"

Prime Minister Castro told me. "I didn't take

them seriously."

My hard-won interview took place in the

middle of a cheering, jostling mob on the

sidewalk of La Rampa,

the

street' of Cuba's capital, Havana.

main "show

Castro had arrived unexpectedly to in-

spect progress on the building of a Cuban

Although millions of words

have been written claiming

that Fidel Castro was behind

the Kennedy assassination, no

newsman has been able to se-

cure a personal interview with

the Cuban prime minister for

his views on the slaying of the

U.S. President.

To shed more light on the most

dramatic event of the 20th

Century, The ENQUIRER sent

Comer Clark to Havana for

a face-to-face meeting with

Castro.

And here, for readers of The

ENQUIRER, is the exclusive

story of the dramatic interview

with Castro.

PRIME MINISTER of Cuba, Fidel Castro,

waS

addressing admiring crowd when ENQUIRER

reporter drew surprising stotements from him

in unexpected rapid-fire interview.

meeting of the Organization of Latin American Soli-

darity.

"The Prime Minister is bound to be very busy.

pavilion, erected with those of other Com-

You will have to be patient."

munist countries to mark the July 26 cele-

While waiting

for permission to interview the

bration of Castro's rebellion against the Ba-

prime minister,

I was taken on official

visits to

tista regime.

lago Diaz, of the Cuban consulate in London,

Cienfuegos Bay to watch the construction of a

massive

sugar processing and storage plant. And

And also to mark the meeting in Havana

who deals with entry inquiries. Diaz told

me

then I went to Trinidad,

one of the oldest towns

of Castro's rebel Organization of Latin Amer-| (though I was

that permission to visit Cuba had been "cleared"

in Cuba.

ican Solidarity (OLAS) confer-

unable to learn

what specific

I noticed that the windows of many Trinidad

ence, due to open on July 31.

checks on my eligibility had been

shops were barren of goods.

made).

For example, in the former Woolworth store on

I had applied to the Cuban em-

bassy in London during April.

There are only three legal ways was empty.

the main street, the entire window facing the street

to enter Cuba by air. From Mexico

May for permission to go to Cuba

City, from Prague, Czechoslovakia,

The only things that filled many otherwise emply

interview the island's prime

or from Madrid, Spain. So I flew to

windows were pictures and photographs of Fidel

Castro and

minister.

Madrid and entered Cuba by air-

propaganda posters.

Many

shops are

liner on July 9.

simply shut, because of a shortage of consumer.

Although a British subject does

not need a visa to enter Cuba,

In Havana, I immediately applied

goods.

to the Ministry of External Rela-

Soviet help in construction schemes was obvious

approval by the Cubans for the

tions for

- particularly at Cienfuegos Bay.

Some old Ameri-

entr

an appointment to see can machines were still

in use,

but much of the

necessary.

Prime Minister Castro.

Othes wise, the incoming visi-

In London,

new construction equipment was either Russian or

I'd been

assured

an Japanese.

tor risks being turned away at

interview would not be too difficult

Havana

Inspection tours, however, weren't what I had

to obtain. But Senor Laurencio Cor-

airport.

The

approval

come for. I kept asking about the Castro interview

came at the end of June and

doso; who dealt with foreign press

queries was not quite as optimistic

- and kept being told I'd have to be patient.

Many early-bird delegates to the OLAS confer- M

was telephoned to me by Santi-

as that.

"You know, there are the annual

ence started to arrive now. Waiters, public servants

and others began pinning on OLAS buttons.

With all

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ENQUIRER

REPORTER: Comer Clork's

celebrations of the

questions netted new facts.

rising

against

oct. 15

Batista,"

he said. "And then the

this activity, I began to feel my waiting and hoping

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n the evening of July,

15 when there

Is sudden sound of cheurs in the stree

so! people hurried

from the

restaurant,

.. in the general direction of the crowd.

"ere were shouts of "Fidel! Fidel!"

• That I Could

aro had: indeed, arrived.

May of Castro's public appearances are made with-

at iris warning.

Partly, this seems to be for security.

But, also, because it is regarded as

"in accord-

ort o.th the spirit of the rebellion." Sudden, dramatic

Have Saved

• i is m spurning protocol.

gushed

into

the

cheering crowd as

se in his familiar "fatigue" uniform of

bid Teen and a sweat-cap, acknowledged

Cas

cars and looked admiringly at the

•dide pavilion.

Mim, Says Fidell

• f'e pete several times rapidly in Spanish.

at; shed through the mob toward him,

go gripped me.

lud my Press card in my hand and

a i. saying (in English) that I'd like to

and = prime minister when he could spare

ine i! see

me.

I hoped some nearby offi-

ra did be able to translate my request

• s'aiso.

!. apparently Castro himself heard my

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voice above the background of

de =us noise.

Te bearded

prime

minister

- who

peaks and understands English well - turn-

DIDN'T HELP: Castro admitted he had heard

ed disund flamboyantly

and;

raising

his

of the assassination threat but gove vague red-

ray called to me in a friendly

way:

'ete do you come from, senor? Don't you

¿ we're having'a great celebration?"

I caled out that I was a British news.

THE

sons for not reporting it to the United Nations.

view under odd and difficult circumstances.

If he

could be taken at his word, Castro had shed new

light on the Kennedy assassination mystery. I hoped

so man and had been trying to get an ap.

to learn even more at the formal interview, which

m==ent to see him. Again, I waved

my

was still pending.

for! card.

On July. 17 I was telephoned at my hotel by Senor

deat's wrong with right now?" he asked

# rous good humor and plainly happy to

Cordoso,

"; ring on a show for the crowd.

terview.

who had tried to arrange the formal in-

Prime Minister,

" I said, "it's been sug-

HIT CUBA HARD:

President John F. Kennedy is

Cordoso said: "I am glad you had the

chance

mon several times that there was some

shown in November 1962 as he told newsmen that

of

meeting the Prime Minister.

You

were

very

= involvement or link with the assas-

Russia had agreed to remove weapons from Cuba.

fortunate."

ridin of American President Kennedy.

I agreed and asked when my longer interview

(uld you tell me if there is any truth at all! "I thought the visits might be something to do with would be granted.

the American CLA — whether anything eventually

But Cordoso explained he'd been told by

the

citro looked straight at me, thought for a few

happened or not."

Prime Minister's office that Castro would be heavily

- and then made the dramatic statement,

Cries from the crowd began to divert Castro's

engaged with the anniversary celebrations and meet.

suit at the start of

attention from me. I desperately asked if by

"any-

ings with OLAS visitors.

is iticle, that he'd

thing happened" he meant an assassination of Pres-

"He has a lot of pressing engagements - those

la seports of Lee Os-

ident Kennedy.

and other things,

" Cordoso said.

'I can't see any

•:; visits to Cuba's

X. 1.39

City

embassy

"Well, it crossed my mind. But I didn't give

chance of another personal interview at all in the

much thought to it," he said.

near future."

a tadn't believed the

"Then, too, after such a plot had been found out,

This was the final decision, and I decided to make

*o;: serious.

we would be blamed . for something. we had noth-

arrangements to leave Cuba. I flew to Mexico City,

Her did

you form

"a rew?" I

asked

ng to do with.

where I called at the high-walled Cuban embassy

"It could have been used as an excuse for an-

to

see if I could learn more about Oswald's two

Carto replied: "Well,

other invasion try. In any case, people would have

visits there.

"we sere two calls in

tried to put it at my door.

The grilled double gates were opened by a gate-

*; wecks. I later learn-

Castro started to make his way to the edge of the

keeper to allow in some official-looking diplomatic

• " stayed at the em-

t'r about 15 minutes.

sidewalk.

car.

As he did so, he added: "I was not responsible

I quickly showed him my Press credentials, and

• Eme. He gave the

for Kennedy's death. I will tell you that.

asked if I could see anyone of authority inside the

li ! Lee Oswald each

"I think he was killed by U.S. Fascists - right embassy.

wing elements who disagreed with him."

But the gatekeeper replied in halting English:

Te calls were

re-

Then he started speaking again in Spanish with

"No, no Press. It is impossible."

Mr to Havana, as a

those

immediately around

him,

turned and

said

The wall of silence had been lowered on the

"a? of course,

LEE OSWALD

un-

NOW LINKED TO CUBA

goodbye to the crowd, climbed into his car and

Oswald

situation,

except for that one revealing

o the authority of our

was driven away.

moment with Castro himself on the sidewalk in

= disador in Mexico,

Senor Joaquim Hernandez." |

It had been an ünexpected and shocking inter-

Havana.

¡aiked: "Did the ambassador himself see Os-

Carto replied: "No, he was seen by an aide.

¿a went on: "Let me be clear. I just didn't be-

what he (Oswald) meant this. I thought that he

"ave been some sort of wild man. Or maybe

ider money.

seemed that to kill the head of a state

" pid. Just pointless. As far as Cuba was con-

the policy of the American government

".,d 30 on, anyway."

I asked Castro, frankly: "Did you have any

a. at of

warning the

American government

for; Oswald?"

iro replied, spreading his hands: "We don't —

in't - have any relations with the American

ment, anyway.

I'd taken it seriously, I might have informed

cited Nations or

some other official agency

it. But who would have believed me? People

: have said Oswald was just mad. Or that I'd

nad."

" suddenly asked: "What is your name, any.

I told him.

Aell. Mr.

Clark," said the Prime Minister,

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TO:

Jim Johnston

¡Paul Wallach

FROM:

Dan Dwyer

DATE:

January 21, 1976

SUBJ:

CIA Briefing with Raymond Rocca Regarding Oswald

Early in our investigation of CIA's handling of the Oswald case,

Raymond

Rocca briefed Wallach, Dwyer and Greissing on November 11 and

13, 1975.

Some of Rocco's comments merit consideration in light of

our present knowledge of the case.

1.

Opening of 201

Rocca explained that Oswald's 201 was opened by Betty Egerter:

from a list of American defëctors 1958-1960 from the State Department.

2.

Status of 201, 11/22/63

Rocca explained that on November 22, 1963 all documents in the

Oswald 201 were originated by other agencies; Mexico City cable

Fraffic was not included in the 201 because it was routed through

a compartmentalized channel and therefore would not be circulated

via the 201.

3.

Oswald's Defection to' USSR

With regard to Oswald's defection to the Soviet Union, Rocca

said Oswald would have been of interest to the military and the FBI

and that CIA was only interested in the "information"'

aspect of the

case.

Rocca could not cite any, example of a U.S. citizen defecting

on behalf of any interest of the U.S. government.

cate, Rocca believed Hoover would not have generated it.

Rocca sug-

gested someone at the Bureau who was familiar with soviet technique

of using birth certificates for illegals -- Larry McWilliams, Brannigan

or Cregar - would have authored the memo.

(Rocca could never establish

if, in fact, Oswald took his birth certificate with him to the soviet

Uniion.) . Rocca commented that the Bureau memo, sent to state and oN,

should have been forwarded to CIA by State, but never was.

In Rocca's determination, Oswald was the only American defector

who was allowed to stay in Russia following a suicide attempt.

Rocca

said that Oswald would have been subjected to one or two assessments

by the KGB.

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Rocca referred to an SB study, directed by Lee Wigren and con-

ducted by Virginia Valpi which compared the Oswald case to other U.S.

defectors and their wives.

SB concluded Oswald was not given special

handling by the KGB. Rocca maintains Oswald was given special treat-

which Oswald received financial assistance) and the Reu Cross Felation-

He believes Oswald's relationship with the

"Red Cross"

ship with the KGB should beiclarified.

Rocca also finds it peculiar that Marina married Oswald since

Marina's uncle was KGB.

Rocca said that Oswald was the only defector

who married someone with a KGB connection of that kind.

Rocca said that

the CIA developed this information after the assassination.

Rocca described Minsk as "not an unsensitive section" of Russia

and added that Oswald was the only American defector in Minsk, a white

Russian area.

Rocca commented on Oswald's surprise

visit to the American Em-

bassy in Moscow by saying.

in Russia!"

that "people don't do that kind of thing

Rocca believes Oswald's Soviet diary is bona fide. Rocca ad-

mitted that although there are perceptible changes in the quality

of Oswald's written material, Oswalds'

mentality seemed conducive

to periods of attention to thoroughness and detail.

4. Alleged Debriefing of Oswald

Rocca did not have any knowledge of an alleged debriefing of

Oswald in New York City by the DeD.

Rocca said that if a debriefing

report existed; it would have been distributed in 00 series (overt

operations) of the DDI (now DDO).

Rocca also noted that a debriefing

report would not have been filed in the Oswald 201.

Rocca noted that

a Dr. Froyn (phonetic) supervised DDI records. Rocca also said that

Traveler's Aid was a legitimate charitable organization which had no

ties with the CIA.

5.

Oswald and Mexico City

Rocca said that Chief, Wi could clarity aspects of technical

operations on Cuban and Soviet Embassies.

Rocca said that David

Phillips organized the technical surveillance.

Although the Cuban Embassy was officially closed on September

28,

Rocca found nothing unusual about Oswald's visit there and meeting

Silvi Duran, Cuban consulate employee.

Rocca emphasized that Oswald's activities in Mexico City were

the responsibility of the FBI.

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6. Possible Oswald-Cuban Connections

Rocca described document gaps in the materials that the Russian

and Cuban governments forwarded to the WC via diplomatic channels.

He described these areas as "open and relevant."

Rocca drew attention to Oswald's Marine duty in California in

1958. Basing most of his analysis on testimony of

DelGado, Oswald's

sergeant in California, Rocca maintained that Oswald had made contact

with the Cubans at the

Cuban Embassy in Los Angeles.

Rocca said that

DelGado had to release Oswald. from guard duty because someone from Los

Angeles reinitiated contact while Oswald was on duty.

Rocca placed specific emphasis on Castro's"impromptu "comments

to Harker at the Brazilian Embassy in Havana

Rocca viewed Castro's comments as a "message" on September 7, 1963.

to American leaders

and said it was a "very important signpost,

Rocca added that the

Mexico City Station brought Castro's comments to Headquarter's atten-

tion on 11/25/63.

Rocca also viewed Castro's comments in terms of

Oswald's possible perception of

them, since New Orleans Times Picayune

ran the Harker atticle on September

9, 1963. (This is the line Slawson

adopted: could Oswald have read the piece?)

•In regard to the Castro comments (unfortunately my notes are

sketchy here)

Rocca refers

"Des to Paris.". He then refers to an 11/5/63 memo for the record and

said "man never heard from again."

* t on tan

to a 10/24/63 cable, memo, or letter from

Rocca should be asked to clarify

these references.

Rocca briefly outlined Cuban-Russian relations in the early 1960s.

he described 196l as the

"seed time" between Cuba and the USSR.

Rocca

said that following the missile crisis, the KGB and DGI began a "pre-

liminary relationship."

Rocca mentioned Srotoff (phonetic) and

Alexiev (sic)

as being KGB principals involved. Rocca said that when

Castro visited Moscow in June-July 1963, Alexiev and Leonoff served

as liaison between Kruschev and Castro.

Rocca referred to an escalation

of Alpha-66 activity (sporadic revolutionary attacks on Cuban ports

vessels, etc.) in July-August 1963.

Rocca places Castro's "warning"

of September 7, 1963 in the context of these activities.

Rocca said that Oswald's

activities for the FPCC in New Orleans

were apparently self-motivated.

kocca added, however, that V. I. Lee,

national chairman of the FPCC,

visited Cuba in 1904.

Rocca noted that

(fnu) Hernandez handled Lee's

case and that Hernandez'

office was next

to Azcue's, who, according to Duran, argued with Oswald at the Cuban

Embassy in

Mexico City.

According to Rocca, Hernandez was mentioned

in penetration reports

from Guatemala where

Hernandez was running two

DGI

agents.

Rocca outlined these relationships briefly to demonstrate

DGI-FPCC connections.

Rocca concluded that the Warren Commission should

have paid more attention to the DGI.

Rocca also mentioned that the

CIA picked up a DGI defector named Mugg in April or May of 1964, who

was handled by WH Division.

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Oswald, New Orleans, Garrison Case

Rocca said that the CI/R and A stayed on top of the Garrison case

and "summarized overt developments."

Rocca identified the analyst

for the Garrison material as Donald Pratt.

Rocca said that by NSA

intercepts and associated relationships,

the CIA believed Garrison

was operating (unwittingly) under KGB manipulation.

(Rocca briefly

described Soviet technique of misinformation.

He recalled an inter-

view that Drew Pearson had with

Kruschev in

Cairo in 1964 or 1965.

Kruschev told Pearson that his "gut feeling" was that American right-

wing extremists and capitalists

were responsible for the'resident

assassination. Rocca said this typified KGB disinformation.)

Rocca characterized Oreste Pena's allegations as "absolute

fabrication." Rocca said CIA files revealed that Clay Shaw was a

contact of the DCD until 1956.

Rocca said that he was never informed in 1962 or 1963 about

a revolutionary training camp around Lake Pontchartrain.

He believes

that the GIA did not know of its existence.

Rocca said there is evi-

dence that messages

from the Lake Pontchartrain camp were going to a

drop in Mexico City.

8.

GPFLOOR Period

GP FLOOR was

the crypt used to describe the investigation con-

ducted by CIA following the President's assassination (11/23-1/12-15/63.)

The Mexico City aspect of GPFLOOR was controlled by WH: J. C. King,

Chief; Jack Whiten, Desk Chief, and Win Scott, COS, Mexico

City. Rocca

said that Whiten would report Mexico City developments to Helms who

would then inform McCone.

9. End of GPFLOOR: Warren Commission

the CIA and WC.

terest to the WC -- mostly concerning Oswald's defection to Russia.

Rocca's staff included: Thomas Hall, Arthur Dooley and Paul Hartman.

Hall conducted research on Soviet service in DDO.

Dooley followed all

Bureau developments forwarded to CIA.

Hartman was responsible for ex-

ploration of overt references and Soviet service."

researched DeMohrenschildt's relationship to the Oswalds.

one co the said coatty, Hartman

Rocca reported his research staff's findings to Angleton; Rocca

had no contact with Helms.

Rocca explained that he had some liaison

with Slawson of the WC staff.

Rocca said that any negotiation between

the CIA and WC was conducted by Helms,

Dulles, and Rankin

Rocca said

he had no knowledge of any CIA assassination attempts against castro.

Rocca emphasized that the FBI was the investigative arm for the

Warren Commission.

Rocca said that Sam Fapich, Dick O'Niell (sic) and

Jim Hunt were the Bureau personnel involved with the WC.

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David Murphy and Bagley, Chief and Deputy Chief of CI/SB.

Rocca

said that Lee Wigren and Virginia Valpi were also involved ir

Soviet R&A.

10.

Rockefeller Commission Inguiry

Rocca served as CIA liaison to the Rockefeller Commission

in regard to Warren Commission allegations.

Belin and Robert Olsen

were involved in the investigation.

Belin wanted Rocca to review

documentation regarding the photo of the unidentified individual

in Mexico City.

Belin told Rocca that the Warren Commission was not

clued in on Cuban emigreeissues and Operation MONGOOSE. Rocca de-

veloped the impression that the Rockefeller Commission

was looking

into CIA's operations aimed at Castro.

Belin asked Rocca for the

Castro comments of September 7, 1963. Belin was not aware of the

statements during the Warren Commission. (Slawson, however, was but

only at the conclusion of the WC.).

Rocca

also

said that Belin is writing another book on Oswald

and the President's assassination.

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OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

WASHINGTON, D.C.: 20330

FEB 2 4 1976

Honorable Frank Church, Chairman

United States Senate Select Committee

on

Intelligence Activities

Washington, D. C.

20510

Dear Senator Church:

Transmitted herewith is a memorandum prepared

by the Federal Bureau öf Investigation in response

to the request. in Item 15 of a letter dated January 14,

1976, from Mr. Paul Wallach of your Committee's staff.

incerely,

Michel & Statin

MICHAEL E. SHAHEEN, JR.

Special Counsel for Intelligence Coordination

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OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535

62-116395

February 19, 1976

U. S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE TO

STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS WITH

RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (SSC)

Reference is made to SSC letter dated January 14,

1976, requesting access to various materials contained in FBI

files.

Item 15 of referenced letter requested access to

materials pertaining to FBI contacts or interviews of

Loran Eugene Hall from January, 1963, through December, 1975.

Material responsive to Item 15 has been assembled and is

available for review by SSC Staff members in Room 4171,

J. Edgar Hoover Building•

SSC Staff member Paul Wallach advised on

February 10, 1976, that the portion of referenced request

concerning Item 14 is withdrawn.

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I then got a call from Bundy on October 2nd, and he said

that -- Chase, I think his name was.

Peter Chase, one of his

assistants -- is the person to be in touch with, and to keep

him apprised of all developments.

I later again got a word from Jean Daniel, the French

correspondent who had come back from Havanna saying Cuba seemed

ripe for a conversation.

So this also came from anothar source,

a Greek town planner named Doxiati,, who said that Castro was

very much interested in some kind of normalization relation,

but that Che Guevera and Raul were opposed.

October 21st, I got a call again from Bundy's office asking

me what was new. I said, well the ball is now, in the Cuban's

court.

On the 28th, I saw Lochuga again at the UN who said that

Havanna didn't see exactly how a talk would be useful now, but

he would be glad to maintain continuous contact with me anyway.

The 4th of November I brisfed Stevenson on these develop-

ments and meanwhile, Miss Howard had been on the phone with

Rene Valao who was Fidel Castro's aide at that point, and who

was one of the so-called pro-Americans in the group and who

suggested that I get in touch with him by telephone.

I then briefed Bundy on this: on

the 5th of November.

Bundy told me that the President was more in favor of pushing

towards an opening toward Cuba than was the State Department,

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perhaps wiping out the Bay of Pigs and maybe getting back into

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the entire thing. I might say I have forgotten one point. When

5

I first told Adlai Stevenson about this demarche: or approach

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the CIA, unfortunately, is still in charge of Cuba. But he

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said -- he still offered to take it up with the White House.

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Anyway, we're now on November 12th, and I went to Miss

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Havanna with Valao. We never could get through: the bad

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connections, but she had spoken to him before I arrived and

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he had suggested that I come to Marianao from Key West and

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talk directly with Fidel Castro, because they wanted to avoid

15

going through Havanna.

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Bundy called me the same day to say that the white House

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favored preliminary talks with Valao at the UN but not down in

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Cuba and told me to tell Valao this. I finally reached Valao

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on the telephone on November the 14th and delivered a massage

20

about his. coming here. He said -- and that we wanted to discuss

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be possible and useful at this time, and that was the first real

indication. At this point, I said I'm no longer a private

citizen but a government official and we agreed that the

current situation was different, at the same time, things were

a bit abnormal and he said the Cubans were very much annoyed at

the exile rate, the CIA rate on Cuba, as well as the freezing

of their assets.

The next step was my visit to Washington on September 24th

when I came down to see Robert Kennedy who was then Attorney

General. His position was -- I showed him the memoranda, which

I had prepared on what had happened up to that point. He said

that a trip to Cuba which is what LaChuga had suggested would

be rather risky, said it was bound to leak and said it might

result in some kind of Congressional investigation or something.

Anyway, it might be a problem. But he did think the matter was

worth pursuing through UN. channels, and he would be talking to

Averell Harriman and Bundy about it.

At that point, LaChuga said he would be making a very

violently anti-American speech on November 7th and not to worry

too much about it, so Stevenson asked me to help prepare a speech

in raply. On the 27th of Septembar, I saw Lochuga again, told him

I could not aecept any invitation to come to Cuba, but I would

be glad to keep in touch with him and he could talk with

anyone who wanted to come up and he said he would notify Havanna.

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I reported this to Bundy on the 19th of November -- by the

way, my call to Valao was the l8th -- he said that after their

agenda had been received, the President wanted to see me at the

White House and decide what to say and whether to go or what

we should do next. That was the 19th of November, three days

before the assassination.

On the 29th of November, LaChuga had seen! Miss Howard

and he wondered where things stood now. I passed the word to

him that I didn't know, but that until we were told differently

that we would continue

our conversation.

On the 2nd of December he confirmed. getting a letter from

Valao and he wanted to know if i things had changed again. He

said he was

authorized to talk to me in general terms.

I called the White House, Chase in this case, to say that

the ball was now in our court.

On December 4th, LaChuga again looked me up at the UN

said he now had a lattar directly from Castro approving the

detailed talks and an agenda.

Again, I informed Chase.

He said the decision would take some time now because all

our policies were under review.

This went on. I kept seeing LaChuga and LaChuga would say

he was waiting for an answer, and I kept saying well the door

isn't closed, I just don't know.

On the 17th of December the President, this time President

Johnson, came to the Waldorf to meet with the delegation at

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Stevenson's apartment and told me that he had read my Cuban

memo recapitulating the events or the discussions in the fall

with interest and that was

that. And I then was in Washington.

Averell Harriman asked me about the Cuban project. I said I

didn't know, that it was lying down in Chase's office in the

White House and that he told me he'd get back to me after the

holidays.

Well, that ended my diary in '63. I then went to Kenya

as Ambassador in February of '64. However I do recall that

some time in January I again called Chase and I said, well, if

this thing is going to be continued I would suggest either

John Case or someone on that mission. He said, well, it doesn't

look as though it's going to be continued now because it's an

election year, or whatever the reason was, and anyway we'll keep

it in mind but that it was

a dead issue.

The interesting thing, I think in terms of your investiga-

tion is that whatever was yoing on in terms of assassination

plots, certainly there seemed to be two tracks, because it seems

hard for me to believe that the Executive would be approving this

type of negotiation while other covert oparations were happening,

although it could conceivably have happened.

The Chairman. If it did happen, what we are in search of

is an explanation.

I think your testimony is helpful. Certain inferences

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OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL.

WASHINGTON. D.C. 20530

Researcht

MAR & 1976

Honorable Frank Church, Chairman

United States Senate Select Committee

on Intelligence Activities

Washington, D. C.

20510

Dear Senator Church:

Transmitted herewith is a memorandum prepared

by the Federal Bureau of Investigation with an attach-

ment which is responsive to a letter dated February 12,

1976, from Mr. Paul Wallach of your Committee's staff.

Sincerely,

steven Blackburst

STEVEN BLACKHURST

Assistant Special Counsel for

• Intelligence Coordination

RECEIVED FROM

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•CE OF TRE DIRECTOR

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535

62-116395

February 27, 1976

U.S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE TO STUDY

GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS WITH RESPECT

TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (SSC)

Reference is made to SSC letter dated February 12,

1976, which requests delivery of Mr. Hoover's memorandum

dated November 29, 1963, which memorandum is contained in

the "Official and

Confidential Files" (0 & C) and which was

made available for access on February 12, 1976, to an SSC

Staff Member.

A copy of Mr. Hoover's memorandum dated November 29,

1963,

is attached in compliance with the above request. One

excision has been made by reason of privacy.

Instant memorandum also serves to confirm a conversation

on February 20, 1976, between Mr. Paul Wallach, SSC Staff Counsel,

and Mr.. Steven

Blackhurst, Assistant Special Counsel for

Intelligence Coordination, Department of Justice, a pertinent

portion of which conversation was relayed by Mr.

Blackhurst

to Special Agent Thomas J. MeNiff.

Mr. Blackhurst reported

that during the above conversation Mr.

Wallach gave assurances

that should the SSC decide to use the attached memorandum or

any portions thereof, the material used will not be identified

as having been maintained' in Mr. Hoover's O & C files.

In addition to the above, referenced SSC letter of

February 12, 1976, also requested delivery of all material in

the 0 & C files pertaining to a number of specifically identified

items relating to the Warren Commission and to this Bureau's

investigations of both the Oswald matter and the assassination

of President Kennedy. A thorough review of the special indices

relating to material contained in the 0 & C filés failed to

indicate that any documents contained in these O & C files,

other than the attached memorandum, would be responsive to

the

Items listed in referenced SSC letter of February 12, 1976.

Enclosure

•This document is prepared in response to your request and is not for rissem:.

nation oritside your Committee.

Its use is limited to official procedures i"

your Committee and the content may not be disclosed to unanchorize persoü..

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OPTIONAL POPHNS. 10

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OSA GAN. AIG. NO. 17

UNITED STATE

IMENT

Memorandum

Sir. Belmontire

DATE:

November 25, 1903

FROM :

A. Rosen

Tolson

Belmont

Mohs.

Casper

Callahan -

Conrad

A Deloach V

Evans

Gole

• Rosen

Sullivan &

Tavel

Trotter

Tele. Room.

Holmes -

Gandy .

SUBJECT:

JACK RUBY;

LET HARVEY OSWALD - VICTIM

CIVIL RIGHTS

At 9:20 A.M. this date an individual

identifying himself only as'Mr. Miser,

1125 14th Street, Northwest, contacted the Bureau

and advised that

he was a close friend of Ruby:

In addition he identified Chin lurchison and y

ronny Webb as being trionds 012y

declined to furnish additional information but

agreed to interview.

Washington Field Oftice

was Imnediately advised and an Agent dispatched

in order to get full details concerning the above.

I = Mr. DeLoach

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C-x1-23

MEMORANDUM

To :

File

• From:

Subject:

Mason Cargill

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT DOCUMENTS RELATING

TO PLOTS TO ASSASSINATE CASTRO

On May 20, 1975, I reviewed one file of documents

in the office of the Assistant Attorney General/Criminal

Division.

The file was about one-half inch thick, was marked

:"#82-46-5 - TOP SECRET."

It contained documents relating to

the October 31, 1960, wiretapping incident in Las Vegas.

The documents in this file indicated the following

items of interest:

1. The IRS investigated Rosselli from December 1, 1962, to

March 1, 1963.

2.

IRS report attached to March 19, 1963, memo to Herbert J.

Miller, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division,

indicates Maheu told FBI that Rowan tap had been placed

to determine whether McGuire had leaked any classified

information she had obtained from Giancana.

3 .

4.

Letter from Miller (Assistant Attorney General) to U.S.

Attorney in Las Vegas of January 17, 1963, instructed

that prosecution of Balletti should be dropped.

Memo for the Record, dated May 14, 1962, Subject: Arthur

James Balletti et al - Unauthorized Publication or Use of

Communications, by Sheffield Edwards of CIA - The file

contained original of this memo outlining the full briefing

which had been given Robert F. Kennedy on May 7, 1962.

(We have a copy of this from CIA.)

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5.

Memo to Attorney General, from Herbert J. Miller, of

April 24, 1962, Subject:

Arthur James Balletti - Wiretap

Case - Sam Giancana - This memo recommends prosecution in

this case would be against national interest. It contains

no mention of assassination.

6. The file contained several memos to and from FBI Director

and Miller of January, February, and March, 1962, re

Las Vegas case. They did not mention assassination.

7.

Other Department of Justice documents of December 1961,

relating to possible prosecution were filed. They basically

outlined facts of the Balletti matter.

8. FBI reports on Las Vegas incident, dated September 12,

1961, August 18, 1961, and July 28, 1961. The last one

indicated

Maheu installed bug to determine whether

Giancana had

leaked classified information to McGuire.

9.

There follow several FBI reports on interview during 1961

of participants in the Las Vegas incident.

10.

Memo from Director of FBI to Attorney General, of May 22,

1961, transmits the memo dated May 22, 1961, of an inter-

view with Shef Edwards of May 3, 1961. [We have copy of

the memo on this interview, dated May 22, 1961, Subject:

"Arthur James Balletti, et al."]

11.

12.

13.

Giancana or McGuire were leaking information.

There follow many FBI documents in 1961 on investigation

of details of preparation, etc., for Las Vegas affair.

Memo, dated November 22, 1960, to Assistant Attorney

General (Criminal Division), from Director of FBI,

Subject: Arthur James Balletti, Unauthorized Publication

Or Use of Communications transmitted a report of an FBI

agent

at Salt Lake City dated November 10, 1960. The

agent's report stated that Balletti was arrested on

October 31, 1960, at the Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas. This

report contains

the details of the arrest.

(This document is the last entry in this Criminal Division

file on the Las Vegas Incident.)

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14. Documents from late 1960's and early 1961 indicate Maheu

did not implicate CIA initially but instead said he had

been asked by a Los Angeles attorney to arrange investi-

gative work in Las Vegas.

Maheu declined to name the

attorney•

Maheu first mentioned CIA connection in an FBI interview

on April 18, 1961 lafter the Bay of Pigs] (detailed in an

agent report of April 20, 1961, transmitted by a memo to

Assistant Attorney General on April 25, 1961). He said

he was working with CIA and the Las Vegas bug was ordered

to determine if Sam Giancana was leaking information.

(Maheu did not tell FBI about nature of activities he

undertook for CIA.)

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18o eliminate a break lor bog investors.

'still F=.

inal

pealed lu improse the meas.

va!

tre's

image

in the cyes

of

House, liberals, who have been

ied

fearful that

the

commitice

might report out a "rich man's

its

bill."

The crucial vote in the hair.

breadth decision was under-

stood to have been cast by Rep.

Martha W. Griffiths (D-Mich.),

who was absent when the com-

mittee deadlocked 12 to 12.

loungsters stand in ront di the newly completed James W. Johnson School al 1420 S.

Alboug if ...'at as de last of du:

iy mobile don.aon is mored ming. Portable

se! aslename mer uved to Delano School, 3937 W. Wilcox, where they'll be used until s

new wing is completed there. In an interview Thursday Schools Supt. Benjamin C. Willis

defended the flexibility of the mobile units, saying they are being requested in somo areas

in spite of protests directed against their use at 73d and Lowe. Stories and other pictures on

Page 3. (Sun-Times Photo by Howard Lyon)

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le placent 19433

CIA Sought Giancana

is

st

Hellp For Cuba Spying

By Sandy Smith

Sun-Times Correspondent

Castro forces kidnap 19 refugees in the Bahamas while

UaS, fliers watch helplessly, lage 2.

WASHINGTON-A fantastic tale of attempted Cuban espionage involving

Chicago gang boss Momo Salvatore (Moc) Giancana and the Central Intelli-

cau of Investigation of Gian-

was

embittered because the

gence Agency was revealed Thursday to The Sun-Times.

cana's

crime

syndicate.

Commission, in traditional gang

• It was a weird gangland spy

Chicago led directly to the ex-

bipartisanship,

had

dollars.e

case in which, government of-

ficials said, CIA agents cou-

EXCLUSIVE

Giancana never did any spying

posure of the La Cosa Nostra

backing • both

sides in the

al all for the ClA.:

("our cause") brotherhood and

Cuban revoll:

the Commission.

tacted Giancana in an effort to

Giancana, according to these

The Commission was said lo

With his connections

obtain Cuban intelligence after

in

1959 and carly 1960, Giancana,

have given financial backing to

sources, merely pretended 1o

the Fidel Castro regime came

Cuba,

Giancana declared he

a big shot on gangland's "Com-

into power in 1959.

mission"

and in its La Cosa

go along with she ClA in the

Casiro-only to have him shut

would be able to sneak intel.

hope that the Justice Depart-

ligence out of the island for

down the gambling casinos.

What the ClA accomplished

Nostra

murder-and-terror so-

And the former Cuban dic

ment's drive to put him behind

the CIA.

-if anything-by negotiating

cicly, became what his fellow

bars might be slowed-or at

dator, Fulgencio Batista, re-

with the 53-ycar-olu Chicago

A high

government source

gangsters abhor and would act

least affected-hy his ruse off

portedly fled Cuba with mil.

rackels chief is one of many

gave The Sun-Tinies this ac.

unexplained mysteries of the

swiftly

exterminate a an

co-operation with another gov.

lions he received from Com-

count of how Giancana stepped

agent for the U.S. government.

ernment agency.

mission hoodlums.

into the role of a government

maller.

The CIA wasn't lalking about

If this was Giancana's mo.

In his dickering with the

One

thing, however, is cer- the case here on Thursday.

tive. his scheme was a failure.

But Justice Department

For a probe br the Justice De-

severl months in late sources expressed belief that partment ant

Federal Bur-

The CIA made its first con-

tact with Giancana in 1959.

The Chicago gang boss shien!

CIA, Giancana reputedly boast-

co that he had contar with

Turn to silge 2

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the abortive rebel invasion at | he was on the payroll of a prie

told investigators to get in vestigator's mission in the Las

anti-Castro factions and

was

the Bay of Pigs in April, 1961.

vate detective agency in Flo.-

louch with the CIA.

Vegas suite do the excitiner

ready to use lis contacts for

An equally bizarre episode

inquiry then

was another ridele of Gianca-

months later gave the Justice

Florida authoritics sought an

from Florida to Washington

na's caper with the CIA. Neith-

Department its first clue to

explanation of the incident

and revealed Giancana's nego-

er the ClA nor the

Florida

Justice Department officials

say now that Giancana was just

Giancana's negoliations

from the operator of the detec-

tiations with CIA, it was dis-.

detective agency ever has of-

tive agency. At first, the oper-

closed.

fered an explanation of what

He might have

The figures in this incident

ator refused to discuss the

Government sources reported

" but he never

the investigator was doing in

were a male night-club enter-

matter.

Finally, however, he Thursday that the private in-| the hotel suile, the sources said.

produced anything of valie for

and Giancana's

the CIA, the officials said.

friend, Phyllis McGuire, one of

The CIA was said to have

dumped Glancana as a possible

the singing McGuire sisters.

At the time, in Giancana's

source of Cuban

opinion, the entertainer

some time in 1960, long before

overly attentive lo Miss Mi

Sign First Trade Pact

At Las Vegas, Nev., in 1961,

DAR ES SALAAM, Tangan-

sheriff's police seize a prowler

yika (AP) - Tanganyika and

in the entertainer's hotel suite.

the Sovict Union have signed

For hours, the intruder refused

their first trade agreement. The

1o identify himself or say he

African nation

will exchange

was rifling

entertainer's

sisal, colton, hicles,

skins, 80=

rooms.

bacco. and coffee

for Sovict

Persistent questioning by

metal,

rools, vehicles, road

sherif's deputies, according to

cquipment,

cameras,

fishing

federal authorities, led to an

boats, planes and other things.

admission by the prowler that

Tar-Feathers Torture' Bared As Hoax

IOS ANGELES (UPI) - A

owner of the house which was

Mrs. Smith, a baby-sitter, idl-

woman

tarred

and feathered

set afire, Henry Lewis, atlemps-

mitted setting fire to the house,

and apparently left to die in a

ed to inspire a racial incident

authorities said. She and the

flaming house sold a bizarre

that would pressure his neigh-

Lewis couple faced charges of

story Thursday that her "for-

bors in a right-of-way dispute.

arson and conspiracy, detectives

Purc"

actually was part of a

Offier

said Mrs. Harwell

said.

sar to stir up a racial inci-

and the messises were arrested

Acconting to Mrs. Marwe!!

dent.

Fifth Buddhist Burns Self 1

HUE, South Vict Nam (AP) | courtyard of the Tu Dam pa-

to herself in the market placc

—A 71-year-old Buddhist monk

goda brought immediate mar-

of Ninh

Hoa, a coastal vil.

burned hinself to death in his

Lial law to Hue, which lies 40

Inge 200

miles

northeast of

ceremonial robes inside Hue's

miles north of Saigon and is

Saigon. She sas the first won-

biggest pagoda carly Friday.

the ancient capital of Viet Nam.

an fire-suicide.

He was the fifth to burn lo

He was the third to burn this

Informants at Ninh Hoa said

death in the mounting Buddhist

week. A 17-ycar-old

nOViCC

governnent authorities had tak-

campaign. against the South

monk committed suicide Tues-

en the nun's body in a move

Vicinamese government of

day and a middle-age nun took

aimed at preventing it mass

President Ngo Dinh Diem, a

her life in Ninh Hoa Thursday.

demonstration at her funeral.

Roman

Calholic.

Reliable informants said

They followed the same tac-

His seli-immolation in thelthe nun, Dicu Hien, set fire

lie with the body of is novici

monk who immolated himseli

carly Tuesday neur the central

Vietnamese religious center ol

ITuc.

had an opposite effect,

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Milburn Awers

Astro-Guide

John Dr

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rge envelop of miscellaneous papers

riefing Memoranda-1962

resident Briefing 22 Dec 1964

í" File

1962

)" File

1962

N ile

1962

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urcell Panel 1963 & 64

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sriefing Memoranda 1962

¡tate Cables for DCI Raborn 1966

l'ask Force Report on Free Europe Committee and Radio Liberty Committee, 12 Mar 65

ictivities relating to Cuban Arms Build-up. 14 April-14 Oct 1962.

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Disposition of CIA Long-Range Plan.

retained in Executive Registry®

Retained in O/IG. - RITA-ER

11-15-72

opy #3 thru H7

Records Center

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DDP retained.

ipy #9

PPB Retained.

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D/DCI/NIPE retained®

opy fll

Records Center

ppy #12

DDS&T retained.

-py #13 thru #16 Records Center

P: 17

PPB retained.

'py W18 thrull26 Records Center.

all, Executive Registry retired 19 copies of the Long-Range Plan.

so three bound books of Working Papers and one bound book of Working Plan Committee

ceting minutes.

5. Bye destroyed all loose working papers.

David I. Bye

Chief, Executive Regiotry

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Meetings with the President 1 Jan 63-31 March 63

Memoranda on Mectings with the President 1 Apr 63-1 July 63

Nectings with the President 1 July 63 - 12 Nov 63

Meetings with President Johnson 23 Nov•63 - 31 Dec 63

Meetings with the President 1 Jan-2 April 1964

Meetings with the President 1964 3 April-20 May

Meetings with the President 21 May 64-5 Oct 64

Meetings with the President 6 Oct 64

eetings with the President Jan-28 April 65

• #1

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, April 64-8 July 64

→ July-ll Aug 64

12. Aug - 10 Sept 64

1 Jan-11 Feb 64

27 Nov-31 Dec. 63

13 auly 63-26 Nov 63

§ June 63-20 July 63

15 April - 4 June 63

1. Jan 63-9 Feb 63

1 Sept - 31 Dec 62

7 April 62-21 Aug 62

29 Nov 61-5 April 62 i

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September 1963

October 1963

November 1963

December 1963

January 1964•

February 1964

March 1964

April 1964

May 1964

June 1964

July 1964

August 1964

September 1964

November 1964

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February 1965

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CYPRUS 1964 material on Cyprus & the DCI trip in Sept 1964

Binder containing excerpts frm the National Security Act of 1947; the Organization-

of USIE; Summary of NSCID's & charts & regs on Organizaton of CIA.

Summary Reports Chiefs of Station, WH Division, presented at Conference-

Panama(29 Jan-l Feb 1962)

White House-1962 & 1963 (containes correspondence to, from and of interest to

¿he White House. )Also included autographed picture of the CIB wich appeared in

the newspaper & compromised the code words. Autographed to McCone frm McGeo B

Andy.

Duropean Trip-10 thru 17 February 1963 (John McCone/DCI)

Memoranda of Record on DCI Trip to Europe-17k thru 29 Sept 1964

:moranda on DCI's European trip-January 1964

Panama Conference-29 Jan-2 Feb 1962.

Memos for the Reocrd EA/DCI for 1964 & 65.

UCI's 1962 Far Eastern Trip

Caribbean Survey Group (1961 and 1962-mainly on Cuba)

DCI Letters of appreciation for hospitality extended him on his Far East Trip-1962

DCI's Disucssions with Government Officials during his European trip in 1964

also containes some background papers on trip.

Invelop containing FBI report on Dr. Martin Luther King. 18 Oct 1963-

DCI Speech File (1962, 63 & 64)

Low-Level Reconnaissance of Cuba -1964

02305

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IcCone Speeches

8 June 64 - 11 March 65

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CONFIDENTIAL

COMMISSION ON CIA ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES

Washington, DC 20500

May 21, 1975

C-x1-72

MEMORANDUM

TO:

File

FIOm:

Mason Cargill

Subject: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT DOCUMENTS

On the afternoon of May

20, 1975, I briefly

examined the Justice Department files on the Kennedy assassi

nation, ranging from February 18, 1969, to January 28, 1971.

According to Mr. Keeney and his secretary who has reviewed

these files in detail,

they contain no memo from any State

Department employee who was in Mexico in 1963.

Basically these

files consist of letters from citizens, some referred from

congressmen, and press clippings relating to the assassination.

Mr. Keeney's secretary referred me to several

entries in these files respecting allegations by people

claimed to have been involved in the Kennedy assassination.

One claimed to have been a CIA agent. There are also many

letters from assassination "nuts."

Other documents relate

to court proceedings to force FBI agents to testify in the

Clay Shaw trial in Louisiana.

One document is an FBI report, dated February 2,

1972, stating that one Richard von Kleist had contacted the

FBI claiming he had information on the John F. Kennedy

assassination. Kleist claimed certain people conspired in

the Hotel Luna, Mexico City, in July, 1963. Kleist was not

a State Department employee..

He appeared to be a free-lance

magazine writer.

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Le: Assassination of the President

that before looking at the FBI as to possible "leaks," he should carefully examine his

own house. I told him I was quite thoroughly familiar with the way Guthman and

Rosenthal dealt with the press and that as he well knew the wire service people stayed

'constantly in Guthman's private office. I told him it was quite obvious to me how the

AP had learned that the report had been sent over to the Department.

Katzenbach reiterated that he had no complaints against the FBI. He

stated again that the purpose of his call was to tell me about Senator Russell's feelings.

He added that he had another reason for calling and that was to determine

if we could give him any ideas as to how Warren Olney could be dropped as Chief

Counsel of*the Presidential Commission. I told Katzenbach of our feelings concerning

Olney. He stated that the was presently working through Congressman Hale Boggs and

he thought he was going to be successful in getting Olney's name removed from

consideration. He told me that Boggs was very sympathetic.

Katzenbach mentioned that Waggoner Carr, the Texas State Attorney

General, would like very much to see the Director on Friday, 12-6-63. I asked him

what for. He stated that Carr had no particular motive in mind other than to indicate

to the press later on that he had discussed matters with the Director. I told him I could

see no percentage in the Director's seeing Carr, that we were the investigative

agency and that Carr's dealings should be with the Department and the Presidential

Commission. Katzenbach indicated that the White House might think otherwise. He

stated that the President was most anxious for Carr to be given attention in Washington

inasmuch as Car was running for office next year. I told Katzenbach I knew this,

however, I still felt that the Director should not be injected into this matter.

Rat zenbach stated he would attempt to disuade Carr from seeing the Director, however,

Carr was quite persistent.

ACTION:

In view of the close friendship which Carr obviously has with the

President, the Director may desire to just shake hands with Carr without sitting down

and discussing facts concerning our report.

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"IF NECESSAN I! VALENTS TORES SiOT IN THE CHITRUE PARI DE SAILA CIARA".

LO CISTRO IDS II CLEAR TO HIS LEE CONFIDITS TALI, LUTCUCE HE HAS NOT

•I:N5 LAZLED PRIA, BLAS, FICA, LUD OVER COQUISTS WOULD TOI EE OCCURNTIG FOSETTO.iS OF

LENDISHI.

5.. DESPITE INE FICI TIAT THE LEGY LEADERS LORED TO ENCH UP CASTPO, THEY HAVE

I!' MIND A PINI MICA WILL INVOLTE INE LESPISINLICICE IDEL, RAUL CASTED, MD Gi

¡ JARA IT SO: JIARITOUS ICOIT ND TiE TAILOVER OF THE GOVERNET FOR THESELVES.

TATE YEI ARE OZ TIE OFDIICH TRAI SUCH A PIT MILE SUCCULO, AS TAST ARE IN CHARGE OF TIT

FENULL LETY AND MILITIA TRDOS II CUBI. TIS LOT LENDERS SAY THAT THEY APS NOT "'.

•6-IS.S, LiD TIDY RELIZE AT HOT OILI THE CIVILIA FOFULITICI, SUT ALSO A LATOB

INORITY OF THE LEGO FORCES OF CUSA, LOS FED UE VIII CASTRO LID HE COLUISIS.

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CUTORIOLA SOZIG CARTED OUE DI TIS CITY AID PROVINCE OF HABLIL CO BE ATTREBUTED TO

TES CIDU? OF NOT LENDERS. HE BLOED HIS GRINION IN PART CU THE FLOT THAI DE IN

LE ERA IS'A LEADER CE THE EUR HORDRS WIIO, DID THE NEY CUBEY MATTONE BANK

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OHIONAL FORM I:S. 10

3010-10€

1519 80173N

OSA GIN. 01G.

NO. 17

UNITED STATE

IMENT

Memorariuum

A. Il. Belmont

- il. Bellion

• Mohi

ROSE

1

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Mr.

Malle

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Mr®

McGowa

Mr.

1lines

DATI: February 26, 1964

• Molis

Casper

Callahan

Del..nou

FROM

A. Rosen

Tiguer

Tele. Room -

Holmes -

Gandy .

SURJECT:

THE PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION...

ASSASSINATION OF THE PRESIDENT

Beligan

While at the offices of the President's Comnission on other

matters,

J: Lee Rankin requested Malley to stop by his office

Rankin

advised that he desired to

make it known that the Bureau had been of tremen-

volume

cooperative in handling all requests which had been made by the President's

Conmission.

He commented that recently there had been quite an increase in the

number of requests and

there was

a possibility that there would be many more

additional requests. Mr. Kankin

stated this was not intended as a criticis

of the Bureau's work but instead was the following through of the connis :

sion's desire to complete the Cormission's record and leave no unansvered

¡questions.

Bil

In this regard,

Mr. Rankin went on to say that the Bureau, in.

conducting its investigation

had an extremely difficult and enormous task

to perform and that he as weil as other menbers of the Commission staff had

been amazed at the amount of detailed information which had been developed

oy the Bureau in its investigation.

He concented that the Comnission in;

performing its tasks was of necessity making a most minute study of the

Bureau's work as well as that of other Goverment agencies with the idea of..

picking the investigation to pieces to the extreme degree so that wherever

it was possible to clarify any item, this could be handled while the

| Commission was in existence.

Mr. Rankin advised that in connection with the letter which had

just recently been transmitted to the Bureau requesting an explanation con-

cerning information relative to Special Agent James P. Hosty's nane being

omitted from a report prepared in

the Dallas Office (report of special Agent

Robert l'. Gemberling dated 12/23/63), he wanted the

Bureau to know the

following: *

Enclosure is'ut 2-27-64

REC- 53

1 - No. Sullivan

1

- Mr.

Branigan

1

Mr. Conrad

1

(74) 1001

1 - 62-109060

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Water Commitre and the content may not se closed upaution person

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Memorandum 1. Rosen to A. ll. Belmont

Re:

TIE PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION

The Connission had noted in reviewing the notebook in question

that Agent losty's name appeared in the book along with the office telephone

number and

a license number.

It had been noted that this information did

not appear in the Dallas investigative report and members of the Conmission

wondered why this ten did not appear

Mis Rankin stated

that prior to any

question being raised concerning.

Conmission's information explaining the appearance of Agent Hosty's name

in the Oswald notebook.

As a résult of this information being furnished by

the bureau. the menbers of the Commission were fully aware that there had

been no effort on the part of the Bureau not to make this information

available. it. Rankin stated that after some discussion concerning this

item, the

members of the Commission directed Mr. Rankin to request the

Bureau for an explayation so that the record of the Commission would show

the exact circuistances by which this iten was omitted fron the Dallas

rcport of 12/23/63 by Special Agent Gemberling.

ACTION:

Attached is a letter io J. Lee Rankin setting forth the rcasons

thy Agent Hosty's nane

was omitted from the Dallas report of 12/23/63.

are enclosing for the Coumission affidavits from Special Agent Robert P.

Gemberling and John I. Kester whercin they set forth their explanations

handling the losty entry in Oswald's address book. Both affidavits are

excellent and should satisfy the Conmission that our handling of the kosty

entry was sound.

a2.

RECZ.

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CENTRAL INTELLIGE VCE AGENCY

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505

Review Staff:

13 May: 1976

76-ü412

Mr. William G. Miller

Staff Director

Select Committee To Study Governmental

Operations With Respect To Intelligence

Activities

Dirksen Senate Office Building

Washingion, D. C. 20510

Attention:

Mr. E. Greissing

Dear Mr. Miller:

As requested by Mr. Greissing, transmitted herewit"

is a copy of a 1 May 1967 menorandum numbered 502 and

captioned "Claimed Agency Affiliation by Conspiracy Case

Figures". This document was recently released by the

Agency in response to a Freedom of Information Act request.

Sincerely,

-ariatin

Seymour P. Bolten

Chief, Review Staif

Attachment:

As Stated

NEGE VAR A

Mer te min

AMERICA!

1776-1976

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PRIORITY

OPERATIONAL

IMMEDIATE

INITIALS

IMMEDIATE DIR

INFO.

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7029

NUMJIR

KAPOK

A•

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3. MEXI- 7025

1. SAW PHOTOS OF LEE OSWLAD ON IELEVISION NIGHT OF 22 NOV

AND IT OBVIOUS PHOTOS SENT TO DALLAS WERE NOT IDDEN WITH LEE

OSWALD HELD DALLAS. DATES ARE AS GIVEN ON PHOTOS.

2. MEXI STATION REVIEWING ALL, AVAILABLE PHOTOS PERSONS

ENTERING SOVIEI AND CUBAN EMBASSIES.

3. MEXI SUGGESTING TO LITEMPO 2 THAI SILVIA DURAN VEIO

MEXICAN EMPLOYEE AT CUBAN EMBASSY AND WHO PUT LEE OSWALD

ON TELEPHONE FROM CUBAN EMBASSY TO TALK TO SOVIET EMBASSY

ON ZÔ SEPT BE ARRESTED IMMEDIATELY AND HELD INCOMMUNICADO

CASTE SHE CIVE ALL DEBTAIS OF OVAL KION TO HUR See PE)

4. LITEMPO 2 CAN SAY D.E.S. COVERAGE REVEALED CALL TO

HIM IF HE NEEDS TO EXPLAIN.

HACT

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PRIORITY

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INITIALS

IMMEDIATE DIR

INFO.

7029

CITE MEXI

NUMJIR

KAPOK

A•

REF: DIR 84888

3. MEXI- 7025

1. SAW PHOTOS OF LEE OSWLAD ON IELEVISION NIGHT OF 22 NOV

AND IT OBVIOUS PHOTOS SENT TO DALLAS WERE NOT IDDEN WITH LEE

OSWALD HELD DALLAS. DATES ARE AS GIVEN ON PHOTOS.

2. MEXI STATION REVIEWING ALL, AVAILABLE PHOTOS PERSONS

ENTERING SOVIEI AND CUBAN EMBASSIES.

3. MEXI SUGGESTING TO LITEMPO 2 THAI SILVIA DURAN VEIO

MEXICAN EMPLOYEE AT CUBAN EMBASSY AND WHO PUT LEE OSWALD

ON TELEPHONE FROM CUBAN EMBASSY TO TALK TO SOVIET EMBASSY

ON ZÔ SEPT BE ARRESTED IMMEDIATELY AND HELD INCOMMUNICADO

4. LITEMPO 2 CAN SAY D.E.S. COVERAGE REVEALED CALL TO

HIM IF HE NEEDS TO EXPLAIN.

HACT

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DATE: 23 NOVEMBER 1963

FILE:

5-3593

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LUTEMPO/Erad

Urü.

NUNARA

DEFERRED

POUTINE

XX

PRIORITY

OPERATIONAL

IMMEDIATE

INITIALS

IMMEDIATE DIR

INFO.

7029

CITE MEXI

NUMJIR

KAPOK

A•

REF: DIR 84888

3. MEXI- 7025

1. SAW PHOTOS OF LEE OSWLAD ON IELEVISION NIGHT OF 22 NOV

AND IT OBVIOUS PHOTOS SENT TO DALLAS WERE NOT IDDEN WITH LEE

OSWALD HELD DALLAS. DATES ARE AS GIVEN ON PHOTOS.

2. MEXI STATION REVIEWING ALL, AVAILABLE PHOTOS PERSONS

ENTERING SOVIEI AND CUBAN EMBASSIES.

3. MEXI SUGGESTING TO LITEMPO 2 THAI SILVIA DURAN VEIO

MEXICAN EMPLOYEE AT CUBAN EMBASSY AND WHO PUT LEE OSWALD

ON TELEPHONE FROM CUBAN EMBASSY TO TALK TO SOVIET EMBASSY

ON ZÔ SEPT BE ARRESTED IMMEDIATELY AND HELD INCOMMUNICADO

4. LITEMPO 2 CAN SAY D.E.S. COVERAGE REVEALED CALL TO

HIM IF HE NEEDS TO EXPLAIN.

HACT

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COORDINATING OFFICERS

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DATE: 23 NOVEMBER 1963

FILE:

5-3593

Silvia DURAN P-

LUTEMPO/Erad

NUNARA

DEFERRED

POUTINE

XX

PRIORITY

OPERATIONAL

IMMEDIATE

INITIALS

IMMEDIATE DIR

INFO.

7029

CITE MEXI

NUMJIR

KAPOK

A•

REF: DIR 84888

3. MEXI- 7025

1. SAW PHOTOS OF LEE OSWLAD ON IELEVISION NIGHT OF 22 NOV

AND IT OBVIOUS PHOTOS SENT TO DALLAS WERE NOT IDDEN WITH LEE

OSWALD HELD DALLAS. DATES ARE AS GIVEN ON PHOTOS.

2. MEXI STATION REVIEWING ALL, AVAILABLE PHOTOS PERSONS

ENTERING SOVIEI AND CUBAN EMBASSIES.

3. MEXI SUGGESTING TO LITEMPO 2 THAI SILVIA DURAN VEIO

MEXICAN EMPLOYEE AT CUBAN EMBASSY AND WHO PUT LEE OSWALD

ON TELEPHONE FROM CUBAN EMBASSY TO TALK TO SOVIET EMBASSY

ON ZÔ SEPT BE ARRESTED IMMEDIATELY AND HELD INCOMMUNICADO

4. LITEMPO 2 CAN SAY D.E.S. COVERAGE REVEALED CALL TO

HIM IF HE NEEDS TO EXPLAIN.

HACT

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. 4.61

tae lo 8r98 a18 no lenda, bastald lod alled dord Haad ligue lle mestel the dested follering dad indoss perd

the radio; that's what they did and sey leu ned aiout 1t: that tha last be bud

beard, a soment 2so, was that that tpe 1s ona CSWiD, that it is beiterad inat

this 1s the 00e

but he bas not confassed auytaing... luIsA: Dit tuay aiready

1now that he speaks fussian and belongs to the Pro-Cube Comittee; that they

alreedy bow that be tanted to natianaltze blaseli, but he bas not confessed.

Es says she 1s right, adding that 1t could be that they tried to fled sue let's

sar salstion iron his, because...IUISA after estaag him to valt a minte, asis blu.

to go.c. Ins We think that 19 1t had been of had seemed --fiblie or had been

coe ci the segregaticnists or against Integratica who bad llled Tennodt, tken

there wad, let's say, the possibility that i sort of ciril ver would arise in the

Ündted States; that contradletions would ba sharpered, the critical altuatim the

country 1s going through, then ve were comenting here, that they iound a resclu

tion 1n thảs type, no?. Mora istematicoal; they will fisa 1t or 11 was trus, uho

inows; let's see what bappens. IVISA smiles ad aska inst will layper. ar:

EnO Joa3. LUISA: Isagine, one, tro, three and now, that sakes three (ske lausat).

I': I thist that it w1ll be the topis of the day as that party of SIlVIA's.

ITISA: Toey suspended it because they could not go. lE asiss iate and INISA says

"so tet ziter they can say that 'ra are observing the death di farlY, tien wa

rocks tita SXLVIA and she agreed to susperd 1t and leare 1j urtil nert veei, out it

¡ill not coincide eth the burial (ase louishs)".

P: Teat bas t0 3e tabon lato

soccurta LUISA: That 1t sill be aiter the coumias and a11 di ibat nonsense.

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. 4.61

tae lo 8r98 a18 no lenda, bastald lod alled dord Haad ligue lle mestel the dested follering dad indoss perd

the radio; that's what they did and sey leu ned aiout 1t: that tha last be bud

beard, a soment 2so, was that that tpe 1s ona CSWiD, that it is beiterad inat

this 1s the 00e

but he bas not confassed auytaing... luIsA: Dit tuay aiready

1now that he speaks fussian and belongs to the Pro-Cube Comittee; that they

alreedy bow that be tanted to natianaltze blaseli, but he bas not confessed.

Es says she 1s right, adding that 1t could be that they tried to fled sue let's

sar salstion iron his, because...IUISA after estaag him to valt a minte, asis blu.

to go.c. Ins We think that 19 1t had been of had seemed --fiblie or had been

coe ci the segregaticnists or against Integratica who bad llled Tennodt, tken

there wad, let's say, the possibility that i sort of ciril ver would arise in the

Ündted States; that contradletions would ba sharpered, the critical altuatim the

country 1s going through, then ve were comenting here, that they iound a resclu

tion 1n thảs type, no?. Mora istematicoal; they will fisa 1t or 11 was trus, uho

inows; let's see what bappens. IVISA smiles ad aska inst will layper. ar:

EnO Joa3. LUISA: Isagine, one, tro, three and now, that sakes three (ske lausat).

I': I thist that it w1ll be the topis of the day as that party of SIlVIA's.

ITISA: Toey suspended it because they could not go. lE asiss iate and INISA says

"so tet ziter they can say that 'ra are observing the death di farlY, tien wa

rocks tita SXLVIA and she agreed to susperd 1t and leare 1j urtil nert veei, out it

¡ill not coincide eth the burial (ase louishs)".

P: Teat bas to 3e baben lato

soccurta LUISA: That 1t sill be aiter the coumias and a11 di ibat nonsense.

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jim

2: Coy: he asks there she is going to stay rot, and lust concents that now.

aue plans to more tonizhi to the house of the doctor (lenale), de aska li tes

now erarytains now, and LUISA says yes, iut doesn't know bow the thire is, er 1e

they will have to say in the embassy, however believes that toler it will not se

possibla, because everyore has goce to the stiport and the eabassy bas so car,

however, possibly tonorrow nomies insteed of soing to the study circle, sia will

nove. Er: Thea he will call her tonamor, LUISA: To try the encassy of at the

house, since 11 they sill not stay at the embessy, sce will go home where she wil

be at about 10. Ill accepts.

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Soviet Entassy. - 15-50-55.-

27 Sent 63.-

134-M8.-1128

0900-2114 hrs.

395-

(1605) IN.-

OV. - From the Cuban Consulate- Says that there is an

American here who has recuested a transit visa for Cuba because

he is going to the USSR.

Ov. - rants to know with whom he (American)

spoke at the Soviet Embassy bacuase she (OV) had sent him over to

them thinking that if the Soviets approved the visa then the Cubans

would give him one without anymore processing - only advising the

Ennigration of Cuba. OV - wants to know with whom he (American)

spoke since he himself doen't know either and he was told that there

were no problems.

IV. - asks that OV. wait a minute.

404-420

OV is SILVIA DURAN of the Cuban Consulate and explains the same to

the other IV.. This one tells her to leave her name and number so

Es he can call her. SILtIA gives it to him along with the tel, num.

11-2347.- Silvia says as a personal thing that she has moved and

that she has not advised about her changesof address and will not

receiv the fulletin and she can advise them now. IV. asks that she

Call KOUKHARINKO in order to change the address, and theri asks for

the name ot the Cultural attache.

SILVIA says It is. TERESA PROENZA

whose number is 14-13-26. IV. thanks har.-- 435--

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Hiro-

27 coptichin

0:546

395-

tisin dio Cuba, dico que cia allí

•. un ciudarado pericano: 25 2a solicitir una visn para 6

on Transito porque va paré a this y ontoncos quiero sabor co

quicn habia habiario porque lia 10 mndó con ollos do la Emba

da rusa dicicidole quo si viin: lo hacion o acoptaban la visa

quo ontonces ollo: los cuu. ios innbion se la daban sin nas -

tramitos nadarias avisando : onicración on Cuva, y quiora sabe

con quien hablo poiquo el co qio no sabo tanpoco con que m

persona y quo la dijoron dir si quo so tona probiona. HD le.

pido osporo un momonto. 4ri-- 110- NI OS SILVIA DURAN deI

Consulado do Cuba ¿ oxplica la niono a otro ID.. Esto lo dico

quo lo dojo su ¿ciciono y i neubio para que despuas l0. Llamos

•SILVIA So 10 proporciona ant cono ol tolefono 11-28-47.- 7 quE

aprovocha como cosa personil de que olla so cambio do domicili

y no ha podido avarar para que in envion al boletin y que alos

se la puede dar. ill lo bice mir liamo a KOUMJIMONKO para que :

do su caniio, t. pico le de di somoro do la Consojero o Agregar

Cultuale SILVIA dice que :: IDu PRRESA PROENZA Y 10 llamar

al 14-13-26. ID silo Tracior: 135--

A ¿lophono call to the soviet Inbassy nado at

1605 lours on 27 Septender 1965 bi Siltia DURA

of the Oiban Enbassy soring there was an Americi

citinen at the Cuban Embasay requesting a Cuban

vis: in transit to the USSR.

She was asked to

lopia har tolophone nunider (11-28-47).

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27841

.03.-135-7122.-

IV - inside voice.

O- outside voice.

288-

Out to 14-13-26.- (1625 hrst- (Cuban Embassy) IV. - asks the

number of the Cuban Consul.

OV. -

It' 511-2847 --294-

295-

Out to 11-28.47.-(1626 hrs) - IV asks SILVIA if the merican

SILIVA: says yes, he is here now.

IV.- According

to the letters that he showed from the Consulate in lashington he

wants to go to fussia to stay for a long time with his wife who is

Russian. Eut we have not received the answer from jasrington con-

cerning his problem and considering the processing it wili tale 4

• to 5 months.

without that permission of the USSR they have to recuest.

and better still'the visa can't be given here without asking dashingto.

But according to this man, he balongs to an organization in favor of

Cuba and he has said that the Cubans can't give him a visa "ithout the

Russian visa and I don't know what to do with him. I have to wait for

the answer from dashington.

SILVIA - Be have to wait also because his

problem is that he knows no one in Cuba and it's dificult to obtain a

visa in

these

conditions.

Fe expected to process the visa. he knew it

would take long to process the hussian visa and would watt for it in

Cuba and leavs from there.for the USSR. IV. - The thing is that if his

wife is now in mashington she will receive the visa for returing to

Pussia.

She will receive the visa in rashington and having the visa

she can sent it to any place for example here or any other place but

right now she doesn't have it.

SILVIA - Naturally, and we can't give

him a letter of recommendation because se don't know if his visa will

be approved.

IV. - ie will only zive the visa according to indications

(intructions) SILVIA. - Then that is what I will put in my plans.

IV.-

ne can't give him a letter of recommendation either becuese we

don't know him.

Please parson the bother. SILVIA .- No bother and

thank you very much.-

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TiD que sorin in: crotas

Vashingion di circa lo a luca mea cotar a115 mucito cicrpo

con 3u 0sp0oa que di rusa, pio iriria io ie la ecciuido ia

contestación de comincion a ecolo a su problena, peso 0so

¿encI 050 perico du ca UloS icoon de picgaliar y nas bior no

so lo pucco amici: agul el tirario sia prrantario a vashiasto,

¡erO soGl Cojo seini le Motico via creta on quo os un memoro

do ma organiacida ca favor le Chia y ha dicho quo ollos 109

Cubanos no puodon dirlo ci calo sin ol visado ruso j aho=a..

ID no sabe que hacri con ei, purquo ioben de osporar la contes

tación de Hashington. SILVIi le cilos tambion, porquo ol pro-i

blema do al, os qun ol no ciroce i nadio, on Cuia y ontoncosa

os asi os muy dificil quo Ii dun la visa, porque el pensaba

tranitar su visa, porque coa ol ja sabia que se 1ba a tardar

mucho on esperar ol visado .do ca Cuba y ya do alla 1Iso a

1a URSS. IN qua la cosa co uo si su osposa ostá ahorita on

Washington va a Iccibir aiorita il visado o ol permiso de la

URSS para regresar a la patzia, olla va a rocibir su visado en

Vashington pero terriendo esi visacio clla porrian comunicarla

a cualquior lugar ese permico poi ojemplo aqui o en cualquier

otra parte lu puede rociblI: pero ahorita no 1as ticnon, SILVIi

quo claro j que tripoco so lo purdo dar una carto porque no

sabon si su visa seri aprovaia. Il que allos solo daran ol visi

do sogn las insicacionos, JiLVli qua entoncos eso pondra en si

nlanilla.. ID qua

tampoco so le puedo dar ringura carta do--:

rocomondación poique no so l0 conoco y quo perdone por la ...

molestia. SIltri que no lay cuidaco y quo nuchas sracias...

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208

IN - OV, from the Cuban Consulate - says that there is

an American there in the Consulate who had been at the Soviet

Embassy. IV.

jait a minute. 213-- OV. Is SILVIA DURAN and

speaks English with someone outside--and comments in Spanish

that they installer a telephone or Paricio and takes down the

number as 14-12-99--- 230-- SILVI! informs (ther) of the American

and says she will call. -- 232--235-- OV.- speaks in Fussian. IV.-

speaks in English.-- EOTH CONTINUS IN ENGLISH 244 - 1151 hrs.

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Lieutey

¿ u 3ET, 1653

15 60 55

208 .

MO:

MI:

NO:

MI:

MO:

?

MI:

MO:

an se consulado

estames norteanericano.quo astro a111

ar la libajada Musa I que espere ut noments 233--11 es

SILVII DULl 7 habia IliLES co alguza jersona susay cone

en oscañol que le pulleron telciono I ADITICIO J:lo apunta qu

es 01 11-12-99-- 23/- SILVIL le dice, sobre el ciliadadone

norteamericano y quelis va a habar - 232-- 235- 1 habia

RUSO. ID le babla en MAGLES. - SIGUEN LOS DOS EE FTLIS.--244

- 1151 brap:

/Ploase soo tho Syanisd transcription/. HO wollo walting:

spenks 1n English/so sonoone in the background: Se said vall

•„Do you speak Russian? Yay. Why don't you tale to him?..":

I don't inow.. MO takas the phone and says In broken Russia

I was 1n your Embassy and spoke to your consul. Just a matru

HI takes the phons and asis HO in English what does he want

/1n Russian, Please speak Russian.

What else do you want?

I was just now at your embassy and they took my address

I know that.

/speaks terrible, hardly recogalzable Russian/ Idld not

Know it then. I went to the Cuban Embassy to asic them for

My address, because they have it..

Why don't you coma again and leave your sidreas with us, 1t

not far from the Cuban Embassy.

Well, I'1l be there right away.

RECEIVED FROM

JAN 23 1976

CIA

Lib:

Electres

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morandone tro detta dee again 155e lin haila

in tri:

106 Monti Merda MGT6o2

2000

NO:

HO:

MI:

TO:

"il:

10:

sporko ininit: io soni. lo in bockeround: lio sald walt

•Do gou spon: indeur mos, le don't you tolk to himi..

I don'i tnata. Mi sakos ti parco and saya in brokon Rusalon/.

180a in g0w1.109y sio 000 lo j0ur consule Just a minuto

MI taios cho porno and notadio in Incliah What doos ho wort?

/in Pusaio, Parco sport ilionion.

hat ciso do jor innt?

•I was just son * your drag ma thoy took my addross

I know that.

1ooodles torrio, noral: trio nizaulo Russian, I did nos.

knon lt tood.E vent to ti chin Erbossy to osis them for

my addicas, boerusa thog dove 1s.

ny don'è you cono agala and lenvo your sadross with us, 1t.

not fos fior tre Cuban Furasso.

Holl, I'll do thoro rigid onor.

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Attacinero di

A telophone sail to the soviet Embassy rade at

1151 houru on fi? Septerher 1965 by Silria DURAN

of the ciban trassy who quis on an unidentified

norteamrican man tino tells the Soviet trat he

was just aù their Erbassy and wants to rive ther

his audicas. Une Soviet tells hin to retura to .

d!s-

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RUSSIAN EMBASSI. 15-69-57

1 October 63

L26-M26-T129

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ortside

7 man

• MO:

MI:

MO:

MI®

MO;

MIs

In st 10514 MO

TaLks to

MI,

In broken Russian.

Hollow. I has at your place last Saturday and I talked to

your consul. They said that they'd send a telegram to Wa

shington, and I wanted to ask you if there 18 anything new?

I'd liko to ask. you to call another phone number.

Please.

Please write it down; 15-00-55 and ast for a consul.

Thank J0l.

Please.

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RUSSIAN EMBASST.

?';

1

Octobor 65

45°

MO:

HIS

MO:

In at 10jl. 110

calies to na, du prolion Russian.

Hollow. i vas :: your plai, jude saturday and I taliod to

your conoul. Thay said thur that'd sond a tologran to la-

shlagton, and i lanted to ask you if there is anything now?

I'd liko to sai you to cali anothor phone number.

P10a30•

Ploase wrIto 1i down; 15-00-55. and adi for a consul.

Thank you.

NO;

MIS

Attachmen? ?:

A tolophor, call to the Soviet Military Attache

at 1031 hours on 1 October 1965 bj an unidentified

man speaking, bration Russian ino asked about a

telegran which they were to send to wasnington.

unidentifiod man said he was at the Soviet arbassy.

"last Saturday". Soviet told him to call 15-60-55.

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128 €

• OBYS

OBR:

Out

to 15-12-64 at 0955 OBYEDROV talEs to OBRUBOV.

VOLODYA, come hero as fast as you can.

Alrigat.

135°

(previously transcribod)

han ortside

140.

(previously transcribed)

151.

MO:

OBYS

OBYS

LES®

OBY:

LEE.

• In at BEB (?) MO)l the sana person who phoned a dey or so

ago and spoke in broken Russian/ speaks to OBYEDKOV.

Hello, this LEE OSHAID (phos) spoaking. I was at your plac

last Saturday and spoke to a consul, and they said that

they'd send a telegran to Washington, so I wanted to find

out 11 you have

anything new? But I don't remember the san

I that

consul.

KOSTIKOV. He 1s dark /hair or skin?/

Yos. My name: 1s OSWATD.

Just a minute I'll lind out. They say that they havenst

recolted anything yet.

Have they done anything?

Yes, they say that a request has been sent out, but nothir

has been received as yet.

And what..? / OSY bangs up/.

249.

previously transcribed)

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ChOI: LeAd, 15-13-65

1 Cotosar 0.3

is at 1055 hours 10/the sa.

croon whe

or to aro ild spoile in

iroton lucian/spearo to Coreror.

No: pollo, this iDE CSMAIO (phon) spear . juno do your placs last

Saturday and spore to &

consul, aid site int they'd soad a

telegran to Washington, so I wantes : fini air if you have inthing

new? But I don't renember the nane .. the, consul.

O3Y: KOSTIKOV, He is dark /hair or shin:!.

LES: Yes. My nane is OSALD.

037:

Just a minute I'll find out. They f thirt they haven't recoired anything yet.

LEE:

Have they. done anything?

O3Y: Yes, they say that a request has brin sunt out, but nothing has been

received as yet.

LEE: And what..? /OBY hangs up/.

Attachmont f:

I telephone call to the Soviet Erbassy at

1035 curs on 1 October 1963 by the sana

un who called previcusly (28 September: 63)

and spoka broken Russian. He said his name

was Les OSWALD and wanted to know if they

1id

heard anything. Soviet said no.

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TABT

An Extract From Kennedy's Address to Press

Washington Post, Tuesday, November 19, 1963, p. A15

(AP) Nov. 18 -- The following is a text of President Kennedy's address

tonight before the Inter-American Press Association:

"The genuine Cuban revolution -- because it was against the tyran-

ny and corruption of the past -- had the support of many whose aims and

concepts were noble.

"But that hope for freedom and progress was destroyed.

"The goals proclaimed in the Sierra Maestra were betrayed in Havana.

"It is important to restate what now divides Cuba from my country

and from all the American countries: It is the fact that a small band

of conspirators has stripped the Cuban people of their freedom and hand-

ed over the independence and sovereignty of the Cuban nation to forces

beyond the hemisphere.

They have made Cuba a victim of foreign imperial-

ism,

an instrument of

the policy of others, a weapon in an effort dic-

tated by external powers to subvert the other American republIcs. Inis,

and this alone divides us." As long as this

is true nothing is possible:

Without it everything is possible.

Ready and Anxious

"Once this barrier is, removed we will be ready and anxious to work

with the Cuban people in pursuit of those progressive goals which, a few

short years ago, stirred their hopes and the sympathy of many people

throughout the entire hemisphere.

"No Cuban need feel trapped between dependence on the broken prom-

ises of foreign communism and the hostility of the rest of the hemisphere.

For once Cuban sovereignty, has been restored we will extend the hand of .

friendship and assistance to a Cuba whose political and economic insti-

tutions have been shaped by the will of the Cuban people."

*

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Unofficial Envoy

An Historic Report from Two Capitals

by Jean Daniel

A recent trip to the United States, followed by a jouney to Cuba, made it

possible for me to establish a "'dialogue" betiocen the late President Kennedy and

Prime Minister Fidel Castro. Sinde my arrionl in Mexico, ichere this article is

being written, I have been asked whether the impressions I derived from these

interviers could shed any light on the assassination of the President and on

future relations beticeit Lyndon B. Johnson and Castro.

Last weck in these pages I rinswered the first question by describing the re-

actions of Fidel Castro, with rohion I was visiting at the time, to Jolm Ken-

nedy's death. Here I shall explore the second question by reconstituting the

Kennedy-Castro dinlogue from thie viewpoint of one who was a witness to it.

THE AUTHOR

President Kennedy received me at the White House

on Thursday, October 24. My appointment had been

scheduled for 5:30. I waited in the Cabinet Conference

'ocm, and at 5:45 the President, following his usual

custom, came to look for me himself so that he could

escort me into his office. He apologized for the delay,

no: so much as a courtesy or to flatter me, but to ex-

plain the scheduling of his time, which seemed to be

ver: strictly organized. As we passed through the small

roon where his secretary was working, we caught a

glimpse of Mrs. Kennedy leaving by a French window

on her way to the private garden of the White House.

The President called her back to introduce me.:

Is was still Indian summer in Washington. The

weather was very warm, and both the President and

Mr. Kennedy were very lightly dressed, thus enhanc-

ing the impression of youth, charm, and simplicity

which was in rather surprising contrast to the solemnity

of entering these august chambers.. The President

(athletic looking in his well-tailored suit, speaking with

quick, abrupt gestures and a mobile expression but, at

times, freezing up and becoming disconcertingly, al-

most, I would say, completely expressionless) invited

me to be seated on the semi-circular sofa which was in

the middle of his office. He sat in a rocking chair op-

posite the sofa. The interview was to last from 20 to 25

minutes, and it was interrupted only by a brief tele-

phone call.

The President immediately asked me how the French

situation was developing. After my reply, he spoke

about General de Calle. He talked in a relaxed fashion,

like someone who has at last found solace in indiffer-

ence after having long been exasperated and fascinated

John Kennedy was a man who liked to get to the heart

of a matter quickly, animake decisions even more

rapidly. But this was not possible in dealing with de

Gaulle, who is more difficult to handle than Khru-

shchev. One day, impatient at not understanding the

General's reasoning and intent upon convincing him,

Kennedy telephoned de Gaulle direct: All in vain. Odd-

ly enough, however, since the recent visit of de Gaulle's

foreign minister, Couve de Murville, to Washington

Mr. Kennedy had ceased to be so deeply concerned

about Franco-American relations. The truth is, he had

made up his mind not to worry about them any more.

According to him, it was a waste of time.

"Mr. Couve de Murville and I both verified that we

didn't agree on anything," the President told me. "And

we agreed that such total disagreement was hardly cal-

culated to create a flourishing friendship between two

great Western nations. I came to the conclusion that

rieneral de Gaulle's strategy, which is rather incom-

prehensible to me, requires a certain amount of tension

with the United States. It would seem that only through

chis tension is it possible to restore to Europê the desire

to, think for itself and renounce its torpid dependence

on American dollar aid and political guidance!

President Kennedy went on to sum up, with con-

ciseness and vigor, the points of disagreement between

the United States and France. On the subject of Ger-

many, nuclear policy, Europe, the len of "indepen-

ince," he told me what has since

become public

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knowledge. He added, however, that

France had

strange way of manifesting its independence, part.-

ularly, for example, on the subject of Vietnam

Cuba. It seemed ironic and irritating to.

French Chief Executive was apparently bent on telling

him how the Uniied States should proceed, without

assuming any risks himself. He told me that no one was

more appreciative than he of advice, information, and

even criticism; but that these were all the more valued

if the friends proffering them were themselves com-

mitted to a program of action.

I then asked Mr. Kennedy what could be expected

from General de Gaulle's proposed visiti to the United

States next February: He replied: "Absolutely nothing.

But he followed this up immediately and with a broad

grin, as though savering in advance the pleasure of

the impending meeting:

"It will be exciting, just the

same. General de Gaulle is an historic figure; he is de-

cidely the strangest great man of our time."

Relations with Cuba

Taking the initiative at this point, I brought up the

subject of Vietnam and Cuba, saying that the Gaullists

were not the only ones in France who deplored certain

mistaken US policies. I pointed out that the first time

I had the opportunity of mecting John Kennedy, he

was a Senator and had just made a resounding speech

on the subject of Algeria. The the ideas set forth in

that speech been faithfully applied in Saigon and

Havana? Here my notes are very specific, and I shall

let the late President speak through them:

"We haven't enough time to talk about

Vietnam,

but I'd like to talk to you about Cuba. Incidentally, our

conversation will be much more interesting when you

return, because Ben Bradlee [of Newsweek] tells me

you are on your way to Cuba now.

"Every now and then I read articles in the European

press pointing out that we Americans were blind to

what was happening in the Cuban situation. I have just

learned that General de Gaulle himself regarded Com-

munism in Cuba as nothing but the

accidental and

temporary form of a will to independence from the

United States. Of course it is very easy to understand

this 'will to independence around President de Caulle."'

John Kennedy then mustered all his persuasive force.

He punctuated each sentence with that brief, mechan-

ical gesture which had become famous:

"I tell you this: we know perfectly, what happened

In Cuba, to the misfortme de all. From the beginning

I personally followed the development of these events

with mounting concern. There are few subjects to which

I have devoted more painstaking attention. My conclu-

sions go much further than the European analyses. Here

is what I believe.

16

"I believe that there is no country in the world, in

cluding all the African regions, meluding any and all

the countries under colonial domination, where

nomic colonization, humiliation and expicitation were

worse than in Cuba, in part owing to my country's

policies during the Batista regime. I believe that se

created, built and manufactured the Castro movement

out of whole cloth and without realizing it. I believe

that the accumulation of these mistakes has jeopardized

all of Latin America. The great aim of the Alliance for

Progress is to reverse this unfortunate policy. This is

one of the most, if not the most, important problems in

American foreign policy. I can assure you that I have

understood the Cubans. I approved the proclamation

which Fidel Castro made in the Sierra Maestra, when

he justifiably called for justice and especially yearned to

rid Cuba of corruption. I will go even further: to some

extent it is as though Batista was the incarnation of a

number of sins on the part of the United States. Now

we shall have to pay for those sins. In the matter of the

Batista regime, I am in agreement with the first Cuban

revolutionaries. That is perfectly clear."

After a silence during which he was able to note my

surprise and my interest, the President continued: "But

it is also clear that the problem has ceased to be a

Cuban one, and has become international - that is, it

has become a Soviet problem. I am the President of the

United States and not a sociologist; I am the President

of a free nation which has certain responsibilities in the

Free World. I know that Castro betrayed the promises

made in the Sierra Maestra, and that he has agreed to

be a Soviet agent in Latin America. I know that through

his fault - either his 'will to independence', his nad-

ness or Communism - the world was on the verge of

nuclear war in October, 1962. The Russians understood

this very well, at least after our reaction; but so far as

Fidel Castro is concerned, I must say I don't know

whether he realizes this, or even if he cares about it."

A smile, then: "You can tell me whether he does when :

you come back. In any case, the nations of Latin Amer-

ica are not going to attain justice and progress that

way, I mean through Communist subversion.

won't get there by going from cconomic oppression to

a Marxist dictatorship which Castro himself denounced

a few years ago. The United States now has the pos-

sibility of doing as much good in Latin America as it

has done wrong in the past; I would even say that we

alone have this power - on the essential condition that

Communism does not take over there."

Mr. Kennedy then rose to indicate Eat the d

new

was over. I apologized for keeping him to?

EWO

quick questions. The first: Could the United

ates.

tolerate economic collectivisin? He answered.

What

about Sckou Touré? And Tito? I received Marshal Tito

three days ago, and our discussions were

most post-

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Mike Madigan

Chron File

January 29, 1976

The Honorable Eduard H. Levi

Attornay General

Dear Mr. Attornay General::

As you may racall, in June of last year alleged organized

crime lender Sam Glancana was killed.

At that tine, this Committee

had taken steps to contact Me. Glancana for the purpose of obtaiuing.

his tastimony on our assassinations inquiry then under way. Herever.

we had not yet succaeded in contacting Mp. Stancana or anyone On h18

betal?.

Shortly after Mr. Glancann's death, Mr. Michel T. Epstein of

our staff net wich Mr. W1111am Lynch, Chief, Organized Crime Sectton.

Department of vustice, and memberg of Ar. Lynch's staff to iufor.

them of the Cormitten's actions taken to contact Nr. Stancuna. and

Its Interest with respect to deteruining whether thare was any relatien-

ship betwuen the Comittea's destre to exatre ir. Glancina and his

murder. Hr. Lynch Informed Mr. Epstein at that time that Chare mas

no Indication of any such relationship and assured him that fn the

event any such indication

i was discovered, the Comittoe moule be

Immediately Informed.

The Committee has recalved no further Information from the

For the purposes of

completing our record on this subject, I would appreciate 18 1f you

would inforn the Connitted whether the Department has received any

additional Informntion about this subject since the sbove inscribed

meeting.

Sincerely yours;

Frank Church

Chairman

My do

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MEMORANDUM

To:

Files

From:

Date:

Subj:

Mike Madigan

June 30, 1975

Committee Contact

with Sam Giancana

To my knowledge the. Committee's first contact with Sam

Giancana occurred on June

9, 1974, when Patrick Shea of the

Committee staff received a telephone communication from

Robert Bennett, Assistant District Attorney, Houston, Texas.

It is my information from

talking to Mr. Shea that Mr. Bennett.

called the Committee to advise that Sam Giancana was admitted

to the Methodist Hospital,

which was located at 6515 Bertner

Street in Houston, Texas.

Mr. Bennett's information was that

Giancana was admitted to Room 402 of the Hospital under the

care of a Dr. Debakey. Mr.' Bennett also advised that Giancana

was there for a gall bladder removal operation. I believe, al-

though I am not positive, that Bennett also advised that

Giancana was then under surveillance. My recollection at this

time is not clear as to whether Bennett advised as to which

agency or organization had Giancana under surveillance, but my

impression is that it was not the F.B.I.

At about the time of this communication from Bennett, I, as

Committee Counsel, had been attempting to locate Mr. Giancana.

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I had discussed his possible testimony before the Committee

with Chief Counsel, Fritz Schwarz, and Staff Director, William

Miller. It is my recollection that we agreed that I should

attempt to contact Giancana

for

the purposes of interview-

ing him in order to determine whether he would have suffi-

cient information to warrant an appearance before the Commit-

tee as a whole: It is my memory that we did decide that

he was of sufficient importance to be interviewed by the

Staff, i.e.,

for me to

interview him.

During this same

period of time, I discussed with

Messrs. Schwarz and Miller whether we should consider

issuing a subpoena for Mr. Giancana while he was in the .

hospital.

I made this, suggestion because of an impression

I had that Giancana was difficult to locate. I should add

that I see absolutely nothing prejudicial or improper or

discourteous in the issuing of a subpoena, but rather

regard a subpoena as a valid method of obtaining testimony

before a Congressional Committee. In any event, my dis-

cussion with Messrs. Schwarz and Miller resulted in a

decision to have me contact Mr. Giancana over the telephone

and offer him an opportunity to appear before the Committee

voluntarily and to have me interview him if he so agreed.

If he did not agree, we would then take it before the Com-

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mittee as to whether a subpoena should be issued for Mr.

Giancana. Because of the events that followed we never

reached the point of bringing before the Committee the ques-

tion of whether Giancana should be subpoenaed to testify.

After the initial phone call from Bennett to Shea, I

telephoned Bennett on two different occasions. My telephone

contact with. Bennett was for the purpose of our locating

Giancana and a telephone number at which I could reach him.

Bennett initially indicated to me, as described earlier

in

this memorandum, that Giancana was in the hospital. My recol-

lection is that on my second telephone call with Bennett, he

informed me that Giancana was now out of the hospital and

staying at

the Warwick Hotel. Finally, I recall calling the

Methodist Hospital in Houston and asking to speak to Mr.

Giancana. I recall that the hospital authorities indicated

that they had no such person by that name in the hospital.

I do not recall the precise date of this telephone communication

to the hospital. It is my recollection that the name used by

Giancana was Doc Brown. I am uncertain whether Bennett told me

Giancana was using "Doc Brown" at both the hospital and the

hotel, but I believe he said that the alias was used at the

hospital. Bennett advised that Giancana had been visited by

several relatives and gave me the names of a couple of persons

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who he thought were Giancana's sons-in-law.

The only name

I remember is that of Tisci.

In either the second or possibly a third conversation

with Bennett, he told me that Giancana had now. checked out

of the hotel and was either on his way back to his home in

Oak Park; Illinois, or

with his daughter in California. He

provided me with the telephone number of the daughter in

California and suggested I obtain Giancana's home number from

the information directory in Illinois.

The telephone conversations with Bennett occurred, to

the

best of my recollection, during the week of June 16, 1975.

It is possible, however, that the first conversation occurred

later in the week of June 9. It is my recollection that my

second telephone conversation with Bennett occurred on Thurs-

day June 19. In any event, I am certain that I attempted to.

contact Giancana by telephone on Thursday, June 19. I was

unable to get anyone to answer the telephone in California

and did not have an opportunity to attempt to obtain the

Illinois number.

I learned Friday, June 20 that Giancana had

been shot and killed in his home in Oak Park, Illinois on

the evening of June 19.

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The Washington Post

August 22, 1976

Slain Mobster Claimed

Cuban Link to JFK Death

By Ronald Kessler and Laurence Stern

Washincton Post Staff Writers

Long before his recent murder,

John Rosselli. the CIA's underworld

recruit in attempts to kill Fidel Cas-

tro, had been privately claiming that

agents of the Cuban premier, in retali-

ation, were involved in the

assassina.

tion of President John F. Kennedy.

Rosselli's belief in a Cuban connec-

tion to the Kennedy assassination was

expressed through his attorney,

Ed-

ward

P. Morgan, to the FBI as long.

ago as March, 1967, and also in private •

;conversations with a longtime associ-

ate of

Rosselli who participated in

meetings between Rosselli and the

CIA.

An FBI "blind memorandum" on

interview

Morgan

dated

March 21, 1967, was included, without

identification of the interviewee,, in

last June's

Senate Intelligence Com-

mittee's report on the role of the in-

telligence community in the Kennedy

assassination investigation.

Morgan told the FBI that Rosselli

and another Morgan client had in-

formed him that Castro became aware

of

CIA

assassination

conspiracies

against him and

"thereafter employed

teams of individuals who were dis.

patched to the United States for the

purpose

of assassinating Mr. Ken-

nedy:"

Because neither. Morgan nor Ros-

selli was identified in the Senate re-.

port, the significance of that portion

ot the

106-page document was dis-

counted at the time it was published:

in June,

before. Rosselli's disappear.

ance and the subsequent discovery of

his body in an

oil drum

in

Florida

waters. The Washington Post, however,

has confirmed that Morgan and Rosselli

were the sources of the testimony. that

suggested a Cuban role in the Ken-

nedy murder.

Morgan's account,

summary of the FBI interview, was

that Rosselli had reached his conclu-

- me enter ni one

sion about a Cuban connection to the

Kennedy

assassination:

"feedback" furnished by

sources close

to Castro who were involved in the CIA

plots to assassinate the Cuban leader.

"His (Morgan's) clients were aware

of the identity of some of the individ-

uals who came to the United States

for this purpose and he understood

that two such individuals were now in

the state of New Jersey,". the FBI in-

• terview summary stated.

A long-time associate. of Rosselli

who was interviewed separately by

: The Washington Post, said there was

i no question in

the slain mobster's

i mind that President Kennedy

was.

¿ killed on Castro's behalf in reprisal

: for the CIA schemes against the Cu-.

ban leader.

"He was positive; he was sure." said

, the associate, who knew Rosselli well

and was in contact with him

before

Rosselli disappeared from his Florida

home on July 28. The associate, who

does not want to

be identified pub-

licly, is scheduled to be interviewed

; this week by Dade County. Fla., homi-

: cide detectives. He was a party to Ros-

selli's contacts in the early 1960s with

CIA case officers overseeing the at-

tempts to assassinate Castro.

Despite occasional speculation, the

collective conclusion of

all official

U.S. government investigations into

the Kennedy assassination-including

the Warren Commission, the FBI and

the CIA-has been that there was no

evidence that implicated the Castro

• government or any of its agents.

However, the CIA's involvement in

, the schemes to assassinate • Castro

was not divulged to the Warren Com-

mission,

and knowledge of them was

confined until 1967 to a small, elite

, circle of the U.S. intelligence commu-

• nity. President Johnson

apparently

first learned about the schemes only

after a March 7, 1967, column by the

late Drew Person,

which prompted

* Johnson to order a CIA investigation

of the highly sensitive episode.

Full details of the CIA underworld

collusion in the plots to kill Castro

did not surface publicly until the pub-

•lication last year of the Senate Intelli-

gence Committee's assassination

re.

port and the ensuing report last June

on the possible role of the intelligence

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moon mon

agencies in the Kennedy assassination

and investigation.

The body of Rosselli, who lived

flamboyantly in a world of mobsters,

politicians and playgiris, was found

two weeks ago in an inverted oil drum

;weighted with chains but buoyed by

gases from

decomposition on the

ocean's surface off the coast of Miami,

The specific cause of death was deter-

mined by an autopsy to be asphyxia-

Last year, an underworld colleague

(Momo) Giancana,

who also had been recruited by the

•CIA in the effort to kill Castro, was

¡ found shot to death in his Chicago

home in what police described as a

highly professional job by

assailants

who penetrated the mobster's per-

'sonal security

screen. Giancana was

due to testify before the Senate Intel-

ligence Committee shortly after his

Neither murder has been solved.

The possibility that Rosselli's mur-

der might have been related

Senate testimony on the CIA schemes

to kill Castro has brought the FBI

into the investigation at the request

of Attorney General Edward H. Levi.

The involvement of Rosselli, Gian-

underworld figures-

Tampa, Fla., whose one-time Havana

gambling enterprises fell hostage in

1959 to the Cuban revolution-in plots

against Castro had been a closely held

secret within the top echelons of the

CIA and FBI until recently.

The tangled chronology of suppres

sion and eventual disclosure, although

detailed in the June report, has re-

ceived little public attention. Rossel-

li's murder adds significance to those

sequence, pieced to-

from the testimony given to

Senate intelligence investigators:

Pearson went to

of the United

States Earl Warren late in.: January,

1967, and told him that a Washington

lawyer had confided to him that one

of his clients

said the United States

"had attempted to

assassinate Fidel

Castro in the early 1960s and Castro.

had decided to retaliate."

Warren declined Pearson's

tion that he see the lawyer,

Edward Morgan. Warren referred the

matter to then Secret Service Direc-

tor James J. Rowley, who on Feb. 13,

1967, wrote FBI Director J. Edgar Ho-

over, informing him of the 'allegations.

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* Hoover sent the Rowley letter to six

senior burcau

officials on an

"eyes-

only" basis. There is no record of FBI

meetings or discussions of those alle

¡gations. At that point the sensitive let-

ter bounced back and forth'in the

higher reaches of the FBI bureauc-

The job of responding to Rowley's

letter was assigned to the supervisor

of the FBI's General Investigative Di-

vision who was given responsility for

the overall assassination investigation

This official's job was complicated

by the fact that he had never been in-

formed of what Hoover and his closest

circle of confidants in the FBI learned

involved in

assassination

•attempts against Castro, and promi-

nent American underworld figures, in-

cluding. Rosselli and Giancana, had

been recruited for the attempts

So on Feb. 15, 1967, the FBI official

prepared a draft reply to the Rowley"

letter for his superiors saying "our in-

* vestigation uncovered no evidence in-

dicating Fidel Castro officials of the

Cuban Goverument

:.with Lee Harvey Oswald in the assas-

sination of President Kennedy. This

'bureau is not conducting, any investi-

gation regarding this matter.", The

FBI official added in later testimony

that "everyone. in the higher echelons

read this …

Drew Pearson went ahead and pub-

lished a column on March 7, 1967, ref.

erring to reports that CIA schemes

against Castro's life in 1963 "may

have resulted in a counterplot by Cas-

tro to assassinate President Kenne-

Ten days later, Marvin Watson. one

of Lyndon Johnson's chief deputies,

called FBI. assistant director Cartha

DeLoach with the message that "the

President had instructed that the FBI

knowledge he might have regarding

assassination of President Ken-

peared Morgan

terviewed, and even if he was inter-

viewed he would probably not divulge

the identity of his sources . .

circumstances."

Loach concluded in. a memo for the

"it appears that we have no al-

ternative but to

interview (Morgan)

and then furnish the

results to Wat.

son in blind memorandum form.".

The interview was assigned to two

agents from the FBI's General Investi-

gative Division,

which

the Senate

committee concluded was "puzzling"

because it was the Domestic Intelli

gence

Division which had been

signed responsibility for investigating

possible foreign involvement in the

assassination.

Neither agent was privy to the

knowledge, confined to Hoover

and

his top aides, of the CIA's assassina-

tion plots against Castro. Both agents

testified eight years later that they

were

"surprised"

when

Morgan

al

luded during the interview to U.S. at-

tempts to assassinate Castro.

"These agents stated

that they

could

not evaluate

the lawyer's

(Morgan's) allegations or question him

in detail on them, since they had not

been briefed on the CIA assassination

efforts,"

the Senate committee ob-

served.

, On March 21. 1967, the FBI's Wash

ington Field Office sent headquarters

ten copies of a blind memorandum

summarizing the interview with Mor

gan.

In a Senate Intelligence Committee

summary of the FBI interview, Mor-

gan was reported to have acknowl-

edged that his clients' were "on the

fringe of the underworld" and that

they faced "possible prosecution in a

crime not related to the assassination

Morgan said his clients "were called

upon by a governmental agency to as-

sist in a project which was said to

have the highest governmental ap-

proval. The project had as its purpose

the assassination of Fidel Castro.

Elaborate plans were made, including

. the infiltration of the Cuban Govern-

ment and the placing of informants

within key posts in Cuba."

Morgan also told the FBI, according

to the summary, that Castro had em-

"teams of individuals who

were dispatched to the United States:

for the purpose of assassinating Presi

It was not 'clear then-nor is it to.'

that time to bring Rosselli's story to

the ears of the nation's highest law

It may be relevant that Rosselli had

serious legal problems at the time

In May, 1966, the FBI. threatened to

deport him for living in the United

States under an assumed name unless

he cooperated in an

investigation of

the Mafia (his true name was Filippo

Saco). At the time, he reached a CIA

contact from the anti-Castro conspir-

CIA security director Col.

Sheffield Edwards, who informed the

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FBI that Rosselli wanted' to "keep

square with the

afraid that the mob might kill him for

after he was arrested for

gambling fraud at the Friars Club! in

Beverly Hills, Rosselli approached his

former CIA case officer, William Har:

vey. who sought unsuccesstully go in-

tercede in the prosecution.

It was against this background that

Morgan went,

first to. Drew Pearson,

and then the FBI, with Rosselli's sen-

sational allegations of CIA plotting

against Castro and the Cuban counter-

espionage directed against President

Last April: Rosselli told the Senate

Intelligence Committee he had no rec-

ollection of either recelving informa-

tion that Castro retaliated

President Kennedy or of having dis-

cussed it with Morgan. This meant ei-

ther that Rosselli suffered a dramatic

memory loss or that Morgan's state-

ment to FBI agents nine years earlier

was a pure invention, a

Serious risk

for an established Washington lawyer.

No committee source could explain

the discrepancy, and Morgan declined

to confirm that Rosselli was the client

in question or to discuss either his

allegations against the Cuban govern-

ment or his recent testimony.

The internal FBI memo on the 1967

interview with Morgan was

sent to

headquarters with a transmittal slip

saying:

"No further investigation is

being conducted by the

Washington

field office unless it is advised to the

contrary by the Bureau."

The Senate intelligence committee.

in commenting on this position,

said

that

"had

the interviewing

agents

known of the ClA-underworld plots

against Castro, they would have been

aware that the lawyer had clients who

had been active in the assassination

On March 21, FBI headquarters for-

memo to the White House, the attor-

ney general and the Secret Service. It

vestigation of Morgan's allegations.

the following

day, President Johnson called CIA Di-

rector Richard M. Helms to the White

House. The next morning, March 23,

Helms ordered the CIA inspector gen-

cral to prepare a report on the CIA!

involvement in the assassination plots

: Mongoose-of

Helms had full knowledge at the time

they were executed.

By May 22, Helms briefed President

Johnson on the results. There is. how-s

ever, no evidence that Helms briefed

the,President on the November, 1963,

plot-one of eight major schemes on

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Castro's life from 1960 to 1965-40 as-

sassinate the Cuban leader through

the employment of an agent with the

cryptonymn AMLASH.

His identity

was revealed as

Rolando Cubela,

a

1961 CIA

"recruit" with close

access

to Castro.

CIA operatives turned over assassi-

nation equipment to Cubela during a

Paris meeting on November 22,

1963-

the day President Kennedy was killed

in Dallas. There has been subsequent

speculation that' the mercurial

and

talkative, Cubela was either a double::

agent or being; monitored by Cuban

intelligence.

During the later days of his presi

dency, Mr. Johnson spoke cryptically

of a "Caribbean Murder Incorpo:

rated" targeted against' Fidel Castro:

The inspiration for that statement un-

# doubtedly was the CIA inspector gen-.

eral's report he ordered Helms to have

prepared.

(Within the past year, Rosselli: and

two of his co-conspirators in the Cas-

i. tro assassination schemes have died,

Giancana al the hands of a profes.

sional hit man and Harvey as the re.

sult of a "massive heart attack" last

June.

Mrs: William Harvey, the widow of

the deceased CIA official, said she

suspected no foul play in her hus:

band's death. She did, however, tell

Washington Post that she re-

ceived a call after Rosselli's disappear.

ance in late July warning her that Cu-

bans appeared to be attempting

wipe out all those who participated in

the anti-Castro plots.

The call, she said, came from an old

friend who was acquainted with Ros-

sellils sister, whose name is Edith Dai-

gle. Mrs, Harvey said that Mrs. Daigle

told the mutual acquaintance that the

Rosselli family had received a tele-

phone threat from unidentified Cu-

bans prior to Rosselli's disappearance.

She also said that Rosselli had gone to

meet the Cubans in an effort to pro-

Mrs. Daigle could not be reached by :

The Washington Post. But another sis-

• ter of Rosselli said she had heard of

no such threats or warnings.

whose exploits as a clandestine opera-

tor are both legendary and controver-

sial within the agency, testified to the

Senate Intelligence

had become Rosselli's case officer in

Operation Mongoose and supplied the

mobster with poison pills, explosives,

: detonators, rifles, handguns,

and boat radar for transmission

anti-Castro Cuban agents. Harvey and

Kossell, a CIA superior testified to

the senate committee,

close friendship.".

Another CIA official who worked

with Rossell, James P. O'Connell. was

asked if he knew whelher the agency

• transmitted information to the mob-

ster on possible Cuban Involvement in

the Kennedy assassination. He replied

that he was out of the dountry at the

time Kennedy was killed, and had no

further.comment

Two months before the Kennedy as-

sassination, Lee Harvey Oswald, who

was identified by the Watren Commis-.

sion as Kennedy's murderer, had trav-

eled to Mexico City in an attempt to

gain entry to Cuba. According to the

Warren Commission, Oswald

repre-

sented himself as the head of the New

Orleans branch of the Fair Play for

Cuba organization and a friend of the

, Cuban Revolution.

Some three months before Kennedy

was killed,

Castro told

Associated

Press reporter Daniel Harker that

U.S. leaders aiding terrorist plans to

eliminate Cuban leaders would them-

selves not be safe.'

A U.S. government committee coor-

dinating policy toward Cuba at the

, time agreed there is a strong liklihood

that Castro would retaliate in some

fashion. However, it concluded Castro

would not risk a major confrontation

with the U.S. by attacking U.S. lead.

ers.

On the same day Kennedy was as.

sassinated, a CIA officer met with a

high-ranking Cuban official, who had

said he would kill Castro, to tell him.

the U.S. would provide him with ex-.

plosives and a poison pen device.

While the Senate Intelligence Com-

mittee said it found no evidence suffi-

cient to justify a conclusion that the

Kennedy assassination was part of a

conspiracy, it also said U.S. agencies

did not properly investigate the assas-

sination or tell the Warren Commis-

sion about the CIA plots on Castro's

"There is no indication that the FBI:

or the CIA directed the interviewing

of Cuban sources

the Cuban exile community," the Sen-

ate committee said.

According to a former FBI official

in charge of key aspects of the FBI's

probe of the Kennedy murder, the

FBI never satisfactorily determined

yhat Oswald planned to do in Cuba or

what he had done in Russia..

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othe

WATCHFUL NEWSPAPER

SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1975:

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Daily, 1Cc- Sunday 25c-

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CIA, Mobsters Lioked

To Cuba Raid Plans®

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tha: invasion of: 1,400 exiles

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reled on Your underworld: waste failure,

the mobster

accounts.

When you sallect on it fit

mubsters for intelligence used

in planning the m-faled lei, bout returned to F'lorida.

The Bee reported that Hous not an implausibies: situatio

Walsh identified the source

la it?"

Bay of Piga invasion'll Cubm,

ut his information as a former

Related Story Page A5

The Bee said tic of lie tour

tie Sacramento Bee, said to

employe of the CIA. He did

mubsters tnoived filth' tha

day.

not. identily. the employe in

ton, retired general counsel of

CIA in the bay of Yes aa

The CIA's underworld in

thie story, which carried a Las

the CIA, said of the story:

sill alive.

formants, all former Havana.

Vegas, Nev., dateline.

"I do not recollect such a..

It said one la Russell Bulaila

bosses, had; buried

to quotod Lawrence

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thing, but that doesn't mean it

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didn't happen. I won't deny it,

To northcastem. Pennsyl: ch

fled Fidel Casero, Thertiore, ojictal tecolving the under-

but I don't remember my

they had a make in encourago

ing the United Sinies to un.

dertake lue invasion to over-

throw. Casiro, the Bee repurt:

ed.

"The Information they sup

plied to the CLA' supposedly"

pinpointed troop and naval

vessel positions," Bee Investi

gative reporter Denny Walsh

wrote in the Sunday edition.

"More

unportantly,, per

haps, the wobsters also re-

ported that many of the peo

ple of Havana were unsym

pathetic lo Castro and would

almost cartainly rise up lo

support of a counter revolue

tionary force once lt hadles

tablished a beachhead,"

Walsh continued.

In exchange for theie help,!

the hoodlums had been prom.

ised they would be alloned to

recuver their buried cache ut

hindered, Wean aud.

He sold the lic dluma and

fleir carty boat, wilh one CIA

man abour standing off the

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DIA Mafia Link

(Contiaued From Page A1) :

la, Malia: bose woo wag consi

victed just boloro lile lookp

fith to CIA of conspiring to

castruct fustico in lylng about

tha 1857 Matia summit moot-

lug at Apalac in, N.Y

The newapdper said the oth

er living Informant is. footie

Lovem: also knows as Lancia'

Wn Who was deacrilcd as

Et overcoer and monagor of

" Milla gambling Intaresta 1.

pre-Castro" Caba, tho Bce

"sald he is reportedly lving in

* Coral Gables; Fla.

The other two were James

Pamert. Identliled as a for

mer Malia bljackor, labor:

racketeer and garment dis-

trict strongmao, 'and Salve:

fore Granello, Identified as a

na extortionlit and game

bler.

a Plumeri and Granello were

Victims several years igo of

Huntelated gangland @seCU

" doris, Walsh wrote.

If here tithe account of

SCLA-Malia Intrigue as de-

seribed by Walsh front his

indentilled" former CIA

source:

During

the

pre-1959

Te.

Rime of the " foriner Cuban

dictator,

Fulgenclo Batista,

caalno gambling flourished in

the country under the direc-.

We don and control of the U.s.

organized. crime underworld.

4. The Castro revolution

routed the mob along with

mousta, and the Cuban, pre-

mitr's Communist

governl

Zuneut has never adowed tho

,atsumption of mob, activitles

thare."

The four former

CasiDO

bosses "nade periodic re

ports to the CIA until just

before the abortive, Bay of

•Pigs invasion.

"Between

$45,000

$50.000 was paid by the four.

Songsters, to informants 3:

¿Cuba for the information.

"The mooncy came, at least

in part, from a $750,000 cacho *

wrapped in oilcloth. and bur

Ind in the ground by Urmollo

and lovine just before. thel?.

hasty departuro fron Cuba

during the turbulent days offi

tha Castro takeover.

"It was the rest of this

money that Granello, Levine,

Bufalino and Plumeri were

assured thoy would be able to

recover unhindered if the Cas-

tre goverumcnt was toppled.

"They minaged to got word?

to 'hoodlutns inside Cuba who

angw the whercabouts of the

mdney to start buying stra-

tegic Information. Other Cu-

ban associales of the four

gangsters were dispatched to

the island from Florida on

Intelligence-gathering sorties."

Darüer published. reports

have said that in preparation

for the Bay of Pigs Invasion,

CIA Director Allen Dulles ro

"liod heavily on reports which

stressed the unpopularity of

the Castro regime and the

expectation, never realized, of

massive rebellion at the time

of a strike.

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MEMORANDUM

TO:

FROM:

DALE:

FRITZ AND BILL

MIKE EPSTEIN

JUNE 20, 1975

SUBJECT: GIANCANA

I expect that no one will write off the alleged Giancana murder as a

"third-rate homicide," and that it will grow and grow and grow.. It is clearly

the most volatile media issue of the season.

Given the barest outlines of what allegedly happened, and taking them

at face value, we have a responsibility to take action under 18 U.S. Code,

Section 1505:

Whoever

by ... force... endeavors to ... impede any

witness

... in connection with any inquiry or investigation

being had by ... any committee of either House ... or

Whoever ... by ... force ... obstructs, or impedes or

endeavors to ...

obstruct, or impede

... the due and proper

exercise of the power of inquiry under which such inquiry

or investigation is being had by ... any committee of

either House ...

Shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more

than five years, or both.

In short, if Giancana was a "witness" (which status he might have

achieved by mere location contacts made by staff) and he was killed to

prevent his appearance; or indeed

even if he wasn't yet a "witness" but

this was a "message" to all witnesses to keep quiet (e.g. Roselli and Maheu),

there is a violation of law which we might have the responsibility to investigate.

Beyond what our responsibility is, it seems clear to me that most extreme

possibilities of what might actually have happened dictate that we come up

with a well-reasoned position and plan -- after careful, deliberate, intensive

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consideration of all avenues of approach, pitfalls, suspected motives, etc.

Most important of all, it seems to me, is our acceptance of the fact that

maybe we don't even have anyone on our staff with sufficient experience,

sophistication, background, and investigative maturity to deal with this

situation.

As

a first step, I urgeiyour decision to convene a planning session to

decide what the second step will be.

I can't emphasize enough the need for well-thought-out planning here.

Who knows where this will lead? And at a minimum, some months from now,

Senator Church may be asked, "What did you do the day after you learned

that' Giancana had been killed?" :

My stream of consciousness on kinds of things to consider would

include: What our public statement on this should or should not be,

security for other witnesses, immediate contact with other key witnesses

(to reassure them), secrecy of witness lists and immunity applications,

secrecy of place, time and even fact of interview, meetings with Justice

organized crime section, Chicago strike force, local law enforcement people

in Oak Park and Illinois, obtaining all FBI investigative reports (they're

in it per tonight's Star, getting background on all law enforcement officials

in Illinois who will be involved. (whom do you trust?), is this a diversion

which we're being sucked into, how do we avoid that (hire someone just for

this), how do we show we care so other witnesses (known or unknown) won't

dry up, etc. etc. etc.

NOTE: - Mike can be reached ofter 6:45 tonight at (802) 863-2652.

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MEMORANDUM:

TO: Mike Madigan

FROM: Ed Greissing

DATE: August 13, 1976

SUBJECT: Mention of Carlos Marcello in the 4/23/76 transcript of

John Rosselli.

On April 23, 1976 during Mr. Rosselli's appearance before the

Schweiker-Hart Subcommittee, we took the opportunity to question

him about any information he might possess regarding the New Orleans

Mafia Chieftan, Carlos Marcello.

Our interest in Marcello developed from l)uthe allegation that

Marcello was tangentially involved with both Clay Shaw and David

Ferrie; the fact that Marcello was deported by Attorney General Robert

Kennedy and that

the assassination of President Kennedy was a possible

retaliation,

In my telephone conversation with Jim Johnston, 8/13/76, he could

think of no other reasons why we questioned Rosselli about Marcello.

If you would like to talk to Jim about this matter, his telephone

number is 780-6203.

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Ref to Troll. or X

MEMORANDUM

To:

From:

Date:

Subj:

Files

Mike Madigan

June 23, 1975

Additional Roselli Questions

Inquire when in the discussions between Roselli and the CIA

did any suggestion appear, with regard to both Che Guevera and

Rauol Castro, in addition to the discussions involving Fidel only.

Query whether Roselli has heard the term "ZRRIFLE" --- note

Helms to Harvey memorandum of 12 February 1962, giving approval for

use of unvouchered funds..

How is

I.G. Report references first delivery of the pills in early

1961. Second delivery of the pills in early 1962 -- inquire re:

Boyles

Roselli's date recollection.

Jake Esterline had possession of the digars already treated

with poison in March through August 1960 in Florida. Esterline.

apparently destroyed them before he left in June of 1961 -- Roselli's

knowledge of Esterline or the cigars?

Roselli's knowledge of thallum salad

operation to put in

Castro's shoes when left outside hotel

room on trip?

I.G. Report indicates First Phase from August 1960 through

April 1961 and Second Phase from April 1962 through February 1963.

but no

break

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inspector General's Report states that Maheu was instructed

to tell Roselli that Maheu represented businesses (Wall Street)

who had interests in Cuba and who wanted to eliminate Castro and

were willing to pay $150,000.

Roselli -- Trafficante's gambling interests in Cuba -- interest

in killing Castro?

I.G. Report indicates "first meeting" to be 14 September 1960

in New York City, with Maheu, Roselli and O'Connell present.

I.G. Report indicates that Roselli introduced Maheu to Giancana

and that Giancana was to arrange contacts with syndicate elements

in Cuba -- meeting for Roselli/Maheu/Giancana meeting in Fountain-

bleu Hotel in Florida week of 25 September 1960. I. G. Report

indicates that Giancana told Maheu that he had a man (Trafficante)

to serve as a courier going back and forth between Miami and Cuba.

I.G. Report indicates conversation in Roselli's presence wherein

Giancana tells Maheu that Giancana is opposed to the use of guns --

no chance of escape?

Roselli named inside man in Cuba as Juan Orta

-- then in

Prime Minister's office in Havana.

I.G. Report indicates Dr. Gunn's notation of delivery of

I us befe Bay Bege

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I.G. Report indicates

that Roselli's man, Orta, had "easy

ccess" to Castro, and that he was involved in a "rake-off on

gambling profits."

I.G. Report has Roselli giving

the piris to Trafficante, QUO

rather than directly to the Cuban?

Did Harvey actuglly tell Roselli to cut off the project NO

slowly so as to avoid creating hard feelings on the part of the

Cubans in the latter pa

It of 7962?

I.G. Report in

"Second Phase" indicates Roselli telling

O'Connell that Trafficante knew a man high up in the Cuban exile

movement who could take over the job from Orta. Report indicates

this man's name is Varona, and that Trafficante probably knew

Varona in his efforts to take over gambling once Castro was out.

Does Roselli know Edward Moss and the Cellini's offer of money

to Varona to be used against Castro?

I.G. Report indicates that Trafficante told Varona that he

(Trafficante) had clients who would pay big money to get rid of

Castro -- Roselli's knowledge of this -- time frame March/April

1961 -- figures mentioned from various witnesses are (1) $50,000

(2) $25,000 (3) $10,00 plus $1,000 worth

of communications

equipment. NOTE: O'Connell's testimony of $50,00p being taken

to Florida and put in a safe deposit box to be paid C.0.D. upon

accomplishment of Castro mission.

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I.G. Report has Harvey taking over in February 1961 but only

of the "executive action capability." The Report indicates

15 November 1961 as date Harvey says Bissell told him to include

Cuba in ZRRIFLE program, and to take over syndicate connection ---

Roselli's knowledge of either of these dates? NOTE: Are ZRRIFLE

and Castro assassination plans synonymous?

I.G. Report gives 8 and 9 April 1962 in New York City as

the

meeting place for the first introduction of Harvey, O'Connell and

Roselli. NOTE:

O'Connell feels that Harvey met Roselli prior

to this meeting -- meeting took place at -- Savoy Plaza/Savoy Hilton

Hotot where Roselli stayed -- dinner at the Elk Room -- drinks at

the Copacabana -- table across from Phyllis MacGuire with Dorothy

Kilgallen and Liberace performing -- seats changed so that Roselli

would not be seen by MacGuire -- Roselli's recollection?

June of 196} Harvey left for Rome.

April 18, 1962 -- DI. Treichler's records showing delivery of

four pills to "oc."

September 1961, last casino in Havana closed.

I.G. Report references Roselli's having a man known as "Maceo"

or "Garcia - Gomez" and "Goday". The report describes him as a

Cuban who spoke Italian -- Roselli's recollection? -- time frame?

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The I.G. Report

has April 1962,as the time period for

the delivery of the rental truck with the rifles, etc. -- Roselli's

recollection of what was inside?

Rifles with telescopic sites

for assassination purposes? Communications equipment -- what type?

NOTE:

Roselli's recollection regagding joint surveillance by Harvey

and Shackley in one car and O'Connell and Roselli in another car?

May 1962 I.G. Report indicates that Roselli reports to Harvey

that the pills are in Cuba -- references to all calls to Roselli

going to the Friars Club and Roselli's calls going to Harvey's home

number -- Roselli's recollection?

June 1962 -- I.G. Report reference Roselli telling Harvey that

Varona had sent a three-man team into Cuba and that the pills were

"inside."

September 1962 -- I.G. Report references Roselli meeting Harvey

in Miami on 7 and 11 September..

Roselli tells Harvey that a second

three-man team was sent in by Varona -- a team of militia to infil-

trate Castro's bodyguard -- that the first team is already inside

and safe?

-- Roselli's recollection of facts?

January 1963. I.G. Report reference Roselli telling Harvey

that "militia team" prepared for take-off -- and that they never did?

Roselli's recollection?

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June 1963.

I. G.

Report reference last meeting between Roselli

and Harvey •- Roselli

met| by Harvey at Dulles Airport -- Roselli

stayed at home of friend of Harvey's -- Harvey's home closed up

per overseas trip -- Harvey called by FBI having seen Roselli/Harvey

at restaurant -- FBI had Roselli

under surveillance -- Roselli's

recollection of facts? - Time period?

I.G. Report indicates

that Maheu put in contact with Giancana

for tap through Roselli -- Roselli's

advance knowledge?

***

O'Connell's Testimony

O'Connell's recollection is that Orta's man would not go through

with it and that the pills were

returned to O'Connell by Roselli.

O'Connell's recollection then is that the second plan was a call

from

Roselli and Maheu indicating the use of a chef. The pills

were sent down and again returned when this plot failed.

O'Connell is unclear which of the aforementioned schemes took

place before the Bay of Pigs. He indicates, however, the use of

Varona to be after the Bay of Pigs.

O'Connell has the first introduction of Roselli and Harvey as

being in the Miami airport.

O'Connell's testimony is that he received a call from Maheu

who said that Giancana was upset about Phyllis MacGuire seeing

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Dan Rowan. Maheu said that he had been requested to place a tap

for Giancana and that Giancana might "stop helping" on the assassina-

tion plot if this tap was not placed. O'Connell checked with

Edwards and received the go-ahead. O'Connell indicates that

Maheu was authorized to pay for DuBois out of the month given him

on the assassination plan.

O'Connell states that he recalls November 1960 as the time

period of the delivery of the pills for Roselli through Trafficante?

O'Connell recollection that "chef" incident after Bay of Pigs.

O'Connell states that Varona's price was $50,000 = - $10,000

worth of communications equipment in addition.

O'Connell introduced by Roselli to Varona

as

"Mr. Olds."

*

Harvey Testimony

Harvey places the fall of 1961 as the time period in which

ZRRIFLE was to be applied to Cuba.

Harvey reference to pressure from the Kennedys to topple the

Castro regime clandestinely and not by means of any attack.

Roselli's hearsay knowledge of this?

Harvey states that he recalls firearms in the truck, possibly

"sniper-scope rifles."

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Harvey states that as soon as the missile crisis was over,

i.e., late 1962, he indicated to Roselli that he wanted the

project cut off, although gradually so as not to create hard

feelings:

Roselli's knowledge of Greenspun's safe -- break-in in 1971 --

1967 meeting between Greenspan,

Garrison, Roselli, etc.?

I.G. Report reference to "air

contamination" in early 1960

efforts -- Roselli hearsay knowledge?

E. B. Williams' knowledge

re MaheuRoselli/Greenspun meetings

in 1967?

Roselli knowledge re Angell Luis Castillo (U.S. in 1968)

and Jerry Henning (training of Cuban teams) ?

Roselli knowledge of explosives along with guns valued at

$5,000 -- U-Haul truck delivery -- surveillance by Chief JMWAVE?

Late 1962-Early 1963 - Roselli knowledge of skin-diving suit

implemented with poisons?

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Dear Mr. Attorney General:

I am writing you today on behalf of the Select

Committee about the recent death of Samuel Giancana. As

you are no doubt aware, his name has been raised in the

context of allegations concerning the Central Intelligence

Agency's possible involvement in so-called political

assassinations.

Based on information available to the Committee,

it was obvious that he might be knowledgeable about the

political assassination matter. Although Mr. Giancana

had not actually been subpoenaed to testify by this Com-

?mittee, he had been approached by members of the staff

for a possible interview. Since this might involve viola-

tion of federal statutes pertaining to obstruction of a

Congressional Committee investigation, the Select Committee

is requesting that you instruct the Federal Bureau of

Investigation to keep it

fully informed of all information

coming to the Bureau's attention pertaining to Mr. Giancana's

death. In making this request, the Committee 1s not conced-

ing. its right to conduct its own investigation of

this

matter.

However, It is acting in the spirit of cooperation

on a question of mutual concern to the Executive and Legis-

lative Branches of government.

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The Committee is also concerned about the

safety of several other possible witnesses.

Therefore,

we request 24-hour-a-day protection by the United States

Marshall Service for the following witnesses which the

Committee has subpoenaed, intends to subpoena, has inter-

viewed, or intends to interview:

(Alternative paragraph:

The Committee Is also concerned about the

safety of several other possible witnesses.

We would

like to discuss with members of your staff the necessity

for special arrangements by the United States Marshall

Service to ensure the safety of witnesses who have. or

might have to contact with the Committee pertaining to

these matters.)

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Mr. BROwN.

And then Sergeant de la Lland, will

you identify yourself, please, sir?

Mr. DE LA LLANA. Jack de la Llana, Tampa Police Department.

have been with the police department for years, and attached to the

homicide division for 4 years before starting the criminal intelligence

unit of the Tampa Police Department.

The CHAIRMAN. Have you had previous police service?

Mr. DE LA LIANA. My first experience

started first with the force.

was o years ago, when I

The CHAIRMAN. Chief Brown, do you have a statement, a prepared

statement?

Mr. BrowN. Yes, I do, Senator.

The CHAIRsIAN.

pages.

I have a copy of it before me, and I see it has several

Jo you wish to read all of it?

Mr. BRowN.

Yes, sir; I would like to read it to the committee.

The CatAran. Very well, then, you may proceed.

Mr. BRowN.

Mr. Chairman and members of the subcommittee, I am

Neil G. Brown, chief of the Police Department of the city of Tampi,

I have been a member of the Tampa Police Department for the past

16 years, and I have been chief of the department for the past 4 years.

Prior to my appointment as chet, I served as inspector of detectives

I am a graduate of the National Police Academy of the Federal

Bureau of Investigation, and a member of the Tampa Bay Area Chiefs

of Police Association and of the International Association of Chiefs

of Police.

With me here today is Sgt. Jack de la Llana who, at my direction,

formed our department's first criminal intelligence unit in February

ot 1962, and has been its director since that time.

Sergeant de la

Clana also holds the important post of chairman of the Florida In.

telligence

Unit, a statewide agency which coordinates information

amongst intelligence units in cities throughout the State of Florida.

In addition to Sergeant de la Llana, whose diligent work and knowl-

edge of criminal operations has provided much of the foundation for

my statement to you, I feel fortunate in being accompanied also by

Sgt. Willian Branch of the intelligence division of the Orlando Polico

Department.

Sergeant Branch is presently attending the National

Academy

of the

Federal Bureau of Investigation.

He has been &

member of the Orlando Police Department since 1951, and a detective

sergeant since 1956.

He is particularly familiar with organized gam-

bling operations in the central Florida area, and I believe his presents-

tion of that situation will be of material value to this inquiry.

I feel privileged to be able to testify before you today.

I beliere

that the facts I can present here about organized crime operations in

Tampa will help you and the American public realize the seriousness

of this problem, and our Nation's emergent need for further Federal

legislation to combat an evil that has clearly expanded beyond the

powers of municipal lam enforcement to contain, suppress and elimi.

nate it.

sidered has a lee and respected Stin our commu, to aton.

be an asset to our community.

tunately, a small percentage of this group of citizens have achieved

ORGA

a notoriety,

continuous

people of ou

the Mafia."

Our grow

1956 when :

Tampa to in

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element whose i

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Mr. Brown.

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Mr. BROwN.

been there.

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Mr. BROTYN. T

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ble to get it out i

Mr. BROwN. 1

The CHAIRMAN

Mr. BRowN (rei

• * * our records i

fron underworld act

The CHAIRMAN

day from the Cl

murders, ganglanc

years, and only 2 o

court determinatio

Mr. BrowN. Tha

The CHAIRDAN.

give us some idea ab

Mr. BROwN. I w

like Chicago.

The CrnIrMaN.&

Mr. BRowN. Yes,!

The CHAIrMAN.

developments of infi

just couldn't believe

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tho danger of organi:

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geant de la Llana, will

¡ Police Department. I

r's, and attached to the

the criminal intelligence

lice service?

15 D years ago, when I

•i statement, a prepared

', and I see it has several

I it to the committee.

roceed.

i the subcommittee, I am

nt of the city of Tampa,

Department for the past

went for the past 4 years.

inspector of detectives.

Academy

of the Federal

Tampa Bay Arez Chiefs

il Association of Chiefs

na who, at my direction,

ligence unit in February

rman of the Florida In-

coordinates information

it the State of Florida.

liligent work and knowl-

ich of the foundation for

ing accompanied also by

ion of the Orlando Police

attending the National

He has been a

ince 1951, and a detective

iliar with organized gam-

ind I believe his presenta-

in to this inquiry.

ne you today.

nized crime operations in

• lic realize the seriousness

need for further Federal

My expanded beyond the

tain, suppress and elimi-

population, who are con-

our community.

Unfor-

of citizens have achieved

ORGANIZED CRIME AND ILLICIT TRAFFIC IN NARCOTICS 521

a notoriety greatly disproportionate to their numbers, because of their

continuous activity in criminal and

racketeering enterprises.

ple of our city refer to this group as "the Sicilian underworld" or

Our growing concern with this criminal group was crystallized in

1956 when & Hillsborough County grand

Tampa to investigate and determine the truth of allegations that

the Mafia was then operating in Tampa. The pertinent part of that

grand jury's report stated:

* * * there are some individuals who believe that a Mafia or Black

exists and operates in this community, but they are in the minority.

nesses interviews point to the existence in this community of an organized crime

cleinent whose methods of operation are similar to the pattern of the Sicilian

The Cummar. Chief, let me ask you, prior to this development

before the grand jury, before the grand jury made this finding, were

you the law enforcement officials or in the police department?

Mr. BrowN. No, sir.

Were you suspicious that such an organization

MIr. BRown. Oh, yes; law enforcement has been aware that this has

The Cumiraran. There was something, you felt confident, but you

vere umable to bring it out in concrete proof; is that correct!

Mr. Brown. That is correct.

The CHAIrsIan. So you had been trying to combat it without being

able to get it out in the open?

Mr. Brown. That is exactly right.

The CHAIRMAN. All right.

Mr. Brown (reading) :

** * our records indicate that the vast majority

of our unsolved crimes stem

from underworld activity involving persons of Sicilian or Italian ancestry

The CHAirMAn. We had some startling information here the other

Chicago chief of

respect to some 976

years, and only 2 of them had been solved.

That is, officially solved by

court determination or court action.

That is typical.

What is the ratio in your community, if you can

give us some idea about it?

Mr. BrowN. I will bring that out in my statement, but it is just

like Chicago.

The Cusumes. Something along that line?

Mr. BROwN.

The CITAIRMAN.

That. struck me

as one of the most frightening

developments of information that. I have heard regarding crime.

just couldn't believe that 976 murders, and apparently just murder

in the first-degree fashion, could be committer in an area like Met-

copolitan Chicago over a period of years, and only 2 of them could

It thoronghly demonstrates to me the great menace and

the danger of orgnized mobs committing crime.

You say: "Well, they probably killed each other pretty much."

That may be true, but they kill each other because of the extortionate

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operations that they are engaged in, to the detriment of the public

at large, and to the detriment of innocent people who can't help

It focuses and emphasizes ho serious this menace is.

Very well, you may proceed.

Mr. Bnowy. Notwithstanding these findings, the grand jury con-

cluded that there was no national or local Mafia in Tampa.

like to submit as exhibit 1 a certified copy of the report of the grand

jury dated March 30, 1956.

The Cummar. Very well, this report of the grand jury will be

received and it may be made exhibit No. It, and exhibit 1 to this

I may later direct it be printed, but as of now we will just let it be

filed as an exhibit for reference.

(The document referred to was marked "Exhibit No. 44" for refer-

ence, and may be found in tle files of the subcommittee.)

acito edge without mustiention the presence of the at in ten to

Mr. Brown. It seems likely to me that the grand

because it sought a pattern of Mafia operations similar to the historical

Sicilian tradition of primitive and direct extortion, rather than the

sophisticated and polished control of rackets that now characterize

that organization.

The CHArad. I take it from that last statement that you feel

that they have considerably improved their technique.

Mr. BROwN.

Very much so.

The CarRaN. Of crime operations.

Mr. Brown..

Senator MusKIr.

May I ask a question, Chief, there?

As I understand what you have just testified relative to the grand

jury's report,

they acknowledged that there was some evidence of the

existence

of Sicilian Mafia in the community, but apparently felt

that evidence was not conclusive; is that a correct summary?

Mr. BRowN.

That is correct; yes, senator.

The Tampa Police De-

partment, however, has long been aware that many criminals in our

area have local reputations as Mafiosi.

My staff and I have made a

careful evaluation of those reputations, based upon

personal knowl-

ege, criminal records, surveillance reports, personal histories, familial

relationships,

statistical analyses, reports from confidential inform

ants, information from Federal and local luw-enforcement agencies,

and other customary police intelligence sources.

It is our considered conclusion that the Mafia exists in Tampa, that

it controls most illegal gambling in

Tampa and central Florida, and

that its members have interstate and international ties to other Mafia

groups.

The organization of the Mafia in the Tampa area is best understood

from a chart we have formulated which I submit to this subcommittee*

as our exhibit No. 2.

Senator Muskir. Before me get to that, Chief, may I ask another

question?

The grand jury to which you referred sat in 1956, am I

correct?

Mr. BrowN. That is correct, sir.

Senator MosKIE.

That is 7 years ago. Do you think you have

accumulated additional evidence as to the existence of the Mafia in

Tampa which would justify a new reference to the grand jury?

MIr. BRowN. Yes; I believe so.

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Senator Muskie. Are you planning that?

Mr. Brown. Yes, sir.

The CHAIRMAN.

Very well. This chart may be received as eshibit

No. 45 and we will direct it be printed in the record if it can be, as

The title of it is "The Mafia Organization in the

Tampa, Fla., Area."

(The document referred to was marked "Exhibit No. 45" for refer-

ence and faces this page.)

Would you say the operations of this organized

Soup are not confined just to the city limits of Tampa, but they are

in the area?

Mr. BRowN. By all means; the entire area.

The CIrAIRsiN. All right.

This chart is now a part of the record

and, if you wish to comment about it, we will proceed with your state-

ment.

Mr. Brown. The chart is keyed to show only the criminal, business,

and familial interrelationships and activities of the persons named,

although other criteria figured m our categorization of these persons.

Of course, this chart cannot be considered as a definitive

"table of

organization" of the Tampa Mafia, because it is but a simplified repre-

sentation of an organization that is in a constant state of flus, and about

which we know we still have many things to learn.

However, I believe it is completely accurate in showing that Santo

Traflicante is the boss of this criminal group.

Indeed, it is to Santo

Traflicante that Tampa owes the dubious distinction of having been

represented at the notorious crime convention at Apalachin,

N.X.,

in November 1957.

The CumIraaN. I notice you designate or refer to this group as the

Mafia.

Would you say that it is the sume group that has been referred

to by the famous witness, Joe Valachi?

Mr. Brown. Yes. sir:itis

The CamaraN. Whether he calls it Cosa Nostra or the Mafia makes

no ditterence.

This is the organized crime group to which you re

ferred?

Mr. Brown. That is correct, Senator; this is the group.

Senator MusKie. May I ask a question there?

Under this group, there is another group which you describe as

nonmember asseciates and employees.

Is that intended to

that the people who are so described know nothing about the identity

of their employers and the organization of which they are a part?

Mr. Brown. "Senator, that is a part of the insulation of the group.

They have many employees, and as we go into the statement, to show

how in this gambling

operation the seller is non-Sicilian in most

cases, and he reports to another member up the ladder, and so on up.

Many of these people are nonmembers of the Mafia as it is.

Senator Muskic. Do they know they are engaged in criminal ac-

tivities?

Mr: BRowN. Yes, sir.

Senator MuskIr.

They know they are a part of a criminal orga-

nization?

Mr. BRown. Yes, sir.

Senator MusKIE.

But they are not members?

Mr. BRowN. That is correct.

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Senator MusKIE. What do they need to do to become members in

the Tampa area?

Mr. BRown. Well, I think I can clarify that later on in the state-

ment, Senator.

The CHAIrMaN. All right; you may proceed.

Mr. BROwN.

Santo Trailicante, Jr., was born in Tumpa on November

He was one of five brothers.

He maintains residence today

Ile previously lived in Havana, Cuba,

He wns expelled from Cuba and returned to

the United States.

Ile inherited the control of the numbers rac

in central Florids which his lather, Santo Traficante, Sr., who die

in 1954, and he continues to head this operation.

Testimony in the

i the senate Select Committe

on Improper Activities

i to or see field identiie

Santo Trafficante, Jr, in the pation of the Sans Souci rambling

casing in Havana

That testimony stated that Tradleante took over

the Sans ouch

front the Mannarino brothers in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Gabriel Mannarino was a fellow delegate with Santo Trafficante, Jr.,

to the A palachin crime convention in 1057.

Alitional testimony named Trafficante, Jr., as the key figure in

the Mafia in Tampa.

stating, as the Tampa police had long known,

that he succeeded his father as the major racketeer in the city

Other information substantiated by our files reveals that Trafficante

hanno, sam cancana, aniello bellacroce, do

rino, Joseph Arcuri, and of Joseph Recobono, also known as Stat

Island Joe, who had been closely allied with the elder Traflicante,

and was also discovered at the A palachin meeting.

When Joseph Protaci's danghter Carmella married Anthony Tocco,

con of Detroit mobster William "Black Bill" Tocco, in Brooklyn on

June 4, 1955, one of the guests at the reception in the Ilotel Com-

modore in New York was Santo Trallicante, Jr.

Among those who

also attended were 13 other persons who later attended the A palachin

conference, as well as other notorious Mafia figures, such is

Frank

•Livorsi,

Thomas and John Dioguardi, Tony and Albert Anastasia,

and Thomas "Three Finger Brown" Lucchese.

There have been at least two known attempts on the life of Santo

Trallicante: On Janmary 9, 1953, he was shotgunned in a car on the

streets of Tampa, receiving wounds in the arm.

Later, in Cuba,

four

American mobsters who intended to kill Trafficante were told by

Cuban police that they would have to do it on American soil.

Traficante has been arrested in Tampa several times for investigit-

tion, because of our knowledge that he was deeply involved in gam-

bling, eren though we have not yet been able to obtain the quantum of

up by the police for questioning about the gangland slayings of Rene

rallicante was a suspect in the Albert Anastasia murder on l

tober 25, 1957, in New

Lork because he had appeared in new tor

just before the murder.

there had been reports that Anastasia was then attempting to move

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in on Trafli

the alias "B

on the night

after Anastn

The Depal

organization

fication of th

palachin er

of Tampa, Fl

Furthermo

out-of-town i

of the Tampa

ficante is asso

Louis Coticel

quently seen

boarling a pli

Other know

Traflicante fil

colo, and Antl

Mr. O'DoN:

nulty, so that.

a statement w

the interest of

like to have it i

Do you have

Mr. DE LA IT.

Mr. O'DoNN

NIr. DE LA LI

The CHAIRM

Mr. DE LA LI.

Brady, and his

to our attentior

record.

I hare

The CurAIRM.

No. 46 for refere

(Document re

may be found in

The CITAIRAIA

that you have me

Mr. DE LA LEA:

The CHAIRMA

record, either at

statement of the

(The statement

One of the clear t

is reflected by the c

as a courier for the

Arst came to the at

served him, in Tami

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on in the state-

residence today

Havana, Cuba,

nd returned to

, Sr., who died

•lect Committee

Pittsburgh, Pa.

o key figure in

1d long known,

Lansky, Joseph

•tassi, Sam Man-

known as Staten

Iler Trafficante,

the Hotel Com-

mong those who

Ibert Anastasia,

I', in Cuba. four

ie were told by

es for investiga-

nvolved in gam-

the quantun of

layings of Rene

ed in New York

suspect because

mpting to move

ORGANIZED CRIME AND ILLICIT TRAFFIC IN NARCOTICS

"B. Iri gambling operations in Cuba. Trafficante, using

staved with Anastasin in the latters hotel sulte,

on the night of October 24, 1057, and mored out approximately 1 hour

after Anastasia's murder in a nearby barber shop.

The Department's evaluation of Traflicante as the boss of the Mafia

organization in Tampa was confirmed, of course, ly the positive identi-

fication of the "Louis Santos of Havana, Cuba,

apprehended at the

¿palachin conference in November of 1057, as Santo Traflicante, Jr.,

of Trmpa, Fla.

Furthermore.

we have witnessed and doenmented many

out-of-town racketeers with Santo Traficante and his fellow hoodlums

These visitors give further indications that Traf-

ficante is associated with Mafia members in other cities.

For example,

Louis Coticchia of Chicago, also known as Lou Brady, has been fre-

quently seen visiting

Traficante and on one occasion

boarding a plane together, heading for Miami.

Other known outside racketeers who have visited in Tampa writh

Irficante gang members are John Joseph Vitale, Salvatore Lopic-

colo. and Anthony Giardano, all known racketeers from St. Louis, Mo.

Mr. O'DoNNeLL. I think at the present time, in interest of conti-

nuity, so that the record will read properly, Sergeant de la Llana has

a statement with regard to a courier operation within the Mafia.

I am not going to ask him to read it, but I would

like to have it introduced in the record.

Do you have that?

Mr. DE LA LEANA. Yes, I do.

Mr. O'DoNNeL. How many pages does it consist of?

Mr. DE LA LLANA. It is five pages.

The CramaraN. Give a better description of it and tell us what it is.

Mr. De LA LeavA. It is with reference to Louis Coticehia, alins Lou

Brady, and his visits to Tampa on various occasions, which first came

to our attention on April 13, 1962.

This subject has a long criminal

I have an FBI record which I will also submit, into evidence.

The CursuIN. Let the FBI record be received and made exhibit

(Document referred to marked "Exhibit No. 46" for reference and

may be found in the files of the subcommittee.)

Now, your statement, is that a summary statement

that you have made and prepared for the record?

Mr. DE LA LIANA.

The Caramars. Very well, it may be recetred and printed in the

record, either at this point or immediately following the prepared

statement of the witness now testifying.

The statement referred to follows:

STATEMENT OF SOT. JACK DE LA LLANA

One of the clear ties of the Trafficante organization with other criminal groups

Is reflected by the contacts with Trafficante made by a man who appears to act

as a courier for the Mafia.

Louis Coticchia, alias Lou Brady,

Irst came to the attention of our Department on April 13,

served him, in Tapa, in the company of Augustine Trimo Lazzara and Frank

two of the men on our Mafia chart.

Because of this and other con-

tacts made by Coticchia, our intelligent unit developed the following informa-

tion about him which I think is of interest to this committee in giving a prole

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of a hoodlum rho is entrusted by the Mafia to act as a courier for them betreen

the various groups.

Coticchia was born on February 27, 1020, in Cincinnati,

Ohio.

When he was

arrested a couple of years ago, he gase as his occupation "industrial linancier."

He is presently reported to be interested in the operation of a company offering

tired music in the Chicago area known as Symphonaire Sound Systems, Inc.

Ilis criminal record shows that he

was first arrested in 1036 in

Ohio for

robbery.

In 1937 he was nrrested in Miami, Fla., for investigation of a "shake-

dow'n."

He was held for 4 days and released without charges.

He was arrested

again in Hot Springs, Ark, in 1938 for investigation and released with the under-

standing that he would leave the city.

In 1938, in Cleveland,

Coticchia was arrested and charged with assault with

intent to commit rape.

He was convicted and received 1 to 15 gears, of which

he served 1 years, being released in 1941.

Ile was arrested in 10t2 in Los Angeles,

Calif., on a warrant issued in Baltimore for grand theft.

more for receiving stolen goods and received 5 years in prison.

Coticchia was again arrested in Dallas,

for violation of and for conspiring to violate the Federal Securities and Bschauge

Act of 1033, which case is still pending in the Southern District Court of New

J'ork.

His Inst arrest known to us was on January 4, 1903, when he was ar-

rested in Tampa for investigation of grand larceny.

He was released due to

insufficient evidence.

Coticchia worked as a "pit boss" in gambling casinos in Las Yegas, Nev., and

Klavana,

Cuba.

He was involved in a scandal in 1900 in which mobsters at-

tempted to take over a nationwide bail bond business.

Coticchia has been in and out of Tampa since our first obserration of him and

on every occasion he is in direct contact with Trafficante and Diecidue.

December 31, 1962, he purchased a new automobile in Tampa, paying the dealer

$3,627.05 in cash.

He then registered the car under the name of Jane Campbell.

He remained in Tampa several days and was in constant contact with Traficante

and Diecidue.

On January 4, 1963. Coticchia was arrested in Tampa on suspicion of grand

larceny and it the time of his arrest he had $1,775 in cash on his person.

had papers on him that showed he had resided previously at the Aloha Motel in

Miami under the name Luiz l'anlino Bailey from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

also had a paper with a list of gambling equipment and the name "Empress

Lines,

Ltd.,

Nassauvia Wappen Von Hamburg German boat loading pier

No. 3."

An investigation rerealed this equipment had been shipped airfreight from

Ins Yegas to Nassau and placed in a German vessel, the Wappen Ton Hamburg,

which sails between Nassau and aliam.

This equipment included 50 one-arm

bandits, or slot machines, and was valued in excess of $65.000.

received was that this vessel was to travel between Miami and Nassau as a

floating gambling casino.

After Coticchin's arrest in Tampa, the telephone calls were checked at the

inotel.

It showed that he had made several calls to Trafficante, Diecidue, and

other associates of Trafficante.

Ile had also made a long-distance call to sonny's

Restaurant in Miami Beach, which is owned by Thomas Altamura, FBI No.

511563. a Matin member and another associate of Santo Trafficante, Jr.

I would like to submit for the record Coticchia's FBI record, and a photograph

ot him taken by my department when he was arrested in Tampa on January

4, 1963.

Another erample of the Trafficante group's connections with Mafia figures in

other parts of the Nation is:

John Joseph Vitale, FBI No. 703259, of St. Lonis,

Mo.

Vitale is well known to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, and

is reputed to be the Matia leader in that aren.

He has a record of 13 arrests

and a conviction for violating the Harrison Narcotics Act for which he received

a sentence of y years' imprisonment.

He has been arrested as a fence and is

beliered to deal in anything in which there is a large percentage of profit.

Police authorities consider him among the most dangerous of Mafia principals

in the St. Louis area, and he is known to have underworld connections through-

out the country.

appenred twice before the Senate Rackets

(August 19, 1958, and February 11, 1950) and each tine refused to answer any

questions, invoking the fifth amendment.

On April 17, 1963, Vitale few from St. Louls to Tampa, using the name "Jack

Howard."

He visited the Diecidues for 4 hours and then flew back to St, Loul

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using the sam

there, he was

mavered to T

Mo., to the Dit

To me it d

trouble of fIji

between tito 1

significantly.

doubts that la

These tivo

connections of

the Matia grou

Mr. O'Do:

Mr. Brow

gave sworn

1053 concerr:

long been en

to testify or

been grintec

those who te

Nick Scaglio

Mr. O'Do.

you have intr

Mr. BRows

Mr. O'DoN

Mr. BROWN

cal Mafia tech

prises by the

This incident

deeply involv

major interest

The case wi

officer, Detect:

the

operation

racket of consi

based upon inf

lottery.

An attempt

operation of tl

suits of clothi

with the full

had immediate

As a result

were arrested.

The CuAIRM

Mr. BROwn.

The CumIns

he is the boss?

Mr. BRowN.

Each receiver

viction was late

term and

was

indicted by the

We know of

by Santo Traflic

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urier for them between

i, Olio.

When he was

•, "Industrial tinancier."

1 of a company offering

Sound Systems, luc.

,l in 1036 in

Ohio for

restigation of a "shake-

He was arrested

eleased with the under-

rged with assault with

1 to 15 years, of which

il in 1942 in Los Angeles,

He was tried in Balti-

rison.

i, by the U.S. marshals

securities and Exchange

n District Court of New

1903. when he was ar-

Ile was released due to

in Las Vegas, Nev., and

) in which mobsters at-

it observation of him and

ante and Diecidue.

On

Tampa, paying the dealer

• name of Jane Campbell.

t. contact with Traficante

ja on suspicion of grand

cash on his person.

He

isly at the Alóha Motel in

• de Janeiro, Brazil.

He

and the name

"Empress

orman boat loading pier

shipped airfreight from

he Wappen Y'on Humburg,

ment included 50 one-arm

$65.000.

The inforination

, iliami and Nassau as a

calls were checked at the

Trafficante, Diecidue, and

ng-distance call to Sonny'g

colas Altamura, FBI No.

• Trafficante, Jr.

il record, and a photograph

led in Tampa on January

tions with Mafia figures in

iT No. 793250, of St. Lonis,

tan Police Department, and

has a record of 13 arrests

* Act for which he received

arrested as a fence and is

" percentage of profit.

ingerous of Mafia principals

rworld connections through-

Senate

Rackets Committee

time refused to answer any

impa, using the name "Jack

I then flew back to St. Louis

ORGANIZED CRIME AND ILLICIT TRAFFIC IN NARCOTICS 527

using the same alias. We alerted the St. Louis police and upon Vitale's arrisal

there, be was interviewed by detectires of that city.

traveled to Tampa to settle a debt of the Lombardo Produce Co., of St. Louis,

Mo.. to the Dircidue Bros. of Tampa.

To me it does not

seem probable that Vitale would go to the expense and

trouble of ilying to 'Tampa and returning the same day in order to settle a debt

between tiro produce companies with which he has no known connections.

significantly, his use of an alias to run this errand, too, points out his own

doubts that he was engaged in a legitimate errand.

These two examples,

Coticchia's and Vitale's, indicate to us the interstate

connections of the 'traflicante organization, and point up the need for attacking

- the Matia group ou a national basis.

Mr. O'DoNNELL. All right, we will continue.

Mr.

Brown. Some of Traficante's men shown here on our chart

gave sworn testimony before the lillsborough County solicitor in

1053 concerning gambling in Tampa.

They admitted that they had

long been engaged in illegal gambling activities.

to testify or face jail terms for contempt of court, becuuse they hac

been granted immunty from prosecution for such crimes.

those who testified were Frank Diecidue, Augustine Primo Lazzara,

Nick Seaglone, Flenry Traflicante, and James C. Longo.

Mr. O'DoNneLL.

Are any of these inclividuals on the chart that

you have introduced as exhibit 2?

Mr. BRowN.

Yes, they are all on the chart.

Mr. O'DONNeL.

Mr. BROwN.

Santo Traficante has himself been caught up in a typi-

cal Mafia technique of seeking to preserve and protect its illegill enter-

This incident substituted oen onchient doth public ofe ins

deeply involved in gambling operations, and it showed that he had

major interests in gunbling outside the city of Tampa.

The case was initiated in 1051 by a retern St.

officer, Detective Sgt. Harry Dietrich, who had obtained evidence of

the operation of the 'Traflicante bobta ring

Bolite is a numbers

racket of considerable importance in Florida, involving weekly payofis

based upon information taken from radio reports of the weekly Cuban

lottery.

An attempt was made to bribe Sergeant Dietrich to ignore tho

operation of the ring.

Ile was given a new car, a television set, some

suits of clothing, and cash.

Sergeant Dietrich accepted the bribes

had immediately eported the inters of his superiots, to whom he

As a result of his work,

anto Trafficante and his brother Ilenr

were errested i were charad wit

a with bribery and were convicted

The CHAIRMAN

he is the boss?

The same man that is now operating, and

Mr. Browv. Yes, sir.

Santo Trafficante's con-

His brother served his

indicted by the Federal Government for tax law violations.

We know of no legitimate businesses that are owned or controlled

by Santo Trafficante.

He owns no real estate, nor any other property

courted

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must net him huge amounts of money.

Ilis operations there show,

also, a chameteristic Malia method of utilizing non-Sicilian associates

where it serves its criminal objectives.

Sergeant Branch, who has for the past? years been investigating

gambling and other organized criminal activities in the Orlando area,

Matia's control, through

Marlan

-ornizatin, of lottery operations in central Florida.

Blackburn

We know of

no legitimate businesses that are owned.

The CannEd. Sergeant Branch is here with you?

Mr. BRowN.

Yes, sir.

On the lower right-hand side of our chart me have depicted that

group of Traflicante associates.

sergeant. Branch will here testify about the Blackburn group.

The Caramaras. Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you are

about to give before this subcommittee will be the truth, the whole

truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

Mr. BrANcIl.

I do.

TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM BRANCH

The Crimss. Will you identify yourself for the record?

Mr. Brever. I am i sergeant with the Orlando Police Department

attached to the intelligence division, and I have been with them since

1951.

I have been working in this type of work since 1056, with the

cooperation of the Federal and State agencies in our area.

The Carraron. Do you have a prepared statement?

Mr. BRANcH.

Yes, sir, I do.

The CHAIrAN. It appears to be four or five pages.

Do you wish

to read it?

Mr. BRANcE. Yes, sir.

In the central Florida wren the main gambling activity is known as

bolita or Cuba.

where the winning nun

ber is drawn daily.

alie isa mumbers bets to the ethere thing min

number is drawn weckly.

Bettors can place bets on any number from

1 to 100 and receive a 60-to-1 return if they win.

The Cuba winning

number is the last two digits from the Cuban national lottery number

which is five digits and is broadcast over a Havana radio station each

Saturdy shortly after 2 p.m.

The public is contacted by "peddlers" or "sellers," who receive a com-

mission of 15 percent of their sales.

"Pickup" men, who take the bets

from the sellers to the "checkup houses,"

receive 20 percent of what

they collect.

Employees such as checkup men, adding machine opera-

tors, and supervisors above this position usually receive salaries for

their duties.

Lottery operations in central Florida prior to 1948 were dominated

first by Charlie Wall of Tampa and then by Sam Warren, an Orlando

native.

In that year Harlan Blackburn, FBI No. 1026922, a con-

victed felon, came into Orlando and began taking over bolita and

Cuba gambling.

This man is on the chart also.

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Blackburn was

he was convicted

served 4 years

the florida State

March 1956 for o1

a 5-year prison sei

Senator Muskn

Mr. BRANCH. Y

Senator MUSKIE

Mr. BRANcH.

N

Senator Muski

Mr. BRANCI. H

yes, sir.

The CHAIRMAN.

Mr. BRANCIL. N

He was then inc

conviction of cons

was most recently

Federal wagering

trial.

Blackburn super

Florida gambling.

F. Lee, Cecil Merri

Don Mach, Dan Fu

and Chifford Bell;

Kille: Clyde F. Ta

Macon Tribue, Jul

shaw; Cecil Merri

Solombn; and Ral

and Elvin Carroll.

With the excepti

all of these persons

other crimes.

I have here copies

committee's record.

The CHAIrrIN.

reference only.

(The documents 1

erence and may be fi

Mr. BrINCIr. Thr

operation for a num!

of gross and net col

have secured from

from

witnesses

tha

gambling.

Senator MusKIE.

Mr. BRANCH. I hi

The lottery operat

County into all of,

Georgia.

From 1948 until tl

that Santo Trafficant

visiting Orlando and

ducting the lottery.

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and all his other possessions

• we do not believe him to be

no central Florida aren alone

Ilis operations there show,

lizing non-Sicilian associates

1: 7 years been investigating

ivities in the Orlando area,

igh the Ilarlan

Blackburn

ntral Florida.

IVe know of

io with you?

hart we have depicted that

nt the Blackburn group.

in that the testimony you are

will be the truth, the whole

you God?

TAM BRANCH

urself for the record?

in Orlando Police Department

l I have been with them since

of work since 1056, with the

ncies in our area.

red statement!

ir or five pages.

Do you wish

gambling activity is known as

,ftery where the winning nul-

ers lottery where the winning

place bets on any number from

they win.

The Cuba winning

Cuban national lottery number

•ver a Havana radio station each

" or "sellers," who receive a com-

•Pickup" men, who take the bets

ps," receive 20 percent of what

up men, adding machine opera.

¡ion usually receive salaries for

la prior to 1948 were dominated

len by Sam Warren, an Orlando

burn, FBI No. 1026922, & Con:

I began taking over bolita and

ORGANIZED CRIME. AND ILLICIT TRAFFIC IN NARCOTICS 529

Blackburn was born in Sand Lake, Fla., on April 13, 1019.

he was convicted of forging a U.S. Government check, for which he

served 4½ years in prison.

In 1943, he was sentenced to 2 years in

the Florida State prison for cattle theft.

He was again arrested in

March 1056 for operating a lottery in Polk County, Fla, and received

a 5-year prison sentence, but was relensed in 1959.

senator MuskiE. Did you say Mr. Blackburn was on the chart?

Mr. BRANCII.

Ile is listed in the lower right-hand corner.

Senator MusKTE. It is not on this chart?

Mr. BRANcH. No, sir; not on that one.

Senator MosKIr.

Blackburn is not a member of the Mafia, as such?

Mr. BrANcIl. He is a subordinate that works under their direction;

The CHAIRMAN. Is he the same as Sam Warren?

Mr. BraNcIl. No, sir; he is not.

Sum Warren is dead.

He was then incarcerated for 60 days in Polk County for an earlier

conviction of conspiracy to violate the lottery laws of Florida.

was most recently arrested on November 5, 1962, for failure to buy a

Federal wagering tas stamp.

He is presently out on bail awaiting

Blackburn supervises the five lottery bankers who control central

Florida gambling. These bankers are Rudy Mach, Joe Wheeler, Clyde

F. Lee, Cecil Merritt, and Ralph Strawder.

Mach has in his operation

Don Mach, Dan Fussell, Buddy Parron, Glen Brechen, Tommy Berry,

and Clifford Bell; Toe Wheeler has Max Reid, Mary Carden, and Phil

Rifle; Clyde F. Lee has Jesse Joyner, Vasco Joyner, Mathew Smith,

Macon Tribue, Julia Ciphon, Hoy Anderson, and Katherine Brad-

shaw; Cecil Merritt has Clayton Thomas, Sonny Brown, and George

Solomon; and Ralph Strawder has Benny White, William Harrell,

and Elvin Carroll.

With the exception of Carden, Riffe, Harrell, White, and Ciphon,

all of these persons have criminal records and arrests for gambling und

I have here copies of their FBI records and submit them for the sub-

committee's record.

The CarAIRMIN.

They may be received in bulk as exhibit No. 47 for

reference only.

(The documents referred to were marked "Exhibit No. 47" for ref-

erence and may be found in the files of the subcommittee.)

Mr. BrANcir. These five exceptions have been connected with this

operation for a number of years, however, and their names and amounts

of gross and net collections appear in much of the evidence that we

have secured from checkup houses.

We have also sworn testimony

from witnesses that these persons have been engaged in

Senator Muskre. What is the size of their take?

BrANch. I have that further along in my statement, sir.

The lottery operation of the Blackburn group extends from Orange

County into all of central Florida and into the southern State of

From 1948 until the latter part of 1953, our department established

sat Santo Trafficante, Jr., and his brother, Henry, personally were

rsiting Orlando and supervising the checkup houses that were con-

acting the lottery.

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It has also been obvious to us that the Trafficante organization has

controlled the Blackburn operation for at least the

From our examination of seized records, and from the fact that in

all raids on the checkup houses we have arrested persons having

close family ties with the Trafficante organization who were acting

as auditors for his interests.

In addition, there has been heavy tele-

phone toll traflic between the Trafficantes in Tampa and the Blackburn

group in Orlando.

When Blackburn was arrested in 1953, a memorandum was found

containing telephone numbers of Augustine Prino Lazzara,

tore.J. Lorenzo, J. Al. Cacciatore-unele of Santo Traflicante, Jr.-and

Santo Traficante, Jr., and of the Nebraska and Flamingo Bars, both

owned by the Trafficante family.

In 1957 a seurch of a gambing house in Orange County by a State

officer, with the assistance of the Orlando

Police, resulted in the

arrest of several persons.

One of these was Lorenzo and another per-

son by the name of Leto, from Tampa.

They both gave sworn state-

ments at that time to the county solicitor that they were working for

Santo Trafficante, Jr.

In November 1961, another raid was conducted by agents of the

Internal Rerenue

Service in conjunction with the Orlando Police

Department on a house in Orange County.

There were six persons

arrested, and among those were Armando Rios and Sam Cacciatore.

These tiro were cousins of Santo Traflicante, Jr.

In July 1963, a raid on a gambling house in Sanford, Fla., by the

IRS agents, with the assistance of the Orlando Police Department,

established that it was another operation

of Harlan Blackburn's,

supervised by Clyde Lce.

In the records seized there was the phone

number of Traficante's cousin, John

Favata Cacciatore, and the

Sergione, who is also on thechat.

the printing establishment employing

During

the past 12 years that we know of at least three murders

that have been due to lights for control of lottery operations in the

Orlando area.

The fantastic amount of money taken in by these lottery operations

has been repeatedly established by our raids of these gambling houses.

For example, the raid in 1957 in Orange County, where Frank Ferreri

and Sam Lorenzo were arrested, disclosed that the house was doing

a gross business of $100,000 per week.

Senator Muskr. What were they paying out?

MIr. BRAncH.

The profit on this operation runs about 50 percent.

The November 1961 raid in Orange County where Armando Rios

and Sam Cacciatore, cousins of Santo Traflicante, were arrested re-

vealed that operation was doing a conservatively estimated gross of

$160,000 per week.

The ChaIRMan. With the same ratio of half applying there?

MIr. BRANCH.

Senator MusKIE.

"net profit," this means after

deductions of the commission which totaled 35 percent?

Mr. BRANCIL. Yes, sir.

Senator MusKir. And the prizes.

Mr. BRANcIl.

Yes, sir.

The commission and also the prizes and what other operating es

penses they may have such as autonobiles, rent, telephone bills.

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Mr. BRANCI

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be afraid to l

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Mr. BRANCH

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Mr. Browx.

it is necessary

intes from the

1937 and 1915.

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papers?

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te organization has

the

last 10 vears.

in the fact that in

ed persons having

n who were acting

is been heavy tele-

i and the Blackburn

randum was found

no Lazzara, Salva-

rificante, Ir.-and

lamingo Bars, both

• County by a State

ice, resulted in the

20 and another per-

h gave sworn state-

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il by agents of the

the Orlando Police

re were six persons

ind Sam Cacciatore.

unford, Fla., by the

Police Department,

Turlan

Blackburn's,

there as the phone

Cacciatore, and

the

employing Stefano

least three murders

ry operations in the

se lottery operations

ose gambling houses.

where Frank Ferreri

the house was doing

ins about 50 percent.

¡here Armando Rios

te, were arrested re-

y estimated gross of

ipplying there?

" this means after

ercent?

it other operating ex-

telephone bills.

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The latest raid, in July of this year, indicated a gross revenue of

$250,000 per wcek.

From those figures-

The CItAraAd. Where mas that raid?

That was in Sanford, Fli, just 17 miles north of

These figures are established by the Internal Revenue agents

and auditors.

From these figures, it is easy to see why the Mafia has moved so

heavily into lottery gambling in central Florida and why

revenues are universally acino wedged to be tile life toby, gambling

Any additional legislation that this subcommittee can promote to

further restrict and inhibit gambling will, in our opinion, be a sub-

stantial blow to orgunized crime.

Senator MuskIE. Did they actually pay off on those lotteries or

was it dishonest in that respect, too?

Mr. BRANCH. Usually they pay off.

They stoont hat Of when we pull a raid on them or arrest them.

But they are in operation the next week.

The CHAIRMAN.

You mean they do not pay oft for that day?

Mr. Braxcu. No, sir; they don't

The CAricaN. It is unfortunate for the fellow that won, who

Mr. BRANCIL.

Thank you, sir.

The ClaraaN. If the law enforcement is pretty vigilant, I would

be afraid to place a bet under those circumstances.™

All right, Chief, if you will, you may proceed.

Stand by, Sergeant, as we may want to ask you some questions.

Mr. BRANcI. Yes, sir

TESTIMONY OF NEIL G. BROWN- Resumed

Mr. Brows. To understand the crime network Trafficante operates

it is necessary to eramine the modern er of crime in 'Tampa, which

dates from the early 1020)'s.

Its most violent episodes were between

1937 and 1945, when the Sictln underworld was attempting to move

in on all illegul gambling in 'Tampa.

This period in the history of our

city was referred to as "the era of blood"

Senator Muskie. Who coined that phrase, the gang or the news-

Mr. Browv. I think it was the newspapers, Senator.

During the 1920's, before the Sicilian underworld moved into the

rackets to any great extent, one of our most notorious residents, Charles

MI. Wall, started his rise to become the acknowledged boss of most of

he illegal gambling in the Tampa and central aren of the State ol

Ie styled himself "flean of the underworld," and in 10533 he

admitted to a Hillsborough County solicitor that he ind made his liv-

ing from illegal gambling.

During 1915, Wall forfeited his leadership

by entering into a partnership with Santo Traflicante, Sr.

The elder Trafficante was born in Sicily in 1886.

He came to Tampa

n 190t and became a naturalized citizen in 1025. In 1950, he was one

if the missing

in the Refuner crime hearings held in

He died on August 11, 195k. Police records do not show any

arrest for Santo Trafficante, Sr.

In 1052, Wall declared that he was retiring, although he did not

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state what he was retiring from.

April 1055, Wall's body was

found in his home.

Ile had been brutal beaten and his throat had

been slashed.

We have never discovered who the murderers were, nor

have we determined their motive.

Wall was murdered be-

cause the killers leurned ho had admired that he was Traficante's

partner in illegal gambling, and that he disclosed confidential facts

about the Mafia.

In 1960, Sergeant de la Llana obtained- from a confidential sourte

of known reliability an astounding report about the Mafia and its op-

cration in Tampa.

The report had been obtained from Charles Wall

in 1945, approximately 6 months after Traflicante, Senior, had made

himself a partner in Walls' gambling enterprises.

Wall declared that from 1920 through 1915 he controlled gambling

in Tampa and in the Florida counties of ITillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco,

Ternando, Polk, and Orange. His rival for control of the gambling

rackets was the local Mafia organization.

This

was headed, he said

by Santo Trafficante, Sr., the Diecidue brothers, James Luma, Ignacio

Antinori and Salvatore Italiano. Antinori was murdered on October

22, 1910; Lumia was murdered on June 5, 1950; and Italiano fled to

Mexico in 1951.

Wall admitted that he had good reasons for going along with Traffi

cante, Senior, in 1945; previously the Maha group had made three at

tempts on his life: the first was in 1937 as Wall was leaving a bank on

the main street in Tampa; the second try occurred as Wall was leaving

the garage behind his house; the third, in 1040, happened a few blocks

from his house.

In the third attempt, a truck passed the automobile in

which Wall was riding and then stopped abruptly in front of the car.

James DeSimone and Nicola Impostato, FBI No. 2716692, each armed

chith e sho south esenped with slight injuries.

stepped from the truck and fired at Wall and his

chauffeur.

DeSimone and Impo-

stato were known Mafia killers from Kunsas City, Mo.

They were

staying with the Antinori family at the time.

the CHurIAn. Is Wall still living?

Mr. BrowN. No, sir; he was killed.

The CHAIRMAN.

Later killed?

Mr. BROwN.

Yes, sir.

The CarriAN. These three attempts failed but later he was killed!

Mr. BROwN.

Yes, sir.

Wall declared that the Mafia tried to make the public believe that

the organization no longer existed in this country and that Mafia mem-

bers pointed to the end of terrorism umong Italian groups as evidence

that the Mafia was gone from the underworld scene.

however, that the organization had merely changed its type of opera-

tion.

He said that other racketeers

had once used the Mafia to

monopolize rackets in major American cities.

They had educated the

Mafia so well in the process that the Sicilians had taken over the rackets

themselves.

Wall stated that the Mafia learned to consider extortion

from Italian businessmen a

"nickel-and-dime" business.

discovered that public ficials could be corrupted by bribery hed that

they could organize to take over the major rackets in the United States.

Wall declared that the Mafia was not dying out, but "ras bigger

and better than ever."

Ile said that his partner, the elder Trafficante,

had told him that there were some 10,000 active Mafia members in

the United States.

Wall stated that the Mafia leader in Tampa was

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murdered on October

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in the public believe that

istry and that Mafia mem-

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Il scene.

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tanged its type of opera-

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They had educated the

had taken over the rackets

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active Mafia members in

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ORGANIZED CRIME AND ILLICIT TRAFFIC IN NARCOTICS 533

Santo Traflicante, St. and that he was well informed on the activities

of the organization in the United States, in Sicily, and in other coun-

Tradlicante had told him, Wall said, that the Mnfia

in the United States was directed by a local board in every city having

a sizable Sicilian population.

There tras a national board, headed

by Joseph Profaci in New Fork City, which was composed of the heads

of the major local boards.

Traficante is reported to have said that

Frank Costello,

Vincent Mangano, and Joe Massie were influential

members of the national board, and that Frank Nitti and Lucky

Luciano were former members.

According to Wall's account, the Mafia was composed of tiro dis-

tinct groups, an "inner circle" and an "outer circle."

The general rule

was that only natives of Sicily were admitted to the "inner circle,"

while American-born Italians were recruited into the "outer circle."

to "inner" status when he performed an act of special merit,

even though he had been born in the United States.

The restrictions

were not due to lack of trust by native Italians toward those of Ameri-

can birth, but becanse the "inner circle"

usually took the major part

of the proceeds of the Mafia sillegal activities and, therefore, preferred

to leep the membership of the

"inner circle"

Sentor Muskre. Would you say that this chart represents the

Mr. BRowN. At the very top portion, Senator, would be the inner

Senator Muskie. By the "top portion," do you mean-

Mr. Brown. I would include in that that the three top men would

be in the inner circle and those below that would be in the outer circle.

The CuArMan. Those would only be in the inner circle so far is

the Tampa area is concerned?

Mr. BRown. That is right.

The CHAIRMAN.

Not in the inner circle overall?

Mr. Brown. No, sir; this is just in the inner circle in the Tampa area.

The CLAIRMAN.

But that gives an indication of how the overall

organization is set up.

Mr. Brown. That is correct.

The CHAIRMAn.

You may have it in here, but I may have missed

it, but who was Wall talking to when he gave all this information?

Mr. BROwN.

That was a confidential informant.

The CHAIRMAN. I see.

Very well.

(Atthis point Senator Javits entered the hearing room.)

Mr. Brown. Wall believed the influential Mafia members in Tampa

Salvatore Itali-

Lumia, and the Diecidue

Antonio,

Thomas, and Frank.

The Diecidues and their in-laws opposed the

leadership of Trafficante in the Tampa organization.

Trafticante told

Wall that Vincent. Mangano, of the national board, supported the

Diecidues but that he,

Trafficante, was able to stay in power because he

had Joseph Profaci's friendship.

Senator MuskIe. May I ask a question here?

MIr. BRowN. Yes, sir.

Senator MUsKIr.

You refer to the national board.

I do not recall

any point in this hearing where there was this kind of a direct refer-

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ence to a national organization in the Mafia. Was it referred to ns

such?

Mr. Brown. This is the information as Wall has reported that it

consisted of a national board.

Senator Muskie. Do you know who he identified as members of the

national board?

Mr. BRown. Well, Joe Profaci and Vincent Mangano were two of

the members of the national board.

The CARIAN. They are shown to be leaders of families, both of

them.

Senator Muskir. But those same people are leaders of families in

New York as testified by Valachi.

NIr. BRowN.

Yes, sir.

The Cuss. So it is your impression that the heads of the New

York families made up a national board that had jurisdiction over

Tampa, among other places?

Mr. BrowN.

That is correct; yes, sir.

Wall declared that there were approximately 40 members of the

Mafia living in the Tampa area and he believed that

Traficante's

share of proceeds of their gambling operation was being divided with

other members of the Mafia.

Information in our files from another confidential source confirms

Wall's statement.

In addition it reveals that Antonio Diecidue made

annual trips to Miami for the purpose of renting a house for Vincent

Mangano, who came down froin New York every year to spend 2 or 3

months in Miami.

This source stated that many important members

of the Mafia visited Mangano in Florida, but that Traficante never

appeared.

Senator Muskir. May I ask another question on the national board!

Was it your impression that the national board members shared in

the proceeds of the criminal activities in Tampa?

Mr. Bnowx. Yes, sir; they had a percentage.

Senator Moskir. Have you any idea what that percentage was?

Mr. BrOwN.

No, sir; I have no idea.

The gray shadings on our chart depict the influence of each of

these men.

To me,

it appears to be no small coincidence that in

Tampa the Diecidue family lost stature from at least the early 1950's

when Vincent Mangano disappeared; nor that Trallicante, Jr., the

Profaci man.

was in the immediate vicinity, when Albert Anastasia

was murdered in 1957.

Sergeant de la Llana's intelligence unit has prepared summaries of

the men in Trailicantes organization, along

with n commentary of

relevant tacts about each of them.

So that our information may be

available not only to the subcommittee, but to all police units to whom

your reports are so valuable, I wish to submit these summaries and

commentary for the record, as our exhibit 3a through t; and exhibit 4.

The summary to which you have referred may be

received as exhibit 48-

Mr. O'DoNNeLL. Chief, as I understand it, these are summations,

very

brief summations, of the 19 individuals that are on the chart

insofar as their criminal activity, their mode of business, their crim-

inal history, et cetera; is that correct?

Mr. BRowN.

That is correct.

The CHAnariN. It may be received as eshibit No. 48.

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Mr. BROwN.

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business, their crimi-

in. 48.

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The documents referred to marked "Exhibit No. 49" for reference,

and may be found in the files of the subcommittce.)

The CuAIrAN. You make reference to another exhibit. What

Mr. O'DoNNeLL. Will you explain the other exhibit? Go into

little detail as to the various murders that you have on your exhibit

4, which will be a different exhibit in our hearings.

The CarmIrmaN. Let the Chair get this straight hrst.

•The summary that he referred to has been made exhibit 48.

That is what you referred to as "our eshibit 3a"?

Then you say "through t; and exhibit 4." What is

exhibit 4, your exhibit 4?

Mr. BrowN.

Exhibit 4 is a brief summation on each of the subjects.

The CHAIRMAN, What is your exhibit 3?

They are arrest records of each of the individuals.

The CHARacIN. Very well.

Exhibit 48 is the arrest records.

The CHAIRiaN. Your exhibit 4 is a brief summary of each person

on the chart?

Mr. BRowN. Yes, sir.

It is of his records and activities?

Mr. BRowN. Yes, sir.

The CassaN. It may be received as exhibit No. 4) for reference.

(The document referred to marked "Exhibit No. 40" for reference,

and may be found in the files of the subcommittee.)

The CuMInsAN. Now the record is straight.

You may proceed.

Mr. Brown. Our department has always found it a most dificult

task to obtain evidence sulficient for successful prosecution of Malia

members, because the witnesses who might offer such evidence have al-

ways been reluctant to do so.

The paramount reason,

of course, is

their fear of Mafia reprisals, since it is common knowledge in T'ampa

that the Mafia does not hesitate to use murder for such reprisals and

the relative infrequency with which such professional murders are

We have categorized

certain homicides in the Tampa nca, from

1028 to the present, as "gangland slayings."

circumstances of some of these murders emphasizes how the Mafia

uses murder to discipline its membership, to revenge itself against vio-

- lators of its code and to otherwise eliminate opposition to its criminal

activities and goals.

Of the 23 homicides on the list, only 1 has been

A ratio of less than 5 percent of solution-and that par-

ticular murder was cleared up because it apparently resulted from an

argument, although it is possible that the slayer deliberately provoked

It was not, therefore, a typical gangland slaying, al-

though the killer and the victim were both underworld figures.

In startling contrast to the number of unsolved gangland slayings,

an examination of all other Tampa homicides from 1958 through

1962 shows that we have had 145 murders and that only i are presently

a solution ratio of better than 07 percent.

through 1962, all S3 honicides in our city were solved.

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The Cirmacid. What period is covered by the 23 gangland slayings

that you make reference to?

From 1928 through the present day.

The CHAract. In a period of about 30 years.

Mr. BrOwN.

The CHAaLAN. And you identify

them as gungland slayings as

distinguished from the usual homicide cases that you have?

Mr. BrowN.

The Commas. On those, according to your testimony, it has been

impossible-or

you have been unsuccessful, at least, in solving any

of them except the one that appeared so obrious, and it

would not

possibly come within the category of "gangland slayings"?

Mr. BrowN. Yes, sir.

The CHARItAN. But you have included it as being the only one

that was solved.

Mr. Brown. That is correct.

Senator Muskur. What are the characteristics of the gangland slay.

ings that makes it so difleult to solve them as contrasted with your

excellent record in other homicides?

Mr. BRowN.

Of course, primarily it is hecause of witnesses who are

reluctunt to give the law enforcement any information whatsoever.

In some of our killings-I recall one where we had nine witnesses in

the room and nobody actually saw the murder or knew anything

was going on.

Senator Muskie. So this fact has a direct bearing upon the question

of immunity statutes, for example.

Mr. Browv. That is right.

That is correct.

The CIrAIRMAN.

This, in other words, emphasizes the rigid disci-

pline, the code of underworld law, that cannot he violated without

suffering the penalty of death.

Mr. BRown. 'That is correct.

The CHaracon. In other words, the nine who were in the room when

the murder was committed, possibly every one of them knew what

happened.

Mr. BRown. Yes, sir; I would think so.

The Curav. I would doubt that somebody did not know it.

But, anyway, they know that the penalty for them talking would be

Even if they were inclined to, and I do not mean

to say they were inclined to, even if one of them were inclined to

he knows what the penalty would be.

That is why you have the trouble in the gangland slayings,

the silence, the threat, the intimidation of a death sentence, of their

being executed by their underworld government if they talk

Then, Chief. just to nail that point down,

seem to be more than concerned and clearly are more concerned for

themselves and for their allies than they are about immunity against

Mr. Brown. Yes, sir; that is true.

They are afraid for their lives.

The CHAIRMAN.

Very well.

You may proceed.

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ORGANIZED CRIME AND ILLICIT TRAFFIC IN NARCOTICS

Mr. Brown. I have had these gangland slayings listed, with a few

pertinent comments about each, and submit to the subcommittee this

list as our exhibit 5.

The CuNIRMAN. It may be received and be made exhibit No. 50.

(The document referred to was marked "Exhibit No. 50" for ref-

erence and may be found in the files of the subcommittee.)

(At this point Senator Javits withdrew from the hearing room.

You may proceed.

With few exceptions, those murders well reflect Joseph

Valachi's testimony that Mafia members do live by violence and die

At least two of the unsolved murders on our list-that of Gus Perez

in 1936 and of Joe "Pelusa" Diaz in 1958-

-were, in my opinion, di-

rectly attributable to the Mafia's knowledge or belief that the victims

had given to legal authorities evidence incriminating Mafia members.

A third murder-of Carl Carramusa, in

1945—taking place in Chi-

cago, involved some Tampa Mafiosi, and is of particular interest in

illustrating the Mafia zeal for vengeance against a member ho vio-

lates its rules. It is of further signincance, too, in demonstrating the

dificulty of protecting witnesses against the Mafia-and is under-

lining Attorney General Kennedy's request for additional funds for

that purpose, which request I strongly endorse.

aspects related to the Mafia organization in Tampa.

The Carramusa case developed in Kinsas City, Mo The principal

figure in the case was Carl Carramusa, known as a minor member of

the Mafia and a front man for the Mafia's narcotics traffic operation

Carrumusa was indicted in 1042 for conspiring to violate the Fed-

eral narcotic laws.

Ilis codefendants were Joseph DeLuca, Nicola

Paul Antinori, Joe Antinori,

Charles Gerrgimina,

Ventola, Patsy Ventola, Charles Tiabi, Samuel Pernice, and Fellipo

Tampa's Mafia organization was one of the sources of sup-

ply for the Kansas City group, and at that time the narcotics trade

in Tampa was headed by Paul Antinori and Joseph Antinori, who

had inherited the narcotics leadership from their father, Ignazio An-

The elder Antinori had been murdered a few years before in

All of the defendants in the Kansas City case were

primarily because Carramusa violated

ardinal Matia code of l'omertn, or silence, testifying openly against

After the trial, Carramusa went into hiding in

Chicago with his wife and family, changing his name and beginning

a new life under new circumstances.

Three years later, in June of 1945, while he was seated in his auto-

mobile, Carramusa's head was blown off by a shotgun blast.

Lumia, an associate of the Antinoris,

was a suspect in this killing,

but was himself murdered at Tampa in June of 1950.

A prime suspect

was the same Nicola Impastato, who had some years before attempted

In Tampa we have suffered also the frustration I know that many

of my police colleagues in other cities have experienced-the deliberate

ecanting at trial of the original statements of complaining or kej

because of their fear of Mafia reprisal.

of this frustration of law enforcement effort involved three of the

ranking members of the Tampa Mafia.

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ORGANIZED CRIME AND ILLICIT TRAFFIC IN NARCOTICS

One day in 1953, one Joe Castellano went to the Italian Club in

Tampa to play cards with a group of friends.

During the course

of the evening, he talked to Salvatore Scaglione privately.

Scaglione

asked Castellano if he

whisky.

wanted to make a profit on a

"hot load" of

Castellano said he was interested, and they agreed to meet

later that night.

At the meeting, Scaglione mas accompanied by Joe Mistretta and

Angelo LoScalzo.

Castellano got into the front seat of a car provided

by the others, and the four men drove to a thickly wooded area outside

of Tampa city limits.

Castellano was then attacked with a hammer,

being hit repeatedly on the head.

He managed to get out of the car,

although he was badly hurt.

He broke loose from his elderly assail-

ants and ran away.

Ile stumbled into a nearby house and asked to

be taken to the constable's house, where he gave a statement about

the incident, naming the three

as his assailants.

He swore to the

county solicitor that he had no idea why he was beaten.

Scaglione,

Mistretta, and LoScalzo were arrested and charged with assault with

intent to murder.

•Toe Custellano disappeared for a period of time.

After he tras

found, the case went to trinl.

Castellano changed his story completel

und testified that he had injured himself while hunting on the nigh

of the attack.

The predictable result, of course, was a verdict for the

defendants of "not guilty."

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FORTIER FEDERIL LEGISLATION TO FIGHT

ORGANIZED CRIME

I believe firmly that it is almost impossible for the Police Depart-

ment of the City of Tampa, or any other municipality, to cope ef-

fectively with the activities of a national or international crime

syndicate such as these hearings show exists in the United States.

One of the main problems is that the most dedicated, well-trained,

and well-staffed police force is ahnost always limited legally and

financially

to the territorial boundaries of its municipality.

For

example, the Tampa

Police Department is obviously interested in

and informed about the activities of Santo Trallicante.

However, in

the past the department was unable to do anything about Trafficante's

operations in pre-Castro Cuba; it has no jurisdiction or control of

his illegal affairs in Minmi and elsewhere in central Florida.

department could only record that he attended the A palachin meeting

in November of 1957, but it could do nothing about this obvious evi-

dence that he was a high-ranking member of a national crime

syndicate.

In the light of our experience with the Mafia in our own city's

underworld, I submit for this subcommittee's consideration some sug-

post 1s to elem legislation which I betieve nile trint more

las enforcement agencies to fight organized crime

electively.

1. More ample funds must be obtained by local agencies to recruit

high caliber police personnel and to retain superior personnel having

the experience and eapabilities to understand, investigate, and prose-

cute organized criminal conspiracies.

Because of the demonstrated

interstate nature of organized crime, Federal legislation similar to

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The Miami Herald

September 19, 1976

Could Rosselli Have Linked

Castro Plot to JFK Death?

By RON LaBRECQUE

. Herald Staff Writer

In 1960, when the CIA was try-

ing to set up a delicate attempt on

. the life of Fidel Castro, it turned to

a man once described as "the big-

gest flag-waving SOB in the coun-

try" -

West Coast underworld

figure Johnny Rosselli.

Rosselli - a seemingly improba-

ble conspirator

in a government

plot - got the "flag-waving"' label

from Salvatore (Momo) Giancana,

• then Chicago's top crime boss and

a man Rosselli brought into that

same plot.

Now both are dead, murdered in

the past year, and investigators are

wondering

whether their plotting

led to their deaths and whether the

CIA plots against Castro - only

recently made public and even kept

from the Warren Commission

Quatted

are Vitai clues to the John F. Ken-

nedy assassination.

The deaths of Giancana, in June

of 1975, and Rosselli, this summer,

have aroused a renewed concern in

Washington, where on Friday the

House of Representives voted to re-

open the investigation of the Ken-

nedy murder.

REP. THOMAS N. Downing (D.,

Va.), who will be chairman of the

panel, said he is "convinced" a con-

spiracy was involved in Kennedy's

Now, in the aftermath of theevi

olent deaths of Giancana and Ros-

selli, the question arises of what

if any, the Kennedy? White

House played in the early 1960s

"deal" the CIA made with the two

underworld figures to have Castro

Whether the Kennedy? White,

House knew about about the CIA's

plotting (Robert F. Kennedy found

out after the contacts were ended),

the ClA's use of the underworld

seems ironic in retrospect.

Robert Kennedy's passionate ef-

forts to disable organized crime are

well documented.

IN 1960 when Robert Kennedy

wrote about what he had learned

organized crime

from his years as chief counsel to

the Senate Rackets Committee, he

• too quoted Giancana to make a

He told about Giancana's inter-

view at his local draft board at the

outbreak of World War II, when

he was asked what he did for a liv

ing steal." Giancana is said to

have replied.

So Sam Giancana didn't go to

war and years later would boast to

Chicago reporter Sandy Smith that

he stayed out of the Army - la-

beled unfit. by telling the truth.

"What's wrong with the syndi-

'Cate?" Kennedy, quoted Glancana.

"Two or three of us get together

on a business deal and everybody

says it's a bad thing. Businessmen

do it all the time: and nobody

A Senate committee began stu.

dying the Kennedy questions more:

than a year ago as it looked at co-

ivert CIA activities.

IN AN addendum to the Senate

*Intelligence Committee's interim

report last November, Sen. Howard

;Baker (R., Tenn.) said, "It is my

personal view that on balance the

likelihood that presidents (the re-

port dealt with Dwight Eisenhower

and Kennedy) knew of the (Castro)

assassination plots is greater than

the likelihood that they did not."

Just to trace Rosselli's history

with the CIA is mind-boggling for

the investigators. Yet, it is just one

aspect of the search for his killer.

Johnny Rosselli — born on the

fourth of July in Esperia, Italy, and

71 when he died — was not first

and foremost a CIA operative.

• His greater role as evidenced by

two convictions, his associations

and to some extent his own .com-

ments, was as an influential, if

publicly lesser known, organized

crime figure.

#: HIS ASSOCIATION with other

identified

underworld

members

was monitored by law enforcement

agencies

as

recently

as

several

weeks before his July 28 disap-

pearance.

* By all accounts, Rosselli was a.

Charming man, dressing in expen-

Sive clothes, married for. only two:

years in

early

1940s

and

known most of his life as one who

leasily attracted women.

He was an immigrant who told

in a short autobiography written

about 1967 that his

"life of crime"

(began as a teenager in Boston, at-

"tempting arson for his stepfather

und stealing $50 on his own. As he:

traveled west,

finally to settle in.

California, his attention turned to

bootlegging, gambling and

dab-

bling in the movie business.

IT IS said that Rosselli guarded

ne vance chican dares.

dor Giancana's Chicago syndicate.

Why Rosselli was chosen by the

CIA for a Castro plot in 1960 is un-

clear, although CIA officials have

since testified that they wanted the

Kind of contacts in Cuba which or-

ganized crime had made during the

pre-Castro days when Havana was

a: gamblers' haven.

* Giancana was enlisted by Rossel-

li because he had influence with .

Florida's Santo Trafficante, consid-

ered the key underworld gambling

The unraveling of CIA and un-:

derworld conspiracies, an awesome:

web spanning decades, is left to a

team of nine in the Metro Homicide

Division. It is a team now clearly

been a full-lime operation

Rosselli's body was

pulled from

Dumfoundling Buy on Aug. 7.

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THAT THE Metro team is even

Involved is happenstance. Rosselli

lived in Plantation, Broward Coun-

ty, with his sister and brother-in-

law. It's just that his killers chose.

to dump his body in Dade:

While

several

detectives

say

their instincts lead them

to con-

clude that the Rosselli murder was

an internal underworld affair, all

on the team are aware of the pres-

sure on them to

search

each clue

that leads back to the CIA-Castro

affair.

With Rosselli's 'death this sum-

mer, the newly

appointed Senate

committee saw its list of knowl-

edgeable

witnesses further trim-

med. Some of those witnesses have

died violently and some from natu-

ral causes.

When Giancana was murdered in

June of 1975, before he could even

be questioned by the committee

staff, authorities attributed it to an

internal gangland struggle - even

though. the murderer is still un-

known.

The death of Rosselli, who had .

appeared

before

the

committee

three times in the past year with-

out immunity, caused greater con:

THE SAME night Rosselli's body

was identified - the legs hacked

off and stuffed along with the body

into an oil drum - Baker,

chairman of the Senate Intelligence

Committee, called for the FBI to

get involved in the case. (Several

days later, Attorney General Ed-

ward Levi ordered FBI involve-

It wasn't until several weeks

later, however, that

known to Baker became public

A section of the former commit-

tee's April report told of a Wash-

ington attorney who in 1967. went.

Supreme Court Chief Justice:

Warren (chairman. of the

sion) to say that two of his clients:

believed they knew about Cuban:

agents in the United

States white

conspired in the assassination. of

John F. Kennedy

THE INFORMATION; eventually

• reached the FBI, but as the Senate

committee concluded this year, the

1967 FBI probe was slipshod and

One of the clients referred to in

the report has since been identified

as Rosselli. And it has since been

learned that

Rosselli

was

con-

vinced he held a vital clue to the

JFK murder.

"There was never the slightest

doubt in John's mind that Castro

was responsible for the assassina.

tion of Kennedy," said Edward P.

Morgan, the attorney referred to in

is an attorney of no

mean stature in Washington.

served as chief counsel to the joint

congressional

committee which

studied the Pearl Harbor attack,

counsel to the Senate Foreign Rela-

tions Committee

and for seven

years was chief inspector of the

ROSSELLI told Morgan

the CIA plot in 1967, when the De-

partment of Justice was vigorously

attempting to deport Rosselli for

being an illegal alien.

Rosselli, Morgan said, "was cer-

tain that the people he (Rosselli) :

put around Castro in the CIA plot

turned right around and killed Ken-

nedy. The people he still knew (in

1967) did it."

Rosselli, according to Morgan,:

decided to talk about his CIA activ

ity in hopes of decreasing the pres-:

sure from the FBI and Department

of Naturalization and Immigration,.

both Justice Department agencies.

Several friends of Rosselli, in-!

cluding Morgan, say they are con-.

vinced the FBI tried to get Rosselli

to become an organized crime in-

formant by threatening

him deported if he didn't coopera-

wiretap " effort,

*FBr* became:

aware of Rosselli's CIA activities.

were in Florida planning the opera-

tion, Giancana wanted to return to

Las Vegas to check on his gir

friend, Phyllis McGuire, whom he

suspected of dating comedian Dan

Rowan. To keep Giancana in Flori-

da, it was agreed that a bug would

be placed in her hotel room and her

conversations monitored.

But the private detective they

hired, with CIA money. it has since

been learned, was discovered and

arrested. Eventually the police in-

vestigation led back to the Castro /

the CIA intervened and said the

"national interest" would be dam-

aged if the plot information be-

WHEN THE wiretap case

again to be Investigated in 1966,

this time by a Senate committee

headed by the late Sen.

Edward

Long (D., Mo.), the CIA again step-.

ped in to stop it.

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Morgan was told about the pend-

ing investigation by Rosselli and

Robert

Mahue, a

former FBI

agent-turned Howard Hughes aide

who was the CIA's. initial link to

Rosselli.

Mahue told Morgan that both he

and Rosselli had been subpenaed to

appear before the committee. Mor!:

gan said he called Lawrence Hous

ton, the ClA general counsel. Hous

ton went to Long and the investig

gation was dropped.

MORGAN SAID he knew, as the

Senate committee recently empha-

sized as well, that all information!

•about the CIA plots - which could:

have been the incentive for pro-

Castro forces to kill Kennedy -:

had been kept from the Warren'

Commission.

"I was an admirer of Earl War-.

ren,"

Morgan said.

"(His) reporti

said that

. Oswald alone killed?

Kennedy. It kept bugging me after

so gruesome a detail from Rosselli:

that the Chief Justice could put his

• name on a report which didn't as-

sess the most significant piece of

evidence bearing on the killing of

Kennedy."

The

information

Morgan

had

was passed to Warren via colum-

nist Drew Pearson, a

mutual

friend. Eventually, it reached the

FBI, but, remarkably, even after di

rect orders from President Lyndon

Johnson in the spring of 1967, in-

vestigation was not vigorously pure.

sued.

THE SENATE Intelligence Com®,

mittee compared that apparent. in-

action with a statement former FBI

director J. Edgar Hoover made to

the Warren Commission on May 5,

1964. Hoover said,

"well, I can as-:

sure. you so far as the FBI is con

cerned. the case will be continued

in an open classification for

all:

time. That is, any information com-;

ing to us or any report coming to:

us from any source will be thor.

oughly

investigated, so

that we:

will be able to prove or disprovel

the allegation."

A Senate Committee staff memb

ber commented recently,

"what is

really happening is that the investi-

gation which the FBI should have

done in 1967 - and no one can

come close to explaining why it

wasn't - is actually being done

now."

HART, AS have local investiga-

tors. has established three possible

scenario's for Rosselli's death: his

recent organized crime activity, re-

taliation for his Castro assassina-

tion efforts or the information he

held concerning the JFK assassina-

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Rosselli's • Information

was the vical nerve of the Kennedy"

assassination," a Senate source told

High officials in the Cuban gov- I

ernment also reportedly feel there

• was a "Cuban factor" in the JFK

death, but they see it as a result of

exile politics, according to a recent

article by Alton Frye.

a senior fel-

low of the Council

Foreign Rela-

tions in Washington.

Frye wrote that he visited Ha-

vana recently and met with Cuban,

Minister Carlos Rafael Rodriguez.

volunteer the suspicion

that the recent murders of Sam Gi-

surely have some connection with

/ Cuban exile politics and the 'Kenne...

dy murder," Frye wrote.

THERE HAVE been theories re-

cently propounded to show why

both pro and anti-Castro forces

could have wanted to get JFK out

of power in 1963:

On the one hand, there is the re.?

port of French journalist Jean Dan-

iel, who was the bearer to Castro

of an offer from JFK for calmer re-

"agreeable. The report stated that.

Daniel later was lunching

Castro when word came that Ken-..

nedy had been shot. Daniel de-

scribed the Cuban leader as genu-

inely shocked by the news.

It has since been learned that

probably in the very hour JFK was

shot, a one-time Castro supporter

was receiving a poison pen device

from a CIA agent in what was i

long-running

That Cuban agent was code-named:

AM/LASH, and he has since been

identified as Rolando Cuebala, now

imprisoned in Cuba for his assassi•!

nation plotting.

WHETHER JFK had knowledge

of, or perhaps even approved, any

of the assassination plots will prob-

ably never be known.

His closest advisers, who testig

fied before the Senate Committee

all said he had no knowledge of

such plots and would never have

• approved of them.

The same month Rosselli was

passing poison pills to his Cuban

contact at a meeting at the 'Fon-

I tainebleau, March of 1961, former

Florida

Sen. George Smathers, a

friend of Kennedy, said he and

Kennedy discussed

the ramifica

tions of a Castro assassination.

Smathers has since said Kennedy

rejected the idea and that the diso

cussion was more of a "brain-pick-

ing" session.

AT LEAST one high-level CIA

official did testify he believed the

White House was being briefed on.

the plots but according to Richard

Bissell, one of the officials who

originally decided to use Rosselli, it

was through the method of "plau

sible deniability."

That, according to the recent

Senate report,

"can also lead to the

use of euphemism and circumlocu-

tion, which are designed to allow

the President and other senior offi-

cials to deny knowledge of an op-

eration should it be disclosed."

Another alleged link between'

the White House and the under-

world plotters, first made public by

the Senate Committee, has also

been denied by virtually everyone

involved. Judith Campbell Exner,

the woman who claims to have

been friend and lover to both Gian-

cana and JFK, introduced to both

by Frank Sinatra, was not a link in.

the Castro plotting, those close tou

both Giancana and Kennedy have:

As a condition to his appear-i

ances before the Senate Committee:

in the past year, it was agreed that

Rosselli

"would not state

the

names or confirm the existence of

those

whom

about Rose attorney Kesies)

Scheer said.

The friends and acquaintances of

Rosselli who could be contacted by !

The Herald all said

they

never

heard the names of the Cuban

agents.

But a committee source cau

tioned, "they (Cuban agents) read

the committee's report,

they know

who's being referred to."

ANOTHER Rosselli.

attorney,.

Tom Wadden, a partner of Edward.

Bennett Williams, said,

"Yes, I!

think he, had more knowledge'.

than he testified to.

Searching Rosselli's more recent.

past.

for.

enemies also presents

, problems, investigators say.

The decline of John Rosselli ap-

pears to begin in the late 1960s. Ini

1967, he was convicted in a card-:

cheating scandal at the posh, celeb.:!

rity-filled Friar's Club in• Los An-

geles where the influence of Sina-

tra had made him a member at.

cording to investigators.

Deportation pressures were also

mounting at this time.

A MAN with access to Kenne

dy's closest advisers told The Her-

ROSSELLI entered prison on the

ald recently, "The Giancana-Ros-

conviction in 1970 where he would;

selli thing is unrelated to the Exner

serve three years of a five-year.

thing. I was there. Sore JFK knew

her, but he was naive about those

In 1971, he was brought id a:

kinds of things.

federal grand jury in Los

There is documentation to show

which was probing whether some

that on March 22, 1962, Hoover

indentified Detroit organized crime

lunched privately with Kennedy

and presumably gave him his first

leaders conspired with the Emprise:

information linking Exner with the

Corp. — a giant firm with nation-j

wide race track and sporting event

phone call between the

White

concessions - to hide financial in-

House and Exner was made only a

terests in the Frontier Hotel in Las

Another possible link discussed

Rosselli, too, had, an interest in

in the Senate report shows that the

the Frontier, which opened in 1967.

same unidentified Cuban to whom

He owned the gift shop concession

poison pins esota

along, with a partner named Joe.

Breen. How Rosselli obtained the

rior to the Bay of Pigs operation

concession is unclear, but' Breen

group of Cuban exile leaders wha

said it gave Rosselli an income of

met with JFK following the inva-

about $60,000.

ROSSELLI at one time had been

a major influence in Las Vegas.

IT IS known that several of the

Cubans • with

Several sources sajd that when the

whom

Rosselli

owners of the Desert Inn wanted

worked have been identified, but

Howard Hughes to move out of the

investigators say that not all are

penthouse — because his special

known.

needs

were costly and putting

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some: "high rollers" in would be

more profitable — it was Rosselli

•who patched things up.

Hughes

eventually

bought

the

Desert Inn, as well as the Frontier.

What Rosselli told the federal

grand jury about the Frontier in

1971 is unknown. Rosselli didn't:

testify later at the trial at which

Anthony J. Zerilli and Michael Pol-

izzi and the. Emprise Corp., among

others, were convicted.

ZERILLI and Polizzi are still in

jail. In 1973, the House

of Repre-

sentatives • Select Committee

on

Crime probed the influence of or-

ganized crime in sports - and one

area

they looked at was Emprise

and the Frontier Hotel case.

At the time of the conviction, the

federal prosecutor asked that Poliz-

zi and Terilli be jalled immediately

because

monitored,

wiretapped

conversations showed that the two

had talked about "murder, the kill-

ing of certain individuals."

• An intimate associate of Rosselli,

however, discounts the possibility

that Rosselli's grand jury appear-

ance could have led to his death.

"They know Johnny didn't talk to

the grand jury," the associate said.

JOE BREEN said Rosselli hadn't

been to Las Vegas for

nine years,

that "he's never even seen the gift

shop."

Since

prison

move to Plantation, Rosses ev agne

trying to regain

power; according,

to his friends.

"He had no muscle.'

said

an associate."I

can't believe

Rosselli was getting back into mob

stuff."

But at the same time, 'many of

the

associates

were

surpised

to

learn about Rosselli's recent visits

with alleged organized crime fig-

ures on the West Coast.

Several associates speculate that

Rosselli wanted to get involved in

casino gambling, preferably in the

Middle East, and

was looking for

someone with maney to back him.

"MY IMPRESSION was that he

was: broke,"' Morgan said.

"He told

me last year, 'I'm in bad, financial,

" straits.''

Scheer said Rosselli's income in-

cluded about $60,000 from the gift

shop and about $3,500 in social se-

curity, most of which went for

back fees to attorneys and for gov-.

ernment fines.

One friend

said. that just before

Giancana's death, Rosselli had ac

cepted Giancana's offer of money.

The friend was to act as the inter-

mediary. "Let me figure out what:

my next (attorney's) tab will be,"

the friend quoted Rosselli as say-

ing.

Rosselli is described as a man

with a sense of humor who did lit-

tle offending.

A California

woman who had

known Rosselli for about 40 years

,told The Herald,

"If you

were:

around him for 30 minutes you'd

like him because he would regard

you as a human being."

"If you had a headache he would

- either

get you an aspirin or send

someone to

get one. I said: some-.

thing significant there - he would

get it or he would send someone

he wasn't a pansy, but he wasn't a

tough guy either.

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18 § 1510 CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Note 13

perjury involving

alleged contribution to though pretrial publicity was nationwide.

political.

organization

return

for im-

nairwent

o1

Securities

aud

Exchange

Commission

investigation

and

judicial

proceedings were

not entitled to continu.

country.

F.Supp.

F.2d 1290.

ance or change of venue on ground that,

§ 1511. Obstructlon of State or local law enforcement

(a) It shall be unlawful for two or more persons to conspire to ob

struct the enforcement of the criminal laws of a State or political subdi-

vision thereol, with the intent to facilitate an Illegal gambling business

(1) one or more of such persons does any act to effect the object

of such a conspiracy;

(2) one or more of such persons is an officlal or employee, elected,

appointed, or otherwise, of such State or political subdivision; and

(3) one or more of such persons conducts, finances, manages,

supervises, directs, or owns all or part of an Illegal gambling busi-

ness.

(b) As used in this section

(1) "Illegal gambling business" means a gambling business

which-

(I) Is a violation of the law of a State or polltical subdlvi-

gion in which it is conducted;

(Il) Involves five or more persons who conduct, finance,

manage, supervise, direct, or own all or part of such business;

and

(Ill) has been or remains in substantially continuous opera-

tion for a period in excess of thirty days or has a gross revenue

of $2,000 in any single day.

(2) "gambling" includes but is not limited to pool-selling, book-

making, maintaining slot machines, roulette wheels, or dice tables,

and conducting lotteries, policy, bolita or numbers games, or selling

chances therein.

(3) "State" means any State of the United States, the District

of Columbla, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory.

or possession of the United States.

(c) This section shall not apply to any bingo game, lottery, or similar

game of chance conducted by an organization exempt from tax under para-

graph (3) of subsection (c) of section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code

of 1954, as amended, it no part of the gross receipts derived from such

activity inures to the benefit of any private shareholder, member, or em-

ployee of such organization, except as compensation for actual expenses

incurred by him in the conduct of such activity.

(d) Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not

more than $20,000 or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both.

Added Pub.L. 91-452, 'TItle VIII, § 802(a), Oct. 15, 1970, 81 Stat. 936.

Paragraph (3)

of

slon of a State or possession, on the saine

subsection

section

501 of the Inter-

subject matter,

or to relleve any person of

Code of 195t,

referred to

112

any obligation inposed by any law of any

na!

Revenue

political subdivi-

classified

to section

s3) se Title 26, Internal Revenue Code ox

State

possession,

sion ola state or

or

possession.

For legislative his-

Lestelatire History.

of Pub.L.

01-452,

see

Congreesional Statement

Findings.

tory

and

purpose

Section

801

Pub.L.

that:

"The

Congresg

finds

that "pylded

1970

U.S.Code

Cong.

and

Adm.News,

D.

illegar

4007.

gambling

involves widespread

use of, and

has

effect

upon,

and the facilities tereor

interstate

commerce

Priority

of

State

LawS,

Indez to Notes

Section 811 of

91-452

protided

that:

"No

provi-

Admisalbility of evidence 8

sion

and

of

this

1055

title of the tit

this

section

Constleutionallty

this

title,

amending

section 2510 of this title and enacting ma-

Construction

with other laws

notes

under

this section

terlal set out

and section

19ã5 of this titlef indicates an

Definitiong

Discotloy and

intent

On

the part

of the

Congress to oc-

Elements of offense

Inspection le

cupy the field in which such

provisivn

01•

Evidence

erates to

the

exclusion

of

of

Indictment

State or possession,

or a political subdivi-

Participants in bualnesa 9

200

C

Prejudice

Relevance of

Sentence

Severance

11

Sufficlency 0:

Constita

sectio

Crockel

Section

19%

tion

were

though

ed

by

they

tions.

charg

$77

U.

F.2d

62•

1403,

certion:

1001,

39

L.Fr

This

sect

persons

to

ment

of

cri

subdivis

cilitate

flle:

speelfied

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powers ag

cinuse.

intringe

on

U.S.C.A.CoD

process or

tally

S.

Garr

1112.

1.

Netiniti

Definitlo

ness"

ti

ness which

who condu

is

not

ground

th

duces an

guity

cluded

i ra

Riehl; C.A

Indiet

Sheriff

fendant,

was

propi

charging

an illegal

ACY

to cos

105J ADd :

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C:A.E

Indicta

Loufsi

making

spire to

lawry

thereof.

rambling

cumstanc

of

this

grounds

state off.

Garris

Indict:

with

of crimi:

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persons

ment of

subdivis.

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ified

to

cir

time

section

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18 § 1505

CRIMES

Ch. 73

Historical

and Revision

Notes

Koriser's Note.

Based on Title 1S, L.

S.C., 1910 ed., & 241a (Mar. 1, 1909, c. 321,

§ 135a, as added Jan, 13, 1910, c. 1, 5t Stat.

13; June 8, 1915, c. 178, § 2, 59 Stat. 23t).

Word

"agency". was substituted

for

the

words

"independent

board, commission"

in

establislunent,

two

climinate any possible

instances to

ambiguity as to

scope of section.

(See definitive section 6

of this title.)

Minor changes

were

made

in phrase-

ologs. Soth Congress House Report No.

I'uh. Ta. 87-061 sub-

cies, and committes" for "Influencing or

committees" and punished the willful re-

moral, concealment, destruction, mutila-

tion, alteration

ments which were the subject of a de-

under the Antitrust Civil Process

compliance with a civil investigalive de-

Roferences

in Text.

The Antitrust

Civil Process Aet, roferred to in the text,

classified to

chapter 31 of Title 15,

Commerce and Trade.

Legislative History: For legislative his-

tory and

purpose

of Pub.t.

S7-601, 50a

1969 U.S.Code Cong. and Adm.News, p.

250т.

Notes of Decisions

Generally

Constitutionally I

Evidence

Indictment or Information 5

Proceedings within section

Questions for Jury

Witness within section &

sense, have pendency throughout the en-

tire United States within meaning of this.

Section

creating

criminal

offense

against one who corruptly

attempta to

obstruct

or impede the due and proper

administration of law, under which such

a proceeding is had before a departinent

or agency of the United

States,

Taran

v. C. S., C.1. Minn.1059, 260 F.20 561.

Library references

Obstructing Justice G7, 21.

C.J.S.

Obstructing Justice 88 J, 22.

In prosecution for corruptly endensur

ing to Influence

and

impede

due anl

proper administration of law in relation

to a naturalization proceeding allegelly

1. Constitutionality

Dormer section

atla of this title [now

this section] providing that whoever "cor-

ruptly"

endeavors to influcuce,

Intimidate

or impede any witness in proceding, etc.

was not unconstitutional for failure to set

UD

an

ascertainable

standard

of guilt

contrary to

U.S.C.A.Const. Amends. 5 aud

6. V. S. v. Brumficla, D.C.Ln.1919, SJ F.

SupD. 60G.

bending.

before

Immigration

Service,

based on a

false

statement allegedis

made in defendant's application for par-

don regarding other arrests and conve

tions

ngainst

him,

naturalization

cecding was not pending in

the

Service

1951 bufors

the

when the defendant medr

application

for

pardon, nor

pardon

was obtained by him, so as lo

authorize conviction, where at the time

of charged offense the Service had no ap-

plication in its hands, in that it regird-

2. Generally

This section covers any activity which

would influence or intimidate witness who

might be called to

testify

and

is

not

limited to witness who has bren called to

testify with defendant's knowledge. U.s.

*. Batten, D.C.D.C.1901, 220 F.SUpp.

102,

certiorari denied 85 S.Ct. 808, 3S0 U.S. $12,

13 'L.Ed.2d 709,

rehearing denied 85 S.Ct.

1557, 251 U.S. 930, 11 L.Ed.2d GSS.

ed the naturalization

application

haring been entitled to be submitted and

returned it to defendant, and defendaut

subsequently

submitted

a new

applier.

tion in 1055 having no relation to wint

was done in 1951. Id.

"Procceding" within

this section ia-

cludes any investigation which is direcied

by forinal order of Securities and Es-

change Commission and at which desig

3. T'roccedings within section

nated oficer takes testimony under oath.

S. %. Batten, D).C.D.C.1061, 220 F.Supp.

The submission to

the Naturalization

certiorari denied 85 S.Ct. SOS, iN)

Service of an application to

file

peti-

U.S. 012, 13 I. Ed.24 799, reheariug denie!

tion for naturalization cannot, in a legal

85 S.Ct. 1557, 3S1 U.S. 930, 14 Ii.Ed.2d dii

596

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* Witne

able

writ

and who

ness"°

the

defendant

when anc

prosecuti

and corrt:

false and

ite Coin

S.,

C.A.C:

denied Sa

20 705.

5. Indictr

Indictnu

lawfully,

corruptly

and corru

struct and

cise of po

cific acts,

and partin

from Senat

ion involer

sonable rel

quiry of :

conccaling

memorandu

which bore

matter of i

ficiently

c):

section dea

juring witr

mittces.

U.

157 F.Supp.

Indictren

lawfully, iri

ruptly influ

corruptis. e

and impede

Insver of im,

particularly

sially destro

Scuate Select

voice or reco

Intion to suu.

ile Scleet Co

withholding

containing

rcasonable r

inquiry, and

dismissed, o1

judicata apo

neut chargi:

refusal to ai

Soicet Commi

Indictment

lawfully, will

ruptly influer

corruptly en

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Ch. 7g

ision Notes

2 :Amendment.

Pub. Tr,

87-644

tod the

catchline

379 bo

"Obstruction: of

Solings

before

departments,,

and committees" for "Influencing or

fing

witness

before

agencies

hittoes"

and punished the willful re

conccalment, destruction,

mutila.

"tation or falsitication

of docs.

which were the subject of a de

i under the Antitrust

Civil

Proces

i dune with the intent to

present

jiance with a civil investigative de

Lisative History: Fur legislutire his-

and

purpose

of Pub.L.

ST-Ut.

- Bag

US. Code Cong. and Adm.News, Di

sions

* 2.

have pendency throughout the ca-

Finited States within

incaning of thia

creating

crizainal

offense

nst one

irho

corruptly

attempts 1

ruct or impede the due and proper

Anistration of Jair, under which suck:

oceeding is hnd before a department

isency

of the United

States.

Taran

S.,

C.A. Jinn.1059,

206 F.2d 56L

prosecution for corruptly endeavor.

influence

impede

It adaduleration of law in relutia

naturalization proceding allegedly

Jing

before

Immigration

Service.

on

false

sintement allegedly

¿ in defendant's application for par

regarding other arrests and convic-

against

ling

hiin,

anturalization

100-

was not pending in 1051 hefore.

Survice

when

the

defendant made

application

for

Ion

pardon,

nOr

whet.

was obtained by him, so as 10

juriza conviction, where

at the bare:

purged offense the Service bad no ap-

Ation in its hands, in

that it regard.

the naturalization application as aubi

Ins been entitled to be submitted and.

Jaed it to defendant, and

defendaat

Squently

submitted

a new

applics.

in 1055 having no relation to wlat.

done in 1051.

Id.

Procreding"

within

this section

in-.

des ans investigation which is direiter:

order

of Securities and Es.

nEc

Commission and at which

degig".

ed onicer takes testimony under oath

$. v. Tatten, D.C.D.C.100f, 220 F.Supp

i certiorari denied 85 S.Ct.

SOS.

012, 13 I..Ea.2d 700, rehcaring denier

S.Ct. losT, 381 U.S. 030, I1 Ird.21 civ

ch. 73

,. Witness within

section

we whom defendant knew

was prob.

we witness

before

Schate

Cominittce

.! Who intended to testify was a

"wit-

though not under subpoena when

gave

him false story to tell

wen and it he testified,

for purposes of

-intions

for subornation

of perjury

I corruptly influencing witness to give

ted and

perjurious information

to Sen-

Committee investigators.

Stein v. U.

C.A. Cal.106t,

337

F.2d

11,

certiorari

aNd Su S.Cr. SSO, BSD U.S. 907, 13 I.15d.

•: 709.

OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE

18 § 1505

power of inquiry by certain specific acts.

particularly altering.

defacing

and par-

tially destroying

and withholding from

Senate

Select

Committee certain

union

invoice or record, which bore reasonable

relation to subicet matter of inquiry

of

Senate Select Committee, and

concealing

and withholding envelope and memoran.

dum

containing union's

records,

which

bore rensonable relation to subject mat-

ter of inquiry, and relevant to it, would

not be dismissed, on ground of double

jopardy,

because

of

prior indictment

charging defendant with unlawful refusal

to answer question before Senate Select

Committee, since same facts

would

not

Indictment or information

prove each case.

I: dictment charging that defendant un-

An indictment for

conspiracy to vio.

fully,

late erminal code by subornation of per-

cruptly influence,

ml corruptly endeavor to influence, ob-

jury

in proceeding before the

Federal

Petroleum Board was not subject to crit-

ruct and impede due and proper exer-

of pover of inquiry by certain spe-

icism that it was

too

vague, contradic-

tors, duplicitous, uncertain and indefnite.

dio acts, particularly

nd partially destroying and withholding

w.

S.

v. Brumfield, D.C.La.1910, S5 F.

tave Senate Select Committee certain un-

Supp. 696.

in involce or record, which bore

culle rolation to subject matter of in-

tity

scaling and withholding envelope and

thorandum contrining union's records,

which bore reasonable relation to subject

tattor of inquiry, and relerant to it, sul-

Diently

an offense under this

mition dealing with infuencing

uring sitness before agencies and com-

nitees.

S. %. Presser, D.C.Ohio 1900,

C. Evidenco

The "two witness rule" was not appli-

cable in showing that

deferidant violated

this section proseribing obstruction

of

justice by infuencing

witness to give

false testimony and information to Sen-

ate Committee and its investigators, and

testimony of one person alone was suffi-

cient to convict.

Stein r. U. S.,

C.A.Cal.

10G4, 337 F.20 14, certinrari denied So S.Ct.

SS9, 380 U.S. D0T, 13 L.Id.2d 705.

Testimony of one person alone is suff.

Indictment charging that defendant un-

cient to convict defendant for obstructing

fully, wilfully and knowingly did cor-

influencing witness to give

uptly influence, obstruct and impede and

false testimony to Senate Committee and

"ruptly endeavor to iufuence, obstruct

to give false and perjurious information

..? impede due and proper exercise of

to committee investigators. Id.

war of inquiry by certain specific acts,

Evidence sustained convictions under

and withholding from

saute Select Committee certain union in-

ness to testify falsely

and corruptly in.

wice or record, which bore reasonable re-

fluencing him to give false and perjurious

tion to subject matter of iaquiry of Sen-

to investigators of Senate

nie Select Committee, and conccaling and Committec.

and memorandum

union's records,

7. Questions for jury

ols.

#sonable relation to subject matter

Inquiry, and relerant to it,

struction of justice in Securities and Ex-

dismissed, on ground that doctrine of res

change Commission's investigation hs in.

that he

applied because of prior indict-

ment charging defendant with unlawful

had purchased certain securities through

rifusal to answer question before Senate

of which defendant was head and

securities to thint firm

knew

testily

Indictment charging that defendant un-

under oath was jury

question.

U. S. v.

tefuily, wilfully and knowingly did cor-

Batten, D.C.D.C.1961, 226 F.Supp. 192, cer-

ruptly influence, obstruet and impede and

tiorari denied 85 S.Ct. 808, 350

U.S.

912

corruptly

endeavor to influener, obstruct

13 I..Ed.2d T99, rchearing denied SJ S.Ct.

ill! linpede due and proper excrolse of

1557, 351 U.S. 930, 14 I4.T2d.2d GSS.

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§ 1504

TITLE 18.- CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Page 4312

AMENDMENTS

1968 Pub. L. 90-578 substituted "United States magis-

trate" and "magistrate" for "Unlted States commissioner"

and "commissioner", in two instances, respectively.

CROSS REFERENCES

Bribery of officers, Jurors or witnesses, see section 201

et seq. of this title.

Influencing juror or witness as criminal contempt, see

section 401 of this title.

Wire or oral communications, authortzation for inter-

ception, to provide evidence of offenses under this sectlos,

obstructs, or impedes or endeavors to influence, ob-

struct, or impede the due and proper administration

of the law under which such proceeding is being had

before such department or agency of the

United

States, or the due and proper exercise of the power

of inquiry under which such inquiry or investigation

is being had by either House, or any committee of

either House or any joint committee of the Con-

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to In sections 201, 1961, 2516

Shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned

not more than five years, or both.

ch. 645, 62 Stat. 770; Sept. 19, 1962, Pub. L. 87-664,

§ 6(a), 76 Stat. 551; Oct. 15, 1970, Pub. I. 91-452,

§ 1504. Influencing juror by writing.

Whoever attempts to influence the action or de-

cision of any grand or petit juror of any court of the

United States upon any issue or matter pending

before such juror, or before the jury of which he is a

member, or pertaining to his duties, by writing or

sending to him any written communication, in rela-

tion to such issue or matter, shall be fined not more

than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than six months.

prohibit the communication of a request to appear

Reviser's Note.-Based on title 18, U. S. C., 1040 ed..

$ 243 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 137, 35 Stat. 1113).

Last paragraph was added to remove the possibility that

a proper request to appear before a grand jury might be

construed as & technical violation of this section.

Minor changes were made in phraseology.

CROSS REFERENCES

Bribery of public officials and witnesses, see section 201

of this title.

Minor offenses tried by United States magistrates as

oflenses

punishable

under wals beetlon,

section 3401 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 202 of this title.

§ 1505. Obstruction

of

proceedings before depart-

ments, agencies, and committees.

Whoever corruptly, or by threats or force, or by any

threatening letter or communication, endeavors to

influence, intimidate, or impede any witness in any

proceeding pending before any department or agency

of the United States, or in connection with any in-

quiry or investigation being had by either House, or

any committee of either House, or any joint commit-

tee of the Congress; or

Whoever injures any party or witness in his per-

son or property on account of his attending or having

attended such proceeding, inquiry, or investigation,

or on account of his testifying or having testifled to

any matter pending therein; or

Whoever, with intent to avold, evade, prevent, or

whole or in part with any

civil investigative demand duly and properly made

/ under the Antitrust Civil Process Act or section 1968

of this title willfully removes from any place, con-

ceals, destroys, mutilates, alters, or by other means

falsifies any documentary material which is the

subject of such demand; or

Whoever corruptly, or by threats or force, or by

any threatening letter or communication influences,

ch.

A10.

Word "agency" was substituted for the words "independ-

ent establishment, board, commission" In two instances

(See definitive section 6 of this title.)

Minor changes were made in phraseology.

The Antltrust Civil Process Act, referred to in text,

Is classified to chapter 34 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.

1970Pub. L. 91-452 added reference to section 1988

of this title.

1962—Pub.

Aut.

s7.6d4 substituted the

catchline "Ob-

struction of proceedings before departments, agencles, and

committees" for "Influencing or injuring

witness before

agencies and committees" and punished the

moval, concealment, destruction, mutilation, alteration or

falsification of documents which were the subject of a

demand under the Antitrust Clvil Procesa Act if done with

the intent to prevent compliance with a clull investigative

demand.

CROSS RETERENCES

Bribery of public oficials or witnesses, see section 201

SECTION RETIRRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 203 of this title;

title 12 section 145T.

§ 1506.

Theft or alteration of record or process; false

Whoever feloniously steals, takes away, alters, fal-

sifies, or otherwise avoids any record, writ, process,

any court of the United

States, whereby any judgment is reversed, made

void, or does not take effect; or

Whoever acknowledges, or procures to be acknowl-

edged ia any such court, any recognizance, bail, or

judgment, in the name of any other person not

privy or consenting to the same

Shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned

not more than five years, or both.

Reviser's Note.--Based on title 18, U.S. C., 1940 ed., $ 233

(Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, f 127. 35 Stat, 111l).

The term of imprisonment was reduced from i to 5

(See section 1503 of this title.) .

Minor changes were made in phraseology.

Concealment, removal or destruction of records, see

section 2071 of this title.

Embezzlement or theft of records, generally, see section

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§ 1504

AMAN PININE

1968Pub. L. 90-578 substituted "United States magis-

trate" and "magistrate" for "Unlted States commissioner"

and "commissioner", in two instances, respectively.

CROSS REFERENCIS

Bribery of officers, Jurors or witnesses, see section 201

et seq. of this title.

Influencing Juror or witness as criminal contempt, see

section 401 of this title.

Wire or oral communications,

authorization for Inter-

ception, to provide evidence of offenses under this section,

see section 2516 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to In sections 201, 1981, 2518

01 18 1:010.

TITLE 18.-CRIMES AND CRIMINAL, PROCEDURE

Page 4312

obstructs, or impedes or endeavors to influence, ob-

struct, or impede the due and proper administration

of the law under which such proceeding is being had

before such department or agency of the United

States, or the due and proper exercise of the power

of inquiry under which such inquiry or investigation

is being had by either House, or any committee of

either House or any joint committee of the Con-

§ 1504. Influencing juror by writing.

Whoever attempts to influence the action or de-

cision of any grand or petit juror of any court of the

United States upon any issue or

before such juror, or before the jury of which he is &

member, or pertaining to his duties, by writing or

sending to him any written communication, in rela-

tion to such issue or matter, shall be fined not more

than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than six months.

Nothing in this section shall be construed to

prohibit the communication of a request to appear

Reviser's Note.--Based on title 18, U. S. C., 1940 ed..

$ 243 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 137, 35 Stat. 1113).

Last paragraph was added to remove the possibility that

& proper request to appear before a grand jury might be

construed as a technical violation of this section.

Minor changes were made in phraseology.

Bribery of public oficials and witnesses, see section 201

Minor offenses tried by United States magistrates as

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONE

This section is referred to In section 202 of this title.

ments, agencies, and committees.

Whoever corruptly, or by threats or force, or by any

threatening letter or, communication, endeavors to

influence, intimidate, or impede any witness in any

proceeding pending before any department or agency

of the United States, or in connection with any in-

quiry or investigation being had by either House, or.

any committee of either House, or any joint commit-

Whoever injures any party or witness in his per-

son or property on account of his attending or having

attended such proceeding, inquiry, or investigation,

or on account of his testifying or having testified to

any matter pending therein; or

Whoever, with intent to avoid, evade, prevent, or

obstruct compliance in whole or in part with any

civil investigative demand duly and properly made

/ under the Antitrust Civil Process Act or section 1968

of this title willfully removes from any place, con-

ceals, destroys, mutilates, alters, or by other means

any documentary material which is the

subject of such demand; or

Whoever corruptly, or by threats or force, or by

any threatening letter or communication influences,

Shall be fined not more than $5.000 or imprisoned

not more than five years, or both.

(June 25, 1948,

ch. 645, 62 Stat. 770; Sept. 19, 1962, Pub.

L. 87-664,

§ 6(a), 76 Stat. 551; Oct. 15, 1970, Pub. L. 91-452,

title IX, § 903, 84 Stat. 947.)

Reviser's Note.-Based on title 18, U. S. C., 1940 ed..

1940, ch. 1, 54 Stat. 13; June 8, 1945, ch. 178.

Word "agency" was substituted for the words "Independ-

ent establishment, board, commission" in two instances

to eliminate any possible ambiguity as to scope of sec-

(See definitive section 8 of this title.)

Minor changes were made in phraseology.

The Antitrust Civil Procesa Act,

18 classifed to chapter 34 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.

1970Pub. L. 91-452 added reference to section 1968

1962-Pub. Ja. 87-884 substituted the catchilne "Ob-

struction of proceedings before departments, agencles, and

committees" for "Influencing or injuring witness before

agencles and committees" and punished

willful re-

moval, concealment, destruction, mutilation, alteration or

falsification of documents which were the subject of a

demand under the Antitrust Civil Process Act if done with

the intent to prevent compliance with a civil investigative

Bribery of public oficials or witnesses, see section 201

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTTER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 203 of this title;

$ 150G. Theft or alteration of record or process; false

Whoever feloniously steals, takes away, alters, fal-

sifles, or otherwise avoids any record, writ, process,

or other proceeding, in any court of the United

whereby any judgment is reversed, made

void, or does not take effect; or

Whoever acknowledges, or procures to be acknowl-

edged in any such court, any recognizance, bail, or

judgment. In the name of any other person not

privy or consenting to the same

Shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned

not more than five years, or both.

Reviser's Note.-Based on title 18, U.S. C., 1940 ed., & 833

(Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, $ 127. 35 Stat. 1111).

The term of imprisonment was reduced from 7 to 6

the

Minor changes were made In phraseology.

Concealmerit, removal or destruction of records, see

Embezzlement or theft of records, generally, see section

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$ 1504

TITLE 18. CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

1968-Pub. L. 90-578 substituted "United States magis-

trate" and "magistrate" for "United States commissioner"

and "commissloner", In two instances, respectively.

Bribery of officers, jurors or witnesses, see section 201

Influencing Juror or witness as criminal contempt, see

Wire or oral communications, suthorization for Inter-

ception, to provide evidence of offenses under this section,

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sectlons 201, 1981, 2516

§ 1501. Influencing juror by writing.

Whoever attempts to influence the action or de-

cision of any grand or petit juror of any court of the

United States upon any Issue or matter

before such juror, or before the Jury of which he is a

member, or pertalning to his duties.

by writing or

sending to him any written communication, in rela-

tion to such issue or matter, shall be fined not more

than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than six months.

Nothing in this section shall

prohibit the communication of a request to appear

Reviser's Note.-Based on title 18,

§ 243 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 137, 35 Stat. 1113).

Last paragraph was added to remove the possibility that

a proper request to appear before a grand jury might be

construed as a technical violation of this section.

• Minor changes were made in phraseology.

CROSS REFERENCES

Bribery of public ofcials and witnesses, see section 201

Minor offenses tried by United States magistrates as

excluding

on puises

punishable under this section,

sectlon 3401 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This sectlon is referred to in section 202 of this title.

§ 1505. Obstruction

of

proceedings before depart.

ments, agencies, and committees.

Whoever corruptly, or by threats or force, or by any

threatening letter or communication, endeavors to

influence, intimidate, or impede any witness in any

proceeding pending before any department or agency

of the United States, or in connection with any in-

quiry or investigation being had by either House, or

any committee of either House, or any joint commit-

Whoever injures any party or witness in his per-

son or property on account of his attending or having

attended such proceeding, inquiry, or investigation,

or on account of his testifying or having testified to

any matter pending therein; or

Whoever, with Intent to avoid, evade, prevent, or

whole or in part with any

civil investigative demand duly and properly made

under the Antitrust Civil Process Act or section 1968

of this title willfully removes from any place, con-

ceals, destroys, mutilates, alters, or by other means

falsifies any documentary material which is the

subject of such demand; or

Whoever corruptly, or by threats or force, or by

any threatening letter or communication infiuences,

obstructs, or impedes or endeavors to influence, ob-

struct, or impede the due and proper administration

of the law under which such proceeding is being had

before such department or agency of the United

States, or the due and proper exercise of the power

of inquiry under which such inquiry or investigation

is being had by either House, or any committee of

either House or any joint committee of the Con-

Shall be fined not more than $5.000 or imprisoned

not more than five years, or both.

ch. 645, 62 Stat. 770; Sept. 19, 1962, Pub. L. 87-664,

$ 6(a), 76 Stat. 551; Oct. 15, 1970, Pub. L. 91-452,

title IX, $ 903, 84 Stat. 947.)

Reviser's Note.- Based on title 18, U. S.

as acres dad.

54 Stat. 13: June 8, 1945, ch. 178. $

Word "agency" was substituted for the words "Independ-

ent establishment, board, commission" In two instances

to eliminate any possible ambigulty as to scope of sec-

(See definitive section 6 of this title.)

Minor changes were made in phraseology.

The Antitrust Civil Process Act,

18 classified to chapter 34 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.

ANENUMENTH

1970-Pub. L. 91-452 added reference to section 1968

87-664 aubstituted the catchline

"Ob-

struction of proceedings before departments, agencies, and

committees"

for "Influencing or injuring witness before

agencles and committees"

and punished

will te.

moval, concealment, destruction. mutilation, alteratlon or

falsification of documents which were the subject of a

the intent to prevent compliance with & civil investigative

demand.

CROSS RetERENceS

Bribery of public officials or witnesses, see section 201

of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTTIER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 203 of this title;

title 12 section 1457.

$ 1506. Theft or alteration of record or process; false

Whoever felontously steals, takes away, alters, fal-

sifles, or otherwise avoids any record, writ, process,

States, whereby any judgment is reversed, made

void, or does not take effect; or

Whoever acknowledges, or procures to be acknowl-

edged fa any such court, any recognizance, bail, or

judgment, in the name of any other person not

privy or consenting to the same-

Shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned

not more than five years, or both.

(June 25, 1948.

Reviser's Note,-Based on title 18, U.S. C., 1940 ed., $ 233

(Mar. 4, 1900. ch. 321, & 127. 35 Stat. 1111).

was reduced from .T.to 6

similar offenses.

(See section 1503 of this title.)

Minor changes were made in phraseology.

Concealment, removal or destruction of records, see

section 2071 of this title.

Embezzlement or theft of records, generally, see section

641 of this title.

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§ 1504

TITLE 18.- CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

•Page 4312

AMENDMENTS

1968--Pub. L. 90-578 substituted "United States magis

trate" and "magistrate" for "United States commissioner"

and "commissioner", In two instances, respectively.

CROSS RETERENCES

Bribery of officers, jurors or

witnesses, see section 201

et seq. of this title.

Influencing Juror

or witness as criminal contempt, see

section 401 of this title.

Wire or oral communications, authorization for inter-

ception, to provide evidence of offenses under this section,

see section 2518 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to In sections 201, 1961, 2516

§ 1504. Influencing juror by writing.

Whoever attempts to influence the action or de-

cision of any grand or petit juror of any court of the

United States upon any issue or matter

before such juror, or before the jury of which he is a

member, or pertaining to his duties, by writing or

sending to him any written communication, in rela-

tion to such issue or matter, shall be fined not more

than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than six months.

shall be construed to

prohibit the communication of a request to appear

Reviser's Note.--Based on title 18, U. S. C., 1940 ed..

$ 243 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 137, 35 Stat. 1113).

Last paragraph was added to remove the possibility that

& proper request to appear before & grand jury might be

construed as a technical violation of this section.

Minor changes were made in phraseology.

CROSS TOILACEN

Bribery of pubilc officials and witnesses, see section 201

i THIS ITE

Minor offenses tried by United States magistrates as

excluding offenses punishable under this section, see

section 3401 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section Is referred to in sectlon 202 of this title.

§ 1505. Obstruction of

ments, agencies, and committees.

Whoever corruptly, or by threats or force, or by any

threatening letter or communication, endeavors to

Influence, intimidate, or impede any witness in any

proceeding pending before any department or agency

of the United States, or in connection with any in-

quiry or investigation being had by either House, or

any committee of either House, or any joint commit-

Whoever injures any party or witness in his per-

son or property on account of his attending or having

attended such proceeding, inquiry, or investigation,

or on account of his testifying or having testified to

any matter pending therein; or

Whoever, with intent to avoid, evade, prevent, or

obstruct compliance in whole or in part with any

civil investigative demand duly and properly made

under the Antitrust Civil Process Act or section 1968

of this title willfully removes from any place, con-

ceals, destroys, mutilates, alters, or by other means

falsifies any documentary

subject of such demand; or

Whoever corruptly, or by threats or force, or by

any threatening letter or communication influences,

obstructs, or impedes or endeavors to influence, ob-

struct, or impede the due and proper administration

of the law under which such proceeding is being had

before such department or agency of the United

States, or the due and proper exercise of the power

of inquiry under which such inquiry or investigation

is being had by either House, or any committee of

either House or any joint committee of the Con-

gress-

Shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned

not more than five years, or both.

(June 25, 1948,

ch. 645,

62 Stat. 770; Sept. 19, 1962, Pub. L. 87-664,

§ 6(a),

76 Stat. 551; Oct. 15, 1970, Pub. L. 91-452,

title IX, § 903,

84 Stat, 947.)

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

Reviser's Note. Based on title 18, U. S. C., 1940 ed..

§ 241a (Mar.

4, 1900,

Cia.

321, & 135a,

as added Jan.

1940, ch. 1, 0%

Stat. 13; June 8, 1945,

ch.

178,

13.

Stat. 234).

Word "agency" was substituted for the words "Independ-

ent establishment, board, commission" in two instances

to eliminate anv possible ambiguity as to scope of sec.

tion.

(See definitive sectlon 8 of this title.)

Minor changes were made in phraseology.

REFERINCES IN TEXT

The Antitrust Clvil Process Act, referred to In text,

1s classified to chapter 34 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.

AMENDMENTS

1970Pub. L. 91-452 added reference to section 1968

of this title.

1962 Pub. I. 87-664 substituted the catchline "Ob-

struction of proceedings before departments, agencies, and

committees" for "Infiuencing or injuring

agencles and committees" and punished the willful re-

moval, concealment, destruction, mutilation, alteration or

raisierton a comer wire

were the sublect of a

demand under the Antitrust Civil Process Act if done with

the intent to prevent compliance with a civil investigative

demand.

CROSS RETERENCES

Bribery of publie officials or witnesses, see section 201

of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 203 of this title;

$ 1506. Theft or alteration of record or process; false

Whoever feloniously steals, takes away, alters, fal-

sifles, or otherwise avoids any record, writ, process,

or other proceeding, In any court of the United

whereby any judgment is reversed, made

void, or does not take effect; or

Whoever acknowledges, or procures to be acknowl-

edged in any such court, any recognizance, bail, or

judgment, In the name of any other person not

privy or consenting to the same

Shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned

not more than five years, or both.

Reviser's Note.-Based on title 18, U.S. C., 1940 ed., $ 233

(Mar. 4. 1009. ch. 321, $ 127, 35 Stat. 1111).

The term of imprisonment was reduced from 7 to 5

with like ones for

(See section 1503 of this title.)

Minor changes were made in phraseology.

Concealment, removal or destruction of records, see

section 2071 of this title.

Embezzlement or theft of records, generally, see section

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