FITNESS REPORT ON JOSEPH S. PICCOLO.
Originator: CIA
From: C/SAS/CI/OPERATIONS
To: HEADQUARTERS
Document date: 01/14/1964
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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

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SECTION A

I. NAME

FITNESS REPORT

FUrLOIEE SERIAL NUMDEA

025658

GENERAL

(Laal)

PICCOLO

B. OFFICIAL POSITION TITLE

Intel Assistant

O, CHECAIAITY

(piral)

Joseph

(MINIO)

So -

Or BIRTH

8 Dec 1935

9. 9FM

Male

1.09808

9.30

GS-8

CS- EAT STATION

DDP/SAS/CI

Washlugton, D. C.

10. CHT.CH.(X) TYPE DF REPORT

TEMPORARY

Inatrectlina • Socklin C)

ME ADDIONMENT EMPLOVEE

CIAL (Sp901(7)1

11, DATE REPORT DUB IN O. Pi..

12, MEPORTINO PERION (FrOM.

80-)

19 January 1963 to 3 January 1964

SECTION B

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

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probation, lo reassignmont or lo saporation:

Doscribo action takon or proponod in Sachlon C.

A - Adervaia

Portormonce madle oll requlieinones: le la ontiraly ratlalactory and la characiorliad noither by dollelancy nor

oncallance.

P. • Proficient

S. Strang

O • luteronding

Porformanco la more than satisfacrory. Donirad rosulte are baing produced In a prollelant mannor.

Perlo-manica la choroctorizad by oxceptional proitelency.

Porformance le:80 ancoptional in relation lo rogulramonts of the work and In comparlson to tha parlormanco ol

alhor i doing similor work an lo marrone spacial recognition.

SPECIFIC DUTIES

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monnor in which omployao perlormi EACH spocille duty.

Considor ONLY offoctlvancos in porformance of that duty:

All amployoos

with.suporvisory.ro.ponsibilitios MUST.borated.on.phoirabilityroauporvinolindlcoranumhor.ulamployanooparvined).

SPECIPIC DUTY NO.!

BETTER

Serves as SAS/CI operations officer handling a former Cuban Intelligence

officer and a Cuban translator - SW

SPECIPIC DUTY NO. A

Serves as SAS/CI operations officer responsible for the direction of a

Cuban double agent now inplace inside.

PECIFIC OUTY.NO. D

Responsible for contacting, assessing and debriefing, In Spanish and

English, prospective Cuban CI assets.

SPECIPIC DUTY NO O

Prepares pertinent operational and administrative correspondence in

connection with to operational duties outlined above.

CIPIC DUTY NO. O

A TIN

RATING

LETTER

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FATTER

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OVERALL PERFORMANCE IN CURRENT POSITION

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SECTION C

NARRATIVE COMMENTS

chair relationship to

Indial a gillians Son hug mean do de improvemen oldo performance 8a recommendatione lor training.

Comment

avorall perfoimanco.

on foreign languago comporanco.

il roquirad for currone position. Amplily d explain rutinge yiven in Sacrion I lo provide bose,

barle for delormining luivia personnal action. Munner ol perlormance of monaderial or supervieory dution must lo doscribad, ll

applicablo.

Mr. Piccolo, as an Intelligence assistant, has performed exceptionally

well in an operational assignment that would normally be carried out by an

operations officer of higher grade and greater experience. He is calm,

agrecable, cooperative and imaginative, and has displayed maturity and good

Judgment in handling his assigned dutles.

He also has the ability to think

logically and fast in difficult and embarrassing situations, and his fluency

in Spanish has been of considerable help in enabling him to handle agents

and prospective agents whose English is either limited or negligible. He

1e leaving the Branch because of his acceptance as a candidate in the

unlog Ouicer Training Program.

OFFICE OF PEPiP

10 13

JAN 8

HAIL ROOM

SECTION D

CERTIFICATION AND COMMENTS

BY EMPLOYEE

I CERTIFY THAT I HAVE SEEN SECTIONS A, B, AND C OF THIS REPORT

BY SUPERVIOR

"THIS REPORT HAS NOT BEEN SHOWN TO EMPLOYEE, OIVE EXPLANATION

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MY BUPER

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8 months

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OPFICIAL TITLE OF SUPERVISOR

TOOn ThiNG AN ON TURE

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→ Richard M. Tansing

C/SAS/CI/Operations

COUMENTS OF REVIEMINO OFFICIAL

BY REVIEWING OFFICIAL

I cour sist the marsatial commate. In. I icesto has bee

se say time.

C/SAS/CI

Harold F. Swenson

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