PHILLIPS, DAVID ATLEE.
Originator: CIA
From: WITHHELD
To: DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SECURITY (PSI)
Document date: 03/14/1977
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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CONFIDENTIAL

14 March 1977. •

MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director of Security (PSI)

FROM

:

(John B. Scanlon

Operations Support

Branch

SUBJECT

:

Phillips, David Atlee

# 40696

REFERENCE

Deputy Director of Security Memorandum

dated 7 March 1977; same Subject

1.

In accordance with referent, the undersigned

met with Subject at his home on 8 March 1977.

2.

Subject advised that on or about 1 March 1977,

he received

a telephone call at his home from a Mr. Douglas

Day, an author, who gave his phone number as (804)

823-5436.

Although Subject has never met Mr. Day, he recalls reading

a recent review of one of his books in

Time or Newsweek.

It was a

fictional

work on Spain.

Mr. Day informed Subject

that he is now working on a non-fictional book on

Che Guevara.

In developing background for this book, Day

will be traveling through Latin America including Cuba.

Knowing of subject's association with the Agency,

he asked

for Subject's advice on how to "smooth the way" for making

the U.S. Embassies in these countries and how

to make contact with CIA officials.

Day stated that he

would be more than willing to "cooperate or work with" the

Agency during his trip.

Subject told Day that, as simple

as It may sound, he need only to call or write

the Agency

stating his intentions and offers.

3.

Subject then related that Seymour Hersh telephoned

him about a year ago and stated that he knew all about his

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comments to the Church Committee and especially about

"Track II", a very tightly held project in Latin America

Division.

On 22 December 1976, Hersh again called subject.

During this conversation, Hersh quoted some passages from

a letter he had received

from "one of your old buddies.

He quickly read

several passages making references to

Ted Shackley, Jim Flannery, Kenny Million,

Dino Pionzio,

Larry Sulc and Tony Sforza..

According to

Subject, the

latter two officers

are really not too well-known

and it

was surprising to him to hear Hersh talking about them.

Two quotes which Subject particularly recalled were

"Shackley said,

anyway, he can be trusted, even if we have to dump him.

Of course, he will not be able to do the good that.

Phillips has done'"

4. Subject speculated that the only persons in the

Agency who would have the type of information contained in

paragraph 3 above and who may have reason to relate it

to Hersh are Peter Kapusta and Jack LNU

who was Chief of

the Mexico Branch

at Headquarters in 1970.

John B.

Scanlon

Distribution:

Original - Addressee

1 - Subject File #40696

1 - Chrono

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