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From: CIA
Document date: 03/10/1978
Document type: NOTES

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Leslie Wizelman

BGC File

§. HaHunt-Summary

3/10/78

Box 28

Puldlu40

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The EGG file covers the pectad fram July 4, 1965. to

June 19, 1972

The file containe the followag documents and informatico:

DA soniract between the Agency and sHaltunt, eltective

JuLy 4, 1965.

$19,580 per annum

Employs Hunt as

a "contras empayce"".

a years

animemo fur 06C frum chet of contract personnel Druision,

dated August 3, 1965 Subiest: Retentio of royalter by a

contract employes, states mat Hunt "will apparently duelor

aL cover as a iuriter, | rouests opinion regardung retention at

[royaltie

Hind Joay cars

B- memo for Chet of contract Personnel Division from

Office of General counsel, dated Aug 12, 1965. rel retentión

of coyalties. J"We belleue that Hunt a entitled to retain such

(royaltes without an offset against his Agency salary " "Wehave

been aduised by me Gene steens, Juelsupprt, that enemanes

over does get include thelcale of a writer; Hunt's cover

for status will only be a light ons at a retired foreign Savice

(atfiier.")

@ memo from Chief, Covert Claims Branch to Chief, Contract

_Personnel Divisin, dated Sept 3,1965. Gitie recommended deletion of

oftset paragraph in Hunt's contract. Acknowledges the ObLopinion

which determined Hunt may retain without Agency salary oftset

any future coyalties Jeaned as a resultat his uterary elfarts basedan

the fact cover does not nclude role af a winter."

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2- Hint summary

G- mema tron contract emplayees Accounts section to

chief, Western Europe Duision, dated oct 13, 1965. leports that

there is no recocd of receipt of

Outy status Reports tuc

_Hunt since his SOD 4 Tuly 1965. Reports are required in order

to mantáso his leaue account in accordance with the terms

of his contract

memo on boron of page ta compensation

and Jax DuisIon from chiefor support, we DIvision: "Per

conversanus: with

mathomas saramessines, ADDP, there well beno

Outy status Reports onbmitted on Hurt. This should be

used as the authority ta continue his pay without

these reports.

88:

@memo_fur.dep.Directurfursupportto Acting.chief.

western Europe Division dated Nou 8, 1965

_Hunt has

requested reliet un housing costs. "4. Due to the operational

sensitivity af Hunt's assigoment, his request fur relief on his

housing.costs.was.hancled.by ma.ThomasKacamessine.on

15 sept 1965, mr. Karamessine; approued ni beragremours ce

on a 25/25 90 basis far the excess allowable costs upte,

but not to exceed, co do above his quarters allowance.

@memo, dated: Fab1, 1974 re General Gaylor's recollections

tak regarding his knowledge of the waitings of mr Hunt and any

official who might be aware of the urcumstances at any Agency

involvement in that effort. a. "The became aware that Hunt,

while in wh, was accomplishing a steady flaw of say books, and

...that. security approval was not being- requested on the

manuscripts betore submissión to publishers. Gen.. Gaynor

-aduised that hongreat he caised the issue "up front"

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occasions. The reactun he recesed to his raising the issye

was that "keep your stinking nose out at thi busness".

He stated that be was lead to believe that ma Helms desred

to

improve the image of the intelligence protession and the

Agency and that Hunt's books were a part of the program

to do so. the stated that he wer never told outright that this

was the case , but the responses he, received lead him

to belleve this was the case."

He suggested two peuple una might clear the issue-

Ray Roca and walter ffarzheimer "both of whom were involved

in the "image" materials. "Hestated that Pfürzbeimer seemed to be

aware of all the detals - on con up to date basis - of Huntis departure

from the Beenyl to join the public relation him the the degree

that ven. Gayner gained the belief that Hunt was merely

moving his desk autside the building out being paid by the

same.

source as befure.

-Also

Feb 6, 1924-memo - On Feb 4, 1924-Parzheimer was

interurewed.

"This interrew was undertaken

in aneffert to

determine if mi. tust had acted many capacity in cooperation

with Counter Intelligente operations, When pfurzheimer discovered

Hunt had watten On Hazardow Duty i he called karamessines.

Mal recalled that fron the nature of mr karamessines!

reaction that he had uncouered a sensitive mattec af senior

officer concern. "Within 5 minutes, Helms: called Pforchermer

who remembers the substance of the conversation being "fur christ

saxe walter, thy is the first bock to comealing and say

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something good about the agency," "Why not leave the Goddam

thing alone mriP bellened that" Helms or karamessines

cold answer the questonat whether Hunt had Agency

-sponsorship for his books..

m: The memo states that Itunt

_was assigned to the office of the Deputy Director for Operation

in-Feb 1965. The first bock was published ducing 196t.

June inis - through seat 196, thint was assigned to

madria jas a contract agent.

- 1966-3 books appeared.

1967- 1000k

1968, 1909, 1971, 81978-1 book/ys

Afil 30, 1970- Hunt altically retired as an Agency staft

emplajee. " The office at seccity records did nut develop any.

indication that any of the baud st. John manuscripts

were ever submited fur neurew in accordance with Agency

regulations.

a- memo tur record- Feb 6, 1974 "Subj: Possible Agency

Sponsorship of the Dauic st John Novelsia

A conference

was hel with people from the IG office. " The speculation

was entertainech that orr. E Howard Hunt had, in fact, been under

Agency.spoasacship.with the knowledge of mr Richard Helms

in his preparation at a series of spy novels under the

-pseudonym, David stoba.

_Ist can be accepted as a reasunable

_supposstion that mr. turk had some bighty cumpartmented

financial arrangement authorized by semiur Agency officials

to write there books, then it is likely that this relationship

continued after mrtunt officially retired." "minutes from the

office of Legislative Cuunsel: made references ta a cuncern ot

Senator Baker over an alleged: finäncial relationship between

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ma Helms and matunt which coatinued subsequent to meltunt's

forma! retirement.

" Baker made reference to a payment

(of sume $30,000 with the parenthetical comment that

me Heims would nut have that amoust of money from his

-pavale Minds A Employee of Io staff

opinioned that. "if

the agency had spansored the stiJohn books it was likely

that matunt had so informed Senator Baker.

O Interview with Rayund Bocca - Feb 14, 1974 - Asked about

financing us Hunt. " me Roccas respunded "on the record" that he

has no knowledge of any such arrangements no at any time wal

he party to aay assistance e er any requests furassistance.

to mr. Hunt. " Ventured opinion that"in all probabelity an official

acquiescence on the part at senor officials might have been

_mudlued rather than

an afficial sponsorshis.

Dinteruew wits chief, contract Personnel diviseun.

15 Feb 1974, Stated that " although it was not commes.

practice i was nut enterely unusual for bighly sensitive

cuntracts to be administered without the contracting

officer being aware of the operational objective muolved."

a Interwem with former Chief of Support , western European

DUISLUR - 1965 Date: 15 Fes 1974 Asked re Hunt's actruster in 1965

from his recollection it was Hunt's habit to deal onlywith

the most senive officer auarlable." He was never briefed on the

-purpose of Matunts pission.."

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@ memo ur record dated al Fes 1974, re Officeot

Finance Records- E. Howard Hunt. a

Hunt-departed DeCion 5 Aug 1965 and arrived madrid fas

16 Aug 1965. Hunt was paid tbrough an account at the Riggs

Lat BankinD.c. IAn operatiunal accit was establshed firmaturt

with chase manhaton, here was no record of anyaperational

accounts a aduances bong processed thraugh thü channel: mr.

tale stated that this fact dehned his concern. He felt that it?

was inconcewable that matunt coud haue undertaken

operational actauty usthout some transfer of or accounting

for tunds." To date, nosich records: have been developed.

No reference to a project or project digraps or operationa!

FAN number has been located." All expenses connected with

mo Hunt identified to date were charged to the madrid

Staton uppoct A suren rade a (madrid station records hasnot

indicated any "Developmental and Target of upper tunity (D&TO"

funce or "other operational Activity (QUA)" fund expended

by ac on behalf at ma dunt. There two account would

normally be the source of operational funding not charged

against a specific project activity"" A review af travel vouchers

also farlect to dentity a project. There was a voucher sur

atrip to pc fa seturn to (madad) Jans 8, 1966 The voucher

states in the space proudec: for the atata of the travel order

number-"no travel order'" Treachounting was appraved and

signedoy karamesnes.:@ no justification or statement of purpose

me. vale noted in at the royalty sitset waiver proussian amended

_to runt's contract was, in his experience, somewhat unusual.

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The office of finance Director stated that from his experience,

mr.karamessines would have delegated all the arranging of "details"

Employer

-surrounding än assignment such a matunts to mete

He ottered nis sucorue "at what ne interpreted to ba seticence to date

to interrew mort

Employee

E

I menci fir record- al feb 1974 subj: watergate-

jielo

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sensed June, 1972. PRur to reticement ne

was an affkar in the External Employment Asristance Branch

Retirement Actuities Divisis of the othie at Personnel. He was tu assist

in tundling post-retirement

employment. He had been instrumental in the

-placement it Hunt in the Rubert re mullen PRihim. Irespe

Prior to wocking fur Personnel

served with the central

cover staft in the area dealing with the funding of covert action

projects he had become familiar with actiute.

cf

Hunt cobile

óy el.

Itunt functuned on the Covert Acturtles Staff

→ first came

in contact with millen company when he was attemnting to

handle the public relatin effort of alcauert Agency activity

[known as the fEnce cuba cumnatiee.

"In drestone to a question as to uhether or nut executive level

interest was still being shown in ma Hunt's post-employment

Employel

placement, many recalled that Helms, then direltur, was listed

as a character reference an mr Hunt's resume and Helms signed

a letter of recommendation to the kendecott copper ca an Hunty behal'".

contact was maintained with me tuat at the mullen co. on

am playee

a continuining basis, because me

wa interestedin mr.

Hunt for possible referrels (of other Agency retrees), He also

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ünderstood: there was couar and commercial staff interest in the

mullen for, and that Mihunt. became instrumental in

discussing seural aspects. of the cover-operations in bis

capacity as an afficer

plas

of the cumpany.

eại

Me tunt: contacted.

tian several occasions requesting neterral

of retiring Rigency emplayees with specific qualification. -after Hus

had joined the white House.

Recalled a request.

¡for an individual

having skills

the area.

of locks and za surraptition entry

It was

_that the dutes invowed would include

the monitoring

of a listeriag device in an undisclosed locatica.

tunt also requested a recimmendatin of a securiny service

organization to carry ous an electronic countermeasures

"sue ep.*

suspected the eléctronic cuuntermeasures sweep.

was to be carried out in the officer of the committee to Re-elect

Employme

the fres.

was asked if he ever referred anyone tu micora

Associates.

He had.

recalled that at the time of Hint's

assignment to madrid the statement auseminated fur consumption

within the.Agency.was. that...Hant was retrong.

This was not generally belleued. He was quite certain that during

this period his affice handled no project funding fir Hunt.

On mr Hunt's return to staff employment the projects and tunding

which stopped in July 1965 were again raumed.

2a Feb 1924- ereeting with

- He thaught it was

entiraly passeble Helmsd karamessines handled the Hunte madca /burneu

on their own. He didn't know anythns

Interulew with furmer Deputy chief us western European duIs un, 1

00P-aa Feb 1914 He stated the assignment of mr tint to the

Europeao-Division & ta(madad "was, handled without the benefst

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of the routine processing procedures thraugh the western European

Diussun: Hunt's assignment was coordinated and directed by

karamessines & He was unaware of any spectic project ar

target for Hunt.

tunt produced positive intelligence on the Iberian

target duang this period the officials responsible fur the offaals

responsible fur this effert within

were totally unaware of it The maj. ot info he had about Hunt

was bearsay, fac examale

acomment wal made by a mutual

acquaistance to the effect that Huntstated that while in

madred he was gorag to "play golf and write books.""

His personal opinion i that Hurt had no opecational

Funchenand

was simply granted the appucturity to wite books far bus own

personal gain at gout expense

* memo fur the record, dated 20 Dec 1973, cunversation

with clIberianfaest in 196u.65..

He was told by

The Ambassador would not have tuat in the Embasy. After a couple

months de; he was told that Hunt was going ta spain under

naffacial couer.] It came to him

-aum caramessines on Helms'arder

Hint was to have the phone i at the canaut he would de nothie?

for the station itunt was to subet admistrative vouchers far

reimbursement of his expenses & they were to be pard. He knows

that there was no operat hal reparting, to indicate that Hunt was

doing anything. [[cos:/madrid nad told him that bedidn't know what

Hurst did.

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@ 22 Fen 1924- search at finance recuras to determine l a$30,00o

payment ts Hunt that required no accounting, could be found.

EneckTraueL claims tr 1960-1972 Analyzed.

ituat's advance

account for yr in madrid land have determined that

333, 500 was aduanced to him for travel and transportation

with one two to paru. ta renew visas. One Hem appeared unusual e

an expenditure af

41,600 fura sensitive operatin which wai

approved for weide-off by

me. Desmond Fitzgerald on 1 June 1966

"Onestrange aspect of the non-orficial cover assignment in madrid

is that all the costs were changed: to the support allotment

of the EUR DIvision

which is not pormal as (nos-official

(cover/people are

usually assigned to the project. Itisunusual

to have a case officer abroad for one year on an operationz!

assignment without bim incurring aperational expenditures.

@ memo dateu a may 1974; by chief, OPS/OSG

re. "Watergate

File Pesearch- Final Report." Recalls that there were occasional inquiries

by am. cesidents off madridl) abaut the

reported presencel in Sparo

of settettunt. At no time did must contact him. There was sume into

in 19zd concerning reperted actines in[Spain Jay Rubert vesco.

a 290ct 1924 memo trom Dir, of Security - "Leaue records reflect that

for the four week pay perrod ending az Nouember 1963 Me. Hunt

took a total of 11 hours sick leaue and no annual leave. In the

following four week pay period, be took 3 hours sick leave

and a7 hours annual leave. We are unable to further Identify the

dates on which the above sick and annuat leave were taken

Travel recordi reflect that me Hunt conducted no othcial travel

during the month of Nou. 1963."...

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AD memo fur recera, 20 Sept 1934- by SiD. Breckinridge

"Hunt's"' travelrecord shous otticial trauel in September;

October and december, out none in November jallot thi

travel was to new York. "

noble states that us

already know, as a result at responses to previous requests.

that we

have no records on sturgis that would show

similar informatin, hewas not an agency employee.

"Security prouded us with a column by Jack Anderson, of

16 April 1924, in which he covered the Hunt-sturgis rumuc,

dumissingitA copy of the news column sattached. This would

suggest that, rather than police photographs of persons

sounded up and booked, the phötographs in question are

random snapshots of crowds. If this is correct there would be

no related police fingerprint records that could bechecked

fur verificaticin

6a memo fur Deputy Director for administration Frum Dir.of

Security

subji sHalunts Date a3 oct 1924. DIsGusies

allegatica regarding bust # sturgis "mr Stucgis was not

associated with the Agency in any manner in lovember

1963." : FBI Liaison Officer interulewed Hunt on POct

1974 and Hurt aduved at that time that he had Learned

of the assassination of JFK "an his car radio while be

was ina leave status

in the washingtra Dcarea."

2 memo for the recurd, dated as December 1923, ay

_ Breckinridge.

Hunt was in the DO Division and in Aug 1964

was assigned to the washe field affice] 'I gave → a a

possible press treatment that Hunt was engaged indumestic

operations (something senator Baker pursuing) and that

DESAL 1

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his assignment to spain atter the election could be presented

as gung him toe

to.

cool atf."

Background - 19 June 192a

Employed by cIA team dad loud unty his countary

retirement an 30 apcil 1970

1971 - secued as an adusocto Nixon- chien trip.

"Subject ses currentanterest 1o+163

_Central Caver Staft

Dec 1950- assigned as Chief of Starin mexico airy.p

serued as chuet of naissin there until 1953

Tobig, Japan- June 1914 ino Feb 1957

16-24-

cos-(munteudea, uruguay Jental early 1960

Tune 1960- assigned to Mexico City-Ion Project - Bayoffigs

Nou 1961= reassagned to the Dof/covert Action staff

Jan 1962

to affice of the Chief/DDP

July 1962- 11

the DaDs Research and Publications

sectrun in washington.

July 1964

toi

one [Dass couect ActinStaft )

Feb 1965

" office of the DDP Loperatunt Group

June 19605 - seRt 19606- cuntract agent madad. a

sent 1966a

"Chief af. European Covert Operation untl

-retirement 30 Aprel 1970.

nou 1910- grantea a crest secucity Appraval or

se by central Cover Staft @ muller

Lune laza- Inquiry of Central couer stuff on a tune la>a

revealed that this is a current relationshep

bectis see. file reflects that tunt in the past, has been at

eratonalinterest

to ma James Angleton.

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