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FROM:

J. Barry Harrelson

Teresa Wilcox @ DST

OFFICE:

ODDS&TIRO

DATE:

10/23/97 04:33:33 PM

SUBJECT: E

CRe: JFK Board 14 Uctober Meeting -- Results

Original Text of J. Barry Harrelson

Barry:

(S) This follows our telephone conversation of 22 October 1997. I have discussed the decision of the JFK Board to release the

true name of Jose Marie Mankel with Linda Cipriani, of OGC/Litigation Division. Linda is of the opinion that we have a very weak case

were we to pursue an appeal to the President, because we are unable to articulate specific current harm that would ensue when the

Board releases Mankel's name. This is because the program with which he was linked, as well as the crypt, already have been officially

released to the public via the SSCl hearings in 1975. In addition, I have been advised that the activity with which Mr. Mankel was

associated has no link with any current DS&T program. Moreover, Mr. Mankel's name is in the public domain (in Oliver Stone's

manuscript for the film "Nixon"), although it has not-up to now-been officially acknowledged. We do not know Mr. Markel's

whereabouts, or even if he is still alive; the last contact the CIA had with him was in 1964, when he was living in Luxembourg.

(S) The chilling effect of publicly releasing the names of persons to whom we have promised confidentiality, thereby harming

our ability to recruit in the future, was unsuccessfully argued to the Board at its 14 October meeting. Because we are unable to

articulate specific current harm, beyond the genéral chilling effect, I believe an appeal would be unsuccessful. Therefore, unless we are

able to unearth additional information in the seven days allotted to us following formal notification of the Board's decision-which is

unlikely--the DS&T will not appeal the release of this name.

CC:

(Thomas J. Benjamin DST, Patricia B. Cameres @ DST, Joseph P. Hayes.- @ DST

Sent on 23 October 1997 at 04:33:33 PM

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NAME INFORMATION SHEET

NAME:

Mankel, Jose Marie Andre aka Mankel, Andre

DOB:

1 Oct 1917

EOD:

Contract agent at least by March 1961

PRESENT RESIDENCE:

Unknown

WISHES RE COVER/NO COVER:

Unknown

SENSITIVE ASSIGNMENTS/ACTIVITIES:

Mankel was recruited as a ZRRIFLE agent in late-1960.

The objective of the ZRRIFLE project was to procure foreign

code and cypher materials and information concerning such

matters. Except for a two-month (Nov-DeC 1960) TDY to

Africa, Mankel apparently operated in Europe establishing

his cover while trying to spot and assess individuals that

the CIA could use in safe cracking operations, in line with

one of the principal missions of FI/D.

Agency contract terminated

in Feb 1964.

CURRENT ACTIVITIES:

Unknown

OTHER NOTES:

First Agency contact with Mankel in 1958 (COS through

Chief of Luxembourg Intelligence Service) in connection with

Illegal narcotics operation into the US. For 18 months, he

was contacted sporadically on behalf of the Bureau of

Narcotics. (The Bureau's files reflect an excellent

performance by contact.)

Virtually all data on Mankel -- except his true

name -- have been released.

BACKGROUND USE ONLY

DO NOT REPRODUCE

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