LIST OF NAMES:SOURCES OF INFORMATION/CIA OFFICERS INTERVIEWED RE DREW PEARSON COLUMN DATED 7 MARCH 1967
Originator: CIA
From: CIA HISTORY STAFF  (PFEIFFER)
Document date: 01/01/1967
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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SOUPCES OF INFC-MATION

Files were furnished for review by the Director of Security,

the Deputy Director for Support, the General Counsel, the Legislative

counsel, the Chiei of Wi Division, ana by Col. 1. C. King, former

Chief of WH Division. Biographic files and intelligence publicaticas

were furnished by the Director of Central Reference. He was not nade

witting of the reason for our interest in then, and those who

assembled them for him ware not told for whon they were intended.

We called back four officers for interviews: Richard Bissell,

Sheffield Edwards from retirement, William Harvey from sick leave,

and Nestor Sanchez fron nis post in Caracas.

Otherwise, our interviews

were confined to officers assigned to the headquerters installation.

We opened each interview by referring to the Drew Pearson column of

T March 1967, citing that as the reason for our interest in learning

of plots to assassinate Castro. We told those interviewed that we

fact-finding mission on bebalf of the Director, and that

this was not the usual sort of Inspector General investigation. We

asked each to name any others who were likely to have knowledge of

such plots.

We cautioned each not to discuss the subject of the

Interview with anyone else--even others whom we might interview.

This is a complete list of those interviewed:

Desmond FitzGerald

Samuel Halpert

Bruce Cheever

J. C. King

Alfonso Podriguez

J. D. Esterlire

Edward Gunn

Howard Osborn

James O'Conne:1

Sidney Gottlieb

Sheffield Edwards

Lawrence Houston

Ray Treichler

John Warner

Nestor Sanchez

William Harvey

Cornelius Roosevelt

Robert Bannerzan

Henry Bortner

Richard Ober

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