RE: BELIN'S LETTER TO KNOCHE DATED 15 APRIL 1975
Originator: CIA
To: KNOCHE, MR. E.H.
Document date: 1975-04-30 00:00:00
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY : SSCIA

RECORD

NUMBER: 157-10005-10140

RECORDS SERIES :

MEMORANDUM

AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 75-1578

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

ORIGINATOR : CIA

FROM :

TO : KNOCHE, MR. E.H.

TITLE :

RE: BELIN'S LETTER TO KNOCHE DATED 15 APRIL 1975

DATE : 04/30/75

PAGES : 27

•SUBJECTS :

OPERATION MONGOOSE

REPLY TO BELIN, DAVID W. BY KNOCHE, E.H.

CUBA

CASTRO

JOHNSON, PRESIDENT LYNDON

OSWALD, LEE HARVEY

CHAMBERLAIN, DONALD F. - INSPECTOR GENERAL AT CIA

DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION : U

RESTRICTIONS : 1B, DONOR REST., REFERRED

CURRENT STATUS : X

DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 07/19/94

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And the Washington Post did a sunmary which also omitted any reference

to the threatening aspects of Castro's interview (Tab 2). There are

attached a number of statements made by Castro and other Cuban leaders

prior to 22 November 1963.

These were provided to us by FBIS after that

Office and OCI completed a thorough review of relevant files (Tab 3) .

Our records contain no direct information that any foreign

government or foreign group was considering possible assassination of

an American leader. However, it should be noted that on 9 January 1964

"Guatemala Station forwarded a duplicate copy of a raw report dated

5 January-1962, dealing with a year-end CPG cell meeting.

At this

meeting the cell leader, Morse Benitez Zabola, told the cell members

that the CP in Guatemala should form a single new party. Benitez is

also noted as stating: "We need not preoccupy ourselves over the

politics of President Kennedy because we know, according to prognosti-

cation, that he will die within the present year (1962)." It should be

noted

that this item of raw reporting was received after the Kennedy

assassination.

We have no indication thus far in the file as to whether

any action was taken on the item with the Warren Commission.

5. We have no indication in our records that there was any

communication to President Johnson regarding the matter dealt with by

this question.

Donald F. Chamberlain

Inspector General

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