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CONF: C/PCS

INFO: FILE• VRA DADCI, DDO-50 CSRF• AGC/DDO, C/AF-9,

C/CA-30 C/CA/SOG-3, C/CCS, C/CI-4, C/CMS, CACMS/MS, CACMS/PEB, CADCD-30 .

C/DEF/AAR C/EA-B, C/EPS/COMP, C/EPS/EG-ZA C/EUROO, C/FRO4, CAIIDA CAIMS,

CAINTIST, C/LA-B, CALSN/MIL, CANE-DA C/OG/DMS, CAPCSICAG, CAPCS/DEF,

CAPCS/INT. C/PCS/ITC-4, CAPCS/LSNA

C/PCS/NAR-2, C/PCS/TE, CAPM, CASE=5,

CASIA, CASIA/ELA CASIA/FLA CASIA/IA, CASIALIC, DIOLE, DOO/DO, ODD-DO

OGC=2,

SALDOZES

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STAFF 270057Z DIRECTOR 230113

TO: PRIORITY WNSB, LUXEMBOURG.

BOOK CABLE

File AScA

WNINTEL RYBAT

1.

THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA),

CHAIRED BY REPRESENTATIVE LOUIS STOKES, HAS BEEN INTERVIEWING

A NUMBER OF RETIREES AND EX-EMPLOYEES AND HAS BEEN GOING

THROUGH MATERIAL FURNISHED TO THEM BY THE AGENCY. THROUGH

THIS PROCESS COMMITTEE STAFF MEMBERS HAVE OBTAINED A NUMBER

OF NAMES OF NONOFFICIAL COVER OFFICERS AND AGENT CRYPTONYMS.

IT IS NOW THE INTENTION OF THE COMMITTEE TO SEND STAFF

MEMBERS TO A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES TO INTERVIEW INDIVIDUALS IN

THE FIELD: WE ARED OF COURSE, MOST CONCERNED

PROTECTION OF OUR

SOURCES AND THE

I DENTERNES OF OUT NONOFFICIAL

OFFICERS. AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE ANXIOUS TO ASSIST THE

WORK OF THE HSCA.

WE SHALL THEREFORE EXAMINE EACH REQUEST

ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.

2. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH CHAIRMAN STOKES TO DEVELOP

MUTUALLY ACCEPTED GUIDELINES FOR HANDLING ASCA REQUESTS. THESE

ARE:

A. CONTACTS WITH FORMER AGENCY EMPLOYEES LIVING ABROAD:

IF WE KNOW WHERE SUCH EMPLOYEES ARE, WE WILL INFORM

•THE COMMITTEE. WE CANNOT, HOWEVER, UNDERTAKE TO FIND THEM IF WE

DO NOT KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.

B. INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT AND HAVE NOT BEEN AGENTS,

BUT WHO MIGHT HAVE INFORMATION PERTINENT TO THE

INVESTIGATION:

THE NAMES OF SUCH INDIVIDUALS WILL BE FURNISHED US

BY THE HSCA AND WE WILL CHECK TO ENSURE THAT SUCH AN INDIVIDUAL

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WOULD NOT BE IN A POSITION TO REVEAL PREVIOUS ON CURRENT AGENCY

ASSETS OR OPERATIONS.

C.

NONOFFICIAL COVER OFFICERS:

STAFF MEMBERS MAY INTERVIEN NOCS BUT NOT REPEAT NOT

PIN COUNTRY •

NOCS WILL BE FLOWN TO OTHER AREAS FOR INTERVIENS.

ADDITIONALLY, NOCS WILL USE ALIASES AS APPROPRIATE.

:D. AGENTS, PAST OR PRESENT:

HSCA STAFF MEMBERS MAY NOT REPEAT NOT CONTACT OR

INTERVIEW AGENTS.

13.

IF YOU ARE APPROACHED IN THE FIELD WITH A REQUEST FROM AN

HSCA STAFF MEMBER TO BE PUT IN TOUCH WITH NOCS OR AGENTS AND

¿QUIHAVE NOT HAD PRIOR HEADQUARTERS NOTIFICATION OF SUCH A REQUEST,

YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONSULT HEADQUARTERS PRIOR TO MAKING ANY

COMMITMENT. E2 IMPDET.>

ORIGS

-C/PCS: (PAGE) X1052; COORD: SA/DO/0 (GREGG) X1398; OGC (

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X92128 OLC (BRECKINRIDGE) X1133;

AUTH: JOHN N. MCMAHON, DDO, 1414;

RELE FRANK C. CARLUCCI, DOCI, X1155.5

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