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ITT REQUESTING INFORMATION ON THE RELIAFILITY OF MR. HERBER! ITKIN

WHOM HE DESCRIPED AS A FORMER CIA AND FEI EMPLOYEE. THI FOLLGWING

PARAGRAPHS ARE THE GIST OF MR. MOFFITT'S LETTER. WHICH WAS ADIRESSED

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A. MOFFITT HOLDS A COMMISSION TO INQUIRE INTO THE INFIL-

=TRATION OF ORGANIZED CRIME INTO NEW SOUTH WALES. IT IS OF SUSSTANTILI

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COURT CASE IN ENGLAND IN JULY I9T1 BY ITKIN.

B. IN HIS TESTIMONY IN ENGLAND MR. ITKIN CLAIMED TO HAVE.

BEEN RECRUITED BY CIA IN AN "UNDERCOVER CAPACITY" IN ABOUT 1954.

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CLAIMED HE WAS WITH THE C-I-A- UNTIL MARCH 1963 AT WHICH TIME BY SOME

ARRANGEMENT HE WORKED FOR BOTH THE FEI AND CIA, UNTIL JANUARY 1966.

C. MOFFITT ASKS FOR INFORMATION ON THE STATUS OF MR. ITKIN

DURING THE YEARS 1964 TO 1969 AND FOR COPIES OF MANY RELEVANT AFFI-

DAVITS OF PERSONS IN AUTHORITY IN THE FBI OR CIA USED IN PROCEEDINGS

IN USA."

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ED HIS LETTER VIA THE AUSTRALIAN-DEPLOMATIC POUCH, AND ASKED THAT THE

REPLY BE RETURNED TO HIM BY THE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON.

2. MR. MOFFITT'S REQUEST WAS HANDLESD BY THE OFFICE OF GENERAL

COUNCIL COGCE WHO MADE AVAILABLE FOR MR. MOFFITT COPIES OF THREE

-AFFIDAVITS CALL OF WHICH IN PUSLIC DOMAINI RELEVANT TO HERBERT ITKIN

= AND HIS AFFILIATION WITH THE CIA. DEE CONCLUDED THEIR REPLY 8Y SAY-

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