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Document date: 1978-03-15 00:00:00
Document type: NOTES

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DATE: 03/15/78

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DOCUMENT TYPE : NOTES

SUBJECT (S) : PHILLIPS, DAVID ATLEE; VECIANA, ANTONIO; CIA, FILES;

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED

RESTRICTIONS : 3

CURRENT STATUS : POSTPONED IN PARI

DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 08/04/95

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Veciona had contacted. the Aje.eo

Three times La Decenter 19600, Jeoly, 1962

mel April 1966- for assistanc

(Regene pies, BEt

180421219) According tEl CIA: "Officer

listent to Cocame, eld to tintoret,

offered he winded agent and her Mentankic

hem on this mather " here heng loes, see

Azuce relationships with let denne.

The Committee a revilio

1962 sealed then contact cott teac

hael bean mache bey an chet steles 1 or

that Skewer I Deal in Vecia tsad

gor operation il aclunty, (Clife file

IN 24738,7/2/65)

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.

Insert for VECIANA

fonzi

205

200

McCone insert

On August 17, 1978, the Committee deposed John A.

McCone, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

(205)

from October, 1961 until April 30th, 1965. (Classified

Top Secret testimony, 8/17/78, p.4)

During the course of the deposition, the following

questions and answers

were recorded: a

Q:

Do you know or did you know Maurice Bishop?

A:

Yes.

l: Was he an agency employee?

A: I believe so.

I: Do you know what his duties were in 1963?

A: No.

... I: For instance, do you know whether Maurice Bishop

worked in the Western Hemisphere Division or whether he worked

in some other division of the CIA?

A: I do not know. I do not recall. I knew at that time

but I do not recall.

Q: Do you know whether Maurice Bishop used any

pseudonyms?

(206)

A:

No, I do not know that.

(Ibid, pp. 45, 46)

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(DAVID PHILLIPS)

Insert into VECIANA

189

David Atlee Phillips testified before the Committee

in Executive Session on April 25, 1978. He said he never

182

used the name a Maurice Bishop.

He said he did not know

183.

of anyone in the CIA who used the name a Maurice Bishop.

He said he had seen Antonio Veciana only twice in his life,

the

the second time that very morning of his hearing before the

Committee when Veciana, who had testified earlier, emerged

184

from the hearing room while he, Phillips, was in the hallway.

Phillips

said the first time he met Veciana was at a meeting

185

of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers in Reston.

He said that Veciana was brought to that meeting by an

investigator from Senator Schweiker's office, but; said

Phillips, Veciana

was not introduced to him by name but

only as "the driver."

He said Veciana asked him some

questions in Spanish but at the time, alad

he didn't

know who Veciana was or why Senator Schweiker's office had

187.

sent him to the meeting.

Phillips also testified that he had never used the

188

name

@ Frigault and had never used a Belgian passport.

Phillips was shown the sketch of Maurice Bishop but

could not identify it as anyone he knew. He said, however,

189

"It looks like me."

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footnotes for VECIANA - Phillips section

182.

183.

184.

185.

186.

187.

188.

189.

of David Attee Phillips,

Hearings mie the MOUS ASIATIONS

select

Executive Session, classified testimony, 4/25/78^p. 89.

Ibid

Ibid, p. 86.

Ibid.

Ibid.

Ibid, p.

95.

Ibid, p. 88.

Ibid, p. 90.

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insert Veciana write up

170

181

insert GUPTON

The Committee staff interviewed Doug. Gupton on August

(120)

22nd, 1978 at CIA headquarters.

staffsintanxion, 8/28/72,

said he worked for the

008e Gupton

CIA from December, 1951, until his

retirement in June,

1978, much of that time on the Covert Action Guidance

(171)

Staff. (tit

Gupton confirmed that he was in charge

of propaganda operations at the Miami JM/WAVE station

(172)

and that his immediate superior was Davia Phillips. )

Gupton acknowledged that Ross-Crozier was a case officer

who worked for him and that he saw Crozier on a daily

(173)

basis. (ked) Gupton said he does not recall whether

E. Howard

Hunt or David Phillips ever used the name of

(174)

"Knight." feld

He said he does not recall Phillips

(175)

ever using the name of Maurice Bishop. «nib

When

told about Crozier's recollection of him referring to

Phillips as "Mr. Bishop," Gupton said: "Well, maybe I

(176)

did. I don't remember."

He also said, however,

that he never heard the name of Bishop while he was

(177)

stationed in Miami. bid When shown the sketch of

(78)

Bishop, he said it did not look like anyone he knew.

bathe sty

Explaining his working relationship with David Phillips,

Gupton said he was in contact with him regularly in washington

by telephone and cable and that Phillips visited Miami "quite

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(179)

Gupton said, however, that there were two

sets of operations. His set of operations was run out of

Miami and he kept Phillips informed of them. Phillips

ran another set of operations personally out of Washington

and, Gupton said, Phillips did not keep him briefed about

(180)

them.

Gupton also said he knew that Phillips

used many of his old contacts from Havana in his personal

(181)

operations.

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footnotes for VECIANA

- Gupton section:

170.

House Select Committee on

of Doug Gupton,

ASSASSINATIONS,

Staff interview, 8/28/78, JFK Document No. 002101

171. Ibia.

172. Ibia.

173. Ibia.

174•

Ibid, p. 2.

175.

176.

177.

178.

179.

180.

181.

Ibid:

Ibid.

Ibia.

Ibid.

Ibid.

Ibid.

Ibid.

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insert for VECIANA. ....

B.H. insert

194

204

On August 10, 1978, B.H. (Balmes Nives Hidalgo Jr.),

a former covert operative of the CIA, was interviewed by the

(194)

Committee in a special closed session.

Secret

B.H. was a CIA agent

(195)

from 1952 to 1970.

Between

1960 and

(196)

1964 he was assigned to Cuban operations.

As such, he testified, he was involved in "day-to-day"

operations

with David Atlee Phillips. He characterized

Phillips as "an excellent intelligence officer" and "a

(197)

personal friend."

When asked if he knew an individual named Maurice

Bishop, B.H. said:

"Again, Mr. Bishop was in the organization but I had

no personal day-to-day open

relationship with him. phillips,

yes; Bishop, no. I knew them both...

Although he couldn't describe Bishop's physical

characteristics,

(199)

Bolt, said he had seen him "two of thige

times" (

in the "hallways or cafeteria"

at CIA headquarters in Langley. B.H. said he thought

(201)

Bishop worked in the Western Hemisphere Division -

(202)

and that he had a position "higher than me."

He could not be more specific. The two or three times he

saw Bishop, he said, was between 1960 and 1964 when he himself

was in Cuban operations, although, he said, he didn't know

(203)

if Bishop worked in that area also.

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2,

B.H. 'insert

Asked how, if he didn't personally know Bishop, he

knew the person he saw at CIA headquarters was Maurice

Bishop, B.H. said: "Someone might have said, 'That is

Maurice Bishop,' and it was different from Dave Phillips

(204)

or Hal Swenson, guys that I know."

However

When shown the sketch of Maurice Bishop,

B.H. could not identify it as anyone he recognized.

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footnotes for VECIANA -- B.H. section

Commiltee Interviewof Balmes Nives Hidalgo, JR.,

194.

Bascified Top Secret closed session, 8/10/78, Iouse Select

Committee on ASSASSINATIONS.

195.

Ibid, p. 6.

196..

197.

198.

199.

200.

201.

202.

203.

204.

Ibia, p. 8.

Ibid, p. 29.

Ibid, p. 30.

Ibid: p. 31.

Ibid, p. 33.

Ibid, p. 31.

Ibia: p. 32.

Ibid; p. 35.

fbíd, p. 33.

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On Argust ron. 1978, in a

sention

of the C

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Kay too

August

101h, 1918./ Balmes Nives

Hidalgo Jr.,J a f

orma covert operatio

of the CIA, was

@ interwieed by the

Committee in a special closed cission.

H. Was a ClA agent from 1952 t 1970. (A)

Betenlea 1960 and 1964 he was arsegac

E Cuban orresation

ached if he

Mauree Bishop, I said:

was in the organi, at tor

relationship with hein.

Phelleps, yes; Bushop, no.

I knees them Cath...

(Ibid. 1.30)

Although he could't descabe Bishop, I.

said he had acen him "two on thres times "/'t d a 34)

the "hallungs a cafeteria" (766,1.23) at CIA

Radquarter in Jangley. It said he thought

Buskop warled in the Verten Hamerphen Durson (A31)

and that he had a position "highes than mine. " (a32)

He caid not be hon specific.

to a Calan operations, although, he ooid, he

didalt know it Bishop worked w that area also (p35)

Anked, if he dech't personally, Braw Dishop,

how he knew that the person he scat CIA?

(1) Cload rection hearing foie, e. 6)

(в)

Ibid, p 8.1

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Phillips

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excellent untell gece ffiger

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"Someone might lape said, That a Manses

Bushop,

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mauric Bishop, It. could not ideated,

it a anyone he recognized. (+37)

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VECIANA INSERT

3 tootste

In a review of its own files on March 15, 1978,

the CIA noted that Veciana had contacted the Agency

three times -- in December, 1960; July, 1962; and

April, 1966 -- for assistance in plots against

Fattote

Castro.

(Classified

file 201-312966. Dir: 188531,

3/15/78, 78 0421219) According to the CIA: "Officers

listened to Veciana, expressed no interest,

offered no encouragement and never recontacted him

on

this matter. There has been no Agency relationship

with Veciana. "Footrote (TRiD)

The Committee's own review of the Agency's files

basically confirmed the stated conclusions about

the meetings with Veciana in 1960 and 1966. However,

however,

A review of files dated July 7, 1962prevealed

that contact with Veciana had been made by an

asset, SKEWER-1, and that SKEWER-1 had given

Veciana $500 for operational activity. (Classified

file IN 24738, 7/7/62) Footnole

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FoNzi

7/25/8

Guy ViTAle -DoB 16 Det. 1917

retered 28 Feb 1969

13 Dee 1965: Reassioned From WH/C-Miami

Operation, Branch, Pa Santon to WrhC.;

12 Dee 196.2-Promotion - 10. TAsk Fouce W FI/el

BRANCH

12 March 1962- ReassIGNmeNt and Thrusfer to

buchened Fudds (Banuch 4, FI/CI)

B-Tuve 1960- Rensseument fRom ArheNs StATION,

Op Start. Reconds InteGrations SeetoN

To CS/es Devebpmenis Complement, Et Dru.

1967- working ase billisee amatance actori,

project a agent 301 files for the Promals pM proso

nay 1960 - mens from chief, Cantral Conor Dersion te

chief, record service diesion offle tae

1 ApRil 1960 requesting record be blocked

to deny Agency employment.

Fituess ReporTs:

Il Nou. 1960- CAsually (Temporarily) assigned Geranc

Brauch, Et section as ditellige asst.

12 Feb. 1962-DDP/UH 4: "His ability to function a

an agent handles i extremely commendable.

2! Aut 1962. Recommandation for promotion feon

superviser C0. Hicks-long hostle,

recordo work

1963-1968- Recodo indicate a headquarters support

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to Im/WAve type freead feeping

and briefing duties. Command on

115014 1966: "Mr. Vitala, principa!

qualification is. his background Inowledge

I the operational history o Caban

paramilitary operationo." Rapeso to his

senated se alp perience f handling,

records se head rate toppot o

WH/ Caba parrottary one officers.

- Re 1960- appeart have been lucolead

with Eastern European Dw. Fog. Off.

4/0/61- TDy E Viegues Island, Recents Rico.

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