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DATE 19 September 1974

TO: (Officer designation, room numbor, and

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COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whom

to whom.

Drom a line across column after each comment.)

1.

Mr.

OGC

JOhn NOTTISOn

RECEIVED

Taket

2.

Attached is an ad-

vanced informal copy of our

proposed security deletions

and revisions of the Hunt. "

galley proof. Please note

that this list has not yet

been reviewed by MI. Blee

and is, therefore, still

subject to change.

2. The DDO panel that

reviewed the Hunt manuscript

has designated items, numbered

12, 14, 19, 21, 24 and 25, as

"hard core,

" by which we mean

that the

Agency should insist

on their deletion or revision

and be prepared to obtain an

injunction and engage in

litigation should Hunt refuse

to cooperate.

Sagious

Seymour R. Bolten

SAB/ DDO

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SUBJECT:

Manuscript and Galley Proof of Undercover:

Memoirs of an American Agent by E. Howard Hunt

NOTES: A.

B.

Pages. and lines underlined

and appearing

at the begin-

ning of the items below

refer to the galley proof.

Corresponding page and line

listings as

they appear in

the manuscript are provided

in brackets at the end of

each item.

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1.

Rage 57, line, 6 from bottom of page; the name

(Henry

Pleasants]'

Mr. Pleasants retired under cover and his past

relationship should not be exposed.

It is also recommended

that efforts be made to have the name "John Richardson" also

removed from the

same sentence containing Mr. [Pleasants) name.

(Page 96, line 17.).

Page 59, line 38 beginning with "However" and ending

"Pinky" Walsh IM

student cover/is

similarly classified. The description of this activity just o)

1.4 )

lack of an agreement between the Agency

unilateral operations in France] (Item 4 below) is potentially

an additionally damaging blow

to liaison relationships. (Page

100, lines 10-14.)

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3. Page 63, line 21; the name

"Frank Holcomb"

Mr. Holcomb retired under cover and bis past relationship

with the CIA should not be exposed. It is additionally

recommended that the entire paragraph wherein Mr. Holcomb's.

name appears (lines 21-24) should be deleted because it ac-

knowledges CIA operations in support of anti-communist political

operations in Italy. (page 105, lines 18-21.)

4. Page 63, line 30 beginning with. "By" and ending with

"arrangement" on line 33, page 63.

It is recommended that this

passage be deleted since its inclusion not only is not pertinent

Ito the narrative but it unnecessarily jarsulaison with the

British and is an implied insult to the French liaison services.

-(page I06, lines 4-%.)

5. Page 66 beginning with "Finis" on line 24 and ending

with "world" on line 21.

This passage describes a specific CIA

operation which resulted in the production and distribution of

an animated cartoon based on George Orwell's Animal Farm.

(Page 111, lines 6-9.)

The au page 6s, the pseudony "you f. Rissenhouse" d even 34

though

compromised, never appeared in the press and

still exists

on various currently classified documents.

(page 114, line 23.)

Page 71, beginning with "Spanish" on line 28 and ending

with "America" on line 20, page 72,

and including the footnotes

on pages 71 and 72.

This passage should be deleted because it

describes the Agency's role in subsidizing, producing and dis-

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tributing "El Campesino's" book, Life and Death in the USSR:

(pages 120 [lines

4-20, including footnote] - 121 [lines 1-16,

including footnote. 1)

Page 72 beginning with "Eudocia" on line 21 and ending

with "Scribner's" on line 32.

This should be deleted because

It describes the Agency's role in the translation, publishinges

and distribution/of Eudocio Ravines' book, The Yenan Way.

also describes William Buckley's role in that operation as a

CIA officer. (Page 121, lines 17-23 and page 122, lines 1-6.)

9.

Page 73 beginning with "Mexican" on line 5 through

"Rivera" on line 8.

This should be deleted because it not only

describes sources and methods but also identifies a specific

CIA operation. (Page 122, lines 19-21 and page 123, line 1.)

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CU HUENTIAL

Page 73 beginning with "Communism" on line 14 and

ending with "reputation" on line 15.

This passage could serve

to identity a former asset in Mexico who is still living. (Page

123, lines 7-8.)

Page 73 beginning with "cover"" on line 17 through

"legend" on line 19.

This should be deleted because it identifies..

particular type of cover

countries and thus serves to further render suspect the use of

such cover in still other areas. (Page 123, lines 10-12.)

Page 73 beginning with "planned" on line 22 through

and also includes descriptions of sources and methods. (Page 123,

lines 15-23 and all of page 124 including footnote.)

Page 77 beginning with "technical" on line 19 through

"station" on line 21.

This should be deleted because it describes

and authenticates a CIA operation. (Page 131, lines 2-4:)

14. Page 80 beginning with "surreptitious-entry" on line 9

through "Embassy" on

This should be deleted

because it describes a speculio, sensitive operation as well 2534

sensitive sources and methods including thelacquisition of code

materials

• (Page 136, line 3 through page 139, line 20.)

Page 86 beginning with "Greek" on line 18 through

"countries" on line 20.

This should be deleted because it

identifies a specific operation and the foreign assets involved

in its support. (Page 147, lines 6-8.)

Page 95 beginning with "quasi-military" on line 11

through "East" on line 16.

This should be deleted because it

describes various cover and support facilities used in far tast

Asian countries. (Page 163, lines 6-11.)

17. Page 95 beginning with "Hong Kong"' on line 16 through

"Branch" on line 19.

This should be deleted because it describes

an operation conducted jointly with a liaison service in Hone

Kong targettedJagainst mainland China and as such is not only

damaging to current American detente efforts but is particularly

menacing to Hong Kong authorities in view of their proximity and

susceptibility to potential Chinese retaliatory pressures.

•163, lines 11-14.)

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Page 99 beginning with "disrupting" on line 5 through

'"display" on line

and including the footnote on page 99.

This passage describes specific CiA operations/in Tokyo targetted

against China and as such are not only damaging to current detent

efforts but are also

disruptive to liaison relationships with

the Japanese. (Page 169 line 23 through page 170, line 22,

including tootnote.)

Page 102 beginning with "Despite" on line Y

through

"returned" on line 10.

This should be deleted becaus

scribes a

specific and sensitive CIA operation includ

materials:

(Page 175, lines 10-15.)

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Page 105 beginning with "wiretap" on

ine 6 thròugh

"surreptitious-entry" on line

Ought to be

refers to

ines 2-3.)

sensitive Agancy sources and nethods.

eleted since it

(Page 181,

Page 108 beginning with "tap" on line I7 through

"Embassy" on line 1, page 109.

This passage deals

intermittently

with various operational proposals, activities inc.

luding a

recruitment of an identifiable individual, as wery

sensitive methods of operation, e.g, surveillance

teams.

(Page 187, lines 6-24 through page 188, lines 1-15.)

Page 109 beginning with "FBI" on line 21 through

"station" on line 26.

"Ramirez" operation/ Describes

an

operation which began with the FBI's spotting of a possible

Soviet intelligence agent. Since this intormatzon was then

turned over to the Agency, a question arises concerning the

need to seek the FBI's prior comments.

189, lines 6-11.)

Page 111 beginning with "The" on line 22 through

"triumvirate" on line 23.

It would seem that an effort ought

to be made to have this passage deleted of Changed since itszu

damage potential to liaison relationships

*ith the Uruguayan

services/ is considerable, and it does jeopardize the current

careers and livelihoods of the Agency's contacts. who are re-

terred to by date and position and thus, dre identifiable.

(Page 192, lines 21-22.)

24. Page 115 beginning with "I" on line 23 through

"department" on line 35.

This passage should be deleted

because it describes Agency methods of operation --- acquisi-

tion and passage of information to and from a liaison service

as well as an overall Agency program of operational activities zy

within Uruguay involving the

'monitoring of forty-two telephone

lines)'• Page 200, lines 6-18.J

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Page 116 beginning with "technical" on line 10

through

"secrets" on line 29.

This passage should be deleted

because

it describes a sensitive operation conducted jointly)

with a liaison (Uruguayan) service which Invoived code materials

(Page 201, lines 12-23 and page 202, lines 1-9.)

26.

Page 122 beginning with "The" ön line & through

"Djilas" on line 9. This passage should be deleted because it

attests to the Agency's subsidization of publication/of Djilas'

book. In addition an eftort ought to be. made to have the author

remove or appropriately alter the rest of the paragraph wherein

an Agency news service located in

National Press Building". (Page 211, line 4.)

27.

Page 122 beginning with "from" through "Gaines" on

line 31. It is recommended that OGC's attention be called to

this

passage in order that they be made aware of its possible

interpretations. (Page 212, lines 4-5.)

Page 123 beginning with "Soon"

on line 12 through

"Madrid" on line 35.

This passage deals with the author's work

on several "Peter Ward" books and, later, his assignment to

Madrid.

It is recommended that OGC's attention be called to

this passage. (Page 212, last line through page 213, lines 1-23.)

Page 126 beginning with "Chief') on last line through

"officers" on page 127, line 5:

This passage should be deleted

because it spouses the classified activities of a clA officer,

Roger Goiran.

assignments

as his involvement in the compilation of ,a classified

in Tehran and BrusselS, encyclopedic

study" are unwarranted disclosures of Agency methods. (Page 219,

lines 8-13.)

30.

Page 130 beginning with "Free" on line 20 through "CIA"

on line

21.

This phrase should be deleted because it could serve

of one of the principals of the free Cuba

Page 150, all of lines 14 through 6. It would appear

that this description of the author's contact with Dr. Barney

Malloy of CIA is very unfair to the latter.

Hunt had

a special relationship with Dr. Malloy/and an effort

ought to be made by OGC to have the author rewite this version

in ordes to reflect Dr. Malloy's true role in this affair.

Malloy" s

Page 260, lines 22-23 through page 261, lines 7-?.)

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Page 220, lines 5 through 10. This passage concern-

ing the use of CIn

alias documentation by Hunt and others in-

cludes loose language which implies that still another set of

documents was prepared by the CIA for Hunt's

use -- i.e., a

set of documents which was not mentioned during the recent

Congressional "Watergate hearings". As such this is misleading

could serve to create additional difficulties for the Agency.

It is recommended that the OGC make an effort to have the author

rewrite this paragraph in order that this potentially damaging

language be removed from his manuscript. (Page 387, lines 4-9.)

"free"

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