MEMO: SALVATORE GIANCANA AND RICHARD CAIN
Originator: CIA
From: C/WH/COG
To: CHIEF,WHD
Document date: 01/10/1974
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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10 January 1977

HEHORANDUM FOR: Chief, Hestern Henisphere Division

SUBJECT

¿ Salvatore Glancana and Richard Calri

REFERENCE • : Chicago Tribune Articles of 23 and 31

December 1973

1. A routing name check was conducted on Salvatore

Glancana with negative results.

A check was then bade with

the office of Security to detergina whether their records

reflected that one Salvatore Glancana was evar employed by

CIA as alleged In the referenced Chicago Tribune article of

31 December 1973.

He vere advised that any inquiries con-

cerning this natter should be made to Mr. Brackinridge,

Deputy Inspector General.

#ll/COG touched base sizi Mr.

Breckinridge iho sald that he had received a copy of the

referenced article.

He have developed the following information on

Richard Cain, subject of the referenced 23 December 1973

Chicago Iribung artiele. Richard S. Cain las bora in Chicago.

Minois in October 1931. He dropped out of the first year

of high school in 1947 and enlisted in the U.S. Army where

Following his army seryice

he Mas assoclated with investigative enterprises in Hlant and

In 1955 he entered the Chicago Police Departaent

(Vice Squad) there he remained until 1950.

Concurrent with

that exployment he operated the Accurate Laboratories, a private

investigative business.

Listed belox is a chronology of cIa.

contacts sith Cain:

A. Fall of 1960 - Cain Initiated contact

with the DID Chlcago Fleld Offica and vol-

untarily provided

information on the actiy

sties of Cuban exile groups in the Chicago

train file

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June 1961 - Cain 'contacted Hr. Lohmann,

of tha chicago Field office.

to report an

approach nade to hia by a lir. Kroupansky

Wno reportediy yas negotlating sith the

President of Panama to Inyestigate coamunism

Іп Рапана.

Cain was to assist Kroupansky in

this endeavor.

Summer of 1961 - Cain was net in ilexico

City by a CIA staffer, Identidy unknown.

purpose unknown.

D. October 1961 - Cain wrote to Hir. Lohwann

frou Panama.

He reported on his findings of

attitudes toward the U. S. In cartain Central

Arierican countries and offered his services to

the Agency.

April 1962 - Cain uade an unannounced visit

to Agency representatives Winston Scott and

03 Harren Dean In Mexico City and inforned then

of an Inyestigative agency ha had in Mexico

(with branches in Chicago and Los Angeles) which

he used to provide police training to lexican

Governsent agents.

Cain could provide no proof

of U.S. fitizenship.

He mas told by lessrs.

03 Scott and Dean that the U. S. Aubassador did not

approye of Aserican citizens becozing inyolved

in Haxican politics.

& June 1952 - Cain vas deported Pron Mexico

for carrying a loaded reyolver and brass knuckles,

ippersonating a Mexican Governaent official, and

violating his tourist perait by working.

19 August 1963 - Cain yas met at the Lake

Shore Drive Athlatie Clus and Adolphs Club in

distant future Cain would lika to yor: overseas.

possibly with cIA.

It was pointed out to cain

that his current cooperation dith cla aight be

of benefit to hin should ha apply for

coployzant

with clA in the futura.

At this tise Cain worked

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for the cook County Sherlff's Office.

also ras in contact uith Cubans in the Chicago

area who vere involved in ventures which vere

not cospletely legal.

Cain yas told of Agancy

requirements in general, and agreed to assist

the agency by providing inforsation on under-

cover activities of the Cubans, especially

Paulino Sterra and his contacts, providing

names of any cubans sho sight ba userul to

CIA, and noting in particular ruzors

ClA contacts in the chicago area. " Of any

H. 26 and 30 August 1963 - Infornation froz

Cain to the DCD Chicago Office Mas passed to

the Cuba Desk at Headquarters.

Information concerned the Student Directory, a

Cuban exile group located in Mlaal, Florida.

The 30 August Inforaation reported Hiro Cordozo's

irterest in purchasing aras.

11 September 1963 - Horace Speed requested

a PESA/CSA on Cain but there is no Indication

It Has ever grantad.

12 September 1963 - Cain reported to the

chicago Field Office Information on persons

clalaing to be representatives of the DRE -

Directorio Revolucionario Estudlantil - who

purchased aras for the dRe..

Cain planned.

another neeting with the alleged DRE rep-

resentatlves. 03 Horace speed. via uch washington

and Deo chicago, got hord to cain to "set out

of the picture

35 soon as possible and to saxe

no commitrents.

1967 - Tha Office of Securlty files show

that the FBI in 1957 Initiated an investigation

on Cain because of alleged Maria connections.

For this reason the FBI recoamanded that CIA

terainate its association :ith cain.

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15 Aoril 7972 - Cain returned to Chicago fro:

lexico City, then disappeared about l May 197:

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saying he sas going to Latin haerica.

Cain allegedly was irvolved in 1ll0gal

International arms deals and on varíous

occasions stated he was working for CIA.

16 Hay 1972 - An FBI agent in lexico

City asked Mexico City Station for traces

an cal.

According to the Fll an Eastern

Afrlines pilot had identifled Cain as tha

skyjacker who forced him to fly to Honduras

on 5 Hay 1972.

There is no indication that a clearance was evgr

granted for the use of Cain by the Agency or that he recalrad

any cospensation fron the Agency.

le have been unable to

substantiate Cain's claim that he worked for the OSS during

Orytlle Bathe

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