WASHINGTON POST CARRIES ARTICLE ENTITLED 'CANADIAN SAYS U.S. PAID HIM $5,000 TO INFECT CUBAN POULTRY.'
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Document date: 03/22/1977
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I. WASHINGTON POST OF 21 MARCH CARRIES ARTICLE ENTITLED

"CANADIAN SAYS U.S. PAID HIM B$5,000 TO INFECT CUBAN POULTRY."

ARTICLE IS BY DREW FETHERSTON AND JOHN CUMMINGS ENEWSDAY}

DATELINED NEW YORK: 20 MARCH.Y

Z- ACCORDING TO ARTICLE, A CANADIAN TECHNICIAN, WHO ASKED

THAT HIS NAME BE WITHHELD, SAID HE WAS APPROACHED IN MIAMI IN

196Z BY A MAN HE KNEW AS "RON" AND WHO IDENTIFIED HIMSELF WITH

CREDENTIALS AS BEING FROM "AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE-" ARTICLE

ALSO SATATES THAT A SOURCE WITHIN THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE •

AGENCY CONFIRMED THAT "RON" WORKED FOR DIA AT THAT TIME-. AND

• THEN SAID: "IF YOUR'RE GOING TO TELL MES WHAT I THINK YOU ARE

GOING TO TELL ME. I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT. ACCORDING TO

THE ARTICLE, THE "DIA SOURCE" REFUSED TO COMMENT FURTHER-W

3. THERE IS NO. RECORD IN HOS OF ANY A

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WITH THE MATTER DESCRIBED IN THE ARTICLE. WE ALSO CHECKED WITH

DIA- OFFICIALS IN DIA HAVE NO RECORD OF THE MATTER DESCRIBED

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