THE INFORMATION COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAS, INC. (INCA)
Originator: CIA
Document date: 1967-01-01 00:00:00
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JEK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY : CIA

RECORD NUMBER : 104-10106-10792

RECORD SERIES

AGENCY FILE NUMBER

: 80T01357A

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

AGENCY ORIGINATOR : CIA

TITLE : THE INFORMATION COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAS, INC. (INCA)

01/01/1967

SUBJECTS

: JEK ASSASSINATION

INCA

ALTON ASHNER

DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER

CURRENT STATUS

: RELEASED IN PART PUBLIC - RELEASED WITH DELETIONS

: JFK42 : F12: 20040112-1033590

Released under the John F. Kennedy

Assassination Records Collection Act of

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65924 Date: 10-26-2021

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THE INFORMATION COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAS, INC. (INCA)

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INCA is an anti-Communist propaganda organization

with

headquarters in New Orleans, that disseminates English

and foreign language propaganda tapes and 'films on a world-

wide basis, conducts public forums of an extremist

political nature, etc.

The organizational impetus and funds

apparently come

from wealthy New Orleans figures including

Dr. Alton OCHSNER, of the OCHSNER CLINIC, and Willard E.

ROBERTSON. In recent years funds have been supplied by the

SCHICK SAFETY RAZOR COMPANY. An INCA. letterhead listing all

the officers and officials has been requested from JMWAVE,

which has had some casual correspondence with the organiza-.

tion concerning Miss Juanita CASTRO.

2.

There is no indication of any Agency relationship

with INCA priör to January 1965 when INCA sponsored Miss

CASTRO's appearance in New Orleans.

At that time an Agency

asset who functioned as Miss CASTRO's business manager was

involved with INCA officials in planning the New Orleans

visit where Miss CASTRO was given an award at a dinner

sponsored by INCA. The dinner, which was attended by civic

leaders and representatives of

all

news media, took place

shortly after Miss CASTRO's defection and there was

considerable interest in her appearance.

INCA was particularly

interested since it had distributed hundreds of English

and Spanish language tapes containing her statements when

she was surfaced in Mexico.

In October 1966 INCA again

requested that Miss CASTRO appear as a guest speaker in

major American cities in connection with the release of

the INCA motion picture production "HITLER IN HAVANA".

Following various reviews of the film, JMWAVE decided

the

film would probably become controversial and it would be

inadvisable to permit Miss CASTRO to accept the invitation.

Because of INCA's extremist political orientation, IMWAVE

has wanted to avoid any more involvement between Miss CASTRO

There has been only

one casual contact between our asset and Edward BUTLER,

Executive Vice-President of INCA, since Miss CASTRO's 1965

New Orleans trip.

This took place recently when BUTLER was

in the area promoting the "HITLER IN HAVANA" film.

3. According to JMWAVE, INCA officials have never

indicated in any way that they are aware of Agency control

and direction of Miss CASTRO or her business agent, and there

is no indication that INCA officials have had any official

contact with Agency officers.

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Edward S. BUTLER (Paragraph 7 (A) of teference memorandum)

In January 1965 Subject's organization (INCA), sponsored

the New Orleans appearance of Juanita CASTRO shortly after

her arrival in the US:

INCA had a particular interest in

Miss CASTRO since they distributed hundreds of tapes contan-

ing Miss CASTRO's declarations when she was

surfaced in

Mexico.

A JMWAVE asset; who is Miss CASTRO's business manager,

handled the planning and arrangements for the

New Orleans

visit with INCA officials.

The only subsequent contact

between the JMWAVE asset

and Edward BUTLER occurred when

BUTLER was recently in Miami promoting the INCA film on

"CASTRO-HITLER in HAVANA". See Attachment 2 for a summary .

of the INCA organization.

SECRET

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