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Document date: 10/7/75
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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

4/14/201

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER:

124-10324-10057

RECORD SERIES :

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER:

67-95998-NR

Released under the John

F. Kennedy

"assassination Records

Collection Act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel.

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10/07/1975

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W. RAYMOND WANNALL JR.

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Top Secret

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October 7o 1975

Comy dea

U, S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTLE TO

STUDY

GOVERNMENTAL, OPITATIONS KITH

RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (SSC)

RE: DEPOSITION OF ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

W. REYNOND WANNALL

On October 3, 1975, in response to a request of

Mr. John T. Ellift, Staff Meuber of the SSC, Migrud raymond

Wannall, Assistant Directos, Intelligence Diviaion, roderal

Bureau of Investigation (VI), was deposod in 100m/457.08

the Kussell Sonate Office Bullding by Lesargo Janes Dick,

Johu T. Ellift, and Exip Richard, Staff Senbers O1 tho

captioned Conmittoe. To deposition conceruel matters

relatlag to the so-called watch List ratatained by the

National Security Agency (NSA) to tucord the list of nance

of individuais and unpatizations, turnished to that Agency

by the

to NSA's atteation dwing the course of its resulas activities

no 0l don son during

fil for the purpose of receivius information cosing

relating to COMUnICatiOns natters:

Tho Staff Members began taking the deposition at

approximatoly 3:15 p.r. and it ras coupleted at 5910 p.m.

The questions and answers were recorded by urs. Susan Hamback.

Five minutes bexore the beriantin of che denosition

Senator RichredS. Schwetker ot Pennsylvania appeurod

and placod Ar. Vannall under oatho lo then, densetodo,

Mr wannall was advised of his sighted le was told that

since & senator would not be present he could dociíno to

answer questions and be could request a discontinuance at

any time.

ile was further advised that, the sosults would

be recorded and he would be given an opportunity, to rever

the transcription and siga it at a later tiue.

Mr. Nannall, just pelor to leaving his office

to appear for the deposition, was furnisnod the attached

letter dated cctolier so

1975, signed by lud David Do Lowsan,

Special Assistant to the Director for Constoasional Revleus,

NSA,

; and approred by Lieutenant Goucral Lew Allen, Jro,

Director o1 jisk.

Bosars. Wick, 5111110 and Richard vare

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(Personnel File Assistant Director. W. Raymond Wannall)

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SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (SSC)

RL: DEPOSITION OF ASSISTANT DIRECTOR W. RAYMOND WANNALL

In response to questioning, Mr. Wannall stated

that he could

not recall any instances wherein names

regarding the Cuban Watch List were submitted orally to

NSA, but it was possible that this may have been done in

some cases.

He

was not able to comment on the volume of

material received from NSA in connection with the Cuban

Watch List since the product went directly to the desks

of the supervisors handling Cuban matters within his

Section. He did recall that the quality of information

was in some instances very good since it related to

known or suspected Cuban Intelligence Agents operating

in thè United States and Puerto Rico.)(T3)

The memorandum of May 18, 1962, referred to

the fact that it would be helpful to the FBI to receive

a periodic listing of firms in the U.S, which were doing

business with individuals in Cuba and with the Cuban

Government.

In explaining

this comment, it was pointed

out that the U.S. Government had established a list of

restricted items

which could not be sent to Cuba without

an export license and material of this nature would have

been of value to the FBI to establish identities of firms

which might be contravening the provisions of regulations

so adopted and administered by the Department of Commerce.

It was pointed out that to Mr. Wannall's knowledge no

such U.S. firms were subsequently included on the Watch

List.

The memorandum of January 16, 1963, referred

to the possibility of furnishing to NSA a listing of

approximately 1,100 Cuban invasion prisoners and 900

relatives of these prisoners who had recently been

admitted to the U.S.

It was explained that this referred

to the prisoners

taken by the Cubans during the Bay of

Pigs invasion in April, 1961, who, to the best of Mr. Wannall's

recollection, had been

released by the Cuban Government and

had returned

to the United States around Christmastime of

1962.

It was pointed out that to the best of Mr. Wannall's

recollection, representatives of NSA conducted a general

briefing of certain personnel of the Domestic Intelligence

Division sometime around the Fall of 1969 in order that the

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