MEMO ON SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE REQUEST.
Originator: CIA
From: GAMBINO, R.W.
To: REVIEW STAFF
Document date: 10/23/1975
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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FROM

: GAMBINO, R.W.

TO : REVIEW STAFF

TITLE : MEMO ON SENATE

SELECT COMMITTEE REQUEST.

DATE

: 10/23/1975

PAGES

: 4

SUBJECTS : FBI

SSCI

OSWALD, L H

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2 3 OCT 1975

ME JORANUCK FOR: Tus Revica Staff

Benuty Director for Acministration

SUBJECT

Senaso Select Contittee Request

(Charlos W. Piley)

Reference is nade to a peroranauz,

captioned es above,

dated :

3 Sageaber 1975 formariins copies of certain docusents

fron the Office of Security files

concerning Charles i. siley.

Theso docuaents wore requested by Mir. Jeffrey isycon, Senate

feleci Loanittea Staff, who comencod s review of the #iley

21125

on 29 Septerber 1975.

2.

The

Offico of Security has concluded a separate revier

ot ths

Tiley

files and has highlighted certain contents thereos

zo the UCi.

The Dil has requested that naterials concernia?

the following

Itons be provided to the Sonato

Solect Connitice

indepenient of suy Senate Solect Connities Staff requests, to

wit:

Lee larvor Uswald

filos contain

rar, unovaluated report

fros Viley containing bis reporting of an aila-

Cation Chat Lua Harvey Osueld was in der Yerl:

City in the Minter of 1902, baving contact vitk

i Cuban.

(Astached to instant zenoraadua, Fan A, is

= copy of Miluy's aririnal roport,

and attendant

connenis, surresting recoint of the roport circa

20 Decembor 1983.)

readily orailable public and Office od

Sacurity inforsation concerine 90:214

2x:85

no rodsroade so die possibility of his

12 tor York City in tic

Hauter de 1942.

Tie

Cornission did net pursue

such a line

of inquiry.

Document Number.

1352-1060

for FOlA Review on

MAR 1977

52

Tittie

C1 26 023349

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Thera is no evidence in tha

"lley files or

the file of tho sourco, Enriquo tagonio Abascal

(y Boronguer), $730043, that this inforaation

say processed

out of the office of Securisyl

Security Research Staff, to which Miley raporead

the inforsation.

Hoverer,. as filey states

the report:

"I urged Abascal to go to the FI

with

the intoraation, and offores to arrange =

neeting.

Ho pronised to tell then the story:

and made contace through an ageat (0'Erien)

when he knew bocause of past activizies."

Regardia, Abascal, his Office of Securisy

file costains the folloving concoming his

veracity:

Oftico of Security/Security Research

Staff senorandus dated 15 August 1956:

Alascal has for several years furnished

inforation to SiS source which has been

proven to Do azterly worthless and

usually fictitious.

office of Security/Security Research

Staff Begorandun dates 19 isy 1905:

"(Abascal) has furaished source wits

incelligence information which appears

to le cosplate fabricazion."

Fil letterhead senorandus dated

30 Soptesber 1253 coptioned "Hovinionto

Icrocrata Cristiano (HiG) Contsias-the

followia, statesents abous Abagcai by

F31 SourCeS:

"One would only have to

know Enrique Abascal to know that this.

(a Life cagazino article) vas nothing

publicity sount on his part and

that se

has no inportance whatsoever ia

sti-castro Movsaent."

"Senetiaes

in doaling vich

Abascal, one does

sam micther or

not he should tity ni

3o irrord dia gone bind of notical

15g1s:an62.

Mascul is cerely # pus-

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It is appareat the Difice of Socurityl

Socurity Research Staff had reason to

question the veracity of Abuseal precludiea

further dissesination of the inforaazion;

and that there was a reason to believe

inet Abascal would report the infomarion

to the FAl for their action.

Arlinaton louso,: Publishers

The files contain & raw,

unevaluated

ropert fros Wiley containing his reporting

of an allogation that CIA had partial

cosirol of, zad ouce attempted full control

of, Arlington House, Publishers.

Attached to insiant zerorandan, Tao 8,

a copy of Wiley's original report as well

as coples of attendant decuaents.. The files

cortain no further clarification of the

infornation.)

There is no Office of Security sabject

File in tho

nane of Arlington House or

Arlington House, Publishers.

Froz other

sources, it would appear

that Arlington House,

Publishers is con-

nected visa

the conservaziv causes 58

Millian

F. Duckley and the sational leview.

Lachloy is a forear Agozcy exployee en

his close

connections with forner Agoney

esployes I. Movard bunt save recently

received exconsive publicity. Iº-15

believed that nunerous

forner Agency

employees ars linied with Buckley's causes,

and this could be the

Soundation

for the

ruinTo: Agcacy involvenest in Arlingtou

1ouse.

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tour attention is again directod to tho coaceras of

Office of socurity, as expressed in the referenced aeso-

Ia7da,

that the diley file docuserts

and 311

Stataaents

contrined thercin,

even though not classified as such, a

carerully and prudently handled to provoct the individuals

identified thereia.

estate Familie

Robert

Gassino

Director of jecurity

Atts

Distribution:

Oriz

3 - Adirossee w/atts

1 - DDA 3/0 atts

1 - D/Security w/o atts

- OS Registry w/o atts

1

- DD/PSI w/atts

1-

SAG w/atts

1 - Wiley File w/atts

OS/PSI/SAG/JGBrown: jan (210CT75)

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