AGENCY CONTACT WITH THE INS ON BEHALF OF JOHNNY ROSELLI.
Originator: CIA
From: ENSE, STANTON, DD/OS/PS&I
To: MEMO FOR THE RECORD
Document date: 1974-03-25 00:00:00
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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FROM

ENSE, STANTON, DD/OS/PS&I

TO

MEMO

FOR THE

RECORD

TITLE

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AGENCY CONTACT WITH THE INS ON BEHALF OF JOHNNY

ROSELLI.

DATE

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03/25/1974

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SUBJECTS

: INS CONTACTED

ROSELLI, JOHNNY

MAHEU,

ROBERT

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MEMORANDUM FOR TIIE RECORD

SUBJECT: Agency Contact with the Immigration and

Naturalization Service on Behalf of Mr.

Johnny Roselli

1.

Reference is made to

a request forwarded to the

Office of Security on 19 March 1974, by Mr. John C.

Richards, Office of the Inspector General. The Subject

of inquiry is based

on a request for infornation, made on

13 March 1974, by Mx. Terry Lenzner, Assistant Majoxity

Chief Counsel

Senate Select Committee on Presidential

Campaign Activities, to Mr. Lyle 1. Miller, Deputy Legis-

lative Counsel.

Mr. Lenzner cited

a 14 May 1962, Agency

memorandum which refers to contact between Mr. Lawrence

Houston, then General Counsel,

and the then Attorney

General, Mr. Robert Kennedy,

with the intention of "quashing

of a Grand Jury organized

indictment against Sam

Gianconni (sic) (Salvatore Giancana)." Mi. Lenzner is under-

stood to believe this reported contact and the circumstances

surrounding

the intended Agency utilization of Mr. Giancana

during President John F. Kennedy's Administration were being

surfaced in 1971 as part of

an

effort to obtain blackmail-

type information on certain principals in the Denocratic

Party. Mr. Lenzner specifically requested information on

Agency contacts

with the Administration during 1971

relating

to this matter.

2. The files and records of all individuals identified

with the planned utilization of Mi. Giancana were searched.

These individuals included Mr. Robert A. Maheu, who arranged

contact with Mr. Giancana through Mr. Johnny Roselli; Mr.

lichard Cain, recently deceased, wo was identified in the

press

as knowledgeable of Agency association with Ni. Giancana;

and Me. Willian King Harvey,

retired Staff employee, who

acted as principal contact with it. Roselii during inc

late 1900's and up until Mr. Rosolli's incarceration.

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Additionally, the files of other individuals associated vith

Mr. Robert A. Mahcu were also searched.

These included, Mr.

Peter R. Maheu, Mr. John Meier, and Mr. Michael Merhige, II,

currently an Agency contract employee, who was utilized

during 1968 and 1969 in Ecuador under

a commercial cover

arrangement provided by the Maheu organization.

Memoranda were located in the file of Mr. Johnny

Roselli which summarize contact on 26

Initiated by this Agency with the Commissioner, Inmigration

and Naturalization Service,

Department of Justice, Mr. Raynond

Farrell

The purpose of this effort was to intercede with

the Immigration and Naturalization Service on behalt of it.

Roselli in

the action being initiated for deportation.

was determined that this Agency would be kept informed of the

progress oi the action against Mr. Roselli in an effort to

forestall public disclosure of his association with the United

States Government.

The Attorney General

at the time of these

contacts with

the Immigration and Naturalization Service was

Mr. John N. Mitchell.

4. On 21 March 1974, this matter was discussed with Mi.

John C. Richards, Office of the Inspector General; Mr. Lyle l.

Miller, Deputy Legislative Counsel;

and Stanton F. Ense,

Deputy Director for Personnel Security and Investigations,

Office of Security.

The Office of Security file on ir. Johnny

Roselli was made available to Messrs. Richards and Miller,

including the memoranda cited in paragraphs 1 and 3 above.

Mr.

Miller indicated that he planned

to avait a follow-up call

from Mr. Lenzner on this Subject.

/ Stanion F. Ense

Deputy Director of Security

Personnel Security and Investigations

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