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14-Q0000 104-10107 -10137 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F_ KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
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31 January 1969
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
reTurNTO CIA
SUBJECT: Herbert Itbn
Background Use
Do Not Reproduce
1, A meeting
wa @ held on 27 January 1969 with Mee8F8 0
Rocca , Houeton, Warner and mysekf to dibcue 6 the ramifications
of the confrontation with the New York FBI office on 17 JanuarY.
It wa8 concluded that additiona} information
wa & required On
03(Thomas L, Roberte) and(Robeft Deleon)jv [ contacted the Director
of Security and requeated the eecurity filee On theae two individuale
and wa 8 advieed tbat we could not; have the security filee but that
Mr, Ward Greene would the filee to the office and diacue 8
their contente openly.
03 2_ On 29 Janya rY , Mr, Greene brought the 6ecurity file6 on(Bobertoand (Del333)and
wa8 moet cooperative in explaining
their contente . Attached: io a chronological rundow' on the
pertinent information On Thoma8 Lo Roberte) affliation with
the FBI, CIA and Itkin, 05
3. On 30 Janua Fz 2 meeting
wa8 beldzwith Meg8 r8 0 Houston,
Warner , Rocce , and (Euzene Milligad cCs (PLOBE, to discus0
the operational u0 e of Mr. (QRobertao5 Mr OeMR obert) ha8 been a
Staff Agent of CIA bince 28 Auguat 1961.10 From March 1964 to
he spent tme in(West Africa) writing
a monograph
on WWegt African legal)problem8. It ehould be noted that thi8
taek wae performed under a grant {rom 2 foundation which Wab
blown in the MHDOWEL expoburee. I November 1964 (R
wa 0 a88igped for Cover Co the QRadio Corporetion of Amerlca & 4
legal)etaft wbere he remained uotil March 1965 @nd then went
to @akar)
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4o The facts 10 the attached ar@ bubject to
question bince are the rebult of
GoB8lo3
(R Ow explanation of
his affiliation with Itkin rather than having been determined {rom
independent Gourcee, The moot criticel aepect woula aPpear to
be the knowledge
or buepicton that Itkin may have kown Of
03 (oberte) affilietion with CIA: Thie knowledge_ i0 borne out by
the strange way in which Ikin repeatedly bringa (Roberts)
name
into the btory wbich Itkin develops abgut hie CIA affiliatons .
One Of the to be anewered by(LHGLOBE personnel i8
whether or not(Roberty reported hi0 actvitieg with Iekin in Geneva ,
Switzerland, in March 1966. There appears to be no record Of
03(Roberte_ having explained he never pureued the Itkin debt or
what hie financial contribution Wa @ Co the @aw fir of Itkir Roberte
and Greenbaum.)
5. Mr, Rocca wa8 advieed 'by Mra Sam Pepich of the FBI
that the New York Dietrict Attorney may be conaldering probecutlon
again8 GRoberts)for
having abeconded with funda received from
negligence cabe8. W e do. not ha ve eufficient information to evaluate
the likelihood Of criminal probecucion. [t may be nece0ba ry to
diecue 8 thie problem wieh repregeneative8 of Mra Hogan 'e office.
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6. With regara to (obert Delson) tere appear to have beeo
two operational conbideratone , one baving been
a requeet to u8e
bim with Project DTPILLAR from November 1953 to February
1955, and then a requeet in 1963 by the Domeetc Operatione
Divieion for hie u8e oOn Projecto6W UBRINY In Merch 1964 D
Diveion advised Security that Deleon) wa0 not going to be used
on WUBRINY _ Mr. Rocce commented that there are 8ome rather
ominoug allegatione againet membera of the firm 0f @elson,
Levin 0
and Cordon) indiceting that one membar of the frm wa 8 a card-
carrying member 0K the Communlet Partya At the Prebent tme
Mr, Rocce ie tovestigating the DTPILLAR u0 e of Mr & (Delaon)
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JOH K GREANEY
{' Aeeteent General Coungel
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