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14-Q0000 104-10130-10472) 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F_ KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
NCLASSIFIEd "TERKAH CONF 'FNTIAL SECRET
ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET
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FROM: Stall EXTENSION No_ Chief , Certrel CAer_
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DATE 1-A-20 26 MR {363
TO:; (Officer dosignation, Toom number , ord DATE
building) OFFICER'S COMMENTS (Number ech_cmmont to show from whom
INITIALS; b whom: Draw 0, Iine' acon. column: after each commzni_ RECEIVED FORWARDED
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SURJECI: The Wackenhut Corporetton
3280 Ponce de Leon Boulevera
Corel Gebles, Floride
1, Er _ Bannernan, BecurIty OffIce, erranged through Chlef ,
CCS for the wrIter to meet Mr . Hackenhut , Pregident Of
Bubject, to explore 1t8 potentlal Eor cover support = At 10:30
e.M' , On 14 Merch 1953, Hr _ Heckenhut _ Etr = Wes Reypolab_ and I
met et M Reynold' 8 home , 3809 37th Street , Morth, ArLington.
Br = Reyolds epperently repreeentg 'Weckenhut In tbe Weahtngton
eree, although I d1a not gather thet the frm Le. ectually
operating here et prebent _ Xr = Heckenhut ena %r _ Reypolds, botb,
ere ex-FBI egents.
2 Weckenhut sterted hle ftrm Ln 1954 - In 2961 It Ves
reported to heve LlOO employeeb ana entleipated 1961 eelee In
excebb Qf #5 mllton. At prebent It bee @ffices In Mtent,
Corel Gablee, Tempe , JeckeonvLLle
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Neu York
Bobton, Bffelo, Denver
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Is Angele8, Sen Joge Bonolulu,
Ben Juan and Ponce, Fuerto Rico. Weckenhut freely etates that
be tredee On the reputatlon Of the FBT by publleLelng uIdely the
21 ex-FH egent8, Lncluding tvo former AsgLetant Drectorb O1 the
In his manegenent _
3. The OperatLng DivisLons 0 the company end their servLces
are desertbed In e Wackenhut brochure e8 follov8 :
ImeetLeatzve_DLvzeton
Perforns @ll typee of: LuveetLeettons for attorneye} Ingurence
corpenLee, benka end other buBILneseee; Bets Wp Internal eudIt
systems to prevent embezzlement8, and InvestLgates persongl back-
grounds Of prospectve executIvee, bueInese pertners end eaBOcLeteb.
EokentLfLc gerv cee_Dvdeton
Conaucte pre end poet-emloynent, pre-promtlonal and Specl-
flc Le detector exanination8 for businees @nd Industry; speclel-
Lze0 In technLcel securfty end Lnvestigetive techniques, scientIfic
detectzon devIceb, end electrontc end nechenLcel BecurIty methode
endequlpment , end performs electronlc Bveepb to counter buglnebb
eepLonege through the detectton of electronic Intrusion ettempts.
George_
City, #hledelphde (calie.h
FBI ,
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Interel Intel)Lgence_DLvzgkon
Speclallzes Ln exposing end controlllng ineide tbefte that may
range fram eroloyee pLlferage, through erbezzlement Of thousande Of
doLlars, to blghly veluable Lndustriel gecrete.
Centrel_CLeertng Mtv eton
AgBlBte personnel end Becurity dLrector8 to ecreen quckly
the backgrounds of present ena employeee through the
messIve f#leb of Tne Hackenhut
Boteotaelos:
Retell Pmtectton DLveston
Increase8 net ProfitB by reducing Inventory borteges through
the control of internel end erternal lobges wIth BecurIty programa
designed t0 meet the cllent" 9 specfic neede _
Bretning_Berv eeg_Divigiog
Frovidee SpecTellzed treLning progrena for Becurity, ftre
flghtlng, InvestLgetlve end other personnel Of bustnebs orgenLee-
tlon8 and profeeetonel grotps .
Industrtel_BecurLty_MivLeton
ProvIdes the ebsentlel secur-ty' Bervicee tbet are requlred by
all compente: seekdng Or bandllng goverument clegsLfied contrect8;
asetet8 manegement In dleaster ena emergency planlng .
Ere_endBefetx DLvseion
Bupple8 anbulence 8ervices, frst eld creve, Weckenhut fire-
pen tretned in the techntcal fIeld Of inaustriel and mnl-
cipal fire flehtIng 'end eguLpnent , end Bafety surveye, 6yetems ,
ana educetional programs
Querd [orces_DivLsjon
Selects, Zuvebtzgates, trainb end supervIses tbe untforned
end plaLn-clothee Guards wbo protect >our operatLons; aleo provIdeb
untforned receptlonlets and guardetteb; make8 phyeLcal property
burveys to deteralne BecurIty requtrenente end ebtebllahee Becurlty
systens and controle.
4 Hs _ Weckenbut wents to expand abroed, In vtev Of hle
succebeful venture Into Puerto Rlco _ Bovever , be has no defIntte
plens 08 Of the prebent end Beemed to be eeeking EFon CTA covert
sponsorshif? for entry Into areas Of intereet to 0 , He 10 pres
pared to furnteh perbonnel btnself [r to perult Integretion of 34
Agency nomnLnee8_
5. It 18 mt epperent to me tbat tbere 10 eny Bignlficent
market for Heckenhut 6 bervices In forelgn countrle8, except
ROBSLbly among nerIcan busInebeeb VIth phyeLcel plante overeeas .
Te neture Of thebe Bervices, I vould preeue, would mke rether
aifflcult acquLeItlon Of the necessery Occupetional peruite Jn
many countrieb . Te ptenttal for clendesttne Intelllgence actt;
Vtles vould be too abvioue
to bogt governmente, end the emphasee
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on forter FBI pereonnel probably vould enhence Buch suspLclons_
partlculerly Ln Letin Anerice vbere FBT neana 'Intelllgence"
BLnce tt8 W II ectvItfes there.
6. ccB/ On Occebion receIves request: for edvlee to buef-
De88 oreenlzations ea to setting Up security systen8 et overbebs
Installetions_ We recently referrea 8 request of thle type,
Involving 8E mgjor 0il compeny , to the Phyelcel SecurIty element 0f
the SecurIty Office- Conceivably, the Agency mlght nake Bome
errengement to edvise weckenhut of Buch request6, providlng %ur Own
Becurity Office 16 eatisfied 28 to Heckenhut 6 competence We 24
could then place en Agency representattve 1f debtred, [n the teen?Y
aiepatched oversees by Wackentuq eboula hLs comery buccessfully
becure tbe contract _
7 Wackenhut Beid he wuld be wtlllng to depeteb teams to
bet up pereonal security systems for forelgn chtefe of stete
vbom the Agency Vents protected. Be Le emenable, In fect, to eny
reesonable epplicetlon oP hls capabLlltfes to Agency problems _
He woula be willlnz to negotiete flnancing in equlteble propor-
tlons In the event an overt operetion, bet W et Agency bebest _
vere not flnanctally self-sueteining.
8. Hackenhut imprebbed de 28 8 cleen-cut , energetlc, amblt_ous
YOung busLness man wbo 1s obvtouely prpud of wat eppears to be
8 superior organLzatlon Of Itb type_ Be 1B interes-Tin profits,
but It 16 my Impresbion be L8 sincerely egger to @ vhat be cen to
eselLst the government and feels thet CIA offers one possble Oppor-
tuntty. Inctdentally, be eppears bOmetnat ypunger in. pereon tben
In the plctures eppeering In the pronotional matertel given the
writer.
9. Copie8 Of thLs nerorand ere beLng furnLshed those Agency
components wlch mLght have en Intereat In utillzlng subject Com
peny . Inqiries may be directed to the wr-ter.
FRED B XOUNGGBIOOD
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