</s>204-10215-10004 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25 June 1963 XCORDAMIDN FOR: Central Cover Staff XCORANDIN FOR: ATTENTION Charlie Danikin ATTENTION 1. Ross CROZLER SUBJECT REFERENCE SAS Memorandum dated 14 May 1963 1. Referenced memorandum requested the Subject be provided with military cover while assigned in the Headquarters area for operational and credit. This cover was assigned in his duties as a cutie with SAS. It is understood that your office was reluctant to his duties with SAS. Its is and credit, and that your officer was physically located in a DOD office which which was because he was physically located in a DOG 2. As indicated verbally on 26 June 1963, SAS will move the Subject out of the DORS on June 26, 1963, SAS will have no more mit- able out of this DORS as a SAS, June 5, 1965. He requested mit- which the Subject will perform through the Office of logistics from acquire, the subject will perform his duties from his home. Company is acquired, and the Subject will perform this duties from home. Comfy. the Subject will also perform his attention attention to be given to providing the Subject with the necessary military attention to be provided to O. A. LADNER, Jr ., SAS/Security, ext. 5009. Demand FitGoredal Chief, SAS Distribution Distributioni Orig 1 - 1 - Addresse 1 - 1 SAS/Security SAS/Security/Aladernirftk - 25 June 1963 JECRET 301-16881

Summary:  
The documents detail administrative and personnel-related records concerning Ross L. Crozier's assignment and security clearances within U.S. government agencies during 1963. A memorandum dated 25 June 1963 references Crozier’s request for military cover while assigned to Headquarters areas under SAS (Special Activities Division) due to operational and credit requirements. It notes his relocation from DOD offices to DDS Area locations. Another memo from 19 June 1963 requests domestic cover for Crozier, citing security restrictions preventing him from being stationed in the Headquarters Building. A form dated 14 May 1963 references his inclusion on a Domestic Cover List and details his prior commercial cover at JAWAVE before January 1963. Additional records include a personal data sheet listing Crozier’s birthdate (29 June 1972), U.S. citizenship, military service in the Army and Air Force, and CIA assignments in Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Suba between 1951–1954. A travel order designates his official station and authorizes travel to MC for three days. Separate records mention the reassignment of Career Agent Harold A. Novaya from SHAVE to Rehabilitation Area on 21 January 1963.  

Key People:  
- Ross L. Crozier (SAS/Security, assigned to Headquarters areas; requested military cover and domestic clearance)  
- Harold A. Novaya (Career Agent reassigned from SHAVE to Rehabilitation Area)  
- Desmond Fitzgerald (Chief, Special Affairs Staff)  
- John H. Martin (C/CPD, involved in personnel reassignment)  

Key Locations:  
- Headquarters Building (security restrictions for Crozier)  
- DDS Area (Crozier’s assigned location)  
- JAWAVE (prior commercial cover location for Crozier)  
- SHAVE (origin of Harold A. Novaya’s reassignment)  
- Rehabilitation Area (destination for Harold A. Novaya)  

Key Events:  
- Request for military cover and domestic clearance for Ross L. Crozier (14 May–25 June 1963)  
- Reassignment of Career Agent Harold A. Novaya from SHAVE to Rehabilitation Area (21 January 1963)  
- Documentation of Crozier’s CIA assignments in Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Suba (1951–1954)  

Key Organizations:  
- SAS/Security (Special Activities Division)  
- Central Cover Staff  
- Contract Personnel Division (C/CPD)  
- CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)  
- DOD (Department of Defense)  
- DDS Area (likely a Department of Defense location)

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104-10215-10004.pdf

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