</s>104-103-10-10104 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 SECRET (22) 21 May 1976 21 May 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. John Walker A/S/A/DO FROM: Arthur C. Close Deputy Chief, Cover & Commercial Staff 29 SUBJECT: CIA Relations with Lyles Steemanship Company SUBJECTS: Review Staff Memorandum (RS-76-04/21/A), dated 19 May 1976 1. Cover and Commercial Staff (CCS) files reveal that three CIA employees served under cover of (Lyles Steemship/Company during all or part of the period 1962 through 1964. One Agency officer was placed abroad under (Lykes/Cover cover from 1961 to 1961. One. A Second served under the broad under Lykes/cover cover from 1962. One agency officer was taken to take a bon file from 1953 to July 1962 before leaving the Agency to take the Agency as an Intensive Source in Europe from 1964 to early 1967. A third officer was placed with (Lives) in this country in 1961 and under- went training in anticipation of an overseas assignment; he was with- dram the following year when the assignment was crossed was canceled. 2. There is no reference to: (Queen Barnall/in CBS files. Arthur C, Close. Arthur C ., Close SECRET. K2 IMPEDET CL. BY 061068 STAC

Summary: This memorandum details CIA personnel activities under cover of the Lyles Steemanship Company (likely Lykes/cover) between 1961 and 1964. Three CIA employees operated under this cover during portions of that period. One officer was stationed abroad under Lykes/cover from 1961 to 1961, another served under the same cover from 1962, and a third was trained in the U.S. in 1961 for an overseas assignment that was canceled the following year. A fourth officer left the CIA in 1962 to work as an intensive source in Europe until early 1967. The document notes no references to Queen Barnall/CBS files.  

Key People: CIA officers (names redacted), Arthur C. Close (author), John Walker (recipient).  
Key Locations: United States, unspecified overseas locations.  
Key Events: CIA personnel assignments under Lykes/cover, cancellation of an overseas assignment in 1962, transition to intensive source work in Europe.  
Key Organizations: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Lyles Steemanship Company (likely Lykes/cover).

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