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================================================== Page 1 ================================================== a0 T @0410330 10083] 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F_ KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 APR 15 '97 04:SSPM USGOVERNMENT P.2/14 SECRET Ccnbal Intelllgetkar Agigy WahteMO C ZOsOS 15 April 1997 MEMORANDUM FOR: Davia G_ Marwell Bxecutive Director Ageagglnatlon Recorde Revlew Boara SUBJECT : CIA Employee8 (We requebt chat thia memorandum be returned to CIA once the Review Board hag completed ite dellberatione on the Jabue8 diacusged below ) 1 (U) Ieeue. The purpobe of thla memo 1s to relate CIA 0 concerng to the Revlew Board regarding tne release oE the true namea Of CIA employees that appear in the JFK Collection and to present a propogal on how thia problem might be addregged . I,Zactuel Rackaround 2 (U) To date approximately 600 true names Of CIA employeee have been Ldentifled in the JFR Collection_ gome of thege employees are important to the JFK @tory and CIA will contInue to work wlth the Revlew Boaxd to reiease a8 many Of thege nameg a8 poebible_ nanes however_ appear only a few timeg Jn the entire JFK Coilection and appear to add nothing to the hlatorical recora_ 3 (U) Under guidelineg adopted by the Revlew Board on or about 20 March 1996 any nameg Of CIA employeee are pregumptively releaged uniese CIA provldea gpeclfic evldence to the Review Boara that harm co the national gecurity or to the employee would 1ikely result from guch release _ gince cheee guidelines were adopted , It hab become increagingly clear that the number of namea at iague_ and , In mogt cage8 , their tenuoug connection to the JFK story, make thie approach unworkable with regard co both CIA 8 OblLgation to CL BY : 2224130 CL REASON : I.s() DECL ON ; X1 DRV FROM: HUM 4 - 82 SECRET Many ================================================== Page 2 ================================================== 13- ApR 15 '97 04:S5PM USGOMVERMMENT P.3/14 SECRET Subject : CIA Employeee protect natlonal security informatlon and the Revlew Board' s $ auty to Inform the public about the JFR aaga8gntlon In a tImely and accurate faghlon_ The cagk Of locating and Informlng hundreds Of former employeee scattered all over the country and the world hab been a formldable One Some have contacted ue to repart their concernb about a eauzoyeeous " 0 letter purportIng co be from CIA which they had recelved. It would not be burpriging, therefore , if many former employeee Ignored the letter Eor GimLlar reabong even though they might have legitImate neede to procect thelr identieiee 4 (U) Contacting every named employee and collecting information On each of them to pregent to the Review Board will clearly take more eime and effort than Of ub had anticipatea. This 'will have obvloug tanhzicatYoo: for how and when: che Revlew Board releabeb Information to the public. More importantly, the decialon to publicly acknowiedge employees who may have been lLving for over 30 yeare under cover 18 a critical one that Bhould be made not by default but rather by careful planning and Consideration_ 5 _ (U) Relevant to thig dlecubalon 18 the fact that the Revlew Boara and CIA have recently agreed upon a policy for releaging true namea Of sourcee Of Intelligence informatlon- It wae agreed at that time that there would be a pregumptIon Of protecting Bource name8 ; but In cabe8 where a 8ouxce wag particularly Important to the JEK gtory and there was no overriding natlonal gecurity Interest_ 1 the name woula be released: Although the CIA recognIzee that there are BOme bengltlvltles Lnvolved wlth 8ourceg that do not apply to covert there are albo many legal and operatlonal ezuezployees, whlch are degcrlbed heretn, that justify gimilar treatment by the Revlew Board. Ae 10 further detallea in gection IV _ CIA, therefore_ proposee that the Revlew Board adopt a general policy of protecting employee names that In_the, Collection, wlth exceptlona for those appdividuala whom the Board belleve8 are Important to the JFK atory_ II Legal ConglderatLona 6 (U) As both covert CIA employeee and clandestine reporcing asbeta are cypeg Of m human bourcee" of intelligence , many Of the 8ame lawg apply_ Although Sectlon 11(a) of the JFK Act providee that when the Act reguires release of informatlon It takeg precedence over all other lawe that would otherwiee prohibit releage_ there are strong governmental natlonal gecurity interebtb: in protecting the true named of CIA employees _ CIA bellevee that it 18 2 SECRET ================================================== Page 3 ================================================== 13-O0000 'AFr 15 '97 04:S6PM USGOVERNMENT P.4/14 gECRET 8ubject : CIA Employeeg important for the Revlew Boara to reconaider the lawg whlch protect clasgified Inforatlon , becaube they clearly reflect a larger US Government policy to protect covert CIA employees Erom dlaclosure _ 7 _ (U) By Executlve order and statute, the Pregldent and Congreas have made the Director Of Central Intelligence reeponeible for proteccing Bourcee OE intelligence In hie Directlve Of 22 January 1946 that eatablighed the Central feteoudfencefOropro Preeldent Truman made the DCI rebpons_ for protecting bourceb WIth the ebtabllehment Of CIA, Congreee algo gave the DCT thig regponeIbility: Tne National Security Act Of 1947 _ Section 103 (a) (3) Codified at 50: USC 5403 (3) (C) (5) requires the DCI to protact Intelligence aourcea from unauthorlzed dLeclobure. In addition, S403 (3) (a) (2) regulres the DCI co eneure that risks to the Unltea gtates and thoge involved in the collection Of Intelligence through human bources are minimlzed _ 8 _ (U) Protecting the identity OE individuals worklng for CIA, not only covertly but overtiy a8 well_ hae been Of partlcular concern to US lawakere 0Ince the eatablighment Of the' Agency_ For example_ with gectlon 6 Of the Central Intelllgence Agency Act Of i949, 50 USC S403g, Congreae epeclfically exempted the CIA Erom the provlelong of any law requiring the publication or alacloaure Of the organizatlon, functione _ namee titlee , galarle8 _ 1 or numbera of perbonnel employed by the Agency . 9 (U) In 1980 , Congreae pagged the Clasgifled Information Procedures Act (CIPA) which 8ete out pretrlal trial and appellate procedures for crimlnal cabe8 involving or pocentlally Involving clabelfled Information _ working with the Department Of Juatlce and the cource, CIA hag buccegefully protected the names Of CIA employeeb from public releabe even In criminal trlale where there are helghtened (i.e_ congtitutional) conslderatlong favoring digclogure Eo the defendant Of all government Information relevant to the defenge_ CIPA allowg for 1n camera ex parte hearingg Jn which the judge can rule On queatlons Of admlagibillty and relevancy Of clagsified Information, Including the Identity Of CIA employeee who have Informatlon pertalning to the defenae_ before ealt 18 introduced either to Ehe defendant_ defenge counbel _ or in open court In 80me cage8 Involving CIA, the Judge nae ordered that CIA inforation be turned over to the defenge but only In sgome unclagelfled form buch a0 Ln" a eummary- In other cabee Judgee have revlewed the claggi_ied Information and rulea that the harm to national securlty outwelghe the 3 SECRET ================================================== Page 4 ================================================== 13-O00O0 APR 15 '97 0A:S8PM1 USGOVERNIENT P.5/14 SECRET Subject: CIA Employeeg defendant 8 legal rlghte to che Information _ In 8t1ll other, cabee the defenae wae never notifled that CIA even had Intormatlon bearing On the cabe a8 the Judge ruled that the mere fact that CIA posaessed thig informatlon was claaslfied and outwelghed any righte the defendant had . Moreover_ under CIPA, the Attorney General hag the authority to drop a progecutlon In thobe Cabea where the risk to national Jecurity L0 too great . 10 _ (0) In 1982 Congreee agaln acted to protect CIA employeeg by pa8Bing the Intelligence Identities Protection Act O2 1982 , 50 USC" 5421 that Criminalizeg the revelation Of a covert employee or the identity of a aource_ This act aubjecte anyone who reveals Information that Identlfles a "covert agent 4 to progecution and provldes up_ to 10 yearg in prleon and $50, 000 In fineb: a8 punlghment_ Thla act epecifically defineb a "covert agent" a8 including "an OEflcer or employee Of an intelligence agency A 11_ (U) Most recently , Prealdent ClInton 8igned Executive.Order 12958 On- claselfied national gecurity Information that became effective in October 1995 _ Although It requiree generally that agenclea make greater declasslflcation effortb than under the prlor executive oxder_ Executive Order 12958 afforde human Bourceb Of inteliigeece ineoiraeioz; which would Include employeee , extra protection from the declabelflcation provibione Under B.0_ 12958_ Information that i8 over 25 yeare old and baving hiatoricai value muat be declaggified wlthin Elve yeare_ However_ information revealing the Identity of a human source may contInue to be protectea. 12 (O) The above federal laws ghow a long-gtanding practice the US Government to protect CIA employees Erom alaclosure to the public_ In carrying out Itb Btatutory Obligations the Revlew Board Bhould gIve gerloug weighe to thla polIcy and afford the protection of CIA employeea a nigh' priority. III,Qperatdonal Congfderatlone 13 (O) For current CIA employeeb whose names may appear In the JFK Collectlon, the operatlonal conalderatlons for protectIng thelr Identity are gimilar to thoae for aources _ Many of thege 'employeea have worked #under coveri for CIA Cover 18 uged to dleaggoclate entire installationg and office8 from open IInkage to intelligence actIvitles _ to enable Intelligence pereonnel to enter and work effectively in foreign countriee to shield Agency employeee and authorlged clandestine activleles Erom attention by hoatile elements and from media expogure, to facllltate acce8b to SECRET by ================================================== Page 5 ================================================== 13-00000 'APR 15 '97 04:S9PM USGOVERNMENT P.6/14 SECRET gubject : CIA Employeee certaln Indlvlduale OE Intelllgence intereet _ to prevent; embarragament to hoet_forelgn governmente and to permit plauelble denlal Of CIA' 8 preeence and activItlee in forelgn countrleb _ 14 - (0) The abflIty to maintaln one 0 cover 18 cruclal to gatherlng intelligence_ In elther a "hoatile" or "frlendly" country_ bhoula the local 8axvlce became aware Of who the CIA employeee are Jt woula Increage burvelllance and make untlateral operetions dlfficult Lf not impogalble _ In Bome countriee _ the local government tolerates the CIA pregence and agreee to work Wleh 48 28 long ab the local population Le not aware Of the circumstanceg Once It becomes know among the locale that certaln Ug Government officlale are actually CIA, pregeure may be on the government to those Amerlcans digrupting liaLeon and diplomatic t8lec2enstk88 More importantly, covert employeee and chelr famiiieg woula Eace Increaged riek to their pergonal Bafety. Even In M frlendly" countrles _ our employeee could face s0me peraonal riekb a0 well 88 rlekb to ongolng operatione Erom extremieta who may be llving among an ocherwlae benign local population_ In any of thebe cabeb_ ghould a covert employee 8 cover be publicly compromleed_ that employee may have to be recalled Exom the fleid; and It could be dlfficult to place him elaewhere in an operatLonally and phyeically aecure location Thue , maintalning cover 18 important to a case Officer' 8 effectiveneeg and to the continuation of a career wIth CIA_ 15 . (S) Maintaining the confldentlality Of cover i0 albo Important to cover provlder8 _ The Review Board w1ll recall from prior brlefings by the Agency that covert CIA employeee _ both Ln the Unlted statea and overbea8 can work under "officlal" Je-94 (Eate Department) cover or "non - offIclal" (0.g_ Crvace company cover Dlaclogure Of a covert employee Woula not ,only be Official acknowledgment Of the specific cover mechanigm employed by CIA but would albo negatlvely affect the governmental or businegg mlaalon' 0f the cover provider_ ebpeclally thoge who provlde non- officlel cover Acknowledgment of an employee who had been under non-OffIclal cover in a hogt country and poBB In other countries could have a negatlve impact On the provrder 8 puoineza Intereste and activitlea It would al8o cast Guaplcion on Ehat provIder 6 TegHEimatg employees and their familles_ Further , exposure Of cover providere could affect the recrultment and cooperation Of euch providers by the Agency ana Intelligence Community- 16_ (S) Although the majorlty Of nameb that appear Ln the Collection are retired CIA employeea_ the operational congideratlons In revealing their affillation wIth CIA are 5 SECRET placed 1bly ================================================== Page 6 ================================================== 13-00000 APR 15 '97 05:OQPM USGOVERNMENT P.7/14 SECRET Subject: CIA Employees not diminished _ Similar to bource8 many former employeee eclll do not want their pagt affiliatlon with CIA revealed. Perhape thelr current friendg . family, or employere are not aware of thie paet affillation; and revelatlon Of that fact could negatively affect peraonal and profesgional relationghipg Some former employees gtlll live overbeae where a revelation Of CIA affiiiatlon pogee rlake to their personal eafety_ Other former employeeg travel overaeas on buaine8g_ where a revelation of a pagt CIA affiliation can threaten thelr busine8g Interegte and pereonal gafety_ One example of an employee in thig category 1s Robert Eulton whoge name apparently appear8 only once in the Collection_ Fulton retired under CDepartment 8f State} cover; he currently hab a consultant bualnege and_ frequently travele to (China} Releaee of hie name would Jeopardize not hig bueine8& but perhape even hie bafety A_elmllar example 18 (Walter_McCabe who algo retired under state_ cover He l0 now working Jn Russia and several Eagty Eurepean countrieg for a prlvate EIrm_ He does not want hls name publ1bhed, becauge it coul be damagIng to hle current employer and hig professional etatus 17 _ (S) Even if a former employee agrees to the revelation of hls name in the JFK Collection, chle mght not be posgible for other reagone In 8ome cabes _ officially acknowledgLng a covert employee could threaten ongolng operations on whlch that employee worked _ Foreign natlonalg recrulted by the employee and Still providing Information to the US Government woula be at risk of exposure Publlc acknowledgment could reveal the location of CIA btationg where the employee worked throughout hs career Including 8ome not releaaed by the Revlew Boaxd _ Any individuale who had substantial contact with a former employee overbeab and may have belLeved they were legitlmately providing information to a US corporate reprebentatlve would be upset Lo learn they were, Ln fact, aiding the US Government 18 (U) Einally, the identlfication of case officers by thelr Own service would have a chilling effect on progpective aabets Progpectlve ag8ete would be unl ikely to enter Into a clandestine relationehip with Amerlcan intelligence 1f they believe that CIA doeb not protect even ita Own ataff employeee from public dleclosure IY Propogal 19 (U) In 1ight Of the foregolng , CIA belleves it 18 important to work toward a general policy Of protecting CIA employees identlfled in the JFK Collection, with exceptiong made for those individuala who are Lmportant to the story of the asgas8ination_ The Agency proposes that in mogt case8 a SECRET only ================================================== Page 7 ================================================== 13-O0000 "APR 15 '97 OS:O1PM USGOVERNMENT P.8/14 SECRET Subject : CIA Employees subetltution for the true name be ueed . If the Revlew Board 18 concernea about tracking particular employees throughout che recorde_ a particular identifying bubatitution can be ugea for a particular employee _ 20 _ (S) CIA belLeveg that thfe approach W1li not undermine the Revlew Board '8. obllgatlons under the JFX Act _ A revlew OE the JFK Collection reveale that approxlmately 84 Of the 600 name8 appeax only once in the entire Collection_ In such cabea lt 10 difficult to bee how the Indivlduals identity can add anything Of gignificance to che hlgtorical record; there may be Bome aecurity concerng: 8til1 aggoclated with: thege individualg _ For example_ Arthur H StImgon retirea under cover and 18 currently living In Burope_ When the CIA notlfled him that hig name appeared in the JFK Collectlon and wae eubject to public releabe_ he cold CIA that be wab oppoged to having hig name releaged and belleved Buch a releage could poee peraonal and eecurity problemg _ Furthermore _ he could not underetand why hie name even appeared In the Collectlon_ a1nce he had no recollection of being involved in anything related to the ageaboination_ 21 _ (9) WIth regard to the approximately 500 nameg that appear more than once In the Collection the vast maJority Of theee individuale played almoat no role In the JEK_gtory Oe example of thla 18 former DO officer Alexander Braeko Hig name appeare approxlmately 20-30 times In the Collectlon_@lmply becauae he 8igned off on name trace requeete Mx Bragko wag a covert CIA employee and: retired under cover The public releage of hie name would provtde the public with no addllonal 9lgnificant Informatlon about JFK _ Tom Flores ie another example Of a covert CIA employee whoge name appears in the CqLlection but hag' little or no connectlon to the JFK story_ Floree retlred under cover 10 llving In South America and Objects to the releage OE hig name Mx Floreg recent letter to CIA 18 albo attached for your convenience _ 22 (S) The Agency , Of courge_ recognizee that 8ome namea may be particularly important: to the JFK atory regardlees Of how frequently or Infrequently they appear in the Collection_ One Buch example 18 former Cog Mexico WInbton Scott who CIA hae acknowledged ag a CIA employee_ In &uch cabee the CIA will continue Co work wlth the Revlew Board for an appropriate regolution The CIA propobea that the Review Board and lts etaff identify thobe inaividuale whom It belleveg are Important to the JFK story and whoge nameb Bhould be releaged to the public _ Thege nameb would Carry a presumptton of releabe unle8s specific evidence 18 provided to the Revlew Board that har wou_a likely result 11 SECRET Yet ================================================== Page 8 ================================================== 13-00000 APR 15 '97 OS:@2PM USGOVERNMENT P.914 SECRET Subject: CTA Employeee from guch releage _ The CIA will conduct the approprlate eearchee to deterlne whether releabe would pobe national becurity concernb for the US Government or pexsonal concerna for the Lndivldual: In thla CIA and the eaRetlev Boara can concentrate their efforts On raluafvidunde who are gignlficant figures In cbe JFK btory , expediting the review of the Bequestered collectLon _ 23 (U) Ic 1e Qur: hope that the' CIA and the Revtew Board can agree On and work out a mutually acceptable policy regarding the identity Of CIA employees that wiil not undermine the Important prInclple of protecting thoge who work covertly for the US Government _ My staff and I are ready to dibcuee thls matter with you at your convenlence _ nae J_ OTNeil Act ng_General Coungel Attachment A [Tenrploraeu letter 8 SECRET ================================================== Page 9 ================================================== 13-00000 APR 15 '97 05:Q3PM USGOVERNMENT P.10/14 SECRET gubject: CIA Employeee DCI/OGC/ LDKEC@ pzzand 76124 (10 Apr 97) OGC-97-50971 Diatributlon: Original Aadreagee GC Llt FIle LDGO0021 1 RSC S1grer OGC Regietry 9 SECRET ================================================== Page 10 ================================================== 13-00000 APR 15 '97 05:03PM' USGOVEERNENT P.11/14 4 P,2 17 Meroh 1997 Ms. Beth Millo Deer Ms, Mills, Your letter of 4 Marah was delivered to me on 10 Merch, &nd this reply will be sent vie the gate ohannol Iwieh to go on rocord as demanding that my name not be reloased in ANY document disclosed corceraing the Kendedy assaggination, Firet, I ahall dogcrlbe my pregent ciroumstanceg; and thereafter I wll addrogs the legal polnts in the legislation, Iretirod in 1974 {n e clandeetine statug, using & State Dopartment oover, which has worked reasonebly well since then Iregide In Caracas, Vebezuola Thie city (and_tho entiro oounty) is gtill populatad with Communigts and ex-Communists wtio formed part of the Marxiat conspiraoy to overthrow the demooratically elected Govemments in the ,19604 &nd 708. Meny of these persons are.DOw members of Congress and a few are in the Presidents Cabinet; During my gervlce In Venezuola, as COS;, I maintained liaison with civilian and military oficers, during which time I worked . with thage ta overcome the guenilla ofifensive, - and to cotbat the Communist Party after ii acoepted "paoification; " I Jeft in 1972 &d wont to Vietem, from whloh I tetured t Venezuola %s & private oltizen Becauso of my wifels employment ` and friendships, we aro as olosely connected wlt the Jewiah Community &s two Christiens can be. Given my gomewhat exposed posltion a9 COS, my tnle affiliation was known to & numnber of important Venezuelan dovemment officials. In any evont; soon after my return; I wes informed by the Venezuelad Govornment that en Important Communist leader bad loarned of my roturn, ad that "I was Mving in Urbanlzaoion Miranda (a small and gomewhat isolated Ceracas guburb) and that I was training right wing paramilitary personnel;' (t were rght about where I lved, but Ukl long They ================================================== Page 11 ================================================== 13-00000 P.12/14_ APR 15 '97 O5:A4PM USGOVERNEENT P.3 tonfused Boy Scouts with "right wing paremilitary personhel: " I worked 88 a volunteer leader for the Scouts Qf America and the Venczuelen Scout Association from 1974 t0 about 1991, In any event; the Vobezuolad Govemment was eufficiently concerned ebout tbe matter, that it offered me & group of bodyguards. I tured down the offer, &nd esked them to provide me with a. automatlo pistol for my protection I ati bave thet piatol, The county hag changed somewhat since that time. There are still & number of underground redical groupe Who resisted pacification, and ty to foment violenoe wherever poggible. Along the Colombiad border they eppear to be linked up with tho Colotbian ELN and: FARC. In addition to these, the cuntry has been iniltrated by redioal Moglem movemlents A Cuban Embassy, with: its usuel colleotion of intelligenoe officers, is looatod in Caraceg Further Iraq &d Lebanon also maintain diplomatic bere; and probably support tha Muglim extremists; Under present circumetanoes, my cover hag prevonted mo from coming to the attentlon of these people. However, I feel vory strongly that if name is released, I will bocome 8 potentlel target for thebe and other porgons who wish to ombarrass the Unlted States: endlor edvergely affect U.S Nenezuelan relationghips. I wes recently decorated by the Venazuelan Pregident for my contributions to good Venozueler/American rolationa. I heve no intentlon of 'leevlng Venezuela under any ciroumstanoo8 . Any connection I may ever have had with tho investigation of President Kennedys assa8gination, was hlghly peripheral, Any doouments which may b0 released, could iuclude my Job title (rathor than my name) without reduoing the valuc of gaid documents, Since I will be quite dead in 2S years, I cannot object to my uame being Boy Iran, posts my egain ================================================== Page 12 ================================================== 13-00000 MXPR 15,'97,9506841 USGOVERNMENT 13/14 P roloased at that time. Although dot mentioned &8 &n option in your letter; I would like to be permitted to revew the doouments oontaining my name which you are belng obliged to release. Whon I retired, I gave up ell Inks with fror gourcos. One of thege popped up in the Now York Tlnes last week Some Others 8till bo alive, &nd in need of protection, although es [ tecall, none had aty ugeful data concerning tha asgassination, If &he sources aro to be exposed, I feel very gtrongly that are entitled to eJl the protection we' can afford them; Iwl be in the Washington D.C, erea in November 1997, and would be willing to review these documents In termg of the provieiona you clte for exceptiong in your letter, (A) I consider mygelf & person (Agent?) Whoge identity ourrently requires protection The cover [ am using, provided by the State Departmenf; ig (B) en intelligenca mothod whiob is curontly utilizod , Tha disolosre 0f my name &9 part of the assassination reoord (C.3) could reasonably be.expeoted to constitute &n unwerranted juvasion of pergonal privacy, &nd that invaslon,is so subatantial thet it outweigha the public interest; I cannot regist defining_tho public interest in this matter a8 "public morbid curiogity." The publio dieclosure of my name a8 part of the assagsinatlon record (C,4) would probably cotlpromise the: exlstence of an1: understandlng of confidentiality currently requiring' 'protootion: between a goverment' agent `and a cooporating individual or foreign goyerument, and public disclosure would be s0 hermful tat It outweighs te public' interest, I wae COS In Bollvle when the essassination OccuTed, Iwas in close touch with the Bolivian Govemment gecurity chief &t that and with the Mlnlster of Interior, &d we probably Interchanged data O the murder, although oould provide nothing ugeful, tha Stetion wag probably tasked to query ell of our gources' On te matter; again with negative regults; The rovelation of my name &nd tha Identitles of Iaison oontacts and unilateral gources would not only imperil me, but would also etbarrags the Bolivian Government, and s may thoy public time, they Also, ================================================== Page 13 ================================================== 13-00000 'tK 42 _ 36. J0PtI1 USUUVERNIIENI could endanger curreut &ctivities of &he Agency In that county. I do not recall whether in my subsequent. esgignmont %s Chiof of the Cuban Tagk Force, eny mention of the assas9ination came Up. However; if it did, revelatlon of my name could not only imporil 'those agonte of the time Who survive, compromise our operational methods, but algo, mako ie & prime target for the Cuban intelligonoe servlce, None of the above ghould be oonstrued as a waiver of my rights, O those of my heirs, to take legel action to prevent the releage of my name andlor to oollect damages, both civil and puitive, resulting fom the release of my name. There exlets en implioit contraot between Ine and the Agency dating fom when I accepted the inconvaniences of @ clandestine retirement; Tho Agency Undertook to provide & LASTNNG cover for me. It ghould ba that this impliclt contraot predetes Public Lew 102-526 by some 18 years. Naturally, I am going to infor my legal advisor of this entire matter, I suggest that you together a set of ell documents pertaining t0 my retirement; 80 that:these can be mado available for hia review: [refrain fom comment about e U,S, Congregs that would pass Buch e bil, and 9 President who would fail to veto it. (You of course, are not te-blame:) The Now York Times and the Waghington Post; will, of courso, be drooling to got their haods On your papers. I dont envy you because this i9 an extremely cmplicated metter; Unfortunately, the release on a lot of non-pertinent informatlon will g0 8 wey to reveel the soope and role of the Agenoy in Latin Amerlca to any analyst who wents to review the material and pieoe it together, Ibelieve that this role ia not significantly different today than it was when President Kennedy wes murdered. Only the targets and the gadgets have changed; Sincerely yours, Thomas J, Floreg P,st.14/14 notod pull Iong -

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