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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM
IDENTIFICATION FORM
AGENCY INFORMATION
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DATE 04/22/75
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SUBJECTS
MCCONE PAPERS
DOCUMENT TYPE PAPER , TEXTUAL DOCUMENT
CLASSIFICATION S
RESTRICTIONS OPEN IN FULL
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Washington, DC 20500
April 22 , 1975 HAS NO ObJeCTiON To
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MEMORANDUM
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To : File
From : Mason
Cargill
MC
Subject: MC CONE PAPERS
I have gone through most of the papers remaining
at the Agency prepared by DCI McCone from November 29 1961 ,
through December 31 , 1964 . Attached are notes on
portions
of them dealing in any way with possible assassination
attempts and contacts with the Warren Commission
Enclosures
RMC :clb
(2 )
SECREF SENSfFTVE
MATERIAL" ATTACHED
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MC CONE PAPERS
NOVEMBER 24 1961 DECEMBER 31 1964
REFERENCES TO CUBA ASSASSINATIONS
WARREN COMMISSION MATTERS
BOX 2 : MEMORANDA FOR RECORD
File: November 29 1961 April 5 , 1962
December 5 , 1961 - Meeting
with Attorney General Kennedy
Mi Lansdale operation" II mentioned in paragraph 12
December 27 , 1961, Meeting with Attorney General Kennedy
Ii "Lansdale operation mentioned in paragraph 5 .
January 22 _ 1962 , Meeting with Attorney General Kennedy
Reference to a "Lansdale paper" to be discussed by the 5412
Committee plus Robert Kennedy.
April 5 , 1962 _ Memos on Special Group/Mongoose Project
General discussion of possible military intervention in Cuba
File: April 7 , 1962 August 21_ 1962
(40) April 10 , 1962 phone call to Bundy explaining that
Attorney General upset that Perrez was
apparently telling
people in Miami about his five mee tings with the Attorney
General Cardona was to meet JFK that
(61) July 3 , 1962 meeting with Attorney General
included a_ short discussion of "Reuther plan I for labor
operations apparently 'n Italy-
(86) August 21 , 1962 , meeting with Rush , McNamara Alexis
Johnson _
1
the Attorney General Director of Central Intelligence ,
General Taylor Lemnitzer and M_
Bundy
a general discussion
of Cuban situation and possible courses df action if MRBM S
are discovered in Cuba:
"McNamara expressed strong feelings
that we shoula take. every possible aggressive
action in the fields of intelligence, sabo-
tage and guerrilla warfare , utilizing Cubans
and do such other
things
as might be indi
C
cated to divide the Castro regime
Temphasis added)
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File : August 24 1962 December 31
1
1962
(97 ) October 5 , 1962 , Meeting
between DCI and Bundy :
McCone wanted to be more activist toward Cuba Bundy
was
more conservative_ (No specifics)
(118) December 17 , 1962 , DCI memo re Earman Report on
Cuba [MISSING]
[Apparently not a
meeting
or phone call]
(Comments on Report on Missile Crisis , according
to Elder)
(119) December 18 , 1962 , DCI memo re Earman Report on Cuba
[MISSING]
(120) December 19 , 1962 , DCI memo re Earman Report on Cuba
[MISSING]
File: June 1, 1963 February 9 1963
(12) January 21 , 1963 , phone call between DCI and
Eisenhower (transcript) about Cuba (No mention of
assassination. )
File: February 9 , 1963 April 9 _ 1963
(36)
5
March 5 , 1963 , Memo Of DCI discussion with Attorney
General [No one to see without DCI permission] [DESTROYED ]
[According to Elder
1
dealt with Wiretap of newsmen ]
(38) March 7 , 1963 Memo of conversation with Attorney
General at Hickory Hill [No one to see without DCI permission]
[DESTROYED]
(52) March 30 , 1963 , DCI discussion with Eisenhower and
Lundahl on "current status of Cuba" [DESTROYED]
File: April 15 , 1963
Tan
June 4 , 1963
(68 ) Memo of DCI on Cuban Policy:
" Randon thoughts
developed DCI on various aspects of the Cuban problem
and the discussions at Standing Group prepared for use by
representatives of DCI at meetings
on
this subject during
I1 his absence from the country, April 25 , 1963 contains
the following:
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"I agree with the ONE estimate that
Castro' s political position will im-
prove Within the next year (barring
Ii assassination)
The context clearly indicates
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however , that DCI is not
proposing this .
(77) DCI memo of 18 1963
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on Haiti: contains this
statement: II Apparently Duvalier , in the absence of assassi-
nation will survive the efforts of internal opposition
M elements Context indicates DCI was not proposing or
considering assassination
(61) April 15 _ 1963 _ Memo of meeting_ between Attorney
General and Director of Central
Intelligence_
about "Helms /
It Angleton operation , Cuban sabotage proposals" [DESTROYED ]
(62) April 17 , 1963 , Meeting
of DCI and Rusk about:
Mi Ii Helms/Angleton Project_ [DESTROYED]
File: June 5 , 1963 July_ 20 1963
Nothing Relevant
File: July_ 23 , 1963 November 26 1963
(133) August 20 , 1963 , Luncheon with DCI
1
Colonel Grogan ,
Tom Ross of Chicago Sun Times [MISSING]
(138) September 5 , 1963 , DCI and I After Special Group"
[MISSING]
(138) September 7 , 1963 , DCI and Papich [MISSING]
(138) September 12 _ 1963 _ DCI ana J. Edgar Hoover at
Justice Department [MISSING]
(158 .5) October 24 _ 1963 _ DCI/Robert F Kennedy lunch at
Kennedy' s house [MISSING]
(168) November 26 _ 1963 DCi an on message about
Kennedy assassination [MISSING]
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(168) November 15 , 1963 _ DCI and Rusk Sukarno had said
that British and CIA were plotting to kill him _ Rusk asked
if CIA had any information about a
plot by British_ DCI
said no -
File: November 21, 1963 December 31, 1963
[Entire contents of file missing. ]
From titles, nothing here appears relevant_
File: January 1, 1964 February 11_
1
1964
Nothing relevant _
File: February_ 12 , 1964 April 5 , 1964
[Entire contents_ of file missing. ]
(25.5) February 19 , 1964 , DCI and Fitzgerald: "White House
I Meeting Situation Room Re : Cuba [DESTROYED]
(36.1) March 14 , 1964, Meeting of DCI _ Bundy , Helms [DESTROYED]
(46) April 5 , 1964 _ Meeting of DCI and Rusk: "EYES ONLY
NO DISTRIBUTION ~
FSO Richard Fredericks; Carl Rowan;
Republican Platform of 1960 . Ii [DESTROYED]
File : April 6 , 1964 July 8 , 1964
(49) April 16 , 1964 , Meeting with: DCI, Justice Warren
Senator Cooper , Stern Rankin, Willens of subject: "Met in
DCI S Office" [MISSING]
(58) 14 , 1964 , DCI Rankin, Helms Subject: "Warren
Commission (accompanied by Mr _ Helms) Helms saw commission
transcript and returned it to _ the commission_ 01 "No MR
Ii expected [MISSING]
(69) June 12 _ 1964 , DCI Mr and Mrs _ Henry Luce: 1i - Memos
used at lunch re: Cuban article in TIME" NO DISTRIBUTION
nothing
on assassinations_
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File: July 8 , 1964 August 12 ,_ 1964
(No file under these dates . )
File: August 12_ 1964 September 10 , 1964
Nothing relevant.
File: September 11, 1964 October 31 _
1
1964
(138) October 15 , 1964 , DCI Sam Papich "NO DISTRIBUTION
discussion re Walter Jenkins matter: [DESTROYED]
(143) October 22 _ 1964 , DCI
1
Robert Kennedy :
Presidential Suite NYC Personal discussion EYES ONLY
M1 JAM NO DISTRIBUTION [DESTROYED]
File: November 1, 1964 December 31 , 1964
Nothing relevant.
BOX 8 : MEMORANDA OF MEETINGS WITH THE PRESIDENT
File: October 25 1961 July 31 _
1
1962
(B) December 14 , 1961 , at a
meeting with the President
ana General Taylor DCI advised Kennedy that there were
pogsible dangers that he might be the subject of an assassi-
nation attempt on' his planned trip to Colombia and Venezuela ,
which the CIA could not guarantee the safety of
(6) February 11, 1962 _
at a
meeting with the President ,
Bundy , and Taylor DCI discussed efforts to convince one
Charles Murphy not to write a certain article for Life
magazine on some subject relatea to Cuba Apparently , the
article was revised to DCI ' s satisfaction and then published .
(12) 7 _ 1962 , at a
meeting with- the President ana
Taylor DCI discussed Operation Mongoose in some detail_
No mention of assassinations_
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File: July_ 3Li 1962 November 29 1962 [actually covering
through Dec . 18 1962]
(28) 20 _ 1962 : At a
meeting with the President ,
Taylor and Alexis Johnson _ Mongoose was discussed No
mention of assassination_
(52) October 26 , 1962 : At a
meeting of NSC Executive
Committee, DCI discussed Mongoose _ No mention of assassination_
(55) October 30 , 1962 : 11 Memo to DDCI outlining Presidential
Directive to CIA; no provocative actions by refugee groups ;
II estop Alpha 66 ; stop Mongoose ops ; no contact with Press
[MISSING]
(70) November 29 , 1962 : At a
meeting of the NSC
Executive Committee (President absent) , DCI discussed
Mongoose _ No mention of assassination
File: January 1, 1963 March 31 , 1963
(7) January 23 _ 1963 (4:30 p.m. ) : Meeting with President ,
DCI and Helns 0i No memo present_ Listing does not indicate
whether or not memo was prepared , even though it generally
indicates when memos were not prepared Secretary S note
of 1/27/72 (MB) notes : "No MR in file 0
(8 ) January 23 , 1963 (4 :45 P-m . ) : Meeting between DCI
and President missing memo ; same situation as # (7) above _
(28) March 25 , 1963: In meeting with President
1
DCI
"reviewed the requirements for telephonic and audio surveillance
intelligence at selected embassies and foreign residences within
the United States_ President suggested that the DCI talk
with J_ Edgar Hoover on this matter
File: April 1 , 1963 July_ 1 1963
(33) April 16 , 1963: In meeting with the President , DCI
discussed two methods of dealing with Castro: (1) "Working
on" Castro to turn him from Soviets ; (2) Pressuring USSR to
remove from Cuba and 01 then to bring about the downfall of
Castro by means which could be developed after the removal
of Soviet troops _ No mention of assassination_
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(43) 27 , 1963: In meeting
of President , DCI and
others _ policy towards covert operations against Haiti were
discussed _ No mention of assassination_
(50) June 19 1963 : In meeting with the President and
others DCI discussed plans for covert operations against
Cuba
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including "external sabotage _ I1 Vague memo of record
by Desmond FitzGerald _ but no mention of assassination_
File: July_ 1, 1963 November 12
1
1963
(74) November 12 _ 1963: At a
meeting of the President , DCI
1 and others _ 'McCone emphasized that to a very considerable
extent these [Cuban exile groups] are uncontrollable and
forecast that once Artime was in business we might expect
some events to take place which were not exactly
to our
liking "t
(This was in a general discussion of covert actions against
Cuba ; no mention of assassination. )
File: November 23 _ 1963 December 31 _ 1963
(1) November 23 _ 1963 (memo of Novenber 25)
: DCI told
Lyndon B _ Johnson of information received from Mexico
DCI later called Rusk to tell him of information from Mexico City:
01 the holding
of a Mexican employee of the Cuban embassy by
Mexican officials for interrogation concerning Lee Oswala "
(4) November 25 and 26 1963 (memo of November 26) In
meetings with the President and the DCI the President expressed
"contempt" at Justice Department suggestion of independent inves_
tigation of John F Kennedy=
S assassination_ He instructed the
DCI to insure CIA cooperation with the FBI report.
(4) November 29 1963 : In a meeting with DCI, Lyndon B .
Johnson _ McNamara and Bundy the DCI apparently gave latest
developments in Mexico City investigation
of Oswald _ A list
f 1i late developments" I0 is in file , to be used: for this purpose _
(Qbtain cQpY. )
File: January 1, 1964 April 2 , 1964
Nothing relevant.
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File: April 3 , 1964 20 , 1964
(19) April 7 , 1964 : Meeting of DCI _ President _ and others
re Cuba Covert Action
Here DCI advocates strong program to obtain overall objective
set forth in a paper of June 8 1963 : "The ultimate objective
of this policy would be to encourage dissident elements in the
military and other power centers of the regime to
bring about the
eventual liquidation of the Castro/comunist entourage and the
elimination of the Soviet presence from Cuba Temphasis added)
[OBTAIN COPYI
File
:
May 21, 1964 October 5 , 1964
September 30 , 1964 : Meeting of "DCI ; President; et al" to
discuss "Warren Commission Report (to set up Presidential
Committee) "i No memo indicated to have been prepared _
File: October 6 1964 December 28 1964
Nothing Relevant.
BOX 1: 303 COMMITTEE COUNTERINSURGENCY _
1
SPECIAL GROUP
CHRONO (1962)
File: 303 January December 1963
Several sets of minutes have the following notations after
paragraphs dealing with Cuban operations : "See special
minutes for additional items 1t No such " 'special minutes "
appear to be contained in this file- * However
{
this same nota-
tion appeared in connection with other subjects _
This file contains several discussions of the Haitian problem _
Although it's clear the participants would like to be rid of
Duvalier there is no mention of assassination_
Nothing else relevant _
File: January December 1964
Contains discussion of Haitian problem and CIA agreed to
"explore methods of dealing with the Duvalier problem in
the immediate future "i (May 12 _ 1964)
*Other than certain memoranda preparea by McCone
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The minutes of the June 18 1964 meeting (dated June 22 1964)
contained the folfowing [OBTAIN COPY] (signea by Peter Jessup)
1i A paper was discussed on alleged plans which involve
the underworld to assassinate certain Cuban leaders
Mr McCone was somewhat skeptical of the reported plots and
stated that he would like to go into the matter further
others including Mr Bundy , felt that the United States was
being put
on notice and should do everything in its power to
ascertain promptly the veracity of the reports and then under-
take prevention_ It was decided that Mr Bundy would call the
matter to the Attorney General 's attention as a matter of law
11 enforcement .
Mr . McCone S personal memorandu for the record on this
meeting (dated) June 18 1964 contains substantially the same
information [OBTAIN COPY ] It refers to a June 10 1964
1
CIA
Ii memorandum reporting_plans of Cuban exiles to assassinate
Teading Cuban government leaders This memo apparently had
been sent to Special Group members ana the Attorney General _
[OBTAIN COPY] McCone S memo contains the following:
"1 ACTION Discuss with General Carter and Mr Helms steps we
shoula take to establish the credibility of the report; also
communicate with the FBI through Mr Papich- Also I should
call the Attorney General personally_ Ii
The official minutes of the July 30 _ 1964 303 Committee
meeting (dated 31 1964) (referred to in
1967
IG report)
contain no mention of assassination or even of Cuba
Mr McCone s personal memorandum (dated July 31 , 1964) had
only the following reference to Cuba:
"Proposed infiltration/exfiltration operations into Cuba for
"1 August were approved and the July operations
were noted _
File: Counterinsurgency January_ June 1962
Nothing relevant_
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BOX 7 MISCELLANEOUS
Envelope "Cuba Loose Ends"
Much information on Mongoose _ No mention of assassination
Envelope containing
FBI report of October 16 1963 _ entitled
"Communism ana the Negro Movement A Current Analysis"
contains comments on Dr _ King' s personal life- Relayed by
J: Edgar Hoover to McCone
01 File: "Cuba Background Material
This file contains only material relating to the Cuban missile
crisis _ It contains no references to any assassinations
File: "White House
This file _ covering 1962 and 1963 , contains correspondence
to , from, and of interest to the White House_
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BOX 5 : MISCELLANEOUS
The file entitled "Cuba Package" 71 does not appear to be in this
box _ The name of this file however appears on the page which
purports to list the files in the box.
File : Cuba 1962
Nothing relevant to assassinations _
File: Cuba 1964
February 21 , 1964 , memorandum for the Director of Central
Intelligence from Desmond FitzGerald Chief Special Affairs
Staff_
1
entitled "Spectrum of Courses of Action with Respect
" to Cuba_ This nine-page memorandum outlines many possible
courses of action which the U.S _ Government coula take with
respect to Fidel Castro
even including
measures as drastic as
an actual invasion of the island by U.S _ military forces _ It,
however contains no mention or reference to possible assassi-
nation of Castro_
BOX 6 : MISCELLANEOUS
File: Presidential Briefing December 22 1964
Nothing relevant to assassination_
File: "M" File
Nothing relevant to our subject of interest.
File: "D" File
This file contains papers dealing with the services of Allen
Dulles as a consultant to the Agency after his retirement
There is no mention of the subject in which we are interested _
File: "W" File
Nothing relevant_
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BOX 4 : MISCELLANEOUS
From the listing of files contained_ nothing appeared likely
to contain relevant information Therefore, the files in this
box were not examined.
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CchAS NQ OEJECTION TQ
MEMORANDUM VFCLWSEIFCATION ANDFCR
Esmfthis DOCumENT
A3 EANNTIZED
To : File 8 94
From : Mason Cargill
M (1)(c)
((2p804 )
Subject: MONGOOSE MATERIALS RETAINED BY THE CIA
Joseph Selzer of the Inspector General staff made
available to me all the materials he has been able to assemble
from CIA sources
concerning Project MONGOOSE These consist
of three file. folders and one loose-leaf binder I have
examined them to determine if any reference is made to assassi-
nation , liquidation
1
or elimination of Castro_
The first document in this pile is a copy of the
minutes of the August 10 _ 1962
1
meeting of the special
group
augmented _ prepared by Tom Parrot. They were forwarded to
Dr Chamberlain the CIA Inspector General _ by Robroy Ratliff,
a CIA employee detailed to the National Security Council. A
cover memo of April 18 1975, lattached;, may be of some
interest, ana reads as follows :
"FYI_ We received a request from Belin
of the Vice President s Commission to
examine our files on MONGOOSE and other
Cuban and D.R_ files_ While this request
has not been resolved the preliminary
response is not to allow this access
1( Signed Robroy Ratliff
The minutes of the August 10 _
i962 , meeting
contained no mention , implicit
or
explicit, of assassination_
The first complete_ file examined was a long green
cardboard file without a title on it Inside_ however
1
it is
indicated to be a record of Special Group meetings and
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Special Group
(Augmented) meetings at which General Carter
participated and discussions of Cuba and/or Cuban overflights
during the period August 15 to November 14 1962 _ This file
contains a memorandum dated October 16 , 1962 from General
Carter to the Special Group Augmented _ Subject: "Operation
MONGOOSE Sabotage Proposals 11 Paragraph lc Qf this memorandum
contains a proposal that the CIA under takeykgrenade attack on
the Chinese Communist Embassy in Havana to' be carried out by
a recruited Cuban agent who nas access to a
roof overlooking
1i the(embassy) garden and who has volunteered for this mission
The second file in this collection is entitled
simply "MONGOOSE 11 This contains nothing relevant to the
assassination inquiry-
Next in this collection in a large manila
envelope on which is written in ink the following notation:
Ii "Separate cover attachment to ER75-5938 This envelope
contains miscellaneous papers related to MONGOOSE _ The
documents in this envelope contain_ among other things
a
long list of potential sabotage targets within Cuba I found
no reference to assassination either explicit
or
implicit.
The next file examined is marked "Cuba Special
Subject." This file also contains miscellaneous papers
relating to Project MONGOOSE none of which contain any
references to assassination_
The last item Of this MONGOOSE package consists
of a
bulky loose-leaf binder of papers assembled for General
Carter S reference of significant things that happened during
the period of August to October 1962 _ In this notebook, the
Inspector General has
already flagged entries which refer in
any way to Operation MONGOOSE _ I have examined all such
entries .
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COMMISSION ON CIA ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES
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April 30 , 1975
MEMORANDUM
To File
From : Mason Cargill M &
Subject: PROJECT ZRRIFLE AND QJWIN
On April 25 , 1975 , I was
given three file folders
containing material on the above subjects by Mr Joseph Selzer
of the Inspector General' s staff_ According to Mr _ Selzer , his
review of these files indicates that the basic purpose of
0
ZRRIFLE and its asset QJWIN was the burglarization of premises
outside the United States for the purpose of obtaining crypto-
logic materials_ He assures me that there is nothing in these
files which refer explicitly or implicitly to assassination or
"executive action" in any form His opinion is that clandes -
tine operatives of the type who wrote the docuents contained
in these files would
never commit to
writing anything having
to do with the subject of assassination_
11 The first file reviewea is entitled ZRRIFLE / QJWIN/
RYBAT OPERATIONAL - I The following entries in this file seem
to have some
potential relevance:
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1 Dispatch dated November 1 1960, to Chief of Station,
Dakar ana Chief Of Station Luxembourg Erom Chief KUTUBETD
at headquarters This three-page dispatch apparently deals
with a mission on which a recruited agent , Jose Marie Andre
Mankel, will be sent from Luxembourg where he was recruited ,
to Dakar for the purpose of recruiting certain other agents
Ecom among criminal elements there specifically Corsicans:
'ihe. purpose for which these agents would ultima tely be used
is not clear from this dispatch- However paragraph 2a reads
as follows : "In view of the extreme sensitivity of the
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objective for which we want him to perform his task , he was
not told precisely what we want him to do Instead he was
told that we have evidence of Soviet operations among
nationality
groups in Africa specifically_ Corsicans _
1
and
that we would like to have him spot , assess and recommend
some dependable quick-witted
persons for our use (Comment :
It was thought best to withhold our true specific require-
ments pending the final decision to use MANKEL . ) He agreed
II to go on the trip for uS It is not clear from this dispatch
that Chiefsof Station in Luxembourg and Dakad
were
completely
witting of the purpose for which Mankel
ig'being
sent to Dakar _
Paragraph 3 contains the following
sentence : 11 Rabney gave
Jouvenoy [Chief of Station_ Luxembourg] the same
briefing (-h
concerning our purposes as he had given to the coS Dakar}
The remainder of the dispatch deals with details f the con-
tacts with Americans which Mankel may make in Dakar if he
requires further assistance_ including instruction for bringing
about a
clandestine meeting_
4
2 _ Cable dated November 2 , 1960, from Frankfurt to th
'd+l;
Director with the notation: Action: C/FI/D-4 _ This cab
LcctsRc
contains the following statement in paragraph 1: "Altman m
Mankel 2 November He accepted offer to procede Leopoldvil
m
Precise mission not conveyed to hin , he only informed that
MI mission might involve large element of personal risk
Ip
3 _ Cable_ dated Novemberi" 3 1960 , from Director to
stations at Luxembourg and @akar This cable contains Ehe
first identification 0f Mankel with the code name QJWIN_
The cable reads as follows "GAUDw 147
on QJWIN trip Dakar
pouched both stations 3 November. UConfirm receipt by cable_
7-Z0" Luxembourg: will advise when to brief him on Dakar
mission after receipt further info from Altman per paragraph"
to
@ERAN)6959/ (IN36814)
on
Leopoldville mission _ II This cable
contains the following code wora references: RYBAT
1
LAURICLE
ZRACORN _
4 Cable from
Leopoldville
to Director, with action
to CIFI/d4 dated 5 November 1960 It contains the following
paragraph:
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"Please inform Mankel he should
proceed Leopoldville
as soon as shots
completed: Not necessary have Congo visa_
Should go Paris; and take Air France flight to Brazzaville
and can obtain visa for Brazzaville in Paris 11
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This cable contains a handwritten note in the margin as 6
follows : "One copy given to Mx _ Bissell by IS/Duty Off.
01 Saturday. Action to be taken by DDP _ E.B_
5 _ Cable dated November 9 , 1960 , to Luxembourg_ from
Director It contains the following statement: TUnless Yo
advised to contrary by Altman ,
brief QJWIN
on Dakar mission ,
using notes
left during Rabney visit_ Please insure he
thoroughly rehearsed all details since we anticipate he will
go from Leopoldville to Dakar with no opportuni reviewing
briefing
6 _ Cable November 11, 1960 , to Director from
Luxembourg: Paragraph 2 contains the following sta tement :
"QJWIN recommended two French contacts who agree undertake
unspecified job Arrangement made for direct access without
0 QJWIN if Altman interested.
7 Cable dated November 12 1960 , to Director from
Leopoldville This cable requests the immediate departure
of QJWIN for
Leopoldville and contains the following state_
ment : Local operational circustances
require immediate
expediting of QJWIN travel to
Leopoldville
8 The file contains several documents apparently
describing various Italians in the area of Trieste who have
the capability to break and enter and crack safes _ They
appeared to be
of questionable morality. Reports on the safe-
crackers were transmitted in a dispatch from the Chief 0f
Station in (Rome) to the Chief KUDOVE/D . The names of the J6
safecrackers
{5ip question are
(abatt)' (Cuccagna) and((Bernardini)
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9 _ Cable dated December 8 1960 , from_Leopoldville_ to
the Director It indicates that one purpose of QJWIN' s
presence in Cleopoldville is to recruit a major in the
Yugoslavian air force through framing him up in an illegal
smuggling transaction This recruitment is apparently for
the purpose of collecting information from within the
(YugoslavianDgovernment =
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1
dated December 14
1
1960, from headquarters
to Leopoldville The cable criticizes Leopoldville for using
QJWIN for the purpose
of recruiting the pGldoslia "ajo5
since
this was not his primary purpose in Leopoldville
Cable
con-
tains the following statement: "Would like restrict QJWIN to
activity directly pertinent his mission Leopoldville
or forth-
coming mission Dakar and possibly elsewhere (e-g.
1
Milan) for
KUTUBE/D purposes _ He our only asset of this type and we
wish keep him clean of any operational involvement other than
that originally planned for him _ m1 This is the first cable
from headguarters on which the name of William K. Harvey appears _
11- Cable dated December 17 1960, Erom_Leopoldville
to Director This cable concerned a new asset entering the
picture for the first time who arrived in Leopoldville
on
December 2 _ The cable states that WIROGUE was the asset with
whom initial contact has been made in Leopoldville- WIROGUE
is living in the same hotel as QJWIN with whon he conversed
QJWIN has reported: "WIROGUE had offered him 8300 per month
to participate in intel net ana be member execution squad .
When QJWIN said he not interested WIROGUE added there would
be bonuses for special jobs _ Under QJWIN questioning , WIROGUE
later said he working for PBPRIME service
12 _ Cable datea January 19 1961 from Director to
Luxembourg- This cable apparently indicates that the Agency
plans to use QJWIN in Leopoldville for more than one particular
mission - It contained the following statement : I1 Inform
QJWIN we planning use him Leopoldville indefinitely
as dis-
0 cussed with him there _
13_ There follows a series of cables reflecting
the
fact that QJWIN proceeds to Italy to recruit other assets _
One cable admonishes field agents to tell QJWIN not to give
reason to any of the candidates to be recruited in Italy;
to
believe that ODYOKE or PBPRIME is involved I get the
impression that ODYOKE refers to the U.S _ CIA , ana PBPRIME
refers to the intelligence service of some other nation
However no document uncoverea SO far confirms this.
Cables
which follow seem to indicate that the people_QJWIN was to
recruit were intended to be professional burglars There is
no indication that they are intended to be assassins There
are many other indications that these recruits were intended
for safecracking and breaking and entering QJWIN told them
he could offer a job for a large firm which wantea certain
commercial documents stolen_
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14_ Subsequent cables and dispatches indicate other
efforts on the part of QJWIN to recruit safecrackers in
France and Italy.
15 _ Dispatch_ datea June 7 _
1
1961 _ from_headquarters
Chief KUTUBETD to the Chief of Station in Guxembourg- It
contains a long discussion Qf the Agency S
relationship with
QJWIN and his main purpose as an agent_ This dispatch makes
it clear that the primary purpose of QJWIN S employment by
the Agency is to recruit burglars 'and safecrackers for use
the CIA_ This dispatch contains the first reference I
have found to the code word ZRRIFLE The one
thing that seens
rather unclear is QJWIN was
initially
sent to Leopoldville ,
and apparently was contemplated to return to Leopoldville when
all of his recruiting of safecrackers and burglars takes place
in Europe _ The fact that his return to
Leopoldville
was con-
templated may be easily seen from paragraph one of this cable
The releasing officer on this cable was Mr _ William K. Harvey _
16 _ Correspondence and cables indicate that one James
Rabney from CIA headquarters visited Europe in April ana
March of 1961 for the purpose of meeting with Mankel to discuss
possible recruits for Safecracking operations_
17 _ Dispatch dated December 15 1961_
1
from Chief of
Station in Luxembourg to Headquarters
1
Chief
1
KUTUBEDD- It
discusses the efforts of QJWIN to recruit tro safecrackers in
Switzerland OIt indicates that two French citizens named
Ol(Santelli) and (Garioni)
were asked to cone to Switzerland under
false pretenses by QJWIN for the purpose of being interviewed,
1
The
following
passage in the dispatch indicates clearly these
men were to be recruited for the purpose of the safecracking
and surreptitious entry- "During
the interview with
0b (Garioni) observed that for a night job he woula need an
assistant to
help him with carrying the equipment and to act
as lookout_ He saia he would prefer to do the job during
working hours ; for this he woula get three or four others to
help him and force someone in the office to open the safe. 01
18 _ Dispatch dated_February 2 ,
1
1962 _ from Chief of
Station Luxembourg to Headquarters Chief
KUTUBETD
It
discusses the efforts of the Luxembourg station to provide
acceptable cover for Mankel in, Germany, where the Agency has
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decided to locate him_ The plan
seems to be for Mankel to
develop
a business as an art dealer in some German town selling
French paintings _ It is contemplated that the Agency will
supply the initial capital for the formation of his business _
The final sentence in this dispatch asked headquarters for
projected operational plans for QJWIN_
19 _ Cable dated March 17, 1962, from Director to
Luxembeurg indicates that the Agency still contemplates some
activity for Mankel in Leopoldville Paragraph 2 of this cable
reads as follows : "Tell him will at same time discuss
Leopoldville assignment and have him sign contract. "1 The
cable directs Luxembourg to tell Mankel to meet James Rabney
at certain locations in Germany on the 28th and 29th of March
1961 telling him to be prepared to travel in Europe for about
two weeks _
20 Cable dated_April 18 1962
fromoljeadquarters_
to
Luxembourg states that another agent (QJBANNER-5 had informed
the Agency that QJWIN is going on trial after Easter on charges
of cobalt smuggling from 1957 or 1958 and coula receive up to a
six-year sentence _ Paragraph 2 of the cable states "Please
contact QJWIN for all details including specific
charges and
name prosecutor
If,@@JBANNER-5
info true we may wish attempt
quash charges or arrange somehow salvage QJWIN for our purposes Mi
Paragraph 3 states , "Still do not have basic decisions but
fully anticipate
we will need QJWIN _ 1i
21- Cable dated April 26 _ 1962 , from_Luxembours to
Headquarters indicates that QJWIN S trial will be completed
on
April 29 He expects to be fined but not subject to a jail
sentence Some indication of the Agency S intents with
respect to QJWIN may be discerned from paragraph 4 which
reads as follows : While we do not know present long-term
plans for QJWIN
1
he has no lead to other candidates His
potential
appears restricted activation to candidates OLLA
1426 or personal spot action_ Suggest either could be done
from Leopold base and question 1f not preferable
move him to
0 Leopold assignment now _ There is a handwritten notation
beside the first sentence of paragraph 4 which states , "Not
Ii the point_ Beside the last sentence of this paragraph is
the handwritten notation , Ii How? M1
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r
1962 _ to_Luxembourg_ from
Headquarters indicates that the Agency has Changed its plans
about assigning QJWIN any duties in Leopoldville_ Paragraph 2
reads "Decision made keep QJWIN Europe Leopoldville assign-
Ii ment canceled _ Cable also indicates that headquarters
approves of Mankel' s proposed move to Germany , probably
Baden-Baden _
23 _ Memorandum dated 3 , 1962 , WKH [presumably
William K_ Harveyl Erom AMS re ZRRIFLE This memo discusses
possible future uses for QJWIN _ It seems perfectly consistent
with the use of QJWIN merely for the purpose of recruiting
safecrackers an burglars _ Paragraph 4 of this memo refers to
some ZRRIFLE authorization paper 11 I have already given
the ZRRIFLE authorization paper signed by Helns and
Jes
been given QJWIN contract,
including
the extension to 1
March 1963 _ " An attachment to this, memorandum gives details
on two possible candidates for burglary and safecracking
In
this attachment there are two references _ however which may
be somewhat disturbing:
One candidate is stated to be
"wiliing
to use gun the second "wanted to know if he should be armed
for job--ready to go to the end I1
24 _ Immediately following
a dispatch datea
December 7 _ 1962 from Luxembourg
to headquarters _
0
there
appears in the files two pages of penciled notes on yellow
I buck-slip" type paper which are difficult to read but may
be relevant. At the top of the first page appears the word
QJWIN_ On this page appears the following
words which are barely legibleate 8d_rect
In 1961 by Bill H or Bissell used Arnold
Estale [or action capability established
B [illegible] QJWIN Luxembourg principal prelim capability
for fourth country. QJWIN spotted three or four--moved to
Italy-
25 . Dispatch from Luxembourg' to_Headquarters_
Chief
KUTUBE dated February 14 1962 indicates that QJWIN has
been terminated Paragraph 1 reads in part , "QJWIN has been
01 terminated_ Rozeney told him on 21 April that the operation
in which he was to play a role had been shelved and therefore
his contract, which ran out on 29 February, was not renewed -
He was reassurea that this action did not result from anything
he had done and his past cooperation
was appreciated _ It was
mentioned as conceivable that the operation might have been
off and running if he had been able to establish his cover
1i last year _
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Another file examined was entitled Ii ZRRIFLE
Administrative/Financial" ; it is a long manila-type file_
The following items of possible interest were noted in this
file:
1 Memorandum dated January 11_ 1961, to the Finance
Division from William KS Harvey, Chief FIDD deals with the
payments for Mankel" s to Leopoldville Paragraph 2 of
this memo states, " In order to avoid any
misunderstanding ,
it should be noted that QJWIN was sent on this trip for a
specific highly sensitive operational purpose which has been
completed_ Although future use of QJWIN is not precluded it
was not deemed fitting during this one use of him to enter
into a
continuing contractual relationship
or to have him sign
any memorandum of understanding
Ii
2 _ Memorandum dated January 31 1961 _ for Chief
Accounts Branch _
1
Finance Division from Justin E_ 0" Donnell
Subject: Payments to QJWIN Paragraph 1 of this memorandum reads
11 as follows: QJWIN was recruited in Frankfurt 1 November 1960
to undertake a one-shot mission to the Belgian Congo Because
the mission potentially involved great personal risk to him
and he was obliged to separate himself from his business affairs
1 it was
agreed orally by this writer with QJWIN that his CcOm-
pensation woula be at the rate of 81,000 per month _ plus his
expenses_
1
for a
period of not less than one month and not more
than two months These two financial memoranda nubers 1 and
2 here , seem to indicate
a one-shot purpose for QJWIN in con-
nection with a Congo operation_ which seens inconsistent with
many of the papers in the operational file reviewed above
which indicated an
ongoing relationship with QJWIN for the
purposes of recruiting safecrackers and burglars _ These
financial memoranda are
certainly quite
consistent with a
plan
to use QJWIN for a one-shot assassination attempt in the
Belgian Congo _ It is unclear that merely recruiting safe-
crackers and burglars or even
performing safecracking
and
burglary missions _ woula have involved 01 potential great
personal risk" to QJWIN _
3 _ Memorandum datea March 24 , 1961 _
1
for Cable
Secretariat Erom William
K. Harvey, Chiez
1
FI Division D
Subject: Distribution of ZRRIFLE Traffic Paragraph 1
of this memorandum reads , M1 Two copies of all cables bearing
the ZRRIFLE indicator are to be delivered in a sealed envelope
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directly to Chief FI/Division D , 1502 L
Building:
No other
distribution is to be made without the specific approval in
each instance of the Chief FI/D _ " Paragraph 2 reads "The
above has been personally approved by the Deputy Director
Il (Plans) I question whether such close handling
of cable
traffic is not unusual even in a case involving sa fecracking
and burglary- Perhaps Harvey intendea traffic of more
sensitive issues to be passed through the ZRRIFLE channel_
4 . In a large manila enve lope filed immediately
after a dispatch to Luxembourg from the Chief KUTUBE _ datea
September 30 _
0
1963
1
is a large manila envelope marked
"Documents in Receipt Supporting ZRRIFLE Activities. I Within
this envelope are several smaller manila envelopes one of
It which is entitled ZRRIFLE Receipts for Accoun ting Submitted
by WK Harvey _
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Receipt for Operational Phone Calls May 15 _ 1963 . 11
Within this envelope
are two sheets of yellow legal size paper
which contain lists of operational expenses submitted by W.K=
Harvey covering the period April 13-21_
1
1963 all of which are
to be charged as operational expenses to QJWIN/ ZRRIFLE _ These
expenses cover hotel expenses in Miami and Perine Florida ,
long distance hotel calls for these locations plus 875 for a
boat chartered for operational purposes at
Isiamorada
Florida.
A hotel receipt indicates Harvey paid the bill of a Mr John A
Wallston of 56510 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles California
0
for the nights of April 17_ 18 and 19 _
1
and a Miami hotel
probably the Eden Roc _ These documents are the first
indication
0f any activities within the U.S_ with respect to ZRRIFLE _
Apparently they diq not involve QJWIN but rather other
activity_ perhaps directed at Cuba because 0f his location in
Miami_ Perhaps Harvey should be confronted with this listing
and asked to explain it.
A thira file was examined _ which was marked "ZRRIFLE-
QJWIN Project/contract. The
following
items of interest were
found
1 A long_memorandu written in ink in_longhand
on sheets
of yellow legal size paper at the very back of this fle
entitled Project ZRRIFLE This is apparently justification
material submitted for the project The first portion of this
memorandum seems to end abruptly at the end of the second page ;
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perhaps the subsequent pages are missing _ These first two
pages portray the objective 0f ZRRIFLE to be that of pro-
curement of code and cipher materials burglary and sa fe-
cracking- However subsequent pages particularly the last
four legal size pages in this file contain what appears to
be the outline of some
thing which could be the establishment
of an "executive action capability 1i although these words are
not mentioned nor is the word "assassination MI A copy_ of these
pages should definitely be obtained Paragraph 1 Of these
pages reads as follows Ii Legal , ethical_
1
moral , operational
problems ; political nonattributability
Paragraph 2 reads
in part: "Our own
experience (Bangkok) (and affect on DDP)
and experiences with KGB require most professional , proven
operationally competent ruthless stable CE experience ops
officers _
Paragraph 3 of this meno is entitled Ii Maximum Security" ;
subparagraph 3b reads: "Within KUBARK one
focal point for
control, search , tracing, case officering _ etc _ DDP authority
in this focal point mandatory_ DCI @Eficially advised?"
Paragraph 3c reads as follows : 1I Max security cable COMMO
for innocuous cables only;
no restrictions on travel ; pos -
sibility of one man overseas (Europe) control base With own
(nonstation) COMMO _ Word of mouth and no bashfulness re
Ii trips_ Paragraph 3f reads as follows "No use of any agent
who ever worked for a U.S _ government agency _ Tracing by
it opposition woula reveal Paragraph 31 reads "Pretext:
KUTUBE/D search; this established (e-g. Rome) 1110 Paragraph 3j
" reads "No discussion in stations_ Paragraph 3k reads No
team until ready
to go _ if at all.. "t Paragraph 4 reads:
"Blackmail: A No American citizens or residents or
people
whoever obtained U.S_ visas_ B_ No chain of connections
Strictly
person to person ; singleton ops _ C No meeting
any
candidate in home territory_ D Exclude organizations ; e.g:
1 Sicilians criminals _ those with record of arrest, those with
instability
of purpose as criminals E_ Staffers involved--
01 selection Paragraph 5 reads "Cover: Planning should
include provision for blaming Soviets or Czechs in case of
I1 blow [This seems to indicate ZRRIFLE is not limited to
burglary of embassies ; how coula you blame the Soviets or
the Czechs for burglarizing their own embassies?] Paragraph
9 reads "Should have phoney 201 in records to backstop this
[referring to blaming the Soviets or the Czechs] all documents
therein forged and backdated _ Should look like a CE' file. 11
Paragraph 11 reads , "silverthorne_ "1
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On the following page of these papers , the paragraphs
are nubered again from one_ On this page a large ink X has
been placed
over the page ; however it is still legible_
Paragraph 1 of this page reads _
1
I1 Maximum security plus
within
KUBARK only (e.g. How much does Sivagusa [2]
now know?)
Limitation on nuber code clerks for enciphering ana deciphering.
Guise of LAURICLE objective_ 11 Paragraph 5 reads 1i No chain
of connections permitting blackmail
2 Memorandum dated February 19 1962 _ from Richard
Helms Deputy Director (Plans) to Wiliiam
K_ Harvey
1
Subject:
TAuthorization 0f ZRRIFLE Agent Activities This memorandum
authorizes Harvey to retain the services of agent QJWIN "and
such other principal agents and subagents as may be_required. "I
Memorandum does not state the purpose of the ZRRIFLE project_
3 _ Filed immediately after a memorandum dated March 6 ,
1969 from Richard Helns to William K_ Harvey, is a normal
business size white envelope containing the following notation
on the front in penciled handwri Lloyd very personal
from Bill H . II Within this envelope` is a small yellow piece
0f paper containing the following
notation in penciled hand -
writing, " John Rosselli, alias John Ralston--Wm _ Walker "
4 A memorandum dated June 27 , 1963 _ for Chief
Foreign Intelligence
from William KS Harvey , Subject: QJWIN
This memo states that QJWIN is currently
not being used for
any operational purposes _ It discusses whether or not he
shoula be retained as an agent Paragraph 2 seems to indicate
that the executive action portion 0f QJWIN S project, if any ,
has been terminated This paragraph reads : I As far as the
ZRRIFLE aspects of this operation which has been covered under
the QJWIN authorization for security
reasons ana with which
Fletcher M Knight is fully familiar as I
orally_
advised you
on June 26 _ 1963 _ except for one precautionary lifeline
aspects 0'€ this case have been terminated and need no longer
except perhaps for minor accountings
1
be considered as a part
of this project. 01
A last file 0f the ZRRIFLE series examined is entitled
1i ZRRIFLE Name Traces/Personality Sketches _ It Items of interest
in this file are as follows:
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1 Piece of thin white paper under tab C , the heading
01 of which is "Secret-RYBAT _ This document is a list of traits
which desired recruits would have This is similar to the
list of traits deemed desirable in the handwritten memorandum
contained in the far rear of the previous file reviewed . This
set of characteristics however could refer to burglars and
sa fecrackers as well as assassins This is indicated by
paragraph_ 8 which reads _ "Commercial firms (unspecified)
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2 Included under tab M is a dossier of one Harold
Meltzer a resident of Los Angeles_
1
with a long criminal
record: This is the first instance in which I have noted
a U.S _ citizen under consideration for any' recruitment with
respect to the ZRRIFLE project.
6
3 . Under tab T information on
@rlando Portale)
an
Italian citizen residing in Detroit, is included _
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4 _ At tab Y is a page 0f information on one Hanna
Ii Yazbeck The report states, He often heads up a hatchet
squad when disputes arise between the Moslem and Christian
WJ underwor ld factions in Beirut. The second paragraph of this
page reads as follows : "During the period' I was in Europe
(1950-1958) his chief bodyguard wasoa
{opoveea
murderer who
owed his
release
from prison to (Yazbeck power _ This body-
guard has since been murdered _ but (Yazbeck) has
an available
of assassins
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