CIA · From: SA/EPD · To: DIRECTOR OF SECURITY · JFK43 : F21A : 20040225-1048866 : · Release: Redact
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"104-10119-10040 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 A. 22 November 1968 MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Security SUBJECT : Herbert Itkin/Mario Brod et. al. 1. Reference is made to your instructions concerning this case and my attached memorandum concerning research on whether or not Itkin was ever, in fact, utilized by this Agency prior to his contacts with Brod. 2. All available sources in the Agency reflect no record of Itkin or of Philip Harbin, who was allegedly his case officer. Harbin has been checked both as a true name and as an alias. Although the name is not registered in the Agency, this of course does not mean that some Agency representative did not make this up and use it without telling anyone. 3. My visceral reaction is that Itkin is lying about his contacts with Mr. Dulles and Philip Harbin. However, since there appears to be a possibility of an extreme "flap" if Itkin gives the same story to the newspapers that he gave to Mr. Houston, I would recommend that, with the concurrence of Mr. Helms, Mr. Dulles be interviewed and asked if he remembers anything about this case. 9 4. I also spoke with"
"… esearch on whether or not Itkin was ever, in fact, utilized by this Agency prior to his contacts with Brod. 2. All available sources in the Agency reflect no record of Itkin or of Philip Harbin, who was allegedly his case officer. Harbin has been checked both as a true name and as an …"