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JFKWHP-1962-08-29-F / 1962 August 29
CIA · To: J. BARRY HARRELSON · JFK-M-16 : F6 : 2000.02.09.13:14:19:123035 : · Release: Redact
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"10 A6666_____ , 104-10331-10194 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992| SECRET CL BY: 2085904 CL REASON: Section 1.5 C DECL ON: X1 DRV ERM: COV 2-87 TO: J. Barry Harrelson FROM: Teresa Wilcox @ DST OFFICE: ODDS&T/IRO DATE: 10/23/97 04:33:33 PM SUBJECT: Re: JFK Board 14 October Meeting - Results 1 Original Text of J. Barry Harrelson Barry: (S) This follows our telephone conversation of 22 October 1997. I have discussed the decision of the JFK Board to release the true name of Jose Marie Mankel with Linda Cipriani of OGC/Litigation Division. Linda is of the opinion that we have a very weak case were we to pursue an appeal to the President, because we are unable to articulate specific current harm that would ensue when the Board releases Mankel's name. This is because the program with which he was linked, as well as the crypt, already have been officially released to the public via the SSCI hearings in 1975. In addition, I have been advised that the activity with which Mr. Mankel was associated has no link with any current DS&T program. Moreover, Mr. Mankel's name is in the public domain (in Oliver Stone's manuscript"
"… as not-up to now-been officially acknowledged. We do not know Mr. Mankel’s whereabouts, or even if he is still alive; the last contact the CIA had with him was in 1964, when he was living in Luxembourg. (S) The chilling effect of publicly releasing the names of persons to whom we …"
"… telligence Service) in connection with illegal narcotics operation into the US. For 18 months, he was contacted sporadically on behalf of the Bureau of Narcotics. (The Bureau's files reflect an excellent performance by contact.) Virtually all data on Mankel — except his true name"