“Book V, p. 79 Although the CIA had received information that AMLASH was a provocation there is no evidence that the CIA investigated the possibility of a connection between its fall 1963 meetings ‘with AMLASH and the assassination of President Kennedy. NW 50955 DocId: 32423”
“Howard Aiberyoo THE WASHINGTON POST September 12, 1976 Illon Frye The JFK Assassination: Curiosity in Havana An inquisitive American learns many things on a one. Castro almost certainly knew of it. The CIA even- visit to Cuba. One of the most surprising is that high tually c”
“ments: Tabs A-C NW 65990 Docld:32396944 Page 3 John S. Hunt Review Staff EDITORIAL COMMENTS Tol A -- General The paper begins by emphasizing that it did not uncover any evidence that the Kennedy assassination was the result of a conspiracy', but that they did dis- cover evidence ”
“Book V, p. 72 In late July 1964, an FBI informant reported that the CIA was meeting with AMLASH for the purpose of assassinating Castro. Informant also reported that AMLASH was unhappy with the CIA’s efforts and that Attorney General Kennedy had refused to support the plan ”
“36 uis h. The case, officer later recalled that AMLASH-1 did not "think much of the device. Bt and complained that CIA could surely "come up with something more sophisticated than that" (I.G., p. 93a). The case officer recalled offering the pen to AMLASH-1, hut could n”
“AM/LASH-1 stated: "Have no intention give AMLASH-1 physical elim ination mission as requirement but recognize this something he could or might try to carry out on his own initiative."* * Case Officer 1 testified that AM/LASH-1 discussed "eliminating Castro, although he a”
“ts regarding the above-noted SSC Draft Report from a security, factual, and editorial standpoint. 2. It should be noted that the SSC intends to add to this draft report two additional sections, a Conclusions and Recommendations Section and a Chronology. These two sections have al”
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“@ HW 50955 DocId: 32203773 CIAHASN B OOJECT IOD /OR Page 21 S ECLAS E O FTASD OC UM EN T ASSANITIZED le A S 15-3-4Y PERSONS/ENTITIES : D A TES : CATEGORIES: SANCHEZ/ " AMLASH Nov. 19, 1963 FITZGERALD • C a stro OCCURRENCE: F Nestor SANCHEZ/ prepared a mem”
“34 taken in Cuba" (Case Officer 2, p. 61). AMLASH-1 also requested high-powered rifles and grenades (Case Officer 2, p. 77). A memorandum by Case Officer 2, dated November 18, 1963, states: "C/SAS (Fitzgerald) approved telling AMLASH-1 he would be given a cache inside ”
“18? 732 At a meeting on October 3, 1963, AMLASH-1 again raised the possibility of defecting, but indicated that he would be willing to continue working against the Castro regime if he received firm assurances of American support (Case Officer 2, pp. 48-49). According to”
“14ء 1(A) ! 11 Comments NW 66000 Docld:32202036 Page 6 AMLASH: MEETING WITH FITZGERALD October, 1963 AMLASH-1 insisted on meeting with a senior United States official for assurances of American support. FITZGERALD and HELMS agreed that FITZGERALD should meet AMLASH in Paris and ho”
“0 HW 50955 DocId: 32203776 8 Page 27 DATES: CATEGORIES : PERSONS/ENTITIES: %%ANGHEz-.” FITZGERALD Oct. 29 /1963 Castro AMLASH Nov. % 2963 C ard f 2o 2 OCCURRENCE: (CARD 2) In a memorandum by@SANCHEZ- on November 13, 1963, it was reported that "FITZGERALD informed C”
“about Lee Harvey Oswald's visits to the Cuban Embassy employees' reactions to the Kennedy assassination. 1224/ Rolando Cubela, known as AMLASH, was prominent in the Senate Select Committee’s Book V which reported the 1 possibility that the Central Intelligence Agency's att”
“AMLASH with a ' device which would serve him to protect himself, in case he was confronted with and charged with being involved in a military coup against Castro. (Case Officer 2, p. 107) According to the case officer, AMLASH-1 had requested an "esoteric device which could e”
“biographical information sheet on Amlash (no final draft was found) appears to have been prepared in 1966 at the time of Amlash’s arrest for a later plot against Castro. It states: "22 Nov. 63 Mr. Fitzgerald and Mr. Sanchez assured subject that this Agency would give him every”
“HW 50955 DocId: 32203773 Page 19 DATES: CATEGORIES : PERSONS/ENTITIES: %CANCHEZ k FITZGERALD Oct. 29,/1963 Castro AMLASH\ Nov. 1 3 , 1963 C ard f 2o 2 OCCURRENCE: * - * (CARD - - 9 - 9 2) 99-2) In a memorandum b y SANCHEZ on November 13, 1963, it was reported that "”
“docu- mentary evidence, however, indicates that AM/LASH in 1963 was intent upon assassinating Castro, that the CIA officers knew of this, and, in addition to offering a poison.pen, told AM/LASH they would supply him with high powered rifles with telescopic sights. (see . p. ”
“%. HW 50955 DocId:32203776 Page 21 PERSONS/ENTITIES: DATES : CATEGORIES esawently Date FITZGERALD IOct. 29,/1963 Castro H9YTHV % Nov. 136 1963 C ard f 2o 2 OCCURRENCE: (CARD 2) SATG1 0n% on November 13, 1963, it was reported that "FITZGERALD In a memorandum lbyy SANC”
“s lead, despite the fact that we immediately turned the lead over to the FBI to investigate further. Pages 126 and 127 After having spent some time explaining the Agency's and the FBI's mistakes in not informing the Warren Commission about plots to assassinate Castro, the re- por”
“Book V, p. 78 Victor Espinosa, a Cuban exile, involved in the transporting explosives to New Orleans in 1963, contacted INS with information about the AMLASH operation. This information was turned over to the FBI which informed the CIA. Both agencies interrogated Espinosa i”
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“uld not take part in an assas- sination scheme. AMLASH: DECISION TO PROVIDE RIFLES November 19, 1963 A memorandum for the record by SANCHEZ dated November 19 states: "C/SAS (FITZGERALD) approved telling CUBELA he would be given a cache inside Cuba. Cache could, if he requested it”
“AM LASH 0062244 SSC OFPDET OLonL D infurce that AmDASH a curto agent wisothtint the mum of prevoly a plar agent costo had justification for relahata. Casts 07 25beinAMNASA so indercut Hu immn Theis prevoling Casto Mt a i l s chi l d have Whatmul, shield tune hen ux”
“said yes, that I didn't think there was any need to." (Helms, 6/13/75, p. 132.) Helms said his view was that AM/LASH was a political action agent, not a potential assassin, and that the meet- ing with AM/LASH and his decision not to contact Robert Kennedy should be viewed ”
“HW 50955. DocId: 32203773 S ECI ASSIR S EES ORB R ELEA SEOFTH IS000 ASSANITIZERS-3-7 ( 282 ) Page 16 DATES : CATEGORIES: PERSONS/ENTITIES: Desmond FITZGERALD I AMLASH O ct. 29, 1963) C astro (Nestor SANCHEZ Nov. 13, 1963 R o b e r t KENNEDY i :o HELMS “ C ”
“93 7 31 L ment was to "stay in place and report to us" (Case Officer 1, p. 38). At a meeting in August 1962 in a foreign capital, AM/LASH-1 stated that he would remain in Cuba if he "could do something really signifi cant for the creation of a new Cuba", and expressed ”
“Meeting 8/30/75 -1- (pp. 75-80 reserved by Senator Tower) (iii) Kennedy Administration .—- The Question of Authorization Outside the Agency During the Post Bay of Pigs, Mongoose, and 1963 Periods This section discusses the question of authorization outside the Agency for”
“the moment the President was killed, U.S. commodation, much as they were later to interpret policy toward' Cuba appeared to be moving not only - the discussions between Jean Daniel and Castro, h on two tracks but in opposite directions, and move Then and now the Cubans’ attitud”
“, FBI, or CIA, there seems to be little justification for such repetitive treatment of this story. i Pages 106 and 107 This section criticizes the Agency for not having interrogated AMLASH concerning the Kennedy assas- ination, in the context that both we and the FBI should have ”
“- 12 - $- Er 5d CW hast ■ whether to go or what we should do next". (Id., p. 9.) Four. days later, on November 22, 1963, (the same day. AM/LASH was given the poison pen), Jean Daniel was meeting with Castro. On that same day, President Kennedy was assassinated. With the ch”
“AM/LASH had been involved in an assassination attempt in response to Secretary of State Rusk’s inquiries was, as Helms testified, "not truthful". When Helms briefed President Johnson on the Castro plots, he apparently described the activities that had occurred during an ”
“Castro's downfall. (Helms, 9/11/75, pp. 11-13)./ The testimony of Helms and the Kennedy Administration members on the issue of .whether the pressure to overthrow Castro made assassination permissible with- out a direct order is discussed in detail in the preceding section a”
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“ed of his plans to assassinate Castro. : 110 NW 65990 Docld:32396944 Page 5 FACTUAL OBJECTIONS Tot B Page 12 States that "Hoover and other senior officials first learned of plots to assassinate Castro in July 1964". NOTE: While this is clearly incorrect, Mr. Johnston indicated th”
“33 bit & Helms recalled that he told Fitzgerald to "go ahead and say that from the standpoint of political support, the United States government will be behind you if you are successful. This had nothing to do with killings.. This had only to do with the political action”
“HW 50955 K DocId: 32203773 Page 17 DATES: 1 CATEGORIES : PERSONS/ENTITIES: Fsanci-Z FITZ'GERALD O ct. 29 063 C a stro HSIAV > Nov. 1 963 / C a f rd2o 2 -30N 2H 80030 (CARD 2) In a memorandum by SANCHEZion November 13, 1963, it was reported that "FITZGERALD informed”
“38 1? . . what had happened was that SAS had contrived to put B-1 and AMLASH together in such a way that neither of them knew that the contact had been engin eered by CIA. The thought was that B-1 needed a man inside and AMLASH wanted a silenced weapon, which CIA was unw”
“AM/LASH had been involved in an assassination attempt in response to Secretary of State Rusk's inquiries was, as Helms testified, "not truthful". . When Helms briefed President Johnson on the Castro plots, he apparently described the activities that had occurred during it”
“AMLASH-1 with escape routes and places where B-1 is able to pick him up. He will memorize these points and escape routes. . . Next, B-1 is to provide AMLASH-1 either a silencer for a FAL or a rifle with a silencer. * * A CIA document dated January 3, 1965, states that B-1 t”
“76!r(0 [D) pp S,1-l .h. l Agency could have no part in the assassination of a government leader (including Castro) and it would not aid subject in his attempt, This included the following. "We would not furnish the silencer, nor scope nor any money for direct assassination; ”
“obviously what we had been pushing, what every body had been pushing for us to try to do, and it is that context that I would have made some remark like this." (Helms, 6/13, p. 117) * SAS (Special'Affairs Staff) was the name given to Task Force W in early 1963 when Fitzgera”
“■S? H :41 dsikit, ^ 1 29 taken during the Bay of Pigs operation) present Castro with a contaminated diving *suit (Colby, 5/21, pp. 38-39). The Inspector General’s Report dates this operation in January 1963, when Fitzgerald replaced Harvey as Chief of Task Force W, a”
“going to do the other thing, and we will do just ' these things."/ (b) Testimony of Administration Officials ' As with the Mongoose period, the Administration officials agreed that they were not informed about any assassination plot and that there was no order that. Cast”
“-3- RPAlrTthe siderably, off his chest, a much more relaxed Amlash departed restating his desire return Cuba to undertake 'the big job.*" On October 15, London 5224 to DIR states case officer 0 met with Amlash and Amwhip on 13 October. Although the case officer had been for”
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“29 3 *MN taken during the Bay of Pigs operation) present Castro with a contaminated diving suit* (Colby, 5/21, pp. 38-39). The Inspector General's Report dates this operation in January 1963, when Fitzgerald replaced Harvey as Chief of Task Force W, although it is unc”
“J 7 Olbuued U uWLL This is not very clear to me at this stage. A lot of the same officers were serving President Johnson as they served President Kennedy, and...I can't re art call anymore whether there was any specific issue about whether this was taken up with Presiden”