“believe that Mr. Helms desired to improve the image of the intelligence profession and the Agency and that Hunt’s books were a part of the program to do so. lie stated that: .he was never told outright that this was the case, but the response's he recieved lead him to believe”
“was lead to believe that Mr. Helms desired to improve the image of the intelligence profession and the Agency 1 and that Hunt's books were a part of.the program to do so. He stated, that , he was never told outright that this was the case, but the responses he. . recieved lea”
“14-00000 rIo~ toe ANDBOTTOM 1 2/ 1 CHECK ctAsy ------ -------- ”.------1( CEODET (1 CLCNLi 1 IG File 10, Tale 32 22 February 1974 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Conversation with Sam Halpern 1. I met with Sam Halpern for about 20 minutes this morning in GG10, w”
“4 © A. Ltr from William A. Snyder, Jr. to Mr. Clapper - Re: E. Howard th* Hunt, Jr. - 6 May 75 9 72 B. Memo from Knoche to Olsen - 12 Mar 75 80% Note. C. Ltr from Clapper to Mr. Howard St. John Hunt- 25 Apr 75 D. Memo from Clapper to Olsen - Subj: Phone Interview w/”
“aliases, is not on record in WH Division/DDP, or any other component of the Agency. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been advised that the Central Intelligence Agency has no record of Mr. Gonzales-Rosabel. C. THE WHITE HOUSE Everette Howard Hunt, Jr. Mr. Everette H”
“14-00000 oncer cuss TION TOP ANO BorrOW I Ir 1 LLAL a (UA I 1 IG. File 10, Tale 32 22 February 1974 o r-s h H ur MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Conversation with Sam Halpern c w o tw a re n e t2 1. I met with Sam Halpern for about 20 minutes this morning in G”
“year tenure. He has de clared himself always ready and willing to take on agent handling tasks, but the Station has found it more advantageous and efficient to use inside personnel for this. It is highly unlikely that station policy will change in this regard. 4. HUNKELER h”
“14-00000 HSCA Chron, _ page -4 5 JAN 6 Jan 78 Borteaux Merrio to On ne King + Ray Blakey Request: 38 items 1) Lee Harvey OSWALD et al 20) John E. Donovan ---- 2) Marina OSWALD et al------- —21) Dr.—Rex J. Howard ---- 3) Rima Shirakova___ _ _____ 22) Dr. Rex Z. Howard 4)”
“14-00000 OLUACI 4. As I was leaving my office, Mr. Tegethoff called Mr.: :Franklin a second time to say that in the evening of 20 June 1972, - Mr. John King, Department of State’s Press Office, and Mr. John , Unumb of CIA had discussed press inquiries in regard to Mr. Hunt”
“4-00000 ( 1 accepted the suggestion and Mr. Pfortzheimer recalls that subsequent copyright applications were submitted without e the address. Within five minutes of the conversation with- Mr. Karamessines, Mr. Pforzheimer recalls being called by - Mr. Richard Helms, then ”
“4-00000 C ( \ ( ( . 6 February 1974 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD.. SUBJECT: Possible Agency Sponsorship of the David St. John Novels : 1. The details summarizing an interview on 4 .February .. - ” 1974 with Mr. Walter Pforzheimer, Curator, Historical. Intelligence Colle”
“14-00000 / ( \ ( (. 6 February 1974 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD. SUBJECT: Possible Agency Sponsorship of the David St. John Novels 1. The details summarizing an interview on 4 February 1974 with Mr. Walter Pforzheimer, Curator, Historical Intelligence Collection, were ”
“14-00000 ( (- 5. A review of all of the travel vouchers on record for Mr. Hunt during this period also failed to identify a project. In addition to the PCS and return vouchers. two othor accountings are on record. One accounting covered a trip by the entire Hunt family to”
“14-00000 ✓ 7( 1 ( is 15 February 1974. MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD IG Feb" Cat 38 SUBJECT: Interview of Mr. Davis Powell on the David St. John Novels 1. On the morning of 15 February 1974, the undersigned interviewed Mr. Davis Powell, currently a Budget Officer on th”
“14-00000 ( 1 accepted the suggestion and Mr. Pfortzheimer recalls that subsequent copyright applications were submitted without plno the address. Within five minutes of the conversation with-wie Mr. Karamessines, Mr. Pforzheimer recalls being called by Mr. Richard Helms, ”
“3 a post office box in Washington, D.C. was established for Hunt under the name, Edward J. Hamilton. A rather casual review of the rest of the manuscript indicates general similarity of the descriptive data of the author's ( Edward J. Hamilton's) activities with regard to the Cub”
“0000 / SECRET SUBJECT: Howard Hunt 6. The Office of Finance has not found operational expenditures except for the $1,600 mentioned above. Therefore, it is suggested that Mr. Karamessines be questioned as to a project or projects to which Mr. Hunt’s operational expenditu”
“Karamessines at Helms'. direction." His recollection would give leads, 1 told him that Coleman, a became COS Madrid later, after Hunt left Spain, and could provide ;information on what Hunt .did.not do for the Agency during that period. " I suggested that both Helms and Karam”
“ion officer was admitted." The manuscript goes on to indicate that Hunt had to report to Washington. Hunt's file--Hunt had been assigned to Montevideo, Uruguay and a cable dated February 1960 received in Headquarters from the Chief of Station at Montevideo indicated that Presiden”
“royalty offset waiver provision ammended to Mr. Hunt's contract was, in his ex- perience, somewhat unusual. 7. Mr. Yala was informed by the undersigned of the intention to interview Mr. Edward Ryan, currently Chief,- Division D, who was at the time of Mr. Hunt's Madrid assig”
“involvement with the Association of National Advertisers or the words "CIR". 1‘ 4. In a separate memorandum on 21 June we advised you that a review of the duties and assignments of Mr. James McCord provided no indication that he was involved in Cuban matters and that he was”
“14-00000 ( € (. 15 February 1974 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD IG File 1. Tab 38 SUBJECT: Interview of Mr. Davis Powell on the David St. John Novels c 1. On the morning of 15 February 1974, the undersigned interviewed Mr. Davis Powell, currently a Budget Officer on th”
“the field in 1965. He could give the background on the assign- 1. : ment, which seems to have been through Karamessines at Helms’ direction. His recollection would give leads. I told him that. Coleman became COS Madrid later, after Hunt left Spain, and could provide informat”
“royalty offset waiver provision amaeaded to Mr. Hunt’s contract was, in his ex- perience, somewhat unusual. . 7. Mr. Yala was informed by the undersigned of the intention to interview Mr. Edward Ryan, currently Chief, Division D, who was at the time of Mr. Hunt’s Madrid assi”
“14-00000 (- SECRET A. SUBJECT: Howard Hunt 6. The Office of Finance has not found operational expenditures except for the $1,600 mentioned above. Therefore, it is suggested that Mr. Karamessines be questioned as to a project or projects to which.Mr. Hunt’s operational ”
“amount of - money that has been expended in support of these efforts. b. A CIA Officer is to be assigned to FR Division. The CIA Officer is presently assigned overseas under deep v) cover; his cover is the Mullen Corporation.] This is the cor- Jfk6)) poration that employed ”
“and when Hunt went to the field in 1965, He could give the background on the assign- ment, which seems to have been through Karamessines at Helms'. direction. _His recollection would give leads. I told him that Coleman. • became COS Madrid later, after Hunt left Spain, and co”
“SECRET 0002338 - 2 #ant OS withdrew denial when it lea red that Hunt world rbe reassigned to Latin America 19 54 travelling JAPAN in Europe 957toassign Monteed 3/1/57 video, Uruguay some kind of ster before asorgament-ne lost cables. Hunt was Polygraphed Skips t”
“produced positive intelligence on the Iberian in target during this period the officials responsible for this effort within the Western European Division - were totally unawareof it. . - .... .. _ ■ 1 ~ 3. Mr. Ryan stated that most of his knowledge of Mr. Hunt’s activity and”
“BJECT: Mr. E. Howard Hunt REFERENCE: My Memo, 2 Nov 73; Mr. E. Howard Hunt Alias Birth Certificate " Attached hereto is a MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD by Mr. James W. Franklin, Chief, Official Cover Branch, CCS, describing the review of 11 files of the U.S. Passport Office in the na”
“4-00000 ( / • .. . 6 February 1974. MEMORANDUM FOR: SUBJECT : Mr. - Steven L. Kuhn o- : The David St. John Novels ■V »r» 1msa.:.02 '.- o> Siding IG79 ’‘4 ’• ■ .1 •<>!? •? say 19 ", :- *v . ... - :3 12: On 41 February 1974, Mr. Walter Pforzheimer, Curator,e . T”
“14-00000 ( SECRET (- SUBJECT: Howard Hunt 6. The Office, of Finance has not found operational expenditures except for the $1,600 mentioned above. Therefore, it is suggested that Mr. Karamessines be questioned as to a project or projects to which Mr. Hunt's operational ”
“gsh 45 TOP SECRET 45 Phone (A rea 202) 544-6000 1 point? 2 Mr. Hunt. No, no. He was not. o Mr. Baron. Where were you in '49 and '50 physically? 4 Mr. Hunt. Physically I was in the JRK building with the 5 PP staff and my direct supervisor at that time was Jos Bx009id. ”
“14-00000 ■ / SECRET 27 FEB 1974 MEMORANDUM FOR: Inspector General SUBJECT : Howard Hunt 1. At the recent request of the Deputy Director for Management and Services, the Office of Finance has searched its records to determine if we could find any payment to Mr. Hunt ”
“- CONFIDENT ;A ( 32. Page 220, lines 5 through 10. This passage concern ing the use of CIA alias documentation by Hunt and others in- cludes loose language which implies that still another set of documents was prepared by the CIA for Hunt’s use - i.e., a set of documents ”
“JFK (DB) DD D, 007701 ■ 8 MAR 737.5 :MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Operations 1. SUBJECT: WHI Comments on Jack Anderson Column REFERENCE: Jack Anderson’s Washington Merry-Co- Round Column of S March 1973: "Chilean Break-ins Reflect „atergate" 1. WII Division has r”
“relationship 1. with Mr. Hunt whatsoever. In response to these questions Mr. Rocca responded "on the: record" that he has no knowledge : of any such arrangements nor at any time was he party to any assistance or any requests for assistance to Mr. Hunt. Mr. Rocca stated that ”
“publicity (meaning Watergate apparently) and, of course, bring it out under Hunt's true name. Wiley was told that we (SRS) had no interest in his copy and that he could return it to the contact who made it available to him. There was no further discussion on the matter. The ”
“14-00000 ( ( S. A review of all of the travel vouchers on record for Mr. Hunt during this period also failed to identify a project. In addition to the PCS and return vouchers, two othor accountings aza ou record. One accounting covered a trip by the entire Hunt family to”
“from Mr. Kingsley’s office. He further stated that he was never briefed on the purpose of Mr. Hunt's mission and could add little in terms of speculation. Mr. Powell recommended that Mr. Edward Ryan, who was then Deputy Chief of Western European • Division, be contacted. Mr.”
“ion officer was admitted." The manuscript goes on to indicate that Hunt had to report to Washington. Hunt's file-- Hunt had been assigned to Montevideo, Uruguay and a cable dated February 1960 received in Headquarters from the Chief of Station at Montevideo indicated that Preside”
“had any relationship with Mr. Hunt whatsoever. In response to these questions Mr. Rocca responded "on the record” that he has no knowledge of any such arrangements nor at any time was he party to any , assistance or any requests for assistance to Mr. Hunt. Mr.‘ -Rocca stated”
“4-00000 7 / 14 February 1974 IG Flb:11, Tat-38 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Interview with Mr. Raymond A. Rocca on the David St. John Novels " 1. Onthe morning of 14 February 1974 Messrs. Frederick Evans and Lawrence Howe interviewed Mr. Raymond A. Rocca, Depu”
“DD/M&S 73-1809 S th MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Management and Services SUBJECT i : Contacts with Individuals Named in the Watergate Matter 5400 1. I am addressing this to you instead of to the Director of Central Intelligence since I doubt that the information co”
“a post office box in Washington, D. C. was established for Hunt under the name, Edward J. Hamilton. A rather casual review of the rest of the manuscript indicates general similarity of the descriptive data of the author's ( Edward J. Hamilton's) activities with regard to the Cuba”
“0 SECRET 3 3. We then proceeded to the 29 items which we would like to see modified but which we could not consider classified. We made this clear to Hunt and went through them one by one, discussing our concern with each. Hunt contended that most of these items should not be ”
“gsh 70 TOP SECRET 70 P hone (A re a 2 0 2 ) 5 4 4 -6 0 0 0 1 Now that is my own personal contribution to that sort of 2 thing. But I can’t think of anything else that was done. o Mr. Baron. By other people? Was it a general practice 4 to supply either prefabricated art”
“SSd BOX 2.4 8-10 At State of Florida ) ) SS: of Okaloosa ) County 4 AFFIDAVIT E. HOWARD HUNT, JR., being duly sworn, deposes and says : 1. On January 10, 1976, I was examined by Frederick D. Baron, a counsel for the Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Opera”
“from Mr. Kingsley's. office.. He further stated that he was never briefed on the purpose of Mr. Hunt’s mission and could add little in .terms of speculation. Mr. Powell recommended that Mr. Edward Ryan, who was then Deputy Chief of Western European Division, be contacted. Mr”
“)4-00000 8. Ret.ning to Mr. O’Malley’s privious responsibilities in coordinating funding for the covert action activities of Mr. E. Howard Hunt, the issue was raised as to whether or not the funding of Mr. Hunt’s projects continued between July 1965 and September 1966 while”