“Department of State, and Mr. Hunt’s basic status as a CIA employee would not be denied if raised by members of the press. Messrs. Colby and Meyer agreed that this was the only feasible line to take. I then . as ked Mr. Colby whether additional clearance from the DCI was requir”
“104-10105-10292 C MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. E. Howard Hunt SUBJECT : Alias Birth Certificates 29 June 1970 1. An inventory of Technical Services Division records recently completed indicates you were issued a birth certificate in the name(s) listed on the attach- ment. 2. In order to e”
“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 ”
“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”
“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 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”
“14-00000 ( - SECRET 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 ”
“C002R47 -11 RERDEY 9LUNLI HUNT 1964 Hunt Whites Wille Buckley's Showon Invisible Gover € entitled: "Hate C 'A week Letter from Bucket to Hunt attached to 2 article over Sheet (Routing ng + Record Sous 1 he following attatched draft Colie mm by Bill Buckley in 75 wi”
“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”
“, HUNT- Cant’d. -2- opportunity, for the allegations had gained wide credence while own delayed response appeared only incompletely in the press. Still, nothing was heard from the Committee. In December 1975 John Crewdson of the New York Times interviewed me in prison. He”
“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 ”
“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”
“changes in the unclassified items. Mr. Snyder offered to present all of the items to the publisher for change without distinguishing between the classified and unclassi fied items. He said he would do this without implying they were all classified. I felt it necessary to turn do”
“- 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 ”
“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”
“14-00000 — Attachment to Fitness Report of Howard Hunt 31 March 63 - 31 March 64 Section C (Continued) Special mention should be made of Subject's objectivity and integrity in carrying out his responsibilities. These were best demonstrated when he promptly and swiftly t”
“Legislative Counsel. Mr. Yale: responded that he recognized the legitimacy of the in quiry. Mr. Yale explained that subsequent to initiation, of the complete audit being undertaken by Mr. Quinn of *- the Audit Staff, the Deputy Director for Management and Services, Mr. Haro”
“the publisher to agree to changes in the unclassified items. Mr. Snyder offered to present all of the items to the publisher for change without distinguishing between the classified and unclassi fied items. He said he would do this without implying they were all classified. ”
“age 8 Thirdly, I was asked if Mr. William H arvey was removed S. FORD ERALD LIBRARY 1 2 from t he Ag ency because of his involvement in the assassination plans 'against Prime Minister Castro. 3 The facts are that in June 196 3 he was assigned as our 4 Chief of St ation in Rome an”
“455-4566 SECRET C002349 13 HUNT Hunt CONNECtioN toA Henry Durkin" Via Maxwell Wil C. W Voluntarily this fracas retired after Working on Same operation in 1954 as Phillips Interview report reason: retirement 4/24/70 states that Hunt has taken job @ Mullen x Co and ”
“Logislative Counsel, Mr. Yale responded that he recognized the legitimacy of the in- quiry. Mr. Yals explained that subsequent to initiation of the complete audit being undertaken by Mr. Quinn of -- the Audit Staff, the Deputy Director for Management and Services, Mr. Harold”
“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”
“1 4-00000 52 Twu B*M is, Ch>r..7 inj - 06 1 cave staval 'I wowrel trowed PATERIAL RIVIIRED AT CIA HEUKURKTERS Br DOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS STIFF MEEBERS SECRET 15? FILE TITLE/NUMBER/VOLUME: HUNT, E. HOWARD enmotar% . 3 % won 6%wiel 17 MayOP1948- 2”
“Wh :Ntot ** 1975 265-75 22‘h 1975 U.S.Accused of Refusing Investigate JAfterid the Hunts were _C charged, one of their attorneys, Four oodware Ghenres 7 Philip Hirschkop of Alexandria. - Judge % "Va., asked the Federal courts -50-Million’Theft at H.L.Hunt Concert to requ”
“14-00000 / ( J I ( V i 3. Mr. Rocca was thoroughly candid and cooperative during the course of this interview. He was unable to suggest alternate means ofattempting to determine if any official Agency sponsorship of Mr. Hunt did in fact exist. Mr. Rocca did venture th”
“14-00000 12 SEC. 24. MISCELLANEOUS A. DO YOU ADVOCATE OR HAVE YOU EVER ADVOCATED; OR ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU 1 EVER BEEN A MEMBER OR. OR HAVE YOU SUPPORTED ANY POLITICAL PARTY OR ORGANI- ZATION WHICH ADVOCATES THE OVERTHROW OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL FORM OF GOV- ERNMENT IN THE”
“14-00000 UNITED STATES or AMERICA economic Cooperation administration OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE IN EUROPE 2 rue Saint Florentin PARIS. January 13, 1949. 0 Dear Howard: I am menuinely sorry to hear that you feel obliged to resign your post In our Information”
“14-00000 CONFIDENTIAL SUBJECT: Manuscript and Galley Proof of Undercover: Memoirs of an American Agent by E. Howard Hunt NOTES: A. Pages and lines underlined and appearing at the begin- ning of the items below refer to the galley proof. B. Corresponding page and line ”
“14-00000 70-/829 t: itspisiy . -120k Mr. E. Howard Hunt 6 MAY 1970 11120 River Road Potomac, Maryland 20654 Dear Howard: As you reach the end of your active career of Government service, 1 want to join your friends and colleagues in wishing you continued success a”
“1 4-00000 f ( ( t. ( ( 3. Mr. Roccawasthoroughly candid and cooperative during the course of this interview. He was unable to suggest alternate Deans of attempting to determine if any official Agency sponsorship of Mr. Hunt did in fact exist. Mr. Rocca did venture the ”
“diem. y d. We made a specific analysis of Mr. Hunt’s advance account for the period he was under <’ non-official cover (July ‘65-Sept ‘66) and have E2 IMPDET, CL BY: 006567 CLA• CT”
“. 7 If I may, there is a r eas on why he was taken out and if I 8 could go off the record an d m ent ion that to the Committee. It is a matter of his privacy. 9 Chairman Church. 10 Very well, off the record. 11 12 13 14 15 16 (Off the record discussi on ) M r. Colby. Back on the ”
“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 ”
“rily under 6. our retirement system o n 31 of December 1967. 7 If I may, there is a reason why h e w as taken out and if I 8 cou ld go off the record and mention th at to the Committee. It 9 is a ma tt er of his privacy. Chairman Church. 10 Very well, off t he r ec ord. 11 12 13 ”
“104-10105-10277 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 $ o SECRET 9OGC 74-1755 30 September 1974 3 RE UR P m MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Meeting with E. Howard Hunt Re His Memoirs, ’'Undercover" 1. On 28 September”
“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, ”
“14-00000 6- il under the impression that Mr. Hunt's writing activities were either being encouraged or subsidized directly by this Agency in any official effort. Mr. Ryan re sponded that he was personally not aware of any such arrangement. He added as an expression of per”
“with a source in the copy right office only to find out that the true name was not given on the copyright application. The mailing address given for the author was checked against a telephone cross reference directory. The address on the copyright application was... identif”
“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/”
“gsh 13 TOP SECRET 13 Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 1 in? 2 Mr. Hunt. I am not. Mr. Baron. Does your answer include not only the period 4 of time before you talked with Colonel Pash but after you 5 talked with Colonel Pash? 6 Mr. Hunt. Yes, sir. 7 I might add that I wa”
“ben’ die “ed ill ‘, four 1 Photnt (Area 202) 544-6000 A. Yes. 2 at the moment. Is it possible that he was with = Domestic Operations Division in the field of proprietaries : engaged A. I guess you are right, yes. I believe he was there. 6 0. Did you personally know H”
“ief of Station in Rome and in February of '67 he was 5 reassigned to CIA Headquarters. He reti red v oluntarily under 6. our retirement system on 31 of Dece mb er 1967. 7 If I may , there is a reaso n why he was taken out and if I 8 could g o off the record and mention that to th”
“14-00000 MEMORANDUM FOR ATTACHMENT TO CA-2 Filed by E. Hloward Hunt Ny first knowledge of Mr. Hunt’s illness was on the morning of 12 October when his office informed me that he became 111 and was taken to the hospital with a "bleeding ulcer". He has been on sick leave sin”
“14-00000 ( SECRET manuscript would be in his interest as well as ours. He had referred more than once during the meeting to the need to avoid the appearance of "a bear hug"; in other words, collusion or cooperation between him and the Agency, leaving an inference that the”
“14-00000 0 ( $ SECRET manuscript would be in his interest as well as ours. He had referred more than once during the meeting to the need to avoid the appearance of "a bear hug"; in other words, collusion or cooperation between him and the Agency, leaving an inference tha”
“14-00000 2 1 .under the impression that Mr. Hunt’s writing activities were either being encouraged or subsidized directly by this Agency in any official effort. Mr. Ryan re sponded that he was personally not aware of any such arrangement. He added as an expression of pers”
“through page 213, lines 1-23.) 29. Page 126 beginning with "Chief\ on last line through "officers" on page 127, line 5.- This passage * __________________________ should be deleted because it specifies the classified activities of a' CIA officer, Roger Goiran.03 His assignments ”
“-00000 CL X 0 4. Mr. O’Malicy stated that contact was maintained with Nr. Hunt while at the Mullen Company on a continuing basis, because Mr. O’Malley was interested in Nr. Hunt - ----- for possible referral of other Agency retirees. Mr. O’Malley also understood that there”
“true name of the author. Mr.- Pforzheimer related that he checked with a source in the copy- Bright office only to find out that the true name was not.given on the copyright application. - The mailing address given for the author was checked against a telephone cross referenc”
“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)”