“0002346 -10 - - Hunt SrGD-T vh^i 5. Mr. Mr. George Helms then asked whether my wife should register under thee F Fordign Registration Act andAgents Mr. Helms said that under the circumstances she absolutely should not signed H. H 11 F.R. This upset Agency beca”
“i€Cu73rv osonci 6002343 - 7- HUNt 503 worked operation with him in 9/61 (approved by by Helms reassignedfS 1/17/62 DDP/CAstA Office of CFsto C F. the Chief 2121-1000-1000 ENVELOPE "Re Investigation + Apprasel Info dtd 11/62 + 2/63 Sanitized version 162 Huntareq”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“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.”
“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”
“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”
“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 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”
“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”
“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 SUBJECT: Howard Hunt determined that $33,500 was advanced to him for travel and transportation of household goods to and from Madrid with one trip to Paris for he and his family to renew their Spanish visas. All of this advance was fully . accounted for.”
“14-00000 SECRET 1 June 1967 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Mr. Howard Hunt ' Mr. Hunt, on instructions of the Deputy Director for Plans, and with approvals from the DCI and the DDCI, was converted to contract employment and assigned to Spain for a special underta”
“14-00000 tolinu (- 3. A review of the circumstances surrounding Mr. Hunt’s conversion to Contract Type A employment and assignment was then undertaken by Messrs. Yalo, Caufield, Hudson and the undersigned. The contract and payroll files of Mr. Hunt wore reviewed for poss”
“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 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”
“1 4-00000 / SECRET SUBJECT: Howard Hunt determined that $33,500 was advanced to him for travel and transportation of household goods to and from Madrid with one trip to Paris for he. and his family to renew their Spanish visas. All of this advance was fully accounted f”
“1 4-00000 SECRET 1 June 1967 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Mr. Howard Hunt 'Mr. Hunt, on instructions of the Deputy Director for Plans, and with approvals from the DCI and the DDCI, was converted to contract employment and assigned to Spain for-a special underta”
“CEODET SLUYL% G002350 14 - HUNT Hunt was assign ed to Madrid between 7/65+9/66 Ryan was DC/WED said Hunt's assignment was handled wa benefit of routine processingJ was coordinated by Karamessines W.E. totally unaware of his activities, targets. etc Hunt was on "Co”
“14-00000 vlilu ‘s'- (- ( 5. IA review of the circumstances surrounding Mr. Hunt’s conversion to Contract Type A employment and assignment was then undertaken by Messrs. Yalo, Caufiold, Hudson and the undersigned. The contract and payroll files of Mr. Hunt were reviewed ”
“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”
“14-00000 SECRET SUBJECT: Howard Hunt determined that $33,500 was advanced to him for travel and transportation of household goods to and from Madrid with one trip to Paris for he and his family to renew their Spanish visas. All of this advance was fully accounted for. H”
“02341 32 HUNT 6/23 memo Dep. Dir. S fro EC m to From Hunt+ oper.sup) DDS (Inves. ) Calls Something of a character and 10 Free Wh ell er wants @ gun + a Hunt convertible in M. C - Langan for use would Hunt be zused happy on 0y if project Tracy pus hi ngB”
“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”
“1 4-00000 ( 1 .. c. He also suggested that another person--definitely no friend of Hunt--who might have some recall or have picked up information about the book-writing matter might be Anita Potocki of CI Staff, formerly of . Division D. (I gather that she did not have of”
“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”
“positive intelligence on the Iberian .target during this period the officials responsible for this ef fort within the Western European Division were totally unaware of it. 3. Mr. Ryan stated that most of his knowledge of Mr. Hunt’s activity and the nature of his assignment ”
“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 ”
“SECRET when Filter I"1. SECTION XS . NARRATIVE COMMENTS ‘Indicate significant strengths or weaknesses demonstrated in current position keeping in proter per spective their relation ship to - " ’“ overall per ' ’ “ formonco.* *4 State suggestionsimade . .. of work for impr”
“mended, and I agreed, that I ought to visit Havana to savor the atmosphere and mingle with the Cuban NW 65924 Docld:32361620 Page 6 SECRET -2- SECRET people. Our cover staff provided me with documentation that would support the operational alias I was to live with for the duratio”
“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”
“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 ”
“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”
“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”
“14-00000 ( C (. C. He also suggested that another person--definitely no friend of Hunt--who might have some recall or have picked up information about the book-writing matter might be Anita Potocki of CI Staff, formerly of Division D. (I gather that she did not have offi”
“14-00000 SECRET 09 File Agreement AGREEMENT made this 13th day of_ December effective the 13 th day of. December , 19.___ 50 19a _9 by and between the United States of America (hereinafter referred to as the Government), as represented by the Central Intelligence Agenc”
“, that I ought to visit Havana to savor the atmosphere and mingle with the Cuban SECRET - 2 - SECRET people. Our cover staff provided me with documentation that would support the operational alias I was to live with for the duration of the Project: Edward J. Hamilton. I drew a tr”
“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”
“1 4-00000 OLLNLL Copy one of one copies ( U ( February 1974 26 Feb 9, Tal 35 MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. Kuhn i SUBJECT: General Gaynor's Recollections 1. This date, at your instruction, I called Gen. Paul F. Gaynor to seek his recollections regarding his knowledge of the wr”
“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”
“Montevideo.. - So Hunt took another tour. Woodward was outraged, and had his revenge in 1964 when Hunt was to be sent as DCOS to Madrid. 4. After a couple of months--early 1965--Ryan called Coleman in and, observing that there was more than one way to skin a cat, • told him”
“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”
“- 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 ”
“14-00000 / % GUECTDENNAL The vouchers were not large, although the documentation was poor. Coleman raised the question with Ryan about his signing off, and Ryan said he could talk to Karamessines if he wished. Because Coleman had a close personal association with Karame”
“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. ”
“14-00000 SECRET 4. Secondly,, Mr. Hunt has carried with him from SAS a continuing participation in the work of that staff in its two aspects: the countering of Soviet political action and a reawakened and redefined concern with Communist Party operations. He has contribut”
“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 ”
“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”
“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”