“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”
“4-00000 104-10105-10293 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 / L - OGC 74-1755 SECRET 30 September 1974 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Meeting with E. Howard Hunt Re His Memoirs, "Undercover" 1. On 28 September 1974 Ray”
“STATEMENT BY E. HOWARD HUNT Exhibit 1 A year ago when Congress established the Church Committee, Senator Baker was quoted as saying that I would be an early witness. I was then free on Appeal and readily available to testify concerning CIA involvement in allegedly illegal acti”
“4-00000 SECRET 21 June 1972 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Mr. E. Howard Hunt / 1. On 21 June 1972 Mr. Robert Tegethoff, INR, Department of State, informed Mr. James Franklin, Chief, CCS/OCB, that the Department of State had received press inquiries in regard to ”
“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”
“14-00000 .( 1-0 15 February 1974 IG Feb 1111, Tub 38 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Interview of Mr. Rogers Brooks on the David St. John Novels 1. At 0930 on the morning of 15 February 1974, the undersigned interviewed Mr. Rogers Brooks, Chief, Contract Personnel ”
“14-00000 ( 1 15 February 1974 IG Feb 11, Tab 38 MEMORANDUM FOR TUB RECORD SUBJECT: Interview of Mr. Rogers Brooks on the David St. John Novels 1. At 0930 on the morning of 15 February 1974, the undersigned interviewed Mr. Rogers Brooks, Chief, Contract Personnel Divis”
“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”
“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”
“Gr‘slim “hut are, film dl Phone (Area 202) 5446000 A. Yes. 2 J 2 at the moment. Is it possible that he was with 3'■ 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 ”
“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”
“&olim “hxlB%. Him # Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 A. Yes. 2 : 2. at the moment. Is it possible that he was with 3 . Domestic Operations Division in the field of proprietaries 4 - engaged A. I guess you are right, yes. I believe he was there. 6 0 Did you personally know H”
“1 4-00000 2 36 Feb 12, Tab 2 19 Jun 72 EVERETTE HOWARD HUNT, JR. 1. Subject, a former GS-15 Operations Officer assigned to DDP/Ecrope, is 53 years of age and married. He served with • the Office of Strategic Services during World War I, and was employed by this Agency f”
“14-00000 14 February 1974 IG Feb. 11, Toll 38 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Interview with Mr. Raymond A. Rocca on the David St. John Novels -% 1. On the morning of 14 February 1974 Messrs. Frederick Evans and Lawrence Howe interviewed Mr. Raymond A. Rocca, Deputy ”
“HSCA, dtd 18 Jan 78 1. This memorandum is in response to the request in paragraph 4 of Reference A. 2. CCS maintains a file on one of the 24 individuals identified in Reference B, as follows: E. Howard Hunt Approximately 100 documents con- cerning the establishment, maintenance a”
“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 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”
“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”
“, 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”
“0 Or the period leading up to the Bay of Pigs? Phone (Area 202} 544-6000 1 No . 6 0 And you were not involved in this program at all during 0 i the same time that E. Howard Hunt was involved in it? No . 0 Do you know what the position was Mr. Hunt occupied in: conn”
“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. ”
“use rejected the manuscript as controversial because they had no way of checking out the facts. الية A review of the first few pages of the manuscript rather clearly show this to be the work of E. Howard Hunt ( OS file #23500), T presently a staff employee assigned to the Europea”
“14-00000 / pen ( ( ( 1 21 February 1974 indexed IGW1 6258 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Office of Finance Records - E. Howard Hunt 1. On the instruction of Mr. Steven L. Kuhn, Chief, of Operations, PSI, the undersigned made an appointment for the afternoon o”
“14-00000 { I / ( i* to provide Mr. Hunt from his private funds, Mr. Richards of the Inspector General Staff opinioned that if the Agency had sponsored the St. John books, it was likely that Mr. Hunt had so informed Senator Baker. . 4. Adding possible weight to this li”
“on House rejected the manuscript as controversial because they had no way of checking out the facts. A review of the first few pages of the manuscript rather clearly show this to be the work of E. Howard Hunt ( OS file #23500), presently a staff employee assigned to the European ”
“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 ”
“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”
“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 .7 SECRET. 9 May 1974 MEMORANDUM FOR: OPS/RMO SUBJECT : Watergate File Research - Final Report 1. The files of the immediate office of the Chief, OPS/OSG have been checked for material relevant to the subject of this memorandum. The check included chronologica”
“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”
“14-00000 ( o provide Mr. Hunt from his private funds. Mr. Richards of the Inspector General Staff opinioned that if the Agency had sponsored the St. John books, it was likely that Mr. Hunt had so infomed Senator Baker. 4. Adding possible weight to this line of speculation”
“14-00000 SECRET 4 9 May 1974 MEMORANDUM FOR: OPS/RMO SUBJECT : Watergate File Research - Final Report 1. The files of the immediate office of the Chief, OPS/OSG - • have been checked for material relevant to the subject of this memorandum. \ The check included chronolo”
“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”
“n Or the period leading up to the Bay of Pigs? Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 A. No • 0 And you were not involved in this program at all during 1 the same time that E. Howard Hunt was involved in it? a No . 0 Do you know what the position was Mr. Hunt occupied in C connec”
“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 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 / ( 1 ( ( 21 February 1974 endevrd IGHII 02008 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Office of Finance Records - B. Howard Hunt 1. On the instruction of Mr. Steven L. Kuhn, Chief of Operations, PSI, the undersigned made an appointment for the afternoon of 20 ”
“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”
“SECRET 89 Phone (A rea 2 0 2 )5 4 4 -6 0 0 0 1 A. Yes. 2 Q -- at the moment. Is it possible that he was with Domestic Operations Division in the field of proprietaries". 4 .engaged — 5 A. I guess you are right, yes. I believe he was there. 6 Q Did you personally know”
“is 0 Or the period leading up to the Bay of Pigs? Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 - A. No. 2 : 0. And you were not involved in this program at all during ;the same time that E. Howard Hunt was involved in it? 4 No • 5 Q Do you know what the position was Mr. .Hunt occupied”
“me approached $100,000) I must again pay legal fees occasioned by the interest of the Senate in matter of no iscernible benefit to me. Between last January and April I could freely have traveled to Washington to testify at the pleasure of the Senate. From then on I could' hav”
“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”
“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”
“, 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”
“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”
“14-00000 ( COncIUERT! 1 4 ( NER 20 December 1973 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: E. Howard Hunt . - 1. I spoke with Fig Coleman about Hunt's assignment to Spain. I had spoken with him back in August when we were inquiring into .... reported activities .involving Mr”
“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”
“14-00000 SL C RE 1 Copy one of one copies if ( February 1974 IC Feb 9, Tal 33 MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. Kuhn 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 wri”
“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”
“. 4-00000 *4 0 SEGAEI J__o 3/0 MEMORANDUM FOR: Office of Finance THROUGH ; Chief, Contract Personnel Division SUBJECT : Engagement of E. How.rd Hunt .8 Indenendent Contr ctor Under Men orindum of Or I Contract 1. Effective 2 November 1970, subject was retained under ”