“turn out well. (S) 6. After our meeting with Whitten, I spoke with Gunn about how this issue would be handled by the Board. Gunn believed that it was more than likely that the Board would agree to protect him and that he would make the strongest argument he ■ could to them. ”
“could not recall the exact identity of these individuals. He indicated that he got the impression that .this information was common knowledge in the news, 83004 field. The Bureau may-wish 'to advise 'CIA- by appropriate channels concerning the information tht the CIA had b”
“confident all would turn out well. (S)■ 6. After our meeting with Whitten, I spoke with Gunn about how this issue would be handled by the Board. Gunn - believed that it was more than likely that the Board would agree , to protect him and that he would make the strongest arg”
“IDEN A CONCLUDED THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE USEFUL TO TAKE WHITTEN'S DEPOSITION AT A LATER DATE. ALTHOUGH WHITTEN HAD IN GENERAL A GOOD MEMORY, IDEN A FELT HE DID NOT ADD ANYTHING 0 *OF SIGNIFICANCE TO HIS PRIOR TESTIMONY BEFORE THE<HSCA.> AFTER THE INTERVIEW, WHITTEN TO”
“turn out well. (S) 6. After our meeting with Whitten, I spoke with Gunn about how this issue would be handled by the Board. Gunn believed that it was more than likely that the Board would agree e to protect him and that he would make the strongest argument he could to them. ”
“0 TO P SECRET 60 Phone (Alea 202) 544-6000 1 conversations with Seymour Boultin — 2 Mr. Baron. Walt Elder? 3 Mr. Halley. I talked to Walt Elder on the phone. You know 4 the people who are involved in this thing. I have asked for 5 that, I talked to our attorney, Clarke—”
“41 to r 544-ence 1 Mr. Wallasoh. Did somebody tell youtthat the PBI had primary jurisdiction? Pratos(rvea 2 3 Mr. Halley. No, but the FBI has primary jurisdiction * 4 this is something we are taught in our training courses, in * the United States, vou know, for case”
“TOP SECRET 40. Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 get back to it. After the Six-Day War the Soviets sent^out 2 ji barrage of propaganda in Arabic fto the Middle eag Perom 5 Ardio Moscow that the CIA — and then mentioned BLP1 Harvey, 4 who was working for us, and whom I had put in ”
“DFo staff ve recalled that a faw months ago, shortly after the CIA. expose first appeared in the New York Times, we received in the mail a -- brochure from The Wackenhut Corporation, 262 Havana, Denver, Colorado This organization was described as a private investigative servic”
“CEODET OLVIV 1 % 8BOX Record Number 157-10011-10121 1 April 1974 MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director of Security SUBJECT Charles William Wiley Attached herewith for your information is a summary report covering Subject prepared by.CIA Cover Employee Louis W. Vasaly an”
“TOP SECRET 128 P hone (A re a 2 0 2 ) 5 4 4 -6 0 0 0 1 night. Q 6 2 Mr. Wides. ( If you associate that with (1) NOV o 9 you must have been told more than just, we have an informant. 4 How would it be discussed at the meeting, through this 5 proprietary we have acc”
“Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 1 Chinese Communists subsequently blamed the Chinese Nationalists 2 and the US for sabotaging the aircraft. The aircraft employee 5 had fled to Taiwan. We had nothing to do with that incident 4 and frankly heard about it after it occurred.' 5 In”
“C•ODCT vLU %L.1 % A. If Mr. Wiley, because of his talents and capacity as a writer-journalist and his considerable knowledge of Soviet activity throughout the world, is offered a. highly remunerative job job with a major publication, news service or radio chain, Mr. Wil”
“/ SECRET phase out of this activity at the end of the month. They’ll turn it over to the wives. They are running out of money and have enough to last until end of month. They’ll put this activity on shelf for a few months. They have had ’unbelievable backing’ from # 2 man”
“regarding the 20 penetration of our own organization. And we worked down to an 21 identity. And the FBI disagreed with us. And I am talking 22 about not a few minutes, but several weeks and months f work. 4 1 0 First Str 23 And the Bureau's attitude was, you have got th”
“testified under oath was obvious that FBI and CIA that he didn't know "Saul." were compromised at the very top since both Agencies denied knowledge of "Saul", Noone wan :ed to hear anymore about him.”
“OP DECKEL P hone (A re a 2 0 2 ) 5 4 4 -6 0 0 0 127 1 and saying, look, we want you to go along with this and use 2 Colonel Wimert down there, he is really important to us, and 5 that sort of thing, and was perhaps slightly embarrassed 4 by the fact that they had been doin”
“York Office and he is a current staff member of the "Guardian" He was in contact with the North Vietnamese Diplomatic Mission in Paris in 5/70 and traveled thereafter to Hanoi and Laos for a five-week visit. According to the information made available by Sugar, Ward is critic”
“would be denied as an employee of the Central Intelligence Agency from the date he entered on duty through the date of his departure. Attachment E is a personal letter received from Mr. Whitten after he was notified that his name might be released in connection with declass”
“0% -69- But O’Donnell had no knowledge that QJWIH was ever used for an assassination mission (O’Donnell, 9/11/75, pp. 36, 42). / Donnell said that, as far as he knew, he was the only CIA officer with supervisory responsibility for QJWIN and QJWIN did not report independe”
“cites examples to back up his contention and makes several suggestions for improvement of cover or the establishment of a new one. Apparently this latter memorandum initiated some action by SRS officers who were handling Wiley since in the fall of 1958. Records indicate that”
“saw the most? It was perfectly natural 21 for him to spend his weekends with these people. 22 Mr. Schwarz. And so he was a natural and helpful asset. 23 But how was it arranged that he would work for the CIA, and th 24 lay that question against the instruction from Presi”
“him.’" This record is quoted as follows: "Charles Wiley called collect and said his organization's campaign to get humane treatment for prisoners of Hanoi (i.e., signatures to petitions) was going very well and that they had 'tens of thousands' of signatures with the effo”
“$556.70. The New York Times reported on 3 August 1959 that Charles Wiley, his wife, and Joanne Mellor, a British sub ject living in New York City, were "roughed up" when they attempted to join a parade of Eastern Bloc delegates to the WYF. Wiley and company waited until th”
“CIA until 1973 for expenses, but was paid $253,000 in cash by Morris Bishop when he was terminated. WARNING NOTICE SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED SECRET E2 IMPDET CL BY 025231 RECORD COPY NW 65990 Docld:32394065 Page 2 LX-4229 21fa77 201-312966 SECRET”
“would be denied as an employee of the Central Intelligence Agency from the date he entered on duty through the date of his departure. Attachment E is a personal letter received from Mr. Whitten after he was notified that his name might be released in connection with declass”
“OP SECKEI P h o n e (A re a 2 0 2 ) 5 4 4 -6 0 0 0 140 1 Mr. Fenn. Yes. 2 Mr. Schwarz. Talking about telephones, incidentally, 3 was there a secure telephone between Washington and Santiago 4 which was used for messages, or did you use the cable always? 5 Mr. Phillips.”
“12 Phone (Area 202) 549-6000 MR. MANFREDI: ■ On the record. 2 BY MR. MANFREDI: Q Mr. Sturbitts, are you familiar with a gentleman by / the name of Frank Sturgis? A Indeed. Q Is your familiarity based on what you have read in 7 the press? 8 A No. It is what is cont”
“TOP SECRET 127 Phone (A rea 202) 544-6000 1 Mr. Wides. Were you ever aware, whether you were formally 2 notified or just got a rumble or heard through the grapevine, that the CIA was getting some information about these threats, 4 or some information about groups who might”
“feeling of being vulnerable. Physically he is not well; he is paralyzed on .his left side and has great difficulty walking. On a map, hers pointed out his apartment and indicated what he believed to be. serious threats to his safety should his affiliation with CIA become kno”
“use my judgment, seek out persons who might be of interest, and take advantage of opportunities which might arise; that I would be given recruited agents to handle as the need arose; that, per the limitation concerning my cover, I was not to engage in actual recruitments, but was”
“-69- But O'Donnell had no knowledge that QJWIN.was ever used for an assassination mission (O'Donnell, 9/11/75, pp. 36, 42). O'Donnell said that, as far as he knew, he was the only CIA officer with supervisory responsibility for QJWIN and QJWIN did not report independently t”
“cannot accept. New Subject: Release of William Pawley's name 3. It is agreed that an attempt will be made to locate Pawley's next of kin to request their permission to release information pertaining to his relationship with CIA. If the next of kin cannot be indentified or lo”
“2- SECRET Morgan @ march 22, 1960 cable reporting that they feel strongly that it would be a serious mistalce for any uis . gouit agency to recruit Morgan for operational purpoes- Morgan who reportedly under local cloud is perfectly capable betraying U.S.goutor his own mot”
“Following the approval of the project funding, McCord contacted Lee Pennington, of the Americanism Committee of the American Legion in Washington, D. C., asking, and receiving wholehearted agreement, for Pennington to provide • cover for Wiley’s work. The cover arrangements w”
“of being vulnerable. ‘ Physically he is not well; he is paralyzed, on 1his left side and has great difficulty walking. On a map, he pointed out his apartment and indicated what he believed to be serious threats to his safety should his affiliation with CIA become known. Wit”
“TOP SECRET 41 1 tomorrow to review the cover paper from .which this summary is 2 drawn. I know Eric has some problems with the cover paper, both 5 editorially, because they view it as overly simplistic and 4 harsh because it- reflects all of the Inspector General’s 5 judgme”
“IUP DECKEL P h o n e (A re a 2 0 2 ) 5 4 4 -6 0 0 0 141 that moment began cooperating with the Chief of Station. I don’ t Do recall any instance where' there was any indication of hesitancy 01 on his part about doing what he was doing. And I certainly can’t comment a”
“officially recognized Welch w.as killed by the gun at an anti-American assassin, by the ambassador and the State Dep irtment But this !, not but the gun was put into the asamtn’s hand by all the delen- appreciated by the lower level € tea et the embassy, K : seo against the dil”
“42 P hone (A re a 2 0 2 ) 5 4 4 -6 0 0 0 TOP SECRET 1 Mr. Osborn. He was a Deputy undouc. Colmmie.ounk.o Goggmrs % - 2 He had a very high position was 3 his name. 4 Mr. Wallach. I note your attorney is taking notes. May 5 I ask if those will be provided to the CIA? 6”
“CIA until 1973 for expenses, but was paid $253,000 in cash by Morris Bishop when he was terminated. WARNING NOTICE SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED SECRET RECORD CY E2 IMPDET CL BY 025231 RETURN TO CIA Background Use Only Do Not Reproduce LX-4229 21 77 201-3129”
“of getting about two months' expenses for subject (Wiley) and in the meantime we can complete our clearance of him and try to make out a project. We should also make a survey of his work to be certain a project is justified." Westrell, in turn, directed McCord to talk to Bir”
“TOP SECRET 3 P hone (A re a 2 0 2 ) 5 4 4 -6 0 0 0 TESTIMONY OF HOWARD J. OSBORN, ACCOMPANIED 1 BY JOHN W. DEBELIUS, COUNSEL 2 Mr. Osborn. My name is Howard J. Osborn, 1224 Mottronj, 3 4 Virginia. Mr. Wallach. And Counsel, would you just state your name. 5 Mr. Debeliu”
“- C 0 8 P NY 65-22427 WILLIAM K.AHARVEY 10 Lorings SECRET THOMPSON stated that this individual’s face was somewhat familiar, and that the name definitely was familiar to him. THOMPSON identified this 'individual as a Captain HARVEY, whose name appeared on communicatio”
“be denied as an employee of the Central Intelligence Agency from the date he entered on duty through the date of his departure. Attachment E is a personal letter received from Mr. Whitten after he was notified that his name might be released in connection with declassificat”
“mbh 1 Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 SECRET I - ! PRESIDENT’S COMMISSION 2 i ON CIA ACTIVITIES 4= ! Langley, Virginia - Wednesday, April 16, 1975 €t. Deposition of WILLIAM C. STURBITTS, called for 71 -i examination by Counsel for the Commission on CIA Activities, .8; ”
“of being vulnerable. Physically he is not well; he is paralyzed on his left side and has great difficulty walking. On a map, he pointed out his apartment and indicated what he believed to be serious threats to his safety should his affiliation with CIA become known.._ Within”
“mbh 1 Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 SECRET 1 — 1 PRESIDENT’S COMMISSION 21 ON CIA ACTIVITIES A 4z ! Langley, Virginia - • J Wednesday, April 16, 1975 6 1 Deposition of WILLIAM C. STURBITTS, called for 71 examination by Counsel for the Commission on CIA Activities, 6”
“arranged to have Wiley call Cecil Tighe, SRS, the following Monday and for Tighe to advise Wiley to come to Washington in the near future to discuss the matter with Tighe and Gaynor. Apparently, Allen was removing himself from contact with Wiley at about this time. Apparent”
“begins ’’press reports claimed that . . .’’without further specifying the source, we felt it best to make no comment to Mr. Phillips on this point. 6. Chapter three: Havana and Beirut a. Some concern was expressed regarding the paragraph on page 13 explaining salary off-set ”