“mers Roberts and (2) in the Washington Post. W: It sounded so to me. DCI: However, it is interesting that Buchanan worked for the Washington Post in 1949. Wasn't it the Star? W: DCI: W: No, I am told he worked for the Post. Now, I may be wrong on that. Well, I just saw in one of ”
“operational use of Mr. (Roberts. Mr Roberts has been a Staff Agent of CIA since 28 August 1961.10 From March 1964 to November 1964 he spent time in West Africa writing a monograph on West African legal problems. It should be noted that this task was performed under a grant fr”
“operational use of Mr. R oberts. Mr. Roberts has been a Staff Agent of CIA since 2°8 August 1961. From March 1964 to November 1964 he spent time in West Africa writing a monograph on W est African legal problems. (0 It should be noted that this task was performed under a gran”
“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”
“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”
“Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 SECRET 2 1 PROCEEDINGS/ 3 Thereupon, WILLIAM C. STURBITTS, called as a witness by Counsel for the Commission on.CIA 5 Activities, and having been first duly sworn by the Notary 6 Public, was examined and testified as follows: 7 EXAMINATION”
“con-- tinuing interest in an ONA/SAT merger. Their representative making these continuing overtures to the Agency was retired Admiral William F. Raborn, former Director of Central Intelligence. Admiral Raborn made literally dozens of phone calls to Agency officials and arrang”
“TOP SECRET 49 P h o n e (A re a 2 0 2 ) 5 4 4 -6 0 0 0 1 Eyes Only basis, and the first part of this was the necessary documentation for the authority which was later signed off on 5 by Dick Helms as Deputy Director. 4 Beginning on my page 4, your middle of page 3.— 5”
“TOP SECRET P h o n e (A re a 2 0 2 ) 5 4 4 -6 0 0 0 114 1 Mr. Schwarz. Now, that purports to be from LTG Bennett 2 no Colonel Wune.cis / and has the text in it which you sent on o tto Colonel Wimero7 4 Mr. Phillips. Yes. 5 Mr. Schwarz. And what is your best recollectio”
“* St becomes clear from the nevuw of files on these defs. that debriefing. Y defectors was in fact somewhat 'yf'a random melAnrence. def e ., Tout ee, Letelphhe Howserrehhet wwwht souinstancia whelk ite ay did choose to debeef vetit ning Muyrswada toibe interested in isully”
“Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 SECRET 2 1 PROCEEDINGS/ 2 Thereupon, WILLIAM C. STURBITTS, a called as a witness by Counsel for the Commission on.CIA 5 Activities, and having been first duly sworn by the Notary 6 Public, was examined and testified as follows: 7 EXAMINATI”
“TOP SECRET 57 Mr. Wides. Yes, a Washington attorney P hone (A re a 2 0 2 ) 5 4 4 -6 0 0 0 or Kenney. k. Houston. Kenney. He must have been one of the cen- DO tral cover projects. He was not an OGC project that Ivrecalled. 0I Mr. Wides. He was not prominently involved i”
“6-e ‘t 3 week was Mike Oliver, Mitchell Werbell, III, retired Colonel Robert Bayard, US X Army who also lives in thistarea and is associated with Korbe.il. and a fellow named Chuck Hall who is a resident of the Bahamas in Nassau, who is a key part :of this operation. And ”
“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”
“the statement, "Under the cover of investigating a leftist campaign to drive U. S. Government spokesmen and recruiters for government agencies from the colleges, I talked over the situation with those listed below, the following report is based on the combined thinking of al”
“14-00000 SECRET Security Information H:O A’II OF royrete 11: 19'53 AT i^Y - .L 9:30 F.. 12:1 During the course of our conversation Xr. S towe stated that he was pleased to have had the opportunl ty to meet here and to clear up his status. He also stated that: a. In hi”
“true name would allow the identification of a person yet protect the persona itself. Document No. 104-10015-10153, CIA Cable, DIR 85039: R.W. Herbert was chief of WH Div at the time and signed off _on this cable as authenticating officer. He was an ^integrated State Officer*”
“dn20 TOP SECRET 65 Phone (A rea 202) 544-6000 1 Director might have approved it, but. it wasn’t the way 2 I briefed it, and it wasn’t my understanding with Mr. Cotter. Mr. Wallach. In other words, you did give Mr. Cotter 3 assurance that this was only a mail cover type”
“3 P hone (A re a 2 0 2 ) 5 4 4 -6 0 0 0 TOP SECRET 1 My other duty, which was a more particular duty, was to be 2 in charge of the economic side of our foreign policy, which 3 included economic areas of the State Department, and also 4 included oversight and general dir”
“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”
“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”
“ECRET 2 Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 1 PROCEEDINGS 2 Thereupon, WILLIAM C. STURBITTS, / called as a witness by Counsel for the Commission on CIA Activities, and having been first duly sworn by the Notary 6 Public, was examined and testified as follows: 7 EXAMINATION”
“14-00000 SECRET 30 September 1974 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Meeting with Theodore Roussos on 31 August 1974 1. During subject meeting Mr. Roussos told me that Mr. Mitchell Livingston WERBELL III called him from Atlanta .on 29 August and again on 30 August. Wer”
“SECKET 62 Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 Of course, if these people went out and did something on 2 their own, they could do things we were not aware of, obviously. 3 You can’t — you know what they are doing during their eight or 4 1 ten hours that they are going to work ever”
“President. The latter in turn could register his concerns with Speaker of the House Thomas P. - O’Neill. Mr. Latimer said that the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence charter precluded the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence from playing a significan”
“self-sustaining. 8. Wackenhut impressed me as a clean-cut, energetic, ambitious young business man who is obviously proud of what appears to be a superior organization of its type. He is interest in profits, but it is my impression he is sincerely eager to do what he can to ”
“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”
“before. 19 When I became Under Secretary I became so under a new law that 4 1 0 F irs t S tre e t, S .E ., W a s h in g to n , D .C . 2 0 0 0 3 20 had been passed in 1953, at which time I was promoted to 21 Deputy Under Secretary to the new position, which was called 22 ”
“SECRET, Sort File 29 June 1971 MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. Joseph Di Stefano SUBJECT Responsibilities During Assignment to DO/Washington Base (re Fitness Report Jan 69 - Jan. '70) FROM : Mr. William M. Kent 1. During the early days of my assignment to DO/Washington Base, the matter”
“J SECRET CONTENTS BACKGROUND 1 EVENTS LEADING TO RECRUITMENT 2 SECURITY PROCESSING 8 ACTIVITIES, MARCH 1956 - JUNE 1959 9 CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP 13 ACTIVITIES, JULY 1959 - JANUARY 1974 15 WORLD YOUTH FESTIVAL, VIENNA 1959 15 CUBA TRIP, ARREST AND DETENTION 1960 19 A”
“Defense to issue an interim top secret clearance on subject to cover his Vietnam trip with Mr. Bush. 3. Subject has asked if the Agency can update his clearance.80 that he may have a standing top secret clearance status. He expects to make further trips abroad with Mr. Bush, and ”
“3. NY 65-22427 WILLIAM K. MARVEY O(!) 11 THOMPSON stated that he recalled an individual by the name of HARVEY whom he believes was an officer Germany with the 7983rd Army Unit which THOMPSON stated was a covert CIA outfit, or was an officer with an Army Intelligence Unit”
“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 ”
“then, if necessary with the President. The latter in turn could register his concerns with Speaker of the House Thomas P. - O'Neill. Mr. Latimer said that the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence charter precluded the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligen”
“dnl5 TOP SECRET 60 Rangos: Phone (A rea 202) 544-6000 Mr. Wallach. Was Mr. Kenmore actually involved in the DO operation? Mr. Osborn. Yes, he was a part of it. 0 S Mr. Wallach. Do you know Mr. ? ■ E e O1 B r T Mr. Osborn. I am sure there was one, but I neve”
“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”
“TOP SECRET •>- dAment Tu> f 122 Phone (Area 202) 544-6000. 25 Senator Baker has another matter. to Senator Baker. It won't take but a brief moment. I think I owe the Committee on a report, on the statement 4 that I made to the Press a few moments ago. I did not intend ”
“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”
“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.”
“Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 SECRET 2 F Do PROCEEDINGS/ Thereupon, 1O WILLIAM C. STURBITTS, called as a witness by Counsel for the Commission on.CIA 5 Activities, and having been first duly sworn by the Notary 6 Public, was examined and testified as follows: 7 EXAMIN”
“14-00000' 4-61-88 109859 B##46188 CE Seroceyjiv. T 25 March 1970 ceet Mm FOR TaE RECCAD th Subject: World Associates, Ine, (Hugh McDonald) 1. McDonald asked me to meet with him on 24 Mar 70. I did. He started the conversation by stating, ‘We arc getting bigger all t”
“mbh 1 Phone (Area 202} 544-6000 SECRET 1 — 1 PRESIDENT’S COMMISSION 2 , ON CIA ACTIVITIES • ! Langley, Virginia Wednesday, April 16, 1975 6 Deposition of WILLIAM C. STURBITTS, called for J examination by Counsel for the Commission on CIA Activities, 8 J the witne”
“UP SECRET P h o n e (A re a 2 0 2 ) 5 4 4 -6 0 0 0 130 1 Bennett, who was the head of DIA at the time. So, I don't + 2 know that it was. Mr. Schwarz. Which is the tab at which the reply 4 from Wimert is located? Is it K? 5 Mr. Treverton. K, yes. 6 Mr. Schwarz. Would”
“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”
“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. ”
“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”
“SECKET 62 Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 1 Of course, if these people went out and did something on 2 their own, they could do things we were not aware of, obviously. 3 You can’t — you know what they are doing during their eight or 4 ‘i ten hours that they are going to work ev”
“14-00000 CONFIDENTIAL * 4. In summary, the SSU joins those who feel that this book would better have been left unwritten. It is a text replete with names, details, operational information and close personal privileged information based upon the author’s assignments which ”
“gsh 23 TOP SECRET 23 P h o n e (A re a 2 0 2 ) 5 6 4 -6 0 0 0 1% , b. 1B It was about that time that General Cushman was still 2 assigned to the CIA. I could be wrong about that but I seem o to have a memory of Cushman being around in those days. He was then a Colonel”
“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”