The statement of Manuel "Tony" Varona recounts a meeting about Cuba between him and featured Mafia notable Meyer Lansky. The CIA quickly warns Varona to stay away from Lansky, to which Varona seemingly complies. Yet Lansky associate and Mafia leader Santo Trafficante later suggests Varona for use in the Castro Plots.
Three new CIA Biographic Profiles to review, the first was a CIA Operations Officer in Saigon supporting the overthrow of its government, Lucien Emile Conein. Additionally, the files of Howard M. Orr, an Intelligence and Operations Officer, and the file of CIA Intelligence Analyst and Operations Officer James Sauvie Woods that served for two years at Atsugi Airbase in Japan. Each is offered for your inspection. Agency Biographic Profiles have been added with hundreds of other documents to the Consolidated CIA Files section and you can access them within its collected evidence.
Two documents for your review, the first a report on the various CIA business contacts with Clay Shaw. The second FBI document while not supporting the evolving stories attached to the Clay Bertrand pseudonym, does offer that two unnamed and likely unreported FBI informants claimed Clay Bertrand was Clay Shaw.
A document verifying the Central Intelligence Agency utilized George de Mohrenschildt's second wife and brother. Officials note in the document that the de Mohrenschildts claim to be the only couple who associated with both the Oswalds and the Kennedys.
Four newly documented CIA projects for your review. Projects Butane, Cellotex-1, and Cellotex-2, each of these projects targeted members of the media for revealing classified information. Additionally, the CIA's Office of Security targeted dissident groups considered a threat to Agency employees and operations codenamed Project Merrimac. Each in the Agency's own words are "probable violations of the Agency's charter."
Three new pseudonyms for your review, the first Bronson Tweedy the first CIA Africa division leader questioned about discussing the possible assassination of Congolese leader Patrice LaMumba. The second is the false name of a former DGI (Cuban Intelligence) Chief of Uraguay, and the final name is a Chinese ally of the anti-Communist Cuban group the Unidad Revolucionaria.
Three new CIA Security Files are offered for your inspection. The file of Richard Snyder, American consul and CIA operative, he spoke with Lee Harvey Oswald at the American Embassy during his Russian defection. Additionally, the files of two men among the handful with direct knowledge of the CIA Castro plots Edward Morgan and James O'Connell. All these documents have been added to the Consolidated CIA Files.
A collection of CIA Fitness Reports with most regarding the years 1963-1964, each reveals some personal information and employee assignments. Among those featured are David Atlee Phillips, George Joannides, E. Howard Hunt, Anne Goodpasture, Boris Tarasoff, and Thomas Keenan. Agency Fitness Reports have been absorbed with hundreds of similar documents into the Consolidated CIA Files section and you can now access them within its resources.
Inspecting the CIA's 201 Records System and internal policies for navigating official intelligence files. #CIA #Evidence
Three new documents, the first is an internal paper on the dangers and benefits of counterintelligence by CIA officer Woodbury Carter. The second is a policy document regarding Covert Security Approvals, such as those used in Agency Project QKENCHANT. The third is the Cuban Mug Book and Key Book Volume One, it contains hundreds of pictures and identities of Cuban nationals observed by the Agency for possible operational and security reasons. Each is offered for your inspection.
The CIA Security Files of Agency counterintelligence agent Balmes Hidalgo, CIA intelligence agent E. Howard Hunt, and Mafia connected assassin Jack Ruby. Agency Security Files have been absorbed into the Consolidated CIA Files section and can be accessed within its resources.
A collection of CIA Personal History Statements, the files offer extensive information on each subject's private biography in their own words. Among the notable subjects included are CIA Officer David Sanchez Morales, CIA asset Lucien Conein, CIA Dallas group chief James Walton Moore, DRE case officer Ross Crozier, and Mexico City station employees Charlotte Bustos Videla, and Anna and Boris Tarasoff for your review. Agency PHS documents have been absorbed into the Consolidated CIA Files section and you can access them within its resources.
Two CIA employee aliases offered for your inspection. CIA Special Affairs Staff employee Daniel Flores and Operations Officer Harold Francis Swenson.
Three additional CIA Security Files have been added that include anti-Castro exile leader Orlando Bosch Avila, CIA officer William King Harvey, and CIA employee Sylvia Hyde Hoke. Each offered for your inspection. Collected Security Files have been absorbed with several other documents into the Consolidated CIA Files section and you can access them within its resources.
The CIA's Project ZRRIFLE draft documents regarding the proposed covert assassination of enemy leaders. Additionally included is the reauthorization memo signed in 1963 and each offered for your review.
