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![handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch18935 and id is 1 raw text is: 14 10310 0O253
3 JAN 1969
MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT: Garrison and the Kennedy Assassination:
William Clarens WOOD Jr., alias William BOXLEY,
201-834272
Reference: CI/R&A Memorandum No. 9, Subject: Garrison
and the Kennedy Assassination, 5 June 1968, paragraph 19c
A. Summary
William Clarens WOOD Jr. was employed by CIA as a contract
instructor in clandestine operations from March 1951 when he arrived
in[:::::] until March 1952, when he had a nervous breakdown resulting
from family problems and alcoholism. Sent back to Headquarters,
he served as an instructor in OTR from May 1952 to January 1953,
when his resignation was requested, again because of heavy drinking.
During or before July 1968 Garrison, who knew that WOOD had been a
CIA employee, hired him as an investigator assigned to Garrison's
investigation of the Kennedy assassination. In December 1968, however,
Garrison's office announced that WOOD had been fired because it had been
ascertained that he was then active as a CIA 'bperative. Later in
December WOOD made two telephone calls to his former chief in
requesting contact and instructions. The case is being referred to the FBI.
B. Summary of Earlier Events
1. William Clarens WOOD Jr., born 17 August 1920 in Shreveport,
Louisiana, was approved in November 1944 for overseas employment
by OSS in an assignment as a nlwspaperman (printing chief in a Central
Pacific operation). This approval was withdrawn on 23 December 1944,
however, because of non-concurrence by OG/AAF. He was then assigned
to combat infantry duty in the Southwest Pacific; he was not used by OSS.
In February 1945 he visited the Honolulu Office of OSS and claimed that](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.jfk/jfkarch18935&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)