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104-10126-10080 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (6/15/1978)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch39612 and id is 1 raw text is: 104-1012610080 OLC 78-2112/1 15 JUN 1978 MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence FROM S. D. Breckinridge Principal Coordinator HSCA Office of Legislative Counsel SUBJECT Letter from Chairman Stokes of HSCA on Direct Access to Former Agent in Mexico 1. Action Requested: That you approve the recommendation at paragraph 8, supporting the decision of the DDCI to not provide the HSCA with direct access to a former clandestine agent in Mexico, and that you renew to Chairman Stokes the DDCI's offer to obtain answers to written HSCA questions addressed to the man. 2. Background: The letter from Mr. Stokes refers to two agents; we are aware of yone at issue. Prior to the AVisit of the 1-ISCAinvesti-gators to PMeLo city, they were advised at the Headquarters Building that CIA could not sAsst thap in locating or contacting a formeragent. The an hal operated a photographic observation post covering the Cuban diplomatic installations at the time of Lee Harvey Oswald's visit there in 1963. This statement of the Agency's position /was not protested at that time. 3 S -i the ear that while the Station had been instructed to assist in contacting former Agency employees there, and other persons with whom the Agency had no direct contact, it had been instructed to not assist in contacting the agent in question. When Mr. Blakey learned of.this he asked for a meeting with the DDCI. 4. At the meeting, the DDCI stated the responsibility of the DCI and DDCI to protect intelligence sources and methods, and the need to maintain a viable intelligence collection organization. He expressed the view that making agents available for direct questioning by congressional \Jq, '07 ~A~r.~DE BY.

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