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104-10174-10052 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (11/23/1959)

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  S' Z Ts  Consultant for Cuba - Edwbrd G. Tichborn (P)

       1. Following the receipt of an affirmativ9 eli      regards to  P.
  Tichborn, I talked on 16 Lovember with Uessr3         Orat,  and
  Landreth of jxH Division and we decided that I =  -ei  in toucthi At  .
  Tichborn and try to arrange for him to go to Cuba az soon as possible.
  The sae day I contacted Tichborn by phone and arranged for a- meeting in
  Los ngeles on 13 Lovember.

      .   As scheduled, I not with Pr. Tichborn at the leabassador Hotel
 in Los  angeles on 13 November, We reviswed the situation in Ciba in some
 detail and I asked hia. if he would be available to ake a ,TDXr   to Cuba
 to investigate possibilijties of our coalescence of thonoli   u  a      sition
 to Fidel Ca     into a pclitical organization. Tichboi-nstat           was
 neet desirousorgoinghoweter, he said that the question cam
 particular'ly drifortuinate time as he had just been refain lif te a-Viican
 Government to bring a civil suit against those contractors in th       who
 sub-contract mAigratory VAixican workers. It would appear that according to
 the agroements reach:ed between the contractors and the .labor forces, the
 contractors are allowed to deduct the cost of subsistance-on,.a maxiina of
 1.75  per dayj from the leages paid the laborers. ivlthough inmost instanceas
 subsistance costs. considerably less than U1.75 a day- contiactors a 'eln
 wdtdhzolding the maximum amount. The Ioxican Government on behalf   the
 laborers are planning to bring suit agdinst the contractors for -the difference
 between actual subsistance costs and the amount withheld. Tichborn stated
 tha,. of course -his would' be a lengthy affair, however, lhe feltliath twto
 three weeks 411 be 'anple time for him to draw together an' initialr gIposal
 as to sow thelsit  should be conducted and present it to the Mexcan 18
 Gcveimrienitj At-Uich time he. thought he would be free to make a trip
 to Cuba f  us-  I also had Tichborn sign a standard consultants contract
 and gave him the cover com .-sy to which he should address his      11t b .
 I 'pointed out to him whaewhen he was actually sent outside the couti*on
 TZY, we wiould have to negptiate and amend the contract which would alfar
 paMnt  for his expenses plus ia fee for his services. I asked hini-t think
 about what he iiOuld haiive to charge for his' services,-at the same tim  I '
 Lpointed out our pay 'aquite low but. that -I thinght'   I  ouldkge t
 something in-the neighborood ef of$1500 for a month's work, rio nding him
.that this sub  presentd  $18,O0  per year- which was the top salary ir a!
government cfficial.  Tichborn said that he appreciated the difficulties,
inherent in this tpe  of thing and that he would need sode time to think ov6er
what he would have to charge without subjecting himself to 'an undue financial
hardship.


     3.  I was much impressed with Tichborn's immdiate grasp of the -  ,
difficulties involved and the typo of operation I proposed for him to
undertake.  He inediately cae  forth with one idea which struck re as quite


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