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104-10059-10223 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (01/01/1961)

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0223  2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992





                                       QJWIN


             According to statements by a senior CIA officer in 1967, made

         to the Inspector General, the Agency was instructed to develop a

         capability to conduct assassinations. Termed an executive action

         capability,  such a project was initiated in 1961, apparently assuming

         an existing cryptonym, ZRRIFLE.   At the request of the case officer

         (the same officer providing this information in 1967), a clandestine

         asset in Europe, QJWIN,  was to be used in the project. The case

         officer understood that QJWIN -had been considered in 1960 for use

         in the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, but that the proposed

         operation was never carried out because the designated CIA case

         officer declined the assignment.

         -   The case officer in charge of ZRRIFLE also was involved in an

      -  operation to assassinate Fidel Castro, running from early 1962 to

         mid-1963.  However,  QJWIN  was not used in this effort, reliance

         being placed instead on a Cuban exile leader. QJWIN.was never

         briefed on the Castro operation, according to the officer handling

         ZRRIFLE   and the Castro operation.

             Records  do show that QJWIN was  dispatched to the Congo in

         1960, being there in November and December  1960, prior to the

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