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104-10103-10149 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (4/7/1977)

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                                      7 April 1977


MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

SUBJECT  :  Comments on George de Mohrenschildt
            Reputed Former CIA Agent

REFERENCE:  Memo for the Record, dated .4 April 1977_

     1.  In a UPI article  (see Tab A) published in the
Washington Star of 4 April 1977, George de Mohrenschildt
is referred to as a reputed former CIA agent.  This.
remark is a misinterpretation of the facts by the writer
of the article.  A review of the de Mohrenschildt  file
reveals that-de Mohrenschildt had provided  information, in
December 1957, to a CIA representative in Dallas, Texas,  in
response to the latter's request, on his trip to Yugoslavia*
in 1957 on behalf of the International Cooperation Agency
(ICA).  This action does not make de Mohrenschildt  a CIA
agent, rather, it makes him  an unpaid informant.
         The circumstances pertaining to CIA's  interest in
de Mohrenschildt's knowledge of  conditions in Yugoslavia
are set forth in the following paragraphs.

     2.  On 3 June 1964,  the Agency forwarded to J. Lee
Rankin, General Counsel, President's Commission  on the
Assassination of President .Kennedy, the following informa-
tion on George de Mohrenschildt.
         1.  Reference  is made to your memorandum of
     31 March 1964 requesting  any information on George
     and Jeanne de Mohrenschildt  that is available to
     CIA files.  Our  review shows-that the files contain.
     reports received  from other U.S. Government agencies,
     primarily the  FBI, as well as some information de-
     veloped by this Agency  in .1957 and 1958. The review
     also produced  references to information and the Office
     of Strategic  Services.  According to the records of
     those agencies,  George de Mohrenschildt had been con-
     sidered  for employment in 1942, but was not hired
     because he was  alleged to be a Nazi espionage agent.
     No  information developed by CIA or its predecessors



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