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104-10103-10291 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (01/01/1963)

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                                             QJ WIN


                   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, ZR.RIFLE.  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 carrled out because the dcsignated CIA case

               officer declined the assignment.

                    The case officer in charge of ZRRJFLE 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 ne-ver

                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 Decem'ber 1960, prior to the

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