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104-10300-10298 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (10/9/1967)

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                        12. During the time COHEN  was a CIA employee (1949-1963), he
                 was of concern to the Security Office, due principaly to the activities
                 and proclivities of his wife, Rita C. Heller COHEN, #MS-3185,. the for-
                 mer wife of Irving ROTH, #MS-2001 R.  COHEN  was the subject of an
                 Employment  Review Board case in 1956; and in 1956 was disqualified
                 as a member  of the Junior Career Development Program. It was then
                 decided to put him on a job in FBIS in which he would not be exposed to
                 highly sensitive material. At the time of his resignation, he was an
                 1. 0. Contact, GS-14, in the Chicago Office of the DDI/OOF Contact
                 Division.

                        13. In January 1965, the DCS requested approval to contact
                 COHEN   on an ad hoc basis to participate in the briefing and debriefing
                 of his employer, Senator PERCY, who planned an extensive tour of the
                 Far East.  In June 1967, Mr. George CARY, Legislative Counsel,
                 requested a check on COHEN  stating that there may be occasion to brief
                 him from time to time. According to Mr. CARY,  COHEN   would be
                 briefed generally on the build up in Cuba but would not be exposed to
                 operational information or exotic material.

                        14. COHEN   is currently of interest to this Office in connectitf
                 with an approach whic   as made to him by th
                                       1  1,ashington. An FBI report of 16--Augusatj967
                 on                                          noted the approach-buat  05
                 Tailed.to indicate under what circumstances COHEN furnished the
                 information regarding his contact it                oz  05

                        15. There is attached a copy of the- above referred to September
                 articles in Life magazine, In one of which CAIN is described as the erst-
                 while chauffeur and courier of Sam GIANCANA.  The second of these
                 articles makes reference to alleged friendly contacts of Jim GARRISON,
                 of the OSWALD  Case, with henchmen of the Cosa Nostra in the Lculsiana.
                 area,

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