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104-10105-10175 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (5/25/1967)

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                                                    25 May 1967



           MEMORANDUM  FOR THE RECORD

           SUBJECT  :  Gordon NOVEL



                 1.  On 23 May Mr. Papich left with us a copy of attached
            FBI teletype,  FBI will confirm this information by formal
            memorandum.

                 2. Mr.  Papich requested information on two points with
           permission  to make our reply available to the Attorney General:

                      a) nature and extent of CIA interest in the
                         Double-chek Corporation,
                      b) our comments and observations on the draft
                         letter purportedly prepared by Gordon NOVEL.
                 3-  Af*er consultation with Mr. Jacob Esterline, DC/WH,
                              SOD, and Mr. Lawrence Houston, OGC, the following
           reply was  give   7. Papich:
                           Double-chek is a shell corporation used
                      in the past by CIA to recruit pilots.  It was
                      also used as a front for the payment of the
                      Birmingham widows.  No individual bearing
                      the name of Gordon NOVEL had any connection with
                      Double-chek nor with CIA.
                           Mr. Lawrence Houston is in constant touch
                     with  the Deputy Assistant Attorney General,
                     Nathaniel  Cossack, on this matter, and will
                     tell  him about present developments.

                           Mr. Houston comments that anyone could
                      have prepared the letter but it really does
                      sound like NOVEL's cock-eyed approach rather
                      than Garrison.  There is a fair chance that

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