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104-10183-10042 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (6/4/1963)

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                                                                 4  June 1963





                       MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

                       SUBJECT:  AMWIP/1  Meeting, New York City, 31 May 1963


                            1.  Meeting Time/Place:  Subject was contacted by telephone
                       on 27 May  93anda metn        ragdfor 31 May inewor
                       CIty.  Upon arrival in New York City, the undersigned called
                       AMWHIP at hisoff ice and a meeting was set up for 1400 at the
                       Forum restaurant.      as     ro ^'

                            2.  Purpaie  of Meeting: The meeting was scheduled prior to
                       A/1's  tri  to ome an      Continent for the purpose of arranging
                       contact with the Rome Station for the purpose of exploring the
                       possible  operational utilization of A/i's jewelry store which he
                       was  opening in the new Cavalieri-Hilton Hotel in Rome, and for
                       discusing   additional means for recontacting the reluctant
                       AMLASH/1  in Havana.

                             3.  operational Interest:  As -in the past, A/l was most
                        generous and copraif len-7-is   attitude towards collaboration
                        with KUBARK.  He offered to make available both the facilities
                        of his new jewelry store in Rome and of the jewelry firm of
                        Corletto, Inc., of Milan, for any reasonable use to which adUBAR(
                        might wish to employ them, i. e., as letter drops,  over addresses,
                        or to provide cover for a tUBAR  agent operating in Italy or
                        Europe.  A/1 recommended that the jewelry store be considered
                        before Corletto, however, because  e has more control over the
                        store than the -manufacturing firm. (It is noted that we adhered
                        to this advice in cabling Rome of Al's  Impending arrival .     see
                        DIR      ).  A/l also stated that his partner in the store is
                        Juan VENTURA Valner (Walner), born 10 April 1914 at San Jose,
                        Costa Rica, and now a naturalized Cuban citizn,  residing in
                        Geneva  (45 Avehue Wendt, tel. 345732). Ventlirap who was formerly
                        a source of the Air Force Attache In Havana prior to Jan 1961,
                        is highly recommended by A/1 as a      man of distcretio  and intelli
                        gence, who  io n 5l-Hegime and is stili very inter 'ested Indoing
                        what  he can outside the island to aid the LG against Castro.
                        Ventura, who  Is a jeweler and gem dealer by profession, will be






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