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104-10213-10021 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (1/10/1974)

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                                                             NH/COS:  344-74
                                                             10 January 1974


                     HEMORANDUN FOR:  Chief, Vestern Hemisphere Division
                     SUBJECT       :  Salvatore Giancana and Richard Cain
                     REFERENCE     :  Chicago Tribune Articles of 23 and 31
                                      December 1973


                      -   1.  A routine name check was conducted on Salvatore
                      Giancana with negative results. A check was then made with
                      the Office of Security to deter~mine whether their records
                      reflected that one Salvatore Giancana was ever employed by
                      CIA as alleged in the referenced Chicaoo Tribune article of
                      31 December 1973. We were advised that any inquiries con-
                      cerning this matter should be nade to Mr. Brackinridge,
                      Deputy Inspector General, WiH/COG touched base with Mr.
                      Breckinridge who said that he had received a copy of the
                      referenced article.
                          2.  We have developed the following information on
                     Richard Cain, subject of the referenced 23 December 1973
                     Chicaqo Tribuns article.  Richard S. Cain was born in Chicago,
                     Illinois In October 1931.  He dropped out of the first year
                     of high school in 1947 and enlisted in the U. S. Army where
                     he served until discharged in 1950. Following his army service
                     he was associated with investigative enterprises in Miami and
                     Chicago.  In 1956 he entered the Chicago Police Department
                     (Vice Squad) where he remained until 1960. Concurrent with
                     that employment he operated the Accurate Laboratories, a private
                     investigative business. Listed below is a chronology of CIA
                     contacts with Cain:
                                A.   Fall of 1960 - Cain initia*-d contact
                                with  the DCO Chicago Field O1?icL and vol-
                                untarily provided information on the activ-
                                ities of Cuban exile groups in the  hicago
                                area.

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