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104-10213-10087 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (10/1/1976)

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MEMORANDU 4 FOR: Director of Central Intelligence


FROM


SUBJECT


John H. Wallar
Inspector General


: Washington Star Story, 1 October 1M76


    1. This is for your information only.

    2.  On 1 October 1976 the 1Yashi!,vton Star published a r.ens
story with an Associated Press credit line, headlined CIA
Viewed Oswald  As Information Source (copy attached). The
lead stated:

        Contrary to sworn testimony, the CIA once con-
        sidered using presidential assassin Lee Hirvey
        Oswald  as a source of intelligence information
        about the Soviet Union, according to a newly.
        released CIA document.

        In sworn testimony before the Warren Commission,
        former  CIA Director Richard Helms said the
        Agency  never had or even contemplated any   0
        contacts with Oswald.

The news story, in another section. made the followin;
statement:


The November  25, 1963, memo  explained that
the Agency's interest in Oswald as a potential
intelligence source was due to his unusual
behavior in the USSR, to which ho had defected
in 1959.


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