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104-10069-10260 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (05/05/1965)

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                        Chief, NThw Cirieans Offtc


                        The  k-formation Council of the 4aericas, 620 Gravier Street,
                        New Orleans,  Louisiana 70130

              Ref.      NO-152-65, Support  Branch (Richardson) memo of 20 April 1965, N0-161-65


                      1. The  Information Council of the Americ s.INCA) >f  620 Gravier Street,.
              New Orleans, Louis-rana, was recently opened as a source of foreign intelligence
              information on  the radio broadcasting industry in Latin America.  The current
              program of  INCA is primarily concerned with the dissemination of taped record-
              ings of anti-Communist material,  called Truth Tapes, to certain radio broad-
              casting stations  in Latin America and North America for use as a weapon a.;ainst
              Communist penetration  in the Americas.  Its headquarters are located at 620
              Gravier Street, New Orleans,  Louisiana 70130.  You will find the names of its
              officers, directors, and  consultants given on the enclosed letterhead of the.
              organization.

                     2.  We have  been in recent contact with Edward Scannell Butler, Executive
              Vice President and Staff  Director, and have received his assurances of whole-
              hearted cooperation  in our agency's mission. hYesterday we examined all of the
              files of correspondence  between Mr. Butler and personnel of various radio'
              stations  in 16 Latin American countries.( in order to build up a market for
              the Truth Tapes prograrn in Latin America, Mr. Butler first obtained from the
              appropriate consul  in New Orleans a list of the radio stations in operation in
              his country.  He  next wrote the administrative personnel of these stations
              about the anti-Communist  purpose of INCA and offered to supply each station
              with Truth Tapes.  Those  stations requesting them were then provided with a
              series of the  tapes. One  or two years later, Mr. Butler sent the participatini
              station a questionnaire  des igned to elicit information.about audience response
              to the Truth Tapes  program.  Copies of the first questionnaire and of a revised
              one are attached  for your information.  Judging by the responses w- read, the
              INCA correspondence  files will provide a limited amount of information, dated
              1_3. and  165, on  the identification of radio stations in Latin America which
              are braadcasting Truth Tapes,  their addresses, the names of key personnel, the
              identification of  stations not respondin to the INCA offer, sizes of audiences,
              and their responses.   In the ca       rw       h exchange of correspondence
              .IeteeniMr. Butler and                             >ontained infoirnation axut
              tie political orientation  or ;ey ra co personne  in Montevideo /!!Q-lO67l/.
              This oxample, however,  is Qn excep tion, since the fles contain virtually no
              detailad poiitical  information of sit:niricance.


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