◆ SpookStack

1 a a “ r Memorandum to Mr. Gallagher RE: JOSEPH JEROME DUCOTE, aka 62~116733 ie DETAILS: On 12/22/75, Special Agent John Lilly, Bureau of “Ss Investigation, advised that Ducote had been arrested :4 by them and incarcerated in the Santa Clara County Jail, with bail set at $100,000. He is charged with 14 counts of _ grand theft and possessing and concealing stolen property. yo Lilly stated in their continuing investigation, they now find that Ducote merely alluded to dealing with some security agency and that other people concluded that it must be the FBI. On 12/24/75, Joseph Jerome Ducote was interviewed by SAs of the FBI at the Santa Clara County Jail and provided the following information: Ducote advised that he has never worked for the FBI in any capacity. He advised that he did not turn over i any documents to Agents of the FBI nor did he ever meet any Bureau (- Agents who were acting in an undercover capacity. Ducote stated, however, that Western Research of a Oakland, California, had sent an agent down to review papers —_ that he had in his possession. Ducote said he thought this individual was from Army Intelligence based upon the way the person was dressed and in his general appearance. Ducote advised -—- that he had what was believed to be two meets with the CIA, —_ the first being in Washington, D. C., and the second in San Jose, California. He advised that he never directly contacted the CIA for these meetings. Ducote refused to comment on this matter inasmuch as he was concerned it might jeopardize his current position. Bureau files reveal Western Research Foundation, also known as Research West, Inc., is a private subversive information-gathering and news clipping agency which provides said information to private industry and the House Committee on Un-American Activities, and was utilized as a source by the San Francisco Division as CS SF~33xX (closed). i Comprehensive letterhead memoranda and affidavits submitted by both the San Prancisco and Sacramento Divisions regardinc ; this matter, specifically deny that Ducote or his associates ——t provided any stolen documents to SAs of the FBI or were ever operated as sources, informants, or at the direction of the FBI. 2 CONTINUED - OVER... ae