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»/ —~ MM ee L1— & - as a meats of financing a purchase of arms and comsuni- cations equipment. Money and the pills were delivered at a meeting between MAHEU, ROSELLI, TRAFFICANTE, and the Cuban at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach. ROSELLI recalled that MAHEU came up with the capsules A different version of the delivery of the pills to the Cuben was offered to the Senate Committee by JOSEPH SHIMON, a friend of ROSELLI and GIANCANA who testified that he was present when the passage occurred. According to SHIMON, he, GIANCANA, ROSELLI and MAHEU shared a suite in the Fontainebleau Hotel. At that time MAHEU stated he had “contracted” to assassinate CASTRO iT] and had been provided with a ‘Liquid” by the CIA to accomplish the task. SHIMON said the Cuban was con- tacted outside the Boom Boom Room of the Fontainebleau { ‘ Hotel and that when ROSELLI left with the Cuban, MAHEU said “JOHNNY's going to handle everything; this is JOHNNY’s contract". SHIMON testified that GIANCANA subsequently told him “I am not in it, and they are asking me for the names of some guys who used to work in casinos . . . MAHEU conning the hell out of the CIA”. The attempt met with failure. es ‘a pe ' In late 1961, the operation was transferred ~ to WILLIAM HARVEY of the CIA who was assigned the responsi- bility for establishing a general capability within the 4 CIA for disabling foreign leaders. The Support Chief introduced HARVEY to ROSELLI in Miami, where HARVEY told ROSELLI to maintain his Cuban contacts but not to — deal with MAHEU or GIANCANA. At a meeting in New York in April, 1962, four poison pills were given to the Support Chief to pass them on to HARVEY. HARVEY arrived 4S