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indicated he was in a position to be of assistance. . ee rt ee eee The Attorney General established contact with Roselli in “early 1961" with respect to .@ sensitive operation against Castro. Harvey said that for all intents and purposes the operation was discontinued and canceled _ after the 111-fated Bay of Pics invasion in April, 1961, but. Roselli had not been completely cut off, as he periodically ; an oye BD 5 oe ze eee . It appears Roselli has since that time, nevertheless, used his prior connections with CIA to his best advantage. For example, in May, 1966, when contacted by Agents of this Bureau in connection with our current investigation of his activities he refused to talk and immediately fiew to Washington, D. C., and consulted with Colonel Sheffield Edwards, who is now retired from CIA. Colonel Edwards in turn advised CIA, which told us. | ur. Howard 3, Osborn, the present Director of Security, CIA, freely has adnitted to us that Roselli has CIA in an umsually vulnerable position and that he would have no qualns about enbarrassing CIA if it served his own interests. In furnishing this information, Mr. Osborn asked that i¢ be held within this Bureau on a strictly need-to-know basis, ae In light of the above information furnished us by CIA and former Attorney General Kennedy, it appears that data which came to our attention in Ootober, 1960, possibly pertaina to the wef Ee wT rewwe ag was captioned matter. At that time a source close to Giancana advised that during a conversation vith several friends Giancana stated that Pidel Castro was “to be done away with very shortly." Giancana reportedly assured those present that Castro's assassination would oocur in Novenber, 1960, and that he had already mot with the assassin-to-be on three opcasions, the last moeting having taken place on a boat docked at the Fontabobleau Hotel, Miani Beach, Fiorida. Reportedly, Giancans clained that avaerrthineg hed haan nearfantad for thea killing and the Naananei nt wwe g seg avewrww are ao had arranged d with a girl, mot further Gescribed, to Grop | a a "pill" in Castro's drink or food. _ ob tes a ’ &lpo of possible interest is a neve article sarried in the August 16, 1963, iesue of the “Chicago Gun Fines." This article oarried the beadline, “CIA Sought Giancana's Help For Cuba Spying,” and nd at vas reported therein that CIA agents had contacted Giancans in effort to obtain Cuban intelligence a BPbae MAuabanr Ane {28 an BAévtvs VSRPvayvy VERT Ev powes « 4 } Znolosure 2 =~ The Deputy Attorney General (Enclosure) = 3 « \ OP ganar ~ a