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Memorandum for Mr. Sullivan Re: CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY'S . INTENTIONS TO SEND HOODLUMS TO CUBA 30 enrages a Sean 2 Sapte ‘ott - nara ci 5 oe | bired ‘by that Agency t2 “approach San we te have: Castro | “assassinated at a cost of $150, 000, Rounedy stated he hed issued _ or in the future. _ . ane SR ye a \, j Semen orders that CIA_ should never undertake such steps again without irst checking with Department of Justice and stated because of this matter it would be difficult to prosecute Giancana or Maheu “then | We learned on 6/20/63 from CIA that its contacts with John Roselli {Maheu's link with Giancana) had continued up until | that time, when they were_zeportedly cut ost. oe oo. \ “ It appears Roselli is using his prior connections with CIA to his best advantage. In May, 1966, when Bureau Agents endeavored to interview him he immediately flew to Washington and informed his former CIA intermediary. The current Director of Security, CIA, has advised through liaison channels that Roselli has CIA in an unusually vulnerable position and Roselli would have no qualims about embarrassing CIA to serve his own interests. ~ Jn furnishing.this information we were. asked that _it..be held within this Bureau on a atrictly need-to-know, basis. We have, however, included it in the attached proposed letter to the Attorney General noting this CIA specific restriction. iw) We have two other references in our files to the over-all above information which we have included in the letter. One relates to a statement by Giancana in October, 1960, that he had met with an individual who was to assassinate Castro in November, 1960. The other is an article in the 8/16/63 issue of the "Chicago Sun Times" reporting that CIA agents had contacted Giancana. to ebtain Cuban intelligence. ACTION: If approved, attached letter will be sent to the Attorney os ne . " 4 THX ere ~ wn Goneral, with a copy for the Deputy Attorney "hie,