</s>104-10303-10012 CAA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM 3 6 CY 370 RELEASE IN FULL 1938 MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence JFK ACT SURJECT : ROSFLLI, Johnny 09-30-98 RELEASE 1. This memorandum is for information only. 2. In August 1960, Mr. Richard M. Bissell approached Colonel Sheffield Edwards to determine if the Office of Security had assets that may assist in a sensitive mission requiring gangster-type action. The mission target was Fidel Castro. 3. Because of its extreme sensitivity, only a small group was made privy to the project. The DCI was briefed and gave his approval. Colonel J. C. King, Chief, Chief of Division, WH briefly, was briefed, but all details were deliberately concealed from any of the JMWAVF officials were deliberately TSD and Commo personnel partici- patched in the initial planning stages, but were not writing of the purpose of the mission. 4. Robert A. Maheu was contacted, briefed generally on the project, and requested to ascertain if he could develop an entire into the gangster elements as the first step toward accom- fishing the desired goal. 5. Mr. Mahenu advised that he had met one Johnny Roselli on several occasions visiting Las Vegas. He only knew him casually through clients, but was given to understand that he was a high-ranking member of the "syndicate" and controlled all of the ice-making machines on the Strip. Mahee reasoned that, if Roselli was in a member of this clan, he undoubtedly had connections leading into the Cuban gambling interests. 00044

John F. Kennedy, the assassination, investigations, or related individuals and events:

* John F. Kennedy: President of the United States
* Assassination: Attempted to kill Castro using CIA agents and poison pills
* Investigations:
	+ The Washington Merry-Go-Round (Jack Anderson): Exposed attempts by the CIA to assassinate Castro
	+ FBI: Investigated the murder of a CIA agent, John H. Robert Stalker A.Berrill, who was working on a plot to kill Castro
* Related individuals and events:
	+ Johnny Roselli: A high-ranking member of the "syndicate" who was involved in a plot to assassinate Castro using poison pills
	+ Howard Hughes: A billionaire who was involved in the CIA's assassination plots against Castro
	+ Lee Harvey Oswald: The assassin of President Kennedy, who was also involved in a plot to kill Castro
* Dates and locations:
	+ March 1963: The first attempt by the CIA to assassinate Castro using poison pills
	+ Mexico City: Where the CIA had set up an operation to assassinate Castro
	+ Las Vegas: Where Johnny Roselli was based and involved in the assassination plot against Castro
* Significant events or activities:
	+ The use of poison pills to kill Castro, which was attempted multiple times by the CIA
	+ The involvement of various individuals, including Johnny Roselli, Howard Hughes, and Lee Harvey Oswald, in plots to assassinate Castro
	+ The exposure of these plots by Jack Anderson's column, The Washington Merry-Go-Round

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