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9. TSD was requested to produce six pills of
high lethal content.

10. Joe delivered the pills to Orta. After
several weeks of reported attempts, Orta apparently got
cold feet and asked out of the assignment. He suggested
another candidate who made several attempts without
success.

11. Joe then indicated that Dr. Anthony Verona,
one of the principal officers in the Cuban Exile Junta, had
become dissatisfied with the apparent ineffectual progress
of the Junta and was willing to handle the mission through
his own resources.

12. He asked, as a prerequisite to the deal, that
he be given $10,000 for organizational expenses and requested
$1,000 worth of communications equipment.

13. Dr. Verona's potential was never fully
exploited, as the project was canceled shortly after the
Bay of Pigs episode. Verona was advised that the offer
was withdrawn, and the pills were retrieved.

14. Of significant interest was an incident
which involved a request levied by Sam upon Maheu.

At the height of the project negotiations,
Sam expressed concern about his girlfriend,
Phyllis McGuire, who he learned was getting
much attention from Dan Rowan while both were
booked at a Las Vegas night club. Sam asked
Maheu to put a bug in Rowan's room to deter-
mine the extent of his intimacy with Miss
McGuire. The technician involved in the assign-
ment was discovered in the process, arrested,
and taken to the Sheriff's office for questioning.
He called Maheu and informed him that he had
been detained by the police. This call was made
in the presence of the Sheriff's personnel.

Subsequently, the Department of Justice
announced its intention to prosecute Maheu along

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