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MORI DocID: 1451843

15 FEB 1972

MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Director-Comptroller

SUBJECT       : ROSELLI, John

1. This memorandum is for your information only.

2. Reference is made to our recent conversation regarding
the Agency's participation in political assassinations. Attached
hereto is a memorandum dated 19 November 1970 which was fur-
nished to Mr. Helms setting forth the circumstances of the Subject's
activities on behalf of the Agency. Initially Roselli was unwitting
of Government interest, but as time went on, he suspected that the
U.S. Government was involved and specifically the CIA.

3. Roselli is presently serving a prison sentence for con-
spiracy in a Federal penitentiary in Seattle, Washington and awaits
deportation upon completion of his current sentence.

4. This Agency was aware that Roselli intended to expose
his participation in the plot should we not intervene on his behalf.
The DCI decided to ignore his threats and take a calculated risk as
to the consequences that may occur with the disclosure of his story.
This was subsequently done by Roselli or someone on his behalf fur-
nishing Jack Anderson details of the incident. Attached hereto are
two of Anderson's articles dealing with Roselli. Anderson is also
Editor of the Washington Bureau of the Washington Post, Sunday
supplemental "Parade."

5. Individuals who were aware of this project were: Messrs.
Dulles, Bissell, Colonel J. C. King, Colonel Sheffield Edwards,

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