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

11. Joe delivered the pills to Crta. 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.

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

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

14. 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Verona was advised that the offer was withdrawn, and the pills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.

15. 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 determine the extent of his intimacy with Miss McGuire. The
technician involved in the assignment 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 with
the technician. On 7 February 1962, the Director of

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