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MORI DocID: 1451843

SECRET

7 May 1973

MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Operations

SUBJECT       : Research Project on Robert L. Vesco

1. In mid-October 1972, [REDACTED] of the
Office of Economic Research asked [REDACTED] to
participate in a meeting with a number of OER officers.
During the meeting, [REDACTED] explained that the
Director of Central Intelligence had levied a crash
project on Dr. Edward Proctor, the Deputy Director for
Intelligence, to produce a paper on international financier
Robert L. Vesco. Since the Director had specifically
requested contributions from the field, [REDACTED] asked
our Division to help in procuring them.

2. We thereupon cabled various questions suggested by
OER to [REDACTED] and asked for replies by
19 October. Relevant answers were turned over to OER in
memorandum form. In the case of a brief reference in one of
the field messages to an earlier high-level American
intercession on behalf of Mr. Vesco, we asked Mr. Helms
through his secretary whether this was relevant information.
The response again received through the secretary, was that
it was not relevant.

3. Soon after our memoranda had been submitted,
[REDACTED] advised [REDACTED] that the Director wanted
everyone to forget the Vesco project. This was communicated
to all DDP Headquarters personnel who had had a hand in the
project or had been made aware of it.

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