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[32]CONFIDENTIAL’
[34]13 October 1978
[36]MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Operations Support Branch
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[39]FROM: (Joseph P. Mirabile )
[40]perations Support~Branch
[42]SUBJECT: SHERMAN, Adrian Fisher, Jr.
[43]#54 621
[45]1. On 25 September 1978, a call was received in the
[46]Security Duty Office from James A. Sherman, Subject's brother,
[47]advising that Subject suffered a fatal heart attack on
[48]23 September 1978 at his apartment in Monterey, California.
[49]Subject was sixty years of age and had a history of previous
[50]‘heart trouble. ; re
[52]2. Mr. Sherman was previously of interest to this
[53]Agency as a military detailee, 1952 - 1954, when he was
[54]serving at Clark Air Force Base, the Philippines, as a
[55]Major in the United States Army. After leaving the Army,
[57]- he worked for Pan American Airlines for approximately 13
[59]years and then as an investigator for the State Attorney
[60]General's Office in Miami, Florida. He has been of interest
[61]to DCD and FRD in San Francisco, California, since April 1977.
[62]FRD's operational interest was as an access agent to a Saudi
[63]Arabian of interest to the San Francisco Base. 24
[65]3. On 23 September 1978, Subject's body was discovered
[66]by an FRD case officer who had arrived at the Monterey,
[67]California, apartment for an operational meeting. The
[68]apartment house resident manager gained access to the apartment.
[69]Subsequent access was allowed to an emergency ambulance squad,
[70]police officers and the deputy coroner.
[72]4. Assistance has been rendered to FR Base by
[73]an Francisco Field Office personnel in this matter.
[75]°¥ Gordon Gregory), SAC/SFFO, was apprised on the circumstances
[77]on 25 Septembér 1978 and subsequently made contact with the
[78]Chief, FR Base. Subject's son, who was traveling cross-
[79]country by auto at the time of the death, arrived in the
[80]area on 27 September with two sisters and was contacted by
[81]a representative of the San Francisco Field Office. He is
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[104]reported to be very cooperative, aware of need for discretion
[106]and secrecy and proud of his father's relationship with this
[107]Agency.
[109]5. The only aspect of this incident, which may be of
[110]continuing security concern, is that the son recalls that
[111]in May 1978, while assisting his father in moving some
[112]Personal effects, he remembers seeing. a written plan to
[113]assassinate Fidel Castro. The son said that it had been
[114]Prepared by his father in the early 1970's when he was
[115]working in Florida but at a time when he had no Agency
[116]association. At this time the paper is still missing.
[117]It may have been recently destroyed by the Subject or, the
[118]possibility exists, it may have been stolen by someone
[119]having access to the apartment. According to Subject's
[120]son, several other items were missing, including a money
[121]clip containing a $100 bill that his father always kept,
[122]a Randall knife, a gold pen and pencil set and a microwave
[123]oven, After notifying the police of the missing personal
[124]items, Subject's son received the knife from the resident
[125]manager who claims to have found it in some weeds. Subject's
[126]Son suspects that’ the resident manager may have been responsible
[127]for the theft of the personal items, but he has now resolved
[128]to drop the entire issue.
[130]6. Foreign Resources Division has advised that the
[131]DCI has been briefed on this case. It is therefore felt
[132]that no further Office of Security action is required at this
[133]time other than to monitor the case for’ 60-90 days to
[134]determine if any new developments occur..
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[142]Distribution:
[143]Orig. - Subject's file
[144]1 - OSB Chrono
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