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[3]2b,
[5]13 October 1978
[7]MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief,. Operations Support Branch
[9]FROM: “Joseph P. Mirabile
[10]Operations Support Branch
[12]_ SUBJECT: SHERMAN, Adrian Fisher, Jr.
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[15]1. On 25 September 1978, a call was received in the
[16]Security Duty Office from James A. Sherman, Subject's brother,
[17]advising that Subject suffered a fatal heart attack on
[18]23 September 1978 at his apartment in Monterey, California.
[19]Subject was sixty years of age and had a history of previous
[20]heart trouble.
[22]2. Mr. Sherman was previously of interest to this
[23]Agency as a military detailee, 1952 - 1954, when he was
[24]serving at Clark Air Force Base, the Philippines, as a
[25]Major in the United States Army. After leaving the Army,
[26]he worked for Pan American Airlines for approximately 13
[27]years and then as an investigator for the State Attorney
[28]General's Office in Miami, Florida. He has been of interest
[29]to DCD and FRD in San Francisco, California, since April 1977.
[30]“FRD's operational interest was as an access agent to a Saudi
[31]“Arabian of interest to the San Francisco Base.
[33]3. On 23 September 1978, Subject's body was discovered
[34]by an FRD case officer who had arrived at the Monterey,
[35]California, apartment for an operational meeting. The
[36]apartment house resident manager gained access to the apartment.
[37]Subsequent access was allowed to an emergency ambulance squad,
[38]police officers and the deputy coroner. —
[40]4. Assistance has been rendered to FR Base by
[42]San Francisco Field Office personnel in this matter. :
[43]“Gordon Gregory,. SAC/SFFO, was apprised on the circumstances
[44]on 25 September 1978 and subsequently made contact with the
[45]Chief, FR Base. Subject's son, who was traveling cross-
[46]country by auto at the time of the death, arrived in the
[47]area on 27 September with two sisters and was contacted by
[48]a representative of the San Francisco Field Office. He is
[50]E2 IMPDET
[51]CL BY 064537
[53]CONFIDENTIAL
[55]14-0000
[59]reported to be very cooperative, aware of need for discretion
[60]and secrecy and proud of his father's relationship. with this
[61]Agency.
[63]5. The only aspect of this incident, which may be of
[65]continuing security concern, is that the son recalls that
[66]in May 1978, while assisting his father in moving some
[67]personal effects, he remembers seeing a written plan to
[68]assassinate Fidel Castro. The son said that it had been
[70]_ prepared by his father in the early 1970's when he was
[71]working in Florida but at a time when he had no Agency
[72]association. At this time the paper is still missing.
[73]It may have been recently destroyed by the Subject or, the
[74]possibility exists, it may have been stolen by someone
[75]having access to the apartment. According to Subject's
[76]son, several other items were missing, including a money
[77]clip containing a $100 bill that his father always kept,
[78]a Randall knife, a gold pen and pencil set and a microwave
[79]oven. After notifying the police of the missing personal
[80]items, Subject's son received.the knife from the resident
[81]manager who claims to have found it in some weeds. Subject's
[82]son suspects that the resident manager may have been responsible
[83]for the theft of the personal items, but he has now resolved
[84]to drop the entire issue.
[86]6. Foreign Resources Division has advised that the
[87]DCI has been briefed on this case. It is therefore felt
[88]that no further Office of Security action is required at this
[89]time other than to monitor the case for 60-90 days to
[90]determine if any new developments occur.
[92]) SBOE i ON
[96]Distribution:
[97]Orig. - Subject's file
[98]. 1 - OSB Chrono -
[100]0S/PSI/SSD/OSB/JPMirabile/csn
[102]CONFIDENTIAL