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[10]SUBJECT: Robert A. Maheu
[12]1. Robert A. Maheu was born on 30 October 1917 in
[13]Waterville, Maine. He graduated from Holy Cross College,
[14]Worcester, Massachusetts in 1940. He is married and has
[15]four children. ,
[17]2. He was employed as a Special Agent with the
[18]Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1940 to 1947. Upon
[19]resigning from the Bureau a venture into private enter-
[20]prise culminated in bankruptcy in 1952. Subsequent to
[21]his bankruptcy, he was employed as Special Assistant to
[22]the Administrator, Small Business Administration with the
[23]specific duty of Director of Security. In February 1954,
[24]he was forced to resign for political reasons from this
[25]position. He then established his own investigative
[26]organization known as Robert A. Maheu Associates, and
[27]rented desk space in a suite occupied by Carmine S. Bellino,
[28]a former Bureau Agent, Certified Public Accountant, and
[29]currently employed on Capitol Hill with one of. the Congres-
[30]sional Committees. , ;
[32]3. Mr. Maheu's organization successfully handled a
[33]number of prestige accounts, including Niarchos, Schenley
[34]Distillers, New York Central Railroad, United Steel Workers
[35]Union, and ultimately Howard Hughes. Although he has main-
[36]tained offices in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles, most
[37]recently he resided in Las Vegas, Nevada.
[39]4. He was initially recruited by the Office of Secu-
[40]rity in 1954 and granted a Covert Security Approval on 30
[41]August 1954. He performed many sensitive assignments for
[42]the Office of Security, and also accepted assignments from
[43]elements of the predecessor of the Deputy Director for
[44]Operations,
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[59]S. Some of these assignments included the
[61]A. {King Hussein \
[63]following:
[65]The procurement of feminine companionship
[66]<to the King during an official State visit
[68]to this country during the period(6 March
[69](1959) through 28 April 1959 riod 16 Mare
[71]fab l--taken from “Family Jewels" memoran-
[72]dum dated 16 May 1973)
[74]Johnny Roselli
[76]The use of a member of the Mafia in an
[77]attempt to assassinate Fidel Castro,
[78]initiated in August 1960. (See attached
[79]Tab 2--taken from "Family Jewels" memoran-
[80]dum dated 16 May 1973)
[82]Cover
[84]Various officers of the Clandestine Service
[86]met with Mr. Maheu over the years from 1954
[88]to 1970 to determine the feasibility of using
[89]his firm for non-official. cover purposes.
[90]‘Actual cover uses were provided for one officer
[91]in Mr. Maheu's Washington Office from September
[92]1964 to June 1966, and another officer used the
[93]gover of Maheu Associates representatives in
[94]Quito, Ecuador from 1 August 1968 through
[96]31 December 1970. (See attached Tab 3--Director
[97]of Security Memorandum to the Director of Central
[99]. Intelligence, dated 20. January 1971)
[101]‘6. . No contact has been made. with Nr. Maheu since the
[102]termination of the aboye cover arrangement; mo
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