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[25]27 FEB 1974
[27]MEMORANDUM FOR: Inspector General
[28]SUBJECT : Howard Hunt
[30]1. At the recent request of the Deputy Director for = = -:.
[31]Management and Services, the Office of Finance has searched... «0:
[32]its records to determine if we could find any payment to _
[34]Mr. Hunt in an amount of approximately $30,000 that required -
[35]no accounting. . , ot oe . ne
[37]2, We have searched the following records:
[39]a. The expense runs for the period July 1964 to.
[40]- June 1973 for the immediate Office of the DCI, rae
[41]the immediate Office of the DD/P, FI Staff, —. .. i
[42]CI Staff, CA Staff and the Office of Security. © a
[43]We have checked various items that were re- . ae
[44]: £lected in these expense records but have
[45]identified nothing relating to Mr. Hunt.
[47]b.. The| Madrid Station, JMWAVE and FR/Washington
[48]. Office acfountings to determine if there were
[49]. funds passed by the Stations to Mr. Hunt during
[50]the year he served under non-official cover in .
[51]Madrid. We could find no payment to Mr. Hunt
[52]either in his true name or his two identified -~
[53]pseudonyms. oo ; CS
[55]c. Mr. Hunt's travel claims for the period
[56]: 1960-1972 and have found nothing in these
[57]travel claims that were not consistent with . or
[58]normal travel expenses, i.e., transportation, = .°
[59]- per diem. . Loo , Bo FE
[60]d. We made a specific analysis of Mr. Hunt's
[61]advance account for the period he was under —- - -
[62]non-official cover (July '65-Sept '66) and have —
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[68]SUBJECT: Howard Hunt
[70]determined that $33,500 was advanced to him
[71]for travel and transportation of household
[72]goods to and from Madrid with one trip to
[73]Paris for he and his family to renew their —
[74]Spanish visas. All of this advance .was fully
[75]accounted for. However, in his accounting, .
[76]one item appeared unusual, It was an . S
[77]expenditure of $1,600 for a sensitive . . ©
[78]operation which was approved for write-off by Mr. © © a
[79]- Desmond Fitzgerald on 1 June 1966 without . - ve
[80]further accounting. : mh
[82]-.- 3, Also, we confirmed that no other Agency advance accounts .~ 6
[83]were established for Mr. Hunt during this period. Co Ts
[85]. 4. At the beginning of his non-official cover tour, it .
[86]was necessary to establish a bank account in his name. The _
[87]_ BUR Division accordingly requested we open an account at the’. .
[89]Chase Manhattan Bank in Mr. Hunt's name to receive all non-_ me,
[90]-.-galary payments. (Mr. Hunt had an account at Riggs National ©  - ees
[91]' Bank to receive his salary and allowance payments). The =. 5 7"
[92]following deposits were made to the account during 1965 and.
[94]1966: ,
[96]Account opened: 13 July 1965
[98]13 July 1965 | $10,000
[99]22 July 1965 5,000
[100]15 September 1965 _ 5,000 -.
[101]6 October 1965 ”'5,000
[102]19 July 1966 55000
[104]| _ $30,000
[106]All of the above have been accounted for by submission .
[107]of travel and transportation accountings. a
[109]5. We feel at this time without specific guidelines that
[110]further searching would be somewhat fruitless. One strange
[111]aspect of the non-official cover assignment in Madrid is that
[112]all the costs were charged to the support allotment of the oe
[113]‘BUR Division which is not normal as non-official cover people - - oi.)
[114]“are usually assigned to a project... It is.unusual'to haye Pe
[115]case officer abroad for one year on an operational assignment ~~ ©
[116]without him incurring operational expenditures. = | So
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[125]SUBJECT: -Howard Hunt
[127]6. The Office of Finance has not found operational
[128]expenditures except for the $1,600 mentioned above.
[129]Therefore, it is suggested that: Mr. Karamessines be questioned
[130]_as to a project or projects to which Mr. Hunt's operational
[131]expenditures if incurred . would have been charged. ;
[133]7. Another possible. course of. actjon is to request. the
[134]Director to approve my aSking la cleare contact] at Chase
[135]. Manhattan Bank to provide a transcript of all entries into -
[136]: Mr. Hunt's Chase Manhattan Bank account. | ;
[138]'8. We are currently reviewing records of all cashier's
[140]checks prepared and issued by Monetary to determine if any - ,..
[142]were payable to Mr. Hunt. Hopefully this effort will be. ae
[143]. £inished a by the end of the week.
[146]“Thomas B. ;:
[148]Director of Finance
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