[1]AY ARNAAN .
[2]‘tod-10331-10127 \ | 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 |
[3]eevee SECRET -
[5]ll December 1995
[7]MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Historical Review Group
[9]FROM: | _ Fredrick C. Wickham, ar.
[10]: DO, Focal Point for ARRB
[12]SUBJECT: DO Position on Identification of ERTHYROID/3
[14]i. The DO strongly opposes the release by the ARRB of the
[15]phrase “a good KUBARK asset” that was pteviously withheld in
[16]Attachment. The CIA asked the Nicaraguan Service to send
[17]ERTHYROID/3 to Mexico City to help in the interrogation of
[18]Alvarado. .Because this was during the Samoza regime, we have
[19]admitted that we had a liaison relationship with the Nicaraguans
[20]and we also have released the cryptonym ERTHYROID. ERTHYROID/3
[21]became. well known to the Mexicans as the Nicaraguan interrogator
[22]and, of course, was known by his own ‘service. The phrase “a good
[23]KUBARK asset,” however, identifies him as a unilateral source of
[24]the Managua Station unbeknownst to the Nicaraguan and Mexican
[25]Services.
[27]2. The DO often recruits: officers, such as ERTHYROID/3, who
[28]are members of intelligence and police services with which it has
[29]a liaison relationship. These assets provide us valuable
[30]information without the knowledge of the service and in many
[31]cases they provide information about the service itself and its
[32]activities. .To reveal ERTHYROID/3'’s identity and his special ~
[33]‘relationship with the CIA would not only personally endanger
[34]ERTHYROID/3 but could cast suspicion’on other recruited officers
[35]of other liaison services and compel them to reevaluate their
[37]unilateral relationships with ws
[38]: . LLM, MM &e 6,
[40]Fredrick hy Wickham, Jr.
[42]CL BY 0695930
[43]REASON 1.5(c)
[44]DECL Xl
[46]DRV HUM 2-82
[48]SECRET
[50]13-00000
[51]tow SECRET
[53].SUBJECT: DO Position on Identification of ERTHYROID/3
[55]_ IMS/ESG/J. Goins/44447/11 Dec 95
[57]Distribution:.
[58]Orig & 1 - Addressee
[59]1 - DO/IRO
[60]1 - ESG/HCS
[61]1 - C/ESG
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[65]SECRET