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[14]TO: J. Barry Harrelson ,
[16]FROM: CTeresa.Wilcox'@ DST
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[20]DATE: 10/23/97 04:33:33 PM ar
[22]SUBJECT: Re: JFK Board 14 October Meeting -- Results 7 _ 5
[24]Original Text of J. Barry Harrelson
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[26](S) This follows our telephone conversation of 22 October 1997. | have discussed the decision of the JFK Board to release the
[27]true nanie of Jose Marie Mankel with{Cinda Ciprianiof OGC/Litigation Division. Linda is of the opinion that we have a very weak case
[28]were we to pursue an appeal to the President, because we are unable to articulate specific current harm that would ensue when the
[29]Board releases Mankel's name. This is because the program with which he was linked, as well as the crypt, already have been officially
[30]released to the public via the SSCI hearings in 1975. In addition, | have been advised that the activity with which Mr. Mankel was
[31]associated has no link with any current DS&T program. Moreover, Mr. Mankel's name is in the public domain (in Oliver Stone's
[32]manuscript for the film “Nixon"), although it has not-up to now--been officially acknowledged. ~ We do fot know Mr. Mankel's
[33]whereabouts, or even if he is still alive; the last contact the CfA had with him was in 1964, when he was living in Luxembourg.
[35](5) The chilling effect of publicly releasing the names of persons to whom we have promised confidentiality, thereby harming
[36]our ability to recruit in the future, was unsuccessfully argued to the Board at its 14 October meeting. Because we are unable to
[37]articulate specific current harm, beyond the genéral chilling effect, | believe an appeal would be unsuccessful. Therefore, unless we are
[38]able to unearth additional information in the seven days.allotted to.us following format notification of the Board's decisian--which is
[39]unlikely--the DS&T will not appeal the release of this name.
[41]ce: (Thomas J. Benjamnig @ DST (Patricia B. Cameres
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[55]_NAME_ INFORMATION SHEET
[57]AME: Mankel, Jose Marie Andre aka Mankel, Andre
[58]DOB: 1 Oct 1917 o
[59]. EOD: Contract agent at least -by March 1961
[61]PRESENT RESIDENCE:
[63]‘Unknown
[64]WISHES RE COVER/NO COVER:
[66]Unknown ’
[67]SENSITIVE ASSIGNMENTS /ACTIVITIES :
[69]Mankel was recruited as a ZRRIFLE agent in late-1960.
[70]The objective of the ZRRIFLE “project wag to‘procure . foreign
[71]code and cypher materials and information concerning such
[72]matters. Except for a two-month (Nov-Dec 1960) TDY to
[73]Africa, Mankel apparently operated in Europe establishing
[74]his cover while trying to spot and assess individuals that
[75]the CIA could use in safe cracking operations, in line with
[76]one of the principal missions of FI/D.
[78]‘Agency contract terminated in Feb 1964.
[79]CURRENT ACTIVITIES: .
[81]Unknown
[82]OTHER NOTES:
[84]First Agency contact with Mankel in 1958 (COS through
[85]Chief of Luxembourg ‘Intelligence Service
[87]in connection with
[88]illegal narcotics operation into the US. For 18 months, he
[89]was contacted sporadically on behalf of the Bureau of
[90]Narcotics. (The Bureau's files reflect an excellent.
[91]performance by contact.)
[92]Virtually all data on Mankel -- except his true
[93]mame -- have been released.
[95]BACKGROUND USE ONLY
[96]DO NOT REPRODUCE
[97]RETURN TO CIA
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[105]DRV FROM: HUM 2-82