</s>104-10106-10050 JFK ACT DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLA NCE 8-11-76 Executive Registry APPROVED FOR RELEASE 1933 RELEASE APPROVID FOR RELEASE 1993 CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM 76-8/87/1 OLC from George Bush Re" The Death of Rosellii ... Pursuant to our meeting on the Hill with Innovate and Baker, I called Ed Levi, the Attorney General. I told him that I would like to see the FBI get him into the Roselli case. He says there's no today today to talk about FBI and feels that they may be a way for FBI to involve itself. I explain that since there was been calls to the Senators suggesting CIA was involved 2 in the murder, I was most anxious to see the matter fully investigated so that CIA would be officially exonerated.

Summary: The document discusses the involvement of Johnny Roselli, a mob figure, in CIA operations aimed at assassinating Fidel Castro during 1960-1963. Roselli was recruited through Robert Maheu, who connected him to the Agency’s covert mission. The plan involved using poison pills delivered via intermediaries like Juan Orta and Dr. Anthony Verona. Attempts were abandoned after the Bay of Pigs incident in 1961. Roselli later faced legal issues, including convictions for illegal entry and conspiracy related to a rigged gambling game. CIA contacts with Roselli continued until 1970, but the Agency refused to intervene in his deportation proceedings. The text also references media coverage of these operations, including Jack Anderson’s columns and congressional investigations.  

Key People: Johnny Roselli, Robert Maheu, William Harvey, James O'Connell, Dr. Anthony Verona, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), Department of Justice.  

Key Locations: Las Vegas, Miami Beach, Havana, Seattle, Washington D.C., New York City.  

Key Events: CIA’s 1960-1963 operations against Castro using mob contacts; Roselli’s legal convictions in 1967 and 1969; Agency’s refusal to assist Roselli with deportation; Bay of Pigs incident (1961); media coverage of the operations; congressional investigations.  

Key Organizations: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS).

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