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SECRET TELEPOUCH 22 DISP NO: FAMU-4125 E 2 IMPDET CL BY: 034405 FYI DATE: 16 NOVEMBER 1973 TO: CHIEF OF BASE, MELBOURNE) CHIEF OF STATION, CANBERRA) FROM: CHIEF, EAST ASIA DIVISION SUBJECT: MR. HERBERT ITKIN FYI ONLY: RETURN TO CIA Background Use Only Do Not Reproduce ON NOVEMBER 1973 MR. LESLIE V JARVIS ASIO REP IN WASHINGTON, HAND CARRIED TO HAS A LETTER FROM AUSTRALIAN JUSTICE A. R. MOFF-. ITT REQUESTING INFORMATION ON THE RELIABILITY OF MR. HERECRT ITKIN WHOM HE DESCRIBED AS A FORMER CIA AND FEI EMPLOYEE. THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPHS ARE THE GIST OF MR. MOFFITT'S LETTER, WHICH WAS ADDRESSED TO "MR. WILLIAM CROSEY, (SIC) DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE: A. MOFFITT HOLDS A COMMISSION TO INQUIRE INTO THE INFIL- 2 TRATION OF ORGANIZED CRIME INTO NEW SOUTH WALES. IT IS OF SUBSTANTIAL IMPORTANCE TO HIS INQUIRY THAT HE CONSIDER EVIDENCE GIVEN DURING A DATE: ORIG: UNIT: EXT:

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OUTGOING TELEPOUCH COURT CASE IN ENGLAND IN JULY 1971 BY ITKIN. B. IN HIS TESTIMONY IN ENGLAND MR. ITKIN CLAIMED TO HAVE. BEEN RECRUITED BY CIA IN AN "UNEDERCOVER CAPACITY" IN ABOUT 1954. HE CLAIMED HE WAS WITH THE C.I.A. UNTIL MARCH 1963 AT WHICH TIME BY SOME ARRANGEMENT HE WORKED FOR BOTH THE FBI AND CIA, UNTIL JANUARY 1968. с. MOFFITT ASKS FOR INFORMATION ON THE STATUS OF MR. ITKIN DURING THE YEARS 1964 TO 1969 AND FOR COPIES OF "ANY RELEVANT AFFI- DAVITS OF PERSONS IN AUTHORITY IN THE FBI OR CIA USED IN PROCEEDINGS IN USA." D. MOFFITT NOTED THAT IN THE INTERESTS OF PRIVACY HE ROUT- ED HIS LETTER VIA THE AUSTRALIAN-DIPLOMATIC POUCH, AND ASKED THAT THE REPLY BE RETURNED TO HIM BY THE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON. 2. MR. MOFFITT'S REQUEST WAS HANDLESD BY THE OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNCIL COGC} WHO MADE AVAILABLE FOR MR. MOFFITT COPIES OF THREE AFFIDAVITS CALL OF WHICH IN PUBLIC DOMAING RELEVANT TO HERBERT ITKIN BAND HIS AFFILIATION WITH THE CIA. OGC CONCLUDED THEIR REPLY BY SAY- 2 ING THAT HERBERT ITKIN FURNISHED INFORMATION TO THE CIA OVER A PERIOD OF MANY YEARS, BUT THAT HE WAS NOT SENT TO ENGLAND TO COLLECT ANY

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INFORMATION FOR CIA AND HE DID NOT FURNISH THE CIA WITH ANY INFORMA- TION WHILE HE WAS IN ENGLAND. 3. OGC'S REPLY WAS SENT TO MR. MOFFITT IN THE SAME CHANNELS HIS REQUEST CAME IN. HQS POUCHING COPIES AFFADAVITS, BOTH LETTERS.. U/S/CO VIA POUCH E2 IMPDET-H

DATE:DE NOVEMBER 1972 ORIG LANESHER PAK UNIT: EA/PHE EXT: 5681/9033 THEODORE G. SHACKLEY, C/EA RELEASING OFFICER CLASSIFICATION SECRET CROSS REFERENCE COORDINATING OFFICERS OGC MR. GREANY CIN DRAFT) CI MR. ROCCA CIN DRAFTI FILE NUMBER 5-2-5/3