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Document Information ORIGINATOR: SSCIA FROM: TO: TITLE: TESTIMONY OF ROBERT MAHEU DATE: 07/30/1975 PAGES: 95 SUBJECTS: ACCOMPANIED BY COUNSEL: GALANE, MORTON R. GIANCANA, SAM WIRETAPS MAHEU, ROBERT ROSELLI, JOHNNY MAFIA CONNECTION

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: Consulted; 1A; 1B; IC; 3; Donor Restricted CURRENT STATUS: Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 07/19/1994 OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS: SSCI Box 252, Folder 5

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tape b Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 19 1 am not too far off in what I am about to tell you. The contract 2 was structured in such a way that as the bottoms of other 3 companies became obsolete, they could only be replaced with 4 Onassis' tankers. Even ARAMCO had to, by attrition, within a 5 period of four-and-a-half to five-and-a-half years, would have, 6 if their tankers became obsolete, they could only be replaced 7 by Onassis tankers. 8 Our statistics, after having studied the contract and 9 making what we considered to be proper projections, indicated 10 that at the completion of approximately five-and-a-half years, 11 Mr. Onassis would control more dead weight tonnage than the WARD & PAUL 12 United States controlled in its entirety, that he would control 13 on the high seas annually more oil by tens of thousands of 14 gallons more than were used by all of the Allied nations during 15 the most severe year of the Korean War, that in the first year 16 his profit would be approximately $17 million dollars, that 17 after five-and-a-half years his annual profit would be in the 18 area of $200 million. 410 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003 19 While this analysis is going on, we also found that a 20 million dollar pay-off had been made to one of the top ministers 21 in Saudi Arabia and we had the evidence 22 accounts, in other words, contrary to what a lot of people 23 believe that they can't be broken, even in those days, they were 24 broken and we had the evidence waltth all off the documentation. 25 We then prepared our inputs and presented them to the TOP SECRET NW 50955 DocId: 32203816 Page 3

WARD & PAUL Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 TOP SECRET 20 1 National Security Council 2 Senator Huddleston. Of the United States? 3 Mr. Maheu. of the United States, and within a matter, 4 I believe, of forty-eight hours, our State Department 5 denounced the agreement. It was the first time that anyone 6 had actually seen what this meant, and frankly, there was an 7 innate fear that with the initial $17 million, then there would 8 be no way of stopping, I mean, he might go to Venezuela and 9 do the same thing, and there were also other inputs about the 10 background of Mr. Onassis that I would just as soon not make 11 a matter of record, but they were not too favorable, that we 12 presented to the National Security Council verbally but not 13 in writing. 14 Mr. Madigan. Who made the presentation? 15 Senator Schweiker. What subsequently happened then with 16 the Security Council denunciation, et cetera? 17 Mr. Madigan. The State Department denounced the agreement 18 and that same evening we were told that two fof the top-CIA 410 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003 19 officials were on their way to Saudi Arabia. 20 Then I proceeded to dig up the gentleman by the name of 21 Carl Twitchell by virtue of reading about the country, because 22 I'm not about ready to go there and not know about the customs 23 and the formation of the country. I dug up a man by the name 24 of Carl Twitchell who was living in Connecticut who turned out 25 to be the first American who had ever really been accepted by NW 50955 DocId: 32203816 Page 4 TOP SECRET

TOP SECRET 20 Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 1 National Security Council 2 Senator Huddleston. Of the United States? 3 Mr. Maheu. of the United States, and within a matter, 4 I believe, of forty-eight hours, our State Department 5 denounced the agreement. It was the first time that anyone 6 had actually seen what this meant, and frankly, there was an 7 innate fear that with the initial $17 million, then there would 8 be no way of stopping, I mean, he might go to Venezuela and 9 do the same thing, and there were also other inputs about the 10 background of Mr. Onassis that I would just as soon not make 11 a matter of record, but they were not too favorable, that we WARD & PAUL 12 presented to the National Security Council verbally but not 13 in writing. 14 Mr. Madigan. Who made the presentation? 15 Senator Schweiker. What subsequently happened then with 16 the Security Council denunciation, et cetera? 17 Mr. Madigan. The State Department denounced the agreement 18 and that same evening we were told that two 410 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003 19 officials were on their way to Saudi Arabia. 20 Then I proceeded to dig up the gentleman by the name of 21 Carl Twitchelloby virtue of reading about the country, because 22 I'm not about ready to go there and not know about the customs 23 and the formation of the country. I dug up a man by the name 24 of Carl Twitchell who was living in Connecticut who turned out 25 to be the first American who had ever really been accepted by NW 50955 DocId:32203816 Page 5 TOP SECRET

410 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003 WARD & PAUL Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 TOP SECRET 21 1 old King Saud. Mr. Twitchell had spent time in the country 2 as a mining engineer to help them in the exploitation of 3 mines. It was in fact to Carl Twitchell that the old king gave 4 the power of attorney to come to the United States government 5 or come back to the United States and try to form a consortium 6 for the exploitation of oil from which emanated ARAMCO. 7 Carl was the type of man who was only reimbursed for his 8 expenses. I think his total expenses were slightly in excess 9 of $8,000. He didn't even keep the banking and percentage 10 for himself, or a piece of the action, so to speak, and he was 11 highly, highly loved by the Saudis and although the old king 12 was then gone and King Saud, the son, was in power, Mry 13 Twitchell had the same respect and reverence from the present 14 leaders as he did from the father and I convinced Mr. Twitchell 15 that he already had a clearance, a satisfactory clearance, 16 and I convinced him to precede me to Saudi Arabia to try to 17 lay the groundwork. 18 Senator Schweiker. What year was this, roughly? i 19 Mr. Maheu. This, I believe, was in '54 or '55, yes. 20 Anyway, I finally ended up going to Saudi Arabia, having 21 a meeting with the King's confidential assistant, presenting all 22 of this evidence, frankly at the time not knowing if the King 23 himself had a piece of the action 24 Senator Huddleston. Had some of this evidence come from 25 the wiretap? NW 50955 DocId: 32203816 Page 6 TOP SECRET

410 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003 WARD & PAUL Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 TOP SECRET 22 1 Mr. Maheu. That tap was entirely unproductive, entirely 2 unproductive. 3 Senator Schweiker. What happened then at your meeting? 4 Mr. Maheu. Well, it's very interesting, if we could take 5 a little time, I mean, I was scheduled to have the meeting 6 "with the King," but he doesn't show, he stays somewhere else. 7 and the confidential assistant shows up and one trusted 8 minister that he had with Carl Twitchell present. 9 And my meeting was scheduled for 8:00p.m. one night, and 10 this happaned to be the last day that the King was supposed to 11 be in Jidda, he was then leaving for the capital further 12 inland, Jidda being the only major port in Saudi where he : 13 spends his summers, and they were having a big parade for him, 14 and from the balcony of the hotel, I'm watching the parade go 15 by, and finally the King's car comes and he is arm and arm with 16 the nan on whom I'm going to give the evidence that night, and 17 I frankly was not too comfortable, particularly in view of the 18 fact that in those days and I don't know whether it has 19 changed, but in Saudi, the same document did not give you 20 permission to enter and leave; you had to make application for 21 an exit visa after you arrived, and I was in constant contact 22 with the then-United States Ambassador. He made it very clear 23 that the government approved of everything I was doing, but if 24 something went wrong they could not come to my rescue, I would 25 have to be the fall guy, and I was prepared to do it. That was NW 50955 DocId: 32203816 Page 7 TOP SECRET

410 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003 WARD & PAUL Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 TOP SECRET 25 1 Saudi Arabian government would have its flag flying the high 2 seas, and at the time that all of this is going on they are 3 building what then, upon completion of production, had been 4 the biggest tanker in the world at that time, a ship named 5 after the old King, a tanker which was scheduled to go and take 6 a maiden flight and take off, and it turned out the biggest 7 : problem that we had was to find a save-face gimmick. But 8 finally the whole thing was accomplished, and it took two and 9 a half years to do it. 10 Senator Schweiker. I didn't mean to get you off the 11 track. 12 Mr. Maheu. Well, I'm sorry I am so verbose. 13 Senator Huddleston. You said you bought a paper in 14 Athens? You mean by that you actually bought the paper or just 15 paid them to run the story? 16 Mr. Maheu. We bought a newspaper. 17 You'll have to understand, Senator, that in Rome, in those 18 days, there were fifty newspapers. I mean, the big circulation 19 in those days, big circulation in Rome was 20,000. It's hard 20 for us to visualize that. 21 Senator Huddleston. The CIA supplied the money to buy 22 the newspaper? 23 Mr. Maheu. Yes. 24 Can we go off the record? 25 Senator Schweiker. Yes. NW 50955 DocId: 32203816 Page 8 TOP SECRET

WARD & PAUL Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 TOP SECRET 30 1 Mr. Liebengood. Was this listening post that you referred 2 to, was that a project that was related to work for the Central 3 Intelligence Agency? 4 Mr. Maheu. I don't believe it was. 5 Mr. Madigan. Did you have any New York assignments other 6 than Onassis that you gave to Frank? 7 Mr. Maheu. I don't remember any. 8 Mr. Madigan. How about Thomas Evans? I may have asked 9 you that yesterday. Do you recall whether he had any relation- 10 ship with your company during the 1950's? 11 Mr. Maheu. I don't remember a Thomas Evans Thomas 12 Evans? 13 Mr. Madigan. A CIA employee. 14 Mr. Maheu. I don't recall his name. 15 Mr. Madigan. I got sidetracked off of my question of 16 whether you recall a prosecution or an investigation of the 17 Onassis wiretap. You may have already have answered that. 18 Mr. Maheu. I think I did, yes. 19 Mr. Madigan. What did you say? 20. Mr. Maheu. My recollection is that I appeared before a 410 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003 21 Grand Jury that was investigating Mr. Frank on another 22 matter. 23 Mr. Madigan. On another matter, but you had no recollection 24 of any investigation of that particular tap? 25 Mr. Maheu. No, I don't. .... NW 50955 DocId: 32203816 Page 9 TOP SECRET

Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 1 Mr. Madigan. Either an investigation of you or Frank or 2 Leone or anyone? TOP SECRET 31 3 Mr. Maheu. No, I don't. 4 Mr. Madigan. No interviews by the FBI? 5 Mr. Maheu. It's conceivable, but I don't remember it. 6 Mr. Madigan. You don't remember it? 7 Mr. Maheu. No. 8 Mr. Madigan. Let's go off the record. 9 (Discussion off the record.) tape 2a 10 Mr. Madigan. Did there come a time when you were asked 11 by the Central Intelligence Agency to be involved in a WARD, & PAUL 12 project which would involve sending a woman by the name of 13 Florence Horn over to a foreign country? 14 Mr. Maheu. Yes, sir. 15 Mr. Madigan. And what were you asked to do with regard 16 to that? 410 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003 17 Mr. Maheu. My recollection is that I was asked to find 18 a woman, preferably from Los Angeles, who would agree to go to 19 a foreign country and under some pretext try to meet the 20. leader of the country and hopefully change his basic philosophies 21 which at the time were thought to be detrimental to the United 22 States, and that they were very, as a result, very seriously 23 jeopardizing the national security of the government of the 24 United States. 25 Mr. Madigan. Did you find such a woman? I NW 50955 DocId: 32203816 Page 10 TOP SECRET

TOP SECRET Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 32 1 Mr. Maheu. Yes, I did. 2 Mr. Madigan. And did the Agency sponsor her trip overseas, 3 that is the CIA? 4 Mr. Maheu. I placed her in touch with a representative :- 5 of the CIA. He made certain commitments, Financial commitments 6 to her. At the completion of the assignment, she claimed that 7 she had additional funds coming to her which I paid out of my 8 zona pocket, so that I guess a more accurate way of saying it is 9 that the Agency and I sponsored her trip. 10 Mr. Madigan. Did she ever get to meet the foreign leader 11 whom we will call A? WARD & PAUL 12 Mr. Maheu. I do not have any recollection. 13 Mr. Madigan. You don't know whether she did or she 14 didn't? 15 Mr. Maheu. I don't have any recollection. 16 Mr. Madigan. Do you know how long she was gone? 17 Mr. Maheu. My recollection is that she was gone for 18 several months: 410 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003 19 Mr. Madigan. And this person is the woman I referred tox 20. earlier by the name of Florence Horn, is that right?? 21 Mr. Maheu. That is correct. 22 Mr. Madigan. Now can you date that assignment as sometime 23 in 1956 or '57, does that sound about right, or do you have 24 any recollection of what year it was? 25 Mr. Maheu. I don't have any recollection. It was before NW 50955 DocId: 32703816 Page 11 TOP SECRET

TOP SECRET Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 33 1 1960. 2 Mr. Madigan. It was sometime after you had begun in '54 3 with your Agency operation? 4 Mr. Maheu. That is correct. 5 Mr. Madigan. Or your sponsorship? 6 Mr. Maheu. That is correct. 7 Mr. Madigan. Subsequently, did this Leader "A" come to 8 the United States to your knowledge after this? 9 Mr. Maheu. I don't recall whether he came subsequently or 10 prior to. 11 Mr. Madigan. When the same leader did come to the United WARD & PAUL 12 States, were you involved in any assignment for the CIA with 13 regard to his presence in the country? 14 Mr. Maheu. Yes, I was. 15 Mr. Madigan. And what was that assignment? 16 Mr. Maheu. I was told by the State Department and the 17 CIA that this leader would be in need of female companions and 410 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003 18 that the government was very much concerned that the type of 19 women that would be secured for him might eventually be very 20. destructive to the national security of the United Statep 21 government unless said women had been cleared by local police 22 departments in several of the cities in which he was scheduled 23 to travel? 24 Mr. Madigan. Who was the Agency representative that gave 25 you this assignment? Did you go through Mr. O'Connell, or was NW 50955 DocId:32203816 Page 12 TOP SECRET

TOP SECRET 34 Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 : 1 it someone different? 2 Mr. Maheu. This request emanated from, directly from the 3 State Department. 4 Mr. Madigan. Who in the State Department? 5 Mr. Maheu. Mr. Scott McCloud, who was then Director of 6 the Office of Security and Consular Affairs. 7 Mr. Madigan. Was it coordinated with the CIA, or was this 8 strictly between yourself and the State Department? 9 Mr. Maheu. My recollection is that the CIA was kept 10 apprised, however that the coordination was with the State 11 Department, in connection with the security that was being WARD & PAUL 12 provided for this leader during his visit to the United States. 13 Mr. Madigan. Did you meet with the State Department or 14 CIA people or both in New York City when the leader arrived 15 there? 16 Mr. Maheu. My recollection is that I met with Security 17 Personnel of the State Department. 18 Mr. Madigan. What did you do in New York for this 410 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003 assignment? 19 (Pause) 20. Mr. Maheu. I don't recall. 21 Mr. Madigan. And did you meet with the New York police 22 23 with regard to the assignment? 24 Mr. Maheu. I don't recall. 25 Mr. Madigan. Did you obtain or send over any females over NW 50955 DocId: 32203816 Page 13 TOP SECRET /

410 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003 21 22 23 24 25 WARD & PAUL Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 TOP SECRET 35 1 to the hotel that person. A was staying at?? 2 Mr. Maheu. I don't recall. 15 3 Mr. Madigan. Do you recall telling me yesterday that you 4 did send girls over there? 5 Mr. Maheu. No, I don't. 6 Mr. Madigan. Did you travel from New York to any other 7 city with this leader? 8 Mr. Maheu. My recollection is that I did. 9 Mr. Madigan. What occurred when you arrived at the other cities? 10 11 Mr. Maheu. My recollection is that I contacted the 12 security representatives of the State Department. 13 Mr. Madigan. And after you contacted the security 14 representatives, what were you supposed to do in these other cities? 15 Mr. Maheu. My recollection is that I, through local 16 17 Police Department officials or law enforcement officials made 18 certain that the women who would gain access to the leader's 19 suite were such that they would not be a security risk insofar 20. as the national security of our government was concerned. NW 50955 DocId: 32203816 Page 14 TOP SECRET Mr. Madigan. Were these women that would not be a securit risk be women who the Police Department had some relationship with? Mr. Maheu. I don't know what you mean by relationship, Mr. Madigan.

WARD & PAUL Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 TOP SECRET 36 1 Mr. Madigan. You indicated in our discussion yesterday 2 that the women that were allowed access, as you put it to this 3 Leader "A" were to be women that the police would have some 4 control over so that they would not be a possibility of a later 5 blackmail problem with the United States government, is that 6 not correct? 7 Mr. Maheu. That is my recollection, yes. 8 Mr. Madigan. Did you participate in sending these women 9 or providing these women over to the hotel where the leader 10 was staying? 11 Mr. Maheu. I don't recall. 12 Mr. Madigan. Do you recall telling me yesterday that you 13 did? 14 Mr. Maheu. No, I do not. 15 Mr. Madigan. Do you recall telling me yesterday when I 16 asked you whether someone had travelled from city to city, you 17 indicated that you thought maybe one did, but you weren't sure 18 about how many others. 19 Mr. Maheu. That is correct. 20. Mr. Madigan. How many cities did you visit during the 21 trip that this Leader "A" made? 22 Mr. Maheu. Several cities. 23 Mr. Madigan. Now were the women that were provided known 24 to you or represented to you as prostitutes in any of these 25 cities? 410 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003

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WARD & PAUL Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 TOP SECRET 37 1 Mr. Maheu. I don't recall. 2 Mr. Madigan. Do you recall telling me yesterday that they 3 were? 4 Mr. Maheu. Do you recall yesterday identifying the 5 leader? 6 Mr. Madigan. I do.. 7 Let's go off the record. 8 (Discussion off the record.) 9 Mr. Madigan. According to your understanding, Mr. Maheu 10 of the project that you were involved in with the State 11 Department in providing the women to this foreign leader in the 12 various cities starting from New York and going through the 13 other cities he stayed at, do you believe the women that were 14 sent over to his hotel were prostitutes? 15 Mr. Maheu. That they may have been, yes. 16 Mr. Madigan. And you did particpate under instructions 17 of the government, to send these women over to his hotel or to 18 make them available to him at his hotel, not knowing what 19 happened after they got to the hotel? 20. Mr. Maheu. That is correct. 21 Mr. Madigan. And that occurred in New York and the other 22 cities that he stayed at while he was in the United States? 23 Mr.Maheu. That is correct. 24 Mr. Madigan. And as far as these women travelling with 25 you from city to city, your recollection is that one may haver-- 410 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003 NW 50955 DocId: 32203816 Page 16 TOP SECRET

TOP SECRET 38 Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 1 Mr. Maheu. No. 2 Mr. Madigan. But, you did not bring a crowd of six or 3 seven. 4 Mr. Maheu. I have no recollection that any woman trave 5 with me, may have travelled independently, but I have no 6 recollection of being on the same plane with any of these travelled 7 people. 8 Mr. Madigan. You think may have traveled from city to 9 city, or four or five? 10 Mr. Maheu. One may have gone to one further city. That 11 is the best of my recollection. WARD & PAUL 12 Mr. Madigan. And the others that were provided in each 13 city were sort of local, so that they could be controlled 14 more or less, by the local police? 15 Mr. Maheu. That's my recollection. 16 Mr. Madigan. Is that the theory of the project? 17 Mr. Maheu. That's my recollection. 18 Mr. Madigan. Now with regard to this same leader, did 410 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003 19 you ever receive an assignment from the CIA to produce any 20. film with regard to him? 21 Mr. Maheu. Yes, I did. 22 Mr. Madigan. Do you remember when that assignment was 23 in terms of whether it was before or after this visit to the 24 United States? 25 Mr. Maheu. Subsequent to his visit to the United States NW 50955 DocId: 32203816 Page 17 TOP SECRET

WARD & PAUL Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 TOP SECRET 39 1 he made a trip to Russia. Our inputs were to the effect that 2 he brought back from Russia with him an attractive, Russian 3 agent, and that his philosophies relative to the United States 4 began to change appreciably and that the security of the United 5 States was in great jeopardy as a result of whatever influence 6 this female agent was able to have upon him. 7 Mr. Madigan. As a result of that, what assignment did you 8 receive, if any, from the CIA? 9 Mr. Maheu. As a result, I was asked if well, as a 10 result I was provided with pictures reflecting the quarters 11 allegedly reflected the quarters to which she was assigned 12 during his trip to Russia, photographs of the female agent 13 and I was asked if I could find some contacts in Los Angeles 14 who could produce a set resembling the headquarters reflected 15 ron the pictures, a woman who looked like the female agent, a 16 male who looked like the leader, and taker some pictures. 17 subsequently showing them together within the confines of the 18 alleged headquarters. 410 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003 19 Mr. Madigan. Did you recruit anybody to be in this 20. film? 21 Mr. Maheu. Yes, I did. 22 Mr. Madigan. Who was that? 23 Mr.Maheu. I recruited a man who was working for me in 24 Tucson, Arizona by the name of Charles Kays, a female agent 25 who was known to - I mean a female who was known to the law NW 50955 DocId:32203816 Page 18 TOP SECRET

WARD & PAUL Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 TOP SECRET 1 Fenforcement authorities in Los Angeles, and who resembled the 40 2 Russian female agent. 3 Mr. Madigan. Did you ever advertise in the newspaper for 4 that film? 5 Mr. Maheu. I have no recollection. I can't believe that 6 where you would find the proper subjects, I don't believe so 7 no. 8 Mr. Madigan. Did the CIA provide the set for that, 9 did you do the backdrop and all that business making it looks 10 like it was in Moscow? 11 Mr. Maheu. The CIA provided me with photographs, and I 12 secured the services of a person in Los Angeles who was in the 13 industry on behalf of the CIA, 14 Mr. Madigan. Was that Bautzer? 15 Mr. Maheu. No, sir. 16 Mr. Madigan. Who was that? 17 Mr. Maheu. 'First I discussed the matter with Howard 18 Hughes and he recommended that I contact Mr. Larry Crosby, which 19 I did. 20. Mr. Madigan. Did Hughes have to approve your being 21 involved in this? 22 Mr. Maheu. I am not sure he had to approve. I was just 23 seeking his advice. 24 Mr. Madigan. You were more or less just telling him about 410 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003 25 it? NW 50955 DocId:32203816 Page 19 TOP SECRET

TOP SECRET 41 Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 1 Mr. Maheu. I beg your pardon? 3 2 Mr. Madigan. You were just telling him about it? Mr. Maheu. No, Mr. Hughes had been in the industry, he 4 had been in movie studios, I thought he could be helpful to 5 this contract. 6 Mr. Madigan. Did you deal with O'Connell with regard to 7 this contract or with somebody else? 8 Mr. Maheu. My recollection is that I dealt with Mr. 9 O'Connell and Colonel Edwards. 10 Mr. Madigan. Colonel Edwards? 11 Who was this person, the female who was known WARD & PAUL 12 to 13 Mr. Maheu... I really don't remember. The one and only 14 time I have seen her in my life. 15 Mr. Madigan... could this film have been described as a 16 pornographic film, or was it something less than that? 17 Mr. Maheu. By today's technology, I would say definitely 18 no. 410 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003 19 Mr. Madigan. You say this woman was known to the law 20 enforcement authorities: Was she suspected by yourself to be 21 La prostitute? 22 Mr. Maheu. Not at all 23 Mr.. Madigan. Not at all? 24 Mr. Maheu. Not at all. 25 Mr. Madigan. She was just an actress of some kind? NW 50955 DocId: 32203816 Page 20 TOP SECRET

WARD & PAUL Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 TOP SECRET 1 Mr. Maheu. I don't recall, but my recollection is sho 42 2 was highly respected by the law enforcement authorities. 3 Whether she was an informant for them or what the relationship 4 was, I don't know. 5 Mr. Madigan. So you produced one film? One film 6 7 cannister as a result of this, movie film? Mr. Maheu. Very short. 8 Mr. Madigan. Did you make any still photographs or 9 anything like that? 10 Mr. Maheu. No, I did not. 11 Mr. Madigan. And then you turned the film over to the 12 CIA? 13 Mr. Maheu. That is correct. 14 Mr. Madigan. And thereafter do you know what happened 15 to it? 16 Mr. Maheu. No, I do not. 17 Mr. Madigan. Were you told what was going to be done 18 with it? 19 Mr. Maheu. I was told that the stills would be distributed 20 in the country of the leader in an attempt to embarrass him 21 and hopefully as a