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Cryptonym: KUBARK

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Definition:
CIA.
Status:
Documented
Sources:

/specialCollection/nwcda2/49/CIA AND NAZI WAR CRIM. AND COL. CHAP. 11-21, DRAFT WORKING PAPER/CIA AND NAZI WAR CRIM. AND COL. CHAP. 11-21, DRAFT WORKING PAPER_0002.pdf - Chapter 12:https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA%20AND%20NAZI%20WAR%20CRIM.%20AND%20COL.%20CHAP.%2011-21%2C%20DRAFT%20WORKING%20PAPER_0002.pdf

"The CIA Act of 1949 became law several years after American intelligence first realized that it faced mounting problems in terms of handling agents who outlived their usefulness as operatives. Indeed, within weeks of the cessation of fighting in 1945, the Office of Strategic Services faced the task of settling accounts with countless European agents, including Allen Dulles's "Crown Jewels." In addition to questions of "agent disposal," American intelligence faced a quandary in deciding what to do with men and women who abandoned communism and sought refuge in the West." (page 2)

Flawed Patriot, by Bayard Stockton, p. 328

from the book: KU was an activity within CIA, which was itself KUBARK.

104-10331-10093: MEMO: ORGANIZATION CRYPTS IN THE JFK FILE

This 1993 CIA document lists various crypts and their definitions. KUBARK is identified as simply "CIA".

Cable on Warren Commission's Expectations of KUBARK: CABLE ON THE WARREN COMMISSIONS EXPECTATIONS OF KUBARK

In this cable discussing what expectations the Warren Commission would have of the CIA, CIA headquarters referred to itself as KUBARK.

1993.08.09.17:47:57:960031: CABLE RE MEMBERS OF GROUP HEADED BY ROLAND MASFERER ROJAS (CUBAN AND H

10/5/62 interview of John V. Martino a few days after his release for prison. He was apparently CIA agent WH-925, marked in marginalia throughout the document. "Subject stated he had lived in Florida since 1935 and that he was self-employed in the installation and maintenance of electronic controls for security in gambling casinos. Subject was suffering from a serious kidney disease and appeared to be rather drawn and thin after being in jail for so many years...during the initial interview his attorney Fernando Colomar Lluck...was present to represent Mr. Martino." On 7/23/59 he was arrested in Havana with his son Edward. He believed the arrest was in retaliation for the remarks he had made on WGBS radio while in Miami against the Castro regime. He was accused of flying a private airplane into Cuba to fly someone out clandestinely. He denied it. Martino claimed that three G-2 agents were introduced within the prison population, and then sent by boat to the US as intelligence agents. See 104-10071-10035: "(One of the three, an) alleged agent was Anna Rita Rodriguez, who works as a telephone operator in a New York hotel which is located near the UN building. She is the alleged payoff agent for the New York area." This information was checked out by TFW/CI.

104-10332-10002: ARRB-CIA ISSUES: CRYPTONYMS

1995: "References to field personnel in true name are uncommon, however, since pseudonyms are normally used in correspondence between headquarters and the field."

104-10332-10002: ARRB-CIA ISSUES: CRYPTONYMS

1998 memo by Charles Briggs from the DCI/CSI/HRG office: "Station and Operation Directorate division histories are among the most sensitive documents in the Agency. They are very tightly controlled within the area divisions - they are not available to cleared employees in other directorates or, traditionally, outside of the division within the Operations Directorate. Thus concern about the release of the Mexico City History pages that, viewed through the widest of lenses, do not appear to be relevant to the JFK story, is very great."

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