JOHN DEAN ALLEGATIONS IN NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 01430352
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: August 7, 2017
• Case Number: F-2007-00094
• Publication Date: June 20, 1973

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: John Dean Allegations to Newsweek Magazine
1. Mr. William Jorden, the Latin American referent
on Dr. Kissinger's Staff, called today in reference to State
cable No. 112189, dated 11 June (attached). He said that he
had specific reference to paragraph 2 of that cable and would
like to have "everything and anything we know" on that subject
in the Agency.
2. The undersigned indicated to Mr. Jorden that he
had checked out the allegation that some low level White House
officials had considered assassinating Torrijos when the story
first appeared in Newsweek anc.lddespite checking outside WE
Division also, could find no-one in the Agency who could
recollect or find anything relating to such a plan on the part
of any portion of U.S. officialdom. I told him that I felt sure
that nothing of this nature had come to WE Division's attention
because for the period in question I had been Deputy Chief of
WH Division and had heard nothing about any such plan. Mr.
Jorden asked if the Agency knew anything about Howard Hunt
having had a team in Mexico "before the mission was aborted"
and I indicated that as far as I knew, the Agency had no infor-
mation on Hunt being in Mexico on such a mission. I also
indicated, however, they could have been and the Agency might
well not know it simply because he could have used an alias and
he is an American citizen, which is outside the Agency's
province and really the FBI's business. I suggested that it
might be best if he checked the FBI on that particular angle.
Subsequently I checked with Mr. William V. roe. the IG.
and recently returned COS
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and both indicated that they had not run across any information
concerning this latter allegation of Hunt and a team in Mexico
on a mission related to Panama.
3. It was apparent that Mr. Jorden was under some
pressure to refute these allegations and was casting about in
all directions to make as certain of his ground as he possibly
could before he tried to do so.'
Deputy Chief
Wes-tern Hemisphere Division
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As Stated Above
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BJECT:ALLEGATIONS M JOHN DEAN 40 NEwSWEEK MAGAzi
THE FOLLOWING IS EXCERPTED FROM A FRONT PAGE ARTICLE
ON TODAY'S NEW yORK TImES W9ICH REPORTS ON ALLEGATIONS
DE BY JOHN DEAN TO NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE.
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",SOME utOw-LEVELII WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS CONSIDERED AS-
ssINATING PANAMA'S RULER OmAR TCRRIJoS, BECAUSE THEY
SPEcTED THE INVOLVEMENT OF HIGH PANAMANIAN AUTHORITIES
1;0IN TRAFFIC AND BECAUSE THEY FELT THE GoVERNmENT HAD,
TN uNcoOpERATIVE ABOUT RENEGOTIATING THE PANAmA CANAL.
:ATy. E. HOWARD HUNT, JR., A LEADER OF THE WATERGATE
.-GLARSI HAD A TEAM IN MEXICO "BEFORE THE MISSION WAS
oRTED," NEwSwEEK SAID." .RUSH
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