MYSTERY INVOLVING THE HUGEL APPOINTMENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000404010001-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 30, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 26, 1982
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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RADIO 1V REPORTS, INC.
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Good Morning America
STATION W J L A T V
ABC Network
DATE January 26, 1982 7:00 AM CITY Washington, DC
Mystery Involving the Hugel Appointment
JACK ANDERSON: Another mystery Is bubbling up inside
the Central Intelligence Agency. This one has sinister overtones.
It began with the appointment of Max Hugel, a rank outsider, as
the chief spy. He was put In charge of covert operations. In-
siders feared that the CIA's darkest secrets were about to be laid
bare to someone who might not appreciate the spy agency's methods.
In a matter of weeks, Hugel was forced out. He was ac-
cused of shady stock deals. Now, there was some suspicion that
Hugel had been sandbagged by the old pros in the CIA. They didn't
want an outsider sticking his nose into their business.
Well, not long afterwards, the two men who blew the
whistle on Hugel. vanished. They were two brothers, Samuel and
Thomas McNeil (?). Now, the word spread that the CIA had some-
thing to do with their disappearance. The suspicion became so
pressing that a body of a-third McNeil brother, Dennis, was ex-
humed to make sure he hadn't been the victim of foul play. Well,
the autopsy showed that he died of natural causes.
Well, now I've learned that the two missing McNeil
brothers apparently are quite alive. A former business partner
got a Christmas card from them. The card was mailed from Dallas,
Texas. Now, on the back of the holidz/ greeting the brothers
scribbled an apology to their former business associate. They
said they were sorry that they'd gone on the lam with $3 million
of their company's funds. They were not so sorry, however, that
they returned the $3 million.
Does this solve the mystery? Well, not quite. You see,
the man who got the Christmas card didn't tell anyone about it.
Yet, all of a sudden, he got a call from the FBI asking if he had
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