1\\

November 3, 1977

E Howard Hunt Testimony

Select Committee on Assassinations

2\\

P 28

Mr Genzman:

John Erlichman made a note September 18, 1971 that Nixon was going to tell Helms that "the Preident is to have the full [internal CIA Bay of Pigs] file or else. Nothing withheld."
Once obtained"Liddy and Hunt" to help read or analyze files. Helms refused.

3\\

P 28-28

Genzman: You stated earlier that you had taped-recorded your conversations with the woman regardinf her information on the Kennedy assassination?

Mr. Hunt: Yes.

4\\

P 30-31

Genzman:

Colson:

"Hunt met with David Shapiro while trying to see Colson to pass a request for money. When Shapiro would not let Hunt see Colson, Hunt said the White House better get on the stick; that he had things on Ehrlichman, Krogh and Young and...had tapes."

5\\

P 32

Genzman:

In 1977 interview in Boston, Hunt stated he knew of a plan to "eliminate" Omar Torrijos of Panama. Hunt answered, "Panama was a drug traffic area where the drug could move easily, the CIA said with mixed blessings of the Panamanian Government."

6\\

P 35

Hunt:

"Liddy and Mr. Minnick at one time or another discussed the sense of frustration not only with regard to Panama, but with regard to the Golden Triangle, and Mr. Minnick having traveled at White House expense out there to Burma, Laos and so forth... disturbing."

7\\

P 35

Genzman:

Excerpt with your former colleague, Manuel Artime, with the State's Attorney in Florida. In it, Artime stated that you approached him to "take care of Torrijos." Artime goes on to suggest that Barker and Sturgis were involved in a plan.

Hunt: Dardis memo?

8\\

P 40

Genzman: travel to Nicaragua in July of 1971?

Hunt: Yes I did. I think I was working for Colson. Artime had large investments in Nicaragua. He was an intimate friend of President Somoza. The airplane tickets were provided free of charge by Dr. Artime..pleasant weekend

9\\

Day 2 P. 1-2

Hunt: I had a meeting at the request of Mr. Nixon's then military aide general who was then Colonel Robert Cushman, who had served with me in the CIA some ten years previously and who told me Mr. Nixon was the action officer on NSC for Bay of Pigs Cuba project.

10\\

P 5-6

Genzman: William Harvey.

Hunt: I think I officially met Harvey once after he took over the remnants of the Bay of Pigs project. I had no personal contact with him. I didn't know what he was really involved in until the Church committee began revealing... these things

11\\

P 6

Genzman: Charles Cabell

Hunt: Cabell came into our war room at an unfortunate moment and delayed the take-off of our strike plans.

Genzman: any other contact... with Cabell

Hunt: Only when I was on Dulles's staff

12\\

P 6

Genzman: Which years were you on Dulles staff?

Hunt: I think that was from late summer of '61 until Mr. Dulles' retirement, which I thinl was in '62, if I am not mistaken.

13\\

P 11

Genzman: Former CIA Director Richard Helms testified in 1973 before a Senate hearing that Bernard Barker was fired from the agency in late 1966 because of his involvement "in gambling and criminal elements," end quote, in Miami with reference to organized crime.

14\\

P 11

Genzman: FBI memorandum written two days after the Watergate break-in, FBI Director Gray stated that Frank Sturgis was, quote, "involved in organized crime activities the details of which are not available," end quote.

15\\

P 13-14

Genzman: Ever meet David Phillips in Dallas?

Hunt: No

Genzman: You ever use the alias knight for a cover name?

Hunt: For him, for my book, "Give Us This Day."

Genzman: He ever use that alias?

Hunt: No. That was assigned officially to Dick Helms- Fletcher Knight

16\\

P 14

Genzman: Did you ever use the alias of Bishop?

Hunt: I don't think so.

Genzman: Know anyone by the name of Maurice Bishop?

Hunt: No. In a civil matter I was once asked if I knew an individual by that name. I think the name given to me as Morris. M-O-R-R-I-S.

17\\

P 31

Genzman: time period 1962 to 1965, where were you stationed specifically?

Hunt: After Allen left, I joined Tracy Barnes' new Domestic Operations Division, which should have been called the commercial operations division...1965, when we left for Spain under cover.

18\\

Link to the PDF of E Howard Hunt's 1978 testimony
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.aarclibrary.org/publib/jfk/hsca/secclass/pdf/Hunt_11-3-78.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwibmMKw1ZbrAhVaBs0KHSOLC7IQFjADegQIBhAB&usg=AOvVaw1US2XNtORuXR-p6v2AK3bd