MRS. EVELYN DE PUE

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 01474441
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: August 7, 2017
• Case Number: F-2007-00094
• Publication Date: January 22, 1974

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Mrs. Evelyn De Pue
1. I interviewed subject to ascertain what, if any, additional
information she might have about E. Howard Hunt's relations with the
office of the Agency National Security Council representative whose
office is located in the Executive Office Building. Mrs. De Pue has
worked in this office for several years as secretary to the NSC officer.
She has served under
NSC officers from roughly 1968 to the present time.
2. Mrs. De Pue said that of the four officers cited above
seemed to know Hunt the best and to have had more dealings
with him. She recalled that after Hunt's retirement, when he was
trying to get on at the White House, his job resume came into
office from the Agency with the re uest that it be delivered
to Charles Colson in the White House. Mr. who looked over
the resume, was concerned by Hunt's descriptions of his CIA employ-
ment and the fact that Richard Helms, then DCI, was used as a reference.
According to Mrs. De Pue called the Director and voiced his
concerns but was told by the Director that it was alright and to go ahead
and forward the resume which did.
3. During the period 6 July 1971, when Hunt started his White
House job, and 17 June 1972 when the Watergate burglary surfaced,
Mrs. De Pue estimates that 12-14 envelopes of material from Hunt to
the Agency were handled through her office. She bases this estimate on
the fact that prior to the destruction of these receipts she counted them
and this number sticks in her mind. She believes a few went to the DCI
but not as many as went to The period of greatest
activity in this transmittal operation, she believes, covers the period �
August-November 1971. (This is the period in which the Ellsberg
profiles were prepared). She thinks the last envelope from Hunt was
delivered in early November 1971 (she places this date by the funeral of
Mr. This was the package opened by (previously
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4. Mrs. De Pue confirmed that some name checks were
handled for Hunt by her office but she thought not many. With the
destruction of her receipts there is no other place in the Agency that
would show material coming to Headquarters from Hunt. She recalls
only three types of material: 1) Hunt to 2) Hunt to DCI, and
3) name checks. Mrs. De Pue believes that on at least two occasions.
noted in his weekly message to the DCI that his office
was continuing to forward packages from Howard Hunt to
5. All information was transmitted by courier in a plain,
unclassified sealed envelope. Material for the DCI was addressed to
his secretary, Elizabeth Dunlevy, no copies were ever kept by her
office and she believes that either Mrs. Dunlevy or Director Helms
destroyed the material as soon as they read it. She believes that
material for was addressed and carried directly to him.
Name checks were probably sent to the office of the DD/P.
6. Mrs. De Pue was asked to write up all the foregoing; plus
anything else she can recall that is pertinent, and date and sign it.
She agreed to do so.
7. Neither nor Mrs. De Pue have any re-
collection or record of the Hunt package to WH Division which
recalled. DC/WH, was interviewed on
this point and has no recollection of ever receiving any such material
from Howard Hunt. In the absence of any written record and any
recollection (other than of this Hunt material, this lead
seems to be at a dead end.
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT:
1. Subject is now and has been for several years the secretary
for th( I interviewed her as to how material
for the DCI was received and handled in that office from our NSC
officer in the EOB.
2. said that any material coming in for the DCI
came in a sealed envelope marked "To be delivered unopened" to the
particular office of concern. She had no way of knowing what was in
the envelope or who it was from. When the material was for the DCI
she would personally handcarry it up to Elizabeth Dunlevy.
3. also pointed out that if the material was
sensitive, or speed was a factor, the NSC officer would have it
delivered directly to Mr. Helms by courier. She doubted that any
receipts would be involved or that the material would go through the
Executive Registry.
4. I will interview Mrs. Evelyn De Pue, secretary to the NSC
officer at EOB, this afternoon to try and get some idea of the amount
of Hunt material involved, frequency and how it was routed and handled.
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