JOHN DEAN ALLEGATIONS TO NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 01482392
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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. 1 1 2 1 8 9, 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.
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2. The .undersigned indicated to Mr. Jorclen 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 andjd.espite checking outside WH
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 WH 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.
Jorclen 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. Broe, the IG,
and
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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.
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UBJECT:ALLEGATIONS MADE BY JOHN DEAN .TO NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE
. THE FOLLOWING IS EXCERPTED FROm.A FRONT PAGE ARTICLE'
Rom TODAY'S NEW YORK TIMES WiiICH REPORTS ON ALLEGATIONS
ADE BY JOHN DEAN TO NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE.
� ',SOME %OW-LEVEL,' WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS CONSIDERED AS-
Ass/NATING PANAMA'S RULER OMAR TO)RRIJOS, BECAUSE THEY
UspEcTED THE INVOLVEMENT .OF HIGH PANAMANIAN AUTHORITIES IN
ER0IN TRAFFIC AND BECAUSE THEY FELT THE GOVERNMENT HAD
EEN UNCOOPERATIVE �ABOUT RENEGOTIATING THE PANAMA CANAL.
REATy. E. HOWARD HUNT JR.. A LEADER OF THE WATERGATE
URGLARS. HAD A TEAM IN MEXICO ',BEFORE THE MISSION WAS
SORTED'', NEWSWEEK SAID0, .RUSH
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