NAME TRACES: GORDON DWANE NOVEL LAWRENCE B. ROHDE ALLAN D. BELL, JR.

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06816153
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: March 8, 2023
• Document Release Date: October 29, 2019
• Case Number: F-2013-00862
• Publication Date: October 26, 1976

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. John K. Greaney
Associate General Counsel
FROM F. W. M. Janney
Director of Personnel
SUBJECT Name Traces: Gordon Dwane Novel
Lawrence B. Rohde
Allan D. Bell, Jr.
In response to your memorandum of 20 October 1976, the
Office of Personnel has searched all available records and can
find no indication that any of the three individuals listed
above had any affiliation with this Agency. Those records
checked included staff, contract, applicant and military
personnel files.
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F. W. M. Janney
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20 October 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Security
Director of Personnel
FROM : John K. Greaney
Associate General Counsel
SUBJECT : Gordon Dwane Novel
1. Gordon Novel is scheduled for prosecution in New Orleans
on 27 October on charges stemming from a conspiracy to firebomb some
buildings on Canal Street. He was mentioned extensively in the James
Garrison investigation of the Kennnedy assassination in 1967. Subse-
quently, Novel filed suit against Garrison and later against Playboy
Magazine for an article they published which identified Novel as a CIA
employee. In 1969 the Agency submitted a certificate signed by the then
Director of Personnel, Robert S. Wattles, which certified that Gordon Novel
had never been employed by the CIA (copy attached). It may be necessary
to submit a new certificate for the upcoming trial in New Orleans. You
are requested to search your files to determine whether there is any
record of employment.
2, There are two additional defense witnesses that we would
appreciate a search as to any employment relationship:
(a) Lawrence B. Rohde
530 "N" Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C.
Employed by: Commonwealth Pug Corporation
(b) Allan D. Bell, Jr
President, DEKTOR C.I.S. Incorporated
5054 Blue Ridge Avenue
Annandale, Virginia
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It is my understanding that these names have all been traced as a request
from the Domestic Collection Division with negative results. However, I
would appreciate a written response to those traces by close of business
20 October so that certificates can be prepared.
3. It is possible that a witness from the Office of Personnel may be
required to appear in New Orleans as a rebuttal witness to testify that
there was no employment relationship with Gordon Dwane Novel, but this
is subject to negotiation with the prosecutor.
Enclosures
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