WATERGATE RELATED MATTERS

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00495979
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: August 14, 2020
• Case Number: F-2016-01299
• Publication Date: August 29, 1973

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MEMORANDUM FOR: The Inspector General
VIA � Deputy Director for Operations
Office of General Counsel
SUBJECT � Watergate Related Matters
29 August 1973
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Following is information obtained by of CCS
while talking with Mr. Mullen of the Robert R. Mullen Company on 20 August
1973. This information was obtained while talking with Mr. Mullen con-
cerning the termination of agents previously under cover of his company.
2. Mr. Mullen reported that when Mr. Robert Bennett, president of
Robert R. Mullen Company, was interviewed by the Ervin Committee a week
or so ago in the Senate Office Building, Howard Hunt poked his head in the
door and talked with Mr. Bennett for a short time. Mr. Bennett said that
Mr. Hunt was his own effervescent self and appeared to be well physically
and mentally. This was directly opposite to a report Mr. Mullen had
received from a woman who had reason to see Mr. Hunt about a month ago and
who reported that Mr. Hunt appeared to be a completely shattered person.
Mr. Bennett was not asked any questions by the Committee relating to CIA.
3. Mr. Mullen then recalled that formerly of the
Retirement Affairs Branch, had contacted him over three years ago asking
him to talk with Mr. Hunt for the purpose of helping Mr. Hunt obtain
employment. Mr. Hunt, who was retiring from the Agency, showed Mr. Mullen
a letter of recommendation allegedly written by Mr. Richard Helms, then
director of CIA. Mr. Mullen observed that in view of Mr. Hunt's admitted
forgery of State Department cables, he now wondered whether the letter was
authentic. Mr. Mullen, who had known Mr. Hunt during World War II, obtained
several interviews for Mr. Hunt, one being with the General Foods Company,
which informed Mr. Mullen that Mr. Hunt was a bright, intelligent individual
but that unfortunately it did not have an opening. Mr. Mullen about that
time needed someone to help with his HEW contract and hired Mr. Hunt who did
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an outstanding job for the Robert R. Mullen Company. Mr. Mullen felt that (W(1)
Mr. Hunt's heart was not really in the Robert R. Mullen Company business, (b)(3)
however, and that he missed his more exciting Agency duties. Mr. Mullen
said that Mr. Hunt later took a job with the White House staff and worked (W(1)
part time for Robert R. Mullen Company. During this period, with the Agency (bp)
pension and two employers, Mr. Mullen estimated Hunt's income as about
$60,000 per year.
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4. Mr. Mullen also recalled that several year aao innwird rnnrprninn (b)p)
the possibility of transferring
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Mr. Mullen had discussed the matter with Mr. Hunt
to get his ideas and later lunched with Mr. Hunt and Mr. Cord Meyer, then
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at Hunt had introduced Mr. Meyer to Mr. Mullen and Robert R. Mullen Company 1 (b)3
did not inquire of Mr. Mullen whether Mr. Hunt had introduced
other Agency personnel to Mr. Mullen or Mr. Bennett.
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