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Cryptonym: EMDECK-4

Definition:

Agent at the center of the planning for the assassination of Rafael Trujillo in 1962.

Status:

Unknown

Sources:

178-10003-10394: LIST OF DOCS. RE ASSASS. OF FOREIGN LEADERS SUBMITTED TO ROCK. C

2/16/61 The list of assassination documents between 1960-64 includes: "Memorandum for the Record. Subject: Meeting with EMDECK-4 and his Cousin dated 2/16/61. Classified Secret." This document is part of a larger 1960-64 list of assassination documents aimed at foreign leaders, submitted to the Rockefeller Commission in 1975.

157-10011-10017: TESTIMONY OF RICHARD BISSELL

Re 2/16/61: Bissell is asked about Document K which refers to a meeting on this date in NYC between C/WH/3 Ned Holman and EMDECK-4 and his cousin. EMDECK-4 is described as "the kingpin in the plot in the Dominican Republic". It is about plans to kill Rafael Trujillo.

157-10011-10017: TESTIMONY OF RICHARD BISSELL (CONTINUED)

2/16/61 memorandum of record. 4 pages of Holman's meeting with EMDECK-4 and his cousin.