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Cryptonym: JKLANCE

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Definition:
Codename for the CIA, adopted by the Agency during 1970. This codename invoked JFK's initials and his Secret Service codename LANCER, in the wake of charges made by New Orleans DA Jim Garrison and others of CIA involvement in the JFK assassination.
Status:
Documented
Sources:

Bill Simpich, State Secret, Conclusion, http://maryferrell.org/pages/State_Secret_Conclusion.html

"The pseudonym for JFK used by the Secret Service was Lancer – he was the knight on a white horse. When the accusations began that the Agency had a role in JFK’s death, it’s no accident that the pseudonym used by the CIA to refer to itself switched to JKLANCE. At a minimum, the CIA chiefs knew that the JFK assassination did not receive an adequate investigation."

104-10106-10392: WITHHELD

5/18/70: Article says court filing for Herbert Itkin admits that "this only second time JKLANCE has publicly acknowledged the assignment of an undercover agent not on the JKLANCE payroll (Note: Francis Gary Powers was first)...(FBI) as confused as we are as to Itkin's JKLANCE connection at that time." Also see 104-10107-10090, 5/19/70 memo about Itkin and JKLANCE written by general counsel Lawrence Houston.

104-10070-10057: JOHN THOMAS DUNCAN

5/13/71 cable from C/WHD to COS/WH/Miami: Study of personalities in the "Robert K. Brown case" includes "Warren James Hinckle (201-817303)...editor of Ramparts in 1964, President of Ramparts in 1967..."he reportedly spent some weeks in Prague prior to Ramparts' exposure of JKLANCE..."

104-10104-10011: LUNCHEON HELD 12 NOVEMBER TO DISCUSS [DELETION] RELATIONSHIP WITH CIA AND THE TORRIENTE GROUP

December 1971 memo. "COS (Chief of Station), DCOS (Deputy Chief of Station) and Lewis J. Shoquist (note: CIA officer Charles Anderson) representing JKLANCE/Miami."

104-10246-10032: PROGRESS REPORT FOR PERIOD 1 OCTOBER THROUGH 31 DECEMBER

1/11/72 cable from Chief of Station, Mexico City to Chief, Western Hemisphere Division: 201-812106 is described as "the chief of the JKLANCE section of AMSTAFF".

1993.07.16.15:16:00:530340: EVALUATION OF INFORMATION IN MANUSCRIPT OF MR. ANTULIO RAMIREZ ORTIZ

1/25/78 memorandum from Raymond Warren, Chief, Latin American Division to Maurice A. Sovern, O/SA/DO/O: 201-812106 is described as "Captain Carlos Enriques Rodriguez, aka Valverde (FNU) 201-812106". Connected with CIA section of AMSTAFF. In the light of the previous post, that would mean that JKLANCE is CIA and AMSTAFF is DGI.

Contributors:
Greg A. Otterman • Bill Simpich

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