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Cryptonym: KUSODA

Definition:

CIA Office of Security.

Status:

Documented

Discussion:

The CIA's Office of Security's function was the security of the Agency - vetting personnel and agents, ensure the Agency's physical security, etc.

Sources:

104-10061-10115: LIST OF NAMES RE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION INVESTIGATION

This name trace document produced for the HSCA identifies KUSODA as "Office of Security".

104-10271-10203: CABLE RE: ODACID HAS ADVISED KUSODA THAT THEY HAVE INFO SUGGESTING JOSE

This cable from ODACID (State Dept.) to JMWAVE (CIA Miami Station) notes information suggesting that a particular person was a double agent.

104-10112-10157: MEMO ON PERSONNEL TASKING AND PROCESSING

This memo records the granting of a "full covert security clearance and requests an LCFLUTTER (polygraph test).

104-10125-10199: SURVEILLANCE ON IDEN. C

Surveillance on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. among others was distributed to the Chief of KUSODA, according to this dispatch.

104-10168-10213 CABLE: DEBRIEFING PACHUKE CONTINUING. LONGAN PLANS TAKE PACHUKE

12/10/60 memo re "Orrison affair - when Samuel Orrison/Dudley Pachuke/true name Stanley Moos lost a briefcase containing CIA identities and other sensitive documents. "Chief of Station comment: Mr. Langan KUSODA Chief JMARC/overall Cuban operation presence (is) required (at) HQS prior 12 Dec. Requested schedule."

Contributors:

Jerry Ennis • MFF