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Pseudonym: Clark, James

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Definition:
James Clark was a alias used by CIA officer and Chief, Special Affairs Staff Desmond FitzGerald in Paris in 1963.
Category:
alias
Status:
Documented
Sources:

104-10521-10019: MEMO: ARREST OF CIA AGENTS BY CUBAN SECURITY.POLICE

03/02/66, Memo from Chief, Western Hemisphere Division to Assistant Deputy Director for Plans: Page 5: "ATTACHMENT C:...DATE: 1963. TRUE NAME: Desmond FitzGerald. ALIAS: 'James Clark' - as a representative of GPFOCUS (Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy). LOCATION: Paris..."

104-10102-10010: BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON ROLANDO CUBELA SECADES.

04/13/66, CIA document, Titled: Background Information on Rolando Cubela Secades: Page 3: ..."6. From Porto Alegre, Cubela went to Paris on 14 September 1963 where he met with Tepedino, 'Nicholas Sanson', Jack 'Red' Stent, Richard Long. Cubela was attending the Alliance Francaise in Paris at the time. It was learned the French were unilaterally surveilling Cubela whereupon we advised them our contact with him was an attempt to defect him. On 15 October Cubela insisted that he meet U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy because he believed Kennedy ran Cuban affairs. 'Sanson's' position at the time was: 'We do not consider Cubela is working for us but since we have a common objective, we are willing to render support.' Cubela went on vacation and on his return on 29 October 1963, it was arranged for Desmond FitzGerald, under the name 'James Clark', to meet Cubela at Stent's home that day as an emissary of the policy level of the Government..."

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