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Pseudonym: Desmond, Lloyd K.

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Definition:
John Whitten, C/WH/3 in 1963.
Category:
pseudonym
Status:
Probable
Discussion:
Whitten was put in charge of Oswald investigation on 11/23/63.
Sources:

H. P. Albarelli, Jr., A Secret Order, pp. 210-212: http://visupview.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-jfk-assassination-strange-and.html

1951: "According to several CIA documents generated in 1957... Raikin and two other Bulgarians, on May 6, 1951, deserted their Trudovaks (Bulgarian Labor Corps) military unit 'and made their way to Plovdiv [city in Bulgaria] and into Greece.'..."A November 1957 FBI report, in response to the CIA's request to the Bureau for any information it had on Raikin, reads: 'The reason for [Raikin's] desertion was to join an alleged illegal group working in the mountains south of Plovdiv...unable to hold out any longer they enter Greece on June 19, 1951.'...Raikin (considered) himself an ordained priest in the Bulgarian church. In preparing the information [Raikin] used the nom de plume Prezviter KOSMA. The FBI field station comments that [Raikin] was brought to Athens from Salonika [a major port in Greece] on July 19 1951 to work for CIA LKB.. GSAP/10.'...GASP and GASP/10 were elite, ultra-secret CIA interrogation teams... "A CIA memorandum (11/26/51)...sent...to the CIA FDP chief provides a wider look at Spas Raikin's first encounter with the CIA in Greece, following his interrogation. Chief station Lloyd K. Desmond, a CIA official who played a still-unexplained role in the CIA's hasty post-assassination investigation into Lee Harvey Oswald's Mexico City phone communications, signed the document....'Desmond also noted that Raikin and the other escapees had been interrogated 'to ascertain their future possible operational use.'"

104-10071-10354: AIR POUCH SECURITY INFORMATION: ESCAPE OF SEVEN BULGARIAN REFUGEES

11/26/51: Air Dispatch from COS, Athens to Chief, FDP: Page 2: ... Signed Lloyd K. Desmond.

104-10071-10127: DISPATCH RE POSSIBILITY OF CLARE BOOTH LUCE BEING CONFIRMED AS AMBASSADOR TO ITALY

02/10/53: Air dispatch from Senior Representative, Athens to Chief, SE: Subject: General - Operational. Specific - THEOMANIA-1: "1. For your information a letter received on 9 February by Kniffold from Russell T. Tamadine repeats a rumor that should Clare Booth Luce be confirmed as Ambassador to Italy she will arrange for the appointment of THEOMANIA-1 as military air attaché in Rome. 2. In connection with the above rumor, it should be recalled that THEOMANIA-1 served for a period of time as chief pilot for TIME, Inc. Handwritten: David (Unintelligible for) Lloyd K. Desmond."

104-10185-10083: DISPATCH: ENVELOPE OF NOTES FOR JAMES RABNEY NOTES.

10/13/60 memo from Lloyd K. Desmond, signing for Chief of Station, Rome, to Chief, KUDOVE, Attn: Division D, Attn: Scott C. Lipton, slugline LAURICLE: "Forwarded herewith is an envelope of Rabney's notes based on his discussions in the Rome Station. Please hold for his return."

104-10052-10029: REQUEST FOR VERBATIM TRANSCRIPTS IN ENGLISH RE OSWALD

11/24/63 cable, DIR 84914, from Lloyd Desmond to Willard Curtis/Win Scott, Chief of the Mexico City CIA station: "It is extremely important that we get, if at all possible, verbatim transcripts in English of all Oswald intercepts and other take which could relate to him. Please cable these immediate, without regard to economy of words...(FBI) tells us that Jose Rodriguez Molina is not involved in assassination and has been released. Please inform your liaison of this, but do not attribute it to (FBI)..."

http://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/jfk/NARA-Oct2017/2018/104-10236-10052.pdf

01/01/64: Dispatch from Chief, WE to Certain COS and Bases: PBRUMEN/Operations Cuban Refugee Reception and Debriefing Facilities in Spain: Page 3: Handwritten: "Daniel (Unintelligible for) Lloyd K. Desmond."

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