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Pseudonym: Kane, John L.

Definition:
Richard Bissell, DDP who was fired after the Bay of Pigs.
Category:
pseudonym
Status:
Probable
Sources:

104-10185-10384: CABLE: PLEASE INFORM MANKEL HE SHOULD PROCEED LEOPOLDVILLE AS

11/5/60 cable from Leopoldville to Director: Note states that one copy will go to "John L. Kane". Marginalia states "one copy given to Mr. Bissell by IB(?)/Duty off. Saturday. Action to be taken by DDP. E.B." Memo states "Please inform Mankel/QJWIN he should proceed Leopoldville as soon as shots completed..."

104-10185-10060: CABLE- QJWIN HAS CULTIVATED CLOSE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIHP WITH IDEN A WHO AGREED SMUGGLE INDUSTRIAL DIAMONDS FOR HIM TO ITALY.

12/8/60 cable from Leopoldville to Director, slugline RYBAT EYES ALONE John L. Kane: "QJWIN has cultivated close relationship with IDEN A who agreed smuggle industrial diamonds for him to Italy. QJWIN has promised him renumeration..." The idea was to recruit IDEN A - identified as DMLIVID, also known as Major Djurorie Dujare Djurovic, Yugoslav Air Force pilot assigned "Uno duty", Kamina, Congo. Transports UN supplies into the interior of the Congo.

Contributors:
John Newman • Bill Simpich

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