Distribution Orig - Mr Eelin 'Xett 1 - wo ett 1 -eo au 1 - wofatt 1 - Knoche Chrono 1 w att Uro Knoche Comm Correspdv t f - Belin Oral Request File rofa HFLE 773 mimwwu Carts-1L urn- Luoescs AGENCY che or THE 25 Apr 19 5 Mr David W Belin Executive Director I Commission on CIA Activities 1Firithin the United States Dear Mr Belin In last week s discussions between you and Mr McCone you asked for a compendium on Project ZRRIFLE It is attached We consider the paper to be especially sensitive Feithfully yours E II I'inocho Assistant to the Director- ZRRIFLE The executive action capability that the Agency was asked to develop apparently assumed an existing ZRRIFLE The four ZRRIFLE files the only ones we have been able to locate deal in the main with the activities of a clandestine asset in Europe QJWIN who was responsible for spotting and assessing individuals whom the Agency could use According to statements made to the Inspector General in 1967 by a senior CIA officer who was the Chief of in 1961 and later became inthnately involved in the executive action capabilit' he had planned to use QJHIN as part of this capability but never did There are a few references -in the files that might be construed as a connection with this activity _ but they are so that without additional information it would be difficult to tie them together Otherwise the files deal only with assignments for QJWIE in cable traffic and dispatches administrative and financial records and name traces personality sketches 1 There is no evidence in the files to refute the statement of case officer that he had never been used as part of the executive action capability It seems quite clear from the files that QJW was primarily involved in spotting and assessing foreigners for use by the Agency The first mention of the ERRIFLE appears in a 24 May 1961 demo row the Chief to the Cable Secretariat and states that twe copies of all-traffic bearing the ZRRIFLE indicator are to be delivered a sealed envelope directly to Chief No other distribution was 'e made without his Specific appr val The last paragraph states that t e above was personally approved by the DDP '1 35' r2 lhe files also contain a handwritten undated memo stating that the purpose of Project ZRRIFLE is to spot deve10p and use agent aSSets for is under written contract as a principal agent with the primary task of spotting agent It appears that the Chief decided to conceal the executive act on capability under the when he was assigned ros asihility for developing this activity Further the virtual absence as written material on this subject suggests that activities dealing w-ta the executive action capability were not intended to be committed 11 if a g 2% ' lr' l n f'hlf 51- - - - 0 045 1 E Ht Knock Dav 8501 32191 C14 mu mc fadm% 4Waf vf @3051 Qlkd mi C6de act swim