14-00000 · -· tfi j ' ' JitQORA NDUt FOR Central Cover Staff Non-Official Cover SUBJECT Cover for ard G Tlchbora l Edward G Tichborn a Contract Agent is presently usigned to Mexico Station under non-official personal cover Ile is ln Mexico ostenaibly a a a coru ultant with a Me ican le-gal firm and acts as editor publiaher of a left -wing iutellectual publication lJialogos lie bas requested rea s ibrnfllent to the United States prefl1rably the Aaat Coast and particularly the New York City aren Wli Division bas concurred in his request to leave Mexico City in mid-Au ust 1 66 and desires to arrange suitable cover which would perait rapid discn1 af et it nt at any time from rer -ular day-to-day covar duties to undertake temporary duty astJigfill nts throughout Latin America at the r quest of this Division 2 WH l11vis1on in itl 'i 1nvest1iration of cover possibilities discuss d tho problem with Mr bta nley Gaines 00 li th- lt bort fallow CA 3 and liir Gl le Allen 000 i ilr Gaines investigated tbe possibility of Ticltoorn's a saign r ient to tile lomestic Operations facility in New York but tbe New 'iork office lid aot belicv it could devise suitable cover Mr allow checked on the posaib llty of inserting Tichborn into two of the Covert Actlon Staff run operations in the New York area but tlleso were finally judged as not provic ing the ncccasru-y flexibility and iinally as you have seen in cable traffic Mr Allen ca mo up with a possibility of Assigning Tichborn to WVSALlNE 3 On the basis of information Aade available by Mr Allan lm Division believes the llt§ALINE oposal has nerit and wishes to develop this cover proposal further It would appear th it a satisfactory resolution at this tine ultiraately rests upon WH Division agreement with Tichborn on ter-ms of his contrnct primarily salary and Wl JSALINE agreC1ment tb at Tichborn's background is of aufficient depth to pro •icle a nt0dicw1 of credibility Md his personality is of aucb a nature that he would be compatible with the p1•incipal agent This will be res lved ftcr Labor D ay when Tichborn will be in the Uuited States and the WOSALINE principal agent will have returned fro n a vacation 'ffhich he is starting about l August ln tbe mcantilae in compliance with regulations for the·establis bment of non-official cover the llovi backgrouad inforaation is provided concerniag Tichborn and is keyed to your aemorandura Mon-Official Cover Request SECRET r_ - • • r · · - 'I' •' · ' ' - - - ' ' t 14-00000 A 'General Information 1 Edward G Tichborn Central covar hara been queried concerning posaiblc covers to be used by bim for a nwabcr o TDYu in Latin Am rica u well u for his original location iu Mexico 2 Contract Agent $12 000 per allJlwa with a bousiq nllowance at present of $3 ooo W s contra ct is now under review I I 3 ·He ls fit for overseas duty I 4 To the knowledge of off1eera presently nvallabl in the Wli Division he nan always operet d under personally arranied non-official cover lil wever the Central Cover Staff hu s provided a no12-attributa ble i'undiug channel for trnnsfer of KuB A aK funds to the Tichborn operations on a nu ab er of occa Hions This inforaation should be available 1n Central Covor Etaff tiles I B I 5 Approxi ntcl 1 SeptGill ber 1g66 6 lt -August 1969 7 There ia no P Oj -ct at pres nt Authority for the relocation of this 1n1i idu l will bo included in orders transferrin him tro Mexico 'ollowing tllia ru id his cat tblishm ent undfJr the pro Ose WlJoALl2iI or other c_ovcr a project v111 be written -c l I i j r ·· Biographic Infol'li l lltion 1 2 DPOB - 26 May 1920 I#Jnver Colorado lb lo Caucasian Catholic u s married three children Mexico City d f l iexlco Los Angelos California Wife and three cb1ldreD presently 1n residence with hilll in Mexico City 3 University of Denver l Ma-45 BA Pol Sc llarvard University 1945-46 MA Economics ilarvard 14w School 1346-48 LLB -2 i SECRET '_ 1 1 f Jtrr i l i rr t i • · • _ ·- ' 14-00000 · ' -i· i 'l r 1· - 1 ' j 4 Sec attached memorandma S Seo n ttached memora Adwa 6 X ctr ely gregarious highly presentable intellectu l interests 7 Not k110wn 8 E ncnsivo travel in Latin AJ'noriea and Ca r1Lbenn area both privately nnd under KUllAlr i aponsorsh lp see attached Heaor dUQ 9 Bi-lingual in Spnnish and b 9 n ormtterin g of l'rench Germnn nnd sone PortUt Uese I' -i l c Security Coaaiderations 1 KlJlliH'f l eraplo1 1cut initiate in 195' J and he haD raalntained tilim association since then tlecuritl approval w e lnst granted by UDESK OA on S No •emb r 1965 This approval wail givGn fo - his uge in '' ••• ptiblishing ili'i l furnishing intellectual i uidnnce re Dialoh OS r u gn zinc and furnishing ltl info t·nu ltion 011 tbe intelligentF ia of exico ti Apparently derogatory infox·r ition develo d or providod by Tichborn wns P--0lved in nn l CFL-UT' 'E given in Mexico City on 14 May 1965 a copy of which is available in bis 201 file 2 -l Ho is aware thut be 115 in the cinploy of IWDAU 1· 3 4 i Not luiown i ln LC FLUTTER it wns reveal d that bis wife waa tho only individual to whom he has rev1111aled his relationship witb K IBA lK 5 Not knovt G Bot lmc m 7 Not kllDWll but it is highly doubtf 11 that ho has ever utilized such cover 8 It is plaued that he will remaia 1a non- official cover llot applicable SECRET '· · • ' ' ' I • • ' _ ' - _ l- _U1i • · __ -r ---_·- k _ ·' 14-00000 f SECRET' 10 lits vlte who is witting see C 4 n bove 11 lie carrlos KUBARK life and hospitalization insurance D His wife is listed as beneficiary • 12 A 13 His wife ls witting but no fornal clearance proceduro has been initiated Last LCl'LU'ITJ 3 was on U Hay l 6 J Operational Information 1 It la pi·esently planned to cover T1chborn He will be utilu ed in bigbly sensitive political oporationa It is not plannod to ma e any otMr individual or organization in tho United l tatoo witting of tho KUBARK Tichbora rclntioruship vith the exception of the principal ar eut of the WOML NE l roJect under l roJect HJSALIKE 2 Location ew York City 3 Re eh xlld be 9ufficiontly JWbile to permit bis travol to any cou utry in the world but particularly La-tin America and Africa 4 Any strata of comll fttcial or political life in Le tin erica or Africa 5 Contract is Jll Ceontly being negotiated but bia salary will be on tue s12 oroto $15 ooo level 6 Cannot be Judged at present 7 Not kno m at present However cOWDUAications for tu1s type operation is usually directly to and through tbe Chief of Station 8 Aa 10ted above the WUSALINR cover would appear to be excellent for Ticbborn William V Broe Chief S£c Attac1moat1 0 f Weetera Jlea1sph0l O Division l-1 -· 14-0 000 ''' ' SECRET ·BIOGRAPHIC DATA SIU l T EDWARD G Tl CHBOaH · 1 Edward G Tichborn 40 ls bilingual and has a wide range of busiaess acd social contacts tbruugbo t Latin America ll'ollowing i p-aduation from liarvnr l Law 6chool in 1948 Tichborn became aif111ated w1th a law 1irm in Loa Angeles vb1ch represented mnny Latin American corp orations with California business connections In the m id-l950'a he became active in alitornla State politics and served in various capacities in Democratic Pllrty state and national organizations h participated activelJ iD the Ca li ornia guLcrnatorial campaign of J- mes llooeevelt· tt e senatorial campaign uf Helen Gahagan uouglas and both the l9S2 ud 1956 tevenson campa1 6ns for the presidency lie has been President of the Southern California YounK IJcJ 10Crats a member of the California De-mocratic State Central Co l lmitteo a member of the Host CUll lQitto ior the 1 6 Dcmocr tic National Conventiou and a Ler of the Hoard of Directors of tne National D ocrntic Minority Coni'drence 111 1960 he CJ Ved as Los Angeles coordinator ot the Kennedy Movement ro · Americans of Mexican ztraction which it is reported contriLuted substantially to the succesa of the ·Kennedy campaibn in Soutl e1·n C lifornia His only try for elective ofiicv ns in 1950 when he was defeated iu his bid for the position of California Secretary of State 2 In late 1959 Tichborn was hired by tho Agency as a political action advi or for A ncy- ponsoreu election operatioDS throubhcut L lt1n t morica In 1961 be be i ia a fulltime contract agent and was assignea to Mexico City under personal cover to establish a degr e of oecurity and mobility which would penut him to travel readily on third country political action assignments Since the beginning of bis relationship with the Agel lCY he bas pa rticipateG in Abcncy-sponsored political operntione in Cuba El Salvador Guatemala A1·gentina Chile aad the Dom inica n Uepublic 3 Tichborn has contributed stories articles and interviews to a variety of Un1te 1 States pubU c 1tions An interview b7 Ticbborn of atherine Anne Porter Pulitzer prize winner appeared in a recent edition of Harpers and a 'tichborn essav cODcerJling the c ltural dichotomy unuer which Mexican AmericaJUJ exist will appear in @ early edition of the Amer lean Heritage publication lie is work in on R series o ticlea and a bco oa the population problem in Latin America and is consioering a book on Mexica Jl political institutions pg rticularly tbe Pnrt1do Rovoluc1oaa rio Ia stitutional PEI · SECRET I _ _j · E t r _ ' r - 14-00000 'ti l · At present 'lic hborn runs a ltu1co Bt at1on fund ad left vi ns 1ntellectu ' l publication l lREAM Bia cover iD Uexico is nomin ll and he attributes his presence and a ctivitiea pr1 ar11J to bis connections 1n tbu legal field tbrougb his former partoer's law 11rz and his own intellectual interests SECRET· 't i i±f f1 1 1· ' ' · llit ' ' 14-00000 L i SECRET WB WVB GD PK jy 18 July 1965 Distribution Attachment to all addees OriG l Central Cover Staff JL C 'iH 1 1 YH Registry via CWH 1 1 1 C WJVCA 1 WH Personnel Yll CA Kittredge Chron 00 CO Gale Allen · r H I• 5 ·