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@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ On May 7, 1962, Houston and the director of security, [[Sheffield Edwards]], bri
The agency's own account of the confinement of [[Yuri Nosenko]] states that the [[CIA Office of Security|Office of Security]] "together with the Office of General Counsel became increasingly concerned with the illegality of the Agency's position," and that their representations to Helms ended it in October 1967.[^5]
On March 3, 1967, two days after [[Jim Garrison]] arrested [[Clay Shaw]], the chief of the [[Domestic Contact Service]] in [[New Orleans]], [[Lloyd Ray]], recommended that Houston be briefed on Shaw's past reporting "to be on the safe side." On May 1 [[Herbert J. Miller Jr.|Jack Miller]], a former assistant attorney general, telephoned Houston with information "from within Garrison's office" supplied by [[Walter Sheridan]] of [[NBC]]. His memorandum of October 2, written as the agency's [[Garrison Group]] considered its response, recommended doing nothing beyond resisting subpoenas.[^6]
On March 3, 1967, two days after [[Jim Garrison]] arrested [[Clay Shaw]], the chief of the [[Domestic Contact Service]] in [[New Orleans]], [[Lloyd Ray]], recommended that Houston be briefed on Shaw's past reporting "to be on the safe side." On May 1 [[Herbert J. Miller Jr.|Jack Miller]], a former assistant attorney general, telephoned Houston with information "from within Garrison's office" supplied by [[Walter Sheridan]] of [[NBC]]. His memorandum of October 2, written as the agency's Garrison Group considered its response, recommended doing nothing beyond resisting subpoenas.[^6]
At the first meeting of the [[Garrison Group]] on September 20, 1967, Houston "discussed his dealings with Justice and the desire of Shaw's lawyers to make contact with the Agency." His paper for the director of September 29 found that Garrison, needing an overt act with Oswald and Ferrie dead, "may well be able to involve CIA in the Shaw trial," set out what the agency knew of each Cuban Garrison had questioned, and concluded: "At the present time, therefore, there is no action we can recommend for the Director or the Agency to take. If during the trial it appears that Shaw may be convicted on information that could be refuted by CIA, we may be in for some difficult decisions."[^7]
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[^4]: *Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961-1963,* vol. X, Cuba, document 337, memorandum for the record by Sheffield Edwards, May 14, 1962, with source note.
[^5]: Central Intelligence Agency, "Family Jewels," memorandum of Howard J. Osborn, Director of Security, to the Executive Secretary, CIA Management Committee, May 16, 1973, with attachments, p. 00023.
[^6]: Holland, Max. "The Lie That Linked CIA to the Kennedy Assassination," *Studies in Intelligence,* vol. 45, no. 5, 2001.
[^7]: Janney, F.W.M. Memorandum for the record, "Garrison Group Meeting No. 1 - 20 September 1967," JFK record 104-10428-10023. Houston, Lawrence R. Memorandum for the Director of Central Intelligence, "Clay L. Shaw's Trial and the Central Intelligence Agency," OGC 67-1877, September 29, 1967, forwarded to the Director October 2, 1967, JFK record 104-10104-10280.