ARRB REQUEST: CIA-IR-06, QKENCHANT

Created: 5/14/1996

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Ref the ARRB staff request for information pertaining to Project QKENCHANT. r

In the attached" the cryptonym is mentioned ins it pertains to one J. Monroe Sullivan in relation to Clay Shaw. For the staff's background use only, OKENCHANT was an indicator used by Central Cover Staff and the Office of Securityrogram for clearing

providers (businesses,icn access to classified material. I

The size of the project file is approximately

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FOR:

JFK Declassification Project/HRP/OIM/DA

SUBJECT: REFERENCE:

IX) Response to Informal Request CIA IR

emorandum dated7

RE; Status of CIA Responses to

Assassination Records Review Board's

Requests for Additional Information and Record;;

This memorandum is submitted in,

"CIA-IR-Q6 QKENCHANT

Per the Review Board'

ulliv-' the following information ii

provided.

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with the acquisition of security in

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SUBJECT: DO Response to Informal Request CIA IR 06

d. ltai Howardetirement team tho Agency, he went to work (ot the Robert R. Mullen Company. The Mullen Coayany hid for years

.cooperated with the Agency by providing

1 Hunt waa cleared for OXENCrlAHf by the Agency so that he could with acaalnlstxatlve Butters when necessary during Mullen'a absences from his firs In Kashlngton.

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Sullivan, Clay Shaw's boss, mas granted athat hp could be usod in Proiy,' QKK'jckant.

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MEMORANDUM FOR: ura Dank

Executive Director, ARRB

Barry Harrelson

JFK Project Officer, HRP/OIM

QKENCHAHT

.i" QKENCHANT was the name of an Agency project used to

provide security approvals on non-Agency personnel and facilities. Such approvals were required so that Agency personnel could meet individuals to discuss proposed projects, activities, and possible relationships.

Shaw received an initial -five agency-

P Ma^:hrecords indicate the

OKErTCHANT project did not begin until sometime2

a^leas? SitKll5bility hC leared thac Program.

Monroe Sullivan, Clay Shaw's boss, wasecurity approval in

With respect to Howard Hunt, following his retirement from the Agency, he went to workompany which had previously cooperated with the Agency. Hunt wonlearance so he could deal with administrative matters in the absence of others within that company.

The Agency believes it has fully answered the questions asked within this request and considers it completed.

cr^nniiy HarrelLsdn

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