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»! 92-517 1c — Dd Ze MAHEU was reluctant to become involved in the operation since he thought it might interfere with his relation- ship with his new client, HOWARD HUGHES. He agreed to participate because he felt that he owed the agency a comaitment. According to ROSELLI, he and MAHEU met at ane Brown Derby Restaurant in Beverly Hills in S 1960. ROSELLI testified that MAHEU had told him chat “high government officials" needed his cooperation in getting rid of CASTRO and that he asked him to help recruit Cubans to do the job. MAHEU stated that ROSELLI was very hesitant { participating an tne project anc finally sa.0 auc that he felt he had an obligation to his government and finally agreed to participate. A mectine was arranged for MAHEU and ROSELLI .with the Support Chief at the Plaza Hotel in New York in September, 1960. The Support Chief said he was introduced to ROSELLI as a business associate of MAHEU. He said MAHEU told RGSELLI that MAHEU represented internations! business interests which were pooling money to pay for the assassination of CASTRO, It was arranged that ROSELLI would go to Florida and recruit Cubans for the operation. During the week of September 24, 1960, the Support Chief, MAHEU and ROSELLI met in Miami to work out the details of the operation. ROSELLI used the cover name “JOHN RAWLSTON" and represented himself to the Cuban contacts as an agent of some business interests of Wall Street that had properties around Cuda. 4