Colby, Wm. E. Breckinridge Pearson, D. 3/67 CATEGORIES: Diem IX - C - 2 - b Castro OCCURRENCE: Breckinridge actually put together the I.G. Reports and he did so in response to a March 1967 Drew Pearson column to the effect that the agency was involved with criminal syndicates to assassinate Castro. As a result of discussions caused by the Pearson column, staff members in the I.G.'s office were directed to put together reports on CIA involvement in the assassination of Castro, Trujillo, and Diem (50). TOP SECRET SOURCE: SSCI, testimony of Wm. E. Colby, 6/4/75 FILE: Cage STAFF: JFD DATE: 6/28/75