Representative Ford. Did the Central Intelligence Agency ever make an investigation or did it ever check on Mr. Ruby's trip to Cuba or any connections he might have had with the Castro government?
Mr. McCone. Not to my knowledge.
Mr. Helms. We had no information.
Mr. McCone. We had no information.
Representative Ford. Central Intelligence Agency has no information of any connections of Ruby to the Castro government?
Mr. McCone. That is right.
Representative Ford. Did you ever make a check of that?
Mr. Helms. We checked our records to see if we had information and found we did not.
Representative Ford. What would that indicate, the fact that you checked your records?
Mr. Helms. That would indicate that if we had received information from our own resources, that the Cubans were involved with Mr. Ruby in something which would be regarded as subversive, we would then have it in our files. But we received no such information, and I don't, by saying this, mean that he did not. I simply say we don't have any record of this.