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Miss Bestougess stopped in Detroit while enroutefrom Texas to New York City She was supposedly in Texasto visit an oil firm in Houston According toMiss Bestougess who had been relatively uncommunicativebecame quite talkative as she increased her alcoholic intakeShe toldgM.Mhe was a communist and had contacted

many,sim;larly inclined Cubans while in Texas and Mexicans inboth Texas and Mexico"` As the conversation continued at one

point she stated "If somebody has to be killed I wouldn'tdo this but would arrange for-it to be done.

said this did not mean anything to himat the time but the President's assassination in Dallasimmediately recalled the statement to'his mind He

suggested that Miss Bestougess be contacted before sheleft New York He did not know where she was stayingbut thought it would be at a YWCA .He said that Miss Bestougesshad spent several mon hs in the USSR during 1962 participating_in a French exhibition

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CO-2-34 030Res Lee Harvey Oswald

Assassination of President

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AttachmentsRetail Credit Report {Application for EmploymentCovers of "The Shooters Book of Guns

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List of Members FPC

Copy of receipt signed by Bringuier 4 Geraci

Copy of statement signed by AlbaPhotostat of Service No 21575 (NO Publ Serv)Photos of Remove ORDER lE X4xxxmX 86019 (NOPSI)Basic Pamphlets -Crime against Cuba

*Lit List Prices FPCC (Dallas)FPCC appl form stamped A J Hidell

`*Window envelope bearing ret add Box 877 Austin

*Pamphlet of FPCC entitled Drums of War (Dallas)Photos.fingerprint card Lee Harvey OswaldPhotos fingerprint card James Abner HaydelFBI transcript of crim record

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TYPEOFCASEAssassination of thePresident

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Form NGr1688(Revised)MEMORANDUMREPORT(7-1-60)

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Investigation Continued

PERIODCOVEREDNovember 22 1963December 2 1963

TITLEORCAPTION

Assassination of President John FKennedy

Lee Harvey OswaldINVESTIGATIONMADEBY

SA's A G Vial Anthony E Gerrets Roger Countsand SAIL John 4f Rice

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As best as can be determined at the present time LeeHarvey Oswald arrived in New Orleans from Texas on14/26/63 During the course of the investigationvarious relatives of tsubject were interviewed aswere a former employerPam B Reily Coffee Co.2 Incand employees of this company

A former schoolmate of the subject was interviewedin addition to a number of people who came into contactwith him

Checks were made with the Ret lers CommercialAgencyInc in bhe nam Lee Harve_yl:fjswald A J Hidell Ale

or Alex idell~ air Play for Cuba and -her names Onlytie subject was of record A check was made at the NewOrleans Public Service in the names Lee Harvey OswaldA J Hidell M.ek or Alex Adell and Fair Play for CubaOnly Oswald was of record aW14907 Magazine St. City

A check was also made at the New Orleans Better BusinessBureau in the various names with negative results

The New Orleans Office La State Unemployment Agencyfurnished records to this office through the local FBIOffice with reference to a claim filed by Oswald againstthe State of Texas

Other agents of this office are in the process of preparingreports as to investigation as conducted by them

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At 1:00 A M on 11-23-63 called the First District NOPD and attempted to contact

Lt W Gaillot,Ptn F Hayward or Ptn F Wilson as they had arrested Lee Harvey

Oswald on 8-9-63 None of them was available for interview

Desk Sgt Roger Bacon First District advised that Oswald had been interviewed by

Lt Martello who was formerly assigned to the Intelligence Unit NOPD but who was

then assigned to the First District Further that Lt Martello had gone off duty

at 11:00 P M. 11-22-63 and could probably be contacted at his home telephone

number UN 1-9397

A phone call wasmade to Lt Martello's home but he was not available At 2:30 A M

another phone call was made to Lt Martello's home and he furnished the following

information

He had interviewed Oswald either on a Saturday or Sunday morning with reference to

Oswald's arrest on 8-9-63 Oswald had furnished his date of birth as 10-18-38 said

he had served three years in the U S Marine Cor s and claimed he received an honorable

discharge on 17-59 at the Marine Air Station 1 Toro Santa Anna Calif Oswald

had stated was married to the former I~larino rossa but later said his wife's name

was Marino rossakaxa and that she was n alien M-I He said he and his wife had one

child June Lee Oswald 17 mont)s of age and they had been living at 4907 Magazine

St. New Orleans for about f it months Prior to coming to New Orleans Oswald

claimed he had lived at 4709 Mercedes St. Ft Worth Texas

Oswald claimed his mother's name was Margaret Oswald address not known and that

igsfather was Robert Lee Oswald deceased He said he had two brothers Robert_

Oswald who lived in Ft Worth Texas and John Oswald who lived in Arlington

Oswald claimed he had attended the Beauregard School New Orleans Warren Easton

Hh School New Orleans and a gra r school Riegiala-West in Ft Worth. He

nished his Social Security No a33_ 54-39,_ and his Selective Service No as

/4 1 114-39

Oswald claimed he had become interested in Fair Play for Cuba organization in Los

Angeles California during 19581 while he was in the U S Marine Corps In ad

dition Oswald had claimed there were about 35 members of the Fair Play for Cuba

organization in New Orleans at the time but declined to furnish any names

Lt Martello said that at the time of Oswald's arrest he had various pamphlets in

his possession and these had been kept by Lt Martello He said he would turn them

over to this office if we so desired He also stated that before being transferred

to the First District he had been assigned to the Intelligence Division NOPD for

about two years and that during this time he became familiar with various Communist

front organiaationq

He said that an addre in the 11004block of Pine St. New Orleans seemed to be the

center of activity New Orleans for various uommunis lc type ron organizationsHe said that a."Dr eissman a professor at Tulane University lived at the Pine St

address where n1'unerous meetihgs were held He said he had learned from one of his

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1 sources that .pr James _Dombroski was seen on several occasions at the home of DrReissman and a e home of a neighbor of Dr Reissman name unknown who is also

supposed to be a professor at Tulane University Dr Reissman the unknown professorand Dr Dombroski were all said to be active in the integration movement in New Orleans

Dr Dombroski 's said to have migrated to the United States from Poland In 1956

Senator Eas and had held hearings in New Orle s and d ing these hearings a personnamed Paul rouch had allegedly identified I1 Dombr i as a top member of the Com

munist Party in the South along with Myles Horton 11t Eagle Folk School Mt Eagle

Lt Martello said he had asked Oswald where meetings for members of the Fair Play for

Cuba organization were held and Oswald had replied at various places in New OrleansHe said he had asked him if any of the meetings were held on Pine St and Oswald had

replied in the affirmative He said he had asked him if he was acquainted with DrReissman and Oswald replied he was He said he had also asked him if he knew DrDombroski and Oswald evaded the question and never did answer it

He said although Oswald refused to furnish the names of any of the 35 members of theFair Play for Cuba group in New Orleans Oswald had admitted that this group met aboutonce each month

Martello said there was a group in New Orleans organized under the name of theJew Orleans Coun ful Alternati s and that Reiss was affiliated withhis group as were two attorneys Ben E.6Smith and Bruce C. "Jaltzer Waltze;/teing a

law partner of Smith Further that when Dr Dombroski appeared before the raastlandCommittee in New Orleans in 1956 Bruce C Waltzer represented Dombroski

Lt Martello recalled that when Oswald was arrested on 8-9 Oswald's aunt nameand address not recalled later determined to be Mrs John urrettt 757 French St.New Orleans had called at the First District Police Station to inquire as to the

reason for his arrest and after being informed that he had been distributing literaturewhich was Pro-Castro she refused to assist Oswald in any way

This same aunt had told Lt Martello that Oswald had married a Russian girl after he

had defected to Russia As a result of the information furnished by the aunt LtMartello said he had re--interviewed Oswald while he was still in Jail and obtained the

following information

Oswald was a Lutheran by religion and he worked at'the William B Reily Coffee Co.Inc 640 Magazine St. New Orleans He claimed to have worked on heavy machineryOswald said he m :.O per week and said that he started work at the company in

May 1963 and ad worked until July 17 1963 He claimed that prior to that he had

worked at the ackson Brewing Co. New Orleans for one and one-half months

He said Oswald had told him that his aunt Mrs John Murrett was related to a localNew Orleans politician the name of this person not recalled

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Lt Martello said Oswald spoke about his ideological beliefs and made the remark that

he did not believe in free enterprise He said he asked him if he believed in Comp

munism but Oswald laughed and said he did not go for that He said he asked him

what he did believe and Oswald replied that Kruschev was just like the politiciansin America He said Oswald told him that he had been very much impressed with the

Russian system of Government but that the people in power there were nothing but

politicians

Lt Martello was told that when time permitted someone from our office would personally interview him at which time the literature which had been seized from Oswaldwould be picked up

Shortly after the phone conversation with Lt Martello SA Anthony E Gerrets New

Orleans made a LD phone call to SA Robert Steuart Dallas SA Max Phillips who wasthen in the Dallas Office listened to the phone conversation Information developedby us was furnished SA's Steuart and Phillips

On the morning of Saturday 11-23-63 called at the William B Reily Coffee Co

Inc. 6)0 Magazine St. New Orleans and jointly interviewed Mr William I MonahanVice President in charge of finance and Mr William B Reily III: Vice President in

charge of operations Neither remembered Lee Harvey Oswald They furnished the

employment file with reference to Oswald which contained the following listed items

Retail Credit Company Character Financial ReportApplication for Employment

Both we pho ostated and cop were obta xIed for our use

The Retail Credit Company Character Financial Report under Item 27 reflects as

follows

"1 Lee Harvey Oswald is employed as a Maintenance Man for the Standard Coffee

Company and has been so engaged in this occupation for the past one week and

enjoys a favorable business reputation Previous to this he was in the U SMarines for some three years He enjoys a favorable business reputation andhis prospects for the future appear to be favorable (The Standard Coffee

Company is a branch of the William B Reily Coffee Co.,'Inc.)

FINANCES His present and past financial standing is good and he is regardedas an individual who lives within his means Learned of no illiness or physicalimpairments that might affect his earning capacity

CHARACTER-HOMESURROUNDINGS His character habits and Morals are good andhe is known to keep good associates and well regarded He resides with hiswife and child They live in a middle class residential section with framehomes that are well kept and living conditions are adequate Stability andclass of residencts in this section is good,u

It was learned that Charles Joseph eBlanc maintenance man and Oswald's supervisorWilliam B Reily Como. Inc. worked to some extent with Lee Harvey Oswald Hewas interviewed on 11-23-63 and stated the subject was very arrogant did not do hiswork properly and never associated with any of his fellow employees According toMr LeBlanc during coffee breaks employees of the coffee company would usually go tothe Crescent City Garage which is located next to the coffee company He saidOswald would also go but all he ever saw him do was to read the gun magazines at theCrescent City Garage

It was learned that Mr D C B(7/.arbe Jr was one of Oswald's supervisors at the coffee

company He was interviewed and he said-that in connection with his duties Oswald

was required to keep written records in their Oil and Grease Maintenance Book From

this book he obtained and furnished the writer with seven pages of handwriting and

handprinting of Oswald

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On the Application for Employment form it reflects that Lee Harvey Oswald SocialSecurity No L33-514-3937 757 French St. telephone number HU 8-1326 attended Beauregard Grammar School and Warren Easten High School New Orleans graduating from WarrenEaston in 1959

On the reverse of the application it reflects that from 1959 to 1963 he was in theU S Marine Corps and prior to 1959 in school

Under Personal Character Reference he listed the following names

John Murrett pharmacist 757 French St. HU 8-4326W S Oswald retired 138 Elmeer St. VE 5-7869

The ve is lined through and the following name insertedSgt Robt idell active duty USMC

(Lieut ans act~3v

Both forms have been photostated and they are listed as attachments to this reportas well as Form W-4 Employee's Withholding Exemption Certificate dated 5-10-63, anda form Safety Instructions to Employees dated 5-21-63 signed by

(Lee

Harvey Oswald

Records of the Reily Co reflected that a William StoutÒswald 705'Division St.Metairie La. a teacher at Metairie Grammar School had been employed by the ReilyCo the previous two summers as a route salesman Various papers pertaining,to hisemployment with the company were photostated and photostats furnished this officeThey can be referred to for

detailsFurther that Robert Oswald 811 "Giuffrias Ave. 4airie employed by J J Krebs &Sons Surveyors 'a brother 'of WzT'LLiam Stout Oswald had signed a Standard CoffeeCompany Inc. Employee's Bond on 4-23-63 as surety for William Stout Oswald

Mr Monahan a ormer FBI Agent stated that Jules J Oswald 8908 estgate Met r~.ehome phone 721-4340 had been employed by the company for the pst z0 years in the IBMDepartment and tha Oswald had been attending a school in New York and shouldhave returned to New Orleans on the nn ht of 11-22-63

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Mr Barbe said that Oswald was an unsatisfactory employee and after reviewing thereports written by Oswald he had concluded that Oswald was a "nut as the reports didnot make sense to him Mr Barbe He also stated that during coffee breaks Oswald

'usually went to the Crescent City Garage

lived at .eer Place

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drian'Alaa part owner and operator of the Crescent City Garage 618~iagazine St.a Orleanst is well known to this office as th oiiiciai cars of the office are

stored at the Crescent City Garage

On the.'morning of 11-23-63 called at the garage to interview Mr Alba He was notavailable He was contacted at his home by telephone and he stated that he rememberedOswald primarily because he Mr Alba is a gun collector and Oswald always expressedinterest in guns In the office of the Crescent City Garage Mr Alba keeps a supplyof gun magazines and sporting magazines such as Field and Stream Outdoor Life etcAlso The Shooters Book of Guns

He gave me permission to take two of the gun magazines He said he recalled thatduring the time Oswald visited the Crescent City Garage he Mr Alba had a 6.5millimeter rifle of Japanese make and ,3U caliber Springfield rifle at the garage andthat Oswald had handled both guns Zr Alba was requested to call at our office onMonday 11-25-63 for further

interSA Gerrets interviewed Mr Arthur Bero Supervisor of Investigations Immigration andNaturalization Service New Orleans on 11-23-63 The complete results of the interviewwill be set forth in a report to be submitted by SA tierrets

During thi view SA Gerrets had determined that Lee Harvey Oswald had been assigned FBI No 327 925 D and that his fingerprints had been contributed by the U SMarine Corps on 10-24-56 under the name of Lee Harvey Oswald This information alongwith other information was furnished SA Steuart Dallas by LD phone at 12:35 P Mon 11-23-63

On 11-23-63 contacted Jules J Oswald by telephone He said that he was not relatedto Lee Harvey Oswald as iar as he knew He said he had never met him nor had heknown Oswald was employed by the William B Reily Coffee Co. Inc Mr Oswald said hehad returned to New Orleans from New York on"Saturday morning 11-23-63 by Delta Airlines Flight #9 He also stated he was not related to nor did he know WilliamStout Oswald

On 11-23 by.telephone contacted Mrs Hazel swald 136lmeer Place Metairiephone .-7869 She stated that Wilriam Stout Oswal w eceased,. who formerly

d four sons named as follows

William S 'Oswald DeceasedLee Osw d 6) Deceased since 1939 (father of Lee Harvey)'Harvey4 iald Deceased for past five yearsThomas Oswaid Deceased

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Mrs Oswald said she was married to William S Uswald and was his second wife Byhis previous wife he ha two sons Norman A swaldt ho lives at 706 Division St.1etairit and William S swald Jr. who Ives at 136CElmeer Place Metairie, with

her She said-this William S Oswald is partially paralyzed and has never been inthe military service

She said she had last seen Lee Harvey Oswald in May 1963 She related that shehad received a phone call from him and he had asked her how he could contact HarveyOswald She said he did not know that his uncles William S Oswald Harvey Oswaldand Thomas Oswald had passed away She said he finally asked her who she was and shetold him she was the second wife of his uncle William S Oswald

She told Harvey that she had a large framed picture of his father and that he couldhave the picture if he wanted it She said the same day he came to the house to getthe picture and he had stayed about 45 minutes She said he was alone at the timeand he told her his wife was in Texas and he had come to New Orleans to look for ajob She said he had mentioned that he was a photographer or was interested in gettinga job in the photography field He had also mentioned that he was staying with anaunt his mother's sister name of the aunt not recalled by Mrs Oswald

Mrs Oswald said she had received a phone call from Lee Harvey's mother r ueritawhen he Lee was It years of age and that Marguerita was seeking information concerning the obtaining of assistance from the VA for Lee Harvey As she recalledMarguerita and Lee Harvey had come to New Orleans from New York and Mrs Oswaldsubsequently went to work at Bert's Shoe Store in New Orleans probably as a saleslady

Mrs Oswald said she knew that Lee Harvey had defected to Russia and had subsequentlyreturned to the United States but she did not mention this to him for the reasonshe did not want to embarrass him She described him as a peculiar sort of person andshe said she never saw him after this one occasion

On the morning of 11-23-63 contacted William Stout Oswald 705 Division St. Metairieby phone and requested that he call at the office for interview He was interviewedlater the same date at the office He is a W M;27 DOB 11-6-35 5-7 153 rustcolored hair single a college graduate and is employed as a teacher at the MetairieHigh School He stated that although Harvey Lee Oswald is said to be his secondcousin he had never met him nor had he known that Harvey was also employed by theWilliam B Reily Coffee Co during part of the same time that he was employed thereHe explained that the Standard Coffee Co was a branch of the Reily Co and that the

t Standard Coffee Co was the sales branch of the Reily Coffee Co He said he had beenemployed as a route salesman for the company and never had any reason to go to themain office William B Reily

On his application form William had given the names of the following persons asreferences He said he had been recommended for employment by the company by HenryDavis who is stil.employed there

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Later during the day a telephone call was received from Mrs Hazel Oswald She saidthat Oswald's mother's maiden name was Claverie that she did not know the name ofMrs Oswald's first husband and that her second husband was Lee's father She saidthat Lee's father died in August 1939 and Lee was born in October 1939 After thedeath of the father the family moved to New York When Lee and his mother returnedto New Orleans a number of years later about 14 Lee's mother contacted Hazel and saidshe had returned to New Orleans because Lee did not like New York

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As Henry Davis had accompanied William to the office he was interviewed on 11-23-63He said he did not know Harvey Lee Oswald even though both were employed by the sane

company He was unable to furnish any information of value

Davis is a W M 28 5-7 150 ruddy complexion dark hair He said he had been

employed by the Standard Coffee Co for the past five years

On 11-23-63 received a phone call from Lt Martello New Orleans PD He said hecould not remember the name of Oswald's aunt who had visited Oswald at the FirstDistrict NOPD but he did remember that he had furnished the woman's name to the FBIAlso that he had been interviewed by an FBI agent on or about 8-9-63 and at thattime he had given the agent some of the literature that had been seized from Oswaldas well as cardboard signs that Oswald had been carrying at the time of his arreston 8-9-63

She said that as far as she knew Lee's mother was supposed to be living in ArlingtonTexas a suburb of Ft Worth and she was allegedly employed as a practical nurse Shesaid that Lee's mother had several sisters living in New Orleans but that she did notknow the names of any of the sisters

On 11-23-63 a LD phone call was received from SA Steuart Dallas and he advised thatOswald was related to the following-named persons in New Orleans

Hari 3,yn Jlurrett a school teacher who was the daughter of a sister of Oswald'lea ett a Jesuit PriestBogie ett4 professional baseball player

-CharlesrDurrett dentist

SA Steuart requested that the above-named people be interviewed if they could belocated He was informed that this family apparently lived at 757 French St. NewOrleans This was known for the reason that Lee Harvey had furnished for reference

purposes the name John Murrett 757 French St

On 11-23.63 called at the above address and interviewed Mr Charles (Butz) Murretthis wife and their daughter Marilyn Mrs Murrett said she was the sister of Lee

Harvey Oswald's mother She said in addition to Maril she had a son Jean Murretta graduate of Loyola University New Orleans w is ow study for the priesthoodat a seminary in Mobile Alabama a son Jo ogle urrett an ex-professional baseball player now married and living at ouis XIV t. ew Orleans and DrCharles Murrett a dentist who practices in St Bernard Parish

Mrs Murrett said that the unknown woman along with her children and Oswald his wifeand child left her house the same day and she had never seen any of them from thattime on She said before leaving Oswald told her he had found an apartment at )4907Magazine St. New Orleans

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Mrs Murrett said that on an unknown date in May 1963 she had received a phonecall from Lee Harvey Oswald He said he was calling from the bus station in NewOrleans and that he was in New Orleans to look for work He asked Mrs Murrett ifhe could stay with them a few days until he found a job and a place to live Shesaid she told him it would be all right for him to stay with them and subject cameto the house the same date at which time he was alone Upon arriving at the househe told them he was married and that he had a wife and child and that the wife andchild would join him later after he got settled

Mrs Murrett said each morning the subject would leave the house and apparently helooked for work He would return about the same time each afternoon After livingwith them for several days he told them he had found a job at the Reily Coffee Co

She said that either on a Saturday or a Sunday afternoon without any advance notice3a W F' about 38 5-9 slim build big-boned brown hair cut short who said she

was divorced and lived in a big house in Texas spoke Russian claimed she had studiedat the University of Pennsylvania came to 757 French St in a brown or tan coloredstation wagon bearing Texas plates She said the woman had two children with her

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~girls about 3 and 5 years of age respectively in addition to Oswal d's wife and~ small child

Mrs Murrett said this woman was very friendly but Oswald's wife appeared to be illat ease Further that the woman had mentioned a Dr Reissman a professor at TulaneUniversity New Orleans as a friend and that Oswald had also mentioned that he knew

j or was acquainted with Dr Reissman

She said that all she couldremember about the station wagon other than the color wasthat it was loaded down with household goods and articles of furniture

She said that after Oswald left her house he would sometimes phone her to determineif he had received any phone calls or messages She said that as far as she couldremember no one had tried to contact him after he left She stated positively he hadnever had any visitors during the time he had stayed at her home and that she neversaw any guns or rifles in his possession

She said that if she recalled correctly either the Russian woman or Oswald made theremark to-the effect that Dr Reissman had visited with Oswald or Oswald had visitedthe Dr at his home In any event it was her impression that Oswald came into contactwith Dr Reissman through the Russian woman Mrs Murrett said one of the two told herthat Dr Reissman had a daughter who was studying in Russia

Mrs Murrett said as best she could recall Oswald received one LD phone call from hiswi during the time he stayed with the Murrett family She said the call was not madecollect and that it was made during the same week that Oswald found the job at theReily Coffee Co

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Mrs Murrett said she was a sister of Oswald's mother that their maiden name wasClaverie and Oswald's mother's first husband was named.pddie Pic and that Oswald'sfather was her second husband Mrs Murrett said she had not been in contact withOswald's mother for a number of years

She said she and her husband and their children knew that Oswald had defected toRussia but they had never discussed this with him for the reason he never mentioned it

Mrs Murrett said she was aware that Lee Harvey had been arrested in New Orleans inAugust of 1963 She said shortly after his first arrest two FBI agents had called ather home and interviewed her concerning him She said she told the agents that Oswaldhad stayed with her for a few days that his wife and the unknown woman from Texas inthe brown station wagon had called for him at her house and all of them had suppossedlygone to 4907 Magazine St

She said the agents left her home and returned the following day and had told her LeeHarvey was not at home but there was a brown station wagon with Texaplates parked infront of 4907 Magazine St The agents left and she had not seen them again

She said she had been re-interviewed by several agents on 11-23-63

Miss Maril Mrrett (W F 35 5-7 120 dark brown hair very long) was interviewedon 11-23-63 She stated that she had returned to the United States ,ill January 1from a round-the-world trip She said she had remained out of the country for 32years She said she had returned to the United States from England her port of entrybeing New York City

She said from the United States she had traveled to Hawaii Hong Kong Japan workedin Japan about 1 year Australia worked there about five months New Zealand workedthere about five months from New Zealand she said she had traveled rapidly throughSingapore Thailand Burma India Iraq the Holy Land England and then to the UnitedStates

She mentioned that she had visited East Berlin and had been detained there for twelvehours after which she was released

She said while in Australia and New Zealand she had taught 7th and 8th grade biologyand English and in Japan she taught all grade leve subjects

She produced her cancelled passport bearing No 769 07 date of issue 4-28-58

She also produced cancelled passport bearing No Z1203697 and she stated on this passport she had traveled thrQugh Mexico and Central America by bus She said this triphad lasted from July 19i 3 through August 1963

She claimed that the trip around the world was by tramp steamer and that it cost hervery little for travel She gives the appearance of being a very peculiar sort of /person

New York 3 N YPampfilet Fair Play for Cuba Committee 799 Broadway New York 3 N Y. entitled

DRUMSOF WARFair Play or Cuba pamphlets one bearing a rubber c p of Lee H Oswald a

Magazine St. New Orleans La The other bears a rubber stamp of "A J HidellP O Box 30016 New Orleans La.

(The latter-mentioned pamphlets were forwarded to the Dallas Office by SAIC Rice.)

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On the afternoon of 11-23-63 called at the First District NOPD and personallyinterviewed Lt Martello He furnished me with the following literature which hadbeen seized from Oswald at the t e of his arrest on 8-9-63 which is listed below

Basic pamphlets 14 THE RIBS AGAINSCUB Y Corliss Lamont (3)An envelope with return address of Box'877 Austin Texas Texas Employment

Commission (The postmark on this envelope cannot be determined but itappears to be August 1963.)

Applicat forms The Fa ~~'lay for Cuba Committee bearing a rubber stamp of"A J'Ridell P O Bo$"30016 New Orleans La,

Litera'lure List Retail Prices Fair Play for Cuba Committee 79 "roadway

Lt Martello said that the Intelligence Division NOPD would have a complete file onOswald and possibly the Fair Play for Cuba organization

stated that while assigned to the Intelligence Division he had learned that DrLeonard Reissman home address 1121 Pine 3t. New Orleans a professor at Tulane

'University was very active in an organ tion called,hdOCPA (New Orleans Council ofPeaceful Alternatives) better kno as Ban the Bomb Bruce Waltzer previouslymentioned was very active in sev al organizations including NOCPA Lt Martellosaid it was his information that zer m " -0 Mexi o City supposedlyfor the purpose of obtaining the finances from the Castro Government to keep the NOCPAand other organizations favorable to the Castro Government going

(Lt Martello said that Dr Reissman held meetings at his home in connection with theNOCPA as well as the Fair Play for Cuba organization He related that on one occasionhe had learned that a pamphlet pertaining to the Fair Play for Cuba organization hadblown out of Dr Reissman's car and apparently Dr Reissman had not noticed this forthe reason Lt Martello had obtained possession from an informant

Lt Martello said in the event he could think of anything else that would assist ushe would contact the office

On the evening of 11-23-63 contacted SA Barnhart Naval Intelligence New Orleans AsOswald had furnished as references Sgt Robert Hidell MC and Lt J Evans USMCLt Barnhart was requested to make the necessary check through the fastest meanspossible to determine ifhe could obtain any information concerning the two and ifthey existed their present addresses He said he would pass this information on toeither Mr Lloyd G Beck Assistant Supervising Agent or Mr David J Kerr SupervisorNaval Intelligence

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At 1:30 A M on 11-24-63 Mr David Kerr Office of Naval Intelligence contactedSAIC Rice by telephone advising that a thorough search had been made of the Marine

Corps records with the following results There are four persons on active duty bythe name of J Evans and twelve on inactive duty (records on the latter would beavailable at the Records Center t Louis Missouri) He said that there was only one

officer Lieutenant John Stewart"1 vans Serial No 071445 born 8-28-34 at CincinnatiOhio who is presentry on duty with Training Squadron 6 Whitney Field Milton Fla.who might be ssociated with Oswald's reference He further advised that there is norecord ofidell either on active duty or inactive and that the only similar nameis John R Heindel age 38 born in Louisiana who is not active his record beingavail-Me at the Federal Records Center St Louis

By Office Memorandum dated 11-26-63 SAIC Forrest G Guthrie Mobile was requestedto attempt to interview Lieut John Stewart Evans at Whitney Field Milton FloridaSAIC Guthrie was also requested to interview Oswald's first cousin Jean Murrettat the Jesuit Seminary Mobile Alabama where he is studying for the priesthood Itwas requested that both of these individuals be questioned as to whether or not theyknow A J Hidell or Alek James Hidell

When Oswald was arrest on 8-9-63,'three ans had been arrested 'th him one ofthem being named Carlos ringuier owner asa Roca Clothing Store 07 Decatur St.New Orleans

The writer interviewed Bringuier on the night of 11-23-63 at his place of businessHe stated that on 6-21-63 a W M about 15 and a companion visited his store Hesaid the two boys told him that they wanted to assist his organization primarily tofight Castro He said he told the boys they were too young but they could assisthis cause by selling 50 bonds fbr his organization He produced a receipt dated6-21-63 It is quot as follows

"I give to Phili 'eraci IIIi 2201.Green Acres Rd. VE 5-2696 $10.00 (ten dollars)in bonds of the/Cuban Student Direcorate to be sale and he agree with me to sign bothtogether June 19 3 -S Carlos Bringuier Delegate N 0. LA /S/ PhilipGeraci III.'r

He said during the early part of August 1963 Philip Geraci III had returned to hisstore and had told him that while trying to sell the bonds he had been stopped by aman who claimed to be an FBI agent and the man had told him he needed a city permit tosell the bonds For this reason Geraci had brought the bonds back to Carlos

While Geraci and his unknown companion were in the store Lee H Oswald came into thestore and while Carlos was engaged with a customer Oswald had apparently engaged ina conversation with the two boys He Carlos then had a conversation with Oswald whoasked him what his position was with the Cuban Student Directorate which is said tobe an anti-Castro organization Carlos said he had explained to Oswald that he was anofficer and Oswald said he wanted to contribute to the movement He wanted to volunteerhis services insofar as training the Cubans to fight Carlos said he declined Oswald'soffer for the reason he thought Oswald might be an FBI agent in disguise planted to

try to determine their future actions

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He said the reason he thought this is because Geraci had told him before Oswald cameinto the store about being stopped by a person he thought to be an FBI agent Hesaid he told Oswald that if he wanted to contribute any money he should send itdirect to their headquarters in Miami

The day following Oswald's visit to the store Oswald returned and left with Carlosa book "Guidebook for Marines He said he thought by'this action Oswald was tryingto gain his confidence

He said about four days later Celso M Hernandez came to his store Hernandez beinga member of his organization and told him that an American was distributing pro-Castroliterature on Canal St. New Orleans Carlos said that with another member named Ii uelCruz he went to look for the American but could not find him They had then returnedto his store Shortly thereafter another Cuban had come to the store and said theAmerican was then in the 700 block of Canal St

Carlos said he immediately went to the 700 block of Canal St with two other CubansCelso M Hernandez and Miguel Mariano Cru7__and they located the American who turnedout to be Oswald He said Oswald ap ared surprised to see him and had tried to shakehands with him Carlos but Carlos aid he refused to shake hands He said Oswaldwas handing out pamphlets entitled "Viva iiidel and "Hands Off Cuba, Carlos said hewas so angry he tried to strike Oswald as a result of which someone called the policeand they were arrested

He said at the time of the arrest he recalls that the police reprimanded Oswaldconcerning the name and address "A J Hidell P O Box 30016 New Orleans La. whichhad apparently been placed with a rubber stamp on the pamphlets The police contendedthat instead of the post office box number there should have been a street address

Carlos also recalled that Oswal ad showed the police a Fair Play for Cuba membershipcard signed by Vincent Theodore co He said Oswald had also shown the police some typeof credential issued by the New Orleans Branch Fair Play for Cuba

Subsequent to this he said he saw Oswald when they appeared in court at New OrleansHe said Oswald had been fined $10 and the charges against the Cubans had been dismissedHe said when they appeared in ourt Oswald was appaa ntly alone

On 8-21-63 he said he had _debated with Oswald over radio station U4 New OrleansCarlos said after this debate he never saw Oswald again In addition to the "~ idebook for Marines Carlos gave the writer a copy of The'Cuban Report publishepY by

.ectorio Revoluncionario Estudiantil (Cuban Student Directorate P O Box 805,4iami Florida) Also the receipt signed by Philip Geraci III

The cover page of the "Guidebook for Marines bears the name L H Oswald apparentlyplaced there with a rubber stamp At the bottom of this page written in pencil thename Pvt Lee H Oswald NO 16 230 appears On page 91 of this book the name L HOswald appears On page 189 under the caption Sight Setting the following is underlined in pencil=

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el minute of angle or approximately 1 inch on the target for

1each 100 yards

On Page 145 which pertains to The Pistol someone has apparently overstamped this

page with a rubber stamp and the wording appears to be in a foreign language

Carlos asked that this book be returned to him when it has served its purposeApparently he attaches some historical value to the book

Subsequent to this interview with Carlos he called at the office on several occasionsand he was interviewed by SAIC Rice The results of the interviews will be set forthin a report to be submitted by SAIC Rice

Carlos said tha during the initial in rview that as he was suspicion of Oswald /after their a est on 8-9-63 he

had4entone of his members Carlos uiroga 31344

Derby Place New Orleans phone 943 1062 to Oswald's home for the purpose of trying to

'infiltrate his organization He said Quiroga had gone to Oswald's home on severaloccasions but had obtained no information of value Quiroga had told him that Oswald'swife was a Russian and she appeared to be happy about being in the United States butOswald had indicated that he was dissatisfied with the country

Carlos also said that on 11-23-63 a UT M late 40's 6-0 200 brown hair had calledat his store and had bought a cloth cap green in color He said the man made theremark that Oswald had not killed the President and as the man was apparently tryingto start an argument he Carlos ignored the man after selling him the cap

During the course of our investigation it was ascer nedthat Mime of the literaturein the possession of Oswald bore the stamped addres 1FPCC 544 Camp St. New OrleansLa. On 11-23-63 SA Anthony E Gerrets ascertained by et lepnonic contact with Nr

Newman owner of the building at 544 Camp Street that several Cuban revolutionarieshad occupied office space in this building over a period of three or four monthsbut that they had gotten behind in heir rent and he was force to

restthem to

move According to Iiir Newman t leader of this group was a Louis abel (correctname later determined to be Lui} avel) further that Billy Monteleone or theMonteleone Hotel in New

Orleagrawas also associated with this group Mr Newman

indicated that one Carlos J krimader a certified public accountant with offices inthe Audubon Building New Orleans should be able to furnish information regardingthis group of Cubans as he had acted as bookkeeper or accountant for them

According to Mr Newman after he had evicted the group of Cuban revoluntaries referredto above he discovered that an unknown subject (white male 22/24 5-9z 185 fair

complexion light brown hair spoke with Spanish accent) had moved into the space inthe building vacated by the Cubans without notifying him He said that he saw thisindividual on only one occasion and had no idea as to what his name might be Hesaid that in view of his experience with the Cuban revolutionaries he refused to rentoffice space to this unknown individual and told him that he would have to vacate atonce

Contacted the Dixie Brewinn_ Co, Inc 2)101 `!.'ulane Ave. phone .52.2_-5......1s.401on 11-25-63,and Miss Elitha Kelly payroll clerk advised that Oswald had never been employed by

this comparry

As information ha een obtaine to the effect t Oswald had worked at the Jackson

PICo. 6206Decatur .~ 'City phone 5237461 by phone contacted Mr Gray

rsonnel Manager on 11-25.63 He stated Oswald had never been employed by his

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SA Gerrets contacted Carlos J Grimader CPA by telephone on 11-23--63 He said thathe recalled a group ~f anti-Castro Cubans who had occupied office space at 544 CampStre New Orleans According to Mr Grimader these ans were members of organiza ons known as "Crusade to Free Cuba Committee and uban Revolutionary Council( onsejo Revolucionairo "e u"a e said that e f ollowing ~n iv a associated

with tnese two groups and were authorized to sign checks

Luis Ravel 4651`Marigny Str

(telephone itehall a an

Sergio Arcac Smith may have lived at 51 Camp StArnes_to 1v iguez Sr no address indtedArnesto N odriguez Jr./4 alleged owner litz School

of Langua es 209cSt Ch les Ave. ;gw Orleans

Joaquin Villodas ir 0 on on Ave. ew Orleans

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p oneManuel it 912 gania St ew Orleans (telephone 911('-1171)

In an effort to determine if Oswald or A J Hidell had occupied office space at544 Camp Street during the evening of 11-2 3 SAIC Rice SA Gerrets and the reportingagent interviewed at the office one James rthus apparent harmless Protective Research subject of file CO-2-32,791 who resides at that address He stated that anunknown man had attempted to rent an office at 54Lt Camp Street but that he discouragedhim He could not describe the subject but stated that a Mrs Downing who has anoffice on the second floor of the building had seen him and may be able to describeor identify him

Also attempted to contact the personnel manager of the Falstaff Brewing Co 2601Gravier St. phone 524-7171 on 11-25-63 but the place was closed due to a holiday

On 11-25-63 contacted Mr H Peyton Hurst manager of the local Social Security OfficeNew Orleans at his home at'.630) Ruth St. Metairie and requested that he check withhis Main Office Baltimore re Lee Harvey Oswald It was also requested that ifpossible a check be made in the name of A J Hidell no further information availableHe said that if Oswald and Hidell were one and the same person the Social Securityfiles might be cross referenced in,these two names He said as 11-25-63 was a holidayhe would submit the request on the following day

Subsequently Mr Hurst advised that this inquiry should be made of their headquartersoffice in Baltimore On 11-26.63 Inspector Kelley was furnished this information atthe Dallas office during a telephone conversation with SAIC Rice and he advised theProtective Research Section had.Oswald's Social Security number and that contact wouldbe made with the Social Security Administration at Baltimore by our headquarters office

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On 11-25-63 Adrian Alba Crescent City Garage called at the office and was re

interviewed He furnished a written sworn statement with reference to his showingOswald some of his guns and Oswald's attempt to have him Mr Alba purchase a carbinefor him The statement is sgl2'-explanatory and can be referred to for details

91 11-25-63 c31 ed at the Retailers Commercial Agency Inci Delta Building 318Garonne St. dew Orleans ph no 521.-7666 and interviewed Ur Lance A GarciaAssistant Manager A credit report concerning Lee Harvey Oswald had been obtained fromthe Wig B Reily Coffee Co, Inc on 11-23-63 Records of the Retailers CommercialAgency Inc were checked in the names A J Hidell Alex James Hidell and variouscombinations of this name such as Haid1 Hayd1 Haydel etc. with n a t i v e results

As the name R J 4aydel Jr and R J 's Electrical Service 4909 Danneel St. NewOrleans had come to the attention of SAIC Rice checks were ma a ~n these names

R J Haydel Jr. 1935 Upperline St. New Orleans was of record His file indicatedthat he had done di.ness as R J,'s Electrical Co. 4909 Danneel St 5-4 they thathe lived at 935~(Jpperline St with his parents :Mr and Mrs Roger J

Subject's file reflects that numerous companies hav` been trying to locate him for thereason he failed to pay his bills A review of his file reflects that he owes

approximately $2,500 to various companies

There was also a limited file on R J,'s Electrical Service 4909 Danneel New

Orleans which reflected that Retailers Commercial Agency Inc Account No 109-000 hadbeen trying to locate the owner of the business for the reason he failed to pay a bill

There was also a file on Roger J Haydel Sr. 331d0ctavia St. New Orleans His filereflected that he owed numerous persons

The complete reports of the Retailers Commercial Agency Inc pertaining to R JHaydel Jr. R J.'s Electrical Service and Roger J Haydel Sr were loaned to thewriter and a receipt was signed for same They are to be returned when they haveserved their purpose

The same date cal}~d at the Main Office New Orleans Public Service Inc. and interviewed Mr L E evron He furnished a photostatic copy of their Service Order No21515 date which reflects that on 5-9-63 Lee H Oswald 4907 Magazine Stlower center apartment had made application r electricity and gat 4907 MagSt He furnished his place of employment as eon Israel Co. 300 R~'Iagazine St. JewOrleans

Mr Hevron also furnished a photostat of their Remove Order No 86019 dated 10-7-63for Lee H Oswald There is a notation on this form as follows

"Caretaker called party vacated

As a result of the above electric and gas service at 4907 Magazine St had beendiscontinued on 10.7.63

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According to the records of the New Orleans Public Service Inc. R J Haydel Srhad moved from 331 Octavia St. City to 1935 Upperline St on 9-23-I1 and he is stillreceiving gas and electric.-service at the latytrer address

The records show that John or Patricia J Lacaze live at 4909 Danneel St and have been

residing at this address since 3-22-62 The writer recalled interviewing a John andPatricia Lacaze payees of a check file 3-13-5333 some years ago

A photostat of Install Order No 1323)-( dated 3-2 was obtained It shows thatthe Lacaze's have phone numbers 895A787h and TW 90-033!i. the latter number being the

phone number of R J Haydel Sr. 1935 Upperline St. City

Upon returning to the office R J Haydel Jr. after having been interviewed by SAGerrets and SAIC Rice was preparing to depart the office He was interviewed by thewriter and stated phone number 895-7871 had been changed to 891 365 Further thathe was more or less living in a common-law relationship with Patricia Lacaze co payeefile 3-13-5333 Further that as he is an electrician and is seldom home PatriciaLacaze takes his phone calls for him He indicated he expects to marry her at a futuredate /

On 11-26-63 calle at BEd Smith Stencil ,forks 426 arm St.,ew Orleans and interviewed Mr J B ooze! Vice President A copy of the application form The Fair Playfor Cuba Committee bearing the name "A J Hidell P 0 Box 30016 Ne Orleans La.was shown to him He said without a doubt this had been made with uperior SwiftsetNo 2 He said these sets cost $2.50 were manufactured by the Su erior Equipment Co.Chicago and were sold by practically all stationery stores department stores etcHe said the set contained all the letters in the alphabet and using the seta personcould make name stamps in any combination of names

Mr Moore was shown a photograph of Oswald but stated he had never seen this personbefore

On 11-26-63 called at the New Orleans Better Business Bureau and made name checks inthe following names

Fair Play for Cuba negativeLee Harvey Oswald negativeA J Hidell Alex James Hidell-Haydel negativeDr Leonard Reissman negative

There was a file under the name Directorio Revoluncionario Estudiantil It was reviewed jand reflected that the local representative is Carlos Bringuier Further that a Mrs !Geraci had called the Better Business Bureau on an unknown date to advise that Bringuier jhad given her son a book of tickets to sell The Better Business Bureau had checkedwith City Hall New Orleans and was informed that Bringuier had called at City Halland was given the necessary form to execute in order to make it legal for him to selltickets or bonds in connection with the Cuban Student Directorate The file reflectsthat Mrs Geraci had been so notified

)re

was also a file under the tit},,erof The Information Council of the +tericasCA Truth Tapes Headquarters, 620 'ravier St.,4i ew Orleans phone 523A=D611i This

file was reviewed but nothing of interest was noted

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There was ile the 'ub an Democratic Revoluntionary Front, Orusade to Free CubaZO Box6 523 dNew Orleans whicch had been rented as of 10-2-.62 under the aboveis~ted `name ` i s ile was reviewed but nothing f interest was noted

On 11-26-63).7 Gerrets received a telephone call from I Robert 'ritcher Field Representative,QLouisiana State Unemployment Office 63OcCamp'St.,~NewDrleans He statedthat Lee Harvey Oswald-had registered with their office for unempl enterbenefits hadfiled a claim for benefits and was registered for work

Mr Critcher said that the last time Oswald reported to his office was about 12 monthsago when he filed a cla for benefits Further that all wage claims were against theState of Texas He s ed that should we desire to review the records we should firstcontact Mr JJe,_rminal Messina District Superintendent State of Louisiana Departmentof Labor Division of Employment Security 430 Canal St. City phone 521-17141

The same date made phone call to Mr Messina and he stated that early on the morningof 11-26-63 an FBI agent had been given all of the records pertaining to Oswald

He said his office had made a check in the name A J Hidell and various other spellingsof this name with negative results

SAIC Rice later contacted ASAIC Sylvester FBI New Orleans and he stated that if MrMessina would authorize his office to make a reproduction of the records pertaining toOswald his office would make some and furnish them to this office SAIC Rice contactedMr Messina by phone and he stated he would contact the FBI office and authorize thereproduction of the records They were furnished this office by SA Leon Gaskell FBIon 11-27-63 and a copy of the complete record was furnished the Dallas office byOffice Memorandum dated 11-29-63

on 11-26-63 LD phone call was made to Capt R E Horton Louisiana State PoliceBaton Rouge La He was requested to make a name check in the following listed namesand advise this office of the results immediately

Lee vey Oswald

ClertrandFair Play for CubaA J Hidell-Haydel etc

The same date a phone call was received from Capt Horton He stated that he had anFBI transcript of the criminal record of Oswald as well as a fingerprint card reOswald

endwould furnish us with a copy of each Also that he had a record of James

Abner aydel home address Bunkie La. who had been arrested at Houma La on 1-6-55for indecent exposure He said he would furnish a photostat of the fingerprint cardof the subject in the event it would be of any value


He said his office also had a list of the members of the Fair Play for Cuba organizationand related information but that he could not furnish this unless authorized to do soby Colonel Burbank of the State Police He said he had no reason to believe thatColonel Burbank would not authorize him to furnish it but he would check with him andif he gave his approval he Capt Horton would send the list along with the other itemsrequested by a state trooper This material was delivered in the office on the morningof 11-27-63

All of the material furnished has been reviewed but none of the names mentioned havebeen associated with any of the persons being investigated at the

present

time

On 11-26 , with SA Gerrets called at the Quality Flower Shop 4916 Canal St. phoneHUnter 2-4618 where we interviewed Edward Voebel a former schoolmate of Lee Harvey'Oswald

He stated that in either 1954 or 1955 he had persuaded Oswald to join the Civil AirPatrol Moisant Unit Jefferson Parish He said Oswald attended about four meetingsand then dropped out giving as his reason for doing so the fact that it was a considerable distance from his home on Exchange Placet Hoisant Airport

Voebel said when he joined the CAP Capt Dave r arrie)a formerFarrie),pilot or co-pilot forDelta or Eastern Airlines was the commander rie could not say if Capt Farrie wasthe commander at the time Oswald joined He said he does not know if Oswald ,wasacquainted with Farrie who is alleged to be a homosexual

Voebel said he has had no contact with Oswald in the past eight years He promisedto contact this office in the event he should think of anything that would be ofvalue to this office

Voebel did mention that he collects guns Further that he has an Italian-make rifleof the same type as the one allegedly used to shoot the President that he shot thisrifle several times but it is so poorly constructed he decided that it was best notto shoot it anymore for t reason he was afraid it would explode

A local attorney Dean Andrews with whom SAIC 'lice is acquainted had informed SAICRice that a person furnishing his name as Cl ertrand had called him and asked himif he was interested in defending Oswald The full particulars concerning the callreceived from Mr Andrews will be set forth in a report to be submitted by SAIC Rice.)

There are a number of Bertrands listed in the New Orleans Telephone Book None listedare named Clay There is a Charles C Bertrand 1321 Bienville St Park phone 524-7827Assuming that the Charles C could stand for Charles Clay on 11-26-63 by phone contactedMrs Charlene Bertrand Apt C.,1321 Bienville St Park She stated her husband's fullname is Charles Caffery Bertrand that he is a doctor and could be contacted at theAdmit and Accident Room Charity Hospital New Orleans 523-2311 She stated she didnot know anyone named Clay Bertrand

On 11-26-63 with S Gerrets called at Pan American Films 822 N Rampart St. City andobtained a roll of film in accordance with the previous arrangements made by SAIC Rice

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The same date with SA Gerrets called at the WWLBroadcasting Co. 1024 N Rampart St.City where we obtained various still shots 1E -accordance wi htprevious arrangementsmade by SAIL Rice

On 11-27-63 interviewed Mrs Eugenia DonnelIx.i_544 Camp St. New Orleans home address

3Lt18 R t New Orleans for the reason James Arthus previously mentioned hadstated that Mrs DonneII;ftiad seen the man who tried to rent an office at 544 Campthe man stating he wanted office furniture such as chairs and tables and that hewanted to hold meetings at night Mrs Donnelly emphatically stated that she had notseen the man in question She said it was well known that Arthus was an obvious mentalcase and that he sometimes made foolish statements to attract attention She wasshown a photo of Oswald but stated she had never seen him before

As Lee Harvey Oswald is alleged to have had some conversation with Philip Geraci III2201 Green Acres Road in store of Carlos Bringuier on 11-20-63 attempted tocontact Geraci by phone V-2696 It was learned that his number had been changedSubsequent to this SA Leon Gaskell FBI New Orleans informed the writer that agentsof his office had interviewed Geraci who acknowledged that he had talked to Oswald fora very short time while he Geraci was waiting to speak to Bringuier SA Gaskellsaid that Geraci could furnish no information of value

On 11-30-63 contacted Carlos ;rteo a, 313L erby Place New Orleans phone 943=1062He stated he was furnishing the following information in confidence for the reason his

father is in prison in Cuba and if the wrong persons should learn that he is cooperatingwith the Government he feels that the Castro Government might harm his mother and

father

Carlos said that after Oswald had been arrested on 8-9-63 Carlos Bringuier orderedhim to infiltrate Oswald's organization if he could He said he went to Oswald'shome at 4907 Magazine St. New Orleans the date not recalled but it was between thedate Oswald appeared in court and the date of the debate possibly on 8-16-63

He said he spent about one hour talking to Oswald who told him he learned to speakRussian at Tulane University New Orleans (Carlos said Oswald spoke to his youngdaughter in a foreign language When Carlos asked Oswald what language he was speakingOswald said Russian.) He said Oswald had not mentioned to him that he had defected toRussia He said Oswald asked him to join the Fair Play for Cuba group and had givenhim an application form Oswald told him he could join for $1

He said that during the conversation Oswald stated that if the United States shouldinvade Cuba he Oswald would fight on the side of the Castro Government

He said Oswald never did mention any of the names of members of the Fair Play for Cuba

group He did say that meetings were held at various private homes in New Orleans

Carlos said he had been willing to join the Fair Play for Cuba group provided it wasdone with the backing of the FBI or the local police force He said he had made thisknown to,Lt Martello NOPD who apparently forgot about it

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He said he did not contact the FBI for the reason on a previous occasion he had notifiedtheir office that Oswald was handing out what he assumed to be pro-communist literaturein front of theInternational Trade Mart New Orleans and the FBI had given him thecold shoulder

Carlos said he had called at our office prei ously and had been interviewed by SAIC Rice

On 11-30-63 with SA Counts called at he Le n Israel Coffee Co. 300 Magazine 4.City and interviewed Mr Milton J tuth Ice President He said an agent from the

FBI had previously interviewed Mr R J.JAbel Personnel Manager concerning the allegedformer employment of Oswald by this company The records failed to show that Oswaldhad ever been employed there or even submitted an application Mr Ruth could not sayif a check had been made in the name of Alek James Hidell or A J Hidell

On 5-9-63 when Oswald had made application tp the New Orleans Public Service for gasand electricity for 4907 Magazine St. he furnished his employer's name as Leon Israel

Co. 300 Magazine St. City

On 11-30-63 a call was made to the Falstaff Brewing Co. 2601 Gravier St. City phone521-7171 This company does not have any records to show that Lee Harvey Oswald wasever employed there

With SA Counts on 11-30-63 called at 4903 Magazine St to interview the occupants asthey reside nextdoor to the aiartment formerly occupied by Oswald and is wife Theresidents Mr de Mrs Alex Ames were not at home A daughter stat would returnhome later in the day and she furnished their phone number as TW 9-4382

Later during the day Mr Ames was contacted by phone He stated that the only personshe had ever seen visit Oswald was someone for radio station UDSU New Orleans inconnection with a debate that Oswald took part in He said an unknown woman drivinga blue station wagon bearing Texas plates had apparently moved Oswald and his wife intothe apartment at 4907 Magazine St He said this same woman had returned at a laterdate and moved Oswald's wife and child He said that either three or four days afterOswald's wife moved Oswald apparently moved during the night as no one saw him afterthis

Mr Ames said this would have taken place during the latter part of September 1963

He said he had met Oswald on the street several times and had told him hello butOswald had never replied He said that Oswald's wife was friendly and polite eventhough she did not speak very much English

Mr Ames said he and his wife had often commented that Oswald apparently did not believein doctors or medical treatment for his wife who was pregnant at the time for thereason there was never any indication that his wife contacted a doctor

ii'thSA Counts on 11-30-63 called at 51054.Magazine St.) City and interviewed Mr H,_en_r

Gogreve owner of a combination grocery store and bar The bar does business under thename of Crone's Bar and the address for same is 5101 Magazine St Mr Gogreve statedthat he recalled both Oswald and his wife With reference to the wife he said sheseldom bought more than a loaf of bread and on occasion she would burr one lemon

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He said on one occasion during the day Oswald came into the bar and asked him to turnthe television set on as he wanted to watch a certain program He said he told Oswaldthat he did not turn the set on in the day that Oswald became angry and left the barHe was unable to furnish any additional information of value

Hr Gogreve said that on 11-26-63 two Cubans a man and a woman came to his storeThe man said they had seen him recently on TV He said the man remarked that he didnot think Oswald was guilty of killing the President and he did not think it was rightthat Oswald had gotten killed According to him the woman was very nervous and bothof them finally walked out of the store He described them as follows

Cuban male 20 5-7 110 dark hairCuban female 18 5-0 about 4 months pregnant long hair

He said he had never seen this couple before and had not seen them since An officecard was furnished Mr Gogreve and he was requested to contact this office should hesee either of them again

During the week SA Leon Gaskell FBI called atthe office and it was mentioned to himthat when time permitted we intended to check the following leads

The Michoud Plant as Oswald supposedly told Adrian Alba Crescent City Garage NewOrleans that he had filed an application at this plant and felt that he would behired

Charity Hospital New Orleans, as it was felt that Mrs Oswald might have applied there1pr free medical care in view of the fact she was pregnant at the time

Interview Philip Geraci III 2201 Green Acres Road as he supposedly had a short conversation with Oswald in the store of Carlos Bringuier

As Oswald lived for a few days with an aunt Mrs Murrett at 757 French St. Cityphone ante 8-4326 check with a confidential source to determine the LD phone callsmade to and from this phone number during the period 5-1-63 to the present time

Attempt to identify and interview a person who appeared to be a Japanese male whoappears in pictures taken of OswaldCharles Steele and an unknown third man possiblyan associate of Oswald

He said as they had more manpower they might check these leads before we got to themHe promised to notify me of the results if they did get to them first

On 11-30-63 he advised that the records of Charity Hospital New Orleans had beenchecked and these reflected that on 6-8-63 Lee Harvey Oswald had made an applicationfor medical care for his wife but his request had been denied for the reason he hadinsufficient Louisiana residence

He also advised that a contact at the telephone company had informed his office thattoll records prior to 7-6-63 had been destroyed The source had furnished a list ofLD phone calls made from or to HUnter 8-4326 listed as follows

Phone DI 14-14581

Phone TE 8-3943

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Antonio Texas7-1-63 Stn to Stn Beaumont Texas7-6-63 Murrett Fayetteville Arkansas from coin phone HI 2-95917-7-63 Stn to Stn Beaumont Texas Phone TE 8-39437-7-63 Collect Bar Arkansas from John Murrett coin pfior'ie "r`

883-09267-11-63 Stn to Stn eaumont Texas Phone TE7-15-63 Person to Person Jean Murrett Mobile

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operated phone in New Orleans and was

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A confidential source will be contacted in the near future in order to verify thattoll records for the phone in question prior to 7-6-63 have been destroyed Also forthe purpose of getting a listing of the toll calls made from 10-27-63 until the presenttime

He advised that the Japanese previously mentioned was probably named O'!Hari;that hehas an office in the International Trade Mart but he has not as yet been located forinterview

On 12-2-63 contacted a confidential source for the purpose of verifying that tollrecords pertaining to telephone number Hunter 8-4326 dated prior to June 1 1963 hadbeen destroyed The person contacted said he would make a re,-check and advise theresults

Shortly thereafter a phone call was received from our contact and he stated thatwhoever had originally checked the records had made a mistake for the reason they hadrecords pertaining to calls made from 4-24-63 to 51.8-63 These phone calls are listedbelow

4-24-63 Bonton N 'J Area't

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nPhone DE 6 07Phone BL -1628

The contact stated he would notify the FBI Office with reference to the above calls


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The phone calls made from phone number HUnter 8-4326 will be checked out at a futuredate in the event this is deemed necessary

Investigation is continued

ATTACHMENTS Chief's Office and Dallas

Financial Report Retail Credit Company re Lee i-Iarvey Oswald K

Application for Employment executed by Lee Harvey Oswald XCovers of two "The Shooters Book of Guns dated September 1962 and

September 1963 respectively (The covers are being sent to Dallas Photostatsof same are being sent to the Chief's Office.)

List of members Fair Play for Cuba )(Copy of receipt signed by Bringuier and GeraciCopy of statement furnished by Adrian AlbaPhotostat of Service No 21575 signed by Lee H Oswald on 5-9-63 (New Orleans Public

Service)Photostat of Remove Order No 86019 dated 10-7-63 (NOPSI))CBasic Pamphlets-14-THE CRIME AGAINST CUBA by Corliss Lamont (1 each to Chief's Office

and Dallas) )(-Literature List Retail Prices Fair Play for Cuba Committee (Dallas)

The Fair Play for Cuba Committee application form stamped A J Hidell P O Box30016 New Orleans La (1 each for Chief's Office and Dallas) X

-Window envelope bearing return address Box 877 Austin Texas (Dallas)Pamphlet of Fair Play for Cuba Committee entitled DRUMSOF WAR (Dallas)Photostat of fingerprint card Lee Harvey OswaldFBI transcript of criminal record Lee Harvey OswaldPhotostat of fingerprint card James Abner Haydel )C

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10 Do you learn of any ferecl.. tree sul:e lodgments failuresgarnishmentsbankruptcies4galnsthim (If so which give

CHARACTER=. . 20HOMESURROUNDINGS!21

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details.).evor,tble7(If noscoddoesapplicantlive (ShowRiddle

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S Shownameof presentemployer7 In what lineOfbusinessis applicantengagedS Whatpositiondoesbe hold

.0 Howlong withpresentemployerIs he emplyed FULLTIME (If not show how many daleAeweek

he worksetc.)prospectsforcontinuedpermanentemploymentgood

Is he steady progressiveand doeshe livewithinhis income

.FINANCES! 13 Estimateapplicant'snet worth.+ 14 Ofwhatdoesworthconsistprincipally

16 Doesheownor rent his home16 Whatis applicant'sANNUAL'EARNEDIice

2o,Yesmiddle c ass

clanswealthy strlal etc.) 21NoAnycfiticlsmc ,y lair dealings iracter or:sputa 22

t22Lion (If any co u l~JDoyou lee:n of :,.:ycriticismduo to fillet 1 tivittcs ticnee 23 NOtic trouble morelsor haults (If so covereeowt v,,e24 Doyourecommenddoing businesswithnpplleant _

REMARKS 25 BUSINESSCover -...cr and presentbusinessconnectionssusses . rPu . dress rem* on prospectsfor future and generalstability

!S FINANCESCommenton presentand past financialstanding recordforlivingwar s lineal or phyai Impairmentsthat might affecthisearningcapacity$7 CUARACTER-NOMESURROUNDINGSCommenton characterhabits andmorals nen oamdingsand c associatesOtt typoQfneighborhoodstabilityand classof residentsin the section

1 Lee Harvey Oswald is employed as Menace Man for the StandardCoffee Co_mpan_ _ r y.~'axld has been so enga7Ef in this occupation f'or the

past one week,-and enSoys` a favorable business reputation Previous to

this he was in the U.S Marines for some three years He enjoys a

favorable'business reputation and his prospects ~.=forth)"future appearto`be-favorable

.FINANCES:--His present and *pact financial standing is good and he is

.regarded ash anind-i'vidual --who` lives within his-means Learned of noilliness or physical impairments that light affect his earning

CHARACTER-HOME SURROUNDINGS H:.6 charac ,cr habits and Moralsare good and he is "known to:keep good "assooietes,--and we! rEHe resides with -his wife. and child They ."live-"in a middle cla

residential secti.Onwith_.frame homes that...arle_well..kept and +

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IDENTiTYI Howlongknownto youand InformantsHowlonghas applicantresidedat presentresidenceaddressAboutwhatis his age (If around21verifyIf possible.)Is be married Numberof dependentsincludingwife

.5 Showracialdescent6 Shownameof presentemployer7. In whatlineOfbusinessis applicantengaged8 Whatpositiondonsbe hold

.. Howlong withpresentemployerIs he empl yed FULLTIME (If not show how many dapsper weekhe worksetc.)Areprospectsfor continuedpermanentemploymentgood

.12 Is he steady progressiveand doeshe livewithinhis Income

IS.Estimate applicant'snet worth14 Of whatdoesworthconsistprincipally16 Doesheownor rent hishome

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REMARKS 25 BUSINESSCover .o,^rand presentbusinessconnectionssuccco sou siness repu on prospectsfor future and generalstability28 FINANCESCommentOnpresen and past financialstanding recordforliving ally Illnessor phya 1 impairmentsthat might affecthis earningcapacity17. CHARACTER-HOMESURROUNDINGSCommenton characterhabits andmorals Gun. a.:ndingsand cc.:,)r associatesOlt_typo2fneighborhoodstabilityand classof residentsIn the section

.1e Lee Harvey 'Oswald is employed as n_tenance iian for the StandardCoffee Compony.42and has been so engartro in this ocou anon-for the

"past one week and enjoys` a favorable business reputation Previous tohe was in the U.S Marines for some three yeaars He enjoys a

~~le businessreputation and his prospects for the future appearl'av-orable

"-'FINANCES His ppresent and 'pact financial standing is good and he is

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CHARACTER-HOME SURROUNDINGS H:6 charac~<<r habits and Moralsare good and he is known to keep good associates,.tand we reHe resides with-his wife and child They ..live- in a middle oldresidential secti_dri with frame homes that ..are. well kept and 11

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City State

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Ownhome

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Have you taken recant physical.examination

For what purpose

Did you pass

Time lost through accident or illness in past two years

Whatis present condition of your health ( t .L /.

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ameof college Course Year graduated Degree

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eve you ever been employed by us before in what capacityame relatives in our employ if any 1\1

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Wl WAY WERE YOU FIRST INTERESTED IN WORK WITH US

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From. a TeEXAMLE NAME6F E PLOYER

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I6 makingthis applicationto-theCompany1understai,c I amat libertyto investigateitits recordin anymannerI see fit Th ifmi t F gib i f.enoraton sven aovesor the purposeofling the Companyto investigatedd in i fimean myrecorn .:r mannert seest[i is agreedthat any propositionmademeis predicateduponthe truthfulnessof the statemadeabove

authorizethe investigationof my applicationand authorizeeach of myformeremployersI Aluesctetreferencesto renderfull reportto the Companyits employeesand its investigat onmycharacter personalhabits ability andanyandall otherinformationrequestedI herebyspecificallyrelieve and release the Companyits employeesits -investigatorsmynet caiployers their employees and mycharacterreferencesfromany and all liabilityforInc of any nature whatsoever happeningor arising in any manner on account of thelishiagof this information Further if the Companyrefuses or icr.,pts myapplication I doeby<relieveall parties of any responsibilityand specificallywa."" all mytights to anyanddamagessuffered I extendthis release to formeremployersI mayhaveneglectedto nameay Ir 11ationandto anyonewhoshall reportto the Companywithreferenceto this applicat

It is fartherunderstoodthat either party uponcompletinghis investigation is at libel's*earwithdrawandto cancelthese negotiationswithoutobligationto the ocher Becausethe information customarilyreceivedin investigationsis confidential it is underroodthat neitherplayasobligatedio giveanyreasonforits withdrawal '

Group Number

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The attached information briefly describes some of the activitiesof individuals in our area who visited Cuba in the month of Febru

ary 1961 and whose names appeared on the list you submitted to us

--4.t/ ARONER Dale M 6219 N St Louis Avenue Chicago Illinoisyour address 1414 E 59th St. Room $20 Chicago Illinois isthe address of the International House at the University of

Chicago where Dale was a student in 1960-1961 Dale.is related to Rose W and William H. same address both of whom wereactive in the attempt to integrate the all-white 'Rainbow Beaclin Chicago Illinois,during the past summer months

11/ s BARNETT Arnold address 2609 Hampton Court Chicago IllinoListed as the Executive Secretary of the Fair Play for Cuba Ca

ittee and also as the Executive Secretary-Treasurer in 1961Attends all the local meetings of this organization

BRILL Doroth L 1732 W Albion Avenue Chicago Illinoistour Address 32 W Albion Avenue Dorothy Luria BRILL AK

Mrs Elias Alic BRILL came to our attention as associated wit

the Progressive Party then Communist infiltrated in 1949Showed an affiliation with the Civil Rights Congress (Communialso in 1949 Believed to have attended the May Day Rally of

Communist Party in 1950 at the Ashland Blvd. Auditorium Meanof the International Workers Order Lodge 465 in 1953 this or

ization now extinct was a.Communist insurance group Shownthe mailing list of the Chicago Committee to Secure Justice fothe Rosenbergs (Communist spies)

BRUCE Lee 5126 S Dorchester Avenue Chicago linois (196Your address 5126 S Dorchester (1961) AU Leo SEGUNICK

(This is the name he uses in present activity) Using both of t

above names this Subject has been extremely active in left wi

and Communist front groups throughout Chicago Present at mec

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,0/BRUCE Lee Resigned from this position on 4 April 1957 when hisCommunist affiliations were brought out into the open Attendedmeeting where Harry Bridges was the featured speaker under the auspices of the American Forum 19 October 1959 Lectured on the subject "How Free is a Free Citizen in 1959 at the Circle Pines Center Cloverdale Michigan an interracial resort catering to extremeliberals Communists and Communist sympathizers Attended and usedhis car to transport people from the meeting of the Freedom of thePress Committee meeting (Daily Worker Group) 12 November 1960Attended a meeting "A Special Worker Forum featuring Joseph NORTH

(Communist) and subject also used his car to transport people fromthis affair 12 November 1960Attended meeting featuring Gus HALL (Communist) "Outlook for 19606 February 1960

35:4H AMBERS Jerry E 615 Davis Street Evanston IllinoisYour address 615 Davis Street Evanston Illinois Spoke at meetin

"Report from Cuba featuring Robert F WILLIAMS 23 February 1961Packinghouse Workers Hall 4859 S Wabash Avenue Chicago Auspices othe Fair Play for Cuba Committee Identified himself as a "free lanc

photographer and took pictures of anti-Castro demonstrators and ofPolice officers detailed to preserve peace during a demonstration of

the Fair Play for Cuba Committee 20 and 21 April 1961 Elected Education and Publicity Director of the FPCC at meeting of the Chicago Cha

ter 26 April 1961 32 W Randolph Street Took pictures at the Communist Youth Rally 1 January 1961

38.CH1,NDLER,'Mrs K. 1037 N R h Streetcur addres 637.N Rush rest Chicago

Illings9AKA Muriel Jane

CHANDLER Irs Keith Arthur CHANDLER Muriel Jane 'IC CARTHY and Muriel Jane BARBER local addresses 1563 Birchwood (1945) 1037 N RushStreet (1961) 21 E Cedar Street (1961) Librarian Northwestern

University (1945) listed on files of the Chicago Council of the ArtsSciences and Professions, February 1950 Born 21 June 1927 at CaneyKansas Employed at the B and 0 Railroad in 1961

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40 CHAPMAN Landon L 1940 127 N Dearborn street 1940 (office) 775$N East eke Terrace 1940 residence 665 W Barry (194$) International labor Defense Attorney December 1940 (Communist) Attended

meeting of the Progressive Party (Communist front) Wrigley Field 14September 194$ As an attorney-,.greeted Vito Marcant onio (Communist)1941 Progressive party candidate for Municipal Court Judge 1948Chairman of the legal panel of the Civil Rights Congress Communist)29 November -194$ Signed petition "End Cold War auspices of the

Chicago Council of American Soviet FPiendship at the Progressive Part

Convention 24 February 1950 Attorney for Irving Franklin (Communis3 May 1950 Member of the National Lawyers Guild 27:Deceinber 1950Attended "Bill of Rights banquet auspices of the Midwest Committeefor Protection of Foreign Born Communist front) Attended AmericanPeace Crusade Convention (Communist front) Coliseum Chicago,-29 and

30 1 July 1951 Member of the Joe WEBBER Defense Committee ;(Comm

unist) 11 April 1947 Signed open letter tqPresi4eht.tise

o'ierurging clemency for the Rosenber $ (ce Vi tt H "e t g i

letter to Pres 0 1g3:AS014+ .wt ..L > , n-w

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financial support for the Freedom Riders. Sun-Times 13 July 1961

.%9 CHAPMAN Mrs Landon wife of Landon L CHAPMAN

~44 DIAMANT Hans T 7625 S Yates Avenue (1958)Your address 7625 S Yates Avenue. Chicago Illinois This manscard dates back to 1949 and has many entries in which his motor vehicle was observed at meetings demonstrations etc. of Communistfront organizations such as the National Labor Conference for Peace

Progressive Party Robeson testimonial party National GuardianMidwest Committee for the Protection of Foreign Born and the CORE

group

.3 EVERISTt Robert 1736 White Street Des Plaines Illinois Your

address (business) 127 N Dearborn Street. Chicago Illinois Wrote

article "Lets Be Fair on leaflet distributed by the Fair Play forCuba Committee 19 June 1961

'/56 FR TNDLICH Shirley 7 W Van Buren Street (1955) Your address0 E 33rd street icago Illinois Aliases Shirley Gertrude

Grodsky Mrs Martin FREUNDLICHAs Shirley FREUNDLICH Circulated Progressive Party petition 1952Contacted by Rosenberg Committee 1954 Had reservations for theNational Lawyers Guild banquet in 1954 One file of the AmericanSocialist Forum 1955 On File Midwest Committee for Protection of

ForeignBoxRin1954

As Shirler'GODSKY Represented Progressive Party urging vote

aginst the Broyles Bills 1949 Signed postcard to Department of

Immigration protesting the deportation of Vincent ANDRULIS (Communist) 1950 Signed petition to end the Cold.War Progressive PartyConvention Chicago Council of American Soviet Friendship 1950Present to lend moral support to Aaron BINDMAN (Communist) at theracial disturbance at 56th street and Peoria 1950 Signed postcard protesting the conviction of Edward SKRIVtNEK (Communist 1950Presented a medal as leading signature collector in World Peace

Appeal drive 1950 Present at Mayor's office for demonstration

sponsored by the Civil Rights Congress 1951 Attended the May DayRally Communist party 1951 Listed with the Labor Youth League(Communist) 1951 Subscribes to the Daily Worker 1951 Attendedthe Civil Rights Congress Convention January 1952 Chicago Ar

ticle in the Daily Worker about her visit to Cuba over the NewYears week-end on a tour organized by the Fair Play for Cuba Comm

ittee stating that "I think its a terrible mistake on the part of

our government to do such a thing Daily Worker of 1/15/61 (In1961 most of her activity is centered around activitzesof the Fair

Play for Cuba Committee)

v/61 GILMAN John 2851 N 1st Milwaukee Wisconsin Your address

2851 N 1st. Chicago Illinois (???) no such address here

Executive Secretary of the Wisconsin Civil nights Congress,.''1955Took the Fifth Amendment before the sub-Committee on un-American

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GILMAN John Continuedbell Committee Article in the National Guardian

/62.GOURFAIN Ed.5200 South Kimbark Avenue Chicago linois Youraddress 5200 South Kimbark Avenue Alias Ed A.S GOURFAIN JrAs Ed GOURFAIN, On mailing list Chicago Committee to Secure Justice in the Isenberg Case 1953 Attended mass meeting protesting the Till Case Auspices of the National Associationfor the Advancement of Colored People,.1955 As A.S GOURFAIN Jr Member ofthe Board of Diredtors of the Abraham Lincoln School (Communist),1943 Attended Communist functionaries meeting Ashland Boulevard

Auditorium 1946 Chairman of the Fourth Ward Independent Votersof Illinois 1946 Candidate for Alderman of the fourth ward andbacked by the Independent Voters of Illinois polled 2,554 votes1953 Dropped as a member of the board of directors of the Independent Voters of Illinois for left wing activity 1947 Listedon such left-wing pro-Commun ,st front groups as the Chicago Council of the Arts Sciences and rofessions Civil Rights CongressIllinois Committee for Freedom of the Press Fair Play for CubaCommittee

63 GOURFAIN Joyce_ 5200 S Kimbark Avenue Chicago IllinoisYour address 5200 South Kimbark AvenueWife of Ed GOURFAIN short story writer attended the 1st anniversary of the American Peace Crusade 1952 Attended meetingof the Progressive Party of Illinois 1952 On the mailing listof the Chicago Committee to Secure Justice in the Rosenberg Case1953 Attended the Claude Lightfoot (Communist) trial hearings1955 On file with the Midwest Committee for Pr~ ection of Foreign Born 1954 Held meeting in her home 'for

b heFair Play ForCuba Committee 1961 Reference for Mollie M GARRCIA who renteda post office box in the name of the Committee to Prevent War October 1961

65 GREEN Billie 3001 W Sunnyside Avenue Chicago IllinoisYour address 3001 W Sunnyside Sent greetings of the 20 thAnniversary of the Daily Worker 1944 Signed pr in d card distributed by the Midwest Committee for Protection Foreign Born

4(Communist front) demanding the release of Steve SERMEGAS (Communist) on bail 1956

KAUTT L E 2562 Estes Avenue (1950) 4606 N Hermitage (1954Your address 2456 Estes Avenue Chicago Illinois 2456 Estes Avenue (195$) Progressive Party Ward Committeeman ..'50th"Ward 1945Identified with the Civil Rights Congress (Commur isWat many functions,auring 1950 attended Bridges (Communist)iDefense Committeemeeting 1951 While recently in Cuba as a guest of the Fair'Playfor Cuba Committee he was punched in the face,,.by an American be'cause he allegedly uttered some anti-remarks regarding the Americaform of government Subscribes to the Daily W:Y'ker

.89 KELLEY Ma orie 1102 E 46th st et 5724 Kimbar Avenue (1960)tour add 57g So ouUo B a`

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MOLNAR Anton J Continued

octed position in these organizations he appears to have boonof the most avid Communists in our area during this period Siof the Communist and Communist front groups which MOLNAR suppoinclude the following All Slav Day Congress Czech Workers S+ciety the Southwest Chapter of the Progressive Party Internaal Workers Order #3221 State Committee Meeting of the CommunParty Chicago Council of the Arts Sciences and Professions I

Day Rally of the Communist party the Labor Youth League theHoc Committee of Chicago Trade Unionist's Chicago and Cook CotCitizens Committee Midwest Committee for the Protection of ti

Foreign Born the Civil Rights Congress Chicago Negro 1iabor Cr

cii American Peace Crusade Committee All Nations Press Committee (Daily Worker) the National Committee to Securse Jus_ticcin the Rosenberg-Sobell Case International Workers order 7'220(joined in 1937) Illinois Committee for Freedom of the PressChicago Joint Defense Committee to Defeat the Smith Act Vetexans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Chicago Committee for PaulROBESON (fund raising group in behalf of Paul Robeson) Provincial Committee to Aid Victims of the Taft-Hartley Law Commits

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NAIMAN Sheldon son of Max NAIMAN attorney Communist partyTI-ITIC-tionary in Chicago

.121 O'CONNOR Pat 6720 South Ashland Avenue Chicago IllinoisYour address 6720 S Ashland AvenueBusiness manager of the Secularist publication 6639 S Ashlanc

avenue Chicago Illinois 1960 Attended meeting of the Fair

Play for Cuba Committee May 1961 Active in picket line demorstration against the Trailway bus lines 20 W Randolph streetto protest discrimination and segregation practiced by the com

pany in the South against Negroes 12 June 1961 Assistant toJohn ROSSEN (prominent Chicago Communist) at 20a N Wells strcoffice of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee 23 June 1961. Fai

'Play for Cuba Committee functionary 1961 Attended funeral scices for Mary MOLNAR mother of Anton J MOLNAR

./125 OROZCO Sean 301 W North Avenue Chicago IllinoisYour address 303 W North Avenue (same building)An ardent supporter of the African-Ameridan Heritage AssociaticAttended meetings of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee and alscconducts meetings in his home for the Fair Play for Cuba Comm

ittee 1961

.126 PACK Herman 2115 N Maplewood Avenue Chicago;+ "Illinois.Your address 211a N Maplewood Avenue

.Subject is twenty-ei t years of age (1934i married Deleat(

to the High Cost of Living Committee for the thirty,-second Jan

Workeru local #553 His

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Illinois 1idehsè numb~ex592 observed parkd i the :rzy of

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PFEIFFER H W (Harry) Continued

/3714 North Fremont avenue (1942) True name is Johanne Hans

O PFEIFFER, Married forty years of age 5'7 205# (1933)

Candidate for Alderman of the 36th Ward on the Communist party

ticket 2/28/33 Arrested 3/30/33 for disorderly conduct and

Communist party demonstrations Fine $25.00 and Costs 5/16/33

restg

released in attempted hunger strike March Demonstrations b July 1933Arrested 7/28/33 at 2014N Major Avenue for _passing out hand bill

Charged with disorderly conduct Arrested 8/5/33 at 4537 Fullerton Avenue Disorderly conduct Discharged 8/7/33 by Judge Gutknecht Candidate for Congress on the Communist party ticket 6/134 Daily Worker Arrested 0/2a/34 North Avenue and Mozart screeDemonstration charged with disorderly conduct Communist candidate for Reprdsentative 25th District on the Communist party ticke

11/3/34 Fine :50.00 and costs by Jury 12/14/34 Judge Jonas onthe arrested of 9/28/34 Communist candidate for Alderman of the36th Ward rece ved 436 votes Tribune 2/27/35 Naturalizedunder Johannes ans PFEIFFER took part in victory celebration parade 6/14/42 picture in Chicago sun newspaper 6/15/42 Gavename as Harrye'FIFER United electrical Union member SecretaryProgressive German-American Society one of the sponsors of . the

May Day Rally Union Park Chicago Illinois May 1 1948 Identified as a Communist by Carl NELSON February'1959.Member of local130 Plumbers Union wrote letter telling of his visit to Cuba Work

er 2/12/61

128 PLEASANT Gladys 1412 E 57th street (1957) 2206 N Tripp (195!Your address 2206 N Trip Avenue

Wife of Roy ade PLEASANT (Communist deceased) Nee Gladys0HEAT1was Mrs P RIMENSBERGER Her Chevrolet 1957 Illinois license #2354 was parked in vicinity of Alfred WAGENKNECHT (Communist) dedication services Waldheim 'emetery 1957 Her Chevrolet 195$license observed parked in the vicinity of Paul ROBESON birthdayparty celebration 4/11/58 auspices of the Chicago Council of American Soviet

FriendshipMade funeral arrangements for her hus

band Roy Wade PLEASANT 'uneral announcements in'the newspaperasked that flowers be omitted but that memorials could be made tothe Suburban Youth Council of the National Associatipn for Advancement of Colored People School teacher in Chicago Theodore Herzl

,Elementery School 1 June 1961

133 PLEUNE Katherine (Kitty) 6042 S Ingleside Avenue Chicago Ill

inois 1960 Your address 6042 S Ingleside Avenue Permanentresidence Orange New Jersey Subject came to the attention ofthis Unit in 1960 She has been very active in racial disturbances through picket demonstrations in Chicago s:ince..1960 nefused to answer questions as to her affiliations in the Communist

party Sentenced to four months in jail ix Jackson Mississippiand fined $200.00 on a breach of the peace charges,emanatingfrom desegregation attempts in that state June 1961 Participated "Wade In activities of dese regatL"h d z~o4 rin Ohica

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153 SARETTE Helen 554$ Kenwood Avenue Chicago IllinoisYour address 554.8 Kenwood Avenue

.Identified with the Fair Play for Cuba Committee for the.firsttime in February 1961

162 SUMNER An s Jr 5450S Rid gwiod Ciurt 1961Y * i6aM ~ } 44.0 S Rid h~~ x 00.rt9

PLEUNE Katherine (Kitty) Continued

to the 1958-59 student register Attended Freedom Riders Rally*tudent Peace Union Demonstrations and Fair Play for Cuba Committee meetings during 1961

,,/14 ROSENSHINE Natihan Detroit MichiganSupported appeal for amnesty of Communist leaders convicted underthe Smith Act May 1953 Sponsory (honorary) of a Conference torepeal the Walter Mc Carran Law and to defend the Rights of Pereign Born auspices of the Midwest Committee for Protection of thForeign Born February 1955

.146-4 ROSSEN Jerry_ and Betty 5715 S Dorchester Avenue ChicagoYour address 5715 S Dorchester AvenueChildren of John and Louise ROSSEN only recently becoming activin front groups

14$ ROSSEN John most recant address 5715 Blackstone Avenue (1961'3ohn ROSSEN as been an active Communist and active in Communistfront groups since 1940 He was organizational secretary of theCommunist party of,t Louis an a candidate for M or of St

46ouis

on the Commdnist ticket 1942 Among his iases are Joh

SEN Albert J.OROSEIV Jacob OSENBERG Seldon PENCER and JCIDER It is believed he came to Chicago from St Louis Mo.,hea

the end of the 1950 season when he took up residence at 2922 NorRacine avenue Since then ROSSEN has held many offices In Communfront organizations and has been one of the leaders in desseminating propaganda through the medium of motion pictures Testifiedthat he WAS a Communist while office manager of the American Pea

Crusade Daily News (chicago) 3/27/56

INVOKED the ,ifth Amendment when questioned by the House un-AmeriActivities Committee in Chicago Chicago Tribune 3/2$/57 Becameactive in the Chicago Chapter Fair Play for Cuba Committee allowOctober 21 1960

149 ROSSEN Louise4715

S Dorchester enue (Wife of John ROSSEN)AKA Mrs John ROSSEN alias L.S SPENCERSubject first came to our attention as the wife of John ROSSENwhen he was a candidate for Mayor of St Louis Missouri in 1942Has written many articles in the Daily Worker (Communist officialorgan) since 1250 She is listed as part of the management of th(

Cinema Annex theatre operated by her husband to show Communistpropaganda pictures 1952 Louise ROSSEN has been active in manCommunist front organizations since her arrival in Chicago Sheis one of the incorporators of the Maverick Publishing CompanyInc. a newspaper which leans to the left in its writings 5/1/59Became active in the Fair Play for Cuba Committee in October 1960

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SUMMER AnRuS Jr., Continued

Elected Treasurer of the Chicago Chapter of the Fair Play ForCuba Committee 1960 (August) Throughout 1960 and 1961 ho

has been active almost exclusively with the Fair Playfor.CubaCommittee

4179 TANNENBAUM,_ Doreen 18 E Chestnu:.t Street (business )4 741 North\Iabash.Avenue (residence) Your address Chicago Illinois

Signed Progressive Party petition, November elections 9/9/50..Member of the International Workers Order Lodge 7464 Joined

May 1949....Born 1919 halo (Communist Insurance organization)On the mailing list of the Chicago Committee to Secure Justicein the Rosenberg Case October 19530

.1182 TALAN Harriet (Trotskyite) 1956 Michigan.moo Address 692 W Forest Detroit 1 MichiganActive n the Socialist Party during her time as an undergraduate student at Wayne University 3/2/5(:4 Wrote article for the

"Socialist pq> er "The Young Socialist and became.correspond

ing Editor for the same` publication May 1960 Socialist Workers

.Party candidate for State Treasurer according to the Militant

9/26/60

j186 MlL Peter 5499 Hyde Park Boulevard (1961) Chicago,,Illinois. Your address Chicago Illinois

Sponsor Chicago Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy,'1959 A

'Photographer by profession Attended meeting -of the Fair PlayFor Cuba Committee at home of Mrs and Mrs Aaron GOURFAIN June

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1961

187 WARD Judith 716 Conklin Court Chicago IllinoistrFormer address 716 Conklin Court Madison Wisconsin Judith

.'WARD'S present address is 6106 S Ellis Avenue Chicago,.IllinOid(Wife of Richard E...WARD both made trip to Cuba last December1960 sponsored by the Fair Play .nor Cuba Committee Richard E.WARD has been active in pro-Communist causes since:1953 Ho visited the Soviet Union in 1954 for which he had much praise Howas managing editor of the .Chicago Maroon University of Chicagostudent.newspaper in 1953 and assisted in organizing a group of

college editors for the'purposeof visiting the Soviet Union and

report on conditions there (1953)

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Adrian Alba being first duly sworn

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I have been advised by Special Agent A C Vial U s secret Service

that under the provisions of the Constitution I cannot be compelled tobe a witness against myself and knowing that anything I may say may beused against me I wish to make the following statement of my own free

,,will and accord without coercion or threats and without promise ofimmunity

This statement is a .voluntary act on mypart prompted by my desire totell the facts and I.do not expect to gain any reward.or special consideration by reason of having made this statement

I a * 32 years of age and I anmmarri ed Three six children 1 .Am a part ownerand the aprator of the t'rorcert City 0araze 61$ .>a asino St., U Oryo+ La.The .Crescent City Garage is located raixtdocr to the 't illiam D Reify Coffee Co.s

I have been shy this data a amn11 photegr.'pb of a ihtte male I recognize theperson in this photograph to Der Lee Harvey 0,00 4 whose picture ..has appeared inthe local n pspere on a number of occasions Concerning this wane I would 11keto furnish the following information

A couple of months no .I .do-not remember the exact date Lee PParvey Oswald whowas known tome as * ulde and who worked x;t the William D Roily Coffee Co.would come frequently to the office of the Crescent City garage and he wwould readmagazine* about tuna that I had in the office The m ar1nos in question weresthe 'hooters ilk at fiery Gunaa and unting We have 411 types of sportingmagazines in the office but Oswald .lwmye read the gun magazines

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I have been advised by Special Agent A Go Vial Dr So secret service

that under the provisions of the Constitution I cannot be compelled to

be a witness against myself and knowing that anything I may say may be

used against me I wish to make the following statement of my own free

will and accord without coercion or threats and without promise of

immunity

This statement is a voluntary act on my part prompted by my desire to

tell the facts and I do not expect to gain any reward or special con

sideration by reason of having made this statement

I am 32 yeare of age and I am married I have six children i am a part ownerand the operator of the Crescent City Garage 618 Nagazins St. New Orleans LaThe Crescent City Garage is located nextdoor to the Wiliam B Redly Coffee CoInc

I have been shown this date :a small photograph of a white male I recognize theperson in this photograph to be Lee Harvey Oswald whose picture has appeared inthe local newspapers on a number of occasions Concerning this man I would liketo furnish the following infarmatien

A couple of months ago I do not remember the exact date Lee Harvey Oswald whowas known to me as "Oswald and rho worked at the William B. Roily Coffee Co.would come frequently to the office of the Crescent City Garage,_ and he..would readmagazines about..gnns that Iliad in the..office The magazines in question wereThe Shooters Book of Guns Guns and Hunting We have all types of sportingmagazines in the office but Oswald always read the gun magazines

I am interested in guns and eo was Oswald I had a.Japanese 6.5 millimeter rifleat the garage Oswald handled.this gun but displayed no particular interest in itI had a Springfield 30.06 (30.caliber) rifle at the garage also Neither riflehad a scope .Oswald handled'the Springfield but he showed no particular interestin this gun T belong to the National Rifle Jsseciation and I bad mentioned toOswald that I .hid ordered a carbine throughthe NRA He asked me if I could orderone for him and I .told him no He asked meìf I would consider parting with minewhen _I received it. I.told.him I would not

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Corliss Lamont has long been known as avigorous advocate of international cooperationand world peace Ever since college days.hewas graduated from Harvard in 1924 and tookhis Ph.D at Columbia in 1932.he has workeddevotedly for such causes as civil liberties therights of racial minorities international understanding and the abolition of war

Humanist philosopher writer and teacher DrLamont was a staunch supporter of the Leagueof Nations while it was in existence and is presently a member of the American Association forthe United Nations and the Foreign PolicyAssociation He is also Vice-Chairman of theEmergency Civil Liberties Committee and Chairman of the Bill of Rights Fund He has traveledwidely and has published books on philosophycivil liberties and Soviet affairs He has taught atColumbia University Cornell Harvard and theNew School for Social Research and is now lecturing and writing extensively about the causesin which he believes

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Walter Lippmann dean of American colum

nists has referred to the Kennedy Administra

tion's support of the anti-Castro military venture

in Cuba as an appalling and colossal mistake

But the abortive April invasion was worse than

that It was an outright crime against the Cuban

people and it was also a crime against the

American people against the United Nations and

against world peacePresident Eisenhower must share the responsi

bility with President Kennedy for this enterprisein international immorality As columnist Wil

liam V Shannon said in the New York Post of

April 9 1961 "Back in late 1959 the Eisenhower

Administration decided to apply to Cuba `the

Guatemala treatment. That is the National Se

curity Council gave C.T A Director Dulles the

go-ahead to organize the Cuban exiles train

a military force and plan an invasion of Cuba.

Copyright1961by BasicPamphletsFirst printing June 1961

MaryRedmer Editor

In 1954Eisenhower'steam of the brothers AllenWand John Foster Dulles Secretary of State engineeredthe downfallof the progressiveGuatemalanGovernmentheaded by President Arbenz This was accomplishedthrough covert U S military and other aid to the anti

governmentforces

On January 3 1961 Eisenhower partly in furtherance of this plan severed diplomatic relations with Premier Fidel Castro's governmentIn his 1960 election campaign President Kennedy on October 20 issued a special statementabout Cuba claiming that the Russians hadestablished "a new satellite there and suggesting that the United States Government shouldhelp to strengthen the "democratic anti-Castroforces in exile and in Cuba itself who offereventual hope of overthrowing Castro.This statement by Kennedy aroused considerable misgivings among liberals and progressivesincluding myself who had come out in supportof his candidacy But most of us felt that histough attitude towards the Castro regime waspolitical eyewash designed to catch right-wingvotes Subsequent events made it clear that wewere guilty of wishful thinkingII

In the early pre-dawn hours of April 17 1961some 1,500 Cuban exiles andrefugees.recruitedorganized subsidized and armed by the CentralIntelligence Agency a subdivision of the American Government invaded Cuba This armycame in boats supplied by the C.I.A. with gunsand tanks supplied by the C.I.A. and with fighting planes supplied by the C.I.A The aim was to

secure a beachhead in Cuba to trigger a mass

rebellion against Castro and to set up a Provi

sional Government which would then get official

American recognition and aid The U S JointChiefs of Staff approved the military aspects of

the blueprint for invasion which was given the

code name of Operatfon Pluto by the C.I.A.

Pentagon strategistsThe April 28th issue of Time a magazine dis

tinctly hostile to Castro stated "The invaders

all Cubans.were trained by the U S. supplied

by the U S. and dispatched by the U S to carryout a plan written by U S military expertsPresident Kennedy knew D-day in advance and

approved. To handle the anti-Castro forcesthere were "six main training bases in Guate

mala and "two staging bases at Puerto Cabezas

Nicaragua and tiny Swan Island off the Hon

duran coast"In recent weeks the equivalent of fifty freight

carloads of aerial bombs rockets ammunitionand firearms was airlifted into Puerto Cabezas byunmarked U S C-54s and C-47s in such quantities that on some days last month planes requiredmomentary stacking During Easter week twen

ty-seven U S C-124 Globemasters roared in

three or four at a time to off-load full cargoes of

rations blankets ammunition and medical sup

plies at the U S.-built airstrip at Retalhuleu at

Guatemala City and at Guatemala's San Joseairbase.

The U S Navy at least rendered direct aid tothe expedition against Cuba One of the Cubaninvaders who later escaped to Miami writes inhis diary published in the New York HeraldTribune of May 5 "April 14.The flotilla issteaming toward our date with destiny Twodestroyers.I think they are North Americanflank us. This information was confirmed fromother rebel sources

U S News and World Report (May 15) gavefurther details "U S destroyers escorted theships to within six miles of shore A U S aircraftcarrier was in escort as well but remained aboutthirty miles offshore The B-26s of the antiCastro forces flew from bases 600 miles awayThey were escorted by U S Navy jets whichpeeled off about five miles from the beach andleft the B-26s on their own.

As history will permanently record the CubanArmy and civilian militia smashed and smotheredthe invasion within three days capturing morethan 1,000 prisoners Castro's tiny air force droveoff or downed the enemy bombers and sankmost of the ships that had brought the invadersto the shores of Cuba The entire Cuban peoplerallied to the support of the Government and nosign of an uprising could be detected Thus the

long-heralded invasion to "liberate Cuba ended

in complete fiasco with the Kennedy Administra

tion that had backed this madcap venture dis

credited throughout the entire world

The extent to which the U S Government was

in charge of the invasion is further shown by the

fact that just before it began the C.I.A hustled

off Jose Mire Cardona President of the Cuban

Revolutionary Council and the other leaders of

this principal anti-Castro organization to an

isolated and abandoned airbase in Florida where

they were held incommunicado The C.I.A then

issued news releases in the Council's name but

without its knowledgeAccording to The New York Times of April 26

these Cuban leaders "were kept from using the

phone or from communicating with anyone on

the outside Enraged several of the Council

members announced that they were leavingvven

if it meant being shot by the armed guards.

Finally Adolf A Berle Jr. President Kennedy's

coordinator of Latin-American policies and

Arthur M Schlesinger Jr. another close adviser

to the President flew to Miami to calm down the

Revolutionary Council Apparently the C.I.A

thought that the Council leaders could not be

trusted to be discreetEarlier the C.I.A had also kidnapped seven

teen anti-Castro volunteers because it consid

ered them too Left politically and held them ina remote jungle camp in Guatemala for elevenweeks before and during the invasion (New YorkTimes May 7) This episode reinforces our general knowledge that the C.I.A. in lining up recruits for and organizing the Cuban expeditionwas partial toright-wing elements includingformer supporters of Batista And the two "kidnapping incidents together prove up to the hiltthat the assault on Cuba was master-minded bythe C.I.A. and that the Cubans involvedwhether leaders or

rank-and-file were essentiallycaptives of U S imperialismOn the very day of the invasion DrCuba's Foreign MinisterRaul

RhePolitical Committee chargedof the United Nations thathis country had been invaded "by a mercenaryforce which came from Guatemala and Floridaand which was organized financed and armedby the Government of the United States ofAmerica. Ambassador Adlai E Stevenson categorically denied these accusations and declared"The United States has committed no aggressionagainst Cuba * * I wish to make clear alsothat we would be opposed to the use of ourterritory for mounting an offensive against anyforeign government.

Thus as in the incident of the U-2 spy planeflight over the Soviet Union on May 1 1960 the8

U S Government was caught red-handed in theBig Lie Everyone who heard Mn Stevensonspeak in the U N knew that he was telling adiplomatic falsehood and it was one that turnedout to be most undiplomatic For only a weeklater the White House gave out an official releaseon the Cuban affair saying that "President Kennedy has stated from the beginning that as President he bears sole responsibility for the events ofpast days.

The participation by the United States in amilitary assault on a country with which it wasofficially at peace was a dishonorable actiontotally opposed to the best in our traditions as ademocracy It constituted a cynical violation notonly of America's ideals of international peacebut also of our laws our Constitution and atleast six international treaties including oursolemn agreements under the United Nationsand the Organization of American States

One of the neutrality laws violated went intoeffect on June 25 1948 under Title 18 Section960 of the U S Code Annotated "Whoeverwithin the United States knowingly begins orsets on foot or furnishes the money for or takespart in any military or naval expedition or enterprise to be carried on from thence against theterritory or dominion of any foreign prince orstate or of any colony district or people with

whom the United States is at peace shall be finednot more than $3,000 or imprisoned not morethan three years or both. Sections 956 and 959of Title 18 are also most relevant

With President Kennedy's assent the C.I.Atook such complete command of the Cuban invasion that it became in reality a U S act of warif not de jure at least de facto However underthe Constitution ( Article I Section 8 Item 11)Congress alone has the right to declare warThus in the Cuban situation the Kennedy Administration-the Executive Branch of our Government.usurped the power of the LegislativeBranch and went ahead on its own to involvethe United States in military hostilities that conceivably could have led to a world-wide nuclearconflict

The aggression against Cuba also was contraryto the United Nations Charter Chapter I Article 2 Sections 3 and 4 Section 3 states Àll1I Members shall settle their international disputesby peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security and justice are not

endangered. Section 4 requires "All Membersshall refrain in their international relations fromthe threat or use of force against the territorialintegrity or political independence of any stateor in any other manner inconsistent with thePurposes of the United Nations.

Likewise the Cuban venture violated Article

15 of the Charter of the Organization of Ameri

can States signed at Bogota in 1948 by both

the United States and Cuba "No state or group

of states has the right to intervene directly

or indirectly for any reason whatsoever in the

internal or external affairs of any other state

The foregoing principle prohibits not only armed

force but also any other form of interference or

attempted threat against the personality of the

state or against its political economic and cul

tural elements.The American Government's disregard of the

U.N. O.A.S and other international obligationsof the United States is in itself a violation of

our Constitution under Article VI Section 2

"This Constitution and the laws of the United

States which shall be made in pursuance thereof

and all treaties made or which shall be made

under the authority of the United States shall be

the supreme law of the land and the judges in

every State shall be bound thereby anything in

the Constitution or laws of any state to the con

trary notwithstanding. [Italics mine..C.L.]It was ironic that just two weeks after the

landing in Cuba President Kennedy signing a

resolution that proclaimed May 1 as Law Day

throughout the United States said in part "Law

is the strongest link between man and freedom

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and by .strengthening the rule of law westrengthen freedom and justice in our owncountry and contribute by example to the goal ofjustice under law for all mankind.

IIIThe official reasons that the U S Government

gave for its disregard of legal commitmentsdomestic and international in the Cuban situation were that Premier Castro had created aCommunist dictatorship in Cuba that international communism had set up a base of operations in that country and was thereby violatingthe Monroe Doctrine that Cuba.only ninetymiles from American shores.had become aSoviet satellite and that all this gravely threatened the national security of the United States

An objective examination of the facts demonstrates that these charges against the Cuban Govemment are specious and mere pretexts for foreign intervention by means of force and violenceNobody in his right mind can believe that theCastro regime governing a little country with atotal population of about 6,500,000.less thanthat of New York City.aims at military aggression against the United States And Castro hasrepeatedly declared that he will work out theproblem of the U S Naval Base at GuantanamoBay through peaceful negotiations

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Since therefore Cuba does not represent anyreal menace to the security of the U.S.A. the

American enemies of the Castro Administration

are compelled to manufacture excuses for the

most drastic action including military invasion

against the Castro regime These excuses must

sound sufficiently plausible to delude the Ameri

can people and world opinion This explains the

tremendous efforts.on the part of newspapers

magazines radio TV and the American Government itself.to whip up hysteria in the United

States over the subject of Cuba In this agenations as well as individuals can be victims ofa frame-up

The revolutionary Government of Cuba came

into power in January of 1959 as the result of an

indigenous non-Communist movement led byFidel Castro to overthrow the reactionary and

bloody dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista The

small Cuban Communist Party had long looked

upon Castro as a well-meaning but blunderingadventurer and gave support to his 26th of JulyMovement only as it was nearing its final tri

umph Throughout the Castro regime's brief

existence of two-and-a-half years it has remained

independent while going steadily to the Left

and experimenting with a socialist economy espe

cially adapted to Cuban conditions and the

Cuban people

In this leftward trend Premier Castro's Administration was stimulated to a considerable degreeby the hostile actions of the American Government and American business interests Furthermore when the Eisenhower Administrationtreated the Castro regime as a pariah and finallyruled out all American-Cuban trade except infood and drugs the Cuban leaders decidedwith the very survival of their nation at staketo fill in the void especially in the absolutelyessential trade in oil and sugar by large-scalecommercial agreements with Soviet Russia andCommunist China It was at this point thatAmerican Government officials and most organsof public opinion in the United States started tolabel the Castro government as "Communist andto talk wildly of "the Communist bridgehead inCuba and "Soviet domination.

But it is important to remember that in our eraformer colonial or semi-colonial peoples throughout the world from Indonesia in the Far East toGhana and Guinea in Africa to Cuba in theCaribbean have been winning national independence and at the same time setting updynamically led republics that institute socialistprograms in order to bring about rapid economicsocial and cultural progress It is essential tounderstand that when such regimes put intoeffect radical measures as well as establishing

Lowing to foreign exploitation Single crop econo

close diplomatic and economic relations with theCommunist bloc this does not mean that theynecessarily are Communist-controlled or are be

coming CommunistAs Mr Bella Doumboya the representative of

Guinea at the recently concluded session of theUnited Nations said in a speech on Cuba beforethis body on April 17 "States engaged in the de

colonization of their structure always discoverand are appalled by the fact that their economyis not adapted to the needs of their national life

mies are an essential characteristic of under

developed countries A revolutionary government in order to foster comprehensive economic

development is bound to alter the colonial shapeof the productive system if it wishes to fosternational output and the industrialization of the

country"Contrary to accusations of Communist infil

tration which circulate everywhere as soon as an

under-developed country engages in bold re

forms it should be known that the acts whichsucceed the assumption of power are the ineluctable consequences of a life of dependenceand frustration and derive mainly from the paramount claim of people hitherto subjected to afeudal regime In countries where the national

economy is under the control of foreign interests

misery and wretchedness is the lot of the indigenous population all of whose labor power isoccupied in the production of raw materialsrequired for the continued expansion of thetrusts

"In the field of production in order to facilitate new crops in line with the needs of the people and to put an end to the exploitation of thepeasantry in order to call a halt to the inevitablycatastrophic repercussions of this general situation on national output.in a word in order toremedy the irrational utilization of land andbring to an end social injustice and miseryfledgling governments must always engage inhistoric acts which sometimes become the causeof ill repute for them.

Every word of Mr Doumboya's address applies to what the Castro regime has been tryingto do If the American people and the AmericanGovernment persist in misunderstanding the situation in Cuba and in other nations that haverecently emerged into freedom the effects onUnited States foreign policy and internationalpeace will continue to be disastrous For toascribe home-grown movements toward nationalindependence and socialism to some sort ofCommunist conspiracy directed from Moscowor Peiping not only vastly exaggerates the powerof the Communist bloc but also leads to pro

vocative claims of Communist interventicn or

aggression when it does not existAs for international communism having

achieved a base in Cuba this is pure nonsensenotwithstanding the constant propaganda to the

contrary in the U.S.A In the pre-invasion monthsa rumor was frequently printed that the SovietGovernment had already constructed missilebases in Cuba Of course this was wholly falseand in any case the Soviet Union has no needfor such bases since through its advanced tech

nology it could from its own territory extensivelybombard the United States with inter-continentalmissiles As Premier Khrushchev declared in his

conciliatory message to President Kennedy of

April 22 "Our Government does not seek anyadvantages or privileges in Cuba We do nothave any bases in Cuba and we do not intendto establish any And this is well known to youto your generals and admirals.

On the other hand the United States has its

big Guantanamo base and maintains scores ofother military bases fairly close to Soviet Russiaand China often in countries bordering uponthem As James Reston wrote in The New YorkTimes of April 23 "Turkey for example hasbeen getting from the United States far more

power than Castro ever dreamed of getting fromthe Russians The United States power including

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even rockets with nuclear warheads has been Castro's own comment on the make-up of his

sianssituated in Turkey for a long time but the Bus air force during the invasion crisis was "Would

while annoyed by this fact have not felt that we had had a few MIGs in those days! Inobliged to use their power to invade Turkey. any event the Castro regime has a right to pur

A flagrant attempt to inflame American public chase for its own self-defense MIG planes oropinion against Castro is shown in the many re any other kind from a foreign governmentports published about the Cuban Air Force Much of the American propaganda barrageutilizing Soviet MIG jets against the invaders against Castro has centered around Cuba's adTime even stated that some of them were flown muted lack of civil liberties and political demosby Czech pilots That these stories were untrue racy This propaganda in the first placeis indicated by the United States Navy itself A naturally fails to mention that the Cuban Revoludispatch from the U S base at Guantanamo in tionary Government has rapidly developed fullThe New York Times of April 20 states "The ' racial democracy complete equality between thesensitive radar on Navy ships here has picked up whites and the Negroes who make up one-thirdno trace of high-speed Cuban or Communist air of the population Economic social and politicalcraft Officials therefore are confident that there discrimination against colored people a pervahave been no MIG fighters in this area of Cuba

1 sive evil under the Batista and earlier tyranniesat least Nor has the Navy sighted any foreign has disappeared As Joseph Newman reported insubmarines This paragraph was omitted in a the New York Herald Tribune (March 23)later edition of the Times "Castro and Guevara are literally adored by the

During May Senator Wayne Morse (D.) of large number of poor and humiliated CubansOregon Chairman of a special Senate subcom

especially the Negroes They see these two leadmittee on Latin American Affairs reported that ers as saintly and honorable men dedicated tothis body had heard "not a bit of evidence that removing injustices and discriminationthere was a single MIG plane in Cuba Accord In two and one-half years the Castro regimeCastro reAccording to Senator Morse the Cuban planes that has made far more progress towards unquaedProved so effective in thwarting the rebel land civil rights than the United States particularlying were of U S manufacture and had been sold in the South during the entire 100 years sinceto the old Batista government the Civil War began Actually many of the

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Americans who cry out against "the Castro dictatorship hate and fear racial democracy andare scared stiff that it might spread from Cubato the continents of North and South America

In the second place our American propagandists do not point out that the Cuban Government has a democratic mandate in the sense thatit is supported by the overwhelming majority ofthe people This support stems from the fact thatthe Government has brought to the workers andpeasants.the massive legion of the underprivileged.a higher standard of living release fromeconomic exploitation vastly increased educational and cultural opportunities the promise ofcontinued progress and a feeling of dignity andfreedom at no longer being in bondage to U Simperialism Had the C.I.A. the American StateDepartment and President Kennedy known thesethings they would not have made the miscalculation that the recent invasion would set off apopular uprising

U S propaganda in the third place leavesout of the picture any reference to the relentlesspolitical and international pressures that havedriven the Castro regime to certain dictatorialactions and policies The outstanding foreignfactor here has been the hostility of the UnitedStates including its far-reaching economic embargo and culminating in April's military assault

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That aggression was hardly the sort of episodethat could be expected to encourage democracyin Cuba or in any other country confronted bysimilar circumstances And the Cuban Government was certainly justified in putting into effectthroughout the island far-reaching measures onbehalf of public safety It is well to recall thatthe National Emergency proclaimed by President Truman in 1950 during the Korean War isstill in effect in the United States and has beenutilized constantly for the curtailment of civilliberties

There is in truth a large element of both in

consistency and hypocrisy in the American Government's call for "free elections and politicaldemocracy in Cuba It never made any such demands on Batista when he was in the saddlenor on a number of other Latin American dictatorships that have been classified as part of"the free world" nor on various other dictatorships allied to the U S. such as those of PakistanThailand Saudi Arabia Franco's Spain ,Salazar'sPortugal and Chiang Kai-shek's Taiwan

The real reason for the bitter opposition ofthe United States to the Castro regime is thatit has put through radical social and economicreforms nationalized the huge American property holdings in Cuba freed the country fromU S imperialist exploitation established racial

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democracy and instituted a planned socialisteconomy that is successfully functioning Aboveall the Eisenhower and Kennedy Administrations have been afraid that revolutionary Cubawould serve as an example for other Latin American peoples to follow and that it would inspiredangerous ideas even among the population ofthe United States

In any case so far as democracy is concernedhistory has demonstrated that a basic law or

socia c angeis that when a progressively oriented revolutiontakes place in any country the new regime coming into power may feel obliged to put into effectdraconian legislation and procedures in order toensure its survival and the success of its program This holds especially when the nation inquestion.like Cuba.has had little or no functioning democracy in the past is throwing off areactionary bureaucracy or tyranny or is threatened by internal counter-revolution and militaryincursions from abroad

The principle I have just enunciated clearlyapplies to the non-Communist Castro government and its efforts to build an indigenous formof socialism geared to the welfare of the Cubanpeople as a whole it applies to the various revolutions towards socialism that have occurred elsewhere in the twentieth century and it applies

to our own American Revolution of 1776 againstcolonialism when we were very hard on the

Tories some 100,000 of whom fled the countryand suffered the confiscation of their propertyIn the chaotic and difficult conditions that faced

the new American Republic subsequent to vic

tory in 1781 we were quite weak on democracyand civil liberties even after the adoption of

the Bill of Rights in 1791It would be well for Professor of History

presidential elections were held in the United

-States until 1789 more than seven years after_the end of the Revolution that even then GeorgeWashington was unopposed for President as he

was again in 1792 that the theory of our Found

ing Fathers as written into the Constitutionmade no place for political parties and that two

distinct parties did not come into existence untila good twelve years after the close of the Revolu

tionary WarThe eminent philosopher William Ernest

Hocking Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at

Harvard in his book Strength of Men and Na

tions stresses a consideration that is most pertinent to the Cuban situation "In the world-wideeffort to meet the needs of under-developed

regions it must be realized that a degree of dic

tatorship is inescapable for the first steps

A people uneducated and uninformed devoid ofthe habit of thinking out their own destiny mustproceed toward self-government under responsible guidance. And in such circumstances thepeople in general may well want "no gentlelooseness of rein but a strict and determinedcommand, just as midshipmen prefer a captainwho "keeps a taut ship. 1

This discussion brings us back to the statementby Mr Doumboya of Guinea that "fledgling governments must always engage in historic actswhich sometimes become the cause of ill reputefor them. As to such acts on the part of theCastro regime as well as its obvious errors andexcesses the words of Lord Macaulay in hisEssay on Milton (1825) are remarkably relevant

"We deplore the outrages that accompanyrevolutions But * * * the final and permanentfruits of liberty are wisdom moderation andmercy Its immediate effects are often atrociouscrimes conflicting errors skepticism on pointsthe most clear dogmatism on points the mostmysterious It is just at this crisis that its enemieslove to exhibit it They pull down the scaffoldingfrom the half-finished edifice they point to theflying dust the falling bricks the comfortlessrooms the frightful irregularity of the wholeappearance and then ask in scorn where thepromised splendor and comfort are to be found

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If such miserable sophisms were to prevail there

would never be a good house or a good government in the world.

IV

I said at the start of this essay that the U S.backed invasion of Cuba was a crime againstthe American people This is true not only because it greatly increased international tensionsand the danger of a horrible nuclear war butalso because it set at naught long recognizeddemocratic principles and Constitutional safe

guards in the United StatesIn relation to Cuba President Kennedy and

his close associates acted as a tight little groupof conspiratorial bureaucrats in violation of parIiamentary procedures and the fundamental principle of the Constitutional separation of powersamong the three branches of the U S Government Prior to the invasion Congress was not

given the slightest opportunity to debate the

Cuban issue nor was it submitted to the SenateCommittee on Foreign Relations of which JWilliam Fulbright (D.) of Arkansas is Chairmannor to that Committee's subcommittee on LatinAmerican Affairs However Senator Fulbrightknowing about Operation Pluto in advancealmost alone among Administration leaders

opposed it in a memorandum to the President

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Of course the American people as a whole hadno chance to express their opinion on the question of Kennedy's plunging them into the Cubanmaelstrom As Senator Morse put it in a speechon the Senate floor "There is grave doubt as tothe legality of the course of action our countryfollowed last week in regard to Cuba... Freedom is worth too much as a human system ofgovernment for us to surrender any of our freedom to a police state system in the field of foreignpolicy dictated by denying to the people theknowledge of the facts of their own foreignpolicy. [Italia mine..C L.]

Kennedy's Cuban adventure constituted anExecutive action running directly counter to thepronouncement in the Declaration of Independence about governments "deriving their justpowers from the consent of the governed. [Italicsmine.C L.] As Mr David Wise White Housecorrespondent of the New York Herald Tribunewrote on May 2 "If a major foreign policy action.carrying with it the risk of war.must be prepared in secret then should it be undertaken atall And a corollary question being asked is howfar down the road a democracy can go in emulating the tactics of its enemies before it wakes upone morning and finds it is no longer very different from its foes

After the invasion as well as before it the

Kennedy Administration pursued its policy of un

democracy endeavoring to stifle a free and full

debate on the crime against Cuba in Congressand in American organs of public opinion The

President arranged interviews with the highestranking Republican leaders such as ex-President

Eisenhower former Vice President Nixon ex

President Hoover Governor Rockefeller and

Senator Barry Goldwater The aim was to secure

Republican acquiescence in the Cuban assaultand a bipartisan blackout on the whole businessIn fact during the first weeks after the invasionit was only Senator Morse who spoke out in the

halls of Congress against Kennedy's reversion to

"the law of the jungle, as he called it Inthe

press there was plenty of criticism about how

inefficiently the Cuban attack was handled but

precious little about its unethical and hypocritical character

In a talk April 20 before the American Societyof Newspaper Editors President Kennedy com

pounded his mistakes of the past by indicat,ngthat there would be new ones in the future "Letthe record show, he declared "that our restraint is not inexhaustible Should it ever appearthat the inter-American doctrine of non-interference merely conceals or excuses a policy of

non-action if the nations of this hemisphereshould fail to meet their commitments against

outside Communist penetration then I want it story Ìs it news? All I suggest is that you add

clearly understood that this Government will not the question Ìs it in the interest of nationalhesitate in meeting its primary obligations which security? And I hope that every group in Americaare the security of our nation Should that time .unions and businessmen and public officials atever come we do not intend to be lectured on every level.will ask the same question of theirintervention by those whose character was endeavors and subject their actions to the same

stamped for all time on the bloody streets of exacting test. To buttress his position the PresiBudapest. } dent referred approvingly to the fact that in

These fighting words seemed to contradict the these "times of clear and present danger thePresident's pledge of April 12 that "there will not courts have held that even the privileged rightsunder any conditions be an intervention in Cuba of the First Amendment must yield to the pubby United States armed forces" and they were lies need for national security,everywhere interpreted as not only a threat to In this manner President Kennedy expressedthe Latin American allies of the United States himself as favoring the current tendency inbut also as a warning that Kennedy might set Supreme Court decisions to weaken civil libertiesin motion unilateral military intervention to en by making sweeping exceptions to freedom ofcompass the destruction of the Castro Govern speech as guaranteed in the Bill of Rights I mustment It is no wonder that The Nation add that the goal of every tyrant down the agescondemned this speech as "one of the most has been precisely to pressure and frighten thebelligerent and reckless ,ever made by an individual into self-censorship so that he willAmerican President. not dare to speak up and protest publicly on con

Developing further his undemocratic tech troversial issues When this happens a spirit ofpiques President Kennedy in an address to the conformity and fear engulfs the nation as in theAmerican Newspaper Publishers Association on United States at the height of McCarthyism AndApril 27 urged the press to censor itself on be if America's organs of public opinion now adopthalf of national security Angry at newspaper the President's recommendations this countryexposures of the C.I.A.'s cloak-and-dagger plot will indeed be in a bad wayagainst Cuba Kennedy asserted "Every news In criticizing the President's speech the Newpaper now asks itself with respect to every York Post (April 30) stated in an editorial "Mr

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Kennedy said `no war ever posed a greater threatto our security than the present crisis and that`the danger has never been more clear and itspresence has never been more imminent. Suchlanguage usually foreshadows the suspension ofcivil liberties That of course is not now thecase Mr Kennedy explicitly asserted that hehas no desire to establish the `wartime disciplineunder which the Communists continuously operate Yet the surface impact and logic of his wordsis to encourage those who would create such aclimate here. The Post was right

President Kennedy's suggestion about news---------papers censoring hemse1ves al uu other -strongcomments in the press Under the heading"When the Government Lies Must the PressFib I F Stone's Weekly (May 8) stated "Thenational interest in a free society is supposed tolie in the fullest dissemination of the facts so thatpopular judgment may be truly informed It isthe mark of a closed or closing society to assumethat the rulers decide how much the vulgar herdshall be told.

In an editorial of similar purport entitled "TheRight Not To Be Lied To, The New York Times(May 11) said "A dictatorship can get alongwithout an informed public opinion A democracy cannot Not only is it unethical to deceiveone's own people as part of a system of deceiving

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an adversary government it is also foolish. The

!ChristianCentury a non-denominational and

liberal religious weekly assailed Mr Kennedy's,f proposals to the press and claimed that they

"carried an overtone of panic.To summarize this part of my analysis the

Kennedy Administration has dealt a heavy blowto civil liberties through its intimate involvementin the invasion of Cuba its brink-of-war policytowards the Castro regime and the President'stwo unfortunate speeches of April 20 and 27 Atthe same time our Government has given newheart and hope to every right-wing chauvinist

---in-he--U.--S._A.r and to every frenetic anti-freedom group in the land from the American

Legion to the John Birch SocietyPlainly the attack on Cuba was not only con

trary to American ideals of fair play and theabolition of war but also to our basic self-interestas a people and a nation For the Cuban debacle

seriously set back President Kennedy's genuineendeavors towards international peace and lostthe United States an enormous amount of prestige in every corner and continent of the earthincluding Canada and Latin America and amongour allies as well as among our acknowledgedfoes

Joseph Barry well summed up the matter inthe New York Post of April 23 "Whoever wins

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in Cuba we have lost The Cuban catastrophehas become an American tragedy In its first 100days the Kennedy Administration has virtuallydrained its initial favorable balance in the world'sbooks.

"Everywhere our principle of sell-determinalion has been compromised by Kennedy's defense of intervention however limited in Cuba'sdestiny and the promise.which to the worldis a threat.to intervene heavily should its destiny not be the one we prefer The neutralsof the world from Nehru to Tito have beenshocked. The new nations-of Africa-are fearfulof what some already refer to as Àmerican neocolonialism. From Delhi is heard the dismayingdoubt that `the New Frontier may after all bejust the old familiar brink

In a letter to The New York Times printed onMay 13 Cyrus Eaton well-known Clevelandindustrialist pointed out the international implications of the American Government's failure toobtain dependable factual information concerning Cuba "If our intelligence on Cuba onlyninety miles away could be so erroneous andmisleading how much better is it likely to beon Czechoslovakia East Germany HungaryPoland Rumania Bulgaria and the SovietUnion

"From first-hand observation in Eastern

Europe I know that our diplomatic personneldeliberately maintain the most limited contactwith government officials and practically nonewith the common man By seeking out themost extreme anti-Communist elements whereverit operates the C.I.A has largely cut itself offfrom reliable and useful intelligence.

Meanwhile the Soviet Government had takena firm and consistent stand on the Cuban situation Premier Khrushchev in his note of April 22

presented to President Kennedy a series of reasoned arguments opposing the American atti

tude_"Yon_simply claim, Mr Khrushchev said"some right of yours to employ military forcewhen you find it necessary and to suppress other

peoples each time you decide that their expression of will constitutes `communism. But what

right have you what right has anyone in general to deprive a people of the possibility of

choosing their social and political system of theirown free will Khrushchev concluded his mes

sage by urging once more that the Soviet Unionand the United States work through to peacefulcoexistence with stable agreements on disarmament and other international problems

In the United Nations on April 26 Valerian AZorin head of the Soviet delegation repeated hisGovernment's pledge to come to the aid of Cubain case it was subject to military intervention

and asserted that this promise "was given seriously more seriously than the British pledge ofhelp to Poland that helped to draw the Westernallies into World War IP (New York TimesApril 27)

As for open U S military intervention in thefuture to get rid of Castro Senator Morse wascorrect when he asserted on April 24 "I say tothe Senators today that it is my judgment thatif the United States seeks to settle its differenceswith Cuba through the use of military mighteither direct or indirect we shall be at least halfa century recover ng,_if _we ever -recover,-theprestige the understanding and the confidenceof one Latin American neighbor after another

Cuba is not a dagger pointed at the heartof the United States but is instead a thorn inour flesh.

However Cuba need not even have become"a thorn in our flesh had the Eisenhower Administration offered economic cooperation andassistance to the Castro regime when it took overearly in 1959 America should have been glad atthat time that here was a non-Communist revolution in the Western Hemisphere with far-reaching social goals and with intelligent idealistsleading it Here was a chance for the AmericanRevolution to catch up with and participate inthe great social revolution that has been sweep

ing the world during the twentieth century achance for the United States to befriend a struggli.g new regime and give guidance to a democratic reconstruction of the Cuban economyand political system

Instead of grasping this unique opportunitythe American Government followed its usual

policy of hostility towards a new order dedicatedto radical social and economic reform and did

everything possible to weaken and undermine itFor the United States this was an extension ofthe attitude Walter Lippmann describes when he

says "Wehave used-money and arms in alonglosing attempt to stabilize native governmentswhich in the name of anti-Communism are opposed to all important social change.

But it is not too late to retrieve the situation in

regard to Cuba Despite the American-supportedinvasion only a week after it had been repulsedPremier Castro and President Dorticos saidin a statement about Cuba and the UnitedStates "We are willing to hold whatever discussions may be necessary to find a solution for thetension existing between the two countries andto arrive at a formula of peaceful coexistence

diplomatic relations and even friendly relationsif the Government of the United States so desires.

The U S State Department brusquely fool

ishly and childishly dismissed this conciliatorygesture with the rejoinder "Communism in thishemisphere is not negotiable.

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However there is no necessity for this beingthe final word if the Kennedy Administrationwill reconsider the whole matter in a spirit ofreason and in the light of what is to the greatestadvantage of the American people and lastingpeace In my opinion President Kennedy should

.take the -following-steps:Issue an unqualified pledge that the United

States Government will not at any time in thefuture undertake military intervention againstCuba either directly or indirectly

Cease all further support to those Cubanexiles and refugees on American soil or anywhere else who are planning another invasionattempt to overthrow the Castro regime

Announce that henceforth the UnitedStates Government will respect in full all international treaty obligations regarding Cuba

Arrange the speedy resignation from theCentral Intelligence Agency of those top officialswho had primary responsibility for the C.I.A.'signominious role in the Cuban fiasco Also replace Adolf A Berle Jr. the Administration'scoordinator of Latin American policies who has

displayed an abysmal ignorance concerningCuba

Accept the Cuban Government's proposalfor the re-establishment of diplomatic relationsbetween the United States and Cuba

Agree to negotiate the chief political andother problems that exist today between the two

countries including the questions of normal traderelations and of proper financial compensationfor the American property nationalized by theCastro regime [Congressman Frank Kowalski

(D.) of Connecticut made proposals along theselines in a speech in-the House-of Representativeson April 27.]

Agree to submit disputes on which agreement cannot at present be reached to the UnitedNations or the World Court

Lift the ban against American citizens going to Cuba re-establishing in this sector the

precious right to travelSend to Cuba a special fact-finding com

mission of distinguished Americans to make a

complete impartial study of the situation thereso that the U S Government will have reliableinformation on the developments that have takenplace under the Castro regime

In this pamphlet I have not endeavored todescribe in any detail the immense progress thatCuba has made under the Castro regime Forinformation about this aspect of the Cuban Revolution I refer the reader to the following

Books and pamphletsLeo Huberman and Paul M Sweezy Cuba_ Anatomy of a Revolution Monthly Review

Press New York 1960 Cloth $3.50 paperback $1.75

C Wright Mills Listen Yankee The Revolution in Cuba Ballantine Books New York1960 50.

Paul A Baran Reflections on the Cuban Revolution Monthly Review Press New York1961 35

Sources for both internal developments in Cubaand the invasion of April 1961

Fair Play bulletin of the Fair Play for CubaCommittee 799 Broadway New York 3 N Y

The Independent 225 Lafayette Street NewYork 12 N Y

Monthly Review 66 Barrow Street New York14 N Y

National Guardian 197 East 4th Street NewYork 9 N Y (especially see dispatches fromGuardian Editor-in-Exile Cedric BelfrageHavana)

New York Times Times Square New YorkN.Y

I F Stone's Weekly 5618 Nebraska AvenueN.W. Washington 15 D.C

Petition to the President of the United Statesand the Attorney General by AmericanLawyers and supporting Memorandum ofLaw concerning the Policy of the AmericanGovernment relating to Cuba under theNeutrality Laws Treaties with Cuba andInternational Law New York 1961 (Copiesmay be obtained from Mr Jesse Gordon333 Sixth Avenue New York 14 N Y Price$1.00 to cover cost of printing and mailing.)

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der the title of "Part 3 F a i rPlay for Cuba Committee, andinclude the testimony of sevenofficialsand members of the Detroit chapter of FPOC as well as

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mentTESTIMONYRELEASED

Part of the testimonywas taken in closed sessionand is beingreleasedfor the first tilne

Vice ChairmanThomas JDodd D-Conn. presided as acting chairman and Senator Kenneth Keating RN Y. partici

vat:.d in fib gt boningDuring the hearings Mien

Kowalshferd that Jos a..lsteju a ru rr of the DetroitFPOC h d he a a atified in acongress.on..l hear ing as a"ranking ofileer in the Communist Party of Michigan. B o,tliBernstein sad his wife Revawho also testified invoked.WeFifth Amendmentwhen asked ifthey were members of the CommunistParty

Kowalski's testimony Identifiedanother witness David Welfm nas "the son of Sol and w1igtrzWellman two active CommunistParty meenhaarsin Chiacity of Detroit. :Wellmandec:ired to anewer by using the Fifth Amendment Khen asked by the subcommittee if he was a CommunistParty member

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iVoted_ hztd Westregtonat'c:recTo`rcf FI'CC andchairman of the Dchvit chaptercf that organization DetectiveKowalski identified Shaw as ameer cf the Soelali4 WorkersParty Chew took the FifthAmendment when as'.:ed if -hes a memberof the CommunistParty

Durringthe .dosed session portion of taw's testimonyhe repeatedly h irrupted and quarreled with Senators Dodd andKeatizg ani Chid Coupal J GSourwine

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At 1010 hours on 3 December Mr Papich of the FBI advised that theBureau had received a cable last night from the Legal Attache inMexico City who is in toueh with our representative there He statedthat our representative had been inf ed by of the $.k m

Nicaraguan Intelligence Service tha kA1` told him thathe recanted his original story because of fear of physical harm thatAlvarado/was being deported from Mexico to Nicaragua on k DecealaerlAa\and would be accompanied bye that

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Mr Papich stated that-the Bureau would like to have him subjectedto a polygraph examination by thin Agency and would appreciate receivingword na'soon as possible as to whether we wi handle the natter sinceif we will not handle it the FBI will have to determine what other stepsmight be taken to see that this is done I advised Mr Papich that Iwould check into the matter that I didnot know Whether we had availableat this time a polygraph operator who couldproperly handle this matterbut in any event I would let him know whether .this can be done.`

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lSubject: Assassination of President JOHN F KENNEDY

November 22 1963 at Dallas Texas

On December 2 1963 a person identifying himself asISle ERTAN ee and who claimed to be a citizen of

epublic off Honduras appeared at the Reception Desk ofthe U S Embassy Mexico D F. and indicated that madsome information of interest concerning LEE HARVEY OSWALD_

FERNANDEZ advised that he resides at the Hotel.YaleCalle Mosquata s#200 Mexico D F. that he was born onSeptember 28 1936 in Tegucigalpa Honduras and his onlyliving relative is his mother AU2ORM,GONZALEZ who residesat Avenida 28 de Marzo #1300 Teguc g'alpa Honduras FERNANDEZindicated that he is illegally in Mexico having entered Mexicoat Tapachula Chiapas on or about September 19 1963FERNANDEZ also claimed to be a member of the National LiberationMovement in Mexico D F. and also a member of the ArmedForces of National Liberation in Venezuela and of a liberationmovement in Honduras which he was .unable to identify by name

FERNANDEZ stated that he was in need of assistance togo to the United States or elsewhere out of Mexico because hefears that he will be apprehended by police in Mexico D F.and jailed if he is found in Mexico without proper documentation

Concerning his membership in the National LiberationMovement in Mexico FERNANDEZ stated that his leader isCUAU .TEMOC CAsDE tAS of the Youth Section of the NationalLiberation Movement and that.. meetings of this Youth Sectiontake place on Calle Benjamin Franklin inMexico City FERNANDEZclaimed that he knows one SAUL OPEZ whom he described as thePress Chief of the Nationa 1 eration Movement with whom hehas had his principal contactA in this movemen c.I.A RAS NOOBTECTIO1

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When questioned as to.what bearing the above datahas on.the. investigation of LEE HARVEY OSWALD FERNANDEZstated that on or about September 28 1963 he met an.American male whom he learned to be one JOHN WHITE on thestreet in front of the.Hotel Reforma Mexico D F. and later

-saw .this same-..individual on September 29 1963 in front ofthe Hotel Reforms FERNANDEZ stated that he has seen newspaper.photographs of OSWALD and is of the..opinion that the aforementioned JOI

WHITE! greatly resembles OSWTALD

He .also said that on September 29 1963 he accompaniedJOHN WHITE and the aforementioned SAUL LOPEZ to CuernavacaMorelos,. traveling in LOPEZ 1959 Ford Galaxie which bearsState of-Mexico license plates and they spent the day at theHotel de la Selva swimming and entertaining themselvesFERNANDEZ claimed that this trio-did not register at the Hotelde laSelva but merely spent the day there

FERNANDEZ claimed that SAUL LOPEZ resides at Avenidade las Aguilar #1400-B Colonia Tacubaya Mexico D r^^. butstated that he and the aforementioned JOHN WHITE were pickedup on a_Street corner by LOPEZ on the occasion .of .the..trip to Cuernavaca

When questioned as to when he last saw JOHN WHITEFERNANDEZ stated that he last saw "s'WHITE on September 30 1963when WHITE and LOPEZ left Mexico D F. traveling to MonterreyNuevo Leon in LOPEZ automobile

When asked how he came to know that LOPEZ and WHITEtraveled together to Monterrey FERNANDEZ stated that he wasasked to go along with them but did not do so

When asked to furnish a description of the personknown to him as JOHN WHITE FERNANDEZ stated that this individualis a white male American about 23 to 24 years of age about5'6 in height and weighirg about 110 pounds (It is to benoted that LEE HARVEY OSIIALD was 24 years of age at the time ofhis death and has been described as 5'9 in height and weighing140 pounds.) FERNANDEZ further stated that the aforementionedJOINT WHITE could speak fairly good Spanish and seemed veryfamiliar with the Mexico City area

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When questioned as to what bearing the abovehas on the investigation of LEE HARVEY OSWALD FERNANDEstated that on or about September 28,1.963 .he met anAmerican male whom he learned to be one JOHN WHITE..on t estreet in front of the Hotel Reforma Mexico D F. an latersaw this same individual on September 29 1963 in fron -ofthe Hotel R.eforma. FERNANDEZ stated that he has seen nwspaperphotographs of OS'1ALD and is of the opinion that the of rementioned JOiiL MITE greatly resembles OS1ALD

He 'also said that on September 29 1963 he a companiedJOHN WHITE and the aforementioned SAUL LOPEZ to CuernavcalMorelos traveling in LOPEZ 1959 Ford Galaxie which barsState of Mexico license plates and they spent the day t theHotel de la"Selva swimming and entertaining themselvesFERNANDEZ claimed that this trio-did not..register at tb= Hotelde la.Selva but merely spent the day there

FERNANDEZ claimed that SAUL LOPEZ resides at venidade las Aguilas #1400-B Colonia Tacubaya Mexico D F. butstated that he and the aforementioned JOHN WHITE were pickedup on a street corner by LOPEZ on the occasion of the a tomobiletrip to Cuernavaca

When questioned as to when he last saw JOHN ITEFERNANDEZ stated that he last saw WRITE on September 30 1963when WHITE and LOPEZ left Mexico D F. traveling to ilonterreyNuevo Leon in LOPEZ automobile

When asked how he came to know that LOPEZ an WHITEtraveled together to Monterrey FERNANDEZ stated that 'e wasasked to go along with them but did not do so

When asked to furnish a description of the personknown to him as JOIN WHITE FERNANDEZ stated that this individualis a white male American about 23 to 24 years of age about5'6 in height and weighir..g about 110 pounds (It is to benoted that LEE HARVEY OS?JALD was 24 gears of age at the time ofhis death and has been described as 5'9 in height and weighing140 pounds.) FERNANDEZ further stated that the aforementionedJOIN WHITE could sPeak fairly good Spanish and seemed veryfamiliar with the Mexico City area

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On 30 ITovwber 1963 approximately 35 to 40 persons picketed in revert of theCub= E h sey in Lco City with awards critici zg the Cuban Govt=r

.rn it end 3m-pain Hernandea Arm :44 Cttali ast to Mexico 1`~`._sopickets terdine by the 2* c police Ise: 3ez Ames sent a request to Joao

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etr tion In his request It.o .ea said that the islow.an'do had been eta

o:graphed td Ito foated that the er a voold be printed in the Mexican

press ILA ndea Author amid that in his opinion the group of picketsu Ulm wanted to disrupt the work of the Cuba= E ne7 did not represent any

'xenponzib1e g p of M i:rana 'x nandez te so l,:'"i+d that Mexican police

z 1 had aided in tar photographing of the 'placards and if the photographs.8 uJ appeared in the mesa it would throw doubt on the role i uthan t3ae had plv;red

in this event

2 Ge mAian cent a reply to Eft ciez to the effect that he weld into't the

Ministry of Interior and eta that could do lie further said that a feet

d a r e previou to the a bet / a r e watt ev e nt Menlo = security & me attendeda antis eelebre int a Cuban hiatorical event adthnt he had received infor

mation to the effect that ottly a person at the meeting had aerated Ctxbe of

Cca.plieity in the aaezin ctiU-n of John F S nedy for' Frea.dent of

the United States According tc Coro tiza, pl tosrap s oend tape recordingswere

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INTRODUCTION

Reference is made to the office memorandum to the Chief from ActingSAIC Maurice G Martineau Chicago dated November 26 1963 under fileNo 2-1-611.0 That memorandum confirming a long distance telephone callto Deputy Chief Paul J Paterni Washington D C. verified that this matter had been discussed with Deputy Chief Paterni who had directed thatinasmuch as this information related to the assassination of the latePresident Kennedy and that this information also could involve the protection of President Lyndon B Johnson that all information developed by theU S Secret Service should be made available to the Federal Bureau of

Investigation and that a joint investigation should be conducted with an

exchange of reports and a free flow of information

For the information of all offices concerned,/2-1-26 advised on

November 26 1963 that he had heard that one dinMosle ,allegedly had beenattempting to negotiate a sale of machine guns`"to one rimer S Echevarr3.jand that Echevarria allegedly made a comment the day beogre tie assassination of President John F Kennedy that "we now have plenty of money - ournew backers are Jews - as soon as 'we (or 'they') take care of Kennedy....

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Informant 2-1-266 has advised that "neThomas Mosley has been in touch wi yc_rou of Chicao Cubans who ma bein the assassination of the late PresidentJohn F Kennedy Also that this Cuban groupis endeavoring to purchase through Mosley avariety of automatic weapons and explosives

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On November 26 19631 at the Chicago Police Department inquiries were

made regarding Thoma Iosley @ Tom and Homer S Echevarria Q Homero SamuelValdivia Echevarria however no record could be found for either one of these

men

On November 26 1963 2-1-266 advised that he believed that Thomas Mosleyand Homer Echevarria described below were going to attend a meeting in order

to negotiate for the sale of automatic weapons to Echevarria's group

On the evening of Novemer 26 1963 2-1-266 met with Special Agents

Joseph E Noonan and Edward Z Tucker U S Secret Service and special

Agents Walt Rogers and Feb Faker FBI Chicago 2-1-266 stated that Mosley

allegedly had approached Echevarria some time in September 1963 on the possi

bility of Echevarriats being able to use some machine guns which Mosley could

supply in order that Echevarriats group of Cubans could invade Cuba 2-1-266

advised that the day before President Kennedy was assassinated Mosley again-had approached Echevarria about the purchase of these machine guns at which

time Echevarria allegedly stated "We now have plenty of money - our new

backers are Jews - as soon as 'Wet (or Itheyt) take care of Kennedy....2.1-266 also alleged that Echevarria advised Mosley that before any deals

could be consummated Echevarria's superiors would have to approve Mosleyand satisfy themselves that he was not a CIA agent

2-1-266 advised that Mosley and Echevarria were going to have a meetingon the evening of November 26 1963 for the purpose of introducing Mosleyto Echevarriats superiors However it was subsequently learned that Mosley

attempted to telephone Echevarria and it was determined that Echevarria was

working and Mosley could not get in touch with him

After 2-1-266 had departed in a discussion between Special Agent

Noonan Secret Service and FBI Agents Rogers and Faker it was concluded by

Special Agent Faker that inasmuch as this investigation reflected a threat

to President Johnson who has announced his intention of continuing the late

President Kennedy's policies the Secret service should have primary jurisdiction in this case but that we should keep the FBI informed of our investigation

Subsequently on this same evening 2-1-266 advised that Thomas Mosleyhad telephoned Echevarria and that Echevarria had directed Mosley to meet

him at Echevarriats house at 12:00 o'clock noon on November 28 1963 at

which time Mosley and Echevarria were going to meet Eehevarriats superiorswho would confer with Mosley

On November 27 1963 Special Agents Noonan and Tucker proceeded to the

Immigration and Naturalization Service Main Po Office Building Chicago

Illinois to check the files of that agency in the name of Homer S.Echevarria

It was determined that Homer Samuel Echevarria~had entered the United ates

on July 6 1960 at Miami'lorida via Cuvano Airlines flight No 808 This

file also reflected that Echevarriats alien number is A 12 236 480

3CO-2-34,030

The file showed that upon entry to the United States Echevarria hadindicated that he was going to work for the C J Simpson Drilling Companyat Dallas Texas and that he intended to live at 10353 Denton Drive inDallas

The file a],s reflected that Echevarria had been living with oneAlejandro Biene No 159 Zoga Del Mezio Las Villas Cuba and thatEcheva ria f,p we Ts naidw nine is Teresita Del Nino Jesus Castellanos~-~ try Y'1...rtGuiterrez cording to the file t;chevarrhas òne 'soil namCedeve ici Carlo

varria and Ech.'Varria's parents are."listed as father Evelio -Ea-Ti her,gM a Valdivia.vrThe file also reflected that Echevarria had belonged to thUnion 'of 'Socio de Vocal y Numerario`~.~w...~."..,~,,,~.,w.maw*ecr...,:-asrt:;,~ws,.w,.n-M~M:r;:cz ,.r.,. ..r /

The file showed that Echevarria had moved fr,o~m Ntcrni to Dalla Texasfrom Dallas to 1128 Wildwood Drive.tpsrtment ,Jackaoi Michigan and thento 14o East Chicago Road onesville fichir w(while "in Jonesville heallegedly'taorked-fdr th E.~ Wagstaff Coirj)any) He then live at1204-A Quintard Avenue Annistona Alabam On July 23 196 e allegedlywas living at 11948 UJest Superior street' Chicago,1 lin s he then lived at2555 North Milwaa-i6 Avenue Chicago ll:linoisu A conii ial source advithat "Echevarriaa''now .resides at'.2301 North Albany Avenue Chicago Illinois

Investigation has established that Echevarria's telephone No 278-M24was installed on September 24 1963 No toll calls have been made from that

phone

On November 27 1963 Special Agents Noonan and Tucker proceeded to the

Chicago office of the FBI and conferred with FBI Agent Valt Rogers A copyof the photograph of Echevarria appearing in the files of the Immigrationand Naturalization Service was given to Agent Rogers During this interview

Agent Rogers advised that he knew Evelio Echevarria prior to this date andthat that very morning he had been introduced to Homer Echevarria This

meeting took place at a grocery store located at 2351 West North AvenueChicago Illinois Agent Rogers advised that this grocery store was owned

by Cubans and was a favorite meeting place for these people He stated thatthe meeting with Homer Echevarria was by chance and that he was introducedas an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Agent Robers believed that since he had met Homer Echevarria that verymorning he Rogers should probably stay in the background of this

investigation

Special Agent Rogers stated that from the infor mvicn provided by heinterview with 2-1-266 on the previous night it w's ti belief that he

organization to which Echevarria belonged was thc a Novembe roueand that this group was primarily interested at t aeec!i'icago areain obtaining money and disseminating propaganda of an anti-Castro natureFrom his conversation it appeared that the Bureau had reliable information

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regarding the activities of this group It was also felt by Special AgentRogers that it was highly doubtful that this 30th of November group would beinvolved in illegal activities

Special Agents Noonan and Tucker pointed out to Special Agent Rogersthat since they had not been briefed on the activities of Cuban groups inthe Chicago area it would be left to his agency to determine if and whenthis investigation involved matters of domestic securie and that theU S Secret Service should be notified if this developed In the absence ofsuch notification the investigation would continue if warranted

On the same date a confidential source advised that Teresina Echevarriawas employed at the Wells Gardner Company 2701 North Kildare AvenueChicago Illinois

On November 28 1963 Special :ngent Tucker telephoned the FBI and advisedthat 2-1-266 was going to meet agents of this service at approximately3:30 p.m to advise of any meetings between Tom Mosley and Homer EchevarriaAlthough Special Agent Rogers FBI could not be conIE-cised at this timeSpecial 'gent Tucker was subsequently advised that ;'BI would not be Leithis meeting with 2-1-266 and that they would rely o_^. this Service and it

findings

On November 28 1963 at approximately 11:55 a.m. special Agent Noonanobserved suspect Thomas Mosley arrive in his personal automobile at the

residence of Homer Echevarria As previously agreed the surveillance wasdiscontinued at this point This action was decided upon because the areain which Echevarria resides is heavily populated and it is highly probablethat if a vehicular surveillance had been attempted the investigation mighthave been jeopardized

Subsequently on November 28 1963 Special Agents Noonan and Tucker metwith 2-1-266 at which time he provided the following account of the meetingbetween Echevarria and Thomas Mosley

2-1-266 stated that Mosley had gone to Echevarriats residence at whichtime Mosley and Fchevarria discussed the policies of President JohnsonEchevarria allegedly described President Johnson as a common person who would

get things done Echevarria stated that President Kennedy was an intellec

tual a rich man's son who "did not give a damn about people, while PresidentJohnson would work with people In any case Echevei .a stated thatPresident Johnson would not stand in their way

Echevarria made a telephone call which he eer-7'd : r complete He

allegedly then asked his wife for the correct 'Ten this was providedEchevarria supposedly said "Oh I must have been welling the beauty shop,filter completing the second call Echevarria and P-Tcs.e7 a pe;''.;e:d in Mosleytscar

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2-1-266 stated that the meeting produced the following results Mosleyinformed Echevarria and the unknown Cuban that he was a member of a group ofsix persons and that they had one "banker. Two of the members of the groupowned a small screw machine factory (It should be noted at this point thatautomatic weapons can readily be obtained as souvenirs if the barrels havebeen plugged and that it is the practice of gun--runners to obta .n these

plugged weapons take them to an unscrupulous screw r.. se opsra ccr andhave the barrels reamed out since the plugging is m',` lead-%

informed the two Cubans that since the asasesination of Pre :.deny

Kennedy a great deal of "heat has been created and that his party as willingto provide the guns to the Cubans for a nominal down :ia,sn'nt if the ::uban

group could provide them with a responsible party in 'so Chicago tree whewould vouch that the remainder of the money would be r:,.: d to their sites thedeal had been consummated Mosley informed the Cabers that his group was

saving six guns and should they be double-crossed they intended to takeretribution

The unnar!ec Cuban stated that this deal sounded ase ratable to h:as sa,O'.that if Mosley ciiea.ced out at the police department tsc.i:. organizatiot t l d

get in touch with him through an attorney This attorney would provideMosley with a list of equipment which they desired and all dealings f -epithis point on between Mosley and the organization would be handled ougithe attorney The unnamed Cuban also stated that the list of equipment wouldbe written in a code which would be taught to Mosley by Homer Echevarria

Mosley was asked how he could be contacte V He st 'red that in the pastit had been his practice to enter an ad in thy personal column of a 1ceal

newspaper using the code name "Black Foote? It was agreed teat should this

group at any time in the future wsh to contact Mosley they would run an adin the personal column of the Chicago Tribune which would read "Black Footcall (a telephone number would be entered) after (a time would be entered)."The unnamed Cuban stated that the telephone number would be a pay phonewhich would be covered by either him or a member of his organization forone-half hour before and one-half hour after the time stated in the ad Itwould be Mosley's responsibility to contact them within this time Mosleyagreed to this

Also discussed at the time was the subject of the backers It is the

feeling of 2-1-266 that at least some of the backers of this group arehoodlum elements and that the backers are not rest_:.^tsd to Chicago

2-1-266 stated that the unnamed Cuban allegedly i member of theStudent Federation of Revolutionaries

On November 29 1963 Special Agent Noon :.. esee r .ei.3.ii

Agent Walt Rogers FBI and Agent Rogers was b i_e!su e tie infsreat"ionreceived from 2-1-266 on the previous day Agent Rages's s".:ted that the

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Cuban 32 ears born at Jatibonico Camaguay Cuba 519" 160 pounds blackhair must che olive complexion a bus driver for the Chicago Transit

Authori'y resi es at 2301 North Albany .venue Chi ago Illinois drivesa197 x+ed Che et 1963 Illinois license LP 1660

-IAA.) al 0) 13Lack Fat all-USA ~oB-cs. Iq~ oc_c to drsverrTHOMASM LEY @ T. white male;'American 40 years 6 feet 180 poundsblack hat mustache usually wears a bow tie a bus driver for the ChicagoTransit Au hority resides atAl400 crest Summerdale Avenue Chicago Illinois USAdrives a 1960 bl ck Thunderbird 1963 Illinois license 742 968X11 m I 1Y4i 10 01 on4 I ti m~tc 1 '-v+.S C a via +v ,4;c.Y1 ~UNKNOiY AN ite male about 30 to 32 years of Fri= a

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Student Federation of Revo?itionaries may very possibly be the StudentRevolutionary Directorate and that the unnamed Cuban fit the descriptionof"one Francisco 1anco,41a representative of this group whom he met at thegrocery s og`re located at 2351 I,'est North ,"venue Chicago Illinois shortlyafter his introduction to Homer Echevarria on November 27 19630

.It was learned from Arent Rogers that Lee Harvey hac :`t ;;tedto join the Studeri Revolutionary Directorate in New ^ ea,:.e "iaa whileOswald was under consideration by this group he was oo3erved by member: ofthe group distributing literature for the Fair Play For Cuba Committee ":j1(that in addition to this Oswald had taken part in a debate of i.he Cubanproblem against members of the Student Revolutionary Directorate

Agent Rogers stated in regard to an attorney who might be irking a-iLhthe Student Revolutionary Directorate that one Paulino Sierra an atton a:".:yin the Chicago area who became interested in the a'nt-T.L'Castro movement e 3uld.possibly be the contact for Tom Mosley Agent Roa,ers stated that Sierrahas claimed to have a great deal of financial backing and has attempted aorganize the great number of anti-Castro movements -n-is counts y The-'lare allegations that the financial backing of Sierra '_ aoodlum money batthat Sierra has denied this and states tiff-ibis b a cx are Americanbusinessmen

Through a confidential source the name of anyone :u3t .ag inruir Le atthe Chicago Police Department regarding Thomas Mosley 1'..1mmediacely'cemade available to this service It should be noted that this source isextremely reliable and fully aware of the importance CliCrecy in tryinvesti ation

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It is anticipated that an undercover special agent will be intrcd!zrcd

by informant 2-1-266 to Tom Mosley and that this aFen:+ will be present atwhatever meetings may take place in the future between :oa ey and the Cuban

group

Copies of this report are being sent to the Miami office for a check of

Immigration files as that was Homer Echevarriats port of entry

Additional copies are being sent to Dallas Detroit Grand Rapids r.G

Birmingham with the request that investigation be made at Echevarriats pla ,"iof residence and employment as stated above in the districts of said of 1r"and that background information on the suspect be obtained

Copies of this report are also being forwarded to the Springfield officewith the request that they make an investigation at the 'Bureau of MotorVehicles regarding Echevarriats car If at all possible, the entire historyof this car should be obtained

Investigation is continued in Chicago for furthc ,.ontacts with 2-1-"266relative to additional meetings between the several svii ects

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Para raph 3 Page 7 wherein is 3 entioned one Paulino Sierraan attorney who residers in Cl ice ;o and who is said to have

a great deal of financial backin

Paulino Sierra a Cuban 1 ;rye r -s mentioned in Paragraph 2sPa ;e 3 of memorandum report siA fitted by SA Aragon dated

July 18 1963 under file CO.2-32,604

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An article appeared in the November 26 1963issue of the Pompano Beach Florida "Sun Sentinel a

daily newspaper published in Pompano Beach Florida Thearticle stated that FRANK FIORINI Head of an Anti-Communist

Brigade said that LEE HA OSWALD had telephone conversationswith the Cuban Government Ge2 Intelligence during November1962 FIORINI claimed that OSWALD contacted Miami based

supporters of FIDEL CASTRO Prime Minister of Cuba and that

OSWAI had connections with the Cuban Government in Mexicoand New Orleans Louisiana

FIORINI claimed that OSWALD handed out Pro-C TIROliterature in Miami November 1962 tried to infiltrateCuban anti*CASTRO organizations in Miami and is known tohave a bad tamper

MM T-10 who is personally associated withBUCHANAN and FIORINI advised on November 27 1963 thatthe author of the article is JAMES BUCHANAN who is ensidered by persons active in Cuban revolutionary mette;;sas being unreliable

This source also advised FRANK FIORINI alsoknown as FRANK ANTHONY STURGIS is well known as a Soldierof Fovtune adventurer and mercenary who has been involvedin Cuban

revolutionary activities for the past six yea<ss Q

On November 27 1963 FRANK FIORINI 255 Northwest 122nd Street Miami Florida advised he had not seen theabove-mentioned newspaper article but had made some .lf handcomments to BUCHANAN on the telephone the previous day FI0R1~ Isaid his comments were guesses speculation and rumor based oninformation about OSWALD carried in the press 6 FIORINI

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An article appeared in the November 26 1963issue of the Pompano Beach Florida "Sun Sentinel a

daily newspaper publiphed in Pompano Beach Florida Thearticle stated that FRANK FIORICNI Head of an Anti-communist

Brigade said that LEE H OSWALD had telephone oonve cationswith the Cuban Government Ge2 Intelligence during November1962 FIORINI claimed that OSWALD contacted Miami baaso

supporters of FIDEL CASTRO Prime Minister of Cuba and that

OSWAIJ had connections with the Cuban Government in Mexicoand New Orleans Louisiana

FIORINI claimed that OSWALD handed out Pro-CASTROliterature in Mii. November 1962 tried to infiltrateCuban anti.-CASTRO organizations in Miami and is known to

have a bad temper9

MM T-14 who is personally associated withBUCHANAN and FIORINI advised on November 27 1963 thatthe author of the article is JAMES BUCHANAN who ie c jnsidered by persons active in Cuban revolutionary mattersas being unreliable

This source also advised FRANK FIORINI alsoknown as FRANK ANTHONY STURGIS is well known as a} Soldierof Fovtune adventurer and mercenary who has been involvedin Cuban

revolutionary activities for the past six year e

On November 27 1963 FRANK FIORINI 2 0 Northwest 122nd Street Miami Florida advised he had not seen theabove-mentioned newspaper article but had made some if handcomments to BUCHANAN on the telephone the previous day FIORINIsaid his comments were guesses speculation and rumor based oninformation about OSWALD carried in the pressi FTORINI

On November 27 1963 ALAN COURTNEY Radio

Interviewer Miami Radio Station WQAM Mc Allister Hotel

Biscayne Boulevard Miami Florida furnished the follow

ing information

About one year ago COURTNEY had GERALD PATRICK

HEMMING and three other individuals on his radio programHe interviewed them concerning their training anti.--CrAS'TRO

troops in the Florida Keys At the conclusion of the

program a telephone call was received at the radio star

from a young man who said he was from New Orleans was

formerly in the U S Marine Corps and wanted to volunte

his services

COURTNEY recalled that this young man gave a name

such as HARVEY LEE OSWALD HARVEY or OSWALD LEE COURTNEY

turned this telephone call over to DAVEY (LNU) one of the

participants of the radio show DAVEY and OSWALD talked

on the telephone a short period of time and may have made

an appointment to meet at a later date

COURTNEY advised that JOHN MARTT.NO 2326 Alton

Road Miami Beach Florida claimed he received a reportthat LEE OSWALD was in Cuba between September and October

1963 and went there by way of Mexico MARTINO further

claimed that during the past year OSWALD distributed j'r

CASTRO literature in Miami had the literature printed bya Miami printer and paid for the printing by a check siga.;.e _ii

by the Fair Play For Cuba Committee

COURTNEY advised that he could not verify the

above information and was reporting it for any possiblevalue it might have

On November 27 1.963,ALAN COURTNEY Radio

Interviewer Miami Radio Statio t WQAM Mc Allister Hotel

Biscayne Boulevard Miami Florida furnished the follow

ing information

About one year ago CEOJRTNEY had GERALD PATRICK

HEMMING and three other individuals on his radio programHe interviewed them concerning their training anti-CASTRO

troops in the Florida Keys At the conclusion of the

program a telephone call was received at the radio stag,ir 7

from a young man who said he iaS from New Orleans was

formerly in the U S Marine Corrps and wanted to volmt

his services

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COURTNEY recalled that this young man gave a nee*

such as HARVEY LEE OSWALD HARV Y or OSWALD LEE COURTNEY

turned this telephone call over to DAVEY (MU) one of the

participants of the radio show DAVEY and OSWALD tal.kel

on the telephone a short period, of time and may have made

an appointment to meet at a later date

COURTNEY advised thatll JOHN MARTINO 2326 Alton

Road Miami Beach Florida claimed he received a reportthat LEE OSWALD was in Cuba between September and Oct,ober~

1963 and went there by way of Mexico MARTINO furtherclaimed that during the past year OSWALD distributed .ro

CASTRO literature in Miami had the literature printed bya Miami printer and paid for the printing by a check ;i.gneA

by the Fair Play For Cuba Committee

COURTNEY advised that he could not verify the

above information and was repotting it for any possiblevalue it might have

Road Miami Beach Florida

izen and has been previouslyn prison for forty months

ntacts among Cuban exiles

tad received information

in Miami stayed at the

1 made telephone calls

Miami 105-8342.File #

Fl)-302 (Rev 1-25-60)

JOHN MARTINO 2326 Alto

advised that he is an American ci

falsely accused and incarceratedMARTINO stated he has excellent c

in Miami Florida

MARTINO stated that he

that in October 1962 OSWALD was

home of a pro-CASTRO Cuban Nation

to Cuba and charged these calls to the telephone number

of this pro-CASTRO Cuban National

MARTINO claimed that in ',March 1963 OSWALD againwas in Miami had pro-CASTRO literature printed in Miami

passed out this literature and became involved in a fightin Miami in Bay Front Park

MARTINO further stated e had received information

from Cuban exiles in Miami Florida that OSWALD had been

in Mexico and that OSWALD in Houston tried to sell marijuanaand handled the exchange of Cuban ,pesos for American dollars

MARTINO stated the sour a of his information is

from Cuban exiles in Miami He w Auld not reveal his sourcehe did not know how accurate this'information is he had

not received the information first-hand he had no proofor evidence that the information is true He said it is

hearsay but that he believed it

MARTINO said if in the'Ifuture he receives any

information concerning OSWALD he will make the information

available to the United States Government Officials

11/29/63 Miami Beach FloridaOrt at

SA ROBERT JAMES DWYER 12/2/63

by Date dictated

This documentcontains neither recommendationsnor conclusions of the FBI It is the property of the FBI and is loaned toyouragency it and its contents are not to be distributed outside yoir agency

JOHN MARTINO 232advised that he is an Ameri

Ealsely accused and incarceMARTINO stated he has excel

in Miami Florida

MARTINO claimed twas in Miami had pro-CASTR

passed out this literaturein Miami in Bay Front Park

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MARTINO stated ththat in October 1962 OSWAhome of a pro-CASTRO Cuban

to Cuba and charged theseof this pro-CASTRO Cuban Na

This documentcontains neither recommendationsnor conyouragency it and its contents are not to be distributed

FD-302(Rev 1-25-60) EAU OF INVESTIGATION

DateDecember 2 1963

Alton Road Miami Beach Floridaan citizen and has been previously

ated in prison for forty months

ent contacts among Cuban exiles

t hey had received information

D was in Miami stayed at the

atignal made telephone calls

anti to the telephone number

ional

at in March 1963 OSWALD again0 literature printed in Miami

and became involved in a fight

MARTINO further stated he had received information

from Cuban exiles in Miami Florida that OSWALD had been

in Mexico and that OSWALD in Ho4ston tried to sell marijtenand handled the exchange of Cuban!pesos

for American dollar

MARTINO stated the soiree of his information is

from Cuban exiles in Miami He would not reveal his sourcehe did not know how accurate th.s;;information is he had

not received the information first-hand he had no proofor evidence that the information is true He said it is

hearsay but that he believed

MARTINO said if in tiie future he receives anyinformation concerning OSWALD ltewill make the information

available to the United States GovernmentOfficials

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SA ROBERT JAMES DWYER

hY

elusions of ,the FBI It is the property of the FBI and is loaned tooutside Iyoaragency

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the Miami Police Department rel.t,ing to the picket of

February 21 ..1963 by the organi'ation "Committee for

Non-Violent . Action with headquarters at 325..Lafayette

Street New York City This Co ittee Was described a a

international organization that Ls alleged to be dedicated

to peace through non-violence The report reflects tLt

four pickets of the .Committee hlad engaged in .the detonstrs.ti sry

at the .office .location of theCRGt

located at 1700.B~ cyw

Boulevard Miami Further thata melee broke out b1c

.resulted in the arrest by police of.several Cuban ;itat

who were throwing rocks and other debris at the picket a and

the .police also relieved the pickets of their pl.= cards .~t~~,,,t

protested the militaryintentionS.of the Council and

pickets were taken into protective custody Thefour

pickets representing the Committee for Non-Violent Actip z

.were identified as

GERALD B LEHMAN born 'December 226 1936

at Oak Park Illinois

Mrs. PEARL EWALD age 69 resident of

.1731 Park Avenue Nortt west Washington D.C

ROBERT A COOPER borin May 24 1941 at.1 1

..New York City

WILLIAM W HENRY born IOctober 12 1932

Baraboo Wisconsin

The police report contained no reference to

LEE HARVEY OSWALD either under that name or under the

aliases O.H LEE O FED LEE AAIEK JAMES HIDELL or A r

HIDELL

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of the following agencies

29 1963 resulted negativelyhe name LEE HARVEY OSWALD or

Department

ment of Public Safety

63,.'T-2 a Cuban exile at

persp~nally acquainted wither o E xiled Cuban j ourna limtom reside at Miami and MARIA EgTE

RVEY OrWAID may have been. in

riot by Cubans against the

the Offices of the CRC on

On December 2 1963 MARIA ESTELA MEDRANO DE AARCIA

ami.'''Florida stated she

tion concerning LEE HARVEY

ioned !;among her Cuban associ . es

mona those who were involved

gaiist the pickets who

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A check of record

conducted on November 22 anin locating a record under

aliases

Miami Police Depa

Miami Beach Polic

Dade County Depar

Municipal Court

On November 27 I

Miami Florida stated heMARIA ESTEIA MEDRANO a sisHUMBERTO MEDRANO both of whad informed him that LEEMiami during the time of th

pickets who demonstrated at

Biscayne Boulevard Miami.

347 Northeast 33rd Streetpossessed no specific info

OSWALD but had heard it menthat OSWALD might have beenin the riot by Cubanexiles

"protested the policies of th

On December 22,:1963 information was received from

the FBI Headquarters Washington,'D C. that a letter dated

November 23,..1963 had been...received from.E L MONTGOMER'g

12550 West Golf Drive Miami 68i riorida in whichit was.

alleged that the assassination of Prey dent KENNEDY w a a

premeditated plot by an organiz d group,."such as the

Fair Play For Cuba Committee (F Cc) MONTGOMERY further

claimed in the letter that one Mr CANEL employed by

Pan American Airways (PAA) and a eacher of Spanish in

Miami Adult Education classes had recently made nnmeroK

remarks critical of President KENNEDY including a statement

that "We ought to get rid of KEDY In addition CANEL

allegedly stated he had recently Seen President KENNEDY at

Cape Canaveral Florida but not'Iwithin shooting distance,

although this remark appeared tp be offered in jest

MONTGOMERY also offered. the Qpiii'on that the assaesination

of President KENNEDY was planned by American indu~stria~ s;s

whos0 properties were .seized byl CASTRO MONTGOMERY request :d

protection of identity

A characterization of the FPCC maybe Ffou

the Appendix of this report

December 3 1963

Fu-302 (Rev 1-25-60) FEDERAL BURLAU `?F INVESTIGATION

ESTRELLA L MONTGOMERY, 12550 West Golf Drive,

Miami Florida stated she had w*itten a letter to Washington

concerning the assassination of president.JOHN F KENNEDYShe said she possessed no eviden$!-that the assassinationwas a premeditated plot by an orgapized.group such as the

Fair Flay For . Cuba Committee (FPCC) buthad arrived at this.

conclusion through listening toe!,levision and through

general conversation

.Mrs. MONTGOMERY said studies Spanish on Mondayand Wednesday nights at Miami High .School where a Mr (firstname unknown) CAMEL teaches . the class. She said she believed

CAMEL was born in New York City.l She said CAMEL attended a

supper at Miami Beach Florida bn Noveber 18,.1963which President KENNEDY was the honored guest She said

that in the Spanish class of November 20 1963 CAMEL

speaking tq the class in.Spanishl,'!remarked that many of

the representatives from Latin Americain attendance at the

.supper believed the United States'should not keeP President

KENNEl1Y i.n office Mrs MONTGOMERY stated she does o0tunderstand everything Mir CAMEL salt's in Spanish but.believed he meant that President KENNEDY should be voted

out of office rather than removed by other means. Mrs

MONTGOMERY said that Mr CANEL had also been to CapeCanaveral on November 16 1963 when President KENNEDYvisited Cape Canaveral and when CANEL was asked by a

student in the class if he got chose to the.PresidentCAMEL answered "Not within shooting distance'. Ads MONTC4)MERT

said she believed than CAMEL was joking with this remark

however

Mrs MONTGOMERY stated she bad also mentioned in

her letter that the assassinatiob May have been planned

by American industrialists whose properties were.$eized by

12/2/63 Miami Florida Miami105-83.42

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by SA JAMES J O'CONNOR:p'ip .Date dictated 12/3/63

This documentcontains neither recommendationsnor conclusion of the FBI It is the property of the FBI and is loaned toyouragency it and its contents are not to be distributed outside 'you{agency

FIDEL CASTRO,because`this would be a logical presumpton~since harsh action by the United States against CASTRO.could possibly result in the returnof lost propertyto American industcialistse

Prior to the intend with Mrs MONTGOMERYcontact was had with Mrs LOUT Elm 12560 West Golf

Djive Miami in an effort to ascertain where Mrs MONTGOMERY

might be employed during the day Mrs KEE volunteered thatin her opinion Mrs MONTGOMERY,Ie widow of about 50 yearsof age was a "mental case She said Mrs MONTGOMERYin the past year has taken Mrs ',KEE to court for permittingthe KEE shrubbery to grow over the property line and also

for alleged swearing by Mrs E Also the Audubon Societyhas contacted Mrs KEE as a re ult of a complaint byMrs MONTGOMERY that Mrs KEE's eats kill birds Alsotoe United States Post Office De lartment has conductedinquiry about alleged loss of mail from Mrs MONTOOMERY'smailbox Mrs KEE stated Mrs MONTGOMERY is employed asa cashier at Diamond's Novelties Inc. 1340 Northwest27th Avenue Miami Florida

Ord November 27 1963 An unknown maletelephonically

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contacted the Miami Office and stated Chat his wife who

Ls a nurse at St Francis HospitB1 Miami Beach Floridaclaimed that a Cuban nurse whose husband was a well-knownradio commentator in Cuba had stated that OSWAID andJACK RUBY the accused 'assassin. of OSWALD were bothin Miami a short while ago

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SYLVIA VALLEDOR RUBIO,wife of EDELBERTO PEREZ RUBIO

1511 Alton Road Apartment #21 Miami Beach Florida

stated she is a nurse at St Francis Hospital Miami

Beach F1or .4a She said she and her husband are

Cuban refugees who came to the United States in August of

1960 She said her husband had written two anti-communist

books and had been the owner of nd a ppmnentator on

Radio Catib4p a radio station at vanat Cuba She stated

she knew absolutely nothing about' OSWAlD or JACK RUBY

except !hat she heard ontelevisitn

and radio She added

there had been a great deal of t k among her associates

at the hospital concerning the aslaassination of President

KENNEDY but she knew nothing of !a concrete or definite

nature She stated specifically twat she knew nothing

to indicate that OSWALD or RUBY t#ad ever been in Miami

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UEJJ RIEGO a pro-CASTROg at 2410 N.W 208thsidence where Mrs RECALDE

g in general conversation

According to Immigration and Naturali4ation Service

(INS) files at Miami reviewed as late as September 12 1963by the FBI MANUEL RIEGO, above is identical to MANUEL RIEGO

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On December 2 1963 RIA RECALDE nee DEL

MQNACp 2435 N.W.207th Street Miami Florida tele

phonically contacted a Special ent pf the Oklahoma CityFBI Office Mrs RECALDE has b e~n a friend of this Agent;or year* She has furnished i Sufficient information in

the past to evaluate her reliability She advised asfollows

On December 1 1963Communist Cuban refugee residij

Streetvisited the DEL MONACO r

resides and informed the followi

RIEGO stated he had just returned from WashingtonD.C He claimed he had knowledge that President KENNEDYWas going to be assassinated pri r tp the actual occurrenceand claimed he knew of LEE HARVE OSWAJD RIE90 claimed a

.member of KENNFDY's own group l*o had advanced knowledgethat President KENNEDY was to beiassassinated RIEGO claimsa revolution will occur in Puertq Rico similar to the revolu

tior which occurred in Cuba

RECALDE has learned fr m RIEGO that he claimsto be actively meeting with a pr -CASTRO Communist groupin the Miami area These meetiln s are accomplished duringfishing trips RIEGO claims he arries a brown notebookon his person containing names b members of his pro-CASTROgroup Mrs RECALDE requested that she be contacted apartfrom her immediate family as she did not desire that theyknew she has furnished the aboveinfgrmation

interviewed by INS at Miami on

signed statement was taken by I

being a Communist or being a me

He claimed he has been persecuthis troubles on individuals who

Claimed that what pro-CASTRO st

intoxicated qr while angry

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ZUNIGA INS No A 11 753'453 He was on July 311934 at Belfate Honduras He s still a citizen of

Honduras RIEGO entered the Unified States on May 211958 at San Juan Puerto Rico HWhile in Puerto Ricountil late 1962 end during his residency in Miami Floridaand Washington D.C. from late 1962 until the presenttime many complaints have been received alleging thatRIE0O has made strong pro-CASTROIstatenents He was last

gust 9 1963 A sworn

$ at whi,Fh time he denied

ber of the Communist Partyd in the past and blamed

ere against him He

ements he made were while

by

FD-302(Rev 1-25-60) FEDERAL BUREAU OF'LLINVESTIGATION

DateDecember 3 1963

Mrs MARIA RECALDE ne

207th Street Miami Florida ad

objection to her identity beingof the United States Government O

however she did not desire thatl

information she furnishes be disc

4s she believes he may possibly

DEL MONACO 2435 NW

sed that she had no

sclosed to officials

interested partieser identity and the

osed to MANUEL RIEGO

y to do her bodily harm

She said that until DeO'ember 1 1963 she knew

nothing about RIEGO other than the fact that he has

resided for some time in a houseHthat he puichased at 2460

N.W 208th Street About five months ago he advised her

sister INEZ DEL MONACO that he swished to rent his home

and the transaction was handled through a realty company

She recalls that about two week ago he wrote to her sister

and told her he was planning to zeturn to Miami and would

again be moving into his house He arrived on December 1

1963 and her sister has moved p her (REC41DE's) residence

On December 1 1963 EGO while in the process

of moving his personal belongin from his car to his

home made statements that she nsidered were very anti

United States and in her beliefould possibly have had

something to do with the assassu ation of President KENNEDY

She said she telephonically advised a Special Agent friend

of hers who is presently inOklahoma City and admitted that

she was very excited during her telephone call and may have

made accusations which were act ally her conclusions of her

talk with RIEGO She said RIEG had been drinking and

appeared tq be intoxicated Ot Or individuals who overheard

at least part of the conversati rr were her mother CAROLINA

DEL MONACO her two brothers R BERTO age 24 and LUIS

age 16 and her younger sister GIOVANA age 14 She re

quested however that the membot's of her family not be

interviewed at this time

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Date December 3 1963

Mrs MARIA RECALDE nee DEL MONACO 2435 N.W

207th Street Miami Florida advised that she had no

objection to her identity being disclosed to officialsof the United States Government or interested parties

however she did not desire tha lher identity and the

information she furnishes be di based to MANUEL RTEGOas she believes he may possibly ry to do her bodily harm

She said that until December 1 1963 she knew

nothing about RIEGO other than the fact that he has

resided for some time in a house that he purchased at 2460

N.W 208th Street About five months ago he advised her

sister INEZ DEL MONACO that he wished to rent his home

and the transaction was handled hrough a realty companyShe recalls that about two weeksago he wrote to her sister

and told her he was planning toCeturn to Miami and would

again be moving into his house He arrived on December 1

1963 and her sister has movedlto her (RECAI1DE's) residence

On December 1 1963 RIEGO while in the process

pf moving his personal belongings from his car to his

home made statements that she 'considered were very anti

United States and in her belief Could possibly have had

something to do with the assassination of President KENNEDY

She said she telephonically advised a Special Agent friend

of hers who is presently in Oklahoma City and admitted thatshe was very excited during her telephone call and may have

made accusations which were actually her conclusions of her

talk with RIEGO She said RIEGO had been drinking and

appeared to be intoxicated Other individuals who overheard

at least part of the conversation were her mother CAROLINA

DEL MONACO her two brothers ROBERTO age 24 and LUIS

age 16 and her younger sister,,GIOVANA age 14 She re

quested however that the members of her family not be

interviewed at this time _---~

12/2/63 Miami Florida.Pt

SA ROBERT G STRONG

F}Le #iami1.05-8342

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Among other things the,assassination of PresidentKENNEDY was mentioned and RIEGO made the following generalstatements and he drew her contusions to his statementsas set out in her conversation w th the Oklahoma City FBI

Office

RIEGO said as best she'can recall "They are

saying that Castro and Cuba are responsible for the President

dying and we all know that is not true It was probablysomeone in Kennedy's group that didn't like him and hadOswald shoot him Some day soon there will be a revolutionall over Latin America including Puerto Rico and theUnited States yoke of aggression will fell.

Mrs RECALDE asked RIEGO what his future planswere and he said he will be returning to Washington D.C.in a week to continue in his work of selling tourist-typemaps however tpmorrow,December 2 1963 he intends to

go fisting Sheasked him if he liked to fish and he answered

"No but I'm going fishing with my cousin where we can tas there are no witnesses that way. The name of his cousinwas later determined by RECALDE as being ROBERTO MOREIRA

RIEGO

Concerning the brown notebook with the names of

pro-CASTRO Communists in Miami she said he brought out

the book from his coat pocket and said he has the names of

many Persons in Miami in a book, including CARLOS PRIG

SOCARRAS a former Cuban President She surmised that these

persons were also pro-CASTRO She admitted that RIEGO didnot say so however nor did he say he has met other proCASTRO Cuban exiles while fishin He did not say he knew

OSWALD nor that he ever has kno OSWALD RIEGO did notclaim to have advanced knowledge of the assassination Itwas her opinion that he might have had knowledge of same

2-0

Mrs RE,CALDE said she;wquld be glad to furnishthe FBI with any additional infiirmation she might obtain

concerning RIEGO if she receive any additional pertinentinformation

December 3 1963Date

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Fi)-302 (Rev 1-25-60) FEDERAL BUREAU OFDINVESTIGATION

MANUEL RIEGO ZUNIGA 2460 N.W 208th Street

Miami Florida was advised that any statement he made

could be used against him in a court of law and he was

advised of his right to advice of counsel if he so

desired He said he understood the foregoing and that

he would be more than willing tor cooperate and answer any

questions that might be asked ofhim

When RIEGO was questioned regarding his past

statements to favor of the CASTRO Government and FIDEL

CASTRO he said he has been told that he has made such

statements and realized that the United States Government

had been investigating him for some time possibly regarding

these statements He claimed he could honestly state that

if he has praised CASTRO that he' did so while under the in

fluence of liquor and did not recall what he said He did

recall that his problems always began when he was in a bar

and was drinking Because he is Latin with dark Latin features

people would always strike up a Conversation with him by

asking him what he thinks of FIDEL CASTRO and he has always

answered "Castro personally I believe is a good man. Then

the argument begins He said it is usually after this that

he does not recall what he says He denied being a communist

or a member of the Communist Parity He said he has always

admired FIDEL CASTRO as an individual but he does not believe

in his government or his teachings

He denied ever knowing LEE HARVEY OSWALD or even

hearing of him until he was charged with the assassination

of President KENNEDY He said he was as upset over the

assassination of President KENNEDY as any American could

be He said he did not recall making any statement to anyone

that the President's assassination was planned by someone

in the KENNEDY group who wanted the President killed He

did admit that some day in the ardistant future all of

Pijthdocumentcontains neither recommendationsnor conclusions of the FBI It Is the property of the FBI and is loaned toyouragency it and its contents are not to be distributed outside gour agency

Dr PRIO SOCARRAS5070 Alton Road MUN 5-2277

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Latin America would be better because some day therewould be a "revolution He could not or would notelaborate regarding this latter statement

He admitted that he 'went fishing with hiscousin ROBERTO MOREIRA RIEGO On December 2 1963 buthe does not make it a practice to go fishing with otherindividuals

When asked about th identity of his contactshe voluntarily produced a sma 1 brown address book withthe fdlowing names listed therein

MARGARITA DE DIOT

(no address)

JERRY ROLLUN 6-0434

ROBERTO MOREIRA RIE5511S.W 78th Avenue

Apartment D

665-4430

DORIS MOREIRA

(sister to the abov600 N.W 169th Stre

Apartment 41WA 3-4293

United States Reprentative FloridaDANTE B FASCELLCA 4-4506 extentioni 45061127 off boulevard

Mr MARIUS D PRINCE He saidk in the Washington D.C area

set ip a tourist map project

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HECTOR PAGES Refugee

FEISEL SIKAPI

221-2435Honduran

(whereabouts unknown)

WILLIAM GREER

722-7431,.Home724-0458,.Office(In Puerto Rico,.Assistant Engineer to

RIEGO's lather in-law

RIEGO advised that in out a week he plans toreturn to the Washington,D.C a however his wifeand family will remain in ,Miami He will be associatedwith the following lithograph c any

L B Prince Co. Inc

4019 North 5th Road

Arlington VirginiaTelephone 525-6657 or 525-3515

The President i

upon completion of his wohe will possibly attempt *oin Atlantic City

In conclusion 1IEGOsaId

he wished to apologizefor his past statements w ich he admittednust have beenmace or there would not hve been so many complaintsag inst him and that in t e future he intends to curb his

drinking and his tongue

On May 20 19National Headquarters o

Broadway New York Cityof National Office Direwas filled by VincentThis source observed Leeand accepting the coopsincluding the CP and thhis personal benefit asindicated to this sourc

policy to be determinedFPCC should advocate resCuba and the United Stat

manage their revolutionbut not support the Cuban revolution per se

3 a second source advised that the

the FPCC is located in Room 329 at 799

According to this source the positiontor Was created in the Fall of 1962 anded lee who now formulates FPCC policyhas followed a course of entertainingation of many other organizations

SWP when he has felt it would be towell Ss the FPCC s However Lee has

he has no intention of permitting FPCC

by any other organization Lee feels the

umpti'O* of diplomatic relations between

es an,,d support the right of Cubans to

withoutinterference from other nations

as organizers of the FPobtained funds from thetoward the cost of the

On May 16 19the first two years ofbetween Communist Partyelements to exert theirFPCC policy Howeverthere has been a succesthe role of these and otheir influence is negi

The CP and theto Executive Order 1045

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The April 6newspaper contained a fIs Really Happening inCommittee (FPCC) Thisof the FPCC in New York

promulgate "the truth athe distorted American

FOR UA COMMITTEE

960 edition of "The New York Times

11-page advertisement captioned "What

uba," placed by the Fair Play for Cuba

advertisement announced the formation

City i declared the FPCC intended to

out r Dlutionary Cuba to neutralize

ress

"The New York Times edition of January 11 1961

reported that at a hearing conductedbefore the United States

Senate Internal Security Subcommittee on January 10 1961 DrCharles A Santos-Buck identified himself and Robert Taber

C He also testified he and Taber

Cubar~lGiavernment which were applied

fore-mentioned advertisement

a source advised that duringhe FP,CC, s existence there was a struggle

(CP) and Socialist Workers Party (SWP)

Power within the FPCC and thereby influence

uring the past year this source observed

ful el fort by FPCC leadership to minimize

her oanizations in the FPCC so that today

gible!I

In Reply PleaseRefertoFile No

RE LEE HARVEYINTERNAL SEtZTY RUSSIA

UNITED STATES DEPARMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU (1F INVESTIGATION

.:Reference ismade to the report of.Speeial AgentJAMES J p'CONNOR dated and captioned as above at Miamii

.Florida

MM T-1 mentioned.n bove-referenced repo tom

furnished reliable in ormati in the past

MM T-2 mentioned i bove-referenced report hambeen contacted an insuf ficiei m ber of times to deter nine

his reliability.

PROPERTY OF FBI .T 'is document contains neither

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WHO WELL KNOWNÂS ANTI-AMERICAN ONLY PERSON IN GROUP WHO EXPRESSED

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**Requested follow up to determine

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any foundation to story that

had received a letter claiming

er

Hung Cuban journalist statement.

4'. ADDED THAT ROSENDO CANTO HERNANDEZ EDITOR OF ACCION MANIA

WHO WELL KNOWN AS ANTI-AMERICAN ONLY PERSON I.N GROUP WHO EXPRESSED

SATISFACTION UPON LEARNING OF PRES KENNEDY S DEATH

5 t INDEX.

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Cuban journalist asto Ha era stated that he had received a letter claiming

President 'Kennedy would ,be killed *on. ZZ Nove err

**cForwarded report mentioned above concerning Cuban journalist statement

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d 1JL AT CIS ADDRESS HAVA UPON'RETURN NEXT

BIJWAITED FIFTEEN DAYS WITHOUT RECEIVING ANSWER TO

%TTER SENT HAUL

LCONTACTEDNBASSY 22 NOV ATTEMPTING

REESTABLISH CONTACT WITH RAUL ,_ TALKED VIA TELCON WITH GIRL NAliED

SILVIA WHO CLAIMED BE SEC OF CONSULATE SILVIA DENIED KNOWING RAUL

D 22 NOV SENT Ai\OTHLR:CAI3LE CIS ADDRESS REQUE7"i'?.G

25 N,OV ECEIVED URGENT WIRE FROM-RAUL SENT FROM

DTD 23 NoV WHICH ACKNOWLEDGED RECEIPTWIRE AND

WAIT FOR-RAUL.

SAID "HE TERRIBLY MOVED BY HORRIBLE ASSASSINATION

PRESIDENT AND FACING SUCH ACTS f US REDOUBLE STRENGTH FIGHT RED CR1 E

SAID OSWALD FACE FAMILIAR AND uAY HAVE SEEN HIM

UR MEXI101WILL

FURTrtER ADVISE

H J CONVINCED GOC Eli LO EHS.AND ASSASSINS

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ACTION C/WH 4

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C COS TOLD :ECHEVAi mIA THAT QUESTIONING WO

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3 STATION HAS ADVISED _~ OF DELAY FOR TWO OR THREE


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9 SUBMIT FULLU Lm PLAN FOR HOS APPROVAL

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1 COS TALKED WITH LIC LUIS ECgEI PA,atRGTING MINISTER OFge Ica

GOBERNACION AT 1930 HRS MEXICO CITY TIME ON 3 DECEMBER

ECHEVARRIA SAID

HE WILL ORDER TO HOLD ALVARADO UNTIL COS IS

COMPLETED WITH "SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONING

IN REPLY TO COS REQUEST__ TO.`"BORROW ALVARAPU ;CBh:VA1313TA

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WE CAN RETURN HIM ON EVENING OF 5 DEC

4, WILL INSTALL MICROPHONES IN APARTMENT (SAFEHOUSE) OR

HOTEL ON A DEC to INSURE RECORDING ON ALVARADO INTERVIEW

5 REQUEST BE NOTIFIED BY HIS SUPERIORS TO

REMAIN MEXICO A r tW MOREJ''uAYS IF STATION UMW CAN ARRANGE THIS

6 ADVISE SOON ES 1 E"iA

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CONDUCTEDON2 4 MAY

197

E__._ MPDETCL 6Y Ol~A D$i

MISTREATED" SPECIFFICALLY BECAUSE OF THREAT HE WOULD BE HUNG

BY TESTICLES NOT ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY MISTREATED

2 SPEAKING FOR SELF AND P MILAT SAY ALVARADO

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INFO DCI D/DCI DDP C/Cl C/Cl/SI0 VR

30 1 13 Z

IMMEDIATE DIR INFO_ MEXI 7203

REF DIR 86064`

1 FOLLOWING FROM TO STATION OFF'iLdER iBZO 2 DEC

SAW ALVARADO AFTERNOON 2 DEC FOR FIRST TIME MEETING

LASTED ONLY SEVEN MINUTES (PREVIOUS MEETING HAD BEEN LAID ON BY

MEXICANS BUT__ WAS NOT CONTACTED AS PALiVivED) IN BRIEF O.,

INTERVIEW IN COMPANY TWO MEXICAN OFFICIALS ALVARADO REVERTED TO ego

PREVIOUS STORY CLAIMED,HE DID S.EE OSWALD DID CALL BUMTO

REPORT ill/liMI(INVESTIGATION DOES NOT SUPPORT LATTER STATEMENT) P

II

WAS NOT THEIR AGENT WHEN HE VISITED CUBAN EMBASSY

3 WAS TOLD ALVARADO WOULD BE DEPORTED HE ASKED

AND RECEIVED PERMISSION ESCORT ALVARADO T41/11_ON 4 DEC

VIIIIIiIIIIfSAID HE NATURALLY UNABLE COME TO ANY DEFINITE

CONCLUSION AS TO ALVARADO VARACITY BUT WOULD BE ABLE TO DO SO 3

AMID FOR RE1

REPRODUCTIONBY OTHERTHAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED

SAID HE TOLD M'EXICANS HE FABRICATING BECAUSE HE WAS "MENTALLY

Copy No

,.{,raCS Comment *Alvarado admitted his story was false Requested Stationscontinue to follow all leads and tips

4<.LMJJra

IN PAGE e

'ONCE HE RETURNED I-AND HAD CHANCE COMEPLET IN tERROGATION1

NIMEEME-REP.WiTED GIST ABOVE TO HIS HQS M AFTERNOON 2 DEC

4 ABOVE BEING REPORT 1'0 `.AL1B AND CHIEF

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NMI RFTS HAS AGREED DRIVE HIS MISTRESS

_E/ TO DALLAS 11 DEC FCR PURPOSE ARRANGING HER MEXICAN

PAPERS (COMMENT APPARENTLY RENEWAL TOURIST CARD) UM=

PRESENTLY UNDECIDED RE SPENDING HCLIDAYS AT FAMILY HOME OF

AS WISHES COVER KHRUSHCHEV VISIT

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fRIURITYillt INFO PRIOTY 'AVE.CITE tIEXI 7220

CHARD BEYME (PHONETIC) AMERICAN CALLED CUB EMBASSY FROM

ACAPULCO 2 DEC UNKNOWN PERSON SPEAKING ENGLISH PROBABLY BEYM.R

'CALLED ii u:. ACAPULCO 30 NOV ALSO ASKED F0 ILVIA OA.4 WHO QT

THERE ISA CALDERON TOLD 3EYMER NO RESPONSE FROM CIA3A YET

(SOURCE

2 SUSJ PROBABLY NEWSPAPERMAN AWAITING VISA FOH CBiriA NO RECORD

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(IN 69100)

CARL JOHN WILSON AKA JOHN WILSON~HUDSON DOB 29 DECEMBER

1916 LIVERPOOL WELL KNOWN HMS IN 36 `LEFT OXFORD TO JOIN INTEk

NATIONAL BRIGADE IN SPANISH CIVIL WAR LATER BECAME SPANISH CITIZEN

IN 39 WENT TO CHILE WITH'SPANISH'PASSPORT AND RESIDED SANTIAGO

JOURNALIST STATED EMPLOYMENT WHILE CHILE BRIT ARE REQUESTED'TWICE

THAT HE BE EXPELLED.FOR OPEN CRUSADE AGAINST UK GOVT AND MASQUER

ADING UNDER VARIOUS NONEXISTENT TITLES. -WILSON'S STRANGE BEHAVIOR

ATTRIBUTED TO MENTAL ILLNESS EXPULSIt0N.,ORDER DROPPED AFTER

WILSON PROMISED TO:CEASE AND DESIST BUT HE CONTINED SIMILAR

.ACTIVITY VIOLENTLY ANTI -U..S

RELEASINGOFFICER AUTHENTICATINGOFFICER

IN.JUNE ".59 WROTE .TO UK PARLIAMENT AND-UK TRADE UNION

SAYING COULD CONFIRM U.S GIVING MILITARY ADVICE TO DICTATORS

AND PROTESTED IN NAME OF HUMANITY ARRESTED BY CASTRO GOVT EARLY

JULY 59 FOR INVOLVEMENT REVOLUTIONARY GROUP PLANNING ATTACK ON

NICARAGUA DETAINED IN CUBAN PRISON 5.4 DAYS THEN 'WENT TO KINGSTONsf

JAMAICA WHERE ISSUED NONIMMIGRANT VISA U.S TO SELL STORY TO

MIAMI HERALD APPARENTLY RETURNED..UK LATTER PART 59

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CLASSIFIED MESSAGE 12-62

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ROUTINE

INFO CITEDIR

3 ALTHO WILSON INTELLIGENT ERRATIC BEHAVIOR INDICATES

'MENTAL UNBALANCE MARRIED TO CHILEAN ELIANA BRONFMAN

pr 4 LATEST INFO.HDQS RECORD 59 CONTINUE REQUEST WITH 0110

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KNMXEEXE&MltWE DO NOT WART HIM RNUBNED TO NICARAGUE MIL AFTER 'THE

Id T.ION IS FINISHED DECAUSE WE FEAR THAT HE WILL BE TOO AGITATED IN

NIC :APP SIVE THAT HE WIIZ BE MISTREATED PLS ARRANGEWITH = TO

HAVE ALVARADORELEASED TO US FOR SEVERAL MORE DAYS `, ASK TO REfi N IN

MEXICCOTO AS$IST US

a,.` _...~ 3 SHOULD BE PERFORMEDON PRIVATE OR HOTLL P EES WITH SUITE OF ROOMS

` AVAILABLE ALL SHOULD BE RECORDED WHIt= WILL BE IN CHARGEOF

u IN'1'IILVIEW HE WILL BE ASSISTED BY MR. CIARKE ANDERSON OFr

WHOHAS SEEN

SuEIECTED`BERE TO ACT AS INTL WILL NOIM ANDERSON OF THIS

IS THAT MR ANDERSONWOULDBE ABLE TO TESTIFY AT ANY LATER BEARING

x..6 _5--_ COPYJ~ .COORDINATINGOFFICERS GROUP1Excludedfromautomatic

declassification

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s

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"a'TMisire'aie mistre atedMexicans h fabricating because he wasentIlycis COMMENT 1'7(I-N:71902)

.

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FEM!' AHD 1!91. UtCDERINFLUEtfCE OF =0E01. ALVARADOSHOULD BE LEFT IN SOME DOUBTA

ABOUT WHIR HE WILL MVE TO GO AFTER THE TEST THIS GIVES THE

144N .141LICDIDMMAIUCU'VERINGROOM

^ '15 VE REALIZE THAT MEXICANS AND NICARAGUANS HAVE SOME EQUITIES AND PLENTY OFr:

at'i.4t THERE WILL BE SOME FURTHER

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11/11-Ai,iD KJ6AHK OGjSIVEH S.NUINLi LXPEHIS (INCLUDDIG P.M2

O.PEdATOji) TO NANAC.UA TU

..CS Comment *Alvarado reverted to

told Mexicans he fabricating because

eDocument Number al G S

for FOIA Review on MAY 1976 Signed

R.O #1 Unit C/A

his previous story Said he

he was "mentally mistreated.

RECORDS OFFICER STAMP

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CLASSIFIED MEScAr ....

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FROM 1 PEXICO CITY

ACTION cAm 4 WH/3 NO

DCI D/DCloDDp CtCl CAI

031606Z

at_ L

IF 1ED AND COPY SLOTTED AT .16110-3 DEC)

.30ECE3 N72604

Ps IORITY DIH INFO 7209

REF 'AEX I 7203(N 7101-*

FROM s

ACTION

INFO s

031921Z

PRIORITY DIR CITE MEXI 7216

Note

I1 VINMIn ASKED COS AT 1300 HRS (MEXICO CITY TIME) ON

If destruction citereasons and coordinateIt apprO1r44te

3 DEc 63 li'4 7 2 6 1 5

3 DECEMBER FOR URGENT TRACES ON U.S CITIZEN GILBERTO P LOPEZ1

2 STATES LOPEZ

.... .1.4 Clog.

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...LSSIFIED MESSAGE

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MEXICO CITY

C/WH 4 (COPY ISSUED TO WHAT 15351 3 DEC OA

DCI D/DCI, DDP C/Cl C/Cl/SI VRSigned

REPORTEDLY ARRIVED MEXICO ON 23

NOVEMBER EN ROUTE TO 4AVAIA HE HAS DISAPPEARED NO RECORD

07 TRIP TO HAVANA

LOPEZ HAD FM-8(TOuRIST CARP LIMITED TO FiFTEEN DAYS)

NUMBER 24553 OBTAINED IN TAMPA FLORIDA ON 20 NOVEMBER

HAVE NOT REPEAT NOT CHECKED ABOVE WITH

SUBJ PP 310162 LEFT MEXI FOR HAVANA ON 27 NOV VIA

CUBANA (ONLY PASSENGER ABOARD) SOURCE:_ al (SEE MEXI 7177)

NO STATION TRACES

APPRECIATE EARLY REPLY

Document NumberV-'---10~~C1

for FOIA Review onMAY 1976

S.E.ftErT

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Ifdestruction cite

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i:

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CU3A MADRID OVERHEARD FORMER CUBANJOURNALISION

BAQUERO

TELL ONE CANTO (BELIEVED TOBEOOSENDO

(CANTO) HERNANDEZ

EDITOR OF ACCION CUBANA) THAT HE 'HAD RECD LTR STATING WOULD

BE KILLED THAT DAY

2.-INNSRECD INFO 26 NOV FROL ARIA MANUELA DE (CANAL)

WHOSE ADDRESS IS PLAZA DEL NINO JESUS NO 6 2ND FLOOR APT D

MADRID.. CANAL CLOSE FRIEND GODINEZ '_EN ROUTE WAVE AREA

FROM MADRID AND UNABLE LEARN FURTHER DETAILS OF ALLEGED CONVER

SATION

SINCE-.-PROGRAM REQUIRES THAT ANY CONTACT BETWEEN

Ili AND NOT BE REVEALED IN ANY FOLLOW UP ON THIS INFO

Dl,t HAVE NOT PASSED ABOVE TO IA 1I

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APPRTIED FA 11E1676E192

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CITE

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CLASSIFIED MESSAGE RECORDS OFFICER STAMP

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PR ICR IT Y DIR INFO3fEc63ft472513

1 CURRENT GERMAN RAILWAY SCHEDULE SHOWS DAILY CONNECTION MOSCOW

BREST-WARSAW CHANGE OVER AT EAST BERLIN FOR LOEHNE OSNABRUECK

BENT HE IM-A'1MER SFOCRT UTRECHT-R OTTERD AM LEAVE MOSCOW AT 1815 AND

ARRIVE AT ROTTERDAM APFROX 40 HOURS LATER AT 1036 HOURS

SAME TRAIN WITHOUT CHANGEOVER IN EAST BERLIN GOES ON TO

HELMSTEDT 2RAUNCHW.EIG-HANNOVER ON TO KCLN BUT CHANGEOVER P.OSSIS'_E._.

AT HANNOVER WITH STOPS AT MENDEN LOEHNE OSNABRUECK BENTHEIM

AMMERSFOCRT AMSTERDAM UTRECHT AND ROTTERDAM

ALSO POSSIBLE FCR A PASSENGER USING THIS ROUTE TO TRANSFER

IN WEST BERLIN T O TRAINS DESTINED FCR HANNOVER CR HAMBURG AND:.IN THESE

CITIES TO BOARD ONE OF SEVERAL DAILY TRAINS TO ROTTERDAM

CHECK OF ALL AVAILABLE WEST BERLIN RECORI 0 S B ECTS REF

NEGATIVEu'-' ;---Y

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MAY 1976 i 4A .b,..;t JJ2

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CLf:SS11 LED MESSAGE

TO a DIRECTOR

FROM MEXICO CITY

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INFO DCI D/DC1, DDP C/CI C/Cl/SI VR

T 04.1ij ihZ

Pi IOTITY Did CITE ..EXI 72243Om 3IN72829

REF MEXI 7216 (IN 7 6/S) *

LJCALLY CMG ADVISED OF LOPEZ BY GObE1 C IO4

CONTACT) ADVISE LOPEZ CAME INTO MEXICO_ AT NUEVO LAREDO ON 23

NOVEMBER;1

=ASKi~~G FOR HQS CHECK LOPEZ LISTED ,AS 11I.S PASSPORT


CONDUCTED4 MAY1976

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for 1 ?IA Review on MAY 1976

If destruction citereasons and _coordinateit appropriate

DIRECTOR

0402152

PRIORITY MEXI DIR CITE

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;INFO DCI D/DCI DDP C/CI C/Cl/SI VR

REF:. DIR 86563

CONCURS FURTHER INTERROGATION ALVARADO IN MEXI

ALSO IN MiRREMAINING MEXI AS LONG AS CAN BE OF SERVICE TO US

THERE INTERPOSES ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEMS OFFERING COMPLETE COOPER

AT ION AND AGREEMENT ANY WAY HE WISH HANDLE ALVARADO INTERROGATIONS

CS'-Eonn ent


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TEE ALWSION TO A MAN PRESUMABLYA CUBAN CONSUTAR.OFFICIAL WHO HAD SINCE

MAY BE EXPLAINED ASK FOLLOWS A~1VIA DURANAND HER HUSBAND

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DOUBI'LESS OSWALDMEANTA2CUE WWII HE SAID HE WAS GLAD A CERTAIN MAN

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THIS CASE IN THE .THIRD PARAGRAPHOF YOUR TYPE CERTAIN QUESTIONS ,ARE RAISED

ABOUT THE TRUE MEANING OF SOME AIZTJBIONS B A WRIMR COMMUNICATION. Tin

GIVEN BLUM 'MAY CLEAR UP THESE ALE O$S

ON THE QUE92ICN OP WHYLEE 'OSWALDFELT THAT HE COULD NOT GEE HIS M CAR

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US Customs NYC advised their office in

receipt of three publications sent to LEE H OSWALDBox 2915 Dallas Texas from the Soviet Union Former

acquaintance of subject ALEXANDRA TAYLOR interviewed re

her association with subject and subject's wife upontheir return to US from Soviet Union and interview set

forth Neighborhood investigation re subject set forth

Investigation at Trinity Ev Lutheran School Jacobi

Morrisania and Lincoln Hospitals all Bronx NY set

forth Files of Children's Court Probation Bureau NYCreviewed and reflect that subject was arrested on 3/19/53as habitual truant on warrant issued by Board of EducationNYC Subject subsequently remanded to Youth House

Bronx NY for psychiatric study Portions of studyindicate that subject was diagnosed as personality patterndisturbance with schizoid features and passive aggressivetendencies Psychiatric report set forth On 12/3/63VINCENT TED LEE National Director FPCC interviewedand advised had no knowledge of subject or of any FPCC

Chapter in New Orleans nor of any FPCC Charter beingissued to OSWALD Interview of psychiatrist Dr RENATUS

HARTOGS who conducted examination on subject set forth.

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On November 25 1963 Mr IRVING FISHMANAssistant Deputy Commissioner of Customs United States

Department of the Treasury New York City advised

SAS E MARK NISWANDER and JOHN A ERWIN that his office

had received three pieces of mail addressed to Mr YiEE H

OSWALD Box 2915 Dallas Texas USA These items were

sent to OSWALD from the Soviet Union an:1 consisted of

the following

Subscription copy of "Agitator magazinedated November 1963

Subscription copy of newspaper "Soviet

Beloroussiya dated November 21 1963

Subscription copy of newspaper "Soviet

Beloroussi.ya dated November 22 1963

In addition to the above his office had also

received a copy of a Post Office Department Form 2153-X

executed by OSWALD same address which form is used byaddressees of propaganda-type mail to instruct the Post

Office Department as to the disposition of such mail

This form had been sent to OSWALD when the Post Office

Department had previously received such mail for him and

he had returned the form to the Post Office Departmentvtth the notation that the publications listed thereon

and all publications of this type were "Always to be

delivered to him Before signing the form,OSWALD made

the entry "I protest this intimidation

FISHMAN stated that according to an amendment

to the United States Postal Laws Custom:3 examines all

printed matter from countries under the Soviet or Sino

Soviet bloc If there is any Communist propagandacontained therein the Customs Office notifies the Post

Office Department which then contacts the addressee as

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noted above He made available the publications and a

typewritten copy of the Post Office Department form

2153-X executed by OSWALD FISHMAN advised that th.so

items had been received in his office on November 25 :.963from the Main United States Post Office 33rd Street and

Eighth Avenue New York City He added that the on :.rats

of the Post Office Department form 2153-X sent to OS ''a

and returned by him ?:'c in the custody of the Post Of fee

Inspector there

On Novem 25 1963 RALPH Iil ~ Y Inspectorin Charge United S a;es Post Office 33rd Street and

Eighth Avenue New York City advised that the originalsof the above forms pertaining to OSWALD have been sent

to the Office of the Chief Inspector United States Post

Office Department Washington D C

On November 30 1963 ALEXANDRA TAYLOR care of

Yeno Dover Plains New York employed as an attendant

at Harlem Valley State Hospital Wingdala New Yorkadvised SA LOWELL W BARTON as follow

In about September 1962 her father GEORGE

DE MOHRENSCHILDT who is of Russian origin called her and

asked if she and her husband could put up MARINA OSWALD

for a short while He told ALEXANDRA that MARINA and her

husband LEE HARVEY OSWALD had just returned from Russiawere without funds and that LEE OSWALD was seeking work

in Dallas At this time ALEXANDRA was married to GARY

TAYLOR and they were residing at 1512 Fairmont Street Dallas

LEE OSWALD did not stay with the TAYLORS but is

beliet;ed to have had a room at the YoungMenTs ChristianAssociation (MA) MARINA was having work done on her

teeth and had a small baby about the same age as theTAYLORS baby

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ALEXANDRA became friendly with MARINA butbecause MARINA spoke no English communication wasdifficult ALEXANDRA believed MARINA had married OSWALD

mainly to get out of Russia LEE OSWALD occasionai,Lcame to the TAYLOR house and although MARINA stayedthere only about two weeks he continued to visit onoccasions from November 1962 when ALEXANDRA left fl J1as

LEE OSWALD and the TAYLORS "cad frequentdiscussions mostly :.:. cerning politicF and GARY TAYLORoften engaged in h':a ed political disco :ions with OSWALDwith whom he disagreed In his discussions OSWALD

expressed dislike for the United States but also wascritical of Russia He considered himself a Socialistbut in ALEXANDRA'S opinion disliked almost everythingHe was widely reads reading books of a serious nature andwith political implications One book recalled byALEXANDRA was "The Animal Farm She w;3.s unable to recall

any other titles

LEE had never expressed any dislike forPresident KENNEDY but had expressed a personal dislike

for Governor CONNOLLY although ALEXANDRA did not know of

any reason OSWALD claimed never to have renounced hisAmerican citizenship but claimed Russia had tried toforce him to take Russian citizenship in order to permithim to work He claimed that after he had married MARINAhe had difficulty in returning to the United Statesrequiring eleven months of efforts on his part and heclaimed he was glad to get out of Russia

OSWALD gave ALEXANDRA a pamphlet of about 30pages he had prepared about Russia which dealt mainlywith how the people lived and worked in Russia She

believed the pamphlet to be factual not propaganda beingneither complimentary nor derogatory in nature ALEXANDRA

encouraged OSWALD to have the pamphlet published but hedeclined She claims she returned the pamphlet to OSWALDin November

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OSWALD was strongly anti-religious and seriouslyberated his wife for having their child baptized in theRussian Orthodox Church MARINA was described as not

being political minded but very religious She isbelieved to be a pharmacist by training

OSWALD is described as being very sharp andbright and would argue logically and persuasively Hewas positive in his ideas and strong in his convictionsALEXANDRA believed he could not be bribed to change hisideas or to commit any deed not in keeping with his

thinking ALEXANDRA found it hard to believe his thinkingwas such that he would want to kill the PresidentALEXANDRA stated OSWALD had a quick temper and allegedlybeat his wife on occasion He never thanked the TAYLORSfor cLf: for his wife ALEXANDRA did not know if the

period her association with OSWALD was prior to or afterhis stay in New Orleans He never had mentioned NewOrleans to her

ALEXANDRA had no knowledge of any relationshipbetween OSWALD and JACK RUBINSTEIN

ALEXANDRA stated OSWALD liked to associate withthe Russian speaking element in Dallas and her fatherGEORGE DE MOHRENSCHILDT and his wife JEANNE wouldknow OSWALD better than she She believes her fatherand his wife presently are in Haiti where he is managinga plantation He is a geologist and his address probablywould be known to the Petroleum Club in Dallas Shebelieved her father previously had resided at CooperAvenue in Dallas specific address unknown Her stepmother JEANNE had a daughter CHRISTIANA BOGOVALLENSKIA

KIERNAN whose husband IS RAGNAR KIERNAN who may or maynot be with her father ALEXANDRA has not communicatedwith her father since April of this year The onlyemployment ALEXANDRA recalled for OSWALD was inadvertising processing in Oak Cliff Dallas name of which

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was unknown to her OSWALD was known to a NATASHA and

EVALINA last names unknown to ALEXANDRA but known toher 'ather She believes her ex-husband GAR! AYLCRwould also know OSWALD better than she and know of his

employment

GARY presently resides at 4115 Falls DriveOak Cliff Dallas

ALEXANDRA TAYLOR is female w%ite a..;d hospitalrecords indicate a1 was born December %?5 19d3 Sheindicated attending Highj.nd Park High School Dallas1959 to 1961 and Lamson Lusiness School Tucson ArizonaJanuary to Juno 1953

On December 2 1963 R H SHOWERS PrincipalTrinity _ Lutheran School 2130 Watson Avenue BronxNew York advised tha the school did not commence tomaintain any records until 1957 and therefore has no

informationconcerning the subject,who reportedly attendedthe school from September 8 to September 26 1952SHOWERS stated that there is no one presently employedat the school who would have any personal knowledgeconcerning OSWALD or OSWALD's family He advised thatthe principal of the school during the time that OSWALDwas in attendance was HOWARD C ROWSELL 156 Reserve RoadWest Seneca Buffalo 24 New York He also stated that the

subject's sixth grade teacher would have been Mrs THELMA

HATCH presently residing in Hicksville Long IslandNew York exact address unknown He stated that these twoindividuals would be the only ones connected with theabove school who may possibly be able to furnish someinformation concerning OSWALD

On December 2 1963 Dr STUART KOBLENZAssistant Hospital Administrator-Medical Abraham JacobiHospital Bronx New York advised that the above hospitalwas not opened until November 1955 thereby precluding

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the possibility that. subject received mental tests at

this hospital Hecommented however thata reviewof hospital files in the record room Mental hygieneClinic registration records and DevelopmentalEvaluation Clinic all failed to reflect any informationpertaining to LEE HARVEY OSWALD

.In an effort to determine if subject was the

recipient of any mental tests in 1953,..in addition tothe above mentioned hospital the following individualswere contacted at their respective hospitals but wereunable to furnish any information concerning subject

Mrs E B READERSecretary to the Deputy Medical SuperintendentMorrisania HospitalBronx New York

Miss DOROTHY DE MARYSecretaryOffice of Deputy Medical SuperintendentLincoln HospitalBronx New York

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On December 2 1963 JOSEPH J AVITABILE anemployee of the Publishers Bookbinding Con:. -my 000Varick Street New York New York te3.eph:r.1callycontacted the New York Office of the D'ede.t,a.i Bureau ofInvestigation He stated that VINCENT QUINN an employeeof the company believes that LEE HARVEY OSWALD maybe identical with an individual named JIM COHEN whowas employed at the company during the summer of 1962He said COHEN expressed pro-Communist ideas on severaloccasions

JOSEPH J AVITABILE was inte.-v:2wed at thePublishers Bookbinding Company on December 2 1963 bySAS ROGER H LEE and JAMES O INGRAM He resides at199 West 10th Street and he is a Supervisor in theShipping Department He said he has been reading severalarticles concerning OSWALD and 0SWALD's appearance issimilar to a person named JIM COHEN who was employedat the company during tote summer of 1962 He recallsCOHEN went to work in June and was employed for approximately3 months He believes COHEN was a college student andCOHEN had indicated he had been in the United StatesMarines Corps He did not know the residence or whereaboutsof COHEN at the present time

He went on to say that COHEN was known toVINCENTOINN an employee of the company and he saidhis prospective son-in-lsw NICHOLAS OTTAMANILLO formerlYworked with COHEN at the company and could probablyfurnish details concerning him He could furnish noadditional information concerning why he believesCOHEN was identical with LEE HARVEY OSWALD

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VINCENT P QUINN ;010 34th Aven : Jac!:s on:.eights New York advised SAS LEE and ING .',, or ''ecenber 21S'63 'c'iat he recalls one J7n COHEN be '.gig e 'loy.~% aroundJura 1962 through August 1962 He Ls.id ,:;OMEN s appearancewa.s similar to OSWALD He could not describe COHEN butsaid he was of average height and weight He believesCOHEN was pro-Communist since he had read many books onMarxism He said COHEN asked him on one occasion ifhe had ?ver been to Russia and if he had (% r readbooks by KARL MARX He could furnish no a~ S.itionalinformation concerning COHEN's pro-ComUrrum.st attitude orany additional information concerning why he believedOSWALD was identical with COHEN

SWING MACK Manager Publishers BookbindingCompany auvised SAS LEE and INGRAM on December 2 1963his records show JAMES COHEN 175 West 93rd StreetNew York 25 New York telephone RI 9-7661 SocialSecurity Number 059-34-8161 was hired by the companyon June 19 1961 and he left the company on

August 251961 He indicated his reason for leaving was "backto school. He has no additional information concerningCOHEN but said COHEN was not employed during 1962 Headded their company hires about 3 college students duringthe summer but he does not know COHEN and he could notsuggest anyone who would know him

AVITABILE was recontacted on December 2 1963at which time he said COHEN could have worked during thesummer of 1961 instead of 1962

NICHOLAS OTTAMANILLO 94 Charles Street NewYork New York advised SAS LEE and INGRAM on December 21963 that he was formerly employed by the PublishersBookbinding Company in New York New York in 1961 and heworked with one JAMES COHEN during the summer of 1961He said COHEN was not employed at the company during 1962and he is not identical with LEE HARVEY OSWALD

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JOHN BRENNAN 2nd Floor West 325 East 92ndStree l, advised SAS LEE and INGRAM on DeceT r 2 1963he has resided in the neighborhood forove 20 yearsand he does not recall a family named OSWALD He saidhe was formerly superintendent of the building at 325 East

92nd Street and he has resided in the building for the

past 12 years and if the OSWALD family resided in the

buildinc or any length of time he would know thisHe saiu building has changed ownership several timesover the ars and the only individuals who haveresided in vAe building for the past 10 years are MrsGUSZ and ROBERT NICHOLAS who is the present superintendentof the building

ROBERT NICHOLAS advised he has been the

superintendent of the building since February 1955 andhe does not know anyone named OSWALD and to his knowledgethere has never been a family by the name of OSWALDresiding in the building for the past 10 years ?fiecould suggest no one who might recall the family

THOMAS DRAGOSITZ owner of Tom and Lou's Bar323 East 92nd Street advised SAS LEE and INGRAM onDecember 2 1963 that he has resided in the neighborhoodfor over 25 years and to his knowledge an OSWALD familyhas never resided at 325 East 92nd Street New YorkNew York during this period

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Mrs ALMA GTJSZ Stab Floor West 32 East 92ndstreet _ vised SP( T and :iNGRAM on 1);,cemb 2 1963that she n as resin at the c,-ove addrec43 for approximately20 years 6'!!e ad sed that woman named 0 SW LD andher son who e name she coulf:A not recall resided for

approximately 3 or 4 days with a FERMAN family who residedon the 5th Floor East at 325 East 92nd Street around 1953or 1954 She said the OSWALD boy at that tir, was approximately 12 or ',.3 years of age but due to th.-_ fact she metthe OSWALD woman c Zly on one occasions she .eve verylittle about them She said Mrs OSWALD any her son movedout of tne apartment since she received the impressionthey were staying with Mrs FERMAN until they locatedan apartment in the City She could furnish no additionalinformatics ncerning Mrs OSWALD and her son and stated

she has roue .. ad no information concerning the familysince that tiF..e v

Mrs C?TSZ advised that Mrs FERMAN moved toone of the western states around 1955 after her husband

passed away She said she could not recall Mr or MrsFERMAN's first names and she does not know any of theFERMAN's associates family or former employers Shecould furnish no additional pertinent information

It is to be noted that OSWALD's attendance

record at Junior High School 44 in New York City indicateda card in OSWALD's file date not indicated reportingan address for OSWALD as 325 East 92nd Street New

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Justice FLORENCE KELLY Childrens PartFamily Court New York City made available forreview the court record on LEE HARVEY OSWALD Thisrecord was reviewed by Assistant Director in ChargeJOHN F MALONE New York Office and the followingwas reflected

The cover page of the report containeda letter from RICHARD KAIKA District SecretarySalvation Army Bronx New York to the ProbationBureau of Domestic Relations Court Bronx New Yorkdated September 8 1953 which reflected the

following

"Dear Mr Carro

"Mr Wilcox is on vacation We have lookedover the referral material and we don't feel thatwe could offer any useful service for Lee HarveyOswald

"There is a space on the psychiatricreport with which we fully agree namely that the boyis_very severely disturbed and would need direct

psychiatric treatment in a child-guidanceinstitution This is a service we cannot offer

"We are sorry we cannot be of any servicein this case.

The file reflected an investigation report ofthe Probation Bureau Childress Part of DomesticRelations Court Bronx New York It indicated that

investigation be ordered on April 16 1953 Thecover page of this report reflected backgrounddata regarding OSWALD and his family It was indicatedthat OSWALD was born October 19 1939 New OrleansLouisiana and resided at 825 East 179th StreetApartment 3C OSWALD's father was listed as USE with notation

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deceased 1939 and his mother was listed as MARGUERITE

CLAVENE age 45 born New Orleans LouisianaIt was noted that Mrs OSWALD was in good health was

of the Lutheran faith and her occupation was sales

lady with a salary of $45 per week plus two percentcommission tier marital status was indicated as

widow with her date and place of marriage listed as

1929 New Orleans Louisiana Other members of

OSsJALD's family were listed as JOHN age 21 United

States Coast Guard stationed in Staten Island New

York and ROBERT 19 United States Marines One

relative was listed as Mrs LILLIAN SIGUORETTENew Orleans Louisiana A notation appeared at the

bottom of the cover page of this report stating that

Truant Adjudication had been made on April 16 1953

by Justice DELANEY

Page one of this report contained the

following

"Case #23979

"CHILD'S NAME....OS'iALD Lee ;ar_ve7 born 10/19/39 New Orleans

LaADDRESS .825 East 179th Street Apt 3-C Bx

MOTHER Marguerite (CLAVERIL)FATHER Lee Harvey

"NATURE OF PETITION DELINQUENT CHILD

"Petitioner James F Brennan Attendance Officer D.C 24

respectfully alleges that on March 11 1953 and priorthereto while residing at 825 East 179th Street the petitioner

alleges that the respondent herein has been excessivelyabsent from school as follows 46 full days and 8

half days from October 1 1952 to January 15 1953further that the said child has refused to registerin P.S #44 Bronx since January 15th 1953when he moved into that school district and that he

has not attended school since that time further

that he is beyond the control of his mother insofar as

school attendance is concerned

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"Court Action 3/12/53 JUSTICE DELANY PRESIDING._-_.__ ATTENDANCE OFFICER MOTHER BEFORE THECOURT MRS OSWALD REPORTED THAT THE BOY REFUSED TOATTEND COURT WARRANT WAS ISSUED TO BE EXECUTED ON 3/19/53

"3/19153 WARRANT TO BE EXECUTED

"4/16/53 Court Action JUSTICE DELANY PRESIDING ATTENDANCE

DER MR BRE DÀ OF D C #24 MRS OSWALD ON LEAVEBEFORE THE COURT THE HEARING WAS HELD HIS HONOR MADEA FINDING OF SCHOOL TRUANT LEE WAS REMANDED TO YOUTHLOUSE UNTIL 5/7/53 FOR PSYCHIATRIC STUDY

"PREVIOUS COURT RECORD None

"FAMILY HISTORY Family history was related to theP.O by Mrs Oswald who was interviewed in our office4/21/53

"Mother Marguerite Oswald nee Claverie a widow wasborn and raised in New Orleans La where she obtained

2nd year high school education Hrs Oswald is at

present 45 years of age She is of the Lutheranfaith In 1945 the family went to Fort orthTexas to live and subsequently came to N.Y.Cin August of 1952 ;mere the f:.mily have resided sinceMrs Oswald stated that she came to NY at the invitationof her oldest son John who is in the U.S Coast Guardstationed at S.I NY She and Lee lived with John andhis wife in their Manhattan apartment for abouta month but moved out when some friction developedAt the present time Mrs Oswald is employed at Martin's

Dept Store Bklyn NY earning $45.per week She worksfive days a week being off on Weds and Sundays Thehours are from 9:45 A.M to 6 P.O Mrs Oswald statesshe generally leaves home about 8:15 A.M and returnsat 7:15 PM

"Father R-'ert Lee Harvey died in 1939 of a heartàttack Mr Harvey was born and raised in New Orleanswhere he attained a high school education He died at

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"the age of 45 At the time Mr Harvey was an insurance

assent

"The 0swalds were married on 7/19/29 Out of this unionthe first for each party were born three ch5ldren They

.are as follows

"John 21 years of age presently U.SCoast Guard stationed in S.IJohn is married and has one child

Family reside here in N.Y.C

"Robert 19 presently in the U.S Marine

"Lee 13 presently before the court

"Mrs Oswald described the relationship with herson Lee as being good one The boy is describedas being no problem at home A.ccording to themother there has been no institutioiv.lization in the

family and ethical and moral standards in the home appeargood All members of the family are it good health

"HOME AND NEIGHBORHOOD Family reside in a residentialarea of the Bronx The neighborhood ie one ofmiddle-income family having adequate housing Delinquencyrate in this area is low There are adequaterecreational facilities nearby Mrs Oswald occupiesa three room furnished apartment consisting of one

bedroom parlor and kitchen Lee sleeps in thebedroom and Mrs Oswald sleeps in a studio couch in the

living room PO was unable to visit the home due to thefact that Mrs Oswald is employed and no arrangementscould be made to visit the home However the I.O had

previously visited the home and described it as

being clean and nicely furnished home

"SCHOOL RECORD Lee is registered at P.S #117 class7This-s 1 the school he last attended Upon hisarrival from Texas in Sept the boy attended a ProtestantParochial School and then transferred to P.S # 117Px At P.S #47 the boy had an attendance of being absent46 whole days and two half days from Oct 1 1952to Jan 15 1953 The boy as transferred at that timeto P S.#44 but he refused to attend Lee has not attendedschool since that time

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"RELIGIOUS AFFILIATIONS Lee is a Lutheran He was

baptized at the Trinity Lutheran Church at New

Orleans La. in Nov 1939 They has not made hisCommunion nor Confirmation Firs Oswald indicated thatshe and Lee do not go to Sunday Service as theyhave been in I.Y a short time and do not know anychurches or congregations nearby

"LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES AND SPECIAL INTERESTS Leewas interviewed by t e PO 23 53 The boy indicatedthat he does not belong to any organized group or parttaking in any organized activity The boy states thathe generally gets up at 9 A.M and watches TV andreads magazines until 3-4 P.F in the afternoon i.eindicated that he did not know anybody and hence did not

go out to play The boy skates that he seldom goesout and stays home most of the time The onlyoccasion for his going downstairs is when ge goes downon errands but not to play ::e indicated that he

formerly collected stamps ''e was football fan The

boy states he used to have a hob ay of ro1.din g claycollecting stamps but he doe. not co o an.rmoreHe is a football fan likes horseback ra:i:ng The boystates "I like to be by myeelf and d things bymyself.

"IINTAL AND PHYSICAL CONDITICN Lee is a boy of averageheight and weight The boy ha a normal birth andhad the usual childhood illnesses which consisted of the

measles chicken pox mumps and whooping cough The hay,impressed the PO of a boy of normal mental andphysical development

"PETITIONER'S STATEMENT "See Nature of Petition.

"CHILD'S VERSION AND ATTITUDE Lee quiet boy was irterviewedby the P.O He is a boy of average height and weightLee was pleasant and friendly though withdrawn to himselfDuring the interview the boy's expression was one of

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"indifference He had more or less of a blank expressionregistered little enthusiasm nor emotionsWhen questioned he generally answers affirmatively bysaying 'I guess so He tried to evade an impressionof unconcern as to what had taken place

"The boy admitted the allegations of the petition When

questioned regarding his staying out of school the

boy states "it takes up too much of my time Icould be doing other things playing around and

looking at magazines He further indicated 'I don'tlike school It's too hard to do I am not able to dothe work.

"Lee told the P.O he did not like the teachersthe school nor the children in school He stated 'Ilike myself. When PO inquired as to his relationshipwith his mother the boy stated 'Well I've got to livewith her I guess I love her.

"The boy told the PO that he had too much difficultymaking friends and hence he likes to be to himselfHe indicated that he had more fun being alone

"The PO observe that the boy is somewhat shallow andseems to be immature to have little capacity for

comprehension Lee indicated that he would like to gointo the service when he is 18 1~e told the P.Othat he has two brothers in the service but hedoes not miss them The boy states that heliked school in Texas but as he got older he found thathe had other things he wanted to do The boywould not enumerate other things he had to doexcept that he had a lot of things Questioned as tohis aim in life in what he wanted to do the boyreplied 'I want to let me go home and be by myselfPO inquired of Lee as to whether he would return

home whether he would attend school The boy replied'I have a choice between going to school here between

going to school or in an institution Does itmatter O K I go to school here Lee stated thatwhile he liked Youth house he miss the freedom of

doing what he wanted He indicated that he didnot miss his mother

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"The PO discussed living in F.Y with Lee Leeindicated that he found N.Y all right to live inhe indicated that it was immaterial to him as towhere he live_

"P.O noticed that this boy seems to have no driveno ambition he seems to be content with merely justliving In our discussion with the boy nothingseems to register with him

"PARENTAL VERSION AND ATTITUDE Mrs Oswald was interviewed

by the PO on this date Mrs Oswald impressed the POas an intelligent well-meaning middle-aged woman goodeducation and background

"It is Mrs Oswald's belief that the boy's difficultystems from the fact that his hae not been able to meetthe change in has environment She describeshim as always being a 'loner pie would generallyplay along and if boys joined him he would play withthem At school he was captain of the baseball teamIn Texas she states the family had a hone with a yarda dog and the boy would get along fine Here in N.Y

family occupy an apartment and there is nothing for theboy to do Prs Oswald described the boy as introvertthe boy who has difficulty in making friendships ashe made no effort to initiate any Generally Lee waitedfor the children to make overtures to him Regardingthe boy's school attendance the mother states that hewas always an average student in school Tie likesschool and seem to attend regularly The motherfeels that the boy moving to a differentcommunity and being placed in the midst of differentnationalities and crowded apartment conditions has hadan adverse effect on the boy that he has retreatedinto a shell Mrs Oswald indicated she recognizes theboy's problem but there's little she can do She mentionedto the PO that the family formerly had their own cartheir own home and that the boy had two brothers at

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home to play with hother indicated that she hasa home in Texas which she plans to sell f.t presentshe is in no financial condition to return to TexasThe boy has no other family there to whom he can go

"Mrs Oswald believes the present attitude of indifferenceand lack of concern is one of defiance She attributeshis behavior to that of adolescent behavior or growingup pains The mother point out that when the boy firstcame here she lived on grans Concourse and the boyhad difficulty in getting along with other children becauseof his manner and custom that his mode of dresswas different and he had a different accent The boyat the time dressed a great deal in 'jeans levies whereasthe other boys in the neighborhood seems to be moreor less better dressed This see:* to have had some sortof affect upon the boy

"Mrs Oswald indicated that while she realizes thatthe boy had little family life at home that she is unableto give him adequate supervision she would not wantthe boy place_ She would prefer to have the child remainhome However should the situation arise where shebelieve that placement seems absolutely necessaryshe indicated that she would cooperate with any plan thatthe court may have

"SOCIAL AGENCY RECORD Oswald Marguerite (Claverie) SJames-'John Youth House 4/21/53 NargariteSLee (int son Lee)

Community Service Society Family Div #219065 1/16/53

"EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATION Lee Oswald 13 year old

oy o e ut eran aitI is e ore the court for thefirst time The boy had admitted the allegationsof the petition According to the boy he isnot attending school as he feels that he has many more

important things to do Aside from this he has indicatedthat he does not like his teachers his classmatesnor the school The boy has expressed a desire to beleft alone

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"The boy the P.O.'s observed is a friendlylikeable boy who protrays very little emotions Reactionto the present situation was one of indifferenceThe mother while she seems a well meaning intelligentwoman is unable to give Lee adequate supervision dueto her long working hours Much of Lee's difficulty seemsto stem from his inability to adapt himself to the changeof enviornment and the change of the economical statusof the family The record reveals the family wasof means having their own home in Corning Texasseemingly a full family life thus Lee had had hastwo brothers living with them Coming to R77.C. and

moving into a crowded area without his brothers amongstvaried groups who dressed and spoke differentfrom the boy Lee has been unable to find acceptance andhas retreated into a shell wherein he prefers toconfines of his apartment to that of dealing with otherchildren

"The P.O feels that this is a dangerous situation forthe boy to isolate himself from other social contactswith children his age The matter has been discussedwith his mother The possibility of returning to Texasor Louisiana was discussed with the mother but sheis unable to do so do to her present financial conditionWhile Mrs Oswald is opposed to placement shefeels that she would go along with it if it seems

absolutely necessary

"The P.O feels that we are dealing with a boy who feelsa great deal of insecurity and the need for acceptanceAs it does not seem that this can be done with the boyremaining at home but it was felt that perhapsplacement in an institution where these needs can bemet would be beneficial at this time However recommendationis being held in abeyance pending the receipt of the

psychiatric examination

"ALL OF WHICH IS RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED

"JOHN CARROPROBATION OFFICER

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"SUMMARY tDR P.O S REPORT PSYCHIATRIC DONE ON 5/1/53'This 13 year old well built boy has superior mentalresources and functions only slightly below his capacitylevel in spite of chronic truancy from school which

brought him into Youth House No finding of neurologicalimpairment of psychotic mental changes could be madeLee had to be diagnosed as 'personality pattern disturbancewith schizoid features and passive-aggressive tendencies.Lee has to be seen as an emotionally quite disturbed

youngster who suffers the impact of really existingemotional isolation and deprivation lack of affectionabsence of family life and rejection by a selfinvolved and conflicted mother Although Leedenies that he is in need of any other form of helpother than 'remedial one we gained the definiteimpression that Lee can be reached through contact withan understanding and very patient psychotherapist andif he could be drawn at the same time into grouppsychotherapy We arrive therefore at the

recommendation that he should be placed on probationunder the condition that he seek help and guidancethrough contact with a child guidance clinic wherehe should be treated preferably by a male psychiatristwho could substitute to a certain degree at leastfor the lack of a father figure At the same time hismother should be urged to see] psychotherapeuticguidance through contact with a family agency if this

plan does not work out favorably and Lee cannot cooperatein this treatment plan on an out-patientbasis removal from the home and placement could beresorted to at a later date but it is our definite

impression that treatment on probation should betried out before the stricter and therefore possibly moreharmful placement approach is applied to the case of this

boy The Big Brother Movement could undoubtedly beof tremendous value in this case and Lee should be

urged to join the organized group activities of his

community such as provided by the 'AL or YMCA of hisneighborhood.

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"s/s kenatus Hartogs L.D Ph d

Senior Psychiatrist.

6/7/58 COURT ACTION Justice tic Clancy presiding Boy and

his mother before the court PC

reported on the case Justice Pic Clancytalked to the mother and boy at

some length After reviewing the record at some lengthand reading the Psychiatric report Justice he Clancycontinued the boy on parole to 9/24/53 His Honor

advised the boy that he was to return to school

as soon as possible to attend school regularly Mr

Brennan the A C is to return the case to court should

the boy fail to do so Justice Mc Clancy requested that

a referral be made Community Service Society for

possible work at their therapeutic treatment for this

boy

"Lee was paroled to 9/24/53 Later the PO phoned the

C.S.S and spoke to Mrs Olga Benjamin regarding the

possibility of re errins the boy tc that agencyMrs Benjamin indicated she would discuss this

matter with Mrs Carver Hall who will contact the P0

In the meantime she sufested that we contact the

Salvation Army to see whether they could possibly providethe facilities in the treatment that this boy needs

"P0 later interviewed the mother and boy and advised

Mrs Oswald that a referral would be made to a Family

Agency and that she is to keep these appointmentswhen she is notified Both mother and boy promisedto cooperate

J Carro PO (cros)

"5/7/53 P.O contacted Mrs Olga Benjamin Social

Worker of C.S.S. regarding possible referral of Lee

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to their agency Mrs Benjamin indicated that theyhave a long waiting list and that the situation requiresa great deal of attention and skill She indicatedthat Mrs Oswald had been seen by them on 11 53when the case was explored as it was referred to them

by the Federation of Protestant Welfare agencies An

appointment was made for Mrs Oswald for 1/30/53which she did not keep No further contactshave been had with this family Mrs Benjaminrecommended that we contact the Salvation Army whichshe felt might be in a better position to meet this

boy's needs at this time

"J Carro P.O (es)

"6/4/53 P.O contacted Mr Wilcox Social Worker Salvation

Army regarding possible acceptance of the case MrWilcox promised to call back

"J Carro P.O (es)

"9/8/53 Material returned from Salvation Armyrejecting the boy as the Salvation Army feels that theycannot offer any useful service to the boy Salvation

Army indicates that the boy as pointed out in the

psychiatric report is severely disturbed and wouldneed direct psychiatric treatment in a Child GuidanceInstitution is is a service they cannot offer

"J Carro P.O (ES)

"9/24/53 Mrs Oswald telephoned on this dateto state that she would be unable to appear in courtShe pointed out that she felt that there is no

necessity for her to return to court as the boy hasmade a marvelous adjustment Lee returned to schoolon May 7th and had a very good attendance recordthereafter At the present time he is in the 9th grade

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at P.S 44 and recently had the honor of being electedclass president The P O spoke to her in terms ofhaving the boy attend our Treatment Clinic asIntake is now open and the P O felt that thisboy could benefit from the group therapy that theywould be able to offer Mrs Oswald appeared veryresistant to this plan and her attitude was such thatreflected another unwillingness to enter into anysort of arrangement at this time She indicated thatthe boy seems to be doing well and would like to havehim left alone as she feels that our stepping into thepicture at this point would have a harmful effect P.Oadvised Mrs Oswald that we would continue the boyunder the supervision of the court for a periodlonger to see how he adjusts

"J Cairo P.O (es)

COURT ACTION 9/24/53 Justice Fogerty presidingNo appearance

P.O reported on the case His honor continued the boyon parole to 10/29/53 for progress report

rtJ Carro P.O (es)

"10/21/53 Progress report which was requested on10/16/53 from P S 44 received on this date Boyindicates that since the term commenced he has beenpresent in school 21 3/2 days and absent 1-3/2 daysHis conduct is described as unsatisfactory The schoolreports that the child has shown no improvementhrs Oswald does not cooperate with the schoolauthorities She did not answer to a summons tocome to school about her son's welfare During the pasttwo weeks practically every subject teacher has complainedto me about the boy's behavior He has consistentlyrefused to salute the flag during early morning exercisesIn many rooms he has refused to do any work whatsoever

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He spends most of his time sailing paper airplanesaround the room In several instances he has struckclassmates When I spoke to him last Thursdayabout his behavior his attitude was belligerentWhen I offered to help him he brushed out with 1 don'tneed anybody's help (Signed) L Rosen Teacher)

"J Carro P.O (rl) b 10/3

"In view of the above report PO discussed thesituation with supervisor who felt that placement atthis time may have to be contemplated

"J Carro Y.O (rl)"10/29/53 Mrs Oswald telephoned onthis date stating that she would not be abla toappear in court She had the keys to her joband would have to be there She indicated she would beable to come to court on soi other day if notified

by P.O

"J Carro PO (rl) D 10

"10/29/53 COURT ACTION Case on School Part CalendarJustice Sicher presidingNo appearance

PO reported on the case Judge Sicher continued the boyon parole to 11/19/53 for placement plan and directedPO to make a referral to Berkshire Industrial Farm IfBerkshire Farm is not available to take the boyJudge Sicher gave permission to the court to referthe boy to Children's Village

"Parents to be notified to appear 11/19/53

"J Cerro P.O (ri) D.10/30Tr 11/2

"11/19/53 PO contacted Mr Rosen of P S 44 iir.Rosen indicated that since Mrs Oswald's visit tothe school to discuss the situation with them Lee

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has been getting along very well in school Theboy is now saluting the flag and is showing a greatdeal of improvement Mr Posen stated that he is nolonger a behavior problem in the school

"J Carro PO (rl) D 11/23

"11/19/53 COURT ACTION Justice Sicher presidingCase on School Part CalendarMrs Oswald and her son Lee

and counsellor Nielson appeared before the court His Honor ex

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"11/19/53 Court Action Cont'd

".piained to Mr Neilson and Mrs Oswald the function ofthe court Mr Neilson indicated that Mrs Oswalddesired to have Lee discharged from supervision ofthe court as she felt that the boy was presentlyno problem at this time and that she was capableof coping the child

"Judge Sicher talked to the mother and counsellor atsome length and advised them that Lee was a child whowas in need of treatment as the reports of theexamination made on the boy seemed to bear outand hence would not consider discharging the boyat that time The mother was opposed to referralof the boy to any other agency

"His Honor talked to the mother at some length andadvised her that it would be for the best interestsof Lee to have her cooperate with any plans thatthe court might have to Offer at this time JudgeSicher instructed PO to refer the boy to thecourt treatment clinic and to make a referenceto the Protestant Big Brother Case was paroledto l/28/54 for a report on that date

"1/5/54 Mrs Oswald telephoned PC this date Mr DunnP0 talked to her in the abaence of Mr Carro whowas on vacation She stated she wished to speak withPO concerning the fact that she had to leave the cityAfter a long discussion with her and not receivingdefinite information PO advised her to be at courtto see MP Carro 1/11/54 with Lee and if needed thecase could be passed on Mrs Oswald agreed to do so

"In the afternoon Mr Groetz of the Protestant BigBrothers called at the office regarding the same matterHe indicated that he would telephone on the morning of1/11 Mr Groetz indicated that he believes the mother

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"is anxious and willing and has found her most

cooperative PO did not find any chronologicalsheet which must have been made out for clinicbut is not with the papers they returned

"T P Dunn PO forJ Carro PO (r1) D.2/1

"12/21/53 Material on Lee Oswald returned from CourtClinic this date A letter was attached indicatingthat the family's lawyer to inform us that the familyis moving to New Jersey (Material filed in case record

"1/26/54 Mrs Barnes A.O. phoned this date to indicateshe had received a letter from Mrs Oswald indicatingshe had left and taken Lee with her to live in NewOrleans La

"Mr Groetz Protestant Big Brother also phoned PO thisdate to inquire as to whet-ier or not Mrs Oswald hadcontacted PO as to her plans to move to New Orleansshe had indicated she wished to discuss the situationover with P0

"J Carro PO (ri) D.2/1

"1/28/54 COURT ACTION Justice Polier presidingA.0 present only

PO reported on the case Mrs Barnes A.0 showed thecourt a letter from Mrs Oswald indicating she wasleaving for La Justice Polier adjourned the caseto 3/11/54 for report as to the whereabouts of theboy and his mother

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"3/11/54+ COURT ACTION Justice DelanyNo appearance Attendance

Officer Mrs Barnes P.O before the court Mrs Barnesreports that reply from contact with New Orleans Lareceived indicates that they have no information asto the whereabouts of the family A former assocthinks the family may be living in CaliforniaJustice Delany discharged the case on this datesince Lee is no longer in our jurisdiction

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The file also contained a report dated April..301

3;'4fid'.44fined by EVELYN STRICKMAN which reflected the

foil*wing"This is a seriously detached withdrawn youngster who has

preserved some ability to relate but is very hard to reachHe is laconic and taciturn and while he answered questionshe volunteered almost nothing about himself Toward the endof the interview he occasionally would say somethinggratuitously without my asking him but on the whole everythinghad to be pulled from him What is really surprising is thatthis boy has not lost entirely his ability to communicate withother people because he has been leading such a detachedsolitary existence for most of his life

"He told me that he was at Youth House for truancy and his

truancy is caused because he feels that he would prefer todo other things which are more important Questioning atfirst elicited 'Oh just things but what I finally learnedfrom him is that he spends all of his time looking attelevision leafing over various magazines or just sleepingApparently his truancy really became serious when he movedup here from Fort Worth with his mother about five or sixmonths ago but he never did like school and apparently neverformed relationships with other people

"The story that I got from him condensed is very much asfollows His father died he believed before he was bornand he doesn't know a thing about him He evinces absolutelyno curiosity about him says that he never missed having oneand never thought to ask about him His mother was left withthree children John who is 21 and in the Coast Guard and whohas been stationed in New York for the last two years Robertwho is 18 and is a pilot in the Air Force Marines and Lee whois 13 The mother apparently supported these children byworking as an Insurance Broker and she was on the go all daylong He does not remember anyone else ever having taken careof him and apparently when he was an infant she either left himin the care of his older brothers or he shifted for himselfShe would leave early in the morning and come home around sevenor eight at night after a hard day's work in which she wasdriving the car around all day trying to sell insuranceOcassionally she took Lee with her on these trips but he wrinkledhis nose and said it was very boring because she was always makingstops going into houses and trying to sell people things Leeate lunch in school and often made his own meals It was interest

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"ing that occasionally when his mother did make meals he wasdissatisfied with them and would complain to her because shehad just thrown things together Her answer always was thatshe was so tired after a hard day's work that she hadn't feltlike fussing Lee saw little of his brothers because of theage difference partially and also because John was workingwhen they were living at Fort Worth Robert was always goingout with his own friends and neither of the older boys wantedLee tagging after them It was already during this periodthat he was experiencing difficulty in school not he saidbecause he couldn't do the work but because he just neverreally felt like it nor thought that it was very importantHe learned to read very adequately and denied any feelingsof inferiority in relation to other kids his own age inschool but he said he used to have trouble with English Grammarand with Arithmetic He spent very little time with the boysin his neighborhood preferring to be alone and when he camehome from school would simply sit in the house listen to theradio looking at television or looking at different magazines

"After both boys entered the service and John was stationedin New York his mother decided to come to New York in orderto be near John They arrived here about five or six monthsago and moved into John's apartment on East 92nd St. inManhattan In response to questioning Lee told me that whileJohn seemed glad to see him his sister in law Margieapparently was very unhappy at the fact that Lee and hismother shared the apartment for a while until they could finda place of their own Lee said that she seemed like a rathercold person who wanted to be alone with John and did not makehis mother and him feel welcome Although there were fiverooms in the apartment Lee was given a place to sleep in theliving room and admitted that this was very much in line with whathe had always been led to expect from grown ups nobody everhad any room for him His face lighted up however from itsusual impassive expression when he talked about the three monthsold baby and he admitted that he had found a good deal ofenjoyment in playing with it

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"After they stayed with John for a couple of months hismother finally found an apartment on the Gpand Concoursein the Bronx It is a small apartment with one largeroom and again of course Lee does not have his own roomand sleeps in the living room His mother had found workas an assistant manager in a woman's wear shop and she isaway again all day He mostly makes his own meals andspends his time alone in the apartment because he doesn'tenjoy associating with the boys in the neighborhood

"Questioning about Lee's mother elicited the response thatin a way she was very much like him She didn't talk to peopleat all very much and while she had a few friends who occasionallycame to visit she was equally silent with them When Lee andshe are home alone together he is not uncomfortable with herbut they never have anything to say to each other She never

punishes him because she is the kind of person who just lets

things ride For instance he volunteered that when he startedto play hookey she told him to go to school 'but she never did

anything about it When I had wondered if he had wished thatshe had done something about it he nodded and what finallyemerged was that he just felt that his mother never gave adamn for him He always felt like a burden that she simplyjust had to tolerate and while she took care of his materialneeds he never felt that she was involved with him in any wayor cared very much what happened to him It was hard for himto say whether she acted the same toward his brothers becausehe had never noticed but his general feeling was that adultswere not to be trusted that if they gave you anything theyalways seemed to want something in return and that you reallycouldn't look to adults for anything He is much more proneto trust boys his own age but admits he is not successful inmaking relationships with them mostly because he doesn't wantto He really prefers to be alone He doesn't really feelthat anybody in this world cares for him and he doesn't reallycare about anybody else Although his brothers were not asdetached as his mother apparently he experienced some rejectionfrom them too and that they always pushed him away when he triedto accompany them and they never could really meet any of hisneeds He told me that he had to be his own father becausethere was just no one there for him His money needs were met

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by his mother who would give him an occasional quarter or

something on a week end to go to a movie down at Fort WorthAs far as buying magazines and other stuff was concerned he

said he never bought very much so she never gave him verymuch She would buy his clothes without consulting him buthe said that he didn't resent this because he usually likedwhat she brought home She was apparently completely detachedfrom him however and they had absolutely no communication with

each other She always left him to shift pretty much forhimself and showed no concern about him whatsoever

"As a result he withdrew completely into a detached and

solitary existence where he could just do as he wanted to anddidn't have to live by any rules and regulations nor come incontact with people He would stay in bed till eleven ortwelve o'clock get up and make himself something to eat andthen sit and look at a magazine or look at a television programHe slept a good deal if he were able to although he says thathe never fell asleep in the day

"When they first came to New York his mother entered him in a

private Lutheran school because she thought that he would likethat but after two months he decided that he didn't want it

anymore and started truanting because he just didn't seem tofind it very interesting or important He was then transferredto a public school in the Bronx and quit going altogether

"Lee was able to respond to expressions of understanding and

sympathy for his lonely situation which I offered althoughhe denied that he really ever felt lonely Questioningrevealed that he feels almost as if there is a veil betweenhim and other people through which they cannot reach him buthe prefers this veil to remain intact When I questionedwhether it were painful or disturbing for him to see metoday since in a sense I was tearing away the veil he letme know that it was not as bad as he might have anticipatedHe was not too comfortable in talking with me but he was notas disturbed in talking about his feelings as he thought hemight be This gave an opening for me to inquire into hisfantasy life and what I got was a complete rejection ofany probing and a reminder that 'this is my own business.I let him know that I respected this but there were some

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"things I had to know Supposed I asked him questions andif he wanted to he would answer He agreed to this and actuallyanswared every question that I asked He acknowledged fantasiesabout being all powerful and being able to do anything thathe wanted When I asked if this ever involved hurting or

killing people he said that it did sometimes but refused toelucidate on it None of these fantasies incidentally everinvolved his mother He also acknowledged dream materialwhich he said was entirely pleasant in nature and which was

usually a fulfilment of fantasies that he might have had whenhe was awake He refused however to talk about these at all

although he did mention that these dreams also sometimes contained violence He denied any hallucinatory or delusionalexperiences whatsoever and denied any distorted body imagesHis developmental history was essentially negative except fora mastoid operation and a tonsilectomy when he was 7 Heremembers being frightened but remembers nothing else aboutthe experience

"When we talked about future planning for slim Lee said thathe wanted to return home and he was adamant in his feeling that ifhe were placed in any kind of a boarding school he would run awayHe regards this as a loss of his freedom and privacy and confidedthat the worse thing about Youth House was the fact that he hadto be with other boys all the time was disturbed about disrobingin front of them taking showers with them etc He has been awayto Camp a couple of times in life when he was a kid and had enjoyed those experiences and mingled with other boys but it wasdifferent from the experience he had had here at Youth HouseHe doesn't fight with anyone here he just detaches himself

completely He was willing to acknowledge with me that homeoffers him very little but he wants it this way Actually ifhe.could have his wish he would like to be out on his own and

maybe join the service He acknowledged the fact that in theservice he would have to live very close to other people and

obey orders and follow a routine which he finds extremely distastful but he said he would seal himself to that and makehimself do it In the meantime if he had his way he wouldprefer to be on his own and he said that if he were placed ina school and ran away he wouldn't go home again he would juststart out for himself We talked about these feelings at some

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"length in terms of the fact that no boy of 13 was readyto do this plus the fact that these feelings that no onecared about him and that he was all alone in the world werereally very painful and that maybe he needed the experiencethat these were grown ups who were interested in him andcared about what happened to him He didn't care howeverand thought that he just preferred to be alone I pointedthat what happened to him eventually was really the court'sdecision but we discussed the alternatives on which thecourt might decide Placement he rejected When I broachedthe possibility of talking with a case worker if he werereturned home he wanted to know for how long and I told himit would be an indeterminate period He finally decided thatalthough he didn't really want this and would prefer to remainas solitary as he has always been if it came to a choicebetween placement and going to a case worker he would chosegoing to a case worker He also thought that if it were analternative between placement and going back to school hewould make an effort to go back to school and to attendregularly

"My own feeling is that it might be as difficult as at firstit seemed to establish a relationship with the boy and thathe might possibly be drawn into therapy Just how successfulsuch planning would be cannot be determined of course until Ihave had an opportunity to interview his mother Interestinglyenough when I asked questions about what they talked about whenshe came down here to visit him he said that actually shedidn't say very much She just brought him some candy andasked how things were going and they sat pretty much in silencethroughout the whole visiting period

"vp"Interview with Mother

"Mrs O is a smartly dressed gray haired woman very selfpossessed and alert and while making a superficial appearanceof affability I felt that essentially she was defensive rigidselfish and very much of a snob

"One of the first things she wanted to know was why Leewas at Youth House because she had no clear understandingof the purpose of the institution Before I even had achance to explain to her she went o` to ask me if he hadreceived a complete medical examination and in my answeringin the affirmative confided to me that she had noticed

lately he had gotten very big 'down there and that whileof course he was getting alittle too big for her to lookat him she had been worried lest something was the matterwith his genitals She went on to tell me that she hadhad him to a Doctor six months ago for a head to toeexamination and the Doctor had examined the boy in her

presence He apparently did not examine the boy's genitalsand Mrs Oswald had insisted upon this so he asked her to

step from the room She said she wasn't gone but a fewminutes when he called her back and said there was nothingthe matter and she somehow felt very dissatisfied with theexamination She went on to explain to me that her excessiveinterest was caused by the fact that her middle son Robertupon being examined for entry into the Marines was found tohave a hydrocele and that she had wondered if perhaps thiswere the case with Lee too When I indicated that we hadfound nothing the matter with his genitals she then lookedat once relieved and I felt a little disappointed

"Mrs 0 gave her current 'analysis of the reason's for Lee's

truancy.--The upset in moving from Ft Worth,--Texas Shewent on to tell me that she herself had been very much discomforted by the change and in my expressing interest I learnedfrom her that she had found it very difficult to adjust toNew York and is sorry she came here She indicated that shehas always been a manager of shops of one kind or another andmade it a point never to mix with her help She said theywere always respectful to her at home but that here in New Yorkemployees talk back to her etc and she finds it extremelydifficult to take complaining of their arrogance Furthermoreshe feels that life moves at a much faster pace here livingconditions are unsatisfactory etc Later on in the interviewafter I had gained her confidence much more she confided to methat she had come here from Ft Worth because she thought thatit might be better for Lee since he was suddenly left alone

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"after Robert joined the Marines and she wants to beclose to what family she had for his sake With her

eyes filled with tears at this point and she told methat she had come to New York to be close to her sonJohn There had been an exchange of letters and longdistance telephone calls and apparently John and hiswife were very anxious for her to come but she saidthat when she got here she found an extremely cold

reception Her daughter-in-law is only 17 and apparentlywent out of her way to let Mrs O know that she couldnot settle with John and herself permanently Mrs Osaid that she had had no such intention although she hadrather expected her daughter in law to put her up untilshe could find a job and get an apartment She said she wasmade so uncomfortable there however that she moved just assoon as sae could to an extremely inadequate one room basement apartment The living conditions were extremely miserable and she felt that Lee was becoming very depressed butshe could not help herself Just as soon as she was ableand had found another job she took a three room apartmentin the Bronx and said that Lee seemed to perk up considerablyafter this

"According to Mrs O she had never had any difficulty withLee while they were living in Ft Worth at all and disclaimedany knowledge of the fact that he had played hookey thereShe felt that if he had said this it was really only torationalize his playing hookey up here She told me that hehad always been an extremely quiet boy as was John and shefelt both of these boys were like her Even as a little kidLee had never mixed freely with other children and she toldme she felt this was in response to her teaching She hadalways been a working woman who didn't have to worry about hiswandering off or associating with other children in theirhouses so she instructed him to stay within the yard and healways did so If other kids came to play in his place it wasall right but he seemed never to go to other boys She saidthat as a matter of fact when other boys did approach him to

play he usually preferred to be by himself and she felt thatthis was in his nature and that one couldn't change people'snatures very easily She herself found nothing wrong withthis and told me that Mr Carro Lee's Probation Officer had

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"remarked to her that the boy seemed to be completelywithout feeling and that he withdrew from others Sheherself did not see anything strange about this and told methat she herself was not a very gregarious person either andhad never felt the need to make friends

"In response to questioning I learned from her that she hadlost her husband when she was seven months pregnant with LeeHe died suddenly one morning at 6 A.M of a heart attack Nearthe end of the interview she confided to me in a burst ofconfidence that she had had a rupture with her husband's familyat this time since when he died at 6 A.M she wanted him buriedthe same day Her thought had been for herself and the baby shewas carrying since she felt that she could do her husband no goodby having a Wake and a funeral and she thought it would be justdecent to ;et him out of the way as quickly as possible Hisfamily ;.gee been completely agaot said that they never saw anything as cold in their whole life and had not spoken to her fromthat day to this She had to rely upon her neighbors help whenLee was born and she has never had anything to do with herhusband's family since that time She justifies herself at greatlength to me said that she did not feel it was cold but onlysensible and that her husband when he used to joke with her hadalways said 'Mag if anything happens to me just throw some dirtin my face and forget about it and she felt she had acted according to his instruetion3

"When I offers that it must have been rather difficult for herto half to be both parents and bread earner at the same timeshe told me very proudly that she had never found it so Shesaid she was always a very independent self-reliant person whohad never wanted any help from anyone had always had 'highfulutent ideas which she felt to a large measure she had accomplished and ,he 'kaye ;Na. able to pull herself up by her ownbootstraps When aul _;d if hers had been a good marriage shesaid yes and wens_ eh ae hadn't said anything but questioningrevealed that she had cc:ie from a family where her mother had diedwhen she was only two years old The father raised six childrenwith the help of housekeepers and she said she was brought up inan extremely poor neighborhood in New Orleans where she was forcedto mix with Negroes and other people but even though she playedwith them and made friends with them she always had again thighfulutent ideas and managed to make something of herself

"Mrs O said that after her husband died she stayed at homefor two years taking

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"care of Lee and -the other two children and living oninsurance he left When this ran out and she found shehad to get a job she placed John and Robert in aLutherin Home for about six years from what I could

gather and she moved in with Lee into her sister'shouse Her sister cared for Lee while Mrs Qwent to work but when the sister began to object she hada large number of children herself .ors O also placedLee in a home until she felt that all the kidswere old enough so that she could take them homeand go to work too I pressed for information ritthis point and from what I could gather Lee was not inthe home for more than 3 or 4 months Precedinghis placement in the home however there wasa.pe~:od when Mrs O had moved out of her sister's houseand en a furnished roam because she said she neededa ci e r in d to go to business and couldn't bebothered !;i.th a child Apparently she left Lee toher sieter '-'r about a year or more chile thelived apart from him

"When she finally reconstituted her family apparentlyshe left the kids pretty much to their own devices sinceshe was working all kinds of hours and often did not

get home until late at night She tells me thatwhen she was working in the insurance business howevershe only worked two or three hours a day and was ableto spend a good deal of time at home Questioning revealed

however that all of her kids were extremely quietrather withdrawn infants who never made much demands onher and always played quietly by themselves Ofthis she was very proud Lee was a full term normallydelivered baby what was bottle fed and toilet trainedabout one year.' "He walked and talked normally as she

put it and she never had any difficulty in raisinghim but she said that he was always a verystoic child who for instance when the dentist offeredto fill one tooth would insist that he fill all four at once

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"She told me that the boy had once had a terrific infectionon his ankle which he didn't know anything about untilshe started bathing him and which the doctor had beenvery concerned about but Lee who was about fiveat this time had not even complained then he uasfive he also underwent a mastoid operation butshe said he was completely happy-go-lucky about it andit didn't seem to affect him at all :"xis Oincidentally bathed all her children herselfuntil the time they were 11 or 12 and then said in anembarrassed manner that at that age they got a littletoo old for her to look at

"Mrs O railed and railed against NYC laws which shefelt in a large measure were responsible for the wayLee acLed She said that when he first began totruant the truant officer picked him up in a police carand took him 'pack to school and thought that was justatrocious Zhe felt that the boy had been given a criminalrecord for no good reason at all and told me thatshe felt that she had been allowed to handle things inher own way she felt she could have gotten around itShe said she had had a problem in truancy with John tooand to a lesser extent with Robert and had been ableto handle it with both these boys

"?hen John was 14 and began to truant Nrs O told him that ifhe wants to be a bum that was all right with her so he wentout and got a job and held it for about six months At the endof that time he told her that he was going back to school andcontinued there ever since Robert only played hockey forabout four times and she was able to handle this by talking tohim Mrs O was not aware of whether or not Texas had a lawthat kids under 16 had to be in school but apparentlythey didn't bother John during the period he was outShe said she felt Lee could be stubborn and defiant justas she would be if someone kept stressing with himthe way the truant officer had with Lee that he had togo to school because the NYC law said so She said she

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"was not aware at first the boy was truanting althoughhe told her he didn't want to go to school but he didused to go up every day and get dressed and get out and soshe assumed he was there After she found out he wastruanting she started to talk with him made several visitsto the school etc. but apparently got"Fi where In themeantime he was truanting from November through March andshe warned him that they could take him and put him awayif he didn't go to school but Lee did not believe her Shefelt however that the biggest mistake had been the way theyapproached the boy and in a way she agreed it had now goneso far that she didn't know if she could handle it or notWhen I wondered what it was that she wanted she felt shewanted to be able to raise her own child the way she sawfit She agreed that truancy if carried to a certain extentcould be considered a problem She was not so willing to considerit a pro ,lem that Lee did not make friends and associates butwhen I discussed with her a little the extent to which the boyhad withdrawn and the fact he was really alone all day she agreedthat there was something hotquite right about this She said shewouldn't be so concerned if he was in school all day and associatedwith other boys and then wanted to be alone but the fact that hewas alone all day long and half the night too apparently sinceshe didn't get home till late didn't look so good to her

"I now explained to her the purpose of Lee's being at Youth Housein terms of a diagnostic study and the fact that while ourpsychiatrist here was free to make recommendations actually itwas the court's decision We now discussed together the twoalternatives on which the Court might decide one being probationwith psychotherapy and the other placement 3i%a school Shelistened extremely intentively and when I discussed schoolplacement with her seemed not to avert to the fact that if Leewere sent off to a school it might be good for him The thingthat made her exceedingly angry was that she felt if the boywere given another chance and sent home it should be what shecalled a real chance and should not involve having to reportto a P.O or 'talk to a stranger which was the way she feltabout his going to a social worker She was adamant however inher feeling that she really did want him to have one more chancewith the knowledge that if he played hockey for even one day hewould have to be put away in a home I had the feeling that the

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"basis of this was a need to assert her own volition as itwere against the authority represented by the court ratherthan any real understanding of Lee's welfare or his needs

"I honestly don't think that she sees him as a person at allbut simply as an extension of herself Interestingly enoughby the way although Lee was a planned for baby because herhusband her self wanted a girl I take it that she was ratherdisappointed at having a third boy

"I discussed with her what actually would change for Lee ifhe went home again and the truancy started To her way ofthinking she could not see the truancy as symptomatic ofanything and apparently thinks of it as an act of defiancewhich in a sense of course is really true but she doesn'tmean tic I have some real question at this point aboutgust how mch Mrs O could offer Lee since I feel that herown attitude about social worker's probation etc wouldinevitably communicate itself to the boy and that if he startedshowing improvement in therapy I have the feeling she is one ofthese mother's who would have to break it up On the other handLee himself is so averse to placement at this time that I havesome question too as to what would be accomplished by sendinghim away He has withdrawn completely here at Youth House Ihave spent some time watching him with other boys and he doesn'tparticipate or mingle in any way but keeps himself completelyaloof

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The file contained the following

"Youth House Social Worker's Report Bronx

5/7/53 Case No 26996 Date of Admission 4/l/53 Name

OSWALD,.LEE born October 18.1939 Address 825 East 179thStreet Bronx N.Y. Father JEE.(bee) Social WorkerEVELYN STRICKMAN Iother Margarite.

"PSY'CHIATRIC STUDY

"Lee Oswald is a seriously detached withdrawn youngsterof thirteen remanded to Youth House for the first timeon a charge of truancy There is no previous court record

"Laconic and taciturn Lee answered questions butvolunteered almost nothing about himself spontaneouslyDespite the fact that he is very hard to reach Lee seemsto have some ability to relate which in view of the

solitary existence he has been-Leading is somewhat

surprising There is a rather pleasant appealing qualityabout this emotionally starved affectionless youngsterwhich grows as one speaks to him and it seems fairly clearthat he has detached himself from the world around himbecause no one in it ever met any of his needs for love

"Lee said he was at Youth House for truancy and that his

truancy was caused by hie Preference for other thingswhich he considered more important Questioning as TUwhat these things were elicited the answer f0h justthings but it was was finally learned that Lee spentall of his time looking at television and reading variousmagazines He said his truancy never became serious untilhe moved up here from Fort Worth Texas about five orsix months ago He never liked school however andnever formed close relationships with other people

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"By persistent questioning the information received fromLee was as follows his father died before he was bornand he doesn't know a thing about him He has no

curiosity about his father sayshe never missed havingones .and never thought to ask about him His mother wasleft with three children John 21 in the Coast Guard andstationed in New..Yorkfor the last two years Robert 18a pilot in the Air Force Marines and Lee Lee said hismother supported em y w r ng as an insurance brokerand she was on the go all day long He doesn't rememberanyone else taking o ro..of him and he thinks she eitherleft him in the care of hisolder brothers or else thathe shifted for himself. She would leave early in the

morning and come home around seven or eight at night aftera hard days work Occasionally he went with her butfound her frequent stops to sell insurance boring whilehe waited for her in the car

"Lee ate lunch in school and often made his own meals at

night When his mother did make meals he was oftendissatisfied with them and complained to her that she justthrew things together Her answer was that she was tootired after a hard day's work to feel like fussing

"Lee saw little of his brothers partially because of the

difference in their ages and partially because the older

boys were either working or going out with their own

friends so that they didn't want Lee tagging after themLee spent very little time with the boys in the neighborhoodand preferring to be alonet when he came in from schoolwould watch television or read magazines It was duringthis period that he was already experiencing difficultyin school He said it wasn't because he couldn't dothe work but he never felt like it or thought it was

very important He learned to read adequately but felthe had trouble in English grammar and arithmetic Hedenied any feelings of inferiority in relation to theother boys in his class

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"After Lee's brothers entered the service and John wasstationed in New York his mother decided to come hereto be near John They drove up five or six months agoand moved into John's apartment in Manhattan Questioningrevealed that while Lee felt John was glad to see themhis sister-in-law Marjorie was unhappy about their

sharing the apartment until they could find a place oftheir own and she made them feel unwelcome Lee hadto sleep-'h the living room during the periodal thouch_there was five rooms in the apartment anTne admitted thatthis made him feel as he always did-eel with grownupsthat there was no room for him His face lost its usualimpassive expression for a moment when he talked aboutJohn's baby however and he said he had a good deal offun playing with it

"Lee's mother finally found an apartment of her own on theGrand Concourse in the Bronx and she also found a job asan assistant manager in a woman's clothing shop Thismeant that she was away from home all day Lee made hisown meals and spent all his time alone because he didn'tmake friends with the boys in the neighborhood Hewithdrew into a completely solitary and detached existencewhere he did as he wanted and he didn't have to live byany rules or come into con tact with people He stayedin bed until eleven or twelve got up and made himself

something to eat and then sat and looked at magazinesWhen they first came to New York his mother enrolled himin a private Lutheran Academy because he thought he wouldlike this After two months he didrit find school

interesting or important so he started to truant He wasthen transferred to a public school in the Bronx_at whichpoint he stopped going to school altogether

"When questioned about his mother's reaction to this_hesaid she told him to go to school but she never didanything about it. When he was asked if he wished thatshe would do something he nodded and finally emerged withthe fact that he just felt his mother 'never gave a loamfor him He always felt like a burden that she had to

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"tolerate and while she took care of his material needshe never felt that she was involved with him in any way orcared very much what happened to him When Lee and hismother are home together he is not uncomfortable with herbut they never have anything to say to each other Shenever punishes him because she is the kind of person who

just lets things ride It was hard for him to say whethershe acted the same way towards his brothers because henever noticed Although his brothers were not as detachedas his mother was he experienced rejection from them tooand they always pushed him away when he tried to accompanyahem They never met any of his needs He said hie ho 'hadto be 'my own father because there was never anyone there

for him His mother bought his clothes without consultinghim (which he didn't mind too much) and gave him an occasional

quarter but she was completely detached from him and theyhad little communication with each other I-ie felt that shewas very much like him in a way because she didn't talkmuch She has a few friends who visit occasionally butshe is equally silent with them Lee feels that hismother has always left him to shift pretty much for himselfand showed no concern about him whatsoever

"Lee was able to respond to expressions of understandingfor his lonely situation but he denied that he reallyfelt lonely questioning elicited the information thathe feels almost as if there is a veil between him and other

people through which they cannot reach him but he

prefers this veil to remain intact He admitted howeverthe tearing aside of the veil in talking to a social workerwas not as painful as he would have anticipated He wasnot comfortable in talkingbut he was not as disturbedin talking about his feelings as he thought he might be

When this was used as an opportunity to inquire into his

fantasy life he responded with a reminder that 'this is

my own business He agreed to answer questions if he

wanted to rejecting those which upset himand acknowledgedfantasies about being powerful and sometimes hurting

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"or killing people but refused to elaborate on this

None of these fantasies involved his mother incidentallyHe also acknowledged dreaming but refused to talc ::bout

the dreams other than to admit that the sometimes contained

violence but he insisted that they wereleasanL Lee's

developmental history was neative except for a mastoid

operation and a tonsillectomy when he was about seven

He remembers that the operations frightened him but

nothing else about them

"Talk about future planning produced the fact that Lee

wanted to return homei and his assurance that he would

run away if he were placed in a boarding school Being

away from home means a loss of his freedom and privacyto him and he finds it disturbing livins with other boys

having to take showers with them and never being alone

He was away to camp several times during his life and he

enjoyed it but it was very different than his present

experiences He was willing to acknowledge that home

offered him very little but he said he wanted it this

way If he could have 'El's own way he would like to be on

his own and join the Service t:pile he feels that livingthat close to other people and following a routine vould

be distasteful he would 'steel himself to do it Since

he rejected plucenient the possibility of a return home

with casework help was hruached Lee finally decided that

althou`_h he didn't really want help and would prefer to

regain as solitary as he has always been if it camp to a

choice between placement and s,oing to a caseworker he would

chose the latter E e said too that if it were a choice

between placement and going back to school he would make

an effort to return to school and ,,:,o regularly

"Observation of Lee's relationship with other boys duringhis stay at Youth House showed that he detached himself

completely and repulsed any efforts at friendship byothers Although he reacted favorably to supervision and

did whatever was asked of him without comment when on hisfloor he sat by himself and read At 8:15 every eveninghe asked to be excused so that he could go to bed The

other boys appeared to respect his occlusion and didn't

force themselves on him He did not encourage conversation

with anyone and when asked questions was very terse in

his replies He was very neat and clean and alwaysfinished his work before going out to the floor

"In the recreation a M he was usually quiet and withdrawn__sitting by himself If he did become involved in anyminor altercation he was very hostile and beligerentand somewhat defiant of supervision He seemed to be

respected by group members who left him alone

"This pattern of behavior was also noted in school where

he was quiet cooperative and respectful of authority but

avoided contact with members of his group He seemed timid

and fearful of physical contact

"There was some very minimal movement in his relationship

with his social worker although it was so small as to be

almost not noticeable Ordinarily when approached he

remained polite but uncommunicative_but when he was shown

some special attention and concern when he had an earachehe responded somewhat He never sought his caseworker

out and asked for nothing nor did he volunteer anythingfurther about himself

"Pars Oswald Lee's mother was seen for an interview at

Youth House She is a smartly dressed gray haired woman

very self-possessed and alert and superficially affable

Essentially however she was revealed as a defensive rigidself-involved :person *se**s:,8s:sk*eo 4ti*t in acceptinra and

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"One of the first things Mrs Oswald demanded to know was

why Lee was at Youth Louse but she gave no opportunityto explain the purpose of his stay here and inetead wantedto know if he had received a complete physical examinationShe had not been satisfied with a recent examination

particularly with the genitalia `.When she was told thatour examination had reveals nothing unusual she lookedat once relieved and disappointed

"Mrs Oswald gave what she termed her 'analysis of thesituation as the move from Fort Worth to Mew York as beingthe reason for Lee's truancy She herself had been verydiscomfited by the change and said she was sorry she camesince she is finding it diffi ult to adjust to Mew York.At home where she was also a manager in women's shops shehad found her 'help With whom she made it a point neverto mix very respectful but here she complained of their

arrogance Furthermore she found living conditionsdifficult After her confidence was Lained somewhatMrs Oswald said that she had come from Fort Worth to benear dohn because Lee was left so much alone after Robert

joined the Service Her eves filled with tears as she saidthere had been an exchange of letters and telephone calls withJohn anxious for her to come only to find out on arrivalthat her daughter-in-law was extremely cold The daughterin-law is only 17 and went out of her way to let Mrs Oswaldknow she could not star with them permanently Mrs Oswaldsaid she had had no such intention although she did expecther daughter-in-law to put her u until she could find an

apartment and a job She was so uncomfortable there howeverthat she took Lee and moved into a very inadeepate basement apartment where Lee seemed to become very depressedAs soon as she could she found an apartment in the Bronx andhe seemed to perk up ccnsi derably

"According to Mrs Oswald she never had any difficultywith Lee in Fort Worth and she disclaimed any knowledge ofhis truanting there She said he had always been a very

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"quiet boy as was John and she felt they were like herwhile Robert was like ineir father Even when Lee was

little he never mixed freely with other children andshe wanted it this way because she has always been a workingwoman who didn't want to have to worry about his wanderingoff or associating with other children She instructed himto stay in the yard and he always did so If other boyscame to play with him that was all ri ht although whenother boys did approach him to play he usually preferredto be by himself She thought this was in his nature andthat one couldn't change a person's nature She didn't

see anything strange about his seclusiveness and said she

was not a gregarious person herself and she had neverfelt the need to make friends

"Questioning revealed that Mrs Oswald had lost her husband

when she was seven months pregnant with Lee He died

suddenly one morning of a heart attack and in a burst ofconfidence she confided that since theft she has not

spoken to his family He died at 6 A.M and she wanted

him buried the same day because her thou t was for herselfand the child she was carrying and she didn't think shecould do her husband any good 'by an elaborate funeral ora wake His family was horrified and said they never saw

anything as cold as this They have avoided her sinceand she had to rely on neighbor's help when Lee was bornShe justified herself at greatTngth as not cold but'sensible.

"When it was offered that it must have been difficult forher to be both parents as well as the breadwinner proudlyshe said she had never found it so She felt she was a

very independent self-reliant person who never needed

help from anyone and who pulled herself up by her own

bootstraps Her mother died when she was only two andher father raised six children with the help of house

keepers in a very poor section of New Orleans of mixedracial groups She always had 'high-falutin ideas and

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"After her husband died Mrs Oswald stayed athome for two years taking care ofthe children and livingon the insurance her husband left When this ran out she

placed the two older boys in a Lutheran Home and moved inwith her sisterwho took care of Lee while she worked Atone point Mrs.-Oswald moved out and took a furnished roombecause she felt she had to have a free mind to work andcouldn't be bothered with a child When her sister began to

complain however since she had a houseful of children ofher own Mrs Oswald placed Lee in the Luthern Home forthree or four months too and the brought all the childrenhome again

"After she reconstituted the family she left theboys pretty much to their own devices since sfie was workingall kinds of hours and did not get home until late at nightAll the boys were extremely quiet rather withdrawn childrenwho made little demands on her and played by themselves Ofthis she was very proud Lee had a completely uneventfuldevelopment except for the mastoid operation when he wasfive but he was a very stoical child who never complainedof pain Mrs Oswald bathed all the children herselfuntil they were all 11 or 12 when she said in an embarrassedmanner they got a little too old for 'me to look at

"Her feeling was that New York City laws were ina large measure responsible for Lee's continued truancyand that if they had left things to her to handle she couldhave managed him John also had been a truant and she lethim go out to work until he decidded that he wanted to goback to school At first she had-hot been aware that Leewas truanting since he dressed and left every morningbut when she found out she talked to him and made severalvisits to the school but got nowhere She warned him thathe could be put away but Lee didn't believe her She thoughtthe biggest mistake was the way the Bureau of Attendanceapproached the boy and said they were making a 'criminalout of him She wanted to be able to raiser her own childthe way she saw fit She agreed that if truancy were carriedto a certain extent it could be a problem She would not

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about the fact that he was entirely alone She wouldn't beworried if he saw boys in school during the day and thenwanted to be alone but if he was alone all day and halfthe night it didn't look so good She listened attentivelyto the possible alternatives the court might order to solvethe problem but she was angry at the idea of probationsaying that this wasn't a 'real chance She also felt.thatinvolvement with a social worker was 'talking to a strangerand she didn't think this was a 'real chance either She

thought that he ought to have a chance to see if he could

go to school without any probation officer or social workerto interfere and then if he played hookey for even one

day he ought to be put away in a home Her plan seemedto be more of an expression of her need to assert her ownvolition against authority than any understanding of LeeShe didn't seem to see him as a person at all but as an

extension of herself

"Lee Oswald is a seriously withdrawn detachedand emotionally isolated boy of 13 who is at Youth Housefor the first time on a charge of truancy Lee came herefrom Ft Worth Texas_with his mother about six months

ago_and he has been unable to make an adjustment in NewYork The root of his difficulties which produced warningsignals before he ever came here seems to lie in his relationship with his mother Lee feels that while she always caredfor his material needs she was never really involved withhim and didn't care very much what happened to him Therewas no one in his family who could meet his needs for loveand interest since his father died of a heart attack twomonths before he was born and two older brothers now 21 and18 were involved with their own friends and activities andrepulsed his advances Lee became a seclusive child whowas thrown upon himself and his own resources and he nevermade friends with other children His mother who worked

and who when he was an infant demonstrated her need toshift responsibility for him by..leaving him with her sisterand then placing him for awhile in a Home appears to be arigid self-involved woman with strong ideas and she haslittle understanding of this boy's behavior or of theprotective shell he has drawn around himself in his effortto avoid contact with people which may result in hurt tor

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him It is possible that her own negative attitude aboutcasework help and probation officers may communicate itselfto Lee,interfering with his chances for help On the otherhand there would be little accomplished by placing him in the

impersonal setting afforded by an institution without seeingfirst if he can be reached in therapy Despite his withdrawal he gives the impression that he is not so difficultto reach as he appears and patient prolonged effort in asustained relationship-With one therapist might bring resultsThere are indications that he has suffered serious personality damage but if he can receive help quickly this mightbe repaired to some extent.

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The file contained a Youth House Psychiatrist'sReport of RENATUS HARTOGS M.D. Ph D. Senior Psychiatristdated 5/7/53 Bronx County New York concerning anexamination on May 1 1953 of LEE HARVEY O3WALD age 13Case No 26996 This report stated as follows

"This 13 year old well built well nourishedboy was remanded to Youth House for the first timeon charge of truancy from school and of being beyond the control of his mother as far as schoolattendance is concerned This is his first contactwith the law

"He is tense withdrawn and evasive boy whodislikes intensely talking about himself and hisfeelings He likes the give the impression thathe doesn't care abouT.others and rather likes tokeep to himself so that he is not bothered and doesnot have to make the effort of communicating Itwas difficult to penetrate the emotional well behind which this boy hides and he provided us withsufficient clues permitting us to see intefiseanxiety shyness feelings of awkardness and insecurity as the main reasons for his withdrawaltendencies and solitary habits Lee told us 'Idon't want a friend and I don't like to talk topeople. He describes himself as stubborn andaccording to his own sayin lakes to say 'no.Strongly resistive and negativistic features werethus noticed but psychotic mental content wasdenied and no indication of psychotic mental changeswas arrived at

"Lee is a youngster with superior mental endowment functioning presently on the bright normalrange of mental efficiency His abstract thinkingcapacity and his vocabulary are well developed Noretardation in school subjects could be found inspite of his truancy from school Lee limits hisinterests to reading magazines and looking at thetelevision all day long He dislikes to play withothers or to face the learning situation in schoolOn the other hand he claims that he is 'very poorin all school subjects and would need remedial

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"help The discrepancy between these claims andhis actual attainment level show the low degreeof selfevaluation and selfesteem at which thisboy has` arrived presently mainly due to feelingsof general inadequacy and emotional discouragement

"Lee is the product of a broken home as hisfather died before he was born Two older brothersare presently in the United States .army while hemother supports herself and Lee as are i isur eec ebroker This occupation makes it impossible forher to provide adequate supervision of Lee and tomake him attend school regularly Lee is intenselydissatisfied with his p 'esent way of living butfeels that the only way in which he can avoid feeling too unhaop;f '3 to deny to himself competitionwith other chileesn or expressing his needs andwants Lee claims that he can get very angry athis mother and occasionally has hit her particularlywhen she returns home without having bought foodfor supzer On such occasions she leaves it to Leeto prepare some food with what he can fine i thekitchen He feels that his mother rejects him andreally has never cared very much for hire Heexpressed the similar feeling with regard to hisbrothers who live pretty much on their own without

showing a"ny brotherly interest in him Lee has avivid fantasy life turnf _ around the topics ofomnipotence and power ti ou7h which he tries tocompensate for his present shortcomings and frustrations He did not enjoy being together with otherchildren and when we asked him whether he prefersthe company of boys to the one of girls he answered'I dislike everybody. 'His occupational goal isto join the Army His mother was interviewed bythe Youth House social worker and is described byher as a 'defensive rigid self-involved andintellectually alert woman who finds it exceedinglydifficult to understand Lee's personality and hiswithdrawing behavior She does not understand thatLee's withdrawal is a form of violent but silentprotest against his neglect by her_and representshis reaction to a complete absence of any real

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"family life She seemed to be interested enoughin the welfare of this boy to be willing to seek

guidance and help as regards her earn difficultiesand her management of Lee

"Neurological examination remained essentiallynegative with the exception of slightly impairedhearing in the left ear resulting from a

mastoidectomy in 1946 History of convulsions and

accidental injuries to the skull was denied Familyhistory is negative for mental disease

"Summar for Probation Officer's Report

"This 13 year old well built boy has superiormental resources and functions only slightlybelow his capacity level in spite of chronic

truancy from school whi'h brought him into YouthHouse No finding of neurological impairment or

psychotic mental changes could be made Lee hasto be diagnosed as 'personality pattern disturbancewith schizoid features and passive aggressivetendencies. Lee has to be seen as an emotionallyquite disturbed youngster who suffers under the

impact of really existing emotional isolation and

deprivation lack of affection absence of familylife and rejection by a self'involved and conflictedmother Although Lee cicnics that he is in need of

any other form of help other than 'remedial onewe gained the definite impression that Lee can be

reached through contact with an understanding and

very patient psychotherapist and if he could be drawnat the same time into group psycho nerapy we arrivetherefore at eae recornanenda a.on h<tt he should be

placed on probation under the condition that he seek

help and guidance through contact with a child guidanceclinic =ere he should be treated preferably by amale psychiatrist who could substitute to a certain

degree at least for the lack of father figure Atthe same time his mother should be urged to seek

psychotherapeutic guidance through contact with a

family agency If this plan does not work out favorablyand Lee cannot cooperate in this treatment plan on an

out-patient basis removal from the home and placementcould be resorted to at a later (late but it is ourdefinite impression that treatment on probation shouldbe tried out before the stricter and therefore possiblymore harmful placement approach is applied to the caseof this boy The BigBrother Movement could be undoubtedlyof tremendous value in this case and Lee should be urgedto join the organized group activities of his communitysuch as provided by the PAL or YMCA of his neighborhood.

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The file contained a Special Behavior Reportregarding LEE OSWALD written by one Mr RAINEY and dated

April 28 1953 This report was as follows

"Lee has constituted a problem here of late

He is a non-participant in any activity on the floor

He has made no attempts at developing a relationshipwith any member of the group and at the same time not

given any one an opportunity to become acquaintea.withhim He appears content just to sit and read whateveris available He has reacted favorably to supervisiondoes whatis asked of him without comment There appearsto be nothing on the floor of interest to him Each eveningat 8:00 Pm he asks to be allowed to go to bed Membersof the group appear to respect his seclusiveness Perhapsthis boy should have a talk with his Case Worker jerhapshe will become more communicative from this point.

The file contained a letter crated December 141953 and appearing 'on stationery with a letterheadFINCH & SCHAEFLER Bar Building 36 West 44th StreetNew York addressed to Mr MELVIN ROMAN Domestic Relations

Court 135 East 22nd Street New York signed by what

appears to be EDGAR A BUTTLE This letter was as follows

"Mrs Oswald informed me that she had just received a

notice to the effect that she was to appear with her

son before you on December 9 1953 in connection with

possible treatment of her son

"I indicated to her that I would get in touch with youfor the purpose of arranging another appointment Un

fortunately I became tied up with other matters anddid not contact you However I want you to know thatfailure to contact you was not the fault of Mrs Oswald

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"It is my thought that some serious consideration shouldbe given to having the boy receive private clinical

treatment if it is really necessary It has been my im

pre'ssion that the boy has the feeling he is being keptunder surveillance so extensively that he is beginning tofeel abnormal While I am highly in favor of psychiatrictreatment and its accomplishments I feel in this casethere is a possibility it is being overdone In anyevent I shall be very glad to discuss the matter with youso Ithgt I may know more about the facts

"Thanking you for giving this matter your kind attentionI remain Sincerely yours Edgar A Buttle

The file also contained a letter dated December17 1953 addressed to Mr E LINDGREN Domestic Relations

Court 1107 Carroll Place Bronx New York sent by MrsBESSIE FORD Chief Psychiatric Social Worker Bureau of

Mental Health Services which indicated the followingconcerning LEE OSWALD

"Dear Mr Lindgren

"Mr Roman to whom this case was assigned forIntake tells me that the family..lawyer phoned to informus that the family is moving to New Jersey.

"According to the lawyer he has also informedthe probation officer of the situation

"We are therefore returning your material.

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The file also contained the following "YouthHouse Psychologist's Examination Report Bronx Tr 5/7/53Date of Admission 4/10/53 Case No 26996 Name

OSWALD LEE Harvey Date of Examination 4/17/53Examiner Irving Solcolow age 13.6 School Grades

Completed Mental Age I.QRating

The following was submitted by IRVING SOKOLOWPsychologist

"Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (abb.)I Q 118 Monroe Silent Reading Test reading rate 7.9comprehension 7.5 Human Figure Drawings

"Lee is a good looking slender youngster He

appeared alert and generally well motivated throughoutthe test situation exhibiting some apprehensiveness

"He achieved an I Q of 118 on the WechslerIntelligence Scale for Children (abb.) indicating presentintellectual functioning in the upper range of brightnormal intelligence All his scores were above the

average for his age group appreciably so in the verbalization of abstract concepts and in the assembly of commonlyrecognizable objects His method of Epproach was generallyan easy facile and highly perceptive one Althoughpresumably disinterested in school subjects he operateson a much higher than average level

"Lee achieved a 7.9 grade level in reading rateand 7.5 grade level in comprehension suggesting no retardation in this area In the area of arithmeticalreasoning he is above the average for his age group

The Human Figure Drawings are empty poorcharacterizations of persons approximately the same ageas the subject They reflect a 'considerable amount of

impoverishment in the social and. emotional areas He appears

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"to be a somewhat insecure youngster exhibiting muchinclination for warm and satisfying relationship toothers There is some indication that he may relate tomen more easily than to women in view Of the more matureconceptualization He appears slightly withdrawn andAn view of the lack of detail within the drawings thismay assume a more significant characteristic He.exhibitssome difficulty in relationship to the maternal figuresuggesting more anxietyib-this area than in..any other

"Under conditions of emotional stress and strainhe appears increasingly defensive suggesting some concernorally and in general incapable of constructing an effectiveego-defense..

The file also contained the report date notindicated of JAMES F BRENNAN Bureau of AttendanceOfficer Board of Education which reflected the following

"Surname Oswald address 825 East 179thStreet Bronx

"Lee Harvey Oswald and his mother came to NewYork City from Fort Worth Texas last year Lee attendeda Protestant parochial school in September 1952 andthen transferred to P S 117 Bronx He soon becamea truant preferring the confines of their one roombasement apartment with its television programs tothe manners and customs of his schoolmates who ridiculedhis mode of dress and different accent

"When Mrs Oswald moved to a three room apartment at 825 East 179 Street in mid-January Lee wastransferred to P S 44 Bronx But he refused to attendthat school either despite the urging of his motherthe school counselor the school court liaison officerand the attendance officer

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"A psychological examination was arrangedwith the Bureau of Child Guidance through the office of.the r ssi Cant Superintendent Buc there were no prospec s of an appointment for several .months

Oswald came to New York at the invitationof her oldest son John who is in .che US Cast uard

stationed at Staten Island NY Sne an3 Lee livewith John and his wife.,~ in their Manhattan apartmentfor about a month moving out when friction developedMrs. Oswald feels that thisestrangement with his brother

also affected.Leer s disposition toward school She is

very much concerned about it

"Mrs Oswald a widow about thirteen yearsworks as a 'saleslady for Martinis department store in

Brooklyn to support Lee and herse j f She is industriousand keeps a :clean. nicely furnished home.

"Lee was born in New Orleans La.,.and livedthere until he was five years old He was of normal birthand had the usual childhood diseases of measles mumpsand whooping cough

"A quiet boy who has not made friends in New

York Lee has become irritable and impudent lately He

spends long hoal2s at the tele~ lsion set when he shouldbe in school His other hobbies are moulding clay and

reading comic books He likes dog and rides a bicycleBesides he aspires to be a Marine like his older brotherRobert

"Under the circumstances it is recommendedthat a petition be filed against the boy in Bronx sOhildren t s

Court Sehocl ?a.rt because of his failure to attend school

regularly.

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An additional report by Bureau of Assistance

Officer BRENNAN date not indicated reflected backgroundinformation on OSWALD and..family as followss

The .surname OSWALD was indicated address 825East 179th Street as of March 12 1953 Apartment 3CUnder caption "Others in Household the name MARGUERITEage 45 mother,..taas listed Under a column "FamilyIncome it was indicated that OSWALD's mother was asaleslady at Martins Fulton Street Brooklyn earning$45.00.a week It was indicated that OSWALD's fatherROBERT LEE died about 13 years ago at age of 45Other members-of OSWALD's family which were listed onthis report. were JOHN born 1932 US Member of US Coast

.Guard and ROBERT born 1934s US memberof.US MarinesThe bottom of this report under column,."Attendance"..indicated that OSWALD was present at P.S 117 16 and 2/2days and absent 46 and 2/2 days

The file contained a Houehold Department FinalAdjustment Report dated 5/1 year not indicatedrequested by one STRICKMAN and written by C..R..CAFFEE

.which contained the following regarding LEE OSWALD

"Lee is a quiet well developedboy that seemsto have adjusted fairly well to the routines of thefloor and house He gets along well with the rest ofthe group and there hasn't been many occasions for

reprimand for altercations and no fights he playsa lot but can be easily settled down Hegets his roomand himself clean before hebegins to participate inany floor activity He seems to have had a good nightsrest upon awakening in the morning and he is seldom"cross or angry He eats normally and well .There hasbeen no indication of sex play with him He cooperateswell with council members and supervisors as well

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"Lee as has been reported by way of Special BehaviorReport hasLbeen apart bodily and mentally from the groupand its activities He reacts favorably to supervisionand does what ever is asked of him completely and withoutcomment When on the floor he usually sits to himselfand reads what ever is available Comes 8:15.FM (whichis s (Iiiy occuranoe) he askes to be excused so that hecan go to bed The group from all indication respectshis seclusion His appetite is normal and he usuallyeats all foods given him without comment Nightly Icheck on his sleeping habits Hisbed is usually askewabout 10:30 PM and he makes little mumbling noises duringhis sleep other than this his sleep is normal He doesnot encourage conversation nor does he participate inconversation He does not communicate with the supervisorsother than when he is asked a direct question then hisanswer is very terse."

"5/1/53 Lee is a very quiet boy who says lery little toanyone and no one bothers him Usually on the floor he canbe found sitting in the corner by the window To makeconversation I asked him how he liked Youth House and hiscomment was Tit stinks In the dining room this eveninghe was observed trading his ice cream for the diner Heseems to have a good appetite anyway His relations withthe boys and to adult supervision is very good I believeLee` has adjusted very well to our.Youth House program

"5f1/53 Lee's behavior is quite unpredictable Generallythe boy is very quiet and withdrawn whenever he is notactivated in any program in Youth House Most of the timethe boy can be seen sitting alone minding hiss n businessHowever whenever he becomes involve in any minor alterationhe will become very hostile and belligerent and somewhatdefiant towards supervision The boy can more than holdis own and is respected by the group members Wkr is ofthe opinion that the boy has not made a good adjustmentinsofar as intergration with the members of his group isconverned Wkr feels that the boy requires more thannormal supervision since he can become hostile if the

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"situation presents itself `'kr would like to indicatethat this hostility very seldom occurs but is a potentialfactor to take into consideration Post of the time the

boy is respectful and courteous towards supervision

Attached to this report was a school reportof R.S 611 on LFE OSWALD dated 4/24 year notindicated and submitted for one STRIOKAAN whichindicated as follows

"Seems to have made a good adjustmentAlthough somewhat withdrawn he had been completelycooperative anc respectful of authority Avoids contactwith members of croup I believe Lee to ... (Theremainder of this report is not indicated)

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The file contained a petition of JAMES F BRENNANBureau of Attendance Officer Bronx T_3w Yer.c fn the

matt::, of iEE HARVEY OSWALD age 13 which petition was

presented before Honorable HUBERT T Lii ANY Domestic

Relations Court Childrens Court Division BronxNew York The petition alleged OSWALD to be a

delinquent child for the reason that on March 11 1953and prior thereto while residing at 825 East 179thStreet a d 1455 Sheridan Avenues Bronx New Yorks the

respondent herein (OSWALD) has been excessively absent

from school as follows

"46 full days and 2 half days from 10/1/52to 1/15/53 further that the ;SFit abild has refused to

register in P.S 44 Lrcir since 1/15/53 when he

moved into that school di:3tr ct and that he hac not

attended school since that time further that he is beyondthe control of his mother insofar as school attendance

is concerned. A notation appeared that on 5/7/53 the

"Pet amended on mother's statement that boy of Lutheran

faith

The file contained a school progress reportfor Childrens Court Bronx New York furnished by I S

TAUB Principal P S 44 Bronx New York concerningthe record of attendance conduct etcetera of LEE

OSWALD 825 East 179th Street 6th grade from May 5

1953 to October i6 1953 This report was dated

10/16/53 and addressed to Probation Officer DomesticRelations Court City of New York The report indicatedthe following attendance record for OSWALD

Months Days Present Days Absent

May 14 and V2-days 1 and 1/2 dartsJune 13 and 8/2 days 1 and 8/2 days

September 11 and days 2/2 daysOctober ,/29 and 1 2 days 1 and 1/2 days

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Notations appeared next to months September and

October that.OSWALD's conduct was unsatisfactory It was

furtho.noted that.next.to question. Has child ;;anown

improvement .the answer "No appeared and next to

q_uestion,."Have parents cooperated? the answer "Nodid not. answer summons to come to school about her

son's welfare

The file coma:"_r.~ec a 7..wtter from RUi'_ TOMPSON

Brooklyn Bureau of Social Service and Childrens Aid

Society dated 11/13/:3 addressed to Probation Officer

CARRO,,.which reflected the following

"Dear Mr Carro

Re Lee r.'o ..1d

"I am returning the material sent on the above

boy

"It is our feeling that this boy should be

placed in a school as St Christopher's because of his

superior mental endowment and that he would not fit

into or be properly placed with our group at Herriman

"I am sorry we cannot help in planning for

this boy

"Sincerely

"Ruth Tornp son

The file also contained a Notice of Appearance

by what appeared to be Attorney Horton H Nielson 56West 44th Street New York City It was indicated that

this Notice of Appearance dated 11/19/53 was in the

matter of Lee Harvey Oswald Docket Number 39 1953 andwas addressed to the Domestic Relations Board Childrens

Court Division Bronx New York

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The file contained the docket jacket number 39for Domestic Relations Court Childress Court Division

School cart Bronx New York in the matter of I Harvey

Oswald age 13 It was indicated that the petition was

filed 3/12/53 before Honorable Hubert T Delany and

the final disposition was noted as discharged 3/11/54and was signed by Hubert T Delany The name James F

Brennan was crossed out and under the column "On the

Petition Of appeared the .ota "ion "Now Margaroc Barnes

The following dates and notations appeared on try

docket jacket

"3/12/53 mother present child not presentwarrant to be executed 3/19/53

"3/19/53 mother rl?^sent all day warrant

officer was not able to execaw warrant by 3 pm so it

is ordered that warrant be executed when possiblemother is excused until notified by the court to appear

"4/16/53 warrant notice for this date illegible

5/7/53 parole to 9/24/53 referral to

con service and report on that date

"9/24/53 notation appearance for postponementto 10/29/53

"10/29/53 no appearance postponed until

11/19/53.

Information concerning court appearances on

11/19 and subsequent dates were not indicated

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Date

On December .3,.`1963 VINCENT TED T was interviewed

by SAS JAMES W STEVENSON and FRANCIS E GIBBONS. at his

residence Apartment 5E 37i St Marks .Place,-New York City

New York sEE was advised of his right to councel that he

did not have to talk to the interviewing agents,.and that

.any information he furnished might subsequently be used in

a court of law LEE was advised that the interviewing agentswere contacting him with regard to LEE HARVEY OSWALD the

alleged assassin of President JOHN F KENNEDY FM stated

his. willingness to speak .to the interviewing agents concerningthis matter and evinced 'a friendly cordial manner

.LEE stated that as he had already advised the presshe had no knowledge of Tt?F HARVEY OSWALD.and had no knowledgeof a Fair Play for Cuba Committee (FPCC) charter having been

issued to OSWALD or anyone else for achapter of the FPCC in

New Orleans.. He stated he had no recollection of ever havingreceived any correspondence from OSWALD requesting a charterfor a New Orleans chapter or ever-having corresponded withOSWALD He stated however it was entirely possible that theFPCC Office in New York City may have received correspondencefrom OSWALD inasmuch as incoming mail..tothat office is

voluminous

LP stated he has not been at the FPCC office inNew York City since November 21 1963...He stated on November

22 1963 the day of President KENNEDY's assassination he flewto Buffalo New York and was scheduled to return to New York

.City the same day but was unable to obtain plane reservationsand subsequently returned to New York City on November 23 1963He advised that since then he has beenillwith a severe cold

and has not left his apartment

LEE advised he cannot recollect ever having met

OSWALD though it is possible they may have met in the courseof one of LEE's many trips throughout the country on speakingengagements in connection with the FPCC LEE advised he hasseen photographs of OSWALD in the press since President KENNEDY'S

assassination but does not recognize him as anyone he hasever met

SAS JAMES W STEVENSON & FRANCIS E GIBBONS 12/3/63

by /crf Date dictatedfThis documentcontains neither recommendationsnor conclusioresof the FBI It is the property of the FBI

youragency it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency

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LEE advised that the FPCC office in New York Cityis not adequately staffed to handle the volume of mailreceived and that the T3'PCC,..as a national organization isa dying organization He stated however his tirillingnessto be of assistance to the United States Govemnentby furnishingany information from the records of the FPCC office in.NewYork that w uld be pertinent to the Government's investigationof the assassination of President.KENNEDY He advised that.due to his illness he does not anticipate being able to go tothe FPCC office for at least another two days and that hewould want his attorney .present in the event he was to make

any records available

LEE advised that he can be reached at his hometelephone number which is not listed CAnal 8-9076

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Attached to the Appendix of this reportis a characterization of the Fair Play forCuba Committee (FPCC) wherein it isreflected that VINCENT TED LEE was appointedNational Office Director in the fall of 1962

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FRANCIS L MC CARTHY United Press International(UPI) 220 East 42nd street New York New York advisedSA FRANCIS J O'BRIEN on December 3 1963 that ALINE TZOSBYis a UPI reporter presently stationed in the Paris BureauHe said that C&Y was formerly employed in the MoscowBureau of the UPI Ur HC CARTHY stated that GOLDBERG is

probably A I GOLDBERG an Associated Press (AP) reporterformerly stationed in the Moscow Bureau

riIC CARTHY added that the UPI telephone number inMoscow is 726681

EDWIN KEITH FULLER General Executive AP 50Rockefeller Center New York New York advised SA JAMS OINGRAM on December 3 1963 that STANLEY J F JOHNSON wasformerly an AP reporter in the Moscow Bureau He statedJOHNSON left Russia in 1962 and he is now employed as an APreporter in New York City

FUTJTR advised that A I GOLDBERG was formerly..an AP reporter in.the Moscow Bureau but he was recentlyassigned to the AP office at the United Nations staff in NewYork City

He said the AP telephone number at the MoscowBureau is 726430

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Dr RENATUS HARTOGS advised that he is the Chief

Psychiatrist for the Youth House of New York City and inthis capacity conducts psychiatric interviews of manychildren and youths referred to him by the Youth House

Dr HARTOGS related that upon reading a storyin a New York newspaper concerning a psychiatric interviewof LEE HARVEY OSWALD he realized that from the terminologyused in the psychiatric report that he himself had conductedthe interview of OSWALD He stated that the specificphrases used in the psychiatric report of "potentiallydangerous and "incipient schizophrenia are phrases thatare peculiar to his type analysis and he knows of no otherpsychiatrist who uses them

Dr HARTOGS stated that when he reflected on theinterview he recalled the fact that he was greatly impressedwith OSWALD in that the boy who was 132 years old at thetime of the examination had extremely cold steely eyesDr HARTOGS stated that OSWALD was referred to him by theYouth House as the result of OSWALD's chronic truancy frompublic school and despite the fact that OSWALD had norecord of violence he recommended institutionalizing himas a result of his psychiatric examination which indicatedOSWALDis potential dangerousness Dr HARTOGS further addedthat he was so impressed with the OSWALD case that he madeit the subject of a seminar that he gave at the Youth Houseto parole officers and students of psychiatry

Dr HARTOGS again emphasized that despite the lackof violence in OSWALD's past he felt that he was potentiallydisturbed and dangerous and that he should have institutionalcare

..When questioned as to whether he had retained a.copy of the psychiatric report that he submitted followinghis interview of OSWALD Dr HARTOGS stated that some years

.after his interview of OSWALD hemovedhis office anddestroyed all his old files which included the OSWALD fileMe advised that he was unable to recall any further information at. this time concerning OSWALD

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12/2/63 New York City 89-75

On at File #

SAS FRANK R GERRITY and NORMAN AMURRAY JR./rm

by Date dictat 2/2/63

This documentcontains neither recommendationsnor g,p 2upions of the FBI It 1s the property of the FBI and is loaned toyouragency it and its .contents are not to be distributed outside your agency

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APPENDIX

FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA COMMITTEE

The April 6 1960 edition of "The New York Times

newspaper contained a full-page advertisement captioned "What

Is Really Happening In Cuba, placed by the Fair Play for Cuba

Committee (FPCC) This advertisement announced the formation

of the FPCC in New York City and declared the FPCC intended

to promulgate "the truth about revolutionary Cuba to

neutralize the distorted American press

"The New York Times edition of January 11 1961

reported that at a hearing conducted before the United States

Senate Internal Security Subcommittee on January 10 1961 Dr

CHARLES A SANTOS-BUCH identified himself and ROBERT TABER

as organizers of the FPCC He also testified he and TABERobtained funds from the Cuban Government which were appliedtoward the cost of the afore-mentioned advertisement

On May 16 1963 a source advised that duringthe first two years of the FPCC's existence there was a

struggle between Communist Party (CP) and Socialist Workers

Party (swP) elements to exert their power within the FPCC

and thereby influence FPCC policy However during the

past year this source observed there has been a successful

effort by FPCC leadership to minimize the role of these and

other organizations in the FPCC so that today their influenceis negligible

On May 20 1963 a second source advised that the

National Headquarters of the FPCC is located in Room 329 at

799 Broadway New York City According to this source the

position of National Office Director was created in the Fall

of 1962 and was filled by VINCENT "TED LEE who now formu

lates FPCC policy This source observed LEE has followed a

course of entertaining and accepting the cooperation of manyother organizations including the CP and the SWP when he hasfelt it would be to his personal benefit as well as the FPCC's

However LEE has indicated to this source he has no intentionof permitting FPCC policy to be determined by any other

organization LEE feels the FPCC should advocate resumptionof diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United Statesand support the right of Cubans to manage their revolutionwithout interference from other nations but not supportthe Cuban revolution per se

The CP

and

the SWP have been designated pursuant

9 to Executive Order 10450

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