Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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# SECRETSF 100-46832WEH:jbA leaflet was issued by the "Root and Branch Press" which reflected that it was planning to publish a book by MAURICE ZEITLIN and ROBERT SCHEER entitled "The Cuban Revolution, An American Tragedy."SF T-3September 6, 1961## F. Interviews of SubjectAnother Government agency that conducts security investigations interviewed ROBERT SCHEER July 11, 1958, August 10, 1961 and August 16, 1961, the last interview being under oath. During the interviews, SCHEER stated that while in college he attended a few meetings which he felt were run by someone who could have been in the Labor Youth League (LYL) and had attended one social event which he felt was definitely sponsored by LYL, but explained that he had gone to this affair to meet a girl. He said he never attended a political meetings of LYL and added that he has never been a member of the CP or any organization cited by the Attorney General. SCHEER admitted having read the "Communist Manifesto" frequently and studied it as an example of ideological development.SCHEER said under oath that he did not consider the CP, USA to be a threat to the United States and had no reason to believe that a person who joins the CP swears allegiance to a foreign power or advocates the overthrow of the United States Government. He said he believes that the CP is not subversive because it claims to be interested in bringing about its program through democratic process. SCHEER refused to discuss his trip to Cuba in 1960 and refused to discuss his membership, activities or associations with the Student Fair Play for Cuba Committee (SFPCC) under protection of the First and Fifth Amendments.SCHEER stated under oath that he has never been arrested and that he considers he owes his allegiance to the United States, but does not believe in the philosophyNW 88613DocId:34517445 Page 6SECRET
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SECRETSF 100-46832WEH::jb"My Country Right or Wrong." SCHEER also stated that he was qualified and fit for military service and had never done anything to render himself ineligible for military service.SF T-4October 31, 1961The LYL has been designated by the Attorney General of the United States pursuant to Executive Order 10450.The Fair Play for Cuba Committee (FPCC) is characterized in the Appendix.G. Birth of a ChildRecords of the Department of Health, Alameda County Courthouse, Oakland, were checked on April 29, 1968 by IC ROBERT L. GIBSON and a record was found of a birth of a son named CHRISTOPHER WARREN SCHEER, born September 8, 1967 at Berkeley, California to ANNE BUTTERFIELD WEILLS SCHEER and ROBERT SCHEER, 6468 Benvenue Avenue, Oakland, California.H. Marital DiscordROBERT SCHEER has been living at his home, 6468 Benvenue Avenue, Oakland, California, since about September 7, 1968. On September 26, 1968, Mrs. ANNE SCHEER told some of the neighbors that she and ROBERT SCHEER were separating because they live different kinds of lives. ANNE SCHEER said she was moving to an apartment somewhere near the Oakland-Berkeley border where she planned to live with a man named TOM, not further identified, whom she expected to marry eventually. Mrs. SCHEER was busy removing her belongings from the residence at 6468 Benvenue Avenue, Oakland, on September 26, 1968.SF T-5September 26, 1968- 6 -SECRETCopy........1 of 3 CopiesPage........5 of 134 PagesNW 88613Docld:34517445 Page 7
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SF 100-46832WEH:jbSECRETROBERT SCHEER was at his residence, 6468 BenvenueAvenue, Oakland, on October 19, 1968 and had his infant sonwith him. He also has a new girl friend who looks like a"hippie" who has been at this residence quite a lot inrecent weeks. It is understood that SCHEER's son has beenresiding with his mother at a different location.Mrs. JOHN G. GWILLIAM,6480 Benvenue Avenue,Oakland, CaliforniaOctober 21, 1968Mrs. GEORGIA SWILLIAM, 6480 Benvenue Avenue, Oakland,California, reported October 14, 1968 that ANNE SCHEER hadbeen living with THOMAS HAYDEN while ROBERT SCHEER was awayon trips for "Ramparts" magazine and now appears to havetaken their child and both are residing with HAYDEN fulltime at HAYDEN's apartment. The SCHEERs reportedly hadreached a mutual agreement to get a divorce.ROBERT and ANNE SCHEER reside at 6468 BenvenueAvenue, Oakland, California, and most of the neighbors refuseto associate with them. There has never been any sign ofemotion or warmth exhibited between them. When THOMAS HAYDENarrived in early September 1968, it became very evident thatANNE SCHEER was very strongly attracted to him in a physicalway. ANNE is believed to have met HAYDEN in Hanoi, NorthVietnam during the summer of 1968. When ROBERT SCHEER madetrips away from home, HAYDEN would move into the SCHEERresidence. During October 1968, ANNE SCHEER indicated sheintended to seek a divorce from ROBERT SCHEER and would moveinto the apartment of THOMAS HAYDEN. Beginning aboutChristmas, 1968, ANNE SCHEER returned home with the SCHEERbaby and has remained with ROBERT SCHEER for the past monthor more. THOMAS HAYDEN has not been observed in the companyof ANNE SCHEER or visiting the SCHEER residence in more thanone month. There are numerous visitors to the SCHEERresidence and it would appear that several men were livingat this residence regularly in addition to the SCHEERS.While ANNE SCHEER was in Hanoi, ROBERT SCHEER received athreat to his life that frightened him greatly. He moved-- 7 --SECRET1249Copy 1 of 3 CopiesPage 4 of 154 PagesNW 88613DocId:34517445 Page 8
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SF 100-46832WEH:jb# SECRETout of the house immediately and hired a private investigator who moved into the house "armed to the teeth". It appears that ROBERT SCHEER has been somewhat frightened ever since this threat.SF T-6January 16, 1969THOMAS EMMET HAYDEN was the original organizer of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and, according to the "New York Daily News" of January 10, 1968, was one of a party of three who travelled to North Vietnam in defiance of US Department of State ban on such travel.A characterization of the SDS is contained in the Appendix.- 8 -# SECRET1250Copy 1 of 3 CopiesPage 8 of 134 PagesNW 88613DocId:34517445 Page 9
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SF 100-46832WEH:jb# SECRET"RAMPARTS" MAGAZINE"Pamparts" in a letter to subscribers dated May 1, 1968, announced that beginning June 1, 1968, it would be published biweekly at a yearly subscription price of $15. In this letter "Ramparts" described itself as follows: "...the first national publication to consistently reveal the ribbon of lies supporting America's involvement in Vietnam; we stripped the curtain from America's 'invisible government' by exposing CIA's unlicensed intrusion into our domestic lives; we dared to write about the applications of the Catholic Church's political power; we warned, years before the Kerner report, that white racism was the base of America's racial problems; we blasted away at the corroded institutions of Cold War liberalism.'Ramparts' is now the largest left-of-center commercial magazine in the history of the United States..."# SECRET1251- 9 -Copy.........1..of.........3...CopiesPage.........9..of...134...PagesNW 88613Docld:34517445 Page 10
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SF 100-46832WEH:jb# I. Burning of Draft CardThe cover of the December 1967 issue of "Ramparts" magazine contains a photograph of four right hands each holding a burning Selective Service card. One of the cards is a duplicate issued December 3, 1958 of the "Selective Service Registration Certificate" for ROBERT SCHEER, 653 Britton Street, New York 67, Bronx.The San Francisco "Examiner," daily newspaper published in San Francisco, California, in its issue of November 16, 1967, carried an article headlined "Ramparts Editors Burn Draft Cards" which quoted "Publisher MARC STONE" of "Ramparts" as saying the magazine cover is "a very serious editorial statement," adding "there is a very serious political crisis in this country and we want to show that the bureaucracy of the Selective Service System is unfair."The San Francisco "Examiner" daily newspaper, issue of June 13, 1968, carried a news article "3 Ramparts Officers Before Jury in NY." This article stated that three top officers of "Ramparts" magazine were called to appear before a Federal Grand Jury in New York City, June 13, 1968 to testify at an inquiry described only as "having to do with Selective Service." The article continued by stating that there was speculation that the investigation dealt with the cover photograph of the December 1967 issue of "Ramparts", which pictured the flaming draft cards of 3 top officials. (Should be four officials.)The August 24, 1968 issue of "Ramparts" magazine carried a column entitled, "Apologia," which carried a reprint of a news article from the "New York Times" news- paper, issue of July 18, 1968. The article stated that WARREN HINCKLE, III, ROBERT SCHEER, DUGALD STERMER, and SOL STEIN, all officials of "Ramparts", appeared before a Grand Jury in New York City on June 17, 1968, as a result of the December 1967 cover of "Ramparts" containing a photo- graph of four hands holding burning draft cards containing the names of these four men.![photo of secret stamp]Copy.........1.......of.......3.......CopiesPage.10.of.134 PagesNW 88613Docld:34517445 Page 11
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# SECRETSF 100-46832WEH:jbJ. Threat to Subject's LifeROBERT SCHEER telephoned the San Francisco FBIOffice on July 8, 1968, to state the receptionist at"Ramparts" magazine, San Francisco, received the followingtelephone message from an anonymous male at 4:45 pm thatday:"I just want to inform you that weplan to destroy the Managing Editor,BOB SCHEER, tomorrow night at 9:00."SCHEER stated that the New York City Office of"Ramparts" had received a threat about July 3, 1968 andhe felt that this call resulted from a recent article in"Ramparts" regarding Cuban refugees. He said he had noindication that the call was interstate.The San Francisco "Examiner" newspaper, SanFrancisco, California, in its issue of July 9, 1968,carried a news article headlined, "Ramparts ThreatenedBy Bombs." The article stated that both the San Franciscoand New York City offices of "Ramparts" had been threatenedby bombs and "Associate Editor ROBERT SCHEER had receivedcalls threatening his life."SCHEER advised SA CHARLES E. GALVIN on July 10,1968, that no one had carried out the threat and thathe would immediately contact the FBI if any future threatswere made.Records of the Bureau of Criminal Identificationand Investigation (CII), Sacramento, California, revealthat a .25 calibre Beretta automatic pistol, serial number415984, was sold to ROBERT SCHEER, 6468 Benvenue Avenue,Oakland, California, on January 27, 1968, and that this gunwas purchased in Oakland.Records of the Oakland Police Department weresearched October 17, 1968 by IC ROBERT L. GIBSON and itwas determined that ROBERT SCHEER did not possess a permitto carry a gun.- 11 -1253SECRETNW 88613DocId:34517445 Page 12Copy 1 of 3 CopiesPage 10 of 134 Pages
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SECRETSF 100-46832WEH:jbRecords of the San Francisco Police Department, San Francisco, California, were searched by JOHN VANNUCCI, Intelligence Unit, San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) on October 17, 1968 and no permit has been issued by the SFPD for ROBERT SCHEER to carry a gun.K. FinancesSECRET- 12 -1254Copy 1 of 3 CopiesPage: 12 of 134 PagesNW 88613Docld:34517445 Page 13
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# SECRETFEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION1Date 3/21/68The College Avenue Branch, Bank of America, 6201 College Avenue, Oakland, California, maintains a commercial checking account for ANNE W. SCHEER or ROBERT SCHEER, 6468 Benvenue Avenue, Oakland, California. This account bears Account Number 5440 03178, and was opened on September 18, 1967.On March 19, 1968, an examination of bank records pertaining to items deposited in this account during the period September 18, 1967 through March 5, 1968, was made. Among the checks deposited during this period were the following (All these checks were written payable to ROBERT SCHEER.):| Date Deposited | Payee's Account                                                               | Amount  || -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- || 9/18/67        | "Ramparts" Magazine 301 Broadway, San Francisco, California (Payroll Account) | $507.80 || 10/2/67        | "Ramparts" Magazine                                                           | 507.55  || 10/12/67       | Associated Students California Western University                             | 500.00  || 10/18/67       | "Ramparts" Magazine                                                           | 507.55  || 11/1/67        | "Ramparts" Magazine                                                           | 507.55  || 11/15/67       | "Ramparts" Magazine                                                           | 507.55  || 11/20/67       | Stanford University, Student Organization Fund                                | 300.00  |- 13 -On 3/19/68 at Oakland, California File # SF 100-46832by SA LAWRENCE J. NELSON:cm Date dictated 3/20/68This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
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2SF 100-46832WEH:cm# SECRET| Date Deposited | Payee's Account                                                | Amount  || -------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- || 11/20/67       | University of California Santa Cruz                            | $350.00 || 12/6/67        | "Ramparts" Magazine                                            | 507.55  || 12/11/67       | "Ramparts" Magazine                                            | 507.55  || 12/15/67       | Brandeis University                                            | 300.00  || 12/18/67       | Fordham University                                             | 300.00  || 12/18/67       | Agenzia Fugazi, Inc., Travel Agency, San Francisco, California | 168.95  |The above check was marked "refund".12/27/67 | Associated Students, Los Angeles Valley College | 350.001/2/68 | "Ramparts" Magazine | 507.551/3/68 | "Ramparts" Magazine | 130.001/16/68 | "Rampurts" Magazine | 411.051/26/68 | (largely illegible) but "McGill University" appears on the check | 458.751/26/68 | University of Manitoba | 257.251/26/68 | (largely illegible) but "Manitoba" appears on the check | 91.752/3/68 | "Ramparts" Magazine | 473.80# SECRET- 14 -1256Copy 1 of 3 CopiesPage 14 of 134 PagesNW 88613Docld:34517445 Page 15
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3SF 100-46832WEH:cm| Date Deposited | Payee's Account                 | Amount  || -------------- | ------------------------------- | ------- || 2/20/68        | "Ramparts" Magazine             | $473.80 || 2/20/68        | University of Idaho             | 700.00  || 3/5/68         | Albion College Albion, Michigan | 500.00  |The above information is confidential and cannot be made public except in the usual procedure following the issuance of a subpoena duces tecum, directed to Mr. AARON C. ORTON, Operations Officer, College Avenue Branch, Bank of America, 6201 College Avenue, Oakland, California.The original documents listed above are no longer in possession of the bank.
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# SECRETFEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONDate 7/10/68The College Avenue Branch of Bank of America, 6201College Avenue, Oakland, California, maintains a Commercialchecking account for ANNE W. SCHEER or ROBERT SCHEER, 6468Benvenue Avenue, Oakland. This account bears account number5440 03178 and was opened September 18, 1967.On June 19-21, 1968, an examination of bank recordspertaining to items deposited in this account during the periodMarch 6, 1968 to June 21, 1968, were made available. Amongthe checks deposited during this period were the followingchecks payable to ROBERT SCHEER:| Date      | Maker                                                                                                               | Amount  || --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- || 2/29/68   | "Ramparts Magazine                                                                                                  | $423.80 || 3/15/68   | "Ramparts" Magazine                                                                                                 | $423.80 || 3/8/68    | Albion College, Albion, Michigan, drawn on City Bank & Trust Co., Albion, Michigan                                  | $277.20 || 3/29/68   | California Intercollegiate Press Association, Hayward, California                                                   | $350.00 || 3/29/68   | "Ramparts" Magazine                                                                                                 | $423.80 || 4/1/68    | Check from IDA SCHEER, 2868 Bronx Park East, New York City, drawn on Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co., New York City |         || 4/10/68   | University of California, Irvine, Calif., drawn on United California Bank                                           | $ 15.00 || illegible | Bank of Province, city unknown, Canada, account # 00059-010-00-02003 (check believed issued to "Ramparts" Magazine) | $336.00 ||           |                                                                                                                     | $700.00 || 4/17/68   | "Ramparts" Magazine (exchangerate $644.00)                                                                          |         || 4/15/68   | "Ramparts" Magazine                                                                                                 | $350.00 ||           |                                                                                                                     | $423.80 |On 6/27/68 at Oakland, California File # SF 100-46832by SA WILLIAM E. HUGHES/mcn Date dictated 7/8/68This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned toyour agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
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2SF 100-46832WEH:mcn| Date       | Maker                                                                                                            | Amount  || ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- || 4/16/68    | Iowa State University of Science & Technology, Ames, Iowa, drawn on 1st National Bank, Ames, Iowa                | $500.00 || Unreadable | Iowa State University of Science & Technology                                                                    | $241.00 || 4/30/68    | "Ramparts" Magazine                                                                                              | $473.80 || 5/15/68    | "Ramparts" Magazine                                                                                              | $473.80 || 5/21/68    | DAVID KOLODNEY, 6468 Benevue Avenue, Oakland, drawn on Wells Fargo Bank, University Branch, Berkeley, California | $170.00 || 5/16/68    | State University of New York at Buffalo, drawn on Marine Midland Bank, University Office, Buffalo, New York      | $196.90 || 5/24/68    | "Ramparts" Magazine                                                                                              | $ 79.81 || 5/24/68    | "Ramparts" Magazine                                                                                              | $100.00 || 5/31/68    | "Ramparts" Magazine                                                                                              | $473.80 || 6/3/68     | "Ramparts" Magazine                                                                                              | $170.00 || 6/11/68    | CHRISTOPHER D. WEILLS, 108 El Camino Real, Berkeley, California, drawn on Sumitomo Bank of California, Oakland   | $250.00 || 6/7/68     | "Ramparts" Magazine check to Berlitz School of Languages                                                         | $261.87 || 6/7/68     | "Ramparts Magazine                                                                                               | $:27.45 || 6/7/68     | "Ramparts" Magazine                                                                                              | $205.00 || 6/10/68    | "Ramparts" Magazine                                                                                              | $400.00 |On June 10, 1968, a Bank of America money order, no. 52423, was purchased by ANNE WEILLS SCHEER made out to Berlitz School of Languages in the amount of $295.00.6/21/68 -deposited | U.S. Government check from U.S. Marshal, New York City | $482.08
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3SF 100-46832WEH:menOne personal check issued by ROBERT SCHEER to Berlitz School of Languages in the amount of $150.00, was refused by this bank because of insufficient funds in the SCHEER account during June, 1968.The above information is confidential and cannot be made public except in a usual proceeding following issuance of a subpoena duces tecum, directed to Mr. AARON C. ORTON Operations Officer, Bank of America, 6201 College Avenue, Oakland, California.Each of the "Ramparts" Magazine checks were drawn on The Commonwealth National Bank of San Francisco.
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SECRETSF 100-46832WEH:jbROBERT SCHEER, 6468 Benvenue Avenue, Oakland,California, applied for a loan June 10, 1968, at which timehe furnished the following financial information:He has a savings account at United CaliforniaBank, San Francisco, opened July 1966, with a low threefigure balance. He maintains a checking account at Bankof America, 6201 College Avenue, Oakland. He has a salaryof "1,000 per month and an additional income from lecturesand writings amounting to $8,000 yearly. He owns a 1958Mercedes 220 sedan with no mortgage against it. He ownsa 1967 Saab stationwagon, which is being financed throughthe First State Bank, San Leandro, California, with abalance of $1,560. His mother is IDA KURAN SCHEER, 2868Bronx Park West, Bronx, New York. His father-in-law isJOHN WEILLS, 108 El Camino Real, Berkeley, California.His home is mortgaged through American Savings and LoanAssociation, San Jose, with a balance of $23,000 on whichmonthly payments are made of $214. Second home mortgageis carried through Central Realty, Telegraph Avenue, Oakland,with a balance of $2,000 and monthly payments of $40. Hehas Bankamericard 180-763-484 on which there is a balance of$209 owing. He has a Master Charge Card 3017-802-921,on which there is a $300 balance. The loan requested wasrefused when SCHEER was asked for a copy of his latestincome tax return to be furnished, and SCHEER refused to doso. The purpose of the loan was not stated.SF T-7June 19, 1968ROBERT SCHEER had a total income in 1966 of aboutHe had a total income in 1967 of aboutincluding salary from his position at "Ramparts"magazine, and approximately $8,800 from his writings andspeeches.IRS [JFK Law 11(a)]SF T-8August 29, 1968- 19 -SECRETCopy 1 of 3 CopiesPage 19 of 134 PagesNW 88613DocId:34517445 Page 20