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H. D. StomERS
THR LEE HARVEY OSWALD CASE #351164
January 1964
1. According to a newspaper column of
and Scott" in
Chicago Amariam of 6 December 1963, en the USKID Case, Abre CHATES,
Legal Officer of the State Department, was one of two persons
mediately responsible for OSWÄIÐ's being sitted to return
United States from the Soviet Union in Jue 1962. Tîm other individual
mus Klesellyn warsca, the then Ambassador to Russia. Another
to have been impaired in the handling of OSMAID's case van Semmel
Counsel of the Ameriem Exbasey in Kaneou,
2. Abres CHAYES, #352234, who as of 16 February 1961 was described
as "the new Commsel in State" granted Security approval for linison
contact with J. Foster Colima (in the office of the Caler of the corent
Action Staff) on 6 March 1961. The request for CHAYES' clearance was
"Elanket” request to permit discussien with him of MSC 5412/2 matters
ssed-to-know basis.
3. In September 1961 there was a White House
Antonia (Toni) Leigh CHAYES, qué:
Eacheck request on
4. In March 1962, CHAYES was granted à renewal of his liaison
contact elesrance with C/CA a continuing basis. This time his contact
vas Archibald ROOSEVELT, Jr.
5. On 10 February 1962, HUMAN EVENTS reported as follows with
reference to CHAXES:
*SOFT ON COMMUNIS: Representative Francis E. Walter (R.-Pa.),
Chairman of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, has
scored the new State Department regulatiens on passports, claim-
ing they would allow Reds denied passports to "rifle freely the
confidential files of the FBI, the CIA and other investigative
agencies." The man behind the nav regulations, which Walter
claims violate the Internal Security Act of 1950, is reportedly
State's chief legal officer, Abrem Cheves. Chayes, a Kennedy
appointes, is en ex-Harvard professor who was Chester Bowles'
top legal siviser shen Boules was Governor of Connecticut.
Walter has introduced legislation to remedy the new passport
regulations."
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Samuel
ferred
Counsel
State
September 196:
Embassy in Moscon.
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defected from the
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United States,
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interested
the Auertem Exbeary in Moscow"
be Somaž Griffin WIB Jr., #74574,
contract employee on ARAGPIVE.
B's file on 2 June 1974; and as of
Second Secretary of the Ameriess
tim WIER afvised in a cable to i State
pared that Bruce Prederick DAVIE, 195225
ted States Army in Germany on 18 August 1960,
14. DAVIS' Case is very similar to that of
OSHIID, Lived in the Soviet thien for two yours
Friar to making application for return to
THE was granted a CSA to pe
TVB in New York City.
mt in early 1953 end
August 1959. He 416
fee which had bean
On 13 Horester 1953,
use as a contrast erlayes on
a cancellat en 25 March 1958.
8. KISE was named as a friend of silliam Orville MISELI, 61693-DL,
during an investigation of the letter for possible CIA employment in 1952.
WISE, according to MINSELL's landlady and social acquaintance in Washington,
D.C. during the period of about a year which ended in April 1952, was the
only person she knew by name with whom HUSSELL was friendly. According]
to the informant, WISE was a student at Columbia University whose address
ims 423 Purnald Hall. MRSELL vas Security disapproved for CIA employment
in June 1952 because of his close association on a professional and social
basis, while attending Denver University from 1946 to 1951, with persons
(of questionable loyality. In November 1954, MINSELL was of interest to
Project RJALIVE with reference to assignment to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia)]
however, the interested office vithdrew their request on bin, "after"
Security (advised of the derogatory information regarding him.
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9. VISE from 1951 to 1954 attended Searsénio High School in Segradale,
How York, which was attacked by a Citisende Group, vàich alleged Communist
influence in the school system. He had several questionable associates in
addition to KINSEIL.
M. D. Sevens
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