Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records collection Act of 100? (4a 0st 2107 Note; . DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: —4/14/201 Identification Form Z ‘ . ~ Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER:  124-10314-10000 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER:  100-12632-203 eee Document Information : ORIGINATOR: FBI - FROM: MX TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 11/18/1964 _ ‘PAGES: 36 SUBJECTS : CHARLES SMALL, CHARLES N. SMOLIKOFF, AKA, BERTHE MAY NEHAM SMOLIKOFF, AKA DOCUMENT TYPE: | PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: ~ Confidential RESTRICTIONS: 4 . CURRENT STATUS:  Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 02/18/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE ~ COMMENTS : RPT \ 6 v9.1 ; 1 : Docld: 32311397 Page 1
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. DATE: 11- 14-2017 — 4 a oo : \ , ~ - .FD+263 (Rev. $e1-59) C) . ; ‘ . ; . . ' 7 . 3 . . . er . 9 REPORTING OFFICE MEXICO, D. TITLE OF CASE INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD 1. BUREAU 12/3/68~10/27/¢4 j OFFICE OF ORIGIN qiered er alas CHARLES 2 aoe aka SYNOPSIS = sy Seo SLD 5b Fl) Subjects, who in wpe 46, nown as CHARLES and BERTHE SMALL, continue to reside at Calle Mariscal #98,. dan Angel Inn, Mexico, D. F. CHARLES SMALG continues to operate a gift and curio shop and BERTHE SMALL is occupied as 2 house- wife. Both subjects continue to be prominent members of ACGM, of which CHARLES SMALL reportedly wants to become leader.» Subjects gave cocktail party for "National Guardia an". tour eee lg members in 1/64. CHARLES SMALL reported as furnishing - money... AB. to CEDRIC and MARY BELFRAGE and to LINI DeVRIES to establish _ 3 their boarding houses, to BRYNA PRENSKY to open. art Salleries, and to MAY BROOKS to open art gallery. for EDWARD BARSKY during visit to Mexico, approved procurement of subscriptiong during $/64 visit fo igabss. of | JAMES if) "National Guardian." se also furniShes ‘coumiiis ist literature to friends who visit nis store. CHARLES SMALE reported ; continuing to contribute to PCM PEosects. Subsects brave. ea . Bo NOT: WRITE. IN SPACES BELOW jb0- 1Abg. zal Te ie gee Cover Page "Bp" Bufiles 1100-12632 100~421747 MC files 100-1535 -— 100-1534 Dissemination Record of Attached: ‘Report Netotiogs Agency /CGAUM dn | plate. [Oca ede Viale Wrorone Request Recd. ade eh ARIAL Que _ i 5 Ke. aL a HT OA "tt iat iENT ge ne Docld: 32311397 Page 2
f DATE : _—_ ‘should "do something about." SMALL said that he had already , Released , under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of (997 (47 Ust 707 Hover 11- 14- 2017 ; . oe hy . . MC 100-1535 MC 100-1534 The following information was received from former MBZ-18 and MEX-19, but is being included in the Administrative section of this report rather than the dissemination section since it shows close association with the subjects to an extent which would assist in identifying the informants. informants advised on 5/12/64, that on 5/6/64, MEX-~18 had accompanied GERTRUDE SOLTKER (Bufile 100-271396), ‘who was visiting in Mexico, on a shopping trip, at which time they went to CHARLES SMALL's store. When they visited the store, DAVID DRUCKER was present having a heated argument with SMALL and complaining loudly about the impositions he had suffered. SMALL alternately agreed and disagreed with him. According to source, the person being discussed noisily as - the source of DRUCKER's troubles was MARGARET LARKIN. After DRUCKER's departure, MEX-18 introduced SOLTKER to SMALL, and it appeared that each had heard of the other. SOLTKER and SMALL discussed the family of MORTON SOBELL, convicted 2tomic Spy, :and SMALL stated that SYDNEY SOBELL, apparently one of the SOBELL daughters, would be in Mexico for the summer. On 5/12/54, informants advised that during the time MEX-18 was in CHARLES SMALL's store on 5/6/64, JEANETTE PEPPER entered and told SMALL that “someone” was in town whom SMALL done it and was seeing that person at his hotel and arranging — | a dinner. _ SMALL subsequently identified "that person" to MEX-18 as LINUS PAULING (Bufile 100- 353404). During the course of the conversation between PEPPER and SMALL, however, PEPPER said "that person" was not the one she had in mind but she was thinking of a friend of "ERZIE."' Informant subsequently identified "ERZIE" as the widow of JOHN SEKELEY, a writer | who wrote the book, "Temptation," under the penname "JOHN | \ PEN" and lived in Cuernavaca until approximately seven years ago when he left Mexico for East Germany. According to the source, SEKELEY was reported to have died cor to have been killed in East Germany approximately five years ago. — On 6/12/64, MEX-18 advised that on 6/12/34, informant had visited the art gallery being opened by MAY BROOKS, at which time DAVID DRUCKER, FREDERICK VANDERBILT FIELD (Bufile 100-2278), MAY BROOKS, and RUTH CONDE (Bufile 100-434224), aS well as informant, were present. CHARLES SMALL dropped in -~ Wm (COVER PAGE | Doeld:32311397 Page 3
DATE: 11- 14-2017 MC 100-1535 MC 100-1534 emeren te TAl Vpasa ds aie and made a very facetious remark that it looked like a foreign branch meeting with the foreign agents and’ underground agents present. According to informant, SMALL meant DRUCKER and FIELD were foreign agents and BROOKS, CONDE and informant were underground agents. DRUCKER, however, did not consider the remark humorous and left immediately. SOURCES : | identify of Source | File Location (T+-1 is MEX-25 and MEX-55 134-134 — Q-2 ig ME%-42 and MEX-196 134-318 OS T-3 is MEX-234 and MEX-235 134-7714 WEx-is former MEX-18 and 134-104 a 7-5 is MEX-46 134-354 T-S is wx (Cif ooa i MBX AOE a : | T-7 is[cra, Mex ico (X) @ ‘100-1535-727 & oo CLASSIFICATION : | This report has been classified CONFIDENTIAL in order to protect the identities of sources of continuing value, the disclosure of whose identities could be inimical to the national defense interests. LEADS : MEXICO CITY OFFICE At Mexico, D. F., Mexico IA, Mexic will follow the activities of captioned Through established sources and sources available subjects.” ty uU| -~- xX. COVER PAGE - Doeld:323113597 Page 4