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Be a TY, : . Engi te _ * ~ & | FORM 5.838 4.26. 56 DEPARTWERKT OF STATE OFFICE OF SECURITY TITLE CASE CLASSIFICATION OSWALD, Lee Harvey 1A.26,00 FIELD OFFICE DATE REPORTED DATES INVESTIGATED REPORTING AGENT June 24 to Washington - July 27, 1964 - July 23, 1964 Louis C, Kachulis SYNOPSIS A procedural study of the look~out card system of the Passport Office was conducted with specific reference being made to the procedures followed ‘in the Lee Harvey OSWALD case, including a security survey of the Clearance Section, The details are set forth below. - CLOSED -— REFERENCE: Oral instructions from SY¥/Beadquarters dated Jume 4, 1964 (Mr, Berry) Memorandum from Mr, G, Marvin Gentile to Mr, Henri G, Grignon.— dated June 2, 1964 Memorandum fron Mr, A, Schvartz to Hr, G, Marvin Gentile dated Hay 20, 1964 DETAILS Pursuant to the authority in the referenced oral instructions and memo- randa, and a conference held on Jume 23, 1964, attended by Mr. Charles Mace, Mr, Richard Frank, Mrs, Frances Knight, Mr, Edvard Hickey, Kr. Robert D, Johnson, Mr. G, Marvin Gentile and the writer, a procedural study of the lock-out card system of the Passport Office was conducted, APPROVED . DO NOT WRITE iN THIS SPACE (Special Agent in Garge) COPIES REFERRED 3 ~ Headquarters - 1 = WFO file (64-1475) REVIEWED BY AGENT SUPERVISOR (Date) ; (Initials) : — Exelvdad domnzreda: CONFIDENTIAL Wet es Geclassi THIS REPORT IS THE PROPERTY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND 4 CONTENTS MUST NOT BE DISCLOSED TO UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS. . a4 s GPO 691584 Docld:32263549 Page 3
RFIDENTIAL OSWALD, Lee Harvey The look-out card process can be divided into two categories, (a) one which can be referred to as the judicial aspect and (b) the ministerial as- pect. The first category concerns itself with the basis or criteria used an determining whether or not a card shall be requested, The second cate- gory concerns itself with the mechanical steps involved in preparing a lock-out card from the time a decision to request a card is made until the filing of the card, Since the purpose of this study is primarily concerned with the procedures in handling the look-out cards, emphesis will be placed on the rinisterial aspect of the look-out card process with reference to the judicial aspect primarily for reasons of background, Furthermore, any recommendations at the conclusion of this report, which can be said to fall within the judicial realm of the process, are offered not as criteria for refusing a passport, but only as & beans of avoiding the routine issuance of a passport to an individual with @ questionable background, Moreover, the study was confined to inquiries to determine how the look-out cards are handled in a typical "OSWALD" case and specifically the procedures followed in the Lee Harvey OSWALD case itself, This study is broken down. into the following categories: (1) the general overall procedures, (2) the Lee Harvey OSWALD case, (3) security survey of the Clearance Secticn, (4) recormendations, and (5) summary of SY/Files having derogatory snfor- mation relating to personnel assigned to the Clearance Section. -2- CONFIDENTIAL ' l Docld: 32263549 Page 4
CONFIDENTIAL OSWALD, Lee Harvey (b) Foreign Cperations Division: The Foreign Operations Division (FO) receives for action, matters arising overseas relating to pass- port and nationality matters. However, it should be noted that only "problem" cases are referred to FO for’ decision (8 FAM 245.6 speci- fies what cases "mst" be referred to the Department "for decision"); approximately 93 to 95% of all cases arising oversees are handled by the overseas post concerned, In cases referred to the Department, if the adjudicator determines that there has been a loss of citizen- ship or a failure to acquire citizenship a refusal sheet is prepared requesting a look-out card, Also, a card may be requested in any | case where the adjudicator desires one to act as an “alert” or "flag", That is, although there is no legal basis under existing regulations and statutes for refusing or limiting a passport, it is felt, none- theless, in the edjudicator's judgment, that a passport should not be subseguently issued routinely. This "flag" or "alert" insures, at least, a review of the individual's passport file prior to the issu- ence of a passport, Decisions for an "alert™ or "flag" are based on the adjudicator's experience and no definite criteria are established, (c) Legs] Division: The Legal Division of the Passport Office is composed of the Legal Advisory Branch (PT/LAD) and the Security - Branch (PT/LS). Generally PT/LAD is concerned with look-out cards in cases which involve passport frauds, imposters, child custody cases and requests from other agencies for look-out cards, PI/LS is primarily concerned with Communist Party members, Comminist syx- pathizers, persons who have violated travel linitations, etc, This Branch receives reports from other agencies, which are disseminated ‘by IR, The majority of the reports come from the FBI with a small portion from the CIA, (INR records indicate that some 350 or more reports are forwarded to the Passport Office each month). PI/LS reviews the reports and if they indicate the individual is a Con- minist Party member or a member of a Front Organization which in- plies strongly the individual is a member of the Communist Party, a look-out card is requested through the preparation of a refusal sheet, (a) Office of Finance: Within the Department the Office of Finance (CF) also requests look-out cards when an individual hes been granted a repatriation loan. The procedure requires that when an individual executes an epplication for a repatriation loan Ae CONFIDENTIAL Docld: 32263549 Page 7?
NFIDENTIAL . OSWALD, Lee Harvey the request is forwarded to the Special Consular Services (scs) of the Department for determination, If the loan is approved, SCS so advises the overseas post and the loan is granted. (It is not cus- tomary for SCS to advise the Passport Office of their reasons for ‘granting the repatriation loan). When the loan is granted, the Consular Officer forwards a copy of the invoice to OF, on some oc~ casions the invoice would indicate the individual's date and place of birth and name, end on others only the name, These invoices would then be forwarded to the Clearance Section of the Passport Office and acted as a request for a. look-out card, However, if the loan did not exceed $50 and did not contain a date and plece of birth a card would not be prepared and it would be returned to OF, As a result, therefore, wnen an invoice did not indicate a date end place of birth OF discontinued sending them to the Clear- ance Section. When en invoice did not contain the required infor- mation the Clearance Section did prepare a look-out card and insert it into the look-out file. Under current procedures the loan application is sent with the invoice to OF by the overseas post and the date, place of birth and the amount of the loan are readily available to OF. ~ The Clearance Section maintains the requirement of a date and place of birth in order to insure positive identification when a search is made and avoid possible embarrassment to the Depart- ment by erroneous identification. Further, under current pro- cedures OF prepares its own IBM look-out card end forwards it to the Clearance Section for insertion in the look-out file. B - The Clearance Section of the Passport Office is that area where the look~out file is maintained, When one of the areas under (A) above requests a look-out card through the preparation of a refusal sheet, under current pro- cedures, the following steps are taken: (a) The Senior Adjudicator or the Adjudicator preparing the refusal sheet signs the sheet authorizing the request; (b) a clerk within the ‘Adjudicator's area prepares the look- out card in duplicate, signs the refusal sheet and forwards the sheet and the duplicate cards to the Clearance Section; (c) the clerk within the Clearance Section receiving the file with the refusal sheet and look-out cards performs the following? -5- CONFIDENTIAL Docld: 322763549 Page &
CONFIDENTIAL OSWALD, Lee Harvey (1) indexes the refusal sheets (2) places one look-out card in the look-out file as ea temporary card and the other is stored for fu- ture forwarding to prepare an IBt card, (When the IBM cerd is received it replaces the tempor- ery card and becomes the permanent cerd). (3) When these steps have been performed the indivi- dual performing then signs the refusal sheet. (4) The passport file is then forwarded to the Pass- passp port Office files for storage or to a requesting individual. - The indexing of the refusal sheet consists of the following: The indi- yiduel's name is typed along the right-hand margin of the refusal sheet by a clerk designated to co so and, under the old system, the name preceded by the number 130. Also, prior to the adoption of the current refusal sheet where the signature of the clerk receiving the file end refusal sheet within the Clearance Section is required, the indexing was the only evidence the re- fusal sheet wes received and a look-out card prepared by the Clearance Sec- tion. Moreover, the current refusal sheet was not in effect at the time of the CSHALD look-out cards. The number 130 was used as part of the State Department's filing system, Under that system numbers 130 to 149 were assigned to the Passport files and 130 denoted the files which were filed by an individual's nane end not by subject matter; however, approximately two years ego the Department's files were decentralized and the numbers were dropped. Prior to this current procecure the system generally required the re- questing officer to execute a refusal sheet and forward it, with the file, to the Clearance Section where 4 clerk indexed the refusal sheet and pre- pared a look-out cerd. Under both systems if there was no request to re- turn the file to a particular {ndividual it would be forwarded to the Pass- port files for filing. . Under the present procedures there ig a record kept of the names of all the persons taking action on the refusal sheet with regard to the look-out card, Under both systems it is assumed that all proper action will be teken during the ordinary course of business. However, unger neither system, pre- sent or prior, is there any one particular individual vested with the respon- sibility of checking to determine that all the ministerial steps required in processing of 4 look-out card have been complied with. -b- CONFIDENTIAL Docld: 322763549 Page 9
- CONFIDENTIAL OSWALD, Lee Harvey C — The removal of the look-out cards is requested by those individuals ‘having authority to do so - generally an Adjudicator in FO or a Senior Adju- dicator in D0. In cases where a look-out card is requested for loss of citi- zenship, lack of citizenship, or any case where there is no time limit placed on the look-out card the request is made when evidence is received warranting a reversal of the Adjudicator's prior decision, In such cases the Adjudicator marks the refusal sheet "disregard", indicates the reason for removal, and signs his name, The file and refusal sheet sre forwarded to the Clearance Section where the card is removed by the Chief of the Clearence Section or somecne designated by him, Prior to the adoption of this procedure there was no formal record kept of the reason for removal cf the look-out card on the refusal sheet and the requesting officer did not sign his name on the sheet, The refusal sheet vas merely marked "disregard" and forwarded to the Clearance Section for removal of the look-out card. With regard to the removal of look-out cards requested by outside agencies this is accomplished when the requesting agency asks that it be removed. In cases where the card has a set expiration date tha Clearance Section renoves it automatically at the end of the period or shortly thereafter. , o Look-out cards requested by CF are removed by the Clearance Section when 4t is notified that the loan hes been paid in full. CF sends a monthly list of persons who have paid in full to the Clearance Section for removal of the look-out cards. Procedures in the Clearance Section dictate that the actual removal of the card shall be accomplished by the Chief of the Section himself or his designee, Docld: 322763549 Page 10
CONFIDENTIAL OSWAILD, Lee Harvey (2) LEE HARVEY OSWALD CASE: 1 The OSWALD passport file was reviewed by the writer and it is noted thet the case was handled by the Foreign Operations Division. Also, that a refusal sheet wes prepared; was apparently indexed, although not accord~ ing to standard procedures for indexing; and the refusal sheet was not marked "disregard" - authority to remove the look-out card, OSHALD applied for and received a passport on or about June 25, 1963 at the Pessport Agency in New Orleans, The New Orleans Passport Agency sent a TWX to Washington which, among other names, listed CSWALD's name, but no information indicating a prior passport was issued to him, OSWALD's 1963 application indicated de- sired travel to Russia and Cuba, Mr, Henry KUPIEK, Chief, PI/FEA, wes interviewed and advised that cases assigned to his Branch first came to his desk, as Chief of. the Branch, and he assigned them to the Adjudicators according to their experience end abil- ity. KUPIEK related he assigned the CSWALD case to Bernice WATERMAN (since retired) who wes at the time his Assistant and a most experienced Adjudicator. Mrs. WATEXMAN was interviewed and advised that she prepared a refusal sheet requesting a look-out card for CSWALD in March of 1960, She continued, saying that the purpose of a look-out card in the CSWALD case was not to re- fuse him a passport in the future since he had not expatriated himself, but was intended cnly as an "alert" or a "flag", Mrs. WATERMAN further stated that she was only attempting to avoid the issuance of a passport routinely in the event CS#ALD should apply in the future. She edded that she did not mark the refusal sheet "disregard" when it was decided OSWALD had not in fect expatriated himself because, as already indicated, she considered the card a "flag", She stated it was her intention to leave the card in the file indefinitely so that OSWALDts file would be reviewed by an Adjudicator prior to the issuance of a passport to him in the future. She related that once she had executed e refusal. sheet it would be forwarded to the Clearance Sec- tion where @ look-out card would be prepared and filed. She added, she did not, nor was there any prescribed procedure, follow up her request in any way to insure the card was prepared and filed, but assumed that all persons concerned would perform their respective duties preperly end a card prepared and filed in the due course of business, As indicated above, it appears from a review of the OSWALD refusal sheet that at least an attempt was made to index the sheet which, if it had been done, would have been followed by the preparation and filing of a look-out Docld: 32263549 Page 12
CONFIDENTIAL OSWALD, Lee Harvey ing is one where the individual's name 4s typed along the right-hand margin of the sheet preceded by the number 130. In the case of OSWALD, his name, ‘rather than typed, had been clearly printed by hand along the right-hand margin and was not preceded by the muaber 130. Arthur M. COSTLEY, velyn V, HALL, Alexander W, MAXWELL, Nanne EERREY, Dorothy CARTER, and Mary RICHARDS (who is no longer with the Department) all of whom, at one time or enother about Merch 1960 prepared looy-out cards, were 4nterviewed and shown a copy of the OSWALD look-out sheet. All readily denied it was their hand printing except Dorothy CARTER. When shown the sheet CARTER immediate- ly stated that the printing was hers, and when asked if she were positive, she stated only that it Jooked very much like her hand printing. (CARTER's statements were made in the presence of HKenry KUPIEX). CARTER continued saying that assuming the handwriting was hers it could safely be concluded a look-out card was prepared and filed. However, CARTER had no personal recollection of preparing or filing a look-out card in the OSWALD case nor had she any recollection of removing the OSWALD card from the file, With regard to the fect that the number 130 did not precede CSYALD's name CARTER could offer no explanation other than the possibility the refusal sheet may have been indexed when the number 130 was dropped by the Passport Office. card, It has been previously {indicated that the usual procedure for index In interviewing the various Passport Office personnel none could offer any explanation 4s to what may have heppened to the look-out cerd had one been prepared. The majority of the persons interviewed were of the opinion that a card was never prepared because, among other reasons, the refusal sheet was not indexed. Mrs, WATERMAN, among others, offered the possible explanation that the refusal sheet was buried under subsequent correspond- ence and, as 4 result, missed when the file reached the Passport files. The general accepted procedure for removing a look-out card was des- eribed as one where the Adjudicator marks the refusal sheet "disregard" and forwerds it to the Clearance Section for action. However, in interviewing Alexander W. MAXWELL, Chief, Clearance Section, and Evelyn V. HALL, now with RAF, it was determined that in many cases the Adjudicator only sent a "buck slip" to the Clearance Section requesting the removal of the card and the refusal sheet in those cases apparently was not. marked "disregard". It appears from talking to MAXWELL and HALL that this was done more often than not. . on 7 NEIDENTIAL Docld: 322763549 Page 153
CCKFI DEN TIAL. OSWALD, Lee Harvey CSWALD was - pranted a@ repatrietion loan on June 1, 1962, The repatriation _lean authorized by Special Consular Services (SCS) wes granted on the authority of 7 FAM 423.1-2 which states "b, The United States national is in or is the cause of ‘a situation which is damaging to the prestige of the United States Government or which constitutes a compelling reason for extending assistance to effect his return." There does not appear to be anything in OSWALD's. passport file to indicate that the Passport Office was notified of SCS!s reasons for its decision that OSWALD came within the cited regulation. Since the loan wes granted on June 1, 1962, a look-out card should have been pre- pared in June of 1962, Leola B, BURKHEAD, ACD/RR was interviewed and advised that at the time of the CSWALD loan the procedure was to forward a copy of the loan invoice to the Clearance Section where a look-out card was prepared, She advised that since Passport would not prepare a card unless the name was accompanied vw a dete and place of birth her office discontinued sending the invoices to Passport. BURKHEAD stated she definitely recalled forwarding the OSWALD.. aa invoice to the Passport Office; that it was returned because it lacked a date. and placé of birth; and that she as a result, threw it away. PURKHEAD.staté that she did not attempt to obtain OSWALD's date and place of birth and ac- cording to MAXWELL of the Clearance Section, it was not the procedure for - the Clearance Section to attempt to obtain the information. With regard to EURKHEAD's certainty that she did in fact forward the OSWALD invoice to Pass- port it should be noted that she was equally certain of the manner in which CSWALD repaid his loan, She related that OSWALD made one payment of $100 and paid the balance in person at the Department. The record clearly shows OSWALD repaid’ his loan in seven installments by mail. In interviewing various persons in the Domestic Operations Division, including Virginia D, CARROLL, Vivian A, FERRIN, Margaret L. TATUM, and Zella M, BRAZEAL, it appears that when an application for passport contains something unusual it is referred to the Department by the Passport Agency so that a prior file, if one exists, may be reviewed and a decision rendered. All the individuals named above indicated that a potentially valid passport (such as OSWALD's) which had been stamped for limited travel is the type of case where the prior passport file would have been requested. On June 25, 1963, or thereabouts, OSWALD applied at the New Orleans Pass- port Agency for a passport and indicated Russia and Cuba, among other places, ~10- CONFIDENTIAL Docld: 322763549 Page 14
OSWALD, Lee Harvey as countries he wished to visit. The application also indicated that he had a prior passport (#1733242) and the application was marked "C & a" (cancelled and returned). The "C & R" indicates that the Agency saw the passport, can- celled it and returned it to OSWALD, However, the TWX sent to the Department does not indicate the passport was stamped for limited travel nor was any re- quest made for the passport file. (Correspondence in the passport file of Lee Harvey CSYALD indicates Embassy Moscow was instructed by the Department to restrict OSWALD's passport to use for direct return to the United States.) -l1- CONFIDENTIAL Docld: 322763549 Page 15
CONFIDENTIAL OSWALD, Lee Harvey (3) SECURITY SURVEY OF THE CLEARANCE SECTION: The Clearance Section which maintains the Look-out File is housed in a rectangular room with entrances from the 1800 corridor at 181] and 1813. _hlso, there are two doors within the room, one at the East wall connecting 4t with room 1815 occupied by the Domestic Cperations Division end another at the West wall connecting it with room 1807 occupied by Foreign Cperations Division. The room is equipped with a Perimiter Control Security System. 411 doors are equipped with magnetic contacts; all, except the main coor (1811) are equipped with security dead bolts; and the main door is fitted with an S&G model 50 pinch proof combination lock with dust cover. The — room also has two windows on its North wall near the West ccrner which are fitted with tapes and contacts. The Security System is deactivated Monday through Friday between 7300 gn and 7:30 em and is activated between 5:30 pm and 6:00 pm; on Saturdays it is deactivated between 8:30 am and 9:00 em and activated between 1:00 pm end 1:30 pm, During all other times the security system is on and a specified procedure mast be followed to gain entrance into the room — only those persons authorized to enter will be allowed to do so by the GSA guards, If any of the four doors is opened other than as indicated above there occurs a simltaneous annunciation, one at the Guard Office in the Department and the other at the A.D.T, Central Station. The West part of the room is occupied by the TWX Section and is sep- erated by a glass partition with an opening in the center permitting free access between the TWX Section and the Clearance Section. A small area on the Clearance Section side of the partition and near the South wall is occupied by the Recording Section of the Domestic Operations Division which is composed of about three or four workers depending on their work load, For the convenience of DO the security dead bolt on the East door is left open during working hours to permit access between the Recording . Section of DO and the Adjudicator Section of DO. The other security dead bolts are kept locked at all times. With regard to the actual searching of the look-out files only those persons assigned to the Section and those authorized by General Management Instruction 1714.1 are permitted to search names through the files, The DO employees sharing space in room 1811 are not permitted to search the files; however, the THX employees are. allowed to search when an urgent TWX is received. ~1l2-_ CONFIDENTIAL Docld: 32263549 Page 17
CONFIDENTIAL CSWALD, Lee Harvey (4) RECOMMENDATIONS: — A - It has been noted during this survey that no one particular indivi- dual is vested with the responsibility of checking to see that all steps necessary in the request, preparation, end inserticn in the file of lock-out cards have been conplied with prior to placing the case file in the files for storage, In this regerd the following are recommended: . . (a) that the refusal sheet be placed on the inside left cover of the file where one exists, and in all other cases at the top of all the correspondence both prior end subsequent; (b) that the outside cover of the file be marked in such a renner as to alert the file room personnel and all others cering in contact with it, that the file conteins a refusal sheet; (c) that responsible clerks be assigned to handle the filing of these files, and they should be vested with the responsibility of checking to see that ell the signatures required by the refusal sheet have been entered on it; (d) if a refusal sheet does not bear all the necessary signatures and notations the file should be returned to the person or area requesting the look-out card and it should then be their responsibility to insure the necessary signa- tures and notations are entered on the refusal sheet, B - It is recommended that the refusal sheet be amended to include the name of the person who physically removes the look-out card fron the lcok- cut file, and the date of such removal. C - In making the recommendations immediately following it is realized thet a passport cannot be refused an individual for the sole reason that he falls within one of the categories outlined, However, they are offered, as indicated earlier in this report, with the intent of avoiding in the future the routine issuance of a passport to a person coming within one of the spe- cified categories without at least a review of the person's passport file, and in some cases a check of the Office of Security indices. In short, they are suggested with the aim of preventing the routine issuance of passport to a person with an "OSWALD" backzround, -13- | CONFIDENTIAL Docld: 32263549 Page 19
CONFIDENTIAL CSWALD, Lee Harvey (a) The Recording Section of the Domestic Cperations Divi- sion be relocated to an area outside the Clearance Section; (b) A buzzer-type swinging door be placed in the opening of the glass partition separating the TWX Section and the Clear- ence Secticn; (c) All security dead belts be kept locked at all times; (d) A counter be installed inside the entrance to the ‘Clearance Section over which business with persons not assigned to the Clearance Section nay be transacted; (e) All persons permanently assigned to the Clearance Sec- tion be required to have their Identification Cards visibly dis- played on their persons during 211 working hours. -15- CONFIDENTIAL Docld: 322763549 Page 71
3 FEVIEW OF SY/fILES OF PERSONS ASSIGNED TO THE CLEARANCE SECTION Docld:32263549 Page 22
CONFIDENTIAL OSWALD, Lee Harvey (5) | SUMMARY OF SY/FILES: - The Security files of personnel assigned temporarily or permanently to the Clearance Section were reviewed by Special Agent Robert J, FUREY and the writer, However, the Security files reviewed were limited to files of © personnel assigned to the Section’ from January 1960 through August of 1961, end March 1962 through August of 1963, the periods when a look-out card, if cone had been prepered, would have been on file for OSWALD, The first period covers the span when OSWALD attempted to expatriate himself until the Department's decision that he hed not. in fact expatriated hinself, and the second period extends from the granting of the repatriation loan until the final payment and slightly beyond. Approximately 140 files were reviewed (the list of names was supplied ty the Passport Cffice) and fol- lowing is a summary of the files containing derogatory information of a more serious nature: Bruno William KORSAK: He was accused of making statements, while at Embassy Bonn, that he was "a confirmed Comminist" and that he "would probably go to Moscow and never return", KORSAK stated the statements were made in jest. While in Germany he was intimate with en East German girl. He ad- mitted to excessive drinking, Also, he reportedly attempted to rape a "CAS" employee, but denied it when questioned, PER/MED advised they believed KORSAK to be a security risk under EO 10450, William T, GRIER: It was stated that a picture of Nikita S. KHRUSHCHEV was observed hanging on the well of a room occupied by GRIER end two others, Clevelend Catmen Da COSTA: He was ceseribed as a follower of STALIN with an extensive knowledge of Marxist Doctrine; has expressed himself as being anti-American and praises the Soviet Union; is an admirer of Paul ROBESON; hes dis- tributed pro-Seviet pamphlets, printed by the Council on African Affairs which 1s cited by the Attorney General as subversive and communist; attempted to organize a Canal Zone Brench of the International Progressive Negro Youth Congress during 1950, -16- CONFIDENTIAL Docld: 322763549 Page 23
CONFIDENTIAL OSWALD, Lee Harvey Williem T, MALONE: He was accused of engaging in extra-marital relations with Department employees. While in the U. S. Arny he wrote to Paul ROBESON soliciting his aid in marrying a Ger- man national - he stated the letter was not answered, MALONE attempted to enlist the aid of. Senator JAVITS and Representa- tive BLAKELY on his behalf implying he was victim of discrin- ination. JAVITS and BLAKELY withdrew their support when ep- prised of the facts in the case. ° Irvin Bennett ROSENSTEIN: His wife hes a paternal uncle, Sidney SHUPAK, who has been accused by the wife's family of being a Commmist end has been ostracized by the family, HCUA records indicate one Sidney SHUPAK signed a petition in 1950 protest- ing the shipment of arms to the Chinese Nationals, and served _as Chairman of the 5th Congressional District of the Progres- sive Party in Philadelphia. William Kelson POINDEXTER, Jr,: listed as a personal refer- ence a former teacher and neighbor, Mr, Van Dyke WALKER, whose name appeared on the mailing list of the Progressive Party of . the District of Columbia in 1955. Wilbert Henry GRAY: A former employer questioned his honesty. Milton LEE: LEE had a serious record of bad credit and wes of- fered an opportunity to resign in liew of charges. He admitted being party to a scheme to obtain money under false pretences. Also, he listed Dammon A, FLEMONS eas a reference (see name below). Darmon_A, FLEMONS: FLEMONS has had bad credit from the date of his entrance on duty with the Department in 1956 up to and Sncluding this year, FLEMONS listed Milton LEE above as a reference, , Valerie Regina JOHNSON aka Valerie Regina MOYO: “She gave birth to a child out of wedlock fathered by a Southern Rhodesian na- tional, Charles MOYO, who has returned to Africa, Also, some people questioned her emotional stability. It appears she was friendly with a Madelyn FREUND who planned to marry an Ethio- pian national who at one time was reportedly attached to the Ethiopian Embassy. . -17- CONFIDENTIAL Docld: 322763549 Page 24