Date:08/16/93 Page:1 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY : NARA RECORD NUMBER : 179-10002-10136 RECORDS SERIES : WC DOCUMENTS REVIEWED BY FBI FOR HSCA AGENCY FILE NUMBER DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : FBI FROM : TO TITLE : LHM, WASHINGTON, D.C. DATE : 08/17/64 PAGES : 2 SUBJECTS LANE, MARK VISIT TO DENMARK DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : C RESTRICTIONS : REFERRED CURRENT STATUS : P DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 06/10/93 OPENING CRITERIA COMMENTS PP. 1-2. CD #1457 [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED HW 50529 DocId:32206583 Page 1
In Reply, Please Refer to File No. Sea CONF IDENTIAL— UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535 August 17, 1964 MARK LANE Gn August 5, 1964, T-1, a confidential source abroad, furnished information as follows: MARK LANE entered Denmark April 9, 1964, from Rome and stayed at the Hotel Royal in Copenhagen on April 9 and 10, 1964, On April 16, 1964, he re-entered Denmark from London, England, and he stayed at the Hotel Viking, Copenhagen, April 16 and 17, 1964, and at the Hotel Skovriderkroen on April 17.and 18, 1964, @) On April 10, 1964, LANE delivered a lecture to the Students! Union in Copenhagen concerning the assassination of President Kennedy. In this regard, T-1 advised that a known Danish communist, JORGEN THETLGAARD JACCBSEN, a lawyer, born April 11, 1919, took the initiative in forming a Danish committee for the main purpose of obtaining information on the continued investigations into the assassination. Further, this committee intends to have translated and published a book which LANE is writing on LEE HARVEY OSWALD's part or innocence in the murder. ¢ } JACOBSEN and LANE became acquainted sometime ago when. attending the Congress of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers in Budapest and they intend to continue the contact, as MARK LANE will supply the Danish Committee with all new material on the assassination.CC While in Denmark, MARK LANE was interviewed on April 28 1964, for eight minutes by the Danish State Television Service.(c\ In the middle of May, T-1 received information that MARK LANE intended to visit Denmark again and during the after- noon of May 25, 1964, in Copenhagen he delivered a lecture at a meeting organized by the Lawyers’ Debating Club. On the evening of May 25, 1964, in Aarhus, Denmark, LANE delivered a lecture to a meeting organized by the Students' Association and the daily paper "Demokraten,." (¢) als. ie, te da 4 } arya io i Te Wa. PSVEE Sow pist SENEIY OS “vcr OSiRiE Se CONFIDENTIAL _ EXSEPY WHERE SHOWN Group I - OTHERWISE Exeluded from automatic downgrading and . declassification 33-53 Classified by 9303 Rapp RSC DVechish on one =, fo Srey. A a en yee ues ——y Pes SHES a sh Sa eo Se "Sec as ger ey Seger mma ‘ TS LS ETE ONT LT mele SFP pUS8Scppt re gree esas Pate 2 A ae ce Mose POTS . Renn ce a She ne fare he tee — yy
T-~1 advised that these lectures were similar to his previous ones in that LANE gave an account of his ine. inquiries since the assassination in November and showed why in his opinion OSWALD could not have been the assassin¢C | LANE also stated during the lectures that he had visited Dallas, Texas, five times; that he was under sur- veillance by the FBI, which tapped his telephones, and that he was happy to have the opportunity of pleading the cause in Europe as he had gained.the impression that this was being reported by the press in the United States.cc) ee a LANE's comprehensive material on the assassination, po reportedly has been placed at the disposal of the Danish — Mark Lane Committee for the purpose of early publication.(@) On May 26, 1964, LANE departed Copenhagen for Sweden, France and England, where he was also to deliver lectures, €) T~l advised that Who Killed Kennedy Committees have been established on LANE's initiative in ties ae’ Ree Paris and London, all with prominent personalities ac) a, members, According to T-1, LANE returned to the United States on “July 1, 1964, oo pret _ CONFIDENTIAL a nae a en ¥; As cen | ees ae ine Sad aa Sars eae Pade SFT