_ AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY: _ FBI RECORD NUMBER:  124-10276-10398 RECORD_SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE _ NUMBER: 62-116395-1081 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: DIRECTOR, FBI TO: WATSON, MARVIN TITLE: DATE: 11/08/1966 PAGES: 23 SUBJECT: WC, CRITICS, FBI DOSSIERS DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL _ Secret NEW CLASSIFICATION: . CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW_DATE: — (09/03/1996 UPDATE DATE: — 02/14/2001 STATUS Redact RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (1)(B) COMMENTS: EBF, INC 8 LHM, ADMIN PAGE, 65 OF 88 PAGES NAR ‘ : Docld:32201019 Page 1
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassinati of 1992 (44 USC Fi0y Hote). ion Records Collection A 71 , DATE: 11-14- 2017 . 3 oT OFFICE,UF mH _ pIREC TOS f : ; ae mt ; y a a. a ~ rw: - at 7 a . Le - Pow : . . . UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL. BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION He WASHINGTON, ILC... 20535 _— . ‘February 4, 1978: - _ INFORMATION CONCERNING WASHINGTON evan we 1 ARTICLE, JANUARY 31, 1975,-REGARDING HALE BOGGS! ~~ SON- CLAIMING. ‘POSSESSION OF FILES ON RRE 7 ease re - a. ‘The Washington Star News, « Washington, D. °C dail; paper, carried an article im the January 31, 1975,: edith under an Associated Press release captioned: "Boggst Sc on Warren Panel.'" The article quotes Tom H.. Boggs; Jr ate Representative Hale Baggs, as claiming that in 1970 _ bine dossiers which. the FBI compiled on critics. of the Wa. ; é im an attempt to discredit them. Accarding ¢ to the’ arti e Boses a stated "they weren't basically sex files. They had some of that element © bot most of the material dealt with left wing: organizations the sé people belonged to.™ EN LS Rta thes oe Let REO alae neal nce Sos! bene ao Tae s fom H. Boggs, dr., declined to identify alT seven of the ‘critical - . euthors but stated that writer Edward Jay Epstein and lawyer Mark Lane . i were among the individuals on whom he had infermation. Boggs, Jr., reportedly ‘stated that the information given him by his father included a photograph of ome of the sever engaging in am unnatural sex act with two women, q ; - ponent a Me a ag ona anata sebyes ke Te In 2 review of Bureau files no evidence | Was s found thatany _. oe, information of this nature was ever disseminated directly to Hale Boggs. from the FBL . * - . Fe Gee Oe tek. = z aghle: ore ee rowever, the: ‘Bureau file review RGicates “that on + Noveside r 28," 1966, memoranda were furnished to Marvin Watson, Speciai Assistant to . President Johnson, at the White House, at his reauest, setting forth pertinent information contained in Bureau files recarding background on seven ‘individuals who wrote unfavorable articles concerning the Warren Commission findings. DoclId: 322701019 Page 2?
=| ' Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 ter: DATE: 11-14-2017 . i November 8, 1966 | | Ee WG-93 If oon tit . en ray : WA SHOWN I’ ERO SAUVAGE Sectacsiif om URDH IFE ) | Loe Sauvage was born on February 23, 1913, a 4 ‘Mancy, France’ In 1964 he was reported as a correspordent and ~ chief of tha Mew York Bureau of ''Le Populaire," a French socialist newspaper. He also has been reported as a correspondent for the French publication "Le Figaro," fone . In 1951 it was reported that Sauvage was a member of a sroall group of individuals close to Louis Dolivet who was refused reentry to the United States que to his suspected communist and i Comintern background. : | t . . : a In October, 1953, information wes received thet Leo Sauvage, "Le Figarc,'' 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, re- sponded to an invitation extended by the Polish Consulate,| New York & u/ City, to attend a showing of the(@olisbyfilm, "Peace Will Win," to be S uf shown cn November $0, 1951, at the Museum of Modern Art, New York\' - City.) C— D BY $6652; DECLASSIFY ON: 25X kbd LXs) . According to a statement filed with the Genartment of Justice, Foreign Agents Registration Section, the French Press Agency (FPA) in Jonuary, 1954, listed Leo Sauvage, 270 West End Avenue, New York City, as an employee of that agency. May, 1954, while U Sauvage was Still ercployed by the FPA, it was reported that(the chief ef the Washington Bureau of the Soviet Tass News ation ay fersonnei of the FPA to secure intelligenee information. 4 a. 2 \ . . Dy = In September, 1956, it was alleged that one Leon Sauvage, Pe fie Marcel Rover, Gennevilliers, France, was one of a number of i#dBiduals employed by the French Communist Party Headquarters, Faris, t TASK PORCE N ENTIAL U lujgs dap 5 RELEASE IN FULL rece. It is not known if this individual is identical with captioned author. 4 4 | fig i SIE. SldoB-Std pte SIS GD The March, 1964, issué of "Commentary," a ménthly ON oY REVIEWED By GSvaEK Tore pe teem agen tee ene eter ceimencmeminne imran iste cian nm strane atit ne emt Se Lolwon magazine published by the American Jewish Committee, contained an \ mo ——— article by Sauvaze entitled "The Oswald Affair.’ This article ottacke the oht —. —- se . wee . . : ’ : . ick... findings cf the Warren Commission concerning the assassination of former i aliehan President John J’. Kennedy and sugzests that Oswald was unjustly presumed | ron’ ————~ 9 be guilty of the assassination due to prejudiced press and television Powe COVER AEC. ; ; ; _ ei —————_beicsjah (8) 42- (OF06O *K 250 Pe OOM eee Spee E dolmes oe -+ .. Jaity MAIL ROOMEL_] teLetyPe untr 1] SNCLO IT TIAN : " “NCLOSUBR, SECRET | Mai SECREL } DoclId:32201019 Page 3