14-00000 Off Memotondem - ° UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT i. DATE: 0. October 1955 a - the “subject person is under consideration for cor aversion fr oe : employee t to statt employee in Panama City, Penang} ; ee Subject 4s a 1 36 year old married ‘man who has been with t gency é - contract ‘since early 1952, He was investigated by SSD prior to that” empilo; : ment and., was Polygraphed with favorable results in early 19826 on ws =~ ‘The key ‘atem in this case is . his having served ‘the FET as a menber of. . oh ‘Communist Party from August 1946 until May 199 when he was ‘surfaced. for”. 7 the" "purpose of testifying against, the’ eleven, jeaders: of ‘the Communi st Party: a Subject's service to the FBI was described by the ae in a jnémorandum.. a a dated in January 1951 which was furnished to the Army in very favorable terms. -’’- /. The FBI stated that while serving them "he furnished ‘much valuable, information" ot “and was considered "a valuable informant. " In a statement furnished to: ‘the® us the same information, Since the date Subject was employed by the Agency* __ several inquiries have been received from the FBI and from the Immigration”: .-< “and Naturalization Service, These. ‘requests. concern the availability of Sub- woe ject. to.the Bureau and to the Inmigration @ and Naturalization Service for Taare Anterview, and for testifying, : oo, Pet conned “Subject !s membership in the Party and his. service to the FBr were “Scnown. prior to his. being employed; He attached a statement to his Personal. History _ Statement in which he ‘stated that.in October 19li6'he was approached’ by certain - ae '. functionaries of “the Communist Party who, “urged “hin time and again to join the ©: Communist Party,. ‘He said that finally in November’ 1946 “he arranged an inter- a the Fa. the FEI" and. following that interview agreed to “join the Party for. As stated sbove, Subject rendered Valuable’ service: an the “FBI. SSD... | reports that his services ‘with CIA have been ‘Satisfactory, These favorable 2° statements, however, are insufficient to. answer a question which has not been 72.) answered in the investigative material available as to why Subject was approached : by the Communist Party to join: the: Party and why they were, as Subject reports, * 80 insistent upon his Joining. At. the time he joined the Party he was serving as @ correspondence clerk ina wholesale food company in New York City, . It is possible that an answer exists in the fact that the FBI states that Subject . was of interest to them from August 1916 on, while Subject states that he did . not contact the FBI until November of 1946, The possibility exists that in. the three months gap noted, Subject may have been laying, at. the’ request of the FBI, ‘the ground work for the. contact PY. the Party. . as | 30 _ Sen eek aha atts, thse nd a ee Pets crt eR SEER ech tect Bact op aE a, ESE
74-90000 - .. . . , “+ @ & “ ® * * ry . . ag OF ‘ - . - it is recommended, therefore, that this matter be discussed with Mr. h to determine if the FBI ever explored and was satisfied as to Sub- Fapic ject's conduct or activities prior to his being contacted by the Communist arty functionaries, Wwe Ae Osborne