424-10225-10347 JFK Assassination System . ‘Date: 6/15/201 Identification Form —_—_— eee . Agency Information _ AGENCY: - FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10225-10347 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: — 100-30067-123, IST NR 123 Ce ae Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: LEG, PA TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: — 10/08/1959 er te v9.1 PAGES: 3 SUBJECTS : [Restricted] DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret RESTRICTIONS:  1B;4 CURRENT STATUS: = Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 02/26/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF CIA COMMENTS : INC MEMO, LHM 25 WW 50353 Bocld:32299567 Page 1
American Embassy Paris 8, France SECRET; Date: Detober 15, 1959 Lo: Director, FBI (100333702; 100-30067) \ Prom? Legal Attache, Paris (100-1058) " Subject: JOHN PITTMAN oe cps In SECURITY TEES G Classified hy oe aedqe 5 / MARGARETE ADLER PITTMAN Beclassify ow: GABR Lae INTERNAL SECURITY ~ C bf rafts Be 2.1) 326 Re Paris cables 10/1&8, 1959. Pi mee mde M014 Ff py There are enclosed for the Bureau 5 copies of a letter- head memorandum _containinr the substance of a ranort ranaivad 4nJ from | on ® } There are. also enclosed for the Sureau 97 photographs of material obtained by the during PITPMANS! visit in Paris. —rnese pnotoprapns are of material in thoir bagrage which was left in their hotel room between 9/30/59 and 10/1/59 while they were visiting London. it is noted that these photographs contain addresses from an address book, addresses from what appears to be a calender, press cards in possession of subjects, notes pertaining to business contacts and one page which appears to be a personal code. Also photographed was a map of Pittsburg with several crosses at various lecations. The significance of these rarks is not know, but this may be of interest to the Bureau. These photographs are being forwarded to the Sureau for review and any further investigation deemed advisable by the BUREAU 7) RUC ORIGINAL COPY FILED IN /“~. ! eNCLOSURE + Bureau (1 Los Angeles; 1 San rancisco) mel 102 1 = London (sent ect) . l-Feris g/7 ple re “NOT RECORDED 169 ocT 19 1959 OUP PST re ee | aw SO9453 Bactld: 32299567 Page 2
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION . In Reply, Please Refer to WASHINGTON 25, D. G "" SECRED Yetober 15, 1959 JEN PLISTHAN PARGARETE ADLEM PISIMAS JORG PITIMAN and his wife and children registersé at the iiotel Gallic, 1) rue de l'arcade, Faris, on 9/2)/59. They departed on the evening of 9/30/59 for London. They returned from London on 10/)/59 and returned to the Hotel Gallic. ‘they left Paria finally on 10/6/59 by air for Koscow. C4) | che Soviet diplomat IOUHI ZOURY, an Attache of the Soviet inbassy, Paris, personally bandled the visa applications for rIV@TAU and his family and delivered to PIsSTNAl the visas necessary te enable them to travel to Hoscow. (6) During bis wisit to Yarie, PITTPAN received a visitor, an American negre by the name of ELLINGTON, whose exact identity ia unknom. He slieo telephoned a French Cormunist newapeper reporter MANCEL PAETICBILLE. (7 ALL INFORNATLON CONTAL NED BEREIN 15 UNCLASSi PID Classified by 2 ie a | OTHERWISE y Declassify on: CADR!2/2¢/%4 CIA bad Ba ORIENT 10 yates Sar Ge1 #241,224 BZOLAS AOR, SPB Mae. wick (2° $e F¢ CIE) RELEASE O> GIA #eUi.ca TION ie INN THIS 2OGUIENT. 1f-4-4F, ' ~ SSOP nh ATs s ‘ A OY aylastsse" ENCLOSURE lau ee ° . 7. a vA 7 can jae SO9453 Bacld: 32299567 Page 3
4-3 (Rev. 2-25-59) . ° ; . / ‘, / ‘ Tolson | a Belpott Ps DECODED COPY ee Parsons Rosen Tamm Trotter — t oo WC. Sullivan [-) Airgram Lyx Cablegram rele Room — R § rs R a Gandy a i LANE Ucn Bas uO OBJECTION TO | Vv DEFERRED  10-8=59 FCLASSPDATION ARD/OR, B RELEASE OF CIA INFORMATION TO DIRECTOR | “IN THIS DOCU T.Qa : A “KP 10-99 fon : AF NO; 626 FROM LEGaT, PARIS fey JOHN PITTMAN y ue Cy MARGARETE ADLER PITTMAN, 1S-C. RE’PARIS 3 CABLE OCTOBER’ LAST. _ | ; RECEIVED:. 10-8=59 2:25 PM CTF - crassinien BY S06 Sup DEC ON. aon aan Ne. ; ope “i . S ocr , , LD Boye ITD ie! 1 C/2 rey Co FT, - iron UNRECOH 580CT 191959 27” Re. OE If the intelligence contained in the above message is to be disseminated outside the Bureau, it is suggested that it be suitably paraphrased in order to protect the Bureau’s cryptographic systems. 50953 Doctld: 32299567 Page 4