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*~ . * “; a . » ~ | Bn. me 8 FD-302 (Rev. 3-10-82) -1- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 10/16/92 Date of transcription CARMEN A. DIPLACIDO, Director, Citizens Consular Services, Office of Consular Affairs, United States Department of State (USDOS) (202-647-3666) was telephonically contacted by Special Agent (SA) THOMAS FITZPATRICK on this date and DIPLACIDO therefore provided the following pertinent information: (It is noted that DIPLACIDO was previously interviewed in person by SA FITZPATRICK and another FBI SA on 10/2/92.)- ADJUDICATION CONSIDERATIONS: DIPLACIDO said "I am a very senior guy knowledgeable of the adjudication area" (as regards adjudication of a United States (U.S.) citizen's expressed intent to denounce his U. S. citizenship). He said that "I was on an adjudication desk’ starting in August, 1970." Under certain circumstances, the USDOS could send an adjudication letter or a citizen's name to the U. S. Secret Service. based on a request being made by a citizen to renounce his/her U. S. citizenship. To his knowledge, the USDOS would not send such a letter or citizen's name to any other agency. He believes that this requirement for the USDOS to provide information to the U. S. Secret Service in this regard was based on action of the Warren Commission as a result of its investigation of the assassination of U. S. President JOHN F. KENNEDY (in November 1963). DIPLACIDO believes that KENNEDY's reported assassin, LEE HARVEY OSWALD, had reportedly expressed an interest in the past in renouncing his U. S. citizenship. Accordingly, apparently the Warren Commission felt it was appropriate for the USDOS to be required to disseminate to the-U. S. Secret Service information received by the USDOS about other persons who expressed an interest to the USDOS in renouncing their U. S. citizenship. Investigationon 10/5/92 at Falls Church, Virginia File# 187-WF-183054 -9 SA THOMAS ervapadecex TF: jfw Date dictated 10/14/92 This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. NW 54953 Doeid: 32983492 _ Page | 2
oo ooo ~_ oo ~ ed oo « 51 . « ; , pad ~* FD-302a (Rev. 11-15-83) WMFO 187-WE-183054 Continuation of FD-302 of CARMEN A. DIPLACIDO , On 10/5/92 , Page 2 DIPLACIDO said that dissemination of such information is not sent to the U. S. Secret Service in every case. He commented that how a possible letter from WILLIAM J. CLINTON (relating to his possibly renouncing his citizenship) was worded would determine how it was handled by the USDOS. If this possible letter said that he wanted to renounce his citizenship, it most likely would have been disseminated to the U. S. Secret Service. If "someone" said that he/she wanted to be naturalized in another country, this would probably not be the type of situation wherein dissemination could be made about such to the U. S. Secret Service. A person can be naturalized in another country without giving up their U. S. citizenship but "at the time" (circa 1969-1970) most countries wanted such a person to give up their prior citizenship if they were naturalized in another country, and the United States was a country that took this stance at that time. DIPLACIDO- advised. that he thought that any oo correspondence (relating to a person's intent to denounce his/her citizenship) would be sent to the USDOS passport file. He thinks that passport records were sent to the Washington National Records Center (WNRC) (at Suitland, Maryland) in three-year blocks before 1978. If WILLIAM J. CLINTON's 1968 passport application had been retired to the Federal Records Center, any possible letter from CLINTON expressing his intent to denounce his U. S. citizenship would have been kept separately in the passport records. This would depend on what he requested, what the response of the USDOS was, and whether the 1976 passport application of CLINTON's had come in yet. He indicated that there may be a question as to if such possible letters (if they existed) were kept in passport records. He said that no one seems to know where they would be kept. ; DIPLACIDO advised that in 1968, a U. S. passport was valid for five (5) years. Accordingly, CLINTON's 1968 passport would have expired in 1973. ; | NW 54953 Docld: 32989492 Page 3.
aoe @ }@ . e FD-302a (Rev. 11-15-83) WMFO 187-WF-183054 Continuation of FD-302 of CARMEN A. DIPLACIDO , On 10/5/92 . Page _ 3. RETIRED USDOS EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATED WITH ADJUDICATIONS RELATING TO EUROPE: DIPLACIDO provided the following information regarding a person who could possibly have information about an adjudication of denunciation request coming in from Europe in the late 1960s-early 1970s. He said that a woman named VIRGINIA CARROLL who retired from the USDOS in 1979, 1980 or 1981, was (while still employed with the USDOS) in a group of officers that handled denunciations coming in from Europe. She was an Assistant Branch Chief in the late 1960s to early 1970s timeframe. "Europe" would have included England. DIPLACIDO suggested contact with the USDOS Retirement Office to possibly locate CARROLL if an interview of her is of interest to the FBI. He thinks that she spent most of the latter part of her USDOS career in the adjudication office. VIRGINIA GLADHILL (OF THE U. S. PASSPORT OFFICE): DIPLACIDO said that VIRGINIA GLADHILL "has been in 'records' (of the U. S. Passport Office) a long time." HW 34953 Dooid: 32969492 Page 4
FD-302 (Rev. 3-10-82) ® -1- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcription 10/16/92 CARMEN A. DIPLACIDO, Director, Citizens Consular Services, Office of Consular Affairs, United States Department of State (USDOS) (202-647-3666) was telephonically contacted by Special Agent (SA) THOMAS FITZPATRICK on this date and DIPLACIDO therefore provided the following pertinent information: (It is noted that DIPLACIDO was previously interviewed in person by SA FITZPATRICK and another FBI SA on 10/2/92.) ADJUDICATION CONSTDERATIONS : DIPLACIDO said "I am a very senior guy knowledgeable of the adjudication area" (as regards adjudication of a United States (U.S.) citizen's expressed intent to denounce his U. S. citizenship). He said that "I was on an adjudication desk starting in August, 1970." Under certain circumstances, the USDOS could send an adjudication letter or a citizen's name to the U. S. Secret Service based on a request being made by a citizen to renounce his/her U. S. Citizenship. ‘To his knowledge, the USDOS would not send such a letter or citizen's name to any other agency. He believes that this requirement for the USDOS to provide information to the U. S. Secret Service in this regard was based on action of the Warren Commission as a result of its investigation of the assassination of U. S. President JOHN F. KENNEDY (in November 1963). DIPLACIDO believes that KENNEDY's reported assassin, LEE HARVEY OSWALD, had reportedly expressed an interest in the past in renouncing his U. S. citizenship. Accordingly, apparently the Warren Commission felt it. was appropriate for the USDOS to be required to disseminate to the U. S. Secret Service information received by the USDOS about other persons who expressed an interest to the USDOS in renouncing their U. S. citizenship. Investigationon 10/5/92 at "Falls Church, Virginia File # 187-WF-183054 - 9 Z A THOMAS FITZPAT TF: 4 fw i Datedictated 10/14/92. This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. Nw 34953 Doold: 329839492 Page 5