(fos-to‘20-10629 oe, . . a i ' ee DIE GOCE OPT ESS AE MEI OTE SPT aes | AB Memo No. 7621 3 September 1965 MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Security Research Staff/OS ATTENTION : J. R. Murphy/Paul F. Gaynor SUBJECT : Examination of Anonymous Letter : Addressed to Mr. Helms t: & AB Case No. 6079 c REFERENCE : Request Memorandum, 3 August 1965 io + ' 1. Referenced request forwarded a copy of a type- ‘ written letter, dated "April 30, 1965", addressed to "The Editors, LIFE Magazine. ..", signed "A SPY OUT IN THE COLD' on legal size paper, with a handwritten note - at the top addressed "Dick Helms", signed "Agent 701". The envelope was not included. 2 The Official Personnel Folder o ontaining several typewritten letters and a smal! amount of cursive handwriting, and handwriting specimens of Herman Edward KIMSEY were also for- warded with the request that an examination and compari- son be made to determine if eithe: vr KIMSEY wrote the note to Mr. Helms. Lr nr t SE TOE Tey Sato METRES ee RTS IT IRS mS yooh tom . woe 3. In addition to the handwriting specimens of KIMSEY, which you submitted, numerous other speci- mens of his handwriting on file in TSD/AB/QDS, where he was formerly employed, were used in the examination. It is our opinion that the handwritten note nestioned document was vr MIMSEY. Trere are several differences in the “writing habits of both of these men and the questioned note. 4 a tery. “ . dito Mr. Helins on the hilt a i t & “ © - a, 8°32 ’ s > mp . Raye 4 | lt en “ ipet gt i Geer ot fre 7 oe ! * ° ere ee we tet : ee teed em cea st er ee ee Tr rrr ae a + thy etre’ Peel ik Fee Le ie ee
» 7 ap EN ERR. stele TE beta PUALECN Re PON Tme I tate kL 3S Ede ct teem mn ra es ote pune ee ek te ee ® / . . oS ° . , . . / fy 1 . rs ‘ eed 53. The handwriting in the "Helms note! exhibits having been written by a person not as tr KIMSEY. perhaps an adolescent. has two sons about 22 years of some evidence as mature 2; It is noted that age and one abou 17 years old. 6. Notwithstanding the negative finding about the handwriting, we have compared the typing in the ULIFE Masazinel’ letter with the typing in the several letters fro to the Agency, and it is our conclusion that the Magazine" letter was.typed on the same machine was been using to write letters to Agency personnel. 3 , . 7. Furthermore, there are several similarities in the construction and lay-out, phraseology, and general theme of the "LIFE Magazine" letter and 63 KATONA's letters to lead to the conclusion traf typed the "LIFE Magazine" letter on his own typewTiter. 8. Some of these similarities, among others, are: (1) All the paragraphs are indented five spaces in both the questioned and known letters; (2) the use of hyphenated phrases and clauses in the middle of sentences, (3) the use of "SPY OUT IN THE COLD" in at least two instances, and (4) several instances of appellations such as "701 Class of 162" or "Agent 701". 9. SUMMARY: It is our opinion that KIMSEY can pe eliminated as a suspect in this matter. It is our opinion that the NLIFE Magazine" letter was typed on |__}typewmte r by o og 10. ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS: It is respect- ; snecested that ifany similar letters are received sem Tm ey ne ral rigqert 5) qt 2 yaniling envelope, which might bea boii ee ee as oad awamination with as little handling as hata minimum number of persons tw 1! C3 rr ee os emer ris wee } Pence fey ER SE NE, MY HF ALT aeee, Eee ¥ carver 21M AEF. ET a rere tery
e e* ry » . * * @ 5s 6 & nth Aik areas 1S BE RRA ate AH SEMA TS Ee SANE E OL te POI poet HR i to sist betnsrea Da nated i DON: Lemme nn won em wee handle the letter (enclosures) in order that it may be pro- cessed for latent fingerprints. The copy of the "LIFE Magazine" letter is a Xerox copy made through a screen, which indicates that it was probably produced by a Merox System mass production printer. This leads to the specu- lation that many other. copies might have been produced. ll. All of the documents are attached. Any ques- tions regarding this matter should be directed to Lon Thomas, x-2009 or x-3636. eR A TREN NE me i ert -5 RRR TTS FS a, a hief, TSD/OA/7AB a . sot oe RIPEN APS RIT RIES TT BTS ee Enclosure: (1 env) Documents © Distribution: Orig g& 1 - Addressee, wiatt 1 - TSD/OA, w/o att 1- TSD/LSS w/o att Pee ar are a es Fe r be Pera cated a. Rw pla te + SEE a (A) : Prva e te een