JFK Assassination System Date: 6/15/20] Identification Form Ch Oe eee Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10282-10216 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: — 100-30067-188, 189 eee, Document Information ORIGINATOR: — FBI FROM: SAC, NY TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 06/17/1977 PAGES: 4 SUBJECTS : JOP, TRA, CP MEMBER DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret RESTRICTIONS : 1B CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: — 02/27/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: = INDEFINITE COMMENTS : INC MEMO, LHM v9.1 24 Docld: 32302704 Page 1
edb od UU dewead dy ws zes () . () UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT sce Aub 24 OT memorandum REPLY DIC, NEW YORK (100-88368) oy ey gee «=CONEX.DENTIAL _ a ATTN OG > SOHN ORION PITTMAN SUBJECT: < Ss -R (CPUSA) (cc) c) FULL INVESTIGATION G (INITIATED 6/17/77) DIRECTOR, FBI (1100-30067) TO: ReBuairtel, 6/17/77, and report of SA DANIEL H. ¢-“ LUCKING, dated 3/28/74, at NY. (U) nan Enclosed for the Bureau are five copies of an LHM, captioned and dated as above and classified "“eonfidenttat , 4 No information has been developed since referenced report that subject is involved in clandestine intelligence activities. (N(W) TS, Subject's activities are covered by Bureau assets targeted against the CPUSA. S23(W) As a member of the Central Committee (cc) and the National Council (NC), the subject is ina position to formulate_policy and provide leadership to the Party and, . as such,{falls within the criteria for a full investigation . consistent with FCI guidelines. That he is not in the Party top echelon of leadership an is activities are limited by_his living abroad, PITTMAN should be investigated as a[ Priority TT )gupsect- £) op? /h Volaw te Mane Dennis Ms UACB~a progress letter will be submitted on the Sh subject at the appropriate time. (2i/U : \S ITATH pL TNEORUATION CONTAINED N & Bo . ae if HEREIN TS UNCLASSIFIED EXCEPZ (uke ‘ Oe any Ru SB. iw x x nose BUERE SHOWN OTHERWISE | ey iM | & G)- Bureau (Encls. 5) (RM) , > 1 - New York DV:jtc | (3) 3* oll Be wySPB the whe Geclassity on: GADR f ) - ot ae gy m moe a : f; ufU.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Pen nara asain QOS vane } U.S.Government Printing Offi e:1976—241-530/3018 RE Te ohh paged NOWS 0 1877 " _ : ry GSA ie ACER) el Docld: 32302 5010-112
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE \ FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION CONF ZDENTIAL New York, New York In Reply, Please Refer to oO File No. AUG 0 4 1977 John Orion Pittman Internal Security - Russia Full Investigation S) (Initiated 6/17/77) (s Office of Origin: New York Date Investigative Summary Prepared: AUG 22 1977 kG TY < yo, Classified by 2 ae Declassify on: OADR THE Investigation is based upon authority of the Attorney General to conduct full counterintelligence investigations of leaders of the Communist Party, USA (CPUSA) pursuant to the Foreign Counterintelligence (FCI) Guidelines. Basis for Investigation: The Communist Party, USA (CPUSA) is an arm of the international communist move- ment dominated by the Soviet Union. (U) Investigation to Date: Since February, 1974, the subject has resided at Thakurova 3, 116-16, Prague 6, Czechoslovakia. He is the CPUSA's representative on the editorial board of the "World Marxist Review", the theoretical journal of the international communist movement. headquartered in Prague, Czechoslovakia. One of his main functions on the editorial board is to prepare CPUSA activity reports for the Kremlin. fev) He was elected to memberships on the Central Committee (CC), CPUSA, and the National Council (NC), CPUSA, at the 2lst National Convention of the .CPUSA, held June 26 - 29, 1975, in Chicago, Illinois. tions nor ; Jocument ¢ rantains nel! yer recommendations hs . . “af! % Tt in tha nrel ne opty cf the } g r oer and ie inaned wrelt ayy Ub and its contents S, and is got your: vig ane are not to he distri wed ov Wey our age ve 100 HB OOF? Doclda: 323027704 Page 3
NI CONF XDENTIAL Crane. John Orion Pittman ENE Be? His foreign travel includes visits to Bulgaria during the summer of 1974, the Soviet Union in July, 1975, and trips to.and from the United States (US) in 1975 and 1976. ye“) The March 30, 1974 issue of the "Daily World", an east coast communist newspaper, characterized him as, "dedicated to strengthening the unity of world communist forces in accord with the struggle advanced by the Soviet Union for peaceful coexistence, social progress, and socialism". Following the Soviet line of propaganda at a meeting of the Utah District, CPUSA, in November, 1976, Pittman stated, "The CPUSA must warn fellow citizens that the Pentagon is searching for a doomsday weapon in order to reverse the balance y power and that thermo-nuclear war was a danger." ale Pittman's party activities include attendance at a meeting of the Utah District, CPUSA, on November 22, 1976; a meeting of the Central Committee held November 19 - 21, 1976, in New York City, and a meeting of the Political Committee, CPUSA, held May 5, 1974, in New York City. No information has been developed that he is active at the local club level or that he has made any public appearances on behalf of the party. iD Objective: Will continue to confirm and assess the leadership and policy-making role of Pittman in the CPUSA. SeYU ) Will remain alert to develop any information in- dicating clandestine intelligence activities, foreign . travel, esgpousal of propaganda, and contacts with Soviets () *or other (criteria country) nationals, on the partof Pittman, $5 which information might ténd to confirm his continuing role in the spread of the international communist movement. CONFIDENTIAL Docld:32302704 Page 4
l - Mr. M. J. Steinbeck ~ ay Airtel CONF FRENTIAL 6/17/77 To: ADIC, New York (1100-88368) . ‘ ALY, INFORMATION CONTAIBED Prom: Director, FBI (100-30067) HEREIN 15 UNCLASSIFIED BACEPS Op WHERE SHOWN OTHERWISE, JOHN ORION PITTMAN ~ Is = RB (CPUSA) (CC) | “ PU NVESTIGATION \ 2 7 ——o (GEE) A&G box Reurlet 6/3/77. Pursuant tol PCr Guidelines, Bureau authority is granted to conduct a full investigation] of subject with effec~[s tive date of this cofimunication. Inasmuch as capticned has been: the subject of a continuing investigation, there is no need to Submit the 90-day LHM as required by FCI Guidelines Ix A wae page 164 AS instructed in Bureau airtel 5/19/77, page 3, cap- pay CPUSA," you should (submit annual summary vs 9/1/77. MJS:kem f, (4) {2 A. NOTE: Mr. Thomas Grady, Investigation Review Unit, Department ; of Jugtice, has advised Bureau field offices should not submit (0-28 LHMs on CPUSA members who have been the subject of con- inuing investigation [prior to FBIHQ authorizing full investi- gation pursuant to FCI Guidelines. Review of captioned matter determined full investigation is warranted. Be og se REG. BLO IP —(B_. Assoc. Dir. Dep. AD Adm, — Dep. AD Inv, __. Asst. Dir.: Adm. Serv, —___ pm du Ae Crim. Inv. Fin, & Pers, __ “ok “ CONIYDENTIAL ey Ident. ae : 4 ntell, = A . x j I eoeow —_ Ps . . a “BY i : vf iA tS | at Legal Coun. g ry 2 ny a kion Indefinite if = Plan, & Insp. Rec. Mgnt. Spec. Inv. ae we Tech. Servs, —_ en ~ Training ie] Public Affs, Off._ G x | \ Telephone Rm —_ tt Director gruge ANd )OM Docld: 34302704 Page 5 ( TELETYPE UNIT ([] FBI/DOJ