AGENCY INFORMATION ° AGENCY: _ FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10167-10390 RECORD SERIES: PD AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 89-21-3, 4 ORIGINATOR: FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECT: DOCUMENT TYPE: ORIGINAL . CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW_DATE: STATUS COMMENTS: DOCUMENT INFORMATION FBI BERNARD, J. A. SAC 11/22/1963 3 _ JFK, OPINION, BENJAMIN, DALE J. PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 01/21/1997 Redact RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (4) INC MEMO HW 53025 Docld:32169030 Page 1 Released under the John Kennedy Wesasgsination Records oOllection Act of 1992 ‘ [{44 USc 2107 Note). ase#:iNW 53025 Date: o-22-2017 CLASSIFICATION: UPDATE DATE: — 02/12/2001
a t + FF . 3 OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA.GEN. REG. NO. 27 " UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 4 ~ Memorandum. 1 5010+ 106 _ TO og SAG - cas ST DATE: - kk/22/63 “prom: SA d.A. BERNARD subject: ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F, KENNEDY Re Buel 11/22/63. On 11/22/63, at 6:35 P-M., contact was had with. p 126-8 who is. : close toe the leadership of the Oregon Communist Partyias well as a | general sounds on: information regarding racial matters. no Inf ornatat#m had/knowledge of any individual, ‘or’ of any circumstance _ which. might shed any light on captioned matter. Informant assured Agent that.. , should any information of any possible significance come to his attention he ould innediately notify SA BERNARD, “ACEION: File. 383 ae 13-85 ISL SCLASSIFA Dep | EREIS IS LSLAS — ae a G9-26 ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED - SEARCHED “NDE. SEale aeeias HED a HW 53025 Docld:32169030 Page 2?
M. emorandum TO : SAC ey _ DATE: 11/22/63. SEARCHED es INDEXE SERIALZ = FROM : SA J.4. BERNARD : , . ALL hei. vast i . - 3 YTS suBJECT: ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT ,.. (Ay) pena JOHN F, KENNEDY Povcliv io UNCLASSIFIBE balE{l- 13-43 By RE BUTEL 11/22/63, Sie At 6:20 P.M., 11/22/63, contact was had with Offteer Ck : Intelligence Unit, Portland PD, regarding captioned matter, He stated he “had learne ef nothing which might shed any light on capioned matter, but assured his. cooperation. The only possible racial exteemist of interest. to this matter is DAIS EENJAMIN, a would be evangelist and self-styled National States Rights Part: who in the past has posed as the Oregon state chairman of this group.. “Ts. neve: an established group in Oregon, BENJAMIN resides at 922 S.E. 86th Ct, He outspoken against Jews and integration. Two other admirers of his - beth. ‘yout! graduated from John liarsha] High School, Fortland, in June, 1962,<are EDMUND WILLIAM BDWARD HOLBERT, Jr, CHUMP in particblar| is anti-Jewish and to a less anti-Negro. Officer TRIBE has had personal contacts with DAIE J. BERIAME on seve: occasions, developing from a complaint made by BENJAMIN several months ago.*.A request, Officer TRIMBLE a few minutes prior to 6:20.P.lM., by his own statement | telephonically contacted BENJAMIN, whose voice he readily recognizes. BENJAMIN. in. response to casual inquiry of pretext nature stated he had spent the afternoon from about 2P.u. to shortlafter 6200 Pais at the Central Christian Church, Portlands::He. remarked in response to comment by TRIMBLE that he, BENJAMIN, thought the dssas sina of the President was a terrible thing and volunteered that he believed the person... rep) onsible 1 was some > uber n Tevolutd onary antagonistic ¢ towards the > President wes Shortly before 6:53 P. Officer TRIBIE aavia6a, after prior cons SA BERNARD that he had just talked to WALTER HUSS, head of the Freedom. Senter ofitic of the President and self-styled anti-Communist. HUSS had had a hectic day, what with having-received : persons who pri berated him severely had identified themselves as BRIA J of being a "murderer", HUSS expref$sed regzet at the: terrible. He noted that there Was no reason. for. res¢ 1 oc 05-617 on ~ Lee 105-142 (E. CRUMP -. Lee 105=1)3 (W. HOLBERT t) HW 53025 Docld:32169030 Page 3
é At 7:50 P.M. a pretext telephone call was also made by Agent to the residence of WILLIAM EDWARD HOLBERT, Jr., 9248 S.E. Taylor St., telephone #AL3-1235. A male youth, judging from the, sound of his vaice, answered, He advised that WILLIAM HOLBERT, Jr.,. was ot See Ae ein to his knowledge but he could find out where he could be reached. When» inquiry was made about contacting him on 11/23/63, he commented that HOLAERE + . , ; Ad Bant . would be working pit yy Sh epics. bane the call was goncluded. / : J,29, SHORTLY prior to 8:30 P.M., 11/22/63, SA FRANCIS J. SMITH made a pretext call to LOUIS WHISPEL], an alleged Marxist, whose Views are so extreme that even CP members avoid him, WHISPELL stated that he had worked all day 11/22/63, and was unavailable for a job the following day as he would be working again then. An effort was made to contact CHARLES B. MAXEY, proprietor of the llaxey's Buy Rite Grocery, 4601 N, Williams Ave., Portland, on the evening of 11/22/63. It was ascertained from a youthful sounding female at the Grocery, presumably his daughter, since the store is a family operated affair, that MAXEY had a heart attack a month ago and currently is confined at the Beth Keiser Se eEt aay Cre tande MAXEY is an established Source on racial matters used by OBSERVATIONSS Sources known to SA BERNARD have been da&erted. Nothing developed. - There are no Klan or other established hate ty groups in this Division. This office has no "bombing suspects", identified or listed as such - in connection with rababie matters. The only. persons remotely near the category of "bombing suspects" are DAIB J. BENJAMIN, EDMUND CRUMP and WLLIAM HOIBERT, Jr,, the presence of-all three of whom was established,as indicated above, as being in Portland this date. ACTION: NONE PIIE.. a DoclId: 37169030 Page 4