JFK Assassination System” Date: 5/13/201 Identification Form “Agency Information Peleased under the John _ AGENCY: FBI Kennedy RECORD NUMBER: — 124-90143-10059 lssassination Records , ollection Act of 1992 RECORD SERIES: HQ (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#:Nil 458368 Date: AGENCY FILENUMBER: _100-370750-NR Hi-16-2017 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI L FROM: NY TO: HQ TITLE: ; DATE: 04/25/1957 “PAGES: 2 ° SUBJECTS : JOHN HOWARD LAWSON ~DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret RESTRICTIONS : 1B; 1C; 10(a)2 CURRENT STATUS: Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 10/09/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE AT _ COMMENTS : v9.1 HW 45838 Docld:32338641 Page 1
| l | ety tt ee PN OY: yen we cae : Novel - oo : ae , | ) a, JLM: BEK vO information, subpoenas for their appearances before investigating instant case.invo SOBLE, OB ALBAM, etal, were served on! and. . Orr 2/12/57 in Mexico Where subjects have been Iving for sometime, Since that date subjects. have made legal efforts to avoid appearing. before the FGJ, PAUL O'DWYER, . orotner of WILLIAM O'DWYER,. former Mayor of NYC, having acted : as tieir attorney in this inatt r 2 by USDC, F for appearance or subjects was’ and Po Failed ¢ to appear. On LAY ove subjects were served Wi order to show cause why they should not be cited for contempt; order returnatle 4/15/57. On 4/15/57 order made returnable 4/25/57, In view of latter, U.S.A. seeking to find property of subjects in amount of $100,000 for levy. - might have regarding ALFRED STERN and his wife, MARTHA DODD STERN, including their background, activities, associates, friends, financial transactions, domestics, any typewritten specimens of the STERNS, contacts with Soviet or Satellite diplomats. or i nationals. Information indicating any possible espionage or. , Subversive activity on their part, ete, . Particular attention ; should also be paid to any possible documentary evidence or ’ potential witnesses regarding CP membership of STERNS, as possible. perjury indictment may be considered. Information indicated both ALFRED K, STERN and MARTHA DODD, prior to their marriage, were active in anti-Nazi work in Germany. ‘They were married in ad as soviet espionage superiors of STERNS in the 1940's, fern 5) 5) (conceal and paraphrase), who has advised that the [ Cs). aR 15) statements may not be used in any court proceedings | in the U.5,-but may be used merely. as a source of leads and for cross-examination, has advised that. JANE ZLATOVSKI, admittedly i active on behalf of Soviet Intelligence Service, has stated that one of MARTHA STERN's main functions was the nseost caf ‘Soviet agents and she allegedly produced many recruits ny' available information should also be obtained concernt LFRED STERN. and MARTHA DODD's activities in Germany in the 1930's; concerning MARTHA DODD's activities in Washington, D.C., in the late 1930's and concerning both STERNS activities in NYC and elsewhere, subsequent thereto, It is noted both STERNS have been reported to have been member s of the CP, : Indices should be revi. ewed | on the above individual, or individuals, and unless information in the files would preclude it, interview should be conducted and photos exhibited. “Surep. . | KELLY | )Dads HW 45336 Docld:32336641 Page 2? Above should be interviewed for any information he or she June 1938, It is known VASSILI ZUBILIN. and: subsequently JACK SOBLE