Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC FittrHoter. DATE: 11514-2017 ADARD FoRM NO. 64 Office Mem. * vandum * UNITED SiaTES GOVERNMENT TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (97-3487) | pate: 9/17/58 ‘ SECREL ps ca : SAC, DALLAS (105-745) "4 J" GrE) SUBJECT: NORMAN ROTHMAN Classff ¢. IS - DR; REGISTRATION ACT Destassify oir: 1 Enclosed to Los Angeles is one copy of report of SA EDWIN/D, ; KUYKENDALL, Dallas, 8/29/58, one copy of Dallas letter to Bureau, 8/29/58, and letterhead memorandum, 8/29/58. Mrs. C. B. NEWMAN, 10708 Coogan Drive, Dallas (protect identity, request), on 9/10/58, advised SA EDWIN D, KUYKENDALL that - gubject still resides at 10715 Coogan Drive, Dallas, Texas, but that subject may have changed his employment recently. She stated’ that about two weeks previously, she noticed 6 or 7 automobiles all containing couples arriving and departing from subject's home during the early afternoon. She said that it was very unusual for subject and his wife to have company. She did not know the nature of this gathering. - a MP ny Bo Par On the following day, subject left Dallas and has been away a - oe from Dallas since that time. Subject's next door neighbor, . ma og i * Mrs, HILL, told Mrs. NEWMAN he is engaged at present in public {ff 4acm relations work and believed subject was again self-employed in ,.,f s% ao, that capacity. Mrs. NEWMAN, on 9/12/58, telephonically contacted SA JAMES P, to HOSTY, JR., and advised she has getermined that the subject was on then staying at the Ambassador > Los Angeles, California, ***¥! length of stay indefinite. ¥ \ Eos Angeles Office will note :that subject, in early 1958, \yo Wy ndicated he may be tryi to become employed by the Dominican : Republic in some capacity, Also note that a telephone call 1 was made on 3/5/58 by an own person from subject's business .™ \. office to Kim's dhildren's. Wear, a store at Irving, Texas ».Which call was on the day following the date when/[RAFAEL MEDAN, Sy Israeli Intelligence Agent,| visited with the’owner of that store ; pond in Irving, Texas. The invéstigation on ae ae has | / y iS N ia given no indication that he is connected with li intelli- , 4 > : 3 gence work -\s) EX. - 1 32s « f p; Oe oy CD - Bureau (RM) . a 13 2 - Los. Angeles (Encls. 3) > ab ay RM) ie Nae 1 - Dallas ; Vg 25 sr son, : : A wr ake tage A OF Seep eT w i / yi aN ; oe ke amet . Ho ae VE Docld: 32299966 Page 2?
[ Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1993 (44 USC 3107 Hotey. DATE: 11-14-2017 SECRET! DL 105-745 2 Los Angeles is requested to conduct investigation at the Ambassador Hotel in an effort to detérmine the nature of subject's activities. «Jt is possible that through checking telephone calls and other data available at that hotel, that it can determined whether subject was in contact in Los Angeles th any representatives of either the Dominican Republicgor Israel jig) For information of the Bureau, the Dallas Office will withhold requesting interview with subject until the lead at Los Angeles has been covered, In the meantime, further efforts will be made at Dallas to determine ROTHMAN's present employment. ee - eo Docld: 32299966 Page 3
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hote} DATE: 11-14-2017 ee ” STARDARD-FORM NO, 64 Office Memorandum ¢ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO; DIRECTOR, FBI (97-3487) SECRED) DATE: 8/29/58 FROM SAC, DALLAS (105-745) SUBJECT: NORMAN ROTHMAN IS - DR; REGISTRATION ACT (Dallas - 00) ~ Enclosed is the report of SA EDWIN D. KUYKENDALL, dated 8 29/58. at Dallas, Texas, and a letterhead memorandum dated 8/29/5 REFERENCES Dallas letter to Bureau, 7/9/58 Report of SA EDWIN D. KUYKENDALL, 7/9/58, at Dallas. Report of SA CALVIN W. EVANS, 8/15 58, at Pye San Antonio letter to Dallas, 8/4, 3 . fE]Re, LEADS of Se ESS Y Cia Boa DALLAS: AT DALLAS, TEXAS ww Will, upon receipt of New York report reflecting results of its investigation, submit request to the Bureau for interview with the subject. ” New York is furnished a copy of this letter, report of SA EDWIN D. KUYKENDALL, dated 8/29/58, at Dallas, and letterhead memorandum , for information, inasmuch as that office is presently conducting investigation, na “A VTATRED, ~ wihudad nou pe ‘att INPORYAT LY: oe HERES ret . HARRY YEAGER (protect identity, request), Vice President and Cashier, Preston State Bank, Dallas, on August 26, 1958, advised | iq SA EDWIN D,. KUYKENDALL his bank has no current or closed checking rat "or savings accounts in the name of NORMAN and GLORIA ROTHMAN. mI id ii Bes “J 2 WILLIAM P, ESSLINGER, Division Manager, The Southwestern States (4 44 OTelephone Company, Irving, Texas (protect identity, request), Rea ust 27, 1958 advised SA EDWIN D. KUYKENDALL the identity . “3 - at aaa 2) 77, 3187- B° ° 3 - Dallas (105-745) pDtshde "REC. 12 "EC SEP 12 1998 Docld: 322799966 Page 4
‘Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1999 (44 USC 2107 Hotes. DATE: ii- 14-7017 on DL 105-745 SECRET. BL 2-3111 R. & R. Lumber Co., 1616 E. _ Irving Boulevard, Irving, Texas; BL 4-2212 . Cole's Hardware and Paints, 1517 Irving Boulevard, Irving,. : Texas; 7 PS BL 3-1562 BILLY fives, 1230 E. Irving = fs Boulev Irving, Texas, (said . aac © be a certified Public abecuntant) . Dallas Office indices reflect no information identifiable with | an ests the subscribers to the above mentioned Irving, Texas, telephone . an numbers except concerning Kim's Children's Wear and ROBERT L. — pov MORRIS. Dallas indices reflect no information identifiable ya with MELVIN B. SHULER, MONTE M, BROHARD, SR. Foresight Homes, on Inc., and Bermuda Pools, Inc. Dallas indices reflect a file reference (135-18-86), which shows ROBERT LOUIS MORRIS of Irving, Texas, was in 1953 a plant informant of the Dallas Office while he was employed by Temco Aircraft, Grand Prairie, Texas. He is not at present a plant informant of the Dallas office. ‘ Mrs. LYNELLE CLAXTON, RMCA, Irving, Texas, on 8/28/58 advised , that ROBERT LOUIS. MORRIS, presently of 512 Kingston, Irving, Texas, as of February, 1958, was self-employed as a builder and was half owner of Morris and Associates, Irving. She stated that he formerly was an employee of Temco Aircraft, Grand Prairie, but is no longer so employed. It is to be noted that Kim's Children's Wear, 124 Plymouth - Park Shopping Center, Irving, is an establishment operated by ~ OLD BALSAM, formerly of New York City and Miami, Beach, Fla.; erst this establishment was visited on 3/4/58 by fRAPAEL MEDAN CS) ‘Israeli Intelligence ent, and subject of pending case entitled, "RAFAEL MEDAN,|was.,(IS - ISRAEL", Bufile 105- -50122 C43. New York file # 105-19 » New York OO. MEDAN, at 5:12 P. M.;- on 3/4/58, entered that establishment and remained there yntil 6:09 P, M., when he departed accompanied by HAROLD BALSAM} It is further noted from review of the information developed oO from irving and Dallas telephone companies that one phone call - 3 - SECRET) y ee eee ee . eee coe f Docld: 32299966 Page 5