i |: ~ ; 1. | C The seven individuals mentioned in the memordndum to Mr. Watson were Edward Jay Epstein: Joachim Joesten; Penn Jones, Jr.; Mark Lane; Richard H. Popkin; Leo Sauvage; Harold Weisberg. Et Ina cover letter to Mr. Watson he was advised that Bureau — files contained no nertinent data with respect to Sylvan Fox, an author critical of the investigation surrounding President Kennedy's assassina- tion. — . | . . ca | In addition to background information regarding the seven critics a ge of the Warren Commission, we disseminated to Mr. Watson at the White Fen ny, “4 House one facial photograph off. of one obscene photograph of 7 7? oe Wan ag, Td lying ona bed, a hand printed instruction by =. 73 regarding perverted _— Jen sexual acts and signed statements from two women conceraing the per- ‘ formance of unnatpral sex acts on the person off pa Regarding the dissemination concerning {7} we ay received information that in 1962 the District Attorney of Queens County, pee New York, conducted an investigation off,” for allesed sodomy. Be" At that time statements trom two women Were received along with an —_ obscene photograph of Cand hand printed instruction which [77> gave to one of the girls in order that they could perform upon his person perverted sexual acts of a sadistic masochistic naiure. . _ The background information furnished to the White House I “regarding Mark Lane indicated that he is an attorney, born in New York ise City on February 24, 1927, and’that he has a long history of affiliation ia with Communist Party front groups and organizations which have been a cited as subversive, . ; . on . The "Daily Worker" for May 27, 1953, states that the National , Lawyers Guild held an election of officers on May 26, 1953, and that Mark rer Lane was elected an ex officio member of the board of directors of the Pe National :sawyars Guilt Theesaily worke? @was' anast*chast Cdin- fe munist newspaper. The House Committee on Un-American Activities has hey! described the National Lawyers Guild as the foremost legal bulwark of a the Communist Party. OO es Co, . os Pm “Lane was elected to the New York State Assembly in.1960 and Fear . in May, 1962, he was defeated in an attempt to secure the nomination as _ @ candidate for United States House of Representatives from the 19th -2- —RECE HW 50529 DBocld:32423562 Page 9
° e Congressional District in New York. A source reported in,connection with Lane's attempt to secure this nomination that a meeting of the Manhattan County Communist Party Coordinating Committee was held on April 5,: 1962, to discuss election problems in the 19th Congressional District. It was reported that the speaker at this meeting stated that the Committee had to support Mark Lane as the candidate since his views were most consistent with the people's program." The speaker an Hi es . a: s \ -———-—-further indicated that a victory for Lane would be a tremendous victory... for the progressive movement. In the Washington Star News article the name of Edward Jay | Epstein was also mentioned by Tom H. Boggs, Jr. According to Bureau. files, Epstein was born Recember 6, 1935, and wrote "Inquest" as his Master's thesis at Cornell University. In 1958 he traveled as a tourist | in the Soviet Union.and described himself as a student residing in New York City. As of November 8, 1966, the date of FBI dissemination to the White House regarding critics of the Warren Commission, Epstein had no known arrest record. ; “No information was develoved or furnished’to the White House concerning immoral conduct on the part of the seven above-listed critics of the Warren Commission with the exception of the information furnished sete ys wth, regarding \ per ¢ & we os. ab ay “A tea fh % as tak 3 o . . it, fn wo n Sy oN #, fs pos ¥, eee MOPS FS EY Ly btad HW 50529 DBocld:32423562 Page 10 ’ . ¢ a ay Fx Gan & a? : : vx i ! : k: \ - a * . »: PFS ~ eu we ar) ' Ter NS
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a some S bw stele 7 ot an af yy ag aa ae ~ ae November 8, 1966. ~° | . ' RY LIAISON ( . } a - ~? ™ Honorable Tiarvin yatson fpcen. be fends rat to tic Sresident oy, Q Pefarenceis made to your recucst vovarding tne authors of books S cealing with tie-assassination or presi ent penneey oo . Attached are suramary memoranda setting ‘ort pertinett ; Y inforination contained in FEI files concerning the following incividuals: . Ma any ths Edwerd Jay Fostein Professor Richard H. Pophi ne oe S Joachim Joegien Leo fauvage Tat Penn Jones, Jr. . Harold Weisberg as aie aed Mark Lane | a 5 ~ Vea} The an eS of the FEI contain no pertinent data with a iS Qo2 respect to Cylva 2°02 nuthor of “ung-Unanswered Cuestions z.bout PN LR _Presivent kemied y'5 ‘hg auaination™ D --4- A copy of this communication nas not been sent to the --Acting Attorney General. lL ae “sincerely YOURS y : . WA ye be Tes) Ay ealson “eLooch ———-~ , . Vos tu . ———— oh * , rn ni ag qltek Z ~ /snclosures (11) may et ogy sper —_— ; , . LV vw aia esret “1 - Mr. DeLoach (sent airect) - Enclosures To ME ye i; bb arad ——————- wet, ot “hao . aren Si 4. cient < |-Mr. Gale - Enclosures 7 Sn ere cE EY nA oe ee Nee itn vn - Enclosur es 7 cod Sa ayy oh Bo ory vel owe e a a . . 1 Rea at {i Jats dee : etree ae \f, BS Voremi- GCLCSU URS gnan fO ae pagequest an wy) Le tL “ jefe andy we ay \F a) rida est gaa 2 Bart dy MEE: {ode rel fa gf On: ‘af mal, sje YY : , vw peel Caf wee i | " A ees oO noe Ce. wine tee a aofhe coy ran nec? iD Fe scloged lo Tatletias ore eed 4 fie a Pophant the cepiess approval of the Ful . pe HW 50529 DBocld:32423562 Page 12 ; Ho 4 ~~ tr ee
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Rae an Nw ee sa er aaa ne . a ; eet . a 7 po eee f3 Sanat fea ae NS aan te a § pcpemenneentne rere 4 STS ws ate a Ped a4 “oan” ad : . ay 2 : wee s ey arene November 8, 1966 mec eon OSWALD" ‘ bY PROFESSOR RICHARD Ii, POPIIN olan Richard3Y. Popkin was born on December 27, 1923, in Cc oa New York City. He received the B.A. cegree at C olutalsia University 7 | in 1943, the LAA. uegree in 1548 and the Sia. E. cesree in 1050, aie I Was ain ingivector ott: & University of Conngetiont, Lous-<47, Acsictant 5 _ Professor, “tate Univer city of Iowa, “1947-03; and Ac socicts Professor, 9‘ °™ ond leks, B® yuu a Wis ating VP CLCUS0F, vaivexsity et C --sornia “et : Eeri-cloy 2053-04, aad a vrofousor at ilarvey Mau word ‘slifoeniz, Lrye-od. ive has boon Cheiicn or tux 4 Philosop: ny, University of C -alifornia at fan Lieso, moe! eg Popkin is the Co-Director of International Archives of _ History of Ideas and President cf the Jewish Conirsittee of LaJola, - : California. lie has been the recivient of many aonors, inclucing a 4 Fulbright: Research écholarshin in Paris, iv52-53. He won Phi Beta Kanpa and other honors while in school and as contrituied numerous 4 articles, revicws and monographs to various publications, ued _ In October, 1965, it was allesed that four members of iia the faculty of the University of California at tan Lievo were tne niain ~—e organizers or the "international Lays of Protest" observance scheduled for October 15 and iG, 10U5. Professor Michard il. opin was tie Chairman of the Committee sponsoring tis cxservan The pro,vam was to consist of picketing plus a cemonstretion | around ‘the flagpole located on the campus of Lan Diezo tate Collez wpeecnes were to be made oppesing tne United ‘tates policy inV ‘ctu anc leatlets along the same line were to be passed out. it was also learned that tue Cocialist Workers Party had expressed an intention to support the demonciration. The Socialist Workers Party has been cited pursuant to Executive Crder -| 104509, 7 Popkin has no known arrest record. ———tson . _fLeach 1ty mss NN we ee REG. cee. “dime oo ontad Ste on we cee on ght a vr fofeoce oe nue ye nt he digeh. se ot \ ’ Mal ; pe eeu a ie feose —— DIGI; jn! h. Jt WY aetivout lig ce FIN T, pnt te Bad candy ee 7] es ane ‘1 hunt? Lo ; HW 50529 Docld: 324273562 Page 15
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eb 74 - ! | » Nal at ae , oh ! ¢ ! i | eer aan t ad ake u - Ras tatye ape” a 1 wad * Vt <4 wt tet NLL - vach ———-___ oy a than of ad — van er Rum .by the Conimmunist Party, UlA, as an imn SPM GT ON sw A Te) November 8, 1966 AOE 10 supoHENT » BY MARK LANE _ fo Meauruane, an attorney, was born in New York City on re served j inthe U.S. Army from itay 1, Loa to November iz, Lu2G, v vaen ne was honorably discharged with the rank of Privete Firet Clncs., ile re trece, Mark Lone has a lon history aa ee fon with Commu ist Party (CP) front groups oad Cn ninntions wrica nove been cited are February 24, 1057. aS eeercare w Work City. LOCOS at lie & a. Ran o +e “: + wpe rom SUOYCLPOULVe 2. cys edeted we wa ae mt. alent Ver - fartrapt Carey FT Taw OF tora pte het ote bt they ae Aber wn nee aor re é pom sy meee be [sore bowel Oe ° . - OP Nationsl Lowers Cusia (: oe G) neald an eloction of officers on bicy 66, ang wet fe. Taye ate V - spesee oT, hams ty pM > - aa. r. O68, cud tint losvin “enna wou looted ser clrieio nic ey of bug Lorca of Directors of the NuG. he 'iicily Worker" was an east coast communist newspepcr wnica is no longer being puolisned. In June, 1953, a source advised that Lane's name appeared on the memberchio list of tie ivew York Canate roof the NOG and tudt ne was a subseriber to the “Lawyers Guild Neview, " the official nunlication of the ane Cn hiey 17, 18G1, Lane spoxe at a membersnip meeting of the Ore mization, according to anotier source. The May 15 1264, issue of ' "Newsletter, ' "a publication of the NLG, reported that Mark Lane was co- chairmen oi the National Conunittee of the integration of the Legal Prcefession of the NG. | The House Committee on Un-American dActivities (ICU) has described the NLG as the foremost legal bulwark of the Comm unist Party. “ fad azer On Jwy 25, 1061, Rlark Lane was the princio: ds roaptcrs the annual ceremonies of the Nmma Lazarus Federation of Jewisn Women's Clubs (LF) at the Statue of Liberty in New York, ‘Tne LLP is recosnized ant prosressive organteation ccovles jfératernal Order of tue iuenated pursuant it vprew out cf tie Jewisn & both of which have been des for won:eu. International Workers Orcer, to Executive Order 10430. ENCLOSULI id ts not for dissemt- 3 2 --—-- —.- ’ wan. noowL_] tecetypruntGedyent is prope Tor Ke snonse ta your request mill v , a aoa | gee Gan he nour Ch jaramtfer, Tix wee t- Panel faa, pia 2 GTS by pear Cs. dai dice ae dhe conten! Moy ei if oon ‘tuclused lo Wulddner iced prise I a } a re reoepored af the PRI. HW 50529 Doocld:32423562 Page 19 ‘ . : aw aeere ; ) . tye way ava eye one, ant : ‘ woos : te A aoe SO A Naha ean
Teer TT ae oe a hy 7 ww Pa at ela ah, > te, ee ‘ : Vek Ot HW 50529 L Telatine to Cuba’ tion operating as 1260, and in sday from thedety Co; in connection Wilh Lane's atte:mnnt to “anantion County Coy Was heici on 2c0Pil 3, 1L82, to ciscuss Mcetin: of tha = aa Lane was el Noniination as a Ca: ane spoke ata meeting of th Comniittee (F.CLC) on Uctober 21, 49 Supported Cuba ancl its oy ernnicnt Lue LCLC has peen &@ Communist front, » L562, he Sh vedi loo, YE ‘ ftsre Ff Cacis £ince bie: Views woog WiOEL eC : r cileeye bat sey ENnCrire: 2UEMLAS oa os ao With regard to Lane's’ Assembly, "The isilitant" for 4: THe) aA dadte-p Poasat Wiica related to Lane's anvearo 1961. Lane reaort ACELCS that a victor victory for tha PYPOUVeszive mo venient Coming session of the Assen} persuacda the U, & weeily Newsoqver of the roel nated pursuant to lL Mark Lane h Committee on Un-“, Very active in the py ected to t ttateg tiouse of Secure this NOM SUA cited by the hic ne Ney York State Was defeated in an atte icate for United leVessional Listrict in Cat e Enerzency Civil Liberties vid, in New York City. fe etronsiy and condemned 4un erican policy .. UA as an Organiza- Assembly in tc secure tie +.cpresentatives Now York, A 60urce re jorted, z oo Cae fae oy ry : te a tr. o- . Val Venorteoa List tue SPoSuer at tris eetiay . -* Pore . a a oe . . ‘. T AY LOWitee Ang CO suonort feepic 7 é ad ONSIStent wi 3 ve -eCember Conzresg to abolish th Xecutive G meérican /. ew Yori c Activities Comunittee (NYCAD New York and other “reas of the countr Organization, The NYCA Abolish the House Un-A; founded Princinally Ny ani mMmeh:ber in 102, It City arca have been solicited On NYCAHUAAC, Docld: 3274273562 Page « 20 as been Stron« a Ctivities, Ouncil to Ab ence ata rel culy Stated that his first Official 3ly would be to intrody Ril Se: See ee a! eon Sr rT eS) tue Service in the New CLICUAL "Tire olish the House UAAC) and Mace nuinerous y in support of the Cominittee and 43 a Comuniunist Nas been reported that Cp Members it various Occasions to fe ; tution. tner n . Lt rarty Ccordinatine Comr@mittas 1 t:} toe Conatenta Deoyie's BlOsrain. " ‘Phe y tor sane Wold bé a ireiendous Yoriz ftate lu, lel, Carried an article ly in New Yor on @cersber G, action Gurin: the Ce a resolution to itilitant! is a alist Workers Party which nad been désip- ly opposed to the House urine ihe early 1fo0's, he was Un-Aiderican f7eeches in alins of this HUAAC ig an affiliate of the Nationa] Council to neriann Activities 1avicual Who w both were Party (Cp) lthne New Yori Support the
ee a aan Men ‘ pe aa ” an, BOA gee ET ge See renee % . Lee ge ee ! . mend Sources. have renorted that Mark Lane has been a freauent r , *es4 associate in New Yorn City of {Livore Cibuy Needleman, an attorney u ot, who was formerly eciployed by \wntorg Cracing Corporation, the re: ois- ie 1 ftates. Necdicman was reportedly - tered Russian trade avency in the United Stat a | wre Parone interested in assisting Lane quring his political caompoien in 12t0 waen ne DSA was elected lo the sew Worx Liale Assembly, Ieecdicuian hes renresented . fe current qeiitormucr Coriiunist “ort micmpers in court and before ‘oon various Coir sostions} ecminittecs. «fe has had custody of Communist a Party lupins and nes Geserived hin self 2 os a ctrlet adherent of Marxist- — oa Leninict Cogtsiaes, th hes elso hoon reported that Needleman has acted la as a Lovici cogionase agent in tac pase, 4 #On Moveroor 6, lool, 2 relly was held at tho sce. ritlan 4 a cee Coluaiia Univers ity, mou York C fee fo provost tne u University’s _ Bonjcs nda J. Day is, bee. Hone! Sccretery of gts Moms ot Lee ayy, “and , Wark Lane were principal speaxers at this rally. we On February 12, 1864, a meeting was held at fan Diews as which was gpousorca by fe Lan 120750 Neisncoraood Porus, tie nan ‘ under which tie Conpwunist Party spensoree | public mectings in tuat area. was also sponsored by the Friends of the "National Guardian." _ This rneeting ‘ Mark Lane was a featured speaker at this mecting. wnt Miark Lane was involved in an extensive oublic speaking 1 2 al tour in 1624 on behalf of the "National Guardian," de spoke concerning | — his knowledge of and inquiry into tae assassination of President Joun ¥. Kennedy. Lane was,at that time, Caairman of the Citizens Conimittee | of Inquiry, a Wew York group’ whicn ne haa forn red to maxe an incependent : inquiry into the slaying of President Kennedy. Lane was hired on __j ~ ‘January 14, 1554, by afargueriie C. Oswald, mother of ice Harvey weg ° Oswald, to represent her dead son before the Warren Commission, wa . | The "National Guardian" has been cited by the HCUA 26 having manifested itself as a vir tual official propayanda arra of the covict ' Union. During his speaking tour in 1964 4, Lane aédressed several | meetings of the W.. 3. Eusois Clubs in various parts of the country. aren The Wi. i. Duvols Clauss is a con winunist youth organization which was a4 conceived by the Communist Varty, USA, and is currently being operated 4 and controlled by the Communist Party. HW 50529 DBocld: 324273562 ‘Page 21.
See ey hep! My eee e a Caan af. ae ty Ye 8% eee an ‘ie Pe ye . Sky wes. 7 . . o aon a A ne hte d aa te ad i gh . : um ON Tk ett aa aT eh wo, oe . : Hoey a eee ee el, od sath viens ‘ HW 50529 aot a PN ye eS Se OY ete On August 6, 1965, Mark Lane was a featured socaker before a meeting of the siilitant Labor Forum of tie focialist Workers Party in New York City. ilis topic at that time related to the Cupan Revolution and he pointed out that the communist covernnent - Cuba is best for citlzens of tnat country and tnat the Cuban peonle ha embraced conimuunism because it was the only way oDen to them “when the United Ktotes refused to negotiate. te also criticized sinerican military action in Vietnam. The tocialist Workers Party has been . designa ited pursuant to Executive Order 10450. Lane has been hichly critical of American policies in Vietnam and has spoken at various anti-Vietnam rallies and meetings. ; "The New Yori Times” of June 9, 1861, reported that Lane had been arrested et JncKson, ilississippi, on June &, iUG1, as [ a meniber of a geoup of "Freedom ricere” whe hac been taken into custody in that city. He was convicted of breach of the peace in the City Court on June 8, 1961, and sentenced to four months' coniinement "and a #200 fine, with two niontis of the jail sentence suspended. ‘This - conviction was subsequently overturned in the County Court at Jackson and Lane was acquitted, . “The New York Times" elso reported on April 3, 1562, | that Marl: Lane had been fined $415 on April 2, 10¢2, in New Yo rk Ci ity —_" as a 'scofflaw,." for ignoring numerous traffic ‘tiexets. . Lane was arrested by the Baltimore County Police Cevart- iment at Towson, iiaryland, on July 4, 1663, in connection with partici- pating in a civil rights demonstration. The disposition of this arrest is not known. The Office of the District Attorney, Tueens County, New York, conducted an investi:ration of Lane in 1802 for alleed sodomy. In connection with tiis investiz: ation, statements were taxen from two wouien by the District Attorney's Wilice which related to obscene activities on tie part of bene, An obscene puotozragh of Lane and hanc cveritten instructions by Lane relating to alleged perverted sexual acts of a saaistic and masocu- istic nature yerformed by the wornen on the person of Lane were also obtained durin= this investigation. Copies of these statements and a copy of the photoyrapn and the nanawritten instructions are attached iereto as © enclosures. Enclosures (4) Docld: 324273562 Page 22. ; , - Cte ee ee fe ee ee
yg My te he * : ¢ nat Pn ar Copan Cady Wabrt’ . mare 2 SER, eae tae va. otha Nene og “as an on tarts 4s, ws ip prmmreerone es 2k My rts Lion sy ae a as lade ty ast he BY, Soaks ye - 3 Mie se an Pon SG ak FN ete OT ae Lue. awe | o as ————$ ve wee ee teal . se ' . re November 8, 1966 * vs " ULPRo UTIT ADOUT Tig KENNEDY MURDER" ‘ el a JOAC IIMS SCLOTIN \ Lo. . in, . oo e ae | ho Joachin “joosten, who ia also knovm as reed - Joachim Franc J penton,“ waleer 4:0)? and Paul Delanthuis, was | a born in Coisme, Gormenv, on Jt IS a, 2OM?, So pasortadly was a forced to fies from Gerrn: LV m LQ2S bsenusa of hic “one: =f ane aks | we enle end Lineral-laciolist commoctions,! Tolloyrin 3 hus Coparture frora Germany | In March, 1222, bho hoeane nr corr atendeont for Wuconiean, Daltish, ‘ m1 ? 4 3 aye Phd mere a waa . Proanch, m Wefan ond S30VG in the Coaadaan wind countrias ‘ . where he liv of fre Gr! ws any 24, rit, A ' wscod Tt os f Le spril, iG41, and was : ' : Mins east er torey Vnnn-plig noturalivod en Jesoviaen office ia 7; OO, Lela, Mollowins bia ovr ial vt ren | Wy thas Win dtor) oletas i baat 4 faa a? pte we nm Vag Oo Oar oo ANSAG 7 ve 1 “ mo —_ A Ge koa Atos hawng en posictent ac: cOT bi tho rorcion d BD aLtiient OF! Newsyook! meacagine tor t tu iree years, In 1945 he became a frae- ou ~ lance writer and has contributed articlos to such mazazines as “Diberty," S85 "This Week," "The Nation," as well as to such Nowenemers as the "ileur a Yorks Tasch Brisa," Cie "Mow York 2oct," gua tho" Wall Stroat Journal," A’ of 1955, he had published four books on foreign atiairs, a7! DN Inigé4lan. alleca tion v was made that he was e communist. -, Subs equent invectic:.tion failcd to indicate tir. 2oesten WaS @ COM Must. \ Eowever, he has been deceribed a as @ "controversial risure" and at nis naturalizetion hearing he identified himsel! asa "lett-wine liberal’ ani as a froc-iance writer. ‘ In more recent years, Mr. Joesten has written a nunber of articles and bocks on ihe assassination of former «resident Kennedy, Cne such book entitlod "wswald: Assassin or all cuy 7" was deser ibed — _ ig an article appearing in the Aueust 1, 1654, issue of "Editor and ' Publisher’ as being “tilled with ina ccuracies. " It was also pointad out in this article that hir. Joesten's bock viciously attacked iI Lirector J. Edgar sioover. This book was published by sfargzani and siunsell : —  Puolishers, Inec., of New York City. sir. Carl ldo iarcani cerved two years in: x ederal prison Gurine 1949-51 for mekine false statements sen regarding past Lorununist arty membership, Aloxandor wector Grr Mungell is reported to imye financially supsorted the Communist varty eg prs AN its Lront groups ‘in the pagl. a ae . ray a : i ora sil AN et om Dy AN, eno neaeer av > - wun / vy — mo %) - : Mev ee : dt nA : iy peice, oS TORT peta an Maer te an Nad tail. {71 "h This docvPicnt is cepgrel Din resrlon isa 0 fOUr rent ne anid is uot for 7 ie ; nolen qvesite waur aa tae, Tts use ts i wae rd to aeyieds ee a - a one hye voor Cosrtmiddve Gul the csittent mais uot De Cay seloscd lo to hioriicd gues +) } a TS 2 CO / HW 50529 DBocld:32423562 Page 23
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i _ ~ — —- eee a ad, ” ie In an 1 interview with Mr. Joesten in March, 1004, nite coricerning this book, fe was reported to have stated that iis —4 "cocumentation'! was based. on newspaper articles and a four-day visit Derr ' to itallas, Vexes, in Jecem ber, 1963. ‘he interviewes subsequently os ~ deseribed Lir. éoesten as being "biased and very crratic."' vuring nd that cameo period, Airs, Cogeten indiected tent ner huckand nai been Ty moking “rarnpling conseless ctatements” ana th act gene felt he was on ” - the verge or iaving a ‘nervous breakauown." On Zugust G, 1G00, lar. Joesten Was arrested by the an Zuksh, Switzerland, soiice and held sor twenty-.our hours in order that he coulthise psychiaiwicciuly opservea. On August uv, leov, Wir. docsien leit oWiteerioini ana auticrities of that couniry nave issue ones aban eveinst his. recrtoring Uwlizeriana, Mr. Joesten's most recent book, ‘The Truth About the EM Eiennedy Murder,'' has been described as a sud-page book publisned by ey . a firm in ov witzerland. it was further described as containing many or od the baseless conclusions found in his prior book, "Oswald: Assassin ‘ or Fall Guy?" ; . ; Mr. Joesten has no known American arrest record. - Pair - res .o i9i6 UNG phe t : \ HW 50529 DBocld:32423562 Page 25
. 2 . 1 . ao . gy et. : “hy " te We Om iy UN tot aa ws “es ‘gh sty, tug Oe aoe @ SY aja, is ~ rant) areas ae ve ie ae *e a FRA or f Pinal id A og ade, Pn <i aia oe PUNT: ity ‘ aed 2 pppoe ENT ey wd: ee as eat es re ty on ¥ Novernber8}11266 *) » PROM Pee ; la “TE CSWALD-AFFAIR" Gd BY I: LEO SAUVAGE . Loo Sauvare was born on February 23, 1913, at Nancy, France’ In 1954 he was reported as a correspondent and ’ chief of the Mew York Bureau of ''Le Ponulaire," a French secialist newspsner. Ito > also has been reported as a correspondent for the French publication "Le Figaro," eo En 18510t was reported that Cauvate was a mom small pret wn of idividvele, cle to Louis Dolivet who was refused TA oy se | roe ntry to tha United States dua to his suspectea comniunist anak » wi) el eee Comintern backercund. | ery In October, 1953, information was received that Leo . monty Mi cd me ad on Ci a a8 Sauvage, "Le Pigare, ' 60 “ockefeller Flaza, New York City, re- sis sponded to an invitation extcneced by th e yolish Consulate, Naw York City, to attend a showing of the Polish ‘filma, * ‘Peace Vill Win," to be shown on November 30, 1951, at the Museum of Siodern Art, New York City. According to a statement filed with the Denartment of Justice, Foreign Agents Revistraticn section, the french rress Agency (FPA) in Jonuary, 1954, listed Leo Sauvace, 270 West End Avenue, oo New York City, os an employee of that agency. In May, 1554, while Sauvace was still employed by the “SA, it was reported that the chief : of the Washinzton Bureau of the soviet Tass News Agency utilized mo, personnel of the FPA to secure intelligenee information. _ Fy, | In September, 1956, it was alleged that one Leon Sauvage, 28 rue Marcel Royer, Gennevilliers, France, was one of a number of individuals employed by the French Communist Party Headquarters, Faris, France. It is not known if this individual is identical with captioned author. The i arch, 954, issue of ''Commentary,'" a monthly stson magazine published by the American Jewish Committee, contained ans. sLoach article by Sauvare entitled "The Oswald Affair." This article attacks the | ° Sages — findines cf the Warren Commission concerning the assassination of former | “Ni "tee Dresicdent John F, Kennedy and suevests that Oswald was unjustly presumed | ‘aw allahan . to be euilty of the assassination due to prejudiced press and television Soamtenamnal at Te | lt s . S Tan oO asen Y ius vo manent is ; rena ed ‘in respon: 30 po YOY Peque st and is not for dissemi- : Wass “4 MOREE OEE rye (Oey Comriliicg, jf : i MERU NCE. ah LinitedAo Of Fetal nrocecdings by ‘otter qdHe: ja ‘(8) Yo ‘Connailegs the content " Tha Ge ot tbe d eens ey miter — hel orion: : Che 7) Not iSelosed lo wiuactivrized person- net the ee ress ae of the FLI , nly MAIL. eoul } tevetyee unit SNC ‘LOSU; i 44 , a) HW 50529 -BDoclId:32423562 Page 26
oe a Pe onan a Ley 4 ae “i =, ey eee fw Mita WS ty Me os an “ee — eon ae ara wees ‘ “8 ad) : eee | as mone ETT oh ‘y oo pS \ A perce ¢ . » or eat wow Y at ‘ aft 7 ost 7 8 ; > | _ . November 8, 1966 mind . ABA | "WARREN hi SPORT " —m oo HAROLD WEISBERG _ FCO ~~ isle . ont : a Vo ee “ed Harold: Weisberg, the author of the above- -captioned book, | ty and his wife, Lilliin Stone yeisberr, jointly own a l4acre tract of land | in Hyattstown, Maryland, upon waich they operate the Coq d'Cr Farm — wnose princinal business is raising of pheasant-chiexens, Rock-Cornish at garce hens, waterfowl and other poultry and the sale of poultry and eggs 1 . _ Harold \ Weisberg was an emnloyee of the La Follette Civil ; Liberties Committee from centember, 1956, to October, 1859, and was —_— discharged for permitting certain inforr:ation to :eak to the press. Pan Senator La rollette stated that Weisberg had been dismissed for a 8 breach of trust involving the release of confidential inforr:ation to a news- Saar paper and the Senator was quite certain the newspaper involved was : | "The Daily Worker," a former east coast communist newspaper. 5] Weisberg was one of 10 employees fired summarily by i the State Department in June, 1947, because of suspicion of being a _ cominunist or having cormmunistic syr:pathies. We was later allowed to. resic¢n without prejudice, but was not restored to his position. His wife, ‘Lillian Stone Weisberg, was investigated under the provisions of ixecutive Order 9605 in 1948 and the Civil Service Cornmission advised os n October, 16:6, that she had been retained. At that time, She was a ‘ ™ ¢lerk in the teconstruction Iinance Corporation. fer name had been carried —n n.the active list of meniers of the V-ashington Pook shop /:ssociation , .» and the Washington Committee for Deraocratic Action during Vecember, _o, 1947. The Washington Eook Shop Association and the Washington Comirsittee for Democratic Action have both been cited by the Department of Justice as subversive. . d During an undisclosed period, but presumably in the 1950's, it was ascertained that Petr I. Pogodin, a foreign ministry emnlovee of | the Russian “mbassy in Washington, J. C., was in contact with Garold on Weisberg at his farm. Weisberg. had pr eviously extended an invitation to X * eg heaet »——Popo:lin to visit his farm and it was also determined that Posodin had a) a oT “x received the invitation from Weisberg incidental to an invitation extended hes Es Soviet Premier Nix ita S. Khrushchev and party.. - ur request and is not for dissemi- atad re) t ———— . This dow ment is prenared in respoise to y Tough ‘ " ] ¢ iefal proeeestsds OY te —________ ‘Ito t ree ts liniled to offi ? lap on eh de sour Canntittes, [ts 2 ' usen DGH: jmh/deq; ” va ciel fie content Muy at be disclosed to tic: dhorized jie eSulb tivan adr Cola MLE t P IR l. wel NO el wil! Laut tha NCES (GRE syed of lee —_ miler. ——_- ek | : we C Imes - - vi 4 edy watt Room CJ teeetyec umit LJ (¢ WW 50529 Docld: 32423562 Page 27
¢ es, eh nto Cg le .: we re Pee Sete EN Bite Popes gms tae g Seen ery sv. a mt ee OMe ater armen es cat Oe eee Sgt a Atri eet Ae ag a : ce a a iS . fr. we Ty fe Me a ak me pO” IT... ars rs ey IM A, oes al Bese et a a ae 2 mee TL. Pee OD, Roller ren ne ptm Se TN ey GAS a) + no? ° It was ascertained in September, 1959, that Welsberg asked Petr N. Yeliseyev, Taird Secretary of the foviet Embassy in Washington, D. C., for information on Lovict reaction to tne prososal’ that his chickens be placed in competition with Russian poultry, In 1956, it was alleged that Weisberg held an annual / celebration of the Russizn iievolution. Tnis celebration involved a picnic at his residence and was attended by 25 to 30 unknown peonle. It was believed this aifair was in colnzmemoration of the Russian ievolu- tion inasinuch as it was held on the day when.the communists celebrate all over the world. --ae In 1561, Weisberg and his wife filed a claim acainst the may Government.under the Federal Tort Cleims Act in the aniount of wo, 930 for damases allezécly sustained by them in their povitry business ag a " result of low-flying helicopters. This case was tried and court directed a Judgmcut in favoz of the Weisbergs for $750, cor Weisberg has no known arrest record. Anon a” we . a - 4 Soya HW 50529 Docld:32473562 Page 26