Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted - — from ClA—<ontrolled documents.) question of whether Oswald had been performing intelligence oO assignments for military intelligence as well as to the | issue of Oswald's possible association with the CIA. Oswald's Marine Corps records bore no indication that he had ever received any intelligence training or performed 7 - On any intelligence assignments during his term. of service. As a Marine sering in Atsugi, Japan, Oswald had a security clearance of confidential and never received a higher classifi- cation. Based upon the Warren Commission testimony of John E. Donavan, the officer who had been in charge of Oswald's crew, that all personnel working in the radar center were ‘required to have a minimum security clearance of secret, the allegation has been made that the security clearance of © confidential in Oswald's records is inaccurate. This allegation, however, was refuted by a review of files belonging Classification: _ — nn | : Pee
2 ee 6 Swedes nore "te eam or eee et ee ee eee ce Oe nd eed namin aan? i € 4 Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) . tofour enlisted men who had worked with Oswald; each of them had a security clearance of confidential.* eT Oswald's military records also dispelled the allegation that he had served for a substantial period in Taiwan. These records state that Oswald served in Japan from September 12, 1957 until November 2, 1958... Department of Defense records, however, do indicate that MAG (Mariné Air Group) 11, Oswald's unit, was deployed for taiwan on September 16, 1958 and remained in that area until April 1959, but an examination of the MAG Il unit diaries indicated that Oswald had. remained in Japan as part of a rear echelon. “Oswald's records also state that on ~ October 6, 1958 he was transferred within MAG 11 to a Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron subunit in Atsugi, - Japan. The next week he reportedly spent in the Atsugi *John E. Donavan, Oswald's immediate commanding officer, did | have a security clearance of secret. Classification: » ai | Classified by derivation: : tamer = aa Lo: Os . get ey = ere ed Lil SEVAVEH AR, Sry hese, SEP CR, RRM S veRA eR
a ; a — to eae pepe os = a et ety eget . pepe Y ex uate agg Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—-controlled documents.) , Station Hospital. On November 2, 1958, Oswald left Japan , j for duty in the United States. event halt te Accordingly, there is no indication in Oswald's military records that he had spent any time in Taiwan. This | finding is contrary to that of the Warren Commission that _ \. Oswald arrived with his unit in Taiwan on September 30, 1958, _/ but the Commission's analysis apparently was made without. access Se po ' to the unit diaries of MAG 11.* Finally, with one exception, the circumstances surrounding Oswald's rapid discharge from the military do not appear to have been unusual. Oswald was obligated to service on active duty until December 7, 1959, but he applied for a hardship discharge ~ - y on August 17, 1958 and two weeks later the application - ere, *Similarly, a message sent on November 4, °1959 from the Chief of Naval Operations concerning Oswald, which states that he had "served with Marine Air Control Squadrons in Japan and f . Taiwan" may have been issued without checking unit diaries 5 which indicated that Oswald had not been so deployed. - ape . g Classification: - yt + ; Classified by derivation:
; Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA——controlled documents.) was approved. * “It appears, however, that Oswald's application was processed sa expeditiously because it was accompanied with all of the necessary documentation. In response to a Committee inquiry, the Department of Defense has stated that “to a large extent, the time involved in processing depended on how well the individual member had prepared the documentation needed for consideration of his ox her case." _/ A review of Oswald's case indicates that his initial application was accompanied by all of the requisite documentation. Oswald had met the preliminary requirements of having madé™a voluntary contribution to the A hardship dependent and of applying for a dependent's quarters — *By September 4, 1959, Oswald had been: informed that he would be discharged on September 11, 1959. This explains why he was able to tell passport officials on that day that he expected to depart the United States on September 21, 1959. Classification: 7 a 7 G i Classified by derivation: ener a wetees oon cate caer ae to, Borererte ponte tt ate Fe en ry,
Ne deete scene ae Spear soa ds Woe . abs ane sath oatinsene “Note cee te Nima terns tte etre mane as sds sted SS CO Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) ae allotment to alleviate the hardship . His application indicated ‘that these measures had been taken, and was ‘accompanied by two letters and two affidavits attesting to Marguerite. Oswald's inability to support herself. Documents provided to the Committee by the American Red Cross indicate that he sought their assistance regarding this matter, and therefore was probably well advised on the requisite documentation to support his claim. Indeed, Red Cross officials © interviewed Marguerite Oswald, and concluded that she "could not be considered employable from an emotional standpoint.” _/ . The Fort Worth Red Cross Office indicated a quarters allotment was necessary for Marguerite Oswald, rather than a hardship discharge for Lee, and assisted her in the preparation of the necessary application documents. Oswald nevertheless informed the Red Cross office in Classification: __. SEETATA, «SET UTRTRR TDA, SCOPE, eer SET Core
‘Classification: _ (This form is to be used for material extracted . from ClA—controlled documents.) El Toro, California, where he was then stationed, that he desired to apply for a hardship discharge. The unusual aspect of Oswald's discharge application was that technically his requisite application fora quarters allowance for his mother should have been disallowed because Marguerite's dependency affidavit stated that Oswald had not contributed any money to. her during the preceding. year. / Nevertheless, the first officer to review Oswald's. . application noted in his endoresment, dated August 19, 1959, that "fa/ genuine hardship exists in this case, and in my ‘opinion approval of the /quarters/ allotment will not sufficiently alleviate this situation."*  / In addition, five other officers endorsed Oswald's application. ‘The a *This quotation suggests the possibility that applications for quarters allotments and hardship discharges are considered independently of one another. lassification: _ Pee Classified by derivation: REP remorse, ame RA, Ine SER TIEN EAPO, EMO,
~ Nyce! . a ; et sama mache Sn eo atte Neaee rata sees 1 fis ein Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) Committee was ablé~to contact three of the six endorsing officers; two had no memory of the event, / and one could not _ recall any details. -_/ The Committee considers their absence of memory to be indicative of the Oswald case having been handled in a routine manner. Based upon this evidence, the Committee was not able to discern any unusual discrepancies ox features in Oswald's military record. | 13. Lee Harvey Oswald's Military Intelligence File On November 22, 1963, soon after the assassination, Lt. Col. Robert E. Jones, operations officer of the U.S. Army's 112th Military intelligence Group (MIG) , Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, contacted the FBI offices in San Antonio and Dallas‘and gave those offices detailed information concerning Oswald and A.J. Hidell, his alleged alias. This information: Ciassificajion: Fy Classified by derivation: ; REPEAT tN, RELI OP 2 ie, IN OEIC, agree pears sts
Se Rin seem aa, a“ Classification: © (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—<ontrolled documents.) suggested the existence of a Military Intelligence file on Oswald, and raised the possibility that he had intelligence associations of some kind. The Committee's investigation, however, revealed that military intelligence officials had opened a file on Oswald because he was perceived aS a possible counterintelligence threat. Robert E. Jones testified before the Committee that in June of 1963 he had been serving as Operations Officer of the - (112th Military Intelligence Group at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. * Under the Group's control were seven regions encompassing five States: Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. ‘ Jones was directly responsible for counterintelligence operations,. background investigations, domestic intelligence, and any *In his testimony, Jones also clarified and corrected the errors that appeared in communications that were generated as a result of the activities of his military intelligence unit. —_ Classification: } O. ) . Classified by derivation: 0 99 100-49 ee,
Ciassification: _ binbicTSEE, (This, form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) SIS ETA at special operations: in this five~state area. He believes that "Steet 8 sti ats EET, 7 SOP Ee, Oswald first came to his attention in mid-1963 through information provided to the 112th MIG by the New Orleans Police Department * senotat sera a be Dog to the effect that Oswald had been arrested there in connection “with Fair Play for Cuba Committee activities. Asa result of ; this information, the 112th Military Intelligence Group took ' an interest in Oswald as a possible counterintelligence bea” threat. The Group collected information from local agencies and the military central records facility, and opened a file under the names Lee Harvey Oswald and A. J. Hidell. Placed: in this file were documents and newspaper articles on such topics as Oswald's defection to the Soviet Union, his travels 7 there, his marriage to a Russian national, his return to the © . United States, and his pro-Cuba activities in New Orleans. f id Classification: . Sak er / 10 to Classified by derivation:
Nate ou : penta Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) vt Jones related that on November 22, 1963, while in his quarters at Fort Sam Houston, he heard about the assassination of President Kennedy. Returning immediately to his office, he contacted MIG personnel in Dallas and. instructed them to intensify their liaisons with federal, state, and local agencies and to report back any information obtained. Early that’ afternoon, he received a telephone call from Dallas advising that an A.J. Hidell had been arrested or had come to . the attention of law enforcement authorities. . Jones checked the MIG indices, which indicated that there was a file on Lee = Harvey Oswald, also known by the name A.J. Hidell. Pulling the file, he telephoned the local FBI office in San Antonio to notify. the FBI that he had some information. He soon-was in telephonic contact with the Dallas FBI office, to which he summarized the documents in-the file. -He believes ‘that one’ Classification: | { 0) VL Classified by derivation:
ewe ss ene ound fe ine as} le CO Classification: 3 © (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) _ person with whom he would have Spoken was EBI Special Agent in Charge J. cordon Shanklin. He may have talked with the Dallas FBI office more than one time that day. _ Jones testified that his last activity with regard. 7 to the Kennedy assassination was to write an "after action" report, which summarized the actions he had taken, the people he had notified, and the times of notification. In addition, Jones believes that this “after action" report included _ “information obtained from reports filea by the eight to “twelve Military Intelligence agents who performed liaison ‘functions with the Secret Service in Dallas on the day of the assassination: this “after action" report was’ then maintained in the Oswald file. Jones did not contact, nor was he contacted by, any other law enforcement or intelligence agencies concerning information which he could provide on Oswald. To Classification:
Nate wnmesian Speman 9 + ene emer eed rd od ee eennenencsnantntctint weet ee ce nets ma 4 wpe ge © Classification: = & (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) Jones! knowledge, neither the FBI nor any law enforcement agency ever requested a copy of the Military Intelligence file on Oswald. To his surprise, neither the FBI, Secret Service, CIA nor Warren Commission ever interviewed him. ,No one ever directed him to withhold any information; on the other hand, he never came forward and offered anyone further information relevant to the assassination investigation because he "€elt that the information that fhne/ had provided was sufficient and...a matter of record..." Communications Jones' contact with the FBI office in San Antonio is. ‘reflected in a teletype message sent at 4:25 p.m. on November 22, 1963, from that FBI office to the FBI Director and the Special Agent in Charge in Dallas. Classification: of | Classified by derivation: . ates bale atedas SPST ITER, RE PP, Cm OS Fee ne HOR,