AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 HW 54653 Docld:322344659 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information HSCA 180-10071-10217 NUMBERED FILES 008695 Document Information HSCA FBI 02/07/1978 4 FBI, STAFF, ADMINISTRATION OSWALD, LEE, BACKGROUND GALE, JAMES SUMMARY Unclassified 3 Redact 10/16/1996 Box 158. Page 1 Date: 9/21/201 Released under the John Kennedy Wss5assination Records Ollection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#: NW 54653 Date: 1O-2353-2017
ss KENNEDY 068695 INVESTIGATION INTERVIEW SCHEDULE lL. tdenti fying Information: Name Games H. CALE Date FER. 'AISTS ! _ Address Sarre 17% MOSBY LLG Place SnAme Ethnic Group_ WHITE __ : - ser /tate ag6e Dias ST “telephone 57-5200 | Date of pinth T-AS-~ 2] Mor § ae Social Security 2LH-O)- FFE3_ Spouse oo 7 Children I 2. Physical Description: } Height 6° 6 . Color Eyes @4UE Hair O24) _ Weight _18C_ . Special Characteristics i 3. Personal History: | - a. Present Employment: wt _ Atrror NEY Address SAME Telephone SAME . _ | b. Criminal Record 1. Arrests 2. Convictions 4, Additional Personal Information: et Be EN ED Tot et enn | b. Area frequented: c. Remarks: ! Investigator AA ROLY) - ley Pp . XY RORERT C SEN ZMAA Date FLS. 91 ) a 2o_ Form #4-B | i 1 i
we Hee HW 54653 KENNEDY SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS NAME James H. Gale ; Date 2/7/78 Time 1:00 p.m. Suite 414, Mosby Bldg. Address10560 Main. Street Place His law office Fairfax, Virginia Interview: Harold Leap and Robert Genzman ‘Anterviewed James oH Gale, formerly FBI Assistant Di¥ector,- Inspection Division, | at his “law of fice in | Fairfax, Virginia. | Gale was hired as a clerk for the FBI. on November 29, 1939. He became an agent on June 21, 1943, -and served as Assistant SAC and: SAC in Anchorage, and as SAC ain ‘Richmond, Cincinnati, Washington field office, and Chicago. In 1963: he. “became Assistant Director of the Spécial Investigations Divi- sion. He retired on October l, 1971. Gale related. that on November 23, 1963, Jd. Edgar _ Hoover and Clyde Tolson asked him to conduct an inspection of: the FBI's handling of the Oswald case prior to the assassina- tion of President Kennedy. In a memo to Tolson dated Decem- | ber 10, 1963, Gale determined that 17 ‘FBI employees should be disciplined for investigative shortcomings. Gale determined that Oswald should have been on the Security Index, although - he feels that this would have made no difference in protecting the President. Gale stated that he felt pressured to make / (Signature) Harold Leap - Robert: Genzman (Name) . . Date Transcribed + 2/8/78. Docld:322744659 Page 3 eee ey te ne en ee tent | pyteP. (ini
James H. Gale Interview Page 2 censures, since the Warren Commission would probably want to know what actions had been taken to remedy the short-— comings. Hoover agreed with Gale's findings, and Alan Bel- mont disagreed. In a memo to Tolson dated September 30, 1964, Gale recommended additional disciplining of eight of the 17 FBI employees who had previously been disciplined. Gale stated that this "second round" was based on the poor performance of FBI employees as determined by the Warren Commission, causing embarrassment to the FBI. Gale was asked to explain the following passage from page 5 of his September 30, 1964 memo: The Bureau by letter to the Commission indicated that the facts did not warrant placing a stop on the passport (of Oswald) as our investigation disclosed no evidence that Oswald was acting under the instruc- tions or on behalf of any foreign government or instrumentality thereof. Inspector feels it was proper at that time to take this "public" position. However, it is felt that with Oswald's background we should have had a stop on his passport, particularly since we did not know definitely whether or not he had any intelligence assignments at that time. Gale stated that this public position was taken to prevent embarrassing the FBI. With regard to the last sentence of the passage, Gale stated that in light of