14-00000 » , simultaneously, has: tried to satisfy what has been its sole interest’ acquisition possible. SECRET 1964 - 1975 Phase III: The "Unidentified Man" Photog «< 49. As could be foreseen, the Sgro ys critics of the Warren Conmissig SS t Odum Exhibit No. ] pa BO “) Interpretive purposes. A and Commission Exhibit No. Ce considerable corresbonden SW ated since the end of 1964 In which the Agency has attempted tobe responsive to these requests and, from the inception of. the matter: to protect the method of acquisition of the photograph atthe Foreign TaTson relatVonshnp which made the 50. Following are highlights fron the correspondence during the current phase. a. “On 16 May. 1967, ‘over “the Signature of’ the General Counsel: _ of the Agency, Lawrence R. HOUSTON, a submitted a a. AGERT of the Criminal ee statement about the ‘photograph ‘to, yYeape ye of Louisiana, ay > contents of the subpoena — | SN \ | | ~\ States Marshall: in the District 4 District Court for the Parish | The response dealt affir . that had been delive | of Columbia, despite th “FQ : the subpoena could not be . executed because of the Tack of jurisdiction. . . Mr. HOUSTON proferred on Agency behalf categoric assur- ances to the court regarding the inaccuracy of statements and f 35. SECRET / 0002 919 , 124, (319 COPY ‘NO. ee
he inferences made by Mr. ose te about the photograph of the unidentified ingN WW lowing is extracted from ™ fposTan s ~—s es "Because of the publicity which has surrounded the “Orleans Parish Grand Jury proceedings , we have “recently carried out an exhaustive search of the a - _ files of the Central Intelligence Agency for any | picture of Lee Harvey OSWALD taken in Mexico. As a result of this search, I can state categorically that the files of this Agency do not contain, and never have contained, any. such picture of | | Lee Harvey OSWALD taken in Mexico and that we have no information whatsoever that any such photograph ever existed. To the best of our knowledge and information, therefore, there i ch photograph. ) S printed in the - Warren Commission Rep Didi Oa in Volume ~ : ie and the XVI, never contaj ANS _ figure in the D ROW San individual who, gt”° been identified. ‘The Furthermore » the photograp to our knowledge, has circumstances of ‘the: filing of this photograph with ‘the Warren Commi ssion are set forth in affidavits on pages 468 and 469 of Volume XI, Heari ngs Before. the President's Commissi on_on the Assassination of :
14-00000 © om oe de The most. exten WS WY aX ‘individual was and “eee ae” is now Executive Director o SECRET President Kennedy. Consequ of any photograph that_a description of the in the vot Ge Y /"T hope you will accept this information in this form in the spirit of cooperation in which it is proferred." ‘Db. The Agency has repeatedly serviced requests about the / identify of the unknown individual from Mr. Emory L. BROWN, Jr., 7 Route #4, Box 82, Squankum Road, ‘Farmingdale, New Jersey. The last - exchange of correspondence in our | record covered the period 4 - 17 April 1970. c. Detailed | inquiries on the unidentified individual were | received on T.and 24 November 1971, to which the Agency responded on 15 November and 14 December, resp , from Mr, Paul L. HOCH, 1735 mew | keley, California, SS ORY sue the unidentified ABE rnard FENSTERWALD , Sr. » who Q onmmittee to Investigate Assassina- | tions, 927 55th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., beginning on 22 March 1971, shortly after the Agency declassified Commission Document No. 674, and extending through 11 October 1972, after the 37 SECRET cs a 2 ‘ee is a . COPY No. PAGE - 126 of 319
14-00000 - “SECRET t No. 556. On 8 April ency for a discussion “s his question about the “Two other photographs of the u unidentified ‘individual, in addition to the photograph depicted in the two Commission exhibits, were shown to him at that time... It is a matter of more than ordinary interest to note that on this occasion Mr. FENSTERWALD , who was accompanied by his partner, Mr. Wiliam OHLHAUSEN , told. Mr. HOUSTON and another representative of the Agency in attendance that he knew who. the unidentified man was. The following is extracted from Mr. HOUSTON's Memorandum of Necords @ April 19715 oo”, "3. Mr. FENSTERWALD « came to my office this “morning with his partner, William G. OHLHAUSEN, looked at the other photographs, and<told us he did know who the man was. He s AS serving a prison term soneu RA Wye States and admitted the WY cave but Mr. FENSTERWALD st Coren g to indicate any connection between os in the photographs and the assassination of President KENNEDY. presently Mr. FENSTERWALD did- not give us.the man's name at this time, as he said enough people had suffered . unnecessarily from allegations that they were SECRET. co ; a Bo Ny 6G ie Es PAGE. (221 of 319, COPY NO. TAY Bent QEBWTENE or ran goerugag: “wet Ais bce weautamune weep etme ee ob ee bebe bo eee be ee
14-00000 _ oN, asked how he could use QS SECRET associated with the assassi say he was sure we Za Kor" =. He asked if he could RO @ p WH Syphs, and I not know and finally agreed that for the time being he would not press his request. oe The whole meeti ing was, extremely friendly and they thanked us for our response. so The followi ng is. extracted From the » Memorandum of Record | by the other CIA man present, Mr. Arthur E. DOOLEY. © Mr, /FENSTERWALD. said he knew who the person > | was and had ‘spoken to him; that the man was too nervous to come forth on his own. _ FENSTERWALD , 7 wou Id. not give ‘the man! 'S name but s eis an American, serving a prison Be S country on a criminal charge, and-& WS h a _ ae in Me» Sethe MNOeY had ae Co or ha any. oF FENSTERWALD replied he a net eno the answer. as he had not. interviewed the man as yet. We rei terated that we did not know who the man was, and said that we would like to know his identity. FENSTERWALD replied that CIA has a 39 SECRET vai 1 2 8 COPY NO. 1g eeateememnnenenee STDP
Attachment A: Memorandum by David W. Be Attachment B: Pages 364, 368 Cx report. SECRET S in his subsequent . conversations and correspon¢ ree NN: allegation about the identity ; of the "Unidentified Individual, " though the claim, if true, would — be of direct evidential interest and possibly permit us to assert. 7 with finality what we believe has been the fact from the beginning: the “Unidentified Man" has nothing to do with the OSWALD case at. all. r. E. Harry: Knoche, dated 15 April 1975, achment: "The CIA and _ _ the Man Who Was No e New York Review — Ke d George O'Toole. Of Books, by KN 40 SECRET. | ee . nay. geese" PAGE “COPY: NO. as 228 a]