Released under the John Ff. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 warren anes ee ey eee ar ere wre Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-10027-10411 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 62-109060-2109 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: LEG, LO TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE : DATE: — 12/19/1963 PAGES: 7 SUBJECTS : [Restricted] DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: — 03/25/1997 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : INC ADMIN PAGE nr yt podId:32126074 Page 1 15
a | ae te under .the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC’ 2107 - ev. id Hote) » . DATE: 11-14-2017 “ . : FBI ' | { | t i Date: 12/19/63 | | t Transmit the following in (Type in plain text or code) AIRTEL | Vig ‘ (Priority or Method of Mailing} fo ee a YA ye) DIRECTOR, FBI SEGRET. RE 19'2/ oh jr OER FROM LEGAT, LONDON (62-359) (P) ~ ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT _ —F go JOHN Fe KENNEDY wh Rite Re London cabie 12/19/63, Remyairtel 12/2/63 reporting an individual had called the American Embassy and identified himself « ihis He said T the UAR was behind President KENNEDY*s death. his information was immediately furnished to Bej_tish Security Service, MI-5, with the request that it be followed J B Fi “a. OA ; ‘ On 12/18/63 the following report, classified Secret was furnished by MI-5: Pa "HASSAN had already been in touch with the police and he told them that one TEWFIQ had stayed with him the night before and had boasted of being involved in the shooting of President KENNEDY, TEWFIQ, according to HASSAN, was probably sailing on the SS "EL GISA", an Egyptian ship, from London that evening. _. / The ship was searched but no trace of any individual resembling fl TEWFIQ was found (S A ae (of H “HASSAN's full name isf YAKL Jawani ASSAN tc whom we have no trace), He came to this; fcountry. in 1953 and as regards his contact with TEWFIQ I do not think that I can do better than to give you below verbatim Special Branch's report Daclassity oo QORDR UX ae Wemeceiue wa iS *HASSAN toid me that about two years ago, when he was the ‘restaurant manager* at the Egyptian Club in London, he met an Egyptian named TEWFIQ, who was a fairly frequent visitor to the club, He had the impression that TEWFIQ obtained regular sums of money from the UAR Embassy and drew the inference ithat-he must be some kind of government 4 employee, S ~ REC. g - Bureau ) I9 be oqabo & Pp [as-Hhe) NTAIMEL E SHOWN z ULASSIFIED “THER WISE aoa “GRATION CO mas wet Dou - Liaison Sectioi i (Sent Cdiltect) wel - London CLASSiFIgD BY. tse . CSEES ALL 'teg _CWBirn Jy EXEMPKFROM GDS Ww, TrebRy x pf 10 DEC 24 1963 ene hed DATE OF RECLASSIF MATION INDEF NTE, LManmem py <7 yet LDN 18 He u War _SDPE Ee! Per aA®, aan Sent a % 8 NAN aur in Charge SECRER . DoclId: 327126074 Page 2?
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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107° °°" Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 Lon 62-359 CWBern SECREL ‘He saw no more of TEWFIQ until Wednesday, 11/27/63, when they met in an Arab cafe in Leman Street, much used by Arabs of various nationalities and classes, They exchanged a few words on that occasion, and TEWFIQ asked for HASSAN’s home address, promising to visit him there shortly <6) "The next day, Thursday, HASSAN was invited by an Egyptian acquaintance to visit the Egyptian ship "El Gisa", then lying in West India Dock}; as they were leav- ing the ship later on, HASSAN saw TEWFIQ making his way towards it, and assumed that he was known to members of xX the crew LS) "That evening, TEWFIQ visited HASSAN at the latter’s home, During the course of conversation, TEWFIQ mentioned that he had recently been in New York, visiting a friend, Later, after he had been drinking heavily and while a program on President KENNEDY was being shown on television, he made offensive remarks about Americans in general and about Mr, KENNEDY in particular, producing a revolver from his pocket, he said, ‘We have completed our work in America - now we shall be returning to Egypt.’ HASSAN is in no doubt that this remark referred to the assassination, Cs) *By the end of the evening TEWFIQ was fairly drunk and insisted on staying the night, As HASSAN and his wife were frightened by his manner, they complied with his demand, and a bed was made up in one of the rooms, TEWFIQ left early the next morning and HASSAN has not seen him since, Two letters and a photo were found in the flat by HASSAN, evidently left behind by TEWFIQ; Pa the letters, in Arabic, contain nothing of interest, yay while the photo, showing TEWFIQ talking to a young girl, is, according to HASSAN, a reasonably good. likeness,’ CS) al a Cn ay "The police have made inquiries and they state that TEWFIQ,is known ‘to his Egyptian and other Arab acquaintances as ATEWFIO SHAWKIAELSHADI DI and was understood to be or to have been“a Captain in he“neyptian Army and to be now working as an Intelligence Officer, According to further information, so far unverified, he was in the U, S, a short while ago, He is alzo %* believed to have a brother, ALI SHAWKI EL-HADIDI, who may be an official at the UAR Embassy in Vienna -(S) DoclId: 327126074 Page 4
=e [ Rele ~Sohn-F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of" 199? { use 3107 e). DATE: 11-14-2017 . . =a . aan . D Qa ~ @ on ‘Lon 62-359 CWBirn crete Tada "There. is no record ‘of TEWFIQ SHAWKI EL-HADIDI having come to this country". a S DoclId: 32126074 Page 5
(“Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44a. USC 3107 woke) - DATE: 11-14-2017 _@a ° . sl Lon 62-359 CWB:rn SECKEL ‘He saw no moré of TEWFIQ until Wednesday, 11/27/63, when they met in an Arab cafe in Leman Street, much used by Arabs of various nationalities and classes. They exchanged a few words on that occasion, and TEWFIQ asked for HASSAN's home address, promising to visit hin ¥# there shortly.) "The next day, Thursday, HASSAN was invited by an Egyptian acquaintance to visit the Egyptian ship "El Gisa", then lying in West India Dock; as they were leav- ing the ship later on, HASSAN saw TEWFIQ making his way towards it, and assumed that he was known to members of * the crew. G) ‘That evening, TEWFIQ visited HASSAN at the latter's home. During the course of conversation, TEWFIQ mentioned that he had recently been in New York, visiting a friend, Later, after he had been drinking heavily and while a program on President KENNEDY was being shown on television, he made offensive remarks about Americans in general and about Mr. KENNEDY in particular, producing a revolver from his pocket, he said, ‘We have completed our work in America - now we shall be returning to Egypt." HASSAN is in no doubt that this remark referred to the assassination, 6G) . "By the end of the evening TEWFIQ was fairly drunk and insisted on staying the night. As HASSAN and his wife were frightened by his manner, they complied with his demand, and a bed was made up in one of the rooms. TEWFIQ left early the next morning and HASSAN has not seen him since. Two letters and a photo were found in the flat by HASSAN, evidently left behind by TEWFIQ; the letters, in Arabic, contain nothing of interest, while the photo, showing TEWFIQ talking to a young girl, is, according to HASSAN, a reasonably good likeness, (s "The police have made inquiries and they state that . TEWFIQ is known to his Egyptian and other Arab acquaintances as TEWFIQ SHAWKI EL-HADIDI and was understood to be or to have been a Captain in the Egyptian Army and to be now working as an Intelligence Officer. According to further information, so far unverified, he was in the U. 8S. a short while ago, He is also believed to have a brother, ALI SHAWKI EL-HADIDI, who may be an official at the UAR Embassy in Vienna, GS) = 2 | oeECRED DoclId: 3271276074 Page 9
{ Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107>>°°"™ Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 Lon 62-359 CWBérn S-CREE} "There is no record of TEWFIQ SHAWKI EL-HADIDI having come to this country".(S DoclId: 3271276074 Page 10