AGENCY INFORMATION Released under the John . Kennedy : : Wssassination Records AGENCY: FBI : Ollection Act of 1992 RECORD NUMBER: _ 124-10249-10164 (44 USC 2107 Note). RECORD SERIES: NY ase#:NW 53025 Date: AGENCY FILE NUMBER:  105-38431-555 ORIGINATOR: FROM: TO: Wo-22-2017 TITLE: | DATE: PAGES: SUBJECT: ' ‘DOCUMENT TYPE: ORIGINAL CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW_DATE: STATUS COMMENTS: DOCUMENT INFORMATION FBI HEGARTY. JOHN EDWARD SAC. NY 02/26/1964 3 LANE, MARK, ACT, SURVEILLANCE PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT NEW Unclassified CLASSIFICATION: 09/24/1996 UPDATE DATE: 02/14/2001 Redact RESTRICTIONS: JEK Act 6 (4) HW 53025 DBocld:321386954 Page 1
4 . 2 é ¥ “UNITED STATES. cova “M E MO R ANDUM To: “sac, NEW YORK (100-117844) DATE: 2/26/64 FROM: SA JOHN EDWARD HEGARTY (#312) SUBJECT: MARK LANE | - © ONS. ae ecnassrriHe 82.9 (lo nde é phef le -: SM - Cc 4 On 1/28/64, [iv 3164-S} orally advised SA JOHN . EDWARD HEGARTY that on’ the 64-5} ng of 1/24/64, a Mili- tant Labor Forum sponsored by the New York Local of the - Socialist Workers Party (SWP) held a forum at the Henry ison Hotel, 353 West 57th Street, New York, New York. [NY 3164-5 Sladvisea that the main speaker as the | . oy forum S MARK LANE, the attorney for the mother of LEE HARVEY OSWALD. The informant advised that over 800 persons were in attendance at the forum, although only a little’. more than $260.00 was taken up at.a collection to aid - the mother of OSWALD, 1~100-97078 (SWP, New York Local) 1-100-115461 (ELEANOR FERRY 1-100-118453 (FRED HALSTEAD ~ 2-100-147485 (VICKIE MORRIS 1-100-135302 -(JIM ROBERTSON 1-100-14557 LYNN ROBERTSON ) 1-100-14874. KEN SHILMAN) - 1-105-46028 (KEITH KERN) 1-100333468 (ELI FINER) | 1-100-60713 (Tass) | 1-100-93572 ("National guardian") Wy250- 80079 HARRY RING 12105-38431 (LEE OSWALD . 1-J,00-133479 (YSA) a, oo oe 134-563 Inv.) . 7 : ae Seem A gh cee i YN 6) ST i vents 2 , SEARCHED epee | _ Pee ay ! SERIAL upen.— ac 2iLED Sea, aad evant 7 ress . (S04, 7 a 1 4 - BEI NEW YORK" co HW 53025 Docld:32188954 Page 2
HW 53025 CONROE HAL | NY 100-117844 on aus NY 3164-Sl’advised that among those attending the forum*whose identity is known to the informant were the following: HARRY RING, who was the moderator KGEANOR FERRY FRED HALSTEAD Rabbi KURT FLEISHER VICKIE MORRIS JAMES ROBERTSON LYNN ROBERTSON KENNETH SHILMAN © KEITH KERN ELI FINER NY 3164-g] Advised that the forum was well at- tended by SWP and YSA members. The informant advised that while talking to a member of the YSA, whose identity is not known to the ~ informant, the YSA member advised that KENNETH SHILMAN has been transferred to the West Coast. Informant further advised that ELI FINER was recording MARK LANE's speech. The informant further advised that FRED HALSTEAD mentioned to the informant that two of the individuals seated at the press table were associated with the Tass News Agency in New York City. The informant advised that at the forum, it was announced that the "National Guardian" was going to spon~ sor a tour by MARK LANE and OSWALD's mother, which would vogue at Town Hall in New York City on February 18, 19 DoclId: 37188954 Page 3
\4 HW 53025 eo @ Pio M Gh. uA CLL AF (A) NY 3164-Sladvised that during his talk, MARK LANE discussed only those matters that have previously been made public and he furnished no new information that had not previously been contained in his article in the "National Guardian", The informant advised that although LANE was scheduled to play tapes of his inter- views with OSWALD's mother, LANE indicated that he could not play the tapes because there now exists a client- counsel relationship between he and Mrs. OSWALD. NY 100-117844 [yy 3164-s EVI a that in a conversation with HARRY RING, RING indicated that the SWP publication "The Militant" wanted to run an ad in the "New York Post" on 1/23/64 and 1/24/64, but although the ad° was accepted, the editorial board of the "New York Post" subsequently refused to accept the ad... RING further advised that someone from the SWP had spoken to JAMES WESCHLER, a member of the editorial board, about the newspaper not accepting the ad; but WESCHLER stated that he couldrot give an answer or reasonibr the refusal. According to the informant, MARK LANE has suggested that The Militant Labor Forum sue the "New York Post" for loss of revenue. DoclId: 37188954 Page 4