JFK Assassination System Identification Form Date: 6/8/2015 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 : Agency Information FBI t 124-90005-10018 HQ 105-126101-NR Document Information FBI DL HQ. 11/02/1966 2 JOSEPH MOLINA PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 . Redact 09/16/1997 INDEFINITE AT Released under the John Kennedy Wssassination Records ollection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#: NW 54462 Date: 1O-O4-2017 Pal a ee OO — err v9.1 HW 54462 DBocld: 32322756 Page 1
Oo OOF 11/2/86 AIRTEL TG: DIRECTOR, FBI ot BNR g ; FROM: SAC, DALLAS pechasy a aie | Fr - a ; FiJES yy. eames Re: WILLIAM JAMES LOVERY aka. 5 yw Pee Former DL-2-S pare ‘ _ (Bufile 100--385617) (SLPile 134-3) {P} oe RODRIGUEZ” BOLINA Su - C APPROPRIATE AGE (Bufiie 105-126191) _ AND FIELD|CTY {DLfile 100-8847) (C) | ee ADVISED DYN SLIP(S) Y OG - DALLAS gf DATE Re Dallas airtel to Breas, 5/14/64, captioned: “JOSEPR RODRIGUEZ MOLINA, S-C Former security informant WILLIAM JAMES LOWERY, JF., oo L1/1 and 2/56 advised SA EDWIN D. KUYKENDALL that he was coutacted at noon on 11/1/56 and later that day by DALE SIMPSON (former Special Agent, FBI), of the private investigative firm named Dale Simpson and Associates, First National Bank . Building, Dallas. SISPSON told him his firs is doing invezti- ) _ 2 gative work for the defendants (Columbia Broadcasting System by JGE MOLINA, Dallas. The civil action seeks damages for cox defamation of MOLINA's character from television publicity ~ XL véleased shortly after President KENNEDY's assassination.. SIMPSON desires LOWERY to testify for the defense | when that case comes to trinl in state court in Dallas, possibly in about 3060 days. Defense through LOWERY's testimony seeka to establish MOLINA's membership and activities in the Dallas ‘Chapter of The American G. I. Forum during the first 14 er 2 years (1954 to 1986) of existence of that chapter, during which % 5 — Bureau CRM) - C0 i ENT [AL hy LOE ° G - 100-385617) { FA ii [ OS 4 & df of — (2)— 1054126101) q RECORDED 2 SaPlas (2 - 154-3) \ 1BSNO, EB yose mn mi ra HW 54462 DBocld:32322756 Page 2? (CBS) aad Dallas television station ERLD) in a law suit prought —
Sy a 2 °F oO DL 134-3 ra time it was under the control and domination of Dallas Communist Party (CP) members. LOWERY stated the defense also will attempt to develop through his testimony some evidence that would tend to show NOLINA had some knowledge of the CP connection with the Dallas chapter of G. I. Forum. LOWERY understood MOLINA'’s attorney is OTTO HULLINAZ, Pallas. SIHPSON told LOWERY that CBS is represented by a fira. of attorneys; the full firm name not recalled by LOWERY, but included the names cf CANDLE, GGOTCH, and several other names. . LOWERY believes it is a Fort Worth, Texas, law firm. ERLD is - represented by an attorney identified as PAT PATTERSON, Dallas, by SIRPSON. - The above is furnished for the Bureau's information. for its further information, DALE SIMPSON ard Associates is the firm in which WILLIAM &. MURPHY, former SAC ef the Dallas FBI Offices, is currently employed. MURPHY in 1955 and 1956 was personally supervising security and security informant type cases } in the Pallas Office and should be well aware of the identities ~ k of CP members and Bureau informantssduring that period of time. It is to be noted that the names of DL-6-S and DL~-1-8, current informants, could possibly be disciosed in the trial of the above described law suit gince these two informants,as well as LOWERY, were then CP members reporting on CP matters.| (Vw My BOrk LOVERY plans to testify for the defense in that law i suit. He advised he would keep the Dallas Gffies advised con- cerning any pertinent new developments. HW 54462 Docld:32322756 Page 3