AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER:  124-10178-10088 RECORD SERIES: LA ; AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 89-75-41, 42, 43 ORIGINATOR: FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECT: DOCUMENT _ TYPE: ORIGINAL CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW_DATE: STATUS COMMENTS: WKssassination Records Ollection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#: NW 53025 Date: u5-22-2017 DOCUMENT INFORMATION FBI SAC, SF DIRECTOR, FBI 11/22/1963 8 SEE FBI 62-109060-590, 1533 AND 89-43-472 PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 12/06/1996 Redact RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (4) INC 2 TTY, A/T HW 53025 Docld:32173769 Page 1 NEW CLASSIFICATION: UPDATE DATE: Released under the John Kennedy 02/12/2001
a. ot co ” ee ER 2-13-86) “ oo . | Oe @ . Date: 11/22/63 — Transmit the following in ______ __ PLAIN TEXT ae - (Type in plain text or code) Via_____‘TELETYPE. URGE TO: DIRECTOR | - SAC, SAN FRANCISCO . (89- 58) | FROM: SAC, LOS ANGELES (89-new) “UNSUBS. ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F, KENNEDY, ASSAULTING OR KILLING FEDERAL OFFICER. RE SAN FRANCISCO TEL TO' ‘BUREAU TODAY. | GEORGE JOSEPH Kye, JR. FIRST CAME. TO ATTENTION OF LOS ANGELES OFFICE DURING INVESTIGATION OF WILLIAM POTTER GALE, AKA. RM, SEE REPORTS SA HARRY L. GRIFFIN _ DATED JULY TWENTY FOUR AND OCTOBER ELEVEN LAST, BUFILE SIX TWO DASH ONE: ‘ZERO FIVE TWO FIVE THREE, SAN FRANCISCO FILE ONE FIVE ‘SEVEN DASH ‘THREE ONE ZERO. JAMES KEMBLE ‘LA ‘FLEUR MENTIONED REFERENCED REPORTS: ‘BEING CONSIDERED. AS ‘PCL BY’ ‘LOS ANGELES, BUREAU. REFERENCE’ LOS ANGELES IETTER TO: BUREAU CAPTIONED JAMES KEMBLE LA. FLEUR OCTOBER THIRTY ONE LAST. | INFORMATION RE. KING FURNISHED are, LOS: ANGELES BY LETTER JULY SIXTEEN Last. KING "ARRESTED BY ATTY WHEN St, A naeee “ED L. 1 - 157-697 . oe eee) OE 1 ~ 157-571 | guint Ge 1 ~ 137-3741’ g | | | me HLG:mjg (4) ree FILED . on Approved: ._}} Y : Sent Of ow ' Per< oe Special Agent in Charge : HW 53025 Docld:321735769 Page 2?
URGENT 11-22-63 6-46 PM (MUM | TO DIRECTOR AND SAC, SAN FRANCISCO /89- 587, FROM SAC, LOS ANGELES - /89-NEW/ 2P UNSUBS, ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN Fe KENNEDY, ASSAULTING OR KILLING FEDERAL OFFICER. RE SAN FRANCISCO TEL_TO BUREAU TODAYo {George JOSEPH Kf, JR. FIRST CAME TO ATTENTION. OF LOS’ ANGELES OFFICE DURING INVESTIGATION OF WILLIAM POTTER GALE, AKA. RM. SEE REPORTS SA HARRY Le GRIFFIN DATED JULY TWENTY FOUR AND OCTOBER ELEVEN. LAST, BUFILE SIX TWO DASH ONE ZERO. FIVE TWO FIVE. THREE, SAN FRANCISCO FILE ONE FIVE SEVEN. DASH THREE ONE ZERO. JAMES KEMBLE LA FLEUR MENTIONED REFERENCED REPORTS BEING CONSIDERED AS PCI BY LOS ANGELES. BUREAU REFERENCE LOS ANGELES LETTER To BUREAU CAPTIONED JAMES KEMBLE LA FLEUR OCTOBER THIRTY ONE LASTe INFORMATION RE LING FURNISHED ATTU,. LOS ANGELES. SEAROMED BY LETTER JULY SIXTEEN LAST. KING ARRESTED BY ATTU WHEN CREED END PAGE ONE a a — ,, aw 53025 Docld: 327173769 Page 3
HW 53025 - 11/22/63 AIRTEL AIR MAIL : SAC, DALLAS FROM: SAC, LOS ANGELES (89-75) RE: ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY DALLAS, TEXAS 11/22/63 ASSAULTING OR KILLING FEDERAL OFFICER For information of Dallas, San Francisco by teletype 11/22/63 advised the Bureau and Los Angeles as follows: BOB STRAND, Reporter, UPI, advised today he had received information from an anonymous source that one - GEORGE JOSEPH KING, JR. of Long Beach, California, allegedly the son of a retired admiral and who had been arrested on a charge of illegally selling machine guns, had been involved — with several others in a conversation during 8/19/63, wherein KING and the others discussed the possibility of killing the President. The conversation was supposed to have taken ‘place in the Long Beach area and KING is supposed to reside somewhere in Southern California near Los Angeles. Los Angeles requested to determine KING's present location and advise Secret Service of the alleged threat. Also advise Bureau as to the results of check. 2 - Dallas ‘Le Los Angeles WGSimjg (3) DoclId:32173769 Page 4 | ; oe SG- 75 - 4 3
soy 8 ' . a oa o 2 t) LA 89-75 The following teletype was sent by Los Angeles to the Director ang San Francisco at 6:46 P.M., 11/22/63: GEORGE JOSEPH KING, JR. first came to attention of aka. RM. See reports SA HARRY L. GRIFFIN dated Los Angeles Office during investigation of she va 4 and 10/11/63, Bufile 62-105253, San Francisco file 157-310, ut UA.FLRUR..mentioned referenced reports JAMES... KEMB : being considered as PCI by Hios Angeles. Bureau reference +, ” eles letter to Bureau Captioned JAMES KEMBLE LA FLEUR, 10/31/63. Ll, ATTU Agent. At time ve arrest KING gave’ employer/as Wadell and Reed, 9301 Wilshire Bivd., Los Angeles, the firm by wuich GALE is employed, KING described ag white, male, born 8/14/33, Norfolk, Virginia, 6', 175 pounds, brown hair, blue eyes, address 1404 East Second Street, Long Beach, California, Reported to be Sraduate of Annapolis And son of retired Information re KING in referenced tel and descriptive info telephonically furnished to Secret Service Los Angeles today and info confirmed by letterhead memo, HW 53025 Letterhead memo being submitted, | No further action being taken by Los Angeles, - O -2. DoclIda: 327173769 Page 5