SECRET | sexsi. cunces ano | oy, ¥aces papers se Fn apnt meANGAME I ow ine satan MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. J. Loe Renkka SIBTLCT: Aneuysaoas Telephone Calis te United States Eoabeoey im Casherra, Auctralia, Relative ta Pisaned Assessination of President Reanedy Service made By CLA. a. Gm 24 Nowenber 1965, C1A received from the Departenent of the Navy 6 copy of « cable from the Navel Atteche in Canberra, Aestvalta (26 67327, Top Seerst, leter dawagraded to Secret), reporting « telephone converention the previous day with an apenymous ladividesl whe had ceseribed Kimaalf aa a Pollak chaufieayr for the Seviet Embassy to thet city. Thie indivicest, while diac aesing several outers ee pani ehiy interest, teached atsassination of Fresident Kemuedy . Reference wan made in this cable te the receipt of a aissllar saceymous telephone call en 1% Grteber 1962. 2. Upom receipt of this cable from Navy CEA took the following action: a. Cabled to Caab@rra eeking full details of the tclopione conversation ef 23 Reveraber and he call made on 15 Cetober 19673. Ht cheald be noted that CLA Bad not previously knowa of the 1962 telephone call. 7 te otf , * ~ 3 if if Tat ¢ ¢ 4 rd Teeeae 2 oa Fa WARNING | NOTICE
13-00000 W. 'NG NOTICE SENSITivc SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED &. GherCls. Station te a: TS. on LT November. furnished ali available information on the 1962 telephone call. It appears that source on thet occasion stated thet “Iron Curtain Countries” plasneé to pay a hundred thoesand dollars for the ansacevimetion of President Kennedy. ec. On 27 November, the GE.’ aon complete dotutl oe tae camnyeoaa tstephaas gu or 23 Movambar 1967. a. Cn 29 Nevember, GiA inseminated thie infermetion, a9 supplied by its Cauberrs: 8, tothe “kite Houses, Departarent of State, and Federal Burena of Investigetion, with a copy to the Secret Service. A cepy of this diasemination im its exact text le attached te this memorandum . . : bert era) aia foe diecaneles af the Sian aniherities, the caller WEE & ee aah. in any event, they were — able to “identi ty any Polich employee of the Soviet Embassy, the automebile described by the caller 2¢ the ene he drove, ar the Heense plate number given by him. No farther lafermeation on thiz cali has been received. Available ovidence would tent to chew that the caller was some type of crank. This ceaclusion. hovevar, cannot be comfirmed. *. Please mote that the aefere of the information in this memoracdam and ite attachment requires the are of 4 soneltivity Richard Helme Deputy Directer for Plane SENSITIVE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED
13-00000 \, NING NOTICE seni ve SOURCES AND: METHODS INVOLVED. countries." 3. On 23 Hevember 8963 xapast 1963, the day afer the asenesination qf F res honnedy amd qver a year ates the Grat telephene ceil, a ean bellaved to be the same parson: aed the ageitt end spoke to the acviched Mayel Attache. The caiter reer ee 108 000 antlers tec the axntecuamun af Peatianan Kematy. + Giving whet he claimed wore farther detaits about the would have been in early Hovesaber 1963) he was present when on Australiag man, 38 to 40 yours old, end tall, wan Gispatched by - the Soviets te the United Stetes carrying in cuse about 35 to 40 coutimeters long, 56 contimeters high. and 6.5 centimeters wide. The same Vasyl Two was used in seme connection with this man. He was put on a plone in Sydney and while the caller drove the two. Seviet escests back to Canberra, their shertwave radio in the car was going constantly. A shortwave radio waa going in the Embacey WARNING NOTICE | SENSITIVE SOURCES AND | METHODS INVOLVED J
13-00000 . : | cS, . SECRET _ ; WARNING NOTICE Cb _ . " g SENSITIVE SOURCES AND bo | METHODS INVOLVED COG Giza) he added thay offen chenge platen. ‘have itty sate in rasarve, sad com change thom be five enemas. ote Moe) amecbe sbine tesecious Meme ¥. Tho caller spehe geod Kuglish and bie aceant and vaiee did not change throughout the conversation, so it was aesumed that he calloy to be a cron, The sal that Svinte fn antl aoe. WARNING NOTICE Excluded (rom automatic SENSITIVE SOURCES AND eeacatttien METHODS INVOLVED | SECRET