lon oo. ‘D NIL ) Hah Re Seer SCE gS Figeets ats aise iit! Dio AL eh ey Pema Moa Ki | ‘ ., i Hite : : AGENCY INFORMATION F : ennedy Assassination Records Ollection Act of 1992 [44 Use R107 Nore). Casef#i NW 531350 AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10103-10039 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 62-109090-47TH NR 128 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: BRANIGAN, W. A. TO: SULLIVAN, W. C. TITLE: DATE: 04/15/1964 PAGES: 2 SUBJECT: SEE FBI 105-82555-3495 DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL . NEW CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW_DATE: 06/18/1996 UPDATE DATE: 01/23/2001 STATUS Redact RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (4) COMMENTS: HW 53130 Docld:32154133 Page 1
bn Napanee eens name ween ppp emmaee a teem femur ti MInrst SEs ar sett Se at ee ee at GF * OF. OMAL FORM MO. 10 { , 9010-106 . . . - MAY ig 962 tOITION - 4 re ee os “oun. REG. NO. 27 ™e oo © UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT | — Memorandum gum pelt | TO: Mr, W. C, sullivan’ | DATE; case | 7 | cong PROM ERG We Be ® agin Presid en bS_. SUBJECT: LEE HARVEY OSWALD Commis Sida] wa pe INTERNAL SECURITY - RUSSIA ~ nim ( (omen { On 4-15-64 Inspector Malley received a call from J, Lee eon | in New York City. It will be noted that on 4-17-64 the Commission Pf contemplates interrogating functionaries of the Communist Party CP) in | | New York concerning their knowledge of Oswald. 77; ‘Mr. Rankin made reference to the report of Special Agent. i? Thomas P, Estep dated 12-18-63 at Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Rankin noted yy that the report referred to a meeting which occurred at Wheeling, do West Virginia, on 12-8-63, Mr. Rankin noted that the report was marked ~ | "Confidential" and he wanted to know if, in talking to CP people, it ‘would be satisfactory for him to ask questions concerning the details Ly: of the; ‘meeting without interfering with any of our operations, Ue SL “= The report in. questi contains information furnished by ( 4. Confidential Informan I 104-8} who advised that Arnold Johnson of C Q New York City, public relations man for the CP, gave a talk dealing 4 with the assassination of President Kennedy. The information, while a helpful, does not add anything of particular significance’ to the Oswald «=. investigation and is generally self-serving to the CP, UW : A On 4-15-64 SAC Mason advised that at the particular meeting S,, ‘\there were six other CP members present with Mr. Johnson. Three of these | were symbol number informants of the Cincinnati Office. SAC Mason advised | that these particular informants cover an area in West Virginia and Ohio where there is CP activity and, hence, these informants are ;yaluable i to the coverage of the CP establishment not only by the Cincinnati Cifice ; but by our Cleveland and Pittsburgh Offices. Furthermore, according to SAC Mason, the particular informant who reported the meeting, CI 104~S, | is the only informant who is qualified to attend the State ‘Board - |neetings “of thé Ohio CP,” Mr, Mason notedthat if Jobtison is questioned concerning this “meeting they will. obviously check fora source and this ' could -uncover. one. or all of the informants.involved. thereby. ‘seriously jeopardizing | our coverage Paasising our sore RIM 2 -(09090- & 1 NOT RECORDED ‘ 1 - Mr. Rosen RIAD © 1 - Mr. Sullivan -. 199 MAY #1 1964 ,» jd - Mr. Malley =§ lo +. aise § | 1 - Mr. Branigan J yf } F- pee : 1 - Mr. at , te a er , WAB: add \ or a) HW 53130 DoclId:32154133 Page 2?