| Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote} ATES 11-14-7017 ; ( x ~— are ites . 5 y UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE oe Pe ; FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535. ., — August 17, 1964 ALE INFORMATION. CONTAINE hee oo 4 LO . x * HERE IS UNCLASSIFIED: : : | . MARK LANE | EXCEPT WHERE SHOWN : Ms . ’ on REE . . So On August 5, 1964/ T-1 a confidential source abroad, eG furnished information. as féllows: oe MARK LANE entered Denmark April 9, 1964, from Rome and stayed at the Hotel Royai .i _in/Copenhagen on April 9 and 10, 1964, On April 16, 1964,“Hé ré-eitéred™ Dofmark from oS po London, England, and he stayed at the Hotel 4 isnetoen on | po April 16 and 17, 1964, and at “the Hotel. 1 Sko iderkroen, on | - April 17, and 18, 1964, (¢) i] ; an vA On April 10, 1964, LANE delivered a lecture to the Students' Union in Copenhagen coneerning the assassination of i President Kennedy. In this regard, T~1 advised that a known a i. '. Danish communist, JORGEN THLE RD, SACOBSEN, a lawyer, born | a a April 11, 1919, took the initiative in n forming a Danish committee for the main purpose of obtaihing information on the continued. - — investigations into the assassination, Further, this committee 7 intends to have transiated and published a book which LANE is . oo ' writing on LEE HARVEY OSWALD's’ part or innocence in the murder. © Boe JACOBSEN and LANE’ became acquainted sometime ago when. . | ae attending the Congress of, ‘the International Association, of... . Democratic Li Lawye yore in. Bu@apest and they intend to continue the contact, as “as NM RK LANE will supply the Danish Committee with all new material on the assassination. (c oe While in Denmark, MARK LANE was interviéwed on April 28 me 1964, for eight minutes by the Danish State Television Service. ) so In the middle of May, T-1 receiyéd Ynformation that an ‘MARK LANE intended to visit Denmark again and during the after Dope noon of May 25, 1964, in Copenhagen he reeeerne a lecture at a meeting organized by the VWawyers' De ati Club. On the evening of May 25, 1964, 1) “ Aarhuse” Denn see “LANE delivered a lecture to a meeting orgahized by the Students! Association and: 7 ' ee the gaily paper vex “Denoxraten."(U aR _ S - eet oop mes : 100- 00-10461. ~ 1 137 7 dah by 7302.00)" Cn a -SEARCHED: .ascu,INDEXED «ZZ, ST rn oYp I SERIALIZED , vei Sesty am BADR in wf declass#fidation ~ Excluded Yronm automatic downgrad and =o | (2 BREE “gee . FBI DALLAS “sn, ts on ety Deane: easy eH eewerererinmcmessn wetness nity tireanectn syscnmitgeg Se diareeha abe i ina ointment end eaten yma haa gee pte DoclId: 327114403 Page 3
Released under the dou : nedy Hesassination Records 4 aged | he Wohn F. “Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (47 SC S107 Hote) at (sc S107 Hote). |= -DAIE: aa-técn037 — aan JO CONFIDENTIAL = Nw! Be -]1 advised that these lectures were similar to soos . his previous ones in that LANE gave an account of his i arena oo. dnquiries since the assassination in November and showed 7 er: why in his opinion OSWALD could not have been the assassin. (C) ; aa LANE also stated during the lectures that he had r “0.4 wisited Dallas, Texas, five times; that he was under sur= Pa as ony. wedllance by the FBI, which tapped his telephones, and that. oc... |. ol he was happy to have the opportunity of pleading the cause’. bw “. s gn Europe as he had gained the impression. that this was vo peing reported by the press in the United States. (@ 7 : woe LANE's comprehensive material on the assassination, SS reportedly has been placed at the disposal of the Danish mo, nr Mark Lane Committee for the purpose of early publication. (2) a vo an, On May 26, 1964, LANE departed Copenhagen for Sweden, 47... France and England, where he was also to deliver lectures. (C, coo! ‘ ae T-1 advised that Who Killed Kennedy Committees oo yo , have been established on LANE’s initiative in Copenhagen, Jos .¢..» Paris and London, all with prominent personalities as _ f 0 s-. members. ( (V a a | ee According to T-1, LANE returned to the United States. en ee eg ek ey . 7 : | he “2 4 a if met, DoclId: 327114403 Page 4