JFK Assassination System Identification Form Date: 6/4/2015 —_— 8333333101111 rE Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: 124-90116-10162 RECORD SERIES: MM AGENCY FILENUMBER:  105-4921-124 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: LA TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 03/09/1965 “PAGES: 4 SUBJECTS : MINUTEMEN ‘DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 08/10/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : AT -_oo SO oO Oe eee v9.1 HW 45880 DocId:32334456 Page 1
1965 CONFIYENTIAL MAR 9 - ALRTEL . - ATR MAIL TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (62-107261) FROM:: SAC, LOS ANGELES (62-5101) RE: RICHARD B. COTTEN, aka. . Richard B. Cotton RM . Glassified by : "MINUTEMEN" . Declassity on: INFORMATION CONCERNING (INTERNAL SECURITY) — Re Los Angeles teletypes to the Bureau, pee leachaseivtep REIN dated 3/6 and 8/55. Miami teletype to the BureaU,pearcrAn dated 3/5/65. EXCEPIANERE SHOWN Enclosed for the Bureau are eight copies of a letterhead memorandum concerning captioned matters. Enclosed for the Miami Office are two xerox copies of Los Angeles airtels to the Bureau dated 3/2/65 and 2/26/65 captioned "UNSUP, THEFT OF DYNAMITE, BUREAU OF WATER AND POWER, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, 4:00 A.M. - 2/25/65, POSSIBLE BOMBING MATTER; KIETH DWAYNE GILBERT, aka. INFORMATION CONCERNING’ and "UNKNOWN SUBJECT; THEFT OF DYNAMITE, BUREAU OF WATER AND POWER, Los Angeles, California, 4:00 A.M. - 2/25/65, POSSIBLE BOMBING MATTER" respectively and two letterhead memoranda concerning these matters. This information is being furnished Miami for information purposes, 3 - Bureau (Enclis.-8 RM) DECLASIICE BY S5.G0K, DME 2 - Atlanta (Encls.- ON Ya 47 (ZEK ena 2 - Chicago (Encls.-2)(RM cee Rt centre a ELS ew eens 2 - Jackson (Encls,-2 — a oa - ; 2) _ (2 - Miami (Encls, ’ ae) - “uy /2.4 2 - New Orleans (Ene S.-2)(RM 2 - San Antonio (Encls.-2}(RM SEARCHED . NDEXED 2- (7 Angeles Pes 1 - 157-Dead)(RICHARD COTTEN) MAR 1 ‘1 1965 t9B}°as FBI — MIAMI | 6X . ut yell MY 51 CONFIDENTIAL \ HW 45860 DocId:32334456 Page 2 JOS- Y2LG/-f2 of
CONFI DENTIAL ne LA 62-5101 7 A copy of this letterhead memorandum is being furnisned to ATTU, Los Angeles, FIO, Los Angeles, OSI, Maywood, RegionII, Pasadena and Secret Service, Los Angeles, as it appears that all of these Government Agencies have an N, interest in captioned matter. A copy is being furnished San Diego for information inasmuch as information is set forth in the next paragraph which may be of interest to the San Diego Office. San Diego by letter to_Portland dated 9/19/56 with copies to Los Angeles captioned POTENTIAL OTHER 4 SECURITY INFORMANT" requested recipient offices to search indices conceming relatives of this individual who was under development by the San Diego Office. RICHARD B. COTTEN, 1821 - 18th Street, Bakersfield, California, was shown as a son. Los Angeles has no information as to the results of this inquiry by the San Diego Office. This letterhead memorandum is classified confidential as it contains information from LA 4486-R, the unauthorized disclosure of which could reasonably result in the identifica- tion of a confidential informant of continuing value and compromise future effectiveness thereof. Mr. DAVID MARLIN, Bakersfield, California, furnished information to SA KENNETH W. BROWN. SA CONRAD N. SHAW caused a search to be made of the records of the Credit Bureau of Bakersfield, Bakersfield Police Department and the Kern County Sheriff's Office. \ Mr. KEITH D. THOMPSON, Post Office, Inspector's Office, Bakersfield, furnished information to SA WAYNE J, MORRISON, SA HARRY L. GRIFFIN caused a search to be made of the arrest records of ‘the Los Angeles Police Department. First: Source is LA 4486-R (134-1038-4) | ~2- CONFIDNTIAL } a — ! HW 45880 DoclId:32334456 Page 3
CONFIUSATIAL mo LA 62-5101 econd source is HARVEY B. SCHECHTER, Anti-Defamation League, B'nai B'rith 590 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, California (Requested) W(u) Third Source is KEITH D, THOMPSON, Personnel Office a Postal Inspectors Office Bakersfield, Califormia tpeemes adyisapie} Location instant Fourth source is CSLA 3184-S (Location instant) Files of the Los Angeles Office disclose no other pertinent identifiable information than that contained in this letterhead memorandum concerning the following: EDNA BUSTER “Committee of Christian Laymen of Kern County, California Conservative Viewpoint MADELYN M, COTTEN RICHARD B, COTTEN, aka. Richard B. Cotton RICHARD HOSKINS ANNE LEREICK (DEREICK) (illegible) | EVELYN SCHROEDER _ | - 3. | ~ CONTIN HAL HW 45880 DocId:32334456 Page 4