“Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 U8 3i07 Hotey. DATE: 11-14-2017 _ _ {+ ‘ RAE es, (7 | | CONFIDATIAL ° SAC, BIRMINGHAM (157-1395) 1a/21fes wv ! : a y (wn bf si £27 i wa 204 J. fe ot aaa va SAC, WFO (157-750) (RUC) ti AE ing subject. A review of the WFO indices disclosed the fellowing information pertaining to the subject. Baltimore Teletype to Bureau, 11/22/63, entitled, ee 4 ; et : “~< | Tey Pied eh Ep RH ReUrlet dated 10/22/65, regarding information concern~ \ \ IN \ \ ai | , AlN Miscellaneous Information Concerning the Assassination of : Ge yO] President KENNEDY, set forth that Mra. NELLIS DRUMMOND, 7 ; 1c: Greig Street, Apartment 27E, Seat Pleasant, Maryland, furniahed ©) Cr ~~ 8 information pertaining to an individuai claiming to a Nazi. FT sos She advised that she had overheard this individual making 3 pa 7 Se statements expressing catinfnction cme ee event ot nee Cit Eh also, was repo 8s 8 ings z ples B to then Vice-President JOHNSON, “We will have to wai him too”. a BIS It was noted on the communication that JOHN Secret §=S8 Service, Washington, D. C., waa appraised of the V8. | Jai oo . CRA The above individual overheard by DRUMMOND making the | above statements was identified thro the tag number of hig 4 automobile as being LESTER FREDERICK » 5824 St, Clair | Drive, Prince Geerges County, Maryland. | | OB. WFO letter to Secret Service, 12/5/63, regarding the i: \ Asséssination, confirmed the above information related by DRUPBOND | £4 > concerning DOPTERRER's statements. | Ere Bulet to WPO, 4/3/59, captioned, WOFENS: George S26  Lineoln Reckwell-RM, FREDERICK DOTTERRER = 22 (no copy to Richmond) sete forth that DOPPERRER telephonically =2° contacted the Bureau on % » @dvising that he had besn | =32 ousted from the American'Nazi Party. He stated that he had | EY been expelled ag the result of a rifle being stolen fron ROCKWELL | £5° and ROCKWELL considered him a prige suspect. He desired Burcen | =#% assistance in establishing his innocence. 9 = Richmond info} Ene. 3) im oe KY ee dy = Baltimore (Info) (mmc. 3]! Dp a) HK. _ | RCC sgih ) conga qeempopyy aa DoclId:327141085 Page 2?
“Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (if Usv FiUT Weer: RATE: 411~14-2017 < WFO 157-750 Bulet further noted that he had been discharged te from the Army in 1945, following a neuropsychiatric examination which disclosed a chronic anxiety state. It would appear that DOTTERRER maybe somewhat mentally unstable. ty | on 4/1/59, former WF 1022-C(RA@advised SA ELMER TODD» that a meeting of WUFENS on 3/31/59, was attended by "Lester _ Sharp (real name Dotterer)" . This source further advised on 3/25/59; that ‘ROCKWELL Suspected, DOTTERER as stealing a rifle. On 3/19/59, DOTTERRER appeared at WFO and advised SA F, B. MC GIVERN that he had lost his job'at the Naval Gun Factory by reason of reduction in forae. He stated that he had applied for work at other agencies and firms and had been | turned down because of some derogatory information, At this. “time he indicated a hatred for "Jews", He stated it was the B'Nai B'rith and other Jewish organizations which were causing him his trouble, “On 3/19/59, Captain RAYMOND S. COLE, Assistant Chief of the Arlington County Police, Arlington, Virginia, identified mo ‘LESTER FREDERICK DOTTERRER, 229 Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E., & Washington, D. Cos as being at American Nazi Panty Headquarters on that date. | “WFO airtel and LEM, 7/8/58A€captioned(Legation: of mang WDC-IS emany§)set forth information concerning DOTTERRER Information emanating from a very sensitive source which is a ssified "confidential for dissemination because it reflects. the Bureau's vestigative interest infa foreign diplomatic establi snmengfona since information furnished if disclosed could , , | ' reasonably result in identification of a confidential informant . of continuing value and compromise ‘future effectiveness thereof). DOTTERRER contacted the [Ye an Legationfar 7/2/58; . . and advised that h ed to go tof{Yeman/fin order to be of help to the Avabs (B2* - s)- On 7/1/58, _ DOTTERRER contacted SALEM BADER, President, United Stat rab-Asian Institute. BADER described DOTTERRER -as follows Un. He resides at 229 Pennsylvania. a oe “He is a sincere Person, is Pro-Arab an Docld:32141065 Page 3
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Re DATE: 11-14-2017 ™ WFO 157-750 _ - Bureau, Ine., by IC GARY L, WOOD determined that as of 1961, _LESTER F. DOTTERRER, 5824 St, Clair Drive, Hillcrest Heights, _ Washington, D. Cc, that LESTER FREDERICK DOTTERRER, born 9/7/11, had D. C, operators Hillcrest Heights, Maryland. be made of the files of the Prince Georges County, Maryland, oO _ Police Department, and determined that LESTER FREDERICK DOTTERRER, © born SA « - _? i oo . 1 Se did not like the U.S, DOTTERRER is: an expert engineer, expert mechanic and had been working for the U.S. for a number of years; Had n fighting Zionism for fifteen years, (@w) _ On 7/1/58, DOTTERRER contacted the[¥eman io, oll and advised them that he was ashamed of being an American A check of The Credit Bureau, Ine., on 7/8/58, disclosed that his age was 44, he was married to AMALIA, and "was employed as a mechanic at the Naval Gun Factory, Washington, _ On 11/29/65, a check of the files of The Credit Maryland, was married to his third wife, AMALIA, and had no ” eredit rating. He formerly resided at 229 Pennsylvania Avenue, ° S.E., and was formerly employed by the Naval Gun: Factory, , 0n 11/26/65, IC KENNETH SHAFFER determined froma .__ check of the files of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD): license and as of 2/1/62, resided at 5824 St. Clair Drive, S.E,, On 11/19/65, IC WILLIAM H, LYERLY caused a search to. ll, Pittsburgh, Pa., resided at 5824 St.Clair Drive, Hillcrest Heights, Maryland, in January, 1963. He was charged with assault 1/13/63. The atepesetion record showed that he--was- | vas- found to be "Not Guilty" on 1/14/63. ‘These police records — showed record of two traffic violations during 1963, and 1964, °° “ A check of the following criminal records during November, disclosed no record pertaining to DOTTERRER:. U. S. Park Police; Fairfax County Police Department, Fairfax, Va.; Alexandria Police Department, Alexandria, Va.; Arlington Police Department, Arlington, Va.; , Montgomery County Police Department, Montgomery County, — Maryland. « La pariah Docld:32141085 Page 4 Saget seat ST Es
Released under the John, E.,,Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1952 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2099 _ “TUNITED STATES ( VeRNMENT on Memorandum a? To SAC, WASHINGTON FIELD OFFICE)’ .\\- pare; October 22, 1965 \7 : ‘ af, / = / \g Via 4S / . _ FROM Effron, BIRMINGHAM (157-1398) (RUC), Ai! . SS oP ds yee suBjEcT: _,)7 LESTER FREDERICK DOTTERRER Sn iO” RACIAL MATTERS jp. 77 \yor? Opty we ~ a. et? oa 7 wire 2 J Enclosed for the New Orleans and Washington Field Office is one copy each of an FD-302 reflecting interview with LESTER FREDERICK DOTTERRER, Birminghan, Alabama, on June 12, 1965, and one photograph for each division of LESTER FREDERICK DOTTERRER, DOTTERRER, when interviewed on June 12, 1965, advised that he left Washington, D. C. about four weeks prior to June 12, 1965, hitchhiked to Montgomery, Alabama, and contacted retired Admiral JOHN G, CROMMELIN, CROMMELIN referred DOTTERRER to Dr. EDWARD R. FIELDS, Information Director, National States Rights Party, Birmingham, Alabama, and DOTTERRER subsequently contacted FIELDS and told FIELDS how the FBI had "harassed" him. FIELDS, in turn, referred DOTTERRER to THOMAS E, BLANTON, JR., Birmingham, Alabama, since BLANTON was on the "Committee to Stop Federal Harassment." DOTTERRER contacted BLANTON during the latter part of May, 1965, and assisted BLANTON in picketing the FBI office in Birmingham, Alabama, on June 12, 1965. DOTTERRER advised that he is extremely anti-Jewish and anti-Negro, believes President JOHNSON should be removed from office,and classified himself as a member of the "lunatic right-wing." DOTTERRER denied ‘beige a member of or ever having been a member of the Ku Klux Klan, American Nazi Party, or the National States Rights Party, and stated that he belongs to no organizations. For the information of the New Orleans Division and the Washington Field Office, the files of the Birmingham Division reflect the following references to LESTER FREDERICK DOTTERRER: ‘ . . ad A~Acy (2-Washington Field Office (Ency2)j 2-Birminghan. (1-137-1988) ALL INFORMATION caNTANED - (6) DoclId: 327141085 Page 5
| Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC Zi0T Hofer. DATE: 11-14-2017 oo 6 wy . a = BH 157-1398 i i BH 305-R on May 25, 1965, advised that an, THOMAS E. BLANTON, JR. and MITCHELL BURNS visited . aH LESTER DOTTERRER on May 24, 1965, at a rooming house , | in the area of Twelfth Avenue and 30th Street, North, '. Birmingham, Alabama. DOTTERRER told BURNS and BLANTON that he was living in Birmingham for only f a few weeks since leaving Washington, D. C., that ; he is a machinist by trade, and had to leave Washington, D. C. since he could not maintain employment in that. city due to "FBI harassment. mo .-. BH 305=R reported on June 9, 1965, that rn .. THOMAS E. BLANTON, JR. planned to use DOTTERRER to . '. picket the FBI office on June 12, 1965 and although _ BLANTON did not like or trust DOTTERRER , he felt he could still use him for picketing and similar chores. BH 305-R reported on June 13, 1965, that — My |. DOTTERRER picketed the FBI office on June 12, 1965, t carrying signs requesting the FBI to release information contained in FBI files regarding MARTIN LUTHER KING and od ' "stop. Federal harassment." | BH 305-R reported on June 15, 1965, that DOTTERRER | 7 recently arrived in Birmingham and was referred to BLANTON by DR. FIELDS, Information Director, National States Rights . Party. BLANTON indicated that DOTTERRER is a "nut" and> did not trust him, but planned to use him to picket the © . i FBI office and similar such activities. BH 305-R on Jur? 15, 16, 21, 1965, reported that BLANTON does not tiust DOTTERRER and did not intend _-to use DOTTERRER for such activities in the future. - BH 305-R on June 25-26, 1965, reported that BLANTON mentioned DOTTERRER in a joking manner, indicating that DOTTERRER was different than he, and that he did not trust DOTTERRER - . ; ; Shcaganemmurtetentcademnreicarier tere we nig ae eee fs Docld:32141065 Page 6