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13-00000 TAD oe ey oo oe - ° tA ESRI Pere MERIERT TIRE RO AT ietet mae Tt TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN DCI AND MR, RANKIN, GENERAL COUNSEL OF COMMITTEE ON THE ASSASSINATION ; 12 May 1964 © é '. 2:50 PM returned DCI's call ENTE AEE EE R: if syou'd be so good as to appear personally before the Commission . and testify very briefly. Dci: Yes, I'll do that, R: Now, all they want to deal with is the question of your knowledge about Oswald being an agent or informer or anything of that character, They also would like to deal with your knowledge of i any conspiracy, either domestic or foreign and that kind of thing. We are going to have Edgar Hoover on Thursday at nine to deal pretty much with the same thing. I think we might also ask, Mr, McCone, a little bit about the question of security precautions for the President that you might suggest in a very general way, things that might have occurred to you. I;m sure you know the : President is very sensitive about that area for himself, That is, he thinks that sometimes it's just an interference with things he'd like to do, 2A OD th ORR ME UTE MPT MOT Oa HF 4 6S ene MeL OTH at DCI: Well, all Presidents think that. President Eisenhower used to complain about that all the time and so did Kennedy, R: And since this testimony is all going to be made public, I thought you might want to keep that in mind. You will have some thoughts about possibly in the domestic area or in the foreign are a or both, in that regard, that they would like to have from you. DCI: | Alright, I'd be glad to come up, R: Would 10:30 or 11:00 on Thursday be at all convenient. | DCI: Sure, that's be fine. | R: Which would you prefer? DCI: . Well, I'd prefer 10:30, I have a 12:30 luncheon. You have Mr. Hoover at 9:00/ R: I think that we should be well out of the way by then, > DCI: Well, suppose I come up at 10:30 and if you run over, well, I can just wait. Cee
13-00000 DCI: R: DCI: DCI: Fine, Where is this, Mr, Rankin? 200 Maryland Avenue, NE and it's cater-cornered from the Supreme Court Building, it's the Veteran's Foreign War Building on the fourth floor, It's a white marble building. .. I'll find it. If you have any questions about anything that occurred to you beforehand and you want to ask me, don't hesitate to call me. Should I come alone or do you want me to bring somebody with me? Whatever your pleasure, I see. It makes no difference as far as the Commission... I'll tell you what I'll do. I will bring with me the man that's been principally involved in answering any questions that you've had, I know you've had some. And if something occurs to you why we'll just let ;you go off the record and ask him if there's something that ;you don't feel that you could answer yourself and you want to get a little refreshing from him.. Alright, fine. I'll be there. Tell me, how are you getting along with this Buchannan matter? Well, we've been debating that over here and we're quite unhappy with that fellow. I got a note today saying that in the preface to his London edition he says that he talked w this over with someone in the Co.mmission and that. the entire text of his report kx has been filed in Washington with the Commission, He's apparently trying to give some respectability to itin that way. Some of the | *% Commission think that we should call him, some think that it would just advertise him if we do. I realize that, and you're always up against that problem of dignifying a book or report; however, Iwas rather distrubed at a discussion I had a week ago with Mrs. Fluer Cowles Meyer lives in London, and;you knew her as Fluer Cowles when she was married to Mike Cowles and she told me of the extent to 2 Sapiens” FEE ES ( OrapEEMT TSN Ne, wine EB POSER ORE RAECORTENTT IP AMR GDTT AERIS ERE NAOT SEE VRE AEE UNE ORGAN DNF a TAPS ES DERE PE OnE RRR RRR MT Nt PE DN EE PTSD UTS
13-00000 - DCI: DCI: DCI: which Buchannan had captured the radio and television audiences in Great Briton and on the continent and went so far as to say that unless the Commission's report dealt with his allegations and charges with a good deal of finality, there would be quite a feeling that the report itself was a whitewash and that the real facts had not been developed, Well, we had in mind to take every point that he raised , and Mark Lane and every other person that's commented that way in a separate section and just proceed to kno.ck everyone of them clear out. That might do it. _I spoke to the Chief Justice about it. The fact is I think he talked to Fluer about it. He's one of the strongest against calling him. Did he indicate that to you? . . Yes, he indicated that to me, and for the reason that he was itx afraid that it would just advertise him. I know that, because I get up against that with every book or article that's written criticizing the Central Intelligence Agency. I have a certain number of people who want you to get right on the stump and deny it and when you analyze it, all you've done is advertise what has been said, - Right, But nevertheless, I think your position is considerably different than the one I mentioned, You think about it, whether you think that if we dress ourselves directly to it in a separate section of the report with all of these claims made by people like that, whether you think that might be better than to try to call him here and just have him put on a show. I think they might like an off the record comment from you if you'd care to make one. I'll give some thought about it between now and Thursday, Alright fine. Thank you. fate LODE TAE ER OT EN IME HO RO TREY TE eC, crete Nits SECRET SL CEE PERE NS og BN ac gee SUE ete RR GREET FTE BS semeren jepemieanen van eran encanto ee tLe eo LS
13-00000 a & TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN DCI AND CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN 11:20 a.m. DCI: W: DcI: DCI: DCI: W: Del: DCI: ~ 4 May 1964 I am calling you because last night we had a guest for dinner, a mutual friend yours and mine, by the name of{Fleur Cowles ‘ Montague- -Meyers. | Whom I know very well. Now, she engaged me in a conversation at dinner concerning this Buchanan report and she was very disturbed about it because of the very great impact that she feels it is having in England and throughout Europe. Buchanan has been on TV and on radio, both in Britain and on the continent. And he has got a hook coming out on the 8th. And he has gota book coming out and she feels that essential in your report that you dispose of his allegations or indiaate the errors on which he draws his conclusions. She feels so . strongly that she told me that if this were not done, there would be a very strong feeling among groups in Europe that this whole investigation was a whitewash and that we didn't get to the bottom of the thing. Now, strangely enough, there was an article that appeared in the Washington Post on Saturday, which you undoubtedly — Se read. Is that the one by John Henshaw? No, the one by Chalmers Roberts. I didn't see the Roberts one, but I have one by Henshaw - I'm just reading it right now. I ‘have it before me. Ithought that was probably what you were calling me about. It is from the Inquirer. Yes, I have seen that, but that is a kind of sensational thing. Chalmers Roberts, ask your girl to get.... Let's see, that wasn't in the News. That was in the Post. Yes, it was in the Post. Yes, lread Roberts. Saturday morning, I read that, saying that he thought we ought to go into all of these things. . Now, |Fleuz|is in town today. She is leaving this evening. She would like very much and it might be wofth your time if she could drop in and just give you, herself, what she told me last night. : : H SEATTLE TAIN PRAT OORT ELT UE REPRE ORE PES Sd AONE Be ARC See RETO a ge YTS te eee ep ae
13-00000 ’ DCI: Der DCI: DCI: W: DCI: I don't know whether you would want to do that. Well, I know Fleur} "Would like to talk to her. I usually see her when she is here. Iam a little surprise that she would doubt that we wouldn't do such a thing. ; Well, you know, sometimes these girls get quite steamed up about things. We have taken closer to 400 than 300 witnesses' testimony and we have taken it deliberately so that nobody can say that we have just been rubber stamped for the Secret Service or the FBI or anybody else. Well, ‘I told her in great detail at dinner because you had told me only a few days ago, the depth and the penetration of your inquiry. We haven't yet finished and I would think, John, between you and me, that we ought to take this book of Buchanan when it comes out and scrutinize it carefully to see that there is nothing that we have overlooked. Because if he has any allegations in there concerning witnesses who have information we ought to hear them and we will do that. I don't - I hesitate calling him to testify because that might be just what he is looking for to get the sounding board for another book and I don't want to do. that. Well, you have to be careful about that until you at least see the book. Now, I thought this Chalmers article was very strange coming (1) by Chalmers Roberts and (2) in the Washington Post. It sounded so to me. However, itis interesting that Buchanan worked for the Washington Post in 1949. | Wasn't it the Star? No, Iam told he worked for the Post. Now, I may be wrong on that. Well, I just saw in one of the papers the other day he was originally a Star reporter here. He could have been either. Could have been either and sometimes those fellows shift from one newspaper to the other. : 1 RTD LONER TE CARPET ORE ria me YT sae ALOT ONTENIENTE Swe ade atteuast daaakaniencs fe ee neuer . t £ f- t 5
13-00000 DCI: W: DCI: We. DCI: DCI: W: Sy This is nit not the kind of thing Chalmers usually indulges in. No, it was entirely foreign to his - to areas that are normal | to him. The thing that I didn't like about it, he rather intimated that this came from some source within the Commission. I didn’t read that into it. But you would be more alert to that. than I. Well, in any event what shall I do? Well, I'll be glad to see Fleur and talk to her. I'll ave her call you up. Yes, ybu may tell her as far as this is concerned, we have no intention of letting go uninvestigated any phase of it any of these people have brought up. Well, itis always pbeasant to see her anyway, you know. It is always. pleasant to see her and I'll be glad to see her. She is going to call me in a little while and I'll tell her to give you a ring. , Fine. Say, John, in this one about - of Henshaw's. Let me see if I can find it quickly here - he alleges that the Central Intelligence | Agency was using Ruby to recruit commandos for raids against Castro's Cuba. To prevent this explosive information from being disclosed, the CIA asked the Justice Dept. to step in and stop the Dallas police from arresting Ruby as well as Oswald. This was supposed to be last April and then it says, a top secret document a letter signed by a high official of the Justice Dept. was sent in April 1963 from the Justice Dept. to the Dallas Chief of Police, Jesse E. Curry requesting theDalas police not to arrest Oswald and Ruby in connection with the attempted slaying of Gen. Walker. There is no trutin in that. Let me get you all the dppe on that. Oh, I'm just positive there is no trugh init. The only thing is I'm trying to find a way where we can counteract any such thing because that paraded over Europe and around the world is a terrible - thing. Do you know anything about this so-called Inquirer? , _ No, I don't either. Itell you how I saw it. My driver boucht it. ep pe RTL N COUNT ORS RAR PRETO ENE CTE ats LT ena oiege es Comte Reet i stale ae fet nang gta eager renee pate eee Hs ten nee oe
13-00000 ASTIN NEUROL EH EE B OETETSI Mee It is apparently an insert in some paper he bought on the stands ' yesterday and he doesn't remember which it was. It looks to me like New York news print. Se MRE RR POE F228, OF DCI: I don't know from where it came. In fact.I1 didn't see that article ~ until last night when Fleur was leaving, I sent out to try to find the Chalmers article and they came back with this Inquirer article. But that is the first time I had seenit. I guess it came outin | one of the Sunday papers. , rere Rnd ten angen EOE RNS ¢ W: Yes. Se Re er co ee RIS UTE megane DCI: We get the Star, Times, Herald-Tribune and the Post, so it was one of those four. Coane W: - I am sure that the Roberts one was in the Post. E. DCI: Yes, Saturday morning. Fine Earl. P Ww: All right, John. Thank you very much for calling and we will find a way to meet this whole thing and I will be happy to see Fleur Cowles.\ DCI: ; . Fine ° (tape) mcm STU SRT ener mag eRe RNR ghee Meh Le Rp ON * ep reemerey meee viene ate
13-00000 re emt etl Be Smee TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN DCI AND J - EDGAR HOOVER 26 November 1963 - 11:20 a. m. BO RHONA WATT PORATED 9) Eo SVR ORIEL RET AYLI IO DCI: - I just want to be sure that you are satisfied that this Agency ' is giving you all the help that we possibly can in connection with your investigation of the situation in Dallas. I know ' the importance the President places on this investigation you are making. He asked me personally whether CIA was giving you full support. I said that they were, but I just ‘wanted to be sure from you that you felt so. 2 REN BR ECE NE ATE OLSON TED REUTER 8S 1D H: - We have had the very best support that we could pos sibly 7 expect from you. i DCL: Good. Well you can call on us for anything we have, fe H: We will feel free to do that oo DCI: I think it is an exceedingly important investigation and report on and I am delighted that the President has called on you to i a ; make it. | an H: . We are trying to do it as fast as we can so we can dispel various : wild rumors that have been circulating as to whether this man was the right man etc. that fired the gun. But there is no question i that he is the right man. There are a lot of aspects that we have \ dug up, for instance, with regards to the matter in Mexico City. We have now found that the: photograph that was taken was not ; that of Oswald. We do find from our informant down there that Oswald did call at the Embassy that day and the informant has given us the conversation that he had. He wanted to get a permit to go back to Russia and the Cuban Embassy couldn't give him the permit. The Soviet Embassy stated that it wold take three weeks. He had, I think, a visitor's permit for about a week or ten days so that is why he came back to the United States. DCI: _ Well, all of that ties in importantly into the story and we have. those operational sources down there... We want to handle them very carefully. It involves § Gome very high level people/down there, Sam pope and I have talked about that a couple of times. H: Mr. fore bred jwho is handling it for the Department - it is our intention when the Bureau finishes the report, he will of course go over it very carefully because it will be a report that will be released to the public, probably through the White
13-00000 DCI: H: (tape) mem cc: DDCI DD/P - + We ed ar ele te et House, but it is the intention after it is in final form to be checked with each of the Government agencies that are mentioned in it. State Department is involved in regard to the issuing of the passport to the man to come back to this country and that has got to be explained why it was done, the law requires it, etc. all of which of course we are gathering. The aspects of the Mexico City thing. It will have to be mentioned. It is his intention to check with the agencies, Secret Service, etc. to be sure that whatever is said in the report is conferred in and it is agreed to by the various agencies mentioned. So you will have that opportunity to go over it and see exactly what is said and I know he will welcome any suggestion that you care to make. Well that will be fine. - Thank you Good bye. . ‘ AAS EWA T AL OSLER ACRE ERG PER AER OR TINTS P BLE EE * Tes Remy te regs POPP RAE Aa oy Igee ere Sta eR BRE CRN PE DRE RATS BRITE MIN IN
13-00000 Fy TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN DCI AND DR, MILTON EISENHOWER 27 November 1963 - 10: 25 | a.m, E: ‘DCI: Dc: I have a little problem here which I think you can help with. A professor of Russian history who has spent many years studying the details of the Rusian Secret Police is convinced in his own mind, based ona study of their methods and other developments, that the assassination of President Kennedy was engineered by the Police. Now, he is so convinced of his being right that if he doesn't do anything else he would like to. give a public lecture on this theory and I am just a little afraid that in the emotional environment at the moment, that this might be given more attention by the public than it may deserve. I have persuaded him at least to wait until the evidence which President Johnson has insisted be developed and be given to the American public, so at least he could weigh this against that. But he wants to get it off his conscience ' and what I am wondering is this: Do you have a couple of knowledgeable subordinates who wbuld be willing to take the time let him come over and simply state his thesis in order to relieve his conscience and perhaps in this way he will give up doing anything else. I don't know how important this is. Well, I think it is very important because the unfortunate slaying of Oswald removes any. opportunity to establish from direct testimony — the possibility of any such international plot and 1 am being beset by -communications from all parts of the world by people feeling they know of an assassination plot by the KGB or more frequently assassination plots by Cuba of which Oswald was merely the trigger man. And of course investigation of those is a very important part of this study the FBI is making which we are supporting in every possible way. Now I think it would be extremely useful to talk to this man. We have men who are students of this particular area of activity and if you would give me his name.. It is Professor Robert Slusser. Professor of Russian history. He is ‘more thana historian. He worked with Mosley at Columbia for some years where a deep study of the Russian Secret Police was made. He has also had foreign experience, but mainly what I want to give him an opportunity to do is to talk to a couple of knowledgeable peopleza in absolute confidence hoping that this will satisfy him and not lead to his making public statements. How dol reach him? I think the best thing to do -- I could give you his telephone number but I think the best thing to do is if you can set up an appointment with someone TRUCE T VEY 97 OL SOS COROT oT ste ay UET EE Dy! TERRE OP ats 80 RCNA Ore Br PEROT SE be ew ee Z
13-00000 at a particular time and place is to call me back and I will see to it that he is there. Wouldn't this be the easiest thing to do? SIEM cet Gai RC RRREETOERSEE epee regret DGIP Probably would be. _E: By the way I have a direct line and just tell your secretary she can get me on BElmont 5 4088 in Baltimore. . ETM NE LTT FT a oe oe BEES e TL DCI: I'll call you right back. E: Thank you Sir. (tape d) mcm LATTE ORM YE NOE aE ey
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13-00000 . #179 _ cen peeey . i TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN DCI AND SENATOR RUSSELL 2 December 1963 - 12:30 p.m. DCI: DCI: DCI: I called you either on Thursday or Friday to tell you of this matter that had been developing in Mexico City in connection with a fellow --~ Nicaraguan -- presumably had some information and reported to us he had some information on Oswald having received some money in the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City. This (fellow) was greatly disturbed, -- we went into it in great detail with the Mexican authorities and with the Nicaraguan Foreign Intelligence Service. Finally it blew up because this fellow finally signed a statement on Sunday that everything he said for a few days andI knew/Senator Saltonstall's call you were worried about things like that and I wanted to keep you fully advised. Thank you very much. When did it clear up? Cleared up yesterday afternoon -- about noontime-- but it was thoroughly run down and we think disposed of. But he had been down in the Cuban Embassy hadn't he? Yes he had been down in Mexico City seeking a passport and travel papers to go to Havana and from Havana to Moscow. These were refused but he spent from September 26th to October 3rd in Mexico City during which time he had a number of contacts with both the Cuban and Soviet Embassies but our information which is from extremely sensitive sources indicates he was there in the interest of getting travel rights. What I think he hoped ' was he could escape quickly from Dallas and follow that course. Wonder where he expected to get the money? I don't know. We gave him $450 to bring him back from Russia. And they say he paid that back. | That is what I understand. Well, I have just raised hell about bringing back everyone of these fellows who went off and renounced their citizenship. I have fought and fought it. AO OORT ND CP AUNT Ge EL ABE DOO YE INS Be MR NET TR Ber + i, _was a falsehood and he was misrepresenting because he was trying to win favor : 7 _in some future assignment,from us. But it was a matter of great concern EE RET ARORA 6 MRR 9 EIEIO 8 TA EN Aa RDS EWE ee mara
13-00000 DCI: DCI: DCI: DCI: R: _I have complained to the President, and to the Secretary of State. I have done it for the last 4 or 5 years, even while Eisenhower was President. It is a disgrace to pay their way back here when (.....) on this country. Let them stew in their own juice as far as I am concerned. Well... Well, thanks for calling. All right, fine, and if anything along this line develops -- delighted you are serving on that committee. That will be a very important thing. Iam certainly not delighted. I really think the Pre sident took unfair - advantage of me. He called me and talked to me about going on that committee, who he could get on there and I didn't think any of the _ Supreme Court judges would serve and I told him I didn't think they should, so he said, well, they had to have a judge. I said well get . Madina (phonetic) or somebody like that and the next thing I knew he called me and said here is the committee I just announced to the press and he had me on there and there wasn't anyway in the world I could get out of it then. I haven't got time to do it in the first place and not of the disposition and I just don't like Chief Justice Warren either. Well, I am afraid you are on the committee anyway. I just can't figure how to get out of it now. Well, I'll keep you posted. All right. Thank you very much. | ne . (taped) mcm AGNES ILA AY TENE BIOS ELTLVD ENS TYRE DOG TEATS MUP TEE IT BEES TL ONT ES BUTE PONENTS FR regen CRO! PU te REMENRLR ME DONA 7
13-00000 an EN so) ee ora od . . Lad ; : , lf " ® 4s wd x caret aid 2 December 1963 SERRA MAN EU REY TS TOOT Fe PETTUS TMNT E UE PRO MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD - SUBJECT: Meeting with the President, 11:00 a.m., November 30th, in attendance Mr. Bundy, meeting. lasted approximately 11/2 hours 1, Reviewed the Checklist. The President immediately raised the question of what we were doing about Colonel He expects most serious public reaction and has a feeling that we are "drifting" on this situation. I assured him we and the Venezuelan ; government were doing all-that was possible. However, he requested e more positive action on a report on the actions being taken. We eRe acre Narre dtp th meee. . NOTE: Wish a full report from the station for Sunday morning briefing. 2. No other Checklist items raised any serious questions. 3. The President again raised the question of what we were going to doin Cuba. Bundy advised that a policy meeting was scheduled i for Monday, time not set, to discuss Cuban policy. I pointed out to. . ; the President the statements of President Kennedy on September 5th, i September 13th, and November 20th, 1962 and then I showed the evidence ~ that proved absolutely that arms had been imported into Venezuela from Cuba. I stated that most positive efforts should be made immediately to secure complete OAS agreement on a course of action which would involve a series of steps ranging from economic denial through blockade » and even to possible invasion, but that it must be OAS action, otherwise it would involve confrontation with Khrushchev. I stated that if the action was a Hemispheric action I didn't see that the USSR could do much about it, The President agreed but decided to await the policy meeting on Monday. 1 Mt ttn 0 8 OR YN he MOE ee ASE ES et nae NOTE: DD/P and WH should prepare full recommendations for positive actions which might be taken unilaterally with the Caribbean states or with the OAS. for my use in the policy meeting.
13-00000 Neg Ns} Nog ‘and I reviewed briefly the mm or community's feeling of concern _ would come to their defense | ( ms Dt ee eee ( ey cad le'a . fae od er igs 4, I reviewed the report from Mexico City station, 27 November, advising the number of Soviets in Cuba, indicating that this report which we thought was quite responsible more or less verified our own current estimates. 5. Reference the Oswald matter, reviewed with the President CAS Mexico City 7127 reporting on the interrogation of Alvarado. We briefly discussed the composition of the Review Board announced by the President on the 29th. Discussion of the Oswald situation was inconclusive and no action required. 6. The President then brought up the question of and their view that ou elationship was of the greatest importance. Bundy mentioned the forthcoming Decermnber meeting and General Taylor, The President made no comment but seemed to feel that Taylor should remain in the United States because of serious Defense budget problems.__Bundy reviewed the great number of commitments we have made| nd that we The President expressed the greatest of confidence in not given him a feeling of confidence in our motives and that he had drifted into the thought. that we would abandon hi He stated that he wished this corrected in a most positive manner. 7. I reviewed our Cuban overflight program advising the President of the USIB criteria and the extent to which flights were being carried on. 8. Reviewed briefly the | loverflight and stated these had been stood down since the loss of the last plane but we intended to resume which the President thought was proper. ACTION: ‘I wish flight plans to meet| targets for at least two flights for submission to the Special Group next Thursday. = 9. I advised the President that the flights had been completed and that we now planned to bri H | | I stated the equipment had been withdrawn ato nengennsne se AF NTR EP ME Cn BRQITM ATED BH soLnnemReT OMT Ne EY EN Co & y i £
13-00000 10, I advised the President that the CORONA mission was up and would be brought down on Monday. Also suggested that at an early opportunity I brief him on the CORONA program. ll. Reviewed the Venezuela overflight plan as outlined in | memorandum for the Special Group and President. approved. NOTE: I have communicated this approval to General Carter and instructed him to proceed. JAM:mcm (tape) | ; LRN CE IY SED RRNA GRP TS ODE OS rte ny nite: PHL Nea pe TREE ISTP ELD, SMa wR TENT TR BORG OE enim srenmmneesrepenaniTeranme tee yemaenrtnin NN CRANE LPR Ya ervqeanmpnineen yianneriie armed rites pene PEM:
13-00000 . Moet . N. A SN N. SOY N. s ca “ N Lf s N ¢ on N a . ee SNe a os 8. 29 November 1963 AO. 4 Late developments on the Mexico City investigation of <4: Oswald's activities | Results of the first ‘interrogation of Silvia Duran have been received Reveals nothing other than confirmation of Oswald's effort to secure “The Nicaiceee Alvarado, has been turned over to the Mexican authorities for questioning, by the (CIA station at the Specific r Fequest ‘public statement carried by Mexico City radio and press prior to. Alvarado's entering the picture, to the effect that Ozwald had . : received $5,000 from the Cuban Embassy. . ns ; . ae : £ 7 To be used by DCI in meeting with the President at 10:30 on 29 November 1963 : with Secty. McNamara and Bundy. i ’
13-00000 ’ ot + 5 4 ¢ t $ { 8 v t ' as 26 November 1963 -MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Meeting with The President - 25 November and 26 November 1. On Monday, November 25th, theré*was no briefing of the President, although there was a short visit with him at the State reception on Monday evening. The President then expressed regret that events of the day prevented a briefing and asked if there was any development requiring his attention. I replied there was none and would call him if any developments came to my attention. - 2. On Tuesday, the 26th, I briefed the President, reviewing all _items on the Check List and the world reaction summary contained in the Bulletin. Briefing and discussion on other matters consumed about 15 or 20 minutes. 3. The President asked if our entire applicable resources had been made available to the FBI in connection with their report, which he had ordered, I replied affirmatively. NOTE: I should call J. Edgar Hoover concerning this. (DCI did this at 11:20 on 11/26/63) 4. The President asked my appraisal of the situation in Vietnam, I replied that I was less optimistic than was the report received from Ambassador Lodge. 5. Mr. Bundy stated the first order of business was to assist State and assign a Deputy Chief of Mission capable of running the Country Team and the American official community. Bundy recommended Mr. Sullivan, Harriman's deputy. The President plans to have a man in position not later than January first. 6. McCone stated that there remained a number of individuals in Saigon who continued to be troublemakers and should be removed. Bundy confirmed this and stated actions were to be taken. No names were mentioned, NOTE: Apparently the President's appointment secretary will be a Mr. Moyrs. We ’ should get to know him, AP PRO Bgl Perm eis Becege ete 1 ASAE Ae ETRE RS 8 FPITE TR TTR Oe ae PP i ate Ty EE RII Se CEL a RINE BER eR Ey AORTA MEE eae aiananahiLiedikaaia daametratae eee oe
13-00000 f . . = wo ri a, Sok 44 Chorwedl. *e foe ew wd fe No stds ot 7. The President noted with some considerable contempt the fact that certain people in the Department of Justice had suggested to him on Saturday that an independent investigation of the President's assassination should be conducted by a high level group of attorneys and jurists, probably headed by Governor Dewey. President Johnson rejected this idea, and then heard that the identical plan was to be advanced in a lead editorial in the Washington Post. The President. felt this was a deliberate plant and he was exceedingly critical. He personally intervened, but failed with Mr. Al Friendly and: finally "killed" the editorial with Mrs. Graham. JAM/TMLee/mfb MURR SERRE UL en ene CTYenI Eee ante oN mop see grarapttS fevetina voor Ceemar Tn RE NES at a ea tere a ae : i i
13-00000 25 Novernber 1963 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Discussion with President Johnson, November 23rd, about 9:15 a.m. The conversation lasted approxi- mately 15 minutes. 1. The President entered Mr. Bundy's office alone and no one was present during the conversation. 2. The President opened the conversation by recalling a long background of association and friendship with me personally, his respect for the Agency, the fact that on a number of issues that had arisen since I took office as DCI he and I had seen eye _to eye, he had complete confidence in me and expressed the wish that I continue in the future exactly as I have in the past. 3. I confirmed my confidence in him, my desire to help and support ‘him in every way and my willingness to continue in. ‘the future as I have in recent months. 4. The President then asked of any world developments, I reviewed details of the Checklist with him and explained the institution of the "President's Checklist" with which he was not familiar. I stated that we would continue the publication of the Checklist in the future as we had in the past. 5. It was agreed that for the next few days I would brief the President in the morning personally and that senior staff officers would brief the President's staff each morning as I have in the past. The President asked that any matters of urgent importance be brought to his attention at any time, day or night. He designated no inter- mediary. i SRE FMLA SEM PUNE ee SAME RTE ETT SOAS BRE TE ACR RAL RATION URE eR AT Gt SY ESE RI TREN coe a eee AAP Yan PTT Om 2 REY RMLEET AAS eremeaengre pee n
13-00000 6.. At 12:30 I went to the President's office in the Executive Office Building to tell him of the information received from Mexico City. In attendance was Mr. Bundy. Following this I had a brief exchange with President Eisenhower who was visiting with President Johnson at the time. 7. This evening I called Secretary Rusk and reviewed with him the information received from Mexico City, most particularly © the holding of a Mexican employee of the Cuban Embassy by Mexican officials for interrogation concerning Lee Oswald. I explained to Rusk the information that we had transmitted to the FBI and to the authorities in Dallas. Rusk had not known of these developments prior to my communication with him. 8. I offered the assistance on the part of Mrs. McCone and me personally and also the Agency in connection with the appropriate handling of official visitors arriving from all over the world who might overwhelm the State Department's capacity. Rusk appreciated this offer and said he would call on me. He further said that there may be visitors we would like to meet with and, if so, he would make appropriate arrangements. He indicated that he intended to avoid having all incoming visitors appear as guests of the United States. Each had their own embassy to take care of therm, however, he - thought there might be some obligations in which I could be helpful. He said that following the Arlington service on Monday afternoon he would hold a reception in the Department which would be in the - form of some kind of a buffet and this. would be the extent of any planned activities. He thought it was quite probable that the President would meet with several Heads of States at various times on Tuesday and Wednesday. JAM:mcem (tape) Ep 7 eg LYRE SING sommeeenn ey AA PUTER TU ASIII, Boo Sar tye ee Te ETE NNR Ee EE ENB CU PETES BO REREN TR ee eee coma ae eT at ate 8 A eH ARR TERI AY 8 REIN AMET AT i
13-00000 a | | Clan —~ | | | vn wes _Herewith some materials in loose sheet form on Trotskyis and, in particular, Trotskyites in the U.S. Lot Of particular. interest, I think, you will find the paper on the differences between Trotskyism and the Communist move~ ment headed by the CP of the Soviet Union, This paper makes eminent and clear the element of organized. indiscipline which has characterized the Trotskyite movement fr om its origins. The paper also makes clear that there are two Trotskyite factions in the U.S, Whereas both hold to the Trotskyite theory — of permanent revolution, they differ in their attitudes toward ‘the Soviet Union and the ruling group in the Soviet Union, The » larger -- call it the orthodox faction -- is the Socialist Workers! ' Party, headed originally by Cannon and now by Dobbs, The Militant is its weekly organ. It was with this group that _ | Oswald was in contact. The key element of the Socialist Workers! | Party belief, . apart from permanent revolution, . is support 1 for . the Soviet Union -- if and when ‘the chips are down, Infor mation ofa summary character on the Socialist Workers! Party and.the Militant is also included inthis _ collection, For convenience and comparison the materialp bearing on Oswald's correspondence and views has been reproduced and is included herewith,
13-00000 ’ o {: Me Inventory of Trotskyite (Socialist _ Workers Party) material in OSWALD!'s _. possession (by FBI). .
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13-00000 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION J 9 pg, November 25, 1963") “ths ‘Dallas Paitce Departnent a Material iv 285199 ‘ee “which: had “been esicsi * woot “6h November. 22, 2963, th B ckley Street; Dallas, | ° ', Tezas,- where LES a OSWALD was mibeserag: was réviersd Rte ‘and the followiag ‘pertinent ite, tive £90 OSWALD *s ‘“pessible. connection with Su D,. CATING’ fas the Na: . the: National Sece + for menbership in a: advised CSHALD an | eflocied DeBBS was a : Lied to. OSWALD 's request Appaaaax pages. of ‘this. p BIER “ wal jeter . that: C38HAID 5 tbe 8 z9 of es that 7 comnection Ski Lis nay be used. 14/25/63 iy ot (Hs PB Ghd is loaied.to |
13-00000 ee me DF as wd “| i | i i \ \ ale air token a pean ah tel ee aa  §tack about cne-half ines high of sheets of ~ "paper approxinately 23" x 34% entitled |. ~ os: “PAIR PLAY. FOR CUBA COUMTTTEE, NEW ORLEANS," | o« bearing» blank spaces Tor an individual's: mame Signature; paate issued, end: chapter. president a. Blank Wandla ‘envelope containing pamphlets | and booklets =, desertbed | as. follows: | EE aE Pe he Letter. dated ‘April. 26, 1963, ‘addressed to Le AL "OSWALD, P.O. Box #915, ‘Dallas, ‘Texas, from MRS: on 2 HALSTZAD, Pioneer Publishers, 116. University - .-.Place, New York 3, New York, “which furnished | ~ OSWALD tke words of the "INTERNATIONALE, " which - “. @onsisted of three paragraphs, including the ~ p .  Chorus. The letter stated it was + being. furnished oe ae, the addressee’ S. request. Booklet “THE SOCIALIST. WORKERS. “PARTY = WHAT rp 18," . WHAT If STANDS FOR," by JOSEPH HANSEN, published . _ by Picneer Publishers, 116 University Place, ae ‘New York 3, New York, Hay, 1958. Page one identi-. Workers ‘Party for U. S. Senator. in New. York: State, . “ in- 1946, a former editor of "THE. HILITANT” and | oc: then editer ef the theoretical Marxist magazine. ios .-  SINTERNATIONALE- SOCYALIST: REVIEW," pupuisned ‘at: i 116 University Place, New. York, New York. : pamphlet. eonsisting of. reprint. of, an ‘article = , “CUBA. = A DISSENTING REPGRT,". from September. 232; 1960 issue of “THE NRW REPUBLIC." | This pamphlet = -. * @gntainps rubber stamp impression "PAIR PLAY FOR - oo Ve CUBA COM.» 799 ‘Broadway, New York 3, New -York. mores, | | phaphiet “PRE ROAD TO. SOCIALISY” by BLAS ‘ROCA, . fied JOSEPH RANSSEN as 4. candidate of the Socialist. ‘Three blank forms. to be used in requesting. intvo- “-ductory four meath subscription for $1.00 to Fe 32) "TAK MILITANT," address of which vas shown‘ as 116 eet University Place, New York 3, “New York. * national. leader of the integrated Revolutionary: Organization (@x#t), reprinted fron Cuba", : Navember, 1961. bamphiet reflected it was issied by tne PAIR PLAY TOR CUBA.COMMITTER, Pamphlet : "THE REVOLUTICY “UST BE A SCEOCGL OF UNFETTERED THOUGHT ~ SiDYL CASTRO —~ SPEECH AT UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA,” It was printed by Picneer Publishers, .. _ OS 116 University Place, Nev Yor: 3, April, 1862, = ~*° = 5 The inside cover stated this transation of ¥EIDEL a CASTRO'S speach wriginally appeared in the April 2, 1962 tusue ef “THER MILITANT." 37 STO TR me ae re yo te Oa a ae ner re ae en ea ar ne sc rece RG a
13-00000 = = & SARTRE, -igsued: by. Fi Tampa! Bay. . Chapter, - . This. pamphlet - further. identified as an. : a abridged -version ofa lecture: ‘delivered’ ‘at. a. “forum. “of the New. York. Chapter, ‘ef.the. FAIR. PLAY: FOR. CUBA : oe Jesued by that organization of,799. Broadway, New. > American Revolution: - adopted by the 12th... ~ ie National Conventisa of. the Socialist. Workers Party, Moe, ol CUBA ~ COMPLETE RESOLUTIONS, BRAZIL, March 28-31, 1963 ;" issued. by FAIR PLAY ‘FOR CUBS eens “pamphlet NEPEECH. ar THE UNITED NATIONS". ‘by FEDEL a Broadway, New (Fark. sl : . ; . . . sett ee ae 799° ‘Rroadvay, THE UNITED. cuBaN COUR os ‘pate. “PLAY. "FOR CUBA COMMITTEE, ‘COMMITTEE on March -12,°1962, and reflected'it. was York. “Pamphlet THE, ‘COMING. AMERICAN. REVOLUTION”. by” | JAMES >, ‘CANNON. ~ Page two of that pamphlet. Ge oe flects At was published for* the. Seciabist. Workers’ Party. by the Pionser. ‘Publishers, : 11s. University. -;Place,. New. York .3, New York, april, 1947. . Page - : three of. ‘that. ‘pamphlet daentified it las. ‘these: on. ‘Pamphlet: “CONTINENTAL CONGRESS’ OF: SOLIDARITY. cWrTE. 499: Broadaa;, New. ‘York, ‘Rew York. _ CASTRO, - General Assembly Session, _ September 26,.. - ~1990, issued by~ -FATR PLAY. FOR CUBA, COMMITTEE, 799: Lapnlet. PS EO END. 9F. “THE COMINTERY 87 JAMES PB,  Caaeon WITH TUS MANIEDSTO OF TRE 47H INTs AE tat mr which reflects it 145 printed for the Socialist ~- Workers Party by Pioneer Publishers, 116 University Pisce, New York, September, 1943. Page three re-... flects this was 2 speech delivered in New York on Hay 30, 1948. oe VPP. 8, a e ¥ £ Ee we SEN wet “eee:
13-00000 Bree | for “FARRELL. posss. for president and. MIRA. ANNER: WEISS. for. ‘Vice-president. ots Catalog. ‘of NEW ‘CENTURY. ‘PORLISHERS,” 839. Broadway, . : ew, York, which iis ts” byeks - “and: pamphlets: aval Lablejoa “Literature list aud ‘price’ ‘List ‘of: “FAIR PLAY FOR ee = CUBA ‘COMMETTER, 799° Broadway, New York 3, cew | York: Literature catalog, § Spring z 1962, of » FAIR PLAY FOR’ CUBA COWALTTES. jo fothy bona weed tase i.) Photographic. film - puadaves mipiaeiuately 2 ‘oben ah, j:- which reflects "JOIN THE SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY... .~ 7 “FIGHT. FOR’ F BETTER WORLD - ~ MRITE BOX: 2915, _DALLAS, _ TEXAS. Hey ; : - Walised business. reply. mailing. envelope’ bearing printed + addressee GS C3RELTSRERS NEW. PRESS, INC., P.O. Box 28,. Madison Square Station, Baw York. 16, New. York, which ‘contained three blank subscription order fora: or - addressed: to. “TSE WORKER, oe West 26th Street, New York 20, New York. a : SON TB Tey oR ME te apne amen cones oe abana ora Soe ea ie ptm a cit cement ET hy nyt ecm I ES RUN SME gd Spm TT TET Tae enema Sept Sets geen meme ee
13-00000 APPENDIX 603 PALL - BENJAMIN J. DAVIS (DEFENSE COMMITTEE - eo “8 ne _ A source. ‘adviced on “March 27, 1963, that GUS . "HALL, General Secretary, .Comunist Party, United States” : Of. America; (CP, USA) stated on March 26, 1962, that the. ‘~ Pasty will form a’ new committes known as ths cus: HALL = eB |, “BENJAMIN J. DAVIS, Defense: Committees, (H-DDC). The parpose.. . “Of this. committee - is to. raise $100, 000 for ‘the cause of or - SBALL and DAVIS. : ; 7 °° @u3 BALL | Pores foe eae oe cote 3. “DAVIS a ne tess " “BALL ana DAVIS were indicted by a Federal Grand oS S giry, Washington, D. C., on March 15, 1963, charging them, . with violation of Section 786(h) and. 794, Title. 50, U. Ss Be ye . Cede, in that they, as General Secretary and. Hational Secretary, : = -Comnunist Party, USA, rospecti vely and as groups of its. Coe ote * Hational Beard, wilfully and unlawfully: failed to register . crane een << for and’ ‘on. behalf ‘of the Communist: Party, USA, with the. ee ge Attorney Gensral. we : : rene ae ‘séeond | source: -#urnished information on. vepruary nate oa, 1983, -that. the H-BDC had received a total of $41, 799. Woe. ee _ je contributions: for defense as” of February 12 1963. re A source advised on Aprat 29, 1955, “that: “The OPUS a MO oo  guviaeane is staffed, controlled and published ag a 9-0) " weexly, newspaper of. the Socialist Workers. ‘Party (smPy. eek ~ soczanisT WORKERS PARTY . Ths Socialist Yorke: rs ; Party, nas , been. designated by the Attorney Gemral of ths United 8 tates pursuant to Ce ye E Szocutive Order 20450. Oo — . : Ooo E ‘Bul {GABUTH GURLEY ¥ NN | ; : A A Bourse roported on Nay 7, 1992, that ELIZAB3TH GUAESY FLYNE is Yational Chairman of the Communist Party, | sf A Rt wh gy Tot maa ey aes me mes nee ae mh ane Rhy bape eb Hag meet ne te
13-00000 “which had baea seized by search’ ware at) an November. 22, 1963, fren 1026 — North ‘Bec is ‘Stree i . Texas ,: ‘wnere LEE BARVEY. OSWALD | was residi : *gnd the: following pertinent items: relat) * possibte. Gonnsetion: with subyergive Cres vette “Letter by. ‘FARRELL. DOBBS written on. “letterhead Of the: Socialist. Workers Party, 116 Univercity. Place, New SYork 3,. New York, and addressed ta Mr. LEB-H,. OSWALD, . Box: 2915, ‘Dallas, Texas, This letter. xeflected’ “that. ’ JAMES 22 “CANNON: was the National Chairman and FARRELL. DGBBS was: “the National Secretary.” This letter replied to OSWALD's request .for-manbership in the Socialist Workers. ‘Party. (SWP). _DOBBS::.: _p adviged CSWALD in this letter that there nust be a. minimam : .o2 five members before a branch of ‘the SYP: can. be formed - vand added that it is ust the ‘practice to take. individual members. where. no branch yet exists. BCBAS: also mentioned | . that there are no branthes as yet in Tezas.. The letter: |. suggests that GSWALD, siguod substribsars to. the MuLitant : \. and. eres ‘ths. Bals" of socialites literatare.:: [Bek SETS © OR: Sa Reta ace re ae ay : + ; a | gritten by 3 BB CRESTED with. thea: “address: set: forth -in: the ‘+ apper right-hand corner. as "116. Oniversity.. Place, New: York -: eh. 3, Naw York", and-directed to LEE 8, OSTALD, Bezx- 2915 “. Dallas, Teszas. This. letter. acknowledges receipt. of. o “. QSTALD’s letter as well as his raproductions. The letter. states that OSWALD 1s apparently skilted at bley-ups,-9 > .:i reversals and reproduction! work generally. Mentioned in "the letter was ths fact.that ‘Ya “ava: ‘access... 6 a small. offset shop here in Hew York ."t -However) it: “W23 - nenticned. .da the letter that in connection vito lsag=tern: work © aon ’ that OSWALD's skilis. may be used. The Writer inquired as” . the size of OSIALD's camera.and coacludes by stating that ©". if CS¥ALD bas aay question s hoo should . tsei fixes to ocatact~ al BoB ae LESTER. .- sn 13 £05 ‘63 Daliag, Texaz Fite BL 89-43 ; , A Bain Oe Te ne ea eae ant tet Fr won by Special Agent ARSE C a By MCIEYS /ach - Dats dictated _. _11/28/63 “8 document Contaiaa natther -escaminendurlone A Lor Cohcivsiors of the TUL, tht ts the or zper pitnes Fe! and is loaned to “yrs agence 3 e ae Yi itead tis contents ars cot te be digiricuted walatae vomer soenty Fre * fé>
13-00000 © ¥ AP Oy fe ob te, tye ‘Information ‘as of 16 aly 1963 OR nn Se een See ero | Socialist Workers’ Party OS "s | Membership 500, ms | 2 a Travel corresbondende’ Mes ‘Joseph Hanson’ - S ; Youth: Group ~ Young Socialist Alliance ee
13-00000 " Union Calendar No. 1069 87th Congress, 2d Session “ = - House Report No. 2559 ‘1/7 QOMMITTEE ON _~ UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES -. | ANNUAL REPORT. > . FOR THE YEAR 1961... — November §, 1962.—Committed to the Committee of. the Whole House ; on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed . 7 -Prepared and released by the Committee on Un-American Activities _ - U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. - U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE Le oo WASHINGTON. : 1962
13-00000 ( ‘UAL RESORT i¢ THE YEAR 1061 ( 4 5 erable number of. organizations which are under Communist control and which are very obviously promoting Communist objectives, although they have not been officially. cited as Communist fronts. For obvious reasons, the publications of these groups—though they unquestionably fall into the category of Communist literature— have not been considered in this tabulation. . - Publications of Communist splinter groups, too, have not been. — considered thus far. “Although they have separated themselves from the main Communist Party and disagree with it on some tactical points, these groups and their publications must be considered in any estimate of Communist strength in the United States. Like the main Communist Party, they are completely dedicated to the princi- ples of Marxism-Leninism and, as will be demonstrated later in this chapter, the main Communist Party, through united-front tactics, has succeeded in winning thé support and cooperation of these smaller - - Communist. organizations in promoting Soviet. objectives. in. the. United States. (See section begiuniag on p. 40.) _ .  Qne of these groups, the Socialist Workers (Trotskyist Communist) | Party has. been cited as Communist and subversive by the Attorney . Géneral of the-United States. Its official newspaper, The Militant, |. — - reported an average paid circulation of almost 5,000 for the 12 months: ‘preceding October 1961.. The Young Sociolist Alliance, a Trotskyist youth group, has an official organ, The Young Socialist, also with a _. claimed circulation of 5,000. oe co Tame | The Marzist-Leninist Vanguard, Workers World, and Turning Point are some of the other publications which avowedly represent additional Communist splinter groups ia this country. i oo. oe Though the total circulation of the publications of all these splinter - --proups is not great, the fact remains that even.a small number of ‘persons who operate on Marxist-Leninist conspiratorial principles are - _& very real danger. There may be only some thousands of people - whovread and agree with~ the -official. publication of the Socialist... - .--Workers Party (which is more openly violent. and subversive than. 7 ‘the main Communist Party) yet, allied with the orthodox Commu-" ~~ -- . Ristsof this country and their fellow travelers, they obviously intensify: ~~ ~ the ‘very real internal danger posed by the latter. POP Be ' Finally, a considerable number of magazines designed primarily for . readership in academic circles—and with definite Marxist and pro- Communist orientation—have sprung.up within the last year or so, . ‘ No.exaet figures on Communist strength can be deduced from the “combined readership of all: these Communist and. pro-Communist . publications. One fact, however, does stand out beyond contradic- - - _tion when their probable readership figures are totaled. It is that ‘the Communist movement in the United States must have a following . far greater than 10,000 people--and muck greater than most Americans realize. © 7 - _Crrconarion Increases. ~ ee . Moreover, there are indications that, at the preseas time, the dis- ‘tribution and readership of the type of Communist literature under’ consideration is increasing rather than decreasing. oO — ‘Circulation of the official Communist Party newspaper, The Worker, has risen steadily since 1957. A drive was begun in 1961 to increase its subscribers to 20,000. Paid circulation of the party’s West Coast newspaper, the People’s. World, increased by almost 1,000 in 1961.
13-00000 ek ian 7 . , ae ) = aa whine “AnCraNt: 3 : - . ; eo . : , u . ray fevreRT SA Ke BL&RT PD Cryecaki vy) 43? oe /~7- GY ae ae . 7 (LEE ffanvry / ye Excerpts from. Unpudl ished Writings of Lee Harvey OSWALD - (DBA-63708) pe 2b8 - "Lee Harvey Oswald was born in Oct. 1936, in New Orleans, ' - Lae, the son of an Insurence Salesman, whose early death left — na: mean streek of independence brought on by neglect.” pe27s - "39° 12 miles outside of Moscow is a show collective form for : - . foriengers. tourist who asic to séé a genuien arrenge collective “8 ©... form, on it is: almost evey. ‘imiginebl “help to men possible 60 Fees. including eutomaticmtlkers, feeder, even eutonatic. floor © OC cleeners.. the collective forms at this place along with their counterparts at: the same sort of place just South of Leingrad | ‘live in well built apartment houses with food ed: clothing stores built right ‘into: the first floors. For the penifit of enyone who dosen't went to: be duped “I suggest you ‘take the’ Moscow to Breast highwey for 2h miles _ until you come to Westeech where by asking directions you _ cen in five mintes find a real collective form, a villige --of the smell-black-md.ehnd.serep wood houses, s¢en. throughout . the Soviet Union end although its 50 minints froma the Kremlin | it dosen't have eletricity. or ges. Inside pluming is . - Ymknown and: the only automation is. thet done with a. broom. there are 45,000 kollective farns in the Soviet. Union of these types as’ well'es 7,400 State farms run by’ the 2 government. . collective Farmers: numer. 65 +2 faillion people | or 31.4% of the totel porulation.' aa p.295 "In any duaz ekratic socity a class ? desk edéministrates is... Oo allways. born who expect their palmes oresed end who exploit 6 their = “positions for self~burposes hovever in. the U USSR: such practices take ‘ib isnot sinisly a mette ‘on a bexticuberly potant natur since 2b te reciveing rere services or ‘convinices but a matter of get ting the fundienmmts things of life, a simole -oon, a work sterm, permissi to see relative in a of ty inside a rostricted zon2 such as boarder’ zones, ov militery base and rocxet base zones, in order to recive © ‘permission to Lzaye one @ city a? re in another from ineinvial chois2 a persen must recive nersisde: mm the local passport ‘ ich he in leaving end from the city to % then he-must sh that he has recived &# city.to whieh he is going as well military eutnritics.
13-00000 aa TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN DCI AND J. J. MC CLOY 18 May 1964 - 5:55 p.m. McC; Just wanted to check. I was down here today and I may have to . come down tomorrow, I don't know yet. Iwas sorry I wasn't here when you were taking testimony, but I was down in Dallas. Went on Don Smith's show and I was going to check around, but you have a recéption this afternoon, The next time I come down I'll check in with you. I didn't have anything particularly o on my mind, but | I wanted to compare a few notes. | ~ DCI: Well, I have got some things I want to talk to you about, so will you let me know the next time you come down? McC: Yes, the next time I come down, ra give you a little more notice . . $0 We can bé sure to get together. DCI:: We might have lunch or dinner or something like that. McC: ~° That is what I have in mind. DCI: OO. K, - Have you seen that Buchanan book ? McC: | . Yes, I have. DCI: I have several copies of it. 1 sent two or three copies over and then I got 2 more copies today and sent sent over there. McC: Sent over here? There is a new one out by Gunn. DCI: Yes, I haven't seen it. McC: That is in French. Talks about being translated from the English, but I can't find the English copy of it. DCI: I'll check it out. McC: Iam told it is more interéstedly written than the Buchanan one, - I talked to this fellow Gen. Staylan. He is a French general somewhat related'to the de Gaulle movement and he is an active - oO officer I ran into him somewhere along the line and I got to talking about the assassination with him ahd talked about the extent of all this todo.. And one evening he said, well, I'll tell you, you know I have-been associated with de Gaulle's govt. to some degree and am thought to be in that camp. ‘But he said, this assassination business and all these articles have now become sort of interwoven into the anti-American propaganda of France which is quite prevalent. Some
13-00000 & a & . * g of it, he said, is inspired in the sense that the Gaulle's papers have it, whether it comes from the govt. or. not is something else again. But‘in any rate, it is the body of that and had been incorporated in it in sort of am argument for the instability and _ lack of dependability of the United States. Here was this noble young soul who was very popular in Hance and elsewhere, and that he was too good, so to speak, for the United States. DCI: So they just knocked him off. McC: He came into his own, and his own received him not. DCI: Now, the difficulty is, that this fellow Buchanan is a very articulate -on the radio and on TV. He has made several broadcasts and he has gotten his story over to the point that if your report doesn't dispose of it point by point, your report is a whitewash. MCC: | That is right. DCI: And that is what my friends tell me. I passed that on to the Chef Justic e. oo McC: | Oh, there is no doubt that that is the case. It is not going to be an easy thing to deal with it all, but we will have to take up his points toa degree that they don't deserve, I think. DCI: Yes, lam afraid you will. ‘Well, fine, Jack, you let me know. McC: ° Yes, I will. (tape) mcm
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