Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 Use 2107 Ho : DATE: 11-14-2017 NO 100-17689 - nmb MARK LANE, a lawyer and American mien Oly NO T-4 C October 29, 1969 Another Government agency which. - ----.2 ~~. —----... conducts investigations ‘abroad: advised that on “*le0) “iat oon November 14, 1969, MAKK LANE was the main speaker at a teach-in against the war in Vietnam held at the University. of Munich, Munich, Germany. This meeting was attended by 400-600 individuals, and in his speech LANE likened the atrocities of the Nazis at Dachau, which he had visited, to. those allegedly committed in Vietnam by American soldiers and South Vietnamese supported by American soldiers. LANE played a tape-recorded interview with an American deserter, the grandson of General JOSEPH STILWELL. _LANE also discussed alleged resistance within the U. S. Army to the war in Vietnam, claiming that the "brass" was going to extremes to stifle dissent. LANE asked his German audience to assist those soldiers who want to desert or fight the Army "brass" from within. Finally, he declared that he was returning to the United States within a month, although he feared poss prosecution for providing: assistance to deserters. Ch On December 3, 1969, a second confidertiil source abroad furnjshed the following information concerning MARK LANE (8 The Communist-front organization "International . Association of Democratic Lawyers” (IADL) held its 8th Congress in Budapest during the period March 30-April 3, 1964, attended inter alia by a delegation from the Danish Section of the IADL. , One of the delegates was a Copenhagen lawyer named JORGEX [AC ORSEN, who, prior to the Congress, had collected some material concerning the assassination of President KENNEDY. This material was to be used for a draft resolution to the effect that the Congress was to advocate unbiased inquiries into the circumstances Surroun- ding the assassination and the sequel to it. (s) : Doeld:323116868 Page 14
DATE: 11-14-2017 Bo SECRET NO 100-17689 - nmb. At the Congress, JORGEN JACOBSEN met the American | lawyer MARK LANE, who in his capacity of Chairman of the "Citizens' Committee of Inquiry” was working on an independent inquiry into the murder, having no confidence in the material prepared by the Dallas Police./& ) Between JORCEN JACOBSEN and MARK LANE cooperation was established on this draft resolution, which, incidentally, was adopted by the Congress. This cooperation was developed further, and led to the establishment in Denmark of a so0- called "Mark Lane Committee" for the purpose of collecting all available information on the assassination of the President and informing the public of any hushed-up or Suppressed details concerning the murder. 7 © Following the Congress, however, MARK LANE himself went to Denmark, where, in the "Lawyers' Debating Club," the “Students! Association” in Copenhagen, and the "Students! Society” in Arhus, he told about his inguiries so far, aiming i | at proving that reactionary, fascist circles were behind the ( assassination. of President KENNEDY « (¢ The Danish "Mark Lane Committee," which may be considered as long since dissolved, comprised a total of 16 individuals; the founder, JORGEN JACOBSEN, is known as a’ Communist, whereas the others mainly belonged to cultural, | left-wing literary circles. However, the activities of the Committee, mainly based on MARK LANE's inquiries in the tnited States, failed to bring forth any sensational disclosures. The work of the American authorities on the | Case was, on the other hand, criticized and the repert of the Warren Commission was denounced as a fraud. (S$ ) In connecti -n with the references of the Danish Press to this matter, in November, 1964, c . the "Berlingske Tidende” published an article, the contents of which MARK LANE . chew tered defamatory. The result was a libel action against i ie one , ‘spaper, and on Nevember ll, 1965, the High Court found Statements of the the ‘ } . raper ill-founded. The responsible/«) | Doeld:32311636 Page 15 eleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 1c 2107 Hotere
Ho . PCL i £1992 (44 USC 2107 Hope hn F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act o Jo . Released under the ‘DATE: 11-14-2017 connection with the activities displayed in Denmark to _ ard associated with this Communist front organization seems C NO 100-17689 - nmb editor was sentenced to. pay 2500 D.kr. costs, whereas a claim for damages to the amount of no less that 5000 D.kr. was rejected. In this case JORGEN JACOBSEN acted as counsel for MARK LANE. ( Ss) In 1966, MARK LANE, who in the meantime had ‘9 a book entitled Rush to Judgment, the Substance of which is that the murder of the President was not the work of a Single individual, but a conspiracy. Based on this book, a documentary film was Subsequently produced. Moreover, in the course of the years since the assassination, MARK LANE Fave a great number of lectures about his inquiries and his opinion of the events in Dallas on November 22, 1963. S$) ~“~Married a Dane and temporarily settled in Denmark published MARK LANE, who is currently residing in the United Stats, does net appear to have attracted notice in assist American deserters, and so far, no connection was noted between him and Danish deserters! committees. In July, 1968, however, an IADL meeting took place in Grenoble, France; an item on the agenda of this meeting concerned the legal basis of refusing to take Part in wars of afxeression. The identities of the participants of this meeting are not ~ known, but the fact that the IADL dealt with the Subject and that the two former TADL delegates are Personally acquainted tc indicate that, some time Or other, the idea arose between them to bring American deserters to Denmark in order to confront the authorities of a NATO country with a concrete request for political asylum for American deserters. (6) The case of the two deserter American soldiers, TED) PRICE and eee an ar? JALDERTON , which caused so much comment in the Press, should undoubtedly be regarded in the light of this. Escorted by MARK LANE, PRICE and ALDERTON arrived in Denmark by air from France on October 12, 1969, and immediately On arrival in the airport requested political asylum in Denmark. On arrival, the two deserters were ,(S) | Doeld:32311685 Page 16
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (4 DATE: 11-14-2017 CO e NO 100-17689 = nmb 4 USC 2107 Hofem™ for Aid to US Deserters," KNUD JENSEN, with whom they stayed. JORGEN JACOBSEN handled their interests. MARK LANE incidentally, met by the "ube of the "Danish Committee indicated to the press that this was a deliberate and planned attempt to obtain political asylum in Denmark for American deserters, and he added that he had filmed the whele trip and the sequence of events up until then for the purpose of showing the film in the United States as a feature of the campaign against the war in Vietnam (f) On November 11, 1969, the Danish Minister of Justice refused the request for political asylum of both the deserters in question ./€) Harvard, Illinois, left Denmark immediately, and on November 13, 1969, he applied for political asylum in Sweden. 7'§) TED HAGE PRICE, born April 19, 1949, in Cleveland, Ohio, was granted temporary residence permit for six months in Denmark while it is being decided whether he may return to France. CS) - NO T-5 December 3, 1969 Doeld:32311688 Page 17 REGINALD RAY ALNDERTON, born February 27, 1947, in
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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 Use 2107 Hoyer DATE: i1- 14— 2017 KO 100-17689 ~ erl, nmb "Ah the assistance of MARY-JOPVAN ING@E™M, LANE wot with ALANWTIVINE, leacer of the Corrunift Leacue., VAN Tr is tnown to Frerch authorities as of the Fourth TIrterrational Turopean Treteyist a French “Vational ance r: ry 1 my Orvaritaatic . on, vhoe was ir Brussels, Pelviur, ¢n Noeverber“%) ance 89, LOT on the cecasion of the international reetins of Furopean The reetine between LAYR ane RMIVINE varticularty een the Comruniot revolution- Cealt with the futyvre colleheration beiw Leatve anc JAbMR FONDA, rho ranorterly, is very ruck undar LANE 's infivence., LANE is said to fave eoantributed 5% frares to the Qermu: Leatve, While in Paris, LAMP 2! sat vith noah a) f NOY T Cony cof rove- Lye . Jutionar: with regard to having one of his hoots Pet Ehoe 7 core 3 gpeciaLrives in the peblis} xO T-1¢ May 19, 1971 On August 23, 1971, another Government agency which conducts ee) abroad furnished the foilowing information: ; (u) | . ring the summer of 1971, MARK LANE visited Paris, France, while on his way to Italy. LANE was believed to he en route to Bologna, Italy, to attend the national conference of Lotta Continua, an Italian Marxist-Leninist group, which was scheduled for July 24-25, 1971. {a The source stated that LANE currently heads "Helping Hand,” a servicemen's underground newspaper in Utah which is directed toward personnel of an Air Force base in that state. LANE indicated that he is very encouraged by the response "Helping Hana” has received, and stated that he honed to convince the servicemen on the base to sabotage their work, which, according to LANE, is very specialized and consists in Part of helping lay out bomb runs in South Vietnam. As an example of a method of sahotare, LANE proposed altering the bomb run layouts by placing pencil marks slightly off their correct positions. ( ‘ Doeld:32311636 Page 19
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE ; 11-14-7017 ~~ UN1fED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE “ XM Lane BP FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION quner® In Reply, Please Refer to Dallas, Texas Oo File N March 30, 1966 5 7 ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT cl ey ese Z| / . RMATION CONTATNED Declassify on: OADR (77 e) a oeein ts ite &eeretED SECEPY JOHN F. KENNEDY : on IBREIN 15 URGES November 22, 1963, Dallas, Texas WHERE SHOWN OTHEANISE. MISCELLANEOUS ~- INFORMATION CONCERNING On the night of March 28, 1966, Mrs. Jean Lollis Hill, 9402 Bluff Creek, Dallas, Texas, telephone number EV 1-2271, telephonically contacted the Dallas Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and requested that she be contacted by a Special Agent familiar with the assassination investigation. On the morning of March 29, 1966, Mrs. Hill advised that during the past week she has been telephonically contacted on several occasions by an individual identifying himself as De Antonio who indicated he and a Mr. Black were preparing an educational television documentary concerning the assassination of President Kennedy and desired to interview her in detail. She stated that she had not consented to such an interview but on the evening of March 28, 1966, two individuals identifying them- selves as De Antonio and Black, appeared at her residence for the purpose of interviewing her. She stated that she questioned them aS to the exact nature of their visit and being a school teacher, herself, doubted that they were endeavoring.to compile data for any edicatimal television documentary relating to the assassination. Mrs. Hill stated that she had previously talked to an individual named Jones Harris, who was also desiring to interview her for purposes of a book he was writing and that Jones Harris had indicated to her that De Antonio was one of "Mark Lane's men." Mrs. Hill advised that she specifically asked De Antonio and Black if they were connected with Mark Lane and De Antonio admitted that Mark Lane was "one of their backers." She stated De Antonio mentioned that some of the backing was coming from England for his project. an, Wergy ye eee 1 ee ae GL ¥ “CLOSURE Doclda:32311685 Page 70
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records , Collectio on Act of 199? (44 USC 2107 Hote 4 DATE: 11-14-2017 — Re: ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT “ JOHN F. KENNEDY November 22, 1963, Dallas, Texas February, 1965, telephone PL 5-8310. On February 25, 1965, Florance Gaffney, operator of Belles North Limited Answering Service, basement of apartment house located at 221 East 78th Street, New York, New York, advised that Jones Harris, at the above-mentioned New York address, was convinced that Lee Harvey Oswald did not assassinate President Kennedy and that ' Harris believed Oswald was one of the persons appearing in a well published photograph of a group of people appearing in the doorway of the Texas School bok Depository building on the day of the assasSination. She indicated that Harris was supported in this theory by a New York attorney, Arnold Krakower. Mrs. Gaffney described Harris as a free lance writer, white mle, in his early thirties, short stocky build, about 5'6" tall, a dark hair, halding, and dark eyes. ; On January 12, 1966, DL T-1, a confidential source abroad, furnished information to the effect that Mark Lane had finished reading the proofs of his book dealing with the assassination of President Kennedy, entitled "Rush to Judgment." According to this source, an article appeared in the Danish newspaper "Lolland- Falsters | Folketidende", on January 4, 1966, which related that a documentary film of full length was expected to be produced dealing with the assasSination and founded on Mark Lane's book. The film was to be ‘made by De Antonio, not further identified, and was to be based on pictures taken by American Broadcasting System and the Columbia Broadcasting System. The article indicated that in February, 1966, Lane and his assistants were going to Dallas to talk to witnesses of the assassination./ Warren Allen Réynolds, 8707 Mosswood, Dallas, Texas, advised the Dallas Office of the FBI on March 30, 1966, that he had , been recently contacted by an Emile de Antonio a producer for / Judgment Films Corporation, New York City, New York, formerly associated with BBC-TV, New York City (not further identified). | Antonio advised Reynolds that his film company was making an educa-= tional film regarding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Antonio indicated they were staying at the Arlin Motel, Arlington, -3- , Doeld:323116686 Page 21
Released undpr, the. Jabn,F,...Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 Use 2107 Hote): DATE: 11-14-2012 © ae me : Tee on , - ae 7 oe Dee os — CN 8 - SECRET | Cy. rere _. &/. TED STATES DEPARTMENT OF-SUSTICE. - re ae a "-- - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION _. - a —— , Report of: . BENJAMIN P, MC MANUS Date: 12/17/64 Field Office File #: NY 100-117844 Title: ; | MARK LANE 40. vvcopusszow coves NI ASSTFTED EZCEP2 | = SHOWN OTHERWISE. Ap./ts Ki Character SECURITY MATTER - ¢ Synopsis: MARK LANE resides 164 W. 79th St., NYC, and is an attorney-at-law with offices located at 156 5th Ave., NYC, LANE is also National Chairman of the Citizens! Committee of Inquiry located at 156 5th Ave., NYC, LANE reportedly: addressed . convention of IADL, Budapest, Hungary, 4/5/64; received funds from "National Guardian" 1964; was Co-Chairman of the National Committee on the Integration of the Legal Profession of the National Lawyer's Guild, 5/64; as of 8/17/64, was Vice Chairman of the NYCAHUAC; received support of the NY branch of the WWP, 1964 and travelled throughout the US during 1964 speaking on his theories regarding the assassination of President JOHN F, KENNEDY. LANE travelled to Europe in April and May, 1964, during which time he spoke on the KENNEDY assassination in various countries. [in Italy LANE uU Supported by elements of the Italian CP.) LANE interviewed by FBI. agents 4/29/64, at which time he was uncooperative. LANE ~ 7 © 7 reportedly writing a book on the KENNEDY assassination to be called Rush to Judgment." In early 1964, LANE formed the Citizens! Committee of Inquiry in NYC with branches in other Sections of the US and Europe. ae or ~ fo9 pb Exclu cor 4 downer . declas ‘5. . This document contains neither recommendations nor conch:. ions of fhe FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside you agency, Pocld: 32311685 Page 22? -