JFK Assassination System Date: 5/13/201 Identification Form “Agency Information Peleased under the John AGENCY: FBI . Kennedy RECORD NUMBER: — 124-90144-10042 issassination Records oOllection Act of 1992 RECORD SERIES: HQ (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#:NWU 54460 Date: AGENCY FILENUMBER:  100-370750-306 no-o4-2017 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: NY TO: HQ TITLE : DATE: 05/13/1963 -* PAGES: 4 SUBJECTS : JOHN HOWARD LAWSON DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: —Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 01/21/1999 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : MEMO v9.1 HW 54460 21 DoclIda: 32339107 Page 1
“7 "OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 5010-104—01 2 UNITED rare > NMENT To: DIRECTOR, FBI (tS om | pare: 5/13/63 > pron SAC, NEW YORK. (100-80918).. (P) A —— Oo. : SUBJECT: © “JOHN HOWARD’ LAW: se GAB a Angeles airtel. to. the Bureau, ~ and WFO: airtel to. ‘the Bureau, - dated 4/2H/63- » eaten ane nas ee s “It is ‘noted that. on: 5/6/63" ‘SA. RICHARD A. "SHAW ; telephonically eontacted Mr. TONY. GALLETTA, - Immigrant oh -. Inspector, INS, -20 West. ‘Broadway, - ‘New York 7, New: York, aS _ to: determine if an F-1 Stop - had been placed-on the spubject wa Mr. GALLETTA advised that- their records. reflected’ that: ‘the was a G-13 type stop placed. on the subject. with expiration. date of April, 1964. It is noted that a.G-13 stop is to. ‘obtain a correct passport. number’ and. complete. United ~ _: States address to be furnished to INS,~ Central Control: in Washington for future reference. Mr. GALLETTA advised that he would take care of placing the F-1 gop. on the. subject. (O RELEASE IN PART 0 & 2. - on_/ By letter to Mr. P. AS, ESPERDY, District Director, 7 New York District, United States Department: of Justice, Y se INS, 20 West Broadway, New York, New York,. dated 5/9/63, Uf} Jan emergency 90 day Fel ‘stop was placed on the subject. ~ ~ A review of New Yort dices reflected New York file 100-123034 captioned "LEO QUAT; SM - C", which sets forth the following information oncerning QUAT: CSNY 1541-S: (Conceal), who has. furnished reliable information in the past, on 1/3/63 made available to. SA ANTHONY E. CONSTANTINO bank records concerning the. account of the Emergency C git Liberties Committee (ECLC). This source's name is not disclosed in.a. report” or otherwig unless it has been decided definitely that he is to be’a witness in a trial or hearing. Irrmation herein is not: to be: made. Public except in the UsUBE Proceedings following os (o2 Bureau (100- “Fo750) (RM “0 - Los Angeles (100 21158) . b 69 9 (hoe 1- New York (100-80918) . eo 8 MAY 16 963 < 8) gant rae & CRA AY eng JB HW 54460 DocId:32339107 ‘Page 2
| AW 54460 DoclId:32339107 Page 3 5 perme enna eter RII AFB ys a NY 100-80918 the issuance of a subpoena, duces tecum. The officer to be subpoenaed is Miss SAR4 T. MALLOY, Senior: Vice President, Amalgamated. Bank of New York, 11-15 Union Square, New York City. Original information is located in 134-842-2954, which reflects that LEON QUAT received $250.00 on 12/18/62, from the ECLC. , - A characterization of the ECLC is contained in the 12/1/61 issue of the "Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications": . as . On 6/25/62, Dr. JAMES SLEVIN, Panel Source, who has furnished reliable information in the past (conceal), advised SA GEORGE EDWIN JONES, that at an ECLC party, Great Neck, Long Island, on 6/23/62, it was announced by one of the members that LEON QUAT had contributed $50.00 to the fund raising appeal of the ECLC. Original information located in New York 13-2220-103) (() i On 5/22/62, NY 1286-S*, who has furnished reliable information in the past, and who is unavailable for recontact, advised that ISIDORE GIBBY NEEDLEMAN, on 5/22/62 was in contact with LEON QUAT regarding a legal matter. @ (Uy ISIDORE GIBBY NEEDLEMAN is characterized as follows: (%)d During 1957 and 1958, NY T-1 and NY T-2 furnished the following information concerming ISIDORE GIBBY NEEDLEMAN: CU) NEEDLEMAN is a practicing attorney in ~*,. 4. Néw York City. He was formerly employed cn by the Amtorg Trading Corporation, registered Russian trade agency in the United States, in a legal capacity and he continues to re- present this agency from time to time. NEEDLEMAN has represented current and former members of the CP before Congressional Committees and in the courts, and has served (%) agg eA MS wr ‘,