' Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. ' DATE: 11-14-7017 JFK Assassination System Date: 4/14/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER:  124-10313-10008 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: _ 100-395934-78 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: MX TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 08/10/1964 *PAGES: 57 SUBJECTS : ELIZABETH CATLETT MORA DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 05/27/1998 _ OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : CC hoe en eee nnn — i | v9.4 6 4 . | Docld: 32311392 Page 1
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. “DATE: 11-14-2017 () » 3 (Rev. S-1-59) TITLE OF CASE ae :' | REPORT MADE BY j | TYPEL = SE NATHAN L, FERRIS rjb “7 OIA HAS 8D OO lEOTCRIARACTER OF CASE 7 Wy aka - IN THIS DUCUMER SEE REVERS = 5: SYNOPSIS: | ADD. DISSENNAT 7 Subject and husband, FRANCISCO MORA, continue to resitel | “at Calle del Pino #273, apt. 16, Mexico, D. F, Subject continues; '~ as instructor in San Carlos art school. Certificate of loss of 7 «4 | American citizenship issued in view of subject's naturalization ¥ ; | ~ @8 Mexican citizen. Subject reportedly member of PCM and of so-', Jay a called leadership Branch. €Continues making collections for Pcm,} ; ~ Obtaining money from ACGM, claiming to collect 2000 to 3000 pesos * ($160 to $240 U.S.) per month for PCM. Subject continues to main- - tain contact with ACGM and visitors from U, §. who contact ACUM. y, eX Continues to maintain interest re matters in U.S.: in showing na — film "The Sobell Story", vice-president of League for Defenge of yn Negroes, collecting money for telegrams to U. S. supporting jMarch '@ ~ On Washington, in U. S. racial matters involving movement hdade ; - by MALCOLM X, and reportedly with husband operated mail drop ipox for exchange of mail between correspondents in China, Cuba/ and - U. S, Also continues interest in Cuban matters and served on . Disaster Committee to raise funds for Cuba after hurricané. Subject pro-Chinese in Sino-Soviet split. APPROVED pee TS ae SPECIAL AGENT bf COPIES-MADE: a ae fe . (12>- Bureau (T00-395934): £-2  . {love 1 - Liaison Sectign) Pp {L. - New'Yomrp 100+112556) we ft on ; sf y 3 (CIRCULY and CIA, Moxie VF ((u) 37 A in 14 1964: Baa cinema FSF -GoF 7 Drhltes . a3 fs ap Dissemingg Py pcord of Attached Report te Fwd, ” ie fs L-AS | = VALINE 4 qoeg 1- 1 ee? oa Bill epi: — + “4% Docld: 32311392 Page 2?
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PReleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hotes. ' DATE; 11-14-2017 L474 ; ~ gid od-939 | dis tah *\ +. by the subject which was raffled and won by & friend of COLEMAN's in Detroit. It appeared that the statue had been involved in a railroad accident and had been shipped back to Mexico by mistake. COLEMAN wanted KARZNAN to pick it up and | return it to Detroit and furnished KARZNAN.the name of CHARLES SMALL for assistance. The source was unable to further iden- tify KARZNAN but indicated that he had been involved in a recent "big demonstration" which SMALL described as the "biggest thing that hit the.U. S. by far", (the source was unable to further identify that demonstration). It was. AA \ KE? also indicated that SMALL and KARZNAN both knew. GES eee Ot Detroit (Bufile 100-367743) and_BARBATEN DER SCHELLING (Bufile 100-367251) who had been in the Abraham —EincoiIn. Brigade in Spain with KARZNAN, SMALL described ELIZABETH MORA as an American who married a Mexican and wa ‘one of the few completely integrated into Mexican life. ju) a (On July 18, 1963, MEX-18 and MEX-19 advised that / ELIZABETH MORA had stated that some tourists had arrived from. MW pbetroit and had visited her house the day before. MORA - . stated that they had said_her statue, which was raffled, was ay on by a_ROBERT and MARCAMONTGONERY. apparently wealthy ¥ qrsttors were people from Detroit, Michigan.  Shé’ state going to deliver. the statue_to Detroit. )¥ ia) AES Witon Augpst 5, 1963, ALBERT TZ (Bufifle 100-7646) contacted BERTHEYSMALL (Bufile 100-421747), at which time . w MALTZ inditated he would be seeing ELIZABETH MORA the follow- ges Thursday... SMALL requested MALTZ to give the subject a memnessage to call ALBINAABRINTON at the Hotel Tejas and indi- f/ cated that BRINTON was some type’ of museum director in California, and she had contacted SMALL only because she was looking for the subject. - On August 14, 1963, Mrs. BRINTON 4 contacted BERTHE SMALL and stated she. had been in touch with the subject and her husband, FRANCISCO MORA, and commented that the MORAs had been very good to her, ating that they had introduced her to several artists Ma) GVIESt On October 3, 1963, S$ GER, (Bufile 100-21415) contacted CHARLES SMALL regarding his efforts to get in touch with the subject. SMALL oy OU nh he contact the Subject at San Carlos Art Academy uy - , On October 6, 1963, the subject contacted F THE gt) | )- ee | Be (cq, CONTENT | COVER PAGE StU : ‘ a ee iy in | k Docld:327311392 Page 4
/Beleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 UsC 2107 Hote. f DATE: 11-14-2017 ; a A (11¢ 100-939 CONEPENTIAL especially people who are working in the Negro movement. She said that she had thought of someone in SNCC but did not have the name or address. SMALL asked if she meant she wanted to send material to SNCC and she stated she did not, but that ) nC she desired some names and addresses from SMALL for the Academy MORA stated that the Congress was to be a large world-wide affair and that the President of Mexico would open it. MORA stated that if SMALL knew of any "progressive" teachers, organizations, or student organizations, or promi- nent cultural figures that he thought would be good at such a Congress, she would like to have their names and addresses. She claimed that she was also making up a list and that any list SMALL might provide could overlap but that she wanted to have a very good list. She added that persons attending the Congress would have to pay their own transportation but that their hotel and all expenses would be paid for during the duration of the Congress. MORA cited as example of persons she had in mind were one MARGARET (LNU) who has a small museum in New York and Chicago and works with the _gd6uthside Community Art Center (apparently in Chicago) andy, very active in the National Negro Art Movement, and LINUSYPAULING (Bufile 100-353404) but that PAULING had just recently been in Mexico 4SsmaLL © 7 Stated that he was thinking of a youth group such as the one of his son, ABBOTASMALL, (Bufile 100-441277), which he . said was composed oF “very-good kids" and ‘that they were very active. SMALL promis qd to assist MORA in this natter (Wi | “The above ends the information received trom [c1Aj ay (i! } g, following information was received from MEX-16 and MEX-19}8n@ is being reported in the administrative section of this report rather than in the dissemination _ portion¥as it is delicate and se ship..woich _ would tend to identify the source, andgtrtaddition,some of the informafion has been reported in separate cases for dissemi-_ nationywithout mentioning the subject as the soure ( &) F ay . COVER PAGE Lo | . CONAN RT» cs : , . H : Docld: 32311392 Page 5