JFK Assassination System Date: 4/9/2018 Identification Form a Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10188-10205 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: — 62-116395-1448 a Document Information ORIGINATOR: = CIT FROM: DEAN, HARRY TO: KENNEDY, JOHN F. TITLE: DATE: 06/28/1961 PAGES: 170 SUBJECTS : CC, RESP, FBI MATERIALS DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS : Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 12/23/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: = INDEFINITE COMMENTS : EBF, INC ABSTRACT, COVER SHEET, 32 MEMO, 8 LTR, 3 NEWS ARTIC, ENV, PHOTO, 12 A/T, CARD, 3 TTY, PRESS RELEASE, 5 LHM, 18 INTV
to 4. . ih ren rom NO. 10 , 43 ‘ pt Nach a. ee / * - | .G ‘UNITED STATES GG, &NMENT . ' vh- he Memorandum ss eupsgrngp att “To: DIRECTOR, FBI (62-109217) pate: 3/6 /64 ¥ prom SSBESAC, LOS ANGELES (105-12933) (¢) supject: HARRY oe IS - CUBA (00: LOS ANGELES) ReBulet to Los Angeles, 2/19/64. Enclosed are nine copies of a letterhead memorandun,. wig! dated as above, at Los Angeles, setting forth requested. | hB information concerning the subject. , | re . — i The enclosure is being classified "Confidential" 1 aay, SB for the protection of the sources utilized to cite the Chicago \ - gee ah Chapter of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee (FPCC) and EDGAR_ J | se ef + SWABECK. A ; - The ¢oncealed sources utilized in the citations of » fl ¢.& | the FPCC and EDGAR SWABECK, applicable for the period of DEAN'S Ya Hivactivities.in Chicago, mostly were derived from the reports - G2. / Lf SA-JOHN N. MORGAN, dated 7/26/6l, at Chicago, and SA LEE R..° a x %, ~~ “ _ INMAN, dated 7/26/62, at Los Angeles, regarding "EDGAR SWABECK, | ey Ny gm - SWP" (Bufjle 100-381850, LA 100-60840) gre:.CSLA. 3184-S,. WF 1282-S apd {CG 6259-S} in connection with the FPCC and ~) CG 5933-S, (ca 6259-Sfand LA 4015-S in connection with SWABECK . {& iw) In accordance with Bureau instructions, a letterhead memorandum concerning FRANK VEGA will be prepared separately =. in the case captioned, "PRANK VEGA, IS - CUBA," following reinterview with DEAN for any additional information he may be f| able t furnish regarding VEGA and his contact with him in , 3 se is being placed in a closed status. . iS (2) Bureau (Enc. 9) (RM) (AM) REC 7 a Let s Angeles ‘ 7 QR ul ma weg 1- 105- 16378 - FRANK vaca) | a n° . . : yy a 2 ria : : Wi peg yor" | by roulipg Shp in Jae. \wisen paMourENa Gaps 9G TS i Mia Co ee oa eel ‘\ Cery to: CL /State/RAO ‘ HW S3074 DocTd: 32307997 Page 2
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“Retéased under the: John FY Kennedy 4992 (44 USC. 2107 Hote) - er _11-14- -2017- aaa CG G2-G115 ‘At this time DEAN had one .arrest- by the ‘De for disturbing a religious. meeting and. two indecent and obScene language.: : Knox,:. Kentucky, in 1949. me in December, — 196 0, “DEAN | ‘again | ss iole report that he had bee residing’ ain’ Detroit®, _months., At that time he said -he. Was’ living im ‘refused to divulge his local . address. ee ‘ne continued. to. telephonically contact this office on se ver “June, E961.° He furnished information concé connected with the 26th of July. Movement; (an ~ connected with the FPCC., ; He was last copter ted byt Office on June 7, 1961, at which.time? “he” ‘was office did not desire his assistance —_ Former CG 6403- S advised ai was a white male, age about. 25, (in... “black hair, - : mt: While DEAN voluntarily. furnished: ~ Chicago Office over. a period of: nearly. a. ye he was. never. considered a PSI or informant by: this. offi Sia te ofa ee hat On December 7, 1960, HARRY. ‘DEAN. telephonically contacted’) this office. He advised that he had ‘been, in: ‘contact with a , SWABECK, 1716 St. Michaels Chicago, Jilinois “telephone .. number Wh 4e 6445. He stated that’ he: had: originally’ met SWABE ICK -in Cuba this past Summer, fie Said’ that. SWABECK. invited. him.. to .a meeting in his home on. the evening: of. Dee enber 1960) ater 7 p.m. DEAN stated that this is a meeting ofa. Fair: Play: For: ’ a Cuba Committee (FPCC) group and that che intended:to: ‘attend.’ Be said that from the Way » SWABECK talked , it is’ hi ‘pelief that . this group is trying to out. due > ‘other. groups: rexthe FPCC: and. thus cause a Split in the group..; He ‘also*Said. that. ‘SWABECK “made mention of a letter that he ‘received. from Tabet which. ‘stated that EDDIE SHAW of. Detroit;:had® been: zmoved: Sat Lae to that. of a regional director. of; thes | pocta: 32308010 Page 2
"DATE: 11-14-2017 | . Chicago, and met Dr. FE ERRIER, a Consulate. “offic re CG 62-6115 On December 20, 1960, ca "640328 “advi E, MOONEY of a meeting of a group.of persons forming-a North Side- Branch of ‘the, Chicago } ‘Cha: Fair Play for Cuba Committee which ‘meeting. was: December 7. 1960 at the home of ‘EDWA D, SWABECK Michaéi's Street, Chscegoe€ (UW) ; This group decided that. an should be held on January 6, 1961,-at sthe’ home’ of BARNETT was selected to be’ in charge of the} prog SWABECK was assigned the duty to have™ “the announ by DICK CRILEY and mailed, and HARRY DEAN: was SUMNER and JOHN ROSSEN to obtain. reading : materia either be sold or passed out free of. charge’. Branch Officers; i.e., Chairman, Secretary: Director are to be elected and MARCIA STARR from -new nenvers \v why we During this mee ing, HARRY, DE AN. Was, OV state that just before he left Whiting g, Indi nay peaten, a rock had been thrown, through: ‘his wand ‘given a "hard time” by the townspeople, .. He is presently a sheet metal worker. (ii ica stated that he was in Cuba in June, “1960, < and, jet ED:SWABECK onsthe plane. . He’ ‘and: 'SWABECK wW ‘at the same time and were together. in Cuba at east part, ° ~the time, DEAN said his first: contact. with cee was ne when he donated money to the Cuban Cause on two, they held parades on State Street. in 1958 mentioned that he waS working for the. ‘Curtis: pubLishing” -Company. DEAN said he then went to. the Cuban: Cor expressed his sympathies oe the: CASTRO .ré syolution to worked” “Dr, FERRIER, He said that Dr. F FERRIE Ru knew. with the 26th of July Movement ‘in Chicago, _ of the formation of the EPODs, According: Docid:32308010 Page 3