Yr Date:08/12/93 , Page:1 . JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY : DOS RECORD NUMBER : 179-40007-10215 RECORDS SERIES : LOT 85D275: RECORDS RELATING TO LEE HARVEY OSWALD AGENCY FILE NUMBER DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : FBI FROM : TO TITLE DATE : 01/31/64 PAGES : 11 SUBJECTS NEEDLEMAN, ISIDORE DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : U RESTRICTIONS : REFERRED CURRENT STATUS : P DATE OF LAST REVIEW : / f OPENING CRITERIA COMMENTS : FOLDER: OSWALD CASE-~ FBI REPORTS; BOX F11 HW 50529 DBocld:322127567 Page 1
. DEPARTMENT OF STATE BUREAU OF INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCA TRANSMITTAL OF DOCUMENT FOR RETENTION OR DESTRUCTION L ~- Mr. Meeker The attached information is for confidential utilization. ‘It is NOT to be disseminated outside the Department. - The communication may be RETAINED or DESTROYED; it should NOT be retumed to INR. ‘If DESTROYED, se- curity procedures as outlined in Section 1985, Vol. 5, Foreign Affairs Manual must be followed. : J EUASSIFICATION OF ENCLOSED DOCUMENT CONFIDENTIAL (Synopsis & pages 11-14) , IF SECRET, THE DOCUMENT: consists of __. pages; Number_. copies, Series. ‘RE: OSWALD, Lee Harvey | INR/DDC: R. M. ULBRICH This Transmittal Form Becomes UNCLASSIFIED Upon Removal of Any Classified Enclosures. FORM... . GPO 943581 4-63 05-1514a ; . i SS rae co ee Se En etree = os , v HW 50529 DBocld:322127567 Page 2?
_SEORET ‘Copy tot a ; Report of: - , ae Ce _ . : Office: 4 | . oe Dates | VECTOR, A. LEMATIRE: oon. New York, New York — 1/31/64 - ae . a Field Office File he. 7 os ; Bureau File #: a ‘ Ct 2100-78633 7 a _ 100-341652 ~  — ; Title: - CS | “ISIDORE GIBBY NEEDLEMAN | | af | f . 4/6/94 A, rns Oo raving Leniteel : Character: | SF ; , ‘ Daclassify ae i) : - INTERNAL SECURITY,- Ro __ es, 1A, 1D, ry (3 Honk ~ z INTERNAL SECURITY AcT, 1950 ee =: Synopsis: ie 7 a ~ NEEDLEMAN continues to reside at 444 Central Park West, New York City, and to maintain a law office é . dn Suite 2810, 165 Broadway, New York City. He was hospitalized until 11/20/63, following a mild heart attack, oa and resumed work on a limited basis in December, 1963. - 2 He continued contacts with KONSTANTIN SEMENOV and other torg officials, principally in connection with tax ease, NEEDLEMAN discussed future of Sovfoto Agency with LIUBA SOLOV.| Former CP member revealed NEEDLEMAN was CP. ef Educational Director,in NYC, 1935. NEEDLEMAN was in cont with MIRIAM FRIEDLANDER of CCCL, and JAMES ARONSON of - os "National Guardian". ; He opposed publication of MARK LANE's re “wrief" in LEE HARVEY [OSWALD case. NEEDLEMAN initially - er gloated over shootin President KENNEDY. [Gcntacts with “numerous individuals set Sper. accounts reviewed for wy ce - October and November, 1963. | . + ? , ‘wusorene py Stes Ble Sio/mde-’ DECLASSIi ON: 25X__ eon om "oe \ alc/e3 DEPARTMENT OF STATE“ | rom automatic Pei IA, 1D, 12,93, y ae f ran 40° 3 MARG 1964. OFFICE OF TCURITY : . TNTELA LIGEN er PROUESSING SECT 4 wy be SEC This document contains neither’ recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI It is the property of the FBI and. is loaned to your agency; it and its contents” are not. to be. distributed Outside, your agency. . . : . HW 50529 DBocld:322127567 Page 3
- N¥Y.100-78633. 07 -. “TABLE OF CONTENTS ° MS EMPLOYMENT Zo 2! FAMILY MATTERS - we aso HEALTH | 3 NEEDLEMAN! § INTEREST IN TRADE WITH i: COMMUNIST COUNTRIES LT 4 1 Amtorg Trading Corporation 4 Four Continent Book Corporation | 9 e) 0) \ Edwin S, Smith. - Ameri can-Russian Chamber of Commerce/1 . NEEDLEMAN! s COMMUNIST PARTY - ACTIVITY = ll NEEDLEMAN's ACTIVITIES WITH CP FRONT Oo ,  CRGANTZATIONS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS | 11 Citizens Committee for . ' Constitutional Liberties il . Emergency Civil Liberties Committee ll "National Guardian" National Lawyers! Guild ee MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES — . NEEDLEMAN's Reaction to Assassination oe of President KENNEDY 14 OTHER CONTACTS OF | NEEDLEMAN oe ease as | a . if. eA wt we /RESIDENCE, ig “m= wee a re cen gear gee HW 50529 DBocld:322127567 Page 4
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NY 100~78633 ARIZA, ANGELA ARONSON, JAMES 1913736 “BEAL, LEONA BERKOWITZ, SAM CHAPMAN, HENRY CROWN, JOSEPH DRUCKER, DAVID DWECK, MORRIS _ DYLAN, BOB . FEINSTEIN, JOSEPH ae _ FELMAN, HELEN a FELTENSTEIN; Dr. MILTON = FIELD, OLGA . a ae  EIT2GERALD, EDWARD 9 FREEDMAN, DAVID Do PRIEDLANDER, MIRIAM © FRIEDMAN, MILTON. ~ GLASER, EDA _ GOLDMAN, DON HOROWITZ, BESS HUBLEY, AATTH  - -HUBLEY, JOHN  ISSERMAN? Joan _ IVANOV, IGOR HW 50529 DBocld:322127567 Page 6 _ ape ‘Page 7 T5532 -- 15, 29,32 15,33. 15533 - 26, 27,33 6, 7s 85,33 16,33 16, 34 12, 34. 7, 9,34 11736 27,18, 19337 22°. 41,38 .° 6,27,39 °° SOOPER RURRRETIME peut retteren tiene ae EE rere eea ir aemepne te v ERE SEGRE CTI
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cmembers wes heid in pistriet 24 of the CP in New York City. > Besording to NY TA NEEDLEMAN was Eductional Director of ity 100-78633 | EEDLEMAN'S COMMUNIST PARTY ACTEVESY ee ‘Barly in December, 1963, NY m-5, a former member of the Communist Party (cP), recalled chat NEEDLEMAN was his fiest CP teacher in 1.935,. when 2 class for new cP the CP in New York City at that time ane the class was neld at District Headquarters ; Located on lth Avenue, near 26%h Street, Manhattan. REDLEMAN'S ACTIVITIES WITH CP FRONT ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER al ORGANIZATIONS ‘ nearer ae Citizens Committee for ‘ Constitutional Liberties (CCCL) aa eee mene 7 Rariy in December, 1963, NY Tl learned tnat MIRIAM PRIEDILANDER was Looking for someone to handle fund raising activities for the CCCL, and that JOAN TSSERMAN had been suggested to her. NEEDIEMAN ascertained that JOAN ISSERMAN . ~ and ner husband, ABRAHAM TSSERMAN, were currently yesiding in Park West Village, 382 Central park West, New York City. . NEEDLEMAN subsequently attempted to in- “terest JOAN ISSERMAN in the position. JOAN ISSERMAN “andicated that she would be visiting her family until a after the first of the new year, put that she would consider thse proposition at that time, provided no- one else had-vaen obtained for it. - Emergeney Civis Libertie oe committee (CLC) oS Towards the middle of December, 1963; NY T-1 advised that NEEDLEMAN learned from EDWARD WALLERSTEIN oe ee cog pe a 7 il . — QUACE wee a ee wqoeee gpg Tie HW 50529 DoclId: 3227127567 Page 9 bea peter meneame ante aan eo s . pen Settee Sete ger SE" BEE Tiger
NY. 100~78633 SO A sand from BEATRICE MAGDOFF.,,. both of whom nad attended BOS DYLAN, che ECLC Dinner on December 13, 1963; that the Tom w) aine Award A been given to a folk singer nemed ' DYLAN, NEEDLEMAN that alcohol or of EDWARD WALLFRSTEIN tola either under the influence of drugs; had made a long, rambling, incoherent speech ’.. tn the to the presumed assassin of President KENN course of “wien he had asserted that there was a little bit of OSWALD in hin. This reference : EDY brougnt about loud booing and hissing and, according | to - WALLERSTEIN, evidently hurt the collection .of money. "NEEDLEMAN, indicating that he had little use for the ECLC, expressed considerable pleasure that such an ineident should hawa- happened: to this: organization. - "National Guardian" > Towards the end of November, 1963, NY T-1 * peported thas EDITH NEEDLEMAN informed her husband on November 26, 1963. . table, had made _ LAMONT and his wife had donated $2000. . V4 HW 50529 ‘MAGDOFF subsequently informed NEEDLEMAN that the "National Guardian" Dinner had been a tremendous ARONSON whether the ‘thet there had been some very good speeches and some. wonderful people at the "National Guardian” Dinnex She mentioned that Dr. MILTON ELTENSTEIN and PAUL and NAN ROSS, who were as her contributions: to the The game informant advised that BEATRICE , success. (possibly — ~ VICTOR" RAPINOWITZ) had given $1200; while ur “She related that the RABINOWITZes “U\ ’ Early in December, 1963,. the foregoing informant reported that NEEDLEMAN asked JAMES "National Guardian: would be , ECRET. SEUREL Yoo ? a "National Guardian". ra uy} - DoclId: 3227127567 Page i10 d seceepgeet ne pice ree nett pee cei Mp cen nem nny sa enee Hee eeg Nana 8 emeeeeeee ne ape 4
aD Eg A inna tun Stalin bbe oe HW 50529 DBocld:322127567 Page 11 | NY 100-78633. a Bn St San i interested in an article by a prominent attorney on the legal aspects of the assassination of President KENNEDY, even though it might be stale by the tine it TG . got’ into print. ARONSON said he would still like to consider it, 4f it was. an interesting article. 4. Shortly before the middie of December, 1963, “NY 1-2 advised that NEEDLEMAN forwarded to the "National | Guardian" a check for $275.08, which was the balance after taxes of a $300 bequest to the Mastoott comes Ogu) from one JEAN FORTIER MARTIN of Pasadena, California. Towards the middle of December, 1963, NY T-e ‘advised that JAMES ARONSON informed NEEDLEMAN that _-MARK LANE was preparing a paper on the case of Con HARVEY OSWALD (presumed assassin of President KENNEDY)» san which was to be published in the "National Guardian" of December 19, 1963. ‘Recording to NY T-2, this article was based > “on evidence submitted by the Dallas, Texas, Police’ - 4. "Department and by the local District Attorney. LANE a -expanded on the American presumption of innocence and --on the bungling of the case py the Dallas Police. He - quoted. from statements by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Philadelphia Bar Association, and cone luded that if character witnesses had been able to appear for ‘ OSWALD, they would have given compelling testimony. NEEDLEMAN disputed this conclusion and pointed out that the Russians had a dossier on OSWALD which in- | dicated that this individual was unbalanced.- NEEDLEMAN ° aig not approve of the "National Guardian" publishing, . LANE's article at this. time, before the case had been . reviewed by 2 tribunal. which merited respect. NEEDLEMAN: felt ARONSON would be doing the public a disservice to eT print it. He could not convince ARONSON, however, to ee hola off. until Chief Justice WARREN's committee had given. any its report. © ae ESS Co yey, isan * ~ es ’ a ee _ Omar a oe AB eae i Pe UE ita po wie ae ee ae
iy 1000-78633 7 : 7 | | | SECRET. _ the organization. — STANDARD said the pusiness of the. ~¢ ee a 7 etree ET St be 4 ’ i “i 1 National Lawyers! Guild _(NLG) oo, Shortly after the middle of November, 1963, °° NY T-1 advised that WILLIAM L,- STANDARD informed _— . na NEEDLEMAN that he haa attended a meeting of the Board Ce re of the NIG on November 20, 1963 and that no one had : - referred to the fact that NEEDLEMAN had resigned from meeting had been mainly a report concerning the young people and the need to attract thei to the Guild. STANDARD urged NEEDLEMAN to withdraw his SN —— resignation but TEEDLEMAN declined, asserting that he was through with the Guild. » \ : | MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES CO , a \ . — Reaction to the Assassination . ee Of president KENNEDY “ . During the latter part of November, 1963, ONY TL reported that IRVING KAPLAN advised NEEDLEMAN ‘that president JOHN F. KENNEDY had been shot in Texas. NEEDIEMAN's initial reaction (before it was known that ne President vias dead) was tnat he roped the President would suffer more than his father. KAPLAN pointed out that this event was not good for axiybody, but NEEDLEMAN said it was good for him to think that President KENNEDY . wag getting his just desserts. NY T-1 advised that some days later, however, . NEEDLEMAN Giscussed with MARTIN OUNG the assassination | | AW 50529 of President KENNEDY. NEEDLEMAN now deseribed it as horrible and stated that ne was afraid we now “head a President who was not a heavy weight mentally. MARTIN YOUNG was of the opinion that even af the alleged assassin had perpetrated the murder, he was not aione and someone else had worked with him. 4, cr ee) 2h pas Docld: 3227127567 Page 12