AGENCY INFORMATION Released under the John : AGENCY: FBI . . Kennedy RECORD NUMBER: 124-10067-10273 \ssass ination Records Ollection Act of 1992 RECORD_SERIES: HQ (44 USC 2107 Note). Ho-23-2017 AGENCY FILE NUMBER:  105-82555-5756 asediNW 53025 Date: DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: RYAN, D. TO: BASSETT | TITLE: ; DATE: 05/09/1978 PAGES: 2 | | . SUBJECT: LHO, POST-RP, ASSOC, INTV, BIFFLES, KENT DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL Secret NEW | CLASSIFICATION: | CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW DATE: — 02/03/1997 | UPDATE DATE: 06/08/2001 STATUS _ Redact RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (1)(B) COMMENTS: | NW 353025 DoclId: 32282613 Page 1
[32-0 ' jl - Mr. Foster KY ; i ¢ * « “ ~ ea ; , — ra > N we Assoc. Dir. _ Ak } - Dep. AD Adm. 4 NS ~~ Dep. AD Inv. \ a» - UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Asst. Dir.: ‘FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION an es Memorandum | i Intell, ‘ of? i & . Laboratory Legal Coun, TO DATE. 5/9/78 Plan. a — Rec. Mgnt. : Mr. Bassett nani —_ Mr. Cregar . Public Affs. Off. “ (Attn: Mr. Nolan) Telephone Rm. , (Attn: Mr. Kinsey) irector's See'y—— > Fe Cin) (Attn: Mr. Coulson) ; , fl i * s - K Vv . | — e 4 fe ens se bas CML A ar eny 3 Ciassified by MEAG | lowe Roe " St OW Beclassify on: Aca - vs MY DB wh ID d | eb | yee! 1099 RF: y . vale LTE oo & ; PURPOSE: To furnish additional information relating to news reporter. Kent Kent Biffle" s interest in captioned subject. DETAILS: Kent Biffle's name was noted, among others, in personal. papers be elonging to Lee Harvey Oswald (Bufile 105-82555-2579). Biffle was interviewed by the FBI on 12/16/63 (Bufile 105-82555-1212). He advised that he was formerly employed by the Fort Worth (Texas) Press as a reporter in the latter part of 1959 and had been assigned to prepare articles on - 4 4 Oswald's defection. He mentioned no personal contacts with Oswald, but a IN ; stated he ‘utilized public source information on Oswald and had contact — | with Oswald's mother and brother for background information. He also stated that the resultant articles (three) contained "all the information which he actually knew about ene REC. a Jo he ~g AEC SS b _ Recent review of information obtained from a very sensitiv ' i) le F-6-92 | source in 1959 Ae 78K; that. Biffleftelephonicall ried to contact Oswald in Russia £0) BU 11/14 to Oswald a@t the Hotel Metro in Moscow was pied r. Biffle," although no conversation was recorded. Another call to the hotel by_a "Ken Bassle" on_11/16/59 was <] cancelled because of a poor connection [(New YorkPTile 65414825-R1-1677. aad 1679). The source of this information has not been utiliz since { 1970, ha been disclosed according to information in file (Bufile 10541367) “ly emains sensitive having been characterized in 197@=5 source, disclosure of which wquld seriously affect the internal security of the United States." G1 MAY 24 1978 | GY 4 SSeelo o4 3 ¢ OF Ri F since source information does not disclose the resultes™6f Sy sm, contact between B le and Oswald while Oswald was at the Hotel Metropple | in Moscow in 1958 piace the FBI did interview Biffle concerning his le U) | ‘interest in Oswald, which he explained; since the new details add noth ng nor change what is known; and since further written dissemination of these new details might only serve to compromise a former source by ,the y 7, “ potential, resultant publicity, it is not felt °¥ written didsenf4 eto of the new information is warranted at epiiee™ AI’ SAQA Die: melf<7) - CONTINUED - OVER CLASSIFIED B’ EXEMPT FROM FBI/DOJ — Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Pla y 89 JUN 0 6 1978} so HW 53025 Docld:32262613 Page ?