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eo . . ° CIA HAS NO OBJECTION To _ . ae DECLASSIFICATIGN AND/OR i 7 CONFIDENTT RELEASE OF THIS DOCUMENT . “. — e]24)4s- FORM DS-838 : 4026-56 DEPARTMENT OF STATE OFFICE OF SECURITY CASE CLASSIFICATION 1A, 26.00 OSWALD, Lee Harvey FIELD OFFICE DATE REPORTED DATES INVESTIGATED June 24 to Washington July 27, 196 July 23, 196 ; SYNOPSIS REPORTING AGENT A procedural study of the look-out card system of the Passport Office was conducted with specific reference being made to the procedures followed in the Lee Harvey OSWALD case, including a security survey of the Clearance Section, The details are set forth below. - CLOSED - REFERENCE: Oral instructions from SY/Headquarters dated June 4, 1964 (Mr. Berry) Memorandum from Mr, G, Marvin Gentile to Mr. Henri G, Grignon dated June 2, 1964 Memorandum from Mr, A, Schwartz to Mr. G, Marvin Gentile dated i May 20, 1964 SSS DETAILS | Pursuant to the authority in the referenced oral instructions and memo- i randa, and a conference held on June 23, 1964, attended by Mr. Charles Mace, : Mr, Richard Frank, Mrs. Frances Knight, Mr. Edward Hickey, Mr. Robert D. j Johnson, Mr. G. Marvin Gentile and the writer, a procedural study of the { look-out card system of the Passport Office was conducted, DO NOT WRITE. IN THIS SPACE 4 APPROVED pecial Agent if COPIES REFERRED 3 - Headquarters 1 - WFO file (64-1475) REVIEWED BY AGENT SUPERVISOR (Date) (Initials) —__ | Se | ONFTDENTTA downgrading and declassification | ( i J THIS“REPORT |S THE PROPERTY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND iTS “CONTENTS MUST NOT BE DISCLOSED TO UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS. eel . ; GPO 891584 LM eet oa EOE a 08a A Re 858 es A a AR ES en eS ts 2 i enti ip re ag Se tala set nbepmansoety PN eat algae te tie2 AYALA EAP AS a Danes SLO RIRN RD einrdenaied Docld: 322713983 Page 2? .
cult iat semebe iisinmienaieiidl CONFIDENTIAL OSWALD, Lee Harvey ' The look-out card process can be divided into two categories, (a) one which can be referred to as the judicial aspect and (bo) the ministerial as- pect. The first category concerns itself with the basis or criteria used in determining whether or not a card shall be requested, The second cate- gory concerns itself with the mechanical steps involved in preparing a look-out card from the time a decision to request a card is made until the filing of the card, Since the purpose of this study is primarily concerned with the procedures. in handling the look-out cards, emphasis will be placed on the ministerial aspect of the look-out card process with reference to the judicial aspect primarily for reasons of background, Furthermore, any recommendations at the conclusion of this report, which can be said to fall within the judicial realm of the process, are offered not as criteria for refusing a passport, but only as a means of avoiding the routine issuance of a passport to an individual with a questionable background, Moreover, the study was confined to inquiries to determine how the look-out cards are handled in a typical "OSWALD" case and specifically the procedures followed in the Lee Harvey OSWALD case itself, This study is broken down into the following categories: (1) the general overall procedures, (2) | the Lee Harvey OSWALD case, (3) security survey of the Clearance Section, (4) recommendations, and (5) summary of SY/Files having derogatory infor- mation relating to personnel assigned to the Clearance Section. ~-2- CONFIDENTIAL i a saad tb FERC hl ih AS i ed ca se cn N TT erg Bent init tmnt est guard amenaciny ensirnietin ld . sting el pnais del i Docld: 322713983 Page 3 pectesiee tris a SP ee a
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CONFIDENTIAL ° OSWALD, Lee Harvey (1) GENERAL OVERALL PROCEDURES: A - Generally the request for the preparation of a look-out card comes from the Passport Office's (a) Domestic Operations Division, (b) Foreign Operations Division, (c) Legal Division, and (d) the Department's Office | of Finance, { 4 (a) -Domestic-Operations Division: Basically the Domestic Operations Division (DO) handles all applications for passports. within the United States, The application is generally received in a passport agency, where it is reviewed by an adjudicator to determine, among other things, whether or not it has been proper- ly executed, and whether the applicant is seeking to travel in restricted areas, Assuming the application does not indicate restricted travel and that it is properly executed, the appli- cant's name and date of birth are teletyped to Washington, D, C., where it is checked through the Clearance Section to determine whether or not a look-out card exists, If one does not exist , the passport is issued routinely, if a card does exist the is- ; suance of the passport is held in abeyance and the applicant's \ passport file is reviewed prior to the issuance of the passport. : In cases where the application indicates a prior passport has been issued and that it is potentially valid the agency requests y the applicant to present it for examination. If the passport has expired the applicant is not requested to present it. When an application indicates a desire to travel in countries for which . i there are travel restrictions and the applicant persists in his desire, a letter of explanation is requested and is forwarded to the Department together with the application for determination, Further, applications which raise a question of citizenship, loss | of citizenship, or a possibility of fraud are forwarded to the : Department for decision, When such a question of citizenship arises it is referred to a Senior Adjudicator who makes a deter- . mination, If it is decided there is prima facie evidence indi- - ! cating a lack of citizenship or a loss of citizenship, a look- out card is requested by preparing a refusal sheet. The pur- pose of the look-out card is primarily to serve as a "flag" or j I an "alert" to the Passport Office, In the event a passport is i j —_ subsequently applied for it will not be issued routinely, but ; i a review of the applicant's file by a Senior Adjudicator will then be made to determine whether or not a passport may be duly issued, oars \ | | i f | | | i f t } i es TE Ramee HE Poser ern a ae REST Shea i ee -3- 7 | CONFIDENTIAL — Hf i. i. Docld: 32213983 Page 5
a Tap Gh aa pga © ¢ BESO [ana CEE ae Foe (had Pinan tachaainhee Be i data Ld mani Docld: 32213983 CONFIDENTIAL ‘QSWALD, Lee Harvey (b) Ferei Operation vision: The Foreign Operations Division (FO) receives for action, matters arising overseas relating to pass- port and nationality matters, However, it should be noted that only "problem" cases are referred to FO for decision (8 FAM 245.6 speci- fies what cases "must" be referred to the Department "for decision") ; approximately 93 to 95% of all cases arising overseas are handled © by the overseas post concerned, In cases referred to the Department, if the adjudicator determines that there has been a loss of citizen- ship or a failure to acquire citizenship a refusal sheet is prepared requesting a look-out card, Also, a card may be requested in any case where the adjudicator desires one to act as an "alert" or "flag". That is, although there is no legal basis under existing regulations. and statutes for refusing or limiting a passport, it is felt, none- theless, in the adjudicator's judgment, that a passport should not be subsequently issued routinely, This "flag" or "alert" insures, at least, a review of the individual's passport file prior to the issu- ance of a passport. Decisions for an "alert" or "flag" are based on the adjudicator's experience and no definite criteria are established, (c) Legal Division: The Legal Division of the Passport Office 4s composed of the Legal Advisory Branch (PT/LAD) and the Security Braneh (PT/LS). Generally PT/LAD is concerned with look-out cards in cases which involve passport frauds, imposters, child custody cases and requests from other agencies for look-out cards, PT/LS 4s primarily concerned with Communist Party members, Communist sym- pathizers, persons who have violated travel limitations, etc. This Branch receives reports from other agencies, which are disseminated by INR, The majority of the reports come from the FBI with a small portion from the CIA, (INR records indicate that some 350 or more reports are forwarded to the Passport Office each month), Pr/LS reviews the reports and if they indicate the individual is a Com- munist Party member or a member of a Front Organization which im- plies strongly the individual is a member of the Communist Party, a look-out card is requested through the preparation of a refusal sheet. . , (da) Office of Finance: Within the Department the Office of Finance (OF) also requests look-out cards when an individual has been granted a repatriation loan. The procedure requires that when an individual executes an application for a repatriation loan -h- _ CONFIDENTIAL “as neice ie cage pagan Page 6
CONFIDENTIAL ° . OSWALD, Lee Harvey the request is forwarded to the Special Consular Services (SCS) of the Department for determination, If the loan is approved, SCS so advises the overseas post and the loan is granted, (It is not cus- tomary for SCS to advise the Passport Office of their reasons for granting the repatriation loan), When the loan is granted, the Consular Officer forwards a copy of the invoice to OF, on some oc- casions the invoice would indicate the individual's date and place ofbirth.and name, and on others only the name. These invoices would then be forwarded to the Clearance Section of the Passport Office and acted as a request for a look-out card, However, if ; the loan did not exceed $50 and did not contain a date and place — i of birth a card would not be prepared and it would. be returned to OF, As a result, therefore, when an invoice did not indicate a date and place of birth OF discontinued sending them to the Clear- ance Section, When an invoice did not contain the required infor- mation the Clearance Section did prepare a look-out card and insert it into the look-out file. Under current procedures the loan application is sent with the invoice to OF by the overseas post and the date, place of i birth and the amount of the loan are readily available to OF, The Clearance Section maintains the requirement of a date and F place of birth in order to insure positive identification when } a search is made and avoid possible embarrassment to the Depart- ment by erroneous identification. Further, under current pro- cedures OF prepares its own IBM look-out ecard and forwards it to the Clearance Section for insertion in the look-out file. a ee ae a fl B = The Clearance Section of the Passport Office is that area where the : look-out file is maintained, When one of the areas under (A) above requests a look-out card through the preparation of a refusal sheet, under current pro- cedures, the following steps are taken: 7 - . (a) The Senior Adjudicator or the Adjudicator preparing the refusal sheet signs the sheet authorizing the request; (b) a clerk within the Adjudicator's area prepares the look- ie out card in duplicate, signs the refusal sheet and forwards the . sheet and the duplicate cards to the Clearance Section; ihn aise (c) the clerk within the Clearance Section receiving the file with the refusal sheet and look-out cards performs the 7 following: 1 { 4 » -5- CONFIDENTIAL i t ne . . 4 i at a ca ase sami Sepals decane cain hd sansa On ab WN Dae Ti 8 NT a SE ROL DSS AAS BINS aE eat pcb nse sbaie’ te Bi chee ba wes ote hte ssn te Bi ct bas ge Docld: 322713983 Page 7F .
CONFIDENTIAL OSWALD, Lee Harvey (1) indexes the refusal sheet; (2) places one look-out card in the look-out file as a temporary card and the other is stored for fu- \ ture forwarding to prepare an IBM card, (When the JEM card is received it replaces the tempor- (3) When these steps have been performed the indivi- dual performing them signs the refusal sheet, (4) The passport file is then forwarded to the Pass- port Office files for storage or to a requesting : individual, The indexing of the refusal sheet consists of the following: The indi- vidualts name is typed along the right-hand margin of the refusal sheet by a clerk designated to do so and,under the old system, the name preceded by the i number 130, Also, prior to the adoption of the current refusal sheet where ! the signature of the clerk receiving the file and refusal sheet within the Clearance Section is required, the indexing was the only evidence the re- ; fusal sheet was received and a look-out card prepared by the Clearance Sec- . 4 tion. Moreover, the current refusal sheet was not in effect at the time of the OSWALD look-out cards, The number 130 was used as part of the State Department's filing system, Under that system numbers 130 to 149 were assigned to the Passport files and 130 denoted the files which were filed by an individual's name and not by subject matter; however, approximately 4 two years ago the Department's files were decentralized and the numbers } were dropped. Prior to this current procedure the system generally required the re- i questing officer to execute a refusal sheet and forward it, with the file, _ to the Clearance Section where a clerk indexed the refusal sheet and pre- | pared a look-out card, Under both systems if there was no request to re- * turn the file to a particular individual it would be forwarded to the Pass- — port files for filing. Under the present procedures there is a record kept of the names of all 4 the persons taking action on the refusal sheet with regard to the look-out < card, Under both systems it is assumed that all proper action will be taken: 4 during the ordinary course of business. However, under neither system, pre-— sent or prior, is there any one particular individual vested with the respon- i sibility of checking to determine that all the ministerial steps required in i processing of a look-out card have been complied with. . be CONFIDENTIAL | Docld:322159683 Page @ .
CONFIDENTIAL - OSWALD, Lee Harvey C - The removal of the look-out cards is requested by those individuals having authority to do so - generally an Adjudicator in FO or a Senior Adju- dicator in DO, In cases where a look-out card is requested for loss of citi- zenship, lack of citizenship, or any case where there is no time limit placed on the look-out card the request is made when evidence is received warranting ~ a reversal of the Adjudicator's prior decision. In such cases the Adjudicator marks the refusal_sheet "disregard", indicates the. reason. for removal, and signs his name, The file and refusal sheet are forwarded to the Clearance Section where the card is removed by the Chief of the Clearance Section or ''gomeone designated by him, Prior to the adoption of this procedure there was no formal record kept of the reason for removal of the look-out card on the refusal sheet and the requesting officer did not sign his name on the sheet, The refusal sheet was merely marked "disregard" and forwarded to the Clearance Section for removal of the look-out card, With regard to the removal of look-out cards requested by outside agencies this is accomplished when the requesting agency asks that it be removed, In cases where the card has a set expiration date the Clearance Section removes i it automatically at the end of the period or shortly thereafter. | Look-out cards requested by OF are removed by the Clearance Section when it is notified that the loan has been paid in full, OF sends a monthly list of persons who have paid in full to the Clearance Section for removal of the ; look-out cards, Procedures in the Clearance Section dictate that the actual removal of i the card shall be accomplished by the Chief of the Section himself or his designee, -J~ CONFIDENTIAL : " “| ay ann stab einai nLnnateedeni testinal A Stearns ain i tian ee ice ee nina Se Docld: 32213983 Page 93
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CONFIDENTIAL TO 7 OSWALD, Lee Harvey (2) LEE HARVEY OSWALD CASE: } The OSWALD passport file was reviewed by the writer and it is noted that the case was handled by the Foreign Operations Division, Also, that a refusal sheet was prepared; was apparently indexed, although not accord~ ing to standard procedures for indexing; and the refusal sheet was not marked "disregard" — authority to-remove the look-out card, OSWALD applied.for and received a passport. on or about June 25, 1963 at the Passport Agency in New Orleans, The New Orleans Passport Agency sent a TWX to Washington which, 4 ‘among other names, listed OSWALD's name, but no information indicating a io prior passport was issued to him. OSWALD's 1963 application indicated de- a ; sired travel to Russia and Cuba, . i | Mr, Henry KUPIEK, Chief, PT/FEA, was interviewed and advised that cases —_ assigned to his Branch first came to his desk, as Chief of the Branch, and he assigned them to the Adjudicators according to their experience and abil- — oe f ity, KUPIEK related he assigned the OSWALD case to Bernice WATERMAN (since. i retired) who was at the time his Assistant and a most experienced Adjudicator, : Mrs, WATERMAN was interviewed and advised that she prepared a refusal sheet requesting a look-out card for OSWALD in March of 1960, She continued, ~ saying that the purpose of a look-out card in the OSWALD case was not to re-. i fuse him a passport in the future since he had not expatriated himself, but was intended only as an "alert" or a "flag". Mrs, WATERMAN further stated oy that she was only attempting to avoid the issuance of a passport routinely { in the event OSWALD should apply in the future. She added that she did not 4 mark the refusal sheet "disregard" when it was decided OSWALD had not in fact expatriated himself because, as already indicated, she considered the card a "flag", She stated it was her intention to leave the card in the file . 3} ea _ indefinitely so that OSWALD's file would be reviewed by an Adjudicator prior ' to the issuance of a passport to him in the future, She related that once ‘ she had executed a refusal sheet it would be forwarded to the Clearance Sec- © j ‘tion where a look-out card would be prepared and filed, She added, she did i not, nor was there any prescribed procedure, follow up her request in any . way to insure the card was prepared and filed, but assumed that all persons ; concerned would perform their respective duties properly and a card prepared and filed in the due course of business, As indicated above, it appears from a review of the OSWALD refusal sheet  ¥ that at least an attempt was made to index the sheet which, if it had been | done, would have been followed by the preparation and filing of a look-out t f. -8- oo 1 CONFIDENTIAL Docld: 322713983 Page il
CONFIDENTIAL OSWALD, Lee Harvey | card, It has been previously indicated that the usual procedure for index- ing is one where the jndividualts name is typed along the right-hand margin of the sheet preceded by the number 130. In the case of OSWALD, his name, ' rather than typed, had been clearly printed by hand along the right-hand margin and was not preceded by the number 130, Arthur M, COSTLEY, Evelyn _V,. HALL, Alexander W. MAXWELL, Nanne BERREY, Dorothy CARTER, and Mary RICHARDS (who is no longer with the Department) all of whom, at one time or another about March 1960 prepared look-out cards, were interviewed and shown a copy of the OSWALD look-out sheet, All readily denied it was their ‘hand printing except Dorothy CARTER, When shown the sheet CARTER immediate- ly stated that the printing was hers, and when asked if she were positive, . she stated only that it looked very much like her hand printing. (CARTER's statements were made in the presence of Henry KUPIEK), CARTER continued saying that assuming the handwriting was hers it could safely be concluded a look-out card was’ prepared and filed. However, CARTER had no personal recollection of preparing or filing a look-out card in the OSWALD case nor | had she any recollection of removing the OSWALD card from the file. With | regard to the fact that the number 130 did not precede OSWALD's name CARTER could offer no explanation other than the possibility the refusal sheet may have been indexed when the number 130 was dropped by the Passport Office. my ca igipewanne wniqreei tees ne ee In interviewing the various Passport Office personnel none could offer ‘any explanation as to what may have happened to the look-out card had one | : been prepared, The majority of the persons interviewed were of the opinion ' that a card was never prepared because, among other reasons, the refusal : sheet was not indexed, Mrs. WATERMAN, among others, offered the possible , ' explanation that the refusal sheet was buried under subsequent correspond t ence and, as a result, missed when the file reached the Passport files. ~< , 4 The general accepted procedure for removing a look-out card was des- cribed as one where the Adjudicator marks the refusal sheet "disregard® and forwards it to the Clearance Section for action. However, in interviewing Alexander W, MAXWELL, Chief, Clearance Section, and Evelyn V. HALL, now : with RAF, it was determined that in many cases the Adjudicator only sent . a "buck slip" to the Clearance Section requesting the removal of the card and the refusal sheet in those cases apparently was not marked "disregard", A It appears from talking to MAXWELL and HALL that this was done more often '-than not. a CONFIDENTIAL Docld: 322713983 Page 12.
SaaS a te br Samat is CONFIDENTIAL OSWALD, Lee Harvey OSWALD was granted a repatriation loan on June 1, 1962. The repatriation loan authorized by Special Consular Services (SCS) was granted on the authority of 7 FAM 423,1-2 which states "b, The United States national is in or is the cause of a situation which is damaging to the prestige of the United States Government or which constitutes a compelling reason for extending assistance to effect his return." There does not appear to be anything in OSWALD!ts passport file to indicate that the Passport Office-was notified of SCS's reasons for its decision that OSWALD came within the cited regulation, Since the loan was granted on June 1, _19be, a look-out card should have been pre- pared in June of 1962, Leola B, BURKHEAD, ACD/RR was interviewed and advised that at the time of the OSWALD loan the procedure was to forward a copy of the loan invoice to the Clearance Section where a look-out card was prepared, She advised that since Passport would not prepare a card unless the name was accompanied by a date and place of birth her office discontinued sending the invoices to Passport. BURKHEAD stated she definitely recalled forwarding the OSWALD invoice to the Passport Office; that it was returned because it lacked a date and place of birth; and that she as a result, threw it away. BURKHEAD stated that she did not attempt to obtain OSWALD's date and place of birth and ac- cording to MAXWELL of the Clearance Section, it was not the procedure for the Clearance Section to attempt to obtain the information, With regard to BURKHEAD's certainty that she did in fact forward the OSWALD invoice to Pass-. port it should be noted that she was equally certain of the manner in which OSWALD repaid his loan, She related that OSWALD made one payment of $100 and paid the balance in person at the Department. The record clearly shows OSWALD repaid his loan in seven installments by mail. In interviewing various persons in the Domestic Operations Division, including Virginia D, CARROLL, Vivian A, FERRIN, Margaret L, TATUM, and Zella M, BRAZEAL, it appears that when an application for passport contains something unusual it is referred to the Department by the Passport Agency so that a prior file, if one exists, may be reviewed and a decision rendered. All the individuals named above indicated that a potentially valid passport (such as OSWALD's) which had been stamped for limited travel is the type of case where the prior passport file would have been requested. On June 25, 1963, or thereabouts, OSWALD applied at the New Orleans Pass- port Agency for a passport and indicated Russia and Cuba, among other places, -10- CONFIDENTIAL Docld: 322713983 Page 13 See tees pena pe cons sant apire ge!
CONFIDENTIAL so OSWALD, Lee Harvey as countries he wished to visit. The application also indicated that he had a prior passport (#1733242) and the application was marked "C & R" {cancelled and returned). The "C & R" indicates that the Agency saw the passport, can- celled it and returned it to OSWALD. However, the TWX sent to the Department does not indicate the passport was stamped for limited travel nor was any re- quest made for the passport file. (Correspondence in the passport file of Lee Harvey OSWALD indicates Embassy Moscow was instructed by the Department to restrict..OSWALD!s.passport to use for direct return to the United States.) -li- CONFIDENTIAL itis atten satasii tei munis) | Docld: 32215983 Page 14. wa ee
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Eyaerecr Ostman ter Youre CONFIDENTIAL OSWALD, Lee Harvey (3) SECURITY SURVEY OF THE CLEARANCE SECTION: The Clearance Section which maintains the Look-out File is housed in a . rectangular room with entrances from the 1800 corridor at 1811 and 1813. Also, there are two doors within the room, one at the East wall connecting it with room 1815 occupied by the Domestic Operations Division and another at the West wall connecting it with room 1807-occupied ‘by Foreign Operations Division. The room is equipped with a Perimiter Control Security System, All doors are equipped with magnetic contacts; all, except the main door (1811) are equipped with security dead bolts; and the main door is fitted with an S&G model 50 pinch proof combination lock with dust cover. The room also has two windows on its North wall near the West corner which are fitted with tapes and contacts, The Security System is deactivated Monday through Friday between 7:00 am and 7:30 am and is activated between 5:30 pm and 6:00 pm; on Saturdays it is deactivated between 8:30 am and 9:00 am and activated between 1:00 pm and 1:30 pm. During all other times the security system is on and a. specified procedure mst be followed to gain entrance into the room - only those persons authorized to enter will be allowed to do so by the GSA guards, If any of the four doors is opened other than as indicated above there occurs a simultaneous annunciation, one at the Guard Office in the Department and the other at the A.D.T, Central Station, The West part of the room is occupied by the TWX Section and is sep- arated by a glass partition with an opening in the center permitting free access between the TWX Section and the Clearance Section, A small area on the Clearance Section side. of the partition and near the South wall is occupied by the Recording Section of the Domestic Operations Division which is composed of about three or four workers depending on their work “lead, For the convenience of DO the security dead bolt on the East door is left open during working hours to permit access between the Recording Section of DO and the Adjudicator Section of DO, The other security dead bolts are kept locked at all times, © With regard to the actual searching of the look-out files only those persons assigned to the Section and those authorized by General Management Instruction 1714.1 are permitted to search names through the files. The DO employees sharing space in room 1811 are not permitted to search the files; however, the TWX employees are allowed to search when an urgent TWX is received, -12- CONFIDENTIAL Docld: 322713983 Page 16. eens ga gt ety aPC pe ann EP EE Se Ton Eee ae ae i { } H t i b '
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CONFIDENTIAL : OSWALD, Lee Harvey (5) SUMMARY OF SY/FILES: The Security files of personnel assigned temporarily or permanently to the Clearance Section were reviewed by Special Agent Robert J, FUREY and the writer. However, the Security files reviewed were limited to files of personnel assigned to the Section from January 1960 through August of 1961, and March 1962 through August of 1963, the periods when a look-out card, if one had been prepared, would have been on file for OSWALD, The first period covers the span when OSWALD attempted to expatriate himself until the Department's decision that he had not in fact expatriated himself, and. the second period extends from the granting of the repatriation loan until the final payment and slightly beyond. Approximately 140 files were reviewed (the list of names was supplied by the Passport Office) and fol- lowing is a summary of the files containing derogatory information of a more serious nature: [Bruno William KORSAK:| He was accused of making statements, while at Embassy Bonn, that he was "a confirmed Commmnist" and that he "would probably go to Moscow and never return", [KoRsAK|stated the statements were made in jest. While in Germany he was intimate with an East German girl. He ad- mitted to excessive drinking. Also, he reportedly attempted to rape a "CAS" employee, but_denied it when questioned, PER/MED advised they believed] KORSAK|to be a security risk - under EO 10450. _ [Wijliem T, CRIER!| It was stated that a picture of Nikita S. KHRUSHCHEV was_observed hanging on the wall of a room occupied by [GRIER Jand two others. by (reverand Qatman Da COST A) He was described as a follower f STALIN with an extensive knowledge of Marxist Doctrine; has expressed himself as being anti-American and praises the Soviet Union; is an admirer of Paul ROBESON; has dis- tributed pro-Soviet pamphlets, printed by the Council on African Affairs which is cited by the Attorney General as subversive and communist; attempted to organize a Canal Zone Branch of the International Progressive Negro Youth Congress during 1950. -16- CONFIDENTIAL Docld: 32213983 Page 23. Pind arent nie agree haat ei te ne“ erect eta argent eh Sn 78
CONFIDENTIAL OSWALD, Lee Harvey ‘William Te MALONE: | He was accused of engaging in extra-marital relations with Department employees, While in the U. S, Army he wrote to Paul ROBESON soliciting his aid in marrying & Ger- | man national - he stated the letter was not answered. | MALONE : attempted to enlist the aid of Senator JAVITS and Representa— tive BLAKELY on his pehalf implying he was victim of discrim- ination. JAVITS. and. BLAKELY withdrew their support when ap- ' prised of the facts in the case. ; ~ Urwin Bennett ROSENSTEIN: | His wife has a paternal ance, [Sidney _ SHUPAK, \ who has been accused by the wifets family of being™a Communfst and has been ostracized by the family. -HCUA records indicate one [Sidney SHUPAK \signed a petition in 1950 protest- ing the shipment of, arms > the Chinese Nationals, and served as Chairman of the (+0 Congressional | District of the Progres- sive Party in Phila elphia. . William Nelson POINDEXTER, Jr.:\ Listed as a personal refer- ance a former teacher and neigh r [Mr Van Dyke WALKER, |hose name appeared on the mailing list of the Progressive Party of the District of Columbia in 1955. ; i be i i 3 i i i i i F | Wilbert Henry. Gray: | A former employer questioned his honesty. (Milton LEE: LEE [had a serious record of bad credit and was of- i ered an opportunity to resign in lieu of charges. He admitted : ' being party to 4 scheme to obtain money under false pretences. ; Also, he Listed [Dammon A. FLEMONS |as a reference (see name below). oo | Dammon A, FLEMONS: FLEMONS |has had bad credit from the date ; : sf his entrance on duty with the Department in 1956 up to and : including this year. [ELEMONS|Li sted fMilton LEE |above as @ : reference. f a - re | Yalerie Regina JOHNSON aka Valerie Regina MOYO: | She gave birth - o a child out of wedlock fathered by a Southern Rhodesian na- tional, \Charles MOYO; \who has returned to Africa. Also, some i people question her emotional stability. It appears she was ‘i friendly with a Madelyn FREUND\who planned to marry an Ethio- ' pian national who at one time was reportedly attached to the F Ethiopian Embassy. ean ee ere eee ae nee * -17- CONFI DENTI AL : i Oo, oo i . ; 4 inch Sita nna , Sesion : a (ene nsrnianc nde needed siden cdneda mes simian ean Aj iia aa ig as a enamine Re , basset scinaSiteah a | Docld: 322713983 Page 24
CONFIDENTIAL OSWALD, Lee Harvey ‘John Albert JoNEs: | While enrolled in the R.O.T.C. program he re- used to sign a loyalty oath, He has, however, denied membership in any subversive organizations. Richard Bruce KURTICH: | A doctor adyised the Office of Security hat there existed the possibility] KURTICH |may be dangerous, The doctor officially stated subject bas a "character disorder" -and.unofficially he {ndicated|KURTICH is a psychopath and des- cribed him as "thoroughly rotten", {KURTICH ladmitted to _homo- sexual activity and being friendly with] Kenneth E, GARY [listed below. Resigned in lieu of charges. ~. ; ‘ gene PALMORE: | His father, [Jefferson PALMORE |signed a Comm- hist Party election petition in 1940. This was admitted by the r father but he denied knowing what it was. al Frederick J BLACHLY : | PER/MED advised BLACHLY |should be given a psychiatric evaluation, however, he transferred to ATID prior to the evaluation. Alexander W MAXWELL: | Although no derogatory information as on Such appears, the file reflects that he was discharged from " the military service in 1943, the height of World War II, be- po cause he did not possess the required attributes to become an officer, (Poueles Bruce UTHU r\ No derogatory information concerning [UTHUS. owever, his father Was investigated by the FBI for possible fraud against the Government while performing his duties with bao . the War Assets Administration; for representing himself as a procurer of Government contracts; and for failure to register under the Registration Act as a Foreign Agent, In each case there was no prosecution by the Department of Justice. - The files of /James TULLY, Kenneth Edward GARY, Herbert W. KUEHNE, Fox Gregg BENJAMIN, Harry M, HANDLEY, Carl J, PRIESTLAND, and Carl R, HAGEN |contain information of a serious nature regard- ing homosexual activity. -18- CONFIDENTIAL oo», fat tm lea rsmaasam obisAtnt tans Nasri Docld: 322713983 Page 25.
Dem gt Ree ote ERR i ae et a antenna CONFIDENTIAL OSWALD, Lee Harvey Below are listed the names of all the people whose security files were reviewed with the date and type of Security Clearance received: George William ALLEN, granted £0 10450 clearance on 10/3/55 = transferred to CSC 12/30/61 Janice ALESTOCK, granted EO 10450 clearance on 6/17/63 - resigned 11/18/63 Horace ANDREWS, Jr., granted EO 10450 clearance on 5/26/61 - com- pleted assignment released 5/12/61 Robert BANKS, granted EO 10450 clearance on 6/30/62 - resigned 9/18/63 James G, BARNUM, granted 180-day clearance on 3/9/60 - resigned a 5/25/60 Gregg F, BENJAMIN, granted 180-day clearance on 12/13/60 - resigned 4/12/61 Nanne BERREY, granted EO 10450 clearance on 7/8/54 Carmen BEVACQUA, granted EO 10450 clearance on 2/20/61 [Frederick J, BLACHLY, EOD 4/18/62 - transferred to AID on 11/5/62 - no other information available | John B, BREEN, granted 180-day clearance on 1/23/61 - resigned 5/11/61 Dorothy BROWN, granted EO 10450 clearance on 7/30/54 Rueben BROWN, granted EO 10450 clearance on 9/5/62 Shirley M. BROWN, granted EO 10450 clearance on 5/5/59 and 10/26/59 -19- CONFIDENTIAL Docld: 322713983 Page 276. es nia rnc yt OCR 4 tecture tee te tee Led hig sie ae waters pit
FS I CONFIDENTIAL OSWALD, Lee Harvey Velma S, BROWN, granted EO 10450 clearance on 11/13/56 Melvin BULLOCK, granted EO 10450 clearance on 7/24/61 - trans- ferred to USACDA on 9/15/62 Dorothy L, CARTER, granted EO 10450 clearance on 1/26/59 William R, CASPARIS, granted .FO .10450..clearance on 9/6/62 James C, CAVILL, granted 180-day clearance on 12/19/60 - termination of appointment 5/12/61 - Alvin COOPER, granted EO 10450 clearance on 1/4/56 - resigned 5/25/62 Cleveland Da COSTA, granted 180day clearance on 3/14/60 - re- signed 7/1/60 Marshall DATCHER, granted EO 10450 clearance on 4/29/54 | John DENISON, granted EO 10450 clearance on 3/16/62 - resigned 5/19/62 - Alfred D, DERRICOTTE, granted EO 10450 clearance on 5/15/61 - resigned 6/6/61 Fabian F, DESBORDES, granted BO 10450 clearance on 8/8/60 and 6/22/61 - resigned 9/8/61 Earnest DIXON, granted EO 10450 clearance on 5/22/62 Vertie Mae DUNCAN, granted EO 10450 clearance on 10/11/54 - . transferred 12/26/59 Lewis M. EDMUNDS, granted FO 10450 clearance on 12/7/59 - resigned 9/30/60 Florence ELLIS, granted HO 10450 clearance on 1/3/56 and nT 3/28/56. -20- CONFIDENTIAL 8 Docld: 322713983 Page 27. se tesettceenaa ine wh ER ee wis eee one nee Mt ay ine ete Gee atta ae
CONFIDENTIAL OSWALD, Lee Harvey Howard FELDSTEIN, granted EO 10450 clearance on 5/28/62 - resigned 6/29/62 Damon A, FLEMONS, granted EO 10450 clearance on 3/19/56 Gwendolyn C, FINNEY, granted EO 10450 clearance on 5/5/61 - | 4 transferred to NASA on 12/18/61 i John Donald FISHER, granted BO 10450 clearance on 2/27/61 - resigned 4/26/61 John H, FRAZIER, granted 180-day clearance on 1/11/61 - resigned 5/11/61 . Ella L. FYKES, granted EO 10450 clearance on 3/10/60 - resigned 7/7/61 Freddie GANTT nee HENRY, granted EO 10450 clearance on 1/21/55 and 5/27/55 Kenneth E, GARY, granted 180day clearance on 3/22/60 ~ resigned 9/21/60 Carnetta N, GASKINS, granted EO 10450 clearance on 10/21/55 Evelyn B, GORDON, granted BO 10450 clearance on 6/17/54 Robert GRAVES, granted FO 10450 clearance on 8/12/56 Srna ee RE ce A A ere cc ee rn een Willie GRAY, granted FO 10450 clearance on 11/8/56 William T, GREENE, granted EO 10450 clearance on 8/3/59 - resigned 1/4/63 William T, GRIER, granted 180-day clearance on 3/14/60 - resigned 5/20/60 and 5/11/61 © ee i Carl R, HAGEN, granted EO 10450 clearance on 9/13/60 - resigned 8/25/61 pe nL ant a -2]- CONFIDENTIAL L } Docld: 322713983 Page 2765
' CONFIDENTIAL OSWALD, Lee Harvey (3) SECURITY SURVEY OF THE CLEARANCE SECTION: The Clearance Section which maintains the Look-out File is housed in a rectangular room with entrances from the 1800 corridor at 1811 and 1813. Also, there are two doors within the room, one at the East wall connecting it with room 1815 occupied by the Domestic Operations Division and another at the West wall connecting it with room 1807 occupied by Foreign Operations Division. The room is-equipped with a Perimiter Control Security System. All doors are equipped with magnetic contacts; all, except the main door (1811) are equipped with security dead bolts; and the main door is fitted with an S&G model 50 pinch proof combination lock with dust cover, The room also has two windows on its North wall near the West corner which are fitted with tapes and contacts. The Security System is deactivated Monday through Friday between 7:00 am and 7:30 am and is activated between 5:30 pm and 6:00 pm; on Saturdays, it ig deactivated between 8:30 am and 9:00 am and activated between 1:00 pm and 1:30 pm. During all other times the security system is on and a specified procedure must be followed to gain entrance into the room - only ‘those persons authorized to enter will be allowed to do so by the GSA guards, If any of the four doors is opened other than as indicated above there occurs a simultaneous annunciation, one at the Guard Office in the,. Department and the other at the A.D.T. Central Station, The West part of the room is occupied by the TWX Section and is sep- arated by a glass partition with an opening in the center permitting free — access between the TWX Section and the Clearance Section, A small area on the Clearance Section side of the partition and near the South wall is occupied by the Recording Section of the Domestic Operations Division which is composed of about three or four workers depending on their work load. For the convenience of DO the security dead bolt on the East door is left open during working hours to permit access between the Recording . Section of DO and the Adjudicator Section of DO. The other security dead Lo bolts are kept locked at all times. With regard to the actual searching of the look-out files only those persons assigned to the Section and those authorized by General Management Instruction 1714.1 are permitted to search names through the files. The DO employees sharing space in room 1811 are not permitted to search the files; however, the TWX employees are allowed to search when an urgent TWX is received. -l]2- CONFIDENTIAL. q shi baie i sents sie Agtiasicenyrs eden aided Dawes cise nesses el minds . sssesisyonaniswibenine wea . . 4 Docld: 322713983 Page 43 ot ABB aca tac het tt he yin pene - ‘
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‘we ae cet Aa inn tats ine tnalambaains sional etnias tn ah an Scns CONFIDENTIAL OSWALD, Lee Harvey mmended that in all cases where the person indicates a desire to travel behind the nce of a prior passport exists, the file be reviewed and his name checked Office of Security for possible CIA r to the issuance of & passport. (a) It is reco seeking a passport Iron Curtain and evide individual's passport through indices of the or FBI information prio (b) It is recommended that in all cases where a passport Cog stamped for limited travel is presented, the passport file should be requested and reviewed prior to the issuance of a passport. n all cases where an indivi-~ (c) It is recommended that i himself a look-out card should dual has attempted to expatriate be requested, prepared and filed, Also, if the individual should apply in the future for a passport the passport file should be reviewed and his name checked through the indices of the Office of Security for the reason as {ndicated under (a) above. that in all cases where 4 repatria- tion loan is granted because the applicant for the loan comes within the purview of 7 FAM 423.1-2 (the person is involved in a situation damaging to U. S. prestige) , the Passport Office be advised of the facts surrounding SCS!s decision. at in all cases where the Passport nded in the preceding paragraph (da) d and filed in the name of (d) It is recommended (e) It is recommended) th Office is apprised as recomme a look-out card be requested, prepare the individual. , rtinent regulations do not already so state, be amended making it mandatory for the the loan to forward a copy of the loan {ce to the Office of Finance. (f) If the pe it is recommended they overseas post granting application together with the invo D.- The Security of the Clearance Section as described above is believed to be adequate. However, 4t is felt that access into the Clearance Section during working hours should be more closely controlled. In this regard the ‘following are recommended: -14- CONFIDENTIAL Docld: 32213983 Page 45. 4 } iN i <4 3 i & seach “endeared Meo “setae se reat et eg Sr me eee a sete ahi mee ke seem
CONFI DENTT AL OSWALD, Lee Harvey | (a) The Recording Section of the Domestic Operations Divi- sion be relocated to an area outside the Clearance Section; (b) A buzzer-type swinging door be placed in the opening a of the glass partition separating the TWX Section and the Clear- ance Section; (ec) All security dead bolts be kept locked at all times; . a (ad) A counter be installed inside the entrance to the Clearance Section over which business with persons not assigned to the Clearance Section may be transacted; ‘ i (e) All persons permanently assigned to the Clearance Sec- os i in , tion be required to have their Identification Cards visibly dis- played on their persons during all working hours. prunaceents © sage alin -15- CONFIDENTIAL at wore ahaa RE Nhin er ta ema a pe em Sach i teh ttl to eet pi dah Docld: 322713983 Page 46