AGENCY INFORMATION Released under the John . Eennedy . W55assination Records . , : ollection Act of 1992 AGENCY: FBI ; (44 U5¢ 2107 Note). RECORD NUMBER:  124-10274-10303 ase#:NWU 53130 Date: RECORD SERIES: HQ 0 BbaOt=201" AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 100-370093-17 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: BOWE, ROBERT E. TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 04/22/1964 PAGES: 30 SUBJECT: |MCO, ASSOC, COLLABORATE, BOOK, LHO _- DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL . NEW CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified | CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW DATE: 10/30/1998 | _ UPDATE DATE: ~ 02/14/2001- STATUS  Redact 7 RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (4) COMMENTS: HW 53130 DBoclId:32200066 Page 1
bos aaa a. | FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION - _ REPORTING OFFICE, ~ NEW YORK’ TITLE OF CASE. OFFICE OF ORIGIN DATE INVESTIGATIVE PERIO & NEW YORK APR 2.2 1964 | un6-u/o0/6n f {S.  pREPORT MADE BY | ON Y- 27-4). (EQ ROBERT E, BOWE gr o CHARACTER OF CASE EARL CONRAD aka , <_ #8" Reperences: Deel ‘ata Sod — . . Report of SA KENNETH J. HUNNEMEDER dated 4 2/27/59 at NY, and Bureau airtel dated 4/9/ ‘ol. i a, oo  Classit LPP IT We . so apme ‘EREAVE . ADMINISTRATIVE: , Declastity on: AUN Ade? By memo to the SAC, NY, dated: 8/30/60, the subject . was removed from the Reserve Index of the NYO inasmuch as v4 there was no evidence of membership in a basic revolutionary group subsequent to. 1/1/49 or membership i a front: group within the past 3 yrs. (Prior to 8/30/60). |). | The pretext utilized by SA ROBERT -E.. BOWE on 4/20/64, in telephonically contacting the subject, consisted.of an inquiry from a small weekly newspaper concerning reports . that Mrs. MARGUERITE OSWALD had stated publicly that CONRAD fe was collaborating with her in writing a book about LEE HARVEY . - OSWALD. This call was made to determine the status of. this: APPROVED a Clr SP IN CHARGENT DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW . an COPIES MADE: . ~e ; a . a : . S oR SP Le st ; ; . 4 . 5 é * y Pget bs < (4 Bureau (100-370093) (RM) 3- New York (100-94315) a, HW 53130 DBoclId:322700066 Page ?
“aes Fe NY 100-94315 ; book. CONRAD appeared quite frank and open in discussing the status of the proposed book and also when queried about his own background. WN INFORMANTS : a Identity of Source File Number Where Located Y Re uy characterization of HARRY EPSTEIN and SONIA NY 4053-8 \ EPSTEIN. Special Agen a of the FBI who observed HARRY and SONIA EPSTEIN on 6/20/63 were SA ENTON T. SCHOLL, SABASTIAN S. MIGNOSA, and STANLEY K, VAN BUREN. LA NEGATIVE CONTACTS WITH INFORMANES : The listed info ants who are familiar with certain phases of CP activity in the NYC area advised the . indicated agents that they had no current subversive information pertaining to the subject: () Informant Date a Contacting Agent NY 2784-8 . 4/17/64 SABASTIAN S, MIGNOSA NY 705-8 Vag (u) 4/17 /6u : PETER LEIGHTON NY 2816-S H/LT/64 PETER LEIGHTON _ | NY 4097-S 4/16/64 JOHN B, COULTON ‘ j NY 2529-S 4/17/64 "PAUL T, BAKER NY 2101-S) > K/16/64 PAUL T, BAKER NY 2587-8 U/L6/64 PAUL T, BAKER _ COVER PAGE B —— SENET - Oe woe wee ee —— -- ~ te a an HW 53130 DBoclId:322700066 Page 3
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