JFK Assassination System Date: 6/15/201 Identification Form eee Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-90010-10121 RECORD SERIES: . DL AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 100-9734-757 a Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: BROWN TO: DL TITLE: Peleased under the John Kennedy WSsassination Records i F£1992 DATE: 11/14/1961 ollection Act o PAGES: 3 (44 Sc 2107 Note}. ase#: NW 54463 Date: WO-1i2-2017 SUBJECTS : AMERICAN G.I. FORUM [Restricted] DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified - RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 09/16/1997 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS: = MEMO | eee v9. 68 HW 54463 Docld:323273117 Page 1
eee ~~ rN . NY OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 . » '5010-~ 104-01. : ee -. UNITED STATES. GOVERNMENT. . MEMORANDUM -TO- : * SAC, DALLAS ,.(134-4A-403A) DATE: “11/14/61. EROM™ ~" : : SA W..-HARLAN ‘BROWN :. | ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED - "SUBJECT: : ‘DL-7-S > . oo IE Sats FIED SU) ke, On 11/13/61, ~DL-7-S, in. person, ‘furnished a. typd written report to SAW: HARLAN BROWN, which-report -is dated 11/13/61, and has been serialized as -134-4A~-403. That report reflected that a regular CP. meeting was held at the home of AUGUSTIN ESTRADA on 11/6/61. Those - present were AUGUSTIN ESTRADA , BILL LOWERY and JOE ‘LANDIN. According ‘te the ‘peport, ESTRADA. had. -received a ‘letter from JOHN STANFORD of: San Antonio, which was signed ~~. “J.".-The letter informed that MAUDERUSSELL is available asa. “speaker; that MAUDERUSSELL has spent several months. in Red -. China and is thoroughly acquainted with the true living ’con-. — — ~ ditions there. Her talk would be on China. The letter. further indicated that MISS RUSSELL charges, for expenses, $25. for a group of 30 people and $5. extra for each additional persons «: -MAUIE RUSSELL, the letter continued, was going to be in San. ~ Antonio area soon and-it was. ‘suggested. that if the Dallas group. | wanted to. arrange a. meeting with her, that she could be reached | at this address: «MAUDERUSSELL, Paice Alto, California." If: ~ MISS. RUSSELL was to appear in Dallas, it was suggested:.a.place  — be found for her to stay. ne re Dallas. (134=4A-403A) “Dallas. (100-7995. (A... Estrada). . . -Dalles (100-7929 :(B.... Lowery) . as “Dallas (100-8001 -(J.-Landin) ; a :Dallas .(100-8749 (J: Stanford) “Dallas €100-671<1- (Funds )° 100-8160 (J. Lawrence) . - 100-9974 (D: Lawrence) _ - 100-8242 (N. Ross). 100-8171 (E. Ross). “100-671=<5 (Organization). 100-9734 (G.1.. Forum).: ‘'400-671=34 (Mass - Organizations) -100-New (Maude Russell) oS San Antonio (RM .(John Stanford, 18-C, SA: 4100-7232) ye ‘San. Francisco (RM) (laude, Russel, S=C) - 6) pt poe e tt ar ce ‘NOVA 61961 FBl—=DALLAS. ve Reg ee et tt et et it ab ‘ ioe gee BE ne — me . “ _ HW 54463 Docld:32323117 Page 2?
HW 54463 DL 134-4A-403A Informant’s report further reflecte? that AUGUSTIN ESTRADA remarked that he had spoken to two. persons regarding: WAUDE RUSSELL, and that. as a result, he had obtained $10. Therefore, he said, the fee to have MISS RUSSELL as a speaker pregented no problem. He added, that while they could raise the funds, they (he especially) cowld not sponsor MISS RUSSELL. | The logical persomsto do. it wre JOE LAWRENCE and his wife. ESTRADA and LOWERY had also suggested NATALIE. ROSS. as sponsor-~ ing MISS RUSSELL. The ROSSES, they remembered, have been . having family trouble and she has a selling job that keeps her away: from home. BILL allegedly said that if the LAWRENCES could not do it, he would ask NATALIZ if she could spare her house (for the meeting), even if ske could mot attend. . BILL LOWERY gave instructions to AUGUSTIN on how to contact JOE LAWRENCE. First, BILL would talk to LAWRENCE, after that AUGUSTIN would call LAWRENCE at his place of business. LAWRENCE would at that time tell AUGUSTIN he would meet him at. "No. 1 in 15 minutes." That meant that AUGUSTIN showld call JOE LAWRENCE at. "No. 1.” :. *No. 1” meant a public telephone number. BILL, LOWERY supplied | that number to AUGUSTIN. BILL LOWERY asked ESTRADA that if MISS RUSSELL was sponsored by NATALIE or LAWRENCE, would it” or would it not be a CP affair. He said he had to know because they (WATALIE and LAWRENCE) bad, im the past, asked him that © about other affairs. ESTRADA’s reply was that it would not be a Party affair. a : . AUGUSTIN, who seemed to have been drinking, got into a lengthy, senseless discussion with BILL LOWERY about. fallout and the outlawing of the CP. ESTRADA contended that while the Supreme Court's decision to outlaw the Party was a severe blow to the Party, the Party would go on. After ail, the CP's headquarters have. bem just a front for years. Besides, if LOWERY was ever arrested. his friends in the American G.1.. Forum and in the Dads’ Club would help him.’ They would identify. him as an homest, conscientious worker. These people surely would consider the fact that their organizations could — be next in being outlawed. He amd LOWERY recalled that the ~ Boy Scouts had been called as'belonging to a communist. organi- gation, According to informant, JOE LANDIN disagreed with then, ‘saying he doubted seriously if anybody in the mentioned organizations would come to the aid of an arrested CP member. They would, he added, most probably would isolate him or her. = Qa DoclId: 323273117 Page 3