Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 4/14/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10314-10006 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER:  100-12632-184 Document Information _ ORIGINATOR: — FBI i. FROM: MX TO: HQ TITLE : ; DATE: — 11/29/1963 “PAGES: 29 SUBJECTS : CHARLES SMALL DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : Confidential RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 1C;4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: ‘02/18/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : RPT i Docld: 32311403 Page 1
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 Use 2107 Hote). : M ' } DATE: . anal seis) ; OC . . / 0) _ . : | _. a ane Wo FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION OFFICE OF ORIGIN BUREAU REPORTING OFFICE MEXICO CITY DATE INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD 11/29/64 WS4f62 - 11/146 TITLE OF CASE ce aen REPORT MADE BY 4 TYPED BY “ 4 oh fa i Nt \ CHARLES N. SMOLIKOFF, aka =| _—s SECURITY MATTER -_ | B "OU iR es cee oy fo SYNOPSIS: NOTRIS OUCUMENT. KP J-I5-9%  DecL) ae Qing a} Tom Subject and his wife, THE SMOLIKOFFS who in Mexico use the | | ECLA oi SLD INS A348 (gey “, names CHARLES and BERTHE SMALL, continue to reside at Calle 3 Mariscal #98, San Angel Inn,~and the subject operates a silver 7 gift shop at Calle Niza #47, Mexico, D. F., Mexico.” Subject . remains one of the most prominent associates of the ACGM and a Subscribed to the "People's World" dna advocates lifetime . on Subscriptions to that publication.’ Subject's bysiness firm ; was originally set up for him by SAMUEL BROOKS. has contributed to Communist orld" gna a in Mexico.—He has vs S in September - iy 1963, subject traveled to the United States with his wife and 7 two of their children to put their son,. ABBOTT SMALL, in school a /. at Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.’ On that trip, subject and his a wife visited; New York, where the subject suffered a mild heart vo attack.{ ) (x) SF ATd ‘ . - RUC “. 7 ege 5 5 A reo. REC'D... J GLA SEP 2.4 1964 lye. 10 AAG SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE iN Bureau (100-12632) 1 - Liaison Section) 3 - Miami). i - New York, Info.) {1 - Philedelphia, Info, ) it- U. S. Embassy and CIA,. ,Mexico City {azeutation), 1 - Mexico City (100-1535). re srenovert cst .. COPIES MAREE Dissemination Record of Attached Report. —- + Notations \. ‘77 4, a / yy aoe! : Request Recd. Pa f ea, 71%, * ° pos — pate rwee | FOL ATC Ia rG VGS  Wecigcse Ee wat a 7 ° ‘ 77. Fa BR : . Yoo <3 , os ee ’ OCCAprt,.: igaes - : F 8@ ely incl wenre, Pea FI moe A | te de P an ! ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED LSE LE DoclId: 32311403 Page 2?
Pleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 TSC 3107 Ho DATE: 11-14-2017 4 7 MC 100-1535 be received. Under date of 8/14/63, LEOXMUBERMAN, Menemsha, Marth'a Vineyard, Massachusetts, wrote to the subject advising, that "your friend” arrived at HUBERMAN's office and delivered ' the goods. HUBERMAN expressed his thanks. He also expressed the hope that subject had a good time with "IRISH" and SYBIL and the COYS. HUBERMAN stated, "We'll follow your directions” on whom to include in trial subscriptions. HUBERMAN indi- cated that the subject in his-previous letter had inquired if it would be possible to expand "M. R." readership best among younger elements on a trial subscription basis. HUBERMAN stated that it certainly was possible and that it is probably the best promotion plan. He thanked the subject again for the subject's help in that CArectton. uJ Under date of 8/8/63, the’subject wrote to "Freedom Ways," 799 Broadway, New York 3, New York, stating that he had not received the last issue of "Freedom Ways," although he has a lifetime subscription. He. stated that another subscriber in Mexico had received her copy ten days before and requested that the addressee please,se 1) him a copy and keep him on the subscription list Vie e ove completes the information re Ue from CIA sourees 1S YC | The Se information has been received from MEX-18 and MEX-19,- but is being reported in the administrative pages of this report rather than in the memorandum portion prepared for dissemination in order to protect the info ts who continue to furnish highly valuable information: ry Yin) on 8/13/62, FRANCISCO MORA (reported by MEX-18 and . MEX-19 as member of Communist Party of Mexico), in discussin “ collections among the American Communists for the Communist (lu) COVER PAGE SECRET | DocId: 32311403 Page 3
[Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote DATE: 11-14-2017 | . ; ; ; : , e - OO ‘6 “ a a MC 100-1535 ordered that a number of Americans in Mexico be brought into closer contact with the Branch. <A number of ideas for such a meeting were discussed at a Branch meeting and had been vetoed by her. According to MORA, the first suggestion had been to bring selected Americans, including the subject and his wife, to a meeting of the Leadership Branch. MORA had taken the position that those individuals would not go to such a meeting. A Communist "cause" party had been suggested which would also serve as a means of obtaining 20 pesos ($1.60 U.S.) from each of the individuals attending. MORA stated that the Americans mentioned, including the subject and his wife, would not go to such a party either, but would merely pay their 20 pesos and not attend Y (u Vas According to MORA, the decision was finall reached to invite the Americans to a "posado party" on 11/2/63 to . give the Americans a chance to look the Mexicans over and vice versa. Plans for such a party were made, but it subsequently became necessary, according to the informants, to postpone it because of the absence of one of the members of the Leadership Branch and because of unsettled political conditions in Nu) surrounding the nomination of a new Mexican -President {8 e following information was received vom oe) : and} (riexfo ut is being reported in the administrative section 6 is report rather than in the memorandum portion | designed for dissemination in order to protect those informants who also furnish highly val od information { mEx{48 d mex {61 had been selected by the Yugoslav | Embassy, Mexico City, to assist in handling matters during the visit of President TITO to Mexico. According to the informants, the Soviets in Mexico City had been trying to. obtain inside information concerning TITO's visit after TITO departed Mexico. The informants advised that DAVID DRUCKER, | with whom they were acquainted, had advised that the eupgect (AK) : Docld:32311403 Page 4