JFK Assassination System Date: 8/17/201 Identification Form A Agency Information AGENCY: HSCA ; RECORD NUMBER: _ 180-10130-10006 RECORD SERIES: - SECURITY CLASSIFIED FILES - AGENCY FILE NUMBER : a Document Information ORIGINATOR: HSCA . FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: —LI/17/1978 PAGES: 2 SUBJECTS : STEVENSON, NICHOLAS SGT. NSA DOCUMENT TYPE: OUTSIDE CONTACT REPORT CLASSIFICATION: Confidential _ RESTRICTIONS: — Consulted CURRENT STATUS:° Withhold DATE OF LASTREVIEW: — 08/20/1993 OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS :: Box 4. v9.1 ; , 1 Doclda:32270291 Page 1
COMMVEN AHL KENNEDY - OUTSIDE CONT PACT REPORT pate 11-17=78 TIME oo. Identifying Information: Name °9t: Nicholas B. Stevenson telephone Address _ Type of Contact: __ Telephone os A Person Ti. Summary of Contact: On this date, Gary Cornwell and Kenneth Klein interviewed _ the above’ in e Senate Intelligence Committee room. Also’. present were E.F. Yeates, Chief, Leg. Office, NSA, Michael - Smith, -OEET Of Gen. Counsel, NSA and Lt. Col. Jeffrey Grabam, U. ae F. Sgt. Stevenson was asked to comment on the letter written -- te-him-by—David-F.-Christenseny Sgtz “Stevenson stated that _ although he had known Christensen a number of years ago, . he-did-net-knew-anything-about the particular incident “described. in the letter. He recognized most of the names ~ Se a ~ (in that: those people = ‘did ~ ‘serve with him and Christensen) 4b , letter. He further..stated that the link mentioned in the . ne letter _--Portugal to lishon=-was—one-that they-wereable——_____—— to pick up when he worked with Christensen. ‘Stevenson stated’ that he could not completely vule out the possibility that suc felt that if it was intercepted, it would be extremely’ unlikely that it would no Sgt. Stevenson also stated that he had not heard from ' Christensen for:-man ears since servi ei shortly be Fore. receiving the letter he received a phone call from Christensen. At that time Christensen’ told. _him-thathé was Sending him a: letter but did not mention anything about what ‘the letter would say. — _ During-the interview Gary Cornwell asked the representative from NSA whether an attempt had been made to check all messages. Tit. Recommended Follow-up (L£ any): | 7 | | . ani (DE . Signature: _@ ; ‘ ee DLE VIPE Forn vi ce wesser paste patuneeee wapen mpuseinenninin enn ae i ne ~obil It... CHAINELS 3 Onn FS Docld: 32270291 Page 2?
_ COMP IVER THHL. that had been received during the period prior to the assassination to determine whether the intercept might have been sent through and eventually reached the proper authorities. The NSA representative stated that although they checked their warehouses to determine if there was such a message that was received but was not sent to NSA to distribute, that he was not sure whether they had considered the possibility that the message had gone through to the proper authorities. Also during the interview, Gary Cornwell suggested that Sgt. Stevenson place a phone call to Christensen and ask him. the name of the person that the letter refers to as being involved in the assassination. Sqt. Stevenson expressed reluctance to such involvement and the lawyer representing him stated that such a phone call could only be arranged through the Department of Defense. | C pn 7 Den T1A2. MAN DLE Vi Ctminlt CHANEL ONLY Docld: 32270291 Page 3