13-00000 Lapham reported that House Comnittee on Assassinations Staffer Blakey met with LC and GC representatives and stated that they would be taking testimony from a Mr. Hall who claims to have had a relationship with the Agency and to have signed a secrecy agreement. Blakey suggested that we provide a letter saying there was no such relationship or agreement. The only Agency record of any kind regarding Mr. Hall is that DCD considered contacting him but never actually made the contact. The Director concurred with a draft letter read by Lapham but asked that we provide such letters only to Congressional Committees who have a legitimate requirement. He agreed with Cary's suggestion that the Agency be informed of any information ~ Mr, Hall provides the Conmittee that contradicts the Agency's records.
13-00000 een « TOP SECRET SENSITIVE 2 December 1977 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD Morning Meeting of 2 December 1977 The Director was at his EOB office; Mr. Blake chaired the meeting. tt!
13-00000 oe . a Se Wells advised research is being completed on the statement by Mary Gentry in today's Washington Post (attached). that we ordered bullets for Lee Harvey , Oswald's gun. Ue suggested that Hetu may want to consider a public statement denying same when the investigation has been completed. Hetu noted that the allegation appeared in an FBI memorandum,
13-00000 a ao en ee . . AOA P Se YT OE EET ET TP ET TT Ea OT a RT IT A6 oR Friday, Dec. 2, 1937 THE WASILINGION POST E BI Documents on JFIC Killing Raise ® e « .By Margaret Aa Gentry t . Associated Press Hewly disclosed FBI documents on th assassination of John F. Kennedy ralke, but do not answer, questions abgut. Lee Ilarvey Oswald's move-- mehis in the days before Dallas, and abdut the source of the bullets that killed the President, The 597 pages of documents are the firft of more than 40,000 the FBI will release Dec. 7 to comply with requests under the Freedom of Information Ach for ils material on the Investiga- tloh of Kennedy's death in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. fhe first three volumes were pro- vided to a private researcher several . . months ago and were made available yesterday to the Associated Press, The documents, many heavily cen- sored, show that the FBI atlempted to trace the fatal bullets from the lime they were manufactured until they reached the assassin's hands. . Agents Inillally were perplexed by a plece of evidence they found. The bullets were 6.5-milllmeter Mannlicher-Carcano ammunition. Agents determined that the manufae- turer was the Western Cartridge Corp. of East Alton, HI. Agenls In illinois examined the company’s production records and found that the firm produced 4 million rounds of this type of ammunition for the U.S. Marine Corps In 1954. Questions on Bullets, Oswald’s Moves — "The Interesting thing about this order js that it Is for ammunition which does not fit and cannot be fired in any of the USMC weapons,” _ sald an FBI memo dated Dee. 2, 1063. “This gives rise to the obvious spec- ulation that it Is a contract for am- munilion placed by CIA wilh Western under a USMC cover for concealment purposes,” the memo continued. In other words, FBI officials spec- ulaled that the CIA was using the Marine Corps as a cover to purchase ammunition In secret. A’ memo written at FBI headquar. ters the next day noted that the George Zucker Sales Co. of Chicagn had purchased about 2 million round: for commercial resale In 1962. in the first batch of files released. fhese were the only two memos deni ing with the ammunition. The materi. al sald nothing more to explain or resuive the agents’ speculation. Nor was it known whether the files to be released next week, and another 40. 000 pages due Jaler, would shed more light on the question. The Warren Commission Investigat ed the assassination and concluded that Oswald, acting alone, killed Kennedy. The commission reported that this type of ammunilion “is readily avaliable for purchase from mail order hiouses as well as a fev gun shops.” It noted that “some * inifiion rounds have been placed on sale in the United States.” The records showed that the FB! kept close watch and a voluminous file on Oswald from his defection to the Soviet Union In October, 3959. and after he relurned to the Uniled States in June, 1962, But the bureau lost track of him for several weeks in September anil Oclober, 1963, and agents in Dallas. Lite Rock and New Orleans were pul on alert to locale him and his Russian-born wifc, Marina.
13-00000 TOP SECRET SENSITIVE 8 December 1977 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD Morning Meeting of 8 December 1977 The Director was out of the city; Mr. Blake chaired the meeting. : . Wells advised_that continues to have severe problems with the Which has Littlé faith in our ability to keep secrets that release of information acquired by a £ Soviet lines in the Oswald case is one point in question. Lapham added that he was meeting with Justice today on the further declassification of documents requested in the in light of FOIA releases. In response to aha inquiry, Wells noted ITT case and possible additional Agency witnesses. .Justice is asking us to further sanitize material already provided, some. of which would impact on data obtained by | He explained that the 150 documents now in the hands of Justice cou @ subpoenaed and we would have difficulty defending our position unless we go to the Attorncy General and perhaps the President. Ie will review and advise.
13-00000 rrr ae , & eo. Waller advised that the House Select Committee on Assassination is apparently satisfied with arrangements made whereby members will read a sterilized version of the IG's assassination report while staff member Blakey has the unsanitized version in order to answer questions that may occur to the reader, Cary noted that his staff officers were spending an inordinate amount of time sitting in on briefings, coping with the KCIA and Assassination Committee investigations, etc.