124-90060-10015 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER: . RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : ’ OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-90060-10015 HQ 163-15064-1 Document Information FBI HQ PA 07/12/1966 2 LUCIEN CONEIN PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret 1B; 4 Redact 09/15/1998 INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF CIA MEMO ‘WW 90953 Docld:323972966 Page 1 Date: 4/24/2011
que, Paris (163-1071) 7/12/66 ‘px -108 . _. 2- Orig & 1 | Director, FBI. (1863-15064) ~ SEORE. 1 - Yellow aURL" 1 Liaison ! i - Mr. Flemister LUCIEN CONEIN FPC H-9f Reurlet 6/2/66. Paaceion 1 (ORPYETS P : Bufiles reveal. that the ; nane Lucien Emile Conein, mo born 11/29/19, appeared in a 1963 Centra} Intelligence i 5 & x gency (CIA) communication indicating*Conein at that time dé as 4 staff employee of the Agency. ‘hie. files of the a ey ¥ : Identification Division contain no arrest record for Lucien 4 one CU) S ~ : Through Liaison channels, Bureau détermined that vert employee of CIA; under the cover of siiployee . He is presently in Saigon, Soutit Vietnam, on an“éxtremely sensitive assignment. CIA has requested that no information be furnished to: the French’: regarding his affiliation with CIA or with regard to his present whereabouts 49 . N Coneip is currently 4 ASSN OBJECTION F Ee io DECLASSIFICATION AND/O! Ga A RELEASE OF CIA INFORMATION 4 IN THIS DOCUM: le For your information, Richmond determined (by a pretext telephone call) from the present occupant of. 1111 Ingelside Avenue, McLean, Virginia, ‘who is presently renting this residence from Conein, that the latter is a "yj retired Lieutenant Colonel from the U. S, Army and is | presently working and assigned to the U, S. Embassy in Saigon. No arrest records were located for Conéin in either ; Arlington County or Fairfax County, Virginia. Records of the | Credit Bureau, Incorporated, of Washington,. Dsc., reveal a i eredit report dated 9/21/65, indicating that Lucien Conein, | of LILL Ingelside Avenue, MeLean , Virginia, was thenymarried ‘toe Ebjette and divorced from. Carmen (last nam@ net-~shown). OP In view of CIA's request, under no cireuh¥tances should any information be furnished to the French cdficerning olson —___ subject's present affiliation with CIA or hig whereajouts. You may furnish the French the results of the@eredi® and evriminal checks as noted above. If the French raise the (. Wick Casper Callahan Conrad Con 2+ St. Louis (Enclosure) Gale iC - Ritngee Liaison Unit .(detached) ~ if Sullivel Ne > Tavel Net Oi) all Trotter Tele, Room Holmes Gandy one HW 50953 Docld:32327266 Page 2
wks Letter to Paris RE: LUCIEN CONEIN question. of, subject ' S “whereabouts, you ‘shéuid inform then that inquiries to date reveal no' information concerning | his” present whereabouts, You may advise ti French that Conéin's military service record is. being review or any pertinent information. U) co ee Louis: should 1 promptly locate and review | - Conein' S military service record. ‘According to Army’ sources in, Washington, D.C. Conein's military service: record was transferred to the U..S, Army Records Center, St. ‘Louis, on 6/30/62, .His military serial: number was either: 01320769 ox 01322769. Furnish results in ietterhead memorandun , ‘Enclosed for st. Louis’ is one copy of relet. NOTE: Subject was ‘convicted by : a French ‘court | in 12/47* to pay his wife (Monique Veber) a monthly sum of 8,000 «=: francs (about $16) for. the support of her and two: children’ which resulted from the marriage. Subject has never followed the orders of the court and,is currently the. subject ‘of an investigation at the. request of the Investigative Magistrate in France. Information in the. possession of the French. 0 "': indicated that Conein resided at. the. Ingelside. address and they requested investigation by the Bureau. to verify his residence and to determine his present situation with §.)-°" regard to employment and standard of living... Legat , Paris, requested Bureau check Bufiles, Ident .files, and requested” Bureau have Richmond check credit and; eriminal records and - conduct discreet limited. investigation” "CO. comply with ‘the request of the French Police.. . ee ge ee In view of CIA's request as. indicated in. this letter, it is felt that under no circumstances should we : make any -mention-of our knowledge of subject's whereabouts 96 u| * and was ordered : Be Boclda: 3232772766 Page 3