DATE: 11-14-2017 - AGENCY : a kere ee ey eee Identification Form Agency Information FBI RECORD NUMBER : 124-10157-10026 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: — 105-82555-1703, 1704 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: BRANIGAN, W. A. TO: SULLIVAN, W.C. TITLE: DATE: 02/01/1964 PAGES: 2 SUBJECTS : LHO, POST-RP, POLIT AND SUBV ACT, CP DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : — Confidential . RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: — 02/06/1994 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : INC FB] CABLEGRAM v9.1 DoclId:327165001 Page 1 Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 27107 Hote). nr
"Released under the John Ff. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hote). / DATE: 11-14-2017 OPTIONAL FORM NO, 10 fp oF 5030-106 yoN UNITED STA’ TES GOVERNMENT ; “ 1 ~j Belmont M emorandum 1 = Sullivan ! ae 1 ~ Malley TO HW. C. ‘SullivanW Ch DATE: _Rebruary 1, 1964 | % rea r anigan: FROM :W, A-Bramilfels ye EF ages ate ae beetanys PLD, J. Brennan em, a | ad 1 - Turne NEA E o| SUBJECT: LEE HARVEY OSWALD CONFIDENTIAL 5-T- ae ay Be 6B) WWE, Cay ¢ INTERNAL SECURITY - RUSSIA ee he cae on | | ers pene ; At 6: 55 a.em. 2/1/64 Assistant Legat Attache poe ee ten aris called E, T. Turner, the Agent on duty in Domestic Intelligence | Division, and referred to Bureau cable 1/31/64 requesting that General | raters, no has written the Attorney General and the President's | mmission from Portugal, be located and interviewed. MAEOR Gs | ~——“Winter advised that contact was made with Agostinho Barbieri, | a ranking official of the Portuguese International and State Security | | Police who has been very cooperative with the Bureau.: Barbieri advised |. that "General. Protero" is well-known as a senile and- partially demented | former. communist who is now in his seventies ,and spends ‘his’ time being— an "antitommunist..!. He is not a general, has never been connected with | the military and "Protero" is an assumed name. Barbieri Said he is a harmless fool and should y° ignored. Barbieri will try to Suppress Z further communications{c ~ Paes) In view of this information, Winter advised that" "Prot will not be interviewed. Barbieri will furnish additional infofne on him ‘hich will be forwarded to the Bureau when received.) /f 3 = Winter will confirm this call by cable, Monday 2/3/64 AGT ION: | 4 . 5 <3 the ‘At tovhey General and. Mr, Lee eon Counsel of the President's moms nformins them concerning eneral "Protero."y re Il mio. On recéapt of the cable from Paris, letters will be sent to Ae CONFIDENTIAL _ Ane T d AG es ha GPE ¢ Woe? tw © bw DoclId: 327165001 Page 2?
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