JFK Assassination System Date: 4/14/201 Identification Form Agency Information Peleased under the John AGENCY: FBI Kennedy RECORD NUMBER : 124-10326-10073 Wssasgsination Records ollection Act of 1992 RECORD SERIES: HQ (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#:NW 53150 Date: AGENCY FILENUMBER: 67-182287-270 6-01-2017 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI - FROM: TURNER TO: HQ TITLE: © DATE: — 11/10/1964 “PAGES: 8 SUBJECTS ; | ELBERT T. TURNER DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret _ RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 4 CURRENT STATUS:  Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 09/14/1999 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE ; COMMENTS : INC MEMO ‘ V—CC————————— rr v9.1 Hw 53130 DocId: 32313145 Page 1
Mr. J. Edgar Hoover “ Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington, D.C, Dear Mr. Hoover: As you know, on October 5, 1964 I was demoted from Grade} : [Grade 13 and transferred to the field for delinquencies note _ — ;Oswald case. On October 8, 1964 after I had talked to Mr. Md. ~~~. xX : transfer was changed from Milwaukee to Washington Field Office but === Ve e the demotion was continued. As I previously advised you I sincerely HE * jappreciate this change and it alleviates some of the personal problems 4&; i {|caused by the demotion. VF Re: Since that time I have tried to reconcile the severity of this = faction with the delinaguencies charged to me and I can only conclude ; j|that because you did not have the full facts concerning my part in tig this case, there has been a miscarriage of justice. Not only is the iy (10% salary cut severe, but the blot on my career and the reputation ON earned in almost 24 years of service as an agent is particularly hard gs to accept. I feel compelled therefore, to bring to your personal Gz |attention my Side of the story. TI did not have an adequate opportunity QQ {to do so before my demotion. I know you are busy but I appeal to you to review this matter. I have no other recourse. Outlined below is & summary of the facts and attached is additional Supporting material. Although this case had been actively under investigation for some time, my responsibility began as the result of Oswald's contact with the Soviet Embassy in Mexico which was reported to us by CIA teletype dated October 10, 1963. Such contact cases were assigned to my desk. I have been charged with: (1) Failure to take action on the October 10, CIA teletype; (2) Delay in reviewing the file; (3) Failure to instruct the field to intensify investigation and '(4) Failure to include his name in a list of dangerous individuals, I sincerely believe that none of these was either causative or “fi substantive. They did not involve violation of any Bureau rules or “age | fl policy, there was no deliberate delay and they did not gO to the ~ merits of the case or affect the outcome. THe same information contained in the CIA teletype was submitted AC by the Legal Attache on October 18, 1963 and action was taken by if I even saw the CIA teletype before the action was taken by the “ other supervisor. In any event, the field was already actively trying of to locate Oswald and the delay did not affect the investigation in any way. Therefore, it was not a substantive error, % | Likewise, my failure to fully review the file was not in viola- ee. tidh of any policy or rule. I was already somewhat familiar with the .f “ease and the fiéld had it under active’ investigation, Furthermore, % Such delay was not deliberate but was due to the volume of other work, ma On the day 6f the assassination the file was. in. Office for review, y HW 53130 Docld:32313145 Page 2?
~~ + HW 53130 s rs Specials Handled-October 10 to November 22, 1963. viewed on October 7, 1963Xby Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Moore. I assisted in the analysis of the results of this interview, the review of pertinent Bureau files, comparison of Bureau information with this information and collaborated with Mr. Moore in preparing a 63 page ‘final memorandum dated October 15, 1963. This was a special assign- ment not directly related to my desk. ritish Case - A v7, 19GBy of British Intelligence was inter- 3 Dunlep Case - This case was assigned as a "special" to me in August,19 It did not relate to my desk. The investigation had been substantiall1 completed by October 10, 1963 when publicity. regarding Dunlap hit . the newspapers. (Note that this was the same date of the CIA teletype 36 in the Oswald case.) During the next 8 days I processed 21 incoming pieces of mail consisting of 49 pages and prepared 5 outgoing of 18 pages on this case which included a 11 page summary for the Director and a 2 page summary for Mr. Tolson. a Between October 18 and November 22 1963 I processed 37 incoming communications of 151 pages and prepared 7 outgoing of 9 pages on this one case, Special School - This school began on October 14 and ran to October 25, 1963. I prepared for and delivered 13 hours of lectures, 11 of which were handled during the period October 10 to 18, 1963. 1. DoclId: 32313145 Page 4 Regular Desk Assignment In addition to the "Specials", my regular desk assignment included 104 cases, seven of which were active and important double agent cases: reviewing signature mail prepared by the supervisors in my unit which required 3 to 4 hours per day; consultations with supervisors in the... unit about their cases and the other normal desk o Caneddfuent 104 2 \ cases included about 30 cases involving Mexicofand Canadafavhich neat been transferred to the desk in early October 1963 which had to be re- viewed by me to become familiar with them. . Overtime \ July 1963 - 2 hours 27 minutes daily average | August 1963 - 2 " 35 " eo " September 1963 - 2 " 22 " " " October 1963 - 2 " 3h " " " November 1963 - 4 "™ 52. " tt tt Becember 1963 -. 4 " &yk- n " t Chronology-Oswald Case Oswald defected to Russia in 1959, later recanted and returned to the U.S. in 1962 when he was interviewed and the case closed. ae