AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY: — FBI RECORD NUMBER:  124-10158-10436 — RECORD SERIES: WMFO AGENCY FILE NUMBER:  105-37111-129, 129A Released under the John Kennedy WSssassination Records Ollection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note}. ase#: NW 53025 Date: 5-22-2017 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: MORRISSEY, JAMES F. TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: = 12/20/1963 ~ PAGES: 9 SUBJECT: .- SEE FBI 105-82555-808 DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL CLASSIFICATION: Confidential REVIEW DATE: 05/16/1996 STATUS. Redact RESTRICTIONS: JEK Act 6 (4) COMMENTS: INC INTV, RPT HW 53025 DBocld:32165911 Page 1 NEW CLASSIFICATION: UPDATE DATE: 02/12/2001
FD-263 (Fev. $<1-39) FEDERAL BUREAU OFFICE OF ORIGIN DALLAS REPORTING OFFICE WASHINGTON FIELD TITLE OF CASE LEE HARVEY OSWALD REFERENCES: oe OF INVESTIGATION DATE | INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD 12/20/63 | 12/9 =- 19/63 TYPED BY REPORT MADE BY JAMES F. MORRISSEY eb CHARACTER OF CASE IS - R Report of SA JAMES F, MORRISSEY, 12/9/63, at Washington, D. C.; WFO airtel to Dallas, 12/17/63; WFO airtel to Director, 12/18/63. - Pp SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE -“ APPROVED ~ v Fé f COPIES MADE: ; on 10- Bureau (105-82555) 3 = Dallas (100-10461) (RM) = Richmond (Info) (RM) 2. Washington Field (105-37111) fox ‘ ae 22? gnzmdhy Ragines m5 ay ay: GARR fe fue Sof Vee are) DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW HW 53025 Docld:32165911 Page 2?
WFO 105-37111 5, JFM: lke ADMINISTRATIVE DATA On December 18, 1963 wr 12} Sfadvised that a clerk in his office had just made an annual iew of his subscription file, preparatory to purging it of-all inactive accounts. The file on LEE H. OSWALD was noticed and brought to informant's attention. He immediately contacted this office and made ~ available the entire file. Informant could furnish no information other than reported in instant report. Informant expressed concern that if his bookstore’ was publicly identified as processing subscription orders for subject, adverse publicity might result. For .this reason, ‘the identity of _the bookstore was not set forth in the FD 302. Bureau airtel December 12, 1963 forwarded a copy. of memo prepared December 5, 1963 by ALBERT W. PAYNE and forwarded ' by Major GATELY DANIEL, Room 4611, Munitions Building, Washington, D. C. PAYNE is WF T-2 herein. For info Bureau DANIEL is Special Security Officer at the Foreign Science and Technology Center, u. S. Army located in the Munitions Building where PAYNE is employed. DANIEL was very cooperative and highly complimentary of the Bureau. PAYNE was interviewed by SA JAMES F. MORRISSEY. As indicated in WFO airtel. December 18, 1963 PAYNE said his entire knowledge of the matter is contained in the above memo and furnished copy of same. He requested that both his and his — wife's identities be concealed; that the matter be handled such ‘that it would not obviously ‘pinpoint his wife as source. Mrs. HELEN PAYNE, WF T-3 herein, telephonically advised SA MORRISSEY information regarding DIESSELHORST child. The content of PAYNE's memo, including misspellings, is as follows: "MEMORANDUM FOR: Major Daniel 5 December 1963 FROM: | Albert W. PAYNE, GS-14, FSTC, Munitions Building | "1. My wife Helen K. PAYNE, 308 Maple Avenue, Falls Church, Virginia, Phone: JE 25985, is a Fifth Grade teacher in the “Pine Springs School, Falls ‘Church, Virginia. Mrs. CARROL ~ JE 28563 ~ is the principal. "2, Recently my wife asked her students to write a theme on the death of President KENNEDY. /-B- DoclId:32165911 Page 3 COVER PAGE
WFO 105-37111 ‘ReWFO airtel to Dallas December 17, 1963, set forth information re allegation concerning photo in possession of RANDODPH ELLSWORTH, said that descriptions available to WFO do not reveal any tattoos as indicated, nor do military assignments of OSWALD as indicated in his personnel file suggest a common locale for a meeting of ELLSWORTH and OSWALD. Info submitted to Dallas for whatever action deemed necessary, WFO contemplating no further action, Info copy of WFO December 17, 1963, airtel sent Baltimore and New York. INFORMANTS Identity of Source File where located WF T-1 soir forge ©) €134{807 sub a-558 JE) WF T-2 is ALBERT W. PAYNE Instant file. WF T=3 is HELEN K. PAYNE > Instant file Both PAYNEs reside . 308 Maple Avenue, Falls Church, Virginia — LEAD WASHINGTON FIELD AT WASHINGTON, D.C. Leads in this case are being received and covered. on a COntinuing basis in WFO, ~ o D* «= HW 53025 Docld:32165911 Page 4