104-10422-10399 - reporting a telephone conversation the previ j i ar ore P SENS DOR TES AND | Me ISS IYOLVEN . ~ = Ke ead tite MEMORANDUM FORs My. J. Las Raokin SUBJECT: | | | Anonymous Telephone Galis to United States Lrabassy in Canborra, Australia, Relative ta . ‘Plonned Agsaassinstion o i President Kennedy 4. Ivefar again to paragraph two of your memorandum, | dated 12.8 ebruary 1964, relative to cisscrainations ta the Secret ’ Service mada by CIA. 2, On 24 Nevember 1943 of the Navy a copy ofa cz Catt < 2 Us evalia (IN 67327, Too Secret, later downgraded to Scerct), © isn anenyzious individual wao had deseribed hirnse Af s 3a Polish chauffeur for the Soviet Ernbacsy in that city. This individual, wali discussing several roatters of intelligence interest, touched ' on the possibility that the Sovict Government had financed the agsasaination of Prealdent Kennedy. Reference was made in this - cable to tha receipt of a similar anonymous telephoaa call on 3. Upon receipt of this cabla from Navy CIA took the sollowing actloms as Cabled to Canborra asking full dotails of the OS telephone conversation of 23 Noveraber and the call made. . oa 15 Cetober 196%. Té should be noted that CLA had not previously known of the 1962 telephone call. W. ARMING ROTICS “| SENSITIVE EOURCES AND A ee ERED ty Og FAN TOOT eg
13-00000 ‘et ate a wae ob be Gas ode Staticw iss on ‘ ehh ayilsbie 4 infermatica on the err ote ephone call. fe ABoears 44a source oi that occa that “Iron Curt nin Countries’ ee. On 27 November, the CLs Sonberra “Etatis = als 0 sf enighed ta dat 2 _£ con aphet onthe anon mymons ties shone calk ot 23 Novernber 1962 4. On 29 November, ola cissauainated this information, zo Sap polled: by ita Ganberrs Raion to the white House, Departeacat’ of State, and Fedoral Bureau of Inventigatioas with a copy to the —. Secret Service, A copy of this disseminaticn inits exacttext is attac ne 40 this mie PPROTARAUED + ae - rae er oA The he SfA_ ation in Ge bewnd 3 arranged for ‘dis scussion sof the” calle with the Australian security service. In the opinion of the Australian autnoritics, the cabhey, wae a crank. In any evont, they - ware aot able to identi! ly any Polish employee of the Geviet Emibas sy. the automobile deaovibed by the calley vs the one ko drove, or tha wd call has been received. Available evidence would tend te shaw that tho caller was some types cf crank. This conclusion, howeveya cannot. be confirrasd. — Ss : Lo a license piste muamber given by lira. NG sarthar informetion on this we Please. noie that tha mite ire of the information in this. memorandum and its. attachms ant requires j the ase ofa + senoitivity mdicatey. a Da an : as Deputy Divector for Plans Veen gm of ae eee WARMING MOVICE
13-00000 “our Teletype N to. B5S91, dstod 29 Novensber 1963, $i | gékilers on their way ta Cuba. Ons purpos e of this troop movement» we coo : te Ga ers re accel . oar eae Pr ae oo eg Se f i i 23 INVOLV ied at 1117 hours, 1. Sureau of to the white Houre, Department of Ctate and Yedera ave cti gation, - with a copy t to ths Secre not Service 1. Your attention is called to a cavice of anonymous telephone ve 7.¢ ‘alls vaade to the office of the U.S. Naval Attache in Canberra, Australia, by a man claiming to have had knowledge ebsut a Soviet plot to dcsassinate the Inte President Kennedy. Cuz first record of this mattey is a Naval Attache cable from Ganberra sent on 24 November 1983 Ze ita appears that the caller, athe professes to be the Poliah chauffeur of a Sovict Embassy car in Canberra, first phoned in Over a year ago, on 15 Octebsr 1942 vepoat 1952. At that thne he told a story about five Soviet submarines carrying 409 to 500 Soviet he said, was to support the Governor of Mississippi. -He added that there was a plot to pay one hundred thousand dollars te kill President Rennsdy. Behind the plot, ha eaid, were the “Iren Curtain Countries," and “Communist mon in Eaglind, Hong Xo ong and probably same other — countries." - Ca 23 November 1953 repeat 1962, the day afer the aseacaination of Freasidant Nennody and over a year alter the first. telepaone call, a maa bolioysd to be the same person phoacd the Embacey again and apoke to the assistant Naval Attache. The caller | referred to his call a year back and stated he had said that the USSR had put up 100,000 dollars for the assassination of resident Kennedy. A, Giving what he claimed were further details about the assessinition, the caller said that about tvo weeks before (which would have been in early November 1962) he was present when an Australian man, 35 to 40 years old, ana tall, was dispatched by the Sovicts to the United States carrying a case about 25 to 49 centimctera long, 5G ecntimetsrs hich, and 8.5 centiracters wide. The name Vasyl Two was used in some connection with this man. He waa put ona plane in Syduzy and whilo the caller drove tho two Soviet ascorts back to Ganberza, their shortwave vadio in the car was going constantly. A chortwave radio was going in the Embassy queue 7 ! Excludes ion sxiccott oe ae refating ane {| SENGITIVE SOURCES AND + e ce 4 Eanes A ! «ec oractig “ae tage. spe i ‘sctussitieatioa METHOMS EXVOLVED Rotate dame a fm. teen’
13-00000 ” Sle * 5 Vv. tee dake if | . ~ oy _ Cee oy SENSITIVE foo oa : B33 AND s : peel ‘Cyer these vadios, anc of thesa Sovicts eginthe ambassy, ans 7a message came throura 2015 present paid, chat 1 raorniag “lave srently 2 aad $ancts were Grunk in Russa heg Te zve achieved what o ve vant! re S| * <j © & co) are  $ oe . §.. Tho caller ‘ then gay ®sntormation" about the Soviet role _ da ginking a U.S. Navy miclesr submarine and oa Soviet eubversion in bo Indonesia. He would not ldentif iy himself, and when he described the car he drives & <8 a navy bluc 1954 Buick, Hcense plate New South Wales OCS 012%) he added they often change plates, have fifty seta ix reserve, and can change “thera ix, five seconds. oe a é. The caller ‘added 2 some vague information about a woman cinployes of the American Embassy he things works for the Soviets. — os tbe conversation concluded with the caller promis ing ta write : a lettar ‘ bee to the Naval «attache af the America n Embaes aye 7. The caller spoke good ‘Saglish and his accent-and voice did not change throughout the conversation, £9 if was assurned that he was not disguising bis voice. $8. Australian authoritlea working on thia case consider the caller tobe a crank, They state that Sovict offices in Australia 4 Go not use anything but Seviet chauffeurs; they have no record of their using a Polish chauffeur. They are-continuing thely investigation.