GPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 a ” 5010-106 ‘ ‘ wf UNITED STA’ TES GOVERNMENT Assoc. Dir, oa Dep. AD Adm. ‘ Dew. nw. Memorandum a al ; " Adm —— ~ . Comp. Syst. to”: MR, CALLAHAN _ pare: February 3, 1975 Ext Alfore — Gen. Inv. —___.. FROM °: H, N, ‘BASSETT \ N twee | . a __ Laboratory Plan. & Evel, ARTICLE, 1/31/75, REGARDING HALE BOGGS' SON (): CLAIMING POSSESSION OF FILES ON i WARREN COMMISSION CRITICS ALL INFORMATION CONTAINE t onus io Tick ASSI inv BACKGROUND | “ale paren: INFORMATION CONCERNING WASHINGTON STAR NEWS FIC tin! The Washington Star News, a Washington, D. C., daily newspa carried an article nthe Anuary 31, 1975, edition, page A-4, under an Associated Press release captioned "Boges' Son Tells of Files on Warren Panel." The article quotes Tom H.Roges, dr., son of the late Representative Hale Boggs , as claiming that in 1970 father gave him dossiers which the ~ _ FBI compiled onx¢ritics of the Warren Commission . in an attempt to discredit them. “According o the article, Boggs' son stated "they weren't basically sex files. They had some of that element but most of the material dealt. with left wing organizations these people belonged to.' Tom H. Boggs, Jr., declined to identify all 7 of the critical authors but stated that writer Edward J. Epstein and lawyer Mark Lane were among the individuals whom he had information regarding. Boggs, Jr., reportedly stated that the information given him by his father included a photograph of one of the 7 engaging in an unnatural sex act with two women. REVIEW OF BUREAU FILES In a review of Bureau files by the Inspection Staff, no evidence was found that any information of this nature was ever disseminated directly to Hale Ge from the FBI. Qe” However, the Bureau file review indicates that on November 8, 1966, memoranda were furnished to Marvin Watson, Special Assistant to President Johnson, at the White House, setting forth pertinent information contained in * Bureau files regarding background on seven individuals who wrote unfavorable ‘s articles concerning the Warren Commission findings « 64 - 104 0 GO b 4 oA acl Enclosure — dent Yuf Is ye. 1- Messrs. Adams, McDermott, Mintz CONTINUED - OVER . oe, JTK: sbhe. (6) HY 53439, Pocbasc7a 52702 Page 2 i
aNovember 8, 1966 sil “£400 aK ay Hd CFD | TEL . ne he < Spo . “Ee Ki moj SAUVAGE, a Becdacsity a APR OTHER EN Bo - Sunnis SES Space: po _tecltsicvnge was born’on February, 23, 1913, at x Nancy, France, In 1984 he was reported as a correspondent and” NY | > “thief of the New York Bureau cf "Le Populaire, '' a French socialist — | | . °° .. .mewspaper. He also has been reported as a a correspondent for the French publication "Le Figaro.’ . . | | oO In 1951 it was reported that | Sauvage was a member of a small group of individuals close to Louis Dolivet who wag refused ‘reentry to the United States due to his suspected communist and Comintern backeround. (100- 23792- 148) - {In October, 1953, information was received that L Sauvage, ‘ ‘Le. Figaro," 50 Rockefeller (eon New = re~- or W THERWISE. —, 9 sponded to an invitation extended by thelPolish Consulate,) New York City, to attend a showing of the(Polish¥ilm, "Peace Wiff Win," to be Uf cw oun Nuvember 50, 1991, at the Museum of Modern Art, New York - Goo" Coa. 1183 EG) écording to a statement filed with the Department of / ~ Justice, Foreign Acents Registration Section, the French Press Agency (FPA) in January, 1954, listed Leo Sauvaze, 270 West End Avenue, f op SHOAD $ q BY Zoku New York City, as an employee of that agency.’ May, 1954, while Sauvage was btill employed by the FPA, it was reported that[the chief of the Washington Bureau of the Soviet Tass News se ‘personnel of the FPA to secure intelligence information. — 405- 28250-2 and 3) 7) (In In September, 1956, it was alleged that one © Sauvage, 28 rue Marcel R Royer, Gennevilliers, France, was one of a number of ‘individuals employed by the French Communist Party Headquarters, Paris, -VeaPzo0: if is not known if this individual is identical with captioned author. - “64- 200-231-1559 page 5) | vas ~~ The March, 1944, issue of "Commentary," a monthly Pope magazine _published by-the-AmericanJewish Committee, contained an ne ; article by Sauvage entitled "The Oswald Affair.'"' This article attacks findines of the ° Wa arren Commission concerning the assassination of former | President John F, Kennedy end suggests that Oswald was unjustly, presumed / .-i to be guilty ci the assassination due to prejudiced press and televisicn- coverage. (105; 82555- ~ 3531 )REVIEWED BY £B/IFK TASK FORCE RELEASE iN FULL MAIL wat, noon] TELETYPE unit LL > el aun, 11 Pepa nat X aoe ED £6 DECLASSH ( r FATT ATEAENO IORI EONRS FUERA HIER NS ete om . tei A FY ON; 5Xl- | _ vy, | wh op) =x ~J © f ee ee eee eres nies tee . tee x i x oP CaM aril ab? RO HW 53130 DoclId:32152702 Page 3