-——— TT; a  ———— AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : -_—_—_———_—_ oq“ ——qoe_e eee ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE : DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : _— OO ee v9.1 HW 54463 DBocld: 323235124 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-90010-10128 DL 100-9734-763 Document Information FBI BROWN DL DECLASSIFIED Pepartment of State wuidelines, July 21, Date: wO-12-2017 01/11/1962 2 AMERICAN G.I. FORUM [Restricted] PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 09/16/1997 INDEFINITE MEMO 72 Page 1
* OF 10 NE mm _ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT . . a . MEMORANDUM TO - SAC, DALLAS (134-1A-645A) DATE 1/11/62 "ROM | SA W. ‘HARLAN BROWN FR ALL “pgORMATION cour ‘SUBJECT: DL-6-S. HESS Ba le DATE= JE) On 12/11/61 SA W. HARLAN BROWN received;. in sevecke a handwritten report dated 12/11/61 from DL-6-5.. ‘This report. has been serialized as 134-1A-645, Informant determined on 12/11/61 that.on 11/6/61 a regular CP meeting took place at the home of AUGUSTIN ESTRADA in West Dallas. Present were AUGUSTIN ESTRADA, BILL _. LOWERY and. JOE: LANDIN. . informant determined that. ESTRADA had. a letter he . had received from JOHN STANFORD in San Antonio.. The letter ' informed him that MAUDE RUSSELL, who is. well acquainted with . -Communist China’s true progress, was available as a speaker..: She. could be contacted by writing MAUDE RUSSELL, Palo Alto, California, Miss RUSSELL,the letter said, “would soon bein the San Antonio area. She charges a.fee of $25 for a group of 30 and it is customary to find her a place to stay. Miss - RUSSELL'’s knowledge of China, the letter. continued, is next to a trip to China. 1 = 134-1A-645A . 1 = 100-7995 (A. ESTRADA) 1 = 100-7929 (B. LOWERY). 1 = 100-8001. (4%, LANDIN) 1 = 100-8749 (J. STANFORD) 1 = 100-10657(4, RUSSELL) . fa. ZL. ~ 1.+ 100-671-1 (FUNDS) - a 2 LIP — 1 = 100-8242 (N. ROSS) " ~ 1 = 100-8171 e ROSS) ) 1 = 100-8160 (J. . LAWRENCE) 4 4 1 - 100-9974 (D. LAWRENCE) dealt d 91962 } Zi-}= 100-9734 (G.I. FORUM) feet neem radon 1 = 100-671-5 (ORG) —— obi ven sh 1 = San. Antonio (RM) (JOHN WILLIAM STANFORD, JR) (100- 7232)7 N . WHB; jeg (14) ee ee HW 54463 Docld:32323124 Page 2? we
i / —— a SS DL 134-1A-645A ESTRADA informed BILL LOWERY and. JOE LANDIN that he had. spoken to two. persons about Miss RUSSELL and had. received $10 as a contribution. The fee, he said, would be easily - raised, sponsoring MAUDE RUSSELL would be the thing. They (the CP) could not do it. It would be up to the ROSSES or. the LAWRENCES, They discounted the ROSSES because they are separated. -AUGUSTIN said he would ask JOE LAWRENCE to :sponsor MAUDE .RUSSELL. BILL. LOWERY said. that .if. the LAWRENCES were able to, he would ask NATALIE ROSS if her house could.be used for the meeting even. though she could. not be present. BILL LOWERY gave ESTRADA. instructions on how. to get a hold of JOE “LAWRENCE (by: phone). ESTRADA and LOWERY. had a long discussion on fall out. and the qut lawing of the CP. ESTRADA said such a :ruling .would certainly hurt the party - but would not stop. it. The: party's -headquarters have for.a.time been just a front. Besides. this .sert of persecution would align other organizations with the party for they could be next. BILL. LOWERY agreed, saying the . outlawing of the CP gave them more company. . ESTRADA,.as.an ‘example, said that if LOWERY was. ever. arrested his co-workers _in the'G.!f. Forum, Dad's Club would come to his. rescue. JOE LANDIN told them he did not.agree with them, -he . doubted if any non-communist organization. would. ever be out- -lawed and doubted if any. arrested CP member. would be.defended . by- his. friends or co-workers... He asked them to make. realistic. ‘deductions -.just who could: they. turn to besides. the.ACLU? - BILL. LOWERY. ‘said. their only .§. defense . ‘would be: the. “people. ‘they had worked with in: mass organizations, they. would come. to their rescue. He rated the interest JOE LAWRENCE had in the.out- lawing the CP, He assured JOE LANDIN there. were others like. him, . JOE LANDIN said he understood the situation much. better now. that: BILL. LOWERY had explained. about JOE LAWRENCE... Informant | chad: no. additional information. HW 54463 Docld: 3232731274 Page 3 --— . | | : 2 : ;