JFK Assassination System Date: 4/10/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-10320-10390 RECORD SERIES: HQ 4 AGENCY FILENUMBER: — 100-409763-215 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: NY TO: HQ TITLE : DATE: 01/30/1968 “PAGES: 8 SUBJECTS : MARK LANE DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 4 CURRENT STATUS: —Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: = 05/19/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : INC LHM OO re—nXnX——— ee Or v9.1 71 Docld:323127073 Page 1
” i i , . ar OPTIONAL. FORM NO. 10 ‘ , “Ty. | MAY 1962 EDITION . _ eel GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES cd. ARNMENT ‘ Memorandum oe, DIRECTOR, FBI (100-}09763) SECRET pate: JAN 30 1968 wih ‘th SAC, NEW YORK (100-1178) (RUC) marxhne, akae, IS - R (JONDIS) CLASSIFIED BY (00:New Orleans) . DECLASSIFY Of SUBJECT: Od ly ReBulet dated 10/10/67 and New york Mrteél dated a 7/26/67, captioned "JONDIS", which set forth information concerning a KGB document captioned "List Of American Sociologists", Reference is further made to the report of SA BENJAMIN P, MC NS dated 1/9/68 5 at New York entitled "MARK LANE, SM acd é Enclosed for the Bureau: are six copies of an LH f \ ; dated and captioned as above, setting forth inform tion NY pf re. subject received from{Ny S812-shaJ Two copies of Lun(S) \G V4 wf and one copy each of New York lette® to the Bureau date o) 10/3/67 and Bulet to New York dated 10/10/67, are enclosed for the New Orleans Division, anes Ba en Ce Sources set forth in LHM are as follows: First Source: [NY [iy 5622-s4](S) | Second Sourcer NY 3365 -stSGemer) Now PS MARY ELLEN wo DOUGHERTY - Conceal at reauest. \ y Enclosed LHM has been classified "TOP SECRET - NO FOREIGN DISSEMI NATION" pursuant to instructions contained in Bulet dated 10/10/67. tS eae} It is believed that any interview with subject, with regard to the information furnished by{NY 5812-ss *y\would w(S) gompletely unproductive. It is noted subject was’ previously geS@ontacted by Agents of this Bureau on 1/29/64, at which time 2 Y ggub ject was not cooperative. iS Rubsequently gave his VA | Pah ‘> Ne on - Bureau (RM) (Encl. IS (1 - 105-169820 JOND Syg0 “bf. og YB — -Al 2 # New Orleans (100-1 689) (aw) (Encl. li* Lf ~ New /¥ork (105- 897 1 JONDIS ) (34, - New/York “i 5 Y e FEB 2 1968  UNRECCOPY AND COPY OF ENCL FIL 5 g Z Soon awl Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Reguldby on the Payroll Savings Plan 5010-108 | Doeld:32312073 Page 2 E
“sie ia] ‘DISSEMINATI(™ - se * UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE _ FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ~~ | New York, New York In] Reply, Please Refer to JAN 3 G 196¢ | . ; Bufile 100<'09763 S NYfile 100011784) : SECRET | CLASSIFIED BY _2— ‘ Mark Lane _ oe NECLASSIEY ON: eek 1g) | | vee . In August, 1967, a confidential source, contact with y y whom has not been sufficient to judge reliability, advised that "Kran'*/was the KGB code name for Mark Lane, a lawyer and (S the duthor“of a recént book eritical of the Warren Commission findings on the assassimation of President Kennedy, This- source stated that Boris/Qrekhov, a KGB officer assigned to _the New York Residency had ad two meetings with Lane and had established ea trusted relationship with him. The source advised that Lane had made a trip to Europe and after his” — return to the United States was not contacted. The source stated that the New York Residency of the KGB had established “conditions of meetings" with Krams | (S) | The above source aldo furnished a KGB document entitled "List of American Seclologists part of which pertained to Mark Lane as follows: "Mark Lane = Member of New York State Assembly, 10th District of New York; attorney. | | He is a young man (age 30) and a Jew. He is sharply opposed | to the policies of Tammany Hall and favors & new leadership for the Democratic Party in New York. He has come out against racial discrimination (very sharply). He has organized a group of ‘freedom riders', wisited the southern states, was arrestod and sentenced to twe months imprisonment. He has been freed under bail. He is an advocate of Ghandi'ts passive resistance although he is not inclined to submissiveness",. fhe "New York World Telegram", a former New York City Daily newspaper, issue of May 25, 1962, pagesl2, identified | Merk Lane as a New York State Assemblyman, representing the 10th Assembly District, New York City. | | ’ The “New York Post", daily newspaper, New York City, a issue of May 25, 1962, page hi reflected that Mark Lane would \ give up his seat in the New York State Assembly after having served in that capacity for fifteen months. He would not» gond term fA This ‘@ociment contains neither recommendations nor conclusions “of the FEI. [2 is the property of the #Bi and is Leane 7 agency; it and iv ; a enot to be distributed outside Hour agency. DO B4 Ae , downgraging and declassification ‘Doeld: 323127073 Page 3 1 oH ST ae TS canines