Date: 09/24/93 Page: 233 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION ° AGENCY : DOS RECORD NUMBER : 1191000110344 RECORDS SERIES : DS AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 39-141-046 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : FBI FROM : FBI DALLAS TO : TITLE : LHM DATE : 03/30/66 PAGES : 4 SUBJECTS : KENNEDY, JOHN F. DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION. : C RESTRICTIONS : REFERRED CURRENT STATUS : P \& “S DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 09/10/93 OC S . Ae OPENING CRITERIA : | ee FBI REVIEW : COMMENTS : FBI Documents [R] - ITEM RESTRICTED HW 50529 DBocld: 32283747 Page 1
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dallas, Texas March 30, 1966 In Reply, Please Refer, to ladle io, } co ° ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F, KENNEDY November 22, 1963, Dallas, Texas INFORMATION CONCERNING MISCELLANEOUS - 2 5 On the night of March 28, 1966, Mrs. Jean Lollis Hills. 34 9402 Bluff Creek, Dallas, Texas, telephone number EV 1-2271, a ees telephonically contacted the Dallas Office of the Federal Bureau SEss of Investigation (FBI) and requested that she be contacted by a; $338 Special Agent familiar with the assassination investigation. Sa RS 2 2 On the morning of March 29, 1966, Mrs. Hill advised "SFR E that during the past week she has been telephonically contacte SH s on several occasions by an individual identifying himself as Va PS & De Antonio who indicated he and a Mr. Black were preparing an ERB S educational television documentary concerning the assassinatio ase e of President Kennedy and desired to interview her in detail. lesa & stated that she had not consented to such an interview but on Dee two individuals identifying them- § a> “an the evening of March 28, 1966,. selves as De Antonio and Black, appeared at her residence for th She stated that she questioned them purpose of interviewing her. as to the exact nature of their visit and being a school teacher, herself, doubted that they were endeavoring to compile data for any edica tionia 1 television documentary relating to the assassination Mrs. Hill stated that she had previously talked to an individual named Jones Harris, who was also desiring to interview her for purposes of a book he was writing and that Jones Harris had indicated to her that De Antonio was one of "Mark Lane’ s men." Hill advised that she specifically asked De Antonio Mrs. and Black if they were connected.with Mark Lane and De Antonio “one of their backers. She stated admitted that Mark Lane was De Antonio mentioned that some of the backing was coming from Engiand for his project. tains neither recommendations nor FSI. It is the property of th: OTST" eran tay be as of the ESE. soc xd ol “ is loaned. to your agency. It and it. 7 ee at wontens t8 are not to be distri ibuted outside your - apyieg tat ENS LS weld —_ 3 Ge lof (- PYG ie) [ “ (aah 32 . ee . C2CUP 1* a: wel | . a ae Ve = 7 2 “TN : . en Dug SUL S “natie HW 50529 DBocld: 32283747 Page 2?
Re: ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT _ JOHN F. KENNEDY = = 2  — | ; November 22, 1963, Dallas, Texas. # * Mrs. Hill described De Antonio as a white male, over six feet tall, weighing about 250 pounds, large build, greyish brown hair, “sloppy looking", and giving the appearance of one who drinks excessively. She described Black as an Italian-looking individual, very dark complected, well dressed, 5'11", 170 pounds, black hair. ~ | Mrs. Hill stated that De Antonio and Black tried to con- vince her that other witnesses to the assassination had talked to them freely, and indicated that former Chief of Police Jesse E, Curry, of the Dallas Police Department, would be interviewed by them. They also indicated that they had talked to individuals who were on the railroad overpass near the scene of the assassination on’ November 22, 1963. She stated they inferred that they had Someone who had seen everything..on November 22, 1963, and specifically mentioned that they. had someone who saw the shooting come from some bushes near the Texas SchoolBook Depository building and that some of the people they were interviewing had never previously been interviewed by anyone concerning what they saw on November 22, 1963. On March 28, 1966, Lee E. Bowers, Jr., 1923 View Crest, — Dallas, Texas, telephone DA 7-2528, telephonically advised the Dallas Office of the FBI that one Robert Blake had approached him on March 26, 1966, concerning the making of a film on the assassin- ation of President Kennedy. Bowers advised that he did not have time to talk to Blake at the time of the approach and that Blake was supposed to recontact him later. Mrs: Jean Lollis Hill, mentioned above, was a witness to the assassination, and her testimony appears on pages 205 to 223 | of Volume VIof the "Hearings Before the President's Commission On - The Assassination of President Kennedy." | _ Lee E, Bowers, Jr., mentioned above, was an employee of the Union Terminal Company on duty at the railroad overpass on ; November 22, 1963, and his testimony before the President's Commission appears in Volume Vi pages 284 to 289 of the "Hearings Before the _ President's Commission On The Assassination of President Kennedy." - Previous investigation has established that one Jones Harris resided at 242 East 49th Street, New York, New York, in - CON PMENTIAL HW 50529 DBocld: 32283747 Page 3
oo a Re: ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT _ JOHN F. KENNEDY - 4 November 22, 1963, Dallas, Texas February, 1965, telephone PL 5-8310. On February 25, 1965, Florance Gaffney, operator of Belles North Limited Answering Service, basement. of apartment house located at 221 East 78th Street, New York, New York, advised that Jones Harris, at the above-mentioned New York address, was convinced that Lee Harvey Oswald did not assassinate President Kennedy and that Harris believed Oswald was one of the persons appearing in a well published photograph of a group of people appearing in the doorway of the Texas School Book Depository building on the day of the assassination. She indicated that Harris was supported in this theory by a New York attorney, Arnold Krakower. Mrs. Gaffney described Harris as a free lance writer, white male, in his early thirties, short stocky build, about 5'6" tall, dark hair, balding, and dark eyes. On January 12, 1966, DL T-1, a confidential source ‘abroad, furnished information to the effect that Mark Lane had finished . reading the proofs of hiS book dealing with the assassination of President Kennedy, entitled "Rush to Judgment." According to this Folketidende", -on January 4, 1966, which related that a documentary film of full length was expected to be produced dealing with the. assassination and founded on Mark Lane's book. The film was to be made by De Antonio, not further identified, and was to be based on pictures taken by American Broadcasting System and the Columbia Broadcasting System. The article indicated that in February, 1966, Lane and his assistants were going to Dallas to talk to witnesses of the assassination. Warren Allen Reynolds, .8707 Mosswood, Dallas, Texas, advised the Dallas Office of the FBI on March 30, 1966, that he had been recently contacted by an Emile de Antonio. a. producer for Judgment Films Corporation, New York City, New York, formerly associated with BBC-TV, New York City (not further identified). Antonio advised Reynolds that his film company was making an educa- tional film regarding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Antonio indicated they were staying at the Arlin Motel, Arlington, source, an article appeared in the Danish newspaper "Lolland-Falsters | = — wit eet HW 50529 DBocld: 32283747 Page 4
Re: ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F, KENNEDY ae »__November 22, 1963, Dallas, Texas. Texas, telephone Circle 5-2626. He offered Reynolds $300.00 for a filmed interview of his participation in the activities that occurred that day. Reynolds stated that Antonio and his associates had an appointment with him ‘for.later on March 30,1966. Warren Allen Reynolds, mentioned above, was a witness to the shooting of Dallas, Texas, Police Officer J. D. Tippit on . November 22, 1963, following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on that date. Reynolds’ testimony appears on pages 434 ‘to 442 of Volume XI of the "Hearings Before the President's Commission On The Assassination of President Kennedy." HW 50529 DBocld: 32283747 Page 5