(104-10133- 10437) Memorandum . Ekle cesT SUBJECT: THE LEE HARVEY OSWALD CASE — #351164 SE ABE OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 ey . MECHEL S$O10-104 . ed UNITED STATES GOVrANMENT Cf ‘ ao FROM : M. De steven 6 are tof To’  : Files oe > DATE: 29 January or 1. According to a newspaper column of “Allen and Scott" in the Chicago American of 6 December 1963, on the OSWALD Case, Abram CHAYES, Legal Officer of the State Department, was one of two persons im-~ mediately responsible for OSWALD's being permitted to return to the United States from the Soviet Union in June 1962. The other individual named was Llewellyn THOMPSON, the then Ambassador to Russia. Another . said to have been involved in the handling of OSWALD's case was Samuel WISE, Counsel of the American Embassy in Moscow. 2. Abram CHAYES, #352234, who as of 16 February 1961 was described as “the new Counsel in State", was granted Security approval for liaison contact with J. Foster COLLINS (in the office of the Chief of the Covert Action Staff) on 6 March 1961. The request for CHAYES' clearance was a "Blanket" request to permit discussion with him of NSC 5412/2 matters on a need ~to-know basis. 3. In September 1961 there was a white House namecheck: request on | CHAYES' wife Antonia (Toni) Leigh CHAYES, nee: “HANDLER . lh. In March 1962, CHAYES was granted a renewal of his liaison . ; contact clearance with c/ CA on a continuing basis. This time his contact was Archibald ROOSEVELT, Jr. 5 on 10 February 1962, HUMAN EVENTS meported as follows with reference to CHAYES: “SOFT ON COMMUNISM: Representative Francis Ie Walter (R.-Pa.), Chairman of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, has scored the. new State Department regulations on passports, claim- ing they would allow Reds denied passports to. "rifle freely the confidential files of the FBI, the CIA.and other investigative... ‘agencies." The man behind the new regulations, which Walter ee claims violate the Internal Security Act. of 1950, is reportedly State's chief legal officer, Abram Chayes. Chayes, a Kennedy . appointee, is an ex-Harvard professor who was Chester Bowles’ top legal adviser when Bowles was Governor of Connecticut. - Walter has introduced legislation to remedy the new passport regulations." . __ SECRET Document Number 1 &~ i! ral | i 1029: te tS 5 ane Excluded del sstomatl douesradiog and ‘for FOIA Review on FEB 1977 ;
14-00000 =Des _ 6. Samuel WISE, “Counsel in the American Embassy in Moscow" who is referred to above, may well be Samuel Griffin WISE Trey FAST, SD & SSD, who apparently was once a contract employee onSAHACTIVE. N [fhe State Department reviewed WISE's file on 2 June 1954; and as of September 1962 a Samuel G. WISE was Second Secretary of the American - Embassy in Moscow. At that time WISE advised in a cable to the State 4s . Department ghaiyitappeared.thak, maaceniivedeniokuDAVIS, ff 3522Qgeqmss0 | ° .e defected from the United States-Army “in Germany*on4 8 August’ 19607shad "= * not expatriated himself’. DAVIS' case is very similar to that of OSWALD; and he, Like OSWALD, lived in the Soviet Union for two years after his defection and prior to making application for return to the United States ./ 7. WISE was an applicant for CIA employment in early 1953 and was security approved subject to polygraph on 11 August 1953. He did not enter on duty and in September 1953 the office which had been , interested in him was "no longer interested". On 13 November 1953, WISE was granted a CSA to permit his use as a contract employee on (ABACTIVE in New York City. His CSA was cancelled on 21 March 1958. 8. WISE was named as a friend of William Orville MUNSELL, #61693-DL, during an investigation of the latter for possible CIA employment in 1952e. - WISE, according to MUNSELL Ss. landlady and social acquaintance in Washington, D.C. during the period of about a year which ended in April 1952, was the only person she knew by name with whom MUNSELL’ was friendly. According .to the informant, WISH was a student at Columbia University whose address was 423 Furnald Hall. (MUNSELLE” was Security disapproved for CIA employment in June 1952 because of his close association on a professional end social pasis, while attending Denver University from 1946 to 1951, with persons of questionable loyality. In November 1954.,,\ MUNSELL. was of interest to project (FIALIVE with reference to assignment toc however, the interested office withdrew their request on him, after Security advised of the-derogatory information regarding. him. 9. WISE from 1951 to 1954 attended Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, New York, which was attacked by a Citizen's Group, which alleged Communist » influence in the school system. He had several questionable associates in addition to MUNSELL. M. D. Stevens. scune] GRUP 1 Excluded from ovtematic eaeneradiag and
14-00000 , Vv * ie ww wr fs x. | «SECRET 2" - ‘ . _ Sphortiona FORM NO. 10 : das i : ; . . i Cf Be + ° UNITED STATES GOViANMENT x - oe ‘Memorandum To. : Files 915 ox? . —_ parE: 29 Jan 1964 FROM: Me Di Stevens subject: ‘THE LEE HARVEY OSWALD CASE #351164 1. According to a newspaper colum of “Allen and Scott" in the ' Chicago American of 6 December 1963, on the OSWALD Case, Abram CHAYES, Legal Officer of the State Department, was one of two persons im- mediately responsible for OSWALD's being permitted to return to the United States from the Soviet Union in June 1962. The other individual named was Llewellyn THOMPSON, the then Ambassador to Russia. Another . said to have been involved in-the handling of OSWALD's case was Samuel WISE, Counsel of the American Embassy in Moscow. , 2, Abram CHAYES, #7352234, who as of 16 February 1961 was described s "the new Counsel in State", was granted Security approval for liaison. ‘contact with J. Foster COLLINS (in the office of the Chief of the Covert Action Staff) on 6 March 1961. The request for CHAYES' clearance was a -"Blanket" request to permit discussion with him of NSC 5412/2 matters on. om need-to~know basis. ee 36 In September 1961 ‘there. Was a: White House namecheck request on be CHAYES! wife Antonia (Toni) Leigh CHAYES, nee: HANDLER... rc he _ In March 1962, CHAYES was granted a renewal of his liaison’. contact clearance with C/CA on a continuing basis. This time his. contact was Archibald ROOSEVELI, ITe 5. on 10 February 1962, OMAN EVENTS reported as follows with —_ reference to CHAYES: - . —— a ac ae “SOFT ON COMMUNISM: Représentabive Francis E. Walter (Re-Pa.),’ Chairman of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, has.. scored the new State Department regulations on passports, claim~ - ing they. would allow Reds denied passports to "rifle freely the - Co confidential files. of.-the.FBI, the CIA and other investigativ ' agencies." The man behind the new regulations, which Walter’ .~ claims violate the Internal Security Act of 1950, is reportedly State's chief legal officer, Abram Chayes. Chayes, a Kennedy.. appointee, is an ex-Harvard professor who was Chester Bowles? top legal adviser when Bowles was Governor of Connecticut. — : Walter has introduced legislation to remedy the new passport regulations ." | __SEGRET Document Number Lhe 01" (27 | = 1029 chow PS ~ of Exclu ded fram automatle for FOIA Review on F EB ‘77 downgrading and
14-00000 SECRET 6. Samuel WISE, "Counsel in the American Embassy in Moscow" who { is referred to above, may well be Samuel Griffin WISE Jr., #74574, SD & SSD, who apparently was once a contract employee on ‘AFACTIVE. [ihe State Department reviewed WISE's file on 2 June 1954; “and as of September 1962 a Samuel G. WISE was Second Secretary of the American Embassy in Moscow. At that time WISE advised in a cable _to the State Department a nen even eines eng aan SERRE ee AE ETE SE En ere ~SeMEDT waa WSS" LKS ose lived in the Soviet Union for two years after his defection and prior to making application for return to the United States./ .{. WISE was an applicant for CIA employment in early 1953 and was security approved subject to polygraph on 11 August 1953. He did not enter on duty and in September 1953 the office which had been interested in him was "no longer interested". On 13 November 1953, WISE was granted a CSA to permit his use as a contract employee on ACTIVE in New York City. His CSA was cancelled on 24 March 1958. 8. WISE was named as a friend of William Orville MUNSELL, #61693-DL, _ ' during an invest eae of the Latter for possible CTA employment in 1952. only person she knew by name with whom MUNSELL ‘was friendly. Aecording ’ was 423 Furnald Hall. MUNSELL ‘was Security disapproved for CIA employment. .. “New York, which was attacked by a Citizen's Group, which alleged Communist - Dee during the period of about a year which ended in April 1952, was the to the informant, WISE was a student at Columbia University whose address in June 1952 because of his close. association on a professional and social. : basis, while attending Denver University from 1946 to 1951, with persons _ of questionable loyality. ‘In November 1954, “MUNSELL was of interest to . “ project FJALIVE with reference to assignment to ; eee however, the interested office withdrew their request on him, after my _ Security advised of ‘the derogatory information regarding him. 9. WISE from 1951 to 1954 attended Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, influence in the school system. He had several questionable associates. in. addition to MUNSELL.- M. D. Stevens GROUP 1 Excluded from automatic _ bingraciag and