104-10433-10114]. oN. ~~ ? i i t { \ Bae | MEMORANDUM. FOR. THE RECORD a - suBIECT?_ nAmerican Defector to the USSR" oe , oe “The attached material ¢ was part: of z a soft file entitled. . "American Defectors to the USSR", which was. set up by | (Sar ound 1960 and. maintained by: various @. components aes until ca, 1963. | The compilations were derived.from a variety: Lo of Sourcesy. ‘and contain both classified and o overt data, 7 “ ‘y . 2, Ta the fall of £ 1966, the files were ‘turned over to Goa. . Stake In most instances, basic’ information was then abstracted : © FepaaenblaressaleE Se atone iechenendens xa, In all instances in which. “the material was. unique, or represented. a valuable collation effort, it has been: incorporated into the: "appropriate 201 file, along * with | : “a CORY of this = memorandum,” on so oe wy 3. ta is ‘suggested that any ; dissemination of t this s data should “be coordinated with @B-Béristen and with CieGeerlif EPNELO) , in. view of the frequently inadequate sourcing and of the fact that. a "_disseminations have already been made - Ia Par Tel Se : “Document Number 1 Pox | ‘SEP 1976 “for FOIA Review on. :
13-00000 i Oat. lee Harvey @ an mn | ; Date of Births, 18 October 1939. 2 “Hew {Orleans Louisiana oes ae an Date | of Defections -Osteber 1959. ) a Baucatdons - “High school: Alwaya ¢ & . stadteie tapes read books. ‘that at ire _ considered "deep? eo ote teeta “Became a. PFC, 1 _ the. Methodist: Orphans Home Macos Texas. According to newspaper article, reasons for his defection were a: combi~. nation of family poverty, what he considers the plight of US negroess and. _ the US Marines or American imperialism abroad. At 15 or so he read "Das Kapital” and agreed with its theories. A year before his discharge,” oo _. he began to:prepare for life in the Soviet Union by using a Berlits ot grammar to teach himself how to read and write Rasadan. Nevers Rowers a (did he consider. deserting the Marine Corps. So Lo Joined. the: Mariua-mt 17. ‘saya he ald this because he aida!’ Rather, an: insurance salesman, tea 1 before Lae was born. - Bas aes - a , a brother who 4s @ salesmen at Acme Brick Company, Fort Worth, Tema y an and a half brother John Edward Pile age 28, a US Air Force Stair Sargtant.. stationed in Japan. Mother is currently employed a ag a wry mother at . a After Aischarge from the Marines, ‘Lee ‘wisited his mother in Fort Worth ct for about 3 days, then left for New Orleans where he planned to remme. - ” employment. with an export-import company for which he had worked prior to enlisting in the Marines. Shortly after he arrived in New Orleans, | he sent his mother a note saying that he had booked passage to Europs, =e that he vas doing something he felt he mst do. His arrival. in Moscow . game as a shock to the family. ‘Travel money probably came from that saved while in the Marines. Ha. had never expressed any sympathy for . =... the Soviet Union or: Communism. He had been interested in Cuba and South |” America and his family. would have expected. him to go there, if anywhere. a Mail sent to him aince his defection has been addressed to the Hotel. - Metropole, Moscow... He acknowledged receipt of his mail in 1959, but . amor) letters sent. in 1960 have. been: retarned to the senderse In November 1959 ths Soviets were investigating the possibility’ ‘of. sending Lee to a Sovist higher technical institute. (Wash.Evening star) May 1960 Mra. Oswald received a letter from the Albert. Schweitzer College |