AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: _ 124-10225-10335 RECORD SERIES: HQ | AGENCY FILENUMBER: — 100-30067-115 Document Information ! ORIGINATOR: FBI . FROM: DIRECTOR, FBI | TO: OFFICE OF SECURITY, DOS TITLE: DATE: 09/17/1959 PAGES: 3 SUBJECTS : JOP, REL, TRA, EMP, MOSCOW DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret - RESTRICTIONS: .1B;1C CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: = 02/26/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : v9.1 Docld: 32299555 Page 1 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information Date: 6/15/201
| : 7 ° aes, . , 7 . COMPS 1 = Liatson Section CIA-HAS MQ OBJECTION TO ! DECLASSHMCATION: ANDIO | RELEASE OF CIA i - Ur. Goll IN THIS DOCUMENT. id > g 100-8558709 100@30067 . | _ . — ADY, INPORMA TION COMPATNED Dates Soptenber L?, 2950 YERRIN 1S. foe Offtes af Seceurtey a Separtaent of State Brome = John Sager Hoouer, Director Subjects JcHs prrmay cla SECURITY MATTER = ¢ - MANGARETE ADLER PITEIAN FNPSENAL SECURITY « & ey | Roferense tg nade $o my prevtoua comuntcattons — vo your Departments copttoned as abouds | inforuatien has been recetued that subjects and thetr tuo chtidren departed San Franotece, Caltfornia, on. September 14, 1959, and planuned to depart fron New York; New Fork, for Le Havre, Franae, on the French liner, "Fienders, 7 on Septenuber 27, 1959. — C9 olson l = Rome SEE NOTE PA (4) pf 2 Belmont 1 = London SEE ge mB. 108 SEE NOTE “ONEBLLOY PAGE “NeGuse «2 = Bonn SEE NOTRLADAGE TWO™ es _ Mow @ =» San Franctsco ‘SEE WOTE PAGE TWO Wingy 18 1959 Rae" 1 = Los Angeles SEP NOTE PAGE TWO _ (Dok TW Trotter 1 = Foreign Ltatson Unit (route through for Reo Ep MAIL eo earn unr 4 ONP TL: ig. © ©) ¢9 aubstanstate the tntetal intentions - i. | travel to &ngland, mea and Veet Germany for the purpose out 4 ite matter hes Been re; tn. fafte, London, Bonn, and Lene (fer sontact wtsh appropréate eequréty services to recetue any pertinent tafoructio#g then may develop regarding the esubjecte uhtle they ore trate’ _ tn the areas covered by the Legal Attaches.) However, thie - Bureau woud eppreotate any pertinent information that your Department (or the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) aay recetue regarding the aubjeots tn other countries where they | may travel. | AX us rrad to the Legal Attyehes > |, vy v aa.) ~ ao = u. S =) rs a ra g z Cs) a) COMM 3 Ett No addtttonal taformation has heen recetued of subjects to 2.= Paris (Eiclosures 2 hes Y\ "See wore paor wo Pah wy fib Oe -SO0 ? 3 Kagios ™0: rab a oe wane _ ae . _ - ? { — a a , Docld:32299555 Page 2
a Office of Security | Wi, mia Departnent of State of Locating relatives and property interests of Margarete Ptttnan.. However, information hae been rece tued indicating that subjects have defintte plans to travel to Moscow where John Pittman will serve as a correspondent for "The Worker.” Infornatton has been received that aubjects wild obtain visas for travel to Moscow from the embassy tin Parts, France, sone tine after their arrtval tn France. Z © Director Centrai Intelligence Ageney Attentton: Deputy Director, Plans Enclosed for Legal Attache, Partita, are a menorandun concerning Margarete Pitiman and a memorandum concerning John Pittman. Lendon, Bone, and Bonn have previoualy - been furnished background tnfornatton concerning eubdjects (Nana requested to alert their sources. | Legal Attaches, Paris, Bonn, Rome, and London, should remath espectally alert for any infornation to further substanttate subjectas tntenttons te go to Moscow and jmmedtately advise. the Bureau. Legal Attache, Parts, ts requested to alert CS) his sourcea and place approprtate atops with then.| Any tnfornatton coming ta hia attention concerning travel Cs pions of subjectg|to countrtes other than. those covered U by Legal Attache s}ishould be tmmedtately furntshed to ora. Vy) Adutse the Bureot. of any pertinent infornation rece tued tn this matter. (Sources \nay be furntahed tnfornatton( ¢ J contained tn the tncloséd menoranda except the tnfornation tndtcating thet Pittman and hia fantly have intentions | to travel to Moscow. Hargarete Pittman is a key figure, Gan Franetseo ortgin, and John Pittman ta onvekeSeourt ty ndex of the Los Angeles Office, Legal Attache, Parts, should algo attempt to verify the tssuance of visas ta Subjects tn Parts and immediately advise the Bureau. | (2) Docld: 32299555 Page 3
Office of Seourtty Departne nt of State , APOE atte NOPE ON YELLOW: Legal Attache, Parts, ts being advised not t furnish {sources the information concerning Pittmans’ C63 posstble travel to Moscow as this tnformation has been obtatned only from NY 694<S and CG 5824<S, highly placed informants. This information has not been received fron any other sources and tt ts believed this information should not be furntshed(to sources overseas\in an effort to further CsI protect the identity of these tnfornmants. Other Legal Attaches have been similarly advised. Letter classified "Confidenttal” as tt contains tnfornation obtained fron confidential infornants, the unauthorized disclosure of which could reasonably result tn thettdentt fication and compromise future effectiveness thereof. . _ oe) exe ee YY Ose ie ene Docld:32299555 Page 4 ne — |