Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, NY
To: HEGARTY, JOHN EDWARD
Document date: 02/26/1964
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10249-10164

RECORD_SERIES: NY

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 105-38431-555

Released under the John

' Kennedy

Assassination Records

Collection Act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Note!.

Case#:NW 53025 Date:

05-22-2017

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

HEGARTY. JOHN EDWARD

TO:

SAC. NY

TITLE:

DATE: 02/26/1964

PAGES: 3

SUBJECT: LANE, MARK, ACT, SURVEILLANCE

DOCUMENT TYPE:

ORIGINAL

CLASSIFICATION:

PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Unclassified

REVIEW DATE:

STATUS

09/24/1996

Redact

NEW

CLASSIFICATION:

UPDATE DATE:

02/14/2001

RESTRICTIONS:

JFK Act 6 (4).

COMMENTS:

HH 53025

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MEMORANDUM

TO:

SAC, NEW YORK (100-117844)

DATE: 2/26/64

FROM:

SA JOHN EDWARD HEGARTY (#312)

SUBJECT:

MARK LANE

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On 1/28/64, NY 3164-5

orally advised SA JOHN

EDWARD HEGARTY that on the evening of 1/24/64, a M1li-

tant Labor Forum sponsored by the New York Local of the.

Socialist Workers Party (SWP) held a forum at the

Henry Hudson Hotel, 353 West 57th Street, New York, New

York. NY 3164-S/advised that the main speaker st the

forum was MARK LANE, the attorney for the mother of

LEE HARVEY OSWALD.

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The informant advised that over 800 persons

were in attendance at the forum, although only a little

more than $260.00 was taken up at. a collection to aid.

the mother of OSWALD.

1-100-97078 (SWP, New York Local)

1-100-115461

(ELEANOR FERRY)

1-100-118453

1-100-147485

FRED HALSTEAD

1-100-135302

VICKIE MORRIS

JIM ROBERTSON)

1-100-145575

LYNN ROBERTSON)

1-100-148744

KEN SHILMAN

1-105-46028

KEITH KERN)

1-100733468

ELI FINER)

1-100-60713

Tass)

1-100-93572

"National Guardian")

-100-80679

105-38431

HARRY RING

LEE OSWALD

100-133479

(YSA)

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CONFOENHAL

NY 100-117844

NY 3164-Sadvised that among those attending

the forum whose identity is known to the informant were

the following:

HARRY RING, who was the

moderator

KUEANOR FERRY

FRED HALSTEAD

Rabbi KURT FLEISHER

VICKIE MORRIS

JAMES ROBERTSON

LYNN ROBERTSON

KENNETH SHILMAN

KEITH KERN

ELI FINER

NY 3164-S advised that the forum was well at-

tended by SWP and YSA members.

The Informant advised that while talking to a

member of the YSA, whose identity is not known to the

informant, the ISA member advised that KENNETH SHILMAN

has been transferred to the west coast.

Informant further advised that ELI FINER was

recording MARK LANE's speech.

The informant further advised that FRED HALSTEAD

mentioned to the informant that two of the individuals

seated at the press table were associated with the Tass

News Agency in New York City.

The informant advised that at the forum, it was

announced that the "National Guardian" was going to

• spon-

sor a tour by MARK LANE and OSWALD's mother, which would

end up at Town Hall in New York City on February 18,

1964.

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NY 100-117844

CON/PENTIAL

LANE discussed only those matters that have previously

3264-5/241

NY 3164-S advised that during his talk, MARK

been made public and he furnished no new information

chat had not previously been contained in his article

in the "National Guardian"

although LANE was scheduled to play tapes of his inter-

views with OSWALD's mother, LANE Indicated that he could

not play the tapes because there now exists a client-

counsel relationship between he and Mrs. OSWALD.

NY 3164-s adVised that In a conversation with

HARRY RING,

RING indicated that the SwP publication

" 111t/23 4 and 1/24/04, but a thout the do as

accepted,

the editorial board of the

"New York Post"

subsequently refused to accept the ad.. RING further

advised that someone from the SWP had

spoken to JAMES

WESCHLER, a member of the editorial board, about the

newspaper not accepting the ad; but WESCHLER stated that

he couldrot give an answer or reason for the refusal.

According to the informant, MARK LANE has suggested

that

The Militant Labor Forum sue the "New York Post" for

loss of revenue.

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