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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

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verity Chief, Soo

FRo: : Chief, Special Referral Brarch

STETSCT:

HIDALGO, Ealmes, Jr.

#65077

22 June 1951:

ETST

The Subject is a covert employee of this Agency now in the

irited ciates for four weeks

training and being considered for

ie: it staff C/ICE in a highly sensitive assignment. Immigration

authorities may submit questions through this tgency which will

te erswered by the subiect, buù recuests to have the subject tes-

tait ir oper court nearines must be refused.

DER4IT.S

1. Reference is made to the lettor received by the Alien

iffairs taff from the Inmigration and Naturalization Service

and reference to your re nest of 15 June 1951 to ascertain the

jetails of the Subject's status with this frency and prepare a

renly to IaNS.

2. Or: 17 Ture 195u Special agent Chester F. BOASt: oi this

calace interviered it. obert DEleR:

Acting Cries, H/FT, Room

2228

"T! Building,

and 1rf( dohn BOTT, Chief, HH/Panama, Room

220h uarters "I"

, 24l56, regarding the Inmigration request. The

Eclowing information was obteined durire this interview.

2. The Subject is still a cover employee of unis agercy,

1s now In the United states New York City, or home leave, and

is scheduled to report to dashington, D.C., to commence four

weeks of covert trainingor 6 July 1951.

. The Subject is presently under consideration by Staff

C/JCB for an assignment with a highly sensitive project under

the supervision of Staff C/ICB.

Under this proposed assign-

ment any publicity or notoriety that the subject would receive

from testifying publicly on questions of commnist associations

of which he may have trowledge would ultimately preclude his

future use with the Steff

"proitet and would probably jeopar-

dize his future as a covert enrloyee c this lgency.

c .

Pirated will reture in Fa.booggrannna

metely 15 Aumist 195u as a case officer, and this position

imld also be jeopardized by undue publicity.

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standport only there muld to no crjectior to a controlled inter-

vien it. the gritte:

we territ could he afforded the Sub-

This, however, would

have

to te coordinated with conde place for rossible objections

teer in this matter and any rublic tastimon or cher court tes-

timer world have te derend or the

seriousross of tre case leine

pranared br the trirratior authorities.

h. try coriact with the Subject during his period of covert

trainin from é tula to approximately 15 Aurust 1951 rould nave to

Ise le cocriarated mth ir. Feter Hosty Covert Training Oricer,

Or those celice is located in EutzdirEo3"-31.

Staff -ITOR,

1613 "i" Buildird, xood, to discuss the

The Subject's use in the proposed

Pass e project is

still i:: ühe plarning stage,

but the assigment that the Sub

ject is being considered for is a highly sensitive one and

any firther rublicity which the Subject may receive would

ultimately

disqualify him for consideration on this project.

Any approral for INs contact of the Subject would

have to be determined after carefully considerine the impor-

tance of the INS case for which the subject's testimony may

be recuired.

??ERe indicated that the Subiect could still

be considered as ar employee of a Division regardless of ine-

ther or not the proposed staff C/TOR assigment meterializes

and any action in the request receivea from IS should be

closely coordineted with both Staif C and iN.

6. Ir. PENITUCIO:, Alien Mffairs Staff, SO, contacted illiam

I. HOGAN, Special Assistant to the Commissioner of Immigration and

vaturalization on 18 tune 1954 requesting further information re-

garding their memorandum of 9 June 1954 on the Subject.

fir. HOGAN

explained that INS has a list of

possible informants which contains

the Subject's name.

The people on

this list are being contacted for

use on a continuing besis wher specific cases arise which mirnt

fall in their narticular

aree of Inowledge.

At the present tine,

TiN'S has no

specific case fornich they want to contest the subject:

but they just want to know if he would be available in the

fyture

for ise es ar incomert regarding various Commrist activities of

which the surject nas

mersoral mcalesge.

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Inter his conversation reta to. anary ta. FONTICTON

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tut necroerd-d cooperating to the extert

in-t

i could subrat storific chestions to this trency thich

and in mesented to the farjeet and

the auster forterare to

?::.

The refussi

re their origirel

rement should he based or

scrollirit of the cutjectie posities thier could be

¿copar-

Mid to fry trebe rublicity and

a til coot ired the sui-

fragrantly and it woulder deficial do locate hin

sten iatrirs theft St, stated or. 16

one 29et

thot tr.

3C02.,

Srecisi

ssistant to th: Commuscioner

iratior and teteradicationg

nes indicated in a conversatior

SEROTEL On Scene 2924 that Iiis bad been able to Iccate

to subject's location and affiliation with this beeney incugh

inforned e

One, Else ine recontacted or le

the nature of the

He raciest and alsc

i-met on the apparent security flap on the bart of the Subjeci's

i ther open in

basis of this further irforuation, it has suggestec

cir. POw IT that the TaNs authorities be recuentes to submit ari

mestions through this gency which tos

the subisct ard his answers he retarted to 1us.

in turn, be preserted to

to the proposal of having the This reople contact the

through this Agency and also indicated that the reported security

breach or the part of the Subject's father would be taker into

consideration and an attempt would be made to determine the extert

is the Subject's relatives or acquaintances know of the Subject's

o se procedure an

on taken ordinaro it, it ane at that eny and al?

ACTION

It is recommended that the attached memorandum to IANS and to

ore Chiel, th lavisier,

witr. a cartor. copy to Staif C/ICE, be for-

verded and that no further action beaken pending a report from Mr.

do he crouses as the ecerity map iron eli opera

Suarles :, Fane

Attechmont.s

1 - Letter to JETS

I - Lotter to WH with co to Staff C/ICe

622/51

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