Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: LA
To: HQ
Document date: 5/11/62
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

5/13/201

AGENCY :

FBI

RECORD NUMBER:

124-90144-10029

RECORD SERIES:

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 100-370750-296

Released under the John

F. Kennedy

Assassination Records

Collection Act of 1992

144 0SC 2107 Notel.

Case#:NT 54460 Date:

10-04-2017

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FBI

FROM:

LA

TO: HQ

TITLE:

DATE: 05/11/1962

'PAGES: 2

SUBJECTS :

JOHN HOWARD LAWSON

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS:

Redact,

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 10/09/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS:

MEMO

v9.1

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ALL INFORMATIOA CONTAINED

HEREIN IS UNPLASSIFIED

OTHERINIS

EXCEPT WHERE SHORES

OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10

5010-104

UNITED STATES GO

Memorandum

a CONDENTIAL®

TO

DIRECIOR, FBI (100-370750)

DATE:

5/11/62

SUBJECT:

SAC, LOS ANGELES. (100-21198) (P)

JOHN HOWARD LAWSON

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

HEREIN IS UNCASSIFIED

DATE 4.30 36 4Y 9145 stepag

Declas

he Sureau letter to Los Angeles dated 4/19/62.

On 4/30 and 5/1/62, contact was had with IA 3402-s,

ho 1s a close and personal acquaintance Of JOHN HOWARD

LAWSON

..and his wile sue.

Informant advised

SA. MARCUS M.

"BRIGHT that the LAWSONS have been living a "hand to mouth"

existence for the past several years.

LAWSON has a number

of outstanding debts, particularly a heavy mortgage on his

house; andhis married

partial dependent.

Lop haa in the recent past been a

LAWSON has confided to informant that his writings

have brought him very little financially in past years; that

the last funds he received from writing was for a film story

he did as co-writer and sold to a British film producing

company a few years ago, name not specifically mentioned.

CALIP

DECLASSITIED

ON

BY

which went to the attorneys.

Before the LAWSONs left on their extended one year

European trip in May, 1961, they owed the dress maker

approximately $150 for clothes made for Mrs. LAWSON.

had been paying this only to an extent of $5.00 to $10.00

at a time and when they departed in May, of last year,

LAWSON paid it down to $70.00 before he.

left, leaving a

balance of approximately that amount. C

Mrs. LAWSON confided to informant about a year

ago that only

the nominal

money LAWSON received from his

lectures

kept them going.

REG. 22

- Bureau (REGISTERED)

104-3127257

- Los Angeles

17 MAY 15 1962

MMB: tzg

(4)

8 MAY 221962

SUBV CONTROL

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CONFIDENTIAL®

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