Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: FERRIS, NATHAN L.
To: LEG, MX
Document date: 01/20/1964
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under-the John t Kennedy Assassination Records Colleetion A0t-012992 +11-456 2107 Hoteh.

DATE: 11-11-2017

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

• AGENCY: FBI

RECORD_NUMBER: 124-10003-10388

RECORD_SERIES: MX

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 105-3702-214

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

TO:

TITLE:

FERRIS. NATHAN L.

LEG. MX

DATE: 01/20/1964

PAGES: 4

SUBJECT:

JFK, CONSPIRACY PLOT, FPCC, INFORMANT

DOCUMENT TYPE:

ORIGINAL

CLASSIFICATION:

PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Unclassified

REVIEW DATE:-

STATUS

07/26/1996

Redact

NEW

CLASSIFICATION:

UPDATE DATE:

11/03/2000

RESTRICTIONS:

JFK Act 6 (4)

COMMENTS:

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 444 USC 2107

Hote).

DATE: 11-14-2017

ICONESENTIAL:

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

MEMORANDUM

TO:

LEGAT, MEXICO CITY (100-1931)

FROM:

SA NATHAN I. FERRIS

DATE: 1/20/64

CLASS. & EXT. BY SP 3TER/AHR 6-29-99

REASON-FCIM II, 1-2.4

DATE ON REVIEW

_1-20-84

SUBJECT:

RUSSELL AMES

SM - C

THEORM TON COMAINED

9293 9803-8ad,

ude

EXCEPT WHERE SHOWN

DECLASSIFY ON:

OTHERWISE

Declassify

XMEX-18 and MEX-19; 22/20/63; 134-10A-1029K/&

formants visited laxaca.

During the second week of December

1963,/ the in-

RUSSELL

and JEAN

AMES were extremely

friendly and appeared to be very badly acquainted in Mexico

City and only on very friendly terms with MARY BELFRA

JEAN AMES Indicated that she

had had EDWIN BARRY

•(4)

BURGUM

as a guest in her house the past summer with a "MAC"

from Guatemala.

RUSSELI AMES, and the informants suggested that

"MAC" was described as a writer "mAC" may be

the "JACK" (due to phonetic similarity of names) whom BURGUM

Fx).....

was supposed to have gone to laxaca to meet during BURGUM! S

1963 trip to Mexico:

In view of the fact that "MAC" and

RUSSELL AMES are writers, the informants suggested that the

meeting between them and BURGUM may have been that of an

editor visiting writers and programing what he wanted from

them in the future.

2(4)

3/18/96.

GM

The informants noted that one time previously they

had reported Information on one JOHN McDONALD who was a

guerrilla fighter In Guatemala and sought refuge in Mexico,

subsequently returning to the underground in Guatemala.

belleved that individual might be adentical with!

"MAC. "C)Ul

1

1

1

2

-

4234-104

LOO- New

100-2463

N100-2357

105-3702

100-1285

.OO- New

(м)

SIDNEY SILVER

E. B. BURGUM)

C. BELFRAGE)

I. OSWALD :

M. BROOKS)

(JOHN MACDONALD)

105-3702-21

SEARCHED

SERIALIZED CE

- INDEXED 418

FILED O

JAN20 1954

LECAL ATTACKE - M

N20

NLF: eim

(10)

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