Originator: HSCA
From: ROBERTS, CARSON A.
Document date: 05/25/1978
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Date:

10/14/20

Agency Information

AGENCY :

RECORD NUMBER :

HSCA

180-10078-10459

RECORD SERIES:

NUMBERED FILES

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 009408

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: HSCA

FROM:

ROBERTS, CARSON A.

TO :

TITLE :

DATE: 05/25/1978

PAGES:

SUBJECTS:

MILITARY SERVICE

ROBERTS, CARSON A.

OSWALD, LEE HARVEY; PRE-RUSSIAN PERIOD

DOCUMENT TYPE: SUMMARY

CLASSIFICATION : Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: Open in Full

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 07/22/1993

OPENING CRITERIA:

COMMENTS :

Box 173.

Meleased under the John f. kennedy issassination Records

Collection Act of 1992 144 USC 2107

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INVESTIGATION INTERVIEW SCHEDULE

1.

Identifying Information:

Name CARSoN A RObERtS

Date 5-25-78

1:00Pm

Address 222A - huke ShoRk De.

Place

City/State ZUKISPER iNG D. CAROliNA

WHISpERiNG,

VInIES,

No. CAROlINA

Date of Birth

9/4/1905

social security 254-52-6507

MOr S

Spouse

Children

MARRIEd

2. Physical Descziption:

Heighe

Weight

Ethnic Group White

MALE

Color Eyes

Special Characteristics

Hair GRay

3.

4.

Personal History:

a.

Present Employment:

Address

Telephone

b.

Criminal Record

1. Arrests

2.

Convictions

Additional Personal Information:

a. Relative(s) : Name

Address

REtIREd MARiNE GENERAL

b. Area frequented:

c. Remärks:

Investigator

Carence Dou

Da

5-26-78

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KENNEDY

SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS

Name

Carson A. Roberts

Address 227A Lake Shore Drive

Date May 25, 1978

Place

Residence

Time 1:00 p.m.

Whispering Pines, North _Carolina

Interview: The interview took place at the home of Retired

Marine Corps General Carson A. Roberts on May 25, 1978 at 1:00 p.M.

at 227A Lake Shore Drive, Whispering Pines, North Carolina 28389.

General Roberts' date of birth is September 4, 1905; telephone

number is 919/949-2262, and Social Security Number is 224-52-

6507. His Marine Corps Service No. is 04463. General Roberts

retired from the service with an honorable discharge on March 1,

1964. He is unemployed and resides with his wife at the

above

address.

General Roberts revealed that Camp Smith in Kaneoke Bay,

Hawaii was under his

command in 1963. However, the General

stated that he knew of no flights or investigations of any kind,

neither by civilian nor military personnel, concerning IHO or.

any of his associates or any investigation concerning the assas-

sination of President Kennedy•

When asked if he recalled scheduling a flight from Kan-

eoke Bay to Atsugi, Japan, which carried a group of CID investi-

gators to conduct an investigation into the background of LHO,

Interviewer Signature

General Kaberts teal e de has no moiledge de any suer

Typed Signature Clarence J. Day

Date transcribed

5-30-78

BY: br

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Carson A. Roberts Interview

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flight nor does he recall issuing any such order. He believes

very strongly that if any such flight or order had come to his

attention he would have remembered it.

During our conversation

the General excused himself and

went to his

basement and then returned with a flight log book.

After fingering through his book he stated that he did have a

personnel plane assigned to him. He described the plane as

being a V-5-54-P model airplane Service #90392. He also

stated that when this plane was not being used by him it was

not unusual for the plane to be used to fly other missions,

without his knowledge. He repeated that he had no knowledge

of any flights to Japan concerning LHo nor did he sign any orders

directing any such flight. The General did state that it was

very possible that orders could have come down from Naval head-

quarters in Washington, ordering such a flight and he might not

know anything about it.

When asked about the official log book for this plane,

in an effort to verify all flights by this plane, the General

indicated that the official flight logs for any military air

craft remain with the plane. When theplane was permanently

deactivated, it is his belief that the log book and the offi-

cial records concerning the plane would have been sent to either

Marine Operations or to the Bureau of Aeronautics in Washington,

D:C. He also stated that he did not know if the plane was

still active or not.

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Carson

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3.

A: Roberts Interview

In reviewing the General's flight log book, it was

noted that the General had no flights between June 1963

and January 1964. The General further disclosed that he only

kept flight log records of flights he went on.

During the conversation, General Roberts indicated that

he had in his basement about twelve flight log books he had

kept over the years.

General Carson A. Roberts was very cooperative and in-

dicated that he was willing to assist this Committee in any

way he could. ' If it became necessary for him to be subpoenaed

to Washington he would appear.

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