MEMO: CONEIN, LUCIEN EMILE.
Originator: CIA
Document date: 04/06/1948
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

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6 April 1948

TO

• (E. I. Ackerman)

FROM

: (B. C. Seymour BeS) os

SUBJECT : Lucien Emile CONEIN

REFERENCE:

(WFPWD424, 4 March 1948

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I.' Subject was born in Paris on 29 November 1919, the idle-

gitimate son of Lucien Xavier CONEIN, born March Ith 1872 at Meaux,

and Estelle Leontine Aimee ELIN, born June 6th 1893 at Soengi, Sumatra.

The birth was registered at the Mairie of the lith Arrondissement under

the name of ELIN, although subject was later recognized by his father

and took the name of CONFIN. CONEIN Sr. died at Redon (Ille-et-Vilaine)

on February Ist 1924.

2. CONEIN went to the United States in 1925 and was brought up

by his maternal aunt, Mrs. Jeanne McBEE, presently living at 1013 Wiscon-

sin Street, San Francisco, California.

The latter has been in the United

States since 1921 and became a naturalized citizen on 19 June 1942.

CONEIN became a naturalized citizen on August 11th 1942 at Tacoma, Washing-

ton. His mother is presently applying at this Embassy for an immigration

visa on the Netherlands guota, in conformity with the Immigration Act of

1924 which states that nationality for quota purposes shall be determined

by the place of birth. Her sponsors for entry into the United States are

her sister and her son, both of whom have filed affidavits at the Embassy.

CONEIN also has a younger brother presently living with his mother at 15

rue du Chalet, Malakoff, Seine. The latter is married and is attempting

to get a divorce.

According to the affidavit submitted by CONEIN in his mother's

favor, he was first married on 29 July 1943 and divorced on 9 November of

the same year. No further details concerning this marriage are stated..

• He was remarried in Paris on April 2nd 1946 at the Mairie of the Ist Arr-

ondissement to Monique Denise Pierre VEBER, born January 20th 1919 at Nice,

the daughter of Serge Pierre VEBER, well-known theatrical producer, and

Jeanne Henriette ALCAN. They are both French citizens. Two children were

born of this marriage. According to CONEIN's sworn statement he was at

vorced in Paris on 23"December 1947. The records of the Tribunal Civil of

the Seine Department indicate that a decree of divorce "in absentia" was

granted on that date at the request of Monique Denise VEBER in the absence

of CONEIN.

According to French law this decree is not considered valid

until officially notified to CONEIN personally, at which time the perti-

nent data will be entered in the marriage register of the lst Arrondisse-

ment where they were married. This has not yet been done and CONEIN is

therefore not yet considered legally divorced according to. French law.

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4.

Certain discrepancies exist in the matter of the exact date of

CONEIN's second marriage.

Official French records give the date of mar-

riage as April 2nd 1946, which is presunably the correct one. Accoraing

to CONtIN's file in the Passport Section of the Embassy he was married

states that he was married April 23rd 1946 in Paris. It is possible that

these discrepancies are the result of a clerical error somewhere along the

line, or that one indicates the date of the civil ceremony and one the

religious ceremony, which is usual in France though rarely so far apart.

5. During the course of her routine interview at the Embassy in

marital situation, although she had heard that he had recently been di-

vorced.

No valid reason for this reticence is known, particularly since

investigation revealed that she was a frequent visitor to her son and

daughter-in-law at 171 rue Saint Honore.

submitted for the record and whatever it might be worth.

Serge Pierre VEBER, CONEIN's father-in-law, was born in Paris

on September 2nd 1897. He was married in Paris on April 18th 1918 to

Jeanne Henriette Denise ALCAN, born July 3rd 1896 at Ville d'Avray (S-et-0).

Monique Denise CONEIN, nee VEBER, born January 20th 1919 at Nice, is

their only child. VEBER is a well-known dramatic writer and producer.

In 1939 the VEBER family lived at 15 Qual de Conti, Paris.

VEBER left

that address in 194l and is believed to have joined his family in Algiers.

In 1943 the family was investigated in order to determine whether or not

they were Jews. It was eventually determined that although they had

Jewish connections they were to be classified as Aryans. Serge Pierre VEBER

has a brother, Gilles Pierre, born February 17th 1896 in Paris. He is

divorced from

one Raymonde KIATEMACKERA and was remarried in Paris on 25

May 1935 to Catherine AGADJANIANIZ, born 25 Notember 1911 in Petrograd.

1943 were living at 74 rue Erlanger, Paris 16e. Gilles Pierre VEBER is

a writer who has published numerous novels and for twenty years he was ar

associate editor of "Le Natin". No derogatory information concerning the

VEBER family was revealed during the course of the investigation.

(No file copies made) •

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