Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: LA
To: HQ
Document date: 8/7/47
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under The John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote).

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Date:

5/13/201

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY:

FBI

RECORD NUMBER:

124-90143-10287

RECORD SERIES :

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

100-370750-117

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

LA

TO : HQ

TITLE :

DATE :

'PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

08/07/1947

2

JOHN HOWARD LAWSON

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION:

Confidential

RESTRICTIONS :

4

CURRENT STATUS :

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 10/09/1998

OPENING CRITERIA :

INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

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Released under the john

DATE: 11-14-2017

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Assassination Records

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CONPICENTIAL

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federal bureau of luentigation

Mnited States Department of Justice

6/22/95

Los Angelos

13,

California

Classified ly

Sked Senat

August 7, 1947

CONHDENHAL

Declastior ** QADR

Director,

JFK

AUT INTORMACION CONTAINED

CONFIDENTIAI

PEREIN IS UNCIISSTEIED EXCEP!

WHORE SHOWN OTHERWISE

Attention:

Security Division

ALL INFOS WA

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ON

EXCEET WY

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RE: JOHN HOWARD LAWSON

INTERNAL SECURITY - C

Dear Sir:

Declagally an: 9Af

Reference is made to teletype, dated May 14, 1947, advising. the

Bureau that the technical surveillance on the above-named Individual had

been reestablished. The Bureau is advised of the following circunstanoes

surrounding this surveillance:

On approximately May 20, 1947, the Subjeot left Los Angeles on a

business trip and vaoation, from which he returned to his home during the

You will note from the enclosed Justification

form that the cost of this surveillance is considerable.

However, due to

additional oharges for reinstallation, it was believed at that time ad-.

visable to continue the surveillance rather than pay further high charges

to reconnect it.y

537.

For your information, Subjoct's home is looated in San Fernando,

which is approximately twenty miles from the Los Angeles offioe's Central

Plant, and the diffioulties encountered in connection with this surveillance

have been prinoipally due to the faot that contaot must be established and

maintained through both the Southern California Telephone Company and the

California Water and Telephone Company in San Fernando.

The latter condern

has furnished this sorvice with great reluctance due to other difficulties

encountered by them from the State Utilities Conmission. It has, therefore,

surveillanoe all the

necessary security precautions.

Upon the return of Subjeot from thelebove-mentioned vacation it

was ascertained that he did not use his telephone.

Tests were immediately

conduoted by the sound men of the Los Angeles offfce milion indioated that

the service should be in perfect condition.

After the above tests were

made it was still noticed that the subjeot did not use his telephone and

attempts were made to reach reliable contacts previously developed in the

California Water and Telephone Company, at which time it was ascortained

that, withuthe, erreption of one inditidual who was on vacation, they had

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COPINS DESTROYED,

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DEFENSE

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RECORDED

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