Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: DIRECTOR, FBI
To: SAC, WMFO
Document date: 06/17/1955
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Date:

4/29/201

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY:

FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10221-10314

RECORD SERIES :

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 2-1423-4, 5

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FBI

FROM: DIRECTOR, FBI

TO: SAC, WMFO

TITLE:

DATE: 06/17/1955

PAGES:

5

SUBJECTS :

IID, FIREARMS, REVOLUTION, SOUTH AMERICA, RES,

DESCR, PUBLIC RELATIONS, NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION : Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS :

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW:

07/14/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS: INC 2 MEMO, ABSTRACT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy AsSassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note).

DATE: 11-14-2017

STAND/RD FORM NO. 64

, to

Office Menu. Indum • UNITED S

GOVERNMENT

Bic

DATE: August 29, 1955

TO

DIRECTOR, FBI

FROM

GL DALLAS (2-0)

SUBJECT:

1.

IRVING DAVIDSON

NEUTRALITY ACT

NATIONAL FIREARMS ACT

on August 17, 1955, Dallas Confidential Informent DL-32-0,

whose identity is known to the bureau?

and who has furnished

reliable information in the past, advised SA PAUL H. RAINES that

he had been contacted at the informant's gun shop by an individual

who identified himself as I. IRVING DAVIDSON.

DAVIDSON was Interested in purchasing Enfield Rifles,

and also inquired into the possibility of purchasing Thompson

Sub machine guns, wanting large quantities of rifles and as

many submachine guns as he could get.

DAVIDSON displayed to the informant an alleged permit

from the State Department which entitled DAVIDSON to purchase

ftrearms for shipment to south America for milltary use.

DAVIDSON told the informant that the weapons would be

used to start & revolution in South merica and that they would

be used to kill Communists".

DAVIDSON stated that he would possibly return the

following day when the informant told him he might be able to

get submachine guns, bat DAVIDSON did not reappear.

He had

left his adäress in Washington, D.C. for the informant to contact

him if the weapons were Yound..

the informant.

The following description of DAVIDSON was furatsted by

LO

Name

Address

I. IRVING DAVIDSON

'1224 Wyatt Bldg, Washington, D.

Height

About 5! 5"

Age

38-40

Büild

Plump

Complexion

dark, swarthy (Informant stated looked

like Jewish or Italian)

Hair.

!! 01

Black, receding, with bald spot on top.

Characteristics

Incormant desoribed as looking like

"iittle, gangster type"

Scars and Marks Burn scar right side of face, ear to chin!

CC: 137-33*

RECORDED-99

1423

PHR: bfd

(4) (rd)

2-0

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINER

AUG 29 1955

CHEUN JS UNCLASSIFIE

ATE 1-344

BY SOSMACKSR

JFK TO 00

71 SEPES

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