Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, SA
To: DEFFENBAUGH, B. E. JR.
Document date: 05/13/1964
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD_NUMBER: 124-10247-10393

RECORD SERIES:

SA

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 105-2909-708

Released under the John

F. Kennedy

Assassination Records

Collection Aet of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel.

Case#:NW 53025 Date:

05-22-2017

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

DEFFENBAUGH. B. E. JR.

TO:

SAC. SA

TITLE:

DATE: 05/13/1964

PAGES: 3

SUBJECT:

DOCUMENT TYPE:

ORIGINAL

CLASSIFICATION:

REVIEW DATE:

STATUS

LHO, POST-RP, ASSOC

PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Unclassified

07/01/1997

Redact

NEW

CLASSIFICATION:

UPDATE DATE:

02/14/2001

RESTRICTIONS:

JFK Act 6 (4)

COMMENTS:

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Optional Form No. 10

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

MEMORANDUM

TO :

FROM:

RE:

SAC, SAN ANTONIO (100-7631)

-SA B. E. DEFFENBAUGH, JR.

CP, USA

SOUTHERN REGION

SAN ANTONIO DIVISION

ORGANIZATION

IS

= C

DATE:

5/13/64

On May. 4, 1964, SA 648-S furnished the writer an

oral report which was subsequently

transcribed and

authenticated by Informant on May 5, 1964, which is located

in 134-363A-202, and which contains the following information:

On Friday, May 1, 1964,

at about 1:30 pomog

JOHN STANFORD was seen entering the S-N-S Ice House on

6206 San Pedro Avenue, San Antonio, Texas.

1-200-7631

(KEMMY ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

1-100-7232 (J. STANFORD)

HEREIN IS LINCLASSIEIED

2100-9774 (Ro SANDOVAL)

1-100-9378 (T. CASTILLO›

1-100-242-5ub 18 (BRIEF)

DATE 12/23/93 BY 83 RADAT

(JFK

2=20007260 (PE P)

101340307. 6R. URQUIZO)

18)

1-100-9558 ( PASO)

10100-9434

(Mo MAVERICK)

10100-9700 (U.S. VS CP)

2100=7971 (INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS)

1-100 - 242-Sub 17 (EDUCATION)

1-100-242-Sub 21 ( CP,

ISA 50)

10100-8921 ( COMMUNISI PROSECUTIONS, STATE OF TEXAS)

1-100-9212 ( ADVANCE)

1-100-9661 6GUS HALL-BENJAMIN DAVIS DEFENSE: COM.)

1-105-2413 8ALL POINTS OF VIEW)

1-100-8034 6 TEXAS COMMUNIST CONTROL BILL)

1-100-9397 (UFSJ)

@105-2909 (LO OSWALD)

1-134-363A-202a

BED/d

(21)

105-2909-108

SEALE CITIESL

MAY 1 81964

FBI - SAN ANTONIO

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SA 100-7531

JOHN STANFORD and RENE

SANDOVAL discussed the

Connunist Party meeting that was to have been held on

the previous Wednesday, April 29, 1964 STANFORD told

SANDOVAL that TED CASTILLO had told him that the Communist

Party meeting had been cancelled by SANDOVAl.... There.

appeared to have been some misunderstanding inasmuch as

SANDOVAL claimed that he had not cancelled the meeting

STANFORD then apologized to SANDOVAL for keeping SANDOVAL

waiting that night

STANFORD gave SANDOVAL a letter and leaflet

which had to do with JOHN STANFORD's legal difficulties

with the United States Government and which letter was

critical of the United States Government in this regard.

The leaflet had to do with contributions for the GUS HALLO

BENJAMIN J. DAVIS Defense Committee.

STANFORD plans to

send this letter and leaflet to 1, 500 people in Texas.

SANDOVAL told JOHN STANFORD about a young man

whose name is CURT (ph. PANKRATZ whom SANDOVAL met at a

party.

According to SANDOVAL, PANKRATZ spoke favorably

Of: STANFORD's difficulties with the United States Government.

SANDOVAL had determined that PANKRATZ had met STANFORD

through the Unitarian Fellowship for Social Justice.

STANFORD

gave SaNDoVAl a copy of each of the

following:

10.0

Political Affairs, issue: of Aprid 1964

.20

The Worker, issue of April 19, 1964

The Worker, issue of April 24g 1964.

The next Communist Party meeting will be held

May 7, 1964.

Above concludes informant's report.

Attached to informant's report: was the leaflet and

the letter mentioned above which

was: furnished: to SA

DEFFENBAUGH by SA 645-S on May 7 1964.

The above-mentioned pamphlet is entitled, "SOS:

We

Need Your Help," and it requests contributions be sent to

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SA 100-7631

*GUS HALL-BENJAMIN JO DAVIS Defense Committee, 22 East 17th

Street: (Room 1225), New York, New York 10003g

Signed:

ELIZABETH GURLEY FLYNN, Chairman, CYRIL PHILIP, Treasurer,

BERTHA COLON, Secretary,"

This leaflet lists 41 "clients" including the

name. of JOHN W. STANFORD In TEXaS.

This deaflet calls

for contributions to help in the defense. of. these clients

the CP - USA, and passport

cases of Dr: HERBERT APTHEKER

and ELIZABETH GURLEY FLYNN, NOW

before the Supreme Court.

The letter, which is attached to this report,

is captioned, "Remarks of JOHN Wo

STANFORD, JRog. at Forum

on the Mecarran Act, First Unitarian Church, Austin,

Texas,

January d2, 1964.0"

This is a sixepage letter,

and: it is signed by JOHN W. STANFORD, JRoD DaLO Wo

Rasewood; San: Antonio, Texas 78201.

It. is dated May

1964.

This leaflet and letter were authenticated by

Informant.

It is to be noted that autostat copies of

the leaflet and letter were forwarded to the, Bureau and

Texas offices: on May 7, 1964.

IN THE EVENT INFORMATION CONTAINED ABOVE IS

DISSEMINATED OUTSIDE THE BUREAU, EXTREME CARE SHOULD BE

TAKEN TO PROTECT THE IDENTITY OF THE INFORMANT.

THE

NAME OF RENE SANDOVAL CANNOT BE CHARACTERIZED AND

SHOULD NOT BE DISSEMINATED OUTSIDE THE BUREAU FOR ANY

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