Originator: FBI
From: LA
To: HQ
Document date: 03/09/1965
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

6/4/2015

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-90116-10039

RECORD SERIES: NO

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 62-3395-144

Heleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination

Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note)

CaRATIN 54578 Date: 12-14-2022

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

LA

TO: HQ

TITLE:

DATE:

PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

03/09/1965

4

MINUTEMEN

RICHARD B COTTEN

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION :

Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS:

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 08/10/1998

OPENING CRITERIA:

INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

AT

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AIRTEL

CONFIDENTAL

AIR MAIL

MAR 9 1965

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TO:

FROM:

RE :

DIRECTOR, FBI (62-107261)

SAC, LOS ANGELES (62-5101)

_RICHARD E. COrIN, aka.

Richard B. Cr

RM

"MINUTEMEN"

9

INFORMATION CONCERNING

(INTERNAL SECURITY)

0N 9-2-97/5FK-

ALL YUFOSMATION CONTAINED

HEREINS UWCLASSIFNED

DATE TO

2182

BNOP

Re LOS

• Angeles teletypes to the Bureau,

dated

3/6 and 8/55. Miami teletype to the Bureau,

dated

3/5/65.

Enclosed for the Eureau are eight copies of a

letterhead memorandum concerning captioned matters.

Enclosed for the Miami Office are two xerox copies

captioned

OF WATER AND POVER, Los Angeles,

California, 4:00 A.M. -

2/25/65, POSSIBLE BOMBING MATTER" respectively and two

letterhead memoranda

concerning these matters.

This

information is being furnishea Miami for information purposes.

Bureau (Encls.-o)(RM)

Atlanta

RM

2

San

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Ange les

(1 - 157-Dead) (RICHARD COTTEN)

sas

Classifient

Dechiany on: CHes

→X121/83

311,326

62. 2225 - 144

SEARCHED ....

INDERED F

SERIALIZED. IT FILED...

MAR I ORLEA

FBI - NEW ORLEANS

COMTHED

TERRAN

O1 FERNISE,

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#FIDENTIAL

LA 62-5101

A copy of this letterhead memorandum is being

interest in captioned matter.

A copy is being furnished San Diego for information

inasmuch as information is set forth in the next paragraph

which may be of interest to the San Diego Office.

San Diego by letter to Portland dated 9/19/56 with

copies to Los Angeles captioned "RUTH WILSON COTTEN, POTENTIAL

SECURITY INFORMANT" requested recipient offices to search

indices concerning relatives of this individual who was under

development by the San Diego Office.

RICHARD B. COTTEN,

1821 - 18th Street, Bakersfield, California, was shown as

a son. Los Angeles has no information as to the results of

this inquiry by the San Diego Office.

This letterhead memorandum is classified confidential

disclosure of which could reasonably result in the identifica-

tion of a confidential informant of continuing value and

compromise future effectiveness

thereof.

Mr. DAVID MARLIN, Eakersfield, California, furnishe

information to SA KENNETH W. BROWN.

SA CONRAD N. SHAW caused a search to be made of the

recoras of the Credit Bureau of Bakersiield, Bakersiield

Police Department and the Kern County Sheriff's Office.

Mr. KEITH D. THOMPSON, Post Office, Inspector's

Office, Bakersfield, furnished information to SA WAYNE J.

MORRISON.

SA HARRY L. GRIFFIN caused a search to be made of

the arrest records of the Los Angeles Police Department.

First Source is LA 4486-R (134-1038-4)

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COMPACT

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ZONFID

ITIAL

JiA 62-5101.

Second source is

HARVEY B. SCHECHTER,

Anti-Defamation League,

590 North Vermont Avenue

Los Angeles, California (Requested) du)

Third Source is

KEITH D. THOMPSON,

Personnel Office

Postal Inspectors Office

Fourth source is

CSLA 3184-S

(Location instant)

Files of the Los Angeles Office disclose no other

pertinent identifiable information than that contained in

this letterhead memorandum concerning the following:

EDNA BUSTER

Committee of Christian Laymen of Kern County,

California

Conservative Viewpoint

MADELYN M. COTTEN

RICHARD B. CONTEN, aka.

Richara B. Cotton

RICHARD HOSKINS

ANNE LEREICK (DEREICK) (illegible)

EVELYN SCHROEDER

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CONTIDE

WHAL

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