Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: DIRECTOR, FBI
To: MORRISSEY, JAMES F.
Document date: 12/20/1963
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JEK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10234-10091

RECORD SERIES: RH

AGENCY FILE_NUMBER: 105-3777-15

Released under the John

F. Kennedy

Assassination Records

Collection Act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel.

Case#:NW 53025 Date:

05-22-2017

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

MORRISSEY, JAMES F.

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE:

DATE: 12/20/1963

PAGES: 8

SUBJECT:

DOCUMENT TYPE:

ORIGINAL

CLASSIFICATION:

REVIEW DATE:

STATUS

SEE FBI 105-82555-808

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Confidential

05/16/1996

Redact

NEW

CLASSIFICATION:

UPDATE DATE:

02/14/2001

RESTRICTIONS:

JFK Act 6 (4)

COMMENTS:

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FD-263 (Rev. 5-1-59)

Zeines

CONFIDENTIA+

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

REPORTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON FIELD

TITLE OF CASE

OFFICE OF ORIGIN

DALLAS

LEE HARVEY OSWALD

105-31775

14.3907

DATE

12/20/63

INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD

12/9 - 19/63

REPORT MADE BY

JAMES F. MORRISSEY

CHARACTER OF CASE

12120 PETE: 00:072:39

IS - R note.

ride dat

PERRE

REFERENCES:

Report of SA JANBS F. MORRISSEY, 12/9/63, at

Washington, D. C.;

NFO airtel

to Dallas, 12/17/63;

WFO airtel

to Director, 12/18/63.

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TYPED BY

peb

(5668540 602-8129196-544)

4/231939813 RIS|EH

lecteris.

GAUR

(JEK)

APPROVED

COPIES MADE:

10- Bureau (105-82555)

- Dallas (100-10461)

(RM)

Richmond (Info) (RM)

- Washington Field (105-37111)

SPECIAL AGEN

IN CHARGI

DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW

105-3777-15

DEO 2: 1963

FEI-RICHHOND

it

Dissemination Record of Attached Report

Notations

Request Recd.

Date Fwd.

How Fwd.

By

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CONFIDENHAF

WFO 105-37111

JFM: 1kc

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA

On Decenbor 18, 1963k I125 dyssed that a cler (e)

in his office had just made an annual review of his subscription

file, preparatory to purging it of all inactive accounts.

The

On LEE H.

OSWALD was noticed and brought to informant's

attention. He immediately contacted this office and made

available the entire file. Informant could furnish no information

other than reported in instant report.

Informant expressed concern that if his bookstore was

publicly identified as processing subscription orders for

subject, adverse publicity might result.

For this reason,

the identity of the bookstore was not set forth in the FD 302.

Bureau airtel December 12, 1963 forwarded a copy of

memo prepared December 5, 1963 by ALBERT W. PAYNE and forwarded

by Major GATELY DANIEL, Room 4611, Munitions Building, Washington,

D. C.

PAYNE is WF T-2 herein. For info Bureau DANIEL is Special

Security Officer at the Foreign Science and Technology Center,

U. S. Army located in the Munitions Building where PAYNE is

employed.

DANIEL was very cooperative and highly complimentary

of the Bureau.

PAYNE was interviewed by SA JAMES F. MORRISSEY. As

indicated in WFO airtel December 18, 1963 PAYNE said his

entire knowledge of the matter is contained in the above memo and

furnished copy of same. He requested that both his and his

wife's identities be concealed; that the matter be handled such

that it would not obviously pinpoint his wife as source.

Mrs. HELEN PAYNE, WF T-3 herein, telephonically advised

SA MORRISSEY information regarding DIESSELHORST child.

The content of PAYNE's memo, including misspellings,

is as follows:

**MEMORANDUM FOR: Major Daniel

5 December 1963

FROM:

Albert W. PAYNE, GS-14, FSTC, Munitions Building

"1. My wife Helen K. PAYNE, 308 Maple Avenue, Falls

Church, Virginia, Phone JE 25985, is a Fifth Grade teacher in

the Pine Springs School, Falls Church, Virginia. Mrs. CARROL -

191028 duFoR

JE 28563 - is the principal.

"2. Recently my wife asked her students to write a theme

on the death of President KENNEDY.

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CONFIDENTIAL

WFO 105-37111

forth information re allegation concerning photo in

possession of RANDODPH ELLSWORTH, said that descriptions

available to WFO do not reveal any tattoos as indicated,

nor do military assignments of OSWALD as indicated in

bis personnel file suggest a common locale for a meeting

of ELLSWORTH and OSWALD. Info submitted to Dallas for

sent Baltimore and New York.

INFORMANTS

Identity of Source

WE T-1

1wF 912+S

WF T-2

is ALBERT W.

PAYNE

WE T-3 is HELEN K.

PAYNE

Both PAYNES reside

308 Maple Avenue, Falls

Church, Virginia

File where located

134[307 Sub A- 558_ C

Instant file

Instant file

LEAD

WASHINGTON FIELD

AT WASHINGTON, D.C. Leads in this case are being

received and covered on a continuing basis in WFO.

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