LEE HARVEY OSWALD, INTERNAL SECURITY - RUSSIA - CUBA
Originator: FBI
From: KAACK, MILTON R.
Document date: 10/31/1963
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Date:

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Agency Information

AGENCY :

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RECORD SERIES: REPORT

AGENCY FILE NUMBER:

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FROM:

TO :

FBI

KAACK, MILTON R.

TITLE: LEE HARVEY OSWALD, INTERNAL SECURITY - RUSSIA - CUBA

DATE:

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SUBJECTS:

10/31/1963

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COMMENTS:

FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA COMMITTEE

INTERNAL SECURITY - RUSSIA - CUBA

OSWALD, LEE HARVEY

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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DON IDEN

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

ORTING OFFICE

OFFICE OF ORIGIN

DATE

INVESTIGATIVE PERIOO

NEW ORLEANS

NEW ORLEANS

10/32/63

E OF CASE

7/23/63 - 10/25/63

REPORT MADE BY

TYPED BY

LEE HARVEY OSWALD

SA MILTON R.

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CHARACIER OF CASE

CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO

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PEN RETEASE

REFERENCE:

OSWALD

Report of

SA JOHN W. FAIN,

7/10/62,

Dallas

TOTAL DENIAL

New Orleans airtel

to Bureau, 9/24/63

11-20-93

New Orleans airtel to Dallas,

10/2/63

Dallas airtel to Bureau, 10/22/63

New Orleans airtel to Bureau and Dallas, 10/25/63

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DEC

Street.

10/25/63.)

(See New Orleans airtel to Bureau and Dallas dated

AT FORT WORTH, TEXAS

1.

Will attempt to identify the Russian-speaking

woman who drives a station wagon and who brought Mrs.

OSWALD and her child to New Orleans and on September 25, 1963,

came to New Orleans and brought Mrs. OSWALD and the child to

Texas.

2. Will through appropriate sources review records

of births recorded inasmuch as the subject's second child is

due to arrive sometime about the middle of October, 1963.

(See New Orleans airtel dated 10/2/63.)

AT DALLAS, TEXAS

1.

Will conduct neighborhood investigation at

214 Neely Street, the last known place of subject's residence

in Texas. (See Dallas letter to. New Orleans dated 7/29/63.)

2. Will attempt to identify the Russian-speaking

woman who brought subject's wife and child to New Orleans

and on September 25, 1963, came to New Orleans and brought

Mrs. OSWALD and the child

back to Texas.

LITTLE ROCK

AT MALVERN, ARKANSAS

Will interview subject's brother, ROBERT L.

OSWALD, as to whereabouts of subject and his wife. (See

Dallas airtel dated 10/22/63.)

NSW ORLEANS

Will continue efforts to locate the subject.

INFORMANTS

Identity of Source

NO T-1,

CONFIDENTIAL

SOURCE

File Where Located

Instant report

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CONFIDENTIAL

SOURCES

Identity of Source

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NO T-3 1s

NO T-4 IS

PERS

2.4

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File Where Located

21555-

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Characterization of

GUS HALL

Characterization of

BENJAMIN DAVIS

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natha New Orleans,

Louisiana (request)

NO T-7 1s

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NO T-8 1s

Instant report

Cuba Committee were

Sources used in characterization of Fair Play For

Jand

ADMINISTRATIVE

2,4

The following information was furnished to the

Bureau by Legat, Mexico City, with the instructions that it

be classified secret and not be further disseminated:

RO AGEMEN

on October

Mexico City, advised Legat, Mexico City,

18,

1963, that LEE OSWALD contacted a Vice

Counsel VALERIY VLADIMIRIVICH KOSTIKOV at the Soviet Embassy

on September 28, 1963, inquiring for a response from Wash-

ington, D.C, to an unknown request made by him. OSWALD was

again in contact with the Soviet Embassy, Mexico City, on

October 1, 1963.

THE ABOVE INFORMATION WAS CLASSIFIED SECRET BY

CIA AND SHOULD NOT BE FURTIER DISSEMINATED.

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Copy tos

Report oft

Dote:

SA MILTON R. KAACK

October 31,

1963

Flie Numben NO 100-16601

THes

LEE HARVEY OSWALL

Office: New urleans

Bufile: 105-82555

Characien

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fail when,

The Cranion sign 14423/6

DECLASSIFIED BY Sp3 CLC /ac/

INTERNAL SECURITY - R - CUBA

on 4-28-83

AGREED 11-6-92.9803 RDD/geL

Orleans Parish Board of Health records show subject

REITFIL

born 10/18/39 at New Orleans. Subject wrote letter

to "whe Worker!:

, 6/10/63 requesting literature.

Subject arrested by NOPD 8/9/63 for distributing liter-

ature of Fair Play Yor Cuba Committee in business

district of New Orleans; charged with disturbing the

peace by creating a scene. Pleaded guilty 8/12/63 and

paid $10.00 fine.

Subject admitted being a Marxist in

radio broadcast.

Moved from New Orleans with wife

and

child on 9/25/63 ostensibly for Texas. Unknown to

informants.

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DETAILS:

BACKGROUND

Birth

Mrs. STEPHANIE A. HENNEL, Orleans Parish

Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statisties, City

Hall,

New Orleans, Louisiana, advised on October 24,

1963, that Book 207, Folio No. 1321, recorded the

birth

of LEE HARVEY OSWALD, white male, on October 18,

1939, New Orleans, Louisiana. The child's father was

shown as ROBERT E. LEE OSWALD, and his mother as

MARGUERITE CLAVERIE.

DEC 7975

FUI

The doceneat costalas selther recommendatlons nor conclus/oes of any kind. It la the property of the FBI, and ls a locs to your agencys

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Contributor of

Fingerprints

Marine

PD, New

Orleans, La.

Identification Record

The Identification Division of the Federal

Burcall of Investigation furnished the following

identification record of the subject on September 5,

1963, under FBI Number 327 925 D:

Name and

Arrested or

Number

Received

Charge

Disposition

LEE HARVEY

OSWALD

#1653230

10/24/56

LEE HARVEY 8/9/63

OSWALD

#112-723

828 MCS 42-22 8/12/63,

dist the peace pleaded

by creating a

guilty and

scene

sentenced to

$10 or 10 days.

Elected to pay

fine.

Employment

Mrs. MARY BERTUCCI, Personnel Secretary,

William B. Reily Coffee Company, 640 Magazine Street,

New Orleans, Louisiana, advised on August 5, 1963, that

LEE HARVEY OSWALD was employed as a maintenance man on

May 15, 1963. His address at the time of employment was

757 French Street.

ALVIN PRECHTER, Personnel Manager, William B.

Reily Coffee Company, 640 Magazine Street, New Orleans,

advised on October 1, 1963, that

subject terminated his

employment on July 19, 1963.

Residence

Confidential Informant NO I-l advised on July 23,

1963, that Post Office Box 30061 was rented by L. H.

OSWALD on June 3, 1963.

le furnished as his address

657 French Street, New Orleans, Louisiana. T-l advised

on October 25, 1963, that the subject sent a forwarding

address for P. 0. Box 30061 on September 26, 1963, of

Dec

2525 West Fifth Street, Irving, Texas.

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Mrs. JESSIE JAMES GARNER, 4909 Magazine Street,

New Orleans: advised on August 5, 1963, that the subject

and his wife have resided at 4905 Magazine Street since

about June, 1963.

Mrs. GARNER advised on October 1, 1963, that

the subject and his wife vacated their apartment

September 25, 1963.

said that Mrs. OSWALD and the

child departed in a station wagon bearing Texas license

plates and driven by the

same woman who brought Mrs.

OSWALD to New Orleans from Texas.

Mrs. GARNER said that

LIE OSWALD told her that his wife was going to have a baby

and that she was going to Texas for her confinement.

remarked that OSWALD left New Orleans wing her $17.00 rent

for the apartment.

Mrs.

CHARLES F.-MURRET, 757 French Street,

New

Orleans, Louisiana, advised on October 1, 1963, that she was

LEE OSWALD's aunt and that when the subject's wife originally

came to New Orleans a woman driving a station wagon brought

She said that this woman

spoke the Russian language and apparently was well known

Mrs. MURRET thought that Mrs. OSWALD had

resided with this woman in Texas while LEE OSWALD was here

in New Orleans seeking employment. Mrs. MURRET stated that

LEE OSWALD never resided at her residence but that he

requested that he be permitted to use her address while he

was seeking employment so that he could furnish her tele

phone number to prospective employers.

CONNECTIONS WITH THE FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA COMMITTEE

A Confidential Informant, NO T-2, advised on

June 26, 1963, that LEE H. OSWALD, Post Office Box 30061,

New Orleans, Louisiana, wrote a letter on June 10, 1963,

to "The Worker", 23 West 26th Street, New York 10, New

OSWALD claimed in the letter to be a long-time.

subscriber to "The Worker'' and stated that he was forming

a "Fair Play For Cuba Committee" in New Orleans and re

quested that he be sent some of "The Worker's" literature.

Healso forwarded honorary membership cards for "those

fighters for peace, Mr. GUS HALL and Mr. B. DAVIS".

GUS HALL Is General Secretary of the Communist

Party, USA.

DEC : liF

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(May 7, 1962)

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On May &, 1963, BENJAMIN DAVIS stated that he

is the National Secretary of the Communist Party, USA.

NO T-4

(May 7, 1962)

Confidential Informant NO I-S advised on July 8,

1963, that LEE HARVEY OSWALD. Post Office Box 30061, New

Orleans, Louisiana, sent a change of address card to "The

Worker"

26 West 23rd Street, New York 10, New York, which

showed that his current address is 1907 Magazine Street,

New Orlean:, Louisiana.

Confidential Informant NO I-6 advised

on August 9,

1963, that at about 1:15 pm

that date the informant observed

an unknown individual handing out leaflets on Canal Street.

Some of these leaflets were white in color and others were

yellow in color.

leaflet but advised

advised that this individuai was passing out these leaflets

on the uptown side of Canal Street between Baronne and

Carondelet Streets.

She described this individual as white

male, age 25 to 30, 5'10", 140 pounds, slender build, light

complexion, sandy hair, wearing an off white or light gray

shirt and

medium colored trousers.

On August 9, 1963, Lt. WILLIAM GAILLOT: First

District, New Orleans

Police Department, advised

that the

following persons had been arrested on Canal Street on that

date and charged with disturbing the peace:

1. LEE H. OSWALD, white male, age 23, born

October 18, 1939, New Orleans,

residence 4709 Magazine,

New Orleans, lower center apartment. OSWALD informed

arresting officer that he is a member of the New Orleans

Chapter of the Fair Play For Cuba Committee with head-

quarters at 799 Broadway, New York City.

It. GAILLOT

informed that OSWALD was

handing out yellow leaflets with

inscription "Hands Off Cuba, Viva CASTRO"

2. CARLOS JOSE BRINGUIER, white male age 29,

501 Adele Street, Apartment F. New Orleans; who informed

he is the Director of the Cuban Student Directorate for

the New Orleans area. He informed he immigrated to this

country on February 8, 1961, INS Number Al2546223, and has

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a clothing shop at 107 Decatur Street.

3. CELFO MACARIO HERNANDEZ, white male, age

47, 519 Adele Street, Apartment E.

He advised he is a

member of the same group as BR NGUIER.

4. MIGUEL MARIANO CRUZ, white male age 18,

2526 Mazant, Apartment C, who advised he is also a

member of the Cuban Student Directorate.

According to Lt. GAILLOT, all four indivi-

duals were arrested for disturbing the peace when

OSWALD became involved in an argument with BRINGUIER,

HERNANDEZ and CRUZ and that a crewd developed.

GAILLOT informed that he had no further information at

this time.

Lt. FRANCIS MARTELLO, First District, New

Orleans Police Department, advised on August 10, 1963,

that LEE HARVEY OSWALD had been arrested on August 9,

1963, and charged with disturbing the peace.

He said

that OSWALD had been distributing literature for the

Fair Play For Cuba Committee in the 700 block of Canal

Street and was desirous of seeing an Agent of the FBI.

REPR

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/EDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATI. V

Date.

8/15/63

LEE HARVEY OSWALD was interviewed at the First

District Station, New Orleans Police Department, at his

request.

OSWALD said that he had been picked up on

August 9, 1963, by the New Orleans Police Department and

was charged with disturbing the peace in the 700 blocis of

Canal Street during the

time he was distributing "Fair

Play For Cuba Committeo" literature,

OSWALD stated that he was unemployed at the

present time, his last employnent being terminated

July 17, 1963;

as a mechanic with the william B. Piley

Company, 640 Magazine street.

He said he was born

Octobor

18, 1939, at New Orleans, Louisiana.

Ke had

attended Warren Easton High School In New Orleans untll

1956 at which time ho joined the United States Marino

Corps•

Ho had oniy completed tro years of high school at

this time. Fron 1956 through 1959, he was a member of the

Marine Corps at which time he received an honorable discharge.

Following his descarge he moved to fort lorth, Texas, where

he lived with his mother, MARGUERITE OSWALD.

He could not

recall her address in Fort Worth, but remarked that she was

living now 1n Arlington, Texas, and was a practical nurse

by profession.

About four months ago be and his wife, MARINA

OSWALD nee Prossa, whom he net and married in Fort Worth,

moved to New Orleans.

Alter coming to New Orleans he said he began

reading various pieces of literature distributed by the

"Fair Play For Cuba Comnittee," and it was his understanding

from reading this material that the main goal and thoms of

the committee is to prevent the United States from invading

or attacking Cuba or interfering in the political affairs

of that country. Further, that the people of this country

should be given an opportunity to go visit Cuba, and in this

way they could make up their own minds as to what the internal

conditions of Cuba are like at the present time. He says he

does not consider the "Fair Play For Cuba Committee" to be

communist or a communistic-controlled group. OSWALD sald

that inquiry in New Orleans developed the fact that there

8/10/63

On.

a New Orleans, Louisiana

_File #

100-16601

by

SA JOHN LESTER QUIGLEY /cv

_Date dictated

8/15/63

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apparently was a chapter of the "Fair Play For Cuba Committee"

in New Orleans, but he did not know any of the members or

where their offices were located. He said he sent a letter

to the headquarters of the "Fair Play For Cuba Committee,"

799 Broadway, New York City, together with $5.00 and told

them he wished to join this

committee. During the latter

part of May of this year he recelvid a membership card in

this organization which bore a date of May 28, 1963, and

was made out in the name of LEE H. OSWALD and was signed

He described this card as being gray in

color anu signifylog membership in the national

organization. A short tiue thereafter he said he received

in the nail a white card which showed that he was made a

member of the New Orleans Chapter of the Fair Play For

Cuba Committee, This card was dated Jure 6, 1963. It

was signed by A. d. hidell, and it pore in the lower

right hand correr the Wunber 33 which he said indicated

membership number. OSWALD had in his porsession both

cards and exhibited both of them.

Since becoming a member of the national

committee, OSWALD said that he has been receiving the

monthly circular of the committee which is about seven

pages in length. He claimed that he could not recall

the name of this publication.

Since receiving his membersbip card in the

New Orleans chapter of the committee he said that he had

spoken with alDeLL on the telephone on several occasions.

On these occasions, HIDELL would discuss general matters

of mutual interest

in connection with committee business,

and on other occasions he would inform him of a scheduled

meeting.

de said he has never personally net HIDELL, and

he knows HIDELL did have a telephone, but it has now been

discontinued.

He claimed that he could not recall what

the number was.

OSWALD said that the committee did not have any

offices in New Orleans, and whenever meetings were held

they were held in residences of various members. He

maintained that he had attended only two meetings of this

committee, and at each of the meetings there were about

At each of these meetings the

persons present were different. He did not know the last

names of any of these individuals and claimed he was only

introduced to them by first names.

He maintained that he

could not recall ary of the first names.

From what he

understands there are no regularly scheduled times for

meetings, and the only way he knows about them is when

Somebody: gives him a call and tells him there will be a

meeting.

At these meetings he said the general conversation

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deals with Cuba and the latest news on the internal

affairs of Cuba.

OSWALD admitted that on one occasion

he held a committee meeting at nis nome, but he declined

to elaborate on how he got word to the various members

that it would be held.

Last Wednesday, August 7,

1963, OSWALD said

he received a note through the mail from

HIDELL.

The

note asked him if he had time would he mind distributing

some Fair Play literature in the downtown area of

New Orleans.

He said HIDELL knew that he was not working

and probably had time.

HIDELL also knew that he had

considerable literature on the committce which had been

furnished to him by the national committee in New York.

Since he did not have anything to do, OSWALD said he

decided he would go down to Canal Street and distribute

some literature. He denied that he was being paid for

his services, but that he was doing it as a patriotic

duty •

About one p.l. on August 9, 1963, OSWALD said

that he went down on Canal Street by himself and started

distributing committee literature. He said be had made

up a placard which he hung around his neck with a piece

stringica pracare va

The placard was made up of brown cardboard.

On the placard were several pieces of literature which

expressed the aims and purposes of the committee. At'

the bottom of the cardboard placard he said he had printed

in black capital letters the words "Viva FIDEL." From

this time until around four p.m. he said he distributed

a throwaway which was prepared on yellow paper, 6" & 9"

in size, which contained the following:

"Hands 01$ Cuba!

Join The Fair Play For Cuba Committee, New Orleans, Charter

Member Branch, Free Literature, Lectures, Location: A. J.

HIDELL,

P. 0. Box 30016, New Orleans, Louisiana, Everybody

Welcome!"

In addition,

OSWALD said he had on his person

membership applications which he would pass out to anyone

he thought desired one.

This membership application was

prepared on a white piece of paper 31" wide by 8}" in length,

and it contained the following information:

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"To:

The Fair Play for Cuba Committee

New Orleans, La.

A. J. HIDELL

P. 0. Box 30016

New Orleans, La.

I wish to join the Committee,

Enclosed 1s my Initiation

Fee of $1.00 and dues are $1.00 a month.

I cannot participate as an active member of the Committee,

but wish to become a subscriber to mailings. Enclosed

find $5.00 for one year.

I wouls like to have a more active part in supporting the

cause

01 FPCC. Enclosed is my contribution for ...

Name

Address

City

ZORA

State

OSWALD stated in addition to this he had on

his person several copies of a thirty-nine page pamphlet voLo

he carried with him as it contained all of zhe information

refer to it for proper answers in the event someone questioned

him regarding the aims and purposes of the committee.

OSWALD had in his possession at the time of inter-

view a cory of the above three described documents and made

available a copy of each to the Agent.

Around 4 p.I. while standing in the immediate

vicinity of Walgreen's Drug Store at Canal and Baronne

Streets, OSWALD said three Cubans approached him, and he

gave each one of the above-described throwaways.

These

individuals became very angry, tore up the throwaways,

threw them down on the sidewalk and began arguing with him.

This created quite a disturbance and shortly thereaiter the

police arrived, and he, as well as the other individuals

whom he understood to be Cuban exiles, was arrested.

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OSWALD said it was his understanding that

around one pon on August 12, 1612, he was to be

taken into City Court, New Orleans, and charged with

disturbing the peace.

for further identification OSWALD exhibited

a U. S. Marine Corps, Inactive Reserve, IV-5 Identifi-

cation Card, which showed that LIE HARVEY OSWALD, USM

Serial No. 1653230, had served on active duty from

perzod of october 24, 1956, to Septenber 11, 1959. This

ID card had been signed by It. A. C. Ayers, USHCR.

From observation and questioning, OSWALD 1s

described as follows:

Race

Sex

Age

Date of birth

Place of birth

Height

Weight

Build

Hair

Eyes

Jeeth

Marital Status

Occupation

Military record

Criminal record

Residence

White

Male

23

October 18, 1939

New Orleans, Louisiana (at

time of arrest claimed from Cuba)

5'9"

140 pounds

Slender

Light brown

Blue-hazel

Good

Married, wife, XMARINA OSWALD

ned Prossa

Mechanic

U. S. Marine Corps, October 24,

1956, to September 11, 1959,

MSN 1653230, honorable discharge

Dendes any

4907 Magazine Street, New Orleans, La.

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The records of the New Orleans Police Depart-

ment under Arrest. Number 112-723 ware examined on

August 27, 1963.

These records showed that OSWALD was

arrested on August 9, 1963, by Lt. WILLIAM GAILLOT and

Patrolmen F. HAYWARD

and F. WILSON of the First District.

He was charged with "disturbing the peace by creating a

scene":.

The records showed that OSWALD claimed to be a

member of the "Fair Play For Cuba Committee" and was

passing out circulars in the 700 block of Canal Street

and become involved in an argument with three Cuban

immigrants.

JUSEPH LESSLIE, Office of the Clerk of Court,

Municipal Court, 501 North Rampart Street, advised on

August 28, 1963,

that OSWALD appeared before Second

Municipal Court Judge EDWIN A. BABYLON on August 12,

1963, and entered a plea of guilty to the charge of

turbing the peace by creating a scene and was sentenced

to pay a fine of $10.00 or serve ten days in jail. OSWALD

elected to pay the fine. Mr. TESSLIE advised that the

three persons arrested with OSWALD were discharged.

Mrs. JEANNE RODGERS, Secretary to the Manager,

520 Royal, New Orleans, Louisiana,

made available on August 22, 1963, a transcript of the

radio broadcast of a program called "Conversation Carte

Blanche" which was broadcast from Radio Station WDSU

on August 21, 1963.

This transcript revealed that, on

• August 21, 1963, LEE HIRVEY OSWALD appeared on the above-

mentioned

program along with EUWARD SCANNELL BUTLER,

Staff Director of The Information Council of the Americas

which organization specializes in the distribution of

anti-Communist educational material to Latin American

countries.

During the program OSWALD stated that the

Fair Play For Cuba Committee is not Communist-controled

and that he, OSWALD, is a Marxist.

On August 30, 1963, BILL STUCKEY, Ross Agency,

525 Gravier Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, advised that

he had a conversation with OSWALD after the carte-blanche

broadcast at which time the subject said that he had met

his wife in Russia and had married her there. He claimed

that she was the daughter of a Russian Army Colonel,

OSWALD claimed that he had worked in a factory in Russia

earning eighty rubles per month. OSWALD stated that the

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Russians had "gone soft" on Communism and that Cuba is

the only real revolutionary country in the world today.

A Confidential Informant NO T-l, who is

familiar with Cuban activities in the New

Orleans area,

advised on September 9, 1963, that OSWAID was unknown

to informant.

FRANK BARTES, 1608 Mason-Smith Avenue, New

Orleans, Louisiana, who is a delegate to the Cuban

Revolutionary Council in New Orleans, advised on

September 10, 1963, that OSWALD was unknown to him.

A Confidential Informant NO T-8, who is

acquainted with some phases of Communist Party activity

in the New Orleans area, advised on October 1, 1963,

that OSWALD was unknown

to the informant.

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"THE WORKER"

"The Worker'' is an east coast Communist publi-

cation.

FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA COMMITTEE

The April 6, 1960,

edition of "The New York

Times" newspaper contained a full-oage advertisement

captioned "What Is Really Happening In Cuba," placed

by the Fair Play For Cuba Committee (FPCC) .

advertisement announced the formation of the FPCC in

New York City and declared the FPCC intended to pro-

mulgate "the truth about revolutionary Cuba" to neutralize

the distorted American press.

"The New York Times" edition of January 11,

1961, reported that at a hearing conducted before the

United Statos Senate Internal Security Subcommittee on

January 10, 1961, Dr. CHARLES A. SANTOS-BUCH identified

himself and ROBERT TABER as organizers of the FPCC.

also testified he and TABER obtained funds from the Cuban

Government which were applied toward the cost of the afore-

mentioned advertisement.

"On May 16, 1963, a source advised that during

the first two years of the FPCC's existence there was a

struggle between Communist Party (CP) and Socialist

Workers Party (SWP) elements to exert their power within

the FPCC and thereby influence FPCC policy.

however

during the past year this source observed there has beer

a successful effort by FPCC leadership to minimize the

role of these and other organizations in the FPCC so

that today their influence is negligible.

On May 20, 1963, a second source advised that

the National Headquarters

of the FPCC is located in

Room 329 at 799 Broadway, New York City:

According to

this source, the position of National Office Director

was created in the fall of 1962 and was filled by VINCENT

"TED" LEE, who now formulates FPCC policy. This source

observed LEE has followed a course of entertaining and

accepting the cooperation of many other organizations

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a to his personal benefit as well as the FPCC's. How-

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ever, LEE has indicated to this source he has no lutention

of permitting FPCC policy to be determined by any other

organization.

LEE feels the FPCC should advocate

resumption of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the

United States and support the right of Cubans to manage

their revolution without interference from other nations,

but not support the Cuban revolution per se.

The CP and the SWP have been designated pursuant

to Executive Order 10450.

CORLISS LAMONT

On September 28, 1963, LOUIS F. BUDENZ testified

before the United States Senate Permanent Investigations

Subcommittee that EARL BROWDER, as head of the Communist

Party (CP) in the United States, had referred to CORLISS

LAMONT as one of the "four prides" of the CP because

CORLISS LAMONT was ready to cooperate with any Communist

front or any Communist cause BROWDER made this reference

at a National Committee meeting of the CP in the garly

1940's. BUDENZ also recalled that LAMONT was a member of

the CP when he, BUDENZ, was a member.

"Rights"

self-identified as a publication

of the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee (ECLC) .

April - May, 1962 issue, reveals CORLISS LAMONT 15

Vice-Chairman of the ECLC.

EMERGENCY CIVIL LIBERTIES COYMITTEE

The "Guide to Subversive Organizations and

Publications," revised and published as of December 1,

1961, prepared and released by the Committee on Un-

American Activities, United States House of Represent-

atives, Washington,

D.C., contains the following con-

cerning the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee:

"Emergency Civil Liberties Committee

"1. 'The Emergency Civil Liberties Committee

is an organization with headquarters in

New York, whose avowed purpose is to

abolish the House Committee on Un-

American Activities and discredit the

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Emergency Civil Liberties Committee,

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established in 1951, although representing

Itself as a nou-Communist group, actually

operates as a front for the Communist

Party.

It has repeatedly assisted by

means of funds and legal aid, Communists

Involved in Smith Act violations and

similar legal proceedings. One of its

chief activities has been and still is

the dissemination of voluminous Communist

propaganda material.'

'FRANK WILKINSON was called as a witness

when he appeared in Atlanta as a represent-

ative of the Emergency Civil Liberties

Committee to propagandize against the

Committee on Un-American Activities and

to protest its hearings. In 1956 WILKINSON

was identifled as a Communist Party member

by a former FBI undercover agent within the

party.

Summoned at that time to answer

the allegation, his reply to all questions

answering no questions of this

committee." This also became his stock

reply to questions when he appeared during

the Atlanta hearings. * * * WILKINSON has

since been convicted of contempt of Congress

and sentenced to one year in jail.'

'Disputing the nun-Communist claim of the

organization, the committee finds that a

number of other individuals connected with

the ECLC also have been identified under

oath as Communists.

* * *

(Committee on Un-American Activities,

Annual Report for 1958, House Report

187, March 9, 1959, pp. 34 and 35.)

'To defend the cases of Communist Law-

breakers, fronts have been devised making

special appeals in behalf of civil liberties

and reaching out far beyond the confines of

the Communist Party Itself. Among these

organizations are the * * * Emergency Civil

Libertles Committee. When the Communist

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Party itself is under fire these fronts

offer a bulwark of protection.'

(Intornal Security Subcommittee of the

Senate Judiciary Committee,

Handbook for

Americans, S. Doe. 117, April 23, 1956,

p. 91.) "

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

In Reply, Please Refer to

File No.

New Orleans, Louisiana

October

31, 1963

Title

LEE HARVEY OSWALD

Character

Reference

INTERNAL SECURITY - R - Cuba

Repoit of SA MILTON R.

KAACK, dated October 31,

1963, at New Orleans

All sources (except any listed below) whose identities

are concealed in referenced communication have furnished reliable

information in the past.

NO T-l is an employee of another Government agency.

Contact with NO T-6 has been insufficient to judre

the reliability of his information.

UEC : 1975

This document contains neither recommendations

nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property

of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and

Its contents are not to be distributed outside

your agency.

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