Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: CV
To: HQ
Document date: 10/30/1958
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

6/8/2015

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-90136-10024

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 105-70973-NR

Released under the John

F. Kennedy

48sas81nation Records

Collection Act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel.

Cased:NIT 54462 Date:

10-05-2017

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

CV

TO :

HQ

TITLE:

DATE:

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SUBJECTS :

10/30/1958

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WILLIAM ALEXANDER MORGAN

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Confidential

RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 1C

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW :

09/26/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

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CONFIOENIL

CHEA

DIReCTOR, #3I (105-71054)

October 30, 1953

SAC, CLEVELAND (105-3033)

To 9173198 per

RICHARD ALLEN WITZLER, WAS.

IS - CUBA

(00: CV)

DECLASSIFY ON: 25X

(OFK)

ñe report of sa ROBERT H. BRADNER, September 18, 1958 at

Clevel and

and Bureau letter to Miami, October 3, 1958s

captioned WILLIAM ALEXANDER MORGAN, IS-

IS -CUBA (Bureau

FILe No. 105-70973) (4)

Discreet inquiry among acquaintances of the subject have

failed to reveal any further background Information regard-

ing the subject, accordingly the following information 1s

set forth in order that the Bureau may give consideration

to authorizing an Interview with the subject. (4)

It 18 noted that the Legal Attache, Havana, Cuba, has requested

that the subject be contacted for the purpose of identify-

ing a photograph reported to be that of WILLIAM ALEXANDER

MORGAN Inasmuch

as the subject reportedly met MORGAN while

The subject resides at 111 John Street, Maumee, Ohio,

and 1s unemployed.

His occupation is unknown,

but has

been previously listed as "Hair Stylist"

, "Binner"

student.

He was born at Perrysburg, Ohio, on March 10,

1927 and 18 a United States Citizen.

II, The subject is single.

XIL,

The subject has had no known contacts with Soviet of

Satellite establishments or personnel. (a) U

Ir.

the subject nas no know past or present subversive

connections or activities in the Maumee-Toledo area.

The subject was reportedly arrested by Cuban Authorities

In June, 1953,

and charged with a

"crime against the

security of the Cuban Government."

Information received

3 - Bureau (RM)

(1-105-70973)

2

* Cleveland

(1- 105-3187)

2/2

393: 2011 5

19464

/Mas.

19405-70973-

ALL INFORMATION CONTAIWAD

NO?

TITO?DEIRRIN IS UNCLASSIFIED

BEACON -7077

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V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

from the Department of Investigation, Cuban National

Police refects that the subject claimed to nave 11ow

from Miami, Florida to Havana, Cuba on March 10, 1950

and from there traveled to Santa Clara, where he made

arrangements to join Insurrectionary forces of FIDEL

He claimed to have joined these forces on May

The subject was arrested on June 2, 2953,

while walking along a small road in the Las Villas Pro

He clained to have deserted the rebel forces and

that he had no intention of taking up arms, but had joined

these forces in order to obtain background information

for a series of newspaper articles.

The subject was inform-

, ally deported to Miani, on June 30, 1950, and all charges

against him arising from his activities with the insurrect

lonary forces were dismissed. (lu)

The subject's relatives have no known past or present

subversive activities or connectione.

The Informant and double agent potentialities of the sub-

jeet are unknown

None known.

It is belleved that an intewlew with the subjeet would

result in deternining the extent of the subject's activi

ties in the Cuban revolutionary movement and his method

of making contact with these insurrectionary forces.

It

is also belleved that an interview with the subject

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be useful to determine if he has knowledge of any activi

ties of the Cuban insurrectionary forces in the United

States, and the identities of any representatives of these

forces in the united States. (%)(UL)

It is

also belleved that an interview with the subject

would be useful to determine if he ean identify the photo-

graph reported to be WILLIAM ALEXANDER MORCAN as being:

MORGAN's photograph, and to obtain any additional back-

ground information he may have regarding this individual

since he reportedly met MORGAN while serving in the Cuban

rebel forces

IP Bureau authority is granted to interview the subject

he will be approached to determine if he can identify the

photograph reported to be that of WILLIAM ALEXANDER MORGAN

and questioned regarding any background Information he may

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be able

to

furnish regarding MORGAN.

If cooperative the

subjeet

will then be questioned regarding the extent of

his own activitles with the Cuban insurrectionary forces;

and his knowledge of any representatives or activities of

these forces In the United States. (LU)

Bureau authority is requested to intervlews of security

subjecte.

Care will be exercised to protect the original

source in this matter. Suf the subject in cooperative no

alfirmative steps wint be taken during the initial inter

the interview and requesting authority to recontaet the

subject as a potential security informant or double agent

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