Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: LA
To: HQ
Document date: 02/28/1947
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

5/13/201

AGENCY :

FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-90143-10271

RECORD SERIES:

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 100-370750-103

Released under the John

F. Kennedy

Masassination Recorde

Collection Act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Note!.

Casef:N! 54460 Date:

10-04-2017

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FBI

FROM:

LA

TO :

HQ

TITLE:

DATE:

02/28/1947

'PAGES:

7

SUBJECTS :

JOHN HOWARD LAWSON

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS :

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 10/09/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

RPT

v9.1

HH 54460

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Form No. 1

THIS CASE ORIGINATED AT

REPORT MADE AT

LOS ANGELES

TITLE

JOHN HOWARD

LAWSON, was.

SYNOPSIS OF FACTS:

CONPYOENTIAL

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINE

HEREIN'S UNCLASSLFlED

FILE NO. 100-21198

LOS ANGELES

DATE WHEN MADE

2-28-47

EXCEPT THERE SHOWN

11541468+04

REFORT MADE BY

WHICH MADE

11-25;12-12,16, ROBERT W. HOLLMAN

18.20-46 г 1-13

14,15,16,20-47

CHARACTER OF CASE

6/30/57, 9066

INTERNAL SECURITY - C

Subject finishing historical text and considering

screen offers from producers WALTER WANGER and

HOWARD HUGHES. Subject was recently host to NY CF

functionary LIONEL BERMAN and identified attending

series of meetings with BERMAN.

Source has identified

-LAWSON at meetings held to discuss "Mainstream", to

which he has contributed article. LAWSON has recently

1rk

T

ject naned as speaker for program sponsored by H.W.M.

called "Counter Attack" and identified as adviser for

Local Negro weekly

front organization

NO DESE

Declassify on: /DADR 4-16686

al Agent ROBERT I. HOLLMAN dated

DETAILS:

source a has advised that the subject to very neer complete sa

writing his text on United States history and that he had received

offers from producers WALTER WANGER and HOWARD HUGhES to return

to screen writing. This source stated that recently HANGER had

sent LAWSON a copy of a book entitled "Lonely Road" to get LAWSON's

impression of the book.

LAWSON sometime ago finished a screen

play for WANGER entitled "Crack

Up" and may write a screen stor

APPROVED AND

FORWARDED

Too

/SPECIAL AGEN

N CHARG

COPIES DESTR

28

, MAR 28

1.91

is OF THIS REPORT

5

Bureau

1

- Seattle (Into.) COMAS

SHAL

- New York Into.

3 - LOs

Angele

DO NOT WRITE IN THESE SPACES

* RECORDED

100-370750-103

INDEXED

y-1 4-47

O. B. OOTHENHENT PAINIING OFFIOS

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100-21198

BOLPEIDENTIAL

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANTS

SOURCE A

- ONDT LA J-20

SOURCE B

SOURCE C - CNDI LA 2900.

DONOR ONE LARESA RU

CORE PRENTIAL

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