Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: LA
To: HQ
Document date: 06/22/1965
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

5/13/201

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

124-90143-10423

RECORD SERIES :

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 100-370750-328

Released under the John

Assassination Records

Collection act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel.

Case#:NW 54460 Date:

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

LA

TO: HQ

TITLE:

DATE: 06/22/1965

' PAGES:

36

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

MH 51160

DocId: 32339005

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

SECRET

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

REPORTING OFFICE

LOS ANGELES

TITLE OF CASE

OFFICE OF ORIGIN

LOS ANGELES

JOHN HOWARD

LAWSON

DATE

JUN Z & 1965

REPORT MADE BY

HARVEY G. BERKEY

CHARACTER OF CASE

INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD

4/20 - 6/10/650

TYPED BY

1j

SM - C

DECLASSIEZED BE 5768-S4mAC

24/97 3F2

ALL INPORMATION CONTAINE

HERESY IS UNCLASSIFIED

EXCEP

A WHERE SHOWN

OTHERRASS

REFERENCE:

Report of SA GILBERT G BENJAMIN dated 6/19/64, at

Los Angeles.

ADMINISTRATIVE

Declassily on: 2304160

New York airtel to Los Angeles dated 6/18/64/disclosed

the following information which had been obtained on June 16,

1964 from NY 694-S*:e(u)

The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (CPCL) scheduled

a Writer's Conference to be held July 1964 in Prague and the

CPCZ indicated its desire to have an American writer participate

in this conference.

After a conversation with GUS HALL,

General Secretary, Communist Party, USA (CPUSA), the Central

Committee of the CPC advised that either JOHN HOWARD LAWSON or SU

CC RAO

5S, State, CeR USIA

(066 горо

SPECIAL AGENT

Bureau (100-370750) (RM)

S. Secret

Service,

Angeles

3 - Los Angeles

(100-21198)

-ANCEOSURE

Declassit;/ un.

DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW

105-1370750-3761

REG. 57

EX 109

JUN 24 1965

Agency

Request Recd.

Date Fwd.

How Fwd.

1/7165

1.6

By

26h

510041 14196505

State Cease MilAir

217/65

Notations

SEPRET

ATROL

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1.

1.

LA 100-21198

SEXRET

LARS LAWRENCE should be invited to this conference.

This airtel

noted that unless this information was obtained from another

source it should not be included in the investigative section

of a report.

By FD-4 dated June 14, 1965 the New York Office

advised that a characterization

for the Louis Rabinowitz

Foundation had been submitted May 28, 1965 but that Bureau

approval had not been received.

An extra copy of this report is designated for the

Bureau pursuant to a previous Bureau instruction.

INFORMANTS

SOURCE

LOCATION

IA T-1

rally to sa harvey. &

Berkey

LA 3932-S

134-844A-991/1050_0 (U)

IA I-2

(u)

[534-21A-1749](4) W

[Former LA 3402-5](@)

100-21198-3241

LA T-3

NY 1621-S

JA I-4

LA 3063-5

LA I-5

Used to characterize Paul Robeson

34-66A-1258

•00-65948-1B1 PC

134-2263A-19

Former LA 4496-PSI

(by request)

LA T-6

134-1220A-1004/1093

LA 4125-S

LA T-7

LA 4322-5

T-8

LA 3513-S

LA T-9

LA 4299-PSI

134-1606A-303/353

234-2024-930 45(4)

134-1500A-99/103

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LA 100-21198

SOURCE

A 1'-10

IA 3633-S

A I'-11

A 3655-S

A I-1

LA 4420-PSIIC) (U

T-13

4029-J Cul

NY 2705-S CU

L 2810-51@041

T-16

2869-S](4)(4)

T-17

2784-S

I-18

[X 2750-5](4)(4)

(7 4204-57(4)(0)

LA T-20

Sam Klein,

Investigative Clerk

INS, LA (by request)

LA T-21

[4 3390-57(4)(1)

T -22

LOCATION

234-2954-772784 SEQRET

134-262A-519(X(4)

134-1555A-113 COX

134-1555B-1a3

[NY 134-8399A-438/455] (gU

[ 234-39214-792/8071@XW

(N1 134-3910-A-77]QII

[Nx 134-43991-400](4) (u)

T: 23442061-835 4 CU

[NY 134-4112A-737] (4)CU

100-21198-3326

100-21198-3265

(234-384-628](8)(u)

{534-2385A-73/92K(4CV

LA T-23

NY 100-144189

Confidential

Mailbox - New York Office *(W

LA I-24.

NK 134-2360A-78

NK 2375-S

C

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IA 100-21198

SOURCE

LA I-25

LOCATION

NK 134-2302A-16

Alvin Kearney, PSI

IA T-26

[NK 2265-574)M)

[NK 134-282A-39] @)U

LA I-27

NK 134-1653A-70

NK 2277-S

LA T-28

NK 134-2367A-4

Harry G. Brookens, PSI

LA I-29

NK 134-2602A-1

Ferman Durham, PSI

LA T-30

NK 134-2453A-5

Harry Trumper -

Panel Source

LA I-31

100-20268-1626

L. J. sloan, Vice

President in Charge

of Operation, United

California Bank,

600 South Spring st.,

LA

JA I-32

100-21198-3261

T-33

2462-S

I-34

3388-51(4)(4)

LA T-35

G. Gary Kotin, PSI

1X 200-242782-1425(TJ(AUCU)

[TY 134-2402A-310](g(4)

134-2485A-77

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SECRET

LA 100-21198

SOURCE

LA T-36

LA

4359-5] (&) (4)

LA T-37

Mr. l'addeo Ingento,

Chief Clerk,

Manufacturers Hanover

Trust Company, 221 Park

Avenue, New

York City

LA T-38

CSNY

4753-S

JA 1-39

CG 5024-5

LOCATION

[E34-20041-332 (P)C4)

NY 100-145842-138

NY 134-10821-A27

Documentation of Joseph loren eS4)

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