Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, DL
Document date: 03/30/1966
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107

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Agency Information

AGENCY:

FBI

RECORD NUMBER:

124-10151-10153

RECORD SERIES:

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

62-109060-4098

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FBI

FROM:

SAC, DL

TO :

TITLE :

DATE:

PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

03/30/1966

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LANE, MARK, ACT

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Confidential

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 02/25/1994

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Aot of 1992 (44 USC 2107

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CONT. EMAL

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

In Reply, Ploase Refer to

File No.

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Dallas, Texas

March 30, 1966

CONFIDENTIAL

7-14-92

tarsified by 9808 LTAG

ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT

JOHN F. KENNEDY

November 22, 1963, Dallas, Texas

MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING

Declassify on: DASR JFK

On the night of March 28, 1966, Mrs. Jean Lollis HIlL,

9402 Bluff Creek, Dallas, Texas, telephone number EV 1-2271;

telephonically contacted the Dallas Office of the Federal Bureau

of Investigation (FBI) and requested that she be contacted by a

Special Agent familiar with the assassination investigation.

On the

morning of March 29, 1966, Mrs. Hill advised

that during the past week she has been telephonically contacted

on several occasions by an individual identifying himself as

De Antonio who indicated he and a Mr. Black were preparing an

educational television documentary concerning the assassination

of President Kennedy and desired to interview her in detail.

stated that she had not consented to such an interview but on

the evening of March 28, 1966, two individuals identifying them-

selves as De Antonio and Black, appeared at her residence for the

purpose of interviewing her.

She stated that she questioned them

as to the exact nature of their visit and being a school teacher,

WHERE SHORN OTHEPWISE.

herself, doubted that they were endeavoring to compile data for

ALt INPORMATION CORTAINED

HEREIN IS INCLASSIFY ED EXCEPT

any edicational television documentary relating to the assassination;

Mrs. Hill stated that she had previously talked to an

individual named Jones Harris, who was also desiring to interview

her for purposes of a book he was writing and that Jones Harris

had indicated to her that De Antonio was one of "Mark Lane's men."

Mrs. Hill advised that she specifically asked De Antonio

and Black if they were connected with Mark Lane and De Antonio

admitted that Mark Lane was

"one of their backers."

She stated

De Antonio mentioned that some of the backing was coming from

England for his project.

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CONFIDENIAL

Re:

ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT

JOHN F. KENNEDY

November 22, 1963, Dallas, Texas

February, 1965, telephone PL 5-8310.

On February 25, 1965, Florance Gaffney, operator of Belles

North Limited Answering Service, basement of apartment house located

at 221 East 78th Street, New York, New York, advised that Jones:

Harris, at the above-mentioned New York address, was convinced that

Lee Harvey Oswald did not assassinate President

Harris believed Oswald was one of the persons appearing in a well

published photograph of a group of people appearing in the doorway

of the Texas School Book Depository building on the day of the

assassination.

She indicated that Harris was supported in this

theory by a New York attorney, Arnold Krakower.

Mrs. Gaffney described Harris as a free lance

writer, white

male, in his early thirties, short stocky build, about 5'6" tall,

dark hair, balding, and dark eyes.

On January 12, 1966, DL T-1, a confidential source abroad,

furnished information to the effect that Mark Lane had finished

reading the proofs of his book dealing with the assassination of

President Kennedy, entitled "Rush to Judgment." According to this

source,

an article appeared in the Danish newspaper "Lolland-Falsters

Folketidende'

, on January 4, 1966, which related that a documentary.

film of full length was expected to be produced dealing with the

assassination and founded on Mark Lane's book.

made by De Antonio, not further identified,

and was to be based on

pictures taken by American Broadcasting System and the Columbia

Broadcasting System.

The article indicated that in February, 1966,

Lane and his assistants

were going to Dallas to talk to witnesses

of the assassination (e

Warren Allen Reynolds, 8707 Mosswood, Dallas, Texas,

advised the Dallas Office of the FBI on March 30, 1966, that he had

been recently contacted by an Emile de Antonio, a producer for

on to tie had

Judgment: Films Corporation, New York City, New York, formerly

associated with BBC-TV,

New

York City (not

further identified).

Antonio advised Reynolds that his film company was making an educa-

tional film regarding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Antonio indicated they were staying at the Arlin Motel, Arlington,

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