Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: MORRISSEY, JAMES F.
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 12/20/1963
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10169-10269

RECORD_SERIES: DL

AGENCY FILE_ NUMBER: 100-10461-1973

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: MORRISSEY, JAMES F.

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE:

Released under the John

hasassination Records

Collection Act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel .

Case#:NU 54463 Date:

DATE: 12/20/1963

PAGES: 8

SUBJECT: SEE FBI 105-82555-808

DOCUMENT TYPE:

ORIGINAL

CLASSIFICATION:

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Confidential

REVIEW DATE:

STATUS

05/13/1996

Redact

NEW

CLASSIFICATION:

UPDATE DATE:

02/12/2001

RESTRICTIONS:

JFK Act 6 (4)

COMMENTS:

WW 54463

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• FD-263 (Rev. 5-1-59)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

REPORTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON FIELD

•TITLE OF CASE

OFFICE OF ORIGIN O

DALLAS

LEE HARVEY OSWALD

4/23/83

Mix; JFK

(5668540/G02-2/20196-574)

DATE

ATE AI

12/20/63

INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD

12/9 - 19/63

REPORT MADE BY

JAMES F. MORRISSEY

CHARACTER OF CASE

IS - R

REFERENCES:

Report of SA JAMES F. MORRISSEY, 12/9/63, at

Washington, D. C.;

WFO airtel

to Dallas, 12/17/63;

WFO airtel

to Director, 12/18/63.

TYPED BY

peb

13,

APPROVED

COPIES MADE:

We Bureau (105-82555)

3 - Dallas (100-10461)

(RM)

1 - Richmond (Info) (RM)

2 - Washington Field (105-37111)

SPECIAL AGENT

IN CHARGE

Dissemination Record of Attached Report

DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW

100-10461+1973

t EXED

HIED

DEC: ÷ 1963

DALLAS

Victore tet

Notations

macher riding

Request Recd.

Date Fwd.

How Fwd.

By

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CONFIDENTIAL

WFO 105-37111

JEM: 1kc

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA

On December 18, 1963, XWF 912-Spadvised that a clerk

in his office had just made

an annual review of his subscription

tile, preparatory to purging it of all inactive accounts.

file

• on LEE H. OSWALD was noticed and brought to informant's

OSWALD WAS not

The

attention. He immediately contacted this office and made

available the entire file. Informant could furnish no information

other than reported in instant report.

Informant expressed concern that if his bookstore was

publicly identified as processing subscription orders for

subject, adverse publicity might result.

For this reason,

the identity of the bookstore was not set forth in the FD

302.

Bureau airtel December 12, 1963 forwarded a copy of

memo prepared December 5, 1963 by ALBERT W. PAYNE and forwarded

by Major GATELY DANIEL, Room 4611, Munitions Building, Washington,

D. C.

PAYNE is WF I-2 herein. For info Bureau DANIEL is Special

Security Officer at the Foreign Science and Technology Center,

U. S. Army located in the Munitions Building where PAYNE is

employed.

DANIEL was very cooperative and highly complimentary

of the Bureau.

PAYNE was interviewed by SA JAMES F. MORRISSEY. AS

indicated in WFO airtel December 18, 1963 PAYNE said his

entire knowledge of the matter is contained in the above memo and

furnished copy of same. He requested that both his and his

wife's identities be concealed; that the matter be handled such

that it would not obviously pinpoint his wife as source.

Mrs. HELEN PAYNE, WF T-3 herein, telephonically advised

SA MORRISSEY information regarding DIESSELHORST child.

The content of PAYNE'S

memo, including misspellings,

is as follows:

**MEMORANDUM FOR: Major Daniel

5 December 1963

FROM:

Albert W. PAYNE, GS-14, FSTC, Munitions Building

"I. My wife Helen K. PAYNE

308 Maple Avenue, Falls

Church, Virginia, Phone JE 25985,

a is a

Fifth Grade teacher in

the Pine Springs School, Falls Church, Virginia. Mrs. CARROL -

JE 28563 - is the principal.

"2. Recently my wife asked her students to write a theme

on the death of President KENNEDY.

CONFIDENTIAL

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CONFIDENTIAL

WFO 105-37111

forth information re allegation concerning photo in

possession of RANDODPH ELLSWORTH, said that descriptions

available to WFO do not reveal any tattoos as indicated,

nor do military assignments of OSWALD as indicated in

his personnel file suggest a common locale for a meeting

of ELLSWORTH and OSWALD.

Info submitted to Dallas for

whatever action deemed necessary, FO contemplating no

furtber action. Info copy of WFO December 17, 1963, airtel

sent Baltimore and New York.

INFORMANTS

Identity of Source

WF

T-1

WF T-2

is ALBERT W. PAYNE

WF T-3 is HELEN. K.

PAYNE

Both PAYNES reside

308 Maple Avenue, Falls

Church, Virginia

File where located

$234g07 Sub A-5587C)

Instant file

Instant file

LEAD

WASHINGTON FIELD

AT WASHINGTON, D.C. Leads in this case are being

received and covered on a continuing basis in WF.

-.....

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CONFIDENTIAL

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