## Page 1

1104-10437-10079

2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

22110:1! F0жи NO. 10

1010-104

UNITED SINTES COVA

MENT

Memorandum

TO

Files

DATE:

29 January 1954

FROM

: M. D. Stevens

SULJECT: THE IRE HARVEY OSWALD CASE

#351164

1. According to a rewspaper column of "Allen and Scout" in the

Chicago American of 6 Daconcer 1963,

on the OSWALD Case, Abro!! CHANES,

Legal Officer of the State Departmen", was one of two versons im

mediately responsible for OSWAID's being permitted to return to the

United States from the Soviet Union in June 1952.

The other indivisual

named was Llewellyn THOlESOl, the then Ambassedor to Russia.

Another

said to have been involved in the hansling of OSWALD's case was Samel

VISE, Counsel of the American Embassy in Moscow.

2. Abram CHASES, 352234, who as of 16 February 1951 was describei

as "the new Counsel, in State"

, was granted Security approval for liaicon

Action Stafr) on 6 March 1951. The request for CHAYES! clerance sas a

• "Blanket" reguest to permit discussion with him of NSC 5412/2 matuens. cu

a need-to-know basis.

HAYES' wife Antonia Toni Leigh CHAYES

4. In March 1962, CHAYES was granted a renoval of his liaison

contact clearance with &/CA on a continuing basis.

This time his contaci

was Archibala ROOSEVELT, JC.

5. On 10 February 1962, HUMAN EVENTS reported as follows with

reference to CHAYES:

"SOFT ON COMUNISM: Representative Francis I. Walter (R.-Pa.),

scored the new State Department regulations on passports,

clain-

ing

they would allow Reds denied passports to

"rifle freely the

confidential files of the FEI,

the CIA and other investigative

agencies."

The man behind the new regulations, which Welüer

clains violate the Internal Security Acü of 1950, is reportedly

State's chier legal officer, Mbran Cheyes. Chayes, a Kennedy

appointee, is an ex-rarvard professor who was Chester Bowles?

top legal adviser when Bowles was Governor of Connecticut.

Walter has introduced legislation to remedy the new pagagort

ragulations."

weird id

for FOlA Roviaw on

Document Number.

171029

PED 1027

---

## Page 2

13-00000

-2-

6. Samuel WIsh, "Counsel in the American Embossy in Moscow" who

is referred to above,

may well be Saruel. Griffin WisE Jr., #7:574,

SD & SSD, who amperently was once

contract embloyee on AFACTIVE.

The State Department revieved WISD's file on 2 June 1954; and as of

Septonber 1962 a Samuel G. WISE was Second Secretary of the Americun

mbassy in Moscow. At that time WISH advised in a cable to the State

Department

DAVIS' case

is very sinilar to that of

OSWALD;

and he, like OSWAID, lived in the Soviet Union for two years

after his defection and prior to making application for return to the

United States./

7. WISE was an applicant for CIA employment in early 1953 and

was security approved subject to polygraph on 1l August 1953.

not enter on duty and in Septerber 1953 the office which had been

interested in him was "no longer interested". On 13 November 1953,

WISE was granted a CSA to permit his use as a contract employee on

ALACTIVE in New York City. His CSA was cancelled on 24 March 1958.

8. WISE was nared as a friend of William Orville MUNSELL, #61693-DL,

during an investigation of the latter for possible CIA employment in 1952.

according to NuNSELL's landlady and

social acquaintance in Meshington,

D.C. during the perica of about a year which ended in April 1952, was She

only person she knew by name with whon MUNSIlt was friendly. According

to the informant, WISE was a student at Columbia University whose address

was 423 Furnald Hall. MUNSFLI was Security disapproved for CIA employment

in June 1952 because of his close association on a professional and

basis, wile attending Denver University from 1945 to 1951,

questionable loyality.

In November 1954, MUNSELL was of interest to

project FUALIVE with reference to assignnent to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; >

however, the interested office withdrew their request on him, afüer

Security advised of the derogatory information regarding him.

9.

WISE from 1951 to 1954 attended Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale,

New York, which was attacked by a Citizen's Group, which alleged Commnist

influence in the school systen. He had several questionable associates in

addition to MUNSETI.

ta stencis

M. D. Stevens

---