Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: MX
To: HQ
Document date: 4/9/64
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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

DATE: 11-14-2017

Date:

4/14/201

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER:

124-10314-10009

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 100-12632-NR

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

MX

TO: HQ

TITLE:

"DATE:

PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

04/09/1964

3

CHARLES SMALL

DOCUMENT TYPE :

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION :

Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS :

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW:

02/18/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

AT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records

Collection Act of 1992- (44 USC 2107 Hote).

DATE: 11-14-2017

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CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO

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DEGLASSIFICETION AND/OR,

RELEASE OF/A INFORMATION

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EXCEPT BRACICETS PE-3

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ALL INFONMATION CONTAINED

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SUBJECT:

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ReBuairtel 4/1/64 and Mexieo City cable 4/8/64.

Interview of

It is belleved by the Mexico City Office that an

CHARLES

highly undesirable

SMALL, by Mexican authorities would be

for the following reasons:

and

The only inforation concerning SMALL's reations

Stacements concerning OSWALD came from vEX-18 and MEX- CU

the Mexican police and if that information was passed

on to them as the basis for an interview, there is no

assurance that they would not reveal it to the subject.

Such action would probably result in SHAlt's recognizing

the informants as the source of the information, thereby

destroying their future utility and embarrassing the

operations of the Bureau in Nexico.

On 11/23/

300-395934) advised

-ORIETNAT, FILED IM

ELIZABETH CATLETT MORA

(Buf1le

3X-18 and NEX-19 that the PCM was

DECI

Bureau

So 597.

(- Walson Section)

(1 - Ballad,

2 - Mexico City

100-10461)

NEFseim

(2 - MC 100-1535, SMALL)

100-12632-

NOT RECORDED

199 APR 24 1964

(7)

AIRIEL

SECRET

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (14 USe 2107 Robe).

DATE: 11-14-2017

SEORE

MC 105-3702

very concerned over the assassination of President KENNEDY

the involvement of OSWALD, who was connected with the

Fair Play for Cuba Committee (FPCG) .

Although she did not

indicate which organism of the PM had reached this decision,

1t is to be noted that MORA was a member of the so-called

Leadership Branch of the POM.

She stated that the PCM had

decided that there

might possibly be involved in FPCC operations as far as

the Mexican police might know:

ASA ZATZ (Bufile 105-16890),

CHARLES SMALL, and the informants.

As the Bureau 18 aware,

the informants came to the

attention of the vexican authorities when FEUN LEVS TRAVIS

(Bufile 100-336032), who was admittedly a member of the FPCC,

was arrested and deported in November, 1962.

At that time,

the Nexican police found the informants! home address and

telephone number in TRAVIS! motel room and it was necessary

for the intormants to go into niding until the Mexican police

gave up efforts to interview them. & le)

on 11/23/63, MORA advised the informants that if

arrested for political reasons. aus

under the above circunstances,

therefore; any

request of the Mexican police to interview SMALL on the basis

of his relations with members of the FPCC would focus the

attention of those authorities orkvnx-18 and vEX-19k as well KLu]

as on SMALL, wich the possibility that the Mexican police,

who, as pointed out above, are difficult to control, might

also take action against the intormants.

Consideration has also been given to calling SMALL,

who is an American citizen, Into the Embassy for interview.

It is not felt, however, that such action would be advisable

since any interrogation by Embassy personnel, including this

office, would necessarily have to be predicated on informa-

tion from*uex-18 and NEX-19 which would jeopardize the

LIUT

informants the same as if done by the Mexican police. &

The informants have also advised that SMAIl has

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 744 USC 2107 Hote).

DATE: 11-14-2017

MC 105-3702

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a heart condition,

claims to have surfered a siight heart

1963, and 1e

attack while in the United states in septemper mexiço, olas-

ted hate and not tone cleared ted curede the bureau,

sified "SECRET"

also confirms SMALL's reported heart condition and his

Frequent claims that he has to be very careful not to ass

vate it.* An aggressive interview of

SMALL by either the

Mexican police or American personnel might either percipitate

another heart attack on cause the subject to claim another such

attack and accuse the

Bureau of being responsible fox it.

the Mexico City

office has no information to show that such an interview,

either by the Mexican police or the American officers would

be productive.

Available sources have given no indication

that SMALL actually ever knew or saw OSWALD.

His claim that

he must have known OSWALD at

sone time and that he might

have met OSWALD in Mexico was, according to Mex-18 and Max-19 0(u)

based on the fact that many Americán communists visiting

Mexico go to SNAIL's store and that he assists them in con-

nection with their problems while visiting Mexico City, d

SMALL, however, has given no indication that he

recognized OSWALD from the newspaper pictures printed in

Mexico City or recognized his name as being one of the

visitors at his store.

The informants have reported that

following the assassination of President KENNEDY and the

publie identification of OSWALD's leftist connections with

the FPCC and his former residence in the Soviet Union, the

American communists in Mexico were extremely fearful, expect-

ing police harrassment of all leftists.

They considered

SMALL's concern over the possibility that OSWALD might have

visited his store to be part of the general concern of all

American communists here after reading that OSWALD had been

in Mexico.

No information has since been developed to

contrary.

In light of

the above,

the Mexico City Office does

not belteve

that an interview of SMATt should be undertaken

by either Mexican of American officials.

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