Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, CG
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 4/4/63
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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

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JFK Assassination System

Date:

4/24/201

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER : 124-10199-10220

RECORD SERIES :

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

62-9-9-1ST NR 1232

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: SAC, CG

• TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE :

DATE:

PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

04/04/1963

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DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION:

Secret

RESTRICTIONS:

1B; 1C

CURRENT STATUS:

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 01/06/1995

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

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DIRECTOR, FBI [105-71932)(5)

4/4/63

SAC, CHICAGO (105-14565)](5)

Attention:

FBI Laboratory

7-22-1

IVAN

IS • R

A. BELOV (S)

CLASSIFIED BY 5665 SAD KS/

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coley eat,

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(JFK

a Chican letter dated a captionde do boove,

Chicago letter to Director dated 2/13/63 captioned "CRIMINAL

INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM, CHICAGO DIVISION", (Chicago file 92-350)

and Bureau letters to Chicago dated 2/18 and 27/63 in response

thereto.

Re Chicago letter dated February 13, 1963 and Bureau

letters dated February 18 and 21, 1963, pertain to the

concealment of a Robot Star II camera in a small men's shaving

kithwhich was made up by the

Laboratory and furnished to the

Chicago Office on February 27, 1963.

_Chicago has a definite and current need for another

concealed robot camera in a shaving kit to be used in connection (4]

With the coverage at the Greyhound Bus Terminal in above

captioned case and to be used as a supplement to/the canerals)

furnished by the Bureau

on February 27, 1962.

OSHERWI

It is worthy of note that this disguise has been

utilized to extremely good advantage in providing semi-mobile

photographic coverage in the Bilow case as well as in the

Crininal Intelligence Program at Chicago chicago wishes to

point out that the Shaving kit with zipper around the niddleCu

of three sides has proved very beneficial in providing discreet

to the rewinding mechanism then necessary.

Chicago wishes

to suggest that a black leathered kit with a round opening theL U

size of the lens-opening only (so as not to reveal the lens

barrel facing with its more obvious appearance be employed in

making up a second kit since this will probably affore more

discreet usage as well as to give a variation to the one now

being

utilized by Chicago.

It is also suggested that a Fl.9 lens

Bureau (RA)C

1 = 62-9-9

Criminal Intelligence Program)

- New York (RM)((105-31290)](5)

3: = Chicago

1 = 92-350

1 = 66-435

ACC: LIP

APR 1 9 1963

162-9.9=

NOT RECORDED

78 APR 15 1963

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DATE: 11-14-2017

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CG 105-14565 (S)

furnished to replace

4893812

•8 lens number 6202150

on

the Robot camera number L173776 Chicago has experienced

that even when tri- film is developed in Baumann Special

developer, afforeing up to ASA 4,000 ratings photographs of

moving subjects under existing lighting conditions in rail,

bus and air terminals necessitates a shutter speed of 1/250th

of a second,

extremely

second at F2.8 has resulted in good exposure, however, It

here is a greater relative movement (ot both subject as we

is panning movement of the camera) the 1/250th of a seconda

spsed is necessary, therefore, the need for thoffl." lens.

Be Chicago letter dated April 4, 1963 disclosed tha

the temporary fixed observation post at the Greyhound: Bus

Terminal day no longer be available after May 1, 1963;

further that fixed observation postsycovering various banks

of lockers located on various elevations in the bus: termina13)

is not feasible, therefore, the need for more than one

Concealed semi-mobile tamera.] Chicago has concluded that the dUl

Installation of a (concealed, fixed, renote-controlled/camera (SCU

cannot be justified in this matter in view of obvious e)

time without specific information re possible future travel

of BELOV to Chicago e

In view of the foregoing, the Bureau is requested to

consider furnishing the Chicago Office canera equipment as

outlined above at the earliest possible date.

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