Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: DIRECTOR, FBI
To: LEG, PA
Document date: 04/20/1964
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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

DATE: 11-14-2017

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY :

RECORD NUMBER:

FBI

124-10162-10034

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER:

105-82555-12TH NR 3364

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FROM:

TO :

TITLE:

FBI

DIRECTOR, FBI

LEG, PA

DATE:

PAGES:

SUBJECTS:

04/20/1964

2

LHO, ASSOC, BUCHANAN, THOMAS GITTINGS, ARTICLE,

L'EXPRESS

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Confidential

RESTRICTIONS:

CURRENT STATUS:

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW:

02/04/1994

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

v9.1

DocId: 32167057

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Released under the John-F. Kennedy Assassination Retortis Collection Act of 1992 (14 USC 2707 Hote) .

DATE: 211-14 2017

CONFIDENTIAL

EXEMPT FROM

DATE OF DE

CATECORY

FICATION INDEFINITE

Logat, Péris (100-1793)

4/20/04

Directors FBI (100-334341)

TEOLAS CATTINGS BUCHANAN, JR.

SECURITY MOTTER - C

• Eranigan

rich

Lenihan

• J. M. Sia00

*Thomas Gittings Buchanan, Jr:»

Be Parte lottors 3/19/66 and 3/30/64 captioned

Recurity Matter " C."

Sureeu concerning Buchenan.

No active investigation being conducted by the

Buzeau does not

possoss confismatory information

regarding

allegod vloite to Dallas and other United

Euchanan's

to preparo his

States cities

articles, 10 as known

that he was

United States and did nake sone inquizios.

may ho furnishod to (Alain Montarras, your princhez?

This Information

in the

• Direction

Suzve13 lance

du Serritoiro

Enclosed

for your information

roguest in reloc

3/20/64 is a copy

pos your

Buchanan's

• translation of

a2c.01a

the 3/19/64 issue

newspaper

Express

as copios of

routing

article

Buchanan and

the Hamburg,

Euchanan's reply which appeazed

Germany, newspaper

3/39/64,

Velt,

respectavoly

• and translattona

thereos h

ORIGINAL FILED IN

Enclosures 5

4803 KID/USK

05 RmB/KSR

1129

'JFK

Foreign Liaison Unit

(route

105-82655 (Lee Harvey Oswald)

thru for revieros

JNS :pah: pa

(6)

HE CHER ATON A PROD

NOTE:

CUPLICATE YELON

EXCEPT WHERE SHOWD

OTHESWISE

Paris letter 3/19/64 requosting information as to

whether buchanan had actually visited the U. S. and, particularly

Dallas, to gather information for his series of articles on the

President's assassination which have been appearing in the french

newspaper,

"L 'Express."

Euchanan admitted Communist Party member

1048, 1952, and 1953 and is carried on the feserve

DECLASSIFY ON: 28X (6)

NOTE CONTINUED PAGE TWO

D APR 23 196÷31

JFK

CONFIDENTAL

12THNR 334Y

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

•DATES 11-14-2017

CONFIDENTIAL S

Letter to Paris

Re:

THOMAS

100-354341

GITTINGS BUCHANAN, ALO

NOTE CONTINUED:

Confidential

articles in "'Express" have been received

fron Legat,

Paris, translated and copies thereot forwarded

to the

President's Connission.

No active Investigation being

conducted on Buchanan,

but information re his presence

the U.S. being furnished legat for reference to the DST]

which wants to know if Buchanan's articles were or were not

written in Paris,

It intornation shows articles prepared

In Paris without visit to U.S. to get lacts, Legat says

DST may be able to take some discreet action

to discredit

or neutralize Buchanan. Answere

to begat letters held up (C)

pending receipt of translations of Buchanan's articles

received in Paris 3 20-64 letter and of articles in

3-17-04 and 3-19-64 which could be turnished to Legat, Paris,

in one letter. Legat, Paris, alsoLfurnishing Est appropriate

background information

re Buchanan, Baltimore, Dallas, Miant

and WE also being furnished coptes of translations of

Buchanan's articles and "Die Weit" itens 3/17 and 3/19/64 for

Information by separate communication.

requested to make no inquiry, but to furnish any avallable

information te Buchanan's visit for transmittal to legat, Paris

105-62-75-12T4NR334y

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