Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: FERRIS, NATHAN L.
To: LEG, MX
Document date: 1/8/64
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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

DATE: 11-14-2017

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER:

124-10003-10420

RECORD_SERIES:

MX

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 105-3702-163

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: FERRIS. NATHAN L.

TO: LEG. MX

TITLE:

DATE: 01/08/1964

PAGES: 1

SUBJECT: LHO, POST-RP, SIGHTING, MX

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

ORIGINAL

CLASSIFICATION:

• Unclassified

REVIEW DATE:

STATUS

07/26/1996

Redact

NEW

CLASSIFICATION:

UPDATE DATE:

11/03/2000

RESTRICTIONS:

JFK Act 6 (4)

COMMENTS:

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"Releaset under the John F. Kennety Assassinat for Rebords Coltection Act of 1992 114 Ust 2107 Note).

DATE: LoTOlA FORR Ho!

5010-104-01

UNITED STATES. GOV:.

NMENT

A emorandum

IBONAGENTIAE

TO

Legat, Mexico Cliy 1(100-1595)

DATE: 1/8/64

FROM

SA Nathan L. Ferris

SUBJECT:

CHARUNS SMALE

3M - C

12/93

Classited

Dostas

000

9808 Rael pede

DADR L5FK

FEE -18 and L6X-18 - 12/20/63 - 131-202-2035 1 (1)

Pa/th/63,

informants vere invited to dinner

, at the home of KURT ODENaNIM, the only dinner gueat other

than informants boing CHARLES SMALL.

Informants advised

that the dinner become very unusual since both SMALl and

ODENEDIM vied with each other to prove their political

thinking sound and their own leadership qualifications.

BERTHE SMAiL had gone to Cuernavaca with JEAN BUTLER where

BUTLER has taken a home for the holidays

gon or the

may remain

permanently il the "experiment" vorle. C

CHARLES SMAlL during the evening told informants

that they naturally realized he is far nore than just a

jeweler

He urged them to cut donations to the PCHl and

to give money to the CP, USA, which my need the money

668560/666

AFK)

"even more desperately than the Mexicans. "e

44)

CHARLES SNALL was questioned by ODENHEIM as to

whether or not he knew LeB OSVALD.

ODENEEIM said that he

bet that SMAll know hin. &SMAll stated he had consulted

his booke when the firat story broke in Mexico and he 1s

sure that OSVALD mat have been in the store because "you

know everyone reports in there and he would have done so too."

SMALL Indicated, however, that fortunately when OSVALD was

a xx co, accord

3/18/96

DEC!

ON.

In Mexico, according to the newspapers, SMAll was out of

the country. Be said he has beon carrying his "red book"

ever since expecting nomontarily arrest and can prove by

it that he was in the United

1 - 100-1535

(C. Small)

1

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Odenbein

100-1534

(B.

(200-1650

(JI.

Smn11)

Butler)

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3/2184

1

105-370%

(so Oswald)

1134 105

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(6)

ALL FORMATION CONTAINES

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HEREIN TSUNCLASSIFIED

CLASS, & EXT. BY SP

REASON-FCIM II, I-2.

DATE OF REVIEW

7-87

TEK/AHR 6-289

EXCEPT W

SEE SHOWN

ICON RENTIAL

3-10/90

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