Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: MX
To: HQ
Document date: 11/29/1963
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Date:

4/14/201

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10314-10006

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 100-12632-184

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FBI

FROM:

MX

TO: HQ

TITLE :

DATE:

'PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

11/29/1963

29

CHARLES SMALL

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Confidential

RESTRICTIONS : 1B; 1C; 4

CURRENT STATUS:

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 02/18/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

RPT

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SEBRET

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

REPORTING OFFICE

OFFICE OF ORIGIN

DATE

MEXICO CITY

BUREAU

TITLE OF CASE

mi tearsus

G5 WA

11/29/63

REPORT MADE BY

SA NATHAN L. FERRIS

CHARACTER OF CASE

INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD

9/4/62 - 11/14

63

TYPED BY

eim

CHARLES N.

SMOLIKOFF,

aka

CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO

SECURITY MATTER -

DECLA3S E

TAX AND/OS,

SYNOPSIS:

IN ThiS DOCUMENT. KP 1-15-98

CLACCIDED BY SULES FACE

SLD/ISK 1-33-98 (JFK)

DECLASS (SD 25X2)

Subject and his wife, BERTHE SMOLIKOFF

-who in Mexico use the

names CHARLES and BERTHE SMALL, continue to reside at Calle

Mariscal #90, San Angel Inn, and the subject operates a silver

gift shop at Calle Niza #47, Mexico, D. F., Mexico.

Subject

remains one of the most prominent associates of the ACGM and

has contributed to Communist collections in Mexico.- He has

subscribed to the

subscraptions to that publication. And advocates liretime

was originally set up for him by

subject's business f1rm

SAMUEL, BROOKS.

In September

1953, subject traveled to the United States with his wife and

two of their children to put their son, ABBOTT SMALI, in school

at Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.:

on that trip, subject and his

re vials new york, whore the subject sutrered a mild heart

- RUC

CC TO:

REQ. REC'D..

SEP 2 4 1964

IX toAAG 9-25-29

SPECIAL AGENT

IN CHARGE

dissen peer

1 nuade

APPROVES ANY

COPIES MADE:

10

Agency /CL

Request Recd.

Date Fwd.

How

Fwd.

Bureau (100-12632)

(

1 - Liaison

Section)

3

- Miami)

- New York, Info.)

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- Philadelphia,

Info.)

S. Embassy and CIA,

Mexico City

(circulation

1 - Mexico City

(100-1535);

Dissemination Record of Attached Report

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ATT INFORVAIION CONTAINED

HEROIN IS UNCTASSEDLED

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be received.

CONTAL

inder date of 8/14/63, LEO NUBERMAN, Menemsha

wrote to the subject advising

arrived at HUBERMAN's office and delivered

che goods. HUBERMAN expressed his thanks. He also expresser

the hope that subject had a good time with "IRISH" and SYBIl

and the COYS.

HUBERMAN stated,

"We'll follow your directions"

on whom to include in trial subscriptions. HUBERMAN Indi-

cated that the subject in his previous letter had inquired

If 1t would be possible to expand "M. R.

"readership best

among younger elements on a trial subscription basis.

HUBERMAN stated that it certainly was possible and that it

is probably the best promotion plan.

He thanked the

subject

again for the subject's help in that direction. (s

Under date of 8/8/63, the subject wrote to

"Freedom Ways," 799 Broadway, New York 3, New York,

stating

that he had not received the

last issue of "Freedom ways,"

although he has a lifetime

subscription. He stated that

another subscriber in Mexico had received her copy ten days

before and requested that the addressee please

send him a

copy and keep him on the subscription list{&

(4)

The above completes the information received from

CIA sources.

4)

The following Information has been received from

MEX-18 and MEX-19, but is being reported in the administrative

on 8/13/62, FRANCISCO MORA (reported by MEX-18 and

MEX-19 as member of Communist Party of Mexico, in discussing

collections among the American Commúnists for the Communist (s M)

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ordered that a number of Americans in Mexico be brought into

closer contact with the Branch.

A number of ideas for such

a meeting were discussed at a Branch meeting and had been

vetoed by her. According to MORA, the first suggestion had

been to bring selected Americans,

including the subject and

his wife, to a meeting of the Leadership Branch. MORA had

such a meeting.

which would also serve as a means of obtaining 20 pesos

($1.60 U.S.) from each of the individuals attending. MORA

stated that the Americans mentioned, including the subject and

his wife, would not

merely pay their 20 pesos and not attend!&

go to such a party either but would

According to MORA, the decision was finally reached

to Invite the Americans to a "posado party" on 11/2/63 to

give the Americans a chance to 100k the Mexicans over and vice

Plans for such a party were made, but 1t subsequently

became necessary, according to the informants, to postpone 1t

because of the absence of one of the members of the Leadership

Branch and because of unsettled political conditions in Mexico

surrounding the nomination of a hew Mexican President 15/M

and IMex-61

section

this report rather than in the memorandum portion

designed for dissemination in order to protect those informants

Who also turnish highly valuable intormation i s

MEX 48/and MEX-61 had been selected by the Yugoslav

Embassy, Mexico City, to assist in handling matters during

the visit of President TITO to Mexico.

According to the

informants,

the soviets in Mexico City had been trying to

obtain Inside information concerning TITO's visit after TITO

departed MexIcO.

The informants advised that DAVID DRUCKER,

with whom they were acquainted, had advised that the subject

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desired to meet the informants and arrangements were made

for the DRUCKERS, as well as the subject and his wife and

HUGO and JEAN BUTLER

to go to San Miguel de Allende.

11/2-3/63.

on 11/2/63, however, the informants advised that

the BUTLERS did not make the trip since both of them had

gone to Los Angeles.

California.

the contact made with them by the

According to the informants,

subject appeared to be more

of a friendly nature and no indication was given that the

subject was

from them!

trying to obtain intelligence type Information

SOURCES:

Identity öf Source

I- 1

1S MEX-25 and

MEX-55 * (4)

4т-2

IsXMEX-18 and

MEX-19

XI-3

1S CSSF-2357-S

T-4 1s former PSI

GLADYS RUSSELL, of

the Los Angeles

Office.

File Location

134-13A

$ 134-10A

<100-1535-440;

491

LA 100-52768-

lal, as reported

In Los Angeles letter

to Director 7/2/63,

captioned "CHARLES N.

SMOLIKOFF, was., SM-C;

BERTHE SMOLIKOFF, was.,

SM-C.

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