Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: YEE, EDWIN
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 01/21/1972
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Date:

5/4/2015

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10212-10260

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER:

100-339235-390

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

YEE, EDWIN

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE:

DATE: 01/21/1972

PAGES:

17

SUBJECTS :

SHF, RCF, RES, EMP, TRA, ASSOC, CP ACT, TESUR

DOCUMENT TYPE :

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION:

Secret

RESTRICTIONS:

1B; 1C; 4

CURRENT STATUS :

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 09/21/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

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FEDERA-BUREAU OF INTO

TIGATION

REPORTING OFFICE

NEW YORK

OFFICE OF ORIGIN

NEW YORK

TITLE OF CASE

SUSAN HEILICMAN FRANK, aka

REFERENCE:

DATE

JAN 2 1 1972

REPORT MADE BY

EDWIN YEE

CHARACTER OF CASE

IS - CH

INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD

10/30/70 - 12/23/71

CIA HAS NO OBJECTION YUED BY:

DECLASSIFICATION AND/EOS

AS INFORMATION

IN TENS COCONENT

Im 10-6-97

SLD/KSR

11-1-97

roger

(JF

Glass

ORVINOO

NY report of SA EDWIN YEE, 11/17/70.

P

ADMINISTRATIVE:

Two copies of FD-376 are attached.

Subject and husband's account at the Chemical Bank,

NY, NY, have been reviewed on a periodic basis; however, they

have not reflected any pertinent information re subject.

Information concerning toll calls charged to tele-

phone number CH 2-0021, 110 Christopher Street, NYC, were

CONVIC.

AUTO

FUG.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS CLAIMED

FINES

SAVINGS

C NONE

RECOVERIES

ACQUIT-

TALS

CASE HAS BEEN:

PENDING OVER ONE YEAR EYES ONO

PENDING PROSECUTION

OVER SIX MONTHS

HYES LINO

APPROVED

COPIES MADE

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SPECIAL AGENT

IN CHARGE

DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW

100-339235-39 CEyBc23

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2

Bureau

(100-339235) (RM)

Secret

Chicago (100-41353 (ALCHEMY)( INFO) (RM)

New York (100-42479

(1 - 100-107383) (RICHARD C. FRANK)

2 JAN 25 1972

SECO

Agency

Request Recd

Date Fwd.

Dissemination Record of Attached Report ‹14

STATE-C/A-Mon - secReT

Notations

service (70-376

off

3).

NAT.:

How Fwd.

By

2/2/02

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60928 16 1972

CLASSITTED BY 5668 SUO/GC

UECLASSTPY ON: 25XL

SECRE

5FKJ 7/3/98

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* GPO: 1968 0 - 299-885

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previously set forth in

tioned,

"RICHARD CYRILYFRANK; IS - CH,

nY report dated 12/22/71 and cap-

as it is not known

whether the calls were made by subject or her husband.

The following information classified "SECRET"

and not to be disseminated without the approval of ReM

as furnished on the dates indicated:S,

On 10/30/70, RCMP advised PU Chao-min, New China

a Canada

NEws Agency (NONA) representative, on 9/2/70 Mas ContaCted

by a Mr. LIE (ph) who advised he knew SUSAN WARREN (ph) of

New York LIE further advised he (date not specified) and

STERLING NEWBERRY and his wife had

contacted WARREN to talk

about the political situation in the us:

NEWBERRY waS

described as a political activist in the US. The NEWBERRYs,

about four years ago, had lost their teaching positions be-

cause oi their political activities;

allegedly, they now

believe in MAO Tse-tung thought.

LiE then presented PU with

WARREN's telephone number, which is that listed to subject

and her husband, and described her as being an ardent

MAOist. (5)

Information dated 5/20/71 'indicated subject, as

SUSAN WARREN

arrived in Ottawa from New. York via Eastern

Airlines on 4/17/71, and met with PU

Subject mentioned she was

1 China in 1961, and

had visited for a year and a half.

The trip was made possible

through TANG Ming-chao.

In reply to PU's query, subject

stated she had met ANNA LOUISE STRONG, with whom she wa:

previously acquainted, while in caina,.

Arrangements were

made by PU for subject to meet with representatives

People's Republic of China (PRC) Mission in Ottawa

RCMP, on 7/20/71, furnished information indicating

PU on 6/17/71 had been contacted by subject, who informed

him she would travel to Ottawa 6/19/71,

interesting things" to talk over with him (5)

as she had "some

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ADMINISTRATIVE (Continued)

Subject was met at the airport by PU on 6/19/71,

na upon conclusion or the meeting, he drove her to th

Information from RCMP on 9/9/71 disclosed a source

was advised by MA Kue-hsin, wife of lo yi-ching, NeNA, that

on 8/12/71, subject arrived in Ottawa and went directly to

che PRC Embassy, where she met YAO Jen-liu. PU was also at

the Embassy to meet subject.

The agents who observed subject and her husband

at the "China Daily News" on 7/11/71 were MICHAEL E. DENNEHY

and EDWIN YEE.

Subject had been included in Priority I of the

former SI.

Review of her file does not reflect any change

in her status is warranted and she will continue in Category I

of the ADEX.

Investigative period of report overlaps that of the

prior report aã information from Malias not received in time

for inclusion in prior report.

INFORMANTS:

Identity of Source

NY T-1

A knowledgeable source

in a position to have

information of this

type

NY T-2

NY 694-5

File Where Located

Instant file

Characterization of

RICHARD C. FRANK

100-107383

NY 1-3

MI-5, Hong Kong (s)

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INFORMANTS (Continued)

Identity of Source

NY

T- 4 (5)

CG

6547-574617

NY T-5

SF 3169-S

581-5746,

NY 1

DST, France IS

1=1

C7 5444-3706

I-1.

C 10307034

File Where Located

Instant file

Characterization of LEIBEL

BERGMAN

Characterization of LEIBEL

BERGMAN and VICTORIA GARVIN

Characterization of VICTORIA

GARVIN

134108728)

Instant file

$134-1004 5)

(005-115840 65)

LEADS:

interest in subject in connection with this matter.

NEW YORK

Will continue to monitor sub-

activities through established sources, and will remain alert

for anyone who could be developed as a

source against subject.

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D-305. (Rev. 7926-71)

SECRE

NY 100-42479

1. X Subject's name is included in the

_X-SeattEndex CJ Reserve Index.

2.

The data appearing on the Sec®-de-Gard are current.

3.

= The data appearing on the Reserve Index Card CJ A CJ B C7 are current [7 have

been changed.

4. [J Changes on the Security Index Card are necessary and Form FD-122 submitted

to the Bureau.

5. X A suitable photograph

Xy is

is not available.

Date photograph was taken

6. [ Subject is employed in a key facility and

1S

charged with security responsibility. Interested agencies are -

7. X This report is classified -

(state reason) It contains information fromkiy 10392-svIt

"SECRET-NO FOREIGN DISSEMINATION"hecause 15]

would otherwise be classified

"CONFIDENTIAL" aS It

con-

tains information from other sources of continuing value,

supra, the unauthorized disclosure of which would be pre-

judicial to the national defense interests.

8. X Subject previously interviewed (dates) 4/5/59, 2/13/62, 3/28/62, 6/28/62

X Subject was not reinterviewed because (state reason)

and 12/12/62.

She has been uncooperative on several occasions and there

is no reason to believe she would be cooperative at this

time.

9. E This case no longer meets the Security Index criteria and a

letter has been directed to the Bureau recommending cancellation.

10. [X This case has been reevaluated in the light of the Secarity Index ADEX

criteria and it continues to fall within such criteria because (state reason) former

members of the PLP have identified subject as being closely

Subject travelled to China in August 1971 and is

known to TANG Ming-chao, a

member of the PROMUN

Chicom agent,

and has been in contact with him since his

arrival.

11. [X Subject's 51

card is tabbed X Priority I

= Priority II [ Priority III.

X Subject's activities warrant such tabbing because (state reasons) NY 4112-S advised

on 8/20/63 subject was known to be in contact with TANG:

contact

with him

she ta senice co nose identification Division:

since his arrival in the US

Submitted

Placed

Yes

13.

(date)

Subject is Extremist in Priority 1 of SLand Stop Notice has been placed

with NCIC.

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NY T-2, on August 15, 1966, advised

RICHARD C. FRANK is a staunch pro-

Chinese Communist.

IY I-3, a confidential source abroad,

3QVISed RICHARD C FRANK entered unine

rom Hong Kong on September 29, 1971.S

Employment

Leage that subject, whon she previously aavised was a Iree

lance writer, continues to hold the same occupation ano

apparently writes the articles from her place of residence.

Contacts

LEIBEL BERGMAN

NY T-4, on March 15, 1971, stated BERGMAN had ad-

vised in the recent past he had visited subject at her place

of residence.

During the period January 9, 1971 to April 23, 1971,

telephone number 242-0021, which is listed to subject and

her husband, was called from the residence of BERGMAN.

On July 24, 1968, NY I-5 advised

LEIBEL BERGMAN is one of the co-founders

of the Revolutionary Union.

The Revolutionary Union (RU) was

rounded in early 1960 and is

militant, semi-clandestine

organization.

Its objectives, as

set out in its publication, are

the development of a united front

against imperialism,

the fostering

of revolutionary working-class

unity and leadership in struggle,

and the formation of a communist party

2

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NY T-9, a confidential source abroad, on September

7, 1971 advised subject departed Orly Airport, Paris, France,

on August 16, 1971,

en route to Peking, China. Subject was

described as

being a journalist. (S)

NY T-O advised subject was observed at John F.

Kennedy International Airport, NY, on November 11, 1971

to

welcome the arrival of the delegation of the PROMUN.U) U

Subject advised source she had returned to the

US on November 9, 1971.15*

NY T-6 advised LEIBEL BERGMAN, supra, had stated

subject entered China separately from the Revolutionary

Union and her husband and departed in the same manner..

The November 4-10, 1971 edition of the Chinese

Communist English language publication,

"Ta Kung Pao,

published in Hong Kong, contained an article about subject's

trip to China. A copy of the article is included in the

Appendix®

Activities

mental meet in cane Us we nate the heta

was held at the headquarters

1971.1

of the Among those present were subject,

And the presentest sere AM on July 1o,

employee of the CDN, and CHAN Yu-man,

CHARLIE LEE, ROBERT

LEE. LORRAINE LEONG A

JEANYONEMURA and/YANG Shao-chien, all

members of the IWK.

The IWK was founded in 1969 by ethnic

Chinese youth.

It has its headquarters

It distribut see let literature.

The I Wor

"Getting

People's Republic of China as well

as for revolutionary armed war.

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Ming-chao, supra, on several occasions.

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