Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: BRANIGAN, W. A.
To: SULLIVAN, W. C.
Document date: 2/1/64
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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

DATE: 11-14-2017

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10157-10026

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 105-82555-1703, 1704

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: BRANIGAN, W. A.

TO:

SULLIVAN, W. C.

TITLE :

DATE:

02/01/1964

PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

LHO, POST-RP, POLIT AND SUBV ACT, CP

DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Confidential

RESTRICTIONS:

4

CURRENT STATUS :

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW:

02/06/1994

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS: INC FBI CABLEGRAM

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"Released under the John'T. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote).

DATE: 11-14-2017

OPTIONAL FORM NO: 10

MAY 1962 EDITION

5010-106

GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

TO

W. C. SullivanWCh

1 - Belmont

1 • Sullivan

1 - Malley

DATE: February 1, 1964

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SUBJECT LEE HARVEY OSWALD

INTERNAL SECURITY - RUSSIA

CONFIDENTIAL'

Declassif on: ORBR

At 6:55 a.m. 2/1/64 Assistant Legat Attache Pete Winter Paria

called E. T. Turner,

the Agent on duty in Domestic Intelligence

Division, and referred to Bureau cable 1/31/04 requesting that General

Connis on than poetugal be Attornd and intervie oh. President's

amadoran

Winter advised that contact was made with Agostinho Barbieri,

a ranking official of the Portuguese International and State Security

Police who has been very cooperative with the Bureau.: Barbieri advised

that "General Protero"

is well known as a senile and partially demented

former communist who is now in his seventies and spends his time being

"anticommunist.

He is not a general, has never been connected with

the military and "Protero" is an assumed

name.

Barbieri said he is a

harmless fool and

should be ignored. Barbieri will try to suppress

further communicationsc

In view of this information, Winter advised that "prote

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will not be interviewed.

Barbieri Will furnish additional information

on him 'which will be forwarded to the Bureau when received

Winter will confirm this call by cable, Monday 2/3/6

ACTION:&

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DATE: 11-14-2017

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LEE HARVEY OSWALD, IS-R-C.

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AGOSTINHO BARBIERI, PORTUGUESE POLICE OFFICIAL, ADVISED ON

FEBRUARY 1 LAST THAT "GENERALAPROTERO" OF AMADORA, PORTUGAL IS

WELL KNOWN TO PORTUGUESE AUTHORITIES AS A SENILE AND PARTIALLY

DEMENTED INDIVIDUAL NOW IN HIS SEVENTIES WHO, IN HIS YOUTH,

NAS A COMMUNIST, AND WHO NOW SPENDS HIS TIME PRODUCING ANTI-

COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA OF NO SIGNIFICANCE. BARBIERI SAID THAT

"GENERAL PROTERO" IS AN ASSUMED NAME AND THAT THIS PERSON HAS

NEVER BEEN IN THE MILITARY C

BARBIERIFFURTHER CHARACTERIZED PROTERO AS A HARMLESS FOOL

WHOSE STATEMENTS ON ANY SUBJECT SHOULD BE IGNORED. BARBIER I

COULD NOT IMMEDIATELY RECALL THE CORRECT NAME OF "GENERAL

PROTERO" BUT AGREED TO FORWARD TO PARIS OFFICE AN OFFICIAL

NOTE CONTAINING PERTINENT DETAILS OF THIS INDIVIDUAL'S BACK-

GROUND. BARBIERI SAID THAT HE WOULD: ARRANGE TO SUPPRESS

FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS FROM PROTERO ON INSTANT SUBJECT. BURÉAU

WILL BE FURNISHED THE DETAILS WHICH BARBIERI SUPPLIES IN THIS

MATTER (C

US EMBASSY, LISBON TODAY CONFIRMED BARBIERI'S ESTIMATE OF

PROTERO BUT

SAID AE NEVER WAS A .COMMUNISTIC

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CONFIDENTIAL

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RECEIVED:

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If the intelligence contained lin the above message is to be disseminated outside Che Buter

paraphrased in order-to protect the Burequiptographic systems.

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