RE: JOHN PITTMAN AND MARGARETE ADLER PITTMAN.
Agency: CIA
Originator: FBI
Document date: 10/5/59
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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FROM

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TITLE

: RE: JOHN PITTMAN AND MARGARETE ADLER

• PITTMAN.

DATE

:10/05/59

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SUBJECTS :

PITTMAN, JOHN

PITTMAN, MARGAR

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Date:

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From:

Subject:

October 1, 1959

JOHN PITTMAN;

MARGARETE ADLER PITTMAN

Reference i's made to letter from our headquarters

dated September 17, 1959, to the Office of Security, Department

of state, a copy of which was designated for your headquarters.

PITIMAN, a male Negro, born September 17, 1906, at

Atlanta, Georgia,

an old-time Communist Party official,

his wife, MARGARETE ADLER PITTMAN, white, born October 7, 1919,

at Frankfurt-on-Main, Germany, a naturalized citizen, are

travelling with their two children and appear to be en route

to Moscow, where it is believed he intends to serve as corres-

pondent for the "Worker", East Coast Coumunist publication,

She, Ilkewise, has been an active Communist.

Information has been obtained from rellable sources

In Paris that the subjocts arrived in Paris on September 23,

1959, and are presently staying at the Hotel Gallie.

They

departed Paris on the evening of September 30, 1959, for London

and intend to return to Paris on October 4.

Information has

been received that they intend to depart for Moscow on an

unspecified date shortly after their return to Paris. You

will be furnished any additional Information received regarding

their plans to travel to Moscow.:

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DISPATCH

TO

INFO

Chief, WE

Chief,

SR

Chief, of Station, London

FROM

Chie»

lee station, Paris Zily

SUBJECT

Jon EThN D

largarete adzum

ITEMAN

FACTION REQUIRED

REFERENCE(S)

47883

CLASSIFICATION

DISPATCH SYMBOL AND NO.

C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L

DOCUMENT MORORILAL SERVICE

OFPA-

41543

HEADQUARTERS FILE NO.

MICROFILMED:

12195.

-29-2-4

DATE

RE: "'43-3"' - (CHECK "X"' ONE)

MARKED FOR INDEXING

NO INDEXING REQUIRED

INDEXING CAN BE JUDGED

BY QUALIFIED HQ. DESK ONLY

chort 7

Petition a licingarite calle

We have no further

information on Sübjects.

a memorandum received 1 October from ODENVY, Parts. (ZUl 10522)

Chief, ODENVY, Paris informed the undersigned that he had notified

his counterpart in London and that no action was required from KUBARK.

3.

Incidentally, Chief, ODENVY, Paris, commented on the guod quality

of support he had received from UNBOUND on this case.

Enclosure:

Memo, h/w

1 October 1959

Distribution:

(w/encl - 1 copy)

2 - SR (w/encl - 1 copy)

1. - London (w/encl - 1 copy)

DOX

DUDLEY P. JENIONS

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