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Document date: 08/20/1959
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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

4/15/201

AGENCY :

FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

RECORD SERIES :

124-10328-10030

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER:

CR SEE TITLE

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FROM:

FBI

WMFO

TO :

HQ

TITLE:

[Restricted]

DATE: 08/20/1959

PAGES:

25

SUBJECTS:

JOSEPH SHIMON

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Secret

RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 1C; Not Assassination Related

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 08/04/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

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EPORTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON FIELD

TITLE OF CASE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

REVERSE

CLAr

TRICATION

OFFICE OF ORIGIN

DATE

WASHINGTON FIELD

AUG 2 0 1339

INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD S

REPORT MADE BY

6/10-8/1/59 SECRET BY

CHANGED

OWAR

FAROUK

DAJANY,

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MALCOLM P. CARR

AJC

CHARACTER OF CASE

Omar Hassen

Sidgi Dajany

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Su A141

Class

806 1910 %

INTERNAL SECURITY - ISRAEL

Dostas

12451118

(ACCOUNTING INVESTIGATION)

"130/58

The title of this investigation is being changed to

Include the additional name of (QUAR HASSIN SIDGILDAJANY as setS 4

out In State Department communication dated 2-18-59%2

REFERENCE

Report of SA MALCOLM P. CARR, dated 6-19-59.

BAlet, dated 7-2-59.

NYlet, dated 7-22-59.

wroairtels, dated 7-24-59, 7-29-59, and

8-1-59.

Bualrtel, dated 7-31-59.

COPTS MADD

ALL INFCRALION CONTAINED

EXCEPT WHERE UNDEA

OTHERWISE

ADMINISTRATIVE DATARGE

HSCA RE Y 28:29 REQUEST,

(SEE BUTILE

02-117290);

regard to the bank accounts of subject and

Mrs. DAJANY

following information is set out: s

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Declassify on: CADR 5/3/9/

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(105-4083)

Mr. THADDEUS C. COX, Vice President, Union

SECRETION

Company, Washington, D. C., (name to be concealed 1f

information disseminated)

made avallable to SA ROBERT E.

TORRENCE, on 7-3-59, the following information from the

account of Mrs. DAJANY at the Unlon Trust Company: ON(S)

Balance as of 6-26-59

$454.31

Deposits

34.64

Total

3488•95

0\4061

Withdrawals

$488.95

Balance as of 7-3-59

...

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Mr. COX Is the proper person to whom a subpoena

should be directed in the event these records are to be

subprenaed. There were no checks of interest in the above

account and since data above does not materially add to the

Investigation it is not Included in the body of the report. (uKS)

On 6-26-59, Mx. JOHN C. MCCORMACK (name to be

concealed 1f utilized) Vice President, Riggs National.

Bank, made available to sA TORRENCE the following information

from Riggs National Bank concerning

account of subject:S

Balance as of 5-20-59

$ 144.89

Deposits

2112.08

Total

$2256.97

Withdrawals

2205. 55

Balance as of 6-26-59

51.47

Mr. MCCORMACK is the proper perso.: to whom to issue

a subpoena.

The account failed to reveal any checks o1

Interest, the pattern being numerous checks being cashed

On 7-20-59, Mr. McCORMACK made available to

SA TORRENCE the 20110wing frou fubject's account: (le)

Balance as of 6-26-59

$

51.42

Deposits

1267 • 95

Total

$1319.37

Withdrawals

1145.33

Balance as of 7-20-59

$

204.07

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SO 105-40837 40443

Again the pattern was the numerous checks being

* LOVES

(4)

cashed at the

It is to be noted that these records reflected a

check dated 7-14-59, was made payable to the St. Moritz

Hotel of New York City In the amount of $29.28. It should

be noted too, that in records of the subject's new account

at the Union Trust Company there is a check dated 7-13-59,

made payable

dollars. CAM)

In regard to the serial numbers of currency

being deposited by the subject at Riggs National Bank,

a number of serial numbers of subject's deposits have

obtained and have been made a part of the instant file.

(As of 6-30-59, however, this practice has been discontinued

Inasnuch as New York has disclosed that payments to DAdAl

were being made by bank money orders and In some cases from

the Israell United Nations accounty In the event a comparison

o1 currency is desired in the future, this procedure can be

accomplished from the information already in the file. (lo(5)

Bureau attention 1s directed to letter from

Office of Security, Department of State, dated 6-25-59,

attaching the report of Agent E. H. WIDDIFIELD of the

State Department, dated 6-13-59.

It was indicated that a

photograph of DAJANY had been exhibited to DONALD I. SNOOK

of Tripoli (no date). SNOOK was said to positively have

identified the subject as being the person he had furnished

In this regard, Office of

security reports of lIDDIfIELD, dated 29-59, and 4-10-59g

set out information concerning OMAR AHMED DAJANY and UMAR

FAROUK DAJANI which were obviously not identical with the

subject of instant case.

DAJANY has been continuously

residing in the U. S. since 1951-

Although SNOOK identified

a photograph of subject, he did not specifically indicate

with whom subject was identical. It appears that he does

not apot the emblect and the intormation turalher o

1s not being

included in the body of the report.

and

Spot fisurs conducted by SA CARR on 7/15, 29g

30, 1959, in the vicinity of the International Bank

and the Roger Smith Hotel failed to disclose whereabouts

of subject.

On each instancesubject's car was parked in

the lot normally

used by hin, however the subject was not

observed. (

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ENTO 105-10837 4146(5)

who have not been interviewed to date, it is now feLt

Regarding the women contacted by the subject of lars

since the interview with the subject,

an interview with

INGRID RICHTER and ANNA WALDRON IS no longer necessary.

The purpose of these contacts

is obvious since the

Interview of subject. (eXN(5)

For information of the Bureau, on 8-1-59, subject,

without prior contact by FO, was approached at his apartment

where he was requested to come to WrO for the purposes of

interview and gaining his assistance.

subject, who was

his pajamas, felt the interview could be done at the

apartment, however since Mrs./DAJANY was in the bedroon,

located just off the living room, subject was advised

that an interview did not appear to be possible under

such circumstances. Subject was reluctant to come to the

office because of numerous things he had to do preparing

for his trip on 8-5-59. He suggested a booth in the

Washington Circle Drug

Store with which he was familiar

D

and arrangements were made for him to meet Agents there

in ten minutes.

A portion of the interview was conducted

in complete privacy at the drugstore for approximately

thirty-five minutes and at which point it was made

obvious to the subject that he must look at photographs

of

perso v

he called, NOURAD, (ph) and person believed to

4.

be.

DAVID/AURA

Thereafter,

the interview was condusted

at WrO.

ORDAN

Subject indicated that he would keep iis contact

with interviewing Agents in complete confidence and would

report promptly any further contacts made to him by persons

he believed to be intelligence operators.

DAJANY's accounts

of his contacts ith other than known Israeli Intelligencel

operators were obviously true however his account of

contacts with MOURAD (NEDAN)

and ZUTA were just as false

and fabricated.

Repeated emphasis on the obvious untruths

on his part merely brought more

denials

It appears

subject is a pathological liar.

(5)

For the above reasons,

WFO does not recommend

further contact with the subject for the purpose of

developing him as a double agent

or a source of information.

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≤ 8O 205-4083] 1945)

INFORMANTS

Identity of Source

Location of Original Information

VIF 1046-5*J(5)

WE T-2 16

THADDEUS C. COX,

Vice President,

Union Trust Company,

Washington, D. C.

NY T-1 is

Mrs. GLADYS RAYMOND,

Records Unit,

Chemical Corn Exchange

Bank, Two Broadway,

New York City

WF T3

is

(6)

CSWE

855-S

Instant report, Page 7

105-4083, Serial 274, Pages 8 and 15.

134-60 Sub A

Careful consideration has been given to the

sources concealed and I symbols were utilized only in those

instances where the identities of the sources must be

concealed. ()(U)

LEADS

$/14

NEW YORK DIVISION

AT NEW YORK CITY

1.

Will, at the St. Moritz Hotel, determine

1L DAJANY was a guest there on( 7: 13) and

(SJ04-59 1t being noted that two checks were

given

"to that hotel by DAJANY in the amounts (SJ

of $29.28 and $50.00, respectively. ly

2.

If subject was

a guest there, will determine

any telephone contacts

made fron subject's

room during visitain an eftort to ascertain

11 he was in contact

intelligence agents

with Genown Israell

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SECRET 0814

WASHINGTON FIELD OFFICE

AT WASHINGTON, D. C.

Will continue to monitor bank accounts o

subject at Riggs and Union Trust Company

Will place stop notice with INS to be

agvised

of subject's return to the U. s. fly

3.

Will consider an interview with Capt.

SHIMON, MPD, to ascertain circumstances of

his association with the subject.®

if subject has requested SHIMON to.

check

"tap" on subject's telephone.

e

Sd.138

2041[s]

circumstances

5

At the rat do teet copt to (53

Drain more Intormation concerning account

I the Custodian of Enemy Property in CS_

Israelto determine in fact if subject and

his fanily are receiving money from

Tental

of property owned by subject.

The report is being classified "Secret" in view

of the information concerning the funds of the account of the

Israeli delegation to the United Nations, Account One, known C3

to be used for (intelligence payments) In event of down CS

grading, report

and evaluation memo

should be classified

'Confidential" since it reveals FB. InvestigatIon of ar

employee of an international organization Report is CS_

additionally classified "Confidential" since it tends to

reveal FBI investigation of foreign diplomatic officials CS

and since data reported by IF T-1, WF T-2, and WF T-3,

could reasonably result in identification of informants

of continuing value and compromise luture effectiveness

thereof.

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D-20% (Ber, 9-22-88)

SECRET

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

CLASSIFIED BY 5668 510/GC

Copy to:

DECLASSIFY ON: 26X_

(.)lb)

(554)9123197

Report of:

Dates

MALCOLM P. CARR

Offices

1-17-9.

assment

Destassily on: OADit

Washington, D. C.

• AUG 2 0 1509

File Number:

Washington Field 105-4083

Bureau (105-208142(5)

THA LE INFORNATION CONTAINED

DERRIX IS UNCLASSIP

OMAR

FAROUK DAJANY S

ASCEST WHERE SHOHN

OTHERWISE

Declassy

4243,959

Chassifield py Sala

Declassif

OADR

Characters

INTERNAL SECURITY - ISRAEL

(ACCOUNTING INVESTIGATION)

245-11

Synopsis:

Mrs • (KLARA RAFTERY,

unemployed, met subject on one (S)

occasion only

"HEr

name and phone nunber were:

furnished subject by former Egyptian)student, and Su

meetings merely social.

Registrant of Maryland

license plates for Jaguar and Plymouth Station

wagon obtained. Information furnished by ISA CSJ

SABBAGH,

USIA employee, in February, 1959,

CLASSIRED

DEGLASSIFY

revealed he was social

Information received subject to depart 8-5-59 for LS

Ta-Lenroute to Jerusalem, Jordan via Ship on CS~

Subject, interviewed8-1y59, stated contacts withs

WASHINGTON, DA DATa ShA CARE

personal friend whom he consulted on a number of

: He told SHIMON he

State

of opinion that a "tap" may have been found

245.118

FOI/PA #

subject shown photographsl

of WEDAN and ZUTA which he identified as BENNY ) C5

MOURAD Or MURAD Tph) and person introduced to subjects.

DY HOURAD respectively He met MOURAD in Jerusalem

CIVIL ACR

**:

7. 0.

DATE

contacts with

Goverment but thought him to be a student at a

university in New York City.

Contacts with (MOURAD)S]

gore for the purpose of assisting latter with a

thesis by MOURAD on economics.

Wan introduced

This document contains nether recommendations nor conclusions of any kind. If is the propert di she FBl, and is a loan to your a

It ume or lis contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

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Chim by MOURAD was believed by subject to be a

student and from Baltimore, Maryland, whom he

saw only twice.

Subject never received money

from either individual and never received money

from any Israeli at any time. He never discussed

with them any information which could conceivably

be of intelligence value to Israelis. Subject

stated he could not tell the true story until

after he returned from his trip where he could

get permission of his family in Lebanon. He

said at would

be a story which "will

nake you

laugh. */US (5)

DETAILS:

AX WASHINGTON, D. C. 7 Q(U)

Information was

previously furnished which disclosed

that Mrs.

KLARA RAFTERY, 1219 North Taft Street, Arlington,

Virginia, had been observed in the company of DAdAN on May 24g

1959. The purpose of the contact was unknown. (8/f/

On June 10, 1950, Mrs. KLARA RAFTERY, Apartment Two,

1219 North Taft Street, Arlington, Virginia, was interviewed

by SAs MALCOLM P. CARR

and DONALD HOETING.

She advised she

did not know an OMAR DAJANY, however, when she had an opportunity

to see a photograph of subject she

recalled that she had seen

DAJANY on one occasion only.

Mrs. RAFTERY advised that

approximately three, weeks ago she receivedys telephone call (Y4

rom an individual who said that one ADEl. Whom she understoo

was an Egyptian student, had furnished to the caller RAFTERY's

name and phone number.

with her.

• покола do 2or

The caller desired to see and talke

A meeting was agreeable with Mrs. RAFTERY and

arrangements were made for the caller to pick her up at 2:0pe/kdi

A short while after she received another call from thi

same individual who reported that he had an appointment and

would be a bit late.

man, whom she knows now as daJAN?

after seeing a photograph, picked her up in his personally

EGYPT

owned car from which point they went to the hot shoppe at

Roslyn, Virginia,

on finding it closed crossed the street

to a drugstore.

She advised that they were together approximately

thirty minutes during which time they spoke about current

events and the fact that she had no girl friends.

DAJANY

told her he had lots of girls to whom

he would like to

introduce RAFTERY.

She stated

was

a very pleasant meeting

with DAJANY but purely social.f

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DATANY

she has not seen him since that time

nOr

has he called

her. RAFTERY felt that she must not have impressed DAJANY

because of his failure to contact her again.

CTR(5)

In connection with ADEL, RAFTERY referred to an

address book and stated the name was spelled ABDEL I. GARHI,

whom she understood was an Egyptian student of economics in

some school in the Washington, D. C. area.

She had met

GARHI at the Omar Khayyam Restaurant, however she has not

seen this individual for a couple of years.

RAFTERY recalled

that DAJANY told her that ADEL had returned to Egypt but

did not advise her at what time he had left the country.

814(5)

ADEL GARHI was known to Colonel AHMED KAMAL, Military Attache

at the Embassy of the United Arab Republic (UAR) •

informant said that Colonel KAMAL had requested Doctor

HUSSEIN SELIM the Minister it the UAR, provide a Job for

GARH! who was

an Egyptian student studying in Washington

and whose financial condition was quite bad. It appeared

that the Egyptian Government had ceased payments for

GARHI's scholarship.

Doctor SELIM was to make an attempt

to assist GARHI. (5)

Previous investigation in this matter has

revealed that on May 19, 1959, DAJANY met an unidentified

girl at 25th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.. The

girl was tanding

• beside a

gray Jaguar

automobile bearing

Marylane license plates KD90-22.

It is also to be noted that on May- 3, 1959,

investigation disclosed subject met an unidentified gir

at the Hot Shoppe, lst and Washington Streets, Alexandria,

Virginia. This girl was observed to drive a cream colored

BORN 6-91-23

June 29, 1959,

SULLIVAN

Baltimore,

Maryland,

was advised by Miss BERNICE WOODS,

Clerk,

Department of Motor Vehicles,

that Maryland

license JJ13-56

TAlkS was registered to MARK EUGENS WALDRON and his wife, ANNA

BORDI

Prince Georges County Washington. D

This Ilcense

Was 8487.25

Jested to a 1959 Plymouth Suburban Station wigan, All

F-3-7(8"

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PRESIDENT AND PART

GERETIN

Miss WOODS also reported that Maryland License

KD90-22 was issued to JUSTLy FUNKHOUSER, YO. POl< Avegue

Maryland, for a 1959 Jaguar roadster. S(%y5)

No operators license could be located for

FUNKHOUSER, however ANNA CHASZER was issued operators

license A680994, in which she is described as white,

female, five feet seven inches, one hundred and forty

pounds, born August 27, 1925.

Her husband, MARK EUGENE

WALDRON, issued operators license A553683, was described

a here to pointy bo, a 2192 CHe spared and

In connection with JUSTI

FUNKHOUSER, on July 15,

1959, IC ARTHUR EDWARD WARNER caused a search to be made of

the records of the Credit Bureau, Incorporated, Washington,

D. C.

These records contain a credit report dated February 13,

1959, at Hagerstown, Maryland.

His address was listed as

Longmeadow, Apartment 7C, Hagerstown, Maryland. His

employment was listed as

president and part owner of the

Victor Products Company, Hagerstown, Maryland. It was

indicated that he was separated from his wife, RUTH C.

TUNKHOUSER•

pertinent to thise restle ton. additional Intormation

On July 15, 1959, IC WARNER was made available

a credit report dated November 13, 1956, concerning

MARK WALDRON, whose wife was listed as ANNA WALDRON,

6910 Brinkley Road, S. E.

His employment was listed

with the Mount Vernon

Publishing Company, where he had

been employed as a printer for fourteen years.

His wife's

employment was listed as secretary at Riggs National Bank

15th and Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W., as a secretary for the

past thirteen years. These records contained no additional

pertinent information concerning ANNA Or MARK WALDRON.(SK

On July 16, 1959, SE JOSEPH C. CREEDEN CauSed a

check to be made of the records of the Metropolitan Police

Department (MPD) • These records contained no records of

JUSTIN FUNKHOUSER OF MARK OF ANNA WALDRON; at all times

an indefinite number of unidentified r

cords are out of

file and not available for review.

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Previous investigation in this matter has revealed

that in June,

1958, Information was furnishec

indicating that the subject was acquainted with ISA SABBAGE

an employee

abroad.

LUs the valted staten Information Aranci

(USIA)

LEBANON

ARABTA

On February

27, 1959, the Office of Security,

Department of State, made available a report dated

February 18, 1959, which disclosed that ISA SABBAGH was

intervieved'at ridda, saudi arabia, concerning DareNt, ple)

SABBAGH stated he is not acquainted with

OMAR FAROUK DAJANY bat is acquainted with OMAR HASSEN

SIDGI DAJANY, approximately thirty-four years of age,

who is employed by the World Bank, Washington, D. C.

SABBAGH Stated DAJANY Is married to an American girl

named BETTY who is employed by the United States Government

SABBAGH stated that DAJANY is fair

in Washlugton, light brown eyes, brown hair, and 1a

complexioned,

Jordaniàn.

He attended American University In Beirut,

Lebanon, and has a Ph.D from a Washington, D. C. university

in 1957. SABBAGH stated he has been well acquainted with

DAJANY since 1954•

SABBAGH said DAJANY 1s socially charming,

has a ready wit, and fancies himself as a social butterfly.

In 1957, DAJANY's wife asked for a divorce, but this did not

matetialize The two, according to SABBAGH, have been reconciled.

SABBAGH stated that DAJANY would often gloat about

his friendship with the late King ABDULLAH of Jordan and the

present King, HUSSEIN. He said DAJANY had been second in

command at the Jordanian Embassy in Washington, D. C. up to

1953, when he resigned to join the World Bank.

At the time

Of DAJANY's resignation, there was cause for some gossip with

some saying he was discharged but DAJANY deniod this saying

that it was proposed to recall him to Jordan.

SABBAGH said

that DAJANY reported that he refused because he was planning

on furthering his education in Washington and therefore resigned.

SABBAGH said that DAJANY expresses fondness for the United

States because of DAJANY's social acceptability, his American

friends, and comforts of the United States.

SABBAGH said

DAJANY had been critical of policies of the United States

in the Near last, especially in connection with the

Palestine question, but e was no less critical of the Arab

policies at the time of the Palestine issue.

SABBAGH

considered DAJANY the reserve Arab nationalist whose American

training appeared to make him less vitriolic than many of

his nation.

He is reported to admire NASSER (President of

the VAR) l

(c)

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105-4083

SABBAGH stated that DAJANY has not a few "Jewish"

friends in the United States and is not "anti-Jewish" as such.

DAJANY's father, HASSAN SIDGI DAJANY, was a prominent

Palestinian who was assassinated shortly after the war, accused

of being a British "stooge".

DAJANY, according to SABBAGH,

told him that the American Department of State at the time

suspected him of pro-Soviet leanings and that DAJANY denied

the charge that he had been observed at some date visiting

the Soviet Legation in Beirut. DAJANY is also conscious of

having been seen with his wife attending social functions

at the Soviet Embassy, however, DAJANY claims his name would

still be on the register of the Soviet Embassy from the days

when he was an officer of the Jordanian Embassy.

SABBAGH said

that

although he could not say that DAJANY was actually loyal

to the United States "from a legalistic view point, (indeed his

not being a citizen of the United States saved him from such

expected loyalty) he would say that he would not harm the

United States' interests for the sake of the Soviets.

Insofar

as he is a staunch Arab first, he might harm the United States:

interests in a negative way, that is, by not leaning over

backwards to advance such interests if he thought they conflicted

with the Arab interests."

(SAT) €)

DAJANY was said to be "well connected" in Washington

and New dork, with one of his friends of long standing, Doctor

RALPH BUNCHE

: of the United Nations.

(SH) ()

On June 25, 1959, the Office of Security, Department

of state, reported that SABBAGH had been shown a photograph

of the subject of this investigation and that SABBAGH identified

OMAR HASSEN SIDGI DAJANY as being identical with the subject of

this investigation.

SA)E)

On May 20, 1959, NY T-1 made available a personal

money order issued by the branch of the Chemical Corn

Exchange Bank at which an account entitled "Delegation of

Israel to the United States, Account Number One" is maintained.

One money order was as follows:

5)

6 CROR

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105-4083

Issue Date

Payee

Money Order No.

Amount

Maker

Address

Endorsement

5-6-59

International Bank for

* SECRET

Reconstruction

and Development.

A139298

$200.00

OMAR DAJANY

2514 K St., N. W.,

Washington, D. C.

OMAR DATANY, stamped for deposit

to the credit of the International

Bank for Reconstruction and Development!

Account B.

American Security and Trust Company,

Washington, D. C., 5-11-59.

On June 15, 1959, NY T-I made available the following

money order:

Bank cleared or

deposited

Issue Date

Payee

5 - 20-59

International Bank for Reconstruction

and Development.

Money Order No.

Amount

Maker

Address

A139500

$200.00

OMAR DATANY

2514 K St., N. W.,

Washington, D. C.

Endorsement

OMAR DAJANY, stamped for deposit

to the credit of the International

Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Account B.

Bank cleared or

American Security and Trust Company,

deposited

Washington, D. C., 5-28-59.

On July 17, 1959, WT T-2 made available information

from a local Washington, D. C. bank disclosing that Mrs. DAJANY

had closed her account at the bank and that a new account in the

name of OMAR DAJANY, 2514 K Street, had been opened on June 30,

1959, In the amount of $805.50.

During the period of June 30,

to July 17, 1959, DAJANY made withdrawals of $793.38,

Che total

as of July 17, 1959, being $12.12.. It is to be noted from this

above account

that on July 13, 1959, DAJANY made a check payable

to the St. Moritz Hotel, New York City, in the amount of $50.00.

It is also to be noted that the new account was started

with a

deposit made from the "proceedings

a loan", the details of

which have not been determined

These above records cannot be made public without the

issuance of a subpoena duces

connection with data

reported by NY I-1 and WF T-2g

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1959, MrS. KAY WHALeN, TOrmerLy the manager

of the apartment dwelling in which the subject presently resides,

advised that Mrs. DAJANY had reported to her on that date that

hey were departing the United states for daris, trance, ol

August 5, 1959, via the "SS Liberte" for three months' leave.

On July 29, 1959, WF T-3 advised that DAJANY will depart

from the United States at New York City on the "SS Liberte" on

August 5, 1959, for Italy enroute to Jerusalem (Jordan) on a

trip, which will be in connection with "home leave" granted by

the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Cherbourg,

Further information concerning the itinerary of the

subject is not known to WE I-3, (S)

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Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

TO

SAC, WEO (105-1083) 51

DATE: 8-10-59

FROM :

SA MALCOLM P. CARR

sUEJaCT:

OMAR FAROUK DAJANY, aka

Omar

Hassen Sidgi Dajany

INTANAL ABCURITY - ISRARL

S)

SAS MALCOLM 1

on (August 1, 1959, DAJANT was interviewed by (5

CARR and HAROLD RUBENSTEIN prior to which DAJANY <SJ

was advised that statements made by him were voluntary on his

part and that he was not being compelled to make any statements.

He was advised that he had the right of counsel and that any mor

statements made by him could be used against him in court.

(3)

In regard to his contacts with United States Goyer mout

employees, DAJANY furnished the following information:

ROSLYN RA SALUST (S

C,

EMPLOYED BI THE GENERAL

ER CESAD IN STRATION, (GSA)

DAJANY said he has known ROSLYN SALUS for two or threeC

years, seeing her first at McReynolds, 18th and G/Streets, N. WE

like to know her better.

de stated he is socially acqualntod only with ira. CALaty bat wonta 5)

He said he has found her remote and cool

to him and that at no time has he discussed with her her employment.

omployed In the building at 18th and F Streets, N

of Hrs. SALUS has been gained from seeing her at McReynolds

sittingLS

and talking with her over a sandwich and a"coke.

MISS BARBARA BEA ALEXANDER (S)

EMPLOYED BY TES UNITED STATES

DEPARTVENT

first met her _at(2514 KIstreet,

where both resided for a (S)

while. Hd characterizedher as a

"nice kld" and one from whom he

gets great pleasure in being with. He said he sees her for lunch, and

has taken her to the horse races with him inasmuch

his joys and his sorrows. He has never discussed her work with

declass bar work with

her at any time and aside from her

working at the Navy Department,

he has no idea what she does.

VICKIE SIMS (5)

IMPLOYED BY.

HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE

DAJANY has met her on two occasions only and

does not C5]

know where she is

employed.

He said he is not particularly interested

In her as a woman and has never talked to her about her work.

has her phone number.

has not

seen or talked to her for

long

perlod of time.

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ISA SABBAGH,

EMPLOYED BY THE UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY (USIA)

February,

1959, at which time the subject was visiting

In connection

with

trip made on business for the International Bank.

According to DAJANY, SABBAGH told him that he was an Assistant

to the American Ambassador to saudi Arabla, however DAdAl!

questioned the title sincé DAJANY has never heard of such a

position.

He considers SABBAGH and his wife, JOAN, as purely

social acquaintances although at one time in 1954 he teamed

up with SABBAGH in making a broadcast to the Middle East for

the benefit of the International Bank and the Voice of America

(VOA) • DAJANY admires SABBAGH for his knowledge of the Arabic,

language but has found him tiring and uninteresting since

and him thing

SABBAGH is always nagging, is dissatisfied with his promotiors,

and is dissatisfied with the world in general.

He said he doss

not correspond with SABBAGH au

Longer and is

not acquainted

with SABBAGH's assignment. @

DONALD L. SNOOK

EMPLOYED BY USTA ABROAD

DAJANY believes that he has met SNOOK once only.

He said he seems to recall that ISA SABBAGH, on going abroad,

left his car with DAJANY and told DAJANY that in the event

SNOOK asked to use the car the request should be granted.

DAJANY believes that SNOOK had called him and had taken the

car.

He can recall

no further conversation with SNook other

than the above. (fl

(S)

Regarding other persons with whom DAJANY has been

known to be in contact

previoysly, the subject furnished

the following information

NT. GEORGE

BARNES

DAJANY stated that he and BARNES have been close

personal friend.

since

250, having first met him in

Jerusalem, Jordan, were BARNES was associated with the International

Truce Organization.

He said BARNES later went with the

Unitec Nations Security Council and then to the International

Co-operation Administration, and is

now associated with Konmore

Associates, a public relations firm

having offices In Washington

and New York.

DAJANY said that

his

friendship with BARNES

continues on a social basis.

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DAJANY did not know WALDRON by name but recalled

that he had met someone with a station wagon and advised that

this, like alt of his otr

contacts with women, have been for

purely social reasons. (i1V

RUTH C. FUNKHOUSER

Maryland License KD90-22.

DAJANY advised that he did not know RUTH FUNKHOUSER

but is acquainted with INGRID RICHTER who, until recently,

ashanton circle

resided at the Washington Circle Apartments, 2430 Pennsylvania

Avenue, N. W., and who drives a gray Jaguar. He explained

that this automobile was given to RICHTER by JUSTIN FUNKHOUSER

whom he does not know personally.

He advised that Mrs. DAJANY

had met Miss RICHTER and had told her about the possibility of

employment at the Gaslight Club as a waitress. RICHTER took

the job there but gave it up shortly thereafter because she

was not allowed to date patrons of the club. Her employment

is not known at present by DAJANY.

He explained his association

with her is purely social and for

love

of beautiful women. (

CATHERINE WRIGHT,

3516 Clay Place,

N. E.

CLARE HAWKINS,

1700 U Street, N. W.

HELEN SMITH

814 Division Avenue; N. E

DAJANY claimed that he did not know the above girls

by their surname but recalls he knew of some "Negro girls"

with given names as above. gie stated that he met these gi

and others through DIDIER RAGUENET, formerly Third Secretary

at the French Embassy, whom DAJANY

women" P DAJANY said

stated "was fond of Negro

he knew them socially but saw them

infrequently and the purpose being to satisfy his sexual desires.

In regard to girls in general, DAJANY said some of the

girls he meets he knows by their given name or their surname;

on occasions, however, many of them are not known to him at

by name. He summed up his association with

women by saying that

women were his only weakness, that he loved

beautiful women and

abhorred ugly ones. He said he has always

will always do it until the day he dies.

after" women and

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CHARLES M

Loc,

OWNER OF

DAJANY had known SAAH a number of years and considers

him a personal friend. DAJANY said SAAH no longer runs the

Desert Inn but operates the Iron Gate Inn; is believed to also

have some interest in another women's apparel shop. DAJANY

advised he has borrowed money from SAAH on numerous occasions

but to date he is no longer indebted to him.

SAAH has never requested that he furnish any information,

neitherhas he spoken with or furnished to SAAH information

which could be construed to have any intelligence value.

AZIZ ALLOUNI

FIRST SECRETARY

INITED ARAB REPUBLIC (VAR)

DAJANY reported no social contact with ALLOUNI aside

from seeing him at diplomatic functions in Washington. DAJANY

said ALLOUNI is not interested in other women. They have no

common interest,

and for that reason he does not consider him

a close triend

Doctor ABDSU BAOUE ASUA

/ALAM

SOCIAL AND LASOR UTTACHE

(LAR).

DAJANY described him as an Egyptian whom he knows

quite well, both having attended American University in

Washington

together.

DAJANY has helped ALAM in the use of

the English language in a thesis which ALAM had been preparing.

He stated that his association with ALAM until the latter's

marriage, had been close but now they have drifted apart.

DAJANY recalled that on one occasion ALAM gave DAJANY money

to give to someone in the Middle East and because of an

emergency, DAJANY had spent part of the money.

ALAM insisted

• than DAJANY had contemplated

and DAJANY and ALAM went together to one of the banks and

obtained a loan in order for DAJANY to repay ALAM.

He said

at no time has he ever received Information from ALAM which

could be construed to be of any intelligence value.

MAHMOUD ROUSAN,

FORMERLY MINISTER AT THE JORDANIAN EMBASSY

DAJANY said that when ROUSAN came to the Jordanian

Embassy, DAJANY waS ROUSAN's superior, ROUSAN being the

Military Attache and DAJANY the First

Secretary.

Later

ROUSAN was recalled to Jordan and was involved in some

difficulty, however he

returned to the United States with

the rank of Minister.

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DAJANY feels that (ROUSAN has great ambitions, but (SJ

will never succeed because he is the type who writes poetry

and who dreams. DAJANY recalled that just prior to RoUsAN'S CS

departure from the United States in July 1958, he VisitedC5

ROUSANat one of the hotels and was told by ROUSAN that her

was returning to be transferred to a high government position 5)

would help him return to the Jordanian Army.

ROUSAN returned to Jordan, he was put in jail, DAJANY said hels

($8)

beggin the time evenes for wrong doings and admitted)LS

working for the Egyptians. After being advisedo! the abovel s

information, DAJANY wondered whether he should remain in touch

with ROUSAN's brother who remained in Washington as a student (S

and whom DAJANY had been requested by RoUSAN to lock after ands

to help him get a job. DAJANY said he went to the Saudi ArabianS:

ROUSAN'S brother®

should not do this.

yever, he claims he was advised that he CS

According

with which one

bATArsald he parlously doured that cousin as actuallyChiaCs

guilty of the allegations made

heavy Indebtedness of ROBSAN.)

According to bAJANY

ROUSAN

and others

1a Jordan

a-trial

is soon to be held forls}

(u)

Captain/ JOSEPHASHIMON.

MET ROFOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT

-(S)

DAdANy said that he was very fond of shinor

and

that they

are dear friends, having not bim approximately. Ive

years ago through a mutua

JANIE, visit the DAJANY'S

that he

had become very fond

NTS. SHIMON SInCE SETS

Interested In(the Middle East and travel, and DAJANY has afforde

her much information in this

regard.

DAJANY said that recently

he had an altercation with an

attendant at a gas station

and had sought SHIMON's aid.

DAJANY explained that on going

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into a gas station and ordering gas, the attendant kept a

*SECRELA

cigarette in his mouth while filling the tank. [DAJANY(s)

warned the man against this and when the man persisted

and was told to swear out a warrant for the attendant

said that he has consulted SHIMON in other personal matters

and recently consulted

SHIMON

regarding the selling of DAJANY es)

personally owned car.

to SHIMON

DAJAN recalled that in 1954, he casually mentioned

that he felt his phone was "tamped".

he did not know whether SHIMON had checked for a "tap" but

shortly thereafter his relatiopship with SHIMON seemed not

as friendly.

From this DAJANY Surmised SHIMON had in tact

found a "tap"

probably was dubious about associating

with DAJANY

BARUCH LILO](S]

ASSOCIATED

WITH EL AL IS

(OFFICIAL ISRAELI ATRLINES), NEW YORK

(S)

LILY SCHULTZ,

KENNO BE ASSOCTATES (S)

In regard to the above two names

DAJANY did not (5]

know either

person and has had no dealings

With people

SO

named. M

RAFAEL MEDAN - DAVID ZUTA

DAJANY did not know either of the aboye individuals.

When furnished a description of DAVID ZUTA and MEDAN, he e5

advised that he knew an individual who appeared to be the same

as curA, who had been introduced to him by onel BENNY MOURAD

(phonetic) or (MURAD) (phonetic).

when shown a photograph off

MEDAN and ZUTA, DAJANY stated that (MOURAD was identical with

the photograph of MEDAN and that the persón introduced to himes

by (MEDAN was identical with the photograph of zuTA.

ge stated that he first met BENNY MOURAD at Cafe LS

three yen Sens A contacted(DAJANY and gaid no was (5)

passing througi

DAJANY he was a student at a University in Ne

York City, C3553

either Princeton,

to DAJANY O

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MOURAD was pursuing a course in economics and was

preparing a thesis in connection with the course and therefore

was consulting DAJANY for assistance.

According to DAJANY,

MOURAD came to Washington from New York about once a month

at which time they would get together for luncheon or a drink

and discuss current topics and the thesis which MOURAD was

preparing.

Oftentimes DAJANY furnished information which

required MOURAD to take notes and DAJANY made notes of what

was being discussed.

DAJANY any money and at no time would he discuss with or

furnish MOURAD any information which could conceivably be

of any intelligence value to the Israelis. DAJANY denied

that he knew MOURAD was associated or employed by the Israeli

Government in the United States and felt confident that

MOURAD was not an intelligence agent. DAJANY could recall

that at least on two occasions he had received a magazine

from MOURAD and on one of these occasions the magazine

contained a manila envelope in which

there was the thesis

on which MOURAD was working.

It is noted that on July 10, 1958, DAJANY had

been observed to enter the Roger Smith Hotel, pick up a

magazine dropped by RAFAEL MEDAN and later, on a streetcar,

take from the magazine a white envelope which he opened

and peered into and later deposited three hundred and fifty

dollars in a bank in Washington. DAJANY vigorously and

categorically denied any such occurrence.

He said that it

may have been one of the times that he received a thesis

which had been enclosed in the magazine but never any money. f

DAJANY recalled that near the end of 1958, he had:

been introduced by MOURAD to an individual he identified as

ZUTA from the photograph.

one dist

This man was met on two occasions

only with the last occasion being several months ago. The

man was introduced by name, however DAJANY did not recall it.

He reported to DAJANY that be was a student at Baltimore,

Maryland and indicated a fair knowledge of the Middle East.

and of Jerusalem.

The man asked about the welfare of certain

families in Jerusalem known to DAJANY.

He appeared to know

the location of the tomb of DAJANY's father and they also

discussed a little Arab girl who had been operated on by a

Doctor DIAMOND in Boston whose

treatment was made possible

by DAJANY's intercession.

SECREA

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DATANY

has not seen MOURAD since the time he

was

introduced to the man known as DAVID ZUTA and DAJANY did

not know whether MOURAD was presently in New York or the

United States.

DAJANY has not been contactedby ZUTA

any fashion since the last time described above. Tells)

In connection with sizeable sums of money received

by DAJANY, as determined by previous investigation, DAJANY

said no such funds were coming into his possession

and

welcomed the examination of his accounts and personal belongings.

After repeated questions concerning financial arrangements between

DAJANY and MEDAN Or ZUTA, DAJANY recalled that he had received

various amounts of money for a period of over three years. He

explained that approximately five years ago while in Europe, he

met a Mr. FALKHIRSCH, whom DAJANY described as a real estate

man from Israel. DAJANY, who, with his family, has considerable

real estate and bank accounts

in Israeli held Jerusalem, was

advised by FALKHIRSCH to make application to the Custodian of

Enemy Property in Israel, in order to draw the proceeds from

rents of the property and part of the savings in banks in

Israel. DAJANY said he waited a while, possibly until about

three years ago, when he made application to the Custodian

(the name of the Custodian and the place to which he directed

the application was unknown to DAJANY He said that about

three years ago money started coming in. First there wa a one

hundred dollar limitation per month that persons outside of

Israel could ruceive.

DAJANY judged there were three hundred

to four hundred Arabs in the United States rechiving

money

from the Custodian of Enemy Property in Israel..

According to DAJANY it is: his understanding that

the money being received from the Custodian of Enemy Property

has ceased or will cease in the near future because of some

fiscal arrangementec Whether it will begin again, Dadany

does not know.

DAJANY was asked if he had in his possession an

accounting of the money received over a given period of

time, however, he said that he had not kept such an account

because the money was sent directly to his family in Beirut,

Lebanon, and they in turn would send part of the money to

which he was entitl d.

He said that many times his

brothers or hisrelatives would make a trip from Jordan to

the United States and would bring to him parcels of goods

and foods and at the same time bring bank drafts or checks

and currency to him from the Custodian of Enemy Property.

(5)

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DAJANY denied that ZUTA or MOURAD (MEDAN) had ever

handed to him any monies which came from the Custodian and

again denied that he had ever received from New York or from

any other city money as a result of his contacts with any

the Israelis.

In fact, DAJANY said that on at least one

of

occasion MOURAD had borrowed one hundred and fifty dollars

from him as a loan which he later repaid. &

In connection with DAVID ZUTA, 1t

appeared that

ZUTA merely wanted to continue the friendship established

by MOURAD. DAJANY stated that he enjoyed ZUTA because of the

excellent Arabic he spoke but aside from this he did not

feel that ZUTA was overly intelligent.

He said by no means

would he ever suspect that ZUTA was an intelligence operator

and at no time did

he ever discuss with ZUTA anything which

could be termea intelligence

Or

which would be of any value

to the israeli Government.

DAJANY advised that he had no way to contact

either MOURAD (MEDAN) or the person to whom he was introduced

by MOURAD (ZUTA) and that contacts by them with him had been

initiated by these two men.

DAJANY said that his work at the International Bank

did not allow him access to the type of information the

Israeli Government might be desirous of. He worked exclusively

in the Far East such as Burma, Viet Nam, and the Philippines,

and there was nothing in connection with such an assignment

at the International Bank which could be of interest to the

Israeli Government.

He said he was never asked by MOURAD or the person

introduced by MOURAD or by any persons he knew to be Israelis

to furnish them with any information from his work at the

International bank and at no time has he ever recelved any

pay for any discussion he might have had with any Israelis

In concluding the interview, DAJANY stated be

felt fortunate that he was contacted prior to his departure

on "home leave" from the bank for now he could talk to his

mother and brothers in Lebanon and get their permission to

tell the tru. story of his activities, a story which he said

"will make you laugh'.

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CONFIDENTIAL

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAD OF INVESTIGATION

In Reply, Please Rejer to

File No.

(105-4083](5)

SECRET

Washington, Doy

OMAR FAROUK DAJANY

INTERNAL SECURITY - ISRAEL

Confidential informants WF T-1, WF T-2, WF F-3, and

NY T-1, utilized in report of Special Agent Malcolm?. Carre

dated and captioned as

above, have furnished reliable Information

In the past. (A/AT (S(M)

This memorandum is loaned to you by the Federal Bureau

of Investigation and neither it nor its contents are to be

distributed outside the

agency to which loaned

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