Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: BRANIGAN, W. A.
To: SULLIVAN, W. C.
Document date: 04/15/1964
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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AGENCY : FBI

RECORD NUMBER : 124-10035-10232

RECORDS SERIES : HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 105-82555-3495

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

ORIGINATOR : FBI

FROM : BRANIGAN,

W. A.

TO

: SULLIVAN,

W. C.

TITLE

: (No Title]

DATE

: 04/15/1964

PAGES

: 2

DOCUMENT TYPE

: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

SUBJECTS : WARREN COMMISSION, PROCEDURES, QUESTIONS

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED

RESTRICTIONS

: 4

CURRENT STATUS: RELEASED WITH DELETIONS

DATE. OF LAST REVIEW : 06/18/1996

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OPTiONAL FORM NO. 10

5010-100

GSA,DEN. REG. NO. 27

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum 0509238030

Mr. W. C. Sullivanues

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DATE:

4-15-64

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On 4-15-64 Inspector Malley received a call from J.

In New York. City.

It will be noted that on

Rankin

4-17-64 the Commission

contemplates interrogating functionaries of the Communist Party (CP) in

New York Concerning their knowledge of Oswald.

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ur. Rankin made reference to the report of Special Agent

Thomas P. Estep dated 12-18-63at Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Rankin noted

that the report referred to a meeting which occurred at Wheeling,

"conVentill, on' 12-8-63 tr. Rankin noted that the report was aren

and he wanted to know if, in talking to CP people,

would be satisfactory for him to ask questions concerning the

of the meeting

details,

without Interferhio "ith any of our operations.

OP LeadeR Ny. UVa, no

The report in question contains information furnished by

confidential Informant CI. 104-S who advised that Arnold Johnson ofu

New York City, public relations man for the CP, gave a

with the assassination of, President Kennedy. The information, while

helpful, does not add anything of particular significance to the Oswald

investigation and is generally self-serving to the CP.

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On 4-15-64. SAC Mason advised that at the particular meeting

there were six other CP members present with Mr. Johnson.

Lnree

were

Virginia and

Ohio where there is CP activity and, hence, these informants are valuable

to the coverage of the CP establishment not only by the Cincinnati

Office

but by our Cleveland and Pittsburgh Offices. Furthermore,

according

to SAC Mason, the particular informant who reported the meeting,

11 CI- 104-5,

is the only informant who is qualified to attend the StateyBoard

meetings of the hio CP

"Mr: "Mason" noted that If Johnson is questioned

concerning this meeting

they will obviously check for a source and this

could uncover one or

all of

jeopardizing our coverage.

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ne, informants involved thereby seriously

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Sullivan

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