MCDONALD, HUGH C AND KIMSEY, HERMAN E. [DURING DECEMBER 1975, FILE REVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED RELATIVE TO CERTAIN ALLEGATIONS MADE BY HUGH C. MCDONALD IN HIS BOOK, APPOINTMENT IN DALLAS: THE FINAL SOLUTION TO THE ASSASSINATION OF JFK, ...].
Agency: CIA
Originator: CIA
From: BROWN, JERRY G., DC/SAG/OS/CIA
To: MEMO FOR THE RECORD
Document date: 01/30/1976
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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30 January 1976

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

SUBJECTS: MCDONALD, Hugh C.

SF#189 460

KIMSEY, Herman E.

SF#71 129

1. During December 1975, file reviews were conducted

relative to certain allegations made by Hugh C. McDONALD in

the book, Appointment in Dallas: The Final Solution to the

Assassination of JFK, wherein MCDONALD alleges that he met

the "real" assassin of President KENNEDY in the Office of

then Agency staff employee Herman E. KIMSEY on 27 April 1961.

From research it

is possible the office referred to by

MCDONALD may be

2. Investigation into this matter is being placed in

abeyance.

In the event

of further interest in this matter,

David CROWN, Chief/Questioned Documents Section/TSD/DDS&T,

and the writer should be consulted.

During the recent research, no information was

developed to add credence to MCDONALD's claims.

The research

included a review of Herman E. KIMSEY's Official Personnel

File (#61 555-D), plus a

review of the McDONALD 201 file

(201-853047).

CROWN

has developed additional information

concerning McDONALD from

the 201 file and is holding such

material in the event of further interest.

Jerry

G. Brown

Deputy Chief

Security Analysis Group

Attachment:

Research Notes -Kin spy file.

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