Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, DL
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 02/21/1958
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

4/23/201

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10288-10379

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 92-2824-30

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

SAC, DL

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE :

DATE :

PAGES:

SUBJECTS:

02/21/1958

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JFC, FGJ, ASSOC, ILLEGAL ACT, SUR

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION :

Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS :

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 05/14/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

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FD-36 (Rely: 12-13-56)

FBI

Date:

2/21/58

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Mr. Tolson

Mr. Boardman_

Mr. Belmont

Mr. Mohr

Mr. Nease--

Vr, Parson

Mr. Roser-

Mi. Tamne-

Mr. Trotter.

Mr. Clayton

Tele. Room.

Mr. Holleman

Miss Gandu

Via

ATR TET.

ALR

MAIL

(Priority or Method of Mailing)

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FROM:

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SUBJECT:

DIRECTOR, FBI (92-2824)

SAC, DALLAS (94-554)

TOP MODEL RIGGER MELIU STRATI

Engel

Re: JOSEPH FRANCIS CIVELLO

POIS H. P. WHITE and HODGES HAMILTON

advised CIVELLO has been completely inactive since

returning from New fork City where

he appeared

before Federal Grand Jury.

'M. SOUTER,

DallaS PD, and CHARLES MOORE OF DeS Intelligence

Unit,

state also CIVELLO inactive.

District Attorney

HENRY WADE, Dallas County advised SA VINCENT E. DRAIN

on 8/18/50,

that he is contemplating in the rear

future having CIVELLO before a local Dallas County

Grand JUrY.

WadE stated he is studing the possibility

of bringing CIVELLO before the frand, tiny andngranting

hamnimmunity provided he would furnish information

relative to eastern contacts.

WADE stated that he would

anticipate CIVELLO refusing and if so he was also

studing the possibility of asking

the local court

to hold CIVELLo in contempt, should CIVELLo refuse

to testify.

Re: JAMES ROBERT TODD

PCI H. P. WHITE aQuised. 2/19/58, that

TODD

Was

associating with ROBERT PAYNE, O

lawyer

in the ridelity thion Building,

Dallas,

and two

other individuals by the name of FRANI cAss and

GEORGE OWENS.

WHIrE related that he had reliable

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2-94-55A

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EX-136,

1-92-36

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Sent

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92 - 2824-

TO MAR 5 1958

CENTRATE

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FD-36 (Rev. 12-13-56)

Transmit the following in

Via

FBI

Date:

(Type in plain text or code)

(Priority or Method of Mailing)

information that these four individuals were traeling

y plane from the Red Bird Airport, Dallas, Texas, to

Texas, on weekends.

le also had heard that

theu hao made trips into

MeXiCO.

WHITE stated that

TODD "hung out" at PaYNe's office considerably.

WHITE stated that when he was Assistant District Attorney

tupe of underworld activity.

PcI stated he would attempt

to obtain

information relative to further activities

of these individuals in the very near future.

PAYNE, named above, is very active in criminal

lau practice representing prostitutes and police char-

acters in Dallas, an arranging writs of habeas corpus

and further obtaining their release on bond after

arrest bu local officers. Associations with PAYNE

and the above named persons are being actively investi-

gated to determine their relationships and activities.

Re: HARRY RAYMOND POPE

The whereabouts of Polt are not presently

known, it being noted that he is presently being

sought by the dallas so as a jughtlue after shupping a

bond posted by him on a state charge of possession

of narcotics.

The original

information that led to

the arrest of POpe was

furnished by DaLlas e

ELIZABETH YOUNG.

On 2/13/58,

POI JOE WYATT aQuised

that POPE's long-time girlfriend SANDRA NOBLE, IBI if

3235734, had taken up residence with him. WYATT

advised that POPE would undoubtedly try to get in

touch with NOBLE and in the event he learned of

POPE's whereabouts, WHITE would immediately furnish

this information to the Dallas office and it is

Approved:

- Sent

_M Per

Special Agent in Charge

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FD-36 (Rev. 12-13-56)

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contemplated that this information, if received, will be

immediately furnished to the Dallas So to effect

POPE's apprehension.

Re:

MARION ROBERI RAII, WaS.

PCI'S GLEN H. RAINES,

CHARLES, B. DUARTE,

MARILYN MILLER, ONd FLOYD E. VINCENT haue aduised

that RAII has continued to travel extensively in

recent weeks.

Io date,

they have been unable to furnish

a specific or detailed information as to his travels.

although all are continuing to attempt to obtain

Texas, and Jacksonuille, Florida.

PCI MILLER, named

above,

advised, 2/17/58,

that PEGGY JEAN MYERS.

Dallas 50 f 84974 had originally been in oklahoma.

but had left and gone to Lafayette, Louistana, where

she joined

ANN GIBSON RAII, wife of subject and a

prostitute.

It will be noted RAlF inaddition to

being considered under the top Hoodlum Program,

in Dallas,

is also the subject of a WSTA investigation,

Dallas file # 31-7434, entitled MARION ROBERI RALI, WaS;

ANN GIBSON RAIF, WaS.-ViCtim; MARGARET VALENIINE, WAS,

Victim: UNKNOWN

victim.

WEEKS

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Approved:

Sent

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Per

Special Agent in Charge

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