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To: TURNER
Document date: 11/10/64
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DATE: 11/10/1964

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ELBERT T. TURNER

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Sir. Tolera

November 1D, 1964

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Mr. J. Edgar Hoover

Mr. Contad

Mr. -Evans

Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Mr. Gale

washington, D.C.

Mr. Prisen

Mr. Sullivan

Dear Mr. Hoover:

Mr. Tavel

Mr. Trotter

Tele. Room.

As you know, on October 5, 1964 I was demoted from Grade

Miss Holmes

Grade 13 and transferred to the field for delinquencies noted

Miss Gandy.

Oswald case.

transfer was changed from Milwaukee to Washington Field Office but

the demotion was continued.

caused by the demotion.

a note and it alienates one one poo po

Since that time I have tried to reconcile the severity of this

action with the delinquencies charged to me and I can only conclude

that because you did not have the full facts concerning my part in

this case, there has been a miscarriage of justice.

Not only is the

10% salary cut severe, but the blot on my career and the reputation

earned in almost 24 years of service as an agent is particularly hard

to accept. I feel compelled therefore, to bring to your personal

attention my side of the

story. I did

not have an adequate opportunity

to do so before my demotion.

I know you are busy but I appeal to you

to review this matter.

I have no other recourse. Outlined below is

a summary of the facts and attached is additional supporting material.

Although this case had been actively under investigation for

with the soviet Embassy in flexico which was reported to us by cIA

my responsibility began as the result of Oswald's. contaet

teletype dated October 10, 1963. Such contact cases were assigned

to my desk. I

have been charged with:

(1) Failure to take action

on the October 10, CIA teletype; (2) Delay in reviewing the file;

(3) Failure to instruct the field to intensify investigation and

1(4) Failure to include his name in a list of dangerous individuals.

I sincerely believe that none of these was either causative or

substantive.

They did not involve violation of any Bureau rules or

policy, there was no deliverate delay and they did not go to the

merits

of the case or affect the outcome.

The same information.contained in the CIA teletype was submitted

by the Legal Attache on October 18, 1963 and action was taken by

if I even saw the CIA teletype before the action was taken by the

other supervisor. In any event, the field was already actively trying

to locate Oswald and the delay did not affect the investigation in

any way. Therefore, It was not a substantive error.

tión of any policy or rule.

Likewise, my failure to fully review the file was not in viola-

I was already somewhat familiar with the

case and the fiéld had it under active Investigation. Furthermore,

such delay was not deliberate but was due to the volume of other work.

On the day de the saint 8 or ro

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ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED

EXCROT METERS SIA ORAN

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1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Inadequate Opportunity to Defend Myself

On the date of the assassination, although other supervisors

had en interest in Oswald, I was

instructed to prepare immediately

e summary for the Director.

This was done and

thereafter I was

assigned to head up or direct the group of men to review the

material found in the search of Oswald and his residences and the

results of investigation of Oswald and prepare a detailed report

to go to the Department and the White House.

Even in the first

3 or 4 days literally hundreds of communications were received

which required long hours of very intensive work. I continued in

this capacity until January 1964 when I returned to my desk.

On November 26, 1963 Mr. Gale called for interview and asked me

a number of questions about my handling of this case. I was under

considerable tension at the time due to the long hours of work

and the tremendous

job of getting out the report which was due in

a few days. I answered the questions as best I could from memory

and without reference to the file. He asked me to submit written

answers to 4 questions which I did by memorandum dated November 26,196

The file was not available for review but I utilized my ticklers

and prepared the answers as rapidly as possible so that I could

get back to the main job of

getting out the report to the Department

and the White House.

On December 13, 1963 I was

advised that I was being placed on

probation for

4 delinquencies noted in my handling of this case.

On December 19, 1963 I was cormended for my efforts in the preparation

1of

the brief and report which went to the President's Commission.

On March 19, 1964 I was advised that I was being removed from

probationary status.

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CLASSIRED вуль68 Sk

DECLASSIEY ON: 1

6.

On September 29, 1964 I was requested by Mr. Sullivan to prepare

for Mr. Gale a memorandum explaining why I had not placed a stop

with the State Department against the issuance of a passport to

Oswald. I submitted a memorandum dated September 29, 1964.

7°

On October 5, 1964 I was

advised that a further analysis had been

made of the

manner in which I carried out my supervisory responsi-

bilities in this case and because of my complete failure to fulfill

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my responsibilities - was being placed on a probationary status,

removed from supervisory assignment, assigned to general investi-

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gative duties, and demoted from Grade GS-14 at $16, 620 per year to

Grade GS-13 at $15,015 per year effective on that date (October

This letter cited

5,1963

the same delinquencies which had been cited in

the December 13, 1963 letter for which I had been placed on probation

and later removed in March 1964.

I was not interviewed in connection with the "further analysis"

of the case nor siven any opportunity to further review the case or to

expand on

the brief explanations given on November 26, 1963. 1 therefore

sincerely feel that I was not given an adequate opportunity to defend

myself or present my side of the story before my demotion.

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Specials Handled-October 10 to November 22, 1963

British Case - A representative of British Intelligence was inter-

viewed on October 7, 1963 by Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Moore. I assisted

in the analysis of the results of this interview,

the review of

pertinent Bureau files, comparison of Bureau information with this

Information and collaborated with Mr. Moore in preparing a 63 page

final memorandum dated October 15, 1963. This was a special assign-

ment not directly related to my desk.

2. Dunlap Case - This case was assigned as a "special" to me in August, 19

It did not relate to my desk..

The investigation had been substantiall!

completed by October 10, 1963 when publicity regarding Dunlap hit

the newspapers.

Note that this was the same date of the CIA teletype

in the Oswald case. During the next 8 days I processed 21 incoming

pieces of mail consisting of 49 pages and prepared 5 outgoing of 18

pages on this case which included a ll page summary for the Director

and a 2 page summary for Mr. Tolson.

Between October 18 and November 22 1963 I processed 37 incoming

communications of 151 pages and prepared 7 outgoing of 9 pages on

this one case.

3. Special School - This school began on October 14 and ran to October 25:

1963•

I prepared for and delivered 13 hours of lectures, 1l of which

were handled during the period October 10 to 18, 1963.

Regular Desk Assignment

In addition to the "Specials", my regular desk assignment included

104 cases, seven of which were active and Important double agent cases:

signature mail prepared by the supervisors in my unit which

required 3 to 4 hours per day; consultations with supervisors in thes

unit about their cases and the other normal desk duties the 104

cases included about 30 cases involving Mexicofand Canada which had

been transferred to the desk in early October 1963 which had to be re-

viewed by me to become familiar with them.

Overtime

July 1963 -

2 hours 27 minutes daily

average

August 1963-

2

35

September 1963 - 2

22

October 1963 -

2

November 1963 -

4

34

Fecember 1963 -

4

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44

19

77

4.9

Chronolozy-Oswald Case

I. Oswald defected to Russia in 1959, later recanted and returned to

the U.S. in 1962 when he was interviewed and the case

closed.

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