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he peeve of the iiee's 410:, releases that includes few2ilon:rd cal e today, :ALT. as 1 VAS lraVi7_J to take ail ebeeekee. I read thee tee-, Fee sadden I ilkante:i to MhiN to ftw notes. en the °hence rove may be of intereut to you a meee' el tiler; bill Le ae uotee. (if you car locate the others on eord it tattle help eie it tie litigation, rule I'd lie to have a copy of the one in weich Roever called him a "toad" on the wall.) 62-10e090- Rot accorded, W.O.Sullivan to A.U. Blunoat 5/13/64, subject eeeletote eta.: That the fleet ere took etteeltien I an ureettene but I Wilk there are eigelfieant indications in thi• secone, like engleton (sic) did not have the complete Answer worked out on nuee,ezieee for eafeeuereine the Przeitent. efter eeriest n half rne? AS are some of the oth(r opier, tie one 1I5N oleo eirected to the Soviet eection. I weetce else -t hua no soviet content ene no epexent relevence. 62-109090 - hot Recorded 6/30/64 Rankin to Solver on the Osweld :Diary leak; the resolution Ford proposed included en investigation of that leek dad of any of the Culture but it did not propoee any of the past be invtatigated. That male it safer for the FBI and others. I'm sure that be ore tele tier te, etory of that lee: yea mamma. It is. where O'Leary fingered Hine eynoseorte, who eee not have tequiroe fingering. Bill elexender let Aynee- worth have it. ee got either 64,000 or U5,0UU from Lilt, which then Dad to pey euxena eiteer 42e,000 or e25,000 to be safe and secure. (An unrelated page 2 of e Rater nano is attached.) 62-109090- ;lot Teeple:el 4/17/Ce hoover to Yord, oe party atteneee at Deeemach's- hone ane using the as excuse to flatter Ferdt This appears to be from Seotion 9, the only record you sent with such en iedecutien. Thera is another file notes. it apoeare to be 94-40611. in the Fee filing oode 94 is nee:Seel:eh ee'eURS. eouads like soeething °tiler than normal research. em a dull day e4 be ca'd like to eee if., this in whew, they hid oecret eoneresaional files?

62-109090 (possibly Serial 35 or 36) 104/63 DeLoach memo, probably to i-ohr iilleg.) hews attention does eaturelly go to Yore ane hie being an inforeant far the nil although a ember of the Cert.-lesion. But ; see other interests. One is that so many of the eocression members did not want a eau Iii e elney AA general coeeeel. (Feel Eoch followed this aspect once we broke loose parts of t e'exeoutive session on this, with t-e mass obliterated, and correctly &teased elney's was ens of femme nee.) It is not from the allegation of a "one man coceeesion" when the chain:ante choice becomes chief couesel. That is normal practise. The tranecript of that session reflocto discussion occeewhat less emphatic than this says cord says it was. Hoover's note approving Ford's claim to not wanting any word of the FBI's report out is no here self-serving tnat iord's because hoover load aleeeey leaked the cueence of that report a week earlier. Ford ia ridiculous in hie pretenses because of thin and the Commission's discussion of it. Teat was 1e/e/63. Aeong those to whom there were leaks are O'Leory and Lea Whleten, than with Hearst. "earrulpus" is Hoover's odd comment on McCons'a peseing on a bum etear about the phoney Aleareda Ugerte fabrication that he saw eewald pain off at the Cuban embassy in eerie° City. The elA waA pasoing on a bum steer even after forced to prove it falne. ee Reece. did in hie 197' memo to the Rockefeller Coaeiseion, 62-109090-Not Recorded, 7/13/64 Rosen ammo on interviewing Ford over leak of Lee dicey and atteebed Deeeaoh neno on hes ::onversptioe wits ford, both Auelioato Vainest It is my impreaaion that there was no myetsey by this date, that the Fel had the whole story and knew it had no Fore ooenectione The pare is eleeeeder, not 8olmee lee William. Thereeis a case, $/ Ile:ether thin oar: or another I'm not checkine to see, in which Ford want to we've around an Fig clearance. I have it in facuielle it eVII, The eel questioned cord and nobody slue and wrete him a letter saying 1w denied it all.

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62-109050 Not Recorded, Nooyorse 2/24/64 cued to his top brass, t'in' d at 11/53 a.e. for his phone converaLtien with eta ilunkin and at 12815 p.m. for what ho told Joseph Uwe, Domestic Intelligence. (Interesting thnt eurveillenoe cf earine wan eteienee to eozzAie Inteleigence.

FBI prying into heeleee ececonel life, claimed deeeer to Couaisoion. 2.1■1';exime living at ford's bore. if thee is eerald hbrd's (tetere wet a healer, Ford she knew it the reallaneFort forth hhite Rueeiee e ceeeeeite) tie aleo was then waiting on his book. nankin asks for the eurveillance nftor iiarina had asked to be relAved of this by the Secret Nervice and Warren had eased. But than Rankin had worried the (hotels /lice with his belief that without the coast Service on hnr tell (vino eartie) she'd skip to eexioo. O later peges the :.arks indicating uithholeing under eeemptione like privacy aro visible. "ere the FBI people lid hot conaider obliteretiee that }..fine was hating an "Jfalr" with .';aortic. Bare and on forxwieg pegen Hoover rocs not believe the kierins fairy tale that Oswald said he, planned to shoot liixon that day, a day eixon not not in bailee. Rcever also doer, not 1eeiree that rbo loehee him iL the bethroum. Lover eivee hie rt4asens bit they do act include an explanations of the loeeieg of u bathroom doer from the iron ciao. Infereneee the etexy sae Alex up for h144::. It is still being retailed. P. 3, more on Farina and Martin, with marks for obliteration vicible -no obliterations on her eve life.

sure that logg before this the eerinn-ale rtin e' cry was imown hod tc the eocret eervioe, teseite thia repreeeetetice. ;tip rucoiloution is tnat the secret Service reports indicate it begun about Xmas, when "actin moved eeriee from the Inn into his beep, tn has wife's strong obeecteonee lower Lppears to Lee. knowleage not reflected in available Conedesion files, on this, the affair. The content merked for excision ehould kaxwn boon sxoiaed under (b)(7)(01). Lo queat.on about it. (That's teach "arina not to love the MI) Beaver keoar :ewe eheut tee eawald picture with the rifle ant mere than that LIFE had and used it. (Could he have been puttine Rankin on, to pretend tr he ell not know all the ooetont ofe elf the, nlporte the Pbl gave the Were:anion?) 'fie 5- 411 the &Moo City lames (Lot deecribed) "Miele." Perfispe he meant on the question of car :piracy, or chi:melte like of the Alvaredo ugarte and Die Verson fair; talon. Hoover's dinbeliof that (*weed ehot at Welker beet:etre "arine acid eewald said it is interesting but his reflection of the testing (over to p. 61 is inadeeuete. Tho Dallas police had identified that bullet an 7.0 caliber. Aoteer were only thee there wore not positive ballistics narks". So, for .}cat purpose are they equipeee for such other to to as epectroeraphie aeelyeie? The only reszoe for he's betting eeee btrlL quotL.: it is the certainty of what it eoule chow - not °weld's ate°. 'daneling tie the tap on rerieL'e one ie letereetiee. as Oeay iron- the by even asked. Ecover says it in Lis oen idee, toe. lent page eteten Abe in livirir with a - no' jr ivaby eouceme. 62-1093 0 .Not Recorded 1/10/64 Beuegardnr to W.e.eullivaL 'Cle:ereleT ieeel,he'‘ CeUhT.:IN77Len - 11C7 neeee:," iir coneertine the JP1i: mesaasinetioe into kielAgeilef# eeropaednda and disruption actilfiticro. LIMAN YhI stated eel the DJ argued tbo point in C.e.75-1956 that tee FBI never reproduces copyrizekted eateriae. Thra.:0 do, bnt here they zoeseeer beyiee it for the operation. In it they Leek the name of the rightewieeer who dope e the idea out. erobably elate •to 7C. But there in no rtwAl problem in Arientifeine one Ito osperiehte if the title in availably. -ere it le. hoover noted OK, for the purchase of WU oopien ani their use for disruption.

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James Angleton just called me to advise that Mr. McCone, Director of CIA, will testify before the Commission tomorrow. Angleton said it occurred to him that it would be well for both McCone and Mr. Hoover to be aware that the Commission might ask the same questions wondering whether they would get different replies from the heads of the two . • agencies. Angleton wanted us to know some of the things which he ' believes McCone will be asked and the replies which will be given. •

One question will be "Was Lee Harvey Oswald ever an agent of CIA?" The answer will bq no. A second question will be "Does CIA have. any evidence showing that a conspiracy existed to assassinate President Kennedy?" The answer to this question will also be no. The third question will be "What suggestions does CIA have to offer for safe-guarding the life of the President of the United States?" ,Angleton-didn't have the complete answer to this worked out but because of the nature of the question, it wouldn't conflict with what the Bureau )u.._11____ already suggested. .A fourth question will be "Does CIA believe thii-- Soviet documents on Oswald submitted to the Warren Commission necima.11-s-1,-- reflect tho Soviet relations with Oswald?" Angleton said their answer cannot be either a flat yes or no because they do not' have the knowledge

. to so state. He said ho believes McCone's answer will be to the effect . that CIA is a' .re that Soviet Russia does have a directorate charged with the responsibility for carrying out assassinations and, therefore, these documents in question would not normally reflect accurately relations with such a person as Oswald. However, on the other hand, . CIA has no evidence that Oswald was under the instructions of this - directorate charged with assassinations. . o- -

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I had a long talk this morning with Congressman Gerald R. (Gerry) (R.- Michigan) In his office. lie asked that I conic upto see him. Upon arriving he told me he wanted to talk in the strictest of confidence. This was agreed to. j%

F014. Ford told me he was somewhat disturbed about the manner hi which . Chief JusticFAVarrenwas carrying on his Chairmanship of the Presidential Cominission4 i1 Heexplained that the first mistake that Warren made was his ajtempt to establish a i . - 4 "one man commission" by appointing a Chief Counsel, Vb'arrehi?lney, that was his owe;•.., i it protege. Ford stated tliafter the mention of Olney's name by the Chief Justice, at \ -, ! 0 t heir first meeting, AlleliAlulles, former Director of CIA, protested quite violently. \ \ ; Because of Dulles' protest, the other members told Warren that they would like to know-;. I 7•4 nore about Olney prior to giving their consent. 11( . ..- .4.

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On the occasion of their second meeting, Ford and 'Hale oggs joined -••.- i with Dulles. Hale Boggs told Warren flatly that Olney would not 6e acceptable and thaf' v he (Boggs) would not work on the Commission with Olney. Warren put up a stiff i V argument but a compromise was made when the name of Leel‘Qapkin.was mentioned_ I/ — : ,j --is • : :• *1 u nor' I rE i /J-- I le. -t u. LI. • I' r.i, Warren sLated he knew Rankin and could work with him. / A t I ___....--- >,

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majority of the members of the Commission desired to go along with the recommendation 4 made in Deputy Attorney_Genera0<utzenbach letter to the Commission dated 12'79-63" j4-.

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thorough opportunity to review and discuss the FBI report. (I noted that the report was3

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and it, therefore, would be quite unfair for the Commission to take a stand prior to' ill the evidence being turned in. Ford stated this was his point entirely and that ' lthough he was a minority of one he intended to stick to lid point.'

Ford told me that John McCone, Director of CIA, had, approximately one week ago, gone up to his office and told him that CIA had uncovered some "startling Information" in the Oswald case. McCone proceeded to tell Ford that a•

source of CIA's in Mexico had seen money exchange hands between Oswald and an - ' unknown Cuban Negro. Ford stated this excited him greatly inasmuch as It definitely tended to show there was ai int ernati nal connection in .olved in the assassination of .- .

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I mentioned that CIA's source had recanted his stou and had indicated IliatiLwas_at .....___ ______ —

figment of hish_trgiriatiOn4 However, fiTProVe the unstable tendencies of this source, 1. the source had later claimed that he was actually telling the tyuth. I pointed out that we

were still chec-Ying ail; es the CIA source was obviously either'

. iii7Ts -a-lile or somewhat OrEgy-eir;athic liar. Ford stated he cbild certainly see this.

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the Commission. He slated this would have to be on a confidential basis, however, he / . thought it should be done. He also asked if he could call me from time to time and -,.'-'.--:•,.‘.,--r*

straighten out questions in his mind concerning our investigation. I told hinr by all

means he should do this. He reiterated that our relatioilslika;ould, of course, remain

confidential.

We have had excellent relations with Congressman Ford for many years.

He has been given an autographed copy of the Director's book "A Study of Communism"

and has been in touch with my office on numerous occasions in the past.

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RE: Le.3.k c: information carried in "The Dallas Morning News,"

June 27 and 28, 1564

On the afternoon of 7/11/64, Supervisor Ludwig Oberndorf,

Washington Field Office (V,T0), was advised thaytile interview with • •

Representative Gerald rt. Ford, a member of the-President's Commission,

had been approved. -

SA Oberndorf was requested to have Representative Ford's

cfrice contacted this morning, 7/13/64, to set up an appointment. In

the event Representative Ford is in San Francisco for the Republican

Convention, it was not desired that he be interviewed at San Francisco,

but that arrangements be made for the interview to be conducted upon

his rc.;:u -..-n to Washington, D. C. SA Oberndorf was advised that if

Representative Ford's office inquiried as to the reason, for ti. appoint-

ment, they could be advised that it was in connection with the leak of

Lee Oswald's diary the news media.

Assistant Listrict Attorney V/illiam Alexander, Dallas

has intimated that Repl-esentative Ford was the source of the leak

of Oswald's diary to the news media. Mr. Rankin the President's

Commission has been advised. Representative/has requesfed that he be

interviewee. v. order that he could go on record concerning this matter.

V/FO has the necessary background to handle this interview.

The above is being submitted for record purposes.,

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Pursuant to instructions, I talked to Congressman Gerald Ford

(a-Michigan), at 1:05 p. m. today at San Francisco. He is staying at the Jack Tar

Hotel.

I told Congre3sman Ford that the Director, of course, knew of the

allegations by Holmes Ale;:ancler in Dallas, Texas, to the effect that Congressman Ford

was involved in relensin.; G:.z..wald's diary to the Dallas Morning News. I mentioned to

Consressn-,an Ford that Director knew, of course, that this was a false allegation

and that we desired to be of service to him in connection with the matter. I told him

;Ciat the Director thought perhaps he might desire to be interviewed by the Special .

,A-Lrent in Charge of our San Francisco Office in order to completely deny the allegations.

I mentioned to Congressi-_-_;:..1 Ford that the Director had that if these allegations .

received the Congressman, after being interviewed, would be in a good

position to state that he had been interviewed by the FBI, who is investigating this matter,

and had coirc.lete:y denied the allegations. I also told Congressman Ford that, of •

course, the Director wanted him to know that the interview could wait until his return

on July 23, 1064, if he so desired.

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up to his oice for the interview. I told him we-would abide is wishes in this regard.

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The Co=lssion yesterday adopted the following reso-

It v.a :toyed by Concreas=an Ford c.7.4 seconded Senator Runcell: resolved, that the Co=innion

za% the Federal Bure.v.:, of Investication to in=redi-atoly =..-4,2 a thorou:h investication of tbe publication'

1 of the Lee Harvey Coveld diary by the D".11:s Morning Few• and that it ascertain botb the ens and .

A;.he cIrcunztancea surro.:nding the acquizion of the I" diary and sulascqua...; publication, and that the l icdaral Bureau of Inveatication also be asked to smoke le like invcatication of ony &inner publications that Anay occur in t'ae iazadiate future. Mr..tioa vas carried unaninously.

Will you ,tindly keep us advised of develop=ents in this Thz.r.k you Dr your, cor.tinued cooperation.

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( said RUBY talked lucidly in recallin71 mark/ ; details but ....nuered on several occasions, that he,CLII) feels RUDY has definitely deteriorated mentally to a consider-able degree.

Review of the memorandum reflects RUBY's state-ments are somewhat disjointed, although not varying substantial-ly from details previously supplied by him, with following ex-ceptions:

1) RUBY says ho lied when he previously said ho had his gun with him at City Hall on the night of 11/22/63; that this statement was made a part of a defense against proof of premeditation, in that he would have had the opportunity to shoot OSWALD prior to 11/24/63.

2) RUBY made no claim of a black-out at the time he shot OSI.LD.

3) He admits premeditation, referring to a letter to CAROLINE KENNEDY and en article concerning Mrs. KENNEDY's having to return to Dallas to testify regarding OSWALD which he had seen in a newspaper. I .

/ - 4) RUBY had not previously,advised concerning

a request from ..7„VmcwiLLIE, while in . Cuba, that RUBY obtained "four little Cobra guns" from RAY BRANTLEY Hardware Store, Dallas. RUBY had advised of sending a revolver to McWILLIE in Las Vegas at McWILLIE's request and which McWILLIE admitted, but stated had not been accepted by him.

It will be noted on pace 16, RUBY made reference to interview with RAY HALL. This is SA C. RAY HALL, of the Dallas OZfice.

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