3/17/64

Airtel

To: SAC, Portland (89-21) rif11/1 RFC ry

From: DirectUr-, FBI (62-10901-, 0)---

ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOIIN F. KENNEDY NW/EMBER 22, 1963 DALLAS, TEXAS

ReBSairtel 3/11/64 and PDairtel 3/13/64 relating to information furnished by EI/ard Frank Bray.

While it is recogniqd Portland has received information indicating Pray i.: "mentally disturbed" and "incompetent," it is still ne'-3ssary this natter be logically resolved because of Dray's ro...:renco to the assassination of President Kennedy.

Portland is instructed to incorporate all information furnished by Bray relating to the assassination in appropriate insert form. You should also include sufficient background data to indicate Bray is mentally incompetent and that interview with him would not be productive. Twenty-five copies of your inserts should be furnished to Dallas for $ubsequeut reporting. Insure your inserts contain appropriate information as to why this investigation was initiated.

1 - Dallas (E0-43) 1 - Boston (89-43)

1 - Jack Harrington 1 - 62-64355 (Bray)

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3/17/64

Airtel

To: SAC, Portland (89-21) rif11/1 RFC ry

From: DirectUr-, FBI (62-10901-, 0)---

ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOIIN F. KENNEDY NW/EMBER 22, 1963 DALLAS, TEXAS

ReBSairtel 3/11/64 and PDairtel 3/13/64 relating to information furnished by EI/ard Frank Bray.

While it is recogniqd Portland has received information indicating Pray i.: "mentally disturbed" and "incompetent," it is still ne'-3ssary this natter be logically resolved because of Dray's ro...:renco to the assassination of President Kennedy.

Portland is instructed to incorporate all information furnished by Bray relating to the assassination in appropriate insert form. You should also include sufficient background data to indicate Bray is mentally incompetent and that interview with him would not be productive. Twenty-five copies of your inserts should be furnished to Dallas for $ubsequeut reporting. Insure your inserts contain appropriate information as to why this investigation was initiated.

1 - Dallas (E0-43) 1 - Boston (89-43)

1 - Jack Harrington 1 - 62-64355 (Bray)

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Portland by communication 11/27/63 advised Dray been declared mentally incompetent by a California court due to a head injury. Bray has been a prolific letter writer whichtas resulted in extensive investigation by other Government agencies. Although the allegati9ns made by him do not have any basis in fact, it is possibly the allegations made by him could come to the attention of t!,e President's Commission resulting in a request for investigation. Therefore since his mental condition will prevent interview, this matter should be logically resolved and reported by Dallas for dissemination to the President's Commission. Cortland has not advised what allegations Dray has made concer..ing assassination.

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Portland by communication 11/27/63 advised Dray been declared mentally incompetent by a California court due to a head injury. Bray has been a prolific letter writer whichtas resulted in extensive investigation by other Government agencies. Although the allegati9ns made by him do not have any basis in fact, it is possibly the allegations made by him could come to the attention of t!,e President's Commission resulting in a request for investigation. Therefore since his mental condition will prevent interview, this matter should be logically resolved and reported by Dallas for dissemination to the President's Commission. Cortland has not advised what allegations Dray has made concer..ing assassination.

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PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION

ON IIIE ASSASSIN ATION ESI DEN T KENNEDY

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1964, Lbe enelesed erticie by t:r. Bob C.m.sidinc.?.Tber.lred in ■.nc• if J ■ New Yoe.; Journel funcrienn. Tlds art.ic).e :.-....n....es, in sul:stance,tho'.. -.... 1 Garner had been relensel, based in pert. on the testimon.„ ol.,..,:i.....ty... --....',4, Ittoone7-1-:;:acDonvid, who had ollesedly wor::ed es n str:poer et, 1-....ie ic:'•' _. _. _ orousel Club, and that 1-11cDonald subs.cauently hnn:ed herseli.

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ON IIIE ASSASSIN ATION ESI DEN T KENNEDY

EARL W ARK R sown, . ins

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Reynolds was different. The Reynolds Itotor Co. Is

dor,. in the snot there Officer J. D. Tipiht stopped Oswald as he hurried away front the scer.c of the aize.s.sinztion. Oswald re-port:lily shot the °Meer three Urnea and tined him • •

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in the temple with a .22-caliber I rifle.

Mr. F-eyncdels has made a re-markable recovery afterdoctors had feared permanent loss of speech.

SUSPECT CLEAE.ED A local desperado named Gar_

tier was picked up by the pollee at ter the Itelriolds shooting but was cleared. His girl. Betty (Mooney) McDonald. took a lie

■ dr,thelor test that helped spring Garner. Two weeks ago she was arrested for engaging in a pub-

I lie brawl with her roommate. 1 Last week she hanged herself in

her cell. Betty never won any beauty

eor.tests. but she always said she had a claim to fame.

She had worked as a stripper at a place called the Carousel.

Jack Nuby's Carousel. There is pathetically little to

mark the spot at which John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assas-sinated just three months ago today.

The sixth floor window of the Ugly Schoolbook Depository.

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o:zsID:Nr4. the w!ne.ow fro which brIcfr.,* protruded the brrcl ar4 ale of the 6-55 mr.-- licher-Cm-car.o. Is shut now. It alone smong the windows on that top floor of the build-ing where Oswald wor:led. isl shutered —with a Venetian blind.

71.e bend around which the open car was passing is heavy with traffic. trucks and tam hammering along the one-n:1Y; street on sia.sartrti erranils! toward the complex of over- hisses just. dima the road. one stopn. Feu. alow

There is a little rise of lirrn at the place where Pre : hen: Kennedy's head was rhaticred. while he acknowledged cheers that had caused him to apre.7 with the Governor's lady, ridihe on the jump seat. that Dalirs certainly had turned out fine for lihn.

The lawn leads gently to a concrete perula and walk-ing gallery, part of the decor of Daley Pla:•.a. a bit of park provided by the publisher of :to Dallas Evening News to re-lieve the hard features of the neighborhood.

Against the wall or the gal-lery huddles a sad patch of wreaths. sprays end potted plants, none of them bearing either his name or the name of the donors.

A little bowl of three bright red full-blooming tuiles n-as a relief, but not enough of one to keep the eyes off a blanket of red roses decorated with a few Christmas tree balls.

The story turns from chap-ter to chapter. never ending It resounds in the sometimes thunderclap trial of the man who killed the man who kilted the man. It is debated in the solemn councils of the Warren Commission InWashington It remains "open' on the books of the FBI and the Secret Serv- ice. • - •

And the spot where it hap-I It is as forlorn as an unkept

crave.

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of the I - r. who put the .:11::Cr ori reeti.;ecl a.c.win

liftr: Ch.svalci a !ter! Pre:A:lent :: ■• it nedy in:it'd nisc iias horn shot. 1

:.r.d the :.•:: ::•.•nr: n: a !oent ,r- iti,ut Y.•;:o w: s eu.-s1 laud

thl:, .,•••cond shoniini; ;..i.., d ou: . o h:.ve:a-en a Krill?-

7 : In :h.:. Dailaz 1-...7.hizynt .. .. c: by .'.':el: 7:::1 y, on trial

for ki:::i..; 0::ri. Adding to this inereCalo

skein of circumstances that came to light today is the reve- latIon that the stripper has committed suicide.

These farts, pieced together today—exactly three months after President lienneily was slain—oral-We a strange epl- lozur alleluia:: that the jinx of vlAlenee continues to perskt around figures involved In tiro anssloation. one way or an-oth .w..

Call it a series of coincid-ences. if you will. But here they

:AO month a Dallas used- err dealer named Warren ; il;-Yrwilds was ahot in the head.' :. shooting Is not necessarily! front-page news here, partic-ularly If the denim lives.

There were il: murders here lay:. year. At our Ude, not long

lac. 3)inirlr: ifittnrney ITotla

-eialirri rhea in the death

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heu:,-, awaiting their turn In the chair.

::::; IS :5' I:ill:ENT E;i: the shooting of Warren

Reynolds was different. The Reynolds Itotor Co. Is

dor,. in the snot there Officer J. D. Tipiht stopped Oswald as he hurried away front the scer.c of the aize.s.sinztion. Oswald re-port:lily shot the °Meer three Urnea and tined him • •

The sauna of shoot broaeht 7,h-5-nol -il out of his of-rice. ::e Iota ,inlice. that he sir Oitaii: run:ling away. Plitlillii BCE' sl.clis into a pistol as hr

, .aia. re t.tcr joined with 0:11r . he IL:CaltifY7117 him 25 the man.

La.-.L rnaniii Reynolds was lot:tine up !Its efiice for the outfit and had pu-.hed two of the 7.0 buttons which Caused the :iahis of the establishment

t when a man rose from behihd a filing cabinet and shot him

!

in the temple with a .22-caliber I rifle.

Mr. F-eyncdels has made a re-markable recovery afterdoctors had feared permanent loss of speech.

SUSPECT CLEAE.ED A local desperado named Gar_

tier was picked up by the pollee at ter the Itelriolds shooting but was cleared. His girl. Betty (Mooney) McDonald. took a lie

■ dr,thelor test that helped spring Garner. Two weeks ago she was arrested for engaging in a pub-

I lie brawl with her roommate. 1 Last week she hanged herself in

her cell. Betty never won any beauty

eor.tests. but she always said she had a claim to fame.

She had worked as a stripper at a place called the Carousel.

Jack Nuby's Carousel. There is pathetically little to

mark the spot at which John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assas-sinated just three months ago today.

The sixth floor window of the Ugly Schoolbook Depository.

r=-• r •

o:zsID:Nr4. the w!ne.ow fro which brIcfr.,* protruded the brrcl ar4 ale of the 6-55 mr.-- licher-Cm-car.o. Is shut now. It alone smong the windows on that top floor of the build-ing where Oswald wor:led. isl shutered —with a Venetian blind.

71.e bend around which the open car was passing is heavy with traffic. trucks and tam hammering along the one-n:1Y; street on sia.sartrti erranils! toward the complex of over- hisses just. dima the road. one stopn. Feu. alow

There is a little rise of lirrn at the place where Pre : hen: Kennedy's head was rhaticred. while he acknowledged cheers that had caused him to apre.7 with the Governor's lady, ridihe on the jump seat. that Dalirs certainly had turned out fine for lihn.

The lawn leads gently to a concrete perula and walk-ing gallery, part of the decor of Daley Pla:•.a. a bit of park provided by the publisher of :to Dallas Evening News to re-lieve the hard features of the neighborhood.

Against the wall or the gal-lery huddles a sad patch of wreaths. sprays end potted plants, none of them bearing either his name or the name of the donors.

A little bowl of three bright red full-blooming tuiles n-as a relief, but not enough of one to keep the eyes off a blanket of red roses decorated with a few Christmas tree balls.

The story turns from chap-ter to chapter. never ending It resounds in the sometimes thunderclap trial of the man who killed the man who kilted the man. It is debated in the solemn councils of the Warren Commission InWashington It remains "open' on the books of the FBI and the Secret Serv- ice. • - •

And the spot where it hap-I It is as forlorn as an unkept

crave.

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of the I - r. who put the .:11::Cr ori reeti.;ecl a.c.win

liftr: Ch.svalci a !ter! Pre:A:lent :: ■• it nedy in:it'd nisc iias horn shot. 1

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thl:, .,•••cond shoniini; ;..i.., d ou: . o h:.ve:a-en a Krill?-

7 : In :h.:. Dailaz 1-...7.hizynt .. .. c: by .'.':el: 7:::1 y, on trial

for ki:::i..; 0::ri. Adding to this inereCalo

skein of circumstances that came to light today is the reve- latIon that the stripper has committed suicide.

These farts, pieced together today—exactly three months after President lienneily was slain—oral-We a strange epl- lozur alleluia:: that the jinx of vlAlenee continues to perskt around figures involved In tiro anssloation. one way or an-oth .w..

Call it a series of coincid-ences. if you will. But here they

:AO month a Dallas used- err dealer named Warren ; il;-Yrwilds was ahot in the head.' :. shooting Is not necessarily! front-page news here, partic-ularly If the denim lives.

There were il: murders here lay:. year. At our Ude, not long

lac. 3)inirlr: ifittnrney ITotla

-eialirri rhea in the death

Tura to CONSIDINE, Par,. IS

'March 13, 1964 • . .

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ASSASSINATION OF FRESID'AiNT JOTigITKENNalr,q1:2241 - DALLAS, TEXAS

Enclosed for Dallaa is a coo of a salt-explanatory letter iron. the President's Cummission dated 3-12-64, ;Did an article from the "Now York Journal American" dated_ 2-29-84, preks r id by Bob Considine.

D.11as is inAructed to imme 'lately institute approerLlte Investigation as :.-equ::sted by the I resid ,nt's Conunission and endeavor

-z; to bubl:..it a letterhead n.eiaorandum to t.;!.: Bureau for dissewination to thi - Commission no later than 3-23-64.

•••• The Bureau desires to be kept advised of the status of your efforts In developing this information and should any delay be encountered the Bureau t-.1,

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ASSASSINATION OF FRESID'AiNT JOTigITKENNalr,q1:2241 - DALLAS, TEXAS

Enclosed for Dallaa is a coo of a salt-explanatory letter iron. the President's Cummission dated 3-12-64, ;Did an article from the "Now York Journal American" dated_ 2-29-84, preks r id by Bob Considine.

D.11as is inAructed to imme 'lately institute approerLlte Investigation as :.-equ::sted by the I resid ,nt's Conunission and endeavor

-z; to bubl:..it a letterhead n.eiaorandum to t.;!.: Bureau for dissewination to thi - Commission no later than 3-23-64.

•••• The Bureau desires to be kept advised of the status of your efforts In developing this information and should any delay be encountered the Bureau t-.1,

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ssion by referenced letter refers to a situation wherein one • W ren Reynolds, a witness to Lee Harvey Oswald's shooting of Dallas • po , e officer J. D.--Tippit, 3/4-was'in turn shot by an intruder in his auto co ern. The intruder, Darrell Wayne Garn... _,,,__er was absolved from involvement in the shooting of Reynolcis/WROM"erf the testimony of . his girl friend Betty (Mooney) MacDonald, allegedly a stripper at Jack Ruby's Carousel Club in Dallas. Subsequently, MacDonald is reported to have hung herself. The Commission has requested it be furnished "with a full report" in these matters. The purpose for the Commission's request for this investigation is not known; however, Reynolds was a • witness to the Tippit shooting and was one of several individuals who identified Oswald as Tippit's murderer. Reynolds is recovering.

Dallas is being instructed to handle this matter expeditiously and when the results are submitted to Bureau the Cominission will be promptly notified.

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Dallas is being instructed to handle this matter expeditiously and when the results are submitted to Bureau the Cominission will be promptly notified.

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(Dear Ed Montgomery- I

Tam afraid to tell anyone else and yet I think I should,' I am writing to you in the strictest confidence."

and it's been bothering me since the assassination of President Kennedy. If I don't tell someone I'll burst or explode. I wish you would check into this or forward this letter on to Bobby Kennedy. One thing I want you to know that it is the truth. I wouldn't dare make anything up - but it may mean nothing at all if checked out. One thing I'm sure it should be checked into and I have the strongest feeling I. PM right. The only thing I wouldn't dare get involved - I am a mother and a grandmother and I've too much to lose.

We were in Las Vegas the last part of Sept. 1963 - I think it was Sept. 27 - at the Dunes. We were sitting in a booth in the restaurant - At a table nearby was couple & their son and the manager of the Dunes was sitting with them. Thisfellow kept getting paged to the phone. I think his name was Schaefer - I remember ed it for a long time after - and then it slipped my mind. It was long distance calls from Chicago and even Dallas. Now he answered the phone in the booth directly in back of where I was sitting. I couldn't help but hear his conversation. And he said - "Oh that is great - Boy that's wonderful - right in the window" - He kept repeating - "Wonderful" "great" - and so on - "You're right he wont suspect a thing" - Then the manager of the Dunes moved over to the booth and this guy told him - "it's all set up - we'll have the parade and the wedding right in the front window - (At this time I thought they were planning some big publicity stunt or something) - He was picturing where the girls would stand - then he'd make corrections about where so & so would stand - All innocent enough conversation. Except when he said "the guy will be standing right there - and he wont know a thing - oh this is great, it's better than I expected" - And he laughed and was so .pleased - then he said "that'll take care of him" - "He's perfect for the part - and he wont suspect a thing." Then they laughed again - Then he said - that takes care of both of them. Perfect time, perfect spot - And for the whole world to see." (Now at this time I thought they were planning something to get rid

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(Dear Ed Montgomery- I

Tam afraid to tell anyone else and yet I think I should,' I am writing to you in the strictest confidence."

and it's been bothering me since the assassination of President Kennedy. If I don't tell someone I'll burst or explode. I wish you would check into this or forward this letter on to Bobby Kennedy. One thing I want you to know that it is the truth. I wouldn't dare make anything up - but it may mean nothing at all if checked out. One thing I'm sure it should be checked into and I have the strongest feeling I. PM right. The only thing I wouldn't dare get involved - I am a mother and a grandmother and I've too much to lose.

We were in Las Vegas the last part of Sept. 1963 - I think it was Sept. 27 - at the Dunes. We were sitting in a booth in the restaurant - At a table nearby was couple & their son and the manager of the Dunes was sitting with them. Thisfellow kept getting paged to the phone. I think his name was Schaefer - I remember ed it for a long time after - and then it slipped my mind. It was long distance calls from Chicago and even Dallas. Now he answered the phone in the booth directly in back of where I was sitting. I couldn't help but hear his conversation. And he said - "Oh that is great - Boy that's wonderful - right in the window" - He kept repeating - "Wonderful" "great" - and so on - "You're right he wont suspect a thing" - Then the manager of the Dunes moved over to the booth and this guy told him - "it's all set up - we'll have the parade and the wedding right in the front window - (At this time I thought they were planning some big publicity stunt or something) - He was picturing where the girls would stand - then he'd make corrections about where so & so would stand - All innocent enough conversation. Except when he said "the guy will be standing right there - and he wont know a thing - oh this is great, it's better than I expected" - And he laughed and was so .pleased - then he said "that'll take care of him" - "He's perfect for the part - and he wont suspect a thing." Then they laughed again - Then he said - that takes care of both of them. Perfect time, perfect spot - And for the whole world to see." (Now at this time I thought they were planning something to get rid

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ilf someone or ridicule him) - He said again - We'll be ridk f both of them. - I wish I could remember the exact 1

`words - I wish I had listened more closely - because I

suspected them of something sinister - and I made a mental

note to remember to read the papers and see if someone gets

married in the Dunes window during a parade. - And to keep

watching TV programs to see if it was going to be televised -

From their conversation - they were putting something over on

some guy and it's strange to spy I had the feeling they were

going to kill him. I turned around and looked at him and he

looked at me so funny - like he wondered if I was listening -

he gave me such a look I was a little afraid - so I started

talking about the hot weather or something to my husband so

then he ignored me. But he kept saying - "Great and for the

whole world to see" - Now back at their table they were talking

about a trip they were making +o Mexico. They were leaving 1

from there & going .to Mexico - His wife asked - "is it cold

at night, should I wear a mink so on" - As we left he was •

again called to the phone. He must have had at least 5 long

distance calls in the time we T.ere in the restaurant and they

were planning something very big. Now Ed, I have the strangest

feeling they were talking about the assassination of President

Kennedy. Nothing else has happened for the whole world to see -

and I knew for days after I got back home that something was

going to happen. Also the trip to Mexico ties in with Oswald's

trip to Mexico, the last of Sept. Just too much to be coincidence

"It cant go wrong", he said - And for the "whole world to see"

And where they placed the guy they were going to get rid of -

And the parade - They also mentioned farm equipment - I had

the idea this Schaefer was the head of some big company -

International Harvester or something - but he looked like a

thug. Anyway I was very suspicious he was tied in with the

Dunes in some way - and I was curious about the farm equipment.

There was much more to their conversation that I heard that

I wondered about - but as time went by, nothing happened and I

forgot - except the things that impressed me at the time - and

the thought I had at the time they were definitly getting rid

of someone -

Maybe in their talk, a wedding meant assassination -

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ilf someone or ridicule him) - He said again - We'll be ridk f both of them. - I wish I could remember the exact 1

`words - I wish I had listened more closely - because I

suspected them of something sinister - and I made a mental

note to remember to read the papers and see if someone gets

married in the Dunes window during a parade. - And to keep

watching TV programs to see if it was going to be televised -

From their conversation - they were putting something over on

some guy and it's strange to spy I had the feeling they were

going to kill him. I turned around and looked at him and he

looked at me so funny - like he wondered if I was listening -

he gave me such a look I was a little afraid - so I started

talking about the hot weather or something to my husband so

then he ignored me. But he kept saying - "Great and for the

whole world to see" - Now back at their table they were talking

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again called to the phone. He must have had at least 5 long

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were planning something very big. Now Ed, I have the strangest

feeling they were talking about the assassination of President

Kennedy. Nothing else has happened for the whole world to see -

and I knew for days after I got back home that something was

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trip to Mexico, the last of Sept. Just too much to be coincidence

"It cant go wrong", he said - And for the "whole world to see"

And where they placed the guy they were going to get rid of -

And the parade - They also mentioned farm equipment - I had

the idea this Schaefer was the head of some big company -

International Harvester or something - but he looked like a

thug. Anyway I was very suspicious he was tied in with the

Dunes in some way - and I was curious about the farm equipment.

There was much more to their conversation that I heard that

I wondered about - but as time went by, nothing happened and I

forgot - except the things that impressed me at the time - and

the thought I had at the time they were definitly getting rid

of someone -

Maybe in their talk, a wedding meant assassination -

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remember picturing in my mind a wedding taking place in ple " indow of the Dunes - as a parade went by - and to advertipe. arm equipment - just didn't f5t in. Especially with so oor sap standing where they put him, also a big picture tanding in the entrance - and the girls - I couldn't figUill it out.

Now I think it wouldn't hurt for someone to check into this - without the manager of the Dunes knowing he was being checked. Also check and see if Schaeffer is head of International Harvester in Chicago or Dallas or some other state - & check him without him knowing about it. He was big -heavy set & Jewish - and I'm pretty sure his name was Schaeffer.

Kennedy was making it pretty tough on crime & corruption I think if he had remained our "resident, a lot of places would have been cleaned up. Also - rickey Cohen got 15 years - and he had a lot of connections in Dallas - and also Las Vegas is run by former gangsters from Chicago - There's lots of reasons to believe instead of Cuba or Communists being in back of the assassination that it is the so called Vice Lords - They had everything to gain -

Anyway - I'm sure about my feelings - or intuition - And I hope somebody smart will check it. I'm writing to you in hopes you will - There must be some way of finding out for sure. Why not give the truth serum to Ruby? Check the FBI men that let that happen too - Especially in Dallas where he wasn't liked in the first place - (I mean Kennedy) When a president can get killed on TV - also his supposed assassin - there is just something very rotten going on - and Truth serum should be legal. If they're innocent they wouldn't be afraid to take it

. anyway - But I'm sure that those two people I mentioned know all about it - and someone should find out. You can understand why I can't sign my name. I haven't even told my suspicions to my family. If Schaeffer isn't his right name, the manager of the Dunes knows it - Should be easy to find out - & somebody should.

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remember picturing in my mind a wedding taking place in ple " indow of the Dunes - as a parade went by - and to advertipe. arm equipment - just didn't f5t in. Especially with so oor sap standing where they put him, also a big picture tanding in the entrance - and the girls - I couldn't figUill it out.

Now I think it wouldn't hurt for someone to check into this - without the manager of the Dunes knowing he was being checked. Also check and see if Schaeffer is head of International Harvester in Chicago or Dallas or some other state - & check him without him knowing about it. He was big -heavy set & Jewish - and I'm pretty sure his name was Schaeffer.

Kennedy was making it pretty tough on crime & corruption I think if he had remained our "resident, a lot of places would have been cleaned up. Also - rickey Cohen got 15 years - and he had a lot of connections in Dallas - and also Las Vegas is run by former gangsters from Chicago - There's lots of reasons to believe instead of Cuba or Communists being in back of the assassination that it is the so called Vice Lords - They had everything to gain -

Anyway - I'm sure about my feelings - or intuition - And I hope somebody smart will check it. I'm writing to you in hopes you will - There must be some way of finding out for sure. Why not give the truth serum to Ruby? Check the FBI men that let that happen too - Especially in Dallas where he wasn't liked in the first place - (I mean Kennedy) When a president can get killed on TV - also his supposed assassin - there is just something very rotten going on - and Truth serum should be legal. If they're innocent they wouldn't be afraid to take it

. anyway - But I'm sure that those two people I mentioned know all about it - and someone should find out. You can understand why I can't sign my name. I haven't even told my suspicions to my family. If Schaeffer isn't his right name, the manager of the Dunes knows it - Should be easy to find out - & somebody should.

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ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY; 11/22/6S; DALLAS, TEXAS

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ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY; 11/22/6S; DALLAS, TEXAS

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San Francdsco is inst3meted to prepare 25 copies in insert form the letter rece:-ed by your office from Mr. Ed Montgomery of the "San Francis, 2% Examiner." Furnish these inserts to Dallas under the cartion carried in this communi- =tier, You may also include your insert the letter vas senrchyd throv.gh the nnonymous letter :tile in the FBI Labora-tory on 3/11/64 without affecting au identification.

Las Vegas initiate immediate inquiry through established sources in an attempt to identify the individual referred to in the anonymous letter furnished to your office by San Francisco and other details surrounding this matter. Also prepare results of your inquiry in appropriate insert form and submit 25 copies to the Dallas Division. If your inquiry determines that immediate dissemination should be made, prepare additional LEM/ the results of your inquiry, and forward to Bureau.

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Airtel to SAC, San Francisco RE:. ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY

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San Francisco office furnishe d a 4-page,hand-wr tten, ."anonymous letter received from Ed Montgomery feature writer for the "San Francisco Examiner': Montgomery did not desire the letter returned and the "Examiner" contemplated no stories or further action. The letter in substance reveals the writer is a mother and grandmother who via-- visiting Las Vegas during the last part of September of 1963, and while at the Dunes Hotel sitting in a booth in the restailrant overheard rthemanager of the Dunes Hotel conversing witl, another individual who received numerous telephone calls from Chicago and Dallas regarding a possible publicity stunt or wedding which was to be conducted in a ."front window" further unt:Tlained. The anonymous writer continued that because of the !vnguage utilized, such as "great and for the whole world to see" and further conversation concerning an alleged trip to /1,-xico, she suspected something sinister. The writer after sevpral days indicated she had the strongest feeling these individuals were talking about the assassination of President Keni.-dy. The writer thought she overheard the nam,,-, of Schaeffe) mentioned, who was possibly head of the International Harvc:Aer in Chicago or Dallas. However, she was not sure. Writer indicated there were reasons to believe that instead of Cuba or communists being in back , of the assassination that the so called "Vice Lards" had everything Po gain by the assassination due to the fact that Kennedy was making it pretty rough on them. Dallas and Las Vegas have received copies of this letter.

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Airtel to SAC, San Francisco RE:. ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY

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San Francisco office furnishe d a 4-page,hand-wr tten, ."anonymous letter received from Ed Montgomery feature writer for the "San Francisco Examiner': Montgomery did not desire the letter returned and the "Examiner" contemplated no stories or further action. The letter in substance reveals the writer is a mother and grandmother who via-- visiting Las Vegas during the last part of September of 1963, and while at the Dunes Hotel sitting in a booth in the restailrant overheard rthemanager of the Dunes Hotel conversing witl, another individual who received numerous telephone calls from Chicago and Dallas regarding a possible publicity stunt or wedding which was to be conducted in a ."front window" further unt:Tlained. The anonymous writer continued that because of the !vnguage utilized, such as "great and for the whole world to see" and further conversation concerning an alleged trip to /1,-xico, she suspected something sinister. The writer after sevpral days indicated she had the strongest feeling these individuals were talking about the assassination of President Keni.-dy. The writer thought she overheard the nam,,-, of Schaeffe) mentioned, who was possibly head of the International Harvc:Aer in Chicago or Dallas. However, she was not sure. Writer indicated there were reasons to believe that instead of Cuba or communists being in back , of the assassination that the so called "Vice Lards" had everything Po gain by the assassination due to the fact that Kennedy was making it pretty rough on them. Dallas and Las Vegas have received copies of this letter.

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3/12/64 DATE:

UNITED STATES DOVER TA--;

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ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT-JOHN F.7-KE 11/22/63, DALLAS, TEXAS

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On the morning of March 11, 1964, SA Cortlandt Cunningham of the Laboratory personally delivered to the President's Commission 12 items of evidence in accordance with the request contained in Mr. Rankin's letter of March 4, 1964. In response to requests of Commission staff members Oswald's rifle was dismantled and then reassembled in their presence. At that time Chief Justice Earl Warren inquired whether Mr. Cunningham could reassemble Oswald's rifle before the Commission, using only a dime as a tool, in order to make this possibility a matter of record for the Commission. It is noted that we have previously advised the Commissionby letter that the rifle could be assembled with a screw driver, a dime or similar item.

Following coordination through your office with Mr. Belmont, Mr. Cunningham was sworn in before Mr. Warren and briefly testifiedtt,

* ease with which this weapon may be dismantled and reassembled as wea to the type of instrument needed for its reassembly. Mr. Cunninghampsh reassembled the C 14 rifle before the Commission using a dime as a screw driver.

Also during the time the above material was being delivered, Mr. Warren observed a February 21, 1964, copy of Life Magazine and this copy of Life Magazine had a cover photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald holding a rifle. He pointed out the photograph to Special Agents Charles L. Killion and Cortlandt Cunningham and advised that someone representing the interests of Oswald had stated that the rifle in the photograph does not appear to be identical to the assassination rifle. This person claimed that the top of the stock of the rifle 04 cl. mv- in the photograph appears straight its full length, whereas the stock of the

ti 91 assassination rifle is curved in the area of the comb. Mr. Warren commented

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3/12/64 DATE:

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On the morning of March 11, 1964, SA Cortlandt Cunningham of the Laboratory personally delivered to the President's Commission 12 items of evidence in accordance with the request contained in Mr. Rankin's letter of March 4, 1964. In response to requests of Commission staff members Oswald's rifle was dismantled and then reassembled in their presence. At that time Chief Justice Earl Warren inquired whether Mr. Cunningham could reassemble Oswald's rifle before the Commission, using only a dime as a tool, in order to make this possibility a matter of record for the Commission. It is noted that we have previously advised the Commissionby letter that the rifle could be assembled with a screw driver, a dime or similar item.

Following coordination through your office with Mr. Belmont, Mr. Cunningham was sworn in before Mr. Warren and briefly testifiedtt,

* ease with which this weapon may be dismantled and reassembled as wea to the type of instrument needed for its reassembly. Mr. Cunninghampsh reassembled the C 14 rifle before the Commission using a dime as a screw driver.

Also during the time the above material was being delivered, Mr. Warren observed a February 21, 1964, copy of Life Magazine and this copy of Life Magazine had a cover photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald holding a rifle. He pointed out the photograph to Special Agents Charles L. Killion and Cortlandt Cunningham and advised that someone representing the interests of Oswald had stated that the rifle in the photograph does not appear to be identical to the assassination rifle. This person claimed that the top of the stock of the rifle 04 cl. mv- in the photograph appears straight its full length, whereas the stock of the

ti 91 assassination rifle is curved in the area of the comb. Mr. Warren commented

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Mr. Wairen dtcritik make dirriecitTe-its of the Bureau relative to the r‘: abo commentsk,.---04s. 9 VAR 1 8 1964

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Memorandum to Mr.ki-ad •

RE: ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY 11/22/63, DALLAS, TEXAS

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For your information, the picture on the February 21, 1964, isspe of Life' agazine is the same photograph as our exhibit D-20 except for ret4uching that been added to enhance the detail for publication. Such retouching of photographs is a common practice in photoengraving to intensify highlight areas and separate shadow details. There has been a highlight retouched along the stock of the rifle in the Life Magazine reproduction of the D-20 picture. This retouched highlight does not follow the actual contour of the stock of the rifle. There is also evidence of retouching in other areas of the picture on the rifle and around the head and shoulders of Oswald.

Delivery of the items of evidence to the Commission on March 11, has been confirmed by appropriate letter to the Commission. It is further noted for record purposes that Mr. Cunningham brought back with him from the Commission evidence items C-14, C-10, and C-10a, which were returned by the Commission.

RECOMMENDATION:

In anticipation of a request from the President's Commission and in connection with the field's current effort to ascertain the source of the picture appearing in the afore-mentioned copy of Life Magazine, it is recommended that the field be instructed to determine whether the photograph was retouched by Life Magazine or retouched before Life Magazine obtained it.

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RE: ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY 11/22/63, DALLAS, TEXAS

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For your information, the picture on the February 21, 1964, isspe of Life' agazine is the same photograph as our exhibit D-20 except for ret4uching that been added to enhance the detail for publication. Such retouching of photographs is a common practice in photoengraving to intensify highlight areas and separate shadow details. There has been a highlight retouched along the stock of the rifle in the Life Magazine reproduction of the D-20 picture. This retouched highlight does not follow the actual contour of the stock of the rifle. There is also evidence of retouching in other areas of the picture on the rifle and around the head and shoulders of Oswald.

Delivery of the items of evidence to the Commission on March 11, has been confirmed by appropriate letter to the Commission. It is further noted for record purposes that Mr. Cunningham brought back with him from the Commission evidence items C-14, C-10, and C-10a, which were returned by the Commission.

RECOMMENDATION:

In anticipation of a request from the President's Commission and in connection with the field's current effort to ascertain the source of the picture appearing in the afore-mentioned copy of Life Magazine, it is recommended that the field be instructed to determine whether the photograph was retouched by Life Magazine or retouched before Life Magazine obtained it.

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In connection with the cover photograph appearing ,ff

on the 2/21/64 issue of "Life" magazine which shows Oswald

carrying rifle and wearing a pistol, the following is pointed'

out:

This Bureau has never inferred or advised the

Commission that the rifle Oswald is shown holding is the

same as the rifle used in the assassination of President

Kennedy. This may logically be inferred; however, we have

never in fact stated this since it is not possible through

examination of the photograph to locate sufficient char-

acteristics to state it is one and the same rifle. Our inves-

tigation to date has also failed to disclose information

wherein Oswald's wife or close associates can state this is

I in fact the same rifle. Therefore, determining whether

"Life" has retouched the photograph appearing on the cover

of the above issue does not appear pertinent to our investi-

7 gation. The President's Commission, as noted above, has been furnished a copy of this photograph and in the absence

of a specific request, it is not felt any further action

should be taken in this matter.

As you are aware, based on a President's Commission i

request, we have been endeavoring to establish the source of

these photographs which have received fairly wide publication

since the publication of the above issue of "Life." Our

investigation in this particular matter discloses that numerous

copies of this photograph were available in the Dallas Police

Department and that no system of control was established.

It is known that many of these photographs are missing. This

information has been furnished to the President's Commission.

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In connection with the cover photograph appearing ,ff

on the 2/21/64 issue of "Life" magazine which shows Oswald

carrying rifle and wearing a pistol, the following is pointed'

out:

This Bureau has never inferred or advised the

Commission that the rifle Oswald is shown holding is the

same as the rifle used in the assassination of President

Kennedy. This may logically be inferred; however, we have

never in fact stated this since it is not possible through

examination of the photograph to locate sufficient char-

acteristics to state it is one and the same rifle. Our inves-

tigation to date has also failed to disclose information

wherein Oswald's wife or close associates can state this is

I in fact the same rifle. Therefore, determining whether

"Life" has retouched the photograph appearing on the cover

of the above issue does not appear pertinent to our investi-

7 gation. The President's Commission, as noted above, has been furnished a copy of this photograph and in the absence

of a specific request, it is not felt any further action

should be taken in this matter.

As you are aware, based on a President's Commission i

request, we have been endeavoring to establish the source of

these photographs which have received fairly wide publication

since the publication of the above issue of "Life." Our

investigation in this particular matter discloses that numerous

copies of this photograph were available in the Dallas Police

Department and that no system of control was established.

It is known that many of these photographs are missing. This

information has been furnished to the President's Commission.

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