Prt-Jt (Rov.3-3-42) r\

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

UNI.ID STATES CZPARTMENT OF JUSTIC.:E

Co=ission 4/0/

Copy to: 1

Rcport of: ROBERT P. CEnBERLING OffiCel DALLAS

8/10/64

Field Oilico File No.: 100-10461 Bureau File 1•10,1 105-82555

LEE HARVEY OSWALD

[

mwmact, INTERNAL SECURITY - RUSSIA - CUBA

HOLT_AND MCCOMDS, Dallas correspondent for "Life"

MIgazine, states he contacted HUGH AYNESWORTH,

Roc,rter for "The Dallas Morning News," June 25 or 26,

1964, concerning purchase of copy of diary of OSWALD

and was referred to AYNESUORTH's wife from whom he

purchlsed copy of diary for $2,500. Neither AYNESWORTH

nor wife revealed source of diary. Thereafter, "Life"

Magazine obtained permission from MARINA OSWALD for

publication of diary for $20,000 plus one half share

of all foreign sales of the issue containing the diary.

Additional inquiries made at Dallas Police Department

and aallas District Attorney's Office. Disposition of

film and prints in possession of Dallas Police Depart-

msnt and Dallas District Attorney's Office summarized.

MI Laboratory eylmination of material obtained from

HENRY WADE, Dallas District Attorney, Dallas, Texas,

and copies of OSWALDts diary obtained from "Life"

Magazine established that "Life" Magazine copies•made

from film obtained from Dallas District Attorney's

Office.

Synopsis:

- P -

DETAILS:

toau.lne Leith.r recommendation,. or conolualona of tb. FSL It le the Property of the FBI aad le Loaned In Your eatabars It sad

it.• oonuenta aro not to be dlutributod outalde your agency.

HE4Das (om ■ rrep)pp 1, Y, /7, lo, 23,.2 isvpor —.Y. I .1— .3 :T. Yea ALREADY rr4V ro—t 1, -2?go- 3

C)

DL 100-104,61

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE

I. INTERVIEW WITH EOLLArD CC 3S, DALLAS CORRESPONDENT FOR "LIFE" MAGAZINE 3-7

IN WITH OFFICIALS OF DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, DALLAS, TEXAS 8-13

272. INTERVIEW WITH RUSSELL W. POLLARD OF RECORDAX COMPANY, DALLAS, TEXAS 14-16

IV. INTERVIEW WITH MILLARD SWEATT OF THE DALLAS DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, DALLAS, TEXAS 17-19

V. INTERVIEW WITH CLARENCE EOONER T. LEE, ALSO NNOWN AS "GENERAL" AND "C.D." LEE OF THE DALLAS COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, DALLAS, TEXAS 20-22

VI. RE-INTERVIEW OF MARINA OSWALD 23-24

VII. SIZZIARY OP DISPOSITION OF FILM AND PRINTS CBTAINED BY DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND DALLAS DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, DALLAS, TEXAS 25-28

VIII . RESULTS OF 1,11 I LABORATORY EXAMINATION AND LATENT FINGERPRINT SECTION, IDENTIFICATION LIVISICIT EXAM: .T= OF TWO ROLLS OF FILM AND FI2TEEN XEROX PRINTS 07 SOME OP THE PAGES OP OSWALD'S DIARY OZTAINED FROM ZENRY WADE, DALLAS DISTRICT ATTORNEY, DALLAS, TEXAS 29-31

IX. INDEX 32-35

1 AL 100-10461 RPG:vra

The following investigation supplements that included in

the report of SA ROBERT P. GEMBERLING dated July 17, 1964, in instant

captioned case which report contained only the results of investigation

concerning the "Leak of Inforantion Carried in 'The Dallas Mrning News'

on June 27 and 2C, 1964," relating to the diary of LEE HARVEY OSWALD

and certain other documents obtained by the Dallas Police Department

during the search of 0Sr.7LLA's residence at 1026 North Beckley Street,

Dallas, Texas, and of his personal effects at 2515 West 5th Street,

Irving, Texas, on November 22, 1963.

CD IE0,1'

CD 11108 PAGE .2

[!;.•,-. 3-3-S91. Ft:DE:71AL C.: IFIVETIG.,TIO■.-1

1 Da t a 7/?...74L5:2„:

in':..?.re.wed in 11),(1 office, noovi

1112 nspmbl:'cl. U1t1.call PlUdirq, 112:. rc,ccu3n

thf.1 r.,:g.:!ine. 113

ta1ci:1;11x:Akc cont with a: -A P. Pc...-;;D,

for Esw Yor% agpr(.r- to f-cIrnish

thr! 1731 any infortC-1) hs hE;d ccno..;:;2:r.l.ng the puchnas of a copy

c. t1 e:!Fi.L'y of 7:71 El2V3Y CVALD by Ljzr ..Aftcr re-

cciving thi 6 tuted he ;oi14

fuLnish tha PDI •Iny inavIrint:I.cs! ha h7A conccrn.t.ng tho rfk:_lttar.

Soti1 prior to June 25 or 2G, l64 neCC:..',25 learned .. or "Th.a

that L-1,13 O10 ws inoxi.. 71:er..c.30 •Cr.zocutJrv_....7.3 2:5, or

2G, 1964, 1.carnad frcra G7'.1.0173 that HUGH 131Y1.72,51.703.151, a Peeportiar for "The Dallas Morning Vows, " had a copy of the diary.

that the, exist.e.ince of the diary did not ",;;....-cite"

as it had been corinon kno-A.edge anong the news media that

such a diary in c;;Istence and was believed to be in poss:esion

of tha -:

On Juvl 2 or 2, ).9G4 L.LCC t hc lycc,rit:Ictr.14.

1:11:757-707..r211 and told FlIcT2r3;101.7.;....11 something to the eff?ct t..117.1t he, V.e.-.C.CLLIIS, had infon-ntion that IVIdT1021!.:27.-1 was in possession of a copy of the diary and w.:Inted to k.now if A-f.(1CarLii could "ei:hically sc.;11" a copy of the diary to "Tiife". This opp-nred able to 2\:10D.::1 and EsCC.:.5 arsIzsd if ha vould;:)ri,....-..g.

a copy of the diary to V:oCC7..5" I.V.C.N2,17.10:11.-:.:-H told r..-:.C.c.'423 thTit he didn't 1-;:ive tize rd ;c A.Y:TriS....7C1.3Z1-I's

ho 72 LTcth Duc?cftzr, Do 11a thct itwas •

a uorry to 10,..- 1f al!.4 to. hia uio3 in c'1_4.La" that

thlo %no no-% t70.3 only copy 117.(2 bza sold 7,nd

th.,y van] buying T;i2;11 exelu7iiv3.

izCCJ re0.11123 tt,, ding 113 Cttt Y .2:027.:7.1_3WCR31

by t,117.:r!Acn, %olc] by nsC.c.:a3 slzcv.Id

to wf.2-1 F:cat th c ccuy dIa=y.

r.:(11.7f.r..ad ha• by r..77,=.1 and

r7 1,1:“1. I r:7,2

D .!) cu.1-33

n•LC, cf r1,1. :1 ie. 7fc; c!' r1.-..1 Ii a.: LI I; 1 L zr•.: nt

CD NOY)

2 DL 100-10e:51

at first of6 11.:.. r a thun::::nd dollara. No [T39 telv:Lld by her

thit 1.;new n thcuo.and dollars act encugh. EoCC:T.S rrl-

quo,et::d 11-7r to T.ind out r.:bell!:. a prf.c.a dLcno!.cln 1:/!.th

ht r 111)--Inti and, when he telephor;ad avin 1itirth:ot

nic:ht.i he

told tha;: tha prico $2,500. 1-IcC0:33 thsn approv:11 to ply this amount3supnriors in Now

Yor% City, The it ItOrning he wont to the AYNnWOR.TH residnce,

ho x:211 niiVI .A1.0aTH, thl wife of NUG2 A=O. 1,1x-

cc,pt chfad, tha only par$ena prafent

5n tha ztvt tiw.a C dm:Lng !:.11e n.2gcatons m.J.th

A1=5=A werar. /-:..7.0O21:13. and 1,:to, ATn:]5W0aTN. EX3. ZOiH

had the twelve pogoo,constituting i copy of the diDry,inthe living room at the time. 1cC0:313 descriod them a3 being on •

legol-size pr and th:•It they hod 6 smoon f5.ni7,h id appzared to be a copy r3do.from ClPhot0:31;at or Recordn%-type copying unchine. ThJo-2 twelva pagoo w'ere the only doem'Layito hs obso:-v94 -

in tha pc.Tizelion of nsa. A70:713WCaTa. •

lIcee:DS ofored to pay Urs. A=SW07.T11 with a $2,500 chcc11.", but sha adviz3d nhl did not want a chock and he asked hex: if a =lay order or cnsh would be suMcient and she replied, "A mney ordr would ba r:ine." ? contract betweonnra.MICLIS7:7O3:1 1

and 1:oC=3, aFi a roprecontativa of "Ufa' :7.agazine, wes signsd and was wordqd in such a w:ay that neithr ":he t11a :Isrning

1,7,7:wo"

nor o:- would onll any ot1-.a2: copy. Aftor racoving

the copy of dry, notif:Lad his Naw vor% cfca

with inat:-.:t:.ota to cand a $2,500 nenoy ordsr to at har residence.

t.!:-.at ha could understd why

Hr.:7 c7id not hive ti7:.j at LCU1Eir tt72,

to n7go:.:-.)t!.cnil, as A=3:;C=21 than v-.:.dou'o4:o1ly

h!.5 no wh!_ch

in "1:e E2.7.10 Z:ow3" on ,Yun7 27, n.S4, and ,F:s

oy.23: 47.9 1.'nf,r a n r tl%F.ra

e..13 n-D7.:-h!ng in his opLnon, L11:sga1 in ths d.aalinga

CD i'iO t'S.

3 DI, 100-101161

with An:W0=1:1 for the purchoe of th-1 colv of the diry.

Le advlf: he hnd no inforintio:A as to oourco

for rec3vi-og the dinry, nor did ha evor A'SW(17211, as

he, McCOS,1i1n't v::::nt to )mow.

stated ho had no infotion whatsoever that any ropreoenave of the F4I, United Statee Oecret Servio(,:, the Presid,T!nti s Cc..,_lirmion, the Dallas Police Jel?erl=cont, or tth

iiv OLtict At.torney's Office WD5 re2pansible furnieh-

ing of a ool:y of the diary to anyone including Z, WORTH.

After rcceiving the diory from Vrs. AN-A:1SWORTII, Lc:Co:Jur; and officials of "Ufo" zocingina at mw Yorl.: City bagnn worrying about the logalitils of publinhing it 'hcc.:7nA:3e'the diary waanot the proi:erty of ANZO57ORTZ but was, in hio opinion, 17.1rt of the estate of 1713 ERVY cann and, therefore, the property of

Cl"nn. On Jvne 30, 1964, T=i2Cj OCILVO, of "Life rr_Igazine, 3::ew Yo; City, fi to P:1111as and, with EcICC13, began. negoti;-Itions With i. C3=-) throuch her attorney, 'DILL I'( : 3' to onter into a contract with L:%11,I7A: where)y E:Iciine would b ivnrerisflion to publish t113 1i='e TheY cont'not-Jd CI:MD and flr. Ko=7,X3 at ENRIYA's residence .

and it 1:15 the opinion of iix. cccm that at first LiV,:i:7A, who didn't v7.1nt anything to co with any r:..ogn2,ine or newer, apred to Y miliatcd by the o::lot.:,noe of a diary; :t was cloo E.c.Cr7:2,41 1 opinion, bnsed on her etire and dernor, tint rhe did not anything aboUt the diary. S:ha Lx.t offer Eelo to n:1:C=7.73I'A and :=0,7'n by "Life" r.eg2.:1.ne w::o for :)$,000. "Life" çithdo3ircel to not only have r_3rmis:4ion to publish the diary 1”.1t to o7Y:.nin sc.e rhotogrlis or onapnots in the po7.=1a1 of whiGh 1 1):1 11 ti!=Th in of 17,1=70o tc71ncls tho reDrentntives of °Ylife" v..7191:3and in ,:;'!nnrel, ;Ind left

the holv;te and J, out3Vo 1:.,:a=l1, at the :_;v..c,Ljetion

of ile:7,'!=, 2,7:r:1 lo-:g vth =In. Ala uho ::1C 1;17;4 711

c.,D

4 1)L 100-10.-!G1

' thrit pre:-Js;2,s of "Xi:1.17e" r,ngazino

Chic;.:,Do. hold J.1.1 ziboyanco t113 signing

of -a 17r. 1::-.1C0;.713S sU:ted ho bolir.ozos th2.

firc11 v7ao /..:71-ffEn to $20,000, plur a

onc-hlf the toeue conta::.)1Ang

the fo:c vhich rho would g:T.va FerivAscion to pr:tnt the

diary and five pllotogrphe. 1:.:NRX, through her attorney,

v.:Int:A to )now where "LIZIc" loc.0:41no, obt!1:tned the.4iary.

cCC. eft.oted tiv.itt only z-If',:„er obnivOmg pDrmis5io1 from nrs.

2N172.=T1 to c1loc1o5e HUGH AMSWORTH Fla the som.'ce 1410,71

"L:tfe 2-1T1:7;ine O7Dt7:11cd th2 diary, aid ha nevoal thin informa-

ticm to n.=x' and rimum.

CD/q0X, p.7

r0-.3t2 3-3-59}

J_ '

•I. . ewiltAL DUP,12..201

Deto EIZ5/(34

Sergoant M.A. SOITLIETliND, Records Durc;,:u; Dallas

Dzpartont, nelvied th.Fa: saintima.in Jannaxy 1964,

hc receivQd or44:rt; from Dnpnty Chic±. GEORGE L. TJUM/17 to tal,:o

the two origin:.11 rolls o. iitir„re.el.;orda% film to

thc Rocord, Cony and hve two positive copies made of

thin film. Sergoant ZCIVI2Ga ho did this and,

zigtrn: the worl-.: was complfLed at the R2cordn Company, he

roLw.niA the original tvo rolls of film and th; two positive

printo to Chief LUX:Ialt s office.. Ee stated he did not 1:now

the :on or the pore of this copying wen -as he was'

acting under orOors of a Daputy Chief of .POlice.

lie advised that his Office presontly bas one

positivo copy o2 this Recordok Film which thy maintain in

a locluid file drawer, and that Chief LIX:LPgYN is in possession

of the original two rolls of Recol:dalz film and one positive

copy.

• DI. 100-10,1,51

l:> _

c, 0- .• 'I e t I ;..:ay.,rty tt:c Fill or- --1 it 1,-..liw4

t: r •r.t., r...1 to to t•- I•—,1 ,1.J.; t",r

rfl-3O7 3-3-51)

Fli.lJERAL.1.1.1_1:I.,IJ OF NVES.I1G.1110;:i

1 Data 0/7/04

Li.cW;onilnt JOT C. DAY, r13 i..e D:_pait..mont

Crino ::dylr.6 he roc.11142d, althoun no :ccord

wan ever (-;11 ::everal occinn;3, 1 CpLatin

O. T. SLT,I:C;:::1:11 or 5,nt M, or Patrolman

H. L. CRT'LIGi;.EADi ral of vhcm ar ign'-=(1 to the Rocordn

Bur.r:nu o.-.7 the Dall.es Police D=.;!y!rtmot, )1-naht a 35 millimeter

ne9„itive film to. the Cr5.m73 Laboratory. Thcy wctuld project this

film anfl th...reaftor copy crt.ain poliAons R5 requestod by one

of theeu officers. This .copying work would normally consist

of a few frames of film.

Lieutenant MY statrA he does not recall the number

of copies over mi%do al.:. ono time, but that it wilad be the

number requested by one of the, officers. He stated he had no

idoa es to the reason ox purpose oZ this copy work, nor what

was

clone with the copies made by the Police Dcr,artment Crime

Laboratory.

G/6/:1DE. 100-1C;461

-e• _ r Fita

A11 1

13- t 2

VD-302 rho?: 3.3.; Jj

FEDEP.AL IlUTZEAU 01 IN`r.:571GATiON

8/8/64 1

Coptain WILL FaITZ, FoTiicide and Robbery Eureau, Dallas Police Deprtar7nt, ,,,dvised that on three or four occasions, the exact nt, l)cr un!;no:o or unrecalled, he has requested the Records Lureau of th.:: Dalln5: Police Department to have certain pprtions of a 35 Dvl R...lcordek film copied by the Identification Bureau of the Dall;:.s Police Peprtrimat. The 'work in the Identification bureau would hi been under the supervision of L4..eul;en:1:st 1. C. P.n,% 'Re stated that the porions cops (A would have been needeJ in coDnection with the investiyItion of the assassinp.tion of Presid -,ut J= FITZGERALD KENMDY and the subsequent murder of LEE HARVEY OLD by JACK RUBY which mas investial by the Dallas Police Departmnt, Homicide and Rebhery Dure&u. lie advised that all of the copies made of port:ions of the film are still in his possession and kept under lock and key in his office. He also added that coulnaof these portions was necessary in view of the fact that the ori3inP1 evidw.ce seized by the Dallas Police Departent which had been tIln property of OSWALD 11,1d ben turned over to the Federal Bureau of Invosti3ation after being photographed in the above-dez..cribad 35 mm Pecordak film. Be s::ated, therefore, the only thing he could 113C in viewing this evidence vre copied portion3 of the film. He further stated he could not recall which portions of the film had been 'copied at his request and did not recall if the diary of LEE HARVEY OSW6LD had ever been copied.

of ,D1,1,.:3, ])L 100-10461

A 2.7.1n: by $ni -17 ,: ol 3/7/64 Da:a dict;0-1

Ths r F7-1. Ti 11 0:47 ;:: ;crly sr r i Gni 1 --zr.c.d :t ::s lc te yr It

rn-3E2 5•?.-5]) FED) ''.,'.L OF IVE5I IGAT10i4

1 Dato 4/7/64

Mr. RUSsELL Si. POL1WaD, resionce 1623 ileather '

Glen Drive, Dallas, advised he is the Production Sur.:crvisor

at tho R:7.cordeh Comp::ny, 1605 Ste:.imons Freeway, Dallas.

Mr. POLLARD advised that there would be no such

thing ns a "false rnn" on any hard copy paper prints made

froo a 35 millimeter film. Ea e-Aple,ined that the two rolls

of film received by him on June 2, 1964, from WIT.,LI F.

ALEX.KID1.11I ware coj7i.C3. Because of this and because

of the order placed with the 'company by ALTIDY11, a positive

and a negaive copy wore than made from the original negative:

The origin7.1 nogtive cop:t.es were im.ediately returned to

4L1"xT1;27D11 on June 2, 1964. The positive and negative cc:pica

retained by the Recordnh Company were part of the pachage

delivered to ALEXAUD211 on June 9, 1964, andwhich ware picked

Alp by the messenger from the Dallas County clerh's office,

C. D. LEn.

He explained that the negative copy made from the

original negative was the one used in the reproduction of the

hard co2y paper prints and that 600 prints in total were made,

three each of the 200 frames exposed in the original negative.

• Mr. POLLARD stated that vhenever there is a false

run made on the movie film or the original negative, a record

is maintained as he must account for all wastage. He stated

there is no such record in connection with the transaction

with the District Attorney's office and that ho recalled no

false run having been made. Le believes Mr. ALTAANDM may

have been rliste:Men vihen the original negative on June 2, 1964,

was tahen into the processing roorl by another employee prior

to the arrival of Mr. POW:V.1D and thsn returned by this em-

ployee to Nr.•POLLY,ID after he arrivzd and talhad to Mr.

ATAX:',NDZR.

Mr. POLT:..RD ree,111e,f1 11rin he lo::rned the pae<age

cont:liniT:g the llositiva liiM C0').1.C23 and the hard

Cody prints h!-..d giv_YA to C. D. LIF:1.1 for delivery, he

-Lk! -

ct D7.11l, ,,DL 100-10A.:61 FIE, g

C/5/64

c • : r • c:.!:•1!• -.1 II, VI. IA 0, rr.t.;,:ty riii 4,7.4 s. to

.t a; ::zr; 51 Lit r;.• nof r 1r

I,. is-

2

DL 100-10461

made two telopho;le calls, one to Lnw EAMTITT.‘Tc.■.', and the other to Mr. ITYLLT:i F. ALT,xT".DT.R. I told ;Ir. JT to hnvo LEE iiindiately deliver th.1 pacge to Mr. IL D;711: upon his arrival at the County Cler;:'s offico n3 rot to opn it. E0 called mr. a5 a dople check and advised him that LEE had picked up Vho package.

Mr. POLLARD_ stated that the coy rocords show that a total of fivo positive copies of the film mooting the standards of tho company had been reproduced from the original negative in possession of tho Dal1a5 Police Department. Three copies wore made on December 2, 1963, and at that time one poor copy or test copy wan also furnish.ed to the Dalla.s Police Do-partmant at no cost. On January 7, 1964,. two nositive copies were rade, thu:3 making a total of UiN poLitivo copies. From tho original n:.:gativu co-oy furninhod by Mr. 74LTINW.ITZR, a nega-tivo and a positive copy were made, as well as the hard copy paper prints.

F11 DL i0a-10',51

by 110:13 7."Z ;I. T.

Th.1, .17- F7f. It Ir

113-3C2 Po,. 3-3.311 FEDERAL 13U,ZEA1J O IHVESTIGATIOH

Doti 3/5/tel

MYLLADD Si? AT residence 0373 San Fernando Drive,' Dallas, advised he is crftployed as an investigator by District Attorney IIE;= WADD, Dallas.

SWT;ATT recalls that so:::etime in June, 1964, whorl Assistant District Attorney wILLIAM F. 11LEXE.9, was making preunrations to go on his vacation, ALEM:JDER was emplaining his, ALDI-WIDER's, file set-up so that if, in 10,s ahaence, anythinE3 was needed from his office, nr. S;',7 Tr could locate' it. SWRATT recalled ALMWDER picking up a package which was about three inches thick, about tvelva inches wide and about fourteen inches or fifteon inches long. This was a - package wrapped in brown paper and sealed with brown paper taps. It Was unopened. tLEXAUDER started to make reference to this package as semelphcetestatsp but then stated that Ur. WADE had a copy.

• - After a story appeared in "The Dallas i-lorning No--is"

concerning the diary of LEE HP,RVEY OSWALD which SWEWI'T road on Juno 23, 1D64, and after the return of District Attorney IGENRY WADE from Seattle, Washington, at about the sams.tina, SAT received instructions from WADE to taka everything out of 1 L7=1:10nR's office which pertained to JACX. L. Mit? --.21d LEE =VT/ OSWALD.

SIMalrf found in one unlocked drawer the above- described sealed package and in another drz.war a small boz mansuring about four inches by four inches which contained some novie filn about an inch wide. In a third unlocked . drawer he found a red cardboard folder in which there ware nui:',e2.-oushotostats." Ee glanced thrcujh these "photostzts" and saw thrl nz.nle "OSWALD" on one and on another saw what . aproared to be scae copies of F:lotoarhs. Ea took thcse three itc_7,:; and gave th=-Ta to rr. VADE in- for:: .d him that nal-a %;75 anot:..2r ho:c of film in 10:„.7.7L1R's ef.aca. S=2,. TT c::plain:id to VADE that 'Ln7D of the cate in office ware locked.

DL 1.00-1061

At Mr. UADE's instructions: S7=,,TT contact:n4 ALT=DER nt 1ic7le by tol;,Thonts and v:ts ZeiVi5Ca by AL72,NTD7,M that there) was: anotho:: box of alm in ono of th.! loe%od c;:3)1ncts. 67ZIATT stated ha never saw this other box of film and h:.1(1 no information as to wh7ltW..J contained in the film or therphotostats" other • than what he doscibad above.

Mr. Cr7ATT stated he could not recall what &Ito he plollod up the above items from ALEXA:f7DER's offic, but believed. that this occurred two or thrue days after the story appeirod in the new:;paper.

Mr. SW71,UT stated he had no informntion whatsoover. that any reproneutativo of the PDT., the President's Coission, the Ti. S. Sacret Sorvico, the Dallas Police Dopartmont, the Dallas District Attorney's office or anyone else was ro;)ponsible for any un7mthorizod reloaoe of the documants or"iShoto;satsm, to any news media.

P ./ q

111-340: V))

DL t. iI1.1."1,1.1 OF INVE710,,,,I10,.

Dovo_53/7/64

CLAMnC3 LOOKER T. LEE, r',?.sideneo 2515 Croson

Strcet, Da1la!3, FdviLed he is also Ino-,m by the nidknme of

"General," and is frequently r:?..frred to as "C. D." LEE.

Mr. I= ;.t1t'(1 he is employed as a deputy clerk in the Mllas County Clork's cUice and that his duti(1:a con- sist ] ,:.stly of deliv=1:ries and general clerical work.

Mr. LEE recalled ihTt s=77.tir.e in the early part of June 19G4, he had gone to the Recordak Coa', ,ny on Stenuoas Freeway to pick up some packages which wore ready for de-livery to the County Clerk's office. Soneonc., W14rJ53 no ho does not knr,w, at this company told him there ws a package ready for the District Attorneys office and instructed LEE to take it to the District Attorney's office.

LEE brought the package to the County clerk's office witheut any stops en route. He noticed that the package was addressed to the District Attorney's office and believes that the name of Assistant District Attorney WILLIAM F. ALEXANDER was in the address.

Mx. LEE advised he talk,A to Deputy Clerk LEW

EARNIIRT. and was instructed by E?:!--INilART to take the package

directly to Nr. ALEXANDER. LEE afavied he took it to Mr. ALEXAnDER's crliice and personally gave it to Mr. ALEXANDER.

tie did not observe ALEXANDER on the package as he left ira:-

mediiAely aaer delivering it. Mr. LEE believed that the

package m,zesured about six inchashigh by fifteen inches long by twelve inches wide. Ha stated that it was one package

and ho WZG of the opinion that it *,:as wrapped in brown wrapping paper, which is the way that packages are usually wrapped by

the Record-3k Company.

Mr. LEE stated thRt this :-,acage was not opertd or

tanper,:d with at any ti;? it we in hi a ::'ssession, and it was

in the !ar;.e condition at Iha ha have it to Mr. ALEX:1202R

as it w_,.s Whz,n ha picked it up at the Reccrdak C=pany. He

/6/6!1 Ta:f.as on .. at - •

_ F00 - 100-10-161

1

M. *1-..Pr/J.5' a/S/G4 bv ;1,11 dic1atel

n, t!? tr s.t thc r..Z1. khe t1-.4 FSf.aa:-.3 la Ic--7.n.r.r el Lo

y:•.r ;••a.- r; ar H. nk-o. i",r,711'• •

1

P. 21

2

DL 10040.!51

ileiviscd this waL; catty th,] 1a4 pickcd ppnythilla for oTiacs cit no Rcf.::.]r4:::

P

ilaiosft.7.4.1.4.tos■utats...upw

F3-302 ploy. 3-3,5t] . FE:017.P.AL .,t.JrZEU 01: 114YESII6ATIO:1

Difi, 8/8/64

NARIn UJ.1; 2....liz1ance, 629 Deli-. Line T'.• of tba I 051ALD diary.

,S11 V,T.nt ic.nd co:4cs.r.ltns Y12311 a Rap-,:.-rtqr f,7117 17):12..F U7,rilj:13 har about the 0SvALD

i. y ir 71 hs, c1 11.„7.d vfith =fl'1,1 t.1- on ,11:17-,. har EC:22 qu:TIstic.,ns

tr MALI) it she told AWST:ORT71 sba et0n c to d1iln tha dialy, Sh.D said sha could not rrfbar'

Eha 0D1 hAd said in'this T.t..;3ard. She said she vay h:ive tcld f11: nIght nt to 11.a tbs diery in ,90=2

uritt!: or th,;.!:. nhs nevt:r. .;tit the di-ary pu7.11tshd. r rth:1 Sho does

he did no+. .,-7.1rtion c N.C.1,7,SWORTH ti t rha PreFiclent's ra-s. stuz.ly5.113 the diary.

• 7. . 7, • .

flL 10--Lc-!-,5

7— H7 FA by S;: 8/3/ FA • Dn!.2

• • • - - thl Fax