About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

104-10132-10092 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (1/29/1964)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch39933 and id is 1 raw text is: .1 ( ..ONAL 1No. S 3010-104 (* JUNITED STATES GOVL. NMENT Memorandum TO Files DATE: 29 January 1964 FRom : -M. Do Stevens SUBJECT: THE LEE OSWALD CASE #351164 1. According to a newspaper colimn of Allen and Scott in the Chicago American of 6 December 1963, on the OSWALD Case, Abram CHAYES, Legal Officer of the State Department, was one of two persons im- mediately responsible for OSWALD 's being permitted to return to the United States .from thd Soviet Union in June 1962.. The .other individual named was Llevellyn THOMPSON, the then Ambassador to Russia. _Another said to have been involved in the handling of OSWALD's case was Samuel WISE, Counsel of .the American Embassy in Moscow. 2. Abram CHAYES, #352234, who as of 16 February 1961 was described as the new Counsel in State, was granted Security approval for liaison contact with J. Foster COLLINS (in the office of the Chief of the Covert Action Staff) on 6-March 1961. The. request for CHAYES' clearance vas a Blanket request to permit discussion with him of NSC 5412/2 matters on a need-to-know basis. 3. In September 1961 there was a White,House.nmecheck request on CHAYES' wife Antonia (Toni) .Leigh CHAYES, nee: HANDLER. 4. In March. 1962, CHAYES was granted a renewal of his liaison . contact clearance with C/CA on a continuing basis. This time his contact was Archibald ROOSEVELT, Jr. 5. on 10 February 1962, HMAN EVENTS reported as follows with reference to tOHAYES: SOFT ON COMUNISM: Representative Francis E. Walter (R.-Pa.), Chairman of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, has scored the new State Department regulations on paspporta, claim- ing they would a3.ow Reds denied passports to rifl .iee3, the confidential files of the FM:, the CIA and other investigative agencies. The man behind the new regulations, which Walter claims violate the Internal Security Act- of 1950, is reportedly State 's chief legal officer,. Abram Chayes . Chayes, 'a Kennedy appointee, is an ex-Harvard professor who was Chester Bowles top legal adviser when Bowles was Governor of Connecticut. Walter has introduced legislation to remedy the new passport regulations. SECREI [WEiO 680OUP I SExcluddfrmafc o for fOlA Review on dclasifotiesvew

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most