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104-10234-10275 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (07/29/1974)

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UNITED STATES~ GOVERNME T,
Mernoranaum

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'CONFIDENTIAL

Chief, Dcestic Collection Division                          WAS-700-74
Attn: Deputy Chief, DCD                              DATE: 29 July 197
FROM     Chief, Washington Field Office
SUJECr: I. Irving Davidson - Call-In to the DCI.
speci   ist S6 J, I. Irving Dav-            on  Public Relations
Washi gtot, DuiMdig, 1612  ;Sre,                       .
Qhad telephoned the Di            re     ct  etrat hI  o c. Dahdo
the day to request an immediate      rant  Ie concen earlier In
arms shipment into the Western Henoisp necerni         a Soviet
2. Davidson claimed that he had fair
concerning the location of 15 thousand      i Sovi  reliable information
with 25 million rounds of          s--         'h.ikov rifles
rf   a  !a  he origin&L crates -                `in 1, the
did not establish the      re      and sell for US$M    each; Dad
did  ot  stabishtheprice of the ammunition. He can arrange for
the entire shipment to arrive at the free     rt n Antwerp,    nfor      }i
for transfer to any buyer. Davidson hes the UAntwerp, egill
purchase this entire shipnent in ode t     e     t Government eill
the Western Hemisphere. He pres       r tt prevent It r  entering
existence of the shi  pent be   u           he was notified of the
confidence of senior gcveI auders thlo-gh           that he has thean6
might be instr   nt   ive rment leaders thvroughout  is ap         at
thought of Soviet arms proliferation in the West         ap    e    at the
hopes the shipment can be halted.                 er  n         e, asr  h
3. On of July 1son returned to the U              after traveling
tola n dmbe roe     countres. He received a te1epn      a   f     a
Old friend in h  oe whose identity he refues to reveal. The f- enr
touch with hjn. Iater on 23       a    =o1ni [rposa  a  w
location which Davidson believes    Aeadrcied Davidson frCM a                  --
-- ---  -location which re? idsont believes tohave been within the continental
- Alexander related that he had the ten and at-econ stored
outside of Eastern Europe, and that the    oos cold be inspecte     d if
Davidson and his client would go to Paris,      c    for further
instructions. if r. aiFace                           o   ute
instruti~  Ifrequested to do so, Davidso n      i1n    oecr
a 13 representative to Paris for the purpose of     willing to escort
merchandise. He would not accept a c        o   o thet
but might be pesuaded to accept     a penisson on the traasa-tion
insisted that his offer was motiex pe oney for the trip. He
of his personal dislike for the          u     byr,            and because
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32022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

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