[1]124-102 12-10337, | 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
[3]JFK Assassination System ~ Date: 5/1/2015
[4]Identification Form
[6]Agency Information
[8]AGENCY: FBI
[9]RECORD NUMBER: = 124-10212-10337
[11]RECORD SERIES: HQ
[13]_ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: —100-401762-2ND NR 35
[15]Document Information
[17]ORIGINATOR: CIA
[18]FROM: CIA
[19]TO: DIRECTOR, FBI
[21]TITLE :
[23]DATE: 02/02/1960
[24]PAGES: 5 ;
[26]SUBJECTS :
[27]RCF, SHF, EMP, BKG, TRA, CP ACT, ADMIN, INSTR
[28]DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT
[29]CLASSIFICATION : — Secret
[30]RESTRICTIONS: — 1B; 1C; 4
[31]. CURRENT STATUS: — Redact
[32]DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 09/21/1998
[34]OPENING CRITERIA: APPROVAL OF CIA, INDEFINITE
[36]COMMENTS : INC MEMO
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[53]ater  Bebruary 11, 1960 Jm i + AW]
[55]Bee Bt reetoar .
[56](| Central Intelligence Agency
[58]Absent ions Seouty Director; Plane f
[60]“E Subjects.
[62]ee is made to your letter dated February 25.
[63]2960, conecernin: yorrtones indtoidualas your file
[64]Ber" 3/758, 408.0
[67]ree } following change is made, disceminat or Wy
[68]of the data set out on page tuo of referenecd memorandum[to ‘.
[69][the Swies Federal. foligggntil net interfere with the intefligenc
[70]aud investigatiee re: Ghilities of this Burecaw. The last
[72]EBDOR
[73]sentence on page two OF the nemorantan Should be changed toe
[74]read ae Fallows §
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[77]a
[79]aye #8 known £6 heave received Comminiat Literature,
[81]cenit Me 5 * pelteved te have wade fSinencial contributions te
[82]DUPLICATE Vie Comumist Party in the 0.8., and there ta tnforsa-
[83]rEBLt Nave te indicate Goummist Party menbereahip on hie
[85]| MAILED. Bert aes lete az 1957.6.”
[87]this matter hes beg ‘peferred to the Regal Attaches
[88](i Londons Ports, end Tokyo (go alert appropriote gecurdé?
[90]| services OHCEP BING possibile travel of the Franke im Em gland,
[91]France af # Japars
[93]2- Wew York (100- 42479) (100-107383} (Hnelosuré)
[94]\ 1 = Landon (&nclosures ~ 3) See note Legats, London, Paris,
[95]1 - Paris (Enclosures - 3) /cRiome, and SAC, New York, page
[97]i
[99]/ 1 - Tokyo (Enclosures ~ 3)
[100]1 + Foreign Liaison Unit (Route through for review)
[101]NOH ON YELLOW, PAG 3. [43-47
[103]er FEB 18,0 SO | aBoRer ae Se: Shs, splice cle
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[109]SECRET PN
[111]at
[113][Director
[115](@entral Intell igenee Agency Kae (4 i
[116]4 wee emotes
[118]_ . .  £é would be appreciated if your Agency would furnish
[119]this Bureau any pertinent. information received coneerning —
[120]possible travel of the subjects to Comnmiat Chins end concerning
[121]thetr presence in China Should your Agency receive information
[122]thet subjects plan to travel in England; France, or Japon, tt 4
[123]would be apprectated iff you would edvige the appropriate Lega,
[124]Attache in Londons Gngland; Partie, Frances or Tokye, Japate uw)
[126]ALLTENT GAL .
[127]SAC, JOY FORK?
[128]A Photostat of referenced Central Intelligence Agency
[129](eIA) memorandum is enclosed for alls It is péessible that Paris
[130]may receive inguiries regarding the subjects through Swiss sources.
[131]in referenced memorandum CIA did not identify its (official Swiss S)
[132]source, Lhis identification subsequently given to Bureau via.
[133]Liaison. The Bureau approved ¢fA's furnishing this information
[134]£6 the Swiss Hederal Police inasmuch as GIA had conducted active
[135]investigation regarding subjects in Swi tzerlandyS )
[137]Also enclosed for each Legal Attache are one copy of
[138]| @ memorandum dated li-~26-58 concerming Richard. Cyril Prank and
[139]one copy of a memorandum dated 1-26-60 concerning Susan Heili gman
[140]Pranks In view of reported plans of subjects to travel in :
[141]angland and Frances and since it is anticipated that they may ~
[142]travel in thé vicinity ef Japan priser te their return te this
[143]gountry, the Legal Attaches. at Londons Paris, and Fokye should
[144]ulert’ sourceg)in England, France, and Japan cencerning the
[145]franks’ contetlated travel in Hurope and thety possible plans
[146]to. travel .in China. [Background information concerning the
[147]‘subjects, set forth of page two of enclosed OFA pletters ‘as
[148](fe your a peragraph two of this letter he made available
[151][€o. your sourceahi? deemed advisable, FoF your additional
[152]information, both subjects are on the Security Index.
[154]Ss New York remain alert in this matter and submit any
[156]information received concerning the subjects in a form suitable
[157]for dissemination. If not already done, New York submit FO-122's
[158]tabbed "Out of the country”
[160]SECREL
[161]‘nine
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[169]7 GENCE AGEitcY
[170]t
[172]sree ner [pal ae
[175]Federal Bureau of Investigation _
[176]Attention: Mr. &. J. Papich GA HAS NO ORIECTION
[177]_ AEE OTT EN
[178]tae ris OiNEeL Bro E12 4)
[179]SUBJECT: Susan and Richard frank IN THiS Lutzateiel. gem (0-6-9 |
[180]— Extep7 Gunes i fasy”
[181]WRITIEN NOoTANCA
[182]i. In response to your 22 December commmication ah Wf
[183](Pile No: 100339235, 100-401762) we wish to inform you jt ,
[184]that we have received the folloving from an official — b-/ 6-9 g
[185]Swiss sources : ° ( Tf a ,)
[187]"Richard Frank (born 1922), U.8. citizen, film
[189]technician, resident of New York, arrived at the
[191]Hotel Savoy in Bern with hie wife Susan on 10 December
[192]1959; they stayed there until 12 December leaving for
[193]Zurich. Frank inquired for @ flight ticket to Prague
[194]from Zurich. While in Bern, Frank had contact with
[195]the Chinese, Commnist Exbassy on two occasions; he or -
[196]Mes. Frank having called at the Eubessy. No information
[197]is available on. the neture of these contacts, nor do we
[198]have more detailed personalia."
[200]N CONTAINED
[202]@. We have observed that persons desiring to travel te. .
[203]Commmist China from Gvitzerland frequently fly vie Prague.
[205]3. The following summary has been drawn from material
[206]which you have provided us on Subjects (see HY 100-42h79,
[207]QY 1OO-107383 and Bureau 100-339235). Please advise if we
[208]may pass this summary to our Swiss. source, but without
[209]revealing that your organization supplied the information
[210]contained in it:
[212]OP eosromece oon ween. des
[214]Pps 5 g . it y :
[215]Catvod balk 2 Mes ji fermen: Code NOT RECORDED
[217]2/9fee 128 FEB LA 1960 -
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