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[8]| Memorandum ee | vite ¢ eesT
[9]To’: Files gic 3° DATE: 29 January 1964
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[12]FROM : M. De Stevens 2
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[15]suBjecT: THE LEE HARVEY OSWALD CASE #351164
[17]1. According to a newspaper colum of "Allen and Scott" in the
[18]Chicago American of 6 December 1963, on the OSWALD Case, Abram CHAYES,
[19]Legal Officer of the State Department, was one of two persons im~-
[20]mediately responsible for OSWALD's being permitted to return to the
[21]United States from the Soviet Union in June 1962. The other individual
[22]named was Llewellyn THOMPSON, the then Ambassador to Russia. Another .
[23]said to have been involved in the handling of OSWALD's case was Samuel
[24]WISE, Counsel of the American Embassy in Moscow.
[26]2. Abram CHAYES, #352234, who as of 16 February 1961 was described
[28]s “the new Counsel in State", was granted Security approval for liaison
[30]contact with J. Foster COLLINS (in the office of the Chief of the Covert
[32]Action Staff) on 6 March 1961. The request for CHAYES' clearance was a
[34]"Blanket" request to permit discussion with him of NSC 5412/2 matters on
[35]‘a need-to-know basis.
[37]a 3. In September 1961 there was a white House namecheck: request on
[38]CHAYES' wife Antonia (Toni) Leigh CHAYES ». neé: “HANDLER «
[40]kh. In March 1962, CHAYES was granted a renewal of his liaison
[41]contact clearance with c/ CA on a continuing basis. This time his contact
[42]was Archibald ROOSEVELE, JLo
[44]5. on 10 February 1962, HUMAN EVENTS reported as follows with ©
[45]reference to CHAYES:
[47]“SOFT ON COMMUNISM: Representative Francis Be Walter (R.-Pa.),
[48]Chairman of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, has
[49]scored the. new State Department regulations on passports, claim-
[50]ing they would allow Reds denied passports to."rifle freely the
[51]confidential files of the FBI, the CIA.and other investigative... .
[52]‘agencies." The man behind’ the new regulations » which Walter ~
[53]claims violate the Internal Security Act. of 1950, is reportedly
[54]State's chief legal officer, Abram Chayes. Chayes, a Kennedy
[55]appointee, is an ex-Harvard professor who was Chester Bowles’
[56]top legal adviser when Bowles was Governor of Connecticut.
[58]- Walter has introduced legislation to remedy the new passport
[60]regulations."
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[75]6. Samuel WISE, "Counsel in the American Embassy in Moscow" who
[76]is referred to above, may well be Samuel Griffin WISE Tre, #74574,
[77]SD & SSD, who apparently was once a contract employee on‘SAEACTIVE.
[78]\, [The State Department reviewed WISE's file on 2 June 1954; and as of
[79]September 1962 a Samuel G. WISE was Second Secretary of the American
[80]- Embassy in Moscow. At that time WISE advised in a cable to the State .
[81]Department thaiy,it appeared.thak Ri cendined end ck«DAVIS, aff 3522 QTgamg90 ft a.
[82]defected from the United States- Army -in- Germany “on“19 August 10607shed “
[83]not expatriated himself. DAVIS' case is very similar to that of
[84]OSWALD; and he, like OSWALD, lived in the Soviet Union for two years
[85]after his defection and prior to making application for return to the
[86]United States.7
[88]f. WISE was an applicant for CIA employment in early 1953 and
[89]was security approved subject to polygraph on 11 August 1953. He did
[90]not enter on duty and in September 1953 the office which had been
[91]interested in him was "no longer interested". On 13 November 1953,
[92]WISE was granted a CSA to permit his use as a contract employee on
[93](ABACEIVE in New York City. His CSA was cancelled on 24 March 1958.
[95]8. WISE was named as a friend of ‘William Orville MUNSELD, #61693-DL,
[96]during an investigation of the latter for possible CIA employment in 1952.
[97]- WISE, according to ‘MUNSELL's, landlady and social acquaintance in Washington,
[98]D.C, during the period of about a year which ended in April 1952, was the
[100]only person she knew by name with whom, MUNSELL’ was friendly. According
[101].to the informant, WISE was a student at Columbia University whose address
[102]was 423 Furnald Hall. ‘MUNSELIr‘was Security disapproved for CIA employment
[103]in June 1952 because of his close association on a professional end social
[104]basis, while attending Denver University from 1946 to 1951, with persons
[105]of questionable loyality. In November 1954, \MUNSELL: was of interest to
[106]project (1 (FIALIVE with reference to assignment tocDhahran, Saudi Arabia;
[107]however, the interested office withdrew their request on him, after
[108]Security advised of the derogatory information regarding. him.
[110]9, WISE from 1951 to 1954 attended Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale,
[111]New York, which was attacked by a Citizen's Group, which alleged Communist -
[112]influence in the school system. He had several questionable associates in
[113]addition to MUNSELL.
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[117]M. D. Stevens.
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[133]ee Memorandum
[134]_To’ .: Files 4c > ; | ' DATE: 29 January 1964 —
[135]FROM : Me Di Stevens
[137]susject: "THE LEE HARVEY OSWALD CASE - #35116)
[139]1. According to a newspaper colum of “Allen and Scott" in the
[141]’ Chicago American of 6 December 1963, on the OSWALD Case, Abram CHAYES,
[142]Legal Officer of the State Department, was one of two persons im~
[143]mediately responsible for OSWALD's being permitted to return to the
[144]United States from the Soviet Union in June 1962. The other individual
[145]named was Llewellyn THOMPSON, the then Ambassador to Russia. Another -.
[146]said to have been involved in-the handling of OSWALD's case was Samuel
[147]WISE, Counsel. of the American Embassy in Moscow. ;
[149]2. Abram CHAYES, #352234, who as of 16 February 1961 was described
[150]as "the new Counsel in State", was granted Security approval for liaison.
[151]‘contact with J. Foster COLLINS (in the office of the Chief of the Covert
[152]Action Staff) on 6 March 1961. The request for CHAYES' clearance was a
[153]-"Blanket" request to permit discussion with him of NSC 5412/2 matters on.
[154]a need-to-know basis.
[156]7 36 ‘In September 1961. ‘there. was a- White House namecheck request | on an
[157]CHAYES! wife Antonia (Toni) Leigh CHAYES, nee: HANDLER. Set
[159]he ‘In March 1962, CHAYES was granted a. renewal of his liaison™
[160]- contact clearance with C/CA on a continuing basis.. This time his - contact
[161]was Archibald ROOSEVELT, JLo .
[163]5. on 10 February 1962, EUMAN EVENTS reported as folLows with.
[164]meference to CHAYES; .
[166]"SOFT ON COMMUNISM: Representative Francis E. Walter. 2 (RePas),
[167]Chairman of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, has.;
[168]scored the new State Department regulations on passports, claim-” -
[169]ing they would allow Reds denied passports to "rifle freely the
[170]. confidential. files. of, the..FBL, .the CIA.and other investigative:
[171]agencies." The man behind the new regulations, which Walter” .
[172]claims violate the Internal Security Act of 1950, is reportedly 7
[173]State's chief legal officer, Abram Chayes. Chayes, a. Kennedy,
[174]appointee, is an ex-Harvard professor who was Chester: Bowles *
[175]top legal adviser when Bowles was Governor of Connecticut.
[176]Walter has introduced legislation to remedy the new paseport _
[178]regulations ."
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[195]6. Samuel WISE, "Counsel in the American Embassy in Moscow" who 1
[196]is referred to above, may well be Samuel Griffin WISE Jr., #74574,
[197]SD & SSD, who apparently was once a contract employee on ‘AFACTIVE.
[198][fhe State Department reviewed WISE's file on 2 June 1954; and as of
[199]September 1962 a Samuel G. WISE was Second Secretary of the American
[200]Embassy in Moscow. At that time WISE advised in a cable. _to the State
[201]Department ~~
[203]i i ce a )
[205]/DAVIS' ease is very similar to that of
[207]“OSWALD; and he, like OSWALD, lived in the Soviet. Union for two years
[209]after his defection and prior to making application for return to the
[210]United States./
[212].{. WISE was an applicant for CIA employment in early 1953 and
[213]was security approved subject to polygraph on 11 August 1953. He did
[214]not enter on duty and in September 1953 the office which had been
[215]interested in him was "no longer interested". On 13 November 1953,
[216]WISE was granted a CSA to permit his use as a contract employee on
[217]ABACTIVE in New York City. His CSA was cancelled on 24 March 1958.
[219]~ LAS
[221]8. WISE was named as a friend of William Orville MUNSELL, #61693-DL,
[223]' during an investigation of the latter for possible CIA employment in 1952.
[225]. only person she Imew by name with whomMUNSELLZ was friendly. “According -
[227]’ was 423 Fornald Hall. MUNSELL ‘was Security disapproved for CIA employment. - a
[229]New ‘York, which was attacked by a Citizen's Group, which alleged Communist -
[231]WISE, according to ‘MUNSELL's landlady and social acquaintance in Washington, ..
[232]D.C. during the period of about a year which ended in April 1952, was the ~~:
[234]to the informant, WISE was a student at Columbia University whose address
[236]in June 1952 because of his close. association on a professional and social’
[237]basis, while attending Denver University from 1946 to 1951, with persons
[238]of questionable loyality. In November 1954, CMUNSELL was of interest to .
[239]project AJALIVE with reference to assignment to ‘Dhahran, Saudi. Arabia; >
[240]however, the interested office withdrew their request on him, after
[241]Security advised of the derogatory information regarding hin.
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[257]9. WISE from 1951 to 1954 attended Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale,
[259]influence in the school system. He had several questionable associates. in
[260]addition to MUNSELL.
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[264]M. D. Stevens
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