[1]124-10296-10130 | 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 |
[2]JFK Assassination System Date: §/27/201
[3]Identification Form
[5]Agency Information
[7]AGENCY: FBI
[8]RECORD NUMBER: = 124-10296-10130
[10]RECORD SERIES: HQ
[11]AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 163,1504-7
[13]Document Information
[15]ORIGINATOR: FBI
[16]FROM: DIRECTOR, FBI
[17]TO: DIRECTOR, CIA
[19]TITLE :
[21]DATE: 03/23/1970
[22]PAGES: 3
[24]SUBJECTS :
[25]WHI, ASSOC, RCK, IDENT, BKG, AKA, MIL SERV, EMP
[27]DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT
[28]CLASSIFICATION : — Secret
[29]RESTRICTIONS : 1B
[30]CURRENT STATUS: — Redact
[31]DATE OF LASTREVIEW: = 05/18/1998
[33]OPENING CRITERIA: APPROVAL OF CIA
[35]COMMENTS : INC MEMO
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[41]ae -» Mr. Michela
[43]~ GIA HAS NO OBVECTION TO.
[44]oe ASSIFICATION AND/OR,
[45]ayo Be CHA in “ORMAI ON
[48]THS DOCUMENT. g Fok _
[51]| Deputy Director for Plans ° 40-49
[53]cae HOOVER PRATT _ | 1-17-48
[54]MAERMAL SECURITY - Laos. "CLASSIFIED BY bb Su
[56]‘DECLASS iFY GN: yas)
[59]eference te made to. your request dated March 10,
[60]“my, ‘letter dated November 21, 1969, concerning
[61]dividual, your ‘file B-956.
[63]: There is ‘enclosed one. copy each of the fingerprint
[64]ards of captioned: individual and James Warren Smedley, who
[66]dentical-with the James Warren Smedley mentioned in
[67]March 10, 1970.
[69]o ted: that. ‘you were- » furnished two copies of
[70]Gof Investigation Identification Record
[71]Hgo xr Pratt, by my letter dated
[72]A: view of the files of this Bureau
[73]fication Record identifiable with
[74]madiey Ox, “William Herman Jackson, also
[75]Ee MNQME TNayl lawtiorn, who. were also mentioned in
[76]"math you request £ Barch’ 10; 1970.
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[95]wkihy. J 11 Joa
[96]SEE NOTE PAGE TWO eer Pere
[99]Director
[100]Central Intelligence Agency
[102]While no Identification Record concerning
[103]James Warren Smedley was located, the enclosed fingerprint
[104]cards concerning Smedley and Pratt may be of assistance to-
[105]you in making record checks throughfofficial Thai sources. (6)
[106]The enclosed fingerprint cards and the copies of the :
[107]Identification Record which were furnished to you by my
[108]letter dated November 21, 1969, may be utilized by you
[109]in checking [official Thai| sources: ‘concerning the(S
[110]individuals ientioned above. In making such checks, you
[111]must insure that the[Thai officialg|clearly understand 6)
[112]that it is your Agency which is making the record checks
[113]and that such checks are not in any way being made for
[114]this Bureau.
[116]Enclosures ~ Z
[118]NOTE:
[120]Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) previously
[121]checked the names of Pratt, Jackson, and Smedley through
[122]Bureau files. CIA has advised that Pratt had reportedly POON
[123]attempted to get people out of Vietnam into Laos where © j i.
[124]these people could be trained and shipped to the United States
[125]to assist in the "Black Movement." By memorandum dated.
[126]3/10/70, CIA furnished additional identifying information
[127]concerning Jackson and Smedley and requested copies of
[128]fingerprint records. CIA requested to be advised-if those
[129]records could be provided tofofficial Thai] sources in{S
[130]order to facilitate checking certain Ghaleyores whic
[132]would otherwise be unavailable.
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[136]SEM ABROAD
[138]C-.
[142]B-956 (
[143]1¢@ MAR 1970
[145]Q
[146]Na ryan O |
[147]. , SUBJECT: George Hoover PRATT
[148]va Reference: UA. Our memorandum of 11 February 1970,
[149]10: ce Subject as above.
[150]OBJECTION TS
[151]CIA HAS NO f ariog ANEYOR, B. Your letter dated 21 November 1969,
[152]PE EASE ee ORMATION Subject: George Hoover PRATT,
[153]ASE OF UA i , Internal Security - Laos Racial
[155]nN TH DOCUMENT. -equept Fok Matters.
[156]Kf 10 “0-t} sapfese 147-48 (SFR) © ,
[157]1. Our representative in Vientiane, Laos | f
[158]provided the llowing addition information con-. . acnae
[159]cerning Herman (JACKSON. and KingJSMEDLEY mentioned in } rd
[160]paragraph 1A of reference A: —
[161]a. Herman jJJACKSON is believed to be identi-
[162]cal with William HermanfJACKSON, also known as Jack Karl
[163]LX aisoRN, who was born 24: November _1926in Dothan, ~~
[164]“Alabama... JACKSON. Sa rétired tnited States" Army. “Master
[165]“Sergeant who now owns Jack's American Star Bar in Bang-
[166]kok, Thailand. . He carries United States passport number
[167]}- 2539419, ; ~~
[169]ing SMEDLEY is believed to be identical
[170], with James Warren] SMEDLEY, negro male born on 3 October
[171]* 1922 at Roanoke, Virginia: SMEDLEY served in “the United af
[172]ym States Air’ Force. He carries United States passport FaRnelé:
[176]4
[177]fthaas
[179]x
[181]cere set
[184]Se 2. Please provide us with copies of ‘the finger-
[185]| print records of Subject and William Herman JACKSON.
[186]ot _ Please. advise_us if we may provide these records to
[187]‘8 (9k official ThaiJsourcestin order to facilitate checking
[188]\ rtain Thai Trecords “that would otherwise not be avail-
[189]able.
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