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ATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
Kr. James J. Rowley
Chief, U.S. Searet Servica
Mr. John KoCone
Director, Central Intelligence
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DATs arch 3, 1964
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Central Intelligence Report ea the Assassination of Jahn Xennedy
In reopcnas to th ast made by your offies on 24 February
196, re: Lee Sewald's aotivities and aasignmenta on behalf of
this agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation, there followe
@ Narrative sumiary of the internal subversive activities of
‘the Oswald subject. ‘
I fecommend that unlefe the Commission makes a specific request
fot specific information contained herein, that‘this inforsat{od™=+
not be ¥olunteéred. €Thia agenay has reason to assune that some
junior Commission staff members may be potential sources of leaks
to the news media or to other agencies; due to the highly sensitive
nature of the enclosed material, it Would certainly be in the
bational interest to withhold if at this time - unless there ia,
of ccurse, 0 opecific request nade,
it ie oy undePstanding that {r. Hoover har certain sedaitive {n-
formation within hie agency, witch hes been transferred -to his own
ertonul flea for safexeeping; he conours that no materta1 should
me wolmntariily given to the Commission whion might affect the etatua
ef field operatives or their aafety, He in pertioularly coagerned
abeut the De Brucy memorandum, whick Sentral Intelligence has ob-
tained and which, T uné ratend, you have obtained. It Le imperative
that this information, at least for the time, renain under wraps.
Ogwald subject was trained by thin ageney, under saver sf the office
of Navel Intelligence, for soviet assignnents., Uuring preliminarr
‘rainihe, in 1657, subject waa sotive tn serial reconnalerands of
mattiand China ahd maintethed a security clearance up to tha “con?
dential" level, His military reoerts during this pertod ara open
to your agehdy end I have directed they be forwarded to the Conmie-
sich. i
Subject received additional indoctrination at our owe Camz Peary
site fron Septenber # to datober 17, 1988, and participated In a
fun relatively minor asaiynsents until arrangements were nude for
hia entry into the goriet Union in September 1959, While in the
Soviet Union; he was ch special easignment in the area of Minsk,
It would hot be advantageous at thin time to divulge the opocifice
ofthat esgignment; however, if you Wiss tni® laformation, it can