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Wesley , , iebeler, former. Assistant Counsel to the President'e.. Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, by letter received 10/17/66, claims he is deeply concerned about some of •

- the recent books attacking the Warren Commission and its report. i Alleges he has discussed situation in some detail with other. mem-,-..-e-.f..-. 1 bers of Warren Commission staff, resulting in his undertaking the 1 writing of a book describing generally how Commission conducted ---7y ••

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desires data from Bureau contained in reports made available to .-..: Commission but not fully utiliZed by Commission. He alleges he 1 .: b.eing sued by Mark Lane, author of "Rush to Judgment", but no •..._

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i Vl3ased on prior experience with Liebeler, Bureau could not expect -- -.. • favorable treatment regardless of whether Bureau assisted him or I:.

** idiotic requests of Bureau while on Warren Commission. -

( - • turned down his request. lie is obnoxious and made numerous Cr lb.

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(1) If approved, that attached letter be sent-to Liebeler acknowledging his letter and advising him that as he is aware, Warren Commission made all of its material availalk to National Archives and in accordance with Public Law 89-312, all material in Bureau's possession turned --, over to National Archives and any information he desires wil e avatb.• able through National Archives. ba- - iogo co - x

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t-YA (3) Upon approval of the letter to letter as well as the Bureau's repl Dallas Office for its information inasmuch as Liebeler, during the

existence of the Warren Commission, spent considerable time in

Dallas and had contact with the Dallas Office on several occasions . Dallas will be instructed not to comply with any requests Which.

Liebeler might make to that office without first clearing such requests

with the Bureau and awaiting a specific Bureau reply. (It is not

intended to cooperate with Liebeler hit it would be well to know the .14:-.

% nature of any requests he might make.) .-• •

The Los Angeles Office will also be furnished copies of this cor-

respondence inasmuch as Liebeler is now living in the Los Angeles

territory and they will be furnished the same instructions as Dallas

poncerning any requests from Liebeler.

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(received in Bureau 10/17/66j from Wesley J. Liebeler, former Assistant Counsel to the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy. In his letter he states he is deeply concerned about some of the recent books attacking the Warren Commission and its report. He states "4:- - he has discussed this matter in some detail with other members of the staff of the Warren Commission and in view of the circumstances has undertaken to write a book describing generally how the Commission conducted its investi-,. - g tion, reviewing the evidence relating to the basic conclusions reached in • tile report, and discussing the major criticisms which have been made of the ;- report and the work of the Commission. - •

} -,. In his letter Liebeler solicits the assistance of the Bureau • . , relative to several matters which were thoroughly looked Into by the Warren co mission during its hearings. Liebeler is apparently desirous of the PV eau going beyond the material reported by the Warren Commission and is a' ►tng the Bureau to furnish him additional. facts which may be in FBI reports.

He also comments that as he prOcee.ds with his work he will have additional questions and mentions that W. W.I.Norton and Company have - //. . agrees to publish the book he is now yorking on. He comments. he tinder- - • 4 .—

stands W. W. Norton and Company are also publishing a book (about.the FBI which is being written by the Overstreets. Liebeler is referring to Dr. Harry Overstreet and his wife who are known to be preparing a book favorable to the ?:ilareati. Assistant Director W. C. Sultivan has been in contact with the Ovm' Streets during preparation of their bobk and parts of their manuscript { hav Moen reviewed by both the Domestic fntelligence and Crime Records Divi4ions.

- Ill i2•4. Acco ding to Liebeler, Mark Ane, author of "Rush to Judgment",

Announced to th press he was suing Liebeler for slander. Liebeler states Lane was at the ; University of California, Los Angeles, on 10/7/66,..and Lane refused Liebelel.'s challenge to debate. Liebeler claims that following Lane's press conference he held one immediately thereafter and charged Lane was '. T going around the country telling lies for money. He states he has not yet -,-;;:!.—... been served with any process. -; , ' ... • . . - :...- ...-.-..: :......:......*:..)::.14:•:

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-- ' Liebeler was the most obnoxious attorney on the staff and was constantly)fi,.:g;..,:, ) making completely unreasonable oral requests of the Bureau. This ..'1':•'!.*,1';::;: 1;.? occurred to such an extent that he was told on numerous occasions ta'!-0..-.4.,::,t.:..": clear his requests through Mr. J. Lee Rankin's office to make sure the .f.:'.:i..:::•.;_:

Commission actually desired the work he was suggesting. Such refusals ;f••' :

to honor his requests rarely had any effect and he would be back the next

day with another equally "screwball" request. In addition, Liebeler.J Y.

constantly requested assistance in locating material which had been ** ,-4.

• previously supplied to the Commission. Such requests were regularly ,,....

turned down but this did not deter him from continued requests. A,. --:%',7..:-.:;: :.:..:-;;:- . . .......• ... .,.. ;,:7:

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captioned "James R. David, InformatiOn Concerning, Secuiltyyiolation, it -•

reveals that David, by letter dated June 4, 1964, advised he was a retired

• ' NaKal reserve officer who performed duties as a security officer. • David :v s; -•

stated- that on May 31, 1964, while en route from Keene, New iiampshire,.., : •

on,Northeast Airlines to New York, he observed an individual, who occupied

the seat adjacent to him, openly display a report with a cover identifying it

as rU. S. Department of Justice, Copy No. 10 of 10, President's Commission

.. :on the Assassination of President Kennedy" marked in large block red letters

! ..4 "Top Secret." David furnished a description of this individual and added he . -

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• '"'• ''' report previously referred to bore the initials"W. J. L." The Commission ii --

waS furnished a copy of Mr. David's letter on June 9, 1966. (62-109090 ..:.:-,:-.

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In a memorandum dated July 8, 1966, concerning the book "Inquest"

by Edward Jay Epstein, about the functioning of the Warren Commission, ' - •

which is seveilely critical of the Commission, Epstein indicated that one of

his sources of inaterial for his book was Assistant Counsel Wesley J. Liebeler

who stated that the Commission did "nothing"; the staff members did all the

:investigating. Liebeler was also quoted as saying that although the FBI was

'extremely efficient in answering questions -submitted in writing, the Agents .:

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As a former assistant counsel to the President's Commission .on the Assassination of President Kennedy, I am deeply concerned about some of the books, attacking the Commission and the Report, that have been published recently. I have discussed this matter in some detail-with Messrs. .Ball, Griffin, Specter, Stern and Willens, all former .. - members of the Commission Staff and with some of the members of the Commission. In view of the circumstances I have undertaken to •

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the matter, I hope you will be able to extend your cooperation. --, ' -:? _

I would propose at this juncture to submit specific questions which I think could be readily answered from the reports and other records in your possession. One of my basic problems is to find my way back into the materials with which we worked at the time the Commission was in operation. This involves to a great extent the matter of indexes to reports of your Bureau, many of which are now available to the interested public at the Aitrchives. I must be frank to admit that even while we were working on the Report there were many times when the only way in which I could locate material in your reports was to ask your office for a reference to et

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Let me Indicate the kind of thing I have In mind: On liages L ,• •-:. 34810 of his book "Rush to Judgment", Mark Lane comments on Com-. •::" mission ion Exhibit 5, a picture Oswald took of the rear of General Walker's house. You will recall that CE 5 depicts an automobile and that the ',-ii-...:17: picture has been mutilated in such a way as to obliterate the license ..;.-"*A*: plat of that automobile. After this came to my attention I examined Mar na Oswald about it in Dallas on July 24, 1964, in an attempt to j-ti."-'t

--. 4 .- dote mine whether or not the hole was in the picture when it was first :Ili:. a shoviin to her before the Commission. She said that it was not, but I ..::•-• • do not believe that she was correct in that regard. That testimony is:j:-.;- set forth at 11 Hearings 294-5. ..;.....46.:0'

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litablished by the analyses Iding took the pictures of the area around General Walker's house was clearly

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i shown in the background of CE --1:'2. The report of this investigation is set forth in a report from your Dallas Office, dated Ma.31 22, 1964 (CE 1351).

As to (2), Robert Surrey indicated that the car appeared identical to one owned by Charles Kiihr, a volunteer worker for General Walker. (CE 1953, p. 9) Surrey was not so certain about that when he testified • before the Commission (5 Hearings 437), and General Walker did not

I 'recognize the automobile at all (11 Hearings 411-12). , ..: .

At this time I am not able to determine whether you interviewed Klihr abch4t this. I would very much appreciate information as to that and

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Detective Stovall testified that he made a list of the property taken from the Paine residence on November 22, 1963, assisted by -,,-,..--• Detective Rose and two FBI agents (7 Hearings 190). Perhaps those 7"'''. ,.: - agents, whose identity I am not able to determine, would recall the i:-7: :::' ' picture and whether the hole was in it at the time. Of course, if your inventory of November 26, 1963, indicates the•presence of the hole, that ' •

[ coupled with the recollections of Stovall and-Rose would strongly suggest . "- that Oswald or his wife mutilated the picture. , • ••

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I am sure that I will have additional questions as I proceed with my work. You might be interested in knowing that W. W. Norton & Co. have agreed to publish the book on which I am now at work. I understand that they are also publishing a book about your Bureau that is being written by the Overstreets. • .

1-qh Mr. Lane has announces to the press that he is suing me for slander, He was here at U.C.L. A. last Friday and refused my challenge to debate. He then held a press conference. I held one( immediately . following and charged that he was going around the country telling lies for money. I have not yet been served with any process.

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is clear to me that something must be done in response to the wavc of criticism that sems to be building up on this matter. I hope that youlwill be able to give me the help I am asking.

Very truly yours, •

• Wesl y J. Liebeler

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With reference to your request, you are no ciouiA '• .,• •z-c-, . :-c aware that the Warren Commission, upon termination of its -.••••: ?,-;.;

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Sincerely yours, • 1 - Dallas (see note page 2)

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