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Date Apri l 14 • 1964

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Captain FRANK MANNING. Investigative Division, El PasoCounty She r i f f as Office , El Paso • Texas, advised tha t one

EDDIE M O S E S ~ who has been known to the El Paso County Sher i f f ' s

Office for a number of y e a r s ~ furnished to them the followingdocument:

"Ca l l J P : Frank Brown. a former Oklahoma law off ice r• - I

who now l v s hc :'e says tha t an inc ident in_li9.2_8 d e ~ ~ ~ i . t e l y~ : . ~ ~ a l Ab e __ u b ~ n ~ t e ~ n , h < ? l l 1 ... ? : , ~ ; ~ v e s to __be .. J ~ c k .. u b y ~ to

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t a ~ r : P - E ~ C . u b aa__1_d_ ~ ~ n t s ? , ~ a t s ide _y • as f ~ J : as. could__ __ t ~ ~ l i s h e d . '

"BroT•.m, who was born and ra ised in Duncan, Oklahoma,

became a member of the Duncan, Okla. police d e p a r t m e n t and

l a t e r of the Oklahoma State Crime Burean . . His brother- in-lawis present ly n ight chief of police for Duncan and a youngerr e la t ive is on the Dallas, T e x ~ police force.

I t was whi.le Brown was with the crime bunaau tha t alocal man cal led 'Smit ty ' , often in t rouble with the law. drove

a ca r la nde d with guns and ammunition through the town ofDuncan . Of f i ce r :;, including Brown· gave chase, but were forcedto turn bac k when the car crossed the Okla - Texas l ine. However,

the ca r dr_ve n by ·smitty overturn.ed short ly afterwar_. between

the Re d River bridge and the town of ~ 1 d Texas.

· "An inves t igat ion by the Texas Department of P u b l i ~Safety a nd th e FBI r eve a led .involvement of Rubenstein. owner

of the Carou5f.d Club in Dallas. in the gunrunning incident ,Brown say s . · -

"A memor·y ·exper t ' has· to ld a u t h o r i t ~ he saw Lee Oswalj

in 'Rubys' s t r ip palace s e v ~ r a l days prior to the presidents• ·a s_sas ina )on , acco r ding to a UP wire story.

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A J WEBERMAN6 BLEECKER STREET

NEW YORK CITY, NY 10012

PHONE (212) 477-6243

THOMAS F. CONLEYCHIEF, FREEDOM OF INFORMATION CENTERUNITED STATES ARMY INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

ATTEN: MIIA:CAFFORT MEADE, MARYLAND 20755

1 References :

a Your l e t t e r dated 29 October 1976 re ; DCII check for JACKRUBENSTIEN and SAUNDERS COMPANY and US ARMS DEALERS-SCAN)INAVIAwhich proved nega t ive

2. In t h i s l e t t e r you s t a t e d you would be pleased to conducta dd i t i ona l r esea rch to obta in a copy o f the repor t for me

should I ob ta in the or ig ina t ing agency of the r e ~ o r t

{ .a Enclosed p lease f ind document from recent ly dec l a s s i f i ed

· CIA f i l e on Oswald which revea l or ig ina t ing Agency.

In t h i s l e t t e r you a l so s t a t e d The DCII check i nd ica ted nor ecord o f any Army i nve s t i ga t ive records concerning Jack LeonRubenstein , DOB; 25 March 1911, the subjec t of your r e q u e s t

We d ~ d r e t r i e ve and examine f i l e s rega rd ing o the r indiv idua lswith the same name •••

a In a Dept. of Sta t e Off ice of Secur i ty Memo /For ; AbramChayes / From: RAYM0ND W. LAUGEL, Act . Dep. Ass. Secre ta ry

for Secur i ty :(dated . 24 ·Nov . 19·63} . a re fe rence i s made toa l e t t e r from a New York Import Firm w r i t t e n in 1958 by

a Jack Rubenste in to the Office o f Munit ions Cont ro l r e que s t -ing permiss ion t o nego t i a t e the purchase of f i rea rms andammunition from an I t a l i a n f i rm • Do any of the DCII r e -por t s concern t h i s man's a c t i v i t i e s ? I bel ieve t h i s man i s

::e:::::: ::t:o:::kh:::y:hat it is highly likely that ackRuby t r i e d to conceal h i s involvement in a ~ e n t t r a ns a c t ionsand gave a f a l s e D.O.B. So what I am looking fo r i s a JackRubenste in who was involved with any kind of CUBAN connec t ion

o r any connect ion with a Corporat ion t h a t l a t t e r tu rned ou tto be a f ront for o ~ g a n i z e d crime o r the Teamsters Union.were any o f the Rubenste ins whose cases you reviewed connectedwith ~ A C K BLANEY JOHNSON, DONALD EDWARD BROWDER, DOMINICKBARTONE, CARLOS PRIO o r ROBERT McKEOWN?

Thank-you for your t ime and e f fo r t in t h i s mat te r I wantyou to know I apprec ia t e it.

Attachments

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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

H E A D Q U A R T E R S

US ARMY I N T E L L I G E N C E A G E N C Y

F O R T G E O RG E G M E A D E M A R Y L A N D Z0755

MIIA-CAF 3 Decerrber 19 76

SUBJECT: Freedom of Information Request

Mr. A. J . Weberman6 Bleecker StreetNew York, New York 10012

1 . Reference your le t te r undated reques t ing addit ional research be

conducted pertaining to your Freedom of Information Request relat ingto Jack Leon Rubenstein al ias Jack Ruby. This l e t t e r was received on

29 November 1976.

2 . The Army Intelligence Records of individuals identif ied as Jack

Rubenstein or Jack Ruby were searched for the 1958 l e t te r to the Officeof Nunitions Control, described in paragraph 3a of your le t ter . This

le t te r was not in any of the f i les .

3 . The Army Intell igence Records of individuals identif ied as Jack

Rubenstein or Jack Ruby were searched fo r data i n d i c t i ~ connection

with the individuals and o r ~ n i z t i o n s specified in paragraph 3b of your

~ e t t e r This search also produced negative results . - - - --

4. n extensive search was conducted for the 1959 Department of theArmy report concerning U Arms Dealers in Scandinavia. We are unable

to locate a report of this description in the US Army Intell igenceRecords Repository.

FOR THE COl n1ANDER:

hief, Freedom of Information Center



Mr. A. J . Weberman6 Bleecker St ree t

D E P R T ME N T OF STATE

Wa sh i ngt o n, D .C 20520

Apri l 14, 19 77

New York City New York 10012

Dear Mr. Weberman:

I r e f e r to your r ecen t l e t t e r again asking to obta in underthe provi s ions o f the Freedom o f Informat ion Act a copy o f

a l e t t e r wri t ten in 1958 by Jack Rubenstein.

We have now searched our ~ a s ~ n ~ ~ { ~ ~ i c e o f

Munit ions Control for t h e _ ~ ~ Cor o r ?;; \)t f a i l edro l oca t e correspondence with them. We can es t ab l i s h

--±.ho..ug.b ehat_ :.he f i rm has not reg i s te red with the D e ~ r t m e n t_ _as a ma_n:gfactm;:-er or exporter of ~ = o n U e US tifii}i 1 t ~

]4 8 £ ; - and would no t have appl i ed for expor t l i censes . __

On January 12 we wrote you t ha t searches had been conducted,without success fo r the Rubenstein l e t t e r by the Federa l

Bureau of Inves t iga t ion the US Customs Service and o f the

Department of Sta te name, correspondence and secu r i ty f i l e s .At t h a t t ime we informed you t ha t whi le the l e t t e r was no t

among the documents in our ac t ive f i l e s we would i n i t i a t e

a t your expense a search o f our inac t ive f i l e s . As youknow, the Freedom o f Informat ion Act author izes theschedul ing of fees for the search of documents.

I assu re you the Department of S ta t e has no wish to denyyou access to the Rubenstein l e t t e r ~ and I herewi th r epea t

our of fe r to i n i t i a t e a search of our i n a c t i Y . e ~l oca t e i t ~ T h e search wi l l involve a review o f severa lthousand documents and would be cos t ly to you. I f you wishus to begin the search you should conf i rm your d e s i r e ~and we wi l l expect a depos i t o f a t l e a s t $500.

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Mr. A. J . Weberman6 Bleecker S r re e tNew York, New York

Dear Mr. Weberman:

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DEPART M EN T OF STATE

Wa sh i t on D C . 20520

January 12 1977

10012

I r e f e r to your l e t t e r da ted October 5 ask ing to ob ta in

under t he provi s ions o f the Freedom o f Informat ion Act

a copy o f a l e t t e r from a New York f i rm w r i t t e n in 1958by Jack Rubenste in ·

Searches have now been completed of the correspondence ,s e c u r i t y and name f i l e s in t he Department o f S ta t e andof the records o f the Federa l Bureau o f Inve · ·Uni ted Sta t e s Secre t Service . · 1 e ex i s t ence o f

nown 1n 19 63, we a re now unable to

l o c a t e it

It may e poss i b l e t h a t the l e t t e r i s conta ined in t he

i n a c t iv e f i l e s o f our f f i c e ~ Munit ions C o n ~ l That

o f f i c e mainta ins f i l e s o f cor respondence by corpora t ions ;a · i d e n t i fy t he company in New York for whomMr. Rubenste in wrote we Wl 1n1 l.athe absence o f infoLntaLion ident1fy1ng t he f i rm the

sea rch would i nvo lv e a re v i e w o f nea r l y fifteenthousand documents and wou l d be a t a c o s t to you o f about

2,500. There i s o f c our s e no assurance t h a t the l e t t e rw i l l be loca ted ; bu t if you wish us to begin the sea rch

you should conf i rm your des i re . ~ W e w i l l expec t a depos i t

o f a t l e a s t 500.

Si nce re l y

Barbara EnnisDi rec t o r Of f i ce o fFreedom o f In fo rmat ion A ffa i r s



.DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

HEADQUARTERS

US ARMY I N TELL IGENCE AGENCY

FORT GEORGE G . MEADE MARYLAND 2 755

MIIA-CAF

SUBJECT : Freedom of Information Request

Mr. A J. Weberman6 Bleecker StreetNew York, New York 10012

1. References :

29 October 1976

a. Your letter to the Freedom of Information Officer, Departmentof the Army, dated 5 October 1976, requesting documents pertaining toJack Rubenstein and the Saunders Company. Your letter was referredto this office on 15 October 1976 and received on 18 October 1976.

b. Telephone conversation between you and Mr. J. L. Slechta ofthis office 27 October 1976 . .

2. To determine the existence of any intelligence investigative filesregarding Mr. Jack Rubenstein, the Saunders Company or US arms dealersin Scandinavia, a check was made of the automated Defense Central IndexQf

Tnyest_gatians DCII). This Indexis

managed 5y the DefenseInvesti-

gati ve Service DIS) for the Department of Defense. The results of theDCII check indicated no record of an Army file regarding the SaundersCompany or US arms dealers in Scandinavia.



MIIA-CAF 29 October 1976SUBJECT: Freedom of Information Request

4. f you have any further questions. you may contact the Freedom of

Information Center US ArmY Intelligence Agency, ATTN: MIA-CAF,Fort Meade, Maryland 20755. The telephone numbers are 301) 677-4501/4743.

FOR TH COMMANDER:

~ / iT H O M A s ¥ ~Chief Freedom of Information Center

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In rep ly r e f e r to

Case No.

( ) 1 Your reques t for ma te r i a l under the Freedom ofInformat ion Act received in t h i s of f i ce on

i s hereby acknowledged.

( ) 2. Your fu r ther reques t o funder the Freedom o f n f o r m a t ~ o n Act receivedin t h i s of f i ce on concern-ing

~hereby acknowledged.

( ) 3. Your request w i l l be processed in accordancewith the terms o f the Act and you wi l l hear fromus as soon as poss ib l e .

( ) 4. The Department o f S t a te i s author ized to co l l ec tfees to o f f s e t the cos t s o f adminis ter ing the

Act and a schedule o f fees i s enclosed . Waivero f fees on grounds o f publ ic bene f i t can begranted only if the r eques te r makes an aff i rma-

t i ve showing o f such bene fit

( ) 5 Our records ind ica te t ha t you have an outs tandingde b t o f for se rv i ces p revious ly renderedto you by the Department o f Sta t e under t h i s Act.Regulat ions requi re t ha t t h i s debt be s a t i s f i e dbefore we can proceed with your cur ren t reques t

You are t he re fore requested to send t h i s of f i ce acheck o r money orde r fo r the above amount payableto the U.S. Treasury on r ece ip t o f which we w i l lbe happy to i n i t i a t e work on your reques t



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A prel iminary survey i nd i c a t e s t h a t your reques t

w i l l involve ex t en s iv e c ons u l t a t i on , and /o r the

examina t ion o f wide ly d isbursed o r voluminousr ecords . An ex tens ion o f 10 days has the re fore

beenau thor ized

bythe Direc tor ,

Freedomo f

Informat ion Off ice , fo r process ing your r e que s t ,as provided fo r under the Act .

Your reques t does no t appea l to f a l l wi th in t he

l i m i t s o f rea sonab le d e f i n i t i o n as s e t ou t bythe Act . e a re t he r e fo r e asking you to cons ider

whether your reques t could be more sharply def ined

or l imi t ed in .e x te n t , and whether you wish to s t a t ea l i m i t fo r cos t s t o be i ncur red . e wi l l be happyto d i scuss t h i s fu r t he r with you by phone if youw i l l tell us when and where you may be reached.

Your reques t does no t appear to f a l l under theFreedom o f Informat ion Act because it does no t

r e f e r to r ecords o r documents o f t he Department .I f you have any i n fo rma t ion as to such r ecords o r

documents on the sub jec t you now reques t , p lease

inform us .

Since your r e q u e s t i nvo lves r ecords the r e f e r r a lo f which to unau thor i zed persons might be con

s t rued as an i nvas ion of p r ivacy , we must ask youto forward evidence t h a t you a re t he person d e

sc r ibed in these r ecords ( i f you a re applying on

your own behalf ) o r t h a t you a re~ l y

au thor izedto r e p re se n t a t h i r d pa r ty whose r ecords you a re

reques t ing . In fo rma t ion such a s your da te andp lace of b i r t h and Soc ia l Se c ur i t y number i s usu

a l l y s u f f i c i e n t fo r reques t s concerning yourse l f ;fo r t h i rd pa r ty r e ques t s a no ta r i zed s ta tement i sr equ i red from t he person you r e p re s e n t .

In fu tu re corresponde nce on t h i s r e q u e s t p leaser e f e r to cas e numbe r a t head . o f form.

Where No. 5 o r any o f Nos. 7 through 9 above i schecked the 10 day t ime l i m i t i s suspended u n t i l

a r e p ly i s r ece ived from t he r e que s t e r .

i n ~ e · l ~Barbara EnnisD i re c t o rFreedom o f Informat ion S t a f f

Bureau o f Publ ic A ffa i r s



_ / A WEBERMAN

BARBRA ENNISDIRECTOR

6 BLEECKER STREET

NEW YORK CITY, NY 10012

PHONE (212) 477-6243

FREEDOM OF INFO STAFFBUREAU OF PUBLIC AFFAIRSSTATE DEPT.WASHINGTON D.C.

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a . My l e t t e r of Oct 28, 1976 rec . by Dept. o f S ta te Nov 3 , 1976b . Your form l e t t e r dated 11/4/76

1 . As you can see frmrn the enc losure FBI Rep. DL44-1639 a check wasmade o f the records of the AMERICAN EMBASSY , HAVANA by Mr. Donald

Simon, Records Management : e : s ~ - ~ ~ ~ : : ~ = = ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ r e q u e s t o fthe ·. · Warren Commission f ~ sayshe d i d n t check a l l the oox s , wouldl i ke a l l the boxes checked to - Jack Ruben-s t e in from 1955-1961.

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~ w o u l d also l i ke to k n o w ~ f the r ~ ~ ~ g s conta in any gf the fo l lowing names: DONALD EDWARD B ~ W D E R MACK BLANEY JOHNSON, LEWIS J .

cWILLIE, MEYER X LANSKY, JAKE LANSKY, KIKE McLANEY, SANTO

1RAFFICANTE, NORMAN ROTHMAN DOMINICK BARTONE JOE MARRS MARIA~ ~ ~ LORENZ, LORAN EUGENE HALL, CAPTAIN WILLIAM MORGAN JOHN X MARTINO,

NK FIORINI aka FRANK STURGIS)

I am wi l l ing to pay any cos t s incurred in making t h i s search .

4. I bel ieve t ha t the ammended Freedom Of INfo. Act .s t a t e s t ha t documentsre o ther ind iv idua l s can be r e leased xk when the publ ic i n t e r e s toutweighs the Privacy Act. Many o f . the ' people I have mentioned abovehave t h e i r a c t i v i t i e s de ta i led in the Warren Commission Documents-

. . . ... fo r example the Dept o f J us t i c e j u s t r e leased DONALD EDWARDBROWDERS rap sheet approx. p a g ~ s . But in the meantime I wouldbe i n t e r e s t e d in f inding out i f s u c h documents e x i s t .



DEP RTMENT OF ST TE

Mr A.J. Weberman6 Bleecker Street

Was h lneto n, D C 20 520

ew York, ew York 10012

Dear Mr Weberrnan:

Ref: FOI Case No 640409

January 12, 1977

I am replying to your l e t ter of November 23, 1976 in which you

request, under the Freedom of Information Act, information con-

cerning Jack Ruby s passport .

The Passport Office has made a thorough search of i t s f i les and

is unable to l ocate any record concerning Mr. Ruby

Sincerely,

s . ~ ~ t_ct_, n._Barbara EnnisDirec tor

Freedom of Informat ion S ta f f

Bureau of Publ ic f fa i r s



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In Reply Refer To:PPI /LS - RUBY Jack ·

Mr. A. J . Weberman6 Bleecker Street

DEP RTMENT OF ST TE

Washington D .C . 20 0

New York City, New York 10012

Dear Mr. Weberm:m:

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refer to your l e t t e r of October 28 requesting inforrration fromthe f i les of th is Office on Jack Ruby.

In order for a search to be nade of our f i les for infornation which

may be Il'Bintained on a specif ic individual, we require, a t a minimum,tha t person 's name, date or place of bir th . A search would be

faci l i ta ted i additional informa..tion i s provided concerning whenit i s believed the individual was l as t provided with passport and

similar services by the Passport Office .

n rrost cases , ha.vever, it i s not possible to provide inforrrationfrom another individual ' s passport f i le . This information is exempt

from disclosure by the provisions of the Freedom of InformationAct under 5 USC 552(b)(6) and Section 6 .4(a)(6) of Ti t le 22 of theCode of Federal Regulations which provide that the Act does not

apply to personr1el and nedical f i les and simil a r f i les t he disclosureof which would consti tute a clear ly unwarranted invasion of personalprivacy.

n addit ion, the Privacy Act of 1974 , 5 USC 552a s ta tes tha t records

shal l not be disclosed to any person, or to another agency, exceptpursuant to a subpoena from a court o f competent jurisdict ion ora written request by, or with the pr ior consent of , the individualto whom the r ecord pertains .

Since the information wh i ch you seek i s governed by the provisionsof the Freedom of Infornation Act, your request, along with thenecessary minimum information, should be addressed to :



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r . Barbara Ermis DirectorFreedom of Information Staff

Bureau of Public AffairsD: partment of StateWashington , D. C. 20520

Upon receipt of the necessary information your request would be

considered by the Depart:ment under the provisions of the Freedomo Infornati on Act and you wil l receive a response as soon as

possible.

Sincerelyj s ~William B. WhartonChief Legal DivisionPassport· Office



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MEMORANDUM FOR: .. L - lir.- Abr"ain cn;yea.

SUBJECT: JACK LEON RUBENSTEIN

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Today the following Departmental record Checks v e r ~ conducted on

- Jack Ruby, Jack Leon Rubenstein and similar names e.g. • Jack R u b i u ~ t e i n ..Abe Rubinstein): _ · .. . . ... ::-

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Both the FBI and Secret_Service have provided us with the following ·information on ~ h e a ~ b j e c t : ·

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Jack Leon Rubenstein is originally from Chicago. where he was born _March 25. 1911. Be has been in a l l a ~ several years and is well knownthere as a nightclub operator.

Our search did reveal a le t ter from a New York import firm writtenin 1958 -by a ·Jack Rubenstein to the Office of MunitiOns Controls .requescing

permission to negotiate the purchase o f firearms and ammunition from a n ~I ta l ian firm.

We also checked the f i le of one Abe Rubinstein i n the Records ServiceCenter. Alexandria. Virginia. This cheek revealed simply that the individual.a longtime resident of New York, bad applied for a United Nations. position..-... .... 1-- .. .some years ago.

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1268 - 464 - A 19 December 1963 5

Dispo s i t ion - This docume nt wa s re l e.ased with port ions dele ted . Th e

deleted portions contain information ident i fying a sQurce of forei g n intel l ig ence ,

a number of Agency compor.er1ts and several Agency staff employees , as w e l l

as Agency in ternal f i l ing inst ruct ions. Certa in additionc..l i r : formation was

deleted to avoid a clearly unwarr anted invas ion of personal p r i v a c y . The

' volunteer informant in this case is the same individual whose ear l i e r t e leph one

on"\·ersation \Vas recorded in Docurr.ent No. 1257 - 1035. In tha t ins tance

the individe.al us.ed an alias in making the te lephone call to the Agency . The

deletions were made unde r the authoritY of exerr.ptions (b) ( l ) (b ) 2), (b) (3)

and (b) (6) .

1269- 464- B 24 January 1964 7

Dispos i t ion- This document was r d e a s e d "\vith port ions dele ted . The

deleted portions contair.. information ident i fying Agency staff employees , Agency

components and Agency interr .a l filir.g instruct ions. ' : 'he G.eletions wer e made

unde r the author i ty of exemptions (b) (2) and (b) (3) .

1270- 1030 24 January 1964 5

Dispos i t ion- This document w a s r C f e ~ i e d J The document is a rei terat io n\• . .. . . .

of correspor;.dence behveen a p rivat e American citizen \vith seve r a l agencies

of the U.S. Government concerning his passpor t sta tus . .This document.

apparent ly was f i led as a resu l t of a simil ar i ty in the inc ividual 's name with

one of the names \Vhich became principal ly prominent dur ing t h ~ inve s tig a tion

. of the assassinat ion · .Th·e·:r·e- is .no -indkatioi-1-thaFthi s -in.dividu-af ;;· _ ·- ~ ~ ~ y w a y ~- ··- - -·-·- - -···· - -·- ·---.

"-re la te d to the p e r s g ~ promin.enf in -H1«ri:t]vestigation·:·· ·As a resu l t the re leas e of- ·

this document would c ~ ~ s t i t u t ~ a r l y umv ar ran ted invasion of persona)..

pr ivacy and the document is therefore denied. Thi s par t icu la r document

also contains information ident i fying Agency components. A gency staff employeesand information relat ing· to Agen cy intell ig ence methods . The document is

therefore denied under the author i ty of exemptions (b) (3) and (b) (6 ) .

1271 - 1029 29 January 1964 2

Dispos i t ion- T his document w a ; 1 The docu.."llent c ons is ts of a

di scus s ion of inve st ig ativ e repor t ing concerni n g tv ro U . S. G overnm en t offici als

with whom the A gency maint ain ed l ia ison ar rang ements . Thes e ind iv i d uals

provide d s upport to A ge ncy effo r ts wh en th e co llabo r a t ion of o th e·r pa r ts c f th e

gov e rnment was nec ess a1-y. Th e rel ease of th ese r epor ts would c on s t i tute aclear ly unwarran ted invas io r. of pe rso nal pri va cy of the ind iv idu al s involv ed .

T h e d o cum e nt co ntains a d i scuss i on of the r eso lutio n of c e r ta in secu r i ty

cor.ce rn s th at h a d ar is en durin g the inv es tigati on . Th e d o cum e n t also con ta i ns

a d isc uss i o n o f A genc y in telli gence me thods i nclu cHng some r efer e n ce to

a cti v i ties which took p l a ce b r o a d which1

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Dispo sitio n - This document w a s : d e n i e d The document is merely an

} t d ~ x c a r d re erenci a . n e ~ ? : Q ? P r _ i c l . c ; . ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 _ 1 .J a kRub.y is mention ed .The document, being an index card, is more revealin g of Agency intcr lal _

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1246- 1007 16 May 1968 1

Disposit ion - Tlcis documen t was ' e n i e d . . : ~ The document is the record of

a phone call rece ived by an Agency o f f i ~ e an indivi dual cr i t ic izin g one

of the critics of the Warren Commission Report . The n a ture cf the comments

are Sl..tch as to nake the indi vicual caller immediately identifiable. The

remarks rr.ade concerning the crit ic were purely personal . The re lease of

the docwnent would reveal information concerning Agency foreign intell igence

sources and methods, as well as con stituting an invasion of personal pr ivacy .

The document is therefore deni ed under the authority of exemptions b) (3)

and (b) (6).

1247 - 1008 Undated 1

Disposi t i on- Th i s document was denied. The -::locument is a br ie f

biography of an individual name<l) k .. ~ ~ ~ e n e f n name is the same a.s

Jack Ruby's , but his background obviously shows that he is a separate

individual in no ' ·:ay related to Jack Ruby v.:ho killed Lee Harvey Oswald .

The document, i f released, would const i tute a clearly unw ar r an te d invas ion

of personal privacy and is therefore denied. The docume nt contains Agency

internal filing instruct ions .ncl information re ceiv ed frcm the FBI. The

documen t was denied under the authority of exemptions (b) (2) and (b) 6) .

1248 - 1009/507Undated 1

Disposi t ion- This document was "eleased v.-ith a deletion. The d ~ i e t i o ncontained the r.ame of an Agency staff employee. The deletion was made unde r.

the authori ty of exemption (b) (3) .

1249 - 1010 10/12/61 2

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deleted portions contain infornat ion identifying an Agency staff employee, a n

Agency compon en t , Agency in tel ligence sources and methods andg e n ~ y

internal fi lin g ins tructi ons . Th e deletion s were made under th e :1uthor1ty of

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SUBJECT: OSWAID CASE

1 I f in connection nith the· investigation of the background of

Jack RUBY i t i s disclosed that he hc?..s used t he name: RUBD ; or_,

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MEMORANDUM FOR:

1. Mr. Karamessines ra i sed the point that our memorandUm

to the Commission on informat ion concerning ack RUBY made i t

appear as though the Commission had asked for informat ion on

RUBY and his relatives la te n the day. He asked that we word the

memorandum in such a way as to conf i rm an ear l ier s t a t ement that

our f i les contained no information on RUBY.

2. I ta lked to who says that i t will be perfec t ly

sat is factory to get such a m morandum over to the Commiss ion on

Monday 14 September 1964 since they will have numerous l oose

ends to clear up in any case . They will not be inconvenienced by

· this delay.

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. J . Lee Rankin

Genera l Counsel

SUBJECT:

Pres iden t s Commiss ion on the

Assass inat ion of President Kennedy· ....._

Information Concerning Jack RUBY

aka Jack RUBENSTEIN) and His

Associa tes

1.. Reference is rn.ade t your memorandum request ing that

this Agency furn ish any i nformation in its files relative to J ack

RUBY, his activit ies , and his associa tes . Examinat ion of CIA

records has failed to produce information on Jack RUBY or h i s

activit ies . We also have no indication that RUBY and Lee Harvey

OSWALD ever knew each other, were associated, or might have

been connected in any manner whatsoever :

2. The records of this gency were reviewed for i n fo n n a -t ion about the relatives, f r i ends, and associa tes of RUBY named

in your suznmary of his background. Our records do not re f l ec t

any information per taining to these persons.

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"Brown says the entire incident came back to him while

he and his wife were watching t e l ev i sed accounts of the pre s idents ' assas inat io l a s t we:eke od, even to the. pol i ce ca-ll

and the numbers on the c a r ~ u He cr_edits his rememb 'ance to

the t r a ined observance he l ea rned as · an of f i ce r .

"Brown is now employed a t the Goodyear Service Store ,

2000 a s t 66 Ave h re in Gallup, N.M. : _ _

' 'Writ ten by Mrs. Wilma Van Doren, member New Mexico

- = As.sos.&The Ka t ional F e d ~ r a t i o n of Press warren."

Captain 1- .At-m iNG stac:c•d t ha t he did not know th

home a d d r e s ~ of EDDIE MOSES but knew t ha t MOSES l ived in El Paso.

FD-302 [R n . - 6 0 ) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

ate April 14, 1964

Captain F R A ~ K Ml\NNING. I n·•Jes t igat ive Di\rision El P;s : o

County She r i f f ' s Office, El Paso, Texas , advised tha t one

EDDIE HOSES, who has bsen known to the El Paso County She r i f f ' s \...__

Off ice fo r a number o f y e a r s fun1ished to --them the £ o _ l l ~ w i n g -----------....__docum c,n t :

n c a l l u p ~ Frank Brown 7 a former Oklahoma la\.; officE "

'-''ho l i ves here sey£. t ha t an i nc.ident in 1958 d f i ~ i t e l yl in ked an Abe Rubens-t e i n , whom he be l i eves · to be Jack Ruby to

g u n r u n n i n g ~ The guns and ammunition were being tak m to Cuba

and points outs ide the U . ~ . ' as f a r as could

" , was born and r a i s ed in Duncan, Ok1a.horna :·

became a member o f the Duncan. Okla . pol ice departr r;2n t and

la ter o f the Oklahoma Sta t e Crime Burean . . His bro the r - in - l aw

i s present ly n igh t chief of police for Duncan and a younger

re la t ive is on the Dallas. T e x . police force.

" I t was wh:i.l e Brown was with the cr ime bur t: . au t ha t a

local man ca l l ed ' Smi t ty ' , of ten _in t rouble wich the law, drove

a ca r loaded with guns and ammunition through the town o f

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TO DIRECTOR SACS, JACKSONVILLE, AND DALLAs ·

FROl·l SAC, ATLANTA 3P

JACK LEON RUBY AKA JACK RUBENSTEIN, LEE HARVEY

O ~ U A L D , AKA ALEK J HIDELL, O.H. LEE DASH VICTIM DASH

DECEASED. CIVIL RIGHTS. 00 DALLAS •

. RE BUREAU TEL TO ALL SACS NOV. TWENTYFIVE, SIXTYTHREE.

'ADVISED DURING LATTER FORTIES 2 f

HE KNHJ OF A RACKETEER i ~ A t 1 E D PAREN FNU PAREN RUBIN AROUND

DAYTONA FLA,- BUT KNEW NOTHING CONCERNING HIS ACTIVITIES.

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PICTURES OF .RUBY APPEAR SIMILAR TO RUBIN AS HE KN ·T

HIM THEN .• INFORi1ANT SUGGESTED THAT F O L L O ~ J I N G P E O P L ESHOULD HAVE Cm1PLETE K N O t ~ L E D G E OF RUBY IF IDENTICAL tVITH .

RUBIN.

i·lATTIE TRACY DAYTONA FLA., A BOOKIE, GAMBLER AND

PROSTITUTE PROCURER.

J O H ~ N I E WHALEN DAYTONA FLA. IF WHALEN STILL LIVING,

IS PROBABLY ·NIGHT CLUB OPERATOR.

l'l .T. BROHNING DAYTONA FLA., PD.

TON JOHN SON , FORt1ER CHIEF OF POLl CE, SOUTH DAYTONA PD.

WFORt1A NT ADVISED ABOVE PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY WHALEN AND

TRACY l ERE BUDDIES OF BAT ISTA OF CUBA ~ J H E N BATISTA IN THIS

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OPERATED GAMBLING DEVICES IN DAYTON/I-S LARGEST NIGHT Ci.UB,

AND PAREN FNU PAREN KITCHIN, FORMER CHIEF DEPUTY SHERIFF,

DELAND FLA. MIGHT ALSO BE FAMILIAR·

JACKSONVILLE CONTACT ABOVE PERSONS PURSUANT TO REFERENCED

, C0t-li1UNICATION •

. . JOHNNY O-LEARY PROPRIETOR OF O-LEARY ENTERPRISES A

THEATRICAL BOOKING. AGENCY, ATLANTA, ADVISED JACK RUBY CALLED

· ·HIM ON TELEPHONE ABOUT TIW YEARS AGO TO BOOK ACTS INTO RUBY-S

'CAROUSEL CLUB• RUBY HAD . BEEN REFERRED TO O-LEARY BY ONE

BUDDY KING, A SINGER AND IMPRESSIONIST, ~ 1 H O ACCORDING TO RUBY,

HAD WORKED FOR RUBY FOR MANY YEARS AND ·WAS VERY FRIENDLY V1ITH

RUBY. RUBY TOLD o- LEARY HE wAS HAV l' G :rROUBLE BOOKING ACTS\

..NTO CAROUSEL CLUB BECAUSE ABE WEINSTEilh OV NER OF COLONY

CLUB, AND HIS BROTHER, BARNEY WEINSTEIN, OVNER OF THEATER CLUB,

BOTH DALLAS, CONTROLLED THEATRICAL BOOKING IN DALLAS AREA AND.

. RUBY liAS UN ABLE TO OBTAIN GOOD ACTS IN HIS CLUB• O-LEARY

TALKED TO RUBY SEVERAL TIMES TELEPHONICALLY BUT DID NOT BOOK

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ANY AC TS FOR HIM. O-LEARY NEVER · MET RUBY IN PERSON, AND KNOUS

NOTHING OF HIS PAST OR PRESENT ACTIVITIES OR ASSOCIATIONS•

O-LEARY UNABLE TO FURNISH IDENTITIES OF AN:YONE I N ATLANTA

AREA WHO MIGHT KNOvl RUBY. O-LEARY ·LAST HEARD OF BUDDY KING

PLAYING IN DALLAS AREA BUT HAS HEARD THAT KING HAS ALSO PLAYED

IN N E t ~ ORLEANS LA. AND KANSAS CITY, ~ 1 0

DALLAS ATTEMPT TO LOCATE KING THROUGH AMERICAN GUILD OF

VARIETY ARTISTS PAREN AGVA PAREN AND INTERVIEvJ HIM FOR ALL

INFORMAT I ON HE MAY HAVE CONCERNING RUBY· IF SUCH EFFORTS TO

LOCATE KING ARE NEGATIVE, SET OUT LEADS TO CONTACT AGVA IN

N W ORLEANS AND KANSAS CITY TO LOCATE KING.

DALLAS, IF NOT ALREADY DONE INTERVID·J ABE HEINSTEIN

. · AND BARNEY vlEINSTEIN FOR PERTINENT I NFORMATION CONCERNING

IRUBY-S ACTIVITIES.

ALL OTHER LOGICAL INFORMANTS IN ATLANTA DIVISION IN

CLUDING ALL GAMBLING INFORMANTS WERE CONTACTtD AND NONE EVER

HEARD OF RUBY UNTIL · HI S APPEARANCE ON TELEVISION ON NOVEMBER

TWENTY FOUR, LAST. IDENTITIES OF ALL INFORt1ANTS CONTACTED

BEING RECORDED IN ATLANTA FILE.

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