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fF UNITED'STATES 6, = =NMENT - - 7 os a . paeee “EO. MM. d - aemee. p. pecan” Pak Ns . y l- mm. Cc. D. DeLoach on ay cad a Mr. WC. b. Bullies - pare: 6/18/70 4 FROM: we R. eee) 1 — Mr. W.-R. Wannall _ Take Ree ae . . L- Mr. J. RB. Wagoner) =< -. cag TEE. SUBJECT: ~ anrstorus’ ONASSIS- rete ADVANCE UNITED PRESS tees INTERNATIONAL (opr) RELEASE FOR 6 PH JUNE 15, 1970 | ce | — oe. we fet ee Beoy - A J UPI release makes reference to article in “Look” * | > magazine wherein it is stated that the Director ordered Aristotle Onassis placed under surveillance during a 1942 trip Onassis made to the United States because an informant had described h N as anti-American. The Director isquired as to ‘whether or not " this statgment was correct. Clie or Ly et Eanes . _ BaAewie's 4 ee PADe, 4 "y. a) pee Oe The article ma cine, GE feterfiag > to, is undoubtedly based on a letter we directed ta Rear Admiral \ Eaory 8. Land in July, 1942, “at the time Land was Adniaistrator, War Shipping Administration, Washington, D. C. This letter aes forth information we received from the Office of Nkval ™ Intelligence (ONI). This information which came fnom a5 ONrk Pe att informant related to a scheduled trip to the United. States * June, 1942, by Onassis for the purpose of negotiating. fer two . tankers with the War Shipping Administration. The OXI informant _ also reported that Onassis bad expressed sentiments inimical to | the United States war effort and that his activities and movements [eniie in the United States should be carefully scrutinized.:..: a. oa . ” sr . aod . . a eee, ‘in 1942, ee however, in 1943 we TERE eos yest tga tion of him because ae information receiv @ cap or one of Onas Sg eel ships was alleged to have been approached by German agents to act for them in the North Atlantic. Investigation did not reveal... Onassis ste be engaged in ,any activities inimical’ to. SRO Aerts oes | wrmecotbes COPY FRED ese FER E We did not i ate inves ion o | Ti ne $8 Jun aay, Mi 4 . oa ES itr i S