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es A A ea la ornOna, Pome ho. le; + UNITED-STATES GOVERN: Memorandum : - Belmont 1 - FROM : D. J. BRENNAN - Mohr 1 - 1 - DeLoach 1 - : 1 - Sullivan 1 ~ “2 SUBJECT: CHRIST R JOHN PROFUMD ey INTERNAL SECURITY - RUSSIA AND cranky BR Memoranda of 6/23/63 summarizing articles appearing in the "New York Journal American" (attached) dated 6/23/63 attributed certain statements concerning this matter to unidentified, Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) source. It was recommended and approved Liaison contact INS headquarters to determine its current interest in this case and if it has any information within thé Bureau's jurisdictio a ~ On 6/25/63 Liaison Agent Robert Haynes discussed this matter at INS with Raymond F. Farrell, Commissipner; Mario T. Noto, Associate Commissioner; James F, Greene, Deputy Associate Commissioner; Carl ¢. Burrows, Assistant Commissioner; and William Foltz, Deputy Assist Commissioner. They advised as follows: , , ) { ~ On 6/18/63 "New York Journal American" reporters, J Horan and Dom sca, Who wrote these articles, interviewed U. S. Attor: A) Morganthau and his assistant, Mr. Kaufmann. On 6 63 Assistant lusA (AUSA) Fleming, Southern District of New York, requested INS files fon Harry Alan Towers, Maria Novotny and Ilo ata istie.““Fowers anc Novotny were the subjects of a White Slave @ investigatec by the Bureau. INS furnished to Fleming its files on Towers and Novotny as these persons are out of the U. S. and the INS files are closed. INS declined to furnish the file on Bata-christie as she is currently under consideration for naturalization, Sh th the Towers case. by the New York police along with one who were alleged to have been filling prostitution dates wi ovo ° Leming was furnishe only basic information as to her immigration status and no investigative information. In response to INS's inquiry as to the ‘purpose for which , the USA's office wanted these files, INS was advised only yesterday that "there 1s a vague and remote possibility, that espionage might be involve The above INS representatives advised Liaison Agent @# ] has no current interest in the Towers case, that they have ne fie of tleir own or from other agencies regarding recordings being i the Iron Curtain and that they have no knowledge of any intereg@itt call girl activities which would fall within the nurview of i White ae teaetie ee et r not gineady Know (50, thy au. Enclosur Mg Wize ia { | yu 1 i322 ‘ Vane 95 + 5 ee eh I 6 OP WF -/¥3 3