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on an atized . a ° ? . Tolson ——_——_-— + -® OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 , ¥ . Belmont ___—— . we & ao« % . Mohr __—_____—— r UNITED STATES GOVSF MENT Callahan , te the Memorandum / Cf we Pd Malone - TO : MR. A. RO ae pate: July 24, 1961 ,%\ * “f z gavel —______— ce A Trotter —___— 2 Ue fi Tele. Room prom : MR. G. H. SCATTERDAY (7 1" ry i S e A. SS /fsupyecr: EDWARD M. KENNEDY \ LATIN-AMERTCAN TOUR ( ‘ By cablegram 7-20-%1 the Legal Attache, Mexico City, adviSéd that the President Net cv s brother, Edward M. Kennedy, had arrived in that be _ Latin America accompanied by Dr. John N-#Plank; ie QR ; Bela Kornitzer; and The group is .Q making a study of social and economic conditions and reportedly departed WE for Costa Rica on 7-21-61. They are reportedly interested in meeting swith "leftists" to talk with them and determine why they, the "leftists," wy . ; ° e a AG think as they do. Director inquire what our files contain RYH Concerning Plank, Kornitzer: an ; No information is contained in Bureau files concerny { ar ; A ava 7 - Dr who. a Harvard University professor 3; or . The latter two individuals ‘afe b7C : y_personal iT. S OF Edward Kennedy. and is the son of former professional boxer Gene Tunney. , [= ra teaereecenrenarinnneee teeenees eeenmemnnennemmemaeennmemmne anne ae : fo. No investigation has been conducted by the Bureau coricerning ' Bela Kornitzer; however, the following information is contained in our (| files, Kornitzer, born 11-28-10, at Szerencs, Hungary, entered the \ United States in Novem er, 1946, as. an official of ihe Hungarian Governiy ment for the purpose of, according to his own statements, making a study of social and economic conditions in America. pater, ih 1953—he I) becane a naturalized citizen. A source has advised that Kornitzer had ; peen a reporter and author in Hungary before World War II,\ Kornitzer fX has claimed in interviews with Bureau Agents that during, the Nazi Occupation of Hungary, he assumed a false identity and took refuge on. a small farm-near Budapest. Kornitzer has further advised that in 1945 / at ‘the end of WorTdWar Il when the Russians occupied Hungary, he helpedry organize the Ministry for Public Supply in the first coalition govern- ment of Hungary and served under Prime Minister Ferens Nagy. This § “~~? position was obtained through Kornitzer's friendship with a prominent Hungarian military leader. 7 ; [capmmemnen eee x eS a a Q —— _ Shortly after his arrival in the United States, according to 5 Kornitzer, he addressed a group of ‘Hungarian Jews denouncing the ~ me communist /influence in Hungary. He ‘was subsequently notified he was no 6 longer a government official. A GathoTic priest who met Kornitzer me 1 - Mr. Belmont: wl ~ Me Da Eth G4 T5759 2 a -i1- Mr. Rosen ; @p,°1-- Mr. Sullivan wees . 0 1 - Mr. wi WA Lox ~ Name Check Section | sere : - f RO a , viper: £ jp, tz HuE-S1198) ve get ;