</s>104-10051-10106 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 FORMULA FORUM, 16 UNITED STATES GOVI MENT Memorandum C. TO Files DATE: 29 January 1954 FROM : M. D. Stevens P.S. SUBJECT: THE LEE HARVEY OSWALD CASE #351164 1. According to a newspaper column of "Allen and Scott" in the Chicago American to a December 1963, on the OSAWALD Case, Abram CHAYES, Legal Officer of the State Department, on one of two of two types of CHAYERS, meditated responsible for OSWALD being permitted to return to the United States From the Soviet Union in June 1962. The other individual named was Lively Thompson, the then Ambassador to Russia. Another United States from the SovietUnion in June 1952. The OSAWAID's case was the other individual WISE, Council of the American Embassy in Moscow. 2. Abram CHAYS, #352323, was was of 16 February 1961 described as the new Council of State in Moscow, was granted Security approval for Ist.com contact with J. Poster COLLINS (in the office of the Chief of the Covert Action Staff) on March 1951. The request for CHAYFS' clearance was a "Blankett's request to permit discussion with him of NSC 9/12/42/2/2 meters on a need-to-know basis. 3. In September 1962, 1961 there was a White House namecheck request on CHAYES' wife Antonia (non) Leigh CHAYAS, need: HANDLER. h. In March 1962, CHAYEs was granted a renewal of his liaison contact clearance with CFA of a continuing basis. This his contact was Archibald ROOSEVELT, Jr. 5. On 10 February 1962, HUMAN EVENTS reported as follows with reference to CHAYETS. "SOFT ON COMHEN: Representative Francis B. Walker (r.F.A.) Chairman of the House Committee on American Activities, has the State Department regarding regulations on passport- ing they would allow Red Denied passports to "to write freely the- confidential files of the FBI, the CIA and other investigative agencies. The man behind the new regulations, which Walter agencies, the man behind him, the New Regulations, which Walter State's chief legal officer, Abram Chayes, of Chayees, a Kennedy appointee, is an ex-ex-lawyer professor who was Chester Bowles. top legal adviser when Bowles was Governor of Connecticut. Walter has introduced legislation to remedy the new passport regulations." <loc_142><loc_868>SPORT Document Number <loc_517><loc_904>1271-1029 for FOIA Review on<loc_516><loc_920><loc_673><loc_921><loc_516><loc_933>for FOIIA Reviewon for FOJA 1037

Summary:  
The document discusses the Lee Harvey Oswald case, focusing on individuals involved in U.S.-Soviet relations and their connections to government agencies. Abram Chayes, a legal officer at the State Department, is noted for his role in permitting Oswald's return to the United States from the Soviet Union in June 1962. Chayes was granted security clearance for contact with J. Poster Collins in March 1951 and later maintained liaison with Archibald Roosevelt Jr. in March 1962. A White House namecheck request in September 1961 sought information on Chayes' wife, Antonia Leigh Chayes. The text also references Samuel Wise, a Second Secretary at the American Embassy in Moscow from September 1962, who had prior ties to the CIA and was associated with William Orville Musell during an investigation in 1952. Both Oswald and Musell are described as having lived in the Soviet Union for two years before returning to the U.S., with similar cases noted. The document includes administrative details such as FOIA review references and document numbers, along with mentions of educational institutions like Scarsdale High School and Denver University.  

Key People:  
- Abram Chayes (State Department legal officer, involved in Oswald's return to the U.S.)  
- Samuel Wise (Second Secretary at American Embassy in Moscow, CIA employment history)  
- William Orville Musell (investigated for potential CIA employment, associated with Wise)  
- Antonia Leigh Chayes (wife of Abram Chayes, subject of White House inquiry)  

Key Locations:  
- Moscow (American Embassy, Soviet Union)  
- Scarsdale High School, New York (attended by Samuel Wise)  
- Denver University (associated with William Orville Musell)  

Key Events:  
- Permitting Lee Harvey Oswald's return to the U.S. from the Soviet Union in June 1962  
- CIA employment review of Samuel Wise in early 1953  
- White House namecheck request on Antonia Leigh Chayes in September 1961  
- Investigation of William Orville Musell for potential CIA employment in 1952  

Key Organizations:  
- U.S. State Department (involved in Chayes' clearance and Oswald case)  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA, involved in Wise's employment and Musell's investigation)  
- American Embassy in Moscow (Wise's role as Second Secretary)  
- FOIA review process (administrative context for document release)

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