</s>104-10131-10010 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 INFORMATION FOR THE SECURITY FILE TO : Chief, Personnel Security Division Date: 1 July 1965 FROM : : Chief. Interrogation Research Division : Chief; Interrogational Research Division IDR#: 21642 SUBJECT: SWENSON, Harold Francis SF #: 73086 CATEGORY A: 1. Foreign relatives residing in foreign countries. 2. Foreign relations (non-US citizens) residing in the United States: 3. Relatives residing in Foreign countries other than U. S. Government connected. CATEGGORY B: 1: Any relatives employed in foreign governments foreign CATEGY C: 1 Owned firms or foreign intelligence organizations. CATEGRORY C: 2. Foreign social acquaintances residing inforeign countries. 2. Foreign social acquaintances (non~US citizens' residing in the United States. 3. Government complemented according to foreign countries, Government completances in foreign counties. CATEGTORY D: 1 1. Any acquaintance employed by a foreign government, foreign owned firm or foreign intelligences organization. CATEGETORY E: 1 CATEGFORY F: 1 1. Close agency acquaintances. CATEGORY G: 1 1. Current roommates. CATEGCORY G : 1. By whom recommended. RELATIONSHIP CATEGREY C: NAME(citizenship) ADDRESS EMPLOYMENT TYPE ASSOCIATION TYPE CONTACT A A Home Home B Home Phone D Phone C CIN/1/2/e - - - F Bathlighen Cia/n/r/e - - F

Summary:  
The document contains a personnel security file for Harold Francis Swenson (SF #73086), dated 1 July 1965, compiled by the Interrogation Research Division. It outlines categories for assessing foreign connections, including relatives, employment in foreign governments, associations with foreign intelligence organizations, and social acquaintances. The file also includes a memorandum from 10 May 1965 referencing Colonel Carlos Luna, an Argentine representative to the OAS Security Committee in Washington, D.C., who was employed by the CIA Security Committee. Luna’s background includes prior service in Argentina’s SIDE (Secretaría de Informaciones del Estado) and his replacement of Lt. Col. Francisco Ramirez. The memorandum notes his estimated departure from Washington, D.C., in July 1965, along with details about his contacts with Harold F. Swenson, Raford W. Herbert (SIDER), and John Wilson. Meetings between Luna and these individuals occurred occasionally, primarily at private residences or restaurants. The document references a Memorandum of Record maintained by the WH Division and includes redacted sections marked as "SECRET" and "ENLUNDING."  

Key People:  
- Harold Francis Swenson (SF #73086)  
- Colonel Carlos Luna (Argentine representative to OAS Security Committee)  
- Raford W. Herbert (SIDER)  
- John Wilson (DC/W/2 #104457)  
- Lt. Col. Francisco Ramirez (replaced by Luna)  

Key Locations:  
- Washington, D.C. (OAS Security Committee, CIA Security Committee)  
- Private residences and restaurants (meeting locations)  

Key Events:  
- Swenson’s personnel security file assessment (1 July 1965)  
- Luna’s employment with the CIA Security Committee and his replacement of Ramirez  
- Occasional meetings between Luna and contacts in Washington, D.C.  
- Reference to a Memorandum of Record maintained by WH Division  

Key Organizations:  
- OAS Security Committee  
- CIA Security Committee  
- Argentine SIDE (Secretaría de Informaciones del Estado)  
- SIDER (likely an acronym for a foreign intelligence or security entity)

JFK Declassified Files

104-10131-10010.pdf

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