</s>204-10132-10099-2 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 (C. LIMITED STATES GOV.ANMENT Memorandum TO : Piles DATE: 29 January 1964 BLs FROM : M. D. Stevens BLS SUBJECT: THE LEE HARVEY OSWALD CASE #351164 1. According to a newspaper column of "Allen and Scott" in the Chicago American of 6 December 1963, on the OSWALD Case, Abraham CHAYES, Legal Officer of the State Department, on one of two of the two persons im- mediately responsible for 6 Oswald's being permitted to return to the United States from the Soviet Union in June 1962. The other individual United States: From the Soviet union in June 1952. The return to another individual said to have been involved in the handling of OSWALLa's Russia was Samuel. said to be seen involved in handling of Oswald's Russia. Another WISE, Counsel of the American Embassy in Moscow. 2. Abram CHAYLES, (52323), was as of 16 February 1961 was described as "the "New Council in State," was granted approval for Liaison contact staff (J. Foster Collins) in the office of the Chief of the Covert Action Staff) on 6 March 1961. The request for the CHAYS' clearance was a "Action Staff" (6 March 1961). The request of the CHAVEY's clearance was on a need-to-know basis. 3. In September 1961, 1961, there was a White House nemecheck request on CHAYES' wife Antonia (Toni) Leigh CHAYE, nee: HANDLER. 4. In March 1962, CHAYEs was granted a renewal of his liaison contact clearance with/or a continuing basis. This time his contact was Archibald ROSEVELI, or on a continuing base. This is his contact 5. On 10 February 1962, HUMAN EVENTS reported as follows with reference to CHAYERS. "SOFT ON COMMUNITY: Representative Francis E. Walter (R-Pei), Chairman of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, has scored the New State Department regulations on passport, claim- ing they would allow Reds deemed passports to "rifle freely- confidential files of the FBI, the CIA and other investigative agencies. The man behind the new regulation and investigation, which Walter agencies' policies, the Man behind the New Regulation and investigation State of Chief legal officer, Abram Chayes, of Chayees, of Kennedy appointee, is an ex-Harvard professor who was Chester Bowles' top legal adviser when Bowles was Governor of Connecticut. Walter has introduced legislation to remedy the new passport regulations. SECRETRET Document Number (27-1029) GROUP.O. GEOF

Summary: The document discusses the involvement of Abraham Chayes and Samuel Wise in handling Lee Harvey Oswald's return to the United States from the Soviet Union in June 1962. Chayes, a Legal Officer at the State Department, was granted liaison contact clearance for covert operations in March 1961 and renewed in March 1962. His wife, Antonia Leigh Chayes (née Handler), was subject to a White House background check in September 1961. Wise, a Second Secretary at the American Embassy in Moscow, had prior CIA employment considerations in 1953 and connections to individuals linked to Oswald's case. The text references potential ties between Wise and William Orville MiseLL (possibly a misspelling), as well as associations with defense projects and Denver University.  

Key People: Abraham Chayes (Legal Officer, State Department; SSN [SSN REDACTED]), Samuel Wise (Second Secretary, American Embassy in Moscow), Antonia Leigh Chayes (wife of Chayes), William Orville MiseLL (possibly misspelled), Francis E. Walter (House Committee on Un-American Activities), Chester Bowles (former Governor of Connecticut).  

Key Locations: Moscow, New York City, Scarsdale, New York, Denver University.  

Key Events: Granting of Chayes' liaison contact clearance (March 1961 and March 1962), White House background check on Chayes' wife (September 1961), review of Wise's file by the State Department (June 19th, 1962), CIA employment considerations for Wise (early 1953), connections between Wise and Oswald's case, and associations with defense projects.  

Key Organizations: U.S. State Department, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), White House, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

JFK Declassified Files

104-10132-10092.pdf

Document Summary

Try AI Search