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14-Q0000 104-10250-10200 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F_ KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
Office Memorandum
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO_ Deputy Chief Special Security Division DATE: 21 October 1953
FROM Chief, Special Referral Branch
SUBJBCT : HIDALGO, Jr. Balmes Nieves
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1 Reference is made to your memorendum, dated 16 October
1953, in which it wZs requested that appropriate inquiries be
made to ascertain the answers to the following questions _
a Can BALMES be made available for tes timony
before the Subversive Ac tivities Control Board in the
United States .
b If the answer to question "al is in the negative,
can the FBI interview BALMES wherever he may be outside
the United States .
C can questions to be answered by BALMES be
submitted to CIA for transmittal to BALMES and the answers
given by BALMES be sent back to the FBI via CIA.
2 _ On 21 October 1953 Mr _ William B CALDWELL; Chief WHVFI
was interviewed in his office . Mr . CALDWELL)adyised that the
Subject was presently a Contract Employee whose services are being
SN ii utilized in GPanama Jnder the Travel Control Project. He stated
Gez . G that has been overseas for approximately one and a half
&_ 13 years and that his contract period will probably expire within six
months _ He advised that in answer to question "a" , Subject can be
made available for testimony before the Subversive Activities
Control Board in the United States if necebsary - He stated that
Subject 1 5 position was not such that he was indispensable to the
Project and that ff it was absolutely necessary, he could be
recalled to the United States within trenty-four hours_ In refer-
ence to question np" Mr? (CALDWELL) advised that there was no reason
why the Subject could not be interviewed the FBI at his place
of In reference to question nc" Mr ted that
this was the most desirable alternative and that he would prefer
the questions to be answered by Subject be submi tted to CIA for
6ui transmttal to Subject and that the answers would be returned to
the FBI, via this Agency -
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reviewed her records and deternined that Subject 's trve nane is
identical to the captioned Subject and not as shown in your
memoran dum of 16 Otober 1953.
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4 In view of the above, no further investigation is
contemlated by this office unless advised to the contrary.
Charles W Kane
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