</s>104-10250-10287 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 HIDALGO, LUZ MARIA (26 OVERT $193780 HIDALDGO, BALMES N.J. JR. - OVERT AND COVERT #65007 - FATHER HIDALLGO, BALMES NJ. JR .- OVERT and COVERT $65007- FATHER TO ENTER A HOSPITAL IN EARLY HARCH 1952. H.S. CURRENT MEDICAL STATUS IS NOT SHOWN: HIDLALGO ASSISTED THE FBI AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY FROM AUGUST 1946 UNTIL MAY 1949 WHEN HE APPEARED AS A GOVERNMENT WITNESS AT THE TRIAL OF THE ELEVEN TOP LEADERS. BEFORE THE COVERSION TO STAFF EMPLOYEE STATUS, HIDALCO WAS A CONTRACT EMPLOYEER. HE HAS GRANTED TO OPERATIONAL CLEARANCE (FOR US AS AN AGENT IN LATIN AMERICA IN DEC. 1951. THE VAG GRANTEO AS A COVERT SECURITY CLEARANCED IN 1952 FOR USE IN DEC .- CONTRACT AGENT: THE VAS GRANTEED AT ATTACHED. 24 HIDIALGO, ANNIE LOUISE - COVERT F/1718 - NOTHER - 06/08 SUDJECT'S MOTHER WAS GRANTIED A COVERT SECURIT APPROVAL FOR USE In A CONTRACT-CLERICAL CAPACITY. FILE ATTACHEO. 5/3/32 DI/OLDORF:IND

Summary  
The document contains information about individuals associated with FBI operations and security clearances during the 1940s and early 1950s. Luz Maria Hidalgo is noted as having assisted the FBI as a member of the Communist Party from August 1946 to May 1949, after which she appeared as a government witness at the trial of eleven top leaders. Her father, Balmes N.J. Jr., was granted covert and overt operational clearance in December 1951 for work in Latin America. A contract agent, Balmes N.J. Jr., was also associated with covert security clearances in 1952. Annie Louise Hidalgo’s mother received a covert security approval for clerical use in a contract capacity. Financial figures such as $193,780 and $65,003 are referenced but lack contextual detail. The text includes administrative notes about file attachments and dates, including May 3, 1932, and references to DI/OLDORF:IND, though the latter appears incomplete or unclear.  

Key People  
- Luz Maria Hidalgo: Assisted FBI as a Communist Party member (August 1946–May 1949), testified at trial of eleven leaders.  
- Balmes N.J. Jr.: Father of Luz Maria Hidalgo; granted covert and overt operational clearance in December 1951, associated with Latin America operations.  
- Annie Louise Hidalgo: Mother of Luz Maria Hidalgo; received covert security approval for clerical use in a contract capacity.  

Key Locations  
- Not explicitly detailed in the text.  

Key Events  
- Trial of eleven top leaders (May 1949).  
- Granting of covert and overt operational clearances to Balmes N.J. Jr. (December 1951, 1952).  
- Assignment of covert security approvals for contract-clerical work (date unspecified).  

Key Organizations  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).  
- Communist Party (U.S.).

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104-10250-10267.pdf

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