</s>104-10310-101116 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 SECRET 21 File:SSC/LA 20 May 1976 MEHORANIUM FOR: Special Assistant to the DDO FROM: : Jackson R. Horton Chief, Domestic Collection Division 29,6 SUBJECT SCC Request for Information on Lyes Brothers Steamship Company and Owen Johnson Barnett) SUBJECTE : Review Staff Memorandum 76-0421/A dated 19 May 1976 REFERENCE: 1. The Domestic Collection Divisiion (CCD) utilizes the Lyes Brothers SteamshipCompany/ primarily as a source of foreign intelligence information. Secondly, JCD provides introductions for Cover and Commerical Staff officers to Lynes Brothers/officials for General and discussions on, and on occasion, this assessment data from Lyes 27 information. Secondary, JD provides instructions for cover and informations. informational. Secondally, JD provided additional information for operational information on the CDD file on the company for the year 1982. Correspondence in the DCD file to the company that for the 1982. 1963 and 1964 was confined to responses to military services requests for the registration of various Lyes brothers/employees in the for the Registration of various Lykes brothers/ employers in the utilize an employee of LyesBrothers who was a member of a U.S. delegation to the USSR-for the collection of foreign Intelligence information on The Soviet Union. 2. DCD records indicate that (Owen Johnson Darnell) was considered a "source lead" in years prior to 1965 but he was never used as a source. His file was routinely destroyed but in June 1971, along with a other files was routinely damaged by June 1971. It was also a as authorized by "source heads" which had been inactive for five years. Jackson R. Horton JACKSON R. Horton SECRET E 2 HIDDET CL BY 010650 7/mc

Summary  
The document details activities of the Domestic Collection Division (CCD) under the U.S. government’s foreign intelligence operations, specifically referencing the Lyes Brothers Steamship Company and Owen Johnson Darnell. The CCD utilized Lyes Brothers as a source for foreign intelligence information, particularly regarding the Soviet Union, through an employee who participated in a U.S. delegation to the USSR. Military services requested registration details of Lyes Brothers employees during 1963–1964 for intelligence purposes. Owen Johnson Darnell was identified as a "source lead" prior to 1965 but was never employed as a source. His file, along with others, was destroyed in June 1971 by authorized personnel following the deactivation of sources.  

Key People  
- Jackson R. Horton (Chief, Domestic Collection Division)  
- Owen Johnson Darnell (designated "source lead")  

Key Locations  
- USSR (U.S. delegation involvement)  
- United States (CCD operations and file management)  

Key Events  
- Use of Lyes Brothers Steamship Company for foreign intelligence collection on the Soviet Union  
- Military services’ requests for employee registration data from Lyes Brothers in 1963–1964  
- Destruction of Owen Johnson Darnell’s file in June 1971 as part of routine deactivation procedures  

Key Organizations  
- Domestic Collection Division (CCD)  
- Lyes Brothers Steamship Company

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