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NOVEMBER TWENTYTWO LAST. RE BERTHA CHEEK.

RE PHOENIX TEL TO BUREAU NOVEMBER TWENTYTHREE LAST

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BUREAU NOVEMBERTWENTYSEVEN LAST.

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WHITE MALE BORN MARCH ELEVEN NINETEEN EIGHTEE N, EM LOVED

AS PAINTER AT GLEN CANYON DAM PROJECT PAGE ARIZONA ADVISED

TODAY HE MANAGED A BOARDING HOUSE AT FIVE TW ONE TWO GASTON7- ' / -. . ... .. . ... .. . ..... ..

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ADDRESS WAS A MRS. RO BERTS SISTER OF MRS. CHEEK AND THAT ·

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MRS. A. C. JOHNSON. LYNCH STATED HE DOES NOT KNOW MRS.. . . ... . - ' ... . . .. ...... ...

JOHNSON. L Y ~ C H ADVISED HIS PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT

EARLY IN IFFTYEIGHT UNTIL AUGUST FIFTYNINE.

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22 NovsMber

On 21 o v ~ 1963 OS'..J.UD spent tl >...&

night. a t ~ home of Mrs. Ruth PAD£8in I r v i n g ~ Texas, where hi s wife .

resided, aDd where he had stored hisgun, rol led in a blamcet, in the P.A.DIE•sgarage.

On 22 November 196.) OSWALD drCJ 'Te toths Texas ~ o o l . BoCic Depoai ory.Building in Dallas, Texa.a , with B. WesleyFR .ZIER, uho also worksd . in the b u i J d ~ n g .OSWALD was carry.ing an ~ package,

and when ffl.\'ZIER asked him about the

btmdl9 OSWAlD allegedl.7 e.:xplainsd curt l :rthat the btmdle cOl'l't.ained .dndowhades. n

Short ly a. tar 12;00 noon, Cbarlia GIVENS,a por...ar., sav OS I lALD on the s i r ~ fioorof the Texas Book Deposit.ory' Builcli:Dg,

the .f loor from which the ehoot.s wel 9

f i red a t President. KENNEDY.

·At appra::d.lr.a.tely 12:20, as PresidentKENNEDfrs motorcaes w a ~ S making a sharp

s tu. .on frOlll ll.ain s t r ~ e t in Dallas,.Texas, th ree shots were fired, :f'rma a

' w i n ~ on t.h.e si:;r:l;.h f loor of ~ Texas

Boolc Depository Building.

At the moment th& shots l i Bn t f i red,

Roy s. 'l'RULY, director. ·and superintendento ~ the Texas Book Depositor;r, joined by

pol1Cemal1, ran in to the building. As

tr.ey made the i r way to a back otairwaythey aa w OSWAI.J) standing by a so.ft dril:lkll achiD&., sipping .fro= a coke bot t le .

TRULY to ld the pol iee that. ~ ' W A L D wase:t:played in tba brrl 1 ding, and t:P...ey want

on. OSWALD then l e ~ the bu i ld ing and tod<:

a bus headed £w ths Oak Cll f area ofDal las where be resided. As the bus moved

s ~ o w l ; y t..'lrougb the t ra f f ic he got out. andtook a t ax i to a o ~ r five blocks frcr4

a a ~ Po:rl#l Decsmber 1963

his rooming house. At appl"'X:imatel,- 1:00o•clodc he ran into the rooming house tmere .he was l iving., srabbed a zipper jac.l{et, and

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Pvt. J . D. TIPPE'l'., driving in a pa'b-ol

car bal led QST.iALI) after hearing on his

radio tha t a man of OSWALD• s description

· was wanted OSidLD t<rlked to TIPPETfo r -Se"'eral. mil:rirt;es • and >.-as ar:restedTIPPET got out. o f his car alx1 began towalk towards OSWALD uho pul lad a pi s to l

and f i red th:rc e shots a t TIPPET from adistanc:a no greater than the 'W'idt.b ofTIPF£'1' t s car . TIPPIT died a.l.J:lost.

ins tan t ly and OS i.\LD darted o:f:through a va03nt lot.. where ·three spent

car l r idps we:re found. A shoe sal.esmannot iced OS1¥ALD a:s he sl ipped in to alobby between two display windowObaervillg ·that OSwALD waa disheveled,the shoe ~ e s m n deeided to keep an eye

on him and, when OSWALD managed to s l ip

into a movie theater ldthont p a ~ theshoe salesman told the C3shier to ca l l

the police Slld he assisted an usher lode

a l l the emergency exita of the theater .When tha police ~ the liglrt.a

irurl.de the theater were tumed on. wnenordered ey the police to stand up, OSWAW

said 6 " ~ e l l I guess t i s all over nw.nOS AI.D raised his hands, then mad• a fiatard h i t one of the policemen in the nose.He drew his pisU>l, but 'irns overpowersd bypolice o 1cel"3, and arrested.

At 7:15 P ~ M. OSWALD was formerly chargedwith the murder o:f PatroL-nan TIWIT.

P.EFERENCE

At l l2J6 P. M. OS ..OO:.D r7as c . ~ a r g e d with the Washington Postmurder ot John F • K&'lNEDY, President o the 1 December 196.3United St.ates.

At ll 19 on 2.3 Hovsmber 196.3 Jack RUBIshot OS .tALD as he was beirig transferredto the Da.lJ..as County J a i l .f rom the DallasPolice Station. Less than ~ . . . . o hours l a t e rOS f IALD died of w.assive internal in jur ies

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at. ths Parkland Hospital n Dallas wherePresident X ~ Y had been pronOtmcsddead the day bef<?re•

On 5 November 196 3 OS :.tiALD was buriad

t a cemetery on the Eastern edge ofFort Worth• texas• shortly f ter h:OOP M. ·;·

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1 DeceMber 1963

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26 November 196)



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF J USTICE

FEDERAL ll UltEAU OF INVESTIGATIO N

WASn i NG TON , D.C. 20S35

rMr. A. J . Weberman Request No.

AUG 7 978

69,414Independent Research Associa tes

6 Bleecker St r ee tNew York, New York 10012

Dear Requester :

Re: Bertha Cheek

This i s to acknowledge r e c e i p t by FBI Headquar ters

o f your r ecen t Freedom of In fo rmat ion -Pr ivacy Acts FOIPA)

r eques t and to adv i se you o f our determinat ion to complywith your reques t pursuan t to T i t l e 5 , United Sta te s Code,

Sec t ion 552 a) 6) A) {i) and other app l icab le Federa l

s t a t u t e s and r egu la t ions . Addi t iona l informat ion, i

needed by us in t h i s mat te r , w i l l be reques ted of youby sepa ra t e l e t t e r .

A search of t he ind ices to our records w i l l bemade in an e f f o r t to determine i we have the in format ion

you s I f t he sea rch f a i l s to i nd ica te the ex i s tence

o f any record s ) pe r t a in ing to the sub jec t mat te r o f your

r eques t , you w i l l be no t i f i e d . In the event the sea rchre ve a l s the ex i s t ence o f any r e c o rd s ) which may be re sp ons ive

to your r eques t , it wi ll be r e t r i eved and processed pur s ua n t

to t he prov i s ions o f the FOIPA a t the e a r l i e s t poss ib le

da te .

Your r eques t has been ass igned the number

i nd i ca t ed above, which you a re reques ted to use in anyfu r t he r correspondence with t h i s Bureau in t h i s mat t e r .

Very t r u l y yours ,

@: ~ ~ e ~ h i e fFreedom o f Informat ion

Pr ivacy Acts BranchRecords 1anagement Div i s i on

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LYllCH ad\' ised that on November 23, 1963, .be s a w ~ : : · ~ < . : : _ __tha race or J > ~ r n . ROBERTS on te levis ion while he was e t h1a ··t r a i l e r horne 1n Phoenix, Arizona, and he 1mmcxjiately recalls ·- >t bat 1o ~ B - 1 9 1 9 , . J l L b n t 1 been the c.. o ~ A l n 4 m ~ n a ~ 1 . . 9 l ....'- _- ~ ; , .._i.·

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boarding houoe was owned by B E R T H ~ H E E K . -He- recalled t h a t ; . : :Mrs. ROBERTS, who i s the aioter t BERTHA CHEEK, l ived tn · -:.:,-> . - : ·th is eame boarding bouse end re recalled that 1n 1959 two. unlmown · ·. . .Cuban males stayed e t th is board ins housa and that Mra.- ·· _ ·: . _ .:_ · ·ROBERTS had been friendly with them. He stated that as a ..r s:.wU.L.2/_ this recollection, he thoueht 1 t wns h1s c1vic end · .: -- patriot ic O u . ~ y t o - r e p ~ r t t h i a 1nformot1on to the FBI t o r : · :

,..-wh::itov9_r.-.:u.oe .they ·wan.tcd to make or i t with tho understanding - . .. .a t h e did not want, and t1as not seeking, any publ1c1t7• --·. / · ·:

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. t o t ~ ~ ~ ' : . C 1 v 1 1 1 B l ' l - c o n s ~ r ~ ~ ~ p . n _ C . 9 . J : P a ' __(c.cc) and a t th is t 1 m e > r : . . ~ ~ ~ : ·ne l ied aoout-·1lts · g e ~ cnanging his date or b ir.th-.to -,t · :_ · ; ':' f : ;.:r··. .. ;'

J r r a l f ' c h ~ l l ; '191:5·- tn -an ·errcn;t· 't'cf Joi:n the ccc. · He eta ed he . : . : \ ...:.did not eet into the CCC but continued to l ive a t home an4 -:-: ·; : . ~ · · _ . , .. .. ·attend 5choo1 in Wayland1 Kentucky. _ _. _ _ . . _ . . ·. , ..._ ,:.:::.::··-<· ..,·<- · -···

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. . _ b ' { l J ~ H advised that in September ot 1941., when .. .. .-....Joined the United States Arrrry 1 ~ e contin':led to usc the d a t e . : , ..

, - or b ~ r t h or Y.arch ·11, ·1915 and used th is _same bir th date ;:<:..::_' ::t··:. 1n 1946 when he again J o i n e d the /\rrrq . ~ . : ~ · ~ ~ .. · ; ; .. -:,- ;.,-.-·.· ~

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_.::: · · · .. · ·. · . .... H ~ ·stated that 1 ~ i96ci 'lle d 1 a ~ o v e r e d that · by . ~ : . . / __: ·us1ne the elate or bir th or March 11, 1915 on so many recorda, ·· ._::_-:: . . .··he hDd "niecscd up" his Social Security recorda and his ..·· · . . . :·: . - · .retirement records, and accordincly, . throue;h an attorne7, · .he secured his bir th cer t i f icate end has now opent about .. _:: :. -·. ·- -

• ·:' ' .· : tour years 1n t rying to straighten out his recorda. -_ : ....... > ~ = - - _ .. -.- ... · • • • • # . - • • . ..... .. . . . • . . . . •• . . . :. . .: •• • • J • --.·.a . :· . :· l.. .. .ao-:: ·" · .. . -.r· 'l.: "·• ·· · . . · . , ·. • . . f J •• • .. . . ... - · • • "S" . .. t · <.: .· .[ ~ :r:· : · · : ~ ·. -· . _LYNCH agai:n cfenied. e·v_er ~ a v i n g been arrested, imcf / ;2?-: / < ~ ·

· ,_. .. :. stated tha h m e _ ~ l , U i l n . .n.chool :a t .\'aylancS.;' > ~ : -· Kentucky and 1n 19391 he was opera ti ng a Star Route b e t w e e n ·· , 5;::. .· · ·

~ .. Amba and Craynor, Kentucky 1'or . a .MELVIN FRASER who had t h e : - · ... ~ - ~ -__ ~ - m i i i : l contract . He advised the only times he had to be .fingc:r.- .. _ ~ _ . ·-_• · printed w e ~ e on J o ~ l 1 n g the armed forces on two separate .· .-.-· :·: .: ~ .-·- _

.. ~ ~ s i o i 1 a . . . -. : . · · . .,,.· . .... > · : : : ··. . - LYnCH ad•11sed that hie present job would terminate ;:.:. .. .·.

·· · · on A ~ n u s t 15, 1964 on which date he liOuld return to his .. :._ : - - ' ~ · ·t r a i l e r on \IIes t Van Buren Street in Phoenix., Arizona and ·; ·.:.:< ' = :; _:_he ototcd that he would leave a .fon1arding addrecs with themanaeer or thio t r a i l e r court 1n the event he l e f t P'ooenix ......

to Olin employment. .. . . ... .. . .. '·.. : .,- . ... . . . - . ·_ __-; ..- -:..: . _ : . ' .. .• • - 4 : : · · • • " · . : · ·· • • • • • •

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: : ~ l i f o r D i a t is also kno.,.m t hat an employee of Ruby, L ::rry

C:>afard, closely resembles Os .o:ald . Litchfield 1s story checks out ,

coreover in other e n i f i c ~ n t detai ls i ncluding the description

of a m ~ n resembling .Ue:;.: Gruber of Los Angeles 1 Ca l ifornia who

i.s kno\-m to have visi ted Ruby at the Carousel during the period

to which Litchfield r efers ,

One day <:.i'ter Litchfield made his disclosure , a former

1n Page, A I _ ~ ~ c : _ that he a l l e d ~ w C ? u ~ a l 1 . ? .. bein,g . n t s. in Ber'\:ha Cheeks boarding. house d_u.ring .195.9 (205.453 . lynch Has

apparent l y e · . ~ after vieHing f.1rs . Roberts on TV and remark-

in:; to acquaint<:.nces that he kneH her.

Bertha Cheek \vas then re - inte rv ieHed on December 91 1963

~ n d s ~ a t e d that she had no r ecollection what soever of the two

Cub an ma l e residnnt s and was unable to refresh her recollect ion... · . -- -- -. ..... - · -· ...

uponn c x ~ D i n 8 t i o n

of her records for the period 1958 and 1959 -. . . . .

Her at te n tion was no t directed t o her prev i ous ot atc

r •.:=n t G t ~ ~ ; ; ~ b G n s .had boarded Hl -ch he r . E:;rlene Robel ts 'v:as

n t e r v on th is s ~ m e day and also s tated tha t she had no

recollection about the Cubans a l though she Has \·lorking for her

s is ter at the bo ard ing hous e ·at the time . (205.462) She Has not·· .

quest i oned about her poss ible presence in San k ~ t o n o any V persona l

in t erviews , or at the Johnson interview .

2. The above eve nts are e;-cpec1ally significant. in l ight

of Jack Ruby 1s aclrnission that in 1959 he as in terested in se l l -

ing j eep s t o Cpba and otne : :' r eports that persons i ntere s t in Cuban

Rrms sales were responsible for the assassinat i on of President

Kr:nnedy . Althouc;h the re is no he ld 11 ev idence linking Ruby t o



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C ; · ~ l d nr to a Cubar: plot , the conduct of persons cl ose to Ruby

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7~ a i s suspicions : Larry Crafard , Ruby ' s handyman , f l ed Dal l as

on Saturd::.y Nov\:r ;ber 23 and Has l ocated in a 1 og- cabin in Rural

i·::tchiGan on November 28; Ralph ?aul , Ruby ' s partner , hid in

Dallac - Fort ;·ro r th for 8 hours after OsHald shot ; George

~ h o o t i n G of Oswa ld , has given a demonstrably false s t a t e ~ e n t to

the FBI, and efforts to locate him since mid December have failed .

LikCi.Jise the conduct of Litchfie l d and ~ r n c h in coming forHard

viith

a p p ~ r e n t l y spontnneous statementssugge

sts that they may

suspect Ruby, e r ~ h a Cheek or Earlene Roberts .

3. The relation sh ip among Ruby , Bertha Cheek , Earlene Roberts ,

and Cuban e l ~ f f i a n t s may not necessarily lead to a grand conspiracy

to assassinate President Kennedy. f Ruby , Ch eek, etc . al l \-Jere

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not in fact connected i l legal ly with Oswald but were i nvolved in

an unrelated i l legal enterprise they might fear that the i r

innocent association with Oswald might be d i s t o ~ t e d A f i rs t in -

cl ina tion D i ~ h t heve been t o help the police t ishten the noose

; '. l ld i n to di:::co·uraee IJ l'Obing of t h :i r 0\-10 act iv i t ies .

Eowever , as the evidence grows stronger against Oswald, the ch3nces

:L :crtase that OS\·Iald-- i f convi cted -- \·lould f a l s ~ l y elaborate u ~ J o n

1is associa tions , out of fear, to imp l icate them in an assasslna -

t ion plot . Thus Ruby, Cheek, etc. al l might find t neceGsary

to eliminate OsHald . {At the r i sk of grasping a t stra·,;s , t



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mi ght be noted tha t Eva Grant , Ruby's e r , s ta ted in a news

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in te rv ieH shortly af ter Os\.,rald uas k:l,lled tha t her brother musti

have bel ieved tha t OsHa ld had done someth i ng to him personal ly .

Our ot·m evaluation of Ruby 1 s past conduct l eads us to a simi l i ar

concJ.u sion .

Ast-wu1ng an extN I I lc J O ; J ~ 1 b 1 t y t h a ~ oswald Ul1?u;;nc

~ h a t Mrs . Roberts was involved in the assa ssinat ion - - Oswald ' s

u ~ · n t o 1026 r t h Beckley mi ght be for the purpose of removing

a · 1eapon Hh ich might incl minate h im and his shooting of Tippett

might have been out of f ear tha t Tippett Has anagent of l·1rs .

r:obcrts . By the sane token even i f Os vlC ld didn 1 t kno\.,r \· ho t ras

benind the assazsinatio n but Has himself innocent he might have

f led to the ro oming house to remove the gun because he lme' J that

his b u c l q ~ r o u n d as a defector \-.rould make him a suspect and any guns

he owned Hou ld heiehten the suspicion .

5. Assuming knother extreme poss ib i l i ty tha t Earlene

Rob er t s and Bertha Cheek provide a l nk b e t ~ c e n Oswald and Jack

Ru:' Jy in a plot to i n a t e t he President-- t he .folloHing

m i ~ h t be c o ~ s l d r o d

a . 'i.":.at unde r so:ne original escape plan Osv a ld

\·:as not intended to re turn to the N. Becl<ley address that he VIas

e i the r on his wa. j· out of Dallas •·:hen he debarked from the t ax i

cab or to a rendevou.s G ~ C t near the home of Jack nuby;

b. That , t,.Jhatever the original pl n, E<1r·lene

~ o b e r t s as surpr i sed , a l ar·med , - or otherHise upset by Os' · .ld 1s

re turn to the N. Beckley stree t address and e i the r ·th r eatened



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-t ' 'tth::.t she h:1d oper:lt.ed Che ek s E o ~ d E c : : s =.t 52: .2G ~ s t o n ~ s J f r c ~ o u t ~ # ~ ~ ~ 1951, b e ~ t~ e d for th e c o ~ s t r ~ ~ t i o n of t y p a u : : t c ·t 'b.at she re c n.l l ed : : t v i r e n ~ e d to Cub::..:J. ::::.=.l esin 1S59 or 19Q0 but could provida no c"::her i nfc r:::l :.tic.::.concerning th em;

h = . ~ EA • " B f f i ROBER i 'S, her s i s ter , h::.d re:r :cd t : .o rco t lto LEE R A . ~ V E Y OS1 1:..LD a t 1026 Eac1:. l ey , D::.ll :::s , 'i'e;:::.s,l lrs. R03ERTS be i n:; e::lplcyGd ::s lc iu::ekeer;;ir b7 I:rsA. C. J OHNSON at th is Eack l Gy :::ddress;

th :::t . I rs, CEJ::Ei\: h :u> b<:c;:: : : : c ~ u : O i :::.te d VIi th J f C : - 3: '

sin::e l S43 t _o t he p ~ e s e s ~ e c l ' " z : : h : : . v i ~ ~~ e r a t e d nig ht c l u ~ s i ::: tbe b ~ z i s. for t heir ~ c q ~ a i c t ~ ~ c h i p :a.

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in a night club vsatura .

.Abc t eigh t dZj'S c::l cr n. )o-:. t Ncv e:::i:)zi" l C,

9 6 3 , ac c orcing t o t : s . P.:SY h ~ d~ e r t o the C a r o ~ ~ e r s ste s p € ~ ~ s ~ v ~ r ~ ~ c ~ sduring wbich i ~ e be t e ~ p • ~ d tc se curain vestnec t of several th ousaad a r s in th dCarc::sa l .

(llrs. E n ~ ~ stat ed tha t s ~ e had ~ k e d he r cardoor to the Caro·.:sel d u r i th i s pa:rioo, )

tha p : t = ~ i : : ~

fl. Urs. C H E E ~ c o ~ l d not id s =t i f y a c g r : : : ; ~ of L3 3 ~OSWALD as anyoce k ~ c ~ n to l t h c ~ h G ~ f i r s t i ~ lse en him o::. t e l evis io c , f e l t sh e =dght r e ~ tto him in · the

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CHEEK EnrrB IT N 0. 5353

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In view o f the re J.ai;i c-nl':lh: . ,l o f l J:·s . DER'l'B:A C SEi.i.,.. ;A ~ l l z s , Texas , to E.I )RLUTE ROBERTS, a ·s ist&: \<ho· ·-d - ~ ; J . toe roo:: a t 1026 ltG:r.tb : S i : : c ~ l ) l f , n ~ u . : : ~ · .nd in vie'3

_; uS l'l'HA CHEEK's a c q u a i n t a n t ~ s h . l p with JACK RUftY fro:n 1948:; tha present time , as heret o or & repor t ed , t he ol lowing; :;ckiround data c o n c l ) r n i n ~ BEil.'J.'HA ClmEK w;j;js d :;.volopod.

On Novembe r 27, 1963 , SA DAVID IT. E A f u ~ Y r e v i e ~ G d. 1:1es of the Dal las Off ice and conducted inqu iry o' U r s ~

j ) I E SID: BELCHER, Retai l Uarch3nts ·c red i t Associaticm,;:d c o n d t ~ d inquiry o f SANDY CCCHINS, Dis t r i c t Clel·k's

~ - : i c e , Dal las County, Dal.las , Texas, wh iob inve s t igat ion

- p b i c a ~ data as fo l lows :

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t i o n a l ~ t yAge .. -:

Bi r th-. DataHeightWei ghtHai rEyes .:Complex ionRemarks - .

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Pr ior Addresses

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BERTil\ CW.E I{ , nee .Bogle, .known as Urs. Bertha

Bogle Bell (prior to 1943),l l rs. ll.9rvin Ll oyd Cheek ·.( 19-18-56) , t b $ i C 5 . ; ; ~ k ,(1956-61)"', Urs. F..-llrold'-Clark' "SimS " ( 1 9 6 1 ~ 6 2 ) ,

n : " - ' ~ t l i r ·Cbeok ( 1962 to"'"'··- pras6nt )

Whit e. Femr.le· ·Am&r1ean43 '2/9/20 , ' roup , Texas·5 ' 5" . ..

12 5-130 pounds

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3 9 ~ 4 Swiss ,Dallas,Texas .D a l l a s ~ TejCSS :· ·· ·Holiday Apnrtments, 5909Gaston,- (1962-63) .

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. General Counsel - ·: : · _ ·_ ·. · · · . . 1 - IIr. l al1ey · : · - ~ · \' ,·,·: --The President 's Commissdon ::: _:_. .. . 1 - l tr . ·Shroder > ~ · : ~ ; : ; _ : ; : i .

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- . . . .. ·.Dear 11r. Rankin 1 . · _ " . < : > = ;: _ : : : - ~ : ? ; : ~ ; ~ , ~ ~ ~ & i ~ i [ f } Y r ~ :r - - .- .- Rcrorcnco i s mndc to your l e t t e r dated - <· _

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Ju ly 10, 1964, in tibicb you requested a ro-1nterv1ew - - = - - ~ f ~ ~' i th Jlr ·Jess Willard L : n c h . , . . - · .--- . -- --. - -· ·_-- .- ::.: _ ____... .. _ · -- - .__

·-• · - ~ · . . : - . : , . ; . ~ , -. ~ ~ . : . : ~ . ~ ~ ..:... - ) : . : L - X . / ~ " : . ~ 5 ·Enclosed are two copies or a raomorandua ·'-:::: , ..

dated Ju ly 16, 1964, Phoenix, Arizona, ·cnptioned .·----r··:f.:_ : . : ' - ~"Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, ·· - : : - . - - : : . ; _ ~ . : : - : - : ; ; _ - - . - ·_ -<.J>all&a, Tcxns, November 22, 19GJ," 11hicb reveals · . ;--7 .. -

the resul t s ot the re -interviow with atr. Lynch. ·, -· · ~ J:- :_ .·. Also enclosed are t9JO copies of an Fl31 Iden t i f ica t ion .. d .. N

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) : ) ~ i ~ · ·.• - · Tour at tent ion i s ·di rec ted to the report· _ zof Special Agent Robert P. Gemberling dated _: ·_ : ::: H: ;1 ._December 23, 1963, DallftSt -Texas, c a p t i o n e d g fLeo Jlarvoy Oswald. n- Page 453 reveals an interview --·-. .x - ~ -··X

with Kr. Lynch which 11as conducted on D e c e m b ~ r 3 , 1 9 ~ , = - ~ : - : ; : : : ._a t Page, Arizona. At tha t time l t r . Lynch d e n i e d _ . . , . , . _ . • ~ - : ' = : · ... .tha t bo has ever been nrrcstod and statal he s ~ r v e d , . : · . _ . ~ ~ :·; · :·_·: · ·;· \honorably in tho United States ArDly under Army :: :::'"/-- -: . ·· · Ser ia l Number RA 35212316, In l lr • ~ n c b s current · .... t ''../. tntcrvicv he a ~ ~ t ~ __e.nied -tha-t -be -ba(l-:a·oy-- p'r-C¥ious . \.. '} ,N ~a r : ~ : - t J o V o v e l · , )'our . Attention i s also_direc_ed c.;'. · (. ~

· --tQ tho l ao t entry on the FBI l d ~ n t i t i c a t 1 9 n Record' , -:- •·: - :.. .

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' ·· · Lynch previously interviewed by Phoenix 1 2 - 3 ~ 6 3 ~ ; - ~ ~ : : ; ; ~ ~. . r esu l t s o f which were incorporated in the report -of : SA : .

Gemberling dated 12-23-63. •: Lynch was formerly a cook ; > · : ; - ~ - - ; - .the boarding house in Dallas for Bertha Cheek, Previousinvest igat ion establ i shed Bertha Cheek had some p r e v i o u s . > , .contact wl th Jack Ruby and th i s Dta t t e r was thoroughly -:= · · ., ..invest igated. - ThG Commission desired Lynch to be · · .. <-". · :__: .:: relnterviewed to determine what relevance i f any, L y n c h . - ~ - ~

. :•-._-i- bel ieved the information he provided in Page, Arizona, ...

: \_ ~ >-: on December 3 1963, bad to . the assassinat ion of P r e s i d e n t _.

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- . Kennedy or Oswald. - The Commission a lso desired to .be · ·_. - ~

._ . ,. , __ 1'n1'ormed how Mr. Lynch or ig ina l ly came to be i n t e r v i e w e d ~--: ..., . Although Lynch denies any previous a r res t s our Iden t i f ica t ion . .- ~ ~ ~ ; ..: . -. Records reveal p r ~ y 1 p u s a r e s t ~ and__ J t P . P ~ ~ ~ < ? be. iden t ica l '_

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r e i ' ~ 8 ; ~ r s ~ d t f ~ t i r ~ r l y ·reTI J£'a--i ( 3914 Swi's Avenue, ~ .,2, .Dal lu , where her telephone n\.d>bar vas . TA 7-9301. S h e ..:·

sht received a notice dated l p r i l 7, 1964, frt>m the President '• . ? t ~ ··oo on the ass&ssinatlon of PreP Jdent KENNEDY which a ~ y l t e 4 ;6-.::.;:·,;. ·•

.. u i d be cal led to appear before the Advieor.r Staff of the . ; F ; ~ ~ ; ; ~• a C o D J D l s ~ i < n a t Vallas, Texa l. She ss ld she was callecl > ..,,did appear before the ,A,lvl ory Staff of the President '• : . ; j ; _ · <

on Tuesday, April 14, 1964. ·.. :.·: . · ·· . : ·.: . .... · · : , - : . : . ~ . ·.. , . . . ...

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. · · At that tline, she was questioned by Hr. GRIFFIN a t Dallas ·. ·_:; .··· . : .~ ~ 1 ~ J t ~ r a c q u ~ ~ ' ~ a n c e w i t ~ JACK RUBY. Mrs. CHEE1Csa1d. ~ a ~ .. _ __

that she ·had ·read RUBY'8 a d v e r t i s e ~ n r t . n .. ..Dallas newspaper · : . · .. .··years agd, euc t date not recalled, to the effect that RUBY · . ·

,to se l l one-h«lf interest 1d a club. Sbe aatd she vas · unablerecal l the name or loc6tlon o f the club ; - Sb.e did recall t ha t- ·- ..· .· ··... :·... ."

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deal and she and ;RUBY coulcl .iiot reach-_

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:: . :-.. .ag·reement about l t . . . : . . · · . .. · · . . . · . _. · . . < ·.... - ·- - · ·- . . . - . . -·

. · . . She . said JACK RUBY contacted her lo about_ I Q ~ ~ ~ ~ . .1963 . .. . :·. _.. -

.see l f she was interested in ~ ~ ~ J ~ P . & $ 6 . . . 0 . ~ - a p_rfvate c l ~ .c ~ said ehe met with J ~ RUBY Who would oo-t oame-etii · t <>catiOD .f this club eo she did not enter into any contract or agreement wttla · ·

on the deal. She eald she bas not bfld an7 other dealings with · ; . .:..· • ...

• •· Mrs. CHEEK said she told Hr. GRIFFIW she had complete ::

concerning ·the renters,b o a r - i ~ r • ,

and wcrkera who have rented ·.

. .r worked for her at rc-oming bo1Jee and/or •p4rbnents n Dallas. . . . 'She 841d eb' told Mr. GRI.P..Fnt a ~ would mgke tbe recorda .

for the President ' • C o m M 1 ~ s i o ~ l f o e c e s s ~ • .

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ABOUT FOUR WEEKS. •. ··-··· .... . · - ·- ·- ,_ . -· ~ . - : , _ _ · .-; .. : _ ...- · '·

( L ~ T A T E D ;Q;S: ROBERTS v ~ s FRIENDLY I I ITil BOTK CUBANS ~ :___ _

· AND _TALKED WITH THEft IN THE EVENINGS IN THE D I N I ~ G ROO .. - ~ . ~ .. - : ~ . . : -. --· · .- . . : ~ .. . . ~ - : . .. .. ..... : .

· HE STATED MRS. CHEEK HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE C U ~ A N S . · .: . ·: ...- . .

. ~ ~ .. : : ; · : L i E HARVEY O S W ~ L D AND JACK RUBY BOTH UNKNOWN TO .: ._ ~~ ~ . ~ H A S NO OBJEctioN TO HIS NAIIE BEINC J'URNISKED TO > : " : ~

....: _MRS. CHEEK VHO SHOULD BE RECONTACTED ·AS ~ S T A T E S SHE ·:·:;.:,·..: . :_ -._.... · · · · · . • . ... . - -- . . .. .......- .. c:-- .. . . ..

SHOULD HAVE NAMES OF BOTH CUBANS IN HER flFTYNlNE LEDGER FOR ' . ·. . . - .. . - . .... -- --

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· i ~ ~ - ~ ~ o ( ) x ~ ~ ~ FBI ( 6 2 - 1 0 9 0 6 ~ \ '"· .- ? ~ : , : r : ~ r _ ~ { ~ : : ~ ~ ~ ~ : ~ - ~ ~ ~ {' > · ~ ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN FIT2GERALD KENNEDY . NOVEUBER ; ~ ;~ ~ - : . . - - - - - - - - - : - - · - - ~ . · - - - : - - - - . . .. . ,··:- ...; :_._·.· . 'lliENTY no, -81XTr 'J'IIREE, D/iLLAS, 'J'EXAS, . l ISCELLANEOU J ~ > i N - F o i W A T I O l (

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_, P R E S I D ~ ~ ~ ~ S COMMISSION ~ ~ = ~ J - ~ ~ : ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~_,: _ ~ ~ ~ : n.1 ~ - I I { T E R ~ ~ ~ ~ J ? ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ T ~ ~ . Y ~ ~ ~ ~ . - ' - ~ ~ ~

HE BELIEVES THE INJ'OIWATION PROVIDED AT _PAGE, ARIZONA, . ON' D E C E M B E B- \... ; -.. · . -:-., -.:_- :_ ... · ·:· :: ...:- ..... r - - ~ : : j_

TIIREE, SIXTY 'l'DREE, liAS '1'0 '1'DB ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY OR. . . . . . . .- . . - . . .. >.. i:. 1 } .. ... · : - - - ~ - _ : , ; , . .

LEE IIAR\ EY OSWALD. COMMISSION ~ Q U E S T E D - - - r o B B - I N r o W D l J O ~ L Y N C H _ : . _ ~·-· .·

·· >-()RIGINALJ.Y - ~ ~ ~ W f ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ . ~ l l I s ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ f ~ ; : : z ~' > . ' P R O V I D E ~ A N E ~ A T I O N ~ F t P O ~ ~ ~ ~ - ~ ~ ~ ; r ~ ~ ~ ~ n , I r s . ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ; ; : _ . ~ s :BERTHA -¢REEK, EAlU..El\'E ROBERTS OR JACK .RUBY AND Till ASSASSINATION O F

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_ : , _ - ; · INFORYATIO'tt '11ICH lUGHT BEAR WON HIS GENEMJ, CREDIBILITY OR BIAS .,-; ;... __;_:?: t.. - - - : " ' : ' : . ~ ~ . . , _ ·:· . : , ; o . ; ~ ; - : : - •. ? : - : : - - : ~ - ; : - ~ .;: : - . - - : ; : : - : . ; ; : . , : 1 ' : ~ - ··

~ - ~ ·_ TOWAJU> CREEKA ~ ~ B ~ R T S OR ftUBY • - YOUR PREVIOUS INTERVIEW OF L Y N C H ; : ; ; _ : ; \· _ . ; ~ . . , :·. : ... ··. : ... -· ·_; , . . .. __ :. · .. .. .. .. . .. ; .;_ . .. ..-.: . .- ..... ' J':. . ·:. ::" · : ~ ~ ... f . ~ ; ~ · ~ ~ . 2 ; · ~ ~ ~. ON DECElfDER 'J'JIREE1 SIXTJ' THREE, AT PAGE, ARIZONA, INDICATED HB .. ~ ; ; ; : -

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