The following are excerpts from John Lennon's FBI file,
in the future if I have access to a scanner I may scan in whole pages. For now
there is only stuff I typed in.
Memoranadum
TO: Director DATE: September 18,1973
Federal Bureau of Investigation HEP:JLM:RPW:CN
39-51-NEW
FROM: Henry E.Petersen
Assistant Attorney General
Criminal Division
Subject:In re John Winston Ono Lennon
Board of Immigration Appeals
The individual named on the attached list is the subject of
a deportation proceeding before the Board of Immigration Appeals
scheduled for October 29,1973, at 2:00 p.m.
Would you please supply us with electronic surveillance
information pertaining to the individual named on the attached
list, following the form set forth in our memorandum to you
dated April 16, 1969.
In addition, should your files reveal that the individual
or the premises in which he had a proprietary interest were
subjected to electronic surveillance, we would appreciate your
furnishing Mr. Robert P. Weidner, Government Regulations Section,
Criminal Division, with the following:
1. Logs disclosing the conversation of the individual
and logs of any of the premises in which the
individual is or was the owner, lessee,or
Licensee.
2. Any airtels which expand or summarize the protions
of the logs disclosed unless fully reflected in the
logs themselves.
3. Any memoranda, including reports to the Department
of Justice, which expand or summarize the portions
of the logs mentioned above or which demonstrate
pertinent leads which may have come from the illegal
electronic surveillance.
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It is also requested that you advise us whether the individual
has been subjected to any lawful electronic surveillance, including
such surveillance where one of the parties may have consented to the
surveillance, as well as such surveillance conducted pursuant to the
provisions of Title III of Public Law 90-351.
If your records indicate that the individual has used names
other than that given, please check your electronic surveillance
indices with respect to the additional names.
Attachment
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Name: John Winston Ono Lennon
Wife: Alien Citizen of Japan, age 40
Entry: Entered U.S. at New York 8/13/71
Present Address: Dakota House, Central Park West,
New York City (most recent)
Prior Address: 105 Bank Street
New York City
Aliases: None Known
Date of Birth: October 9, 1940
Place of Birth: Liverpool, England
Citizenship: English Citizen
Employment: Entertainer
Last Place of Employment:
Attorney: Leon Wildes
515 Madison
New York, New York 10022
Proceedings Date: October 29, 1973, 2:00 p.m.
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