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MATERIAL REVIEWED AT CIA HEADQUARTERS BY HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS STAFF MEMBERS

FILE TITLE/NUMBER/VOLUME: McLENDON, GORDON 201-79764

INCLUSIVE DATES:

CUSTODIAL UNIT/LOCATION: ROOM:

DELETIONS, IF ANY:

DATE	DATE	REVIEWED BY (PRINT NAME)	SIGNATURE OF REVIEWING OFFICIAL
16/MAY/78		LESLIE WIRELMAN	Leslie Wirelman

NO DOCUMENTS MAY BE COPIED OR REMOVED FROM THIS FILE

14-00000 C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L When Filled In 6 Jan 1975

Review of 201 File on U.S. Citizen

In accordance with the DDO's notice of 9 December 1974, I have reviewed the 201 file on McLENDON (surname) (201 number indicated below), and have determined that it can most accurately be categorized as indicated below:

☐ should be closed.

☐ witting collaborator. OI Code Al.

☑ potential witting collaborator, date opened . OI Code A2.

☐ former witting collaborator (relationship terminated). OI Code A3.

☐ potential witting collaborator never contacted (security reasons, derogatory information). OI Code A4.

☐ counterintelligence case (i.e., involving a foreign intelligence or security service). OI Code A5.

☐ all others. OI Code A6.

Signed Lam H. GIRARDI IPIANP (name) (title) (component)

This assignment of category has been entered into STAR. Signed LK 6/75 1975 (initials) (date)

This document is a permanent part of this file. 201-79764. When Filled In E2 IMPDET C-U-N-F-1-D-L-T-1-A-L CL BY 054979

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: John K. McLean

SECRET 3 May 1972

On 28 April the undersigned was introduced to Mr. John McLean by Mr. Wallace Lampshire, a staff officer. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss Mr. McLean's connection with Mr. Gordon Barton McLendon (201-79764) and Mr. McLendon's stated desire to help his government.
Mr. McLean is a former staff officer (DDI/OCI) who resigned to enter the field of finance. He has been a banker, a stock broker (Sade & Co.) and currently is Vice-President and Treasurer of International Ventures, Inc., 888 17th Street N.W., Washington 20006, as well as Vice-President of Riviere & Berens Securities Corp., stockbrokers located at 1832 M St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.
Mr. McLendon was born in Paris, Texas 8 June 1921 and now lives in Dallas. According to Who's Who in the South and Southwest, Mr. McLendon is the owner of a number of radio stations and is listed as the president of numerous companies in radio, TV, and motion picture theatre fields. Mr. McLendon is reputedly a multi-millionaire.
Mr. McLean and Mr. McLendon have maintained a friend- ship since their years at Yale. Mr. McLean recently visited Mr. McLendon at his ranch some thirty miles from Dallas. During this visit Mr. McLendon expressed his fears of the future of the dollar and said that he has moved millions of his dollars to Europe where the money has been put into Swiss and French francs, plus German marks. Most of the money is apparently in savings instruments of one kind or another plus a night club that Mr. McLendon has bought in Stockholm. During these conversations, Mr. McLendon wondered if these foreign operations might not be of interest to the Government (read CIA as Mr. McLendon was an ONI officer during WW II and is aware of Mr. McLean's former employment with the Agency.) Mr. McLendon mentioned his night club as a possibility, as it is frequented by persons of many countries, including the USSR.

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Mr. McLean has business interests in Dallas and said that he is willing to explore this possibility with Mr. McLendon if we provide guidance.
Mr. McLean himself perhaps offers more potential via International Ventures, Inc. Mr. McLean is seeking venture capital opportunities abroad. For example, he and a Mr. Lincoln Epworth in New York City are working with a Japanese named Ikvo Kasai who is President of Nichimen Co. of Tokyo, a firm seeking to export to the States. Mr. McLean was frank to say that International Ventures is more a dream than a reality in terms of busi- ness but the concern is making progress. Mr. McLean offered to be of any assistance.

Comment: I have sent for Mr. McLean's file and upon its receipt I will seek a PCSA.

Frederick Larkin, Jr. CCS/CFB

FL/ekw

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14-00000 FROM: | WILCOXEN ELI | 61-924 | NAME CHECK AND CONSOLIDATION REQUEST ------ | ------- | ------- | ------- | CCS/CFE | 21CKEY | DATE 19 April 1972 | EXT. 3543 | IYFU | RID CONTROL NO.

Tube	Room	Date	Initials	Checking Instructions and Notes
RID/INDEX DT-S	124003	4/72	ma	ENTER NO. OF REFERENCES ORDERED

AKA, ALIASES SEX | DATE OF BIRTH | PLACE OF BIRTH | OTHER IDENTIFYING DATA (Occupation, CP membership, I. S. affiliations, etc.) --- | -------- | -------- | -------- M | 8 June 1921 | Paris, Texas | See "Who's Who in the South and Southwest", Eleventh Edition, P. 677

CITIZENSHIP U.S.A.	RESIDENCE 9300 Douglas Street, Dallas, Texas
RESULTS OF RAD/INDEX CHECK

PERTINENT IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION CARD REFERENCES ATTACHED | COMMENTS FVLC

INSTRUCTIONS FOR REQUESTERS: TO ORDER DOCUMENTS: 1. REVIEW INDEX CARD REPRODUCTIONS. 2. DRAW GREEN DIAGONAL LINE ACROSS ITEMS YOU DO NOT WANT. 3. FORWARD TO RID/FILES.

TO EDIT THE CARD REPRODUCTIONS: AFTER RECEIPT OF THE DOCUMENTS, EDIT THE CARD REPRODUCTIONS ACCORDING TO CHI 70-19. 2. TO DESTROY CARDS: MARK THE CARD REPRODUCTION WITH A GREEN D, AND CITE THE REASON. TO MAKE CORRECTIONS/ADDITIONS: ENTER THE CHANGES ON THE CARD REPRODUCTIONS IN GREEN INK 3. FORWARD TO R.D/AN, VIA YOUR RECORDS, OFFICER.

FOR 201 CONSOLIDATION (SEE CS: 70-20): IF SUBJECT HAS A 201 FILE, RETURN ONLY THIS FORM TO RID/AN WITH PRODUCTIONS OF INDEX CARDS MARKED IN GREEN TO REFLECT THE CONSOLIDATION ACTION TAKEN. WHEN SUBJECT HAS NO 201 FILE, BUT MEETS THE REQUIREMENT FOR OPENING A 201 FILE, RETURN THIS FORM TO RID/201: A. A COMPLETED FORM 8311 B. ALL PERTINENT DOCUMENTS, EXTRACTS, AND PROPERLY EDITED INDEX CARD REPRODUCTIONS FOR CONSOLIDATION OF THE FILE BY RID/201.

CHECKLIST OF OTHER INDICES: REQUESTER SHOULD ALSO CONSIDER TRACING THE FOLLOWING SOURCES WHICH ARE NOT CHECKED BY RID/INDEX (SEE NAME TRACE HANDBOOK). SOURCE | DATE REQUESTED | DATE RECEIVED | SOURCE | DATE REQUESTED | DATE RECEIVED ------- | ------- | ------- | ------- | ------- | ------- CS... D/DSA | | | CENTRAL REFERENCE SERVICE | | RID ARCHIVES | | | CIA LIBRARY | | 30 BIOGRAPHICS C | | | OFFICE OF MEDICAL SERVICES | | APPLICANTS FILE | | | CONTACT NAME CHECK | |

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PCLENDON, GORDON BARTON SEX M DOB 08 JUN 21. USA, TEXAS, PARIS CITUSA OCC PRES REF

USA, TEXAS, DALLAS PCLENDCA BROADCAST SYSTEM. 201-0797640 TYPE NAME T OCC CODE BUSP. 01 CODE ?

160000000 CORR CARD 6605250198

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ITEM	DATE	SECRET
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BRIEF RECORD OF CASE ACTION	INITIALS
	REMARKS

This MUST be the TOP, unserialized document MINUTE SHEET in File Number 201-

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Memorandum For: DO/590 (for Mr. Beers)

Reference: Request for traces and clearance

Project: WUENTREE

Subject: See below

Name: MCLENDON, Gordon Barton DOB: 8 June 1921, Paris, Texas CIS: USA RES: 9300 Douglas St., Dallas, Texas OCC: McLendon Broadcast System BUS: 2104 Jackson St., Dallas, Texas

19 February 1966 Date

Trace Results:

No record in addition to 201-79764 which is attached herewith on permanent charge to DO/CO/Beers.

CI/CA file JG-9545 was reviewed and found to contain no information in addition to that contained in Subject's dossier. You will note that a request made by FE Division for a CSC on Subject was denied by the Office of Security on 29 July 1952.

Areas Checked:

FID Area Division Central Cover Staff x Office of Security

OCR: Micrographics Register Foreign Installations Branch Library Other Form 772 requesting PCSA/CSA was forwarded to (Security)Fieldx.

A copy of this memorandum has been sent to RID for classification into file

Attachment: 201-79764 Distribution: Orig. Addressee

SECR DO/CS

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TO: SECRET REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OR INVESTIGATIVE ACTION (Always handcarry 1 copy of this form) PLEASE COMPLETE EACH SECTION AND APPROPRIATE BLANK

CI/OPERATIONAL APPROVAL AND SUPPORT DIVISION X CHIEF, INVESTIGATION AND SUPPORT DIVISION, OFFICE OF SECURITY CHIEF. PERSONNEL SECURITY DIVISION, OFFICE OF SECURITY

SUBJECT: MOLENDON, Gordon Barton PROJECT WUENTREE (True name) CRYPTONYM. PSEUDONYM, AKA CALIASES CIAGA FILE NO. | 201 FILE NO. SO FILE NO. 1. TYPE ACTION REQUESTED PROVISIONAL OPERATIONAL APPROVAL OPERATIONAL APPROVAL X PROVISIONAL COVERT SECURITY APPROVAL COVERT SLCURITY APPROVAL CONTRACT TYPE A. 2. SPECIFIC AREA OF USE US FULL DETAILS OF USE PROVISIONAL PROPRIETARY APPROVAL PROPRIETARY APPROVAL COVERT NAME CHECK SPECIAL INQUIRY (SO field investigation) CONTRACT TYPE 8

30 December 1965 FROM: DO/00

Subject will be contacted and assessed on a witting basis in support of WUENTREE. Subject is President of McLendon Corporation of Dallas, Texas and is also owner of several radio stations. He was born in Paris, Texas on 8 June 1921. Le resides at 9300 Douglas Street, Dallas, Texas and has a ranch in Denton, Texas. During World War II, he served as a Japanese Language Officer in intelligence for the US Navy from 1943-45. He is the author of "The Old Scotchman's Scrapbook"

INVESTIGATION AND COVER A. U.S. GOVERNMENT INTEREST MAY BE SHOWN DURING INVESTIGATION? YES | NO B. CIA INTEREST MAY BE SHOEN DURING INVESTIGATION? YES | NO C. IS SUBJECT AWARE OF U.S. GOVERNMENT INTEREST IN HIM X D. IS SUBJECT AWARE OF CIA INTEREST IN HIM? X E. INDICATE ANY LIMITATIONS ON COVERAGE IN THE INVESTIGATION OF SUBJECT. F. SUGGEST "COVER PRETEXT BE USED IN CONDUCTING PERSONAL INVESTIGATION OF SUBJECT. S. DO YOU PLAN TO MAKE SUBJECT BITTING OF AGENCY OR GOVERNMENT INTEREST.? YES | NO IF NO INVESTIGATION OUTSIDE CIA, EXPLAIN FULLY
PRO AND GREEN LIST STATUS PRO ID WILL BE FORWARDED. PRO ID. OR EQUIVALENT. IN (2) COPIES ATTACHED GREEN LIST ATTACHED NO PRO ID. OR EQUIVALENT IN LE COPY ATTACHED. 6. RI TRACES NO RECORD BILL FORWARD NON-DEROGATORY DEROGATORY ATTACHED
DIVISION TRACES NO RECORD BILL FORWARD NON-DEROGATORY DEROGATORY ATTACHED
FIELD TRACES NO RECORD WILL FORWARD DEROGATORY ATTACHED LIST SONGS CHECKED NOT INITIATED (Explanatio SINGNATURE OF CASE OFFICER Peter Beers FORM 772 NON-DEROGATORY INFO SIGNIFICANT INFO ATTACHED EXTENSION SIGNATURE OF BRANCH CHIEF William A. Foyer SECRET

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DOCUMENT TRANSFER AND CROSS REFERENCE

FILE THIS FORM IN FILE NO. • 79714 (17-44) 1 WAY 134 FORM NO. 867 167, 34 SECRET ... P. O. 10 408.

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ATTH: 51/ Chief, 3

Disposition of Files

Forwarded hereinith for your disposition are thirty-eight (38) files, considered acr-restricted by E, for the following lists

Razo | Cute of air Sendor, Berdon Barton about 19220 //data/okla

Subjects are no longer in use by Whis office.

Criginated by: Ursa 7. Char :

Diets Addressee - Crig & 23 Suby - 1 out PE-1, C(Fawlinson) - 1 PE-1 (anno) - 1

FORIGERSE. ELL Olof: F

SES CAYTRE, Faivatoro Bernardo ملاء Cate of Birthe Jost 29, 1910; Piace of Birth: ...٢.

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UNCLASSIFIED CIA INTERNAL | CONFIDENTIAL | SECRET SUBJECT: Optional ONLY ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET

FROM NO FE/1 DATE

TO: (Officer designation, room number, and DATE OFFICERS building) INITIALS to show Draw a line across columns after each comment) RECD FWD D

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2. MCLENDON Garden Satu

3. 4. 5. 6: 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

13. 2 NOV 16 1956

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FORM 610 EDITIONS Use PREVIOUS SECRET CONFIDENTIAL CIA INTERNAL USE ONLY UNCLASSIFIED

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29 JUL 952

Chief, Staff C attendance Staff C/FPD Chief, Special Security Division

JO 9545 69488 McLendon, Gordon Barton

Reference is made to your request for a covert security clearance for the subject, who is the president of a company which will provide accreditation in Japan to a contract agent of this organization.
This is to advise that the covert security clearance, as roghesed, ta hereby denied.

FOR THE SECURITY OFFICER, CIA: : Robert K. Cara

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27 July 100m

ПООРАТАЦ GO VLA

PAT TC/PB !

: Conton Barton Hobonion

It is reposted that the case on Cosion anston BoLendon be closed, since this office has no further interest in andjon.
TOO masoct for covort somurity of cases on My, Mchenton vos caluitted on 11 February 197. Dist: Addresses - Oric. &1 (03-1 FE/T-1 STC/SPB - 1 F/HI/PC armo - 1

LLOYD OMONO CMar, 1

14-00000 HEMORANDUM TO: OD/CP/Sec SECRET FROM: FS/III/PC 11 February 1952

SUBJECT: Gordon Barton Mciendon

Covert Clearance, for use as outined below, it is requested for Subject, on whom available information is submitted separately.

Op. Clearance XX Security Clearance Op. Support Sp. Inquiry 2. Use of Subject: (State in detail the scope and nature of activities to be performed, their duration, the area involved, project involved, etc.)

Subject is the president of a commany which will provide accreditation in Japan to a contract agent of this organization. It is not émected that subject will learn of the agent's coniection with this organization, however, clearance is requested to go in forn subject of the connection if the need may arise at a later date.. Subject will know nothing of operations conducted by this agent, only that // ne is connected with CIA.

"Cover" story suggested for investigation: Governmental XX Commercial Details: General Credit Other
Limits, if any, to investigation: None
Is Subject aware that an investigation is in process: Yes No X
Is Subject aware of CIA interest? Yes No X
Has Subject been briefed on "cover" story?. Yes No X
Has Subject established "cover" for investigation with probable contacts? Yes No I
Is Prov. Operational Clearance necessary? Yes No X
Investigation to be Rout ine Expedite Must be completed b: 1Jze 1952
REMARKS:

Security Officer Case Officer Howell d. Christy

Branch Crict James Gl. Kole

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TO: ASST. DEPUTY (SFECTION & SECURITY) Date: FROM: CD/CD/PC (5) J.G.: : SUBJECT:

Necessary covert investigation is requested on Subject on whom all available background data is submitted separately. Information and/or clearance is requested for case category as follows:

Operational Cl. IISecurity Cl. Sp. Inquiry Operational Support

Name of Special Project (if applicable): DTMIKADO
Investigation to be completed as: ☑ Routine Expedite by not later then 1 June 1952-
Scope and nature of use or activity: :

Subject is the president of a commany which will provide pott/ accreditation in Japan to a contract agent of this cranization. It is not expected that subject: learn of the agent's connection with this organization, hoverer,

Suggested "cover" for investigation: Governmental Commercial : Other Specific:
Limitations, if any, on investigation:
Subject HAS/HAS BOT been briefed that investigation is pending.
Subject HAS/HAS NOT been briefed on "cover" story to be used in investigation.
Subject HAS/HAS NOT indicated to probable investigative contacts investiga- tion pending.
Subject. HAS/HAS NOT indicated to probable investigative contacts "cover". story to be used.
CIA indices checks required for provisional operational clearance by
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FORM 50. 1931 منشية 09-16 (TEST) : JORN F. BREWER SECRET

14-00000 Name- Gordon Barton McLendon Address-9300 Douglas, Dallas Texas Lou This 20 this correct shled. it se sramille

Place of Birth-atlanta Texas/(dabelle Oklahoma-ege 30 Military History-1942 Entered Navy Javanese Language School, Boulder, Colo.

1943- Graduated Kary Japanese Lgic, School 1944-CommissionedUSNavy Assigned as Intelighte Officer, UNIL Pischarged as Lt(JG) Education-Graduated Yale University 1946-ittended Harvard Law School Wife's Name-GAV Noe (Daughter of Janes A. Noe former Gov. of Louisiana Subject has fourenildren... Present Occupation- President of Liberty Broadcasting System.

14-00000 FE ABSTRACT OF DOCUMENT BEING C205S FILED CROSS FILED BY ANALOST FIL DATE OF DOCUMENT 201405 JG-9545 STC/SPE XXXX

SUBLEC XXXX DATE MELENDON, Gordon Barton Born 26 Jain Atlanta, Teya adabile, Oklahome, Come, alga 30 (in 95) PERTINENT INFORMATION THERE IS A PESTRICTED STC/SPB FOLDER ON THE SUBJECT OF THIS 201 HELD IN RI/AR FILE, WASH-CIA-PERS-4.

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CROSS REFERENCE FORM FILE THIS FORM IN FILE PO. 201797604 CWAY 3.