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ACTIVITIES OF NONDIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATIVES OF ACTIVITIES OF NONDIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATIVES OF FOREIGN PRINCIPALS IN THE UNITED STATES HOLD FOR RELEASE HEARIN 0' JUL 2 1 is3. AN BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE EIGHTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF S. RES. 362, 87TH CONGRESS, AND S. RES. 26, 88TH CONGRESS, AUTHORIZING THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS TO STUDY THE ACTIVITIES OF NONDIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATIVES OF FOREIGN PRINCIPALS IN THE UNITED STATES PART 8 APRIL 12 AND MAY 6, 1963 Printed for the use of the Committee on Foreign Relations * U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1963 94-524 0 COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS J. W. FULBRIGHT, JOHN SPARKMAN, Alabama HUBERT H. HUMPHREY, Minnesota MIKE MANSFIELD, Montana WAYNE MORSE, Oregon RUSSELL B. LONG, Louisiana ALBERT GORE, Tennessee FRANK J. LAUSCHE, Ohio FRANK CHURCH, Idaho STUART SYMINGTON, Missouri THOMAS J. DODD, Connecticut GEORGE A. SMATHERS, Florida Arkansas, Chairman BOURKE B. HICKENLOOPER, Iowa GEORGE D. AIKEN, Vermont FRANK CARLSON, Kansas JOHN J. WILLIAMS, Delaware KARL E. MUNDT, South Dakota CARL MARCY, Chief of Staff DARRELL ST. CLAIRE, Clerk Note.-This hearing was held in executive session, and released July 23, 1963, pursuant to committee determination. II CONTENTS APRIL 12, 1963 Testimony of- Page Kenneth T. Downs; accompanied by E. Riley Case, attorney-at-law__ 832 MAY 6, 1963 Testimony ofMartin Thomas Camacho, Arlington, Mass.; accompanied by E. Riley Casey, attorney-at-law, of Gall, Lane & Howe, Washington, D.C__ 895 AFTERNOON SESSION James Cope, chairman of the board of Selvage & Lee, Inc., and Morris M. Lee, president of Selvage & Lee, Inc.; accompanied by E. Riley Casey, attorney-at-law, of Gall, Lane & Howe, Washington, D.C.__ 1017 Samual Benton Bledsoe, manager, Washington office, Selvage & Lee, Inc.; accompanied by E. Riley Casey, attorney-at-law, of Gall, Lane & Howe, Washington, D.C - ------------ 1088 HEARING IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, APRIL 12, 1963 Testimony of Kenneth Downs, of Selvage & Lee, Inc: Opening statement by Senator Fulbright -----------827 Senate Resolution 26, 88th Congress, 1st session, and Senate Resolution 362, 87th Congress, 2d session 828 Copy of subpena addressed to Kenneth T. Downs, dated April 3, 1963Copy of a memorandum dated May 12, 1961, to Kenneth Downs, from J. P. Selvage -----------------------------------------835 Copy of letter dated May 31, 1961, to His Excellency Alexandre Ribeiro de Cunha, Lisbon, Portugal, from James P. Selvage ------ 837 "Work in Progress Report" dated October 18, 1962, to S. B. Bledsoe and Paul Wagner, from K. T. Downs -------------------------- 839 Memorandum dated September 21, 1961, to Mr. S. B. Bledsoe, from K. T. Downs entitled "Suggested Names Newsmen To See Ambassador" --------------------------------------------- 842 Memorandum dated August 6, (1961), to Messrs. Selvage and Bledsoe, from K. T. Downs ------------------------------------------ 843 Copy of memorandum dated October 12, 1961, to Paul Wagner and from Kenneth T. Downs (cc: Messrs: Bledsoe, Selvage, Lee and Shaw) --------------------------------------------------- 848 Memorandum dated November 2, 1961, to Fred Shaw from Kenneth T. Downs (cc: Messrs. Lee, Bledsoe, Wagner) ---------------------850 Memorandum dated November 7, 1962, to S. B. Bledsoe and Paul Wagner, from Kenneth T. Downs ----------------------------- 852 Memorandum dated November 28, 1962, to Ken Downs, from Wayne Wasson --------------------------------------------------- 852 Memorandum without date, to Kenneth T. Downs, from Frederic W. Shaw, marked "Lisbon" ------------------------------------ 853 Statement of disbursements by Selvage & Lee, Inc., rendered to the Overseas Companies of Portugal on October 31, 1961 --- 857 Memorandum dated January 29, 1963, to Tim Cabral, from Kenneth T. D owns .............. 859 Letter from Selvage & Lee, dated April 27, 1963, to Senator J. W. Fulbright, from Kenneth T. Downs ---------------------------860 Statement of disbursements by Selvage & Lee, dated January 31, 1962, rendered to Overseas Companies of Portugal, page 4 -------------- 861 CONTENTS Testimony of Kenneth Downs-Continued Letter dated November 20, 1961, to Charles P. Arnot, of ABC, Page African News Bureau, from Paul Wagner --- - 862 Exchange of cables, dated August :, 1961, between Messrs. Downs and Bledsoe .- -- 864 Memorandum dated October 10, 1962, to Michael Teague, from Kenneth T. Downs ----------__--- 866 Memorandum dated April 26, 1962, to Paul Wagner, from Kenneth T. Downs .....------ --- 871 Letter dated September 17, 1962, to David A. Randall, from Paul Wagner, with enclosure "Tentative Itinerary in Angola, January 19-23, 1963" -----------------------------------874 Memorandum dated December 17, 1962, to Kenneth T. Downs, from Isabel Metello, re NEA group ----------- 877 Memorandum dated November 30, 1962, to Kenneth Downs, from Paul Wagner, re Publisher's Auxiliary --------------------------879 Memorandum dated December 27, 1962, to Kenneth T. Downs, from Isabel Metello -------------------------------------------- 881 Letter dated January 30, 1963, to Senator J. W. Fulbrigbt, from Talbort Patrick, president, Evening Herald, Rock Hill, S.C ------- 883 Letter dated February 13, 1963, to Walter Pincus, from Wayne C. Sellers, publisher. Evening Herald, South Carolina, with enclosure- 884 MAY 6, 1963 W itness: M artin T. Cam acho --------------------------------------- 895 Opening statement by Senator J. W. Fulbright___ 895 Copy of subpena addressed to Martin T. Camacho, and dated April 3, 1 9 6 3 - - - - - - - - - ---- --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --- - 8 9 8 Selvage & Lee short form registration statement for Martin T. Camacho, January 1962, and biographic sketch --- 912 Copy of check dated July 21, 1961, to Martin Camacho - 919 Abstract from bimonthly Selvage & Lee Washington office reports, September 1961 .............-. -.- - - 920 Letters dated September 25, 1961, and October 3, 1961, to S. B. Bledsoe and Hon. Pedro Theotonia Pereira, Ambassador of Portugal, and signed Martin T. Camacho_ 921 "Agreement of Association," the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, list approving the purpose clause ----------------------------- 923 Letter dated November 29, 1961, to Mr. Frank Vida, Hartford, Conn., signed Martin T. Camacho_ 927 Letter dated January 9, 1963, to "My dear fellow American," signed Martin T. Camacho ------------------------------------- 929 Letter dated January 5, 1962, to the editor of the Baltimore Sun, and signed Martin T. Camacho ------- 931 Statement rendered by Lawyers Stationery Co., Boston, to Martin T. Camacho, dated September 1, 1962 .... 933 Statement rendered by Lawyers Stationery Store dated September 14, 1962, to Martin T. Camacho ---------------------- 936 Letter dated October 16, 1962, to Dr. Martin T. Camacho, from Paul Wagner, with enclosed copy of letter addressed to the editor of the San Bernadino Sun, dated October 18, 1962 -- 937 Memorandum dated October 2, 1962, to various officers and employees of Selvage & Lee, from Kenneth T. Downs ---- 941 Letter dated September 26, 1961, to Hon. John 0. Pastore, from Martin T. Camacho ......... 943 Letter dated September 26, 1961, to Hon. Warren G. Magnuson, from M artin T . Cam acho -- --------- - ------------------------ 943 Letter dated September 27, 1961, to Hon. Thomas J. Dodd, from Martin T. Camacho ----- - 944 Letter dated February 12, 1962, to Martin Camacho, from Paul Wagner (re Sarnoff & Estabrook) -- 946 Pamphlet entitled "On the Morning of March 15" is in the committee files -- ri------ ,--- o-- e----ese---er--can--- Committee------on- 948 Letter dated April 18, 1962, to the Portuguese-American Committee on Foreign Affairs from the Los Angeles County Young Republicans, Inc ---------------- ------------------------------------ 951 Letter dated November 26, 1961, to the Portuguese-American Committee on Foreign Affairs from San Francisco Chapter of Young Americans for Freedom ------------------------------ - 951 CONTENTS Witness: Martin T. Camacho-Continued Letter dated February 13, 1962, to the Portuguese-American Commit- Page tee on Foreign Affairs, from the National States Rights Party ----- 950 Memorandum dated August 13, 1962, to Mr. Paul Wagner and signed "Ida" -954 List of Senators and Congressmen to be visited during the period April 30, 1962, through May 4, 1962 -- 957 Report dated July 2-3, 1962, on trip to Washington - 963 Letter dated December 31, 1962, to Hon. George P. Miller, from Martin T. Camacho - 969 Letter dated October 31, 1962, to "Paul" from "Ida" 972 Letter dated April 17, 1962, addressed "Dear Sir" and signed Martin T. Camacho, and list of recipients-editors of Tennessee newspapers- 974 Letter dated December 5, 1961, to Kenneth T. Downs from Martin T. Camacho - - --- 984 Letter dated January 24, 1963, to Senator Richard Russell from Martin T. Camacho with enclosures_-. 986 Letter dated October 31, 1962, to Martin T. Camacho from Robert J. Dinking, president Brooklyn College Historical Society, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York---- - - - 989 Letters dated February 8 and 19, 1962, to Martin T. Comacho from the president of the Salem Deanery, Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women ..... 992 Letter dated July 26, 1962, to Dr. Martin T. Camacho from Bill James Hargis -- ----- 1001 Letter dated September 6, 1962, to Miss Ramona Terry of the Christian Crusade from Martin T. Camacho__ 1003 Letter dated April 16, 1962, to Ida F. Pementa from Ken Swanson,