THE LEE HARVEY OSWALD CASE (RE OSWALD'S REDEFECTION).

"104-10209-10259...2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 * orn—, OLUMET Files 29 January 1964 M. D. Stevens TK LES NRVEY OT AL CARE $351164 1. According to a newspaper column of "Allen and Scott" in the Chiengo American of 6 Decexter 1963, cu the O WALD Case, Abram ‘HAYES. Legal Officer of the State Department, viG one of two persons Lz- nelliately responsible for C WALD’s being permitted to return to the United States from the Soviet Union Lc June 1562. The other individual nured was Llewellyn THOYP ECE, the then ALhassador to Russia. Another said to have been involved in the handling of OMALD’s case was Carmel VISE, Counsel of the Azerican Embassy in Yosow, 2. Abram CHAYES, 352234, who as of 16 February 1961 was described as "the new Counsel in State", was granted ecurity approval for liaison contact with J. Foster COLLINS (in the office of the Chief of the Covert Action Staff) on 6 larch 191. The request for CHAYES" clearance was• "Blanket’ request to permit discussion with him of NSC 5412/2 ratters on a need-to-know basis. 3. In September 1961 there wan a White Nouse carecheek request on CHAYES’ wife Antonia"