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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Form No. 1
File No.: 65-1753
This Case Originated At: Los Angeles.
Report Made At: Cincinnati, Ohio.
Date When Made: 11/22/50.
Period For Which Made: 11/17/50
Report Made By: WADE H. ALLEY NJB.
Title: JOHN WHITESIDE PARSONS aka Jack Parsons.
Character of Case: ESPIONAGE — IS.
SYNOPSIS OF FACTS:
Records, Command Air Provost Marshal, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, reflect subject denied access to classified information on 9-29-48 because of membership in a religious cult in Pasadena, California. Also reportedly associated with SIDNEY WEINBAUM, an alleged CP [Communist Party] member. Suspension removed 3-7-49 by Industrial Employment Review Board.
DETAILS: AT DAYTON, OHIO
Major SAM BRUNO, Chief, Security Division, Command Provost Marshal's Office, Air Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, advised that his records reflect an investigation under the date of May 17, 1948, regarding subject, by 115th Detachment, CIC, Headquarters, Sixth Army, San Francisco, California, which contains the following information.
A religious cult, believed to advocate sexual perversion, was organized at subject's home at 1003 South Orange Grove Avenue, Pasadena, California, which had been reported subversive, and that subject had been questioned regarding this organization on two occasions but nothing of a subversive nature was learned. The report further reflects that subject reportedly associated with one SIDNEY WEINBAUM, an alleged Communist Party member.
Major BRUNO further advised that on September 29, 1948, the Army, Navy, Air Force Personnel Security Board, denied subject clearance for access to classified information.
On March 7, 1949, the Industrial Employment Review Board reversed the above decision concerning subject and he was given access to classified material. This Board stated that the suspension was effected without sufficient cause.
REFERRED UPON COMPLETION TO THE OFFICE OF ORIGIN
REFERENCE: Report SA [Redacted] 11-2-50, Los Angeles.
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