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OCR Page 1 of 32FD-302 (Rev. 1-25-80)
SDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGAT
Date 12/4/63
JOHN E. DONOVAN, 2009 Belmont Road, N.W.,
Washington, D.C., a physics instructor at Ascension
Academy, Alexandria, Virginia, advised that as a
U.S. Marine Corps Officer he was Section Commander of
LEE HARVEY oswald during the period March to September,
1959. Both were' attached to the Counter Air Operations
Center (CAOC) with Marine Air Control Squadron 9 (MACS-9),
U.S. Marine Corps (USKIC) Santa Ana, California. oswald
was a Private and DONOVAN was the Assistant Operations
Officer. DONOVAN described OSWALD as a wise guy who
went out of his way to annoy people; as revolting against
any kind of authority and through this attitude expelled
himself from society. oswald felt he was ore of a
minority who actually knew what was happenizg in world
affairs, particularly in the field of politics. OSWALD
was an officer-baiting troublenaker who used his superior
knowledge of world political situations to trap unwary
officers.
DONOVAN said oswald was dependable on watch
during his performance of duties with the CAOC crew such as
radar scanning operations. He believed OSWALD's position
would be classified as Operations Man in an MACS unit.
DONOVAN's association with OSWALD was generilly on a daily
basis and while both assignad to the caoc, MACS-9, on the
West Coast. DONOVAN mentioned that in slack periods,
OSWALD rarely associated with other members of the crew,
spent time reading history books, magazines and a Russian
newspaper, name unknown. OSWALD also studied the Russian
language. DONOVAN said that although oswald was an officer
baiter, he was never directly ifsulting to same although they
S enged that he held then in little esteem for the most part.
DONOYAN never had nor did he know of any trouble in his
association with OSWALD which required adninistrative action,
such that it would be noted in his record. DONOVAN stated
that some of the men actually liked and respected OSWALD
because he was able to back up some of his officer-baiting
accomplishments with studied knowledge of the facts in the
political problem or historical question which he used to
bait his trap.
12/3/63 Alexandria, Virginia
File WFO 105-137111
On
of
SÁ JAMES F. MORRISSEY:elw
12/4/63
Date dictated
by
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