OFFICE OF SECURITY FILE === WOOLSTON-SMITH, A.J.

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06898689
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: November 17, 2021
• Case Number: F-2021-00257
• Publication Date: January 28, 1975

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9 JAN 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR:
ATTENTION
VIA
SUBJECT
Inspector General
Deputy Director for Administration
Alleged Illegal Domestic Activities
(Request for Office of Security File
Check on Bernard Fensterwald, Arthur
James Woolston-Smith, and Science
Security Associates. Inc.)
------1��_smf*v_Anee. is made to request number 269.22 from
for a search of Office of Security files
concerning the above subjects.
2. Attached is a summary of Office of Security files
concerning :Arthur James Woolston-Smith. Office of Security
files contain no record of Science Security Associates,
Inc.
S of Security is responding to a request from the Office of
. was previously advised that the Office
General Counsel concerning a Freedom of Information Act
ernard Fensterwald. It is suggested that
coordinate his interest in Fensterwald with the
ce o *moral Counsel.
Att
Charles W. Kane
Director of Security
Distribution:
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WOOLSTON-SMITH, Arthur James i66896
Mr. Arthur James Woolston-Smith came to the attention of this Agency in December
1954, when he was interviewed during the course of a routine investigation of
an individual who was of interest to this Agency in the Boston, Massachusetts
area. During the course of this interview, Mr. Wbolston-Smith identified himself
as a representative of the Canadian Intelligence Service and a security Officer
of the International Student's Center at Harvard University. Mx. Wbolston-Smith
gave evidence of professional knowledge and experience in the realm of investigative-
security-intelligence activities.
As a result of the aforementioned information, a file was established on Mr.
Woolston-Smith with a request to conduct a discreet, limited investigation in
order to determine his connection with the Canadian Intelligence Service (CIS)
and to establish his reliability and credibility.
During the 1955 investigation of Mr. Wbolston-Smith that was conducted in the
Boston, Massachusetts area by this Agency, several informants reported that at
various times Mr. Woolston-Smith had indirectly intimated that he worked with
Canadian Intelligence and also associated with Scotland Yard, however, no infor-
mation was developed to substantiate his claims. It was also disclosed that Mr.
Woolston-Smith was known by police sources in the greater Boston, Massachusetts
area as .a "screwball", a "nut", a "phoney", and a "nuisance."
In 1956, Mr. Wbolston-Smith came to the attention of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation after having approached the New York Office of the Immigration and
Naturalization Service alleging to be a security operative for the Canadian
Government. The subsequent investigation conducted by the Bureau determined through
liaison with Canadian authorities that Mr. Woolston-Smith had in fact misrepresented
himself as an intelligence operative.
On 3 October 1972, the Federal Bureau of Investigation requested name traces on
Mr. A. J. Wbolston-Smith. The Director of Security replied by memorandum on k
October 1972.
Records of the Office of Security and the Operations Directorate were rechecked (W(1)
on 25 January 1974, and it was reconfirmed that this Agency has had no contact (b)(3)
with Mr. Woolaton-Smith since December 1954.
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Note: The file contains the following flag sheets:
1. Watergate file review flag dated 24 April 1974
(See attached)
2. Flag sheet dated 5 October 1972 indicating that
before any action whatsoever is taken regarding
the file of Mr. Woolston-Smith to contact DDS/PS.
(See attached)
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WATERGATE FILE REVIEW FLAG
SUBJECT: WOOLSTOD.I-SMITH, Arthur James
FILE NO: 66896 DATE FLAGGED: 24 April 1974
All information contained in this file through the
above date was reviewed for possible significance to
"Watergate" or other related matters. This review was
conducted by Office of Security personnel. Additionally,
this file was in the custody of the Office of the Inspector
General from 26 February 1974 until released to the Office
of Security on 15 April 1974.
No action is required through date cited above for
further "Watergate" related file review reporting.
File Cross Reference - 625000
utticer Reviewing File
(b)(3)
DO NOT REMOVE OR DESTROY THIS FLAG WITHOUT THE CONCURR17.NCE
OF THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SECURITY.
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