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TO Rg RT EEE, - oF oF . Hen fre # ~ 7 ah STP TA Tee F. ee ee . ee : wo" iD es CF ol A reg a taal Oe OT latinas ag, Nae RT i LF Pit] me . : - ~~ NRRDREN Gh pO coal Be rT ag ee tee a cd anne a) * d ou etn 20 wo 1T olaon “UNITED STATES o. _RNMENT ej Gz ~ Callahan Memorandum or To : Mr, DeLoach DATE: 10-16-63 wine r : - Ups ren. ; 4} FroM : MSA; n§” ; Tele. Room oes . pBIerii®r) TC ao.opo A __ a renee 1 x fr / ,7 sugect: ARISTOTLE SOCRATES ONASSIS t i: &-/ The Director has indicated he would like to have a summary on captioned individual, A review of Bufiles and public source data has disclosed the follow concernin. Onassis: ‘ Onassis was born in 1906 at Salonika, Greece, and was educated at a schoo) in Smyrna, Turkey. He was the son of a tobacco merchant in Greece. “At the age of 16 hc went to Buenos Aires, Argentina, and entered the tabacca merchandising business. He reportedly soon established a profitable tobacco industry and by age 25, allegedly had mac. his first million dollars, During the depression days of 1932-33, he bought several freighters at bargain prices and made a great deal of money operating these vessels durin World War I. After the war, he reportedly foresaw the postwar demand for oil and built « number of super tankers and obtained transport charters with a number of large oj)-firms to transport their petroleum. It is reported that today he has over 100 tankers and other commert ships registered under various flags including Honduras, Costa Rica, Liberia and Panama, HE . further is reported to have residences in New York, Paris and Montevideo, Uruguay and ~~ offices in the major.ports of the world. Onassis allegedly controls over 30 ‘gorporations throughout the world and holds a major interest in the gambling cagéino at.Monte €arlo, which g ges him a great deal of influence dn the political setup of MonacoayGn a § Sis 5 Onassis married” 2 thing Livands in 1946 and has two children, “Alexander an: sistina. Athi LivanogOnassis is the daughter of Greek shipping tycoon Strayros” f.ivanos and the ‘sister-in-law of Stravros@Marchos, also a millionaire Greek shin ow ‘owner While Onassis has these family ties to ‘these 1 large shipping interests, ipis reported YZ o~ are bitter competitors rather than operating in concert, . iD duty we The Bureau conducted a Securityype investigation Lacenlog 1943 gnd 1944 based on an allegation that he had e sed sentiments inimical to the war ‘effort& of the United States, This was at a time am t Onassis had come to the United State: from Argentina in connection with an attempt to sel] two tankers to the War Shipping Admipistratinn, Investigation at that time fajled to digclose:that Onassis was engaged in any activity fimical to the United States; however, -in 1948 ‘aliegations were received that Onassié might have been engaged in trade with German and Italian firms under fictitious names, BufHts further indicage. allegations were recewed-aiter-the-war that Onassis had been enga¥dd' fn g§ndggting fobacco into Argentina to avoid the jg djgh.duty. irma- tion ofthese $y ation | ray yroceives oo Oe OC aa veal that we conducted an tone ated t the Govern- ment investigation in 1954 regarding alleged violations by Onassis of the c tizenship provisions of the shipping laws which require that American flag vessels be owned by ane Ee ico ml Ni pores, S oR RT ES 8 ng ye ce Eo RT, NER ce, epee ee ne rman epee ingen fo