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Garrison's claim that Oswald lived with Ferris for approximately one month before leaving New Orleans to go to Dallas, Texas, is false. Our interviews of Marina Oswald reflect Oswald lived with her at 4905 Magazine Street up until late September, when Oswald left to go to Mexico. Neighbors of the Oswalds corroborate Marina's statements.

Garrison's claim that Oswald did not fire at President Kennedy and that a black-haired, heavy set individual shooting from the overpass in front of the Presidential Motorcade was the individual who fired the fatal shot at the President not substantiated by evidence developed. We located and

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interviewed 15 people who were on the overpass whit the Presidential party was approaching and none- of these individuals observed anything suspicious or anyone shooting at the Motorcade from the overpass. Autopsy of President Kennedy performed by highly competent medical authorities disclosed wound in back of President Kennedy's head was an entrance wound and was fired from a rifle to the rear,of the Presidential Motorcade. ,

Garrison alleges the conspira ors in the pl. consisted of iaWcacha th David Will& e, Carlo_ ,,,.iroga, Davi a -Wis,-Wiil am nriter, Ja S. tin an •ne Ert. Foepher, as well a-iiiber of-CUbrin , -including Batteau A

(1. - b., Smith and Quiroga arii Cuban refugees who have ., previously been reported to us as Individuals believed by Garrison to be involved in the assassination plot. David William Ferrie is the individual Garrison claims was also involved in the plot. Ferri. died 2-22-67 of natural causes. Martin and Lewis have previouily been reported as individuals who are furnishing information to Garrison regarding the assassination plot. We did not know Garrison considered Lewis anO,Martin as conspirators in the plot. Mr. Banister is deceased.,.. Vas contacted immediately following the assaie , ' ve no indication of knowing Lee Harvey Oswald or any data .416garding the assass tion. Mrs. Iloepher, probably identical to Mrs. Warne loopier, a prominent Quaker in New Orleans who t paid a socia visit to the Oswalds in September, 1963, at the -request of Mrs. Ruth Paine, the individual with whom Marina Oswald was residing at the time of the assassination. We possess no information Mrs. Kloepfer involved in assassination plot. Our files contain no information identifiable with Batteau and Guzman.

Archbishop Stanley's association with Jack Martin and Olvid Ferris previously reported to us. By memorandum Branigan to Sullivan 2-27-67 in captioned matter we reported receipt of information from Stanley that Jack Martin told Stanley David Ferris and Martin involved in assassination plot. Stanley

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(1. - b., Smith and Quiroga arii Cuban refugees who have ., previously been reported to us as Individuals believed by Garrison to be involved in the assassination plot. David William Ferrie is the individual Garrison claims was also involved in the plot. Ferri. died 2-22-67 of natural causes. Martin and Lewis have previouily been reported as individuals who are furnishing information to Garrison regarding the assassination plot. We did not know Garrison considered Lewis anO,Martin as conspirators in the plot. Mr. Banister is deceased.,.. Vas contacted immediately following the assass3Bd1ffu, ' ve no indication of knowing Lee Harvey Oswald or any data .416garding the assass tion. Mrs. Iloepher, probably identical to Mrs. Warne loopier, a prominent Quaker in New Orleans who t paid a socia visit to the Oswalds in September, 1963, at the -request of Mrs. Ruth Paine, the individual with whom Marina Oswald was residing at the time of the assassination. We possess no information Mrs. Kloepfer involved in assassination plot. Our files contain no information identifiable with Batteau and Guzman.



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(1. - b., Smith and Quiroga arii Cuban refugees who have ., previously been reported to us as Individuals believed by Garrison to be involved in the assassination plot. David William Ferrie is the individual Garrison claims was also involved in the plot. Ferri. died 2-22-67 of natural causes. Martin and Lewis have previouily been reported as individuals who are furnishing information to Garrison regarding the assassination plot. We did not know Garrison considered Lewis anO,Martin as conspirators in the plot. Mr. Banister is deceased.,.. Vas contacted immediately following the assae iUt1Bu, ' ve no indication of knowing Lee Harvey Oswald or any data .416garding the assass tion. Mrs. Iloepher, probably identical to Mrs. Warne loopier, a prominent Quaker in New Orleans who t paid a socia visit to the Oswalds in September, 1963, at the -request of Mrs. Ruth Paine, the individual with whom Marina Oswald was residing at the time of the assassination. We possess no information Mrs. Kloepfer involved in assassination plot. Our files contain no information identifiable with Batteau and Guzman.



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informed a Special Agent of our Louisville Office that he had furnished this information to the Chief of Police, New Orleans, "about a month ago." It was suggested in our memorandum that Stanley may have furnished his information to New Orleans police authorities some time ago and that it was such information that touched off Garrison's investigation of the assassination and led to his known contacts with Jack e fact that Garrison volunteered information to involving Stanley, Martin and Ferrie gives further credence y have been

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Garrison claims Carlos Quiroga will be his best witness and knows all facts with respect to the assassination plot. We do ow_ wh _Garrison feels Quiroga is his best witness.

This may have led Garrison to believe he had a scopp" and that he had uncovered a contact by Oswald with an anti-CMdro member that was not known to either the FBI or the Warren Commission.

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o-Information identifiable with Manning and his name has not one up before in our investigation of the assassination.

OBSERVATIONS: Heretofore, the information we were receiving through

various sources and through press accounts indicated that Garrison's case was based upon information he was receiving from Jack S. Martin. We still believe that Garrison's whole investigation was initiated on the basis of Martin's allegations. The reportthat Garrison is now claiming to be able to produce five or six individuals who can state that Oswald was residing with David Ferris strongly that rison is well aware that Martin and David Lewis not the type of individuals he can count on n igation to the American public. ation, may be attempting to manufacture witnesses who because of pressure put on them by they met Oswald in Ferris's apartment or elsewhere.

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In July, 1963, we received information from several sources that a number of Cuban refugees had come o tew Orleans from Miami, Florida, through the efforts of Rudol vie reportedly to attend a training camp after w d be sent to a training camp in Guatemala. Sources reported this group became disenchanted and returned to Miami shortly after their arrival.

We interviewed Rudolph Davis in this matter and he indicated he acted as a coordinator between the Movimiento Democratic& Cristiano (MDC), an anti-Castro organizationpand the New York City Police Department in 1961 and that he was the delegate for this anti-Castro organization in New Orleans. He stated he came to New Orleans in August, 1961, and in early 1963 made friends with persons in the lumber business in Guatemala with whom he formed the Guatemalan Lumber and Mineral Corporation. Davis said be brought approximately 19 men to New Orleans to train for lumber cutting work in Guatemala. Be added that when the men learned they were to work in a lumber industry and were not recruited for military operations against Cuba, they became disenchanted and returned to Miami. Our files contain no information indicating that David William Ferri* or Lee Harvey Oswald had any contact or connection with Davis or the anti-Castro organization which Davis represented.

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Data concerning Davis and the group he brought to New Orleans in July, 1963, was disseminated to the Warren Commission during our investigation of the assassination.

On November 25, 1963, we interviewed David William Ferrie upon receipt of allegations from Jack S. Martin that Ferrie may have been involved with Lee Harvey Oswald in the assassination plot. During the course of our interview, Ferrie advised that from approximately November, 1960, until August, 1961, he was associated with the Cuban Revolutionary Front in New Orleans, Louisiana. Ferrie described this organization as an anti-Castro group and claimed that he had actively engaged in collecting food, money and medicine for this organization. Ferrie recalls Sergio Arcacha Smith as the head of this organization in New Orleans. Ferrie reported he had not had any connection with the Cuban Revolutionary Front or any other anti-Castro organization since August, 1961, although he continued to have social contacts with Sergio Smith. Ferrie also claimed he had no recollection of any organization in New Orleans named the Fair Play for Cuba Committee and never had any connection with any individual representing an organization by that name.

Garrison claims that Lee Harvey Oswald lived with David William Ferrie for approximately one month before leaving New Orleans to go to Dallas, Texas. Garrison claims that he has five or six individuals who are willing to testify to the fact that they had seen Oswald living in Ferrie's apartment.

Oswald resided in New Orleans from approximately April 25, 1963, to September 25, 1963, when he departed New Orleans en route to Mexico City. During our intensive investigation of Oswald's activities immediately following the

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assassination of President Kennedy, we developed no information indicating that Oswald lived with David William Ferrie or knew Ferrie. Marina Oswald, Oswald's wife, was questioned a number of times concerning Oswald's activities during the time they lived in New Orleans. She has reported that there was only one occasion when Lee Harvey Oswald spent the night away from their residence at 4905 Magazine Street, New Orleans. On this particular evening, the Oswalds and a relative drove to Mobile, Alabama, where Oswald spoke before a Jesuit school audience regarding his observations in Russia. This activity has been corroborated through other sources.

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In addition, a number of neighbors of the Oswalds in the vicinity of 4905 Magazine Street were interviewed and furnished information that Oswald did reside at 4905 Magazine Street until September 25, 1963, when the Oswalds moved from New Orleans. Oswald was unemployed in New Orleans from July 19, 1963, through September 25, 1963, when he left New Orleans. Marina Oswald has stated Oswald spent most of his time during that period sitting around the house and reading. A neighbor of the Oswalds who was also unemployed at this time said he saw Oswald at least once every day from mid-July,

1963, up until September 25, 1963, when Oswald moved from New Orleans. Another neighbor recalls seeing Oswald around the house most of the time during the period of his unemployment

and thissneighbor reported that when Oswald did leave his residence during the day, he would return shortly thereafter.

Garrison informed that Oswald definitely

did fire at the Presidentia e in Dallas and that one of his shots hit Governor Connally. He additionally alleged that Oswald did not fire at President Kennedy. Garrison

reportedly strongly claims that a black-haired, heavy set

individual shooting from the overpass in front of the Motorcade

was the individual who fired the fatal shot at President Kennedy. During our intensive investigation of the assassination,

we received numerous allegations that there was an individual

on the overpass who shot at the Presidential car. We located and interviewed 15 persons, including two police officers, who were on the overpass when the Presidential Party was approaching the overpass. All of these people have advised that they did not observe anyone shooting at the Motorcade from the overpass, nor did they observe anything suspicious and saw no one with a rifle. That the fatal bullet struck President Kennedy in the back of the head and not from the front in the direction of the overpass is further clearly and directly shown by statements of the autopsy doctors to the effect that the wound

in the back of President Kennedy's head was an entrance wound.

Garrison alleged to hat the conspirators

in the assassination plot cons s rgio Arcacha Smith, David William Ferrie, Carlos Quiroga, David Lewis, William Guy Banister, Jack S. Martin (true name Edward Stewart Suggs), and

one Mrs. Kloepher, as well as a number of Cubans, including Batteau and Guzman. Garrison also implicated a New Orleans

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Moat of the names mentioned by Garrison have previously come to our attention as individuals in contact with or of interest to Garrison in connection with his investigation.

Set forth below is a concise summary concerning each of these individuals as contained in our files:

Sergio Arcacha Smith: Smith was born in Cuba in 1923 and served in the Cuban Diplomatic Service prior to the period when Fidel Castro became head of the Cuban Govern-ment. In November, 1960, he was designated as the delegate in New Orleans of the Frente Revolucionaria Democratico, an anti-Castro organization.

David William Ferrie: Ferrie is the individual who died of natural causes February 22, 1967, and has been the subject of considerable speculation in the press.

Carlos Quiroga: Quiroga is a Cuban refu ee who resides in

David Lewis: Lewis is a baggage handler at a bus station in New Orleans. He is the individual who has told the press he gave the names of five individuals to New Orleans District Attorney Garrison as being involved in the assassina-tion.

William Guy Banister: Mr. Banister is a former Special Agent of the FBI who retired on December 31, 1954. Following his retirement, he was active in numerous ventures in New Orleans and did have contact with anti-Castro Cuban personalities. Mr. Bagister died of natural causes on June 6, 1964, in New Orleans.

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Jack S. Martin: Martin is the individual who appears to be behind many of the allegations linking David ill' Ferrie to Lee Harvey Oswald and the assassination.

Mrs. Kloepher: Mrs. Kloepher probably is identical to Mrs. Warner Kloepfer. She is a prominent Quaker in New Orleans and was acquainted with Lee Harvey Oswald and his wife. Our investigation previously disclosed that Ruth Paine with whom Marina Oswald resided immediately prior to the assassination arranged for Mrs. Kloepfer to visit the Oswalds to see if she could be of help to them. The Kloepfers are

I4t41t promine individuals in New Orleans, and our files indicate that Dr oepfer was active in an organization in 1963 which sough better understanding among people of different races and different faiths.

A check of our files discloses no information identifiable with Batteau and Guzman or a New Orleans attorney by the name of Lon.

The information volunteered by Garrison to concerning the association of Martin and Ferrie with - bishop Stanley of Louisville is known to this Bureau. In memorandum Branigan to Spilivan dated 2/27/67 in captioned matter, information was set forth which Stanley volunteered to a Special Agent of the Louisville Office concerning his acquaintanceship with Martin and Ferrie.

statement that the New Orleans coroner is receiv ng grea ssure from Garrison to change his opinion of the cause of Ferrie's death from "natural causes -cerebral hemorrhage" to suicide is true. We.have previously been told by the coroner's office that this is true but that the coroner was not going to change his opinion. The coroner subsequently released his report concerning Ferrie's death showing that Ferrie's death was due to natural causes.

reported that Garrison claims Carlos Quiroga will be, s best witness and knows all facts with

a respect to the assassination plot. The significance of Quiro a's role in this matter is not known.

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A controversy of major proportions has devel-,:,, . ,,pod involves the truthfulnosi and integrity - of the adversaries. As U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT stated on December 26,1966, "Now out in the open and heading toward a public showdown is a', dispute that could prove important to the political • future of Senator Robert F. Kennedy (Dem.), of New York.

"The issue: Did Mr. Kennedy, when he was U.S. Attorney General, authorize the Federal Bureau of Investigation to use electronic eavesdropping devices- • - which are known as 'bugs' - in making criminal' investigations?

"J. Edgar Hoover, longtinie Director of the FBI, says Mr. Kennedy did.

"Mr . Kennedy says he didn't. . "Senator Edward V. Long (Dem.), of Missouri,: -

says he will invite both to testify before his sub-committee which is investigating 'invasions of pri-vacy' by electronic snooping."

The devious progress of Robert F. Kennedy to the point where he can hope to win the presidential:. nomination in 1968 started with the plans of an ambi-tious father. Back in the early 1930's Joseph Kennedy, Sr. was a heavy financial contributor and a strong supporter of Franklin D. Roosevelt in his first try for the presidency. Already a multi-millionaire, Kennedy Sr. had an obsession to establish the Kennedy family as a political dynasty, much as • royalty was created in the past, by seizing power. *.

After Franklin D. Roosevelt ascended to the highest office in the U.S. Government in 1933, Joseph. Kennedy, Sr. was appointed to several government positions, finally becoming Ambassador to Great Britain in 1937.414-oldest son, Joseph, Jr., was originally selectsdfor the political career which was

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;. what was going on there. Later at Oakland, Cslifor-aia, he became a close associate of J. Robert Oppenheimer and a ."group" operating at Oakland.

• Unfortunately, Joseph Jr. was killed, nullifying all the work that went into building him up, so the next in line was called upon. This was John who finally made the grade. John, of course, was also sent to the London School of Economics and was also a

special protege of Harold Laski. Reportedly John was not politically ambitious but was complying with his father's wishes when he embarked on a political career after his stint as a newspaper man.

Robert Kennedy, however, was politically ambi-tious but had to stay in the background while his brother was being maneuvered into the presidency. Reportedly he was jealous and resentful and insisted on being made Attorney General when his brother became President. This JFK did against the advice of wiser men than he and the American public was shocked. The position of Attorney General gave Bobby access to confidential records and power which he used to the hilt. He assumed more and more power, injecting his influence and decisions into other government departments, including the State Department, Defense Department and Treas-ury Department.

The Attorney General's office, under Robert Kennedy, became the place where decisions were made and foreign diplomats beat a path to Bobby's

-office rather than the White House. Bobby, whose pollsters must have said, "Go left, young man," has indeed done just that with a vengeance. Being

, politically -wise, he has built a power structure cen-tered around the Kennedy family, bringing several members of the family into goiernment service. We

United States.

Joseph Jr. made the usual left-will/WAWA& seem to be necessary for anyone aspiring to become

' President of the United States. He went to Spain' during the Spanish Revolution, allegedly to

to end in the White:House. Joseph Jr. was sent to'. ; can only hope that Teddy and his wife, who are

the London School of Economics (Fabian Socialist) much more attractive and sympathetic, will not

%Len! Harold Laski made him his protege, taking --"` ' cross their ambitious brother up for there are those

him to Moscow to introduce him to the important who can testify that it doesn't pay, even those who

Soviet leaders. Laski, a Fabian-Socialist leader, are unable to testify at all.

worked closely with Felix Frankfurter who was respon- --.04-14.1e-fer-i4441424441ing-A340S-Iiiss-inta...goxernment When Bobby Kennedy, pipsqueak turned Atter-

• service as well as otiyrrsi of e ion ble loyalty to • ney"Mbeirel-tocir offirc-the, ward-orck-rell-to-eta down on its investigation of the Communist Con-spiracy. The N.Y. TIMES, when Bobby left the office

of Attorney General, stated that he had saved t‘le government money In not wasting time investigating communists. It was Bobby who disbanded a special

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After Franklin D. Roosevelt ascended to the highest office in the U.S. Government in 1933, Joseph. Kennedy, Sr. was appointed to several government positions, finally becoming Ambassador to Great Britain in 1937.414-oldest son, Joseph, Jr., was originally selectsdfor the political career which was

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;. what was going on there. Later at Oakland, Cslifor-aia, he became a close associate of J. Robert Oppenheimer and a ."group" operating at Oakland.

• Unfortunately, Joseph Jr. was killed, nullifying all the work that went into building him up, so the next in line was called upon. This was John who finally made the grade. John, of course, was also sent to the London School of Economics and was also a

special protege of Harold Laski. Reportedly John was not politically ambitious but was complying with his father's wishes when he embarked on a political career after his stint as a newspaper man.


The Attorney General's office, under Robert Kennedy, became the place where decisions were made and foreign diplomats beat a path to Bobby's

-office rather than the White House. Bobby, whose pollsters must have said, "Go left, young man," has indeed done just that with a vengeance. Being


United States.

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to end in the White:House. Joseph Jr. was sent to'. ; can only hope that Teddy and his wife, who are

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After Franklin D. Roosevelt ascended to the highest office in the U.S. Government in 1933, Joseph. Kennedy, Sr. was appointed to several government positions, finally becoming Ambassador to Great Britain in 1937.414-oldest son, Joseph, Jr., was originally selectedrer the political career which was

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;. what was going on there. Later at Oakland, Cslifor-aia, he became a close associate of J. Robert

Oppenheimer and a ."group" operating at Oakland.

• Unfortunately, Joseph Jr. was killed, nullifying all the work that went into building him up, so the next in line was called upon. This was John who finally made the grade. John, of course, was also sent to the London School of Economics and was also a special protege of Harold Laski. Reportedly John was not politically ambitious but was complying with his father's wishes when he embarked on a political career after his stint as a newspaper man.


The Attorney General's office, under Robert Kennedy, became the place where decisions were

made and foreign diplomats beat a path to Bobby's -office rather than the White House. Bobby, whose

pollsters must have said, "Go left, young man," has indeed done just that with a vengeance. Being


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Joseph Jr. made the usual left-wileTatignat seem to be necessary for anyone aspiring to become


to end in the While:House. Joseph Jr. was sent to:*; can only hope that Teddy and his wife, who are

the 1.ondon School of Economics (Fabian Socialist) much more attractive and sympathetic, will not




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• service as well as otiyrrss of e ion ble loyalty to • ney"(1Fnera1-toor offIroTthe, ward-ortk-reri-te-eot down on its investigation of the Communist Con-spiracy. The N.Y. TIMES, when Bobby left the office of Attorney General, stated that he had saved t‘le government money In not wasting time investigating communists. It was Bobby who disbanded a special


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. • . were finarraing communists with donations. It was ' . '.._ over to the FBI. J. Edgar . Hoover, who has served

Bobby's friend, John F. Reilly, of the State De rt-s i0.. -:,- under many presidents and Attorneys General since

meal, who arranged to have Otto Otepka's telephone ..... 924, is not one to allow his department to be dis-

tapped illrgally and who allegedly committed perjury--,:: .., credited. This will have to be a fight to the finish.

when he testified before the Senate Internal Security ' subcommittee and was therefore forced to resign. Hi' , - .1- That Bobby has his eye on the presidency is

was never prosecuted for perjury by his friend Bobby . :-,J"f well known. LBJ outmaneuvered him at the

but was actually given another cushy mment job. Convention and many think that Bobby will have to

. . ' . - wait until 1972 but others advance seasons that he

' 1;e`ginUti °gill-4 ...- nd ha 'Ir44/ft - I ,Bobby,w a a a vies. •Per Pe,...q, w II try Ibr 1968. The publication. WASHINGTON -• g a

orders, from important leftists,--had ilecided that '''.: =-•,.1..,- tIOBSERVER, states in its December 30;1966 issue:

Lyndon Johnson, then Vice President, should not ' '''',:Xi, '44 "incidentally Bobby Claims that he will not make a

desired that.LBJ should he replaced *amore acceot*: ';', - ' .,,*....:1lowever,sources close to him say that ho is merely be allowed another term in office.,4ince it was -..st'v-('ii;:.?7-run for the Presidency in 1968 but will wait for 1972.

able man, reportedly Arthur Goldberg; Bobby under...;,;:t ,̂-;:y,:ilellowing the usual Kennedy family strategy of always

took to discredit LBJ with the investigation of thet4,-aiming at two targets simultaneouslyand,at the last

Billy Sol Estes and Bobby Baker ,cases. These' -..n.i-: moment, being prepared to make .a lightening-like

scandalous cases were to be used to prevent LBJ ,' ,::::-'''' decision to hit the target which is most opportune.

from ,receiving the Vice-Presidential renomination. The assassination of John F. Kennedy, however. upset all these plans. LBJ was now the President of the United States, in a position to remove Bobby which he did with as much speed as protocol allowe&

After the assassination of JFK, Bobby found • himself in the position of being under the very man he had set out to destroy. While Bobby was Attorney :— General it is no secret that there was bad blood between John Edgar Hoover,. Director of the FBI, and himself. NEWSWEEK magazine of December 26. 1966, stated: "For years the bad blood ran silent and deep between Robert F. Kennedy and J. Edgar Hoover with only an issue to turn their cold war . hot."

"One thing needling Bobby to make his stab at the top job early is his wife, Ethel. When she found out about his romance with the late Marilyn Monroe,

, she threatened to divorce him. Bobby has been on his good behavior ever since, realizing that a divorce would kill his political ambitions."

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By some coincidence the same date this story reached the public, the residence and laboratory of Bernard B. Spindel, a nationally known wiretapping expert, were raided by police on charges of illegal eavesdropping. The WORLD JOURNAL TRIBUNE reported on December 18, 1966, "The entire nine-hour police raid on the upstate home of one of 28 eavesdropping experts indicted Thursday was itself recorded on the expert's own equipment, the World Journal Tribune was told yesterday Bernard B. Spindel, a nationally known electronics security consultant, did the bugging as an eight-man team of state police and officials from the office of FrankS. Hogan, New York district attorney, searched his home and laboratory at Kent Township in Putnam County 'There was no need for the search war-

, rant. This was • fishing expedition. They wanted' to find out exactly what we have and they must have gone through 6,000 pieces of paper before they left about 3:30 p.m.,' said Spindel."

• On Wednesday, December 21, 1966. the N.Y.

TIMES reported that Spindel had asked the N.Y. State SUPreme Court to force the District Attorney to 'return hundreds of items allegedly seized in the raids. The TIMES stated, "In an affidavit submitted

• to the 'court, Bernard Spindel asserted-thit some of the seized material contained 'tapes and evidence concerning circumstances surrounding and causes of death of Marilyn Monroe, which strongly suggests that the officially reported circumstances of her demise are erroneous.' " .

J. Edgar Hoover had refused to allow the FBI to become involved in some of the matters that Bobby, as Attorney General, wanted to handle. How-.

ever, Bobby had a special detail of men working -under his direct supervision and had a nationwide private. detective agency under confidential contract. This agency had contracts with other govern-ment departments and was used to put in eavesdrop-. ping devices where the FBI would not allow themselves to become involved. This private agency has offices It.; in a number of large cities and was especially active`' in the South. Their wiretapping activities became4i. so widespread that Congressmen, Senators, news- -- papermen and gad' patriotic government -employees' had reason to Ire lint their telephones were, tapped

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wiretaps which were used in national security and - majer crime cases, but he also knew of the wide-spread use of these practices by the Internal Reve-nue Service. (R—Department of 'Health, r.ducaGen and Welfare, the Treasury Department, the Post Office Department and other government agencies whose activities have been brought to light by Sena-tor Long's Committee. In a frantic effort to preserve his public image, Bobby has made the serious mis-take of trying to shift the blame for bis"own actions

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the Spindel affidavit, there was also a statement that come of the seized material contained an original tape recording of a conversation taken in a car (owned and operated by Mr. Spindel) between Robert

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F. hruiiadj, Jenks Kelly and Spindel concerning illegal bugging s done in his case. If the Long

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Committee could supply this evidence by calling

ings and files in the Marilyn Monroe death case - the numerous witnesses available, it would be entitled to this reward which could then be used to

-• help the needy families of U.S. servicemen killed in Vietnam by the communist VietCong to whom Bobby Kennedy is willing to give his blood.

There is little doubt that .1. Edgar Hoover

tt, ,,erotild be willing to appear before the Long Conk-lrittoe 40 present filets ender oath to support his

I•lellegations- that Alobert Kennedy, -whoa Attorney

-General, not only knew about wire taps and elec-'..-tronic bugging, but actually increased the number

STREET JOURNAL. However, Mr. Spindel has stated'' , that his tapes and files (of which he still has extra '

copies) support the allegations in the book, and'

even go much further. Mr. Spindel also stated that, the tape recording of Robert Kennedy, James 'Kelly :. and himself, having to do with the Hoffa Case.'- 7‘ :.

I allegedly shows that Robert Kennedy offered him a

IIbribe and that the facts have been recorded in an unpublicized government hearing. ‘

facts regarding the Hoffa trial have been subjected to various pressures including threats of physical's''"`

violence, economic reprisal and other forms of in-', timidation."

• contain certain facts and data in which the names of Robert F. Kennedy and % ter Lawford are mentioned..

In the book, "The Strange Death of Marilyn -

Monroe," the name of Robert F. Kennedy is featured I and Peter Lawford is shown as a character reference

by Patricia Newcomb, -biarilyes-press -secretary, who suddenly went to Europe after liartlyn's death

and who was put on the government payroll after her:. return and was later assigned toah office next te;

Robby Kennedy's. Miss Newcoire. had'claimed that

immediately flew to' the Kennedy -"compound" at. '- Hyannispcwt before departing for Europe where stayed for six months until all official investigations had ceased concerning Marilyn's death.

Hon was a gross miscarriage of justice and the' result, of a personal vendetta of Bobby Kennedy, the truth should be made public. The case reeks of

wiretapping, tampering with the jury, bribery •and . paid informers. Hoffa has 'offered a reward of 000,000 for evidence to present to the Supreme Courtthat,.

with the Attorney General and he was shown a copy

of the proposed letter which would be used. The Attorney General approved the proposed procedure in -this regard and personally signed the attached

::memorandum evidencing such approval."

The document with the personal signature of

. Robert Kennedy reads as follows: "In connection

with the use of microphone surveillances it ,is fre-quently necessary to lease a special telephone line

in order to monitor such a-surveillance • In the

New York City area the telephone company has over the years insisted that a letter be furnished to the

telephone' company on each occasion when'a special

telephone line is leased by the FBI. It is required that such a lease arrangement be with the approval

of the Attorney General: In the past we have re-stricted the utilization of leased lines in New York

• City to situations involving telephone taps, all of • which have been approved by the Attorney General....,

We have not previously used leased lines in con-

nection with microphone surveillances If we

'are permitted to use leased telephone lines as an

adjunct to our microphone surveillances (electronic 'bugging), this type of coverage can be materially

extended both in security and major criminal cases. 'Accordingly, your approval of our utilizing this leased line arrangement is requested..." This approval was given by Robert Kennedy's personal'

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More information regarding wiretapping was contained in a letter from Representative li.R. Gross

I:tot-Iowa to J. FAgm-iitidlier; of Dec. 31, 1966 reported, "In a letter to .1. Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investi-gation, Mr. Gross referred to the long pending case of .Otto Otepka Testimony before the (Senate Internal Security) subcommittee in November, •1963. showed that Mr. Otepka's phone heti been tapped

_ James Hoffa was convicted in Tennessee for •

allegedly having tampered with a jury. There are in"

existence numerous affidavits showing that employ-

ees of the Department of Justice allegedly tampered

with the jury that was hearing the Hoffa case..The

Congressional Record of May 4, 1964, Page 9699 shows the statement of Congressman Glenn Cunningham of Nebraska in which he asked and received per-mission to place into the record an article which appeared in the Washington EVENING STAR 'of March 4, 1964, entitled, "4n Odor of Police State Methods," by William S. White. In this article Bobby. Kennedy is held responsible to:illegal wiretapping and federal snoopery over the mailofprivate persons:‘, -.. Speaking of the Mtge trial, Congressman Cunning: ham stated, would like to call to the attention of my colleagues _the Happy fact that a number witnesses who vallable to testify on pertinent

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Surveillances." It reads: "The Attorney General was contacted on the morning of August 17, 1961,

'with reference to the situation in New York City

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wrote that the Otcpka case indicates 'the fact that there was wire-tapping and eavesdropping during the

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Paul Harvey Itas stated:"Kennedy, as Attorney General, did some personal eavesdropping on conversations not Involving national security there were many times during Kennedy's tenure as- '`1.. Attorney General when "J. Edgar Hoover refused 'requests' from his superior's office. 'We can't do that, General!' was often the Director's decision on some 'request' during those deplorable days when the Justice Department was a shirt-sleeve part-time kennel, part:time nursery, part-time touch-football playpen."

Harvey * informs us that: "enough confirming files will be presented to any interested congressional committee to disintegrate the Bobby Kennedy fan clul.." There is a new Congress, having taken office in January 10,1967. All have been sworn to defend the Constitution of the United States; all -should be grateful that for forty-one years J. Edgar Hoover has done a magrificent job to help hold back the com-munist take-over of our country. He is entitled, regardless of political pressures, to have the full truth brought out and his name and record cleared of charges made by Bobby Kennedy. The American public also is entitled to know some of the sordid • details of the career and activities of Bobby, the .' carpet-bagging Senator from New York.

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It was in res116nse to such as this that Sigmund Livingston suggested formation of a National Cari-cature Committee. Such a group was founded as the

Anti-Defamation League; and the ADL's unceasing efforts to protect civil rights and civil liberties has truly made it a guardian of the American dream."

We don't know if Bobby really wrote this as he does not seem to be able to say much if it has not been prepared for him in advance by his"advisers," that he has signed his name to it. For the type organization Bobby calls "guardian of the American dream," we can only refer our readers to our issue entitled: "Know Your Enemies," in which the gestapo-type activities of the ADL are exposed.

-Wire-tapping and electronic eavesdropping by ihe government have become an abuse that should be investigated and those responsible for the abuse exposed. Among those from whom the Long Com-mittee could learn much are Mr. George Ryan, President of International Investigations, a nationwide private detective agency; Mr. William Miller, vice president 'nf the same rum (and a friend of Bobby Kennedy); Mr. William R. Cathey,, chief special agent of the Southern Bell Telephone Company and a former F.B.I. agent; Mr. Otto Otepka of the State Department whose telephones were tapped; mi. John Reilly, formerly of the State Department who ordered that phone tapping and_ who could supply the name of Mr. X of the C.I.A. who got the Otepka telephone tap tapes; Mr. Billy Hughes of the State Department; and, of course, Mr. Bernard Spindel who could play some very interesting tapes for the Committee. .

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There is no doubt but that the Manchester book, "The Death of a President," which has gotten millions of dollars worth of free publicity, is meant to glorify the Kennedys and in particular Robert Kennedy is said to emerge as a "hero." Far from the book really being out of Kennedy control, Robert Kennedy has been reported as stating: "It's our manuscript, and we can release it at our leisure." The big furor over it will only increase its sales and, since it reportedly makes President Johnson seem like "someAind of a monster," it is probably planned to use" 'the book to torpedo Johnson and push Bobby late he presidency.

. _ Bobby has iriid to stake himself the "leader" .1

of the "new loft" and has been playing up to all the J,A;,.. student "dissenters." He also courts the "minority - groups." A new book concerning the B'nai B'rith eentainsi—a-..Prefeem_signed_byRobeit .Kennedy_ in which he states: "To read this laudable history (of the B'nai B'rith) is to review some of the most sub- lime moments in history And it is instructive to know how grudgingly even the minor forms of .; man's prejudices yield to reason. As late as mos„ the author tells us, The Associated Press was

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La Of poisiiblt torwzdad AS bviln A PI 2. Th following ? information conornin% the 4obJect,

S. Th4 Vri7,..n4 of D;Jzi.:Tvitio CulAft lenv incorlurLifd 6 Snnu*ry

1561 .4..n C if/ Orlerna,.141113iAa, with olfic: in tam II4lter ttaIiUng,

f:;r. Lh, i"1";:ii6.Woi tolleutiN; Lum, to z44i:ct Cub-An. in cproAtion to

C.-Itro. :44 tuna uvra tu bk.\ sal-nnAcd tlaconh thl Or:rt.a !,.,(Au.:AcTorio

c.':. r 1.1c,-. (W). 1.4.3 RAJ Orl-rn: (1.:1:::sta of VW: r::..,, :.:.,tTi ,-,i'C:..r.::., c iW: t41 fern a collc,r;W, u.inu nova vrc..nt; (b...lizvedliir

to be :CS) to be r,:trift.L by thl FriAri, of DIrzortia Cul..a.

nc, c co1Loti4n of ak4v.1 tc‹.1; plAL.i, but it iu po7..ibl-:;

00 dc tini wra r.c:livqd fro:: :aik4 coLl.rny or uniou.

.1 : Yorio4e1 JiAl. %I-4a connactr,d. About orw. month Sftfkr iti tae only mint colltclui grp.a $1CO.00 rtcAmod

6rivaitz.:tion, thA ItriAn4a of Dmocr.tic Cuba closIkkl, b.3c.lulftio locorili tw itu crivnick-.rs, hou. CulAras exhivitc41 a neck of uni:Arri.tan4int". A: ..m4 thot:4 who 4trongly atteckQd th.:, orEmisetionirJrg Dr. Ikrnando _A_ eREIR da Androdc a flow.ltgior:Ins Vniverzity profacoor, aka lily wit :::,!.- Yi,viAn "107 ,2 , ,_,

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who obt3intd &no civil prrutizoion to mon4uot funO—r/141114 through coin can* in ths stmits, 1ou4s2sakur truck*, ota.

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who obt3intd &no civil prraizeion to mon4uot funO—r/141114 through coin can* in ths stmits, 1ou4s2sakur truck*, ota.

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who obt3intd &no civil prrutizoion to mon4uot funO—r/141114 through coin can* in ths stmits, 1ou4s2sakur truck*, ota.

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7. Tha P delegate in Orloanals 2argio ARCACHA, assisted by r:dro OQU=DO. 0c } J IARTGLa the yap alegata La Baton Rouge. LQuiaLana. ► -4 kJ

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b. W. Cmy .ISTM, a forni-x mcmter of tha PZI, LA a for:J2r econl Mint of Tolicl In NA.; Or1,45.no. The lattt:r po4ition t'rminct-1 ewr MiCf,r,lv.:.1 of opinion with tw rayor of 11%m Orl:;awtjjrANIST= now hos a kivtactivt ^c - at 531 1..,fa-utta

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of'Oezooratic Cuba orgisti/Ation by 1-1.. A:cAmA Aa a reilAbl %cure.: of information o the Activities S. th.z. cou?any.

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a, Alfrtd IITTZ.D4N, Chief of tha Orleen* Stcv,.4or4-4 C1 Lon. was Sneludedd for the asaga raason as TVNAaE,

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JOHN FITZGIRALD -1VALLAC- TEXAS,. 11132/63 _. -MISCELLANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING

Rourairtel 1/21/67.

Bureau liaison with CIA has been advised by a representative of that Agency that it has not had an operational interest in any of the following individuals at any tine:

Sergio Arcacha Smith David William Ferris Gordon Dwane Novel.

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SUBJECT: CASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY, \-\---cPC DALLAS, TEXAS, 11/22/63 MISCELLANEOUS - INFO CONCERNING bYZ5 112i)

INFORMATION CONTAINer : DALLAS . d44° DeCtaSSWY °W. PA. C q 4 0 i ' per r- Sfit,-

b "Oft! /4/1044 ReBuairtel to New Orleans dated 3/1/67.

TO:

FROM: SAC, 20E1V OR (89-69)

DIRECTOR,, FBI (62-109060) ""7-'777L" .L,,

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A review of the files of the New Orleans Offic shows that regular contact was maintained with established sources in the New Orleans area regarding anti-FIDEL CASTRO activities and Cuban matters during the years 1960, 1961 and 1962, and no information was obtained from any of these sources regarding a camp where guerrilla training was given to Cuban exiles in the Lake Pontchartrain area.

Bureau (RM) C-RE 14 2 - Dallas (89-43) (RM) 2 - New Orleans ECW:jab

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S The New Orleans States and New Orleans Item in

its issue of 4/7/61 carried an article entitled "Inv ion _ Cheers Refugees i4pew Orleans", which quoted SERGI RCACHA

/SMITH, _Head_vi_thn

an Bagyolutionuy2120tiin 157--

as saying there were many New OrleaniiiiiCubi-ns n the

invasionary force but he refused to hazard a guess as to the number. SMITH declared that none of the force recruited in New Orleans were American. SMITH said that many of the revolutionists formerly were students in New Orleans and Baton Rouge and other recruits came to New Orleans from

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Texas and Oklahoma. SMITH said the

se individuals were

sent on to Miami, Fla. and none we

re trained in New

Orleans.

SERGIO ARCACHA SMITH, Head of the Fr

ente

Revolucionario Democratico (FRD), ad

vised on 10/9/61, that

the FRD no longer had offices in the

Baiter Building in

New Orleans, but that the offices of

the FRD were then 61 e■

loc t ddress of Mr. ARC

ACHA located atilt! per

Mr. ARCACHA related that the c:EQ:

een e Y -trinc:tive in the New Orleans

area,

adding that activities of the organi

zation at New Orleans

had been limited to collection of fu

nds and clothing to

be used to assist Cuban anti-CASTRO

refugees in the New

Orleans area.

On 12/5/61, SERGIO ARCACHA SMITH adv

ised that

although the activities of the FRD h

ad been dissolved in

the New Orleans area a campaign know

n as the "Crusade to

Free Cuba" would be continued under

his guidance and also

under the sponsorship of the Revol

utionary Council. He

explained that the FRD at Miami had

merged into the

Revolutionary Council.

An article in the New Orleans Times-

Picayune,

a daily newspaper, on 12/2/61, carri

ed a story captioned

"Crusade Begins to Free Cuba". Thi

s article stated that

a two month crusade to free Cuba had

been started at the

beginning of December, 1961 and woul

d continue until the

end of January, 1962. The article

said that the founders

claimed that the purpose of this cru

sade was to raise

money to educate New Orleaneans of t

he danger that Communist

orientated Cuba presents to the U.

S. According to the

article the crusade to free Cuba had

the support of the

Mayor of the City of New Orleans and

that a proclamation

had been issued by Mayor VICTOR H.

SCHIRO of New Orleans

on 12/1/61, backing this crusade.

The article further

reported that local prominent citize

ns of the New Orleans

area had been chosen to direct the c

rusade and the campaign

chairman was W. A. MONTELEONE, a hot

el executive.

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The only other information concerning training

camps for Cubans in the New Orleans area is contained in

the report of SA WARREN C. DEBRUEYS dated 10/3/63 at New

1,, Orleans in the case entitled "ANTI-FIDEL CAS 0 ACTIVITIES,

6'7/.3 4." " ich sets forth info that

protect identity), ew

s, a., advised on 7/30 y ten -; Cuban refugees arrived in New Orleans from Miami on the

night of 7/24/63 for the purpose of attending a training

camp some two hours from New Orleans after which they were

to be transferred to a training camp in Guatemala.

Cuban refu o New

stated had learned that the Orlean legedly through the

efforts of RICHAR AVIS"TR. who had informed that the

Cuban refugees were men and that he had a company in

Guatemala who was going to hire them.

R.,

eans4 La. on interview

67C., 10 1 a v se e a orn at Manhattan, N.Y„

per but had resided in Cuba between ages of 2 and 26. He

had returned to thi-137-t. on 1/12/61 from Cuba and resided

in New York City until August, 1961, when he came to New

Orleans. DAVIS related that sometime early in 1963 he had

made friends with persons in the lumber business in Guatemala

and had formed with them the Guatemala Lumber and Mineral

Corp. which was a Louisiana corporation which had a contract

with the Guatemalan Government to take mohogany out of

Guatemala.

VIS said that he needed some men to work in

Guatemal utting lumber for this firm and he had contacted

LAURE who was connected with__ the Movimento

emocra icaAaristiano (MDC) in Miami in regard to sending

men to work for him. ;

According to DAVIS, some nineteen men were sent

by BATISTA from Miami to New Orleans in response to DAVIS's

request. Unfortunately, these men, for some reason or

another, came to New Orleans with the idea that they were

going to be trained in New Orleans for a military operation

and sent to Guatemala for additional training. DAVIS

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claimed that when he advised these Cubans of the real

purpose of their travel to New Orleans they were dis-

appointed and some were angry with him.

DAVIS stated that the house where these Cubans

were staying and being trained in connection with thei

r

lumber cutting work in Guatemala was located in St. Ta

mmany

Parish in Lacombe, La. about a mile from Highway 190 W

est

on a secondary road.

DAVIS related that during the last days of

July, 1963, the FBI had seized some dynamite and other

explosives stored in a Lacombe residence which was rep

orted

to be for use against Cuba. DAVIS said this action dis

-

turbed these Cuban- refugees and was probably partially

responsible for their decision to return to Miami.

On 8/3/63, VICTOR4ANEQUEtATISTA and HERIBERTO

7VALDES?tIOLLINEDA, assistants to LAUREANO BATISTA, mili

tary

cia=Urd nator of Moviemiento Democratico Cristiano (Chri

stian

Democratic Movement) (MDC), an a i-CASTRO organization

in

Miami, Fla. advised that FERNAFD ERNANDEZ was introd

uced

to MOLLINEDA about 6/20/63 at t MDC offices in Miami.

FERN EZ sho d an unusual interest in MDC and as a re

sult

FERNANDEZ advised he had talked Commander DIEGO

ipli m p with LAUREANO BATISTA FALLA

of an a C

had cone to the camp (FERNANDEZ did not identify this

camp).

FERNANDEZ mentioned his true leader was TETERICH. He a

lso

advised e was training on a farm near New Orleans owne

d by

CETONI UGIN who had organized a fund drive in New

Orleans.

117-7r nted there was plenty of food but he hadiiiit- seeiti.

any arms.

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FERN advised he had in

,t a mman o group who was preparing to engage in an operation

in Cuba. He stated he had detailed reports on this military

plan. FERNANDEZ expressed a wish to return to Cuba in

order to serve the revolution of Dr. FIDEL CASTRO. He

asked if it were possible to get diplomatical lum in some

embassy in Central America.

MOLLINEDA advised that several weeks prior to

8/3/63, FERNANDO FERNANDEZ, PANEQUE and MOLLINEDA had been

in New Orleans and had been in contact wth RICHARD R. DAVIS,

JR., the MDC delegate in New Orleans.

3

F NANDEZ advised that when Ir

he departed Kansas City with LEON ,ASE on 7/15/63, he

proceeded to Miami and made conta is there. He sent HAASE

back to Kansas City and joined a commando group with which

he trained and which served him as a hideout. He added

the training was outside Florida and that he was back in

Miami to get new guidance.

A review of the New Orleans indices reflects

no further information regarding CETONIO GAUGIN or similar

spellings other than noted above.

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proceeded to Miami and made conta is there. He sent HAASE






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proceeded to Miami and made conta ts there. He sent HAASE






no further information regarding CETONIO GAUGIN or similar


NO 89-69 ECW:jms

It is pointed out that the above-mentioned train

ing

camp at Lacombe, Louisiana, could possibly be th

e training

camp mentioned in connection with District Attor

ney GARRISON's

investigation. Additionally, the New Orleans Tim

es Picayune

of 3/5/67, contained an article captioned, "No N

ew Action

Reported in Kennedy Death Probe" in which it was

stated that

the assassination plot case reportedly had focus

ed its

attention on a group of men involved in a 1963 FB

I raid on

a cache of war materials in Lacombe. The articl

e stated that

GARRISON is reported to be looking for at least

one American

who was believed to have been involved in the gr

oup that

hoarded munition at Lacombe. According to the ar

ticle,

among the items seized in the 7/31/63 raid at an

unoccupied

cottage in Lacombe were 20 empty 100 pound bomb

casing; 48

cases of dynamite, napalm and firing caps.

With regard to GARRISON's claim that LEE HARVEY

OSWALD lived with DAVID WILLIAM FERRIE for appro

ximately

one month before leaving New Orleans, as set for

th in re

airtel, it is pointed out that information conce

rning

OSWALD's residence while in New Orleans is set f

orth in

New Orleans teletype to Bureau, 5:55 AM, 3/1/67

.

Information concerning SERGIO ARCACHA SMITH,

DAVID WILLIAM FERRIE, and CARLOS QUIROGA, mentio

ned in

re airtel, as conspirators in the plotip assassi

nate

President KENNEDY is contained in New Orleans te

letype

to Bureau and SACS Dallas and Miami dated 2/20/6

7.

Infoimation concerning D0400, LEWIS, JACK S. MAR

TIN,

and4ILLIAM GUY BANISTER, also considered by GARR

ISON

as aspirators in this plot, is contained in New

Orleans

airtels to the Bureau dated 1/4/67, 1/7/67, and

2/2i67:

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ing


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ney GARRISON's


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In regard to the information contained in re airtel

to the effect that GARRISON also im Or s lav'yer believed also to be

klc-- 1i -Is:0 ,)the iles of this office con

P er 9 e MAN S. ANTE, an attpx,41Aux who formerly served as a full-tin,

ent or ce Bureau of Investigation of the Now Or leans L tglice Department who could possibly be identical with the attorney named LONw The New Orleans Item, a daily New Orleans.

newspaper, in its issue of 8/8/62, carried an article captionce,

"Police Agent is Suspended; Lies Charged" which reported that

JOHN E. LANNE, an attorney who serves as a full-time agent

in the Bureau of Investigation, New Orleans Police Department,

charged with the responsibility of maintaining a close

surveillance on the conduct of other police officers, had

been suspended on that date and accused of lying about the

part he played in an abortion case. According to the article,

LANNE was suspended by Major RAYMOND R. RUIZ, Police Super-visor of Personnel, who said LANNE gave money, wrapped in a

e

cates a local Ner whdgename

tion concerning

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SET

New Orleans teletype to Bureau, 8:37 PM, 2/20/67, and Nev;

Orleans teletype to Bureau, 11:54 AM, 2/21/67. Additional

information concerning MARTIN appears in New Orleans airtel

to Bureau dated 2/24/67, in the case captioned, "LEE HARVEY

OSWALD, ak - - CUBA", Bureau file 105-82555. Information

concerning considered by GARRISON as a conspirator,

is set fort n e Orleans airtel to the Bureau dated 3/2/67. L

_ rex-

In regard to a Cuban, name 4ATTLLAVL set forth in

re airtel as one of the persons consiVrTZT-By GARRISON as a conspirator, it is pointed out that the files of the New

Orleans Office do not contain any information under the

name of BATTEAU or logical variations of that name. It is

to be noted that the ca previously mentioned entitled,

"VICTOR DC8IINADOR 311NO4A -11NANDZ, LT AL - NEUTAALITY

i,IATTL'R3" it as ermined that subject 4)14a4,4aux.-.a_. NERNANDEZ 'ANCHEZ is also knovn by the na;i1 1cOUTaFiesibly be idLntiTXT with the individual considered

a conspirator by GARRISON.

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AILET 54 2903 St. Claude _

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The paper quoted LANNE as saying that he

offered to deliver a $250 check for Mrs. PAILET because

he was a friend of the family, not knowing at the time it

was an apparent abortion payoff. He later gave the abortion

victim .;;:5 of his own money because she scc.mcd to b in

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newspaper, to an abortion victim on a street-corner

rendezvous as police officers watched. According to

the article, the police officers staked out after the

abortion victim said LANNE arranged to meet her and

give her money.

The New Orleans Times 1icayune in its issue of

10/27/62, carried an article reporting that JOEN E. LANNE,

who was accused of making an abortion payoff for an abortion

suspect, had resigned from the New Orleans Police Department.

In connection with the above-captioned matter,

LANNE, accompanied by Mr. GUY BANISTER, appeared at the

New Orleans Office advising that he was making a complaint

concerning the wire tap put on the phone of Mrs. JULIETTE

PAILET by the New Orleans Police Department and the dis-

closure of information obtained as a result of this wire

tap. He furnished six Mimeograph copies of the testimony

of Major RAYMOND R. RUIZ, New Orleans Police Department,

in the case entitled, "STATE OF LOUISIANA vs JULIETTE

PAILET, Case Number 177-033" on 1/1/63. LANNE also furnished

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SiET two copies of a petition for damages filed in Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, on 10/7/63, which reflects that JOHN LANNE is the petitioner and is sueing for damages in the amount of one million dollars, twenty one individuals and companies in the State of Louisiana.

It is pointed out that JOHN LANNE had previously contacted the New Orleans Office on several occasions during the latter part of September, 1963, and said that he wanted to contact the FBI concerning a wire-tap case. During these calls he appeared to talk in a highly emotional and excited way. He failed to keep any appointments made to discuss the wire-tap case.

Thc3 N H. VNLOIFLII, was-ijaiaaing 1st organ of the Southern

ew Orleans files also indicate KAY a ten ed school in 6.222.1n. during the school year of 1962-1963. During vacations, KAROL visited Moscow and Leningrad in Russia and so visited East Germany.

,i She and her sister, RUTH ANN LOLLELA, have studied the

Mrs. RUT LOEFFER, advised on 11/27/63, s recci e• ong one call from

Fee— Mrs. RUTH PAINE, sometime in July, 1963, from Irving, Texas,

rer who told her that she had ' ' ' ame from Mrs. ELEANOR HAMMOND, Texas. Mrs. PAINE wanted Mrs. .6 ER to visit a Mrs. LEE OSWALD at 4907 Magazine Street in New Orleans as Mrs. OSWALD was a frieild of Mrs. PAINEand was due to have a baby and might need $elp. Mrs. KLOEPFER agreed she would visit Mrs. OSWALD.

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with their parents as of November, 1963, at Russian language. KAROL and UTH ANN KLOEPFEresided

New Orleans, Louisiana, KAROL KLOEPFER's father is s e as H. WilkNI:A KLOEIFER, a professor at Tulane University in New Orleans.

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Mrs. PAINE again called Mrs. KLOEPFER three days

later stating she had received a letter from Mrs. OSWALD

to the effect that her husband, Mr. OSWALD, had returned

to New Orleans. Mrs. KLOEPFER told Mrs. PAINE she had not

yet visited Mrs. OSWALD.

RUTH KLOEPFER received a letter from Mrs. PAINE

date 7/18/63, with an en ed copy of a letter to Mrs.

LANCHARDL T_Qrleansv 15,

The letter to Mt . . E ndicated the need of a Russian

speaking person because MARINA OSUALD did not speak English.

The enclosed letter to Mrs. BLANCHARD also indicated this

need as stated above and Mrs. PAINE commented in this letter

that she did not know Mrs. BLANCHARD or Mrs. KLOEFFER but

would consider it a kindness on their part to assist in

this matter.

One evening during the latter part of July or

early August, 1963, KLOZIFER vent to visit Mrs. OSWALD

at 4907 Magazine Street, New Orleans. LEE OSWALD met her

at the door and during the brief visit, translated her

conversation vith Mrs. OST,ALD. He advised he was not working

but was looking for employment as hevas a machanic and had

done dark room and photographic work. KLOEPFER asked OSWALD

if they had relatives in New Orleans and he identified an

aunt of his as Mrs. FNU MURRETT, telephone

Mrs. KLOEPFER advised she had no further con ac w th Mrs.

PAINE or OSWALD until 9/20/63, when she received a call

from Mrs. PAINE advising she was in New Orleans visiting

the OSWALD residence.

On 9/22/63, KLOEPFER and her two daughters, KAROL

and RUTH ANN, both of whom speak Russian, called upon LEE

and Mrs. OSWALD and Mrs. PAINE at 4097 Magazine Street.

KLOEPFER noticed the PAINE station wagon parked outside

this residence and LEE OSWALD advised his wife was going

to Texas with Mrs. PAINE and was ready to leave. He

commented he was going north to Philadelphia or somewhere

in the east on business.

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Mrs. KLOEPFER stated she had never known Mrs.

PAIN; and had never heard of LEE or Mrs. OSIULD prior

to the above two contacts. She stated she has not seen

Mrs. PAINE or the OSWALDs subsequent to the 9/22/63,

visit.

In regard to Archbishop STANLEY mentioned in re

airtel, the Bureau's attention is directed to Louisville

teletype to Bureau, Dallas, New Orleans, and Washington

Field dated 2/23/67, in case captioned, "LEE HARVEY

OSWALD, aka; IS - R - CUBA" wherein CARL JOHN STANLEY,

Louisville, Kentucky, who calls himself "Most ILverend

CHRISTOPHER MARIA STANLEY" and purports to be Archbishop

of the M:tropolitian Eastern I;rovince American Arthodox

Catholic Church, telephonically advised Louisville Police

Department detective that in November, 1961, DAVID W1LLIAL

FERRIE and JOHN J. MARTIN, both then Bishops in 3TANLEY's

church, were in Louisville and while drinking and "hitting

the bars", told STANLEY that FERRIE had been involved in

a plot against President KENNEDY. Subsequent, when inter-

viewed by Louisville Police Department, STANLEY advised

last year or year before, MARTIN, while in Louisville

while drinking, told STANLEY that LEE HARVEY OSWALD and

FERRIE "were buddies" and MARTIN was also connected with

them. MARTIN also told STANLEY that "FERRIE was also in

that plot to assassinate the President."

Later in the interview when asked to repeat

this information, STANLEY placed the date MARTIN gave

him the information as January 3, 1966.

Additional information concerning the interview

with STANLEY is contained in Louisville letterhead memorandum

dated 2/28/67, which was submitted to the Bureau by cover

letter of same date.

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In regard to S DNEY MANNING mentioned in re

airtel as person in whom RRIga-places great faith

and who is reportedly a deep sgA_Pliver who was with

during the early training period at Lak

Pontchartrain, the files of this office do not contain

b1-7c, any information concerning any individual by thit name. 0.: ,* _

441i The Bureau's attention is called to New Orl

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dated 3/4/67, which reported that a upli2nr_ ., _u_c . ,, l_n_/

telephonically contacted the New Orleans Offi e during

ref, the early morning hours on that date advising that he had

been arrested by the New Orleans Police for reckless

driving and was, at that time, at the Central Lock-Up

of the New Orleans kolice De artment. MANE.: claimed he

lived at and is employed as a d...:cp

sea diver an he had information concerning the assassina-

tion of kresident K: NN and requested that an agent

interview him at the Central Lock-Up.

The 1962 and 1964 New Orleans City Directories

list SIDNEY L MANIA wife A OLYN E., a painter, as

residing at The 1965 and 1966 New

Orleans City Directories l' ' wife

CAROLYN E., as residing at The files

of the New Orleans Office do not contain any information

concerning SIDNEY L. MANIX other than set out above.

will be the best witn s a- mentionejlilliFile In regard to GARRISON's claim that

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, residence of OSWALD and had talked with him.

ID/ C-0 said he turned the information he got from thin./ versation with OSWALD over to the New Orleans Police

Tv-4' Department and told the Police Department he would be

c0. willing to report any information he obtained regarding

the nit Play for Cuba Committee to that agency.

wrote President JOHNSON on 10/6764;,!qoagerning his meeting

with OSWALD and his attempt toanYAItrafe the Fair Play for Cuba Committee. He also recommendexl that the investi-

gation into the death of President KENNEDY be reopened

indicating that the Warren Commission Report was incomplete

because he had not been called to testify before it.

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SUBJECT: —. ASSASSINATION F PRESIDENT. JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY,. PJ DALLAS, TEXAS, 11/22/63 • MISCELLANEOUS - r r:7717,! '• - •

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Re telephon all, Division 5, 2/28/67.

SAM MI EWMAN, owner of office building located

at 544 Cam• et, dew.. • leanea. La., advised on 11/25/63

that approximately eight or nine months prior to date of

interview, he rented office space at 544 Camp Street, which

he believed was space 6 or 7, to several Cubans, names

unknown, who were with the Cuban Revolutionary Association. ,1

NEWMAN spid he had seen these Cubans around the fice o C

GUY BANNISTER, Guy Ban/(ister Associates. NE stat he

believed one of these individuals was SERGI RCACH MITH.•

NEWMAN stated the Cuban Revolutionary Association

did not have the money to pay the rental on the office space

and were to pay the rental to him from proceeds derived from

a city-wide fund collection campaign for the Cuban people.

He advised that the Cuban Revolutionary Association occupied

office space at 544 Camp Street for three or four months.

NEWMAN stated approximately 1 1/2 months after they moved,

he received a check for $100 from a Mr. GRIMALDI (phonetic)

who was the volunteer holaimpper for the flied stated the head of theW6W0 was LUIS RABEL. QQ

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NEWMAN stated not over two months prior to interview

a man telephonically contacted him wanting to rent an office

in the building and furnished his name and the name of the

organization he represented, but NEWMAN was unable to recall either name. NEWMAN stated he was certain the organization had nothing to do with Cuba, however, this man wanted the office

space open at night for meetings of the organization and said all he needed was a desk and about fifteen chairs. NEWMAN stated he had no further contact with this unknown individual and did not rent any space to this person.

NEWMAN advised he has never rented office space to

the Fair Play for Cuba Committee or anyone by the names V. T.

LEE, A. J. HIDELL or known variations thereof, or under the name O. H. LEE. He viewed a photograph of LEE HARVEY OSWALD

and has no recollection of seeing him in or around the building

at that address, or of any individual by that name contacting him in regard to the rental of office space at that address.

GUY BANNISTER, Guy Bannister Associates, Inc., 531 Lafayette, New Orleans, advised on 11/25/63 that SERGIO ARCACHA

SMITH of the Cuban Revolutionary Council, who was head of that

organization in New Orleans some time ago, had told him on one occasion that he, SMITH, had an office in the building located at 544 Camp Street, New Orleans.

The 1962 New Orleans BANNISTER Associates, Inc., at Orleans, La.


City Directory lists GUY 531 Lafayette Street, New


The files of the New Orleans Office contain a letter dated 3/30/61 addressed to the Director, Federal Bureau

of Investigation, from Deputy Director (Plans), CIA, which contains information that W. GUY BANNISTER had a detective agency at 531 Lafayette Street, New Orleans, La.

It is to be noted that the addresses at 544 Camp

Street and 531 Lafayette Street are in the same office building

which is located at the corner of Camp and Lafayette Streets, New Orleans.

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WARREN VERY THOROUGH MAN. CONVINCED WARRE111 li . ._.

LEFT NO STONE UNTURNED IN EXAMINING CLUES"ASSA- . 1„..... .. .,. .

SSINATION. ALSO SAID PRESIDENT JOHNSON EXPLAINED. •..;■17.411:!1 j 0017.

PEARSON THAT NE HAD SELECTED FIVE REPUBLICANS .T41:.; ....:

BE ON SEVEN-MEMBER COMMISSION SO INVESTIGATION: ,; 4.

WOULD HAVE NON-POLITICAL RESULT, AND PEARSON'S

nP/NION IS THAT THIS WAS CASE. 7 P * 4P II "? 3. PEARSON - MENTIONED' CONVERSATIONS WITH PRESIDENT:' ..' . ..I .v itt ' c.

JOHNSON ABOUT PROBLEM OF BOLIVIA'S ACCESS TO SEA. '

QUOTE MANY AMERICAN PRESIDENTS HAVE BEEN IN FAVOR SEC';, JF ..04:,:t

SMALL NATIONS HAVING ACCESS TO SEA (WILSON' TRUMAN, F B I • JOHNSON) NOV PRESIDENT JOHNSON HAS SAID NOTHING ABOUT

THIS PUBLICLY, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN HIS HEART HE IS IN FAVOR OF THIS SAME PGLNCIPLE; BUT HE IS HANDI-

CAPPED BY THE FACT THAT THE FOREIGN MINISTERS OF LATIN'

AMERICA, SOME OF THEM HAVE OPPOSITE IDEAS...IF

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IDENT JOHNSON THAT YOU WOULD. RESPECT MY CONFIDENCE O'''' THAT AND JUST SAY THAT PRESIDENT JOHNSON IS MOST SYlle.. ot PATHETIC TO BOLIVIA GENERALLY AND LET IT GO

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4. IN TALKING ABOUT PRESIDENT JOHNSON, SAID HAD KNOWN

HIM WELL FOR THIRTY YEARS CONSIDERED HIM PERSONAL FRIEND

EVEN THOUGICHAD HAD DISAGREEMENTS. SAID JOHNSON IN HIS

OPINION NOT EXPERT LATIN AMERICAN AFFAIRS, BUT HAS DEEP.

PERSONAL UNDERSTANDING HUMAN RELATIONS. DURING TIME

PRESIDENT JOHNSON WAS YOUNG CONGRESSMAN AND LATER SENATOR,

VERY STRONG STANDING UP RIGHTS MEXICANS IN TEXAS

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PROBABLY ANY OTHERPRESIDENT., CERTAINLY-WRY KNOW. LEDGE. AND I HAVE BEEN THERE ABOUT 42 YEARS. UNQUOTE

6. PEARSON SIA SUMMIT CONFERENCE PROPOSED PRESIDENT • JOHNSON HAS BEEN UNDER CRITICISM IN LATIN AMERICA, AND SOME LATIN AMERICAN DIPLOMATS HE HAD TALKED TO THINK MEETING IS POLITICAL MOVE BY PRESIDENT JOHNSON TO WIN. PRESTIGE AT HOME. QUOTE. I AM PERSONALLY SURE THAT THIS IS NOT THE CASE. MR. JOHNSON WANTS TO DISCUSS IMPORTANT ISSUES. HE IS ANXIOUS TO GO TO THE ROOTS OF SOME OF THE PROBLEMS /N LATIN AMERICA AND BRING . ABOUT CLOSER RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA, AND HE WILL GO JUST AS FAR AS THE FOREIGN ' MINISTERS WILL LET HIM GO, AND I THINK WILL PROBABLY GO FURTHER. ACTUALLY HE IS CONSIDERING PROPOSING A SUMMIT CONFERENCE ONCE A YEAR. UNQUOTE. PEARSON SAID THESE CONTINUING MEETINGS.WOULD HELP THE NATIONS GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER'S PROBLEMS, AND IF AN IMPORTANT ISSUE SUCH AS BOLIVIA'S PROBLEM SHOULD NOT BE BROUGHT UP ONE YEAR, IT COULD BE HANDLED THE NEXT. COPIES TAPE WILL BE AIR-POUCHED TODAY. END UNCLASSIFIED..;.. HENDERSON BT.

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Jim Gerrison was nterviewed today by TASS correspondent v and NOVOSTI

correspondent J Borvik before the close of the preliminar hearing of Clay Shaw's

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oscow TAM International Service in Englise. 0720 G) 16 roh 1967--L

Garrison told correspondents that he was as sure now as he was two weeks ago when he

first Laid that the question of the existence of a ;lot to assassinate Presidort Kennedy

had been settled. He said-that he felt sure that it was only a matter of time and

- effort to bring the matter,to conclusion.

When asked by the correspondents whether he still adhered to his former opinion

that no foreign state. had anything to do with the plot, the New Orleans district

attorney replied that undoubtedly no foreign government had even the slightest

connection with toe plot against President Kennedy.

Garrison believes that the plot which was hatched in New Orleans was not originally

directed. against the 1J_S. President but, like a rocket, went out of control and

hit a quite different target.

The Soviet .correspondents asked Garrison whether he still held the opinion once.

expressed by him to correspondents, that there was no reason to believe that Oswald

aseassenated anyone in 3allas on 22 November l$3. In his reply Garrison said that he

had been misinterpreted by the correspondents when he said that it was not. Oswald

14!!.o pulled the :rigger in Dallas. He said that he had not been referring merel:: to a

rifle The district att.r..ney said that it was still-early to talk of what

happeeed then in Dallas beaeuse the plot and assassination were very cleverly organized

and skillfully camouflaged.

When asked whether he was eoeng to make other arrests, Garrison replied that there

would be many more but not in the near future. He emphasized that not a single

murder case had remained unsolved since his appointment as district attorney.

At the conclusion of the interview District Attorney Jim-Garrieon said that in a

later stage of the investigation he would ask for the assistance of the investigating

agencies of other states and the federal authorities. But,_f_or the time baize- he

said that he was not vine to transfer the investigation-to anyone. The district

attorney said that this was not a dog-in-the-manger attitude. He said that he was

ready to report everything he knows when he feels that the people coming to his

assistance do so with an open heart. Garrison stressed that eompstent agencies

should understand that there are still many outstanding questions. However, their

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of the Politburo and secretary of the Central Comnittee; Gerhard Schuerer, member

of the Central Committee and chairman of the State Planning Commission; Otto

Wieeee, member of the Central Committee and minister for foreign affairs. The

item adds Foreign Minister Gromeko totee list of Soviet leaders welcoming the

deleeeeeon at Vnekovo Airport, and the Moscow demestie radio at 1430 G?' adds

the names of Yuri Andrepov, Mikhail Selomentsev, " and others.2)

ASSASSIDAT.I. Of RSretINGS C CeTTIKUE

R1:530, Chedda Testimony

Moscow TASS international Service in English 0647 GMT 17 March 1967--L

(Text) New Orleans--TASS special correspondents Sergei Losev and Harry Freeman

.dispatch--Clay Show's defense cdr.pleted yesterday the cross examination of Perry

Resse, ehe main wetness presented by New Orleans District Attorney Garrison.

Russo testifeed that in the middle of September 1963 Oswald, former .pilret—David

Ferree, and New Orleans bus.nescnan Clay Shae, whom Russo had known theneenAer

the name Clem Bertrand, had conspired in Ferriels apartment to assassinate

Presieent Kennedy.

The aim of Shaw's lawyers (Shaw is the only living participant in the. "plot")

was to demonstrate Russo's psychic imbalance. The lawyers stated that during

intereeeations ae the di' erict attorney's office Ruzso had been hypnotized and

eeven an en2eceien ef aoeeem peneaehol.

After Rersols interrogateen, a weeeess cf the prosecution Dr. Dicolas Chedda, an

eeeeet in forensic medicine from the destrize attorney's office, spoke_about

Reesols ineerroeaeione.

Dr. Chedda said this seeiue per,tatnol and hypcnosis put the interrogated person

into a semieonscieus state and help him to remeeeer events and facts which -km

had forgotten. ehedda testified that Russo had voluntarily agreed to this

proceeere. ?e expressed the view that Russo had been in full possession -of his

faculties both during tees procedure and during ehe ieterrogatlon at the- preliminary

hoarine. Russo's replies to questions were sensible and _clear, Chedda added.

Today Garrison will sutmon to the morning session the witness' Esmund Fatter, the

doctor who had hypnotized Russo.

Simultaneously with the preliminary hearing, secret meetings of the grand jury

are being hold in New Orleans. The grand jury, too, is also investigating the

cnarge advanced by Garrison that Oswald, Shaw and Perrie.took part in a—plot to

assassinate President Kennedy. The grand jury summoned for enterrogationethe

owner of a local tavern, George Nowell. Newel told newsmen that Garrison intends

to interrogate him about the events of 1961 which involve a leader of Cuban

counterrevolutionaries in the United States, Sergio A. Smith.

Sergio A. Smith left New Orleans in 1962 and moved to Houston, Texas, :1Where he

-was living at the tine when President Kennedy was assassinated. Later, he moved

to Dallas and hAs been resitene there for three years.

Assistants of the New Orleans district attorney tried to question Sergio A. Smith

in Dallas but he flatly refused to give evidence unless representatives of Dallas

authorities are present at the interrogation.

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UNCLASSIFIED March 28, 1967

1/14 MEMORANDUM FOR: FBI • Mr. Orr . Bartlett

SUBJECT: Press Plays Up Garrison Investigation of Kennedy Assassination

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Embassy WARSAW reported on March 9 that "the Polish press has given considerable prominence during the past week to the developments in New Orleans District Attorney GARRISON's investigations of the circumstances surrounding the assassination of President KENNEDY. New York PAP correspondent GORNICKI reported from New Orleans his preliminary 'conclusions' that the Garrison investigations were based on real facts rather than rumor or surmise, that it was already possible to identify a group of conspirators, that the political background of the investigations was the struggle between Eastern Seaboard capital with the Southern element in the "dramatic struggle' between the FBI and CIA. A March 54 ZycieWarssawy commentary suggested that the 'confusion' surrounding the Garrison investigation was being 'deliberately provoked' by persons who wish to hide the real assassins of President Kennedy and concluded that 'everything is possible' in a country where the true murderer has still not been revealed three years after the event."

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with Edward P. Morgan (former Bureau Inspector) on 3/20/67.1A

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of Edward P. Morgan, The Chief Justice refused to see Morgan;1

however, it was determined Morgan alleged that former Attorney

General Robert F. Kennedy organized a group to go to Cuba to

kill Castro. All of this group were killed or imprisoned

except one person who e9caped, and subsequently, after Castro

learning of the plot, decided to utilize the same procedure to

\J kill President Kennedy and that he hired Oswald to do the job.

This information allegedly came from a client of Morgan's.

Secret Service made an appointment to talk to Morgan; however,

he never showed up. -

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r- -Office Agents. Due to attorney-client relationship, Morgan

would not identify the persons who furnished him information

concerning the assassination. He stated his clients, while not

directly involved in the assassination, had knowledge of the

plot. Morgan alleges his clients were used by a Government

Agency (obviously Central Intelligence Agency, CIA) to plot

the assassination of Fidel Castro, and that Castro learned of

the plot, and thereafter, dispatched teams of assassins to the

U. S. for the purpose of assassinating President Kennedy. He

said his clients were aware of the identity of some of these

individuals, and he understood that twpAuch *ndividualsl yere

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RE: ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JFK IIIIIIIIIIp Morgan also stated that one of the clients he repre-

sented was a high type individual of the Catholic faith. When

he queried this individual as to why he became involved in

such a project as the assassination of Castro, his client

indicated the project was so highly patriotically motivated

that this overrode personal ethical or moral considerations. ■.(

During 1961, we conducted an investigation of a

violation of Unauthorized Publication or Use of Communication

Statute on the part of Arthur James Balletti, arrested in

Las Vegas, Nevada, by local authorities on a wire tapping

charge. Our investigation determined this involved Robert A.

Maheu,*private detective, that coverage was instituted in

behalf of CIA's efforts to obtain Cuban intelligence data

i through hoodlum elementimillimp wir 4f014k balmcoj

We checked with CIA and learned CIA was utilizing

Maheu as an intermediary with Sam Giancana, relative to CIA's

"dirty business" anti-Castro activities, On 5/22/61 we fur-

nished the then Attorney General Kennedy a memorandum containing

(the rundown of CIA's involvement of this which involved Maheu

who had been hired by CIA to approach Sam Giancana to have

astro assassinated at a cost of $150,000. On 5/9/62 Kennedy

dvised he had issued orders that CIA should never undertake

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This information is briefly set forth in the enclosure

as it appears to relate to information in Morgan's possession.

Since CIA furnished information on a strictly highly confidential

"need-to-know" basis and requested that it be handled on a most

restrictive basis, this is being set forth in the communications

attached.dt

ACTION:

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the White House, the Attorney General, and James J. Rowley,

U. S. Secret Service, enclosing a memorandum setting forth the

information furnished by Morgan, and information received from

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NOVEMBER 22, 1963, DALLAS, TEXAS

On the evening of March 20, 1967, Attorney dward P Morgan 41

300 Farragut Building, Washington, D. C., furnished the following ifformation relating—to-the. assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

rr He advised that while this covered a wide range or field, it probably arose as the result of comments he made during conversations in which he suggested Lee Harvey Oswald was not the only person involved in the crime. He stated that he did have information pertaining to the assassination which he considered pertinent and relevant. He

C21 said it was necessary for him, in his capacity of attorney, to invoke the attorney-client privilege, since the information in his possession was

C=3 tl derived as a result of that relationship. He added that it was still

.;„ possible for his clients to be prosecuted. He pointed out that he was not o u_ kI

stating or implying his clients were either directly or indirectly involved c2 >- in the death of President Kennedy or could be prosecuted in this regard.

c:$ c° However; they definitely face possible prosecution for a crime not related to the assassination of Kennedy. Due to their participation in this crime, his clients learned of information pertaining to the President's assassination. Mr. Morgan said he represented these clients on this specific matter. He did not elaborate on when they sought his legal counsel and he indicated he could not fulfill his responsibility and identify them. He said he gave considerable thought to finding some way to make this information available to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, but as yet had not come up with a solution. He considered a possible waiver from his clients but decided against this because the type of protection they needed was for some competent authority to grant them complete immunity, not only from prosecution but from the publicity that would surely follow. If in the future it becomes possible to overcome all legal obstacles, he will immediately make this information available to the Government and, more 'particularly, the Federal Bureau of Investigation. \.).

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FITZGERALD KENNEDY 70?

He related that when he first heard the story from his clients

he did not believe it, but conducted enough inquiry to satisfy himself

that his clients had some basis in fact for their position and he felt they

were telling the truth. He pointed out he represented substantial citizens,

people who loved their country and had a high regard for the then President.

If their story came out now, they would be damaged by the resultant

publicity , and some prosecutor of the same type as District Attorney

Garrison of New Orleans could conceivably attempt to initiate prosecution

against them. At this point he noted that the charge against them might

well be conspiracy to kill, which is a crime, and in the case of his clients

the Statute of Limitations has not run. \_k

In explaining this remark he pointed out that if he were a

Government investigator assigned to unravel all facets of the assassination

of President Kennedy, he would first concern himself with reading the

newspaper articles dealing with the topic of a Castro plot. He said he would

examine the Castro plot to determine precisely what bearing it had on the

assassination of the President. He indicated the newspaper articles had

considerable merit and were on the right track in regard to the theory of

the assassination. \)..

Without making any factual representations, and continuing

to theorize, he went on to relate that his clients, whom he again characterized

as respectable citizens, were called upon by a Governmental agency to

assist in a project which was said to have the highest Governmental

approval. The project had as its purpose the assassination of Fid Castro,

Premier of Cuba. Elaborate plans involving many people were made.

These plans included the infiltration of the Cuban Government and the

placing of informants in key posts within Cuba. The project almost reached

fruition when Castro became aware of it and arrested a number of suspects.

By pressuring captured suspects he was able to learn the full details

of the plot against him and decided "if that was the way President Kennedy

wanted it, he too could engage in the same tactics. " Castro thereafter

employed teams of individuals who were dispatched to the United States for

the purpose of assassinating President Kennedy. Mr. Morgan further

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ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY

explained that his clients (here noting that he, Morgan, was employed

by more than one of those involved) obtained information concerning

Castro's dispatch of these assassins from "feed back" furnished by

sources close to Castro. Continuing, he said his clients were aware of

the identity of some of the individuals who came to the United States for

this purpose and he understood that two such individuals were now in

the State of New Jersey. \..\

Mr. Morgan further noted that one of the clients he represented

was a high type individual of the Catholic faith. Morgan said he queried

him as to why a person with his high ethical standard had ever become

involved in such a project as the assassination of Fidel Castro. The

client indicated that his conscience bothered him; however, the project

was so highly patriotically motivated that this, in his mind, over-

rode personal ethical or moral considerations. He further described

how one client, when hearing the statement that Lee Harvey Oswald was

the sole assassin of President Kennedy, "laughs with tears in his eyes

and shakes his head in apparent disagreement. "\),

Mr. Morgan said if he were free of the attorney-client privilege

to furnish full details, the information that he would be able to supply

would not directly identify the alleged conspirators to kill President

Kennedy. However, because of the project to kill Fidel Castro, those

participating in the project whom he represents developed through feed

back information that would identify Fidel Castro's counter-assassins in

this country, who could very well be considered suspects in such a

conspiracy. Morgan pointed out that from the information available to

him from his clients he could not declare or conclude that Lee Harvey

Oswald could not have committed this assassination alone. 1

Mr. Morgan pointed out that it was inconceivable to him that

an agency of the Government which engages in the type of operations

which he has described has not come forth to make this most important

data available to the Warren Commission. He declined to identify the

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name of the agency but indirectly described it as the investigative agency

which conducts intelligence-type investigations outside the United States.

In conclusion, Mr. Morgan reiterated that he would immediately

contact the Federal Bureau of Investigation if he discovered any way to

reveal the full details of this matter. U\

In connection with the above it may be of interest to note that

during 1961, an investigation was conducted concerning a violation of

the Unauthorized ?ublication or Use of Communications Statute on the part

of Arthur Jamesalletti, who had been arrested by local authorities in

Las Vegas, Nevada, on a wire tapping charge. During the course of the

Balletti investigation it was ascertained that Robert Aiaheu, a private

detective, was involved. Maheu claimed he placed wire taps in behalf

fk of CIA's efforts to obtain intelli information in Cuba through the

■ hoodlum element including Sa Giancana. Maheu said he was placed in

contact with gi cana in connection with these intelligence ac ivities

through John oselli, a Los Angeles hoodlum.

A representative of the CIA stated he personally contacted Maheu

.0 during the Fall of 1960 for the purpose of using Maheu as a "cutout" in

contacts with Sam Giancana in connection with CIA's clandestine efforts

against Castro. ti

On May 9, 1962, former Attorney General .ennedy advised that

a few days prior thereto he had been advised by C that Robert A. Maheu

had been hired by CIA to approach Sam Giancana with a proposition of paying

$150, 000 to hire some gunmen to go into Cuba and kill Castro. He further

stated CIA admitted having assisted Maheu in making the "bugging" installa-

tion in Las Vegas (referred to above) which uncovered this clandestine

operation and for this reason CIA could not afford to have any action taken

against Giancana or Maheu. Mr. Kennedy stated that upon learning CIA had

not cleared its action in hiring Maheu and Giancana with the Department of

Justice he issued orders that CIA should never ag • take such steps without

first checking with the Department of Justice.

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