To Mri. Broeeon from nerold Weisberg re: 07/79 ileeark 1v)-15291 -1 1„,off

It weo$ the icwark office's conclusion that the "information" had no connection

with the assassination of President Kennedy. I agree. But with the passing of time there

are oche.-, historical interests. Among these are what might be called disinformation. I

any confidant that someone in the pia has watched the House assassins committee closely

and hie observed the influence of ouch claims on it

This record is almost an exact duplicate of public domain information that evolved

during and after one of my earlier radio broadcasts in Washington, on WWDC, when a man

using the name Harry McBurney called me and later was in touch with me several times by

phone. Once he stopped off in t'rederick to speak to no in person. Since then I have neither

seen nor hoard from him.

As I recall it he told me he lived in Cherry hill, which is near Camden, and told me ei 4 1 4,

I could get in tench with him through a lawyer on Broad S ree I This also parallels the

cited records. I could check dead files for this information and information ho volunteered

about the woman, most of which was broadcast. This includes a characterization of her, as

I recall it, her profession and how well he knew her. rain, exactly as in these records .

From recollection he said she gave him the name Gigi Shafer and said she danced under

the name Cochise. Also from recollection, and I'm not entirely certain of this, he said

she told him that Oswald fired her for Ruby. I believe he also referred to a tape. After

more than a decade I can't be certain.

Re s.Lid he was calling frok his mother's home in Kensington on the broadcast. He told

MD he was at the Charlestown race track when he phoned for the meeting. He also told me

he has real estate interests.

In more recent years there was a similar story by a woman who used the name Shari

Angel. The House committee went for that one after it appeared in the Dallas press.

These disinformations have historical importance now. While the cited *work records

are of no personal interest to me if they relate to the same matter Urn there is no basis

for the claim to exemption and I would like the records I leave'for the future to reflect

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the persistence of the Mchurney—"Shufer" disinformation. By this I mean that except for

other names there is no privacy to protect, no only source and no confidential source.

If this lufomation i3 identical to that of the .Aewark recordo but relates to other

persons then of course I respect the privacy claim.

On the other hand, if it is one and the same disinformation I would like the

historical record to be clear.

The matter is of no literary interest to me.

On the chance you would prefer a formal appeal I am sending a copy to '4r. Shea

but I would prefer not to burden the machinery without need.

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belief ,y.:•.. that 1. +.rtIO , SY 1.1 ich he inter determined through her couvurstV:.ten to 1.)13 true, that she was a prostitute, and that title vas ',:;_le Incutl.en ehere she met her customers. 1(e advised 'that !le fq.;.-t. not 'knew the correct name of this person, but that she ,,,, r,, mh,n, !,, , ,,)wp tr.) everybody in the bar, and that they called herS.,. ' "'I: ,--01-* - '';' Ile described her as follows: aos7c-

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durfeaeeeIeee timo he bought her approximately three or four

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at the bar one ...eL..e. weth her for a short time that evening,

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drinas, Dearing thts time she talked nhout her general back- aeee

groune end eeeet ebout two hours eithe rrrimrThi cessing

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,771on Pri7eertaeel, September 10, and again met a.. e- eee an

waa eith hoe in the bar from approximntely 11:30 .m. o e. r

5:00 e.e. Be steted they went from tietriLeeeee.,az,.;.1.,. to

Poekie Cantellantle in Atlantic City, nht-rWe'Vt?

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6:00 11.111.$ at 'which Vane she Was ill tpo company of two wrestlers. -

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During thetr conversation at the c4.,,,,,. .,L.L. ._} .',.,,Liie.,1 on Friday A7 C • ..

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eveningrl steted that ehe tenmeorke es a strip-tease

before the eneaesinateon of Preeident JOHN F. KENNEDY. She

dancer in s locations around the country. During the

stated et tele time that, "JACK RUBY was a communist and 1

hope they hnng tee (obscene)." She continued IA this time and

conversntion ho mentioned that she had been employed as *

stripper in JACK RUBY4 s Bel-, The Carousel in Texas shortly -

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etated that OeWALD and JACK RUBY were acquainted with each VI '

other and tbet the aceaseination of President KW.NNEDY was

planned by them; that rtuBY shot; OSWALD to shut him up and that •

thero are "big eeopie" behind RUBY and they are going to

get

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tire ated at Any timQ46)

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telephone:Tee .e,va at the Ceeeeeee Atlantic ritv

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c., nnd invited le,17-te n party 't1 apartment in the

Ile stated that she Joined him in the apa nem

o •Leeelieate e{dternoon, and that also present in the apartmen

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Be stated that at theleaVilethey hel_e_tnee re cr, and

purposeu of amusement interviewed the pretext

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- .s interview and .

during this period additional conversation developed concerning

her nllegetions concerning RUBY and OSWALD,

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,etated that during this so called "interview"

he asked 1!1:"1"-05-Jcupl:at to his friends what she had told him ._

about ansessination of President KENNIDY. She stated that

althoug'e teey had m tape recorder present he did not record

her coeveesation originally at which time she stated that LEE

HARM CeeCOD had worked. for RUDY in The Carousel Bar, and was

a "manneer. of Ilf0't5 of this bar." She did not further discuss -'

this alleeed keewiedge of OSWALD'e activities, but did state

that OSY,WD wee "on pills" at that time, but did not further

describe tneee pills. During this conversation she again repeated

that IUMY was n eommunint, and further stated that OSWALD had

fired her nee four other strippers from The Carousel Bar a few

days before XENNEOY'e assassination. She stated that one of

the elriq thet wt fired with her was BLAZE STARR. She told , ••Orrto% ) • -,. Nt,t,

,,,_d and hie friends that she then went to Miami, and a

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had ever tilecuseeethie wp anyone else, or had ever reported tt te4fletals. 7

istated that during this period.5 /e_

7MLL'Aflwas drinkTITE—eonstantly and consumed 'Approximately four

ICi 7- l: v .Er ecotch ci.r.Lr...,LR. lie stated however, that she was not

intoxicated.

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Ho described her ae a very hyper-activo personality and a '

1"fliC tYPO4 He described her activity as "always speedy."

Ho feinted however that be considered her to be an intelligent

person, who was familiar with a number of current topics.

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drove '. • ,)Ilc.: to Atlantic City, sand dropped her at the ..J.' • crtte-754:r. . • ;m eld he has not seen nor .heard from her

since.

ultity-j:71—ilrfrt. Ti fin 1 1 vt-,s in a hotel approximately one block ee,. . ..,,-.e.„e

from th,; •" I although he does not know the name

of this li-ii i,eeAa-i.ed that it is his recollection that the

name of the hotel bee ins w. th a "7. , lt,, tated that she could rr

be easily contfteted ee the ke',...r e.,,•• 1' :::e..'•,,,I--e- since she is veil i7C„

knows.' to tee menneement en - 6 greatsaajority of customers ,

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-qadvised that he wan unable to offer any . opinion o• f iio moo al status of - .. 71 stating only that • hn confiioored hor to bo an inteiltttort'terson, but did not

know-if-1,1:o- vas suffering from auy mental disturbance of any

kind. Ito wan unable to account for her failure to apparently

report her ioformntion to authorities previous to this time.

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SPECTon 'who served on the Warren Commission as a general , •

counsel and who in the current Ropublican candidate for

District Attorney in Philadelphia,-Pa. Re stated that he .

has heard nothing further from his attorney end that he had

personally called a friend in Los Anooles,7177".: a radio .ip personality in the Los Angeles area who is o nown for 4 l i--

engaging in controversial topics. He statTd he called 4"

en 1.1:f nday evening INfter being witha "!all day, an

ii4 il that Y tildicatod that he would bring ti .s ma ter to the

niter nrof MELVIN BELLI the attorney for JACK RUDY in his -

murder trial in ni011,,s, Texas. He stated he has heard nothing

further from :".f..' :::::reffarding this alleged contact with BELLI. : - • k-.-.,...,...... ,, .---

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Fr."""7.'''.-"'"""l'ae.vised that he was unable to furnish any

ddition:, 1:vri-SlArtion concerning the information furnished by rinaryl.r.'•• '`. ''1.

.,,,i.;„ and stated that the only information he could

ve 6757ialnff the mItuunr in which she could bo contacted .

Would be an utlempt to contact her through thetr..MTrir'7.M7F4r

ta7in Atlantic City. N.J. fiksal4vo,.. • '- '`&- N0

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AT ATLANTIC !CITY, NEW UOrwometimrill attempt to 47C • locate n T1 0 ,-i 'J-r. ti -k - oli 1r ''' t'c'rIrt. - a T:74'LL'r through the

vs. r,‘-' - • . P ylo (Ala. n t ' ails czoictrning- the information 67P

cli" .h .-. .,.ft;-gedly .arnished to!vr-77. 7, egarding activities . of J.= V,'CAVAY OSWALD and JACX Rua .

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.. .- in spending most time . .: be located at this bar. .•'

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C Hew Dorsey. from 7 - , until V■ sill L. ta /0/4/fl) J. at wlltall time chef left the hotel

leaving her clothing in tho room. The informan will be , alert for =is additional information concerning

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Re memo of SA RAYMOND B. BYRNE, 10/5/65.

On 11/g/65. 77„,...„,,,,714,7771r1717 no permanent address, Ile •

was interviewed at thettien Resident Agency by Aso SAS MARTIN j. GAITS and RAYMOND S. BYRNE.

Arrangements for this interview were made through

the cooperation of ,71,47-4,07_71077 who had originally appear-ed at the Camden .1terrivetihmty-tii 9/23/65, to furnish

information concerning this person and her possible knowl-

egrtrg. e asn'asninetion of President JOHN F. KENNEDY.

Jadvined during early November, 1965, that the 41-71:1Thi I u he had mentioned, who he dentified as

l m who t:q now liv is3g at the ,7,',17rt?.V71.° 71t •

.;w Be stated he could rrange-

-ii- l4 0 t - lippour at the Camden Resident Agency to be

interviewed by FBI agents, and that he would be willing to

do so in order to clarify information which he had previously furnished during interview at the Camden Resident Agency.

On 11/9/65,r7777L was interviewed at the

Camden Resident A!,,J1n6,-- 5jE1777.io she is also known as . • •

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and the 71777."-. 1777, She identified herself as a

per and ';:)iti,i1-new 1ft, has worked in various night 467c. .-

clubs and -strip Joints" in Atlanta, Gn., Miami, Fla,

Atlantic City, NJ, Philadelphia, Pa., Baltimore, Md.,

New Orleans, La., and Tampa, Fla. She stated she has

worked As a stripper for the last two and one-half years .

and also stated that since she loft home at the age of 16

she has worked an n hostoon, entertainer, Bunny girl, supervisor for a magaiine sale crew, strip tease artist,

singer and cocktail waitress. -11

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Observation of this individual and the descrip-tion of work which she claimed she has performed indicated strong ly that sibs) was primarily a prostitute who has utill/Z"Theme other descriptions of jobs as a cover up for her activity an prostitute.

She advised she was born She stated she had left home ge 47C

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o Atlanta, Ga. and subsequently traveled around the country 67d1" doing various jobs an previously described..

refused to identify any member of her

family, her curren residence, or her personal history other than the nature of her previous employements. When questioned as to if_she had ever worked in Dallas, Tex., or the in the 2, 7c. vicinity of the Carousel Night Club in that city, she immediately became very petulant and refused to furnish any 4749

information coeCerning possible ncti it on her part in that

city. She became very upset atT ' 'Iat this time and immediately accused him of having urnu3 ed confidential

information to the PBX.

During interview appeared to be very emotionally unstable and extreme y icult to interview. .

She became extremely petulant, as previously noted, when

questioned concerning any knowledge she might have of el c. ••

activity in !Milne, Tex., land refused to state if she had 6, over been in that city. She denied knowledge in any manner '1' of any of the circumstances surrounding the death of President KENNEDY and denied that she had ever stated that she knew JACK RIM or LEE HARVEY OSWALD.

Observation of /17.77.77777.7nduring interview indicated that although sii6-87U -Earlippear to be mentally incompetent in any fashion, she did appear to be a very 4i7C.

unstnble individual. It does not appear that she has any information concerning the assassination of President KENNE

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and that any information she had allegedly furnished to 1iqYvt prior to this time, was public-source information -

A trMhe wns mow come r_y utilizing this as a com on for any individual 'who had expressed an interest in her alleged

knowledge of this assassination.

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In view of the results of this interview, it is not felt this information should be disseminated since it is oblang44 based on interview of this individual, that she does not have any knowledge concerning tho assassination of President KENNEDY and refuses to discuss any allegations she had previously made concerning this incident.

it is recommended that no additional investigation be conducted in this matter in view of the obvious unstable nature of the individual involved.

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