Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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LA 65-7445her any money, and did not like the children. She believes NAGELL's mother resides in the Los Angeles area, but she does not know the mother's address and has never met her. She repeatedly asked NAGELL to introduce her to his mother, but he always refused to do so.Mrs. NAGELL stated NAGELL never exhibited any political interest, never mentioned communism or the "Fair Play for Cuba Committee," or Cuba. Once in the summer of 1963 NAGELL was mad about something unrecalled and jokingly said he was thinking of going to Russia, but Mrs. NAGELL is certain this was said in jest.Mrs. NAGELL is of the opinion there is something mentally wrong with NAGELL. He would fly into violent rages without apparent reason. She pointed out that her television set has a split plastic case and stated NAGELL hit the set with his fist once while angry and this resulted in this damage.Although NAGELL did not like his children, during the marriage, he has frequently complained about not being with them since the divorce. He sends them cards from various places in the United States, but has never since the divorce furnished support for the children or Mrs. NAGELL. As a consequence, Mrs. NAGELL has been supporting herself and the children through employment as a waitress and has to board the children out.On March 6, 1964, Mrs. NAGELL stated to SA HOOSE that she never knew NAGELL to be involved in espionage in any manner. She further commented that they were always in financial difficulty during their residence in the United States. During the marriage NAGELL had a bank account at the Bank of America, Wilshire and Vermont, Los Angeles, but Mrs. NAGELL doubts there was ever much money in the account. She said that since the separation in April of 1962, NAGELL has sent her a total of about $180.00.There is no information in the files of the Los Angeles Office of the FBI identifiable with Mrs. MITSUKO NAGELL.
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13-00000LA 65-7445Mrs. FRANCES M. NAGELL,nee Frances Kaufman(mother of RICHARD C. NAGELL)On March 5, 1964, Mrs. FRANCES NAGELL furnishedthe following information to SAS JAMES H. HOOSE, JR., andPHILIP J. REILLY at her residence at 856 South CatalinaAvenue, Apartment 104, Los Angeles:Mrs. NAGELL stated that for many years and forvarious reasons, none of which relate to this case, therehas been dissension in the family. However, until the timethat RICHARD NAGELL was in the airplane crash, they had gottenalong well together. Since the crash there has been a markedchange in RICHARD NAGELL, and Mrs. NAGELL is certain her son hassome form of mental trouble.She saw RICHARD in Chicago, Illinois, in 1954, andshe moved to Los Angeles in May of 1955. It was then sevenycars before she heard directly from him or saw him. She raninto RICHARD by chance on the street in Los Angeles, saw thathe needed help, and thereafter tried to give him both moral andfinancial assistance.Mrs. NAGELL gave her son $1,000.00 on one occasionand much smaller amounts on other occasions. He never expressedappreciation for this help. RICHARD never seemed to have enoughmoney. She does not know if he had a bank account or not.Mrs. NAGELL was trying to locate RICHARD after hehad disappeared for several days. She knew he could oftenbe found at The Happy Rabbit, a beer joint at 2709 West SixthStreet, Los Angeles. She went there and found RICHARD, andhe flew into an uncontrollable rage because she had gone insidethis bar, claiming it was no place for a decent woman.Mrs. NAGELL stated it was really not that bad a place. Shebecame definitely convinced after this incident that therewas something seriously wrong with her son. But even priorto this time she observed RICHARD became extremely angry overnothing, and he would cry without explaining what was troublinghim.- 3 -
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LA 65-7445After above mentioned incident, RICHARD again would have nothing to do with her. She kept track of him through her other son, LOUIS, who is a year and a half older than RICHARD. Mrs. NAGELL was in a way happy to have the boys get together after years of estrangement. She described LOUIS as being an almost hopeless alcoholic. She thought since both sons had serious problems, they might be able to help each other. LOUIS has told her, however, that he was never able to straighten out RICHARD.She stated that RICHARD never discussed communism, never mentioned Cuba or the "Fair Play for Cuba Committee" or gave any indication he was in any manner involved in espionage.On March 9, 1964, Mrs. NAGELL informed SA HOOSE that she wanted to point out that RICHARD had never physically abused her, that the abuse was always vocal. She also mentioned that she herself has been under psychiatric care for several years, and she does not think her problem has yet been eliminated.There is no information in the files of the Los Angeles Office of the FBI identifiable with Mrs. FRANCES NAGELL.LOUIS KAUFMAN, true nameLOUIS NAGELL (brother ofRICHARD C. NAGELL)On March 5, 1964, LOUIS KAUFMAN furnished the following information to SAs JAMES H. HOOSE, JR., and PHILIP J. REILLY at his residence at 10130 Samoa Avenue, Tujunga, California, telephone 353-1224:LOUIS stated he got in trouble at age 16 and since that time has used his mother's maiden name as his last name. He considers himself to be the "black sheep" of the family and has had little contact with other family members until the last year or two. At one time in Korea he discovered he was in the same army outfit as his brother, RICHARD, and looked him up. RICHARD was an officer in intelligence while LOUIS was an enlisted man, and RICHARD did not want to have much contact with LOUIS. However, when their mother told RICHARD that LOUIS- 4 -
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13-00000LA 65-7445had cancer of the throat in 1962, RICHARD went to LOUIS andoffered to help him. LOUIS later discovered he did not havecancer and also discovered that RICHARD was the one who neededhelp. LOUIS frequently saw RICHARD in 1962 and until aboutAugust of 1963 when RICHARD left the Los Angeles area.LOUIS considers RICHARD to be mentally disturbed.He recalled an afternoon when both were at The Happy Rabbitand the newspapers carried an account of the burglary of thelocal armory. RICHARD told LOUIS he had pulled the burglaryand had some machine guns in his car parked on the streetnear the beer joint. LOUIS immediately said he would liketo see the machine guns and the two of them welked out to thecar. LOUIS saw no guns and upon asking RICHARD where they werethe latter replied he did not know what LOUIS was talking about.RICHARD said he had no recollection of telling LOUIS anythingabout guns or burglarizing any armory. In addition to thisLOUIS said that RICHARD was usually in a state of deepdepression. RICHARD complained about his wife divorcing himand about his employment problems.RICHARD never spoke in favor of communism but hedid say that he thought the American government should domore for him in view of his army service. He never mentionedRussia. When RICHARD returned from Mexico City in 1962, hetold LOUIS he had gone to Cuba from Mexico. He gave noreason for having made this trip. LOUIS has no informationindicating RICHARD was ever involved in espionage. He neverheard RICHARD mention the "Fair Play for Cuba Committee."LOUIS does not know if RICHARD had a bank account;he does know RICHARD usually was broke.There is no information in the files of the LosAngeles Office of the FBI identifiable with LOUIS KAUFMAN.FREDERICK HOWARD JOHN(friend of RICHARD C. NAGELL)FRED JOHN furnished the following information toSA JAMES H. HOOSE, JR., on March 9, 1964:- 5 -201-746537
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LA 65-7445JOHN resides in a boarding house at 817 SouthCatalina Avenue, Los Angeles. He is employed by the HartfordInsurance Company, 548 South Spring Street, Los Angeles,He has known RICHARD NAGELL for about one year.He met him through BILL LYNN of the California AlcoholicBeverage Controll at The Happy Rabbit. JOHN does not knowany members of NAGELL's family nor does he know of any otherclose friends of NAGELL.NAGELL left Los Angeles the first or second week ofSeptember, 1963, Just before leaving he told JOHN he wouldbe traveling and asked him to share his Post Office box sohe could forward on the government disability checks whichhe receives monthly. He also asked JOHN to mail him an almanacwhenever it was convenient as he liked to refer to the almanacfrom time to time as a general source of information. JOHNcomplied with both requests. Near the end of each month JOHNhas sent the checks to NAGELL at a Post Office box in El Paso,Texas. He also sent him an almanac with a yellow cover as hebecalls it. JOHN did not mark or alter this almanac in any way.JOHN recently received a form letter from a hospitalin Missouri, informing him he had been named as a correspondentauthorized to communicate with RICHARD NAGELL. JOHN has receivedno indication that NAGELL is in any sort of trouble, and hewondered what was behind the hospital letter.JOHN has never heard anything about his receivingfour reels of microfilm or any personal papers should NAGELLdie. JOHN does not have a key to any safety deposit box anddoes not know if NAGELL does or does not have a safety depositbox. JOHN has heard NAGELL mention his sister but knowsnothing concerning any Japanese gas mask or anything elsestored with her which is to be turned over to him upon NAGELL'sdeath.About a month or two after NAGELL left Los Angeleshe wrote to JOHN, probably just on one occasion, and thatconcerned paying the rent on the joint postal box.JOHN is of the opinion NAGELL is a paranoiac inthat he is depressed at the manner his ex-wife treated himand the manner in which the local, state, and Federal governmentshave treated him. JOHN definitely considers NAGELL to be mentallydisturbed.
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LA 65-7445JOHN has never heard NAGELL speak in favor of communism or Cuba. He has never heard of the "Fair Play for Cuba Committee." JOHN has no indication NAGELL was ever involved in espionage.NAGELL never had much money, just his income from driving a Yellow Cab and from his disability check. JOHN does not know if NAGELL had a bank account.There is no information in the files of the Los Angeles Office of the FBI identifiable with FRED JOHN.BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATIONOn March 5, 1964, LA T-1, whose information may not be made public except upon issuance of a subpoena duces tecum, stated RICHARD C. NAGELL had commercial checking account number 002-857 at the Wilshire - Virgil Branch of the Security First National Bank, Los Angeles.The account was opened October 2, 1961, with a deposit of $350.00, closed January 31, 1963, no balance. NAGELL gave a bank reference of Bank of America, Wilshire - Vermont Branch, Los Angeles. Upon opening, residence was given as 4712 Saturn Street, telephone WE 4-2739.LA T-1 recalls NAGELL vividly as he caused a commotion every time he came in the bank. He would shout at the tellers, complain about the service, and threaten to report the tellers to the management. On one occasion a girl teller working next to LA T-1 wore a red dress to work on a day that NAGELL was in the bank. NAGELL shouted at the girl that only a prostitute would wear a red dress.LA T-1 thinks some local finance company has been trying to locate NAGELL recently to collect a debt.On March 9, 1964, LA T-2, whose information may not be made public except upon issuance of a subpoena duces tecum, stated RICHARD NAGELL opened commercial checking account number 9-4492 on November 6, 1959, at the Wilshire Vermont Branch of the Bank of America, Los Angeles. NAGELL gave his address as the Cloud Motel, 3400 West Third Street. His bank reference was the Union Bank, Mount Holly, New Jersey, and he- 7 -
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LA 65-7445Apparently exhibited New Jersey driver's license number 44342. Opening deposit was $900.00, and the account was closed September 27, 1961.On February 28, 1962, RICHARD NAGELL opened checking account number 3-2873 at this same bank with a deposit of $143.10, the account being closed on July 16, 1962. During part of this time it was a joint account with MITSUKO NAGELL.INFORMATION FROM INFORMANTSAND SOURCES OF INFORMATIONOn March 9, 1964, SA WILLIAM J. MC CAULEY was advised by the following that they had no information concerning RICHARD NAGELL:ANTHONY F. LIBERATO, Investigator,Immigration and Naturalization Service,Los Angeles, who is cognizant of manyCuban activities in Los Angeles.MANUEL GONZALEZ, 1070 West KensingtonRoad, Los Angeles, who headed the pro-Castro movement in Los Angeles 1960-1961.MAYER G. ROYAL, 5825 West Pico Boulevard,Los Angeles, who is acquainted with someactivities of the "Fair Play for CubaCommittee," Los Angeles.LA T-3, who is cognizant of many Cubanactivities in Los Angeles.LA T-4 and LA T-5, who are familiar withCommunist Party activity in the generalarea where RICHARD NAGELL has resided inLos Angeles.There is no information of substance in the files of the Los Angeles Office of the FBI identifying NAGELL with any Communist Party, Cuban, or espionage activity.
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LA 65-7445JOHN NOBURO MIYAKI (JACK MIYAKI) stated on March 23, 1964, to SA HOOSE that he and his wife, CAROLINE MIYAKI, reside at 645 North Westmoreland Avenue, Los Angeles, California. MIYAKI did not recognize name or photograph of RICHARD NAGELL. When further descriptive data was furnished MIYAKI, he recalled he had met NAGELL on one occasion about a year ago at The Happy Rabbit, a beer joint at 2709 West Sixth Street, Los AngelesNAGELL told MIYAKI he either was or had been a Yellow Cab driver, that he had a Japanese wife who had divorced him. MIYAKI said he possibly told NAGELL he worked as a machinist at Aero-Space Manufacturing Corporation, 3825 / Cohasset Street, Burbank, California, but cannot recall having told NAGELL anything else. MIYAKI stated he thinks NAGELL left the bar at the same time he did which may account for NAGELL having MIYAKI's license number. MIYAKI drives a cream colored 1962 Buick Special, four door, license JOG 823. (California Department of Motor Vehicles verifies this license is for this car.) MIYAKI said he does not work on any classi- fied material and has no clearance. MIYAKI was born in Japan, naturalized in Hawaii on January 21, 1954, certificate number 7121559.MIYAKI is of the opinion he and NAGELL only con- versed about ten or fifteen minutes on this one occasion, and he has no information apart from above concerning NAGELL.There is no information in the files of the Los Angeles Office of the FBI identifiable with JOHN (JACK) MIYAKI or CAROLINE MIYAKI.
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# 13-00000FD-204 (Rev. 3-3-)UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICEFEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONCopy to:Report of: SA DAVID J. REIDDate: July 24, 1964Field Office File No.: EP 65-951Title: RICHARD CASE NAGELLCharacter: ESPIONAGE - XOffice: EL PASOBureau File No.: 64-48933REVIEWED BY FBMJEK TASK FORCE9/27/98Synopsis: Subject described by a former acquaintance in the United States Army in Korea as having had a brilliant war record but as not stable mentally, this instability probably being due to brain tissue damage resulting from an airplane crash during the Korean War. With regard to names found in the possession of the subject when he was arrested on September 20, 1963, U.S. Army, Japan, advised that the subject had previously served in Korea and Japan and that it was not unusual for individuals to retain lists of persons in such areas for future reference. U.S. Army, Japan, also advised that the reason for some names in the subject's possession at the time of his arrest could not be assessed. On June 9, 1964, subject sentenced in the United States District Court, El Paso, Texas, to serve ten years under the provisions of Section 4208 (a) (II), Title 18, U.S. Code, for violation of Section 2113, Title 18, U.S. Code. Subject attempted suicide on June 17, 1964. SUBJECT HAS ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.- C -![handwritten text]![CS COPY]![Group 1 Excluded from automatic downgrading and declassification]This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
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13-00000EP 65-951DETAILS:AT TOKYO, JAPAN:At the time of the arrest of Richard Case Nagell in El Paso, Texas, on September 20, 1963, on a bank robbery charge, he had many papers and documents in his possession. These papers and documents were reviewed and were found to contain the following notations:Murai Jun- (Cabinet Research Office-C.R.O.) (National Rural Police Agency) (Private Secretary to P.M. Yoshida) (Intelligence Agency in China)- Now in Tukuoka- SHITsio Sai FueLiterature Dept.Tohoku Daigaku(Naikaku Chosa Shitsu)Hoshiyama Sadao (Lee Chang Suk)c/o Maruei Pachinko169-1 Baba-Machi, Choshi-ShiChiba-Ken, JapanKin Kai Go(Kinka So)#2-3 Ginza, Chuo-KuTokyo-To (56-5330)Nicolai G. Eroshkin (FMR)Military Attache- Soviet EmbassyTokyoEnvelope addressed to: Capt. Robert C.Nolan, Advisor, FROKA Det. HIDwith return address of Col Lee Churl Hi,CO, HID, ROKA
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13-00000EP 65-951Ikejiri Setagataku(Tel. 41-2449) TokyoUtsumi Koetsu- Chief of LiaisonSection, Miyagi Prefectural Gov't.Kanemaru Makoto- Chief ofPublic Safety Section, Guardand Rescue Dept, 2nd RegionalHqs, Maritime Safety Bureau (MSB)(Shiogama-shi, Miyagi-ken.Tomita Takeji, Chief of 2ndInvestigative Section, Tohoku RegionalPublic Safety Investigation Bureau (PSIB)Konno Saburo- Chief of 1stInvestigative Section, TohokuRegional PSIBSuzuki Kinji- Head of GuardSection, Public Safety Dept,Tohoku Regional Police Bureau(Police Superintendent)Matsumoto Ryosuke- Headof General Affairs Division,Tohoku Regional Police Bureau(Senior Police Superintendent)Akiyama Jiro- Chief of TohokuRegional PSIBMatsumoto Shogo- Chief ofMiyagi Prefectural PoliceHqs (Senior Police Superintendent)Matsumoto Takehiro- ChiefProcurator of Sendai HigherProcurator's Office
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13-0000065-951Kuriyama Matsuichi- CG, 6thDiv. JGSDFSugaya Eijiro- Chief of 2ndRegional Hqs, MSBKudo Masumi- Chief of PublicSafety Dept. Tohoku RegionalPolice BureauTsuchiya Kyuji- Chief of SendaiImmigration Control Agency,Ministry of Foreign AffairsFukuhara Yukinori- Vice-Chiefof 2nd Regional Hqs, MSBIshimaru Motaro- Chief of Guardand Rescue Dept, 2nd RegionalHqs, MSBMurai Jun- Director of TohokuRegional Police BureauDUPLICATE#2-3 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo-toTel. 56-5330Photograph with name Lee Chang Sukunderneath. Along side of photographis the name Hoshiyama Sadao, C/o MarueiPachinko Store, 169-1 Baba-machi,Choshi-shi, Chiba-ken, JapanKaji Wataru4. ![date]
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EP 65-951Muraj JunDirector, Tohoku Regional Police BureauMr. MasuiChier, Crime Prevention Section, CriminalDepartment, National Police AgencyAn envelope addressed to: CaptRobert C. Nolan, Advisor,FROKA det, HID with returnaddress of Col Lee Churl Hi,CO, HID, ROKAFour photographs identified on the backas follows;Akiyama ViroKuriyama MatsuichiSugaya EihiroMura JunIn addition, the subject had in his possession atthe time of his arrest on September 20, 1963, a piece ofpaper containing the listing of what appeared to be UnitedStates Army Officers and their serial numbers. One section.of this paper was listed under the heading "Third OperationsGroup".On March 24, 1964, Lieutenant Colonel NAD W. GLENN,Deputy G-2, United States Army, Japan, advised that he hadknown the subject personally and had served in Korea withthe subject. GLENN noted that his name appeared in one ofthe above mentioned photographs of papers which were foundin the possession of the subject when arrested in El Pasoon September 20, 1963. GLENN stated that he and the subjecthad been attached to an Intelligence Branch of the UnitedStates Army in the Far East during the period of their acquaintance.GLENN explained that the names in parentheses inone of the above mentioned photographs were "code names" used5.
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EP 65-951by members of Army Intelligence Units in Korea in order to protect their real identities from informants.GLENN also advised that the subject was not stable mentally and that this instability was probably due to damage to brain tissues suffered in an airplane crash during the Korean War in which the subject was the only survivor. GLENN stated that the subject, in fact, did have a brilliant war record, which was the reason for his assignment to Army Intelligence in spite of what should have been an obvious psychological defect.GLENN pointed out as an example of the subject's instability that the subject had turned in allegations against an Intelligence Officer in Korea, which became the subject of extensive investigation. GLENN added that te subject was subsequently transferred to another Army unit and upon reporting to that unit, was greeted in a friendly way by his new Commanding Officer, who told him he hoped the subject would enjoy his new assignment and that he, the Commander, would do all he could to make it a worthwhile tour of duty for the subject.To this, NAGELL allegedly replied that the Commander had certainly better see that this was the case as, NAGELL told him, he made a practice of keeping a record of every move made by his Commanding Officer and if he stepped out of line one whit at any time, it would be made the subject of an immediate report to higher headquarters.GLENN made available a letter from the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2/G-3, United States Army, Japan, which was in answer to a request for information regarding the subject and which contained the following information:SUBJECT, after graduation from the Army Intelligence School, Fort Holabird, Maryland, in August 1955, served as an advisor to the First Republic of Korea Army and subsequently in Sendai, and Tokyo, Japan, terminating in about 1958. These assignments were concerned with intelligence activities.
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13-00000EP 65-951as an advisor to the ROK Army in Korea, and as a member of the US Army Counterintelligence Corps in Japan. During the latter tour of duty, the counterintelligence unit was designated the 3rd Operations Group, with Headquarters in Tokyo and Detachment B in Sendai, as referred to in photographic inclosures to your letter.In assignments of this nature it is common practice for members to become acquainted with personnel of various Japanese security agencies, such as are mentioned in March 5 Memorandum of the FBI, El Paso, Texas. It is not unusual for individuals assigned counterintelligence duties to retain lists of these persons for reference in the event they are again reassigned to the area, or for dispatching cards or thank you notes from the United States. This would appear to be the reason for SUBJECT having kept the list of agency personnel, although to have retained the list for a number of years after leaving the service appears unusual. The names Kaji, Wataru and Jack Cannon were known to the public as the results of allegations of illegal intelligence operations that were publicized in the Japanese press, but SUBJECT'S reason for including those names in HIS lists cannot be assessed. Also, no reason can be given for the two or three miscellaneous names in NAGELL'S file.The list of Americans mentioned in one of the photographic attachments pertains to US personnel in the intelligence field. It appears that the subject maintained a roster of those persons with whom he would or had contact, which is not unusual. Information contained on those rosters, particularly that portion indicating code names, was and is regarded as classified information by this office.Files of the Counterintelligence Repository, USARJ, disclosed no information relative to NAGELL or of his aliases.AT EL PASO, TEXAS:On June 9, 1964, Federal Judge HOMER THORNBERRY, United7.