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WNINTEL [MHSPLASH (CKLEG [s@CHART [RT] INNER
REF: (LONDON)] 192699 0391413
1.
انے
Fr. Viciano's
15
201 as she
FOLLOWING ARE HEADQUARTERS TRACES FYI (LONDON ONLY did not mark
CN WILLIAM GAUDET AND
ANTONIO VECIANA MENTIONED REF.
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2. WILLIAM GEORGE GAUDET
i
this for filing
DPOB: 21 SEPTEMBER 1908, ST. JAMES, LOUISIANA, USA.
CIT: U.S.
in the 201.
AS OF CA 1953 GAUDET'S ADDRESS WAS GIVEN AS 2176 ESPLANADE AVENUE,
NEW ORLEANS
, LOUISIANA. HE WAS KNOWLEDGEABLE OF LATIN AMERICA
AND 
PUBLISHED IN THE EARLY 1950'S A MAGAZINE OR BULLETIN "LATIN
AMERICAN 
REPORTS". HE WAS A CONTACT OF DCD FROM 1948 UNTIL NOVEMBER
1961 
IN NEW ORLEANS AREA. HE WAS DEBRIEFED ON HIS LATIN AMERICAN
TRAVELS 1948-1955 AND WAS A CASUAL CONTACT FROM 1955-1961,
GAUDET WAS AMONG INDIVIDUALS LISTED IN A LETTER OF 24 JANUARY
1978 TO CIA FROM THE SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS.
COMMITTEE INTENDED CONDUCT INTERVIEWS WITH GAUDET AND INQUIRED
IF DCD 
HAD EVER BEEN IN CONTACT WITH HIM. MQS RESPONDED ON 27 JAN
1978 
SAYING WE HAD BEEN IN CONTACT WITH HIM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS,
BUT HAD NO 
CURRENT CONTACT WITH OR RECENT INTEREST IN HIM.
2. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT GAUDET HAS MADE THIS CLAIM
BEFORE, THAT OF HAVING BEEN AN "OPERATIVE" AND HAS EXAGGERATED
HIS 
ROLE WITH THE AGENCY. AS AN INTERESTING HISTORICAL ASIDE,
AN ARTICLE 
IN THE WASHINGTON "STAR" (15 JAN 1976) REPORTED GAUDET
HAD RECEIVED MEXICAN TOURIST VISA IN NEW ORLEANS, APPARENTLY CIRCA
1963. HIS VISA 
NUMBER IMMEDIATELY PRECEDED THAT OF VISA GRANTED
LEE HARVEY 
OSWALD.
3. ANTONIO CARLOS VECIANA BLANCH (201-0312966)
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DPOB:
18 OCTOBER 1928, CUBA
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