AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE : DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 Docld: 32313404 Page 1 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10330-10015 HQ . 62-107261-1452 Document Information FBI LA HQ - 02/11/1966 41 MINUTEMEN PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 05/18/1998 INDEFINITE Date: 11/22/20
eD+263 (Reve S159) (D: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION REPORTING OFFICE ° OFFICE OF ORIGIN : DATE ~ INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD LOS ANGELES xahiSAs CITY 2/11/66 7/7 /65-2/2/66 TITLE OF CASE. REPORT MADE BY ; TYPED BY MINU N CHARACTER OF CASE ° 28 bay qo. : 0380 e00| CoC TFORMATION CONCERNING (IS) 10° sal gue REFERENCES: Los Angeles report of SALLOYD 0, BOGSTAD dated 7/16/65. Newark report of SA (GERHARD P. HUNDT dated 7/26/65. San Diego report ov ‘SA WILLIAM 8S. OVITT dated 9/28/65. Chicago report of SA JOHN P, O'BRIEN dated r 10/20/65. | ADMINISTRATIVE | fi Copies of this report are being disseminated locally to ATTD, Secret Service, and local military intelligence agencies. Oné copy each of this report is designated for Las Vegas and Phoenix for information, DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW bd t + [0761 / 15g REC- 50 EX 10a | : A ag Ut < iI ! ; SPECIAL AGENT APPROVED | ! }¥} j IN CHARGE - COPIES MADE:’ See Cover Page B ts FEB 16 1966 i Notations / nays Fh oy} : “7bies made SLA) entiec Byle for review Dissemination Record of Attached Report at PBIEQ by Docld:32313404 Page 2
xr LA 62-5101... ° Copies made: Bureau (62-107261) (RM) ATTD, Los Angeles FIO, Los Angeles (RM) OSI, Maywood (RM Region II, Pasadena (RM) Secret Service, Los Angeles (RM) Kansas City. (oe ek} (nit) San Diego (100-12461) (Info.) (RM) Las Vegas (62-121) (Info.) (RM Phoenix (105-1226) (Info.) (RM Los Angeles (62-5101 NE BHWHH HERA Interviews have been conducted with those indi- viduals associated with the Minutemen organization who would most likely have had knowledge concerning the whereabouts of KEITH GILBERT, 1,0. # 3925, UFAP - GT, and JOSEPH RAYMOND CAREY, 1.0. #3946, FEDERAL FUGITIVE - BAIL JUMPER, GILBERT was recently apprehended by the RCMP ~ in Canada and CAREY is still a Federal Fugitive. On 9/24/65 RALPH RUSSELL BLANCO, voluntarily appeared at the office of the FBI Resident Agency, Santa Ana, California, and was interviewed by SAs PHILIP P. HANLON and JEROME E, MEINERT. . During interviews of reported Minutemen, RICHARD CARLBORG (LA 4730-C) and DON B, O'HIGGINS (former PST) were developed as sources of information concerning the activities of the organization. CARLBORG recently furnished information resulting in the apprehension of GILBERT and : O'HIGGINS has been closed as a PSI due to his extensive ee This reported _ slassified confidentrarfs it. contains information furntstedxbyebA°T-2, LA T-3, LA T-6, and LA T-7, which-cotild re&Sonably result in the eee disclosure of _conftdéntial informants of céfitinuing value .. and compromise the future effectiveness thereof ~-B-- COVER PAGE a Docld: 32313404 Page 3 \ . oe wet No. wee fe
rr a - A ~ % a A eo LA 62-5101 INFORMANTS | SOURCE LOCATION LA T-1 62-5101-719 RAITHBY R, HUSTED, PSI, Kansas City -. Office LA T-2 62-5101-672 CSLA 3971-S 679 LA T-3 134-2635-A NK 2545-S LA T-4 Not used LA T-5 62-5101-587 Former PSI 588 DON B. O'HIGGINS 638 (conceal per request) LA T-6 62-5101 -576 LA 4485-R 623 689 © LA T~7 ' 62-5101-615 LA 4730-C 618 , 691 \\ on 1/24/6 | LA T-8 62-~5101-620 HOMER MINER Assistant Postmaster, U. S. Post Office, Buena Park, California (conceal per request) -C + COVER PAGE ao Orally vege O, JAMES HOLBROOK | pocta: 32313404 Page 4 eee ~
_ fo -~ a “ 4 “FP “LA 62-5101 SOURCE ~ LOCATION LA T-9 62~-5101-620 Mr. W, ANDREWS, Postal Carrier, U. S. Post Office, Buena Park, California (conceal per request) . LA T-10 62-5101-621 Former PSI THOMAS SKEELS (conceal per request) LA P~11 62~5101-649 JOEL M, TAYLOR, Special Agent, California Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, san Diggo, Californie (conceal per request) - D¥ - COVER PAGE Docld: 32313404 Page 5 : :
FD:204 (Rev. 3-3-59) he’ Ve ‘ ~ | UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JoSTICE . FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 1 - ATT, Los Angeles ean) 1 - Region II, Pasadena (RM) Copyto: ] - FTO, *Los Angeles ws 1 - Secret Service, 1 - OSI, Los Angeles (RM Los Angeles (RM) Report of | ROBERT STRANGER Aiiss Angeles, California Date: 2/1 1/66 | Field Office File G9 5101 Bureau Fifg=] 07261 Tite: = "MTNUTEMEN" ere FROBRDD log oe 3k ‘lo-ia. Gh - 321.4 bo Character: TNFORMATION CONCERNING (INTERNAL SECURITY) Synopsis: JAMES J, HIGGINS, also known as Jim Hart, reported as Coordinator for the Minutemen in area of Los Angeles County North of Long Beach, California. HIGGINS receiving bulk subscriptions of Minutemen publications from National Headquarters, Norborne, Missouri, and apparently recognized by national organization as leader Los Angeles area. LLOYD EDWIN PULLEN, self-described as Minutemen Coordinator in Long Beach area of Southern California. PULLEN recently indicated Long Beach group of Minutemen discontinuing affiliation with National Minutemen Organization. As of December, 1965, 28 individuals in the Los Angeles area reported receiving literature from National Headquarters. Meetings were held in Los Angeles in June and July, 1965, however, were discontinued upon arrest of National Minutemen Coordinator, ROBERT DE PUGH, on local kidnapping charges in Missouri. Minutemen groups in Long Beach and Santa Ana areas of Southern California continue to hold meetings at residences of members at irregular intervals. Sources advised no head- quarters or office maintained in Los Angeles area.’ Finances, stated objectives and activities set forth. =], diclen poole pe This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of nod, CEH | to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. Docld: 32313404 Page 6
LA 62-5101 © ‘Above records reveal that DENNIS PATRICK MOWER, 13136 Vanowen Street, North Hollywood, California, was arrested by the Vice Detail, Los Angeles Police Department, on August 6, 1965, for lewd conduct. LA T-6 (7/27/65) On above. date the rce advised that he was recently contacted by c the source, aa who source ~ Lif stated resided with Dr. WESLEY SWIFT in Lancaster,  (f7//- California. An application for the Minutemen was filled out in TALLAKSEN's presence and $5 was collected as an application fee. A copy of the application was not — allowed to be retained by the applicant. TALLAKSEN advised that he had recruited seven other persons for the Minutemen. in, the Lancaster. area recently, Oa, AEN ea a ‘LA 2-6 (4/11/65) LA T-6 (4/11/65 ht, DR. Wiss wipt Reverend WESLEY a XGurFr, as of above date was Pastor of the Church of Jesus Christ - Christian in Los Angeles. During 1963, swirt's residence, 44616 North Fig Street, Lancaster, (4 Li served as headqduartérs“for an organization called the Christian. Knights of the Invisible _.Empire and he was a leader of a group called the “California Rangers in 1963. On July 28, 3, 1965, an automobile bearing California tags was obseryéd at a a meeting of the M Minutemen which was held in Las Vegas, NevadayS" ” Records, Department of Motor Vehicles, Sacramento, California (8/25/65) Records of the above agency indYeated | th t the re atthe owner of this vehicle was one CURTIS Hx JOINER, iit, 4561 "A" Kingsley,.Montclair, California. JOINER was des- —~ cribed in drivers license data as 6' 3", born_October r 6, . igh, 200 pounds, blond hair and blue eyes. 15 - we Docld: 32313404 Page ?F