Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992? (44 USC 2107 Hote}. DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 5/26/201 Agency Information | AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-10350-10017_ .. RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 105-192169-3 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: MM TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 05/20/1969 PAGES: 7 SUBJECTS : GERALD PATRICK HEMMING | DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT §° CLASSIFICATION: — Secret ‘ RESTRICTIONS:  1C;4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 09/03/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : MEMO; INC LHM Identification Form { v9.4 Docld: 32316575 Page 1
DATE: A1- 14-9917. “ReFéased ander the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992? (44 USC 2107 eye . : . se] OPTIONAL FOSM,NO. 10 . i Tae > . st . o _ MSY 1082 EDITION 101-11.6 ron Le. . +) . UNITED STATES GY RNMENT O° _ Memorandum TO: DIRECTOR, FBI pate: MAY 2.0 1969 SECRET ‘SAC, MIAMI (105- 17960) (Pp) sunpecr: 5 3p ay itis HIN DEMPSEY, aka ye wt AByYSE > Claesttind wy ned - one PeMblb-Proricote| as ufile R-T17290)- NA Pa Pociassify oa: OADM - 1 ‘ , 4h (< e Miami letter, with enclosures, entitled cane a “WILLIAM J2 DEMPSEY, aka Bill, IS - CUBA; NEUTRALITY MATTER," dated 1/8/68, Bufile 2-1693. FROM ad Enclosed herewith are 10 copies of an LHM epee , dated*and captioned as above, ! aa Copies are being disseminated locally to the f\ following Federal agencies: 3390 U. S, Secret Service, Miami, Flori “$4 NISO, Charleston, South Carolina > 111th M.I. Group, Orlando, Florid Cuban Affairs (State Department), . CIA, Miami. U. S. Coast Guard, Miami U. S. Customs (Miami. and Region II, Miami) U. S. Border Patrol, Miami INS, Miami OSI, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia 3s abv ‘Y < > Classiftec b¥Y_les. A. m ft is MM 630-8. Ut) Exenpt fram ent, OF oh an) ou Date of neslassit teat In Enclosed LHM is being classified “confidential” yj Lig Vue Saban Miami Mee ng - gitar Zoe, PWT PIVEN ote TUL My) MY, be PHAAT re Oe Mm WAZ 2D ~ to better protect a source of continuing value, copjosmade Nah | S WRE 9a3/7) DT Cfama— ~ | IS Ca). AN S \ for revicw at FBIHQ by, v S ~ Bureau (Enc-1 HSA Re : OPH > Sy 1°- New York (Info) (Enc-1) (RM), . _. ow Wo, 1 - Miami fos Fz L104 To ESSa3 (4) , ; ee i <x os Copy to: . Se HR : 4S eMAY 22. 1969 | by routing siip for info ol Date 6-S- Bee Fe Be ‘L. oe Z bg ay ae Jee Let, "yee Luo bo Hgat Clie, npr K oe f Romar bs: ra ' * 24 [Rome] ! 7 Ae INS Buy U, ee ings Bonds Kean on the + Payroll Savings a EC R ET UI | DoclId: 32316575 Page 2?
“Relédsed ynder the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. DATE: 11-14-2017" - - oo % . we Co el voy . : * ~ Bo ° “ 2 ; na te . & MM. 105~17960 Miami will maintain contact with MM 639-S ‘to ascertain if subject leaves*€anada. tq Jin the Haitian exile forces of RENE JUARES LEON, prin the’ Ems: Ku) | _# aA j l ' t | 1 | Docld: 32316575 Page 3
i Releaséd under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hote) . DATE: 1izi4- “2017" ; : | ee CONFII TAL _UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 7 In Reply, Please Refer to 7 Miami, Flor ida | File No. 105-17960 MAY 20 1969 _ gactassisign sy SQL pi we ac PRET "en 30-46 Ten)” RE: WILLIAM JOHN DEMPSEY INTERNAL SECURITY - HAITI MM .T-1, a close friend and associate of DEMPSEY a | for the past eight year on May 8, 1969, furnished the following information: & WILLIAM JOHN DEMPSEY, also known as Bill, is a Canadian citizen and came to the Miami area in about 1961. He claimed to be a veteran of the Canadian Army, and became involved with American mercenaries and Ad- ventueres who formed a group under GERALD PATRIC HEMMING, a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. Thip’ group volunteered their services to various Cuban exiles who po were then planning military expeditions to overthrow the ta Government of Cuba. DEMPSEY and other members of this group served as military instructors for different exile groups. Most of these adventurers had criminal records, were army deserters, and subsequently, under police pres-°- sure, left the Miami area. In November, 1961, HEMMING planned to launch ° an infiltration mission against Cuba. He and twelve i, others, including DEMPSEY, were arrested by United States : \ Customs agents on December 4, 1962, at Marathon, Florida. | On January 22, .1963,.the case against them was dismissed.) a) In November, 1966, RO nDofiujsFERRER/RosAS, a | former Cuban senator, and RENE AJUARES ALEON, a/Haitian exile, planned to leave the F orida K¢ys on an. invasion ‘of Haiti. On January 2, 196 United States Customs agents arrested them and about. 75 others and the invasion attempt was stopped. DEMPSEY was participating in this BP ; | oe Group I J Excluded from automatic downgrading and declassification t ! DoclId:32316575 Page 4
Sg i - ° é ; CONF TODA TAL : WILLIAM JOHN DEMPSEY invasion attempt but when Customs agents moved in to make the arrests, DEMPSEY fled and evaded apprehension, 1 j On January 20, 1969, RENE JUARES LEON established a military training camp about forty miles from Miami in the Florida Everglades. DEMPSEY was appointed camp com— mander in charge of operations and training and was aided by two other adventurers, MARTIN}CASEY and EDMOND XKOLBY On March 11, 1969, an accident gccurred at the training camp wherein GERALD#BAKER, Haitian exile trainee, was accidentally shot d died. The fourteen trainees, the American instructor’s and DEMPSEY were arrested by the Monroe: County, Florida Sheriff's Office. On March 19, 1969, at a coroner's hearing, charges against them were dismissed and they were released. DEMPSEY was detained by United States Immigration officials and voluntarily departed from the United States at his own expense and returned to Canada on March 21, 1969. pe MM T-1 explained that DEMPSEY is now living in London, Ontario, Canada, is still in contact with LEON, and wants to travel to South Caicos Island, Bahamas, as a member. of an advance party for LEON's men, There DEMPSEY and several other Americans will make preparations to receive the;,rest of LEON's men for a proposed invasion: of mat. YY U) - DEMPSEY said that Air Canada is on strike and the only other way he can get to South Caicos is via Miami but he fears arrest by Immigration and Naturaliza- tion Service authorities if he returns to the United - States. x) U) MM T-1 described DEMPSEY as follows: Race White sex Male Date of birth February 15, 1941 Place of birth Canada ' Height 5'9" Weight 155 pounds CONPIDMT 1 - 2- | Docld: 32316575 Page 45 “Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 11-14-2017" . 2107 Hote). | { t