104-10312-10015 > Sts ‘ Charges, wae Rhona setae AONE he, “9 already a fugitive viltnesa in the Crartt san inquiry, is reported in the Washington preas of 27 | ary 167 a9 having been polygraphed the pravious day on the cas ‘8 investigation by Garrison, According to the press reports, NOVEL submitted toa polygraph examination a concuctel at MeLean,, Virginia by Lleyd FURR. In statements 3 to the press, FURR indicated there wae no indication of deception to NOVEL's charges that Garrison's case is. a “fra! . Lloyd 2 UR 2 Relationship to Richard L.. DAST and REDEX. Lioys FURR, a forinéx District of Columbia policoman end now a privite detective,. is a self-proclaimed polygraph “expert and sound device specialist, “He has received pablicity in the past for planting sound devices for the late Fulton Lewie, Jr. ja the <t, Mary's. County vice case in 1953 and in 19538 when he aiecoy axed MMeteutrg devices being: used against Bernard. Goldfine, . In 1964, information was received that a Washington, Bb. Cy fkren Ay Re DEX, operated by “URR and Richard L.: BAST, wan ' attenipting to sell electronic equipment to Communist Ching via anlagent in Hong Kong. (TSD had unclassified contact with “EUR Ga 1962 ta soa eqaiprent offered for aale by FURR. ) Vichard |. BAST and REDEX, : Pi, packer neersanl — Kichard 1, BAST, a Washington, D.G. private detective, gained Botericty tn 1965 by turning up a missing witneas, previously ~ unlocate: iby the Department, of Justice, in connection with tho. Dobby Baker case. He is known to operats at least four enterprises: b) CAPITAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, &. private ete cctivée agency; 2) .REDEX VIETNAM, INC,, a firm which 4 v ports a vartety of commodities ranging from liquor to. autecy, oldtee inte Seuth Vietnam, including, of late, U.S. ~recruited ‘iris for a Saigon nightclub he ¢z planning; 3) REDEX CORD. , 2 dino whtch elle almoaet anything to anybody abroad, other than South Vietnaing and 4) CONSOLIDATEL ARMAATEIN’ Ls icon rin which eé@Na ginal) arma to foreign ROVE rrimveRts . nd, prlvet: tacividuals abroad, BAST aluo proilices anil Aletributes hath peathtwe caddie and counterqudld | devices inthe ULS, ane
13-00000 AY cverus. . PAST, described as "unscrupulous and antrust- _varthy'. Is i:nowa to have attempted to contract with another privat. ‘ctective for planting a remote-controlled Lomb in the headwcarters of the Maith Secret Folica, and has been reported to Lave undertaken similar extreme assignments for exile grouse tcom Haiti and the Dominican Republic. (Based on a deropgat::ry information on file, DCS, in March 1967, decided against previously contemplated contact with BAST as a source of information on Asta. ) D. BAST, i =DEX, and William WV, TURNER of RAMPARTS CA Stafi has provided information that during January 1967, Willan: W, TURNER, who identified himaelf as a free-lante writer, visited the offices of the Asia Foundation, requesting . information for a magazine article. He stated that he had teen asted by Sel Stern of New York to gather information for aa article in the New York Times. During his visit, however, {t ‘scarce obvious that TURNER was primed to ask questions | nbout the financing of the foundation, rather than, ite actual guTposs ve activities, When TURNER concluded the interview he left a calling card with the firm name "REDEX-PACIFIC", He explained he had te have new cards printed. TURNER, reportedly dismissed from the FBI in 1961, is noted te have authore! an article in the November 1966 tasuc of RAMPARTS Magaatie in which he describes alleged wirctapping, sur- r eptiticus entry, etc., performed by him while with the FBI. Sol vtera, whom he claimed to represent, {a asslatant inanaging itor of RAMPARTS ARTS Magazine. EL Role ot SURR and BAST in CIA Moeting of Fixile (The for ogoing has nttempted to dctail the contact of NOVE swith: .2, FURR's connection with BAST, anda moseible | contec ton between HAST's organization and RAMPARTS, | The following indicates the only CLA involvement in the chain which wight be exploited in subsequent atte:npte to link CIA to th: -ntire affair in question, } . OF: ou 2 rth 1963, thon Chief, WE/3 and no) facie CRatlon, directed a ananorandurn tp tha Chief,
political stance, cte. ‘stetement Ly BAST that the following week BAST would be. ain the” Dominican. Republie?5 8 : carta in personal shortconiings. from the intelligence standpoint, - ‘of the Ualtian apposition to, Duvaller. _. reperted, '6 May 1963 bis attendance at dinner at BAST's home | Reported as significant. ‘by ey : : sending a sbipload of arms to & CASSAGNOL-affiliated group _ oted: "Raymond coe CASSAGNOL gives appearance of thinking well of Richard | AST. According to CASSAGNOL, his brother, Jacques, Thue BAST..in spite af also knows NAST and respects him. doce represent an ectablished. ecbannel to at least ons gsegrnent Since according to his own statenent, BAST is eupplying arms to CASSAGNOL's _ groups, further transactions of this type via BAST presumably would not be difficult to arrange." He also provided g detailed © {aformation on'what he learned of BAST, noting that BAST had mentioned Dominican distrast of State and AID. and, tHe fact that . “OLA double-crossed them" (the Dominicans). . a An FRY report on PAST dated 19 June 1963 reports that “roreign Service Reserve Officer, USDS” (his cover) had on, 27 April 196305 told of his meeting with CASSAGNOL, BAST's bntention. to sell arme to the Dominican Reptblic. and. {lafttan exiles, ete, Ne also reports that on, 7 May 1963, BAST asked him to perform some,tzanslation work. The tranalation, he stated, related to BAST giving a power of attorney toons. Luis MORENO Martinez of the Dominican Republic to prepare docamentation for legal eetablishmant of REDEX CORPORATION, Cc POR A, a DR branch of BAST's firm. According tc 23 40% of the stock was to be held by the head of tho DK Nat onal | Security Agency, the head of the DR secret police, and an {individual well-connected with Dominican Republic police and intelligence groupe, BAST is also noted to have told 8, of an offer DAST had made to “bug the ofitee of the Dominican ae x f- z ‘a A * . vi) es afta.
coe tl Of State for the Armed Forces on belialf of Juan Dav. lS P Aid not indicate to if had perforried (iiere is 29 record of a clearance having been issued for utilis atiasa of Richard L. BAST or REDEX, ) wees §