JFK Assassination System Date: 5/26/201 Identification Form ; Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10350-10058 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 2-1846-4 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: MM TO: HQ TITLE : DATE: 02/19/1964 , Peleaged under the John i PAGES: 14 - F. Kennedy ASsassination Records SUBJECTS : Ollection Act of 1992 GERALD PATRICK HEMMING (44 Use 210% Note}. | ases#: NW 54464 Date: | DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT 1O-10-2017 CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 09/03/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : MEMO; INC LHM, ADMIN PAGE v9.1 \ HW 54464 DocId: 32316616 23 Page 1
ARS : oo, NE cas f to © ig OPTIONAL, FORM NO. 10 a . So10-108-03 : _. j tt neemeney | “gg MAY 1962 EDITION a e : arn — [ - GSA GEN. REG. NOE? > UNITED STATES GO... RNMENT M emorandum GIA HAS NO OBJECTION He) DECLASEIF Anis Seon, Director, FBI RELEASE G® uid it-ORIMATIONTE: ; IN THIS DOCUMENT, , Miami (2-365)(c) KP I-I5-9¥ aD hat bother bow oalt / - aw gRONALDA jON-KLAUSSEN, aka. D113 (aie Provrcy Bott} ~sRonald Ny on, Klarssen ‘ /NEUI RAL ITY 1 MAT Te Spimn | = Deca “76 2) | The title of this case is eR to include subj eck ' s ali Lasik 9: 9f.RONALD VON KLARSSEN as set fofth in FB tdeati eveatyoy tecord #886 890 C. bw AIP EL AL | . | /Re New vork airtel 1/21/63 and. New York letter ” 213/64, and,Bureau letter 1/31/64. VEGLASSIPIEL a orig | ee cy E98 (seem | Enclosed a are 12 copies of LEM dated ana” cap- boa eve mi (u Copies are being disseminated local ly to [era JSR. ) 4 4 b-24 INS,, OSI, Border Patrol, Customs, Coast Guard ont, yf i and yo Pe Department, Coordinator of Cuban Affairs. / { : t “on February 7, 1964 Mr. JOSEPH VIDAL, Covert, SS i ., CIA, Miami, advised that agency had no operational inter- NO ; “, est in the subject or the Antonio a. OMe and é | ‘ 2 had sponsored no military training.: copies B20° eras / rai tL to mr 639-8, pons if ~, the New York og $A Bureau (Encl SP) (RM) ie : - » af (, - New York i (RM) CTS 18! = 2- (1 42; 5 i ENT Ost VECSI i _ by a i vf me ion . -Date.. r | i” aaanean > nf ee ah a = | WW 54464 DoclId:32316616 Page 7
ou bal @ o- “MM 2-365 ( Sxl Inasmuch as subject is reportedly unreliable mentalky unstable, psychotic and incompetent, the nee loxtice is making no request for authority to interview him. His actions can easily be followed and . reported on by MM 639-S. : - ‘Inasmuch as information furnished by MM T-2 is basically a U.S. Customs matter, this information is being disseminated locally to Customs and this case is being closed. : Further information concerning the subject van will be reported in case entitled ANTONIO MADEO BATALLION: IS - CUBA: RA - CUBA. 4 | ! -2- | \ _ . Terrence ae mm nai * ! HW 54464 Docld:32316616 Page 3 oS ee eee ae co ae Se et
’ ‘ Pe Be et C3 . UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to File No. x FEB 1 9 1964 seaee ‘Miami, Florida A RONALD VON KLAUSSEN, also ALL INFORWATION CONTAINED _ NEUTRALITY MATTERS known as Ronald Von ‘Klarssen DALE LE WDE: ie 31 3d meopise | On” July 8, 1963, RONALD VON KLAUSSEN , 1612 . Michigan Avenue, Miami Beach , Florida, telephone ‘number - JE 8=4937, appeared: at the Miami Office of. the Federal Bureau of ‘Investigation and_ ‘Stated he is a member -of the’ Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post #1608, located at 1608 S.W:.27th Avenue, Miami, Florida. He stated that this’ VFW Post had undertaken the task of training a group of Cuban exiles known as. the Antonio Maceo Battalion. VON KLAUSSEN said. that according ‘to one of the officers of the Post; the training is being sponsored by. Central Intelligence Agency. (CIA). ; [oe VON KLAUSSEN said he had also been advised that the names and photographs of all Cubans being trained _ were. being forwarded to the FBI for clearance. 54464 _ GERALD PATRICK EMMING , Miami, Florida. VON KLAUSSEN continued that he is presently providing some of the instruction for the Cubans. He said he is’ concerned that his name and photograph would be forwarded to the FBI, because about ten years ago he was convicted of attempted assault in New York City. MM T=1, who has been involved: in Cuban revolu- tionary activities for the past two years, advised on August 6, 1963 that RONALD VON KLAUSSEN, 1612 Michigan Avenue , “Miami ‘Beach, Florida, had: tecently contacted MM T-l explained DoclId: 327316616 Page 4 TPK)
i WW 54464 NG RONALD VON KLAUSSEN HEMMING-is an adventurer; mercenary - and soldier of fortune, who has been” involved in Cuban revolutionary activities for the past 4 years. WON KLAUSSEN’ told HEMMING ‘he was then attempting to purchase arms for Cuban ' revolutionists’ in Miami‘ and that he had funds available to make these purchases. ~ On August 8, 1963, MM Tl advised that HEMMING and his group of mercenaries and adventurers had concluded VON KLAUSSEN is completely unreliable, mentally unstable and psychotic. VON KLAUSSEN claimed that he could ob- . tain’ thousands — of Sten: guns from Canada, was going to. buy some B-29 war surplus airplanes, and that he was going to bring this great quantity of arms and other. _Materials— to Miami . ‘MM T-1 stated that HEMMING and his. group have been trying to deal in arms for a long time and know the difficulty there is in trying to locate even a small quantity of small arms. VON KLAUSSEN has recently become Military Instructor with the Antonio Maceo Battalion and hangs around the VFW Post located at 1608 S. W. 27th Avenue, Miami.. On September 24, 1963, MM -T-1 advised that VON KLAUSSEN had recently "been seen with another American and again stated he was then interested in purchasing arms. ‘The other American was identified only as ALXCARTER “FLA. “on October 13, 1963, RONALD VON KLAUSSEN, 1612. Michigan Avenue, Miami Beach, was interviewed in connec- tion with another matter. VON KLAUSSEN volunteered he . was. a former, U- Ss. Army Airborne ‘Ranger and. served with: -2- DoclId: 327316616 Page 5