' Released under the John F. .DATE: 11-14-2017 Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information Date: 5/7/2015 AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10195-10005 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: —92-3171-1346 ; - Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: LEG, BN TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE : DATE: 02/27/1964 ‘PAGES: 7 : SUBJECTS : SGI, ADMIN PROCEDURES DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: Consulted; 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: — 03/27/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF USSS REFERRED TO USSS., INC 2 LTR, ENV COMMENTS : ’ A A v9.1 Docld: 32266229 Page 1. 18
legeed- and the “Tobn# . “Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (4a USC S10? Hotes - “DME: Taes0r) : ato - ae am PPrionALy: URM NO. o aot 5010-10523 mae . ce ° SN aa Fe x. Lec SSA GEN. REG. NO. 27 . Pyare ‘UNITED STATES red ‘RNMENT ON ‘ = 3 . Memorandum TO : Director, FBI CONFIDENT :AL DATE: 2-27-64 : SEE REVERSE SIDE FR Agho > Legat, Bonn (92-18) (¢RUC) SUBJECT: Aer ML. ee aDvise Re Bonn cable 11-26-63 and Chicago LHM 12-9-63. , / Enclosed are three copies of a letter dated 2-21-64, addressed to this office and also to the U. S. J Treasury Representative at the American Embassy in Paris, France, by the Bundeskriminalamt (BKA - West German Federal bt * Criminal Police). This reflects the results of an inter- I hE view by German authorities with Hermine Tijerina nee Willig, aka Hermine Braga. t (a) It is noted that Braga denies any knowledge of either the subject or Charles English. Her information also indicates that Jeanette Braga is not identical with June ph As indicated in re Bonn cable a copy of. tinel original BKA «teletype in this matter was furnished through Hi the Customs Representative at Frankfurt/Main , Germany, to ae } Mr. John H. Hanly, Special Agent in Charge, U. S. Secret © m Service, American Embassy , Paris, France. Bae aoa Also enclosed are three Phot yw of a letter ~ Y Sn REA eNaddressed by. Mr. Hanly to the Bundeskriminalamt dated L an 63,434 a a, referring to information in the BKA teletype. yu) o > The enclosed material is furnished for the Bureau's } ® information, and it is suggested that copies be provided to MS Chicago. “Since this matter does not fall within the primary Wjurisdiction of the Bureau and since. the agency apparently phaving primary jurisdiction, the Treasury Department, is in Ypossession of all information available to this office, no ZUHM is being Prepared. im: . oil wraps ATION INDEFINIZT jf , M} Bureau (Encs. 6). ; Ely Liaison)yH | ab a 1 - Bonn ur GAT: kmm 2) fe Ray in 9 ae G 2 ENCLOsuRE arracuen €(1-X¥3 Sk MAR 1 01964  QONFISENTIAL 1 ~ Docld: 3227862279 Page 2?
‘DATE: 11-14-2017 Wo et oo. Fe rr os a: a Released under the John F. Kenedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 Tt Fi0rT footer. - we ' %y - é \ Doclda:32286299 Page 3
| DATE: 11-14-2017 _ ef DEUTSCHES ZENTRALBUKO DER INTERNATIONALEN KRIMINALPOLIZEILICHEN ORGANISATION ey? INTERPOL WIESBADEN 1 i BUREAU CENTRAL DE LA REPUBLIQUE FEDERALE D’ALLEMAGNE — CENTRAL BUREAU OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY cece cc NA/B_G =W 66 429 o2 wiesoapene St February, 1964 Bel Antwortschreiben bitte angeben. Postfach A Pridre rappeler dans la réponse, la date et les indications ci-dessus. in reply, please refer to this file number and date. _ Trankweg / Fernruf 583) ; Telex: 04 186-867 -- Interpol Won. ee Legal Attache . United States Treasury Represen- \ US Embassy ‘tative, US Embassy . 222 Bad Godesberg , APO 230, US Forces | : . Paris (Grance) \ rf ‘Secrétariat Général del'OIPC 37 bis, rue Paul Valéry Paris (16e) . . . \ Subject: Alleged forwarding of counterfeit money _ from Chicago to Bettenhausen. (Kassel).- Hermine TIidikINA, née WILLIG, called PRAGA, . born on 28th July, 1932 at STUTTGART: ° . oe Ref. : Letter of the US Treasury Representative, --———-—-_--__. oe o . way ” icine ne ae ete ee ale US smbassy Paris dated 17-12-1963.- Letter of Legal Attache, US Embassy, Bad Godesberg, dated 20-12-1964 No. 92/18.-. Radio Paris SG’ No. 46 > 359/116 284/28 dated 17-12-63 Dear Sirs, Referring to the above-mentioned correspondence, I have’ the honour of advising you of the following details: In the course of proceedings -~ file no. 3 ads 41/ 64.—- the Kassel Public Prosecutor's Office had caused the. accused TIJERINA, née WILLIG, called BRAGA, to be ques- © tioned. When interrogated on Jo February 1964, she advised I, that she was married to the US national and soldier Loren- , ZO TIJERINA, porn in 1949 in Texas, who in 1962. had been stationed: at Missouri/Texas. These informations were fur- nished at the start of the questioning with a view to put- ting things right. She furthermore stated, that on 19 May 1962 the marriage was contracted in Texas. However, she is now living seperated from her husband and is on friendly terms . so with the US national Nick BRAGA from Chicago. On 26 April 61, Qh 3171. 134% Dotld: 32266229 Page 4
" Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records. Collection Act DATE: 11-14-2017... visited by the criminal police. The police officers asked | 9 Q she left Germany for the United States of North America in order to live with BRAGA at 1710 West, 77th Street. BRAGA had told his parents that TIJEXiNA was his wife. For this. reason she is known under the name of BRAGA only with the relatives and friends in Chicago. Nick BRAGA intends to marry LidvekiNA after her marriage will perhaps have been dissolved. Questioned with regard to the above-mentioned affair, TIJ#xiINa gave the following information: "I have béen informed of the contents of the here-present letter, sent anonymously from Chicago to the Bundeskriminal- ant. In this letter, the name of Jeannette BRAGA is being mentioned. Jeannette BRAGA is my future sister-in-law. She is now approx. .18 years of age and lives with her parents in the immediate neighbourhood of the place where Nick BRAGA and i are residing. The other names mentioned in the. let- _ter - Charles »NGLISH and Sam GIANCANA - of Chicago are un- known to me. the letter: says that Jeanette 5rAcA is on friendiy terms with Vharles #NGLISH. Lhis i would Like to put into doubt.So far, Jeanette BRAGA has not had any boy friend. Her parents are very severe tovwrds her, and she is, for instance, not allowed to go away by herself in the evening. I also positively deny having received countér-. feit money from Chicago. Jeanette BRAGA has written only once so far, but she never sent me any dollars, and. Nick BRAGA dropped me a line shortly befor Christmas 196% to the effect that he and June KORSAK known to us had. been... them what I had taken to Germany. They said that I might have taken drugs to Germany. Today, I quite understand - the reason why the criminal police made enquiries, since it has been established here that the anonymous letter has been written by June KORSAK, whom I knew through Nick BRAGA'S mother. She’ (Korsak) also lives in our immediate nifegh~ bourhood and alsohnear BRAGA's parents. She deals in toi- lette articles, in other words she is a representative for EVON-articles. She also is on friendly terms with Nick BRAGA's parents and also came to see us. When I had decided to go to Germany, Nick BRAGA's mother spoiled my repu- tation with KORSAK. Shetold her that I only went to Ger- many in order to see the child's father. She did not know thatTIJERINA was the child's father. Nick BRAGA never mentioned the thing to her and I was not in a position, to enlighten her because of Nick BRAGA's lies. BRAGA's parents do.not know that I am married to TIJERINA, When I left Ameri- ca, I.went to ty toilette articles with KORSAK. I think that KORSAK- has been questioned by the police asa result of this purchase. I havé learned in a talk with KORSAK that she cooperates with the Chicago criminal police. She advises to have to go. to restaurants by order of the police in order to find out if prostitutes are staying there and aif drugs are being on sale. She then passes her observations on to the police. She furthermore stated that she receieved girls on probation who had been caught violating the law and were to be placed into homes. I believed everything she said because she made a good impression upon me DoPiId: 32256229 Page 5 of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote) 7 nea ee eo s
‘Released under the John F™ Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote} « DATE: 11-14-7017,., ano 6 ; C* 6 _ 3 - , ‘e and. I was in a foreign country and did not know KORSAK L really well." — . - Since August 1963, the accused TIJERINA has been stay~ ing as a visitor with her mother at Kassel and has so far not taken any definite decision as to whether she will re- turn to the USA or note She is still a. German national. t In 1958 she came to the notice of our authorities | k here because she had violated the traffic law. There are / no further criminal-police informations on this person. ; - The Kassel Public Prosecution do not think necessary to ask for more documents. The handwritten and typed’ do- cuments seem to prove that June KORSAK mentioned by you . may be taken into consideration as the author -of the ano- ‘nymous letter. She is however not identical to Jeanette BRAGA, as has been presumed in the FBI letter from Chi- cago dated 9 December 19636 You would ‘oblige me by letting me know in due time | the exact personal data, too. 4 yours 5 ~ (or. Jpg f for the President of thé Bundeskriminalamt. 21-2-1964/L . Dotla: 32266229 Page 6
“Released under the John’ F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of-1999 (44 USC Fi0F Hotey DATE: ab ~14-2017 oa Tp R  se s O Se - ee CONMPENTIAL - Fg 90 0,5BR : . ‘ " 2 . oan oe . o ; _ of s oe 7 American Embassy oo, oo 7 7 a 7 oo . | - . a | Pu Peds, France 0 0 ee z Me, Paw, isonet | ae , te pty Wloshaden, vary wd oe pear i, ‘Diekopt: ace i wae ne Min Reference is made to. teletype nessdce pout fron Intérpol-titesbaden, | gn 26 Nowember 1963 coneerning counterfeit U.S. currenoy allegedly’. So. tpangmitted fron Chisago, Tilinois, to Bettenhausen, District of Kassel. ro. 8 the teletype was ‘addressed to the Legal Attaché at the anordean Finibasey » a ; J | Bad Godesberg. 4 en) a ny o— The euthor of the anoaymous, commun ication is pelieved’ to. be June Korsak © .  . spegiding at 7556 South winchester Aveme, Chicago, Tllinois.: Shale 4." deseribed as a white, feuclo, DOB 7al=%, 516" in ‘height, V7 Mbsy . Blue ‘eyes, ‘arown hair, fond heavy bulls Uy PG E “these are anclogad photocopies, of one handuritten ahd one’ ty powrLt 7 letter. authorey by: Korsak, in which sho uses ‘the psoudonyne "Jen Re ; / . gnd Jeanette: | gate. “They are forwarded as. *) rqasible use.in Sdentd) amg 0.0 ates "the: ‘weiter of" the Letter sont to BEA. a we wo : oS ke . : . - wos oe : . : Very y try yours, | ¥ gts : e8 thr Van’ ‘Noy, Legal . Attaché: a . . John Pe ple i . won . ror a US. Tmbiaay 5 Bad... Sodesherg eo” poeta ad in fe At EBnclooures : ee ee a | ~ ' re r J it vy ? Docld:32286229 Page 7