18-00000 ning of ‘July. 16, “1962, he: was “peturning | “from Oxnard, Cal fornia. — He noticed | an automobile: On. two! occasions © HLM: and at. ‘about 8: 00 PH. stopped: his car on: the Near. ‘Malibu, California.’ Two men from the: car ‘ato his car,” - They, were dressed in.business . suits, hought~ ‘at first: they: “were. police. Officers. One” of ate Me where his: gun was’, and be: told. the. man” Lh advised that-these 1 nen re ove. “him, to- a médica bu,.California,. and left. him... WAGELL.. phen ‘drove. himself’ back to Los: Angeles , “California, and, ended: up at the, Veterans. Hospital. ‘Sawtell | Californin: stated. ‘that. he is: sure. now. that. he men were not. fficers. | He: stated that. he: does ‘not. know, who sh oO -why- he. was. Bhotee or! ae pth As. aregult. of. ‘the ‘shéoting, ‘detectives: from: the : les Police Department cane to. the. -hospite21. to. ae question, him. — ‘He. Stated that che ‘aid: not. ‘ike. their ‘attitude refused’ to’ tell them. any. details. | The- investigating’ officer impounded" his . 1957 Ford and: ‘also ‘took all: of his personal: belongings ‘he. had. with him at the time, including his driver License, Social Security. card, and Selective’ ‘Service: . - Registration. © NAGELL, stated: that: on July -25,..1962, “he received. a ‘money’. order. fron- a. relative,” and: ‘pécause | he tad RnO- ‘identification was - unable. “to cash: ate: - He: advised. that, be basa. ‘quick temper. and: that this situation ‘made him “hot ...- nder the collar.” For ‘this: ‘reason. he contacted: the FBI)
13-00000 the PBL would ‘contact ‘the: Los: Angeles. Police: and: me eee ‘of: his ‘property «: Later, on. the- sam nf zy, the Polies: Departaeat did return all > Police Department did have a right to take the | ° iene. ain. ‘line. with: their: investigation," ‘He stated tha ould . be. <Possible,” he. would: ‘like to rescind his. >: r. (NAGEL, declined: ‘to furnish a We st Los, sageias police + Hoday. are ‘investigating | ie strange Shooting of. RECHARD: le NAGELL, 32, forme: A few | ‘moments “later, ‘a. “second ‘call came’ ‘in. ‘from a witness | who ‘Said: that. a man suffering. from a bullet: -wounc had driven. up . ‘to. him and asked for. directions to a ee aes the. Veterans’ “Hospital, tiie tou
13- 00000 1: through. -e friend “named ARTHUR GREENSTERS, fotel Luma, whom: he’ Said he contacts: every day. ess 28° 4037 Leeward ‘Avenue, Los “Angeles, “California card” ‘showed: that it had been issued at Los ‘Angeles on 1+ 1962, and that. WNAGELL. had, entered Mexico” ‘through | : ¢ The: card also, ~euh een ng. United, States, “Passport. Number 526729. - “He. ‘related | “that: he. nad. ‘formerly’ t been , employed” “py - the Department. ‘of. Alcoholic: ‘Beverage Control of the - _ “State of: Cali tornia as a Special. ‘Investigator. / He- stated: or that as. a. result. of - his. investigation. of. some large cafes © SAJand? bars” in the ‘Los Angeles area, one of which che named. as: voy tne: ‘Mauna Loa’, “and ‘sone controversy which be had, had with -
13-00000 ots ‘the Los ‘Angeles Police Department’ during. the: t his. investigations ,: he chad been” suspended on . 262)" and. Jater, con. June, 22,” 1962, , had been” @ mentioned - tha Son] uly 15, 1962, “wn : meet" ‘between Malibu and Oxnard, he had: been shot. In ‘Connection with: this ‘latte: _ incident, to stated tant ne felt he, had. ‘been Mle down’ Minin obeninine his: money’ “fro the: “State x but were, Only. interested in soliciting oi Ry way’ of further, background, ‘he élaimed. to: have? ‘Served -in the. Iinited States: Army: from August.“5, 1948, (then, 18 years. Old): ‘until October "29, 1959,: ‘and: chad ‘held - the. rank” of. ‘Captain | between. the: ages of. 22 ‘and. 292° He’ ‘stated that: a hee had: received. an. honorable dischated and had: been. ‘wounded
13-00000 stated that he ‘made. ae é ¢ een’ married. to” a Ay be. spoke woman, who. he ‘said: wai divoreing | him. in: California. He: also complained ; in ‘this 0 the. United ‘States. “He ‘atated: that" “he: did eturn.. “to. ‘the. United: ‘States... He - stated that: “done | nothing: “inimical to the: United: States the was’ ‘completely. "disaffécted,: an . ullsignificance, of, that, term. -He calso’'sta ; disgusted, ‘disillusioned and disaff tne ne could: “Say: was: that: af he did: | d “to: te problems ‘in. Mexico. as’ ‘an American. “citizen, He stated: ‘that. he. had been’ to the Protection Section and” inthe: ‘United States. - He: mentioned, ‘that the: only. job 1 he> 1 ver worked at was” “that of ‘an, investigator. ge are a
13-00000 He, also. mmm ioueg shat, the Veterans Affairs At tacit dard te tidanbea “he ; $150.00, pranarenee pension. a month. because "0: bt was. ‘noted that: he. was, very tense; “nervous; “and: antagonistic’ ‘throughout this: interview.“ On October. a, ‘1982, ‘this. game. “individual reappeared a American Embassy and wanted to iknow’ what: had been’ done ain. “regard: to. bis case. “When > asked: what. she meant by this, he stated: he. “‘meant® in: regard | to getting. the State. of. ‘Californi. to pay him the. money due. him. He was told. that. at: his jae
13-00000 snare time: later. ‘on. “October. a, 1962, che. aia.
13-00000 hereby withdraw my appoal of, the c umstve : Beverage: Cc this: matte the. ‘most. pacent. dave pa Also,. L, AML, unable. to- ‘obtain cause of the stigma a tached | “bo senent. for: unused "aeave b be. forwarded to. we at the ‘Yours. wruly, sh 3 RICHARD c. NAGELL CYRICHARD CASE. WAGELL. ‘ROX. 96121, Sanford Station” ihe os: s Angeles. 5, falifornia™ 1962, November: 16.18 ont November: 16, 1962, the subject advised | special: Agents of) ‘the New, York City. ‘Office of. the FBI. that: he. was. Rg
, and: had. ‘been dismissed in: June, "1962; “for to: answer. p questions. pertaining to allegations “and: he. ‘was. willing. ‘to ‘furnish. Yicourt! ‘yéom" that. would. ‘result. in, the: Prosecution. of ‘many - jase eee he was'shot in dulyy -1962,° as pay off" the. Mauna-Loa: investiga WAGELL. advised: he had ‘spoken with: SA’ DECK" RICHARDS. Of. Angeles - Office. on “three. ‘Or’ four: occasions; howev r he. had. given. ‘limited: ‘information. to. him, due - to. personal. 7 citcumstances at. the. times: He: ‘requested ‘that. apologies. be...” ‘conveyed: to: SA: “RICHARDS for: not | "going all.the-way“ on. evealing: all: he: knew. concerning. individuals in. whon SA... RICHARDS : expressed an JAnterest... pe Raa mo LA, esol following information” was: presented | by - ‘NAGELL vite 2 FO the interviewing. Special, ‘Agent, on. _two: typewritten sheets 1
13-00000 MAS: of the: aforementioned: date, dnd prior thereto: cesebne Ble | authorities: ‘of! the: Depar trent of: “Alcoholic - : “the: v noodtuns. were “in back. of’ the business = This. x did. mot do. In my opinion this: resulted: partment; Serpe Paul -Angelillo: Michael, Flynn Harry: Weiss: ‘Carl: ‘Sturzenacker Goodwin’ ae Knight: Mal tried businesses, partly: of: completely. ‘which: were” . Licensed’ (or which were in the process, (of being Licensed’ of, August 21, 1962. iy rae . “slorris, ‘Bort. me “Rudy. ‘Cleye. . Mickey, ‘Cohen Crt >» Sam: Cuda oMartin® ‘Cusimano ; Tg Louis Dragna nae ADE oe
13-00000 carlo Fiorentino Harry Nishinoto.’ Toe” Sica: a Nick. ‘Simponis rue THiomas: Hey ‘Oscar: Wakefield wot Esther Fright.) ‘Black Beat. Cafe. “Blarney Ga tle Harold’ Ss. 901 Club" It Club: ‘The Largo’ Mauna-Loa By. Place. RAGELL (aoe TAKAWASAT), ‘an- ‘interlocutory, divorce. ‘decree on November -19; 1962, of which he» had, just. ‘received | notice. fe ‘NAGELL ‘claimed ‘that’ he: Was: ‘aware: othe divorce. proceedings ‘in: fact, aid appear “during” eliminary- bearings: and entered |: a. etoss-complaint - ‘but. ite was. his understanding,
13-00000 a EP 65-951 = ame actual. trial’ vould | ‘not: take. € place until December _ He. stated: that he left California in. Agus € ‘1962 "1962; pete ‘to be" heard. and ‘to. have a “jury.” ‘trial. He. stated that {hee As. consulting the: Legal. Aid ‘Society. and ‘the | Veterans... canna FUJTSANT, ee professor ‘of. ‘Political Science’ at. Toya any’. Wniversity. ‘He: said. this: .person- was a- ‘member “o binet- ‘Research | ‘office: CRO), rightist organization,” unknown ‘and deems: him: dctrimental ‘to: the ‘safety. of. “the it security of the’ United. ‘States. He ‘said“in ‘either 1958 01 directed ‘An anonymous:: ‘letter tothe FRI ‘in Washington; C. relative ‘to the, above. “information: concerning | FUSISAWL: He Stated: he was discharged: honorably. fron ‘the U.S. Arm o October: 29. -195977 and. ‘subsequently: became. employed on December. 1959. by. ‘the State. Beverage. Department in Los Angeles,” Californi He? said in June, -1962,. “he was” accused of taking. a $20: OO “bribe! by. the State. Beverage Department « and was released fro his. employment on. June 8, 1962; “for refusing to vanswer: “questions He Stated he: talked" ‘to. the FBI in’ Los Angeles regarding | the possibility: of his ‘dismissal. being. a. violation of: his: civil ‘rights. we FANS woe Oo,
13-00000 . Septomer,” 1962, he. was. , invited ‘a. He: ‘could. not.
13-00000 eee be ‘Florida, : ‘ana ‘would: be. ‘there Fon on be days Be: Said: he. 15, Presently: ariving i “1959 1, 3968 efforts were’ made’ to. locate At was - determined’ ‘that he sees “Novenber 25, “1968, EP. 12 made. available clinica ‘ORY. OF PRESENT ILLNESS: this’ 32, year old white: ‘male éteran : of. Korean. War. ‘was ; ‘admitted to Ward: 1-5-S :on. 12-20- 62° because of complaints of. ‘headache and lapses’ of memoi y.- He clains’ these: ‘since. ‘an. airplane accident: he had; had in.
13-00000 days s: This: accident: aan paralysis, and some itt veulty, in bis memory. oe Sans Revealed a ‘well nourished , “well sometimes: said “that, he wishes. he were dead. ‘Othe he looks. anery” and» Beene He) is: well oriented. “feeds to look in a a small eater pressure. 120/80 “pulse 68, “height. “6 tL! ‘and gS pounds > Pupils are. equal, and normal. reaction: fo. Ne edema. “abdomen: is: flat, “masses. “and. organs . ‘not: palpable. . Neurological | ination is. “normal: except e lett: facial. ‘paralysis: ‘and’ tas Optic ‘fundi was Bona ToRY “AND. X~Ray: FINDINGS: | Skul]. ‘and chest x-ray. ally ‘negative. EKG. ‘normal. — EEG without x definite ili ys The ‘spinal. fluid shows. a total protein of: 1 ‘ymph, and. oe ‘Pressure was. B80 mm of. water. Rowtine - oratory ‘Study ‘normal. (A psychological evaluation ‘done: - Pr. Martin’ reports | some. defect. in. ‘the. intellectual, sphere “atop during ‘the: ‘time She te asleep. Most. of ‘the
13-00000 fevers but Sometines: aDgry. He wrote: many “pouavehii’s ‘renétion’ ‘passive- aggresive Con ae e. 4th Paranoid ieee “untreated Of. his: hostility. ‘and irritability. ‘that. he should be laced on. ‘the: Psychiatric. ward for further. observation, He quently. ‘of. not. receiving. the attention that-he should have - and. “that: he: “wasn! t getting» the. ‘privacy “he. _also. thought . he ‘should: haves: - On. his. ‘dnitial interview ere used to. discuss: why: he: was. ‘in: ‘the. hospital, saying: “that eo. had~ ‘been: ‘through | ‘all this. before. ‘He: relates. that he.di ‘not. want,’ “to” attend’. the. ‘group. psychiatric conferences: becaus he: did. ‘not: want, anyone “to: know. about’ his. ‘private business... reorcpeesenal’ 3 relationship. “One. of bis chief: ‘complaints ions ‘while. being: on ‘this: ward. was his. ‘headaches. and he- related. th: “the were. getting worse... ‘He. stated: ‘Nothing: ‘that they give Or 1s “doing . any: ‘Beod "After : several days. of listening,
13-00000 od. Sensorium, was: Santacts © When: qT, asked. ninovent asl Grong he said. "2 think. my~ trouble a When V asked him. what. “he: meant. 7 by. physiologic: He’ felt rouble. he: was: ‘din ‘while. ‘in: California, Seepecially i igeleet es the: ¥. Be we Jana: Some. shooting event: “During” the. “Staff. > nae 3 mood, was one. of. friendliness and any information. ' “He: further related. ‘that. he keeps everything Jittie. book that he- has _done or: said’ because” he has. ae “ought Seb shel The ad and. “Judgment were: unpredictable at times” and although + no Psychotic, behavior. was ‘noted; oat was ‘felt:
13-00000 Precipitating | Stress: - ‘Unknown. oe Predisposition: Moderate, by, history. of, for. his. ‘present. ‘type: ‘of ‘behavior, : Psychiatric Incapacity: ‘Minimal . pation "However , “tt he: $o- ain tae ek, further. NP. care when indicated. gael a "1963, the subject was contacted. by. P cial Agents | of the: Miami, “Florida, Office of “the.
13-00000 _ Subject: ‘was, very. ‘reluctant ‘to furnish any, ‘Anfornia- ‘tion ‘but identified himself’ as. RICHARD CASE NAGELL,- a ‘former “Special: Agent - for. the. ‘Liquor’ Control. Office; State of - ‘California, Los “Ange Les’ Office, and’ a former. ‘Captain. in. the” United. States Army with. (experience in. Antelligence work with the: GIG. PU Ett See ‘Subject. stated’ ‘he: wished ‘to ‘be. ‘advised’ at he was Given: a Pistol with: a silencer. and possibly: ‘some. ‘microfilm. ed. within: the next: tew days’ the : gS 1 would contact him.and he would mediately contact: the. ‘FBI, * provided ‘the: ‘gun could be. -returned | to him an. time 10 make the delivery to whomever 7 : e had: to sere it. When’ pressed for details: Subject wa, tos stated he was. . discharged | from the. Liquor Control. authority. ‘in California under false. charges. of: “accept ing bribes. “Immediately thereafter; ‘he: left for. OS Mexico. because he was: disgusted, with the United. States. ~ En August | or. ‘September, 1962, he met @ nan. from Maryland. in’ yl ~ Mexico, City who. introduced him’ to individuals: whom he believed: may. have been soviet agents.’ He. refused . ‘to: give ‘descriptions ,. “names” or: other. ‘details... When swestioned on. specific points che: ‘became: mysteriously evasive. OO ee a tga
13-00000 Subject. ‘claimed he. had. the | names of. all Americans: 1 an, activities. against’ the. United States in. a sale box, the key to whith: be gar a ef of nis death - ats ithe, nelusion on He: also. Stated he. did not: know. what the gun. Migtit-be-uped tek but = ‘since he was | Rot stupid ‘he thought at _sutveet | furnished: his: ‘driver's license which Bae angeles ¥ Cal ifornia- ‘Off ice* of the FBI and furnished - the.- _ following information| to. a Special Agent, of that. Office: oe
13-00000 the’ subjéct. stated ‘that: he: ‘and his’ wife obtained” ocutory decree of: ‘divorce. in: Los. Angeles | ‘County on, He said. that one of the terms of: ‘this. ‘decree was. that: he was to. have. ‘reasonable. visitation’ “ yee with bis” two. ‘Small shildren. “He. said that. his wife “1963, “and a. female: " juege, ‘name ‘not: known, ‘to. ‘he matter. with: ‘subject. acting as his own: attorney hat, the dudge: interrupted. him and: “instru¢cred. him to. lawyer: before. the: ‘proceedings would ‘continue, — dvined- that. he. argued with the Judge. to no avail Subject” ‘said ‘that he 4 is ‘unemployed: ‘and [has no funda Oo hire’ an. ab torney «.- He said: that’ che: went to the Legal Aid. bs s point” an “the interview, the subject. pecane. emotional snd aust rude. He. saad. ‘that. “the: Judge: cannot: order e SS well aware, “of. ‘the, “Law: and demanded that. “the FBC. omment about. the matter. He mentioned: as he’ was. leaving Saat fhe. did: not .get, A job. in. the near future, he was going. to: "plow the. lid: off"concerning Los Angeles 1 Police bepar inant ue : Ly is noted that ‘subject at ‘first. refused. to. ywel “pis address. He then: stated that. he had» lived | in Mexico. City, °° os DAF s until about 30. days BEOs ‘He then gave. his ‘Los. Angeles: Lie: a:
13-00000 address: as “Post. Office Box 75801, Sanford “Station, 1 Los: > Angeles Re then said, ‘he: lived" -at.610., South Oxford Street, “Los: “Angeles wedicer nee ‘Veterans. aes. ae Ss (WA). Outpatient - ‘Clinic, : (1031). ‘South Broadway, Los: Angeles; California, “Records ‘indicate ‘the following. service-connected njuries have been entered” ‘on |, NAGEL ° ‘S records : a Multiple + sears, ‘left. face. ‘and_ head: a Reconstructed left.ear canal . Dena dic yes Paresia: (paralysis), gartial;” ‘lett facial. herve aes “Lagophthalmos. ~ left. (defective hearing. bilateral) ‘Multiple: scars, left forearm, left buttocks , Fight “., leg, and vight, knee ae oe Tracheatowy |. 2 . TER Fractures, right and left mandibles. Gan -Rrain- ‘concussion Boh Lo Riga | hyper tropia ne ormation: can be made’ ‘available only he: issuance: ‘of ‘subpoena ‘duces tecum. | The identity: of! the person to be subpoenaed. is Mrs‘. MARGUERITE COFFEE, Chief. of: Medical ‘Records, “VA. ‘Outpatient Clinic, 103} South Broadway, Los. Angeles». Galiformias | oo :
13-00000 | seltottag me. He stated ‘that: he. was an, excellent shot, and THOMA Re: _SHERIPAN, ‘Les: Angeles Galifornia,. ‘advised that ° one. RICHARD: Cy - NAGELL ‘had. been: employed. as a taxi cab. driver in: Beverly Hills; California; “during” ‘recent weeks and ‘claime fon ve: formerly ‘been an officer. ain the Cic Division of. the. States Army. Mr. _SHEREDAN said NAGELL had. claimed: ‘Ancluding. "JOHN BEBER;. Sof. Brand Motors, ‘and. “others : onnected with:the Friar's Club in Beverly. Hills... Ne SHERSDI indicated = that: ‘much of the ‘information NAGELL.- had. furnished: »: ould 150) be: found. in. newspapers ‘and ‘other. publications, except, information. which could : not ‘be: ° ‘proved: or. disproved; such. ‘as NAGELL' ‘s- carrying. of - ‘messages . ‘Mr. SHERIDAN. indicated at ‘he was ‘Skeptical. of: the: reliability, of _NAGELL. ‘ATTEMPTED BA BANK WK ROBRERY.A AND. ARTERMATH was ‘advised: ‘that. he- was. ‘puSpected. ‘of: a ‘felony. crime te investigative Jurisdiction of the FBI, that he) 5 WG zs: yothat) any statement he” Law: against him >and that’ NAGELE 3 requested: permission to telephonically - contact an attorney. in’ Los. “Angeles ,: California, at about» 9700. PH This request ' was immediately granted, upon - sich: ‘NAGELL: stated; oJ No, 1: don't. want: to call that ‘shyster." He: then’ asked ~ the: time. on. the west, coast and on the east coast _Atniough refusing ‘to atrectiy discuss the, attempted OER ggg a Op =
13-00000 1e and’ now. I, won't have. to! ‘go “to. Cuba." This: 1t Was not: further: ‘explained. When. requested | to” ae his: § Statement,’ ‘NAGEL: ‘refused ; “stating. _s can see” “He advised. ‘that he ‘had. been. “assigned Enlisted ‘army : umber. RAS ‘12115891 , Officers". Serial. Numbers: 02028346 © “and, (01438346. “He: Stated - that. ‘the: “last. serial ‘number hhad- Dei assigned to: ‘hin when: he. had been ‘assigned. ‘to counter- |. ntelligence. | He’ advised ‘that ne. had. been trained in ‘theo my: Counterintelligence School , . He’ ‘eaid. that-he. had been ssigned: ‘to. Field; (Operations. Intelligence, and had. taught interrogation. 00%: _ en in: addition,” “NAGELL. ustated ‘that. he. had. ‘been wounded On > ‘three separate. occasions. in connection with. his ‘service. : orean ‘campaign, “and - he had received. ‘three | ‘purple - oy _ Continuing | he advised ‘that. he. received a battle of
13-00000 “on September. ai, 1963, Assistant United ‘States. ! FREDERICK, oe MORTON ‘was. furnished the. facts. of. the ase ‘involving the” ‘attempted: robbery. of ‘the: State Nationa Rank: of: El: Paso, On September. 20, 1963, and Mrs. -MORTON: then: authorized. the: ‘Filing’: fa ‘complaint charging. the.” ‘on | _Septenber al, “1963, a complaint was, filed before wn easel be ‘organized ‘and: operated. under the “laws, of the we heace aaa and: take a felonious. attempt by~ force | ond bi ek vatved bearing. and. stated ‘that. he did _ Commissione hin 5 were. read to: him “by - the United States. "fount seiones hich. time: he. was, pavised of his right, to counsel . NAGELL | was. ‘again’ ‘advised. as to the identity: of ‘the Special: Agents’ ‘of. ‘the FBU who were » desirous. of. interviewing - bin and: was. ‘told: ‘that’ he did: not” have ‘to make | any. ‘Statement: and ‘that: any- “statement. he made could be. used against him.’ \~. in a. court. of: law. He was also advised that he had the ae lright: ‘to. consult, an attorney: and. ‘that, no. threats or. promises — “would be ‘mate. to him, to, induce him ‘to make a. | statement si
13-00000 os, dn’ ‘the: presence of” ‘BL Paso Police Department Detective THOMAS -F MC: CONNELL. ‘IR. and his ‘partner, . NAGEL stated. that he: desired. ‘to: ‘talk: to Special’ ‘Agents of the FBI. ..Hé stated that he did not desire to talk in“ the. presence: ‘of. anyonevelse and Detective ‘ MC CONNELL» and his partner. then. departed. : ” NAGEL. started off, his’ conversation by” ‘saying. tha when: he had appeared. before. the. US. Commissioner. just: prior | to his interview,” that ‘he had “pled. not guilty": since he fae Know: ‘what, ‘else: to! a0 8 ‘He: ‘stated that he. did not. ae the: ‘afternoon. of ‘September “90, 1963, “tha ave taken. amy: ‘money... He. said that ‘to. ‘the onsiderable. length of time in: ‘the "hospital. He ‘advized
13-00000 that 2 Roctor-. EDWIN A. _ NSPE, a civilian, doctor. assigned to “Continuing, he. advised. ‘that. he at he: Was | ‘crazy, but that. he felt: ‘that: hes: : “attention and. advice: ‘because ‘of ‘the. fact that: ' highly euotional: ‘and | ‘at. times: he. could, not remem chat he'san- cagiue ee where. he: was for short. ‘periods. “He. stated. that he bad requested | admission’ to. the: psychiatric. word’ at the Veterans! Hospital, Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, however, he was not granted admission | and he - “&tated that to the best. of. his recollection he made this” “request. in. May. or- June. ‘of. 1963. ° ‘He: pointed out. that” all: of. his, medical records could be obtained at the Veterans 2 Administration. Regional. Office, 1380, South Sepulveda Boul Los’ Angeles, California.” eo a . “He further: advised that | he. had. ‘been. hospitalized at terans ' “Hospital, : Bay. Pines, ‘Plorida, from, December 20 nvil-. Jauuary,; .1963,- at which time he was, ‘discharged’ timedical advice:..;. He stated. ‘that: he: had been vont ins after ‘the divorce had “been : “eC iene’ the | commis ssion: and: that “because h he. had’ nok ‘been able to. “pay the required alimony. “He stated that: ‘he: had: been employed. by. “the. ‘Alcohol ‘and. Reverage Control: in California, but” had - lost. his: “job. in - 1962: "He said. that: he. had: not. ‘worked - since “then ‘and : actuall “Was not able to do any kind of ‘work because of the: time he - “had ‘spent in the’ Army. He stated that the. only, job: that” he. 2 yas prepared. for was that. ‘of. an ‘investigator. ‘since he. had learned, this | as a Counter— ~Intelligence Corps representative
13- 00000 — : Arry. Re. stated: d that heh had ‘been. shot. ‘through 15, 1968 An es. Angeles, ‘California,. He. said that. “he had used ‘put: ‘that “he ‘was: “out: “of these pilis hte were He. réquested™ an aspirin, she stated, that he - “1963, “issue of - Le malay aunty appeared: on ‘page’ L-A ‘entitled "Veteran The, article. ‘contained a. tee, A ‘34-year-old. ‘battle ~scarred- Korean, armed with’ a 249. ‘Colt, ‘made a: daring: but™ unsuccéessfu ‘firing two. shots: as. he van cout’ of ‘the crowded. bank. “petactives: and, FBT ‘Agents: going. ‘through the suspect uitcase. found photostatic copies: of: numerous certificates” sand sommenda tions. showing. he ‘tad- acquired an outstanding ‘military record = inl. years: of» service. with the U.°S. Army in. Korea: A photostat showed. he -had been. honorably ‘discharged. from’ ‘the Army: at. Fort Dix, ‘New. Jersey, October, 1959), with: the rank - ee Bos  sOther military | ‘papers. “found in NAGELL' 'S suitcase . , © shoved | he had: been awarded the Purple Heart ‘three: times for” oS
13-00000 recéived, in battle with the. enemy: ia Korea: “Othe: also: disclosed’ he had. been: ‘awarded: ‘the: Bronze Star itorious, and: Ou tanding service ain. Rorea.*. : NAD Mw “Labi anna ARR rnoeetnenee eat : : speaking to FBI Agents ‘and ‘other ‘officers. NAGELL admitted: e had entered . the Army. as” a ‘buck. private ‘and Was » vin, ‘Lin for ‘promotion to. major when he: was - “given his” honorabl _ discharge. He told agents. he spoke ‘Russian, Japanese and Spanish: fluently. ce oe . m oe Mas. army papers. disclosed, ‘NAGELL ‘had graduated onoré. ‘from: the: Arny.. Military” Intelligence School ,: 1) yecidl | ‘leader's course, _and had. served in the” counter. intelligence. corps. Acre). He: ‘had. records showing : 5 EL: Paso 1 'NAGELL 2, “City s meals since : je Prisoner. e issue of the El Paso Tines |The Septonver 2 26, 1963, Sanity” Test. ‘at: La. Tuna." “According. to the: article, “Former Army Captain’ RICHARD» ‘CASE NAGELL, 34, charged | “with bank robbery an an” “unsuccessful attempt to- hold up the : ‘State. National Bank ; “will be taken to I La Tuna, Correctional, Institution Thursday: for a me will | be. examined by Dr: Re te ‘BENNETT on. the. te 7 motion, ‘of. Assistant: USS. District. ‘Attorney. FRED. MORTON, who |  Sobtained an order authorizing the check Mp. from-U. S. ‘District  dudge: Re Be. THOMASON . . oak, SO
13-00000 nlisted men i of t the asist, Cre I twitachment that. (NAGELL, was: ‘slightly unbalanced, and was. ‘not. ae The- reputation. along: Ehe- enlisted men was. ; me November 4, 1963, issue of. ‘the EL Paso Herald-Post
13-00000 had” ‘a “motive: for doing what. L dias" NAGELL tod ? deral. Judge. RyoE. THOMASON. “But. amy. motive was. not, t ‘thous menber of ‘EL aie. ‘Bar. sgiOn Rovenber 18, 1963, the subject: £: sled: a “writ of _NAGELL. requested. interview with a Special ‘Agent’. “of. “the: FBI. On ‘interview,* 'NAGELL furnished the ) Following. signed: statements ; ae oe ee "11/19/63 oMEL, Paso, Texas. a oe a a Richard Case’ " Nagel, do hereby | make the’ following.
13- 00000 and, voluntary statement oO. Edward Joseph. ‘Murphy and: ‘George: een who. have: ‘Adentified: ‘themselves. toe me. aS: Special eptember” ‘21, “oad a was. “arraigned. 8, an BI the » Sonate rene! in. EL Paso, Texas » On. . a eharge “the. ‘United States Distri ermine my. ment al dompatency ‘to ‘stand. ‘trial, > and. ‘that. “if: ‘ simined: necessary. by: the. examining: ‘psychiatrist, bo’ conduc such examination, Ato be committed | “tO: “the Federal. Correctional bys aTuns,, Texas, : for a. Period | note i the U8 me, be: deferred: intil. ‘such’ time as: “the ‘Court. receipt. of. the: results: of ‘said Psychiatric. examination, ° as. Py ‘this. ‘date I have: not. received the’ ‘afores mentioned psychiatric. examination nor “have | uy. ‘been committed. fo ei gher, of: the. ‘aforementioned. ‘institutions ‘for such. examina nor. have IT ‘been indicted. by the Federal Grand, Fury. *: ay ‘believe that. an. unaecessary and undue. 2 delay has: occurred. in. bringing me" to. trial, as’ “a result. ofS omy. reluctance:
13- 00000 _ - to, participate in- a. psyebiatric. ‘consul tation. and/or examinati. “believe that: this is- af, violation. of: my: right. to a speedy. trial ‘as: guaranteed © ‘to me by: ‘Aniendment_ J of the Constitution.” “Ea relation: to the foregoing ‘statement, r believe as. An: accused. person, “am not required. by law to. emit /s/ George. ‘Hy Aiken, Jr ‘Special ‘Agent, F. B. I, El mo, Yn 11/19/63": | “ , ne Le On: November 19, 1963, Assistant: ‘United States Attorney FREDERICK J. MORTON , EL Paso, advised | that there is. no validity fos ‘to. subject ' s. allegation inasmuch. as Title 18, Section 4244, ae Us 8, Codes, states. ‘that upon” a motion by, ‘the United States —
13-00000 neniay ‘or otherwise: mentally: ‘incompetent as ‘to. be. Present) to‘understand © ‘the proceedings | agains ¢ him: or: to properly assist in his own. defense... Assistant. WSs “Attorney. MORTON: advised. that: according: to. ‘this. Statute, the examinati can: “be: made: with’ or. without the! consent of. the. accused ...: Assistant Us ‘Ss Attorney MORTON: ‘stated: that: ‘the subject. has: onstantly ‘refused to. Cooperate with psychiatrists: and: cdavistion. ‘ne’ cannot deviate. ‘from his’ pursued, path. ‘simply : because | “society | may. censure it’ as. wrong But when. ‘he: setion cont Holdup. Try. *patriotic* “aecording: ‘to: ‘the. “article, NAGELL had. submitted: ‘Several. handwritten ‘petitions: to the Judge of. ‘the United States piaemes Court: in. El Paso. “The article
13-00000 . n January 3, 1964,. “GEORGE ‘NORMAN. “STANGA was - rel nd. interviewed. at the El. Paso County” Jail after’ he contacted: ‘the: ‘El “Paso. Office’ ‘of! the FBI and specifically: ste. a. “eine ‘he. be interviewed. regarding RICHARD CASE ve
13-00000 : hat: ‘he: got. a hotel | room ‘and again attempted ‘suicide with. the: revolver .. “He: again did not: have’ the. nerve to- “pull: the. trigger". ‘and | decided: ‘that. “the. ‘best: way: ‘to commit suicide would: be by leaving: the hotel. and: } having 3 a "shoot-out" with»
13-00000 - . fully expecting | ‘to. be shot" down. by a. However. Re: escaped | to. his. car, whieh w isa peer which ‘Zontained’ names , “meeting onaees cactivities of ‘the Communist Party, which were.” hls explained - ‘that. these. microfilms: were: ‘hidde anese ty pe): which WRs located. at: his: ‘sister ‘York (City. Hewent: on .to. Say. that” ine the salve, container. which AS.
13-00000 2 “up. until, the: time: of. “the: plane’ ‘crash ko better pee ‘which he was. unconscious in| Washington January. 24, 1964, the momgect wis arraigned od. States” At torney. ‘FREDERICK Js. “MORTON file fore. the. U. 8. ‘District Court. inder:. ‘Section. 4244, r. nited States: Codé,-: to” ‘have ‘the: Subject. committed :: Ae! ve hiatric: treatment: U.' S. “District Judge HOMER’ ‘THORNBE! the: motion, and ordered. the subject. committed: to the.
13- 00000 ding, to. Assistant, we ‘s: “attorney fORTC concerning fone bank ‘robbery ‘except to. say, that. he aid’ no
13-00000 ao a “notebook. was | taken. ‘from. him. ‘containing. what. purport. “to he Le saan codes, cla and. ‘EBL: agents" Tames,” ‘Soviet, and meas e Tone istana, New York, “HA 6=6830, ‘a trunk in. | - ‘In the salve box of e: names | ot various Communist Party members; ‘agents, couriers, gir activities, ete. _ A-man by the. name of FRED JOHN (BENJO);. ne insurance. ‘agent. in California,’ is: supposed to’ get. these. Sy ‘hangs from: {NAGELL 's sister: in: the event. of NAGELL'S “death Sa Te MORTON? Ss. ‘confidential source® “told: “him - ‘that’ NAGELL's prior. ‘contacts with. the Far ‘were, mot ‘revealing. bee because - ‘they ‘were. made” by. him solely: “to. ‘determine what the. FBI: knew of: Rams piyene an ee
13-00000 ss niin ALLEGED, CONNRETION: WET U LEE apy ¢ Oswalt . On December. 19 4963, “the ‘su ect advised. “Special. ents. of the’ El: Pas 50 Office ‘of ‘the ‘FBI that” “for. the record’ he would Like’ to Say. ‘that. his. association with LEE. HARVEY - OSWALD. was: purely: social ‘and ‘that. he. had. met. OSWALD in | _ Mexico: City. and in. Texas. . NAGELL | ‘refused to comment further ; this: matter. a : ie i - a & FE rt Worth-Dalles area. ‘He’ said ‘he. wanted “to. let. the Seeret Service know that someone like OSWALD was in that: (Oo “he. ‘knew hothing of OSWALD’ 8. intention tO. : The. subject stated that. the oe “Service. agent, “The Secret. Service Agent. was. ntroduced | to” ‘NAGEL. and. ‘he. ‘attempted. to interview NAGELL : vever NAGELL. stated, that the. ‘information he originally. ae desired to. Teper. to, the. ‘Secret: Service. was: "too! late how." _ ‘On January, 23, “964, an agent. of ‘the ‘United States. ‘Secret: Service; EL. Paso, Texas, advised that an Agent ‘of | . the: Uni ted” States® Secret’ ‘Service’ in Dallas ,: Texas , had: isplayed, B. photograph of the: subject ‘to Mrs. MARINA OSWALD, wife of. LEE. HARVEY OSWALD; on. “January- “18, 1964, This photo- peAphs was, taken - of: the. subject. ony September - ‘21, 1963, at the. Paso, County, Sherift! Ss. Office. Mrs.’ MARTHA OSWALD. carefully gee AUER | C ir £ Becen biite ve ep © on “ pe Lae | “Aan phe tebe BSD GAM Sar gt _# .
13-00000 according .to. AUSA. “MORTON . C5 PRECHARD. CASE ‘NAGELL,. ‘also. ka wn - as Joe. (Granier ,.  JOe- Kramer. Joe Kranc, Robert Ce Nolan. ~— Whites ole ase Bex) Male 2 Nationality "American ‘Date and ‘place 9 7 a ae August 5, 1930, “Greenwich, “New: Yo mos 180. ;pounds’ mde aon Medium foe ~ « Reddish- brown we - Brown - : ‘Sears: and. marks: - Left eye ‘slants downward toward” ee me ho gutaides 2" vertical ‘scar in fron “of left ‘ear; half circle. shape. |! gear commencing in left eyebrow = and extending down ‘to check 7
13-00000 “LOUTS: WAGELL, i porn: Norway, "deceased ;. FRANCES : ‘KAUFMAN | inne born: United. States /LOUIS NAGELL, syracuse, "New Yor “(as of ‘August 23, 1950). “Mrs... ELEANORE. GAMBERT,. 82-25. a Grand Avenue, Elmhurst, “Long. Mee York: (as- ‘of: ‘February. 193, “HOBART: -KAUFMAN , ‘Delaware Avenu 1948) | Box "75801, § Sanford Station; : “ Los . Angeles. 55. ‘California “Social Security’ No: 104- 24-8340. Army: erial. Noe RA. 12115891 ‘(Enliste Br. 02 (028 346. (Officer) OL 438. 346 oeeen: “Residence, ee Te ort. “Dix, ‘New Jersey’. “Service Decorations bronze Star; ‘Purple | Heart (two Divorced wife. . : . ae 1939, ‘Japan, ‘married Mazch- 20; = 1958 ,. United States. Consulate, . Tokyo, Japan, residence . ‘533A. < "BB" Street, Fort Dix, New - Jerse: “(as.of February. 30, 1959) 5.°% Apartment 12, 440 South Union | .. Street; Los. Angeles, California” Ce Gs of: July 30, 1962 while ‘separated)
13- 00000 - - Education Residences’ since - Wife, granted interlocutory “divorce. ‘November: 19,°-1962, “Superior: Court’ of. Los: “Angeles ‘County, California; “440 South. Union, Los ‘Angeles, Palifornia Gs: of: December -1 “TERESA - ‘DOLORES ‘NAGELL | ‘born Sune 28,. ‘1959, Fort: Dax New. Jersey - ROBERT ° LAMONT “NAGELL: “born ‘November- 20, . 1980, Los” Angele “California,” _ ‘Hackett: “Junior. High: ‘and: ‘Albany. High’ School,. Albany, ‘New. ‘York,: graduated (1948;: “two” years: ofycollege while service... New: ‘York: Central’ Railroad, duly > 1948, to August 4,194 “Albany, ‘New- York ; December -14,. 1959: ‘to June. 8 State: Beverage. Department, Angeles, California;. As of. August. Beverly Mills, cartte Route: q; “Glen. Falls, N ew. York December, 1941 to. June, 1948,: (140 New Scotland Avenue | “Albany, New York; ae July, 1948. to® ‘August, 1948 i 304. Madison Avenue, “Albany « New: York; o we |. 8222. ankener Avenue, ‘Elishurst, - Long Esland, New York @s of. :  August.1,.1951); | : ‘1533A.. SB Street, “Fort Dix, oa New: Jersey* ‘(as of December ,. 1959 “. P.O.’ Box 76121, Sanford, Station ‘Los’ ‘Angeles, California. (as) of. 1960: ‘and: as‘ of August 20, 1962); 8B
"Residences. Acont'd)- “July and , Septeabens | 1962); ot Mexico: Citys D. Firs Mexico, about | March. 15. “1960)5 =. le ‘Washing ton,. DB. (subject “claimed this: residence. dur ing period: ‘subsequent ‘to. June, (1962, and. prior to Decembe ‘8225 Grand: Avenue, : Elmhurst Queens, Long. Island, New York (as. of: ‘November. “15; “1962, and ‘again: on. December : 7, \ Holiday Inn, Jacksonville, Ylorida _Cemporary residence 98 of Récember 18; - Roon 303, Holiday Brickell. AVenue ; _ Gemporary. mesidence as. of: /* January” 94,5 1963) 610 South Oxford ‘Stresty, Stes: Angeles California: Ge .of April. 19, “19639; * Box: 75801, “Sanford: ‘Station, “Las | ‘Angeles, ‘California. (as, ‘Of uly. 26, 1963) 5, a ‘3751 6th. Street , Los. ‘Angeles, California’ (no date. given); " aha04 West. Boulevard; Los ‘Angeles “California, (no | date. given) » 2712: ‘Saturn: Street, Los’ “Angeles €alifornia (no, date. given); 5" 20245, Cajon Boulevard, San Diego : California, kno. « date, given).
13-00000 Bank Account. Japanesa and. Spanish: fluen “ass “BLU ZAR! ETH. By - GAMPBEL, . Academy Road,. Albany 3, Ne “York: (Septeaber 19, 1950) “oMrs.° ERESE. TEMPL AB Pa ‘Street, ATbany, Nes York - September 19, 2950). KENNETH oX _ ZELLER, “Scotland Av New York DR High’ Sekodl: (Se ptomber, 495 tae . WAYNE BALTAR Albaby, High School, Albany, dew. York © September: 19, 39507. GALLE A Buoane NOUSE 44 Oo WeatoR4th ptreet, : New: York | Caugust:. 23, “Times: Sauare: Hotel. 23; -_ Tune EW, Pe ova idence Str et; “Albany Bo New. York (Aaguet 23 = 1950) ase re “3 4957 Ford: hardtop, black. ond o white, bearing: California: “ license . MYU 890 Cin. posses ; OF. this automobile when interviewed. re January 24, 1963, ain Miami, Florida).
13-00000 Records ‘of. the: ‘pivision of. Motor. Vehicles, Los Angeles, “California, reflect. 1957. : Ford sedan ‘with ‘1963. Californ license. LVZ: 076, “vehicle identification ‘number ara “CTLT138540, ‘registered ‘to RICHARD Ce NAGELL, Rax.. 76121, . Sanford Station, Los! Angeles, California,’ . in Pecember, .. 19€ Or. January, . 1963. . 1963°, California. license Cz. 155, for: identical vehicle regis to RICHARD. C. NAG Bila ‘Box: ‘7580 ‘Sanford: Station, Los’ ‘Ange led vin February or March, 1963, Cin” possession ‘of. this’ vehic] os .wheh arrested in EL. Paso: ‘On September, 20, 1963) DENTIPICATION RECORD the: following: is “the FRI. Identification Record: RICHARD CASE NAGELL under. EBS. number. ‘637:.219- E, dated Sie eit eoima “ARRESTED.OR” | CHARGE RECEIVER _Nagell.°. RA. 12° 11s 891 1 Richard | c. : Nagel Boe, Richard. Case “Nagell .. ; A #LA 616 479 " 9-21-63 Sect #2313_ oe Se bank robs! a. ae
13-00000 “FEDERAL 1 ‘BUREAU | OF: INVESTIGATION 202-U.. S.. Court: Hous. El: ‘Paso,’ ‘Texas. 79901/' - February 4," 1964 Re Report: gt ss ah ated, Rebruary 6, 19645 aR me “EP: 7-1 ‘through 1 EP pe 35 “eontacts with: whan have: been nsufficient: to judge: ‘the reliability. of. their. information,” ar ‘position “tQ have | official. access to. the ‘medical’ ‘records. of: ‘the: aie ed. Staces; Army and. he. Veteran! 8 ‘Administration pertaining to the ‘sources ‘used | ‘to. characterize ‘the Fair Play. for ‘uba Committee have. furnished. reliable. information in the past 2 “this: document contains neither ‘eecommendations ’ ‘or Bt cone lusions, of- the: FBI... Tt. (is. the,, Property of. the. FBI and is. ‘leaned. to your. agency}.
13-00000 ~ 122 18e? rijcond| {0 oiR | th NCES “abo NO. PERS SONAL RECOLLECTION wor site, SUBJECT: DESCRIBED as wwuTe ONCE SURVIVED aN ATRCREPT: ae “a: ws. a AND. HAS! RUN Ww. ann our OF: BUREAU “OFFICES tt Paste CURRENT AGENCY DIRECTOR ay. LISTS a gown SLOS 254 POSSIBLY 1 Th : THE aa gator OFFICE e
13-00000 , OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 -"$010-104 - - . : UNITED STATES : GOVERNMENT oo Memorandum: toe Mr, R. J. Leonard on PATE: 26 March 1964: 27 7 FROM, - : ‘Chief, westerch pvanch/SRS a oe SUBJECT: NAGELL, Richard Case. : Ps oa “ay Attached - isa copy of a 2 October 1962 memorandum from_ 7 the FBI in regard to Richard Case. NAGELL. - oe — o 2 SA Alexander W. NEALE, Jr. of the Washington - Field “Office, FBI,. thas informally advised the undersigned that. NAGELL has ‘been arrested on the West Coast for bank robbery, is going to. be. tried: ‘in. the near future for the alleged, crime, “and that NAGELL had ; in his posséssion the following i information: ce - ‘Richard FECTEAU . - (Lynn, Mass) - / DAG= (CLA) oe : rs Mr. S. PARKE . ye pte a 6, pause Fg OM ne bed sos Mr. C..CHURGHILL gyre MP Mr. J. DAVANON: = ow . Mr. J, SLOSS = gat ee Mn iE LEIBACHER ~ ss “ By LA check ¢ ‘of so Indices has revealed no record of NAGELL, and | an. RI cheek ‘only disclosed. the attached FBI report. Please: ‘recheck SO: . ‘Indices. on the “subject, have a file set up on an expedite basis, and on an moe expedite. basis identify the above individuals as to. whether any have any — connection with. this. Agency. - The above Richard FECTEAU may be identical to the individual who was captured by the Chinese Communists ms and. is. now in prison. | = : ° Pe AL “Also check with Mrs. THORN of 00/¢ to determine whether (Foes ofc. has any record: of NAGELL. It is believed that very possibly some -
13-00000 of the above individuals may be connected with the Los Angeles or San © | Francisco Field Office of OO/C, but at the present moment limit the check with Mrs. THORN to determine if they have any record of Richard Case NAGELL. sxuce L. Solie
13-00000 (When Filled In) , KEY TO ANALYSIS SYMBOLS" Ni = NOT IDENTICAL oo i-ND = IDENTICAL - NOT DEROGATORY U-ND=UNABLE TO IDENTIFY-NOT DEROGATORY -SA = SEE ATTACHED MEMORANDUM a SHEET HE er [wntistor on cower INDICES SEARCH REQUEST amit O COCO Ce o exig “ oo _... [A], SEARCH SUBJECT CARDS ONLY] | at = SEARCH ALL ‘CARDS RESULTS OVERT. a o < ail a od aT
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13-00000 -- Co 7 INITED STATES DEPARTMENT oF JUSTICE | OB A Cz Yow FEDERAL & BUREAU, OF INVESTIGATION. - oe “.: Repad of,” \ pAVID 3. : REUD 2 Office: EL PASOL Date: "February 4 4 1964) OE ve pata Ofice Fie Now EP) 65- 951, . ; . :. - 7 . Bureav File No.: : Om A “RICHARD CASE: NAGELL ce ee Shay ask «Fone “Character, BSPLONAGE — XT a . Uk AELEASE GN N PART ee a “1 TS TAL DENIAL” Synopsis: we Rackground: “Subject. ‘entered We: S$. Army 8/5/48 ‘and - honorably discharged. as Captain. ‘10/29/59. ‘Received’ “many: camprign . awards during Korean’ ‘conflict | Sole survivor a a airplane ‘crash: 11/28/ ‘54, suffered facial disfigurement a and) given. ‘psychiatric: examina atvon. Suhaect claimed. he was : released from employment | by ‘State Beverage Department, _ Los Angeles, California, 6, 'B/62 , having been accused of. _ taking 520,000. bribe. - Subject’ ‘refused furnish police details: of: his. shooting by: ‘unidentified | assailant on 7,/°16/ ‘62 and. . Subsequently file de Civil Rights ‘complaint against: police .. “2 th September |: “1962. subject: advised uu. S&S. Raibassy.. Mexico - City, he. had. been. ‘approached for. recruiting ain ve ‘xico. City refused ‘to ‘elaborate, did not ai «ire, to return to u. Ss. was: “bitter. ‘disgusted, disillusionc« and disaffected. . Said” ifs Se he did go to Some. other. country, it-would ‘cast. U. fo atha eae po 2 “through. ‘being a good. citizen" and thought fe xd gotten 7 8. ca: "dirty deal all. around. Advised. FRI in New veo wy City ON “11/16, ‘62 he wanted | to. “expose. Department of Atcohasric Deve ee “Control in: California. - Advised. FBI in. Jacksonvili¢. Fla on ao 12/15 5/62: he had been. approached : shortly before in Washing toi age eee * "DE. individual -believed to be: Working” for Soviets; er “=~ . contacted Cla in Virginia’ for ‘instructions’. “WAS. sent to! . Miami. Fila, » by his Soviet contact” and. “Said: he. believed: he- was. ‘actually -working for-. Soviets, Subject‘ Ss. condition a > 0 oF yo dn January . 1963 as "chronii ho Denavionl i lea s Pai Hoa oct te ‘your agency: ie and. - ; Gutelde your a ney. 0 SE = et | | This. document a A 1 . 6. a. as is
13-00000 - ‘3 o «4 fupan or: ‘Russian sources’ Rave. ‘him a pistol: cand “microfilm. ‘could be. of. further use 10 2. . Government ..: “coustantiy: ‘under: gutieillance: Advised. EBL. "on. 4/19/63: he: had taken” o “undergo psychiatric: examina ation. cs LEE wtRUNEY.. OS ALD: . Subse juent SUICIDE member Communit woyid he. bé permitced ta: redurn Same to his’ contact BO. he “Claimed, to: ‘be an, ‘Los Angeles” ‘Ormer™ wife. to court on Same date. for foilure- to. “comply | with - -court.. order: Biving. subject: visitation: rights: with children. ‘Subject’ s. “Condition diagnosed by VA; los Angeles., on 6/4/ ‘63° ‘as. “depression, toarful, nervous, rigid.. ould on}y. utter words, “Cot. Lo See my kids .'" - Aliempted, Ba rk | fobbery : “ Subiect- arrested (9/20/63 in Ei_ Paso, 7S. on ‘charge af. cat tempting To “" Tat ae L Bank, El "Paso, same date” in violation “section 2133, Fitle 18, USC. Slashed’ wrist, night of 9720/63, telt he. nesded psychiatric” {reateent. highly. emotional when: “interviewed - “given, to spells . ot crying: stated onadle: to EPL on fest: “pince. dyscharge Rexxar nereimnerrnce — poh daDosane if i i ut hod Fecided. ahan Wee ara M ‘enter {Or Federal Brisoners. ‘Spi ing? iela,: Wis @puri,.o on+i/24/64, by USHC, El Paso, for. 302 ~day period te ; _ Alleged ronnee ti 00, wath. OsTtD any knowledge of subject... [ption and identification Record: Set out. SUBJECT. HAS, ATTEMPTED
al would not. take place until, December” _ ° 1962, and 19 that the. etuel tri ” a On. n December 15, 1962. the subject. advised Special ! hgents of- -the FRI -in- Jacksonville; Florida. that he had. “gerned as a. captain in the Ue:d LATA: and: bad heen involved dt intelligence, investigatiors for the. CHe: ‘for -approxymate hy. Beven years. He said he served in Japan for most. of bis: 7 “period: ot time. abd’ riarried: a. ‘apanese *coman tianed MUTSEKE NAGELL from ¥hom. he LS presently: divorces. 0 Ne advised that ‘during . 1957 and” 1958. he’ became - acquainted in. Japa. with one. Doc tor. @  CHAKAO FUT TSAN CS -a Professor of. Pol itacat Scrence allFoKyo. | Japan nave rsity He “saALAY this” person: eas! 3) Romber. “Of. the: enbinet Research | OLSice WROD. (2 Tight ase ofganrzation, said: Atbis: person Fs: prese LL y.. Abe. “United - States. “place « . unknown and deems: rm ou trimental to the. safevy, of the internal - “security, ofthe. lina ted States He. said an either: 1953: pT 1959 | che directed an: anonymous ‘letter. fo" “the: FRE in, Washington. relative: tol the. above. ‘anformation ‘Cones ening FULISAWE . : ; dhe s discharged: honorably from the. Ss: Army One | October” 29. .1959, and. subsequently became euployed: on’ December 14, 1959. ‘by: ‘the State Beverage: Department” in Los. Angeles. California. He Said in June. 1962); che was: accused of: taking’ a: $20,000, : “prib “by: ‘the. State ‘Beverage ‘Department. and. was. ‘released, from _ bis employment! on: June. 8, ° 1962% “for: refusing . to ‘answer - - stated he. talked. tothe FBI in -Los Angeles : ; ssibility of his: dismissal being a Violation
13-00000 A di te ° a te EP 65-951. | . ' UNAGELL: advised that: he went to Washington, De Cc. ahs ‘re he. resided ‘until recently. He Stated while in . Washington. De. he. had been approached by an. individual - _ whom he Lert. was, either a Special Agent of the FBI or Bo - Soviet ESpionage Agent. He said he met this person in a: on VIN. . H bar cin! ‘Washington. oD. C.{ located at Au 14th Street NW, CRI . Washington. Des He said this person ed of Domestic . Intelligence. and alsa’ talked - of. giving him an intelligence. assignment. - He Said’ the. more: he ‘thought this matter. over he was positive. that. (bis. individual works for the Soviets. a _ Me. Baia ‘that. ‘ain September, 1962, be. was invited, to attend a reception at. the Russian Embassy . He. could not . identify: the. ‘individual “who invited him to the reception. - ‘He advised. that. he. contacted the Central tntelligence Agency. AE either. Langley, Virginia. or. Elwood. Virginia, . ‘and used. ' the nane of: JOE CRANER or KRAMER during this contact with. GEA. He- ‘said he- Told then Of the above information and | van ted ‘sone advice. as to whether. to go through | with such: AM assignment. “He” S91d: he was to meet this. individual who’ was tO give- him the. assignment at. the above- mentioned. bar. : on 14th Street, and ‘in order: to be recognized, he was. toe . place imren. nickels on the bar - in Tine with a dime ‘Placed © directly. over | the middle: nickel. Re said the CLA told him » that since. this matter involved domestic rather than foreign | i “intelligence he. should refer “this: Anformation. ‘to, the FBI. BS He Stated he. ‘went, to the. above bar and there was) ; coutacted ‘by | the same person’ and was told to go. to: ML Sj oven ie - Florida, to a bar and wear a- red sweater, where he. ‘would /_ be contacted: relative to an assignment. a a it is “to ‘be ‘noted that. during. the @atire interview a with NAGELL, he was noted to be an. an inebriated condition: and was. very. vague ‘in, answering: questions: He. was unable. ‘to! - identify by name. any of the. individuals: he “discussed: and was. also. unable to furnish a physical description of any, of. these. undividuals. In: addition” to: being slightly inebriated nee «also, gave: “the impression. to. the interviewing. agents of being mentally unbalanced. ae
1 -00000 . - Soviets... Ke ‘could. furnish: ‘no information as to a specific - Assignment given. him ‘other - than that. he - was ‘to go ‘to | Miam. and” Bit. in a. bar which he is unable to identify and” Japanese and” Russian. fluently and 15 ‘well versed in. the. He furnished a ‘photograph | of hims self. Resin 20, 1962 to Januar '1963.. One. clinical. ‘record. contained the following: informa~. Bs ed . . le “WAGELL ‘Stated he. is. presently residing at. ‘the “Holiday Inn,» Jacksonville, Florida, and. ‘would be there for. the next. few days. He ‘said. he is. presently driving a 1959 - Ford which bears. California “license MYU 890.9 He. ‘said he has. no: ‘living. relative except his former wife, who. resides. at 440 South Union ‘Avenue, Los | Angeles, California, and his. sister, ELEANORE GAMBERT., 8225. Grand. Avenue. Elmhurst, i New York. a wie T.- ‘advisea ‘that, he: believes ‘in connection ~ : with: his’ Conta ts” that: he: is: actually: working for the wait. ‘to, be contacted bya Soviet Agent. He said he. spoke” Spanish language. ‘He: Said ‘the: was shot. in June, 1962, but refused. to. discuss - “any of the incidents surrounding the. shooting. ‘He said his auto has- several bullet holes. in it. On. December aq, 3962 efforts. were made. to locate” - SAGELL for. reinterview;: “however, ° At was determined - that. he oS had checked | out. of the: motel and deft no- ‘forwarding address... 222, 1963 . “on November ‘25, 1963, “EP: T- -2 ‘made. “available cl records regarding the’ subject: cover ing. ‘the period. when ‘th ‘subject. was'a patient atcthe- ‘Veterans Administration. ‘Hos ital, ' Bay Pines, Florida,” fron. December. 20,. 1962, ‘to ‘January | 22,055 - tion: eae | SENTER DH SUUMARY. INTERSERVICE) | "HISTORY | OF PRESENT. TLLNESS : _ This 32° year old white. male a Veteran: of Korean. War was. admitted. to Ward 1= 5-S" on. 12-20-62. because -of complaints: of - cheadache and lapses’ of: memory. : aims; ‘these. since - an airplane accident he had had An.
13-00000 ‘Ja Reply. Please Refer to | OS File Ne. - os ASHENG Tap h Us. ie a oj ) ot A Gh jee WAGEEL _ a “Sis dorurnent: contains neither ‘\ im Me LEASE IN PAR GiStiDbuled ouiside you RET oy. - - abows Pagid, junityichand appeared of/ita CFR . : " yalttden eb She iaerien Buber, Meoo Clee, on. oo Sepcenber 23, A962, ee. yolunteaive: ‘the fol, Wang Lif ort goles oe aust Lfe 3 ss MCeteiehs AESA. e Fei see Neo citing ives. - OB, Gn AugiTG 2h, LOGR, e oad. PLeewt - atten ‘States : SES Ox
13-00000. an 7 ‘Hie stated uoctad furthar that on August 6 oon, he bad ss withdrem hic request for ea hearing ae - Getifermias sonata aes oy "farenet cont _
13-0000 7 here: in Pe Rar City far recmiibing, mat although asked. | for Wit Ge ua behalf of uhat sommsy. He Stated Ghat @e job cf. thia sart would be in Mew York. He vohissaaiwd . gaging eauic be used against hin in any court or prone= _. cublen, Re statec that be bei almoet made up bis mind - Getinitei; tint he would jenve Neuico, bub thet he woukd oo nob go back to the United Ststos. He stated thst se a0 a noe care to reGurn to the Unite: States. He atebec that he would moe go back te ited States. le dald thet he had nothing to go beck for, avi that hic Jiesiogal . “ abueen in tte fmerioan Baoumy had his military pattem Nexice City. cones Chae he would mye to em ie Souecd that he thought he had BOGH 2 appruached | specifically in this negard.s vetused to state oy wher oo in $0 mmc wads that he fully realised that whet he was jeg te the Iuiteuw Stutes.” Sigat fected »” anid thet ned and eattoctea. ae Tecound.’ tie was told te gp te the Protection Section in | | rei to any problems in Nexico ea an American citizen. | | Hevetates thah be had been to the Protection Section and a Would not go these enite: Stntes fe agic the <) egéerd would prevent him fraa cevting 2 goad joh. suyuhere oe oe ae hea” the. Unated | Seabes. Es emiicued that the ory Jou he. Se: Be also mentLoned thet the Veterans  ipks” ip commeonian abn 2 reguert hie hes pregicusl
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13-00000 Be Ee (DE Bis (5 758 a | UNITED, STATES, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION: ~ Los. | Angeles, - California In Reply, Please wa to Filo No a5 Character ESPIONAGE - -x a -!. Reberence: Report of SA JAMES Hj HOOSE; JR, _ Reference." dated as above at Los Angeles, - ; California. _ De ‘A sources, “(except | ariy listed below) whose identities — are concealed. ‘dn. referenced communication have furnished reliable ~ information, in the > paste : aay “This document contains neither recommendations. nor conclusions of the FBI. “tt is the property . of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it-and ite contents are not to be 7 distributed outaide your egency. “ ' po Wis3p
; aT D204 (Rev) oT wo a me LISS a | UNITED STATES ‘DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE | ‘FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVEST IGATION - io Copy to: - | ieepadt of Biase Re Ole: ‘los Angeles, ‘california Pre Date: in | Fil fe Flo 65-7AN5 | es, ton MESES ee) RICHARD CASE NAGELL eg i Saye were TASK FORGE ° a Pet . —_ Selenot ni CULL . eta "ESPIONAGE = x - OS ELEASE IN PART pO oe  L TBTAL DENIAL 4... Synopsis: Mother, brother, former wife, and friend of RICHARD wl.’ NAGEL all consider him to be mentally disturbed, No indication NAGELL involved in espionage, Communist. _ Party, or "Fair Play for Cuba Committee" activity. —~ NAGELL told his brother he had been to Cuba and once ~ jokingly told his former wife he was thinking of ‘going, .. $0 Russia. . Information concerning NAGELL's bank — . accounts. set forth. SUBJECT HAS ATPEMETED SUICIDE. “DETAILS: | oe “Mes. MINSUKO NAGELL, nee “oo Mitsuko) Takahashi, aka '. Mrs, Richard C. Nagell i4 divorced from RICHARD C. NAGEL oe ‘On February 3, 1964, Mrs, METSUKO NAGELL furnished — ~~ ¢he following information.to SAs JAMES H, HOOSE, JR., and JOSEPH ‘DOYLE POWELL at her residence -at 440 South Union Avenue, a! Apartment 12, Los Angeles, California: - ‘She filea for divorce fron. RICHARD NAGELL in Los Angeles on April 19, 1962, but: has not received the final — decree. | -NAGELL, stayed out late nights, beat her, never gave a at a Soe whosy ; This docuraent contains nelther recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and {fe loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outaide your ageney,
13-00000 her any money, and did not like the children, She believes _ - NAGELL!'s mother resides in the Los Angeles area, but she but he always refused to do so, political interest, never mentioned communism or the "Pair - Play for Cuba Committee," or Cuba, Once in the summer of -— . _ 1963 NAGELL was mad about something unrecalled and jokingly =.) _- said he was thinking of going to Russia, but Mrs. NAGELL iB. _ certain this, was | said in jest. - “mentally. wrong with NAGELL, He would fly into violent rages os without apparent reason, She. pointed out that her. television -. pet has a split plastic case and stated NAGELL hit the set - - ». with his fist once while angry and this resulted in this | Gamage. the marriage, he has frequently complained about not being - . places in the United States, but has never since the divorce ~.. fSurnished support for the children or Mrs, NAGELL, As a cone = pequence, Mrs, NAGELL “has” been supporting herself and the » ..ehildren through. employment asa waitress and has to. board | She children out. that she never knew NAGELL to be involved in espionage in any~ LA 65-75 - does not know the mother's address and has never met her, = ° 9. She repeatedly asked NAGELL to introduce her to his MOEN Mrs, NAGELL stated NAGELL never exhibited any | Mes. NAGELL 1s of the. opinion there is something - Although. NAGELL ata not like his children, during _ with them since the divorce, He sends them cards from various: |. “On March 6, 1964, Mrs. NAGELL stated. to SA HOOSE manner. . She further commented that they were always in finan~_ * “Glad difficulty during their residence in the United States. During the marriage NAGELL had a bank account at the Bank of ' America, Wilshire and Vermont, Los Angeles, but Mrs. NAGELL - “doubts there was ever much money in the account. She said i . that since the separation in April of 1968, NAGELL has sent Le TE her a total of about $180. 00. - ?here. 4s no information in the files-of the ‘Les | fxgeles: Office of the FBI identifiable with MS 6 | MITSUKO NAGEL. .
13-00000 — A S51 | Mrs, FRANCES M. | NAGELL, | “nee Frances Kaufman: ae (nether of RICHARD C. NAGELL) 7 - On March 5, 1964, Mrs, FRANCES NAGELL furnished ye the following information to SAs JAMES H, HOOSE, JR., and > “.. PHILIP J, REILLY at her residence at 856 South Catalina Avenue, Apartment 104, Los Angeles: ol Mrs. NAGELL’ stated that for many ‘years and for | ..- i: VarLlous reasons, none of which relate to this case, there has been dissension in the family. However, until the time — ’ along well together... Since the crash there has been a marked: . some form of mental trouble. a a “She: Saw RICHARD in Chicaso, Tinois, in 195k, and . he moved to Los Angeles in May of 1955, It was then seven — “> years before she heard directly from him or-saw him, She ran * into RICHARD by chance on the street in Los Angeles, saw that | ~he needed help, and: therearter tried to give him both moral and. _ FAinanetal assistance, | Mrs. NAGELL gave her’ son - $25000.00 on one occasion: "appreciation for this help. RICHARD never seemed to have enough 6 MONeYs She does ‘not. know’ if he had. a. banik account ‘or: "Robe haa disappeared for several days. She kmew he could often —. cs pe found at The Happy Rabbit, a beer: ‘joint at 2709 West Sixth -.. Street, Los Angeles, She went there and found. RICHARD, an ee -. he flew into an uncontrollable rage because she had gone inside on this bar, claiming it was no place for a decent woman, | . ." .." Mes, NAGELL stated it was really not that bad a place, She o... became. definitely convinced after this incident that there “ .- Was something seriously ‘wrong with her son, But even prior | “: °s:  %o this time she observed RICHARD became extremely angry over... ot peeing: and he would cry without explaining what was troubling” co, Adm . . __.. that RICHARD NAGELL was in the airplane crash, they had gotten _" change in RICHARD NAGELL, and Mrs. NAGELL is certain her son hans ~ and much smaller amounts on other occasions, He never expressed Mrs. NAGELL was trying to locate RICHARD after he ace
13-00000 Ea 65-7h45 Pot After above mentioned incident, RICHARD again would -have nothing to do: with her, She kept track of him... . $hrough her other son, LOUIS, who is a year and a half older”... . - . than RICHARD, Mrs. NAGELL was in a way. happy to have the boys get together after years of estrangement. She . . deseribed LOUIS as being an almost hopeless alcoholic, ‘She thought since both sons had serious problems, they might _-be able to help each other, LOUIS has told her, however, .. that he was never able to straighten out RICHARD. She stated that RICHARD never ‘discussed ‘commmian, -:. never mentioned Cuba or the "Fair Play for Cuba Committee" or gave any indication he was in any manner. involved inv ; — esplonage., On March 9, 1961, Mrs. NAGELL 4nformed SA HOOSE i] : . : 8 oo that she. wanted to point out: that RICHARD had never physically 92...) | 2. - abused her, that the abuse was always vocal. She also worth ee _ that she herself has been under. psychiatric care for several - eS > oc years, and she does not think her problem. has yet | been. “sa 9) @laminated. _ ee There is no information in. the files of the Los — oe on ae oe Angeles Office of the Fer identifiable with: Mrs. FRANCES WABI, oe poms KAUFMAN, true name — os Ji... OUIS NAGELL (brother o eS ae RICHARD Ca NAGELL) a i a On March 5,- 1964, LOUIS KAUFMAN furnished the — a following information to SAs JAMES H, HOOSE, JR., and PHILIP. - “J, REILLY at his residence at. 10130 Samoa Avenue, Tujunga, _ California, telephone 353-1224: . oe LOUIS stated he got in trouble at age 16 and since . = . that-time has used his mother's maiden name as. his last name.. He considers himself to be the "black sheep" of the family and oe has had little contact, with other family members until the last °° ~ year or two. . At one time in Korea he. discovered he was in the (2). ee “" ‘same army outfit as his brother, RICHARD, and looked him upe 2. . RICHARD was an officer in intelligence while LOUIS was an De . enlisted man, and RICHARD did not want to have much contact se ‘with LOUIS, However, when their mother’ told RICHARD that LOUIS”.
13-00000 LA ering : de had cancer of the throat in 1962, RICHARD went to LOUIS and “jo. offered to help him, LOUIS later discoveréd he did not have “aco. @anmeer and also discovered that RICHARD was the one who needed -. . help. LOUIS frequently saw RICHARD in 1962 and until about oe August of 1963 when RICHARD left the Los Angeles: area. a -YOUTS ‘considers RICHARD to be mentally disturbed. “He recalled an afternoon when both were at The Happy Rabbit ~- and the. newspapers carried an account of the burglary of the ' . local armory. - RICHARD told LOUIS he had pulled the burglary | _. and had some machine guns in his car parked on the street “" mear the. beer joint. LOUIS immediately said he would like | to see the machine guns and the two of them welked out to the > Cam, LOUIS. saw: no guns..and.upon asking. RICHARD..where: they. were. ~~ the latter replied he did not lmow what LOUIS was talking about. - RICHARD said he had no recollection of telling LOUIS anything ' about guns or burglarizing any armory. In addition to this “LOUIS said that RICHARD was usually in a state of deep : “s,s. @epression, RICHARD complained about his wife divorcing him van) and about his employment problems. : ae - “RICHARD never spoke in favor of ‘communism but he - aia say that he thought the American government should do |. --. ‘more for him in view of his army service, He never mentioned -.. Russia. When RICHARD returned from Mexico City in 1962, he .. told LOUIS he had gone to Cuba from Mexleco, He gave no... . peason for having made this trip, LOUIS has no information ~~. indieating RICHARD was ever involved in espionage. .He never . ~., heard RICHARD mention the "Fair Play for Cuba. Committee, " Oe ‘LOUIS. does not know, af RICHARD had a - bank accounts” - he does know RICHARD usually. was broke. ae ae There is. no. information. in the files of the Los Agetes Office of the FBI identifiable with Louis KAUFMAN, (friend of RICHARD C. NAGELL) FRED JOHN furnished the following information | to |. °° HREDERICK HOWARD JOHN Ska JAMES H, HOOSE, JR., on March 9, 1964: | _ | : ! | | | | e4- 7146537 -
as “Catalina Avenue, | ‘Los Angeles. .-He is employed by the Hartford. __ Tasurance Companys 548 South Spring Street, ‘Los Angeles, in Missouri, informing him he’ had been named as a correspondent. _ authorized to communicate with RICHARD NAGELL., JOHN has received -. no indication that NAGELL is in any sort of trouble, | and he | Wondered what was. behind the hospital letter. “. four xveels of microfilm or any. personal papers should NAGELL . <- @ie, JOHN does not have a key to any safeby deposit box and | .. does. not know. if NAGELL does or does not have a safety deposit: -. box, JOHN has heard. NAGELL mention his sister but lmows -nothing conce any Japanese gas. mask or. anything else _— death, . _ JOHN resides in a boarding house at 817 South He has known RICHARD NAGELL for about’ one year. “He met him through BILL LYNN of the California Alcoholic _.. Beverage Controll at The Happy. Rabbit. JOHN does not know ae 2... ay members of NAGELL's: femtly’s nor does he know of any other nS “os glose friends of NAGELL, o, . NAGELL left Los . Angeles the ‘first or second week of September, 1962, . Just before leaving he told JOHN he would | “cs be traveling. and ‘asked him to share his Post Office box so. ~-. he could.forward on. the government: disability checks which: : ~ : he receives monthly. He also asked JOHN to mail him an almanac » . .whenever it. was convenient as he liked to refer to the almanac ===. : from time to.time as a general ‘source of information. JOHN ee : .‘gomplied with both requests, Near the end of each month JOHN: =~ =o: >} has sent the checks to NAGELL at a Post Office box in El Paso, . Texas, He also sent him an almanac with a yellow cover as he. ~ «pecalla it. JOHN did not mark or alter this almanac: in any Way "JOHN recently: ‘peceived a- form letter. from a hospital” sees tee ' JOHN has” never heard anything about his. ‘receiving - stored with her, ;which is to be turned, over to him upon NAGELL' 5 | About: a month. or two after NAGELL left ‘Los spgetes ae he’ wrote to. ‘JOHN, probably just on one occasion, and that are concerned ‘paying | the. rent on the joint postal box. - JOHN. is of: the opinion. NAGELL is a paranoiac in that he is depressed at the manner his ex-wife treated him a - and the manner in which the local, state, and Federal governments have treated hin. JOHN definitely. considers NAGELL to be mentally” 7 “> @isturbed,
13-00000 me 65-15 7 | oe JOHN has never heard NAGELL ‘speak in favor of “8 eommunism or Cuba. ‘He has never heard of the "Fair Play “for Cuba Committee." JOHN has no. indication NAGELL was ever °.. Anvolved in espionage. NAGELL never had much money, just his income ‘fron _ «) apdving a Yellow Cab and from his disability check. ‘SOHN Goes not know if NAGELL had a bank account.» There is. no information in the files of the Los _ Angeles office of the FBL identifiable with FRED JOHN. Ba ACCOUNT: INFORMATION ” on March 5, 196!h, LA ‘[p1, whose information may not be made public except. upon issuance of a subpoena duces. ~. $ecum, stated RICHARD C, NAGELL had commercial checking account . “>. Number 002-857 at the Wilshire ~ Virgil Branch of the Security  Birst National Bank, Los Angeles. i fhe account was opened October 2, 1961, with a_ “ deposit of $350.00, closed January 31, 1963, no balance. -: NAGELL gave a bank reference of Bank of America, Wilshire - - Vermont Branch, Los Angeles. Upon o ening, residence | was given wo as #712 Saturn. Street, telephone WE 427390 LA 1 recalls NAGELL vividly as he caused a 2 COh- <7. motion every time he came in the bank, He would shout at -o: the tellers, complain about the service, and threaten to ° _ “> report the tellers to the management. On one occasion a girl --. + teller working next to LA T-~1 wore a red dress to work on a -. day that NAGELL was in the bank... NAGELL shouted at the girl * 3 that only a prostitute: would wear a red dress, LA TL thinks some Local finance company has been | trying to locate NAGELL recently to collect a debt. On March. 95 1964, LA 2, whose information may not be made public.except. upon issuance of a subpoena duces tecum, -: . stated RICHARD NAGELL opened commercial checking account. ~- mumber 94492 on November 6, 1959, at. the Wilshire - Vermont Branch of the Bank of America Los Angeles, NAGELL gave his address as the Cloud Motel, 3h00 West Third Street. His bank reference was the Union Bank, Mount Holly, New Jersey, and he
13-00000 oo Bart of ‘this time it was a Joint account with MITSUKO NAGELL, - arormarzon ¥ FROM INFORMANTS. AND SOURCES OF INFORMATION LA 65-7445 a appprently exhibited New. Jersey driver's license number oo _ closed September 27, 1961. by the following that they had no information concerning RICHARD © NAGELEG ; a of the Los Angeles Office-of the FBI identifying NAGELL with | Opening deposit was #9006 005, and the account was 7 On February 28, 1962, RICHARD NAGELL opened checking | account number 3-2873 at this same bank with a deposit of 2 = eee $143.10, the account being closed on July 16, 1962, During ay on March 95 1964, SA WILLIAM Je MC CAULEY was advised oe ANTHONY . F, “LEBERATO, ‘Investigator, -' .. Immigration and Naturalization Service, “ . Les. Angeles,. who is cognizant of many - a Cuban activities in Los Angeles. ‘MANUEL GONZALEZ, 1070 West Kensington. > Road, Los Angeles, who headed ths Pro~ a _ Castro movement in Los Angeles 19 0~1961. MAYER G. ROYAL, 5825 West. Pico ‘Boulevard,... . Los Angeles, who is acquainted with some veo. aetivities of the "Fair Play for Cuba. os Committee, " Los Angeles. oo ae 7. 7.3, who is cognizant. of many cuban a a, activities. in Los Angeles. - “LA LA T= and LA 15, who are ‘femtliar with. ~~ Communist Party activity-in the general | area. where RICHARD NAGELL has resided in. Los Angeles. There is. no. information of substance in the Piles any Communist Party, Cuban, or espionage activity. fe
13-00000 DA ooe7ls JOHN NOBURO. ‘MIYAKT (JACK MIYAKI). stated on | March. 23, 1964, to SA HOOSE that. he and his wife, CAROLINE. MIYAKI, reside at 645 North Westmoreland Avenue, Los angeles, “.-. California.’: MIYAKI did not recognize name or photograph of -.. “RICHARD NAGELL.. When further descriptive data was furnished . MEYAKT, he recalled he had met NAGELL on one occasion about -@ year ago at The Happy Rabbit, a& beer Joint at 2709 West Sixth Street, . Los Angeles . . NAGELL told MIYAKT he either Was or had been a_ _- Yellow Cab. driver, ‘that he had a Japanese wife who had oo: 7 . divorced . him, . MIYAKE. said he possibly told NAGELL he worked -. a8 @! machinist at. Aero~Space Manufacturing. Corporation, 3825: Cohasset Street, Burbank, California, but cannot recall having | “2 g01d NAGELL anything else. MIYAKI stated he thinks NAGELL left — oo. : the bar at: the same time he did which may. account for NAGELL . -s. “having MIYAKI's license number, MIYAKI drives a cream colored 1962 Buick Special, four door, license JOG 823. | a (California - Department of Motor Vehicles verifies this license | dg for this car.) MIYAKI said he does not work on any classi- | .. fied material.and has no clearance. MIYAKI was born in Japan, ~". naturalized in, Hawaii on January el, 1954, certificate number | EI5 99» _ a .  MEvAE 4s. of the opinion he, and NAGEL, only Foon versed about. ten or fifteen minutes on this. one occasion, De |. . and he has no information apart from above concerning NAGELL.. Sane a “There is no information. ‘fin the files of the Los. oe “ iad’. Office of the FBI identifiable with JOHN (JACK) i MIVA or CAROLINE MIYAKI, T ow -
— mye es a 7 pg ey PA ey Tak wot - | ae . ( SFD-204 (Kew. a4 a a | UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT. OF JUSTICE. o -FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION. =. ab / fo - 7 Copy to: _ Reporte SA DAVID J. REID ON BL PASO oe July 24, 1964. | . Field Office File No. EP. 655951 51 - oe ; = Bureau File No. 64-48933 7 70) Titles. RICHARD CASE NAGELL ; | - Ab Wit WEE $y. Hay sek TASK FORGE. 4 . Se Oe — . (AYE LS a ate | oo "esses | - _ Gwe MELE ADE iN PART... a ESPIONAGE - x | TIT AL DEN _ Synopsis Subject ‘described by a former acquaintance in the ‘United States Army in Korea as having had a brilliant war record but as not stable mentally, this instability . probably being due to brain tissue damage resulting from an - a _ aixplane erash. during the Koreen War. With regard to names ... found in the possecsion of the subject when he was arrested . on September 20, 1963, U.S. Army, Japan, advised that the __ Subject had. previously served. in Korea and Japan and that it: wag not unusual for indivicuals to retain lists of persons. os, in such areas for future reference. U.S. Army,’ Japan, - ‘also-rrer advised that the reason fer some names in the subject's : ee possession at the time of his arrest-could not be assesseds .. On June 9, 1964, subject | sentenced in the United States District | Court, El Paso, Texas, to serve ten years under the. provisions - we a o£. Section “4208 (a) (II), Title 18, U.S. Code, for violation _ ~~) 4° o£ Section 2113, Title 18, U.S. Code. Subject attempted. suicide" o. cs on June 17, 1964. “SUBJECT HAS ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. 7 oe 7 wie | cole 98 4 val. WW ss oe a - This document. contains nelther’ ecomamendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It.ia the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and. its. contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
13-00000 «EP 65-951 DETAILS: Sin EL Paso, Texas, on September 20, 1963, on a bank robbery ne _. charge, he "had many papers and documents in his possession, -. These papers and documents were reviewed and were found to- contain the following notations: | AT TOYO. JAPAN: At the time of the arrest of Richard case Nagell .. Mural Jun- (Cabinet Research -. OFELce-"C.R.0.) (National Rural Police Agency) (Private Secretary to P.M. Yoshida). (Intelligence Agency in China)- Now in 0 | _ Tukuolka~ SHE _ Tsio Sai Fue . Literature Dept. . Tohoku Daigaku ~ . (Naikaku Chosa Shitsu) - Hoshivena sadee (Lee. Chan Suk) . i |e ¢/o MarueL Pachinko. — ee ee 169-L Baba-Machi, Choshi-shi - SS oo Chiba-Ken, Japan “Ginza, Chuo-Ku Tokyo~To 69679330)" Envelope addressed. to: Capt. Robert C. Nolan, Advisor, FROKA Det. RID™ with return address of Col Lee Churl Hi, CO, HID, ROXA. St
13-00000 a : 2 poe ee 22-3 Ginza, Cruowi, Moeyonto ‘Tel. 56-5339 ae Photograph with name Lee Chang Suk Pachinko Store, 169- underneath. Along side is the name Hosh photograph ’Baba-machi, Choshi-shi, Chiba-keyd, Japan Kaji Wataru adao, C/o Maruei —
13-00000 Tohoku Regional Police Bureau . 12 Prevention Section, Criminal | | rtment, National Police Agency An envelope addressed to: Capt Robert C. Nolan, Advisor, FROKA det, HID with return. address of Col Lee Churl Hi, CO, HID, ROKA , - : an Oo - | a Ve EP 65-95. J 7 -Four photographs identified on the back as follows; . Se , the time of his arrest on September 20, 1963, a piece of paper containing the Listing of what appeared to be United States Army Officers. and their serial numbers. One section. of this paper was listed under the heading "Third Operations In addition, . the subject f had in his possession at a be Group". - known the subject personally and had served in & the subject. GLENN noted that his name appeared in one of the above mentioned photographs of papers which were found . eo in the possession of the subject.when arrested in El Paso ON on September 20, 1963, GLENN stated that he and the subject had been attached to an. Intelligence Branch of the Unitel: _— States Army in the Far East during the period of their acquaintance. GLENN explained that the names in parentheses in one 0f the above mentioned photographs were "code names" used -
13-00000 EP 65-952 stable mentally and that this instability was probably due ‘to damage to brain tissues suffered in an airplane crash -. -gurviver. GLENN stated that the subject, in fact, did have “-- g brilliant war record, which was the reason for his _. assignment to Army Intelligence in spite ef vhat should 7 have been an. obvious, psychologs ical. defect. . “snotaberie’ that the subject had turned in allegations /. against an Intelligence: Officer in Korea, which became. the _.. Subject was subsequently transferred to another Army unit _ and upon reporting to that tnit, was greeted in a friendly _ way by his new Commanding Officer, who told him he hoped the subject would enjoy his new assignment and that he, _ + the Commander, would do ail he could to make ‘it a worthwhile | four of duty. for the subject. move ‘made ‘by his Commanding C£ficer and if he stepped out: - Of Line ‘one: whit at any time, it would be made the subject » Of an inmediate ‘report to higher headquarters. Chief of Staff, G-2/G-3, United States Army, Japan, which subject and which contained the following information: School, Fort Holabird, Maryland, in August 1555, served as an advisor to the First Republic o£ Korea Army and subsequently OT ne mee reece ee nat ec - by members of Army Intelligence Units in Korea in order to protect their real ideatities from informants. GLENN also advised that the subject was not during the Korean War in which the subject was the only .- . GLENN pointed out as an exemple of the: subject" s subject. of extensive inv: stigation. GLENN added that te _ to this, NAGELL allege aly replied that the Comnander~ had certainly better see that this was the case as, NAGELL told him, he made-a practice of keeping a record of every. - GLENN made available. a letter from the Assistant was in answer to a request for information regarding the. _ SUBJECT, “after eradua tion from the Army Intelligence in Sendai, and Tokyo, Japan, terminating in about 1958. These assignments were concerned with intelligence activities,
13-00000 EP 65-951 __ as an advisor to the ROK Army in Korea, and as a member of the a ' US Army Counterintelligence Corps in Japan. During the. _ os latter tour of duty, the counterintelligence unit was designated i - the 3rd Operations Group, with Headguarters in Tokyo and | - a Detachment Bin Sendai, as veferred to da photographic inclosures to your letter. In assignments of this nature it is common practice for members to become acquainted with personnel of various. Japanese security. agencies, such as are mentioned in March 5 Memorandum of the FBI, El Paso, Texas, It is not unusual for individuals assigned counterintelligence duties to retain lists of these persons for reference in the event they are ' again reassigned to the area, or for dispatching cards or thank you notes from the United States. This would appear oe to be the reason for SUBJECT having kept the list of agency © personnel, although to have retained the list for a number of years after leaving the service appears unusual. The names Kaji, Wataru and Jack Cannoa were known to the public as the results © _ of allegations of illegal intelligence operations that were . ' publicized in the Japanese pres 3, but SUBJECT'S reason for... - including those names in HIS lists cannot be assessed. ALSO, - yds no reason can be given for the two or three miscellaneous : we gerremnemnies sateen feeabere names in NAGELL'S file. ne The. List of Americans mentioned in one of the photographic attachments pertains to US personnel in the intelligence field. It appears that the subject maintained a roster of those persons: with whom he would or had contact, which is mot unusual. Information contained on those rosters, particularly that ‘portion indicating code nazes, was and is regarded as classified information by this office. cevwuaeunge® Files of ‘the Countexintelligence Repository, USARJ, disclosed 1 no. information relative to NAGE ELL or Of his aliases. tk mn a ae AT EL PASO, TEXAS: On June 9, 1964, Federal Judge HOMER THORNBERRY, United
13-00000 0 EP 65-951 States District ‘court, dented the motion for a new trial -and. sentenced the subject to serve ten years. under the provisions of Section 4208 (a) (II), Title 18, United States Code, which provides that the subject can be released under oe parole at any time it'is deemed advisable. This sentence - was for violation of Section 2113, Title 18, United States Code. The June 17, 1964 issue of "The El Paso Herald - - Post", contained an article entitled "Inmate ‘Serious* After . Suleide Try". . According. to the. article, the subject swallowed several sleeping pills while lodged at the El Paso County Jail on June 17, 1964... According to the article, NAGELL was £0 | ‘be kept under observation all night and was to be transferred to the Willian Beaumont General Rospital from the La Tuna - Federal Correctional institution’ Hospital unless his condition » + improved. The article further stated that Deputy U.S. Marshal JACK GRAVES said seconal pills had been prescribed for tte. -- subject and that the subject evidently hed been hoarding then, —
13-00000_., 0.) . a ae Se “RICHARD: CASE. NAGELL, AKA ~~ Born-8-,-30, Greenwich, NY. | : JOH CRAMER | . a ce | JOE KRAMER re a JOE CRANE a re 4 ROBERT C. NOLAN ee | oO. Nagell claims ‘around the ‘middle on 1962, he was “in Washington, ‘DI C. and he had been approached by an individual whom he felt was - either a Special Agent of the FBI or a Soviet Espionage Agent. He said -. he meet this person in a bar in Washington, D.C. located at 811 1hth St, ' NW. He said this pérson talked of Domestic Intelligence and also. talked” “of giving him an intelligence assignment. ; Ye Doped, oot. Orin Cote rey res : on nao pele Nagell chains dn September, 1962, he was invited. ‘to attend a! Shem tteye reception at the Soviet Embassy. He states he contacted CIA at either : tase ee Langley, Virginia, or Elwood, Virginia, and used the name of _. m a woe Top CRAMER or KRAMER during. this contact with CIA,He said he told CIA 4 (oo. os the above information and wanted some advise as to whether to go> of. oy through with such an assignment. CIA told him to- see the ‘FBI. | a | © by. ‘the same person and was told to go to Miami, Florida, to a bar and wear a red sweater, where he would be contacted, Certain material was seized from Nagell when he WAS. arrested ae Nagell. said he went to the. above: bar and there: was contacted “4 re | . og onb bank robbery charges on 9/20/63. | At CIA, | Fe The: following names were . located on material and papers taken i from Nagell/ a ; Po . ee ee | _ RICHARD ‘PECTEAU LYNN, MASS — So a “( DAC) (C.I.A. re eS UR. o8ehlt (CHASS) (JAN. 63) ot a cor fF ee : Co Toke oe oe _ RE i. Mr.F.PARKER) 0 ee @. Miss GUTHRIES . a eO a fe OB 36 Mr. Ce Churchill So a li. Me. Je DA VANON. yt ae a4 a Se MY o- Je: ‘SLOSS . - - 66 MI» Be LETBACHER wea fom baad m.. ee of APA vee ee oe a Pe ony a a —~
13-00000 at ae THE he Se seers . aoe . 4 _ APR 1962 Mu EMO RANDUM FOR: The Director. Federal. Bureau of Investigation ATTENTION 4 Mr. William oo. Gregar oe SUBJECT Ridhs d Case Nagel, aka ne Joe Cramer ca Reference ig made so 8. roémorandurn from: your Bureau - dated 2 October 1962, captioned as above. Representatives of your 7 Washington Field Office have advised that Richard Gase Negelis _ -.. @arvently under arrest. far bank robbery and that the: following names — . and infarmation were contained O8 material ana papers ‘in the posses~— sion. of Nagell: | giemant waivesiat: Le. sis cuir eum ee weneeae | (DAG) (C.LAD | a . __-R 88244 (MASS) (an. 6a) G. LA. “ 1, Mr. F.. PARKER BO _ . 2 Miss GUTHRIES a rs. Te 3, Mr. C. CHURCHILL | So a . & Mr. J. DA VANON ‘The records of this , Agency have been searched in ce to the above individuals with the following resulte: “e ~~ fe — BR NS
13-00000 2 “Richard Factesu, Lynn, Masa. n tis andoubtodly ‘identical: to Richard George Fectena who ip in prison in Communist China.. Fecteau was taken prisoner by the Gommuniate «dosing | en Agency _ . operation in. November ives. "Nts, B. Parker" may be identical te John Floyd rare rent Agency. inion whe © was born 2 Fenuary 1098, Lovieville, Kentucky. a —— Mies Guihries" rony be identical + to Frances ‘Agnes Guthrie, born 29 February 1968, Charleston, Weer Virginia, who is also cu sculrte rently employed by” thie Agency, Ne, ec. Sharchilt wiay. be identical to Creighton Gharchitt who was bora I October 1912, Gornigh, New Hampshire, whose press. . k ant address i¢ net known and whose address in 198 wae a7 Weat 4éth . Street, New Verk City. deka Floya Parker and Frances Guth ‘ have: been interviewed | in regard to any ‘knowledge of Nagelt: bat neither . recollection oth vis ever met Richerd Sane Nage a Guthrie was em- Sohn Floya Caster x were in Sapen, in 1952 to ‘laters: reiew and debrief. ‘Onited States ae rvicemen who: aad boon held 4 prisoners of war by: the: air Fa Stove" ‘may y refer to Jebn. Richard Sloss. who whe born. 24 Sep- _ tember 1919,. Cae ee | Chie ond. bd is eatrently « employed in Head-
13-00000 08/SRS/BraceLSolie:jrg - 6 Apr 64 “pierre Fect en "Epc es pre. NES & regard to. any y knowledge of Nagell- and has advieed that he has no. - tegollection of having met any individual. ‘by that name. If John Richard Sloss. ia identical to “J. Slese," it is not possible from available information to even speculate as. to. how the name came inte the possession ‘of Nagel. In view of the fact that Richard George Fecteau ie currently - an ‘prison in China and the indication that the other six names: : above may refer ta Agency etmployees, it is requested that the’ _ above information not be disseminated outside your Bureau. It _- does net appear that the above information could affect either the _ prapecution of or the defense of Nagell on | . bery, and disclosure of the above information ‘charge. of bank reb= as directing « additional. at tovex problem for this. Agency, BO Ww _ tention te the porition of Feetenu. Ie. would be appreciated if your Bureaa would advige this Agency of any information brought to your attention concerning how ‘the Shove names eame into the possession of Nagell. FOR THE DIRECTOR OF GENTRAL INTELLIGENCE: S410) 4 oY Froyp PARKER Joo =e tt were 1% ~ A | a = YSIS a 34440 » 67%b0. (ere nro cree nice Jo rr | fev crnto SL OSs ErwsT L cE) GAchee
13-00000 a 1. OPTIONAL FORM NG. 10 nT . . f * coe So10-108 i. : { +. ° | UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT M emorandum TO : Chief, Security Research Staff, 0S “DATE: 27 March 1964 - ATT; Mr. Robert Leonard. . FROM = Acting cher, Contact. Division, 00 an we ‘SUBJECT: NAGEL, Richard Case ~~ Arrest in El Paso/list of Names : > Marked "CIA", - REF 3 Telephoue converdbions between Mr. Robert Leonard "and Mrs. Virginia Thorne, 26 and 27 March 1964. 1. Enclosed for your records and any action you may consider appropriate, are copies of self- explanatory teletypes from our San Francisco, Office concerning Subject's arrest in El Paso. 2. Any questions pertaining to this. memorandum should be directed to Mrs. Virginia % Thorne, Ext-2202. . | | | fsa W.. MCCONNELL ENCLOSURES: As stated above. a ete eet ne peer declassitication
13-00000_ ENE DE esere6 p6re35 1 Rr 2623302 EA ra “TWO TRO SIX. WA — SEC R: E T ToTe: 2625802 es WA CITE LANG 8294 , rns DEX. CTHORNED FRON DEVENON - = OO a a sun RICHARD CASE AGEL 7 BO REF ¢ CA) LANG S28¢ eB) wanea3e4 CC) WA 65519 (ON Sf MAR €4, FRYeLA ADVISED US THAT Gum EYPRESSITON CREF A} - SLOSED THE HATTER FOR THES, AND TMAY FUPTNER AGENCY CONTACTS, . GF any, WOULD PROBABLY BE VIA FRI-eACHINETON FIELD OFFICE. SECRET. an . - ms pon 8294 THORNE DEVANON RICHARD CASE NA : FATALE REF & FBIeWAEHINGTOR BT
Pore . apo CREIGHTON. CHURCHILL | WOODSTOCK, VERMONT 18 April 1964 > J TiFLoyp poner Fla50 TA Exr 7876 RELEASE fe FPG doe | et : me PU A ; Dear Floyd: . It was good to hear from you, to learn you are-still at the old shop; etc.. I got your letter yesterday in New York, and while driving the 300-odd miles hoped that my subconscious. would perhaps come out with a peal of a bell regarding an individual named Ed Nagell. But - no bellsrang. I have only a. small- hunch -~'a piccolo-toot in my memory. When I worked for the shop I once went to see Mr. James Bennett, Director of Federal Prisons, ( with whom I had once shared a table on an ocean liner, years before). You can guess why I wanted to -see Bennett: I was seeking ways for birds to fly out of cages. Bennett mentioned a guy (' with a questionable record, as far as he was concerned) who claimed to | know us, you and me, what we were doing., etc. etc. He had. aproached Bennett " as from us". Ed Nagell ~~ the name -~ rings a piccolo-—toot on this, bBut~only hat. Incidentally, I filed a report on the incident. when I got back to the shop. I am often in New York -- at the Harvard Club -~ and should: you ever be in town, give me a ring. It would. be fun to see you. I met tarry Csterweis in a restaurant the other day -- fater some many, many. coven ‘years. You-may remember him. I have recently become an author oan Wines. | “After a year in France in 1959, I wrote a book on French wines which was. published by Knopf, and am about to bring out one on wines of the world with MacMillan in September. That is about, the extent of ‘my news. Kau | My best to you.
13-00000  _ 5 Aug 1948: 28 Nov 1954: ‘15 Aug 1955: goth dbue ~ 29-Oct 1959: 14 Dec 1959: 8 June 1962: 27 June 1962: Richard Case NAGELL Chronological Record of Activities ‘Entered Army (18 years old) "Brilliant Korean War Record" "Many Campaign Awards"! Sole survivor of plane crash. Suffered facial ‘disfigure- ment; given. psychiatric exam. Graduated from Army Intelligence School, Ft. Holabird, Maryland. Served as advisor to ROK Army in Korea. Concerned with intelligence activities; served as a member of U.S. Army Counterintelligence Corps in Japan, Sendai and Tokyo, terminating about. 1958. . A Lt. Col. Ned W. GLENN, Deputy G-2, U.S. Navy, Japan, advised on 24 March 1964 that he had served ° personally in Korea with NAGELL. GLENN. advised that NAGELL was not stable mentally and that this in- stability was probably due to damage to brain tissues suffered in:an airplane crash during the Korean War. Honorable Discharge - Captain, U.S. Army Employed by Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control of State of California as a special investigator .e....occcccexeerees ee Suspended by ABC, State of California —— Dismissed ‘by ABC 16 July 1962: Shot in chest "while making a meet" between Malibu: and 17 Aug 1962: 24 Aug 1962: ‘Oxnard. Refused to identify assailants or furnish infor- mation to police, subsequently, filed Civil Rights com-~_ plaint against police. Withdrew request for hearing so he could get money from state of California consisting of retirement contributions and accumulated leave. Issued tourist card at Los Angeles, California. .. Entered Mexico through Ciudad, Juarez: cet LUT "remy ennegreerrepreerrnrererestr ERE  Psh7 he usnnenaneger eer er SEPP FES Po  ct PE
13-00000 28 Sept 1962: . ‘Appeared voluntarily at American Embassy, Mexico City, , tense, nervous, agitated and antagonistic. Inter alia-stated he had been approached in Mexico City for recruiting, refused to say by.whom on behalf of what country. Stated that one job of this sont would be in New York. He volunteered that he fully realized that what he was saying could be used against him in any court or prosecution. He stated that he was "bitter, disgusted, disillusioned and disaffected". Stated he knew the full significance of the term disaffected. He stated that if he did go to some other country, it would cost the United States millions. He stated that he was "through being a good citizen" and thought that he had gotten a "dirty deal all around." _1 Oct 1962: Again appeared at American Embassy, Mexico City, . wanting to know what:had been done in regard to getting the state of California to pay him the money due himn.. Was sent to protection section. Asked what section of Embassy he should contact to renounce his United States citizenship. Was advised by collection section that they could not intercede for him in collecting money from state of California. | Appeared in passport and citizenship section and asked what the penalty would be for going to an Iron Curtain country and what effect it would have on his citizenship. Was advised that such action would be violation. of federal: law. 28 Oct 1962: ~ Left Mexico City, México. Ce GEERT NNN sities. nun eeni i aneamseauereme erences 16 Nov 1962: Advised FBI in New York City he wanted to expose. Department ¢ of Alcoholic Beverage Control in California. 15 Dec 1962: Advised FBI in. Jacksonville, Florida, that he had been oo approached shortly before in Washington, D.C., by. individual believed to be working for Soviets. NAGELL at this time was noted to be in an inebriated condition = vague. in answering questions, 20 Dec. 1962: 22 Jan 1963: NAGELL at Bay Pines, Florida VA Hospital. . Condition diagnosed as "chronic brain syndrome associated -with brain trauma with behavioral reaction characterized by passive aggressive and paranoid features". -2-.
13-00000 a 24 Jan1963: | Asked FBI in Miami if his Cuban or Russian sourcés -gave hima pistol with silencer and microfilm if he would be permitted to return same to his contact so ( he could be of further use to U.S. Government. He stated that in August or September 1962 he met a man from Maryland.in Mexico City who introduced him to individuals whom hexbelieved may have been Soviet Agent. 19 April 1963: Advised FBI in Los Angeles, ‘California, | that he had taken his former wife to court for failure to comply with court order giving ‘NAGELL visitation rights with children, _4 June 1963: . NAGELL appeared at the Out Patient Clinic and was re- ferred to the Neurological Clinic for treatment. His condition was diagnosed as'depression, tearful, nervous, rigid". . Would only utter words ''Got to see my kids", 20 Sept 1963: © NAGELL arrested in El Paso, Texas, on charge of at- tempting to rob State National Bank. Slashed wrist night. of 9/20/63. NAGELL consistently denied he had tried to rob the bank; stated that the fact that he fired two shots in the ceiling proved he had not been trying to hit anyone. He stated that he was certain that "all of my problems have been solved for a long time, and now I won't have to go to Cuba". , A notebook which the Subject h had on his person when ar- rested made reference to Fair Play for Cuba Committee, Oat, the names of purported CIA agents and other information. ~~" Cell mate in jail reported that NAGELL disclosed to him that NAGELL, during confused period after dischafge, decided everything against himi ‘in Los Angeles and made arrangements with Communist Party in Los Angeles to pick up visa and passport from contact in El Paso and © eventually end up in Czechoslovakia. NAGELL reportedly attempted suicide three times enroute to El Passo but lost nerve. : (Noteworthy that State Department records reflect issuance of Passport to NAGELL on 7 August 1962 at Los Angeles, California, and that on 9 July 1963 NAGELL signed affi- davit that his passport had been lost or stolen. ‘He was issued a new passport on 6 August 1963.)
13-00000 4 Nov 1963:° 19 Dec 1963: 1 Jan 1964: 24 Jan 1964: 9 June 1964: 17 June 1964: ‘known to me as an Agent of the same foreign government, proposal. disclosed to thé Federal Bureau of Investigation. There- upon, I agreed to follow the instructions of this person, “~~~ although I did not intend todo so. This existing situation - my arrest would provide an immediate, though temporary, Sentenced in U.S. District Court, El Paso, Texas to rom, El Paso Herald-Post article states that NAGELL told U.S. District Court that he did not attempt to hold up the bank. "I had a motive for doing what I did" NAGELL told Judge, 'but my motive was not to hold up the bank, I do not intend to disclose my motive at this time," : Subsequent to President's as sassination, Subject claimed acquaintance with OSWALD and wife. Marina OSWALD -~on 1/18/65 disclaimed any knowledgé of NAGELL. NAGELL furnished a signed statement: ',.. In September 1962,-while I was in Mexico ‘City,a representative of a foreign government ‘preposed to me that 1 participate in an act; such act being a criminal offense and inimical to the best interest of the United States. At that time, I refused such proposal. In May 1963, another: representative of the same foreign govern- ment made the same proposaltome. At that time, I agreed to sucha proposal." "In September 1963, I was informed by an American, | that arrangements for my participation in the aforementioned — act were completed. At that time, I refused the aforesaid Approximately one week later,.I was instructed by this same person to either participate as previously agreed or derrogatory information pertaining to me would be actuated my conduct of September’20, 1963, for which I was arrested and am presently charged. _ I did not actually attempt to rob any bank. I thought that solution.to the problem with which I was confronted, Iam not guilty as charged," NAGELL arraigned.in connection with indictment for bank robbery and was committed for 30 days for the purpose of psychiatric examination, serve 10 years. NAGELL swallowed several sleeping pills while lodged at the El Paso ‘CEenE Jail. -4-
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13- 00000... ig jo ” a " : paras ; CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY = ATTN: MR. JAMES TODLUM f . ornare DATE The attached is forwarded for your information since your Agency is mentioned by Nagel, the writer of the ‘letter to Mr. Plant, Special Assistant, Office of UnderSecretary of the Army.’ - REMARKS . Nagel was at one time in. CIC. It seems that he may ‘be mentally unbalanced. Nagell's— dossier is available in Security Divison, - OACSI DA for your review if desired. De NOT use this form as-a RECORD of: approvals, concurrences, - _ fisapprovals, clearances, and'similar actions . DATE \ dun 70 PHONE x7(017 OPTIONAL FORM 41 “ . & Gpo : 1969 oF 352-829 - 5041~101 | _ AUGUST 1967. [; GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 100-11 206 | Z sshi, cr Div, OACSI DA
13-00000 “24 April 1970 |. ‘Francis. he “Plant . Special Assistant - : “Office, Under Secretary of th 1e Army -.Room ‘1ES520,: The, Pentagon: a 5 Washington, D. Ce phe: rom Svitzerland: .Durin ng sation | of 6 April you made it clear. that | I. must, step. Yack into < the existence. of a condition over ten. years: ago. thet. ‘could “ands . been. resolved by the Army then. so. 0. a feat. thet is all the mor “by the ABCMR's- refusal to interview. ‘the. apor opriate. witnesses, vie In furth Ler. ‘reference ‘to ny letter f OF og tex ps ce o fy pertinent. records. and to place ‘the: blame . for’ ys “fot ‘receiving an adeque oO “medical examination where at belongs. - Ps cee Ms ten believe: whet: you’. really: ‘meant - to say was. th tat in my. pertioule er case | (as” ‘Opp posed + to others much less valid) the. function of. the Boe. to cor rect. an. Anjustice : ‘does “not. epply. - “30 ‘it this” as mption ~ ‘is fact, as: I ‘have. every. ‘reason’.to. feel: it is, then: “you: may. “pass on to. “the, Secretary that before my. case is ‘closed: ‘the: Army. will be. ‘confronted with: a: scandal. that will: make: ‘France' Ss. ‘Dreyfus: affair seen. inconse- quential by. comparison. - ‘Tam. “not quite’ th fool. the a ‘epparently. r he ave been | taken: for. we oe as Wichara. ce eced “Bnelosed are some. xerox “copies of ‘several documents whieh your Kouse-. _ leaning office might find of interest... The originels, together with. |, numerous other documents end the details: about, them,: are sefely locked. cewaye oe ere Bg
13-00000 deceptive. _» both. MI and the CIA.’ - interrogation=murdo?™ of: an FOI ‘agent, a U. Se ‘soldier, } Pas, - suspected. of ‘having -defocted. in: place to the Chinese); yf “amr. oy “American variation oe the, Soviet. “yet. affair” was. the only a ‘torndtive, that it. gas “ either-.. essential | - “some ‘overall: ‘intelligence. effort or in. the best interests. of our ae national “pecurity ws and Sit WBS BS simi lar-sounding argument, ultimately 1 reduced | to. a
13-00000 . poles. “yesterday” iv intetligenes sody:, Was. Aeti ds: oF : lay. Marely- ia snay Utied suicides. “far, both “JApancse wulitary: police. Investiz ve. announced. ‘tRat orm are: Rp. against. a. ‘stone wall’, sning- cluues to the -deati “yeas Jsetions *Ahuhousn ¥ eer” i declined, ‘eurmiient, ToRYG “908 papers creported | lint Dug: was, angaged © in undercov Investigation of the flow af military’ equipment inte. the, Oe hands: of the Chinese Commu. 4 Mists. ‘ Tokyo, hollce officials. reveaiod } “Set Emmett Roe ‘Dugan, 33, yosterday-—and the US, Army -confirmed—that Uney, have ask:: tied Army authorities inthe US to .quesiiona Mrs. Muud Dugan}: hin order to exhaus a ai possil bi-E oy here Ix é6ne. ‘dernite “sweat i | tities, y nave ‘committed Weare ‘pursuing our. inves ; thoroughnes.’ “bility tha: Dugan was not mue-| An Ariny spokesman at Comp s generally ‘Bellev ah i quar ters at Fe. ? Mepde.’ Mel. fad : lean asked by Japenese peice, . Bae: HZania, aald- 2rnek Acmy fies ae 2 . i . oe Ito contact Mre. Dignan. | ; . ws en mio possible siur ida Some of the questions which |. - - | Japanese - police Wanted put wo ‘hose. wife haa re- : Mrs. Dugan were Unise: sahcern- to =e, “Cnied & J aisap pei : : é Digan Uisue rent Feb. 4 ak ter paving + nfevat a Tokyo. Supporti the theory that: Dugan Tak “huve committed oa Tarkeu University ’ ta i is “possible” cing fund ciel ine hody-t in’ eee ne ? “revealed: lungs. so said “ihe hax NOt been de - | ‘termined. nm + are fairly sure - Cthat. be. int aot-die of ° “Hon er poisoning’! 7% 0 Pe Whe ‘Dugea. said gooduy to . fe on Peb. 4. Indieations are ihetche sense death’ West near When he handed het an in-' surance. policy, saving, UT , don’t return, you'll need “these. “Meauwnile, the Army spoke man said, “nethiag - new" has! ipeen wncey er ed in the case vas : ar. } fo.. b. {
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13-00000 ple (UP)—Tket The noir Hlary - Armist-j story fo the MAC joint observer ‘ica Commission discloses that Red {tram w hich Conducted of-the-s snoi p. Chinega- troops created. a . shoot: investigations Sept,” 92 and 23 ang ing’. Incident at 2 ‘hioon: fes rabemiet again Thursday at “Pay ublic. of. Koren | party with a mR ep jom--to complete patrol:in UNSAN- NY,” “Kotea: U.N, Command AY soldiers told: : their ” The . ima braunis the inv estigar |e each Korea's Demilitarized, I tions, . woe Hn). tion, lino - and “t ‘Zone | Sept, 20. - . (Oo oe ee pe Thoon festival 7 A UNCMAG sr nouneement said : oie INCIDENT —- tnate place Pa ono mon soldier (WARS wounded fabout | five 3 L 7 Pag : “miles noithwest of} FITE ROMs Kumiwa on the ¢ “shodting, and tho Com. central sec-4 Chinese produced soz, : O26 Chinese ‘tor of the truce ol. _allored fronk. ss on esp wine. and- also s: rast 3 TMed, rs : " Tho shooting started “at ‘e-[lay. aside. tie! It. said: festimony given by the “party” “befween threa Chineso ; e more: triondiy 2 hres Thor soldie Unvolved | j a]- Communist and - three ' Aller: abéut the Incident “nas, placed respon-[ troaps patrotinjs fhe Denililtar! .{setion, the wz sibility - (for ‘the incident) upon} cd Zone. Ovizin: Hy the "EOn meat reported thok now the. Communists,” or 1b BolHers  werg. invited to niesd ~ as as Faying » the “Ror. . ‘ end teid . hia. “ “AN as American sponsored end directed. c attempt. to kidnap a Chinese soldier __ (Intelligence. Agent) — Curing: peacetime: 20. September 1956. The. ‘ROK soldiers Chinesa- fired br lef Incident. S said ti more shots THE “ANN the ‘Commiunis J a fourth Chinese Gitd that one o¢- tha threes | soldiers Was killed gn WAS. -Wonnded, ‘The MAC tie” Commu: Lee ; eo Tineident “contlicteat "had Quite a story behind this one, oo ‘Since one of them was” an ‘a, — American officer. iG C Dis; vik SOE ed, pea —MUNSAN- Nr. Kar ca MAC) ~~ A, United Nations - Com. mind - hepresentative" riday branded _ as. (UNC ‘nition ang elie eo MMOUM nind eye of: soldinrs ‘at Abe & ples - Army : 1,608 5 wards ints “wholly * without. Siena + repart. Fitory. on the ninhe : foundation" Communist Charges Aes uae “oy evi heflosa’ “being: stony that two persane alloyedly ‘heaters Daan . Detter under UNG orders, had tossed es .- - patie. - the military ‘demarcation ling ; ‘ey sy ferrine ia °° ON® Of the pe nto” Rovth ‘Korenn fervitoty on wan gions ON was reering to rested wi Ste Apr, 27, 1 ang, to. perpetrate ““has- lew ley - , . ‘to the 1 ia thio .ne. Chis atlegsy leider! ened ‘ hesses 3. | ‘al, Jamen sp Pysen, dey aid Miltary Afinistice ¢ oiniiis: - m senior meanber az the UNG Bea Joint observer te vm May Carnac Rie XG companent cof’ tha team that. 24: oo, “> tons of the C, TF 2 Geralaeted | aay Investigation, fa. Aerurding too Comarints é pletely saifoutetes Oe Sorused his Communlst counter. Chain. seed persanned | GNpresse td der! i Puri: Se Crossed nilitiey “deniaceas is. guy “Ceiplate aid careful exunii-: “tien Lia Wisp suse in unifornes terns."
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13-00000 ‘ CPT ROBERT C. NOLAN, ASN 01498346 = CPT RICHARD C. NAGEL, re . ASN 02028346 — *Team 26, Combined Commend for Reconneissance Activities Far East (C-CRAFE)- a re | *ACRAPE #USACRAFE HID FOI cic DIAISON SECTION, ARMY COORDINATING DETACHMENT
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13-00000 af #34490 _ 083 eee an Bis : name eis , perhaps i identical + with > & name among six names of Agency employees found on a mentally dis- — oe | turbed and disaffected former CIC intelligence officarwho alleges contact — a “with Russian and Cuban Intelligence agente Wf ESD es
13-00900° . . nn 3. ‘The name of John SLOSS may + be identical with the name s.- es fee -_sLoss found on the person of Richard Gaz NAGELL when arrested in comm “ OF nection with a bank robbery in El Pase, Texas, on 20 September. 1963. A os * notebook found on NAGELL made reference to Fair Play for Cuba Commit= a 3 at a tee, the. addresses of F oreign: Embassies, the names of purported CIA codes _ agents and other information. Although NAGELL is unquestionably ment- “ ally unbalanced, he tells a story of being involved in eaplonage which i is a e 7 “not fully contradicted by evidence. There is no apparent explanation of why the name J. SLOSS as well aa five other names of CIA personnal . ‘should have been in the possession of Richard Case NAGELL. - The weird. oe story of NAGELL is contained ina » chronslogical listing of his activities in oS , : ~ : | Bppended to this memorandum.