| WW 54464 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Date: 5/26/201 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : Agency Information FBI 124-10350-10050 HQ CR 2-1666-12 eee Document Information ‘ ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 DoclId: 32316608 FBI MM HQ 09/08/1964 5 GERALD PATRICK HEMMING PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified “4 Redact 09/03/1998 INDEFINITE MEMO; INC LHM 21 Page 1 Released under the John Kennedy kss5assination Records oOllection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#: NW 54464 Date: HO-i10-201i7 I
.. OPTIONAL FORM NUTIO ~o“} ** .501%| 107-02 Go.) MAY 1962 EDITION, 2) earety f. “GSA GEN. REG, NO. 27 a UNITED STATES, G. AMENT ~ Memorandum 0 | : DIRECTOR, FBI (2-1666). ‘DATE:  gep 8 ey or a, a ALL (NFORMAQH CONTAINED TL FROM. ae SAC, MTAMT (2-297) (P) HEREIN {S. ns a ss : WHERE SHOWN ATRERWISE weapeet m CRUERZAS.. ARMADAS. DE. CUBA_EN EL EXILIO. (FACE) es TS =" CUBA; NEUTRALITY MA'TTERS ° (003, ‘Miamd) | oecLassieien pe snpse en ae ReBuairtel to Miami, dated 7-06-64, “in Case" “centitiled “LEGION BARAGUA, IS - CUBA; NEUTRALITY MATTERS", _.. whieh referred to a copy of a CIA Intelligence Information -« Cable, dated 6-26-64, captioned "Financial Backing -- by Paulino: Sierra and Persons in Chicago of Legion Baragua _. Plan to Bomb a’ Public Event in Cuba; Invitation of Members ‘of Armed Forces of Cuba in Exile (FACE) to Visit a Military “Camp: Donated by Americans" u) . oe Oe eas Enclosed for the Bureau are 12 copies of a LHM- es. sated and. captioned as above. one copy is being sent Chicago. a re i Copies of instant LHM are being furnished locally : " to the following: »=- U. S. Border Patrol, Miami ~ U. S. Customs, Miami -~ U. S. Customs, Region II - INS, Miami CIA HAS. NO OB BIECTION TO. ONI, Miami Tot ge DIOR, ~ G-2, Ft. MePherson, Ga. wif #PURMATION = QSI, Robins AFB RELEASE AP ils | 3 -[CIA; Miami 7 Ci) (w) IN THIS DOCUMENT. shed 8 | - Coast Guard, Mi’am KP I-1S-9¢ tea oP) Mf! - Office of Coordinator of Cuban Affairs, , Oe in eds “".. Department of State, Miami 2) (Bh } (Ra) * qa SEP 9 1964 “fo? “NEE. , for review at £BIHQ | veg — egtifey so payee ese ‘om \ if eonecere’ +4) 19 32316608 Page 2.
a ee “4 ae MM 2-297 The LHM is classified Confidential because it contains information which was so classifiedfby cra eu) pending completion of investigation by Chicago. “ T- 1 2-a[ie cra, | (6 03 NM T-2 is MM 639-S. Miami will conduct no further investigation oN( 7 | HW 54464 DocId: 32316606 dg by Page 3
a UNITED STATES. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to File No. CONFI TIAL Ce A? iF Li Ty MATION Miami, Florida ‘eacig we ee y WW THIS cX i SEP 3 ivo4 YHERS S KP 1-1S-9¥ RE: FUERZAS ARMADAS DE CUBA EN EL EXILIO (FACE) : oe INTERNAL SECURITY.- CUBA. - NEUTRALITY MATTERS On June. 26, 1964, MM T-1, a Federal agency which conducts intelligence investigations, advised that PAULINO A. SIERRA MARTINEZ disclosed that on June 3, 1964, he told ; HOMERO LEON FERNANDEZ and JOSE _LUIS*HERNANDEZARODRIGUEZ = of the FUERZAS ARMADAS DE “CUBA EN EL EXILIO (FACE) that he ~ -. had facilities for setting up training. bases in Guatemala ~~ and Haiti and that he would soon be, leaving for Chicago to talk to \(e parties who would finance the project. U) Algo, “according to MM T-1, on May 30, 1964, HERNANDEZ and other members, of FACE were invited by ‘two Americans named “PHILIP PATRICK" and ADAVED" to 0 -"” visit a military camp which, according to PATRICK and DAVID, had been donated by Americans. Consequently HERNANDEZ accoiipanied by PATRICK, DAVID and several — unidentified: membérs of FACE went to an airfield where , there was a 40-passengér aircraft which would transport them to the encampment. According to HERNANDEZ, they waited for about one hour and when the pilot failed to arrive, they left for the enéampment by car, arriving there about an hour and twenty minutes later. The oe encampment was described by HERNANDEZ as being an abandoned airfield. Upon arrival there, they observed some Americans with movie cameras filming training procedures. When u) \ “. declasgpifigation . vecassirien sy SOGF SCALES “e ae neeieran & ame o » oy Bhi HW 54464 DocId:32316608 Page #
| HW 54464 - undoubtedly identical ‘to GERAID” iy GERAL ’ PATRICK HEMMING went with Colonel HOMERO RO_ LEONAFERNANDEZ - and several other Cubans to an abandoned t U. S. “Air Force base near ‘Clewiston, Florida. According ‘to MM T-2, a RE: FUERZAS ARMADAS DE CUBA EN (EL: EXILIO\(#AcE) ot f HERNANDEZ asked one of the Americans why the film. was being made, the American said that the film was to b own on a nationwide television program. U) ao. Sti Laity 0% >1eP rt Ft ~. On August 25,/1964, MM T-2, who is acquainted with many Cuban exiles engaged in a AULANO A een. ins against FIDEL CASTRO, advised that PAULINO NO_ AAS TERRA (RTINEZ, a Cuban exile living in Chicago, Illinois, is a discreditea™ ye. promoter, who has visited Miami on. several eccasions to ~~ fet Sm ie organize action against CASTRO, always claiming to. represent a big financial - interests. in Chicago. gokiad oive commonly - known as PATRICK, and that. DAVID VID is undoubtedly ~ identical ° fl to HOWARD YDAVIS, commonly known] as: ~DAVEY", ‘both being American Adventurers with military backzrounds who have : afforded training _ to many. Cubay exites in the Miami area. eel “MM. T-2 advised. that parachute jump school or club is operated there by private interests with which neither HEMMING nor DAVIS have any ~ connection. . Upon arrival at. this abandoned air base, HEMMING | pointed out to Colonel LEON. and his companions a. ‘40-passenger Due-3 plane. which he pretended he was going to use and had access \to However, this plane ) actually belonged to. CHARLE, 3USH, who operates an Fil aviation concern at ‘Broward, nternational Airport. —s HEMMING. then conducted his Cuban companions to the parachute jump school or club which operates out of: an abandoned barracks at the field. While there, ‘some DoclId: 327316606 Page 5
‘WW 54464 “RE: FUERZAS ARMADAS DE CUBA. EN. EL EXILLO" (PACE) representative of the NBC was taking ‘pictures of some parachute” Jumpers representing themselves: supposedly as Cuban éxiles in training. However, these jumpers were actually | American sports jumpers. 4 According to. MM T-2, Colonel LEON took some guns along with his party hoping to have photographs © taken of. him and his companions in training but due. to restrictions of the Sheriff's Office, which covered that field, no weapons were removed from automobiles occupied by LEON and his companions. ; ‘MM T-2 said that PAULINO SIERRA has no training bases located anywhere although he is always talking of grandiose plans to.set up camps through his alleged connections with important officials. in Latin America. | It is to be noted that previous investigation has reflected that FACE is a small anti- CASTRO organization headquartered in Miami. PROPERTY OF FBI = This: memorandum’ contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be. distributed outside your agency . DoclId: 327316606 Page 6 ee ee