104-10273- (03t4 DOC. NO, ~NEW DOCUMENT RECORD 1 instructions for Divisions ond Staffs: 428 1. Fell in ond Sign on line 7], 2. Use bock of form for any odditionel comments. DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION (Circle if appropriate) (30 CHARACTERS! MONTH ne ont ne ac cnt ens sneer a : CaBie FORM a oe haa) LETTER F ROM/ORIGINATOR (3 CHARACTERS) TO/RECIPIENT (30 CHARACTERS) —pc)\Sac Amaliais Qroup « Bew e| Sec te GQoup q GaIRGR Ana ' | \s SUBJECT (80 CHARACTERS) \emrrny \ Qecta ada eK TYPE DATE” REVIEW REVIEW Determinations: A. Release in full text B. Release in sanitized form | Cc. Deny in toto D. Defer decision to (Specify in line 8) H. Coordinate with (Specify in line 8) . Sustain initial denial in toto F. Sustain initial release of of sanitized version : . Release additional information HI DEFER DEQSICN TO (10 GtARACTERS}| COORDINATE WITH (10 CHARACTERS) | cl is's SIGNATURE OF DO/IMS/FPLG REVIEWING OFFICER EXEMPTIONS AND PROVISIONS CLAIMED (49 CHARACTERS) FOIA ; PA E.0. 12356 @1 B82 63 B84 BS BS B7C B gi gi Jt Ki . ; ‘Exemptions and Provisions claimed to protect the following: FOIA PA 17. Does not pertain to request 19. Other (Specify in line 11) 1. Classification (b) (1) (k) (1) 2. Information from Liaison with a Foreign Government (b) (3) (3) (2) / 3. Information pertaining to a liaison (b) (3) (3) (1) relationship with a Foreign Government 4. Information which would/could identify the . (b) (3) 49) 1) . source ; ’ 5. Information pertaining to a source (b) (3) (3) (1) 6. Information pertaining to intelligence methods (b) (3) (3) (1) 7. Location of CIA overseas installation (b) (3) (4) (2) 8. Location of unacknowledged domestic (5) (3) (3) (2) installation 9. Name of CIA employee (b) (3). (3) G1) 10. File number (b) (3) (3) (1) ll. Pseudonym — (b) (3) 5) GD) ____. 12. Cryptonym (b) (3) (j) (2) 13. Internal organizational data (b) (3) (9) (1) 14. Name of an FBI agent , (b) (7) (ec) (3) (1) 15. FBI file number (b) (2) (3) (1) 16. Privacy of other individual (b) (6) (b) REMARKS (1F OTHER WAS CHECKED ABOVE: (40 CHARACTESS) SiGNaTURE err ce CF TC COMECNENT FEVIEW 5G CFE CER REMAGre 167 THSELTTERS | raeennnannnnannnnnarannanaasrenpetannscenic: | Box #_HS\' —_ CERRLD PRT RICK HEMMING : This Form ig Unciessified Unless The Classifrcetron is Cheche> ond The Informat-or below 1: come ected.
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13-0000 - ‘ . . . . . wo. a i — . ae ll June 1976 “MEMORANDUM. FOR:,. Chief, Security Analysis Group SUBJECT --'r HEMMING, Gerald Patrick - "" SB#a29 229 1. On 9 June. 1969 ow tay ee . contacted Staff and Operations Branch/Operational Evaluation Section for information concerning Gerald Patrick HEMMING. a) Iwas referred to.the writer, who is holding the HEMMING file. When w ‘|contacted the writer, wy i advised that he is the action officer for a cable from the [stati “OTt) reporting an assassination plot on the life of Presi ent LAUGERUD of Guatemala. wr fwas unfamiliar with the case of Gerald retrick HEMMING and had not as yet reviewed the 201 file- on HEMMIN _ 7. *;was requested to alert _ Pee and JMVAVE . to the below- mentioned | cable and to pr writer with a / [Station. 2. WY " [provided the writer with a copy of the cable CIN 944357, oo ‘dated 8 June 1976), which is attached. 7 In substance, the cable reflects that scirca 8 June 1976.a Guatemalan source, with the: knowledge ef “Guatemalan President LAUGERUD, provided theL____——«s Stat iony- .a written report; anda detailed briefing, conterning a plot ‘to assassinate President LAUGERUD. According to the informa- tion the plot was to have been carried out on 15 September “1975; however,* one of the major conspirators, Jorge Antonio “"Cokie™ ZIMERI Safie left Guatemala in August 1975 as a result of an attack upon his, ZIMERI's, life... ZIMERI has been living im Miami since August 1975. . 3. According to the report, the National Liberation “Movement was involved with ZIMERI in the assassination plot ; cand ZIMERI in turn was involved with two Americans, brothers, ‘Robert and Gerald Patrick HEMMING. The HENMING brothers ‘assisted ZIMERI in acquiring arms, among other things, which were flown to Guatemala in a small aircraft. The report also i claims that ZIMERI has close relations with police officials 1 in Miami and New Orleans. : wate Cio Mitel ety SO eet CL BY 0659948 a ae QD 2E
13-0080" CY va NOTE: The Station also included information they Gt Or Station had received fron . cal -ONn 8 June, C2?) | said Tha he had been providing information on ZIMERI to the Guatemalan government for the past six months or so. He claimed that two Americans were involved ‘With ZIMERI, one of them who runs a guard service in Miami. ° cs. -| did not mention names but described one. of the-Americans as about six feet . four inches and weighing about 230 pounds. 4. The Guatemalan report of the assassination plot ends with five requests” for information by President LAUGERUD: a. 1s, ZIMERI still in the United ‘States? | a b. In the event ZIMERI is not in the United States legally, deport him to Guatemala. c. Is ZIMERI recruiting merceraries in the United States for possible use in - Guatemala? d. .Does ZIMERI receive any kind of preferen-. - tial treatment by U. S. authorities which permit him to carry firearms, as well as to purchase arms and ammunition for shipment to Guatemala? e. Any information on Robert and Gerald _HEMMING?. 5. On 19 June 1976 Ww en Cle advised that. DDO is referring the entire matter to the FBI and State Nepartment. 6. Office of Security indices are negative in pertinent variations of the name of ZIMERI or Robert HEMMING. 7. From the name, physical description, activity, and © alleged employment, it is apparent that Gerald Patrick HEMMING is identical with the subject of Office of Security file 429 229, who has been described as six-foot five, 250 pounds, who is a notorious mercenary and soldier of fortune and who as of Muy 1975 was ostensibly employed by a private investiga ition ‘company, TEPCOL Security (Office of Security--no record) in ‘Miani, Florida. ' 7 op (P- CUR ge Tete Ge i?) ~Cas Coug wrk Gaga re a er) i ay. MeN ae.
13-00090 . 8. Gerald Patrick. HEMMING is well known to this Asency the Office of Security Miami Field Office, and JRWAVE. Qa TAPAS 3 db dai b WUD oe taslGiis ‘Sale ae east rate eaily ASU By Libis acne) Ead claimed Agency affiliation when in fact there has beoa mone. .The most.recent incident wherein HEMMING claimed such _ affiliation was in May 1975 when he volunteered his services “to the Drug Enforcement: Administration. Gerald Patrick HEMMING is a long-time cohort of Frank Anthony STURGIS (SF#353 459), « aka: Frank FIORINI, of Watergate notoriety who also has a long-time record of falsely claiming Agency affiliation. In the late 1950's HEMMING and STURGIS, both former U.S. Marines, joined Fidel CASTRO in Cuba but returned shortly thereafter claiming disillusionment with the CASTRO cause. Soon thereafter, STURGIS organized a group of mercenaries for Caribbean and Central American activities which he named the International ws Anti-Communist- Brigade. A reported sub-unit of this "Brigade" (the backers of whom have never been fully established) was named the Intercontinental Penetration Force, headed by Gerald Patrick HEMMING:. 9. For an “appréciation of the possible: ramifications of a Guatemalan government expose of this assassination plot involving HEMMING, you are referred to attachments to instant . memorandum, to wit: a memorandum by the writer dated 10 June 1975 in the name of Frank STURGIS and Everett Howard HUNT, Jr.3 - and an extract from a book published in early 1976 written hy ‘Michael CANFIELD and Alan J. WEBERMAN. The book Coup d'etat -in America--The CIA and the Assassination of John F. Kennecy as a diatribe a against the Agency and attempts to link the A Agency -With the- assassination of President KENNEDY. One of the major links attempted by the authors is through Everett Howard HUNT, .Jr, to Frank STURGIS to Gerald Patrick HEMMING to. Loran Eugene ‘HALL. Loran Eugene HALL was a member of HEMMING's Interconti- nnental Penetration Force. Loran Eugene HALL received nationwide publicity in 1967 when New Orleans District Attorney "Jim" - GARRISON alleged that HALL fand the Intercontinental Penetration Force) was involved in the assassination of President KENNEDY sand that members of this unit were connected with CIA. GARRISON ‘shortly thereafter dropped his interest in HALL, but it is ainteresting that he did so after Gerald Patrick ” HEMMI NG and another cohort, Robert K. BROWN, joined GARRISON's investigation.» Ty G. Brown Jghty 6. Chief Security Analysis Group Atts
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13-00000- 11 June 19 “MEMORANDUM. FOR: Chief, Security Analysis ‘Group ‘SUBJECT oe HENMING, Gerald Patrick |  SFH429 229 1. On: 9 Sune’ -1969° ray) egy ee contacted Staff and Operations Branch/Operational Evaluation Section for information concerning Gerald Patrick HEMMING. iwas referred to.the writer, who is holding the HENMMING file. When w. ‘|contacted the writer, Ww i advised that he is the action officer for a cable from the Station ‘reporting an assassination plot on the life o President LAUGERUD of . Guatemala. “aw fwas unfamiliar with the case of Gerald Patrick HEMMING and had not as yet reviewed the 201 file’ on HEMMING. .*- ‘.; was requested to alert Ga and JMWAVE to the below-mentioned cable and to provide the writer with a / scopy of the report coming in from the| |Station. 2. Wo lnrevicea, the writer with a copy of the cable 7 rN 944357, oy ‘dated 8 June 1976}, , which is attached. In subs tance, the cable reflects that “circa § June 1976 a Guatemalan source, with the knowledge ef “Guatemalan President LAUGERUD, provided the [Station - a written report, and a detailed briefing, concerning a plot ‘to assassinate President LAUGERUD.. .According to the informa- “tion the plot was to have been carried out on 15 September “1975; however,* one of the major conspirators, Jorge Antonio ““"Cokie'' ZIMERI Safie left Guatemala in August 1975 as a result of an attack upon his, ZIMERI's, life. ZIMERI has been living In Miami since August 1975, 3. According to the report, the Nativnal Liberation ‘Movement was involved with ZIMERI in the assassination plot md ZIMERIL in turn was involved with two Americans, brothers, ‘Robert and Gerald Patrick HEMMING. The HEMMING brothers - “assisted ZIMERI in acquiring arms, among other things, which were flown to Guatemala in a small aircraft. The report also Claims that ZIMERI has close relations with police officials ; 1 ‘in Miami and New Orleans. qvt- Cie 2 plo YEO ge CEE Conepnent™ ov censasa E2 IMPDET 7 CL BY 063994 at / ah m4 g
13-00000 ‘ a bd * N oar oy. * a NOTE: ‘The [ Stationjalso included information. the (Chics | of Station) had received fron ° cal -on § June. C2?) | said that he had been providing information on ZIMERI to the Guatemalan government for the past six months or so. He claimed that two Americans were involved with ZIMERI, one of them who runs a guard service in Miami. ~ a. ° -| did not mention names but described one. of the-Americans as about six. feet four inches’ and weighing about 230 pounds. "4, The Guatemalan report of the assassination plot ends with five requests” for. information by President LAUGERUD: a. Is ZIMERI still in the United States? | b. In the event ZIMERI is not in the United . States legally, deport him to Guatemala. _c. Is ZIMERI recruiting merceraries in the United States for possible use in “Guatemala? , . d. Does ZIMERI receive any kind of-preferen-. . tial treatment by U. S. authorities which . permit him to carry firearms, as well as _.to purchase arms and ammunition for shipme nt to Guatemala? e. Any information on Robert and Gerald  . HEMMING?. 5. On 19 June 1976 as gy advised. that DDO is referring the entire matter to the FBI and State. “Department. 6. Office of Security indices are negative in pertinent “variations of the name of ZIMERI or Robert HEMMING. 7. From the name, physical description, activity, and. alleged employment, it is apparent that Gerald Patrick HEMMIN is identical with the subject of Office of Security file 429 229, who has been described as six-foot five, 250 pounds, who is a notorious mercenary and soldier of fortune and who as of May 1975 was ostensibly employed by a private investigation ‘company, TEPCOL Security (Office of Security--no record) in “Miami, Florida. ( ie fA Gwe von VT a oy canett ony ce crm Comey cacy. enter ne ue Mee asf i
13-00090 . * , . ry fe . . a . Py . ie ora 8. Gerald Patrick HEMMING is well known to this Agency, the Office of Security Miami Field Office, and JRIWAVE, Oa dimer BW eccaslois Sadice @ UL Least tae caily 1360' Dy iriore wert) Ead claimed Agency affiliation when in fact there has beou none. The most.recent incident wherein HEMMING claimed such affiliation was.in May 1975 when he volunteered his services “to the Drug Enforcement: Administration. Gerald Patrick HEMMING is'a long-time cohort of Frank Anthony STURGIS (SF#353 459), * aka: Frank FIORINI, of Watergate notoriety who also has a - long-time record of falsely claiming Agency affiliation. In | the late 1950's HEMMING and STURGIS, both former U.S. Marines, joined Fidel CASTRO in Cuba but returned shortly thereafter — claiming disillusionment with the CASTRO cause. Soon thereafter, STURGIS organized a group of mercenaries for Caribbean and Central American activities which he named the International _— Anti-Communist- Brigade. A reported sub-unit of this "Brigade" (the backers.of whom have never been fully established) was named the Intercontinental Penetration Force, headed by Gerald Patrick HEMMING. 9. For an “appreciation of the possible ramifications of a Guatemalan government expose of this assassination plot einvolving HEMNMING, you are referred to attachments to instant .— memorandum, to wit: a memorandum by the writer dated 10 June 14975 in the name of Frank STURGIS and Everett Howard HUNT, Jv.3 and an extract from a book published in early 1976 written hy ‘Michael CANFIELD and Alan J. WEBERMAN. The bock coup dret at in America--The CIA and:the Assassination of John Kenneay ois a diatribe a against the Agency and attempts to oe ik the ae Agency With the’ assassination of President KENNEDY. One of the major links attempted by the authors is through Everett Howard HUNT _Jr. to Frank STURGIS to Gerald Patrick HEMMING to. Loran Eugene ‘HALL. Loran Eugene HALL was a member of HEMMING's Interconti- nnental Penetration Force. Loran Eugene HALL received nationwide - publicity in 1967 when New Orleans District Attorney "Jim" GARRISON alleged that HALL (and the Intercontinental Penetration ‘EForce) was involved in the assassination of President KENNEDY sand that members of this unit were connected with CIA. GARRISON “Shortly thereafter dropped his interest in HALL, but it is cinteresting that he did so after Gerald Patrick HEMMING and another cohort, Robert K. BROWN, joined GARRISCN's investigation.» Ty G. Brown ieee Chief Security Analysis Group * Sate p