AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 HW 55923 Docld: 322346622 JFK Assassination System Date: Identification Form Agency Information . HSCA 180-10075-10180 NUMBERED FILES 010146 Document Information IRS OWENS, JAMES BLAKEY, G. ROBERT 07/21/1978 10 BRADEN, JAMES HALE HUNT, H.L. HUNT, BUNKER LETTER Unclassified 3; 11(a) Redact 06/26/1998 Includes memorandum of interview. Box 187. Page 1 10/2/201
HW 55923 "Mr. G. Robert Blakey Internal Revenue Service . Department of the Treasury | Assistant Washington, DC 20224 Commissioner (Taxpayer Service and Returns Processing) a JUL 21 1978 Chief Counsel and Director . Select Committee on Assassinations U.S. House of Representatives 3331 House Office Building ‘Annex 2 010145 Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Mr. Blakey: In re: James Braden Thank you for your letters of June 19 and 21, 1978, requesting copies of documents pertaining to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and asking that a member of your. staff be. allowed to meet and speak with a Service employee concerning Mr. James Braden. We are enclosing edited copies of documents which may relate to the assassination of President Kennedy and which were provided to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in 1977.. However, a Los Angeles memorandum report prepared by Special Agent John P. Daley’and dated November 17, 1970, was not included. It is our understanding that this document, appropriately deleted, is included in material available in Los Angelés. Information deleted from the documents consists of third party tax information. I have asked our District Director in Dallas to permit Special Agent Gene Boren to meet with your designated staff member and. to discuss with him the enclosed documents. Any discussions relative to the tax affairs of Mr. James Braden will, of course, be limited to that information covered by Mr. Braden's waivers Docld: 322746622 Page 2?
Mr. G. Robert. Blakey If you have any further. questions regarding these requests please contact Mr. Pierre Fauconnet ‘in. the National Office at 566-3359 or Messrs.. Curtis Smith or.Coy Wilson in Dallas at .(FTS). 749-3059. Sincerely yours, Commissioner _Service and Returns Processing) Enclosure © Copies. of edited documents HW 55923 Docld:322746622 Page 3
C ; kK. Kill Squad —s. we jAllepations have been made that BUNKER HUNT purchased a ranch in Southern California to be used in training "kill squads" to help rid the ~ 21 >. world of communists. Also, the squads were to be-used in foreign coun- “trdes to protect the HUNTS' foreign operations. This allegation is , ‘based on conversations overheard and there is. only a. Small amount Of | ye documentation supporting | this statement. Opes ei ae ae “We know that BUNKER owns property in Southern California, and BUNKER, -.. together with LAMAR, has had unknown connections with a.man in << California named EUGENE BRADING (alias JIM BRADEN, JAMES BRADLEY LEE, - and JAMES LEE COLE). According to his "wrap sheet" in the available . : ° £4iles, BRADING hag a record of burglary, operating a gambling house, . ar ©... bookmaking, mail fraud conspiracy, and embezzlement dating back.to 1934, oe: . <BRADING was allegedly arrested in Dallas, Texas, on the date of JOHN F. KENNEDY 's assassination, questioned and released. Also, he reportedly ‘was in the HUNTS' offices on the day. before the assassination. He was .. -.gaid to be fifteen minutes away from the point of the assassination of aa ‘ROBERT. KENNEDY shortly before his shooting. oe me ~ BRADING is said to be a “member of the LA ‘COSTA COUNTRY CLUB near San Ss Glemente, California, and he spends a great deal of time there.
_i 55923 - [Docld: 32246692, | February 25, 1971 Offices of Internal Revenue Service Intelligence Division Dallas, Texas | JOAN WILSON, I « GENE: Ae BOREN, (Special Agent
John Wilson, I _! Memorandua of Interview in re: a 6a Within the Land Department - all records of "lease rentals" and "real "property" are kept. on va rious cards. These cards show the name of the a tA Ne ‘purchaser; [ ect “ ownership interest, the costs, and any’ notes that might ‘be due on the “. property with the due dates. Copies of these, lease rental. cards.and real “, property sheets are sent to each account's accountant, one is’ kept in the (Land Department and one goes to the PaEy, himsel£! Ee “8. ' On April 2, 1970, Mr. WILSON said that JOHN THOMAS, a former employee: . Who still resides: in the Dallas area, was talking with GECRGE CUNYUS. i ". CUNYUS told THOMAS that the Internal Revenue Service and Federal Bureau —
- Memorandum of Interview in re: John Wilson, I i “| { of Investigation had taps on the telephones of CURINGTON , PAUL ROTHERMEL: | ‘and JOHN BROWN. However, CUNYUS did not mention that there was a tap on “his own phone. Mr. WILSON stated that this statement was reported to. BILL  HOLLEMAN, the FBI agent who he understands took a statement from THOMAS, and that he was sure THOMAS was available and would be willing. to Tepeat any ‘statement on the wire tap | situation. ge y Mr. WILSON stated there was a folder entitled OL AMAR Hunt" which | includes in that folder a three-page police record of a man who owns a vl’ BAUMAN DRILLING COMPANY by the name of EUGENE BRADEN. Mr. WILSON stated 2: BRADEN;, a he’ did not know the extent_ w0f the business: + relat fonship. between LAMAR and — ‘10. Mr. WILS N stated that there was a police character from California by the name of FETE NOWLEN and that NOWLEN, BRADEN.and another individual “unknown to WILSON were in the offices of LAMAR and BUNKER the day before .’ the KENNEDY assassination in Dallas. WILSON stated that there are some ‘California people who think that there was a conspiracy involving these + {eer meng tome menmanaren ttre at mee emt tens te ae A at 8 web | : } parties, including-LAMAR and BUNKER, in the assassination. A CBS news commentator by the name of PETER NOYES has a large file on this allegation. mo WILSON said it would be interesting to know just what the exact tie-in — i between BUNKER , LAMAR , BRADEN and the California police characters. BanGsR
cinema ton, went BA Lak oem ee eee meet itd ek end SMe A me este Nel tel nat i tae a ae eel he ete we ee ee lee moan le coed i . + tye * . 7 Memorandum of Interview in re: John Wilson, I : receives the bank balances’ of all of the ‘accounts he files these within his office. Mr. WILSON chas never heard >, him question any withdrawals with” es however, ho could have done so in private. This particular sheet _ shows the name of | oo el ceteria;. it: 7 the eccount such asi 8 i+ - shows the total deposit for the. he day, rithdrawals for the day, with a “Jo. balance, and vith another column showing whether this is an overdraft or accredit balance. It also lists at the bottom ef the page any ~ Certificates of Deposit which the companies may have purchased. Mr. HUNT is also furnished daily e schedule of 211 the coupanies loans, - ‘the duc datcs of these loans, the < amount of. payments £0. be auc 3 and the! none 93, “Each day ; when[. — . principal ba ‘Lance. “He stated that prior to 1960, the first ten minutes of their fifteen minute program of LIFE LINE dealt with conservative. political views, with the last five minutes being a sermonet of non-denominational religious ‘outlooks. He stated that in 1960 a’change was made, that the full fifteen ‘minutes became a con servative political view with no sermonet for <- six” On Surday the fifteen minutes wes allocated to there was “35. ‘days of week period. strictly the non-denominational religious sercionet; however, no HLH PRODUCTS or “any other type of advertising connected with the Sunday instances they were able to have the ‘stations program. He said in some transmit the Sunday. Pronran_as a public. service mes ES 2Se. | - 16. He’ stated that Mr. HUNT was able to “obtain tax ey wempt status for “youTH FREEDOM SPEAKERS; an organization where youths traveled throughout _ the country speaking on conservative political views. He said “that Mr. “HUNT. initially | “gor the YOUTH FREEDOM: SPEAKERS which began in 1867 and it received 4 a few hundred dollars in contributions froa ani e903 -Doela: ‘30946609: Page Be: ~ PTET SETI IINS et DEPLETE IRE TERI ERIN,
“ Memorandum of Interview in re: John Wilson, I me in ne oe ep gt ern nc Ec ee — . . . : i. eo tee ‘He said that. all: of BUNKER! S land would be’ shown on “the real property *.. blue. sheets and in additional to those offices where we could locate those, ~ there is another office, the ad valorem, which would have copies.» “49, Mr. WILSON stated that in the latter part of March, depositions will .. be taken from BEEMAN and CUNYUS, and copies of these depositions will be -— “< forwarded tous. He stated that on February 26 they plan to take a , - ; deposition from FLOYD DANELS and they will question him concerning, for (.:instance, the job of CARLTON YOUNG who was with the YOUTH FREEDOM SPEAKERS. ~"_.. DANELS would know these facts. He stated that if any records are destroyed a as a result of. their depositions, CUNYUS. and BEEMAN would do it. “20. Mr. WILsoN stated that, HUNT now realizes’ that his patriotic = advertising: idea is a. bad deal; that it will-not go over. He said that | S- Me. HUNT had to do one of two things: To admit that this is a bad ‘deal — and that he had made a nistake, or to throw CURINGTON, /-ROTHERMEL, and . __Docld: 32246622 Pa CD
“Memorandum of Interview in re: John Wilson, I ". BROWN to the Wolves and state that he had no ideal that these three people were making money on the side. HUNT denied that his signature was on the “letters which were allegedly given to Mr. CURINGTON promising lifetime. _ employment et ceterila. , 21. In ‘connection: with Mr HUNT! Ss mislabeling and nisbranding food itens, “Mr. WILSON mentioned an ‘amazeaid’ which took the place of the ‘old: gastro . ed He stated that the federal government about six months ago had " filed suit for the discontinued use of the amazeaid and, therefore, the gales stopped. He said that there were no criminal. charges dropped; that Mr. HUNT. just agreed not to sell any more of the product. He stated this “-amazeaid was stemmed from a formula which was furnished to Mr. HUNT by — H « his doctor in New York--Dr. KING. The formula called for the:aid-to be | in liquid form; however, Mr. HUNT made it into a powdered tablet and | . “without making any lab or clinic test or any test on. human beings. begin a “selling it in 1963. This suit was filed by the government in 1970; | therefore, he had seven years of sales. The product was to. cure stomach-~. a aches, diarrhea, overindulgence and hangovers, among other things. ae 7 -- LIVINGSTON, CUNYUS and all of the label people ‘had. told Mr. HUNT that __ this product and the method of advertising it. was violating the Laws ; : however, Mr. HUNT said he was willing to take’ the chance. O08 In. another instance, ‘the. Pure Food and Drug Administration £i lod: suit, ‘against HLH FOOD PRODUCTS: for selling contaminated pepper which contained we Kat droppings. The plant manager, JAMES WOOD@RD,..received a two to five- .-- year probated sentence for this violation. Mr. HUNT was not’ included in... this particular. allegation. This occurred within the last two years. “ WOODARD is presently working, for | MARY KAY COSMETICS « | GEOR AGE _CUNYUS: told . Mr. WILSON that TIM TIMMINS, ~ . in order. ‘to ? keep Mr. HUNT “out. of. this, particular violation. 23. Another | area of nislabel ing and. violation ‘of Pure Food. ‘and Drug Acts 00 was the sale of ALAVERA.. Mr. Wilson stated that when this ALAVERA was -". made into a jell that it costed to have a high bacteria count caused by >. the process of making it into the form of jell. He said that Mr. HUNT “had been advised on several occaions by his laboratory that this jell did “» ¢ontain sueh a high count; however, it is still on the shelves and still » “selling. He said files on these particular violations would be in the ~ Jaboratory records under the care of Dr. CARL RAU. He said that Dr. RAU s.would testify and tell us anything that HUNT instructed him to do... RAU “is a PHD and would be a competent witness. to testify in behalf of ALN FOOD ‘PRODUCTS on the testing of the bacteria count. : he Another | area’ of selling and. nislabeling foods ‘would be'the bottle | “water which Mr. WILSON discussed having cone from INDIANS HOT SPRINGS. On. all. of. these violations Mr. HUNT. gave his 5. personal instructions that — cea amet ence gama et OE IE EET PON RT LATTA EY YORI PE 2
~ ~ a Hy 2 - te a . Hi . . . if a * as . ; xs L & : t 7 ~. * i ; tenovonde of Interview, in re: John Wilson, I they be done. The boys’ knew about these violations; however, they thought” _ it was a joke and laughed about what "their ole man" was” ao “Gene A. Boren. . Special Agent « SWORN A AEN EINE EI OIG LITE EN OE TOA aK Lai 8 ee My ORR BI MOTT TOTEM ere Soha