AGENCY INFORMATION _ - AGENCY: — FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-10062-10398 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER:  105-82555-1ST NR 5552 DOCUMENT INFORMATION \ a ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: BRANIGAN, W. A. TO: SULLIVAN, W. C. TITLE: DATE: 03/01/1967 PAGES: 9 SUBJECT: JG, INVEST, FERRIE, DAVID, ANTI CASTRO ACTIVITIES DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL Secret NEW CLASSIFICATION: CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW _DATE: — 02/15/1994 UPDATE DATE: STATUS _ Redact RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (1)(B) COMMENTS: HY 50953 DBoctd: 327140811 Page 1
= ‘ if ee. C, wae LEG HY mace OUD Se ° ‘ a ow . . ‘ ; . : l+ Mr. DeLoach | A+ Me, Conrad Me. W. €. Sullivan Bal-G7 Oo . Classified by 2400. iv. OS rn “Exempt from GOS eateesry. “FR i- Me. Rosen | ‘Me, Bate af PenRaRiSgdAM on Indefinite. “ill 4 i+ Me. R. Jensen | ne ox L * Mr. Sullivan ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KeNNEpy CIA HAS INGE? erat | ,C NOVEMBER 22,  DECLASS™ 2963 Len DALLAS, SEXAS i SECRET RELEA. ASE Ge Gu ea vFORMAT ON oe IN JAS OOS MEN as Bh bdo, tr wet Re memorandum Mr.. Beloach + a setting forth Fesults of a conversation Me. DeLoach had with Merriman Smith, senior White House correspondent, on 2=28267. fhe Director instructed that Mr. DeLoach's memorandum be reviewed by the Domestic Intelligence Division to ascertain — 4f Me. Smith obtained any information from New Orleans District Attorney Garrison not already reflected in FBI files. Vv SYNOPSIS: | — Lee Ha 1 RUE OM mpi bb. Garrison alleged David Willian Ferrie member of a. at Leke Pontchartrain, Louisiana.— On 2-23-61 we were conti= dentially advised by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) - that CIA was planning to initiate a training operation at & Camp Belle Chase,| which was Jocated(a short distance south of ww Orleanss] Ci indicsted (this base@Jwould be utilized for (S training Cuban exiles. We, OF coursé, did not investigate CI _ activities[at Camp Belle Chase, Louisiana.) Nothing in Bureau/s ~ files to indicate David | WEkadam Ferrie connected with thks (training camp} RS a x We also received information in JuiygTiesooReiaumber AS of Cuban refugees had been brought from MiagO9 Mihowidey to New Orleans, to attend a training camp in the New Orleans area. Our inquiries disclosed thése individuals reportedly were..being ei recruited to work in the lumber camps in Guatemala and that they’ became disenchanted and returned to Miami. No indication : David William Ferrie or Lee Harvey Oswald had any contact or connection with thie group. Resulte of our inquiries of this group at that time was disseminated to the Warren Commission: vs On 11625468 David William Ferrie advised that from approximately ‘November, 1960, until August, 1961, he was associated with the Cuban Revolutionary Front in New Orleans, Louisiana, and was in i contact with Sergio Arcacha Smith, its New Orleans head. Ferrie = Qreported | he had not had any connection with this organization Zor any other antisCastro organization since August, 1961.U — 62+ 109060 8 Oar ch _po5~82555 | Gaver Cron CONTINUED ~ OVER king 7 cls fot } ~ i as Awe 5552, 50953 Daoctd:321403811 Page 2 x rey vest é ‘4 D group ef antieCastro Cubans who were located in 1961 and 1962. ON Og o
HY Res. ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY Memorandum Branigan to Sullivan — 62-109060 fm an SEGRE 0 Ear ue a ses . ae rl : pETATLS: - SE Cunt 7 th tir. Herrinan Smith, senior White House correspondent, ‘veported Garrison alleges } David Widddan Ferrie was anscciated - Pontchartrain, ouistana, dusxing ‘the period 1961-1962. 50957 “and bake @ Chase, located | _@ deactivated Naval base but rary at, Reto GPA a te taenttel ly saformed this ‘urea 7  ghort  istenee ‘south of Hew Oricans CIA advised that this: camp had been. GHA further advised it woula “training from 15 to 40 Cubans at a ti - dndteated he acted as. a Bo) a amet betw ed BHO | ihe ime for a period of about five weeks. We, of course, did not investigate CIA's activities at Camp Belle Chase, Lowisiana, ae files contain no(S) information that Ey 2 Willian Ferrie tad any connection(ui th this CIA operation. tu July, 1963, we received information from several sources that a number of Cuban refugees had come te New Orleans from Miami, Plorida, through the efforts of Rudolph Davis, reportedly to attend a training camp after which they would be _ sent to a training camp in Guatemala. Sources reported this group becane dksenchanted and returned to Miami shortly after their arrival, VU . We. interviewed Rudolph Pavis in this matter and he : een the Movimiento Castro y oFgauhaat ion aad He stated ne eame. to Rew ‘Orleans in aueNat » 1961, and van “sarky 1963 made friends with persous in the Lumber business in Guatemala with whom he. formed the Guatemalan Lumber and Mineral Davis said. he brought approximately 12 men to train for lumber cutting work in Guatemala. hen the tf AGRPREG Ti industry and were. not retruited for - litary operations against Cuba, they became disenchanted and returned to Miami. Our files contain no information indicating that David Willian Ferrie or Lee Harvey Oswald bad any contact or connection with Bavis or the antisCastro organization which Davis represented. U a Gow -- CONTINUED ~ OVER SECRET “ Doctld:32140811 Page 3