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13-00000 ro ( ] ~ Ll June 1976 MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Security Analysis Group SUBJECT  , :  HEMMING, Gerald Patrick - 7 SFH429 229 ; 1. On 9 June - 1969 ww Pd | 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 ww [contacted the writer, ‘advised that he . is the action officer for a cable from the - ‘ reporting an assassination plot on the life OF President ay LAUGERUD of Guatemala. =. !was unfamiliar with the case of Gerald Patrick HEMMING and had not as yet reviewed the 201 file on HEMMIN " + ;was requested to alert — ‘2: and JMWAVE to the below-mentioned cable and to provide the writer with a copy of the report. coming in from the Zz. ~ Irovided the writer with a copy of the cable (IN 044357, . ‘dated 8 June 1976), -which is attached. In substance, the cable reflects that circa 8 June 1976.a Guatemalan source, with the knowledge of | provided the| 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 National Liberation ‘Movement was involved with ZIMERI in the assassination plot amd ZIMERI 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 oy claims that ZIMERI has close relations with police officials in Miami and New Orleans. | vate. C1r4S © Metegel 9 OY © Ge . | _ s i ci ms Commyeveent ose ccnensy E2 IMPDET . | j It ‘Aho CL BY 043994
13-00000° a es . ; a e, . B \ NOTE: The also included information the had received from ° <3! zon June. (3) 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. . 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 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? 2 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 ~~ t—~<C*«é«C adv see that DDO is referring the entire matter to the FBI and State “Repartment. ee 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 Nay 1975 was ostensibly employed by a private investigation ‘company, TEPCOL Security (Office of Security--no record) in ' Miami, Florida. UP - CLA ch tL, Cee coset ons oe ct) = CI& Comp ence
13-00000 8. Gerald Patrick NEMMING is well known to this Agency, the Office of Security Miami Field Office, and JMNAVE. On 4 TAP Bb ited 2 wD ecclesia Gis Saiile ae aeast rete caily APU Dy remote obs ww Kad claimed Agency affiliation when in fact there has beea 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 isa long-time cohort of Frank Anthony STURGIS (SF#355 459), « 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 4 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, oe 9. For | an ‘appreciation 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 detat in America--The CIA and the Assassination of John “F, Kennecy ‘3S a diatribe a. against the A 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- ‘nental Penetration Force. Loran Eugene HALL received nationwide publicity in 1967 when New Orleans District Attorney "Jim" -GARRISON alleged that HALL (and the Intercontinental Penetration Force) was involved in the.assassination of President KENNEDY cand that members of this unit were connected with CIA. GARRISON ‘shortly thereafter dropped his interest in HALL, but it is interesting that he did so after Gerald Patrick HEMMING and another cohort, Robert K. BROWN, joined GARRISOCN's investigation. ery G. Brown yty Chief Security Analysis Group Atts