~ LORAN EUGENE HALL . . | MM T-1 said HALL was then loosely connected with Cuban ‘revolutionary activities, which he uses 48 a gimmick to try and obtain money donations. In Miami, he loosely associated with GERALD PATRICK HEMMING, "MEXICAN" LARRY HOWARD and WILLIAM HOUSTON SEYMOUR, all unemployed ad- venturers, , oo _ MM T-1 stated HALL and HOWARD made a trip to California several months previously in an attempt to . collect money by representing themselves as members of an anti-CASTRO movement. ft is doubtful they collected any Sizeable amount of money. Their practice is to contact local chapters of the John Birch Society, claiming they are anti-Communist freedom fighters, and ask for money to carry _ on their work. They do obtain some money this way, and - use the money for living expenses. oe Ds In October, 1963, according to MM T-1, HALL and SEYMOUR visited Dallas, Texas, trying to collect money donations under the guise of Yepresenting anti-CASTRO organizations. - Among the persons they contacted was LESTER R. LOGUE, 628 Meadows Building, Dallas, a geolo- gist. It is unknown if LOGUE. gave them any money... L ~ . On December 5, 1963, MM T-l advised that. HALL ~had not been seen around Miami for about a month, and his whereabouts was then unknown. ae ~’ On November 1, 1963 the United States Customs Service, Miami, Florida, furnished a report concerning the boat PITUSA 1, which was observed on October 29, 1963 | being trailer hauled by a 1955 Oldsmobile Sedan, south of Miami in the direction of the Florida Keys. This car was -3-
LORAN EUGENE HALL accompanied by another automobile, anda station wagon. At approximately 1 AM on October 30, 1963, in the vicinity of Jewfish Creek; U.S. Customs officers approached the | Oldsmobile and boat, and another one of the cars, and found in the second car a quantity of arms, munitions, explosives and supplies. The driver of the 1955 Olds- mobile -was-identified as‘L, EB. HALL, 142 S.W. 21st Avenue, Miami, Florida, who was also the registered owner of this car. The sole occupant of the other car, a Mercury, was identified as MANUEL BARBARITO PEREZ GOYANES , a Cuban citizen. Customs Seized both cars and their cone tents, . oo oo a Investigation disclosed that an anti-CASTRO or- ganization, the Frente Revolucionario Anti-Comunista (FRAC) , had been involved in plans to utilize the PITUSA I on a trip to Cuba, for the purpose of gathering propaganda material for the John Birch Society, and to obtain money to sustain military type raids on Cuba. 7 On August 6, 1964, Mx. STANLEY SHACHTER, U.S. Customs Agent, Miami, confirmed that L. E. HALL is identical to LORAN EUGENE HALL. He recalled that HALL, at the time of the Jewfish Creek incident, said he intended to to to Guba on a raid, Neither HALL nor his companions were arrested.,- a oo At that time HALL had information in his poss- ession reflecting that he was born January 4, 1930 and re- Sided at 285 N. Oakland, Apartment 9, Pasadena, California. Another residence address in hig possession was for 1191 _ Collegeview Drive, Apartment 14, Monterey Park, California. On. June 26, 1964, mm T-1 stated that he last - 4 =
LORAN EUGENE HALL heard of LORENZO HALL about 8 months ago, at which time HALL was reportedly en route to Mexico with LAWRENCE _ HOWARD.” MM-T-1 said that both HALL and HOWARD were  "soldier-cf-fortune types" and prior to coming to Miami in'1963, had xaised money, possibly from right wing organizations in California, in order to support their proposed military action against the regime of FIDEL CASTRO. HALL never succeeded in such military effort in that he was thwarted) by the action of U.S. Customs at Miami, who seized what equipment he possessed. 7 MM T-l expressed the opinion that HALL may have gone to Mexico with HOWARD, but HALL is not known to have returned to Miami since the latter part of . 1963. - °° On July 22, 1964, GERALD PATRICK HEMMING, 1036 — S.W. 5th Street, Miami, Florida, who since 1959 has been active in Cuban revolutionary activities, stated he first met LORAN HALL, who liked to be called "SKIP"! HALL, in April, 1959, at which time HALL was in jail at the Army barracks in Ciudad Libertad near Havana, Cuba. HALL was arrested for being involved in alleged prepara- tiens for revolutionary action against Nicaragua. HALL shared a cell in the Cuban jail with SANTOS TRAFFICANTE, well known gambler and hoodlum of Tampa and Miami, ' Florida. , a Z _ HEMMING stated he next met HALL in Los Angeles -in January, 1963, at which time HEMMING was visiting his. family, and while in Los Angeles, HEMMING was inter- viewed by a reporter from the PASADENA INDEPENDENT STAR concerning HEMMING's anti-CASTRO crganization called -~ 5 « HW 54653 Docld:32357166 Page @
LORAN EUGENE HALL Interpen (Inter-Continental Penetration Forces). HALL, who was in.California at the time, was able to locate | HEMMING through the reporter. HEMMING related that on his return from Cali- fornia to Miami in February, 1963, HALL accompanied -him, and after arrival in Miami, HALL attempted to asso- ciate himself with various anti-CASTRO groups to organize action on Several revolutionary ideas of HALL, including one to invade Haiti. None of the groups at Miami took HALL very seriously, considering him somewhat of an un- reliable character. HALL eventually associated himself with a Cuban named MANUEL "MANOLO' AGUILAR. . Together with AGUILAR and several other Americans, including WILLIAM SEYMOUR from Arizona and TOM DUNKIN,. a. Florida newspaper- man, HALL participated in an infiltration attempt against Cuba but they wére arrested by U.S. Customs while still onthe highway in the Florida Keys. At that time U.S. HW 54657 Customs confiscated what equipment the group had, but no prosecutions were brought against HALL or the other individuals involved. HEMMING stated that the latter incident occurred some time in late 1963. During the summer of 1963, HALL and LAWRENCE ““LARRY' HOWARD, an individual of Mexican-American descent who was in. Miami at the time, went out to California where they were able to raise funds and obtain some guns which they then brought back to Miami. HEMMING recalled that they had approximately 16 Garand M-1 rifles, which _ they converted to automatic rifles. HEMMING said that _these weapons were confiscated by U.S. Customs on the highway in the Florida Keys when HALL and his group were reportedly preparing to leave for Cuba. _ 6 - ‘“Docld:32357166 Page 9