ys 2. Use bock of forn for any additional comments. OE re MS ; ee np . ' Instn, sore fee Peesgsone ord Seaffs ° ee 83 ae 13 ‘ ¥6()087 1 ’ Ful mot fags on bine 1 7 OGCUMENT DESCRIPTION [Circle a 130 CHARACTERS) ay | montn | rear as St ATT-To Doct, Mo. 15, P7I-00 al il il AIRGR asa F ROM/ORIGINATOR (3 CHARACTERS! TO/RECIPIENT 136 CHARACTERS) DO FILE NUMBER (20 CHARACTERS) 2a2q - TYPE DATE oF i oA 6 REVIEW Review Determinations: A.. Release in full text B. Release in sanitized form > Wy, C. Deny in toto D. Defer decision to (Specify in line 8) Ceordinate with (Specify in line 8) E. Sustain initial denial in toto F. Sustain initial release of of sanitized version G. Release additional information EXEMPTIONS AND PROVISIONS CLAIMED (46 CHARACTERS) : | 9)“ J rors op, E.0, 12356 . 81 62 B83 64 BS a6 B7C . ; 6 si st fst KI : ; Exemptions and Provisions claimed to protect the following: a FOIA PA I 1. Classification — (b) (1) (k) (1) 2. Information from liaison with a Foreign Government (b) (3) qj) Q) = 3. InformaEien pertaining to a liaison (b) (3) (3) Q) relatio ship with a Foreign Government ‘ GS 4. Informatién which would/could identify the (b) (3) 9) Q) source 5. Information pertaining to a source (b) (3) (3) (1) x 6. Information pertaining to intelligence methods (b) (3) (j) QQ) os 7. Location of CIA overseas installation (b) (3) (3) (2) 10 8. Location of ufiacknowledged domestic (b) (3) (9) Q) installation ~ 9. Namet'“E’CIA employee $ (b) (3) (j) Q) ~. 10. File number 5 a (b) (3) (j) (1) ll. Pseudonym> a (b) (3) (3) @)) 12. Cryptonym (b) (3) (j) (1) __<. 13. Internal organizational data _ (b) (3) (3) ()) 14, Name of an FBI agent (b) (7) (c) (5) ()) 15. FBI file number (b} (2) (3) (1) 16. Privacy of other individual - (b) (6) (b) 17. Does not pertain to request 2s 19. Other (Specify in line 11) REMARKS (iF OTHER WAS CHECKED ABOVE) (40 CHARACTERS) nf) py — Oa) SIGNATURE /OF FICE OF OO COMPONENT REVIEWING OF FIC EA SCA Sen rrubis a“ 0064s mal iSO -*| VON Wen. HO. Rouwara DoviS 13 _ldr chard _Nothceout. _Deyhceted Z EH decs, No. E570, 1 0643, 01618 ¢ 6Lc Copy, and the. hates ooteay Freee below ep completed. CO Se | COE CaPw
13-Q0000 nasi ab) ee CONF ITAL (Xi secReT - ROUTING, AND, RECORD SHEET ~ | SaRECT: (Opmonat) HEMMING, Gerald Patrick oe ae Y | EXTENSION | no. Jerry G. Brown CLS} | 429 229 7 Deputy Chic . arr - —_——— eet E Security Analysis Group {4400 | - 11 June 1976 ieee desqnaken, room number, ard - Lelong: = : ers COMMENTS (Number each comment te thew fromm whom te whem. Graw @ line across column artes eucr comment.) bt Ae a ++ 8 Pe SERPS -mnNe @ saat Smee He pe end cme some, ' “ « TD cOF Xx cot SNOMISR" OC) secre] conrioentiat O] MERR, ©=—- uyceassirze RE ES EN TEE ST or tems maori SE aye a ne, mere et ae en ge aN NH mn mT mE naman eur fem ee es me we teen cece a ee ee EERO + Re net “ CLABSIFICATION REVIEW EO 12356 | CONDUCTED On Jee 6%. _ CL REVIEW BY C) DECL ( DOWNGR TO REVW ON CITATION ir3(2@ st 00979 or PELOZO VOCUTAEN FULL TEXT COPY = DO NUT RELEASE
ae weed ' . . , ° : s : , . so. 8 . : wf . : tale § * ) . «8 . - ° ° * . WO 11 June 1976 MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Security Analysis Group SUBJECT >: HEMMING, Gerald Patrick SF#429 229 ° 1. On 9 June 1969 _ oe , contacted Staff and Operations Branch/Operational “Evaluation Section for information concerning Gerald Patrick HENMING. _was referred to the writer, who is holding the HEMMING file. When contacted the writer, _ advised that he is the action officer for a cable from the(q ~ ‘Station? reporting an assassination plot on the life of President LAUGERUD of Guatemala. | ‘was unfamiliar with the case of Gerald Patrick. HEMMING and had not as yet reviewed the 201 file on HEMMING. __. ‘was requested to alert _ and JMWAVE to the below-mentioned cable. and to provide the writer with a copy of the report coming in from the| [Station 2. _../ PT ovided the writer with a copy of the cable (IN 944357, — dated 8 June 1976), which is attached. In substance, the cable reflects that circa § June 1976 a Guatemalan source, with _the knowledge of 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" ZIMERL. Safie left Guatemala in- August .1975-as a result. _ of an attack upor: chis, ZIMERI'S, life. - ZIMERI has been living - in Miami since: August 1975. 7 3. “According to the report, the National Liberation Movement was involved with ZIMERI in the assassination plot and 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 Claims that ZIMERI has close relations with police officials in Niami and New Orleans. . eee E2 IMPDET eee CL BY 065994 scot) oT 7 me ememaaaamaermenspipe ners an oO aE. at Coe, I EE ETS TERT AGI SO pes SNS gr stegme me 2
13-0000 a OK BoRBe yp (C NOTE: The SGaHGR atso inciuded _information the (Chie 9£ Station; had received from ~ on 8 june. 2 Said that he had oéen 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. >: 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 shipment to Guatemala? e. Any information on Robert and Gerald HEMMING? 5. On 19 June 1976: a advised that DDO is. referring. the entire matter to “the FBI and State Maus _ Department. je : 6. Office ‘of Security indices-are negative in pertinent: variations of the hame 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 May 1975 was ostensibly employed by a private investigation company, TEPCOL Security (Office of Security--no record) in Miami, Florida. 2 EVKuay Snub § oh
8. Gerald Patrick HEMMING is well known to this Agency, . the Office of Security Miami Field Office, and JMWAVE. On “ nuscrous occasions since at least the early 1506° D>, Libra WG had claimed Agency affiliation when in fact there has been 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 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.; and.an extract from a book published in. early 1976 written by Michael CANFIELD and Alan J. WEBERMAN. The book Coup d'etat in America--The CIA and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy is a diatribe against the Agency and attempts to link the 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 publicit n 1967 when New Orleans District Attorney "Jim" GARRISON Sleged that HALL (and the Intercontinental Penetration Force). was.e involved in the assassination of President KENNEDY and thatSvembers 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 GARRISCN's investigation. y G. Brown- ty Chief Security Analysis Group Atts ccesry ey
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1 as 11° June 1976 MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Security Analysis. Group SUBJECT : HEMMING, Gerald Patrick SF#429 229 1. On 9 June 1969 contacted Staff and Operations Branch/Operational Evaluation Section for information concerning Gerald Patrick HEMMING. .was referred ‘to the writer, who is holding the HEMMING file. When contacted the writer, __ advised that he is the action officer for a cable from the Station reporting an assassination plot on the life Of President LAUGERUD of Guatemala. - “was unfamiliar with the case of Gerald Patrick HEMMING and had not as yet reviewed the 201 file on HEMMING, _...ss was requested to alert _. and JMWAVE to the below-mentioned cable and to provide the writer with a copy of the report coming in from thef [Station 2. 4 provided the writer with a copy of the cable (IN 944357, _... dated 8 June 1975), which is attached. In substance, the cable reflects that circa 8 June 1976 a Guatemalan source, with the knowledge of Guatemalan President LAUGERUD, provided the [Station - a written report, and a detailed briefing, concérning 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 tack upon:his, ZIMERI's, life. ZIMERI has been living . in Mrawi* since August 1975, ° ves -#) According to the report, the National Liberation Movement was involved with ZIMERI in the assassination plot and ZIMERI in turn was involved with two Americans, brothers, Robert and Gerald Patrick HEMMING. The HEMMING brothers aSsistéd 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 in Miami and New Orleans. , E2 IMPDET CL BY 063994 woo) I CT a eT ITEMS AYN Ie ES SEE ENT I I SNA NUE Ae 6 AYN ne eo Os mg ees we Fe nee tte emaameniemteinne Es _, - anal seadenetintnaleterietiel hte ah Pee
ay . — a Fao“ Shares {0 Spy tte OLY Et i ‘ : q 8 tary : ' NOTE: The Station/ also included information thé (Chieét_of Station’ had received. from ~ _.. on 8 June. _ COS MAd that he had oéén 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. 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 shipment to’ Guatemala? e. Any information on Robert and Gerald HEMMING? S. On 19 June 1976: advised that DDO is referring the entire matter to the. ‘FBI and State 6 1 -Of fice of Security indices are negative in pertinent variation’ 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 Seturity 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. eth
é 3 & * wth, te 8° ae & tad a7 So eo! erage re Seay | = 8. Gerald Patrick HEMMING is well known to this Agency, the Office of Security Miami Field Office, and JMWAVE. On NuscrOus Gccasions since at least the early 1966's, HONMGNG had claimed Agency affiliation when in fact there has been _ none. The most recent incident wherein HEMMING claimed such affiliation was in May-197S 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 lof 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.; 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. “F. Kennedy is a diatribe against the Agency and attempts to link the 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=: — and 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 GARRISCN's investigation. Security Analysis Group Atts eleary