(pOrl4é (Rev. 10." 3-63) y wo, ot 5 5 cal a ee . Oe” Federal Bureau of Investigation AUG 26 1964 ’ Director .Central Intelligence Agency . ; , Washington, D. C. 20505 - ATTENTION: Deputy Director, Plans Dear Sir: | , 7 (A For your information, I am enclosing communications which may be of interest to you. [_] No further investigation is contemplated with regard to this matter. ‘({] You will be advised of the pertinent developments in connection with this inquiry. [_] Status of case: [[_] Completed ' [C] Incomplete Very truly yours, John Edgar Hoover Directo Enc. (Upon removal of classified enclosures, if any, s this transmittal form becomes UNCLASSIFIED.) m. HW 54653 DBocld:32357166 Page 2?
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ‘InRens, Please Refer to | 7 Miami, Florida DEA EGE Yb Title LORAN EUGENE HALL, also known as | -  Lerenzo Hall, J Lawrence Hall, USke a p" Character INTERNAL | SECURITY. - CUBA Reference memorandum dated and’ captioned as 4 above. .. °°... . a All sources (except any ‘Listed below) whose identities - are concealed in referenced communication have furnished reliable’ information in the past. ‘This document contains neither Tecommendations nor conclusions of the FBI, It is the property | of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your. agency. . HW 54659-~ Dochd:32357466~: Page 3"
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE . oe Bur EAU GE INVESTIGATION . , omy Zz In Reply, Please Refer to ; f % ESé 7 Vaae LG FileNoo 7 ‘Miami, Flovida | Co - i oe ©, LS K be ex» & LORAN EUGENE HA ALL, also known as fio . Lorenzo Hall, Ne Lawrence Hall, Uskip" “INTERNAL L SECURETY - CUBA “The followin ng information is submitted to re- flect the activities of LORAN EUGENE HALL in the Miami. area. “On July oy Lo89, RUBEN MIRO GUARDIA, a Panamanian then residing -in Miami , advised that in April, 1959, he was detained by Cuban Police in Havana, Cuba. | During his detention he met a United States citizen named LORAN HALL , -who was also under detention at the time. HALL, a white male, approximately 30 years of age, 5'10" tall, black hair, said he was from the State of Kansas, and had served in the United States Armed Forces for about six years. HALL told. MIRO that he had arrived in°’Cuba in about March, 1959, and had subsequently been contacted by CAMILO . CIENFUEGOS , a Cuban Rebel Army Commander. .CIENFUEGOS wanted HALL to train a. group of men who were.goine to participate in'an invasion of Nicaragua, HALL claimed he. trained a group of men on a farm known as La Liea, located near Havana. HALL said the food for the trainees came from the -. Cuban Military Seatft " Headquarters, , on the orders of | CLENEUEGOS. cone re “MIRO Stated that HALL said he was arrested on April 8, 1959, by Cuban authorities, who alleged HALL was suspected of being an FBI Agent. On MIRO's departure from - Cuba on July 7, 1959, HALL was still in the custody of Cuban authorities but MIRO believed that HALL was going to be released and depor Sted to the United States. HW. 54653 me Al) Liasey aPY Docld: 32357166 Page 4
HW 54653 _ LORAN EUGENE HALL ‘MM T-1, who has. been involved in Cuban revolu- tionary activities for the past six years, advised on March 10, 1963, that HALL had been in Miami for about the past three months, ‘and associated with GERALD PATRICK HEMMING, _an American adventurer, mercenary and soldier of fortune. MM T-1 stated HALL is disagreeable, is not liked by the other mercenaries in Miami,.is of low moral character, and appears to have a criminal background. _On March 18, 1963, LUIS BALBUENA, 908 S.W. 5th Street; Miami, a Cuban exile, advised that his brother, along with some Cubans and Americans, was involved in some plan to try and overthrow the government of Haiti. | Somehow connected with this group is an American, LORENZO HALL, also known as LAWRENCE HALL, a soldier of fortune, who appears irresponsible end at one time was a member of the Cuban Rebel Army . . On: April 5, 1963, the Miami Office received a telephone call from a LORENZO HALL, 142 S§.W. 21st Avenue, Apartment 6, Miami, Florida. HALL said he understood - that the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Central Intelli- gence Agency and Immigration and Naturalization Service were trying .to locate him, and he wanted to report his - address. On November 11, 1963, MM T-1 said that LORENZO “HALL, a white male, 25 years of age to 26 years, 5'7". “155 pounds, ruddy complexion, was unemployed and had in- dicated to the informant that he was from Los Angeles, California. He is always on the move, is in and out of ‘Miami, is the confidence man type, and it was not known if he was then in Miami. MM T-1 advised that HALL’ claimed to have been in the Cuban Rebel Army, but the other mercenaries in Miami doubt this. . ~ 3 = Docld:32357166 Page 5-