rds..Collection. Act. of 1992 (44 USC, 2107 Note) .. AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY: _ FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10182-10098 RECORD SERIES: .SA AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 89-67-549, 550, 551 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: _ FBI FROM: DL TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 08/28/1964 PAGES: 157 SUBJECT: SEE FBI 62-109060-3745, 3701, 3RD NR 3731 DOCUMENT_TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL Unclassified _ NEW . CLASSIFICATION: - CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW DATE: 12/23/1998 UPDATE DATE: 02/12/2001 STATUS Redact ~ RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (4) COMMENTS: INC RPT, 2 A/T Docld: 32175365 Page 1
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. “DATE:. 115)453947 . FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION REPORTING OFFICE . | OFFICE OF ORIGIN DATE INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD DALIAS | : DALIAS 8/28/64 | 11/29/63 - 8/26/64 TITLE OF CASE EPORT MADE BY ; TYPED BY ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY, NOVEMBER 22, 1963, DALIAS, | 5 SA ROBERT P. GEMBERLING | jtt CHARACTER OF CASE . : MISCELIANEOUS - INFORMATION CONCERNING | 2 REFERENCES : Reports of SA ROBERT P, GRMBERLING, 12/18/63, 3/30/64, _ 5/15/64, 6/19/64, 7/16/64, and 8/7/64, at Dallas. a , -P= SED AS Spo F SAD ) Ep/ ENCLOSURES; TO THE BUREAU, NEW ORLEANS AND SAN ANTONIO Enclosed herewith and attached to appropriate copies of this report for the Bureau are three photogra phs of Exhibit D-233, and ten copies of a page containing the contents of an obscene postcard — postmarked March 18, 1964, Newton Falls, Ohio, received by Dallas County District Attorney HENRY WADE on March 19, 1964. fwo copies of Exhibit D-233 and two copies of the page containing the contents of the obscene postcard are listed as enclosures for the President's Commission in the body of this report with those SPECIAL AGENT IN CH : APPROVED ARGE .DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW . COPIES MADE: : 10 - Bureau (62-109060) (Enc. 13) (RM 1 = New Orleans (89-69) (Ency 1) (Inf @- san Antonio (89-67) (EncApt) (Inf 4 - Dallas (89-43) "2 196A oe FBJ—SAN ANTONIO.” | -” . ar Hn. Ieee PE oo] nnn we men wen ape cans [nnn ene enn ages Docla:32175365 Page 2? -
Released under the John F. Kennedy DATE: 11-14-2017 ~ # ‘ my a) a : fs a LL Nd a s Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). "It has cost me a great deal of effort not to write this letter to you before, As I mentioned previously, your brother, John ¥. Kennedy, had asked me to wait until now. "I want to let you know confi identially that I , ! had foreseen the assassination of your brother. [I also know quite accurately the precise circumstances of the Dallas assassination. , cee eo "Therefore, I shall be looking forward to hearing from you in the near future. w "Of course, the precise details must be of very great interest to you. "With kind regards, I remain mag Sincerely yours, (signed) "Alfred Hiller" ’ The Bundeckriminalamt (BKA - West German Federal al Police}, Wiesbaden, Germany, arranged for an inquiry regarding ALFRES HTLLER and an inquiry regarding the matter outlined in his letter. The BRA furnished the results of i this inguiry in the form of a report dated dune 25, 1964, at Stuttgart, Germany, prepared by the Criminal Police Office of the State Police Directorate for North Wuerttemberg, which was approved and yorwes eded by Chief Criminal Commissioner EGETEMATER. (@y fhe report stated that inguiries had been made at the towns of Boeblingen, Altdorf, Rottenburg am Neckar and Tuebingen, German Federal Republic. It was found that there was no record with the police regarding HILLER in Altdorf or . Tuebingen. He was known to the police in Boeblingen and Rottenburge. While employed in Boeblingen HILLER had written. \y, _inecherent letters to various citizens in the Village of Altdort. A A ne | Docld: 32175365 Page 3
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 . e (* r™ © A - . ~ oe A, — The records of the Division of State Police at Rottenburg revealed that on April 8, 1964, at about 11:50 AM, HILLER had partially undressed himself on the Neckar River bridge in Rottenburg; had thrown pieces of his clothing in the river and had also thrown a number of phonograph records — in the river and distributed others to children. The records stated that HILLER had religious hallucinations and that he was receiving medical treatment in Tuebingen from Dr. OSTERMANN who immediately committed him to the Tuebingen University Hospital following the occurrence, ye = j | The report states that HILLER was questicned on | June 23, 1964, at his home in Altdorf, Germany, and the | following information regarding his backgrourd and the circumstances of his writing the letter to Attorney General ROBERT KENNEDY was obtained. @)\w HILLER's full name is ALFRED HEINRICH HILLER. He was born April 13, 1942, at Altdorf, County of Boeblingen in the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. His current, address is #14 Buehl Strasse in Altdorf. He is an electric installer by occupation and is single. His parents are CHRISTIAN and ANNA HILLER who are farmers having the same address as HILLER, in the portion of the report containing descriptive data which reads "if unemployed, since when" it is stated "ill since April 7, 1964." In the portion of the same form which deals with current status of health it is stated~"since 1963 under doctor's care for nerve condition.” < '} In discussing his past with the interviewing officer, ; HILLER furnished the following informations HILUER has been under medical treatment since the age of 12 and suffers from an overly sensitive nervous system. He | hac suicidal thoughts as early as the age of 13 and claims that Since the age of 4 has been dreaming in series of things which later occur and says ke thus dreamed in advance about the death of President KENNEDY about a year and a half ago. He attended primary school in Altdorf from 1948-1954 and a higher secondary scheol in Boeblingen from 1954-1957. He said that be was the best student in his class but began to neglect his work and could no longer be promoted in 1957. He, therefore, ; left school and became an apprentice electrician. He says 20 Lacan EEEEneNniIneeeneneeeeeectce tener ma a a aaa. Tet Docld: 32175365 Page 4
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. DATE: - 11-14-7017 . , & ae oe XL : -~6- "As Kennedy told me in the last conversation, he himself had determined the people who were to murder him. He also told me that the people were envious among themselves and that each fought to be able to commit the murder, "It was most likely for this reason that it later came to the murder of the murderer, whose action was begrudged him. re had originally predicted, and had also made it a condition in conversations with the President, that I would not make known the truth about the murder to the public until half a year after the deed. I also suggested the founding of a memorial library. “However, Kennedy did not agree that the announcement | of the truth about the murder should wait so long; rather, he demanded that his family be told about it in time. Therefore, some 14 days after the deed, I informed Robert Kennedy, who then informed the widow of the President. Jacqueline Kennedy then sent me a telegram which stated that she thanked me very much and was of the opinion that what I had reported was the best solution of the case. Unfortunately I no longer have the telegram." : The document setting forth the information obtained from HILLER on June 23, 1964, was signed by him and witnessed by Criminal Folice Commissioners SCHABER and YOEHRINGER. The report continues with a portion signed by Commissioner SCHABER stating that Dr. OSTERMANN could not be reached for questioning but that Dr. von KALCKREUTH, who had charge of HILLER in the sanitarium from April 8 to june 5, 1964, had stated that HILLER suffered from schizophrenia and that his visions and series dreams are symptoms of that illness. ‘the statement by SCHABER concludes with the following comments: We) "As the inquiry shows, we are concerned in the case of Hiller with a mentally ill person. He suffers from Schizophrenia. (i Docld:32175365 Page 5
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11214-2017 a "His accounts and written reports about his meeting with the Chief of the French Secret Police, and his knowledge about the grounds for the murder of President Kennedy, are symptoms of ‘this ‘1iness. (iy) "Hiller has released the doctors who treated hin, in a written statement, from their duty to keep his communications secret. Car "The examination of Hiller was conducted so | theroughly in order to demonstrate what his | | mental state actually is." Ww) ‘Docld:32175365 Page 6