104-10310-10251 vo 1088 MEMORANDUM No. 9 _ SUBJECT: Garrison and the Kennedy Assassination _ I. SUMMARY . This memorandum provides information about twenty persons ‘who have not been Listed previously in this series, who are involved in the Garrison cage, and who have or have claimed to have a connection. with the Central Intelligence Agency. One, William Clarens WOOD, ie a former staff employee. Ht. PERSONNEL 1. Thomas Edward BECKHAM (aka Mark EVANS) a. GARRISON subpoenaed BECKHAM 30 December 1967 and an Omaha, Nebraska, judge ordered him to return to Louisiana 30 January 1968. BECKHAM gays he helped Sergio ARGAGHA Smith raise funds for Guban revolutionary forces in New Orleans in 1962. BECKHAM ie an entertainer~-evangelist who uses the stage name of Mark EVANS. b. On 3 January 1968 BECKHAM allegedly told David LEWIS of New Orleans that he, BECKHAM, anda Jim LNU “from Omaha" are agents of the CIA. c. RID hae no record of BECKHAM. 2. Melvin BELLI i \ a. BELLI waa a defense attorney for Jack RUBY. — b. Jim GARRISON was a weekend guest of BELLI when GARRISON visited San Francisco in October 1967.
13-00000 od @ SECRET c. BELLI was reportedly involved in illicit drug _ traffic with Morris ELOWITZ in 1958. ELOWITZ was a suspected contact of Lucky LUCIANO. 3. Donald Dean BOHNING (201 -813709) a. BOHNING ig the Latin American Editor of the Miami Herald. He was granted a PCSA on 21 August 1967 and a GSA on 14 November 1967. He is AMCARBON-3. = b. BOHNING reported he was contacted on 28 March 1968 _ by a Winston SMITH who claimed to be investigating Rolando ’ MASFERRER for Jim GARRISON. 4, Colonel L. Robert CASTORR a. Col. CASTORR allegedly met with Jack RUBY, ' Robert PERRIN, and others in Dallas in 1962 to plan a Cuban smuggling operation. CASTORR {s also allegedly an associate of General Edwin A. WALKER. Joachim JOESTEN and others © have broadly hinted that CASTORR is associated with CIA. b. There is no record of agency association with CASTORR. An FBI report of 13 March 1968 reported that CASTORR had lunch with Viktor Ivanovich MIRONOV (2014731045), a KGB officer at the Soviet Embasey in Washington. 8. Lloyd J. COBB a. As President of the New Orleans Trade Center, COBB was, according te Plot or Politics, the “boss" of Clay SHAW. b. COBB was granted a CSC on 3 October 1953 for use on a private attorneys' panel for the OGC. COBB was granted a P&A. on 19 June 1967 to permit contact and assessment in connection with hie use on a cleared attorneys' panel for the OGC. 6. Micheel Charles GONLEY Michael Charles CONLEY iat an apparent Us Government source of Robert Kenneth BROWN. b. A Dr. Michael C. CONLEY applied for Agency employment in 1964. Identity with a, above, has not been SEBRET.
13-00000 SECRET 7. Allen W. DULLES a. GARRISON subpoenaed Mr. DULLES on 16 February 1968 as a material witness. -b. On7 March 1968 Judge Matthew BRANIFF issued a second subpoena for Mr. DULLES. _¢. On 22 May 1968 GARRISON's office accused the Justice Department of refusing to cooperate in the subpoenaing of Mr. DULLES as a witness. 8. Wieslaw GORNICKI (201-198323)_ a. GORNICKI is a Polish journalist who wag the author of a long article on the GARRISON investigation in 'Polityka" No. 1 (566), Year XII Warsaw, 6 January 1968.: b. GORNICKI was the subject of an unsuccessful recruitment attempt in 1965 while he was a correspondent. at the UN. ; 9. Marshall Wilson HOUTS (201-833160) -a. HOUTS, a former FBI agent, is the author of an | article in Medical Economies 4 March 1968 which criticized the autopsy of President Kennedy. “b. HOUTS served with O85 in Burma during World War i and was involved in the misappropriation of government property. HOUTS unsuccessfully applied for Agency employment in 1952. 10. Guy Pereac J OHNEON (201-207873) a. JOHNSON was an early defense counsel for Clay SHAW. b. A POA was requested 14 May 1954 for JOHNSON: &2 to be used on Guam as a contract agent for OQKODIAK (training 24 base on Saipan). The request for the POA was later cancelled. 11. William R. KLEIN a. According to Plot or Politics KLEIN was an SERET
13-00000 - ' SEGRET incorporator of Friends of Democratic Cuba, along with Guy BANISTER, William DALZELL, and Grady C. DURHAM. KLEIN denied contact with DURHAM, BANISTER, and Friends _ of Democratic Cuba. He admitted association with DALZELL to set up the Free Voice of Latin America. KELIN seems to be a personal friend of Jim GARRISON. | _b. KLEIN applied for agency employment in 1965 but accepted a job with the US Navy General Counsel's Office. > 12. Robert Evensen LEE a. LEE was an Assistant District Attorney for Jim GARRISON from 1 January 1967 to 1 January 1968. b. LEE applied for agency employment on 5 January 1968. 13. William Richard MARTIN (201-288516) a. MARTIN was an Assistant District Attorney f for Jim GARRISON until December 1967. b. MARTIN was @ DCs contact and source in 1964 and 2/ 1965 when he wae Director of International Relations and World Trade of International House in New Orleans. 14, Relman MORIN (201 -109129) a. MORIN ig the author of Assassination, a pro-Warren Commission book. b. MORIN provided information to OSS on his internment - in Indo China during the early part of World War H. c. MORIN was considered for the job of President of the Committee for a Free Asia in 1951 and the job of President of DTPILLAR (Asia Foundation) in 1953. . \ 15, Dr. Alton OCHSNER (201-834497) | a. An FBI confidential informant reported on 24 April 1968 that Jim GARRISON believes Dr. OCHSNER was a principal involved in the conspiracy to assassinate President Kennedy. SECRET
13-00000 1 1 “oie SECRET b. Dr. OCHSNER is Director of the Ochsner Foundation, head of the Ochsner Clinic, and President of the Information Council of America. He is a world-famous surgeon. c. Dr. OCHSNER was of contact interest in October 1947 and November 1948. He hag been a cleared source since 13 May 1955. The last official contact with Dr. OCHSNER personally occurred on 8 January 1962 and with the Ochsner Clinic on 8 November 1963. 16. “Robert PERRIN a. Robert PERRIN allegedly met with Jack RUBY, Col. L. Robert GASTORR, and others in Dallas in 1962 to plan a Cuban smuggling operation. PERRIN has been accused of being a CIA gun-runner in Spain and in Cuba. b. A Lt. (jg) Robert Polloch PERRIN filed a personal history statement with OSS in January 1944. There is no indication he ever served with OSS or was later connected with the Agency. | . 17. Benjamin SONNENBERG a. Mark LANE said on the acknowledgement page of Rush To Judgement: "I am. deeply indebted to Benjamin SONNENBERG, Jr. whose numerous and invaluable suggestions have found their way into this volume." b. Benjamin SONNENBERG wage granted a CSA on 29 June 1959 for use under Project QKRENCHANT. The CSA was revalidated for continued use on 26 July 1965. ce. An April 1959 Dunn and Bradstreet report listed SONNENBERG as a director of the publishing firm of Henry Holt and Company, Inc., 383 Madison Ave., New York City. _ Rush To Judgement was ‘published by Holt, Rinehart and Wilson Inc., 383 Madigon Ave., ‘ostensibly the same company. d. An October 1954 FBI report said that in 1938 Alfred K. STERN earmarked $3000 in a bank account to guarantee a bank loan made to SONNENBERG. SECRET
13-00000 _¢ {  # © 4 ot SECRET e. There is no indication that SONNENBERG ever used the term "junior" and it is not known yet if he has a son of that. name. 18. Mr. and Mra. Edgar Bloom STERN (He is 201-178541) a. Jack ROGERS, the committee counsel for the joint legialative Committee on Un-American Activities for the State _ of Louisiana, reported to the DCS on 1 June 1967, that ' GARRISON had been receiving contributions and monetary | support from Mrs. Edgar B. STERN. b. Mre. Edgar B. STERN is the former Edith ROSENWALD and the former siater-in-law of Alfred K. STERN. ce Clay SHAW attended a party given by "an old friend'', Edith STERN, apparently in October 1967. d. Edgar B. STERN was granted a covert clearance in January 1953 for use as a donor in Project LPCOIN. This clearance was cancelled in September 1956, 02 e. Philip Maurice STERN, son of the above mentioned couple, was granted a Maison clearance in March 1961 when he _ wag the Deputy Assiatant Secretary of State for Public Affairs. Philip STERN was aleo named aa one of a "board of advisors" . to Hubert HUMPHREY in 1961. 19. Monroe SULLIVAN a. SULLIVAN claimed to be with Clay SHAW in San Francisco all day 22 November 1963. b. SULLIVAN was granted a CSA on 10 December 1962 to permit utilization under Project QRKENCHANT. 20. William Clarens wooD (201834272) a. A Bill WOOD, using the name Bill BOXLEY, is © investigating CIA and its operations for Jim GARRISON. b. Bill WOOD is believed to be identical with William Clarens WOOD, a former staff employee of this Agency. 6 SECRET
13-00000 Jt e as SECRET c. William Clarens WOOD, born 17 August 1920, was approved for OSS duty in December 1944, but was. not utilized. On 13 December 1950 WOOD was granted a CSC for utilization as a Staff Agent with Project TPFOCUS. He suffered a nervous breakdown in March 1952. He was assigned to OTR as an instructor (GS-11) in May 1952. He resigned 27 January Doe 1953, after his resignation had been requested, because of alcoholism. While under the influence of sodium pentothol during a medical operation in July 1953 WOOD made statements showing extrenre antagonism toward the Agency.. The FBI reported in April 1957 that WOOD had offered assistance to the Nationalist Chinese Intelligence Service. DCS requested clearance to use WOOD in February 1967 but dropped the request after the FBI reported that he was drinking heavily again.
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