“(Bee also KEMMING, Gerald Patrick, : “ge F. >) akon ; ‘Los Angeles was ‘subposnaed’ by GARRISON as-4 material . witness on 29 Dec 19675": *, He was ordered ‘to appear vefore the New Orleans ~ Perish Grand Jury ‘on 1 and e Feb 1968... SOURCE: i: _Newspaper: clippings - ata 29. Dec and. 30 Deo: - 1967 oy Negative ‘except ‘for ‘a reference to subject's name’ cco a newspaper _ Clipping dtd 5 December 1962 in the file of Gerald .P. HEMMING, drs ‘The article reported that 13 men were arrested at Sombrero Key,. Florida - on charges of violating U. 8. neutrality laws by "an: attempt to form an 2 expedition to invade a foreign country". Gerald Patrick HEMMING was <* * identified as the leader of the group and Lawrence J. _HOWARD, .Jr.;. 27s. Pico Rivera, California as one of the band: ‘The "invaders":“¢leined - ‘they were an independent wit not affiliated with any Cubsin ‘exile hgmteation: ~ co The WASHINGTON STAR newspaper slipping ata "30. Dec “1967 (attached) ‘deserivea - HOWARD as a welder and fitter who"was reported by.his wife to be somewhere — - ‘ in Mexico and ‘unavailable. Tor ‘comment " Fegarding the. subpoena by GARRISON. «: 1s > oRosr 1: Encased trom automatic}
mo ALL SOMITE prom PS oo ‘gu Commecrran teem Be ‘HALL. 9: ‘year e148 . ~ eijesneets gee resident of Kernville, ‘California “ea hoe elesrancte “in -guly- _ was subpoensed by GARRISON ©... ; ae "2959 to debrie? HALE but the - 88 @ Baterial witness on 2. ~ *-* 2 Mequest' was canselied 29 “29 Dee 1967. GARRISOH « . fy Oct 1999 became of prior 3 vwtewed HALL 25 auly 1959 end fe med MBs s considered questionabtes. Se Newspaper clippings atg a c 3 _ 2Ty 29 end 30 Dee. 1967 a ae Subjects ‘file reflects ‘that Co/tentects requested « on ‘4 bot elesrance . te da July 1959 to debrief HALL et the tine of his return to his home in - ae ; wr ’ Wichita, Eensas after his release fram a Cuban pricon. The FBI ine. > 2  eerrogated BALL for tug hours ot the wicuite FET ormice ae a 1959" . ba Gnd released him. . They had no objection to the Agency's contacting RALL = a .. - "Rhee tet at’ be Sem tho Pats woy Soren Sie cd mae wey Pon eS subject from which to obtein truthful . information and his valus was considered, - |  questicasble. The request for clearance fron: 00/Contacts, wes, therefore, _ SS eA, oe "cancelled on 29 October 1959. The reports of PHY. interrogation of HALL’ wee in Wichita dtd 23. July 1959 are contained in hid. file. .-He stated he was in : as : Bee ie Cuba from approximately 17 Berch 2959 to 15° Joly 1959. snd vss inéercerated a ' fram 15: Apri1°1959 to.15. July 3959. He had left Vichite, Kenzas ft  *Miemt and Hevena anitielly because he was unable to obtain work in’ wt,» Wichite.,. HAL, sald be was mot reeruited ey any one in ‘the United States “ " gné hé“went to Cuba on his om {nitietive hoping -to get into the Cuban - Army. When he eventually made contact in Cuba, he vas 6 given ‘the: + dob of - _ bredning 2 nen for aa invasion of Miesraguae oe so contains & copy of ex 00's report 4 ted 32 oot 16 bopteatee oe “1983 concerning @ polygrasb examination of Lorenzo PASCILEO ekt. L Loran. TRE A | Excited ircai “una 2 Powngrading.- ants, “ oy ~- declarsilicaileh _
_ examination PASCILLO (BALL) was reported as sayiig there vere thres ' . the’ CIA wes aware of this fect and. thet the three Jendera’of ~ " groups were were supposedly. anti-Comamists, although,’ ‘they were former Oe . i Commmists. “PASCILLO (HALL) vent on to say thet they ere net actually ~ “> former, Cominists but still ective in the Commist Party 9s of that ‘tine. _ stated thet the purpose of the invasion by the three groups was to cust. a "by the John Birch Society is interesting because Of GARRISOH's eliegstions ‘ . 31 ok AER RRR S, En iy: . a ‘BALL on Invasions of Cuba”. mais exeninsticn ¥ was : given ty cs tee “ Robert BERRICK, President of the West Coast Lie Detection ‘Center, 4 Redondy Avenue, Leng Resch, California. At thet time (September. 2 3963) Qs PASCHLIA. (BALL hed meade 8 speech before the John Birch | Teag beorks Cebtoruia rea ted he woe veforsed to the lest Covet Lie “Detection Center by cne BULL SETENISO® (pone ee ae fa ’ the John Biren Society. °.PASCILLO (HALL) was trying to retse fumés for on. ~ alleged invasion of Cuba on 12 Septenber 1963. During thé polygraph: ‘groups pleming to invede Cuba on 18 September..1963 and thet ‘these: -, groups were supposedly. non-Commmists. .: PASCILLO (BALL) stated that =  £ Qhe purpose of the invesion hed tienl aspects, he Saif.’ “Also; he +. | Premarked thet the upcoming (1964) electién would be betusen KESHEDY AND . , GOLDMATER. - KESUEDY, he said, ves trying to play dom the Cuban desu | - while GULIMATER was trying to ride om it politically... PASCILLO (HALL) the CASTRO regice and place a nev mmm as @ figurehead in Cute but maintain” a Comumist regime after the invasion. PASCILLO (BALL) eoatinued with the . statenan’, that he was to lead € group into Cuba on 12 Sepbesber 1963... A . Be was to diow wp samé refineries; ‘wetilities and things of ‘this nature gna at the invasion on 18 Septerber 1993 by the three other groups; : PASCILLO's group was to fight these three greupsj take flims during the © operations; end return to the United States, to go on enother fmi-reteiag. “ pascriso GALL) fevoaled himels ‘to be ‘cchamentiy ecthodnaeh durtue the polygraph exantnetion and exprecset bio view that af 182 top edvieors. Da fa the U. S., 105 st least vere Jevs and that the mm directly under.) oe - 3. Eiger HOOVER Gt thet time had et one time been deported from the U. "6. °~ le: fer, Coumunistie ectivities. Toe ® Pelyareg coment stated that PABCILLO (iat) os (Gore: - ‘the fact thet. the ebove « poiyecah exantontion of’ Bild cad gate for haar fe that the extreme Rightists ere -respondible for the alleged eecessination «, ‘gubpoeena conspiracyanl his - of HAL, may be for ‘the. purpess sf sports A ‘contact of the ‘Los Bogeles: Contact Field ortice, a a.dr. yuchael. R. aia, *: " oS Investigator, U. 3. Treasury Dept., Coast Guard Intelligence Branch, Long - Beach, California, whe hed reviewed the report in BERRICK’s office, furnished - the substance of the report to the Agency and requested | Saat bis source. k : remsin centisential. . = nf ON a 28) souteined the of ths’ cr sumary on 1 Gerald Fatrick HREUNG, 1 de, ‘(eels folloving informatica ¢ a 2 PASCILLO (BALL). on 23 Rovesber
.. the day "2% happened.” “GARRISON sald Gove “': HAUS of dohnsendale; ‘Califorcs is mentioned in the Warren” URE iat 2 WP taht a cronies tra) mien - EASEOOCE oait th Hee ee noth tad. Meant shin GASERD fo tna ; reienr vee oe Et hieieee inanimate pe oii rea ; A iM YORK GEMS article for 27 December 1967 reported GARRISON | steted Loran HALL of California had ineids knoviedgs of the bsonsdination - ment officials had not callef © ° |: Ur. HALL bafore the Warten Comissias. . the article statel Laren. Bugens Reporte - Tlegedly, MALL told the FRE that in Gopteuber 1963 he vos in Dallas soliciting 6 aia for setivities Sepiaet. ‘the (CABTEO regis aa Contes hy ertiere ta ia wnmonon sais for 30 Deseibae 1967 joten HNL,” rn  '& dartender, 8 Genying.he ever bhev cnyone connected wit ‘the assassination — ed and ‘said ke vould fight the subpocus, : oe me os pg article tn the CHICAGO DAILY SUE-TRES for 30 Docedber 1967 1 tna CARRIO Ie Cnet napera contended that BALL vas © port of the "Pres. o | that OAARISOG im court papers contended et Bile Mee ba tos an aesoeista cota of David FERHIR, & pilot who, before his death on 22 February 1967, was a he terget of GARRISGH's investigatica. HALL, @ bartender, vhen informed by _ reporters thst he had been subpeonsed ‘by GARRISG, exclaimed: "You're ~ kidaing3" Te eaié he hod spent only @ fev days in Dalles and ie Lovtetens in 1963, but aduitted joining the “Free Cuba” movesent, taking part in raids on the ielend - "blowing up bridges, starting fires 40 agar .cane fields, knocking out radio antennas, vgaything ve could do like that.” . oar HALL satd he halted hie activity when sgents of the Central Intelligence | Agency stopped a boat he was an and confiscated the material sbosit. . Ha Court in toa Pageles. HALL, caid be’ planned to fight the eikpoens 42
een 4% .. @ ~SEEREL @ ~ 28 December 1967 1 SUBJECT: HEMMING, Gerald Patrick aka Jerry PATRICK (See also LABORDE, Lawrence J.) ALLEGATION: CIA CONNECTION: Gerald Patrick HEMMING, ex- HEMMING was approved for Marine, soldier-of-fortune, was head an ad hoe contact clearance on of an anti-CASTRO group called Inter- 6 March 1961. He was the continental Pentration Force (INTERPEN). source of 15 contact reports He was acquainted with Lawrence J. on Cuba. His group, INTERPEN, LABORDE. LABORDE's son, Michael W. had no Agency connection. — LABORDE,. spoke to GARRISON investigators Although, HEMMING is not about a photograph which GARRISON has and accepted by leading Cuban which allegedly shows people standing be- ' organizations, he is well hind a fence on the grassy knoll..overlooking known to them. Dealey Plaza. Michael LABORDE suggested that "PATRICK" might be connected with the people in the photograph. HEMMING also went to GARRISON's office on 8 July 1967 claiming that he was working for an unidentified magazine and wanted to get information for a story on the GARRISON investigation. Michael LABORDE told the New Orleans FBI office on 18 July 1967 that his father and "Jerry PATRICK" had worked for CIA with anti-CASTRO Cuban groups in the Miami area. SOURCE: Memorandum dated 31 August 1967 with Enclosure 1}. 6S INDICHS RESULTS: ~ ° Subject's file reflects an ad hoc contact clearance was granted on.6 March 1961 for debriefing on military, ‘economic and political developments in various Latin American countries. At that time HEMMING was engaged in revolutionary activities in Nicaragua. On 2 June 1961 the Contact Office was advised that National Agency Name Checks on HEMMING disclosed no pertinent derogatory information. GREUP 4 Excluded trem autematic dowagrating ang Saclaasitiestion ee
eras Chat Gis SAT iS ee) Gtr eo : 2h - . - 8 © “4 nl w. . a g The WASHINGTON DAILY NEWS for 6 July 1961 contained an article concerning a Joseph Patrick HEMMING, leader of an anti- CASTRO group called Intercontinental Penetration Force (INTERPEN) who was identified as Subject. OS file on INTERPEN shows no Agency connection. Rather, it was investigated by the FBI in July 1961 for possible violation of U.-S. neutrality laws. . . In February: 1962. HEMMING was. the subject of a Los Angeles Field Office investigation. The Los Angeles Sheriff's office had "recovered a U. S. pistol from a car in the area on 30 January 1962. HEMMING appeared at the Sheriff's office to claim the pistol stating that he was a CIA agent on a training mission in connection with a Cuban assignment. HEMMING was interviewed by the Los Angeles Contact Bh Office concerning the incident, and according to the interviewer, Subject never. claimed to have worked for the CIA. He had furnished certain information concerning activities in Cuba in the form of reports to the Los Angeles Contact Office since approximately October 1960. Of particular note in Subject's file is a copy of an ‘article by one Bill STUCKEY entitled “Anti-Castro Base Near Covington” which appeared in the New Orleans STATES-ITEM for 21 July 1962 (copy attached). Ss It concerned Subject described as an American soldier-of-fortune, Es Gerald Patrick HEMMING..aka Jerry PATRICK, who showed up in New Orleans in February 1962 "apparently at the invitation of local Cuban Revolu- . . tionary Council leaders and other Cubans who wanted to take direct ) action against CASTRO. With the help of anonymous U. 5. patrons, the a Cubans began supplying PATRICK with machine guns, exlposives and other military supplies. "PATRICK made regular trips here (New Orleans), slipping in and out of the port secretly in a modern, well-equipped PY boat. "Last spring (1962) another anonymous U. S. patron offered the Cubans and PATRICK a large tract of land - complete with air strip on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. PATRICK agreed to set up a training base, handling classes of 50 or so Cuban recruits at a time. After completion of the training, the guerrillas would be like their Everglades counterparts, transported to Cuba secretly to work with the anti-CASTRO underground . " The article then states that the Miami Cuban Revolutionary Council "nixed" the Covington base for undescribed reasons. The article further states that although the "PATRICK" guerrilla base plan fell through, the New Orleans STATES-ITEM con- firmed in April 1962 that "Cubans were trained here (New Orleans) at the old Algiers ammnition dump, for the Bay of Pigs invasion." (This was the Agency training locale - not Lake Pontchartrain as alleged by GARRISON)... -
DETAILS: Subject is a 40 year old soldier-of-fortune who served in the Marines from 1954 to 1958; was with CASTRO's guerrilla forces in Cuba in 1959-1960; served .with the Nicaraguan Revolutionary group in 1961 and then organized his ow anti-CASTRO group in 1962 _.CINTERPEN ) . This group. dropped out of sight after the FBI began’ checking to see if they were violating U. S. neutrality laws. He has not been affiliated with the Agency except. for the 15. information reports he furnished the Los Angeles Contact Office. A list of these reports was furnished to the FBI in August 1964. v eye
> Steve WILSOH,: Leroy “cous, and Bers eres DAVIS.'"A J as that of. the oes aa @ealer for’ a so “ Bizh Life beer in Ft “Tauderdale.. DAVIS ‘paid ~. that there was no. reason to. believe. ‘that the" ‘the Harris. Advertising fgatiey 0 of Miami, Florida’ ‘attached. planes. bee: longing to the Cubana Airlines and garnished funds belonging | ‘to the. Cubsn Government because,the Cuban Government refused to pay $429,000 | which it owed the Harris. Advertising Agency. At the time Fidel CASTRO. was attending the’ 1960 meeting of the United ‘Nations an& when ASEMARE. CASTRO ana i ‘the - Cuban airliner. ae had taken CASTRO to New. York; we  yost; of ASML elients vere Cuban “exiles: and anti-chgrno’ ‘comumsndos. He had stirred: “up Speculation in the Press | that. he. sented ceo (+2. em trem ee 3 and
"any affiliation. with’ ‘the Agency “ana in fact atated thet most: of his ; clients were. “mtepoken in their, hostility to, the Agency « woe . das “teal, éable Aesertbing “RSEMABH as Betty oy an attempt to ‘form ‘an ‘expedition to invade aforelgn ‘countrys. “\o-* HEMMING “hed ‘been: training Cuban guerrillas at No Hame Key Island, 2 z ” Floride. Keys. ‘FEMMING's_ _ Sroup was Bn. independent unit not. aerated = Vee Re ae O in’ Jamary 2963 ' oa n charges’ of . -  yidleting U. Bo aeutral ity: laws» ‘and ‘at the time was deseribed 2s a - - "publieity seeker." ‘Be. appeared | ‘on the radio program in Hovember . 1669 with HEMMING in which they were ‘interviewed about the training: - --. ” of entd-CASTRO troops in the Pertie Keys. -EEMING vent to GARRISON'3'. '" " » office in july ‘2967 saying he my Crs ani i