104-10049-10221 ; 18 June 1976_ ‘MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Security Analysis Group SUBJECT .  :  STURGIS,.Frank Anthony - 0 ARAS FIORINI, Frank — 7 __ SFASSS 459. 1. As you are aware, Frank Anthony STURGIS, one of the convicted Watergate burglars, has repeatedly and falsely claimed affiliation with.this Agency. Attached to instant memorandum a Bt . are copies of two articles from the New York Daily News by Paul ‘MESKIC, dated circa April 1975 and 13 June 1976, specifying - that one Marie LORENZ was involved with Frank STURGIS and Alex RORKE in 1959/1960 in anti-CASTRO activities. . Furthermore, the -articles again allege that STURGIS and RORKE were acting on A | behalf of this Agency.: The 13 June 1976 article further alleges Marie LORENZ has claimed that at the direction of STURGIS and. -  RORKE (and the Agency and the FBI) in 1960 she went to Cuba to poison CASTRO. ‘The poison was-given to her by STURGIS. In the ' €£irst article Marie. LORENZ alleges that E. Howard HUNT, known to her as "Eduardo" was the paymaster for STURGIS and RORKE. ae HUNT has publicly claimed not knowing STURGIS until at least eo the late 1960's. . ae 2.° Alex RORKE, 29 identical : with ‘Alexander I. "RORKE, ‘Ir. | (SF#427 955), was a free-lance writer, photographer, and” soldier of fortune who disappeared in September 1963 while flying in Central America. There is no evidence in this file that RORKE was ever affiliated with this Agency. There is evidence that RORKE was involved with STURGIS in anti-CASTRO activities in es the early 1960's. 3. Relative to Marie LORENZ, initial Office of Security ‘traces in this name were negative in April 1975. Additional research relative to the June 1976 article has revealed a . positive identification. Composite information from the attach- ments would suggest that Marie LORENZ is of German father/ . American mother “birth, born circa 1940; that her father was... Heinrich LORENZ, a former German Navy Captain who in February eo imapele was the captain of a Luxury liner  oerlin Sa LD ° E2 IMPDET. : * GL BY 063994 SERRET te a LaerTe oes a Dp 008bé
13-00000 | . i” my 4. Office ‘of Security traces in the name of Heinrich ‘LORENZ revealed that he is the father of Valerie Claire LORENZ (SF#117 245). Information in the file, coupled with informa- tion in the attached articles, positively identifies the « younger sister of Valerie Claire LORENZ, one Ilona: Marita LORENZ, as being. identical with the Marie LORENZ mentioned in ° these articles. - 5. Valerie Claive LORENZ (SF#117 245), born oh: 9 October ~ Valerie Claire LORENZ had graduated from ete een ent rete ae D. C., in June 1954. ¢ There is no 6. The following io raphic data relative to Tlona_ NAME Tiona Marita dOREyz aka: ~Ilona Mari ‘aka: .Ililma Marit aka: Martia LORENZ DPOB : 18 August 1939, Bremen, Germany SO Entered the United States with mother oo and siblings on 1 Mey 1950 . : “BROTHER. ; In 1955 was S attending Catholic University, - Washington, D. C., and planned to attend Georgetown University and enter the diplomatic corps. 2 So a ea QRET . “MUL Japs subsequent activity. in the ‘File. oe et a
BROTHER :, Manfred - Phildo7] “io ENG ‘aka: enh 2ka : Manfred F oh .. Born ug 935 in Germany As of 1955, studying music (piano) in New ‘York: City under Claudio ARRU. SISTER “;> Valerie Claire LORENZ -, (supra) . FATHER ~:. ' # a er Al- Stein, - Germany. Married. Alice June LORENZ on > /. S31 August 1932 (or 8 August 1931) at ~ ’.- Bremerhaven, Germany; divorced in _ - February, 1946, Alice receiving the Children. Employment : 195s: Captain of the "M. S. Berlin", . North American Lloyd Lines, where _he was re- employed in 1948. . 1950: Cargo master of the "Hermoid™ or "Hermod", U. S. Navigation Company, Whitehall Building, New York City. . 1945: U. S. Arny Exchange, Bremerhaven, ae Germany. - October 1945: Released from British . POW camp. He had been captured - during World War II when his ship sank while acting as a German Navy officer. oo, _ Prior WWII: Captain of the "S. 3. Bremen" and "S. S. Europa". NOTE: The file contains information that - an individual of the same name was connected with German intelligence during WWII. MOTHER :/ Alice June REN, aka: June ‘Atices LORENZ aka: Alice LANRESCE (pen name) aka: June PAGET (professional film and stage name) nee: Alice June
13-00000 . o As of mid 1950's Living at Mountain “Lakes, New Jersey. As of 1950-1952 husband employed by Metropolitan Life _.., Insurance, New York, and residing at 1529 Ist. Avenue. West, Bradenton, Florida. * MATERNAL ..> | UNCLE: William Joseph LOFLAND : — Born 21 March 1904, Wilmington, Delaware MATERNAL .— : BO RS UNCLE =: Paul Osborn LOFLAND  ——t- . ene -» As’ of. 1943 at 18310 Ferguson Street, re Detroit, Michigan. : oe! “NOTE: ‘During the 1955 ‘background inves- tigation of Valerie-Claire LORENZ, an _.- : informant_advised- that the “LORENZ Pa .£amily ,was sonshow related. to Genefal Major Generali Haydon Piayaar gon  isethe Ce 2<(SF#2S3 3 BOATNER -- “$s a current staff ceplovee, GS-16, |. - . Office of the Comptroller, DCI. This . file has been reviewed in depth and - mothing was found to show a relaticn- ' ship between the BOATNER and. LORENZ : families. . . ere . 7. ‘Variations of ‘all of the names: of Ilona Marketa LORENZ and her family. have been checked against Office of Security indices with no, additional results with the exception to a reference to the file captioned "Cuban Intelligence _Activities" (SF#350 643). An FBI New York Office report in ' this file dated 10 February 1960 captioned “Cuban Intelligence Activities in the United States" reflects, in Substance, that , rd one tie, My wen tO QS AM @, wie? 4 - Oe deaore ; a ~~ eo . . ~ — y ~ ae oA
WrRee rin 8. Relative to "LORENZ" s claim in the attached article that she and Alex RORKE (in conjunction with the assassination attempt against. CASTRO) visited FBI offices in New York and had a "conference with the two agents who had questioned her previously and a CIA official", it is interesting to note that LORENZ was, interviewed by SA O'Brien on 22 December 1959. The file of Alexander I. RORKE, Jr., reflects that he was inter- viewed on 30 December 1959 "by SA Francis J. OrBrien, FBI, New York. 9. The above ‘is for - your information. Security An tysis Group Atts- .