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NEW ORLEANS: BRIEF SUMMARY At this time, the New Orleans investigation focuses on the following areas: 1. LHO's contacts with pro and anti Castro Cuban groups 2. LHO's contacts and associations with the FBI and CIA. 3. LHO's contacts with Shaw, Ferrie and Garrison investigation. 4. Organized crime and assassination 5. CIA funded para-military groups involving anti-Castro Cubans.
DEAN ADAMS ANDREWS, JR. ALBERTO? or EDVARDO? ADRIAN THOMAS ALBA J. C. ALBARDO JAMES L. ALCOCK PAUL ALKER CLEMENCIA ALMEIDA EMMETTEE BARBEE NEW ORLEANS Attorney - New Orleans, La. Visited by Oswald with reference to change in Marine Corps discharge status. Firmly believes Oswald involved in conspiracy. Knew Clay Bertrand Represented "swishers" . Saw Oswald on two occasions accompanied by Mexicans and Cuban "gays" Warren Commission testimony Vol. II, pp. 325-339. Former Ferrie roommate (name and photo in 1966 or 1967 Tulane U. soccer team composite) Operator of Crescent City Garage, 418 Magazine St., New Orleans Next door to Reily Coffee Company Oswald read gun magazines here. Saw LHO every day during June 1963 and half of July, "he never needed a shave." Member of Garrison Grand Jury; allegedly told Fonzi of close Ferrie-Shaw-LHO link. New Orleans Assistant DA under Garrison FBI, New Orleans Negative results for 544 Camp a: FPCC and LHO. (not called as witness) Employee of M. L. Queen, Room 338, Trade Mart. 929 Gravier Street, New Orleans Witness to LHO handbill distribution in front of International Trade Mart LHO Supervisor at Reily Coffee Company.
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VERNON BUNDY REVEREND RAYMOND BORSHEARS EDWARD SCANNELL BUTLER RONNIE CAIRE CARLOS CRIMADER NICHOLAS CHETTA ALFRED CLAUDE JESSEE CORE III A. C. CROUCH MIGUEL M. CRUZ July 1965 Near lakefront in New Orleans, saw Shaw give LHO roll of bills, saw LHO drop some "Cuba" leaflets. Former Ferrie roommate Vice President of the Information Council of the Americas New Orleans, on panel for debate with LHO on "Conversation Care Blanc"; Aug. 1963; told Stuckey LHO Russian defector on afternoon of debate. 107 Camp Street Advertising man; connected with Anti-Castro groups; Claims LHO applied for job. Helped raise money for "Crusade" (Bringuier); Crusade to Free Cuba Committee organizer. Had pamphlets printed for "CRC" and "Crusade" CPA, fund raiser with CRC and Crusade to Free Cuba Committee. Friend of Arcacha Entitled to sign checks for "CRC" and "CFCC" Coroner of New Orleans Reported "Ferrie" death a suicide Actually hired LHO at Reily Coffee Company Public relations director for the International Trade Mart in New Orleans; campaign manager for Garrison. Owner of Saturn Aviation Service, Lakefront Airport, New Orleans. Ferrie worked for him approximately three months Name on slip of paper in Paine garage with Bringuier and Lt. Wm. Gaillot. Member D.R.E.; arrested with Hernandez and Bringuier during scuffle with LHO on Canal Street
PRESTON M. DAVIS RICARDO DAVIS OSCAR W. DESLATTE ELEANOR DURAND LT. PAUL DWYER IRVIN F. DYMOND ~4- Investigator for Dean Adams Andrews. Agent of Western Life Insurance Company, New Orleans. Friend of Orest Pena. Helped raise money for training camp of Christian Democratic Movement (anti-Castro group). Interviewed by deBrueys;had mahogany interests in Guatemala A/K/A Ricard Davis New Orleans member of the MDC Christian Democratic Movement headed by Victor Paneque of Miami and Valdes. Assistant Manager, Truck Sales, Bolton Ford Company, 1483 North Claiborne Avenue, New Orleans. Two men January 20, 1961, inquire as to purchase of ten trucks for "Friends of a Democratic Cuba", 402 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, La., with Joseph Moore. Moore said change name on bid form to Oswald. Next door duplex from Russo, Baton Rouge. New Orleans P.D., went with O'Sullivan to Ferrie plane, New Orleans Airport. Shaw defense Attorney RANCIER BLAISE (RANNY) EHLINGER Appeared before Garrison Grand Jury EVERGREEN ADVERTISING AGENCY Novel operated LT. ROBERT M. FREY J. D. FUCHS MRS. THELMA F. FISHER Weisberg claims CIA Front. New Orleans P.D. with Sgt. Austin Reported to Police Major P.J. Trosclair re: FPCC and 544 Camp (Nov. 27, 1963) Manager at Winn-Dixie Cashier at Winn-Dixie re check cashed Sept. 25 (dispute exists as to LHO leaving New Orleans for Mexico City. Witnesses not interviewed by Warren Commission. Date check cashed may determine
MANUEL GARCIA GONZALEZ MRS. JESSE J. GARNER MANUEL GIL WILLIAM GEORGE GAUDET G. WRAY GIL EDWARD A. HAGGARTY HELEN DIETRICH HARRY D. HOLMES LOUIS IVON CELFO MACARIO HERNANDEZ an Bins earliest possible time LHO could have left New Orleans for Mexico City. Seen in Canal Street when LHO arrested during handbill incident with Bringvier. Possible association with Catholic Cuban Relief in New Orleans. Reportedly seen behind billboard in Dallas during motorcade. Russo testified before Shaw that at party with LHO, Shaw, Ferrie, there were two Latin-looking men: 1) "Manuel" 2) Julien (see Julien Buznedo). Member No Name Key Group. LHO Landlady on 4911 Magazine Street, New Orleans. Saw LHO in September "Always neatly dressed, and clean shaven." Member of CkC; production manager of the Information Council of the Americas. States Irem mentions Gil as being member of Miami based "Movimiento Insurrecional de Recuperacion Revolucionaria"™ Bosch said to be head of MIRR See former Cuban Senator Rolando Masferrer "El Tigre" MIRR invasion chief. Ex-CIA oeprative; received Mexican tourist visa ahead of LHO; saw Ruby buy painting from Borenstein Ferrie employer and attorney Attorney; presiding judge at Clay Shaw trial Court stenographer at Clay Shaw trial. Postal inspector, New Orleans. Testified H 289-308; 525-30: that Oct. 11, 1963 Oswald change of address New Orleans - Dallas. Garrison investigator Arrested with LHO and Bringuier during altercation on Canat St. when LHO passing out "pro" Castro leaflets
JOSE JUAREZ DR. JACK KETY FRANK KLEIN NORMAN S. KOHLMAN ALBERT V. LABICHE AL LANDRY FRED LEEMANS DAVID W. LEWIS GEORGE MADDOCKS MANCUSO DANTE MARACHINT Mrs. McLaney claims she rented house to this individual. Allegedly munitions from Houma burglary stored here. Covington, La., lives near LaCombe, Mandeville Road, training camp site for anti-Castro groups. Treated Ferrie - hair loss condition. Former patient and also airline pilot for Eastern referred Ferrie to Kety Kety is stepbrother of Weisberg Garrison assistant Searched Ferrie Apartment, November 22, 1963? Assistant D.A., former newspaper reporter that had written story about Ferrie. Martin contacted Kohlman about "Farry,' of Garrison probe. ' when he learned Foreman, Garrison grand jury. Introduced Russo to Ferrie Former "boyfriend" of Ferrie Owner of Turkish bath house. Claimed Garrison tried to bribe him to testify that Shaw met LHO frequently in bath house. (Actually went to Garrison and told him Shaw frequently in his establishment with "Latin types".) Former employee of Guy Banister at 544 Camp Street along with Jack Martin State Dept. in charge of passport agency in New Orleans "Cafe" at 544 Camp, next to Banister office. Fellow employee of LHO at Reily Coffee Co. Friend of David Ferrie. Hired same day as LHO at Reily Coffee Co.
"MANUEL" DANTE MARACHINI “7 Russo described two "Latin" looking men at Ferrie apartment with Shaw and LHO and Ferrie. The other was "Julien". Could be Manuel Garcia Gonzalez and Julien Buznedo. May be living in Denver. ~ Early witness before Garrison Grand Jury. LT. (now Capt.) FRANCIS L. MARTELLO LAYTON MARTENS JACK S. MARTIN MRS. JACK S. MARTIN BILL MARTIN PATRICK L. MARTONS JUDGE LEO W. MCCUNE CARLOS MARCELLO New Orleans Police Department Intelligence Unit. Interviewed Oswald after Canal St. arrest. Ferrie roommate Garrison charged him with perjury after testimony concerning burglary of munitions bunker. Linked with Novel and Arcacha Smith. Investigator for Banister Wife of Jack S. Martin. Knew Ferrie and "a number of anci-Castro Cubans.” Assistant D.A. in New Orleans. Accompanied Weisberg for Pena interview. Fluent in Spanish Allegedly arrested with Ferrie on November 26, 1963 at Ferrie's apartment at behest of FBI and S.S. Judge of Jefferson Parish, La. Found Ferrie not guilty on one of five charges of indecent behavior with a juvenile, February 28, 1962 Leading organized crime figure. Ferrie was investicator for Marcello Associate of Eugene Hale Brading, AKA Jim Braden
MIKE MCLANEY Casino operator in Batista's Cuba. New Orlean: States Item alleges munitions from Houma burglary stored in cottage near Lake Pontchartrain owned by William Julius McLaney. Mike McLaney worked with anti-Castro Cubans and planned to knock out oil refineries in Cuba. Mrs. McLaney stated their house had been loaned to a Cuban exile "Jose Juarez." SANDRA MOFFET Russo claims Moffett in attendance at mid-September 1963 party at Ferrie's apartment where Shaw, Oswald and Ferrie were present. Moffett denies having met Ferrie until 1965, denies presence at this party. WILLIAM A. MONTELEONE President of Monteleone Hotel in New Orleans. Joined the "Crusade to Free Cuba Committee" and was made Chairman. "Crusade" was organized to raise funds for the CRC. JOSEPH MOORE According to Deslatte, Moore and Oswald appeared at / Bolton Ford on January 20, 1961 and attempted to buy pick-up trucks for Friends of Democratic Cuba. When shown a photograph of LHO, Deslatte did not identify him as the man he saw with Moore in 1951. (There is no indication as to who Moore is or how he can be contacted.) SAM MIKE NEWMAN Owner of 544 Camp St., Friend of Ferrie GORDON NOVEL Allegedly had role in Houma, La. munitions burglary. Friend of Ferrie Fled to Ohio to avoid appearing before Garrison Grand Jury Involved with anti-Castro movement Associate of Sergio Arcacha Smith JUDGE MALCOLM V. O'HARA One of three judges ruling with Bernard J. Bagert to bind Clay Shaw over. Other judge was Mathew S. Branff.
JUNIOR O'ROURKE FREDERICK S. O'SULLIVAN BETTY PARENT OREST PENA MRS. OREST PENA RUPERTO PENA JOHN QUIGLEY "LEFTY" PETERSON ALVIN PRECHTER SEORGE PIAZZA, JR. MR. & MRS. ERIC RODGERS New Orleans taxi-cab driver with extensive contacts in Latin quarter. FBI Regis Kennedy reported O'Rourke stated Clay Bertrand unknown to him. Weisberg felt "unknown" tampered with and report originally read "Bertrand known" to him. New Orleans Vice Squad Detective in 1964; former high school classmate of LHO; in C.A.P. with LHO; knew Ferrie in C.A.P. and knew of Ferrie arrest after assassination. Examined Ferrie's plane at Lakefront airport. 935 Dauphine Street Lived 4 blocks from Shaw's 1313 Dauphine. Told Kennedy she did not know Clay Bertrand; did know Clay Gould, local sex deviate Owner Habana Bar on 117 Decatur; probable FBI informant; involved with many anti-Castro groups; member CRC. and knew Ferrie in CRC; knew Sergia Arcacha Smith. Knew husband took flying lessons with Ferrie in "Cessna" (Ruperto Jeronimo Pena) Brother of Orest and co-owner of Habana Bar; allegedly saw LHO and "Mexican" late one evening drunk in Habana bar in September of 1963. FBI; interrogated LHO after arrest for passing out pro-Castro leaflets Additional guest at Ferrie ' according to Russo. ‘party" with Shaw and LHO, Personnel manager at Reily Coffee Co. Friend of Ferrie's in C.A.P.; former assistant D.A. with Garrison; represented Dante Marachini (early Garrison witness before Grant Jury); killed in plane crash. Lived next door LHO 4905 Magazine St.; saw LHO leave New Orleans by bus carrying two bags, late Sept. 1963.
ORLANDO PIEDRA STEVEN R. PLOTKIN CARLOS QUIROGA LUIS RAVEL MARGUERITE REALPEY-PLAZA VICTORIA REALPEY-PLAZA HARVE RECIVITCH WILLIAM REDMANN WILLIAM B. REILY LEONARD B. REISMAN ida Bringuier associate; former head of Federal Police in Cuba under Batista; told Brinquier that "the Mexican delegate 'Charles' was ok." Could "get people out of Cuba"; mentioned in Brinquier interview of June 4, 1964, by FBI deBrueys & Callender. Former Novel attorney; also represented Jack S. Martin (Banister private detective), Ehrlinger and David Lewis. Member CRC, with Sergia Arcacha Smith rented room #6 at 544 Camp Street for CRC from October 1961 through February 1962. Not interviewed. One of nine members of "Crusade to Free Cuba Committee" entitled to sign checks for CFCC and CRC according to Gil and Aresto Rodriguez. Sisters shown in Pizzo exhibit #453-B as identified by Dean A. Andrews. (Pizzo Exhibit #453-B is photograph taken in New Orleans in Andrews' office(sic)) Partner in firm of Recivitch, Johnson, Wegmann and Mouledoux. defense attorneys for Clay Shaw. La. Governor John McKeithen's chief counsel who denied Governor had ever issued Novel "brigadier general" card. Owner of William B. Reily Coffee Co. Employee of LHO summer 1963. Tulane University - "Committee for Peaceful Alternatives" inquired of Stuckey about transcript of Oswald interviews on WDSU Radio.
Py WILLARD E. ROBERTSON New Orleans automobile distributor; chairman of and largest contributor to public fund set up to finance Garrison investigation ARNESTO N. RODRIGUEZ, JR. One of nine men authorized to sign checks for CRC and Crusade to Free Cuba Committee; Spanish teacher at Berlitz School. ARNESTO N. RODRIGUES, SR. Authorized to sign checks for CRC and Crusade; knew Quiroga and Arcacha; (deceased). GILBERTO EVARISTO RODRIGUEZ Bartender at Pena's Habana Bar; saw LHO and Mexican in September 1963 drunk in bar; asked Bringuier to call FBI about "Two Mexicans" seen around Habana after LHO incident. PERRY RAYMOND RUSSO Key witness in Garrison investigation. Allegedly attended party in September 1963 at Ferrie's apartment, where he overheard LHO, Shaw and Ferrie discuss plans to assassinate JFK. SATURN AVIATION SERVICE Lakefront Airport employer of Ferrie DR. HJALMAR-SCHACHT Shaw associate; living in Canada. Connections with CIA. MAYOR VICTOR SCHIRO Former mayor of New Orleans; introduced to Quiroga and Arcacha by Jack S. Martin; Schiro helped him in obtaining permit for operating fund raising organization for CRC and "Crusade", et al. ESTATE OF CLAY SHAW Currently suing Garrison; Dymond may represent estate — Records of the estate should be checked.
SERGIA ARCACHA SMITH DAVID SYNDER EVA SPRINGER WILLIAM K. STUCKEY TAMBERELLA MAJOR PRESLEY J. TROSCLAIR JOAQUIN VILLODAS Anti-Castro group leader, formally head of CRC, "Crusade", Second National Front of Escambray; Office in 544 Camp St.,dealings with Ferrie, Novel. Possibly involved in burglary of munitions bunker in Houma, La., in 1961. Reporter with New Orleans States Item (local newspaper) Ferrie kept in contact with Synder from Feb. 17, 1967, when news of Garrison investigation was released until Ferrie's suicide. May be able to show CIA involvement of Garrison witnesses. Legal secretary for Dean Andrews, doesn't recall Oswald visits, but remembers hospital call from Andrews on Nov. 22, 1963, directing her to look for Oswald file; may recall office break-in when certain files were stolen, recalls Andrews mentioning Bertrand. Radio commentator at WDSU, New Orleans (now living in N.Y.C.) Interviewed LHO on two occasions in August of 1963 on "Latin Listening Post" and set up debate with Bringuier on "Conversations Carte Blanc". Familiar with most Cuban groups in New Orleans at the time; says "checked with FBI on LHO, was told "they know all about him." Attorney for Orest Pena who was questioned by Liebeler of Warren Commission. New Orleans Police Department. Ordered Austin and Frey to check any link of LHO and 544 Camp Street as this address was on some leaflets found among LHO personal papers; received Austin and Frey report on November 27, 1963. Also received report on Voebel and LHO association with Ferrie in Civil Air Patrol. One of nine authorized to sign checks for CRC and Crusade to Free Cuba Committee
EDWARD VOEBEL CHARLED WARD HUGH WARD EDWARD WEGMANN JERRY WEINER WILLIAM WALTER SAM MONK ZELDEN ic High school friend and fellow Civil Air Patrol Cadet with LHO. Alleges LHO and cadre of C.A.P. cadets at Ferrie apartment for graduation party. Assistant D.A. with Garrison; participated in Clay Shaw trial. Deceased; former investigator with Jack S, Martin for Banister Former defense attorney for Shaw Attorney, represented Novel on Garrison unsuccessful extradiction from Ohio. May know what "Cuban" Novel feared. FBI security code clerk in New Orleans 1961-1966. Stated LHO FBI informant; LHO name appeared on security index file; claims 5 days before assassination, FBI sent out teletype warning of JFK assassination. Allegedly notified S.A. Harry Maynard of teletype. Friend and personal attorney for Dean Andrews; will verify Andrews told him about Bertrand call and possible representation of LHO for assassination of JFK.
EDWIN LEE McGEHEE REEVES MORGAN JOHN MANCHESTER LT. FRANCIS FRUGE HENRY EARL PALMER COREY COLLINS WILLIAM DUNN, Sr. MRS. BOBBIE DEDON Sey Barber in Jackson, LA. Directed LHO to Reeves Morgan in reference to job at East Louisiana State Hospital. State Representative for East Feliciana Parish. LHO spoke to him about a job at East Louisiana State Hospital. Town Marshall in Clinton, LA. Saw Shaw behind wheel of black Cadillac in front of voter registration office in Clinton the day LHO appeared in voter registration line. State Police Officer. Manchester talked to him about seeing Shaw in Clinton. Registrar of voters for East Feliciana Parish. Saw black Cadillac outside voter re- gistration office during "black" voter registration drive. Saw Corey Collins, C.O.R.E., standing near Cadillac; LHO showed him his Navy ID card. Saw LHO in black Cadillac in front of voter registration office; saw Man- chester look into black Cadillac; saw David Ferrie in black Cadillac; saw LHO go into Registrar's office. Local chairman of C.O.R.E., worked at East Louisiana State Hospital. Clinton, LA. Member of C.0O.R.E from Clinton. Saw black, Cadillac in front of voter registration office; talked with Corey Collins; identified Shaw at wheel of black Cadillac; identified LHO standing in line in Registrar's office. Baton Rouge, LA. Doctor's assistant, East Louisiana State Hospital, Jackson, LA. Receptionist at Clinic in Summer of 1963. Identified LHO at desk with job applica- tion; told Lt. Frug2 about LHO applica- tion; never questioned by FBI. V
MRS. MAXINE KEMP wai] Bes Clinton, LA. Typist and Clerk in Personnel Office at East Louisiana State Hospital. Found LHO job application in Sept. 1964. Application in name Harvey Oswald. Application missing from files after witness read and returned it to files. Job applications usually kept for one year.
-16- Information Council of the Americas Inc. (May 16,1961) registered agents: Richard T. Newman Joseph H. Epstein board of directors: Richard G. Drown, Jr. Herbert A. Kenny R. Kirk Moyer Joseph H. Epstein, dr. Richard T. Newman Ivor A. Trapolin subscribers: Frank Charbonnet Edward Scannell Butler President in 1966: Dr. Alton Ochsner Secretary : Mr. Gibbons Burke Friends of Democratic Cuba(Jan.6,1961) fund raising arm of Frente Revolutionaria Democratico. Corporate address and registered agent: Crady C. Durham.... 526 Maritime Building Corporate officers: Martin L. McAuliff Gerard F. Tugajue Grady C. Durham Board of Directors: W. Guy Banister Alfred Chittenden
PROSPECTIVE WITNESSES TO BE INTERVIEWED (WEST COAST) orev res rere Nt UAST) John BABCOCK, Los Angeles, California a. News reporter for KABC-TV. ; b. Producer of Channel 7 Eye-Witness News. Saw Ruby in Dallas P.D. evening of 11/22/63. Roy BROSHERS, San Francisco, California a. Allegedly heard David Ferrie say he was to fly two of Kennedy's assassins to South Africa. Jeanne DeMOHRENSCHILDT, Los Angeles, California a. Wife of George DeMohrenschildt. b. Knew the Oswalds. c. Testified that rifle was Oswalds. Cesar DIOSDADO, Chula Vista, California a. Employed by U.S. Customs Service in 1963 — interviewed arriving Cubans. b. Involved in anti-Castro activity. c. Presently employed by DEA. Harry DEAN, Los Angeles, California a. Former CIA Agent. b. Private detective. c. Used name of Dean Fallon Lopez FRESQUET, Berkeley, California a. Member of Alpha 66. b. Knew CIA Agents in Cuba prior to Castro regime. Carver GATON, Seattle, Washington a. Former FBI Agent. b. Associate of Special Agent James P. Hosty.
— 2 8. Eva GRANT, Los Angeles, California a. Sister of Jack Ruby. 9. Loran Eugene HALL, Los Angeles, California a. Bought high powered rifle with scope. b. Partner of Gary Patrick, a/k/a Gary Patrick Hemming. c. Alleged to have visited Mrs. Sylvia Odio. ad. Member of Frank Sturgis' group-trained anti-Castro Cubans for Bay of Pigs. e. Member No Name Key. 10. Jim HOROWITZ, Burbank, California a. Researcher. b. Contact for Harry Dean. ll. Richard HATHCOCK, Los Angeles, California a. Former CIA Agent. b. Allegedly will identify Johnson 30.06 caliber rifle as belonging to Loran Hall and Gary Patrick. c. Active in local anti-Castro group. d. Co-partner of Roy Payne in private detective agency. 12. Paul HOCH, Berkeley, California a. Researcher. 13. Lawrence HOWARD, Jr., Elmonte, California a. Associate of Loran Hall. b. Allegedly visited Mrs. Sylvia Odio with Loran E. Hall and either Oswald or William Seymour. 14. Art KEVIN, Los Angeles, California a. Investigative Reporter — KMPC-TV b. Contact for Loran E. Hall.
15. 1L6. 17. 53. 19 « 20. pa a Richard M. MARGESON, Anaheim, California a. Member of anti-Castro group at Bay of Pig’ b. Involved in "Operation Mongoose”. Hugh C. McDONALD, Hollywood Park, California a. Researcher b. Author of "Appointment in Dallas". Richard Case NAGELL, Los Angeles, California a. Former CIA Agent. b. Desires "guarantees" for information. c. Used names of Robert Nolan and Joseph Kramer. Roy PAYNE, Los Angeles, California a. Allegedly will identify Johnson 30.06 caliber rifle as belonging to Loran Hall and Gary Patrick. b. Co-partner of Richard Hathcock in private detective agency. , George W. RHODES, Los Angeles, California a. Made contact with individual who roomed and lived with David Ferrie in New Orleans. b. Private Investigator. c. Head of the Committee to Investigate Political Assassinations. Richard (Dick) RUSSELL, Los Angeles, California a. Staff reporter for TV Guide. b. Contact for Richard Case Nagell. Peter Dale SCOTT, Berkeley, California a. Researcher and Critic.
MEXICO CITY: BRIEF SUMMARY LHO allegedly visited Mexico City during the latter part of September or early October of 1963. While there, he supposedly was overheard in conversation by telephone to the Soviet Embassy from the Cuban Embassy. We have information that indicates that the tape of that conversation does not reflect LHO's voice. Further, the CIA incorrectly identified LHO as the individual photo- graphed exiting the Russian Embassy and whose conversation was recorded on October 1, 1963 from the Cuban Embassy. Accordingly, an in-depth analysis of this matter must be undertaken.
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ORGANIZED CRIME The following members of organized crime and their associates may have pertinent knowledge concerning the circumstances surround- ing the assassination of John F. Kennedy. ACCARDO, TONY "BIG TUNA": ran Mafia operations in Chicago along with Sam Giancana. Several organized crime investi- gators feel that Accardo was responsible for Giancana's murder. Whether or not this is true, Accardo most likely has much, if not all, of the information pertinent to this case for which Giancana was killed. He is believed alive and in the Chicago area. BAKER, BARNEY: was an underworld enforcer who operated out of Chicago and who was used on occasion by the Teamsters Union. In June, 1963, Baker was released from the state penitentiary. Baker was allegedly an associate of Dave Yaras and Jack Ruby. It appears that the Warren Commission's records of Ruby's telephone calls reveals at least one call to Baker, subsequent to Ruby having been contacted by Irwin Weiner. BENTON, SAM: was an underworld associate of Michael McLaney. Reportedly, he attended several meetings with John Roselli at thr Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami, at which the Castro assassination plots were discussed. Benton was among those arrested at the Lake Pontchartrain training camp, the camp outside of New Orleans at which anti-Castro groups were trained to conduct para-military expeditions against Cuba. BINION, BENNY "THE COWBOY": presently owns the Horseshoe Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, the casino in which Lewis J. McWillie last worked. Binion is allegedly an associate of West Coast mobsters, Jack Dragna and Mickey Cohen, as well as having known Jack Ruby and John Roselli. BRADING, EUGENE HALE: also known as JIM BRADEN: is believed to be presently serving as a "personal courier" for Meyer Lansky. Over the years he has been associated with Mafia leaders in every national crime syndicate jurisdiction. In the fall of 1963, Braden worked out of Room 1701 in the Pere Marquette Building in New Orleans. Interestingly, during this same period, David Ferrie was working for Mafia leader Carlos Marcellos in Room 1707 of the same building. Braden was picked up for questioning immediately after the Kennedy assassination by Dallas Police Officer C.L. Lewis, for "acting suspiciously." After being questioned for an hour he was released and subsequently received attention by the Warren
oy Braden, nee Eugene Hale Brading, changed his name toa Jim Braden shortly before the assassination, receiying a new driver's license in that name on September lo, 1963. BROWDER, EDWARD J.: identified by an FBI informant as a gun smuggling pilot associated with Jack Ruby, Browder had worked for Norman Rothman on many occasions between 1958 and 1962, when he was arrested on the Mexican border and incarcerated. CELLINI, DINO: was an underworld associate of Lewis McWillie, Santos Trafficante and Meyer and Jake Lansky. CERONE, JACKIE: was a member of the Giancana-Accardo Chicago mob. The transcript of an FBI monitored telephone conver- sation places Cerone and Yaras in Miami in 1962 plotting the murder of an enemy. GRUBER, ALEX: was a scrap metal dealer in Los Angeles with a long rap sheet, including grand larceny and detailing a number of aliases. Gruber had been a childhood friend of Jack Ruby. He stated to the Warren Commission that he had had contact with Ruby only once in the ten years preceding the assassination. However, that one time was in November of 1963 when Gruber apparently traveled several hundred miles out of his way to look up Ruby with whom he had not spoken in ten years. It is also interesting that Ruby called Gruber twenty monutes after the Kennedy assassination was reported. Gruber is also a friend of Frank Matula, who was an enforcer in the Southern California garbage industry and who was appointed by Jimmy Hoffa as a trustee of the Inter- national Teamsters Union when he was released after serving 114 days in jail for perjury. HUMPHREYS, MURRAY "THE CAMEL": one of Frank Nitti's top aides, Humphrey's was another of Jack Ruby's underworld associates. JONES, PAUL: was an "advance man" for Chicago mob leaders, Sam Giancana and Tony Accardo. His efforts to bribe members of the Dallas Police Department in exchange for "complete pro- tection" of certain syndicate-run Dallas operations came to the attention of the Kefauver Commission. Jones was a friend of Jack Ruby. Warren Commission Exhibit 1184 shows that Ruby was introduced to Jones by Paul Labriola and Jim Weinberg, both syndicate associates of Sam Giancana. Steve Guthrie, who was at the time of the bribery attempt, Sheriff of Dallas, stated to the Warren Commission that Ruby had been involved in the bribery attempts by the Giancana-Accardo group. Further testimony by Guthrie indicates that Ruby was one of the Dallas front men for mob gambling activities.
-3- However, the Commission chose to find Guthrie's testimony "hard to accept" because Lt. George Butler, a Dallas Police Officer who was also involved in the Jones case, did not recall Ruby being involved. Twenty-two secretly recorded tapes of conversations between Guthrie, Butler and Jones were reviewed for the Warren Commission by one FBI agent, who prepared no transcript but instead, prepared a brief report stating that Ruby's name was not mentioned. One of the recordings, however, containing two conversations, was missing. It might be noted that in pitting one witness against another, the Warren Commission chose to believe the one who had stored material evidence in a bribery conspiracy case in his home, only to have some of that evidence turn up missing and who had, according to a Warren Commission Exhi- bit, approached two other Dallas Police Officers after the assassination with the revelation that Lee Harvey Oswald was really the illegitimate son of Jack Ruby. LANSKY, MEYER: is perhaps the most powerful syndicate leader in the world. He was the chief architect of the syndicate's gambling activities in Cuba and was subsequently the major financial victim of Castro's expulsion of organized crime from the island. Lansky reportedly placed a $1 million bounty on Castro's head. Lansky established ties between organized crime and the intelligence community in the mid-1940's. Whether or not Lansky was directly associated with Jack Ruby depends upon whether or not it can be established that the "Fox brothers" referred to by Ruby in testimony before the Warren Commission were in fact, the Lansky brothers, Meyer and Jake. Irrespective of direct participation, however, Meyer Lansky is an important witness since both information ard responsibility obviously stopped with him. He is currently living in the Miami area. MARCELLOS, CARLOS: is considered the second or third most power- ful Mafia leader in the United States. His realm of control is the Gulf states region; his base of operations is New Orleans, Louisiana. The McClellan Senate Committee identified Marcellos' New Orleans operations as the key distribution point for heroin shipments. Marcellos, along with associates Jimmy Hoffa and Sam Giancana, was a target of investigation by the Justice Department under the Kennedy Administration. Other associates of Marcellos, who were pivotal to his success, were Meyer Lansky and Santos Trafficante. On April 4, 1961 Marcellos was deported from the United States. It was a highly publicized and potentially illegal deportation. Two months later, reportedly using David Ferrie as a pilot, Marcellos returned from Guatemala to the United States where he challenged his deportation and won. His subsequent hate of the Kennedy brothers was such that in September of 1962
-4- he allegedly told conferates at a secret meeting that plans to kill both Kennedy brothers were underway. Marcellos continued to use Ferrie's services as a pilot and private investigator. Of note is an FBI report stating that Ferrie placed at least six telephone calls to his conduit with Marcellos, Attorney G. Wray Gill, during the three-day period following the Kennedy assassination. David Ferrie died on February 22, 1967, from "a massive brain hemorrhage," five days after being identified by District Attorney Jim Garrison as a suspect in a conspiracy which was responsible for Kennedy's death. Marcellos is currently living in the New Orleans area. MAYLOR, DEUTSCH "DUSTY MILLER": was head of the Teamsters Union southern conference. He was also an associate of Jack Ruby. MEYERS, EDWARD: is Lawrence Meyer's brother. Both men were businessmen living in New York City. Meyers left New York on November 8, 1963 to go to Mexico City. On November 18, 1963 he left Mexico City and went to Dallas. On November 21, Meyers visited his brother Lawrence at his motel around midnight. Also present at this midnight "visit" was Jack Ruby, to whom Edward Meyers was introduced. MEYERS LAWRENCE V.: was, according to Warren Commission Exhibit 2267, a close friend of Jack Ruby. Meyers had visited Ruby at his club and Ruby subsequently visited Meyers at his motel on the night before the assassination. Meyers also spoke with Ruby on the night before Ruby murdered Oswald. Of note is the fact that on the night before the assassina- tion, when Meyers visited Ruby he was accompanied by a woman named Jean West, whom Meyers later stated he had known casu- ally in Chiczgo. Jim Garrison later discovered in his 1967 investigation, that on September 24, 1963, the day that Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly left New Orleans to go to Mexico City, David Ferrie (in New Orleans) called Jean Aese West in Chicago. Warren Commission Exhibit 2350 documents that this was the same Jean West who accompanied Lawrence Meyers in Dallas on November 21, 1963. Lawrence Meyers is currently living in the New York City area. McLANEY, MICHAEL: On July 31, 1963 the FBI raided a house rented by Mike McLaney. The house, in the suburbs of New Orleans, was apparently being used as a training center for anti-Castro activities. Several of those arrested were associated with Carlos Bringuier, an anti-Castroite who became associated with Lee Harvey Oswald in early August, 1963, In September of 1973, an organized crime informer testified, before the Jackson Subcommittee on Investigations. He alleged that Mike McLaney, representing Meyer Lansky, offered him $100,000. to assassinate the Prime Minister of the Bahamas. While McLaney and his brother, William, appear to have vast organized crime connections and pivotal real estate holdings,
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NAME Aragon, Ernest Behn, Gerald A. Bennett, Glen A. Bertram, Lane Berger, Andrew E. Boring, Floyd Bouck, Robert Grant, ‘David B. Greer, William R. Hickey, George W. Hill, Clinton J. SECRET SERVICE PRESENT ADDRESS Unknown 6202 Mor] McLean, Virginia (703 )356-5416 USSS - ID Hdqtrs. 1800 G St., N.W. Washington, D.C. (202 )634-5731 Unknown USSS - SAIC of Baltimore (301 )922-2200 2017 Oakwood Hillcrest Heights, Maryland (301 )894-2115 6124 Knollwood Dr. Falls Church, Va. (703 )820-8030 USSS -ASAIC,VPPD Executive Office Bldg. Washington, D.C. (202) 456-2354 705 Brunswick Dr. Waynesville, N.C. (704 )452-4318 5711 Forest Rd. Cheverly, Maryland (301 )773-1958 1068 N. Chambliss St. Alexandria, Va. (703 )354-1476 SIGNIFICANCE Special Agent - Miami/ Reported on 11/18/63 JFK visit to Miami; had knowledge of Cuban groups in area. White House Detail/ Involved in planning of Dallas trip. Protective Research Section/ Motorcade: Right rear seat of Presidential follow-up car. Special Agent in Charge - Houston/ Renovted allegations that LHO was FBI informant. White House Detail/ Assigned to Trade Mart in Dallas; present at Parkland Hospital. White House Detail/ Made initial assignments for planning of Dal- las trip. Protective Research Section/ Worked on PRS investigation for Dallas trip. White House Detail/ Assigned to Trade Mart in Dallas; present at Parkland Hospital. White House Detail/ Motorcade: Driver of Presidential car; present at Parkland Hospital; present at autopsy. White House Detail/ Motorcade: Left rear seat of Presidential follow-up car; present at Park- land Hospital. White House Detail/ Motorcade: Left front running board of Pres- idential follow-up car;present at Parkland Hospital.
Howlett, John Joe Johns, Thomas L. Johnson, Richard E. Kellerman, Roy Kelley, Kinney, Kivett, Landis, Lawson, Lawton, Thomas Samuel A. Jerry D. Paul : Winston G. Donald J. x2 USSS - SA at Little Rock, Arkansas (501 )378-6241 3321 Culloden Way Birmingham, Ala. (205)967-1417 USSS Hdqtrs./ Pro- tective Forces 1800 G St., N.W. Washington,D.C. (202 )634-5721 2063 Kansas Ave., N.E. St. Petersburg, Fla. (813 )527-6327 USSS - Asst. Director, Protective Forces 1800 G St., N.W. Washington, D.C. (202 )634-5721 341 Bayside Dr. Palm Springs, Fla. (305) 965-4296 USSS - SAIC, Atlanta Office (404 )285-6111 7512 Cedar Rd. Chesterland, Ohio (216)729-2343 USSS - SAIC, Liaison Division Hdgtrs. 1800 G St., N.W. Washington, D.C. (202 ) 634-5838 USSS - SA,ID Hdgtrs. 1800 G St., N.W. Washington, D.C. (202 )634-5731 Special Agent - Dallas/As- signed to Trade Mart in Dallas. Vice-Pres. Detail/Motorcade: Right rear seat of V.P. follow- up car; present at Parkland Hospital. White House Detail/ Assigned to Trade Mart in Dallas; present at Parkland Hospital - received bul- let found on stretcher from 0.P. Wright. White House Detail/ Right front seat of Presidential car; pre- sent at Parkland Hospital; wit- nessed autopsy. Present during interrogations of Oswald. White House Detail/ Motorcade: Driver of Presidential follow- up car. Vice-Presidential Detail/ Motor- cade: Right front seat of V.P. follow-up car; present at Park- land Hospital. White House Detail/ Motorcade: Right rear running board of Presidential follow-up car; present at Parkland Hospital. White House Detail/ Instrumental in planning of Dallas trip; Motor- cade: Right front seat of lead car; present at Parkland Hospital. White House Detail/ Assigned to Love Field.
McIntyre, William T. Moore, Elmer O'Leary, John J. Ollson, Ernest E., Jr. Patterson, William H. Ready, John D. Roberts, Emory P. Rowley, James Rybka, Henry J. Sorrels, Forrest V. Steuart, Robert A. Sulliman, Samuel E. USSS - SA at Inspec- tion Division Hdqtrs. Washington, D.C. (202 )566-8352 12212 N.E. 32nd St. Bellevue, Wash. (206 )855-2589 Deceased USSS - SA at ID Hdgtrs. Washington, D.C. (202 )566-8352 USSS - SA Houston, Texas (713)226-5791 USSS - Hdgtrs. 1900 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, D.C. (202 )634-5838 Deceased 9615 Glencrest Lane Kensington, Maryland (301 )949-2711 Deceased P.O. Box 749 Dallas, Texas (214)368-8371 5626 W. Purdue Dallas, Texas (214)352-1350 USSS -SAIC New Haven, Conn. (203)865-2449 White House Detail/ Motorcade: Left rear running board of Pres- idential follow-up car; present at Parkland Hospital. Special Agent - Dallas/ Filed no report on activities of 11/22/63. White House Detail/ Assigned to Love Field on 11/22/63. White House Detail/ Assigned to Trade Mart; present at Park- Tand Hospital. Special Agent - Dallas/ Assigned to Love Field or 11/22/63. White House Detail/ Motorcade: Right front running board of Presidential follow-up car; pre- sent at Parkland Hospital. White House Detail/ Motorcade: Front seat of Presidential fol- low-up car. Secret Service Chief White House Detail/ Assigned to Love Field on 11/22/63. Special Agent in Charge - Dallas/ Responsible for planning Dallas trip with SA Lawson; Motorcade: Right rear seat of lead car; pre- sent at interrogations of LHO. Special Agent - Dallas/ Assigned to Trade Mart in Dallas; present at Parkland Hospital. White House Detail/ Assigned to Trade Mart in Dallas; present at Parkland Hospital.
Taylor, Warren W. Warner, Roger C. Youngblood, Rufus W. USSS - ASAIC, P.P.D. Executive Office Bldg. Washington, D.C. (202)395-4000 USSS - ATSAC, WFO Washington, D.C. (202)634-5100 38 Clarendon Rd. Savannah, Georgia (912)893-3181 Vice-Presidential Detail/ Motor- cade: Left rear seat of V.P. follow-up car; present at Park- land Hospital. Special Agent - Dallas/ Assigned to Love Field in Dallas. Vice-Presidential Detail/ Motor- cade: Right front seat of V.P. car; present at Parkland Hospi- tal.
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FBI WITNESS LIST Adams, James B. Anderson, Clark Bannister, Guy Belmont, Alan Boguslav, Anatole Bookhout, James W. Brown, Arnold J. Brown, Leon F. Cadigan, James C. Callender, Stephen M. Carter, Burnett Tom Clark, Kyle G. Clements, Manning C. Cunningham, Cortlandt Deputy Associate Director, FBI/ Had know- ledge of LHO note to SA Hosty. Head of FBI Station in Mexico City/ Office next to CIA in Embassy; Official title, "Legal Attache". Deceased/ Former FBI agent/ Active with right-wing groups in New Orleans; had offices at 544 Camp St./ 531 Lafayette. Assistant Director, FBI/ Gave affidavit to Warren Commission that LHO was not an FBI agent. SA/ Interviewed Marina Oswald and others in LHO investigation. SA, Dallas/ Participated in LHO interro- gations. SA, Dallas/ Interviewed LHO prior to as- sassination. SA, Los Angeles/ Interviewed Loran Eugene Hall re: Odio meeting. SA, Examiner of questioned documents/ Tes- tified to Warren Commission re: paper bag found in TSBD and analysis of handwriting on various Commission Exhibits. SA, New Orleans/ Investigated LHO'’s trip from New Orleans and Sylvia Odio connec- tion. SA, Dallas/ Interviewed LHO prior to as- sassination. ASAC, Dallas/ Allegedly shown LHO note to Hosty by Nanny Fenner in Dallas office. SA, Dallas/ Interrogated LHO alone on 11/22/63; assigned to coordinate investi- gation of shooting of LHO by Ruby. SA, Firearms Identification Expert/ Tes- tified before Warren Commission re: rifle found in TSBD and LHO's revolver.
DeBrueys, Warren Drain, Evans, Fain, Vincent E. Calvin W. John W. Fenner, Nanny Lee Frazier, Robert A Gale, J.H. Gallagher, John F Gemberling, Robert P. Hall, C. Ray Heitman, Wallace Herndon, Bell P. Hosty, James P., C. JY. SA, New Orleans/ Alleged by Orest Pena - FBI informer - to have been seen with LHO on numerous occasions; also to have been involved with New Orleans Cuban Revolution- ary Council. SA, Dallas/ Received rifle believed to have been assassination weapon from Lt. Carl Day on 11/22/63. SA, Phoenix/ Interviewed William Seymour re: meeting with Sylvia Odio. SA, Ft. Worth/ Investigated LHO prior to his retirement in October 1962. Receptionist at Dallas FBI Office/ First person to see and read LHO note to Hosty prior to assassination. SA, Firearms Identification Expert/ Tes- tified before Warren Commission re: rifle and bullets. Assistant Director of Inspection Division/ Reported in December 1963, a number of in- vestigative and reporting delinquencies in handling of LHO security case. SA, Spectrographic Unit of FBI Laboratory/ Performed spectrographic analysis of bul- let fragments in JFK's limousine; also neutron activation analysis on paraffin casts of LHO. SA, Dallas/ Assigned to coordinate inves- tigation relating to LHO and assassination; claims no knowledge of LHO's note to Hosty until 8/75. SA, Dallas/ Interviewed Ruby after killing of LHO. SA, Dallas/ Interviewed Marina Oswald. SA, Polygraph Expert/ Testified before Warren Commission re: polygraph examination of Ruby. SA, Dallas/ In charge of investigation of LHO prior to assassination; received note from LHO prior to assassination which he destroyed 2 hours after assassination.
Howe, Kenneth C. Kaack, Milton R. Kelley, Clarence Latona, Sebastian F. Lee, Ivan D. Odum, Bardwell D. O'Neill, Francis X. Quigley, John Lester Rosen, Alex Shaneyfelt, Lyndal L. Shanklin, Gordon Sibert, James W. SA Supervisor, Dallas/ Assigned Hosty to LHO investigation; claims knowing of LHO note to Hosty, also claims to have shown note to SAC Shanklin. SA, New Orleans/ Investigated LHO in New Orleans prior to assassination. Director, FBI/ Received 11/18/63 letter of LHO to Hunt. SA, Fingerprint Expert/ Testified before Warren Commission re: brown paper and rifle found in TSBD. SA, Dallas/ Testified before Warren Commis-— sion re: photos taken of General Walker's residence on 2/1/64. SA, Dallas/Drove Lt. Day, who found rifle, to police hdgtrs. and radioed gun's description to FBI en route; interviewed Bonnie Ray Williams, Mrs. Helen Markham and Sylvia Odio. SA/ Present at JFK autopsy; wrote -report- on autopsy with SA Sibert which differed from final autopsy report; received mis- sile fragments<“found in JFK. SA, New Orleans/ Interviewed LHO after his arrest in New Orleans. Assistant Director in charge of General Investigative Division/ Testified to Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with respect to Intelligence Activities that he was unaware of any Castro connection relative to JFK assas- Ssination investigation. SA, Photography Expert/ Photographed rifle found in TSBD; testified before War- Commission re: analysis of photos of LHO holding rifle. SAC, Dallas/ Hosty's superior in Dallas office; alleged by Hosty to have ordered him to destroy note sent to Hosty by LHO. SA/ Present at JFK autopsy; wrote report on autopsy with SA O'Neill which differed from final autopsy report; received mis- Sile fragments found in JFK.
Stombaugh, Paul Morgan Sullivan, William C. Walter, William Warner, Roger C. Whidbee, Harry H. Wittmus, Ronald G. SA, Hair and Fiber Expert/ Testified be- fore Warren Commission re: analysis of fibers from LHO's shirt, blanket found in Paine's garage and comparison with fibers found on rifle. Assistant Director in charge of Domestic Intelligence Division/ Responsible for in- vestigation of subversive aspects of JFK assassination case. FBI Security Code Clerk, New Orleans/ Saw FBI teletype 5 days prior to assassination, warning of reported conspiracy to assassi- nate JFK on his proposed Dallas trip. SA, Dallas/ Assigned to Love Field on 11/ 22/63; testified before Warren Commission re: interview of Karen Lynn Bennett Curlin, aka "Little Lynn" for Ruby investigation. SA, Los Angeles/ Interviewed Loran Eugene Hall and Lawrence Howard re: meeting with Sylvia Odio. SA, Fingerprint Expert/ Confirmed SA Lato- na's findings in an affidavit to the War- ren Commission.
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY FILES Ts Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Lawn, Congressional Research Unit of the F.B.1I.,advised Select Committee staff in January that a team of Bureau personnel had been preparing the following files for review. These are described as the complete F.B.I files on the investigation of the assassination. 62-109060 John F. Kennedy, 187 Sections 62-109090 Warren Commission, 32 Sections 105-82555 Lee Harvey Oswald, 238 Sections Staff has begun a review and detailed indexing of the Oswald sections. These sections roughly average two hundred pages each and are comprised of non-classified internal memoranda, general correspondence and field investigative reports. Initial analysis of these materials indicates there is a great deal of cross referencing and duplicity of Warren Com- mission documents which are available at the National Archives. For a thorough indexing, it has been necessary to proceed log- ging-in all those documents available for review at the Bureau's headquarters and compare our listings against those available at the National Archives. Thus far we have found that what the Bureau is providing is unique with respect to their own internal memoranda, teletype and airtel messages. Items provided the Warren Commission were often summaries of these communications. The Bureau advises us that they have no index per se of documents pertaining to their investigation of President Kennedy's assasSination. Their central card index makes reference to file numbers for the subject of investigation and serial
numbers for reference to specific areas of investigation of those subjects. It is, therefore, as they explain it, a manual process of searching through large bound volumes for * needed document. Our approach has been to compile an indexing of all documents which will eventually facilitate access and retrieval of documents pertinent to areas deemed worthy of further investi- gation. During the interim, staff has been able to identify certain areas of the F.B.I.'s Warren Commission investigation which appear to be promising leads not previously pursued. These leads have been identified by ucilizing the somewhat indirect indexing of F.B.I reports laid down in unpublished Warren Com- mission documents at the National Archives. Through comparison of Warren Commission testimony and findings against F.B.I investigative reports leads such as the following have been developed. The Warren Commission testimony of Raymond Krystinik appears in Volume 9 of that Commission's hearings. He was a co-worker of Michael Paine, the man in whose home Oswald's wife and child resided at the time of the assassination. According to an F.B.I. report dated November 25, 1963, which was part of the Warren Commission records, Krystinik had occasion to be introduced to Lee Harvey Oswald at a meeting of the American Civil Liberties Union. This meeting was held in Dallas following the rather abusive reception United Nations' Ambassador Adlai Stevenson experienced on his visit there one month before the assassination. Oswald spoke up at the meeting and opined that General Edwin Walker was behind the incident.
ai fins memo was withheld from research until 1973. It discusses Bouck's firm position that a list of items of information about Oswald which he has prepared and believes the FBI to have prior to November 22, clearly warranted the FBI's advising the Secret Service. In a second Stern memo made available for the first time this past March, a March 20, 1964 meeting is also discussed. At that meeting, Inspector Kelley of the Secret Service was present and concurred in Bouck's position that they would have expected to be informed of Oswald since they would have regarded him as a threat to the President and had him put under sur- veillance. They go on to specify the reasons being the FBI's knowledge of Oswald's defection, political pursuits, Marine Corps training, job and family instability, New Orleans arrest and Fair Play for Cuba activities, trip to Mexico City and visa efforts there and, most importantly, employment in the Texas School Book Depository. We have located Mr. Bouck, who is retired and living in the Washington area. He will be another of many individuals involved in the original investigation that can perhaps provide useful information.