AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY: _ FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10078-10474 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER:  62-109060-4634 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: BRANIGAN, W. A. Released under the John F. Kennedy TO: SULLIVAN, W.C. | issassination Records Collection TITLE: . bet of 1992 (44 U5c 2107 Note). Pase#: NW 53244 Date: 06-12-2017 DATE: 03/01/1967 PAGES: 9 SUBJECT: JG,INVEST, LHO, POST-RP, ASSOC DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL Secret NEW CLASSIFICATION: CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW _DATE: — 03/02/1994 UPDATE DATE: STATUS Redact ~ RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (1)(B) COMMENTS: HW 53244 DoclId:32146302 Page 1
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DeLoach Méhr . DeLoact! Ue Wieck © Callahan Conrad Pee rtd a Noe . ‘ 1 Dy OPTIONAL Form NO. 16 { ) $010-108 f . . amie bez. eniticn f { | ‘ o “ef gy OSA GEN. REG. INO. 27 aed . +  Tolson . . Fy, Fra Pret 47H 8 y Memorandum. i = Mr. W. C. Sullivdy. . Rosen Trofter —____— 1 rrowR tar, We AL brdatfan R. Jensen  jic.0 7" yd ~™ Sullivan : ISASSINATION OF P. — X tle etl ete i training at. , NE eee Hp. t ‘We also. ‘received information. ‘in July, 1963, a“numbe of Cuban refugees had. ‘peen:.brought from Miami, Florida, to. New Orleans, to attend a training camp, in the ’ New Orleans area. Our inquiries disclosed ;these,, individuals: reportedly were being <#& ruited to work in the Slumber ‘camps4ih?@Gwatemala and that they/! became disenchanted and returned to Miami. No indication aS David William Ferrie or Lee Harvey Oswak ad any contact or connection with this group. Results oft! inquiries of this Z group at that time, was,disseminated to the Warren Commission... § On 11-25-63 Dai Vid Wi titan Ferrie advised that; from approximately df iNovember, | 1960 ;Uactii august, 1961, he was, associated. with the ; —NOVEMBER..22,..1963._ ey S, TEXAS ey) ~~ ae 2 r i ’ er H Zz ARN Re memorandum Mr. BeLoach to Mr. Dolson ESS gac01 ; | etting forth results of a conversation Mr. DeLoach had" with" “> | Sn erriman Smith, senior White House correspondent, onl 2=28-.67. “3 | S{gthe Director instructed that Mr. DeLoach's memorandum*be ac an ~y | eviewed by the Domestic Intelligence Division to ascertain ae Bur Mr. Smith obtained any information from New Orléaris District 7 | EMittomiey “ade les « already. reflected in FBI files’ . a a YN: _ SYNOPSIS: ayo, P ; ; EE Lae ao ' g ‘ \ g ww daivridon!attesed Day; Liliam-Rer e/niéaber ee a il NN groupvof anti-Castro'Cubans who vege located in 1963, and 1962 un! vy at: Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana. €Q n 2-23-61 we Were coati- CK ] i v dentially advised by the Central Intelligence Agency! (CIA) is | hat(CIA was planning to initiate-a aining operation ‘at by | amp Belle hase, | which was Geiss short distance south o of K fi 4 ew Orleans. j etivincicatoa Re his baseJwould. be utilized for(so¢ v in exilés... We,.of cours cid ne investigate or: ae ~ t Camp Belle Chase, touisianed Nothing) in Burea ~. fa: ‘ ‘Cuban. Revolutionary _Front, in New. Orleans}/tLouisiana, and was in con act~withysere? iaEcatha Suith>-its-New-Orleans~head. Ferrie reported he! had not had any connection with tits OPpanteacicn or any “other anti-Castro organzation since Fontes ¥961 62-109060 “”,2 oy es ECB nc 62 eeend de HRS omer SH. 05 Bes Behe as HERE MIS U ‘site: EXCEPT WHER : OTHERWISE | HW 53244 DoclId:32146302 Page 2
° . ’ C os Fy ot / Memorandum Branigan to Sullivan Re: ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY 62~109060 DETAILS: | ' Mr. Merriman Smith, senior White House correspondent, reported Garrison alleges David William Ferrie was associated with a group of anti-—Castro Cubans which trained at Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, during the period 1961-1962. aS) February 23, 1961, CIA confidentially informed this Bureau that in connection with a sensitive CIA project directed against Cuba, one phase of which involved the training of an exiles, CIA would initiate a training operation at [fax Belle Chase, located a short distance south of New Orleans Lake Pontchartrain. CIA advised that this camp had been a deactivated Naval base but would be reopened by CIA under a Department of Army cover. CIA further advised it would be training from 15 to 40 Cubans at a time for a period of about five weeks. We, of course, did nvestigate CIA's activities at Camp Belle Chase, Louisiana, ur files contain no information that David William re¥ide ind any connection wt th this CIA operation. OA In July, 1963, we received information from several sources that a number of Cuban refugees had come ew Orleans from Miami, Florida, through the efforts of ss gee Fla Lay reportedly to attend a training camp after whic. would Fe. sent to-a training camp in Guatemala. Sources” reported this group became disenchanted and returned to Miami shortly after their arrival. We interviewed Rudolph Davis in this matter and he indicated he acted as a coordinator..between_the Movimiento , “the New York City Police Department in 1961 and that he was the delegate for this anti-Castro organization in New Orleans. He stated he came to New Orleans in August, 1961, and in early 1963 made friends with persons in the lumber business in Guatemala with whom he formed the Guatemalan Lumber and Mineral Corporation. Davis said he brought approximately 19 men to New Orleans to train for lumber cutting work in Guatemala. He added that when the men learned they were to work in a lumber industry and were not recruited for military operations against Cuba, they became disenchanted and returned to Miami. Our files contain no information indicating that David William Ferrie or Lee Harvey Oswald had any contact or connection with Davis or the anti~Castro organization which Davis represented. re) ig ro} et » Ce) P Q Le }- n ‘et } ) r= | i? i ~~ . »| —e 2 | . = et L Q D> nh et | BY °| of La 99 a) - Ri ni ». et, ~ | rH i BI 0. ay - 3 = CONTINUED - OVER | HW 53244 DoclId:32146302 Page 3