180-10412-10390 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: _ SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.b- HW 50955 DBooclda: 3232364764 JFK Assassination System Date: 10/2/201 Identification Form Agency Information — HSCA 180-101 12-10390 NUMBERED FILES 013526 Document Information HSCA MEMO OF CONVESTION BETWEEN GEORGE GAUDET ADN BERNARD FESTERWALD 05/13/1975 2 CIA, PERSONNEL FERRIE, DAVID W. SHAW, CLAY OSWALD, LEE, POST RUSSIAN PERIOD, ASSOCIATES AND RELATIVES -GAUDET, WILLIAM GEORGE SUMMARY Unclassified Consulted Withhold 08/11/1993 BOX 236. Page 1
‘Writes for local newspaper... ; oe te “fox Nelson Rockefeller, Coordinator of. Latin American affairs under oon '.FDR. Switched to CIA in 1947 and worked for them until. 1969. . ‘During? i this time ‘he published Latin American Newsletter and Latin American _ Report, which he claims were. 100% commercial ventures and not CIA .. £ronts.- However, he travelled Genstantly in “Latin. Amer. ica and- -- combined his commercial.work with his’ CIA assignments; .the latter; i." according to him, were basically uncompensated (some expenses were picked up by CIA). and ‘done for patriotic purposes. Phere were. 3. others, 4 _in the New ‘Orleans: area who ‘did likewise. . Ss . ce oe hg ce oe “. MEMO. OF "CONVERSATION BETWEENS os os WM. GEORGE GAUDET AND BERNARD FENSTERWALD Be AT WAVELAND, MISSISSIPPI, MAY 13,1975° — gee poe Gaudet is 67. ‘pears Of age and in poor. health. Semi-retired. puring WW Il, Gaudet ‘worked as. secret agent ain ‘Latin America“ Gaudet is ‘a right- winger; “generally disliked UPR E . Ve ‘Kept his CIA activities wery secret, not even telling his: wife... ‘Only told FBI in 1963. . No one ‘else. ut . oo -Latin American Newsletter ‘cost sis. 00 per week. Both the CIA... ‘and- the KGB had in’ excess of 20 subscriptions, which means that each OF t em "subsi ized". Gaudet to the tune of more. than $15, 000 annually. -_ 0 we ‘AS to JFK slaying, believes Warren “Report is a fairy story ‘which shall become completely unglued very S00n. Believes anti-~Castro > forces involved. Personally believes they had aright to hate JFK.— 2u ‘. the CIA station chief in’ New Orleans, who, in turn, checks with Langley... Thinks plot was. hatched soon after Bay of Pigs and came ‘to fruition ' in 1963. a “As ‘to having the Mexican “pravel Permit serially next to Oswald’ S, Gaudet explains that it was complete coincidence and that he never met id. He backs and filis on whether he flew to ‘Merida.or Mexico City. what. is of more interest is the fact thathe.was interviewed. three times by FBI about: it. Before.telling them anything, . he checks with. "Bill", It as decided, that. Gaudet should answer questions re ‘Mexican trip but | nothing more, and FRI promises | to keep Gaudet's name £0, itself, and “-. save his cover:' | Apparently,* they did.so until: (1972 ‘when his. name . Was” _to the FBI... (inadvertently?) declassified- _ moet ee aad Ly . : : ces ars at, ‘Gaudet says ‘the “PBI- report about. his having reported. on Ruby' Ss buying paintings from Borenstein is a complete fabrication. |He.didn' t know either Borenstein or. Ruby | and he wouldn't volunteer the time. of day In last week, FBI has called and is going to. re-interview Gaudet. For whom? . ne 1 . . . . . Gaudet. says ‘he never met Oswald, (and. that ‘he _only-o observed him” upon eae “Question mark on this? In any | event, he describes. shin as a “miserable little creature who. would do anyting for money." - “pelieves: : inanced hy someone, Most seriously doubts if he could have pulled off the rifle fire in Dealey Plaza, as LHO was terribly nervous” and disorganized. — co, ; . : ~ HW 50955 ‘Bocld: 32264764 " Page 2) 1 peerage heey TF 2 ra . Le | 9) act eee RRO TE tie coo eects OH LAs 9 7 te ORE OD gn ot pe Ge a ETAT ME sc ee are
2. Believes ‘LHO worked - both sides of the "Cuban street," . ‘Doesn't really admit. knowing | what he was up to. Rumored to have.= “. an office ina building immediately across Street from trade Mart. — Knew LHO went to Mexico by bus. ae ae eed = Gaudet described the CIA Large offices with approximately set-up in all ports, unmarked of (in New Orleans’ ‘in’ detail. people. Similar ‘to. CIA Oe ce. Unlisted phone, . New Orleans office headed by "Bill", ‘lawyer, prominent nte daughter, .. (Since learned that “BLIL" i and office © is fami ok ae CIA New Orleans had closed circuit, ‘to Langley: ‘CIA only paid Gaudet! s special travel expenses when ‘their ' tasks couldn't be done on his. (regular ‘trips. Gaudet was once flown to. Langley to brief CIa.on ‘Latin American affairs, _ . soa Bote a Laughs when he ‘thinks of Ro ckefeller as head of Commission to study either CIA or Dallas. a Ps oo Miscellaneous & Leads. —aSeersereous & beads. Ferrie knew LHO and Sha aw, but ‘Shaw wasn! rt ‘CIA. and haa “nothing to. do. with Dallas. = ; . 6 Thinks EB, Howard i Hunt knows m _ Berson he can think of. Hunt was "God" to. the Cubans, an wae can this TET CAIN that cz a-senF Hunt out imm he conld Find oe : ediate] after Dallas. to see what _ he co re ut a ~Euban connection.” ” Knows. of LHO's cousin, Marilyn Murrett. in an tntedtigancct- connection. . ots ; ‘ ; as [sergio “Arcacha Smith] should } be. cross~ examined Ned if alive) - and Subpoenable, ) — ; 8 4 Suggestions for. interviews: - Howard Hunt Marilyn Murrett. ee rts : John Alice ot “ ee Sergio Arcacha~Smith me — Alberto Fesepes Faw lla — a ' ‘David Pearce Magyar — | ‘ HW 50955 ° DocId:32264764 pagecgrie Caire