csp ewee mend ates a ee BAL 17 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION BeOS NO OBECIION Fa i “pes areas iS Dot po Miami, Florida . . NUS APR 1 0 1962 7 RE: ENTERCONTINENTAL PENETRATION FORCES 7 CINTERFEN) | peers a " NEUTRALIIY MATTER } . Reference is made to the report of Special Agent :- va on ROBERT JAMES DWYER, at Miami, Florida, dated and caprioned i “4 ; as above. i MM T-1 has furnished reliable information in the past. ° . , . PROPERTY OF FBI - This memorendun i3 loaned to you by the FBI, and neither ic nor its contents are to be distributed outside the agency to which loaned. POY CSR oo eae nes eit Heiden Otm A, acetone tee encerretosam ne eewarereee RACED ONO nA orm SES eR SACLE ea AS YS Roe TPS SOME PPLE OCS BS EP HBA PORN TEN RPA REST ANOS ete TORREY ie SS Weahe Wane 2. Fry Ss rift PAE, fsortss me ES
site. af 7 é mm toe oo : 7 a i bo ey. me DETAILS: 7 . By letter dared January 22, 1962, MICHAEL L. TOBIN, Cader, St. Schn's Military Acadexy, Delafield, Wisconsin, advised that a friend of his had received.a.. letter from CERRY FATRICK, representing Incercontanental Penetration Force and the letter waa as fsllowa: “INTERCONTINENTAL PENETRATION FORCE (INTERPEN) "Dear Sir, "Thank ycu for your letter requesting i information concerning our organization, We ' ' have received many letters such a# yours and are pleased to find that there ars thousands of young Americans that.are anxicu: to actively parcicipate ‘dn the fight against International Communism. "Pirat, let me atate that we are an -  Gndependent and aelf supporting orgunization. ‘a. Qur primary mission is to provide qualified. ““'s" dnstructors for ail legitimate organizations , _ actively fighting the communists. We feel that "Americans would’ be in a better posirion to defend: ” their country if they were trained in the arts of Guerrilla Warfare and Survival. As a self ‘supporting unit our present facilities are “ extremely Limited and we are accepting only those *, veterans that were Special Forces trained aa ' Guerrilla Warfare instructors, survival, parachute qualified etc. Algo we suggest that - prior to an individuals leaving his home he should : have already purchased his own uniforms, combat ‘
ty EROS ei? seamen ere ooo nn ec tetra EN AER AS Ti AT RAO yO Ee San ene Bs ge at Nee LATE OUR tian st rose ABORT ote ett negate RAAT Kindle mete eMTEACH HIS MM 2-312 “equipment, have a car, ard encugh money to pay room and board until he can be placed with one of the units under our command, We are NOT operating as 4s conventional force and therefore do not have standard barrack facilities, rank or pay. "Congidering the aforementioned, should you gtill be interested in joining, we suggest that prior to your departure for Miami you ccntact a local SKY DIVER CLUB (Parachutiste) or ex- paratroopers, and have them train you 48 4 parachutist. After your five student junpa you should buy your own equipment (back-pack, - " reserve, bocts, helmet, etc.). The parachute training and five student jumpe chould cost not more than $40. All of our active members are parachute cuslified ani have contributed to the costs of equipment and aircraft. ; “Thank you again for your inrerest and -1f you wish to write address a11 mail to INTERPEN, c/o GERRY PATRICK, GENERAL DELIVERY, MIAMI, FLA. é “Respectfully Yours, /S/"Gerry Patrick cay la. ts os a) SGERRY PATRICK pe “INTERPEN" a ee ee sot a ort e . * On March 30,. 1962, CERALD PATRICK HEMMING, 128 ' Southwest 8th Street, Miami, Florida, advised that he is unemployed, temporarily residing in a rooming house at that Sep tee Mee kt wok gal Tees PA address, and continues his interest in Cuban revolutionary om, het RSG AR eC bg eS TRES A atest O07 a tea dea egg AIS HASTE Mea % fre etn y mw Sheng lien pe Ghee epee ge tee samme 8
eV NURKSY ‘ RULE FTW activities. HEMMING identified the above menticned letter as one of about 60 form letters that he wrote and signed aa GERRY PATRICK, the head of INTERPEN. HEMMING explained that in July, 1961, he and some fi of hig associates conducted a parachute demonstration wherein i the pregs was invited and attended, and HEMMING and his organizaticn received considerable national publicity. As a result of this publicity, letters were received . from all over the United States by HEMMING from young : =p adventurers and soldiers of fortune who were desirous of oy, joining HEMMING's organizaticn and participating in 2eome aan military accion in Lacin America. HEMMING explained that aa H a result of a flocd of letcerz he received, he devised the : above form letter to answer questions about his organization. foe HEMMING said this form letter was to give general information ; avout the organization, to dissuade persons “rem coming to : | . Miami, Florida, to join the organizaticn, and to eliminate «Se eytiee a 8 persons who did nct have specialized training or background Ye "| a for this type of activity. HEMMING said that this form: : letter sets up a number of conditions that moat people t making inquiry would not be able to meet and, therefore, tended to stop people from coming to Florida to join his organization, HEMMING said that 1£ a perzon met all thease requirements, he would then write to HEMMING again and in reply HEMMING would invite the individusl to come to Florida ve  @M vacation and if he had the talent and ability, he would be invited to stsy in Miami sni participate in survival © training in the Florida Evergiades. wpe cae HEMMING claimed he did not consider the above letter in any way an instriment of recruiting or any ‘attempt to defraud or use the mails for defraud. ; ' HEMMING said that as a result of press inquiry and his ~ on smi en rae trie tenala8 RRSSSAERaNt es CARPOOL - . Pe a EOIN ern nreomet ites icphasreemmameentnartntemethn NWA Ai PEERS SETDRINIT ADEE IIE SIT AE LOANED Cot HOT RCRRCRS r th fannie 6a sane aces en teas: AaUN ANE RE AER Ut LD ER HR TESTE tat Be gee te AG Oh LATE ge Ad
wet 88 hay sure mates Tn ee eee se cee eee Mr BR De Teas ey CEE y 2. mae RRO RCRA Tore tee eet renmeomans nae REN a ERNIE <atinsotron meetaler mens wb eerie Nate Nasa ts HePaMgatie cTAlRSh OS aw Geral DRIES Dae af _uneucceasfully to convince these businesemen to make money .@aid that he had previously met NAPIFR in Miami and when _ involved with stolen automobiles and checks. HEMMING _ Investigation, and after a week of incarceration by the i MM 2-312 aritteanteh un Mare oy me ttf “ yeplies with these form letters, some individuals did come to Miani, Florida, participate in survival training in the Florida Everglades, but INTERPEN, a3 such, no longer exists, so HEMMING explained that he presencly conducts no training and ia asscciated with ROBERTI GROWN, @ young man from Colorade, who is in Miami writing a beck about the Cuban revolution. HEMMING is taking BRCWN around to the’ different Cuban revoluticnary organizationg, helping BROWN. gather information for his book. HEMMING 2aid he still maintains an interest in being available to train Cuban exiles for seme future military action in Cuba, HEMMING said that in about the middle of January, 1962, he left Miami and went to Los Angeles, California, where he contacted a number of American businessmen wno were dnmterested in the p.esent Cuban situasticn. He tried contributions to ba used. by. the Cuban exile2 for som: future action against the prezent government of Cuba. . Se test HEMMING said that abcut the middle of Februsry, 1962, he traveled to Mobile, Alabama, where he visited 4 friend of his named DAMON NAPIER, and was arrested and incarcerated by the pelice in Mcbile, Alabama, on the charge of investigation and was held one week.. HEMMING he visited him in Mobile, it appeared that ,;NAPIER hed been said he was interviewed by the Federal Bureau of Mobile Police Department, was released, He esid he did mot know the diepesiticon of the charges against or involvement of NAPIER. On April 3, 1962, MM T-1, lof HEMMING, and who has been involved in Ps sige gel Hrs Perea Leer ey th 2a font
rs - organization. 7 - Lema a a a leaders of the different Cuban reveluticnary organizations, ‘accepting Americans into their crganization:, they bho t x MM 2-31 Cuban revolutionary activities fer che past four vears, — ‘ advised thar INIERFEN no lenger exists, has no members and that HEMMING is not s semnoer cf any Cuban reaveluciconary Peo ‘ - ve . wy a MM T-1 advised ¢nat HEMMING centinwes to viste different Cuban revolutionery organivarions, is tolerated cs by these organizations ani csncinues to werk for the establishment of some sort cf a military training camo «here he would train Cuban nationals fer guerrilla warfare in Cubs; however, HEMMING haz no money cr backing and ne - chance cf establishing sucn a training camp. ; . ‘ oe _ Southwest 12th Avenue, formerly 4 cemmander in the Cuban -— Sep revolutionary arny. and preaently the head of a emall a independent anti-FIDEL CASTRO organization, sdvised chat ; ; GERALD PATRICK HEMMING had recently visited him, but that 4 his organization haa nothing to do with HEMMING. eld | On April 2, 1962, ELOY GUTIERREZ M:NOYO, 1126 ae i i On April 2, 1962, RENE DECRARD, 1176 Southwest 12th Street, Mian, formerly the Cuban Conaul General in Tampa, Florida, ond prezently active in Guban-revoluticnary activities against the prezent government of Cuba, advised that HEMMING had recently visited him and that HEMMING | has. no group or organization and is not acceptable to During Tanuary, 1962, the follcewing individuals : advised that they had merc BEMMING or had heard of hin,- considered him a mercenary, and a soldier-:ef fortune and . following the United States Government's policy of not whos maintained no contact with REMMING: sor oe kes ag os . oa : 4 ‘ ANTONIO DE VARONA cf the - Cuban Revolutionsry Council
14-00000 eB eB. 3 @ ‘ L , ~ , po, - > ry ' . fe " ° , “eect : ‘ . ° “ - . 7f . 4 ab. 2 Magee cpt ee ety . F a sin . m4 . JB MM 2-312 a FRNESTO DESFAIGNE Military Sesticn, Revolutionary Council SscSTO CARRILLO of the . Te Montecristi Organization ° Lo | RAFAEL RENCURRELL of the Movimiento Demnocrutica Cristians CESAR BARO of the ' . ae! Movimiento Recuperacion Revolucicnsrio bo of a RAUL MENDEZ PIRIZ of Rescate. : t