\ HW 54027 JFK Assassination System Date: $/26/201 Identification Form Agency Information Peleased under the John AGENCY: FBI Kennedy RECORD NUMBER: —_124-10216-10151 issassination Records ollection Act of 1992 RECORD SERIES: HQ (44 USC 2107 Note}. ase#: NW 54027 Date: AGENCY FILENUMBER:  105-78016-19 he—24-20417 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC, DL TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: —= 12/27/1963 PAGES: 6 SUBJECTS : LEH, ARREST, RTN TO US, INVASION OF NICARAGUA, WHS, CONSPR, EXPORT ARMS DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 06/30/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE — COMMENTS : INC LHM KKK v9.1 Docld: 322395675 Page 1
f 5 we eo . a we OPTIONAL FORM NO. + ° me, 5010-106-03 SO . q ye NMAY 1962 EDITION wet oy >) er 8. 7 a 2 b { «= GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27 i" : x e.. . 2 ¥ “ { ' at "<" "UNITED STATES GOV, MENT A xy “Ee? % pe at é : Memorandum TO / : DIRECTOR, FBI ~ 8 | DATE: 12/27/63 FR 1p sac, DALLAS (2-68) (C) by Is BY - | oa 7-0 y SUBJECT; LORAN EUGENE HALL, aka; — wneky WILLIAM HOUSTON~SEYMOUR NEUTRALITY MATTERS Se/ OO - Dallas Re Dallas airtel 10/23/63, and Bureau letter 11/6/63. Response from all offices receiving referenced com- munications has revealed no information not known to alrealy be in possession of the Bureau, with the exception of that in- cluded in enclosed letterhead memorandum, nine copies of which are being furnished the Bureau herewith.~ This data was furnished by the Miami Office, and the source mentioned therein is MM-639-S. oo No further action in this matter is contemplated by fhe Dallas Division. Enclosure classified confidential since unauthorized disclosure could reveal the identity of MM-639-S and adverse) affect national defense interests. i 7 2 XEROX Cofics ae /- im } IS it obuf d bes or Copy to: CIA/State/RRC Wf 5 ONI/OSI/ACSI by routing slip for info. INED Date....... LG hd, saved py itty mr RY re ncoawarion cov _y HEREIN |S JINC SSID, Ei DATEGY MCT. Bureau nn — ai JAN 2 1964! a a an ae eee gga ee ab — | eta ale. ss ov * y te an oe . = , : < 2 HW 54027 Docld:32295875 Page 2
BN, UN‘ sD STATES DEPARTMENT OF. - STICE* 4 \ c oe FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dallas, Texas Gate », .& In Reply, Please Refer to File No. * December 27, 1963 ‘, Re: LORAN EUGE HALL, also known y, as Lorenz 11; AKA: 4 AWRENEE “ahd WILLIAM HOUSTON SEYMOUR te, The following data supplements that contained in memorandum under this caption dated October 23, 1963: LORAN EYGENE HALL Cc an FlA_ On JXly 9, 1959, Rub Lui 0, Guardia, Miami, : adised that in April / 1959, he pene “By ‘Guban Police in Havana, Cuba. Duripg his detention he met a United States citizen an°#a211, who was also under detention at the time. Hall, a white fiale, approximately 30 years of age, 5° 10" tall, black hair, said he was from the State of Kansas, and had served in the United States Armed Forces for about six years. Hall told Mico. that he had arrived in Cuba in about March, 1959, and had subsequently been contacted by Camilo Cienfuegos, a Cuban Rebel Army Commander. Cienfuegos wanted Hall to train a group of men who were going to participate in an invasion of Nicaragua. Hall claimed he trained a group of men on a farm known as La Lisa, located near Havana. Hall said the food for the trainees came from the Cuban Military Staff Headquarters, on the orders of Cienfuegos, Miro stated that Hall said he was arrested on April 8, 4 - 1959, by Cuban authorities, who alleged Hall was suspected of | it being an FBI Agent. On Miro's departure from Cuba on July 7, i 1959, Hall was still in the custody of Cuban authorities, put be Miro believed that Hall was going to be released and deported ki to the United States. il A source, who has been involved in Cuban revolutionary i. activities for the past six years and has furnished reliable 7 information in the past, advised on March 10, 1963, that Hall ; had been in Miami for about the past three months, and associated {oo with Gerald Patrick Hemming, an American adventurer, mercenary | and soldier of fortune. Source stated Hall is disagreeable, is | not liked by the other mercenaries in Miami, is of low moral \ character apd appears to have a criminal packground. COPIES DESTROVE : 4 3 MAY 1 5 1973. | = : ene) : <ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED | | HEREIN JS UNCLASSIFIED ee ae “\ \ ce ee ——— HW 54027 Docld:322956875 Page 3
j a pe aa UX | ED STATES DEPARTMENT OK JSTICE ~ FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION | Dallas, Texas In Reply, Please-Re ; File No. aase ere December 27, 1963 Re? LORAN’ ‘EUGENE HALL, also known as Lorenzo Hall; i WILLIAM HOUSTON SEYMOUR os “The: foltowing data. supplements ‘that - contained in memorandum under this caption dated October ; 23 ,: (1968: ” cr AN BUGENE HALL On July 9, 1959, Ruben. Miro Guardia ,. Miami, adased that in April, 1959, he was detained by Cuban Police in Havana, Cuba. During his detention he met a United States citizen named Loran Hall, who was also under détention at the time. . Hall, a white male, approximately’ 30 years of age, 5" 10” tall,. black hair, said he was from the State of Kansas, and: hed. served in the United States Armed Forces for about six years, Hall told Miro that. he had arrived in Cuba in about March, 1959, and had subsequently been contacted by Camilo Cienfuegos,’ a Cuban Rebel Army Commander: Cienfuegos wanted Hall to train a. group of men who were going to. participate in an invasion of Nicaragua. Hall claimed he trained a group of men on a farm known as La - Lisa, located near Havana. Hall said the food for the trainees ' €ame from the Cuban Military: § ‘Staff Headquarters, on. the orders of | Clenfuegos. . Miro Stated that Hall said he was arrested on April 8, L959, by. Cuban authorities, who alleged Hall was suspected of ‘being. an FBI Agent... On Miro? 's departure fron Cuba on July 75° 1959, Hall was still in the custody of Cuban. authorities, but Miro ‘believed that: Rall Was, going . to ‘he released and deported. to the United States. . ; A source, who has been involved. in Cuban revolutionary activities for the: past six years and has furnished reliable information in the past, advised on March 10, 1963, _ that. Ball -had been. in Miami. for about. the: ‘past three: ‘months , "and associated with Gerald Patrick Hemming, an. American adventurer, mercenary - and‘soldier of fortune. Source stated Hall, is. disagreeable, is . not liked ‘by the. other ‘mercenaries in Miami, 4s of low moral — character, and appears to have a, criminal” background. a LEE 2 AE AEROS RAT a OA: ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED Ky HEREIN NCLASSIFIED: ; i \ nee oN ~. HW 54027 Docld:322956875 Page 4