__‘Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 i Sat craigs EO ER LR RI RII RT LO OR OP LN PSB hninehy sisi 4 a ea ay Pa spe aT ER Eng et WDE seas ts ie HE: AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10058-10071 RECORD SERIES: HO AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 62-109060-4620 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: BRANIGAN. W. A. TO: SULLIVAN. W. C. TITLE: DATE: 02/23/1967 PAGES: 2 SUBJECT: GARRISON, JAMES, BACKGROUND, COOPERATION DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL Unclassified NEW CLASSIFICATION: NEMASSING CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW DATE: 05/12/1998 UPDATE DATE: 06/01/2001 STATUS _ Redact RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (4) COMMENTS: DoclIda: 32138554 Page 1
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records to Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 C c) UNITED STATES GO. 3NMENT f—beBoack Memorandum 1 = Mr, DeLoach cee 1 - Mr, J.P, Mohr L? Fonred ro os Mr. W. C, Sullivag DATE: 2—23—67 (yi 2 Oy, ~ Mr. Wick os FROM : Mr, W, A, Branigan gh - Mr. Rosen Holmes — - Mr. Sullivan ay f Branigan pee lk ~ Mr. J.R, Malley f fer é ~ Mr, Lenihan <* \. - Mr. C.G. Sullivan ,* ** SUBJECT: ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY NOVEMBER 22, 1963 DALLAS, TEXAS | \ Pe bet at bt fet i = Le | * In accordance with Mr. Tolson's instructions, there is set out herein information obtained from Bureau files identi fiable with James C, Garrison, District Attorney, Orleans Parish, New Orleans, Louisiana, TE me rmmemnanrnees ae ne sane { BACKGROUND : wt : 7 James C./\Garrison was born 11-20-21, Iowa. He attended elementary and his SeNSSl in New Orleans and received an LL.B degree from Tulane University in 1948, He was admitted to the Louisiana State Bar in June, 1949, He served in the U. S. Army from January, 1941, to March, 1946, both as an enlisted man and officer, He was honorably discharged, He served as a . Special Agent of the FBI from March 5. 195 igni wuly 24, tsi, to enter military service. His services were considered satisfactory. Garrison was elected District Attorney of the Parish of Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, taking office in May, 1962, He immediately became involved in a dispute with the New Orleans Police Department over his professed desire to clean up the ~ so-called "minor vice" in New Orleans. On November 1 and 2, 1962, the New Orleans “Times~Picayune" carried statements by + Garrison charging that the parish-criminal court judges were<:/’ clogging up the city jails and delaying justice by taking excessive vacation periods, Following such charges, the judges involved instituted a defamation suit against Garrison, The trial received nation-wide publicity and Garrison was found guilty on 2-6-63 of the charges and fined $1,000, Garrison appealed his conviction and on 11-24-64 the U. S, Supreme Court reversed this conviction. The Supreme Court held that the element of. deliberate malice was lacking in the statemen attributed to Garrison, DEROGATORY DATA: = REC A Gee al Bureau files disclose we have unsubstantiated alle~ gations against Garrison and the office of the Distric ray ne _ 5; CGS: lag / mes oN i, Docld: 32138554 aleh _
sleags@inder the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 199? (44 USC 2107 °° Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 ‘ = Sa rh f- os a 2-4) 3 ~~ , \ Memorandum Branigan to Sullivan Fe: ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY of Orleans Parish. They are set out as follows: | On 3~20-63 Aaron M. Kohn, Managing Director, Metro=- politan Crime Commission, New Orleans, advised there was no indication that Garrison, as District Attorney, was involved in any illegal graft, However, on 2-28-65 Kohn said he had received information that Pershing Gervais, Chief Investigator of the New Orleans District Attorney's office, was involved in a bribery situation, Gervais was a controversial appointment of Garrison's as he had been dismissed from the New Orleans Police Department in 1950 for conduct unbecoming an officer, Both are close personal friends based on World War II military -service, (62=9-33=381; 62=-9-33~530) NO 1227-C-TE advised he had been arrested in February, 1965, charged with pandering, Subsequently, on 3~18865 he was ‘ contacted by a representative of the New Orleans District Attorney's office and told that for $2,000 the case against ; him would be dropped. This source had previously advised a Louisiana State Legislator had been interceding for a well-known New Orleans madam and he learned from this madam that for $10,000 the New Orleans District Attorney's office would not prosecute her or her prostitutes, (66-6353-2874) On 7-27~66 NO 1439=C advised District Attorney Garrison allegedly had purchased a bar in New Orleans and set up one Jackie Lee as manager. Lee, according to the source, is a homosexual. Source also said that Garrison is known to have associated with prostitutes in New Orleans, (62-9-33-617) NO 1390-PC advised on 10-21-66 he had learned that Carlos Marcello on at least one occasion in the past had paid round-trip air transportation for Garrison to Las Vegas, Nevada, Garrison; while in Las Vegas, stays at the Desert Inn Hotel and his bills are paid by that hotel, . Marcello is a New Orleans gambler and La Cosa Nostra hoodlum, He recently attended a meeting with twelve other hoodlums in New York City 9-22-66, which received wide-spread publicity in the New York City area. On 9-30-66 he assaulted a Special Agent of the FBI and is awaiting Federal trial on this charge, NO 1309-C has told the New Orleans Office that Garrison is politically ambitious and plans to run for Lieutenant Governor in Louisiana during the Fall of 1967, (137-14333-5; _92=2713~437) " ACTION: X rs ' | For intormation, | DoclId: 327138554 Page 3