JFK Assassination System Date: 5/26/20] Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-10350-10040 ‘RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: CR 2-1855-20 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: MM TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: — 07/28/1965 PAGES: 4 SUBJECTS : GERALD PATRICK HEMMING DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 09/03/1998 Released under the John OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE . Kennedy . kKSsassination Records COMMENTS : MEMO; INC LHM Ollection Act of 1992 i (44 USC 2107 Note). , ase#:NU 54464 Date: HoO-10-2017 v9.1 15 (AW 54464 Docld:32316598 Page 1
Pa BL noe I ue a* { 6 ‘ OPTIONAL FORM No. 10 5010-106-03 | MAY i972 EDITION _ GSA Ye. REGANO.27 a “| UNITED STA ~-2_4RNMENT Memorandum © | Ritector, FBI (2-1855) CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO ae DECLASSPCATION AND/OR, fC C,, Miami (105-7479) (P) pet case oe mie EORMATION SUL 2 8 1965 ‘ou: IN THIS DOCUMENT. 19-97 : LOS PINOS NUEVOS (LPN), aka. | K r ate TZ The New Pines nit ORMATION conTANED = /! 3-45 1S UNCLASSIFIE! | HEREIN IS UM aS DY 3 ) ELL Ae | Fe) Reference Bureau letter to Miami 5/12/65. °° o > m4 SE IN FULL & Fe EASE IN PART L DENIAL TOA Enclosed herewith are 12 copies of LHM dated nit captioned as above. rg x oo Copies are also being furnished locally to ONT, CIA, G-2, INS, OSI, Border Patrol, Customs, Coast Guard and State Department, Cuban Affairs, On July 22, 1965, Mr. STANLEY SCHACHTER, U.S. Customs, Miami, advised that Customs is still conducting investigation of the alleged actions proposed by LPN. He said that there have been some indications that this organization is accelerating its activities but that this is not unusual because the organization has been "blowing hot and cold" ever since it was organized, without ever accomplishing anything. Miami will continue to maintain contact with U.S. Customs and jother agencies and will promptly report any information ¥eceived from any source whatsoever. copies made Glpef77 DNC fore eis. j FBIHQ by. MM T-}is MM .639-S. for review at PBINQ by: Mi? 2 is\CARLOS ZARRAGE MARTINEZ, Key So os re of ee Sips REC: Ses —/ EESS= 220 © 2-8 Encls. 12)(RM) °® | Nae ee Miami ( 105-7479) ) . 5 AUG 2 1965, (1-134-238-Sub A) (1-105-1742 ANTI-CASTRO ACTIVITIES) ae = | : GED: JMS CO #S- DI Aish. aes wall \ Set (5) | / be af Copy to: CIA/State/Rae/D/A / OSCE, Coste oo ONI/OSI/ACSI [1g iam Ns ~£ ad. by routing slip for info. a, Det So ded by .WAlsadl 5 i AW 54464 Docld:32316596 Page 2 li
ey UNITh. : STATES DEPARTMENT OF 5. 3TICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to | JUL 2 8 1365 - Me No MM 105=7479 Miami, Fiorida _ LOS PINOS NUEVOS, also known as OO . The New Pines (LPN) . INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA NEUTRALITY MATTERS Previous investigation has reflected that the: Los. Pinos Nuevos (LPN) is an anti-FIDEL CASTRO organiza- ‘tion of Cuban exiles headquartered in Miami, under the leadership of ZACARIASAACOSTA“CARCIA, and that this or- mo ganization has been making plans for a raid against Cuba in their 26' vessel THE LIBERTY, which is kept in the — Miami area. CURRENT ACTIVITIES On June 15,1965, GERALD PATRICK\HEMMING, 1036 S.W. Sth Street, Miami, an American soldier of fortune ~~ and adventurer, who has been associated with ZACARIAS ACOSTA for the past year, advised that the LPN has been unable to execute any military mission against Cuba. One of HEMMING's associates, "Little JOE"/GARMAN, has rie been working as technical adviser for ACOSTA up until /!.2.. about 2 months ago. During that time GARMAN found that ACOSTA and his associates had been paying considerable Sums of money for arms. GARMAN examined these weapons ‘ and found they were inoperative. Some of these' weapons had welded barrels, some had missing parts and many of them could never be made operative. - After several months of association with ACOSTA and his men, GARMAN concluded, according to HEMMING, that the LPN lacked experience and technical. “know how" HW 54464 DocId: 32316598 Page 3