13-00000 | . — . an . \ WLU] a NOTE: also included information the Chief of Station had received from iy. jon 8 June. uve isaid that he had t2en providing information on ZIMERI te the Guatemalan government for the past six months or so. He claimed that two Americans were involved with ZIMERI, one of them who runs a guard service in Miemi. ©.» . |did not mention names but described one of the Americans as about six feet four inches and weighing about 230 pounds. 4. The Guatemalan report of the assassination plot ends with five r equests_ for information by a. Is. ZIMERI still in. the United States? b. “In the event ZIMERI is not in the United _ States iegally, deport him to Guatemala.” Cc. Is ZIMERI recruiting merceraries in the eo '- United States for possible use in re Guatemala? ne d.. Does ZIMERT receive any kind. of preferen- - * -tial treatment by U. S. authorities which permit him to carry firearms ,_ as well as- to purchase arms and ammunition for shipment to Guatemala? - e, Any information on Robert and Gerald. ee HEMMING? a os ve ae 5.° On 19 June 1976 re bavisea that DDO is referring the entire matter to the FBI and State . Department. . - Se 6. Office of Security indices are negative in pertinent variations of the name of ZIMERI or Robert HEMMING. i. ' 7. From the name, physical description, activity, and alleged employment, it is apparent | that Gerald Patrick HEMMING is identical with the subject of. ‘Office of Security file 429 229, who has been described as six- -foot five, 250 pounds, who is a notorious mercenary and soldier of fortune and who as of May 1975 was ostensibly employed by a private investigation company, TEPCOL Security (Office of Security--no record) in Miami, Florida. . & , 2 vate ac eN\ CERITT . . Luk
went RJ ae ( 8. Gerald Patrick HEMMING is well known to this Agency, the Office of Security Miami Field Office, and JMWAVE. On numerous occasions since at least the early 1960's, HEMMING had claimed Agency affiliation when in fact there has be2n none, Tne most recent incident wherein HEMMING claimed such affiliation was in.May 1975 when he volunteered his services to the Drug Enforcement Administration. Gerald Patrick HEMMING is a long-time cohort of Frank Anthony STURGIS (SF#353 459), aka: Frank FIORINI, of. Watergate notoriety who also has a long-time record of falsely claiming Agency affiliation. In the late. 1350's HEMMING and STURGIS, both former U.S. Marines, joined Fidel CASTRO in Cuba but returned shortly thereafter -. . Claiming disillusionment with the CASTRO cause. Soon thereafter, STURGIS “organized a group of mercenaries for Caribbean and . Central Anerican activities which he named the International -Anti-Communist Brigade. A reported sub-unit of this "Brigade™ {the backers of whom have never been fully established) was named the Intercontinental Penetration Force, headed by Gerald Patrick HEMMING. . 9. For an appreciation of the possible ramifications of - a Guatemalan government expose of this assassination plot involving HEMMING, you are referred to attachments to instant memorandun,. to wit: a memorandum by the writer dated 10 June 1975 in the name of Frank STURGIS and Everett Howard HUNT, Jr.; and an’'extract from a book published in early 1976 written by Michael. CANFIELD and Alan J. WEBERMAN. The book Coup d'etat in America--The CIA and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy Is a diatribe against the Agency and attempts to link the Agency ~~ with the assassination of..President KENNEDY. One of the major links attempted by the authors is through Everett Howard HUNT,” Jr. to Frank STURGIS to Gerald Patrick HEMMING to Loran Eugene HALL. Loran Eugene HALL was a member of HEMMING's Interconti- nental Penetration Force. Loran Eugene HALL received nationwide publicity in 1967 when. New Orleans District Attorney "Jim" GARRISON alleged that HALL (and the Intercontinental Penetration Force) was involved in the assassination of President KENNEDY and that members of this unit were connected with CIA. GARRISON shortly thereafter dropped his interest in HALL, but it is interesting that he did so after Gerald Patrick HEMMING and another cohort, Robert K. BROWN, joined GARRISCN' s investigation. . a =” : ” Jerry G. Brown Deputy Chief Security Analysis Group Atts