JFK Assassination System Identification Form Date: 6/8/2015 Agency Information Peleased under the John FBI “. AGENCY: Kennedy RECORD NUMBER:  124-90019-10295 Wssassination Records ollection Act of 1992 RECORD SERIES : HQ (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#:NWU 531350 Date: AGENCY FILENUMBER:  97-4623-NR PS-31-2017 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: MM TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: = 12/24/1963 PAGES: 4 SUBJECTS : ALEXANDER RORKE [Restricted] DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE'‘OF LAST REVIEW: — 05/20/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : MEMO _—O v9.1 HW 531350 Docld: 32323653 Page 1
F : ae I & m4, *SNITED STATES Ge __ at | emoran “um. SECRET ro :~—~*~*«*«*«éSRECTOR,;, BE J ]c134-6356) / YALL) oare: 12/24/63 FROM: SAC, MEAME tiie (2 SUBJECT: ia 639-S = ‘ J | af ves oA yop | I-- CUBA Off EF EX OW. f a . - Re Bure: letter to.Mami& dated 11/14/63, entitled __ "ALEXANDER IR IRWIN-RORKE, ' JR. IS = CUBA", (Bufile 97-4623) instructing Miami. under caption of MM 639-8 to furnish details of informant’s trip to Guatemala, his connections with those - making the. ‘trip, and tlie: suspicions: of the #E jy Goverment : Co 4 concerning this. group” ‘s trip. to Guatemala, ae _ Informant advised ‘that GERALD PATRICK HEMMING, an DD VA American mercenary, through contact with Miami attorney ELLIS S — RUBIN developed a plan whereby HEMMENG and’ his mercenaries. would NS Look «. for ‘RORKE atthe expense of the insurance company who was ~~ the carrier'on the airplane.. After this was arranged: through " hO Miami attorney IVA RAY, a plane was rented and.a pilot hired Le and on 10/2/63, DC-3 Aircraft, #NC160445 departed from Miami — = with the following persons aboard: Ga n) ; | | . ; CHARLES E. BUSH,. owner and pilot of the ‘aircraft; eo iv ». | HOWARD K. DAVIS, co-pilot; fener ) Hy _.-. |, CHARLES COLLIER, representative. of an insurance GFR) a arn i company ° ‘from Dallas, Texas; 2 x . aN . 7 AWA RAY;. Miami attorney representing cout. ~ : i ALLAN KENNEDY, student pilot; | Z i GERALD PATRICK HEMMING, parachutist; a ROY HARGRAVES, parachutist; Fe ited, ne, YB » pa r) G Vin = bs | S i JUSTIN WILSON, parachutist; NOT } SRSROED a —f - 98 JAN .3 1964 ( 24 i Bureau (RM) ap [js Mia hand ; -- ALL TREGE RYTON COMERTED 6 4 . 5 3 3" SECRED OTHERWISE ; SSP eats Se YS y, HW 53130 DBocld:32323653 Page 2?
J wise | t) HW 53130 _they had seen ROS [Rarac, monn NODARSE, parachutist. [% {4 informant explained that HEMMING, HARGRAVES, WILSON and HERNANDEZ, are all adventurers , mercenaries, unemployed , or of low moral character, who not have any loyalty te any person or any eause. R yb) fhe DC=3. aiseraft arrived at Merida, Mexico, on 10/2/63. I¢ left Merida on 10/3/63 and arrived at Cozumel. On 10/3/63, it left Cozumel and arrived at Belize, British Honduras, and on 16/4/63, left Belize and arrived at Puerto Barrios, Guatemala (; (kB iC In Merida, Mexico, the searchers asked people at the airport for any information they bad concerning the whereabouts of RORKE and ormicion.(% AES employees were unable to furnish ary information. ( HERNANDEZ “went to a cabaret located near the alyport in Merida, where he wes told that RORKE and SULLIVAN had been there about three weeks previously; that they had arrived in a smill plane; were in Merida for about three days; then wert te Mexico City. After about four days, they ; returned to Merida and then departed for an unknown location.(¥ fu At Conunel, Mexieo, airport employees advised that .ORKE and SULLIVAN. With them had been a third person. ‘This person acted very nexvous and was anxious to resume the flight. The airport authorities there presumed hat RORKER and SULLIVAN left. Cozumel for either Tegucigaipa, Honduras , or Managua, Nicaragua C&W oe At Belize, British Honduras, and | Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, the searchers were not able to obtain any information concerning RGRKE and SULLIVAN. No firm information was obtained | at any point as to what actually: "hippened to RORKE and SULLIVAN, “a aI When the DC-3 arrived in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala ~2« 7 SEORET | TAA Ags 4 Docld: 323273653 Page 3
Fin ease] (4 seCREN the occupants of the airplane were detained and flown to Guatemala City in a Guatemalan Air Force C~47 airplane. On arrival in Guatemala City, they were taken to the Air Force Headquarters and there detained. After a time, a group of Guatemalan Air Force pilots came to the headquarters and invited the search party to the officers’ club for a party. At the officers’ club, the search party was questioned very thoroughly by the Guatemalan pilots, who spoke English and readily admitted they were representing the Guatemalan Intelligence Service. During this period, HEMMING, WILSON and HERNANDEZ got drunk and furnished the Guatemalan pilots with much untrue information. HEMMING talked at great length against U.S. Government officials, U.S. Government policy, and the corruption and ineptness of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. HEMMING talked so unfavorably about the U.S. Government that the Guatemalan officers started suspecting him of being an agent of the Communist Cuban Government. The behavior of HEMMING, WILSON and HERNANDEZ was a source of great embarrassment to the others in the search party. (% (u The search party was then lodged that evening at the Motel Plaza, Guatemala City, and although there were vio armed guards, they were under surveil Liange and restricted te the motel. 76: Gx On 11/5/63, CHARLES E. BUSH, the pilot for the searchers, was allowed by the Guatemalan Government to go to Puerto _ ty Guatemala, and fly his BC-3 back to Guatemala City./ Psi @n 11/6/63,. the searchers were taken out to the airport, allowed to board their plane, were ardered out of the country, and were escorted by a Guatemalan Air Force P-51. ‘Thereafter, the pC-3 and the searchers returned to Miami, Florida. Informant advised that during the time the searchers were in Guatemala City, they were interviewed by both Guatemalan Government representatives aN representatives of the U.S. military mission - at Guatemsla./ (1) HW 53130 SECRET aa - Ags a Docld: 323273653 Page 4
os 134-238 |(f tu) On 10/5/63, while the group was lodged at a motel - and visited by the American Military Mission, BUSH, COLLIER and KAY were interviewed as a group by the mission. HEMMENG and. associates were interviewed at a later time by the military, mission. During the interview HEMMING was abusive, belligerent and disrespectful and told the military mission that Senator THURMAN had an interest in this matter. (Ul Informant advised that HEMMING and his group were dressed in an odd assortment of war surplus uniforms, fatigue suits and boots, HEMMING wore an orange colored flight suit. HEMMING and his associates were a disgrace to the U.S; and created a very bad impression. On the other hand, the basic dishonest! of the Guatemalan Government, coupled with its suspicions and its I, propensity mitate a Class B movie, caused a great amount of confusion. BI i. Informant claims that the Guatemalan Government is as dishonest, unscrupulous, and deceitful as is GERALD PATRICK HEMMING and his associates, and the encounter between the Guatemalan - Government and HEMMING, et al, resulted in the Guatemalan Government being out-deceived by HEMMING's lies and insinuations resulting in. the Guatemalan Government's deporting HEMMING and his group, te) , Informant feels that any responsible government would. ss, have immediately recognized HEMMING as nothing more than an a adventurer. Informant was highly complimentary concerning the I courtesy, dignity and restraint shown by the American Military |= ~ Mission during the interview of HEMMING and his group. € dys OE = = Law For the information of the Bureau, details of this =o matter are set forth in a form suitable for dissemination in Ap the case entitled "ALEXANDER IRWIN RORKE, JR., IS + CUBA", ‘ (Bufile 97-4623). ‘ on Ae « SECR RET ‘ . 1 SMV a Ve HW 53130 DBocld:32323653 Page 5