Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: BROWN
To: DL
Document date: 09/15/1961
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Date:

6/15/201

Agency Information

AGENCY:

FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

RECORD SERIES:

124-90010-10117

DL

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

100-9734-753

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FROM:

TO:

TITLE :

FBI

BROWN

DL

DATE:

PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

09/15/1961

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Released under the John

Assassination Records

Collection act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel •

Case#:NU 54463 Date:

10-12-2017

AMERICAN G.I. FORUM

[Restricted]

DOCUMENT TYPE :

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION:

Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS:

CURRENT STATUS:

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW:

09/16/1997

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

MEMO

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SAC, DALLAS

(134-1A-617A)

SA W. HARLAN BROWN

9/15/61

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

DAE2-15-153448SW)/se

(JFK)

On 9/11/61, DiES, in person, furnished

handwritten

report to

SA W. HARLAN BROWN,

which report is dated

9/3/61,

bas been serialized as 134- 1A-61%.

That report roflected that a meeting vas held at the

CAN ARE CARRO

Corted Puneral Home, which meeting was the result of the work

MARY LEE CASTRO, J. Q. GARCIA, FRANK MEDRANO and JOE LANDIN

have done in trying to organize the Latins. GILBERT GARCIA,

American GI Forum' State Chairman, was present.

He is also an officer

of PASO (Political Association of Spanish Speaking Organizations) .

The group present formed a local chapter of PASO.

The temporary

elected officers for this group are. J. O. GARCIA, Chairman,

JOE LANDIN, Vice-Chairman, LARRY ROCKBERG, an attorney,

Secretary,

and BUDDY KEYES, Treasurer.

HOCKBERG 1S

with the Young Dencrats.

Informant's report further reflected J. O. GARCIA, who

run for state Representative in 1962, had a letter already

written (supposedly written by the PASO group) urging President

KENNEDY to appoint SARAH T. HUGIES as a Federal Judge.

criticized the consideration of HENRY WADE for that same position.

GILBERT GARCIA said the letter uns very well written, but asked

GARCIA to delete the criticism of wADs.

, Past, he said, did not

work like that.

CAnciA. also urged the group to vote on the letter

(after discussing it) and alter it is corrected he and other

officers would be glad to sigu it.

The report further reflected that this meeting was

planned because it was runored that JINMY TRUJILLO (Lormor Chairman

01 the, VIVA KENNEDY CLUB in Dallas and Chairman of a local

ghost

MAPA organization, was going to call a neeting that Sunday

134-1A-617A

100-6718 (Pol. Activities)

1008001

(J. Landin)

100-9848

(F. Henrano)

100-9734

WaB:

(G.I. Forum)

(5)

100-9734-753

SEARCHED

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DE 134-1A-617A

for a ghost PASO.

TRUJILLO allegedly started MAPA in Dallas,

possesses &

charter to prove it, but no nembership.

GARCIA assure

the group that they would be duly recognized.

JOE LANDIN suggested

that GILBERT GARCIA speak at the coning

9/16/61 flesta; that his

spoech should be informative with facts

and figures concerning the

economic, social and political plight of the Latin Americans.

LANDIN also suggested that after GARCIA's speect, appllcations for

Joining PASO should be distributed, and that he would be willing

MARY LES CASTRO and JOE LANDIN asked

1. O. GARCIA to arrange it with AL CORTEN, President of the

Federation of Merican and Latin American organizations, sponsors of

the 16th of

September fiesta. GARCIA remaried that he would.

Informant had no additional information.

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