MEMO:JAMES GARRISON/GEORGE BROWN--POSSIBLE ATTEMPT TO EMBARRASS AGENCY
Agency: CIA
Originator: CIA
From: C/HOUSTON OFFICE
To: D/DCS
Document date: 12/27/1967
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Director, DES

• OSS (Grant).

Chief, Houston Office

James Garrison/George Brown--Possible Attempt

to Embarrass Agency

27 Dacember: 1967

1. Thãa conilros Haynes/Grant telecon of 27 Decenber 1967.

2• Herbert Frensley, President of Brown and Root, Ince, reported

to Eaynes on 26 December that Mr.. George Brown had received a disturbing

celephone call on Friday, 22 December 1967. From Hugh Aynesworth, Houston

Bureau reporter for Newsweek Hagazine. Aynesworth told Brown that he had

received inforuation from Bill Gervage (spelling?), former assistant to

New Orleans District Attorney James Garrison, that Garrison might try to

implicate Brown in the "Kennedy assassination plot".

The allegation is that in some unspecified manner, Brown was

Involved with the CIA in its objective of "covering up" the "conspiracy""

For President Johnson, Aypesworth said Gervage haa docurents, Including

at least one in Garrison'a own handwriting, which presunably have bean

extracted from Garrison'o files. Aynesworth indicated that, 1f, desired,

he could secure these documents from Gervage for revlew by Brown.

22222

In view of Brown's close cooperation with the Agency in 1ta

funding operations, Brown asked Erensley to commnicate this information

to Haynes.

It 1s reported to Headquarters only as a natter of informa

tion. Neither Brows nor Erensley expect any response.

5. Haynes asted Frensley to keep him Informed of any futura

developments in this miter.

ERNEST A. RISCHE

Ben:Haynea/met

(6X1), (9(3), (645), (E(6)

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