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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

JMWAVE COVER FACIL-dY

*. NAME

:

Ace Marine Survey, Inc.

OFFICE ADDRESS : Room 214, 2525 S.W. 3rd Street, Miami, Florida

MAILING ADDRESS : P. 0. Box 1337, Main Post Office, Miami, Florida

LOCATION

: Office of Attorney Norman S. Pallot

B.

TYPE OF FACILITY: This is a Florida Corporation established by and

under the control of JMWAVE and certified to do

business in Florida. Ace Marine Survey, Inc. was

formerly known as Ace Cartography Company, a

corporation which had been certified to do business

in Florida on 11 July 1962.

amended on 4 November 1966 to its new name, Ace

The President of the Corporation is Alfred J:

Moran of

New Orleans, Louisiana.

Mr. Moran is

very prominent businessman in the New Orleans

area.

He is head of Kalvar and has investments

in a variety of businesses which include many oil

interests.

He is known to Headquarters represen-

tatives particularly in Logistics.

c.

OSTENSIBLE BUSINESS: Ace Marine Survey, Inc., is engaged primarily

in marine research including the study of marine

life and testing of marine equipment. However,

its general provisions

permit it to perform almost

any corporate function.

USE

JMWAVE use of the Corporation is to provide cover

for a maritime vessel, the M/V SONORA.

Corpora-

tion provides status

cover and payrolling of the

agents assigned to the M/V SONORA and the safe area

or berthing site from which the vessel operates in

the performance of its ostensible business.

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FUNDING

:

Method - This account is funded through the Bank

and Hall covert account at the First National

Bank of Miami by the following method: A check

in the

total

amount of the deposits is drawn on

this account.

A credit ticket is obtained by our

cleared contact from the cash vault.

This credit

ticket together with the appropriate deposit slips

for the various corporations is then turned over

to a teller, where it is combined with all other

transactions:which are processed by that particular

teller on the given business day.

Since

the number

of transactions handled by a given teller may go

as high as 250 to 300 there is slight chance of

the deposits being attributed to the particular

credit ticket which accompanied these deposits.

Overt Attribution or Source - LOffshore Navigation

Company, 3503 Fern Street, New Orleans, Louisiana)

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TAX STATUS

:

This is a profit-making corporation and has met

Federal and State requirements as follows:

1)

Corporation Federal Income Tax Returns.

2)

Federal Withholding and Unemployment Taxes.

3) Florida State Unemployment Tax.

4)

Florida Corporation Report and Tax Return.

5) Florida Intangible Property Tax Return.

G. AGENT IDENTIFICATION: The Corporation was providing status cover

and payrolling for 10 Cubans as of 31 January

1967.

11.

ASSESSMENT OF VULNERABILITY:

1.

Maritime Branch Assessment dated 6 March 1967:

This cover company should be affected little by

a flap.

However, because of the berthing location

within largely tourist or recreation areas, its

commercial activity has been noted.

2.

Cover Branch Assessment dated 6 March 1967:

A successor to Ace Cartography Company, Ace Marine

She ty, sing

Survey, Inc., is currently used in connection with

the leasing of a waterfront berthing site for the

erthing of M/V SONORA, which is registered under

this firm. The firm also provides cover and serves

as well as the vehicle for payrolling the agent crew.

Ace Marine Survey, Inc., is engaged in the field of

marine research, including the study of marine life

as well as the testing of marine equipment.

In view of the current limited use of this cover,

the likelihood of exposure is considerably reduced.

However, if such an exposure did occur, it is felt

that the damage to either WOFACT or the officers

of Ace Marine Survey, Inc., would be of no great

import.

The major likely

'injury" that would be

sustained would be the denial of further use of the

berthing site and the need for re-naming/re-register-

ing the M/V SONORA.

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off-shore oil exploration activities,

have agreed

to backstop the activities of Ace Marine Survey, Inc.

and to recognize the latter firm as a client.

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:

Ceres Enterprises, Inc.

DRESS

:

Suite 1409 Biscayne Building, 19 West Flagler Street,

Miami, Florida 33101

ADDRESS: P. 0. Box 5045, Main Post Office, Miami, Fla. 33101

:

Office of Attorneys George E. Brown and Thomas B. Duff

¿ACILITY:

This corporation was established in Florida and

certified to do business on 10 March 1964. It was

established by and is under the control of JMWAVE.

The President of this corporation is Mr. Richard W.

Freeman, who is the retired Chairman of the Board

of Delta Airlines.

He is also the principal owner

of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company in New Orleans.

In addition he has many other varied interests

including investments in oil ventures.

He is ex-

tremely prominent in the New Orleans civic and

social structure.

* BUSINESS: This corporation was established ostensibly to

maintain and operate boats for all types of marine

research.

: This

corporation provided cover for maritime

vessels, the M/V BARB and the M/V JADE, and served

as the status and payroll mechanism for the agents

employed by this corporation.

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: Method - This account is funded through the Bank

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and Hall covert account at The First National

Bank of Miami] by the following method: A check

this account. A credit ticket is obtained by our

cleared contact from the cash vault. This credit

ticket together with the appropriate deposit slips

for the various corporations is then turned over

to a teller, where it is combined with all other

transactions which are processed by that particular

teller on the given business day.

Since the number

of transactions handled by a given teller may go

as high as 250 to 300 there is slight chance of

the deposits being attributed to the particular

credit ticket which accompanied these deposits.

Overt Attribution or Source -Peterman & Peterman

a4.

Associates, P. 0. Box 8103, Main Post Office,

Chicago, Illinoisy

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TAX STATUS

: This is a corporation for profit. It has met

federal and state tax requirements as follows:

1) Corporation Federal Income Tax Return

2) Federal Withholding and Unemployment Taxes

3) Florida State Unemployment Taxes

4) Florida Corporation Report and Tax Return

5) Florida Intangible Property Tax Return

IGENT IDENTIFICATION: None at this time.

ISSESSMENT OF VULNERABILITY:

1. Maritime Branch

Assessment dated 6 March 1967 - The cover

mechanism established by the Ceres Enterprises, Inc. was very

secure during the period of its operation and remained so

until the loss of one of its agents who was captured in Cuba.

This made it necessary to terminate the activities of this

corporation and transfer its activities to another entity.

This was accomplished without any unusual events or actual

public exposure.

If any

should occur at this late date, the

damage would be minimal.

2.

Cover Branch Assessment dated 6 March 1967 - This corporation

is currently inactive and will become legally dormant after

three years. It was placed in this status due to an operational

The last active

An additional tax return will be filed for the past tax year

which will indicate no financial transactions.

Its assets and activities were transferred to other JMWAVE

entities.

This corporation was established to provide cover

for a Maritime Branch vessel and status and payroll cover for

the agents assigned to it.

The corporation is inactive and

will be allowed to remain so.

It was placed in this status

due to a flap wherein an agent was captured in Cuba who had

knowledge of this vessel

and its ownership. There was no

public exposure in the Miami area.

However, because of the

past incident the corporation should not be used in the future

under its current name.

While in use the corporation served

very satisfactorily for the purpose for which it was established.

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