MEMO: HEMMING, GERALD PATRICK, SF#429 229
Originator: CIA
From: DC/SAG, BROWN, JERRY G.
To: C/SECURITY ANALYSIS GROUP
Document date: 06/11/1976
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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REGRET

11 June 1976

MEMORANDEM FOR:

Chief, Security Analysis Group

SUBJECT

SF# 429 229

Gerald Patrick

SF#429

Ca 9 June 1969

contacted Staff and Operations Branch/Operational Evaluation

Section for information concerning Gerald Patrick HEMING.

was referred to the writer,

who is holding the HEMMING

i contacted the

writer,

11': advised that he

is the action officer for a cable from the (Guatemala Station

reporting an assassination plot on the life of President

LAUGERUD of Guatemala.

Iwas unfamiliar with the case of

Gerald Patrick HENNING and had not as yet reviewed the 201 file

on HEMMING.

i was requested to alert

to the beloi-mentioned cable and to provide the writer with a

copy of the report..coming in from the Cuatemala Station!

"provided the writer with a copy of the

(IN 944357,

.;, dated 8 June 1976),

which is attached. In substance, the cable reflects that

circa 8 June 1976

a Guatemalan source, with the knowledge of

Guatemalan President LAUGERUD, provided the Guatemala Station?.

a wiitten report,

concerning a plot

to assassinate President LAUGERUD.

and a detailed briefcording to the informa-

tion the plot was to have been carried out on 15 September

1975; however,

of the major conspirators,

"Cokie" ZIMERI

Safie left Guatemala

as a result

of an attack upon his, ZIMERI's, life. ZIMERI has been living

in Miami since Augüst 1975.

According to the report, the National Liberation

Movement was involved with ZIMERI

in the assassination plot

and ZIMERI in turn was involved with two. Americans,

brothers,

The report also

police officials

claims. that ZIMERI has close relations with

in Miami and New Orleans.

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NOTE: The Guatemala Station also included

information the Chief of Station had received

fron

¡on 8 June.

said that he

had

seen providing information on ZINERI ts the

Guatemalan government for the past six months or

50.

He claimed that two Americans were involved

with ZIMERI, one of them who runs a guard service

in Miani.

did not mention names but

described one of the Americans

as about six

four inches and weighing about

feet

230 pounds.

4.

The Guatemalan report of the assassination plot ends

with five requests for information by President LAUGERUD:

a. Is ZIMERI still in the United States?

b.

In the event ZIMERI is not in the United

States legally, deport him

to Guatenala.

IS ZIMERI recruiting merceraries in the

United States for possible use in

Guatemala?

d.

Does ZIMERl receive any kind of preferen-

tial treatment by U. S. authorities which

permit him to carry firearms

to purchase arms and ammunition tell as

shipment to Guatemala?

e.

Any information on Robert and Gerald:

HEMMING?

• On 19 June 1976

advised

that DDO is referring the entire matter to the FBI and State

Department.

6. Office of Security indices are negative in pertinent

variations of the name of ZIMERI or Robert HEMMING.

alleged employ the an is physicant harperal Patrict HANG

is identical with the subject of Office of Security

429 229, who has been described

as six-foot five,

who is a notorious mercenary and soldier of

pounds,

fortune and

of May 1975 was ostensibly employed by a private investigation

company, TEPCOL Security (Office of Security--no record) in

Miami, Florida.

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Gerald Patrick HEMMING is well knoin to this Agency,

the Office of Security Miami Field Office, and JiMAVE.

numerous occasions since

at least the early 1960's

HEMING

claires agency affiliation when in fact there

has bear

The nost 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),

• the late 1950'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 American aczivities which he named the International

Anti-Connuizisi 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 HENNING.

For an appreciation of the possible ramifications of

a Guatenalen

government expose of this assassination plot

involving HENNING, you are referred to attachnents to instant

memorandun, to wie:

a memorandum by the writer dated 10 June

1975 in the name of Frank STURGIS and Everett Howard HUNT,

and an extract from a book published in early 1976 written by

Michael CANFIELD and Alan J. NEBERMAN.

is a diatribe against the

and attempts to link the Agency

with the assassination of President KENNEDY.

One of the major

links attempted by

is through Everett Howard HUNT,

JI. to Frank STURGIS to Gerald Patrick HEMMING to Loran Eugene

HALL. Loran Eugene HALL was a menber of HENNING's Interconti-

nental Penetration Force.

Loran Eugene HALL received nationwide

publicity in 1967 when New Orleans District Attorney "Jin"'

GARRISON alleged that HALL (and

the Intercontinental Penetration

Force) was involved in the assassination of President KENNEDY

and that menbers 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 HENNING

another cohort, Robert K. BROWN, joined GARRISON's investigation.

Jerry G. Broin

Deputy

Chief

Security Analysis

Group

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11 June 1976

MEMORINDU FOR: Chief, Security Analysis Group

SUBJECT

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SF$429 229

Gerald Patrick

SF#429

Ca 9 June 1969

contacted Staff and Operations Branch/Operational Evaluation

Section for information concerning Gerald Patrick HENNING.

was rsferred to the writer, who is holding the HEMMING

i contacted the writer,

11': advised that he

is the action officer for a cable from

the Guatemala Station

reporting

an assassination plot on the life of President

LAUGERUD of Guatemala.

as unfamiliar with the case of

Gerald Patrick HENING and had not as yet reviewed the 201 file

on HEMMING.

i was requested to alert

and INVAVE

to the beloi-mentioned cable and to provide the writer with a

copy of the report. coming in from the Guatemala Station

provided the writer with a copy of the cable

(IN 944357,

which is attached.

In substance, the

;, dated 8 June 1976),

cable reflects that

Circa 8 June 1976

a Guatemalan source, with the knowledge of

Guatemalan President LAUGERUD, provided the Guatemala Station.

a written report, and a detailed briefing, concerning

to assassinate President LAUGERUD.

According to the

informa-

tion the plot was to have been carried out on 15 September

one of the major conspirators,

Jorge Antonio

"Cokie" LeveR Satie dete Guatenala in August 1975 as a result

of an attack upon his,

ZIMERI's, life. ZIMERI has been living

in Miami since August 1975.

According to the report, the National Liberation

Movement was involved with ZIMERI in the assassination plot

and ZINERI in turn was involved with two. Americans, brothers,

The report also

claims that ZIMERI has close relations with police officials

in Miami and New Orleans..

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NOTE: The Guatemala Station also included

information the Chief of Station had received

fIon

i on & June.

that he

had

reen providing infornation on ZINERI

Guatemalan

government for the past six months or

50.

claimed that two Americans were involved

with EIMERI, one of them who runs a guard

in Miami.

¡did not mention names but

described one of the Americans as about six feet

four inches and weighing about 230 pounds.

The Guatemalan report of the assassination plot ends

with five requests for information by President LAUGERUD:

a. Is ZIMERI still in the United States?

b.

In the event ZIMERI is not in the United

States legally, deport him to Guatemala.

c.

IS ZINERI recruiting merceraries in the

United States for possible use in

Guatemala?

DoeS ZIMERI receive any kind of preferen-

tial treatment by U. S. authorities which

permit him to cary tllearms,

as well as

co purchase arms and ammunition for

shipment to Guatemala?

e.

Any information on Robert and Gerald

HEMMING?

5.

On 19 June 1976

advised

that DDO is Ieferring

the entire matter to the FBI and State

Department.

Office of Security indices are negative in pertinent

variations of the name of ZIMERI or Robert HEMMING.

alleged

employment,

is identical with the subject of Office of Security

429 229, who has been described as six-foot five,

who is a notorious

250 pounds,

meIcenary and soldier of fortune and who

of May 1975 was ostensibly employed by a private investigation

TEPCOL Security (Office of Security--no record) in

Miami, Florida.

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8.

Gerald Patrick HEMMING is well knoin to this Agency,

numerous eccasions

the office of security Mian least the early 1960 5les beat

had clained Agency affiliation when in fact there

The nost recent incident wherein HEMMING clained 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),

tire record of falsely claiming Agency ancillations a

In

• the late 1950's HEMMING and STURGIS, both former U.S. Marines,

joined Fidel CASTRO in Cuba but returned shortly thereafter

claiming iisillusionment with the CASTRO cause.

Soon thereafter,

STURGIS organized a group of mercenaries for Caribbean and

acrivities which he named

the International

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

For an appreciation of the

a Guatemalan government expose of this assassination plot

involving HEMMING, you are referred to attachnents to instant

memorandun, to wie:

a memorandum by the writer dated 10 June

1975 in the name of Frank STURGIS and Everett Howard HUNT,

Jт.;

and an'extract from a book published in early 1976 written by

Michael CANFIELD and Alan J. WEBERMAN.

The book Coup d'etat

in Anerica--The ClA 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 najor

links attempted by the authors is through Everett Howard HUNT,

JI. tó Frank STURGIS to Gerald Patrick HEMMING to Loran Eugene

Loran Eugene HALL was a member of HEMMING's Interconti-

nental Penetration Force.

Loran Eugene HALL received nationvide

publicity in 1967 when New Orleans District Attorney "Ji"

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 HEAMING

and

another cohort, Robert K. BROWN, joined GARRISCN'S

investigation.

Jerry G. Broin

Deputy Chief

Security Analysis Group

Atts

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