MEMORANDUM
Agency: DOS
Originator: D0S
From: MULTIPLE
To: MARVIN B. BROCKEN
Document date: 12/18/1961
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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DS

AGENCY : DOS

RECORD NUMBER : 1191000310230

RECORDS SERIES :

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 39-141-046

JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

Released under the John

F. Kennedy

Assassination Records

Collection Act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel.

Case#: NT

53244 Date:

06-13-2017

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

Date: 11/02/95

Page:

73

ORIGINATOR : DOS

FROM

: MARVIN B. BROCKEN

TO : MULTIPLE

TITLE

MEMORANDUM

DATE : 12/18/61

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2

SUBJECTS :

KENNEDY, JOHN F.

DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION

RESTRICTIONS : 1A, 3,

CURRENT STATUS : X

,DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 05/31/95

OPENING CRITERIA

FBI AND CIA REVIEW - COMPLETED

COMMENTS :

FBI ok to release

CIA release in part

SIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO

DECSASSIFICATION AND/OR

RELEASE OF THIS DOCUMENT

AS SANITIZER

prempter 6x331

[R] - ITEM RESTRICTED

The Department of State releases mis documani

in part and postpones release of portion(s) of it

under the provisions of be JFK Assassination

Records Collection Act of 1992 (PL.102-526)

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OPTIONAL FRUM NO. 10*

5010-104

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

UNCLASSIFIED

Memorandum

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TO

: SY - Mr. William O. Boswell

THRU : SY/P - Mr. Elmer R. Hipsley

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FROM : $X/P - Marvin B, Brocken nit

SUBJECT:

After-hours Duty Officer Report

Office of Direr

Boswell (?)

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Mr: Yosh DATE: December 18, 1961

DEC 78 196L

Mr. Chapnelear

INT.

Adams

TNT.

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At approximately 7:30PM, Friday, December 15, 1961, the following

information was reported, to the writer by Mr. Andrew J. Decker, FBI:

o tenned

staire The Predicat veit to south America

1)

One

Homer BRET, who was formerly employed by CIA and released

In 1957 as being unstable, furnished the Bureau with the followino

information: . "The Army and Air Force in Caracas and Marquepia are

confined to their barracks and their duties reportedly have been

taken over by the National Guard and the Navy which services are

under the command of pro-communist offices"

2) An informant from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,

furnished the following to the FBI's Detroit Office:

This source advised that Venezuelan, students at the University

of Michigan, representing all shades of Venezuelan opinion, have

in the past few days expressed concern regarding the President's

trip.

Those representing a pro-revolutionary view, but anti-Castro

as well as staunch conservatives, express great fear for the safety

of the President. Both groups state that they regard political

evolution in Venezuela now impossible and both groups look for a

"blood bath" in their country. (Opinions expressed by students

only). Note: FBI source very close to various students from

South America. There are some eighty (80) Venezuelan students

in Ann Arbor.

3) The following information was furnished FBI/Washington by

FBI/San Juan:

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A Mrs. Magda BOURET reported

a conversation

last night (12/14)Vih"

hateone: Samuel OQUENDO overheard

small cafe on the waterfront

section of San Juan to the effect that/the Nationalist and pro-Castro

groups had gotten together to stopese/demonstratfonT on the President's

arrival. This group of more than-three persons were discussing a

small bomb they had found, and, further, made thestatement that it

was a very

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was a very small bomb as compared to the one they were going

to throw at the President.

Mr. Decker, FBI, reported to the writer that this information

was given to the Army Signal Corps at. San Juan for immediate relay

to the Secret Service.

The three items, reported above, were furnished to Mr. John

McIntyre, ARA. Duty Officer, at approximately 7:45PM, December 15,

1961.

At approximately 9PM, December 15, 1961, Mr. Decker, FBI,

reported the following to the writer:

The Legal Attache's Office at Mexico City reported the

following to the FBI/Washington:

An informant advised the FBI that he received information from

a reliable source that a chartered viscount flight would fly

directly from Havana to Aruba on December 19, 1961 with fourty (40)

persons aboard.

This group is being flown to Aruba for interference

with the President's trip and the crew members are reportedly

anti-Castro. This source reportedly has a wide acquaintanceship

with the Havana airlines

personnel.

(This information might be

related to the President's Bermuda visit.)

The above information was reported to Mr. John McIntyre, ARA

Duty Officer at 9:15PM, December 15, 1961.

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