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

MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Security Analysis Group

SUBJECT

: 571429 229

Gerald Patrick

SF#429

On 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 HENNING

contacted the writer,

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.

was unfamiliar with the case of

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

on HEMMING.

i was requested to alert

to the below-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,

dated 8 June 1976),

which is attached....In substance, the cable reflects that

circa 8 June 1976

a Guatenalan source, with the knowledge of

Guatemalan President LAUGERUD, provided the Guatemala Station.

a written report, and a detailed briefing,

concerning a plot

to assassinate President LAUGERUD.

According to

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

1975; however

one of the major conspirators,

"Cokie" ZIMERI Safie left Guatemala in August 1975 as a result

of an attack upor his 1975.

ZIMERI's, life: ZIMERI has been

in Miami since August

According to the report, the National

Movement was involved with ZIMERI

in the assassination plot

and ZINERI in turn was involved with tivo Americans,

brothers,

Robert and Gerald Patrick HEMMING.

The HEMMING brothers

assisted ZIMERI in acquiring arms, among other things,

were flown to Guatemala in

a small aircraft.

The report

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

from

_ on 8 June.

had

said thai he

been providing information on ZIMERI to the

Guatemalan government for the past six months or

SO.

He claimed

that two Americans were involved

with ZIMERI, one of them who runs a guard service

in Miami.

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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 ZIMERI recruiting merceraries in the

United

States for possible use in

Guatemala?

d.

Does ZIMERI receive any kind of preferen-.

tial treatment by U. S. authorities which

permit him to carry

firearms,

as well as

to purchase

ammunition for

shipment to Guatemala?

e.

Any information on Robert and Gerald

HEMMING?

5.

On 19 June 1976

advised

that DDO is referring 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.

1. From the name, physical description,

activity, and

alleged

employment, it is apparent that Gerald Patrick HEMING

is identical with the subject of Office of Security file

429 229, who has been

described as six-foot five,

250 pounds,

who is a notorious mercenary and soldier of fortune and who

as

of May 1975 was ostensibly employed by a private investigation

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

Niami, Florida.

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Gerald Patrick HEMMING is well known to this Agoney,

the Office of Security Miami Field Office,

and JMWAVE.

amous vocasions sincu at liast the eariy 1960 has been

had claimed Agency affiliation when in fact there

The most 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),

long-time record of

Frank FIORIN' falsely claiming Agency affiliation.

of Watergate notoriety who also has a

the late 1950's HEMMING and STURGIS,

both former U.S. Marires,

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 activities which he named the International

Anti-Communist Brigade.

A reported sub-unit of this

(the backers of whom have never been fully

"Brigade"

established)

named the Intercontinental Penetration Force, headed by Gerald

Patrick HEMMING.

For an appreciation of the possible ramifications of

a Guatemalan government expose of this assassination plot

involving HEMMING, you are referred to attachments to instant

memorandum, to wit:

a memorandum by the writer dated 10 Junc

1975 in the

name of Frank STURGIS and Everett Howard HUNT, Jr.;

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

Michael CANFIELD and Alan J. WEBERMAN.

The book Coup d'etat

in America--The CIA 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 major

links attempted by the authors is through Everett Howard HUNT,

Jr. to 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 nationwide

publicith in 1967 when New Orleans District Attorney "Jim"

GARRISONalleged that HALL (and the Intercontinental Penetration

Force) was, involved in the assassination of President KENNEDY

and thatemembers of this unit were connected with CIA.

shortly thereafter dropped his interest in HAlL, but it 1s

interesting that he did so after Gerald Patrick HEMMING and

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

Jerry G. Brown-

outy Chief

Security Analysis Group

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11 June 1976

MENORANDUM FOR: Chief, Security Analysis Group

SUBJECT

HEMMING,

Gerald Patrick

SF#429 229

contacted Staff and Operations Branch/Operational Evaluation

Section for information concerning Gerald Patrick HEMMING.

_was referred to the writer,

who is holding the HEMMING

contacted the

writer,

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.

was unfamiliar with the case of

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

on HEMMING.

was requested to alert

and JANAVE

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

copy of the report coming in from the (Guatemala Station.

(IN 944357,

provided the writer with a copy of the cable.

dated & June 1975),

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 written report,

concerning a plot

to assassinate President LAUGERUD.

the informa-

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

Jorge Antonio

ZIMERI has been living

in Miami since August

1975.

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Movement was involved with ZIMERI

was indoned the emert tele assass latera poot

and ZIMERI in turn was involved with to Americans, brothers,

Robert and Gerald Patrick HEMMING. The HEMMING brothers

assisted ZIMERI in acquiring arms, among other things, which

were flown to Guatemala in a small aircraft.

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

_ said thâi he

had been providing information on ZIMERI to the

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Guatemalan government for the past six months or

claimed that two Americans were involved

with ZIMERI, one of them who runs a guard service

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 ZIMERI recruiting merceraries in the

United States for possible use in

Guatemala?

d.

Does ZIMERI receive any kind of preferen-.

tlal treatment by U. S. authorities which

permit him to carry

firearms, as

well as

to purchase arms and ammunition for

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.

activity, and

alleged employment,

employment, it is apparent that derald Patrick HadiNG

is identical with

the subject of Office of Security file

=

429 229, who has been described as six-foot five, 250 pounds,

who is a notorious mercenary and soldier of fortune and who as

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Gerald Patrick HEMMING is well known to this Agency,

the Office of Security Miami Field Office, and JMWAVE.

him rous bicasions sincu

liad claimed Agency affiliation when in fact there

ai least the early 1960 Phas been

The most 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),

Frank FIORINI,

of Watergate notoriety who also has a

long-time record of

falsely claiming Agency affiliation.

the late 1950's HENNING 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 activities which he named the International

Anti-Communist 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 HEMMING.

For an appreciation of the possible ramifications of

a Guatemalan

government expose of this assassination plot

involving HEMING, you are referred to attachments to instant

memorandum, to wit:

a memorandum by

the writer dated 10 June

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

is a diatribe against the Agency and attempts to link the Agency

with the assassination of President KENNEDY.

One of the major

links attempted by the authors is through Everett Howard HUNT,

Jr. to 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 nationwide

publicity in 1967 when New Orleans District Attorney "Jim"

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 HEMMING and

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

Jergy G. Brown

Deputy Chief

Security Analysis Group

Atts

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