GARRISON MAY IMPLICATE BROWN (ATTEMPT TO EMBARRASS AGENCY).
Originator: CIA
From: RISCHE, ERNEST, C/HOUSTON OFFICE
To: D/DCS
Document date: 1967-12-27 00:00:00
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY

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: 104-10104-10372

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AGENCY FILE

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80T01357A

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

AGENCY ORIGINATOR : CIA

FROM : RISCHE, ERNEST, C/HOUSTON OFFICE

TO : D/DCS

TITLE : GARRISON MAY IMPLICATE BROWN (ATTEMPT TO EMBARRASS

AGENCY) •

DATE : 12/27/1967

PAGES

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SUBJECTS : AYNESWORTH, HUG

GURVICH,

WILLIA

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SUBJECT: (Optional)

Garrison Investigation - Garrison/George Brown--Possible Attempt to Embarrass

Agency

FROM:

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DCS/ Operational Support Staff

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Case 49364

DATE

900 'Key Building.

2 January 1968

TO: (Officer designation, room number, and

DATE

building)

OFFICER'S

INITIALS

RECEIVED

FORWARDED

Office of General Counsel

Attn:

Mr. Greaney

I D Or HOS

copies sent to

Don Pratt CI/R&A &

3. Erich Isenstead, COS

on 1/4/68

SECRET

cc: CI/R&A

DD/OS

"Bill Gervage" is believed

to be William GURVICH, New

orleans detective and private

guard/who was member of Gar-

rison staff and investigative

aid at outset of Garrison

investigation. In June 1967,

Gurvich quit Garrison abruptly,

saying the probe had no basis.

Attachment: HOU-251-67

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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10

D OSA PRO EDITION

FPHR (41 CFR) 101-11.0

* UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

TO

ATTN

.: Director, DCS

: OSS (Grant)

FROM : Chief, Houston Office

HOU-251-67

DATE: 27 December 1967

SUBJECT: James Garrison/George

Brown--Possible Attempt

to Embarrass Agency

1. This confirms Haynes/Grant telecon of 27 December 1967.

2. Herbert Frensley, President

of Brown and Root, Inc., reported

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

telephone call on Friday, 22 December 1967 from Hugh Aynesworth, Houston

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

received information 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".

3. 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. Aynesworth said Gervage has documents, including

at least one in Garrison's own handwriting, which presumably have been

extracted from Garrison's files. Aynesworth indicated that, if desired,

he could secure these documents

from Gervage for review by Brown.

4. In view of Brown's close cooperation with the Agency in its

funding operations, Brown asked Frensley to communicate this information

to Haynes.

It is reported to Headquarters only as a matter of informa-

tion. Neither Brown nor Frensley expect any response.

5. Haynes asked Frensley to keep him informed of any future

developments in this matter.

for ERNESE A RISCHE

BenPHaynes/met

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scared fran crierchied

dadiassilication

SECRET /SLISTS

Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan

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