Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: HQ
To: NY
Document date: 01/20/1964
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Date:

6/8/2015

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

124-90019-10300

RECORD SERIES:

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 97-4623-169

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: NY

TO: HQ

TITLE :

Released under the John

Assassination Records

Collection Act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Motel.

Cased:NT 53244 Date:

66-14-2017

DATE: 01/20/1964

PAGES:

14

SUBJECTS :

ALEXANDER IRWIN RORKE, JR.

ALEXANDER RORKE

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Secret

RESTRICTIONS: 1B

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 05/20/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF CIA

COMMENTS : LHM

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Alexander Irwin Rorke, Jr.

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Franclé I. Mc Carthy, United Press International (UPI),

220 West 42nd Street, New York City, on December 10, 1963,

advised that he had made inquiries among correspondents of

UPI in various South American and Central American countries

concerning the fate of Alex Rorke, Jr., and Geoffrey Sullivan.

McCarthy advised that he was unable to obtain any definite

facts concerning the fate of Rorke and Sullivan and also

stated that there had been searches made by the United States

Coast Guard and the FAA in Central American countries and there

was no trace of Rorke, Sullivan or their twin-engine plane.

(sIa, uho has turntaned rellable information In

the past and who has had frequent contact with Alexander I.

Rorke, Jr.,

heu)

had no information concerning the present whereabouts of

Alex Rorke, Jr.,: and Geoffrey Sullivan who: had made a flightie.

to Central. America on September 24, 1963, from Fort Lauderdale,

Florida!)NY T-2 advised that during recent visits to Miami,

Floridallarea, he had made inquiry and was unable to obtain

any information concerning the fate of Alex Roke, Jr., and

Geoffrey Sullivan.

Laureano Batista Falla, 1300 South Rayshore DIVe

Florida, while on a visit to New York on Deoember 23,

1963%

Mian avised that he had previously been associated with Alex

Rorke, but had not been connected with him in the flight which

Rorke made from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on September 24, 1963.

Batista advised that he had been unable to develope any information

concerning the present whereabouts or fate of Alex Rorke, Jr.,

or Geoffrey Sullivan,

who accompanied Rorke on the flight

of September 24, 1963.

Batista also stated on December 23, 1963, that

he had spoken with Rorke's wife, Jacqueline, around the

middle of December, 1963, and Mrs. Rorke, Jr., told him that

she had received no information concerning the fate of

her husband and she did not know whether or not he was

dead or alive.

Batista stated that Mes.

Rorke told him

that various

searches had been made to locate her husband,

Sullivan and their twin-engine plane, but that all

these

searches failed to develope any information.

Dan Brigham, Military Affairs

Editor for the "New

York Journal American

", on December 27, 1963, advised that he

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Alexander Irwin Rorke, Jr.

SEGRET

Frandté I. Me Carthy, United Press International (UPI),

220 West 42nd Street, New York City, on December 10, 1963,

advised that he had made inquiries among correspondents of

UPI in various South American and Central American countries

concerning the fate of Alex Rorke, Jr., and Geoffrey Sullivan.

McCarthy advised that he was unable to obtain any definite

facts concerning the fate of Rorke and Sullivan and also

stated that there had been searches made by the United States

Coast Guard and the FAA in Central American countries and there

was no trace of Rorke, Sullivan or their twin-engine plane.

T-2, who has furnished reliable information in

the past and who has had frequent contact with Alexander I.

Rorke, Jr.,

In the past, stated on December 23, 1963г

that ne(u)

had no information concerning the present whereabouüs

Alex Rorke, Jr., and Geoffrey Sullivan

who had made a flight/RuE

to Central America on September 24, 1963,

Florida

INY I-2 advised that during recent visits to Miami,

Florida uarea, he had made inquiry and was unable to obtain

any information concerning the fate of Alex Rorke, Jr., and

Geoffrey Sullivan.

Laureano Batista Falla, 1300 South Bayshore Drive,

Miami, Florida, while on a visit to New York on Deember 23,

1963, advised

Rorke, but had not been connected with him in the flight which

Rorke made from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on September 24, 1963.

Batista advised that he had been unable to develope any information

concerning the present whereabouts or fate of Alex Rorke, Jr.,

or Geoffrey Sullivan, who accompanied Rorke on the flight

of September 24, 1963.

Batista also stated on December 23, 1963, that

he had spoken with Rorke's wife,

Jacqueline,

around the

middle of December, 1963, and Mrs. Rorke, Jr., told him that

she had received no information concerning the fate of

her husband and she did not know whether or not he was

dead or alive.

batista stated that mes.

Rorke told him

that various searches had been made to locate her husband.

Sullivan and their twin-engine plane, but that all these

searches failed to develope any Information.

Dan Brigham,

Military Affairs Editor for the "New

York Journal American", on December 27, 1963, advised that he

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