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MINTEL IMHSPLASH (CHLEG LOCHART RTJINNER

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CA MILLIAM GAUDET AND

FOLLCHING ARE HEADOUARTERS TRACES FYI (LONDON ONLY

did not mard

ANTONIO VECIANA MENTIONED REF.

2O MILLIAM GEORGE G A U DET.

this fes filing

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DPOB: 21 SEPTEMBER 1908, ST. JAMES, LOUISIANA, USA.

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AS OF CA 1953 GAUDET'S ADDRESS NAS GIVEN AS 2176 ESPLANADE AVENUE,

NEN ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

HE WAS KNONLEDGEABLE OF LATIN AMERICA

AND PUBLISHED IN THE EARLY 1950°S A MAGAZINE OR BULLETIN LATIN

AMERICAN REPORTS".

1901 IN NEM ORLEANS AREA.

HE WAS A CONTACT OF DID FROM 1948 UNTIL NOVEMBER

HE MAS. DEBRIEFED ON HIS LATIS AMERICAN

TRAVELS 1908-1955 AND WAS A CASUAL CONTACT FROM 1955-1901.

GAUDET MAS AMONG INDIVIDUALS LISTED IN A LETTER OF 20 JANUARY

1978 TO CIA FROM THE SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS, THE

COMMITTEE INTENDED CONDUCT INTERVIEWS WITH GAUDET AND INJUIRED

IF OCO HAD EVER BEEN IN CONTACT WITH HIM.

MOS RESPONDED CN 27 JAN

1978 SAYING WE HAD BEEN IN CONTACT WITH HIM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS,

BUT HAD NO CURRENT CONTACT WITH OR RECENT INTEREST IN MIM.

2.

BEFORE,

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT GAUDET HAS MADE THIS CLAIM

THAT OF MAVING BEEN AN "OPERATIVE® AND HAS EXAGGERATED

HIS ROLE WITH THE AGENCY.

AN ARTICLE IN THE NASHINGTON "STAR" (15 JAN 1976) REPORTED GAUDET

HAD RECEIVED MEXICAN TOURIST VISA iN NEW ORLEANS, APPAREATLY CIRCA

1903.

LEE HARVEY OSHALO.

HIS VISA NUMBER IMMEDIATELY PRECEDED THAT OF VISA GRANTED.

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18 OCTOBER 1928, CUBA

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