Originator: HSCA
From: CAMBRE, JOSEPH
Document date: 6/8/78
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Date:

10/14/20

Agency Information

AGENCY :

RECORD NUMBER :

RECORD SERIES :

HSCA

180-10078-10371

NUMBERED FILES

AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 009263

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FROM:

TO :

TITLE:

HSCA

CAMBRE, JOSEPH

DATE: 06/08/1978

PAGES:

17

SUBJECTS :

BANISTER, GUY; FILES

LOUISIANA STATE POLICE

GARRISON; INVESTIGATION

CAMBRE, JOSEPH

DOCUMENT TYPE: SUMMARY

CLASSIFICATION : Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: Open in Full

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 07/22/1993

OPENING CRITERIA :

COMMENTS:

Box 169.

Releaned ander one boar E. Kennedy Geesentrasier Reocade Sottedbler Rob CE 4392 144 T90 223

v9.1

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KENNEDY

INVESTIGATION INTERVIEW SCHEDULE

Identifying Information:

Name

Joseph Cambre

Address 4446 Hyacinth Ave.

City/State Baton Rouge, La.

Date of Birth 8-26-18

Social Security

437-01-6108

009263

• Physical Description:

Height

Weight

Ethnic Group

6-8-78

Date

Place

Phone

504-344-7954

Telephone

MOr S

spouse

Children

Color Eyes.

Hair_

Special Characteristics

3 Personal History:

a.

Present Employment: Louisiana State Police Department

Address

265. Foster Dr.

Trailer # 25 Ordinance Section.

Telephone

504-389-7026

b. Criminal Record

1. Arrests

2. Convictions

Additional Personal Information:

a.

Relative (s):

Name

Address

b. Area frequented:

c. Remarks: Obtained Guy Banister's files from Mary Banister

Robert Burar

Investigator

Robert Buras

Date

6-8-78

Form #4-B

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KENNEDY

OUTSIDE CONTACT REPORT

DATE 6-8-78

1PM

TIME

Identifying Information:

Name

Joseph Cambre

Address

4446 Hyacinth Ave.

Baton Rouge, La

Type of Contact:

Telephone

Person

504-344-7954

Telephone

II.

Summary of Contact:

Mr. Cambre stated that he helped Russell Willie obtain Guy

Banister's records from Mary Banister and later he went thru

these records and also remembers them being destroyed along

with many other records due to orders attempting to comply

with the Privacy Act. Mr. Cambre was assigned to the records

section of investigation and intelligence within the State

Police. He worked with the Louisiana State Sovereignty Com-

mission during 1970-1. Mr. Cambre went thraugh the records

of Mr. Banister and noticed that many of the index cards

cards refered to files that were missing. Banister's files

were kept seperate from the general files. Mr. Cambre stated

they were in a five drawer file cabinet but the cabinet was

not full. Many of the folders that were numbered were missing.

III.

Recommended Follow-up (if any) :

Request Banister's files from the F.B.I.

Signature:

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Kobert Surar

• Form #5

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Page two interview of Joseph Cambre

Mr. Cambre believes that Mary Banister mentioned that she

had allowed the F.B.I. to take what they, wanted from the

files before the State Police obtained them.

This seemed

appropiate since Mr. Banister was a retired

F.B.I. Agent.

Mr. Cambre couldn't remember the names of the files but he

remembered that they were of organizations and individuals

that would be considered liberal, or subversive, or communist.

Mr. Banister had extensive records on the Southern Conference

Educational Fund.

Many of the files were newspaper clippings.

that refered to something that Banister was interested in.

Mr. Cambre remembers reading a file on the Fair Play

for Cuba Committee which was mostly news clippings.

He also

remembers a transcrip of Lee Harvey Oswald speaking to some-

had an address on Camp st..

544 Camp St. was the same. building that Mr. Banister had his

•vas ta pane buildine

He was surprised to learn that

office in.+ He couldn't anything else about the contents of

the files at this time but will call back if he thinks of

anything new that might be of use.

Mr. Cambre stated that an investigator from Jim Garrison's

office came and took notes of the contents of the files and

index cards.

He could not remember the name of the investi-

gator but suggested that Garrison might remember.

The files were loaded into cartoon and bags in his pre-

sence but he die not see them destroyed.. He suggested that

Ray W. Thomas or Billy Joe Booth might know more about the

actual destroying of the files.

Mr. Thomas works with a

private detective agency in Baton Rouge and Mr. Booth is an

instructor at the Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.

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Of

Memo

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Joseph Cambre

• 4446 Hyacinth Ave.

Baton Rouge, La:

8-26-18

437-01-6108

6-8-78

Phone

504-344-7954

Louisiana State Police. Department

Trailer # 25 Ordiaance Sedtion.

265 Foster Dr.

504-389-7026

Obtained Guy Banister's files from Mary Bgnister

Robert Buras

6-8-78

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1PM

6-8-78

504-344-7954

Joseph Cambre

4446 Hyacinth Ave.

Baton Rouge, La

Mr. Cambre stated that he helped Russell Willie obtain Cuy

Banister's records from Mary Banister and later he went thru

these records and also remembers them being destroyed along

with many other records due to orders attempting to comply

with the Brivacy âct. Mr. Cambre was assigned to the records

section of investigation and intelligence within the State

Police.

He worked with the Louisiana State Sovereignty Com-

mission during 1970-1. Mr. Cambre went thraugh the records

of Mr. Banister and noticed that many of the index cards

cards refered to files that were missing. Banister's files

were kept seperate from the general files. Mr. Cämbre stated

they were in a five drawer file cabinet but the cabinet was

not full. Many of the folders that were numbered were missing.

Request Banister's files from the F.B.I.

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Mr. Cambre believes that Mary Bamister mentioned that she

had allowed the F.B.I. to take what they wanted from the

files before the State Police obtained them

This seemed

appropiate since Mr. Banister was a retired F.B.I. Agent.

Mr. Cambre couldn't remember the names of the files but he

remembered that they were of organizations and individuals

that would be considered Liberal, or subversive; or communist.

Mr. Banister had extensive records on the southern Conference

Educational Fund.

Many of the files were newspaper clippings,

that refered to something that Banister was interested in.

Mr. Cambre remembers reading a file on the Fair Play

for Cuba Committee which was mostly news clippings.

He also

remembers a transcrip of bee Harvey Uswald speaking to some

one on the radio about this organization.

He can not remem-

ber a specific file on Oswald or any of Oswald's associates.

Mr. Cambre remembered that the Fair Play for Cuba Committee

had an address on Camp St.

He was surprised to learn that

544 Camp St. was the same building that Mr. Banister had his

office in.*

He couldn't anything else about the contents of

the files at this time but will call back if he thinks of

anything

new that might be of use.

Mr. Cambre stated that an investigator from Jim Garrison's

office came and took notes of the contents of the files and

index cards.

He could not remember the name of the investi-

gator but suggested that Garrison might remember.

The files were loaded into cartoon and bags in his pre-

sence but he die not see them destroyed.

He suggested that

Ray W. Thomas or Billy Joe Booth might know more about the.

actual destroying of the files.

Mr. Thomas works witha a

private detective agency in Baton Rouge and Mr. Booth is an

instructor at the Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.

End

Memo

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