Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, MM
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 08/29/1963
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

5/26/201

AGENCY :

RECORD NUMBER:

FBI

124-10217-10065

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 105-65100-9, 11

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

SAC, MM

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE:

DATE: 08/29/1963

PAGES: 23

SUBJECTS :

LEH, BKG, DESCR, ACA

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Secret

RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 4

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 07/02/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS : INC RPT

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FD-26 (Rey, S-1-59)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

REPORTING OFFICE

NEW YORK

TITLE OF CASE

OFFICE OF ORIGIN

NEW YORK

- 2 71

LEON CANTAVE

DATE

10/17/63

REPORT MADE BY

ALJOHN A. BEHRINGER

CHARACTER OF CASE

INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD

7/19 - 10/8/63

TYPED BY

vmB

CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO

DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR

RELEASE OF CIA IGFORMATION

IN THIS DOCUMENT, KP. 11-18-97

IS - HAITI

REFERENCES

1-5-98

CLASSIRED BY 5668 SUD USR

DECLASSIFY G

(1FK)

Report of SA JOHN A. BEHRINGER dated 7/29/63

at New

York.

Nylet to the Bureau dated o 03:

Wrolet to the Bureau dated 8/22/63

Miami letter to the Bureau dated 8/29/63.

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ADMINISTRATIVE

This report is being classified "Secret - No

Foreign Dissemination"

as this classification appears

on severad cla communications which were utilized in

preparing this report.&

10/20/

Classtfies

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APPROVED

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SPECIAL AGENT

IN CHARGE

DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW

REC. 19

105-65100

Bureau (105-65100) (RM)

2 - New York (105-56083)

EX-107

OCT

22-1963

Agency

Request Recd.

Date Fwd.

How Fwd.

By

Dissemination Record Attached Report

Copy to: CIA/State RAO ISA

DiA / ONI/OSI/ACSI

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SEC

NY 105-56083

ADMINISTRATIVE CONT'D

No lead is being set forth for Miami to further

identify subscribers in their territory since their

indices are negative concerning these people and it

is not known if the subject or his wife had been in

contact with these individuals.

INFORMANTS

Identity of Source

NY T-1

PSI JESUS RAFAEL

FRANCO CANEDO,

901 S.W. 34th

Avenue,

Miami,

Florida

NY T-2

CSWE 1401-S

NY 1-3

Mail cover on

subject's residence

NY T-4

WALTER WIMER,

Assistant Treasurer,

Chase Manhattan Bank,

73rd Street and Broadway,

NYC (by request)

NY T-5

Dr. CAMILLE LHERISSON,

PSI under development

T-6

JOSNY (4143/PSI (C)

File Number Where Located

105-56083-36

105-56083-35

Instant report

105-56083-28

105-56083-34

105-56083-30

COVER PAGE

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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10

5010-104-01

UNITED STATES CERNMENT

Memorandum

TO

Director, FBI (105-6510D-

• DATE: 8/29/63

FROM

SUBJECT:

Uf sAc, Miami (205-7954) (RUC)

LEON CANIAVE

IS - HAITI

New York 00

Or tail:

(214)

10-5-185

Ac??::

0-1f

...i s 10-15/3

Re New York letter 8/1/63.

The records for telephone number HI 8-7954

have been closed and are filed by name only.

The telephone number 444-4369 is assigned to

JEANNIE DAGMAR JOHNSON, 300 Cadima Avenue, Coral Gables,

Florida.

The telephone number FR 4-9351 was a pay tele-

phone located at the El Camaguey Fruits, a retail fruit

and produce company, 776 W. Flagler Street, Miami,

Florida, which was disconnected on July 2, 1963.

The telephone number 371-4439 was assigned to

GERAS IMA MEDINA; Apartment 10, 1020

Miami, Florida: Instant number was sha eth s tee name

of the sister of MEDINA, OFELIA DERIVET, on April 26,

1963, with no change of address.

The above records are confidential and can

only be obtained through the issuance of a subpoena

duces tecum. This subpoena should be directed to Mr.

PRESTON M. COLLINS, South Florida Manager, Southern

Be11 Telephone and Telegraph Company, Miami, Florida,

or his authorized representative.

1115:

Bureau (RM) *

2

- New York (105-56083) (RI)

REC- 57

1 - Washington Field

(Info.) (RM)

1 - Miami

• AUG SO 1902

WCM : JMS

* 7342

(6)

105-65100-9

sense resty

11/4

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MM 105-7954

Miami files negative in reference to tele-

phone subscribers.

It is noted that REGO maybe a phonetic

spelling of the last name of ROGER RIGAUD, the subject

of Miami file 2-332, a well known Haitian revolutionary.

fala

LORENZO HALL may be identical with the subject

of Bureau file 2-1693, captioned'WALLACE H. WELCH, JERRY

PATRICK HEMMING, LORENZO HALI: NEUTRALITY MATTERS.''

HALL has been described as a typical soldier of fortune,

who is irresponsible and wants to fight just for enjoy-

ment. He is said to have been at one time a member of

the Cuban Rebel Army and served under CAMILLO CIENFUEGOS:

HALL is a self-styled fighter, disagreeable, not liked,

with a bad personality and low moral standards. He is

loosely associated with Cuban revolutionary activities.

F/a.

On August 19, 1963, PSI JESUS RAFAEL FRANCO

B. APPROX,

CANE DO (protect), 901 S.W. 34th Avenae, Miami, identified 1929-193

HALL as possibly being LORENZO EXHALL, a white male,

33 to 34 years of age, 6'4" tall, 170 pounds, cut scar

right rear neck, claimed to have

been born in wichita,

-Kansas: to have

served in the United States Army in Korea.

HALI has numerous tattoos, including a large spread

eagle on his back and knife on his right upper forearm.

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SECRED

NY 105-56083

on september 3, 1903, a confidential source

abroad advised

that telephone number 2-8463 in Nassau,

Bahamas, is installed in the private suite occupied

by NESTOR CHAVANNES, the Haltian Consul General in

Nassau A!This source

Identity of "HABARTS"was unable to establish the

or "HUBErT" but the source

suggested that these names might be aliases used by

CHAVANNES when contacting Haitian exilesS

on July 27, August 4, 10 and 19, 1963, NY T-3

furnished the following information concerning

contacts

made by the subject or his wife,

205 west 80th Street,

New York, New York:

On July 23, 1963, LEON CANTAVE was In contact

with Ambassade de la Republique Ducongo Brazaville,

Aux. Etas - UNIS, Washington, D. C.

with

During July, 1963, the subject was in contact

CANTAVE, Hopital, Hotel Dilu, Montreal, Canada.

Also during July, 1963, the subject was in

contact with EDITH

West Indies.

DRIGUSH, PetitIane, Haltl,.

LEON CANTAVE was in

oms Be 1099, Leopoldville, Republic of the Congo. REP.

Madame LEON CANTAVE was in contact on July 30,

1963: with Jaraqua, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

During July or August, 1963, Madame RENE

•Port-au-prince, Halt1.

кст"

On August 8, 1963, Madame RENE

CANTAVE waS

In contact with someone from Dajabon, Dominican Republic.

205 WEST

80th 54

NEW YORK, NY

-7.-

SECRET

HALT!

BA. IS

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