Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: HQ
To: MM
Document date: 10/15/1965
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

6/4/2015

AGENCY:

RECORD NUMBER :

RECORD SERIES:

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

FBI

124-90116-10201

MM

105-4921-161

Released under the John

F. Kennedy

Assassination Recorde

Collection Act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel.

Cased:N 53074 Date:

05-30-2017

Document Information

ORIGINATOR :

FBI

FROM:

MM

TO: HQ

TITLE :

DATE:

• PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

10/15/1965

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DOCUMENT TYPE:

CLASSIFICATION:

RESTRICTIONS:

CURRENT STATUS :

DATE OF LAST REVIEW :

MINUTEMEN

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Unclassified

4

Redact

08/10/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

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Cover Sheet for Informant Report or Material

ED- 306 (-21-58)

Dace Rec d

Red'd From (name or symbol #)

10/15/65

POL PETER ANTHONY VETCHER

of delivery

check appropriate

To person

By telephone

Recording device

turnished and reduced to

Weltlas

Agent

Date

Dictated

to

Transcribed 10/15/65 by Agent

Authenticated by Intomant 10/15/65

nof description of activity or

msterlel PSI submitted application

to join Minutenen and obtained

sone correspondence from them

Received by

SA RICHARD B.

KARLOGE

blocks)

By mail L

Orally

Written by informant

Date oi keport

10/15/65

Date (S) of Activity

9/16/65 - 10/15/65

File where original is

Located if not attached

NM 134-1082 Sub F /

Remarks: Items in lst letter returned to PSI for study. He

will use application form and return envelope and rest will

be routed to file at later dater. Member's monthly report in

2nd letter returned to PSI to fill out and return. Rest of

that letter routed to file. Since third letter contained

only "On Target" that was not retained.

* 111201 1-134-1082

(1-105-4921) (Minutenen

RBK/rok

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED

AlE 14,84 BY SP8 BIACK

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October 15, 1965

0n 9/16/65 Peter Anthony Vetcher, 1825 Meadow Court,

West Palm Beach, Plorida, forwarded a letter

• to the Minutemen

organization in Norborne, Mo., voicing an interest in the organization

and a desire to join. Subsequent to that he received three

communications fron Minutenen which were as follows:

The first was postmarked in Holden, Mo. on 9/22/65. 11

contained a fom letter on Minutemen letterhead stationary captione

"Dear Fellow American", This letter points out the dangers of

communism and the fact that Minutemen is fighting that danger and is

"the only organization in America that is actually fighting

communism - - now." The letter invited the reader to join Minutemen

and indicated that an application form and business reply envelope

were enclosed. The enclosed envelope was a postage paid envelope

addressed to Biolab Corporation, Norborne, Mo.. The letter was signed

by Bob DePugh, National Coordinator. On the back of the letter was a

handwritten note to "Dear Peter" signed by Mrs. Robert DePugh. In thie

note she appologized for the form letter and explained that new

members are accepted as provisional members until they finish their

first five lessons. Also enclosed in this letter were printed sheets

*A Short History Of The Minutemen™, *To Prospective Members Of The

Minutemen" and "Practical Security Measures", Also enclosed was an

application for nembership form.

snall Minutemen stickers to be placed in pubiio places, and a form

So to 0 post pa, and a roma

"Member's Monthly Report For October"

The third letter was postmarked 10/6/65 in Kansas City,

Kansas, and contained only the 10/1/65 issue of "On Target".

On 10/15/65 Vetcher completed the application for

membership form and the *Member's Monthly Report Por October! and

returned them in the self addressed envelope to the Biolab Corporation,

Norborne, Mo.•

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED

DAIE 1484 BY SP8 BIO

211.80

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