INTERCONTINENTAL PENETRATION FORCES (INTERPEN) NEUTRALITY MATTER
Originator: FBI
From: FBI, MIAMI
To: FBI, HQS
Document date: 1962-04-10 00:00:00
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Miami, Florida

APR 1 0 1962

RE:

INTERCONTINENTAL PENETRATION FORCES

(INTERFEN)

NEUTRALITY MATTER

Reference 15 made to the report of Special Agent

ROBERT JAMES DWYER, at Mismi, Florida, dated and captioned

as above.

MM T-I has furnished reliable information in the

past.

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you by the FBI, and neither it nor its contents are to be

distributed outside the agency to which loaned.

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By letser dated Janusry 22, 1962, MICHAEL 1.

TOBIN, Cadet,

St. John'3 Military Acadesy, Delafield,

Wisconsin, advised that a friend of his hid received a...

letter frco GERRY FATRICK, representing incercontinental

Penetration Force and the letter was as follora:

"INTERCONTINENTAL PENETRAZION FORCE

(INTERPEN)

"Dear SiI,

"Thank you for your letter requesting

information concerning our organization. Ne

have reselved many letters such ae yours and are

pleased to find that there are thousands of young

Americens that are anxiouz to actively parcialpate

In the fight against International Communism.

"First, let me state that we are an

independent and aelf supporting organization.

• Our primary mission is to provide qualified

instructors for all legizimate organizations

actively fighting the communiste.

We feel that

Ameriçans would be in a better position to defend

their country if they were trained in the arts of

Guerrilla Warfare and Survival.

As a self

supporting unit our presert facilitles are

extrenely limited and we are accepting only those

veterans that were Special Forces trained as

Guerrilla Warfare Instructors, survival,

parachute guilified etc.

Also we suggest that

prior to an individuals

leaving his home he should

have

already purchased his own uniforms, combat

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"equipment, have a car, ard enough money to

pay room and board until he can be placed with one

the units under our commsnd. We are NOT

operating as s conventional force and therefore

do not have standard bazrack facilities, rank or

pay.

"Coneidering the aforementioned, should you

still be interested in Joining, we suggest that

prior to your departure for Miani you contact a

LOCAL SKY DIVER CLUB (Parachusists) or ex-

paratroopers, and have them train you as a

parachutist. After your five student Juapa

you

should buy your own equipment (back-pack,

reserve, boots, helmet, etc.).

The parachute

training and five student jumpe should cost not

more than $40.

All of our active members are

parachute qualified and have contributed to the

costs of equippent and aircraft.

"Thank you again for your interest and 1f

you wish to wilte address s1l mail to INTERPEN,

C/O GERRY PATRICK, GENERAL DELIVERY, MIAMI, FLA.

"Respectfully Yours,

/S/"Gerry Patrick

"GERRY FAIRICK

"INTERPEN"

On March 30, 1962, GERALD PATRICK HEMMING, 128

Southwest 8th Strtet,

Miami, Florida, advised that he is

unemployed, temporarily residing in a rooming house at that

address, and continues his interest in Cuban revolutionary

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activities.

HEMMING identified the above mentioned letter

as one of about 60 for lesters that he wrote and signed

as GERRY FAIRICK, the head of INTERPEN.

HEMMING explained that in July, 1961, he and some

of his associates conducted a parachute demonstration wherein

the press was invited and strended, and HEMMING and his

organization secelved considerable national publicity.

As a result of thie publicity, letters were received

from all over the United States by HEMMING from young

adventurers and soldiers of fortune who were desirous of

joining HEMMING's organization and participating in some

military action in Latin America. HEMMING explained that as

a result of a flood of lettere he received, he devised the

above form letter to answer questions about his organization.

HEMMING sald this form letter was to give general information

about the organization, to dissuade persons iron coming to

Miami, Florida, to join the organization, and to eliminate

persons who did not have specialized training or background

for this type of activity.

HEMMING said that this form

letter sets up a nunber of conditions that most people

making inquiry would not be able to meet and, therefore,

tended to stop people from coming to Florida to join his

organization.

HEMMING said that if a person met all these

requirements, he would then write to HEMMING again and in

reply HEMMING would invite the individual to cose to Florida

on vacation and if he had the talent and ability, he would

be invited to stay in Miani sni participate in survival

training in the Florida Evergiades.

HEMMING clained he did not consider the above

letter in any way an instrument of recruiting or any

attempt to defraud or use the mails for defraud.

HEMMING said that as a result of press inguiry and hia

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replies with these for letters, some indaviduals did

come to Miani, Florida, participate in survival tralning

in the Florida Everglades, but INIERPEN, as such, no longer

exiata.

HEMMING explained that he presently conducts no

training and is asocclated with ROBERI BROWN, a young man

fron Colorsão, who 1s 1n Miami writing a bock about the

Cuban revolution. HEMMING 19 taking BROWN around to the

different Cuban revolutionary organizations, helping BROWN.

gather information for his book.

HEMMING 2a13 he st1ll

maintains an interest in being avallable to train Cuban

exiles for some future military action in Cuba,

HEMMING sald that in about the mildle of janusry,

1962, he left Miaol and went to Los Angeles, Californis,

where he contacted a number of American businessmen wno were

Interested in the fiesent Cuban situstion:

He tried

unsuccessfully to convince these businesamen to make money

contributions to be used by che Cuban exilee for sone future

action against the precent government of Cuba.

HEMMING gaid that about the middle of Februsry,

1962, he traveled to Mobile, Alabang, where he visited

friend of his named DAMON NAPIER, and was arrested and

Incarcerated by che police in Mobile, Alabans, on tre

charge of investigation and was held one week.. HEMMING

sald that he had previously met NAPIER in Misni and when

he visited him in Mobile, It appeared that NAPIER hed been

Involved with stolen automobiles and checks. HEMMING

said he was interviewed by the Federal Bureau of

Investigation, and after a week of incarcerstion by the

Mobile Police Department, was released. He esid he did

not know the dispogition of the charges agsinst or

Involvement of NAPIER.

On April 3, 1962, MM I-1, who is s close frlend

and assoclate of HEMMING, and who has been involved in

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Cuban revoluisonary activities for the past four years,

advised trat IMERFEN no longer exists, has no serbers

and that HEMMING is not a sender of any Cuban revolutionary

organization.

MM T-1 advised sui: HIMMING ecntinita to viale

different Cuban

revolutionary organizations, la tolerates

by these organizations and concinues so work for the

establishment of come sort of a nilitary trining cago there

he would train Cuban nationals for guertilla vasfare 1a

Cuba, however, HEMMING has no money or backing and no

chance of establishing such a training camp.

On April 2, 1962, ELOY CUTIERREZ MINOYO, 1126

Southwest 12th Averue,

formerly a commander in the

Cuban

revolutionary arny and pressntly the head of a exall

Independent an:1-FIEL CASTRO organization, sdvised inas

GERALD PATRICK HEMMING had recently visited him,

but that

his organization has nothing to do with leMMInG.

On April 2, 1962, RENE DECHARD, 1176 Souchwest

12th street, Mistl,

forberly the cuban Consul General 1n

Tampa, Florids, and prezently sctive in Cuban revolutionary

activittes agsinet the present government of Cubs, advised

that HEMMING had récently vialied hin sni that HEMMIN

has. no group or ciganizatica ind 19 not acceptable to

leaders of the different Cubin revolutienary crganizasions,

During Isnuary, 1962, the following Individuals

advised that they had met HEMMING or haj hestd. of nia,

considered him a percensry, and a soldier of fortune and

following the United States Government's policy of not

accepting Anerlisre into their crescizations, they

maintained no contact with SEMMING:

ANTONIO DE VARONA of the

Cuben Revolutionary Council

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ERNESTO DESFAIGNE

Milleasy Section, Revolutionasy Coure1l

JUSTO CARRILLO of ahe

Montecristi Organization

RAFAEL RENCURRELL of che

Movinienso Denosratica Cristlans

CESAR BARO of the

Movimiento Recuperscion Revolucienaslo

RAUL

RES29tE:

MENDEZ FIRIZ of

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