Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, WMFO
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 07/28/1969
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

5/11/201

AGENCY :

RECORD NUMBER :

FBI

124-10289-10439

RECORD SERIES :

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

•CR 105-88521-157

Released under the John

F. kennedy

issassination Records

collection Act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel.

Case#:NU 54460 Date:

10-03-2017

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FBI

FROM: SAC, WMFO

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE :

• DATE: 07/28/1969

'PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

[Restricted]

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Secret

RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 1B; 1C;4

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 06/03/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS : INC LHM, LTR

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TO

OPTIONAL FORM NO: 10

MAY 1962 EDITION

SSA FPMF (41 CFR) 101-11.€

UNITED STATES GOV

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Memorandum

: DIRECTOR,

FBI

SECRETIO,

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SUBJECT:

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MARIO GARCIA ROHIT, eka

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(Bufile 105-88521)

(WFO file 105-36579)

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PAUL S. FORSYTH

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CIA HAS NO OBE

DECLASSIF

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CLASCIFIED BY

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enclosed tor the Bureau are 'six copies of ar

LIM with

four attachments, dated and captioned as above.

The LHM is classified "Confidential" since it contains

information from a source of continuing value and alludes

to a plot to invade a foreign country. Also enclosed for

prepared by E. (EARL) M. SCHARA

MI. M. DI FEDERICO, President, Firestone International Co. (S

which in essence is a report on his meeting with PAUL'S.

FORSYTH.

The confidential source referred to in the LHM

is PSI EARL M. SCHARA, who provided the information and (

copies of the attachments to SA VERNON H. WEIMAR on

6/24/69. [SCHARA is employed at the Offices of the Inter-CS

national Diviston, Firestone Company, Washington, D.C.y

PSI stated that while he bélieved this matter would be

of:

interest to

FBI and he was willing to provide a copy of

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WFO 105-36579

his letteryto Mr. DI FEDERICO to the Bureau,

The would not (s

wish for it to receive any type of dissemination outside

the bureay, for obvious reasons

As a matter of information

PSI [SCHARA stated that in fact Firestone has 7.5 to 8 mil-C

lion dollars in property values' in Cuba and that this has

been acknowledged by the Cuban Claims Commission.

As the Bureau is aware, MARIO GARCIA KOHLY has

been the subject of past Bureau investigation (see Bufile

105-88521) and the proposition, as offered by FORSYTH, is

somewhat typical of other schemes in which KOHLY has at-

tempted to obtain money under an anti-CASTRO guise.

The resume, pertaining to PAUL SAVAGE FORSYTH lists

employments between 1946 to 1962 with the Reconstruction

Finance Corp., the (U,.S.) Department of State, CIA and the

Office of the Secretary of State. In this regard, it is

, noted that FORSYTH was, the subject of an AFA-A investigation

in 1953, and an ER investigation in 1950 (see Bufile

124-4733, WFO file 124-4201). FORSYTH is also mentioned in

WFO letter and LHM enclosed therewith, dated 7/28/55, and

captioned "UNKNOWN SUBJECT; Alleged Soviet RepresentativeLS

Who Contacted PAUL S. FORSYTH, June 9, 1955, IS - R."748

The foregoing is being provided to the Bureau in

the event it is desired to disseminate same.

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

In Reply, Please Refer to

File No.

CONFIDENTIAL

Washington, D.C. 20535

July 28, 1969

MARIO GARCIA KOHLY;

PAUL S. FORSYTH

INTERNAL SECURITY - CU

There are attached hereto copies of the following:

1. Copy of a news article which appeared in

the "Washington Daily News," Saturday,

April 12, 1969, entitled "Cites 'Signi-

ficant'

Internal Revolt, Exiles Vow Cuba

Landing."

2. Resume dated April, 1969, pertaining to

Paul Savage Forsyth.

3. Letter dated May 14, 1969, from Mario Garcia

Kohly, Civilian Head of The Cuban Military

Junta, to Paul S. Forsyth.

4. An agreement dated June 4, 1969, which

begins "Whereas FDC Resources and Management

Corporation ...

A confidential source, who has provided reliable

information in the past and is employed with a major in-

dustrial organization, has advised that in late June, 1969,

Mr. Paul S. Forsyth visited their Washington, D.C. offices.

Forsyth identified himself with the Cuban Military Junta

with Headquarters at 1420 N Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.,

and indicated he was a local Washington representative. He

CONFIDEL

DECLASSIFIED #Y 5668 SLD /KSK

on 1-3-96

(JFK)

Attachments 4

GROUP 1

Excluded fran automatic

downgracing and

declassification

105-88521-157

ENCLOSURE

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RE:

MARIO GARCIA KOHLY;

PAUL S. FORSYTH

CONFTPENTIAL

provided source with copies of the aforementioned attach-

ments and thereafter indicated that ostensibly he is repre-

senting the exiled President of Ghana, Kwame

is extremely interested in investing approximately

$70,000,000 in seven per cent or better mortgages or other

suitable investment in the United States.. In that regard,

Forsyth is contacting large American corporations to deter-

mine if they desire to borrow any funds for capital invest-

ment or the like. In doing so, Forsyth is also affording

such contacted organizations the opportunity to invest,

under agreements such

as attachment four, funds with the

Cuban Military Junta for the reason indicated therein, this

through the FDC Resources and Management Corporation.

Forsyth also told source that Nkrumah may have close

to $100,000,000 available to him (from which the aforementioned

570,000,000 would be taken in Swiss banks and that it is

Nkrumah's intention to use these funds to invade Ghana and

regain

control of that country.

Forsyth told source that

Nkrumah believes he, Forsyth, and others are working toward

that end in Nkrumah's behalf.

Forsyth said that in fact it

is their intention to assemble an invasion force, which would

be based in Haiti, to train them and then ultimately divert

them to an invasion of Cuba, all of this at Nkrumah's expenses.

Forsyth told source he was contacting source's com-

pany since it was his understanding it had valuable assets in

Cuba which had been seized by Fidel Castro. Forsyth indicated

he previously approached the B. F. Goodrich Company with this

proposal and had been turned down.

Forsyth further told source that funds loaned or

invested in the United States through Forsyth and/or his

associates would have a .005 servicing fee.

Forsyth also

indicated that the .005 servicing fee would be distributed,

on a declining balance basis, in the following manner:

2

CONFIRENTIAL:

980-10122

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RE:

MARIO GARCIA KOHLY;

PAUL S. FORSYTH

CONFIDENTIAL

40 per cent to owners, 40 per cent to the Swiss

group' (presumably this would be Nkrumah and Swiss banks,

respectively; Forsyth did not specify), 25 per cent the

French group (1.e., FDC Resources and Management) and 33

per cent to the promotional group (i.e., Forsyth and

associates, although again he did not specify).

Source advised he had indicated to Forsyth that

he did not believe his company would care to participate in

such a

program.

This document contains neither

recommendations nor conclusions of

the FBI. It is the property of

the FBI and is loaned to your agency:

it and its contents are not to be

distributed outside your agency.

CONFIDAIIAL

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