Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: DIRECTOR, FBI
To: SAC, MM
Document date: 05/23/1961
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

5/27/201

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER:

124-10298-10245

RECORD SERIES :

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

HQ

2-1693-9

Released under the John

F. Kennedy

Assassination Recorde

Collection Act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel.

Cased:NH 53074 Date:

05-25-2017

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

TO :

SAC, MM

DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE :

DATE: 05/23/1961

PAGES:

5

SUBJECTS :

INTERPEN, DUSHANE, ALLEN, RES, TRA, RECRUITMENT,

FINANCES, TRAINING CAMPS, ASSOC, ACA

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 08/05/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS:

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UNITED STATES

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DIRECTOR RIGH

SAC, MIAMI (2-312)

CONFIDENTIAT

DATE:

MAY 2 3 196/

BJECT:

ANTI-COMMUNIST LEGIONNAIRES

NEUTRALITY MATTERS

00 - Miami

5190 BY.

SPSMANGEL

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Classified-by 506657/666

Inclassify on: OADR

RC

Re Miami letter with enclosures, 5/11/61.

Enclosed herewith are 9 copies of a letterhead

memorandum, dated and captioned as above.

MM I-1 is MM 639-S2

(v)

Miami will continue to follow activities of

captioned organization through established sources.

Houston will identify C. F: RIKER, 2610 MacGregor

#2, Houston, Texas, check established sources, and report

all available background information concerning RIKER.

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

In Reply, Please Refer to

File No.

2-312

Miami, Florida

MAY 2 3 1961

ANTIDENT

CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO

DECLASS: PAZION AND/OR,

RELEASE UF CIA INFORMATION

IN THIS DOCUMENT. KP 10-1L-9

s20 KSR11-4-97

(JFK

DECLASSIFIED BY SPEMAC

ON: 514/34

RY ROUTINI

RE: ANTI-COMMUNIST LEGIONNAIRES

MM T-1, who has been connected with Cuban revolutionary

activities for the past three years, and who has furnished

reliable information in the past, on May 12, 1961, advised that

between 30 and 40 Americans arrived in Miami from Texas on

May 11, 1961.

They were recruited by ALLEN DUSHANE, Who

temporarily resides at the cuba Hotel, 35 Nortawest I/es

Court, Miami, Florida, and who previously made a trip to

Texas to recruit Americans for some future military action

against the Government of Cuba.

MM 1-1 advised that these Americans from Texas

arrived by automobile and bus, were without funds, were

typical adventurers, not considered trustworthy, and were

disillusioned to find that facilities had not been provided

fur and oh, co

for them. Some of the recruits from Texas said that while

they were passing through the State of Louisiana, they got

Into sone difficulty with the police, telephonically

contacted DUSHANE in Miami for help, but were told there

was no help avallable to them. After the recruits arrived

1. Miami, they were taken out

of Miani to a camp about

forty miles west of the city, to a place in the everglades,

where they established a training camp.

MM T-1 advised

that there are now established in the everglades, two

training camps.

The first training camp was established by

GERALD PATRICK HENNING, with DICTATLEY and ED/cOLBY:

running the camp.

second training camp, consisting of

the recruits from Texas, 18 being run by ALLEN DUSHANE

and another American, KEN (LaBE DaMe UnKnOWa ANY AAGOLD, Di, ardi, Cia

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RE: ANTI-COMMUNIST LEGIONNAIRES

MM T-1 explained that both groups are without

funds, have no innediate plans, but are very anxious to

go to Cuba to fight against the Government of Prime Minister

FIDEL CASTRO.

MM I-1 explained that a number of Cuban women are

holding'a sit-down strike type of demonstration in Miami's

Bayfront Park, where they have signs and placards, asking

for United States and Organization of American States (OAS)

intervention. These Cuban women maintain around-the-clock

vigilance, and state they will stay there until there is

Intervention in Cuba. MM T-1 said that there are usually fron

five to ten Americans sitting with these women, and these

Americans are trying to recruit other Americans to go to the

training camp in the

everglades outside of Miari. The Americans

In Bayfront Park are dressed in United States Arwy fatigue

suits, wear combat boots, canteen cups, and cartridge belts.

One American Is seen wearing a bayonet tied to his leg in

commando fashion. These Americans have become a problem fos

the Cuban wonen maintaining this vigilance, and are considered

a nuisance to both the women, the police and visitors to Miami's

Bayfront Park.

MM T-1 advised that JESSELSMITH and JOE MURPHY,

mers of the Congress Im Hotel, Tejeune Road or the us

Florida,, have donated three rooms in the hotel

of HENNING's group, and stated they will try to get political

and financial backing for this group.

On May 13, 1961, MM I-1 advised that C. F fIKER,

2610 MacGregor #2, Houston, Texas, phone number RI 7-6666,

was in Miami and claimed to represent a group of assassins

that operate exclusively against Communists.

RIKER is

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RE: ANTI-COMMUNIST LEGIONNAIRES

described as being well educated, and claims to have attended

a number of Government schools having to do with arms, demolitions

and languages.

RIKER Claims

Lived In Mexico during his

youth, and

MM T-1 deseribed RIKER as

a white male,

6'3" talds

175 pounds, dark bait;

crew eut receding hairline, well

educated and in his forties. RIKER originally met. with HENNING

at the Congress Inn

Hotel, left Miami for a few days, and

hairline ach HENNING

then returned. RIKER stays at the Fontainebleau Hotel, Room 1246,

Miami Beach, Florida, and has checked in and out of this

hotel two or three times. (5) 44)

RIKER said he will go to Houston, Texas, to

obtain support from HENNING's group, who in turn, will have

to accept the controls and conditions imposed by this group

that will give the support. RIKER indicated that the group

he represents would finance HENNING's group, but thereafter,

would take over HENNING's group and comtrol it. RIKER said

his group has had United States Government support on some

other projects, and It his group takes over HENNING's group,

he plans to use HENNING'& group to conduct commando raids against

Cuba, and

Jater make up an assassination group to operate 1n

Cuba. (IM)

MM T-1 explained that HENNING and WATLEY plan to

meet with RIKER on May 14, 1961, at the Fontainebleau Hotel.

MM T-1 said the Texas group, while at their training camp

in the Florida verglades, was raided

by HENNING' & group using

commando techniques. HENNING's group

stole at the equipuent

and personas property during a night raid on the Texans

The following day, the Texans called DICK WATLEY,

protested and asked for

ther personal property and equipment

to be returned.

3.

SON

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