Agency: FBI
Originator: ONI
From: ABBOTT, WILLIAM
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 7/6/61
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

5/26/201

AGENCY :

RECORD NUMBER :

RECORD SERIES :

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

FBI

124-10226-10449

HQ

105-86406-4X

Document Information

ORIGINATOR :

FROM:

TO :

TITLE :

ONI

ABBOTT, WILLIAM

DIRECTOR, FBI

DATE :

07/06/1961

PAGES:

1

SUBJECTS :

GPH, ANTI-COMMUNIST LEGIONNAIRES, USMC, RESERVE,

INACTIVE DUTY

DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION : Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS : Open in Full

CURRENT STATUS:

Release

DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 07/23/1998

OPENING CRITERIA :

COMMENTS :

Released under the John

F. Kennedy

Assassination Records

Collection

Act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel .

Casei:NW 54464 Date:

10-10-2017

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MET

UNITED STATES SovERNMeNT

Memorandum

TO

DIRECTOR, FBEaS

FROM

SUBJECT:

TAL

DATE: MAY 2 3 1961

SAC, MIAMI (2-312)

ANTI-COMMUNIST LEGIONNAIRES

NEUTRALITY MATTERS

00 - Miami

Re Miami letter with enclosures, 511/61.

Enclosed herewith are 9 copies of a letterhead

memorandum, dated and captioned as above.

Miami will continue to follow activities of

captlozed organization througt established sources "e

Houston will identify C. F: RIKER, 2610 MagGregor

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

all available background information concerning RIGRE

BECEINED

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Bureau (Encls. 9) (RM)

• Houston (Enels. 2) (RM)

3 - Miami (2 = 2-312) (1 - 105-3973)

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ENCLOSURE

ALL INFORMACION CONTAINED

HEREIN IS UNCER

SIFIED

EXCELT THERE SHOWN

WISE

57 JUNE 1958

5/4/24 (TEK)

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RE: ANTI-COMMUNIST LEGIONNAIRES

MM T-I explained that both groups are without

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

go to Cuba to fight against the Government of Prime Minister

FIDEL CASTRO.

MM T-I 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 Stotes and Organization of American States (DAS)

intervention.

These Cuban women maintain around-the-clock

vigilance, and

five to ten Asericans sitting wich these women, and these

Americans are trying to reccult other Americans to go to the

training camp in the everglades outside of Minni. The Americans

Bayfront Paris are dressed in United States. Aruy fatigue

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

One American is seen wearing a bayonet

tied to his leg in

coumando fashion. These Americans have become a problem for

the Cuban women maintaining this vigilance, and are considered

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

Fayfront Park.

MM I-I advised that JESSE SMITH and JOE, MURPHY,

owners of the Congress Inn Hotel,

Lejeune Road, Miami,

_ Florida, have donated three rooms

in the hotel for the use

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

and financial backing for this

group.

On May 13, 1961, MM T-1 advised that C. FaRiKER,

2610 MacGregor

#2, Housto,. Texas, phone number RI 7-6666,

was in Miani and claimed to represent a group of assassins

that operate exclusively against Communists.

RIKER iS

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RE: ANTI-COMMUNISY LECIONNAIRES

described as being well educated,

and

clains to have attended

number of Government: schools having

to do with arms, denolicions

and languages.

RIKER

youth,

cling he

. Lived

In Mexico during his

and

speaks Spandsi. (&

U)

MM I-1 described RIKER as 2 white male, 6'3" tall,

175 pounds, dark hair, crew cut receding hairline, well

educated and in his forties.

RIKER originally met with HENNING

at the Congress Im Hotel, left Miami for a few days, and

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

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

hotel two or three times.

RIKER paid he will go to louscon, Texas, to

obtain support frow BENNING's group, Who in tura,

Will have

to accept the controls and conditions imposed by this group

that will give the support. RIXER indicated that the group

he répresents would finance HENNING'& group, but thereafter,

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

his group has had United States Goverment support on soue

other projects, and if his group takes over HENING's group,

he plans to use

KENNING'& group to conduct commando raids against

Cuba,

and later make up an assassitation group to operate

MM T-1 explained that FENING and WATLEY plan to

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

MM I-1

said the Texas group, while

at their training camp

in the Florida verglades,

contando

techaiques.

HENNING"

& group stole all the equipuent

and

personal property during a nigat raid on the Texans"

camp.

The

following

day, the Texass called DICK WATLEY,

protested and asked for ther personal property and equiprent

to be returned fru)

DUNDENT

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