Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: HQ
To: MM
Document date: 12/24/1963
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

6/8/2015

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

124-90019-10295

RECORD SERIES:

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

HQ

97-4623-NR

Released under the John

*. Kennedy

Assassination Records

Collection Act of 1992

44 USC 2107 Notel.

Case#:NW 53130 Date:

05-31-2017

Document Information

ORIGINATOR :

FBI

FROM:

MM

TO :

HQ

TITLE:

DATE:

PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

12/24/1963

4

ALEXANDER RORKE

[Restricted]

DOCUMENT TYPE :

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION:

Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 05/20/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

MEMO

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TO

FROM :

OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10

MAY 1962 EDITION.

iX OSA GEN. /Ed. NO. 27

ENITED STATES G

Memorandum

SECRET

DIRECTOR, FBI (134-6356)/# (2)

SAC, MIAMI {134-238)(P)(# 2)

DATE:

12/214/63

SUBJECT:

MM 639-S

SI - CUBA

(* (2)

Classified by

Beclassifi on: DAD

8/9/83

oN 9

Re Burean letter to Mami dated 11/14/63,

entitled

"ALEXANDER IRWIN RORKE, JR.,

IS = CUBA"

(Bufile 97-4623)

Instructing Miani under caption of MM 639-S to furnish details

of informant's trip to Guatemala, his connections with those

making the trip, and the suspicions of the Guatemalan Govermment

concerning this group's trip to Gustemala. BlU)

Informane advised that GERALD PATRIX WINE ELS

American mercenary, through contact with Miami attorney

RUBIN developed a plan whereby HEMMING and his mercenaries would

look for RORKE at the expense of the insurance company who was

the carrier on the airplane.. After this was arranged through

Miami attorney IVA KAY, a plane was rented and a pilot hired

and on 10/2/63, DC-3 Aircraft, #NC160445

with the following persons aboard: (#(U)

departed

from Miami

CHARLES E. BUSH, owner and pilot of the aircraft;

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

HOWARD R. DAVIS, co-pilot;

HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFICO

DATES: 014 BYS SIN

CHARLES COLLIER, representative of an insurance

(JER

company fron Dallas, Texes;

IVA RAY, Miami attorney representing COLLIER;

ALLAN KENNEDY, student pilot;

GERALD PATRICK HEMMING, parachutist;

ROY HARGRAVES, parachutist;

974673-

JUSTIN WILSON, parachutist;

NOT RECORDED

98 JAN 3 1964

2

Bureau (RM)

2

- Miami

ALL INFORMATTON EUTAINED

RJD: bam

HEREIN 7S UNOLASSIFIED

6

4.

SAN 3

1364

‚SECRET

EXCER'& WHENG SHOWN

OTHERWISE

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SECRET

MM 134-238

(и)

RAPABI, HERNANDEZ NODARS, parachurier, 7# {2e)

Informant explained that HEMMING, HARGRAVES, WILSON

and HERNANDEZ, are all adventurers, mercenaries, unemployed,

or of

low moral character, who do not have any loyalty

to any person or any eause.(# (U)

The DC-3 aircraft arrived at Merida, Mexico, on

10/2/63.

It left Meride on 10/3/63 and arrived at Cozumel.

on 10/3/63, 1t left Cozunel and arrived at Belize, British

Honduras, and on 10/4/63

left Belize and arrived

at Puerto

Barrios, Guatemale *

In Merida,

Mexico, the searchers asked people at

the airport for any informition they had concerning the

whereabouts of RORKE and SULLIVAN.

Airport employees were

mable to furnish any information.

*

12)

HERNANDEZ went to a cabaret located near the

airport in Merida, where he was told that RORKE and SULLIVAN

had been there about three weeks previously; that they had

arrived in a snall plane; were in Merida for about three

days; then went to Mexico City. After about four days, they

returned to lorida and than deperted der an salmon location (fl

At Cozumel, Mexico, airport employees advised that

they had seen RORKE and SULLIVAN. With them had been a third

person. This person acted very nervous and was ansioue

to resume the flight. The airport authoritles there presumed

that RORKE and SULLIVAN left Cozunel for either Tegucigalpa,

Honduras, or Managua, Nicaragua ($ (V)

At Beltze, British Honduras, end Puerto Barrios,

Guatemala, the searchers were not able to obtain any information

concerning RORKE and SULLIVAN. No firm information was obtained

at any point as to what actually happened to RORKE and SULLIVAN.

When the DC-3 arrived in Puerto Barrios, Guaterala

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the occupants of the airplane were detained and flown to

Guatenala City in a Guatemalan Air Force C-47 alrplane.

On

arrival in Guatenala City, they were taken to the Air Force

Headquarters and there detained. After a time, a group of

the cat they,

Guatenalan Air Force pilots came to the headquarters and

invited the search party to the officers' club for a party.

At the officers' club,

the search party was questioned very

Intelligence Service. During thie period, HEMMING, WILSON

and HERNANDEZ got drunk and furnished the Guatemalan pilots

with much untrue information.

HEMMING talked at great length

against U.S. Government officials, U.S. Goverment policy, and

the corruption and ineptness of the U.S. Central Intelligence

Agency•

HEMMING talked so unfavorably about the U.S. Government

that the Guatemalan officers started suspecting him of being an

agent of the Communist Cuban Government.

The behavior of

to the others in the search party.

The seerch party was then lodged that evening at

the Motel Plaza, Guatemala City, and although there were

no armed guards, they were under surveillance and restricted

to the motel. (#(UU)

On 11/5/63, CHARLES E. BUSH, the pilot for the

searchers, was allowed by the Guatemalan Government to go to

Puerto

Baxrios, Guatemala, and fly his DC-3 back to Guatenala

GLEY. (# 14)

On 11/6/63, the searchers were taken out to the airport,

allowed to board their plane, were @dered out of the country, and

were escorted by a Guatemalan Air Force P-51.

Thereafter, the

DC-3 and the searchers returned to Miami, Florida.

Informant

advleed that during the time the searchers were in Guetemala

City, they were interviewed by both Gustemalan Government

representatives and representatives of the U.S. military mission

at Guatemala.

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On 10/5/63, while the group was lodged at a motel

and visited by the American Military Mission, BUSH, COLLIER and

KAY were interviewed as a group by the mission. HEMMING and

associates were interviewed at a later time by the military;

mission.

During the interview HEMMING was abusive, belligerent and

disrespectful and told the military

mission that Senator THURMAN

had an interest in this matter. (*)U)

Infommant advised that HEMMING and his group were

dressed in an odd assortment of war surplus uniforms, fatigue

suits and boots.

HEMMING wore an orange colored flight suit.

HEMMING and his associates were a disgrace to the U.S. and

created a very bad impression. On the other hand, the basic dishonest

of the Guatemalan Government, coupled with its suspicions and ite

propensity

confusion.

Imitate a Class B movie, caused a great amount of

Informant claims that the Guatemalan Government is as

dishonest, unscrupulous, and deceitful as is GERALD PATRICK

HEMMING and his associates, and the encounter between the Guatemalan

Government and HEMMING, et al, resulted in

the Guatemalan

Government being out-deceived by HEMMING's lies and insinuations

resulting in

the

‚Guatemalan Government's

deporting HEMMING and

his group.

Informant feels that any responsible government would

have immediately recognized HEMMING as nothing more than an

adventurer. Informant was highly complimentary concerning the

courtesy, dignity and restraint shown by the American Military

Mission during the interview of HEMMING and his group.

For the information of the Bureau, details of this

matter are set forth in a form suitable for dissemination in

the case entitled "ALEXANDER IRWIN RORKE, JR., IS - CUBA",

(Bufile 97-4623).

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