Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SULLIVAN, W. C.
To: BAUMGARDNER, F. J.
Document date: 06/28/1961
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

5/27/201

AGENCY :

RECORD NUMBER:

RECORD SERIES :

FBI

124-10298-10254

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 2-1693-17

Released under the John

F. Kennedy

asassination Record=

Collection Act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel.

Case#: NW 53074 Date:

05-25-2017

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FBI

FROM:

BAUMGARDNER, F. J.

TO :

SULLIVAN, W. C

• TITLE:

DATE: 06/28/1961

PAGES:

3

SUBJECTS :

INTERPEN, GPH, AKA, ASSOC, TRAINING, TRA, ACA,

FINANCIAL, AFFIL

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 08/05/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

INC NEWS RELEASE

v9.1

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*EERM NO. 10

UNITED STATES GON

NMENT

Memorandụm

TO

FROM

SUBJECT:

113

Mr. W. C. Sullivan

CIA HAS NO OBJECTION Agne 28, 1961

SEMICA ON AND/OR,

: Mr. F. J. Baumgardner di

I INORMATION

IN THIS DOCUMENT. KP 10-16-93

ANT ICOMMUN IST. LEGIONNAIRES

SIDESR

NEUTRALITY MATTERS

11 4-

Tolson

Belmont

Mohr -

Callahan

Conrade

DeLodi

Evans.

Malone

Rosen -

Sullivan

My Tavel -

Trotter

Tele. Room

Ingran

Gandy -

DECLASSIFIED BY

MAIN

3/18

THGIR

that Jerryiretrick,

head of the Intercontinental Penetration Force

allegedly associated with the Junta Revolucionaria de Liberacion

/Nacional, had been practicing parachute jumping with members of his

organization. The Director inquired: "What do we know of

AKAYTENNINY DE CANNON

11'6

His

We are well aware of the recent activities

of Patrick.

true, name is Gerald Patrick/lemming; however, he has used the

last names of Patrick,

, Henning and Hannon. He is originally from

California but arrived in the Miami area in early May, 1961.

became the leader of a small group of men atracted to that area

by newspaper publicity on the Cuban situation.

The group became

known as the Anticommunist Legionnaires.

The

members were reportedly

Jiving in the Everglades on snakes and

swamp cabbage and had no housing.

Miami has

an informant in the organization who is an aide to Hemming

Patricky tho has reported that the group has only 15 to 20 members

who are

described as mercenaries, vagrants,

adventurers and unreliable

delinquents with an average age of about 22 years. No training camp

is maintained but, periodically, the group goes into the Everglades

for training purposes to impress Cuban and Venezuelan groups

hoping

to get money donations.

Hemming has reportedly visited most of.

the Cuban revolutionary organizations

seeking donations and offering

his services but has been refused.

The group seeks publicity; has

no arms, equipment or transportation; is not accepted in the Cuban

revolutionary movement; and the informant does not anticipate any

/expeditions by the group.

According to the news release, Hemming claims his group

is associated with the Junta Revolucionaria de Liberacion Nacional.

We have no information indicating any such affiliation.

This latter

organization is an anti-Castro group headed by Aureliano Sanchez

Arango and was reportedly created in March, 1961, following a meeting

of 117 Cuban organizations. We are following the activities of

the Junta from an intelligence standpoint, and on 4-25-61 we also

requested the Department to advise if its activities indicated a

it was soliciting

CIA concerning

additional reply has been received from

the Dept gent.

I - Mr. Belmont

1 - Mr. Sullivan

1 - Mr. Baumgardner

OSURE

-1683-117

1 - Mr. SimpsoRt

18 JUN 3

RDS: pw (5)

50JUL 5 196

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