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MISCELLANEOUS I N F O R b ~ T I O N CONCERNINGr:\.·
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The Times Picayune, a New Orleans da i ly r h k / · ·•newspaper , . in i t s . i s sue o f March 5 1 1967, ca r r i ed an c. .a r t i c l e capt ioned, "No New Act ion Reported in Kennedy t
Death Probe" , in which it was s t a t e d t ha t the f',:a s sa s s i n a t i o n p l o t case r epor ted ly had focused i t s ...
a t t en t i on on a group o f men involved in a 1963 FBI _ . ,r a i d on a cache o f war mater ia l s in Lacombe. According I I·.to the a r t i c l e , the repor t foli/.J.>Wed ques t ioning onf r i da y o f a 42 year -o ld , DAN'l!Ji;ft:MARACHINI, an employee9f the Chrys le r . Corpora t ion Spalce Divis ion a t the /¥ichoud Assembly F a c i l i t y . [ . 1 , 1!·' 1 1
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\ I1 (' J The ar t : tc le s t a t e d tha t GARRISON i s repor ted ·
,,....-<'\ . ~ o . " " - t ' l e looking fo r a t l e a s t one American who was· >·bel ieved to have been involved in th e group t ha t
hoarded munit ions a t Lacombe• According to the a r t i c l e1
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among th e i tems se ized in the Ju ly 31, 1963 r a i d a t anunoccupied cot tage in Lacombe were 20 empty 100-poundbomb ·cas ings , 48 cases o f dynamite; napalm and f i r i ngcaps.- The a r t i c l e sa id the FBI had s t a t e d th e · ··
explos ives were designed fo r use by persons planninga ' m i l i t a r y opera t ion aga ins t a fore ign .country withwhich th e u .s . i s a t peace" . f , : T/-7 :·(")·
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61-Bureau (RM) ' ·· t ; ; . ; ; : : : ; - . - : - , - : ~ J t - . , . . . . r . ; ; t r ; j \ ; : : ~ -
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.;:· ... F " · The f i l e s o f th e New Orleans Off ice show inth e case en t i t l e d , "VICTOR DOMINADOR ESPINOSA HERNANDEZ;CARLOS EDUARDO HERNANDEZ SANCHEZ; JOHN KOCH GENE; ACELOPEDRosa, aka Acelo P e d r o s ~ Amores; MIGUEL ALVAREZJIMENEZ; ANTONIP SOTO.VAZQUEZ; ::SAM :BENTON ~ ~ L I T Y
. i \ ; r ' T E R ~ ; Bjlf i l e f.,-JJ>2l;: New O:t:lea.ns . f i l e ~ - : 1 . - ' : ; 1 , . 8 , !l ;
(t ha t · C E L O ~ i P E D R O ~ M O R E S , ~ A p t •' ,4 1 103, N o r t h W ~ . t . 6 th ·.· .
. A_v_eo.:, ._X:i.?-.mi., ~ E l o ~ i ! i = b , : : . ; ..advised t.he; M_ iami: _Div:ision: on ( tr./Ju ly l 1963, he .• had been· qon t ac t ed , the· :previous week · · ·-·- · ·· ·by; a, :long,...t ime . f r iend· and ..forme]: C.uban. Air,; For.ce pi- lo t ,
vthom ··he decline5i'.: to · . identify;, :J:.egarding ,a• :poss iblebombing r a id ..aga ins . an .unknown, .· s t r a teg ic : ; t a rge t . a tCuba • PEDROS6> cla imed .. he: -was asked ' to examine . he .
•bombS 1 WhiCh }\'ere · tO. b,e USe.d, On th iS r a id a'nd Were
a l l eged ly loca ted near New Orleans , Lao., to determineif they were :.suitable,. for·. t h i s .purpqse • . :, : • . ,. . .
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. . ·.· · . . . Accor,ding to PEDRO!'JA!1
, on. July 14,_ 1 ~ 6 3 , he
/ was pic.ked. up by· two Cubans ,• ..one. o f .-,whom was known .to
P,im. only a s .Cf\.RL()S 1 . a k a . ' ' B : , t t ~ a " , and:,an, un.known-.,Cuban ,.in . a green 1963_, Chevrole t . : : , tation wagon wh·ich. theyto; td him haq been, . rented from Her tz U-Drive- I t Co •
Upon: apriv.in,g: :in,. NeW;O r l e a n s · , , : ~ ~ ' W i k n n " '
-[the,, Cubans, ·placed a. ,tel,ephone cal; t an.d shoJli'tlt);y ~ r , e a f t e r ,they were •.met by another -(:;uban: dr iving: ;a l 9 ( ) . 3 . ~ : b e i g eChevrole . t s t a t ion . wagon.: ;, .They fol•lowed,
1th· is car
,proceeding over a. br idge ;24 . ! J l i l ~ s , ·_:i,n, lengt_h., a l l · ov.erwate r , . :for, which. they m<ict.::a•. $ 1 . ; . 0 , ~ , t.o.ll, cl:large·. . ·
1, o; .·•. · · , i l f i ; ~ r ,qro.ssing t h i s br.idge1
: t h ~ y , turned,_
r i gh t : !1-n<;i.. pro!<eeded.· c9-:l?.P.llt1,J.!J.J<i miles fl. long a f i r s ~ - c l a s s-highway. On,-,the l e f t ; ; @ . ; i d _ e n ~ 1 { - t h i s .highway, .about.one,..,half. mile off , t ! l e " ~ d l ) i l l t b e y , , c ~ m e to a l a rge ; l i gh tgray one,. .story. o o d e n . , h o u ~ ! ' » . . < i a ' r i v . i n g , the re .lat.e ..
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The fo l lowing day, PEDROS6i examined the
bo!llbs not ing the re Yere 24 lOSA-2 type bombs, 21500
poun<lfl :.of dynamite , a s Yel l as fuses bu t no detonators .
Afte r - . k i ng an examinat ion o f the bombs, PEDROSl!ito ld th e t h ree Cubans it '110uld be im}Xlssible to
u t i l i z e auch equipaent on a bombing r a i d and t ha t hehad 'll&llted h is tiJM in oollling to He'll Orleans to
exa.11line the Billt e r ia l • · PEDROSA sa id t ha t he and the
t'l!O Cubans then re turned to Miami, Flor ida , a r r iv ingon Wednesday, July 17, 1963.
P E D R O ~ sa id the tyo Cubans t o ld him hewould be recontacted in the fu tu re . . a t such t imeas th e proper 11111. t e r i a l and equipment to make the bombs
yas o b t a i n e d ~ PKDROSI s a i ~ ~ ~ s sade to understandJ t h i s 'liaS an operat ion of t ~ c : t ; o r i o " ~ v o l ~ i o f l ! l ; : _ f . ? _
E s t u d 1 , a ~ t 1 l (DRE) 1 • n _ ~ . P : 1 ! ·---·--·· - - - ~ I l i z d ' 1 ~ n and ··
T'1IO B-26 a i rp lanes yere loca ted some dis tance
{:from New Orlea.ns, La. 1 }XlSSibly in
theHouston
area ,
a.l though PEDROSA/ ya.s no:t ce r t a i n o f t h i s • Afte r
PEDROS& approved the e q u i ~ n t to be used in t h i s
r a i d , he was to c a l l 11.18 Jil\l,ot f r i end in Miami, Fla.• ,'llho '110uld arrange fo r th • :Jtl.a -a to ·be f lown to a.n
I a . i r s t r ip loca ted abou t te n ·id·le from the house' where th e bombs were l oca ted . Afte r the bombs were
loaded,_ the planes 110uld t ake o f f fo r the bombinglllission to Cuba• I t -.a.s ind ica ted to PEDROSA/ t h i sopera t ion 110uld · b4! a "one ti11111 dea l" and to a.void anyproblem with u. s. au tho r i t i e s , th e planes would notbe re tu rned to the u.· s. but proceed to an unknown
de s t ina t ion o r be di tched in the ocean•
se i de n t i should bea.dvised tqe Miami Divis ion
be l ieved· one o f the p i l o t s on t h i s mission to beANTONIO SOTO VASQUEZ, a Cuban e x i l e and for-r CubanA ir Force p i l o t Who had par t ic ipa ted in the Bay o f
Pigs invas ion a.nd who i s a good :friend o f P E D R O ~ ,
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M:l,ami, Fla.o, .. advised tha.t on· July 19 , ·1963, EDGAR OWENS,.Uo• S •. Customs,-,Miami1 had observed Q \ R L O ~ . EDUARDO . / ; e .H E R ~ _ N D E Z S A N ~ z , aka . i'Ba '!;eat:- at---Mia)ili;-··U!.•:;-in ·a
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green 1963.Cheyrole t ~ t a t i g p . wagon, bear ing.1963 r.fk(c Po!:!'tl' /1C.1
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1F l ~ r i d a l i c ~ n s e 7E.,.40 •, At . t ~ i L : ; J . l l l 6 ~ SANCHJ!;? .was-: · · ; · · · . t " ' J . . ; ~ ~ -.accompao..ied. py Y . J : . Q _ ' f Q ~ ~ . P_ N O S ~..,. . ... E ~ . - a _ nd ·FNU. . l/0 _ ('U /.J( (__.. t ./BASULTO• Mro:-SHANLEfuviseWthat HERNANDEZoSANCHEZ · ·J{_ ..
and E S ~ I N O S A , HERNANDEZ ·were tw o o f f ive sub jec t s · . -,.,_vI c·l Me .. / -----involved in prepara t ions fo r a bombing ra id in June, · ))om I tv c,, <J ~1963, a g a i n s t a.
..Cuban o i l - r e f i ne ry when·they.,wer,e·bff'tp,ttvosA
1eta ined and u.;.,S. Customs se ized t he i r plane )1-nd ---. : \=IZ;!r,'td{;t,JcW.<J
bombs, in - a rura_1 area o:f Southwest M i.am_,i •: .. ..-/.·. , - . ('. ·1
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!JliJOSE. DE - ~ m t f l i f i f f i ~ ~ ~ O N , _ ) J o ~ n 8 / . ~ / 4 0 par t i c ipa ted F / ' ( /along w i : t ; b i : ' j ~ WS HERNANDEZ SANCHEZ in a r a id ·: · .. ______ __
aga ins t Cuba staged by the A n t i ~ C a s t r o organiza t ionknown as the Direc tor io Revolucionario E s tud i an t i l(DRE) on August 25, 1962,;,.
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· _, , ..Through inv_estigation,•conducted by. the
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INew Orleans -Division. with the . ass i s t ance of ACELO
PEDROSA, a s ing les t o ~ Y i ! : P ! p k
house loca ted in thea rea gene ra l ly known ~ a ; · s t ' ~ t ~ _ e , Fores t Glen Subdivis ion (' , , .. .-/-' .../\ ..o_!_Lacombe Park, , h E l ! i P ! c ; i ~ r t y o f , l g _ ~ ~ ~ ! J ! L _ ~ ~ I J I ~ : ..: -r--·--·-----
"1\MC- lANEY.• was i d e n t i f i e ~ ~ ! l f / . the ] ,ocation where the ~ - ~ - C . :' bombs···and, explos
·l>1<;l'2. -·. WILLIAA): 1JULIUS. MC •LANEY, . ± 2 ; ! , 3 _ ~ , ! ! 9 J l - J U . ~ ~ n tSt C, ,p n. interview·. e,f 7 31/63" f-,:l"sed '";t:t" '*rmittedl Q § : ~ T I , ... l s . o _ l q ~ Q V ? . ! ! . J ' ! ~ ; [ g ~ f ~ ? " ' . I ! . ! ! : ~ d e R · . ; ~ n : t o L . . ,s to re P e . r s o n ~ l be],ongings ;ln h. s • o r ~ l ; ' y O ; ~ ~ & , _ ~ l t . . . .Cr.:Lacombe,; ... , . . , . ·. _ . ·,: : •.:· • . : •.. ·... - - -. . ,• · " ..
On July 31,··· 1,963, on the bas is o:f a search
warrant i ssued by li•• s . Commissioner FRITZ H. WINDHORSTa t New Orleans , La,•, Specia l Agents o:f the FBIsearched the above-descr ibed.proper ty owned byWILLIAM JULIUS MC LANEy and found .20 100-poundprac t i ce bombs, type M38A.,.2
148 cases 5 0 l b s . ~ eat:h
o f dynamite , one 50-pound can o f "nuodex 472", a
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subs tance used to ~ k e napalm, 24 modified M-60morta r fuses wi th !:30 ca l ibe r ca r t r idges crimpedonto approximately· ·30- inch· ·pieces o f primer cord; ·26 S l r i k ~ r assemblies :for .':fuses'/' 18' locking' : 'nuts, ...•.24 f i r ' i n g . ' d e v i q ~ s ~ ··25 p i e c ~ s primerNw!'ct,·:·each ,,.- 'approximately two·· fe 'et ' ' ' long, ·24 · confiiii!li"cial ·percussiontype· blast . ing · caps , 20 'J?ieces o f · ai-!illing wire• ·;. .
assembl ies , a group 'o f ; ~ " - i n c h pipe' '"Ciamps;·one·rollof f r i c t i on tar)e' 'and one smal l car ton •.of stove . . .bol t s ' and nuts·; / . . ·.· . . ., . ... . . . . ,,, ·, :· .. "' ; . . .
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Supply (;;o,;,·,· Atlanta7 Ga.,, refle_ct under ' fnvoice#80-14 1 · th2;t, 24,;_:.100-pound· practic! ' l bombs' ·were· shippedon 6/20/63 1 ..tofi1_:£9,pic..,Trades,, ~ I , n c • ~ , 1060 ·So\l:t.h,Y?es..:t. ::_27th Av.e·.,__Mi!_t_I!1J.1 ,.,.;.F.:,Ia.•,,. by Del ta Air Freight•• On ·.t l f e " E i i C m e ~ d a t e ~ two add i t i ona l ·p rac t ice 'bombs' w e r ~ :shipped under invoice . # 8 0 . . . : l 2 · ~ · · · w i t h o ther merchandise
1to Tropic Trades 1 Inc ;1 v ia Terminal Motor Freight •
·.. · ·f_lft.! . · · ~ ~ .~ . t.ne. , . t f ~ ; f ~ ~ ~ P - . i . c.• ; ~ ~ ~ e s · I n c ; · · · ; d ~ · i n gx ~ : ~ ~ ~ ~ ! L ~ ; ~ ~ ~ ~ f i ~ ~ f f ~ ~ h ~ ~ ~ , ; ~ ~ ~ o ~ ~ ~ w ~ ~ ! - ; ~ ~ e ~ ·descr ibed bomb cas ings were placed by 'an< unknown ·CUban,· and · that · •it was a cash ' t ransact ion• ' ·
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·,. · ' .. ' I nves t iga t ion developed t ha t the ,dynamite' ' -r ' ' ': ' ' ' ' ' ' .v ' l a s ~ ordered · r o m ~ ' t i h e Amer.i,cail' Cyanamid' Co ;,1 'bY.Ji!Q!:l; ;~ C H . ! ! ] o f ~ 9 _ 1 2 _ ' K ~ e b le r 'S t •.1_ , < ? , l ; l i n s y _ i l l e . _ ; ~ } ! . ± , D ; o ~ s . • .
I Tl;le dynamite w 1 t l ? ~ ~ c k e d . , . . 1 . J . : £ ) ):iy ):AUCHLI and : an unident:J:fiedman a t the · M i l l l t S : d : f i ~ I f l i n o i s · · M a g a z i n e ' o n ..-.7/10/63,•The qymi.mite w a ' ' s \ · , ~ $ : f h r · in cash in the amount of
$ 6 4 2 • 0 9 , ~ The empioyei3':£of American Cyanamid handlingthe t r ansac t i on was 'not "able· to ident i fy : · the man· .
wit ' l i LAUCHLI'as being ' i den t ica l to a photograph o f. I C T O ~ . p o M I . N A ~ ? : R , , E S P I N O S A liERN.AN;mz,: . . ..
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RICH. LA.U@LI, :20l2 . :Keebl:er St . , . Col l i n s v i l l e ,
I l l ino . i s , ady ised qn 8/19/63. tha t : a .man Ill!.med VICTORLNU,· .but. who poE;sibiY·: could be ESPINOSA-, contacted '
him in Ju ly , .1963, ,concerning the· purchase .of. 2,400po1,1nds o f dynamite.:.,;·LAUCHLI ordered . the . dynamitethrough,. A!ller,ic.an · Cya.namid. in S t •'· J.Quis, 'Missouri •VICTOR. was ·accompanied ·by· a young .:blonde. female <>.ndwas.· c:lriving a l a t e ]]J)del s t a t i on wagon and· .they, ·:proceeded to t.he Mil l s t ad t I l l i no i s . M a g a z . i ~ e with
LACHLI . to pick .1J.p th e . d y n a m i t e ~ • ' V I C T Q R ' ! : ~ K f o r . thedynamite with ·about $600 .in cashol . L A 1 J f : l i D ' f u d l e 1 ~ 9 · ·him load · the dynamite . in to a , U - H a u L . t r a : I : J . ~ r . t : w . h : f ; . c hVICTOR ren ted f r o ~ a · s e r y i c e ' s t a t ion in•Col l i ' I i sv i l le ,Il l inois; ; , ; : ; VICT.O:.futctilid: not· t e l l LAUCHLI. what he .plannedto do with. • : t h ~ ) ' ~ l l i i t e : , ; ' ' a . A U , . C H L I sa:i,d• he had· nevermet: VICTOR· prlorL<ttDt>this• .. l i r # m S ' l . c t i o n • ~ ' ' ·
RAL?fi W.• F O ~ K E R T S · ~ · ~ : l ' : r . ' o P r i e t o r , Jaspe r ' sMobil S ta i o . p _ , " ' p ~ O : ' ! : .•st·•, •wuis · Road,·· Col l i n sv i l l e ,
l l l i n o i s 1 a ~ i ~ ~ n 8/19/63 . :he·· ren ted a U-Haul •. - t . ra i ler , . ser!l:j.ie.lltlmber. 2Q02Lv907p,. on Ju ly -11·, 1963,to VICTOR, E S P D H ' > ~ A , • : ..50 Snt ton P lace •South', .. New York,New York, and 1.t.i;lll;t ESPINOSA presentee! New. Yorkdr ive r ' s · licel:l§.rof\19.602-77943-925560i; ·ESPINOSA. ;wasdr iv ing . a .new,r.:w.l;dgje C ~ e v r o l e t · sta t ion• . wagon,; bearingJ!:l()rida • l i c e i ¥ ' ~ A ~ . 6 8 + 1 ESPINOSA advised. FOLKERTS. h is
des t i na ign, . a s < ~ ) V , Orleans , . La • t and . furnished h is
te lephone n u m ) : : > . e ~ , t he re · as , 7,21-1441• FOLKERTS iden t i f i eda photograph of VICTOR DOMINADOR ESPINOSA HERNANDEZas th e person.:who . rented) t h i s t r a i l e r i . · .
• , . Inv:.es:tigatiol,J., a t• Her.:tz Rent.,.A-Car. Agency;Mi:tlllJ.,. developed info.rmation t h a t a 1963.Chevrolets t a t i on : wago.n, b,earing 19.63 Florida. l i cense 7040 :
was r e n t e d by J.OHN.'. KOCH,-..
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•..Miami ,·,,Fla.··', . o.n·, 7/13/63 p. from ..t h a t agencY:. and was. '·. ,r ~ t u r n e d 7/2.0/63.1; hav.ing .been. driv.en 2,.075 miles •• ·
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.to be an Americaiic 'f£fien-; "on"fi:iferview of 7/30/63 ,
s t a t e d he had previous ly attende,d the Univers i ty of
Havana prior. i tO coming'. to · the .. U••·.s.•,·as an: exile. : from. tge .Qastro. regime .on 6/1.6/61• · ·After. enter ing the
u . ~ ; S.oi 1 .he became . a, meinber·,o:f DRE but · .te rminaed ..af fLI , ia t ion about . eight• months pr io r to· ·date.-of in te r view.; KOCH admi t ted ren t ing ·1963 Chevrole t : s t a t i onwagon,a t . the reques t of : CARLOS HERNANDEZ:SANCHEZ
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but• .denied .knowing, purpose·· fo r .which ' rented. ' . . Later co.n 7 / 2 0 / 6 3 , . , C A R L O S : H E R N A N D E Z ~ a c c o m p a n i e d · b y a personk n o ~ p . to··.him as ! I J I @ ! k u ; > ~ whose•.last ·name . he.·· thoughtw ~ ~ R . J j : Z _ , . contac ted him and asked him to re tu rn
the vehic le to the Hertz Company in Miami, which hed id paying fo r . renta l · .wi th ·money· given:: to\ him by·HERNANDEZ.,.. , : ·: ::. · :·, :
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. / .· . .. NICTOR,DOMINADOR ESPINOSA HERNANDEz; born •
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8/27/37. t : . M a ~ n z a p . C u b a , . , . , who ., .claimed res idence a t50 Sut ton •Place South, Apt.· 15C, New York Ci ty , .
on interview 7/31/63 1 s t a t ed he came to the u.,• S.from Cuba in 1959 because·· o f the Communist di rec t iono f · the government under·FIDEL CASTRO,,and engaging ina c t i v i t i e s a,gainst CASTRO.·. He. admi t ted behg pickedup by, the UF: So·:.Customs · a t Miami>,on .6/15/63
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pre.par.ing· an .a i rp lane ,and . exp),osives for ; a s t r ikea ga ins t Havana o i l re f ine r i e s" '
·, ~ ~ G l ! e ~ l ' ! P I N O S A : stated· . t ha t a · ~ t o l low-upo f . the planiri:'tiu;r.:tJtd:by•.Customs . Service,on. 6/15/63
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was b e i n g d l ; i n . d ~ g ; ~ ~ n by-h im.bu thad been.cance l ledbecause t h e ' o ' F B I ~ w a s •known·:to .. have under taken an:.:;inves t iga t ion and because he had been unable_to e n l i s t
p i lo t s o r to: obta in an ,a i rp lane fo r .:.the r a id . VICTORESP;INOSA s t a t e d , , h ~ had-qbtaine<J. 1,200 pounds:of TNT,
no'(;;. dyiJ.ami t e , fo r the raid.·but. ' dec l ined to , •state: whera3it had been obtained or where it was loca ed;;• ESPINOSA
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s ta ted he considered himself the coordina tor o f theplan . but :was not . aware of. a l l of the. de ta i l s becausethe ' prepara,t ions ' w . ~ r e ' f!.eliberat e ly comi:>artmentalizedso · t ha t .no one: .meinber· o f the group could divulge· a l lo f the. d e t a i l s g : J r - ~ : : ,, · · ' .,. ~ - . :
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! . ...... . ESPINOSA,adnttted te lephori ic 'co 'n tact with
a])ou,t 12 . Cuban piloi;s, , ' n ~ e of whom ~ e r e ~ w:rll ing toenf0ge in · th i s raid·•; He 'sta1;ed: i n h is ' op in ion , th eonly ones who were wil l ing · to take · the r i sk of
e ( 1 : ( . ~ _ . . ~such:·a·ra_ c;l_ . . ~ r . e ...h is c ; 9 m ~ \ \ : n : L o . ns of the i n ! i l t r a t ion• team in the . Cuban_. n v a ~ i o n wl;t,iq!J, ·incll,id?d CAR.LOS ·· · .
HERNANDEZ. SANC!q!:Z .alJ.d: . M I G U E ~ V A R E Z .'o/fMENEZ VICTOR ,ESPINOSA, denied , tha( ,his 'bro'j;her 1 Rif'NE J()SE E S P ~ N O S A ! r '·::'-·. ·or ' JOSE .IlASUJ.TO. LEON. were par t i c ipant s in these · .. , ·..... .
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, . ' ... . E S ~ I N Q ~ , i ~ f ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ n i ~ J ? t ~ ~ J ~ ~ ~ ; ~ ~ ~ ; ; ; · ( f l \ ~ ~ j ; _ ,o f _,¥jJt!lli.J?..each,gad.donated .funds o r ar;>sisted in ---;:-•plans for the. ra=!-d•! , He declined. :to . s t a ~ , e who had C.t bfi.
>financed the purchase. o f e:xplosives to oo' used· in t h e . ~ . - - - -ra 'id. but ·claimed furids were so l i c i t ed from f r iendsi n New York;• . . . . . . . · , · . , ;
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· , :He declined to .. iden t i fy the o the r · indivciduals
involved cin t h i s p l a n ~ . b u t s ta ted t ha t two were·members of h is inf i l t ra t : ion. team with 'whomhe had· t ra ined. in Panama. and with whom he had i n f i l t r a t e dCuba, pr io r t o , t h e ) n v a s i o n of Apr i l i 196l<>j ·· • ·· .. • .·
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· I n v e s t i g a t i ~ n s h o w ~ d that.VICTOR ESPINOSAren ted a .1963 ChevrQlet s ta t ion wagon
1F.lorida.
l i cense # 7 1 < ; ~ 6 ! 3 .from Ayis. Rent-A-Car, , St •; Louis Airpor t
Branch, . s t ~ · L ? u i ~ , , Missouri , .7/11Y63 1 .wh:Lch was to ' · ,1
b.e . checked . in . a.t l).v.is _Rent-,!1.-Car 1· ~ O r l ~ ~ n . · . s . 1
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and .came to· . the. u·:,.si: in·November1· . l9591
. a f t e r his' ."sa fe t y ~ c a m e eopar.dized.·as •.a r e s u l t . of . th is •counter -
1 revo lu t iq . activityOii ...He .. cla imed ·he · w a s · ~ c o n n e c t e d ·:;.
t_l<D0';:' wi,th MA !\ARTHIE · i n · · A n t i ~ C a ~ t r o . ac t iv i ty , · had received~ gue r i l l a t r a in ing . in ·the· U•··S·· and 'had·engaged in ·. ·. · .
• t r a i n i ng . o f . in f i l t r a t ion · teams , in · Guatemala-.; Uponl · ~ - · being quest ioned concerning plans and a c t i v i t i e s . fo r/ the purpose of· execut ing <t ra id : .agains t Cuba, HERNANDEZ
s t a t ed tha t he did not wish to make any s ta tementbu t would assume the pro tec t ion o f th e Fifth:Amendment. ·
However, he admit ted. pa r t i c ipa t ing in an· a , t ~ P , t & ~ ·r a id a g a i n s t Cuba·.which had· been ~ h w a r t e d b y , s . U ~ ¢ 1 ' •Customs. in Miami .•.on June 15 1 1963., . H E R N A N I ! J i i : ? . i ) I . ~ D : i e dmaking· any r ecen t ! t r ips ou t o f F l o r i d a · o r . a n y 'knowledge concerning r en t a l q f a s t a t ion wagon. fromHert.z :Rent-A-Car 1: Miami 1 F la •' · . . . . ·· . •.·. ·
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.Cj; •· ,_11;l.a1Jl:J., .. !'.?:11: i:,\ on i r i i f e ~ ~ ~ e w 8/1/63 1 · sta. ted. he. wasb < J . ~ n . : : l / l , 9 l - 2 8 , ..a t ...Ha,vanl). 1_:.C.uba., and came .to th e 'U•' s •.in 1959o; He s ta ted t ha t he had not been actua, l ly ,. · ·deta ined in the . round-up· of·.· Cuban e x i l e s by 'U ;) S ,:
Customs Service on:June ·15; .1963, ' bu t ·had been a t theloca t ion and .drove -out ·of th e area when he observedwhat he bel ieved to be o f f i c e r s ~ : ALVAREZ denied anyknowledge of addi t iona l explos ives in th e possess iono f VICTOR ESPINOSA and CARLOS HERNANDEZ o r any knowledgeof a .p lan to bomb Cuba w i t h e x p ~ q ~ i V : e P in L o u i s i a n a ~
f_\(i...C ~ N 1 1890 § p u ~ · ~ : : ; ~ : S ~ E e P . : t : • ; , _ M i ~ . . ! _ __Beach1 on in terv iew, 8/2/63 1 s t a t ed he was born~ 7 7 4 7 2 0 in Poland and migrated to Cuba · innl93,4 where .he remaiii"il i : l l i i i t irhe immigrated to. tfie ~ ~ ; , , ~ · · ' ip . 1939oBENTON cla imed he served in th e u. So! Army;:;,a,nd, as ar e s u l t o f m i l i t a ry s e rv i c e , became a n a t u ~ a l i ~ e dc i t i z e n a t Watertown, New York, in August,""'l945•" " J " Z ~ ~ ~ ~ -
.:· ,: ...BENTON s ta ted t h a t pr io r to the Cuban invasiono f AP].-'11,:,.. .61, and fo r a s hor t per iod t he r e a f t e r 1he did ' w . ~ · j ; ' ; w a s in h is power to as s i s t the Anti-Castro
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Cubans because he was de:Onitely sympathe t ic to t h e i rcause.: He admi t ted con tac t in th e recen t pas t withVICTOR "PAPVCHO" E S P I N O S A , ~ CARLqS HERNANDEZ and MIGUEL ·
ALVAREZ, Cuban ex i l e who ·entE)rtained plans · for ·mil i t a ry ac t ion agains t . C u b a ~ BENTON denied furn ish ing
funds fo r ma, t . e r i a l o r ·o ther expenses incur red by th e
group bu t claimed he acted ' in ' a consu l t an t 'cai?a,city'and d id make i nqu i r i e s for t he Cubans.; · ··· ·
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' BENTON admi t ted knowledge o f a ·p lan to'.bomb· the o i l r e f inery a t Havana, Cuba, and be ing loca ted
wi th VICTOR.ESPINOSA and seve ra l o the r Cubans on a.fa;r.-m Southwest of Mi_iuni on 6 /15 /63 , ' I)r u ~ ; s ~ : 9 . 1 1 ~ t o m sServ ice bu t denied bein,g ins t rumenta l in obtalfn±.ng ;the plane o r materials<>;. BENTON s t a t ed he intellEI.e<i.
_to . take pidrir.es ·o f the i e e n ~ as · pa r t o ~ a f i ~ W 3 R t i ~ qwas to be so ld to , .defray the expenses of the ·exi les .•
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BENTON admit ted t h a t VICTOR ESPINSOA to ldhim he had about i,4oq· pounds o f dynamite loca ted ona farm in Louis iana , where it could not be discoveredwhich ESPINOSA claimed he had purchased in Chicago,I l l i n o i s • 'ESPINOSA also, 't:i!.d him he had obta ined some
napalm' ·mater ia lfo r
f i r e bOmbs ·and detonators•!
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\) \ ~ . ·/ 'E ¥ E L ' i ~ A L P I Z A . I f . ~ \ P $ R E Z , -2_!2_2_!) __N,J'/ ._ . l l th St r e e t , Miami,F l a . , on in te rv iew 8 / l / 6 3 \ s t a t e d he was· born . l l / 27 /31 , Havana
'"pr_()y_ince, . Cuba, and had served ' in Cuban A ir Force fo r ·six months
i ~ 1958 and _then came to th e United Sta tes as an e x i l e on l / l / 5 9 .. ''1:.( .·.. '• ' · · ; ..
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., ;. . ALPIZA/1' statE.id' •that• in beg inn ing -of June, . 1_963, he
'· ti.ad been cori:tact.ed ):Jy MIGUEL 'ALVAREZ 'and VICTOR "PAPUCHO". ESPINOSA . to be ' the' ' p i lot·: 1i' n :a ; boinbi'ng' act io 'n ·p lann'ed a g a i n s t
·_Cuba ' a . q d - ~ t h a t tlie'se i r i a iv iduals ind ica ted the i r • plan was to
... bo,mb .o i l . ' ref inerie-s" a· t Havana; which ac t ion was' under. th e .. .sponsorsh ip .of " the . U; S. Government. ., ,
.. . . ,. , .·.. ,. AllPIZAI'! ;st'at'ed.'''•that·•'SAM' .BENTON was> in t roduced. ito . ,
h i m ' ~ ' a s ·.alf · a s soc i a t e i n th e p lans fo r the bombing. • .I .· · . . · . · • · <;- . '1 ·· :· ; . , . ; • · .
. _ '. · A L P I Z A ~ s t a t ed . t h a t · the pr inc ip ' a l i nd iv idua l s · invo lved
vi,ere SAM 'BENTON; VICTOR, ESPINOSA,:, and MIGUEL :ALV·AREZ. He' den iedknowing'CARLOS HERNANDEZ ·.' ' · .• ,,.,_.. .'·'· i : . · ' : ~ !
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uncte 'r taken to car ry :·out ' th bombing ra id a g a i n s t Havana .•
' ' ' ' ' - ;j' . '/ ' .' ' ' · , . A N T O N ~ SOT \ AZQUEZ, .1?79 ·. ·s.W, . § O t l l . . ~ T e r r _ a c e , ·Miami., .
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' on · in te rv iew 8 / l / 63 s t a t e d he had been . a Capta in i n t l ie · · ·· -cuban A ir Force dur ing th e regime o f FULG-);Ncb BATISTtl- u n t i lt h a t government cOllapsed , and he came to t he Un i t ed · · s t a t e s .
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• _,. , . SOTO s t a t e d . t ha t · on· o r about 7 /6 /63 . MIGUEL ALVAREZ •
JIMENEZ asked him ' i f he would be i n t e r e s t e d in se rv ing as th e 1
p i l o t ·o f an a i rp l ane to f ly over Cuba and drop bombs on an o i lr e f i ne ry t h e r e . According to SOTO, he asked ALVAREZ fo r a d d i t i o n a l
d e t a i l s and was ' t o ld t h a t ' th e bombing m a t e r i a l was . ,dynamite
'wh ich would be 'p laced in a bomb. cas ing wi th . a de tona t ing·· · de v ic Eo'. ' · · · ' · : · ··
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SOTO. c l ~ i m e d he . con tac ted a friEmd lmown only asfiCELO,· exp'er ienced · in · th e arming o f mil i t a ry a i r c r a f t , · who
a d v i s e d ' t h a t th e m a t e r i ~ l was not s u i t a b l e , could be dangerous,and recommend.e.d agains t . · SOTO,' s: · pa r t i c i pa t i on in such an o p e r a t i o n .
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, - / · RENE JOSE yBPINOS ANDEZ, ._QQQQ_)/,W,. _69th , I V : . ' : \ ~ ~ " :Kial!!!J on i n t e r v i e . . , . l · : ~ l / 5 / 6 3 , s ated he was-horn 2/11/39 at_ ·
-::cardenes,-Gumt, and was admit ted to the United Sta tes a t
Kiami, F l a . , 10/15/60. ESPINOSA denied knowledge o f anyplan to make an at tack on Cuba o r any knowledge of thet r anspor ta t ion of dynamite and o ther re la ted mater ia l s ,inc luding bomb cas ings , to New Orleans, La.
1:P<'1:Ao, ad"'-'"-wi Divis ion on 7/5/63 t ha t severa l days pr io r to 6/15/63
he was contacted by VICTOR ESPINOSA HERNANDEZ in connect ionwith a propos i t ion thatlllllllt p i l o t a twin-engine Beechcraf ta i rp lane on a bombing m ~ g a i n s t Cuba. ESPINOSA disc losed
a t t ha t t ime t ha t MIKE MC LANEY had suppl ied th e money and theBeechcra f t a i rp lane to be used in t h i s ra i d . ~ s t a t e dt ha t MIKE MC LANEY formerly operated a gambling concessiona t th e Hote l N ~ c i o n a l , Havana, Cuba, u n t i l the BATISTA Regime
was ousted and MC LANEY was l i v ing on Pine Tree Drive , M1amiBeach, F l a .
The records o f the Avis Rent-A-Car Co., New Orleans,La. , r ~ v e a l e d t ha t a 1963 Chevrole t Sta t ion Wagon which wasr en ted in S t. Louis , Missouri , on 7/9/63 by a VICTOR ESPINOSAwas turned in a t the Avis Off ice , Moisant In te rna t iona l Airpor t ,New Orleans , La. , on 7/17/63 having been driven a t o t a l o f1,138 miles .s
The A ~ i s records fu r the r re f lec ted tha t a white 1963Chevrolet Sta t ion Wagon b e a r ~ i n g ' ; 1 9 6 3 Flor ida l icense 7E-868was rented on 7/18/63 by ART ENDEZ, 846__R;!&dcl D r i v ~ , .Houston, Texas, with a busines address o f 1230 Avenue of the
Americas, .New·York 20, New York. This car wa s turned in . to.
Avis Rent-A-Car a t Miami, Fl a . , 7/20/63, having been driven933 miles .
JOSE DE J E S ~ U L 8/6/63 a tMiami, F l a . , s t a t ed he was o r Santiago
de Cuba, Cuba, and t ha t he was a t tha -:r:rme"serving··a.s··a ..'BecohdLieut ·enanri i f ' ' fhe United Sta tes Army s ta t ioned a t Fort Benn,ing, -~ He claimed he was on fur lough a t the t ime and was r es id ing
-w1 th h is fa the r JOSE ·P ' !!GlUE BASULTO CRU,U i n Flor ida .
BASULTO denied t ha t he was aware o f any plan t o ~ o m b Cubau t i l i z i n g ~ y n a m i t e loca ted in the vic in i ty o f New Orleans, La.
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He s t a t ed t h a t h e . i s a s ing le engine p i l o t and had no t beencon tac t ed in connect ion wi th f l y ing an .a i rp lane on an ~ l l e g e dplan to bomb Cuba.
On S/20 /63 , JOHN KOCH i den t i f i ed a photograph 'of
CARLOS HERNANDEZ SANCHEZ a ~ th e person fo r 'whom he . r en t ed th e1963 s t a t i o n wagon from Hertz Rent-A-Car, Miami, Fla . , · on 7/13/63 .. . ' ' ' ,. ' . . . ··,
On s ; 2 o / 6 3 , ACELO. PEDROS41. i den t i f i ed a "photogi-aph
of CARLOS HERNANDEZ SANCHEZ as one of th e two persons he accompanied to l';lew Orleans on or about 7 /15 /63 . On 8 /21 /63 , pEDROSTc9
i d e n t i f i e d a photc)grap):l of. VICTOR ESPINOSA HERNANDEZ as th e
person who 1net . E D R O S ~ CARLOS HERNANDEZ SANDHEZ. and another
unknown Cuban from Mia)lli in New Orleans , La. · ; and who· le dthem to th e s i t e where th e dynamite and bombs were loca ted .
WILLIAM JULIUS McLANEY was re in te rv iewed 9)18/63
and advised t h a t he did not recognize th e photographs ofany of th e i nd iv idua l s · i nvo lved in t h i s case as geing i d e n t i c a l
wi th t he .pe r son who l e f t explos ives a t .his ..summer home· in
Lacombe, La. · ' ' ·.. v . . iF R A N J \ i \ ' B i i ~ S ,_l)iO.S_
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..Avenue , .. Met?ir.ie.,_La_ .
ai v i sed on 9/26/63 he met RENE and VICTOR ESPINOSA ii1 Cora lGables , F l a . , in June, 1963. They t o l d BARTES they had previous ly
been piclted up by Fede.ral au tho r i t i e s fo r at tempting! to bomb
an o i l r e f ine ry in Cuba •. BARTES advised n e i t h e r RENE norVICTOR ESPINOSA mentioned having any explos ivep in Icouis iana .BARTES denied any knowledge of a cache o f explosiv .es a t th e
res idence of WILLIAM J . MC LANEY in Lacombe, La. , · arid denied 'knowing WILLIAM MC LANEY or h i s . b ro t he r MIKE MC LANEY. BARTES
a l so denied lmowledge of any p lans 'b y anyone to bomb Cuba.
The .U. S. Department of J us t i c e recommended t o t he
of f i c e of th e U. S. Atto rney , New Orleans , La. , t ha t th e dynamite
and explos ives l oca t ed in t h i s case be se ized by th e U. S.Customs Serv ice under 22 USC 1934, fol lowed by th e f i l i ng of
a L i b e r a l of Fo r f e i t u r e under 22 USC 401.
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MICHAEL J. MC LANEY, 4855 Pine Tree Drive , MiamiBeach, Fla . , adv ised on 10/17/63 t h a t he was not involvedd i r e c t l y o r i n d i r e c t l y in an a l l eged p l o t to bomb Cubau t i l i z i n g 2400 pounds of dynamite o r o the r r e l a t ed ma te r i a l
which was se ized on 7/31/63 on the p rope r ty o f WILLIAM J.
MC LANEY, LaCombe, La. MC LANEY advised t h a t he could n ot
speak fo r h is bro the r WILLIAM J. MC LANEY regard ing p o s s i b l e '
p a r t i c i p a t i o n in t h i s p l o t . MC LANEY f u r t h e r s ta ted t h a t hed id not f inance t h i s p lan . He admi t ted being wel l acqua inted
wi th VICTOR ESPINOSA, having lmown him in Cuba and, in a d d i t i o n ,
helped him when he f i r s t came to th e United S ta t e s .
AUSA HOWARD McCURDY, New Orleans , La. , advised on11/13/63 t h a t U. S. Customs had se ized th e 2,400 pounds ofdynamite and re l a t ed mate r i a l which was or ig ina l ly iemovedfrom WILLIAM J . lv!C LANEY's res idence a t Lacombe, La.:, 7/31 /63 .
On December 30, 1963, lvlr. McCURDY advised t h a t he had f i l e da L i b e ra l o f F o r f e i t u r e in December, 1963, in U. S. D i s t r i c tCourt , New Orleans , La.
On :i!"ebruary 28, 1964, th e U. S . D i s t r i c t Court ,New Orleans , La. , i ssued a judgment d i r ec t i n g t h a t t.he abovese i zed ma te r i a l was condemned and fo r f e i t e d and was ' to be
de l ive red to th e Sec re ta ry o f Defense as provided fo r byT i t l e 22, U. S. Code, Sect ion 401 (c ) .
By l e t t e r dated 1/3 /64 , ~ h e I n t e r n a l Secur i ty Div i s ion ,
U. S. Department o f Ju s t i c e , advised t h a t s ince the p lan o f th e
s u b j ec t s to under take an a e r i a l a t t a ck of Cuba was e f f e c t i v e l y
thwart .ed by th e se izu re of th e m a t e r i a l on 7/31/63, c r imina l
ac t i o n in t h i s mat te r was no t being contemplated a t : tha t t ime .
The above informat ion i s being fu rn i shed to th e
Bureau in view of th e f ac t t h a t D i s t r i c t Attorney GARRISONi s d i rec t ing h is i n v es t i g a t i o n concerning th e assa ss ina t ion
of Pres iden t KENNEDY i n to th e a c t i v i t i e s mentioned above.
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The only informat ion contained in the f i l e s ofthe New Orleans Office regarding a t r a in ing camp fo r Cuban
exi le s in the New Orleans area i s contained in New Orleansl e t t e r to Bureau, dated 3/23/61, in the case captioned.f ,9LIP"~ B u f i l e 105-89923 1 0 5 - 1 4 4 6 ~ h i c h se t s f o r t h ~ ~
~ informat ion th a t the New Orlean1 f"\ Office on 3/13 as the s ty ~ ~ ( (
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The New Orleans Sta tes and New Orleans Item ini t s i s sue of 4 /7 /61 c a r r i e d a n -a r t i c l e e n t i t l e d "Inv io n
'" '-Cheers Refugees i ~ . ew Orleans" 1 whioh quoted SERGI . RCACHA
/ SMITH, H ~ l l d 9 f _ h ~ b a n i ~ i O I } . ! I - . ! : Y y o n t . ~ _ i _ . , _ ~ . . . . : ~ ~as saying the re were sany New Orleans a rea Cubansinvasionl l ry force but he re fused to hazard a guess as toth e number. SIHTH dec la red t h a t none o f th e force N!cru i te din New OrlellnS were American. SVITH sa id t ha t aany of ; ther e vo lu t i on i s t s formerly were s tuden ts in New Orleans andBaton Rouge and o the r r e c r u i t s came-to New Orleans f r o ~
.Texas and Oklahom;,.·. · SMITH s'ai.d t hese i nd iv idua l s weres en t 'to Miaffii , · F:la,' and none w·ere t ra ined . in New
Orlean s .
SERGIO ARCACHA'SMITH, Head o f th e Fren te
Revo luc ionar io Democra t ico (FRD)·; advised on 10 /9 /61 , t h a t
th e FRD nci longer had off ices ' ' in th e Bal t e r Build ing in
New Orleans , . bu t t h a t th e of f i c e s o f th e FRD were then
l o c a t e d a t th e home .address -of Mr. ARCACHA l oca ted a t 112Eg re t S t . , N e w " o l T ' t e d l l ' t i ? ~ ' ' M ¥ ' ~ . CJi.RCACHA r e l a t e d t h a t th e FRD
had been l a r g e ~ l y . : ) 5 f i a l f : ; c t : t i v ~ ~ · . r l . \ P · ' t h e New Orleans area ,adding t h a t ac:ti"';i,,;J;Jr.e8,
7o,;f. tile organ iza t i on a t New Orleans
had been l i m i t ~ d ' t o col l ec t ion of funds and c lo th ing to
be used to a s s i s t Cuban anti-CASTRO re fugees in th e N e \ ~Orleans area .
On .12 /5 /61 , .SERGIO ARCACHA SMITH advised th 'a t
a l though th e a c t i v i t i e s o f th e FRD had been disso lved in. the New. Orle 'ans ··area. a campaign known as th e "Crusade t' o
Free Cuba" would be con t inued under h is guidance a.nd a l so
under th e sponsorsh ip o f th e Revolut ionary Counci l . He
exp la ined t ha t th e FRD a t Miami had merged in to th e
Revolu t ionary Counci l .
A n .a r t i c l e in th e New Orleans Times-Picayune,a d a i l y newspaper ' ' on 12 /2 /61 ' ca r r i ed a s t o r y cap t ioned
"Crusade Begins to Free· Cuba". This a r t i c l e s t a t ed t h a t
a two month crusade to f ree Cuba had been s t a r t ed a t th e
beg inn ing o f December, 1961 and would con t inue u n t i l th e
end o f January , 1962. The a r t i c l e sa id t ha t th e foundersc la imed t ha t th e purpose o f t h i s crusade was to ra i se
money to educate New Orleaneans o f th e danger t h a t Communist
or i e n t a t e d Cuba presen t s t o th e U. S. According to th e
a r t i c l e th e crusade to f r ee Cuba had th e suppor t of th e
Mayor of the Ci ty of New Orleans and t ha t a proc lamat ion
had been i ssued by Mayor VICTOR H, SCHIRO o f New Orleanson 12 /1 /61 , backing t h i s crusade . The a r t i c l e fu r the r
r epor ted t ha t l oc a l prominent c i t i z e ns o f th e New Orleansa r e a had been chosen to d i r e c t t h e crusade and the campaignchairman was W. A, MONTELEONE, a h o t e l execu t ive .
T h " , o n Js ot]1er inf,ol 'mation concerning t r a i n in gcamps fo r Cubans. in th e :New Or leans a rea i s con ta ined in
th e r e p o r t o:f, SA WARREN C. DEBRUEYS dated 10/3 /63 a t NewOrleans in th e case e n t i t l e d "ANTI-FIDEL CASTRO ACTIVITIES,
IS - C", whic!1 s e t s : forth in format ion t h a t 11Irs. ELIS:ECERNIGLIA ( p r o t e c t i d e n t i t y ) , Cath o l i c Cuban Cen. ter , .NewOrlean s , L a . , adv ised on 7 /3 0 /6 3 , t h a t approx imate ly ten
Cuban rGfugees a r r ived in New Or leans from Miami on the
n i g h t o f 7/24 /63 fo r th e purpose o f a t t end ing a t r a i n in g
camp some two hours · :from New Or leans a f t e r which t hey wereto be t r an s f e r r ed to a t r a i n i n g camp in Guatemala .
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Mrs. CERNIGLIA s t a t e d she had l ea rn ed t h a t th e
Cuban r e fu g ees cam.$' to New Or l e a n s a l l eged ly th rough th e
e f f o r t s o f l Q _ G ! _ i ~ R E ! £ ~ Y - ~ § . , ..JR., who had in formed t h a t t h ~Cuban r e fu g ees were hJ.s men· and t h a t he had a company J.n 'Guatemala who was going to h i r e them,
... R U D O L P H ' R I C I - I A i l , I l % ~ Y U l . JIJ.,, 15ZQ,\)'\'si;brq<;>k ,_.
s.t . : ,_ P a , ; r k c ! l e . s t e r . A p a r t J n e i i t s ~ - N ~ : W - O r l e a n s , l:,<t.•. on in te rv iew
1 0 /1 /6 3 , adv i sed he was born 9 / 9 / ~ 1 .. '!-t M a n h a : t ; ~ a 1 1 ~ N_. Y .,b ut had r e s i d e d in · Cuba_between th e a g e s o:f 2 and 26. He
had r e t u r n e d t o t h e u : - · s . on l /12 /61 fr'om Cuba·. and r e s idedin New Yorlt. City u n t i l August , 196J:;, when he came to NewOrlean s . DAVIS r e l a t e d t h a t sometime e a r l y i n 1963 he hadmade : f r i ends wi th pe rsons in th e lumber b u s i n e s s in Guatenialaand had :formed with them th e Guatemala Lumber and Minera lCorp . which was a Louis i ana corp<Jrat ion which had a. c o n t r a c t
wi th th e Guatemalan Government to t ake mahogany ou t o:f 'Guatemala .
,..-"' . . . . ..· ~ A V I S sa id t h a t he needed some ·men to work in
Guatemal '." u t t i n g lumber fo r t h i s :firm· and he had con tac ted
LAUREANO/ T.I.SU.., wh o was CQ!Inect.ed w:l_ th ..th,e MqvimentoDem-ocrat ica C r i s t i a n o (1IDC) in Miami in r eg a rd to send ing
me n to work :for him. · · ;;·. :>...Accord ing t o DAVIS, some n in e t een men were s e n t
by BATISTA from Miami to New Or leans in re sponse to DAVIS'sr e q u e s t . Un fo r tu n a t e ly , t h e s e men, :for some reas.on o r
ano the r , came to New Or leans wi th th e j_dea t h a t they weregoing to be t r a i n e d i n New Orleans fo r a m i l i t a r y o p era t i o n
and s e n t to Guatemala :for a d d i t i o n a l t r a i n i n g . DAVIS
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c la imed t h a t when he adv i sed t h ese Cubans .o:f th e r e a lpurpose o:f t h e i r t r a v e l to New Or leans t hey were d i s a p p o i n t e d and some were .angry with him.
DAVIS s t a t e d t h a t th e house where these Cubans
were s t ay ing . and being t r a i n e d i n connec t ion wi th t h e i rlumber cut . t ing work in Guatemala was l o c a t e d in S t . Tammany
P a r i s h in Lacombe, ·La. about a mile from Highway 190 Weston a secondary road"
DAVIS r e l a t e d t h a t dur ing th e l a s t days o f
J u l y , 1963, th e FBI' had s e i z e d some dynami te and o th e r
exp los ives · s to red ..in a Lacombe r e s id en ce which was r epor ted
to be fo r use agaJids;taCuba. DAVIS s a id t h i s · a c t ion dis-:
t u rb ed the se Cuba1\pi:befugees and was probab ly p a r t i a l l y .r e s p o n s i b l e f o r th€Jl r dec i s ion to r e t u rn to Miami.
' I On 8 / 3 / 6 3 , V I C T O R X J ( A N E Q U E ~ ~ T I S T A and HERIBERTO--:-yALDES JfuOLLINEDA, a s s i s t a l ' f ' t ~ c i " " ! : l l : t f R E A N c r " B A T I S T A , - m i l i t a r y .
ccr:::or-d.J::rCa'f'c/r"'of' .Moviemiento Democrat ico C r i s t i a n o ( C h r i s t i a n
Democra t i c Movement) (MDC), an antJi-CASTRO organ iza t ion : in
Miami, F l a . advised t h a t F ~ J ~ J ' : . E R N A N D ~ ~ was. int: ;od1!cedto MOLLINEDA abou t 6/20 /63 · a t t l ie MDC offJ .ces 1.n M1.am1 •
1FERNANDEZ s h m ~ e d an unusua l i n t e r e s t · i\1 MDC' an·d· as a r e s y l tH E N ~ Y . / . ? N R . ~ T _ . § ~ : § . : Q M was ass igned to ga in h is conf idence :ana P,etermine FERNANDEZ 1 s r easo n s fo r such i n t e r e s t . ,
INFANTE made ava i l ab le s e v e ra l l e t t e r s FERNANDEZ gave him
to mai l which p e r t i n e n t p o r t i o n s a re s e t fo r t h below:
l ) L e t t e r addressed to DIEGO VALERO, Bahamas Ga1sand Fu e l Co. , P . 0 . Box 1553, Nassau , Bahamas dated 1963,New Orleans , La.
FERNANDEZ adv i sed in t h i s l e t t e r he had t a l k e d
wi thLAUREANO
BATISTA FALLA o fMDC
and t h a t Commander DIEGOhad come to the camp (FERNANDEZ d id no t i d en t i f y t h i s camp).FERNANDEZ mentioned h is t ru e l e a d e r was TETERICH. He a l so
adv ised he was t r a i n in g on a farm near New Orleans owned by
C ~ S J l ! l Q ) ; i ; ; . . I ) J J . C U N who had organ ized a fund dr ive in New Ol' leans.He commented t h e r e was plen ty o f food bu t he had not seenany arms.
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2) By l e t t e r da ted 8/ l /63 addressed to S r. CubanAmbassador in Mexico , Cuban Embassy, Mexi.co, D,F., , Mexico ,
no re tu rn address , FERNANDEZ advised he had i n f i l t r a t e da commando group who was prepar ing to engage in an operat ion
in Cuba. He s t a t e d he had de ta i l ed repor t s on t h i s m i l i t a ry
p lan . FERNANDEZ expressed a wish to re tu rn to Cuba. in
orde r to serve the r evo lu t ion of Dr. FIDEL CASTRO. Heasl{ed if it were poss ib le to ge t diplomat ic asylum in someembassy in Cent ra l America. I t i s noted t ha t t h i s l e t t e rwas not mailed by INFANTE.
MOLLINEDA advised t ha t severa l weelcs pr io r to
8 /3 /63 , FERNANDO FERNANDEZ, PANEQUE and MOLLINEDA had beenin New Orleans and had been in contac t with RICHARD R, DAVIS,
JR. , the MDC de lega te in New Orleans.
3) By l e t t e r dated 8/5/63 in Miami, Fla . addressedto ENRIQUE BRUZUAL and GUSTAVO OSNAYA, I s abe l La Cato l ica ,
117-3, Mexico 1, I l .F . , Mexico. FERNJIJ\fDEZ advised t ha t whenhe depar ted Kansas City with L E O N ~ A A S E on 7/15/63 , 11eproceeded to Miami and made contacts t he re . He sen t :HAASEbach: ·to Kansas City and jo ined a commando group with :whichhe t ra ined and which se rved him as a hideout . He addedth e t r a in ing was outs ide Flor ida and t ha t he wa s b a c ~ inMiami to get ·ngw guidance .
A review of the New Orleans indices r e f l ~ c t sno fu r t h e r informat ion regarding CETONIO GAUGil'f or s i 'mi la r
sp e l l i n g s other . than noted above.
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I t i s po in ted o u t t h a t th e a b o v e ~ m e n t i o n e d t r a i n i n gcamp a t Lacombe, Louis iana , . could p o s s i b l y be · th e t r a i n i n g
camp mentioned in connec t ion w i t h D i s t r i c t Attorney GARRISON's
i n v e s t i g a t i o n . Addi t iona l ly , t he New Orleans Times Picayune
o f . 3 / 5 / 6 7 , con ta ined a n a r t i c l e cap t i o n ed , "No New Act io n
Repor ted in Kennedy Death Probe" in which i t · was s t a t e d t h a t ;t h e a s s a s s i n a t i o n p l o t case r e p o r t e d l y had focused its
a t t e n t i o n on a group. o f m en invo lved in a 1963 FBI r a i d ona cache o f war m a t e r i a l s in Lacombe. The a r t i c l e s t a t e d . t h a t
GARRISON i s r ep o r t ed t o be look ing fo r at l e a s t one Americanwho was bel ieved . to have been involved· ' · in th e group t h a thoarded muni t ion a t Lacomb.e. · According· to th e a r t i c l e ,among th e i tems s e i z e d · in th e 7/31 /63 r a i a a t an unoccupiedco t t age in Lacombe were 20 empty 100 pound bomb cas in g ; L18
c a s e s . o f dynami te , ·napa lm and f i r i ng caps . The i n v e s t i g a t i o n
in c.onnect ion with . t h i s · ·mat ter i s con ta ined in th e case
e n t i t l e d , "VICTOR D()MINADOR ESPINOSA HERNANDEZ;• CARLOS
EDUARDO HERNANDEZ Sl\NqiEZ; JOHN KOCH GENE; ACELO PEDROSO,aka Acelo Pedroso Amores; MIGUEL ALVA11EZ JIMENEZ; ANTONIO
SOTO VAZQUEZ; SAM BENTON - NEUTRAJLiLTYYMATTERS", Bureau f i l e2-1821 ; New Orleans f i l e 2-118. A summary o f t h i s case
i s con ta ined in. ·New Orleans a irtel to Bureau dated 3 / 7 / 6 7 ,in cap t ione9 m a t t e r .
With regS:rd. to GARRISON's claim t h a t ' LEE HARVEY
OSWALD l ived wi th DA/l1LlD .WILLIAM FERRIE fo r approx ima te ly
one month. b ef o r e l eav ing . New Orleans ; as s e t fo r th ih r e
airtel, it i s . p o i n t e d .o u t t h a t i n f o r ma t i o n conce rn ing
OSWALD's r e s id en ce whi le iri New Orleans i s s e t fo r th ' i n
. New Orleans t e l e t y p e to . Bureau , 5 :55' AM, 3 / l / 6 7 . ; ·
In fo rmat ion concern ing SERGIO ARCACHA SMITH,.·
DAVID WILLIAM FERRIE,and CARLOS QUIROGA, ment ioned in
r e airtel, as c o n s p i r a t o r s in th e p l o t i:o a s s a s s i n a t e ·
P r e s i d e n t KENNEDY i s ,contain.ed in New Orleans t e l e t y p eto Bureau .;:tnd SACs Dal las and .Miami dated 2 /20 /67 . .In fo rmat ion concern ing 'r:¢;1J{id)E LEWIS, JACK'S. MARTIN,and WILLIAM GUY BANISTER, a l so cons idered by GARRISONa s consp i r a to r s in t h i s p l o t , i s con ta ined in New Orleans
a i r t e l s t o t h e Bureau da ted 1 /4 /67 , l / 7 / 6 7 , and 2 /2 /67 ;
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New Or leans t e l e t y p e to Bureau , 8 : 3 7 PM, 2 / 2 0 / 6 7 , ~ n d NewOrleans t e l e t y p e to Bureau, 11:54 Alvl, 2 / 2 1 / 6 7 , Addi t iona l
in fo rmat ion concern ing MARTIN appears in New O:r'leans a i r t e lto Bureau dated 2 /24 /67 , in th e case cap t ioned , "LEE HARVEYOSWALD, aim; IS - R - CUBA", Bureau f i l e 105-82555. In fo rmat ion
concern ing BOB GUZMAN, cons idered by GARRISON as a consp i r a to r ,
i s s e t fo r th in . New Orleans · a i r t e l to the .Bureau da ted 3/2/67 .._\,.( . L (r,•
In regard to . a Cuba..rr n a m e d j ~ A T T E A U , / . . s e t f o r t h in
r e a i r t e l as one o: f th e persons cons i e r e a b y . GARRISON asa c o n s p i r a t o r , it i s po in ted .out t ha t th e f i l e s o f th e NewOrleans Off ice do no t conta in any info'rma t ~ o n undeJ.' · the
name o f BATTEAU o r l o g i c a l v a r i a t i o n s o f t ha t name. I t i s ·
. to be no t eel t.ha t :i!;p th e ·.ca.:i'f' previous . ly mentioned en t j_t l ed ,
"V:ICTOR, ? J M D _ I 1 . ! 2 Q E ~ . § g ! J - 1 Q ; ; ) I t i t i l i 3 Y ~ . . ! L Q . ! ; & . . , , - . . J . ' ; T AL - NEUTRALITY _. tJviATTERS" i ; t ' w a ~ de te rminedf tha t sub jec t C j ~ E J . . \ , ~ _ E p l ) . M _ D . \ L . - . L u../
/ N \ . ' : f E R N A N D ~ 2 ' f s . A \ : · N S 2 _ H E g , ~ ~ . i 1 ~ 2 - l ~ ! ; . £ Y t J 1 . , . l ? , O b ! l . M l , , . J l . . ' ) . ~ ~ J , t ' f : § ; i \ , ; . : . and ··· --=r·.c&triapossil51"y'15e J .dent icaT \vith. t he i nd iv idua l cons idered
a c o n s p i r a t o r by Gll:RRISON.· ·
In .regard.: . to th e in fo rmat ion con ta ined in r e a i r t e lto th e e f f e c t t ha t GARRISON a lso impl ica tes . a l o c a l New
_ . p r ~ . , . " ! : . ~ t - l . ~ y e r be l ieved a lso to be a mental case who'se-name .
- i s ~ O N , f th e \ J i l e s · o f t h i s of f i c e con ta in i n fo rmat ion concern ing
on·J··-:rpr·IN E_,_ffi,ANNE? an .a;t_tpJ;:g,.G,Y.. who former ly served as a f u l l - t i m e
ag en t fo r TI1e 1 " 0 l ~ i c e Bureau· o f Inves t i ga t i on o f th e .New Or leans L.c,j,Po\l ice .Depa:hment who could poss ib ly be i d e n t i c a l with th e ·a t t o r n e y named LON. ·The New Or leans I tem, a da i ly New Orleans ,
newspaper , in i t s i s sue o f 8/8 /62 , c a r r i e d an a r t i c l e cap t ioned ,
"Po l i ce Agent i s Suspended; Lies Charged" which r epor t ed t h a t
JOHN E. LANNE, an a t t o r n e y who· s e r v e s as a fu l l - t ime ag en t
in th e BuJ.•eau o f I n v e s t i g a t i o n , New Or.leans Pol ice Depar tment ,charged wi th t he r espons ib j . l i t y 'o f main ta in ing a c lose
s u r ~ e i l l a n c e on th e conduct -o f o t h e r po l i ce o f f i c e r s , had
been suspended on t ha t da te and accused o f ly iqg about th ep a r t he played in . an a b o r t ion case . According to th e a r t i c l e ,LANNE was· suspended by Major RAYMOND R, RUIZ,. Po 1 ic e .Super
vd.sor o f J?ersonnel , who sa id ~ A N N E gave money, wrapped in a
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newspaper , to · an · abor t ion v ic t im on a s t r e e t - c o r n e r
r endezvous as p o l i c e o f f i c e r s watched. According to
th e a i t i c l e , th e po l i ce o f f i c e r s ~ t a k e d o u t a f t e r . theabor t ion vic t im sa id LANNE arranged to meet h er andg iv e h er money.
. E a r l i e r , th e vic t im t o ld p o l i c e LANNE sa id he\;.vas to de l ive r · a checl ' to h e r on b e h a l f o f Mrs. JULIETTE
1\t! J,EJ: ,. 54 , ) ~ . 9 _ Q ; L _ : ; > j : . , ··r- . G . J . , . . a ~ u . ? , ~ - ; · .AL'io. 'Ll , : !J i .:'·: -_::::. :;·· , r ~ : : · --· · · ·
The paper quoted LANNE .a s say ing t h a t heo f f e r e d to d e l i v e r a· $.250 checl{ fo r Mrs. PAlLET becausehe was a f r i end o f ~ h e f a m i l y , not knowing a t th e t ime it
was an apparen t abor t ion p a y o f f . He l a t e r gave the· a b o r t i o n
v ic t im $35 of· h is own money because she seemed to be in ·a" w r e t c h e d s t a t e " . ·
The New .Or leans Times .Picayune in · i t s · i s su e o f10/27 /62 , ca r r i ed 'an a r t i c l e repoJ.· t ing t h a t . JOHN E; LANNE,'.: '
who was·accused
o f maltingan
abor t ion p a y o f f mdran
a b o r t i o n
s u s p e c t , had- res igned from th e New.Orleans Po l i ce Depar tment .
The f i l e s o f th e New Or leans O f f i ~ e f u r t h e r r e f l e c tt h a t JOHN E. LANNE i s ment ioned in th e case e n t i t l e d , ."UNKNOWN
SUBJECTS, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA'; POLICE.'DEPARTMENT OFFICERS;MRS ,.TGULT'l;"TJ:E PAlLET - VICTIM; UJ?UC" in r e p o r t s o f SA LEON
M. GASKILL dated · ' l0 /17 /62 , a t .New Orleans , ··SA .JOHN W.
WHALEY, 9/16 /63 , ' a t . New ·or leans ; · and . SA JOI·IN W. WHALEY,11/ '1 /63 , a t New'Or leans . ·
In connect ion wi th th e above-cap t ioned mat t e r ,LANHE, accompanied by Mr .. GUY BANISTEH, appeared a t th e
New Or leans Off ice adv i s ing · t h a t he was .making. a compla in tconcern ing · the ' wire . tap p u t on th e phone o f .Mrs. JULIETTE
PAILET by th e New Orleans Pol i ce .Depar tment and th e d i s - c l o s u r e o f i n fo rmat ion obta ined .as· ,a r e s u l t o f t h i s wj_re
t a p . . He furn. ished · s i x , Mimeograph cop ies . o f the . t es t imony.o f Major HAYMOND ·R: RUIZ New Or leans P o l i c e Depa.r:tment.,in th e case e n t i t l e d ·"STATE OF.LOUISIANJ\. vs JULIETTE
PAlLET, Case Number l77.: .033" on 1 /1 /6 3 . LANHE a lso fu rn i sh0d
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two cop ies o f a p e t i t i o n fo r dam.ages f i l ed in .Civ i l D i s t r i c tCour t for . th e Far i sh o f Orleans , Sta te o f Louis i ana , on1 0 / 7 / 6 3 , ' w h i c h r e f l e c t s t h a t JOHN LANNE i s th e p e t i t i o n e r
and i s sueing·, fo r damages in th e amount o f one mil l . ion d o l l a r s ,
twenty o n e ' i n d i v i d u a l s and companies in the S ta te o f Louis i ana .
I t i s poin ted out t h a t JOHN LANNE had prev ious ly
contac ted- th e New Or leans Off ice on s e v e ra l o c c a s i o n s dur ing
th e l a t t e r · p a r t o f September , 1963, and sa id t h a t he· wanted
to co n tac t th e .FBI concern ing a wire - t ap case . During t h e s ec a l l s he appeared to tal l< -'in a high ly em6t ionar• and exc i t ed
way. He ~ a i l e d , t o keep ~ n y appoin tments m a d ~ to d i s c u s ~th e wire - t ap case , . . ,.,· ... ~ .. \ ,. · . . .
. .. Jl._ 1;\.) 1\ ,, j\·j ""-'<.;_. 1\ \· ( " ' ' i . . { '· /:)( ! I \ I • '--:--I , (. ·· ( '' · -...,,; .~ . The .New Orlean 's ' ' indices r e f l e c t t h a t one D.J:,,
. I o J . I - 2 . . : _ ~ J . S & I ; O E I ? , . J [ , ~ r k L10 Me . .Al is te .r p r a c e ' New Or l e a n s ' 0 \ ' i s i ~ n - ~ . L .c!J.UF was on".a ...maJ.ling list of the Southern · Pat r io t · ; ' o f f l c l a l .
IO 9\l,ti organ o f th e . sou the rn co.nferei1c·e· Edct'caficiriaT Fund. djTie· · l : r q ~ I( ) f i l e s a lso . i nd ica t e t h a t s u b j e c t K L O : ! ' ; P F E R . ' ~ : l l . J . l ? s , . c : r ; j , l ; J " l _, . o.,
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·;· o_ :r_ ..c.o.n:t;t"ibqted to " N ~ e v • l:orld · R e v i ~ w ; • forme:rly lmown a s 1().,\, I '' :>,, \ .._...." S o v i ~ t Russ ia Today". ~ ) N e w Orleans f · i les . also ind ica ~ _"I· y '/v;;.....' I ~ ~ m o r . , ~ m ; P F : i i l l } • a t t e n ed_"school ir;' 0 ! . . ? . : . ; ! - . ! ~ d u r i n g ~ h e schoo . l .
· ./ ' ' y ea r olf 19.62-1963. ·· DurJ.ng vacatJ .ons , KAROL VlSJ.ted 1/',osc<;>w· and Leningrad in · Ru ss i a and "'rjl..so v i s i t e d East Germany. . · · · 1
She ':"nd her · s i s t · e r , R U C F R - A l ; l N ~ · L O E R . R E R , have s tud e ~ th e •- '·0
Russ lan language . · ·KAROL and1RUTH ANN KLOEPFER r e s ld ed
wi th t h e i r pa ren t s · as · o f November, 1963, a t 30f? . Pine . S t r ee t ,
N e w _ ~ . Q : s l e a 1 l ? . ; Louis i ana . ·KAROL KLOEPFER's fa the r i s l i s t e das. H. WARNER KLOEPF:E:R, a p r o f e s s o r a t Tulane Un iv e r s i t y i n
New o r l eans . \I _ /v (!.C 2 1 < ~ ~ ; 0 . . ; - - L : < . . . ; .Mrs. R U T ~ L O E P F E R , 306 _ 2 _ i n e . _ S t r : f l _ ~ t . , i adv i sed on
11/27 /63 , sne rece : lveaa -10I lg · d i st an ce t e l ep h o n e c a l l fromMrs. RUTH PAINE, sometime· in · Ju ly , 1963
1from I rv in g , Texas ,
v1ho· t o ld h e r t h a t sh e had· obtad.nedd KLOEPFER's name f ro n
Jlih-s . . LEANOR HAMMOND, 1202 Bandera Lane , Gar land , Texas .Mrs. PAINE wanted· Mrs. KLOEPFER to v i s i t a Mrs. LEE. OSWALDa t •±907 Magazine S t r e e t in New Or leans a s ' i\'lis. ·.OSWALD was
a , f r i end o f 1\!rs. PAINEand was due to have a baby and mightneed h e l p . Mrs. KLOEPFER agreed she would v i s i t Jlih-s. OSWALD"
Mrs. PAINE aga in ca l l ed Mrs. KLOEPFER t h r e e daysl a t e r s t a t i n g . sh e had r ece ived a l e t t e r from lfrrs, OSWALD
to th e e f f e c t t h a t h e r husband, Mr. OSWALD; had r e tu rned
to New Orleans . i\f.trs. KLOEPFER t o ld lf.trs. PAINE she had n ot
y e t v i s i t e d M r s ~ OSWALD.
RUTH KLOEPFER r ece i v ed a l e t t e l ' from Mrs. PAINE
d a t e % 7 / 1 8 / 6 3 , • with an enclosed· copy o f a l e t t e r to Mrs.
l2AJJJu. L A N C H A R D _ , _ ~ _ l ? : l ...J=:?.:r:;J;:_:!,?.X , ....New ..Or.lean§', _1 5 , LouiEtL'al'ia:
T h e . l e t t e r to · Mrs ..KLOEPFER i nd ica ted th e need ora "Russ iansp eak i n g person because MARINA OSWALD-did not speak En g l i sh .
The enclose.d l e t t e r to lvlr"s. BLANCHARD a l so i n d i ca t ed t h i sneed as s t a t e d above and Mrs. PAINE' commented in t h i s letter
t h a t she · d id not !mow Mrs. BLANCHARD o r lfrrs. KLOEPFER bu t
would co n s id e r it a · k indness oJJ t h e i r p a r t to a : s s i s t in
t h i s . m a t t e r .
One, even ing dur ing th e l a t t e r · p a r t o f J u l y • o r
e a r l y August , 1963, KLOEPFER went to v i s i t lilr s .·-OSWALDat. 4907 Magazine St r e e t , New Orleans . 'LEE OSWALD met h er
a t · . t he dOOl" and .dur ing ..th e b r i e f visit, t r a n s l a t e d h e r
co n v e r s a t i o n with iilrs. OSWALD. He adv ised he was n ot ·workingb u t was look ing fo r .employment as h e m s a m1tchanic and haddone dark ro.om _and pho tograph ic work. KLOEPFER aslted OSWALD
if t h ey had r e l a t i v e s in Nevi Orleans and he i d e n t i f i e d 'anau n t o f h is as Mrs. FNU MURRETT, t e l ephone HUnter 8-4327.
Ivlr"s. KLOEPF.ER adv ised she had no f u r t h e r con tac t wi th l11r"s.
PAINE o r OSWALD u n t i l 9 /20 /63 , when she rec€dved a c a l lfrom Mrs. I'AINE adv i s ing sh e was in -New Orleans v i s i t i n gth e OSWALD _residence.
On 9 /22 /63 , KLOEPFER and her two daugh ters , KAROL
and RUTH ANN, both. o f whom speal< Russ ian , ca l led upon ·LEEand n·h·s. OSWALD and Mrs. PAINE a t 4097. Magazine St r e e t .
KLOEPFER ·not iced . th e PAINE s t a t i o n wagon parked o u t s i d e ·t h i s r e s id en ce and LEE OSWALD adv ised h is wife was going
to Texas with Mrs. PAINE and was r eady to leave . He
commented he was going n o r th t o Phi l ade lph ia o r somewhere
in th e e a s t on b u s in es s .
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Memorandum
Mr. w. c . S u l 1 i v ' i. DATE:
1 - Mr. DeLoach1 - Mr. Wick
March 10, 1967
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Mr. Branigan ~- M r. Lenihan ·.· .. ·; · · · 1
. ' / '' I ( '' s U B J E C T : - : : ~ S A S S I N A T I O N OF PRESIDENT
. J Q i f i r : F . I T . Z ~ G J f f i ; ~ . r , n : ; K m f f l E D Y ; : : : : .... ·NOVEMBER 22, 1963, D A J " , J A ~ - • - - ! ~ _ 1 ? _·- ... -...-·-· ... , -- - ' .
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- Mr. Wannall ) ~ ('
- M r. Nasca f- 1' '~ . l.r,lciJJ
:::, . ~ ' \ ( \ '\.This i s informative memorandum to advise y<:i_u of:·.;press
repor t t ha t New Orleans Dis t r i c t Attorney Jim Garrison repor tedly
i s looking for ind iv idua l bel ieved to have been involved with1group which hoarded munitions in Lacombe, Louisiana; in · ; ! 9 6 3 . ~ ' : : . ~ , , , . ; t
Munit ions were se ized by FBI 7/31/63. · ::: 1 .;, . ~ " - . _ , _' . · ' f-.A·· f \ j
The "Times Picayune," a New Orleans n e w s · p ~ p e X : ' ; - car r i ed ·· '·a r t i c l e 3/5/67 s ta t ing assass ina t ion p l o t reported ly hl!-d fqcused ....
i t 's a t t en t ion on group of men involved 'in 1963 FBI raid. ·on cacheo f war mater ia l s in Lacombe.· According-to a r t i c l e , New OrleansD i s t r i c t Attorney Jim Garr ison reported ly was looking for a t
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l e a s t one American.who was believed to have been involved. I tems Rise ized in ra id 7/31/63 included 20 empty bomb ~ 48 casesof dynamite, and napalm. '
· · · With reference to FBI ra id mentioned above it iSnoted t ha t we received information from Miami; Flor ida , source
on 7/18/63 t ha t Acelo Pedroso, former Cuban p i lo t had gonetoNew Orleans about 7/16/63 to check some bombs a l l ;gedly to be~ 1 t ~ ~ d ~ : ~ i n f I u n over Cuba• . edroso, upon interview 7/19/63,t k ve ng to New Orleans with two Cubans and beingd ; n ! : ~ ~ ! ~ ~ e l ~ ~ a ~ = ~ Orleans area where some bombs, fuses , andbombing miss ion . • The bombs were not su i tab le for use on
· Pedroso voluntarilY.. a t\Orileans on 7/30/63 and, d e n t £ f i ~ ~ o : ; : i - ~ q , h · Mi ihami Agent to New .. · . /po nted by New 'Orleans· Office A e. w c had been pin- !" . -·were s to red . · 'j.·::\'6., gents -IJ.?, ~ p u s e where munitions
: , , ;:-.1 i j { I1 •1ru j • ;
on 7 9 3 1 1 ~ 3 .;;.J·ir/Js-ll'with authorized searcl;t ; · .<LJ!{ative of our New Orleans. OfficeS t . Tallllllany Parish LOui r r ~ l l ' ' ~ . e a r c h e d residence located i n '
, s ana, owned by William Ju l ius McLan0y'; ; · j / ' . • 'J / /•';n I ' ;' 1
·1 0c.L,,,...Jo '/ u tc) (J, -- ..::t.; ~ t : ~ ,, · "REG- 56 ST-'-101:: - - I ' l ~ Y; ; , : ; ~ 3 ~ (Espinosa, a t a i)
Memor..a:ndum W. A . Branigan to W . C. Sullj_vanR ~ ! i - N S S A S S I N A T I O N OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY62-109060
4213 Encampment St r e e t , New Orleans , Louis iana . Among i temsse ized in house and in t r a i l e r on proper ty were 20 prac t i cebombs, fuses , napalm, and 48 cases o f dynamite . Severali n d iv id u a l s were involved in t h i s mat te r which rece ived cons ide rab le pub l i c i ty in the pres s a t t h a t t ime ,
There
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o f th e sub jec t s
t h a t Lee Harvey
ACTION:
are noo f th e
Oswald
r e fe rences in the Oswald case to any
se izu re mat te r , We have no i nd ica t ionhad any connect ion with it,
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·Bom-b-:.Cache · C : f J # f i : j : ~ f - L o n ~ e . d .. . : - .to Newly-AYffiiJ:ed Refuge-e
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~ l n - .'\-1lll•m ,Julitl.'j.
~ c L a n + > y ,1'!f:t ElWimpment, z.Jd fhat
neither !Jl t no r her- hrnil iand, .
v.ho u p e r a t ~ a met horse frtd...:.....
h m J ~ . : : : : n a - d - k ® w l e d g e _ l h a t ..- f&; mnnltl.ows ' lero .tored at~ t l l r ~ - - b a . % r o m ' i until· a'gmi lh-e . ~ n t l urea.u
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hWI-band W ~ a y before •
• m : d d ~ th e lfehUM'I.
: said that the plac-e was;. 1 ~ · they knew:1oplY as 'Jose J ~ a r e 1 ; " ~ ~ - l a v o ~
r · ..<>O!V:I'Tft! on..: ·The''i cLane)'3: ha-d operated a toor-,'b:t bu:tiness in Havana. but cam-e·to Nf!W O r l ~ in l¥lJ •'beca\l.&e.
;Castro m a i l ~ thini:S- l m ~ i b l e1_., ~ : . . : : : : ·
Th e police said Lieut. Col. Effi.ward Solomon. United S t a t e ~Army, retired, abo Wa!l detained;He- allegedly carried 159,000.
p e ! ~ ~ ·- 1A prohibitiori on bringing ir i ,
or taking ou t of Cuba more.
than 50 p e = wa s put Into e f ~ ·feet .by th e revolutionary G o ~ , .emment to prevent money takeou t by me-mber:s of th e Bat:istaregime from being . put into
circulation herea t
full value.Th U money U reportedly beinsold in th e United States a t dis'counti up to 20 p.er cent_ ThefCubanpeso :1!1 temporarily value·less outside o:t Cuba; in Cuba i tU on a pa r with the UniState3 dollar.
Cuba observed today 8.!1 a da.
of official mourning. Th e natiomarked th e second anniversaof th e attack on th e President!Palace hen in an attempt tkill Pre!!ident Fulgenico BatistaTwenty-three :students died.the effort -a landmark in threvolt that oruted the Batistadictatonlrlp last New Year's'Da.y. ·
Th e assault on th e Palacel
w a . . : o ~ led by a group of Havana)University students belonging
to th e Revolutionary D i r e c t o ~ -rate. A ceremony honoring thisgroup Wa3 attended by PremierF1del Ca..!rt:ro an d PresidenManuel UmJth r le n . /
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HAVANA. March 19 (UP!) J
number or alleged "war
ic<irr<inal!;'• executed by !iring~ early January
i r < ! a < : h e u ~ o d a y . Th e news- .Revolucion, organ of l
Castro's revolutionarycalled in a f i rst-page ·
an en d of th e ·
~ ~ ~ ~ ( g ~ : : : J ~ r i f ~ th e
effort to halt anyof money cachedby ousted ·Batista. an d his
e,;/; < ;: ' + , have no b u a i n ~ a "' ycc: 1 h a v ~ in c e n d o = aod . . .
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'.'<:·:.'·.·,; .;.:;.•. ··.• ._·::_/··· ..· · .desires fo r th e fu tu re ; bu t a t · t he p r e s en t no bus iness .
'; .·. ;. .'> ·";'' ·.'· :; . . . . '': . ·" . -: ? -:: .'.:. · . . ·:.... /; .·:' ·i , Q_. .·.:_,During th e p a s t 17 J:ears, h m ~ of ten have you v i s i t e d
. _. <-:!.0::>- _:,/··'/:'':: J:-· Many t - i m ~ s a yea r . h ~ d many. 4:rierids here an.d
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' • ' • : ' ' , • ' I. . ..·-::. .._:·came. down to play. ir i th e gol f tournament's; o f which I
... .. : . . . . .. . . ' I ' " . j·-;.~ ·- . ·: · · won;two many y ea r s ~ g ~ / · . ' I l i ke th e i s l ands very much..,G .. ·::: . · .;'.'·····.: <·Do you have wh.at' I may c a l l any na t ive connect ions 7
, ;; ' }, / , \ C ::·:: .Nad vc eonno{;iona? Y = ~ ~ ~ Bab,miana ,. y = m ~ n.:.· . · . "· .·. ... ., ·' .. ! '
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:, ,.>·•.': :. ·:-·.··. ·:· ·. ::·,.·: ··::':' .. · ·Q • . · You were a t some t ime· a r e s id en t in New Orleans 7
:··,_;:))_:·. · : : : : · ~ . ' - ~ . · . · . : · ~ - ~ ; ~ : ~ : · : : : · · . : : · · ..t·,. ~ A · . · · /Yes , I ' w ~ s in t h ~ . cons t ruc t ion bus iness t he re , th e
..;...•:..... ·. :· ::>::·>:::.: ·.:: spor t ing goods b u s i n es s .
~ - ; ~ ; · : : ; ; - ; < : : : : : : · · · : · : : : : \ : .. ·:.:·.:.:)·:· .Q . H.ow long wer.e you r e s i ~ e n t the re 7.. . . . ,. '. . . .. . · ·---
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I have owneci_horses. · you play pol5e.r, l i k e l n ' the Bahamas •·. '
., .. .. ···. ;,.·, '.,. . and I been what t h _ e ~ ·call....<!;_ ~ ' s p o r t i n g gentleman b e t t o r " ,
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Q. ··.When did you t ake it ·on as a source of inves tment?
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. :·A · ·At ' the time o f · th e acqu is i t ion ·of the Nacional , i n 'I.s;::... . . . .
.-•'·' Q. ··,·Were you co n ce=ed · in : th e opera t ion of. · cas inos b e fo re?....
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'· ·.:.:·.A. Never b e fo re .(•
:Q. ,. · ·Or organ ised gambling?
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·. .. .... ·.,._ ._·.A. Never been in i l l e g a l gambling, i l l e g a l b u s i n e s s ~
. Q. I d i d n o t say " i l l e g a l " , I. · sa id . "organised gar:ililing" •.....
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Did you. take· any particu;Lar interes_t iQ. the .Bahamas
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within the l a s t year o r so?, .
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. A. I helped the P .L .P ::' par ty by.furn ish ing them with soc-o:·-
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:· ·' :','.-:: / !·.'.Can .you t e l l us what you ac tua l ly did fo r . the par ty?: .-. .: .- · .. , •. . . .. . .· . . .
. l e n t me some Gen'eral Development s tock to p u t vri th my
· Genera l Development sto.ck - $3DO, 000 t6 c lose the d e a l .
I p a i d th e bank back of' course . That vras the . last.--->
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·no you ~ t i l l - h a v e s to ck ~ n h is companies •
No; p o s i t i v e l y no't>" .. - :
No shares a t · ·a l l : in . any company which Mr. Ch es l e r
·ha.s s h a r e s .
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l and , h i s . s tocks bappened to be very h igh , and I had'
.... ·-·· to s e l l th e ' s to.cks. Since t hen they h a ~ e gone down •
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Q Does he have · shares - in any under t .ak ing i n which you
have ' shares .
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Mr. Rosenblum. <ras n ot the. owner of' a f ' oo tba l l t eam.
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He o ~ e d a team ca l l ed th e Bal t imore C o l t s .
D id you have any p a r t of't ~ i m o r e
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A P o s i t i v e l y n o t .
.Q It was n o t b e t t i n g on t h i s f ' oo tba l l t eam, o r o v e r -
b 9 t t i n g .on t h i s f 'ootbal team t h a t you f 'e ;n out with N r.
Rosenblum. :·--:
Ar.;ever had a d i scu s s io n about b ' : t t ing a l e g i t i m a t e
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bus iness t r a n s a c t i o n .
Q W a ~ th e t r ansac t io r i to do w i t h . t h e f ' oo tba l l team.
A No, sir, only to do Hith the company ca l l ed Un:!.ve:-sa::.
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