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The New Orleans Sta tes and New Orleans I tem in

ts i s sue of 4/7 /61 ca r r i ed an a r t i c l e e n t i t l e d Inva,sion~ · C h e e r s Refugees i ~ w Orleans , which quoted SERGI?£ tCACR.ll.

j 'SMITH 1 _ H e a d ~ . Q . f _ i h ~ u b a n Revolu t ionary Front/_ ~ _ i j ) f __:_l\na,as saying there were m·any ew Orleans area ubans n the · ·

invas ionary force but he re fused to hazard a guess as tot he number. SMITH dec la red t h a t none of the force r e c ru i t e din New Orleans were American. SMITH s a id t ha t many of t he

r e v o l u t i o n i s t s fo rmer ly were s tuden t s i n New Orleans andBaton Rouge and o the r r e c r u i t s came to New Orleans from

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Texas and Oklahoma. SMITH s a i d these ind iv idua l s weresen t on to Miami, Fla . and none were t r a i ne d in New

Orleans.

SERGIO ARCACHA SMITH Head of the FrenteRevolucionario Democratico (FRD), advised on 10/9/61 , t ha tthe FRD no longer ha& of f i ce s i n the Bal te r Building in

Newr l ~ a n s

but t ha t the of f i ce s of the FRD were thenss of Mr. ARCACHA located atYr. ARCACHA r e l a t ed t ha t the

._ {; :e in the New Orleans area ,

adding t ha t a c t i v i t i e s - o f the organiza t ion a t New Orleanshad been l imi ted to c o l l e c t i o n of funds and clo th ing to

be used to a s s i s t Cuban anti-CASTRO r e fugees in the New

Orleans area .

. On 12/5 /61 , SERGIO ARCACHA SMITH advised t ha tal though the a c t i v i t i e s of the FRD had been disso lved inthe New Orleans area a campaign known as the Crusade to

Free Cuba would be cont inued under his guidance and a l so

under the sponsorship of t he Revolut ionary Counci l . He_explained t ha t the FRD a t Miami had merged i n to the

Revolut ionary Counci l .

An a r t i c l e in the New Orleans Times-Picayune,a dai ly newspaper , on 12/2 /61 , ca r r i ed a s tory capt ioned

Crusade Begins to Free Cuba . This a r t i c l e s t a t ed t h a ta two month crusade to f ree Cuba had been s t a r t ed a t t he

beginning of December, 1961 and would cont inue u n t i l theend of January, 1962, The a r t i c l e sa id t ha t the foundersclaimed t ha t the purpose of t h i s crusade was to r a i s emoney to educate New Or1eaneans of the danger t ha t Communistor i en ta t ed Cuba presen t s to the U .· S. According t o t he

a r t i c l e the crusade to f ree Cuba had the support of t heMayor of the City of New Orleans and t h a t a proc lamat ion

bad been i s sued by Mayor VICTOR H, SCHIRO of New Orleanson 12 / l / 61 , backing t h i s crusade . The a r t i c l e fu r therr epor t ed t ha t l oca l prominent c i t i zens of the New Orleansarea had been chosen to d i r ec t the crusade and the campaignchairman was W. A. MON TELEONE, a hote l execu t ive .

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camps for Cubans in the New Orleans area i s contained in

the r epor t of SA WARRE} C. DEBRUEYG dated 10/3/63 a t

1 Orleans in the case en t i t l ed Al:I'TI-FIDEL

.D7C. ~ i ch s e t s fo r th in f67D pro tec t i den t i t y ,j €r eans , La. , advised on 7/30 ,

fi3J: . Cuban re fugees a r r ived in New Orleans from Miami on the

n igh t of 7/24/63 for the purpose of a t t end ing a t r a i n i n gcamp some two hours from New Orleans a f t e r which they wereto be t rans fe r red to a t r a i n i n g camp in Guatemala.

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. _ s ta t e d ad learned t ha t t heu b ~ n r f u ~ O r l e a n ~ l e g e d l y : t h r o u g h t he

e f fo r t s of ; R I C H A R ~ A V I S : i _J.R. who had informed t ha t theCuban reJugees were--nrs-men ·and tha t he had a company inGuatemala ·who vias going . to h i r e them.

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in Cuba between ages of 2 and 26. Hehad re turned to the U. S. on l / 12 /61 from Cuba and r es idedi.n New York City u n t i l August, 1961, when he came to NewOrleans . DAVIS r e l a t e d t ha t sometime. ea r ly in 1963 he hadmade f r iends with persons in the lumber business in Guatemalaand had formed with them the Guatemala Lumber and MineralCorp. which was a Louis iana corpora t ion which had a con t rac t

with the Guatemalan Government to take mahogany out o f

Guatemala.

According to DAVIS, some n ine teen men were sen t

by BATISTA from Miami to New Orleans in response to DAVIS sreques t . Unfor tuna te ly , these men, for some reason oranother , came to New Orleans with the idea tha t they weregoing to be t ra ined in New Orleans for a mi l i t a ry opera t ionand sent to Guatemala for add i t iona l t r a in ing . DAVIS

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claimed· t ha t when he advised these Cubans of the r ea lpurpose of t h e i r t rave l to New Orleans they were d i s -appointed and some were angry with him.

DAVIS s t a t ed t ha t the house where these Cubans

were s tay ing and being t r a ined in connect ion with t he i rlumber cu t t ing work in Guatemala was loca ted in St . TammanyPar i sh in Lacombe, La. about a mile from Highway 190 West

on a secondary road .

DAVIS re l a t ed tha t during the l a s t dnys ofJu ly , 1963, the FBI had se ized some dynamite and other

explos ives s to red in · a Lacombe res idence which was r epor ted

to be for use aga ins t Cuba. DAVIS s a id t h i s act ion d i s -turbed these Cuban ·· re fugees and was probably p a r t i a l l yrespons ib le for t he i r decis ion to re turn to Miami.

. On 8/3 /63 , V I C T O R ~ N E Q U E ~ T I S T and HERIBERT0~ A L D E S ~ Q L L I ~ E D A ass is ta :n ts to UuREANG BATISTI-. , mil i tar) : cu=ordlnator o f Moviemiento Deraocratico Cr is t i ano Chr i s t i an

Democrat ic Movement MDC), an aw·-cASTRO organ iza t ion inMiami, Fla . advised t ha t ~ ERNANDEZ was in t roduced

to MOLLINEDA about 6/20/63 a t t MDC of f i ces in Miami.d ~ unusua l i n t e r e s t i d as a r e s u l t

FERNANDEZ advised he ad t a lked

with LAUREANO BATISTA FALLA o f ~ o m m a n d e r DIEGOhad come to the camp FERNANDEZ did not i de n t i f y t h i s camp .FERNANDEZ mentioned h i s t r ue l eader was TETERICH. He a l soadvised ,e e was t r a in ing on a farm near New Orleans owned byCETONIQ)GAUGIN who had organized a fund dr ive in New Orleans .Hecomntented t he re was p len ty of food but he had -noTseeri ·-any arms.

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group who was prepar ing to engage in an o p e r a t i on

Cuba He s t a t e d he had de ta i l ed r epor t s on t h i s i l i t a r yplan . FERNANDEZ expressed a wish to r e tu rn to Cuba in

order to serve the revo lu t ion o f Dr FIDEL CASTRO. Heasked i f t were poss ib l e to ge t d i lomat i c lurn in sor.1eembassy i n Cen t ra l -

. MOLLINE DA advis ed t h a t - s ev e r a l weeks pr io r t o.8 / 3 / 6 3 FERNANDO FERNANDEZ, PANE(UE and MOLLINBDA had l>E:>e r;in New Orleans and had been <in contac t wtth RICHARD R D ~ V SJH. the MDC de le g·a t e in New Orlean s .

K D E Z aQv i seC. t ha t :h e-;: ·

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or. 7 / 1 1 /63 , hep roce eded to Mian i a nd made con tac t s t he re . He sen t H A ~ s : . :back to Ka nsas C it y and j o in ed a commando group wi t h whic the trai11eJ and which served h i :: as a hideou t . He a ccl e cthe t r a in in g was ou t s ide F lo r ida and t hat he was b cck in

M i ~ m i td get new gu idanc e .

A review of the New Orleans i nd ic es r e f l e c t sn o fu r the r informat ion regardin g CETOHIO GAUGH\ o r s i rr. la rs pe l l i n gs o ther than not ed above.

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. I t i s poin ted out t ha t t he above-mention ed t r a i n i n g

camp a t Lacombe , Louis iana , could poss ib ly b e th e t r a in in gcamp me nt ioned i.n connec t i on with Dis t r i c t Attorney G A R R I : : 5 0 s

inv e s t i ga t i on . Addi t i ona l ly , t he New Orleans Times l ' i cayuneof 3 /5 /67 , contained an a r t i c l e capt ioned , No N ~ w Act ion

Rr ·por t ed in Kennedy D.2-ath Probe in which it was s t a t ed th a tt h e a s sa s s i n a t i o n plo t case r epo r t e dly had focused i t sa t t en t i on -on a group o f men involved in a 1963 FBI ra id ona cache o f war mate r i a l s in Lacor:1be . Th e a r t i c l e s t a t c0 th a tGARRISON ·i s r epo r t ed to be lookin g for a t l eas t on e· A G ;rica nwho was b l i to have b ~ ~ n involv ed in th e group t h a t

hoard e d muni t ion a t Lacombe . According to the a r t i c l e ,among th e items s 2 izcd in th e 7/ 31 / 63 r a id a t an uno cc upi e dco t t age in La co1.1be v c n : 20 e:-.1pty 100 pound bomb cas ing ;

c a s e ~ o f dynamit e · na ~ and f i r i ng c aps .

With ' regard to GARRISON's c la im t ha t LEE HARVEY

OSWALD l iv e d with D A ~ l . D WILLIAhl FERRIE for approximat e ly

one month b e fo r e leaving Nc>w Orl e ans , as s e t for th in r ea i r t e l it i s pointed out t h a t in format ion concerningOSWALD's r es idence while in New Orle ans i s s t fo r t h inNew Orleans t e l e t yp e to Bureau , 5 :55 AM 3/ l /67 .

Informat ion conce rn ing SERGIO ARCACHA SMITH,DAVID WILLIAM FERRIE, and CARLOS QUIROGA, mention e d inr e a i r t e l , as consp i r a to r s in th e p l o t m a s s a s s i na t ePres ident KENNEDY i s conta ined in New Orleans t e l e t y p eto Bure au and SACs Dal las and Miami dated 2/20/67 .

Informat ion conc e rn ing L E ~ I S JACKs. MARTIN,and Y.ILLIAM GUY BANISTER, a l so consid e r e d by GARRISONas c onspira tors in t h i s p lo t , i s conta ined in New Orl eansa i r t e l s to the Bureau d a t e d 1/4 /6 7 , l / 7 / 67, and 2 / 2 { 67;

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Ne w Orleans t e l ~ t y p e to Bureau, 8 :37 PM, 2/20 / 67, and Ncy:Orleans t e l e t y p to Bureau, 11:54 Ahl, 2/21/67. Addi t iona l

informat ion concern ing MARTIN appears in Nr.:w Orlt-ans irt c lto Bureau dated 2/24 /67 , in the case cap t io n ed , "LEi: HARV.i.:Y

· 03\·: ALD, k ~ - CUBA , Bureau fil e 105-82555. Inforr;l a t io r:

concerning cons idered by GARRISON as a co n s p i r a to r ,

i s se t f o r t 1n c ~ Orleans a i r t e l t o t he Bure au d a t ~ d 3/ 2 / 67 ..J,L L / (. ,

In regard to a · Cubnn named/iBATT.J:A.U t. s e t f o : ~ : t h in

rc air tE: l as one o f the persons c o n s i o by GARRIS01\ as

a consp i ra to r , it i s pointed out t h a t the f i l e s o f the Nc v

Orleans Off i ce do not con ta in any i n fo rmat ion un d e r th <.:

name o f BATTBAU o r l o g i ca l v a r i a t io n s o f t h a t name. I t i s

to be noted t h a t ~ · the c a ~ p r e v i o u s l y m e n t i o n ~ C . l "n t i t l ed ,:·viCTOR D?:,;n:.\IiOli .:iJ I ~ . ; 0 ; 3 . i A N D . . . : : ~ , l.. T ~ ~ y :::eT . L ~ L T Y

r . . . ~ T T ~ R : : > ... 1-t a ~ (.: err.D.ne:.n t h a t subJ c c t c ~ o ~ .; fllJi> r..:·.1.· t R II 'I."T) 7 -. \ r( ' ' .,,. . . 1 k b t h . , ': .l. d,. ' · f l . . t • . : - J . . . : . ~ ~ · : . U . : . . . . ~ :ts ~ ~ ~ n o ~ · I? .. t _ ~ • . : l ~ ~couTd poss ib ly b :.. ick n t i c i l v.ith th ::. i n d iv i t'lal c o n ~ i d _ ra consp i ra to r by GATIRISON.

In regard to t h e in fo rmat ion conta ined in re ~ i r tto the cff t c t t h a t GARRISON a l so i m ~ i c t e sl oca l N 'Or ns lav · e r bel ieved ~ l s o to be w h o ~ n ~ m. b 7 c - ~ ? - ; , the 1 le s o f t h i s o f f i c e con :tn t i o n conc•: rn ing

pe-t oi1eL...'J OTIN l :. ANNE, an a t + o _ t ~ · = - . y who formerly se rv e d a s a fu 11- t m'11-gent or t e o11ce Burt=au of Inves t iga t ion o f t he N.::-w 01 l e a n ~ L

;::e;: pOlice Department who could poss ib ly be: i d en t i c a l wi th thE:

a t to rney named LON. The New Orleans I tem, a d a i l y Nc:;w Orl e ans .newspaper , in i t s i s sue o f 8 / 8 / 6 2 , ca r r i ed an a r t i c l e cap t ion r "Pol ice Agent i s Suspended; Lies Charged" which r epor ted t h a t

JOHN E. LANNE, an a t t o rn e y who se rves as a f u l l - t ime agen t

in t h ~ Bureau o f Inves t iga t ion , Nt:w OrlE:ans I-ol i ce ~ p a r t r u n t ,charged with the r e sp o n s i b i l i t y o f main ta in ing a c loses u r v e i l l an ce on the conduct o f o t h e r p o l i c e o f f i c e r s , hadbeen suspended on t h a t da te and accused o f ly ing about t he

p a r t he played in an abor t ion. case . Accord ing to th12 a r t i c l e ,LANNE was suspended by Major RAYMOND R. RUIZ, Pol ice Supe r-vdsor o f Personnel , who sa id LANNE gave money, wrapped in a

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newspape r to an ab o r t i o n v i c t i m on a street - co rn e rrendezvous as pol i c e o f f i c e r s watched. According t ot he a r t i c l e , th e pol ice o f f i c e r s s t aked out a f t e r t ha b a r t ion v i c t i rn s a i d LAJ'I"N;:: a r r a nge d to meet h·=r and

give h e: r mon E: y.

i ; a r l i e r t h e vic t im t o ld pol i ce· LAr-. 1.;._. sa id h c.

~ s to d :: l iv <:: r a check t o r on b - = h ~ l f o f ~ l . t : T TAlLZT 5 :1 2903 ::>t. Claud e . l ._ · ·_ _ . .. -··· ' , -· - ·- -··- . ·· -··· . . ·· . ·-· -· . . ·· · · ------ - · • :.

The pap E : r l luot e d LA \lU a s sa y in g; t h a t h ·-

o f fc red t o de l iv e r a $250 ch e ck fo r •trs. PAlLETh e ~ a s a f r i en d o f th e fami ly not k n o ~ i n g a t t h t i ~ it

was a n appar e n t ab o r t io n payof f . H( l a t e r g a v ~ th e abu r t i o n

v:ictLn u f h i s O \•·r; ,:·lv iv.:y bL :CLi.US :: s lu.:. s ·: : . :c1HJ t o b- ir.

v.r .::tc h ·: d t o . ~ t •. · .

Ti1 ._ ; 1\ev· Orlea n s Time s l. icr..yun(: in 'i t s i s su(. o

10/2 7 /62 c a r r ied an artic l t: r ~ C p o r t i r . g t h a t J 0 L l E. LA:i\> .;..,

who was accus e d o f mf:l.ldng an abor t ion payo f f fo r a n a l:>v :c t i onsuspe c t had res ign e0 from ·tht:: 1\-: W orle<inS 1-0lice D e p ~ r t J

In connec t ion wi th t h e abOve-capt ioned mattE-rL A N N ~ accompani e d by hlr .· GUY BANISTi:R, appear e:d a t th eNew Or leans O ff i c e ad v i s in g t h a t h e wc..s making a comp l a i n tconcern ing t he wire t a p put on t h e phone o f All'S. JULI.LTT :::

PAlLET by t he New Orl eans Po l i ce Departme n t and t h t d i s c losure o f i n format ion obta ined as a r e s u l t o f t h i s \\jrc

t ap . He fu rn i s h e d s i x Mimeograph co p ies o f t h e t e:s t im -J nyo f Major RAYMOND R. RUIZ, Ne w Or leans pol i ce De partm 2n t

in t h e case e n t i t l e d " STATZ OF LOUISIANA vs JULIZTT.l::FA LET, ease Number 177 -033 on 1 /1 / 63. L A N i ~ a 1so f u r n i sh c<i

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two c o p i e s o f a p e t i t i o n f o r damages f i l e d in Civ il D i s t r i c tCourt f o r th e Far i sh o f O rl e ans , Sta t e o f Louis iana , on10/ 7/63, which r e f l e c t s th a t JOHN LAN NL i s th E pe titio n t: rand i s su e in g f o r damages in t h amount o f on e million d o llarE ,

tw e n t y · on2 i nd iv idua l s a nd companies in th e 3 ta t e o f Louisianc.:..

I t i s poin ted ou t t h a t JOHN LANNE had p r ev i o u s l yco n tac t 0 d th e New O rleans O f f ice on s e ve r a l occas ions dur in gth e l a t t ~ r p a r t o f S p t e m b ~ r 1 963 , a n ~ sa id t ha t he ~ a n tto conta c t th e FBI co nce rn ing a wire- tap case . Durin ;;: th esEc a l l s he appeared t o t a l k in a high ly emotio nal and e ~ cway, He fa i l ed t o kee p any appointments ma d e· to d is c ussth e w ir &- t ap ·case.

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w Orleans il e s a lso i n d ica t es c hool in Spain dur in g th e sch oo l

year 1962-1 963 . During vaca t ions , KAROL v i s i t e d s c o wand Lenin g rad in Russia and · ~ s o v i s i t e d Last GErmany.Sh e and h e r s i s t e r , IUJTH..A.Nl-\ "L O w F , ha ve s t u d i ed th eRussia n langua ge . KAROL and UTH ANN KLOE f dwi th th e ir pa ren t s as o f Nov embe r , 1963 , a tNe w Orleans , Louis iana, KAROL KLOE PFER ' s fa th e r sas H. W A R N ~ R ' :KLO Zl FER , a prof e s s o r a t Tulan e Univ er s i t y in

Nt?w Or leans .

11 / 27/6 3 , s ne ca ll fromMrs. HUTH FAIN E, so me t im e I rving , T e x a swho t o ld her t h a t s h e h me f r o10

Mrs. ELEANOR HAMMOND, Texas .Mrs. PAIN:. .: wa n t e d Mrs. J. :R o v i s i t a Mrs. OS\'.'ALDa t 4907 Ma gaz in e S tr ee t in Ne w O rleans as · Mrs. OSWALD wasa f r i ~ p d o f Mrs. PAINE and was du e to hav e a baby and mightn eed fl e lp . Mrs. KLOE -'F£R agreed she would v i s i t Mr s . D

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Mrs. F A INE aga in c a l l e d Mrs. K L O : ; : : t F ~ R t h ree d aysl a t e r s ta t i n g she had recE: i v e d a letter f rom Mrs. os,·,-ALD

to th e e f f e c t t h a t her husband, Mr. OSWALD, had re turnE-dto New Orleans. Mrs. KLOEl-F.LR t o l d Mrs. PAINE she had not

ye t v i s i t ed Mrs. Os,·, ALD.

RUTH KLo EFF.c :R rec e i v e d a letter f rom Mrs. PAIN.C:d a t ~ ~ ~ ~ 7 / 1 S / 6 3 ~ ~ i tn enclo ed copy o f a l e t e r t ~ Mrs.U 1 L ~ L A N C H A R D ,__ .Nev. .. r ~ e § l . n _ § 1 '-' , Lou 1s 1ana .Th e l ett er t o Mr • r .t:.R i nd i ca ed th e need o a R:;ss i an

speaking p ers o n becaus e MARINA . 03\, ALD d id no t speak :Zngl i s h .The enclosed l e t t e r to Mrs. BLANCHARD a lso i nd i ca ted t h i sne ed as s t a t e d a b o v and Mrs. FAIN2 commented n t h i s l r;tt E.:r

t ha t sh e d ic not kno ·w Mrs. B L A ~ C H A R D o r Mr s . KLOZI- FER but

vuu ld cons id e r it a k indn ess on t h e i r p a r t t o a s s i ~ t in

t h i s matt-2r.

One even ing dur ing th e:; latter par t o f Ju l y o r

ear l y August , ·1968, KLOZ1-FZR we n t to visit Mrs. OSWALD

a t 4907 Magazin e S tr eet N:.: w O rl ea ns. L E ~ O.Sl':-ALD met h 0ra t th e door and dur ing th e b r i ~ f visit t r a n s l a t e d h e rconv e rs a t i o n v: i t h Mrs. OSb \ LD. H(- adv ised h e was no t wo r k i n gbut was l ook ing f o r employ ment as he vas a machanic and h ad

done dark room and photograph ic work. KLOEI;FER asked OS ' \ ALDif they had r e l a t i v e s in New Orleans arid he identifie d an

aunt o f h i s as Mrs. FNU MURRETT, t e l ephon eMrs. KLOS ='F:bR adv i s ed sh e had no f u r t h er o ~PAINB o r O S ~ A L D until 9/20/63, when she r ~ c ~ i v e d a call

f rom Mrs. r ·AINI adv is ing she was in New Orleans visitingt he OSWALD r es id enc e .

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On 9/ 22 / 6 8 , KLOEPFE,R and her two da.ugh te rs , KARCL

and RUTE ANN, both o f whom sp ;.::ak Russ ian , c a l le d upon LE ::;

and Mrs . OSWALD and Mrs. PAIN.E a t 40 97 Magazine S t r ~KLOEPFER no t i ced th e PAINE s ta t i o n wagon parked o u t s i d ~t h i s res id ence and LEt: OSWALD adv ised h is wi fe was go ingto Texas wi t h Mrs. PAINE and was ready to l eave. Hecommented he was go ing nor th to Phi lad e l ph ia o r somewhErein th e eas t on bus in ess .



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Mrs. KLOEPFZR statE:d she had never known Mrs.PAIN£ and had never heard o f LE£ o r Mrs. OSY,A LD p r i o rto t h e abov e two con tac t s . She s t a t ed she has not s e0nMrs . F A I N ~ o r the OSWALDs subs eq ue n t to the 9/22 / 63,v i s i t .

In regard to Archbish o p STANLEY mentioned in r Ea i r t e l , th e - Bureau ' s a t t e n t i o n i s d i rec t ed to L o u i s v i l l et e l e t y p e to Bureau, Dal la s , Ncv: Orleans , and 'l'iash in gto1•Fie ld dated 2/23/67, in cas e cap t ione d , L£..::: HARV..t:Y .OSWALD, aka; IS - R - CUBA" wherein CARL JOliN STANL.CY,

. Loui sv i l l e , Ke ntucky, who c a l l s hims e l ' 'Most R- veren c ;

CHRISTOl-'HER MARIA STANLEY" a ·nd purpor t s to be 'Archbis hopo f ilf: t r o p o l i t i a n . . .astern J..:rovince American Arthod oxCath o l ic Church, t ( ; ; lephonica l ly · adv i s 12 d Louisvi l lL l ·o l ic ··De partm e nt d e t ec t i v e t h a t in No vemb >r , 1961, DAVID \ ;. lLLI.rlr:

·FERRIE and JOI K J . MARTIN, both h ~ Bishops in GTAr;LEY's

church, were in L o u i s v i l l e and while dr ink ing and ' ' b i t t inb

th e ba rs , t o ld STANLEY t h a t F2RRIE had b ee n invo lv ed ina p l o t aga ins t Pres iden t KZNN:C:DY. Subsequent , when i n t e r -

. view e d by L o u i s v i l le Pol ice Depart me n t , S T ~ L L Y a d v i s eel a s t year o r year b e fo re , MARTIN, whi le in w u i s v i l l cwhile dr ink ing , t o ld .STANLZ\' t h a t LEB H R V ~ Y OS\':ALD and

F Z R R I ~ "were buddies and MARTIN was a l s o connec t e d with

them. · MARTIN a l so t o l d STANLEY t h a t "FERRIE was a l s o in

t h a t p lo t to as s a s s in a t e t h e P r es id en t .

Late r in t h e in te rv iew when ask e d to rep e a tt h i s in fo rmat ion , STANLZ\' placed the d a te MARTIN gav ehim t he informa t ion as Januar y 3 , 1966.

Addi t iona l informat ion concern ing th e in t e r v i ewwi th STANLEY i s con ta ined in L o u i s v i l l e l e tt e rh ea d memo r ar,du;adated 2 / 28 / 67, which was submi t t e d to t h e Bureau by cov e rl e t t e r o f same date .

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r e rt e cll a d .iL.d..iver who .was w i t

ur g th e ea r ly t r a i n i ng pe r iod a t a k ~r t r a i n th e f i l e s o f t h i s o f f i c e do not con t a in

an y in fo rmat ion concerning any i nd iv idua l b y t h a t name . , , .The Bureau .s a t t e n t i on i s ca l l e d to New Or l i l i ; a t e l e ty p e -----·dat e d 3 / 4 / 67, which repor ted t h a t a S I C : t ~ ~ Y . 1-NJ:-.: L /_/t e l e phonica l ly contac t e d t h e Ne w Orleans Off i <: cit.:·r -in g -

t h e ea r ly morning hours on t h a t da t e ·adv is ing t h a t h e hadbee n a r r es t e d -by th e N ~ w Orl t:ans Pol ice fo r r eck l e s sdr iv ing and · was , a t t h a t t ime o a t t he Ce n t r a l Lock-Upo f th e N8w Orleans t m ~ n t . j,i...;Nr;.: c la im s d h ·l iv e d a t and i s t:mployed as a ~ c p

o rmat ion conce rn ing thF a s s a ~ s i n at i on o f l r e s id e nt K ~ N N l D Y and r ~ q u s t d th a t a n a g ~ n ti n t e rview h im a t t h e Ce n t r a l Pck-Up.

Th e 1962 New Orleans City Direc to r ie slist S I D K ~ Y L YN E . a pa in t e r , a s

r e s id ing a t The 1965 and 1966 Nev

Orleans City Dir ec o r s 1 wifeCAROLYN E . as r es i d in g a t Th e fil e so f th e Ne w O rlea ns Off ic e d o not a:>ntain any inform a t i o nconce rn in g SIDNEY L. MAN IX o th e r than se-t out above .

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l)(::partrnent and t o ld th e Po l ice Department he would bewi l l ing to r e p o r t any in fo rmat ion he obta ined regard ing

th e F ~ i r Flay fo r cuba Committ e e to t h a t agency . • rwrote Fres iden t JOHNSON on 1 0 / 6 / t 6 ~ c r n i n g h i s mee ing

wi th 03''-ALD and h i s a t tempt to utlJ ':j,:iti-a'J e the Fa i r l )l a yfo r Cuba o : mmitte e . He a ls o recomr.H ·na e·d t h a t th e inv esti-g a t i o n i n t o t h e d E: a th . o f =·r e s i d e n t KENNEDY be reopen e di nd ica t ing t h a t the Warren Commission Report was incomple te

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REPORTED ASSOCIATING WITH ROBERT MENNETH BROWN, P A ~ T H E R. '• . . :

PUBLICAT lOftS (Jt iWAVE 92-451 SEPTEMBER 67)_. ·) ·, : ·.·- . . . ./ • - . . ~ ) I

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S J - i A i ~ ; S : ~ ~ MARRIED TO l ' i E ~ I A , AND LIVES AT 1.0832 SW 61 TERRACE,

. _111\11 , FLORIDA. DAVIS H A ~ A lilDE CIRCLE OF ACQUAINTANCES IN.........;

JlAlH A R E A ~ O N G ANTI-CASTRO CUa AN, AND ANTI-DUVALIEJ\ HAITIAN.

cfiOUPS. D]jt iN hMIDDLE MiD LATE 1950'S DAVIS ALLEGEDLY It/AS ATN :; ::; •. .

LEAST AN A a Q U A ~ A H C E , IF ~ O T A CuLLEAGUE, OF WILLIAM MORGAH,

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DAVIS. (SU: JNWAV£. 9172, SEPIU:oER 67)

IN 1963 DAVIS LIVED AT 3 3 5 ~ NW 18 TERRACE, HlAMI

AhD CLA l1ED TO BE SELf-UiPLOYEO IN THE AIRCRAFT lllOUSTRY. HE

JWESENTLY OWNS THE -PROPERTY AT ADDRESS SHOWN ABOVE AND S CUR

R E ~ T L Y El'iPLOYED AS A PILOT BY AIRLIFT lNTERHAT ONAL, MAKING0 0 0

IN EXCESS OF 7 ~ 0 PER MONTH. HIS W l ~ E , HERTA, WHO IS ~ FCUBAtl EXTRACToOH A ~ D TO WHOa HE HAS BEEN MARRIED FOR AT LEAST

TE"N YEARS, LAOORATORY TECHNICIAN. AS OF 19631

SHE HAD

££EN EMPLOYED BY THE UNIVERSIJY Of IUAi-11, iiAKlNG APPROXIMATELY

i>-300 PER liOi-HH. DAVIS WAS BORN 1 i AUGUST IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,

AND CAME TO FLORIDA F R O ~ NORTH CAROLINA IN J952. HE IS DESCRIBED

AS A WH1TE hALE, FIVE fEET SIX INCHES.lALL, WEIGHING 156 POUNDS,

~ i t H BROWI'f HAIR AND BROWN EYES. HE liAS LOCAL POLICE RECORD:

THERE ARE STATJON TRACES Oli DAVIS. O t ~ E OF l l iE CARS WHlCII

PLAYEU AN IHPORTAIH PARf IN THE BRO JN CASE,M.:O WHICH DELIVERED

PACKAGES TO BROWN, IS REGI :iTERED TO AN NDIVIDUAL NAloED GIL

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CAR REGISTERED BY DAVIS' WIFE MERTA lN HER MAIDEN NAM£.

v ~ ~ ~ flt:C. RUDOLPH RICtiARD DAVl&, JR._: EPORT CD 29.3

CF 25 JULY 63 HATE5 RICHARiJ DAV.lS, M I ~ G £ R O \I:E:STf LIFE

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T R A I ~ l ~ G R A ~ C H UHbOURCED C RDED INFO SHOWS OHE RICHARD M.

DAVIS, BORN 24 M Y Z5 1 U.S. CITIZEN, 9fiO\iN EYES AIW HAIR, 194

POu;.;os, FIVE FEET ELEVEN INCHES, REPORTED TO BE GOOD WITH

EXPLOSIVES MD HEAV i GUNS. MfloiBER PAN MiERICAN .CORP • .

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•. HAVANA, f , } i ~ HAD DEEr- REQUESTED 8Y J I G R A I I O N OffiCE CHICAGO

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Q . ~ i E A P O i - f ~ At;D EQUIPl'lEhT AT FORNER t:DC D<XHN lCAt.l REPUBLIC BASE

~ E A R SHALL T O \ l OF . M N Z A ~ t > L L O . A C C ~ R D l t < G S T A T 1 ~ RECORDS

SUBJECT I ~ O T CURREt.TLY ACSI INTEREST. {· Q .. ~ ~ M

G. VICTOR 1 - i f \ l v U E L j : < P A ~ I E Q U E > BATI :.TA <201-'286382> -

~ T A T I O i - 1 liAS 11 T nAD CONTACT \rrH SUBJECI SINCE Hl5 TE.RtllNATIOlf.)

QUERY T O R E HIS . PRE.SENT WllEREABOUTS R V I\L -

HEARD SUSJECT HAD GONE TO Nf.W YORK CITY OR UNION CITY lN

. EARLY 1966 Al\0 IHEN ot• 10 BOSTON WHERE W£hi TO WORK IN UIYIDEhiiFIED,. .

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C A ~ P DRIVER S LICENSE ISSUED TO: VICTOR P A ~ E Q U £ ~ 542. .

3 1 STREET, MlAt'll, FLOIHDA; ilOB 18 SEPTE..1BER lS; WHITE; MALE;

F I V ~ FEET lVE6 INChES TALL; 1S5 POUNDS; BLUE EYES; BRCWN HAIR;

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