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In Reply, Plea$e Refer to

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

11000 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90024

June 27, 1978

Independent Research Associates 6 Bleecker Street New York City, New York 10012

Attention: A. J. Weberman

Dear Mr. Weberman:

This is to acknowledge a receipt of your letter dated June 6, 1978, in which you requested "an outgoing cable" upon which certain material which you furnished us was based.

A review of our files fails to locate any such cable upon which material which you enclosed to this office was based. For your information all material relating to the assassination of President Kennedy has been processed under the Freedom of Information/Privacy Act and is available at Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Any material dealing with the Kennedy assassination must be obtained through FBI Headquarters, Washington, D.C. If you desire additional material concerning your request please write directly to FBI Headquarters, Washington, D.C. 20530, and mark the envelope FOI/PA Request.

Very truly yours,

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RE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. ~DY, 11/22/63, Dallas, Texas MJSCELLANEOUS INFORMATION CONCERNING 00: Dallas

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H~, ·Hatchcock, has known one Dick Watley for several years., Watley, to the best of Hathcock's information, currently resides at 3350 N.W. lBth Terrace, Miami, Flo~1da. Watley is a male caucasian.

Prior to Hithcock 1s present occupation, he was the • or the Adventurers Corner, a shop at the corner and La Brea, Los Angeles, which sold articles from

all over the world and was an unofficial gathering place for adventurers in this area.

1Ratbeock did not see Watley again until about seven or eight months ago when he came to HaSh~ck•a office with two other men, all three of wnom were wearin~ green fatigues and one or the men waa:o wear:tng a ''mohawk" hair cut. The men were interested in getting into the Wild animal Dus:tness ana :asked ·- :114 where they coula get some wild an.t~ls. .

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·.. . ~~1 and Sk!Q.]J._, a mall C!IU<!aslan, 35 to 42 years, SF!!" I • ~,b ... . f: · !T' to lBcr"pc>unas, black hair, mustache, ruddy complexion !'rom ... 1 Wichita, Kan$as, came into ftathcock 18 office which was then ·-- --' .: · . located· at 6715 Hollywood Boulevard, stating that they were I ·:~ . . broke and that they knew Dick Watley and Watley had sent . ~hem to . - ~ :-l· ' ; '-( · ~ . him. They had with th~m a aet of g~l!' · cluba· .and a 3o-_o6 · < .· · - ~-6~~ j .,~e._~ · · Johnson Semi-automatic R1t"le with a Bushnell~ Variable · Powered .. 4; ·~~ 1 ~·~o> '"'• Scope. Hathcock loaned them $100 - ·$50 on each item and 1t · :. ~ ·LiJ" ~ . . •\f . · ·waa his ··understanding they were to pick up the .8fticles as soon ~~ .. • : ~ 7'. as possible. ·Hathco~ only saw Jerry Patrick once after ' · 1i ; .) . !·~· i .JAthat and that was approximately one week later when he again : ' .1• came to the office • I . ' . . . 1 .• . . '

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! v. -:\1• JerTY Patrick who was then residing at 2450 N.W.&.r...North River ··· ·. ·~ ~:~ Drive, Miami, Florida, inquiring as to whether ~~•c

' i- '· still had the rifle. tlt.~c;Qck told him that he had · .~' given the rifle to Hall for $50 and _this seemed to 1rr1 tate ' · Patrick to some extent. Since then Hathcock has sent the

I iJ: , .. · receipt he received !'rom Hall for the $50 to Pa~r1ck ~o . :. ! . .. ~ : ; }.,.1:,; : : •• ·,i ·: . convince him that he had returned the rifle •. , · · ·· . .. . · · ., ........ i ~ · ... :. . .. ,: . . , . . . . . , . .. . . .. !...: · .. -~ . . . .. . ... .... - ·~ >~' ~ -' · · !:_r:~ . I , . ,. . . . . . ,.. . .. . • #4 ) , : :- · - On the day Hall re111eved the r1!'le, -he sold 'him . . ~ : \~ .· •. }--~;. : :.t\:.. '· .··.' a·Bolex Motion Picture Camera with 'telaphoto lens ·which · .. ·· · ~ . ··-~·· .":"'-; 'o;r ·. was then the prope~ty of IIKhcoc¥. Hall paid by two .... . · · · · ' ;,. · . · \ , checks - one drawn on the Citizens Bank on the account or the . -~ ...._ .... . &b ·=tt.t:s ts .Ji!li!.Sf £ phe 1 p the amount of $350 and another in the ·: · . . ;_- ··

: amount or $150 on the account of a resident .of La Habra. . j :.... Hathcock gave Hall back $100. : . ··~ .. ' -~ .

Ha~hyoa& advised both Patrick and Hall are violently anti-communist ' and anti-CAstro .and they both told him they !'ought in the mountains with Castro -in Cuba, however, !'ell out with h~m after the revolution. Lorenzo told Hathcock he spent seven months in prison in Cuba, however, eventuallY 'got back to the United States. Patrick stated that he fell

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Lorenzo Hall now resides at 1191 College View Drive, ' Apartment 7, Monterey Park, California, telephone ~ber..~~f-~~~- :: 261-8911 and Hathcock does not kn:>w where he 1& now · . . "·· ,~· ~~ ~ employed. He last· saw Hall about two weeks ago when he came .:.:·: ·~ .. 1>·· by Hatllcock•a ·office simply ~o talk. · ' · · ~~: · ~ ··:~·;:-~ ::''

Hathcdck reiterated that both men are anti-communist and very strongly anti-Castro.

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The file on the ~bove subject, listed under the followtng numbers: 109-584;

Section 61, serials 3739-3781, 3742 ep 23, was reviewed by the undersigned.

The report dated 9/30/63 and is titled "Interpen'. A confidentiai source MMT-1 I indicate~ that Hemming visited on 6-6-63 Carlos Prio SOCARRAS at. 5070 Alton Rd . f

. " i Miami . Beach, FLA. Prio· stated that he would sponser a Milita-ry. Training · Camp ar:'df

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arrived ·in Da Has on 7-4-63 where he conferred with -Gen . Edwin A.- WALKER WHO [_>:~/ __ :'_· would not back. any specific cause as he wanted to remain free to fight · :::-_-·..._ -_..--_ ----------------------------~--------------------------~-----Communism a 11 over the United States. Fo 11 owing this meeting, ·HEMMING then

met with Lester LOGUE, Geologist and Oil Man_ at the firm•s . office, 628 Mea_dows

Building, Dallas,Texas. LOGUE told him that he had a (6-8) si ~ to -eight man

gro~p which is interested in fighting against Commun-sm but that he, LOGUE,

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