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February 20, 1967
TO:
JIM GARRISON, DISTRICT ATTORNEY
FROM:
JAMES L. ALCOCK, ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY
RE:
JOSEPH R. MILLA
Louis Ivon and I interviewed MRS. THAIS MC ARTHUR
at her residence at 3305 Palmyra Street in this city on February
15, 1967. The interview took place at 6:30 P. M. MRS. MC ARTHUR
is the ex-wife of JOSEPH R. MILLA. They were divorced in March,
1964. JOE MILLA came to the United States from Guatemala City
in October, 1959. That same month he married THAIS. He told
his wife that he had been active in certain revolutionary acti-
vities in Guatemala while living there. Also, just prior to
coming to the states, he was employed by Aviateca Airline of
Guatemala. JOE MILLA was a close friend of RICHARD (RICARDO)
DAVIS. According to THAIS, RICHARD DAVIS was always talking
about forming anti-Castro groups. She also recalls his men-
tioning the name, LAUREANO BATISTA. However, since THAIS did
not speak or understand Spanish, she was not privy to many of
the conversations which took place in her presence. THAIS
MC ARTHUR can recall only one meeting with SERGIO ARCACHA. This
took place in the summer of 1962 when she and her husband were
living on Arnault Road in Jefferson Parish. At this time her
husband operated a Shell Service Station at the intersection of
Arnault Road and Jefferson Highway. This seems to be the only
extensive conversation with ARCACHA.
MRS. MC ARTHUR remembers when her husband borrowed a
car belonging to MARY CATHERINE REGAN for the purpose of trans-
porting some Cubans to Miami, Florida. However, she cannot
remember the specific date. The FBI contacted her when the car
was later found in Miami. The car was never returned to New
Orleans. This is probably the car that JOE MILLA sent the
license plate for to LAUREANO BATISTA. MRS. MC ARTHUR could not
identify the picture of nor recall the names of the following:
DAVID FERRIE, MORRIS BROWNLEE, CLAY SHAW, ANGEL VEGA.
THAIS recalls vaguely her husband talking about a
plywood venture in Guatemala. However, she did not know that
her husband was the president of the Guatemalan Lumber and
Mineral Corporation nor has she heard of the names of GUS DE LA
BARRE or FRANK DE LA BARRE. Additionally, she had never heard
of the existence of any training camp on the other side of
Lake Pontchartrain. She had a wedding picture of her husband
but no pictures of RICHARD DAVIS or anyone else of interest in
this investigation.
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