Ask the Scholar
Page 47 of 47
I can add historical knowledge about this page.
Page image
OCR
Jef Copy
MEMORANDUM
Re: CLAY SHAW
SHAW + (PSWALD) "LEE")
December 7, 1967
Rd: 05WALD
Re: EXTREME RIGHT WING
TO:
JIM GARRISON, District Attorney
Re: THORNLEY
FROM: JAMES L. ALCOCK, Assistan t District Attorney
RE:
EDWARD JULIUS GIRNUS, Prison #A-90428-A
EDWARD JULIUS GIRNUS was interviewed at the United State Peni-
tentiary in Atlanta, Georgia, on December 5, 1967. He was in that
institution for a violation of the Dyer Act (interstate trans-
portation of stolen vehicles). GIRNUS stated he owed the State of
Virginia 28 years for various unspecified criminal violations.
As GIRNUS recalls, he was released from the United States
Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, on January 11, 1963 -- his
rap sheet indicates he was released on February 14, 1963. He was
in that institution for interstate transportation of a forged
instrument. Immediately upon his release, GIRNUS moved to
Pasadena, Texas, which is just outside of Houston. Being on 21
month conditional release, he had to report to a federal parole
officer every thirty days. While in Pasadena he used the name
of EDWARD STARK.
Sometime in February or early March, 1963, GIRNUS made a trip to
New Orleans. He was down here looking for some old friends. He
stayed at a hotel one block off of Canal Street, on or near North
Rampart Street. He did not find the persons he was looking for
so he returned to Pasadena, Texas. While he stayed in Pasadena,
he lived on South Randal Street. He couldn't recall the street
number.
In March, 1963, GIRNUS moved to Waco, Texas. While there he
lived with a woman, not his wife, at 1806 Independence Avenue.
Sometime in March or April, 1963, GIRNUS moved to Dallas, Texas.
He was still with the woman he met in Waco, and he stayed at the
St. George Hotel. The St. George is on Elm Street two blocks
from the Records building. At this time he was using the name
EDWARD STARK almost exclusively. During this period GIRNUS was
charged with embezzlement from a gunsmith who owned two gun shops
in Dallas. (GIRNUS' rap sheet shows an embezzlement charge was
nolle prossed in Dallas on May 18, 1964). Also during this stay
in Dallas, GIRNUS, using the name of STARK, frequented the
Theatre lounge, Circus lounge and the Diamond Horseshoe lounge.
JACK RUBY allegedly owned one of these lounges.
GIRNUS associated with some of the strippers from these clubs.
Most of these girls stayed at the Blue Bonnet Hotel on Commerce
Street. Through his association with these people and these
clubs, GIRNUS met a friend of JACK RUBY's who was interested in
buying guns. This man, who GIRNUS would not identify, was
associated with a rabid right-wing group who had access to large
amounts of money. GIRNUS also met a man from New Orleans through
this group who was interested in purchasing guns. As a result of
a conversation with the man from New Orleans, GIRNUS moved to
Leesville, Louisiana. GIRNUS would not identify this man from
New Orleans.
-2-
On Chartere the French Street, Quanta or
in
GIRNUS went to Leesville in a pickup truck he had purchased in Oak
Cliff using the name of RITTNER. RITTNER is supposed to be an
engineer from New Orleans. GIRNUS had somehow gotten his
identification papers.
GIRNUS arrived in Leesville sometime in early April, 1963. He
moved in with a woman who owned a bar and gambling joint by the
name of Marie's Hideaway. The woman's first name was MARIE.
While in Leesville, GIRNUS became associated with an organization
known as the Democratic Club. The membership of the club consisted
of both military and civilian personnel. The organization used a
private club named the Ponderosa for their functions.
At this time, GIRNUS was buying and selling guns. He bought most
of his guns from some military men he had met at the club. During
this time he shot a sergeant, but paid $800 and no charges were
pressed. The sergeant's name was FOWLER and after the shooting he
was transferred to Fort Sam Houston in Texas. GIRNUS made several
trips to New Orleans with the guns and ammunition. He thought the
guns were ending up ultimately in Central America.
On one of these trips to New Orleans in May or June, 1963 GIRNUS
SHAW:
met CLAY SHAW On this particular trip GIRNUS, using the name of
EDWARD STARK, stayed at a big hotel which had a street-level
garage facing Chartres Street. The garage was at the back of the
hotel and it was near the Alpine Restaurant and Bar. GIRNUS met
SHAW in the Alpine Restaurant and Bar. He was introduced to SHAW
by a man who owns an apartment house on Exchange Alley or Place.
This apartment building has a courtyard. The man who owns it is
a homosexual. He is short, fat, wears glasses, bald and everytime
GIRNUS saw him he was wearing bermuda shorts and sometimes he
would be walking a dog.
When GIRNUS met SHAW on this occasion, he was with a group of
people. A man who owned a bar in the Quarter by the name of MAXIE
"Max"
WOOD or WOODS was in the group. Also, there was a woman who was
either presently WOOD (S) wife or ex-wife. She also owned a bar.
A New Orleans Police Sergeant who owned a cafe or bar was also
present. The police officer was heavy set with brown hair. He
did not wear glasses.
0 Identify police sergement
SHAW spoke to GIRNUS a little while, and during the conversation
invited GIRNUS (STARK) to his home in Hammond, Louisiana. GIRNUS
felt that everyone in the group knew of his gun running activities.
About 8 or 9 days after this initial meeting with SHAW, GIRNUS
returned to New Orleans from Leesville. He stayed at a motel on
the Airline Highway, but he cannot remember its name. He went to
a bar in the Quarter -- the one the woman at the Alpine bar
owned and met a man who he deemed to be the manager. He and
this man (name and description unknown) went by car to an office
in a building in the central business district near Sears Roebuck.
SHAW was in the office and they started talking about guns. SHAW
SHAW:
allegedly knew some people who wanted to buy some guns, SHAW
USWALD:
made a telephone call, and sometime thereafter two men came to the
office. One of the men was LEE HARVEY OSWALD. OSWALD was intro-
duced by SHAW to GIRNUS as LEE. GIRNUS cannot remember the name
of the man who came in with OSWALD. He was well dressed in a
business suit, 5'11" tall, 210 pounds, and he had dark black hair
OSWALD was wearing khaki pants and a white shirt. This meeting
took place sometime before noon, however, GIRNUS cannot remember
the day of the week.
-3-
This conversation centered principally on Central and South
America -- the best way to get there and the general living
conditions. GIRNUS, who said he had traveled quite a bit in
Central America, told OSWALD what he knew about these countries.
Suddenly, at this point in the interview, GIRNUS told me he did
not want to give me any more details. He said the institution
(penitentiary) bugged him, and he did not want to talk any further
lest he get himself into a storm. (He was obviously committing
crimes in this area, and was fearfulof prosecution). He said he
Not dear
did not realize I would be taking down everything he said. He
told me he would have someone in Atlanta send me a picture of two
me
people. One of the persons in the picture was LEE OSWALD. He
said the picture was taken in Mexico. Additionally, he was
or
sending me an FAA flight plan which would be self explanatory and
helpful in our investigation. FERRIE allegedly had something to
do with the flight recorded on the flight plan.
I assured him we were only interested in facts that aided us in
our investigation, but he still refused to go on with a fact-
detailing interview. So I put my pad away, and engaged him in
general conversation about the prison. During this conversation
I was able to elicit a few more facts.
?
The last time GIRNUS saw OSWALD was when he drove him to Catulla
Texas. This trip took place sometime in September, 1963, While
in Catulla, GIRNUS introduced OSWALD to a friend of his who was
an ex-Mexican army man. OSWALD and GIRNUS' friend went into
Mexico through Laredo, Texas. Their trip had something to do
with getting OSWALD a passport.
GIRNUS attended several parties where SHAW was present. At least
one of these took place in Hammond, Louisiana, GIRNUS thought
SHAW
it was SHAW's home, but he was not sure of this OSWALD was at
this particular party which took place in a large colonial brick
house which had a big yard all around it
Though GIRNUS terminated this particular interview abruptly and
at a crucial time, I feel he will talk to me further.
Ra:5HAW (+ FERRIE)
STATEMENT OF MR. NICHOLAS TADIN
I was out at the New Orleans Airport on a Saturday or a Sunday
afternoon sometime during the summer of 1964. I had brought
my boy out there to take some flying lessons from Dave Ferrie.
After I parked my car I noticed Dave Ferrie and Clay Shaw coming
out of the hangar. Dave Ferrie was about three feet ahead of
Clay Shaw. Clay Shaw turned to go to his car and Dave Ferrie
was coming towards me. When Shaw turned Dave waved at him.
Shaw just got into his automobile and left. I asked Dave Ferrie
if this was a new student that he had because I knew of Clay
Shaw and he said, - No, it was a personal friend and the Manager
of the International Trade Mart, and that was the end of that.
However, I did call it to the attention of my wife when I saw
Clay Shaw and told my wife who he was at the time. I had seen
Clay Shaw several times before around the French Quarter and know
positively that this was him.
Nicholas Tadin
Office of the District Attorney
February 27, 1969
Ry:SHAW (+FERRIE)
STATEMENT OF MRS. MATHILDA TADIN
My husband and I had gone out to the New Orleans Airport one
afternoon sometime in the summer of 1964. While waiting to see
Dave Ferrie, we saw him come out of the hangar with another
person. My husband turned to me and said "Look who's with Dave"
and I said "Who's that"? My husband told me that the man was
Clay Shaw, a notorious degenerate.
Inatheda Gaden
Mathilda Tadin
Office of the District Attorney
February 27, 1969
6
MEMORANDUM
ONote: CO departed for Europe
April 22, 1969
on Lybin ship on Sept 20, 159
for
Re: THORNLEY (2)
TO:
JIM GARRISON, District Attorney
R: SHAW (2)
Mi05WALD
FROM:
ANDREW J. SCIAMBRA, Assistant District Attorney
Rs: BANISTER
RE:
The New Shaw Lead File
41) EDDIE PORTER LEAD (See Sciambra memo 12/19/68)
69.
PORTER met OSWALD in the summer of 1963 in the Penny Arcade located
in the 100 block of Royal Street. OSWALD was with a male prostitute
by the name of JOHN who, according to PORTER, spent most of his time
"hustling the queens" around the Arcade. OSWALD told CAPT. MARTELLO
that JOHN was a member of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee. PORTER
currently lives in California but has relatives in the city. Efforts
should be made to get his California address so that we may further
communicate with him.
42) SHAW PARTIES LEAD
68.
"PATSY", a colored female impersonator, said that he has entertained
at some of the parties given by CLAY SHAW. He said that he quit
working for SHAW because he didn't like his attitude. (REID can
contact).
43)
BILL GAUDET LEAD
(See FOWLER memo of 4/15/69)
67.
GAUDET is editor and publisher of the Latin American Reports.
He
had offices in the old International Trade Mart and is now located
in the new Iternational Trade Mart. According to WEISBERG, GAUDET
is C.I.A.
44) SHAW IN ST. FRANCISVILLE, LOUISIANA (See Sciambra memo of 4/3/69) 66.
appeady
Leads pertaining to SHAW's activities in St. Francisville have come
in. I suggest that ALFORD who has made a contact in St. Francis-
ville handle this lead in conjunction with me.
SECURITY
45) FRIENDS OF DEMOCRATIC CUBA (See Special File)
65.
According to numerous reports, the Friends of Democratic Cuba was
Affert
created and sponsored by the C.I.A. It was organized around 1960
by BILL DALZELL and SERGIO ARCACHA SMITH. (BANNISTER was its
Director). Supposedly, its F.B.I. contact was REGIS KENNEDY and
its C.I.A. contact was a man named LOGAN. It moved from the Balter
Building to the International Trade Mart a few months after its
conception. On Janta ry 20, 1961, JOSEPH MOORE along with a person
named OSWALD attempted to buy some trucks from Bolton Ford for the
Invasion. Although this may not be a matter of priority, because
of the people involved in the organization, I think we should keep
an open mind in this area.
46) GUY BANNISTER AND 544 CAMP STREET (See Special File)
64.
Because of the importance of GUY BANNISTER and the 544 Camp Street
AlFoRd
location I suggest we assign one man to look thoroughly into GUY
BANNISTER and related activities around 544 Camp Street.
McBeath
47)
MCBETH ROOMING HOUSE LEAD
(2429 Napoleon Avenue)
63.
name
On P. 26 of the rooming house's cash book, there appears,
"6/28/59, LEE HARVEY OSWALD, El Paso, Texas, Room D". KERRY
D
THORNLEY's Grand Jury testimony reveals that at one time he, too,
lived at the same McBeth Rooming House.
who was running the place in 1960 1963
who owne?
Shaw
MEMORANDUM
Re: SHAW (as "BERTRAND")
June 6, 1967
TO:
JIM GARRISON, DISTRICT ATTORNEY
FROM:
DOUGLAS WARD AND L. OTILLIO, JR., DETECTIVES
RE:
STATEMENT OF CLYDE JOHNSON, RESIDING BOX 327,
KENTWOOD, LOUISIANA
On January 11, 1964, at about 9:00 A.M. or 10:00 A.M.
my wife OUIDA, EDWARD MCMILLAN and his wife, MRS. MCMILLAN, and I
went to St. Helena Parish, fifth ward, so that OUIDA and I could
vote.
After having voted the four of us left St. Helena and
drove to New Orleans. We stopped at various bars and restaurants
to more or less to politic and discuss the election with friends.
When we arrived in New Orleans, we checked into the
Monteleon Hotel. ED and MRS. MCMILLAN came to our room and we all
went downstairs to the Carousel Lounge and had a few drinks. We
left the Carousel Lounge, my wife and I returned to our room. ED
and MRS. MCMILLAN had gone out to eat, meanwhile someone called
my room and asked me to come downstairs to MCKEITHAN headquarters
to make a, statement on television about the election.
After having made the statements, I gave the key to my
room to one of my supporters and told him to go upstairs and have
drinks brought to the room.
We all then went to the Carousel and had more drinks
and then went to my room to watch television and celebrate the
election.
When we got to the room, it was packed like sardines and
I met a lot of people there. ED and MRS. MCMILLAN were with OUIDA
and I when we got back to the room. ED and MRS. MCMILLAN stayed
for a good while and left, saying they were going to the Famous
Door and asked if we wanted to go, but because we still had people
there we told them we would stay.
I do remember one thing distinctly, before they left
there was a grey haired gentleman about 50 or 51 that told my wife
to get up and fix him a drink, at the time he was laying across
one of the beds, surrounded by two or three other people. I told
this gentleman to get up and fix his own damn drink; my wife is
not your barmaid or anyone else's. This man was known to me as
ALTON BERNARD, that I have since identified as CLAY SHAW, after
having seen his picture in the paper many times.
After having viewed the four pictures you've just showed
me, I identified #4 as the man known to me at that time as ALTON
BERNARD.
It was not very long after this that the party broke up
and my wife and I went to bed.
The above statement, consisting of three pages of
yellow legal paper, taken in long hand, by Det. L. Otillio, Jr.,
and witnessed by Det. D. Ward and attorney WILLIAM M. QUIN
(MR. CLYDE JOHNSON'S attorney) was taken on this date, Thursday,
June 1, 1967, and completed at 12:25 P.M. This statement was taken
in Kentwood by Det. L. Otillio, Jr., in MR. JOHNSON'S own words
and read back to him before his signature was placed at the end
along with his address, also let it be noted that his attorney has
also read this statement.
Also attached to this statement, is one photograph of
four, that MR. JOHNSON identifies as being CLAY SHAW.
(Signed) CLYDE JOHNSON
Box 327 Kentwood, La.
(Signed) William M. Quin
Det. Douglas L. Ward
Det. Lester Otillio
Re: THORNLEY
Re: OSWALD
MEMORANDUM
April 23, 1968
TO:
JIM GARRISON, District Attorney
FROM:
JAMES ALCOCK and LOUIS IVON
RE:
CONNIE T. KAYE
CONNIE T. KAYE, a vocalist at Pat O'Brien's, was interviewed in
our office on April 19, 1968. The interview was conducted as a
result of statements attributed to her in the December 14, 1963,
issue of the Saturday Evening Post magazine.
MISS KAYE told us she saw OSWALD in Pat O'Brien's about two or
three times. He would slip in the back and stand in a corner.
He never purchased a drink. The times she saw him he was wearing
a white sport shirt open at the collar. The shirt was somewhat
soiled and he looked very haggard and emaciated. He looked, to
her, like many of the French Quarter male prostitutes. He never
seemed to be with anyone, however.
At the time, during her routine MISS KAYE would refer to FIDEL
CASTRO as "that Bastro". After one performance in which she
used this gag, she had a run-in with OSWALD at the Bourbon House.
He, without invitation, interrupted her conversation to castigate
her for knocking CASTRO. From his looks, she deduced he was a
"character" and did not engage him in any debate or conversation.
As she recalls, this incident happened sometime in September,
1963. OSWALD was wearing his usual attire (slacks and white
sport shirt open at the collar) and he had what appeared to be a
couple of days' growth of beard.
All told, MISS KAYE saw LEE OSWALD two or three times at Pat
O'Brien's and one time at the Bourbon House. She is sure it was
OSWALD, but said he was thinner than his pictures indicate.
3
SWY CITY OF SEAL NEW
At Friends Monnery 21 th The 24
Re: SHAW (3)
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE MART
NEWORLEANS, LA.
TEL. 523-3343
VICTOR H. SCHIRO
MAYOR
November 11, 1963
MARIO BERMUDEZ
DIRECTOR
Mr. J. M. Sullivan
Executive Director
World Trade Center
Ferry Building
San Francisco, California
Dear Mr. Sullivan:
of I tried the to get in to non with you by telephone today but, pending completion
with you by telephone.
call, I are writing you 02 the same subject I would like to discuss
Hr. Clay Show, Xanaging Director of the International Trado Hart here in
would you consider DONO local business groups there would be interested, end, be
it New Orleans, is going to be in Sea Francisco from November 21 to 23
Mart be willing to address than on the subject of our International Trade
building, which has just started construction, and the effect of the Nart new
and his experience 1n founding the present one and promoting the
on international trade through the Port of How Orleans.
I look forward to hearing from you in this regard, or if you wish could
telephone 523-6137, and meanthile, with kind regards, I am,
contact Mr. Shaw directly: International Trado Hart, New Orleans, you La.,
504-
Sincerely yours,
mb/bd
Mario Mindetor
11 16. Caxillistory in entil Relations
30,100 smith Center
3
Re: SHAW (3)
Fil
TERNATIONAL TRADE MART
NEW ORLEANS, U.S.A.
November 13, 1963.
WORLD TRADE CENTER
Mr. Monroe Sullivan,
Executive Director
*
NOV 1 4 #1953
World Trade Center
San Francisco, California
Dear Mr. Sullivan:
This will confirm our telephone conversation that I will
speak before B lunchaon meeting on Friday, November 22nd
at the World Trade Center. My topic will be "Now Orleans--
A Case History in International Relations."
I an enclosing herewith photograph and biographical sketch
for your use, if needed. I an also enclosing fact sheet
and photographs of the new International Trade Mart project
for which we have broken ground. This may be useful for
your bulletin.
I appreciate your offer to arrange a room for no for arrival
on Thursday morning, November 21st. I will call you sorly
Thursday morning.
Claifliam Clay Shaw
Cordially,
CS:GN
Encls.
Managing Director.
AirMail-Special
Delivery.
3
Re: SHAW (3)
WORLD TRADE CLUB
Report
NOVEMBER 1963
Published by World Trade Club
World Trade Center
Son Francisco 11, California
CONSULAR CORPS HONORS GOVERNOR
COMING EVENTS
San Francisco's Consular Corps chose the World
Nov. 22 - Luncheon - S.F. Area World Trade Associa-
Trade Club as the setting for a reception and dinner
tion, World Trade Center Authority, and World
honoring Governor and Mrs. Edmund G. Brown earlier
Trade Club. Speaker: Clay Shaw, managing
this month. The Acting Dean of the Corps. Adolfo G.
director, New Orleans International Trade
Dominguez, Consul General of Mexico, is shown below
Mart. will discuss "New Orleans Case His-
(left) greeting California's Governor Brown in the Game
tory in International Relations."
Room of the Club. On the right is the Secretary of the
Nov. 25 - Luncheon S.F. Area World Trade Associa-
Corps, Consul General Alessandro Savorgnan of Italy.
tion end the German-American Trade Advi-
sory Board. Speaker: Dr. Schmitz-Lenders,
German Ministry of Economics, currently in
charge of German International Exhibitions
and Trade Promotion.
Dec. 17 - Christmas Around the World Dinner.
Dec. 18 - Christmas Around the World Luncheon.
CLUB NEWS
The traditional Christmas Around the World luncheon
will be held on Wednesday, December 18, for members.
Albert L. Reeves, chairman, membership committee,
and senior vice president, Utah Construction & Mining
Company, will represent the Club Board of Directors
at this event.
This year, for the first time, a Christmas Around
the World Dinner will be held on Tuesday evening,
December 17, to enable members, their ladies and
guests to attend. Club President George Killion, presi-
dent, American President Lines, will represent the
Board of Directors at the dinner, which replaces the
Since the opening of the Club in April, 1960, the local
usual Tuesday International Buffet. An outstanding mu-
Consular Corps members have sponsored many of the
sical program (identical at the two events) is promised
most interesting events in the Club. Receptions for vis-
by Club Manager D.T.T. Mackinnon. Announcements
iting foreign government officials, trade missions and
concerning these special Christmas celebrations will
business leaders, and the celebration of "National Day"
be in the mail shortly.
of the various countries have all been occasions lending
an intern tional flair.
HOLIDAY SEASON SCHEDULE
in his welcoming speech. Mr. Dominguez said:
The Club will be open:
Tuesday. December 24, Christmas Eve - Until 4 p.m.
"The Consular Corps of San Francisco, in whose
Tuesday, December 31, New Year's Eve - Until 4 p.m.
name 1 speak, is now tied with Hamburg, Germany, as
The Club will be closed:
the second largest in the world with 54 representations,
Wednesday, December 25, Christmas Day - all day
preceded only by New York. And this fact is important
Wednesday, January 1, New Year's Day - all day
when we remember that there are some 3,200,000 aliens
in the United States, of which over 661,000. or 21%
of them, live in your beautiful State of California, Many
Among recent visitors to the Club were Michael,
of them will no doubt become your fellow citizens this
Prince von Hohenzollern, and Hubertus, Prince von
year; but until they do so, we the Consuls present, will
Lowenstein, of Germany: Ambassador Draj Kuman Nehru
be entrusted by our governments to look after their
of India; Ambassador Gilbert Spence of British Gulana,
interests, their welfare and their relations with their
Sir Berkley and Lady Ormerod, of England; and Pancho
new place of abode,
Gonzalez,
3
Re: SHAW (3)
The San Francisco Area
E of
World Trade Association
CHAMGLE
in cooperation with the
World Trade Center and
World Trade Club
World Business Luncheon Meeting
"NeW OH! RANS - - A CASE HISTORY IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS"
The Role of America's First World Trade Center
by
CLAY SHAW
Managing Director, International Trade Mart, New Orleans
Mr. Shaw helped to found and develop the International
Irade Holt and Club, and is responsible for promoting
the new -30 million International Conter which is now
under construction in New Orleans. Much of San Fran-
cigno's early blanning for a World Trade Center and Club
evolved from the New Orleans "case history." All of us
chall find parti cular interest in hearing Mr. Shaw's
report on the role of the New Orleans operation in
world trade promotion.
Date And Hour: FRIDAY, November 22, 1963 - 12 noon
World Trade Club, Game Room
$4.00
Bar Facilities
PURCHASE TICKET AT THE DOOR
FIRST CLASS
PERMIT NO 12428
San Francisco, Calif.
BUSINESS REPLY CARD
No postage stain? necessary if mailed in the United States
POSTAGE WILL BE PAID BY-
San Francisco Area World Trade Association
333 Pine Street
San Francisco 4
R:5HAW (3)
Trade Director Lunch Speaker
#.B.Examiner-Page 3
Friday, Nov. 22, 1963 * 5C2H*
Clay Shaw, managing di-
will address a luncheon
tion of the Chamber of Com-
rector of the International
meeting of the San Francisco
merce at noon today in the
Trade Mart*at New Orleans,
Area World Trade Associa-
World Trade Club.
Re: SHAW (as "BERTRAND")
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF ORLEANS
AFFIDAVIT
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, personally came
and appeared
MR. JAMES A. HARDIMAN, JR.
who, after being duly sworn did depose and say:
I reside at 2006 Pauger Street in the City of New
Orleans, and my telephone number is 949-2187.
That I am presently employed by the United States
Post Office as a mail carrier. My delivery route covers the
lower French Quarter section of the city. I deliver mail to
1414 Chartres Street, which is the residence of Jeff Bidderson.
After the Clay Shaw case broke and the name Clem
Bertrand became well known, I realized that I had delivered
letters addressed to Clem Bertrand to 1414 Chartres Street. I
feel that I have delivered at least five such letters to this
address. I am positive the addressee was Clem Bertrand. The
letters were in personal sized envelopes and were addressed in
script in blue ink. I did not notice whether there was a return
address on the envelope.
At about the time I was delivering the letters addressed
to Clem Bertrand to Jeff Bidderson's residence at 1414 Chartres
Street, I was also delivering letters addressed to Clay Shaw to
Bidderson's residence. These letters addressed to Shaw had been
forwarded from another address. Unlike the letters addressed to
Clem Bertrand, all letters addressed to Clay Shaw, but delivered
to Jeff Bidderson's residence, were forwarded from another
address. I feel I delivered at least ten letters addressed to
Clay Shaw and forwarded to 1414 Chartres Street.
None of the letters addressed to Clem Bertrand were
ever returned to me. They would have been returned to me if the
address had been bad or the addressee was not receiving mail at
that residence.
James JAMES A. a. HARDIMAN, Hardeman JR. Jr.
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED
BEFORE ME THIS 7th DAY
lamed WITNESSED: R (Wansh)
OF may , 1968.
NOTARY PUBLIC
Re: SHAW (as "BERTRAND")
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF ORLEANS
January 23, 1968
STATEMENT OF:
ALOYSIUS J. HABIGHORST
New Orleans Police Department
RESIDING AT:
3426 Pittari Place
New Orleans, La.
RE:
FINGERPRINTING AND FACTS CONTAINED ON
FINGERPRINTING CARD, (BEARING NO. 125-388
NEW ORLEANS POLICE DEPARTMENT)
STATEMENT
On March 1, 1967, at approximately 8:55 P.M. I had an
occasion to print and process a white male who identified himself
as CLAY LEVERGNE SHAW who was booked under police item number
C-466-67 of the New Orleans Police Department.
MR. SHAW was given three fingerprint cards and asked
to sign his name in a designated spot on the card. After having
been fingerprinted by Patn. James Millet who is a New Orleans
Police Officer and was assigned in the B of I of the Central
Lockup along with myself on the above date. In order to fill these
cards I asked MR. SHAW related questions as to his date of birth,
middle name, occupation, birth date and place, scars or marks or
tatoos of identification on his body, and also asked him "what
other names other than CLAY L. SHAW do you use" and in reply
MR. SHAW gave me the name of CLAY BERTRAND.
I would not consider MR. SHAW's attitude as being
facetious in fact he was most cooperative during the entire time.
The above statement is true and correct and I have
made same of my on free will.
To: IVON
Please file
gr
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Re: SHAW (2) (as "Bertral")
PARISH OF ORLEANS
AFFIDAVIT
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, personally came
and appeared
MRS. JESSIE PARKER
who, after being duly sworn did depose and say:
I reside at 1623 North Galvez Street in the City of
New Orleans, and my telephone number is 947-0838.
That I am presently employed at Rubenstein Brothers
located at the corner of Canal and St. Charles Streets. Before
this employment I was employed as a hostess in the V.I.P. Room
at the Moisant International Airport for Eastern Airlines, and
I started this employment on November 14, 1966. My working
hours of employment were from 8:00 in the morning until 2:00
in the afternoon. I was actually paid by Gulf Janitorial Service
but the V.I.P. Room was under the supervision of Eastern
Airlines.
The V.I.P. Room remains locked and in order for
someone to get into it they have to be admitted by someone who
has a key. The people besides myself who had keys are: Cecilia
Fagan who was also a hostess and who worked with me in the
V.I.P. Room, Mr. Saladiano, Mr. Provenzano, Mr. Paul Cook,
Mr. Phillip Scofield and the three ground hostesses whose names
are Kay Kulman, Elizabeth Bloodsaul and a girl named Barbara
whose last name I cannot remember. There was also Mr. Keller
and Mr. Gaudin and the man who was supervisor of the Ticket
Counter on Common Street J.S.
Page -2-
NO one could enter the V.I.P. Room unless they were
brought in by someone who had authority to grant them entrance
and also who had a key. I had directions not to let anyone in
unless he was escorted by one of the above named people.
The V.I.P. Room is a place where people who are
considered to be important people could come in and sit down
and wait for incoming or outgoing flights. The room was divided
into three sections and had a television and drinks were served
for their convenience. There was also a registration book in
thw V.I.P. Room and it was part of my job to get the people who
visited the V.I.P. Room to sign their names in this registration
book. Mr. Sciambra has shown me a group of approximately forty
photographs of various individuals and out of these photograph I
have picked three photographs which I have marked "S-1", "S-2"
and "S-3" and signed my signature to them. I do not know the
names of any of these people and I am identifying them by the
above numbers.
I identified the picture marked "S-1" which is of the
person who has an identification plate with New Orleans,
Louisiana, and numbers 125388 and dated 3/1/67 across his chest,
as the man who came into the V.I.P. Room on December 14, 1966,
and signed the registration book with the blue pen. Prior to
his coming into the V.I.P. Room no one else had signed the
registration book while I was on duty. He entered the V.I.P.
Room with another gentleman whose identity I do not know but
who was almost as tall as the man whose picture I have identified
as "S-1" and was dressed in a business suit as he was JB.
Page -3-
I do not know if this other gentleman signed the registration
book. After they left and before anyone else signed the
registration book, I examined the book as was my custom to see
who had signed and the signature on the book by the party whose
picture I have identified as"S-1" was CLAY BERTRAND. This was
the signature he used in signing the registration book and I
saw him sign the book.
I observed the person whose picture I have previously
identified as "S-1" in Judge Haggerty's court room last Tuesday
and I recognize him to be the same person who signed the
registration book CLAY BERTRAND on December 14, 1966.
I have examined the registration book and I recognize
the signature CLAY BERTRAND as the one which the gentleman I have
identified placed on the book.
I am unable to identify the other party that was with
him.
I recognize the party that I have identified as "S-1"
particularly because of his height and the color of his hair and
his facial characteristics.
MRS. JESSIE PARKER
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME
WITNESSED
THIS 29TH DAY OF January
,
Michael NOTARY L. Mannager PUBLIC
Am. Bertef
Hand 2 Tab
1969.
new
accerce
Fn: Home fals
( genent)
Fr : Name film
(genent)
MEMORANDUM
Re: FERRIE
January 11, 1967
TO:
JIM GARRISON, DISTRICT ATTORNEY
FRM:
SGT. F. SEDGEBEER
RE:
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION
In conversation with one August Agnelly, Jr., residing
at 280 Veronica Drive, Chalmette, Louisiana, telephone number
279-7376, it was learned that he was familiar with Dave Ferrie,
that he had been in the C.A. P. with him. Agnelly has been
employed by McDermott Aircraft located at the New Orleans Airport
as a mechanic for the past six years. At one time Agnelly men-
tioned that there was a National Guard Pilot who was on active
duty and was associated with the "Minute Men". An interview with
Agnelly may prove beneficial in this investigation.
FENNER O. SEDGEBEER
FOS/bb
Form A. O. 91 (Rev. 12-1-53)
Complaint
United States Bistritt Court
FOR THE
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
Magistrate's Docket No.
Case No.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
V.
COMPLAINT for VIOLATION of
JIM GARRISON, FREDERICK A. SOULE,
SR., ROBERT N. FREY, LOUIS M.
U.S.C.Title 18
BOASBERG, HARBY S. MARKS, JR.,
ROBERT NIMS, JOHN J. ELMS, JR.,
Sections 1511, 1955, 1952, 2, 371
LAWRENCE L. LAGÁRDE, JOHN ARUNS
CALLERY & JOHN ELMO PIERCE
BEFORE
New Orleans, Louisiana
,
Name of Magistrate
Address of Magistrate
The undersigned complainant being duly sworn states:
That on or about (see pp. 2 & 3) XXX , at or near New Orleans, Louisiana,
in the
Eastern
District of Louisiana, JIM GARRISON, FREDERICK A. SOULE, SR.,
ROBERT N. FREY, LOUIS M. BOASBERG, HARBY S. MARKS, JR., ROBERT NIMS,
JOHN J. ELMS, JR., LAWRENCE L. LAGARDE, JOHN ARUNS CALLERY, and JOHN
ELMO PIERCE
did(2) violate: (continued page 2)
And the complainant states that this complaint is based on the attached affidavit.
And the complainant further states that he believes that he is a
XX material witnessxin relation to this charge.
Signature of Complainant.
20
Official
File.
Sworn to before me. and subscribed in my
Ziroam
United States May ******
(1) Insert name of accured.
(2) Insert statement of the coential facts constituting the offense charged.
# -
Winnipeg Free Press
Company Limited
300 CARLTON STREET. WINNIPEG 2. CANADA
TELEPHONE 943-9331
JOHN SIFTON
R. S. MALONE
PRESIDENT
PUBLISHER AND VICE-PRESIDENT
SHANE MACKAY
R. H, SHELFORD
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
BUSINESS MANAGER
Re: SHAW (+ CANADA)
Mr. William R. Martin,
Assistant District Attorney,
New Orleans, La.
Dear Mr. Martin,
Following is the promised memorandum on a few Canadian leads
in your case against Clay Shaw.
The affidavit from the Winnipeg man who overheard the conversation
at the airport is being made this week and will reach you later.
Mr. Malcolm Campbell, of 1099 Eastlawn, Sarnia, Ontario, who wrote
your office about an eyewitness to the Dallas shooting, cannot provide
any more information on the subject. The eyewitness, Liberty magazine
editor "orman Similas, is unavailable. Liberty magazine was published
by Consolidated Press until 1964 when it was sold to another company
and folded after a few issues. When it wound up its operations, Ir.
Similas was writing a serial on his experiences in Dallas and in the
last issue Mr. Similas said the next issue, which never appeared, would
carry a picture taken of shots being fired at Kennedy. I made some
enquiries regarding the sudden collapse of the publication, but people
in the business seem to be convinced that it was genuine financial trouble.
"They went broke," as one spokesman put it. Mr. Similas can't be located
at the moment. & relative, Helen Similas of Toronto (probably an estranged
wife or a mad sister) doesn't want to tall: about him at all and becomes
irritated when someone mentions his name. The people he formerly worked
with have lost track of him. His name has boon mentioned, however, by
Ramparts magazine and other critics of the Warren report as one of a
list of witnesses never interviewed by the Warren commission. Ramparts
misspelled his name quite badly.
Re: KEITH ALLEN (in SHAW'Smolelook)
Mr. Keith Allen, 40, a Seattle accountant (VANCOUVER) Whose mother lives at 1189
Matthews Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia (the address listed in
Shaw's notchook) is a service buddy of your man. He's single and probably
queer, but the last time he's seen Shaw was 20 years ago. They've been
exchanging Christmas cards since. Mr. Allen has never heard of Kootenay
Bay.
Ro: KOOTENAY BAY, B.C. (in SHAW'S notebook)
Kootenay Bay, B.C. June-September (1963) seems a very mysterious
notation. The place is in the interior mountainous country of B.C. on
the shore of a lake. A ferry runs across the lake to Kootenay Bay and
one can also reach the place from the south, from the U.S. by narrow,
winding mountain road. There is one notel in the town, the Mary Ann motel,
but it doesn't seem to have a telephone. There are also camp grounds and
cabins and the whole area is 2 prine tourist region in the summer, empecially
from June to September.
Re: LARRY ROGERS (in SHAWS notetrik)
[TORON
Mr. Larry Romgers, 25, of the St. James Town apartments in downtown
Toronto (his aunt and uncle live at 43 Jarlock Crescent, Allowdale,
which was the address listed in Shaw's notebook) also seems queer.
He doesn't have a Job, but is in the position to travel extensively,
throw big parties and generally live it up. Has made several trips to
London, England, where he chummed around with Shaw and a group of
decadent Englishmen which included the former manager of Christine
Keeler, He first met Shaw shortly before the Kennedy assassination,
but he doesn't want to say where. In March of this year he went to
Dallas "to visit friends and in April to New Orleans for the same reason.
He intended to look Shaw up while he was there, but later accided not to.
He last saw him in London in 1966. He knew Shaw as a very bright person,
who loved London, the theatre and big parties. He calls Shaw a "masochist"
Rogers doesn't think Shaw had anything to do with an assassination for
** of the president of the United States, because Shaw didn't care about
politics and "didn&t give a damn about the Whole United States."
He says he feels "badly" for Shaw because Shaw is a "fun-loving fellow
who likes a great time, likes to drink and likes to spend money."
This is the information I have gathered SQ far. If anything sounds
interesting I can pursue these things further, of course. It would
probably be easier for me as a Canadian newspaperman than for you as
a New Orleans prosecutor. I have not yet written any story on the
things discussed above for the newspaper, but I hope you will keep in
mind that I am always interested in a story when something develops.
I'll play ball with you any way you like, whatever confidential information
you have that you don't want published but that might help me in tying up
loose ends will be safe with me.
I might add that I am professionally as well as personally interested
in helping your investigation any way I can. What you are doing in New
Orleans takes a great deal of courage. It is probably the most difficult
job a district attorney has ever undertaken in this century but it has to
be done in for history's sake. I sincerely hope you succeed.
Always at you service,
Pieter VanBennekom
c/o Free Press,
Editorial Dept.,
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada
tel. 204-WH39345
2
Lead File
To: LOU IVON
Re: ODD CHURCHES
Please write air my mains -
RADICAL RIGHT WING
09 call.
rept game 10 X
213/247-3825
1012 East Colorado Street
Glendale, California 91205
May 10, 1968
Mr. Jim Garrison
District Attorney
H
Letter to R&Ging (TMSAP)
New Orleans, Louisana
Piles in asslimer
Dear Mr. Garrison:
(Copy for Lead Fules)
THE WHEAT HOUSE, 233 South Lafayette Park
Place, Los Angeles, California. Was the home 01 Clinton and
Elizabetr Wheat,
I was a paid informer for the FBI, L. A.
Office, from April to mid-July 1964. My first meeting at the
Wheat House was during the evening of April 25th, 1964, afterwhich
I became a weekly visitor until the last meeting in June 1964 -
when the House sold.
I reported in writing all data of the
ODD
meetings at Wheat House, the Christian Defense League, the
CHURCHESS
Church of Jesus Christ, Christian nd The American Nazi Farty.
Also, those private meetings which took place after the
public meetings in Lancaster and Reseda. T retained = copy
of each and every report, against the advi 12 of the FBI -I
still have them- dates, names and places,
I have 15- 1 hour (plus) taces. Two were
taped at the Wheat House in 1963, Clinton Wheat was chairman
and introduced both speakers who delivered classic examples
of the hate-mongers sermons. The voice of Clinton Wheat is
heard saying, "I've got two chambers (gas) ready for them
now two ovens ready for them now this outburst came
after Lt. Col. William Paulley Gale had said, " can show
you top--secret documents that prove that the six million
Jews Hitler was supposed to have killed are right here in
America
Two other tapes taped on November 24th 1.963 they reveal
the FBIs hasty move-in and questioning of these extramist of
the right-wing tapes tell the listerers to talk
to the FBI, but to phone CTL for attorneys.
Another tape taped Feb 23, 1964 tello the story of a
town in California that a paper had been printed at the time
of the assassination of the President in which left wing
forces had the audacity to say, "that the bullet that was fired
that killed Kennedy was fired by (name is spoken), this
is how extreme thay were. "
Page 1. Chirts, as came
Chester W. Warman
May 10, 1968
To: Mr. Jim Garrison, District Attorney, New Orleans, La.
I am a ex-convict, five convictions, a
disabled veteran of two wars and eleven years honorable
service as a Staff Intelligence Office, G-2, 9301. The
public here is not aware of my past criminal record and I
must insist that maximum effort be ken to eliminate
disclosure at the level of the police well as at the
public levels.
My mother is a nurse here epnew on the LARD
another nephow is & banker brother-in-law Doctor. If
it becomes known that I am a ex-con 1 will lose a, otherwise,
permanent income of $100.00 per month. I an unemployed.
I received threats by phone and letter
during the fall of 1964 on my mother life and nine, when
it became known that I reported to the FBI.
I do not believe I know Bradley or Hall
however there were meetings of 100 or more at places other
than the Wheat House. I have knowledge that Clinton Wheat
and others collected ammunition for the Cubans. My reports
reveal only one person that I met who was collecting funds
for a Cuban cause. There are several questions I would like
to have Bradley answer.
During 1963 three top members of authority
went East -one said he went to North Carolina, all three said
to Montgomery, Alabama, one said he met George Wallace-. One
wanted to visit the four separate groups of the Ku Klux Klan
in the State of Mississippi in June of 1964 to unite them
through membership in the CDL -he wanted me to go along as I
was his body-guard and the security guard for the offices and
records of the National Headquarters of the CDL.
I haven't searched all these 1963 tapes
for references to JFK.
The leader (Gale) of the armed California
Rangers had a brilliant army career as a Ranger until he got
to Fort MacArthur at the end of WW-II where he got into
trouble, he left the service shortly after he faced at courts-
martial.4 member, ex-military, who was most militent as a
California Ranger was pals of the Minutemen end was instrimental
in bringing into this society of extremist several Minutemen
-he also sent three telegrams -one to U.S. Atty Gen, one to
McNamore and one to JFK- for this he was apprehended, held for
investigation and released, he was a typical fanatic with a
inborn desire to act upon the words spoken by those preachers
of hate.
I am a willing witness. I will assist at
any level so long as my interests are considered.
I lived on Napoleòn Avenue in New Orleans
and have relatives in Donaldscnville and Lulling -you can
readily understand why I. am hesitant, even at this writing.
Chesters w. Warman
Chester W. Warman
Re: SHAW
LEAD
(unconfured
: CUBANS
: OSWALD
: THORNLEY
5-20-68
William
DeAR Sir
Hasey)
loncerning
Woodrow H. HARdy
HARDY should
be internet
910 S. OREGON Ave
TAMPA, F/A
phone 254-8251
I'm sending you This information in CASE
it MAY Se of help to you on The ClAy show
trial
I met MIR Handy AT A New YOAN E..
During our convensation be told Me homes. be
TARTY. A PRIVATE can Tractor And Remodeled told me
- AV insued have from New ORleArs, And Thene. He
to he Remodeled ClAy shaws home CUSAN Type
that The Time he JAW MANY
Aid visit AT There And That me MAN in in to PARTICULAR,
new I have forgotlen, who derived outside you The
The NAME Knew shaw, Sut stood cold
show hat Residence he handing out papers And net
'uT help Know shaw.
It MAY help your CASC if you can Tated
THE HANDS
Sincerely your
A citizen bat be live,
your com.
Decative C. p.m
Feb 12 68
(read file
RICUBANS
Dear Mr. GarrisoN
This May or M2Y NOT be of ANY help TO you About person
Named
Dr. Carlos R. Duarie, 2898 Alameda Trail. DecRTur, Gz.
Drug Rep. Wahked iN back Door of Large meeting AT The
Above Named business, Dr. was very upset. Kennedy was Killed.
Wife MD, RUNS Business MOST of Time.
DUZYIC iN New orleans before Kennedy Death. Retorned
Two weeks Ago from N.O. Twomen ALSO were AT his house from
N.O. About four weeks Age.
Leaves TOWN No Less Than ONCE or Twice AMONTH.
visits or To New orderns, miami. N.Y. +merice. Meets MIST of
The boats from dubia.
involved. Covener MeNT OUT of Thousands used in movement inwhich he is
DUETO Bay of Pigs hatos Americans. Father Livesin cubia, Rich,
Helped over sixty of his people iNTO our COUNTRY.
Married TO miss, girl in internship, Convenient for himself iT
seems sence he made sta Tement didn't dare for her. wife DOESN'T KNOW
hisentire estate Left To Adopted dubian child. Turned down for Adoption
by COUNTY. Child by unwed dubian he helped.
Each Time These Two MEN donie from N.O. ormiss., something big
breaks in The News. something Amiss,
"Nephew TELKS! worked AT sears NOW DELTR.
pr. Lives in About S3, 000 home, VASES, etc. #500 up. dost
more Than home. Has LAKE home +measings.
Brags, OUR Tax money he puts to good use. IT'S to bad The government
has eaught up TO what he's DOING.
God Bless our America
CUBANS
Re: C.I.A.
STATEMENT AND INTERROGATION OF ARTIN L. MC AULIFFE JR.
IN THE OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY ON TUESDAY, MAY 9,
1967.
ARCACHA mentioned that BILL DALZELL and some of the other
Americans who had been hanging around the Front office
suggested starting a new group which Americans could join
to be called "Friends of Democratic Cuba". (The Cuban
Revolutionary Democratic Front was a group headed by
ARCACHA-SMITH consisting of Cubans and the Friendsof Demo-
cratic Cuba was a group which consisted of Americans and
which worked hand and hand with the Cuban Revolutionary
Front.)
DALZELL asked me if I would be willing to let them use my
name on the letterhead. Next thing I knew I was down as
President of the organization. The group was in existence
for about four or five weeks after its inception which was
January 9, 1961.
After this happens I went over to see the man I had been
contacting at the FBI; a man who used the name MR. CALL.
I was never sure that this really was his name. I explained
to MR. CALL that I noted what might be conflicts between
my heading up the American group at the same time that I
was handling the propaganda for the Cuban Revolutionary
Front. There could be a conflict of interest at some point.
He indicated to me that he thought it would be better if
I did take the Presidency because that way I would know
what was going on.
All the group did then was to get some furniture into a
downstairs office in the Balter Building and we had a few
meetings but the people who came to those meetings mainly
were Cubans from the Cuban Revolutionary Front) We actually
never really had many American members. We had no formal
membership card. The only thing the Friends of Democratic
Cuba ever did really was to shake cans on Mardi Gras Day
on Canal Street once.
About four or five maybe six weeks after the thing was
started I was called over to the FBI office and MR. CALL
told me to dissolve the organization. When I asked him
for a reason to give the people he told me simply to tell
them it was in violation of the law in working with a foreign
power and if we didn't dissolve they might be arrested. I
went back and told them the organization was through.
When I was first contacted by ARCACHA and asked if I wanted
to handle publicity for the Cuban Revolutionary Democratic
Front which was organized in November or December, 1960; I
called ADMIRAL WARDER, who was then Commandant of the 8th
Naval District, who was a roommate of mine when we were at
Annapolis. I asked him to check with his Naval Intelligence
man to find out if it was all right for me to work with
these people or not. The Naval Intelligence man then con-
tacted me and set up an appointment with a man at the FBI
who used the name MR. CALL. From that time forward until
after the Bay of Pigs whenever I had anything to report to
the FBI or whenever I was contacted by them the man was
always the man I described as MR. CALL.
482-5864
488-4542
Am 223 Balter Bldy
SHIPPING Co.m1961
-2-
Q. Can you give us a physical description of MR. CALL?
A. The one outstanding feature he had was very light
blue eyes -- extremely light blue eyes. I would guess
he was somewhat taller than I am - maybe 5'10" or
5'11". He was not heavy-set. He had the kind of
leathery sort of face that someone who has served in
the Navy a long time has. He had black hair, as I
remember it. It was not patent leather black hair,
perhaps a little kinky though not really.
My last contact with these people was made in the summer of
1961 about two months after the Bay of Pigs when I received.
a call from Admiral Warder who suggested that I should no
longer have the contact with the Cuban Revolutionary Demo,-
cratic Front.
Some of the people who were in ARCACHA'S company before
the Bay of Pigs were DR. DELHAYA and a MENENDEZ, perhaps
LOUIS. Also a big, husky Latin type who was with the
Honduras Revolutionary Front.
After the Bay of Pigs he was constantly in the company of
CARLOS LOPEZ, JULIO BUZNADO and ENRIQUE SAGAS.
Q. Do you know GERARD TUJAGUE?
A. No There were a number of Americans who were neighbors
or friends of ARCACHA'S who names I don't remember that
I have met. He may have been one of those. There was
one man who was American but his wife was Cuban but I
don't remember their names.
Q. Do you know GRADY DURHAM? His wife JUNE DURHAM?
A. No. At least I don't remember the names.
Q. Did you say that you were aware that the Cuban Revolutionary
Front and the Friends of Democratic Cuba were working
with the FBI?
A. Yes. I was aware that the FBI was supervising the
Cuban Revolutionary Democratic Front. As far as the
Friends of Democratic Cuba is concerned, I know of
the conversations which I have already described. If
they had more control than that I don't know.
Q. Are you aware that in January, 1961 a person by the
name of JOSEPH MOORE and another person by the name
of OSWALD attempted to purchase ten trucks from Bolton
Ford?
A. I was not aware of that.
Q. Did you ever hear ARCACHA claim that the CIA was involved
in either the Cuban Revolutionary Front or the Friends
of Democratic Cuba?
A. He always said that the CIA had approved the Revolutionary
Front and was supervising the invasion.
-3-
Q. Are you familiar with the Neptune Shipping Company?
Have you ever heard the name of CAPTAIN ANDY mentioned
in connection with the Neptune Shipping Company?
A. No.
Q. While working with the Cuban Revolutionary Front
did you ever have occasion to hear the name of CLAY
SHAW mentioned?
A. No, I never did.
Q. In connection with your Cuban-type activities you
have never had occasion to meet or hear the name of
CLAY SHAW mentioned?
A. No. I met FERRIE once. We had a fund-raising party
prior to the Bay of Pigs, I think, at the Coffee House
on Exchange Alley. The proceeds from the night's
entertainment were to go to the Front. FERRIE showed
up there which was the only time I saw him from the
Bay of Pigs. I understand from what you all said
that he became more active later.
Q. Did you have occasion to talk to him?
A. Only for a few minutes. Said he was a flyer and wanted
to train flyers. My impression was that he wasn't
allowed to do anything prior to the Bay of Pigs. He
wanted to train flyers for the Front.
Q. In other words, his feelings were the same as the anti-
Castro groups?
A. Yes. He wanted to do something but it was my impression
that he was not accepted at that time. But, they could
have been keeping something from me.
Q. Do you know of any activity across the lake for train-
ing purposes.
A. No. It was my impression that RODRIQUEZ (RODRIQUEZ was
local head of MRP - Movement Revolutionary Popular) --
it was my impression that he leaked the story to Bill
Slatter of a training camp across the lake. The
national head of MRP was MANALO RAY. Under Eisenhower
the Cuban Revolutionary Democratic Front was the main
Cuban revolutionary organization. When Kennedy took
over it was re-organized into the Revolutionary Council
which included all groups. I informed Slatter that
there were no such camps, but it is my opinion that if
there were any camps going on at the time they were
being conducted by the MRP and not the Revolutionary
Front.
Q. Did you ever have occasion to meet WILLIAM CRAIS?
A. I may have but I can't tell by the name.
CUBANS
(Infor from Mary Forrell)
When I was in New Orleans two weeks ago today, you gave me a XeΓox copy
of a memo, dated April 7, 1967, re: Ammo Cache in St. Tammany Parish,
August, 1963, 'with an attached memo dated Feb. 14, 1967, from William
Gurvich, re: Seizure of Explosives, etc. In this second memo, there is
a list of 11 names, Including Rich Lauchli. There is a strong possibility
that two or three of these men are Dallas residents. I am almost certain
that Antonio Soto Vasquez is a Dallas man, and I am trying to determine
if Victor Hernandez, Carlos Sanchez, and Miguel Jimenez exexwee aren't
Dallas men.
Spanish men usually use at least three names, in this order:
Given name (i.e. Antonio), father's name (i.e. Soto), mother's
name (i.e. Vasquez).
In the 1961 and 1962 City Directories, there was an Antonio Soto (wife
Sipriana) cook Texaco Cafe, h 1411 Romine (he was shown as owner of 1411 Romine).
At the same address was listed a Lupe L. Vasquez, clk. Bio-Assay Laboratory,
1411 Romine. Bio-Assay Laboratory was at 3535 Fairmount. I know a little about
their operation, which was rather strange in itself. (Remember that Gary Taylor,
DeMohrenschild's son-in-law lived along there on Fairmount?) There has never
been any listing for a Texaco Cafe in the city of Dallas. The Texaco Building
is located at 1512 Commerce but I am not sure as to whether or not they had a
cafe in there. Mr. Soto was the only person on his entire block who had a
telephone in 1961 and one of the few who owned his home. My reasoning is that
his mother was Lupe Vasquez and according to Spanish custom, his name was
Antonio Soto Vasquez.
The Miguel Alvarez on whom I am "checking" was bartender at the Baker
Hotel which is across the street from the Adolphus.
2
Mr. William R. Klein
500 Glydon Street N.E.
Vienna, Virginia
May 4, 1967
Rs: DACZELL
Hon. Jim Garrison
Office of the District Attorney
Rs: RADICAL RIGHT WING
Criminal District Court Building
(Ed Butler)
Tulane and Broad
New Orleans, Louisiana
Dear Jim:
Relative to our most recent conversation, I am enclosing the
only material I have with respect to the Free Voice of Latin America.
The president of the Free Voice of Latin America was Juan Calixto
Garcia, the grandson of the Garcia who received the famous message.
I believe that he owned a plantation in Cuba and for one reason or the
other left shortly after the Revolution. He was a student at Tulane
University and worked part-time in the school cafeteria. Garcia was
a mild-mannered, even-tempered fellow.
Otto Hofius was the vice president. He was shy, intelligent, easy-
going and I believe a citizen of Belize, Honduras. The last time I
heard from him, he was working for the superintendent of schools in
New Orleans.
I drew up the Articles of Incorporation and was subsequently
appointed secretary-treasurer shortly after the organization was formed.
At my request the Free Voice was registered with the FBI in New Orleans.
I have forgotten what office, if any, Bill D lzell held but his
tenure was short-lived. Dalzell was fired for charging office equipment
under the corporate name. He was a drifter, more interested in creating
impressions than working for a living. For all of these negative quali-
ties, I could not call Dalzell a dangerous man - merely a con-artist and
not a very good one at that. On one occasion Dalzell introduced me to
Jack Martin. Martin is a kind of manikin seeking involvement. He can
contribute nothing to your investigation.
I met Edward S. Butler during a presentation of the Free Voice
at a YMBA meeting. My first impression of this young man was
favorable. He seemed aggressive and dynamic; prescisely what the
organization needed. Butler turned out to be an incredible organizer
and in a few short months he had gotten together a Board composed of
prominent New Orleans citizens.
Ed Butler was ultimately asked to leave the Free Voice of Latin
America. This young man's ultra right wing views were not only
embarrassing but in my opinion, dangerous. After assuming office as
Executive Director, this ex-John Bircher metamorphosized into a kind of
leashed Robespierre. He could think of nothing but the danger of some
kind of globe-encircling communist conspiracy and that it was the primary
goal of the Free Voice to forewarn the people of Latin America, His
insistance on "exporting" this message abroad made his removal from office
mandatory. The true concept of the Free Voice was prepared shortly before
Butler left and enclosed herewith. It was written by Clint Bolten, a
former editor for Reuters in India.
Our investigation of Butler was untimely but nonetheless appropriate.
We learned that he either withdrew or flunked out of 2 schools. (Loyola
University, and a private school in Mississippi); that he was an ex-male
model for Maison Blanche: a Fuller Brushman; an ex-member of the John Birch
Society, and that he was formerly employed by the Perry Brown Advertising
Agency, Mr. Brown is an agreeable fellow and should be able to assist you
if further information is desired.
In spite of these apparent short-comings, Butler formed his own
organization - The Information Counsel of the Americas (INCA) and induced
every member of our Board to join his organization. This seduction of our
membership arrested the growth of the Free Voice and I finally got around
to filing for liquidation with the Secretary of State.
Butler apparently made a tremendous impression on Hale Boggs, much to
my surprise and chagrin. He was lauded by Congressman Boggs before the
U. S. House of Representatives (Cong. Record 1965) in connection with a
"Freedom Academy. 11 I am continually amazed by Butler's orwellian use of
conceptual words and for his uncanny ability to impress his screwball
definitions on men of high office. I understand that he is now sending
messages to Latin America called "Truth Tapes". Butler is one of those
people with so little faith in his country that he perceives its imminent
downfall. He calls himself an expert on Communism; can quote from the
manifesto, but has never heard of the Federalist Papers or the writings
of Tocqueville. Butler once told me that fighting Communism was his
whole life but conversely, one is never really sure what people like this
are defending.
2
I do not know the present status of INCA, but by November 1965
many prominent citizens of New Orleans were either directly involved
with the organization or on its Advisory Board. The social giants
of New Orleans have always demonstrated a weird penchant for swapping
medals and joining organizations at random providing they can spot
one of their own, In the case of INCA, Dr. Alton Ochsner was the
Queen Bee. I believe that the Ochsner Foundation is supporting
Butler's organization. I suggest that you call the INCA office in
New Orleans and ask them for a brochure and a membership list.
Butler has the support of the White Citizens Counsel and has spoken
before that group.
The Free Voice of Latin America was in no way connected with any
other organization. The names you mentioned during our telephone con-
versation made no impression on me. I cannot, however, speak for the
other members of this now defunct organization. The life of the
Free Voice as a corporate entity was ephemeral and uneventful. I
suppose you could say that its members were naive, inexperienced, and
uninspired. For my own part it was an absolute bore. But then again,
freshmen lawyers must endure so many things.
Jim, you have come a long way since I first met you. It seems
like only yesterday that you stood before my desk in the Schiro Campaign
Headquarters, rain water dripping from the lapel of your coat. It would
be a terrible waste if the constructive work of your administration were
undone by "vaulting ambition" and bad advice. As of this date, I am
unimpressed with the strength of the state's case but undoubtedly there
are many things that I do not know.
Best of luck.
Cordially Bd yours,
WILLIAM R. KLEIN
Enclosure
3
2
For: Lead files
RE: FERRIE
RE: DACZELL
MEMORANDUM FOR: LEAD FILE
RE:
NOTES MADE BY DAVID FERRIE
At the bottom of FERRIE'S article on
cancer, there is a portion of notes made by him but on
another piece of paper. This was apparently picked up
on the photostat machine when they made copies of his
cancer article and obviously was not intended to be
preserved. It appears that a letter or memo which he
had made concerning his private activities was accidentally
stuck in the photostat machine leaving us the bottom
portion of his memorandum.
The portion which was reproduced reads
as follows:
"
round faced - cross-filed file.
"
.man -- Bill Dazell (Billie Littlehorse)
Some of B's microfilm were sent to Atlanta
right-wingers - many of original files are
at Guy Johnson's"
JIM GARRISON
Re: DAVID FERRIE
I have now compiled and compared almost 3,000 phone numbers (after deleting
duplications). At first I was very disappointed when comparisons were so fruitless.
But, I guess, after thinking about it, it really lends credence to the assumption
we've all already had... you are dealing with an extremely clever group whose plans
didn't include "slip-ups."
There were only two numbers that were interesting at all. In Vol. 16, page 40,
Oswald had the number PE 8-1951, FT Wth TV. When we check Ruby's phone calls, we
see that he called this number twice. (We watch this channel almost constantly and
I've never seen any advertising for the Carousel on it) Refer to Vol. 22, P. 517
and Vol. 25, P. 252.
6-10-63 Ft. Worth PE 8-1951 I minute $ .35
6-11-63 Ft. Worth PE 8-1951 10 minutes 1.57
On page 58 of Ferrie's long distance calls, he called Chicago, WH 44970,
on Sept. 24, 1963. (1 called Chicago and determined that this is the number for
Delaware Towers, 20 East Delaware, Chicago) This is apparently a hotel type
establishment near the Drake.
In Vol. 25, page 335, Lawrence Meyers (Ruby's friend), with Ero Manufacturing
Co., called this same number
11-20-63 Chicago WH 4-4970 3 minutes $1.70
The "additional information" tells us he cafled from Kansas City, Mo., at 9:09 a.m.
to Miss A. Asie in Room 1405. Now, Lawrence Meyers (a happily married man with 3 children,
according to his testimony in Vol. 25, pages 190 and 191) and his "girl friend", Miss
Jean Aase, arrived in Dallas that same night, Nov. 20th, at 8 p.m., and checked in at
the Ramada Inn (on Love Field). The next morning they moved to the Cabana Motel (on
the President's route to the Trade Mart). The Cabana is owned by Hoffa's bunch.
(You can read all of this in his statement but there is one little "funny" thing.)
On the morning of the assassination, he took his brother, Edward Meyers, up to McKinney
Texas, to show him their plant. They spent 20 or 30 minutes going through the plant.
The brothers got back to Love Field about 10 minutes before Kennedy's plane came in.
Lawrence wanted to get to Ft. Worth so he dropped Edward and went on toward Ft. Worth.
He says he stopped for lunch at Howard Johnson's and that is where he was when he heard
that the President had been shot. It shouldn't have taken him more than 15 minutes
to get to Howard Johnsons from Love Field. If he was in such a hurry to "drop" his
brother and get on to Ft. Worth, he certainly took his time at Howard Johnson's.
You did a terrific job with the Playboy interview!
As far as Life goes.... Well, we all know you are naive or you would
never have put your neck in this noose
2
Ro: OSWALD
Ro: Radial Right Wrig
3
September 5, 1967
MEMO FOR: Lead Files and Para-Military File
RE: Random Information re American Nazi Party
1. Re: Visit of George Lincoln Rockwell's "Nazis" to
New Orleans, May 30, 1961 (See NOPD Item #E-11897-61
Our File on Rockwell): Among occupants of the Volkswagen
bus at Highways 90 and 11, just outside of New Orleans,
were JOHN PATLER (who later killed ROCKWELL) and DANIEL
BURROS. BURROS' name is in LEE OSWALD'S address book
(See CE 18). BURROS was not on the arrest scene with
the others, hence is not listed among those arrested.
He subsequently killed himself.
2. Although ROCKWELL operated out of Arlington, Virginia,
a recent listing taken from a circular (concerning unrelated
matters) lists the headquarters of the AMERICAN NAZI PARTY
as P.O. BOX 22071, Dallas, Texas 75222.
JG
lcs
Application No.
Re : CUBANS
APPLICATION
To the Department of Finance, City of New Orleans
FOR SOLICITATION PERMIT
CUBAN DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTIONARY FRONT (NEW ORLEANS DELEGATE)
Name of Organization
207 Balter Building
Address
Is it Incorporated NO
Where
When
If not, what is form or organization? Association of Anti-Castro Political Parties
NO
State whether profit DE non-profit non-profit
Have you a Board of Directors? or Trustees?
NONE
NONE
How often does Board meet?
Give date last meeting
Names, Titles and addresses of officers and/or managers:
Name
Title
Address
Phone
Manuel A. de Varona Laredo Coordinator General 1700 Biscayne Blvd. Miami FR 40884
Setretary of Planning 1700 Biscayne Blvd. Miami FR
40884
Dr. Antonio Maceo
Dr. Mario Del Canal
chief, legal department 1700 Biscayne Blvd. Miami Fr 40884
Give a brief description of the nature of the proposed solicitation, whether it will be directed to a particular
group of people or to the general public and who will be benéficiorie also amount to be
Solicitation will be directed to the general public and to businesses. We Hopeto raise
at least $500,000. These funds are for the benelit of the Cuban people who are fighting
to overthrow Castro.
Feb. 7, 1961-may 7,1961
Period of time- start and end-
If applicant is to be employed by another in connection with the proposed solicitation, state the name and address
of the employer, together with credentials establishing the exact relationship:
NO
Give names of two(2) reliable citizens who will certify as to applicant's good character and business responsibil-
ity; or in lieu, furnish other available evidence of good character and business responsibility so that an inves-
tigetor can properly evaluate this information.
Richard St. Pe, 2923 Tchoupitoulas St., TW 1 5824
Mr. Bowers, City Attorney's office
Members of the
Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Front
By whom will solicitations be made?
NO
NONE
Will salary or commission be paid?
If so, what percentage?
NONE
Who will receive this salary, percentage or commission?
If professional promoters are to be used give names and permanent address:
NONE
(over)
If telephone solicitors are to be used, give telephone number, location of telephone and names and addresses of
solicitors:
NONE
If a show, dance, concert, contest, exhibition or entertainment is to be given, where will it be held and when?
Not benefit. planned yet, but we hope that the local professional musicians will volunteer fore
Who will have charge of program? have not contacted theM yet
Name
Address
Will advertising be sold and will programs be printed? NO
How many?
When will they be distributed?
To whom?
In what manner?
If to be sold, at what price?
Give name and address of printer
Furnish any other information you may feel is necessary to assist this Department in determining whether or not
this permit may be granted We hope to be able to get a parade permit in order to follow the
Mardi Gras Parades, wehope that radio stations will make appeals for donations and are
trying to obtain the help of the Catholic Church and the American Legion.
Have you or your organization solicited funds in New Orleans before?
NO
If yes, give date of last solicitation and amount raised NONE
NONE
How much was spent in New Orleans
Do you maintain a regular set of books showing all receipts and disbursements? YES
Are your accounts audited NOT YET
By whom
NOT YET
Do you maintain a bank account
In what bank NONE
Please give full and complete information as requested above, otherwise permit may be declined.
No permit shall be issued to any person, firm or corporation wherein the contemplated solicitation is of such
nature so as to mislead the public into believing that the contributions solicited are to be used solely for
charitable, religious, educational and/or benevolent purposes, when in fact only a portion of such contribu-
tions are to be so used. In the event a permit has been previously issued and it is afterwards found out
that the solicitations are not properly made in accordance with the information for) shed in the original ap-
plication, the permit so granted will be immediately revoked.
DELEGACION
NEW
February 6,1961
Date
(Signed)
Sergio Aveacha Soith
By
New Orleans Delegate
Subscribed and sworn to before me, as being true, answers to the foregoing questions.
Notary Public
My commission expires
Home copus of files
(already subjicted at office)
(home copie)
Page data
- Page
- 47
- Source index
- 0
- Type
- document
- Media ID
- 36f008123bb90409
- Size
- unknown
Document data
- ID
- 7564867
- Core
- doc
- Type
- document
DTO data
{
"id": "7564867",
"sourceUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7564867",
"contentType": "document",
"title": "[Material re: Clay Shaw] Folder 2",
"citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7564867",
"collections": [
"John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection",
"Papers of Jim Garrison"
],
"iiifBase": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/67/5648/7564867/content/arcmedia/dc-metro/jfkco/641323/jfk-garrison-095/jfk-garrison-095-0044.jpg",
"thumbnailUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/67/5648/7564867/content/arcmedia/dc-metro/jfkco/641323/jfk-garrison-095/jfk-garrison-095-0044.jpg",
"largeImageUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/67/5648/7564867/content/arcmedia/dc-metro/jfkco/641323/jfk-garrison-095/jfk-garrison-095-0044.jpg",
"imageCount": 47,
"hasImages": true,
"source": "import",
"hasTranscription": false
}
Context sent to Scholar
Document identity
{
"localId": "7564867",
"label": "[Material re: Clay Shaw] Folder 2",
"core": "doc",
"dtoType": "document",
"citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7564867"
}
Document source metadata
{
"id": "7564867",
"sourceUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7564867",
"contentType": "document",
"title": "[Material re: Clay Shaw] Folder 2",
"citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7564867",
"collections": [
"John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection",
"Papers of Jim Garrison"
],
"iiifBase": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/67/5648/7564867/content/arcmedia/dc-metro/jfkco/641323/jfk-garrison-095/jfk-garrison-095-0044.jpg",
"thumbnailUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/67/5648/7564867/content/arcmedia/dc-metro/jfkco/641323/jfk-garrison-095/jfk-garrison-095-0044.jpg",
"largeImageUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/67/5648/7564867/content/arcmedia/dc-metro/jfkco/641323/jfk-garrison-095/jfk-garrison-095-0044.jpg",
"imageCount": 47,
"hasImages": true,
"source": "import",
"hasTranscription": false
}
Document source extras
{
"url": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7564867",
"naId": 7564867,
"levelOfDescription": "fileUnit",
"recordType": "description",
"ocrSource": "nara-archive"
}
Page context
{
"seq": 47,
"pageIndex": 0,
"type": "document",
"url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/67/5648/7564867/content/arcmedia/dc-metro/jfkco/641323/jfk-garrison-095/jfk-garrison-095.pdf",
"mediaId": "36f008123bb90409",
"ocrText": "Jef Copy\nMEMORANDUM\nRe: CLAY SHAW\nSHAW + (PSWALD) \"LEE\")\nDecember 7, 1967\nRd: 05WALD\nRe: EXTREME RIGHT WING\nTO:\nJIM GARRISON, District Attorney\nRe: THORNLEY\nFROM: JAMES L. ALCOCK, Assistan t District Attorney\nRE:\nEDWARD JULIUS GIRNUS, Prison #A-90428-A\nEDWARD JULIUS GIRNUS was interviewed at the United State Peni-\ntentiary in Atlanta, Georgia, on December 5, 1967. He was in that\ninstitution for a violation of the Dyer Act (interstate trans-\nportation of stolen vehicles). GIRNUS stated he owed the State of\nVirginia 28 years for various unspecified criminal violations.\nAs GIRNUS recalls, he was released from the United States\nPenitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, on January 11, 1963 -- his\nrap sheet indicates he was released on February 14, 1963. He was\nin that institution for interstate transportation of a forged\ninstrument. Immediately upon his release, GIRNUS moved to\nPasadena, Texas, which is just outside of Houston. Being on 21\nmonth conditional release, he had to report to a federal parole\nofficer every thirty days. While in Pasadena he used the name\nof EDWARD STARK.\nSometime in February or early March, 1963, GIRNUS made a trip to\nNew Orleans. He was down here looking for some old friends. He\nstayed at a hotel one block off of Canal Street, on or near North\nRampart Street. He did not find the persons he was looking for\nso he returned to Pasadena, Texas. While he stayed in Pasadena,\nhe lived on South Randal Street. He couldn't recall the street\nnumber.\nIn March, 1963, GIRNUS moved to Waco, Texas. While there he\nlived with a woman, not his wife, at 1806 Independence Avenue.\nSometime in March or April, 1963, GIRNUS moved to Dallas, Texas.\nHe was still with the woman he met in Waco, and he stayed at the\nSt. George Hotel. The St. George is on Elm Street two blocks\nfrom the Records building. At this time he was using the name\nEDWARD STARK almost exclusively. During this period GIRNUS was\ncharged with embezzlement from a gunsmith who owned two gun shops\nin Dallas. (GIRNUS' rap sheet shows an embezzlement charge was\nnolle prossed in Dallas on May 18, 1964). Also during this stay\nin Dallas, GIRNUS, using the name of STARK, frequented the\nTheatre lounge, Circus lounge and the Diamond Horseshoe lounge.\nJACK RUBY allegedly owned one of these lounges.\nGIRNUS associated with some of the strippers from these clubs.\nMost of these girls stayed at the Blue Bonnet Hotel on Commerce\nStreet. Through his association with these people and these\nclubs, GIRNUS met a friend of JACK RUBY's who was interested in\nbuying guns. This man, who GIRNUS would not identify, was\nassociated with a rabid right-wing group who had access to large\namounts of money. GIRNUS also met a man from New Orleans through\nthis group who was interested in purchasing guns. As a result of\na conversation with the man from New Orleans, GIRNUS moved to\nLeesville, Louisiana. GIRNUS would not identify this man from\nNew Orleans.\n-2-\nOn Chartere the French Street, Quanta or\nin\nGIRNUS went to Leesville in a pickup truck he had purchased in Oak\nCliff using the name of RITTNER. RITTNER is supposed to be an\nengineer from New Orleans. GIRNUS had somehow gotten his\nidentification papers.\nGIRNUS arrived in Leesville sometime in early April, 1963. He\nmoved in with a woman who owned a bar and gambling joint by the\nname of Marie's Hideaway. The woman's first name was MARIE.\nWhile in Leesville, GIRNUS became associated with an organization\nknown as the Democratic Club. The membership of the club consisted\nof both military and civilian personnel. The organization used a\nprivate club named the Ponderosa for their functions.\nAt this time, GIRNUS was buying and selling guns. He bought most\nof his guns from some military men he had met at the club. During\nthis time he shot a sergeant, but paid $800 and no charges were\npressed. The sergeant's name was FOWLER and after the shooting he\nwas transferred to Fort Sam Houston in Texas. GIRNUS made several\ntrips to New Orleans with the guns and ammunition. He thought the\nguns were ending up ultimately in Central America.\nOn one of these trips to New Orleans in May or June, 1963 GIRNUS\nSHAW:\nmet CLAY SHAW On this particular trip GIRNUS, using the name of\nEDWARD STARK, stayed at a big hotel which had a street-level\ngarage facing Chartres Street. The garage was at the back of the\nhotel and it was near the Alpine Restaurant and Bar. GIRNUS met\nSHAW in the Alpine Restaurant and Bar. He was introduced to SHAW\nby a man who owns an apartment house on Exchange Alley or Place.\nThis apartment building has a courtyard. The man who owns it is\na homosexual. He is short, fat, wears glasses, bald and everytime\nGIRNUS saw him he was wearing bermuda shorts and sometimes he\nwould be walking a dog.\nWhen GIRNUS met SHAW on this occasion, he was with a group of\npeople. A man who owned a bar in the Quarter by the name of MAXIE\n\"Max\"\nWOOD or WOODS was in the group. Also, there was a woman who was\neither presently WOOD (S) wife or ex-wife. She also owned a bar.\nA New Orleans Police Sergeant who owned a cafe or bar was also\npresent. The police officer was heavy set with brown hair. He\ndid not wear glasses.\n0 Identify police sergement\nSHAW spoke to GIRNUS a little while, and during the conversation\ninvited GIRNUS (STARK) to his home in Hammond, Louisiana. GIRNUS\nfelt that everyone in the group knew of his gun running activities.\nAbout 8 or 9 days after this initial meeting with SHAW, GIRNUS\nreturned to New Orleans from Leesville. He stayed at a motel on\nthe Airline Highway, but he cannot remember its name. He went to\na bar in the Quarter -- the one the woman at the Alpine bar\nowned and met a man who he deemed to be the manager. He and\nthis man (name and description unknown) went by car to an office\nin a building in the central business district near Sears Roebuck.\nSHAW was in the office and they started talking about guns. SHAW\nSHAW:\nallegedly knew some people who wanted to buy some guns, SHAW\nUSWALD:\nmade a telephone call, and sometime thereafter two men came to the\noffice. One of the men was LEE HARVEY OSWALD. OSWALD was intro-\nduced by SHAW to GIRNUS as LEE. GIRNUS cannot remember the name\nof the man who came in with OSWALD. He was well dressed in a\nbusiness suit, 5'11\" tall, 210 pounds, and he had dark black hair\nOSWALD was wearing khaki pants and a white shirt. This meeting\ntook place sometime before noon, however, GIRNUS cannot remember\nthe day of the week.\n-3-\nThis conversation centered principally on Central and South\nAmerica -- the best way to get there and the general living\nconditions. GIRNUS, who said he had traveled quite a bit in\nCentral America, told OSWALD what he knew about these countries.\nSuddenly, at this point in the interview, GIRNUS told me he did\nnot want to give me any more details. He said the institution\n(penitentiary) bugged him, and he did not want to talk any further\nlest he get himself into a storm. (He was obviously committing\ncrimes in this area, and was fearfulof prosecution). He said he\nNot dear\ndid not realize I would be taking down everything he said. He\ntold me he would have someone in Atlanta send me a picture of two\nme\npeople. One of the persons in the picture was LEE OSWALD. He\nsaid the picture was taken in Mexico. Additionally, he was\nor\nsending me an FAA flight plan which would be self explanatory and\nhelpful in our investigation. FERRIE allegedly had something to\ndo with the flight recorded on the flight plan.\nI assured him we were only interested in facts that aided us in\nour investigation, but he still refused to go on with a fact-\ndetailing interview. So I put my pad away, and engaged him in\ngeneral conversation about the prison. During this conversation\nI was able to elicit a few more facts.\n?\nThe last time GIRNUS saw OSWALD was when he drove him to Catulla\nTexas. This trip took place sometime in September, 1963, While\nin Catulla, GIRNUS introduced OSWALD to a friend of his who was\nan ex-Mexican army man. OSWALD and GIRNUS' friend went into\nMexico through Laredo, Texas. Their trip had something to do\nwith getting OSWALD a passport.\nGIRNUS attended several parties where SHAW was present. At least\none of these took place in Hammond, Louisiana, GIRNUS thought\nSHAW\nit was SHAW's home, but he was not sure of this OSWALD was at\nthis particular party which took place in a large colonial brick\nhouse which had a big yard all around it\nThough GIRNUS terminated this particular interview abruptly and\nat a crucial time, I feel he will talk to me further.\nRa:5HAW (+ FERRIE)\nSTATEMENT OF MR. NICHOLAS TADIN\nI was out at the New Orleans Airport on a Saturday or a Sunday\nafternoon sometime during the summer of 1964. I had brought\nmy boy out there to take some flying lessons from Dave Ferrie.\nAfter I parked my car I noticed Dave Ferrie and Clay Shaw coming\nout of the hangar. Dave Ferrie was about three feet ahead of\nClay Shaw. Clay Shaw turned to go to his car and Dave Ferrie\nwas coming towards me. When Shaw turned Dave waved at him.\nShaw just got into his automobile and left. I asked Dave Ferrie\nif this was a new student that he had because I knew of Clay\nShaw and he said, - No, it was a personal friend and the Manager\nof the International Trade Mart, and that was the end of that.\nHowever, I did call it to the attention of my wife when I saw\nClay Shaw and told my wife who he was at the time. I had seen\nClay Shaw several times before around the French Quarter and know\npositively that this was him.\nNicholas Tadin\nOffice of the District Attorney\nFebruary 27, 1969\nRy:SHAW (+FERRIE)\nSTATEMENT OF MRS. MATHILDA TADIN\nMy husband and I had gone out to the New Orleans Airport one\nafternoon sometime in the summer of 1964. While waiting to see\nDave Ferrie, we saw him come out of the hangar with another\nperson. My husband turned to me and said \"Look who's with Dave\"\nand I said \"Who's that\"? My husband told me that the man was\nClay Shaw, a notorious degenerate.\nInatheda Gaden\nMathilda Tadin\nOffice of the District Attorney\nFebruary 27, 1969\n6\nMEMORANDUM\nONote: CO departed for Europe\nApril 22, 1969\non Lybin ship on Sept 20, 159\nfor\nRe: THORNLEY (2)\nTO:\nJIM GARRISON, District Attorney\nR: SHAW (2)\nMi05WALD\nFROM:\nANDREW J. SCIAMBRA, Assistant District Attorney\nRs: BANISTER\nRE:\nThe New Shaw Lead File\n41) EDDIE PORTER LEAD (See Sciambra memo 12/19/68)\n69.\nPORTER met OSWALD in the summer of 1963 in the Penny Arcade located\nin the 100 block of Royal Street. OSWALD was with a male prostitute\nby the name of JOHN who, according to PORTER, spent most of his time\n\"hustling the queens\" around the Arcade. OSWALD told CAPT. MARTELLO\nthat JOHN was a member of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee. PORTER\ncurrently lives in California but has relatives in the city. Efforts\nshould be made to get his California address so that we may further\ncommunicate with him.\n42) SHAW PARTIES LEAD\n68.\n\"PATSY\", a colored female impersonator, said that he has entertained\nat some of the parties given by CLAY SHAW. He said that he quit\nworking for SHAW because he didn't like his attitude. (REID can\ncontact).\n43)\nBILL GAUDET LEAD\n(See FOWLER memo of 4/15/69)\n67.\nGAUDET is editor and publisher of the Latin American Reports.\nHe\nhad offices in the old International Trade Mart and is now located\nin the new Iternational Trade Mart. According to WEISBERG, GAUDET\nis C.I.A.\n44) SHAW IN ST. FRANCISVILLE, LOUISIANA (See Sciambra memo of 4/3/69) 66.\nappeady\nLeads pertaining to SHAW's activities in St. Francisville have come\nin. I suggest that ALFORD who has made a contact in St. Francis-\nville handle this lead in conjunction with me.\nSECURITY\n45) FRIENDS OF DEMOCRATIC CUBA (See Special File)\n65.\nAccording to numerous reports, the Friends of Democratic Cuba was\nAffert\ncreated and sponsored by the C.I.A. It was organized around 1960\nby BILL DALZELL and SERGIO ARCACHA SMITH. (BANNISTER was its\nDirector). Supposedly, its F.B.I. contact was REGIS KENNEDY and\nits C.I.A. contact was a man named LOGAN. It moved from the Balter\nBuilding to the International Trade Mart a few months after its\nconception. On Janta ry 20, 1961, JOSEPH MOORE along with a person\nnamed OSWALD attempted to buy some trucks from Bolton Ford for the\nInvasion. Although this may not be a matter of priority, because\nof the people involved in the organization, I think we should keep\nan open mind in this area.\n46) GUY BANNISTER AND 544 CAMP STREET (See Special File)\n64.\nBecause of the importance of GUY BANNISTER and the 544 Camp Street\nAlFoRd\nlocation I suggest we assign one man to look thoroughly into GUY\nBANNISTER and related activities around 544 Camp Street.\nMcBeath\n47)\nMCBETH ROOMING HOUSE LEAD\n(2429 Napoleon Avenue)\n63.\nname\nOn P. 26 of the rooming house's cash book, there appears,\n\"6/28/59, LEE HARVEY OSWALD, El Paso, Texas, Room D\". KERRY\nD\nTHORNLEY's Grand Jury testimony reveals that at one time he, too,\nlived at the same McBeth Rooming House.\nwho was running the place in 1960 1963\nwho owne?\nShaw\nMEMORANDUM\nRe: SHAW (as \"BERTRAND\")\nJune 6, 1967\nTO:\nJIM GARRISON, DISTRICT ATTORNEY\nFROM:\nDOUGLAS WARD AND L. OTILLIO, JR., DETECTIVES\nRE:\nSTATEMENT OF CLYDE JOHNSON, RESIDING BOX 327,\nKENTWOOD, LOUISIANA\nOn January 11, 1964, at about 9:00 A.M. or 10:00 A.M.\nmy wife OUIDA, EDWARD MCMILLAN and his wife, MRS. MCMILLAN, and I\nwent to St. Helena Parish, fifth ward, so that OUIDA and I could\nvote.\nAfter having voted the four of us left St. Helena and\ndrove to New Orleans. We stopped at various bars and restaurants\nto more or less to politic and discuss the election with friends.\nWhen we arrived in New Orleans, we checked into the\nMonteleon Hotel. ED and MRS. MCMILLAN came to our room and we all\nwent downstairs to the Carousel Lounge and had a few drinks. We\nleft the Carousel Lounge, my wife and I returned to our room. ED\nand MRS. MCMILLAN had gone out to eat, meanwhile someone called\nmy room and asked me to come downstairs to MCKEITHAN headquarters\nto make a, statement on television about the election.\nAfter having made the statements, I gave the key to my\nroom to one of my supporters and told him to go upstairs and have\ndrinks brought to the room.\nWe all then went to the Carousel and had more drinks\nand then went to my room to watch television and celebrate the\nelection.\nWhen we got to the room, it was packed like sardines and\nI met a lot of people there. ED and MRS. MCMILLAN were with OUIDA\nand I when we got back to the room. ED and MRS. MCMILLAN stayed\nfor a good while and left, saying they were going to the Famous\nDoor and asked if we wanted to go, but because we still had people\nthere we told them we would stay.\nI do remember one thing distinctly, before they left\nthere was a grey haired gentleman about 50 or 51 that told my wife\nto get up and fix him a drink, at the time he was laying across\none of the beds, surrounded by two or three other people. I told\nthis gentleman to get up and fix his own damn drink; my wife is\nnot your barmaid or anyone else's. This man was known to me as\nALTON BERNARD, that I have since identified as CLAY SHAW, after\nhaving seen his picture in the paper many times.\nAfter having viewed the four pictures you've just showed\nme, I identified #4 as the man known to me at that time as ALTON\nBERNARD.\nIt was not very long after this that the party broke up\nand my wife and I went to bed.\nThe above statement, consisting of three pages of\nyellow legal paper, taken in long hand, by Det. L. Otillio, Jr.,\nand witnessed by Det. D. Ward and attorney WILLIAM M. QUIN\n(MR. CLYDE JOHNSON'S attorney) was taken on this date, Thursday,\nJune 1, 1967, and completed at 12:25 P.M. This statement was taken\nin Kentwood by Det. L. Otillio, Jr., in MR. JOHNSON'S own words\nand read back to him before his signature was placed at the end\nalong with his address, also let it be noted that his attorney has\nalso read this statement.\nAlso attached to this statement, is one photograph of\nfour, that MR. JOHNSON identifies as being CLAY SHAW.\n(Signed) CLYDE JOHNSON\nBox 327 Kentwood, La.\n(Signed) William M. Quin\nDet. Douglas L. Ward\nDet. Lester Otillio\nRe: THORNLEY\nRe: OSWALD\nMEMORANDUM\nApril 23, 1968\nTO:\nJIM GARRISON, District Attorney\nFROM:\nJAMES ALCOCK and LOUIS IVON\nRE:\nCONNIE T. KAYE\nCONNIE T. KAYE, a vocalist at Pat O'Brien's, was interviewed in\nour office on April 19, 1968. The interview was conducted as a\nresult of statements attributed to her in the December 14, 1963,\nissue of the Saturday Evening Post magazine.\nMISS KAYE told us she saw OSWALD in Pat O'Brien's about two or\nthree times. He would slip in the back and stand in a corner.\nHe never purchased a drink. The times she saw him he was wearing\na white sport shirt open at the collar. The shirt was somewhat\nsoiled and he looked very haggard and emaciated. He looked, to\nher, like many of the French Quarter male prostitutes. He never\nseemed to be with anyone, however.\nAt the time, during her routine MISS KAYE would refer to FIDEL\nCASTRO as \"that Bastro\". After one performance in which she\nused this gag, she had a run-in with OSWALD at the Bourbon House.\nHe, without invitation, interrupted her conversation to castigate\nher for knocking CASTRO. From his looks, she deduced he was a\n\"character\" and did not engage him in any debate or conversation.\nAs she recalls, this incident happened sometime in September,\n1963. OSWALD was wearing his usual attire (slacks and white\nsport shirt open at the collar) and he had what appeared to be a\ncouple of days' growth of beard.\nAll told, MISS KAYE saw LEE OSWALD two or three times at Pat\nO'Brien's and one time at the Bourbon House. She is sure it was\nOSWALD, but said he was thinner than his pictures indicate.\n3\nSWY CITY OF SEAL NEW\nAt Friends Monnery 21 th The 24\nRe: SHAW (3)\nCITY OF NEW ORLEANS\nOFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS\nINTERNATIONAL TRADE MART\nNEWORLEANS, LA.\nTEL. 523-3343\nVICTOR H. SCHIRO\nMAYOR\nNovember 11, 1963\nMARIO BERMUDEZ\nDIRECTOR\nMr. J. M. Sullivan\nExecutive Director\nWorld Trade Center\nFerry Building\nSan Francisco, California\nDear Mr. Sullivan:\nof I tried the to get in to non with you by telephone today but, pending completion\nwith you by telephone.\ncall, I are writing you 02 the same subject I would like to discuss\nHr. Clay Show, Xanaging Director of the International Trado Hart here in\nwould you consider DONO local business groups there would be interested, end, be\nit New Orleans, is going to be in Sea Francisco from November 21 to 23\nMart be willing to address than on the subject of our International Trade\nbuilding, which has just started construction, and the effect of the Nart new\nand his experience 1n founding the present one and promoting the\non international trade through the Port of How Orleans.\nI look forward to hearing from you in this regard, or if you wish could\ntelephone 523-6137, and meanthile, with kind regards, I am,\ncontact Mr. Shaw directly: International Trado Hart, New Orleans, you La.,\n504-\nSincerely yours,\nmb/bd\nMario Mindetor\n11 16. Caxillistory in entil Relations\n30,100 smith Center\n3\nRe: SHAW (3)\nFil\nTERNATIONAL TRADE MART\nNEW ORLEANS, U.S.A.\nNovember 13, 1963.\nWORLD TRADE CENTER\nMr. Monroe Sullivan,\nExecutive Director\n*\nNOV 1 4 #1953\nWorld Trade Center\nSan Francisco, California\nDear Mr. Sullivan:\nThis will confirm our telephone conversation that I will\nspeak before B lunchaon meeting on Friday, November 22nd\nat the World Trade Center. My topic will be \"Now Orleans--\nA Case History in International Relations.\"\nI an enclosing herewith photograph and biographical sketch\nfor your use, if needed. I an also enclosing fact sheet\nand photographs of the new International Trade Mart project\nfor which we have broken ground. This may be useful for\nyour bulletin.\nI appreciate your offer to arrange a room for no for arrival\non Thursday morning, November 21st. I will call you sorly\nThursday morning.\nClaifliam Clay Shaw\nCordially,\nCS:GN\nEncls.\nManaging Director.\nAirMail-Special\nDelivery.\n3\nRe: SHAW (3)\nWORLD TRADE CLUB\nReport\nNOVEMBER 1963\nPublished by World Trade Club\nWorld Trade Center\nSon Francisco 11, California\nCONSULAR CORPS HONORS GOVERNOR\nCOMING EVENTS\nSan Francisco's Consular Corps chose the World\nNov. 22 - Luncheon - S.F. Area World Trade Associa-\nTrade Club as the setting for a reception and dinner\ntion, World Trade Center Authority, and World\nhonoring Governor and Mrs. Edmund G. Brown earlier\nTrade Club. Speaker: Clay Shaw, managing\nthis month. The Acting Dean of the Corps. Adolfo G.\ndirector, New Orleans International Trade\nDominguez, Consul General of Mexico, is shown below\nMart. will discuss \"New Orleans Case His-\n(left) greeting California's Governor Brown in the Game\ntory in International Relations.\"\nRoom of the Club. On the right is the Secretary of the\nNov. 25 - Luncheon S.F. Area World Trade Associa-\nCorps, Consul General Alessandro Savorgnan of Italy.\ntion end the German-American Trade Advi-\nsory Board. Speaker: Dr. Schmitz-Lenders,\nGerman Ministry of Economics, currently in\ncharge of German International Exhibitions\nand Trade Promotion.\nDec. 17 - Christmas Around the World Dinner.\nDec. 18 - Christmas Around the World Luncheon.\nCLUB NEWS\nThe traditional Christmas Around the World luncheon\nwill be held on Wednesday, December 18, for members.\nAlbert L. Reeves, chairman, membership committee,\nand senior vice president, Utah Construction & Mining\nCompany, will represent the Club Board of Directors\nat this event.\nThis year, for the first time, a Christmas Around\nthe World Dinner will be held on Tuesday evening,\nDecember 17, to enable members, their ladies and\nguests to attend. Club President George Killion, presi-\ndent, American President Lines, will represent the\nBoard of Directors at the dinner, which replaces the\nSince the opening of the Club in April, 1960, the local\nusual Tuesday International Buffet. An outstanding mu-\nConsular Corps members have sponsored many of the\nsical program (identical at the two events) is promised\nmost interesting events in the Club. Receptions for vis-\nby Club Manager D.T.T. Mackinnon. Announcements\niting foreign government officials, trade missions and\nconcerning these special Christmas celebrations will\nbusiness leaders, and the celebration of \"National Day\"\nbe in the mail shortly.\nof the various countries have all been occasions lending\nan intern tional flair.\nHOLIDAY SEASON SCHEDULE\nin his welcoming speech. Mr. Dominguez said:\nThe Club will be open:\nTuesday. December 24, Christmas Eve - Until 4 p.m.\n\"The Consular Corps of San Francisco, in whose\nTuesday, December 31, New Year's Eve - Until 4 p.m.\nname 1 speak, is now tied with Hamburg, Germany, as\nThe Club will be closed:\nthe second largest in the world with 54 representations,\nWednesday, December 25, Christmas Day - all day\npreceded only by New York. And this fact is important\nWednesday, January 1, New Year's Day - all day\nwhen we remember that there are some 3,200,000 aliens\nin the United States, of which over 661,000. or 21%\nof them, live in your beautiful State of California, Many\nAmong recent visitors to the Club were Michael,\nof them will no doubt become your fellow citizens this\nPrince von Hohenzollern, and Hubertus, Prince von\nyear; but until they do so, we the Consuls present, will\nLowenstein, of Germany: Ambassador Draj Kuman Nehru\nbe entrusted by our governments to look after their\nof India; Ambassador Gilbert Spence of British Gulana,\ninterests, their welfare and their relations with their\nSir Berkley and Lady Ormerod, of England; and Pancho\nnew place of abode,\nGonzalez,\n3\nRe: SHAW (3)\nThe San Francisco Area\nE of\nWorld Trade Association\nCHAMGLE\nin cooperation with the\nWorld Trade Center and\nWorld Trade Club\nWorld Business Luncheon Meeting\n\"NeW OH! RANS - - A CASE HISTORY IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS\"\nThe Role of America's First World Trade Center\nby\nCLAY SHAW\nManaging Director, International Trade Mart, New Orleans\nMr. Shaw helped to found and develop the International\nIrade Holt and Club, and is responsible for promoting\nthe new -30 million International Conter which is now\nunder construction in New Orleans. Much of San Fran-\ncigno's early blanning for a World Trade Center and Club\nevolved from the New Orleans \"case history.\" All of us\nchall find parti cular interest in hearing Mr. Shaw's\nreport on the role of the New Orleans operation in\nworld trade promotion.\nDate And Hour: FRIDAY, November 22, 1963 - 12 noon\nWorld Trade Club, Game Room\n$4.00\nBar Facilities\nPURCHASE TICKET AT THE DOOR\nFIRST CLASS\nPERMIT NO 12428\nSan Francisco, Calif.\nBUSINESS REPLY CARD\nNo postage stain? necessary if mailed in the United States\nPOSTAGE WILL BE PAID BY-\nSan Francisco Area World Trade Association\n333 Pine Street\nSan Francisco 4\nR:5HAW (3)\nTrade Director Lunch Speaker\n#.B.Examiner-Page 3\nFriday, Nov. 22, 1963 * 5C2H*\nClay Shaw, managing di-\nwill address a luncheon\ntion of the Chamber of Com-\nrector of the International\nmeeting of the San Francisco\nmerce at noon today in the\nTrade Mart*at New Orleans,\nArea World Trade Associa-\nWorld Trade Club.\nRe: SHAW (as \"BERTRAND\")\nSTATE OF LOUISIANA\nPARISH OF ORLEANS\nAFFIDAVIT\nBEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, personally came\nand appeared\nMR. JAMES A. HARDIMAN, JR.\nwho, after being duly sworn did depose and say:\nI reside at 2006 Pauger Street in the City of New\nOrleans, and my telephone number is 949-2187.\nThat I am presently employed by the United States\nPost Office as a mail carrier. My delivery route covers the\nlower French Quarter section of the city. I deliver mail to\n1414 Chartres Street, which is the residence of Jeff Bidderson.\nAfter the Clay Shaw case broke and the name Clem\nBertrand became well known, I realized that I had delivered\nletters addressed to Clem Bertrand to 1414 Chartres Street. I\nfeel that I have delivered at least five such letters to this\naddress. I am positive the addressee was Clem Bertrand. The\nletters were in personal sized envelopes and were addressed in\nscript in blue ink. I did not notice whether there was a return\naddress on the envelope.\nAt about the time I was delivering the letters addressed\nto Clem Bertrand to Jeff Bidderson's residence at 1414 Chartres\nStreet, I was also delivering letters addressed to Clay Shaw to\nBidderson's residence. These letters addressed to Shaw had been\nforwarded from another address. Unlike the letters addressed to\nClem Bertrand, all letters addressed to Clay Shaw, but delivered\nto Jeff Bidderson's residence, were forwarded from another\naddress. I feel I delivered at least ten letters addressed to\nClay Shaw and forwarded to 1414 Chartres Street.\nNone of the letters addressed to Clem Bertrand were\never returned to me. They would have been returned to me if the\naddress had been bad or the addressee was not receiving mail at\nthat residence.\nJames JAMES A. a. HARDIMAN, Hardeman JR. Jr.\nSWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED\nBEFORE ME THIS 7th DAY\nlamed WITNESSED: R (Wansh)\nOF may , 1968.\nNOTARY PUBLIC\nRe: SHAW (as \"BERTRAND\")\nOFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY\nSTATE OF LOUISIANA\nPARISH OF ORLEANS\nJanuary 23, 1968\nSTATEMENT OF:\nALOYSIUS J. HABIGHORST\nNew Orleans Police Department\nRESIDING AT:\n3426 Pittari Place\nNew Orleans, La.\nRE:\nFINGERPRINTING AND FACTS CONTAINED ON\nFINGERPRINTING CARD, (BEARING NO. 125-388\nNEW ORLEANS POLICE DEPARTMENT)\nSTATEMENT\nOn March 1, 1967, at approximately 8:55 P.M. I had an\noccasion to print and process a white male who identified himself\nas CLAY LEVERGNE SHAW who was booked under police item number\nC-466-67 of the New Orleans Police Department.\nMR. SHAW was given three fingerprint cards and asked\nto sign his name in a designated spot on the card. After having\nbeen fingerprinted by Patn. James Millet who is a New Orleans\nPolice Officer and was assigned in the B of I of the Central\nLockup along with myself on the above date. In order to fill these\ncards I asked MR. SHAW related questions as to his date of birth,\nmiddle name, occupation, birth date and place, scars or marks or\ntatoos of identification on his body, and also asked him \"what\nother names other than CLAY L. SHAW do you use\" and in reply\nMR. SHAW gave me the name of CLAY BERTRAND.\nI would not consider MR. SHAW's attitude as being\nfacetious in fact he was most cooperative during the entire time.\nThe above statement is true and correct and I have\nmade same of my on free will.\nTo: IVON\nPlease file\ngr\nSTATE OF LOUISIANA\nRe: SHAW (2) (as \"Bertral\")\nPARISH OF ORLEANS\nAFFIDAVIT\nBEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, personally came\nand appeared\nMRS. JESSIE PARKER\nwho, after being duly sworn did depose and say:\nI reside at 1623 North Galvez Street in the City of\nNew Orleans, and my telephone number is 947-0838.\nThat I am presently employed at Rubenstein Brothers\nlocated at the corner of Canal and St. Charles Streets. Before\nthis employment I was employed as a hostess in the V.I.P. Room\nat the Moisant International Airport for Eastern Airlines, and\nI started this employment on November 14, 1966. My working\nhours of employment were from 8:00 in the morning until 2:00\nin the afternoon. I was actually paid by Gulf Janitorial Service\nbut the V.I.P. Room was under the supervision of Eastern\nAirlines.\nThe V.I.P. Room remains locked and in order for\nsomeone to get into it they have to be admitted by someone who\nhas a key. The people besides myself who had keys are: Cecilia\nFagan who was also a hostess and who worked with me in the\nV.I.P. Room, Mr. Saladiano, Mr. Provenzano, Mr. Paul Cook,\nMr. Phillip Scofield and the three ground hostesses whose names\nare Kay Kulman, Elizabeth Bloodsaul and a girl named Barbara\nwhose last name I cannot remember. There was also Mr. Keller\nand Mr. Gaudin and the man who was supervisor of the Ticket\nCounter on Common Street J.S.\nPage -2-\nNO one could enter the V.I.P. Room unless they were\nbrought in by someone who had authority to grant them entrance\nand also who had a key. I had directions not to let anyone in\nunless he was escorted by one of the above named people.\nThe V.I.P. Room is a place where people who are\nconsidered to be important people could come in and sit down\nand wait for incoming or outgoing flights. The room was divided\ninto three sections and had a television and drinks were served\nfor their convenience. There was also a registration book in\nthw V.I.P. Room and it was part of my job to get the people who\nvisited the V.I.P. Room to sign their names in this registration\nbook. Mr. Sciambra has shown me a group of approximately forty\nphotographs of various individuals and out of these photograph I\nhave picked three photographs which I have marked \"S-1\", \"S-2\"\nand \"S-3\" and signed my signature to them. I do not know the\nnames of any of these people and I am identifying them by the\nabove numbers.\nI identified the picture marked \"S-1\" which is of the\nperson who has an identification plate with New Orleans,\nLouisiana, and numbers 125388 and dated 3/1/67 across his chest,\nas the man who came into the V.I.P. Room on December 14, 1966,\nand signed the registration book with the blue pen. Prior to\nhis coming into the V.I.P. Room no one else had signed the\nregistration book while I was on duty. He entered the V.I.P.\nRoom with another gentleman whose identity I do not know but\nwho was almost as tall as the man whose picture I have identified\nas \"S-1\" and was dressed in a business suit as he was JB.\nPage -3-\nI do not know if this other gentleman signed the registration\nbook. After they left and before anyone else signed the\nregistration book, I examined the book as was my custom to see\nwho had signed and the signature on the book by the party whose\npicture I have identified as\"S-1\" was CLAY BERTRAND. This was\nthe signature he used in signing the registration book and I\nsaw him sign the book.\nI observed the person whose picture I have previously\nidentified as \"S-1\" in Judge Haggerty's court room last Tuesday\nand I recognize him to be the same person who signed the\nregistration book CLAY BERTRAND on December 14, 1966.\nI have examined the registration book and I recognize\nthe signature CLAY BERTRAND as the one which the gentleman I have\nidentified placed on the book.\nI am unable to identify the other party that was with\nhim.\nI recognize the party that I have identified as \"S-1\"\nparticularly because of his height and the color of his hair and\nhis facial characteristics.\nMRS. JESSIE PARKER\nSWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME\nWITNESSED\nTHIS 29TH DAY OF January\n,\nMichael NOTARY L. Mannager PUBLIC\nAm. Bertef\nHand 2 Tab\n1969.\nnew\naccerce\nFn: Home fals\n( genent)\nFr : Name film\n(genent)\nMEMORANDUM\nRe: FERRIE\nJanuary 11, 1967\nTO:\nJIM GARRISON, DISTRICT ATTORNEY\nFRM:\nSGT. F. SEDGEBEER\nRE:\nSPECIAL INVESTIGATION\nIn conversation with one August Agnelly, Jr., residing\nat 280 Veronica Drive, Chalmette, Louisiana, telephone number\n279-7376, it was learned that he was familiar with Dave Ferrie,\nthat he had been in the C.A. P. with him. Agnelly has been\nemployed by McDermott Aircraft located at the New Orleans Airport\nas a mechanic for the past six years. At one time Agnelly men-\ntioned that there was a National Guard Pilot who was on active\nduty and was associated with the \"Minute Men\". An interview with\nAgnelly may prove beneficial in this investigation.\nFENNER O. SEDGEBEER\nFOS/bb\nForm A. O. 91 (Rev. 12-1-53)\nComplaint\nUnited States Bistritt Court\nFOR THE\nEASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA\nMagistrate's Docket No.\nCase No.\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA\nV.\nCOMPLAINT for VIOLATION of\nJIM GARRISON, FREDERICK A. SOULE,\nSR., ROBERT N. FREY, LOUIS M.\nU.S.C.Title 18\nBOASBERG, HARBY S. MARKS, JR.,\nROBERT NIMS, JOHN J. ELMS, JR.,\nSections 1511, 1955, 1952, 2, 371\nLAWRENCE L. LAGÁRDE, JOHN ARUNS\nCALLERY & JOHN ELMO PIERCE\nBEFORE\nNew Orleans, Louisiana\n,\nName of Magistrate\nAddress of Magistrate\nThe undersigned complainant being duly sworn states:\nThat on or about (see pp. 2 & 3) XXX , at or near New Orleans, Louisiana,\nin the\nEastern\nDistrict of Louisiana, JIM GARRISON, FREDERICK A. SOULE, SR.,\nROBERT N. FREY, LOUIS M. BOASBERG, HARBY S. MARKS, JR., ROBERT NIMS,\nJOHN J. ELMS, JR., LAWRENCE L. LAGARDE, JOHN ARUNS CALLERY, and JOHN\nELMO PIERCE\ndid(2) violate: (continued page 2)\nAnd the complainant states that this complaint is based on the attached affidavit.\nAnd the complainant further states that he believes that he is a\nXX material witnessxin relation to this charge.\nSignature of Complainant.\n20\nOfficial\nFile.\nSworn to before me. and subscribed in my\nZiroam\nUnited States May ******\n(1) Insert name of accured.\n(2) Insert statement of the coential facts constituting the offense charged.\n# -\nWinnipeg Free Press\nCompany Limited\n300 CARLTON STREET. WINNIPEG 2. CANADA\nTELEPHONE 943-9331\nJOHN SIFTON\nR. S. MALONE\nPRESIDENT\nPUBLISHER AND VICE-PRESIDENT\nSHANE MACKAY\nR. H, SHELFORD\nEXECUTIVE EDITOR\nBUSINESS MANAGER\nRe: SHAW (+ CANADA)\nMr. William R. Martin,\nAssistant District Attorney,\nNew Orleans, La.\nDear Mr. Martin,\nFollowing is the promised memorandum on a few Canadian leads\nin your case against Clay Shaw.\nThe affidavit from the Winnipeg man who overheard the conversation\nat the airport is being made this week and will reach you later.\nMr. Malcolm Campbell, of 1099 Eastlawn, Sarnia, Ontario, who wrote\nyour office about an eyewitness to the Dallas shooting, cannot provide\nany more information on the subject. The eyewitness, Liberty magazine\neditor \"orman Similas, is unavailable. Liberty magazine was published\nby Consolidated Press until 1964 when it was sold to another company\nand folded after a few issues. When it wound up its operations, Ir.\nSimilas was writing a serial on his experiences in Dallas and in the\nlast issue Mr. Similas said the next issue, which never appeared, would\ncarry a picture taken of shots being fired at Kennedy. I made some\nenquiries regarding the sudden collapse of the publication, but people\nin the business seem to be convinced that it was genuine financial trouble.\n\"They went broke,\" as one spokesman put it. Mr. Similas can't be located\nat the moment. & relative, Helen Similas of Toronto (probably an estranged\nwife or a mad sister) doesn't want to tall: about him at all and becomes\nirritated when someone mentions his name. The people he formerly worked\nwith have lost track of him. His name has boon mentioned, however, by\nRamparts magazine and other critics of the Warren report as one of a\nlist of witnesses never interviewed by the Warren commission. Ramparts\nmisspelled his name quite badly.\nRe: KEITH ALLEN (in SHAW'Smolelook)\nMr. Keith Allen, 40, a Seattle accountant (VANCOUVER) Whose mother lives at 1189\nMatthews Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia (the address listed in\nShaw's notchook) is a service buddy of your man. He's single and probably\nqueer, but the last time he's seen Shaw was 20 years ago. They've been\nexchanging Christmas cards since. Mr. Allen has never heard of Kootenay\nBay.\nRo: KOOTENAY BAY, B.C. (in SHAW'S notebook)\nKootenay Bay, B.C. June-September (1963) seems a very mysterious\nnotation. The place is in the interior mountainous country of B.C. on\nthe shore of a lake. A ferry runs across the lake to Kootenay Bay and\none can also reach the place from the south, from the U.S. by narrow,\nwinding mountain road. There is one notel in the town, the Mary Ann motel,\nbut it doesn't seem to have a telephone. There are also camp grounds and\ncabins and the whole area is 2 prine tourist region in the summer, empecially\nfrom June to September.\nRe: LARRY ROGERS (in SHAWS notetrik)\n[TORON\nMr. Larry Romgers, 25, of the St. James Town apartments in downtown\nToronto (his aunt and uncle live at 43 Jarlock Crescent, Allowdale,\nwhich was the address listed in Shaw's notebook) also seems queer.\nHe doesn't have a Job, but is in the position to travel extensively,\nthrow big parties and generally live it up. Has made several trips to\nLondon, England, where he chummed around with Shaw and a group of\ndecadent Englishmen which included the former manager of Christine\nKeeler, He first met Shaw shortly before the Kennedy assassination,\nbut he doesn't want to say where. In March of this year he went to\nDallas \"to visit friends and in April to New Orleans for the same reason.\nHe intended to look Shaw up while he was there, but later accided not to.\nHe last saw him in London in 1966. He knew Shaw as a very bright person,\nwho loved London, the theatre and big parties. He calls Shaw a \"masochist\"\nRogers doesn't think Shaw had anything to do with an assassination for\n** of the president of the United States, because Shaw didn't care about\npolitics and \"didn&t give a damn about the Whole United States.\"\nHe says he feels \"badly\" for Shaw because Shaw is a \"fun-loving fellow\nwho likes a great time, likes to drink and likes to spend money.\"\nThis is the information I have gathered SQ far. If anything sounds\ninteresting I can pursue these things further, of course. It would\nprobably be easier for me as a Canadian newspaperman than for you as\na New Orleans prosecutor. I have not yet written any story on the\nthings discussed above for the newspaper, but I hope you will keep in\nmind that I am always interested in a story when something develops.\nI'll play ball with you any way you like, whatever confidential information\nyou have that you don't want published but that might help me in tying up\nloose ends will be safe with me.\nI might add that I am professionally as well as personally interested\nin helping your investigation any way I can. What you are doing in New\nOrleans takes a great deal of courage. It is probably the most difficult\njob a district attorney has ever undertaken in this century but it has to\nbe done in for history's sake. I sincerely hope you succeed.\nAlways at you service,\nPieter VanBennekom\nc/o Free Press,\nEditorial Dept.,\nWinnipeg, Manitoba\nCanada\ntel. 204-WH39345\n2\nLead File\nTo: LOU IVON\nRe: ODD CHURCHES\nPlease write air my mains -\nRADICAL RIGHT WING\n09 call.\nrept game 10 X\n213/247-3825\n1012 East Colorado Street\nGlendale, California 91205\nMay 10, 1968\nMr. Jim Garrison\nDistrict Attorney\nH\nLetter to R&Ging (TMSAP)\nNew Orleans, Louisana\nPiles in asslimer\nDear Mr. Garrison:\n(Copy for Lead Fules)\nTHE WHEAT HOUSE, 233 South Lafayette Park\nPlace, Los Angeles, California. Was the home 01 Clinton and\nElizabetr Wheat,\nI was a paid informer for the FBI, L. A.\nOffice, from April to mid-July 1964. My first meeting at the\nWheat House was during the evening of April 25th, 1964, afterwhich\nI became a weekly visitor until the last meeting in June 1964 -\nwhen the House sold.\nI reported in writing all data of the\nODD\nmeetings at Wheat House, the Christian Defense League, the\nCHURCHESS\nChurch of Jesus Christ, Christian nd The American Nazi Farty.\nAlso, those private meetings which took place after the\npublic meetings in Lancaster and Reseda. T retained = copy\nof each and every report, against the advi 12 of the FBI -I\nstill have them- dates, names and places,\nI have 15- 1 hour (plus) taces. Two were\ntaped at the Wheat House in 1963, Clinton Wheat was chairman\nand introduced both speakers who delivered classic examples\nof the hate-mongers sermons. The voice of Clinton Wheat is\nheard saying, \"I've got two chambers (gas) ready for them\nnow two ovens ready for them now this outburst came\nafter Lt. Col. William Paulley Gale had said, \" can show\nyou top--secret documents that prove that the six million\nJews Hitler was supposed to have killed are right here in\nAmerica\nTwo other tapes taped on November 24th 1.963 they reveal\nthe FBIs hasty move-in and questioning of these extramist of\nthe right-wing tapes tell the listerers to talk\nto the FBI, but to phone CTL for attorneys.\nAnother tape taped Feb 23, 1964 tello the story of a\ntown in California that a paper had been printed at the time\nof the assassination of the President in which left wing\nforces had the audacity to say, \"that the bullet that was fired\nthat killed Kennedy was fired by (name is spoken), this\nis how extreme thay were. \"\nPage 1. Chirts, as came\nChester W. Warman\nMay 10, 1968\nTo: Mr. Jim Garrison, District Attorney, New Orleans, La.\nI am a ex-convict, five convictions, a\ndisabled veteran of two wars and eleven years honorable\nservice as a Staff Intelligence Office, G-2, 9301. The\npublic here is not aware of my past criminal record and I\nmust insist that maximum effort be ken to eliminate\ndisclosure at the level of the police well as at the\npublic levels.\nMy mother is a nurse here epnew on the LARD\nanother nephow is & banker brother-in-law Doctor. If\nit becomes known that I am a ex-con 1 will lose a, otherwise,\npermanent income of $100.00 per month. I an unemployed.\nI received threats by phone and letter\nduring the fall of 1964 on my mother life and nine, when\nit became known that I reported to the FBI.\nI do not believe I know Bradley or Hall\nhowever there were meetings of 100 or more at places other\nthan the Wheat House. I have knowledge that Clinton Wheat\nand others collected ammunition for the Cubans. My reports\nreveal only one person that I met who was collecting funds\nfor a Cuban cause. There are several questions I would like\nto have Bradley answer.\nDuring 1963 three top members of authority\nwent East -one said he went to North Carolina, all three said\nto Montgomery, Alabama, one said he met George Wallace-. One\nwanted to visit the four separate groups of the Ku Klux Klan\nin the State of Mississippi in June of 1964 to unite them\nthrough membership in the CDL -he wanted me to go along as I\nwas his body-guard and the security guard for the offices and\nrecords of the National Headquarters of the CDL.\nI haven't searched all these 1963 tapes\nfor references to JFK.\nThe leader (Gale) of the armed California\nRangers had a brilliant army career as a Ranger until he got\nto Fort MacArthur at the end of WW-II where he got into\ntrouble, he left the service shortly after he faced at courts-\nmartial.4 member, ex-military, who was most militent as a\nCalifornia Ranger was pals of the Minutemen end was instrimental\nin bringing into this society of extremist several Minutemen\n-he also sent three telegrams -one to U.S. Atty Gen, one to\nMcNamore and one to JFK- for this he was apprehended, held for\ninvestigation and released, he was a typical fanatic with a\ninborn desire to act upon the words spoken by those preachers\nof hate.\nI am a willing witness. I will assist at\nany level so long as my interests are considered.\nI lived on Napoleòn Avenue in New Orleans\nand have relatives in Donaldscnville and Lulling -you can\nreadily understand why I. am hesitant, even at this writing.\nChesters w. Warman\nChester W. Warman\nRe: SHAW\nLEAD\n(unconfured\n: CUBANS\n: OSWALD\n: THORNLEY\n5-20-68\nWilliam\nDeAR Sir\nHasey)\nloncerning\nWoodrow H. HARdy\nHARDY should\nbe internet\n910 S. OREGON Ave\nTAMPA, F/A\nphone 254-8251\nI'm sending you This information in CASE\nit MAY Se of help to you on The ClAy show\ntrial\nI met MIR Handy AT A New YOAN E..\nDuring our convensation be told Me homes. be\nTARTY. A PRIVATE can Tractor And Remodeled told me\n- AV insued have from New ORleArs, And Thene. He\nto he Remodeled ClAy shaws home CUSAN Type\nthat The Time he JAW MANY\nAid visit AT There And That me MAN in in to PARTICULAR,\nnew I have forgotlen, who derived outside you The\nThe NAME Knew shaw, Sut stood cold\nshow hat Residence he handing out papers And net\n'uT help Know shaw.\nIt MAY help your CASC if you can Tated\nTHE HANDS\nSincerely your\nA citizen bat be live,\nyour com.\nDecative C. p.m\nFeb 12 68\n(read file\nRICUBANS\nDear Mr. GarrisoN\nThis May or M2Y NOT be of ANY help TO you About person\nNamed\nDr. Carlos R. Duarie, 2898 Alameda Trail. DecRTur, Gz.\nDrug Rep. Wahked iN back Door of Large meeting AT The\nAbove Named business, Dr. was very upset. Kennedy was Killed.\nWife MD, RUNS Business MOST of Time.\nDUZYIC iN New orleans before Kennedy Death. Retorned\nTwo weeks Ago from N.O. Twomen ALSO were AT his house from\nN.O. About four weeks Age.\nLeaves TOWN No Less Than ONCE or Twice AMONTH.\nvisits or To New orderns, miami. N.Y. +merice. Meets MIST of\nThe boats from dubia.\ninvolved. Covener MeNT OUT of Thousands used in movement inwhich he is\nDUETO Bay of Pigs hatos Americans. Father Livesin cubia, Rich,\nHelped over sixty of his people iNTO our COUNTRY.\nMarried TO miss, girl in internship, Convenient for himself iT\nseems sence he made sta Tement didn't dare for her. wife DOESN'T KNOW\nhisentire estate Left To Adopted dubian child. Turned down for Adoption\nby COUNTY. Child by unwed dubian he helped.\nEach Time These Two MEN donie from N.O. ormiss., something big\nbreaks in The News. something Amiss,\n\"Nephew TELKS! worked AT sears NOW DELTR.\npr. Lives in About S3, 000 home, VASES, etc. #500 up. dost\nmore Than home. Has LAKE home +measings.\nBrags, OUR Tax money he puts to good use. IT'S to bad The government\nhas eaught up TO what he's DOING.\nGod Bless our America\nCUBANS\nRe: C.I.A.\nSTATEMENT AND INTERROGATION OF ARTIN L. MC AULIFFE JR.\nIN THE OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY ON TUESDAY, MAY 9,\n1967.\nARCACHA mentioned that BILL DALZELL and some of the other\nAmericans who had been hanging around the Front office\nsuggested starting a new group which Americans could join\nto be called \"Friends of Democratic Cuba\". (The Cuban\nRevolutionary Democratic Front was a group headed by\nARCACHA-SMITH consisting of Cubans and the Friendsof Demo-\ncratic Cuba was a group which consisted of Americans and\nwhich worked hand and hand with the Cuban Revolutionary\nFront.)\nDALZELL asked me if I would be willing to let them use my\nname on the letterhead. Next thing I knew I was down as\nPresident of the organization. The group was in existence\nfor about four or five weeks after its inception which was\nJanuary 9, 1961.\nAfter this happens I went over to see the man I had been\ncontacting at the FBI; a man who used the name MR. CALL.\nI was never sure that this really was his name. I explained\nto MR. CALL that I noted what might be conflicts between\nmy heading up the American group at the same time that I\nwas handling the propaganda for the Cuban Revolutionary\nFront. There could be a conflict of interest at some point.\nHe indicated to me that he thought it would be better if\nI did take the Presidency because that way I would know\nwhat was going on.\nAll the group did then was to get some furniture into a\ndownstairs office in the Balter Building and we had a few\nmeetings but the people who came to those meetings mainly\nwere Cubans from the Cuban Revolutionary Front) We actually\nnever really had many American members. We had no formal\nmembership card. The only thing the Friends of Democratic\nCuba ever did really was to shake cans on Mardi Gras Day\non Canal Street once.\nAbout four or five maybe six weeks after the thing was\nstarted I was called over to the FBI office and MR. CALL\ntold me to dissolve the organization. When I asked him\nfor a reason to give the people he told me simply to tell\nthem it was in violation of the law in working with a foreign\npower and if we didn't dissolve they might be arrested. I\nwent back and told them the organization was through.\nWhen I was first contacted by ARCACHA and asked if I wanted\nto handle publicity for the Cuban Revolutionary Democratic\nFront which was organized in November or December, 1960; I\ncalled ADMIRAL WARDER, who was then Commandant of the 8th\nNaval District, who was a roommate of mine when we were at\nAnnapolis. I asked him to check with his Naval Intelligence\nman to find out if it was all right for me to work with\nthese people or not. The Naval Intelligence man then con-\ntacted me and set up an appointment with a man at the FBI\nwho used the name MR. CALL. From that time forward until\nafter the Bay of Pigs whenever I had anything to report to\nthe FBI or whenever I was contacted by them the man was\nalways the man I described as MR. CALL.\n482-5864\n488-4542\nAm 223 Balter Bldy\nSHIPPING Co.m1961\n-2-\nQ. Can you give us a physical description of MR. CALL?\nA. The one outstanding feature he had was very light\nblue eyes -- extremely light blue eyes. I would guess\nhe was somewhat taller than I am - maybe 5'10\" or\n5'11\". He was not heavy-set. He had the kind of\nleathery sort of face that someone who has served in\nthe Navy a long time has. He had black hair, as I\nremember it. It was not patent leather black hair,\nperhaps a little kinky though not really.\nMy last contact with these people was made in the summer of\n1961 about two months after the Bay of Pigs when I received.\na call from Admiral Warder who suggested that I should no\nlonger have the contact with the Cuban Revolutionary Demo,-\ncratic Front.\nSome of the people who were in ARCACHA'S company before\nthe Bay of Pigs were DR. DELHAYA and a MENENDEZ, perhaps\nLOUIS. Also a big, husky Latin type who was with the\nHonduras Revolutionary Front.\nAfter the Bay of Pigs he was constantly in the company of\nCARLOS LOPEZ, JULIO BUZNADO and ENRIQUE SAGAS.\nQ. Do you know GERARD TUJAGUE?\nA. No There were a number of Americans who were neighbors\nor friends of ARCACHA'S who names I don't remember that\nI have met. He may have been one of those. There was\none man who was American but his wife was Cuban but I\ndon't remember their names.\nQ. Do you know GRADY DURHAM? His wife JUNE DURHAM?\nA. No. At least I don't remember the names.\nQ. Did you say that you were aware that the Cuban Revolutionary\nFront and the Friends of Democratic Cuba were working\nwith the FBI?\nA. Yes. I was aware that the FBI was supervising the\nCuban Revolutionary Democratic Front. As far as the\nFriends of Democratic Cuba is concerned, I know of\nthe conversations which I have already described. If\nthey had more control than that I don't know.\nQ. Are you aware that in January, 1961 a person by the\nname of JOSEPH MOORE and another person by the name\nof OSWALD attempted to purchase ten trucks from Bolton\nFord?\nA. I was not aware of that.\nQ. Did you ever hear ARCACHA claim that the CIA was involved\nin either the Cuban Revolutionary Front or the Friends\nof Democratic Cuba?\nA. He always said that the CIA had approved the Revolutionary\nFront and was supervising the invasion.\n-3-\nQ. Are you familiar with the Neptune Shipping Company?\nHave you ever heard the name of CAPTAIN ANDY mentioned\nin connection with the Neptune Shipping Company?\nA. No.\nQ. While working with the Cuban Revolutionary Front\ndid you ever have occasion to hear the name of CLAY\nSHAW mentioned?\nA. No, I never did.\nQ. In connection with your Cuban-type activities you\nhave never had occasion to meet or hear the name of\nCLAY SHAW mentioned?\nA. No. I met FERRIE once. We had a fund-raising party\nprior to the Bay of Pigs, I think, at the Coffee House\non Exchange Alley. The proceeds from the night's\nentertainment were to go to the Front. FERRIE showed\nup there which was the only time I saw him from the\nBay of Pigs. I understand from what you all said\nthat he became more active later.\nQ. Did you have occasion to talk to him?\nA. Only for a few minutes. Said he was a flyer and wanted\nto train flyers. My impression was that he wasn't\nallowed to do anything prior to the Bay of Pigs. He\nwanted to train flyers for the Front.\nQ. In other words, his feelings were the same as the anti-\nCastro groups?\nA. Yes. He wanted to do something but it was my impression\nthat he was not accepted at that time. But, they could\nhave been keeping something from me.\nQ. Do you know of any activity across the lake for train-\ning purposes.\nA. No. It was my impression that RODRIQUEZ (RODRIQUEZ was\nlocal head of MRP - Movement Revolutionary Popular) --\nit was my impression that he leaked the story to Bill\nSlatter of a training camp across the lake. The\nnational head of MRP was MANALO RAY. Under Eisenhower\nthe Cuban Revolutionary Democratic Front was the main\nCuban revolutionary organization. When Kennedy took\nover it was re-organized into the Revolutionary Council\nwhich included all groups. I informed Slatter that\nthere were no such camps, but it is my opinion that if\nthere were any camps going on at the time they were\nbeing conducted by the MRP and not the Revolutionary\nFront.\nQ. Did you ever have occasion to meet WILLIAM CRAIS?\nA. I may have but I can't tell by the name.\nCUBANS\n(Infor from Mary Forrell)\nWhen I was in New Orleans two weeks ago today, you gave me a XeΓox copy\nof a memo, dated April 7, 1967, re: Ammo Cache in St. Tammany Parish,\nAugust, 1963, 'with an attached memo dated Feb. 14, 1967, from William\nGurvich, re: Seizure of Explosives, etc. In this second memo, there is\na list of 11 names, Including Rich Lauchli. There is a strong possibility\nthat two or three of these men are Dallas residents. I am almost certain\nthat Antonio Soto Vasquez is a Dallas man, and I am trying to determine\nif Victor Hernandez, Carlos Sanchez, and Miguel Jimenez exexwee aren't\nDallas men.\nSpanish men usually use at least three names, in this order:\nGiven name (i.e. Antonio), father's name (i.e. Soto), mother's\nname (i.e. Vasquez).\nIn the 1961 and 1962 City Directories, there was an Antonio Soto (wife\nSipriana) cook Texaco Cafe, h 1411 Romine (he was shown as owner of 1411 Romine).\nAt the same address was listed a Lupe L. Vasquez, clk. Bio-Assay Laboratory,\n1411 Romine. Bio-Assay Laboratory was at 3535 Fairmount. I know a little about\ntheir operation, which was rather strange in itself. (Remember that Gary Taylor,\nDeMohrenschild's son-in-law lived along there on Fairmount?) There has never\nbeen any listing for a Texaco Cafe in the city of Dallas. The Texaco Building\nis located at 1512 Commerce but I am not sure as to whether or not they had a\ncafe in there. Mr. Soto was the only person on his entire block who had a\ntelephone in 1961 and one of the few who owned his home. My reasoning is that\nhis mother was Lupe Vasquez and according to Spanish custom, his name was\nAntonio Soto Vasquez.\nThe Miguel Alvarez on whom I am \"checking\" was bartender at the Baker\nHotel which is across the street from the Adolphus.\n2\nMr. William R. Klein\n500 Glydon Street N.E.\nVienna, Virginia\nMay 4, 1967\nRs: DACZELL\nHon. Jim Garrison\nOffice of the District Attorney\nRs: RADICAL RIGHT WING\nCriminal District Court Building\n(Ed Butler)\nTulane and Broad\nNew Orleans, Louisiana\nDear Jim:\nRelative to our most recent conversation, I am enclosing the\nonly material I have with respect to the Free Voice of Latin America.\nThe president of the Free Voice of Latin America was Juan Calixto\nGarcia, the grandson of the Garcia who received the famous message.\nI believe that he owned a plantation in Cuba and for one reason or the\nother left shortly after the Revolution. He was a student at Tulane\nUniversity and worked part-time in the school cafeteria. Garcia was\na mild-mannered, even-tempered fellow.\nOtto Hofius was the vice president. He was shy, intelligent, easy-\ngoing and I believe a citizen of Belize, Honduras. The last time I\nheard from him, he was working for the superintendent of schools in\nNew Orleans.\nI drew up the Articles of Incorporation and was subsequently\nappointed secretary-treasurer shortly after the organization was formed.\nAt my request the Free Voice was registered with the FBI in New Orleans.\nI have forgotten what office, if any, Bill D lzell held but his\ntenure was short-lived. Dalzell was fired for charging office equipment\nunder the corporate name. He was a drifter, more interested in creating\nimpressions than working for a living. For all of these negative quali-\nties, I could not call Dalzell a dangerous man - merely a con-artist and\nnot a very good one at that. On one occasion Dalzell introduced me to\nJack Martin. Martin is a kind of manikin seeking involvement. He can\ncontribute nothing to your investigation.\nI met Edward S. Butler during a presentation of the Free Voice\nat a YMBA meeting. My first impression of this young man was\nfavorable. He seemed aggressive and dynamic; prescisely what the\norganization needed. Butler turned out to be an incredible organizer\nand in a few short months he had gotten together a Board composed of\nprominent New Orleans citizens.\nEd Butler was ultimately asked to leave the Free Voice of Latin\nAmerica. This young man's ultra right wing views were not only\nembarrassing but in my opinion, dangerous. After assuming office as\nExecutive Director, this ex-John Bircher metamorphosized into a kind of\nleashed Robespierre. He could think of nothing but the danger of some\nkind of globe-encircling communist conspiracy and that it was the primary\ngoal of the Free Voice to forewarn the people of Latin America, His\ninsistance on \"exporting\" this message abroad made his removal from office\nmandatory. The true concept of the Free Voice was prepared shortly before\nButler left and enclosed herewith. It was written by Clint Bolten, a\nformer editor for Reuters in India.\nOur investigation of Butler was untimely but nonetheless appropriate.\nWe learned that he either withdrew or flunked out of 2 schools. (Loyola\nUniversity, and a private school in Mississippi); that he was an ex-male\nmodel for Maison Blanche: a Fuller Brushman; an ex-member of the John Birch\nSociety, and that he was formerly employed by the Perry Brown Advertising\nAgency, Mr. Brown is an agreeable fellow and should be able to assist you\nif further information is desired.\nIn spite of these apparent short-comings, Butler formed his own\norganization - The Information Counsel of the Americas (INCA) and induced\nevery member of our Board to join his organization. This seduction of our\nmembership arrested the growth of the Free Voice and I finally got around\nto filing for liquidation with the Secretary of State.\nButler apparently made a tremendous impression on Hale Boggs, much to\nmy surprise and chagrin. He was lauded by Congressman Boggs before the\nU. S. House of Representatives (Cong. Record 1965) in connection with a\n\"Freedom Academy. 11 I am continually amazed by Butler's orwellian use of\nconceptual words and for his uncanny ability to impress his screwball\ndefinitions on men of high office. I understand that he is now sending\nmessages to Latin America called \"Truth Tapes\". Butler is one of those\npeople with so little faith in his country that he perceives its imminent\ndownfall. He calls himself an expert on Communism; can quote from the\nmanifesto, but has never heard of the Federalist Papers or the writings\nof Tocqueville. Butler once told me that fighting Communism was his\nwhole life but conversely, one is never really sure what people like this\nare defending.\n2\nI do not know the present status of INCA, but by November 1965\nmany prominent citizens of New Orleans were either directly involved\nwith the organization or on its Advisory Board. The social giants\nof New Orleans have always demonstrated a weird penchant for swapping\nmedals and joining organizations at random providing they can spot\none of their own, In the case of INCA, Dr. Alton Ochsner was the\nQueen Bee. I believe that the Ochsner Foundation is supporting\nButler's organization. I suggest that you call the INCA office in\nNew Orleans and ask them for a brochure and a membership list.\nButler has the support of the White Citizens Counsel and has spoken\nbefore that group.\nThe Free Voice of Latin America was in no way connected with any\nother organization. The names you mentioned during our telephone con-\nversation made no impression on me. I cannot, however, speak for the\nother members of this now defunct organization. The life of the\nFree Voice as a corporate entity was ephemeral and uneventful. I\nsuppose you could say that its members were naive, inexperienced, and\nuninspired. For my own part it was an absolute bore. But then again,\nfreshmen lawyers must endure so many things.\nJim, you have come a long way since I first met you. It seems\nlike only yesterday that you stood before my desk in the Schiro Campaign\nHeadquarters, rain water dripping from the lapel of your coat. It would\nbe a terrible waste if the constructive work of your administration were\nundone by \"vaulting ambition\" and bad advice. As of this date, I am\nunimpressed with the strength of the state's case but undoubtedly there\nare many things that I do not know.\nBest of luck.\nCordially Bd yours,\nWILLIAM R. KLEIN\nEnclosure\n3\n2\nFor: Lead files\nRE: FERRIE\nRE: DACZELL\nMEMORANDUM FOR: LEAD FILE\nRE:\nNOTES MADE BY DAVID FERRIE\nAt the bottom of FERRIE'S article on\ncancer, there is a portion of notes made by him but on\nanother piece of paper. This was apparently picked up\non the photostat machine when they made copies of his\ncancer article and obviously was not intended to be\npreserved. It appears that a letter or memo which he\nhad made concerning his private activities was accidentally\nstuck in the photostat machine leaving us the bottom\nportion of his memorandum.\nThe portion which was reproduced reads\nas follows:\n\"\nround faced - cross-filed file.\n\"\n.man -- Bill Dazell (Billie Littlehorse)\nSome of B's microfilm were sent to Atlanta\nright-wingers - many of original files are\nat Guy Johnson's\"\nJIM GARRISON\nRe: DAVID FERRIE\nI have now compiled and compared almost 3,000 phone numbers (after deleting\nduplications). At first I was very disappointed when comparisons were so fruitless.\nBut, I guess, after thinking about it, it really lends credence to the assumption\nwe've all already had... you are dealing with an extremely clever group whose plans\ndidn't include \"slip-ups.\"\nThere were only two numbers that were interesting at all. In Vol. 16, page 40,\nOswald had the number PE 8-1951, FT Wth TV. When we check Ruby's phone calls, we\nsee that he called this number twice. (We watch this channel almost constantly and\nI've never seen any advertising for the Carousel on it) Refer to Vol. 22, P. 517\nand Vol. 25, P. 252.\n6-10-63 Ft. Worth PE 8-1951 I minute $ .35\n6-11-63 Ft. Worth PE 8-1951 10 minutes 1.57\nOn page 58 of Ferrie's long distance calls, he called Chicago, WH 44970,\non Sept. 24, 1963. (1 called Chicago and determined that this is the number for\nDelaware Towers, 20 East Delaware, Chicago) This is apparently a hotel type\nestablishment near the Drake.\nIn Vol. 25, page 335, Lawrence Meyers (Ruby's friend), with Ero Manufacturing\nCo., called this same number\n11-20-63 Chicago WH 4-4970 3 minutes $1.70\nThe \"additional information\" tells us he cafled from Kansas City, Mo., at 9:09 a.m.\nto Miss A. Asie in Room 1405. Now, Lawrence Meyers (a happily married man with 3 children,\naccording to his testimony in Vol. 25, pages 190 and 191) and his \"girl friend\", Miss\nJean Aase, arrived in Dallas that same night, Nov. 20th, at 8 p.m., and checked in at\nthe Ramada Inn (on Love Field). The next morning they moved to the Cabana Motel (on\nthe President's route to the Trade Mart). The Cabana is owned by Hoffa's bunch.\n(You can read all of this in his statement but there is one little \"funny\" thing.)\nOn the morning of the assassination, he took his brother, Edward Meyers, up to McKinney\nTexas, to show him their plant. They spent 20 or 30 minutes going through the plant.\nThe brothers got back to Love Field about 10 minutes before Kennedy's plane came in.\nLawrence wanted to get to Ft. Worth so he dropped Edward and went on toward Ft. Worth.\nHe says he stopped for lunch at Howard Johnson's and that is where he was when he heard\nthat the President had been shot. It shouldn't have taken him more than 15 minutes\nto get to Howard Johnsons from Love Field. If he was in such a hurry to \"drop\" his\nbrother and get on to Ft. Worth, he certainly took his time at Howard Johnson's.\nYou did a terrific job with the Playboy interview!\nAs far as Life goes.... Well, we all know you are naive or you would\nnever have put your neck in this noose\n2\nRo: OSWALD\nRo: Radial Right Wrig\n3\nSeptember 5, 1967\nMEMO FOR: Lead Files and Para-Military File\nRE: Random Information re American Nazi Party\n1. Re: Visit of George Lincoln Rockwell's \"Nazis\" to\nNew Orleans, May 30, 1961 (See NOPD Item #E-11897-61\nOur File on Rockwell): Among occupants of the Volkswagen\nbus at Highways 90 and 11, just outside of New Orleans,\nwere JOHN PATLER (who later killed ROCKWELL) and DANIEL\nBURROS. BURROS' name is in LEE OSWALD'S address book\n(See CE 18). BURROS was not on the arrest scene with\nthe others, hence is not listed among those arrested.\nHe subsequently killed himself.\n2. Although ROCKWELL operated out of Arlington, Virginia,\na recent listing taken from a circular (concerning unrelated\nmatters) lists the headquarters of the AMERICAN NAZI PARTY\nas P.O. BOX 22071, Dallas, Texas 75222.\nJG\nlcs\nApplication No.\nRe : CUBANS\nAPPLICATION\nTo the Department of Finance, City of New Orleans\nFOR SOLICITATION PERMIT\nCUBAN DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTIONARY FRONT (NEW ORLEANS DELEGATE)\nName of Organization\n207 Balter Building\nAddress\nIs it Incorporated NO\nWhere\nWhen\nIf not, what is form or organization? Association of Anti-Castro Political Parties\nNO\nState whether profit DE non-profit non-profit\nHave you a Board of Directors? or Trustees?\nNONE\nNONE\nHow often does Board meet?\nGive date last meeting\nNames, Titles and addresses of officers and/or managers:\nName\nTitle\nAddress\nPhone\nManuel A. de Varona Laredo Coordinator General 1700 Biscayne Blvd. Miami FR 40884\nSetretary of Planning 1700 Biscayne Blvd. Miami FR\n40884\nDr. Antonio Maceo\nDr. Mario Del Canal\nchief, legal department 1700 Biscayne Blvd. Miami Fr 40884\nGive a brief description of the nature of the proposed solicitation, whether it will be directed to a particular\ngroup of people or to the general public and who will be benéficiorie also amount to be\nSolicitation will be directed to the general public and to businesses. We Hopeto raise\nat least $500,000. These funds are for the benelit of the Cuban people who are fighting\nto overthrow Castro.\nFeb. 7, 1961-may 7,1961\nPeriod of time- start and end-\nIf applicant is to be employed by another in connection with the proposed solicitation, state the name and address\nof the employer, together with credentials establishing the exact relationship:\nNO\nGive names of two(2) reliable citizens who will certify as to applicant's good character and business responsibil-\nity; or in lieu, furnish other available evidence of good character and business responsibility so that an inves-\ntigetor can properly evaluate this information.\nRichard St. Pe, 2923 Tchoupitoulas St., TW 1 5824\nMr. Bowers, City Attorney's office\nMembers of the\nCuban Democratic Revolutionary Front\nBy whom will solicitations be made?\nNO\nNONE\nWill salary or commission be paid?\nIf so, what percentage?\nNONE\nWho will receive this salary, percentage or commission?\nIf professional promoters are to be used give names and permanent address:\nNONE\n(over)\nIf telephone solicitors are to be used, give telephone number, location of telephone and names and addresses of\nsolicitors:\nNONE\nIf a show, dance, concert, contest, exhibition or entertainment is to be given, where will it be held and when?\nNot benefit. planned yet, but we hope that the local professional musicians will volunteer fore\nWho will have charge of program? have not contacted theM yet\nName\nAddress\nWill advertising be sold and will programs be printed? NO\nHow many?\nWhen will they be distributed?\nTo whom?\nIn what manner?\nIf to be sold, at what price?\nGive name and address of printer\nFurnish any other information you may feel is necessary to assist this Department in determining whether or not\nthis permit may be granted We hope to be able to get a parade permit in order to follow the\nMardi Gras Parades, wehope that radio stations will make appeals for donations and are\ntrying to obtain the help of the Catholic Church and the American Legion.\nHave you or your organization solicited funds in New Orleans before?\nNO\nIf yes, give date of last solicitation and amount raised NONE\nNONE\nHow much was spent in New Orleans\nDo you maintain a regular set of books showing all receipts and disbursements? YES\nAre your accounts audited NOT YET\nBy whom\nNOT YET\nDo you maintain a bank account\nIn what bank NONE\nPlease give full and complete information as requested above, otherwise permit may be declined.\nNo permit shall be issued to any person, firm or corporation wherein the contemplated solicitation is of such\nnature so as to mislead the public into believing that the contributions solicited are to be used solely for\ncharitable, religious, educational and/or benevolent purposes, when in fact only a portion of such contribu-\ntions are to be so used. In the event a permit has been previously issued and it is afterwards found out\nthat the solicitations are not properly made in accordance with the information for) shed in the original ap-\nplication, the permit so granted will be immediately revoked.\nDELEGACION\nNEW\nFebruary 6,1961\nDate\n(Signed)\nSergio Aveacha Soith\nBy\nNew Orleans Delegate\nSubscribed and sworn to before me, as being true, answers to the foregoing questions.\nNotary Public\nMy commission expires\nHome copus of files\n(already subjicted at office)\n(home copie)"
}