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E M O R A N D U M
fe : Kenry Thorulay
January 22, 1968
TO:
JIM GARRISON, District Attorney
FROM:
MARK LANE and MORT SAHL
RE:
MRS. FENELLA FARRINGTON
1514 Jefferson Avenue
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*
*
*
At your request I visited MRS FARRINGTON
this afternoon at 1:45 p.m. With me was Mort Sahl. I
explained to MRS. FARRINGTON that since she is a friend
of Bryan Wagner and since Wagner is a friend of yours,
that you had asked me to contact her informally for infor-
mation regarding her observations in the Mexican Consulate
in New Orleans during 1963. She was grateful for your
kindness in not calling her before the Grand Jury and for
permitting an informal statement instead.
She said that during September or October
1963 she visited. the Mexican Consulate in New Orleans
during the morning with her cousin MRS. LILLIAN STANTON
MERILH. The purpose of her visit was to secure the release
of her automobile which she and her husband had abandoned
in Mexico when her husband suddenly became ill there. She
was instructed to leave the papers which she had secured
with the Consulate that morning and to return at 1:00 p.m.
that afternoon. She returned at 1:00 p.m. and was instructed
to wait. While waiting she observed a young man enter the
Consulate together with a woman dressed in black with her
head tied in a scarf. MRS. FARRINGTON was alone during her
afternoon visit. The man, who was substantielly taller than
she is - she is 5'8-3/4" or 5'9" was quite thin. The man
asked the woman at the Consulate, "What is the weather like
in Mexico City?" and the woman replied, "It's very hot
Just like it is here today." MRS. FARRINGTON said it was
in the upper 80's or perhaps even 90 degrees in New Orleans.
MRS. FARRINGTON then interrupted the conversation to state
that, "No, it's not so hot in Mexico City. In fact it's
like eternal spring there. The man then asked the woman
state
at the Consulate, "What do you have to do to take firearms
or a gun into Mexico?" The woman at the Consulate asked
the man why he wanted a gun and MRS. FARRINGTON interrupted
again, "The hunting's wonderful. MRS. FARRINGTON said
that the man appeared worried and not relaxed as were other
tourists seeking visas. She also said that he appeared to
resent her interruptions and appeared ungrateful for the
information.
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