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MEMORANDU M
April 5, 1967
TO:
Jim Garrison - District Attorney
FROM:
William Gurvich
Special Aide
Subject: Freemason Ialand Fishing Camp
On March 29, 1967, at 2:50 p.m. I arrived at Freemason
Island by seaplane for the purpose of interviewing the
operator of a fishing camp. This island is fifty miles
southeast of New Orleans in the far eastern part of
Louisiana.
At Freemason I interviewed Mx. & Mrs. Eustis Veazey, owners
and operators of the quarterboat Neptune, a commercial
fishing camp. The New Orleans area address of the Veazey's
is 2405 Octovia Street, Chalmette, Louisiana. This is the
residence of their daughter Mrs. Oris Creighton and the phone
numbex is 271-0974. There is a two-way marine radio on the
Neptune.
I pursued my investigation based on a confidential informant
that David Ferrie had been on this island in July, 1965 and
that one of the fishermen he flew there was Clay Shaw. My
investigation revealed that Ferrie had been to this island at
least three times prior to Hurricane Betsy on September 9,
1965. Both Veazeys identified photograph of David Ferrie and
selected photographs of Guy Bannister and Clay Shaw and said
they were familiar but could make no positive identification.
Mrs. Veazey has never seen a picture of Clay Shaw as they xe-
ceive no newspapers on the island and their TV receiver has been
broken since before Shaw's arrest.
The first time Ferrie flew here he was alone and came to
"explore" the facilities. On the second occasion he flew a
party of fishermen to Freemason at the request of Veazey.
Ferrie at that time operated out of COMM-AIR at New Orleans
Lakefront Airport.
Ferrie's third and last visit waa a day or two prior to
July 11, 1965, at that time he had flown four fishermen to the
island in a land plane, making two trips, On July 11, Ferrie
telephoned Steve Littleton of Trans-Gulf Seaplane Service
Corporation, asking the latter to send a seaplane to Freemason
to pick up three fishermen as the lowering ceiling prevented
him from doing so in a land plane.
At 1400 hours on July 11, pilot Natt Milligan arrived at the
island and brought back only two fishermen. Milligan
described these fishermen to me as -
1. White male, 5'11", 55 - 58 years,
grey hair, ruddy complexion as if
sunburned.
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