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Death Probe" , in which it was s t a t e d t ha t the f',:a s sa s s i n a t i o n p l o t case r epor ted ly had focused i t s ...

a t t en t i on on a group o f men involved in a 1963 FBI _ . ,r a i d on a cache o f war mater ia l s in Lacombe. According I I·.to the a r t i c l e , the repor t foli/.J.>Wed ques t ioning onf r i da y o f a 42 year -o ld , DAN'l!Ji;ft:MARACHINI, an employee9f the Chrys le r . Corpora t ion Spalce Divis ion a t the /¥ichoud Assembly F a c i l i t y . [ . 1 , 1!·' 1 1

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hoarded munit ions a t Lacombe• According to the a r t i c l e1

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. A_v_eo.:, ._X:i.?-.mi., ~ E l o ~ i ! i = b , : : . ; ..advised t.he; M_ iami: _Div:ision: on ( tr./Ju ly l 1963, he .• had been· qon t ac t ed , the· :previous week · · ·-·- · ·· ·by; a, :long,...t ime . f r iend· and ..forme]: C.uban. Air,; For.ce pi- lo t ,

vthom ··he decline5i'.: to · . identify;, :J:.egarding ,a• :poss iblebombing r a id ..aga ins . an .unknown, .· s t r a teg ic : ; t a rge t . a tCuba • PEDROS6> cla imed .. he: -was asked ' to examine . he .

•bombS 1 WhiCh }\'ere · tO. b,e USe.d, On th iS r a id a'nd Were

a l l eged ly loca ted near New Orleans , Lao., to determineif they were :.suitable,. for·. t h i s .purpqse • . :, : • . ,. . .

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P,im. only a s .Cf\.RL()S 1 . a k a . ' ' B : , t t ~ a " , and:,an, un.known-.,Cuban ,.in . a green 1963_, Chevrole t . : : , tation wagon wh·ich. theyto; td him haq been, . rented from Her tz U-Drive- I t Co •

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-[the,, Cubans, ·placed a. ,tel,ephone cal; t an.d shoJli'tlt);y ~ r , e a f t e r ,they were •.met by another -(:;uban: dr iving: ;a l 9 ( ) . 3 . ~ : b e i g eChevrole . t s t a t ion . wagon.: ;, .They fol•lowed,

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The fo l lowing day, PEDROS6i examined the

bo!llbs not ing the re Yere 24 lOSA-2 type bombs, 21500

poun<lfl :.of dynamite , a s Yel l as fuses bu t no detonators .

Afte r - . k i ng an examinat ion o f the bombs, PEDROSl!ito ld th e t h ree Cubans it '110uld be im}Xlssible to

u t i l i z e auch equipaent on a bombing r a i d and t ha t hehad 'll&llted h is tiJM in oollling to He'll Orleans to

exa.11line the Billt e r ia l • · PEDROSA sa id t ha t he and the

t'l!O Cubans then re turned to Miami, Flor ida , a r r iv ingon Wednesday, July 17, 1963.

P E D R O ~ sa id the tyo Cubans t o ld him hewould be recontacted in the fu tu re . . a t such t imeas th e proper 11111. t e r i a l and equipment to make the bombs

yas o b t a i n e d ~ PKDROSI s a i ~ ~ ~ s sade to understandJ t h i s 'liaS an operat ion of t ~ c : t ; o r i o " ~ v o l ~ i o f l ! l ; : _ f . ? _

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·the··-pl•n· ·ua . s fol lows: . ·· :-- - · · · ......

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PEDROS& approved the e q u i ~ n t to be used in t h i s

r a i d , he was to c a l l 11.18 Jil\l,ot f r i end in Miami, Fla.• ,'llho '110uld arrange fo r th • :Jtl.a -a to ·be f lown to a.n

I a . i r s t r ip loca ted abou t te n ·id·le from the house' where th e bombs were l oca ted . Afte r the bombs were

loaded,_ the planes 110uld t ake o f f fo r the bombinglllission to Cuba• I t -.a.s ind ica ted to PEDROSA/ t h i sopera t ion 110uld · b4! a "one ti11111 dea l" and to a.void anyproblem with u. s. au tho r i t i e s , th e planes would notbe re tu rned to the u.· s. but proceed to an unknown

de s t ina t ion o r be di tched in the ocean•

se i de n t i should bea.dvised tqe Miami Divis ion

be l ieved· one o f the p i l o t s on t h i s mission to beANTONIO SOTO VASQUEZ, a Cuban e x i l e and for-r CubanA ir Force p i l o t Who had par t ic ipa ted in the Bay o f

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M:l,ami, Fla.o, .. advised tha.t on· July 19 , ·1963, EDGAR OWENS,.Uo• S •. Customs,-,Miami1 had observed Q \ R L O ~ . EDUARDO . / ; e .H E R ~ _ N D E Z S A N ~ z , aka . i'Ba '!;eat:- at---Mia)ili;-··U!.•:;-in ·a

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and E S ~ I N O S A , HERNANDEZ ·were tw o o f f ive sub jec t s · . -,.,_vI c·l Me .. / -----involved in prepara t ions fo r a bombing ra id in June, · ))om I tv c,, <J ~1963, a g a i n s t a.

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!JliJOSE. DE - ~ m t f l i f i f f i ~ ~ ~ O N , _ ) J o ~ n 8 / . ~ / 4 0 par t i c ipa ted F / ' ( /along w i : t ; b i : ' j ~ WS HERNANDEZ SANCHEZ in a r a id ·: · .. ______ __

aga ins t Cuba staged by the A n t i ~ C a s t r o organiza t ionknown as the Direc tor io Revolucionario E s tud i an t i l(DRE) on August 25, 1962,;,.

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PEDROSA, a s ing les t o ~ Y i ! : P ! p k

house loca ted in thea rea gene ra l ly known ~ a ; · s t ' ~ t ~ _ e , Fores t Glen Subdivis ion (' , , .. .-/-' .../\ ..o_!_Lacombe Park, , h E l ! i P ! c ; i ~ r t y o f , l g _ ~ ~ ~ ! J ! L _ ~ ~ I J I ~ : ..: -r--·--·-----

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On July 31,··· 1,963, on the bas is o:f a search

warrant i ssued by li•• s . Commissioner FRITZ H. WINDHORSTa t New Orleans , La,•, Specia l Agents o:f the FBIsearched the above-descr ibed.proper ty owned byWILLIAM JULIUS MC LANEy and found .20 100-poundprac t i ce bombs, type M38A.,.2

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subs tance used to ~ k e napalm, 24 modified M-60morta r fuses wi th !:30 ca l ibe r ca r t r idges crimpedonto approximately· ·30- inch· ·pieces o f primer cord; ·26 S l r i k ~ r assemblies :for .':fuses'/' 18' locking' : 'nuts, ...•.24 f i r ' i n g . ' d e v i q ~ s ~ ··25 p i e c ~ s primerNw!'ct,·:·each ,,.- 'approximately two·· fe 'et ' ' ' long, ·24 · confiiii!li"cial ·percussiontype· blast . ing · caps , 20 'J?ieces o f · ai-!illing wire• ·;. .

assembl ies , a group 'o f ; ~ " - i n c h pipe' '"Ciamps;·one·rollof f r i c t i on tar)e' 'and one smal l car ton •.of stove . . .bol t s ' and nuts·; / . . ·.· . . ., . ... . . . . ,,, ·, :· .. "' ; . . .

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Supply (;;o,;,·,· Atlanta7 Ga.,, refle_ct under ' fnvoice#80-14 1 · th2;t, 24,;_:.100-pound· practic! ' l bombs' ·were· shippedon 6/20/63 1 ..tofi1_:£9,pic..,Trades,, ~ I , n c • ~ , 1060 ·So\l:t.h,Y?es..:t. ::_27th Av.e·.,__Mi!_t_I!1J.1 ,.,.;.F.:,Ia.•,,. by Del ta Air Freight•• On ·.t l f e " E i i C m e ~ d a t e ~ two add i t i ona l ·p rac t ice 'bombs' w e r ~ :shipped under invoice . # 8 0 . . . : l 2 · ~ · · · w i t h o ther merchandise

1to Tropic Trades 1 Inc ;1 v ia Terminal Motor Freight •

·.. · ·f_lft.! . · · ~ ~ .~ . t.ne. , . t f ~ ; f ~ ~ ~ P - . i . c.• ; ~ ~ ~ e s · I n c ; · · · ; d ~ · i n gx ~ : ~ ~ ~ ~ ! L ~ ; ~ ~ ~ ~ f i ~ ~ f f ~ ~ h ~ ~ ~ , ; ~ ~ ~ o ~ ~ ~ w ~ ~ ! - ; ~ ~ e ~ ·descr ibed bomb cas ings were placed by 'an< unknown ·CUban,· and · that · •it was a cash ' t ransact ion• ' ·

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I Tl;le dynamite w 1 t l ? ~ ~ c k e d . , . . 1 . J . : £ ) ):iy ):AUCHLI and : an unident:J:fiedman a t the · M i l l l t S : d : f i ~ I f l i n o i s · · M a g a z i n e ' o n ..-.7/10/63,•The qymi.mite w a ' ' s \ · , ~ $ : f h r · in cash in the amount of

$ 6 4 2 • 0 9 , ~ The empioyei3':£of American Cyanamid handlingthe t r ansac t i on was 'not "able· to ident i fy : · the man· .

wit ' l i LAUCHLI'as being ' i den t ica l to a photograph o f. I C T O ~ . p o M I . N A ~ ? : R , , E S P I N O S A liERN.AN;mz,: . . ..

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I l l ino . i s , ady ised qn 8/19/63. tha t : a .man Ill!.med VICTORLNU,· .but. who poE;sibiY·: could be ESPINOSA-, contacted '

him in Ju ly , .1963, ,concerning the· purchase .of. 2,400po1,1nds o f dynamite.:.,;·LAUCHLI ordered . the . dynamitethrough,. A!ller,ic.an · Cya.namid. in S t •'· J.Quis, 'Missouri •VICTOR. was ·accompanied ·by· a young .:blonde. female <>.ndwas.· c:lriving a l a t e ]]J)del s t a t i on wagon and· .they, ·:proceeded to t.he Mil l s t ad t I l l i no i s . M a g a z . i ~ e with

LACHLI . to pick .1J.p th e . d y n a m i t e ~ • ' V I C T Q R ' ! : ~ K f o r . thedynamite with ·about $600 .in cashol . L A 1 J f : l i D ' f u d l e 1 ~ 9 · ·him load · the dynamite . in to a , U - H a u L . t r a : I : J . ~ r . t : w . h : f ; . c hVICTOR ren ted f r o ~ a · s e r y i c e ' s t a t ion in•Col l i ' I i sv i l le ,Il l inois; ; , ; : ; VICT.O:.futctilid: not· t e l l LAUCHLI. what he .plannedto do with. • : t h ~ ) ' ~ l l i i t e : , ; ' ' a . A U , . C H L I sa:i,d• he had· nevermet: VICTOR· prlorL<ttDt>this• .. l i r # m S ' l . c t i o n • ~ ' ' ·

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RAL?fi W.• F O ~ K E R T S · ~ · ~ : l ' : r . ' o P r i e t o r , Jaspe r ' sMobil S ta i o . p _ , " ' p ~ O : ' ! : .•st·•, •wuis · Road,·· Col l i n sv i l l e ,

l l l i n o i s 1 a ~ i ~ ~ n 8/19/63 . :he·· ren ted a U-Haul •. - t . ra i ler , . ser!l:j.ie.lltlmber. 2Q02Lv907p,. on Ju ly -11·, 1963,to VICTOR, E S P D H ' > ~ A , • : ..50 Snt ton P lace •South', .. New York,New York, and 1.t.i;lll;t ESPINOSA presentee! New. Yorkdr ive r ' s · licel:l§.rof\19.602-77943-925560i; ·ESPINOSA. ;wasdr iv ing . a .new,r.:w.l;dgje C ~ e v r o l e t · sta t ion• . wagon,; bearingJ!:l()rida • l i c e i ¥ ' ~ A ~ . 6 8 + 1 ESPINOSA advised. FOLKERTS. h is

des t i na ign, . a s < ~ ) V , Orleans , . La • t and . furnished h is

te lephone n u m ) : : > . e ~ , t he re · as , 7,21-1441• FOLKERTS iden t i f i eda photograph of VICTOR DOMINADOR ESPINOSA HERNANDEZas th e person.:who . rented) t h i s t r a i l e r i . · .

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was r e n t e d by J.OHN.'. KOCH,-..

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s t a t e d he had previous ly attende,d the Univers i ty of

Havana prior. i tO coming'. to · the .. U••·.s.•,·as an: exile. : from. tge .Qastro. regime .on 6/1.6/61• · ·After. enter ing the

u . ~ ; S.oi 1 .he became . a, meinber·,o:f DRE but · .te rminaed ..af fLI , ia t ion about . eight• months pr io r to· ·date.-of in te r view.; KOCH admi t ted ren t ing ·1963 Chevrole t : s t a t i onwagon,a t . the reques t of : CARLOS HERNANDEZ:SANCHEZ

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the vehic le to the Hertz Company in Miami, which hed id paying fo r . renta l · .wi th ·money· given:: to\ him by·HERNANDEZ.,.. , : ·: ::. · :·, :

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on interview 7/31/63 1 s t a t ed he came to the u.,• S.from Cuba in 1959 because·· o f the Communist di rec t iono f · the government under·FIDEL CASTRO,,and engaging ina c t i v i t i e s a,gainst CASTRO.·. He. admi t ted behg pickedup by, the UF: So·:.Customs · a t Miami>,on .6/15/63

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was b e i n g d l ; i n . d ~ g ; ~ ~ n by-h im.bu thad been.cance l ledbecause t h e ' o ' F B I ~ w a s •known·:to .. have under taken an:.:;inves t iga t ion and because he had been unable_to e n l i s t

p i lo t s o r to: obta in an ,a i rp lane fo r .:.the r a id . VICTORESP;INOSA s t a t e d , , h ~ had-qbtaine<J. 1,200 pounds:of TNT,

no'(;;. dyiJ.ami t e , fo r the raid.·but. ' dec l ined to , •state: whera3it had been obtained or where it was loca ed;;• ESPINOSA

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s ta ted he considered himself the coordina tor o f theplan . but :was not . aware of. a l l of the. de ta i l s becausethe ' prepara,t ions ' w . ~ r e ' f!.eliberat e ly comi:>artmentalizedso · t ha t .no one: .meinber· o f the group could divulge· a l lo f the. d e t a i l s g : J r - ~ : : ,, · · ' .,. ~ - . :

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a])ou,t 12 . Cuban piloi;s, , ' n ~ e of whom ~ e r e ~ w:rll ing toenf0ge in · th i s raid·•; He 'sta1;ed: i n h is ' op in ion , th eonly ones who were wil l ing · to take · the r i sk of

e ( 1 : ( . ~ _ . . ~such:·a·ra_ c;l_ . . ~ r . e ...h is c ; 9 m ~ \ \ : n : L o . ns of the i n ! i l t r a t ion• team in the . Cuban_. n v a ~ i o n wl;t,iq!J, ·incll,id?d CAR.LOS ·· · .

HERNANDEZ. SANC!q!:Z .alJ.d: . M I G U E ~ V A R E Z .'o/fMENEZ VICTOR ,ESPINOSA, denied , tha( ,his 'bro'j;her 1 Rif'NE J()SE E S P ~ N O S A ! r '·::'-·. ·or ' JOSE .IlASUJ.TO. LEON. were par t i c ipant s in these · .. , ·..... .

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, . ' ... . E S ~ I N Q ~ , i ~ f ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ n i ~ J ? t ~ ~ J ~ ~ ~ ; ~ ~ ~ ; ; ; · ( f l \ ~ ~ j ; _ ,o f _,¥jJt!lli.J?..each,gad.donated .funds o r ar;>sisted in ---;:-•plans for the. ra=!-d•! , He declined. :to . s t a ~ , e who had C.t bfi.

>financed the purchase. o f e:xplosives to oo' used· in t h e . ~ . - - - -ra 'id. but ·claimed furids were so l i c i t ed from f r iendsi n New York;• . . . . . . . · , · . , ;

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· , :He declined to .. iden t i fy the o the r · indivciduals

involved cin t h i s p l a n ~ . b u t s ta ted t ha t two were·members of h is inf i l t ra t : ion. team with 'whomhe had· t ra ined. in Panama. and with whom he had i n f i l t r a t e dCuba, pr io r t o , t h e ) n v a s i o n of Apr i l i 196l<>j ·· • ·· .. • .·

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l i cense # 7 1 < ; ~ 6 ! 3 .from Ayis. Rent-A-Car, , St •; Louis Airpor t

Branch, . s t ~ · L ? u i ~ , , Missouri , .7/11Y63 1 .wh:Lch was to ' · ,1

b.e . checked . in . a.t l).v.is _Rent-,!1.-Car 1· ~ O r l ~ ~ n . · . s . 1

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and .came to· . the. u·:,.si: in·November1· . l9591

. a f t e r his' ."sa fe t y ~ c a m e eopar.dized.·as •.a r e s u l t . of . th is •counter -

1 revo lu t iq . activityOii ...He .. cla imed ·he · w a s · ~ c o n n e c t e d ·:;.

t_l<D0';:' wi,th MA !\ARTHIE · i n · · A n t i ~ C a ~ t r o . ac t iv i ty , · had received~ gue r i l l a t r a in ing . in ·the· U•··S·· and 'had·engaged in ·. ·. · .

• t r a i n i ng . o f . in f i l t r a t ion · teams , in · Guatemala-.; Uponl · ~ - · being quest ioned concerning plans and a c t i v i t i e s . fo r/ the purpose of· execut ing <t ra id : .agains t Cuba, HERNANDEZ

s t a t ed tha t he did not wish to make any s ta tementbu t would assume the pro tec t ion o f th e Fifth:Amendment. ·

However, he admit ted. pa r t i c ipa t ing in an· a , t ~ P , t & ~ ·r a id a g a i n s t Cuba·.which had· been ~ h w a r t e d b y , s . U ~ ¢ 1 ' •Customs. in Miami .•.on June 15 1 1963., . H E R N A N I ! J i i : ? . i ) I . ~ D : i e dmaking· any r ecen t ! t r ips ou t o f F l o r i d a · o r . a n y 'knowledge concerning r en t a l q f a s t a t ion wagon. fromHert.z :Rent-A-Car 1: Miami 1 F la •' · . . . . ·· . •.·. ·

. , . .. M H j U E ~ A R ~ ~ } ~ I f f i z , ~ 7 2 ~ - - . ~ o r _ t ~ ~ e ~ . t .. 3 ~ n ~ ........

.Cj; •· ,_11;l.a1Jl:J., .. !'.?:11: i:,\ on i r i i f e ~ ~ ~ e w 8/1/63 1 · sta. ted. he. wasb < J . ~ n . : : l / l , 9 l - 2 8 , ..a t ...Ha,vanl). 1_:.C.uba., and came .to th e 'U•' s •.in 1959o; He s ta ted t ha t he had not been actua, l ly ,. · ·deta ined in the . round-up· of·.· Cuban e x i l e s by 'U ;) S ,:

Customs Service on:June ·15; .1963, ' bu t ·had been a t theloca t ion and .drove -out ·of th e area when he observedwhat he bel ieved to be o f f i c e r s ~ : ALVAREZ denied anyknowledge of addi t iona l explos ives in th e possess iono f VICTOR ESPINOSA and CARLOS HERNANDEZ o r any knowledgeof a .p lan to bomb Cuba w i t h e x p ~ q ~ i V : e P in L o u i s i a n a ~

f_\(i...C ~ N 1 1890 § p u ~ · ~ : : ; ~ : S ~ E e P . : t : • ; , _ M i ~ . . ! _ __Beach1 on in terv iew, 8/2/63 1 s t a t ed he was born~ 7 7 4 7 2 0 in Poland and migrated to Cuba · innl93,4 where .he remaiii"il i : l l i i i t irhe immigrated to. tfie ~ ~ ; , , ~ · · ' ip . 1939oBENTON cla imed he served in th e u. So! Army;:;,a,nd, as ar e s u l t o f m i l i t a ry s e rv i c e , became a n a t u ~ a l i ~ e dc i t i z e n a t Watertown, New York, in August,""'l945•" " J " Z ~ ~ ~ ~ -

.:· ,: ...BENTON s ta ted t h a t pr io r to the Cuban invasiono f AP].-'11,:,.. .61, and fo r a s hor t per iod t he r e a f t e r 1he did ' w . ~ · j ; ' ; w a s in h is power to as s i s t the Anti-Castro

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Cubans because he was de:Onitely sympathe t ic to t h e i rcause.: He admi t ted con tac t in th e recen t pas t withVICTOR "PAPVCHO" E S P I N O S A , ~ CARLqS HERNANDEZ and MIGUEL ·

ALVAREZ, Cuban ex i l e who ·entE)rtained plans · for ·mil i t a ry ac t ion agains t . C u b a ~ BENTON denied furn ish ing

funds fo r ma, t . e r i a l o r ·o ther expenses incur red by th e

group bu t claimed he acted ' in ' a consu l t an t 'cai?a,city'and d id make i nqu i r i e s for t he Cubans.; · ··· ·

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' BENTON admi t ted knowledge o f a ·p lan to'.bomb· the o i l r e f inery a t Havana, Cuba, and be ing loca ted

wi th VICTOR.ESPINOSA and seve ra l o the r Cubans on a.fa;r.-m Southwest of Mi_iuni on 6 /15 /63 , ' I)r u ~ ; s ~ : 9 . 1 1 ~ t o m sServ ice bu t denied bein,g ins t rumenta l in obtalfn±.ng ;the plane o r materials<>;. BENTON s t a t ed he intellEI.e<i.

_to . take pidrir.es ·o f the i e e n ~ as · pa r t o ~ a f i ~ W 3 R t i ~ qwas to be so ld to , .defray the expenses of the ·exi les .•

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\) \ ~ . ·/ 'E ¥ E L ' i ~ A L P I Z A . I f . ~ \ P $ R E Z , -2_!2_2_!) __N,J'/ ._ . l l th St r e e t , Miami,F l a . , on in te rv iew 8 / l / 6 3 \ s t a t e d he was· born . l l / 27 /31 , Havana

'"pr_()y_ince, . Cuba, and had served ' in Cuban A ir Force fo r ·six months

i ~ 1958 and _then came to th e United Sta tes as an e x i l e on l / l / 5 9 .. ''1:.( .·.. '• ' · · ; ..

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., ;. . ALPIZA/1' statE.id' •that• in beg inn ing -of June, . 1_963, he

'· ti.ad been cori:tact.ed ):Jy MIGUEL 'ALVAREZ 'and VICTOR "PAPUCHO". ESPINOSA . to be ' the' ' p i lot·: 1i' n :a ; boinbi'ng' act io 'n ·p lann'ed a g a i n s t

·_Cuba ' a . q d - ~ t h a t tlie'se i r i a iv iduals ind ica ted the i r • plan was to

... bo,mb .o i l . ' ref inerie-s" a· t Havana; which ac t ion was' under. th e .. .sponsorsh ip .of " the . U; S. Government. ., ,

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.. . . ,. , .·.. ,. AllPIZAI'! ;st'at'ed.'''•that·•'SAM' .BENTON was> in t roduced. ito . ,

h i m ' ~ ' a s ·.alf · a s soc i a t e i n th e p lans fo r the bombing. • .I .· · . . · . · • · <;- . '1 ·· :· ; . , . ; • · .

. _ '. · A L P I Z A ~ s t a t ed . t h a t · the pr inc ip ' a l i nd iv idua l s · invo lved

vi,ere SAM 'BENTON; VICTOR, ESPINOSA,:, and MIGUEL :ALV·AREZ. He' den iedknowing'CARLOS HERNANDEZ ·.' ' · .• ,,.,_.. .'·'· i : . · ' : ~ !

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uncte 'r taken to car ry :·out ' th bombing ra id a g a i n s t Havana .•

' ' ' ' ' - ;j' . '/ ' .' ' ' · , . A N T O N ~ SOT \ AZQUEZ, .1?79 ·. ·s.W, . § O t l l . . ~ T e r r _ a c e , ·Miami., .

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' on · in te rv iew 8 / l / 63 s t a t e d he had been . a Capta in i n t l ie · · ·· -cuban A ir Force dur ing th e regime o f FULG-);Ncb BATISTtl- u n t i lt h a t government cOllapsed , and he came to t he Un i t ed · · s t a t e s .

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JIMENEZ asked him ' i f he would be i n t e r e s t e d in se rv ing as th e 1

p i l o t ·o f an a i rp l ane to f ly over Cuba and drop bombs on an o i lr e f i ne ry t h e r e . According to SOTO, he asked ALVAREZ fo r a d d i t i o n a l

d e t a i l s and was ' t o ld t h a t ' th e bombing m a t e r i a l was . ,dynamite

'wh ich would be 'p laced in a bomb. cas ing wi th . a de tona t ing·· · de v ic Eo'. ' · · · ' · : · ··

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SOTO. c l ~ i m e d he . con tac ted a friEmd lmown only asfiCELO,· exp'er ienced · in · th e arming o f mil i t a ry a i r c r a f t , · who

a d v i s e d ' t h a t th e m a t e r i ~ l was not s u i t a b l e , could be dangerous,and recommend.e.d agains t . · SOTO,' s: · pa r t i c i pa t i on in such an o p e r a t i o n .

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-::cardenes,-Gumt, and was admit ted to the United Sta tes a t

Kiami, F l a . , 10/15/60. ESPINOSA denied knowledge o f anyplan to make an at tack on Cuba o r any knowledge of thet r anspor ta t ion of dynamite and o ther re la ted mater ia l s ,inc luding bomb cas ings , to New Orleans, La.

1:P<'1:Ao, ad"'-'"-wi Divis ion on 7/5/63 t ha t severa l days pr io r to 6/15/63

he was contacted by VICTOR ESPINOSA HERNANDEZ in connect ionwith a propos i t ion thatlllllllt p i l o t a twin-engine Beechcraf ta i rp lane on a bombing m ~ g a i n s t Cuba. ESPINOSA disc losed

a t t ha t t ime t ha t MIKE MC LANEY had suppl ied th e money and theBeechcra f t a i rp lane to be used in t h i s ra i d . ~ s t a t e dt ha t MIKE MC LANEY formerly operated a gambling concessiona t th e Hote l N ~ c i o n a l , Havana, Cuba, u n t i l the BATISTA Regime

was ousted and MC LANEY was l i v ing on Pine Tree Drive , M1amiBeach, F l a .

The records o f the Avis Rent-A-Car Co., New Orleans,La. , r ~ v e a l e d t ha t a 1963 Chevrole t Sta t ion Wagon which wasr en ted in S t. Louis , Missouri , on 7/9/63 by a VICTOR ESPINOSAwas turned in a t the Avis Off ice , Moisant In te rna t iona l Airpor t ,New Orleans , La. , on 7/17/63 having been driven a t o t a l o f1,138 miles .s

The A ~ i s records fu r the r re f lec ted tha t a white 1963Chevrolet Sta t ion Wagon b e a r ~ i n g ' ; 1 9 6 3 Flor ida l icense 7E-868was rented on 7/18/63 by ART ENDEZ, 846__R;!&dcl D r i v ~ , .Houston, Texas, with a busines address o f 1230 Avenue of the

Americas, .New·York 20, New York. This car wa s turned in . to.

Avis Rent-A-Car a t Miami, Fl a . , 7/20/63, having been driven933 miles .

JOSE DE J E S ~ U L 8/6/63 a tMiami, F l a . , s t a t ed he was o r Santiago

de Cuba, Cuba, and t ha t he was a t tha -:r:rme"serving··a.s··a ..'BecohdLieut ·enanri i f ' ' fhe United Sta tes Army s ta t ioned a t Fort Benn,ing, -~ He claimed he was on fur lough a t the t ime and was r es id ing

-w1 th h is fa the r JOSE ·P ' !!GlUE BASULTO CRU,U i n Flor ida .

BASULTO denied t ha t he was aware o f any plan t o ~ o m b Cubau t i l i z i n g ~ y n a m i t e loca ted in the vic in i ty o f New Orleans, La.

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He s t a t ed t h a t h e . i s a s ing le engine p i l o t and had no t beencon tac t ed in connect ion wi th f l y ing an .a i rp lane on an ~ l l e g e dplan to bomb Cuba.

On S/20 /63 , JOHN KOCH i den t i f i ed a photograph 'of

CARLOS HERNANDEZ SANCHEZ a ~ th e person fo r 'whom he . r en t ed th e1963 s t a t i o n wagon from Hertz Rent-A-Car, Miami, Fla . , · on 7/13/63 .. . ' ' ' ,. ' . . . ··,

On s ; 2 o / 6 3 , ACELO. PEDROS41. i den t i f i ed a "photogi-aph

of CARLOS HERNANDEZ SANCHEZ as one of th e two persons he accompanied to l';lew Orleans on or about 7 /15 /63 . On 8 /21 /63 , pEDROSTc9

i d e n t i f i e d a photc)grap):l of. VICTOR ESPINOSA HERNANDEZ as th e

person who 1net . E D R O S ~ CARLOS HERNANDEZ SANDHEZ. and another

unknown Cuban from Mia)lli in New Orleans , La. · ; and who· le dthem to th e s i t e where th e dynamite and bombs were loca ted .

WILLIAM JULIUS McLANEY was re in te rv iewed 9)18/63

and advised t h a t he did not recognize th e photographs ofany of th e i nd iv idua l s · i nvo lved in t h i s case as geing i d e n t i c a l

wi th t he .pe r son who l e f t explos ives a t .his ..summer home· in

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ai v i sed on 9/26/63 he met RENE and VICTOR ESPINOSA ii1 Cora lGables , F l a . , in June, 1963. They t o l d BARTES they had previous ly

been piclted up by Fede.ral au tho r i t i e s fo r at tempting! to bomb

an o i l r e f ine ry in Cuba •. BARTES advised n e i t h e r RENE norVICTOR ESPINOSA mentioned having any explos ivep in Icouis iana .BARTES denied any knowledge of a cache o f explosiv .es a t th e

res idence of WILLIAM J . MC LANEY in Lacombe, La. , · arid denied 'knowing WILLIAM MC LANEY or h i s . b ro t he r MIKE MC LANEY. BARTES

a l so denied lmowledge of any p lans 'b y anyone to bomb Cuba.

The .U. S. Department of J us t i c e recommended t o t he

of f i c e of th e U. S. Atto rney , New Orleans , La. , t ha t th e dynamite

and explos ives l oca t ed in t h i s case be se ized by th e U. S.Customs Serv ice under 22 USC 1934, fol lowed by th e f i l i ng of

a L i b e r a l of Fo r f e i t u r e under 22 USC 401.

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MICHAEL J. MC LANEY, 4855 Pine Tree Drive , MiamiBeach, Fla . , adv ised on 10/17/63 t h a t he was not involvedd i r e c t l y o r i n d i r e c t l y in an a l l eged p l o t to bomb Cubau t i l i z i n g 2400 pounds of dynamite o r o the r r e l a t ed ma te r i a l

which was se ized on 7/31/63 on the p rope r ty o f WILLIAM J.

MC LANEY, LaCombe, La. MC LANEY advised t h a t he could n ot

speak fo r h is bro the r WILLIAM J. MC LANEY regard ing p o s s i b l e '

p a r t i c i p a t i o n in t h i s p l o t . MC LANEY f u r t h e r s ta ted t h a t hed id not f inance t h i s p lan . He admi t ted being wel l acqua inted

wi th VICTOR ESPINOSA, having lmown him in Cuba and, in a d d i t i o n ,

helped him when he f i r s t came to th e United S ta t e s .

AUSA HOWARD McCURDY, New Orleans , La. , advised on11/13/63 t h a t U. S. Customs had se ized th e 2,400 pounds ofdynamite and re l a t ed mate r i a l which was or ig ina l ly iemovedfrom WILLIAM J . lv!C LANEY's res idence a t Lacombe, La.:, 7/31 /63 .

On December 30, 1963, lvlr. McCURDY advised t h a t he had f i l e da L i b e ra l o f F o r f e i t u r e in December, 1963, in U. S. D i s t r i c tCourt , New Orleans , La.

On :i!"ebruary 28, 1964, th e U. S . D i s t r i c t Court ,New Orleans , La. , i ssued a judgment d i r ec t i n g t h a t t.he abovese i zed ma te r i a l was condemned and fo r f e i t e d and was ' to be

de l ive red to th e Sec re ta ry o f Defense as provided fo r byT i t l e 22, U. S. Code, Sect ion 401 (c ) .

By l e t t e r dated 1/3 /64 , ~ h e I n t e r n a l Secur i ty Div i s ion ,

U. S. Department o f Ju s t i c e , advised t h a t s ince the p lan o f th e

s u b j ec t s to under take an a e r i a l a t t a ck of Cuba was e f f e c t i v e l y

thwart .ed by th e se izu re of th e m a t e r i a l on 7/31/63, c r imina l

ac t i o n in t h i s mat te r was no t being contemplated a t : tha t t ime .

The above informat ion i s being fu rn i shed to th e

Bureau in view of th e f ac t t h a t D i s t r i c t Attorney GARRISONi s d i rec t ing h is i n v es t i g a t i o n concerning th e assa ss ina t ion

of Pres iden t KENNEDY i n to th e a c t i v i t i e s mentioned above.

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The New Orleans Sta tes and New Orleans Item ini t s i s sue of 4 /7 /61 c a r r i e d a n -a r t i c l e e n t i t l e d "Inv io n

'" '-Cheers Refugees i ~ . ew Orleans" 1 whioh quoted SERGI . RCACHA

/ SMITH, H ~ l l d 9 f _ h ~ b a n i ~ i O I } . ! I - . ! : Y y o n t . ~ _ i _ . , _ ~ . . . . : ~ ~as saying the re were sany New Orleans a rea Cubansinvasionl l ry force but he re fused to hazard a guess as toth e number. SIHTH dec la red t h a t none o f th e force N!cru i te din New OrlellnS were American. SVITH sa id t ha t aany of ; ther e vo lu t i on i s t s formerly were s tuden ts in New Orleans andBaton Rouge and o the r r e c r u i t s came-to New Orleans f r o ~

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.Texas and Oklahom;,.·. · SMITH s'ai.d t hese i nd iv idua l s weres en t 'to Miaffii , · F:la,' and none w·ere t ra ined . in New

Orlean s .

SERGIO ARCACHA'SMITH, Head o f th e Fren te

Revo luc ionar io Democra t ico (FRD)·; advised on 10 /9 /61 , t h a t

th e FRD nci longer had off ices ' ' in th e Bal t e r Build ing in

New Orleans , . bu t t h a t th e of f i c e s o f th e FRD were then

l o c a t e d a t th e home .address -of Mr. ARCACHA l oca ted a t 112Eg re t S t . , N e w " o l T ' t e d l l ' t i ? ~ ' ' M ¥ ' ~ . CJi.RCACHA r e l a t e d t h a t th e FRD

had been l a r g e ~ l y . : ) 5 f i a l f : ; c t : t i v ~ ~ · . r l . \ P · ' t h e New Orleans area ,adding t h a t ac:ti"';i,,;J;Jr.e8,

7o,;f. tile organ iza t i on a t New Orleans

had been l i m i t ~ d ' t o col l ec t ion of funds and c lo th ing to

be used to a s s i s t Cuban anti-CASTRO re fugees in th e N e \ ~Orleans area .

On .12 /5 /61 , .SERGIO ARCACHA SMITH advised th 'a t

a l though th e a c t i v i t i e s o f th e FRD had been disso lved in. the New. Orle 'ans ··area. a campaign known as th e "Crusade t' o

Free Cuba" would be con t inued under h is guidance a.nd a l so

under th e sponsorsh ip o f th e Revolut ionary Counci l . He

exp la ined t ha t th e FRD a t Miami had merged in to th e

Revolu t ionary Counci l .

A n .a r t i c l e in th e New Orleans Times-Picayune,a d a i l y newspaper ' ' on 12 /2 /61 ' ca r r i ed a s t o r y cap t ioned

"Crusade Begins to Free· Cuba". This a r t i c l e s t a t ed t h a t

a two month crusade to f ree Cuba had been s t a r t ed a t th e

beg inn ing o f December, 1961 and would con t inue u n t i l th e

end o f January , 1962. The a r t i c l e sa id t ha t th e foundersc la imed t ha t th e purpose o f t h i s crusade was to ra i se

money to educate New Orleaneans o f th e danger t h a t Communist

or i e n t a t e d Cuba presen t s t o th e U. S. According to th e

a r t i c l e th e crusade to f r ee Cuba had th e suppor t of th e

Mayor of the Ci ty of New Orleans and t ha t a proc lamat ion

had been i ssued by Mayor VICTOR H, SCHIRO o f New Orleanson 12 /1 /61 , backing t h i s crusade . The a r t i c l e fu r the r

r epor ted t ha t l oc a l prominent c i t i z e ns o f th e New Orleansa r e a had been chosen to d i r e c t t h e crusade and the campaignchairman was W. A, MONTELEONE, a h o t e l execu t ive .

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T h " , o n Js ot]1er inf,ol 'mation concerning t r a i n in gcamps fo r Cubans. in th e :New Or leans a rea i s con ta ined in

th e r e p o r t o:f, SA WARREN C. DEBRUEYS dated 10/3 /63 a t NewOrleans in th e case e n t i t l e d "ANTI-FIDEL CASTRO ACTIVITIES,

IS - C", whic!1 s e t s : forth in format ion t h a t 11Irs. ELIS:ECERNIGLIA ( p r o t e c t i d e n t i t y ) , Cath o l i c Cuban Cen. ter , .NewOrlean s , L a . , adv ised on 7 /3 0 /6 3 , t h a t approx imate ly ten

Cuban rGfugees a r r ived in New Or leans from Miami on the

n i g h t o f 7/24 /63 fo r th e purpose o f a t t end ing a t r a i n in g

camp some two hours · :from New Or leans a f t e r which t hey wereto be t r an s f e r r ed to a t r a i n i n g camp in Guatemala .

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Mrs. CERNIGLIA s t a t e d she had l ea rn ed t h a t th e

Cuban r e fu g ees cam.$' to New Or l e a n s a l l eged ly th rough th e

e f f o r t s o f l Q _ G ! _ i ~ R E ! £ ~ Y - ~ § . , ..JR., who had in formed t h a t t h ~Cuban r e fu g ees were hJ.s men· and t h a t he had a company J.n 'Guatemala who was going to h i r e them,

... R U D O L P H ' R I C I - I A i l , I l % ~ Y U l . JIJ.,, 15ZQ,\)'\'si;brq<;>k ,_.

s.t . : ,_ P a , ; r k c ! l e . s t e r . A p a r t J n e i i t s ~ - N ~ : W - O r l e a n s , l:,<t.•. on in te rv iew

1 0 /1 /6 3 , adv i sed he was born 9 / 9 / ~ 1 .. '!-t M a n h a : t ; ~ a 1 1 ~ N_. Y .,b ut had r e s i d e d in · Cuba_between th e a g e s o:f 2 and 26. He

had r e t u r n e d t o t h e u : - · s . on l /12 /61 fr'om Cuba·. and r e s idedin New Yorlt. City u n t i l August , 196J:;, when he came to NewOrlean s . DAVIS r e l a t e d t h a t sometime e a r l y i n 1963 he hadmade : f r i ends wi th pe rsons in th e lumber b u s i n e s s in Guatenialaand had :formed with them th e Guatemala Lumber and Minera lCorp . which was a Louis i ana corp<Jrat ion which had a. c o n t r a c t

wi th th e Guatemalan Government to t ake mahogany ou t o:f 'Guatemala .

,..-"' . . . . ..· ~ A V I S sa id t h a t he needed some ·men to work in

Guatemal '." u t t i n g lumber fo r t h i s :firm· and he had con tac ted

LAUREANO/ T.I.SU.., wh o was CQ!Inect.ed w:l_ th ..th,e MqvimentoDem-ocrat ica C r i s t i a n o (1IDC) in Miami in r eg a rd to send ing

me n to work :for him. · · ;;·. :>...Accord ing t o DAVIS, some n in e t een men were s e n t

by BATISTA from Miami to New Or leans in re sponse to DAVIS'sr e q u e s t . Un fo r tu n a t e ly , t h e s e men, :for some reas.on o r

ano the r , came to New Or leans wi th th e j_dea t h a t they weregoing to be t r a i n e d i n New Orleans fo r a m i l i t a r y o p era t i o n

and s e n t to Guatemala :for a d d i t i o n a l t r a i n i n g . DAVIS

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c la imed t h a t when he adv i sed t h ese Cubans .o:f th e r e a lpurpose o:f t h e i r t r a v e l to New Or leans t hey were d i s a p p o i n t e d and some were .angry with him.

DAVIS s t a t e d t h a t th e house where these Cubans

were s t ay ing . and being t r a i n e d i n connec t ion wi th t h e i rlumber cut . t ing work in Guatemala was l o c a t e d in S t . Tammany

P a r i s h in Lacombe, ·La. about a mile from Highway 190 Weston a secondary road"

DAVIS r e l a t e d t h a t dur ing th e l a s t days o f

J u l y , 1963, th e FBI' had s e i z e d some dynami te and o th e r

exp los ives · s to red ..in a Lacombe r e s id en ce which was r epor ted

to be fo r use agaJids;taCuba. DAVIS s a id t h i s · a c t ion dis-:

t u rb ed the se Cuba1\pi:befugees and was probab ly p a r t i a l l y .r e s p o n s i b l e f o r th€Jl r dec i s ion to r e t u rn to Miami.

' I On 8 / 3 / 6 3 , V I C T O R X J ( A N E Q U E ~ ~ T I S T A and HERIBERTO--:-yALDES JfuOLLINEDA, a s s i s t a l ' f ' t ~ c i " " ! : l l : t f R E A N c r " B A T I S T A , - m i l i t a r y .

ccr:::or-d.J::rCa'f'c/r"'of' .Moviemiento Democrat ico C r i s t i a n o ( C h r i s t i a n

Democra t i c Movement) (MDC), an antJi-CASTRO organ iza t ion : in

Miami, F l a . advised t h a t F ~ J ~ J ' : . E R N A N D ~ ~ was. int: ;od1!cedto MOLLINEDA abou t 6/20 /63 · a t t l ie MDC offJ .ces 1.n M1.am1 •

1FERNANDEZ s h m ~ e d an unusua l i n t e r e s t · i\1 MDC' an·d· as a r e s y l tH E N ~ Y . / . ? N R . ~ T _ . § ~ : § . : Q M was ass igned to ga in h is conf idence :ana P,etermine FERNANDEZ 1 s r easo n s fo r such i n t e r e s t . ,

INFANTE made ava i l ab le s e v e ra l l e t t e r s FERNANDEZ gave him

to mai l which p e r t i n e n t p o r t i o n s a re s e t fo r t h below:

l ) L e t t e r addressed to DIEGO VALERO, Bahamas Ga1sand Fu e l Co. , P . 0 . Box 1553, Nassau , Bahamas dated 1963,New Orleans , La.

FERNANDEZ adv i sed in t h i s l e t t e r he had t a l k e d

wi thLAUREANO

BATISTA FALLA o fMDC

and t h a t Commander DIEGOhad come to the camp (FERNANDEZ d id no t i d en t i f y t h i s camp).FERNANDEZ mentioned h is t ru e l e a d e r was TETERICH. He a l so

adv ised he was t r a i n in g on a farm near New Orleans owned by

C ~ S J l ! l Q ) ; i ; ; . . I ) J J . C U N who had organ ized a fund dr ive in New Ol' leans.He commented t h e r e was plen ty o f food bu t he had not seenany arms.

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2) By l e t t e r da ted 8/ l /63 addressed to S r. CubanAmbassador in Mexico , Cuban Embassy, Mexi.co, D,F., , Mexico ,

no re tu rn address , FERNANDEZ advised he had i n f i l t r a t e da commando group who was prepar ing to engage in an operat ion

in Cuba. He s t a t e d he had de ta i l ed repor t s on t h i s m i l i t a ry

p lan . FERNANDEZ expressed a wish to re tu rn to Cuba. in

orde r to serve the r evo lu t ion of Dr. FIDEL CASTRO. Heasl{ed if it were poss ib le to ge t diplomat ic asylum in someembassy in Cent ra l America. I t i s noted t ha t t h i s l e t t e rwas not mailed by INFANTE.

MOLLINEDA advised t ha t severa l weelcs pr io r to

8 /3 /63 , FERNANDO FERNANDEZ, PANEQUE and MOLLINEDA had beenin New Orleans and had been in contac t with RICHARD R, DAVIS,

JR. , the MDC de lega te in New Orleans.

3) By l e t t e r dated 8/5/63 in Miami, Fla . addressedto ENRIQUE BRUZUAL and GUSTAVO OSNAYA, I s abe l La Cato l ica ,

117-3, Mexico 1, I l .F . , Mexico. FERNJIJ\fDEZ advised t ha t whenhe depar ted Kansas City with L E O N ~ A A S E on 7/15/63 , 11eproceeded to Miami and made contacts t he re . He sen t :HAASEbach: ·to Kansas City and jo ined a commando group with :whichhe t ra ined and which se rved him as a hideout . He addedth e t r a in ing was outs ide Flor ida and t ha t he wa s b a c ~ inMiami to get ·ngw guidance .

A review of the New Orleans indices r e f l ~ c t sno fu r t h e r informat ion regarding CETONIO GAUGil'f or s i 'mi la r

sp e l l i n g s other . than noted above.

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I t i s po in ted o u t t h a t th e a b o v e ~ m e n t i o n e d t r a i n i n gcamp a t Lacombe, Louis iana , . could p o s s i b l y be · th e t r a i n i n g

camp mentioned in connec t ion w i t h D i s t r i c t Attorney GARRISON's

i n v e s t i g a t i o n . Addi t iona l ly , t he New Orleans Times Picayune

o f . 3 / 5 / 6 7 , con ta ined a n a r t i c l e cap t i o n ed , "No New Act io n

Repor ted in Kennedy Death Probe" in which i t · was s t a t e d t h a t ;t h e a s s a s s i n a t i o n p l o t case r e p o r t e d l y had focused its

a t t e n t i o n on a group. o f m en invo lved in a 1963 FBI r a i d ona cache o f war m a t e r i a l s in Lacombe. The a r t i c l e s t a t e d . t h a t

GARRISON i s r ep o r t ed t o be look ing fo r at l e a s t one Americanwho was bel ieved . to have been involved· ' · in th e group t h a thoarded muni t ion a t Lacomb.e. · According· to th e a r t i c l e ,among th e i tems s e i z e d · in th e 7/31 /63 r a i a a t an unoccupiedco t t age in Lacombe were 20 empty 100 pound bomb cas in g ; L18

c a s e s . o f dynami te , ·napa lm and f i r i ng caps . The i n v e s t i g a t i o n

in c.onnect ion with . t h i s · ·mat ter i s con ta ined in th e case

e n t i t l e d , "VICTOR D()MINADOR ESPINOSA HERNANDEZ;• CARLOS

EDUARDO HERNANDEZ Sl\NqiEZ; JOHN KOCH GENE; ACELO PEDROSO,aka Acelo Pedroso Amores; MIGUEL ALVA11EZ JIMENEZ; ANTONIO

SOTO VAZQUEZ; SAM BENTON - NEUTRAJLiLTYYMATTERS", Bureau f i l e2-1821 ; New Orleans f i l e 2-118. A summary o f t h i s case

i s con ta ined in. ·New Orleans a irtel to Bureau dated 3 / 7 / 6 7 ,in cap t ione9 m a t t e r .

With regS:rd. to GARRISON's claim t h a t ' LEE HARVEY

OSWALD l ived wi th DA/l1LlD .WILLIAM FERRIE fo r approx ima te ly

one month. b ef o r e l eav ing . New Orleans ; as s e t fo r th ih r e

airtel, it i s . p o i n t e d .o u t t h a t i n f o r ma t i o n conce rn ing

OSWALD's r e s id en ce whi le iri New Orleans i s s e t fo r th ' i n

. New Orleans t e l e t y p e to . Bureau , 5 :55' AM, 3 / l / 6 7 . ; ·

In fo rmat ion concern ing SERGIO ARCACHA SMITH,.·

DAVID WILLIAM FERRIE,and CARLOS QUIROGA, ment ioned in

r e airtel, as c o n s p i r a t o r s in th e p l o t i:o a s s a s s i n a t e ·

P r e s i d e n t KENNEDY i s ,contain.ed in New Orleans t e l e t y p eto Bureau .;:tnd SACs Dal las and .Miami dated 2 /20 /67 . .In fo rmat ion concern ing 'r:¢;1J{id)E LEWIS, JACK'S. MARTIN,and WILLIAM GUY BANISTER, a l so cons idered by GARRISONa s consp i r a to r s in t h i s p l o t , i s con ta ined in New Orleans

a i r t e l s t o t h e Bureau da ted 1 /4 /67 , l / 7 / 6 7 , and 2 /2 /67 ;

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in fo rmat ion concern ing MARTIN appears in New O:r'leans a i r t e lto Bureau dated 2 /24 /67 , in th e case cap t ioned , "LEE HARVEYOSWALD, aim; IS - R - CUBA", Bureau f i l e 105-82555. In fo rmat ion

concern ing BOB GUZMAN, cons idered by GARRISON as a consp i r a to r ,

i s s e t fo r th in . New Orleans · a i r t e l to the .Bureau da ted 3/2/67 .._\,.( . L (r,•

In regard to . a Cuba..rr n a m e d j ~ A T T E A U , / . . s e t f o r t h in

r e a i r t e l as one o: f th e persons cons i e r e a b y . GARRISON asa c o n s p i r a t o r , it i s po in ted .out t ha t th e f i l e s o f th e NewOrleans Off ice do no t conta in any info'rma t ~ o n undeJ.' · the

name o f BATTEAU o r l o g i c a l v a r i a t i o n s o f t ha t name. I t i s ·

. to be no t eel t.ha t :i!;p th e ·.ca.:i'f' previous . ly mentioned en t j_t l ed ,

"V:ICTOR, ? J M D _ I 1 . ! 2 Q E ~ . § g ! J - 1 Q ; ; ) I t i t i l i 3 Y ~ . . ! L Q . ! ; & . . , , - . . J . ' ; T AL - NEUTRALITY _. tJviATTERS" i ; t ' w a ~ de te rminedf tha t sub jec t C j ~ E J . . \ , ~ _ E p l ) . M _ D . \ L . - . L u../

/ N \ . ' : f E R N A N D ~ 2 ' f s . A \ : · N S 2 _ H E g , ~ ~ . i 1 ~ 2 - l ~ ! ; . £ Y t J 1 . , . l ? , O b ! l . M l , , . J l . . ' ) . ~ ~ J , t ' f : § ; i \ , ; . : . and ··· --=r·.c&triapossil51"y'15e J .dent icaT \vith. t he i nd iv idua l cons idered

a c o n s p i r a t o r by Gll:RRISON.· ·

In .regard.: . to th e in fo rmat ion con ta ined in r e a i r t e lto th e e f f e c t t ha t GARRISON a lso impl ica tes . a l o c a l New

_ . p r ~ . , . " ! : . ~ t - l . ~ y e r be l ieved a lso to be a mental case who'se-name .

- i s ~ O N , f th e \ J i l e s · o f t h i s of f i c e con ta in i n fo rmat ion concern ing

on·J··-:rpr·IN E_,_ffi,ANNE? an .a;t_tpJ;:g,.G,Y.. who former ly served as a f u l l - t i m e

ag en t fo r TI1e 1 " 0 l ~ i c e Bureau· o f Inves t i ga t i on o f th e .New Or leans L.c,j,Po\l ice .Depa:hment who could poss ib ly be i d e n t i c a l with th e ·a t t o r n e y named LON. ·The New Or leans I tem, a da i ly New Orleans ,

newspaper , in i t s i s sue o f 8/8 /62 , c a r r i e d an a r t i c l e cap t ioned ,

"Po l i ce Agent i s Suspended; Lies Charged" which r epor t ed t h a t

JOHN E. LANNE, an a t t o r n e y who· s e r v e s as a fu l l - t ime ag en t

in th e BuJ.•eau o f I n v e s t i g a t i o n , New Or.leans Pol ice Depar tment ,charged wi th t he r espons ib j . l i t y 'o f main ta in ing a c lose

s u r ~ e i l l a n c e on th e conduct -o f o t h e r po l i ce o f f i c e r s , had

been suspended on t ha t da te and accused o f ly iqg about th ep a r t he played in . an a b o r t ion case . According to th e a r t i c l e ,LANNE was· suspended by Major RAYMOND R, RUIZ,. Po 1 ic e .Super

vd.sor o f J?ersonnel , who sa id ~ A N N E gave money, wrapped in a

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newspaper , to · an · abor t ion v ic t im on a s t r e e t - c o r n e r

r endezvous as p o l i c e o f f i c e r s watched. According to

th e a i t i c l e , th e po l i ce o f f i c e r s ~ t a k e d o u t a f t e r . theabor t ion vic t im sa id LANNE arranged to meet h er andg iv e h er money.

. E a r l i e r , th e vic t im t o ld p o l i c e LANNE sa id he\;.vas to de l ive r · a checl ' to h e r on b e h a l f o f Mrs. JULIETTE

1\t! J,EJ: ,. 54 , ) ~ . 9 _ Q ; L _ : ; > j : . , ··r- . G . J . , . . a ~ u . ? , ~ - ; · .AL'io. 'Ll , : !J i .:'·: -_::::. :;·· , r ~ : : · --· · · ·

The paper quoted LANNE .a s say ing t h a t heo f f e r e d to d e l i v e r a· $.250 checl{ fo r Mrs. PAlLET becausehe was a f r i end o f ~ h e f a m i l y , not knowing a t th e t ime it

was an apparen t abor t ion p a y o f f . He l a t e r gave the· a b o r t i o n

v ic t im $35 of· h is own money because she seemed to be in ·a" w r e t c h e d s t a t e " . ·

The New .Or leans Times .Picayune in · i t s · i s su e o f10/27 /62 , ca r r i ed 'an a r t i c l e repoJ.· t ing t h a t . JOHN E; LANNE,'.: '

who was·accused

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s u s p e c t , had- res igned from th e New.Orleans Po l i ce Depar tment .

The f i l e s o f th e New Or leans O f f i ~ e f u r t h e r r e f l e c tt h a t JOHN E. LANNE i s ment ioned in th e case e n t i t l e d , ."UNKNOWN

SUBJECTS, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA'; POLICE.'DEPARTMENT OFFICERS;MRS ,.TGULT'l;"TJ:E PAlLET - VICTIM; UJ?UC" in r e p o r t s o f SA LEON

M. GASKILL dated · ' l0 /17 /62 , a t .New Orleans , ··SA .JOHN W.

WHALEY, 9/16 /63 , ' a t . New ·or leans ; · and . SA JOI·IN W. WHALEY,11/ '1 /63 , a t New'Or leans . ·

In connect ion wi th th e above-cap t ioned mat t e r ,LANHE, accompanied by Mr .. GUY BANISTEH, appeared a t th e

New Or leans Off ice adv i s ing · t h a t he was .making. a compla in tconcern ing · the ' wire . tap p u t on th e phone o f .Mrs. JULIETTE

PAILET by th e New Orleans Pol i ce .Depar tment and th e d i s - c l o s u r e o f i n fo rmat ion obta ined .as· ,a r e s u l t o f t h i s wj_re

t a p . . He furn. ished · s i x , Mimeograph cop ies . o f the . t es t imony.o f Major HAYMOND ·R: RUIZ New Or leans P o l i c e Depa.r:tment.,in th e case e n t i t l e d ·"STATE OF.LOUISIANJ\. vs JULIETTE

PAlLET, Case Number l77.: .033" on 1 /1 /6 3 . LANHE a lso fu rn i sh0d

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two cop ies o f a p e t i t i o n fo r dam.ages f i l ed in .Civ i l D i s t r i c tCour t for . th e Far i sh o f Orleans , Sta te o f Louis i ana , on1 0 / 7 / 6 3 , ' w h i c h r e f l e c t s t h a t JOHN LANNE i s th e p e t i t i o n e r

and i s sueing·, fo r damages in th e amount o f one mil l . ion d o l l a r s ,

twenty o n e ' i n d i v i d u a l s and companies in the S ta te o f Louis i ana .

I t i s poin ted out t h a t JOHN LANNE had prev ious ly

contac ted- th e New Or leans Off ice on s e v e ra l o c c a s i o n s dur ing

th e l a t t e r · p a r t o f September , 1963, and sa id t h a t he· wanted

to co n tac t th e .FBI concern ing a wire - t ap case . During t h e s ec a l l s he appeared to tal l< -'in a high ly em6t ionar• and exc i t ed

way. He ~ a i l e d , t o keep ~ n y appoin tments m a d ~ to d i s c u s ~th e wire - t ap case , . . ,.,· ... ~ .. \ ,. · . . .

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. I o J . I - 2 . . : _ ~ J . S & I ; O E I ? , . J [ , ~ r k L10 Me . .Al is te .r p r a c e ' New Or l e a n s ' 0 \ ' i s i ~ n - ~ . L .c!J.UF was on".a ...maJ.ling list of the Southern · Pat r io t · ; ' o f f l c l a l .

IO 9\l,ti organ o f th e . sou the rn co.nferei1c·e· Edct'caficiriaT Fund. djTie· · l : r q ~ I( ) f i l e s a lso . i nd ica t e t h a t s u b j e c t K L O : ! ' ; P F E R . ' ~ : l l . J . l ? s , . c : r ; j , l ; J " l _, . o.,

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·;· o_ :r_ ..c.o.n:t;t"ibqted to " N ~ e v • l:orld · R e v i ~ w ; • forme:rly lmown a s 1().,\, I '' :>,, \ .._...." S o v i ~ t Russ ia Today". ~ ) N e w Orleans f · i les . also ind ica ~ _"I· y '/v;;.....' I ~ ~ m o r . , ~ m ; P F : i i l l } • a t t e n ed_"school ir;' 0 ! . . ? . : . ; ! - . ! ~ d u r i n g ~ h e schoo . l .

· ./ ' ' y ea r olf 19.62-1963. ·· DurJ.ng vacatJ .ons , KAROL VlSJ.ted 1/',osc<;>w· and Leningrad in · Ru ss i a and "'rjl..so v i s i t e d East Germany. . · · · 1

She ':"nd her · s i s t · e r , R U C F R - A l ; l N ~ · L O E R . R E R , have s tud e ~ th e •- '·0

Russ lan language . · ·KAROL and1RUTH ANN KLOEPFER r e s ld ed

wi th t h e i r pa ren t s · as · o f November, 1963, a t 30f? . Pine . S t r ee t ,

N e w _ ~ . Q : s l e a 1 l ? . ; Louis i ana . ·KAROL KLOEPFER's fa the r i s l i s t e das. H. WARNER KLOEPF:E:R, a p r o f e s s o r a t Tulane Un iv e r s i t y i n

New o r l eans . \I _ /v (!.C 2 1 < ~ ~ ; 0 . . ; - - L : < . . . ; .Mrs. R U T ~ L O E P F E R , 306 _ 2 _ i n e . _ S t r : f l _ ~ t . , i adv i sed on

11/27 /63 , sne rece : lveaa -10I lg · d i st an ce t e l ep h o n e c a l l fromMrs. RUTH PAINE, sometime· in · Ju ly , 1963

1from I rv in g , Texas ,

v1ho· t o ld h e r t h a t sh e had· obtad.nedd KLOEPFER's name f ro n

Jlih-s . . LEANOR HAMMOND, 1202 Bandera Lane , Gar land , Texas .Mrs. PAINE wanted· Mrs. KLOEPFER to v i s i t a Mrs. LEE. OSWALDa t •±907 Magazine S t r e e t in New Or leans a s ' i\'lis. ·.OSWALD was

a , f r i end o f 1\!rs. PAINEand was due to have a baby and mightneed h e l p . Mrs. KLOEPFER agreed she would v i s i t Jlih-s. OSWALD"

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Mrs. PAINE aga in ca l l ed Mrs. KLOEPFER t h r e e daysl a t e r s t a t i n g . sh e had r ece ived a l e t t e r from lfrrs, OSWALD

to th e e f f e c t t h a t h e r husband, Mr. OSWALD; had r e tu rned

to New Orleans . i\f.trs. KLOEPFER t o ld lf.trs. PAINE she had n ot

y e t v i s i t e d M r s ~ OSWALD.

RUTH KLOEPFER r ece i v ed a l e t t e l ' from Mrs. PAINE

d a t e % 7 / 1 8 / 6 3 , • with an enclosed· copy o f a l e t t e r to Mrs.

l2AJJJu. L A N C H A R D _ , _ ~ _ l ? : l ...J=:?.:r:;J;:_:!,?.X , ....New ..Or.lean§', _1 5 , LouiEtL'al'ia:

T h e . l e t t e r to · Mrs ..KLOEPFER i nd ica ted th e need ora "Russ iansp eak i n g person because MARINA OSWALD-did not speak En g l i sh .

The enclose.d l e t t e r to lvlr"s. BLANCHARD a l so i n d i ca t ed t h i sneed as s t a t e d above and Mrs. PAINE' commented in t h i s letter

t h a t she · d id not !mow Mrs. BLANCHARD o r lfrrs. KLOEPFER bu t

would co n s id e r it a · k indness oJJ t h e i r p a r t to a : s s i s t in

t h i s . m a t t e r .

One, even ing dur ing th e l a t t e r · p a r t o f J u l y • o r

e a r l y August , 1963, KLOEPFER went to v i s i t lilr s .·-OSWALDat. 4907 Magazine St r e e t , New Orleans . 'LEE OSWALD met h er

a t · . t he dOOl" and .dur ing ..th e b r i e f visit, t r a n s l a t e d h e r

co n v e r s a t i o n with iilrs. OSWALD. He adv ised he was n ot ·workingb u t was look ing fo r .employment as h e m s a m1tchanic and haddone dark ro.om _and pho tograph ic work. KLOEPFER aslted OSWALD

if t h ey had r e l a t i v e s in Nevi Orleans and he i d e n t i f i e d 'anau n t o f h is as Mrs. FNU MURRETT, t e l ephone HUnter 8-4327.

Ivlr"s. KLOEPF.ER adv ised she had no f u r t h e r con tac t wi th l11r"s.

PAINE o r OSWALD u n t i l 9 /20 /63 , when she rec€dved a c a l lfrom Mrs. I'AINE adv i s ing sh e was in -New Orleans v i s i t i n gth e OSWALD _residence.

On 9 /22 /63 , KLOEPFER and her two daugh ters , KAROL

and RUTH ANN, both. o f whom speal< Russ ian , ca l led upon ·LEEand n·h·s. OSWALD and Mrs. PAINE a t 4097. Magazine St r e e t .

KLOEPFER ·not iced . th e PAINE s t a t i o n wagon parked o u t s i d e ·t h i s r e s id en ce and LEE OSWALD adv ised h is wife was going

to Texas with Mrs. PAINE and was r eady to leave . He

commented he was going n o r th t o Phi l ade lph ia o r somewhere

in th e e a s t on b u s in es s .

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1 - Mr. DeLoach1 - Mr. Wick

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:::, . ~ ' \ ( \ '\.This i s informative memorandum to advise y<:i_u of:·.;press

repor t t ha t New Orleans Dis t r i c t Attorney Jim Garrison repor tedly

i s looking for ind iv idua l bel ieved to have been involved with1group which hoarded munitions in Lacombe, Louisiana; in · ; ! 9 6 3 . ~ ' : : . ~ , , , . ; t

Munit ions were se ized by FBI 7/31/63. · ::: 1 .;, . ~ " - . _ , _' . · ' f-.A·· f \ j

The "Times Picayune," a New Orleans n e w s · p ~ p e X : ' ; - car r i ed ·· '·a r t i c l e 3/5/67 s ta t ing assass ina t ion p l o t reported ly hl!-d fqcused ....

i t 's a t t en t ion on group of men involved 'in 1963 FBI raid. ·on cacheo f war mater ia l s in Lacombe.· According-to a r t i c l e , New OrleansD i s t r i c t Attorney Jim Garr ison reported ly was looking for a t

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l e a s t one American.who was believed to have been involved. I tems Rise ized in ra id 7/31/63 included 20 empty bomb ~ 48 casesof dynamite, and napalm. '

· · · With reference to FBI ra id mentioned above it iSnoted t ha t we received information from Miami; Flor ida , source

on 7/18/63 t ha t Acelo Pedroso, former Cuban p i lo t had gonetoNew Orleans about 7/16/63 to check some bombs a l l ;gedly to be~ 1 t ~ ~ d ~ : ~ i n f I u n over Cuba• . edroso, upon interview 7/19/63,t k ve ng to New Orleans with two Cubans and beingd ; n ! : ~ ~ ! ~ ~ e l ~ ~ a ~ = ~ Orleans area where some bombs, fuses , andbombing miss ion . • The bombs were not su i tab le for use on

· Pedroso voluntarilY.. a t\Orileans on 7/30/63 and, d e n t £ f i ~ ~ o : ; : i - ~ q , h · Mi ihami Agent to New .. · . /po nted by New 'Orleans· Office A e. w c had been pin- !" . -·were s to red . · 'j.·::\'6., gents -IJ.?, ~ p u s e where munitions

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C O L . L I ~ ~ S , ..£LKA. E.DNUND A [ v D E R S U ~ D L l ~ I N S , AKA EDWARD

THIS COLLHlS IS , OR WAS, A_ .. i E ~ l B E R OF' INTERPEN AHD

62 A t ~ D ~ 2 S 6 6 S 4 ; " 1 ·.

HAS BEEN ~ E N T I O N E D IN OF 30 AUGUST

Di\IED 6 DECEl!JBER 62 . STATION TRACES REFLECT THIS. COLLINS WAS

A COLLEAGUE Of L A W R ~ N C E LA BORDE. THIS COLLINS HAS ALSO BEEN

REPORT t.D A SSOCIAT lNG WIT tf ROBERT KEN NEil-l BROWi-lJ P A l ~ T H E RPUBLICA! IO i6· - r / · 1 • , . . : : \ SEPIEhBER 67 ) . - . . · . .

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SHOW HE IS MARRIED TO·NERTA, AND LIVES AT •. . . . . ._....._

\<iiAl'll, VL(JRID/\, , ~ A v r g ; HAS A WIDE CIRCLE Of . ~ C Q U A H i T A i ' l C E S Hi, .,

NIAi1i l .t.REA':-Ai•10NG ANTI,:CASTRO CUBAN, AND AtHI-DUVALIER HAITIAN

rROUPS". DURINEwtUDDLE MiD LATE 1950 'S DAVIS ALLEGEDLY wAS AT. .""...!

LEAST M1 ACQl.lAlNJAOCE, I f NOT A COLLEAGUE, OF \J)lLLIAl<l ~ J O R G A N ,, , .

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-r:NOWNrROSt-RI K. BROwN !FOR SOHE IHiE, AS ATTESTED TO BY THE.-------

FACT THAI A LOCAL NEWSPAPERMAN WAg I ~ T R O D U C E D TO BROWN BYDAVIS. CSEl . S E P T E ~ l B E R G7)

IN 1963 DAVIS LIVED AI ~ l i A t 1 I ,

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AND CLAIHED TO BE SELF-Ei'iPLOYED IH THE AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY. nE

r_BPESUiiLY OWNS THE PROPERTY AI ADDRESS SHOiiJN ABOVE AND IS CUR-

HE NT LY E[:i?LO YED AS A PILOT 8 Y AIRLIFT Hill:.RNA I O N A L ~ )HIS WIFE, MERTA,.WHO IS OF

CUBAN EXTRACTION AND TO WHOM HE HAS SEEN MARRIED FOR AT LEAST

TEN YEARS, IS A LA30RATORY T E C ~ i i i C I A N . AS OF 1963, SHE: HAD

i3EEN Ei'iPLOYED BY THE Ui;IVERSITY OF iHAl<li; [•lAKING APPROXH1ATELY

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DAVIS WAS i30RN 11 AUGUS! 30 IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,

AND CAME TO FLORIDA FRGOO NORTH CAROLINA IN !952. HE IS DESCRIBED

AS A wHITE MALE, FIVE FEET SIX I ~ C H E S . TALL, WEIGHING 156 POUNDS,

wiTH BROWN ·HAIR AND B R O W ~ EYES. HE HAS NO LOCAL POLICE RECORD:

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C. V'iUDOLPH RlCiiARD' 0>i'./I:O, JR.7-

25 JULY 63 ;,TATES RICHAryu DAVIS,

NEW ORLEANS, ISL I A I S O ~

BETWEEN~ D C

MEciBERS AND THET R A I . h i ~ G R A ~ C H . U ~ ~ O U R C E D , CARDED INFO SHOWS ONE RICHARD N.

DAVIS, B O R ~ 24 ~ A Y 25, U.S. CITIZEN, 2 R O ~ ~ EYES AND HAIR, 194

POU@S, FIVE FEET ELEV!::i•1 INCHES, REPORTED TO BE GO.OD WITH

EXPLOSIVES A ~ D HEAVY GUNS. i•iHi 3 ER . . : . , P ; , ; A ~ f i ~ A ; , ; f i ; E . : , ; R ; , I , ; ; C ; , ; A , ; , ; , N . . . ; C , ; ; O ; . ; R . ; . P . . ;•:_lr

D, FE.R•·•Al'lDO Fi::RNM<DEL - .RECE"KI r E . R T i l ' t ' : [ { { I r ~ALRUd)'{ AVAILASLE HQS EXCEPl; FOLLOWH;G. .

INF:J. DATED 25 JA!•iUARY 65: J O S E : l - . l R ~ i f \ t < D E Z . SARCEf<A,

RC:SIDEi,J1. GhlCI;GO, ' ; ~ A S A T T E , · i P I I l ~ G OoTAIN ~ i ' . . R 1 d : : i : o i O l ~ RETURh

TO CUBfl.. HE DESCRISED A s C ' ~ u U F l N A L I S T , J = ' f R ~ ~ ) 20 APRiL 251,

H A V A ~ A , WhO_HAD B E E ~ REQUESTED SY IMMIGRATION O(fiCE CHICAGO

TO LEAVE U.S. PRIOR 1 FEBRUARY 65. SUBSEQUENT

. INFO DATED 1 APRIL 65 STATED RE-ENTRY PEROOISSION HAD

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EECORDS Or;E: PC::DRU CFORN£5)

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0:'" ~ E A P O \ • ; " Ai·iD EQUIPNEr<I AT 1 ' " 0 R i • l t : ~ Dot>iiNICAl' REPUoLIC BASE

I ..EAR ~ ~ A L L TOW•• OF ~ A N Z A ~ { L L U .

G, VICTOR [•1ANUEl.,.l""(fA ;EQUD oATISIA

...EARD SUoJECT iiAD GONE TO NE.W YORK CITY OR Ui•dOl': CITY Hi

EARLY 1966 A ~ D · THEN ON TO BOSTON W*ERE WENT TO WORK IH UNIDEhTIFIED

FAC70RY. :O,IJBJECT ·s@Jnu: SHuWS hiS CLG'sE COI·lNECTION WIIH'(@9

SUI REFLECTS NO INFO RE HIS MDC ACTIVITIES AI LACOM3E T R A I ~ l h GC A ~ P . DRIVER'S L I C E ~ S E ISSUED TO: VICTOR P A ~ E Q U E ,

, M I A ~ l , FLORIDA; DOB 18 S E P I E ~ B E R 18; WHITE; MALE;

~ I V £ FEET SEVEN INCHES TALL; 185 POUNDS; oLUE EYES; BRCWN HAIR;

O C C U ? A T I O ~ , FACTORY WORKER. F ~ E T E X I CALL TO . RESILiENCE

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PUT OUT fEELERS RE HIS ~ ! H E R E A B O U T S AND ACTIVITIES IF· }!QS SO

DESIRES AND DIRECTS.

H. MRS. SYLVIA ODIO - ~ A T l O N T R A C E S ~ }I . ORLANDO ELENO CPIEDRA) NEGUERUELA

20 ~ P R I L 66 STATES S U B J E C T ~ EX-COL

AND CHIEf INVESTIGATIONS· Bu'REAU, IS ONE Of THE MAIM ORGANIZERS• ' - " " · ~ - ~ : : : - - ; " " . , , , _ ,_ , . . .__ __ l'<t.- ........ - . . - .. . .._ ........... .- .• -

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CLOSE TO Hli1 AND ENJOYING HIS TRUST. . ..

12 AffilL 63 DESCRIBES SUBJECT AS FRIEND OF VICENTE GONZALEZ

·'>JIRANDA, OLD ~ l l L IT ANT' COt1Myt;-.

Jo LORENZO PASCILLIO - SUBJECT IS PROBABLY IDEN

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CotH ACT IS DETECTIVE HIRED BY GARRISON. CO/HA(:T . FEELS. .·."-.... ·. - .-.

·CERTAIN, BUT CAtHlOT PROVE, BOTH i3ERNANDO AND HIS BROTHEF} CH(IL,RES,' -·

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REQUEST H.QS INSTRUCTIONS AS TO WHETH!':R fURTHER fEELERS SHOUL,D

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ATTHlPT LEARN MORE ABOUT HIS ACTIVITIES.

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MANUEL GARCIA GONZALES - NO IDENTIFIABLE STATIOII

TRACES.

O. GERALD P.ctTR ICK HEWHNG . ~ ~ - ~ ~ - , ! . , ~ : " " " " " ' - , . . , ; . . . - ' REVIE\1

H E ( · l ~ I N G ' S STATION FILE, WHICH CONSISTS t•JOSTLY OF FBTlj REP CRT S, REVEALED t1 0 TIES \'J IT H SUBJECT 5 THIS CABLE THAT NOT

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R.:CHJT CUBAN ACTIVITY REfLECTED REPORT DATED

\6 n:ERUAHY 67 STATES HEMtiJING IS EMPLOYED BY IVAN TORS STUDIO

AS PILOT,.

P. MARIO BER\1UDEZ NUNEZ- STATION FILES VERY SKETCHY.

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~ - Q u i e t Residence Where-Bomb Material Found

QUIETLY SECLUDED und of f the heat,.n

tri.C'k Is_· t h l ~ hom'f! of William ,J._r--;:G!!jynear ! \ i & n d t > \ ' l 1 1 ~ . ln-:slde FH l f\{::P::f'\. HL'It'b\-f"r·

a. large. : a e h ~ of bomb-making mtttedal,

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t"tlly '1uan•·d it In n {'ulm.o lrif"IHI. '\Jr ....>lc•

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i\Ywnera Wife S..y3 Mate·

Did Cuban•. Favor

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hree wt---cks ago,

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~ c L a n + > y ,1'!f:t ElWimpment, z.Jd fhat

neither !Jl t no r her- hrnil iand, .

v.ho u p e r a t ~ a met horse frtd...:.....

h m J ~ . : : : : n a - d - k ® w l e d g e _ l h a t ..- f&; mnnltl.ows ' lero .tored at~ t l l r ~ - - b a . % r o m ' i until· a'gmi lh-e . ~ n t l urea.u

of I n ~ & f l ~ n e d hec·

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: said that the plac-e was;. 1 ~ · they knew:1oplY as 'Jose J ~ a r e 1 ; " ~ ~ - l a v o ~

r · ..<>O!V:I'Tft! on..: ·The''i cLane)'3: ha-d operated a toor-,'b:t bu:tiness in Havana. but cam-e·to Nf!W O r l ~ in l¥lJ •'beca\l.&e.

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Th e police said Lieut. Col. Effi.ward Solomon. United S t a t e ~Army, retired, abo Wa!l detained;He- allegedly carried 159,000.

p e ! ~ ~ ·- 1A prohibitiori on bringing ir i ,

or taking ou t of Cuba more.

than 50 p e = wa s put Into e f ~ ·feet .by th e revolutionary G o ~ , .emment to prevent money takeou t by me-mber:s of th e Bat:istaregime from being . put into

circulation herea t

full value.Th U money U reportedly beinsold in th e United States a t dis'counti up to 20 p.er cent_ ThefCubanpeso :1!1 temporarily value·less outside o:t Cuba; in Cuba i tU on a pa r with the UniState3 dollar.

Cuba observed today 8.!1 a da.

of official mourning. Th e natiomarked th e second anniversaof th e attack on th e President!Palace hen in an attempt tkill Pre!!ident Fulgenico BatistaTwenty-three :students died.the effort -a landmark in threvolt that oruted the Batistadictatonlrlp last New Year's'Da.y. ·

Th e assault on th e Palacel

w a . . : o ~ led by a group of Havana)University students belonging

to th e Revolutionary D i r e c t o ~ -rate. A ceremony honoring thisgroup Wa3 attended by PremierF1del Ca..!rt:ro an d PresidenManuel UmJth r le n . /

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number or alleged "war

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Castro's revolutionarycalled in a f i rst-page ·

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effort to halt anyof money cachedby ousted ·Batista. an d his

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a c lose as2ocia te and f r i end of-Pres ident K e n n e d y ~ ~One little tour ism man who had 2 ~ 7 . ; h is name escapes me

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' · a f fa i r s with respect to the Bahamas (Note; He d id say:. -

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:by the F .B .I., · tli_e C.I .A. and o ther government a g ~ n c . i . e s . , _ · ..·:.. . _.

and they have cowplete f i l e s and documents. There were,.

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. no undes i rable persons in my . casino.; . ·, "'-.

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an t i c ipa ted what was .. : ,,.- .. -:-.'

· . ·to have been my ~ e x t quest ion , b u t I must p u t it to. .

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d o n ' t even k n m ~ Mr. Lansky. If he Has i n

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When d id you first become ~ n t e r e s t e d in gambling?

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I have owneci_horses. · you play pol5e.r, l i k e l n ' the Bahamas •·. '

., .. .. ···. ;,.·, '.,. . and I been what t h _ e ~ ·call....<!;_ ~ ' s p o r t i n g gentleman b e t t o r " ,

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No, I th ink it was.closed before I cam in to Flor ida . ·

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to be p r i v i l e g e d to have o p p o r t u n i t i e s i n the se i s l a n 6 s .

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This i s n o t an aswer to a· questic.·:-. .'

H r. MacLaney, you i nd ica te .d · to .me before you came

i n give ·eviden'ce yi:ni "'w-6uld' Iike"--fo"'vindlCate y o u r ~ e C . - . 7 . ' :' c_ , '---~ - - - - · - ,. . . . . ---- ..

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A I sen t a··cabTe te>·_this -Commission ask ing fo r an ..

oppor tun i ty to appear , n o t wi ~ e - - i d - e . a ·o f dis .cus s i n g

everything_ hi"re-,-not·-·rr; an apolog-et ic ' 't'one·.· I came -

_-here-bec.a:U.se I ;ea ·d in- ·p r in t ' 'tha"t" Mr r r r ~ N · O T T ; t - s , - - - • ·

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your Pol ice Commissioner, sa id t h a t he could 2rove I t·Ja:;.

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chambers he could tell them more . I came h e r to ·make· 01\<>.-

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. - s t a t · ement . He i s e i t h e r an incompetent . poli .ce of·f : lcer

o r u n s c r u p u ~ o u s lier. That i s ' w h a t I came- here f 'or •

Any o th e r ques . t ions I :will-aas-wer to the_ b e s t o f my abili·o·:·)---. ·----- - . -

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" Mr. MacLaney, i n r e l a t i o n to t h i s i l l s t s ta tement , you

were aske:J- whether you. ·.know Me_yer· Lansk_y, and you s i ad

you had never m et him. · Right .

t I don 1 t to my memory, ever remember meet ing Heyer

Lansy.I

Q He was in Cuba when you Here in Cuba • . I s t h a t r i g h t .

A If he was t h e r e I never met him, never d i scu s sed

bus i r ress vrith hir.1 oi' any type .

.Q . I i ' you didn 1 t know him, d id you know Ja k e , th e brot : t . ):-.··..

A · Jake Lansky Has one o f th e employees o r ot:mers - I

d o n ' t know - o f the cas ino I purchased . I was a. c u s t o m e ~

and _you es tab l i sh -Hhen you play you have a l i n e 'o f c:--edit _ ·

I t-rould see H r. Lansky ·- •rho has prominent eyebroHs - t ~ : ; ; t -f

t-.'OUld be th e ex ten t o f my "!-:nowledge o f N r • Lansky. C:e .

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A . No t q u i t e w e l l . He ·would know me as a cus tomer

Wail ·he ·never -assQci'ated_ wi th you i n bus ine . s3 .- . • . -o·-- . • ""

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.was p o s i t i v e l y asso<eia ted wi t h t he Ho t e l Nacfci!1ai>".oeic·s.use

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d e a l over i_t .

:A I d e a l t w i th a fe l low by the name o f Sam Tucker ..' . .-

~ You t o l d us t h a t ~ Was n o t Jake Lansky in t h i s d ea l t s ~ :· A N o , si r . ; : · Re never appeared a t· any· of t he meet ings , , .

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·and a c c oun ta n t from New ":ork. I dqn• t r e c a l l h is name.

He is still as s o c i a t ed wi th t h e m ~ I unde r s t a nd . I r ead

. · h is name r ecen t l y i n t he pa pe r .

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. . happy to . f i n d . ou t fo r the· ' c o m m i s ~ i o n •

Q Is . it George Gordon. · ·

A . :!1o, he is no t a lawyer .o r ·accoi .mtant : I know o f

·him around Miami Beach.

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·no you ~ t i l l - h a v e s to ck ~ n h is companies •

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No shares a t · ·a l l : in . any company which Mr. Ch es l e r

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have ' shares .

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Mr. Rosenblum. <ras n ot the. owner of' a f ' oo tba l l t eam.

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D id you have any p a r t of't ~ i m o r e

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b 9 t t i n g .on t h i s f 'ootbal team t h a t you f 'e ;n out with N r.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTFOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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AEROTRADE, INC.,

Plaintiff

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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENTOF STATE,

Civil Action No. 7 4 ~ 2 2 9

Defendant

MOTION FOR

SUMMARY JUDGEMENT

Plaintiff, by its attorney, respectfully moves the Court for

summary judgement for Plaintiff. Plaintiff is entitled to summary

judgement as there is no &enuine issue as to any material fact and

Plaintiff is entitled to Judge)llent as a matter of law. Rule 56,

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

In support of the above motion, Plaintiff attaches hereto and

incorporates by reference the following exhibits:

Plaintiff's Exhibits

1. Affidavit of M r . . ; . : . . : ~ ~ ~ : . . . . ; , ; ~ ~ ~President of

2. Affidavit of Mr. Harry B. Shuman,

Vice President of Aero trade, Inc.·3. · Affidavit of John R. Peterson,

Vice President and Technical Director,Aerotrade, Inc. ,

Affidavit of Joseph Sazama, J r . ,

Assistant Technical Dire_ctor,

Aerotrade, Inc.Affidavit of James F. Masencup, Chief Pilot

and Chief Instructor, Aerotrade, Inc.

Affidavit of Don Pierson, President,

Dupont Caribbean, Inc. ·.

Correspondence between Mr. Boyd, office

of the Legal Adviser and Attorneys

Briendel and Lowenfeld, attorneys for

Aerotrade and Haiti respectively in the

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We started this business over a decade ago--we purchase material and

supplies for fo?·eign governments. We are familiar with the j;roblems of

equipment desired, especially aircyaft, maYine equipment and annaments

and know where things can be found in different parts o the world. We

have expe?'iise in dealing with the U.S. Government, in obtaining licenses

for expo1'i, in complying with the ·requirements for registmtion at the

Justice Department, with the regulations of the TYeasu1·y DePartment and

the myriad Customs and Immigration requirements. We have cooperated

closely with the sensitive departments and of course the Defense Department.

I cannot say we cooperated closely with the State Department, mainly becauseIthe departments with which we were cooperating were at waY with the State

Department and the American Ambassador Knox was not 1·esponsive to mw

Yequests.

This attitude has carried over to our pres eM problem. Even though

mrr counsel had more than a dozen contacts with the B ·r esk, with

attorneys in AID and State and others after our trouble started and even

though we supplied copies of the pleadings in our New York law suit and

ofje?'ed to supply any other information they wanted, we were never told of

'the assertions made by§aymon4 /Jzich are so clearly wrong. This even

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though our counsel was told of a request by 1Haiti to advise the New York

Cmrrt of the doctrine of sove?'eign immunity and the further request for an

opportunity to a·rgue this before the State -Depm-tment 's lawyers. When this

request was withdrawn, we-ce?'tainly were not told AID would be ?'elying on'

assertions made in support of the request as constituting the position of the

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Haitian Gove1·nment today. Especially since Dr. Raymond the author was

discharged and discredited in the fall of 1973, As AID knew, other senior

ministers, including Luckner Cambronne were also discharged from the

Govenunent.

We stm·ted purchasingjO?' Haitz:jive yean ago. Atji?'St we bought

only a jew items, but the officers were so surprised at the reasonableness

of our our prices that I was personally taken to see President Duvalier

("Papa Doc '). He and I became close friends - -he named me an honorary

Haitian Citizen and gave me expensive gifts because he was impressed with

our Pe?jonnance and always treating the Haitians fairly. My business

relationships were always handled pe?·sonally with the President or with

General Raymond, Luckner Cambronne or with others. My people were

highly thought of and were all treated very well, Mr. Shuman's affidavit

covers this area.

Under neiffher regime - - "Papa Doc" or "Baby Doc 11 - -were

' tYansactions handled with the same jonnality as for instance in this countYy.

1 In the transition between the two ?'egimes theye was a lessening of even

the past "normality 11 in business relationships. We are only one of jive OY

more U.S. companies to find dealing with the new regime jJYactically

imPossible. It has been charged by some of these jJeople and in the P1·essI

that the so called government operations and decisions are child-like in

quality. Because of my peysonal relationshiP with the Duvalier family we

escaped this fate for awhile, but towards the en.rl there was no Yationality

in any of thei-r actions. As M-r. Shuman says we all entered into, this as

p1·esenting an opportunity to help imp-rove the deplorable image of Haiti.

- But in the end so much attention was being paid personal whims of the

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In the spring of 1973 the following was our situation:

Boats & Helicopters(1)

TOTAL CONTRACT

$3.972 670PAID

$1, 724,000

OWING.1J2, 248, 61(

Plwchases under Open Account

~ i a n Police

Charter Flight byRoyal Jordanian Airlines

C-47 Pltrchase and modifications(2)

Ammunition for invoice of Jan. 26

delivered in excess of payment

Non-refundable deposits

SwiftshipsKeystone

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(1) Plaintiff's Exhibit 4; contract dated Jamwry 20, 1973(2) Plaintiff's Exhibit 8

I f we take the boats and helicopters contract at the time of breach

the1·e were delive?'ies unde?· the contract of $2, 118, 137 and payments of

.'j)1, 724,000 leaving an overage of $394,137 and use this in the owing column

1·atlley than the full amount owing under the contYact, we geta.

total of

$1, 023,223 rePresenting the ove1·age of delive?·ies over payments. This is

77,84/

11,72:

62, 84t

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307, 93S

81,277

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the amount Haiti owes Aerotrade. Two of the above were reduced to w1·it ing

and the Yest we1·e oral contracts or PltYchasing on open account. Detail

on the thousands of items pzwchased is available and will be ju?'nished on

request.

In every instance save one the payment terms on all the Haitian

Government's contracts and Pltrchase orders e i t l ~ e r verbal O?' written were

negotiated in Director Antonio Andre's office of the Banque Nationale de la

Repztblique D'Haiti. Only after M r Andre gone ('iS commitment and the

B a n q u e ' ~ promise ofvm·ious monthly payments were the final contractsI

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drawn and executed. Had ·we not ?'eceived the Banque's aPProval and P?'Omise

of payments, we would not have agreed to fulfilling the contracts or the

purchase orders.

We had Mr. Andre's personal Promise on various monthly payments

on behalf of the Banque for various contracts: Contract No.1 $'66, 000. 00

per month, Pier Contract $30, 000. 00 per month, Open Account $'100, 000. 00

per month which covered comme·rcial items and pen;onal items for the

President.

Despite this Haiti was characte1·istically late in meeting payment

schedules and !sent cable after cable, request afte?' request to get payments.

In Febnzm-y and March of 1973, our suspicions were confirmed as to

the Haitian Government's lac!< of responsibility in honoring contracts and

commitments and promises made by President Duvalier and !VIr. Antonio

Anche (Di?-ectm- of the National Bank of Haiti). It was at that time, that1111·.

And1·e advised me personally in his office that he had no money to pay us.

I then, had a meeting with the President at the Palace in March of 1973, when

again I was told that the Government had no more money with which to jmy us.

Aerotrade received its last payment in July for a deliquent monthly

payment. This payment was made 'by Mr. Antonio Andre upon direct

O?'ders from Madame Simone Dtivalier, ·as she was fully cognizant of the

situation.

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