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JAC K L. RUBY , AKA.; LEE HARVEY OSWALD, AKA.

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RETELS FROM DALLAS TO HOUSTON JANUARY FIFTEEN AND TWENTY

ONE LAST.

FOR I NFO MAMI, DALLAS TELETYPE JANUARY FIFTEEN LA ST

T FORTH FOLLOWING.

INTERVIEW DECEMBER TWENTYONE LAST, RUBY ADVISED IN

QUOTE RUBY VOLUNTEERED · THAT SOME YEARS AGO, AT .A TIME

CASTRO WAS POPULAR IN THE UNITED STATES HE READ OF

INDIVIDUAL IN THE V ~ C I N I T Y OF HOUSTON, TEXAS HAVING BEEN

IN GUN RUNNING TO CASTRO • . HE SAID HE ATTEMPTED BY

LEPHONE TO GET I N TOUCH WITH THIS INDIVI DUAL AS HE HAD IN

MAKI NG A BUCK · BY POSSIBLY ACQUIRING SOME JEEPS OR OTHER

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THEIR IMPORTATION TO .CUBA • .HE SAID NOTHING CAME OF THIS. HE

SAID HE HAD NEVER ATTENDED ANY MEETINGS CONCERNING WITH GUN

RUNNING SMUGGLING OF PERSONS IN OR OUT OF CUBA OR OTHERWISE

IN RELATION TO CUBAN AFFAIRS UNQUOTE. ON JANUARY FOURTEEN

LAST ASSISTANT DA WILLIAM ·ALEXANDER, DALLAS, ADVISED HE HAD

LEARNED FROM SOME SOURCE RUBY HAD REPORTEDLY HAD CONTACT WITH

ONE DAVIS, DESCRIBED AS E X ~ C O N V I C T AND ,BELIEVED LIVING IN

BEAUMONT. ALEXANDER STATED QHE UNDERSTOOD FBI HOUSTON, HAD

HANDLED INVESTIGATION OF THIS PERSON RESULTING IN CONVICTION

FOR GUN RUNNING ACTIVITIES. ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUAL

IN QUESTION THROUGH YOUR FILES, CUSTOMS BUREAU FILES OR OTHER

SOURCES AND .INTERVIEW THOROUGHLY REGARDING ANY CONTACTS WITH

HIM BY RUBY, ANY KNOWLEDGE HE MAY HAVE OF OSWALD AND ANY

ASSOCIATION OF OSWALD AND RUBY.

BY AIRTEL TO DALLAS JANUARY SEVENTEEN LAST HOUSTON ADVISED

INVESTIGATION FAILED . TO IDENTIFY DAVIS CFNU) EITHER AT HOUSTON

OR BEAUMONT.

DALLAST E L E T Y P ~

JANUARY TWENTYONE LAST INCLUDED THEF O L L O W I N G ~

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THE NAME DAVIS FNU IS POSSIBLY ERRONEOUS .

BUT SHOULD BE CONTINUED AS A POSSIBILITY IN ATTEMPT TO

RtSOLVE THIS FACET OF THE INVESTISATION. ·HOUSTON WILL

CONTINUE INVESTIGATION TO IDENTIFY THE PERSON MENTIONED

BY RUBY AS H_AVING BEEN ENGAGED N GUN RUNNING TO

CASTRO. T S SUGGESTED THAT RECORDS AND PERSONNEL

OF USA OFFICE BE REVIEWED AND INTERVIEWED TO IDENTIFY

ANYONE CHARGED OR INVOLVED IN GUN RUNNING .ACTIVITIES

DURING PERTINENT PERIOD AND CORRELATE WITH REVIEWS

INTERVIEWS OF APPROPRIATE NEWSPAPER MORGUES

AND REPORTERS IN THE HOUSTON AND BEAUMONT AREAS IN.

ATTEMPTS TO IDENTIFY PERSON REFERRED TPTO BY RUBY. THE

ALLEGATIONS OF POSSIBLE GUN R U N ~ I N G ACTIVITIES HAVE

AN ISSUE IN RECENT BOND HEARINGS FOR RUBX

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IN DALLAS.· IT· IS THEREFORE DEEMED D ~ S I R A B L E TO MAKE

EFFORT TO R E S O L V ~ THIS QUESTION.

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HOUSTON C U S T 0 ~ 1 S OFFICE ~ N D NEWSPAPER I ~ O R G U E S INDICATES ONE

ROBERT RAY MC KEOWN MOST LOGICAL INDIVIDUAL TO ~ ~ H O M RUBY

REFERRED. REVIEW OF CASE ENTITLED CARLOS PRIO SOCARRAS,

· .. ET AL, F P M - C U B A ~ NM, RA, ·00: MIAMI, REFLECTS. .

MC KEOWN ARRESTED F E B R U A R Y T W E N T Y ~ I V E FIFTY EIGHT AND ON

OCTOBER TWENTY FOUR) FIFTY EIGHT HE SENTENCED I N USDC,

SDT, HOUSTON, TO SIXTY DAYS .TO SERVE AND FIVE H U N D R ~ ~ DOLLARS,. . .

FINE ON CHARGE ,oF CONSPIRACY TO SMUGGLE HUNS TO CUBA AND

GIVEN TWO YEAR SENTENC£ S U S P ~ N D E D FOR FIVE YEARS ON A SECOND• I •

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COUNT. HOUSTON · CHRONICLE NEWSPAPER MORGUE SHOWS THAT IN APRIL,. \ .

FIFT. (NI.NE, WHEN ·CASTRO VISITED HOUSTON, CASTRO AND MC KEOWN. .

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HAD PHOTO TAKEN TOGETHER AND CASTRO QUOTED AS SAYING WHEN

~ KEOWN COULD C O M ~ TO CUBA HE WOULD BE GIVEN A GOVERNMENTII

POST OR GIVEN SOME FRANCHISES. MARCH . TWENTYEIGHT, FIFTY

EITHT EDITION O CHRONICLE DISCLOSED AT A HEARING RE THES

MATTER A. PARTIAL LIST OF ARMS OBTAINED AT RESIDENCE OF MCKEOWNJ: E ND PAGE FOUR

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'.;ho i ( l c n t i f i c d J a c } ~ n.uby o r h i s s o c i < l t c s . ::s h.:::.vir.:: b e e n

i n v o J v e d in g u ~ r u n n i n g to Cubu. .

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i n d i c t c ~ c l i n 19 5S' on o t h e r c h a r \; e s v: i th an a l l eged ?·ia :: i a O .c r ~ - " ' r ; - 1 - ,oper< l t ive who was a l s o a c a s i n o o p e r a t o r l i n k e d t o v 2 . r i o u s C t f J ~ C - & r J I Is u n - r u n n i n g a c t ivities

A c c o r d i n g to ~ a r r e n Commission do c u m e n t a t i on , Ruby a s o

c·s t a b 1 i s h e d p e r s o n a l con t 2 c H: th a Cuban gun - r u n n e r n ~ e dR o b r t :-:ci\co1m in e a r l y 195 9 • .; c o r d i n g to an t B I r<2por t

r e c e i v ed by t h e Com m i s s i o n , g u n - r u n n e r R o b e r t NcKe own _s t a t e d

t h a t Jilek Ruby h a d o f f e r e d h i m $25 , 000 in late J anu a r y o r

c ~ r l y F e b r u a r y o f 1959 if he c o u l d a rr ange a letter o fi n t r o ~ u c t i o n t o t h e new C u b ~ n ~ d e F i de l C<tst ro .

Gun - r u n n e r i·1cKcoh'n f u r t h e r t o l d t h e Fi3I o f e:u rl i c : r tir:1e

:in J;1nu.1ry o f 1 9 59 , Hhen a D a l l a s '.·::1o H<::.. a : 1 r < ~ r 1 r . : ~ yJ ,• cl: : ~ u b ~ ' o f f e:rc d hir11 $ 15 , 000 t o h e l p g e t t h r e e r.wn ou t:

o f Cuba \·.ho He re t h e n p r i s o n e r s o f t h e nc1 1 C a s t r o r cg i r . c .

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to GO r l ~ y s in jail fo r consp i r i n 0 to s ~ u g q l e guns to

Cube>. . H.::Kcol·ll1 ]1;·:d br.en c1r res t ed in l95f l <1nd c o n v i c t e d

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------ n d i t .i s C 1 r 1o .s P r i o Do c: a r r a s 11 :o r o v i t u s c c o ndo s s i > l e Ruby/S t: u r g i c l i n k . So ca r r a s , a Forraer Pres. i , : .ent

o f Cuba b ~ o r e thr> ~ < 1 t . s t a . : r K ' C : ' C 5 ' : f ~ - .. i _ c r o - r r i - E - · dofFr'2:i1K--::Jt.:u r g i s . S t u r g i s h u. s Z lCJi1ic t ed- j ) . iToT:CiYg clei.n

d cs t i IlL ni :gh-t- f 1 i g h t s fo r h i s fr c n d Soc a rr as , d u r i n g

-h i s assoc i i . l t i on w i t h him p r i o r to t h e C u s t ro r e v o l u t io n .

~ o c . : : 1 r r i 1 s is 21 so u. c J ~ e f r i e n d o f a second :· a t e r g ; t e

bu r glu . r , Br...Lll.a:r::d__ i3arker . I3urker ha.s c1l so i : ldni t ted bGing

c l o s e t o ~ 1 ~ r D C U b 0 n l e ade r , and is himse l f ma r r i e d

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to t h e ~ u g h t e : r o f a Cuban Se n a t.o r Hho s e r v e d dur i r :g t 1c

~ o c a r r e > . s eri.l . Soc<1rrc1s a l so o r g a . n i ~ e d C u b a ~ d e mo n s t r i . l tors

f o r t ~ c 1 ~ 7 2 p ul- ty con v e n t i o n s in 1-:iomi , \· lhicl: b o t h St ; J rg i s

~ n d B 2 rk e r had a l s o don e p r i o r t c t h e i r ~ l a t e r g a t e c a p t u r e .

Th u s , in t h i s .s e c o n d in s t a nc e ce n t e r i n g o n J ack Ruby ' sCuban c t i v i t i ~ s a Cuban gun - r u n n e r assoc iZl t ed w i t h

J a c k Ruby h < : ~ s al.s o b ee n a rre s t ed ::or gun - r u n n i n g v;i ~_i l ~ l Q : : > C __ _ i ~ _ r ~ e n ~ . .Ql_ b w o f t h e ~ ' l a t c r g n . b u rg l a r s , S tu r g·isand E 2 . r k c r ·

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to re raa in s c a l ed i n s i d e a v a u l t in t h e l ~ a t i o n < : l . : \ r c ~ i v e s ·u n t i l t h e ye il r 2039 , by o r d e r o f the govcrnracn t . ) ·

The tr i ' lnscr i p t o f th e J 2 nu a r y 27 , 1964 mee t i n g o f t h e .

Warren Comr.t ission , which wa s f inCJl ly r e l c 2 s e d by t h e

~ a t i o n r r l A r c h i v e ~ last y ea r fo l lowing v a r i o u s c o u r tsuits , 5 c t s f o r t h ~ d d o n ~ l ~ w i n f o r mat ion r e g a r d i n g

t h e s e Cuban u<":tivi t i c s o f Jacl( : : \ . . b ~ ' ' I 'hat J an u a ry 27 , 1 9 6 4

t r a n s c r i p t shoHs .:1n e a r l y co n ce r n by Co mm i s s io r : mciilbcrs

o v e r Ruby ' s <:lppar Cln t "u nde n ·lO rl d i nvo 1 vcrr.en ts i1nd o thc..: r

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DASH V I C T I M ~ CR. 00/DALlAS.

IN.T£RVI£W DECEMBER TWENTY-ONE, SIXTY-THREE, RUBY ADVISED

IN PART QUOTE RUBY VOLUNTEERED THAT SOME YEARS AGp, •At A

TIME VHEN CASTRO WAS POPULAR IN THE UNITED STATts•, HE READ

or AN INDIVIDUAL IN THE VICINITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, HAVING

~ E E N INGAGED IN •GUN RUNNING TO CASTRo·. HE SAID HE ATTEMPTED-' .. ..... .. -

. BY TELEPHONE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH IS INDIVIDUAL AS HE HAD___ .... .IN MIND •MAKING A BVCK• BY POSSIBLY ACQUIRING SOME JEEPS OR

OTHER SIMILAR EQUIPMENT WHICH HE MIGHT SELl TO PERSONS...... .. -

INTERESTED IN THEIR IMPORTATION TO CUBA. HE SAID NOTHING

CAME OF THIS. HE SAID HE HAD NEVER ATTENDED ANY MEETINGS

CO NCERNED WITH •GUN RUNNING·, SMUGGLING OF PERSONS IN OR

OUT OF CUBA OR PTHERWISE IN RELATION TO CUBAN AfFAIRS U N Q U O T E ~· ON JANUARf FOURTEEN LAST A S S ~ S T A N T DA WILLIAPI ALEXANDER,

- DAllAS, ,ADVISED HE KAD LEARNED FROM SOME SOURCE RUBY HAD

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During in te rv iew on DE1c emb e r 21, 1963, JACKJ.X:CN RUBY advised a t a t ime whe•n CASTRO was popularin the United Sta t e s he read of an i nd iv idua l in the

v ~ c n i t y of Bouston, Texas , · having been engaged in

. c nn ' llr:.ldng" to CASTRO. RUBY flltated t h a t he at temptedTc c o n c t th i s i nd iv idua l by t e l ephone as he had in· ' 'n::. :.;.ir:g a buck" by poss ib ly acqu i r ing some j eeps

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r e Quipment \':hich he might s e l l to. ·- · ;:SO :..E c : : : d in t he i r i mpor t a t i on to Cuba. RUBY

:: : : d m s ~ h i r g came of t h i s . On January 14 , 1964, ·: : r : i s t L n D i s t r i c t Attorney WILLIAM ALEXANDER, Dal las ,

v e d t h a. t he had l ea rned from some source , RUBY hadu ~ p o r t e d l y had con tac t with one DAVIS descr ibed as anE.::::·-convic t be l ieved l i v i ng i n Beaumont, Texas . ALEXANDER

sta ted he unders tood the FBI, Houston, had handled the

n v s t i ~ t i o n of t h i s person r e su l t i ng i n convic t ion fo rguu-ruri.:ui ng a c t i v i t i e s .

The Houston Office adv ised by communicationn u a r y 17, 1954, t h a t i n v e s t i g a t i o n had f a i l ed to

id e n t i f y ( FH'U) DAVIS e i t h e r a t Houston o r Beaumont, Texas .'Ihe Hous' :en Of f i c e adv ised t h a t ROOERT RAY MC KEOWN

:: :o s th€ log i ca l i nd iv idua l to whom RUBY r e f e r r e d .

:,:c KEc::::N e s t e d February 25, 1958, .and on October1S5G, - c ~ ,:·.a s sEntenced in the U. S . D i s t r i c t ·Court ,

S0T, H o u 2 Te xas , to s i x t y days to serve and $500.00:i :i 3e on ·: : . : . : of conspiracy to smuggle goods to Cuba; .n d g i V 5:.:. ·:·,.ro ye a r sentence s u spe nded fo r f i v e years

em. h is s : ... coun t . The Houst on Off i ce fu r the r s t a t e d- : ha t on /.:: . ..ell 28 , 1958, informat ion obta ined from the

custon c n i c l e (ne ws paper) d i sc losed a t a hea r ing

R d i n ; r . th i s ma t t e r , a p a r t i a l l st o f arms obta ined

r. t r e s id a :wE: o f HC KEOWN was produced and en te red in

· i d e n c < C b y CiillSLEY JONES, aq 'agent of the Alcohol and' : : ~ c o ':·:··.:: t , Dal las , Texas.

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DALLAS--' Jack Ruby tried in 1959 to sell s o r r \ e J e e p s.to ·c astro's Cuba with the help of a Houston gun-runner.

Tni ' \ \' ( S the surrn·ise te s ti- · - - ----- .- -mony Monday of an FBI agent

who 'a id R ubv him se lf relat\.'dth e Cuba inc i-dent while bcin:;:questionPd a hnut the i n g ofLee H a rVC\' O <wald. .

TH E Fr.[ a ;:cnt, C. Ray 1-lall,4-1 . of Dal ias. was caJlcd· as a ·d. r f C' r. s c ;·; itne 's in Rubv 'shal; (•?.£ co r p u' )caring . , •

P.tJby is e ~ k i n ree{'lom -<Jiibc·nd.

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The .52-year-old Ruby. who rann Da llas striptease ·5pot, ischurged with the mtirder of 0 1'·wald, ac cused assass in ofocnt Kennedy, a ;' :rrullion.;;

watch ed on nation-\\ide O Je vi-sion last Nov 24. .'

. State and federal officials1 have been investigat ing any

Jinks w c e n · OS' Io·al d·,.a l y l e d Communist, -a n dRuby-with no sue-t;£'5 '.

D i:Hrict Atty . Henry W<Hl -:

c ;;sua lly clt·opped the Culia ·s tory

in1u the i n ~ before D istrictJoe B. Br own. ..

.-\(; IIALL, responding to\\ 'adc's question·, said Ruby toldhim t he · Cuban deal happenedin i\ ug ust, 1959, -but l t apparen t

]\- ncver went t h r o u ~ h .· ~ he tell som eone' frOm

d o·.n t lhcrc lCuba l sent ·him aCcmtinucd From r a ~ e 1 · . ·_ ,_: plane ;i cket ?'• Wade as ked .

cr s, who accompanied the FBI " · ·y ' ' th FBI · l'cd

a"'cnt to court . obJ'ected that ;-- < ; ___ . : _ _ . _ . ·c s. e m:m rep

1·... ."Did he tell you about a trip

Hall "'as not per mitted to test ify he m a•le t o Houston a t the t imeabout "opini ons or <onclusions . " • · .· : c 1 1 · h' ·· . · . ; • · as ro was popu ar tn t JS coon-J ud ge Brown u pheld him. · ' .- : · t r ~ :" · Wade asked. r:

A defense psychiatrist also .• ... ~ . r : - - 2 ~ ; ~ "'.: ·· 'Hall replied.te stified under questioning by · ... · .. :· " l ili he tell vou he had reAd

1hlt1me satbotuc t ~ ~ h , a e t C P . u . b u a b n dhenadl. told ·.. . • : '·; ir : : ; ,_-. papers about an in divid-' ... · ·· · •·,... • : . '"' ' '" i·ious ton who ' 8 ~ c n : ; : a ~ ; < ' d

Dr Wnlter BromiJer:;:: . clinical .. c · ~ : : _ - . . . · • · / ) : . . . . in •.r:-running, an d he w a ~ J;:Cl-

director of the P inc ,;:ood Ps) - . . : · . . -< ; ·:1 i · ~ · try to t ry 1o find?" " "a dc

~ ~ l ~ ~ ~ ¥ ~ : : : ~ ~ ~ ~ s \ ' ~ ~ ~ ~ : : ~ ~ > . ... · "::>1;,; ~ ~ ~ , : J \ , m , ~ ~ ~ l ' l ~ ' : ;make sorr.c qu ci; : ' · · •: . .- .• : . -. . ,., ,, t hat individual1o see if he

He ';li(' f',uby t01d of to 'r(_: ../ · ·1 • f' "h.tlrl help him sell some Jeeps

Cuba for about 11• ; : y ~ out · ' · ·• • h Castro." · • . -

· " · l. : _ : · T HE IIO 'VSTON man wlH; no t" a p [ l n r c n t the ( <: al didn 't go l..-. .1 . \tl h

.. i ~ • · ·· .. ·· t:·_1 _;; ; : : - ~ e d in tes1imonu, and a .di -n :ou:; . k£" · . · _ J

.._ __ ; . . ·. ' " ' ·: _ __ .. " c ~ ' s spokesman 1l a1cr

"The re \ . l ' I'C • _ ,- : : r i I:·., ;n _else- DI\ 110• - ::;:.'I J.- n c> . :i :lE'd fur ther details on t he

, .,.•,1erc," D r Bromberg 1c ::l f cd. W a i t ~ 11• ' f ' , · ; ; t i ' ~ 1c r JJ•·i ••n-.(· " •· · tent . ••.•e of R u h y ' ~ attiJrncys·, .T oe"Bur J di dn ' l go in111 , < J . . : : . T m:hill of Jasper. no

wi th him . He 1 - . i Px b:. ::F.-.>: p rob<J J t· i n ~ k i n g the FBI ·t -: 'ln if

The Ru Jy l1canng, whi c:i• be - has p$;.-ch:r:·,;, . ; : - •iJt'; ,;,y, u m·· C< st ro wns not sotr.eLhing

gan on De c.: : 3, was _ r c ~ u m e d i r. ; : : - - ~ .-.; c:;;llv. ; r ; , - a:r i •·: :. J ~ r o in th is country < ~ t ' that

,;1IonOil\' attcr a Jon:; Cnp,.tmas ' 'ioJen ,·c. ., ; in . .e s ~ . - The chief d c i c r . ~ c ottor-

1on. t ; L J : ( ; , on t> o f lh (· . : l :. il ag ·eed that he w<1s• •

nev ~ I c l v Belli ol Sn.:1 Fran- l.c .•tl fi(;d i h ~ t Huh, · i' . 'i>' .: :h ill lnen asked if t l ~ e FBI

cisco, sa id it should be iini;;hcd h ;,d .., :; i :;,-,;·:· r.r bi wck c i c C J r e ~ - :::r: - .,mcd . up any r.v tcl cn cebv ncxm Tu esday. Hc : l i _ he bclicvccJ' th :n 111 ''1,:,:;;:: P.uhr an_ l w a l d

·.JUDGE u n o w ~ c:hupp"--:l . ot:L. l ' : ·.:::;HJcn; c < l y mun lt:: .F ••J, tl. l'. A t ~ l3:arefoot S2.nd·

defense at tempt \ to go bD : um biccl a ::,;.- into 0ne of liH .tie . :··•'' , l : t m Y on 1 ' 1 1 ~ ( ' II

clcnce c ,bai nst Oswald ' t ·,::.::.;;:h ' · t <ff a fugue .. : · . ~ . · - ·--t l , m of ,\ g-ent H c;i -: .:1d 1 D l' : o : - 1C' st if ied .D aHas P C'Ilicc C 11ci J C R :i Cun·y .. " )...n rl : h l 'C't J ,jc d<

1\#o '- ' of ·\ionfi:1\'' s scss. · a ~ i · . i : ~ 1 - : d th;J t the '·.lty ;--r · \' ton.: of. ' ' ·

p :;:·{' ia tr ,s.t '= i:.nd :: i , ~ y - \ ~ ~ - = - ,·::' · • . :: ,;;l t- . Lhc- i · ~ : - t . t -ch ulo ;ist ; ~ b o r .uby' s n t a l u ·:;;: . ; . ~ •' :;; Gene l U il K' \ ' .

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RUBY sa id he has not been associa ted with o r opera tedn y night clubs except in Dallas , Texas.

RUBY s ta ted t h a t he v is i t ed a f r iend of his bro ther in

W i n ~ s o r O n t a r i o ~ Canada,. in 1929-1930 fo r two or th ree months.In ~ 3 when en route to Cal i forn ia on a b r i e f t r i p , he went

r ~ s s nto Nexico a t Juarez . He sa id t h i s was pu:--s ly a t o u r i s t 11

t ~ i p of s h ol t dura t ion. He sa id he has never bean in Mexicoo ~ r w i e ~ ~ d has nev a r been outs ide the C o n t i n e n a l Uni ted S t a t s s~ ~ . c ~ ~ t as i ridica ted ab ove a nd below . He sa id hs h ~ s n ever be en in

I;cnolu.lu, · Haw a iL

. UBY re la ted tha t in August 1959 he went to Havana,Cd:le>. , ·to see .1 . C. MC \-JILLIE, who was some so r t of a good wi l lr· ::- n fo r t h e T r ~ p i c a n a a gamb l i ng es t ab l i shment. He sa id MC vl LLIE

:; : n c h ;_ :·,( a plane t i cke t and he l ived a t ·the Fosca Apartments \·lithi-J : .•J .E _. fo r a per iod of e igh t to . t en days. He sa id he · spent a l l, t I >; ·.: ime in ·Havana except to · go · to ·a smal l area on one · occa s 5.o n

> - i i · ~ · h "one of · the · FOX · bro thers , who otvned the Tropicana. · ·He s a id

hi s · trip to Cuba was completely non-pol i t i ca l and tha t he has ha d0 co r r espondence with person s irt C u b a ~ He sa id MC WILLIE i s c w

f .t the Th underbird Hote l Las Vegas, Nevad a .

' RUBY ·s t ated he h a s not be e n a member of any po l i t i c a l.· ~ ; : , o c i a t i o n s clubs o r o r ganiza t ions ·. He sa id his bro the r HYl 'lAN

~ a t one t ime in te res ted in po l i t i c s in Chicago in a smal l · wayoi d he may have belonged to B9 na i B ' r i t h and the · Jewish

·.-.. J := :.::. Fund . He sa id he has never been a member of the

r c l ; ~ : i . : Pa l ty o r any f ron t organizatio 'n·s , th a t he has ha d no' · . . . f f 1 . . . th . t t . ~ . Pl f; . :.:·.r. :-.:r s n J.p 1.n, or a 1 1.at1.on Wl. , or l.n e res l.n ... a1.r ay or

.. ;,. :·) ::_• : ; - . : . ~ a ny other · Cuban organiza t ion of any ty pe .

RUBY volunt eered t h a t some years ago, a t a t ime ~ h e nCASTRO was popular in the United ·Sta t e s , he read of an ind iv i dualin t he v ic in i ty of Houston, T e x a s ~ having been engaged in 11 gun

n . : n ~ . : : to CASTR0 11· • He said · he ·at tempted ~ y __ _ 1 ; e l e p h ~ __ 9 __ ~ t in

t r : uch Hi th ·t h i s individua l a s h e h a d in ) riind . makin g · a·- bucku by:)c s y acqui r ing -some J e eps o r ~ i ; h ~ r .. s imi la r equipment.- ~ h ~ c h:·1::: r. ~ : · · s.ell-- to . persons · in te re s ted · in t he i r i moor t a t io n to · Cuba.i-:·a ::.:i.d · no tn ing·-carr1e·: o f : t h i s . . He sa id . ne· had never . a t tende-d any/: c.. e ·c .: : ; s concerned with " gun running ·, smuggling of pe rsons in

~ Q ~ of Cuba · o r · o the rw ise · in · r e l a t ion to Cuban ·a f f a i r s . :

· RUBY sa id ·he was assoc ia ted - in -about 1937 in · Ch i cago· ·5 :::· · ·::he ·Scrap . Iron . and · Junk Dealers . Union but has otherwise had

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p@sSib le·OsWald llppolt rs , ', :News docWnentary onof ·President Joiln. F.

•Lee Harvey Oswaldbut' the network _bascalled. for Congress to Investigate the

possibility othe:t:S secretly hocked himwith money or support. · · · · . ·

. . . . . . \ : .reported the shot came froin be rlnd. .: . acy_possibility, but said there w ~ m :the motorcade: • · . : : , · . S?lfd evidence to support i t. · \ · : :

, . C r i t i c ~ of the Warren Commission's . f Th e- documentary, ho-.yever, devoted ·f ridings long· have held that' the film . ' f ime in the ' Tuesday segment to ' the

shoWs Kennedy's head moves violentlyI ccount of a former · supplier of llleial

backward from fue ·shot, ·. thereby . . arms to. Castro's Cuba who clahhs_indicating; at . least one 0 ~ . . 1 ' ' .·. Oswald. tr ied 1x> bey four h i g h - p o w e r ~ .:

was . irlng ~ m ·m f r o n ~ :of · ft]e/: 1 ~ f r o m him only weeks bclOre tiM .president . , . · ... t · ~ l i o n . . ·· · . ··. \\ .

deCclv·ing to the naked eye . The Ite . from the. Galveston area, said ·Oswald \

The CBS report a1sQ Calls farofficial review of- the .manner in .which

the FBI and .CIA conducted investigations .of· t:be · assassination for the

Warren Commission1. specifically towhat extent they withheld pertiriehtinform.i .tlon from authorities. · · · ·

. ·. Wolfe, h o ~ e v e r ·-Sa.id - · :· ·: . __. R o b e ~ M ~ e o w n . ·f)rmerly · ·

examination, he said, found Ke anc:I, a · ~ t i n awro'ached him· imd I· head .first move ; forward · 'aimo$f discussed buying weapOns. ·· McKeown I ·

twice as , rapidly than it s u b s e q u ~ . : ql oted Oswald.as sayfug, The ptiople Itraveled backward, ..thus sho\1,1ng : ' . represent·are fu the market for .Jotshe ·fi.nt of foltt hour-long ~ s ..

entitled The American AssassinS" ;was

aired Tuesday night. The · econdsegment, which : deals·. 'entirely · withOswald's l:lnks . f o r e i ~ i ' and domestic ...

governments, will ·be ·shown at 9 p.m..Wednesday on · CBS' · local '· affiliate,·KDFW-TV. .

.sbot 'came froin 'the re U:". :. . ;_ . :- . : .·>. · . and m a ~ '. . . . . ... . .. . . guns . . . . .. ... . .

FJ;'RI cis Corbett, e. ~ n i o r pho · .M, · • · · ·, .· ·: .· : · /

. gTa.phic .scientist

.a t. .Itek, · said .. ._.. . . .~ . o o n v ~ ~ . ; _ _ ~

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showed for the first time .. . federal ,charges of running guns to

Kennedy's h ~ d s ·were ir\ · rc>liL . . Cuba, s a l ~ ,ne .purported visit- lasted ·Kennedy at the time of the. fatal Sh . only a f ~ ~ t e s and e n d ~ when he

She was· to the left and facing refused to sell Oswald any arms .Two more segments ooncerning the when the bullet bit. . Osw Ud did n ~ the.group he

deaths of ·sen. Robert F. Kennedy and · '.'represented,"· McKeown claimed. . ·.the Rev. Martin .Luther King in 96g and . Measures of small motion ch .· ·. .. . Oswaid then purportedjy .propos€d tO...,_ tt • :..o , . . inati .of Go . ..ui tl,eir bodie.s· indicate Mrs. K f t f t . : : . ~ . . pay ~ . o o o apiece for ,;four powerful·...._ ...cue ' a .empu::u RSSass on ' V . ·:; COU"""'J'

deor&e · \vailace · in ' 1972 will be. : appeared . to ·· push away_ from ~ maybe . .300 Savage. ·automatics ' witfi ·

presented neXt month. . . . .. . • p r ~ i ~ ? n t at the. instant of ~ p a c t , ~ tele-SCOpe 'sightS. ori them, McKeown ....The TueSday inStallment of t he ~ d . : : This sho_vmg ~ w a y , eltber a l ~ n e said, ·and again he refused. :_: ·- · l . , . : .

:series ~ d e n t e d t h ~ rescits' of a CBS- or in conjunction With some kindr of.. . McKeOwn said be recognized OSwald . . .

commfssioned exanUna1iOtl of the Origi- . u r o l o ~ c a l r:action • . C O ~ d hf'Ve ·. ·· ll-fier the aSsassination 'and lWS iriter-· . ·nal Zapruder, film of the NoV: 22, 1963, cause4 ..the. Y1Qlen.t · movement, ·. equid .: viewed' by .the FBI in Houston. He s a i dassa.:ssinatlon' "in · Dallas; an · ~ l y s i s have lforced Kennedy . a , c ~ into ·. :tJle _ · at tbat .time he to:d FBI agents that be .. :, .

which dealt a _heavy blow to conspfracy car seat. · · .. · . · . · . , · : · ·dldD 't Imow Oswald, and made ·:no··--theorists . who insm the film .shows at Dr. James ·Weston·,, .ciuef . c l mention of ~ purported meeting withleast. t wo · gUnmen tired on t h ~ examiner . f o.r · New · Mexico . aild Oswald; . · . '

president. . · . . . president-eleCt . h e) .'Natidnal ·CBS did not appear to vouch · forJohn Wolfe, · president · of · p ~ Academy of· FQrens c·· sciences· stUdied M c K e o w n credibility. Rather said only,

Systems-Itek Corp., said that a· frame- . the Kennedy. au:toJ>s)r X rays and phO,to- "This · whole McKeown involVement , if

by-frame study of the ' Zapruaer: film: graphs, whioh w e r ~ not' ava.ilable·m t h ~ true, has mind-boggling implications." ·. ·

left no doubt that the shot which killed Warren CommiSsion, . · · . · . .\ CIA. Director · William Colby, who

Kennedy was fired from the rear of the. He, too, ~ l l i d e d .this sh<-t' struck was iriterviewed concerning·· Os\vald;spresidential limousine, from the vi- the president lit ·the _ ea r ' of _he· h ~ : possible links to. the agency; e m p h a ~ ~ . .

·cinity of tbe TExas School Book and· exited from · he. front. . ·• cally denied that the accused assassin · .Depository . · · · Although · the· . P3s ._ studY · -·offers :_· had any .connec:tion with C I A ~ ~ ~

The Warren' Commission in 1964- alsO support' to ·'the Warren ·commission's. \ .·at any time. ·. .. · · · ' /· conclusion that OswSid· .acted alone in \

the actual shOot:ti)g, :the network .said ··:recent disr lo5ures warrant a : renewed ,.

1.investigation of c.ther" ilspects of the · ia s s a ~ i n a t l o n . ' :· · ' · ·. :

One eYample 'cifud oy CBS · \VaS ·t;be" :Waa:rrin Commission's ignorance· of CIA · :

efforts to ~ ~ s S i n a t e Ctiban Prei:merFidel Castro in the early 1960s, efforts·which- may h a ~ e caqsed a retaliatory

strike against the American. leader. · · '

.Another example, .first disclosed by

The Times Herald .Aug. 31, c o ) C E ~ itile FBI destruction of a r e ~ t e n i n gcletter ..deJ,lvered to ·.lihe Dallas FBI

office Oswald only days· bef9re

Kennedy wa.s killed. . . . .·,The FBI, \ ch . w:rified . The

Herald · r t . acknowledged the letterwas destroyfrl by FBI personnel No'V.24, 1963, an d. was ·never reported to '

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UNI1T D \ T ~ S DEPARTMENT OF J U S T _ _ C ~FEDEHAL BUHEAU OF INVESTIGATION

W ASBINGTON 25, D. C.

Apri l 17, 1964

ROBERT RAY McKEOWN

Infor8& t ion concerning reported contact betweenJack L . Ruby and Robert Ray McKeown was furnished thePresiden t s Co ri r l i ss ion on March 2, 1964, by repor t ofSpecial Agent Banning C. Clements a t Dallas , Texas, datedFebruary lR, 1964, en t i t l ed "Jack L. P.uby, Lee HarveyOswald- Victim." r:sr f i l e s r e ve al no other contact o rassocia t ion of b y d McKeown.

FBI f 5l e s r s veal t ha t M c K e o n was one of thesubjects in an e ~ t e n i v e inves t iga t ion conducted by th i sBureau since 1S52 concerning the ac t iv i t i e s of Carlos Prio

S o c ~ r r a s This inves t iga t ion ~ n v o l v e d neut ra l i ty mattersand poss ible viola t ion of the Regis t ra t ion Act. Prio, af o r President of Cuba and supporter of Castro, was

e n : ; H : ; d ·w i th c t h ~ : c s including McKeov:n, in attempting toass i s t C ~ s t r o in his revolut ionary act ion agains t theBat i s ta regime in Cuba. McKeown i s reported to know Prioand Cr..s t ro p e r s n ~ l l y

A l l : l ~ ~ r y of r,:cKeown' s r. d r,i t t ed par t ic ipa t ion in

effo ' ts to p r o c r e gu :>.s , amtnuni t ion and other war materialfor CEs t ro s us e pr ior to Cast ro s over throw of the Batis tareg ime is se t forth in the above-mentioned repor t ofS p e c i ~ g e n t Clements and in an interview with McKeownwhich w ~ s conduc ted on January 24, 1964, and also includedin th i s report .

Jnas .·•: l (: l.l aE t he inves t iga t ion by the FBI did notd r ;-,·t: i ;.n:> :.· · :: ·.; l.: in the j u r i sd ic t ion of t h i s Bureauby i L ( j_ _ :· c ..lals :i. r: vo::.. ·;·,; ct in the smuggling ac t iv i t i e s onbeh : l i' c :. Cust::o, t h9 information developed in our inves t i -

g ~ t i o : ·;·;:-,s f u r r : i ~ t . . e t o the Bureau of In te rna l Revenue.We q _ u e n t l y received information t ha t Agents of the

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Vr\ITED STA TeS .i., L l 'ARTML I\ 'i.' OF JUSTICE

FEDE Lo\ L Dr H U OF I N V I T G A T I O N

Honorable J . Lee RankinGeneral CounselThe Pres iden t s CommissioD2 0 0 Maryland Avenue, N o r t h e ~ s tWLshington, D. C. 20002

Dear Mr. Rankin:

1:"AS UINGTOJI1 : :. . D . C .

Apri l 17, 1964

BY COURIER SERVICE

In response to your l e t t e r of Lpri l 3, 1964,ns t perta ins to Robert Ray 1.kKeown, I am E:nclosing ale t te rhead memorandum en t i t l ed "Robert Rqy l. cKeown" datedripril 17, 1964, which se t s for th McKeown s connection~ i t h a neutral i ty and regis t ra t ion act invest igat ionconducted by th i s Bureau n d i den t i f ies his confederates .

The neut ra l i ty and -reg i s t ra t ion act invest igat ionre la ted primari ly to the pc t i v i t i e s of C r l o s Prio Socerras,who, with a number of ot.l:,Frs includill [ ; ~ c o w n , was i nvolvedin a conspiracy to ship ~ r n u n i t i o ~ s and other w2rmaterials to Fidel Castro to ass i s t h i m in his effor t s tooverthrow the Batis ta regime in Cuba. There are no r ~ f e r e n c e sto Jack L. Ruby appearing in t h i s inves t igat ion.

other than McKeown's connection with the abovem ~ t t e r and material previously furnisb e j to o u in connect ionwith the case ent i t led "Jack L. Ruby, Lee Earvey Csv.·a ld -Victim, Civil Rights" there i s no other :1:at •2:>: ial in Bureauf i l tJs concerning l cKeown.

Sincerely yours,

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Evelyn Eleanor Archer , a l so ~ n o w n asMrs. Manuel Arques, Ruby, age 36, female ,

r e s ide n t o f Keyport , N e ~ Je r sey c i t i zeno f the Uni ted St a t e s .

Pedro Luis Chaviano Reyes, o knownas Luis Chaviano, F. C a s t i l lo , Gilbe r t

Pawtoja , age 44, male, r e s i d ~ n o f

Miami, Flor ida c i t i z e n o f Cub a.

Abelardo Pujol Barre ra a l so known as JoeSanco, Jose Sauco, Jose A l o ; age 42,male, r e s i den t o f Miami, Y l c ~ ~ ~ c i t i z e no f Cuba •

Franc isco Gonzales Obregon, l s o known

as T. Gonzales , F. Gonzales , age 38,male, r e s i den t o f Cerro, C u b ~ c i t i zeno f Cuba.

1:r s . Ethe l Jane McKeown, unl:nown,

female, r e s ide n t o f Galena ? a rk, Texas,c i t i zen o f the United S t a tes .

Our i nve s t i ga t ion in t h i s ~ a t t e r d id not ~ e v e a la.ny con tac t by Ruby with the i nd i v i a t' : l s l i s t e d abo·,' e .

One Jane Margare t B r i t t in 195 4 had a c l o Eeassoc ia t ion with Pr io on a very i n t i t e b ~ s fLc ~a National A ir l i ne s hos tess re s id ing i n Flor ida andr epor ted ly i s t ~ e daughter by a previous marr iage o fMcKeown s wife .

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.a. a t.lc . Mo. K E O W ~ ~ s a id. he vould &la d l7 prov1.do toucha lotte-1.' or l n t r o d u c ; : : : . o ~ ro r a fee ot $25 1 000 , b u:; befor eho urd .ertook to do anyt.n:ing h e wou ld ha\·c to have 1n t:and atlea:s t $5 , 000.00 1.n ca sh. "Ibe can indicated he wanted thel e t t e r r1g."l.t a· a.y , whereupon t c = : n ~ " N a ti<ad 1t he had thenecessary $5,000 l n his pocket. ca n sa1.d that he did.not., but that he would go and ge t t he none}' and return. Accc <1-1n ; to Y C ~ O • " N , th e nev e -:- re turned nor C.1d he o\·er Bga1n

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.,.,as r a the r naug.h".::f . itln .:e h15 re co lec t ion r>f th is can lssomewha t haz y n t t h l s t ine l'te v i vidly r ecal ls the na n hada a r..all patch on hls r.ose. KEOW'U re cal l d he had as ked.th e f el low < ~ ~ t the pa tch '""a::J ro r , and h e s o d th t

ha ha d attctr.ptc d to take o\lt a. l.J a ckhcad anO a IT.all1r.ree t icn de ·1elo pe c1. To th e be ot. or r eco l l ec t ion , th isr..a.n tiB S prohably 4:5 to 50 ~ r e a of egc , 5 1 8

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th at he reela st rongly that th1r. 1nd1viCval was 1n act JACKRUBY, th e run whose photograph he has seen many ti.men re cen tl y

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Y C KE0'iN COL"..." entcd th &t because Of the pu'bl1c1 t yaecordet1 h .m in conne-etlon wi th his gun Slt\lk611nga e t 1 v 1 t e ~ . he was il .t e r a l -y bes ieged v i.th requests tor f a vo rar equests for in te rce ding v11ih CAS'rnO, e t cetera# f ol l ow ..,&CAST?.O ' s c c e ~ s f u l ef f o r t in Cu'ba. t e s ta t ed hiS inabi l i tyto leave Un1te 4 S ta te s during h i s p:-oba t1o na l""' per iodp r e v e n ~ e d h1n: f r o C ~ ~ ru lf1 .nS s cJl e of th ese requeats Wl\lch wou.ld

have provided fa bu lous fee£.

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McKoweon- us t have been on a Saturday morning, I th ink it wasaround 11 c l, Im not sure I seen these tow men get out and

a come up the door and knock so I went to the door and aht h i s littl e t h i s small blondereaded fe l low he says • Weil Isee we found th e man were looking fo r I know I v e got the r i gh tman eecause I seen your p i c t u re s in the papers so much. So I sa id

my name i s Me Kwen and he s a id t h a t s the man I 'm looking fo r andsa id my name i s Oswald, Lee Oswald-he 'says t h e r e s no need aboutbeat ing a» aax around the bush - he says I d l i k e t o t a l k to youabout g e t t i n g a some arms. The people I repces tn - but he nversa id who he reporesented aza a re in the ax marker for l o t s o f

arms, l i k r bazokas and machine guns and e -e ry th ing xk l i ke t ha tI siaa sa id , we-1, I ll t e l l ya, you came to the wrong man. In

one r e ~ p e c t you came to the r i g h t man but I 'm not in t h a t bus iness

no more, I 'm on f ive year probabatuon and t h e r e s not enoggh moneyin the wor-d to ge t me back in t h a t mess. He had i tall fW

fel low, I t h ink he had a mustache, he was Lat in he in te roduced to

~ i m i t s been along t ime kRi h is name was wither Hernandez f¥ o r

some l a ~ i o n name. You could look a t him and see he was La t in .

I bid him goodbye but in about f ive minutes he knocked on the

door agair i . He says it wont be nothigg l i ke youwere i n to , I dj u s t l i ke t o g e t four powerfullmaybe 300 savage authomatics witha t e lescop ic s i g h t on it. I d be wil l ing to pay you t 1000,eacht h a t would be 4 thousand do l l a rs you could ~ i pickup r i gh t quick.

Unregis tere&. I says l i ke I t o ld you before and I m t e l - l i n g younow- r i g h t now I 'm not ~ e t t i n involved no more with no arms.t o ld FBI he d i d n t know OswaldSam Neal co=oberates s to ry

Ruby v i s i t e d 1959 of fe red 25g for l e t t e r to Fide l

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