“F SA 2 ti % A / 7 Ye. ell 4 re. 1 325 . * A4 1 34 Reviewed By AFOSI 0 — For Public Disclosure In Accordance With a P. JFKARCA, 1992-'- 14 AUG 95 LoB , •3 C (i 1471 ST 2 0 2 Photograph of the weapons contained in packing crute Nr L. NW 8861”
“charge against the primer was an attempt to get more even ignition with correspondingly improved accuracy. The expended cartridge cases were checked periodically and no evidence was found of the C3A sof t annealed cases not expanding properly. During the tests the rifle and a”
“14-00000 , PAGE 2 MABAGUA 6044 SECR E T 3 2 SMG SV1SS S he * 6 PISTOLS ,22 SILENCED 1 5. FORTY FIVE BOXES or UNKNOWN SIZES AND WEIGHTS ARE STORED AT BLUFF. CONTENTS ARE ESTIMATED FROM MEMORY BY ANTONIO SANZ, Who WAS IN CHARGE OF STORING THEM HMG .50 CAL RECOILLESS R”
“let me go back and clarify, then i 22 I will answer this question, if I may. Mr. Helms approved ZR Rifle, which the 29gere. SboMS. 23 24 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1(b) 25 My understanding, from my inter”
“1969, at Eglin AFB, Florida, the weapons were photographed in the presence of the writer, SA DIXON, GOODMAN and SANDERS, by CARL (NMI) CASSULO, SSgt, FR122-14-3910, Photographic Laboratory, Eglin AFB. The weapons are further identified as one follows: Reviewed By AFOSI For ”
“the chief of station cabled a suggestion that one small-size, high-fire-power weapon be forwarded in each pouch. This suggestion was not acted upon. - 59 - PrGDFT 00 i-E % C. 13 i •6 €”
“muzzle flash visible from the under loaded ammunition and muzzle silencer combination. The gas port which was in the off position during the daylight trials was turned on at night but no flash was visible at the breech. A fine white cloud of cream of wheat powder was visible ”
“14-00000 ! J K 3. It is recommended that the scope and count bo discarded as unfeasible. The Williams sight is acceptable although the number of clicks por revolution of the krob should be reduced. r * Further testing of the underloaded ammunition should bo con- ducted t”
“07D 18-1 PACKING CRATE NR 1: 1 each Light Machine Gun (ChiCom) , S/N 930228 1 each Assault Rifle (AK-47) (ChiCom), S/N KZ 10682 1 each Assault Rifle (AK-47)ChiCom), S/N 11062936 I each Assault Rifle (AK-47) (ChiCom) , S/N 12057463 1 each Assault Rifle (AK-47) (ChiCom), ”
“-00000 1 A ATTACHMENT I 2 June 1964 Williams Peep Sight At 25 yds., reduced leads Raise sight 60 clicks from bottom Match ref. line to 4th line from top ■ At 50 yds., reduced loads Raise sight 80 clicks from bottom Hatch ref. line to 5th line from top At 73yds., red”
“,"It’s a shame they have Vietnam supervising the testr,stages of disassembly in our taken a nice officer like (Lting of flash and sound sup- liboratory,” he stated. Washington Post - 2 December 1769 2.36 211-259910”
“would cause the camera fuses to constantly blow. 2. Also Included In the attachment are two (2), one hundred foot capacity, film magazines. Both of these magazines are faulty, causing the film to Jam. They were both in use with the previous MMi Pulse Camera which became ino”
“w0C1U00r:1900. QNtcv t’ I’d 21 5 * ai PAGE z SEP 9 1915 PRIORI Ti I” ^^ CIA LEOP g1‘. NO CITE POWERED FORE GN MAKE RIFLE WITH TELESCOPIC SIGHT AND SILENCER HUNTING GOOD HERE WHEN LIGHTS RIGHT. HOWEVER AS HUNTING RliLl NOW FORBIDDEN, WOULD KEEP RIFLE 194 OFFICE PENDING ”
“25 PISTOLS .45 CAL S.Vatale 8ikt: 25 RIFLES AR-15 3 SMG M3 girund Wil ing .voter It.e struetzen.oxte. roncons sel coordinate ir mnprapriate. 201-267437”
“14-00000 PAGE 2 MANAGUA 6044 SECRET £ SMG SWISS SCH 6 PISTOLS .22 SILENCED FORTY-FIVE BOXES OF UNKNOWN SIZES AND WEIGHTS ARE STORED AT BLUFF. CONTENTS ARE ESTIMATED FROM MEMORY BY ( ANTONIO SANZ, WHO VAS IN CHARGE CF STORING THEM .*%- 4 HMQ.50 CAL Wh .e RECOILLESS RIFLE”
“SNIPER RIFLES, 7.62 CALIEER, WITH SILENICER S AID TELESCOPES; 2 MAC 12/22 SILENCED RIFLES WITH STRAIGHT StOCKS; AD 2 MAC - .10/22 SILENCED RIFLES WITH FOLDING ST OCK AID TELESCOPES, VASSAUX SAID HE HAD NO FURTHER INFORMATICS BUT THAT GOG W CULD APPRECIATE -;. GIVE in SToPPir”
“Cperey bLuid 10 THE WEAPONS WERE As-Follow A FAL CAL 762 # 2932 CONVERT 4 SUBMACH. MADSEN 1 M3 AI WITH SILENCER #737598 I MSAI WITH SILENCER # 732039 IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW. THAT THOSE H3 ARE COMPANY WEAPONS BECAUSE I INSPECTED THEM, AND IAMPRETTY SURE ARE THETYPE”
“First S treet, S .E ., W ashington, D.C. ?0003 20 This covering fire group might have had a light machine gun, a Belgian weapon. They could have these kinds f weapons and 21 22 they did have these kinds of weapons which in the definition you are using could be used as a ”
“1 4-00000 S EC RE T PD"7 CCS... DESENSITIZED 24. 1 Ritchie Compass 25. 1 Sheet Camouflage Material, 20' x 10' 26. 1 RB 9.6 27. 1 HRT-7 Beacon 1. Maps cMarltine Charts 2 H.O. 1002 2 H.O. 2624 2 H.O. 0944 Series E723, 3-AMS, 1:50,000 2 ea. Sheets 4085 I 4085 XV 408”
“t 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 ^04-10216-10234| ** 20 SECRET Do I. AMLASH-1 .Swine 0-74 *, / 1 July 1964 MEMORANDUM FOR THS RECORD SUBJECT: Test of Open Sight Hood for 7.62um Belgium (FAL) Rifle REFERENCE: A) lion”
“14-00000 3 UNDERLOADED AMMUNITION, OPEN SIGHT HOOD, DUSE: 2 , RANGE ROUNDS OF HITS HORESONTAL VERTICAL SPREAD REMARKS 200 10 Could 000 target more 1. clearly through Peep sight but no rounds were fared. Could 800 target very clearly with 1.SX scope 1 *. UNDERLOADE”
“broker. That is, stres, with one -, -* r/s:0 rouge. Then Mitch began firing a he 1, notrone of those shadowy figures preal, n standard Army 4%. The run ment, a bullet toc" • ta *t al who sell weapons-to both sides at exor- cozed upward and the noise echoed bitant prices or w”
“1 4-00000 104-10216-10171 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992. % 10 June 1964 MEMORANDUM FOR TEE RECORD SUBJECT : Tests of Modified Sights for 7.62 Bolgium (FAL) Rifle REFERENCE: Memo for Red. dated 23 May 64, Subject FAL Si”
“small action| group to be used for self protection." -(Comment: The entry for 18 March 1961 refers to a request for submachine guns, but there was no follow-up on it from the station. This pouch waiver request was submitted while the chief of station was 0 - 41 -;: Cr”
“steel ammunition ro belts. Received commendation from factory this w ill BGeoiTo 1 +”
“by Mr. hand removal, the explosivell. concealed in the magazine is at I detonated.". “Fragmentation ball —anti-e disturbance unit. Unit is similarjo in its operation as the anti-dis-’’" turbance flashlight, BRF model. FD-2. The exception is in the s . Itype of explosive c”
“? 14-00000 0 1 O&V MET -3- BAT rrpt 92Tt7C0 £. Clothing bCtNoLLB 1. 5 Sets Fatigue Uniforms, HBT Shirts and Trousers 2. 5 Fatigue Caps 3. Civilian Sport Shirts 4. 5 Pra Civilian Trousers - ‘s. S Pr. Civilian Shoes 6. . 5 Pr. Jump Boots 7. Leather Belta 8. 15 T-S”
“4 quite easy to file. In most cases it would be necessary only to file several thousandths to obtain a proper fit. This procedure was explained to C/WH/SA/MOB/FM and he stated that it would be acceptable. 9. On 24 June 1964, three open sight hoods with accessories insisting ”
“down, the next % *I an ever shot accidentally by some idiot step is to learn hour to aim and fire your 4. win be very difficult to suppress the weapons properly. All of this is to be done r re to blow his or her head off, providing before you ever put your first round of *= o”
“lack of cleaning and damp-e r firing your barrel and chambers in nder have to be scrubbed with your bore‘ id solvent everytime. Attach brush to » brush in soovent, and use a brisk move- and out o2 barrel and chambers in cy- L cleaning out all of the particles ■ by : barrel up ”
“14-00000 I 8. On 19 June 1964, the undersigned vent to the warehouse at Franconia to try to fit the sight hood to other 7.65mm FAL rifles. It was suspected that the fit might be a problem when it Jwould not fit over the rear sights of three FAL rifles at Isolation. Althou”
“zeroed. . 3. Firing commenced from 100 yards at a silhouette target using the hood of a jeep as a rest. Both underloaded and full load rounds were used. Light rain which gradually increased in intensity .during the day served to complicate the procedure. The test "results at”
“submachine guns for passing to the dissidents. ’ Headquarters asked for the station’s plan for securely passing the submachine guns to the dissidents. The station replied: . "Propose use essentially same technique as that for the three carbines. - ho - 4... or 17 LILO”
“weapon that we are talking 4 1 0 F irst S treet, S.E., W ashington, O.C. 20003 20 about. 21 In other words, you would find that type of a group armed 22 with a submachine gun, as for example. 23 Mr. Baron. If an assassination weapon as we have 24 described it was suppl”
“With the rest of the equipment (four Leicas, model 14-3) /the submachine guns/ the possible places of action are multiplied and the lost time greatly reduced." 1k April 1951 Extract from a note from SOCRATES Luis Baquero7 to DELTA O Ne - 12 - SECRE ILl L : 0 1 1 * ”
“in that the agency would purchase the matter." - . . hand removal, the explosive - 1963 and served as liaison be such equipment. He said that heI LX, Colonel Conein Y said that hejleoncealed in the magazine is tween the United . States; had . purchased about $50015.1 had list”
“14-00000 wotethsiclilllSAAle guin on fully nt the Ingram models e) cisborate system, and it’s not,‘th it. toward making them stnEit Corporate Setup ■ ment of rerican solders, il Ncu can’t hear the bolt noise. /way is p.combat situe.fion, sp for air prae- O HE HEADQUARTERS ”
“PRIMER .38 MAIN SPRING il Certrikna EXTRACTOR ROD GRIP N°v 88296. Dockd:32989574"Page 353' 36”
“swagger sticks that fire a bullet or teris C when sent : Match put the machine Qaste• .n -0 even a small rocket; an array of tech- .. . on full automatic and whipped off helicopters in %ra ram niques —systems.” he calls them — 3eirking rounds in one second. Geoll. Army Jeuen”
“. - -the *-0o equipment anding are excerpts 0a.es: ZMIDg over the devices de- arasiable : 14-00000 scribed by Senator Weicker in; ("Telephone handset insert. detail. Miniature activator with time; Colonel Conein. asked about delay -• use inside teleptionel the briefing, sai”
“hood snaps over the existing rear sight of the PAL rifle, and in theory makes shooting in poor light or at night easier. It can be used with either standard factory ■ loads or the underloaded ammunition in conjunction with the muzzle attachment silencer. The notch on the rear”
“Atlanta is duly proud: a rapid-fire automatic Journalsthree sympathetic columns weapon that, when equipped with the si- written by John Crown, a retired Marine Subsidiaries of FLORIDA COMMERCIAL BANKS, INC A Registered Ban Holding Com■ TROPIC-N, 11973”
“handgun. ■■ There is one thing about shotguns that possibly can be viewed as in our fay at this time that is,that the barrel is 12 GuRGe smooth inside so it doesn't put any marks on the pellets; therefore, the pigs can’t . .12 GUAUGE SHOTGUN: the pigs use the make an investi”
“can get them down pat, you will be able to see if you are following them: correctly by the way you shoot..- CKING A REVOLVER PHOTO #-4- NW 88296 Docld:329895/3.Page-354t.gee28 37 - -22830 .7"1”
“After cleaning the barrel a cylinder, take . patch with a little solvent 5 it and wipe -- ff your extractor and all other metal parts outside of cylinder, and the inside of the gun. ock the haszzer and wipe it off thoroughly, rop a couple of drops of oil down in hammer.) HOTOS”
“filler sight clog the silencer and render it ineffective. A total of 200 rounds were fired with - the silencer in place and the noise level did seem to be higher at ,. the finish of the second day. (Round numbers 180 to 200 were the y ones expended during the previously menti”
“fascin- or thebeen removed. battery space Remainder: is packed ating but that he had said with explosive.” 4I nothing to encourage the idea “Remote - controlled, light-;, that the agency would purchase activated sensor. Unit delivers such equipment. He said that he a predet”
“OLURL T EYES ONLY Receiving Requesting Date of U.S. Depart Office . Request Item Quantity Unit Cost ment or Agen T OS 3/23/72 Telephone Analyzer 1,350 BNDD v / 8 TSD 5/16/72 Transmitters, Radio Beacon 313 BNDD OS 3/23/72 Telephone Analyzer ' 1 1,350 ,White House : Comm”
“1 4-00000 TO: OD R3: PBQUICK Plnats print up the simplest form of . light loard megaphones (perhaps five inches d<ep), in West Garuan colors 3 and printed: DEuT SCHZADD, FRBI U. UAAHAZNGIG For distribution to street crowds. FW th 2%, 4 -rowanergasters 06 500Li”
“14-00000 S-3-C-2-E-T 2.8S KLAL"ATLON NAMBL Razaond M. GEREIDE DIVISION WH SUBJECT Photography Briefing DATES THAZ20_3 July - 0930-1230 On 3 July 1957 a Photography briefing was given to Raymond H.G.RENDE. Hr. GERENDE was briefed on film processing, printing, telephoto ”