“: Chief, louston Office i SUBJECT: James Garrison/George Brown--Possible Attempt to Embarrass Agency 1. This confirms Haynes/Crant telecon of 27 December 1967. 2. Herbert Frensley, President of Brown and Root, Inc., reported to liaynes on 26 December that Mr. George Brown had rec”
“104-10189-10019 Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). Case#:NW 65987 Date: 10-29-2021 CRSONAL FOR но 10 MAY TRE BOITION GSA FPMB-14) 101-11 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum TO : Director, DCS ATTN : OSS (Grant) FROM”
“ED ANAL USE ONLY ☐ CONFINTIAL SECRET/SENSITIVE ☐ SECRET ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET SUBJECT: (Optional) Garrison Investigation - Garrison/George Brown--Possible Attempt to Embarrass Agency FROM: *GSMusulin/cs Som DCS/Operational Support Staff EXTENSION NO. Case 49364 2268 DATE 900 K”
“Agency HOU-251-67 DATE: 27 December 1967 1. This confirms Haynes/Grant telecon of 27 December 1967. 2. Herbert Frensley, President of Brown and Root, Inc., reported to Haynes on 26 December that Mr. George Brown had received a disturbing telephone call on Friday, 22 December 1967”
“rney James Garrison, that Garrison might try to implicate Brown in the "Kennedy assassination plot". 3. The allegation is that in some unspecified manner, Brown was involved with the CIA in its objective of "covering up" the "conspiracy". for President Johnson. Aynesworth said Ge”
“ce of six DCS reports. Contact has not been terminated. b. George BROWN. (1) Prior references: None. (2) Involvement in Garrison investigation: A DCS Houston report of 21 December 1767 states that George BROWN received a disturbing telephone call on 22 December 1757 from Hugh AYN”
“n Garrison investigation: A DCS Houston report of 21 December 1767 states that George BROWN received a disturbing telephone call on 22 December 1757 from Hugh AYNESWORTH of Newswees, who said that Bill "Geryage" (Continent: Presumably Identical with William H. GURVICH) Lad indica”
“ce of six DCS reports. Contact has not been terminated. b. George BROWN. (1) Prior references: None. (2) Involvement in Garrison investigation: A DCS Houston report of 27 December 1967 states that George BROWN received a disturbing telephone call on 22 December 1967 from Hugh AYN”
“igation: A DCS Houston report of 27 December 1967 states that George BROWN received a disturbing tel ephone call on 22 December 1967 from Hugh AYNESWORTH of Newsweek, who said that Bill "Gervage" (Comment: Presumably identical with William H. GURVICH) had indicated that DAT SECRE”
“tal of 13 meetings took pl ace. BARTES is the source of six DCS reports. Contact has not been termin ated. b. George BROWN. (1) Prior references: None. (2) Involvement in Garrison investigation: A DCS Houston report of 27 December 1967 states that George BROWN received a disturbi”
“V OGC 67- 2367 SECRET 20 Jadefer 20 December 1967 MEMORANDUM FOR: Office of General Counsel ATTENTION Mr. John Greaney SUBJECT James Garrison 1. Per our conversation in the environs of the DD/P’s office on 19 December, we have just received from London]Sta- tion axscr”
“Page 1 104-10189-10018 MEMORANDUM No. 8 SUBJECT: Garrisun and the Kennedy Assassination. I. SUMMARY 1. This memorandum te lengthy Because it reports on thirty persons involved in Garrison's investigation. Eight of these have or had DD ties. (Cf these afght, three have or had some”
“DUM No. 8 SUBJECT: Garrisun and the Kennedy Assassination. I . SUMMARY 1. This memorandum te lengthy Because it reports on thirty persons involved in Garrison's investigation. Eight of these have or had DD ties. (Cf these afght, three have or had so me contact with the Domestic C”
“ctive of 'covering up' the 'cone tracy' tor President Johnson. Aynesworth sald Gervage has documents , including at least one in Garrison's own handwriting, which presumably have been extracted tron Garrison's files. (3) DDP relationship: The above report sayo that BROWN!as coope”
“ld:32357449 Page 2 MEMORANDUM No. 8 SUBJECT: RYBAT Garrison and the Kennedy Assassination I. SUMMARY 1. This memorandum is lengthy because it reports on thirty persons involved in Garrison's investigation. Eight of these have or had DDP ties. (Of these eight, three have or had so”
“ncluding at least one in Garrison's own handwriting, which presumably have been extracted from Garri son's files. (3) DDP relationship: The above report says that BROWN has cooperated closely with CIA in funding operations. Checks are under way. c. Leslie Norman BRADLEY (201-7278”
“nformed on what Musulin would request in his memo, Haynes made arrangements to see Frensley before h e left town. 2. Frensley stated that there have been no further d evelopments in the Gurevich approach (through the Newsweek correspondent) to Brown. Frensley had advised Brown to”
“-official who has been Garrison has dozens of witnesses he will subpena to fit ■% '. accused, of being u.ns,t able and of . bits and pieces into the puzzle. Individually, many can be < 5 vta seeking headlines.yxsp ’ dismissed as unreliable, but collectively they raise many ' &”
“hat Musulin would request in his memo, Haynes made arrangements to see Frensley before he left town. 2. Frensley stated that there have been no further developments in the Gurevich approach (through the Newsweek correspondent) to Brown. Frensley had advised Brown to ignore the ma”
“ome contact with the Domestic Contact Service a s w ell.) Eight more were DCS contacta. Fourteen had no affiliation with the Agency but claimed to have or were said by others to have had such a relationship. Seven of total of thirty have not appeared prestously in this sextes. 2.”
“vetober 1967 TS 13-00000i LIFE REPORTER torney Jim Garrison and his It charged Garrison wants to served as the governor’s office staff, to compel Garrison and get Chandler in front of the the grand grand jury foreman to jury foreman to state state grand jury to entran him ”
“is lengthy because it reports on thirty persons inv ol ved in Garrison's investigation. Eig ht of t hese have or had DDP ties. (Of these eight, three have or had some contact with the Domestic Contact Service as well.) Eight more were DCS contacts. Fourteen had no affiliation wit”
“e, and a homosexuel who seems to be or to have been intimate with ex-President Sukarno of Indonesia. Consideration is being given to forwarding to the Station at The Hague overt derogatory information about Garrison from the U.S. press and TV/radio interviews for release to CA as”
“13-00000 25% 2 rving Ggteway cs--SB %:.,=". e rational News and NEW. ORLEA WIREPHOTO.L SNING, FEBRUARY 17,-1968 mer orftial was CIA"" when the organization’s becomingnorthern methods of operation’w me Weather Bure veloped. n. If, niques “havel vert penetrationinclu”
“HoRFsStaKe was locked in with tire grand probe. He is also wanted by jiry here for aboun an hour. Garrison for questioning in the The jury adjourned io the day Kennedy murder. Immunity has shortly after 4 p.m. ox did not The motion to JuryBaton be motion to recuse saidI Lif”
“pub- strange concoction of clipped - "The FI fl h Amendment de scrutiny in different phrases, cloak and dagger and/or immunity (and) legal areas. . - terminology and veiled refer- , tactics will not suffice,’ the ■te At the, same tline, the let- ences to “top secret”, activi- ”
“to commit suicide. NORTON'S lies about CIA first appeared in the Vancouver Sun on 5 August 1967. 000 2. The attached FEI report, DBB 77295, 10 April 1967, concerns another example of disinformation appearing in Vancouver, involving the Sun, and related to the Garrison case. A che”
“13-00000_ 1 HUMAN EVENTS J-March 1968 9’ Garrison’s "Daseless Fraud" 1/7//5 ! The former chief investigator in the New Orleans ‘ assassination “‘plot” testified last week that District , Attorney Jim Garrison’s conspiracy theory is a "‘base-• less fraud"/ (William H. ”
“efusing to cooperate in the subpoenaing of Mr. DULLES as a witness. 8. Wiesław GORNICKI (201-198323) a. GORNICKI is a Polish journalist who was the author of a long article on the GARRISON investigation in "Polityka" No. 1 (566), Year XII Warsaw, 6 January 1968. b. GORNICKI was t”
“13-00000 SEUHEL EYES ONLY describes Double Chek as a cover and funding mechanism for recruiting and paying American flyers who participated at the Bay of Pigs, The General Counsel has informed CI/R&A that in fact Double Chek was created after the deaths of the flyers for t”
“rowing influence of CIA on U.S. media had made it impossible for him to be heard in his own country. 3. Reference A gaya Gerrizon, calm and composed, waa suificiently credible to elicit rather favorable reviews from generally well informed Dutch newspapers. "Several Dutch viewers”
“TEGET HOFF WAS WOFIRM, WHICH DENIED. SUBJ PUITE INCOHERENT , IN FACT , APPEARS PSYCHOTIC Calin 15-10 OUS. CLAIMS WAS INTERVIEWED BY POSSIBLY DANGER NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT ATT OR NEY GARRISON 14-16 MAY CN CONNECT ION "CIA AND PRES KENNEDY ASSASSINATION.” SUBJ CLAIMS GARRIS”
“ons to commit suicide. NORTON's lies about CLA first appeared in the Vancouver Sun on 5 August 1967. 2. The attached FEI report, DBB 77295, 10 April 1967, concerns another example of disinformation appearing in Vancouver, involving the Sun, and related to the Garrison case. A che”
“ound we could furnish him on Gurevich and his methods. We will keep you informed if there are furthe r developments. BenPHaynes/mf :; いい ERNEST A. RISCHE . Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan 5010-108 NW 65987 Docld:32419758 Page 1 104-10189-10018 MEMORAN”
“cessfully applied for Agency employment in 1952. 10. Guy Persac JOHNSON (201-207873) a. Clay SHAW. : JOHNSON was an early defense counsel for b. A POA was requested 14 May 1954 for JOHNSON to be used on Guam as a contract agent for OQKODIAK (training base on Saipan). The request ”
“Hague and may have visited China in 1964. In August 1966 he applied for a Chicom visa at The Hague. k. An FBI report of 12 May 1967 says that Oltmans claimed to have written for Ramparts an article about CIA in Indonesia. No such article has been found. 6. Reference B requested b”
“e, and a homosexual who seems to be or to have been intimate with ex-President Sukarno of Indonesia. Consideration is being given to forwarding to the Station at 77. The Hague overt derogatory information about Garrison from the U.S. press and TV/radio interviews for release to C”
“son and presentation. Likely that the NTS will try to sell this program to other European stations." 4. Reference B says that the Dutch press was generally favorable and that many comments noted he seemed logical and in control of his facts. The majority opinion among Embassy, US”
“eight 00-B reports sub mitted by the New Orleans office. At one 1 time he had the "Y" number 145.1« The- last contact took place on 25 May 1956. On 23 January 1967 Jack S. MARTIN phoned the New Orleans office, said that he was working on an important undercover deal for ”
“material witness. b. On 7 March 1968 Judge Matthew BRANIFF issued a second subpoena for Mr. DULLES. c. On 22 May 1968 GARRISON's office accused the Justice Department of refusing to cooperate in the subpoenaing of Mr. DULLES as a witness. 8. Wieslaw GORNICKI (201-198323) a. GORNI”
“n about Garrison from the U.S. press and TV/radio interviews for release to CA assets there. DETAILS 1. References state that on 22 February 1968 Garrison appeared on Dutch TV (Dutch Television Foundation, NTS) during prime time for one hour (time not stated). Neither reference e”
“son and presentation. Likely that the NTS will try to sell this program to other European stations," 4. Reference B says that the Dutch press was generally favorable and that many comments noted he seemed logical and in control of his facts. The majority opinion among Embassy, US”
“remarked that GARRISON plans to subpoena an attorney. $ fnu MARTIN, allegedly associated with CIA, He said that Layton 88 Patrick MARTENS wa • the ‘ other" marine probably involved in the. 4Isg Houma bunker burglary. (FBI memorandum DBB 80563, 9 May 1967.) (Comment: Mr. Arthu”
“. Case#:NW 65924 Date: 10-25-2021 [R] ITEM IS RESTRICTED 104-10067-10080 ( MEMORANDUM ( 1 March 1968 SUBJECT: Garrison and the Kennedy Assassination: Interview of Garrison on Dutch TV by William L. Oltmans (201-155221) REFERENCES: A. Joint State-USIA cable, HCM 553, HAGUE 3981, 2”
“n about Garrison from the U.S. press and TV/radio interviews for release to CA assets there. DETAILS 1. References state that on 22 February 1968 Garrison appeared on Dutch TV (Dutch Television Foundation, NTS) during prime time for one hour (time not stated). Neither reference e”
“ED 104-10067-10071 SEORET DVDAT AIDAT ( 15 SEP 1967 MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence SUBJECT : Garrison's Charges Against CIA This summary lists those persons linked in published comments of Garrison or others to the New Orleans investigation who also have, have h”
“saying he with Lee Harvey Oswald, .assumed President Lyndon B. Thornley’s one-time Marine i Johnson knew of the. CIA’s al- Corps buddy. :leged involvement because the The perjury charge grew out ' * Warren Commission was com-, of Thornley’s statements that Iprised of persons”
“ons to commit suicide. NORTON's lies about CILA ürst appeared in the Vancouver Sun on 5 August 1967. 2. The attached FBI report, DBB 77295, 10 April 1967, concerns another example of disinformation appearing in Vancouver, involving the Sun, and related to the Garrison case, A che”
“93 : JFK37 : F18 : RELEASED WITH DELETIONS 1993.08.11.11:48:22:430007 NW 65924 Docld:32357449 Page 1 Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). Case#:NW 65924 Date: 10-26-2021 [R] ITEM IS RESTRICTED 104-10105-10188 SUBJECT:”
“with the CIA. New York: Canyon 1? Powledge, F. carrison Taking? the Republic, 17 sone 34 Gm- Mrestne » May Sobarts, C. "Tin Case of Jim Garrieon and tea Oswald, *2* 1967, pp. " 53-567,0 • David and David Lifton. "The Case for Three Assassins," January 1967, pp. 77-1004 / Reg”