CIA Memorandum on Gerald Patrick Hemming and Alleged Plot to Assassinate Guatemalan President Laugerud

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BROWN, JERRY G.

C/SECURITY ANALYSIS GROUP

HEMMING, GERALD PATRICK, INVOLVED IN ASSASSINATION ON
GUATEMALAN PRES. LAUGERUD

06/11/1976

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HEMMING, GERALD

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11 June 1976

iEKORANDUN LOR: Chief, Security Analysis Group. |

HEMMING, Gerald: Patrick

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contacted: Stat fand. Operations Branch/Operational Evaluation
.Section for information ‘concerning Gerald Patrick HEMMING.
Ww lwas- referre xd to .the writer, who is holding the HEMMING ©

file. When -Qy “|contacted the writer, mo advised that he

is the action officer, for a cable from. the Guatemala Station.
“reporting an.as assination plot on the life of President

“LAUGERUD ot Guat temala. ww | was unfamiliar with the case of a
Gerald. Da rick HEMMING: ‘and had not as yet reviewed the 201 file’ =~
on HEMMTI} nes jwas requested to alert and JMWAVE  -

to the below yienttoned ‘cable and to provide the writer with a
scopy. of the report. coming in from the Guatemala Station,

2 ay provided the writer with a copy or the cable |
“CIN 944357, 0 og ‘dated 8 June 1976),
which 1s attached. In “Subs stance, the cable reflects that
€ixvca § June 1976. a Guatemalan source, with the knowledge of

_ Guatemalan President ‘LAUGERUD, provided the Guatemala Station
sa written report; anda detailed briefing, concerning a plot
“to assassinate: Preside nt LAUGERUD...-According to. the .informa-.
‘ation the plot was to have been carried out on 15 September
1975; however, one of the major conspirators, Jorge Antonio
=“"Cokie'" ZIMERI Safie. left Guatemala in August 1975 as a result
- of an attack upon his, ZIMERI's, life. ZIMERI has been living
sin Miami since August 1975, ms moe,

3. “According to. the report, the National Liberation
“Momement was involved with ZIMERI in the assassination plot’
admd ZIMERI in turn was involved with two Americans, brothers,
‘Robert and Gerald Patrick HEMMING. The HEMMING brothers -
sassisted ZIMERT in acquiring arms, among other things, which. |
avere flown to Guatemala in a small aircraft. The report also.
aCIa‘ims that ZIMERI has close relations with police. officials.
ins viami and New Orleans. SG

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NOPE: ‘The. Guatemala Station also included

information the Chief of Station had received |
from: > er >on § dune. (>) said that he

had peen: providing information on ZIMERI. to the
Guatcnmalan government for the past six months or
so. ‘He: claimed that two Americans were involved.
with ZIMERI, one of them who-runs a guard service
vin Miami. ae did not mention names but. —
- - desctibed*one of the-Americans as about six feet, —
el four inches and wetghing about 230 pounds,

4. “The Guatemalan report of the assassination ‘plot ends .

with five requests: for. information by President LAUGERUD :

cas Ts ZIMERY stall in the United ‘States?

be. te the: event ZIMERI is not in “the United |
States legally, deport him to Guatemala.

C.. Ts) ZIMERT recruiting merceraries in the
’ United States for possible use an
- Guatemala?

_ | dv Does ZIME IRI receive any kind of ‘preferen-.
Bee Ss tial treatment by U. S. authorities which
a Do '. permit him to carry firearms, as well as

“.to purchase arms and ainnunition for
shipment to. Gua temala?

. eo. Ay information on Robert and Gerald
-  HENMING? on |

5. On 19° June 1976 uw ey “advised.

athat DDO is referring the entire matter to. the ‘FBI and State

“Wepartment.

6. -Office of Security indices are negative in pertinent _

cMariations.of the name of ZIMERI or Robert HEMMING.

7. From the name, physical description, activity,. and.
alte ged employment, it is apparent that Gerald Patrick HEMMING
ts ‘identical with the subject of Office of Se curity file

8429 229, who has been described as six-foot five, 250 pounds ,

mpany , TEPCOL. Security (Office of Security=-no recox a) in
“Miami , “Florida, : _ .

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aWwho is a notorious mercenary and soldier of fortune and Wild, as
: Yay 1975 was ostensibly employed by a private investigation


8. Goad) patrick HEMMING is well. known to this Agency
“the Office of’ Security Miami Field Office, and JMVAVE., On

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wedi 2 OU UECUSLGIS Saitite- at ACaSt tne eaiiy LYVYUYU Dy Libris vu
wad claimed Agency affil iation when in fact there has bern
smone. The most. recent incident wherein HEMMING claimed s

_satfiliation.was.in May 1975 when he volunteered his servic
“tio ‘the Drug. Enforcement: Administration. Gerald Patrick HELMS
isa long-time. cohort of Frank Anthony STURGIS (SF#353 45 SO),
-¢ 6 6©a@ka:©)©6Frank FIORINI, of Watergate notoriety who also has ao.
long-time record .of falsely claiming Agency affiliation. In
the late 1950's HEMMING and STURGIS, both former U.S. Marines
joined Fidel CASTRO in Cuba but returned shortly thereafter
‘claiming disillusionment with the CASTRO cause. Soon thereafter
STURGIS organized agroup of mercenaries for Caribbean and
' Central American activities which he named the International
Anti-Communist- Brigade. A reported sub-unit of this "Brigade"
(the backers of whom have never been fully established) was
named the Intercontinental Penetration Force, headed by Gerald
‘Patrick HEMMING. Dl,

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9. For: an ‘appreciation of the possible ramifications of -
a Guatemalan: government expose of this assassination plot
zinvolving HEMMING, you are referred to attachments to instant
smemorandun , to wit: a memorandum by the writer dated 16 June-
E975 in’ the name ‘Of Frank STURGIS and Everett Howard HUNT, Jv.;
gand an extract from a book published in early 1976 written by
“@Michael CANFIELD and Alan J. WEBERMAN. .The book Coup d'etat >
“zu America*~-The’ CIA. and the Assassination of John F. Kenaecy |
OSs a diatribe against .the Agency and attempts to link the Agency
awith the “assassination of President KENNEDY. “One of the hAzOr
links attempted by the authors is through Everett Howard HUNT,
-<Jr. to Frank STURGIS to Gerald Patrick HEMMING to. Loran Eugene
“HALL. Loran Eugene. HALL was a member of HEMMING's Interconti-
“nental Penetration Force. Loran Eugene HALL received nationwide
publicity in 1967 when New Orleans District Attorney "Jim" -
GARRISON alleged that HALL (and the Intercontinental Penetration
“Eorce) was involved in the assassination of President KENNED
sand that members of this unit were connected with CIA. GARRISON.
“shortly thereafter dropped his interest in HALL, but it is 7
ainteresting that he did so after Gerald Patrick HEMMING and ©
another cohort, ‘Robert’ K. BROWN, joined -GARRISCN's. investiga ition.»

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(Vx Jer 'G. Brown
Deputy Chief

Security Analysis Group

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