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Jeffilarley, Outlook 2/6/97 The Washington Post 1150 15 St., FM 1lashington, LC 20071

Dear Jeff,

I've looked through all my Brj.nguier files that are not in the basement

and flat document is not there. The basement is not a none so I cant check that.

- .- Hwrover, the Archives should be able to provide it. That is where I got it. I

had very little money then and probably used that one copy in the manuscript.

I have a copy of a receipt l'ringuier gave the Geraci boy before August.

14aybe more than one. I think one from tit:: mother and one frOm Philip, when I

interviewed him aft :67 his return from V. The mother paced the dqte she drove

lii lap and Vance Blalock into NO by the dental appointment she had that had her drive ig It was right after school recessed, for the summer.

Ey load was a Secret Service report I thought I used in U in NO but that 6190

was so ion;, and and I've forgotten so much!!!

If it is important to you and if you are here and will keep confident° there

is more that makes tringuior out to be a scum I'll tell you.

The father had a sloe box of Philip's stdif he got out and showed me. There _A m

were other receipts for those 500 bonds, among other things. 1

I refer to that document as Filo 1203a. That refers to the number at the

archives bnfore they put the comupter system in. You can get it from Eartho

Wagner Diparphy, an archivigin artGC050 and FOIA or from Ramona branch in U'K

Access Files.

I'd forgotten all those iv:dean suggestions Bringuier refers to. 2g Orest

Pena and two of his people, the daytime bar girl whose name is only on the tip

of I4jio.T;p3 and Evvie Riadrigues all told me about seeing Oswald with a 'lexicon

who Orost said was a reporter.

Note the number of people Bringuier says wore helping OstAld. Not all alone.

II(4Aead of File that should be JD or CR 1203a. I gave Daue Nrone my list

of them so I cant consult it fur you.

The Geraci boy vas at .jringuier's often. I had a Jeff Parish juvenile

report on him that goes into that aside from my own sources but that report was

stolen when someone copied it, I guess. „Tt is gone. The juvenile officer was

named ourne.

I arranged for the family lauyer to be present to look out for

interest so she arrangdfor it at her home. She practised under her maiden

Lillian Cohen. She's married a judge)-Louis Trent. The whole thing sort of blew

her mind. Bost, /7 1\ia.

pettittsliingtonpost 1150 15th St., N.W.

Washington, D . 20071-5530

4 February 1997

Harold Weisberg 7627 Old Receiver Road Frederick, MD 21702

Dear Harold, Thank you for your letters of 24, 25, and 27 November 1996. They were characteristically

outspoken. . I want to ask your help locating a document, a letter from Carlos Bringuier to Jose Lanusa. It is

quoted in "Oswald in New Orleans" on pp. 204-205 (Canyon Books Edition). A copy is enclosed. I am wondering if you have a copy of this document at your disposal. I have not been able to locate it in the National Archives.

I also want to ask you about this statement you made in your last letter. You wrote "Bringuier is a liar when he says that Oswald was at his palce for the first time August 5. That lie is to explain what he did. It was really much earlier."

Are you basing this entirely on the testimony of Philip Geraci? Is there other evidence that suggests Oswald and Bringuier had contact before August 5?.

Thank you for your time and consideration. I hope your health is well.

grely

Jeff Morley

205

The Secret Service em

bellished Meltello's recall

tions and comm

ents, translating his speculations into realities:

He asked

him

(Osw

ald) if an

y meetin

gs w

ere held

on

Pin

e St. an

d

Osw

ald b

ad rep

lied in

the affirm

ative. He said

he b

ad asked

him

if he

was acq

uain

ted w

ith D

r

and

Osw

ald rep

lied b

e Was.

At th

is poin

t civil rights m

eetings b

ecome "

oani-

munistic."

• O

n• the third page of the Gerrets-C

ounts report of D

ecember 6, 1963—

the one most of 'w

hich was elim

i; n

ated w

hen

it was p

rinted

as Exh

ibit 3104—

is Ulla

' paragraph, from w

hich I have removed the nam

e:

Dr.

; refe

rred

to in

rep

ort d

ate

d 1

2/3

/63 b

y S

A A

. G.

• ,V

ial, is of reco

rd in

the su

bversive files o

f the F

ederal B

ureau

of I47

vestigation, New

Orlean

s. AS

A,C

(acting

special ag

ent in

charg

e) jow

l*, S

ylvester, FB

I, has req

uested

that th

is office n

ot In

terview

, becau

se of th

eir Interest in

him

.

• • .•

There are not few

er than five exhibits printed by the: ,-C

omm

ission in

wh

ich su

ch ch

aracter destru

ction of:-

this one man appears, falsely, one-sidedly, w

ithout the contrary inform

ation contained in the files, and with';'

out a word from

him in his ow

n defense, if from sucli,

nebuloua speculations one should need a defense in a-cointry hie ours. N

ow and forever m

ore irresponsible, political idiots can defam

e this man and his fam

ily on th

e basis of th

is misin

formation

alone. H

e is with

out

recourse. It is exactly the sam

e with those said to be hornasex-,,

tials. Su

ch m

en are su

bject to all sorts of p

rivate; p

ressures' an

d p

un

ishm

ents, to p

enalties in

emp

loy-w

ent, to blackmail. A

n example of how

the regulations •

were 'folkiw

ed in this case is • e 1203a th

e Jun

e 1964, report of F

BI A

gents deBrueys a

nd a

e

if in

rvie

w

I, r

suer.

rueys trans.::

ettG

Q--

mm

the seventli,':,! eigh

th an

d n

inth

pages, again

mak

ing th

e deletion

s. 204

1tttl

that should be made to protect these m

en:

01440.711‘

"Here are so

me lo

ose th

ing

s I have h

eard m

entio

ned

: Th

e po

lice h

ere were lo

okin

g fo

ra certain 'C

lay Bertran

d' w

ho

is a pervert. T

hey

say Ruby also is a pervert, O

ne of these individuate that was distributing

han

db

ills with

Osw

ald h

as a face that ap

pears to

me to

ind

icate that h

e is also

a pervert. (If w

e follo

w th

at log

ic we w

ou

ld also

have to

thin

k th

at R

au

l is th

e o

rm th

at is

beh

ind

all th

is `jo

ke) I a

dvis

ed

Secre

t S

ervice that o

ne o

f tho

se wh

o w

as distrib

utin

han

db

illsw

it w

eld w

as wo

rking

in P

ap's S

up

ermar

I ven

t: an

d

wh

o, la

st y

ear, h

ad

atte

nd

eackt_

Tra

rir Reh

on

l,.,He m

en

tion

ed

th

at his n

ame m

igh

t po

ssibly b

e Ch

arles and

that h

e regu

lgrly ;to

t ou

t o

f the b

us at P

aris Ave

nue a

nd Ig

imore

btre

qt. r a

m g

iven to

under-

stan

d th

at th

is wa

s c

orre

ct b

utt h

av

e le

arn

ed n

oth

ing m

ore

. I have g

iven

the

m o

the

r info

rma

tion

, for e

xam

ple

, tha

t Osw

ald

wa

s on

occasion

•

d fficulI II

'ice

I u

st

two

do

ors fro

m m

y store.

swald

asked fo

r a lemo

nad

e earl wh

en o

ey c

ec

e

or he said that auref

tfie o

wn

er h

ad

t. a C

ub

an

c

ag

filiF7

07

1 11

3 F

firicc

es

ton

es

wa

t wa

s m

om

.:. . M

exic

an

. A

ft .5

e A

mo

n re

urn

w: n

no

her e

xic

an

to th

e H

ab

an

a

Bar. T

he F

BI w

as m

akin

g_h

t tilrh

em

an

d le

ft wo

rd th

at if

they s

ar e

to

ca ere

, A fe

w i, aye later th

e bro

ther o

f the

ow

ner o

f the H

aban

a Bar ap

peared

and

asked m

e to call th

e FB

I be.

cause h

e had

seen tw

o M

exicans in

an au

tom

ob

ile and

he h

ad n

oted

the

license n

um

ber b

ut n

ot th

e slate. I called th

e FB

I on

that o

ccasion

and

gave them

the info

rmatio

n b

y teleph

on

e. Th

is occu

rred b

etween

Au

gu

st t5 an

d A

ug

ust 3o

, 103 app

roxim

ately. A certain

perso

n su

rmises (b

ut

this is ju

st a p

resu

mptio

n) th

at th

e

dele

gate

of the M

exican

Go

vernm

ent h

ere sho

uld

kno

w so

meth

ing

, po

intin

g o

ut th

at this in

-d

ividu

al is a Mexican

and

the o

ne w

ho

bad

been

la the H

aban

a Bar

was a M

exican; also

the d

elegate travels to

Mexico

and

from

there

to H

avana (th

e mo

tive is no

t kno

wn

) and

add

ed to

all this th

e delegate

is a pervert. S

pecu

lating

on

these th

ing

s on

e learns th

at the d

elegate is

a friend

of a C

ub

an (also

a pervert) w

ho

is called

. Th

is

is

als

o a

frien

d o

f an

oth

er C

ub

an

kn

ow

n a

s L

eo

nard

o

T

his

wa

s c

hie

f of s

om

eth

ing

in th

e Z

ap

ata

S

wam

p u

nd

er the o

rders o

f Ch

e (Tran

slator's n

ote—

Ch

e is un

do

ub

tedly

Ch

e G

ue

va

ra o

f the

Cu

ba

n R

eg

ime

) un

til afte

r the

Ba

y o

f Pig

s (In

-vasio

n). H

e speaks so

me R

ussian

and

som

e weeks ag

o to

ld m

e he h

ad

been

thin

kin

g a

bo

ut ta

kin

g a

trip to

Mexic

o. A

s y

ou

will n

ote

, the

majority of these things are suppositions and speculations, "W

ell, Jose A

nto

nio

give m

y regard

s to all an

d receive an

emb

race from

your friend, Carlos B

ringuier, New

Orleans"

Mr. B

RIN

GU

IER

rela

ted

that h

e m

ad

e a

vaila

ble

co

nte

nts

of th

e

abo

ve-translated

letter with

the p

rovisio

n th

at section

s of th

e letter referrin

g to

ind

ividu

als that h

e has su

spected

as bein

g "p

erverts" wo

uld

n

ot b

e divu

lged

to an

y pu

blic so

urces an

d th

at that sectio

n b

e limited

fo

r the u

se of th

e Warren

Co

mm

ission

and

the F

BI o

nly. H

e explain

ed

furth

er that h

e did

no

t wan

t any o

f his sp

eculative statem

ents to

be

revealed p

ub

licly bu

t had

no

ob

jection

to th

e con

tents o

f the first tw

o

parag

raph

s and

the p

art regard

ing

the p

erson

referred to

as CH

AR

LE

S

r •:

• I: ..si

being revealed to public sources. M

r. BR

ING

UIE

R w

as able. to

describ

e the M

exican

dele

gate

in N

ew

Orle

ans a

s a w

hite

male

, in h

is late

so's, . .

BR

ING

UIE

R ex

plain

ed h

e has talk

ed to

the M

exican

deleg

ate in N

ew O

rleans an

vario

us o

ccasions d

urin

g th

e last four

months or so and states that on one occasion, the M

exican

deleg

ate men

tioned

that h

e had

been

to C

uba. H

e does n

ot k

now

w

hether the Mexican

deleg

ate told

him

this a m

onth

or

four m

onth

s ago n

or d

oes h

e know

when

the M

exican

deleg

ate mau

ls Cuba, th

at is to say

, wheth

er it was recen

tly o

r quite

some tim

e ago.• B

RIN

GU

IER

, did

recall that in

on

e of h

is con

versatio

ns w

ith th

e M

exican

'

deleg

ate, the T

atter did

say th

at he co

uld

go

to

Mexico inasm

uch as Mexico and C

uba maintain friendly relations, one

with the other. B

RIN

GU

IER

also recalls the Mexican

dele-

gate mentioned on one occasion that

he cou

ld g

et peo

ple o

ut o

f Cu

ba.

BR

ING

UIE

R th

en recalled

there w

as a rum

or th

at LE

ON

AR

DO

...... , referred

to in

the ab

ove-tran

slated letter, w

as alleged

ly

planning to, go w

ith the Mexican

delegate to Mexico som

e tim

e ago so.tbat the Mexican

delegate could go to Cuba to

get LE

ON

AR

DO

's sister out o

f Cuba. B

RIN

GU

IER

does

no

t kn

ow

if there w

as any

truth

to th

e rum

or b

ut states h

e do

es kn

ow

that L

EO

NA

RD

O

and

the M

exican

deleg

ate are 'b

ack in

New

Orlean

s from

an alleg

ed trip

to M

exico

and

LE

ON

- A

RD

O'

...... 's sister in still in Cuba.

BR

ING

UIE

R rem

arked that OR

LA

ND

O P

IED

RA

, who w

as formerly

bead of the Federal P

olice In Cuba w

ader the Regim

e of FU

LG

EN

CIO

B

AT

IST

A, h

as told

BR

ING

UIE

R th

at he feels q

uite certain

that th

e .M

exican

deleg

ate is 'OK

." BR

ING

UIE

R states th

is mean

t that in O

RL

AN

DO

PIE

DR

A's opinion, the M

exican

dele

gate is not pro-CA

STR

O.

This is how

the assassination of President K

ennedr w

as investigated. H

owever, there is no question of the broad involve-

ment of w

hatever nature of a number of people w

ho are or are alleg

ed to

be p

erverts. T

heir in

volv

emen

t,. I: su

ggest, is n

ot b

ecause o

f their h

om

osex

uality

but

because of their beliefs or for other reasons. The m

ost intriguing, the m

ost unorthodox of these offbeats and the m

ost important is the "sw

inger," the mother-hen of

his fellow deviates, the "bi-sexual" C

lay Bertrand.

9. "C

HE

CK

ED

OU

T A

ND

FO

UN

D C

LE

AR

"

Shielded by a high w

hite wall, the house at 1313

Dauphine S

treet in the heart of the Vieux C

arre in

New

Orleans has a split personality. It is a luxurious

showplace, w

ith a small fountain bubbling in its patio

on the outside and silk on the walls inside. It com

bines the best of tw

o eras, the charm and antiquity of the old

"French Q

uarter" and the convenience of a modern

swim

ming pool. O

rnamented w

ith statuary and edged w

ith a brick coping, the pool itself has a dual char-acter. It is a place of beauty and of recreation, w

ith the sp

irit of th

e modern

world

and th

e splen

dor o

f the

more leisurely past. It is a sm

all house, low and narrow

, the shingled shed roof steeply sloping opposite to w

hat one would

expect, toward the front, w

hich is really the side. The

Vieu

x C

ard ru

ns fro

m n

orth

east to so

uth

west T

he

, northeastern boundary is Esplanade A

venue, quiet, dignified, and divided by w

ell-kept grassy plot On the

northwest, the quarter is bounded by N

orth Ram

part S

treet. Dauphine is separated from

Ram

part by Bur-

gundy. The house at 1313 is on the northw

est side of D

auphine, one building and a courtyard from E

spla-nade A

venue. A bua stops betw

een it and the corner. An

attractive, antique-style Streetlarap has been installed

, directly

opposite th

e street entran

ce to 1

313, b

ut it

shed

s no lig

ht in

the h

ouse, fo

r that w

all is solid

, unbroken by a single w

indow or a door. T

he brick wall,

cemented over and painted sparkling w

hite, rises from

the inside edge of the narrow old gray-slab sidew

alk. E

ntran

ce to th

e residen

ce is thro

ugh

the co

urty

ard

whose old but freshly painted blood-red door, brilliant

in the white brick courtyard w

all, is a single low step

up from the sidew

alk. Tw

enty inches above the top of th

e door is a ro

w o

f jagged

, white-p

ainted

bottles

imbedded in concrete, tops broken off. T

hese were

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