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[45]HSCA
[46]ROBERTS, WARREN
[48]05/18/1978
[51].. ACTIVITIES, FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA COMMITTEE
[52]AUSTIN, HORACE J.
[54]BRINQUIER, CARLOS JOSE
[56]ROBERTS, WARREN
[58]HERNANDEZ, CELSO MACARIO
[60]OSWALD, LEE, POST-RUSSIAN PERIOD, POLITICAL AND
[61]SUBVERSIVE..
[62]CRUZ, MIGUEL MARIANO
[64]SUMMARY
[65]Unclassified
[66]3
[68]Redact
[69]10/25/1995
[71]Attached notes. Box #:160.
[73]9/21/201
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[81]INVESTIGATION INTERVIEW SCHEDULE: =
[82]. Tdenti fying Information: a 7
[83]2: Name - Warren Roberts ~~. Date 5-18~78 _
[84]- Ada@ress 501 No Rampart St. - : ; so Place 501 N. Rampart St. ;
[85]New Orleans, La. bation ee cS
[86]: City/State Tt?) St Telephone 586-5011 a . Sos |
[87]-~ Date of Birth 3-30-41" : Mor § Se Bee
[88]', Social Security 435-56=3193 ss spouse
[89]Ce - Children _—
[90]. Physical Description: a ee .
[91]Height 612" a 7 . Color Eyes Blue - Hair "Blond
[92]Weight 245 Special Characteristics
[93]Ethnic Group Caucasian ot
[94]. . Personal History: -
[95]a. Present Employment: Sergeant New Orlearis Police Department oy
[96]. Address 715 S. Broad St.
[97]Telephone 586-5011
[98]b. ‘Criminal Record
[99]_i. Arrests __
[100]2. Convictions
[101]“Additional Personal Information:
[102]a. Relative(s): Name
[103]Address
[104]b. Area frequented:
[105]c. Remarks: _ - oe _.
[106]Investigator Robert. Buras 05
[108]oo Date _ oe Form #4-B
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[112]- KENNEDY
[114]SELECT COMMITTEE ON. ASSASSINATIONS .
[116]‘Name Warren Roberts pate 72878 «ime 3: OOPM —
[118]Address 501 No Rampart St. = Place: 501 N, Rampart St.
[120]. New Orleans, La,
[122]Interview:
[124]Investigator Robert Buras spoke with Sgt, Roberts relative to
[126]the attached report dated Aug. 12, 1963, Roberts stated that
[128]he was in company with Sgt. Horace Austin who actually made the
[129]report. The Officers spoke with all the arrested subjects in one.
[131]. room at the same time, The only interest at that time was to
[132]‘ascertain the possiblity of trouble from any individual or group
[133]represented by the arrested subjects, Feelings were high in the
[134]room and Roberts had to caution the Cubans to keep from trying to
[135]argue with Oswald, At one point in the interview the Commanding
[136]Officer of the First District, Captain James Arnold, came into the
[137]room and asked Oswald if the Fair Play For Cuba Committee was
[138]communist or a communist front. Oswald denied that he was a com- .
[139]munist and that the organization was a communist front. Oswald |
[140]stated that he joined the F.P.C.C. after finding a leaflet on the:
[141]street and sending $5.00 to New York. He also stated that he met
[142]with members locally but did not want to give any names etc.
[144]Roberts stated that he did not see or hear anything about.
[145]Oswald wanting to call or talk with an F.B.1.' Agent while he was
[146]there, Roberts couldn't remember any other details about the in-
[147]terview. ;
[148]End Of Memo
[150]Interviewer Signature
[151]Typed Signature
[153]Date transcribed ©
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[159]Py ae DEPARTMENT OF POLICE |
[160]7 4 Be INTEROFFICE CORRESPONDENCE
[162]TO om Major Presly J. Trosclair Jr. DATE__August 12, 1963
[164]FROM J: Set. Horace J. Austin & Patn. Warren Roberts —
[166]SUBJECT: Interview of four male subjects at the First District
[167]Police Station, on Friday, August 9, 1963, after their
[168]‘arrest from Canal Street.
[170]Sir:
[172]The following information is respectfully reported relative
[173]to the interview of four arrested subjects in the First District
[174]Police Station, beginning at about 4:45 P.M., Friday, August 9,
[175]1963,. One of the four subjects, identified as Lee Harvey Oswald,
[176]WM, age 23, residing 4907 Magazine Street, had allegedly been»
[177]distributing communist literature on Canal Street, and three
[178]Cubans, the other three arrested subjects, had become involved in>
[179]an altercation with Cswald, which resulted in the arrest of the
[180]four subjects.
[182]Lee Harvey Oswald furnished the following information when
[183]interviewec.
[185]He is a member of The Fair Flay For Cuba Committee, whose
[187]address is 799 Broadway, New York 3, N. Y., telephone OR4-8295.
[189]swald had in his possession a National Membership card issuon on
[191]528/63, and the presidents name on this card was "V. cP Lee
[193]bowala had also a local membership card dated 6/6/63 (N.O. Chapter
[194]of the FPFCC), and the president of the local chapter, whose name
[195]was on the card was "A, Hidell."”
[196]Oswald presented his Social Security Card, which did not ‘bear his
[197]signature, and the number of this card was, 433 -54-3937..
[198]Oswald presented his U. S, Marine Corp. discharge card (Honorabie)
[199]bearing service number 1653230, and. date of active duty from —
[200]24 Oct 1956 to 11 Sept. 1959
[202]Oswald stated he was born in-New Orleans on Octoter 18, 1939,
[203]that he is about '5' 9" tall, about 140. 1bs., and is a mechanic by
[204]trade. He stated he did mechanic werk in the Marine Corps, and
[205]that he is presently unemploved and has been so about three weeks.
[206]Before he was laid-off, Oswald stated, he worked at the Louisiana
[207]Coffee Company for about three months, and before that he had
[208]worked at Fort Worth, Texas, at a sheetmetal place. Oswald stated
[210]‘he worked in Fort Worth at the sheetmetal place for. several months,
[211]but was very evasive in answering any further questions of
[212]employment vrior to that time. - ;
[214]Oswald stated that he lives with his wife, whose maiden name
[215]was Marina Pross, WF, age 21. They were married in Fort Worth,
[216]have one child seventeen months of ave, and reside pres ently at
[217]4907 Magazine Street, lower center, New Orleans. .
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[227]’ Oswald stated that he has two brothers, who reside,like his
[228]mother,in Fort Worth, Texas. He stated that his father, John Lee
[229]Oswald, is deceased. : :
[230]Oswald's mother: > Marparette Oswald, resides by herself in
[231]Fort Worth, Texas.
[233]Oswald's brothers: Robert Oswald, WM, age 27,
[234]a John Oswald, WM, age 32,
[236]Oswald stated he had talked to Major Trosclair about getting.a
[238]permit for F.P.F.C.C. and the Major advised him to consult his attorney.
[240]Oswald said he never did go and see about a permit at city hall.
[242]Oswald further stated the Cubans came ur to him where he was
[243]giving out the leaflets and began to tear them up and throw them
[244]in the street. Oswald stated that they started to yell that he
[245]was a communist and about that time the officers from the First
[246]Disteict came up and a crowd had gathered. Oswald stated he joined the
[247]Fair Play for Cuba Committee when he found a leaflet on the street
[248]one day and read what was on it, and sent $5.00 to the address
[249]which was.in New York city and after a brief period of time he was
[250]sent material through the: mail and:contacted locally, and he started
[251]to attend the meetings, which he stated were held in each others
[252]homes. Oswald stated they, the members, get together and talk
[253]about how it would be to visit Cuba, life in Cuba, ete..
[255]Oswald denied the organization was cormunist, or a communist
[256]front, when asked by Captain James Arnold, Commanding Officer of
[257]the First Police District, who came in during the interview, but
[258]Oswald had in his rossession and was carrving a piece of card-
[259]board with"VIVA VIVA Fidel" painted on it and the paraphernalia
[260]he was handing out was pasted on this cardroard also. Oswald
[261]stated he has never been to Cuba, and it apreared as though he
[262]is being used by these creople and is very uninformed and knows
[263]very little about this organization that he belongs to and
[264]its ultimate purpose or goal. Oswaid stated that the people that
[265]attend these informal meetings are working class peorle, such as
[266]clerical, trades, etc.. :
[268]a
[270]The three Cubans were interviewed and furnished the following
[271]information:
[273]#il. Celso Macario Hernandez, Wy, age. 47, D.O. Be 1/8/16,
[274]Social Security number 265-— 76- 8756
[276]; ernandez statld he came to the United States vin Miami,
[277]Ploriga, on October 9; 1962, with his family and he. was a
[278]traveling. book salesman in: éuba. He came to New-Orleans on
[279]January 8, 1963 and resides at 519 Adele Street, New Orleans
[280]with his family. Fe has not had any employnent except for a
[281]few days of manual labor in Miami, Florida, and is presently on
[282]relief or welfare. So _
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[288]The names of the family of Celso M. Hernandez are as
[289]follows: | " ;
[290]Wife: Maria De La Caridad Valero, WF, age 41 (Maiden name)
[291]Daughter: Maria:De Los Angles, WF, age 14 ;
[293]Son: Nicholas Pablo, WM, il -
[294]Daughter: Teresita, WF, age 6
[296]Hernandez stated he saw Oswald at arrroximately 1:30 FP.M., |
[297]August $, 1963, passing out communist literature and he went and - |
[298]got his friends at 107 Decatur Street and at first they were a i
[299]unable to locate this subject Oswald when they got on the Canal |
[300]Street streetcar, and they rode to Jefferson Davis Avenue and not
[301]being able to locate Oswald they returned to 107 Decatur Street,
[302]the Casa Roca retail clothing store. They remained there until — |
[304]_someone came in and told them where Oswald was and they then i
[305]proceeded to that location, where the three of them were carrying i
[306]the -sign.described in formation relative to Carlos Bringuier
[307]in this memo. They then pegen to argue with G@swald and a crowd
[308]|
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[311]gathered and they were all (four) arrested by the police.
[313]#2. Carlos Jose Bringuier, age 29, D.0.B. 6/22/34, 5¢8", 150 lbs.,—
[314]residiing.501 Adele Street, residing this address about
[315]three months, born in Havana, Cuba.
[317]Bringuier stated he is manager of the Casa Roca retail
[318]clothing store, located 107 Decatur Street, New Orleans. He
[319]began his employment about October 1, 1962.
[321]He lives with his wife and four children. .
[322]Wife: Maria Del Carmen (Bearce), WF, age 25
[323]- Born in Argentina, Buenos Aires .
[324]Married in Buenos Aires, April 14, 1956
[325]Entered U. S. February 8, 1961, at Miami, Florida, by plane.
[326]Wife entered U..S. in Miami in May, 1961. .
[327]Ages of children are 6, 5, 3 and 2.
[329]Bringuier previously residing at 2046 Pelorpidas Street.
[331]Julio and Vicenta Bringuier, mother and father, reside at
[333]1769 S. W. 17th. Street, Miamai, Florida, Bringuier stated.
[335]Julio was born in 1895 in Remedios, Cuba, entered the U. 5. after
[336]invasion, believed by Bringuier to be in May of 1961.
[337]Vicenta was born. in 1894 in Moron, Cuba, and entered the U. S.
[338]with Julio. . ; : :
[340]Carlos Bringuier gave the following names of his brothers and
[343]Julio Enrique Bringuier, (brother), age 41, born Moron, Cuba,
[344]now residing 1769 SW. 17th, Street, Miami, entered the U. S. at
[345]end of 1961.
[347]Maria Gertrudis (Felaez) age 42, (sister), resides 2224 Mendez - |
[348]Street, married to Rolando Pelaez, who also works at the Casa Roca |
[349]clothing store, 107 Decatur Street, New Orleans.
[351]~Juan Feliepe Bringuier, age 35, (brother), born in Cuba,
[352]entered the U. S. December 24, 1962, resides in New York City, is
[353]unmarried. ; |
[354]; Maria Del Carmen (Medina), age 39, (sister), married to Jorge Medina, |
[355]age 41, who is in Cuba. Maria Del Carmen lives in Iberville project | |
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[364]in New Orleans, believed to be on ‘Iberville Street. Jorge Medina was
[365]working in Criminal Court in Havana, went crazy.
[367]Carlos Jose Bringuier also gave. the following information
[368]relating to himself.
[370]His social security number 435-64-3717,
[372]His selective service number 16 42 34. 462, classified 5-A,
[373]local board #42, New Orleans, dated August 24, 1961
[375]Fossesses louisiana drivers license number 1585883, date of
[376]issue 2/26/62, address on_ license 4525 Duplessis Street.
[378]Possesses Immigrant Resident card #A 12 546 223, dated 2/8/61
[380]Bringuier further stated that he is a local delegate of. the
[381]CUBAN STUDENT DIRECTORATE, in City of New Orleans, aprointed by
[382]' one Jose Antonio Lanuza, Secretary, American Affairs, Cuban
[383]Student Directorate, P.C. Box 805, Main Fost Office, Miami, Florida,
[384]telephone Franklin 3- 14.76.
[386]Bringuier stated that his first job in New Orleans was with
[387]the California Redwood Produce Co., on S. Peters Street, owned by
[388]Mr. L. C. Levy. Bringuier stated he worked here two days.
[390]‘Bringuier then worked at Macts Discount House, located at
[391]714 Canal Street, for about one year, beginning April 1, 1961.
[393]- Bringuier then became a self employed pedler in April of 1962
[394]with his brother-in-law, Rolando Felaez. They bought clothing and
[395]radios wholesale and went aboard ships to sell same. Bringuier
[396]stated that he had a Port Security Card.
[398]Bringuier then stated that on October 1, 1962, he opened
[399]the Casa Roca clothing store, 107 ‘Decatur Street, end has been
[400]working here until. this date. .
[402]Bringuier stated that he keeps the sign, in the Cuban's
[403]possession at the time of arrest this date, in his store.
[404]This sign measures. about 3 feet by 4 feet, with a picture of the
[405]Statue of Liberty, hand with dagger’on end of long chain, and Cuba
[406]ringed by two links of the chain. The sign reads "Danger! Cnly
[407]90 miles from U.S.A., Cuba lies in chains!"
[409]Bringuier stated that the sign was given to him by Arnesto
[410]Rodriguez, age in his 30's, who resided at 1208 St. Charles Street
[411]in New Orleans, at the time Arturo Frondizi came to New Orleans
[412]in January or February of 1962. Bringuier believes Frondizi is
[413]a communist, and'he has twe brothers in Argentina who are
[414]Communists. .
[416]Bringuier further stated that he came to New Orleans right
[417]- from Miami, Florida, by Greyhound bus, arriving in New Orleans
[418]“on February 18, 1961. |
[420]#3. Miguel Mariano Cruz, age 18, D.0.B. 9/27/44, residing
[421]2526 Mazant Street, New Orleans, unmarried, lives with
[423]mother, father and three sisters.
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[432]Mother: -Victoriana (Enriquez) Cruz, age 56
[433]Father: Claudio Cruz, age €4, unemployed, on Welfare.
[434]Sisters: Hordensia Maria Cruz, age 26, a student at Capelle
[435]: . Beauty Schoold, 1509 St. Charles Avenue.
[436]Ina Josefa Cruz, oge 25, stays at home.
[438]Maria Teresa Cruz, age 19, works at a petroleum company
[439]at night.
[441]M; guel Mariano Cruz stated that he is unemployed and is a
[442]student Nichols High School, llth. grade, in New Orleans. ©
[444]Miguel Cruz presented his Selective Service Card, #16 145 4h 1.83,
[445]classified 1-A, dated 5/27/61, Local Board #145, Srleans Parish.,
[446]also his Immigrant resident card #A 12 920 831, bearing name
[448]"Miguel Mariano Cruz Enriquez".
[450]Higuel Cruz stated that he entered the U. S. in Ban Juan,
[451]Puerto Rico, on December 5, 1962, went to Miami, Florida, right
[452]away, stayed for two days, in Plaza Hotel, anc left Miami and
[453]came right tc New Orleans, arriving December 12, 1962. He
[454]stated that his parents and three sisters entered the U. S. on
[455]the same date. 7
[457]When asked about other relations, Miguel Cruz named the
[458]following brothers. ;
[459]Paul Cruz, age 32, address unknown, in New Orleans, married,
[460]wife's name "Olga". Has two children, and is employed as a
[461]waiter at.the Royal Orleans Hotel.
[463]- Claudio Cruz, age 33, residing 2569 Congress Street, wife's
[464]name "Angela", no children, employed as Bus Boy at the Royal
[465]Orleans Hotel. ;
[467]Enrique Cruz, age 23, residing 2601 Bartholomew Street, wife's
[468]name "Olga", no children, is unemployed and on Welfare.
[470]The interview of the above four arrested subjects by
[471]Sgt. Austin and Fatn. Roberts was concluded at aprroximately
[472]6:00 P.M., same date, August $, 1963.
[474]Respectfully,
[475]Awe fo Quali,
[477]Sgt. Horace J. Austin Jr.
[479]Patn. Warren Roberts Jr.
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