SECURITY FILE: NAGEL, RICHARD CASE

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�-) nrsrsnrs 1104-10305-10005 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENTrilOHN F. K EDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 fmttEuncrannricirarignunscocur. IZISEI � - GEVECAESEE5Mr- qfilinilHNnEEEncriHencruf ,c� rtr.",OrtmovEn'ungunEritisticehswitnicianensRacestirnavturnsak..ielpteaucuEnniriucncral cz ^ 104' 10305.� 10005 r,A I 23 August 1978 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD FROM: Bruce L. Solie Chief, Security Analysis Group SUBJECT: NAGELLI Richard Case #264 170 � 1. This memorandum identifies those Office of Security files which were reviewed by House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) staff members in conjunction with the HSCA's investigation into the deaths of President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 2. Under procedures established with the HSCA, certain items of information were not reviewed by HSCA staff members. These items were placed in envelopes, sealed, appropriately identified, and put back into the security file prior to HSCA review. Office of Security personnel reviewing these files should maintain the integrity of each envelope below so that interested parties may know what was and was not reviewed by HSCA staff members. 3. In some instances, the above files contain material marked in the lower right-hand corner with a green circular dot. This mark should alert Office of Security personnel to the fact that this material was located and placed in the - file at the time of the HSCA review and was seen by an HSCA staffer(s). This material should not be removed from the file 4. Attached to this memorandum is a review sheet which identifies the name of the HSCA reviewer(s) and the date of � his review. 5. Questions regarding the above procedure and/or the HSCA's review slould be directed to the Security Analysis Group. Li 0 BY Fthlifik TAW FORU FQ A0/)� mz rn; WZ ra ra rz! � gl P.3 10 Bruce L. Solie r-; 173 Attachment � ra 1-3 � t.1 t:1 r-2 -UUOVECUPEUNPOICEUEEVEAMOUNETEMIEUEEMEU2RUHPUOLIFENUMECUUMEEEUPMEE; 1..Ui_l. 4.11ASE. IN PART 71TM_ Df. NAL 13-00000 rwr" r !IA'f E R LAI, RE VI filVE 1) AT Ci A 1 1E ADQUART E HOUSE SF.LECT COMM ASSASS INAT I ONS STAPP MEMBERS IE.. TITLE /NUMBE.R/VOLUi.ilE.: ' � � - I N CLUS rvE DATES (qi CUSTODIAL UNIT/LO.CATION DE LET IONS' � ? "�-� DATE 1)JlT RE CE I 1.T, D RETURNE 1) -, ROOM.; 1..4111_ � ,�� � - REV I 1V):. D BY PRINT N ) SI GNATURr: OF REVIEWING OFFICIAL � 40 DOCUMENTS MAY BE COP I E 1) OR. 17.1 .1301f- 71.0).-FROtt, T1 1I S.. FILE. �� . � Registered Mail � Ms. Penelope Grenoble, Editor Los Angeles Free Press 5850 Hollywood Boulevard -Los Angeles, California 90028 Dear Ms. Grenoble: This letter is in response to the distortions and outright falsities printed about me in the article written by William W. Turner, titled BANK ROBBER, ',,IANCHURIAN CANDIDATE' LINKED TO JFK ASSASSINATION PROBE, which appearea in the July 25-31 edition of the Los Angeles Free Press I request that the Free Press either print a retraction of such lies and distortions or publish this letter. Mr. Turner, who spent ten years as a Special Azent of the FBI, is not unfamiliar to me. He has authored similar articles, both during my imprisonment in the United States and while I was detained in the German Democratic Republic, in which he knowingly and purposefully cited numerous lies about me. He has proved himself adept at putting �words in my mouth and misquoting his sources of information to lend credence to his major untruths, a skill he probably developed while serving with the Bureau's intelligence-security division. His recent claims cause me to wonder whether or not he ever left the FBI. Professor Richard H. Popkin, from whom Mr. Turner obviously Collected much of his latest baloney, is a character that I feel should either purchase a hearina aid or consult a psychiatrist. Each of my so- - called discussions with him (all but one occurred over the telephone)1 were duly tape-recorded by me, and if he did in fac assert1--- Turner has attributed to him about me, then he "Co i a liar. I am listing the following facts in rebuttal rner-Popkin fable: The "papers" that I "carried" when arrested did ow me to be a "decorated hero of the Korean War," nor did the al anything about "a career in Army intelligence." More to the point, the docu- ments found in my possession and under my control (some of which were returned to me only last year by the FBI) ensured my incarceration for a longer period than I had anticipated. They also guaranteed my being held practically incommunicado for many months (for eleven months I was not even permitted to read a newspaper), not to mention the curtailment of my most basic constitutional safeguards. My contacts with Lee Harvey Oswald did not entail any "friendship, nor, were they effected for the purpose of establishing rapport. After my. acquittal (in 1968, not in 1967) I did not "drop from sight," 13-00000 as Mr. Turner, the FBI and the CIA damn well, know. ( C- I have never stated to anybody, either verbally or in writing, that in 1963 I was an agent for the CIA, although in 1974 I did state, under oath, that I thought I had been functioning for the CIA during part of 1963. Yr. Turner is also aware that less than two months after President Kennedy's death FBI agents confronted we with their suspicion that I had "acted as an unregistered agent for a foreign power," inferring that I was a spy for one of the Cuban intelligence services (several years later the CIA, through one of its "former" case officers, accused me of having been a Soviet spy; still later, one FBI agent suggested that I had worked for the Chinese). The registered letter that was dispatched at my instance to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover in September 1963 (not necessarily on the 13th) revealed sufficient details to warrant an immediate investiga- � tion (if not the arrest) of Lee Harvey Oswald and two Cuban refugees. I certainly "assumed" that some "action" would be taken by the FBI. I was not the least bit "frantic" about anything in September 1963. I did not set foot inside the Republic of Cuba during that month. To my knowledge I have never talked to any "Castro aides." The main distinction between some American intelligence officers that I knew and hired killers were the procedures utilized in murdering their victims and/or the methods used to disassociate themselves and the U. S. government from their crimes. I had no fear of being implicated "in the planned assassination" at the time of my arrest or prior thereto. The two letters that I mailed to James L. Rankin, General Counsel to the Warren Commission, were not sent through "private channels." They were sent through proper jail authority. I have never claimed that I "squirreled away a snapshot of (myself) with Lee Harvey Oswald taken in Jackson Square in New Orleans in 1963. I have never stated that lam "willing to surface and tell (any) story to Congress" or to anybody. And I did not reveal any details about Mr. Oswald to Professor Popkin that are "new" or unknown to the FBI. ewwec Richard C. Nagel 13-00000 Los Angeles Free Press July 25-3-1. 1975 Bank robber, 'Manchurian Candidate' linked to 37X assassination probe ED. NOTE: Recent exposure of what many consider to be im- proper CIA activity, both at home and abroad, has � reawakened interest in decade- old 'challenges to official ver- sions of the assassinations of - John Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King. As new facts also begin to emerge. � Congress faces growing pressure to. reinvestigate the .JFK assassination. What follows are the strange stories, disclosed here for the first time, of two figures � Richard Case Nagell and Luis Angel Castillo �long of interest to assassination researchers. WILLIAM W. TURNER . SAN DIEGO, (PNS) � On Sept. 20, 1963. a rangy man with a vertical scar on his forehead strode into the State National Bank in El Paso, Tex., and re- � quested S100 In travelers' checks. Before the teller could comply, he whipped out a pistol and fired two shots into the ceil- ing. Then he waited to be arrested. Police quickly realized that the suspect, Richard Case Nagel!, 32. was no ordinary bank robber. Papers he carried showed that he was a decorated hero of the Korean War who had gone on to a career in Army Intelligence before being dis- charged with the rank of captain in 1959. Why had he pulled the non- robbery? � Last week Or. Richard H. Popkin. a philosophy professor at Washington 'University in St. Louis. stepped off a plane in the nation's capital lugging a brief- case containing documents il- luminating the strange case of the man who shot a bank. Also crammed into the briefcase was a thick sheaf of papers relating to a bizarre "Manchurian Can- didate" episode in the Philip- pines in 1967. Both the El Paso and Manila incidents. Popkin said in an in- terview before �leaving for Washington, were linked to the Dallas assassination of John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22. 1963. They would "crack the case wide open," he predicted. The slight, bearded academi- cian was stopping In Washington to present his dis- coveries to Attorney General Edward Levi and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Activities before go- ing on to a conference of learn- ed philosophers. The Second Oswald Popkin is no stranger to the *JFK investigation. In 1966 he published The Second Oswald, which chronicled several In- stances of someone imper- sonating the man later accused of slaying the president. At the time the book gained scant attention, but recently it was dis- closed that as early as June 3, 1960, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover himself wrote an in- terdepartmental memorandum citing evidence of an- Oswald imposter. The FBI knew Oswald at that time as a defector to Russia. � and, some conspiracy theorists believe, as a possible CIA agent. Popkin said he had been in touch with Richard Nagel!, now living near San Diego, and had learned about Nagell's friendship with Lee Harvey Oswald. Nagell has fascinated assassination researchers ever since an FBI report filed with the Warren Commission quoted him as saying he had met with Oswald in Mexico City and Tex- as. But the former intelligence officer had been inacessible. He remained In prison for the El Paso caper until his conviction was reversed for insufficient evidence in 1967, after which he dropped from sight. Nagell's Version Nevertheless, researchers were able to glean some picture of Nagell's significance from his defense pleadings and cry,ptic letters from prison. -- - - In August 1963 Nagell, work- ing as a CIA agent, learned of a domestic plot to assassinate the president, involving Oswald and anti-Castro Cubans. He in- formed his CIA superior but feared nothing would be done because he lacked details. On Sept. 13 he dispatched a letter warning J. Edgar Hoover of the plot but again assumed no ac- tion would be taken. As Nagell understood it, Kennedy was to be shot in (please turn to page 33) 13-00000 !NATION (continued from'. ,e 4) Washington about Sept. 26 (as it turned out. JFK left Sept 25 for a whirlwind tour of the West). Frantic, Nagell flew to Havana on Sept. 19 to see if CastrO aides could shed light on the � assassination plot, but the only advice they could offer was to execute Oswald in the hope that would stop the plan. � But Nagel! left Cuba deciding that he "was an intelligence agent, not a killer." Flying to El Paso via Mexico City, he walked into the bank the next day for "the sole purpose of having myself arrested and detained by federal authorities" � ap- parently- fearing that his association with Oswald would Implicate himself in the planned. assassination. Nagell was In the El Paso jail when Kennedy was shot In Dallas two months later. He sent an offer to testify before the Warren Commission through "private channels" but received no reply. Dedicated Leftist In his recent discussions with Popkin, Nagell has revealed � new details about Oswald. He first met Oswald, he said, in the late fifties at the U.S. naval base at Atsugi, Japan, where Oswald was a Marine Corps radar � specialist They became friends but didn't encounter one another again until August 1963 � when Nagell learned of the plot against Kennedy. 'Disputing claims that Oswald had ties with the CIA, Nagell believes that Oswald was a � dedicated leftist who was duped � by anti-Castro exiles involved in the conspiracy. Posing as Castro G-2 intelligence agents, the exiles wheedled Oswald into becoming a "fall guy" by playing on his Castro sympathies. pain- ting Kennedy as anti-Castro and promising that he would be spirited to Havana after the assassination. Nagell told Popkin he met with Oswald both in Mexico City and New Orleans, hotbeds of the anti-Castro movement. "Nagell claims he has squirrel- ed away a snapshot of himself with Lee Harvey Oswald taken � in Jackson Square in New Orleans in 1963," Popkin as- � serted. In the picture are two other men, both anti-Castro � Cubans, who were pretending If this photograph does exist it would lend credibility.' to Nagell's account. And Na is willing to surface and te. .iis story to Congress. Popkin provided protective conditions are met. "Manchurian Candidate" Pookin is also convinced that the Manila "Manchurian Can- didate" case was connected to the JFK assassination: On March 2, 1967. a man named Luis Angel Castillo was detain- ed by the Philippine National Bureau of Investigation after he had contacted left-wing � Huk guerrillas. Questioned under truth serum and hypnosis. Castillo blurted out a tale of hav- ing been taken to a building in Dallas, Tex., the day Kennedy was shot, handed a rifle assembled from components hidden in a bowling bag and in- structed to fire at a man in an open car sitting next to a lady. The signal to fire would be given by mirror flashes. The story caused a brief sen- sation at the time. The Manila Times bannered: �JFK Plotter' In Manila!" Wire service dis- patches to the United States said Castillo was a "Cuban- trained Communist agent" who hadn't shot because he heard that a man named Joe "had already shot the man in the open car." The story was so im- plausible that it quickly died. Not long ago the hypnotist who conducted the interroga- tion of Casio for the Philippine authorities arrived in this coun- try under the name- Vincente R. Sanchez. When Popkin took a look at his reports, his eyes popped. The reports termed Castillo a "zombie" � a hyp- noprogrammed robot. Double-Agent Network Sanchez extracted Castillo's rambling story over a period of weeks. Castillo, then 28, was in- ducted around 1960 into a "Special Operations Group" which afforded him paramilitary training. In 1961 he participated in the Bay of Pigs invasion, as a pilot for the CIA. Thereafter he infiltrated a double-agent network, posing as a Corn-- munist in Venezuela and li- quidating a Communist agent in Mexico. In talking about the JFK assassination, Castillo �' despite some disjointed phrases � -was nevertheless able to describe in some detail ..say� a na �AJI111%.11 tiyurn -- ordered, "they got him already. Let's get Out of here." After the rifle was disassembled and stuffed in the bowling bag, he was hustled into the car which had brought him to tne building. It stopped twice within blocks to pick up other men. In 1967. according to Sanchez. Castillo was programmed to assassinate Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos after openly associating with the leftist Huks � which would implicate them In the assassination. Popkin points out that this is a similar ploy to the one Nagel, attributed to the anti-Castro Cubans' use of Oswald.- Until recently, the Castillo episode- might have seemed a logcial impossibility. But the release of the Rockefeller Report, with its revelations about secret CIA projects to in- duce behavior modification in unsuspecting subjects, make the possibility of a "Manchurian Candidate" more than mere fantasy. (In the Robert Kennedy assassination, Dr. Bernard Dia- mond, who examined Sirhan Sirhan for the defense, testified that he believed Sirhan was hypnotized at the time of the shooting.) Although the current whereabouts of Castillo is un- known, the Sanchez reports contain the names of six per- sons who supposedly ran his network, including the "control officer" and a woman who hyp- notized him. PopkIn's own in- vestigations have shown that these people do exist. Through Popkin their stories have now been passed on to the .Attorney General and the Church Committee. William Turner's* latest book. The Cuba Project, the story of the CIA's secret war against Castro, will be published this fall by Houghton Mifflin. CI . 13-00000 K RAM ERj01 � DR 69 M3-4100:8 IY-M' 05A UG 30 /D. LST 18JUN69 P23 DEFECTORS MACHINE .1ST DEFECTORS FILE / Z.40--iddeltest, 13-00000 - EXTRACT U.S. DEFECTOR MACHINE LISTING - JULY 1973 RICHARD CASE NAGELL 13-00000 -, _ . . _____. . � ,... R 7- 00'11 A 137202 , - ' 201-0746537 4� 00400 B -' NAGEL L ji !CHARD.� _ '._ _ 0 q 0CA^0 C USA /NEW YORK GREENWICH 05 AUG 30 ' 1 p , . ! : R 00ADO 0 USA - M 48401 A SOB M 61AC1 A . - _ - EXACT � _:._._ 1 � R M 03401 X 43 ATTEMPTED' SUICIDE SEVERAL TIMES R ' m 69402. ..4 �. . _ _ ABROAD _ 0 4- i4 69403 A : --7- ' - Z01? '- - - C.N ...> R M 48401 ..11 NAGELL . _ - RICHARD ' CASE T .: 4 V - A. R. N � R N R. - . 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NEW YORK �. .69 O - 4 - .A 69403 ' 0 PLACED NOT ICE IN - ONDERGRoUND NEWSPAPER AUG 09 R M 69403 U STATE ._ - DST-18786. __ _� ____ ___ C 17 MAR 69 � UNK _ 17 MAR 69 UNK 05 SFR 69 *******Artp* 13-00000 -Kiefer (When Willed In) SPEED unIIR REPLY REQUESTED DATE 27 March 1969 YES NO LETTER NO. TO : Mr. Paul Gaynor, C/OS/SRS/ ATTN: , FROM: N. Scott Miler, Cl/SIG The attached telegram from � not have come to your attention. in connection with information akas your office sent to the FBI and Richard FECTEAU. .,. American Embassy, Madrid, may It may be of some significance about a Richard Case NAGELL with 7 April 1964 (Solie originated) Lit . SIGNATURE � REPLY DATE ii 7jiA _ iii: le\ � � v /5 /? 4 i A / ., rkrt V, tavt----- pl.,, x 6001C'-1 g _ pm _ 11 rex SIGNATURE RETURN TO ORIGINATOR Frirt711 83 I ..SECIBA100 13-00000 SUBJECT: NAGELL, Richard Case ALLEGATION: Richard Case RAGELL, "a highly decorated infantry Captain in the Korean War", alleges that he became a CIA agent. He said he fired the gun in the bank at El Paso, Texas because he wanted to be in custody when the assassination of President KENNEDY took place. NAMLL charged that "the FBI illegally seized from him evidence crucial to his defense, such as notebooks containing the names of certain CIA employees, photographs, two Mexican tourist cards (one in the name of Joseph KRAMER, the other in the name of Albert HIDEL) and receipts for registered mail, including the one for the letter sent HOOVER warning of the assassination. NAGELL &tamed he was in- structed to "arrow" the patsy, that is kill him (OSWALD) after the assassi- nation. He contended he got cold feet and this was his reason for the attempted bank robbery, he would rather be arrested than commit murder and treason.The article alleges that while it was suggested in court that an airplane crash EAGELL survived mentally affected him, he was given intelligence training after the crash. Also, NAGET.T1 complains he has been salted away because of what he knows. 18 aaAdary,1968 CIA CONNECTION: None; although, Subject was of interest to OS in 1964 and early 1965 because of information furnished to the Agency by the FBI that he had in his possession the names of six CIA employees at the time of his arrest for bank robbery at El Paso, Texas on 20 September 1963. 1----erx7- ExcluSed t�-�'' do t,:t zi;;E:11 13-00000 SOURCE: 1968 RAMPARTS Article by William W. TURNER OS INDICES RESULTS: Subject became of interest to the Office of Security, in March 1964 � when the FBI informed the Agency that Subject had in his possession at the time of his amest for bank robbery at El Paso, Texas on 20 September 1963 the name of Richard MEW (M2 individual by this name was captured � by the Chinese Communists and is now in prison in China) and of six Agency employees. Research failed to reveal any reason why NAGELL had these names in his possession. It was concluded that while NAMT.T. is unquestionably unbalanced, his story of being involved in espionage is not fully contradicted by evidence. He could have been contacted by a Soviet agent while in Washington, D. C. in December 1962 or while he was in Mexico City in September and October 1962. His file contains mostly FBI reports dated 1962 and 1964 and in these are documented his history of mental instability and physical complaints stemming bomm the plalecrash. Attached is a chronology dated 3 March 1965 made from the information contained in the FBI reports. At the time this security research was conducted, it was recommended that RAMITN, be personally interviewed by a representativenpf OS in the hope that NAGELL might reveal how he came into the possession7%bese names but no further action is indicated in his file and this interview was not undertaken. �IMAMS: Subjects file reflects no Agency interest in him prior to Match 19611.' when the names of CIA employees were found inIais possession when arrested for bank robbery. � The RAMPARTS claim that he received intelligence training after the crash is true. The crash occurred 28 November 1954 and he graduated from Army Intelligence School, Ft. Holabird, Maryland on 15 August 1955. He served in Korea and Japan as a member of the U. S. Army. Counterintelligence Corps, terminating about 1958. A Lt. Col. Bed W. GLENN who served with NAM's, personally in Korea advised that EAGELL was not stable mentally and that this instability was probably due to brain damage suffered in the airplane crash. The RAMPARTS articles claim that NAGELL said he fired the gun in the � bank at El Paso, Texas because he wanted to be in custody when the assassination took place is not completely in conflict with a statement NAGELL made on � 1 January 1964 which was, however, after the assassination. (see page It. of chronology) The RAMPARTS article's allegation that the FBI took from NAGELL a note- book containing the names of CIA employees is true. NAGELL's complaint that he was "salted away" is open to specultion. A ten year prison sentence does appear harsh, considering the documented brain 13-00000 -ffeitEr � (-' damage he suffered in the B-25 plane crash while he was in the U. S. Army. 13-00000 28 Nov 1954: 15 Aug 1955: 29 Oct 1959: 14 Dec 1959: 8 June 1962: 27 June 1962: 16 July 1962: Shot - Richard Case NAGELL Chronological Record of Activities Entered Army (18 years old) "Brilliant Korean War Record" "Many Campaign Awards" Sole survivor of plane crash. Suffered facial disfigure ment; given psychiatric exam. � Graduated from Army Intelligence School, Ft. Holabirc Maryland. Served as advisor to ROK Army in Korea. Concerned with intelligence activities; served as a mer of U.S. Army Counterintelligence Corps in Japan, .Senc and Tokyo, terminating about 1958. � Apt. Col. Ned W. GLENN, Deputy G-2, 'U.S. .1\1.ani, Japan, advised on 24 March 1964 that he had served ' personally in Korea with NAGELL. GLENN advised that NAGELL was not stable mentally and that this in- . stability was probably due to damage to brain tissues suffered in an airplane crash during the Korean War. 17 Aug 1962: 24 Aug 1962: Honorable Discharge -.Captain, U.S. Army , .. Employed by Department of Alcoholic Beverage Contro: of State_ of _California as a special inveatigatox_ Suspended by ABC,, State of'California Dismissed by ABC in chest "while making a meet" between Malibu and Oxnard. Refused to identify 'assailants or furnish infok mation to police, subsequently, filed Civil Rights com- plaint against police. Withdrew request for hearing so he could get money from state of California consisting ( retirement contributions and accumulated leave. Issued tourist card at Los Angeles, California. � Entered Mexico through Ciudad, Juarez'. �-� � 13-00000 28 Sept 1962: 1 Oct 1962: 28 Oct 1962: 16 Nov 1962: Appeared voluntarily at Axnerica.n Embassy, Mexico City, tense, nervous, agitated and antagonistic. Inter alia.-stated he had been approached in Mexico City for recruiting, refused to say by whom on behalf of what country. Stated that one job of this sort would be in Nev( York. He volunteered that he fully realized that what he was saying could be used against him in any courtor prosecution. He stated that he was "bitter, disgusted, disillusioned and disaffected". Stated he knew the full significance of the term disaffected. . He stated that if he did go to some other country, it would cost the United States millions. He stated that he was "through being a good citizen" and thought that he had gotten a "dirty deal all around." Again appeared at American Embassy, Mexico City, wanting to know what had been done in regard to getting the state of� California to pay him the money due him. Was sent to protection section. Asked what section- of Embassy he should contact to renounce his United States citizenship. Was advised by collection section that they could not intercede for him in collecting money from state of California. Appeared in passport and citizenship section and asked what the penalty would be for going to an Iron Curtain country and what effect it would have on his citizenship. Was advised that such action would be violation, of federal law. Left-Mexico-City, -Mtcxico. Advised FBI in. New York City he wanted to expose Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control in California. Advised FBI in Jacksonville, Florida, that he had been approached shortly before in Washington, D. C., by individual believed to be working for Soviets. NAGELL at this time was noted to be in an inebriated condition - vague ixt answering questions. 20 Dec 1962:22 Ja.n1963: NAGELL at Bay Pines, Florida VA Hospital. Condition diagnosed as "chronic brain syndrome associated with brain trauma with behavioral reaction characterized by passive aggressive and paranoid features". -2-� 1 3-00000 24 Jan 1963: .19 April 1963: 4 June 1963: 20 Sept 1963: Asked FBI in Miami if his Cuban or Russian sources gave him a pistol with silencer and microfilm if .he would be permitted to return same to his contact so he could be of further use to U.S. Government. He stated that in August or September 1962 he met a man from Maryland in Mexico City who introduced .him to individuals whom him.believed may have been Soviet Agent. Advised FBI in Los Angeles, California, that he had taken his former wife to court for failure to comply with court order giving NAGELL visitation rights with children. NAGELL appeared at the Out Patient Clinic and was re- ferred to the Neurological Clinic for treatment. His condition was diagnosed asttlepression, tearful, nervous, rigid". Would only utter words "Got to see my kidg". NAGELL a.rrested in El�Paso, Texas, on charge of at- tempting to rob State National Bank. Slashed _wrist night of 9/20/63. NAGELL consistently denied he had tried to rob the bank; stated that the fact that he fired two shots in the ceiling proved he had not been trying to hit anyone. He stated that he was certain that "all of my problems have been solved for a long time, and now I won't have to go to Cuba". A notebook which the Subject had on his person when ar- rested made reference to Fair Play for Cuba Committee, . the names of purported CIA agents and-other information. Cell mate -in jail reported that NAGELL disclosed to him --- - - that NAGELL, during confused period after discharge, decided everything against him in Los Angeles and made arrangements with Communist Party in Los Angeles to pick up visa and passport from contact in El Paso and eventually end up i:11 Czechoslovakia. NAGELL reportedly attempted suicide three times enroute to El Passo but lost nerve. (Noteworthy that State Department records reflect issuance of Passport to NAGELL on 7 August 1962 at Los Angeles, California, and that on 9 July 1963 NAGELL signed affi- davit that his passport had been lost or stolen. He was issued a new passport on 6 August 1963.) . -3_ 13-00000 4 Nov 1963! 1- Jan 1964: El Paso Herald-Post article states that NAGELL told U.S. District Court that he did not attempt to hold up �the bank. "I had a motive for doing what I did" ,NAGELL told Judge, "but my motive was not to hold up the bank. I do not intend to disclose my motive at this time. Subsequent to President's assassination, Subject claimed acquaintance with OSWAL.D and wife. Marina OSWALD on 1/18/65 disclaimed any knowledge of NAGELL. NAGELL furnished a signed statement: "... In September 1962, while I was in Mexico City,a representative of a foreign government proposed to me that I participate man act; such act being a criminal offense and inimical to the best interest of the United States. At that time, I refused such proposal. In May 1963, another representative of the same foreign govern- ment made the same proposal to me. At that time, I agreed to such a proposal. " "In September 1963, I was informed by an American, known to me as an Agent of the same foreign government, that arrangements for my participation in the aforementioned act were completed. At that time, I refused the 'aforesaid proposal. Approximately one week later, I was instructed by this same person to either participate as previously agreed or derrogatory information pertaining to me would be -disclosed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. There- upon, I agreed to follow the instructions-of this-per-sonT-- although I did not intend to do so. This existing situation - actuated my, conduct of September-20, 1963, for which I was arrested and am presently charged. . - I did not actually attempt to rob any bank. I thought that my arrest would provide an immediate, though temporary, solution to the problem with which I was confronted. I am not guilty as charged. " 24 Jan 1964: NAGELL arraigned in connection with indictment for bank robbery and was committed for 30 days for the purpose of psychiatric examination. 9 June 1964: Sentenced in U.S. District Court, El Paso, Texas to serve 10 years. 17 June 1964: NAGELL swallowed several sleeping pills while lodged at the El Paso County Jail. -.��. � 13-00000 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 24 October 1997 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: NAGELL, Richard C. AIN 0 264 170 �On 23 October 1997, the undersigned met with Mr. Gary Brennannien, Historical Review Group, Central , Intelligence Agency and Ms. Kathleen M. Combs, Assassination Records Review Board. Ms. Combs reviewed the Office of Personnel Security's security file of subject. OR OFFICIAL UCE ONLY 13-00000 NAGELL 'RICHARD CASE - A CRAMER 0 /Z 0933604 OS 64 13-00000 Play many Americans suspect that a few lm� portent officials in Washington have been having a grand old time tossing out fibs on every conceivable topic. 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Nevertheless, the Warren Commission... dismissed the incident by noting .that� 'Oswald supposedly could not operate an-- automobile and that on November 9 he allegedly spent the day drafting -a lengthy letter to the Soviet Embassy. It evidently never considered the pOssibility . - someone might be impersonating -Os- weld. But Bogard will never identify-the impersonator. He stuck to his story news interviews, and subsequently -was � "1 beaten to within an inch of his life by an unknown assailant and arrested. by the. Dallas police on seemingly trumped-up bad check charges.- He retreated to his- native Louisiana, where on St. Valen- tine's Day 1966, he was found dead or exhaust fumes in his automobile. The main ingredients of the -patsy' theory are wrapped up in a story that has ...... . . �.. grad . uallY filtered Out of 'LeaVenwoi1h Penitentiary, The-story is that of inmate Richard Case Nagell, and paradoxically, the most cogent confirmation for it is the manner in Which he wound up sentenced - to ten years in federal custody. Nagell was a highly decorated infantry captain in the Korean War who, he claims, subsequently became a CIA- agent. It is a matter of record that in 1957 he was seriously injured in It plane '- crash in Cambodia,-which tends to sup- port his contention, since Cambodia was not exactly a tourist playground. On , .September 20, 1963, Nagell walked into- s a bank in El Paso, Texas, fired.a gun . the ceiling, and then sat outside wailing �� to be arrested. He says he staged the affair because he wanted to be in.custody�, es an alibi when the assassination took place. It was a desperate measure, he ad- mits. But he had sent a registered letter , - to J. 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R AM 8 1 . , "5 MEM, CAL 90027 - RAMPARTS ( repo' Aates that when the prisoner was being led from Court on-Janitary 24, 1964, he "made wild accusations to news- paper reporters, accusing the FBI of not attempting to prevent the .assassination of President Kennedy. ." (CD 404). � That the charges may not be so wild is indicated by the fact that the government threw the book at Nagel!, a first offender who says he expected to be charged only� with discharging a firearm on govern- ment-protected Property. Since his sen- tencing, he has been shuttled between Leavenworth and the federal medical center (a euphemism for mental institu,- tion) at Springfield, Missouri. While the government has suggested in court that his airplane crash mentally affected Nagell, the fatt, remains that he was given intelligence training after the crash. What Nagell allegesii damning not only to the FBI, but to the CIA. In brief, he says that the motive for the assassina- tion was Kennedy's move in the direction of a rapprochement with Castro, which the:eyes: >of. anti-Castro elements. As he puts it, an anti-Castro group in New Orleans and Mexico City, code name Bravo Club, decided to give Kennedy a "Christmas present" to be delivered September 26, a date that was postponed. A party was required. Two members of Bravo Club approached Oswald while he was work- .�t." ing at the Reily coffee firm in New 0177., leans in the summer of 1963, and ap- pealed to his ego in setting him up as the patsy. When the "delivery" site Was shifted to Dallas, Bravo Club enlisted the aid of a Dallas "subsidiary," Delta - Club. Meanwhile the CIA got wind of the plans and sent several agents into the field to ascertain whether they were "for real." Nagell says he was one of the agents dispatched. Within a short time, he claims, he was pulled in. It had been verified that the plans were authentic, that "gusanos [anti-Castroites] were making the watch tick," and that the sum of the plot was right-wing in nature. Nagell says that he was instructed to "arrow" the patsy, that is kill him, after the assassination. At this point, he con- tends, he got cold feet and bailed out. "I would rather be arresta than commit murder and treason," he declared in a self-prepared petition for habeas corpus. In the petition, Nagel' asserts that he used the pseudonyms Robert Nolan and Joseph Kramer in the U.S. and three foreign coufii.ries under the authorization of the Defense Intelligence Agency He states that the files of the FBI and the. CIA contain information that Oswald. was using the aliases Albert Hide! and . Aleksei Hidel. He charges that the FBI' illegally seized from him evidence crucial to his defense, such as notebooks con.: ". taming the names of certain CIA cm- ployces, photographs, two Mexican tourist cards (one in the name Joseph Kramer, the other in the name Albert: Hidel), and receipts for registered including the one for the letter sent: Hoover warning of the assassination. When Nagell complains he has been. , "salted away" because of what he'_ knows, he just might be making the Un- derstatement of the year. . [THE ELIMINATION OF A PATSY "T DIDN'T KILL ANYBODY . . . I'mjug ' a patsy," Oswald shouted to news- ._ men while in police custody. A marked patsy, contends Garrison�one who was not supposed to have lived long.: enough to utter his cry of innocence. But - something had misfired, and Oswald fell not into the hands of his would-be exe- . - cutioners, , but into the comparative ... ., safety of the Dallasjail. The denouement - presented a crisis that the conspirators could solve only by pressing police buff lack Ruby into service. :-. Although the Warren Commission concluded that Oswald ducked into his Oak Cliff rooming house to pick up the - .38 revolver, later confiscated from him. in the Texas Theater, it did not explain. : why, If he hnd gone to work at the School : Book Depository that morning Intend- ing to kill the President end escaper-7 - -7;77 he did not take the revolver with him. .. � That he made a beeline to his roomipg house for the sole purpose of getting the revolver speaks of a man who desper- ately wanted to protect himself from treacherous comrades rather than from � the police. Notwithstanding the mild re- sistance he put up in his refuge in the-. Texas Theater, Oswald's demeanor in custody gave every indication that he would resolve the great riddle�given ' the time. Oswald does not appear to be the only double-cross victim of that bloody after- noon: the evidence is persuasive that someone other than the accused assassin killed Officer J. D. Tippit, a friend of Jack Ruby, whose patrol area included the Harlandale Street section headquar-. 13-00000 \, emoranduth � UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 'Chilef, Research Seetion/CB/PSD FROM : L. 3. Dunn CF�,6-371 page 22 DATE': 18 April 1958"' As matter of information you may be interested in know- ing that the DDP initiated a request through the CIA Library to obtain all newspaper clippings which pertain to the death of Subject. 'Miss Barbara Wade (X 2457) advised on 18 April 1958 that the Library has articles from the Washington Post on March 14 & 16: New York Times on March 16; New York Mirror on March 17; and Christian Science Monitor on March 15. -00000 1 � 31 ff)A1A J. " � GI' ArA -.1 Turns TOKYO, March 15 1/0�The undergoing psychiatric treat= � United States Army said today ment. As usual, the Army main- one of its intelligence agents,' tamed silence on Dugan's work whose body was found floating' in Tokyo Bay, may have been � poisoned after handing his in- � surance policy to his wife and disappearing. M/Sgt. met E. Duk,an, S9, of Craffon, Pa., left his wife Feb. 4 in a Tokyo hotel' Dugan With the policy and personal papers, saying: ; "If I don't return, you'll need these." 1 His body was found last Wednesday. The Army said there were indications he was dead before hitting the water more than ,two weeks ago. ("The possibility of poison is not being overlooked," the Army said, the United Press reported. "Extensive pathologi- cal tests will he conducted on body samples.") Japanese newspaper specula- tion ranged from the possibility that Dugan was murdered while investigating Chinese Com- munists in Japan, to a Japanese police report that he had been � as an intelligance agent. But a spokesman termed Dugan "a, fine soldier" and denied he -had any psycopathic . troubles. Thel infantry ,veteran had finished, Chinese language , training WV year and was assigned to an in- telligence unit for the first time.- � � The Army said Dugan and his wife, Maud, came to Tokyo Feb. 4 -bar train from � Camp, Zama near Yokohama. The sergeant had a 'pass to visit the capital. That night be left .his wife. She said they planned to borrow money on the policy. Then, the Army .saids Dugan went to an Army camp north of Tokyo, drew $40 in advance pay and sold his typewriter to a Japanese dealer for $22. He stopped at the camp's noncom- missioned officers' club, lost $39 playing slot machines and vanished. There was no wallet on the body when it was found, Dugan was first listed as absent without leave but on March 1 this was Changed to missing because the Army was convinced he was absent through no fault of his own.. Mrs. Dugan, ri formCr,iled Cross worker he Met in* Kiireay has returned to Crafton. � -00000 1 MAR 1 5 195(3 . 12 HUNTED IN TOKYO � lof . external �injury. but there was no .sea Water-in his lungs.:' � IN DEATH.OF A G' I. as there would.' have ,been 'had, � .� he died of drowning. � . Sergeant .Dugan's wife re-. rolreis I to The Nee, York TImer. � turned to the United States "last TOKYO, March 14�The_TokyojMonday by military aircraft. An Police are reported to be search-iArmy. spokesman said :he had ing for an unidentified �Chineselno "definite". 'knowledge that and a Caucasian foreigner in!the sergeant � was :engaged in rinvestigative " . � connection with the susp,,,,im --- of his death. Hactivitye .coulat timed have ' murder of a United Staten Army been a victim. of .1.robbery, he sergeant assigned to intelligence work. A body in civilian clothes found floating � in Tokyo 'Bay Wednesday .was identified this morning as that � of M/Sgt. E. Dugan 39 years old. .Ffr "MT ng from his Intelligence unit In Yokohama, twenty-five � _miles South of Tokyo, since Feb. 4. An examination indicated the .man had been dead two weeks. An autopsy conducted by United States Army surgeons yester- � day Sugcsted.he had died before he .was thrown into the water. . Except for a- bruise on the fore- head,. his body bore; no mark* . . � I 3-00000.. 7 17 "717- 7. Tokyo ay Yields BodyOf GI Intelligence Aide 'TOKYO, March 14 (Friday) 0�The body of a 39-year-old United States Army intelli- gence agent, missing since Feb. 4, has been found float- ing in Tokyo Bay, the Army said today. The Army added it was possible that the� agent had been murdered. The body, fished out of the Bay by a Japanese policeman on Wednesday, had been ten- tatively identified as that of 6 master tergeant attached to The: Intelligence Support Cen- Or at Camp Zama, .near I, a ,Ga-7'. iuksk �/;. - , Tokyo. The _Center coordi nates all United States Army intelligence work in-Japan. The name of the victim was not immediately released: Japanese newspapers quoted police as saying the sergeant Was investigating Communist activities in Japan at the time of his disappearance, but the Army declined to confirm this. The Army spokesman said a preliminary autopsy; Will cated the man was dead-bei, fore he entered the :water: 44 fer,11 14V ,11141 13-00000 '4TERNAL SE ONLY El COL _ DENTIAL ROUTING- AND RECORD SHEET EXTENSION DATE 17 .April 1970 _ . . TO: (Officer- designation, room number, and building)' � 1 Chief, SR S Office of Security DATE. . ;REcavED:,. FORWARDED 0/70 '/fzo . OFFICER'S INITIALS TffrSteREf '.COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from wham to whom. Draw a line -across column after .each ioniment.) This material arrived atta,ched vto a dispatch fron-IEBArlin). I `� thought you might want to index Richard Case NAGELL as -a crank because he ,is mentally deranged. He was the sole sof an air crash of ,a .military Craft in ca. 1956 and suffered brain damage. 'He has claimed CIA employment but was never connected with the Agency. 13. 14. 15. FORM 610 USE PREVIOUS 3-62 EDITIONS SECRET El CONFIDENTIAL IUNSTEERMY � p UNCLASSIFIED 13-00000 . 7 '��� � altered that he announced himself in bi court to be a �Cbrdmunist: � �..Se/U111-^-1".". WILLIAM R. MARTIN ; COUP1 ..... M LAW y ... ........ ..... men HEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA hard C. liag,311 tic ; 25 Grand Avenue island York Mr. Nagells ietered lett have be f od � i ts 'tt�Orib es M ih? h urt 4rm.,'Vearei,"--tass , lee/ t-cmik n...., raptab., 4 for. reit4717. . est - ',..Pictopy,e; ..-oo r. - .1 held the 471, 44ti: , � � 1n. X � 474 4 ern.Cjes Sind b 1:;1% whilletta:47 � :raitti Arla o -leb aeni -iv he le 0� 6 Op 1 Si.n a r ill, !se enthlt On 1,1400(6! :Vet. '11 114,11-enti ,11gb -.an -.14, --a � If. 1 10;yi atalukr IMP he tase r..__. 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"For C record he would like In say that hIS ssociation with .0SWALD Meaning EE HARVEY OSWALD) was purely social and that he had met, him in Mexico City and in Texas" (CD 197). Another report Rules that when the prisoner wa being led .froin court on January 24 IWW. he "made wild imusations to news paper reporters. accusing the FBI of no attempting to prevent the assassinatio of Pres'dent Kenn ed .."(ctt 404). . : . Rtas.nsudyy;,/.74tiez- Se.o.tot killeti4tfel:ifbir;e1.84:4:11.184C1P;I:Ceifer:::11/1.12:04..:r 411:4:e. 4811!:7";:llse:::::::::16 ....60;�,.......a..,,,. a. . � .16 A r. .2110 . ktozzL,. ,irie44.1. (c,C.441:,../0,Ar sioar. . Or roe opd IIMIegi manr 1St . CO rte� 2 .. CLA .004 ieri IrtI?opo- 201, ;02.4:0,...2.12e coo c:7.1 ii cortuuniVel N.1,03,:: 3pho .co.r!:olletc; lirieropill'inmer a Plrt .. Unpop 2 appl,ox, � ii alltuli ortreoh.Po;31tte4,� 7e....�1_Y_ ono . --- arl or �i-g, r4, 4CA na DQu 'y Denies CIA LinketrmeNT, 41?PeRs ��zz PASO HERALD POST; September 21, 1963 4,a PT, 4r8 " 5973 Illcha Grant r ""t, r� � � . 4 '4.�O.. 06 � � 4. 1%) 44,./ ay %I . 4.4)0 c'4 4(t 4? ria.., f4,, 4..11%12 iSee,,4� 444. 004/_� 4' Pa � 49, '10 lo 4.0 �� 4/I.% ,r, ,0 ��. siAre � 0..049 sg�ti � %%eel?' CS CL�.�,..,,r ke btaye:: ' 0 y TILE.01111. tOS 1 6 2 14 9* siCVLASD CI�SS 144 vow� oafs OF 1�1111C/4491W'; f OP" Coutt of cimces� a WI" zost :4 0 � I. The old In- Out '2 stemmed...Rh I 2. The building end.Cests0 freue I used by the le inked Oswald d U.S. Cou se. Re sum .10 ow � res 13-00000 .:1 28 January 1970 Waehington, D.C. An editor of ,a trade journal, whom I first met while on an intelligence assignment in Latin' America, has urged MQ for some time to 'make public the facts dealing with my- . involvement in . a: conspiracy to murder. the late Chief Executive, John F. Kennedy, in 1963 and the circumstances surrounding my arrest and imprisonment in the United States and East Germany. For reasons that. are more personal than advisable I can think of little else that I would like to do better. B.O. with the copious amount of documentation and background material on hand, that I feel should be adduced to in any valid treatise of the subject, it would require writing no less than L.L tome, an undertaking for which I am hardly qualified. Then, too, there is a growing. skepticism on my part concerning the kind of reception that a topic of this sort would elicit from a society long since inured to violence, corruption and injustice. Still, after over six 'years of relative silence I've decided that. I must say something about all this, if only to answer the lies and distortions concocted about me in the press. Thus, I have compiled this small booklet, a throwaway, which may be easily discarded at the whim of the reader. In it I've taken the liberty to set forth ayeproduction of one of the . least sanitized references to my case that has appeared in the news media, an article printed 'last summer in the 'OVERSEAS FAMILY, a weekly tabloid Catering to U.S. service- men in Europe. I have utilized this particular article as a vehicle to tell a. bit of my side of the story by writing an -addendum: to Nagpll: 13-00000 age 12 The FAMILY . . . � ... Friday, June 20, 1009 sonsumapsonmumuummeicammosowseasamrstemmummusinnumeaussemonolenomasseemesseasumffizenismemenesisiamememoussumuniersammussuommemessam 10 =ea EaD cta � c.bz-,5 cife Ex-Army spook who fingered Oswald claims Uncle Sant hides his family I. by Thomas C.Lucey. UNCLE SAM has given Richard Case Nagell three Purple Hearts � � one � earned on Christmas Day� and a medal for heroism in combat. But what this ex�Army counterspy and alleged CIA undercoverman wants is that Uncle keep a promise to locate his wife and two small children. The 38-year-old former officer hasn't seen them since 1963. Officials inside the Federal Govern- ment � most likely FBI and CIA agents � know where they are and deliberately isolated him from his family, the tall, lean chain-smoker claims. Nagell became separated from his Japanese-born wife Mitsuko Takahashi and their children, Teresa, now 9, ond Ro- bert, now 8, when he was arrested for robbing an El Paso, Tex., bank in Sep- tember 1963. He staged the robbery and immedi- ately surrendered to thefl police, Nagell claims, because he had refused to kill Kennedy-assassin Lee Harvey Oswald and crn ICHARD CASE Nagell first went to work for the CIA as an in- formant in Au- gust 1962. "Some publications have identified him as a CIA agent," the FAMILY source said. "But Nagell never claimed to be a, CIA agent. For the year that he worked off and on for the CIA the first time, he was: never told what he was. But it was in the capacity of an in- vestigator or informant." � Nagell had a good badc- � ground for investigative and undercover assignments. � In the Army, he was a CIC captain who worked in field of- � fices in the United States and with the then super hush-hush Field Operations Intelligence in . Japan and Korea. lie had made captain with a battlefield commission during � the Korean War at the age of 22� possibly the youngest man to earn that distinction. Nagel' � served two volunteer combat tours as an infantryman in Ko- rea. signing up for the second � as soon as he returned to the States from the first. It was in Korea that he won the Bronze � Star and three Purple Hearts. Copyright 1969, Thomas C.: Lacey. Reproduction in whole - or in part strictly prohibited- without the prior written pee- . mission of the author. � � was afraid he. would be killed himself. The ex-Army captain was convicted of the crime and sent to Leavenworth, but Mrs. Nagell was never told where he was, Since then Natoli has been written about in national American magazines �and has worked his way inside a politi- cal prison in Communist East Germany for the CIA. Two major magazines intimated that Nagell had been insane. New Orleans district attorney Jim Gar- rison allegedly interviewed Nagell three times in his controversial probe of what he Called the plot to kill Kennedy. However, despite all the publicity about Nagel!, no public mention has been made of his charges that: - gb FBI special agents who questioned Mrs. Nagell about her husband while he was in prison said they didn't know where he was; � � � 0. The CIA used the promise of reunit- ing Nagell with his family as part of the incentive for him to undertake a one-man During a subsequent tour in . the Far East with the CIC and FOI. Nagell met and married his Japanese wife in the spring of 1959. Being married to a foreign national meant an automatic removal from intel- ligence work so Nagell decided to leave the Army. For two years he wee a Cal- ifornia state special inveatiga- tor, working on fraud cases and liquor violations. In the summer of 1982 he left that Job to work for the CIA. His last assignment was to penetrate the Fair Play for ' Cuba Committee, where he met Oswald. Nagell also briefly in- vestigated Oswald's Russian- born wife Marisa. Nagell considered Oswald . intelligent. "but some right- wingers were using him by feeding his ego. They made him think he was a big man, important. Oswald himself was definitely a left-winger, lean- ing toward Mao or maybe even Castro. He wasn't pro-Moscow. He hated the Russians. "And when Oswald said he was going to do something, you knew he meant it." In September Oswald told Nagell, "We will kill him be- fore the month is out." The "we." according to Na- gell, were Oswald and two Lat- ins � possibly Cubans-who, belonged to anti-Castro organ- izations in the United States. "Him" was President Kennedy. Nagell reported the threat to a man known only as Bob, his CIA contact. According to The FAMILY'. source, "Nsgell's in- structions were to take care of Oswald. He told him he was an intelligence man, not a killer, and he couldn't kill Oswald. "Threats were made to Na- gell which indicated to him that he had better do what he had been instructed to do. "Instead, he wrote about Oswald'a assassination plans to FBI director .1. Edgar Hoover In Washington. Hoover didn't reply, but Nagell didn't expect CIA assignment inside East Germany. Nagel' came to Europe in February 1969 on a hunch that the path to his fam- ily started in West Berlin. In Zurich he was &Mast killed, he says. In Barcelona, he was watched. And in West Berlin he was attacked in a side-street bar by two strangers � one of whom had been fol- lowing him for two days � and hit on the top of his head so hard a molar cracked in half. Fearing that the next attacker might murder him and reassured that the Gov- ernment would finally� keep its promise this time, Nagell flew home to the United States. � Now he's back where he started in 1963 � when he tipped off the FBI that � Oswald was planning to assassinate Pres- ident Kennedy. . Working through a source with access to. documents on the Nagel! case, The FAMILY has been able to reconstruct this incredible story of the spy who couldn't come in from the cold, be arrested. He expected to be held briefly for discharging a .firearm on Federally insured property. By that time the as- sassination would be over and he'd be safe. Apparently Nagel' felt police custody would keep him safe from the CIA and from the assassins. He 'feared the CIA because he didn't "take care of" Oswald. He feared the tentlary," the source sm.led. "All you have to do is be there." The source continued: . � 'In 1988 Nagell's sister wrote that she had had a letter from his wife. She wanted to know where her husband was and why hadn't she heard from him. '"Here is the sticky part! In Nagell's letter she Said Midgard Ncogoollil: co sollf-cliolcuicloctl -coicorec co. him to. He wanted that letter as a matter of record. "After Nagell's. tip, the FBI questioned Oswald and re- leased him as not being -a danger or a threat." � Two months later Nagell heard. the assassination news bulletin on the radio. "The FBI screwed up!" he explained. "That was Oswald!" This was before there Was any public mention of Oswald. "After the assassination the ;FBI tried to clean their skirts," The FAMILY was told. 'FBI agents insisted to Nagell that he hadn't told them this about Oswald or that about Oswald. . But he had." � .. ..... By this time Nagell was in . Leavenworth penitentiary, . On Sept. 20, 1963, six days before what .Nagell thought was to be. the assassination date, he went into an El Paso bank, shot one bullet into the. ceiling and waited outside to. assassins because he might be considered one of them. But the police held Nagell longer than six days. - He was tried twice, in May 1984 and September. 1966, for attempted robbery with force and violence and sentenced to the maximum Of 10 years. "I was bum-rapped," Nagell complained. 'The court � instructed that any attorneys retained by his' reladves would have to come ' Under the supervision and-' control of court-appointed attorneys," The FAMILY'. source said. "In effect this de- flied him counsel of 'his choice � all during prison." � As prisoner A-83286-4 Na- gell was allowed to write to only his, slater and � friend. - � He couldn't . get an explan- ation why he wasn't allowed mall from or to ht, wife and .children. "They 'don't explain to you in Leavenworth pent- � the- FBI had questioned her a � few days before about her hus- band's activities in the Army. �The FBI knew where Nagel!' � was but didn't tell his wife." � The letter had been sent from a Hollywood post office box and Nagell tried unsuc- cessfully to trace it after he got out of Leavenworth. On April 29, 1968, After WI � years in prison, /*bitten was re- � leased after he had won an ., acquittal on appeal and flew to New York.. ."We pulled a lot of strings to get your freedom." said a � man who met Nagell when he � landed at Kennedy Airport. � The man and his nontalidng . �partner gave Nagell 9500 in � $20 bills.- 'Mote will come 'where this comes from." the , unidentified man promised. ."We- appreciate your cooper- ation in prison." � "To this day," the source told The FAMILY. "Nagell .00memonsessommunesisainneuesummeassmanuesspenumememinamassiasesomiumunisu. sonnessieueniesommiummeasseesualinnimenniniuseummuennuoneumennommunsissomunamemannannesemen 13-00000 still has not got the money' promised him . for his im- prisonment in the United States." In New York Nagell kept an appointment with a CIA offi- cial he knew only as Buehel. The CIA official told Nagell he had heard that his wife had di- vorced him while he was in Leavenworth, "It might be true," the source through East Germany and he would be arrested. "The main objective of his imprisonment was twofold; One concerned a US. naval officer who had allegedly de- fected and Nagell had to find out If he "was there. But his main purpose was to get as much information as possible on techniques of Interrogation and methods of treatment of J � CAST OF CHARACTERS: Richard Nageli was ques- tioned by New Orleans D.A. Tim Garrison because Nagell claims he fingered Kennedy assassin Lee /far- . v�y Oswald while working for the CIA. Hagen also � says D.S. Government offi- cials isolated him from his two children after the as- sassination. � Were - talking about:. So they' took him off the train because he didn't have a�valid transit . visa: "They . drove to Erfurt (an . East German city), where Na- sell was held for three days in a safe house (a private home- � used as a'eover for intelligence purposes). There some Men in � civilian clothes � questioned Nagell. .21se vicithrn of dagger-hi-the-bandc CIA tactics? noted, "but wouldn't it be nice for Nagell to know for sure. He assumes his children are still with his wife." . Nagell met Buehel to be � briefed for another CIA assign- ment. Why did he go back to the CIA? "It was the only practical thing for himi to do," the � � source said, "because of his financial situation." Almost a month to the day after he arrived in New York Nageli jetted to Zurich. "During his last week of discussions with Buehel and another man in New York." The FAMILY'. source said, "it was Nagell's understanding that he was to have himself arrested by East German authorities. All he had to do Was buy a train ticket front Zurich, Switzerland, to East Berlin. The train would go the MS (East German Ministry for State Security)." Everything went according to the CIA's plan�up: to a � point. In Zurich, Nagell reported to his CIA contact in the Ameri- can Consulate General. Aboul the only thing the CIA agent seems to have said to Nagell was to ask him the train com- partment number on Ms reser- vation. Nagell told him, No. 46. Early In the morning of June 10, 1968, around 12:30 am. to 1:30 a.m., Nagell's train stopped after crossing the East German border. "He could hear people get on the train and clomp down the aisle, directly to his com- partment," the source said. "There were two men in uni- form and two men in civilian clothes. They asked Nagell for his passport�by name. Then they asked for his transit visa. He didn't know what they � "Next he was driven to an East Berlin political prison for extensive Interrogation: They accusect�him of espionage and said they were going to try him. "Nagell had been told that if he was in East Germany for over three months, his release . would be effected by the agen- cy (CIA). but he was not told how. On his own he started to Proaon's�WIldroa U.S. Mission in Berlin; Eastern Affairs Section of the fled. Wtoolfghainmg vaosgeSl.anadkwrueigl bruecke." Waiting to meet Nagell were, according to the source: � 0 Andor Klay, head of the 1, known East Berlin awyer who participated on the Feb. 10. 1962, exchange of Soviet master spy Col Rudolf Abel and A- merican U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers and other spies and accused spies: � Ricer S. New. a wealthy Washington lawyer, supposed- ly "a representative -- not a member�of the CIA"; I � Bruce A. Flatin, head of as I'm concerned you're free Flatin is not his real name"; the U.S. -Berlin Mission's to go.' public safety section, allegedly "New spoke to the doctor in "a longtime CIA member�and a corner � the doctor kept shaking his head no � and � Dr. (Capt � now Maj) then New told.-Nagell, 'I think George Raymond Babineau, a you ought to leave for the psychiatrist at the U.S. Army United States. The German hospital in Berlin, who ap- newspapers are going to pi& peared in civilian clothes, and this thing up any moment and � An unidentified man, might want to talk to you. I . Nagell was driven to the don't think you should talk to ..U.S. Mission at 170 Clay Alice em. . play 'crazy because he was � and interviewed by Babineau. "Nagell said he wanted to go there over four and a half.' "That was probably because � back to Zurich first to pidc up ' months and he began to think Nagel' had played crazy with his belongings � to be exact, certain documents in a safe the East Germans" the source de- there was another reason for his .being there. He felt the CIA had deserted him and that, quite frankly, he had been sent to Germany to get 'him out of sight or to get rid of MM. "He was released on October 23. He didn't know he was go- ing to be released until he was taken out of prison and driven to a Berlin checkpoint idenii- began feeling sleepy and thought he was under the in- fluence of a drug. He wept to the bathroom and looked at his eyes in a mirror, They were almost pinpoints and he was feeling exceedingly sleepy. "Back in the room he asked, 'Did anybody put something In my coffee?' "Dr. Babineau said no; 'few said nothing. Nagell began to feel so sleepy he had tri oc- casionally stand up to stay a- wake. Finally, he asked to be examined by a civilian psychi- atrist if there was any ques- tion of his sanity. "'No.' the doctor said, 'as far said. posit box. Nagell keeps records, Washington lawyer New was plenty of them." also present. When Nagell was driven to "Somebody brought Nagel! Tempelhof Airport, New ac- a cup of coffee," the source companied him and waited un- continued. 'Nobody else had til he boarded the plane. Some � coffee. Nagell drank a small time during their talk New asked Nagel' about his disabil- portion of his coffee. It was Ity�Nagell was getting a 60 black but It tasted more bitter percent disability for service- than ordinary coffee. Approxi- mately five minutes later he (Continued on Next Page) MM1111/1111111111111112811111MBABOMMUNIMIDIMMIMMIDISMIBMINIMMUMISONIMMISAMIEDDRIMM � B ' 2��-�; � � ��� .-.���������-��,' tarirammo CaLirMIEDGE. :37'S one of of the finest cartridges .ever produced. 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I g On the afternoon flight to convincing him that he had Stuttgart Nagell fell asleep. been given a drug or a bar- I biturate. -a Because of fog he didn't get I to Zurich until 4 a.m. and "he was feeling extremely sick," the . a source said. "He rested for a' ^ = few hours and went to the U.S. N Consulate General. New had '� Lg told him to stay away from the 'consulate in Zurich because I send will question you and it to Washington.' Nagell agent William W. Turner); � "He ordered a beer and vas g � After hospitalization he standing at the bar, talkin to i 1 H couldn't understand New's rea- . returned to Army Intelligence a guy on his right, when he = swer questions about his im- 'School, received a top Secret saw the drier open and wo r. soning, but he went to the prisonment and told them about . clearance and was assigned to men came directly toward him. tell them about Berlin. He was 4 �- g � consulate to get a doctor, not to New's promise. the CIC: "Nagel' was getting reat41 to � drastically sick and wanted �- doctor. He thought he was dy- � "The next time, he told the � A June 17, 1966, psychiatric . tell the men he didn't spiak consulate he was angry that he report ' from the Springfield German when he saw one ick I" - , had not heard from New and Medical Center stated there something out of his po et -: I . 1 V Club L . IMMUMMEMIMIIMIIEMMIMMOIMMIMIUMMIIIIIIV, he didn't he contacted a State sour Audio has the g . am we am No ims um ,Naa a Dept, agency in New York and Uri Zurich � i � . . I was allegedly told that a letter "That was the last time Na- somoono would be sent to Washington. gell heard from them,* the triad . . asked for Hill in the passport � I Referred. to a civilian doctor, Nagell was told "he had been E given an overdose of Seconal, E a most potent sleeping drug." Nagell was sick for about six g days. or three days. Nagell had told him he wanted the search for Vefosfreamily to be agreed upon he returned, to the States. � Twice Nagell called New's room at the Berlin Hilton. First New was "unavailable," then he had checked out for the U.S. (Later, back in Washington, New allegedly explained it. had been "unadvisable" to go to Zu- rich because the East Germans might have tapped hts phone and he didn't want them to know Nagell was there. Nagell didn't buy that) With New hot showing up to � discuss the search for his fami- ly, Nagell violated his instruc- tions and went to the consulate for help. : On his first visit Nagell found "they had a classified file on him and knew he had been in , East Berlin," the source con- Kenneth Hill in the passport k section. "A week or two later,"! the 1 source continued. 'they finally E got confirmation from Washing- ton that they had been unable "another %%dings found in the to locate Nagell's children so mail (of crank letters, publicity far but were continuing trete. =-.� seekers and bogus tips) .". an efforts. g � = P inmate of -a Federal institution- "So he finally agreed to go for the criminally insane In back to the States as long as HSpringfield, Miss. . . . court the State Department was con- "d 1 q records indicated that Nagell tinuing their efforts." had suffered brain damage in . g Pointing out that he had N an airplane crash� in 1957." 'spent a great deal of his money Nagell's rebuttal:' "running around." Nagel' asked :m � He was Bent to the U.S. for Government transportation 6 Medical Center for Federal home .and was refused. 1 - a Prisoners in Springfield to On April 19 or 20 Nagell real- E determine whether he could lzed he was under surveillance. 'a stand trial and when he w 'Around 10:30 on the night 0 as up for parole; � of April 22, Nagell was walk- E � On each occasion he 'was ing 'down KurfuerstendaMm found mentally competent; when he lost his tall," he � In 1954 (not in 1957) he source continued. 'They just = was the only survivor of a disappeared. He didn't try' to g them. a B52 crash at Baltimore's ' lose a Friendship Airport (not in "Nagell then went dow a E Cambodia,'as reported in Ram- side street and into a small parts magazine by former FBI taurant with a bar. was: no "evidence or finding ' suggestible of brain damage.' All this runaround in Washington convinced Nagell that no one in the States was going to help him find his family. 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"They told him that the � State Department didn't have the facilities to search for the children," the source said, "but on account of the circumstances surrounding the case and 'be- cause one of our employes ap- parently made a promise in Zu- ridt� they would conduct a search for his children and de- termine whether he was mar- ried or divorced. "He never heard from them again. When he called they were quote unavaUable un- � quote." Through a lawyer in New's office, described as a luxurious suite visited by Pentagon of- ficers in civilian clothes, Nagell got an appointment at the VA for "a-two-and-a-half-minute physical with his clothes on," according to the source. 'Two hours later he was awarded a 100 percent disability allow- ance for a nervous condition.' "Nagell went back to New and told him 'they wanted to tag him (Nagel') with a nervous condition to destroy his erect'. bility." For good reason, Nagel' wor- ried that a nervous condition might be used to tag him as a nut who didn't know what he was talking about In July 1968, while Nagel' was in the Communist prison, Edward Jay Epstein, author of , a book on the Warren Com- mission, wrote an article in the New Yorker magazine at- tacking New Orleans District Attorney JIM Garrison's in- vestigation of the Kennedy-as- sassination. Epstein described Nagell as immuuummummiunumminmumnimuummammiummumummuniummimmminiummmummuminumumuatammtammommwarammn2..-- mama 681211231111816116616111111116111631612116110611111111101 and swing at him. Nagell turned and was hit on the back g of the head." H ' Police took Nagel' to he Albrecht Achilles Hospital. 1 When he told the Germans he thought he had been hit by the CIA, "they called an American from the CID, I a British representative (ap- parently the side street was in the British Sector) and a mem- ber of the Berlin political police.' Around midnight Nagell went to the US. Mission and to kin hiras On Feb. 21 of this year he flew from Mexico City to Zurich. But the vice-consul who had promised State Dept help last fall was no longer there. Nagell asked for the man he claimed to be the.CIA station chief. He, too, was gone. Sent to the consulate's politi- cal section, Nagell told them of the promises he'd been given and threatened to go to Swiss newspapers about a CIA agent in Bern, the Swiss capital. � "A member of the consulate asked Nagel' to give them two . weeks and telexed Washing- ton," the source said. "But then one night there was an at- tempt on Nagell's life and he left for Barcelona the next day. 'There he contacted the U.S. Consulate General and told them why he had left Zurich and asked that Zurich's reply from Washington be sent to Barcelona. "Nagell was in Barcelona for two weeks. But then he real- ized he was being watched and left to see an ex-Army intelli- gence officer at the American Embassy in Madrid. "Again he stayed for two weeks. The embassy gave him no satisfaction, not even telling him what Washington had said. So he decided to go back to* Berlin where this thing started and made some prom- ises to himself � one of them being that if he didn't find his children he would go to the news media." He was referred to Andor Klay and Bruce Flatin, two of the men who had met Nagell when he came from East Berlin, and eventually to a section. Instead, he got the Army staff duty officer and a CIC agent. "He gave his bloody shirt and T-shirt in a bag to the C1C agent," the source said, "and told him to give it to gill. "'II something happens I to me,' he told the agent, 'the responsibility is going to be pinned because I'm going to the papers.' "Back in his hotel, Hagen Was worried that he was going to be killed." In the morning he went! to the Army hospital and then to Hill in the consulate. 'Hill had the bloody cloth- ing. 'You must get out of Berlin,' he told Nagel'. 'We cannot give you protection here. The German police think it's either mistaken idenUty or the MIS.' "'Last night I thought some- body wanted to kill me,' Nagel! replied. 'Now I take it as (only) a warning.' " (Later, Hill told The FAMILY he considered Nagel' merely "a private American citizen traveling abroad." He added: "Ninety-nine and a half per- cent of his story is fantasy." Hill confirmed that he had re- ceived Nagell's bloody clothing and that Nagell had come to him with a stitched-up head wound. But he would only say that the attack 'Is his story, not that I have any other story about it.") But shortly after that Nagell was placed on orders as an E ambulatory patient and sent on E the Berlin duty train to Frank- m furt. His orders also put him on a military flight back to the States. That's where he apparently is now. But he still doesn't know if he's married or divorced and the whereabouts of his 111- dren. s.-- 13-00000 p7ut uitaib6Ab eAkiLl artacl& awye no 1. sougav ol 'confirm each and every abeertion made by its authorp.Thomas C. Lucey. Mr. Lucey, despite his citing a.substantial number of inaccuracies, has nonetheless depicted a vast area of what may be termed the fundamental truth. With this in mind, I.have tried to set the record straight only insofar as it pertains to 'those inaccuracies - and omissions -which in my opinion reflect adversely on the whole. � In order to view Mr. Lucey's account in a somewhat different perspective, I shall begin by advising that I first went to work for the Central Intelligence Agency Tuch earlier than August 1962. It was during the winter of 1955-56, while assigned as a Case Review Officer with the Counter Intelligence' Corps at Los Angeles, that I was initially recruited into the CIA'a farflung network of informants and agents, one of a number I suppose, within the Defense Department's \intelligence community who helped the Agency . keep an eye on its not alwayi tame competitor. My recruitment was. handled by a Herert .Leibacher, an agent of the CIA's Los Angeles office, and a Joe DaVanon, later identi ied .to me through photographs as an official from CIA headquarters, then located onf "E" !street in Washington, D.C. Motivated by a degree of naivete and the Agency's subtle reminders that I owed a greater duty to my country than to the military establishment, I ! . ,served as a. non-paid, confidential informant off and on until my resignation from the Army in October 1959. A complete description of the information I supplied to the Agency. during My military, career would only add to what must perforce become a lengthy addendum; may it suffice to say That it did not always seem germane to intelligence affairs, 'but when it did it consisted mainly of an assortment of data that for so-called discretionary reasons was seldom passed on to the Agency. .(or for that matter, to our own hi her echelons) through regular channels. Mr. Lucey's statement, "Being married to a foreign national meant an automatic removal from intelligence work so Nagell decided to leave the Army," is misleading and incorrect in its entirety. The only military intelligence organization from which an individual is normally removed subsequent to marrying a foreign national is the CIC - primarily a security type organ - and this rule does not necessarily apply when the agent is an enlisted man or warrant officer. As a commissioned officer, I wns declared ineligible for further duty with the CIC effective 14 April 1959, a full year after my marriage to a foreign national. I was not barred from assignment to other, even npre sensitive, MI organizations such as Field Operations Intelligence, then the clandestine espionage department of military intelligence. As for the reasons I left the Army, they were clearly if euphemistically explained in my second letter of resignation, dated 31 August 1959, namelys "I desire to tender my resignation because I wish to further my civilian education. It is not possible for me to pursue the curriculum of which I am desirous while on active duty. Also, compassionate reasons of a personal nature exist for desiring to tender my resignation at this time." My patronage under the CIA did not end with my ,discharee from the Army and ensuing employment in December 1959 as an investigator for the State of California; in fact, henceforth I was offered remuneration for my services, however nominal it sometimes was. What my new tasks comprised is. of no real pertinence to this addendum, or to later _developments, except perhaps to mention that one of my contacts said he worked out of "Domestic Intellipence," possibly the forerunner of the present-day Domestic Operations Division, which illegally keeps tabs on a wide range of American civilian organizations and activities. I should also point out that I did not quit my position with the State of California "to work for the CIA," as implied by Mr. Lucey. I was dismissed, in June 1962, at my own option and in my opinion for doing my job. (The following month I was 'shot through the right chest during an altercation with a person whose identity I have never disclosed . . . not through the left chest by myself, my wife, an Alcoholic .Beverage Control inspector then under investigation or by a Los Angeles police officer "because of communistic implications," as has been reported at various times by various sources). For the next year, from approximately the middle of August 1962 until my arrest in 13-00000 Te.as op 20 September 19( I was employed by, the h6ency in a capacity which can be idcUrately described as that of an agent, in'every sense of the word. My assignm6nts varied and necessitated travel to three Latin American nations and many states, including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. They also necessitated my taking on cover employlent ..for one week in. New York and ler about ten weeks in Los Angeles, though usually I p sed as a tourist, an investigator for;'. the Immigration & Naturalization Service or El a researcher for a private firm, the appropriate credentials being furnished to me by the CIA. To sum it up briefly, I operated in Mexico City at the onset of the Cuban Mis ile Crisis in an effort aimed chiefly at the Soviet government; I conducted inqui ies relative to "dissident" members' of several Cuban refugee groups based in the Un'ted. States; I checked out an alleged connection between a Miami resident named Eladio Del' Valle and New Orleans CIA infOrmant Sergio Arcacha-Smith; I investigated an associat of the now deceased right-wing .extremist David W. Ferris of New Orleans, as I did the ' activities of left-wingers Vaughn L. Snipes and his wife, Priscilla, near Vence, California, and others; I conducted a surveillance on a man, said to have been an ex-CIA employee, observed talking to !ARP leader Manuel Artime and former Cuban senator/racketeer. Rolando Masferrer; I inquired into an allegation that Marina Oswald intended to divbrce her husband and return to the U.S.S.R. (although I never stated that I. met her personally, as was reported by the FBI and Secret Service); and I performed courier duties and acted . as a cut-out. At the time of my arrest I was operating in an undercover role, ha,)ing become involved in a, domestic-inspired plot to assassinate President' Kennedy and, leastwise ostensibly, other highly-placed government officials. � � r. Lucey goes on to state that my last assignment at the time "was to penetrate the Fair Play for Cuba Committee, where he met Oswald." Such statement is also incorrect. I was never a member, bona-fide or otherwisel.of the FPCC. And my conversations with FPCC functionaries like' Steve Roberts, an .official of the Socialist Workers Party at LOB Angeles, could hardly be construed as a penetration. Furthermore, I had been introdulcod to Mr. Oswald long before the FPCC came into existence, albeit upder an assumed name. As to the allusion that I told "Bob" I was an intelligence man, not a kill r, therefore I couldn't .kill Mr. 'Oswald, while the reference is true its connotation is deceptive. I had killed before and I had participated in homicides under the auspices of both MI and the CIA (one instance being the part I played in the February 1958 abduction- interrogation-murder of an FOI agent, a U.S. soldier, MSGT Emmett E. Dugan, from Craftbn, Pa., suspected of having defected in place to the Chinese), under the guise that an American variation of the Soviet "wet affair" was the only alternative, that it was either essential to some overall intelligence effort or in the best interests of our national security. And it was a similar-sounding argument, ultimately reduced to a . threat, that was advanced to me by Robert Graham as an incentive to dispose of Mr. Oswald , in September 1963. But my refusal to do so had absolutely no bearing on the reason for effecting my arrest in the manner I chose, nor did it engender in me fear of reprisal by the CIA. Pertaining to my arrest and convictions at El Paso, Texas, which the official _spokesmen and the press have so neatly labeled fie being for "bank robbery," let one of the government's own spurious records, the appelate court decision that finally yawned a judgement of acquittal in my case, give its version: "The charge was then, and is now, entering a federally insured bank with intent to rob." What the record aptly ignores is the fact that two juries, incensed by the prosecution's innuendoes in and out of the courtroom (and by the ramifications of perjured testimony and a false Bureau of Prisons report made available to the jury during its deliberations at the second trial -though never formally admitted into evidence) that I was a Communist, no doubt a very red spy, :twice convicted me of having "intended" to take by force and violence one hundred dollars worth of Travelers Cheques from a bank teller. � I shall not herein attempt to list even generally the injustices to which I was subjected by a corrupt judicial system, nor shall 1 bother .to enumerate the cruelties 13-00000 ,1103t of them are adequai. ,.y detailed in my 1967 Memorandum in Support of Petitionifor Writ Vf Habeas Corpus, sworn to and subscribed before William R. Martin (a former meniber oC the CIA's Dirty 'Tricks Division, who by his own admission is still in "the reserved"). But I shall opine that if President Kennedy had not met his demise when and where he id, I would not have been brought to trial on charges of pommiting a felony. ' While my return to the fold of the CIA in May 1968 may have been the only "practical .thing" for me to do, it definitely was not predicated on my financial situation, as a few old bank account passbooks will substantiate (I am not quite the mercenary that Mr. Lucey has portrayed). Nor was it because of any peculiar allegiance to those who had tosseclIL me on the scrap heap for the sake of expediency 4i years earlier, love of country, masoWs- tic tendencies or wont of further intrigue. , And while it remains axiomatic in my mind. .that the sole requisite for one's use by the Agency is his qualification to fit i to r whatever may happen to be . the scheme of things, even this did not apply in my circumstance, not really. I agreed to go back out into the cold, so to speak, .stricjtly Ifor personal reasons and I think the explanation is wisely left at that for now. My mission inside East Germany - if indeed it was a mission - was neither as we 1- defined nor as elementary as Mr. Lucey has perceived. . I am sure the CIA knows all!it needs to know about American defectors in Berlin and the modus operandi of the UfS. In tact, the mission was nnt directed against East Germany, per se. . Preparations bore the trademarks of an authentic, even typical, Agency project targeted in the main to anotiler nation. That I was unable to comprehend the German language, that I had been a recent, unwilling guest of the U.S. Attorney General, branded a COmmunist in the public recorhs, etc., merely served to strengthen an already plausible cover built up by chance rater than by design. Paradoxically, the chinks in the armor were that the cover was not wholly untrue, the MfS (unlike the FBI) not in the least irresponsible to the laws Lricl ; policies of its government. In the past I had engaged in certain covert intelligence ; activities hositle to other socialist states, to which - as an integral part of my cover - I freely confessed. Oddly enough, however, my mentors from Langely had neglec ed : to tell me during the briefings that these previous activities constituted a violation! of : the 'criminal statutes of the GDR, warranting a maximum penalty of death upon convicti1 n. By inadvertence or by plan I found myself in a not altogether unfamiliar predicament. If : I had confessed to my real mission,- assuming that it was genuine, without doubt I would I ; have been spared execution, probably even escaped long-term imprisonment. Instead, I i selected what I considered to be a better alternative . . . . and gained my freedom. As i for my treatment by the MfS, froth begining to end it was far more gentle than that : experienced beneath the cudgel of the U.S. Department of Justice. - With regard to my marital status and my children, the foremost area that Mr. Lucey jappears to have exploited, I have never claimed that "Uncle Sam hides my family" or 'stated that FBI and CIA agents-deliberately isolated ma from my wife and children; nor lhave I claimed that the Agency used the promise of reuniting me with my family as part of ;.the incentive for accepting the assignment in the GDR. My accusations in this respect 'centered around my children and they were leveled at the State Department as the result 'of a promise made to me shortly after my release from the GDR. Since returning to the ;United States last spring a reliable source has informed me that my wife was granted a final decree of divorce at some period during my imprisonment in the USA and although I I have never been served with a copy of the decree or other notification of divorce (or notice of a divorce hearing) I see no cause to dispute the advisement. Lastly, concerning the aspersions cast on my sanity, at this writing permit me to limy only that I have never in my life been certified psychotic by any U.S. medical Iauthority or adjudicated mentally-incompetent in a court of law, notwithstanding the -conflicting legal and medical opinions as to my mental condition on the day of my arrest in Texas, over six years ago. , * * * 62 00 /c2O �/z; 13-00000 CLASSIFIED MES5AGE.: AOTAL:tOPIES 0019 ING AND/OR' INITIA "- SEEN BY' CABLEsSEORETARIAT DISSEMINATION. PERSON/UNIT NOTIFIED ADVANCE COPY El ISSUED . SLOTTED � .) BY: Opissem, By ACTION PER �Cren.C.T. ,GRo.u! -4r�---1�6= . (When otomassinca ON �REPRODUCTION OF THIS cppy PROHIBI D ElRID COPY � INDEX a ..yEs--0 NO � . . �� CLASSIFY.: TO ....FILE -NO. � X-REF TO FILE NO . , FILE Ott 5 3D 9 P IO. BRANCH 0- DESTRDY 0 SiG, Ii iflfl : dp c4tAONP010-1* 4-5 St E C R E T 151047Z MAR 69 -CITEIURICH,1629 ,70-/0 , DIRECTOR INFO LI2ERg REF - DIRECTOR 83209 1. NAGELL LAST APPEARED AT ZURICH CONSULATE MORNING IN 7 MARCH .AND STATED THAT. IF HE RECEIVED NO SATISFACTION BYFIVE , VGIAcK THAT AFTERNOON HE WOULD :WRY OUI HIS THREATS - AND EXPOSE US GOVERNMENT ON RADIO, TELEVISION AND IN THE . PRESS. 2. HE THEN DISAPPEARED, NOTHING .FURTHER HEARD ,FROM HIM AND - NO PUBLICITY GIVEN. MORNING MONDAY la MARCH CONSULATE ZURICH . ADVISED BY TELEPHONE .FROM US CONSULATE BARCELONA THAT NAGELL HAD APPROACHED THEM AND MADE SIMILAR THREATS. 3. FILE: �' 201-746537. SECRET. �-SE-C-RET- 13-00000 :MARY I ICPUREPT.P 4963/9.168:, 12 MARCH 1969 SOLE SECRETARIAT'DISSE � -RELEASING OFFICER UTING D/OR I 171ALS'.7.S7 , 2, ,---- 7 , 4 .6).' 5i: f.: et . , ...,... ,t RETURN TO riLE:4N_CSOILE NO 1446537. - L: COORDINATING VIFFICERS SECRET� GROUP 1 baluded.from automatic downgrading and declassification REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED. - 13-00000 messiGE FO ,TOTAL COIN NO,,-2STERRY..SEIGEL E/AS/S , 7063/9108 tTE: 5 MARCH -1969 - ROUTING�AND(OR INITIALS -,SEEN,BY,:. 1 ' 6 . L .ff...,-. : � 7 3 - / 4 7...--T--;---I. - 8 : i mil.i.siOncTA,IAT. DISSEMINATION. Jit.2. INDEX:No INDEX RETURN TOPILE IN CSHI.E NO 201746537 . FILE RID ONF: F. .. ,.. FILE.-VR....� � � (classifiCation) C R E RIORITY BERZ7INft INK wokii4 womusg �-�::1:5.7-.7'7 REPS: ZURICe1610 (IN 03310): B. gri.N.24903 1. INFO. REF A PthSED2LNER,G0 28 ' FEBRUARY 1069 NO INFO SUBJECT'S- . , . SUBSEQUENT DIRECTOR 06620'iiefflifiB. MINE 1968 goer Foo.t sPotal) 3.1416104�` . . � � - 'SUBJECT HAS :1.*77R HAD ANY mor144 .CONNECTIONS NO EVIDENCE, - - : , � . � :CURRENT:I*HAROJLE44TXPNPHIOS2(ISRAIAS"NCY.RECORD), PAST HISTORY.- ed2..)-' 'bp 2. (dattkisncl time filed) ILE 04. 60 0 c-4 oPs (elite) --(reference nuntbeti CITE DIRECTOR (Siaaj:- ,. � � NDI CATES HE FABRICATOR AND MENTALLY 'DISTURBED INDIVIDUAL. 3 NOT PREVIOUSLY REPORTED WAS FACT SUBJECT SERVED.�JApAx': A1LY 1958 WITH 441ST CXC .DETACHMENT.�-�..WAS RELIEVED. � .RIL. :1958 pvg moTA.T.:iNaipain471/..VTA.,::.C.L441RAKFLP r NGOLD:' REQUESTED � IRM tRAcgs ON SUBJECT AND :REFERRED' TO LNERGO. RESUME THIS : -REQUEST -STEMS FROM HIS APPROACH, AMCONGEN ZURICH JUNE 1968-.:- D 15ETA LED LINFO.,-ALREAD -ENOWNIICONSULATE. 44, ete,tgitssEiviti.i.W 40 iv ::44�13'1,erruizes... FILE; 20-44653 . 7/F: ' '970 JUNE 1968 /E R RELEASING OFFICER... END OF MESSAGE . Cl/08/41ilt CrICS C /SO COORDINATING OFFICERS SECR .E T . GROUP 1 Excluded fres ostoratic datatWadiall aPd declassification REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED. e/'cv.-,spiey C/E/AP AUTHENTICATING . OFFICER. COPY NO.. , 3: 2 13-00000 ' CABLE SF7RETARIAT DISSEMINATION i'T'CLASSIFIED MESSAGE PERSON/U-T NOTIFIED� r ADyANCECOPY Ej ISSUED SLOTTED ) BY; Coeb0 AT: 12.15 /6 DISSEPA SY I PER e TOTAL COPIES ROUTING AND/OR.INMALS SEEN' BY. SECREIF--7-za. GROUP I 1 (When Filled In)5'001/1101111113 REPRODUCTION OF THIS COPY PROHIBITED 7 INDEX: 0 YES 0 NO CLASSIFY TO FILE NO 4 05 D 9 10 X-REF TO FILE NO FILE RIO DRET TO :BRANCH 0 0.) i$ � E1\ DESTROY 0 SIG. ACTION o tuLict El RID COPY INFO: FILE. YR. \ acURP /NOici)oPsreilw.-x .e-rik41 CAS' L.'. I': I i :C R E T 280.75.-1Z: TTEg UR ICH 16'10' 45.7.--9 JP- PRIORITY :DIRECT OPt ti3ER c' INK NHORDER W. CM.:USE Pee 9 /A/ o3310 �-REFS- A. - DIRECT eft 06625 JUNE 1 9 e B. gp,ical 33 1 t.it/ , 1.- C CN SUL AT E WILL E REPORTING : .ON VIA STATE CHANNELS ON VISIT :TO C CN SUL AT E 27- FEB OF RICHARD CASE. NA GELL., AKA JOE CRAMER, JOE CRANE, ROBERT C. N @LAN 20 P- 74 6537. HE WARtk:-. INTERVIEWING CONSUL THAT UNLESS PR 041-ISES MADE TO HilY1 BY. US OFFICIALS WERE HONORED HE WOULD .,REVEAL TO T HE PRESS ENTIRE' STORY OF HIS ALL,F-pEp.- GQNT�ACT:.-s WITH W OF IRM ND WOULD EXPOSE INDIVIDUALS WITH w Hai HE HAD .:DEALT.,- IN THE. CR. GAN I Z AT I EN 2. UNLESS A WISED TO CONTRARY BA SE WILL, AS IT HAS N PASti:.?;. /5'7/0 � LEAVE MATTER :STft,Ic.TLy TO CONSULATE. -.63ERIgPLEASE ADVISE::LNEt -3. MOST 'RECENT STATE 'MESSAGE WAS; US MISSION BERLIN. 2567 OF 26 T OBER 68. SECRET. � / 13-00000 NAG ELL R ICHARD CASE /A CRAMER, JOE .09360-4 NI I/ND U/ND SA. CO Ja44-4. I/A.& - , OS 64 M264170 13-000Q0 _L�514keiga-frte;;;;;;;iicisuiii (Whin Filled In): "r"'"' . INICLISSITICATI(al REPRODUCTION' OF THIS COPY PROHIBITED . . ADVANCE OPY BY: r: SLOTTED 9 INDEX: 0 YES ONO, CLASSIFY TO FILE NO AT: liCt 10 X-REP TO FILE NO DISSEM j. �� PER. PILE RID :BRANCH 0: DesrRovO.:sua. ACTION /Abed FIID C9Py FILE. yE. . r Ay? 6- r :VP - -PRIORITY DIRECT OR IN F OLURIC , ,-- INK -14 H OR DER W (MUSE REFS: A. .DIRECT CR 06625, 10 JUNE 68 Eb 6 0./ �/,�:) 61 33/p s G '1- :41726Z MAR 69 CITE- BER N3 4 908 -7'10 9ARcH. pppJ :/VPAIRL�_CPOTACT.,P..,:L.UF�CH. G El/EN MORE THREATENING.. FASHION CLAIMED HE ...HAS.s,RAD I .- . 6':14-ARCIf�-..:AN.D..:���W� ILL ...TELL. ALL ABOUT HIS ALLE Ulan / D IN: ..T1/ TIME W OF IRM . - CNTAC TS.. UNLESS-': HE . RECEIVES ASSURANCE THAT PR�G4 ISE MADE. -BY 'US OFFICIALS WILL . BE HONEDO CONSIDER THIS HIGHLY-- -.I1TPR. OBAELE::.: .-.� � . JT REQUEST -:),IQS:�i:UPts.IFTR[1,,�.,PRioRIT...TRAT.,,S.U13.-J:171AS: HAD: NO 10 OF 'RM- . -04 OTHER LW HARP :2... � F IL E .D..Ef�ER. SECRET ( 13-00000 13 December 1968 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD: SUBJECT: NAGEL'', Richard Case - #264170 REF: State Dept. Airgram No. A-903 from Berlin - Subject: Psychiatrist's Report on Richard Case NAGELL, U. S. Citizen Released by GDR Reference airgram furnishes background information on Subject and fills in gaps in the chronology of events in Subject's life of interest to the Agency. Of particular note is the fact that Subject was acquitted on 29 April 1968 after his, claim of temporary insanity at the time of the, crime found support in the expert testimony of a noted American neurologist, Dr.-Edwin WEINSTEIN. An article in the January 1968 issue of RAMPARTS by William W. TURNER implied that NAGELL had been involved inthe assassination plot against Presidentl0MTMEDY and that he had been "salted away".. .Subject denied any involvement in any conspiracy and aenled. that he had any information of use to GARRISON. Subject alleged that his fear that the CIA might try to "eliminate" him was planted in his mind by. ..Mr. GARRISON. (See page 2 of interview report). On page 3 of the interview report Subject states he no longer believes that it is realistic to think that the CIA was trying t kill him. . Cpt.,,MC,. the psychiatrist at the U. S. Army Hospital/"' Berlin wh�int9viewed Subjedt, was granted a continuing liaison clearance - .�.�r on 17 October 1968 t the request of'DDP/E/G/IS. � � - - - - Gr.-Edwin INSTEIN2kaS security approved as. acontinuing contact_ through SECRET for the Medical Staff on 13 ally 1965. WEINSTEIN is with the Walter 'Reed Army, dical Center, Washington, D. C. 4121117. NAGELL's attorney who was present during the , interview, s -A.'e Washingtonl.D..C. law firm of NEW, MACKEY and GEORGE. Newspaper clippings from the WASHINGTON STAR for 17 March 1966 . and the NEW YORK TIMES for 29 August 1965 reflect that NICE! has been :associated with East Berlin attorney, Wolfgang VOGEL and West Berlin attorney, Juergen STANGE, in a number of cases involving the release of Americans from East Germany. According to an FBI report dated 3 February 1967 these releases usually, involved the payment of specified .sums of money and VOGEL and STANCE were allegedly reaping large monetary benefits for their services. ,Att. Ref. Sarah K. Hall - SRS/OS Gnu I - Eitluded trnt zgiem3tIc deM.-rattir.g Ettl 13-00000 3. 2 DEC 1968 Itr-INAL JNLY CONFV 1TIAL ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET FROM: Raymond G. Rocca C/Cl/118:iA . EXTENSION 1653 NO. DATE 10 December 1968 TO: (Officer designation, room number, and building) \ DATE, RECEIVED FORWARDED OFFICER'S INITIALS COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whom to whom. Draw a line across column after each comment.) Office of Security/7i n 4E60 3. 13 EC 1968 fe /62-3e2�a / 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. FORM 61 0 USIDPIICCIUS El CONFIDENTIAL LITE"Ity fl UNCLASSIFIED 13-00000 MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: Garrison and the Kennedy Assassination: Richard Case Nagel/ 001-746537) 1. Subject was born 5 August 1930 at Greenwich, New York City, 14. Y. He is ail. S. citizen with passport .1 543069. Z. Subject is not associated with CIA and has not been no associated. 3. He entered the U.S. Army on 5 August 1948, his eighteenth birthday. His military career was dietinguieherl. He was awarded many military decorations for his service in Korea. He was never AWOL or court-martialled. 4. On 28 November I954'Subject was one of six men in a B.25 which crashed near Friendship Airport. Nageli was the sole survivor. The plane was not found for 11 112 hours. Nagel" suffered severe injury to the head and facial disfigurement. Ho was iioncrsbly discharged from the Army on 20 October 1959 with the rank of captain. In December 1959 he Was employed as a special investigator by the Department of Alcoholic Control. State_ of California. He was dismissed from this position in June 1962. In July 1962 he was shot in the chest but refused to provide the police with further information. In August 1962 he went to Mexico City. Ix September and again in October 1962 he appeared at the American Embassy in Mexico City. He asked for help in Collecting Money from the State of California. He claimed that he bed been approached for espionage recruitment while in Mexico City but refueed to provide any particulars. He said that he wanted to renounce his U.S. citizenship. He left Mexico City on ZS October 1962. On 16 November and 15 December 1962 he was in touch with the FBI in New York City and Jacksonville, Florida. During the latter meeting he said that he bad been approached in Washington. D. C.. by someone whom he coneidered to be working for the Soviets. 13-00000 �5.1 In December 1962 and January 1963 Nagell was examined at the VA hospital at Bay Pines. rlorida. The diagnosis was "chronic brain syndrome associated with brain trauma with behavioral reaction characterised by passive aggrestsive and paranoid features." (An Fat memorandum of 12 June 1964 noted that Ne.gell was considered mentally disturbed by his mother, his brother, an ex-wife, and a Mend. The mother, who said that she had been under psychiatric care for several years., described Subject's brother, Louis, as an almost hopeless alcoholic. ) 6. On 20 September 1963 Subject was arrested In El Paso, Texas,- on the charge Of having tried to rob the State National Bank. call mate concluded from Subject's remarks that he had become geting*unioit Party :member alter his discharge from the .army, that he had attempted Suicide_ three times after his arrest, and that he had made arrangements with the CF in Los Angeles to pick up his passport in El Paso so that he could go to Csechoslovaldat. 7. In a letter of 6:January 1964 Napa advised, the FBI in El Paso that in September of 1963 he had been instructed by an agent of a foreign government to comply witit'en agreement made in May '1963 to participate in a criminal offense against the U.S. or he exposed to the rat, It was this threat. Said ageiL that led him to try to _hold up the )24**4 The reference appears to. be to the assassination of president Itinnedyi At any rate. *emotivee after the assassination Nagell claimed - that he had known both Oswald and his wife. Pictures of Nagel' Were Shown to. Marina Oswald on IS Zanuary 1964. She said that she .414 not Una* him. 8.- At the time of his Urea Subject had in his possession& notebook which raiiite reference to "Medical Aid to coati. the "rail' Play for Cuba Committee," the name* of persons alleged to be CIA agents, and other information. Tii!jr.lrai informed the Office of :Security on 12 March 1964 that:at the time of arrest Naval also had a list of elk name*, marked CIA. The name* Were F. Parker, Mrs. ciuthrjes�. C. Churchill. 3. filloso, 3. Leibacher, and S. Davanon. It was later determined that Richard -recteau also appeared On this list, where he was marked as "Lynn, Mass. ", and "DAC (CIA)". 2 13-00000 a. Our records show that Richard G. Fecteau was aboard an American plane shot down over Manchuria in November 1952 and that he 10 serving in Peiping a twenty year sentence On spy charges. Fecteau. an OM employee, was quoted in the press as saying that he worked for CIA. b. F. Parker was not identified. He may possibly be John Floyd Parker. an Agency employee in 1964 who was in Japan in 1952. c. There is no pertinent identifiable information about Mrs. but Gabriel). She may be Frances Agnes Guthrie. an Agency employee in 1964. 4. C. Churchill was not identified. He may be Creighton Churchill, who was in Japan in 198Z. a. J. Sloss may he ;tabu. Richard. Sloss, an Agency employee in 1964. f. E. Leibacher could he identical with Ernst Leibacker who in 1964 watt in** Los Angeleti field cake of the Des. g. 3 avanon may refer to loireph rosette Davanon, also in the Lot Angel.* fieldoffice at the time! 9. John Floyd Parke*. rrances Guthrie:. Erna Lielibiteker� . .Pseph trances Davetterto and John Richard -Sloss all stated to the best of their knowledge they bad never met Nagell. It is possible, believer. that Hagen knew or knew of Parker. Churchill. and Guthrie through their work in the Far East. As for Leibatker and Davanon, Nagell lived in Loos Angelis* in 1962. 10. On 16 April 1964 Nagell eent to the, FBI a letter claiming that in September 1963 he had sent to the Bureau a registered letter signed.'"Jack Kramer". The 1964 letter implied that the -1963 letter had warned the rat about the impending assastinaticin. The FBLI of course, did not receive such a letter. 11. In January 1968 William T. Turner stated in an article: in Ramparts! "The Garrison Commission on the Assassination of 13-00000 President Kennedy". p. 56. that Nagell was then still confined at Leavenworth, that he had been a highly decorated infantry captain In the Korean War, and that he Claimed to have become a CIA agent thereafter. Ramparts shifted the plane crash in which Hagen was injured from 1954 and Maryland to 1957 and Cambodia. The article repeated the allegation that he staged a phony holdup in order to be under arrest when the assassination occurred. 12.. On 6 June 1968: the American. COMAlate in Zurich cabled Washington to sty that Richard Case Nagell, passport 3 543069, had appeared at the consulate. on 4.,TUnot and had said that he was working for a 'Secret Ti. $. Government agency on a =lesion to Geneva. Where he was to meet eorne Japanese.. He .asked for money. He returned to the consulate the next day. was incOherent, and seemed psychotic .' 'He claimed that on 1446 May 1968 he had been Interviewed by ptottitt- Attorney Jim flarrisOn He said that Garrison had warned him that be was in danger Of being idlied and that he 'wanted to Inform CIA that he was in .Zurich. 13. On 7 September 1968 another William Turner piece was printed by Ramparts under the heading" CAseassinatione 7 Epetein's Garrison". It referred to Nagai as a former U. S. intelligence agent and repeated much the same story that it had told in January. Turner and Ramparts May have been unaware that Nagell was out of jail by then., 14. On 25 October 1968 the Washington Post reported that after holding Nagel' for four menthe, the East Germans had released him on 23 October at an Easte-Weet Berlin crossing-point. Naval left-by plane for the U.S. on 25 October. "Informed sources" said that Nagell was taken off a train en route through East Germany to Berlin because he made some remarks which the East Germans considered derogatory. 15. On 31 October 1968 State forwarded the text of a report by a 11. S. Army psychiatrist who examined Hagen on 23 October. Nagell said that he was on active duty with the army Iron.). 1948 to 1959 and that from 1953 to 1959 he was an officer in military intelligence. He also provided accurate information about the 1954 plane crash and its results among them, in hii own words, his "unstable personality and immature or Impulsive behaviour". He said that he draws 64% disability pay. He lost his job in California because one night in 1962, while drunk, he tried to break down the door of the apartment of his estranged wife. After his confused attempt in 1963 to rob the El Paso bank, he spent 4 1/2 years in prison. He was examined by Dr. Edwin Weinstein. 13-00000 a noted American neurologist. who found his electroencephalograms abnormal* �and ell a result he Wall released from prison on 29 April 1968. NageU-*el.:that lieCS*Se of the Rampart*, article of leaner* 1968 he was visit by.--Elita.. Garrison; He told ciart10011 that he hid no Information - of **use to hi*, The interview left him._ hewitver with two fears: that Garrison Might try to subpoena him and that CIA might try to the time he was providing this information in Berlin Nagell was well aware that he was not involved in any conspiracy to assassinate - President Kennedy..,) He Said that his fear of CIA was plalited to his 3:et** by Garrison. Iele*Se.e went to New Toth* where.* eietet, lives. He was almost bit by a Car 'driven with** light* and deelded to go to ZUrope te,Okeapei. hob* killed- by gpk. in_Inne he appeared in Zurich. He nest - Set 4.tint for 'West Berlin but was taken Off the *rata On 11 3.wx.0 . Iror se-$$*4 zutinthe he was repeatedly asked to admit that he WO a spy. Eventitally he 0004004 that the :-0,14i *tatto obtain his veinal* was to pretend that he was mentally ILL Ile -did Ss-. was ***mined by - paythitit4eto- And�Wan-releaSed. Tv* no longer betiotee that it is realistic to think that the CIA was trythatO.144-14out" .11e -termed himself "chronically paranoid". The Army psychiatrist concluded ''Currently- be is not pOye4940 and Seem*: -tompetant a-. utgateini pay:0104c geatte � final .remark was, 14'444 rn tell you 904 th100.; the last time 1 ovaia tali* a *rata through East Germany." 5 13-00000 - Originated by: DC/CIIRldi:DtPrattldim 10 December 1968 Dietributiow Orig DDP 1 Office of General come*/ 1 AiDCI 1 - Office of Security 1 - DCS lAttu: George Mustafa.) 1 - via C/Ctilt&A 1 - chrono 1 - DP cbrouo 13-00000 20 November 1968 IMIORAIMI FOR: DC/R&A CI Staff SURING? i Richard Case MOLL � Attached for your information . is lep sismorgindImi- dated 26 tiarth .1964 from litr Salle of this staff lieting the names of sertren-persone-fOund in =- address- book by, the FBI On: the occasion of their- arrest of Richard Oase SONT.t.. � X have noted lealghand on the attachment the names of those individuals on whom i have a record., he others are designated either unidentifiable or no reaord. Cecil C. Tighe SieriET - Exc!ed r 11mati: &ad Hon 13-00000 Mr. R. J. Leonard Chief, Research Branch/SRS NAGELL, Richard Case 26 March 1964 1. Attached is a copy of a 2 October 1962 memorandum from the FBI in regard to Richard Case NAGELL. 2. SA Alexander W. NEALE, Jr. of the Washington Field Office, FBI, has informally advised the undersigned that NAGELL has been arrested on the West Coast for bank robbery, is going to be tried in the near future for the alleged crime, and that NAGELL had in his possession the following information: Richard FECTEAU art-sa-e-G-1-4I (Lynn. Mass) DAC (CIA) CIA Mr. S. PARKER - Mrs. GUTHRIES - t-S � R� Mr. C. CHURCHILL - - Mr. J. DAVANON- Mr. J, SLOSS - os Mr. �E. LEIBACHER -"-Q-e-crt-d2 3. A check of SO Indices has revealed no record of NAGELL, and an RI check only disclosed the attached FBI report. Please recheck SO Indices on the subject, have a file set up on an expedite basis, and on an expedite basis identify the above individuals as to whether any have any connection with this Agency. The above Richard FECTE.AU may be identical to the individual who.' was captured by the Chizxese Communists and is now in prison. 4. Also check with Mrs. THORN of 00/C to determine whether 00/C has any record of NAGELL. It is believed that very possibly some Excluded automatic Jim?, end oelasstiltafinn 13-00000 a the above individuals may be connected with the Los Angeles or San Francisco Field Office of 00/C, but at the present moment limit the check with Mrs., THORN -to determine if they have any record of ,Richard Case NAGELL. Brice L. Solie � BLS:jrg ' November 1968 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD: SUBJECT: NAGELL, Richard Case - #264170 REF: 1. State Telegrams No. 258355 to U. S. Mission Berlin dtd 19 Oct 1968 and No. 2538 from Berlin dtd 22 Oct 1968 Clipping from WASHINGTON POST dtd 25 Oct 1968 . Subject is one of the, characters in the GARRISON...case. ::See summary dtd 18 January -1968 in hisrfile. He was arrested for bank-robbery at El In ern in which NAGELL was quoted as Pasol.TeXas on 20 September.1963 and senrled to Leavenworth .penitentiary. June 1968 CIA received a cable fromeg telling the.CONGEN he wanted them to "infOrm CIA hein'.Zurich". The details of how and why NAGELL is in Europe, in particular.'East Berlin, are missing. State Telegram Bo. 2538 from Berlin states that the charges are still unknown. "Basic documents -- are still in hand of State Security au orities." was released by East German authOvities together with one An intensive review of JAMES' file (#266602) failed to reve y connection between JAMES and Subject. State Department report d both cases simultaneously because JAMES and Subject are currently in the same situation in East Berlin. JAMES is also mentally unstable and has cause embarrassment abroad for the State Department since 1964. He was of Agency interest in 1965 because he had in his possession while in Switzerland the names of two Agency employees who were in a covert status. It was never determined how JAMES obtained these names. Sarah K. Hall .SRS/OS I Ficlutled trom auttmati: dringrattIng detlassiiiNlian 01A 13-00000 - 13-00000 � CT ������N50-. JAME SILEON BURRIS IA JAMES, LEO PAUL � HOM f:14 HALL . � .���� NI- /ND U/ND SA CO JAMES ,LE ON BURRIS OS 64 . M266602 /A NEL SON, THOMAS GEORGE /B 23NOV44 CAL /1 JR 5NOV6 OS 67 G363004-185 217 13-00000 4C_--Assassinations Sll2H AN'S MOTIVES . Unlike Lee Harvey. Oswald, Sirhan Sirhan has lived 10 101(1 hiS motivations�but he has chnSen to remain silent. The only other potential source of ingimation is his flintily, which haft not spoken to the press. Mahnuital ,Abdel-litull, an Egyptian correspondent jOr Akhbar Elptum In Cairo, recently gained access to Sirhan's family. Based upon ialiirmation supplied hint by. the family, he has written exclusiv- ely for IAMPARTS the Mowing (recount - of Siihan's motivations and .the strategy he plans for his trial. . Because of the forthcoming trial and the difficulty of dealing with this subject without emotional involvement, the editors of RAMPARTS have elected to present this � information of historic interest to our � readers without display, and in as ob- jective a form as possible. BECALISE I AM AN ARAH .1 was able to break through' the barrier .of sus- - picion that had 'stopped other journalists cold and obtain. the first in- . depth .interviews the Sirhan family has 'given since the assassination. From their comments and from what Sirhan has said to them, a picture of the man and his. motives begins to emerge, replacing the misleading portraits which have swamped the U.S. press. . .: . The fact that Sirhan has not 'publicly discussed his trial is no accident.. It is his own strategy.. something he -.developed after thinking about it for long hours in his 'specially made jail cell. In fact, he. has confided to his family that he will never make any statement unless special provisions are made for the courtroom proceedings. . What . Sirhan wants is, quite... simply, . publicity. - He wants the . major television networks to be allowed to broadcast the entire trial. If they do this, he says, he will tell all. "And if they refuse?" his brother Adel recently asked him. "Then I shall got() the gas chamber: ...... �silent," .Sirhan replied. . To taidersidial why Sirhan - is indeed capable of sin It ;11i ;41. il!le mi'ist under- staiid I Illii II, l'. i ii.N1 :iiill filiVilitril :111 .AI al). I I, li ii iii l'iill�Ni MC and till iSiiilletl Willi i!ill'i.l'N.1 iii Me I\ tiddlc Eastern coil- ilict...1 le is deeply committed to making his trial a piablic-and political forum for the Arab position. College educated, articulate and a voracious reader, Sirhan is confident about his own ability to cope with his predicament. His eldest brother, Shereif, told me that Sirhan studies the intrica- cies of his case as many as ten hours a day in his celLShereif malls that Sirhan recently said to him, "I do not need a lawyer. I understand my case and know how to defend myself." But even so, Attorney Russell Parsons is defending his client, and doing it on Sirhan's own grounds. "The main issue," Parsons told me, "is to answer this question: why, for what reason, did Sirhan kill Robert Kennedy? There are 100 witnesses who saw Sirhan shooting Mr. Kennedy, but no one seems to know why he did it." Sirhan and his attorney hope that the defense�presuming that the television networks are allowed into the court- room�will show that Sirhan did not have "malice aforethought" in shoot- ing Kennedy because the act was apolit- ical gesture, and that Kennedy, to Sirhan at least, was merely a symbol. His brother Adel notes that "if Sirhan was just an assassin, he could have done it in another way, just by having a gun with a telescope. He went to the Ambassador Hotel expecting to get caught; that is why he left his notes at home. I believe that Sirhan wanted to get caught so that he could say what he believes." tHEN I FIRST TRIED to meet with he Sirhan family, I was - re- used.f Security is extremely heavy around them, and they are under- standably wary of new faces. Later, when I finally obtained an invitation to meet with them, Mrs. SirhEin apologized, I believe for 'having been inhospitable to a fellow Arab. This family, which fled Jordan to seek greater safety and security than it had known, is now living in terror. They are somewhat at a loss to understand the events which have suddenly catapulted them into history. None of the four brothers goes to hisjob; they all feel that death follows them everywhere, and they move carefully, with a heavy guard. "Why don't you just leave this it aintry?" I asked Shereif. "Where shall we go?" lie answered. "To whom shall we leave our brother? Our land is under Israel's occupation." Shereif clarified his state- ment: "Our brother is in jail; we have to stay." I sensed not only the Sirhans' con- � fusion, but also some bitterness. They have notzeceived any aid from the Arab countries, as they originally thought they might. Parsons is also somewhat sur- prised; he had hoped that the various local Arab consulates would help defray - court costs. . � - Indeed, Ls Angeles! Jordanian con- sul, who Visited Sirhan in jail at Sirhan's request, indicated to me that the accused assassin had expected the Arab people to treat him tis a hero. However, except: for some Palestinian extremists, his act � has been universally repudiated by the Arab world.: One Arab newspaper has said editorially, "We don't feel any � responsibility for this. It is the society._ that .fed him, with hostility, the society that gave him the gun, that is responsi- ble." Members Of the Arab Students' Association, of which 'Sirhan was once an officer, feel that the killing of Kennedy � was a terrible mistake. One of them said to me, �What lire we going to do with the rest of the American candidates? Kill them all . because � they want to help Israel'?" Still, the Sirhans'friends are primarily . � Arab, and they live in an atmosphere that is more, Arab than American. The entire family spent a good deal of time discussing the Arab-Israeli conflict. The� - mother says. that Sirhan was the most sensitive and the most involved._ daring._ these discussions. Adel says that Sirhan once saw a television report of Robert Kennedy addressing the members of the Neveh Shalom Temple in Portland, � . Oregon. While in the synagogue, Ken- nedy, wearing a yarmulke, declared that the United States must help Israel. against aggression from whatever source. "Unlike the South Vietnamese," Ken- nedy said, "the Israelis have shown they. are Willing to fight for their own survival. Indeed, Israel is the very opposite of Vietnam: the Israeli .government is very democratic, effective and free of corrup- tion. Its people are united in its support." The senator then urged the Johnson Ad- ministration to proceed at once with the sale of 50.. Phantom jet lighters in the Israeli Aii l'orue and lit till till economic aid to the Ar;ih countries. !his whole episode mad Sirhan very Jitgry, Shereif recalls. "He left the room putting his hands on his ears and almost weeping." Continued on page 8 fi RAMP ARTK 13-00000 tontinued from pug', t) .1 asked Sirhan's mother why she thought her son had shot Kennedy. "Everything in this country was helping Sirhan," she maintained. "It was push- lag him to the danger point. Everything, the propaganda of the Zionists, every- thing, was against his country, against his people." Adel described Sirhan's current state of mind: "He feels he has done a terrible thing, but he feels now it is too late to be sorry. Now he wants Americans to listen to something they have never listened to.,, And at their first meeting in the jail, Sirhan's mother said to him, "Shame on you. Why have you done such a thing?" He replied, "It's too late to speak of it:. But all the Americans will know why." �MAHMOUD [Assassinations] EPSTEIN'S GARRISON T. wo.tilIMMERN ACiA(.()a tandem attack on the Warren Report all but, rele- gated that work to. the fiction ' section of your local library. The first. was Mark Lane's Rush to Judgment, � which convincingly demonstrated�us- ing the Warren Commission's own evi- dence�that Oswald could not have done it alone, and drew the first dim outlines of the - conspiracy theory. The second . waa.Edward Jay Epstein's Inquest, which: exposed the rather shoddy inner work- - ings of the Commission and laid bare the tortured logic it finally employed to dis- pel notions of a conspiracy. Both books became-best sellers, but their authors have since gone different ways. Lane, Mut shuttered his law prac7 fire and struggled tor . years to get his manuscript published in - the United States (it was first published in Britain), has stumped the country in support of District Attorney Jim Garrison's theory that the assassination was carried out by nil anti-Castro paramilitary team super- vised by persons with CIA affiliations, Epstein, whose book was a converted Cornell University master's thesis�the subject was urged upon him by his men- tor, Andrew Hacker�has emerged as one of Garrison's most fervid accusers. � His vehicle is The New Yorker: in the issue of July 13, he delivered a 25,000- word blast at Garrison, calling the DA'ss investigation a fraud. The New Yorker article had its genesis over a year ago, when the author showed up at Garrison's office in New Orleans. According' to Chief Investigator Louis Ivon, Epstein spent about 48 hours in town, some three hours at the office, and hasn't been seen since. Much of what he writes about has occurred since this touch-and-go visit and is obviously hear- say on his part, yet he writes with the authoritative tone of a participant. Un- doubtedly this technique is convincing to his audience, which assumedly is un- familiar with the intricacies of Garrison's investigation. But to those familiar with the facts, the article is badly slanted. For example, Philosophy Professor Richard Popkin of the University of California at San Diego, author of the book The Second Oswald (propounding the theory of an Oswald double) and "Garrison's Case" in The New York Review of Books (September 14, 1967), recently commented on the article: "I found it a queer mix of facts, half- facts, rumors and very dubious informa- tion from people hostile to Garrison. Epstein has compressed all this to make it look -like everything's on the same level. 1 think it would take an awful lot of work to disentangle what he's saying on almost any page as to how much of it has a factual base, how much of it is rumor that he has heard from people, how much of it are charges that have been made by people like [William] Gur- vich [who volunteered to work on the investigation without pay, passed him- self off as the Chief Investigator, then . turned on Garrison] against Garrison, which haven't been substantiated any- where except by Gurvich's statement of them. And also that he tends to take facts and information and rumors and so on, that occurred over a year and a half's period, and compress them all into simultaneous events, so that a statement made by Garrison at one time is pounced upon on the basis of informa- tion or statements he made a year and half later in a totally different context. So I think it's a quite unfair oresenta. lion, which has some factual base, but which also has a lot of very dubious elements in it.'? - One of the dubious elements is Ep- stein's version, of the testimony of Dean Andrews Jr., a colorful attorney who numbers among his fOrmer clients Os- wald (who wanted. his undesirable dis- charge from the Marine Corps rectified) and the late ;David William Ferrie, a central figure in the-Garrison investiga- tion. The day. after the assassination, Andrews told the Commission he . re- ceived a phone call from a man he knew. as Clay Bertrand; whom he described as a "lawyer without a briefcase" for local homosexuals., Bertrand asked him to go to Dallas and defend- Oswald. Garrison' contends Bertrand is Clay Shaw, whom he has charged with conspiracy. According ,to .Epstein, Andrews ini- tially gave' the F m "several different de- scriptions" of Bertrand, and finally ad- mitted that :Bertrand "was merely a figment of his imagination." Later, be- fore the Commission, Andrews stated that he had recently seen Bertrand in a bar and, Epstein says, described him as "a boy" who': was "five feet eight inches" and had "sandy hair." "No other clues to Bertrand's identity turned up, how- ever," writ* Epstein, "and Wesley J. Liebeler, a Commission lawyer who con- ducted the ilyestigation in this area, said he was convinced that no such person existed." An Objective 'reading Of 'AndreWs' '� testimony, however, reveals that he -told the Fin 'tthat Bertrand y.vas"approxi- : mately siic feet one inch to six feet two inches in height, brown hair, and well dressed";�i, description that closely matches thq tall, aristocratic Shaw. As for Bertrand being a figment of his imagination, Andrews declared, "That's what the Feebees [FBI] put on." He re-. counted that G-men had pestered him to the pointi.where he told them, "Write �what you want, that I am nuts. I -don't care." As for his later remark- to the Commission's Mr. Liebeler that Ber- trand was Only five feet, eight inches, Andrews explained that "this time I was looking fc) the fellow, ha was sitting down." NiOwhere does he refer to. Ber- trand as a "boy." Epstein was perhaps confused by his exclamation: "I don't play Boy Scout and measure them." In his superficial examination of Our- ', Continued on page 12 nn-:- CI�Ptrh hv Ninry Morhoff 13-00000 _ tontinued from page 8 rison's case. Epstein evidently failed to check the police records prepared upon Shaw's arrest. Thoroughly shaken.by the � arrest. Shaw blurted out, according to Patrolman Aloysius Habighorst, that he had used 11w alias "Clay Bertrand.- The alias was duly entered on the fingerprint card and book i ng sheet. � One of the most fascinating charac-' ters in the conspiracy drama is Richard Case Nagel! a former 11.S. Intelligence agent who claims he encountered Oswald in Mexico City in 1%3, and had been -instructed by his spy superiors to deter- mine if the rumors of an assassination attempt had any foundation. Nagell says he learned that the first attempt against Kennedy was scheduled for September 26 in Washington, D.C., and that Oswald (who crossed the border into Mexico, the day before) w ts to be set up as the "patsy" and shot in front of the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City. When the anti- Castro paramilitary team could not penetrate the Presidential security in Washington, Oswald got a reprieve. But Nagell, who says he was sure the attempt would come off but failed to get the FBI to listen, faked a bank robbery in El Paso on September 20 so that he would be arrested and in federal ctistody when the assassinatiOn.occurrec1. Epstein dismisses :Nagell as being mentally unbalanced, noting that "coUrt records indicated that Nagell had suf- fered brain damage in an airplane crash in 1957" and that, following the bank episode, he was "an inmate of a federal institution for the criminally insane in Springfield, Missouri." As he does so frequently throughout the article, Ep- stein delivers a version which if devel- oped fully would throw a different light on the Nagell Was in a -plane ' crash, but he was given Intelligence training after his recovery, indicating that he had no permanent brain injury. Moreover, the fact that he stood trial implies that he was legally sane. Re- cently, he was released from Leaven- worth Penitentiary�he had been at Springfield only temporarily. The publication of the Epstein article came at an opportune lime for Clay Shaw. Obtaining advance copies, his at- torneys entered it as evidence before a three-judge federal panel which was hear- ing arguments that the DA was "con- ducting arec,,n of terror" and "perse- cuting" the defendant. Apparently the panel was unimpressed, for it unani- mously rejected the defense's argument and ordered the case to trial. If Garrison does get his day in court� a day Epstein has struggled to deny him �chances are his case will hold up better than The . New Yorker's brief for the defense. �WILLIAM TURNER L.1-411.4 VI' j . "KR li COME DE JUDGE" cized war spending; though whether his suspicion alone; . call was made at the President's request That within two months .of his pro- THE REVOI.T ON THE LEFT he could not say and remain faithful to posed elevation he had authored a book- CONSIDER .. if the following occured: the Separation of Powers; . - let, -"Concerning and Disobedi- The President, on the eve of That the businessman had retracted .Dissent ence,". which limited the moral right to his abdication, arranged to accept the -his statement, though in the end it disobey laws:to those "basically offensive resignation of the chief justice of the proved to be accurate; . . to fundamental values of life or the Con- United States Supreme Court in order That the justice could not answer stitution" and held that even in such to replacie him with the President's questions concerning his judicial opin- _cases. no -legal defense could be. urged,.....,__ former lawyer, then an associate_iiisfice; . ions since the Constitution specifies that but jailing must be willingly accepted; As it parlay. the President submitted - members of Congress may not be ques-� That shortly after that hook wits pub- to the Selene the name of his oldest- hand-, holding crony to till the vacancy created t ioned about their acts in any .place other than in Congress; fished, the just We denotIIIM:VII, ill a rare interview from Washington. ill(711Ciivitien by the promotion of. his former lawyer: That despite this asserted Conslitti- of mane or ii�, (...olowi,ii. University The chief justice, who .had written It tional bar, the justice pointed to his dis- protestors as "totally inexcusable. from famous report designed to satisfy the � settling vote against extending the 'one- the point or even primitive morality"; . people that the assassination of the man-one-vote principle to local govern- � That � during his first term on the President's predecessor was sans con- ment as proof his devotion to State's Court, he cast the deciding vote uphold- spiracy and the sole act of a demented .of rights; ing the conviction and five-year sentence mind, conditioned his resignation on the That although he had been at the of Ralph Ginzburg for "pandering" a Senate's approval of the appointments; President's disposal as advisor-summar- non-obscene magazine; The President's ex-lawyer, when called izer, he had never been involved in dis- That during each of his three terms he to testify before a Senate committee, conceded that during his three years on cussions that could conceivably reach the Court; nearly always voted for business interests and against efforts to _cut down the the high court he had continued to act That the issues under discussion tit the trusts: as the President's advisOi : . top- evel meetings had ranged from the That du (whim' hei yeari out the That .1111r:1i:int to the, rolv, lw had sal Vietnam War to riots in the cities; - Court lie was widely 1 mill iced to have in on numerous cabinet-level meetings, but that he had merely "summarized" That the justice had voted to jail draft card burners and had voted against been mit! I it. II le Pi(�ii, lei it 'S likisi hawkish advisors on the Vietnam War. the views of others for the benefit of the taking up for consideration the legality . Consider the revolt on the left if any- President; of the war; thing -like this happened in 1968. That as a justice he had dressed down That he voted to give the police sweep- a prominent businessman who had criti- ing rights to stop-and-frisk suspects on �SIDNEY E. ZION ANTr�,-,-, 13-00000 OFFICIL ROUTING stair TO NAME ANO ADDRESS DATE - I N Ill A , 1 C/SRS 2 DC/SRS e---L3 6,9' , 3 e../,� 4 ey2_4: ev /06e L.Ztiv;? 5 , . 6 TIGHE ACTION ' DIRECT REPLY PREPARE REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOMMENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE Remarks: ,1--c-e' The -based on cable a Richard NAG= FBI. Is NAGMT still in prison,- person in Switzerland? - , attached 7 report by Mrs. traffic re appearance in Zurich raises question in GARRISON investigation or is he one and the C4"""_,..4. Hall _of__ io: same __ _ �Yz-a -- % - .. F � � RE TO RET SENDER FROM AM , ADDRESS AN NE NO DATE Cecil P. 6/12/68 I UNCLASSIFIED .,I I CONFIDENTIAL I SECRET FORM NO 2-61 4 q37 Use promo ed ons (40) MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, LEOB/SRS SUBJECT: FtEF : � 12 June 1968 (1 RAGELL, Richard Case - /264170 fl Cable Cable 25955 dtd 6 June 1968 fromEarich:7 OUT Cable 06625 dtd 7 June 1968 to&rich] /5 , Reference Cables concern the claim Of an individual-appearing at the Consul General's office in SO.tzerland on 4,Jude 1968 that he is one Richard',.Case.NAGELL. NAGELLwaS sentenced to _a 10 year.term_for -bankrobbery.qa'9-June 1964 and is supposedly in a federal prison in Missouri. GARRISON interviewed Subject as a witness in his investigation according to a news clipping from the CHICAGO AMERICAN dated 2 January 1968. The clipping is marked in Subject's file which is attached. This file also contains 'a. copy of the summary dated 18 January 1968 prepared in research on the GARRISON CASE. It would be of interest for documentation of Subject's file to ascertain from the FBI if Subject is still in prison. I did not receive reference IN Cable 25955 intttally. Attached is a copy I obtained from OS Cable Desk. However, the original copy was routed to SRS and it is possible some one else on the Staff is already handling the matter. arah K. H&11 SRS/OS Att. as Stated 13-00000 ABLE SECRETARIATADISSEMINATION .CLASSIO '�" IMAGE ERSCP/AINIT.NOTIFIED : ' ^ 3yANCE copv� SSEM BY ISSUED SLOTTED TOTAL COPI ota.aoso raw oinc�une ; DICIASSIFICATION , REPRODUCTION OF-THIS COPT,PROHIBITED INDEX: 1- 0 YES .0 . , ..�. � ,� � � � - CLASSIFY -� TO FILE' NO WOR:INMALS S EN BY X REF tc;..:. FILE NO � ��� FILE ,Rib .:�0 REY. TO ,BRANCH DESTROY 0-BIG. :TION INFO: D C RIOPY Z-14 k vR. at, )1) D c:,LAL5 EURIC3 0610 7Z JUN 68 CITE ZH 1331 45--/f iil1N2595,5 DIRECT CR INF OEBERN_ �Ec.4./ FILE. � INK- MRORDER VI/MUSE'. 1.-.....S.UBJ4 RICHARD:- CASE NAGELL.,..pp,oB. 5- AUG NEW YORK- ��� PASSPORTCITY, US :NUMBER .'4 .543069 CAME TO CONGEN,4 JUNE, - INTERVIEWED. BY VICE CONSUL. Ta..D INCOHERENT-si.--.(4it...:.:-. 'App.07...�-����-� � � _��� � �_ ���.� � -� -� ���..-���._ � � ���� _ ���� "WAKING FOR US GOVE01:NMENT. SECRET .AGENCY-.-ipnv,..puss;o:N..�i:.-1..Q:. _ ..� GENEVA WHERE TO MEET JAPANESE". WANTED CONGEN ASSISTANCE TO GET MONEY WHICH CLAIMS HAD DEPOSITED NEW YORK BANK FORE- DEPARTURE -US.� SUBJECT WAS TOLD BY VICE CONSUL CONGEN COULD NOT ASSIST. 2. SUBJ RETURNED TO CONGEN 5 JUNE, ASKED FOR CFFICE/1, THUS. WAS, REFERRED .TO TEGETHOFF BY RECEPTIONIST. SUBJ MADE ASSUMPTION .TEGETHOFF WAS WOFIRMS WHICH' DENIED. � SUBJ -PUITE INCOHERENT, IN FACT, APPEARS _PSYCHOTIC POSSIBLY DANGEROUS,. CLAIMS WAS INTERVIEWED .BY. NEW ORLEANS IISTRICT�:' ATTN NEY GARRISON 14-16 MAY CN CONNECTION "CIA AND'PRES;":KESNEDT..'..ASSASSI:NATIO.I,;'. _SUBJ CLAIMS .GARRISON TQ..D HIM HE IN� DANGER BEING- . THEREFORE WANTS- INFORM"-C-IA /57./(15 -� . H..: PAGE 2URICJ1331 S E C R E T 3. ABOVE FYI. CONGEN :R EP AT ING:--:-'$EPARATELY. - �S R E T 13-00000 MESSAGE FORM TOTAL comes: MIRY. KOUREMBIS UNITs DATIt E 7 Et& 63/91081;_': JUNE 1968 -S-4-C-4H1-411- UTING AND OR INITIALIII=1 AneffriMAIMEMINMIWAII ElIFIC721111110117/MMAININ Fr411911111111111114112111 11101�11,21 10 r , GAME RECINTARINT,DISSEM BY T INDEX' .NO Ruin RETURN TO ERANCH int ix.CS FILE NO 201-746537 -FILE RID COM% RID. COPY DIFG1 FILE (elite)' : (pica) 4 , 3 2 dassificat -ECRET. -/8 ZURICH INFO ElEiNj. INK RBORDER WOMUSE ZURICEI 133 (data and i filed) 722 59ziiro (IN -25955)* ITE DIR �OR ference,number): � .2 1.. RICHARD. - CASE -NAGELL AKA. JOE cwomt..,- JOE Kama-, 'ROBERT _ . . , , � NOLAN, 201-746047 wFa4,- KNOWN TO LNERGO. , - � � . SUBJECT,' KtiTERED US: ARRY liceicommor DISCHARGED CAPTAIN'. 1959. . -DURING KOREAN CONFLICT RECEIVED''- , . .�- - MANY CAMPAIGN :AWARDS � SOLE ..SURVIVOR AIRPLANE ppm"( ,xpvpagat 1954, panBAL SUFFERED 'FACIAL .DItrIolptE040 --,4m)::carpy.1TrcilgAT:4ixp'.::ipu,L.mxtrAT;crt.,, ifirs;:. AND ;:.FRIEND OF NAGELL:,-A4Ls.,,....CONSIDER,.._.-HIM_... TO. BE - , MENTALLY DISTRUBED. NO :INDICATION NAGELL INVOLVED IN.. ESPIONAGE , COMMUNIST PARTY . OR FA . IN:: 1964 LE WHICH HZ ALLEGEDL TO R CUBA LNERGO AGELL REFERRED TO AN RE OSWALD. IN 1963% LNERG9 FI , RECORD OF 1963 LM111ER. NAGELL I ONED ON 'B RE HAS -'.ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. fo, ER LE'I"I'ER CONTAIN NO EltY CHARGE AND: 3 Wit ASSUME R&M PASSING REFERENCE INFO TO -1161RGO-- . . - - - 1 -RELEASING omen END OF MESSAG Cl/STAFF ,L010' COORDINATING OF . GROUP t bcludod from automatk ; :downgrading and �. 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Ms Obsession at the time of his mat Ow bank robbety at St Peso, Texas es 20 Septeieber 3563 the noise of Richard ?WM) (an irultridisa by this aeWS captured by the Chinese Ccrasiste end is now in prison in Chins) sa of six Agasey esploceao hewer* tidied to renal any neon why NAM/. had these ran iss bispeseessUoto It we eancInded that while MILL is unvestionably unbelanced, his *Wry of being Umbel In espionage Si not retly contradicted by evideace* raid have been contacted by a Soviet agent while in Washington, D. Co in December 1962 or while he was im *mica City in September and Oottibar 1962* nit; fits easteins trostly revert& dated 3.96? and 196k mad In these are domented his history of mental instability and physical complaints shaming ALtitu, the Aso crank. Attached is a Oncology dated 3 Verde 1965 sada trate the infraation contained In the IX marts* At the time this security research was emeducted, it we reeenremde4 that RA= be personally � interviewed by a representative_se OS in the hope thatitialELL might wawa hew he ewe into the possessiertAbase woes but no farther action is Indicated in his tile and this interview was not astiertslace. Sutleet's tile reflects no Agetay interest in late prior to 'arch 1964 when the ram* or CU employees were Arend in his possession whcm. wrested fur bank rnttvayo She MMUS claim� that he receiVed kitaLtioeneo training after the plow crash is true* The crash occurred Se Ihrbiteter WA and he graduated trots Any Intellisence Selma, rt. lIclalvird, llaryland on 1$ Auglast 19554 a served In Korea sad Japes as a siceiter at the V. So Army traterlatelligence Cons, terminating about 1956* A Lt o Colo Red V. COM Oftif ieliVeta with NAG= eraouefl in Korea advised that NOLL was not stable suntan, sod that this instability we probably due to login &saw ffared be the airplane erasho The SANVAaTS artiele,a claim that Waal. said be tired the on in the beak at El Paso, Texas because be wanted to be in custody then the assaseinetion took place is not completely in ratlict with a statement NAOS= wade on 1 &Miry 1964 which was, however, after the assessboition* (see pegs at Oronology) The ItAliPARTS article's alleotial that the Mt to from ITAGBIL a note. book containing the =nes at CIA employees is true. NACELLos cospleint that he was "salted waif is open to specultion. A ten year prison sentence does appear herifht considering the docunente41 brain 13-00000 4laties surrent4 In the WO plum crash tzt UsU. 8. Atzwit 3-0000p.�Fcco ro y � CHICAGO, ILLINOIS � AMERICAN �E-439,360 2-1194,503 AN. 2i S8 17,.ziDort: BY JACK MABLEY TlIE INVESTIGATION INTO the- islassination of Presi- dent i:ennedy is being reopened:. It is being conducted by a prosecutor with the -power of aiiliOna . and a grand jury with power to :indict�.: � '� � - R would be better for-the. country if the federal government were mak- -``-." � big the investigation rather � than a s'S�c' NeW Orleans ,official who -has :been accused. of� being:mai stab 1 e and of seekir4hdadlinat:: s : However, the-federal government ShoWS� no signs of 'wanting to reopen the matter, and the prosecutor, , Jim � Garriion, appeaialo be quite" iiiikent aiirrying it thrii. � - � iminber of writers: and Self- appointed :investigators also are dis- satisfied with conflicting facts and unanswered questions, and they con- tinue.to publish evidence, to rebut the �Warren 'Commission conclusion that Lee Earvey Oswald alone Was innlved in .the assassination. . . . . 01%IE OF THE MOST�perslstent-..critics- Of the Warren � . , conclusion. is Ramparts Magazine, This is a liberal, no, a radical publication Which represents the viewpoint of a .small minority. 'However, it has done i-Orne --effeetive investigative - reporting, particularly in exposing the CIA _infiltration into college activities.7.� � � , Ramparts assigned .iiiinVeStigator, William W. Turner, who they say is a. *pier FBI agent, to spend 'e months looking into the New Orleans evidence. :.� "I have worked closely with the b. A, [Garrison] and his staff," Turner repOrtS,. "In My opinion, there is no question that they have uncovered a conspiracy." The gist of the New .Orleans case is that .0swald was involved' with a heterogeneous:'group-td adventurers-, anti- Castro Cubans, and radical righters who included members of the Minutemen and American Nazis. � Their common cause was to encourage or mount a revolt in Cuba against Castro. They also were strongly anti- . -:.-nraunist. Tare is no question this group e?dstea. Garrison has once that Oswald was part of it. Garrison's investigators .:�,- zvidence that :payala's:Pro-Russian leanings actually a front, or a disguise to conceal- his real role as an ammunist. ZAitlilSON � GARRISON -BEL1E'VES THAT Oswald was schooled in covert operations by the CIA 1,vhile ia the marine corps at it.sugi naval station in Japan. Supporting evidence is t Oswald's profiCiency in :the Russian-language, the source of ; which was never explained, the ease with which he entered Russia, and the 'lack; of censure' by the giivernment -on his return, or by the ..marine.'corpS in big discharge. ; In effect, Garrison ieels Oswald was 'either a CIA agent or was involved with CIA activities. The New Orleans group was angry at President Kennedy because of the failure of the' Bay- of Pigs operation and , because they thought Kennedy wasn't sufficiently anti.; � communist: � , � - � - Garrison has dozens of witnesses he will subpena to fit bits and pieces into the puzzle. Individually, many can be� dismissed as unreliable, but collectively they raise many questions that an objective,�oiservzr would. like to see resolved.' �'���- . ' ' . - It certainly is within the power of the federal govern- meat to disprove every one Of these witnesses' stories, if. - 1;:�. they can be disproved� presumably, the federal government : �',! does not want to dignify Garrison's allegations: with forznal IF THERE IS ANY substance to Garrison's .chorges, r two powerful agencies of the federal government stand to be ; 4 discredited. Garrison has interviewed one witness, Riehard Cass Na�gell: a highly. decorated Korean* war veteran who claims to have been a CIA agent, who says he Sent ' a . f<, registered letter to J: Edgar Hoover warning him of the , assaseination plot: If this is true, Hoover and the FBI-would be guilty of dreadful dereliction of duty. The CIA and CIA fronts are deeply involved. in the ,� activities of the �men 'Garrison believes plotted the Presi- dent's murder. � -Turner, the Ramparts investigator, � believes powerful government agencies are doing everything in their power to discredit Garrison. � : Ten persona involved in the case have oicl, most of them, violently, since the assassination. All �� �e:lt to their graves with information Garrison consIders pa en tG his investigation Unless Garrison is killed or removed fr.%-7, office in some way, it is difficult to see what can se'- :;im from 1 airing these stories, probably in a court' of lat.: .; that the I public may judge their validity. 'TTcje-- ?R�gn-35 TiD f q5 iqc? <1,4) 4PP.19g9 /7 APR. 1949 MALI f4i 7jsYcli.)/( 31,4'51 �6 1`7)ERIJ a9 oci:/941 k/6412-12.b AGQ-LL igoen /61,5112/ams 7Amb /.7 OcT 14C 74-4-4) oc.--77/6z 13-00000 -TRANSMITTAL SLIP DATE .,-- 4 - ROOM NO. 1 BUILDING REMARKS: CeL,12_.a-cfez-9- 1 1 l ----c. .....1k6 0--'.--52- - FROM: ROOM NO. BUILDING IXTENSION FORM NO.. 1 I FEB 55 REPLACES FORM 96-8 � WHICH MAY REUSED. TRW' ITTAL SLIP DATE ( _ .--3 76: . ROOM NO. BUILDING REMARKS: �a'd4 i .r " � frit x S 67 a-d-L.4..e C44-1-e-C� ,,,�Z c-2,4.4.......- 71st-,2-4.-.4 4-"/ edi ,eta 1-144= FROM: ROOM NO. BUILDING 1 EXTENSION FORM NO .1)11 1 REPLACES FORM 36-8 I FEB 55 �-'1' WHICH MAY BE USED. 13-00000 g$46 Department of State CABLE SECRETARIAT DISM BY44 PER IP TOTAL COPIES- /1) TELEGRAM FILE. RF. L14$1.R-1.14�444-1-ft HCG639: PAGE 01 STATE 069053 17 ORIGIN SCS.04 INFO OCT 04,EUR 08,SCA01,PPT 02 CIAE 00 1NR 07 NSAE 00,R$C 014 DODE;00,TRSY 14/035 R .66665 DRAFTED BY:SCA:SCS:HLUPn/WRJOCHIMSEN APpROVED.BY:SCS:HOBART LUPPI -PPT:MR. RITCHIE (PHONE) R 022142Z MAY69 Firg SECSTATE WASHDC-- TO AMCONSUL.FRANKFURT-� -INFO AMEMBASSY PARIS .:AMEMBASSY ROME': .-. � AMEMBASSY MADRID AMCONSUL ZURICH USMISSIOWBERLIN CONFIDENTIALSTATE 069053. PARIS PASS USSS ..REF: BERLIN 754; STATE 62744 - RICHARD NAGELL 075118 1. .IF NAGELL STILL FRANKFURT OR INQUIRES AT ADDRESSEEpOSTS .HE MAY BE INFORMED DEPARTMENT ATTEMPTED TO TRACE 'WIFE BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. 2. A SEARCH OF THE AVAILABLE PASSPORT FILES DISCLOSED NO RECORD ON MITSUKO.TAXAHASHI NAGELL ROGER.S. 13-00000 .4,rtritent of State CABLE SECRETARIAT DISSEPA BY . PER It TOTAL COPIES: '2,,V TPIGRAM , 41,4fAir,- cc/4'13_c5Lofilsy) EX 2-% Eto_c) FILE. RE, r=de3. c) .'/s: .1(.t4f) PAGE 01 MADRID-01429 Al .ACTIOLSCS OC INFO.'EUR 17,S6L014VA 014L.034CIAE 160,DODE-.00,INR OTOSAE 0,00 04 R$C 01,USIAA2IpPT:021SY'..03-,FBI 0141056 W . --- ... 1(171704Z APR 69..IFF-.BERLIN ZURICH:' FM-AMEMBASSY MADRID .TO.USMISSION.-BERLI1 INFO.SECSTATE WASHDC 5522; AMEMBASSY AMEMBASSY ROME. AMCONSUL,ZURICH SECRETMADRID ROME FOR VA OFFICE EUROPE SUBJECT: WELFARE1RICHARD CASE 1AGELL REF: BERLIN 668 1144 17- 1. IN INTERVIEWS1WITH CONSULAR. OFFICER ZURICH FEBRUARY .27 AND 28 NAGELL-MADE-USMAL COMPLAINTS AGAINST USG PARTICULARLY FBI.AND CIA, AND.TUBLICITY.THREATS. 2. NAGELL SUBSEQUENTLYVISITED-CONSULATEBARCELGNALMARCW 10,. AND MADE:FIRST.OF SEVERAL:VISITS:EMBASSY _MADRID- MARCH 20. WHERE HE TALKED AT GREAT LENGTH WITH PAW:OFFICERS,- :DEFENSE ATTACHE, CHIEF CONSEC4 AND, MADE BUT DID NOT KEEP- :APPOINTMENT WITH CULTURAL ATTACHE. 3. ACCORDING CAS,,NAGELL'IS-NOT AND HAS. NEVER BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH CAS..--INFO FROM;DEPT1 NAGELCS-MENTAL AFFLTC� TION ORIGINATED IN BRAIN DAMAGE SUFFERED..AAR CRASH-'- NOVEMBER 1954 DIAGNOSIS DATED A FEB 1�5-4 ;".PARANOID PERSON� ALITY, PASSIVE AGRESSIVE-PERSONALITY REACTION. 4. ACTIVITIES IN MADRID: 11 INTERVIEWAtITH-THREE CONSULAR' OFFICERS NAGELL ACCUSED USG AGENCIES-OFH7LEANING ON HIM". AND DEMAND OFFICERS PASS THE WORD AROUND TO "LAY-OFF". OR. HJE: 13-00000 ]* Department of State CABLE SECRETARIAT DISSEM BY FILE, RF, PER 8 TOTAL COPIES: TELEGRAM _ . . PAGE.- 02 MADRID: .21429 �,'1.8.1241Z WOULD. BLOW UP. � ALSO � ASSERTED DEPT HAD BROKEN 'PROMISE LOCATE- WIFE AND CHILDREN, AEPEATFD. THAT CHILDREN ONLY THING � IN WORLD' THAT MEANT�ANYTHING TO HIP11,'THAT IF :HE. :COULD NOT � FIND. THEM HE ,WOULD -TAKE LEAVE. OF .1-1-1IS WORLD AND AJOULD�.. - . TAKE SOMEBODY WITH HIM. IN LAST MEETING �WITH CONSUL APR IL 7- . CONSULI:HAD TWO_AAR I NE . GUARDS . PRESENT -VIEW: USAF . PSYCHIATRIST'S ADVISE TO. TAKE. NO CHANCES_ WHATEVER.: NAGELL .IUPSET � BY GUARDS PRESENCE i AND BY::. CONSUL'S REFUSAL PERMIT: HIS TAPING. RECORDING INTERVIEW:. AND. TO � SHOW. � HIM REGULATIONS - PROHIBITING � RECORDING.- NAGELL � BELABORED' PATIENT CONSUL. FOR: NEARLY TWO . . HOURS. CONSUL ..W.9RMEDHIMTHAT DEPT .HADENDEAVORED LOCATE . WI FE AND: CHILDREN WITHOUT SUCCESS, �A AND 'PROMISED TO QUERY , DEPT � WHAT SPECIFIC STEP, DEPT HAD TAKEN THIS MATTER NAGELL FINALLY SA ID HE WOULD LEAVE 'SPAIN BECAUSE OF CONSUL'S ACTION �( USE OF GMARDS). AND REQUESTED ..THAT REPLY FROM, DEPT. 11E FORWARDED- TARTS .1o,HERE.� HE WAS GO I NG-. ALSO - INFORMED. CONSUL � HE WOULD -"GET. HIM" BUT � THROUGH POCKETBOOK, ,BY SUING' HIM IN - US. IN THIS INTERVIEW NAGELL � .DENIED � -HAVING -MADE � THREATS OF -PHYSICAL VIOLENCE,'� ONLY: "PROMISES" OF:-PUBLICITY AND OF � ."PLAYING -FOOTSIE: WITH CERTAIN....SOURCES"IF :DEPT DTIONOL. LOCATE� � CHILDREN. PRIOR DEPARTURE. FROM. MADRID. -NAGEL SENT CONSUL, POST: CARD :WITH . MESSAGE IN JAPANESE LANGUAGE' AND WRITING, WHICW- TRANSLATED - "WITHOUT EYES WE CANNOT SEE". 1,-. AND. SALUAT ION � IN. SPANISH MEANING � "GOOD LUCK". 5. DEVELOPMENTSOF INTEREST. IN LAST MADRID INTERVIEW; (1) OONSULTOLD�NAGELL GENTLY HE (NAGELL)AEVERIEMPLOYEDBY CAS. .NAGELL,INSISTED:�YES1. HE COULD PROVEAT1 ,BUT:CONSUL�DID NOT PURSUE SUBJECT. (2) NAGELL:SEVERELY_CRITICIZEDSTATE DEPT FOR PERMITTING CASTAGENTS�INTO: ITSAIDST:INFOREIGN� ESTABLISHMENTSSAID HE KNEW OF AT' LEAST TWO.. CAS:AGENTS- - IN. ZURICH THAT CAS NOT.RPT NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE AGENTS- IN SWITZERLAND. (a).� AAGELL-HAa-ANOTHER STORTWHICH.QOUL BE OF INTEREST TO NEWS �MEDIAF.HEALLEGEM:THAT IN 1957,7. %N. TIME OF PEACE741,1E:HAD_BEEN. COURIER OF TREASURY PLATES 'FROM US TO JAPAN FOR PRTH:KOREAN-CURRENCY.: . . 6. :COPIES � OF RELEVANT- CORRESPONDENCE FOLLOW � BY. ,P0 UCH-. � 4k � ' � � - . 1. - MCAML I FFE (LP) 13-00000 : CABLE SECRAiilAT DISSEM By / PER De artment of State p TOTAL COPIES: TELEGRAM FILE. RF.O/Jb/ Ce/AUEC5 eeibeZ CONFIDENTIAL ACF755 'PAGE 01 STATE 059324 17 ORIGIN.SCS 04 INFO EUR 08,SCA 01 VA 01 L-'03 CIAE 00 INR-070SAE. 0.0 RSC 01 ../025R �DRAFTED BY: SCA1SCSI AMHARTL .',APPROVED BY: SCS --HOBART LUPPI- SCS -WRJOCHIMSEN- DESIRED DISTRIBUTION: EUR/GER 66667 ,172201Z APR -61 FM:SECSTATE WASHDC ._TO-tipmTssiovEltRLIN '-'INFMAMEMBASSY MADRID .AMEMBASSY PARIS' AMEMBASSY ROME' AMCONSUL ZURICH C:O.NFIDENTIAL ,.ROME FOR VA REF: BERLIN 668 'RICHARD NAGELL STATE 059324 -FEB�RUARY 27 :AND.-28, 1969 NAGELL CALLED CONGEN-TURICH. STATING HE HAD BEEN V ENTICED RETURN US IN 1968 WITHYPROMISES- HIS-WIFE'AND CHILDREN- WOULD BE LOCATED.- ON MARCH 10 NAGELL .APPEARED CONGEN.BARCELONA REQUESTING INFO RE WIFE AND -:CHILDREN. 2. ..NAGELL APPEARED AT EMBASSY MADRID MARCH 21 WITHOUT FUNDS. -REQUESTED HIS SISTER, MRS. GAMBERT,'BE 'WED SEND-HIM-DOLS 75 FROM HIS BANK.ACCOUNT-IFOR TRUST-FUND.WITH. DEPARTMENT AND :THAT SISTER CAStrHISAIONTEWCOHECK -FOR,1-11-MAND CABLE THE MONEY TO HIM CARE AMEXMAADRID.� APRIL'31VISITEDEMBASSY -AGAIN RE HIS VA CHECK AND REQUESTED ASSISTANCE ADMISSON jORREJON AFBASE HOSPITAL:FOR QUOTE NERVOUSCONDITION'UNIQUOTE. 'ACCUSED DEPARTMENT AGAIN-OF.BREAKING ITS PROMISE HELP H1M LOCATE WIFE-ANDHCHILDREN. LAST CALLED EMBASSY MADRID APRIL CONFI 13-00000 N3034 NAGELL,MITSUKO TAKAHASHI /0 FBI 12JUN64 PI NAGELL,RICHARD CASE EX SPO /T MRS /Z 0933602 NI I/NO-UIND--SA--CO 13-00000 9C943 I.. CABLE SECRETARIAT DISSEM BY / PER # FILE, RF, 11AE cl;; 061 , ' PAGE 01 BERLIN 00668 1611301 � 21 ACTION SCS 04 r ( iiepartmen,t or State ToTALcopiEs TELEGRAM OgR 7o41)110, INFO EUR 17 SCA 01,VA.01,L 03,INR 07,CIAE 00,NSAE 001P 04 USIA A2, .DODE 00,PPT 02,/051 y R 1611001 APR 69 FM USMISSION BERLIN , TO SECSTATE WASHDC 4104 INFO AMEMBASSY MADRID:: AMEMBASSY PARIS': AMEMBASSY ROME AMCONSUL ZURICH CONFIDENTIALBERLIN 0668 ROME FOR VA SUBJECT: WELFARE: RICHARD CASE REF: BERLIN 2567 NAG ELL 098049 1. NAGELL HAS RETURNED TO BERLIN. HE CALLED AT MISSION APRIL 10 AND AGAIN APRIL:14. SINCE HE WAS OBVIOUSLY IRRAT- IONAL CONSULAR OFFICER-URGED HIM TO CALLON ARMY PSYCHIATRIST IN BERLIN FAMILIAR WITH HIS CASE, WHICH -HE DID APRIL 15. .PSYCHIATRIST SAYS HE IS. MENTALLY ILL AND:SHOULD BE HOSPITAL-. � 2.NAGELL SAID HE RETURNED TO BERLIN BECAUSE HE HAD "CON� NECTIONS" WITH LOCAL PRESS WHO WOULD PUBLICIZE HIS "COMPLAINTS" ,AGAINST US GOVT-(LACK.OF MEDICAL AND .DENTAL TREATMENT,- LACK OF ASSISTANCE IN LOCATING FAMILY IN US1 "TRUE" :ROLE OFi:WAS11.� INGTON LAWYER RICEY NEW, ETC.). '3. IN VIEW NAGELL'S HISTORY OF IMPRISONMENT IN EAST GERMANY, FORMER INTELLIGENCE CONNECTIONS AND 'MENTAL CONDITION (FOR WHICH HE IS APPARENTLY ENTITLED TO FULL VA BENEFITS) WE CON7 SIDER NAGELL'S PRESENCE IN BERLIN UNDESIRABLE (BOTH FOR HIMSELF AND FOR US GOVT) AND HOPE WE CAN PERSUADE HIM LEAVE OF HIS 'OWN ACCORDe ANY INFORMATION ON HIS ACTIVITIES SINCE LEAVING CONFIDENTIc 13-00000 � SCS Mr. Wallace Clarke September 5, 1969 SY/PrS - Keith O. Lynch fti16-P5 CELL Richard Case 7,(.0..20/ Reference is made to your memorandum o ril 25, 1969 concerning your quest to locate Mrs. Mitsuko Takahasi AAGELL, the wife of. Subject.. .\ Vforts by the SY Los Angeles Field Office to locate Mitsuko Takahashi VRAGELL, aka Mrs. Richard Case NAGELL, ika Mitsuko TAKAHASHI, met with negative results. , Attached for your information and retention is a copy of an SY memorandum dated September 2, 1969 which indicates that an individual identified only as Cc. NAGELL placed an advertisement in the East Village Other, a New York underground newspaper, which makes obscene reference to both the Central Intelligence Agency and SY. Attachment: AS stated cc - Central Intelligence Agency�f United States Secret Service Federal Bureau of Investigation Mr. Johnson PPT 4-n- /471,4/ 13-00000 ( .4. di �,i.'�0 %.11..J V aV.��.....1.'4 emorandum To : Director, 0/SY Thru: Chief, 0/SY/E L.G.Marcell, 0/SY/Ekk FROM 'SUBJECT.; Item in East Village, Other, August 20, 1969 This past weekend, I visited a friend who had oust returned from New. York City, bringing back a copy of a New York underground newspaper, the East Village, Other, dated August 20, 1969. Out of curiosity, I paged through the paper and, on page 17, found a so-called classified section, consisting generally of ads for male and female artists models and offerings-of books alleged to instruct one in the art of synthesizing hallucinogenics� in thapersonal columns of this section,-the following was noted, a verbatim transcript of which is set forth: "Caught In The Act. Notice to the CIA and all SY Ebhitheads who participated in Project Purple Shaft: -After that fiasco in the GER you worms did your best to screw, blue and tattoo Mo. You even tried to have my ass dusted in-Berlin . � 6 you fuckups. Now its my turn to do a little shafting. Cordially, R. C. NAGELL." Card indices in SY/E reflect no. indication that anyone named R. C. NAGELL or any variation thereof, including NAGLE or NOGELL, has ever been granted clearance in this office, 1 A check in SY files reflected a record on Richard Case NAGELL� born -7 ,s-f; August 5, 1930, who apprently.is identical with the individual Who authored the above item. A cursory review of the file.reflecto:thatOP:: NAGELL has been of interest to both the FBI and the Department in recent years. . _ _ z�-� c.f) While NAGELL may be something of a crackpot, the item doe's am:Car to?; contain somewhat of an implied threat. Far this reason; the iiltormaa' tion is forwarded for your consideration and for any action which may. be considered necessary. Attachment: SY file on Richard Case NAG= Input to US Defector Machl.:3 n-ocram Group 1 Excluded from AutoMatic EOwn.!, .CS COPY grading-and Declassification ....gairtaatnarc Buy U.S Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan �AWE : LGMhr call 2.!. o I � 7 Li 4537 - 4 141t 13-00000 vqq/ epartment of State ELE PER' II 'FILE, RF; 0/t)E, thibic0) (?e/L bcS Ette'r 3 'TOTAL COP CONFIDENTIAL 'fHCM231 pAGE. 01 MADRID 01109'- 84 -S ACTION SCS 04 INFO SCA 01,EUR 08 ,FBI 0I,SY 03- PPT L 03 ,/ 029 W � 252 1.4 71 0 251816Z MAR. 69: FM AMEMBASSY MADRID. - TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5385H, . ' � cONFIDENTI-ALMADRID 1109 SUBJ: NAGELL, RICHARD C. � I. DOB POB UNKNOWN. -RICHARD._ C. NAGELL PPT J543069,1 IssuEp 5/24/68, ADDRESS 8225 GRANIX- AVENUE ELM :HURST , 734 CONSULATE :GENERAL IN:BARCELONA.ON .MARCH 10 ,.AND VISITED THE EMBASSY ON MARCH 21. DURING CONVERSATIONS WITH: ROBERT . S. DRISCOLL , 'CONSUL -OFFICER,- NAGELL REVEALED-,THE:, FOLLOWING INFORMATION.- � 2. IN THE SUMMER OF 1968, NAGELL WAS ARRESTED ON A TRAIN ENROUTE TO BERLIN FROM FRANKFURT. HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY PLACED IN CONFINEMENT IN EAST GERMANY AND .HELD THERE AS A PRISONER UNTIL OCTOBER 1968.. AFTER HE WAS RELEASED, HE -CROSSED INTO -.WEST- BERLIN, WHERE HE WAS DEBRIEFED AT THE U.S.. MISSION BY STATE DEPARTMENT 'REPRESENTATIVES, ONE OF WHOM HE SUSPECTED TO BE AN EMPLOYEE OF ANOTHER u.S. GOVERNMEN1-.AGENCY.:NE 'ALLEGED: THAT HE WAS "WORKED OVER" BY HIS EAST. GERMAN CAPTORS, WHO . SUSPECTED THAT HE:WAS WORKING .FOR ANOTHER -U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY. NAGELL CLAIMED THAT . AT TIME OF HIS ARREST., HE. WAS: .TAKEN . FROM HIS TRAIN COMPARTMENT :"BYNAME". 3. NAGELL CLAIMED' THAT ..DURING DEBRIEFING, HE. WAS 'PROMISED;-.. . ASSISTANCE IN:LOCATING. HIS CHILDREN WHOM HE SAID .WERE. Fi-u;p1-.146: .WITH THEIR .MOTHER SOMEWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES.AIE: CLAIMED THE DEPARTMENT .HAS NOT KEPT ITS PROMISE, AND: DEMANDED - THAT. THE EMBASSY IN MADRID TAKE ACTION TO . HELP LOCATE., HIS CHILDREN, WHOM HE SAID ARE THE ONLY THINGS THAT',.MEAN- 13-00000 � . CABLE SECRETARIAT DISSEM BY I. � epartment a State PER II TOTAL COPIES: CONFIDENT IAL PAGE .02 MADRID 01109 .252147Z: ' ANYTHING TO HIM. 4. NAGELL THREATENED 70 HAVE HIMSELF ARRESTED BY SPA NISH: POLICE OR DEFECT TO 'EAST GERMANY IF ' HE DOESNj T . RECEIVE ASSISTANCE FROM U. S. SOURCE. NAGELL CLAIMED THAT HE HAS LEFT:'' "VERY, OMPROMISING" CLASSIFIED 'DOCUMENTS WITH "FRIENDS" IN SW TZERLAND WHO. WILL. FORWARD. THEMT0'.THE -7 APPRO 'N R :REPRESENTATIVES,. ONE OF WHOM HE SAID IS WHOM NAGELL 'CLAIMED IS _DERSPIEGAL: REPRESENTA ICH. ' TELE . 5. AGELL -CLAIMED-108E 4-:-F0iiMER ARMY OFFICER WHO.... HELD THE.. - RAN OF CAPTAIN. HE 'ALLEGED THAT HIS ARMY : SERIAL NUMB-ER IS 0202834617 THAT HE WAS DISCHARGEDT FROM THE' ARMY 0 N,'OCTO8ER 29, AND THAT. HE IS RECEIVING 100: PERCENT DISAB IL ITT' FROM r HE VETERANS ADM INT STRATIO N, 6. NAGELL EXPLAINED IN- A RATHER ARTICULATE MANNER THAT HE :HAD- BEEN ARRESTED BY:. THE FBI- SHORTLY AFTERPRES PENT KENNEDY' S - ASSASSINATION' '.19.6 AND THAT HE HAD:.BEEN, IMPRISONED,.. NED ;.- .::-.UNJUSTLY IN HIS OP I N IO N IN' THE- FEDERAL PENITENTIARY,: � LEAVENWORTH , KANSAS, UNTIL EARLY 1968 AT WHICH TIME HE NMI' - BEEN ACQUITTED AND RELEASED. HE SA ID THAT : THE REASON -WHY HE HAD BEEN ARRESTED IN THE FIRST PLACE- WAS THAT HE HAD . . WORKED WIT H LEE HARVEY '0 SWALD IN AN ASSIGNMENT WITH A "U.S. INTELLIGENCE AGENCY - IT WAS A LONG STORY, HE SAID AND HE DID'. NOT WANT TO GIVEME :ALL THE DETAILS BUT INSTEAD WANTED TO ASSURE ME THAT HE HAD BEEN. IN THE "1 NTELL IGENCE GAME" . FOR A LONGTIME. NAGELL' ALSO STATED THAT HE. .HAD BEEN HELD IN. THE FEDERAL. PENITENTIARY F0R' SUCH A 'LONG PERIOD -BECAUSE HE REFUSED :TO REVEAL TO 7HE ' I FBI ANY INFORMATION ABOUT HIS INTELLIGENCE 'ACT IV IT IE - :A ND 'THAT FURTHERMORE HE WAS VISITED BY CIA . AGENTS -WHILE . IN PRISON WHO CAUTIONED . HIM TO KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT ABOUT' HIS- TIES W ITH OSWALD � � - 7, REQUEST. COPY 'OF- DM FROM ZURICH TO- DEPARTMENT PERTAINING SUBJECT AND - REQUEST CHECK OF APPROPRIATE. SOURCES IN 'NAME OF SUBJECT AND ADVISE -OF RESULTS SOONEST. MCAULIFFE NOTE L IMD I S CAPTION DELETED PER MR HARRIS, S /S-0 3/25/59 f-.4 13-00000 RS/R REP EUR MR FE A F NEA ARA Cu F130 �1D AGR AB TAR AIR USIA wd� �Cr WI � . - COM FRB IN T TR %MB ARMY NSA NAVY 0513 CIA � SUGGESqD DISTRIBUTION, � TO: Arms, PO 0Cm POL :C ON CONS Anm � (ISIS POST ROUTINQ Action Initials FILE Action Token: Dote: Initials: Drafted by: LAS:AKla :dh ULEIZAEI OfigiPOS to be Filed in Decentralized Files. isACKGitOUND. tiSE 9Ni.? HANDLING INDICATOR L" 1) TO : DEPARTMEN:F. ,31 S7L INFO : BONN oi; Limited Distribution I- 'I' lit1CH FROM USBER, Berlin SUBJECT : REF �� 41-1-1jeafr FILE DESIGNATION DATE: October 29, 1968 Psychiatrist's Report on Richard NaL;e11, US Citizen Released by GDR Berlin A-901, October 24, 1968 . LIMIT DISTRIBUTION COPY 43� SERIES B A detailed, statement pr-pdred by the psychiatrist of the U.S. Army Hospital in Berlin, dated October 23, 1968, has been received on the results of an examination of Richard Case Nagell. The full text of the psychiatrist's findings is transmitted in the enclosure. MORRIS Enclosure (� Text of psychiatrist's findings. Group 4 - Downgraded at three-year intervals. Declassified 12 years after date of origin. FORM 10-64" -323 Clear 4(4,_ MIN:DKle n �Carr rm. r rpactotoctit Ilsr 0.11y J In �Ont Drifting Dote: 11511one No.: rontents and Classification Approved by: 10/28/681 EAS:11K1a)? e 0 -12611 LACKGiZO.UND. USE ONLY 13-00000 � � BACKGROUND USE ONLY ' �CDiunnitiattri3� P,age of 4 LIMIT DISTRIBUTION Background My initial contact with Mr. Nagell was when he was expelled from the DDR.by the East German officials who forcibly .propelled him toward us over the borderline into West Berlin. As we initially escorted Mr. Nagell back to US Army Lospital Berlin in the US Mission vehicle, he seemed unsure of where he was, and who we were, as well ap being angry and belligerent about his treatment by the East Germans. In the course of the two hour interview which was then conducted at the hospital, Mr. Nagell gradually regained his composure and gave a more cooperative and coherent history. At his insistance, the interview took place in the presence of the attorney Mr. Ricey S. New, Jr., who acted in an unofficial capacity as a legally oriented "friend." The salient aspects of Mr. Nagell's history are as follows. lie says he was on active military duty (Army) from 1948 until 1959. For the first three of these years he was an enlisted man, and for the last six he was an officer, working in military intelligence. In 1954'he was the sole survivor in a plane crash which resulted in a brain concussion, numerous physical injuries, and prolonged military hospitalizLtion. Hr. Aagell now claims that he believes it was this head injury which resulted in his "unstable personality and immature or impulsive behaviour." He attributes to this instability his marital difficulties and his decision to resign his commission in 1959, something which he now considers unwise. At the time of his leaving the service he was not awarded a disability pension, but he says that he was later able to successfully petition the VA for a "64% disability." He claims that he had never seen a psychiatrist e.urinr; his military .career. - - - From 1959 to 1962 he says that he worked for the :;la-c of California as an investigator for various bureaus. 111.:3 marital difficulties had increased and his wire insit:Lt;0 on separation, keeping with her their two children.. flai,ell says that one night in 1962 he became intoxicated, and tried to break down the door to her apartment. On this basis he says he lost his job and says that for the next year he "just drifted," apparently without motivation to worh, supporting himself on his disability pension and financial aid from his sister. He is not certain about whether or not the divorce from his wife has ever been legally completed. 0ACKGROUND USE ONLY 13-00000 BACKGROUND USE ONLY LIMIT DISTRIBUTION Pai., 2 of 4 � In September 1963 he was accused of committing an act which . he now says was bred out of his feeling of hopelessness and desperation. He claims that in a confused way he . attempted while armed to rob a bank and was easily appre- hended. For the next 4 1/2 years followed a complicated series of trials, appeals and retrials. In addition to spending these years in prison, he also had at least three prison hospitalizations for psychiatric observation. his appeals apparently hinged on his contention that he was "temporarily insane" at the time of the crime. He was not considered insane at any time during his imprisonment, and his claim to temporary insanity found support in the expert 'testimony of a noted American neurologist, Dr. Edwin_ Weinstein. Dr. Weinstein apparently interpreted Hagell's ;EEG's (electro-encephalograms) as being abnormal and argued ;that Nagell had developed a "paranoid personality, and instability" on the basis of his brain injury. This conten- tion was apparently disputed by other expert witnesses, but in any case Nagell was, officially acquitted-on-April 29 of' this year. Nagell says he then went to the New York area, where his sister (his closest relative) resides, but he claims an additional complication in his life had risen in that he had once been an "acquaintance" of Lee Harvey Oswald, and had been implicated in a possible plot to assassinate President Kennedy in an article in RAMPARTS magazine which appeared in January. 1968. Mr. Nagell firmly denies that he .w.,,g__invia-1-4414--i4I---any way with any such conspiracy, and was in fact imprisoned at the time of the assass'nation On the basis of this mAgazine article Nagell says that Mr. Garrison, the attorney general from New Orleans who is arguing that a cons irac existed in the assassination.,................ � came up to New York to interview im agell says that he ,.4ned that he had any information of-use to Mr. Garrison, but that the interview left him with two fears. One fear was that Garrison might subpoena him to t Orleans proceedi Ti 'ht try toeliminate" him, a suspicion which he says was planted in his mind byjr. Garrison. He says that soon ,..4Lterwards while walking down a street at night in New Y City he was almost run over by a car without lights. He interpreted this as being an 'attempt at murdjy the .Cl/\. and in some haste left the country for a tour of Euxope. the other fear was that the CIA BACKGROUND USE PNLV 13-00p00 , � rt BEV-A.N .410-.>1V,75 P4 3 of 4 1 BACKGROUND US ;i ONLY CONFIDENTIAL LIMIT DISTRIBUTION In June, shortly thereafter, he discussed with an Ameridan consular official in Zurich his recurrent fear that the CIA was going to "hit" him. His next travel point was to West Berlin, and on June 11, 1968, while his train was traversing the DDR, he says that he was taken off the train and illegally detained. He is not certain why he was taken off the train but admits to having talked freely on the train to other passengers about his life history, and he was also carrying with him a heavy portfolio of all of his Army and government records involved with his service career, disability, and imprisonment. For several mcnths Nagell claims that he was interrogated by the East Germans and repeatedly asked to confess his role as a spy or govern- ment agent. Eventually, Nagell says that he concluded the only way to be released would be to feign mental illness, which he says he proceeded to do. This was several weeks ago and he says he was soon examined by an East German psychiatrist and events were set in motion which culminated in his release today, four and- one-half months after his detention began. � Mr. Nagell's plans for the future center around returning to the United States and beginning an appeal to the govern- ment to grant him a psychiatric disability pension, as well as for his physical disability, on the basis of his head injury. He no longer believes that it is realistic to think that the CIA was trying to kill him. Mental Status Exam Hr. Nagell is a tall, 38 year old male who shows the evidence of a prior head injury in the form of extensive scan; on the left side of his face, facial asymmetry due to seventh' nerve injury, reconstructive surgery on his left ear, etc. In addition he shows some healed incisions on his left wrist which he claims were superficial lacerations self-inClicted at the time of his first imprisonment in 1963, and again a few weeks ago in the DDR. lie denies that in either instance he seriously intended to kill himself. he is of superior intelligence and shows-a remarkable memory for dates and names. Initially he was belligerent, angry,. and suspicious of every effort made to help him. Over the span of two hours, he gradually became more cooperative and rational. He is in his own terms a "chronically paranoid person" by 'which he means that he is always hichly suspicious and tends to impute intentions where none maycexist. Despite his CONFIDLNTIAL aACKGRQUNp US :ONLY 13-00000 SACKGIIOUND U'Dr. JIL Page Lis 'efflillt017=7 LIMIT DISTRIBUTION f overall suspiciousness, and his fears about the CIA, there :was no overt evidence of psychosis. His nutritional state � and general well-being both appeared to� be good. Summary In summary then we seem to be dealing with a person who has had a personality disorder for a number of years, manifested by emotional instability, impulsive behaviour, a tendency to be litigious, and a general suspicious or paranoid 'orientation. It is difficult to know how much of whet he is saying is factual, but it may be that in June of this year he was becoming "borderline" or even delusional in his thinking about possible attempts on his life, and this probably explains his flight to Europe. Currently, he is not psychotic and seems competent in a legal and psychiatric sense to negotiate his own affairs and be a free citizen again. His own closing words provide a lighter note to what' othe.r- wise has been a complicated and serious mishap. "Well, I'll tell you one thing, that's the last time I ever take a train through East Germany!" BACKGROUND USE ONLY �/p/ George R, Babineau CPT, MC Psychiatrist U.S. Army Hospital, Berlin CONIIDE4 IAL 13-00000 NI- I/ND -U/ND SA CO IL 65M0 BETHESDA CR 57 R1.54�557 OS 65 C463298 NI- UND U/ND SA CO N2036 NEW TRICEY S(JP) N2036 WEINSTEIN ECW IN HMV, /Z 1416-4-5-4- WEINSTEIN' EDWIN WEYN'iiINIEDWIN A /B 18FEE09 OMAFA NEB LZ." 1'i1455 BABINEAUIGECRGE RAYMOND OS 68 G361001-1999 /T CAPT /E ARMY /R SE R 5 /0 68M11 IC USA . .. ... :�......� 13-00000 T :A. 1:55 8 4 Depqrtrfteftt:. the State PISSEM 6 ! ! --�"� Pf4 I -2 0 fk- TOTtilr 40PIES: PIF!:.:7,5�!7.,P!..1"!';1 6, PIONEf' PD � 2 .;0111 .guthit!:,:iMSALUILER,g,. UPT GERMANY: ': NP B IS JAMES -4,s, fts1417;:� 5fi TELEGRA : , " . 0.'"� , RICRY.7-NEW-QAW,ED.AT: MISq.00,0PT 21 AND' OUTLINED QT 0;pi.-Askt1.j?EFTE4.4- '- ---- L. 14,,,,EA:PT:.-pERLIN! OFFICE OCT. eg ,,., STAI1GE NC:11,1N . ACTION DUE.,:..,j::.: '::V.O.,qE..1.,:k.�i,N,V r.t,EP R ICEY NEW :ANp.,79SION OFTICEfr.,TO-1:CALL. . .., i NEAJP; PkI.F,MtgP IN � APTQMOBIt.E: ACCIDgNT.,LAST,'WEEK;:.';V:''''' . ., .. .: .,-,, lrOONFFRENOg IN HIS QFFIQE11:'VOGEL7ST4TED .tNAGELL RELEASE !, gqPiEDULFD !Pr EAST GERMAN AUTHORITIES � FOR 'OCT 23:.AT" 0941,'. - .":.T0TAKE.: PLAGg �!AT SANDKRUGSRUECKE CROSSINGPOINT.'4"THE:, '''SBLEAPE...Wn-40.Pg UNcON1ITIONA1,,,;;AS :AN':..EXPRESSION.,OF, CI 0OpW;14,.' , . 4 qQ0.fiPINciktc-ivg-P1-4-". .,�,,:=...� ,.!vci.4Ev p'E.p6ii113p ; NAGELL CONDITION ' AS ..'''..NOT' GOOD AT.: ALL', ,,:. i- :14.FREQUENTLY, QUITE BAD ACCORDING TO PHYSICIAN WHO W W.:. 13E,!' l� :,.;i,v vrii HIM,.:, igHEN1;HF, I 5 ES EL TV ERE() BY AMBULANCE." VOGEL WILL. ''DE1'41V titt(41,41.-. TO R IQEY MTN WHO WILL. � BE ACCOMPANIED BY mtpfil.oN' .9V..F4?9 4 11W A 19 '' ic h Ur .; R.PYCii I ATR I ST . os ARMY HOSPITAL, , r.ifi:R.1,; 1 N,,o':- ,'4-:..v4i:,i-i ., !:..i' - ,:i4:.WHEN PR, IVFR Y MADE PEP ARTMENT WILL BEt INFORMEW IN BRIE i FLASH 'TELEGRAM % NO PP T NO: FRESS. piATEMNT..W114., ,B ISSUED By ,mjssoN..,... . :..: ,..,. : �. I. ;r 4*.bEpt,,. friciA.s.s0q4710 Rdtain Owen ;C:hanget.' classify n prat and excise.as stnnvn Declassify . -;�:'0 Arta. tCt 1295825X ( )(-. � 1:1 With concurrenct Date(notlpinaine(1) IPS/CR/IR by 4111. .; ' 13-Q0000 i . 11.;�� Di4tiVM py Ilepartment of State PER TELEGRA VOaEL EXPRESSED HOPE THAT CASE OF. JAMESCOULD ''ALSO BE 7: cLopEp IN SIMILAR FASHION "WITHIN NEXT FEW DAYS,". CHARGES STILI,. UNKNOWN IN F3OTH CASES BUT VOGEL EXPECTS TO HAVE, IN . NEAR FUTURE -BApIc DOCUMENTS WHICH ARE STILL IN :HANDS; OF,,;, STATg SECURITY - AUTHORI TIES" AND. WILL . INFORM USa..;:,:ic- . � A 13-00000 1)04.0-tinent of State 1.4554: MCA Pl5tAC'ni 'r PER sarri Z��� TOTAL COPIES: 4r-- TELEGRAM ;77174-'4 ruP4 DAM! et DIME. DDP e A's 0 ec/ee P�ORME.1) ISEPAFUNE NT.:Y. OCTOBER 18 ;....THA NA LL r REQUIRE ATTENTXO 01i4PtY: NEW'. ARRIVING 13ERLI Nr.' AFTERNOON COORDINATEi, AND ANP WITH ..,�r1,IPS P,Nr;* � � : . ALs0';INF0'RriEDAIY:VQGEL'144A1 ANOTHER f Aivic EAS..U:GERMANY ON UN. -f,(-1F.J1rrcliARQF,.:0:0^ SIL..MISJON.,AWARE1FROM.,PREVIOUStF?(PERI-ENc Hi4r1:*iAMES''?'-HASNG HIST:ORY-OFHPSYCHATRIC-PROBLEMSO: 014.E.NAIUFRMIEN1,:DTEFICULTIESAN MANY'COUNTRIES',OVER-::::: .,JANITH.'..FARS*OR..^ 0-,4-1E. WAS CONVICTED-.OF-.:PASSPORT,..FRA.O. NNUrY JD ..�3,,CURRENT4,UNDER:INDICTMENTf.OK VIO 1.1;SO �EECTION '1542 A WARRANT � HAS7-13EEN::i M 0 ST ff.:RECENT-EPISODE OF WHICH DPARTMENV.AWARE U$ )FP0RTAJNFR OM :CZECHOSLOVAK I A'� TO -FRGA IN APRIL,THIS SUMMARY..! :or LAMLSADV. ENTUR ES AND ARRESTS BE 144.0: 0 -D..): A V NF OF.tM ED R NEW t/.. kr- GENERAL 'f:4.0R0-04;; NEW- PAO:J.) 10 1NFOHM USDER HIMSELF OF TATU3 4.Th PMr:i pi.idraliSiO,in panund'excfs'e as sho*i , ,,1Wiitytoncui,666o not)tobtainett IPS/CR/111 ." �. � Date 13-00000 Department of State 11-C PEcRITAITAT P1110kM By RF, 1 � POE TATE 258355 TELEGRAM TOTAL c9pms, ri . , ;OASECOO MISSION OFFICERS SHOULD NOT INDICATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE PFAAGELL REI,EASg OR JAMES LATEST,ARRESTe.GP.-30-RUSV--- I V VV,IVS, 't 13-00000 Chief, Research Branch, U.S Robert J. Leonard John Richard SLOSS #34490 3 MAR 1965 ' GIST; SLOSS. a staff employee since 1948, has recently been repolnraphed with inconclusive results, having reacted to questions regarding disclosure of classified information. assetiatioa with-a corn- numist -sympathiser, and hornOsexuality. He lAs also been involved with cooperation in an extramarital affair which 4110minated In a black. mall attempt on one of the parties. His name is perhaps identical with a name among fix names of Agency employees found on A mentally dis- turbed and disaffected former C1C intelligence officei.whe 41eges. contact with Russian and Cuban Intelligence agents. Details of Sete queetionable areas in regard to fiLoSS are set forth heloet. Recommend intensive and � thorough investigation of SLOSS including surveillance of activities. DETAILS; I. Mr. John Rir.hard SLOSS, born 24 September 1919 at Cleveland. Oslo, has been a.itaff Pavlov.� of this Agency One* 1948. His parents are American born., He graduated from Tale University ia 1941 and was assigned to Military intelligence Training-Oenterveamr----- Ritehie. Maryland, as an instructor. from January 1943 to July 1945. He attended Columbia University. School of International Affairs and the Russian Institute from 1946 to 1948., receiving an hi. A. Degree in Inter. national Affairs. 2. SLOSS is currently 4.1! Special Intelligence Duty Officer in 0(.3. GS-14.. During his assignment in Germany 19534955 and on a TDY - to Germany in 1958.-he had been authorized to deal With foreign Weill. gence elements in the OCI .overseas Hideo-it program.: SLOSS was poly� � graphed in 1950 and 1953 with favorable regalia; in 1955 with unfavorable results; and twice in 1964 with inconclusive reenIts regarding giving C1A, documents or classified information to unauthorized persons. contact with a possible Communiet sympathiser and engaging in homosexual acti- vities since working for CLL. He was granted a "Q" Clearance in October 1963._ His TOp Secret Clearance wag certified to the White House on 23 48REiL: j�n� Eze!Eled from 2141'114'1c dowpgradir,g a!71 deVarsifIcatIon � 13-00000 February 1965 in connection with a visit to * Preeidential relocation site. 3. The name of jabs SLOSS may, be identical with the name J. SLOSS found on the pereon of Richard Ono liAGELL when arrested In con- nection with a bank robbery in El Paso� Texas, on 24 September 1963. A notebook found on 11A01LL iade reference to Fair Play for Cuba Conan** tee� the addressee of Foreign Embassies, the names of purported CIA agents and other information. Although NAOMI, is unquestionably meat., ally urtr-IIN"diTedr he tells a story of being involved in espionage which is not fully contradicted by *widest.. There is no apparent explanation of why the prime J. $LOSS as well as five other names- of CIA personnel should have been in the possession of Richard Case NAGELL. - The weird story of 14AGELL is contained in a chronological listing of his activities appended to this memorandum. 4, A review of the --Security file 04 $loos;Un conect*3 With -the Richard , pas* NAclAut. tisto441*. revealed that 'foir,tbk:ptiat Le* year.. 1940-4944, tia4.100041401.-hl&aArtment arra siwor,i.�-.0,c400tioaissi.*-: the � adateriso *0)04:toisb.40:oferhigp Barry zotwomp19.:* q545''ititsugose �014.. -Lice, assigned to pm and Mrs.C3ietty 73411-4Eigen former employee Of the Central Intelligence4- ,:ty from 19 0040 1433*,untit 26 July 1962, The relationship betweeri disclosed MS 19 May 1%4 4 wheratElipipereportedio.�.the Officio Of Security-that Mrs, ARloseha4 received a 'strange telephone call from an unIMOWnMainon111-31tay 1964 Whii..adviled her that he knew what was going on between hor and her boy Oiend...nd that he had pittiree. The unknown caller attempted to black. niafi -hirsi.flirseintio :meeting_ him.-; ,14re.q342aVapparently told her linehand: whole ettirt and Isitottlietaime7--5 .74 it: is notewOrthr. y In the -SLOS-Stligift0T43:43ticiD matter that SLOSS ha. been involved *�#ooperAt4otjaren-siniewfirl and immoral activity which,-. according to the -direct testimOny-of.rin. Of the parties, (believed to be true because ..the report was -sigriantt her own 'interest) resulted in a -hiatkinallottemPt. against her in May 1964. 6. Of particular tenterashould.bSthe-.:resulte Of the latest two polygraplvesouninatione, the validity of Whieh.,..'betauSe of Meditation : jatinthng a tranquilizer type drisg*X1,alairhol In thit'Sn, ett*.o-sysitem, Was deemed to bri--,�incontlaiiiire,_ � During the 495s tsAygra04. exaugflatii*:..**.goojett tted to, homosexual desires but -stated that: these had never caused a: personal � problern.andhad never resulted in his participatiOn,ln*homoseMMI -alt. During the;t4..A..14.11 1964-ercarnination, the Sukiect showed consistent rift, � � actions: to thei-homotsescssal question which Indicated deceptions During --Sett- further specific questioning on 22 May 1964 covering the various homosexual areas however, there were no strong reactions to indicate that Subject might be practicing deception on the specific question regarding engaging In homo- sexual activities since working for CIA. 8, in connection with the phase of questions concerning etentatt with any possible communist eympathiner. the Subject reflected overall disturbance indicating that all the questions obviously bothered him and that deception was being practiced within that phase. The polygraph opera. tor nded that there were outstanding reactions to the following two questiOnst 20 b "Other than your cornmente about FISHER, during your undergraduate period at Tale did you have any contact with any Communist or Communist sympathirreil Answer: No." 20 * During your CIA employment, have you had any contact with any Communist or Communist sympathizer? Answer: No. " 9. k:15 prtrticularly noteworthy that during hie eaareinatiOn 22 May 1964 when asked nine questione as to whether he had been acquaint. ad with certain individuals, Subject only reacted when he answered "no" to having been acquainted with4(erry snizan and 1,116. WOLSTAN. These mines had been submitted to Subject based upon pure conjecture that there possibly might have been some connection with these individuals at Camp AIWA. Military Intelligence Training Center. Since the fact that both - Jerry SEVERN and Ilya WOLSTO.N have cooperated with Soviet Intelligence should have been unknown to SLOSS aitid be declared he is not acquainted with them, there should have been no realm for him to, reag to these names. The polygraph operator states that SLOSS was not pressed further regarding nsEER (whom he had CbaraCtaritatad as "left of center") or his own possible knowledge ofisEvERN or WOLSTAN lance it was obvious that SLOSS was beginning to feel harassed on thie matter and stated that he did not enjoy being asked these questions. 10, During SLOSS interview on 4 April 1964, SLOSS reflected consistent reactions on the questioner "Since working for CIA,have you given CIA documents or classified information to unauthorized persons?" 00000-El. 13-00000 "Have you ever deliberately given classified information on documents to any unauthorised pereon?" in explanation. Subjoin said he was bothered by this idea, but that he had no Icnotrledge of any particular Situation- wherefirlie had At,. vaiged information to anyone who Watt unauthorized to revel** it, Or who would have used it: against the Ageitey's later-eat. Oa the teat administered on. 22 May 1964 to resolve :any -possible compromise to communist or foreign intelltgonce Organisations. it wet determined that there- were no significant reactions tit's relevant orieetiaM0 in this area. IL It ahead be especially noted that the polygraph opeerator�during the 4. April 1964 interview. .detected an odd *Melt on Subject's breath and noted his flushed Lace, frequent Silly pine and lethargic ratAreareats, sag. gettiag.that the **lett May have been slightly intoxicated. .- The operator - :did not ask ilt:ring this interview whether the Subject bed taken any Arils - or air:that prior to OS interview but retailed an Incident wherein the S'ilb., lea when arrested for. Arai:don: driving An 1963 had produced -evidence that he was a 031abetiC and had taken medication prior IS the Incident. Coonsei:. quently,-. -duilag.the lieetilad .interview on 22- Mai. 1964. filbleet wasOnStIoned regarding his PhYiltal health. He replied that he.bad"StOPPed.taking medi. oath's for diabetes in November- 1963., He torplatheit-thathe. -tot* three or four diuretic pills. He specifically denied that be had *kiwi any Other drug, tarectie or alcoh01. Wheirthii question was asked fluting . interrogation. he reflected reaction indicative Of deception and then adiaritted that for breakfast he bad taken one Oasis of Vodka with .eorae Orange juice. He stated that he drank vodka for breakfast sometimes whenever he was tense or nervous over anything. 12. The polygraph operator in Ms report concluded that the "validity of final test charts is held in question and there is no strong evidence that the specific areas of concern have been conclusively resolved at this time. it is recommended that a further study be conducted on this case and that information resulting from such a study be sent to MD for possible reinter. view of the Subject and polygraph resolution". 13. SLOSS has indicated reactions indicative of deception during the polygraph examinations. In one specific question where these re- actions were present he admitted to lying. This was in the question as to whether or not he had taken any alcohol prior to the examination.- 13-00000 : CONCLUSION:: L SLOSS has lied in his nmst recent polygraph examination and has evidenced indications of deception in areas concerning divulging classified information to unauthorized individuals, association with a vftnnanniot sympathizer and homozezaai, incItnattona SLOSS reaction to the neolee*,43atrry SEVERN and Uya vrotavaN has ,not been fully ex- plored. The -PhlYgraPh operator has recommended further investigation and a repaygraph because the recent tests are inconclusive. Z. SLOSS hais been involved in an immoral and illegal extra- marital activity between a Staff employee and a former Staff employee where one of the parties was aubjected to a blaciunail attempt. 3. The name J. SLOSS (possibly identical to Subject) appeared on a list of CI& employees found on the person of a self-designated "dis- affected American" arrested by the rat for bank robbery in September 1963. This individual (mentally disturbed) with previous intelligence cx.. pertence has declared that he was approached by Soviet Intelligence while and/or after he was in Mexico City in September 1962. 4. It is suggested that the extent of the adverse security implica- tions concerning SLOSS to inset that if SLOSS -is ever found to be a security risk, the failure at this time to pursue an aggressive investigation of all Ms contacts and activities to resolve all areas of doubt could possibly lead to a conclusion that we have been remiss in our duties. The undersigned recommends the following action: That physical and technical surveillance of at least two weeks duration be made of SLOSS to determine his contacts and activities after working hours. b. That current seven way National Agency Checks be made on SLOSS. ce, That Richard B. FISIIER, a friend of SLOSS., characterized by him as having been involved in radical and left of center ideas while on undergraduate at Yale�be fully identified, his present lo- cation be aocertained and the degree of bis association with liPOSS be determined by a personal interview with FISI1ER. d. That Richard Case NAGZLL be personally interviewed by the undersigned in the hope that by a sympathetic approach he may reveal how he came into the possession of the name J. SLOSS and other employees of CIA. - 13-00000 � That -Sited.* */440i AT.E.P.04#14 - ; � proTiitnnnly ittorrioWed lit ptembe 1943 With u 11- .Clearance of sxioss# *sewed by the untie* with empaas1e en 4-04144,0.** aptusu_iaticeo.. outside Of ?Orkin* bourn.- . . g. That SLOSS be .repolygraphed With ousilenting,pres mire -r,uurenoli.nott Matters. � , 13;00000 � 713-204 (Itev. 3-3-59) - Copy to: Report of: Date: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION THOMAS J. DOWLING: � ',11AR 1 7 Ago" Field Office File '6523126 Title:fl CHARD CASE NAGELL Character: Synopsis: ESPIONAGE - X Office: New York, New York Bureau File No.: Confidential informants familiar with certain 11013e3 of Cuban and/or Communist' adtivities in the NYC area, when.contacted_during February,' 1964,.advised'that-the subject 'is unknown to them. Subject's sister, Mrs. ELEANORE GAMBERT,. when interViewed.on-2/28/64, advised that subject: last stayed at her home during the latterpart of 1962. She indicated that she knows of no subversive activity on the:part-al the subject, and stated 'further that she 1/61-:e .nothing: to do with him ifeheever found out he had eVer.been-involvedlin-such activities. She advised subject Maintains .a metal-type foOt.:.- lOcker:ather-residencei and has maintained It at her home for a.nUmber-pf years.' She hoted that she does not*now-the contents of this' .foot locker nor is she even aware: of whether.- itis opened or locked. - i6E .r)ART ()I Nita - This document contains 'neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It Is the pieverty of the FBI and is loaned Aci:sirar-.elsouri itSM " its contents are not to be dhaributed outside :your ligOaCCI. 3-UUUUU Confidential informants familiar with certain phases of Cuban and/or Commulibt activities in the NYC area; when contacted during February, 19641 advised that the subject, is unknown to them. - =Ma. 13-00000 FD-301 (Rev. I-25-60) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGA Date Elolutore-i,,".....r_t_was contacted at her home located at 82-25 0 d Avenue, Queens, New York, on � February 28, 1964, .y Special Agents Thomas J. Dowling and Benjamin P. Oro.? who identified themselves to her as Special Agents .of the Federal Bureau of investigition. She was told that the Special Agents wished to talk to her about her brother, Richard Case Hagen; that she would not have to speak with the interviewing agents; that anything she Might say could be used in court; and that she a right to counsel before making any statement. *re. (lambert advised that she had no objection to being interviewed and that she would cooperate in any way possible. She advised that her brother, Richard Case Regal, last resided with her in her home for a 5 or 6 t week period which ended just prior to Christmas, 1962. While in New York, he was for the most parturenployed and seeking a position. She noted that he did obtain a position as a store detective but that this lasted for only several days when he decided that this was not the type of' investigative work he wanted to do. When questioned as to whether or not she knew of any activity on the part of her brother which could have been of a subversive nature, she stated that she knew of no such activity; that she did not believe her brother capable of taking part in such activity; and that if she ever became aware that he was engaging at any time in such activity she would have nothing to do with him.. At thisrpoint she noted that approximately a month prior to the interview she had received several letters that were returned to her from El Paso Texas, which she had written to her brother, indicating that he was no longer at the 11 Paso County Jail. She subsequently received a letter from her brother indicating that he was' at the -Medical Center for Federal, Prisoners, Springfield,: Missouri. She noted that she answered this letter 'imdlately', but has; not as ,yet heard from her Y, 82-25 Grand Avenue 2/28/64 a Queens, New York File # 6 2 SAS II/SWUM:Di P. GROGAN and MOMS J. DOWLING $ kgn 'Date dictated .���.�.� ��. , .-� - This document �:contalae.�-neIthei,-.reconisiosi-clatIonS_�nOt,a-OnClaSIOnS ..of,the FBI. It is he: property of the FBI' yout:acienci.;.41t.'ciOal'Ite -cOntentei''are-..n.6t �. � ����- � � . � �" � " ��. � � -� - �.... and Is :loaned to 13-00000 , � NY 65-23126 brother. She stated that she expected to hear from her brother immediately after he received her letter and the fact that she has not heard has made her uneasy. She noted that she offered, if permitted, to visit him, and that she hoped to ascertain as a result of this visit, the reason he attempted to rob a bank in E2 Faso, Texas, on September 20, 1963. She advised that she has had no reason to �believe that her brother is not responsible for his actions, and she noted that in one letter he wrote to her that the bank robbery attempt was a pre-meditated action on his part. She advised that her brother has been in a depressed state of mind ever since he had been accused of takings bribe and fired from his position with the California State Liquor Authority. She noted that she believed, as her brother claims, that this purported bribe was set up to remove her brother from his Position with the California State Liquor Authority because of his honesty and failure to handle investigations as insturcted by superiors. When questioned as to whether or not her brother, Richard Case flagon, maintains any type of property at her residence, she advised that be does maintain a military type metal foot locker, and that he has maintained it at her residence since his discharge from the United States Army. She noted that as this foob locker is her brother's property, she is not aware of its contents, although she believes it contains mementoes of his military service, including his medals and a complete uniform. She advised that she does 'not even know whither or not the foot locker is open or locked. It is noted that during the cours o the inter- view of Eleanore Oambert, her husband Loui Oambert was present. 13-00000 --4A7D-ro4(rtoiy.,2-zi4M F: .1141TED STATES, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION , TOTAL DENIAL ypoprkik! � - Background Subject: -entered V U.SArmy 8/5/48 an hoiorab1y discharged as, Captain 10/29/59 _Received:. many.:' - .ampnign''.:AWards---duringAtOreanztonfliCt Sole survivor airplane crash ,11/28/54.". suffered facial disfigurement and given psychiatric examination. .Su;o3ect .claimed' he was released 'fromj'employMent-by State Beverage Department, .os- -Angeles California... 6/8i62,' having been 'accused o � aki.ng S20,000 bribe ,Subject refused furnish police detai !;Iii'sr:Shooting by unidentified assailant: On., 7716/62 and:;-'' Ubsecitiently . filed Civil Rights complaint against police Ta3-September, .1962; Subject advised U S. EmbasSv,- he_ihad, been 7ipproached for recruiting. in MP.,7C1C.O.:.c.ty.,, refused to.elaborate, did not o ire to, return.' to tr. S., disgusted diSillusiOnck:'� and - disaffected .41 � Said if e did go to some other country it -would cost IT.. S.. millions 'aS -.�threingh 'being a-, goad citizen"- and thought. he. 'had gotten ,PdirtY.. deal.: all arOUnd.� Advised FB in 'New city on �16/62 he *anted to expose Department, of Alcoholic Beve.rage,. :'.Control in California., Advised FB1...an Jacksonville, r la:on ;12/15/62 he had been approached shortly before. in WaShingtOn, .� . . �bY,-indiVidual.,berieved :to, be working for Soviets; -.�,...COntacte.d.SIA..in Virginia for -instructions, :was sent to by his Soviet contact and said �he believed he , � , . was-qctually working- for Soviets. ' -Subject's condition diagnosed at, VA, Hospital, .Bay Pines, iri.Januaryl,1963, i'ichrOnic �Ibrain..syndrome associated with brain tr�awith 'behaviOral re..kction .C.haracteri7:0d by pass.tvo,�aggressive and . paranoid teatures. ' Asked f43.1 l'iami � on 1/24./63 if his � . Thla document cOntainfeWlaiMegrarZdennli!lr Conclusions Of the '61. lithe i�rin,;:rty ot the Pifl and la loaned to your a.c.eney: It and tfSA Ttz !),Ktviiiittente are not to be die ributed buteide y,ur agency. 13-00000 � :411, , . "..Cub3n. 4:>1!. Russian sources 'gave hizik a pistol. and microfilm, ou1d,'Iie � be permitted- to". re t urn -same to his contact So, he%. Could :be:::of 'forOlor use 1.6.:11. S. CoVernMeni.� Claimed tO-. constantly:under su.rveillance. 'Advised'FBI in. Los Angel-es: � . . � � 0/1.:109/03'..-he .tiadtaken:former wife. to coUrt-On.,same date :for:: �iJure to comply:with-court order giving subject visitation -:-.X*ightSWith children. . Subject's condition-diagnosed'by:VA,_ :Los Angeles. on 6/4/63 aS'.�depreSsion tearful9 nervous .-.r3gid-:::2:Wouldon.1,y utter words .'Got to se my kids -AttemPtedIlnnk. Robbery:- :Subiect_arreSted 9/20/63 in El- Paso;' --Texas'.-:on,charge of attempting to rob State National Bank,- . _ . ,t1.T..A.0�,,.-smue. date in violation Section 2113-,. Title. la; USC'..' --Slasho&:Wrist'ilight-Of.:-9/20/63.4- felt he 'needed psychiatric-i itroatmeb14'highly-.emotionalwhencinterviewed, given to'spell Of.crylpg1-:,:stated .unable',to:gpt,on feet .sincedischarge Mate'said..Subjedt apparently:became f � , � . member:Conimunist Party during confused period after discharge, _ - . , eOrlied:',eVerytbing-waslagainst-hiMin Los Angeles- and made arrg'nts Communist :party inl,os.--Angeles to pick up vVisac,aadpaSspbrt from _coniaCt ili-El-Pasci and eventUally_....--. tzeehosloyakiae-Subjet, reportedly .attempted: UiCide--.thiee times enroulelo pis� hut lbsxHnerve.i_ diitedltl-iiiEL.PaSo on 1/6,.64 he was instructed by agent: 1:.orejgnyvoliprnmen-p.-A.,0 September, 1963.,i.C(comPy';7.411'.17!,,...= 196.3. to participate in criminal .offense �gainstr'.:..United:States or.be-c:ApoSedto,FBI.,:which::-eaUSed Ubject-tb act as he'did:on.--9120/63..-- Subject 'orderedsent to Medical Center for'ederal �Pisoner'.s, .:- . :..,MtsSOUri:, On 1/24/649 45r..USDC.4,.-E1 .Ppie0,..for.30daY period to � jundergosychiatric examination.- Alleged connection with. 4,,EE.-i!ARVEYOSWALD1-,SubSequent-to President's assassination, . . . . . . . subject claimed acquaintance with OSWALD and .wife: .pti-1/14/64-. jAR1N4,OWALD. disclaimed .any knowledge of'subject:,-_Description. :,and 'Tdentification Record:: Set out. SUBJECT.HAS'AITEMPTED. e- 13-00000 7.-�: � � � � � .hrcinOlogidal Record of Subject's Background :�.. . . ....4.ttenittlted Bank Robbery-.nnd'Aftertmth. - '*-All.eged Connection with LEE HARVEY OSWALD r , 13-00000 65f-9 1., ,PLTAILS.:. AT EL PASO TEXAS: Investigation in- this matter 'is based on statements made by the subject subsequent to his arrest in 'El Paso, Texas .September 20, 1963; on a bank robbery charge. Subject hinted that he might have .been 'attempting to go to Cuba and that he really did not have the. intention of - robbing the State National Bank but committed the act due to the direction he had taken toward going to .Cuba. notebook sbich the subject .,had on his person when arrested made reference to Medical Aid, to Cuba, Fair Play for Cuba .Committee,- the 'lathes of.'nurported .CIA Agents and other.. _ . . _ - 'The April 6, 1960, edition of "The New. York Tiniest'- , newspaper contained a full-page advertisement captioned. "What Is ,Really. Happening in ruba," Placed by the Fair Play for Cuba Committee (FPCC). This advertisement �-%thTiOunced the formation of the FPCC in New York City - and declared the FPCC intended . to promulgate "the , . truth' about revolutionary Cuba" to neutralize the isterted American 'press. '"The Net, York' Times" edition of January 11; 1961 reported that at a. hearing conducted before the .,United States Senate Internal Security Subcommittee- on %LlinUary .10, 1961, pr. CHARLES A. PANTOS-BUCK identified - . .himself :and ROBERY.TABER as organizers of .the FPCC. . .; He �also testified he and TABER . obtained funds from the -.- .Cuban Government which were applied toward the cost. of . . . - . . the -.afore-mention0d advertisement.. . �. . On May 16, .1963, .a source advised that during the first two years of the FPCC'S existence there was a struggle between Communist Party (CP) and Socialist Workers Party �(Seill) elements toexert their power within the FPCC and thereby influence FPCC policy. However, during' ..the past year this source observed there has been a suecessful effort by FPCC leadership to minimize the , . � role of these and other organizations in the FPCC so that, today their infl4ence iA. negligible. '2 . �t: 'Wu 13-00000 .."11.1.10.MoM11 Ep:65_951r On My 20. 1.963 a:second source advi.soid that. the National Headquarters of. the FPCC.is located in Room 329 'at .799 Broadway, = New York ' City. According to this source :the position of National Office Director iras created in : � the fall of 1962 and was filled by VINCENT "TED". LEE, � who: nal?, formulates FPCC policy.. This source observed.. LEE , has fa/lowed a Course- of entertaining and accepting :the �coopration.of-many- other organizations including: the Cp and the,-IVP when he has felt it :would be to his, �Person, ty..,:nefit. as ,is/pH' as: the .17�PCC:'s . � HoweVer, LEE� :: haS.'lindicated to this source he has no intention of :Permitting FPCC; Policy: to tie determined by any other. organization. LEE feels the FpCC should 'advocate. resump- thn of diploMatic, relations between' Cuba and the -;:ilkitted: States and '.,upi)ott the right of Cubans to .-.Manag. their revolution without interference :from other. nations, :but not support the Cuban revolution - , . . ,Per.: se. , . . The CT' and the SVIT have been designated pursuant Executive Order. 10450. ''.C.HRONOLOGICAL: RECORD OF LTt.;TECT.'S :BACKGROUND Pitigust 5 1943 A review on October 17, 1963, of the Military `:..Service Records on file at. the Military Personirl Records Center;: 'St. Louis, Missouri; indicated that RICHARD CASE , ,NAGELL, Serial -Number 1.2 115 891, enlisted in the United, States. Army On August 5, 1948. �November 2.8, 1954 to April. 8, 1955 On September 30, 1963, EP T--1 furnished the followin information regarding RICHARD CASE NAGELL: The subject underwent treatment. at. the Walter Reed.. , HoSpi tals. Washing-tom,: D. (*".1 as a re:sult.: 'of at?. .airplan�,t crash ... . -on-r.NoVeMber 28, .1954, in which the''sUbject waS invo.lved.., The 'subject v:ias trie2. sole survivOr of this ergb . 'the subject 3.. 13-00000 1:0 (65,-951.� � ei'es" admitted to Ie1.ling;Air ,Force Base.liospital in.. Washington, a' C.o.m.otioe .6ondition� examined by a doctor , �On..Mardh..: /7;::2,9,55',,liat Walter." Reed.....11espi tea the "subjectlwas . Y.cOnstiottS�cente..sed:andhestile:,complainirig,of a pain in:hitt� .e.head..::;The:Subjeet.."WaSj..depressed: ild'expressed..the wish that. .hictclied 'in the ersigh6 , Subject had facial �disfigurement . . � . . � . !as :a result of :the crash.: The subject as suspicious -of. . . . ...questions asked him.� When sUbject was examined on Aprik:8, � i955 the hostility had disappeared and his suspielowe lead . been lessened. His response at. that time were regarded as norMar:. In 1960. the Subject.'s�sister� Mrs. GAMBERT, 8225 p Nev York, indicated that ... the .subjct could -then he contacted through Post Office Eox 76121, Sanford Station,, Los A.ngeleS, California.� indic.ted. that the:su.bjeet.'had b en,.diScharged from the �Titted :in November-0 1959. he alSO indicated hat:"�the.eubject.:s. till complained of head injuries and when e.i*asl-'tired�-he:.had "a tWitch in one .eye As well,:as:SOine.ls:Oss.:.. '-of..tobi.litivin his other eye., �..1741,4,e1 contacted on..S.eptember 30, 1963, EP T-1 was: � of the:opinion: that.the subject ti.11 apparently needed psyehiatric:treetment. He Said he was Lia:)ble to evaluate the subject's activit,E.;- subsequent to /955 in, view of the ' � , � � . fact that no contacts. had been made With the. 'subject since that time The above information as furnished by EP T-1 can. ,.be. made �:available .only upon. the issuance of. a Subpoena duces." :tecun The identity .c;f .the person to be ,subpoenaed is Lieutenant. Co/onel.J0Fli J. WARD, Re.gistrar, Walter Reed General Hospital .. � . 6825 16th Street, Northwest, Washington, .D. C. :April,: '1956' In April, .195e, Captain CHARLES STANLEY, Administrative � Vice Detail., Los -Angel-- i Police Department, Los Angeles,: California, advised that one RICHARD. C. NAGELL had questioned I 13-00000 !.. rt � 65-951 -.two of. . 011c.irs a rem. .p.r�an t h 1 h4.,y w're . . . cJDC . .o well� . the .-,Oftl:c.,-.er.S.-...te.fiiSed NAGELL1S :ques NAGEL4,:: . . . . . . . ,� � . � . � ,. � . .� disp1ayd-card purpoi,ti.ng,,:tO:.be-.: an: ident.i.f Of; Value w.aS. Obtained by � : U October 1959. A .revi.r.* On;,�October .17,.;,� 1963., of the mtli.tary �service rf!c;OrliS oil file al.: the- 7413.1tary PerSontel Records � . : � � . � .indicacted that RTCHARD CASE; . . , number 02,028'116., .41a:as honorably -discharged �'frOM, the -.1.Tnited:ifStateSl:Arkiy:as'ia Captain at fort Rik 'Jerey, on October 29 '.1959. by reaSon of unqualified resignation.. After having enlisted- in the United 'States: Army;,- .. � ., . � . . . or, August. 5, 1948 .withLSerial.-'nuMber .1:2 11.5 893., NAG:E.LIA." was -'honorably� disc-harged on the �first o0..eAsi.en on August 1 . � 1951., th a-:-Sergeant at: Fort Renn.ing rgia to cCept e9waission in the State..s: Army Of ficc4s7Reserve :NACEL1,,�wa.:=;.appoir..14.,!!d and 66mnis:Titorw.d a Second , � : � � IfieUtenan�t' August 2� unde.r nuMber 92 028 :346,-.z: ...� . . nd .i..ntered on. active -duty on the sa.nze date, at Fort terini.ng-, (orgia. While serving On acti.ye.:duty ,as ala:off.iders, he:. 'was apPoi nted 'See:Ond in the: United Sta tes Army Off icers' , - : . " . eserve:COrps On :November .14�. 3952. The Service.'recordSfinditated: that; NAGEI.L, served. n.;:the trnited.Nati.cins Campaign in .Korca. ,- Second :Korean Winter, Campaign in Korea,- �the Korean Summer-..., Fall CaMPa,.ign in:. 1952.1 he Third Korean Winter :Campaign 1953, z and. th,?. United' StateS CaMpaign in 1953; awarded the :Koren .Service - Medal, with One Silver Star,� , the' NAtior61 riefenSe .Service'.bledal. the Itni.ted,Nat,ions Service Medal, the Bronie Stir Medal-, the Purple Heart With two Oak the Expert Infantry � klacige, the. Parachute Gli"der -Badge, .the Combat ;Infantryman's Badge, and the Republic': �Korea:Presidential ilpit citation character:a.nd efficiency ratings ranged from . , , flkruir .t,o,Superior� and there is no record of courts-martial' or abAence.,'FithOut, Official 'leave. 11 11 5� 13-00000 � - , 'December 14. 1959 , . On December .,i-'1962, the'subject advised Special. � . . , � ...Agents or the FBT.;�:at ,Jacksonville, Florida, .that he began his 'employment with. the State' Beverage Department in Los� . �:Angeles, California, On ;December .14, 1959. ,March 28, 1962 and May 14, 1962 . Or Staptember 23, .1963, EP 7-2 made available the records of the United States. Veterans Administration Hospita Swell , California, which Weresfound.to contain the information that the subject was admitted to the hospital on March 28, 19&32,. and again on May 14, 1962, complaining of foreign matter in his eyes... The above 'information can be .made available only upon the issuance': of �a 'subpoena duCes tecum.. The identity'. �of the person to, be subpoenaed is HAROLD G. COBB, Chief., Registrar,' ��� Division,. Veterans 'Adniinistration. Admission Center, .Los Angeles.- 25 May 31. 1962 , Record of RICHARD CASE number 631219 E : dated September 21, '1963 contains: the information .that the:subject was arrested by the Los Angeles, California, Police Department on Way .31, 1962,- On .a drunk: charge. No disposition is Shown on the. � - - . � record., . � June 8. 1962: � On December* 15, 1962, the subject .advised Special .!Agents of the FBI in Jacksonville. Florida, that in June, 1962, he. was accused of �taking a $20,000. bribe' by the; State . . . 'Beverage Department, Los Angeles. California, and was .. released from his employment on June 8, 1962, for refusing to answer questions ..The subject said he talked to the FBI � In 'Las Angeles regarding 'the possibility .of his dismissal. being a-violation of his civil rights. 13-00000 7 �-���!;.- -max � .... 65-951. 'July...16e. 1962 to July 23, 1962 ' . . On September 23, 1.963, .EP T-2 made available the records of the United States Veterans AdMinistration Hospital Sawtell -;'California, which were found to contain the inlor- mation'hat .the subject was admitted to the hospital on 1, :JUly 16, 1962 for a small: caliber gun shot wound in his right. chest. The subject was released on July 23; 1962, according' , to ,the records, which further indicated that the subject furnished only vague information regarding this Matter. � The .above information can be made available only � upon the issuance of a subpoena duces t�ecum. The identity..c. , , � the person to be subpoenaed is HAROLD Ge� COBB, Chief. RegiStrar., , � Divisiciii,;:Veterans Administration Admission' Center,. Los 'Aiigele,.:4�,2 California. 1962 On July 30,, 1.962, the subject advised Special . . f,:::the:;;LoS .41.1-;geles Office of the FBI that he Was. residing: ,t,..4037,�Leeward.Avenue Los.-Angele,S, :California, and. that be was on 'suspension :11..0m the Ale�ohelic and Beverage COntrol'' 'CA3C), State of California....-: He stated that on 'April I, 1961, k.r.a.ill.,terred from the Department of EmplOyment to the ARt..and'.had:been employed since that ,time.;:as'.a Special Agent, until. his siispensi on on June- :.11.ACIELL stated that, on May 30, 1962, he and hiS-Wife'' ,had a -,00,inestie- argument and, as a-result of this, the polite were calledand he was arrested for .being drunk,. AGELL .cl:aiais.,..he:was not drunk and that, the Los Angeles Police Depart' . � . mcnt was "rousting NApELL..was at 1.e to.i,make�.bondl.the: sEniie.-. night.: and the next. morning went, to Internal � Los. Angeles Police Department,� because he:was;mad at .previoUs:-spight.'S treatment and made; some :general complaint's .tO :t.heiiii.;:abotit Los Angeles Police personnel.' -.'iopEt,,L stated A.b.a.t-he,,did not make any specific complaints and told -Internal, Affairsrhe'wotild contact them- at...a,later date to furnish - � more detailed' information. �NAGELL advised that he then went to his superiors and. advised Ahem of what had happened As a result of ailoi � this, NAGtLL stated he was .placed on suspension on June 8, 1962, on charges Of 'creating' a disturbance for being drunkr,-... _ 1 I. � 13-00000 - gi� EP 05-951 and .making allegations to the ,Los Angeles Police Department, � vhiCh.he. later stated were not true. -.� - NAGELL stated that he is presently unemployed, . , � awaiting: a hearing on hiS.,suspensidn. He stated that he hopes to be 'reinstated so'he can clear his name and then he will resign his position. NAGELL advised that on the � -'eve.ning. of July 16, 1962, he was returning from Oxnard, He noticed an automobile on two occasions � betiind'him, and at ah6ut 800 pm stopped his car on the �-, highway near Malibu, � C"-al iforn.ia Two men from the. car . � � -,.jumt,ed, into his car. They were dresSed in :buSiness suits, . . - � -.:Aricilie'-thought at first 'they -were police officers. One of,� the men asked him where his gun was, and be told the man it � � � . :.in :the. glove compartment. He gave. this man, the kEy tO,-his.'g.loye_compartment-, and while the man was opening the compartment, NAGELL �-took his gun from, his 'waist. The � . . � . � � :man struggled with -NAGELL for.- the gun and four, shots were "fired, ,, One hitting NAGELL in the chest. The -man said that not grabbed for the 'gun he'woul'd not have been. . - � , ,-�-�NAGELIA advised that -.these men drove .him- to A medic � � . .nenter: in. Malibu, _iCalifornia,and. left him*�,, -NAGELL sta.t.:4 � . . �� _ .that htAl- then -drove himself back -to Los -Angeles,. Calif ornia, and ended -.up at. the -Yeterans .Hospital Sawt.tr-?31 .., if.ornia' 1S7IELL stated that: he is sure now,...-thati,tbe Men. we.re not police officers. He stated that _he- doe.S'n�Dt know,who.shot . Ili- .WhY he was shot:, !'7 As a result of tile.shOoting,, detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department calne to the hospital to, question him.. He stated that he did not 'like their attitude an . � --refused to tell them � any. details.. The inves-tigal ing officers's 'impounded his 1957 Ford and also took all. of his personal � .belongings he .had with him, at the time,. including. his driver Ucne,-Social Security card, and Selective 'S'ervice Registration. NAGELL stated that on July 25,. 1.962, he received a money order from a relative, and because he had no identification was unable to cash- it He advised. that,..hf..: no,s, a 'quick temper. and that this situation made him "hot: - under the collar." For this reason he contacted the nu .1 13-00000 utlook of�July 18,196.2:: EP 65-951 - Ifi complaining that his civil rights had been violated in hopes that the FBI. :would 'contact :the Los Angeles Police and . - facilitate the return of his property., Later, on .the same. - � - _- � . . . , - _dayrof,.July _25, 1962, the Police Department did return all :of, his property except the automobile, which was 'returned _ . �on July ,26, 1962. Mr NAGELL stated that in retrospect .he believes that the Police Department� did .have a right to take the above :items' in line with their investigation.' He stated that , . if it would be .possible, he would like to rescind his original comPlaint. Mr. NAdRLL declined .to furnish a signed statement. � The following article appea.red in the Santa Monica. Police Probe...Mystery. Shooting of Detective': "West Los Angeles police today are investigating the strange' shooting of RICHARD C.. %%GEM, 32, former_ investigative officer for the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. �NAGELL, .-in satisfactory condition'in Veterans' Hospital in West Los Angeles with a bullet wound in t ,Chest, isn't- talking,according to police. . , "Officer JIM MAXWELL said he received a call Monday-, from NAGELL, asking that the California Central Investigative' and ,rdentification: Bureau be notified th t he had been. . Thin. NAGELL -hung_ 4 "A few moments later, 'a second call came in from :witness who said that a man suffering from a bullet .wound had driven up to him and asked for directions to a hospital. "At the Veterans . Hospital officers found: 13-00000 -7 41f � ::EP ,�-�-.."� "AGEL,I. being ,treated for -wounds from a bullet whic penetrated- into his chest; and out. .hi cS back. "Powder burns and a hole in NAGEL1., s shirt- � . . "A .32-caliber bullet, embedded in the back o the' driver's. seat of NAGEI.,Liss car. H. 'A dent. in the roof and a hole- in the upholstery n . � , NAGELL,"s car, which were caused by.a second bullet,. off 1..aers believed. � "YAGELL would say .only that his wound was, not self-.. inflicted,- officers said. "iletectiVes are Continuing to investigate all. � , � otsibi,1:ities of the case," � epteniber..2.8-,�,11962 arid.,Pctober,�:.1 1962 " n September �289 1962, th ulbje:ct.:ApPeareclIpf. his vn � co City, xico, 'nd volunteered the following information: �.. � �� � . �:.� , � �, 'Although he declined' to furnish a local residencei address for himself in Mexico City, he �stated he Could be. .4-...ontacted through xi friend rimed. ARTHUR GREF-NSTEIN, Room � Htel I ulna �;,,hors' he Said he contacts every day. He. - `nlsot e.*hibited_. his Tourist 'Card Number' 152087,, which- listed his-address as 4037 Leeward Avenue, Los Angeles, California.; �a�Thi s card showed' that it had been ,issued at Los 'Angeles on � Atign.St2,-17, �1962,and that NAGELL had. entered Mexico through .C..iudad',.luare*, Chihuahua, on August 24, 1962..: The card also 'reflected that he established his identification by � exhibiting United States Passport Number C526729.- , He related that he had, formerly been employed a � . bY,�,the..nepartment of AlcOholic.:Heverage Control of the of California, as a SPecial,Investigator....:: He stated ��� that. as 4 result of his investigation Of some large Cafes and bars in the 'Los Angeles 'area, one of which he named as � the MaunaLoa', and some controversy 'which he had had with � I?; 13700000 . . . . . .; t4g4,44 P 65.951 officer-S.:61i. the Los Angeles _Police Department during the ;Course 'et his investigations, � he had been suspended on. and 'later; on 22, ..1962, had been , , . He .mentioned that. on July 15, 1.962, "while Making a, Meet" between Malibu:. and Oxnardi he had been shot n the chest. In Connection with this latter. incident,' . . --exhibited a brief . newspaper clipping which,Mentioned at.he:had,refused completely to identify his asSailantS or furnish information which*.would assist the police. in identifying and locating the person or person's involved.' stated further that on August 6, r..1962, he had � NiithOraiov:Iii.s. request for a hearing so that he could, get.' � !the. Money ,WhiCh be alleged was due him from the .State Of Californi.a; 'consisting of $800.00 retirement :contributions an.d1300.00: for . unused accumulated :leave. 'He stated that he felt he had been ."let down" by he:United.tates Government', 'both in ,the -United States !-a.n.d,.'ditring;i:;the' time he.had been in Mexico. He Stated th'Li. representatives: of the United States Government could' have assiste,d,:him in obtaining his -money from the State,.of.. - California.. but were only .interested in soliciting from -him infOrmation concerning lioodlLums and other:1,awless .- � 1.eMents.i'..for the giving of .which 'informat.ion he �."coul.d;:�, his, head 'blown off . " He 'stated that .he felt, he had. � ,been let down by the -United States Government in -Me.:xico:-. becalise. nothing' had been done by 'the .Embassy in regard .:e. his requests �ta have, it assist hini-in collecting, this money, ..which.hp,:aileged was due him from the. Sta.teof 'California.' , He said that he himself . had sent letters' to California :asking-;.forip yment of. this *Money. - ' � :�,. r% By *ay of further . background, :he claimed to have !.$ervact in the United States Army from August '5, 1948,: (then 118 year's .o14): Until October ,29, 1959, and had held ,the rank': Of.,,rjaptaiti.,betweeri:,the. ages of 22 and 29. He stated that . he had received an ;honorable dischatge and had been wounded � 11. 13-00000 'EP :65-051 :� tbree, times ii the Korean War. � �He. stated that, he made the � major ,mistake of. his life when he did not re-enlist and continue, in. the, Arms'.. Besides combat duty. in the Infantry,. he. worked as an Investigator in, the' Counter Intelligence � � � ,Corps.; � c. He mentioned that he spoke Japanese fluently . �. �and had been married to a Japanese woman, who he said was ivording.him,in California.. He also complained in this.- � . Connection that the 'California courts had awarded the� �custody of their �c:hildren to her. . . .. . . � . � . - . :He stated that he thought he had been approached ere --',Mexic&�City for recruiting, but:-AlthoUgh: asked � --...._. ..in......-- ..� �, : -,� : . .. , � - - , ., ., . . . . .:, ,,. . , � , . - whom Or .���.. 'specifically thit :regard, : refused to state py,- .�:_ r;:.y..chat.::Or....cin....behalf.,.Of , what. country. , ..He Stated.. that :.... . ne.'::-jObi�of,'� this sort - would be --in 'New York.' He volunteered' .., .�,:� ,� ...,- ...,.� � .. , � . , ., , , .. . in so :that he fully realized that what he was.,��� : .. �';saying?sCitiiiiii.:-be- Used against.: him in any:cour or p ...: ..4.4.0'''-�'..f,1..1.',e-,'.'s.tated' that he had almost made. up :his mind .. a, : , i'. -.' ...., � . , .. . definitely - that he would leave. Mexico, but that he would � ��-� �--- ,, - ,-� .-. ..- � " - ... .. . . .not-�go.back, to the United States. 'He stated .that he..did � �.,-..,.,-.. ���.:.; � ... , : . � . . Ot[care:,..tore.turn 'to the United States. ;.:He stated .that: ,,...fa.r.:h..::".hact.:-. "done .. nothing 1 inimicak. to the United States..�.:. 1k stated :-:i.4at:. he was completely "disaffected., "' and that 6-7.-kii.E.*7... -4.h0:'...f..till-.1..griffi,C:ance .of.. that, term. -.... !Ie.-also:stated :I.474 :ttea.s._':'.'1?itter i d'isgusted..;'." ii.i.S1.11,usiened., and disaffected." pne.-.�:.thing;.,...-he -said,-. that he couldisay.�wa.s:that if he did � � '' gO',:tO.'-,sbine 'Other. country'. . it :would .cost the United States �'millions.. He stated that he was "through being a good � - . . . � . . � : citi4en.Find.'�tho4ght he .: had, gotten a "dirty deal all around." ...,_, . . . .-..- - was told 'to go to the Protettion., Section in- . , , . -regard to; any problems in Mexico as an American citizen.. He stated that he had been. to ,the Protection Section and 'would.- not go there again, and that .the way he was feeling, he would not go back to the.,United States. He said that:. he. had nothing to go back.. for , and that his dismissal 'record -would - prevent him from getting a good .job anywhere � in._ the United States.. He mentioned, that the Dnly job he. haCi.eyer'.Worked at Was that of an investigator . ! � ' 12. L'! 13-00000 EP ,65 951 fle also mentioned that the Veterans Affairs At tacht, In. ,:ther,Ataerican Embassy .had his Military ,recOrd. in connec.:-,t:ionT, s.With 4:request he 0:acf.-,previpusly made to attend tieicico.-Pit.y. c7O'1Iege on: the T but to do. that he would . have to- � . . . -enrO11:- first and 'paY,:tuition himself which he: could not do -in , . . . view ,- Of. hiS financial: straits. � � He stated.. at first that he was behind in his hot.e1':. bill, but later indicated 'that he 'liad been keeping his h'ot.el . � . charges paid. He. also mentioned that he had previously " . . obtained a small loan from the American BeneVOlent Society, � � whi.cli:.;he. had since repaid: in ,regard to finances, . he stated that he, was reciving $150.00 disability pension as month because of :wOttfids:Apeceived in the Korean hostilities �cluring which .Was.�.,ivoulided% three .t imes : � He stated: � that he :had come to the Embassy to ':5t.tc his side 'caSe ..SOMething.;�shouid -:happen 'and was, . , to".14-..:that the statement S he was making :would be Made .a M-atter. ,. Of re,COricl with the Embassy e was advise not to do, a.nyt hlrt. . - . . : - he night regret, to which he replied, .'":tchat have 1 e7---S-Oted that :unless he reOeiVed., the. $1,100.00 'soon, thwt: --1.0.1.".,0,61-'.C.alifornin-:-.owed.: him, he was going ,to :siomeother .ountrY-, and that. it would not. be Unitedtheir: �-�Stte..S; �but . . � 'rein:S.9,0-s_ to. say what what the country might t..��tiO�ifit� through specificlly questioned.as :tif;k:,.',.yfl*ttit he. had in mind Russia or Cuba-::::' -.He said he ,wai4td'.'tlo :have :.the EmbaSsy.-:�:, know how he -felt, but added "I'm --`nOlIOir.g toJay My 'head ownon the Chopping-, blOck:.. 'It *as noted that he was 'very 'tense nervous, . , agitated and anta.gonistic throughout this interview., . , On October 1,19629 this same 'individual reappOatred:". t the American Embassy and wanted to know what had been. done , � . n. regard to has case. When asked.. what he meant by this, ' e stated he ,meant In regat-d to getting the State of .California to pay him the money .due him.- He was told. that at his ,� 13, .� Irt p 13-00000 EP 65-951 P he had been -'perMitt.ed:_to� make stateMents. on .t he .previetiS occasion for the purpose of 'having these .statements � , � i , , � : � � Made of 'irecord with the'. Bmbassy. :and he, was �assured ' that, this � being' :done ��.,Bowever,',.,be-.was t01.d that ...fer; any.. assistance in regard AO his financial situation': in Mexico, he should , . , .� . � , . x40 Protection and Welfare Section .to p'ep if that . . section could be. of any.. assistance. At first he stated he would not yisit, the protection Section again, but on leaving he Stated- he was going there and also asked What section. ��� of the Embassy he should. contact �...to renounce his�United . � -����,' States diti..zenshi.p.� � A short .time later -On 'October, 1,1962, he. did . contact: the Protection and Welfare Section, where he ivas � � . � � .:advised that the section could not inteecede for him . . , . . . � in the....colle6ti.on of his alleged,debt�from the State of � Shortly thereafter, he appeared in the Passport ud _ittrenShip Section.. where he refused to give his name r t asked what the penalty 'would be for going to an Iron Curtain country and what. effect it ould have on his ip � . -lie was advised that such an action would be a violation,. � � . - ,Peder�al law. . . 'NAGE:Lir also on 9ctOber. 1, 1962, appeared in the,. ff:ice:Of-.,Veterans Affairs,' American Embassy, Mexico City, . and stated that he INAS withdrawing his request' for educational benefits as a Korean-. veteran. -�� � A'Ahort time' later on October 1, :1962, he left' , with the E.mbasSy a copy , of ' his letter ofAuguSt .T'-, 1962; . . . . , ,,.. . to the, State Of California Personnel Board, which, for , . � the-purpose of further background, is set' out' in its , entirety' as follows: . t Personnel Board "Qi Clpitol: Avenue � "SRC California �� "Ciep.t I eMen "August 7, .1962 _ . - 14. - 1 13-00000 itailtilitirtkgsliaMiEateustitiatzamiuk&c., � . 41, EP 65-.951 "I 'hereby withdraw my appeal. of the punitive. , act.l.on-;talen aga:inst me, for dismissal by the Department' Beverage_,COntrOI. withdraw.mY request. for. . . , - hearing in this matter by the State PerSonnel. Board, "I hereby state that the sole reason for this .withdrawal of my appeal. and ,request for a hearing is b�rfeause Of my financial situation. Continued, and what ;I. consider ,to .be unjustified, postponements of my hearing have, :crea ted a situation in. which cannot ,� afford to meet my daily .1 ivg expes Until August, 30,, 1962, the .most rec.t da%e g t to 'Fie.! as the date of:my' hearing Also. I am� unable to obtain .eMPloyaient in Los Angeles because of the stigma attached to _ T. had. hoped to remove.sueti stigma by � ,,shoWing.,at;iithe hearing that my dismissal was no. Only improper, that the alleged' reasons for Ply' dismissal exagerati..d.;' - - . ."rliStorte..a.,... and untrue, the result of vindictiveness on � ' . , , 'the% part. of certain senior -members Of the nepartment of AlcoheIii;� " Beverage: Control alter , it CaMe.-1, to their'. a ttf.q�ti, that . � � , _ � intended to disclose'. to the : -State Attorney riener al 's: 01 f ic.e .adVerse!::information,Pertaining.:to corruption . said � . . . pg.partni#ht. and . the liquor industry: here. Southern-. California . : ��� ."'" request that my retirement contributions and reimbursement ` for unused leave be forwarded to me at the below 'listed address as. soon as practical. . ,1 � � - "Yours truly � RI OMR]) C. NAG,ELL "RTCHARD CASE NAGELL� � � "Box 76121, Sanford Station 71,9s, Angeles 5, 'California" November 16, 1962 On l;overaber .16; .1962, � thk� SUbject ,acivisPd Special:. Agents of. the New. York City Office of the FBI that he as ' 15. � t 51, EP". 6:3'-95l a Special Investigator.10r�the Department of Alcoholic 'Beverage;-Control (ABC) ,State of ,California Les Angeles, . ��.CalifOrnia-, and had been dismissed in June- 1962,. for failure to answer questions pertaining to 'allegati.ons � "-� . � m � , � he made Concerning corruption .within that organization. , � . NAGELL stated he was presently residing with his :sister, ELEANOR GAMBEHT, 82-25 Grand Avenue, Elmhurst, queens, Long 'Island, New York, telephone. number HA 6-6830, :And *a-5 Attempting to obtain employment in the New York area. .NAOXLL'adised his Present objective was to .have the California .4EC: OxPOsed;,and.he was willing to furnish "court room � estimony7 that Would result in the. Prosecution of many .Los.Angeles hoodlums and their attorneys, who have acted s-go-betweens in securing alcoholic beverage licenses rouW-payoffs.. ' 'AG-ELL' advised that' he was shot in �July, 1962, Et,!, _ reltiltiot;�:hiS refil;sai,:lto..;'.1143i. off". the Mituna-Loa investiga7 -,, o'n.. horer;' ,he declined 'to,disclOse the details concerning... , ... e..:*etUail.2..shooting. � , � - , � 4GELL stated he had furnished some information . ho,,-.ttate�of California investigators assigned' to � the , , , Attorney General's Office; however nothing was �.c,ccoriPlishec.1 through this. NAGELL appeared overwrought' and -Obsessed-with a 'desire to expose the ABC, and, as a, result, clear his name. 6 stated this situation- has caused a separation between and his wife and children, who are, still residing. in Los Angeles � -NAGELL; advised' he. had spoken with SA 'DICK" RICHARDS the Los Angeles Off ic6 on three or four 'occasions- however, he, had given 'limited information to him, due to personal , � � circumstances at the time. He:requested that apologies be. conveye.d:to SA -RICHAR.DS for not "going�.all t,he..way" on revealing, he knew concerning 'individuals in whom SA . . . . � RICHARDS.expressed an interest. The following information was presented by NAGELL the interviewing Special Agent on two typewritten sheets:-' 16. 13-00000 ' EP 654951- , . . , � of theaforement,i.Oned:..date,, and :prior thereto-, ,reS.PiniSOle .�'authorities :: Of the.' Pepartiment of Alcoholic ' Beverage :Control were aware. of the:foregoing: � The -tWO.::;agent.S.'.whO handled Special :5yOnership investigations the Los 'AngeleS', Metropolitan Area , consisting of 3500.: ., . . � j.:iee.a4eet.) were 01,Vg),T,�4 close. friend � of WILLIAM G. BONELLI Dir:ee.to.r.. of :,.pft.'; and 'myself During the ,course of :'M.T..iniestigitiOnS..I received presSUre.:..''' from., both ,MC CARD and certain superiors to fluff off on :certininvtigation, And to press otherS, � depending or the:, �.i.l.i'ee.ntee'-..or, who the hoodlums were -in back of the business' � concerned :This did .not.' do. � 'In :my opinion this - resulted .:..d1re.tiv in my dismissal from the -department regardless of -:other ostensible reasons were tendered ft it A fact-. ' th-a.v.14.-ii,at Shot as a.. result ',Of one of .112y nvestigations. even ,� � . � , .; , . . . � though it could have been Avoided', by myself.'.- . certain rePor,ts-..:,i.Of�:, investigations which I turned ,:in were not forwarded .f,hrt.j.,,Proper.:Channels ; some Of them ,Were. destroyed;, r pulled off of :.sOMe ;�:_investigations :: befer& their. complo.tioii, -`1,14CP..;;:::vere. not, ..reassigned).';,: cert,ain, licensees were. no � that I was investigating them; and I 'Was,: aware of t.ance6f,;!1. : Of � the A t .aeted,...:as'7go,-4!etweens in these . affairs were as fol.lOws . � "Murray y.Paul Angelillo Michaetri;.:_Flynn Nate' Snyder' Harry Weiss , a Mr. Hall Carl �StUrzenacker �Goodwin ' J. Knight s Angeles "Pol 1.owing is a. partial list of. persons who are.. no � qualified to hold alcoholic _beverage ,licenses� but who in -fad t owned businesses partly or. completely,. 'which were-, . licensed: (or Which were � iri �the process of being licensed) as of. August'.21; 1962. 'Wory Bor t M1.ckeyrolin Martin 'esUS1MAII0 17, Rudy Cleye Sam Cuda Louis Dragna � 7:4 13-00000 _ :lifatikkiii641taka4011...es' _ 65L951 � , i.:861n�����1011pck Johnny LaGuardia. � Harry:Nishimoto:' .Joe Sica� . Fuj � . iko Thomas Benson Wong � - : � ;Carlo Fiorent.ino. :Mickey Kooer Joq Neil Fred Sic. Oscar Wakefiel.d � , . Esther Wright �-� , "Following is a partial' list of licensed premises (or pr se ,emiS in the process of being whose buSinesses- . . were owned, � partly or completely9 by unqualified persons, or ., in which' such persons held -4. control I ing :interest,. as of August.: � �. � , . ,.1962. lnck. Orchi.d, Carlots Little � '..'Dbrandei38...Pizia Mouse �:riger. Trperia1.Gardens Jerry Lewis' �1140 Ma Mon Moulin Rouge Ablaek � November 28, 1962. ,ew YOrki, Black Bea*Cfo. .:Bl.arney, Castle. -Date Robm':: � El Rancho � - � Harold's.: 901 Club U. Club Largo' Mauna-tea� : My �Place: I4Ott Tiie. Annex's'. , On November 28, 1962 � the subject contacted the, � City Office' of the FBI. and advised as follows , � - The subject. stated that he believed that the - � � , Superior Court of Los AngereS County did not give him a .fair� chance to be heard when. it granted his Wife MITSUKO :NACTELL ,(.nee TAKAHASHI) an interlocutory..divorce decree on November 19, 1962, of which he had,just 'received notice. � NAGELL Claimed that he.'was 'aware' of the divorce proceedings � . , � , ; � and,'.in fact, did appear during preliminary, bearings and actually .ent.ered a cross-complaint �but� it was his underStandin �":1, 4 13-00000 '� " EP`65-951 that the actual trial would not take place until December... . . next. He stated that he left California in August; 1962,.and. went to Mexico, !where he.. remained until October 28; 1962.1.' He Claimed that his wife's attorney knew this and apparently . . "brought the case on prematurely so that he would be depriVed; of his day in court. " , . NAGELL claimed that he has written a protest to the 6�0.1 granting the divorce, claiming he was deprived Of his . right to be heard and to .have. a jury trial.. He stated that he is consulting the Legal .Aid Society and the.Veterans ' AdOnistration,concerning.thii.matter sine his Army pension � Is his only current-inceme..... December 15; 1962' On"Decemberj5 1962.--the-Subject- advised Special FBI captain:in:the U. S.. ArMYand.,had been .invOlVe.: nintelligence-inVetigationsfor-theCTC. for approximately- ',� - seven years. He said he served in.Japan.for most of hi period. of time and married A-Japanese woman NAGELL. - Irom-Vhom-he is presently divoreed...Alei.advised that during. � � - 1957 and 1958 he became i .acquainted. in Japan -with.one:Ooetor ..e.HAKAO FUJISW14 -0,,prOfesSor.of.Political'Science.at'TpkY.0 'Japan.- Hessaid thts-,person-was. a 'Member-of7the- . - Cabinet:Research Office--(CRO), a rightist organization.-:- , , . . . . said this person is .prcsently.in'the. United States. place unknown and deeMs:him,detrimental to the safety of the internal security of the United States. . He'sa*d'..in either .1958 or 1959 he directed an anonymous letter to the FBI in Washington,.;:-.-: relative te_the.ahoveHinformationrconeerning.FU4ISA P:He.Stated:be�waS discharged honorably from the U. :S.....Army--!on :October 29, 1959,-- and'subseguentlY.became. employed on Deeember 14, , �'1959:..by the State Beverage Department in Los Angelesi.Califotnia... He said in June-, 1962.. he was accused Of taking a $20,.000-,,,-. ' _ btibe by: the State Beverage Department and was released from hts:.employment:on June 8, 1962; for refusing to answer. .i,.- questions.=. He stated he talked :to:the4BI in LOS Angeles. regArding the Possibility of..his-dismi7saLbeing a violatiOn. -ofhhis,civil rights, . . 19. Af! 13-00000 6.5951 - . � .,� � ,NAc-FELL advise .that he Went, to V...".as hingon, D - � . � thrch resided tintil recently. H staled while in Washington, been $pproachred by an Old � whOur,-.he,J.elt was I either a. !Special 'Agent of... th.e FBI.. or.. a.. Soviet .sspionage Agent. Hesaisti:.he: 1.10i this person bar ...in ,Washington, 811. .14th E:Street......NW.., Viashirigton 11 C. JJe�\�'4aid� this person -talked of Domestic _ intelligenCe::and talked :of ::giving -him:: an intelligence. assign He: said the Aiore:',he. thought this matter over h. was that, thi.s individual, works for the rSov.iets . � � � C said ..-thp:V in.",:$ePtember � �1962 , he; *AS ,invited�' ,� . . � #00ci reception . at the Russian EmbaSsV,.' He '.coUld. not , . . . , , . . .:identify...: the �individual who invited Kira to. the e Jvised that be.Contacted' the ;Central' Intelligence 'Agency.: � � " - . . : ;1"11,..a.n0:.Y. Vi rginia', Or: ElwoOd Viszinia 'the' niute.:-.)1...-...!rak;.CRANI11.. or. FRAMER during. this . contaet, with . _ .,� . . . � id he told the iii of the 'shove information and .advice a to.: whether to go, through with such to meet .this individUal, who.: give .:hira the assignment at the abOve-Menti on e4 . . on 14th street,. and in :order. . to be re:ogri.l.zed:,�' be. was to place tree nickels on the bar: 1.W.. line : with a dime placed � Bethe CYA idhim , ..; - � � � . . � . -, at 'S in'ce.Matter involved domeSt.ic . rather than foreign intelligence he should refer.:' this information.' to the FBI...... He stated he Went to the above bar and there was . " . � .. .�.--ctacjted by :the . same person and � was� tol.d to go to Miami, � to a :bar . and: wear a -red Sweater; where . he. WOU'ld �-� . . . . � be contacted relative .:to an asSignment.' t ;Ls bei,.noted that flitting ; the :entire interview 'with NMELL he Was., noted to be in an. inebriated; c OnditiOn. ..;rid was very . vague in.-.....anStver.ing questions. He: was unable'to identifyl' by name .anT.Of -the._ individuals. he � discussed . ancS. aIsounble ( to furnish a picays..i.Cal, 'description of any ...Of these. I ..j: � � � ' � -in V, s addition, to ..being slightly inebriate he Sec...:igave the impresSiOn to the interviewing- agents of , being :� mentally unbalanced . � ., � , . . 20'. ;41 ;If 13-00000 4 .-EP 65-9 � � ; - � .'� -NAGELL stated he is prestintly residing at the .Holiday inn,.Jacksonville, Florida, and would be there for. � the next few days. He Said he is presently driving a 1959 Ford �.which bears California 'license NMI 890. H e said he ras,:;,, no. living relatives except his former wife,' who resides at 140.-.SOuth.Union Avenue, 'Los Angeles. California-, and his � sister. ELEANOR GAMBERTc; 8225 Grand' Avenue, Elmhurst, � New York � , , � 'AGETJJA - advised that 'he believes ' in 'C'onnec tion .-with:j1iS:,:contai:t.s. that .lie is actually working for the.: He Could furnish.'no,information as, to a specific ..assignment- given him Other. than that he Was to go'. to. and a bar which. he is unable to identify and:. wait ',tO:Hbe,' contacted. by .�a Soviet Agent He said. he :Spoke �J,apanese:--.and,.RusSian fluently :and is well:versed, in the ,Spanish 'language. He said 'he was. shot in June,. 1962; 1.)ut. refused to discuss any of, the incidents surrounding the �- .-shOOti.ng-.; He paid his ant() has several bullet belles: in it. , He :furnishea.`a_.photograph himself. _ On December 17, 1962 efforts. were made to locate bNAGELLfor . . , reintervi.ew:' however, it was -determined' that he ,had checked- out of the motel and left no forwarding:address'. . , .1 IA 4.44,4 December 20,. 1962 to January 22, 1963 � . .� On (November 25, '1963, EP T-2 made available..clinical regarding the subject covering the period when the Subject_ was .ft .patient at the. ;Veteran's Administration Hospita .Eta:y.:-pines', Florida, from December 20, 1962, to. January 22,'', �1963. One clinical - record contained the ' following inf orma,- "INTERTM- SUMMARY (INTERSERYICE) HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS: This 32 year old white' male- � " . 7 .veteran,Of.is'Orean war. was. admitted to Ward 1-5-S 12.,-20-62 . . . .,.because of �complaints of :headache and lapses of .me�oi y. He c1a1rn6 these since an airplane accident he had had in 21; .; '1 '� ; 13-00000 19.54 With head injury and .brain concussion He said he was ' - � -�admitted. to Valter Reed Hospital for �a period of approXimately,, tilx,qMonths and at that....*time he was... unconscious for approximate.* twenty.days.' This accident left him With a left 'facial ,paralysis and some diffiCulty in his memory. Since two...... � weeks." ago' his headache is worse and be complains 'of it all �-the time. He feels more nervous and :looks as though he ,is .in real emotional distress with periods of 'depression, � JIY.SICAL.EXAMINATION:, ,Revealed a well nourished 4, well eve-lOped.'patient with periods of depression during. which he 'pries and potaet.i.mes said that he wishes be were dead. Other :- imeSic he looks: angry and anxious., � He is well oriented �� es-..I.O.tiMe. and place, .but-.Sometimes.�needs .to look in a small -booklet to remember date.* or names SOmetimesE .:during the etinverSatiOn he stcips.,:.and.,tries to remember what: he wanted to ..tell5-.*;� at that time it seems that he is not able to continue-�-� and cries Blood pressure and '..;r� . � � ;.. : � weight 175 pupils are.: equal and normal: reaction'. to fight.alad,:e6nsensual reflex.' He shows A left facial paralysis, 4.-,�-;residaaal...f from the head :injury. Lungs .are ; clear .1 . Heartr.: i good tonu and sinus rhythm to edema:-.Abdomen'is flat, .S.Oft;':',.nci,masseS And organs not palpable �.NedrologiCal. .exatainatifin..iS normal .ekcepi�ii iet facial paralysis and .-sonte -staggering during :::Romberg procedure. Optic 'fundi was ..��: normal,�;:peripheral .:vision by confrontation is `....LAHORATORY AND X-RAY. FINDINGS: � Skull and chest x-ray . . essentially ' negative .; EKG -normal , EEG without a definite abriCrOility...� -The. sPinal. fluid shows a total protein of viiplOut, any-increase._ of globulin, 1 'yroph, and .serology negative. :Pressure was 80 maa0:'of Water.' Routine � � laboratory study normal .' A psychological evaluation done by Dr Martin .reports :some defect in the intellectual sphere . � . � � � - with inability to integrate and a waxing and waning of . . . _ . ';--alertness, which. he said resembles that seen An epileptoid - ... � . .individuals.� COURSE IN HOSPITAL: During .the time .he was in this ward,. patient .complained Of headache more of the time and said . only stop during the time he is asleep. Most of .the 22;. 1 )1 13-00000 �., . :! EP ,65951 . - time' he � looks depressed,.. but sometimes angry, - He wrote 'many � letters about different Subjects' and some of thiese,it seems, - , . ,.. , . . , . emanate:froni,a patient :who is under the effect of a depressive.. , , .. . feeling,. The patient'wars transferred to Ward '22-4-rS on. : � � � � .. . � .. 1-15-63.- _. � , � � -, ., � THANSPER DIAGNOSES AND ��PRESENT STATUS: 1. Chronic. brain Syndrome secondary t . � �brain concussion in 1954. Treated BehavOrial reaction passive-a.ggresiye , type with paranoid traits, Untreated - ECOMMENDATIONS � . � Transfer to 22-4-S. � . Unchanged.; .�. � nother clinical, record made reference to the abov ientiOned�-clinie 1 record and stated "Paragraphs ls, 2; and; 4 ,..of '-�Interim Summary (interservice) dated 1-1563 , . remain. -unchanged with the following addendum:, , � "4);..,,.C.011/35.E 'd) This patient wai4-..transferred to the 'oPen 'Section of the :psychiatric Ward af ter :having been: en..,41,:�he'Chief of the .Psychiatric Service on two _occasions.; At that tiMe:theNeurological Service felt that patient :had.,'. - _received: :MaX 'MUIR hospi:tal benefit from their viewpoint and��:�-� -..becatise Of his host a e s ility' and irritability that be �be...- . " . . p. ac:ed, on the. psychiatric ward .f or further observation. He complains frequently of. not receiving the attention that he . felt he should have. and � that: he, wasn't getting: the -privacy that he, also thought he should - On his initial interview': ref.tised to discuss why lie was, .i.n :the .hospital, ' saying that be had, been through :al s1 this before, ; sjie .relate5. that he di: :not Want.-to,attend .the-�group,�pSychiatric conferences because,:;�. he. did. not want .anyone to know about'his -private, busineSS:r. He .--insisted -.am- entitled .to a private intervie if-1 want-.i, . one 7 If:, He was somewhat withdrawn on the . ward and 'showed poorf.; �inter-personal relationship. One of his chief 'complaints while, being on this ward Was his -,headaches and he related that -� :they :were getting worse. He stat'ed 'Nothing that they give': . . . � . roe here iS.'doing..anY:gOOd.' After several days of listening. 23. etf, �10 f� 13-00000 .. � 1.3, ; .65=951 - - � .hil.ppast-pLds : ..b$?itter: :rapport :was es.tahlished ,and a� private :..,:interVieW. was given- ;Ale seemed well'�orierited . in all -7 ',spheres v..' .Speech � was of normal flow '� and coherent He showed.. � � :no flight ;of ideas :�:1. He ,denied hallucinations. -;No suicidal, Or homicidal tendencies.; Were �� elicited He states . � �� . � . . �. � � that -�hiS main. ..troMble-� ',headaches which '11aYe had continUousl . . �� � . � � recently..'�, �He� al.so _complains of 'dizziness ; and at ; times an r� '�;� ... �;�'�unsteady- gait These symptom are sometimes associated with .transient, loss of meMory.. ,During- the. interview his retenon. rec1 1 were good . Senori um was intact. When T asked. .,� hiinwha,t, 'thought Was; wrong he said , '-think My trouble is V�trhea I asked him what :he iv:ant-by nhvsioloic , hestted 'My trouble is all due to �.:. head. injury thatreassured when 1 told him �-� �I -.thought:: some. his sympt91-0. � � . � . . � � � � ..... , � � . � � . � . were due to that mist*, ,.,-:�,-,-"--���-4/.tho.ugh he oke. -..�� � � ;:.'fikii.j.,rik,..i'Lith:��:�,-.A.'n-teryie�W��-'11,00�;'� 'related quite story about his.; ArMy.��:, � ���� _ . � � .� � �.� � � .�.� � � � . , � � � . but.::,�Was�:.Somewhat:� eYaiS iv, . _ � � , � � . . 'abOut-thfr:-,-..trotible�:.�he:-.WaS in While in califorrUa, especially beforethe trouble'J.nvolving 'the FeB.E. and somc� shooting event. He was presented --,;:the:::PsychiatriOHS stand and first_waS� . .. � �.. � � somewhat'; reluctant to � answer questions and when asked 'question _�, _..�. .� � . .� .� . . � ��� � � ��� � _ . . _��.� �,tbat was' not due to his. ���liking. '. he .;would rvate life.':�;:puring,:_:�the,;a:taff,.�:;COnf, said 'you'Ps a/1-_;fs�tereatyPed;:,���,;!,,,,��:: the...-rtaff ������ ���...�, �� ,�� � � _�� . �. ,� . 'con1erence, however, �Meed one �:- of :friendliness and not one of depression, . IthoUgh � he�;��will ;:oeittaSioiially��. gat: ,stippOsedly aSked�-;a -personal-. qu.eStion -; After -'!'the." . �����-� .'3.4it...orve7st!���,t "the -Staff ,;�Meeting he .. approached �mp....saying.,..i-that".:- ������ � - wanth�id not � any � of ..4he nurses.:aides. to know about his business and that was 'the :reason -1-why�� he .refused' to. _give � ...�,. r, � � -�� �� . � _ � .� . � � � � �� � information.' He further related that he keeps everything. ��10.�-.1a",:�..litt.le,: book .that, he � has done ...or_.sa�10'.. because � he has .; �a poor� � memory, although h ��SOme � Of�- these � memory � deficits were net .brought.;�' , .� R.. _ � . , � � _ ,out in the intervie*,:with� him �He-�.-TwaS.. 'advised' to . stay on the :Ward.... for another . week or, two for ,-fUrther observation but .-(.61.,,:thati�:.��hcf:' did not.-.. have � tO...-since .; nothing more '�Could be fdone ; for him. He also � Said the reason for him � _wishing to leave�:*��:,..:�.� � was that �!_he., bad a job in Mind .and was, going for.� an :Interview 'Since S S a �i�hi',-linight � and judgment were unpredictable a t�-� ,.. �,,�. � � ..� �: � e .� � , � � ���_.�?�� � �� . � and although no �psychotic.behaYior...Wati. noted, was !felt: . �� .� ��� ...� - � 2..� �: � . � � �. I, � 24 F 13-00000 EP 654.951- itch/ that. he off the � chronic could leaVe�,,t,"e,...hosp nature of his illness tJe future prognosis � Must.. be guarded permanent .2_6 future. social economic adjustment. Patient discharged A.M.A. on 171 3,'S. FINAL DIAGNOSIS Afl PRESENT STATUS: , Chronic � brain --syndrome -.-asSoeiated with brain trauma', (by history of). with behavi:oral. reaction characterized,- . . 'pans.4ive, aggr-essive' and paranoid.feittures. .Trea.ted. Unchanged. : � (a) �Precipititing' StresS: Unknown. .(b), PredIspositictn: Moderate, by. history .of, .frequent hospitali%itions and interviews . for ,his, preSent, type of behavior. )- Psychiatric 'Incapacity:. Minimal � patient is .competent. at,..this� - . 4d)MMENDATIONSt.'...That" this patient should remain in a brap:ital for further' observation',.: Nowever9 if he so desired -,could � go A.M.A.: to seek further . NP . care When indicated-. , . 7.. P8VSENT STATUS OF SC DISABILITY : Not examined. for - atingc.purposes,..". �.�;The.a.boye--mentioned clinical record. from ;the Veterans: .,dutiniStratl On:.:HOspital.--in .Bay Pines, jFlorida, can only be 4-de available � upon the issuance of: a..Subpoetia,.:duCeS: The identity of the person to he subPOenaed. is HAROLD :thicf�;:...r.Reg is tr:ar s'iOn tans' Administration rAdaiissOie-y:; : Angeles ::25 California : . . January 24.t 1963 � On .t.anhary 24, 1963. the subject was contacted y Special Agents of the. Miami., Florida, Office of the � - 'at Northeast First Avenue and 'Fifth Street, Miami, . at. which -time he stated that his name was JOE KRAMER. He. was';iitting--in his 1957 Ford hardtop, black and white in be,aring California license MYU 890. . � .25. � 4;to 4: 1`. 13-00000 OtegteltataPakilrat!HrEgiititnAilt:thMaliql10::.;:ti:Limtaa..1! uz.r. ctb Fr 6:,'N-v5t .5 Subject was. very reluctant. to furnish any informa-;= tion but identified him,self. as RICHARD CASE'NAGELL�. a 'former: .Special Agent for the Control .'Off , State of , . . . California, Los Angeles Office, and 'a former Captain in � the United States Army with experience in intelligence � work with the '.Subject stated he wished to be 'advised if he was . � . given .gt pistol With a silencer and possibly some microfilm..� by source's -Cuban, Russian or both from Mexico -pity .through; Cuban in Miami - if he'would be permitted to return these iteitis; to his contact so he Co0,10 be .of further use to the'�"i':, United. StateS Government.: �Subject stated he did. not want to cooperate fully with the United States Government oz' anyone . . ��� lie gave. the -impression that he was better at :determining what the enemy IS -up to than the agenicies regularl handling these matters, .except the FRI. � -He stated the PHI' iS..1.4e,: only ageney'-tha t has treated him well. , Subjec.t. stated I.ithin'the next few days: the individual with."..Xthe'-'giin would'. contact hint and he would ,. Immediately contact the FBI, 'provided the gun could be -returned. to him. in . time to make the delivery to whomever. he had to deliver it... Whenc.preS,sed, for details subject- Was -very--evAsiV0-,.."And vague.. No koxolses::;-Ker e made to the subject and the espionage st.atutes and ..the r4iigistration act together. with �- , , .. . .other laws �were- explained to 'him and he acknowledged. he was � . ., .. .fully aware of their provisions Subject, sta.ted he was. discharged from the Liquor Control. authority in California under false 'charges of .� . , accepting bribes . Immediately thereafter, left for Mexico because he was disgusted with the .United States. In August or September, 1962, he met a man from Maryland in Mexico City who introduced him to individuals whom he believed ,m,a) have been soviet agents, He refused to give descriptions, names or other details. When questioned on specific points he became . mysteriously evasive, .� 26. . �. ji Lir 13-00000 - 65-g5r SOject claimed .he, had the names of: al.1 Americans, ....,,Involvpd :in activities ,against the United States in a safe � . � deposit .box-,- the key: to which he gave to .,,-a close friend '1 the event Of his .death-.'' � When subject was. questioned concerning the details of poSsible.microfilm:be.-might .deliver,_ he .Stated that � mavbe(" there would not be any microfilm, and that wat �.conclusion on his :part that.Microfilm would .be delivered with. the. pistol. , ,also Stated he did not. know .what the gun �. woUld'�he Us'ed.:tor but since he was -.not stupid be thought it � -might,: he used to kill. someene with. Su.bjeCt�tore off the :.Cerner,i-ofa $10-.00 bin. and offered it to'the interviewing :agents-- to be used as identification In contacting him when `.: he wou].d later call the FBI for .a meeting. -He suggested that the corner of the..$10400:bill. be shown ta.a bartender in a bar that he would name and then. a ,waiter .could let him know that -a. friend wanted tci,�see hjm. The agent stated this: � � . would be 'unnecessary and he agreed, to call the office._ January; 25, 1963. :Subject was highly.c:ritieal Of the operations ofthe'�-� ^ �, Central Intelligence Agency in Mexico, but trusted the FBI and Claimed he had contacts with FBI Agents in Mexico' . . City;:.-LOS- Angeles and Jacksonville. ^ , Subject:. furnished hiS:driver's License which gave ' is�-address as Box 76121 Sanford Station, Los Aingeles, California.. , , .His date Of birth on the license is August 5, 1.938 and the address to� notify in the event of emergency was 3751 'Oth'Street,.Los Angeles, 'California. Late in the interview, 'subject reluctantly furnished is temporary addreSs in Miami which is Room 303, Holiday. Inn,' 2500 Bri15611 Avenue. � � Subject stated he is constantly under surveillance, that he has not been under the Care of a pSychiatrisi and. that he.might return to Mexico City.. April !9, 1963 , On April 19, 1963,, the subject contacted the Lost ..AngeleS,:ralifornia Off ice' of the FBI and furnished the . following information to a Special Agent of that Office: �.. 111 ;��� � fl 27 . 13-00000 ki!4t, 4 ,E1, 65-951 The:subject stated that he and his wife obtained � . ' Au interlocutory decree .of- divorce in Los Angeles County on, 'October 16; 1962- He said that one of the terms of this decree was that he was to have 'reasonable visitation' _rights with his two small children.. He said that his wife has 'not complied with this. court order so he had her subpoenaed into court for contempt. , . � Subject said that he and his wife appeared in . court on April 19, 3963, and a female.judge', name not known, , � . . listened to the matter with subject acting as his .own attorney. �� , . . � He said that the Judge interrupted him and instructed him to �''Obtain a lawyer before the proceeding.s would continue. . ; 'Subject, advised that he argued with .the Judge to no avail. . . '-'Subject said that he is unemployed and has no funds tO hire an attorney. He said that .he went' to the Legal Aid . � . . Society- and California Bar 'Association to obtain an attorney' but neither would furnish .counsel.. � At .this point in the interview, the subject became emotional' and quite rude. He said that the Judge cannot order him to hire an attorney if he does not want one and, to do ' so is a violation of his civil rights. He raved on that. _ .. . he was well aware of the law and demanded that .the FBI investigate the judge involved. Subiect was informed of the provisions of the ivilr Rights Statutes and told that he should discuss this . � , . � .case with/ the United.States Attorney, Los Angeles, if not � _ satisfied.', The subject then left the office with no further , . comment about the matter.-- He mentioned as be was leaving that if he did not ,get, A job in the ,near future, he was going to. ' the lid-offnconcerning loos Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Sheriff's Office, LOS Angeles- County District .Attorney and the California Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. .it is noted thatsghject,at. first refused to give his address, :He then: stated- that. he .had 'lived An Mexico D.17 until About 30 !days ago. He then gave, his .Los Angeles. , 28. ; oft .1 Lr- 9.),) L'ict� 13-00000 tr4i014111461.4.10tim*ziau .laati4i:.,Ftii.144 4;03 EP 65-951' .address as Post Office Box 75801, Sanford Stfationi LOS Angeles lie then said .he: lived at 610 South Oxford Street, Los Angeles 45. ,� � � June 4', 1963 and August 14,-1.963 On September 23,- 1963, EP T.-3 .advised that the.. ���medicaI. records, Veterans Administration .(VA) Outpatient 1031' South Broadway., Los Angeles, California, �'contained the fellowing'iliforMatien�regarding. the subject: � On June 4, 1963, NAGELL appeared it the Outpatient - -Clinic, and was referred to ,the Neurological Clinic for .reat.ment'.'� His condition was diagnosed as "depression, ,toarfu , Would only utter wordS 'Got, to see my kids. . On August 14,, .1963, NIL appeared at the Outpatient Clinic, �complaining of "impairment .of vision left eye." Records. indicate,fpreign matter removed from ye and NAGELL discharged. An appointment for: September ,16, 1963, was made for NAGELL,, but �he, failed to keep this appointment. . . � . . Records indicate the following .service-connected �injuries have been entered on NAGELLes records: Multiple scars, left face and head TReconstructOd, left ear canal Pares..ia (paralysis), Lagoph thalmos, - left,. Multiple scars,. left leg, and. right knee Tracheotomy Fractures,;.�right and Brain concussion � Right hypertropia. � - The above information can be made available only tipon'' the Issuance subpoena duces tecum.' The identity. of. the pbrson to be subpoenaed is MARGUERITE COFFEE, Chief of Medical. Records, VA Outpatient Clinic 1031 South Broadway., Los � Angeles, California,.. Partial, left facial nerve , (defective. hearing bilateral) forearm, left buttocks, right left .mandibles (jaw) 29. ' t't � 13-00000 - - - On August ,23., 1963, Assistant United States Attorney, THOMAS R. SIIERIDAN, Los'Angeles;.,California. advised that :one RICHARD C. NAGEL!, had been employed as a taxi cab driver in Beverly Hills, California, during recent weeks and claimed ,to have formerly been an officer in the C'IC Division of the United.' States Army, Mr. SHERIDAN' said NAGELL had. claimed . I recently. to SPeCial. Agents of the intelligerice Division, . .Interna.1 Hellenize Service, ,and to:Mr. SHERIDAN:- that he, NAGELL',.... had carried messages to various persons in the Beverly Hills am,' including JOHN BEBER;'.of Brand Motors, and others - connected with, the Friar's Club in Beverly Hills.. Mr. SHERIDAN' � indicated that much of the information NAGELL had furnished could also be found in newspapers and 'other publications,. �� except information .which could not be proved or disproved,, such as'NAGELL's carrying of .Messages. Mr. SHERIDAN. indicatedvi that he was ,skeptical of the; reliability of NAGELL. -ATTEMPTED- BANK-.ROBBERY. AN.D-AF"TERSLATII �' � ��� iidentified : by .material in his.PosseSsi.0ii:-., as ROBERT.�CASK#AGEL:L�*aS.: brought the' :El Paso Office �of ':". � �� , .� � . :the, 455 :PM 'S.;eiitei.o.,1,0�Or '20,1963 by Patrolmen W. L.WESTFALL an JAMES S. BWJDRE, El Paso Pdltre Department '� . At ;that time NG.ELL was-advised that :he Was. 'suspected of a felony crime t:, � � . .*4141:44 the investigative jurisdiction of the Far,i,. that �.he " . . � did not have io make any statement, that any statememt he did Imake coi1d be used. in ::a� -cOurt,.:nrP'..laii, -against him, and that',::. � he, had.-a ;right to consult an -attor40.;�����'!:,..,'N'o -threats or proMise4--,.. wer.e. Made by anyone to secure- .a . spite:Merit fro NAGELL. NAGELL requested permission to telephonically ..contact an attorney in, Los Angeles, California, at about .5-:00..Pbt.-, This request. was immediately granted, upon which. NAGELL Stated, "No, I. don't want . to call that shyster." , . . � He then asked the time on the west .coast and on the east coast .� � AlitiotIgh refusing to 'directly discuss the attempted hOld up of the State National Bank, El Paso, NAGELL stated' � that he had fired two shots in the .bank "to keep anyone from following me." He stated that he was an excellent shot, and 13-00000 ilt �,4 Ep 65-951 the.:fact''f-that �he..had,:tired'the..two.I.Shot�s:into the deili.ng .,.� .proved.'he',had not been trying to hit anyone, He stated that :he waS.'.i.Certairi.4that of My Problenis.:.have..been solved for :long time,and now I.wOn't have to go to Cuba:.'" This 'statement Was not: further explained. When requested AO ,..." . . , � explain this :: Statement 9'...NAgELL:': refused, Stating :L "I .Can. see . . this -1,s:..-gOing:-to be a frame,.:Which.i's..A.o be iexpected in our capitalistic, system."- � � Wht6n afiked. fOr his motive in attempting to, hold up : the bank, NAGELL stated. that. he was unhappy, with the American ,..judicial system, because he .had atteMpted, through judicial ...procedures, t0 get to see his:two children,' a girl 3i and. a .� .2i, in custody of his 'divorced Wife, and the California Court had not executed.an .order in keeping.with his requeSt. � .. � NAGELL,.adviSed that':he-hacrbeen.liVing in Mexico until short time ago.- - In regard to his Army carer, NAGELL stated that he act,:reSigned,his commission as a Caip.tairi, effective 'Octpber."2 . .. � - 1959..�He said that, at:the:time he....resigned.he was on the Major.,:s.iie�fut.t.her, advised that he: ent�the thS. Army on Atgust 5, .1948' at Albany,New York., . 64 compensation from the government and had 'been declared disabled to .the extent- of :63%. ,advised that he had.been assigned Enlisted Army . . � Serial Number RA 12115891, Officers'. Serial Numbers., 0202.8346. and 01438346... He stated that the last serial number had been as5ignd.to him When:, he had been assigned to counter- intelligence. .that he had been trained in the ;Arm', Counterintelligence School., He said that he had been , .assigned. to 'Field Operations Intelligence and had taught 'interrogation. , . .,In addition,' NAGELL stated that he �had been wounde on three Separate occasions in connection with his service in the. Korean campaign, and he had received three purple hearts . Cont !Wing he advised . that he received a battle field commission.. 31. '641 r4; 4, 13-00000 CP 65-951 - hit On September 21, 1963, Assistant Uni.ted States 'Attorney; FREDERICK J. MORTON :was' furnished the. facts of the case involving the atteMiited robbery of. the State National ��' Bank of El Paso, .on September 209.1963, and ,Mr. MORTON - then authorized. the filing . of, a complaint charging, the . . � . � subject with bank robbery. :On September 219. 1963, a complaint was filed �before ; United States Commissioner HENRY C. 'CLIFTON,. El Paso, .� Texas,. charging NAGELL with violation of Section 2113, Title 18,. United States Code, in that NAGELL;did on September. '209 , . 1963., at El Paso, Texas, enter the 'State National Bank of El Paso9 - a bank insured by the kederal Deposit insurance - � Corporation organized And. operated under the ,law of the *United: Stat.e..s, and -Make a 'felonious attempt by force and ., Violence and putting, in fear by use of �a .45 caliber revolver, one PATSY CLyDINE GORDON, anemployee of the said'. ..bank to take a. thing of Value, to wit, Travelers Cheques, . which were in the care and custody and controlled by the . . : said bank:. � . � The .subject waived hearing and stated that he did , not desir to be rePresented, by an attorney; CommisSioner,'. .-'eXelFTON'--,Se`t:.�1:zoonci in the amount of $25;000, in lieu of which.' 2.tne.'subjeel:t' was remanded to the custody of. the United,. States Marshal and 'placed in the El Paso County Jail; On September 21, 1963,, RICHARD CASE NAGELL was,� at the El Paso County Jail subsequent- to a bearing,- before -.U. S. Commissioner. HENRY C. *CLIF.TON9 ElPaso, Texas at which hearing the charges of .bank robbery filed against, him were .read to him by the United States Commissioner - and at which time he was advised of his right to counsel.. �.NAGELL was again advised as to the identity of the Special gents of the FBI who were desirous of interviewing him arid was told that he did not have to make, any statement . . and that .any statement he made could be used against him in a court of law.. He was also advised that he had the right to. consult an. attorney and that no threats or promises wbvid'be made to him to induce him to make a statement.: ' 32. 13-00000 EP 65.-951 . . Jai, the preSence. of El Paso Police Department , . 'Detective THOMAS F. i.gc, aphtNELros;:orti and his Partner, :NAGELL stated, that he"desired�to talk t.o Special Agents of the FBI He st tcd:,jh.at :he did not desire to talk ' in the presence of :.anyone,elsoHand Doted tive'Me- C:ONNELL � and his partner then 'departed'. ;1,17 j Z's 1 ,, 4. .�, ; NAGELL .started off his conversation by -saying that. ,� . . � When. he had appeared befdre the US Commissioner :just � prior � .� . � . . to. ,thi.s-� intrv.lew, that he .had "'pled_ not guilty!' since he - did not know What else to do. He .stated that he did not -desire � � tobe represented by..an attorney .and that he did not care " ., ,. � ,.. � . What� ;:happened to him. He exhibited-- his left wrist, � the. inside:- _. �of 'which' was -covered : with . a great number of' superficial . � - -...wounds to the -skin. He stated that :the night before while. he was in the El. Paso. City..Jail.he had used a piece of tin, in an attempt to cut his Wrists,. f He Said he had lost about., r. � . . pint :54 ,blood stated that when he, entered the State National Bank. :Of, El PaSO'''on,the..afternoon of 'September 1963, that,-, e would not have taken any money. He said :that to the - � best of his.-reColleetion. he had been .in,..EI..pasd: for seyeral.:,:day.s.-�and had made ,an attempt to find a former. buddylor''his'.named JOSE:C. TBARRA who formerly ,resided at 9.04 South' Hill Street .:in El Paso. .He stated that lie-bad..- � made:inquiry at this .address, - but 1BARRA had Moved and he was, , not, able:, to find out where he had gone. He said that he had', . . _ knowii-IBARRA in 1948 and 1949 when both.of, them .were -:Sergeants,. in the Army.- Continuing, - he advised that he had driven to ' .,;g1. ',Aso from San Diego, California.- NAGELL stated that he' :hadjnot.eaten-.1.n.' three daYs because he did not feel like doing so. :When asked, if he desired�food he stated that he was 'afraid that it 'would make him sick if he attempted to. eat. NAGELL stated that he wanted to point out that, - e had in :the past received psychiatric treatment and that in- -1.955. he '.4a.d..been:hosPitalized at Walter Reed Army Hospital as. result Of the crash., Of. an Air:Force 8-45. He advised that r had been the sole :survivor,, of this crash and had spent . ::-Considerable -length of time the hospital-. He advised .� , 33. . � � � - � 13-00000 IP 65-951 that. Doctor !MIN A. WE7NSTE.TN9 a-civilian:doctor assigned. to :..,the.Neuropsychiatric: Center. at Walter:.Beed- Hospital had -:treated .him and hacl a .cOnSiderable 'amount of inforiaation. � . , his .mental condit*on..... Continuing, he advised ..,that .11e ' did. not think that _110. was ::eraz.Y but that he felt ' that .,he needed psychiatric -attention and advice 'because-of7-the fact . . . _ _ that be was highly ..emotional:and at times he _could ,not remem4er,:. " ;what'he- was saying .or- where he was. for short Period*..:He stated. that he laadrequested'. admission' to :.the . psychiatric ward' at the Vterans' Hospital, Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, however, he was not granted admisSign. and he std that to the .best, of his recollection he made .this - i.peluest in. May or..junefof 1963. He pointed out that ,all of mediCal records could be 'obtained -at-the Veterans'.. Administration Regional Office, J.380 South Sepulveda' Boulevard Los.Angeles, California, - - - He further advised -that he had been hogiqtalized a . , yt4p: Veterans ' Hospital, � Bay. Pines ;Florida,' from December 20, 1962 untilJanuary, .1963, at which ' time he lias. discharged', :against 'medical advice.. Ile stated :thtt he had been cOnfined"., :this,..hOspital as a -.reSult. of "spells", that he had.. been�.- 'havisiig,iand that he was .n the hospital for ,observation. NAGELL Was highly .emotional, was. giv,h to of. crying, a.L-.1 stAted that he had not been 'able to getyht4,4e01,- ,. . on the. ground since his 4iAtharge, from the linited.SiatesArmy.,:-.: in 1959. r', this connection, he stated that his wife was 'japanese and that he had resigned his comMiSsion- as: a daptalii,.=-� t States ,Army since she was extremely unhappy th hi,being asSigned to the Infantry. He. said that he had . �-reg-gn-ed' the commission and that after the divorce had been graAted�. .he had: not been . allowed -to- see, his two. small children because he had -not been able to pay the. require.d alimony. He stated that he had been employed by the Alcoholic and .Peverage Control in California, but had lost his job in ' 1962. He said that he haa.not 'worked since then and actually .was .not Able to do any kind of 'work because of the time he had .spent in the Army. He stated that the only job that he ' *as prepared for .was that of an investigator since he had � learned this as a Counter-Intelligence Corps representative. 34 . .. ji :4;;; 13-00000 65+951 ,Re stated that he had be.e.in... 'Shot- through: the chest in 1962 An.,:LO's..Afigeles '.:calif-brnia'ibut--that the � shooting was a result of a private matter and he did not care to discuss it further . . , � He stated' that lately be bad.been too upset ,o . � , e even considered for,st job and . then intimated that he . had gone into. the State National, Bank. "So that they would take -him back in the hospital." , He stated that he was not *in,. . . � .the bank tci,get anif-ioney and that he fired the shots to. - � - keep anyone from following him.. He said that he had used . I . � .the names of �JOE KEANE and ROBERT C. NOLAN and advised that - lie, had used the .name of NOLAN while in the Military . . .Zntell.igence. �, .NAGELL further ..adVised: that he, had been suffering:. , rbm--a.! headache for several days and stated that he had been :�� taking, Stake; kind of pills- :that were furni.shed. to him .by, :the .Veterans' Administration, but bitt that he was out of these pills, dp.4 -,pot, know what they were. He requested " an aspirin,- ...which.was 'obtained for him. In reSp.oxiSe to a question as to . . ...::whether 'or not he desired, to see a dottor.,..he stated that he�;:.T, id not:, in the September' 21, 1963, .issue of .the El 'Paso Times, an article appeared. On page 1-A entitled "Veteran "i.Tries Da,ring Flank,,Robbery." The article"contained a, ::..Sub;c4i6,4on "Fires 1\o Shots As Clerk Flees From Counter The "hif.141e-stateS "A '34-year-old .battle-scarred Korean , ,War .armed with a .45 Colt; made a daring but unsuccessfu. "attempt' to rob the state National Bank about 430 PM Friday,: firing two shots as he ran out of the crowded bank'. "Detectives and FHT-: Agent's going ..through the suspect's , Suitcase found photostatic copies Of numerous certificates and. . . . . commendations showing he had acquired an outstanding military,' . . record in 11.:years. of .service' with the U.;,5,. Army in Korea phOtOstat-:showect he had been honorably discharged from the Army:. at Fort Dix, New Jersey, October; 1959; with the rank of ,Captain. .'Other military papers found. in yAGELL's suitcase .showed he had been awarded the Purple Heart three times f,..."Or �-_ 35. 13-00000 Ia.:44: 411,664 MAA.1. .30[111164. , . . � ' : 5 65,7-951 � 7otmcts-reOeived, in battle with the enemy in 'Korea.' '�Other . , , . %.-pap.e.rs-.',also: disclosed he had been:liWarded the Bronze Star for-tieritori.Ous and outstanding service in Korea. �f "Speaking to .Agents, and 'other :officers �NAGELL .�'� � . . � � � � . � . � admitted he. had entered the Army as a buck. private and was - , , . . . �� . in, line.for:promotion to major when he was given his .honorable: discharge. He told agents he spoke Ruttian, Japanese. and. � Spanish � fluently. . "His. Army papers. disclosed NAGELL had� graduated with honor. from the Army Military intelligence School,: , from :a .:special leader courte; and had served in the ., 'counter4ntelligencecorps.,(CIC). He had ;records ,showing he had ,been' given top -,peOret:,security.clear2ince on September:. . . . The September 22, 1963, iSsue of the El. Paso , . Times contains an article on, page 1-A entitled "NAGELL . , Pleads Not Guilty." According to the article, "City jailers reported NAGELL has refused to eat his meals since he was- booked in jail.. They also reported the prisoner attempted to cut his wrists in his City Jail ce.11�Friday 'night by .using- a tin can converted to an ash tray. % "After he was -turned over to.the.ctittodY of Sheriff BOB BAILEY, jailers 'were instructed to maintain a close watch On':thoii..pritoner and stop him :from making attempts on his . �� , - - The September 26., 1.963, issue of the El Paso Times contains an article on page 7.-A entitled "NAGELL To Take. ' � .- � Sanity�-;Tett it La Tuna." According to the .article, "Former .iotniy Captain RICHARD Casg NAGELL, 34, charged with bank robbery in an unsuccessful attempt to hold up the State National. Bark .*ill be takento La Tuna Correctional Institution Thursday for .a sanity test.. "He will be examined by Dr. R. J.. BENNETT on the trOtiOn of Assistant U. S. District Attorney FRED MORTON, who . � , . . . obtained an order authorizing the check up from U. S. District Judge R E. THOMASON. ' 36: 13-00000 ; - .� '#ftel EP 65-951, .� "AlOp:TQW i.d the prelimina 171.1nvt.igt ion* indicated '.that:ap.sych.iatric ejcanitihation..wohld.'be: necessary hef.ore, the: � gove0/Men.t.E. co Uld.:prOceedifurther,..in.- the case.,a , The investiga- tion -Showed that:.NMELL:,wa$ the:sOle�--survivor of a Military �_ � . 7 . , � : Platie..017a$11,-- that: since hi disch rge, he had: Vigited.:.several :.� -FS/ Offices offering "highly Secret" ,,counterintelligence.. � , . � information, andf-earlier -this', year had been under .psychiatric:. .�. . � . � care in Florida :for a Month." -On' Sppt.pribOr 27, -1963, Staff reant (E-6)PH1LP J. DAVt-,-:;VS.'ArMy RA :32 293 739�; presently ,asSigned. to the 4th- �.14.111Ated Student flattery, Schocil Support *Command, Fort , � , stated that.: he served in: the same :detachment in Tokyo,:,_ RI,CHARD. :CASE NARTELL, the 441st. CRC, during the �pri.ng of- 1958, from approximately(February to May; when he the',United-States.',-. He has had no: contact , , , . � � since ..that tinit6�,; ., �. .2 There was only a ncirmal*.a.dqUaintance between a -.:Paptaiivi(NAGELL) and :a*Master Sergeant .(DALY) during,- . , thiB 'periOd. of.. time.- , � � ,..�: DALY first met .NAGELL. on a temporary duty_ trip to' ._. : .., '-.5enclai4 in northern Japan, where .NAGELL had:. been sent :;.to : repl.aCe the Operations Officer.. , NAGELL, stated at that time , - . that bel::WaS being stainted into-. A corner. ' '. ---;---- - � , : -. � '. .1: DALY next met .NAGELIi. abotit .a month later n fort - i.,i. . rake si Tokyo. . , : -: All enlisted men of. the. 441st (7,1*.0 Treltachment---. thought that 'NAGE1.010 was slightly Unbalanced, and was not. a- ' orma1 officer...The reputation aMong the enli,sted.men was to. stay. away from- NAGEi.L. The November 4' '1963, issue of the El Paso Ifera.id-Post.- c.I.Ontained an article on page' .1 � �entitle,d "Holdup, SPIspect, .According AO the article,: "EttliARIo CASE: NAGE1-.14. charged. in U. S. District. Court with an at tempt to � hold �up the. State National Bank .told the Court today he .did . � not -.attempt to hole .up the. bank.. � 13-00000 Swig& Q.Idrabb LP' 65-951 . had 'a .motive for deing. what, I-did NAGELir''. told Federal Judge R. E. THOMASON. "But my motive *as not to hold up-the bank .�1.do :no.t.:intend:.:tO�disClese my'ImOtive.Yat � this tiMe � �:"NAGELL.:33, teld:�,Judge::::THOMASOINT,that. he is a veteran the Korean War, that he was 'injUred..three..times, and, that-:..2!)...1:: per cent disabled Veteran,.. � Ttle accused man was before the court. on �a petition :filed by his own hand .for a writ of habeas corPus: claiming he was'.being held 'prisoner illegally. ."NA9ELL. asked, J4dge THOMASON to ',discharge Attorney' JAMES-HAMMONN who had been appointed by the ,court to represent NAGELL.. .Judge THOMASON granted the request ,.� after telling NAGELL. that Mr. HAMMOND is. considered an ablep, : � . .coriseientious member of El Paso Bar. -NAGELL had refused to , . . talk to Mr. HAMMOND-before the bearing opened. � 1.The matter of whether NAGELL would, consent _to-, undergo psvehiatric treatment. was discussed, �and� . . . . � � � said he., would. be willing ,to ,go to La Tuna Federal Correctional-, � ...Institutidn, 'and that: � �II will. obey all their rules. but will not eoOPerate: or.anypsychiatric examination except an examination conducted by 'a psychiatrist for the Veterans Administra,tion.' . e Judie',THOMASON said he would name a psychiatrist.. from William beauinont Army Hospital to exa.mine NAGEI,L. . � , , , :The �Judge. said .be would appoint another attorney to represent - NAGELL.:" On November 18, 1.963,. the ;siibject fll.ed a writ .� -habaes :corpus in the United..StateS District Court in El Paso. .NAGELL requested interview with a' Special Agent, of the. FBI.. On interview,NAGELL furnished .the following signed. statement: � , "4/19/63 � '"El Paso-Texas* "X, Richard Case' Nagel', do hereby make the following 38. 13-00000 EP '65-951 , �.free.,: and VOluntary.:Statement to -Edward Joseph. Murphy., and 4,1eorge'. Who have', identified .ithegselves:...f.to : me as Special� Agents of the Federai.''BUreau. They have � 'advised me that, the information furnished herel n': may be � Used: in court. o Ko. threats promi.seSor force of any, f:kind was used to,::get:Ime- to make this statement.,. . � .71 was .; born in -. Greenwich.; � ii .3r ,.. on AnguSt :5 :1930 ,::,': .. � . . . .: . . . .: n'. :: ircik ar.rested.: on:'8epteMber .20�:-1963-. in: El ..Paso4...-... . ... � . . . . . : . .. . . : , - : .. .. - � TE4t4s. ,-.:: -: i-On :-513tember-.,21, 1.963, ', X: .iiras arrai:gned. beforet.h.e::::::,.::::,. .. . . . ..I.Inited-:.:-Stat*s. .CoM.missioner 1.4.:-E.ri�PaSO:is TexaS,.:on.:a::..charge-::of.,,...: -!batilii,"-:robbery'-,'it,;Which-:time: .1 ,:entered' -a' plea of not guilty and. -.....14yas,:�bOnfid::,-Over. for Ind ic it,izerile.. � by the 'Federal: Grand .,:-.-'..Xury;: .:':Bail,:;, , was :Set: .at ..$25.,000.,.:::: On September : .21- 1963 ,' I was incarCio-r.ated� ., ' in.-:,-,the.,:-K1-_-pasg::County.. jail,.: where:: I: since -: have been and :ank-.!.:::. presently confined. ...... ::.. :. ,,.. �. . .. � h. "On ' September -241' -1963 ;:the": United- States District �' � ,..ourt:ordee..f,d.....t4At.,:- be .g.lifen.:::a,;psychiattici:.examination.l',to� .:--- . -dete.riliine,:mY.. :inent.gtl:. cOmipete.ney to .stand ::tri,a1-�i. and .:]ithat -.: if....y:,_., � determined necessary :hi.: :the .elcamiiaing:'psychiatrist.,- to ' conduct . . .. � . . .. , ... . , ...,... _, ,..... :-... .:.. .,.; . . -,such �'exant.iniatiOn. -' to .be committed ..to :the Federal Correctional ''' -,,7.--.::!:.:":.,, :,.-.:... ., :. ',". - .� , : : . ....;.', . i �',:Ins.titution,�-lna Tun.a.,- .Texas.,,:' for a.; period ' not.. ejrdeding :,, to -,.: weeks:. "Oh, Nove4b.er. 4 -.1.903, the COurt. noillified'that7;par � k,.....1.,h:::Ptf 0 t15 a id .in 0*'cier.i.- :Pertai.ning tO:. the: cOmmittment4,..and::: 1,- �:�rtitordered,'.--that - I. :be .coMmit.t,ed' to ,Ileaunkcint: Army HoSpItal:,,:,-..,.. El: ,Paso',' ,Texas,' for said psychiatric examination. '''' , ;,�;. ....,,,,..,:. .:. . . .:.-. . .. "On September 24 .1963 and again .on November 4,-.�1963'.-� , the .11.,S. District Court ordered that further' prosecutive action against...113:e, be deferred until such time as: the. Court is: in . , receipt of the results :of .said psychiatric examlpatio,.n�,: "As of this date I have not received the afore-, ;mentioned psychiatric examination nor have .1 been Committed to .either of the aforement.ioned institutions for such. examina- tion, 'nor ,have I been indicted by the Federal (rand Jury., ,: "I believe that an un.necessary and undue delay has occurred in bringing me to trial, as a result of my reluctance: �-� . ; 39 13-00000 , 'EP 65 �. participate in :a psychiatric c:bnsul tation and/or examination.. , believe that this is a violaticin'.of,'mi right to a speedy .as guaranteed to me by Amendment 6 of the Constitution'. � n relation to the foregoing statement, T believe -that. I-, as an accused person., am not required by law to emit any ..Statement or to answer any questions, whatsoever, to any -person, �- whomsoever, including a. psychiatrist, psychologist, or physiologist, nor that L am required by law to partici.- �pate i.n. any exami.nation, test or activity', verbal, written or otherise,if I do not so elect. To be coerced to do so; is a:ViolatiOn. of .my, rights under Amendment .5 of the Constitution.. � "An attempt has been made to indirectly coerce me to incriminate myself, by -a court -.appointed psychiatrist . � known' to, we As Doctor Bennett; in that he queried me as to. � , . my; motive. for committing- . the alleged offense and stated to . me that if I did not. give him such information, T was being , . � .uncooperative, and that 'I might have to be sent to Springfield. Medical ..!.:Center, if 1 did not cooperate with him.. , ;further .believe that 1 am being coerced into taking psychiatric examination and/or consultation by the resulting Undue delay in bringing me to trial'. it have read,thii�statement consisting of this and.. orpaes,:.'and it is true and correct. � � e s/ Richard Case Nagell itneSs.:,. /s/ Edward Joseph Murphy, Special Agent FBI, El Paso, Texas, ,.. , . . -11/19/63 , . , "/s/ George 'E .:Aiken, Jr Special. Agent; F.B.I, El Paso', --Texas.. -11/19/63" On.. November 19, 1963, Assistant. United States Attorney FREDERTCK .Q1' MORTON, El Paso, advised that there is no validity to subject's allegation inasmUch. as Title 18, Section 4244, - U. S.. Code, states that upon a motion by . the United States j! 13-00000 ;o� EP 05-951 7 � Attorney, the defense attorney, or upon its own. motion,.� t � court. shall cause. the ..accused to be examined as to his , mental". condition where it is felt that he, may,: be. presently. . insane 'or otherwise mentally incompetent as to be unable to understand the proceedings 'against him or to properly'�;' assist. in .his .own defenst:f Assistant. U.S. Attorney .� 'MORTON advised that ...according .to this Statute,the can. be made with or without the .consent of the accused. � Assistant U. S. .Attorney MORTON stated that the subject , has .cOnstantl:y refu�sed to Cooperate with .pSychiatriSts. and:. has -refused to even .spe.alt-to�_them, and that this refusal,. , on his part has held up any. possible Psychiatric' � examination, T necessitating postponing further. action. � . The subject, who is still Incarcerated .in' the El.. Paso County jail; :sent the following note- to SA THOMAS. .--WHITED� JR. of the El:Paso..Office of the FBI., which reads- . as. follows "Mr: White' 0:; , "When one's actions are motivated by an ideolOgica � conviction, he cannot deviate from his pursued path simply because society may censure It as wrong. But when he becomes, disillusioned with such ideology, and :in-existing . , � 'SO '.dictates. he . Must Int ti ate: immediate corrective ,action : 'r befits ;C:IrcumStance and iltS:best,�.hp.�knOws "I: have alwaYs �acted frOm a ,principal of love � . . � � , --my country, and this same principle actuated my ..conduct og.. � . . September. 20th, however 'inappropriate or incomprehensible I may..,appear.: ( Richa.rd C. Nagell" The December 109. 1963, issue of the El Paso Times. ...'contained an article on pages- 1 .and 3-A entitled "Says Bank ;HoldupTry 'Patriotic'." According to the. afrticle, NAGELJL had. submitted-. Several. handwritten .petitions to the Judge ... .f the United States District Court in El Paso. The article::i . states, '"in . one petition, . dated December. 5, 'he wrote,. have'. - , .:.� 410 1e 1: fit .� 13-00000 `Ts a � - _ P. , lways1.+4 �Troia. a principl.e of fOr my -:�country and this sane principle actuated pr-conduc't on September 20, � , _ �� " � , � .. 1963, however inappropriate or incomprehensible it May appear. God and X' and �alsothe FBI,.know that am not, ' � � "NAGELL is accused of pilling a gun on a teller at the bank. When the teller fled,' NAGELL is alleged to have fired two 'shots into the bank ceiling. had previously indicated he might submit t examin.ationi by a �Psyahiatrist. at William Beaumont General :Hospital. '_ But' at the hearing it was brought out he ,refused to . . do so, now. . � � � Judge THO.MAS0N. thew overruled his . motion for a writ.:-and'aSked:'-that NAGELLIS -case be taken .before, a Federal.. Grand Jury. Previously the judge had ordered- that all -,-prosecution be :.deferred until an examination :report on ,,././tt,r;gt,4-,'Eii.tientaX.:�competency was obtained "The judge :Said..NAGELL's Argument' on the bond . More thoroughly convinces _tha..court you need psychiatric help' � ''When NAGELL was returned to the jail, he would no tell ripo:rters 'Why :he entered' the bank. As in the past: he; �-� said he. �would not, disclose his motive. . . - said -Monday � before a U. RED -MORTON,. Assistant U. S., District Attorney,' � afternoon that the case will probably be taken S. Grand Jury in 'January in San Antonio." .�... On January 3, 1964, GEORGE NORMAN STANGA was contacted n..nd interviewed it the El Paso County Jail after ,he contacted. the El Paso Office of the FBI and specifically requested' thnt he be interviewed regarding RICHARD CASE NAGEL.L.-' At the time of thd interview, NAGELL was incar- cerated at � the El Paso County Jail as a Federal prisoner _ . for the crime of bank robbery,- 4 . 13-00000 EP 65=-951. � . ' ..:ik STANGA 'stated that since his arrest and incarceration, at the El Paso County. Jail for bad .checks, .he, has become quite,. Iriemay_with.RICHARD CASE NAGELL. ',He Stated that NAGELL,wasa � very mixed-up individual but that he enjoyed the company of -STANGA'-and confided in him. He went on to Say that NAGELL . had recently confided in hitt to the extent that he. had told �:him why he.attenipted to.hold'up the State National Bank of 'El'. Paso, Texas. .NAGELL told STANGA that after his release 'froil.the United States Army, he drifted from job to job and �became more'ned more Mentally confused as to his;political, . . . . , religious, and. economic allegiances. During .this confused ..Oriod,'NAGELL.apparently became a Member Of the Commilnist Parlyof the United States and told STANGA that he did some minor 'work for, this organization Prior to his trip to El Paso NA6EL1 also' explained to STANGA that he divorced his Wife,durin . � . this. period, and after making several scenes with his wife,. , wag barred by court order from seeing his children. During. his period of his life, -NAGELL. told STANGA that he lived in f. he Lot.Angeles, California, area. ' NAGELL explained to STANGA that he came to El Paso ekas; after making a decision that everything was against ." him in Los Angeles and that he should attempt to leave the )United States for a Communist country in Europe. In line with .thi decision, to leave the United States, NAGELL made a contact: with 'the Communist Party in. Los.Angeles and arranged to meet-' a.courier or contact man for the Party in'El PASO, Texas. - This contact man NAS allegedly to have a visa and passport for ' � XAGELL so that he might. leave the United States and eventually' 'end up in Czechoslovakia. NAGELL then left the Los Angeles area and drove to El Paso, Texas. ,He told STANGA that during this trip, he stopped by the side of the road on at' least ". three .occasions and attempted suicide with a" pistol which , :was in hispossession. He explained to STANGA, however; that he did not have the guts to do .it and just let' things drift along. After arriving in El PASO, Texas, NAGELL said, - - that he got.a hotel room and again attempted suicide with 'the revolver.. He again did not have' the nerve to "pull.' the trigger" and decided that the best way tO commit suicide. vouad be by leaving the hotel and having a "shoot-out" with 3., 4 ft!. 13-00000 .a �polieeMati.�.,11e'ricfct 'tile hotel room, got in hiS car, :and roc.ede.d..down, :the streets::�of Li Paso:�.looking::fer a. policeiril!ln:.*' l.seek,ed ltke he: Weirldilhoot it ot with him, NAGEZ,V;teld",. ''NA that he did not see ,a Patrolman..� hoWeVe.r',', and decided that.'...:he.�.Would-erater the 5tate-I.Natien,m1:-.Bank..:Of El -Paso, and . . . � r,csaus4.:.a big...rtickits because .he knew .tha.t a Policeman. was in . , 0614ditig�guardi..ng A TreasUry.Department-meney display. � . . NiCCLL entered: the' bank and fired two .shetS.: :into Ha ..wall. :and it.lixpeeting 't.o.' be :shot. down. by 'at,' he', escaped to his car.,'...whic;h was ,!Ind gave up peaceably then arrested by: : . . � � � � . thf PO I 1. CeMan v'ho *As guarding the money .display in the bank. .that htf.3 robbery of the bank was.purely:- -., � . And.: that he had no ',intention of robbing the, b'nlc for any. monetary gain, Xn.' addition to the .Coreniuni.st activities mentioned above, SL'Wf! reported that:.NAGIETL:told hm of a number of microfilmrolls nf: which Contained � naines Meeting P1 aces.:.- orhnx. attivities� of the -Communist Party .',.which were. in: his � , � . posseion .N.,,,IGELb explained that thes microfilms - , were hidden ,g jsk ,,panese' typeY, Which ValLS located at sis te'r �S hoirse'-:.in.l..kew York .City Ile '.went On to say that .athes:o.-.miCe; . . . � ,.� . � . I I ri.0 hidden in the. calve container whiCh is .af ixed, to the mB5k also eirplaineci-:to.,STAN,GA that he had :not.'. gin thisinformation. to the he ,felt they _would -indict- him an a spy and put-. him irr-sri jail for Jife On.,�fartua).....y p, 1964, the subject furnished the Signed statement: ,v9 /6/64 "El' paso, Texas folbaing "7. Richard (aso gel1, de hereby ,arake tire following, .ree .1o.d voluntary statement, to Edward �Joseph, Murphy and /..ivivrence.W.:Plorman,:who have identified themselves to me as. ?,pec i al Agents of the Federal Bureau of' 1:nvicstigation. ThrY2 have. advised Me that I do net have te,make any st.ro,ement.and � , 44. 4"? 13-00000 " Jr- E '-that.�.anY. statements' that .I do- 'sake- may ..ipe -iused . against . . a .court=� of ; law. '17111mey, have advised ::me -that have:. an desire-. No threats r,;-'proinises :force., or inducements of an kind haVe'. been Used:. to get 'me to furnish this. statement.. �-� ,� which � was born on August' -_1930 at Greenwich New York,:. � ' � ' "The 'billowing statement .,is relative to the motive a.ctu:a Led My conduct .on September-20, 1963. "In September 1962,, while-I was in Mexico City ePresentati.ve of; a' foreign government_ proposed to me. that .participate in. an act; Such act being 'a criminal : offense .and_ vinimical to the best.' interests of the. ignited States., �-,At that Itiv,43.-'1-reftised such propoa1. In May, 1963,, another representa- tive of the same foreign government made the same proposal ,� to me. '� 'At , that time I agreed to such .a proposal. � ":In Sept. '1963 1 was inforMed by an American. knoWn- to me as an. agent of the same foreign government,- that.arringe-:.' entS for my participation in the aforementiOned Act were ,oniPieted;;,- At ...this time I.:refused. the aforesaid proposal. , "ApproXimately one week lat.er I, Wa. , instructed by, . . , .. , ,. _ is....;Same.-person to ,eit.her isarti6ipate as.:previ.ously'..agreecl , , 1,..;derrOgatory .information .pertaining: tome 'Would. .1;T'.-d4.0Ol.o.0 to- `.tti,e'.'rederal Bureau of ..Investigation.. 'Thereupon I.;agreecl:-:' . . . . , _ tO 4:0116w. the ins truCtions of this person, :although did not intend to This existing s'ituation actuated my i-dondUct :pi September 209' 1963, for which .I was arrested Am -presently charged.� , "X� did not actually attempt- to, rob any bank. , . - . , '- tougir,a, that my arrest would provide an immediate, though .` temporary solution to the problem with which .1 was confronted. - .. � .. ."I 'am not guilty as charged. .45. slt 13-00000 5-9 1 � ;3 474.? "or ""I'have read this _st.atement consist.i.ng of ...this and two o ther_ pages,' and which. X have initialed, and iti g true � �� . , and� correct to the best of my� knowledge and belief.. � � � /,Richard 'Case Nagell:. � - 'AtxieSS�,: 'Edward Joseph Murphy Special Agent FBI, El Paso Texas, 12/6/64 . Lawrence W. Gorman, Speci 3. Agent FBI, El Paso Texas. 1/6/64". n ,january 15 1964 Mrs FBANCFS NAGELL� :856 South ,atalina� .1.0.7-1* Angeles, Californ.ta.� telephonically :dvied Agent of the 'El Paso Office .of thell3j that she � . � as the mother :of the subject ,and that he had heard on � , �� e eve:iving" before about theb nk robbery .charge filed' against the subjecto_ � � e stated that she last saw the subject in August, 196, at-.which time subject indicated he vanted nothing to do tth ht�relatives and no interference with his' private life SU coMmented that her son had , had.. a 'bri 'lima career ' in itil.itary service "`�, up until the. time 9f the: plane crash ..Tiear:Washingt.ons, D.-.C..following which he .was unconscious , � 'fci)r--,three:viecks in the Walter-.Reed..liospital in , Washington. Uppii�,`-hts.'reCuperation,frOm those injuries,- he underwent � ' . . complete personality . change. n ,lantiary 249 1964,' the subject was arraigned . be.fore..fthe United States District Court in El Paso .in, connection With the two-count indictment 'returped January 8, �1964; in ,an Antonio,', TeXaS,: charging NAfGELL.with bank robbery. . , -Asststaht-United -states Attorney FREDERIC*: J.� MORTON filed*: ' , o..1A340ft:,to.n. before the U.-8. District Court-, Under. Section �4244, ,�:�,.; ... � � . T-i-t1ii:f.18, 'Tn.% ted States , Code, to have the subject cOmmitted.. for�'�psVchiatric treatment - U..' S. District Judge ROMER 11'11ORNBERRY. , . ,_. ,.; , . . . . . , ' granted' the motion and ordered. the subject Committed to the . � iI �.11:Z�,r r -.54s.st::1:1 � +M. P.44;1 131 6-0 ePT ;14 R ;�!(.];', '11r.1,;(1A1 .44)ri 4110.r/4, 411:t '4; 1,1 ; � 13-00000 � . EP 6-95l Medical - C7tenter for Federal :Prisoners, Springfield, Missouri .or a.per.iod, of -30 days , for 'the, purpose of 'psychiatric - �. . . .� examination. '..�,The. subject: advised the court that he would . - . . � � not cooperate" with the psyChiatrist.s. at the 'lliediaal Center � � . . , for Federal Prisoners at Springfield. � . ,�� While being' removed from ' the United States District � .. , � 'Court.: House in. El 'Paso-�,- Texas...enroute. to the El Paso Count : � � . . � ow-Jail-Ill:Arr. .74 -19642� and while � in the, custody of the. ..1)opgt..Y' United' Si .a.tes . Marshals,- the �sUbject accused :the .� Assistant. United States -Attorney of. viol.ating. his conStitutiona -.Accusation was a repetition' of numerous' accusations.'. which-th'e''subject. previously made against' the :Assistant � _ , , _ ; . , Tnited .:Statet:. Attorney I; according to Assi,stant . S..; Attorney" MORTON . . . �� .n-Janaiary. A,40 ::1964 Assistant United States At torne - . ..� . � , : . .� ihe- had received..' 'inforMationon confidential .basis a.� short.: v/10,1.4-.befOre-:.ta thatne,,:.::_ef�fe6t:':-.. there was 4 man incatcera ted in .'. the .E1 Paso ''County 'Jail 'under.. a: Federal charge of:'-atteMpted-,bank.;robbery::-� by the name Of -,RICHARD. 'CASE. NAGELL�,,Who:.Was--,a :Communist.' and to � def. 60.1t t Russia z-Whetni::-� a rres ted � � Mr..- MORTON-1, � � . � . .. � . � � . � . �� � � � .7related:,:that..-the....,.-:story.-:waS: generally-. NAGELL ',��� a rtrited�....., ArMy.Captaiii.�Who' served with distinction in the Koren War 'in: combat.; and with, C1C became- embittered with the :United; -States -:..,:�_.: and...:our`-form of governm.ent partially, due- to the alleged dental ��� . �.. .�� . . . ; . � . rf visitation of his :chp.d,r.f.n, custody :over whom awarded-to � his wife; by California- divorce:' decrO. :�� ,.,���. � _.. .� . .�.��,,�., J.,.Uc allegedly turned over � secret Material Soviet ' agents; , . , . . .� , He.: 'W4s:: supposed . to .bbta;,p, i passp�rt'to Russia here' in El:Paso from .a-C:o.nuouni.St� agent .bat distraught over the. possibility of never.,again sc.eing his cbildten-. that he Considered suicide or some other. 'drastic ' means of preventing-his defecting that :he. went . . � . � :-,��:bank. in El Rasp asked for- $100.00 in � cashiers, cheques,= , �. . . .� �; . .41.1ecra�:,:.gOnwhi.ch--.Caused..!thef::-teller to run,- and fired two.. ',hots- high into the"wll and-fled. At. the,c.: time of' hi�- arrest, he called Ahe:.:pfaiiceman ' ..071-s,-:.Statea that 'Ni.hat.,-.::-Iho':',d1rd was done out of .."loVe. for �. .;Other than!.. that. he has.. made no statements, toncerning the bank robbery - except:, to -say that h' did not. .. 4 . if 13-00000 , -.EP. 65-951, intend:to -take any money. .. He has refused to talk to a psychiatrist and fired two ,court 'appointed attorneys. . His court room appearances have Convinced all that he is 'intelligent :and' competent mentally. but extremely confused � . .and disturbed.- He .f-1,1es motions and writs Almost daily, ��., _ . Which are well: Written-. and lawyer like . r � At the time of his arrest, September 20� 1963; a,- . , .notebook waS.taken..from-him.containing what purport to be variou codes CIA and .rni. agents . names 9 Soy i et and other . ''..CoMmunist- embassy addresses, and names,' and the addresses oCvarious., other people and organizations, including the. . LOS. Angeles address of the. "Fair Play, for Cuba Conunitte:e6"_ NAGELLIhas supposedly recently recel.Ved a 1963 Information Please. � -al.manac, with * scraibled Message. Mention is made of this in -the.nptebook-. A NGELL 44S 'supposed to have loca-ted at the address , . � , � ..-hiSsiter. Mrs ----ELEANORE GAMBERIr 82-,25 Grand Avenue,- LongIsland,.fiew York, HA 6-;�6830� a trunk in : igh-*64.:1..a'J.-Apanese:igas mask is contained. �In the salve box o aresuPpOsedly..4 rolls of microfilm., Containing� , the names Of. various communist :Party.-members,. agents, couriers,:, � -:their;act.ivitieS�-:ete. , A -:man by the.name of FREI) JOHN '(BEN.10)".,,:,. a. . �. ... � . an, inSUra.nce..agent� in California 'is supposed to'get :thing from :NAGEL-14gs. sister :in the event Of NAGELL is death.: f'!1".tie Sister. sUppoSedl.y knows .nothing of the contents and is not. a COmmunist . NAGELL.,recently wrote a �letter to this Mr; ',,TOHN.in California mentioning the almanac bit. - �:MORTON said he rejected an Offer of a deal for information, ,purportedly furnished by, NAGELL to: the FBI regarding Communists ,�� ;in exchange for favorable consideration made through NAGELW.S'. prior, court. appointed attorney .on the basis that the information � MORTON'S confidential source' told :him that NAGELL's prior contacts with the -Psi were not revealing', , .because they Were made by him solely to determine what the 'FBI 'knew of him... 4 ..: 1J -48. 48. � ,4-3�4vd � 3: � ., '�-,T�, .4t 10.. -1f4 110 '741!5c.31T1414;:fri;!?'4. i; I 1 *r: ;..1 ;14 1.!� lif � I )44, gr, 13-00000 ' P.'s 65-951 0. LEE.I.RAR � � On December 19, 1963, the su ject advised Special. Agent:4' of. the Fl Peso Office of the FBI that "for the record' hr: would like to say that his association with LEE HARVEY � OzilVALD was purel.Y.social. and that he had met OSWALD in MeNi:CO3. City and in Texas.. � NAGELL refused to comment further . . .regarding this�matter. � -january. ;.).,�;:;1964:,- the subject adviSed'a:.Secret:- -�eiv.iCe. Agent and ---a: Speciali. Agent, of the }BL in 1U Paso, Te.X.as--.: that ;he: had been acquainted with MARINA,' the: Wife , . . . . . of L;EF HARVEY OSWALDf urther.- pointed out that ;, Subject ; . '018WAL.D..WAS.,haVing:.matitar.diffiduIties with MARINA..: The subject,-stited'that...he.1cnew ',certain ,things in. the . . . --EOrt".'..Werth-;-Dillas area i:He Said' 'We :Wanted to -.let" the. .s.z.:Sectr.et.-SerYices,know- that .'sOrneone.like:OSIVAIO wa in .that -;area-,;,';:hoWever,' he knew nothing of .OSWA140's intention to '� aassinate the :.-President The subject ":stated that the reiuesti made by prisoners in the. El. Paso :County 'Jail for interview's', 'were'..-ats times "honored and at other- times ,they were . . .not � . . --- e above interview. was conducted with the. Subject' ii.reskinSeito�a rf:quest made by this subject to be interviewed . � . y a secret...Seririce. Agent. -.:The Secret .Service :Agent was. � .introduced to NAGELL and he. attempted , to interview NAGELI:4; � oWever.-...NAGELL stated that the infOrmation he originally .� . r desired to .report to the Secret Service Was'. �"too late now." , . On� january 23, 1964, an Agent of the United Stites SecretService El Paso.. Texas, ;advised that an Agent of � the,United Sti,tes' Secret' :Service ini TexR, , had :displayed a photograph" of the subject to, Mrs.. MARINA OSWALD, � Of :LEE PREY OSWALD�,..eri.: -.January 18, 1964, Thin photo,- g-pb,..w.As..tale..eri�of the subjedt. on: -September '21, -1963, at the .IA Paiio..COkinty sheriff's Office-. ";�;Mrs� MARINA 'OSWALD- carefully.. : . 7-70- � 49� r /-4 2tJ c 43/41,- 4.1 ,rive5-: oet/r) 7.4 ,9 I r tr 13-00000 EP; 65-951 .� .examin.Pd the photograph ,and then. started. . . . know, the individual .'s who ,appeared in ,,the,. had :01/!,i7. cien hint bet or Mrs OSWALD' name and 11ases of s the subject and: she not know anyone by ay of those names. that sbe did-not photograph and , was 'advised: of the � staked that she lid. 44. On January 24 1964., while the subject was being removed from the. United States, Court House in El Paso to the El PASO County Jail for incarceration and while in s cuStOdy of the T.)epuly U. S. Marshals., the subject made wild Accusations -to neWspaper 'reporters, ac;cusing the FBI � of .x)ot attempting 'to prevent the assassination of President .K.EYNEDY cand.. stating that the 'FBI � tad. questioned him, regarding LEE HARVEY OSWALD. These statements .were made by the subjec' ' shouting�. .manner on .the eleyatOr.. enroute:. to the El .paiSo�i:. 47:minty': Jail and. within.:earshcit of the newspaper reporters .- . . - . actOrding. :to. AUSA A r7r " ' � tiEsc44414444 Ps cr. � ?"; The following destr.iptive information regarding . � .`RICHARD-:,�CASENAGELL was obtained through interviews NticiELt- and his -acquaintances, observation, and record � 'sthec .Name "Race Sex Nationality Date and place of birth � . � � .Height Weight - Build ' Hair Eyes' Scars and marks 'RICHARD CASE NAGELL also known,. as .The C.rapier9. Joe Kramer, �Joe ,fCrane., Robert C fe Nolan White Male American ; ' August 5 1930, Greenwich, New Yor 180 .pounds Medium Reddish-brown Brown Left eye slants downward toward , outside; 2" vertical 'scar in front of left 'ear; half circle shape . scar commencing in left eyebrow � and extending down to cheek .50. sot !I %:::' 13-00000 .4014.11,4.441huvinikftutalai EP 65.-951' - Parents v , ' LOUTS NAGELL�born.rorwayi, deceased; FRANCES KAUFMAN � :.NAGELL,born-United States,. ,856. South Catalina,. Los Angeles,, �'California - (January 15; - 1964Y,' , . . resided 22 First Street; Troy-; . _ . r � �-,vew York as- of August' 5, -1948'.-..' BiC!ther--'- , LO , , UIS NAGELL, Syracuse, iNew'r,York . - . (as of 'August 23, 1950) , Sisters Mrs. ELEArORE GAMBERT, .8225 . - . . Grand Avenue, Elmhurst,: Long - ..,. Island-, New York ..(aS_ of December .15 1962) :Mrs. NORMAN.. LE BEAUF; Ogdensburg, , . . � , New York (as of August .23:,- 1950) ...ELEANORE. HOPPER, 8222 Ankener-,. -:- . Avenue, Elmhurst, Long 'Islarid;-.' , New York - (as of -.--. February - 1.9....,1p02), - Vng],e, .HOBART-KAUFMAN, Delaware Avenue,'d . .., � Albany, New York ' (as of � AugUSt. 5 � 1948) , -Residence Box -75801, Sanford Station, . ' Los' Angeles-5 i - California . _ - Social Security No; 104-24-8340 'Army Serial No. ' RA, 12115891 (Enlisted) � - - 02 028346 (Officer) 01 '438. 346 (Officer) _ � ,.-Army Service Record :August -5; -1948, Private, .3E�Esigned - - , - \ AS Captain, October .29, 1959, � ,-- �' , , -NPort Dix, New Jersey. Service Decorations :bronze Star; Purple Heart: o,, . , _ Divorced wife clusters) MITSUKO TAKAHASHI, born, July 16, 1939, Japan, married March 20, 1958, United States Consulate, Tokyo, Japan, residence 533A "B" Street, Fort Dix, New Jersey, .(as of February 30, 1959); Apartment 12, 440 South Union Street, Los Angeles, California (as of.July 30, 1962 while separated , 51. 13-00000 - �- � - --- � - � , EP r,65=951 � Divorced wife (cont'd): Children Education ,Employment , ResidenCeS. Since January 1, /937 -January. 1, 1937 to Dedember',':' 94 Route .1,- Glen Falls, .:New York � . . . . December, 1941 to June, 1948, 140 New Scotland Avenue,-: Albany,. New York; July, 1948Ao--August, 1949, 304 Madison .Avenue, Albany, � New York, ..8222 Ankener Avenue, Elmhurst, .: Long lisl.and, New York OS of .August. 1, 1951), 1533A "B" Street, Fort Dix, New Jersey ((as of December, 1.9,59);- P 0 Box 76121. Sanford,. station, Los Angeles, California � (as of �1960. -�and ' as of August 20,. _a 962) ; Wife, granted interl.ocUtory . , 0 divorce Novektber_.19,'.1962, . Superior Coart', of Los' Angeles County, California; :- � 440 South Union, Los Angeles 'California (as of December .1 .1962) . TERESA �DOLORES NAGELL, born , June 28,1959,. Fort Dix, New �jersey ROBERT'LAMONT NAGELL--,born Ncivember 20, 1960, Los :Angeles�, .Ca.lifornia,. � Hackett Junior High and, : .. Albany. High School,- Albany, New York, graduated 1948, two years of college while in Service-, � New York Central ,Railroad,- � July, -1948,y ttb August: 4, 1948.; Albany;..New-York; � December 14, 1952 to June 8, 1962, State Beverage Department, Los Angeles, California, . As of August, 1963, can . driver, Bever1y Hills, California t 52. � I 13-00000 61.700ibiodigeamhimaragaii.v.i7,t.r. 7-7, �Ep 65-951 7. Reiclences.: (cont 4037 �Lee*ard ,Aventie � ' � 'Angel,es; -California (as, ,of July.- and September, 1962) ; Mexico city, ;, (subject.' 'Claimed this residence .fro m August:; 1962 to October 28,. On �9. ssubSequent occasion' subject 0, aimed this :for 'a .'period lasting until March 15 1963) ; .Washington p, C. (subjec: claim,ed this during,: period: sUbsequent 1962,, and prior ,to December.;:. 6 � .8225. Grand. Avenue, QUeenS , Long: Tsland, Tie*: York. �(as ofNOVember 1962,,.� - *.again: on .December �. ;. nn Jacksonville, 2 Florida (temporary :re:fkiderce, ps of Veeeni00...i 15 1962).;-: Room .303,. Holiday t** _ . : . Briekel.l.'� Avenue Miami,. Florida (temporary ite:S dentOasof' lanua.tY:. 1953) 7�.7. 610 South 9X1ord Street,, Los AngPfcS:,', Cali fornlar,,,(� of April...19, 1963) Box: 75801 Sanford Station.,_ � Ls 'Angeles, California (as of. july."26;�-196,3); I. 3751. 6th Street , Los,. Angel.eS Cal ifOrnia.: (no date:, given)',:i � 2-5130i West BOuleva.rd, Lo. :Angeles Calif orni,a no date. given); ,.. 2712 !Saturn, St reet , C:alifornia. (no date given); 20245, Cajon liotacvard San :Di Cal iforn1 a . (no- date given). , 53.: jIl "7" 13-00000 _ � � � , 4 ! ! ��*; 6 !-�! L!'-; P-65L951 . � Bank .Account: , . angit ages; spoken - United.:States , , Address,;, to notify in case ot,:: � , � , , emergency � . , � Character ,- refer- ences . ' � . . : --,Credlt.,-!_ ref ere nee.s _ - Automobile _ > Security :FirSt Nat koi'lal Bank,..:: . , 111.11sbi re-J, And'Virgil Branch,:. ,. LOS Angel es California- (date.: , � not kno*n) Subject 'claims to speak--.RusSian. - � _ .Japanese� and ...Bpanish,..fluctitly,, - (as, Of ,-Septesnber .21, -- - :.C26/29 , 3151 6th ,�tre,..et.; Los ,Angf,yre.S�, '.- California (appeared on riVer_ 1 iCene as of :January .:24 , �, ,...� Miss ELI ZARET11 B CAMP4EL.L... Academy ' Road,. Albany .3,-, Kew York (Septc.mber 11, ' ipso) - Mrs RENE. T V.MTILt Strees1 Albany Neui York' ' 'Oeci.terber 19, 1.950). Mr. , UNNETI; A .., ZEILER : 3p1 ew Scot lui'd-Avenue . Albany, ; 141.(1,1; .),fork e(,$ep tember )1ARKL PRAtTs 'Al bany ;Many, Ocptemb,:,.r. -1950) .; AYN1,1!,ALI,AR Al bany 1-hg Alban), Nc.uf.,P=T1( � . �' ( Se pt e.r,;,b�. 19. 3950) WIf.l, 1 AM SLOAKE HOUSE .it-INICA)p :vies t 34 i h NeW.York,, N.f.!.!Vork (Auguf4J.23., T .AqUa.re , 1c4i-st Stteel--Nvir.) 'York. Nr* Yoilk (August 23, 1.950 N.01.Ne(i Pf0ViileTICe Alt,"y 3, ew''ark (.AUgust 23, 0501 1957 Ford hP.rdtop, ,black and , California;,. lice.r!se.MYU 890 tin p(.ise.F.siob' of this au niob 11 i when: I nteriew0d. January 24, 193, in Miami, Florida) -54 04. 4 4- A' el 13-00000 _ - 951 Automobile (Cont '.11ecords of . the DiVision,:of.- Motor. Vehicle,s, Los Angeles, -reflect. 1957 Ford:.i�7dan ,with r- 1963 'California license -1-Vi076�:Vehtcle� -1.dentification number :.'CILT1,38540, regist.ered to RieBARD C. NAgIELL, Bo:x 76121 Sanf.Ord Stat ion, Los � Angele.:s � . December, :�.1962:'-': or JartUary, .1963. 1963 : California 'license (XZ..1155 for .identical ':vehicae .regij.stere: to RICHARD Rojc��7$8014 'Sanford, Station,. Li)s.':AngeleS' 'February br,M,a..KCh,� 1963. ..(itiPoSeSsion of this vehicle-, when arre,steci in El. Paso on �:Septemb'er. 20; 19s3) IDENTIr ICATIDN RFacnno - . �� � The following- Is the FBA Identification Record.fOi% -�RICHARD CASE NA0ELL -under 'FBI number 631- 2�19 'E, dated ctober 30.1963: NTRI.BUTOR.::OF FINGERPRINTS ' Camp 'Rol:abird -:Baltimore MD .7.PO'LOS Angeles Calif " El pa.$0. ,;Texas NAME. AND NUMBER Richard :Case': .Nagell:. PA. 12-115 891: �R.ichard C. Nagell Richard Nagell � #LA 616 479-N Case .Richard Case' Nagell #2248-4 ARRESTED :OR - RECEIVED 8-5-48 -Albany. - 1-27-54 CRGE D1SPc1SITION'.' 5-'31-62 ��� drk 9-21-63 Sect #23.13 bank rob. 55:t �.. to;-- 13-00000 In Reply. Please Refer to File No. . � \i:1�1P'� C.41, utIrrEp r.STATES DEPARTMENT. 'op JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF 'INVESTIGATION- '20.2..U.. S. Court. House:: .E1 Paso, Texas 79901- February.41'..-1964 -y : RICHARD CASE NAGELL� ��ESpIONAOE X -� .Re Report of SA DAVID ated February 4 .1964.. . REID at El Paso, Texas, EP 7-1 through EP T-3,, contacts with whom have been insufficient to .judge the reliability of their information, are in a position to hale official access to. the medical records of the ,United States' Army and the Veteran's Administration pertaining to the subject. : The sources used 'to characterize the Fair Play .for ,uba Committee have furnished reliable information in the past. � This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the. FBI. It is the proterty of the FBI and is --loaned to your agency;. it .and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. Ili El 0, !:p; .�'41'q0).$ 1); A � .14 f -,I�get.- � 117-4Pft: ;#. 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CIA NRVflWE1)-E15 TO CIPCIJMSTCE,.:.. IP: .11:gcoiczp.;:.flt:.6 OUR 'io FO4AL :TIECOi....1,.ECTIO,.4.-�6P.�-.SULijf... bURPENT AGEHCY D-TRECTOTY LISTS A JOHN SLOSS, POSSVILY T T.11 WATCH OFFICE. ..! .;� � i 13-00000 OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 5010-104 UNITED STATES GOVI!,ANMENT ...-Nlem.6)eandurn : Mr. R. J. Leonard Chief, Research Branch/SRS SUBJECT: NAGELL, Richard Case DATE: 26 March 1964 Dpnn RE' N FULL 1998 '1. Attached is a copy of a 2 October 1962 memorandum from FBI in regard to Richard Case NAGELL. 2. SA Alexander W. NEALE, Jr. of the Washington Field - Office, FBI, has informally advised the undersigned that NAGELL has been arrested on the West Coast for bank robbery, is going to be tried in the near future for the alleged crime, and that NAGELL had in his possession the following information: Richard FECTEAU (Lynn, Mass) D4C (CIA) CIA Mr. S. PARKER Mrs. GUTHRIES Mr. C. CHURCHILL Mr. J. DAVANON Mr. J. SLOSS Mr. E. LEIBACHER , 41� it41 m 0'1'1 sot6tP. ft, 11 \ 3. A check of SO Indices has revealed no record of NAGELL, and an RI check only disclosed the attached FBI report. Please recheck SO -Indices on the subject, have a file set up on an expedite basis, and on an expedite basis identify the above individuals as to whether any have any connection with this Agency. The above Richard FECTEAU may be � � identical to the individual who was captured by the Chinese Communists and is now in prison. �4. Also check with Mrs. THORN of 00/C to determine whether 00/C has any record of NAGELL. It is believed that very possibly some 13-00000 - 2 - of the above individuals may be connected with the Los Angeles or San Francisco Field Office of 00/C, but at the present moment limit the check with Mrs. THORN to determine if they have any record of Richard Case NAGELL. race L. Solie BLS;jrg 13-00000 (When Filled In) NAME OF SUBJECT , . , . .. FILE Nb. -- ' -- KEY TO ANALYSIS SYMBOLS* SEARCH INSTRUCTIONS (To be completed 1:4 requester) NI = NOT IDENTICAL I-ND = IDENTICAL - NOT DEROGATORY. U-ND=UNABLE TO IDENTIFY-NOT DEROGATORY SA = SEE ATTACHED MEMORANDUM ' ' SEARCH NAMES AS WRITTEN SEARCH OVERT CARDS ONLY SEARCH NAME VARIATIONS (Record known to exist) ERCH COVERT CARDS ONLY SRD/CAB ANALYSIS OF FILES SEARCH SUBJECT CARDS ONLY INDICES CHECK ONLY (Do not pull files) SEARCH ALL CARDS NO. NAME - LAST. FIRST. MIDDLE (Type or print) .........SOURCE- DOCUMENT . - PAGE RESULTS . OVERT COVERT I a ilvkc A i a. C . iliAlej 2 i. ,-,1)44vAivoisf. VOSe_7,H gel.t,e1e4 *. . ,../ . 0.. ..? 0 r._ , . � . . '.�]Ttt-_t-44.._1 4 . FAI U (FF-ivole) e(-ia'-r-fiRis- MO 5 LE/ec9/961/44-rie L--ktiVeST I - r.tif1.4;t- 6 t AM 6E346 .6 . 7 . Pt9-101V AW' r mA-fe) .� 8 ' i - - ...../ (. ti 1 14 fej 9 :10 - , . . -NAMES CONTINUED ON ATTACHED SHEET NO.. FILE NO. TYPE - ,REFERENCE DOCUMENT PAGE ANALYSIS* OR CHARGEOUT .. � CIA 14.1STOPIr.1-11 . - F� A v", % , R;F:�1 , r , , J ;..., ,- ',' '1 L , , ' fs, ..... AVAVAVAVAVAAt RESULTS CONTINUED ON REVERSE SIDE , . ._ A, REQUESTER. (Name. - Component - Extension) , DATE COMPLETED APPROVE FOR FILING (Initials) FORM 7nr REPLACES FORMS 1.63 7U 745. 1734. AND 1735 WHICH ARE OBSOLETE. INDICES SEARCH REQUEST 0.010 138.43/ 13-00000 CIA Fl ISTO RICA RELFJ-V".�,F L 12101/W801 POI ZLE liZMOZDt 24 March 196k 3.. *Abject, a 064.4 La WI, bas been with the Agency zweleoasseic oresnitettlass mime 1949. ite wee reeently lliolettgetelt wafer proostares or the heinTwetigation Proven, _ant Ise was panted Q elearnnee se of El Ortdher 1 OWC Tharatts advised . ca Vlarth ISISt Phre. that :One Itietrat One &gen (01342) hal been Idabel to in the 'Pee/4 Sups area few honk irebberry. As Swat hat in hie peestenine a lin of sin saxes, with "02A" written after thee, the' Scrim invired as be whether Mg= night possibly be an litentf-..ssatwes. 5We the indivileas =al were DOA Use logebeit anitlegege who Sem* bent at Meall. ilhe other MU mare:.these 'a P.Peckez anthries (a), C. Chunk= (054111t)anil J. Sloes. 3. *a Nue 2 telephentoaly eanteetel &object est ingslreel a; to whether he hal ever board at Be replied the nsgitivw. MenI reciter ezplained the entire situation, Wort still WA trith the Ida, that he hes abeshrtely RIO man tactics at n.,�sithecela it yess a carious eolneidenos -Unties bail been la the Ia. Paso area in "maw at ed.'s year, at idttdi Um, 'be Itto Whim 'cent three twi with an all -0411bett frlesit at . eteljeette mother. lege ensterseitse Le for the pawn of raking tey brier diectussicie with Stilijoet a matter of record. It is not neeevearily lorogetory toUm� ZS* S. DM arida AssistratIPSD 13,00000 ,FD-264 (Rev: -3--) copy to: Report of: Dote: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION DAviD J. RELD- Febrary 4, 1964 Ficld OffiCe FA1No.: EP 65-951 t()TstIe /R 1 CHARD CASE NAGELL .Chamaeh ESPiPNAGE - X Office: EL PASO. Bureau File No.: `� - � ;s1 r J PARIfrL LT: IT)TAL %wit Synopsis Ra6cground Subject entered U S Army 8/6/48 and honorably discharged as Captain 10/29/59 Received many :campligntawards during Korean-'conflict .Sole survivor airplane erash.1.1/28/54: :Suffered -faci41 disfigurement and:given'spSythiatricex.aminaCIOn, 5):,ject claimed he was released. :from employment by .St :Ate. BeVi.rage Department. Los Angeles, California 6;8/62. having been accused of taking S20,000 bribe.: Subject refused furnish police details- rif-hi5 shooting by unidentified assailant on 7/16)62 and - subsequently :filed Civil Rights complaint against police . rh September ,:,I962 uhjert advised U S nui--v. Mexico City,he had.been.:=pproaChed for recruiting in �.ico City refused teLelabbrate;:did-nOtire.to return to 11-. S.-;:waS "bitter disgusted, disillusiont and disaffected"-. Said if he did go to Some other country:it:Would cost U. waih"thrOugh:being a goOd:citizen"Hand thought. ho. gotten a .dirty - deal all around'," .AdvisediFB(;-in.New Llty On .1.1/16162 he .wanted:to..expose-DepartMent:Of Alcohotie:64-yerage - -control in California. AdViSed-FE11-411...JacksOtiville. Fla on 12/15/62 :he had-:beon. approached shortly before in Uashington, DC by individual belieied. to..be-WOrking for Soviets.; � contacted Cl in Virginia for ins-truttions.waS.sent to Miami Fli , by his Soviet contactandSaid..hebelievedhe. Was-actualilyOrking-for.SOyiets..:SubjeCt's :condition ' diagnoSed'.atVAlloSpl.talBay:PineS':;. January 1963, as "chroni6.-brain.Syndi-ome4ssOciated with brain trauma with behavioral:,l.tc-acti-on,,character.i7.od aggresive. and. paranoid .f :.:-�Asked Fin iami on.: 1124163 if . his . , . � . �-� �... � � �� . � � � hi. I outside arrsc-rts the:, . and Issuied ru!_ asceneys t. . qrney. � 13-00000 IT 65-951 cub.-�n or Rusian sources gave him a pi...tol.anci microfilm. he be, permi t ted to: rPturn same to his contact so,. he coulci :Of t rthe.r. r.,u Se to;* S:CovernmenL Cl aimed ,� to � be cOnStantly -.kinder .,:;s.ur:0-i.1:1.-ince Athi.i..!�ird. Angeles , on 4/19/63 he had taken farmer itr. to t onSame date, for I i.lure .to .comply with court order giving .subje.et visitation rights with children.: :Subject' s:-condition diagnosed by VA; - 1.cis Angel.es:. on 6/4/63' as "dffiresSion,. .tearf:ul nervous, on utter 4orcis 'Cot .to see my kids.'" A t. 1erpte R s.Jc':gobbery Subig,c t .arro; ted 9''O"3 in El Paso, Tcx:rs, on c-harze of :attempti.iM to:ron :htate Nationa .Bank, El F---;4.so, SInt etat.e :in viOlal ion Section 2113, ..ritle 18. T2SC... wrist night of 9.;.��Mr53, ff?lt he need+,d. psychiatric - treatment. .highly emption9.1 *ben 'inturvir,-wed.:'.gi,v.em to spells of cryini.',.. stated unable to get on t !;) 1.116' discharge 1. rem. I S...Arry. 1) :.(031*. said ,.sub er..t" a. t.lv became IT; r e; ,t4 d eriod i..!ver.ything � ainsl him in visa :ond pAssport from conta<-1 Clio up in (zec.hos ovakia. ut'� Pa -o but lost nerve. enapais======tmetangaels* sed in El Peaso on 1:6,64 he u-as instructed b agent os ,or�tign.:goverrirachl. in Sep of fense to-p.:391.D.,02re....4.J. ,s m. n a 1 rOfin tHmade in._ ay ., 1177T-67-3177UWITirci7Ttates or- ,-, c.7.-iused 19637 to comply wit t. ordo r., !sent to Medical (:er,ter f or t ederal PriSoners . Sp; ingf ield , by UST7:1C., El Paso, for 30Hdaii period to:-. kinder-go psychiatric :examir.a.tiOn. Alleged Connection with Subse uen o Prsident s assa=agrion, subje.ct claimed- acquaintLanceLwith. anti .wi e tr 64,/ i of subjec:t. .Description and Record : Set out SITB.JEC.T HAS ATTEMPTED 13-000,00 � . that the actual trial would not take place until December " next. He stated that he left California in August. 1962, and _went. to Mexico_ where � he remained until October 28, 1962. lie ;1,;k:.iiiie0 that his wifes attorney .knew this and apparently brought the case on prematurely So that he would be deprived of his day in court:. � NAGEIT. c.limd that he hls written a protest to the 'court granting the divorce, claiming he was deprived of.r. his. , right to .7:be heard- and to have a jury trial He stated that he consu 1 t ing the Legal Aid Society and the Veterans ,� , :.,Adwinistration concerning this: Matter since his Army Pension his only 'current' income. December 15 , 1962 _ On� December 35, . 1962::., the suti..Ve t dvisi.d Special A gent' of the flU in .Jacksonville ..F lorid a that hd :served 'as. a captain in thr. ,53 :Ar.my and had h., ce, yed -.in. inti1igence invotigatiorsfor the. (74.1for przoxL' 1\ - ..Seven y�ear Si-.. :served- i..lapan for iap.st. of of timr. and rria"rrled. a: rziparlese. om rinied. .MT1tKT AGELL from 1;y' di.VOirc�fd,.... .advis:+?d- that.nu itg .19.57: a.nri- 1958 he b.:..e( u 24 .:�_apan t One.: Doctor - .� � . . � . . � � .� � :.. � . . _ . � 11 ( -a ,prof.0.-F,so.r �of.. en..c it :Tokyo . .fipn Uniersit� Pe ,;0.-rt this� 1..1c7rOry. r of thr, -.Off ice a said th person : cod 3t a tes ::p1 ace rimf,nital: to salc-ty. of : the. internal s'curity of the 1ini'd He aao ine n.hr!19-.5.8..6-i- 1959 ...he � directed an amonYmOwi lei ter to the J %'?shlngton r) C relative to the'above. infotinition 'C. ont-i.n.in.g F.14.T173Aw.f. . He st?ted he .'as dicbargtd hopb:rably from ':Ar:my � 0ctoberH.29:,.:- 1959....�.. and.. ,ubsequenrly became employed On: :DeceMber:14 � 1959 by the .State :.:Beverage Department in Los_ .AngeleS..::.-TC:;alit ora ia He said in--Ttine-..;1.962�� he .w.s:,.ccuSed of :taking S2.9 w-opo: bribe by the State..,e:Ve.rage. :Department': and_. was from . his employment on June 8, 1962 for refusing to.. answer questions Re stated he talked to the: FBI in Los .Angeles 1.. regarding...A:he possibility of his dismissal being : violation of his eivil .rights 13-00000 � Ep 65-951 NACIrEld, adVised that he went to Washington, D. C. -whre he resided until retently.. He stated while in . Washington . . C .' he .had been approached by an individual whom he .felt was either a Special Agent of the FBI or a ' Soviet Espionage Agent He said he met this Person in a UMW IS bav,.iii'lvas.tlington.- 11, C., located at 811 14th Street Nisli . OFILL. Washington. D. C. '. He said this person- talked of Domestic - Intelligence And also talked of giving him an intelligence assignment- 'He 'said !he more he 'thought this matter over. he was positive that this individual works for the Soviets. Re said that . in September, 1962, he was invited - to attend .A reception at the Russian Embassy. He could .not ideritity .t.he individual who invited him. to the reception. He advi,sed that he contactc'd the Central tnte_lligence Agency At either. Langleys_ virginia or Liwood Vigiia, and used the name of JOE CRAMER or KRAMER during this contact. wi th Cf.A. Pe 's0d- he told them. (prune above information and anted some adVie- as to whether to go through with such an as.Ognment.. He 'said- he was to meet this individual vello vg.as to give'hn, the assignment at the above-mentioned bar. on 14th Street, and in order to be recognized, he was to . place tnree nickel's on the bar in lete with a dime .placed ' directly .over the middle nickel He said the CA told him that since this matter involved domestic rather than foreign intelligence he should refer this information to the Tpr. He stated he went to the above Oar and there was .contacted by .the same person and was told, to 0 to Miami* Florida. to a bar and wear .a red sweater; where he would be contacted- relative to an assignment. It is to be noted that duringthe:,entire interview with NAGEI,11.. hewaS noted to be in an inebriated condition and was Very vague in. answering questions He was unable to �ideritify. by name any of the individuals he 'discussed-. and was also to furnish Ai physical description of any of these: ndividuals In addition to being slightly inebriated he _AlisO:gave,Ahe Ampressioivtot,he interviewing agents of being. mentally unbalanced 402�54, -17:: � NAGELL stated he is presently residing at :the Holiday Inn, -:-.Jacksonville, Florida, and would be there for the next few days. He ..said he is presently driving a 1959 Ford which( hears ;CalifOrnia.license WU 890, H' said he has:, .nO:liying,.:relatiVeS.-:-"CePt his former wife.. who :resides at '- 440 South Union Avenue, LOS- Angeles., California, and his sister, ELEANORE .GAMBERT-,- 8225 Grand Avenue. Elmhurst, :New York. NAGF,LI, advised that he believes in Connection with his Contacts that he is actually working for the Soviets.. He .could.-Itirnish no information as to a specific assignment given him other than that he- was to go to Miami and sit in arbir which he is unable. to identify and wait to be Contacted by a Soviet Agent. HP said he spoke JP.panese and Russian- fluently and i well versed in the Spanish language.- He said .he was shot in June, 1962, but refused to discuss :any of the incidents surrounding the ing.. :lie said hi' .auto has several bullet holes in it. He fu.rnished a photograph Of himself . On December 17, 1962 efforts were Made to locate NAGELL .for reinterview; however, it was determined- that he had checked out of the motel and left no forwarding address. December 20 1962 to January 22, 1963 On November 2.5, 1963,, EP T-2 made available clinical records regarding the subject covering the period when th� subject was a patient at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Bay Pines, Florida, from December 20, 1962, to January 22,. 1963. One clinical record contained the following infornia.- � tiod: "INTERIM SUM� MARY (INTERSERVICE) "1. HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS. This. -32 year old white male veteran Of Korean -War was admitted to Ward -1.5-S on 12,20-62 because of CORplairitiS of -.headache. And lapses of memoi.y.. . , Ile clalma..-these-,since in airplane accident he had had in :4-010 .444i � Y;) � ,4 13-00000 In ,Reply, File No. � 0122=1144, Row Ala& Hotel re.E64 tatEtte OWnlegazkr. ateto exhibittd, riesttere 1523ST0 which listed Ids Averifto Les angeless Caliteriaa,% is I I 11... � aistribute.0 L.,',4iRiLie you! y UNITED STATUS. I)E F ENT OF: PE I-) E !I 1 ! , I. A I. !! i! N S.-0.! I - .r� -Famipjtv 01' do-urnert. y.)!her 1:11 'i-;!:)11S I , L., L. � � - !? C t.lber 2, 102 liEVIEIE0DWJF c:;., FORGE , RAI ReL:�.k;E IN PART TOTAL DENIAL ir+Zaito mood eirjeared 41:7E11;�-3. vans=t tho Actsztleata WaastRia Plcar4,:d.00 Cit e on a30 IFICA* eate ItatIMAXwet1 the fal wing larca'- Se oacklevaing himar lathezzatt ha dealited 'Uo lcoal rattlasace Wanes for blasear !al 1.4mitu:4, kity, tzta-t,s-C. It CM44 be contacted thrown a r2,31AV, OM= Ita mad he oat- Critza4 37 Lafttiara oarei sivamd that it had boon irmaad at Los knell* ott Aaaatut 170 19.1e* and that WIESZa Fleerleb .twouegi ciudar4 jiarkezo ChAttaggagew AuSist * 1.5412 .card also =fleeted ttvia he eztatalatketi hie ident$r. exhibitim titned &�,0tvities ewlha.ovort Yfttter � � 1-1.1,- 11�11444414 that bet hoe ggna-lif V.:en c'.,-vpii.,41: bo' .ti%trs l'Atxxlitamlfa or idodeo�14,01 V 0 iw.ca,:i. qz:,!W:,. v.L.:Aar,,i,�11._4tr: ea . 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He volult-acogra in so maw) ur.raxin that he riga;; regai=d that what Ito watt swing eoulz.l. *IA used against !al= eav court or Prone- eution. Ite stated that be 1 await made Iv his nine definitely t.twt he wolaci leravo :iiczaao, but that he woul4 net go back to the United Statce. He stated that he not care to return to the 1.114.1.tv, ritstee. iO statw],tt !le stated that 'tie was e t'clisatTeated," and that DO iv: he ba,-.3. ' done nothir 11..u.2.sal to the Unitekd States." he kast the full signitisenott at! that tem. He also atated that he yeas �tatter" aintiette Xt. jklialllUataned and disarteeted." One Wing* he said, that he could aw teas that LC he 2.1c1 $o to sale other OCW1tZ7 it wryalci cost the Cfniteti iltatez rze Butted that be uas 12.1 bona a gram/ *Ulna" and thotwht he had iptten 8 ". ,71 deal all amulet� He vas told to fp to the Protection Section In mew; to esti pmbleas in Neatioo to an Autrioan He stated' that he had been the Protection Zieetion CAW Wad net 'go there eatitio .0314 that the way he was tea:11mi be ittiald not sO book to the ilvdted States!. Ile said that he had nothing to so back fors aal that hi3 record would xviient hia traa zottin6 -t,;�oti job extrillifoe in the -131iiter4 States. Ite werstialed that the OrtV 410-0 had ever w=ieed at was that of en investizatow. , also pentioned that the Veterans =mire AVtehthe the Asterinen &demo' bad his -rani re in oomeotiotat vith .a request he hae: attend Nagle p -Olt( College an the O./. 131.11. bu to 4;:o that he taliald'..have to enroll first and 08.,, tuition hilate.lf -he, Ouici -'not do in vier .of -his finansisil b stated at first Viet he z. wind in hie hotel WU, brat later indioateil that be he been keving his betel aborms paid* He a2zos staaltionad that he had ,atain leerti.from the Merioan 13-00000 41; r?... WE-1th bOaa11474; WOUrtaa rects'AVV-a .,14 WV/a 401INer4:0.LJi.t.111rire he tin1a vr-41.21.1.1.e4,:i'tl-irelti tithe.** thut state ;t:I. use ap me L..Initt.XM71 Ig74 to014 tat/at otateLienta �:'AT wcni.La =Mar witt the to dc. regre3t*t. tirc.1.44.6,12 Irlhert tv . :to lot:10'i' vtatoc. VA:at wee= the $10.1.2;D::: t,lxt Q.; hiMb Ma' 4r.1.7* t-Lnz acAt ttgz� Stat-ms,. 1144; 4 3. .-:-0.0.411.?3-1 to or what t'v 4�� . cwrAtTlti..-xne'; VrIt71-4)t-Zs Tv, � ...t4 .:iugst.ila �_ 1;4 14:142,a, ' teL Uovn ori o-?,opp.ina;� . 11.; rtc-t,yN: VI:At tigit.ateo. t L. L . v. tr.t.1.1tY1 1.11tr3t.n.tt i'LLout .:14-111.1.ura Iv �Ve tmirlim, ,'ped-k on _ % aarki,gl:T --;gs'F43s-WSZ.F-;:Mg'Yi;A'giaf.t4-sij,VW M.,,711i1TP-7 13-00000 � t lit;xtel Zervice at-v-is': Varner wacupat ion A StatUiS idarzblaaasen S*sheiv, tad:maces: ars ead litsarica2 Korean. veteranlPSLtVinC U50.00 wounds disability Zpoolan Invest' ,./.a.y.tor Iftate CalirowaIab Departact .tleottolie Beverage 4:G.-Avon In proeetv beinit; divorced Besides EntA5.45.:3 he claim to isp;:uk Japazoje fluently 41237 Leeward Wool.= and Bea T6121s Sanford 3tatiof,, Los AngeneS Coklifornia Left eye slants diternvierd toward outside) vertical scariJ rivat of Litt ear-) telef,._,. 1h4proI1 war COM2012CiPIC� left eacebrOW ar.d. eXte:311,11315 down to check , �: -Att- � ; .WeU dc.e i. Hsolid :.W.eighk, suit )14;9! gePfl.,,,..v,�*4!,:v.�,,.. ...-,':?'"N".4"-<1;4tqiik*4�.?!.':ttc�A,NiA1344 13-00000 13-00000 Cc...ntrl..11. I in t:-Lit; mattes* o1yetate�_thgt � Vac ilia. reason tor tillz withaveral nr, apt.eat. end request tor, a hearthe beceittite. if 'my rirsimiaLmituation. Continueds and. what I ceneider �tolAtt. :sojuetified4 pee arm:, hist41.ng have created a aituatim ,cannot tutr4.tord to meet sw deAly Uvth=pen= until Lwitult. 304 1962 t.eIlan recent date Silocal to ale as .that date -or.-mr twerigta. Aluo, 1am urmtau., to obtaiti =plummet ut Amales becrwae stiara attaohed-to 2W&Inas .8,41. , ''Prov-..i.ous.U# I had lived to remove such atirps, b5r shosir24;.at the hear-41a that nw eissAissal not only zbewroperi but tt the alleged reasons tor ay tilimaissea were szckwatedo diatorte., and =trues' and the' result .cif vinactivenese on the part a edrtan: senior cagibers of the Department or iilactlaic alveriegt Vontrol after it atm to their attention, that I .intatided to disclose to thc;- � State Attorney Generale' =ice adverse inforratkpt. pertaiang to cOrruption_ Within said Department "end the Liquce itliChAtr(WIT 4-ere, Zwatt4lern Calincertia. "I .rfiqueat that my. retirement c(mtribrutions end reimbumaimmeiest for unused leave be rortiarded to ato at the, baow 1,-tatecl adcircr.sfii s'otm aga MrIctical vit 00000-E I 13-00000 FD-7.23 (Rev. 11-29-61) In Reply, Please 4,fer to Pile No. LA 0-7445 No..Ok �7.57.77 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE � FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION LOS Angeles, California June 12, 1964 Title Character Reference RICHARD CASE NAGELL ESPIONAGE - X Report of SA JAMES H. HOOSE; dated as above at Los Angeles, Caiifornia. All sources (except any listed below) whose identities are concealed in referenced communication have furnished reliable information in the past. This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property . of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and lie contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. P-o1-74/0-37 13-00000 Copy to: Report of: Date: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION JAMES H. HOME, JR. 6/12/64 Field0f!iceFileNo.: 65-.7445 itic0 RICHARD CASE NAGELL ao1- 114155-37 thamda: ESPIONAGE Synopsis: omon Los Angeles California Bureau File No.: 614118933 D�SX FRGE 12;21-1k S41)/ i'CI:A6EAPART Turk FANIAL Mother, brother, former wife, and friend of RICHARD NAGELL all consider hit to be mentally disturbed._ No indication NAGELL involved in espionage, Communist. � Party, or "Fair Play for Cuba Committee" activity.. NAGELL told his brother he had been to Cuba and once jokingly told his.formerLwife he was thinking of going - to Russia. Information Concerning NAGELLis bank � accounts.set-forth.-:. SUBJECT HAS ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. -RUC.. DETAILS: Mrs. MITSUKO NAGELL, nee Mitsuko Takahashi, aka Mrs. Richard C. Nagell (divorced from RICHARD C. NAGELL) On February 3, 1964, Mrs. MITSUKO NAGELL furnished the following information to SAs JAMES H. HOOSE,,JR., and JOSEPH DOYLE POWELL at her residence at 440 South Union Avenue, Apartment 12, Los Angeles, California: She filed for divorce from RICHARD NAGELL in Los Angeles on April 19, 1962, but has not received the final decree. NAGELL stayed out late nights, beat her, never gave CS CRY 7- 7/3a7 This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and Is loaned to Your agency: It and Its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 13-00000 ( LA 65-7445 her any money, and did not like the children. She believes NAGELLts mother resides in the Los Angeles area, but she does not know the motherts address and has never met her. She repeatedly asked NAGELL to introduce her to his mother, but he always refused to do so. Mrs. NAGELL stated NAGELL never exhibited BAY political interest, never mentioned communism or the "Fair Play for Cuba Committee," or Cuba. Once in the summer of 1963 NAGELL was mad about something unrecalled and jokingly - said he was thinking of going to RUssia, but Mrs. NAGELL is certain this, was said in jest. Mrs. NAGELL is of the opinion there is something mentally wrong with NAGELL. He would fly into violent rages without apparent reason. She pointed out that her television set has a split plastic case and stated NAGELL hit the set. with his fist once while angry and this resulted in this damage. Although NAGELL did not like his children, during the marriage he has frequently complained about nOt being With them since the divorce. He sends them cards from various -places In the United States, but has never since the divorce furnished Support for the children or.Mrs. NAGELL. As a con- -sequence, Mrs, NAGELL has been supporting herself and the ,children through employment at a waitress and has to board _ the children out. ! On March 6, 1964, Mrs. NAGELL stated to SA HOOSE that she never knew NAGRu, to be involved in espionage in any- manner. She further commented that they were always in finan- cial difficulty during their residence in the United States. Duringthemarriage NAGELL had a bank account at the Bank of America, Wilshire and Vermont, Los Angeles, but Mrs. NAGELL doubts there was ever much money in the account. She said that since the separation in April of 1962, NAGELL has sent her a total of about $180.00. There is no information in the files of the Los Angeles Office of the FBI identifiable with Mrs. MITSUKO NAGELL. - 2 - 13-00000 LA 65-7445 Mrs. FRANCES M. NAGELL, -nee Frances Kaufman (mother of RICHARD C. NAGFLL) On March 5, 1964, Mrs. FRANCES NAGELL furnished the following information to SAs JAMES H. HOOSE, JR. and PHILIP, J. REILLY at her residence at 856 South Catalina Avenue, Apartment 104, Los Angeles: NAGELL stated that for many years and for various reasons, none of which relate to this case, there has been dissension in the family. However, until the time that RICHARD NAGELL was in the airplane crash, they had gotten along well together. Since the crash there has been a marked change in RICHARD NAGELL, and Mrs. NAGELL is certain her son has some form of mental trouble. She saw RICHARD in Chicago, Illinois, in 1954, and dhe moved to Los Angeles in May of 1955. It was then seven years before she heard directly from him or saw him. She ran into RICHARD by chance on the street in Los Angeles, saw that he needed help, and thereafter tried to give him both moral and financial assistance. Mrs. NAGELL gave her son $1,000.00 on one occasion and much smaller amounts on other occasions. He never expressed appreciation for this help. RICHARD never seemed to have enough money. She does not know if he had, a bugs account or not.; - Mrs NAGELL was trying to locate RICHARD after he had disappeared for several days. She knew he could often be found :at The Happy-Rabbit, a beerijoint at 2709 West Sixth Street, Los Angeles. She went there and found RICHARD, and he flew into an uncontrollable rage because she had gone inside this bar, claiming it was no place for a decent woman. Mrs. NAGRM stated it was really not that bad a place. She became definitely convinced after thid incident that there was something seriously wrong with her son. But even prior to this time she observed RICHARD became extremely angry over nothing, and he would cry without explaining what was troubling him. 13-00000 LA 65 7445 After above mentioned incident, RICHARD again would have nothing to do with her. She kept track of him through her other son, LOUIS, who is a year and a half older than RICHARD. Mrs. NAGELL was in a way happy to have the boys get together after years of estrangement. She described LOUIS as being an almost hopeless alcoholic. She thought since both sons had serious problems, they might be able to help each other. LOUIS has told her, however, that he was never able to straighten out RICHARD. She stated that RICHARD never 'discussed communism, never mentioned Cuba or the "Fair Play for Cuba Committee" or gave any indication he was in any manner involved in espionage. On March 9, 1964, Mrs. NAGELL informed SA HOOSE that she wanted to point out that RICHARD had never physically abused her, that the abuse was always vocal. She also mentioned that she herself has been under psychiatric care for several years and she does not think her problem has yet been. eliminated. There is no information in the files of the Los Angeles Office of the FBI identifiable With Dirs. FRANCES NAGELL. LOUIS KAUFMAN, true name JJOUIS NAGELL (brother of RICHARD C. NAGELL) On March 5, 1964, LOUIS KAUFMAN furnished the following information to SAs JAMES H. HOOSE, JR., and PHILIP. J. REILLY at his residence at 10130 Samoa Avenue, Tujunga, California, telephone [phone]: LOUIS stated he got in trouble at age 16 and since that time has used his motherts maiden name as his last name. He considers himself to be the "black sheep" of the family and has had little contact. with other family members until the last year or two. At one time in Korea he discovered he was in the same army outfit as his brother, RICHARD, and looked him up. RICHARD was an officer in intelligence while LOUIS was an enlisted man, and RICHARD did not Want to have much contact with LOUIS. However, when their mother told RICHARD that LOUIS LA 65-7k45 had cander of the �throat in 19621 RICHARD went to LOUIS and - offered to help him.- LOUIS later discovered he did not have cancer and also discovered that RICHARD was the one. 'who needed help.- LOUIS frequently saw RICHARD in 1902 and until about August of 1963 when RICHARD left the Los-Angeles'area. LOUIS -considers RICHARD to be mentally. disturbed. �He recalled an afternoon, when both were at The Happy Rabbit and the newspapers carried an account of the burglary of the � local Armory. RICHARD told LOUIS he had pulled the bUrglary-. . and had some 'machine guns in his car parked on the street near the. beer joint. LOUIS immediately said he would like � -. to see the machine-gUns.and the two of them weiked out to the � no. gunsandupon askina:RICHARDwhere:they,Were.- 'the latter replied he did not know 'what LOUIS was talking about. - RICHARD said he had no .recollection of telling LOUIS anything� , - about- guns or burglarizing any armory.. In addition to this -.�LOUIS said that RICHARD-was-.usually in a state of deep � depression. RICHARD complained about :his wife divorcing him and about his .employment problems..: . RICHARD never Spoke In favor of communism but he :did say that he thought the American government should do more for him in view of his army Service. He never mentioned Russia. When RICHARD returned from -Mexico City in 1962, he : �told LOUIS he had gone to Cuba from Mexico. He gave no- � -reason for having made this trip. LOUIS has no Information indicating RICHARD was ever involved in espionage. �He.never__ � heard RICHARD _mention the "Fair Play for Cuba Committee," _ LOUIS does not know if RICHARD had a-bank account; he does know RICHARD usually was broke.� There is-noinforMation.in the files of the Los Angeles Office of the FBI identifiable 'with LOUIS KAUFMAN. FREDERICK HOWARD JOHN (friend of RICHARD C. NAGELL) FRED JOHN furnished the following information to SA JAMES H. HOOSE, JR., on March go 1964: 13-00000 LA 65-7445 :JOHN resides in a boarding house at 817 South' Catalina Avenue, Los Angeles.- He is employed by the Hartford _Insurance Company, 548 South Spring Street, Los Angeles. He has known RICHARD NAGELL for about One Year. He met him through BILL LYNN of the California Alcoholic 'Beverage Controll at The HappTRabbit. JOHN does not know any members of NAGELLIs:family nor does he know of any other close friends of NAGELL.-' NAGELL left Los Angeles the first Or second week of 'September, 1963,:� Just before leaving he told JOHN he would :be traveling.: and 'asked him to share his Post Office box so he could_.forwardon_the-governmentdisability-fchecks.vhith:-- he receives monthly. He also asked JOHN to mail him an almanac, .whenever it was convenient as he liked to refer to the Almanac from time to time as 'a general,Source.of information: JOHN - ,complied with both requests.. Vear the end of each month JOHN' has sent the checks to NAGELL at a Post Office box in El Paso,: ,Texas.- He also Sent him an Almanac with a yellow cover as he Xeca1ls it. JOHY.did not .mark or alter this almanac in any way. JOHN recently received a-form letter from a hospital in MissOuri,. informing him he had been named as .6. cOrrespondent.- -Authorized to communicate with RICHARD NAGELL. JOHN has received no indication that NAGELL is in any. sort of trouble, and he - .:wondered what was behind the hospital letter. , JOHN has never heard anything about his receiving: - four reels of microfilm or any personal papers should NAGELLH 'die. JOHN does not have a key to any Safety deposit box and clOes not know if NAGELL does Or .does not have A safety deposit box. JOHN-liaa heard.NAGmt, thention his sister but knows vtiothing.concerning anY'Japanebe':gaS,,ma6k or anything -else stored, with her,,which 10 to be turned over to him upon NAGELL!s death. , About a month or two after NAGRLT, left Los Angeles he wrote to JOHN, probably just on one occasion, and that concerned paying the rent on the joint postal box. JOHN is of the opinion NAGELt, is a paranoiac in � that he is depressed at the manner his ex-wife treated him and the manner in. which the local, state, and Federal governments have treated him. JOHN definitely considers NAGELL to be mentally disturbed. 13-00000 LA 65-7445 JOHN has never heard NAGELL Speak in favor of communism Or Cuba. Ile.has-never 'heard of the "Fair Play . for Cuba Committee." . JOHN has noindication.NAGELL was. ever, involved in espiOnage.� NAGELL never had much money, just his income from driving a Yellow Cab and from his disability check. JOHN does not know if NAGELL had a bank account. There is no information in the files of the Los Angeles Office of the FBI identifiable with FRED JOHN. BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION- On .March 5, 1964, LA T-1, whose information may . .not be made public except upon issuance of 'a subpoena duces tecum, stated RICHARD C. NAGELL had commercial checking account .number 002-857 at the. Wilshire - Virgil Branch of the Security First National Bank, Los Angeles. The account was opened October 2, 1961, with a deposit of 4350.001 closed January 31, 1963, no balance. 'NAGELL'gave a bank reference of Bank of America, Wilshire - ' W. Vermont Branch, 16s Angeles. Upon T'2739.ning,residence Was given as 4712 Saturn Street, telephone E LA NAGELL vividly as he caused a corn.- motion every time he came in the bank'. He would shout at the tellers, complain about the service, and threaten to report'.theitellers to the management. n one occasion a girl teller, working next to LA T-1 Wore a red dress to work on a day that NAGELL was in the badk., NAGRM shouted at the girl ,that only Et:prostitute would wear a red dress. LA T-1 thinks some local finance Company has been trying to locate NAGELL recently to collect a debt. On March 9, 1964, LA 2-2, whose information may not be made public*eXcept.upon issuance of a subpoena duces tecum, _stated RICHARpOTAGELL opened commercial checking account ' number 94492 On November 6, 1959, at the Wilshire - Vermont Branch of the Bank of America, Los Angeles. NAGELL gave his address as the Cloud Motel, 3400 West: Third Street. .His bank reference was the Union Bank, Mount Holly, New Jersey, and he 13-00000 LA 65--7445 . apparently exhibited New Jersey driver's license number � 44342. Opening deposit was $900.00, and the account was closed September 27, 1961. On February 28, 1962, RICHARD NAGELL opened checking account number 3-2873 at this same bank with a deposit of $143.10, the account being closed on July 16, 1962. During � Part of this time it was a joint account with MITSUKO NAGELL. . INFORMATION FROM INFORMANTS AND SOURCES OF INFORMATION On March go 1964, SA WILLIAM J. MC CAULEY was advised by the following that they had no information concerning RICHARD NAGELL: ANTHONY.F.-.LIBERATO, Investigator,. Immigration and. Naturalization Service,- :Lod.Angeles� who is cognizant of marlY.' CUO0 activities In Los Angeles, MANUEL GONZALEZ, 1070 West Kensington- Roado.Los Angeles who headed-the_pro CaStro movement In Los Angeles 1960-1961. . . AXAYER G. ROYAL, 5825 West Pico Boulevard, :Los Angeles, who is acquainted with some Hactivities.of-the HFair Play for Cuba - Committee,!' LOS Angeles. , LA T-3, who is cognizant of many Cuban activities in Los Angeles. LA T-4 and LA T-5, who are familiar with Communist Party activity in the general area where RICHARD NAGELL has resided in Lod Angeles. . 1 The i-e is no information of substance in the files of the Los Angeles Office of the FBI identifying NAGELL with any Communist Party, Cuban, or espionage activity. 13-00000 .LA 65-7445 - .JOHN NOBITRO:MIYAKI.(JACK MIYAKI)- stated on - -March.23,-1964,�toSA HOOSE.that. he and his wife, CAROLINE MIYAKI, reside at 645. North Westmoreland Avenue, Los Angeles,: .California.:HMIYAKI, did not recognize name or photograph of � RICHARD NAGELL.- When further descriptive data was furnished MIYAKI, he recalled he had Met NAGELL on one occasion about a year ago at. The Happy Rabbit, a-beer joint at 2709 West Sixth Street, Los 'Angeles NAGELL � told MIYAKI he either was or had been a Yellow Cab driver, that he had a Japanese wife who had divorced him. MIYAMI said he possibly told NAGELL he worked as a machinist at Aero-Space Manufacturing Corporation, 3825 / Cohasset Street, Burbank, California, but cannot recall having told NAGELL anything else. MIYAKI stated he thinks NAGELL left the bar at the same time he did which� may account for NAGELL having MIYAKIls license number. MIYAKI drives a cream colored 1962 Buick Special, four door, license JOG 823. (California Department of Motor Vehicles verifies this license � is for this ,Car.) MIYAKI said he does not work on any classi- fied material.and has no clearance. MIYAKI was born in Japan, naturalized in Hawaii on January 21, 1954, certificate number 7121559. MIYAKI is of the opinion he. and NAGELL only con- versed about ten or fifteen minutes on this one occasion, and he has no information apart from above concerning NAGELL. There is no information in the files of the Los Angeles Office of the FBI identifiable with JOHN (JACK) MIYAKI or CAROLINE MIYAKI. ' -9* ONO 13-00000 71D-204 (-Bev. 3-3-:") Copy to: Report of: Date: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION jotwitagaWiiin SA DAVID .L REID July 24, 1964 Field Office File No.: EP. 65-951: Tine' -RICHARD CASE NAGELL Character: ESPIONAGE - X Office: EL PASO Bureau File No.: ---721//�<---,, -7 64-48933 3Y t".431/JFK TA8X- FORGE 9.11,11.1k cfr i LULL ; e4ELtii,SE iN PA141- r3rAL DENIAL /P) Synopsis: Subject described by a former acquaintance in the . United States Army in Korea as having had a brilliant war record but as not stable mentally, this instability probably being due to brain tissue damage resulting from an airplane crash during the Korean War. With regard to names found in the possession of the subject when he was arrested on September 20, 1963, U.S. Army, Japan, advised that the subject had previously served in Korea and Japan and that it not unusual for individuals to retain lists of persons in such area for future reference. U.S. Army, Japan, also advised that the reason for some names in the subject's possession at the time of his arrest could not be assessed; On June 9, 1964, subject sentenced in the United States District Court, El Paso, Texas, to serve ten years under the provisions of Section 4208 (a) (II), Title 18, U.S. Code, for violation of Section 2113, Title 18, U.S. Code. Subject attempted on June 17, 1964. SUBJECT HAS ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. lo.,!-' 1-7;71En n Sliiit:442- �. 1 This document contains neither,recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It Is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 13-00000 EP 65-951 DETAILS: AT TOKYO, JAPAN: At the time of the arrest of Richard Case Nagell in El Paso, Texas, on September 20, 1963, on a bank robbery charge, he had many papers and documents in his possession. These papers and documents were reviewed and were found to contain the following notations: Mural. Jun- (Cabinet Research Office- C.R.0.) (National Rural Police Agency) (Private Secretary to P.M. Yoshida) (Intelligence Agency in China) Now in Tukuoka- SHI Tsio Sal Fue Literature Dept. Tohoku Daigaku (Naikaku Chose Shitsu) Hoshi amt. o (Lee Chang Suk) c o Maruei Pachinko 169-1-177b7a7M7Choshi-Shi Chiba-Ken, Japan (Kinka So Ginza, Chuo-Ku Tokyo-To (56-5330) Nieolai G. Eroshkin (FMR) knarenTirrEffg:TOviet Embassy Tokyo Envelope addressed to: Capt. Robert C. Nolan, Advisor FROM Det.RID with return address of Col Lee Churl Hi, CO, HID, ROM. _7v/- 7576 s--3 13-00000 Utsumi I � -tsu- Chief of Liaison gi Prefectural Gov't. koto- Chief of Public fety Section, Guard and Res ue Dept, 2nd Regional Hqs, Na t.4.e.Safety Bureau (MSB) (Shiogam hi, Miyagi-ken. Tomita ake i, Chief of 2nd. ..Inves qative Section, Tohoku Regional Publi Safety Investigation Bureau (PSIB) aburo- Chief of 1st igative Section, Tohoku Regi 1 pSIB Suzuki in i- Head of Guard ect Pii ic Safety Dept, Toho u Regional Police Bureau (Police Superintendent) Matsumoo l4iosuke- Head of Gener Affairs Division, Tohoku i4 al Police Bureau (Senior Po,Jiice Superintendent) Aki iro- Chief of Tohoku Rev.�, PSIB Matsumoto Chief of Miyagi P fectural Police Hqs (Se 2. r Police Superintendent) Matsumoto akehiro Chief Procurat Sen 1 Higher Procura s Office 13-00000 atsuichi- CG, 6th Ijiro- Chief of 2nd MSB 'Chief of Public y-Dept..Tohoku Regional e Bureau. Chief of Sendai n Control Agency, of Foreign Affairs ukinori- Vice-Chief qs, MSB .otaro- Chief of Guard 2nd Regional n- Director of Tohoku Police Bureau 42-3 Ginza,. Chuo7ku, Tokyo-.to. Tel.. 56-5330 Photograph with name Lee an Suk underneath. .Along.stdj p otograph is the name Ho hi 3 adao C/o Hamel. Pachinko Store, 169 Baba-machi, Choshi-shi, Chiba Japan Kaji Wataru 13-00000 EP 65-951 Muria'j Jun 1r c or, Tohoku Regional Police. Bureau.. Mr. sui le Prevention Section, Criminal rtment, National Police Agency An envelope addressed to: Capt Robert C. Nolan, Advisor, FROKA det, HID with return address of Col I.&e Churl Hi, CO, HID, ROLA. 'Four photographs identified on the back as follows. r7',,�Su , Mura u In addition, the subject had in his possession at the time of his arrest on September 20, 1963, a piece of - paper containing the listing of what appeared to be 'United States Army Officers and their serial numbers. One section. of this paper was listed under the heading "Third Operations Group". On March 24, 1964, Lieutenant Colonel D W. GLE Deputy G-2, United States Army, Japan, aavlsed ta e ad known the subject personally and had served in I r a with the subject. GLENN noted that his name appeared in one of the above mentioned photographs of papers which were found in the possession of the subject. when arrested in El Paso on September 20, 1963. GLENN stated that he and the subject had been attached to an Intelligence Branch of the Unitd States Army in the Far East during the period of their acquaintance. GLENN explained that the names in parentheses in one of the above mentioned photographs were "code names" used 5-! 13-00000 EP 65-951 by members of Army Intelligence Units in Korea in order to protect their real identities from informants. GLENN also advised that the subject was not stable mentally and that this instability was probably due to damage to brain tissues suffered in an airplane crash during the Korean 'Ef,r in which the subject was the only _ survivor. GLENN stated that the subject, in Eact, did have a brilliant war record, which was the reason for his assignment to Army Intelligence in spite of what should have been an obvious psychological defect. GLENN pointed out as an example of the subject's instability that the subject had turned in allegations against an Intelligence Officer in Korea, which became the subject of extensive inveatigation. GLENN added that de subject was subsequently transferred to another Army unit and upon reporting to that unit, was greeted in a friendly way by his new Commanding Officer, who told him he hoped the subject would enjoy his new assignment and that he, the Commander, would do all he could to make it a worthwhile tour of duty for the subject. To this, NAGELL allegedly replied that the Commander had certainly better see that this was the case as, NAGELL told him, he made a practice of keeping a record of every. move made, by his Commanding Officer and if he stepped out of line one whit at any time, it would be made the subject of an immediate report to higher headquarters. � GLENN made available,a letter from the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2/G-3, United States Army, Japan, which was in answer to a request for information regarding the subject and which contained the following information: SUBJECT, after graduation from the Army Intelligence School, Fort Holabird, Maryland, in August 1955, served as an advisor to the First Republic of Korea Army and subsequently in Sendai,. and Tokyo, Japan, terminating in about 1958. These assignments were concerned with intelligence activities, 13-00000 EP 65-951 as an advisor to the ROK Army in Korea', and as a member of the US Army Counterintelligence 'Carps in Japan. During the latter tour of duty, the counterintelligence unit was designated the 3rd Operations Group, with Headquarters in Tokyo and _ Detachment B in Sendai, as referred to in photographic inclosures to your letter. In assignments of this nature it is common practice for members to become acquainted with personnel of various Japanese security agencies, such as are mentioned in March 5 Memorandum of the FBI, El Paso, Teems. It is not unusual for individuals assigned counterintelligence duties to retain lists of these persons for reference in the event they are again reassigned to the area, or for dispatching cards or thank you notes from the United States. This would appear to be the reason for SUBJECT having kept the list of agency personnel, although to have retained the list for a number of years after leaving the service appears unusual. The names gaji, Wataru and Jack Cannon were known to the public as the results of allegations of illegal intelligence operations that were publicized in the Japanese press, but SUBJECT'S reason for including those names in HIS lists cannot be assessed. Also, no reason can be given for the two or three miscellaneous names in NAGELL'S file. The list of Americans mentioned in one of the photographic attachments pertains to US personnel in the intelligence field. It appears that the subject maintained a roster of those persons with whom he would or had contact, which is not unusual. Information contained on those rosters, particularly that portion indicating code names, was and is regarded as classified information by this office. Files of the Counterintelligence Repository USARJ, disclosed no information relze,iye to NAGELL or of his aliases. -1- A AT EL PASO, TEXAS: ' On June 9, 1964, Federal Judge HOLIER THORNBERRY, United 13-00000 EP 65-951 40WIESISMOK. States District Court, denied the motion for a new trial and sentenced the subject to *serve ten years under the provisions of Section 4206 (a). (II), Title 18, United States Code, which provides that the subject can be released under parole at any time it is deemed advisable. This sentence was for violation of Section 2113, Title 18, United States Code. The June 17, 1964 issue of "The El Paso Herald Post", contained an article entitled "Inmate 'Serious After Suicide Try". According to the article, the subject swallowed several sleeping pills while lodged at the El Paso County Jail on June 17, 1964. According to the article, NAGELL was to be kept under observation all night and was to be transferred to the William Beaumont General Hospital from the La Tuna � Federal Correctional Institution Hospital unless his condition improved. The article further stated that Deputy U.S. Marshal JACK GRAVES said seconal pills had been prescribed for de subject and that the subject evidently had been hoarding them. 8*. X .R-ICHARD-CASE NAGELL, AKA- Born Greenwich, NY. JOE CRAMER JOE KRAMER JOE CRANE ROBERT CA\TOLAN � . Nagell claims around the middle on 1962, he was in Washington, 'D C. and .he had been approached by an individual .whom he, felt was ' -.either a Special Agent of the FBI or a Soviet Espionage Agent. He said he meet this person in a bar in Washington; D.C. located at 811 14th St, �.,N14 He said this person talked or -Domestic IntelligenCe and'alsotaIked of giving him an intelligence assignment. , -.Nagell claims in September, 1962, he was invited to attend a. 0,P-1/?d1 reception at theSoviet Embassy. He states he contacted CIA at either CAA-Pik- Langley, Virginia, or Elwood Virginia, and used the name of ..: . JOE CRAMER or KRAMER during this contact with CIA.He said he told CIA - the above information and wanted some advise as to whether to go through with such an assignment. CIA told him to see the FBI. Nagell.said he went to the above bar and there was contacted 'by the same person and was told to go to Miami, Florida,- to a bar and wear a redsweater-,:where he would be contacted, ,Certain material was seized from Nagell when he was arrested on bank robbery charges on 9/20/63. AT CIA The following names were located on material' and papers taken POM Nagell/ RICHARD FECTEAU,LYNN, MASS' - � � ,R:58244 (MASS) (JAN. 63): C.I.A. , 1. jvir.F.PARKER: 2. Miss GUTHRIES 3.. Mr. C. Churchill's, 4. Mr. J. DA VANON. 5. Mr.- J. SLOS8 6. Mr. E. LEIBACHER 13-00000 �r" 17. '3 1998 ATTENTION SUBJECT Ri Case Nagai,. aka Soe Cramer ranter Jo Crane _ rt C. Nolan MEMORANDUM FO ;I The Director Federal- Bureau of investigation utr,.. William 0. Cregar APR 1964 Reference is made to a memorandum from your Bureau dated Z October 1962, captioned as above. Representatives of your Washington Field Office have advised that Richard Case Nagell is currently under arrest for bank robbery and the following names and information were contained on material and papers in the posses- sion of Nuell: RICHARD IrECTEAU, Lyon. Mites (DAC) (C. L A. ) R 58E44 (MASS) (Jan. 63) C. LA. Mr. F. PARKER Z.� Miss OUTHRIES S. Mr. C. CHURCHILL 4. Mr. J. 1:t$A YAW* 5. Mr. S. SLOSS 4. Mr. E. LEIBACHER The records of this Agency have been searched in tvard to the above individuals with the following results: GRU9 I Exclud gzetc7 end 13-00000 'Operation in November 1952. "Richard reclean, Lynn, Mass." is undoubtedly -identical to Richard George kecteau who is in prison in Canununist Chine. Fectiau was taken prisoner by the Communists during in Agency *Ur. F. Parker" may be identical to John Floyd Parker, - cur- rent Agency employee, who was born 2 January 1898, Louisville, Itentocky. "Idiss Guthrie*" may be identical to Frances Agnes Guthrie, born 29 February 1908, Charleston* West Virginia. who is also CUrot- rently employed by this Agency, 31�fir. C. Churchill" may be identical to Creighton Churchill who was born 1 October I912, Cornish, New Hampshire, whet** Pres'. ant address is not known and whose address in 1952 was 27 West 44th Street, New rork John Floyd Parker and Frances Guthrie have been interviewed in regard to any knowledge of Nuell but neither individual has any recollection of having ever net Richard Case Nagel)... Guthrie was em. alloyed by this Agency in Japan in the 1958's. Creighton Churchill and *T�1114 S1�7d Parker were in Japan in 1952 to interview and debrief United States servicemen who tad been held prisoners of war by the Corainuniets, In view of the background of Nagel' in the Far limn. the 13*ESt" bility exists that Nagell could have obtained the names of Parker, -Guthrie and Churchill in the approximate 1952 period, although a spiel- fic statement concerning this cannot be made it view of the limited, in- formation concerning Neflen- "Mr. Z. Letbacher" Venoe are believed to refer to Ernst LeibaCker and Joseph rrancei Davanon of the Las Angeles nem . _ Office of this Agency.,_: Tour Loa Angell* Field Office haS been previ- ously aware that Leibaieker and Davatton have no personal knowledge of Nagelt.. There is no record of any past interest in NageliWthis Agency. J. Moss" may refer to John Richard Slots who was born 24 Sep. teraber 1919, . Cleveland* Ohio and is currently employed in Head. quarters by this Agency,...1 John Richard Sloss has been interviewed in 13-00000 3 - regard to any knowledge of Nagel" and has advised that he has no recollection of having met any individual by that name. If Richard Sloss is identical to "3. Sloes," it is not possible from available information to even speculate as to how the name came into the possession of Nage11. In view of the fact that Richard George recteau is currently in prison in China and the indication that the other ails names listed above may refer to Agency employees, it is requested that the above information not be disseminated outside your Bureau. It does not appear that the above information could affect either the prosecution of or the defense of Nagell on the charge of bank rob- ber & and disclosure of the above information -could create a later cover problem for this Agency, as well as directing additional at- tention to the position of recteau. It would be appreciated if your Bureau would advise this Agency of any information brought to your attention concerning how the above names came into the possession of Noxell. FOR TILE DIRECTOR or CEITI4RAL INTELLIGENCEt P., L. Bannerman Director of Security OS/SRS/BruceLSolie:jrg - 6 Apr 64 e-t-rfer" F c.6-1611 FLOYD ?Prig-V_EiL Frpfc 64 Pit, 146)1 Mit Cf1,6�cm-rord cv\--0-tincc 1-01-1-1NJ rt c Eft Iv sr LPCft . . OPTIONALMMMNMU MO-M UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum TO Chief, Security Research Staff, OS DATE: 27 March 1964 AT]: I. Robert Leonard "ROM Acting Chief, Contact Division, 00 � SUBJECT: NAGELL, Richard Case - Arrest in El Paso/List of Names hbrked "CIA". - REF : Telephone ccovertitions between Mr. Robert Leonard and Mrs. Virginia Thorne, 26 and 27 March 1964. 1. Enclosed for your records and any action you may consider appropriate, are copies of self- explanatory teletypes from our San Fi'ancisco, Office concerning Suhjectts arrest in El Paso. 2. Any questions pertaining to this memorandum should be directed to Mrs. Virginia Thorne, EXt-2202. OEN W. MCCONNELL ENCLOSURES: As stated above. 13-00000 , a RR 0215 DE 0647/26 28/235IZ R 2623301 ZEA ET Att,hAf. c-ten TWO IVO VA CIA 111�_,TOPIPA1 PNIEW PPLGRAM RELEASE IN FULL 1998 St CR -� E TtDTG233�Z .vA CITE LAW .829.4 TMDEX (THORNE) -FROM DEVANON SUJt RICHARD CE AGELL PET (A) LAW 3280 (8). VA*63394 (C) :VA 63519 DM 2Z MAR (4, TTI.LA ADVISED 11.7 r.Y.PRESION (RFT A). CLOSED THE MATTER MR TXEMr, �AND 7. F '11-;27 AGEkCY PNTACTS, ir ANY, VOIILD PROBABLY aE vIA CTC ELD OFFICE* S:ECRET CFN: 8294 11,40R4E DrvAt4oN RICHATin !CASE NAzr.LL 8280 C3394 63519 FBI0LA REF A FEI-VASHTIsZTON DT CREIGHTON CHURCHILL 2 Dear Floyd: WOOD$TOCK, VERMONT 18 April 1964 j-, 40Y1) P/Vizeir-- .32 to 5' LI 7.57G c_ft t/ CH4tHILL /si It was good to hear from you, to learn you are still at the old shop; etc.. I got your letter yesterday in New York, and while driving the 300-odd miles hoped that my subconscious would perhaps come out with a peal of a bell regarding an individual named Ed Nagell. But no bellsrang. I have only a.small.hunch --'a piccolo-toot in my memory. When I worked.for the shop I once went to see Mr. James Bennett, Director. of Federal Prisons, ( With whom I had once shared a table On an ocean liner, years before). You can guess why I wanted to see Bennett: I was seeking ways for birds to fly out of cages. Bennett mentioned a guy ('with a questionable record, as far as he was concerned) who claimed to know ua, you and me, what we were doing., etc. etc. He had. aproached Bennett " as from Us". Ed Nagell -- the name -- rings a piccolo-toot on this, but only that. Incidentally, I-filed a report on the incident. when I got back to the shop. I am often in New York -- at the Harvard Club -- and should' you ever be in town, give me a ring. It would be fun to see you. I met Flarry'Osterweis in a restaurant the other day-- fatrr some many, many.................... years. You.may remember him. I have recently become an author an Wines. After a year in France in 19591-1 wrote a book on French wines which was.published by Knopfand am about to bring out one on wines of the World with MacMillan in' September. That is about the extent of my news. My best to you. 13-00000 5 Aug 1948: Richard Case NAGELL Chronological Record of Activities Entered Army (18 years old) "Brilliant Korean War Record" "Many Campaign Awards" � 28 Nov 1954: Sole survivor of plane crash. Suffered facial disfigure- ment; given psychiatric exam. 15 Aug 1955: Graduated from Army Intelligence School, Ft. Holabird, Maryland. Served as advisor to ROK Army in Korea. Concerned with intelligence activities; served as a member of U.S. Army Counterintelligence Corps in Japan, Sendai and Tokyo, terminating about 1958. 29 Oct 1959: 14 Dec 1959: A Lt. Col. Ned W. GLENN, Deputy G-2, U.S. Navy, Japan, advised on 24 March 1964 that he had served personally in Korea with NAGELL. GLENN advised that NAGELL was not stable mentally and that this in- stability was probably due to damage to bra.in tissues suffered man airplane crash during the Korean War. Honorable Discharge - Captain, U.S. Army Employed by Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control of State of California as a special investiga.tor. - - 8 June 1962: Suspended by ABC, State of California 27 June 1962: Dismissed by ABC 16 July 1962: Shot in chest "while making a meet" between Malibu and Oxnard. Refused to identify assailants or furnish infor- mation to police, subsequently, filed Civil Rights com- plaint against police. Withdrew request for hearing so he could get money from state of California consisting of retirement contributions and accumulated leave. 17 Aug 1962: Issued tourist card at Los Angeles, California. 24 Aug 1962: � Entered Mexico through Ciudad, Juarez. MU? Exclud , automatic ogreding and declassification 13-00000 28 Sept 1962: 1 Oct 1962: Appeared voluntarily at American Embassy, Mexico City, tense, nervous, agitated and antagonistic. Inter alia-stated he had been approached in Mexico City for recruiting, refused to say by whom on behalf of what country. Stated that one job of this sort would be in New York. He volunteered that he fully realized that what he was saying could be used against him in any court or prosecution. He stated that he was "bitter, disgusted, disillusioned and disaffected". Stated he knew the full significance of the term disaffected. He stated that if he did go to some other country, it would cost the United States millions. He stated that he was "through being ,a good citizen" and thought that he had gotten a "dirty deal all around." Again appeared at American Embassy, Mexico City, wanting to know what had. been done in regard to getting the state of California to pay him the money due him. Was sent to protection section. Asked what section of Embassy he should contact to renounce his United States citizenship. Was advised by collection section that they could not intercede for him in collecting money from state of California. Appeared in passport and citizenship section and asked what the penalty would be for going to an Iron Curtain country and what effect it would have on his citizenship. Was advised that such action would be violation, of federal law. 28 Oct 1962: Left Mexico City, Mexico. 16 Nov 1962: Advised FBI in New York City he wanted to expose. Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control in California. 15 Dec 1962: Advised FBI in Jacksonville, Florida, that he had been approached shortly before in Washington, D.C., by individual believed to be working for Soviets. NAGELL at this time was noted to be in an inebriated condition - vague in answering questions. 20 Dec 1962:22 Jan 1963: NAGELL at Bay Pines, Florida VA Hospital. Condition diagnosed as "chronic brain syndrome associated with brain trauma with behavioral reaction characterized by passive aggressive and paranoid features". ,SEGRfr 13-00000 24 Jan 1963: 19 April 1963: 4 June 1963: 20 Sept 1963: Asked FBI in Miami if his Cuban or Russian sources gave him a pistol with silencer and microfilm if he would be permitted to return same to his contact so he could be of further use to U.S: Government. He stated that in August or September 1962 he met a man from Maryland in Mexico City who introduced him to individuals whom hel.believed may have been Soviet Agent. Advised FBI in Los Angeles, California, that he had taken his former wife to court for failure to comply with court order giving NAGELL visitation rights with children. NAGELL appeared at the Out Patient Clinic and was re- ferred to the Neurological Clinic for treatment. His condition was diagnosed as'idepression, tearful, nervous, rigid". Would only utter words "Got to see my kid". NAGELL arrested in El Paso, Texas, on charge of at- tempting to rob State National Bank. Slashed wrist night of 9/20/63. NAGELL consistently denied he had tried to rob the bank; stated that the fact that he fired two shots in the ceiling proved he had not been trying to hit anyone. He stated that he was certain that "all of my problems have been solved for a long time, and now I won't have to go to Cuba". A notebook which the Subject had on his person when ar- rested made reference to Fair Play for Cuba Committee, the names of purported CIA agents and other inforrnatiOn.� Cell mate in jail reported that NAGELL disclosed to him that NAGELL, during confused period after dischatge, decided everything against him in Los Angeles and made arrangements with Communist Party in Los Angeles to pick up visa and passport from contact in El Paso and eventually end up in Czechoslovakia. NAGELL reportedly attempted suicide three times enroute to El Passo but lost nerve. (Noteworthy that State Department records reflect issuance of Passport to NAGELL on 7 August 1962 at Los Angeles, California, and that on 9 July 1963 NAGELL signed affi- davit that his passport had been lost or stolen. He was issued a new passport on 6 August 1963.) 13-00000 4 Nov 1963: 19 Dec 1963: 1 Jan 1964: 24 Jan 1964: El Paso Herald-Post article states that NAGELL told U.S. District Court that he did not attempt to hold up the bank. "I had a motive for doing what I did" ,NAGELL told Judge, "but my motive was not to hold up the bank. I do not intend to disclose my motive at this time." Subsequent to President's assassination, Subject claimed acquaintance with OSWALD and wife. Marina OSWALD on 1/18/65 disclaimed any knowledge of NAGELL. NAGELL furnished a signed statement: "... In September 1962, while I was in Mexico City,a representative of a foreign government proposed to me that I participate in an act; such act being a criminal offense and inimical to the best interest of the United States. At that time, I refused such proposal. In May 1963, another representative of the same foreign govern- ment made the same proposal to me. At that time, I agreed to such a proposal." "In September 1963, I was informed by an American, known to me as an Agent of the same foreign government, that arrangements for my participation in the aforementioned act were completed. At that time, I refused the aforesaid proposal. Approximately one week later,.. I was instructed by this same person to either participate as previously agreed or derrogatory information pertaining to me would be disclosed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. There- upon, I agreed to follow the instructions of this person, - although I did not intend to do so. This existing situation actuated my conduct of September .20, 1963, for which I was arrested and am presently charged. I did not actually attempt to rob any bank. I thought that my arrest would provide an immediate, though temporary, solution to the problem with which I was confronted. I am not guilty as charged." NAGELL arraigned in connection with indictment for bank robbery and was committed for 30 days for the purpose of psychiatric examination. 9 June 1964: Sentenced in U.S. District Court, El Paso, Texas to serve 10 years. 17 June 1964: NAGELL swallowed several sleeping pills while lodged at the El Paso Count Jail. -4- 13-00000 j4-1- 444, N7C), a LL sg,r7 ''' F'Fietiv"/ 111,YbetZ 6ciRTIT:fee Pc.p,a .soi h alrMA-o7r; I 13-00000 FORM 3-62 lINCLAS.SIFI ED n INTMAL USW1LY ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whom to whom. Draw a line across column after each comment.) 610 ustaggus 0 SECRET. El CONFIDENTIAL INTERN 13-9PPP0 _ I TO CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY - AT: ML JAMES LUDLUM 7,/(E INITIALS CIRCULATE COORDINATION 2 INITIALS FILE DATE INFORMATION 3 INITIALS NOTE AND RE1URN DATE PER CON - VERSATION 4 INITIALS SEE ME DATE SIGNATURE REMARKS � The attached is forwarded for your information since your Agency is mentioned by Nagel], the writer of the letter to Mr. Plant, Special Assistant, Office of UnderSecretary of the Army. Nagell was at one time in CIC. It seems that he may be mentally unbalanced. � Nagell's dossier is available in Security Divison, OACSI DA for your review if desired. Do NOT use this form as a RECORD of -epprovals, concurrences, disapprovals, clearances, and similar actions FROM Taro Y shil CI Div, OACSI DA DATE 14 Jun 70 . . PHONE x77017 OPTIONAL FORM 41 AL/GUST 1967 . GSA FPMR (41CFR) 100-11.206 ' 13-00000 Francis X. Plant Special Assistant Office', Under Secretary of the Avm2r. Roomi.E520,:The:Pentagon: . _ Washington,-D-.C. In further 'reference to my letter from Switzerland: During our, conver- sation of 6 April you made it clear that I must step back into tize and Prove the existence of a condition over ten years aso that could and should have been resolved by the Army then . . . a feat that is all the more complicated by the BC R's refusal to interview the appropriate witnesses, view certain pertinent records and to place the blame for my not receiving an adequate medical examination where it 'belongs. :I believe what you really meant to say .as that in my particular case (as opposed to others much less valid) the function of the Board to correct an injuatice does �not apply. --So if this asSumptiOn is fact, as I have every reason'.tO feel it is, then- :1r0.11- may .pass oA to the Secretary that before my case is closed the Army will be :confronted With.a_scandal. that .will .:make France's.DreYfuS affair seem inconse- qUentital by coMparison. -I-am-not quite the fool that apparently I have been 'taken-for. . P.S. 'EAclosed are aome:xprox .cOPieSjof:Several.docuMents which your .house-.. .cleaning office -might -find of interest. The originals, together with-. numerous other documents and the:details-about theMiare safely locked _ _ . away. 13-00000 deceptive. I had killed before and I had participated in homicide nd.er the auspices of both MI and the CIA (one instance being the part I played in the Fe uary 1958 abduction- interrogation-m=177'6f an FOI agent, a U.S. soldier, MSGT iu gan, from Crafton, Pa 'suspected . of havinc, defected in place to to Chinese), do � le gi.fru-7E-5�h-er.t--arr American variation of the Soviet "wet affair" was the only a tern tive, that it was either essential to some overall intelligence effort or in the best interests of our national security. And it was a similar-sounding argument, ultimately reduced to a 13-00000 " � ir " ie twj f .... 6' 'Le .de. 1:7 C. � L.-;itoel 0- � . . $�����ff.-writer . :earlier . tva-: hcilev...1 � ',Ai:. � yo.gertiay � - . _Communist ; hue:lige:tee. A ithOugh Ae711V Tt.lk paperi :�reported that tug.. it �-� � �. tvas. engaged � in unclercoye' irive5ligation of the 'flow of .cC,-;iitary..-policc-�lnveStfga7- military.- equipment Into. ..the". annOunced .1-hat ��,tZzey hands: Of .t he Chinese Commo. .t�Leii.z.p.'ainst� a � "stone walr nists.,-:- .� � clicues to the' r�cleati.:;ef TokYo,;)oilce officials, revealed �1 St. :T.:11-1thett I. Dugan. yesterday-and the U.S." ArtnY � _ Crofton. cOnfirmed�that they. have A. Tokyo ..� ponce official-. �c".nifi eci-�Army Iluthorities in-: the U.S.. � yesterday�-.::in. -cOnneetion- with to 1-.question Mrs.. Maud �Dugan. �: theCC in � order to J-.iu I poss.bi-1-� � _ "71'heti, � U....One...definite_ poszt-.Ii.ie.�� � � - � .. 'Why. th_z: Dugan 'was not rc:i..�-� . An Ar-::iy pc.ke 1an nt "Cncup. -7S generally icelicv,10.Zanta. ,Oici�� 2ria . Army - lat- but -may. �committed cithirters- at. Mtb de. � Me. had' � . � � - _ .��.� . ��� � been asked 2bv�-.L.p......-.4e ; �-� '*We�:.a:.� pursuing our invet- to contnet Mrs_ 1-mgari. tigntion' � into �PoSsihle tn'tzride. Stnite Of the que.-:tions which with tittnosc.: t�',Oroug.hit." � � Jtipanese:poliee wante.-1 put to ..'� u'llose. wife .hos re� Mrs. Dugan Wei:: licos...-;!(Meern- . -,-tur d in to �UntL,...d tng ii of the tiroin, � eN)V.S.t..,!.�*.':� 77:77! � r � � :ilia when� :he : . , Dugan Feb. 4 aS- ter leaving t. -.7.11-...-at a Tokyo. ., � hotel. . � � _� Su/Tor:hit!. � II.e theory. that Dtigan � hyve committed � " � '� Tokyo University I it it possible-1.- -- (Or n biniselfwater. .L.ing fuio.1 In - , � '..loni,�-�s� if ..the hoc.iY. is. in..i , an -o.dt..;;;;c�-.�7.3 stage of � lecn rnpos -An : authopsy '...-�����,�ealed� no woter in.�Pugan'S--.longs. - � .. Police.� -autht-f;ritic.,;- said !�the � .� � . . � � .�,_ � eattse :of ..!..!.:!..-n..1-cas not been .de- ..tertnined. not We are fairly sure .��� that- by.. not -die �of suffoca- �_ tion -�' " � -� . Whey: � Dugan_ said goodby to i hi wif. .on� indienrions � are that he :4enseit death was-1.-..; � near. Nyiten::he banded. Ite.t, an in- 1, surartc�' p.licv. .�saYing._ " I1, dont return.. you'll need "theSc." _��� � the Army spokts man said.. -clothing new" ha:, I�i'� Ibeen uncovered in :he case thus I I.. fluent.. :Chinese I. � land was. to matty � -conlact Chicte:-.(- ; - lin .......... ' � -7-7-777 ._� 13-00000 13-00000 ,e:. Teams 2-5 & 26, U.S. Army. Coordinat- ing Detachment .(US.kCRAFE (-817? A.U. ) Korea. 1956.-1957.. And 1. ATAID Operations sponso.red and directed by U.S. Military Intelligence. .., 0 ri f TT r.:11 rt riff ,11-1---.)io �1 u t_.1L �.�"\\ 1,�iii L PANMUNJOM; Korea- (API�The U.N..:Command,Sa , urday labeled-"5oran1etroNi a Communist' charge tha an armed raiding party from the Republic of Korea- brok -�� 'into- a North Korean village and killed- a farmer and kid 'nape& a teen-age 'boy. ,`��There is no evidence that --these. actions were done. � the-.11:iin:ir., llllllllllllllllll U.N.. Can.mand.�� U.S. Mai. Geo. Matthew: K. Deichelm:thn 14,111 Contia.ni.1 North. Korean mem- of Abe milifitry: roOstief . j Cla .con;.1 113,vel.mrit 111:16nraCtIlrell r(I1 � (T.'S; il�ok CotangititiNt ttoleg'at.e to th. emlIntis.44.a. denial:4.A trained .retarn u.f the VI-Ye:IV-Old. North to . y hoot; alsu Imittled V. N. �side a Ii-.t or it IIII b.�1.11 - 11:11.4 ..fr,!/11 limrea shwr ar ended thrve. year.: I �����-ti.-:1.1:s111 WI id the rieder aec.1.1. a oil %vold4 M ;�:1.1" wd. that it rt�'�:�' wt..:1-Itiit,wit :act itta:13. thlottAat.,1:: :�,�itid,t Hy- ..ii i'%:r..i,,:��.:111:initturtiott 1""'.� tsttll.11 t.i �(�srape the tau,: thoy ;lee(); !0 th� raa,, h... a N..dh .. Ow:. Iih o?���-fiez of A r11,1"� ����������!:1;1*. "I. I ��III II .���.' 00000 ( \EJ P./7, (,?:71 n . , 1 �- ; \ LI \A . U � iii I t ! .\\ : =.�,\ 1' ; � . , � 0 Li 0 L �' � . � The 1101i soldiers told their Iltc; Cornnyzni -s,a1E11:�r-. Command Military Arniist- story to the joint observer 'rice Coznraission discloses that. fled team witich conatts:ted on-the-spot Chinese troops create(' � a . shoot- inVestigations Sept.. 22 and 23 and ��,1 log incident at a 'moon festival .Inet again Titurs.day at Panmua- party with a l'...cpublie of I:oren jorti to complete the investiga- patrol ..-in Ic.orea's Demilitarized tions. Zone .Sept; � A tiNC:Iri r.unouncement saki tC . . INCIDENT took place � o o IIO1 soldier. was wounded about five miles not thwest of in the � shooting, ;and the Cent-: .N.umitwa on the cast central see- 1!' � ����ge one Chinese tor of the truce front. � r sorcIter was . The shooting started at l) I It said :testimony given by the uni-IY" between three Crzine�ie i; three' 'Rex soldiers �Involved in Communist �and three . I. the. Incident "has placed. resiion- troops pal:elf:4; Dentilitar!=.7-, sibility � (for the Incident) upon et! Zone. Originally the EDIT Communists.". An American sponsored and directed attempt to kidnap a Chinese soldier (Intelligence. Agent) during peacetime: 20 September 1956. meraing� festEval day. - The t.01,;: and Chc rattnist troops � sat ..tlown each -oPzer acrass the tion line -and -talked rizoon festival the. night sodlers. ChincSe produced �rome winc-aud. r lay aside their �t�iftea. more- friendly Attnoc.r,?..�;re, After - about an .hour's r.�,ation, the UNC-..s.rAC merit reported thel- soldirs wero invited. to 7,,oet. es saying:, tize.-..E.07..;:.pairf,1 �� rose atm iota. In 5 t`.79 leave ." when. a 'fourth �C::Ft-.. Cor��tMiit. seldier the tree.s..opcncci. fire on the 7 patrol and wounded one 'rho patrel annottneetnen:: snid, � t'llen� !IN r-hatoi Ciret1.1h;�::: c.kumnitaisla. a.-1 ho Quite -gi. stprSr,_behind ibis one, :since .one Of them was an . American officer. ',..--:,)P . . .. k . / -4. � �4 � )4 ;,- r ....,: / t..):)' i :�// ' ' .' 'i .' ir ,i -O. o - . 0 r...,, . � p :7 � 112 a 7.. ,.,_ ...._. .... � : r-� s-7�N '-' , � � �-�71 c .3 r� I r, ,.,.�,,.; r7 , ,.. , ,,_ .., .. iiiidi 'Jv - - � . - --i //�il -..�, ,.14.-.... ..!,. _ ::::::--- .N..,7&....- L L %;::: .Z._. !-., :s� a Li � S V.. ' - � ." '. � r,-."2 Rerra (UN( ) ltrAC)-- A, United Nations rem- . - 3 representative. Friday branded as "wholly ' withont foundation" Communist charges that .1 we mu; sto�.: i -under 1:::0 orders, had eroAsed , the military -demarcation lino into A:bream ter-I-R.01T on Apr. 27, 39s7, to perpetrate. "hos- . the nets:" � ! Co!. Jameit I. nysnn. � ceniitr member of 1-ho 1INt: ; COW the ten in t.lint no Inveslig:itinn, iii. Inrilietl his Ciiiitniutil.t "Cuittploto a 11,1 Cafettii exti or i���:., tilts rone:;1- sions , . y.-mr report tut: � : . UM- trO:ON �. t r,f1�I'litIg: to i; -t :::...:4:1g:111011 Of. 1 /10 -by it Commis- tea tu, :tiny 3. Aee..rdinn t. t a tO III it I s 114.1'Na:111V! ('IO's'f th. n,!Iii:iry 41.0iintreo- Linn lino fn tutlfo,flas - The RON soldiers 'snit-I tlt.�_t, Chinese- fired snore shot,: la brief Incident. �'. � %;s:TT the -C7orninunir,tk de.nit,,!.th:�.�:.: � a fourth -.(Thittr..Ftt- and c!ai: that one of the,. � three. soldiers v.-as krand unil svas -wounded. The MAC. annour,e�.'n'It'itt the' cornrannits pres'enz,:lel r one witness who:-," incident contiictcd sharpy - the � testiznr.)rlY.,:r.�ive-n-hy---the�-rt. cliers. The (.�hinese� diet a,: � . -y brought ft,nd , "Party.". ell- et 1,:�ay ev � �,-.� ht lit 1,4 . ease -Army and p,�n��; rate,t �t4 yank int,. .ritor:r on the nizItd in heCOr. helms .zap;e41 hy mnaist , Oro, of the ro�rr.-.na rested it itiif� t.:I�1 Or :1.� to � thy. s<,;;; Ii, Conintunis: nesses th.; (Ions of titn t sr pletely OX 1�1*R.S.S.'.t :A! ts... � "tit. the St ternt4.'� � 13-00000 Mr. Francis X. Plant Special Assistant . � pifiOe,-Unde.i7 Secretary of the Army:. Room 1E520, The Pentagon Washington, D.C. -20300 DEUTSCH a atiNDESPOST BERLIN f 13-00000 13-00000 CPT ROBERT C. NOLAN, ASN 01438346 = CPT RICHARD C. NAGELL ASN 02028346 *Team 26, Combined Command for Reconnaissance Activities Far East �(C-CRAFE): *ACRAFE *USACRAFE _ETD FOI CIC LIAISON SECTION ARMY COORDINATING DETACHMENT 13-00000 Mr. Francis X. Plant Special Assistant to the Under. Secretary of the'lirmy Root 3E520, The Pentagon Washington, D.C. 20310 13-00000 4) His name is perhaps identical with � a name among six names of Agency employees found on a mentally di.s. turbed and disaffected former GIG intelligence officel�who alleges contact with Russian and Cuban Intelligence agents. 13-00000 . 3. The name of John SLOSS may be identical with the name J. SLOSS found on the person of Richard Cans NAGELL when arrested in con- nection with a bank robbery in El Paso, 'I'exas� on 20 September 1963.- A notebook found on NAGELL =Ade reference to Fair Play for Cuba Conmdt tee, the addresses of Foreign Embassies, the names of purported CIA agents and other information. Although NAGELL is unquestionably ment- ally ntrlhalirif.ed, he tells a story of being involved in espionage which is not fully contradicted by evidence. There is no apparent expl3v,=t3on of why the name J. SLOSS as well as five other names of CIA personnel should have been in the possession of Richard Case NAGELL. The weird story of NAGELL is contained in a chronological listing of his activities appended to this mernoranchnn. .7'