</s>104-10515-10039 APPROVED FOR RELEASE 1994 CAN HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM SECRET JFK ACT 14 JAN 1989 RELEASE MEMORANDUM FOR: Director Federal Bureau of Investigation Federal Mr. S. J. Pacheh SUBJECT : GARRISON and the Kennedy Assassination: Bernard FENSTENBERG at etal as follows: 1. A. Washington UPI dispatch of 3 January 1969 reade Washington - New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison is one of seven board members of a new Washington VA. Committee to investigate assassination which is being formed here. Bernard Fenaward, 47, of Arlington, VA. Another board member, said the committee's purpose is "to "have embarrass or force of the government to make investigations they have or putting off the date of since 1964." That was the date he left the Senate earlier this week after In was the last date of President Kennedy assassination. Festerwald, who said he was setting up in an office which would open a week, he left his senate earlier this Week after 12 years a counsel for several committees. The committee will concentrate on the three beat known associations - President Kennedy, Senator Robert Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and President Kennedy. and Dr Martin Luther king Jr. were serious deaths, as he said. "Our position is there was a conspiracy in Dallas, here were strong (pointpoint) in a conspiracy to Memphis where Dr. King was shot and nobody really knows much about what were on Los Angeles (were Senator Kennedy was slain) but we intend to look." SECRET

Summary  
The text details a 1969 memorandum concerning Bernard Fensterwald (also referred to as Bernard Fensternberg) and his involvement with a committee formed by New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The committee, based in Washington, D.C., includes members such as William Turner, Fred J. Cooke, Richard Sprague, and Paris Flemmard. Fensterwald, a former Senate counsel, stated the committee’s purpose was to investigate alleged conspiracies surrounding JFK’s assassination (1963), Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination (1968), and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination (1968). The committee aimed to uncover private financial support for its investigation and focus on three key figures: JFK, RFK, and MLK.  

The document also references a book titled *Kennedy Constancy* by Paris Flemmard, published in 1969 by Meredith. It notes that the author’s identity is unclear but mentions a reference to Blanche Fensterwald (also known as M.R.E. Beaumont) from an August 1956 FBI inquiry. Additionally, it includes a request for information on William WOOD Jr., alias William Boxley, who made telephone calls in December 1966 and was linked to a New Orleans newspaper article about Dallas. The text references a 1966 Houston office tape (HOU-20-2009) and mentions William Clarence Wood Sr., a banker in Lubbock, Texas, as the father of WOOD Jr.  

Key People  
- Bernard Fensterwald (also referred to as Bernard Fensternberg)  
- Jim Garrison (New Orleans District Attorney)  
- William Turner  
- Fred J. Cooke  
- Richard Sprague  
- Paris Flemmard  
- Blanche Fensterwald (also known as M.R.E. Beaumont)  
- William WOOD Jr. (alias William Boxley)  
- William Clarence Wood Sr.  

Key Locations  
- Washington, D.C.  
- New Orleans  
- Dallas  
- Houston  
- Lubbock, Texas  

Key Events  
- Formation of a committee by Jim Garrison to investigate JFK’s assassination and related events (1963, 1968).  
- Mention of private financial support for the investigation.  
- Reference to William WOOD Jr.’s telephone calls in December 1966.  
- Connection between WOOD Jr. and a New Orleans newspaper article about Dallas.  
- Publication of *Kennedy Constancy* by Paris Flemmard (1969).  

Key Organizations  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Domestic Contact Service (DCS)  
- Houston Tribune Publishing Company  
- CIA (implied through references to "CIA LAY" and "Donovan E. Pratt")

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