</s>104-10104-10433 - CGC 69-0068- UNCLASSIFIED CON F IAL SECRET E.LILY ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET SUBJECT: (Optional) SUBECT: NO. DONovan E. Pratt EXTENSION DATE DO/C/CI/R/A 1991 13 January 1969 TO: (Officer designation, room number, and DATE building) OFFICER'S COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whom RECEIVED INITIALS to whom. Draw a line across column after each comment.) 1. Office of General Counsel FORWARDED 2. 7D01 2. OGG SUBJECT: KENNEDY ASSASSINATION GARRISON 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. FORWARD FOR RELEASE 1003 9. 10. JFK ACT 11. RELEASE 12. 13. 14. 15. FORM 610 USE PREVIOUS SECRET CONFIDENTIAL INTERNAL USE ONLY UNCLASSIFIED 3-62 EDITIONS

**John F. Kennedy**

* Assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas
* Investigation ongoing since his death

**Bernard Fensterwald and the New National Committee to Investigate Assassinations**

* Formed a new national committee to investigate assassinations, with Jim Garrison as one of seven board members
* Purpose is to "embarrass or force the government to make investigations they have been putting off" since Kennedy's assassination
* Will concentrate on three best-known assassinations: President Kennedy, Senator Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King

**Committee Members**

* Bernard Fensterwald (47), Arlington, VA - setting up an office to investigate assassinations
* Bill Turner, San Francisco - former FBI agent
* Richard Sprague, Hartedale, NY - computer expert
* Fred J. Cook, Englewood, NJ - author
* Lloyd Tupling - associated with the Sierra Club
* Paris Flammond, New York writer - has a book out on assassinations

**Investigations and Evidence**

* Committee hopes to find private financial support to hire a professional staff for its investigations
* Will investigate strong footprints of conspiracy in Dallas (Kennedy's assassination), Memphis (Martin Luther King's assassination), and Los Angeles (Senator Robert Kennedy's assassination)
* Reference made to a Washington UPI dispatch of January 3, 1969

**Connections to JFK, the Assassination, or Related Investigations**

* Committee will investigate three best-known assassinations: President Kennedy, Senator Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King
* Will leave its options open on some other rather mysterious deaths
* Investigation ongoing since November 22, 1963 (Kennedy's assassination)

**Dates and Locations**

* November 22, 1963 - John F. Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, Texas
* January 3, 1969 - Washington UPI dispatch mentions the formation of a new national committee to investigate assassinations
* January 1969 - Paris Flammond's book on assassinations published by Meredith Press

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