</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 DONovanE. Pratt 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. FEWING 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

Summary:  
A UPI dispatch from January 3, 1969, reports on a national committee formed by New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison and Bernard Fensterwald to investigate assassinations, including those of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr. The committee aims to address alleged government inaction regarding conspiracies surrounding these deaths. Fensterwald notes potential conspiracies in Dallas (Kennedy), Memphis (King), and Los Angeles (RFK). Other board members include William Turner (former FBI agent), Richard Sprague (computer expert), Fred J. Cook (author), Lloyd Tupling (Sierra Club associate), and Paris Flammond (writer). Fensterwald mentions Flammond’s book *The Kennedy Conspiracy* published by Meredith Press. The CIA requests confirmation if Blanche Fonterwald (linked to Bernard Fensterfeld) is the same as the 47-year-old Bernard Fensterwald cited in the report. Records note Sprague’s claim about three men being pulled from freight cars near Deally Plaza shortly after Kennedy’s assassination, but no further details on Sprague or Tupling are available.  

Key People:  
- Jim Garrison (New Orleans District Attorney)  
- Bernard Fensterwald (committee member)  
- William Turner (former FBI agent)  
- Richard Sprague (computer expert)  
- Fred J. Cook (author)  
- Lloyd Tupling (Sierra Club associate)  
- Paris Flammond (writer, author of *The Kennedy Conspiracy*)  
- Blanche Fonterwald (linked to Bernard Fensterfeld)  

Key Locations:  
- Dallas (Kennedy assassination)  
- Memphis (King assassination)  
- Los Angeles (RFK assassination)  
- New York (Flammond’s book publication, Meredith Press)  
- Deally Plaza (Sprague’s alleged railroad yard claim)  

Key Events:  
- Formation of the national assassination investigation committee (January 1969)  
- Fensterwald’s focus on conspiracies in Dallas, Memphis, and Los Angeles  
- Flammond’s book *The Kennedy Conspiracy* publication  
- Sprague’s 1968 article alleging men were removed from freight cars near Deally Plaza post-Kennedy assassination  
- CIA request to verify identity of Blanche Fonterwald with Bernard Fensterwald  

Key Organizations:  
- New Orleans District Attorney’s office  
- National assassination investigation committee (unspecified)  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)  
- Meredith Press (publisher of Flammond’s book)  
- Sierra Club (Tupling’s association)

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