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104-10069-10077 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (11/27/1962)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch70682 and id is 1 raw text is: 1100O69-0077 2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 b . , p . .. .. fi 94,,. 1''' *'r t 1 lb t 44,' 2Nvb 7 27 November 1962 Subject: Reported Use of Yacht Potomac by Alpha 66 1. On 20 Nov 62 LAFO received an unsolicited telephone call on tha listed telephone number. The caller wanted to advise that there was reportedly in the harbor at Long Beach a vessel., formerly used by the late Theodore Roosevelt, called the Potomac. This vessel, according to the inforsmant, was being used by the Alpha 66 organization. She was believed taking on a cargc of weapons crated as Argentine beef, and destined to leave soon for Leattle. He added that a Wes Davis had just siLned on as an engineer, and there was another character named Cliff Roberts on board. Both were described as b~earded adventurers. 2. The caller refused to identify himself, claiming that he did not know whether contact with the Agency would be approved by his employer, and further rid not know whether or not the infor tion as valid or of nte--t. 3. In response to a call to the Intelligence Officer, LJC t w lc.tnc- that ther is a vessel, the Potomac, formerly one of the 155' USCG cutters. For some time it had been used by the late F. D. Roosevelt as the presidential yacht. Later it had been disposed of to the Maryland (State) Fish and Game Commission,. and more recently it had been acquired by the Hydra-Capital, Inc., 410 West Coast Highway, Newport Beach, California (OR 5-15.49). 4. USCG advised further that.an investigator for the Los Angeles County Prosecutor, D. L. Wheeler, had accepted. an assignment (taking leave of absence to do so) to bring the Potomac from the Barbados to California. The plan, 'supposedly, was to make her a floating museum of some sort. On his arrival in Barbados, Wheeler is reported to have found the craft in foul shape, with only a single engine operative. He refused the job and returned to Los Angeles. The craft later, however, did turn up in San Diego in October and was later observed tied up in Cerritos Channel; Los Angeles harbor area; and subsequently, she was moved back .to San Diego, where it is presently in a shipyard. She ( has since been painted, and appears to be undergoing so modific i n to wz , her hull. . / , (0 C .The uniden nr: (paragraphs 1 and 2), subsequently identified as Asst. US Attorn was re-contacted by telephone. It was .. suggested to him tha in ;e even any more information concerning the Potomac Sanid the likelihood of her use in any foreign actil.ty came his way, we would appreciate another call.. On this occasion volunteered the statement that it was his .understanding that the Cli s he h referred to pr'e- viously had come from Barbados with the vessely)SThis wa first reference to Barbados. (I- 6. The above is for your information only. The sketchiness of the material presented LAFO as well as the circumstances of its origin militate against its credibility. As a consequence, no follow-up is anticipated unless requested. end 7 and u . Ecuun !V t ai TI ...~ i i f

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