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27 November 1962
Subject: Reported Use of Yacht Potomac by Alphe 66
1. On"/20:Nov 62 LAFO received an unbollclted telephone cell OII tna
lgted telephone number . The caller wanted to advise thet there Tas reportedly
In the herbor et Long Peach 8 veggel, formerly used by the late Tacodorc
Foosevelt called the Potomac Trlg vecgel, accordng to the Inforjant wes
used by the Alpha 66 organizatlon: She wes believed teking On 0 corgc
of wcepons crated es Argentine beef , nd destined to leave soon for Seattle _
Fe added that e Weg Devls hed Jubt 810ned on 05 en engincer and there was
another charecter nemed Cliff Roberts on boerd. Both were descr_bed 1s bcerded
adventurers
2 The caller refused to {dentify himgelf, clalming that ke did not
kow whether contect with the Agoncy would be epproved by his employer, and
further Zid not know whether or not the tion valid or Ico57
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3. In response to.e cell to the Intelligence Officer
~cG ,
1t We6 lcerred
that ther 1s a vessel, the Potouac formerly One of the 155 USCG cutters
For sOme time it had been used by the late F D, Roosevelt e6 the presidentiel
yecht_ Later It had been , dIsposed of to the Maryland (State Fish and Game
Comnission,. end more recently 1t hed been acguired by the Hydra-Capital, inc,
410 West Coast Highwey Newport Beech, Cellfornie (OR 5-1549)_
4; USCG ' adviged further that en Investlgator 'for the Los Angeles County
Progecutor D. L, sheeler hed accepted an a881gment (taking leeve of' absence
to do' 80 ) to bring the Potomac' ffrom the Berbedob to Californie. The plan,
supposedly wes to; make her e. floating mubeum Of some sort On his arrival
in Berbados Wheeler 18 reported to have found the creft in foul shape with
only 8 , sIngle engine, operettve Ee ' refuged the job end returned to Loj Angeles _
The craft later however d1d turn; Up In' Sen Diego In October and wes leter
obberved tledgup In;Cerrito8 Channel; Los' Angelee herbor erea; and gubseguently ,
'Bhe was moved beck toSan Diego; wbere It.18 pregently In 8 shlpyerd = She
hes_ s1nce been painted,rend appeers to be undergolng_ modifi
ber hull; us Det %
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The
unldentieies
inforoan (peregrephs 1 and 2), subsequently identified
8s Abat US Attornel 8i113Spier wes re-contacted by telephone It Wes
Buggeeted to him ,thet " In the event_ any' more Informatlon concerning the Potomac
and the llkellhood YOf her; u8e In,eny foreig; ty cere his Wey , Ve would
epprecLete enother " call_ On 'thls occael
Sicyerf
volunteered the staterent;
thet It wes hi8,understanding that the ClIff Roberts he hed referred to pre-
vlously bed come. from Barbedos with the vebsel This wesl 8pivak'd]first
reference 'to Barbados
6, The ebove . 18 for: your information Only_ The sketchiness Of the tateriel
pregented LAFO a9 well &8 the clrcumbtances of' its ortgin militate azeinst ft6
credIbility. Ab 0. conbeguence no follow-up 18 enticipatea unless reguested _
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