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104-10104-1027 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F_ KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
JMWAVE COVER FAC L_ IY
NAME Ace Marine Survey , Inc _
OFFICE ADDRESS Room 214 , 2525 S . W . 3rd Street, Miami , Florida
MAILING ADDRESS P . 0 _ Box 1337 , Main Post Office, Miami, Florida
LOCATION Office of Attorney Norman S . Pallot
TYPE OF FACILITY: This is a Florida Corporation established by and
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under the control of JMWAVE and certified to do
business in Florida Ace Marine Survey = Inc _ was
formerly known as Ace Cartography Company a
corporation which had been certified to do business
in Florida on 11 July 1962 _ This Corporation was
amended on 4 November 1966 to its new name Ace
Marine Survey , Inc
The President of the Corporation is Alfred J
Moran of New Orleans Louisiana Mr Moran is a
very prominent businessman in the New Orleans
area He is head of Kalvar and has investments
in a variety of businesses which include many 0il
interests He is known to Headquarters represen-
tatives particularly in Logistics
OSTENSIBLE BUSINESS : Ace Marine Survey , Inc is engaged primarily
in marine research including the study of marine
life and testing of marine equipment However
its general provisions permit it to perform almost
any corporate function
) USE JMWAVE use of the Corporation is to provide cover
for a maritime vessel the M/V SONORA The Corpora-
tion provides status cover and payrolling of the
agents assigned to the M/V SONORA and the safe area
or berthing site from which the vessel operates in
the performance of its ostensible business
E FUNDING Method This account is funded through the [Bank
and Hall covert account at the First National
Bank of Miami by the following method : A check
in the total amount of the deposits is drawn on
this account _ A credit ticket is obtained by our
cleared contact from the cash vault_ This credit
ticket together with the appropriate deposit slips
for the various corporations is then turned over
to a teller where it is combined with a11 other
transactions which are processed by that particular
teller on the given business day Since the number
of transactions handled by a given teller may g0
as high as 250 to 300 there is slight chance of
the deposits being attributed to the particular
credit ticket which accompanied these deposits
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Overt Attribution or
Source ~[offshore Navigation
Company , 3503 Fern Street, New Orleans , Louisiana
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TAX STATUS This is a profit-making corporation and has met
F Federal and State requirements as follows:
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1) Corporation Federal Income Tax Returns
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2) Federal Withholding and Unemployment Taxes _
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3 ) Florida State Unemployment Tax
4) Florida Corporation Report and Tax Return _
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5) Florida Intangible Property Tax Return
G AGENT IDENTIFICATION: The Corporation wa s providing status cover
and payrolling for 10 Cubans as 0f 31 January
1967
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ASSESSMENT OF VULNERABILITY :
1 Maritime Branch Assessment dated 6 March 1967:
This cover company should be affected little by
a flap_ However because of the berthing location
within largely tourist or recreation areas, its
commercial activity has been noted
2 Cover Branch Assessment dated 6 March 1967:
A successor to Ace Cartography Company = Ace Marine
Survey Inc . is currently used in connection with
the leasing of a wa terfront berthing site for the
berthing of M/V SONORA which is registered under
this firm The firm
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provides cover and serves
as well as the vehicle for payrolling the agent crew .
Ace Marine Survey Inc _ is engaged in the field of
marine research including the study of marine life
as wel1 as the testing of marine equipment
In view of the current limited use of this cover,
the likelihood 0f exposure is considerably reduced _
However if such an exposure did occur, it is felt
that the damage to either WOFACT or the officers
f Ace Marine Survey Inc _ would be of no great
import The major likely injury that would be
sustained would be the denial 0f further use of the
berthing site and the need for re-naming/re-register-
ing the M/V SONORA
In order to add depth and lend further substance
to the cover story the officers of a legitimate_
firm,[Offshore Navigation Company , New Orleans _
Louisiana which is engaged in marine research and
off-shore 0il exploration activities_ have agreed
to backstop the activities of Ace Marine Survey , Inc
and to recognize the latter firm as a client
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28 Ceres Enterprises
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Inc .
Suite 1409 Biscayne Building , 19 West Flagler Street, 29
Miami, Florida 33101
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#RESS P . 0 . Box 5045 , Main Post Office, Miami, Fla = 33101
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Office of Attorneys George E Brown and Thomas B. Duff
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{CILITY: This corporation was established in Florida and
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certified to do business on 10 March 1964 _ It was
established by and is under the control of JMWAVE_ 33
The President of this corporation is Mr Richard W _ 34
Freeman , who is the retired Chairman of the Board
of Delta Airlines He is also the principal owner 35
of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company in New Orleans_
In addition he has many other varied interests
including investments in 0il ventures He is ex-
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tremely prominent in the New Orleans civic and
social structure 37
BUS INESS : This corporation was established ostensibly to
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maintain and operate boats for a11 types of marine
research 39
This corporation provided cover for maritime
vessels the M/V BARB and the M/V JADE , and served
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as the status and payroll mechanism for the agents
employed by this corporation_
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Method This account is funded through the (Bank
and Ha 11 covert account at The First National
Bank of Miami] by the following method: A check 13
in the total amount of the deposits is drawn on
this account_ A credit ticket is obtained by our
cleared contact from the cash vault_ This credit 18
ticket together with the appropriate deposit slips 157
for the various corporations is then turned over
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to a teller, where it is combined with a11 other
16; transactions which are processed by that particular 20
teller on the given business Since the number
of transactions handled by a given teller may g0 21
as high as 250 to 300 there is slight chance of
the deposits being attributed to the particular 22 X credit ticket which accompanied these deposits
Overt Attribution or Source LPeterman Peterman 23
Associates P_ 0 _ Box 8103 , Main Post Office, Chicago, Iilinois]
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STATUS This is a corporation for profit_ It has met
federal and state tax requirements as follows: 29
1) Corporation Federal Income Tax Return
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2 ) Federal Withholding and Unemployment Taxes
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3 ) Florida State Unemployment Taxes
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4) Florida Corporation Report and Tax Return
5) Florida Intangible Property Tax Return 33
JGENT IDENTIFICATION : None at this time 34
ISSESSMENT OF VULNERABILITY : 35
1 Maritime Branch Assessment dated 6 March 1967 The cover 36
mechanism established by the Ceres Enterprises, Inc _ was very
secure during the period of its operation and remained So
until the loss of one of its agents who was captured in Cuba
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This made it necessary to terminate the activities of this '6
corporation and transfer its activities to another entity _
This was accomplished without any unusual events or
public exposure If any should occur at this late date , the
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damage would be minimal
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2 _ Cover Branch Assessment dated 6 March 1967 This corporation
is currently inactive and will become legally dormant after
three years It was placed in this status due to an operational
flap which could have exposed the corporation_ The last active
tax return was filed at the tax year ending March 31 1966 _
additional tax return will be filed for the past tax year
which will indicate no financial transactions
Its assets and activities were transferred to other JMWAVE 18
entities This corporation was established to provide cover
for a Maritime Branch vessel and status and payroll cover for 19
the agents assigned to it The corporation is inactive and
will be allowed to remain So It was placed in this status 20 due to a flap wherein an agent was captured in Cuba who had
knowledge of this vessel and its ownership_ There was no
public exposure in the Miami area However, because of the
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past incident the corporation should not be used in the future
under its current name While in use the corporation served 22
very satisfactorily for the purpose for which it was established _
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