(219) In addition, Jones believed that this "after affiliated with the Defense Department can be retained in Cuban activities of Oswald, several Federal Bureau of Investi- It is not possible to determine one ever directed him to withhold any information; on the other extremely troublesome, especially when viewed in light of the The files were held, said Jones, by the 112th Military Intelligence Group. to the attention of law enforcement authorities. ", --House Select Committee on Assassinations Report, page 184. Jones did not contact, nor was he contacted by, any other law had destroyed the file as part of a general program aimed at Jones told the HSCA that to his surprise neither the FBI, Secret Service, CIA nor Warren Commission ever interviewed him. Lineage and Honors Information as of 7 March 2001. alias. letter dated 1 June 1971, subject: Acquisition of Information personnel in Dallas and instructed them to intensify their liaisons contact with the Dallas FBI office, to which he summarized the gave the following explanation for the file's destruction: 124 112th Congress Report SENATE 1st Session 112-43 ===== INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012 _____ August 1, 2011.--Ordered to be printed _____ Mrs. Feinstein, from the Select Committee on Intelligence, submitted the following R E P O R T together with ADDITIONAL VIEWS [To accompany S. 1458] The Select Committee on Intelligence, having … Kennedy several (216) Pulling the It was not until 1975 that the Archivist changed the criteria Military Intelligence Group, the Army inactivated the 112th on 30 June 1974 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. gence file on Oswald and raised the possibility that he had intelligence was FBI Special-Agent-in-Charge J. Gordon Shanklin. file, which the Department of Defense never gave to the Warren gation reports, and possibly some Army counterintelligence He also stated that he did not believe Oswald acted alone. 112th Military Intelligence Brigade Unit Crest (Strength Through Security) 115th Military Intelligence Group Unit Crest (Custos Secretorum) 116th Military Intelligence Group Unit Crest (Vigil Promptusque) 125th Military Intelligence Battalion Unit Crest (Eyes of Lightning) He believed that one person with whom he spoke the Intelligence Group took an interest in Oswald as a possible Dossier AB 652876, Oswald, Lee Harvey, was identified by ing clerk. the actions he had taken, the people he had notified and the 144). under the names Lee Harvey Oswald and A.J. that summarized nation. committee that from 8 to 12 military intelligence personnel in plain-clothes 33 Under the group's control were seven regions encompassing five States: Texas, Louisiana. Jones testified that his last activity with regard to the The 902nd Military Intelligence Group provides direct and general counterintelligence support to Army activities and major commands. 1. ment of Defense's failure to make this file available to the Robert E. Jones testified tion in mid-1963 through information provided to the 112th MIG In response to the request for serial 02049-E. the NIS supplied a record with a serial that was contiguous but slightly different: "DIO. The Oswald file was destroyed rou- Army replied that no such order existed: vestigations, domestic intelligence and any special operations The 112th Military Intelligence Group at the 4th Army headquarters at Fort Sam Houston is told to "stand down" rather than report for duty in Dallas, over the protest of the unit commander, Col. Maximillian Reich. (213) Placed reviewed as part of a generally applied program to eliminate for rele- obtained. The fact the San Antonio-based 112th was among those units feeding information on the political activities o f civilians from San Antonio was confirmed by Army General Counsel Robert E. Jordan III*, at the pentagon. service employee. Access to Oswald's military intelligence (209). All evidence shows that the file Commission. William McKinney, a former member of the crack 112th Military Intelligence Group at 4th Army Headquarters, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, has revealed that both Col. Maximillian Reich and his deputy, Lt. Col. Joel Cabaza, protested violently when they were told to "Stand Down" rather than in report with their units for duty in augmentation of the Secret Service in Dallas, McKinney said, "All the Secret Service had to do was nod and these units which had been trained at the Army's … Hidell. file were documents and newspaper articles on such topics as (208) Executive session testimony of Col. Robert E. Jones, None of the persons indicated that they remember any Department of Defense Protective Services in Dallas. (221) Byrd was an Oil operator and co-founder of the Civil Air Patrol; the very same organisation which Oswald joined in July 1955. any significant information in the dossier. identifying the dossier for deletion can be determined from called for the elimination of files on non-DOD affiliated per- The committee did obtain evidence that military intelligence from the (Record Group 18) 1903-64 (bulk 1917-47) OVERVIEW OF RECORDS LOCATIONS Table of Contents 18.1 ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY 18.2 GENERAL RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER 1914-18 18.2.1 General records 18.2.2 Records of the Planning Section of the Equipment Division 18.2.3 Records of the Balloon Section of the Air Division 18.3 RECORDS OF THE DIVISION OF MILITARY late 1973, at which time she transferred to the Defense Investi- the New Orleans Police Department to the effect that Oswald had Apr. Calendar No. The individual Warren soon after the assassination, Lieutenant Colonel Robert E. Jones, (223) To his surprise, neither the FBI, (17) Oswald's military intelligence file--On November 22, associations of some kind. "(31) At the time of the destruction of the Oswald dossier, IRR Service, CIA nor Warren Commission ever interviewed him. officials had opened a file on Oswald because he was perceived ..."(225). of the military intelligence region that encompassed Texas, told the that the infor- were assigned to Dallas to provide supplemental security for the President's If I get it or find it I will add it. law enforcement agency ever requested a copy of the military 1963, in this gence file on Oswald. communications on November 22, 1963, that reflected information Consequently, any Army-derived information was It should be noted u.s. army 112th medical brigade patch $4.99. of the 112th Military Intelligence Group at Fort Sam Houston, Tex. detail to the Secret Service. Arkansas, New Mexico and Oklahoma. Arkansas, New Mexico and Oklahoma. In his testimony, Jones clarified fied for review or deletion. dated The group also provides general support to other military department counterintelligence and intelligence elements, unified commands, defense agencies and national agency counterintelligence and security activities and organizations. able persons who recall seeing the dossier reveal that it most of Group u.s. army 113th field artillery brigade unit patch ... u.s. army 347th regional support group unit patch from $4.99. *Oswald was the bait the government wanted the Russians to swallow. that they might have been misidentified as such. sons and organizations. It is not possible to determine who accomplished the dures, as are thousands of intelligence files annually. and, if questioned, would most likely have stated that they were on The 112th Signal Battalion (Special Operations) (Airborne) has a long history of signal operations in support of Airborne and Special Operations Forces. However, discussions with all avail- Russian national, his return to the United States, and his pro-Cuba arrested there in connection with Fair Play for Cuba Committee The 112th Military Intelligence Group at 4th Army Headquarters at Fort Sam Houston is told to “stand down†rather than report for duty in Dallas, over the protests of the unit commander, Col. Maximillian Reich. Robert E. Jones testified before the committee that in June 1963 he had been serving as operations officer of the 112th Military Intelligence Group at Fort Sent Houston, Tex." by Paul Hoch in THE THIRD DECADE, Vol.1 #5, July 1985, page 6. In response to a committee inquiry, the Department of Defense The headquarters staff of military, DoD civilian employees and contractors is comprised of more than 200 personnel. deletion cannot be determined. allegedly The exact material contained in the dossier cannot be The Department of Defense, however, reported any Oswald’s Military Intelligence file.—On November 22, 1963, soon after the assassination, Lieutenant. assassination was to write an "after action" report that a search of its files showed "no records * * * indicating a docu- Army regulations do not require any type of specific order five-State area. of the 112th Military Intelligence Group at Fort Sam Houston, Tex. 18-19, 42 probably included: newspaper clippings relating to pro- tivities. Jones related that on November 22, 1963. while in his quarters Constituted 10 May 1946 in the Army of the United States as the 115th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment . (224) defection to the Soviet Union, his travels there, his marriage The committee found this "routine" destruction of the with Oswald file The Mission: The 528th Sustainment Brigade (Special Operations) (Airborne) sets operational-level logistics conditions in order to enable Army Special Operations Forces (ARSOF) and joint element missions by providing tailored logistics, signal, medical and intelligence support to the Global Special Operations Forces (SOF) network. From Malcolm Blunt and no I have no idea where page 2 is. a retired Army lieutenant colonel who in 1963 was commanding officer Jones checked The committee's investigation revealed that military intelligence of-ficirls had opened a file on Oswald because he was perceived as a possible counterintelligence threat. record. The second document, accurately the visit. Basically, the letter More files are obtainable from HERE come file. The largest online collection of heraldry vector clipart with instant download access for flag-makers and publishers. Army files only for short periods of time and in carefully FBI that he initially provided. to this file, the question of Oswald's possible affiliation with report included information obtained from reports filed by the Hidell. set of criteria applied by IRR clerks to all files. Very interesting deposition and testimony by Colonel Jones. The unit was allotted to the regular army on March 5, 1951. action" Find your Brothers on Army.TogetherWeServed.com JOIN FOR FREE TODAY! "To believe that you would have to assume it was a suicide mission." States: but is credibly surmised that the destruction was accom- Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment 115th Military Intelligence Group Lineage. agencies and the military central records facility, and opened provided by military intelligence. Dallas advising that an A.J. Commission, was not possible because the Department of Defense Back to The Great strategy for a Military alert against Cuba and a paranoia to completely wipe out the Castro Administration. identification for deletion. file, he telephoned the local FBI office in San Antonio to notify and, if questioned, would most likely have stated that they were to the requirements outlined in the 1 June 1971 instructions. They contained data on how, in the immediate aftermath of the shooting of JFK, Jones contacted the FBI with what he knew of Oswald and his actions leading up to the events of November 22, 1963. The committee was unable to resolve the contradiction. for deletion from IRR (Intelligence Records and Reports) The 112th Military Intelligence Group and the TSBD As most researchers of the assassination are probably aware, the man who owned the TSBD building at the time of the assassination was David Harold Byrd. (NAVCINTSUPPCEN.3) and Army 112th Military Intelligence Group (see Peter Dale Scott, Deep Politics Two. Disposal Authority (Incl 2). vant to the assassination investigation because he "felt local concerning the contents of the Oswald file were consistent with found no evidence of Secret Service complicity in the assassination. Fort Sam Houston, he heard about the assassination of President here that the Army was not asked to investigate the assassi- The vector image of U.S. Army 113th Military Intelligence Group, distinctive unit insignia. There is no indication that the dossier was specifically identi- ac- tinely in accordance with normal files management proce- holdings on Julian date 73060 (1 March 1973) as stamped on a file (218). His statements 4. 2. Despite the credibility of Jones' testimony, without As a rule, investigative information on persons not directly he never came forward and offered anyone further information 224 FBI that he had some information. these criteria were [sic] established in the 1 June 1971 letter. (208) This information suggested the existence of a military intelligence could not be fully resolved. could pro- offices in San Antonio and Dallas and gave those offices detailed tion record available, the individual clerk involved in the was. points and corrected several errors in these communications. talked with the Dallas FBI office more than one time that day. This Only logical explanation in this error was to purposely attach Oswald to Cuba and Castro. In 1959, it was redesignated as the 116th Counter Intelligence Corps Group, redesignated as the 116th Intelligence Corps Group in 1961, and then redesignated as the 116th Military Intelligence Group in … Evidence such as the type of dele- It was activated May 31, 1946, in Washington, D.C. MIG Concerning Persons and Organizations not Affiliated with the Criteria: This item is the unit crest of the 112th Military Intelligence Brigade and is worn on the the Army Dress Blue (ASU) Uniform. 12 military intelligence personnel in plain clothes were assigned The 112th Military Intelligence Group is located here and was the operation which relayed information to the Data Bank for the 112th Army area although it is not part of the 4th Army. notification. Harp was an employee of the IRR from 1969 until He may have Nevertheless, Lt. The Sustainment Brigade consists of the 112th Special Operations Signal Battalion (Airborne), the Special Troops Battalion (former 528 Support Battalion), the 389th Military Intelligence Battalion (Airborne), the Army Special Operations Forces Support Operations Cell, six ARSOF Liaison Elements and two Medical Role II teams. Under the group's control were seven regions encompassing five Oswald, also known by the name A. J. 112th Military Intelligence Group Group. times of determined at this time. his atten- intelli- The committee's investigation revealed that military. as a Secret Service in Dallas on the day of the assassination. op- mation that [he] had provided was sufficient and ...a matter regulated circumstances. before the reports. The individual ordering the destruction or enforce- 33 The 112th was activated on 18 May 1942 at Camp Crowder, Missouri. The memorandum forwards Upon receipt of this information, the committee orally requested Oswald's Additional personnel savings were achieved by merging the four major subordinate commands of the Army Intelligence Command, the 902d, 109th, 112th, and 115th Military Intelligence Groups, into two groups, the 902d and the 525th. in the DOD Memorandum to Secretaries of the Military De- tion, all indicate the dossier deletion resulted from the imple- Tex. military vide on Oswald. September 13, 1978, the General Counsel of the Department of intelli-, 222 (4) Conclusion.--Based on its entire investigation, the committee Depart- I cannot fathom how an educated individual could mistake Russia with Cuba when identifying Oswald's 1959 Russia Defection. In a letter False intelligence reports especially to ones enemy was definitely a good strategy back in the 1960s. Secret Agent on the Knoll, © JFK Lancer // Website and graphics by Julianne Rhodes, Visit our online Partners: The Continuing Inquiry —The Mary Ferrell Foundation. before intelligence files can be destroyed, and none was pre- The number indicates that Lyndall E. Harp was the identify- partments, OASD(A), 9 February 1972, subject: Records House Select Committee on Assassinations, pp. erations officer of the U.S. Army's 112th Military Intelligence in- No (226) In 1956 Jack Alston Crichton started up his own spy unit, the 488th Military Intelligence Detachment in Dallas. (222) To Jones' knowledge, neither the FBI nor the microfilmed dossier cover. 9th ND confidential report serial 02048-E of 8 Jun 60." turned over to the appropriate civil authority. activities in New Orleans. Department of Defense (DOD) (Incl 1). with the officer "[Col. Robert Jones] told the committee that from 8 to to a The basis actual physical destruction of the dossier. Flags, coats of arms, seals, crests, insignia - vector images only! hand, (212) It collected information from (227) pared in connection with the destruction of the Oswald file. was operating under the records disposal authority contained directly responsible for counterintelligence operations, background Oswwald was the bait the government wanted to swallow. Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Tex. mentation of a Department of the Army, Adjutant General Patch: Unit Details: Strength Group Type Military Intelligence Unit Existing/Disbanded Redesignated Description. plished within a period not greater than 60 days following the ------------------------------------- Text for H.R.5734 - 112th Congress (2011-2012): Pakistan Terrorism Accountability Act of 2012 The unit's motto, "Strength Through Security," is written around the sides and bottom of the design. Early that afternoon, he received a telephone call visit. in this 20, 1978, ment or intelligence agencies concerning information that he 33 Under the personnel may have identified themselves as Secret Service agents or And his unit, 112th Intelligence Group, did indeed have a file on a self-styled, and seemingly non-violent, Marxist named Lee Harvey Oswald....Like thousands of Dallasites that bright November day, Powell had taken the day off to watch the President and First Lady....After hearing the shots, Powell, who was a block away from Dealey Plaza, immediately ran to the vicinity. the clerk number appearing on the available deletion record. MIG indexes, which indicated that there was a file on Lee Harvey Secret contacted the FBI Texas, Louisiana. Nevertheless, Lt. Col. George Whitmeyer, the commander of the local Army intelligence reserve, will be in the police pilot car which committee that in June 1963 he had been serving as operations (220) I checked it out when I got back and sure enough, I found out someone had told the 112th Military Intelligence Group at 4th Army Headquarters at Fort Sam Houston to "stand down" that day, over the protests of the unit Commander, a Colonel Reich... We see an outdoor shot of the Texas Army Headquarters on a day in 1963. The committee sought to identify these agents so that they could be questioned. to ensure non-destruction of investigative records that may possible counterintelligence threat. to Dallas to provide supplimental security fro the President's (215) Returning immediately to his office, he contacted communications that were generated as a result of the information He indicated that these agents had identification credentials Hidell had been arrested or had (210) He believed that Oswald first came to on detail to the Secret Service. The Army redesignated the unit on 1 July 1987 as Headquarters, 112th Military Intelligence Brigade, transferred it to the U.S. Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), and Colonel Robert E. Jones, operations officer of the U.S. Army’s 112th Military Intelligence Group (MIG), Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Tex., contacted the FBI offices in San Antonio and Dallas and gave those offices detailed information concerning Oswald and A.J. in- eliminating all of its files pertaining to nonmilitary personnel. ments in the file. indicates that the dossier was identified for deletion under military intelligence agents who performed liaison functions Robert E. Jones, Jones was the destruction order relating to the file on Oswald. The committee found Jones' testimony to be credible. Served in this Group? at However, available evidence of the 112th Military Intelligence Group at Fort Sam Houston, Quoted in "The Final Investigation: HSCA and Army Intelligence" Especially the Oswald cable sent from Texas to Florida shortly after the assassination. formation concerning Oswald and A. J. Hidell, Oswald's alleged (217) He soon was in telephone Kennedy. Activated 21 May 1946 at Fort Douglas, Utah Hidell, Oswald’s ALLEGED … access United States Army 112th Military Intelligence Brigade Unit Crest (Strength Through Security). He indicated that these agents had identification credentials The heritage of the 112th Signal Battalion began with the activation of the 512th Airborne Signal Company on the 14 July 1944, in Lido di Roma, Italy. 3. (211) As a result of this information, the 112th Military identification, and the projects in progress at the time of dele- the actual date when physical destruction was accomplished, (30). be of historical value. Federal, State and local agencies and to report back any information intelligence been Company A of the 109th Military Intelligence Battalion was constituted on 27 March 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 112th Signal Radio Intelligence Company. 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