Ross Banister: HSCA Interview
Subject: Ross Banister : HSCA Interview
Date: 31 Dec 1998 00:00:00 GMT
Message-ID: <76eips$ltp$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>
AGENCY : HSCA
RECORD NUMBER : 180-10082-10170
AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 005967
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ORIGINATOR : HSCA
FROM : BANISTER, ROSS
DATE : 02/20/78
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Interview:
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The above was interviewed by the undersigned [Martin J. Daly] and
Inv. Buras. Subject was the brother of Guy BANISTER. Mr. BANISTER
states that when Guy retired from the F.B.I. he desired to come South
so Ross contacted Gus [sic] MORRISON and GUY got the job as Assistant
Supt. of Police because of the P.D. scandals. He became a controversial
figure and was FIRED/QUIT. He subsequently opened a Private Detective
agency in New Orleans. Each time that ROSS visited GUY in New Orleans
his (GUY) office appeared very busy with many people coming and going
but he knew GUY was in financial trouble because on one occassion he
loaned GUY $300.00. On the night of GUY's death the office was 'raided'
for files. Ross thinks that Delphine ROBERTS and possibly Bill NITSCHKE
took the records, while MARY [Banister?] felt that either the F.B.I.
OR C.I.A. took them. ROSS states that GUY attempted to involve him in
several of his deals, a diamond and emerald mine; taking Mahogany by
helicopter out of either Columbia or Venezuela; but being a very
cautious man he declined. Further states that GUY was at one point
involved in helping the President of Columbia in setting up a National
Police Force. Mentions several times that GUY was a dedicated Anti-
Communist, and maintained extensive files on all sorts of subversive
activity. Had his secretaries cut out newspaper articles pertaining
to these activities. ROSS felt that GUY was cooperating with the
F.B.I. throughout his retirement from the Bureau.
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States that GUY was extremely interested in the Assassination
investigation. GUY told him that he believed and was convinced that
a conspiracy existed and he did not believe that OSWALD could have
done it alone. ROSS states that GUY never mentioned the C.I.A. except
that after the Assassination he said that 'Clay SHAW was being paid
$100.00 a month by the C. I. A. because he was an informant for them.'
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ROSS further stated that GUY told him that he SAW Lee Harvey
OSWALD handing out F. P. C. C. literature. ROSS advances the theory
that the reason OSWALD used 544 Camp Street was due to GUY mounting
a public campaign via the States-Item newspaper effectively killing
the sale of jeeps to CUBA and THAT is why OSWALD used the Camp Street
address in an attempt to embarrass GUY. One of the people that GUY
told ROSS was working for him was Bill NITSCHKE.
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Just subsequent to the Assassination GUY felt that FERRIE had
received a 'raw deal' but that later he cooled that feeling.
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He states that Major WYLIE, former La. State Police Officer is in
reality Russell WILLIE who upon his retirement from them went to
work for the D. O. T. (home address and telephone number obtained).
WILLIE is the one who purchased GUY's records from Mary BANISTER
for the sum of $500.00.
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[end of interview]
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Jerry Shinley
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