Originally a NODA witness to Clay Shaw's use of the alias 'Bertrand' and association with Oswald,
Fred Leemans appeared on a 1967 NBC TV special claiming to have been bribed by Garrison's office
into giving false testimony against Shaw. The following affidavit was executed by Leemans in 
January of 1969.

Excerpted from Probe Vol.4#4p.10 (May./Jun. 1997)

STATE OF LOUISIANA

PARISH OF ORLEANS

AFFIDAVIT

... I would like to state the reasons for which I appeared on the NBC show and lied about my
contacts with the District Attorney's office. First, I received numerous anonymous threatening
phone calls relative to the information I had given Mr. Garrison. The gist of these calls was to
the effect that if I did not change my statement and state that I had been bribed by Jim 
Garrison's office, I and my family would be in physical danger.

In addition to the anonymous phone calls, I was visited by a man who exhibited a badge and stated
that he was a government agent. This man informed me that the government was presently checking
the bar owners in the Slidell area for possible income tax violations. This man then inquired
whether I was the Mr. Leemans involved in the Clay Shaw case. When I informed him that I was, he
said that it was not smart to be involved because a lot of people that had been got hurt and that
people in powerful places would see to it that I was taken care of.

One of the anonymous callers suggested that I change my statement and state that I had been
bribed by Garrison's office to give him the information about Clay Shaw. He suggested that I
contact Mr. Irvin Dymond, Attorney for Clay L. Shaw, and tell him that I gave Mr. Garrison the
statement about Shaw only after Mr. Lee offered me $2,500. After consulting with Mr. Dymond by
telephone and in person, I was introduced to Walter Sheridan, investigative reporter for NBC,
who was then in the process of preparing the NBC show. Mr. Dymond and Mr. Sheridan suggested
that I appear on the show and state what I had originally told Mr. Dymond about the bribe offer
by the District Attorney's office.

I was informed by Mr. Dymond that should the District Attorney's office charge me with giving
false information as a result of my repudiating the statement I had originally given them, he
would see to it that I had an attorney and that a bond would be posted for me. In this connection
Mr. Dymond gave me his home and office telephone numbers and advised me that I should contact
him at any time of day or night should I be charged by Garrison's office as a result of my
appearing on the NBC show.

My actual appearance on the show was taped in the office of Aaron Kohn, Managing Director of
the Metropolitan Crime Commission, in the presence of Walter Sheridan and Irvin Dymond.

/s/ FRED H. LEEMANS, SR.

SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME THIS 6TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1969

/s/ BYRON P. LEGENDRE, Notary Public