Excerpted from 10 HSCA 124-125 (Gaeton Fonzi Report on 544 Camp Street and Related Events):

(474)  Before descussion of the investigation of the Banister office, this material sets forth
the results of the investigation into the other occupants of 544 Camp Street.

(475)  The Hotel, Motel, and Restaurant Employees Union is known today as the Hotel and
Restaurant Employees and Bartenders' Union (International).(31) Although the committee was unable
to locate personnel who had worked in the office at 544 Camp Street and had been interviewed by
the Secret Service following the assassination, the committee did obtain a "master" membership
list from the union.(32)  The lists contained names of members for the years 1962 through 1964
that were studied for names of associated of Oswald or others of interest in the investigation.
Among the names appearing on the list as a member from October 30, 1962, "through April 1963" 
was Kerry Thornley,(33) who had been an acquaintance of Oswald's for "3 or 4 months" in 1959 
when both were stationed at the El Toro Marine Corps base in Santa Ana, Calif.(34) Later,
Thornley learned of Oswald's defection to the Soviet Union from newspaper accounts.(35)
Thornley found the story so interesting that he set out to write a novel based on Oswald's
defection.(36)

(476)  Nevertheless, the committee's investigation of Kerry Thornley uncovered nothing of
significance in the appearance of Thornley's name on the list of members of the union. As
reflected in the union's records, Thornley dropped his membership after April 1963.(37) Thornley
had left New Orleans to travel to California and Mexico and did not return to New Orleans until
August 1963,(38) leaving little overlap of time in which Oswald and Thornley could have possibly
come in contact.

(477)  Thornley firmly denied contact with Oswald at 544 Camp Street in New Orleans or at any
time since his Marine Corps days.(39) His statements have been corroborated and no evidence has
been found to contradict him.

Notes:

(33)  Outside Contact Report with Attachment, Mrs. Anna Stewart, Apr. 11, 1978, House Select
Committee on Assassinations (J.F.K. Document 007364), roster through October 1962, p.14 (first
list);roster through April 1963, p.16(second list).
(34) FBI teletype, FOIA material, 62-109060-1668, Nov. 26, 1963, p.9. 133.
(35) Kerry Thornley affidavit, Jan. 8, 1976, p. 1, House Select Committee on Assassinations
(J.F.K. Document 012740).(Note: This statement, while rambling and confusing, remains consistent
on the major point that Thornley had no contact with Oswald after service in the Marines.)
(36) Ibid.; see also testimony of Kerry Thornley, May 18, 1964, XI, Warren Commission Hearings,
pp.96-97.
(37) Outside Contact Report, Mrs. Anna Stewart, Apr. 11, 1978, House Select Committee on
Assassinations, attachment roster through March 1964 (J.F.K. Document 007364).
(38) FBI teletype, FOIA material, 62-109060-1668, Nov. 26, 1963, p.9.
(39) Ibid.; Secret Service Report, Dec. 2, 1963, CO-2-34,030 (J.F.K. Document 003675): Thornley
testimony, XI, Warren Commission Hearings, 110.