Rockefeller CIA Employment Finding
The Rockefeller Commission reported that Sturgis was not a CIA employee or agent in 1963 or at any other time.
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Frank Sturgis Biography and Timeline — Page 2
Follow Frank Sturgis through 62 dated historical records for United States of America.
Frank Sturgis, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1975
1976
Sturgis Information Telephone Call
A congressional record notes a June 25, 1976, telephone call from Sturgis offering information he believed might relate to intelligence matters.
HSCA Subject Identification
House assassination investigators listed Frank Sturgis, also known as Frank Fiorini, among individuals whose records and activities warranted examination.
1977
HSCA Records Request for Sturgis
The House Select Committee on Assassinations sought agency records concerning Sturgis, his aliases, Cuban activities, and associations.
Marita Lorenz Allegation
Marita Lorenz alleged that Sturgis had participated in events connected with a conspiracy to assassinate President Kennedy; investigators treated the claim as an allegation requiring examination.
Miami Safe House Allegation
Lorenz alleged that she saw Oswald with Sturgis and anti-Castro figures at a Miami safe house before the assassination; the account remained disputed.
Operation 40 Allegation Review
Investigators examined claims linking Sturgis with Operation 40 and considered whether those associations had any relevance to the Kennedy assassination.
Orlando Bosch House Allegation
Lorenz also alleged that she later saw Oswald with Sturgis and other Cuban militants at Orlando Bosch's house; investigators did not establish the claim as fact.
Pedro Diaz Lanz Association Review
House investigators examined Sturgis's association with Pedro Diaz Lanz while reviewing allegations concerning anti-Castro militants and the assassination.
1978
Senate Testimony Review Request
The HSCA requested access to earlier Senate intelligence testimony involving Sturgis as part of its renewed Kennedy investigation.
CIA Response to Marchetti Claim
CIA records addressed allegations publicized by Victor Marchetti that attempted to connect Sturgis and other former anti-Castro operatives with President Kennedy's assassination.
House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)
Victor Marchetti published an article about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in the Liberty Lobby newspaper The Spotlight.
Spotlight Article Allegation
Victor Marchetti published an article alleging that assassination investigators possessed a CIA memorandum implicating Sturgis and others; the allegation remained contested.
Anti-Castro Network Review
The HSCA examined Sturgis within its broader inquiry into anti-Castro Cuban networks while distinguishing documented activity from assassination allegations.
HSCA Biographical File Review
The HSCA assembled and reviewed biographical material on Sturgis, including his Cuban revolutionary service and later anti-Castro activities.
HSCA Marita Lorenz Evaluation
The HSCA evaluated Lorenz's statements concerning Sturgis and other anti-Castro activists rather than accepting her assassination allegations without corroboration.
HSCA No Identified Sturgis Conspiracy Role
The HSCA's final investigative work did not identify Sturgis as a proven participant in the assassination conspiracy it considered probable.
1992
Three Tramps Records Resolution
Released Dallas arrest records identified the three Dealey Plaza detainees as Gus Abrams, Harold Doyle and John Gedney rather than Frank Sturgis.
1998
ARRB Alias Record Indexing
ARRB processing helped researchers locate assassination records under both the Sturgis and Fiorini names, including files concerning Cuba and exile activity.
ARRB Sturgis Records Review
The Assassination Records Review Board's work brought additional federal records concerning Sturgis, Frank Fiorini, Cuban operations, and assassination allegations into public access.
2007
Hunt Family Allegation Naming Sturgis
After E. Howard Hunt's death, members of Hunt's family publicized allegations naming Sturgis among figures supposedly connected to a Kennedy assassination conspiracy.
Later Allegation Remains Unproven
The later Hunt-family allegations involving Sturgis were claims rather than official findings and did not establish his participation in President Kennedy's assassination.
Records, sources and methodology
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