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Paramilitary camp owner dealt with Klan, paper say United Press International HOUSTON — The owner of a ru ral site used by the Ku Klux Klan as a paramilitary training camp — once visited by members of a Boy Scouts unit since disbanded — has used three names and has associated with the Klan despite repeated denials of KKK involvement, a newspaper said Wednesday. The Houston Chronicle in a copyright report said Robert John Sisente, who announced last week he was temporarily closing his 10- acre training site because of publicity and threats, also had used the names Dennis Robert Sisento and Robert John Bauch, had first denied, then admitted attending a Klan rally. The Chronicle published a photo graph it said was Sisente standing with white-robed figures and said it had a tape recording of the rally at which Sisente introduced himself as chief of security at the rally and as a captain of the Texas Emergency Re serve, a paramilitary arm of the Klan. Sisente refused to discuss the re port with United Press Internation al: “I have nothing to say. Don’t harass me. Goodbye.” The Bettmann Archive 1980 Beer Brewed by Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, Wis. Now comes Miller time« In an earlier interview with UPI, he had denied he was a member of the Klan or any political or paramilit ary organization. Sisente denied he was a racist and said his main concern was protection of families during possible national economic chaos. But the Chronicle said Sisente, 51, a Korean War veteran who named his camp near Houston for the late Marine Gen. Lewis “Ches ty” Puller, admitted attending a Klan rally near Mauriceville in May 1979, as a chief of security. The Chronicle said those attending the rally repe atedly shouted “White Power!” and denounced blacks, Jews and Mex- ican-Americans. The Chronicle tape indicated Sisente was introduced as a "mem ber of the Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.” The newspaper said Un H0US r booty, th Donald B his unit also was training "We’re not makingtrajijgm, say: out of our women,” he at'(man him: just teaching them toiise^jbe petrol “Now, in spite of therigi:lj make and bear arms, our govemAflf-siiffic; sed a law in 1968, the It* “What which forbids us to hate a gnd still hi guns, so we are very®:.Sjesperate have machine guns, butwjEocesses AR-15s, which are thefc: v jronmei to the M-16 (the first line a jjopteda: infantry weapon in Vieta jjieon mt "This is the semi-i sion and this iswhatwe!® he said. “Now the D m “What we teach you is small arms tactics, weapons proficiency and physical fitness, ” the voice identified as Robert John Sisente said. “If you ’re not fit enough to carry a rifle, it doesn’t matter what a good shot you are. ” SAN Fla., p 1 they train the first andllelt day and the men train the fourth Sunday of every«( have a chaplain so yonwn'li miss church. Wegiveittoij field.” The Chronicle saidSii aliases were included inn on him at the Texas Vetei ^ Board in Austin, where tee# ‘ loan to buy the land oi established his training newspaper said the Maria listed him as Robert Bind his military career. In repeated interview, has said any suggestion hti volved with the Klan wen But the Chronicle said :■ changed his mind and saidli inh t p, the rally, invited by the h j j^ e . "flattered I was asked”‘- J ‘“ luperw ittornc Attc rial Ti ibout t to do s Pro Safety '-would ob fel! traffic Sisente and his security team at the rally were dressed in camouflage fati gues and some were armed with high-powered rifles. On the tape, the voice identified as Sisente introduced himself to the rally as “CO (commanding officer) of the WOC, Texas Emergency Re serve.” WOC stands for Veterans for Victory Over Communism. Sisente said there were three loca tions (the Chronicle identified them as Camp Puller south of Anahuac and sites near Cleveland in Liberty County and Mauriceville in Orange County) where his unit offered para military training and said those in terested could check with their "ECs" — an abbreviation for exalted cyclops, a Klan officer. “What we teach you is small arms tactics, weapons proficiency and physical fitness,” the voice identified as Sisente said. “If you’re not fit enough to carry a rifle, it doesn’t matter what a good shot you are. So we do give you exercise. You won’t be able to use the roads if we go to war. You’ll have to go through the woods, so we do teach you how to read a compass and a map. “And weapons proficiency. We tell you how to tear the weapons down and find stopgaps and correct them and also how to fire on a target accurately. ” He cited Rhodesian firearms train ing for women and children and said "About two years ago, m* in Plains, Ga., drove through rally, he drove through the: stand," Sisente said. “Aioh time, the Klan asked metoti of my soldiers out therei and provide security forth: Because of links, Sisente has lost his® “Now the women’s I they train the first n third Sunday and (it train the second Milk Sunday of every men i We have a chaf won’t have to miss A We give it to you ii field, ” Sisente s GiJ in the Civil Air Patrol, »*j „ investigated reports its cji TW' some training at the campa such training was in CAP trainees. An Explorer Post I found, Post 2125 at Ellitfi Force Base, also lost its ten# Scouts of America eharterlw Scouts investigation: hers of the post had a weet ing at Sisente’se automatic weapons. 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