tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40910603972450506742024-03-04T21:02:26.603-08:00JFKHasan Yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10662154848135364660noreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091060397245050674.post-73057749624984821432017-01-02T06:32:00.002-08:002017-01-02T06:32:38.915-08:00Greg Parker's letter to NBC<div class="MsoNormal">
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a letter to NBC requesting the release of the David Weigman and Jimmy Darnell
films; which we at the forum wholeheartedly believe will prove that Lee Harvey
Oswald was standing on the front steps of the TSBD building at the time of the
assassination (see <b><a href="http://reopenkennedycase.forumotion.net/t1282-open-letter-to-nbc#17551">here</a></b>). Even if
you’re someone who doesn’t believe this was the case, I kindly ask that you
nevertheless support our endeavour to (hopefully) settle this dispute once and
for all. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Hasan Yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10662154848135364660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091060397245050674.post-34640832443681088262016-12-26T04:42:00.000-08:002016-12-26T04:43:15.437-08:00A look back at 2016<div class="MsoNormal">
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what I think some of the highlights and lowlights of the year were as far as
JFK assassination research is concerned. I will begin with the highlights. I
think one of the biggest highlights was Bart Kamp’s mammoth essay thoroughly
debunking the so-called lunchroom encounter between Oswald, TSBD superintendent
Roy Truly, and Dallas Policeman Marrion Baker (see <b><a href="http://www.prayer-man.com/anatomy-of-the-second-floor-lunch-room-encounter/">here</a></b>). I think this was an excellent follow-up to Kamp’s movie on “Prayer
Man” which was released for public viewing in late 2015 (click <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0B8JhOe3KU">here</a></b> to view it if you haven’t already).
Kamp’s efforts earned him a New Frontier award which I think was very well
deserved. Aside from Kamp’s research, we have also had some excellent research
from the likes of Ed LeDoux and fellow ROKC forum members. One example of this
excellent research was showing from shadow analysis that the infamous “backyard
photos” of Oswald are in fact fakes as many of us have long believed (see <b><a href="http://www.reopenkennedycase.org/apps/forums/topics/show/13242989-back-yard-photography?page=1">here</a></b>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I discuss who I think was likely involved in the assassination (see <b><a href="http://jfkthelonegunmanmyth.blogspot.com.au/2016/05/who-was-behind-assassination-part-2.html">here</a></b> and <b><a href="http://jfkthelonegunmanmyth.blogspot.com.au/2016/08/oswald-fred-korth-and-office-of-naval.html">here</a></b>). Despite my initial lack of confidence, I also managed to do
an interview for the ROKC podcast with my fellow ROKC forum member and good friend,
Paul Francisco Paso, where we discuss some of my research and the low life
dickheads who trash the “Prayer Man” research (this can be listened to <b>here</b>). This now brings me to the
lowlights of the year. Those of you who closely follow the ROKC forum will be
aware that we have had to deal with many individuals of ill repute; such as the
utterly deplorable Brian Doyle. Doyle has been trolling the book reviews of
Stan Dane’s excellent book on “Prayer Man” at Amazon. However, he continues to
be adeptly dealt with and utterly humiliated for his disgusting behaviour. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Other so-called researchers of ill repute we have had to deal
with include Richard Gilbride, Will Whitten, Leslie Sharp, Tom Scully, Bill
Miller and others. The one thing all of them have in common is bitter animosity
towards the “Prayer Man” evidence. I strongly believe this is because they are
very condescending individuals who are jealous of this ground-breaking
research. On the bright side, they have all copped a good verbal thumping for
their pathetic attempts to trash this research. Another lowlight was the
temporary “freezing” of the former Webs ROKC forum. We strongly suspect that
the “person” behind this was the infamous Duncan MacRae who runs the utterly
deplorable “JFK assassination forum.” On the bright side however, we returned
to the ROKC forumotion site which we probably should never have left in the
first place.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Leaving the year 2016 behind and moving into the year 2017,
many researchers and students of the assassination are eagerly awaiting the
release of the remaining classified documents. However, I for one am greatly
looking forward to reading volume three of Greg Parker’s book when it is
published. Although we don’t always see eye to eye, I sincerely believe Parker
is the greatest researcher out there. Aside from the excellent quality of his
research, nobody’s research has had as much influence on my own research than
his has. The first two volumes of his book alone contain much never before seen
research which every serious researcher and student of the assassination should
familiarise themselves with. As for my own efforts, although I will continue to
research the assassination at least until volume three of Parker’s book is
published, I will be focusing more on my health and wellbeing; which I am
ashamed to admit I haven’t given the attention I should have for the past
couple of years. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Hasan Yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10662154848135364660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091060397245050674.post-51344471602330052092016-12-14T04:36:00.001-08:002016-12-14T04:37:19.028-08:00The time wasters<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">It has been 53 years since John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
To this very day, the bullshit theories from the two Oswalds horseshit to the
Zapruder film being fake unfortunately continue to pollute online assassination
forums. Meanwhile, those of us at Greg Parker’s ROKC forum continue to bring to
light new research <u>to move the case forward</u> with the hope of having it
reopened for a new investigation. We believe the best way to do this is to
obtain HD scans of the original Weigman and Darnell films taken at the time of
the assassination; which we believe (with the utmost confidence) will show Lee
Harvey Oswald standing on the front steps of the TSBD building at the time of
the assassination. For those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about, be
sure to check out Bart Kamp’s fantastic movie on the topic of “Prayer Man” (see
<b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0B8JhOe3KU">here</a></b>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Instead of supporting our goal to obtain these HD scans of
both films, there are so-called researchers out there who would much rather
talk about there being two Oswalds, the Zapruder film being faked, and how many
shots were fired; amongst other things. I wholeheartedly believe that these
people are wasting time; as it is highly unlikely that any of these topics will
get the case reopened. Mind you, when I first started this blog, I was very
interested in the medical and ballistics evidence. However, after joining the
ROKC forum, my focus shifted towards trying to uncover the identities of those
involved in framing Oswald; and on the “Prayer Man” research. There are certain
so-called researchers of ill repute who constantly trash the “Prayer Man”
research by making the utterly absurd claim that “Prayer Man” is not Oswald but
rather a woman. However, anyone with a properly functioning brain and properly
functioning eyes can clearly see that “Prayer Man” is a male figure who looks like
Oswald.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Aside from the woman claim, there are those who claim that if
Oswald was the designated patsy, it would be absurd for the conspirators to
allow him to stand outside the TSBD during the assassination. Although I can
empathize with this line of thinking, I don’t think it really mattered. Let me
explain why. First of all, as I’m sure any rational human being can appreciate,
someone had to be held accountable for the President’s assassination. There was
no way in hell the Dallas Police Department (who had jurisdiction for the
crime) were going to tell the American public; let alone the entire world, that
they had no idea who was responsible for the President’s murder. Just think of
the utter humiliation it would bring to them. The corruption of the DPD and the
then district attorney, Henry Wade, has been well documented by several
researchers. For example, be sure to check out Greg Parker’s terrific essay
entitled “Oswald’s Alibi and the Reid Interrogation Technique” (click <b><a href="http://static.parastorage.com/services/wix-labs-pdf-viewer-statics/1.25.0/libs/pdfjs/web/viewer.html?file=http://media.wix.com/ugd/4bdc20_e497781dc7a34680ad76af40e05d60e1.pdf#page=1&zoom=auto,-29,792">here</a></b>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As we all know, within forty five minutes of the President’s
assassination (depending on what time you think it happened) Dallas Policeman
J. D. Tippit was gunned down. As I have stated elsewhere, I believe that the
whole purpose of the Tippit murder was to ensure the DPD would nail Oswald to
the wall for the President’s assassination. There is plenty of reason to
believe this was the case (see my essay <b><a href="https://kennedysandking.com/john-f-kennedy-articles/gerald-hill-and-the-framing-of-lee-harvey-oswald">“Gerald Hill and the Framing of Lee Harvey Oswald”</a> </b>for example). Just think; <u>is
it really just a big fat coincidence that of all the people who could have been
murdered soon after the President’s assassination, it just happened to be a
Dallas cop?</u> I don’t think so. The bottom line for me is that it doesn’t
matter if Oswald was standing on the front steps of the TSBD at the time of the
assassination; as the DPD were going to publicly declare him the President’s
assassin because of the Tippit murder.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Although I could go on, other bullshit claims against Oswald
being “Prayer Man” have been soundly dealt with at the ROKC forum and elsewhere.
Besides, NOTHING (and I mean NOTHING) these time wasters say will ever change
the mountain of evidence showing (beyond a reasonable doubt) that Oswald was
“Prayer Man.” They will just have to learn to live with it. I apologise if I
sound somewhat smug/condescending with some of the things I said above, but I
felt that they needed to be said. In closing, the likes of Sean Murphy, Richard
Hocking, Greg Parker, Ed LeDoux, Stan Dane, Terry Martin, Bart Kamp and others
deserve the utmost praise for their efforts concerning the “Prayer Man”
research.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Hasan Yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10662154848135364660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091060397245050674.post-50220230772707476242016-12-04T05:39:00.000-08:002016-12-04T05:39:34.764-08:00Gerald Hill and the Framing of Lee Harvey Oswald<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Back in May, 2014, my essay “Gerald Hill and the Framing of
Lee Harvey Oswald” (where I discuss evidence pointing to Hill’s complicity in
framing Oswald for the murder of Dallas Policeman J. D. Tippit) was published
at the now defunct CTKA website. It can now be read at the “Kennedys and King”
website (click <b><a href="https://kennedysandking.com/john-f-kennedy-articles/gerald-hill-and-the-framing-of-lee-harvey-oswald">here</a></b>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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review of Dale Myers deceptive book on the Tippit murder (click <b><a href="https://kennedysandking.com/john-f-kennedy-reviews/myers-dale-with-malice-part-1">here</a></b> to go to part one of the review). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Hasan Yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10662154848135364660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091060397245050674.post-47384902455405953242016-10-17T05:52:00.000-07:002016-10-19T20:10:19.368-07:00Petition to obtain the original of the Jimmy Darnell film<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">On October 13 this year, JFK assassination researcher Ed
LeDoux launched an online petition to get NBC to release the original Jimmy
Darnell film which could prove <u>beyond any doubt</u> that Lee Harvey Oswald
was standing on the front steps of the TSBD building at the time of the
assassination (see <b><a href="https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/ask-nbc-release-film-shows-accused-man-not-guilty-crime-murder-first-degree">here</a></b>). For those
of you who have no idea what I’m talking about, be sure to view Bart Kamp’s
excellent movie (see <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0B8JhOe3KU">here</a></b>). For
those of you who claim to be interested in knowing the truth of what happened
on November 22, 1963, I say <u>PROVE IT</u> by signing this petition! It will only
take a few minutes out of your lives to do so.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Hasan Yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10662154848135364660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091060397245050674.post-87946567322125219842016-09-20T08:50:00.004-07:002016-09-20T08:50:47.362-07:00Bart Kamp’s second floor lunchroom encounter interview<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Bart Kamp was recently interviewed by Rob Clark of the “Lone
Gunman Podcast” concerning the fictional second floor lunchroom encounter (see <b><a href="https://www.spreaker.com/embed/player/standard?episode_id=9437026&autoplay=false">here</a></b>). I highly recommend it! Warning:
This is not for those who hold the fictional lunchroom encounter as a sacred
belief. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Hasan Yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10662154848135364660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091060397245050674.post-91489316127539567462016-08-21T07:03:00.002-07:002016-10-27T05:38:12.267-07:00Oswald, Fred Korth, and the Office of Naval Intelligence<div class="MsoNormal">
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proof-read by researcher Bart Kamp prior to it being published on this blog. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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been believed that Lee Harvey Oswald was some sort of intelligence agent/asset
of the United States Government. It has also long been believed that Oswald’s
so-called defection to the Soviet Union in October, 1959, was part of a false
defector program being run by the CIA and/or the ONI (Office of Naval
Intelligence). In this brief essay, I will only focus on the evidence showing
that Oswald was involved with the ONI following his return to the United States
from the Soviet Union. As the reader is most likely aware, Oswald was involved
with the Fair Play for Cuba Committee following his return to the United States.
It is also well known that Oswald had the address 544 Camp Street (in New
Orleans, Louisiana) stamped on his Fair Play for Cuba Committee leaflets. Located
in the same building with this address were the offices of former FBI agent and
right-wing extraordinaire, Guy Banister (see <b><a href="http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKbannister.htm">here</a></b>). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As
researchers such as Joan Mellen have discussed, Oswald was most likely working
for Banister during his involvement with the FPCC (see <b><a href="https://books.google.com.au/books?id=9mQtAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT56&lpg=PT56&dq=Joan+Mellen+Guy+Banister+544+camp+street+same+building&source=bl&ots=JQ1dT5_Xwk&sig=283MCH91KoS826Fw8Dgp140PpAo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjHgYykiNLOAhWKHZQKHR9yD98Q6AEINzAE#v=onepage&q=Joan%20Mellen%20Guy%20Banister%20544%20camp%20street%20same%20building&f=false">here</a></b>). What we should keep in mind is that Banister’s friend and
ONI reserve officer, Guy Persac Johnson, had recommended Banister to the ONI;
and that he (Banister) did in fact work for them (see <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=43502&search=Guy_Johnson+ONI#relPageId=2&tab=page">here</a></b>, <b><a href="https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=6060&search=Guy_Banister+Naval+Intelligence#relPageId=33&tab=page">here</a></b>, <b><a href="https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=10082&search=Guy_Banister+Naval+Intelligence#relPageId=67&tab=page">here</a></b>, and <b><a href="https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=32041&search=Guy_Banister+Naval+Intelligence#relPageId=22&tab=page">here</a></b>). As a matter of fact, Banister’s offices were located across
the street from the ONI in New Orleans (see <b><a href="https://books.google.com.au/books?id=KS-6XrdalGkC&pg=PA62&lpg=PA62&dq=jfk+Guy+Banister+across+the+street+ONI&source=bl&ots=1iU7bWrOHx&sig=vFuL1pdBhNw57VFNaTkrBtzFxJw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjaxpec9sXOAhWCnZQKHRyEASsQ6AEINDAF#v=onepage&q=jfk%20Guy%20Banister%20across%20the%20street%20ONI&f=false">here</a></b>). During the much publicised trial of the right-wing New
Orleans businessman, Clay Shaw, for the assassination of President Kennedy, one
of Shaw’s first attorney’s was the aforementioned Guy Johnson. As the reader is
probably aware, Oswald had been passing out FPCC leaflets in front of the
International Trade Mart in New Orleans (which Clay Shaw was the managing
director of) on August 16, 1963; and that following Oswald’s arrest on the day
of the assassination, Shaw had contacted attorney Dean Andrews (using his alias
Clay Bertrand) and asked him to represent Oswald (see <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Andrews_Jr.">here</a></b>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Another
thing to keep in mind is that Oswald’s older half-brother, John Edward Pic, had
worked with the ONI. As researcher Greg Parker explains in volume one of his ground-breaking
book, Pic </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">worked in the U. S. Coast Guards’ Port Security Unit which
was charged with “ridding ports of subversive elements,” and that the PSU
worked with the FBI and the ONI in this regard (see <b><a href="https://books.google.com.au/books?id=yQp2CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT140&lpg=PT140&dq=greg+parker+ridding+ports+of+subversive+elements&source=bl&ots=FxPhd_B5dx&sig=9IZc1M4F2tL2HGguF3f03r04P7c&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi-oL-27ePNAhVBs5QKHbaADFcQ6AEIFjAA#v=onepage&q=greg%20parker%20ridding%20ports%20of%20subversive%20elements&f=false">here</a></b>). Taking this into account with what was discussed above; it
seems very likely that Oswald was at least working for the ONI as an informant during
his involvement with Guy Banister and the FPCC. The sixty four thousand dollar
question is; who was responsible for Oswald’s involvement with the ONI, Banister,
and the FPCC following his return from the Soviet Union? The one name that
comes to mind is Fred Korth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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SECNAV (Secretary of the U. S. Navy). As Greg Parker explains in volume one of
his book, Korth had served as the divorce attorney of Oswald’s step father,
Edwin Ekdahl, during his bitter divorce from Oswald’s mother in 1948 (see <b><a href="https://books.google.com.au/books?id=yQp2CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT80&lpg=PT80&dq=Fred+Korth+Edwin+Ekdahl+1948+greg+parker&source=bl&ots=FxPhd_Caaz&sig=jBy0p0ZiIBxvEjfLE9pGnyr2GJ8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiuwI708uPNAhULipQKHXaUAtoQ6AEIGzAB#v=onepage&q=Fred%20Korth%20Edwin%20Ekdahl%201948%20greg%20parker&f=false">here</a></b>). Therefore, Korth was acquainted
with the Oswald family long before Oswald’s so-called defection to the Soviet
Union. As SECNAV, Korth would surely have had little trouble in clearing Oswald
to work for the ONI. According to an assassination investigator named Joe
Cooper, Oswald’s mother Marguerite claimed that Korth had arranged for Oswald’s
discharge from the U. S. Marines prior to his so-called defection to the Soviet
Union; and that beyond that, Korth had “played a part” in Oswald’s life (see <b><a href="https://books.google.com.au/books?id=psRyCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT19&lpg=PT19&dq=greg+parker+korth+arranged+for+Oswalds+discharge+from+marines+joe+cooper&source=bl&ots=7wlJ9iXopY&sig=7l7W1VmLQrkZFL4PZbL2Adfiemw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj2veDcidLOAhVCjpQKHawdDM0Q6AEIGzAA#v=onepage&q=greg%20parker%20korth%20arranged%20for%20Oswalds%20discharge%20from%20marines%20joe%20cooper&f=false">here</a></b>). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in Oswald’s return from the Soviet Union. Let’s consider the following. When
Oswald’s wife Marina testified before the Warren Commission, she claimed that
one of the first individuals she and her husband became acquainted with following their arrival
in the U. S. from the Soviet Union was Peter Paul Gregory (see <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=37&search=Mrs_Oswald+our+first+acquaintance+was+Gregory#relPageId=19&tab=page">here</a></b>). When Gregory was interviewed by
the FBI on May 13, 1964, his employment address was recorded as being the
Continental National Bank Building in Fort Worth, Texas (see <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=11377&search=Peter_Paul+Gregory+continental+national+bank+building#relPageId=2&tab=page">here</a></b>). Fred Korth had served as
President of the Continental National Bank in Fort Worth, Texas, prior to
becoming SECNAV. Although I am not aware of any proof that Gregory was working
inside the aforementioned building when Korth was President of the Continental
National Bank, if he was, it’s entirely possible that he and Korth were
acquainted; and that Korth may have recommended to Oswald that he contact
Gregory for assistance. Regardless of what the reader may believe, I find it
rather “coincidental” that one of the first individuals Oswald and his wife got
in touch with upon their arrival in the U. S. worked in the Continental
National Bank Building.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Several
researchers such as myself have come to suspect that Fred Korth may been involved
in the assassination due to the TFX (Tactical Fighter Experimental) aircraft
scandal, in which Korth was suspected of favouring the award of the $6.5
billion TFX contract to General Dynamics in Fort Worth, Texas, instead of the
Boeing company in Seattle, Washington (which was the preferred choice for the
contract) due to his involvement with General Dynamics during his tenure as
President of the Continental National Bank in Fort Worth, Texas (see <a href="https://books.google.com.au/books?id=LD8TUAGSuMoC&pg=PA84&lpg=PA84&dq=Fred+Korth+general+dynamics+continental+national+bank+building&source=bl&ots=345eDBenPo&sig=KVSUWi7DwBcS0-PSMy2I_2YFLxo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjcrImOi9LOAhXDi5QKHS-2A4gQ6AEIOTAE#v=onepage&q=Fred%20Korth%20general%20dynamics%20continental%20national%20bank%20building&f=false"><b>here</b> </a>and <a href="https://books.google.com.au/books?id=VbFEaef6YKQC&pg=PA495&lpg=PA495&dq=Fred+Korth+general+dynamics+continental+national+bank+building&source=bl&ots=ZmBgMTv1DP&sig=-MIRW8dGdwVYur5-bfea2esgFO0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjcrImOi9LOAhXDi5QKHS-2A4gQ6AEISTAH#v=onepage&q=Fred%20Korth%20general%20dynamics%20continental%20national%20bank%20building&f=false"><b>here</b> </a>for example). Korth was forced to leave his position as SECNAV
on November 1, 1963, due to the TFX scandal; and although President Kennedy had
publicly claimed that as far as he was concerned, Korth had not acted improperly
with regards to the TFX contract (see <b><a href="https://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Research-Aids/Ready-Reference/Press-Conferences/News-Conference-63.aspx">here</a></b>),
Korth nevertheless was probably concerned that he would face criminal charges
for his role in securing the TFX contract for General Dynamics over Boeing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Following
President Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas, the investigations into the TFX
scandal by the McClellan Committee had ceased until the year 1969; when Lyndon
Johnson was no longer President. As several researchers have noted, Don
Reynolds; a friend of Johnson’s protégé, Bobby Baker, claimed that Johnson had
received a $100,000 payoff for his role in securing the TFX contract for
General Dynamics in Fort Worth (see <b><a href="http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKreynoldsD.htm">here</a></b>).
Although I don’t believe that Johnson was the so-called mastermind behind the
assassination, I nevertheless believe that he at least had foreknowledge of the
assassination plot; and that his role in the TFX scandal was a motive for his
involvement in said plot. Johnson was not only close friends with Fred Korth,
but he was also friends with Louise Raggio; the divorce attorney of the
notorious Ruth Paine during her sham divorce from Michael Paine (see <b><a href="http://jfkthelonegunmanmyth.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/who-was-behind-assassination.html">here</a></b> under the subheading “</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Oswald and
the 112th Military Intelligence Group</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">”). In my opinion, this is not a connection which any serious
researcher of the assassination should overlook.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Returning
now to Fred Korth’s likely involvement in the assassination conspiracy, the day
on which Korth left his position as SECNAV (November 1, 1963) is interesting
for a number of reasons. First and foremost, it is the day on which someone
claiming to be Oswald filled out an application form to rent a post office box
inside the Terminal Annex Building located opposite the TSBD building. As I
discuss in my essay “Who was behind the assassination – Part 2?” this was
likely done as part of framing Oswald for the assassination (see <b><a href="http://jfkthelonegunmanmyth.blogspot.com.au/2016/05/who-was-behind-assassination-part-2.html">here</a></b> under the subheading “</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Charles W.
Webster, John Jacob Abt, and Dr. Robert John Morris”). </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What’s particularly interesting to me
is that according to former ONI agent, Robert David Steel, the ONI had its
Dallas offices located inside that very same building! (see <b><a href="http://jfkcountercoup.blogspot.com.au/2016/05/interview-with-oni-investigator-robert.html">here</a></b>). November 1, 1963, is also
approximately the day on which the mysterious and suspicious Larry Crafard
claimed that he went to work for Jack Ruby at the Carousel club (see <b><a href="http://aarclibrary.org/publib/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh25/pdf/WH25_CE_2250.pdf">here</a></b>). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As I discuss
in my essay “Did Larry Crafard kill J.D. Tippit?” Crafard’s alibi for the time
President Kennedy was assassinated doesn’t hold up; and that Crafard was likely
the culprit who gunned down Dallas Police officer, J. D. Tippit. November 1,
1963 is also the day on which Herbert Leon Lee; a floor layer and U. S. Navy
veteran, claimed he moved out of the rooming house at 1026 North Beckley Avenue
in Dallas, Texas, where Oswald was allegedly living at the time of the
assassination. As I discuss in the "Larry Crafard, Lawrence Howard, Herbert Leon Lee etc."</span> <span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">thread
at the ROKC forum, Lee and his friend, James Douglas Watson, may have been
involved with Jack Ruby and Larry Crafard in illegal gun running activities
which may have been related to the assassination (see <b><a href="http://reopenkennedycase.forumotion.net/t1146-larry-crafard-lawrence-howard-herbert-leon-lee-etc">here</a></b>). As Greg Parker more or less suggests in the “Herbert Leon
Lee” thread at the ROKC forum, Lee may have been on the sixth floor of the TSBD
building at the time of the assassination (see <b><a href="http://reopenkennedycase.forumotion.net/t214-herbert-leon-lee">here</a></b>).</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">According to
Lee’s obituary, he had been a floor layer for over 30 years before becoming a
police officer in the Jefferson Texas Police Department (his obituary contains
a photograph showing him wearing what appears to be a Police uniform). As Greg
Parker once remarked, it seems somewhat odd that Lee became a police officer
after laying floors for over 30 years. However, if Lee had worked for the ONI
during his time in the U. S. Navy, this could certainly explain why he went on
to become a police officer. It is my belief that Lee did work for the ONI; and
that he may in fact have been involved in the assassination. It is also my
belief that Larry Crafard moved into the rooming house at 1026 North Beckley Avenue
after Lee left to take his place there with regards to illegal gun running
activities.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There is yet
another interesting “coincidence” which may be significant. On or about October
31, 1963, someone apparently claiming to be Oswald applied for a job as a
bellman at the Statler Hilton Hotel in Dallas, Texas. Jack Ruby seems to have
been a regular visitor to the hotel (see <b><a href="http://reopenkennedycase.forumotion.net/t1143-statler-hilton-hotel-connections">here</a></b>).
One of the board of directors of the Hilton Hotels Corporation (which included
the Statler Hilton Hotel in Dallas) was Henry Crown (see <b><a href="http://ir.hiltonworldwide.com/~/media/Files/H/Hilton-Worldwide-IR-V2/annual-report/1954-Annual-Report.pdf">here</a></b>). In 1959, Crown become the largest shareholder of the General
Dynamics Corporation; and merged his Material Service Corporation with General
Dynamics that same year (see <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics">here</a></b>).
Crown was also allegedly acquainted with Jack Ruby (see <b><a href="http://www.bollyn.com/political-assassinations/">here</a></b>) It obviously would have been in Crown’s interest that the
General Dynamics Corporation be awarded the contract for the TFX. Although all
of this may be just a coincidence, it is my belief that Crafard was the Oswald
look-alike who had applied for a job at the Statler Hilton Hotel near the end
of October, 1963; and that the possible purpose of this was for Crafard to
attend meetings at the hotel concerning final preparations for the
assassination, without arousing the suspicion of Hotel staff. Of course, I
can’t prove any of this.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Returning now
again to Fred Korth, <i>if</i> Korth was the
one calling the shots concerning the plot to assassinate the President, then
perhaps the final decision to assassinate the President (with Oswald as the designated
patsy) was made right around November 1, 1963, when Korth left his position as
SECNAV over the TFX scandal. Regardless of what role Korth may actually have
played in the assassination, I think it is important that we keep in mind the
interesting “coincidences” discussed above. We should also keep in mind Korth’s
connection to the Oswald family; and the likelihood that he was responsible for
Oswald’s involvement with the ONI and the FPCC following Oswald’s return from
the Soviet Union. It is also worth noting that as SECNAV, Korth could have reversed
the undesirable discharge given to Oswald by the U. S. Marine Corps reserve following
his (Oswald’s) so-called defection to the Soviet Union; and that Korth could
have used this as leverage against Oswald (as can be seen <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=97549&search=Oswald_letter+John+Connally#relPageId=232&tab=page">here</a></b>, Korth was aware of Oswald’s undesirable discharge).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Of course,
there is also the question of whom or what Oswald’s inspiration was in wanting
to work for the ONI. The answer to that question may lie with one of the most
prolific writers of the 20th century; namely, Ernest Hemingway. Oswald had
written about Hemingway, and even compared himself to him in his letter to John
Connally protesting his undesirable discharge (see <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=111180&search=Oswald_bonafide+Hemingway+in+Paris#relPageId=299&tab=page">here </a></b>and <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=1133&search=Oswald_Ernest+Hemingway#relPageId=339&tab=page">here</a></b>). And as Greg Parker writes at the education forum, Oswald wanted
to be Ernest Hemingway (see <b><a href="http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=22202&page=3">here</a></b>). Hemingway
had worked for the ONI, and was involved in “identifying” Nazi spies and “discovering”
communists (see <b><a href="http://blog.bookstellyouwhy.com/ernest-hemingway-failed-double-agent">here</a></b> and <b><a href="http://modernnotion.com/time-ernest-hemingway-was-a-spy/">here</a></b>). As discussed above, Oswald was
most likely working for the ONI during his involvement with the FPCC; which
almost certainly would have included collecting the names of so-called communists
involved with or showing an interest in the FPCC. As the reader may be aware,
following the assassination, it was discovered that Oswald had the name and address
of George Lincoln Rockwell (the founder of the American Nazi Party) inside his
notebook (see <b><a href="https://books.google.com.au/books?id=RlW_J7V6Ey0C&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=jfk+oswald+notebook+george+lincoln+rockwell&source=bl&ots=Cdj0SWcYTA&sig=tlIAtd2jRu7QpVE9XrTuZ-yIjik&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjZmNrTz9LOAhXEmpQKHXkaC2IQ6AEIGzAA#v=onepage&q=jfk%20oswald%20notebook%20george%20lincoln%20rockwell&f=false">here</a></b>). Oswald may have
been spying on Rockwell and the ANP as part of his involvement with the ONI.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Before
concluding this essay, there are several other individuals of interest whom I
would like to discuss. Let’s begin with former FBI agent, I. B. Hale. Hale was
evidently a close associate of FBI director, J. Edgar Hoover, and was the chief
of security at General Dynamics in Fort Worth, Texas (see <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=10702&search=IB_Hale+security+general+dynamics#relPageId=20&tab=page">here</a></b> and <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._B._Hale">here</a></b>). Hale’s
wife (Virginia Hale) worked at the Texas Employment Commission in Fort Worth;
and had helped Oswald obtain his job at the Leslie Welding Company in Fort
Worth following his return from the Soviet Union (see <b><a href="https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=96325&search=Virginia_Hale#relPageId=8&tab=page">here</a></b>). I believe it is quite likely that Fred Korth had put Oswald
in touch with Virginia Hale through her husband. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In August, 1962, I. B.
Hale’s twin sons (Robert Allen and William Hale) burglarised the apartment of
JFK’s so-called mistress, Judith Campbell Exner (see <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Allen_Hale">here</a></b>, <b><a href="https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=128382&search=I_B+Hale#relPageId=4&tab=page">here</a></b>, and <b><a href="https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=128388&search=I_B+Hale#relPageId=2&tab=page">here</a></b>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with blackmailing President Kennedy into giving the TFX aircraft contract to
General Dynamics in Fort Worth, Texas. Considering that two of Hale’s sons were
involved in the burglary, I believe this could very well be the case. Robert
Allen Hale was married to John Connally’s daughter, Kathleen; who supposedly
committed suicide by shooting herself behind her right ear with a 20-gauge
shotgun in April, 1959. What’s interesting (as other researchers have pointed
out) is that Fred Korth’s daughter, Verita, also allegedly committed suicide by
shooting herself in the mouth with a 20-gauge shotgun in the year 1969. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Although I will never be able to prove it, I not only believe
that Robert Allen Hale killed Kathleen Connally, but that he was also likely
involved in the death of Verita Korth; and that her death had something to do
with the TFX scandal and/or the assassination (keep in mind that Verita Korth’s
death occurred the same year the investigation into the TFX scandal was
reopened). My recommendation to the reader is that he/she read about what sort
of a person Robert Allen Hale was, and judge for themselves whether he was
capable or not of killing his wife and Korth’s daughter (see <b><a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19978/the-pilgrims">here</a></b> for example). I not only believe
he was more than capable of committing these crimes, but that he may also have been
used as a sniper/lookout for the assassination of the President. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Let’s now take a look at a couple of other individuals of
interest who were associated with the General Dynamics Corporation. First there
is Maurice “Tex” Moore. Moore was an attorney and brother-in-law of Henry Luce
(of Time-Life fame) who served as a director of the General Dynamics
Corporation from 1962 to 1972 (see <b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/24/obituaries/maurice-t-moorre-dies-at-90-ex-cravath-swaine-partner.html">here</a></b>).
Let’s consider that an attorney/clerk/secretary named Maurice Moore was listed
in the Appendix of the Warren Commission report as one of many lawyers who were
helpful to the Commission (see <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=946&search=Maurice_Moore#relPageId=505&tab=page">here</a></b>).
This is almost certainly Maurice “Tex” Moore; as “Tex” Moore was said to be a
friend of Warren Commission member, John J. McCloy (see <b><a href="https://books.google.com.au/books?id=7n_sF3PSvSAC&pg=PA252&lpg=PA252&dq=Donald+Gibson+Another+of+the+members+of+Time%27s+board+of+directors+and+another+of+McCloy%27s+friends+was+Maurice+T.+Moore&source=bl&ots=h4gi5Wl-cW&sig=5g-bnErhqlC60SqDfySdlkaVCXs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjpkN6ygofOAhVnCpoKHb0WAWoQ6AEIFDAA#v=onepage&q=Donald%20Gibson%20Another%20of%20the%20members%20of%20Time's%20board%20of%20directors%20and%20another%20of%20McCloy's%20friends%20was%20Maurice%20T.%20Moore&f=false">here</a></b>). Of interest to me is determining whether Maurice “Tex” Moore
was related to Dallas CIA agent, J. Walton Moore; who was one of the men Oswald’s
so-called best friend, George DeMohrenschildt, consulted with to see if it was
“safe” for him (DeMohrenschildt) to “assist” Oswald following his return from
the Soviet Union (see <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=33130&search=J_Walton+Moore+George+DeMohrenschildt+Oswald#relPageId=75&tab=page">here</a></b>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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regard was attorney Max Clark, who was employed by Convair (a division of the
General Dynamics Corporation in Fort Worth, Texas) as a “Supervisor of
Industrial security and Investigation…” (see <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=49993&search=Max_Clark+General+Dynamics#relPageId=13&tab=page">here</a></b>). There is yet another individual with connections to both
DeMohrenschildt and the General Dynamics Corporation in Fort Worth, Texas, who
is of interest; namely, Jack Alston Crichton. Crichton was an oil and natural
gas industrialist from Dallas, Texas, who had connections to U. S. Army
intelligence and the DPD. Crichton joined the Empire Trust company in 1953, and
evidently served as the company’s Vice President until 1962 (see <b><a href="http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=20131">here</a></b>). Of note is that the Empire Trust
Company was an investor in the General Dynamics Corporation in Fort Worth,
Texas (see <b><a href="http://spartacus-educational.com/MDcrichton.htm">here</a></b>). It’s possible that
Crichton was a shareholder of the Corporation up until the time of the assassination
and beyond. I discuss Crichton’s possible involvement in the assassination in
my essay “Who was behind the assassination?” (see <b><a href="http://jfkthelonegunmanmyth.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/who-was-behind-assassination.html">here</a></b>). I recommend that the reader spare some time to read through
it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Let’s now
take a look at Admiral Henry Chester Bruton. Bruton was a rear admiral in the
U. S. Navy who became director of Naval Communications during the 1950s, and
who knew George DeMohrenschildt. In fact, DeMohrenschildt had introduced Oswald
to Bruton following Oswald’s return from the Soviet Union (see <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=43&search=Mr_DeMohrenschildt+Oswald+admiral+Bruton#relPageId=261&tab=page">here</a></b>). Subsequent to his retirement
from the Navy in 1960, Bruton evidently became Vice President of the Collins
Radio Company (see <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_C._Bruton">here</a> </b>and<b> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1992/08/18/henry-c-bruton-dies-at-87/cae2bf3e-6f07-4985-8084-ada6059c85d0/">here</a></b>). The reader may be familiar with
the allegation that individuals with connections to the Collins Radio Company
may have been involved in the assassination and the murder of Dallas Police
officer, J. D. Tippit. For example, an Oswald lookalike was seen driving the
car identified as being that of Collins Radio employee, Carl Amos Mather, near
the Texas Theater where Oswald was arrested on the day of the assassination
(see <b><a href="http://jfkcountercoup.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/carl-mather-collins-radio.html">here</a></b>). Mather and his wife were
acquainted with J. D. Tippit and his wife.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Although Bruton was retired from the Navy before Fred Korth
became SECNAV, he and Korth may have crossed paths before the assassination. Aside
from their association with the U. S. Navy, let’s keep in mind that both Korth
and Bruton had graduated from George Washington University Law School (see <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_C._Bruton">here</a> </b>and<b> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1998/09/16/lawyer-banker-frederick-korth-dies/3e1d4139-a181-4ec9-8c60-fdfb997a2fdb/">here</a></b>). Another thing to keep in mind is that the Collins Radio
Company had connections to the General Dynamics Corporation. In late August,
1963, Collins Radio received a subcontract from General Dynamics to install
“high-fidelity” radio equipment for the TFX fighter jets (see <b><a href="http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=6250&page=2">here</a></b>). As Bill Kelly mentions at the
education forum; “The August 1963 Collins/General Dynamics subcontract might be
significant in regards to the Rex because of the Gen. Dynamics CIA contract to
develop ‘a highly [manoeuvrable] high-speed boat designed for use by guerilla
raiders’.” The Rex was a CIA “raider ship” which was leased to the Collins
Radio company ostensibly for “electronic and oceanographic research,” and which
was used to “deposit” anti-Castro Cuban commandos in Cuba in late October, 1963
(see <b><a href="http://jfkcountercoup.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/rex-blows-collins-radio-cia-cover.html">here</a></b>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the assassination?” there is very good reason to believe that individuals
involved in the plot to assassinate President Kennedy wanted to give the
impression that Cuban communists were behind the assassination; with the hope
that the U. S. military would invade Cuba and overthrow the Castro regime out
of retaliation. There is one other individual with connections to the General
Dynamics Corporation I would like to discuss in this essay. Mason Lankford Jr. was
a special agent of the ONI in Dallas, Texas; who served as director of security
at the General Dynamics Convair division from 1948 to 1972. We should bear in
mind that Oswald’s older brother, Robert, was employed at the Convair division
in 1956. Lankford was also acquainted with Dallas Police officer, Roscoe White,
and was involved in “guarding” the Oswald family following the assassination
(see <b><a href="http://reopenkennedycase.forumotion.net/t161-mason-lankford">here</a></b>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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mind that Oswald was working for the ONI following his return from the Soviet
Union; and that Fred Korth had played a role in this. Naturally, the ONI has
denied that Oswald worked for them as an agent or informant (see </span><b style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=3611&search=Rufus_Taylor+utilize+Oswald+as+agent#relPageId=121&tab=page">here</a></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">). However, does any rational
person actually believe that the ONI, CIA, FBI etc. would publicly admit that
Oswald ever worked for them as an agent or informant? Think about the shame and
embarrassment such an admission would bring to those organisations. These
organisations would also surely have been concerned that the public would come
to suspect them as possibly being involved in some sort of a conspiracy with
Oswald to assassinate the President. In my opinion, it is absolutely ridiculous
to expect that any one of these organisations would acknowledge that Oswald had
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Crafard, the General Dynamics corporation etc., William Crowe (a.k.a Bill
DeMar); who was a master of ceremonies at the Carousel Club, informed the
Warren Commission that he arrived back at the Carousel Club around November 1,
1963 (see <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=51&search=Mr_Crowe+About+the+1st+of+November#relPageId=108&tab=page">here</a></b>). As I have discussed elsewhere, I believe
DeMar (who was involved with hypnosis) possibly hypnotised Jack Ruby to shoot
Oswald at the basement of the DPD. Contrary to what I have advocated in the
past, I believe DeMar “programed” Ruby to shoot Oswald as soon as he (Ruby) saw
Oswald being escorted by Dallas Police officers inside the basement. Let’s now
consider the following. On November 24, 1963, Bill DeMar contacted a friend of
his named David Edwin Hoy, and provided him with information about Jack Ruby (see
<b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=11589&search=David_Edwin+Hoy+Bill+DeMar#relPageId=226&tab=page">here</a></b> and <b><a href="http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/White%20Materials/White%20Assassination%20Clippings%20Folders/Chronology/Chron%20028.pdf">her</a>e</b>). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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President of the General Dynamics Corporation (see <b><a href="https://books.google.com.au/books?id=vUUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA122&lpg=PA122&dq=Patrick+Hoy+General+Dynamics&source=bl&ots=dsPuRQ5TkA&sig=pyCreN5UYEq22ZZIIq_v5pa1Crw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjpqaP9id_OAhWFpJQKHcqcCHcQ6AEIKzAD#v=onepage&q=Patrick%20Hoy%20General%20Dynamics&f=false">here</a></b>,<b> <a href="https://books.google.com.au/books?id=zWewDbarT3YC&pg=PA155&lpg=PA155&dq=Hilton-Korshak+retainer+was+in+fact+recommended+by+Patrick+Hoy,+a+vice-president+of+Henry+Crown+company,+General+Dynamics&source=bl&ots=6HVaUjIIwi&sig=_GatgIAQr0QJzFeu3q0sr2e5AFA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjjq6Lwit_OAhWENpQKHa8nBN4Q6AEIFjAA#v=onepage&q=Hilton-Korshak%20retainer%20was%20in%20fact%20recommended%20by%20Patrick%20Hoy%2C%20a%20vice-president%20of%20Henry%20Crown%20company%2C%20General%20Dynamics&f=false">here</a></b> and <b><a href="http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=6550">here</a></b>). Although I can’t prove that
Patrick Hoy and David Edwin Hoy were blood related, I nevertheless believe they
were. I also believe that Bill DeMar was acquainted with both of them. Even if
it can never be proven that the two Hoys were blood related; I nevertheless
believe that it wasn’t a coincidence that DeMar arrived back at the Carousel
club around November 1, 1963.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">At the time of the assassination, Marguerite Oswald was
living at a duplex apartment in Fort Worth, Texas, allegedly owned by a Mary Ann/Anne/E.
McCarthy. McCarthy is said to have been a close friend of Fred Korth (see <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=58978&search=Marguerite_Oswald+2220+Thomas+Place+Fort+Worth#relPageId=81&tab=page">here</a></b> and <b><a href="https://books.google.com.au/books?id=JlGg2jBRQN8C&pg=PA395&lpg=PA395&dq=Marguerite+Oswald+Fred+Korth+Mary+McCarthy&source=bl&ots=-bjcYRyZSb&sig=y7PfIwwDRf9xigGNSnjcafHc8zc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiWvZSRyuHOAhVHF5QKHegvC9kQ6AEIFjAB">here</a></b>). Given Korth’s
connection to the Oswald family, it wouldn’t surprise me if these allegations
are in fact true. McCarthy allegedly bought the duplex apartment in February,
1963 (see <b><a href="http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=19762&page=93">here</a></b>). On April 13, 1965,
the FBI interviewed a man named Joe McCarthy who informed them that he had
rented the aforementioned apartment to Marguerite Oswald “about two or three
years ago” (see <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=60399&search=Mary_McCarthy+2220+Thomas+Place#relPageId=4&tab=page">here</a></b>). According to
available public records, a Mary Anne McCarthy; who had been living in Fort
Worth, Texas, and whose aliases included the name “Mary Ellen McCarthy,” was
related to a Joseph McCarthy (see <b><a href="http://www.publicrecords360.com/texas/people-search/mccarthy/mary/anne">here</a></b>).
It seems apparent to me that this is the same Mary Anne McCarthy who owned the
duplex apartment in Fort Worth, Texas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ONI is the mysterious and suspicious, Igor “Turk” Vaganov. Vaganov has long
been suspected of being the culprit who gunned down Dallas Police officer, J.
D. Tippit. Researcher Lee Farley once postulated that Vaganov may have been one
of the two men supposedly from IBM who were inside Johnny Calvin Brewer’s shoe
store when Brewer allegedly observed Oswald acting suspiciously; as a friend of
Vaganov’s informed researcher Mark Bridger that Vaganov identified himself as
an “international trouble-shooter for IBM” (see <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=118224&search=Igor_Vaganov+International+Trouble+Shooter+IBM#relPageId=51&tab=page">here </a></b>and<b> <a href="http://reopenkennedycase.forumotion.net/t1124-brewer-s-ibm-friends">here</a></b>). Lee
Farley also argued that Vaganov may have been an Oswald look-alike seen at the
Sports drome rifle range in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas before the
assassination using the name John Nicholson; which was one of Vaganov’s many
aliases (see <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/php/marysdb.php?id=9671&search=Igor%20Vaganov%20John%20Nicholson">here</a></b>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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FBI that Vaganov had served in the U. S. Navy for three years, and received an
honorable discharge in November, 1961 (see <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=62262&search=Igor_Vaganov+Navy#relPageId=68&tab=page">here</a></b>).
However, according to researcher Mark Bridger, Vaganov joined the U. S. Navy in
January, 1959, and was discharged in July, 1963 (see <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=16237&search=Igor_Vaganov+Navy#relPageId=13&tab=page">here</a></b>). Bridger also claims that in 1960 (whilst on leave from the
Navy), Vaganov opened a savings account at the Republic National Bank in
Dallas, Texas. The reader should keep in mind that (as researcher Greg Parker
pointed out) the Republic National Bank was identified as being a conduit of
CIA funds since the year 1958. It is also worth keeping in mind that Oswald’s
so-called best friend, George DeMohrenschildt, occupied two rooms inside the
Republic National Bank Building from September, 1954, to May, 1959 (see <b><a href="http://jfkthelonegunmanmyth.blogspot.com.au/2016/05/who-was-behind-assassination-part-2.html">here</a></b>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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had been requesting to be transferred from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Dallas,
Texas, by his employer (the General Electric Company), and that by October,
1963, these requests were “becoming more frequent.” According to Bridger,
Vaganov made his final (futile) request for a transfer on November 5, 1963,
after which he left his job and travelled to Dallas, Texas (see <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=16237&search=Igor_Vaganov+Navy#relPageId=13&tab=page">here</a></b>). However, Vaganov’s mother more
or less told the FBI that Vaganov left Philadelphia on November 2, 1963.
Regardless of who is correct, it seems rather significant to me that Vaganov
left for Dallas shortly after November 1, 1963 (see above for the significance
of this date). In fact, it is my belief that Vaganov was at least involved in
the Tippit murder; and that he was one of the so-called IBM men inside Johnny
Calvin Brewer’s shoe store. Given his apparent penchant for radios (as
discussed by Mark Bridger), I also can’t help but think that Vaganov had some
involvement with the Collins Radio Company. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">At the ROKC forum, I previously discussed the allegation that
an Oswald lookalike was seen inside Morgan’s gun shop at Fort Worth, Texas,
around November 2, 1963 (see <b><a href="http://reopenkennedycase.forumotion.net/t1143-statler-hilton-hotel-connections">here</a></b>). On
December 4, 1963, a W. M. Farrar informed the FBI that on November 2 or November
9, 1963, he observed a man whom he described as being “the general size and
appearance as Oswald” inside Bailey’s gun shop in Wichita Falls, Texas; who inquired
about an Italian 6.5 X 54 rifle (see <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=95643&search=gun_shop+Saturday+November+2%2C+1963#relPageId=45&tab=page">here</a></b>).
Farrar also described the man in question as being in his 20’s, about 5’ 11 1/2”
tall, weighing about 160 pounds, with “straight semi-cropped hair and in shirt
sleeves with no hat…” When the FBI interviewed Wayne Bailey (who was evidently
the owner of the gun shop) on December 5, 1963, he more or less claimed that
the man Farrar recalled may actually have been a 15 year old boy (see <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=95643&search=gun_shop+Saturday+November+2%2C+1963#relPageId=47&tab=page">here</a></b>). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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his shop. Considering the fact that Oswald was accused of assassinating the
President of the United States, it is perfectly understandable that Bailey
would deny that Oswald (or an Oswald lookalike) was inside his shop before the
assassination; because of the almost certain shame and embarrassment such an
admission would bring to him. My advice to the reader is that he/she read
through the interviews of Farrar and Bailey; and decide for themselves what to
make of this alleged sighting of an Oswald lookalike. In light of the
aforementioned “coincidences” concerning November 1, 1963, I personally believe
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assassinate President Kennedy in Chicago, Illinois, on November 2, 1963. For
those who are not, this can be read <b><a href="http://www.thechicagoplot.com/The%20Chicago%20Plot.pdf">here</a></b>.<b> </b>As researchers such as Edwin Black
have noted, there are several similarities between the alleged patsy for the
Chicago plot (Thomas Auther/Arthur Vallee) and Oswald. For example, both of
them served in the U. S. Marine Corps. (see <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=10521#relPageId=4&tab=page">here</a></b>). It also appears that like Oswald, Vallee served in the ONI; as
researcher Mark Bridger points out (see <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=16249&search=Thomas_Arthur+Vallee+ONI#relPageId=22&tab=page">here</a></b>).
In addition to Vallee’s connection to the ONI, let’s keep in mind the
aforementioned “coincidences” concerning November 1, 1963; and the fact that
President Kennedy’s motorcade was scheduled to pass through Chicago on November
2, 1963! Although it may all be just a strange coincidence, let’s just say I
have my doubts about that being the case.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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to believe that not only had Fred Korth arranged for Oswald’s discharge from
the U. S. Marines; but that he was also involved in Oswald’s return to the
United States from the Soviet Union. One thing I had previously overlooked is
the likelihood that Korth was also involved in Oswald’s employment at
Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall in Dallas, Texas. Let’s consider the following. When
Robert L. Stovall (the President of Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall) testified before
the Warren Commission, he claimed (in so many words) that in order for the firm
to do classified/confidential work for any “federal agency,” it must be
“cleared through” by the “Navy Bureau Material” (see <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=44&search=Mr_Stovall+Cleared+through+Navy+Material#relPageId=176&tab=page">here</a></b>). Stovall also told the Commission that he had served in the
U. S. Navy. According to the late researcher John Judge, approval by the ONI
was necessary in order to obtain employment at Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall (see <b><a href="http://www.jfkassassinationforum.com/index.php?topic=6954.32">here</a></b>). In light of what Robert Stovall
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McLendon was a founder and owner of radio station KLIF in Dallas, Texas.
However, the reader may not be familiar with the fact that McLendon had served
in the ONI; and was acquainted with Jack Ruby (see <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=103959&search=Gordon_McLendon+Collins+Radio+Company#relPageId=6&tab=page">here</a></b> and <b><a href="http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/M%20Disk/Mack%20Gary%20Cover-up/Item%2030.pdf">here</a></b>). Although
McLendon admitted to the FBI that he was acquainted with Ruby, he claimed that
he never socialised with him (see <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=10517&search=Gordon_McLendon+Collins+Radio+Company#relPageId=136&tab=page">here</a></b>).
McLendon appears to have been on cosy terms with the DPD; for when KLIF radio announcer,
Russell Lee Moore, testified before the Warren Commission, he claimed that
following the assassination, McLendon “came to the defense of the Dallas Police
Department” (see <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=51&search=Mr_Knight+came+to+the+defense+of+the+Dallas+Police+department#relPageId=273&tab=page">here</a></b>). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was involved in framing Oswald for the Tippit murder) testified before the
Warren Commission, he claimed that he had worked as a radio-television editor
for the “Dallas Times Herald” (see <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=41&search=Mr_Hill+radio+television+editor#relPageId=54&tab=page">here</a></b>).
This leaves open the possibility that he was acquainted with McLendon before
the assassination. McLendon was also apparently involved in providing funds for
the anti-Castro INTERPEN (Intercontinental penetration force) group which
Lawrence Howard was a member of (see <b><a href="http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKmclendon.htm">here</a></b>).
As I discuss in my essay “Did Larry Crafard kill J.D. Tippit?” there is good
reason to believe that Howard was the man driving the Nash Rambler station wagon
along Elm Street shortly following the assassination; which was seen by Dallas
deputy Sheriff, Roger Craig, and others. On a final note, considering
McLendon’s deep involvement with the radio industry, it is entirely likely that
he had some (undisclosed) association with the Collins Radio Company. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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FBI. According to Marsico, on either October 31 or November 1, 1963, a Louis L.
Springfield informed him (amongst other things) that if President Kennedy
visited Dallas, he would be shot (see <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=10408#relPageId=684&tab=page">here</a></b>).
Some of the claims which Springfield made to Marsico were corroborated by his
(Marsico’s) employee, Delbert Lee Martin (see <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=10408#relPageId=685&tab=page">here</a></b>). Aside from the fact that Springfield relayed this
information to Marsico on either October 31 or November 1, 1963, the reader
should note that Springfield was a gunnery Sergeant in “Headquarters
Maintenance Squadron” in the U. S. Marine Corps reserve based at the Naval Air
Station in Dallas, Texas. Springfield told the FBI that his primary duty was
that of Intelligence chief with the Air Reserve Squadron (see <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=10408#relPageId=687&tab=page">here</a></b>). Bear in mind that Fred Korth was
SECNAV up until November 1, 1963, when he left office due to the TFX fighter
jet scandal. Although all of this may be just a coincidence, Springfield’s
claims are nevertheless something we should keep in mind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hasan Yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10662154848135364660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091060397245050674.post-36496620672862261102016-08-01T06:36:00.000-07:002016-08-01T06:36:04.668-07:00“Anatomy of the second floor lunch room encounter” by Bart Kamp<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Researcher Bart Kamp has published his monumental essay
debunking the fictional second floor lunchroom encounter between Oswald, Roy
Truly, and Marrion Baker (click <b><a href="http://www.prayer-man.com/anatomy-of-the-second-floor-lunch-room-encounter/">here</a> </b>to
read it). I strongly urge that everyone with a keen interest in the JFK
assassination read through this seminal piece of work. Although dyed-in-the-wool
“believers” of the lunchroom encounter will find it difficult to accept that it
was nothing but a fairy tale concocted to deprive Oswald of his alibi of being
out on the front steps of the TSBD at the time of the assassination, the
evidence more than convincingly demonstrates that the lunchroom encounter was a
fabrication. Bart Kamp deserves to be commended for putting in the time and
energy to write this mammoth essay. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Hasan Yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10662154848135364660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091060397245050674.post-40384756663892059022016-05-30T03:19:00.001-07:002016-05-30T23:18:34.174-07:00Who was behind the assassination? - Part 2<div class="MsoNormal">
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<i>Please note: The
following essay was proof-read by Terry Wayne Martin prior to it being
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In September, 2015, I published an essay on my blog entitled
“Who was behind the assassination?” In the essay, I discussed evidence showing
that Oswald and the TSBD Corporation likely had connections to the 112th MIG;
and that individuals with connections to the 112th MIG were likely involved in
the assassination. I also discussed evidence showing that individuals with
anti-Semitic beliefs were involved in the assassination; and wanted to give the
public the impression that Jews were behind the assassination. Over the past
few months, I have come across a wealth of information that has reinforced my
belief that these individuals were in fact involved in the assassination, which
is why I decided to write this follow-up essay. Although I don’t pretend for even
a nano-second that I have <i>proven</i>
these individuals were the ones responsible for the assassination; and for
framing Lee Harvey Oswald for the assassination, I nevertheless believe there
is more than sufficient evidence to believe that this was in fact the case.<i><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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I would like to begin by discussing a curious individual
named Edward J. Coyle. Coyle was an Army intelligence/counter-intelligence
officer who worked for the 112th MIG in Dallas, Texas. According to Coyle’s
obituary in the Las Vegas Sun News, he was a member of the Knights of Columbus
(see <b><a href="http://lasvegassun.com/news/2000/jun/22/obituaries-for-june-22-2000/">here</a></b>). The Knights of Columbus
is a “Catholic fraternal service organisation” which was founded in the year
1882 (I return to the potential significance of this further on in the essay). As
I discussed at Greg Parker’s inimitable research forum, Coyle was involved in
the investigation of firearms theft from the Fort Hood Army base in Killeen,
Texas, with FBI agent James Hosty prior to the assassination (see the thread
entitled “My latest essay”). I also discussed the fact that Lt. Colonel Robert
E. Jones; an Army intelligence/counter-intelligence officer assigned to the
112th MIG at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, informed the HSCA that Coyle
was one of the 112th MIG’s liaison officers to the U. S. Secret Service in
Dallas, Texas, at the time of President Kennedy’s visit there (ibid). <o:p></o:p></div>
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In part one of this essay, I discussed the likelihood that
Oswald was placed into the TSBD building as an employee under the false
pretense that he was to keep an eye out on fellow TSBD employee, Joe Molina, on
behalf of the FBI. I also voiced my belief that considering Molina had
connections to gun runners, Oswald was probably instructed by the FBI to report
back to them on any information he had concerning Molina’s involvement with gun
running. It was for this reason; including the fact that Edward Coyle was
involved with James Hosty in the investigation of firearm thefts from the Fort
Hood Army base and the allegation by Lt. Colonel Robert Jones that Coyle was one
of the 112th MIG’s liaison officer to the Secret Service during President
Kennedy’s visit to Dallas, Texas, that I began to suspect Coyle was involved
with Hosty and the FBI in placing Oswald into the TSBD. Let’s also keep in mind
the likelihood that the TSBD had connections to the 112th MIG in Dallas, Texas.
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In my opinion, a big clue that Oswald was working for Hosty
(and Coyle for that matter) as an informant comes from what Hosty told both the
Warren Commission and the Church Committee. When Hosty testified before the
Warren Commission on May 5, 1964, he informed the commission that on the
morning of the day of the assassination, he had conference with Coyle
concerning a “case.” Hosty was referring to the theft of weapons from the Fort
Hood Army base (ibid). Hosty pointed out to the Commission that the “case” was
not “related” to Oswald. When Hosty testified before the Church Committee on
December 13, 1975, he again felt it necessary to mention that the
aforementioned conference with Coyle was not related to Oswald (ibid). Although
the reader may disagree, it is my belief that the reason Hosty felt it
necessary to tell both the Warren Commission and the Church Committee that the
“case” was not related to Oswald, is because it <i>was</i> in fact related to Oswald in some way.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Most researchers are probably familiar with the so-called
Hosty note. For those who are not, sometime in mid-November, 1963, Oswald
purportedly left a note for James Hosty inside an envelope at the Dallas office
of the FBI; which Hosty’s supervisor, J. Gordon Shanklin, ordered him to
destroy (see <b><a href="http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKhosty.htm">here</a></b>). Oswald
supposedly left the note for Hosty after learning that Hosty had spoken to his
wife at the residence of Ruth Paine. In his book “Assignment Oswald,” Hosty
writes that in the note, Oswald wrote (words to the effect) “If you want to talk to me, you should talk
to me to my face. Stop harassing my wife, and stop trying to ask her about me.
You have no right to harass her” (see <b><a href="https://books.google.com.au/books?id=d32jyAysvGQC&pg=PA21&lpg=PA21&dq=Assignment+Oswald+If+you+want+to+talk+to+me,+you+should+talk+to+me+to+my+face.+Stop+harassing+my+wife,+and+stop+trying+to+ask+her+about+me.+You+have+no+right+to+harass+her%E2%80%9D&source=bl&ots=IJEYaqc8kr&sig=GRhtxF2hUXQA1hyHnrh-60RgYjc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-lo3Lu4HNAhUC4KYKHeP5DAIQ6AEIITAB#v=onepage&q=Assignment%20Oswald%20If%20you%20want%20to%20talk%20to%20me%2C%20you%20should%20talk%20to%20me%20to%20my%20face.%20Stop%20harassing%20my%20wife%2C%20and%20stop%20trying%20to%20ask%20her%20about%20me.%20You%20have%20no%20right%20to%20harass%20her%E2%80%9D&f=false">here</a></b>).
According to a receptionist working at the FBI building in Dallas, in his note
to Hosty, Oswald threatened to blow up the FBI and the DPD if Hosty didn’t stop
bothering his wife (see <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=1161&search=blow_up+the+FBI+and+the+Dallas+Police+Department+if+you+don%27t+stop+bothering+my+wife#relPageId=102&tab=page">here</a></b>). <o:p></o:p></div>
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But if either one
of these stories are true, it seems unlikely to me that Shanklin would order
Hosty to destroy the note. If Oswald really did threaten to blow up the FBI and
the DPD in his note, the FBI could have used this to show that Oswald had
violent tendencies; and to bolster the notion that he was capable of
assassinating the President. I believe the note Oswald left for Hosty had to do
with him being an informant for Hosty and the FBI. But what information could
the note have contained? Many researchers are probably familiar with the theft
of weapons from the National Guard Armory in Terrell, Texas, in mid-November,
1963. As researcher Greg Parker explains at the ROKC forum, on November 16,
1963, the FBI received information from an informant about a planned transfer
of stolen weapons. On November 18, 1963, the DPD and FBI arrested two men;
Donnell Whitter/Whittier (an auto mechanic who had once serviced Jack Ruby’s
car) and Lawrence Miller for possession of weapons stolen from the
aforementioned National Guard Amory (see <b><a href="http://www.reopenkennedycase.org/apps/forums/topics/show/13298741-was-ruby-the-informant-in-the-terell-arms-robbery-were-any-of-those-weapons-used-in-the-assassination-">here</a></b>).
Although I can’t prove it, I believe Oswald may have been the informant.<o:p></o:p></div>
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At this stage, the reader may be wondering what evidence
there is pointing to a relationship between the FBI and the TSBD Corporation.
In order to answer that question, let’s turn to Jack Charles Cason; the man who
was the President of the TSBD Corporation at the time of the assassination. When
Cason was interviewed by the FBI on June 9, 1964, he informed them he was a
former commander of American Legion post No. 53 in Dallas, Texas (see
the thread entitled “Cason and the FBI” at Greg Parker’s ROKC forum). The
significance of this is that the FBI and the American Legion were working
together to combat communism in the United States. According to the American
Legion’s website, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover made the following remarks; “The American Legion is a great force for
good in this nation. We of the FBI need your help now even more than during the
war years if the battle for a safe and secure America is to be won. Our enemies
are massing their forces on two main fronts. One is the criminal front. ... We
are nearer to the days of gang control than we were a year after World War I.
Add to the forces that account for a serious crime every 20 seconds, day and
night, the other encroaching enemy of America, and we have a formidable foe. I
refer to the growing menace of communism in the United States” (ibid).<o:p></o:p></div>
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As Greg Parker has pointed
out, the Church Committee discovered that the FBI used members of the American
Legion as “confidential sources on subversive matters” (ibid). The reader
should keep in mind that Joe Molina was considered a subversive (see <b><a href="https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=1140&search=Joe_Molina+subversive#relPageId=466&tab=page">here</a></b>). Taking the Church Committee’s
discovery into account, it seems quite likely that Cason was in cahoots with
Hoover and the FBI. Although both Hoover and Hosty emphatically denied that
Oswald ever worked as an informant for the FBI, I think most reasonable people
will agree that their denial is perfectly understandable considering Oswald was
accused of assassinating the President (WC Volume IV, page 469), (WC Volume V,
page 98). If I were in Hoover’s and Hosty’s place, I too would deny that Oswald
ever worked as an informant for me; as such an admission would not only have
led to great shame and embarrassment, but may also have led many people to
suspect that I was involved in a conspiracy with Oswald to assassinate the
President.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Returning now to
Edward Coyle, as I pointed out above, Lt. Colonel Robert E. Jones of the 112th
MIG at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, claimed Coyle was one of the 112th
MIG’s liaison officers to the U. S. Secret Service in Dallas, Texas, at the
time of President Kennedy’s visit there. Of note here is that Secret Service
agent, Winston G. Lawson; who was involved in the planning of the motorcade
route through Dallas on the day of the assassination, informed the Warren
Commission that he had been an Army CIC (Counter-intelligence Corps) officer
during the mid-1950s (see the thread entitled “My latest essay” at the ROKC
forum). According to Dallas Police Chief, Jesse Curry, it was Lawson who made
all the “major decisions” concerning the President’s trip to Dallas (see <b><a href="http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKlawsonW.htm">here</a></b>). The reader may be wondering why
Lawson would admit to being an Army CIC officer if individuals with connections
to Army intelligence/counter-intelligence and the 112th MIG were involved in
the conspiracy to assassinate the President; and if he (Lawson) was a part of
the conspiracy. The reader should consider that Lawson may have thought that by
admitting he had been an Army CIC officer, the Warren Commission would think he
had nothing to hide.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Although there is no proof (as far as I am aware) that
Lawson was involved in the conspiracy to assassinate President Kennedy, we
should nevertheless keep in mind that he was involved with Army CIC; and that
he may have been associated with Edward Coyle given that Coyle was one of the
112th MIGs liaison officers to the Secret Service in Dallas, Texas, during the
President’s visit there. I should point out that although I believe Coyle was
quite possibly involved in the conspiracy to assassinate the President (and to
frame Oswald for the assassination), I don’t believe Hosty was involved in the
conspiracy. I believe Hosty only thought that Oswald was to keep tabs on
Molina; and to report back to him (Hosty) on any information he could uncover
about Molina’s possible involvement in “subversive” activities as well as gun
running.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In part one of this
essay, I mentioned that long time FBI informant, William James Lowery, had been
reporting on Joe Molina to the FBI, and that James Hosty was one of the FBI
agents whom he would report information to. I also mentioned that at the time
of the assassination, Lowery was running a shoe store called the Shoe Haven a
mere three blocks to the West of the Texas Theater where Oswald was arrested by
the DPD. As every researcher of the assassination should be aware, Oswald was
allegedly seen by Johnny Calvin Brewer; the manager of Hardy’s shoe store,
looking “funny” and “scared” as DPD squad cars were driving past the store with
their sirens blazing in search of the man who killed officer J.D. Tippit.
Brewer then allegedly saw Oswald enter the Texas Theater and followed him there
(see the thread entitled “Brewer’s IBM friends” at the ROKC forum). During an
interview with author Ian Griggs in 1996, Brewer claimed that two men from IBM
were in the store with him when he allegedly observed Oswald looking “funny”
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As far as I am
aware, this was the first time Brewer ever mentioned the presence of these two
men in the store with him. The reader should keep in mind that neither one of
these men (provided Brewer’s story is true) ever informed the authorities that
they were inside Brewer’s store at the time Brewer claims he observed Oswald.
It is my belief that these mysterious “IBM” men were responsible for informing
Brewer that they had seen a suspicious looking man with a gun sneak into the
Texas Theater; and that he should alert both the Theater employees and the DPD.
Researcher Lee Farley once made an excellent case that one of these men was the
very mysterious and suspicious, Igor Vaganov (see <b><a href="http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=7312&page=4">here</a></b>). What’s really interesting is that according to researcher
William Weston, Vaganov was a “Nazi Ideologue” (ibid). At this point, we
should keep in mind the evidence I discussed in part one of this essay showing
that some of those involved in the assassination wanted to give the public the
impression that Jews were part of the conspiracy to assassinate the President.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But what about the identity of the second “IBM” man inside
Brewer’s shoe store? In my opinion, the other “IBM” man could have been Robert
J. Radelat. Radelat was a “Cadet Executive Officer” of the Civil Air Patrol
who, according to former Civil Air Patrol member, Frederick O’Sullivan, was employed
by IBM in November, 1963 (ibid). Bear in mind that at the time of the
assassination, the TSBD building was owned by David Harold Byrd; a co-founder
of the CAP, and that Oswald joined the CAP in July, 1955. When Radelat was
interviewed by the FBI on December 19, 1963, he denied knowing Oswald (ibid).
If Radelat was in fact one of the two “IBM” men inside Brewer’s shoe store; and
if he was responsible for luring Brewer to the Texas Theater to alert the DPD,
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The reader may be wondering why Brewer would admit to Griggs
that there were two men from IBM in the store with him if they were responsible
for luring him to the Theater. One possible explanation is that Brewer had been
feeling guilty for lying about seeing Oswald looking “funny” and “scared” and
then seeing him enter the Theater, so he decided to give Griggs a subtle clue
as to what really happened by revealing to him that there were two men from IBM
in the store with him when he allegedly observed Oswald. Others may think that
Brewer was simply lying when he told Griggs two men from IBM were in the store
with him, but I don’t see why he would. Besides, Brewer more or less told the
Warren Commission that they were in the store with him (ibid). It’s also
possible that the two men weren’t really from IBM; and were only pretending
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One thing I am certain of is that it wasn’t a coincidence
that Johnny Brewer was the person chosen to lure DPD officers to the Texas
Theater. I also don’t believe it was just a bizarre coincidence that William
James Lowery was running his own shoe store a mere three blocks to the West of
the Texas Theater and Hardy’s shoe store. I suspect that Brewer was quite
possibly an FBI informant himself; and that he was well acquainted with Lowery.
A couple of months ago at the ROKC forum, I started a thread entitled “Roy Lee
Lowery” in which I discussed the likely involvement of Dallas Police detective,
Roy Lee Lowery, in Oswald’s murder at the basement of the DPD. In that same
thread, I pointed out the likely involvement of Dallas Police sergeant, Gerald
Hill, with Lowery in covering up the involvement of Dallas Police Lieutenant,
George E. Butler, in Oswald’s murder. As I have stated elsewhere, there is very
good reason to believe that Hill framed Oswald for the murder of Dallas Police
officer, J.D. Tippit, by pretending to remove the revolver (most likely) used
to kill Tippit from Oswald during Oswald’s scuffle with Dallas Police officers
inside the Theater. Although I haven’t been able to prove it yet, I strongly
suspect that detective Lowery and William James Lowery were blood related. <o:p></o:p></div>
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As I mentioned in part one of this essay, on October 9,
1963, the FBI removed their FLASH (security watch) on Oswald which had been
issued after they discovered Oswald allegedly tried to renounce his American
citizenship whilst in the Soviet Union (WC Volume V, page 7). I also pointed
out that in late September, 1963; William Lowery publicly revealed that he was
an FBI informant. This surely meant that he could no longer be used as a
confidential FBI informant. Of note is the fact that the FLASH was removed
between the time Lowery publicly revealed he was an FBI informant, and the date
on which Oswald obtained his job as an order-filler at the TSBD building;
namely, October 15, 1963. It is my firm belief that the removal of the FLASH
had to do with Oswald taking over from William Lowery in keeping an eye out on
Joe Molina on behalf of James Hosty and the FBI.<o:p></o:p></div>
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If the FLASH had not been removed, then Oswald most likely
couldn’t have been used as the patsy for the assassination; because the U.S.
Secret Service most likely would have been alerted to the fact that he was
working inside a building overlooking the motorcade route through Dallas (see <b><a href="https://books.google.com.au/books?id=KS-6XrdalGkC&pg=PA178&lpg=PA178&dq=jfk+Jim+Douglas+FLASH+October+9+1963&source=bl&ots=1iTaeRuSCC&sig=Ddi_h37eFhgsw3tzIbLxJnFZ4Gk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiWsqKByYHNAhWj2KYKHaelCF4Q6AEINTAE#v=onepage&q=jfk%20Jim%20Douglas%20FLASH%20October%209%201963&f=false">here</a></b>). The person responsible for
removing the FLASH on Oswald was FBI supervisor, William Marvin Gheesling.
Considering that individuals with connections to Army
intelligence/counter-intelligence and the 112th MIG were involved in the
assassination, I began to suspect that Gheesling may have been involved with
these individuals. Although I haven’t been able to establish that he was, the
reader should bear in mind that Gheesling was described by the HSCA as having
considerable experience with regards to espionage, intelligence and
counter-intelligence investigations for the FBI (see the thread entitled
“William Marvin Gheesling” at the ROKC forum).<o:p></o:p></div>
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Virgil Alex Gheesling Jr., had served in the U. S. Army (ibid). In his book
“Assignment Oswald,” James Hosty describes Gheesling as a “war veteran,” but
doesn’t specify what branch of the armed services he was a veteran of (ibid). Given
that at least one member of his family served in the U.S. Army, it is entirely
possible that Gheesling was a veteran of the U.S. Army. Gheesling’s brother
Virgil was also an active member of the First Baptist Church in Hendersonville,
Virginia (ibid). Gheesling’s sister-in-law (the wife of his brother, Charles
Stanley Gheesling) was a “lifelong member” of the Bethesda Baptist Church in
Union Point, Georgia (ibid). With this in mind, it stands to reason that
William Marvin Gheesling was a Baptist himself. Of note is that Sgt. Gerald
Hill was also a Baptist (ibid). Therefore, it’s possible that Hill and Gheesling
knew each other.<o:p></o:p></div>
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One of the most
overlooked individuals of interest to me is Charles W. Webster; a professor of
law at Southern Methodist University in Dallas from at least August, 1956. On
the day of the assassination, Webster was at DPD headquarters; and despite
allegedly being a Communist, he appeared to be on friendly terms with the
right-wing DPD. Webster was a President of the St. Thomas More Society (an
organisation of Catholic attorneys) in the Dallas-Fort Worth Diocese (see <b><a href="http://scholarship.law.stjohns.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1096&context=tcl">here</a></b>). As I mentioned above, Edward
Coyle was a member of the Knights of Columbus; a Catholic “fraternal
service organisation.” Given their
association with Catholic organisations, it’s entirely possible that Coyle and
Webster knew each other before the assassination. According to researcher Greg
Parker, “Webster had run for congress in 1960 with the support of the
heavily infiltrated local communist branch which included Bill Lowery, the FBI
informant” (see the thread entitled “John Abt and Lee Harvey Oswald” at the
education forum).<o:p></o:p></div>
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In addition to his association with Lowery, Webster knew Dr.
Robert John Morris; the ultra-right-wing attorney who served as the chief counsel
of the <span lang="EN">Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
on Internal Security from 1951 to 1953 and from 1956 to 1958 (see the thread
entitled “Robert John Morris” at the ROKC forum). Most researchers are probably
familiar with the allegation that Oswald had asked for John Jacob Abt; an
attorney for the Communist Party USA, to represent him following his arrest on
the day of the assassination. Greg Parker put forward the idea that it was
Professor Webster who recommended to Oswald that he contact Abt to represent
him; and provided him with Abt’s name and phone number (see the thread entitled
</span>“Oswald's Alibi and the Reid Technique” at the ROKC<span style="color: red;"> </span>forum)<span lang="EN">. I
believe he could very well be correct. According to Dallas Police Captain Will
Fritz, Oswald asked for Abt on the day of the assassination (see <b><a href="http://jfk.ci.dallas.tx.us/04/0412-003.gif">here </a></b>and <b><a href="http://jfk.ci.dallas.tx.us/04/0412-004.gif">here</a></b>). However, this was almost
certainly a lie, because during the infamous “midnight press conference,”
Oswald made no mention of wanting Abt to represent him; merely asking for
“someone to come forward” to provide him with “legal assistance” (see <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctOxFxGfQKE">here</a></b>).</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Although the reader
may believe that Oswald never asked for Abt at all, his mother Marguerite
informed the Warren Commission that on the day following the assassination,
Oswald told her he “requested to get in touch with Attorney Abt, I think is the
name” (WC Volume I, page 149). Unless we are to believe that Marguerite Oswald
was part of the plot to associated Oswald with Abt, I see no reason why she
would make this claim. But if Webster recommended to Oswald that he contact
John Abt to represent him, the obvious question is why. As stated previously,
Abt was an attorney for the Communist Party USA; and had defended members of
the party against the Smith Act (see <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Advocate-Activist-MEMOIRS-AMERICAN-COMMUNIST/dp/0252020308">here</a></b>).
For example, in January, 1955, Abt defended an African American member of the
CPUSA named Claude Lightfoot, who was “arrested based on the Smith Act of 1940
and put on trial” (see <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Abt">here </a></b>and<b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Lightfoot">here</a></b>). For the uninformed reader, the
Smith Act of 1940 made it illegal to advocate (or to belong to a group that
advocated) the “violent overthrow” of the U.S. Government.<o:p></o:p></div>
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With the above in
mind, I believe the main reason Webster recommended Abt as an attorney to
Oswald was to give the public the impression that the assassination was a
Communist conspiracy to “overthrow” the U.S. Government. After spending several
years researching the assassination, one thing I am absolutely certain of is
that the conspirators wanted to provoke a war between the United States and
Cuba to overthrow Fidel Castro and his communist regime. Had it not been to the
publicity of Oswald handing out Fair Play for Cuba committee leaflets in New
Orleans, in August, 1963, he may never have been used as a patsy for the
assassination. Perhaps the biggest clue that the conspirators wanted to provoke
a war between the United States and Cuba is what John Thomas Masen; a gun store
owner in Dallas, Texas, told an FBI informant. As researcher Mark Bridger
explains, Masen claimed that <i><u>beginning in the last week of November</u> </i>“an
extended series of small commando raids” would be made against Cuba; followed
by a “large scale amphibious assault against the Cuban Mainland” (see <b><a href="http://dealeyplazauk.org.uk/pdfArticles/John_Masen.pdf">here</a></b>). <o:p></o:p></div>
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Let’s now consider
the following. As discussed in part one of this essay, on the night of the
assassination, Army intelligence in Texas sent a confidential and provocative
cable to the U.S. strike command at MacDill Air Force base in Florida;
which had the capability of providing a swift retaliatory attack against
Cuba. According to the cable, information “obtained from Oswald revealed
he had defected to Cuba in 1959 and is a card carrying member of the Communist
Party.” However, this was a lie, because Oswald never defected to Cuba; and was
not a “card carrying member of the Communist Party.” The person named as the
source of this information was detective L. D. “Don” Stringfellow of the DPD’s Criminal
Intelligence Section; who was member of Jack Crichton’s 488th Military
Intelligence detachment (a reserve Army intelligence unit). For information on
Crichton, I direct the reader to part one of this essay.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Most researchers
are probably familiar with the claim by Dallas Police Lieutenant Jack Revill (who
was in charge of the DPD’s Criminal Intelligence Section) that shortly
following Oswald’s arrest on the day of the assassination, James Hosty told him
Oswald was a member of the Communist party and that the FBI knew he was capable
of assassinating the President. For those who aren’t, Revill wrote about this
in a report to his superior, Captain W. P. Gannaway, and repeated this claim
before the Warren Commission (see <b><a href="https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=58982&search=Jack_Revill+Hosty+communist#relPageId=22&tab=page">here</a></b>,
and also WC Volume V, page 34). Revill’s claim that Hosty told him Oswald was a
Communist was corroborated by detective Valarus J. “Jack” Brian; who worked
under Revill in the Criminal intelligence Section (see <b><a href="https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=58982&search=Jack_Revill+Hosty+communist#relPageId=21&tab=page">here</a></b>, and also WC Volume V, page 34). But are Revill and Brian
credible? First of all, let’s consider that Hosty denied telling Revill that
Oswald was capable of assassinating the President when he testified before the
Warren Commission (WC Volume IV, page 463 and 464). Secondly, if Oswald was
working as an informant for Hosty and the FBI (and we have good reason to
believe he was), it makes no sense that Hosty would tell Revill that Oswald is
a Communist or a member of the Communist Party.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It’s apparent to me
that both Revill and Brian were lying. The question is why. Let’s consider that
not only was detective L. D. “Don” Stringfellow working under Revill, but that
Edward Coyle told the ARRB that every member of the DPD’s Intelligence section
was involved with Army intelligence (see <b><a href="http://jfkcountercoup.blogspot.com.au/2010/11/peter-dale-scott-dallas-copa-2010.html">here</a></b>).
In fact, as mentioned in part one of this essay, Jack Crichton once claimed
during an interview that there were “about a hundred men” in his 488th Military
Intelligence Detachment, and that “about forty or fifty of them were
from the Dallas Police Department.” We should also keep in mind that Jack
Revill was drafted into the U.S. Army in the late 1950s; shortly after which he
joined the Criminal Intelligence Section of the DPD (See <b><a href="http://www.dallasnews.com/obituary-headlines/20120911-jack-revill-longtime-dallas-police-officer-and-acting-chief-dies-at-82.ece">here</a></b>, and see WC Volume V, page 33). We should also keep in mind
that detective Valarus J. “Jack” Brian had served in the U.S. Army from 1953 to
1955 as a Sergeant; shortly after which he went to work for the Criminal
Intelligence Section of the DPD (see <b><a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8731894">here</a></b>,
and see ibid, page 48).<o:p></o:p></div>
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The fact that both Revill and Brian went to work for the
Criminal Intelligence Section of the DPD shortly following their involvement
with the U.S. Army strongly suggests that during their time with the Army, they
were both involved in intelligence/counter-intelligence work. In part one of
this essay, I also discussed the fact that after Army intelligence
officer/agent James W. Powell was trapped inside the TSBD following the
assassination, he was interviewed by detective Brian. In my essay “Gerald Hill
and the Framing of Lee Harvey Oswald,” I mentioned that apart from Gerald Hill
himself, Brian was (as far as I am aware) the only law enforcement official who
claimed that Hill was on the sixth floor of the TSBD when the spent shell
casings were found; despite the likelihood that Hill had already left the TSBD
(see under the subheading “Did Hill Lie about his location?”). In that same
essay, I discuss evidence pointing to Hill’s complicity in framing Oswald for
Tippit’s murder (which I believe was to ensure the DPD would pin the blame for
the President’s assassination on Oswald); and that shortly following Oswald’s
arrest inside the Texas Theater, Hill made the false claim to Bob Whitten of
KCRA radio that Oswald had admitted to being an “active Communist” (see under
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Returning now to John Abt, in his report on Oswald’s
interrogations, Captain Fritz wrote that Oswald told him he belonged to the
“Fair Play for Cuba organization” and that he belonged to the American Civil
Liberties Union; and paid “$5.00 dues” apparently for membership in the ACLU
(see <a href="http://jfk.ci.dallas.tx.us/04/0412-006.gif"><b>here</b> </a>and <b><a href="http://jfk.ci.dallas.tx.us/04/0412-007.gif">here</a></b>). I believe Fritz was lying. On the day following the
assassination, H. Louis Nichols; the President of the Dallas Bar Association
who visited Oswald in his jail cell, informed news reporters that Oswald told
him if he couldn’t get John Abt to represent him, he wanted an attorney from
the ACLU to represent him. Nichols also informed reporters that Oswald told him
he was a member of the ACLU (see <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDViJgIEurI">here</a></b>).
I return to Nichols further on in this essay. As I discussed in the thread
entitled “My latest essay” at the ROKC forum, on November 1, 1963, someone
claiming to be Oswald filled out an application form to rent Post office box
6225 in Dallas, Texas. In that same thread, I expressed my belief that this was
Jack Ruby’s multi-purpose employee, Larry Crafard; whom we have good reason to
believe was not only the Oswald lookalike who shot officer J.D. Tippit, but may
also have been a sniper inside the TSBD (see my essay “Did Larry Crafard kill
J. D. Tippit?” for more on Crafard).<o:p></o:p></div>
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Whoever filled out the application form to rent P.O. box
6225 listed the Fair Play for Cuba Committee and the ACLU as organisations for
which the box was being rented (WCD 934). Someone claiming to be Oswald also
sent a letter to the ACLU (with the return address of “Box 6225, Dallas, Tex”)
asking to be “enrolled” as an “associate member” which the ALCU received on
November 4, 1963 (WCD 1502, page 6). The FBI reported that the handwriting on
the note was determined to be Oswald’s handwriting by the FBI laboratory (WCD
107, page 52). However, this could have been done by someone familiar with
Oswald’s handwriting. As far as I am aware, there is no film footage of the
real Oswald asking for an ACLU attorney; or claiming that he was a member of
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It’s apparent to me that the conspirators wanted to
associate Oswald with the ACLU. The question is why. Let’s consider the
following. As author William A. Donohue writes in his book “The Politics of the
American Civil Liberties Union,” the ACLU was involved in defending the rights
of Communists (see <b><a href="https://books.google.com.au/books?id=kMnGnFOG6rcC&pg=PA165&lpg=PA165&dq=senate+subcommittee+on+internal+security+ACLU&source=bl&ots=ubE0lahW0m&sig=ns6B6yw5jlCad-3m0rDaUEwTVNs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwje1rXwuNvMAhWCopQKHaJ4AWQQ6AEIPzAI#v=onepage&q=COMMUNSITS&f=false">here</a></b>). With this
in mind, there can be little doubt that many individuals with ultra-right
beliefs would have considered the ACLU as being some sort of a Communist
“front” organisation. As a matter of fact, according to Earl Browder; who had served
as chairman and general secretary of the National Committee of the CP USA
between the years 1930 and 1945, the ACLU functioned as a “transmission belt”
for the Communist Party (see <b><a href="https://books.google.com.au/books?id=lNG_uRwbYKkC&pg=PA14&lpg=PA14&dq=Earl+Browder+ACLU+transmission+belt&source=bl&ots=H4iIMSI--p&sig=iBJ4owV8uCpaBQXJOmLmK2nuGXo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiDzp36wYHNAhUjJqYKHWVKCiUQ6AEIMDAD#v=onepage&q=Earl%20Browder%20ACLU%20transmission%20belt&f=false">here</a></b>). Let’s
also consider that at least one of the co-founders of the ACLU; Elizabeth
Gurley Flynn, was a Communist. Flynn served as the chairwoman of the National
Committee of the CP USA from January, 1961, to September, 1964 (see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Gurley_Flynn"><b>here</b> </a>and <b><a href="http://www.peoplesworld.org/women-s-history-elizabeth-gurley-flynn-the-rebel-girl/">here</a></b>). <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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But perhaps the most important point to bear in mind is that
someone claiming to be Oswald sent a letter to Arnold Samuel Johnson; the
director of the “information and lecture bureau of the Communist party,”
informing Johnson that “Through a friend, I have been introduced into the
American Civil Liberties Union Local chapter” (WCE 1145). In the letter,
Johnson was asked “Could you advise me as to the general view we had on the
American Civil Liberties Union? and to what degree, if any, I should attempt to
highten [sic] its progressive tendencies” (ibid). The return address on the
letter was “P. O. Box 6225.” Johnson had been a representative of the ACLU; and
in 1951, he was indicted for apparently advocating the overthrow of the U.S.
Government in violation of the Smith Act (see <a href="http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/tamwag/tam_137/bioghist.html"><b>here</b> </a>and <b><a href="http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/ark:/99166/w63v3ssb">here</a></b>). Also of
note is that when Johnson testified before the Warren Commission, the attorney
that accompanied him was John Abt.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Taking all of the above information concerning Johnson and
the ACLU into consideration, it is my belief that by associating Oswald with
Johnson and the ACLU, the conspirators wanted to reinforce the belief that
Oswald was part of a Communist conspiracy to assassinate the President and to
“overthrow” the Government (let’s also remember that as mentioned above, the
ACLU was listed as an organisation alongside the FPCC for which P.O. box 6225
was being rented). When John Abt testified before the Warren Commission, he was
asked the following question; “Mr. Abt, did you learn that Lee Harvey Oswald
was interested in having you represent him apparently because of some prior
connection of yours with the American Civil Liberties Union?” Abt’s response
was “No. My assumption was, and it is pure assumption, that [Oswald] read about
some of my representation in the press, and, therefore, it occurred to him that
I might be a good man to represent him, but that is pure assumption on my part.
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Although Abt didn’t deny that he was involved with the ACLU
when he testified, in his book “Advocate and Activist: Memoirs of an American
Communist Lawyer,” Abt makes no mention of being an attorney for the ACLU. In
fact, as Abt writes on page 19 of his book, he had joined the Chicago Civil
Liberties Union (see <b><a href="https://books.google.com.au/books?id=9REaIPPh4k4C&pg=PA305&lpg=PA305&dq=John+Abt+Chicago+Civil+Liberties+Union&source=bl&ots=2qlQSs6RlE&sig=24GwCAnzAMvB1dB4R2RJl2e7tTA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiOyZSyw4HNAhXBHaYKHT_EDUUQ6AEIMTAE#v=onepage&q=Chicago%20Civil%20Liberties%20Union&f=false">here</a></b>). As I
mentioned above, one of the co-founders of the ACLU was Elizabeth Gurley Flynn;
who served as the chairwoman of the National Committee of the CP USA from
January, 1961, to September, 1964. When Arnold Samuel Johnson testified before
the Warren Commission, he was asked who Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was. At this point,
Abt interjected with the following; “Mr. Rankin, I have advised Mr. Johnson
respectfully to decline to give any further information on this subject” (WC
Volume X, page 100). One has to wonder why Abt advised Johnson to decline to
give further information on Flynn. In my opinion, it was most likely because
Johnson and Flynn were both associated with the ACLU; and because of rumours
that Abt himself was associated with the ACLU.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As I pointed out previously, Greg Parker put forward the
idea that it was Professor Charles W. Webster from Southern Methodist
University who provided Oswald with John Abt’s name and phone number following
his arrest on the day of the assassination. Provided this is true, it begs the
question of who was the so-called mastermind behind this. One person who comes
to mind is Dr. Robert Morris. As mentioned previously, Morris and Webster knew
each other. On November 26, 1963, the FBI received a letter from an attorney
named Clarence Carter Byrd from Florence, South Carolina, who informed them
that he had seen Oswald state on television that he wanted John Abt as his
attorney (see the thread entitled “Robert John Morris” at the ROKC forum). As
far as I am aware, there is no television footage of Oswald asking for Abt.
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But why would Byrd lie? Let’s consider the following. Byrd
was a veteran of the U.S. Navy; where he served as a Naval Intelligence Officer
and was a Pearl Harbor survivor during World War II (ibid). Robert Morris had
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; during which he was a “commander
of counterintelligence and psychological warfare” (ibid). Therefore, Morris and
Byrd may have known each other. Furthermore, Byrd was a member of the central United
Methodist Church (ibid). According to its website, Southern Methodist
University was founded by what is now referred to as the United Methodist
Church (ibid). Taking this into account with the fact that Charles Webster was
a professor of Law at Southern Methodist University, it is entirely possible
that Byrd and Webster knew each other. If Byrd did in fact know both Webster
and Robert Morris, then this could explain why he lied to the FBI about seeing
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In part one of this essay, I discussed the infamous “black
border ad” which I believe was part of the ploy to give the public the
impression that Jews were involved in the assassination. One of those
responsible for the ad was Joseph P. Grinnan; an “independent oil operator” in
Dallas and a member of the ultra-right-wing John Birch Society (see <b><a href="http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/H%20Disk/Hunt%20H%20L/Item%2009.pdf">here </a></b>and<b> <a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=58979&search=Joe_Grinnan+John+Birch+society#relPageId=56&tab=page">here</a></b>). When Bernard Weissman testified before the Warren
Commission, he remarked that “too many” members of the John Birch Society were
anti-Semitic (WC Volume V, page 500). Of note is that Grinnan’s attorney was
Robert Morris. At this point, the reader should keep in mind that Morris knew
both Lawrence Howard of INTERPEN fame (whom I strongly suspect may have been
the “dark complected” man seen by Dallas deputy Sheriff Roger Craig driving the
Nash Rambler Station along Elm Street shortly following the assassination) and
Dallas Police Lieutenant, George E. Butler (see the thread entitled “Robert John
Morris” at the ROKC forum). As I discussed in part one of this essay, there is
good reason to believe that Butler was involved in the plot to murder Oswald in
the basement of the DPD; and that Butler informed the DPD he had information
that Oswald was the illegitimate son of Jack Ruby.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Since Jack Ruby was of Jewish ancestry, the implication of
Butler’s claim is that Oswald was also Jewish; and that Oswald was part of a
Jewish conspiracy to assassinate the President. We should also keep in mind
that according to Butler’s obituary in the “Oak Cliff Tribune,” he “was certain
that Lee Harvey Oswald and his wife Marina were Communists agents, that Fidel
Castro ordered the Kennedy killing, [and] that Oswald and Jack Ruby were
probably in cahoots” (see <b><a href="http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/B%20Disk/Butler%20George%20Lt%20Dallas%20Police%20Department/Item%2001.pdf">here</a></b>). As
I discussed at the ROKC forum in March, 2016, there is good reason to believe
that reserve Dallas Police Captain, Charles Oliver Arnett, and reserve Dallas
Police sergeant, Kenneth Hudson Croy, were both involved with George Butler in
Oswald’s murder; and that like Butler, Arnett informed the DPD he had
information that Oswald was the illegitimate son of Jack Ruby (see the thread
entitled “Kenneth Croy redux”). As I also discussed, Dallas Police detective
Joseph R. Cody; who was an Army CIC officer and under whose name the colt cobra
revolver Jack Ruby used to kill Oswald with was purchased, was also likely
involved with Butler in Oswald’s murder (ibid). <o:p></o:p></div>
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Shortly following the assassination, former Army General
Edwin A. Walker was interviewed by a German Newspaper called the “National
Zeitung.” During the interview, Walker stated the following; “We have been
talking about this Marxist assassin… this Oswald… Lee Oswald… I have just
learned that John Abt from New York has offered to defend him in Court” (WCD
1543, page 12). Walker also remarked that “Mr. Abt is an American Jew who
defends all big Communist cases<i>” </i>(ibid).
As researcher Ed LeDoux kindly pointed out to me, in his aforementioned book,
Abt wrote that he had a “German Jewish Childhood” (see <b><a href="https://books.google.com.au/books?id=9REaIPPh4k4C&pg=PA156&lpg=PA156&dq=john+abt+german+jewish+childhood&source=bl&ots=2qlQSs7KiF&sig=7HsCSEO5OAtBs6MUNhdTHJpqQCA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiFjoOzxIHNAhVj4qYKHRAkDm0Q6AEIGzAA#v=onepage&q=john%20abt%20german%20jewish%20childhood&f=false">here</a></b>). So although Walker wasn’t lying when he referred to Abt as a
Jew, his claim that Abt “offered” to defend Oswald in court was a lie; because
Abt <i>never</i> made such an offer.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Although the reader may believe that Walker simply received
false information, there is good reason to believe that this was a deliberate
lie by Walker. First of all, let’s consider that Robert Morris had been one of
Walker’s attorneys (see the thread entitled “Robert John Morris” at the ROKC
forum). Secondly, let’s consider that Walker himself probably held anti-Semitic
beliefs. When Walker testified before the Senate Armed Service sub-committee in
early 1962, George Lincoln Rockwell (the founder of the American Nazi Party)
was present (see <b><a href="https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=145521&search=Edwin_Walker+George+Lincoln+Rockwell#relPageId=324&tab=page">here</a></b>). According to
a journalist named Tom Kelly, Walker assaulted him (Kelly) after he asked Walker
if he would like to “disavow” Rockwell; this was after Kelly told Walker that
Rockwell had praised him (see <b><a href="https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=145521&search=Edwin_Walker+George+Lincoln+Rockwell#relPageId=326&tab=page">here</a></b>).
Furthermore, according to an article in the “Enquirer” of New York, Walker was
“affiliated” with Rockwell and the American Nazi Party (see <b><a href="https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=62228&search=Edwin_Walker+George+Lincoln+Rockwell#relPageId=9&tab=page">here</a></b>).<o:p></o:p></div>
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Walker had Nazi/anti-Semitic beliefs. Another point to keep in mind is that
during his testimony before the Warren Commission, Walker referred to Ruby by
his actual Jewish surname, Rubenstein, when discussing the possibility that
Ruby was involved with Oswald in a conspiracy to assassinate the President. As
a matter of fact, Walker told the Warren Commission the following; “I think the
fact that Rubenstein shot Oswald suggests plenty. I am convinced he couldn’t
have shot him except for one basic reason, and maybe many others, but to keep
him quiet” (WC Volume XI, page 423). Although I don’t believe Walker had any
direct involvement in the assassination, I nevertheless believe he had
foreknowledge of it; and that he was part of the plot to give the public the
impression that Jews were involved in the assassination. Also of note is that
during the riots at Oxford Mississippi in September and October, 1962 (which
Walker was involved with) Joseph P. Grinnan was reported to be a “volunteer
aide” for Walker; and to “keep arms in his automobile” (see <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=58979&search=Joe_Grinnan+John+Birch+society#relPageId=56&tab=page">here</a></b>).<o:p></o:p></div>
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In addition to what I have discussed above concerning why
John Abt was recommended to Oswald as an attorney, I believe it also had to do
with the fact that Abt was Jewish. I believe that by getting Professor Charles
Webster to recommend to Oswald that he ask for a Jewish attorney who had
defended members of the CP USA, people such as Robert Morris had hoped that
this would give the public the impression that Oswald was part of a Jewish
Communist conspiracy to assassinate the President. In fact, as I mentioned previously,
I believe Robert Morris may have been the so-called mastermind behind the idea
of recommending to Oswald that he contact John Abt to represent him. Let’s keep
in mind that Abt argued against the McCarran Act before the U.S. Supreme Court
in 1960; and defended the CP USA against it (see <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/13/nyregion/john-j-abt-lawyer-dies-at-87-communist-party-counsel-in-us.html" style="font-weight: bold;">here</a><b> </b>and <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Advocate-Activist-MEMOIRS-AMERICAN-COMMUNIST/dp/0252020308">here</a></b>). For the
uninformed reader, the<span lang="EN"> Senate
Judiciary Subcommittee </span>on Internal Security was created to <span lang="EN">study and investigate the administration,
operation, and enforcement of the </span>McCarran Act; and as stated
previously, Robert Morris had served as its chief counsel from 1951 to 1953 and
from <span lang="EN">1956 to 1958. Although Morris
was no longer its chief counsel in 1960, given his association with the </span>Subcommittee,
Morris was probably familiar with Abt.<span lang="EN" style="background: yellow; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Before concluding this section of the essay, there are a few
more individuals I would like to discuss. The first is Richard Girnt Butler.
Butler was a vile, racist, anti-Semitic individual who, according to researcher
David Boylan, knew Lawrence Howard of INTERPEN fame. This is the same Lawrence
Howard who was “very reluctant” to admit knowing Robert Morris (see <b><a href="http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/T%20Disk/Third-Fourth%20Decade%206-17%20--%2020-93%20Conference/Item%2009.pdf">here </a></b>and<b> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/09/us/richard-g-butler-86-founder-of-the-aryan-nations-dies.html?_r=0">here</a></b>). Whilst I have not yet been able to determine if Richard
Butler was related to Lieutenant George Butler of the DPD, given the likelihood
that George Butler was involved in the plot to give the public the impression
that Jews were involved in the assassination, I think it would prove to be most
interesting if it can be determined that they were related. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The second individual I would like to discuss is Joseph
Adams Milteer. The reader may be familiar with the fact that Milteer was
recorded telling FBI informant, William Somerset, about a plot to assassinate
President Kennedy from an office building with a “high powered rifle” before
the assassination (see <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdbVyhzCcq4">here</a></b>). Like
Richard Butler, Milteer was a racist and an anti-Semite. Before the
assassination, Milteer had also “predicted” that there would be “a propaganda
campaign put on how to prove to the Christian people of the world that the
Jews, the Zionist Jews, had murdered Kennedy” (see <b><a href="https://books.google.com.au/books?id=-BlZCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT132&lpg=PT132&dq=american+states+rights+party+Joseph+Milteer&source=bl&ots=kPoyJSBWcy&sig=xD8u-y3mMHOjECr78XIwidfv_Bw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiC9MeG9PfMAhUDl5QKHUdBAxwQ6AEISzAG#v=onepage&q=american%20states%20rights%20party%20Joseph%20Milteer&f=false">here</a></b>). As Dr. Jerry Rose writes in his article entitled “Wake up
Christians! Milteer after the assassination,” following the assassination,
Milteer made the following claim; “the Zionist Jews, Communists, had President
John Fitzgerald Kennedy killed in Dallas, Texas, by Lee Oswald, November 22,
1963” (see <b><a href="http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/T%20Disk/Third-Fourth%20Decade%20The/Item%2008%20v4n2.pdf">here</a></b>). Although I don’t
believe Milteer had any direct involvement in the assassination, it’s apparent
to me that he had foreknowledge of it.<br />
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The final individual I would like to discuss is the Jewish Bernard
Weissman. As discussed in part one of this essay, it was Weissman’s name which
was printed at the bottom of the infamous “black border ad.” The reader may be
familiar with the so-called “Oxnard call,” where a woman speaking in a low
voice predicted that President Kennedy would be assassinated at 12:30 pm Dallas
time; exactly the time at which he was shot in Dealey Plaza. The reader may
also be familiar with the fact that the caller initially predicted the
assassination would occur at 12:10 pm. For those who are not familiar with the
so-called Oxnard Call, I highly recommend reading Greg Parker’s fascinating
research on it (see <b><a href="http://reopenkennedycase.forumotion.net/t28-the-oxnard-riddle-explained">here</a></b>). As both
Parker and I believe, the caller was most likely in radio contact with the
conspirators in Dallas; and that the initial plot to assassinate the President
at circa 12:10 pm was aborted.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This now brings me back to Bernard Weissman. In my opinion,
Weissman may have been the designated patsy for the assassination plot at circa
12:10 pm. If this were the case, and if Weissman didn’t turn up at the location
along the motorcade route where he was supposed to be, then this could explain
why the assassination plot at circa 12:10 pm didn’t go ahead as planned.
Although I don’t firmly believe that Weissman was the designated patsy, there
are some indications that he knew the President would be assassinated sometime
between 12:10 pm and 12:30 pm. When Weissman testified before the Warren
Commission, he claimed that he and his friend William Burley were to meet with
Larrie Schmidt; the President of CUSA at a place called the Ducharme Club in
Dallas; and that Burley was waiting to pick him up between 12:10 and 12:30 pm
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The reader should note that Weissman claimed Burley was
waiting for him between the time of the initial prediction by the Oxnard caller
as to when the President would be assassinated and the time the President was
actually assassinated in Dealey Plaza. Although this could be just a bizarre
coincidence, Weissman may have been trying to give the Warren Commission the
impression that he couldn’t have been involved in the assassination. Whilst the
reader may believe that Weissman couldn’t have been the designated patsy for
the aborted 12:10 pm assassination plot because he was a right-winger, we
should consider that there may have been a post assassination plan to give the
public the impression that Weissman was a Communist pretending to be a
right-winger. Another point to keep in mind is that as Warren Commission member
Hale Boggs claimed during Weissman’s testimony before the commission, Jews in
Germany were described (amongst other things) as being Communists (ibid, page
501).<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Robert Gerald Storey Sr., H. Louis Nichols, and Joseph Brantley Brown
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In the previous section of this essay, I discussed the
possibility that Professor Charles W. Webster from Southern Methodist
University had recommended John Abt as an attorney to Oswald; and that Webster
was associated with William James Lowery and Robert Morris. Another person of
interest whom Webster (undoubtedly) knew was attorney Robert Gerald Storey Sr. The
reader may recognise Storey as being an attorney who was part of the “State
Court of Inquiry” appointed by Governor John Connally to conduct an investigation
into Oswald’s murder; and then report back to Connally on the findings (see the
thread entitled “Robert Gerald Storey” at the ROKC forum). Storey was present
during some of the testimonies by witnesses before the Warren Commission; such
as the testimony of Jack Ruby. During the Infamous Nuremberg War trials (where
several high ranking Nazis were tried for crimes during World War II), Storey
was part of the prosecution team (ibid).<o:p></o:p></div>
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From 1921 to 1922,
Storey served as a national executive committeeman of the American Legion
(ibid). The potential significance of this is that (as mentioned above)
Jack Charles Cason told the FBI during a post assassination interview that he
was a former commander of American Legion post No. 53 in Dallas, Texas. From 1947
to 1959, Storey was the Dean of Southern Methodist University law School
(ibid). As I mentioned above, Charles Webster was a professor of law at SMU
from at least August, 1956. With this in mind, there can be no doubt that
Storey and Webster were well acquainted. In Part one of this essay, one of the
individuals I discussed was Louise Raggio; a friend of Lyndon Johnson who was
Ruth Paine’s divorce attorney, and who (like her husband Grier Raggio) likely
had ties to the 112th MIG in Dallas, Texas. Louise Raggio graduated from SMU
with her law degree in 1952 (ibid). Therefore, there can be little doubt that
Raggio and Storey knew each other. <o:p></o:p></div>
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According to researchers Harold Weisberg and Bruce Adamson,
Storey had an office inside the Republic National Bank building; and as
researcher Greg Parker pointed out, the Republic National Bank was identified
as being a conduit of CIA funds since the year 1958 (ibid). Also of note is
that Dallas district attorney Henry Wade told the FBI that Storey claimed he
had either worked for or with the CIA in Europe (ibid). Storey was also a
combat intelligence officer for the U.S. Air Force in London (ibid). Another
person of interest who had office space inside the Republic National Bank
building was Oswald’s so-called best friend, George DeMohrenschildt. In
February, 1964, Weeden B. Nichols; the Vice President and building manager of
the Republic National Bank Building in Dallas, Texas, informed the FBI that
from September, 1954 to May, 1959, DeMohrenschildt occupied two rooms inside
the building (WCD 555, page 9). <o:p></o:p></div>
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As I discussed previously, on the day following the
assassination, H. Louis Nichols; the President of the Dallas Bar Association,
informed news reporters that Oswald told him if he couldn’t get John Abt to
represent him, he wanted an attorney from the ACLU to represent him; and that
Oswald told him he was a member of the ACLU. I previously expressed my belief
that by associating Oswald with the ACLU, the conspirators wanted to reinforce
the belief that Oswald was part of a Communist conspiracy to assassinate the
President and to “overthrow” the Government. I believe Nichols was involved in
this scheme. Let’s take into account the fact that Nichols was a member of the
U.S. Army reserves (see <b><a href="http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dallasmorningnews/obituary.aspx?pid=142285982">here</a></b>). As
Greg Parker pointed out, the U.S. Army reserves were a “recruiting ground” for
Army intelligence (see the thread entitled “Send Lawyers Guns & Money Pt2
at the ROKC forum). Another individual of interest who was a member of the U.S.
Army reserves is Michael Paine (this was discussed in part one of this essay).<o:p></o:p></div>
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When H. Louis Nichols testified before the Warren
Commission, he stated his business address was “1200 Republic Bank Building,
Dallas” (WC Volume VII, page 326). According to Bruce Adamson, Nichols and
Robert Storey Sr. knew each other (see <b><a href="http://www.krusch.com/books/kennedy/Bruce_Adamson_De_Mohrenschildt_Master.pdf">here</a></b>).
Another interesting occupant of the Republic National Bank Building was
attorney Eugene Murphy Locke. Locke was a friend of Lyndon Johnson who was the <span lang="EN">chairman of the State Democratic Executive
Committee of Texas; and a member of both the Dallas and American Bar
Association (see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_M._Locke"><b>here</b> </a>and <b><a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=33732632">here</a></b>)</span>. As researchers such as
Gayle Nix Jackson have pointed out, on November 14, 1963, Secret Service agents
Winston Lawson and Forrest Sorrels visited Locke at the Republic National Bank
Building to discuss various aspects of President Kennedy’s visit to Dallas,
which apparently included the motorcade route (WCD 3, page 61), (WC Volume XXI,
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Returning now to H. Louis Nichols, when he testified before
the Warren Commission, he claimed that he decided to visit Oswald in his jail
cell after allegedly receiving a telephone call from “another lawyer who was a
professor out at S.M.U.” who enquired if the Dallas Bar Association was doing
anything about obtaining an attorney for Oswald (WC Volume VII, page 327 and
328). Although some may argue that this was Professor Charles Webster, if
Webster and Nichols were in cahoots, it makes no sense to me that Webster would
call Nichols to enquire if the Dallas Bar Association was doing anything about
obtaining an attorney for Oswald. In my opinion, Nichols was lying to the
Warren Commission to cover his real reason for visiting Oswald in his jail
cell.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Let’s now take a look at another
individual of interest; namely, justice of the peace, Joseph Brantley Brown Jr.
Brown graduated from SMU law School in 1954, after which he spent two years in
the U.S. Army (see <b><a href="http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dallasmorningnews/obituary.aspx?pid=166156154">here </a></b>and<b> <a href="https://issuu.com/jwilliamso/docs/dec_final_fb">here</a></b>). Given the fact that Brown
graduated from SMU law School in 1954, there can be little doubt that Brown was
acquainted with Robert Storey Sr.; and he may have known Professor Charles
Webster. Brown was also evidently a member of the Dallas Bar Association since
1954. The reader may be familiar with the fact that Brown’s father, Joseph
Brantley Brown Sr., was the judge who presided over the trial of Jack Ruby for
the murder of Oswald. Brown Jr.’s office was located at the Oak Cliff
Courthouse at 410 South Beckley Avenue, Dallas (see <a href="http://jfk.ci.dallas.tx.us/10/1060-001.gif"><b>here</b> </a>and <b><a href="https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=61492&search=Judge_Joe+Brown#relPageId=171&tab=page">here</a></b>).
According to Google Maps, this is right near the intersection of Beckley and
12th Streets.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The potential significance of this is that on the day of the
assassination, Gerald Hill reported over the Dallas Police radio that he had a
man in the car with him who could allegedly identify the man who shot and killed
officer J.D. Tippit (WCE 705, WCE 1974). This man was supposedly Tippit murder
witness, Harold Russell. However, as I discuss in my article “Gerald Hill and
the Tippit murder scene - Part 2” at my blog, there is good reason to believe
that Hill was lying when he claimed he had a witness in the car with him; and
that the man in the car with Hill may actually have been the Tippit murderer. Contrary
to what I have advocated in the past, I now believe that Hill may have dropped
the Tippit murderer off at the Oak Cliff Courthouse to hide for a while after
obtaining the revolver (WCE 143) used to kill Tippit from him.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As stated above, Brown’s father was the judge who presided
over the trial of Jack Ruby for Oswald’s murder. During Ruby’s trial, Brown Sr.
chose psychiatrist Robert L. Stubblefield as his “representative” for medical
and neurological tests to be performed on Ruby to assess his sanity. The
following is from the Memoirs of Brown Sr.; “It was about January 18<sup>th</sup>
[1964] that Mr. [Melvin] Belli came to me and said he wanted Ruby to undergo a
thorough series of medical and neurological tests under court supervision. They
would include spinal fluid studies and an electroencephalogram… I picked Dr.
Robert Stubblefield, Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the University
of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas as my representative. Thus, I
became the first judge in Texas to have a psychiatric consultant. I was
forbidden to communicate with the jury who would find Jack Ruby legally sane or
insane” (see <b><a href="https://books.google.com.au/books?id=B0L7gF-yfuoC&pg=PA56&lpg=PA56&dq=Joe+Brown+I+was+forbidden+to+communicate+with+the+jury+who+would+find+Jack+Ruby+legally+sane+or+insane&source=bl&ots=hk37TFz3vO&sig=aQ8F25pWcBmWf4z-j5Awie2xYu8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjVgq_D44HNAhUkn6YKHUefAywQ6AEIFDAA#v=onepage&q=Joe%20Brown%20I%20was%20forbidden%20to%20communicate%20with%20the%20jury%20who%20would%20find%20Jack%20Ruby%20legally%20sane%20or%20insane&f=false">here</a></b>).<o:p></o:p></div>
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Although it may be just a bizarre coincidence, when
Stubblefield was charged with giving former general Edwin Walker a psychiatric
evaluation for his involvement in the riots at Oxford, Mississippi in September
and October, 1962, Stubblefield’s attorney was Professor Charles Webster. One
of the attorneys who represented Walker during the psychiatric evaluation was
Robert Morris (see <a href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19621112&id=HiIrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pZwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5039,5980918&hl=en"><b>here</b> </a>and <b><a href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19621109&id=VY1PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JVIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6966,4447946&hl=en">here</a></b>). Therefore, there can be little
doubt that Morris was acquainted with Stubblefield. During Ruby’s trial,
Stubblefield claimed that he believed Ruby was legally sane when he shot Oswald
(see <b><a href="https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=57091&amp;search=Robert_Stubblefield+Ruby+sane#relPageId=17&amp;tab=page">here</a></b>). When Ruby’s attorney,
Melvin Belli, argued that Ruby was legally insane and asked Brown Sr. for a
directed verdict of acquittal, Brown overruled him (see <b><a href="https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=104109&amp;search=Robert_Stubblefield+Ruby+sane#relPageId=175&amp;tab=page">here</a></b>). <o:p></o:p></div>
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Assuming that both Brown and Stubblefield were involved in a
plot to give the public the impression that Ruby was legally sane at the time
he shot Oswald, it begs the question of why they wanted the public to believe
this. In my opinion, it may have been part of the scheme to give the public the
impression that Jews were behind the assassination. As mentioned before, both
Lt. George Butler and reserve Captain Charles Oliver Arnett informed the DPD
they had information that Oswald was the illegitimate son of the Jewish Jack
Ruby. By getting Stubblefield to claim that he believed Ruby was legally sane
at the time he shot Oswald (and therefore knew what he was doing), I believe
certain individuals involved in the conspiracy had hoped that the public would
come to believe that Ruby was involved in a Jewish conspiracy with Oswald to
assassinate the President; and that he (Ruby) shot Oswald to prevent him from
implicating him in such a conspiracy. On a final note, it is interesting that
Robert Morris criticised Melvin Belli for (amongst other things) his criticisms
of Brown Sr. at the end of the Ruby trial (see <b><a href="https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=104109&amp;search=Robert_Morris+Jack+Ruby+trial#relPageId=134&amp;tab=page">here</a></b>). <o:p></o:p></div>
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After having spent many hours over the past few years
reading through various DPD reports, FBI reports, Secret Service reports,
Warren Commission testimony transcripts, and other reports and interviews,
there are simply too many reasons for me to NOT believe that individuals
associated with U.S. Army intelligence/counter-intelligence were behind the
assassination. There is also too much evidence for me to NOT believe that
certain individuals involved the conspiracy wanted to give the public the
impression that this was some sort of a “Jewish Communist” conspiracy<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 115%;">.</span> Although some may argue this is
a ridiculous assertion because they believe certain individuals with Jewish
ancestry were involved in the assassination, let’s keep in mind that not all
individuals of Jewish ancestry consider themselves “Jewish.” For example, Dan
Burros; a man of Jewish ancestry, was a member of the American Nazi Party (see <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Burros">here</a></b>).<o:p></o:p></div>
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As I mentioned before, one thing I am absolutely certain of is that the conspirators wanted to
provoke a war between the United States and Cuba to overthrow Fidel Castro and
his communist regime. I believe the reason this didn’t go ahead as hoped is
because some individuals involved in the conspiracy (such as Lyndon Johnson)
feared a war with Cuba would eventually lead to a nuclear war with the Soviet
Union. Let me also clarify one thing; I don’t believe Lyndon Johnson was the
so-called mastermind of the assassination. However, I strongly believe he at
least knew President Kennedy would be assassinated. In volume three of his book
“Lee Harvey Oswald’s Cold War: Why the Kennedy assassination should be
reinvestigated” (a book I am very much looking forward to reading), Greg Parker
will be presenting incriminating evidence against an individual with close ties
to Johnson. Whilst I am confident that not too many people
will agree with all of the conclusions I have reached in this two part essay, I
nevertheless hope the reader has found this two part essay to be somewhat
enlightening. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Acknowledgements</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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As always, the
fantastic research by Greg Parker and Lee Farley has had a huge impact on my
own; for which I am forever grateful to them. I would also like to thank Ed
LeDoux for his research assistance; and the core group of researchers and
posters at the ROKC forum who constantly give me motivation to continue
researching this assassination, despite the many loathsome individuals who
frequent other forums. Finally, I would like to thank Terry Wayne Martin for
generously taking the time to proof-read this essay prior to it being published
on this blog. <o:p></o:p></div>
Hasan Yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10662154848135364660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091060397245050674.post-8792931283430381332016-05-03T23:18:00.003-07:002016-05-03T23:19:28.561-07:00Bart Kamp on The Lone Gunman Podcast<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">For the second time now, researcher Bart Kamp from the ROKC
forum was interviewed by Rob Clark who hosts The Lone Gunman Podcast show (see <b><a href="http://www.tlgpodcast.com/shows/ep115-bluntly-speaking-w-bart-kamp">here</a></b>). Topics discussed include Oswald/Prayer
Man, and several of the TSBD employees such as Joe Molina and the very
suspicious Roy Truly. Included is a recording of the Q and A session Kamp conducted
at the 2016 Dealey Plaza U.K. conference with N.A.R.A. documents expert,
Malcolm Blunt. Be sure to check it out!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hasan Yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10662154848135364660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091060397245050674.post-66844865131297523452016-03-26T05:34:00.003-07:002016-03-26T05:34:33.345-07:00“Oswald’s Alibi and the Reid Interrogation Technique” by Greg Parker<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Researcher Greg Parker has recently published an excellent
essay covering Lee Harvey Oswald’s alibi at the time President Kennedy was
assassinated; and the appalling Reid interrogation technique used to obtain
false confessions from suspects (see <b><a href="http://static.parastorage.com/services/wix-labs-pdf-viewer-statics/1.25.0/libs/pdfjs/web/viewer.html?file=http://media.wix.com/ugd/4bdc20_e497781dc7a34680ad76af40e05d60e1.pdf#page=1&zoom=auto,-29,792">here</a></b>).
It is a must read; so please be sure to take some time to read through it!!! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Hasan Yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10662154848135364660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091060397245050674.post-78892383329593821862015-12-03T05:32:00.002-08:002015-12-03T05:35:35.467-08:00The "Prayer Man" movie<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Researcher Bart Kamp has uploaded his movie on “Prayer
Man” at YouTube (see <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0B8JhOe3KU&feature=youtu.be">here</a></b>). It is a
very well put together movie which guides the viewer through the evidence that
Lee Harvey Oswald was standing on the front steps of the TSBD building at the
time President Kennedy was assassinated; and that Oswald is the figure
researcher Sean Murphy dubbed “Prayer Man.” Kamp also explains to the viewer
why the so-called second floor lunchroom encounter between Oswald, the TSBD superintendent
Roy Truly, and DPD officer Marion Baker was a fabrication. I commend Kamp for
the extraordinary effort he has put into making this fantastic movie. If you
want to know why Oswald was not the sixth floor shooter, then watch this
movie!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hasan Yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10662154848135364660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091060397245050674.post-35706306573844938142015-11-29T05:45:00.000-08:002015-11-29T05:45:04.114-08:00Book review: "Prayer Man: The exoneration of Lee Harvey Oswald" by Stan Dane
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Just recently, I finished reading my copy of the book <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Prayer Man: The exoneration of Lee Harvey
Oswald</i> authored by researcher Stan Dane. The book is based on the brilliant
research by Sean Murphy; who presented compelling evidence that at the time of
the assassination, Lee Harvey Oswald was standing on the front steps of the
TSBD watching the Presidential motorcade pass by (see <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=20354">here</a></b>). Had it not been to some personal problems I have been
experiencing for quite a while, I would have purchased the book and read it
much sooner. As a matter of fact, I won my copy of the book from a raffle
ticket draw at the 2015 ROKC conference in Melbourne. My brother (who attended
the conference with me) was the person who drew the ticket that won me the
book. I guess it was my lucky day.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Throughout the book, Dane guides the reader through Sean
Murphy’s research which demonstrates (beyond a reasonable doubt) that Oswald
was standing on the front steps of the TSBD at the time of the assassination;
and is the figure which Sean Murphy dubbed as “Prayer Man.” If you want to know
why Oswald was innocent of shooting President Kennedy, this is the book you
MUST read; and as Dane wrote towards the beginning of his book, this is the
book he wished Sean Murphy had written. But despite Murphy’s ground breaking
research, there will always be those who disagree that Oswald was standing
outside the TSBD at the time of the assassination; from those who simply can’t
handle the reality that Oswald was not the lone assassin, to those whose egos
won’t allow them to admit that Murphy has demonstrated that Oswald was standing
on the front steps of the TSBD because they didn’t do so themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">One of the most truly absurd claims against Oswald being
“Prayer Man” is that “Prayer Man” was a woman. I submit that anyone who
honestly believes this to be the case needs to get their eyes and/or head
examined by a professional; as “Prayer Man” is clearly a male figure! Others
have argued that if Oswald really was “Prayer Man,” he would have shouted out
to news reporters every chance he got that he was standing on the front steps
of the TSBD building. However, given the utter shock, fear, and humiliation the
innocent Oswald would have experienced after being told that he was being
charged for the assassination of the President, I think it’s only perfectly reasonable
that he would have been at a loss for the right words to say. There is another factor
to take into account in this regard. As researcher Greg Parker and (to a lesser
extent) I have discussed, there is good reason to believe that Oswald was an
undiagnosed sufferer of Asperger’s syndrome (see <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://reopenkennedycase.forumotion.net/t44-why-oswald-was-more-likely-to-have-suffered-aspergers-than-dyslexia">here</a></b>). If this was in fact the case, it would most likely have been
more difficult for Oswald to find the right words to say (see <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/aspergers-diary/200804/what-does-it-mean-have-asperger-syndrome">here</a></b> for why).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Some researchers have argued that as President Kennedy’s
motorcade was passing the TSBD building, Oswald was using a camera to take a
photograph(s). Others have argued that Oswald would not have been taking a
photograph(s) from the “Prayer Man” position, as it was a poor position to take
a photograph(s) from. Although I am not entirely convinced myself that Oswald
was taking a photograph(s) as the motorcade passed by, if Oswald was a sufferer
of Asperger’s syndrome, it would make sense for him to take a photograph(s)
from the “Prayer Man” position; as it was away from the crowd and associated
noise. But regardless of what one believes Oswald was doing at the time of the
assassination, Sean Murphy’s research stands on solid ground, and Stan Dane is
to be commended for writing this book. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Hasan Yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10662154848135364660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091060397245050674.post-32477086011590448292015-11-22T06:12:00.001-08:002015-11-22T06:16:21.118-08:00Reflections on the 2015 ROKC conference in Melbourne<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">On November 21 and 22 of this year, the very first conference
on the JFK assassination in Australia was held in Melbourne, Victoria, at the
Mercure Hotel. The conference was organised by researchers Greg Parker and
Frankie Vegas. I had the privilege of attending the conference, and as a
Melbournian myself, I was extremely proud of the fact that the conference was
held in Melbourne. I was very pleased to have met researchers such as Greg
Parker, Vanessa Loney, Colin Crow, Glenn Gilbert, Mick Purdy, and a host of
others for the very first time in person. Overall, the conference was terrific;
with some very well put together presentations. For example, Phil Hopley
discussed the history of the Fair Play for Cuba committee (which I found to be
rather enlightening), and Peter Morris discussed the Mannlicher Carcano rifle (which
I also found to be quite enlightening). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">One of the highlights of the conference was the various items
owned by Peter Morris which were put on display. These items included a jacket
once owned by Jack Ruby, a piece of the picket fence on top of the infamous
“Grassy knoll,” and a brick which was part of the TSBD building. Following the conclusion
of the conference on Sunday the 22nd, I took a stroll to what is known as the
Treasury Gardens directly across the Mercure Hotel with my brother (who also
attended the conference) to take several photographs of a memorial there which
was dedicated to President Kennedy. At the time the Mercure Hotel was selected
as the venue for the conference, it was not known by either Greg Parker or
Frankie Vegas that there was a memorial dedicated to President Kennedy just
across the road from there. It was one very interesting coincidence. When time
allows, I will upload the photographs I took of the memorial (and the
aforementioned items which were put on display) to this blog.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I greatly look forward to a conference being put together in Melbourne for
the next anniversary of the assassination, and my appreciation goes out to both
Greg Parker and Frankie Vegas for taking the time to put this conference
together. My only regret is that the conference did not go for a few more days!</span>Hasan Yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10662154848135364660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091060397245050674.post-52217848394133396792015-09-22T03:43:00.000-07:002016-06-02T01:28:31.683-07:00Who was behind the assassination?<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Throughout my research into the JFK assassination,
there are three groups of people whom I have come to believe deserve the most
attention by researchers:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1). Those who wanted the Vietnam War to escalate
into a full scale War<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2).Those with anti-Semitic beliefs <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">3). Those who were either directly or indirectly
connected to U.S. Army intelligence; namely the 112th Military Intelligence
Group. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">What I hope to accomplish in this essay is to demonstrate
to the reader that the aforementioned groups were the ones most likely responsible
for the assassination of President Kennedy. Although many researchers are of
the belief that the conspirators desired the escalation of the Vietnam War, a much
smaller proportion believe that individuals with ant-Semitic beliefs and/or
those with either a direct or indirect connection to U.S. Army intelligence
were involved in the conspiracy to assassinate the President. I have already
discussed much of what follows at Greg Parker’s terrific research forum in
separate threads. However, I felt that it was important to put it all into a
single essay. Let’s begin with the evidence that U.S. Army intelligence were involved
in the assassination, and were responsible (along with the FBI) for placing
Oswald into the TSBD building; with the purpose of framing him for the
assassination.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The 112th Military
Intelligence Group and the TSBD<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As most researchers of the assassination are
probably aware, the man who owned the TSBD building at the time of the assassination
was David Harold Byrd. Byrd was an Oil operator and co-founder of the Civil Air
Patrol; the very same organisation which Oswald joined in July 1955. One of Byrd’s acquaintances was Jack Alston
Crichton. Crichton was a right-wing Oil and natural Gas industrialist from
Dallas, Texas, who founded the 488th Military Intelligence detachment in 1956.
The 488th Military Intelligence detachment was a reserve Army intelligence
unit, which included several members of the Dallas Police Department. During an
interview, Crichton remarked that there were <i>“about a hundred men in that unit and about forty or fifty of them were
from the Dallas Police Department”</i> (See <b><a href="http://spartacus-educational.com/MDcrichton.htm">here</a></b>). Two such members from the DPD were Deputy Chief George
Lumpkin and detective L. D. (Don) Stringfellow; who worked in the DPD’s
criminal intelligence section (I discuss the significance of this further on in
the essay). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Crichton was also acquainted with George
DeMohrenschildt; the man whom many researchers have described as Oswald’s best
friend and “baby sitter,” and who was acquainted with Army intelligence
officers such as Sam Kail (see <b><a href="http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/S%20Disk/Summers%20Anthony/Item%2008.pdf">here</a></b>).
What’s also important to bear in mind is that Crichton was the owner and
co-director of the Dorchester Gas Producing company. One of the co-directors of
that company was David Harold Byrd. Although this doesn’t prove that there was
a direct connection between Army intelligence and the TSBD, the reader should
take the following into account. On May 22, 1964, Jack Charles Cason; the
President and Treasurer of the TSBD Corporation, wrote an affidavit in which he
claimed the following <i>“The Corporation
acts as an independent agency for a group of thirty-three publishers to
warehouse and distribute textbooks to the various schools in the states of
Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and New Mexico”</i> (see <b><a href="http://jfkassassination.net/russ/testimony/cason.htm">here</a></b>). When Lt. Colonel Robert E. Jones
of the 112th Military Intelligence Group in San Antonio, Texas, testified
before the HSCA, he made the following remark <i>“The 112 MI group had seven regions under its operational control which
encompassed a five-state area: Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, New Mexico and
Oklahoma”</i> (see <b><a href="http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=17342">here</a></b>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As the reader can see, the TSBD Corporation covered
the <i>exact same</i> five states as the 112th
Military Intelligence Group. And as pointed out previously, David Harold Byrd
was an acquaintance of Jack Alston Crichton; the man who founded the 488th Military
intelligence detachment in Dallas, Texas. It is difficult to ignore the
intriguing <i>“coincidence”</i> that the man
who owned the TSBD building was acquainted with a man who was a founder of a
reserve Army intelligence unit; and that the TSBD Corporation which had its
offices inside that very same building covered the <i>exact same</i> five states as the 112th Military intelligence group. What’s
also intriguing is that in 1948, Byrd became the Regional Coordinator (later
renamed Regional Commander) of the Civil Air Patrol’s Southwest Region. The
Southwest Region included the states of </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Louisiana, Arkansas and Arizona (see <b><a href="http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=5619">here</a></b>). As the reader can see, with the
exception of Arizona, the Southwest Region of the CAP covered the same states
as both the TSBD Corporation and the 112th MIG.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Oswald and the 112th Military Intelligence Group<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">But what exactly does this have to do with Oswald
himself? Aside from the fact Oswald worked inside that building for the TSBD
Corporation as an order-filler, let’s take the following into consideration. On
the evening of November 23, 1963, Oswald tried to place a phone call to a John
David Hurt or a John William Hurt from the DPD jail. The phone numbers of both
men were written down on a piece of paper by Louise Sweeney/Swinney; who worked
as a telephone switchboard operator for the DPD. Sweeney’s/Swinney’s colleague,
Alveeta Treon, retrieved the piece of paper after Sweeney/Swinney purportedly
through it into a waste basket. What’s important to bear in mind is that John
David Hurt had worked for Army intelligence; and then Army counterintelligence,
in Europe and Japan during World War II (see <b><a href="http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/H%20Disk/Hurt%20John%20D/Item%2004.pdf">here</a></b>, and <a href="http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/po-arm/id/9930/rec/70"><b>here</b> </a>on page
12).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">One must ask why Oswald would be trying to call a
man connected to both Army intelligence and Army counter intelligence following
his arrest for the assassination of President Kennedy. When we take into consideration
the likelihood that Oswald was working for Army
intelligence and/or counterintelligence, it seems likely that Oswald was trying to contact
Hurt to ask for his help. Although John David Hurt denied knowing Oswald, his
denial may have been because he thought that by acknowledging he knew Oswald, he
would come under suspicion of being involved in a conspiracy with Oswald to
assassinate the President. The reader should also keep in mind that Mrs Sweeney/Swinney
denied that Oswald ever tried to call a John Hurt from the DPD jail. However,
it’s quite likely that her denial was because she was threatened to keep quiet
about it; as the implication of Oswald’s attempted phone call was that he was possibly
working for Army intelligence and/or counterintelligence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">It is also important to keep in mind what Lt. Col.
Robert Jones told the HSCA with regards to his role in the 112th Military
Intelligence Group; <i>“I was directly
responsible for all counterintelligence, operations background investigations,
domestic intelligence and any special operations in this area” </i>(see <b><a href="http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=17342">here</a></b>). If Jones’ testimony is to be
believed, the 112th MIG was not only responsible for intelligence operations,
but also counterintelligence operations. In my opinion, this reinforces the
notion that Oswald was trying to call John David Hurt following his arrest. Let’s
now take the following into account. As most researchers are probably already
aware, Oswald’s immediate supervisor at the TSBD was William Hoyt Shelley. When
Shelley testified before the Warren Commission, he claimed that he had <i>“worked in defense plants a little bit during
the war</i>” before he started working at the TSBD in 1945 (WC Volume VI, page 327).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As researcher Greg Parker has pointed out, the FBI
(at the behest of the U.S. Navy and Army) had informants working in defense
plants (see <b><a href="http://reopenkennedycase.forumotion.net/t486-william-shelley-s-cia-claim">here</a></b>). The reader should
also take note of the fact that Shelley was a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army’s
ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) while he was enrolled at Crozier Technical
High School in Dallas, Texas (see <b><a href="http://reopenkennedycase.forumotion.net/t388p585-prayer-man-on-the-education-forum">here</a></b>).
The significance of this is that as Greg Parker discovered; <i>“The Army's Reserve Officer Training Corps
(ROTC) had also instituted programs for training both Military Intelligence
and...”</i> (see <b><a href="http://reopenkennedycase.forumotion.net/t176p60-jack-edwin-dougherty">here</a></b>). With this
information in mind, it is entirely possible (and even likely) that Shelley was
an Army intelligence officer acting as an informant inside defense plants at
the behest of the U.S. Army, prior to commencing work at the TSBD. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Finally, let’s take the following important bit of information
into consideration. In volume two of his seminal book <i>Lee Harvey Oswald’s Cold War</i>, researcher Greg Parker writes about a
plan being hatched by the national Civil Air Patrol in the late 1940s; <i>“The plan released by the Pennsylvania Wing [of
the Civil Air Patrol] indicated the organization was getting set to send
selected CAP recruits to the Army Counter-Intelligence School at Holabird Signal
Depot, Baltimore, Md. It declared that these recruits would be taught the
Russian language, Russian military tactics, Russian politics and all
characteristics of the Russian people.”</i> As Parker has also discussed, the
purpose of Oswald’s so-called defection to the Soviet Union was to deliver
radar information to the Soviets to help with negotiations of a nuclear test
ban treaty between the Soviets and the United States (see <b><a href="http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=16104">here</a></b>). We should also keep in mind that in February 1959 (8 months
before his arrival in the Soviet Union), Oswald was given an Army aptitude test
to grade his fluency in the Russian Language (Warren Report, page 257).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Keeping in mind everything discussed above, the
reader should ask him/herself the following question. What are the odds of it
being just a coincidence that Oswald; someone who had joined the Civil Air
Patrol (the very same organisation which had hatched a plan to send some of its
recruits to an Army Counter-intelligence School where they would be taught the
Russian language, Russian military tactics, Russian politics and all
characteristics of the Russian people), ended up working in the building which
was owned by the co-founder of that very same organisation? Furthermore, the
reader should ask him/herself the following question. What are the odds of it
being just a coincidence that Oswald; who had gone to work for a corporation
inside that very same building which likely had ties to the 112th MIG, just
happened to try and contact a man who had worked for Army intelligence and then
Army counter-intelligence during World War II, following his arrest by the DPD?
In my opinion, the odds of all of this being just a coincidence are extremely
slim.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">At this stage, the reader is probably wondering what
any of this has to do with framing Oswald for the assassination of President
Kennedy. Let’s now take the following into account. After Oswald was arrested
by the DPD, a delegation of DCLU (Dallas Civil Liberties Union) members went to
the DPD with the alleged intention of ensuring that Oswald’s legal rights were
not being violated by the DPD. As researcher Greg Parker notes, the man who suggested the DCLU
check to see that Oswald’s legal rights were not being violated was divorce
attorney Grier Raggio. Raggio was one of the board of directors of the DCLU,
who was also part of the delegation that went to the DPD (WCE 987). Raggio’s
presence at the DPD following Oswald’s arrest was confirmed by Dallas district
attorney, Henry Wade, during his testimony before the Warren Commission (WC
Volume V, page 222). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Raggio had his divorce practice set-up inside the
Rio Grande building in Dallas; the very same building in which the 112th<sup> </sup>MIG
had its offices (see <a href="http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/F%20Disk/FBI/FBI%20Control%20of%20Investigation%20Commission%2002/Item%2086.pdf"><b>here</b> </a>and <b><a href="http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Civil%20Actions/JFK-MLK%20Appeals%20Subjects/Powell%20James/Powell%2004.pdf">here</a></b>). Although that’s not significant
on its own, let’s take following into account. As Greg Parker explains <b><a href="http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=21953">here</a></b>, after Raggio got drafted into the
U.S. Army following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, he was rejected for Army
intelligence training allegedly on security grounds. Furthermore, after Raggio
was sent to the pacific theater, he sent home multiple letters complaining about
the Army. On a final note, Raggio was accused of being a communist by the HUAC
(House Un-American Activities committee). As most people reading this will probably
agree, the 112th MIG would have (by all likelihood) carefully investigated
every single individual and company who intended to occupy the same building as
them for security reasons. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As most people reading this will also probably
agree, the 112th MIG would have had a record of the fact that Raggio was
rejected for Army intelligence training <i>“on
security grounds” </i>and probably knew that Raggio sent home multiple letters
complaining about the Army and that he was accused of being a communist by the
HUAC. With all of this information in mind, it seems highly unlikely that the
112th MIG would allow Raggio anywhere near the Rio Grande building; unless he
was <i>working for</i> them! If this was the
case, then the letters Raggio sent home complaining about the Army and his
rejection for officer intelligence training were probably just a ruse. What’s
particularly important to note, is that as researcher Greg Parker writes, Raggio
actually saw to it that Oswald did <i>not</i>
receive legal help prior to his murder by Jack Ruby (this will be further
explained in Volume 3 of Parker’s book). The reader should also note that
Raggio’s wife, Louise, was Ruth Paine’s divorce attorney (the significance of
which I return to further on in this essay). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Raggio’s wife was also acquainted with Lyndon
Johnson, and was once an assistant district attorney for Henry Wade (see <b><a href="http://reopenkennedycase.forumotion.net/t16-send-lawyers-guns-money-pt2">here</a></b>). As most researchers are undoubtedly
aware, after Johnson became President, he overturned President Kennedy’s
decision to remove 1,000 U.S. military personnel from South Vietnam by the end
of 1963; and eventually, drastically escalated the Vietnam War. As discussed in
my essay <i>Gerald Hill and the Framing of
Lee Harvey Oswald</i> (<b><a href="http://www.ctka.net/2014/hill.html">here</a></b>), there
is very good reason to believe that DPD Sgt. Gerald Hill framed Oswald for the
murder of DPD officer J.D. Tippit by pretending to remove the gun most likely used
to kill Tippit (WCE 143) from Oswald during his arrest inside the Texas Theater.
Furthermore, as I discussed in the essay <i>A
few words on former DPD Captain, William Ralph Westbrook </i>(<b><a href="http://jfkthelonegunmanmyth.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/a-few-words-on-former-dpd-captain.html">here</a></b>), Westbrook was likely involved
with Hill in framing Oswald for Tippit’s murder; and that following his
retirement from the DPD in 1966, Westbrook went on to become a Police advisor
in South Vietnam. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Although several researchers are of the belief that
the Tippit murder and the assassination were not related, there are several
reasons to believe that they were related. Firstly, we should take into account
the evidence that a wallet bearing identification for Oswald and his alleged
alias, Hidell, was left in the vicinity of the Tippit murder scene. Secondly,
as discussed in my aforementioned essay on Gerald Hill, there is very good
reason to believe that contrary to Hill’s claim that he was on the sixth floor
of the TSBD when Dallas deputy Sheriff Luke Mooney discovered the spent rifle
shell casings there, he was on the sixth floor <i>before</i> Mooney discovered the spent shell casings, and that
therefore, Hill knew in advance where they were. As mentioned previously, there
is also good reason to believe that DPD Captain Westbrook; who went on to
become a Police advisor in South Vietnam following the escalation of the
Vietnam war by President Johnson, was involved in framing Oswald for Tippit’s
murder. Finally, as discussed in my essay <i>Did
Larry Crafard kill J.D. Tippit</i> (<b><a href="http://jfkthelonegunmanmyth.blogspot.com.au/2014/12/did-larry-crafard-kill-jd-tippit.html">here</a></b>),
there is good reason to believe that Crafard (who was allegedly Jack Ruby’s
multi-purpose employee at the Carousel</span><span class="st1"><span style="color: #545454; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">club)
was the shooter on the sixth floor of the TSBD, and the man who killed officer
Tippit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I return to Hill and Crafard further on in this
essay. For now, let’s return to Jack Crichton. As discussed towards the
beginning of this essay, Crichton knew both David Harold Byrd and George
DeMohrenschildt; and was the founder of the 488th Military intelligence
detachment in Dallas, Texas. When we take this information in conjunction with
the evidence that Oswald was working for Army intelligence/counterintelligence,
it is quite likely that Oswald knew Crichton. Following Oswald’s arrest on the
day of the assassination, one of Marina Oswald’s translators at the DPD was
Ilya Mamantov. Mamantov was a native Russian with ant-communist beliefs, who
knew both Ruth Paine and George DeMohrenschildt (WC Volume IX, pages 104, 107,
and 120). As researcher Lee Farley discusses <b><a href="http://reopenkennedycase.forumotion.net/t565-lost-in-translation?highlight=lost+in">here</a></b>, Mamantov had likely mistranslated Marina’s words with regards
to the rifle her husband allegedly owned following their return from the Soviet
Union; to give the impression that the Soviets were involved with Oswald in a
conspiracy to assassinate President Kennedy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">During his testimony before the Warren Commission,
Mamantov explained that it was Crichton and DPD deputy chief George L. Lumpkin who
had asked him to be Marina Oswald’s translator at the DPD (ibid, page 106). As
stated above, Lumpkin was a member of Crichton’s 488th Military intelligence
detachment, and was also one of the occupants of the pilot car of the
Presidential motorcade in Dallas on the day of the assassination. Another
occupant of the pilot car was Lt. Colonel George Whitmeyer. Whitmeyer was in
overall command of all Army reserve units in East Texas; this included Crichton’s
488th Military intelligence detachment in Dallas (see <b><a href="http://spartacus-educational.com/JFK488mid.htm">here</a></b>). Although I don’t know exactly what significance there is to
Lumpkin’s and Whitmeyer’s presence inside the pilot car, I nevertheless believe
it is something important to keep in mind. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The reader should also keep in mind that Crichton
was purportedly involved in the arrangements for President Kennedy’s visit to
Dallas. Given the presence of both Lumpkin and Whitmeyer inside the pilot car,
it seems likely that Crichton was in some way involved in the planning of the
motorcade route. Many people reading this essay are probably wondering why
Mamantov would admit during his testimony before the Warren Commission that
Crichton and Lumpkin had asked him to translate for Marina Oswald if there was
anything sinister about it. In my opinion, by admitting that Crichton and
Lumpkin had asked him to translate for Marina, Mamantov probably thought that the
Warren Commission wouldn’t suspect he was involved with Crichton, Lumpkin, and
others in framing Oswald for the assassination of President Kennedy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Oswald and the FBI<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As implied at the beginning of this essay, the FBI was
likely involved with Army intelligence in placing Oswald inside the TSBD. What
follows are my reasons for believing this to be the case. As mentioned previously,
in Volume two of his book <i>Lee Harvey
Oswald’s cold war</i>, researcher Greg Parker writes about a plan being hatched
by the national Civil Air Patrol in the late 1940s to send selected recruits of
that organisation to the Army Counter-intelligence School in Baltimore,
Maryland, where they would be taught the Russian language, Russian military
tactics, Russian politics, and <i>“all
characteristics of the Russian people.”</i> As Parker also writes in his book, the
plan not only required the approval of the FBI for it to be implemented; but Colonel
Philip F. Neuweiler (the commander of the Pennsylvania wing of the CAP) had
asked the FBI for its cooperation in screening candidates for this training. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Furthermore, the plan required that the recruits
report on individuals known to have </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“</span><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Communistic leanings or subversive tendencies”</span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> in
the organisation at which they are employed. As we have already seen, the TSBD
building was owned by David Harold Byrd; one of the co-founders of the Civil
Air Patrol. Working inside that building with Oswald for the TSBD Corporation was
Joe Rodriguez Molina. At the time of the assassination, Molina was employed at
the TSBD as a credit manager (WCE 2036). Molina was a Mexican American; who was
also one of the co-founders of the Dallas chapter of the American G.I. Forum
(see <b><a href="http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/D%20Disk/Dallas%20Police%20Department/Dallas%20Police%20Department%20Records/Volumes%20Appendices/Item%20M.pdf">here</a></b>). For those who are
unfamiliar, the American G.I. Forum was an organisation established to protect
the rights of Mexican Americans. One of the members of the Dallas chapter of
the American G.I. Forum was William James Lowery. As researcher Lee Farley
explains <b><a href="http://reopenkennedycase.forumotion.net/t419-william-james-lowery-james-patrick-hosty-and-lee-oswald">here</a></b>, Lowery was a long
time FBI informant who had been reporting on Molina to the FBI.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">As Farley writes, one of
the FBI agents whom Lowery would provide information to was James Hosty. As
most researchers of the assassination are probably aware, following his arrest
on the day of the assassination, it was discovered that Oswald had Hosty’s name
and phone number inside his address book. It is my belief that Oswald was informing
on Molina to Hosty during his brief employment at the TSBD. In addition to what
has already been discussed, let’s take the following into account. In late
September, 1963, William Lowery publicly revealed that he was an FBI informant.
This now surely meant that he could no longer be used as an FBI informant. On
October 9, 1963, the FBI removed their FLASH (security watch) on Oswald; which
they had issued following Oswald’s alleged defection to the Soviet Union. As
far as I am aware, the FBI never provided an explanation as to why they
cancelled the FLASH on Oswald. What’s most intriguing is that the FLASH was removed
right between the time Lowery publicly revealed himself to be an FBI informant
and the time Oswald obtained his job at the TSBD as an order-filler on October
15, 1963. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">If Oswald commenced
working for the FBI as an informant, then this would certainly explain why the
FLASH was removed. What’s also most intriguing is that Lowery was running a
shoe store named the Shoe Haven a mere three blocks to the West of the Texas
Theater where Oswald was arrested. Although many reading this may believe that all
of this was simply a coincidence, I believe it is unlikely that this was the
case. The reader should also note that during an interview with the HSCA,
Lowery remarked that he thought Oswald was coming after him when he allegedly
ducked into the lobby of Hardy’s shoe store to hide from DPD squad cars after
allegedly shooting officer Tippit (see <b><a href="http://reopenkennedycase.forumotion.net/t419-william-james-lowery-james-patrick-hosty-and-lee-oswald">here</a></b>).
It is my belief that Lowery made this comment to bolster the notion that Oswald
did duck into the lobby of Hardy’s shoe store, by giving the impression that
Oswald mistook Hardy’s shoe store for his own shoe store.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Let’s also take the
following into consideration. One of the co-founders of the Dallas chapter of
the American G.I. Forum was Felix G. Botello. As researcher Greg Parker points
out, Botello was a member of an extreme militia group found with a large cache
of weapons being sent to Mississippi to aid former Army general Edwin A. Walker
during the racial riots there in October, 1962. As Parker also explains, weapons
were disappearing from Army armories (see <b><a href="http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=6017&page=2">here</a></b>).
One such example is the theft of weapons from the National Guard Armory in
Terrell, Texas, on November 14, 1963. The two men arrested by the DPD for
possession of these stolen weapons were Lawrence Reginald Miller and Donnell
Whitter/Whittier (see <b><a href="http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=2547">here</a></b>). Curiously,
Whitter/Whittier was a mechanic who had once serviced Jack Ruby’s car. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Although this is simply
speculation on my part, given Oswald’s probable connection to Army Intelligence
and Army counter-intelligence, I believe Oswald was lured into the TSBD by the
conspirators under the pretense that he would be keeping an eye on Molina to
see if he was involved in the theft of weapons from the aforementioned
armories. I also believe the FBI were unwittingly working with the conspirators
in placing Oswald into the TSBD; with their intention merely being to use Oswald
to keep an eye on Molina with regards to any communist/subversive affiliations
on his (Molina’s) part, and to report any such information to them. Before
concluding this section, it is worth mentioning that former FBI agent Carver
Gayton told HSCA investigators that James Hosty told him (Gayton) that Oswald
has been a PSI (Potential/probationary security informant) for the FBI (see <b><a href="http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=7569">here</a></b>). Although it is debatable as to whether
Hosty would admit to such a thing, it is nevertheless something we should keep
in mind. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Oswald before the TSBD<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">With the likelihood in
mind that Oswald was part of the training being conducted at the aforementioned
Army Counter-intelligence School in Baltimore, Maryland, let’s now consider the
following. As most researchers are probably aware, in October 1962, Oswald
began working at Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall; a typographic services company in
Dallas which had contracts with the U.S. Army Map services (see <b><a href="http://jfkcountercoup.blogspot.com.au/2009/12/u2-photos-of-cuba-oct-62.html">here</a></b>), (WC Volume X, pages 168 and 191).
What’s also noteworthy is that one of Oswald’s co-workers at Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall
in the photographic department was Dennis Hyman Ofstein. Prior to his
employment at Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall, Ofstein had served in the U.S. Army and the
Army security agency; which was the signal intelligence branch of the U.S. Army
(WC Volume X, pages 194 and 200). Curiously, Ofstein had studied the Russian
language whilst serving in the Army security agency (ibid, page 200). At this
point, the reader should recall that not only was Oswald fluent with the
Russian language, but he was also given an Army aptitude test see how fluent he
was with the Russian language prior to his so-called defection to the Soviet
Union.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">But just how did Oswald
obtain his employment at Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall? Let’s consider the following. When
Marina Oswald testified before the Warren Commission, she claimed that that the
person who helped Oswald obtain his job there was George Bouhe (WC Volume I,
page 7). Bouhe was a Russian ancestry and a so-called leader of the <i>“White
Russian”</i> group in the Dallas-Fort Worth area (WC Volume VIII, page 357). Prior
to his immigration to the United States in 1923, Bouhe had worked for the
American relief commission in Russia (ibid). One of the directors of the
American relief commission with whom Bouhe was acquainted was Major General
William N. Haskell (ibid). Following his resignation from the regular U.S.
Army, Haskell went on to command the Army National Guard in New York in 1926
(see <b><a href="http://marshallfoundation.org/library/digital-archive/to-major-general-william-n-haskell-2/">here</a></b>). As the reader can see,
Bouhe had connections to the U.S. Army. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">When Bouhe testified
before the Warren Commission, he claimed that he first met Oswald in August,
1962 (ibid, page 358). Bouhe went on to tell the Warren Commission that Oswald
had physically abused his wife sometime within the first two weeks of September,
1962 (ibid, page 365). In fact, several members of the so-called <i>“White
Russian”</i> community who were acquainted with the Oswalds, such as Elena Hall
and Anna Meller, claimed that Oswald had physically abused his wife (ibid,
pages 386 and 395). Although Marina Oswald also told the Warren Commission that
Oswald had physically abused her, unlike what Bouhe told the Warren Commission,
Marina claimed that Oswald had abused her after they had moved in to their
apartment on Elsbeth Street in Dallas (WC Volume I, page 10). The Oswalds were
both living there in November, 1962. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">What’s interesting is
that on or about September 1, 1962, Ruth Paine separated from her husband
Michael, due to what was described as <i>“unkind, cruel, harsh and tyrannical
treatment and conduct”</i> by him beginning about six months prior to their
separation (WCD 849, page 34). Curiously,
this corresponds to the period of time in which George Bouhe claimed that Oswald
had physically abused his wife. Although the Oswalds allegedly first met Ruth
Paine at the home of Dallas chemist Everett Glover on the evening of February
22, 1963, there is good reason to believe otherwise. Let’s consider the
following. On November 30, 1963, the FBI interviewed Robert Stovall; the
President of Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall, concerning Oswald’s employment there.
Stovall more or less told the FBI that when Oswald commenced his employment
there, he claimed that his address was in Irving, which he later changed to a
post office Box number <i>“presumably in Dallas”</i> (WCD 7, page 122).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">As the reader may already
be aware, Ruth and Michael Paine moved into their home at 2515 West fifth
street in Irving, Texas in 1959 (WC Volume II, page 432). Let’s now take the
following into account. From July 1952 to April 1954, Michael Paine served in
the U.S. Army; after which he was transferred to the Army reserve <i>“by reason
of release of overseas returnees”</i> (see <b><a href="http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/P%20Disk/Paine%20Ruth%20Hyde/Item%2016.pdf">here</a></b>).
Paine served in the Army reserve (inactive status) from April 1954 to July
1960. As many researchers have noted, Paine was employed by Bell Helicopter as
a research engineer from about 1958 (WC Volume II, pages 385 and 386). The
reader should keep in mind that Bell Helicopter manufactured Helicopters for
the U.S. Army (such as the UH-1) which were used during the Vietnam War. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">As we can see, Michael
Paine was another person associated with Oswald who had connections to the U.S.
Army. As stated previously, the woman who was Ruth Paine’s divorce attorney was
Louise Raggio; who worked with her husband Grier inside the Rio Grande building
in Dallas, where the 112th MIG also had their offices. As also stated
previously, Grier Raggio was most likely working for the 112th MIG. Taking this
into account with everything else discussed above, it is my belief that Ruth
and Michael Paine were working with George Bouhe and the 112th MIG in placing
Oswald at Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall; and that contrary to what researchers have
been led to believe, Oswald was living with Ruth Paine when he commenced
working there. It is also my belief that the Paines and the Raggios were likely
working together in placing Oswald inside the TSBD as part of the frame-up for
the assassination. It is noteworthy that after the assassination, the Paines
were once again living together; despite the allegation that Michael had
subjected Ruth to <i>“unkind, cruel, harsh and tyrannical treatment and conduct</i>”
(WCD 849, page 34). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Gerald Hill and Larry Crafard<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">So far in this essay, I
have mentioned several individuals who were (or likely were) connected to Army
intelligence and the 112th MIG. I will now discuss two other individuals who I
believe were connected to Army intelligence and the 112th MIG, namely; former
DPD Sgt. Gerald Hill, and Jack Ruby’s so-called multipurpose employee, Larry
Crafard. Let’s begin with Hill. I mentioned above that as I discussed in my
essay </span><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Gerald Hill and the Framing of Lee Harvey Oswald</span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, there is very good reason
to believe that Hill framed Oswald for the murder of DPD officer J.D. Tippit by
pretending to remove the gun most likely used to kill Tippit from Oswald during
his arrest inside the Texas Theater. As a result, I believe that anything Hill
had to say with regards to Oswald and the assassination should be treated as
highly suspect. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">On March 19, 1978, an
article entitled <i>Army apparently didn’t tell commission of Oswald’s alias </i>was
published in the <i>Dallas Morning News </i>newspaper. The article was written
by <i>Dallas Morning News</i> reporter, Earl Golz. In the article, Golz discusses
how the 112th MIG in San Antonio, Texas, first learned that Oswald allegedly
used the name Alek James Hidell as an alias. In that very same article, Gerald
Hill is quoted as saying the following with regards to how the 112th MIG
learned that Oswald allegedly used that name as an alias <i>“…in all
probability Army intelligence got their information from [the Department of
Public Safety in Austin, Texas] who had it probably 10 minutes after we got back
here (to the Dallas Police Department) with [Oswald]”</i> (see <b><a href="http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/F%20Disk/FBI/FBI%20Records%20Release%2012-7-77%20News%20Accounts/Item%20069.pdf">here</a></b>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Hill’s remark was most
certainly a falsehood. Consider the following. During his testimony before the
HSCA, Lt. Colonel Robert Jones of the 112th MIG in San Antonio, Texas, made the
following remarks as to how his unit learned that Oswald used the name Hidell
as an alias; <i>“…</i></span><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I would believe it was the
middle of 1963 when he was arrested in New Orleans, and I had liaison with the
New Orleans police and through our regional office in New Orleans, they
provided me with his arrest, his activities and we carded him under both the
name of A. J. Hidell and Lee Harvey Oswald”</span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> (see <b><a href="http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=17342">here</a></b>).
Jones was referring to Oswald’s arrest in New Orleans on August 9, 1963.
Despite Jones’ claim, Greg Parker has shown that his claim was most certainly a
falsehood (see <b><a href="http://reopenkennedycase.forumotion.net/t111-hidell-the-frame-was-bold-and-ruthless?highlight=hidell">here</a></b>). It is my
belief that Gerald Hill was the individual who informed the 112th MIG in San
Antonio, Texas, that Oswald used the name Hidell as an alias shortly after he
arrived at the DPD following Oswald’s arrest at the Texas Theater.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Let’s also consider the following with regards to
Hill. When Hill testified before the Warren Commission on April 8, 1964, he
claimed that on November 24, 1963, he travelled to San Antonio, Texas, to
allegedly attend a <i>“state board meeting
of the Texas Municipal Police Association” </i>(WC Volume VII, page 63). As
mentioned above, Jones’ 112th MIG unit was in San Antonio, Texas. It is my
belief that Hill travelled to San Antonio to provide the 112th MIG with false
information on Oswald and the assassination. The reader may be wondering why
Hill would tell the Warren Commission that he had travelled to San Antonio if
this truly was the case. We should consider that Hill may have thought that the
Warren Commission was already aware he had travelled to San Antonio, and
therefore claimed that he travelled there for a meeting of the Texas Municipal
Police Association as a cover for why he was actually there. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I previously mentioned that as discussed in my
aforementioned essay on Hill, there is very good reason to believe that
contrary to Hill’s claim that he was on the sixth floor of the TSBD when Dallas
deputy Sheriff Luke Mooney discovered the spent rifle shell casings there, he
was on the sixth floor <i>before</i> Mooney
discovered the spent shell casings. In that essay, I also discussed that detective
V.J. (Jack) Brian of the DPD was most likely lying when he told the Warren
Commission that Hill was on the sixth floor when the spent shell casings were
discovered (see under the subheading <i>Did
Hill Lie about his location?</i>). In fact, as far as I am aware, Brian was the
<i>only</i> law enforcement official who
claimed to be with Hill on the sixth floor of the TSBD when the spent shell
casings were discovered. Let’s now take a close look at Brian’s background. <i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">From June 1955, Brian worked as a detective in the
criminal intelligence section of the DPD (WC Volume V, page 48). On January 1,
1964, Brian told the US Secret Service that he had interrogated James Powell; a
special agent/officer of the 112th MIG in Dallas, after Powell was trapped
inside the TSBD following the assassination. This was due to the fact that the
DPD sealed off the building (see <b><a href="http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/A%20Disk/Allman%20Pierce/Item%2003.pdf">here</a></b>). When Brian testified before the Warren
Commission, he was asked who was inside the DPD car with him after he left the
TSBD. Brian remarked “<i>Let me see,
Lieutenant [Jack] Revill, myself, [detective Roy] Westphal, [detective O.J.]
Tarver, and we gave a man a lift, and I don't remember whether he was a CID, I
don't know the man, I don't remember whether he was a CIC agent or a CID or
OSI, he was some type of, as I recall, Army intelligence man” </i>(WC Volume V,
page 57).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">In the aforementioned
article by Earl Golz, Golz writes that Lt. Jack Revill (who was in charge of
the criminal intelligence section of the DPD) claimed that he gave a lift to an
Army intelligence Officer from near the TSBD after the assassination; but he
couldn’t remember if the officer’s name was James Powell. Although I can’t
state this with absolute certainty, given that Brian had interrogated Powell
inside the TSBD, Powell was by all likelihood the Army intelligence officer to
whom Revill and Brian gave a ride following the assassination. With this in
mind, it is curious that Brian told the Warren Commission he didn’t know <i>“the
man”</i> who was in the car with him after he left the TSBD; despite knowing
who Powell was as evident from his aforementioned interview with the Secret
Service. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The obvious question is
why did Brian deny that he knew Powell when he testified before the Warren
Commission? In my opinion, the most plausible answer is that Brian knew that individuals
with connections to Army intelligence were behind the assassination, and that Brian
himself was probably involved in the assassination. Let’s now consider the
following. Captain W.P. Gannaway; who was in charge of the DPD’s special
services bureau (which included the criminal intelligence section), was a reserve
Lt. Colonel in the Army intelligence corps/service (see <a href="http://jfkcountercoup2.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/spies-in-dallas-police-alert.html"><b>here</b> </a>and <b><a href="http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GANNAWAY/2002-01/1010802034">here</a></b>). As Jack
Revill told the HSCA, from 1960, the intelligence section of the special
services bureau was physically moved to a building located at the Dallas State Fairgrounds
(see <b><a href="http://jfkassassination.net/russ/jfkinfo2/jfk4/hscarevl.htm">here</a></b>). Also located at the
Fairgrounds (beneath the Dallas Health and Science museum) was the </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Dallas Civil Defense
Emergency Bunker; a nuclear bomb proof <i>“cellar”</i>
which contained <i>“special communications
equipment.”</i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">According to researcher Russ Baker <i>“On April 1, 1962, Dallas Civil Defense,
with [Jack] Crichton heading its intelligence component, opened an elaborate
underground command post under the patio of the Dallas Health and Science
Museum”</i> (see <b><a href="http://jfkcountercoup.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/shenanigans-at-dallas-state-fairgrounds.html">here</a></b>).
Provided this information concerning Crichton is accurate, and given that
Gannaway was a reserve Lt. Colonel in the Army intelligence corps/service, it
seems unlikely that Crichton and Gannaway didn’t know each other. We should
also keep in mind that Crichton admitted during an interview that there were <i>“about a hundred men in [the 488th Military
intelligence detachment] and about forty or fifty of them were from the Dallas
Police Department”</i> and that one of those men was DPD detective L. D. (Don)
Stringfellow of the Criminal Intelligence Section (see <b><a href="http://jfkcountercoup.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/oswald-from-out-of-cosmos.html">here</a></b>). This makes it all the more likely that Crichton and Gannaway
knew each other; and that detective V.J. Brian was a member of Crichton’s 488th
Military intelligence detachment. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Although none of this proves that Gerald Hill was
involved with Army intelligence and the 112th MIG, when we take into account
the fact that Hill travelled to San Antonio, Texas (of all places) two days
following the assassination, and that the officer who (by all likelihood) lied
about Hill being on the sixth floor when the spent shell casings were
discovered was connected to Army intelligence and Jack Crichton, it seems
likely that Hill was also connected to Army intelligence and Crichton. In my
aforementioned essay on Hill, I also explain that shortly following Oswald’s
arrest, Hill falsely claimed during an interview with Bob Whitten of KCRA radio
that Oswald had admitted to being an <i>“active
communist”</i> (See under the subheading <i>Hill’s
possible motive</i>). As several researchers have noted, detective Stringfellow
was named as the source of information in a confidential cable on the night of
assassination from Army intelligence in Texas to the U.S. strike command at
MacDill Air Force base in Florida. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">According to the cable, information <i>“obtained from Oswald revealed that he had
defected to Cuba in 1959 and is a card-carrying member of the Communist Party”</i>
(see <b><a href="http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/F%20Disk/FBI/FBI%20Records%20Release%2012-7-77%20News%20Accounts/Item%20069.pdf">here</a></b>). This information was
false, since Oswald never defected to Cuba, and was not a “<i>card-carrying member of the Communist Party.”</i> It’s important to
note that MacDill Air Force base in Florida had the capability of providing a
swift retaliatory attack against Cuba.
Such a provocative cable may have led to an attack against Cuba by the
United States; as it suggested that Oswald was involved in a conspiracy with
Cuban Communists to assassinate the President. This could then have led to a
war between the United States and the Soviets, in which nuclear weapons may
have been used. If this was to occur, the Dallas Civil Defense Emergency Bunker
at the Dallas State Fairgrounds would surely have been utilised. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As mentioned above, individuals of interest such as
detective V.J. Brian had ties to the Dallas state Fairgrounds. Another
individual of interest with ties to the Fairgrounds was Larry Crafard. During
his testimony before the Warren Commission, Crafard claimed that when he arrived
in Dallas, Texas, he went to work for an <i>“outfit”</i>
located at the Fairgrounds called <i>“How
Hollywood makes movies”</i> (WC Volume XIII, page 416). Crafard also told the
Warren Commission that he enlisted in the U.S. Army in September, 1958, and was
discharged in November, 1959, under honorable conditions (ibid, page 405). Taking
this into account with the fact that Crafard was in close proximity to both the
Dallas Civil Defense Emergency Bunker and the Criminal intelligence section of
the DPD shortly before the assassination, it seems likely that Crafard was
involved with Army intelligence. The reader should also keep in mind the
evidence that Army intelligence was involved in the assassination and that
there is good reason to believe that Crafard was the shooter on the sixth floor
of the TSBD and the man who shot officer Tippit. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Blaming the Jews<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">At the beginning of this essay, I mentioned that one
of the groups of people whom I believe deserve the most attention by
researchers is those with anti-Semitic beliefs. What follows are my reasons for
believing this to be the case. As the reader may be aware, on the day of the
assassination, an advertisement with a black border around it entitled <i>“Welcome Mr. Kennedy”</i> was printed in the
<i>Dallas Morning News</i> newspaper. The
advertisement asked President Kennedy to answer several questions; with the
implication being that he was soft on communists (WCE 1031). The person whose
name appeared at the bottom of the advertisement was Bernard Weissman. Weissman
was a right-wing conservative of Jewish Ancestry, who served in the U.S. Army
from August 1961 until August 1963 (WC Volume V, pages 489 and 500). Although
the advertisement stated that Weissman was the chairman of <i>“The American Fact-Finding Committee,” </i>no such committee actually
existed (WCE 1052).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Given that the advertisement appeared in the <i>Dallas Morning News</i> newspaper on the
very same day that the President was assassinated, this may have led many
people to suspect that Weissman; and by implication, the Jews, were behind the
assassination. It is my belief that this was in fact the purpose of the
advertisement. Let’s take into account the following. One of the financial
contributors to the advertisement was Nelson Bunker Hunt; one of the sons of
the eccentric oil billionaire, H.L. Hunt (WCE 1885). Both Bunker Hunt and his
father held extreme right-wing and anti-Semitic beliefs, and were opposed to President
Kennedy (see <b><a href="http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/C%20Disk/Currington%20John%20W/Item%2001.pdf">here </a></b>and<b> <a href="http://moneyweek.com/profile-of-nelson-bunker-hunt/">here</a></b>). One individual of interest who
was associated with the elder Hunt was Warren Hasty Carroll. As I discuss <b><a href="http://reopenkennedycase.forumotion.net/t350-warren-hasty-carroll">here</a></b>, Carroll was a CIA analyst who was
good friends with Larry Jones of CUSA (Conservatism USA) fame and had worked as
a script writer for H.L. Hunt’s right-wing radio program, <i>Life Line</i>. Carroll also served in the U.S. Army signal corps (see <b><a href="http://www.christendom.edu/about/warren-carroll.php">here</a></b>). As researcher Greg Parker
discusses <b><a href="http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=837">here</a></b>, there is good reason
to believe that Larry Jones was involved in the assassination. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">There is also good reason to believe that Larry
Jones was involved in placing the aforementioned advertisement into <i>Dallas Morning News</i> newspaper. Let’s
consider the following. Despite telling the Warren Commission that Jones had
left Dallas before he (Weissman) arrived in Dallas in early November, 1963,
when senator John Sherman Cooper asked Weissman <i>“Would you state now to this Commission the idea of printing this ad
was conceived by you and Larry Jones – what is the other’s name?” </i>Weissman
failed to contradict Cooper by telling him that Jones wasn’t involved; thus indicating
that Jones <i>was</i> involved (WC Volume V,
pages 498 and 510). We have already seen that H.L. Hunt’s own son had
contributed funds to place the advertisement into the newspaper. When we take
into account the fact that Larry Jones was acquainted with Warren Carroll with
the fact that Carroll worked for Hunt, we can see another connection between
the anti-Semitic Hunt and the advertisement. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Let’s also consider the following. Jack Crichton was
a trustee of the H.L. Hunt foundation, and in July 1963, he was elected the
director of the foundation (see <b><a href="https://plus.google.com/100224310615755646907/about">here</a></b>).
Furthermore, on the day following the assassination, Hunt met with Crichton and
<i>“other Army intelligence officers”</i> to
purportedly discuss the <i>“first
interrogation of Marina Oswald</i>” (see <b><a href="http://www.blackopradio.com/pdf/JFK_Chronology.pdf">here</a></b>).
Although there is no proof of this as far as I am aware, we should keep in mind
that Hunt’s long time assistant, John Curington, claimed that he had seen
Marina Oswald come down on an elevator from Hunt’s executive offices a few
weeks following the assassination (see <b><a href="http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/C%20Disk/Currington%20John%20W/Item%2001.pdf">here</a></b>).
We should also keep in mind that as pointed out previously, Jack Crichton asked
Ilya Mamantov to act as Marina Oswald’s interpreter at the DPD following
Oswald’s arrest for the shooting of Officer J.D. Tippit. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Another person of interest, who was well acquainted
with H.L. Hunt, was Lt. George E. Butler of the DPD. At the time of the
assassination, Butler was assigned to the Juvenile Bureau (WC Volume XIX, Batchelor
Exhibit 5002). Prior to that, Butler was a supervisor in the intelligence unit.
According to an article printed in the <i>Oak
Cliff Tribune</i> on January 10, 1980, Butler was an avowed anti-communist and
a friend and confidante of H.L. Hunt, who also handled personal investigative
assignments for the Hunt oil company. According to that same article, Butler <i>“was certain that Lee Harvey Oswald and his
wife Marina were Communists agents, that Fidel Castro ordered the Kennedy
killing, [and] that Oswald and Jack Ruby were probably in cahoots”</i> (see <b><a href="http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/B%20Disk/Butler%20George%20Lt%20Dallas%20Police%20Department/Item%2001.pdf">here</a></b>). As I discuss below, Butler was also likely well
acquainted with Sgt. Gerald Hill.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">On December 9, 1963, Lt. Jack Revill and detective
H.M. Hart of the special service bureau reported that Butler had advised them
he had information that Oswald was the illegitimate son of Jack Ruby. As most
researchers of the assassination are aware, Ruby was of Jewish ancestry. Since
Oswald was framed for the assassination, the implication of Butler’s claim is
that Oswald was part Jewish; and that the assassination was a Jewish
conspiracy. Whilst some might find this to be an absurd notion, we should bear
in mind that Butler was closely associated with the anti-Semitic H.L. Hunt, and
claimed that he believed Oswald and Ruby were <i>“probably in cahoots.”</i> Revill and Hart also reported that Butler
had information that Ruby had applied for a visa to Mexico at about the same
time Oswald was allegedly there, and suggested that the Mexican Consul be
contacted to confirm this information (see <b><a href="http://jfk.ci.dallas.tx.us/16/1646-001.gif">here</a></b>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Let’s now take the following into account. One of
the news reporters at the DPD basement on the morning of November 24, 1963, when
Ruby shot Oswald was Thayer Waldo. Butler was also present. When Waldo
testified before the Warren Commission, he made the following remarks with
regards to Butler’s demeanour just before Ruby shot Oswald; <i>“What I wanted to say about Lieutenant
Butler was that this almost stolid poise, or perhaps phlegmatic poise is a
better word, that I had noticed all through even the most hectic times of the
22d and the 23d, appeared to have deserted him completely on the morning of the
24th. He was an extremely nervous man, so nervous that when I was standing
asking him a question after I had entered the ramp and gotten down to the
basement area, just moments before Oswald was brought down, he was standing
profile to me and I noticed his lips trembling as he listened and waited for my
answer. It was simply a physical characteristic. I had by then spent enough
hours talking to this man so that it struck me as something totally out of
character. Now, he may merely have had a bad night”</i> (WC Volume XV, page
594).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As we can see, Waldo claimed that Butler was
extremely nervous just before Oswald was brought down to the basement. The
obvious question is why? I believe the most viable explanation is that Butler <i>knew</i> that Ruby was about to shoot
Oswald. According to John Curington, on the day before Oswald was shot, H.L.
Hunt ordered him (Curington) to <i>“spy”</i>
on Police security surrounding Oswald; and that after he reported to Hunt that <i>“there was no security around Oswald,” </i>Hunt
was delighted and elated (see <b><a href="http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/C%20Disk/Currington%20John%20W/Item%2001.pdf">here</a></b>).
Although this doesn’t prove by any means that Butler knew Oswald was about to
be shot, it is nevertheless extremely curious that Hunt had asked his trusted
assistant to report to him on Police security surrounding Oswald; and that
according to Thayer Waldo, the man who was considered Hunt’s confidante was
uncharacteristically nervous just before Oswald was shot.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Aside from his connection to both Hunt and the DPD,
Butler was also the first President of the Dallas Police Association. The DPA
is an organisation which was founded in 1959 to protect the rights of Dallas
Police officers. Butler served as its first President from 1959 until 1964/1965
(see <b><a href="http://dallaspa.org/about/">here</a></b>). As mentioned previously,
Gerald Hill told the Warren Commission that on November 24, 1963, he had flown
to San Antonio, Texas, to attend a meeting of the Texas Municipal Police
Association. In fact, Hill told author Larry Sneed that he was the
secretary-treasurer of that organisation (Sneed, <i>No More Silence</i>, page 301). Although Hill’s obituary in the <i>Dallas Morning News</i> states that he
served as the secretary-treasurer of the Dallas Police Association, this was
most certainly an error (see <b><a href="http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dallasmorningnews/obituary.aspx?n=gerald-hill&pid=153027526">here</a></b>).
What’s significant is that both Hill and Butler held high positions in
organisations which represented the rights of DPD officers. With this in mind,
it is difficult to believe that Hill and Butler were not well acquainted with
each other before the assassination.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Let’s also consider the following. One of the past
Presidents of the Dallas Police Association was DPD Officer Charles Terry
Burnley. Burnley served in that position from 1973 to 1978. With this in mind, it
is likely that Burnley was acquainted with Butler (and Hill for that matter)
long before he became President of the DPA. In previous essays, I have argued
that Gerald Hill was one of the Officers whom Earlene Roberts (the housekeeper
at the rooming house on 1026 North Beckley avenue in Oak Cliff where Oswald was
allegedly living at the time of the assassination) observed outside the rooming
house in DPD squad car 207 (see <b><a href="http://jfkthelonegunmanmyth.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/gerald-hill-and-1026-north-beckley.html">here</a> </b>for example). As the reader may be aware, Roberts told the Warren Commission
that one of the officers in the car sounded the horn just as Charles Burnely
and an officer named Alexander would do (WC Volume VI, page 443). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The implication of Roberts’
claim is that Charles Burnley was one of the officers inside the car. As
researchers such as Lee Farley, Greg Parker, Ed LeDoux, and I have argued,
Oswald was not living at the aforementioned rooming house at the time of the
assassination. In fact, as I argue in my essay <i>Did Larry Crafard kill J.D. Tippit</i>, there is good reason to believe
that it was Larry Crafard who was living there, and that Hill (and quite likely
Burnley) had given Crafard a lift from the rooming house to a location east of
where officer Tippit was shot (see under the subheading </span><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Was Crafard living at 1026 North Beckley?</span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">). The implication of all of
this is that Burnley was involved in the Tippit murder and the assassination;
as both crimes were more than likely related to each other. Taking this into consideration
with the strong likelihood that Butler was acquainted with both Hill and
Burnley, it reinforces the notion that Butler himself was involved in the
assassination.</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Let’s now take a look at some other individuals of
interest whom George Butler was associated with. One such individual was Earl
William Lively Jr. Lively was a right-wing extremist who was ostensibly writing
an anti-communist book which would <i>“stress
[the] pro-Cuban activities of Oswald.”</i> According to Lively, Butler was
assisting him in writing the book, and that he (Butler) was going to try and
obtain any information the FBI provided the DPD in relation to Oswald for
Lively (see <b><a href="http://reopenkennedycase.forumotion.net/t419-william-james-lowery-james-patrick-hosty-and-lee-oswald">here</a></b>). Another individual
of interest who was assisting Lively in writing the book was the extreme right
wing attorney, Robert Morris. With this in mind, it is entirely likely that
Morris was also acquainted with Butler. The significance of this is that Morris
was apparently acquainted with Lawrence Howard of INTERPEN fame (see <b><a href="http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/T%20Disk/Third-Fourth%20Decade%206-17%20--%2020-93%20Conference/Item%2009.pdf">here</a></b>). As I discuss in my essay <i>Did Larry Crafard kill J.D. Tippit? </i>there
is good reason to believe that Howard was the dark complected man who gave
Larry Crafard a lift from Dealey Plaza following the assassination in the Nash
Rambler Station Wagon observed by Dallas deputy Sheriff Roger Craig (see under
the subheading <i>Was Crafard living at 1026
North Beckley?</i>). It is also noteworthy that Howard had served in the U.S.
Army (see <b><a href="http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=16417">here</a></b>). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">If what I have discussed previously has not
convinced the reader that individuals with anti-Semitic beliefs deserve close
attention, then the reader should also consider the following. On August 21,
1964, Larry Crafard informed the FBI that he had seen Bernard Weissman at the
Carousel Club after they showed him (Crafard) photographs of Weissman (WCE
2430). Crafard also told the FBI that he had served Weissman drinks at the
Club, and that he heard Ruby refer to Weissman by his name (ibid). As far as I
am aware, no other employee of the Carousel Club claimed that they had seen
Weissman at the Club. The implication of Crafard’s claim is that Weissman and
Ruby were well acquainted. Taking into account the likelihood (as discussed
previously) that certain individuals involved in the conspiracy to assassinate
the President wanted to make it appear as though the Jews were behind the
assassination in conjunction with the likelihood that Crafard was involved in
the assassination, it is apparent that Crafard was intent on leaving the
impression that the Jews were behind the assassination. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">But despite what Crafard claimed during his
aforementioned interview, when he was interviewed by the FBI on August 27,
1964, he left the impression that he was now less certain that Weissman had
been in the Carousel Club (ibid). However, the reader should consider that the
FBI may have realised that Crafard’s claim suggested that Weissman and Ruby
were involved in a conspiracy to assassinate the President, and as a result,
they faked Crafard’s latter remarks to make it appear as though Crafard is not
a trustworthy source of information. Suffice it to say, it is my belief that
Crafard was intent on leaving the FBI with the impression that Ruby and
Weissman were involved in a conspiracy to assassinate the President. On a final
note, the reader should keep in mind that the man who provided Crafard with his
alibi for the time of the assassination (Andrew Armstrong) had worked for the
Holiday Hills Apartments which were owned by the Hunt Oil company (WC Volume
XIII, page 304).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Throughout this essay, I have argued that the three
groups of individuals who deserve the most attention by researchers are those
with direct/indirect connections to Army intelligence and the 112th MIG, those
with anti-Semitic beliefs, and those who wanted the Vietnam War to escalate
into full scale war. Although I don’t pretend for even a second to have proven
that these three groups were the ones behind the assassination, I nevertheless
believe that this was indeed the case. Given the likelihood that many important
pieces of evidence were destroyed over time, I don’t believe that the
assassination of President Kennedy can ever be completely solved. However,
through the research of highly talented and dedicated researchers such as Greg
Parker and the fantastic team of researchers at the Reopen Kennedy Case forum,
I believe we can come <i>close</i> to
solving who was behind the assassination.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Acknowledgements<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I would like to thank Greg Parker for his research
and hard work which made it possible for me to write this essay. My
appreciation also goes out to researchers such as Lee Farley; whose research
and hard work also made it possible for me to write this essay. Over the next
few months, I may add additional information to this essay through addendums. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Click <a href="http://jfkthelonegunmanmyth.blogspot.com.au/2016/05/who-was-behind-assassination-part-2.html">here</a> to go to part 2 of this essay.</span></div>
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Hasan Yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10662154848135364660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091060397245050674.post-72232435305119245062015-03-24T07:22:00.000-07:002015-03-24T07:32:21.432-07:00Review of “The Accidental Victim” by James Reston Jr.<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">With all of the evidence we have in this day and age demonstrating
that contrary to the Warren Commission’s conclusions, Lee Harvey Oswald was not
President Kennedy’s assassin (and was framed for the assassination), one would
think that there would be no more books published declaring that Oswald was the
lone assassin. But sadly, this is not the case. In September, 2013, a book entitled
</span><i style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Accidental Victim: JFK, Lee Harvey
Oswald, and the real target in Dallas </i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">was published. The author of the book
is James Reston Jr. Reston had worked as a research assistant and then as a
speech writer for President Kennedy’s secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall.
As a matter of fact, Reston dedicated his book to Udall. Reston is also the
author of several other books such as </span><i style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Conviction of Richard Nixon</i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><i style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Warriors
of God</i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><i style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Defenders of the Faith</i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">,
and the biography of former Texas Governor John Connally entitled </span><i style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Lone Star: The Life of John Connally</i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">,
which was published in the year 1989.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Although Reston is a supporter of the Warren Commission’s
ludicrous conclusion that Oswald was President Kennedy’s sole assassin, unlike
the majority of lone assassin theorists, Reston argues in his book that
Oswald’s intended target on that dreadful day was actually Governor Connally;
and that Oswald shot the President by mistake. As most researchers of the
assassination are probably aware already, following his alleged defection to
the Soviet Union in 1959, Oswald’s honourable discharge from the United States
Marine Corps was downgraded to <i>“undesirable”</i>
by the Marine Corps Reserve on September 13, 1960 (Warren Report, Appendix
XIII, page 689). On January 30, 1961, Oswald wrote a letter to Connally; who at
the time was the Secretary of the Navy, protesting this decision (ibid, page
710). According to Reston, Oswald’s reason for wanting to shoot Connally was
because he held a grudge against him (Connally) over the fact that his
honorable discharge had been downgraded. What follows below is a discussion of
how Reston cherry-picks evidence to support this absurd notion. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Like many lone assassin theorists before him, Reston posits
that Oswald had a genuine desire to renounce his American Citizenship and to
defect to the Soviet Union. In his book, Reston recounts the all too familiar
tale of Oswald’s visit to the American Embassy in Russia on October 31, 1959,
at which time he allegedly demanded the right to renounce his American citizenship.
As Reston writes; “[Oswald] presented himself to a wry and experienced
professional named Richard Snyder… Oswald got right to the point. Slapping his
passport down on the desk, he demanded the right to renounce his American
citizenship” (Reston, <i>The Accidental
Victim</i>, page 7). But what Reston never mentions is that on that very same
day, a man named Edward Keenan was present at the Embassy. As author and
researcher Greg Parker explains, Keenan was a student at Harvard University at
the same time that Richard Snyder was a recruiter for the CIA’s REDSKIN
program; a program which involved using people travelling legally into the
Soviet Union for the purpose of collecting information (see <b><a href="http://www.reopenkennedycase.net/parker5.html">here</a></b>). Parker’s belief is that Oswald
was recruited into the REDSKIN program at the embassy, and as Parker explained
to this reviewer by email, it is his belief that Keenan’s role was to brief
Oswald on what he could expect living conditions to be like in the Soviet
Union. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">It is also worth mentioning here that Parker believes the
purpose of Oswald’s so-called defection to the Soviet Union was to deliver
radar information to the Soviets to help with negotiations for a nuclear test
ban treaty between them and the United States; and that Oswald’s mission was
being supported by the REDSKIN and REDSOX/REDCAP programs (see <b><a href="http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=16104">here</a></b>). This will be explained in much
greater detail in Volume two of Parker’s book <i>Lee Harvey Oswald’s Cold War</i>. In this reviewer’s opinion, there are
two things which give credence to this notion. First of all, as even Reston
writes in his book, Oswald was in agreement with a nuclear test ban treaty
between the Soviet Union and the United States (ibid, page 54). Secondly, on
July 26, 1963; the very same day President Kennedy announced the passage of the
Partial Test Ban Treaty (see <b><a href="http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/ZNOo49DpRUa-kMetjWmSyg.aspx">here</a></b>),
someone claiming to be Oswald wrote down his (Oswald’s) name on the visitor’s
registry at the American Museum of Atomic energy at Oak Ridge, Tennessee (WCD
835, page 3). According to the FBI’s investigation, the word <i>“USSR”</i> was written on the registry next
to Oswald’s name (ibid). It is almost as if Oswald was trying to make a point.
Although the FBI claimed that the handwriting on the registry was not Oswald’s,
one has to ask why someone would be impersonating Oswald at the museum (ibid,
page 4).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Oswald’s Motive<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As stated towards the beginning of this review, Reston
postulates that Oswald’s intended target was Governor Connally. Reston is at
pains to convince his readers that Oswald harboured a grudge against Connally
over his undesirable discharge from the U.S. Marine Corps. For example, Reston
writes that after learning that his honourable discharge had been downgraded to
undesirable “Lee Harvey Oswald was devastated at the news. That he would care
at all is noteworthy. Why should a true convert to Communism, one so desperate
for political action, one so ready to take up arms against America – in short,
a person who was described by the Warren Commission as a Marxist – have even a
moment of anxiety over what the fascist United States and its most dangerous
military force might do in his buried military records? The true believer would
be amused. But Oswald did care. He cared deeply. At bottom, his military
service gave meaning to his life – beyond his new family it was the only thing
that did” (Reston, <i>The Accidental Victim</i>,
pages 18 and 19).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Reston also points out to his readers that in his letter to
Connally concerning his undesirable discharge, Oswald wrote “I shall employ all
means to right this gross mistake or injustice to a boni-fied U.S. citizen and
ex-service-man” (ibid, page 20). On February 23, 1962, Oswald received a letter
from Connally in which Connally wrote to him “Your letter of January 30 has
just been called to my attention. As I am no longer connected with the Navy, I
have referred your letter to the office of the Secretary of the Navy in
Washington, D.C.” (See <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/viewer/showDoc.do?docId=1136&relPageId=729">here</a></b>). The
letter was sent to Oswald in an envelope with the words <i>John Connally for Governor</i> and Connally’s smiling face (centred
within a Texas star) on the front of it. According to Reston “…Oswald had been
spurned by a fellow Texan, and he resented it deeply. The change in his
discharge was only one, but perhaps the worst indignity that Oswald felt he had
suffered. Now he had [Connally’s] face, in the middle of a star with a derisive
smile, to go with his torment. Connally’s face became the face of the U.S.
Government, and Connally’s perfunctory snub fortified Oswald’s bitterness
against the country”<i> </i>(ibid, page 23).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The reader should bear in mind that at the time Oswald’s
honourable discharge was downgraded to “undesirable,” Connally was not the
Secretary of the Navy. In fact, Connally became the Secretary on January 25,
1961 (a mere five days before Oswald wrote his letter to him concerning his
discharge). The witnesses Reston uses to bolster the ludicrous notion that
Oswald was shooting at Connally on the day President Kennedy was assassinated
are Marina Oswald, George Bouhe, George DeMohrenschildt, and Alexandra
DeMohrenschildt (DeMohrenschildt’s daughter). Let’s take a look at how Reston
cherry-picks the statements of these witnesses to support his case, beginning
with Marina Oswald. Reston points out to his readers that Marina told the
Warren Commission “I feel in my own mind that Lee did not have President
Kennedy as a prime target when he assassinated him… I think it was [Governor]
Connally. That’s my personal opinion – that perhaps he was shooting at Governor
Connally, the Governor of Texas” (ibid, pages 60 and 61).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In his book, Reston incorrectly sources this claim to
Marina’s third testimony before the Warren Commission (ibid, page 60). In
actual fact, Marina made this claim during her sixth testimony before the
Warren Commission; on September 6, 1964 (WC Volume V, page 607). Reston also
points out that during her same testimony before the Warren Commission, Marina
claimed “I feel that the reason that he had Connally in his mind was on account
of his discharge from the Marines and [the] various letters they exchanged
between the Marine Corps and the governor’s office, but actually, I didn’t
think that he had any idea concerning President Kennedy”<i> </i>(Reston, <i>The Accidental
Victim</i>, page 61). Although Reston points out the fact that Marina testified
that Oswald never expressed his displeasure or hatred of Connally to her, he
never points out that on February 5, 1964, Marina told the Warren Commission
that “…while we were in Russia [Lee] spoke well of [Connally]. It seems to me
that Connally was running for Governor and Lee said that when he would return
to the United States he would vote for him” (WC Volume I, page 72).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In this reviewer’s opinion, Marina most likely believed that
Connally was running for Governor due to the fact that Oswald had received his
letter from Connally inside the envelope with the words <i>“Connally for Governor”</i> on the front of it. Reston criticises
Commission members Hale Boggs and Richard Russell for what he claims was their
mistreatment of Marina. According to Reston “Instead of pursuing this new and
highly significant tack or calmly attempting to elicit more from her, Boggs and
Russell proceeded to browbeat the widow with the inconsistency of this [claim
about Connally being Oswald’s intended target] with her prior testimony, and
they quickly left the subject altogether” (Reston, <i>The Accidental Victim</i>, page 61). But what Reston doesn’t mention is
that one of the questions Russell asked Marina during her testimony on
September 6, 1964, was “…do you think [Lee] would shoot and kill a man that he
would vote for, for the Governor of his state [Texas]?”<i> </i>(WC Volume V, page 610). The fact that Reston never mentions to
his readers that Marina told the Warren Commission that Oswald would vote for
Connally for Governor while they were still living in Russia, shows just how
dishonest and agenda driven he is. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Let’s now take a look at how Reston uses George Bouhe to
convince his readers that Oswald’s intended target was Connally. For those who
are unaware, Bouhe was a prominent member of the “White Russian” community in
the Dallas and Fort Worth area who became acquainted with Lee and Marina Oswald
following their return from Russia to the United States. Reston quotes the following
from Bouhe’s Warren Commission testimony “If anybody asked me, did [Oswald]
have any hostility [against] anybody in the government, <u>which I didn’t hear
myself</u>, I would say Governor Connally” (Reston, <i>The Accidental Victim</i>, page 28). Although Bouhe did in fact state
this in response to the question “Did [Oswald] ever express any hostilities
toward any individual in the Government?” Reston omits the section of Bouhe’s
response which this reviewer has underlined (WC Volume VIII, page 374)<i>. </i>Reston also omits the fact that when
Bouhe was asked if he had any knowledge of Oswald’s “displeasure” with
Connally, he remarked “Absolutely not” (ibid).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The reader should keep in mind that the reason why Bouhe
believed that Oswald may have had a grudge against Connally was because he
(Bouhe) had read in the newspaper about the letter Oswald wrote to Connally, in
which Oswald claimed “I shall employ all means to right this gross mistake or
injustice to a boni-fied U.S. citizen and ex-service-man” and considered this to
be a threat (ibid). As stated previously, another witness whom Reston uses to
convince his readers that Oswald’s intended target was Connally is George
DeMohrenschildt; an oil geologist who had reportedly become acquainted with
Oswald at the behest of J. Walton Moore, the chief of the CIA’s Dallas station
(James DiEugenio, <i>Destiny Betrayed,</i>
2nd edition, pages 152 and 153). In his book, Reston describes DeMohrenschildt
as “A Pompous, flamboyant dandy…”<i> </i>who
was<i> “…</i>drawn to Oswald largely for
reasons of self-amusement” (Reston, <i>The
Accidental Victim</i>, pages 29 and 30). Quoting from DeMohrenschildt’s
manuscript on Oswald (which was given to the HSCA in 1978), Reston writes that
Oswald told DeMohrenschildt “I received an honorable discharge and then those bastards
in the Navy changed it into an undesirable discharge, just because I went to
Russia and threw my passport in the face of the American Consul” (ibid, page
34).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Further quoting from the manuscript, Reston writes that
Oswald exclaimed to DeMohrenschildt <i>“And
Connally signed this undesirable discharge”</i> (ibid), (the manuscript can be
read <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/viewer/showDoc.do?docId=84&relPageId=203">here</a></b>). Whilst Reston is eager
to use this as evidence that Oswald’s intended target was Connally, what Reston
never mentions to his readers is that DeMohrenschildt told the Warren
Commission in 1964 that he never discussed Connally with Oswald (WC Volume IX,
page 255). As a matter of fact, DeMohrenschildt told the Warren Commission that
he learned about Oswald’s “dishonourable” discharge after the assassination!
(ibid). We should also keep in mind that DeMohrenschildt’s wife, Jeanne LeGon,
told the Warren Commission that Oswald never mentioned Connally at any time,
and claimed (in so many words) that she and her husband learned about Oswald’s “dishonourable”
discharge by reading about it in the newspapers after the assassination (ibid,
page 326). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Finally, let’s look at how Reston uses the statements by
Alexandra DeMohrenschildt (Mrs. Donald Gibson) to convince his readers that
Connally was Oswald’s intended target. Reston describes Gibson as “…a good
witness, for in the fall of 1962, she had been married to an engineer with
liberal politics named Gary Taylor and had listened as Oswald and Taylor
engaged in political discussion” (Reston, <i>The
Accidental Victim</i>, pages 35). When Gibson testified before the Warren
Commission, she was asked “Was President Kennedy ever mentioned in the course
of the discussions between your husband [Gary Taylor] and Lee?” Gibson
responded <i>“Never, never… the only person ever
mentioned pertaining to that was the Governor of Texas” </i>(WC Volume XI, page
145). Gibson would go on to explain that <i>“…for
some reason Lee just didn’t like [Connally],”</i> and that Oswald had a <i>“definite aversion”</i> to Connally (ibid).
However, Gibson could offer no definitive answer as to why Oswald allegedly
disliked Connally, remarking instead that “I just know Lee never spoke too much
about why he left the Marines or anything like that. I don’t know. Maybe it was
a dishonourable discharge, I don’t know. All I know is that it was something he
didn’t talk about. And there was a reason why he did not like Connally” (ibid).
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to Oswald’s so-called aversion to Connally, there are several reasons why she
should not be considered a credible witness. First of all, as pointed out
above, Gibson could offer no definitive answer to the Warren Commission as to
why Oswald disliked Connally. Secondly, when Gary Taylor testified before the
Warren Commission, he was asked if Oswald ever mentioned Connally. Taylor
claimed that he didn’t; and further remarked that he never heard Oswald take
exception to Government officials (WC Volume IX, page 95). Reston never
mentions this to his readers. Finally, it is also perhaps worth keeping in mind
that Gibson had to be reminded by Counsel Albert Jenner that Connally was the
Governor of Texas, after she made the statement “…you are going to have to tell
me who the Governor [of Texas] was” (WC Volume XI, page 145). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As the reader can see, Reston selectively quoted from the
statements made by the aforementioned witnesses to bolster the ludicrous notion
that Oswald was shooting at Connally. Reston also includes the claim by Carroll
Jarnagin; an attorney who was acquainted with Jack Ruby, that a man whom he
thought was Oswald had discussed the possibility of assassinating Connally with
Ruby at the Carousel club (Reston, <i>The
Accidental Victim</i>, pages 82 to 93). According to Reston, he included the
Jarnagin’s claim “as an example of how dramatic testimony can generate
conspiracy theories, why they are given credence or ultimately debunked, and
what type of individual can sometimes be behind them” (Reston, <i>The Accidental Victim</i>, pages 83 and 84).
This reviewer would like to point out that Jarnagin was given a polygraph
examination by the DPD concerning the conversation he allegedly heard between
Oswald and Ruby; which he purportedly failed (Dallas Municipal archives, Box
18, Folder 4, Item 3).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Jarnagin also admitted to the FBI that he was drunk on the
night he allegedly heard the aforementioned conversation between Oswald and
Ruby at the club (WCE 2821). According to Jarnagin, he also telephoned the
Texas Department of Public safety one day after he allegedly heard the
conversation; and informed a State Highway Patrolman of same (ibid). However,
according to Major Guy Smith of the Texas Department of Public safety and
Captain Robert Crowder of the Texas Rangers, no such information was received
by them from Jarnagin (ibid). Although this reviewer can go on, as discussed,
there is good reason to believe that Jarnagin’s claim should be taken with a
grain of salt. The reader should also keep in mind that the following people
who were related and/or acquainted with Oswald either claimed or implied that
they had no knowledge of Oswald’s so-called aversion to Connally: Oswald’s
mother Marguerite (WC Volume I, page 224); Oswald’s brother and half-brother,
Robert Oswald and John Pic (ibid, page 450), (WC Volume XI, page 79); Declan
and Katherine (Katya) Ford (WC Volume II, pages 315 and 328); Michael and Ruth
Paine (ibid, page 414), (WC Volume IX, page 373); Oswald’s Cousins Marilyn and
John Murret (WC Volume VIII, pages 173 and 193); Max Clark (ibid, page 351); Anna
Meller (ibid, page 386); Elena Hall etc. (ibid, page 405).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Like his fellow lone assassin theorists, Reston claims that
on the evening of April 10, 1963, Oswald took a shot at former Army General
Edwin Walker using the Mannlicher Carcano rifle he allegedly owned (WCE 139).
To bolster this claim, Reston quotes Marina Oswald; who told both the FBI and
the Warren Commission that Oswald had confided to her that he had taken a shot
at Walker (Reston, <i>The Accidental Victim</i>,
page 42). Reston also uses George DeMohrenschildt’s manuscript which was given
to the HSCA; in which DeMohrenschildt wrote that his wife Jeanne noticed a
rifle inside the bedroom closet at the apartment at 214 West Neely Street in
Dallas, where the Oswalds allegedly lived in early 1963 (ibid). However, what
Reston omits is that DeMohrenschildt wrote in his manuscript that he had also
seen the rifle after his wife allegedly told him about it (see <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/viewer/showDoc.do?docId=84&relPageId=203">here</a></b>). Although Reston is more than
eager to use the statements by Marina and DeMohrenschildt to sell the notion
that Oswald took a shot at Walker, let’s take a look at the numerous problems
with this allegation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">First of all, as researchers such as John Armstrong have
shown, Oswald did <i>not</i> own the
Mannlicher Carcano rifle he allegedly used to shoot at Walker and the President
(see <b><a href="http://harveyandlee.net/Guns/Guns.html">here</a></b>). Secondly, although the
bullet fired at Walker was allegedly a mangled 6.5 mm copper coated Mannlicher
Carcano bullet (WCE 573), the DPD claimed that the bullet was steel jacketed;
and the media reported that it was a 30.06 calibre bullet (see <b><a href="http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=21650">here</a></b>). Furthermore, Walker; who had
examined the bullet fired at him, claimed that WCE 573 was <i>not</i> the bullet fired at him! (see <b><a href="http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/W%20Disk/Walker%20Shooting/Item%2005.pdf">here</a></b>). Although Walker made this claim many years after the
incident, one would think that a man with considerable military experience; and
who had examined the bullet fired at him, would vividly remember what the
bullet looked like. Finally, as many researchers have noted, Oswald was never
considered a suspect in the Walker shooting until after the assassination.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Let’s now look at the problems with Marina and the
DeMohrenschildts as witnesses. Although Marina told the Warren Commission that
Oswald owned the Mannlicher Carcano rifle allegedly used to assassinate the
President, she initially failed to positively identify it as being Oswald’s
when it was shown to her by the DPD and the FBI (Dallas Municipal Archives, Box
2, Folder 1, Item 1; WCE 1778; WC Volume I, page 119). In fact, she told the
DPD that Oswald owned a “rifle”<i> </i>in
Russia which he used for hunting, but failed to tell them that he owned a rifle
following their return to the United States. Furthermore, she told the FBI that
she would not be able to identify it if she saw it again (WCE 1778). The reader
should also keep in mind that although Marina claimed that the gun Oswald owned
in Russia was a rifle, it was actually a shotgun (WC Volume I, pages 327 and
328). During her testimony before the Warren Commission, she claimed that she
didn’t know the difference between a rifle and a shotgun (ibid, page 13).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In order to understand why Marina eventually claimed that
Oswald owned the rifle (WCE 139), the reader should take the following into
consideration. Firstly, Oswald’s brother Robert told the Warren Commission that
the FBI had implied (in so many words) that they might deport Marina back to
the Soviet Union if she didn’t cooperate with them (WC Volume I, page 410).
According to the report by FBI agents Charles Brown and James Hosty on Marina’s
interview with them and the United States Secret Service on November 27, 1963,
she was informed during that interview that if she cooperated with the government
it could be of some assistance to her (WCE 1780). During that same interview,
she allegedly claimed that it was all right with her if she wasn’t allowed to
stay in the United States; but she also claimed that she would like to stay in
the United Stated because of her two daughters, and asked for assurance that
she would be allowed to stay (ibid). She was then told that the government
needed her help and that “this might help” her (ibid). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The implication of the above is that Marina would have a
better chance of being allowed to stay in the United States if she cooperated
with the authorities. During her testimony before the Warren Commission, Marina
claimed that a representative from the immigration office told her that it
would be better for her if she helped the FBI; in the sense that she would have
more rights in the United States (WC Volume I, page 80). Given the fact that J.
Edgar Hoover and the FBI were determined early on in the investigation that
Oswald was guilty of assassinating President Kennedy (see <a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/viewer/showDoc.do?mode=searchResult&absPageId=150493"><b>here</b> </a>for example), we have good reason to believe that Hoover and
the FBI would threaten to deport Marina if she didn’t cooperate with them.
Should the reader doubt that Hoover would threaten to deport her if she didn’t
cooperate with the FBI, the reader should consider that Hoover had the
legendary leftist labor leader Emma Goldman (whom he detested) deported to
Canada by altering the trial testimony of Leon Czolgosz; the assassin of President
William McKinley, to make it appear as though she encouraged him to shoot
McKinley (DiEugenio, <i>Reclaiming Parkland</i>,
page 214).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Although this reviewer could point out numerous other
problems with Marina as a witness against her husband; such as her claim that
she took the so-called “backyard photographs” of him posing with the rifle (WCE
133 A and B), when we take the above into account, her claim (amongst others)
that Oswald owned the rifle allegedly used to assassinate the President should
be taken with a grain of salt. As for the DeMohrenschildts, when Jeanne
DeMohrenschildt testified before the Warren Commission, she claimed that Marina
showed her the rifle (WCE 139) which was allegedly inside a closet at the
aforementioned Neely street apartment where the Oswald’s purportedly lived, and
that she told her husband about it when they were there (WC Volume IX, page 315
and 317) She also claimed that the rifle wasn’t hidden inside the closet (ibid,
page 315). However, Marina told the Warren Commission that she couldn’t
remember showing the rifle to the DeMohrenschildts (WC Volume I, page 14, WC
Volume V, page 619).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">On a further note, when Marina was asked if the rifle was
ever placed inside a closet at the apartment, she remarked “No, it was always either
in a corner, standing up in a corner or on<i>
</i>a shelf”<i> </i>(WC Volume I, pages 13
and 14). She also remarked<i> </i>“You must
know that the rifle –it isn’t as if it was out in the open. [Lee] would hang a
coat or something to mask its<i> </i>presence
in the room”<i> </i>(ibid, page 14). As
pointed out above, George DeMohrenschildt claimed in his manuscript that he had
seen the rifle. However, he told the Warren Commission in 1964 that he didn’t
see the rifle (WC Volume IX, page 250). Therefore, his latter claim should be
taken with a grain of salt. Let’s also take into account the following
contradictions between the statements of Marina and the DeMohrenschildts.
Marina told the Warren Commission that as soon as the DeMohrenschildts arrived
at their apartment following the Walker shooting, George asked Oswald (with
regards to what she claims she thought was Oswald’s attempt to assassinate Edwin
Walker) “Lee, how is it possible that you<i>
</i>missed<i>” </i>(WC Volume I, page 18).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">But when DeMohrenschildt was asked if he had said this to
Oswald during his testimony before the Warren Commission, he claimed “Never. I
don’t recall that incident… my recollections are vague, of course, but how
could I have said that when I didn’t know that he<i> </i>had a gun you see”<i> </i>(WC
Volume IX, page 250). Suffice it to say, given all of the aforementioned
contradictions between the statements of Marina and the DeMohrenschildts, there
is good reason to believe that the DeMohrenschildts were both lying when they
claimed that Oswald had a rifle inside the closet at the apartment. But this
doesn’t prevent the likes of Reston from using them as witnesses to Oswald’s
ownership of the rifle. Most researchers are also probably aware of the
allegation by Marina that Oswald had intended to shoot former Vice President
Richard Nixon, during an alleged visit by him to Dallas in April, 1963.
According to Marina, Oswald learned of Nixon’s alleged intention to visit
Dallas after reading about it in the newspaper (WC Report, page 188).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The Warren Commission dismissed this allegation on the basis
that neither of the Dallas newspapers in the period from January 1, 1963 to May
15, 1963, mentioned any proposed visit by Nixon to Dallas (ibid). The Warren
Commission also reported that Nixon had informed them that the only time he was
in Dallas in 1963 was during November 20 and 21, and that “An investigation
failed to reveal any invitation extended to Mr. Nixon during the period when
Oswald’s threat reportedly occurred” (ibid). Although Reston believes that
Oswald was about to leave his home with a pistol after reading the newspaper
(as Marina claimed), he argues that Oswald was going after Connally! As Reston
writes “…the governor was scheduled to open a conference of space scientists at
the Marriott Motor Inn in Dallas<i>”</i>
(Reston, <i>The Accidental Victim</i>, page
45). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">This reviewer has been unable to verify if this is true.
Essentially, Reston argues that Oswald was going after Connally due to his
undesirable discharge from the U.S. Marine Corps (and the envelope Oswald
received which contained Connally’s letter to him and which had Connally’s
smiling face on it inside a Texas star) and because of a speech Connally made
at the San Jacinto Bay (which was printed in the newspaper Oswald allegedly
read) during which Connally said that the spirit of the Texas revolution made
him stand “just a little taller, just a little stiffer to men like [Fidel]
Castro and [Nikita] Khrushchev” (ibid, page 46). Although Reston is free to
believe whatever fantasy he wants to, for the reasons pointed out above by this
reviewer, Marina’s claim that Oswald was about to leave their apartment with a
revolver after reading about Nixon’s alleged intention to visit Dallas should
also be taken with a grain of salt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">If there is one thing more ludicrous than the notion that
Oswald was trying to shoot John Connally, it is probably the single bullet
theory. It will probably come as no surprise to the reader to learn that Reston
is a supporter of this nonsense. According to Reston “Oswald’s first, wounding
bullet had passed cleanly through the soft tissue of Kennedy’s lower neck,
missing the spinal cord and any bone, passing cleanly through Kennedy’s
neck-tie, then entering Connally’s back, streaking through the governor’s body,
hitting his wrist and finally lodging in his thigh” (ibid, page 139). First of
all, as any honest researcher of the assassination can acknowledge after
viewing the photograph of the President’s back taken during his autopsy, the
President’s back wound was <i>not</i> in his
lower neck; but in his upper back. Secondly, as Dr. David Mantik has shown, in
order for the so-called magic bullet (WCE 399) to exit the President’s neck
after entering his back at the location shown on the autopsy photograph of his
back, it most certainly would have struck his spinal cord; resulting in the
nose of the bullet becoming deformed (see <b><a href="http://www.ctka.net/reviews/McAdams_Mantik.html">here</a></b>).
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">But as photographs of the bullet show, the nose of the bullet
is not deformed. Many researchers of the assassination are probably aware that
during his autopsy, the President’s back wound was probed with a surgical probe
to determine whether the bullet which entered his upper back had exited his
throat. In their report on the President’s autopsy, FBI agents James Sibert and
Frank O’Neill wrote that “…probing [of the back wound] determined that the
distance travelled by this missile was a short distance in as much as the end
of the opening could be felt with the finger”<i> </i>(WCD 7, page 284). Sibert also told author William Law that no
exit for the back wound was found after it had been probed (Law, <i>In the Eye of History</i>, page 215). During
his testimony before the Warren Commission, Secret Service agent Roy Kellerman
claimed that as the autopsy doctors were probing the back wound, he asked
Pierre Finck (one of the autopsy doctors) where the bullet which caused the
back wound had gone. According to Kellerman, Finck remarked “There are no lanes
for an outlet of this entry in this man’s shoulder” (WC Volume II, page 93). In
other words, there was no exit for the back wound. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Although the wound clearly wasn’t in the President’s
shoulder, given the fact that the wound was located in the President’s upper
back, this could explain why Kellerman mistakenly remembered that the entrance
for the bullet was in the President’s shoulder. Other witnesses to the
President’s autopsy who claimed that no exit for the back wound was found by
surgically probing it, were autopsy technicians James Curtis Jenkins and Paul
O’Connor, pathologist Robert Karnei, and radiologist John Ebersole (Law, <i>In the Eye of History</i>, pages 40 and 74, DiEugenio,
<i>Reclaiming Parkland</i>, page 117).
During his testimony before the Warren Commission, Commander James Joseph Humes
(the chief autopsy pathologist) implied that there was no exit for the back
wound when he claimed “Attempts to probe in the vicinity of this wound were
unsuccessful without fear of making a false passage… We were unable, however,
to take probes and have them satisfactorily fall through any definite path at
this point”<i> </i>(WC Volume II, page 361).
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">To evidently bolster the notion that Connally and the
President were both struck by the same bullet, Reston writes that the entrance
wound in Connally’s back was 3 cm long (Reston, <i>The Accidental Victim</i>, page 145). This is the same length as WCE
399, the Magic Bullet. Lone assassin theorists commonly use this as evidence
that the bullet was tumbling as it entered Connally’s back; and that it had
therefore hit another object (namely President Kennedy) prior to entering
Connally’s back. However, measurements of the size of the bullet hole in the
back of Connally’s shirt and suit jacket reveal that the largest diameter of
the hole was approximately 1.3 cm and 1.7 cm respectively (HSCA report, Volume
VII, pages 138 and 141). Furthermore, Dr Robert Shaw; the Parkland Hospital surgeon
who operated on Connally’s chest wound, told the Warren Commission that the
bullet entrance in Connally’s back was “approximately a centimeter and a half
in its greatest diameter” (WC Volume IV, page 104). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As Shaw told the HSCA (and implied during his testimony
before the Warren Commission), the wound only became 3 cm long in its greatest
diameter after it had been surgically enlarged (HSCA report, Volume VII, pages
142; WC Volume IV, page 108). Although there are numerous other reasons to
believe that the single bullet theory is nothing but a fantasy; such as the
fact that the wound in President Kennedy’s back was anatomically lower than the
wound in his throat (with the President sitting upright), and the fact that the
size of the smallest diameter of the President’s back wound (4 mm) as measured
during his autopsy was smaller than the diameter of the bullet (6.65 mm), it is
not this reviewer’s intention to provide a lengthy discussion of these issues
(WC Volume III, page 400). Suffice it to say, whilst Reston and his ilk are
free to uphold this ludicrous theory as a fact, the evidence demonstrates
otherwise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Let’s now take a look at the issue of the discovery of the
so-called magic bullet. Although this issue is not directly related to the
question of whether the single bullet theory is true, this reviewer feels it is
important to discuss it here. First of all, let’s take into the account the
fact that Darrell Tomlinson, the senior engineer at Parkland Hospital who
allegedly discovered the bullet on Governor Connally’s stretcher after it allegedly
dislodged itself from Connally’s thigh, told the Warren Commission that he
thought he found the bullet on a different stretcher (WC Volume VI, page 130). Secondly, O.P. Wright; a personnel
officer at Parkland hospital to whom Tomlinson allegedly gave the bullet after
he discovered it, told researcher Josiah Thompson that the bullet was sharp
nosed and lead colored, whereas WCE 399 is a copper colored, round nosed bullet
(DiEugenio, <i>Reclaiming Parkland</i>, page
66). Although both Tomlinson and Wright allegedly told FBI agent Bardwell Odum
that they thought WCE 399 appeared to be the same bullet discovered at parkland
hospital, during an interview with researchers Josiah Thompson and Gary Aguilar
many years later, Odum (who knew Wright) claimed that he didn’t remember
showing the bullet to either man (ibid, WCE 2011). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The reader should also bear in mind that according to an FBI
Airtel dated June 20, 1964, neither Tomlinson nor Wright could identify WCE 399
as the bullet allegedly discovered on Connally’s stretcher (DiEugenio, <i>Reclaiming Parkland</i>, ibid). After Wright
allegedly received the bullet from Tomlinson, he purportedly turned it over to
Secret Service agent Richard Johnsen; who in turn allegedly turned it over to
James Rowley, the head of the Secret Service at the time. However, both men
told the FBI that they couldn’t identify it as the bullet which was given to
them (WCE 2011). Furthermore, Johnsen wrote in his “chain of custody” note that
the stretcher on which the bullet was allegedly found had rubber gloves, a
stethoscope, and “other doctor’s paranphilnylia<i>”</i> (sic, WCE 1024). R.J. Jimison; the hospital orderly who placed
Governor Connally’s stretcher onto the elevator after Connally was placed onto
the operating table, told the Warren Commission that he noticed nothing but a
little flat mattress and two sheets on the stretcher (WC Volume VI, page 126). We
should also keep in mind that during his testimony before the Warren
Commission, Tomlinson claimed that the stretcher which had <i>“</i>surgical instruments” on it was a different one to Connally’s
(ibid, page 131).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">It is also important to note that at the end of his “chain of
custody” note, Johnsen wrote the time 7:30 pm (WCE 1024). According to FBI
agent Robert Frazier, the FBI laboratory in Washington D.C. received the bullet
at that exact same time (see <b><a href="http://www.jfklancer.com/hunt/mystery.html">here</a></b>).
However, FBI agent Elmer Lee Todd, who allegedly received the bullet from Chief
Rowley at the white house and then handed it over to the FBI laboratory in
Washington, wrote in his report that he received the bullet from Rowley at 8:50
pm (WCD 7, page 288). Whilst some might argue that this discrepancy was due to
an error, we should keep in mind that FBI agents Sibert and O’Neill wrote in
their report on President Kennedy’s autopsy that they were telephonically
informed by FBI agent Charles Killion from the FBI laboratory in Washington
D.C. that the laboratory had received the bullet through Richard Johnsen; with
no mention of either Rowley or Todd. (ibid, page 284). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In light of the above, it seems likely to this reviewer that
whatever bullet was found on a stretcher at Parkland hospital was given to the
FBI laboratory by Johnsen, and that Rowley gave Todd a different bullet. It is
also worth keeping in mind that Gerald Behn; the Secret Service agent in charge
of the white house detail, claimed that Johnsen had possession of the bullet;
but made no mention of the bullet being given to his superior, chief Rowley
(ibid, page 286). On a final note, let’s keep in mind that Todd wrote in his
report that he etched his initials on the nose of the bullet which he turned
over to the FBI laboratory, for “identification purposes” (ibid, page 288). But
as researcher John Hunt has shown, Todd’s initials are nowhere to be found on
WCE 399 (see <b><a href="http://www.jfklancer.com/hunt/phantom.htm">here</a></b>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Like the majority of lone assassin theorists, Reston claims
that there is no evidence of a conspiracy. In the preface of his book, Reston
writes that “In a recent poll of Americans, 85% expressed belief in a
conspiracy, even though no convincing evidence has been put forward to support
that notion”<i> </i>and that “The evidence
is overwhelming that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, with absolutely no
encouragement from, or involvement with, a foreign government or a criminal
organization” (Reston, <i>The Accidental
Victim</i>, page 2). Towards the end of his book, Reston writes that “While the
Warren Commission concluded definitively and correctly that Oswald acted alone,
the various conspiracy theories about the famous Grassy Knoll have been
thoroughly discredited by painstaking historical research. No convincing
evidence of a conspiracy has ever come forward” (Reston, <i>The Accidental Victim</i>, page 176).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">To refer to the above comments by Reston as malarkey would be
an understatement. Contrary to what Reston wants us all to believe, there is
very good reason to believe that there was a conspiracy behind the President’s
assassination. For example, as both Pat Speer and this reviewer have discussed,
there is very good reason to believe that there was a silenced shot fired at
circa frame 224 of the Zapruder film which struck Governor Connally; and that
this shot could therefore not have been fired from the sixth floor of the TSBD
by “Oswald’s” Mannlicher Carcano rifle (see <b><a href="http://www.patspeer.com/chapter5%3Athejigsawpuzzle">here</a></b>). Furthermore, Speer has demonstrated that the majority of the
eye/ear witnesses in Dealey plaza recalled hearing the last two audible shots
fired in rapid succession; whereas it required a minimum of 2.3 seconds to fire
back to back shots from the Mannlicher Carcano rifle (see <b><a href="http://www.patspeer.com/chapter9%3Apiecingittogether">here</a></b>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Most researchers are probably aware of the presence of fake
Secret Service agents in Dealey Plaza on the day of the assassination. For
those who aren’t, shortly following the assassination, DPD officers Joe
Marshall Smith and David Harkness encountered men claiming to be Secret Service
agents behind the picket fence and TSBD respectively (see <b><a href="http://jfkthelonegunmanmyth.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/fake-secret-service-agents-in-dealey.html">here</a></b>). The problem is that there were no genuine Secret Service
agents in Dealey Plaza within the first twenty minutes of the assassination. One
has to wonder what these men claiming to be Secret Service agents were doing in
Dealey Plaza shortly following the assassination. Given all of the evidence we
have indicating that there was a conspiracy, it is this reviewer’s opinion that
these men were by all likelihood conspirators. As Pat Speer has demonstrated,
several railroad workers standing on top of the triple underpass (and other
witnesses) observed smoke coming from the direction of the picket fence (see <b><a href="http://www.patspeer.com/chapter7%3Amorepiecesofthepuzzle">here</a></b>). It is also in this area where
eyewitness J.C. Price; who was watching the motorcade from the roof of the
Terminal Annex building on Commerce Street, observed a man with what he thought
might have been a head piece running towards the cars in the parking lot behind
the picket fence (Dallas Municipal archives, Box 5, Folder 2, Item 49). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The reader may also be aware that in the parking lot behind
the picket fence is where eyewitness Lee Bowers; who was working in the
railroad tower in that area at the time of the assassination, observed three
suspicious vehicles enter and leave shortly before the assassination; one of
which was driven by a man with what appeared to him (Bowers) to be a “mike<i>”</i> or telephone in the car (Dallas
Municipal archives, Box 5, Folder 2, Item 9). Finally, it is in this area where
Dallas deputy Sheriff W.W. “Bo” Mabra claimed that he encountered a man he
described as a “city officer” (see <b><a href="http://jfkassassination.net/russ/testimony/mabra1.htm">here</a></b>).
During an interview with author Larry Sneed, Mabra claimed that the “city
officer<i>”</i> was wearing a uniform, and
that he told him (Mabra) “I don’t know what’s going on, but there hasn’t been a
thing move back here in an hour or more because I’ve been here all that time”
(Sneed, <i>No More Silence</i>, page 519).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The reader should also bear in mind that at Greg Parker’s
research forum, researcher Lee Farley has posted evidence that at the time of
the assassination, a DPD squad car was parked behind the picket fence (see <b><a href="http://www.reopenkennedycase.org/apps/forums/topics/show/13134318-strange-red-lights-in-the-bell-film">here</a></b>). Whilst some might argue that
there is nothing sinister about the presence of this squad car, one should ask
why the officer(s) who was assigned to that car <i>never</i> came forward to claim that he/they was/were behind the fence;
and that he/they not only didn’t observe any shots being fired from that area,
but didn’t observe anyone acting suspicious in that area given all of the
allegations by conspiracy advocates over the years? In this reviewer’s opinion,
the most rational explanation is that the officer(s) was involved in a
conspiracy to assassinate the President which involved a shot(s) being fired
from behind the picket fence. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Aside from all of the above, other evidence indicating that
there was a conspiracy to assassinate the President includes the mock-up wallet
containing Identification for Oswald and his alleged alias <i>“Alek James Hidell”</i> which was left behind in the vicinity of the
murder scene of officer J.D. Tippit; to implicate Oswald for Tippit’s murder.
This evidence was discussed in part 2 of this reviewer’s review of Dale Myers
book <i>With Malice</i> (see <a href="http://www.ctka.net/2014_reviews/with_malice_2.html"><b>here</b> </a>under the subheading <i>IX: Hints and allegations</i>). Although
many researchers are of the opinion that Oswald had possession of the revolver
which was most likely used to kill Tippit (WCE 143) at the time of his arrest
at the Texas Theater, as this reviewer has discussed in the essay entitled <i>Gerald Hill and the Framing of Lee Harvey
Oswald</i>, there is good reason to believe that DPD Sergeant Gerald Hill
framed Oswald for Tippit’s murder by pretending to remove the revolver (WCE
143) from Oswald during his arrest at the Theater (see <b><a href="http://www.ctka.net/2014/hill.html">here</a></b>). On a final note, researcher Sean Murphy has painstakingly
shown that at the time of the assassination, Oswald was probably standing just
outside the front entrance to the TSBD! Murphy’s brilliant and mind blowing
research can be read <b><a href="http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=20354">here</a></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Overall, this is a very bad book. However, this reviewer
doesn’t want to leave the readers of this review with the impression that this
is a completely worthless book. On a positive note, Reston does a good job in
showing that Oswald admired President Kennedy. But it is apparent to this
reviewer that the only reason he does this is to bolster his ludicrous
contention that Oswald was shooting at Connally. Another positive aspect of the
book is a discussion of a conversation President Kennedy had with Texas congressmen
Henry Gonzales about the war in Vietnam on board Air force one the day before
the assassination. As Reston writes, the President allegedly said to Gonzales “…I’ve
already ordered all the men and all the helicopters to be out of South Vietnam
by the end of the year<i>”</i> (Reston, <i>The Accidental Victim</i>, page 111). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Gonzales allegedly told Reston the above during an interview
with him. Although there can be very little doubt that President Kennedy was
determined to remove 1,000 U.S. military personnel from South Vietnam by the
end of 1963, as researchers such as Jim DiEugenio have discussed, the
President’s intention was to remove all military personnel from South Vietnam
by the end of 1965 (DiEugenio, <i>Destiny
Betrayed,</i> 2nd edition, page 371). It also makes much more sense to this
reviewer if U.S. military personnel and helicopters were gradually removed from
South Vietnam from the end of 1963 until the end of 1965, rather than removing
all by the end of 1963 to provide the South Vietnamese military enough time to
sustain themselves against the North Vietnamese communists. Therefore, it is
this reviewer’s opinion that the aforementioned quote should be taken with a
grain of salt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I would like to thank researcher Greg Parker for generously taking
the time to respond to my questions concerning his research. I would also like
to thank researcher Jim DiEugenio for generously taking the time to proof read
this review prior to it being published on this blog.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Hasan Yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10662154848135364660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091060397245050674.post-85761905923182086582015-02-28T12:59:00.000-08:002015-02-28T12:59:10.133-08:00A forgotten upcoming essay<div class="MsoNormal">
In my essay on Larry Crafard (published on this blog on
December 5, 2014), I wrote the following:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>"In an upcoming
essay, this writer will be discussing further possible connections between the
assassination and people with the surname Miller."<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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I would like to let the readers of my essay know that due to
personal circumstances, I don’t think I will be able to write this essay for many
months to come. I would have posted this message much sooner, but unfortunately,
I had forgotten that I made this claim. <o:p></o:p></div>
Hasan Yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10662154848135364660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091060397245050674.post-88553040401513025272014-12-05T05:36:00.000-08:002015-05-10T10:04:01.201-07:00Did Larry Crafard kill J.D. Tippit?<div class="MsoNormal">
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The following essay was proofread and edited by researcher Jim DiEugenio prior
to it being published on this blog].</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Previously, in the essay entitled “Gerald
Hill and the Framing of Lee Harvey Oswald”, this writer discussed the
likelihood that DPD Seargent Gerald Hill framed Oswald for the murder of
Officer J.D. Tippit during Oswald’s arrest at the Texas Theater (click <b><a href="http://www.ctka.net/2014/hill.html">here</a></b> to read that essay). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">What follows below is a discussion of the
possibility that the man who murdered Tippit was Curtis LaVerne Crafard, also
known as Larry Crafard. At the time of the assassination, Crafard was
purportedly employed at Jack Ruby’s Carousel Club as a multi-purpose employee.
His job allegedly consisted of being a handyman, clean-up man, part-time
bartender, and also answering the telephone (WCE 2250). Crafard was also
ostensibly living at the Carousel Club at the time of the assassination. According
to the official version of events, on the day following the assassination,
Crafard made a sudden departure from Dallas and allegedly hitchhiked to his
cousin’s home in Clare, Michigan (ibid). As this writer explains below, Crafard
was not only demonstrably mistaken for Oswald by several witnesses, but there
is a chance that he was the man who murdered Tippit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">When Crafard was interviewed by the FBI on
November 28, 1963, he allegedly informed them that at the time of the
assassination, he was fast asleep in his room at the Carousel Club (ibid).
Crafard repeated this claim when he testified before the Warren Commission on
April 8, 1964 (WC Volume XIII, page 448). The man who provided Crafard with an
alibi was Andrew (Andy) Armstrong. Armstrong was employed at the Carousel club
as a bartender, and was also the assistant manager of the club. According to
both Crafard and Armstrong, after Armstrong learned that the President had been
shot, he awakened Crafard and informed him of this. However, there are many
problems with this claim. First of all, the reader should consider that during
his aforementioned interview with the FBI, Crafard allegedly claimed that
Armstrong awakened him by calling him on the phone at approximately 11:30 in
the morning, and that after he awoke, he went back to sleep. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">But this is not what Crafard told the Warren
Commission. According to Crafard; “I guess [Armstrong] said he had called me or
something and I hadn’t [woken] up, I hadn’t [gotten] up or something.” (ibid,
page 449). Further on during his testimony, he added that “[Armstrong] said he
called me but I hadn’t [woken] up… I don’t know whether he called me by
telephone, he said he tried to call me by telephone or called me when he [came]
to the club or what.<i>”</i> (ibid, page
450). Not only do these statements by Crafard contradict what he allegedly told
the FBI during his aforementioned interview with them, but there is no
confirmation by Armstrong in either his interview with the FBI on January 22,
1964, or during his testimony before the Warren Commission on April 14, 1964,
that he had telephoned Crafard prior to his arrival at the club (WCE 2275).
Crafard told the Warren Commission that the door to his room was closed when
Armstrong arrived at the club, and that he “…closed it all the time.” (WC
Volume XIII, page 450). Armstrong, on the other hand, testified that the door
to Crafard’s room wasn’t closed. (ibid, page 327).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Let’s also take into consideration the
following contradictions between the statements of Crafard and Armstrong.
Crafard told the Warren Commission “Andy woke me that morning. He [came] in
early. Andy always put the beer [into the cooler] and he [would] come in early
to do that so he could have the rest of the day off.” (ibid, page 448). When
Crafard was asked by counsel Leon Hubert what time it was when Armstrong
arrived at the club, he explained “I think it was about 9:30 or something like
that.” (ibid). Bear in mind that this statement undermines his claim that
Armstrong woke him up by telephoning him at approximately 11:30 in the morning.
Further on during his testimony, Hubert asked Crafard how he knew that
Armstrong came into the club earlier. Crafard responded “The beer was all taken
care of, so I figured he had been in the club.” (ibid, page 449). Although
Crafard agreed that he wasn’t sure if Armstrong had put the beer into the
cooler when he was asked by Hubert, he then remarked that “Andy said something
about doing it, he had done it earlier, or something.” (ibid).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">When Armstrong testified before the Warren
Commission, he was asked by Hubert if it was his job to “See that the beer was
kept on ice<i>.”</i> (ibid, page 327).
Armstrong claimed that it was, and after telling Hubert that he did this every
day, he claimed “That’s the first thing I did…When I came [to the club] in the
afternoon.” (ibid). Although this implies that Armstrong had taken care of the
beer prior to allegedly waking up Crafard, he told the Warren Commission that
after he arrived at the club, he had to use the rest room and that after he had
done so, he heard “a lot of sirens,” then found out that the President had been
shot by listening to his transistor radio, and subsequently woke up Crafard.
The reader should also bear in mind that during his interview with the FBI on
January 22, 1964, he claimed that he went into the men’s room after taking off
his jacket, and then woke up Crafard after learning that the President had been
shot (WCE 2275). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Keeping the above in mind, it is clear that
Armstrong didn’t take care of the beer prior to allegedly waking up Crafard;
with the implication being that Crafard was lying when he claimed that it had been
taken care of, and that “Andy said something about doing it, he had done it
earlier, or something.<i>”</i> We should
also bear in mind that Armstrong made no mention of taking care of the beer
after learning that the President had been shot and after allegedly waking up
Crafard. According to Crafard; “Andy, when he came [into the club] he should
have woke me up,”<i> </i>thus implying that
it was Armstrong’s duty to wake him up if he wasn’t already awake (WC Volume
XIII, page 449). But this is <i>not</i> what
Armstrong told the Warren Commission. When Counsel Leon Hubert asked Armstrong
if it was his custom/duty to wake up Crafard every morning, he remarked “No. If
he was asleep I didn’t even bother him. Usually he was awake, but there was
sometimes that he was asleep and I didn’t bother him” (ibid, page 328).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">It is also perhaps worth keeping in mind that
Crafard told the Warren Commission that Armstrong told him (Crafard) that he “…called
me two or three times at that time when he woke me up there he called me two or
three times” (ibid, page 450). However, Armstrong told the Warren Commission
that he woke Crafard up by shaking him, and implied that he did this only twice
(ibid, pages 327 and 329). When Counsel Hubert asked Crafard if he had an
explanation for why it was difficult to wake him “that morning,” he remarked “None
that I can think of except that I probably was a little tired from the night
before when I went to bed” (ibid, page 451). When he was asked previously
during his testimony if it was unusual for him to have slept until the time
Armstrong allegedly woke him up on the day of the assassination, Crafard
explained “Not if I was tired and they didn’t call me, I’d sleep if they didn’t
call me” and then claimed “At the club a couple of times I slept until 1:30 or
2 o’clock in the afternoon before somebody woke me up” (ibid, page 449).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The reader may believe that the
aforementioned contradictions between the statements of Crafard and Armstrong
are simply due to faulty memory resulting from the passage of time. But there is
good reason to believe that the FBI (with help perhaps from the DPD and the
Secret Service), coerced Armstrong into providing Crafard with an alibi. On the
day of the assassination, DPD Officer Marrion L. Baker wrote an affidavit on
what had transpired after he entered the TSBD following the assassination. In
his affidavit, Baker wrote that he had encountered a man walking away from the
stairway on either the third or fourth floor, and described the man as “a white
man approximately 30 years old, 5’ 9,” 165 pounds, dark hair and wearing a
light brown jacket” (Dallas Municipal archives, Box 2, Folder 1, Item 4). When
the FBI interviewed Crafard on November 28, 1963, they took five colored
photographs of him (WCE 451, 453 to 456). At the time these photographs were
taken, Crafard was wearing a light brown/tan colored jacket (click <b><a href="http://committeeforopenarchives.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=131710065">here</a></b> to view the colored version of
three of these photographs).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As far as this writer is aware, only two
witnesses who testified before the Warren Commission were shown these
photographs. One was the highly suspicious Ruth Paine (in whose garage, we
should remember, Oswald allegedly kept the Mannlicher Carcano rifle he
purportedly used to assassinate the President). The other was George Bouhe, a
member of the Dallas White Russian community who was acquainted with both
Oswald and his wife Marina (WC Volume III, page 95, WC Volume VIII, pages 377
and 378). Although Bouhe denied that he thought there was a resemblance between
Oswald and Crafard, Paine admitted that she thought there was. And as this
writer explains below, several other witnesses had mistaken Crafard for Oswald.
Whilst some researchers may believe that it was merely a coincidence that Officer
Baker wrote in his first day affidavit that he had encountered a man walking
away from the stairway wearing a light brown jacket, and that the FBI took five
photographs of Crafard wearing a light brown/tan jacket when they interviewed
him, this writer does not believe that was the case. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">It is this writer’s belief that the FBI took
the aforementioned photographs of Crafard with the purpose of showing them to
Baker, and that Baker may have <i>identified</i>
Crafard as the man he had encountered walking away from the stairway. If Oswald was framed for the assassination--and
the evidence discussed by countless researchers demonstrates that he was--then
it stands to reason that the sniper shooting at the President from the sixth
floor of the TSBD would have somewhat resembled Oswald; with the hope that any
witnesses outside the TSBD who had seen the sniper would believe that he was
Oswald. As a matter of fact, Ronald Fischer; who had seen the sniper in the
so-called sniper’s nest window shortly before the assassination, told the DPD
that the man he had seen in the window looked like Oswald but that he wouldn’t
definitely state that Oswald was the man (Dallas Municipal archives Box 5,
Folder 5, Item 38, Dallas Municipal archives Box 3, Folder 13, Item 1). When Fischer
testified before the Warren Commission, he confirmed that he told the DPD that
Oswald could have been the man he had seen in the window, but that he couldn’t
be sure (WC Volume VI, page 197).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Most researchers are also familiar with the
fact that Howard Brennan, who had also witnessed the assassination, claimed
that the sniper in the sixth floor window of the TSBD resembled Oswald, and
subsequently identified Oswald as the sniper. Although dyed-in-the-wool
defenders of the Warren Commission such as David Von Pein uphold Brennan as a
credible witness, as researchers such as Gil Jesus have explained, Brennan is
by no means a credible witness (click <b><a href="http://www.giljesus.com/jfk/brennan.htm">here</a></b>
to read Jesus’ discussion on Brennan). In addition to the fact that Officer
Baker had encountered a man wearing a light brown jacket walking away from the
stairway inside the TSBD; and the fact that the FBI photographed Crafard
wearing a light brown/tan colored jacket when they interviewed him six days
after the assassination, the reader should also consider the following: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">On January 23, 1979, an article entitled “Cult
Leader is No.1 Suspect in JFK Assassination” was printed in the <i>National Enquirer</i>. The suspect was Ervil
LeBaron; a psychotic cult leader who was not only convicted for the murder of
his brother and said to have had his daughter strangled to death, but was also
wanted for questioning by the U.S. Secret service for death threats made against
President Jimmy Carter (the article can be read <b><a href="http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/White%20Materials/White%20Assassination%20Clippings%20Folders/House%20Select%20Committee%20On%20Assassinations%20Cips%20And%20Inventory/HSCA-JFK/HSCA-JFK%2062.pdf">here</a></b>). According to the article, through the freedom of information
act, the <i>National Enquirer</i> had
obtained a formerly classified memorandum from FBI director J. Edgar Hoover to
the special agent in charge of the Salt Lake City office of the FBI in Utah
(dated January 27, 1964), in which Hoover wrote that LeBaron and his followers are
“believed to have been responsible for President Kennedy’s death.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">From 1962 to 1967, LeBaron was the presiding
patriarch of the Church of the First Born of the Fullness of Times; which was
founded by his brothers in 1955. When Crafard testified before the Warren
Commission, he claimed that he was affiliated with the General Assembly and
Church of the First Born (WC Volume XIII, page 418). Although this writer is
unaware of any direct or indirect connection between the Church of the First Born
of the Fullness of Times, and the General Assembly and Church of the First Born;
or any direct or indirect connection between LeBaron and Crafard, it is
entirely possible that the reason Hoover and the FBI considered LeBaron a prime
suspect in the assassination was because they may have had good reason to
believe that there was a connection between LeBaron and Crafard. (This writer
should point out that according to Wikipedia; there was no affiliation between
the Church of the First Born of the Fullness of Times, and the General Assembly
and Church of the First Born).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Although there is much debate amongst researchers
as to whether or not Ruby and Oswald knew each other; and whether or not Oswald
was ever at the Carousel Club, there can be no doubt that Larry Crafard was
mistaken for Oswald-- or believed to have looked like Oswald--by a number of
different witnesses. On November 24, 1963, detective Jim Leavelle of the DPD
wrote a memorandum to Captain Will Fritz in which he claimed that a man named
Don Stewart (Stuart); co-owner of the contract electronics store at 2533 Elm
Street, had telephonically informed him that Ruby had come into his store “about
a month ago<i>”</i> to check the sound
equipment in the Carousel Club, and that Ruby was with a man who he thought
looked “an awful lot like” Oswald (Dallas Municipal archives, Box 1, Folder 7,
Item 71). According to the memorandum, Robert Kermit Patterson; who co-owned
the store with Stuart, and an employee of the store named Charles Arndt, agreed
with Stuart that the man with Ruby looked like Oswald (ibid).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">When Crafard was interviewed by the FBI on
November 28, 1963, he informed them that about three weeks ago he had
accompanied Ruby to an “electronics company<i>”</i>
(WCE 2250). According to Crafard; “…Ruby checked about some sound equipment for
the club<i>” </i>while they were there
(ibid). Crafard confirmed that he had gone with Ruby to the store when he
testified before the Warren Commission (WC Volume XIV, pages 69 and 70). When
the FBI interviewed Donald Stuart on November 26, 1963, he was shown a
photograph of Oswald, and according to the FBI he “…cannot be sure at this time
whether or not Oswald is identical to the person who accompanied Ruby” (WCD 4,
page 804). Stuart described the man with Ruby as being a white man in his 20’s,
weighing about 140 pounds, with a slight build, and dark brown hair which he
thought may have been thicker than Oswald’s (ibid). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">When Charles Arndt was interviewed by the FBI
on the same day, he was also shown a photograph of Oswald, and claimed that he “…could
not definitely state whether or not Oswald is identical with the younger man
who accompanied Ruby” (ibid, page 807). Arndt described the man with Ruby as a
white male in his 20’s, 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing 140 pounds or possibly
slightly more, with a slight build, and dark brown hair of average thickness
(ibid). As for Robert Kermit Patterson, he told the FBI that based on
photographs he had seen of Oswald in various newspapers, that Oswald was the
man with Ruby at the electronics store (ibid, page 798). Patterson described
the man with Ruby as an American white male in his 20’s, 5 feet 8 inches to 5
feet 9 inches tall, and not too heavy, but not too thin either (ibid, pages 798
and 799). Patterson also claimed that he thought the man with Ruby had a tattoo
on his left forearm (ibid, page 799). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">What’s important to bear in mind is that Oswald
did not have a tattoo on his left forearm when he was shot. And according to
Dr. Earl Rose--the medical examiner who had performed the autopsy on Oswald--if
there had been a removal of a tattoo from Oswald’s forearm within a period of
two months prior to Oswald’s autopsy, he would have noticed it and made a note
of it in his autopsy report (WCD 1066, page 389). Although the FBI wrote in
their report concerning their interview of Crafard on November 28, 1963, that
Crafard didn’t have any tattoos; it is entirely feasible that Crafard had the
tattoo removed sometime prior to his interview with them (the greater
significance of Patterson’s observation of the tattoo is explained below). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">This writer should also point out that
according to Patterson, after Ruby told him and Stuart that he would give both
of them passes to his Carousel club, Ruby gave the man with him what Patterson
described as a notebook and instructed him to write down Patterson’s and
Stuart’s names in the book, and that he (Patterson) observed the man do this
(WCD 4, page 797). After Ruby was arrested for Oswald’s murder by the DPD, the
DPD discovered permanent pass cards to Ruby’s Carousel Club under Patterson’s
and Stuart’s names, and a small notebook containing business receipt notations
with Patterson’s name in it (WCE 1322). This writer should point out that
contrary to Patterson’s claim that the man with Ruby wrote down Stuart’s and
his (Patterson’s) name in the notebook, both Stuart and Arndt claimed that it
was actually Ruby who wrote down their names (WCD 4, pages 804 and 807).
Furthermore, although Patterson claimed that the man with Ruby was wearing very
tightly fitted blue jeans and possibly a white T-shirt, Crafard told the FBI
that he was wearing a suit when he went with Ruby to the electronics store
(ibid, page 799, WCE 2250).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Despite this contradiction, the weight of the
evidence says the man who accompanied Ruby to the store was Crafard--and that
Stuart, Patterson, and Arndt all thought that he looked like Oswald. Another
good example of Crafard being mistaken for Oswald was at the Lucas B & B
restaurant, located in the same block as the Vegas club which was run by Jack
Ruby’s sister, Eva L. Grant. Mary Lawrence, who worked at the restaurant as a
waitress, informed the DPD that she had seen a man she thought was Oswald enter
the restaurant at around 2:15 am on the day of the assassination, and that
after Ruby entered the restaurant a short time later, the man went and sat with
Ruby, after which they both left the restaurant at approximately 2:45 am
(Dallas Municipal archives, Box 18, Folder 7, Item 24). Lawrence described the
man with Ruby as a white male, 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing 140 pounds, and
with dark hair (ibid). This writer should point out that when Lawrence was previously
interviewed by the FBI on December 5, 1963, she claimed that the man she
thought was Oswald entered the restaurant at approximately 1:30 am (WCD 223,
page 367).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Although Pete Lucas, the manager of the Lucas
B and B restaurant, informed the FBI on November 25, 1963, that he told Ruby to
never come back to the restaurant, and subsequently told the DPD that Ruby was
forbidden from entering the restaurant, Crafard told the FBI that on the
morning of the assassination he had met up with Ruby at the restaurant, and
implied that this was at approximately 2:30 am (WCE 1224, WCE 2250), (Dallas
Municipal archives, Box 18, Folder 7, Item 25). Furthermore, although Lawrence
told the DPD that the man with Ruby had a small, deep scar on his left cheek,
she had previously informed the FBI that the man with Ruby had a small scar
near his mouth on either the left or right side (WCD 223, page 368). The
significance of this observation is that when the FBI interviewed Crafard, they
noted that he had a scar on the centre of his upper lip (WCE 2250). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">It should be apparent to the reader that the
man Mary Lawrence thought was Oswald was in fact Larry Crafard. Let’s also
consider that on November 26, 1963, a salesman at the commercial tire company
named William Cooper told the FBI that Jack Wise; who worked at the tire
company as a bookkeeper, had information that a man who resembled Oswald was
seen in the Carousel Club by a piano tuner, and that “…from the manner in which
[the Oswald lookalike] was hanging around [the piano tuner] assumed he worked
there” (WCD 4, page 785). When the FBI subsequently interviewed Wise on
November 27, 1963, he informed them that the piano tuner’s name was Karl
Wahrmund, and that Wahrmund’s father had told him (Wise) that Wahrmund assumed
that Oswald worked at the Carousel Club (ibid, page 786). Although Karl
Wahrmund denied telling anyone that he had seen Oswald in the Carousel club
when he was interviewed by the FBI on November 27, 1963, his denial may have
been because he was threatened to keep silent about any possible association
between Oswald and Ruby (ibid, page 377). Despite what the reader may believe
about Wahrmund’s denial, as discussed above, multiple witnesses thought that
Crafard resembled Oswald.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The significance of the above is that if
Crafard was Tippit’s killer, the witnesses who identified Oswald as Tippit’s
killer may have done so because they also thought that Crafard resembled
Oswald. As this writer has also discussed previously, Crafard’s alibi for the
time of President Kennedy’s assassination is questionable. Therefore, his claim
that he was at the Carousel Club at the time Tippit was likely shot should also
be taken with a grain of salt (WCE 2250, WC Volume XIII, pages 451 and 452). As
discussed in Part 1 of this writer’s review of Dale Myers’ book <i>With Malice </i>(<b><a href="http://www.ctka.net/2014_reviews/with_malice_1.html">here</a></b>), Tippit was most likely shot at approximately 1:06 pm (see
under the subheading <i>IV: Murder on Tenth
Street</i>). If Oswald was framed for Tippit’s murder by Tippit’s killer leaving
behind a mock-up wallet with identification for Oswald and his alleged alias,
Alek James Hidell (as discussed <b><a href="http://www.ctka.net/2014_reviews/with_malice_2.html">here</a></b>
under the subheading <i>IX: Hints and
allegations</i>); and by Gerald Hill pretending to remove the gun (WCE 143)
most likely used to kill Tippit from Oswald during his arrest at the Texas
Theater, then it only makes perfect sense that the real killer was someone who
bore a resemblance to him and could be mistaken for him. With that said, let’s
now discuss the possibility that Crafard was Tippit’s killer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">First of all, let’s keep in mind that when
the FBI interviewed Crafard on November 28, 1963, they described him as a 22
year old white male; with a <i>“medium”</i>
complexion, 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing 150 pounds, and with brown hair and
brown eyes (WCE 2250). The reader should note that this description of Crafard
is somewhat similar to the aforementioned descriptions of the man thought to be
Oswald by Robert Patterson, Donald Stuart, Charles Arndt, and Mary Lawrence.
Although the description of Tippit’s killer (understandably) varied from
witness to witness, according to the transcripts of the DPD radio recordings,
at approximately 1:22 pm, Officer Roy W. Walker broadcasted a description of
Tippit’s killer over the DPD radio (WC Volume XXI, Sawyer Exhibit WCE
705/1974). According to Walker’s broadcast, Tippit’s killer was a white male
about 30 years old, 5 feet 8 inches tall, with a slender build and black hair,
and was wearing a white jacket (ibid). The witness who gave Walker this
description was purportedly Warren Reynolds; who was employed as a salesman at
the Johnny Reynolds used car lot, which was located on the south east corner of
the Patton Street and Jefferson Blvd. intersection (<i>With Malice</i>, Chapter 5). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">According to the same transcripts, at
approximately 1:37 pm, Officer Howell W. Summers informs the DPD radio
dispatchers that he has an <i>“eye ball”</i>
witness who observed Tippit’s killer, and that the killer was a 27 year old
white male, with a fair complexion, 5 feet 11 inches tall, weighing 165 pounds,
with black wavy hair, and was wearing a light gray <i>“Eisenhower type”</i> jacket (ibid). Although Dale Myers claims that
the witness who provided Summers with this description was Ted Callaway; who
was the manager of the Harris Bros. auto sales on Patton Street, as explained
in part 1 of this writer’s review of <i>With
Malice</i>, there is good reason to believe that Callaway never observed
Tippit’s killer (see under the subheading <i>VII:
A bird in the hand</i>). As this writer also explains, there is good reason to
believe that Sam Guinyard; who worked for Harris Bros. auto sales as a porter,
never observed Tippit’s killer as he claimed he did (ibid). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">At the time Tippit was killed, the closet
witness to the murder was Domingo Benavides, who worked for Harris Bros. auto
sales as a mechanic (WC Volume VI, page 445). When Benavides testified before
the Warren Commission, he claimed that he was driving west on tenth street in
his pick-up truck, and that after he heard a shot fired at Tippit, he pulled up
to the curb almost next to Tippit’s squad car (WC Volume VI, page 447).
Benavides claimed that Tippit’s killer resembled Oswald, and described him as
being about 5 feet 11 inches tall, of average weight, and with a complexion
that was “a little bit darker than average<i>”</i>
(ibid, pages 450 and 451). However, after Counsel David Belin asked Benavides
if the complexion of Tippit’s killer was the same as his (Belin’s), Benavides
remarked “I would say he is about your complexion, sir. Of course he looked,
his skin looked a little bit ruddier than mine” (ibid, page 451).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The significance of Benavides’ initial claim
is that, as pointed out previously, when the FBI interviewed Crafard on
November 28, 1963, they noted that he had a “medium” complexion. In fact, the
colored photographs the FBI took of Crafard show that he had a slightly
brownish complexion; which is consistent with Benavides’ claim that the
killer’s complexion was “a little bit darker than average.” It is also curious
that Benavides remarked that the killer’s skin looked “a little bit ruddier<i>”</i> than his own. Although this writer is
unaware of what Benavides’ complexion looked like at the time he testified
before the Warren Commission in 1964, during a filmed interview with Eddie
Barker of CBS-TV in 1967, Benavides complexion appeared to be brownish; but not
what could be described as ruddy (click <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbcnV9cPL_w">here</a></b>
to view the footage). We should also keep in mind that Benavides told the
Warren Commission that the hairline of the back of the killer’s hair “sort of
went square<i> </i>instead of [tapering]
off” (WC Volume VI, page 451). Unfortunately, the photographs the FBI took of
Crafard do not reveal whether this was the case with the back of his hair. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Should the reader believe that Benavides was
simply mistaken about what the killer’s complexion appeared to be, then the
reader should also take the following into account. When Tippit murder witness,
Helen Markham, was interviewed by the FBI on the day of the assassination, she
claimed that Tippit’s killer had a “red” complexion (WCD 5, page 79). Although
Markham denied that the killer had a red complexion when she testified before
the Warren Commission, during a filmed interview shown on <i>The Men Who Killed Kennedy</i> series, she remarked that the killer had
a ruddy complexion (click <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBo3xeVANiI">here</a></b> to
view the interview, see also WC Volume III, page 320). Furthermore, when Julia
Postal; the ticket seller at the Texas Theater, testified before the Warren
Commission, she claimed that when she called the DPD from the Theater, she
informed them that the man who ducked into the Theater was “ruddy looking” (WC
Volume VII, page 11).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Whilst there are problems with the
credibility of Benavides, Markham, and Postal as witnesses, as this writer
discusses below, there is evidence that an Oswald lookalike was arrested in the
balcony of the Texas Theater, and then placed into a DPD squad car at the rear
of the Theater (for a discussion of the credibility of the aforementioned
witnesses, see <b><a href="http://www.ctka.net/2014_reviews/with_malice_1.html">here</a></b> under the
subheadings <i>VI: Closing in </i>and <i>VII: A bird in the hand</i>). Then there’s
Wilbyrn Waldon (Robert) Litchfield; an ex-convict who told the DPD that on
either a Tuesday or Thursday night in the first two weeks of November, he had a
meeting with Jack Ruby inside the Carousel club (Dallas Municipal archives, Box
5, Folder 7, Item 30). On June 18, 1964, Litchfield told the FBI that on the
night he had his meeting with Ruby at the club, he observed a man whom he
thought looked like Oswald (WCD 1193, page 240). Litchfield described the
Oswald lookalike as being in his mid-twenties, between 5 feet 7 inches and 5
feet 9 inches tall, with medium brown hair, and that his complexion was “somewhat
ruddy” (ibid). Litchfield also claimed that the man’s chin area was either
slightly pimpled or had “slight acne pockmarks,” and that he was dressed
sloppily (ibid).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">During the same interview, the FBI showed
Litchfield the five colored photographs they had taken of Larry Crafard when
they interviewed him on November 28, 1963. After he carefully examined the
photographs, Litchfield allegedly told the FBI that he “could not state with
any degree of certainty” that Crafard was the Oswald lookalike he had seen in
the Carousel club on the night in question (ibid, page 241). However,
Litchfield also remarked that “The overall general appearance of [Crafard and
the Oswald lookalike in the club] are about the same, although [Crafard’s hair]
appears to be a bit more full than that of the individual he had seen in the
Carousel club” (ibid). The FBI noted that due to the passage of time since
Litchfield observed the Oswald lookalike in the club “…it is utterly impossible
for him to comment more specifically at this time” (ibid).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As the reader can see, Litchfield’s comment
implies that Crafard was the Oswald lookalike he had seen in the club. Although
the aforementioned photographs of Crafard do not show that he had what could be
described as a ruddy/red complexion, or pimples/acne pockmarks, the possibility
that Crafard was infected with a disease (such as Rosacea) which causes a
ruddy/red complexion; and what could be described as pimples or acne pockmarks
from time to time cannot be ruled out. This writer should point out that on
December 2, 1963; detective R.D. Lewis of the DPD gave Litchfield a polygraph test
to determine whether or not he was being truthful when he claimed that he had
seen Oswald at the Carousel club (Dallas Municipal archives, Box 5, Folder 7,
Item 31). According to Lewis, Litchfield was being untruthful (ibid). However,
Lewis and the DPD may have stated this in order to cover-up the possibility
that Oswald and Ruby were involved in a conspiracy to assassinate the
President; and that Ruby shot him to prevent him from revealing the names of
any conspirators. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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June 19, 1964, the FBI interviewed J.W. Grubbs and Max Lewis; two of the men
with whom Litchfield was playing poker at the time he learned that Ruby had
shot Oswald (WCD 1193, pages 243 and 244). According to the interviews with
both men, Litchfield’s claim that he was acquainted with Ruby is not to be
believed (ibid). On the other hand, when the FBI interviewed Ernest Francis
Stoy; another one of the men with whom Litchfield was playing poker at the time
he learned that Ruby had shot Oswald, he claimed that he considers Litchfield
to be an honest man (ibid, page 242). Stoy was interviewed on June 17, 1964.
But despite what Grubbs and Lewis told the FBI with regards to Litchfield’s
credibility, as pointed out above, Litchfield implied during his interview with
the FBI On June 18, 1964, that the Oswald lookalike he had seen in the Carousel
club was in fact Larry Crafard; who was not only acquainted with Ruby, but also
worked at the club.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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William W. Scoggins; the cab driver who allegedly witnessed Tippit being shot
whilst eating lunch inside his parked cab, told the Warren Commission with
regards to the killer’s complexion. When Counsel David Belin asked Scoggins
whether Tippit’s killer was a Negro or a white man, Scoggins replied that he
was “White, light complected, not real brown,” thus implying that he had a
slightly brownish complexion (WC Volume III, page 333). The reader should keep
in mind that not only is this consistent with Benavides’ claim that the killer’s
complexion was “a little bit darker than<i> </i>average,”<i> </i>but that as stated previously; the
colored photographs the FBI took of Crafard show that he had a slightly
brownish complexion. Although Scoggins identified Oswald as Tippit’s killer, it
is important to note that when the FBI interviewed Scoggins on November 25,
1963, he remarked that he couldn’t be sure if Oswald was the man who killed
Tippit (WCD 5, page 77). For more information on Scoggins, please refer to part
1 of this writer’s review of <i>With Malice</i>;
under the subheading <i>VII: A bird in the
hand</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Let’s now discuss the Davis sister-in-laws;
Barbara and Virginia Davis. On the day of the assassination, the Davis
sister-in-laws were living inside a two story apartment house located on the
southeast corner of the Tenth and Patton Street intersection. Although both
women claimed to have witnessed Tippit’s killer walking across their front lawn
heading towards Patton Street, and identified Oswald as the killer, there is
good reason to believe that they were planted witnesses. Consider that one of
the names inside Larry Crafard’s notebook which contained the names and phone
numbers of Jack Ruby’s various contacts was Leona Miller (WCD 717, page 6, WCD
4, page 497). When Crafard was asked about Miller during his testimony before
the Warren Commission, he explained “I believe she was a girl that called in
connection with or in answer to an ad that Jack Ruby had in the paper for
waitresses” (WC Volume XIV, page 10).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Although Jack Ruby was acquainted with a Leona
Lane (whose maiden name appears to have been Miller), this writer is unaware of
any evidence that she had called Ruby in response to the advertisement for
waitresses (WCE 2282/2283). Furthermore, as researcher Greg Parker has pointed
out, Miller’s name and phone number (WH3-8120) was written in the part of
Crafard’s notebook which contained the names and phone numbers for regular
contacts (see <b><a href="http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=6421">here</a></b>). The
significance of this is that when Barbara and Virginia Davis provided the DPD
with sworn affidavits as to what they had witnessed at the time Tippit was
shot, they wrote down their phone number as WH3-8120; the same number which was
written inside Crafard’s notebook for Leona Miller (Dallas Municipal archives,
Box 2, Folder 1, Items 21 and 22). In his book, Dale Myers writes that “Given
the transient nature of the occupants of the apartments along East Tenth Street
at the time, it would not be surprising to learn that [Leona] Miller might have
occupied the same apartment immediately before Barbara Jeanette and Virginia
Davis, and consequently had the same phone number, although there is nothing in
the record to indicate that such a thing occurred”<i> </i>(<i>With Malice</i>, Chapter
9).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Myers also writes that “…apart from the phone
number, there is no known connection between Leona Miller, Barbara Jeannette
and Virginia Davis, and Jack Ruby<i>” </i>and
that the Davis sister-in-laws and their husbands had moved into the apartment
located on the southeast corner of the Tenth and Patton street intersection “…around
the first or second<i> </i>week in November,
1963…”<i> </i>(ibid). However, let’s now
take the following into account. Contained within Larry Crafard’s notebook is
the reminder “Mr. Miller. Friday 15 people<i>
</i>Collins Radio Co.”<i> </i>(WCD 4, page
502, WCD 717, page 19). When Crafard was asked about this reminder during his
testimony before the Warren Commission, he remarked that “It would be somebody
called in for reservations for 15 people” (WC Volume XIV, page 32). As several
researchers such as William Kelly have noted, shortly following Oswald’s arrest
at the Texas Theater, T.F. White; a mechanic working at Mack Pate’s garage
located several blocks to the north of the Theater, observed an Oswald
lookalike acting suspiciously inside a car parked at the El Chico restaurant
car park across the street from the garage. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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license plate number, which was PP 4537 (WCD 205, pages 369 and 375). When the
FBI investigated White’s claim, they discovered that the license number was
assigned to a 1957 Plymouth which belonged to Carl Amos Mather; an employee of
the Collins Radio Company, and a friend of the Tippit family (ibid, pages 370
and 372). Although there is no record that the FBI interviewed Mather, when
they interviewed his wife on December 14, 1963, she informed them that Mather
left work at about 2:00 or 2:30 in the afternoon, after which they went to the
Tippit family home to express their condolences to Tippit’s wife and to “…assist
her in any way possible” (ibid, page 373). Several researchers have argued that
White’s claim of seeing an Oswald lookalike driving the car with the
aforementioned license plate number is not credible, because he first claimed
that the car was a red 1957 Plymouth and then claimed that it was a red 1961
Ford Falcon; whereas the FBI determined that the car was in fact a light blue
over medium blue 1957 Plymouth (ibid, pages 372 and 375). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">But in spite of these discrepancies, it
defies belief that White identified the license plate of the car owned by a
friend of the Tippit family who worked at the Collins Radio Company. In this
writer’s opinion, the car observed by White was in fact Mather’s. It is also
this writer’s opinion that the significance of this connection is that, as
pointed out previously, a Mr. Miller from the Collins Radio Company had made a
reservation at the Carousel Club, and that a Leona Miller, who happened to
share the same phone number as two of the witnesses to Tippit’s murder, was
listed as one of Jack Ruby’s contacts in Crafard’s notebook. Although this writer
is unaware of the identity of Mr. Miller from the Collins Radio Company, or of
any direct connection between Mr. Miller and Leona Miller, it is nevertheless
this writer’s belief that Leona Miller was quite likely the <i>real</i> name of one of the Davis sister-in-laws,
and that they (the Davis sister-in-laws) were related to Mr. Miller from the
Collins Radio Company (for further information on why the Davis sister-in-laws
were likely planted witnesses, please refer to part 1 of this writer’s review
of <i>With Malice</i> under the subheading <i>VII: A bird in the hand</i>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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through <b><a href="http://jfkcountercoup.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/collins-radio-connections-to.html">this</a></b> blog post by William
Kelly concerning the connection of the Collins Radio Company to the
assassination. In an upcoming essay, this writer will be discussing further
possible connections between the assassination and people with the surname
Miller. As for the identity of the Oswald lookalike observed by T.F. White
driving what was by all likelihood Carl Mather’s car, it is this writer’s
belief that he was the highly suspicious and mysterious Igor Vaganov (see <b><a href="http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=7312&page=4">here</a></b> for important information on
Vaganov by researcher Lee Farley). Most researchers are aware of the fact that
Tippit’s killer had discarded a light gray jacket (designated WCE 162) in the
parking lot located behind the Texaco service station on Jefferson Blvd.
Although Marina Oswald told the Warren Commission that her husband owned the
light gray jacket, as discussed in part 2 of this writer’s review of <i>With Malice</i>, this was most certainly a
lie (see under the subheading <i>VIII: Proof
Positive</i>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">According to researcher and investigative reporter,
Mark Groubert, the light gray jacket discarded in the parking lot by Tippit’s
killer and the jacket Crafard was wearing when he was photographed by the FBI
on November 28, 1963, were both made by the same manufacturer; namely Maurice
Holman from California (see the thread entitled <i>The Stevenson Incident and the Assassination </i>at Greg Parker’s
research forum). A photographic comparison of the two jackets shows that they
are somewhat similar in appearance. As a matter of fact, Groubert discovered a
zipper jacket on eBay made by Maurice Holman which is similar to both the light
gray jacket, and the jacket Crafard was wearing in the aforementioned
photographs. Groubert speculates that after Crafard discarded the jacket at the
parking lot; he brought another one as a replacement. Furthermore, according to
researcher Staffan H. Westerberg, Crafard owned a “…white cotton jacket with a
zipper, similar to the one found between the Tippit killing scene and the Texas
Theatre” (see the thread entitled <i>Why JD
Tippit Had To Die</i> at Greg Burnham’s research forum). However, this writer
has been unable to verify whether this claim is true.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">One pertinent question concerning the jacket
is: Why did Tippit’s killer discard it? In his book, Dale Myers writes that, “Tippit’s
killer… was believed to have ditched his jacket under the car [in the parking
lot] in an attempt to change his appearance”<i>
</i>(<i>With Malice</i>, Chapter 8).
However, there may be another explanation for why Tippit’s killer discarded the
jacket. Consider that the wallet containing identification for Oswald and
Hidell was left inside one of its pockets when the killer discarded it; in
order to make it appear as though Oswald accidentally incriminated himself
whilst trying to alter his appearance. As several researchers (including this
writer) have pointed out, the DPD concealed the existence of this wallet. With
this in mind, if the wallet was in fact discovered inside one of the pockets of
the jacket, then this could explain why the officer(s) who discovered the
jacket was never identified by the DPD; and why the officer who reported the
discovery of the jacket over the DPD radio was not identified by his name in
the transcripts of the DPD radio communications (WC Volume XXI, Sawyer Exhibit
No. A), (WCE 1974). Of course, this writer cannot state with any degree of certainty
that the wallet was discovered inside one of the pockets of the jacket.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In conclusion, there is no solid evidence
that the light gray jacket belonged to Crafard. We should nevertheless keep in
mind the words of Earlene Roberts, the housekeeper of the rooming house at 1026
North Beckley Avenue where Oswald was allegedly living at the time of the
assassination. She told KLIF radio reporter Gary DeLaune on the day of the
assassination that Oswald left the rooming house, after he had allegedly
returned there half an hour following the assassination, wearing a “short gray
coat<i>”</i> (see <b><a href="http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/M%20Disk/Mack%20Gary%20Cover-up/Item%2027.pdf">here</a></b>). But as this writer discusses below, there is good reason to
believe that it was actually Crafard who was living there; and whom Roberts saw
leaving with the jacket (WCE 162). This writer should also stress that the
reason why the FBI took the aforementioned photographs of Crafard may have been
to show them to the Tippit murder witnesses such as Helen Markham, who
apparently claimed that Tippit’s killer was wearing a brown jacket (Dallas
Municipal archives, Box 1, Folder 4, Item 5). In an interesting twist, Markham
worked as a waitress at the Eat Well cafe on Commerce Street, where Crafard
told the FBI he ate his meals (WCD 5, page 79, WCE 2250). Whilst some might
argue that Markham would have recognized Crafard as a regular customer at the
restaurant, like Robert Patterson, Donald Stuart, Charles Arndt, Mary Lawrence
and others, she may have confused Crafard with Oswald.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As stated previously, there is evidence that
an Oswald lookalike was arrested in the balcony of the Texas Theater, and then
placed into a DPD squad car at the rear of the Theater. Although readers may consider
this to be a ridiculous assertion, there is good reason to believe that after
shooting Tippit, Crafard entered the Theater; and was the Oswald lookalike who
was put into the DPD squad car at the rear of the Theater. First of all, as
pointed out above, Julia Postal; the ticket seller at the Texas Theater, told
the Warren Commission that she told the DPD that the man who ducked into the
Theater without paying for a ticket was “ruddy looking.” Secondly, according to
the report by DPD detective L.D. Stringfellow to Captain W.P. Gannaway
regarding Oswald’s arrest, Oswald was arrested in the balcony of the Theater
(see <b><a href="http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth337707/m1/1/">here</a></b>). However, Oswald was
arrested in the Orchestra section of the Theater. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Should the reader believe that this was
merely a mistake by Stringfellow, then the reader should also take the
following into account. In 1987, Bernard Haire, the owner of Bernie’s hobby
house located two doors east of the Theater, told author Jim Marrs that he had
seen DPD officers place a man into a squad car at the rear of the theater.
According to Haire; “The man was dressed in a pullover shirt and sacks. He
seemed to be flushed, as if he’d been in a struggle” (Marrs, <i>Crossfire</i>, page 354). The significance
of Haire’s claim that the man appeared to be<i>
</i>“flushed” is that it is consistent with Julia Postal’s claim that the man
who had ducked into the Theater was “ruddy looking.” When Marrs informed Haire
that Oswald was brought out from the front of the Theater following his arrest,
he stated to Marrs in bewilderment “I don’t know who I saw arrested” (ibid).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In the endnotes of his book, Dale Myers
acknowledges that Haire claimed that he had seen someone being taken out from
the back of the theater (<i>With Malice</i>).
However, he hides from his readers the fact that Warren “Butch” Burroughs, who
ran the concession stand inside the theatre, told author Jim Douglass during an
interview in 2007 that he witnessed a second arrest inside the Theater “three
or four minutes later” (Douglass, <i>JFK
& the Unspeakable</i>, pages 292 -294). Burroughs remarked to Douglass that
the second man who was arrested inside the Theater “looked almost like Oswald,
like he was his brother or something” (ibid). When Douglass asked Burroughs if
he could see the second man arrested as well as he could see Oswald, Burroughs
claimed, “Yes, I could see both of them. They looked alike” (bid). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Myers also hides from his readers the fact
that detective L.D. Stringfellow wrote in his report to Captain Gannaway that
Oswald was arrested in the balcony of the theater, writing instead in the
endnotes of his book that “…there is no evidence that anyone other than Oswald
was arrested at the Texas Theater” (<i>With
Malice</i>). The reader should bear in mind that during a filmed interview for <i>The Men who Killed Kennedy</i> series, Burroughs
stated that Oswald “slipped” into the Theater between 1:00 pm and 1:07 pm
(click <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p4AvezLnG0">here</a></b> to view the footage). As
pointed out above, there is good reason to believe that Tippit was most likely
shot at approximately 1:06 pm. Therefore, if Oswald had entered the theater in
the time period described by Burroughs during his interview, Oswald couldn’t
have been Tippit’s killer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Several researchers have argued that
Burroughs should not be considered credible on this point because he denied
that he had seen Oswald enter the theater, or that he had sold him popcorn,
when he testified before the Warren Commission (WC Volume VII, page 15).
However, if Burroughs had informed the DPD and/or the FBI that Oswald had
entered the Theater during the aforementioned period of time, he may have been
coerced into denying that he had seen Oswald enter the theater. During an
interview with Jim Marrs in 1987, Burroughs remarked that Oswald had entered
the theater “…shortly after 1 P.M.,” and that at approximately 1:15 pm, Oswald
bought popcorn from him at the concession stand (Marrs, <i>Crossfire</i>, page 353). We should also consider that Julia Postal
told the Warren Commission that Burroughs initially told her (Postal) that he
had seen Oswald, only to allegedly change his mind (WC Volume VII, page 13).
Burroughs also told Marrs that about 20 minutes after Oswald entered the ground
floor of the theater and sat next to a pregnant lady, Johnny Calvin Brewer; the
shoe store owner who allegedly observed Oswald slip into the theater, arrived
at the theater through the front doors (Marrs, <i>Crossfire</i>, page 353). On a further note, Burroughs informed Marrs
that somebody had slipped into the theater at approximately 1:35 pm (ibid).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Indirect corroboration for Burroughs’ claim
that Oswald entered the Theater much sooner than he allegedly did comes from theater
patron Jack Davis. In 1988, Davis was interviewed by Jim Marrs. As Marrs
explains in his book “…Davis found a seat in the right rear section of the
theater and recalled seeing the opening credits of the first film, which was
only minutes past the 1 P.M. starting time for the feature film. He said he was
somewhat startled by [Oswald] who squeezed past him and sat down in the seat
next to him… Davis said [Oswald] didn’t say a word but quickly got up and moved
across the aisle and took a seat next to another person. Then shortly, [Oswald]
got up and walked into the theater’s lobby. A few minutes later, Davis, whose
attention had returned to the movie, vaguely remembered seeing [Oswald] enter
the center section of the theater from the far side. After twenty minutes or so
after this incident, according to Davis, the house lights came on and when he
walked to the lobby to ask why, he saw policeman running in the front door”<i> </i>(ibid).<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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Davis told him implies that Oswald entered the theater and sat next to him a
few minutes past 1:00 pm; which is consistent with Burroughs’ claim that Oswald
had entered the theater between 1:00 pm and 1:07 pm. Furthermore, Davis’ claim
that Oswald walked into the lobby of the theater shortly after he sat down next
to another person; and then returned a few minutes later, is consistent with
Burroughs’ claim that Oswald bought popcorn from him at about 1:15 pm. This
writer should point out that in the endnotes of his book, Dale Myers writes
that George Jefferson Applin; a patron of the Theater who witnessed Oswald’s
arrest, told the FBI that the movie started at approximately 1:00 pm with a
cartoon and newsreel, and that the main feature, <i>War is Hell</i>, didn’t begin until about twenty minutes later
According to Applin’s interview with the FBI, Myers’ claim is accurate (WCD
206, page 68). Myers also writes in his endnotes that “Newspaper ads confirm a
1:20 p.m. start time for the feature…” (However, we should keep in mind the
possibility that Oswald sat next to Davis before the opening credits of <i>War is Hell</i>, and that Davis’
recollection was in error. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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according to the transcripts of the DPD radio recordings, at approximately 1:46
pm, the dispatchers announced over the radio that the suspect was allegedly
hiding in the balcony of the theater (WC Volume XXI, Sawyer Exhibit No. A), (WCE
705/1974). The person who allegedly informed the DPD of this was Julia Postal.
When Postal testified before the Warren Commission, she more or less explained
that the reason why she informed the DPD that the suspect was hiding in the
balcony of the theater was because Warren Burroughs would have seen the suspect
if he had gone past him (Burroughs) into the Orchestra section of the Theater,
but that he didn’t see him (click <b><a href="http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/po-arm/id/10936/rec/54">here</a></b>
to view a diagram of the Theater’s layout), (WC Volume VII, page 13). However,
as discussed above, Burroughs claimed during his interview for <i>The Men who Killed Kennedy</i> series and
during his interview with Jim Marrs that Oswald entered the Theater shortly
after 1:00 pm. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">With the above in mind, and based on the
layout of the theater, it stands to reason that a second man (Crafard) entered
the theater and went up the steps near the front entrance which led to the
balcony. Several researchers are of the belief that an Oswald lookalike had
lured Johnny Brewer to the Theater; by acting suspicious outside the front door
of Brewer’s store and then entering the theater, so that Brewer would inform
the DPD that the suspect was inside the theater. Although this writer believes
that this is certainly a feasible notion, as discussed in part 1 of this
writer’s review of <i>With Malice</i>, it is
this writer’s belief that Brewer was lured to the Theater by the two men inside
his store who were allegedly IBM employees (see under the subheading <i>VI: Closing in</i>). Once the DPD was
notified that the suspect was inside the theater, this would enable Gerald Hill
to frame Oswald for Tippit’s murder by pretending to remove the gun (WCE 143) most
likely used to kill Tippit from Oswald during his arrest inside the Theater.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Aside from Warren Burroughs, the notion that
an Oswald lookalike was arrested in the Texas Theater is supported by the
statements of John Franklin Elrod, who was arrested by the DPD at approximately
2:45 pm on the day of the assassination for walking along the railroad tracks
to the west of the TSBD (Dallas Municipal archives Box 3, Folder 20, Item 2).
According to Elrod, he was placed into the same jail cell as Oswald. Although
several researchers such as Ian Griggs have refuted this claim, there is good
reason to believe that Elrod’s cellmate was in fact Larry Crafard. When Elrod
was interviewed by the FBI on August 8, 1964, he informed them that his cellmate
told him about a meeting between five men at a motel where “…they had been
advanced some money under some type [of] contract,” and that one of the men at
the motel was Jack Ruby (WCD 1472, pages 117 and 118). Whilst there is no solid
evidence that Oswald knew Ruby or knew about his affairs, or that Crafard was
at the meeting in the motel described by Elrod, the fact is that Crafard was
not only acquainted with Ruby but was also someone who was demonstrably
mistaken for Oswald by multiple witnesses.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">According to the same interview, when Elrod
was inside the jail cell with his cellmate, a man whose face was “smashed up”
was brought into the hallway where he and his cellmate could observe him; and
that his cellmate mentioned that he was one of the men he met at the motel with
Jack Ruby (ibid). Elrod further explained: “The man with the injured face had
received some money, and he was reported to have been driving a Thunderbird
automobile with a large quantity of guns contained therein” (ibid). Researchers
have identified the man with the smashed face as Lawrence Reginald Miller, who
was arrested along with Donnell Darius Whitter/Whittier by the DPD on November
18, 1963, for the possession of two machine guns and two automatic rifles which
had been stolen during a burglary at the National Guard Headquarters at
Terrell, Texas (WCD 847). Whitter/Whittier was driving a 1962 Thunderbird when
he and Miller were arrested by the DPD; and had once serviced Jack Ruby’s car
at the Texaco Service Station on Clarendon and Ewing Streets in the Oak Cliff
section of Dallas (ibid).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The reader should bear in mind that as
several researchers such as John Armstrong have explained, Ruby was involved in
illegally running guns to Cuba (see <b><a href="http://harveyandlee.net/Ruby/Ruby.html">here</a></b>).
Therefore, the aforementioned meeting at the motel could have been about the
theft of weapons from the National Guard Headquarters in Terrell, Texas. Although
Elrod denied during a filmed interview in 1993 with investigative journalists,
Ray and Mary LaFontaine, that he told the FBI anything about Ruby and guns, due
to the passage of time, and perhaps also due to the fact that he was an
alcoholic, he may simply have forgotten that he had done so (click <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k39ZGVSJBo">here</a></b> to view the interview). During his
interview with the LaFontaines, Elrod claimed “I can’t say for sure, but in my
mind I thought [Oswald] was bruised slightly some wheres around this…this…this
area in here,” whilst pointing out the area of his cheeks near his mouth. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Photographs and film footage of Oswald show
that he didn’t have bruises in the area of his cheeks near his mouth following
his arrest at the Texas Theater. However, let’s keep in mind that the man
Bernard Haire claimed he saw being put into a DPD squad car at the rear of the
Theater was “flushed.” With this in mind, could Elrod have
misremembered/misinterpreted the <i>“flushed”</i>
appearance of the Oswald lookalikes’ face as slight red bruises on his cheeks?
In this writer’s opinion, it is entirely possible that he did. When we also
take into account the fact that the man Wilbyrn Litchfield observed in the
Carousel club, and whom he described as having a “somewhat ruddy” complexion
and also described as having the same general characteristics as Crafard; the
man who was placed into the same jail cell as John Elrod was in by all
likelihood Crafard. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">This writer should also note that in their
book <i>Oswald Talked</i>, Ray and Mary
LaFontaine write that DPD Officer H.R. Arnold; who was purportedly a personal
friend of Elrod and his brother Lindy, confirmed to Lindy that Elrod was placed
into the same jail cell as Oswald (LaFontaines, <i>Oswald Talked</i>, page 392). According to the DPD personnel
assignments booklet for November, 1963, Arnold was an officer working in the
Special Service Bureau under the command of Captain W.P. Gannaway (WC Volume
XIX, Batchelor Exhibit No. 5002). The LaFontaines write that “Today Arnold
claims he cannot remember either of the Elrods<i>”</i> (<i>Oswald Talked</i>, page
392). However, we should consider that Arnold may have only stated this because
he realized that his admission to Lindy Elrod would have created a huge
controversy involving him. According to the LaFontaines, both of the Elrods
claimed that John Elrod also shared a cell with a “kid from Tennessee who had
stolen a car in Memphis,” whose name the LaFontaines claim was Daniel Wayne
Douglas (ibid). The LaFontaines also claim that neither of the Elrods “…were
shown the Douglas arrest record or even told of its existence…” (ibid).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The records of the DPD show that Douglas, who
was 19 years old at the time, was indeed arrested (at approximately 2:30 pm) on
the day of the assassination, after he turned himself in to the DPD for Auto
Theft and Burglary offenses in Memphis, Tennessee and Birmingham, Alabama
(Dallas Municipal archives, Box 3, Folder 20, Item 3). This writer would also
like to point out that despite the fact that the records of the DPD show that
Elrod was arrested, the FBI claimed that <i>“The
identification record of John Franklin Elrod… dated August 12, 1964… does not
reflect incarceration of Elrod in the Dallas City jail as claimed”</i> (WCD
1472, page 119). The FBI also claimed that Elrod’s cellmate was <i>“…a man whose identity he could not recall,”</i>
and that <i>“His arrest had nothing to do
with the assassination of the President”</i> (ibid, page 117).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">But during his aforementioned filmed
interview with the LaFontaines, Elrod claimed that he told the FBI that he was “…arrested
for the…for the murder down there and [that] I was in a cell with Oswald
and…that was it.” During the same interview, Elrod’s brother Lindy claimed that
“Oswald” told Elrod “I did not shoot no President.” If Lindy Elrod is to be
believed, and if Crafard was John Elrod’s cellmate, then it’s certainly curious
that Crafard would make such a statement. Although there is nothing amongst the
records of the DPD that shows Crafard was arrested at the Texas Theater, such a
record(s) would most likely have been destroyed (or amongst the still
classified assassination related documents) in order to conceal evidence that
Oswald was framed for Tippit’s murder and the assassination, and that there was
a conspiracy. In conclusion, there is absolutely no solid evidence that Larry
Crafard was John Elrod’s cell mate. However, given all of the above, there is
good reason to believe that an Oswald lookalike was arrested in the balcony
section of the Theater; and that he was placed into the same jail cell as
Elrod.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As stated towards the beginning of this
essay, according to the “official” version of events, on the day following the
assassination, Crafard made a sudden departure from Dallas and allegedly
hitchhiked to his cousin’s home in Clare, Michigan. Crafard told both the FBI
and the Warren Commission that the name of his cousin was Clifford Roberts (WCE
2250, WC Volume XIII, page 483). This writer has been unable to locate any
interview of Roberts by the FBI. Crafard told the FBI that on the morning of
November 23, 1963 at about 8:00 am, he telephoned Ruby to tell him that they
needed food for the three dogs which Ruby kept at the Carousel Club, and that
after Ruby allegedly berated him for waking him (Ruby) up, he decided to leave
the club because he “did not want to take any other verbal abuse” (WCE 2250).
Crafard also claimed that his main reason for heading north (to Michigan) was
to recontact his sister, Corabelle Ingersoll (ibid). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">When Crafard testified before the Warren
Commission, he explained that the only reason he left Dallas was because he
wanted to visit his sister, as he had not heard from her and became concerned
(WC Volume XIII, page 469). According to the FBI, Crafard was visiting his
sister when they interviewed him (WCE 2250). However, there are problems with
Crafard’s claim that he left Dallas because he wanted to visit his sister. On
June 5, 1964, the FBI interviewed Crafard’s cousin, Gale Ann Cascaddan (nee
Eaton). Cascaddan told the FBI that on November 26, 1963, Crafard visited the
home of her parents (where she was residing), and that on the very next day; he
hitchhiked to Kalkaska, Michigan, to visit his sister (WCD 1079, page 2).
Crafard confirmed this during his testimony before the Warren Commission, but
gave the impression that he was confused as to exactly which day he arrived at
his aunt and uncle’s home (WC Volume XIII, page 485).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">According to Cascaddan, neither she nor her
parents could understand why Crafard left Dallas on the day following the
assassination (WCD 1079, page 3). In fact, Cascaddan told the FBI that when she
asked Crafard why he left Dallas, he never answered her question, and recalled
that he changed the topic of their conversation (ibid). Cascaddan added that
her parents were also unable to obtain an answer from Crafard as to why he left
Dallas (ibid). We should also bear in mind that Cascaddan told the FBI that in
her opinion, Crafard “…exhibited an indifferent attitude toward the
assassination of the President,”<i> </i>claiming
that whilst she, her parents, and her brothers, spent most of their time
watching television coverage of the assassination, Crafard “…seemed mildly
interested in these programs,”<i> </i>and
instead spent some time reading comic books (ibid). Cascaddan further explained
that Crafard “…seemed about as disturbed over the President’s assassination as
he would be ‘over killing a cat’” (ibid).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">This writer should point out that Cascaddan
told the FBI that Crafard was “nuts” and made her “puke,” further explaining
that she didn’t want to be alone with him as he always wanted to put his hands
on her body, smell her hair, and kiss her (ibid, pages 4 and 5). Although the
reader may believe that Cascaddan told the FBI that Crafard never explained why
he left Dallas and “…exhibited an indifferent attitude toward the assassination
of the President” because she didn’t like him, the reader should keep in mind
that Cascaddan’s mother confirmed to the FBI that Crafard never explained to
her and other members of her family why he left Dallas, and that he “…expressed
relative unconcern over the assassination…” (ibid, page 5). This writer should
also point out that during an interview with Canadian researcher Peter Whitmey;
Crafard more or less explained that the reason why he didn’t watch television
coverage of the assassination (and President Kennedy’s funeral) was because he
didn’t want to show his emotions to his relatives (see <b><a href="http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/creatingapatsy.htm">here</a></b>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">During his interview with the FBI, Crafard
claimed that he didn’t tell anyone that he was leaving Dallas (WCE 2250).
According to Gale Ann Cascaddan, Crafard claimed that he didn’t tell Ruby that
he was leaving was because he and Ruby were “buddies,” and that Ruby wouldn’t
want him to leave (WCD 1079, pages 3 and 4). However, when Crafard was asked
during his testimony before the Warren Commission why he didn’t call Ruby to
tell him that he wanted to visit his sister, Crafard remarked “I don’t know. I
haven’t got any idea” (WC Volume XIII, page 469). When Crafard was further
asked why he didn’t wait for Ruby to come into the Carousel Club to tell him
that he wanted to visit his sister, he remarked “I made up my mind to go, and
that was it” (ibid). We should also bear in mind that Crafard told the Warren
Commission that his decision to leave Dallas had nothing to do with Ruby
allegedly berating him for waking him (Ruby) up to ask about food for the dogs
which were kept at the club (ibid). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As the reader can see, Crafard’s failure to
explain to his relatives why he left Dallas is suspicious. On a final note,
Joyce Lee McDonald; who worked at the Carousel Club as a stripper under the
stage name Joy Dale, told the FBI that several days prior to leaving Dallas,
Crafard had indicated that he was “getting itchy feet” and was ready to move on
(WCD 4, page 518). Did the Warren Commission suspect that Crafard’s departure
from Dallas was suspicious? As it turns out, the answer to that question is,
yes they did. According to Peter Whitmey, former Warren Commission counsel Burt
Griffin; who interviewed Crafard along with Leon Hubert, told the HSCA in
November, 1978, <i>that </i>“one of the most
important issues we never resolved… is why Larry Crafard split town like he
did”<i> </i>and that he (Griffin) had<i> </i>“always been bothered by that very
much, the whole circumstance of it.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Whitmey also writes that Griffin told him
(Whitmey) at a conference in Chicago in 1993 that he and Leon Hubert believed
that Crafard was holding back and wasn’t being honest about himself and his
activities while he was in Dallas. But perhaps the strongest indication that
the Warren Commission thought Crafard’s departure from Dallas was suspicious is
the fact that during his testimony before the Warren Commission, Counsel Leon
Hubert told Crafard; “I suggest to you that [your] real motivation for leaving
Dallas was that you had found out that Oswald had been in the [Carousel] club,
and that the matter was getting a little too thick for you and you wanted out
of it” (WC Volume XIV, page 51). Crafard denied that this was the case, but one
has to wonder why Hubert felt the need to suggest this to Crafard. In this
writer’s opinion, the most viable explanation is that he; and by implication
the Warren Commission, suspected that Crafard was involved in Tippit’s murder
and/or the President’s assassination. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">It is also curious that, as researcher Walt
Brown explains (<b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0GG55NEyeU">here</a></b>), Crafard was
asked the second highest number of questions by the Warren Commission out of
all witnesses who were called to testify, namely 3,972. We should also consider
that when the FBI interviewed Crafard’s mother, Alice, on March 17, 1964, she
purportedly described him as being “very unreliable” (see <b><a href="http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/FBI%20Records%20Files/44-24016/44-24016%20Volume%2045/44-24016-45C.pdf">here</a></b>). Should the reader believe that this explains the
aforementioned contradictions between the statements of Crafard and witnesses
such as Andrew Armstrong (with regards to his alibi at the time of both the
President’s assassination and Tippit’s murder), and the inconsistencies between
Crafard’s own statements to the FBI and to the Warren Commission, the reader
should nevertheless consider that the FBI may have made up this statement in
order to try and explain any contradictions between the statements of Crafard
and Armstrong, and the inconsistencies between Crafard’s own statements.
Alternatively, Crafard’s mother may <i>actually</i>
<i>have</i> made the statement to the FBI
that Crafard was “very unreliable,” with the purpose of undermining any
suspicions the FBI may have had about her son.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The overwhelming majority of JFK
assassination researchers are of the belief that, for several weeks prior to
the assassination, Oswald was living at the rooming house on 1026 North Beckley
Avenue which was owned by Amy Gladys Johnson and her husband, Arthur Carl
Johnson. Many researchers are also of the belief that on the day of the
assassination, Oswald returned to the rooming house where he allegedly
retrieved the revolver most likely used to kill Tippit (WCE 143) and then left.
However, in August, 2013, researcher Lee Farley began discussing the likelihood
that it was in fact Larry Crafard who was living at 1026 North Beckley Avenue,
not Oswald. This writer elaborates on this likelihood below. But before reading
through this writer’s discussion, the reader is strongly encouraged to first
read through Farley’s fascinating discussion (which can be read <b><a href="http://reopenkennedycase.forumotion.net/t396-a-house-of-cards?highlight=cards">here</a></b>) on Greg Parker’s research forum.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As discussed in previous essays on Gerald
Hill, it is this writer’s belief that Hill was one of the two officers inside
the DPD squad which the housekeeper, Earlene Roberts, claimed she observed in
front of the rooming house after Oswald allegedly returned to his room there. And
that Hill picked-up Tippit’s killer from the rooming house and then dropped him
off near the intersection of Tenth and North Marsalis streets. Although many
researchers have argued that Roberts’ claim is not credible, as this writer
discusses in the essay entitled “Gerald Hill and 1026 North Beckley”, the
arguments against Roberts’ credibility are rather narrow minded (click <b><a href="http://jfkthelonegunmanmyth.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/gerald-hill-and-1026-north-beckley.html">here</a></b> to read the essay). Furthermore,
in the essay entitled “Gerald Hill and the Tippit murder scene – Part 1”, this
writer explains that Hill was most likely lying when he claimed that he went to
the Tippit murder scene with DPD sergeant Calvin “Bud” Owens and assistant
Dallas district attorney, William F. Alexander (click <b><a href="http://jfkthelonegunmanmyth.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/gerald-hill-and-tippit-murder-scene.html">here</a></b> to read the essay). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As the reader can see, towards the end of
that essay, this writer discusses the likelihood that Hill was the unidentified
officer who told DPD Captain Will Fritz that Oswald was living at the rooming
house at 1026 North Beckley Avenue. This writer would now like to elaborate on
why this was likely the case. First of all, consider that during his testimony
before the Warren Commission, counsel David Belin asked Hill, “To the best of
your knowledge, did anyone in the car in which you were riding down to the
police station [with Oswald] ever mention any Beckley Street address for the
suspect?” Hill replied <i>“</i>No” (WC
Volume VII, page 60). Hill was then asked “To the best of your knowledge, when
[Oswald] was brought into the police station, up to the time you left him with
Captain Fritz there, had anyone mentioned a Beckley Street address?” Hill again
replied “No” (ibid, page 61). Later on during his testimony, Hill was asked, “Where
did the police get ahold of [Oswald’s<i>] </i>address
on Beckley?”<i> </i>Hill claimed that he
didn’t know (ibid, page 62).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Let’s also take into account the fact that Hill
was then asked “If the suspect had told anyone his address from the time he was
apprehended until the time he was turned over to Captain Fritz, would you have
been in a position to hear that statement made?” To which Hill responded that
Oswald may have given his address to Officer Charles Walker; who was with
Oswald inside the interrogation room at DPD headquarters following his arrest,
without him (Hill) hearing it (ibid). Evidently becoming frustrated, Belin then
asked Hill, “Well, did you<i> </i>hear any
Beckley Street address mentioned?” Hill remarked that he didn’t hear anything
about a Beckley address until “probably” 7 or 8 pm on the evening of the
assassination (ibid). Following this question, Hill was asked if Walker ever
mentioned to him (Hill) any conversation which he had with Oswald inside the
interrogation room (ibid). One is at a loss to understand why Belin asked Hill
these questions; unless of course, he had information that it was Hill who told
Fritz that Oswald was living at the rooming house!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">We should bear in mind that when Walker
testified before the Warren Commission (five days before Hill), he was not
asked a single question about Oswald’s address on North Beckley Avenue.
Furthermore, when detective Bob Carroll; who drove the squad car in which
Oswald was taken to police headquarters following his arrest, testified before
the Warren Commission, he was asked if he heard anyone say anything about
Oswald having an address on North Beckley Avenue (ibid, page 25). Carroll
claimed that he heard about this after they relinquished custody of Oswald
(ibid, page 26). It’s important to bear in mind that Carroll wasn’t asked about
the address to the extent that Hill was during his own testimony. The reader
should also keep in mind that, as this writer points out in the essay entitled “Gerald
Hill and the Tippit murder scene – Part 1”, researcher Lee Farley believes that
Oswald’s belongings may have been moved into the rooming house following the
assassination by certain DPD officers such as Harry Olsen; whilst all of
Crafard’s belongings were moved out. Let’s now look at additional evidence that
Crafard was living at the rooming house at the time of the assassination.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">First of all, let’s take into consideration
the fact that on November 28, 1963, the Dallas office of the FBI received a
letter from a man named Armour E. Kreischer, who claimed that a close friend of
a lady named Mrs. Dan H. Foley operated a boarding house where Oswald was
residing (WCE 3007). According to the letter, at the time “Oswald” was residing
at the boarding house, he was “...known to have been employed (exact capacity
unknown) as a man of all work for one Jack Rubinstein, alias Ruby” (ibid). On
December 9, 1963, Mrs. Foley informed the FBI that she received this
information from her neighbours, Mr. and Mrs. Happy Brockman (ibid). Mrs.
Brockman telephonically informed Foley that this information had originated
with “…an employee of a Humble service station in about the 1000 or 1100 block
of Zangs Street” (ibid).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Although this writer is not aware if Mrs.
Foley was in fact a close friend of Arthur or Amy Gladys Johnson, the
significance of this information is that (as previously stated) Crafard worked at
the Carousel Club as a multi-purpose employee; with his job allegedly
consisting of being a handyman, clean-up man, part-time bartender, and also
answering the telephone. As for the identity of the employee of the “Humble
service station,” this writer believes it was John Laurel Ford; who worked at
the Enco service station at 1030 North Beckley Avenue (across the street from
the rooming house) which was operated by Gerald Duncan (WCD 205, page 228).
According to Google Maps, both Duncan’s service station and the rooming house
were within the 1000 block of North Zangs Blvd. When the FBI interviewed Duncan
on November 24, 1963, he informed them that about six weeks ago, “Oswald” went
out with John Laurell Ford to drink beer (ibid).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">It’s important to bear in mind that Marina
Oswald told the Warren Commission that her husband didn’t drink beer; whereas Crafard
told the Warren Commission that he (Crafard) was a beer drinker (WC Volume I,
page 100), (WC Volume XIII, page 451). When Ford was interviewed by the FBI, he
allegedly told them that he didn’t believe he ever met Oswald (WCD 205, page
236). However, if we are to believe that this is truly what Ford told the FBI,
he may have only stated this because he may have thought that by telling the
FBI he was acquainted with Oswald, the FBI might suspect him of possibly being
involved in a conspiracy with Oswald to assassinate the President. The reader
should note that in the report of their interview with Ford, the FBI referred
to Duncan’s service station as the “Duncan-Humble service station” (ibid). The
FBI also interviewed a man named Ellijo Davis; who apparently worked at the
Gulf service station located on the corner of Beckley Avenue and Zangs Blvd.,
and reported that Davis could furnish no information with regards to Oswald’s
activities (WCD 5, page 360).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Most researchers of the assassination are
probably aware of the allegation that Oswald was living at the Beckley rooming
house under the name, O.H. Lee. Given that Oswald’s full name was Lee Harvey
Oswald; O.H. Lee could have been an abbreviation for “Oswald Harvey Lee.” Or if
one is to believe that Oswald used the name Hidell as an alias; O.H. Lee could
have been an abbreviation for “Oswald Hidell Lee.” Is there evidence that
Crafard used a name similar to “Oswald Harvey Lee?” As it turns out, there is. On
May 19, 1964, the FBI interviewed a resident of Grand Prairie, Texas, named
Mrs. James Willie Walker; who told them that on a Thursday night about seven
days before Halloween in 1963, she spent about two hours with a man who was
introduced to her as “Oswald Lee” at the home of a dope peddler and bootlegger
named Harold Zotch (WCD 1066, page 386). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">A check of the calendar for 1963 reveals that
the Thursday seven days before Halloween was October 24. According to Walker, “Oswald
Lee” was identical to Oswald (ibid). Walker went on to explain that “Oswald
Lee” told her that he worked at either the TSBD or the Taylor book store; and
that he had been working there for only eight days (ibid). As the reader is
probably aware, Oswald commenced working at the TSBD on October 16, 1963.
What’s particularly significant is that “Oswald Lee” also told her that he “had
a room in Oak Cliff” (ibid). As we know, Oswald allegedly rented a room at the
rooming house at 1026 North Beckley Avenue in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas.
Walker also informed the FBI that Junior Biggs, the man who introduced “Oswald
Lee” to her, told her that she didn’t have to worry about “Oswald Lee’s” wife
as she lived in Irving (ibid).<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Junior Biggs also told her that “Oswald Lee”
was writing a book; which “Oswald Lee” claimed was about life in Russia, where
he had allegedly been (ibid, page 387). Although the person whom Walker
described sounds like Oswald, there is good reason to believe that it was in
fact Larry Crafard. First of all, let’s consider that Walker claimed that “Oswald
Lee” had a tattoo of a dagger with a snake on his left forearm (ibid, page
388). As this writer has discussed previously, Dr. Earl Rose; the medical
examiner who had performed the autopsy on Oswald’s body after he was pronounced
dead at Parkland memorial hospital, told the FBI that if there had been a
removal of a tattoo from Oswald’s forearm within a period of two months prior
to Oswald’s autopsy, he would have noticed it and made a note of it in his
autopsy report. As this writer also discussed previously, Robert Kermit
Patterson; co-owner of the contract electronics store on Elm Street, informed
the FBI that the Oswald lookalike who accompanied Jack Ruby to his store (who
was most certainly Crafard) had what he thought was a tattoo on his left
forearm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">During her interview with the FBI, Walker
also described “Oswald Lee” as a 24 year old white male, 5 feet 5 inches tall,
weighing 140 pounds, with a medium complexion, dark eyes, dark brown hair which
was “slicked down,” and “wearing old clothes, clean and neat” (ibid, page 388).
The reader should keep in mind that the FBI described Crafard as a 22 year old
white male, 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing 150 pounds, with a medium complexion,
brown eyes, and brown hair (WCE 2250). Although Walker’s description of “Oswald
Lee’s” age, height, and weight were slightly off, her description of his
complexion, and eye and hair color, is consistent with the description which
the FBI provided of Crafard’s complexion, and his eye and hair color. We should
also bear in mind that FBI agent Bardwell Odum; who interviewed Walker, noted
that when Walker was shown a photograph of Oswald (which was taken by the DPD
following his arrest), she informed him that she believed “Oswald<i> </i>Lee”<i>
</i>was Oswald, but asked him twice if he was positive that the photograph he
showed her was of Oswald (WCD 1066, page 388). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">This suggests that Walker <i>thought “</i>Oswald Lee” was not actually
Oswald, but rather an Oswald lookalike. If Crafard killed Tippit in order to
frame Oswald for Tippit’s murder, then it is not ridiculous to believe that he
would be impersonating him, and would claim that he worked at the TSBD etc. It
is perhaps also worth keeping in mind that Mrs. Walker told the FBI that “Oswald
Lee” drank coffee (ibid, page 387). When Crafard testified before the Warren
Commission, he indicated that he was a coffee drinker (WC Volume XIII, page
473). Furthermore, Pauline Hall, who had worked for both Ruby and his sister
Eva Grant, Informed the FBI that she thought Crafard was “creepy,” and that in
effect he “looked like a bum” (WCE 2403). Bear in mind that Walker told the FBI
that “Oswald Lee” was wearing “old<i> </i>clothes.”<i> </i>On a final note, as researcher Greg
Parker has pointed out at his research forum, a Dallas businesswoman (who
refused to be identified) claimed that she thought she saw Oswald picketing at
the Dallas memorial auditorium, where ambassador Adlai Stevenson was giving a
speech on the night of October 24, 1963 (see <b><a href="http://reopenkennedycase.forumotion.net/t51-the-stevenson-incident-and-the-assassination?highlight=incident">here</a></b>). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">If the person the unidentified businesswoman
observed really was Oswald, it seems unlikely that he was at Grand Prairie on
the same night. Let’s now take into consideration the statements by Donald P.
Norton; a man who claimed to have been employed by the CIA from 1957 to 1966.
According to Norton, he was given the assignment by the CIA of delivering
$50,000 to a man named “Harvey Lee” (whom Norton thought was Oswald) at a hotel
in Monterrey, Mexico, in March, 1962 (see <b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/viewer/showDoc.do?docId=3911&relPageId=3">here</a></b>).
Other sources claim that Norton made the delivery to “Harvey Lee”<i> </i>at the aforementioned hotel in
September, 1962 (see for example the first post by researcher William Kelly in <b><a href="http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=18308">this</a></b> thread at the Spartacus education
forum; and also page 16 of <b><a href="http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/po-arm/id/1994/rec/2">this</a></b>
digitized file at Baylor University). However, if the alleged delivery by
Norton occurred in March, 1962, then the man Norton claimed was “Harvey Lee”
could <i>not</i> have been Oswald; as Oswald
was still residing in the Soviet Union at this time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As we have already seen, the man who was
introduced to Mrs. James Willie Walker as “Oswald Lee” was likely Larry
Crafard. This then raises the question of whether the man whom Donald Norton
knew as “Harvey Lee” was Crafard. In order to answer that question, let’s take
the following account. According to Norton, it was Clay Shaw who gave him the
assignment of delivering the $50,000 to “Harvey Lee” at the aforementioned
hotel in Monterrey, Mexico. As many researchers, such as Jim DiEugenio have
demonstrated, Shaw was most certainly working for the CIA (see the second
edition of DiEugenio’s book <i>Destiny
Betrayed</i>). In fact, Norton claimed that Shaw was not only the “CIA
recruiting chief for<i> </i>Puerto Rican,
Cuban, and Mexican personnel,”<i> </i>but
that Shaw told him that he (Shaw) personally knew the man known to Norton as “Harvey
Lee.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">But what evidence is there that Crafard and
Shaw knew each other? On December 11, 1967, researcher and attorney Mark Lane
interviewed Darrell Wayne Garner: a man who author Joan Mellen describes as a
pimp, an alcoholic, a thief, and a gunrunner. As the reader may already be
aware, Garner was also the prime suspect in the shooting of Tippit murder
witness Warren Reynolds. There are several things Garner told Lane which, if
true, are quite significant. For one thing, Garner told Lane that Jack Ruby and
Clay Shaw knew each other; and that Shaw discussed with him (Garner) the
possibility of assassinating the President. According to Garner, this discussion
took place in an office at the Carousel Club. Garner also told Lane that he
knew Oswald, and that Oswald and Ruby were both homosexuals who were having
homosexual relations with each other (click <b><a href="http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/po-arm/id/24917/rec/18">here</a></b> to read through the transcript of Garner’s interview with
Lane).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Although the reader may believe that Garner
is a witness to Oswald and Ruby being acquainted, there is good reason to
believe that the man Garner thought was Oswald was in fact Larry Crafard. First
of all, Crafard and Ruby most certainly knew each other. Secondly, let’s
consider the fact that Garner claimed “Oswald” had been in Germany. As
researcher Greg Parker pointed out to this writer, there was a sketch of a
location in Germany by Oswald inside his notebook. But as far as this writer is
aware, Oswald never travelled to Germany. On the other hand, Crafard told the
Warren Commission that whilst he was in the U.S. Army, he was sent to Germany
in April, 1959 (WC Volume XIII, page 405). There is also good reason to believe
that Crafard was a homosexual. For one thing, as Greg Parker has pointed out,
the research by investigative reporter Mark Groubert suggests that Maurice
Holman jackets (which Crafard was likely wearing when photographed by the FBI)
were popular amongst the “young gay set” (see the thread entitled “The
Stevenson Incident and<i> </i>the
Assassination”<i> </i>at Parker’s research
forum).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Furthermore, Crafard’s cousin Gale told the
FBI that Crafard exclaimed that he “…got tired<i> </i>of watching naked women”<i> </i>at
the Carousel Club (WCD 1079, page 2). In this writer’s opinion, this is a
curious statement to make, which suggests that Crafard may have had homosexual
feelings. On a final note, Crafard told the FBI and the Warren Commission that
he received a general discharge from the U.S. Army; under “honorable”
conditions (WCE 2250), (WC Volume XIII, page 405). As Greg Parker has pointed
out (<b><a href="http://reopenkennedycase.forumotion.net/t278p60-rushoman-to-judgement?highlight=judgement">here</a></b>), a general discharge from
the Army was given to homosexual/bisexual servicemen and women. This writer
should also note that, as several researchers have claimed, Oswald himself may
have had homosexual feelings. For example, Buell Wesley Frazier told the FBI
that Oswald “…spoke in a very light speaking voice, somewhat girlish…” (WCD 5,
page 319). Another thing to keep in mind is that Elena Hall, Marina Oswald’s alleged
friend, told the Warren Commission that Marina told her that she (Marina) and
Oswald had sex “very seldom” (WC Volume VIII, page 396).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Although the reader may believe that the
aforementioned statements by Frazier and Hall meant Oswald had homosexual
feelings, as both Greg Parker and this writer have discussed, Oswald was likely
an undiagnosed sufferer of Asperger’s Syndrome (see the thread entitled “Why
Oswald was More Likely to Have Suffered Asperger’s Than Dyslexia” on Greg
Parker’s research forum). In his online book on Asperger’s Syndrome, Dr. Tony
Attwood; a world renowned expert on Asperger’s Syndrome, writes that the
feminine characteristics and behaviour, and the lack of interest in sex of
certain men can be explained by Asperger’s Syndrome (Attwood, <i>A Complete Guide to Asperger’s Syndrome</i>,
pages 80, 305, 309, and 333). Another indication that the man Darrell Wayne
Garner thought was Oswald was actually Crafard is that, as Garner told Mark
Lane, he (Garner) drove “Oswald” to the Bull Pen in Arlington, Texas, which was
owned by Ruby’s friend, Ralph Paul.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">When Paul testified before the Warren
Commission, he claimed that he never spoke to Crafard (WC Volume XIV, page
148). But when Crafard testified before the Warren Commission, he claimed that
Ruby had introduced him to Paul at the Carousel Club (WC Volume XIII, page
425). However, Crafard also indicated that he didn’t know Paul too well (ibid,
page 443). Paul’s denial that he had spoken to Crafard may have been because,
as Garner told Lane; “…this guy that owns the Bull pen, I didn’t know this here
till I’ve been talking to Jim [Garrison] , but the guy that owns the Bull Pen
had a finger all in this here assassination deal.” Suffice it to say, there is
no solid evidence that the man Garner thought was Oswald was actually Crafard.
In fact, let’s consider the following which casts doubt on the notion that the
man Garner thought was Oswald was in fact Crafard. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Garner told Mark Lane that he knew “Oswald”
before “Oswald” went to Germany. This therefore suggests that Garner couldn’t
have confused Crafard for Oswald. Although Crafard could have been
impersonating Oswald prior to April, 1959, we should consider the possibility
that Garner knew <i>both</i> Oswald and
Crafard, and that in this particular instance, he was confusing the two.
Although the reader may also believe that Garner’s claim that Ruby and Shaw
knew each other was a lie, we should keep in mind that Cuban exile Emilio
Santana; and the reverend Clyde Johnson, both claimed that Ruby and Shaw were
acquainted (DiEugenio<i>, Destiny Betrayed</i>,
2</span><span style="font-size: 13px;">nd</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> edition, page 217). Furthermore, Thomas Edward Beckham; who
allegedly worked for the CIA and was acquainted with David Ferrie, also claimed
that Shaw and Ruby knew each other (Baylor University, John Armstrong research
collection, tab entitled </span><i style="font-size: 12pt;">Thomas Edward
Beckham</i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In assessing Garner’s credibility as a
witness, it is also worth keeping in mind that author Joan Mellen writes in her
book on former New Orleans district attorney, Jim Garrison, that Darrell Wayne
Garner claimed Emilio Santana “…was with Jack Ruby a lot,” and also claimed
that Santana was undoubtedly the man who shot Tippit murder witness Warren
Reynolds (Mellen, <i>A Farewell to Justice</i>,
page 260). Mellen also writes in her book that Richard and June Rolfe, public
relations people who had worked for Cuban exile Sergio Arcacha Smith and who
were witnesses for Jim Garrison, testified to Garner’s credibility (ibid, page
261). According to Mellen, Rolfe observed Ruby put his arm around Garner, and that
Rolfe thought Garner was a “totally honest person” (ibid). Returning now to
Donald Norton, the CIA denied that Norton worked for them, and according to a
dispatch from the chief of the Western Hemisphere division of the CIA “Norton
has a record of psychiatric problems and received a medical discharge from the
Armed services for these reasons<i>” </i>(see
<b><a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/viewer/showDoc.do?docId=98967&relPageId=4">here</a></b>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Given the fact that Norton claimed that the
man he thought was Oswald was acquainted with Clay Shaw (whom, we should keep
in mind, worked for the CIA), this is precisely the sort of things we would
expect the CIA to state with regards to Norton. This writer should also point
out that there is also a good chance that the man Norton thought was Oswald was
in fact Oswald. According to the information posted by researcher William
Kelly, Norton noted that “Harvey Lee” refused to look him in the eye; which is
a characteristic of people with Asperger’s Syndrome. As researcher Greg Parker
has pointed out, Oswald could not make eye contact with Ruanne Kloepfer; a friend
of Ruth Paine who visited Oswald in September, 1963 (see the thread entitled “Why
Oswald was More Likely to Have Suffered<i> </i>Asperger’s
Than Dyslexia“ on Parker’s research forum). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Although this writer is not aware if Crafard
was in the habit of not looking at people in their eyes whilst speaking to
them, when we take into account the likelihood that Crafard was the man who was
introduced to Mrs. James Willie Walker as “Oswald Lee,” and that it was Crafard
who was living at the rooming house at 1026 North Beckley Avenue as “O.H. Lee,”
it is also more than likely that Crafard was the man who was known to Donald
Norton as “Harvey Lee” and not Oswald. Let’s now consider the following
evidence that Crafard was impersonating Oswald. On April 18, 1975, Allen L.
Capwell; the Sheriff of Wyoming county, New York, related the following
information to the FBI which he had received from a man named Richard Monroe
Margeson/Magison on April 14, 1975. According to Capwell, Margeson/Magison;
whom he had known for the past five years and considered to be “stable,” told
him that he met a man named “Tex” who arrived from New Orleans in either late
1962 or early 1963, and who he (Margeson/Magison) described as a “hit man” in
his late 20’s, 5 feet 6 inches to 5 feet 9 inches tall, with a slender build,
and weighing 135 pounds (Baylor University, John Armstrong research collection,
tab entitled <i>Lawrence Howard</i>). The
reader should keep in mind that Darrell Wayne Garner told Mark Lane that
“Oswald” had been inside Wanda’s bar; a homosexual hang out in New Orleans. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Margeson/Magison also told Capwell that “Tex”
was a man with a “rotten disposition” and former military service, and that he (“Tex”)<i> </i>furnished his name as “Lee Harvey”
(ibid). During his interview with Peter Whitmey in December, 2001, Crafard
confessed to Whitmey that he had been a hit man in San Francisco in the early
1960’s before he went to Dallas. According to Whitmey, Crafard’s older brother,
Edward Crafard, “appeared to confirm”<i> </i>to
him (Whitmey) during a telephone interview that Crafard had been a hit man.
Whilst some might believe that Crafard would not have confessed to being a hit
man if he was the man who shot Tippit, we should bear in mind that if Crafard
was insane enough to shoot a policeman in broad daylight in a suburban street,
then it stands to reason that he was also insane enough to confess to a
researcher that he had been a hit man. Furthermore, it is perhaps worth keeping
in mind that Crafard’s cousin, Gale, told the FBI that Crafard was conceited
and frequently bragged about his muscular strength and physique (WCD 1079, page
4). Thus, this might also explain why he confessed to being a hit man.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As this writer has pointed out previously,
Crafard served in the U.S. Army. As this writer has also pointed out
previously, his cousin Gale described Crafard as a pervert during her interview
with the FBI, and that Pauline Hall told the FBI that Crafard was “creepy,” and
that in effect he “looked like a bum.” Therefore, if Crafard was the man whom
Margeson/Magison knew as “Tex/Lee Harvey,” then this could explain why he
(Margeson/Magison) claimed that “Tex/Lee Harvey”<i> </i>had a “rotten disposition.” Significantly, Margeson/Magison
claimed that one of the people through whom he met “Tex/Lee Harvey” was
Lawrence Howard. As many researchers have pointed out, Howard was a Mexican
American who was involved in activities against Cuban dictator, Fidel Castro.
As author Joan Mellen writes in her book, Darrell Wayne Garner had engaged in a
“skirmish” with Howard at the Carousel Club (Mellen, <i>A Farewell to Justice</i>, page 261). Therefore, Howard and Crafard
could very well have been acquainted. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In assessing the likelihood that Howard and
Crafard were acquainted, we should also take into account the following.
According to Richard G. Lubic, a man named Stephen Jaffe related to him that
Lawrence Howard was a member of a group given $10 million to locate “…appropriate
individuals to carry out the assassination of John F. Kennedy”<i> </i>(Baylor University, John Armstrong
research collection, tab entitled <i>Lawrence
Howard</i>). Betsy Palmer of the HSCA noted that this was a similar story to
the one which they received from a person named Lila Hurtado (ibid). In a
memorandum to Robert Tanenbaum; the former deputy chief counsel of the HSCA,
Counsel Kenneth D. Klein wrote that Margeson/Magison remarked that after the
end of the CIA’s operation Mongoose, Howard claimed that “…they were going to
do ‘something very bad that will make the U.S. invade Cuba’”<i> </i>(ibid). As many researchers have
argued, Oswald was being set-up as a Castro sympathizer. Thus, by blaming the
assassination on Oswald, the conspirators may have hoped that this would have
forced the U.S. to invade Cuba. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">It is also noteworthy that Margeson/Magison
claimed that in 1959/1960, Howard bought a light blue or green Nash Rambler. As
many researchers are aware, Dallas deputy Sheriff Roger Craig claimed that he
observed an Oswald lookalike enter a Nash Rambler station driven by a man whom
Craig described in his report to Sheriff Decker as a “dark complected<i> </i>White male” (see <b><a href="http://jfkassassination.net/russ/testimony/craig1.htm">here</a></b>). During his testimony before the Warren Commission, Craig
remarked that the driver of the Rambler was “very dark complected” with “real
dark short<i> </i>hair”; and in and his own
manuscript <i>When They Kill a President</i>,
Craig claimed that the driver was a “husky looking Latin, with dark wavy hair”
(WC Volume VI, page 266), (click <b><a href="http://spot.acorn.net/jfkplace/09/fp.back_issues/06th_Issue/r.craig.bio.html">here</a></b>
to read Craig’s manuscript). When the FBI interviewed Lawrence Howard on
September 20, 1964, he described himself to the FBI as 29 years old, 5 feet 11
inches tall, weighing 222 pounds (200 pounds in September, 1963), with black
wavy hair, and a medium olive complexion (Baylor University, John Armstrong
research collection, tab entitled <i>William
Seymour</i>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">On a final note, Thomas Edward Beckham told
L.J. Delsa and Jonathan Blackmer from the HSCA that about two weeks prior to
the assassination, at the behest of David Ferrie, he delivered a package
containing photographs of buildings and maps of streets to Lawrence Howard at
the Executive Inn Motel in Dallas (Baylor University, John Armstrong research
collection, tab entitled <i>Thomas Edward
Beckham</i>). If Beckham’s claim is true, one has to wonder what Howard would
need the photographs and maps for. We should also keep in mind that in the
aforementioned memorandum from Kenneth D. Klein to Robert Tanenbaum, Klein
wrote that it had been revealed that “Tex” was in fact William Seymour; a
friend of Howard’s who was also involved in activities against Fidel Castro.
However, it is not stated in the memorandum how this was allegedly revealed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">According to the memorandum, Margeson/Magison
claimed that “Tex” told him that he worked for the CIA, and showed him a piece
of paper with the name “E.H. Hunt” and a phone number on it. If
Margeson/Magison is to be believed, “E.H. Hunt” was by all likelihood E. Howard
Hunt; the CIA officer who is not only suspected by many researchers of being
involved in the assassination, but who actually confessed to being involved in
the assassination (click <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvLTAJa5zAU">here</a></b> to
view Hunt’s confession). However, this writer has doubts about the legitimacy
of Hunt’s so-called confession. In this writer’s opinion, Klein (and his fellow
investigators) may have only claimed that it had been revealed that Seymour was
“Tex” to cover up the fact that Larry Crafard and Lawrence Howard were
acquainted. We should also take note of the fact that Klein wrote in his
aforementioned memorandum that “Magison, it<i>
</i>should be noted, is very well versed in this case”<i> </i>and that “It appears that [Magison] has read most of the prominent
literature about the assassination. For this reason, it is difficult to tell
how much of his story is true and how much is speculation based on his
readings.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In conclusion, Klein wrote that “It also
should be noted that Magison wants to work for this committee as an
investigator.” Suffice it to say though, based on everything discussed above,
there is good reason to believe that “Tex/Lee Harvey” was Larry Crafard; and
that not only was he acquainted with Lawrence Howard, but that both he and
Howard were involved in the assassination; and by implication, Tippit’s murder.
Before concluding the discussion of the likelihood that Crafard was
impersonating Oswald and living at the rooming house at 1026 North Beckley
Avenue, this writer would like to discuss the following. On December 2, 1963,
Edward A. Brand; who owned the Tower Insurance Agency at 1045 North Zangs
Blvd., telephonically informed the FBI that about two weeks before the
assassination, a man who identified himself as “O.H. Lee” entered his office
enquiring about automobile liability insurance (WCD 6, page 195).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">According to Brand, “O.H. Lee” told him
(Brand) that he lived directly across the Street in a rooming house owned by “A.C.
Johnson” (ibid). He also told him that he had just moved from San Antonio,
Texas, to Dallas and that he didn’t own a car but that he “intended to buy one
in the near future” (ibid). The FBI noted that Brand was of the opinion that
the only identification of “O.H. Lee’s” which he had seen was a Texas driver’s
license, and that he believed the surname on the license was “Lee” (ibid). The
FBI further noted that Brand “…concluded by saying he did not immediately
recognize Lee Harvey Oswald’s photograph in the Dallas newspapers, or on
television, until after reading Oswald had in the past used the name Lee, at
which time he did recognize Oswald’s photograph as being the individual who
contacted him regarding insurance under the name of O.H. Lee” (ibid). This
writer should point out that one of the tenants at the rooming house was named
Herbert Leon Lee. However, the reader should keep in mind that Lee told the FBI
that he moved out of the rooming house on November 1, 1963 (WCD 206, page 140).
As far as this writer is concerned, there is no evidence that Herbert Lee had
recently been in San Antonio, Texas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">On the day following the assassination, DPD
detective Paul Bentley claimed during a filmed interview with WFAA-TV that he
removed what he thought was a driver’s license from Oswald’s wallet following
his arrest at the Texas Theater (click <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DSFKhaNqqU">here</a></b>
to view the footage). However, there is no evidence that a driver’s license was
found amongst Oswald’s belongings; let alone a license with the surname “Lee”
on it. Let’s now consider the following evidence that Crafard was the man who
visited Brand’s office. When Crafard testified before the Warren Commission, he
was asked if he ever drove Jack Ruby’s car. Crafard remarked “No. At the time I
was working for Ruby all I had, the only license I had, was a restricted
motorcycle operator’s license” (WC Volume XIII, page 500). Although this writer
cannot offer a definitive opinion as to why Crafard would intend to buy a car
in the near future if he was going to kill Tippit as part of the frame-up
against Oswald (though he may not have known at the time he visited Brand’s
office that he would be killing Tippit), the reader should take into account
the following evidence that Crafard had been in San Antonio, Texas. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">On December 2, 1963, Stanley Moczygemba; a
resident of San Antonio, Texas, informed the FBI that on or about October 5,
1963, he picked-up a hitchhiker whom he thought may have been Oswald in the
outskirts of San Antonio, Texas, as he was leaving San Antonio en route to a
farm he owned in Leming, Texas (WCD 71, page 22). Moczygemba claimed that the
hitchhiker said very little, and indicated that he had come to San Antonio from
Laredo, Texas, and that he was returning to Leming, Texas (ibid). Moczygemba
described the man as being about the same age as Oswald (24), about 5 feet 8
inches tall, weighing 150 pounds, with dark hair, and wearing a hat and a heavy
coat (ibid). Moczygemba claimed that he didn’t take a good look at the
hitchhiker’s face, but by looking at a profile view of Oswald, he thought that
Oswald was the hitchhiker (ibid).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As far as this writer is aware, Crafard never
claimed that he had been in Leming, San Antonio, or Laredo. However, by his own
admission, Crafard was a hitchhiker; and Moczygemba’s description of the
hitchhiker is similar to the FBI’s description of Crafard (WCE 2250). It is
also interesting to note that the time period in which Moczygemba claims that
he picked-up the hitchhiker corresponds to the time period in which Oswald was
allegedly returning from his so-called trip to Mexico City. As the reader may
be aware, on September 27, 1963, Oswald allegedly registered at the Hotel Del
Comercio in Mexico City under the name “Lee, Harvey Oswald” (Warren Report,
Appendix XIII, page 733). In others words, Oswald allegedly registered as “Harvey
Oswald Lee” or “H.O. Lee,” which, as the reader can see, is similar to the name
“O.H. Lee.” Upon his alleged departure from Mexico City on October 2, 1963,
Oswald allegedly boarded the Transportes del Norte bus No. 332 from Mexico City
to Laredo, Texas, under the name “H.O. Lee” (ibid, page 736). He then allegedly
travelled to San Antonio, Texas, on greyhound bus No. 1265 (ibid), (WCE 2129).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Given all of the above, it is entirely
possible that it was Crafard who registered at the Hotel Del Comercio, and who
travelled by bus from Mexico City to Laredo, Texas and then to San Antonio,
Texas. Although the man impersonating Oswald at the Cuban embassy in Mexico
City was described as having blond hair by the secretary, Sylvia Duran, and the
consul, Eusebio Azcue Lopez, it is possible that Crafard dyed his hair blond
and then changed it back to brown (DiEugenio, <i>Destiny Betrayed</i>, 2nd edition, page 349). In conclusion, there is
no solid evidence that Crafard was living at the rooming house at 1026 North
Beckley Avenue under the name O.H. Lee. When Amy Gladys Johnson testified
before the Warren Commission, she was asked about the rooming house register on
which Oswald, according to Johnson, wrote the name O.H. Lee (WC Volume X, 294).
If Oswald wasn’t living at the rooming house, the name O.H. Lee may have been
forged onto the so-called register in Oswald’s handwriting (click <b><a href="http://www.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh20/pdf/WH20_JohnsonGladys_Ex_A.pdf">here</a></b> to view the register). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Whilst there is no proof that Crafard was
Tippit’s killer, based on everything this writer has discussed above, it is
nevertheless this writer’s belief that Crafard likely was the killer. It is
perhaps worth keeping in mind that, as Joan Mellen writes in her book, Jim
Garrison suspected Crafard of being a professional killer (Mellen, <i>A Farewell to Justice</i>, page 260). As
Mellen also writes in her book, Crafard’s older brother Edward claimed that
Crafard was “heavily involved in the assassination,” that Crafard knew Ruby and
Oswald were acquainted before the assassination, and that Crafard didn’t leave
Dallas until <i>after</i> Ruby shot Oswald
(ibid). But as Peter Whitmey writes in his aforementioned essay, during a
telephone interview with Edward, Edward was “…quite vague about his brother’s
activities in Dallas, but suggested he was merely an observer and not a
participant.” Whitmey also writes that Edward</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“…also seemed indifferent to
Prof. Mellen’s comments.”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">If Crafard was Tippit’s
killer (and the man who shot the President from the sixth floor of the TSBD) it
seems unlikely to this writer that he would wait until November 24, 1963 to
leave Dallas. In fact, it would make more sense if he left Dallas on the day of
the assassination; and this is precisely what Whitmey claims Crafard and
Crafard’s second wife (Shirley) told him. On a final note, Whitmey writes that
Jim Garrison “wondered if Craford had shot Tippit, whom (he) now admits to
knowing.” If this claim is accurate, and if Crafard was Tippit’s killer,
he may have made this admission so that people wouldn’t suspect him of being
the killer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">But what about Crafard’s so-called knowledge
that Ruby and Oswald were acquainted with each other? Crafard told the Warren
Commission that he thought that before he left Dallas, Andrew Armstrong had
made the statement that Oswald had been in the Carousel Club (WC Volume XIV,
page 45). However, Armstrong denied telling Crafard (and anyone else for that
matter) that he had seen Oswald in the Club (WC Volume XIII, page 343). In this
writer’s opinion, Crafard probably claimed that Armstrong made the statement
that Oswald was in the Club to make it look like Oswald and Ruby knew each
other; and that they could have been involved in a conspiracy to assassinate the
President. Let’s also consider the following. On August 21, 1964, the FBI
showed Crafard photographs of Bernard Weissman; the Jewish right wing activist whose
name was on the infamous black boarder advertisement (WCE 1031) in the <i>Dallas Morning News</i> newspaper on the day
of the assassination denouncing President Kennedy. The FBI noted that Crafard “…recalled
the photographs as being of a man he recognizes as having been at the Carousel
Club… on a number of occasions” (WCE 2430). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The FBI also noted that Crafard “…has heard
Ruby refer to Weissman by the name of ‘Weissman,’ and on several occasions has
served Weissman drinks at the Carousel Club” (ibid). In a subsequent interview
with the FBI on August 27, 1964, Crafard claimed that he “…has a very vague
recollection of having heard either Ruby or the man in charge of the Carousel
Club in Ruby’s absence, whose name is either Andy Alexander or Andy Armstrong,
mention the name Weissman” and that Crafard “…does not remember in what connection
[Weissman’s] name was mentioned, unless possibly it was simply an order to
serve Mr.<i> </i>Weissman. Crafard believes
he served such a ‘fellow’ two or three times at the bar at the Carousel Club in
the late evening and that he was a detective from the Dallas, Texas, Police
Department” (ibid). According to the FBI, Crafard was “inclined” to think that
Weissman’s first name might have been “Johnny” (ibid). This writer should point
out that according to the DPD personnel assignments booklet for November, 1963,
there was no officer with the surname Weissman (WC Volume XIX, Batchelor
Exhibit No. 5002).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As far as this writer is aware, no other
employee of the Carousel Club has ever claimed that Ruby and Weissman were
acquainted; or that Weissman had been in the Club. As a matter of fact, Andrew
Armstrong, and Nancy Powell and Karen Bennett Carlin, both of whom worked at
the Club as strippers, all told the FBI that they never saw Weissman at the
Club or with Ruby prior to the assassination (WCE 2984). Weissman himself
denied having known Ruby or ever being at the Carousel Club when he testified
before the Warren Commission (WC Volume V, page 514). Ruby also denied knowing
Weissman when he testified before the Warren Commission (ibid, page 203). In
this writer’s opinion, the significance of Crafard’s claim that Weissman knew
Ruby (a fellow Jew) and was in the Carousel Club is that those responsible for
President Kennedy’s assassination wanted to implicate the Jews as being
involved in the assassination. This writer should note that when Crafard was
asked during his testimony before the Warren Commission if Weissman had been in
the Carousel Club, he remarked “I don’t remember any indication of that,
either” (WC Volume XIV, page 69). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">But before discussing the possibility that
the conspirators wanted to implicate the Jews as being involved in the
assassination, this writer would like to point out that when attorney Mark Lane
testified before the Warren Commission, he claimed that he had information from
a confidential informant that Weissman had a meeting with Ruby and J.D. Tippit
at the Carousel Club, on the evening of November 14, 1963 (WC Volume II, pages
57 and 58). As researcher Robert Howard explains, the FBI had information that
Lane’s informant was a man named Paul Bridewell a.k.a. Phil Burns (see the
thread entitled “Ruby, Tippit and Weissman at the Carousel Club” at the Education
Forum). During his aforementioned interview with the FBI on August 21, 1964,
Crafard claimed that he was “quite certain” that he was at the Vegas Club on
the night of November 14, 1963. Furthermore, Crafard denied that he had any
information about a meeting between Ruby, Weissman, and Tippit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">When Weissman was interviewed by the FBI on
December 5, 1963, he informed them that the decision to use his (Weissman’s)
name on the black border ad was made by him and Larrie Schmidt. The latter was the leader of the
ultra-conservative/right wing organisation known as Conservatism USA (CUSA)
which Weissman was a member of, in order to <i>“offset”</i>
anti-Semitic charges made against the “conservative movement” in Dallas (WCE
1052). Schmidt also made this claim during his own interview with the FBI on December
3, 1963 (WCE 1815). One of the most interesting members of CUSA was a man named
Larry Jones. As researcher Greg Parker explains, there is good reason to
believe that Jones may have been involved in the assassination (see <b><a href="http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=837">here</a></b>). The reader is also encouraged to
read page 691 of WCD 7 in addition to the information discussed by Parker.
During his testimony before the Warren Commission, Weissman was asked the
following question by Senator John Sherman Cooper; “Would you state now to this
Commission the idea of printing this [black border] ad was conceived by you and
Larry Jones – what is the others name?" Weissman remarked that it was Larrie
Schmidt (WC Volume V, page 510).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The significance of Weissman’s response is
that despite the fact he claimed that Jones had left Dallas before he
(Weissman) arrived in early November, he failed to contradict Cooper, thus
indicating that Jones was involved in placing the black border ad into the <i>Dallas Morning</i> <i>News</i> newspaper (ibid, page 498). As this writer explains at Greg
Parker’s research forum, Jones (according to Larrie Schmidt) was closely
associated with a man named Warren Hasty Carroll (see the thread entitled “Warren
Hasty Carroll” at Parker’s research forum). As the reader can see by reading
that thread, Carroll was not only once employed by the CIA’s anti-communism
division as a Communist propaganda analyst, but was also employed by H.L.
Hunt’s ultra-right wing radio show, <i>Life-Line</i>,
as a script writer. As several researchers have pointed out, Hunt had
anti-Semitic beliefs. In fact, in an article for the <i>Washington Post</i> entitled “H.L. Hunt Accused by Ex-Aides”, Jack
Anderson and Les Whitten write that Hunt’s former personal assistant John
Curington, and Hunt’s trusted corporate aide John Brown, accused Hunt of
furnishing money to “a leading anti-Semitic propagandist…with instructions for
the funds to be used to create an unfavorable image for Jews” and that Hunt
“‘spent huge sums of cash’ to mail out ‘an attack on John F. Kennedy and the Roman
Catholic Church’” (click <b><a href="http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/White%20Materials/White%20Assassination%20Clippings%20Folders/Miscellaneous%20Folders/Miscellaneous%20II%20Radical%20Right/Misc%20RR-132.pdf">here</a></b> to
read the article).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Curington has also claimed that the day
before Ruby shot Oswald, Hunt ordered him (Curington) to “spy on Police
security surrounding Oswald” and that Hunt was “elated” to learn that it was
lax (see <b><a href="http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/C%20Disk/Currington%20John%20W/Item%2001.pdf">here</a></b>). Whilst this writer
does not advocate that the allegations by Curington and Brown are necessarily
true, it is nevertheless significant to this writer that one of the financial
contributors to the black border ad was Hunt’s ultra-right-wing/conservative
son, Nelson Bunker Hunt; who was affiliated with the right-wing intelligence
network known as ”The International Committee for the Defence of Christian
Culture”, founded by an ex-Nazi (WCE 1885). Bunker Hunt told the FBI that the
advertisement “…was a criticism of President Kennedy in a dignified way”
(ibid). This writer should point out that another person who was responsible
for the placement of the black border advertisement into the <i>Dallas Morning News</i> newspaper was Joseph
P. Grinnan; an independent oil operator whom Weissman described as “the
volunteer coordinator for the John Birch Society” when he testified before the
Warren Commission (WC Volume V, page 504). The reader should bear in mind that
as several researchers have noted, H.L. Hunt was also a member of the John
Birch Society.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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April 24, 1963, he informed them that the reason the ad was placed into the
newspaper was because “…he and the other individuals responsible for this
advertisement considered it a dignified way of protesting the policies of [the]
President… with due respect to the office of the President” (WCE 1882). We
should bear in mind that during his testimony before the Warren Commission,
Weissman claimed that “too many” members of the John Birch Society were “anti-Jewish”
(WC Volume V, page 500). We should also bear in mind that both Weissman and
Larrie Schmidt told the FBI that it was Schmidt’s idea to place the
advertisement into the newspaper (WCE 1052, 1815). However, they may have only
made this claim after being coerced by the FBI to do so, in order to cover-up
the possibility that there was a conspiracy to assassinate the President; and
to lay the blame on the Jews by placing Weissman’s name onto the advertisement.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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might argue that it is ridiculous to believe that he (Bunker Hunt) would have
admitted to the FBI that he contributed funds for the purpose of placing the
advertisement into the newspaper if he was involved in trying to implicate the
Jews as being involved in the assassination, we should consider the possibility
that Hunt may have believed that if he lied to the FBI by telling them that he
didn’t contribute any money, he would come under suspicion of trying to pin the
blame for the assassination on the Jews. As for Crafard, there is no way of
knowing for sure whether he was involved in trying to pin the blame for the
assassination on the Jews. It is also curious that Andrew Armstrong, whom, we
should bear in mind, was the man who provided Crafard with an alibi for the
time of the assassination, told the Warren Commission that he once worked at
the Holiday Hills Apartments in Dallas which was owned by the Hunt Oil Company
(WC Volume XIII, page 304). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I would like to thank researchers Greg
Parker, Mark Groubert, Jim DiEugenio, and Lee Farley for all the help they have
provided me. I would also like to thank the fantastic team of researchers at
the Reopen Kennedy Case forum for all the support and encouragement they have
given me to complete this essay. On a final note, I would like to thank Jim
DiEugenio for taking the time to proofread this essay prior to it being
published on my blog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The reader may also be interested in reading through the discussion of the essay (<b><a href="http://www.reopenkennedycase.org/apps/forums/topics/show/13086102-great-essay-by-hasan?page=last">here</a></b>) at Greg Parker's research forum.</span><br />
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Hasan Yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10662154848135364660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091060397245050674.post-70433606220537766492014-11-22T13:02:00.000-08:002014-11-22T13:05:06.431-08:00The 51st Anniversary of the assassination<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Today marks the 51st Anniversary of the assassination of whom
I consider to be the best President of the United States of America since his
time. It’s heartening to see that even after all of these years, there are many
people out there who are interested in knowing what really happened on that
terrible day in Dallas 51 years ago. There are three things pertaining to the
assassination which I am very much looking forward to reading/viewing. The
first two are Volumes two and three of Greg Parker’s seminal book <i>Lee Harvey Oswald’s Cold War: Why the
Kennedy Assassination Should Be Reinvestigated</i>. Volume one of this
ground-breaking book can be bought through a variety of sellers (see <b><a href="http://www.reopenkennedycase.org/lee-harvey-oswald-s-cold-war">here</a> </b>for a list of these sellers).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The third thing I am very much looking forward to is a
documentary on Oswald and the assassination; which will be put together by
researchers Lee Farley, Greg Parker, Frankie Vegas, and Terry Martin. I have
the utmost confidence in the abilities of all four of these individuals, and I
can’t wait to see what they piece together. I strongly encourage the reader to
read through <b><a href="http://www.reopenkennedycase.org/apps/forums/topics/show/13068994-rokc-documentary-on-lee-harvey-oswald">this</a></b> discussion of this
project on Greg Parker’s seminal research forum.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">To conclude this post, I will repeat what I wrote last year on
the 50th Anniversary of the President’s assassination: R.I.P President Kennedy.
You will never be forgotten!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hasan Yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10662154848135364660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091060397245050674.post-82958454318469452142014-11-13T12:37:00.002-08:002014-11-14T12:42:26.916-08:00Greg Parker's new website and forum<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Just wanted to let the readers of my blog know that
researcher Greg Parker has a new website and forum (see <b><a href="http://reopenkennedycase.org/">here</a></b>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Hasan Yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10662154848135364660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091060397245050674.post-7351340829824784782014-10-27T09:37:00.000-07:002014-10-27T09:37:26.975-07:00Taking credit for my blog<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I just found out that some dickhead motherfucker has claimed
that my blog is actually his (see <b><a href="http://real-life-villains.wikia.com/wiki/Message_Wall:General_MGD_109">here</a></b>).
I can assure everyone reading this post that I, Hasan Yusuf, am the owner of
this blog, and that every single essay, article, and book review posted here is
by me; and me alone. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">My message to the dickhead known as “A Wikia contributor” is
simply this: Go fuck yourself, you motherfucking piece of shit! Did you think
that I wasn’t going to find out that you were claiming that my blog was yours?
Well fuck you asshole! Now everyone reading this will know the truth, you
scumbag cunt!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Hasan Yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10662154848135364660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091060397245050674.post-80733798326990687512014-10-16T13:45:00.001-07:002014-10-16T13:46:29.016-07:00The Oswald/Hidell mock-up wallet<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In October, 2012, I wrote an article on my blog entitled <i>Oswald and the Hidell ID</i> (which can be
read <b><a href="http://jfkthelonegunmanmyth.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/oswald-and-hidell-id_26.html">here</a></b>) in which I argued that the
wallet being examined by DPD officers at the murder scene of officer J.D.
Tippit (as can be seen <b><a href="http://dvp-potpourri.blogspot.com.au/2009/12/reiland-film-november-22-1963.html">here</a></b>
beginning at about the 1 minute, 50 second mark) was a mock-up wallet left
behind in the vicinity of the murder scene to incriminate Oswald for the
murder.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">For those of you who are unaware, in March of this year, my
two part review of the 2013 Kindle edition of Dale Myers biased and dishonest
book <i>With Malice</i>, was published at
the CTKA.net website. In that review, I included a longer discussion of the
likelihood that a mock-up wallet was left behind to incriminate Oswald (see <b><a href="http://www.ctka.net/2014_reviews/with_malice_2.html">here</a></b> under the subheading <i>IX: Hints and allegations</i>). I would like
to ask everyone who hasn’t already done so to please read through my discussion
of this important piece of evidence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Hasan Yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10662154848135364660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091060397245050674.post-71439871654472445792014-09-13T13:04:00.001-07:002015-04-15T09:24:56.916-07:00A few words on former DPD Captain, William Ralph Westbrook <div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In my essay entitled <i>Gerald
Hill and the Framing of Lee Harvey Oswald</i> (which can be read <b><a href="http://www.ctka.net/2014/hill.html">here</a></b>), I wrote the following with
regards to Captain Westbrook:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“This
writer should point out that several researchers, such as Ian Griggs, have
argued that Westbrook may also have been involved in President Kennedy’s
assassination. If this was the case, then it stands to reason that he was also
involved in framing Oswald for Tippit’s murder; and may have lied in his report
[to DPD chief Jesse Curry] that [detective Bob] Carroll stated that he had the
gun in order to help conceal the fact that it was actually Hill who said he had
the gun. What’s intriguing is that Hill told the FBI that he had transferred to
the personnel bureau of the DPD (which was under Westbrook’s command) in
October, 1963, the same month in which Oswald obtained his employment at the
TSBD (WCD 4, page 308). Although this may be nothing more than a coincidence,
it is nevertheless intriguing.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">But contrary to what I wrote, the more I think about it, the
more I believe that it was <i>not</i> a
coincidence, and that Westbrook was indeed lying when he wrote in his report that
Carroll said that he had the gun in order to conceal the fact that it was Hill who
said that he had the gun. What particularly interests me about Westbrook is
that as author Larry Sneed writes in his book; following his retirement from
the DPD in 1966, Westbrook served as a Police advisor in South Vietnam (Sneed, <i>No More Silence</i>, page 325). Many
researchers such as Jim DiEugenio have pointed out that President Kennedy’s intention
was to withdraw all U.S. military personnel from the Vietnam War by the end of
1965. However, following President Kennedy’s assassination, President Johnson
drastically escalated U.S. involvement in the War. As most researchers of the
assassination are probably aware, on October 11, 1963, President Kennedy authorised
the removal of 1,000 U.S. military personnel from South Vietnam by the end of
1963 (see <b><a href="http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/w6LJoSnW4UehkaH9Ip5IAA.aspx">here</a></b>). This was a mere five
days before Oswald obtained his job as an order-filler at the TSBD.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As researcher Greg Parker has pointed out on his research
forum, Westbrook’s role as a Police advisor in South Vietnam meant that he was
working for the U.S.A.I.D. (United States Agency for International Development);
which therefore meant that he was working for the CIA (see <b><a href="http://reopenkennedycase.forumotion.net/t698p15-capt-william-r-westbrook">here</a></b>). Many researchers (including myself) believe that not only was
the CIA involved in the assassination, but that the escalation of U.S.
involvement in the Vietnam War was a motive for the assassination. If this
truly was the case, then it stands to reason that Westbrook may have been
involved in the assassination. Let’s now look at the issue of Hill’s transfer
to the personnel Bureau of the DPD in October, 1963. When Hill testified before
the Warren Commission, he claimed that on the day of the assassination he was <i>“…on special assignment, detached from the
Police patrol division, and assigned to the Police personnel office investigating
applicants for the Police department”</i> (WC Volume VII, page 44). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As I more or less stated above, I no longer believe that it
was just a coincidence that Hill transferred to the personnel Bureau in the same
month in which Oswald obtained his job at the TSBD. Although it is certainly
not my contention that the entire personnel Bureau of the DPD was involved in
the assassination, it is nevertheless my belief that Hill was transferred (most
likely by Westbrook) to the personnel Bureau, so that he and Westbrook could
discuss any planning for the assassination without having to do so in public or
by telephone where they could be overheard. It is entirely possible that Hill admitted
to the FBI that he had transferred to the personnel Bureau in October, 1963,
because he didn’t realise/believe that this would bring him under suspicion. This
could also explain why Hill didn’t hesitate to tell the Warren Commission that
he was on a <i>“special assignment”</i> with
the personnel Bureau. It is also curious that the DPD personnel assignments
booklet for November, 1963, lists Hill as being in the Patrol division (WC
Volume XIX, Batchelor Exhibit No. 5002, page 124).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Regarding the issue of whether Westbrook was lying when he
wrote in his report concerning Oswald’s arrest to chief Curry that Bob Carroll
said that he had the gun inside the Texas Theater, the reader should bear in
mind that the <i>only</i> three Officers who
signed the original arrest report which Hill wrote on Oswald’s arrest were
Hill, Carroll, and Westbrook (WCD 87, page 197). In his report, Hill wrote that
<i>“Officer [Nick] McDonald, Detective
Carroll and Sergeant Hill handled [Oswald’s] gun, in that order…”</i> (ibid). Although
I wrote in my essay on Hill that Hill had coerced Carroll into claiming that he
had given the revolver (WCE 143) to him (Hill) inside the car which escorted
Oswald to DPD headquarters following his arrest, it is now my belief that it
was in fact Westbrook who had coerced Carroll into claiming that he had given
the gun to Hill. In fact, given all of the contradictions between the
statements of Hill and Carroll concerning when Carroll allegedly gave him the
gun; and what Carroll allegedly said to Hill when he allegedly gave the gun to
him, it makes more sense to me that it was actually Westbrook who had coerced
Carroll into claiming that he had given the gun to Hill. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Let’s also take the following into account. On December 12,
1963, Captain Westbrook wrote the following in a report to Chief Curry: <i>“A membership card to [Jack Ruby’s] Carousel
Club, listed in the name of [Officer] Ray Hawkins, business address City Hall,
signed by Ray Hawkins, is attached to this report.” </i>Westbrook went on to
explain that <i>“This card was discussed
with Officer Hawkins and he stated that he had been to the Carousel Club two or
three times and on one occasion Jack Ruby told him that he was going to give
him a permanent pass, and that he would sign a card, but had not received the
pass” </i>(see <b><a href="http://jfk.ci.dallas.tx.us/16/1654-001.gif">here</a></b>). On November
24, 1963, DPD detective Gus Rose provided the FBI with numerous items which
were reportedly removed from Jack Ruby’s car following his arrest for Oswald’s
murder. Amongst the items was a permanent pass card to Ruby’s club under
Hawkins’ name (WCE 1322). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As far as I’m aware, there is no verification by Hawkins (in
any report or interview) for what Westbrook wrote in his report to Chief Curry.
According to researcher Mary Ferrell, Hawkins was Ruby’s friend and his name
was inside Larry Crafard’s notebook which contained a list of Ruby’s contacts. But
contrary to this claim, Hawkins’ name does not appear inside the notebook (WCD
4, pages 495 to 504), (WCD 717). Although I’m not aware of which DPD Officers
had membership/permanent pass cards to Ruby’s Carousel club, as many
researchers have pointed out, Ruby was acquainted with a large number of DPD
Officers such as Sgt. Patrick Dean and William J. “Blackie” Harrison. With that
in mind, it is highly unlikely that Hawkins was the only DPD Officer who had a
permanent pass card to Ruby’s club, and that Westbrook would only report to
Chief Curry that Hawkins had a membership card to Ruby’s club listed under his
name. I should point out that a permanent pass card under the name <i>“John D. Bailey, City Hall”</i> was evidently
found in Ruby’s car (WCE 1322). However, Bailey’s name is not listed in the
aforementioned DPD personnel assignments booklet for November, 1963, as either
an Officer or clerk. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Did Westbrook have a reason for singling Hawkins out and
reporting the above information to Chief Curry? The reader should keep in mind
that as discussed in my essay on Hill, it was Hawkins who claimed in his own
report to Chief Curry concerning Oswald’s arrest that Hill <i>“took the gun”</i> inside the Theater during the scuffle with Oswald,
and then subsequently told the Warren Commission that Hill said <i>“I’ve got the gun”</i> during same. Although
Hawkins’ typed report to Curry is dated December 2, 1963, when asked by Warren
Commission counsel Joseph Ball what he did subsequent to Oswald’s arrest, he
stated that he <i>“…went to the personnel
bureau and made a statement, or wrote a report on [Oswald’s] arrest, and that
was the last thing I had done,”</i> thus implying that he wrote his report out
on the day of the assassination (WC Volume VII, page 95). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">If this was the case, then perhaps someone else had typed a
copy of it out on December 2, 1963. Suffice it to say, if Westbrook had learned
that Hawkins claimed that Hill said that he (Hill) had the gun during the
scuffle inside the Theater, then perhaps he wrote the aforementioned report to
Curry in order to embarrass Hawkins and to make him appear untrustworthy. Whilst
other researchers may think that this was merely a coincidence, I honestly
don’t believe it was. If it was indeed Westbrook’s intention to embarrass
Hawkins and to make him appear untrustworthy by writing the aforementioned
report to Curry, then it stands to reason that he may have also forged Hawkins’
name and signature onto the permanent pass card which was allegedly found in
Ruby’s car. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I wrote the following with regards to Officer Thomas Alexander Hutson: <i>“Whilst one might think that Hill had
misremembered that Hutson told him that Oswald said ‘This is it,’ when we take
into account all of the demonstrable lies told by Hill; and all of the evidence
which indicates that he framed Oswald, it should be apparent that Hill was also
lying when he claimed that he thought Hutson said Oswald yelled ‘This is it.’
Still, it is intriguing that Hill claimed that he thought Hutson stated that
Oswald said ‘This is it.’ It is also intriguing that Hutson told the Warren
Commission that after Oswald was disarmed ‘…Sgt. Jerry Hill came up and
assisted as we were handcuffing [Oswald]’ (WC Volume VII, page 33). This raises
the possibility that Hutson himself may have been involved in framing Oswald.”</i>
However, there may also be another explanation for why Hutson made this claim
when he testified before the Warren Commission.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Oswald allegedly discarded a light gray zipper jacket (designated as WCE 162)
in the parking lot behind the Texaco service station on Jefferson Blvd., after
he allegedly shot Tippit (WC report, page 175). Although the Warren Commission
credited the discovery of the jacket to Westbrook, he had in fact stated during
his testimony before the Warren Commission on April 6, 1964, that he did <i>not</i> find it. According to Westbrook; <i>“…[the jacket] was pointed out to me by
either some officer that – that was while we were going over the scene in the
close area where the shooting was concerned, someone pointed out a jacket to me
that was laying under a car and I got the jacket and told the officer to take
the license number”</i> (WC Volume VII,
pages 115). Further on during his testimony, Westbrook explained <i>“…some officer, I feel sure it was an
officer, I still can’t be positive – pointed [the] jacket out to me and it was
laying slightly under the rear of one of the cars” </i>(ibid, page 117). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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3, 1964, he claimed that; <i>“Captain
Westbrook was there behind the house with us, and he was there at the time [the
jacket] was picked up with the man, but I don’t know who had it in their hands”</i>
(ibid, page 33). But despite what both Westbrook and Hutson told the Warren
Commission, there is good reason to believe that they were both lying. As we
have already seen, Westbrook wasn’t even sure if the person who had allegedly
pointed the jacket out to him was an Officer. Secondly, we should keep in mind
that Westbrook testified that he walked through the parking lot where the
jacket was found <i>after</i> the false
alarm that Tippit’s killer was at the Jefferson Branch Library (ibid, page 115).
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Westbrook also implied that this was the case during his
interview with HSCA investigator Jack Moriarty in June, 1978 (see <b><a href="http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/po-arm/id/10490/rec/9">here</a>, </b>page 4). The significance of this
claim is that according to the transcripts of the DPD radio communications,
Officer Charles Walker reported that he had seen the suspect run into the
Library approximately ten minutes after the discovery of the jacket had been
reported over the DPD radio by an unidentified Officer (WC Volume XXI, Sawyer
Exhibit No. A), (WCE 705/1974). In order to believe both Westbrook and Hutson,
we must believe the absurd notion that after the jacket had been discovered, it
had either been left on the ground for over ten minutes when Westbrook reported
over the radio <i>“We got a witness that saw
[Tippit’s killer] go up North Jefferson and he shed his jacket – let’s check
that vicinity, towards Tyler”</i> or that after it had been picked-up from the
ground and examined for identification, it was then, for some bizarre reason,
placed back onto the ground! (WCE 1974). It is apparent to me that both
Westbrook and Hutson were lying, and that Westbrook had likely coerced Hutson
into claiming that he (Westbrook) was at the parking lot when the jacket was
picked-up. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">With this in mind, it also seems likely that Westbrook had
coerced Hutson into testifying that Hill <i>“came
up and assisted”</i> with handcuffing Oswald after Oswald had been allegedly disarmed
during the scuffle in the Theater. Whilst some might believe that what I have
discussed throughout this essay concerning Westbrook and Hill, Westbrook and
the Vietnam War etc. was all just a coincidence, I believe the odds are against
this being the case. Although Westbrook comes across to me as being an
incompetent Officer during his testimony, I believe he was only pretending to
be incompetent so that the Warren Commission wouldn’t suspect that he was
involved in Tippit’s murder and the President’s assassination. Others such as
author Ian Griggs believe that Westbrook’s presence at Dealey Plaza, the Tippit
murder scene, and the Texas Theater are suspicious (Griggs, <i>No Case to Answer</i>, page 140). However,
given the magnitude of the President’s assassination and the fact that one of
his fellow Officers had been killed, I don’t believe that it’s necessarily suspicious
that Westbrook would be at all of these locations.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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discuss. Towards the end of my essay on Hill, I discussed the fact that Hill
told the Warren Commission that it was Westbrook who informed him that Oswald had
admitted to being a communist. Although I certainly don’t trust Hill, taking
into consideration the likelihood that Hill and Westbrook were involved in
framing Oswald for Tippit’s murder, I believe it is entirely feasible that Hill
said that Westbrook told him this because after discussing it with Westbrook, he
knew that Westbrook would verify that he did tell him this, even though (as I
believe was the case) he didn’t. Suffice it to say, there is good reason to
believe that both Hill and Westbrook were involved in the President’s
assassination, and that they were both involved in framing Oswald for Tippit’s
murder. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the time to proof read this essay prior to it being published on my blog. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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interview of Officer Ray Hawkins by the FBI on December 16, 1963. In that
interview, Hawkins claimed that he was given a Carousel Club pass card by Jack
Ruby (see <b><a href="http://media.nara.gov/dc-metro/rg-272/605417-key-persons/hawkins_ray/hawkins_ray.pdf">here</a></b>). But despite Hawkins’ admission to the FBI, it is
nevertheless curious that Captain Westbrook (as far as this writer is aware)
never bothered to inform chief Curry that other officers were also
promised/given permanent pass cards to Ruby’s Carousel Club. I would also like
to apologise to the readers of my essay for not having come across Hawkins’
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researcher Ed LeDoux has recently brought to my attention the fact that officer
Ray Hawkins’ name was inside the spiral notepad dubbed “Exhibit No. 52251 –
Crafard, C.L.” (See <b><a href="http://www.reopenkennedycase.org/apps/forums/topics/show/13102710-addendum-to-my-essay-on-westbrook?page=last">here</a></b>). My appreciation goes out to Ed for
pointing this out to me.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The acoustics evidence pertaining to the assassination of
President Kennedy is one of the most hotly debated topics. For those of you who
are unaware, the acoustics evidence refers to the alleged recording of the
shots fired during the assassination on the Dictabelt recording of channel one
of the DPD radio communications. Researcher Donald Byron Thomas posits that
based on his analysis of the acoustics evidence; there were a total of five
audible shots fired during the assassination. Although I don’t agree with
Thomas’ conclusion, in part three of my review of his book <i>Hear No Evil: Social Constructivism and the Forensic Evidence in the
Kennedy Assassination</i>, I discussed why I believe there is some validity to the
acoustics evidence (click <b><a href="http://jfkthelonegunmanmyth.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/hear-no-evil-by-don-thomas-part-3.html">here</a></b> to
read through my discussion).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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evidence; in which it is also posited that there were five shots fired during
the assassination. As the acoustics evidence is the one thing which can prove
beyond a doubt whether there were more than three shots fired (and more than
one rifle used), the Dictabelt recording should be analysed using the most
sophisticated acoustical analysis software and equipment in the World. The fact
that the U.S. Government has never commissioned such an analysis in recent
years just goes to show that they don’t give a shit about what the truth is
behind the assassination. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hasan Yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10662154848135364660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091060397245050674.post-84785401877222411742014-08-11T10:43:00.001-07:002014-08-11T10:43:25.576-07:00A big thank you to the readers of my blog!
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Exactly two years ago from this day is when I
posted my very first article on my blog. Since that time, my blog has received
over 47,500 views. I would like to thank the readers of my blog for taking the
time to read through my various essays, articles, and book reviews. I would also
like to thank everyone who has publicly recommended my blog; including all the
people who are regular followers of my blog. I hope that most of you have found
my essays and articles to be of some value. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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