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LOD 11111 , 91/ 00.40 WW1 tl'Orle • E. HOWARD Burn is probably the only American over thirty who doesn't remember where he was and what he was doing on November 22, 1963. Your reporter, for instance, remem- bers quite clearly that he left his typewriter in his New York apart- ment (the city was then still part of the United States), headed for a late lunch, and turned on the radio to hear the news. To his surprise and plea- sure, the stately strains of the slow movement of Beethoven's "Eroica" came over the air, and he began hum- ming accompaniment to the unex- pected treat. Then a neutral voice interrupted the music to announce that the Pres- ident of the United States had been assassinated. THE PRESMENT rAllAil SAL L Lula cti:Licie... They Killed The President by Alan Stang, which reveals startling new evidence of conspiracy in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, original. ly appeared in the February 1976 issue of AMERICAN OPINION magazine. Additional copies of this copyrighted article are available at the following prices: Less than 100, four for one dollar; 100 to 499, twenty cents each; 500 to 999, eighteen cents each; 1,000 or more, fifteen cents each. • ,-, ...:■ ..11.4. .- ^ , „ r ...I.—L._ __ •:. , ,....... ..-- -;,.•"" .....V • _ ..- . 3‘..., ■ J„-:- . • .:4 0 ,... --.7' ..."-1 1 ,1"." 7 .. • ._ War. g „.. 1 ,..0.... -77 , 1:=7 ...0‘ .. "• '''' 0 P: -- -:^_:-..- , 2.-- _ • 6 •E•g 7'^- ' L"--...7. 7 . --- , - ''' , I ..-- Vr- ). • ---- .•' --•••...'... • • ,. • : Ar '' .'r/ 4.". 7 %. - W r dn 't.e . ---- •• ••* f ....; " . ..e ,-- : ...O IL. ::..1 . •• ' • -' --..`. ' ' . t. - :: - . - 4:47 ." - re 21 • — -0" • al I • — •-• • Jam F Kamm* Lam, THEY KILLED THE PRESIDENT Lee Harvey Oswald wasn't alone Alan Stang is author of It's Very Simple; The Actor; and, The Highest Virtue. His radio commentary, The Alan Stang Report, is now heard on more than 80 stations. Mr, Stang holds a Master's Degree from Columbia. The article described above is just one of scores which have been re- printed from AMERICAN OPINION m agazine — America's foremost Con- servative journal of current events. Each month AME.RIC.AN OPINION con- tains accurate, behind-the-scenes re- ports on such topics as the created energy crisis, 0.S.H.A„ the E.P.A., rising prices, shortages and rationing, and more. AMERICAN OPINION is the only magazine where you find exclusive reports and essays from such distin- guished authors as Taylor Caldwell, Gary Allen, Alan Stang, Dr. Susan Huck, Dan Smoot, William P. Hoar, and Dr. Medford Evans. Don't wait to receive a reprint from our pages; subscribe now and get every article every month. A one-year sub- scription is fifteen dollars. Subscriptions and reprints may be ordered from your nearest AMERICAN OPINION BOOKSTORE or directly from AMERICAN OPINION Belmont, Massachusetts 02178 San Marino, California 91108 FEBRUARY. 1978
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• E
. HOWARD B
urn
is p
rob
ab
ly th
e
on
ly Am
erica
n o
ver th
irty wh
o d
oe
sn't
rem
em
be
r wh
ere
he
wa
s an
d w
ha
t he
w
as d
oin
g o
n N
ove
mber 2
2, 1
963.
Yo
ur re
po
rter, fo
r insta
nce
, rem
em
-b
ers
qu
ite c
lea
rly th
at h
e le
ft his
ty
pe
write
r in h
is N
ew
Yo
rk a
pa
rt-m
ent (th
e c
ity w
as th
en s
till part o
f th
e U
nite
d S
tate
s), he
ad
ed
for a
late
lu
nch
, and tu
rned o
n th
e ra
dio
to h
ear
the n
ew
s. To h
is surp
rise a
nd p
lea-
sure
, the
state
ly strain
s of th
e slo
w
move
ment o
f Beeth
ove
n's "E
roica
" cam
e over the air, and he began hum-
min
g a
ccom
panim
ent to
the u
nex-
pecte
d tre
at.
Th
en
a n
eu
tral vo
ice in
terru
pte
d
the m
usic to
announce
that th
e P
res-
ident o
f the U
nite
d S
tate
s had b
een
assassinated.
TH
E PR
ESM
EN
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il SAL
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hey K
illed T
he P
resid
ent b
y Ala
n S
tan
g, w
hich
re
vea
ls startlin
g n
ew
evid
en
ce o
f con
spira
cy in th
e
assa
ssina
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THEY KILLED THE PRESIDENT
Lee H
arve
y Osw
ald
wasn
't alo
ne
Ala
n
Sta
ng
is
au
tho
r of
It's V
ery
Sim
ple
; The A
cto
r; and,
The H
ighest
Virtu
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His
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io c
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me
nta
ry, T
he
Ala
n S
tan
g R
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rd o
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more
than 8
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ns. M
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ng h
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8
FE
BR
UA
RY
. 1978
nin
e
t)! other Am
ericans, your reporter w
as stunned, shocked, eyes blind, m
ind reeling. Such things
could not happen here in the United
States! T
hey happened only far away,
in the Middle E
ast and South A
mer-
ica. In the pacific United S
tates we do
thin
gs d
iffere
ntly! T
he e
xperts n
ow
te
ll us that the event m
arked the end of o
ur "a
ge o
f innoce
nce
." Am
erica
w
as n
ow
suppose
d to
realize
it is vu
lne
rab
le. A
t last w
e w
ere
force
d
into
the "m
odern
world
." A
nd, sure enough, the assassina-tio
n ra
ised
the
curta
in o
n a
n in
cred
-ib
le tra
gico
medy so
pre
poete
rous it
would have been rejected by a fiction
edito
r. Pre
sidentia
l Assista
nts a
nd
Secret S
ervicemen com
mitted a fel-
ony by stealing the dead President's
body from D
allas County, w
here Dr.
Earl R
ose
, one o
f the n
atio
n's fo
re-
most forensic pathologists, w
as ready to
do
the
crucia
l au
to;isy. B
ack in
B
ethesda, less qualified pathologists w
ere not allowed to do a proper job.
Lee Harvey O
swald, the m
an arrested for the crim
e, was know
n to have gone to R
ussia, renounced his U.S
. citizen-sh
ip, a
nd re
turn
ed to
particip
ate
in
Com
munist a
ctivities; b
ut th
e n
a-
tional press screeched that the assas-sination w
as the work of the "clim
ate o
f ha
te" cre
ate
d b
y "Rig
htw
ing
Ex-
trem
ists
," an
d th
at D
alla
s w
as a
"center of fascist reaction." A
s much
as he dared, Chief Justice E
arl War-
ren a
gre
ed. T
he C
om
munist
Da
ily
Wo
rke
r, apparently impressed, sug-
geste
d th
at a
Pre
sidentia
l com
mis-
sio
n, h
ea
de
d b
y W
arre
n, b
e a
p-
pa
inte
d to
"inve
stiga
te." A
nd
, a few
days later, P
resident Lyndon Johnson appointed just such a com
mission.
Despite a M
atterhorn of evidence to the contrary, the W
arren Com
mis-
aim
i conclu
ded th
at O
swald
was a
"lo
ne fa
natic," w
ho d
id w
hat h
e d
id
beca
use
of a
wart "d
psyche. Jack
Ruby w
as a
lso a
"Inc
■ fa
na
tic," wh
o
2
killed U
swald
tor th
e sa
me re
am
ni.
Be
cau
se O
swa
ld co
uld
no
t po
ssibly
have
fired fa
st enough to
do a
ll the
damage done to P
resident Kennedy
and Texas G
overnor John Connally,
the Com
mission told us that one bul-
let, C
om
missio
n E
xhib
it 399, co
m-
monly kn
ow
n a
s the M
agic B
ulle
t, entered the P
resident's back, exited his th
roat, e
nte
red th
e G
ove
rnor's
back, smashed a rib, exited his chest,
ente
red h
is wrist, sm
ash
ed m
ore
bone, e
xite
d h
is w
rist, s
truck h
is
thig
h —
an
d la
ter tu
rne
d u
p a
lmo
st to
tally u
nd
am
ag
ed
on
a stre
tche
r in
Pa
rklan
d H
osp
ital.
Since then, various com
mentators
have w
ritten a
t length
about th
e
crime. F
rom
time to
time, th
ey m
eet
in convention. For som
e, the assassi-natio
n h
as b
eco
me a
busin
ess; fo
r o
the
rs, a h
ob
by. M
an
y ha
ve a
xes to
grind. S
ome are opportunists. A
few
are serious students. Your reporter is
not a
n "a
ssassin
atio
n b
uff," b
ut like
m
ost other Am
ericans has been won-
derin
g w
hat re
ally h
appened in
Dal-
las, a
nd is fru
strate
d b
y the u
sual
rehash of contradictions. So it is elec-
trifyin
g to
report th
at n
ow
at la
st
com
e tw
o m
en
with
ge
nu
ine
ly ne
w
evidence — sonic of w
hich may even-
tually lead to the answers w
e want.
Au
top
sy An
d B
allistics
E. F
orrest Chapm
an is a physician in
priv
ate
pra
ctic
e in
a s
uburb
of
Detroit. F
or three years he was D
eputy M
edical Exam
iner of Wayne C
ounty, M
ichigan, the scene of innumerable,
interesting murders. H
e is a graduate of the A
rmed F
orces Institute course in forensic pathology. H
e is Senior A
ir T
ransp
ort E
xam
iner fo
r the F
edera
l A
viatio
n A
ge
ncy. H
e is a
vete
ran
of
coun
tless a
uto
psie
s. An
d E
. Fo
rrest
Chapm
an is one of fewer than a dozen
pro
f e ssionals who have been perm
it-te
d to
see th
e a
uto
psy p
hoto
gra
phs
and X-rays of the late P
resident John
AM
ER
ICA
N O
PIN
ION
Kennedy in
the N
atio
nal A
rchive
s. Like just about everybody else but
the Warren C
omm
ission, Chapm
an has long been dubious of the "single bulle
t" theory, a
ccord
ing to
which
the M
agic Bullet w
ent through Ken-
nedy's hack and neck, entered Con-
nally's hack, shattered four inches of rib, shattered the largest bone in the G
ove
rno
r's wrist, a
nd
tore
into
his
thigh — but w
as only minim
ally de-form
ed. For instance, he enum
erates, th
ere
is the still u
nw
ave
ring in
sis-tence of both G
overnor and Mrs. C
on-
'Th
e te
no
n C
on
na
lly did
n't h
ea
r the
seco
nd
bulle
t, says C
hapm
an, it th
at b
y the tim
e th
e
sou
nd
. wh
ich tra
vels m
uch
*lase
r, arrive
d, h
e
alre
ad
y ha
d b
ee
n h
it by th
e m
uch
fee
ler b
ulle
t —
an
d th
e m
an
ic, a
ssa
ult o
n h
is b
rain
mn
-m
enta
rily bla
nke
d o
ut e
ll oth
er stim
uli.
FE
BR
UA
RY
. 1976
nally that he was hit not by the bullet
tha
t wo
un
de
d th
e P
resid
en
t bu
t by
the se
co
nd
bulle
t.' And, sa
ys Chap-
man, there is the fact that the angles
of th
e va
rious w
ounds p
rove
there
w
ere thre
e d
iffere
nt b
ulle
ts. Acco
rd-
ing
to th
e "sin
gle
bu
llet" th
eo
ry, the
M
ag
ic Bu
llet d
ram
atica
lly cha
ng
ed
course in m
id-air. "The C
omm
ission a
sks us to
be
lieve
tha
t the
Ma
gic
Bulle
t was d
efle
cted b
y a la
rge a
ir m
olecule," says Dr. C
hapman.
Th
ere
is a
lso
the
fact th
at th
e
Com
mission refused to accept the re-
sults o
f som
e o
f its ow
n te
sta. F
or
instance, it fired a round through the w
rist of a
cadave
r. Needle
s* to sa
y, th
e e
xiting
bu
llet w
as m
ash
ed
. Bu
t w
e are asked to believe that the bullet w
hich
sma
she
d th
e h
ea
vy dista
l ra-
3
CE
543
CE
544
CE
545
Dr. E
. Forre
st C
hapm
an (a
bove) w
as th
e th
ird n
on-g
overn
ment p
rofe
ssio
nal
perm
itted to
see th
e a
uto
psy p
hoto
s a
nd X
-rays o
f Pre
sid
ent K
ennedy in
the
Natio
nal A
rchiv
es. H
e Is
convin
ced th
e s
o-c
alle
d M
agic
Bulle
t on P
age 4
,
pro
bably
because o
f a d
efe
ctiv
e p
rimer, w
as a
low
-velo
city
"short" ro
und th
at
hit K
ennedy a
lone. T
hat w
as O
sw
ald
's firs
t shot, s
trikin
g th
e P
resid
ent in
the
upper b
ack a
nd e
xitin
g h
is n
eck; h
is s
econd s
hot N
I J.F
.K. In
the h
ead a
nd
kille
d h
im. B
ut, s
ays C
hapm
an, O
sw
ald
fired o
nly
twic
e. S
ince th
ere
is p
hoto
-
gra
phic
evid
ence o
f thre
e s
hots
, Inclu
din
g o
ne h
itting C
onnally
lust a
fter th
e
first s
hot h
it Kennedy b
ut b
efo
re a
nyone c
ould
have re
-fired th
e O
sw
ald
rifle,
there
had to
be a
second g
unm
an. T
o c
over th
is, O
sw
ald
left b
ehin
d 3
em
pty
shells
(Com
mis
sio
n E
xhib
its 5
43, 5
44, 5
45). B
ut o
ne w
as n
ot fire
d In
the
fusilla
de. It is
543, w
hic
h h
ad a
lready b
een fire
d, re
cham
bere
d, a
nd s
napped
em
pty
. Pro
of Is
the re
cham
berin
g d
ent In
the rim
, and d
eeper m
ark
and
concave "d
ishin
g e
ffect" in
the p
rimer (a
bove). C
.E. 5
57, a
n F
.B.I. te
st s
hell,
repro
duced th
is p
roof; b
ut F
.B.I. a
nd W
arre
n C
om
mis
sio
n c
overe
d u
p.
Dr. C
hapm
an h
as c
aught th
em
and p
roved e
xis
tence o
f second a
ssassin
.
CE
543 C
E 543
One a
ssassin
could
n't fire
fast
enough fo
r 2 h
its a
s s
how
n o
n IIIm
so W
arre
n C
om
mis
sio
n c
laim
s th
is
"Magic
Bulle
t" cut th
rough J
.F.K
.
and s
mashed rib
and w
rist o
f Con-
nally
. It could
n't a
nd lo
ok lik
e th
is.
din
s of th
e p
ow
erfu
lly built Jo
hn C
on-
nally
em
erg
ed a
lmost s
uffic
iently
in-
tact to
be fire
d a
gain
. No w
ay!
And th
ere
is th
e fa
ct th
at th
e b
ul-
let w
hic
h e
nte
red C
onnally
's b
ack
bro
ught n
o fib
ers in
to th
e w
ound fro
m
his
coat, s
hirt, a
nd u
nders
hirt -
whic
h is
mark
edly
suggestiv
e o
f a
"pris
tine" b
ulle
t (a b
ulle
t that h
asn't
hit a
nyb
ody e
lse). O
n th
e o
ther h
and,
says D
r. Chapm
an, C
onnally
's w
rist
wound w
as "lo
aded w
ith fib
ers
," indi-
catin
g th
at it w
as m
ade b
y a
non-
pris
tine b
ulle
t — w
hose flig
ht w
as
inte
rrupte
d w
hen it w
ent in
and o
ut
of h
is body, te
arin
g a
way a
few
inch
es
of rib
. In
short, s
ays C
hapm
an, th
e m
ed-
ico-b
allis
tical e
vid
ence in
dis
puta
bly
pro
ves th
at K
ennedy a
nd C
onnally
were
hit b
y d
iffere
nt b
ulle
ts. In
deed, re
mem
ber a
lso th
at th
e m
axim
um
possib
le tim
e b
etw
een th
e w
oundin
g
of th
e tw
o v
ictim
s —
scie
ntific
ally
esta
blis
hed b
y e
xam
inatio
n o
f the
movie
film s
hot b
y A
bra
ham
Zapru
-
der —
was le
ss th
an th
e m
inim
um
time re
quire
d to
re-fire
Osw
ald
's rifle;
and th
at, fo
r as lo
ng a
s tw
o m
onth
s
afte
r the a
ssassin
atio
n, b
oth
the S
e-
cret S
ervice
and th
e F
edera
l Bure
au o
f
Investig
atio
n w
ere
filing re
ports
ac-
cord
ing to
whic
h C
onnally
had b
een
hit b
y a se
cond b
ulle
t. S
o, if th
e M
agic
Bulle
t did
not h
it
Connally
, what d
id it d
o? F
irst, s
ays
Chapm
an, fifty
-two w
itnesses re
-
porte
d th
at th
e so
und o
f the first sh
ot
was n
otic
eably
softe
r than th
e n
ext
two, m
ore
like a
firecra
cker th
an a
bulle
t. But, o
f cours
e, w
itnesses a
re
noto
riously
unre
liable
, se b
y its
elf
this
means n
oth
ing. M
ore
importa
nt,
says D
r. Chapm
an, is
the fa
ct th
at
while
there
were
trace
s of co
pper o
n
the P
resid
ent's co
at a
t the b
ack o
f the
neck w
here
he w
as first h
it, there
are
no s
uch tra
ces o
n th
e s
hirt a
t the
poin
t of e
xit fro
m th
e th
roat —
whic
h
indic
ate
s th
at th
e b
ulle
t lacked th
e
velo
city
necessary
to le
ave s
uch m
i-
crotre
ces.
There
is a
lso th
e re
vealin
g m
atte
r
of th
e a
mount o
f air in
the w
ound.
Chapm
an e
xpla
ins th
at th
e a
ir in a
wound is g
enera
lly pro
portio
nal to
the
velo
city of th
e m
issile p
assin
g th
rough
the tis
sue. T
he g
reate
r its v
elo
city
,
the m
ore
the tis
sue w
ill be fo
rced
asid
e; w
hic
h in
turn
causes g
reate
r
suckin
g a
ctio
n a
t the p
oin
t of e
ntry
;
whic
h fin
ally
results
in m
ore
air
sucke
d in
to th
e w
ound. F
or in
stance
,
the w
ound in
Govern
or C
onnally
's
back co
nta
ined a
larg
e a
mount o
f air,
indic
atin
g th
at th
e b
ulle
t whic
h d
id
the d
am
age w
as m
ovin
g w
ith g
reat
velo
city. One w
ould
exp
ect th
at if th
e
sam
e b
ulle
t had p
revio
usly
transite
d
Pre
sid
ent K
ennedy's
neck, it w
ould
have
done so
with
eve
n g
reate
r velo
c-
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ER
ICA
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PIN
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Hugh C
. McD
onald
(above) re
-covere
d th
is p
hoto
from
F.B
.I. It Is
one o
f 3 ta
ken c
overtly
of
"Saul" In
Mexic
o C
ity. O
ne w
as
sent b
y F.B
.I. to D
elta
s police
on
morn
ing b
efo
re a
ssassin
atio
n.
Identifie
d a
s p
ossib
ly b
ein
g L
ee
Harv
ey O
sw
ald
. The F
.B.I. la
ter
sought to
Identify
the m
an
as a
n O
sw
ald
co-c
onspira
tor. ..t
ity —
yet th
e K
ennedy w
ound c
on-
tain
ed v
ery
little a
ir. F
inally
, there
is th
e fa
ct th
at th
e
hole
near th
e c
olla
r in th
e fro
nt o
f K
ennedy's
shirt, m
ade b
y th
e e
xitin
g
bulle
t, is n
ot ro
und, b
ut s
lotlik
e. T
he
Warre
n C
om
mis
sio
n a
ppare
ntly
did
not try
to fin
d o
ut w
hy, b
ut C
hapm
an
did
, by re
peate
dly
firing th
rough te
st
jackets
and s
hirts
with
a 6
.5 M
ann-
licher-C
arc
eno, th
e w
eapon O
sw
ald
use
d. O
n o
ne o
ccasio
n, e
xperim
enta
-tio
n w
ith p
ow
der lo
ads c
aused a
bul-
let to
explo
de in
the c
ham
ber, th
ere
-by s
hatte
ring th
e s
tock a
nd e
mbed-
din
g m
eta
llic fra
gm
ents
in th
e d
oc-
tor's
cheek; b
ut a
t last h
e d
iscovere
d
that if a
bulle
t is tra
vellin
g a
bout h
alf
as fa
st a
s th
e v
elo
city
of a
norm
al
Carc
ano ro
und —
whic
h is
about
2,2
00 fe
et p
er s
econd —
it will p
ro-
duce a
slo
t in a
shirt id
entic
al to
the
one fo
und in
Kennedy's
. At n
orm
al
velo
city
, on th
e c
ontra
ry, s
uch a
bul-
let w
ill pro
duce a
round h
ole
. F
rom
all o
f whic
h D
r. Chapm
an
has fo
rmula
ted th
e "s
low
bulle
t" th
eory
, accord
ing to
whic
h th
e M
agic
B
ulle
t hit K
ennedy a
lone —
whic
h
certa
inly
could
account fo
r its n
early
in
tact c
onditio
n —
and w
as tra
vellin
g
at a
n a
bnorm
al v
elo
city
of a
bout
1,1
00 fp
a, p
robably
because o
f a d
e-
fective
prim
er. T
he th
eory a
lso w
ould
account fo
r the fa
ct th
at th
e firs
t bulle
t hit th
e P
resid
ent in
back o
f th
e n
eck, a
nd n
ot th
e h
ead —
sin
ce
the d
rastic
ally
reduced v
elo
city
would
have
cause
d it to
bow
to g
rav-
ity m
ore
quic
kly
than a
norm
al
round. A
nd a
long th
ese lin
es, C
hap-
man h
as a
lso v
isite
d th
e s
cene o
f O
sw
ald
's e
arlie
r atte
mpt to
kill G
en-
era
l Edw
in W
alk
er, a
nd re
ports
that,
acco
rdin
g to
the tra
jecto
ries, O
swald
w
as a
s u
sual a
imin
g a
t the v
ictim
's
head. L
uckily
, the b
ulle
t was d
efle
ct-
ed b
y the w
indow
fram
e.
This
is a
lso th
e p
lace to
mentio
n
that, a
ccord
ing to
scientific e
xam
ina-
tion o
f the Z
apru
der film
of th
e P
resi-
dent b
ein
g sh
ot, th
e in
terva
l betw
een
shot o
ne a
nd s
hot tw
o w
as o
nly
eig
ht-n
inth
s of a
seco
nd, sa
ys Chap-
man —
far le
ss than th
e 2
.3 se
conds
nece
ssary to
re-fire
Osw
ald
's Care
en°.
And th
is is
still m
ore
pro
of th
at O
s-
Pro
fessio
nal
assa
ssin sa
ys he h
elp
ed
kill J.F.K
. H
ugh M
cD
onald
Is re
-tire
d C
hie
f of D
ete
c-
tliv
es o
f the L
.A. C
oun-
ty S
heriff's
Offic
e, ra
n
security
for P
resid
entia
l candid
ate
Barry
Gold
-w
ate
r, and Is a
n In
tern
a-
tionally
respecte
d p
o-
lice o
fficer. In
Appoin
t-m
ent In
Delta
s h
e s
ays
top C
.I.A. s
pecia
list
Herm
an K
imsey id
en-
tified th
is m
an ("S
aul")
as k
ey a
ssassin
in
J.F
.K. k
illing. M
cD
onald
tra
cked "S
aul" th
rough
10 c
ountrie
s a
nd s
ays
he C
onfirm
ed s
tory
as
Kim
sey h
ad to
ld it.
weld
did
nut d
o a
ll the sh
ootin
g. O
nce
again
, the W
arre
n C
om
missio
n's b
al-
listic
al c
onto
rtions fa
ll flat. Y
et th
e
Dalla
s P
olic
e fo
und th
ree e
mpty
car-
tridge ca
sings o
n th
e flo
or o
f Osw
ald
's perc
h o
n th
e s
ixth
floor o
f the T
exas
School B
ook D
eposito
ry. "A
nd s
ince
Osw
ald
could
not h
ave
fired a
ll thre
e
shots
," says D
r. Chapm
an, "I b
egan
to w
onder w
heth
er th
ere
was a
ny a
d-
ditio
nal e
vid
ence o
n th
e c
asin
gs to
pro
ve h
e d
idn't."
There
was. O
n o
ne o
f the ca
sings,
Com
mis
sio
n E
xhib
it 543, th
ere
is a
sym
metric
al in
denta
tion in
the u
pper
lip. P
rofe
ssor Jo
siah T
hom
pso
n, w
ho
wro
te S
ix S
econds In
Dalla
s, a
bril-
liant e
xam
inatio
n o
f the e
vid
ence
with
no a
xe to
grin
d, a
lso fo
und th
at
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ER
ICA
N O
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EC
OR
DS
B
UIL
DIN
G
tpirl
ME
M
Osw
ald
fired fro
m th
e T
exas B
ook D
eposito
ry. D
r. Chapm
an Is
convin
ced th
e
second a
ssassin
tired fro
m b
ehin
d b
ut p
laces h
im in
the D
al-T
ex B
uild
ing.
Hugh M
cD
onald
cla
ims th
e a
ssassin
he tra
cked d
ow
n to
ld h
im a
nd C
.I.A.
offic
ial K
imsey th
at h
e h
ad tire
d fro
m b
ehin
d b
ut w
as in
the H
ail o
f Record
s.
dent a
nd w
ondere
d h
ow
it happened.
Thom
pson th
rew
casin
g a
fter c
asin
g
again
st a
wall, o
n th
e th
eory
that th
e
dent w
as m
ade in
that w
ay in
the
pro
cess o
f eje
ction fro
m th
e ch
am
ber.
It wasn't. It a
lso c
ould
not h
ave b
een
made b
y s
om
eone a
ccid
enta
lly s
tep-
pin
g o
n th
e ca
sing.
But C
hapm
an p
roduced a
n id
enti-
cal d
ent b
y re
charn
berin
g a
n e
mpty
ca
sing. T
his d
oes n
ot h
appen w
hen a
casin
g a
rmed w
ith a
bulle
t is s
hoved
into
the c
ham
ber b
y th
e b
olt, fo
r the
obvio
us re
ason th
at th
e h
ard
bulle
t, fitte
d in
to th
e re
lativ
ely
soft lip
of th
e
casin
g, p
reve
nts it. In
deed, n
eith
er o
f O
sw
ald
's o
ther tw
o c
asin
gs is
so
dente
d. B
ut C
hapm
an re
ports
that
the d
ent is
pro
duced a
lmost e
very
tim
e a
n
em
pty
casin
g is
recham
-
8
bore
d. In
deed, th
e d
ent in
543 s
o
flatte
ned th
e lip
that a
bulle
t cannot
be fo
rced in
side it —
all o
f which
boils
dow
n to
mean th
at n
o b
ulle
t was fire
d
from
543 d
urin
g th
e 5
.4-se
cond fu
sil-la
de o
n N
ove
mber 2
2, 1
963. F
or so
me
reason, L
ee H
arv
ey O
sw
ald
cham
-bere
d a
n e
mpty ca
sing, a
nd th
en le
ft it w
ith th
e o
thers fo
r the D
alla
s police
to
find.
And th
ere
is m
ore
. There
is th
e
fact th
at th
e in
denta
tion m
ade b
y the
firing p
in in
the p
rimer o
f 543 is la
rger
and d
eeper th
an in
the o
ther ca
sings,
indic
atin
g th
at 5
43 h
ad b
een fire
d
befo
re. T
here
is a
lso w
hat C
hapm
an
PL
EA
SE
NO
TE
: R
ep
rinu
a title
co
pyrig
hte
d
•rtic
le •re
tam
availa
ble
al th
e p
rices lis
ted
ea
the In
sid
e tre
at s
aty
r. AM
ER
ICA
N O
PIN
ION
calls
the "d
ishin
g e
ffect." W
hen a
bulle
t is fired fro
m a
cartrid
ge ca
sing,
the p
rimer firs
t is s
ucked fo
rward
, in
the d
irectio
n o
f the d
epartin
g b
ulle
t, fo
r a fra
ctio
n o
f a s
econd. T
hen it is
fo
rced b
ack, o
nce
again
flush
with
the
rim. B
ut if th
e firin
g p
in is
snapped
with
no b
ulle
t in th
e c
asin
g, th
e
prim
er w
ill win
d u
p n
otic
eably
con-
cave —
like a
dis
h —
in a
dditio
n to
th
e in
denta
tion m
ade b
y th
e p
in. A
nd
543, u
nlike
the o
ther tw
o ca
sings, a
lso
exhib
its th
e "d
ishin
g" c
hara
cte
ristic
. T
his
is p
roof th
at c
asin
g 5
43 w
as n
ot
fired a
t Pre
sid
ent K
ennedy. S
ince it
was n
ot, th
ere
had to
be a
second
gunm
an.
It is a
lso in
tere
stin
g to
note
, says
Chapm
an, th
at th
e F
.B.I. is
aw
are
of
all th
is. C
om
mis
sio
n E
xhib
it 557, a
n
F.B
.I. test c
asin
g, h
as a
ll the ch
ara
c-te
ristic
s o
f 543, in
additio
n to
som
e
fore
ign, g
reenish
mate
rial scra
ped in
-to
the c
asin
g a
t the p
oin
t of c
onta
ct
when it w
as p
robably re
cham
bere
d. It
has th
e d
ishin
g e
ffect. It h
as th
e
deeper, w
ider p
in im
pre
ssio
n. S
o th
e
F.B
.I. know
s h
ow
543 g
ot its
specia
l m
arkin
gs b
eca
use
it repro
duce
d th
em
, ju
st as C
hapm
an h
as d
one. A
nd a
long
these lin
es, D
r. Chapm
an re
mark
s
that th
e F
.B.I. c
laim
ed to
have
"pro
ved" th
at O
sw
ald
could
have
fired a
ll thre
e s
hots
by c
onductin
g
tests
on a
still ta
rget a
t a ra
nge o
f 75
feet. B
ut O
sw
ald
of c
ours
e w
as firin
g
at a
movin
g ta
rget a
t a ra
nge o
f 186
and 2
65 fe
et. T
he F
.B.I. su
pporte
d th
e
Warre
n C
om
missio
n co
veru
p.
So, o
nce a
gain
, the o
verw
helm
ing
ballis
ticsl a
nd m
edic
al e
vid
ence
show
s th
at L
ee H
arv
ey O
sw
ald
was
not th
e lo
ne a
ssassin
. Does th
is mean
there
was a
consp
iracy?
''Not n
ece
s-sarily
." says th
e d
octo
r arc
hly
, with
envia
ble
medic
al d
eta
chm
ent. "M
ay-
be it s
imply
means th
ere
were
two
lone n
uts, in
structe
d b
y God to
shoot
the P
resid
ent a
t the s
am
e tim
e, w
ith
the sa
me typ
e o
f gun."
FE
BR
UA
RY
. 1976
Cro
ss F
ire
Where
was th
e o
ther sh
oote
r? In
an
unpublish
ed m
anuscrip
t, as s co
nce
s-sio
n h
e re
gre
ts to
day, D
r. Chapm
an
pla
ces h
im e
ither in
the D
al-T
ex
build
ing o
r the H
all o
f Record
s. N
ow
he fe
els th
e o
nly so
urce
possib
le is th
e
Dal-T
ex b
uild
ing. B
oth
of th
ose lo
ca-
tions w
ould
have p
rovid
ed a
cle
ar
shot a
t the P
resid
ent's
back. B
ut th
is
of co
urse
raise
s an o
bvio
us q
uestio
n.
Many c
ritics o
f the W
arre
n C
om
mis
• sio
n p
lace
the se
cond a
ssassin
in fro
nt
of th
e P
resid
ent, o
n th
e fa
mous "g
ras-
sy k
noll." In
deed, th
e Z
apru
der film
, w
hic
h m
illions o
f Am
eric
ans h
ave
seen b
y now
, clearly sh
ow
s the P
resi-
dent b
ein
g sm
ash
ed b
ackw
ard
by th
e
fata
l bulle
t. How
does C
hapm
an re
c-
oncile
his
account w
ith a
ll this
?
First, w
e kn
ow
the th
roat w
ound is
an e
xit w
ound, b
ecause th
e b
ack
wound is a
n e
ntry w
ound —
and th
ere
w
ere
no b
ulle
ts in
the b
ody. A
lso,
Chapm
an co
nfirm
ed th
is from
exp
er-
imenta
tion b
y firin
g in
to fre
sh h
am
s,
the s
kin
of w
hic
h is
clo
ser to
the h
u-
man th
an th
at o
f any o
ther a
nim
al. A
ll fra
gm
ents o
f bulle
ts and m
uch
tissue
were
found in
front o
f J.F
.K. O
ne o
f th
ose b
ulle
t fragm
ents
cra
cked th
e
win
dshie
ld, fro
m in
sid
e. A
noth
er
struck th
e cu
rb a
nd p
roduce
d a
wound
in a
man n
am
ed J
am
es T
egue, w
ho
was sta
ndin
g a
t the e
nd o
f an a
lmost
stra
ight lin
e, in
the m
iddle
of w
hic
h
Was th
e P
resid
ent, a
nd a
t the o
ther
end of w
hich
was O
swald
. There
is also
th
e fa
ct th
at th
e d
ispers
ion o
f frag-
ments
tends to
incre
ase a
s a
bulle
t te
ars th
rough tissu
e. A
nd, in
this ca
se,
the X
-ray o
f the P
resid
ent's
head
show
s tra
ils o
f bulle
t fragm
ents
in-
cre
asin
g fro
m b
ack to
front th
rough
the P
resid
ent's h
ead. O
ne sku
ll frag•
ment fle
w fo
rward
. Anoth
er fle
w u
p.
There
is a
lso th
e fa
ct th
at th
e
Zapru
der film
does show
the P
resi-
dent b
ein
g s
mashed fo
rward
a s
hort
dis
tance —
two in
ches —
with
gre
at
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vem
ent is
not apparent to the naked eye; which
con
form
s perfectly
to th
e kn
ow
n
effe
cts o
f a h
igh-v
elo
city
bulle
t, T
he reaso
n w
e are able to
see the
President's head snapping backw
ard, say
s Chap
man
, is precisely
becau
se, ab
rupt th
ough th
e movem
ent is, it is
nevertheless slower than the previous
forw
ard sn
ap. T
he h
ead m
oves fo
r-w
ard tw
o in
ches in
one Z
apru
der
frame, but requires three m
ore frames
to get back to where it started. T
hen, at n
orm
al speed
, the P
residen
t fell back to the cushion.
Finally, w
hy d
id th
e Presid
ent fall
so v
iolen
tly b
ackw
ard? Jo
hn K
en-
ned
y h
ad h
ad a sp
inal fu
sion, say
s C
hapman. H
e was w
earing three Ace
ban
dag
es and
a brace. In
sho
rt, his
freedom
of m
ovem
ent w
as severely
lim
ited. A
nd th
e first shot, w
hich
ex
ited h
is thro
at, left him
ballistical-
ly trach
eoto
mized
, with
an irresis-
tible reflex to cough. But since he had
been
tracheo
tom
ized, h
e cou
ld n
ot.
Th
at is wh
y, as sh
ow
n b
y th
e Zap
ru-
der film, he brings his hands up to his
thro
at. That is w
hy h
e flexes h
is up-
per body forward as far as he can go,
again
st the restrain
ts of th
e brace,
bandages, and spinal fusion, To do so
required
consid
erable effo
rt. But
when the final shot blew
away pert of
his b
rain, th
at effort en
ded
, and in
obed
ience to
the law
s of p
hysics th
e P
resident fell back violently to his po-sitio
n w
hen
it beg
an —
like a b
ow
from
which an arrow
has been fired. T
he q
uestio
n rem
ains o
f how
we
can b
e positiv
e that O
swald
partici-
pated
in th
e sho
otin
g, in
view
of th
e proliferating claim
s, usually esoteric, o
ften fren
zied, th
at he d
id n
ot. F
irst, say
s Chap
man
, all the frag
men
ts fo
und m
atched
Osw
ald's rifle. O
s-w
ald's palm print w
as found on a part of the underside of the barrel that w
as co
vered
by
the sto
ck, w
hich
mean
s th
at he h
ad d
isassembled
the w
eep-
10
on. H
is palm
prin
ts were also
found
on carto
ns in
his p
erch. It is in
terest-ing to note, says C
hapman, that those
carto
ns h
ad b
een a
rranged lik
e a
giant w
oofer, so that the sound of the firing w
ould be projected outside, and m
inimized inside the building.
Indeed, so many of O
swald's activ-
ities smack of an
intelligence opera-tion. In R
ussia he married the niece of
a colo
nel in
the S
ov
iet secret po
lice. B
ack in the United S
tates, he tried to in
filtrate both
Castro
ite and an
ti-C
astro g
roups. lie u
sed p
hony n
ames
and ad
dresses. A
fter the assassin
a-tio
n, h
e took a cab
to a ro
om
he h
ad
secretly ren
ted u
nd
er ano
ther n
ame,
got out a few blocks aw
ay and walked
back
, presu
mab
ly to
hin
der id
entifi-
cation b
y th
e driv
er. The .3
8 calib
er S
&W
han
dg
un
Osw
ald u
sed to
kill
Dallas police officer J.D
. Tippitt w
as lo
aded
with
two d
ifferent ty
pes o
f am
munitio
n, b
oth
of w
hich
were
slightly
too sm
all for th
e weap
on; so
th
at it was im
possib
le to trace th
e bullets to it.
So here is the scenario of the assas-
sinatio
n, acco
rdin
g to
Dr. C
hap
man
: O
swald w
as told by his control to put an em
pty cartridge casing in his clip. P
erhap
s his co
ntro
l told
him
that th
e purp
ose o
f the em
pty
casing w
as to
trap d
irt driftin
g d
ow
n th
e barrel, so
th
at the ch
amber w
ould
be clea
n and
ready for use. In reality, of course, its purpose w
as to account for the second shooter if it becam
e necessary that he. fire. T
he second shooter was told not
to fire u
ntil O
sw
ald
had
— an
d th
en
only if he failed to kill. The plan w
as to
pin
the crim
e entirely
on
Osw
ald,
wh
o w
ou
ld later b
e kn
ow
n as th
e "lo
ne assassin
." O
swald
fired th
e so-called
Mag
ic B
ullet first, only wounding P
resident K
ennedy because it was a low
-veloc-ity
"short" ro
und, p
robab
ly w
ith a
defective primer. S
omehow
it fell into G
overn
or C
onnally
's cloth
ing, an
d
AM
ER
ICA
N O
PIN
ION
later turn
ed u
p o
n h
is stretcher in
P
arkland Hospital. T
he second shoot-er fired, w
ounding the Governor. T
he bullet sm
ashed both a rib and a wrist
bone and was reportedly never found.
Osw
ald th
en fired
again
and k
illed
the President. It w
as an "act of God,"
says Chapm
an, that he failed to do so w
ith th
e first shot. If h
e had
suc-
ceeded, if the primer of the first bullet
had
no
t been
defectiv
e, the b
acku
p
shooter would not have been needed,
and would not have fired. T
oday we
would
hav
e no b
allistics' pro
of th
at there w
as a conspiracy. So the ques-
tion o
f course arises: W
ho w
as the
other shooter?
Cu
riou
s M
an
hu
nt
Hugh C
. McD
onald
is a form
er C
hief of Detectives of the L
os A
ngeles C
ounty Sheriff's D
epartment, w
here he w
as the boss of about six hundred detectiv
es. He is th
e auth
or o
f three
textbooks (on sex crimes, photograph
classifica
tion,
and
interro
gatio
n)
which are used in m
any police acad-em
ies. He is th
e inv
ento
r of Id
enti-
Kit, w
hich police departments use to
create a com
posite p
icture o
f a Ini13-
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RY
, 1976
pect. H
e speak
s Germ
an an
d Jap
a-nese. H
e has been a U.S
. Arm
y intel-ligence officer. H
e is a C.I.A
. contract ag
ent, in
wh
ich cap
acity h
e on
ce de-
liberately
crashed
a small p
lane in
to
the Black S
ea, on a mission having to
do with "rocketry and sputnik fuels."
In 1
96
0, h
e was ask
ed to
fly th
e U-2
spy plane over R
ussia. He refused, he
tells your reporter, because he "had a hunch
it was trig
gered
to ex
plo
de."
And, su
re enough, w
hatev
er wen
t w
rong, Francis G
ary Pow
ers, who took
the job, wound up in S
oviet hands. In A
pril of 1961, McD
onald was in
Wash
ingto
n, D
.C., to
atte
nd th
e
F.B
.I. National A
cademy, and paid a
visit to
Herm
an E
. Kim
sey, h
is con-
tact at the C
.I.A. O
nly
a few d
ays
earlier, the C
uban
freedom
fighters
had
met d
isaster at the B
ay o
f Pig
s w
hen tra
itors in
our g
overn
ment
with
held
the p
rom
ised air su
pport
wh
ich th
e inv
asion
need
ed fo
r suc-
cess. And w
hile M
cDonald
was in
K
imsey
's office, a m
an b
urst in
, and
excoriated Kim
sey for the operation's failu
re. The m
an h
ad h
it the b
each
with
the o
thers, b
ut h
ad m
anag
ed to
escap
e. He w
as angry
. "Som
eone's
11
got to
answ
er fo
r this
," he s
aid
. A
bru
ptly
, the m
an le
ft, and K
im-
sey to
ld M
cD
onald
that h
e w
as "th
e
finest a
ssassin
in th
e w
orld
," who
work
ed fo
r C.I.A
. and o
thers
. "H
e frig
hte
ned m
e," M
cD
onald
re
calle
d fo
r your re
porte
r. "He w
as
betw
een 5
'9" a
nd 5
'11", h
eavy-a
houl-
dare
d, b
ig b
oned, a
ggre
ssive, a
nd p
ow
-erfu
l. I had th
e im
pre
ssio
n h
e w
ould
never ru
n. H
e re
min
ded m
e o
f the
way th
e G
erm
ans tra
ined th
eir d
ogs.
They w
ould
fire a
shot a
mong a
gro
up
of p
rospects
, som
e o
f whic
h w
ould
sim
ply
fain
t. Oth
ers
would
run. A
few
w
ould
atta
ck in
sta
ntly
. The m
an in
K
imsey's
offic
e w
as th
at ty
pe."
Now
it was th
e fe
ll of 1
964. M
c-
Donald
was o
n le
ave fro
m th
e S
her-
ilia D
epartm
ent, w
ork
ing a
s c
hie
f of
security
for R
epublic
an P
resid
entia
l candid
ate
Barry
Gold
wate
r. Kim
sey,
who b
y th
is tim
e h
ad
left th
e A
gency,
was n
ow
work
ing fo
r McD
onald
. And
in D
eale
y Pla
za, in
Dalla
s, he to
ld h
is new
boss th
at th
e m
an M
cD
onald
had se
en in
Kim
sey's o
ffice m
ore
than
thre
e ye
ars b
efo
re w
as th
e re
al a
ssas-
sin
of J
ohn F
. Kennedy a
nd h
ad fire
d
from
the H
all o
f Record
s.
Who w
as H
erm
an E
dw
ard
Kim
-sey? H
e w
as b
orn
on D
ecem
ber 1
1,
1916, a
t an In
dia
n m
issio
n in
Gallu
p,
New
Mexic
o. H
e s
tarte
d o
ut w
ork
ing
for th
e F
ore
st S
erv
ice, a
t Mt. S
hasta
, C
alifo
rnia
. He sp
ent se
ven ye
ars a
s a
U.S
. Arm
y in
tellig
ence a
gent. F
or
eig
ht ye
ars, h
e w
as C
hie
f of R
ese
arch
and A
naly
sis
for th
e C
entra
l Inte
lli-gence
Agency. H
is close
st friend w
as
Leonard
David
ov, a
noth
er C
.I.A. co
n-
tract a
gent, w
ho a
lso w
ork
ed fo
r Mc-
Donald
on th
e G
old
wate
r deta
il, and
is n
ow
a v
ice p
resid
ent o
f People
s
Dru
g in
Wash
ingto
n. D
avid
ov re
ports
that h
e a
nd K
imsey b
ecam
e frie
nds
in 1
962. "K
imsey n
ever re
ally
sle
pt.
He s
tayed a
way fro
m w
indow
s. H
e
never d
rank. H
e w
as a
bull, a
nd y
ou
could
feel it in
his
handshake. H
e
12
cam
e to
CIA
from
OS
S. H
e w
as a
n
assa
ssin, p
erso
nally re
sponsib
le to
Al-
len D
ulle
s. T
he A
gency tru
ste
d h
im.
He u
sed to
carry
millio
ns in
cash in
an a
ttach
é ca
se. H
e w
as a
dead sh
ot.
He c
ould
shoot b
y in
stin
ct."
David
ov re
calls
that K
imsey o
nce
gave h
im tic
kets
to th
e W
ashin
gto
n
horse
show
, where
he sa
t in th
e P
resi-
dentia
l box w
ith J
ackie
Kennedy a
nd
her m
oth
er. In
1965, K
imsey w
as
marrie
d fo
r only
thre
e d
ays to
a la
dy
nam
ed L
ois
Hall, w
ho D
avid
ov b
e-
lieves w
as "p
ut in
by a
n a
gency." O
n
the n
ight o
f Kim
sey'e
death
, in J
anu-
ary o
f 1972, a
couple
of m
en fro
m th
e
Natio
nal S
ecurity
Agency c
am
e to
D
avid
ov's p
lace
, where
Kim
sey sto
red
his p
apers, w
ent th
rough th
em
, found
a p
ackage, s
aid
, "This
is it," to
ok it
with
them
, an
d le
ft. At th
e tim
e, th
e
Natio
nal S
ecurity
Agency w
as u
nder
the a
uth
ority
of H
enry
Kis
sin
ger.
Kim
sey le
ft C.I.A
. on S
epte
mber
20, 1
962. D
avid
ov b
elie
ves h
e w
as
made th
e s
capegoat fo
r the B
ay o
f P
igs. "I th
ink th
e C
ubans w
ere
w
arn
ed a
bout th
e B
ay o
f Pig
s — w
hen
and w
here
." Afte
rward
, Kim
sey
seem
ed to
be u
nder tre
mendous p
res-
sure
. He trie
d to
get a
noth
er g
overn
. m
ent jo
b, b
ut c
ould
not. N
o o
ne
would
touch h
im. "B
ut w
hen h
e d
ied,
Dean [F
rancis B
ow
es]
Sayre
him
self
offic
iate
d a
t his
funera
l." H
ow
much d
id K
imsey k
now
about th
e a
ssassin
atio
n o
f Pre
sid
ent
Kennedy? "H
erm
an K
imsey k
new
every
thin
g a
bout th
e a
ssassin
atio
n."
And in
Septe
mber, 1
964, K
imsey
told
McD
onald
part o
f it. McD
onald
, m
ore
and m
ore
ala
rmed, a
sked h
im
fur th
e re
st. K
imsey to
ld h
im: "H
ugh,
get o
ff of th
is. If you d
on't, yo
u w
ill be
tota
lly destro
yed. If n
ece
ssary, th
ese
people
will k
ill you."
But M
cD
onald
would
not re
st. H
e
stu
die
d th
e fin
din
gs o
f the W
arre
n
Com
missio
n. A
nd, to
his a
maze
ment,
Com
mis
sio
n E
xhib
it 237 tu
rned o
ut
AM
ER
ICA
N O
PIN
ION
to b
e a
photo
gra
ph o
f the m
an h
e h
ad
seen in
Kim
sey's
offic
e —
the m
an
Kim
sey to
ld h
im h
ad m
urd
ere
d th
e
Pre
sident.
The p
hoto
gra
ph a
ppare
ntly
w
as
taken c
oyertly
by C
.I.A. a
gents
, at
the S
ovie
t Em
bassy in
Mexic
o C
ity,
on O
cto
ber 4
, 1963. T
he C
.I.A. la
ter
sent it to
the F
.B.I. in
Dalla
s —
befo
re
the a
ssassin
atio
n. S
om
ew
here
en
route
, the n
am
e of L
ee H
arv
ey O
s-
wald
was ty
ped u
pon it, w
hic
h o
f co
urse
raise
s seve
ral fa
scinatin
g q
ues-
tions. D
irecto
r of th
e C
.I.A. R
ichard
H
elm
s la
ter te
stifie
d th
at h
e s
till doesn't k
now
who th
e m
an in
the
photo
gra
ph is
. Was it d
isin
form
a-
tion? W
as it a
pla
nt?
No o
ne w
ho
know
s is
talk
ing.
McD
onald
gave th
e m
an a
nam
e
— "S
aul" —
and s
et to
work
to try
to
find h
im. H
e p
assed th
e w
ord
am
ong
his
many c
onta
cts
in E
uro
pe. Y
ears
passed. A
nd fin
ally
, in J
une o
f 1972,
at th
e W
estb
ury
Hote
l in L
ondon,
they ca
me fa
ce to
face
. "S
aul" c
onfirm
ed in
every
deta
il th
e s
tory
Kim
sey h
ad to
ld M
cD
onald
. H
e h
ad b
een p
aid
fifty th
ousand d
ol-
lars
to k
ill the P
resid
ent. T
he m
an
who g
ave h
im th
e "c
ontra
ct" h
e
calle
d "T
roit," b
ecause D
etro
it had
been m
entio
ned in
their co
nve
rsatio
n.
"Tro
it" obvio
usly
repre
sente
d p
ow
er-
ful in
tere
sts
, eith
er in
or o
ut o
f the
U.S
. Govern
ment. "S
aul" d
id n
ot
know
, and d
id n
ot w
ant to
know
— fo
r th
e o
bvio
us re
ason th
at th
e le
ss h
e
knew
the sa
fer h
e w
ould
be.
"Tro
it" was o
bvio
usly
a p
rofe
s-
sio
nal, a
nd h
ad p
lanned e
very
angle
of th
e "h
it." It would
take p
lace in
D
alla
s, w
here
"Tro
it" had a
rranged
for a
pats
y —
a y
oung p
sychopath
w
ho h
ad d
efe
cted to
the S
ovie
t Unio
n
and c
om
e h
om
e. T
his
young m
an,
who o
f cours
e la
ter tu
rned o
ut to
be
Lee H
arv
ey O
sw
ald
, would
pro
vid
e
coverin
g fire
for "S
aul" fro
m th
e s
ixth
flo
or o
f the T
exa
a S
chool B
ook D
ew
s-
FE
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RY
. 1976
itory
. "Tro
it" had c
onned O
sw
ald
in-
to th
e b
elie
f that h
e w
ould
be w
orkin
g
for th
e U
.S. G
overn
ment —
specifi-
cally
, for th
e C
.I.A. O
sw
ald
would
be
told
to s
hoot in
to th
e s
treet —
not to
hit a
nyo
ne —
in o
rder to
dra
matize
to
the P
resid
ent th
e fa
ct that h
is secu
ri-ty
pre
cautio
ns w
ere
defic
ient. "S
aul"
would
do th
e k
illing. T
he S
ecre
t Ser-
vic
e w
ould
retu
rn O
sw
ald
's fire
, un-
der c
over o
f whic
h "S
aul" w
ould
kill
the p
ats
y. L
ate
r, the S
ecre
t Serv
ice
would
find th
e "a
ssassin
's" body. T
he
case w
ould
be c
losed. O
sw
ald
had
alre
ady p
ractic
ed fo
r the jo
b, b
y
shootin
g to
"scare
" Genera
l Walk
er,
to p
ersu
ade h
im to
ato
p e
mbarra
ssing
the g
ove
rnm
ent.
"Saul" to
ld M
cD
onald
that h
e
fired fro
m a
win
dow
on th
e s
econd
floor o
f the H
all o
f Record
s. M
cD
on-
ald
late
r told
your re
porte
r that a
t first h
e w
as d
ubio
us, b
eca
use
such
a
loca
tion w
ould
have
pro
duce
d to
o fla
t a tra
jecto
ry to sq
uare
with
the kn
ow
n
effe
cts. But in
Euro
pe, w
here
McD
on-
ald
belie
ves "S
aul" c
om
es fro
m, th
e
"second" flo
or is
what w
e w
ould
call
the th
ird flo
or.
So, a
ccord
ing to
the M
cD
onald
scenario
, Osw
ald
fired firs
t. "Saul,"
alre
ady a
imin
g, fire
d a
bulle
t (made
to d
isin
tegra
te) in
to K
ennedy a
nd
Connally
. He fire
d a
gain
, killin
g th
e
Pre
sid
ent w
ith a
noth
er s
uch b
ulle
t. O
sw
ald
fired tw
ice. "S
aul" s
wung h
is
scope o
nto
Osw
ald
, and w
aite
d fo
r the
Secre
t Serv
ice to
retu
rn h
is fire
. "S
aul" w
as a
lready v
ery
fam
iliar w
ith
the p
ats
y, b
ecause, in
confo
rmity
w
ith th
e d
icta
tes o
f his
"pro
fessio
n,"
he h
ad o
bse
rved O
swald
at le
ngth
, at
clo
se ra
nge, in
Mexic
o C
ity, w
here
"T
roit" h
ad s
ent h
im o
n a
pre
text fo
r th
at p
urp
ose
. B
ut fo
r som
e re
ason th
e S
ecre
t S
ervice
did
not
retu
rn O
sw
ald
's fire
—
and, w
ithout th
eir co
verin
g p
rote
c-tio
n, "S
aul" c
ould
not s
hoot a
gain
. H
e c
onceale
d h
is rifle
under h
is a
rm
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Esq
uire
in
Febru
ary
1972
rep
orte
d th
at th
is e
xp
losiv
e
stu
dy o
f Se
na
tor E
dw
ard
M
oo
re K
en
ned
y "h
ea
ps u
p
mo
un
ds o
f evid
en
ce
to p
rove
th
at 1
) Te
dd
y lie
d a
bo
ut
Chappaquid
dic
k;
2) T
eddy
wa
s g
uilty
of m
an
sla
ug
hte
r; 3
) 'all th
e e
fforts
of th
e p
olic
e
and ju
dic
iary
auth
oritie
s w
ere
dire
cte
d ... n
ot to
ward
dis
-covery
of its
truth
but to
ward
its
bu
rial.' "
Te
dd
y B
are
is a
ca
refu
l, honest p
resenta
tion o
f the
chara
cte
r of th
e m
an w
ho
wo
uld
be
Pre
sid
en
t, an
d o
f the
n
atu
re o
f the
forc
es th
at a
re
pushin
g h
im to
ward
this
su-
Pre
me o
ffice. In
the p
rocess, it
ays b
are
Senato
r Kennedy's
dis
regard
for h
onesty
, justic
e,
an
d th
e la
w.
Teddy B
are
is th
e firs
t ste
p-
by•s
tep
ch
ron
icle
of th
e C
ha
p-
paquid
dic
k a
ffair, fro
m its
tra
gic
begin
nin
gs to
its s
ord
id
co
nclu
sio
n. It g
ive
s fa
cts
the
K
en
ne
dy c
lan
ha
s s
pe
nt
month
s o
f effo
rt and u
nto
ld
TE
DD
Y
BA
RE
T
he Last
Of T
he K
ennedy Clan
by Z
ad R
ust
sum
s o
f money to
suppre
ss. It
tells
of th
e le
ngth
s to
whic
h
the K
ennedys w
ent in
ord
er to
th
wart, p
erv
ert, a
nd c
orru
pt
justic
e.
But T
eddy B
are
is m
ore
; it is
the
first b
oo
k th
at e
xp
ose
s
the
po
litica
l ma
ch
ine
ry b
eh
ind
E
dw
ard
Ke
nn
ed
y w
hic
h w
ill sto
p a
t noth
ing in
its q
uest fo
r p
ow
er; T
ed
dy B
are
is th
e p
oli-
tica
l exp
ose
of th
is p
olitic
al
year.
275 p
ages
$7.0
0 h
ard
bound
$2
.00
pa
pe
rba
ck
Fro
m a
ny
Am
eric
an
Op
inio
n B
oo
ksto
re
Or
WE
ST
ER
N IS
LA
ND
S
Beto
n:m
t. Maas a
ch
usetts
02178
S•n
Ma
nn
*, Ca
lllotn
ta 9
11
08
and d
ow
n h
is trouse
r leg, a
nd lim
ped
aw
ay, a
s he h
ad co
me.
Why w
ould
"Saul" b
e w
illing to
te
ll McD
onald
all th
is? M
cD
onald
sp
ecu
late
s that sin
ce "S
aul" h
ad first
seen h
im in
C.I.A
. he w
ould
pro
bably
belie
ve th
at M
cD
onald
, like h
imself,
was a
lso a
C.I.A
. contra
ct a
gent.
Kim
sey w
as b
y n
ow
dead. M
aybe
"Sa
ul" th
ou
gh
t McD
on
ald
ha
d ta
ken
his
pla
ce. "S
aul" fe
lt safe
. T
he cru
cial q
uestio
n, o
f course
, is: W
ho
is "T
rott"?
Sin
ce
he
wa
s th
e
man w
ho h
ired "S
aul," h
e w
ould
ob-
vio
usly
know
much m
ore
about th
e
Co
nsp
iracy. H
e w
ou
ld k
no
w w
ho
the
oth
er co
nsp
irato
rs were
. The co
mpar-
ison th
at fo
llow
s w
as s
uggeste
d to
your re
porte
r by in
tellig
ence in
vesti-
gato
r Fra
nk A
. Capell. It is
importa
nt
to e
mp
ha
siz
e th
at, in
layin
g it b
efo
re
you
, you
r rep
orte
r is in n
o w
ay a
ccus-
ing a
nyb
ody o
f anyth
ing. H
e d
raw
s no
conclu
sio
ns. Y
our re
porte
r is s
imply
la
ying
two
sets o
f facts sid
e b
y side
for
you
r con
side
ratio
n.
Georg
e S
. De M
ohre
nschild
t was
born
in R
ussia
on A
pril 1
7, 1
911. H
e
cam
e to
the U
nite
d S
tate
s in 1
938. H
e
wo
rke
d w
ith F
ren
ch
inte
llige
nce. H
e
was a
ccuse
d b
y the F
.B.I. o
f bein
g a
N
azi sp
y. His w
ife w
as a
ccuse
d b
y her
form
er h
usband o
f bein
g a
Com
mu-
nist. H
e to
ld th
e W
arre
n C
om
missio
n
that h
e w
ould
not lik
e to
live u
nder
Com
munis
m; b
ut h
is fo
rmer s
on-in
-la
w, G
ary
Ta
ylo
r, testifie
d th
at "th
ey
exp
resse
d d
esire
s to re
turn
to R
ussia
and liv
e." D
e M
ohre
nschild
t expla
ins
that "if s
om
ebody lik
es it, le
t them
h
ave
it. An
d I g
et a
lon
g ve
ry we
ll with
fe
llow
worke
rs who a
re C
om
munists.
Fo
r insta
nce
, in Y
ug
osla
via
, I go
t alo
ng v
ery
well w
ith th
em
. . ." D
e M
oh
ren
sch
ildt is
a p
etro
leu
m
engin
eer w
ho is co
nnecte
d a
t the ve
ry to
p. H
e to
ld th
e C
om
mis
sio
n a
bout
his
me
mb
ers
hip
in w
ha
t he
ca
lls th
e
Da
llas C
ou
ncil o
f Wo
rld A
ffairs
: . M
r. Marc
us w
as th
e p
resid
ent
1:6
11
11
1.1
A R
V, 1
97
6
of it. M
r. McG
ee ,Ja
s the
pre
side
nt o
f it. "M
r. Mallo
n w
as p
resid
ent o
f that,
and a
ctu
ally
org
aniz
ed th
is g
roup.
Mr. M
allo
n is
ch
airm
an
of th
e b
oa
rd
of D
resser In
dustrie
s. B
ut th
ey in
-vite
d s
om
e p
eople
to D
alla
s w
ho a
re
possib
ly s
ocia
lists
. . ." Indeed,
am
ong h
is many d
eals w
as o
ne a
ppar-
ently
financed b
y th
e E
xport-Im
port
Ba
nk, a
nd
the
Ro
cke
felle
rs' C
ha
se
M
anhatta
n in
New
York
. B
ut p
erh
aps m
ore
importa
nt th
an
an
ythin
g e
lse is th
e fa
ct tha
t De
Mo
b-
renschild
t was th
e frie
nd a
nd p
rote
c-
tor o
f Le
e H
arv
ey O
sw
ald
wh
en
the
"lo
ne a
ssassin
" retu
rned fro
m R
ussia
. N
ow
let u
s m
ake th
e fa
scin
atin
g
com
pa
rison
you
r rep
orte
r me
ntio
ne
d.
"Saul" to
ld M
cD
onald
this
about
"Tra
it": ". . He h
ad a
'friend,' a
yo
ung m
an w
ho h
ad re
cently re
turn
ed
from
the
So
vie
t Un
ion
. Th
is 'frie
nd
' w
as cra
zy enough to
belie
ve a
nyth
ing
he to
ld h
im . ..." D
e M
ohre
nschild
t to
ld th
e C
om
mis
sio
n th
is a
bout O
s-
wald
: "You k
now
, he w
as v
ery
hum
-b
le —
with
me
he
wa
s very h
um
ble
. If som
ebody e
xpre
ssed a
n in
tere
st in
him
, he b
lossom
ed, a
bsolu
tely
blo
s-
so
me
d . . . . T
ha
t wa
s m
ore
or le
ss
the re
ason th
at I th
ink h
e lik
ed m
e
very
much."
Indeed, G
ary
Taylo
r told
the C
om
-m
issio
n th
at "th
ere
se
em
ed
to b
e a
gre
at d
eal o
f influ
ence
there
. It would
be m
y g
uess th
at D
e M
ohre
nschild
t e
nco
ura
ge
d h
im to
mo
ve
to D
alla
s,
and h
e su
ggeste
d a
num
ber o
f thin
gs
to L
ee —
such a
s w
here
to lo
ok fo
r jo
bs. A
nd it. s
eem
s lik
e w
hate
ver h
is
sug
ge
stion
s we
re, L
ee
gra
bb
ed
the
m
and to
ols th
em
— w
heth
er it w
as w
hat
time
to g
o to
be
d o
r wh
ere
to sta
y or to
le
t Ma
rina
sta
y w
ith u
s w
hile
he
sta
yed a
t the Y
MC
A."
Th
ere
is a
lso
the
inte
restin
g fa
ct
that "S
aul" firs
t met "T
roit" in
1961,
in G
ua
tem
ala
, the
stag
ing
are
a fo
r the
B
ay o
f Pig
s: "D
urin
g o
ur tra
inin
g
15
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AIM
thate
•
pe
riod
in G
ua
tem
ala
. . . a c
erta
in
ma
n w
ou
ld a
pp
ea
r occa
sion
ally a
t the
cam
p s
ite. It w
as w
his
pere
d a
round
tha
t he
wa
s o
ne
of th
e A
me
rica
n
agents
. He s
eem
ed to
be p
rimarily
in
vo
lve
d in
a ty
pe
of in
du
stria
l sa
bo
-ta
ge . . ." A
nd it h
appened th
at D
e
Mo
hre
nsch
ildt a
nd
his
wife
we
re
there
at th
e tim
e, c
om
ple
tely
"by
accid
en
t." H
e to
ld th
e C
om
mis
sio
n
tha
t the
y h
ad
take
n a
wa
lkin
g trip
-fro
m th
e T
exas b
ord
er m
any h
un-
dre
ds o
f mile
s thro
ugh M
exico
— a
nd
that th
ey "ju
st h
appened" to
turn
up
in G
ua
tem
ala
City
wh
en th
e C
.I.A.
was g
ettin
g re
ad
y to
invad
e C
uba
. W
ha
t it me
an
s, y
ou
r rep
orte
r do
esn
't kn
ow
, bu
t Ta
ylo
r als
o te
stifie
d th
at
wh
ile in
Gu
ate
ma
la th
e D
e M
oh
ren
-schild
ts liv
ed fo
r thre
e w
eeks in
a
resid
ence w
ithout th
e p
erm
issio
n o
f th
e a
bse
nt o
wn
ers
, wh
o re
turn
ed
af-
ter th
at tim
e a
nd e
vic
ted th
em
by
force
. "S
au
l" told
McD
on
ald
tha
t he
next m
et "T
roit" a
s fo
llow
s: "In
the
mid
dle
of M
ay, 1
963, I w
ent to
Haiti.
I ha
d b
ee
n to
ld to
stay th
ere
for th
ree
d
ays, w
ithin
a c
erta
in g
eo
gra
ph
ica
l are
a."
"Wh
ere
?
"The H
ote
l Ibole
le . . . ."
It wa
s in
a p
riva
te re
sid
en
ce
ne
ar-
by th
at "T
roit" p
roposed th
e a
ssassi-
na
tion
of th
e P
resid
en
t. D
e M
ohre
nschild
t told
the C
om
-m
issio
n th
at h
e a
nd h
is w
ife w
ere
in
Haiti a
round "th
e firs
t or s
econ
d o
f Ju
ne
in 1
96
3." T
he
re w
as a
lso a
ma
p
of H
aiti, o
n w
hic
h D
e M
ohre
nsch
ildt
had w
ritten th
e w
ord
s: "Ib
ole
le
Ho
tel."
Your re
porte
r asked M
cD
onald
w
heth
er h
e k
now
s w
ho "T
roit" is
. "I th
ink 1
kno
w w
ho
he
is." "W
ho is
he?"
"I wo
n't s
ay n
ow
. I wa
nt to
pu
t ten
pic
ture
s in
front o
f 'Saul' a
nd le
t him
m
ake
the
ide
ntific
atio
n."
"That m
eans th
at y
ou kn
ow
w
ho
16
'Tro
it' is. If I n
am
e h
im, w
ill yo
u te
ll m
e ye
s or n
o?"
"N o
." "Is
it Ge
org
e D
e M
oh
ren
sch
ildt?
" R
em
em
ber th
at M
cD
onald
is a
pro
fessio
nal a
nd a
heavyw
eig
ht. H
e
has b
een in
the b
usin
ess fo
r forty
ye
ars. H
e te
lls you w
hat h
e w
ants yo
u
to k
no
w. H
e d
oe
sn
't tell y
ou
wh
at h
e
doesn't w
ant y
ou to
know
. And it is
fa
ir to s
ay th
at a
t the m
entio
n o
f De
Mohre
nschild
t, he a
ll but tu
rned
pu
rple
. His
bro
w fu
rrow
ed
. Fo
r just a
m
om
ent, h
e b
eg
an
to s
tutte
r. Ag
ain
he s
aid
that th
is w
as n
ot th
e tim
e to
sp
ea
k. S
o h
ere
is th
e w
ay it w
as, a
ccord
. in
g to
McD
on
ald
: "Eith
er K
imse
y
confro
nte
d 'S
aul' w
ith h
is p
ictu
re,
take
n in
Me
xic
o C
ity, w
hic
h p
rom
pt.
ed
'Sa
ul' to
tell h
im th
e s
tory
—
pre
fer to
be
lieve
tha
t — o
r He
rma
n
Kim
se
y ra
n th
e w
ho
le s
ho
w. S
om
e-
body in
the C
.I.A. h
ad to
know
about
it and
be p
art o
f it. C.I.A
. know
s
tod
ay w
here
'Saul' is. B
y this tim
e, h
e
has re
ad
my b
ook. If w
hat I w
rote
is
n't tru
e, w
hy d
oesn't h
e c
om
e fo
r-w
ard
? H
elm
s lie
d to
the W
arre
n
Com
mis
sio
n a
bout 'S
aul.' B
oth
the
F.B
.I. and C
.I.A. lie
d a
bout D
e M
oh-
ren
sch
ildt.
"If 'Saul' to
ld th
e tru
th —
and I'm
absolu
tely
convin
ced h
e d
id —
I'm
sta
kin
g m
y life
. They c
ould
hire
him
to
kill m
e. If m
y b
ook g
ets
popula
r, m
ayb
e th
ey w
ill. 'Sa
ul's
' on
ly c
ha
nce
n
ow
is to
talk
, to fin
ge
r the
ne
xt m
an
up: 'T
roit.' If h
e d
oesn't, h
e's
a d
ead
ma
n.
"My firm
op
inio
n is
tha
t the
So
-vie
t Unio
n s
et it u
p. T
hey p
ulle
d th
e
trigger. T
hey h
ad th
e m
otiv
e. K
en-
nedy fa
ced th
em
dow
n in
the m
issile
crisis. H
e sto
pp
ed
the
ir ship
s de
ad
on
th
e h
igh
sea
s. So
the
y said
he
ha
d to
g
o. T
he
de
cision
wa
s ma
de
in R
ussia
. I th
ink th
at 'S
au
l' wa
s o
rigin
ally
a
Ukra
inia
n, tra
ine
d b
y th
e U
.S.S
.R.,
who e
ve
ntu
ally
bro
ke a
way. A
nd
AM
ER
ICA
N O
PIN
ION
the
re a
re O
sw
ald
's m
an
y R
ussia
n
co
nn
ectio
ns. T
he
Wa
rren
Co
mm
is-
sio
n c
ove
red
all th
is u
p to
pre
ve
nt a
w
ar. B
ut le
t's g
et it o
ut in
to th
e o
pe
n
an
d le
t the
pe
op
le d
ecid
e. I th
ink
World
War Ill is
com
ing."
Wh
at w
as
the
lie th
e F
.B.I. a
nd
C
.I.A. to
ld a
bout D
e M
ohre
nschild
t?
Wa
s it th
e a
sse
rtion
tha
t he
wa
s n
ot
on th
e p
ayro
ll? A
s u
sual, M
cD
onald
d
id n
ot e
lab
ora
te. H
e d
oe
s say th
at h
e
is "in
favo
r of th
e F
.B.I. a
nd
C.I.A
. but th
ey m
ust b
e c
leaned u
p. W
e
have th
e rig
ht to
assassin
ate
as a
natio
n. B
ut w
e ca
n't b
e frivo
lous. O
ur
actio
ns m
ust s
tan
d th
e p
ub
lic lig
ht."
So
the
re it is
. McD
on
ald
tells
his
fa
scin
atin
g s
tory
in h
is n
ew
book,
Appoin
tment In
Dalla
s: The F
inal S
o-
lutio
n T
o T
he
Assa
ssina
tion
of J.F
. K.,
publis
hed b
y Z
ebra
, in N
ew
York
, in
1975. A
nd th
e q
uestio
n o
f cours
e
aris
es: Is
it the tru
th?
Ho
w It A
dd
s U
p
The re
ader w
ill have n
otic
ed th
at
the
auth
orita
tive
find
ing
s o
f Dr.
Ch
ap
ma
n a
nd
the
McD
on
ald
story
coin
cid
e in
many re
spects
. At th
e
sa
me
time
, the
re a
re c
rucia
l diffe
r-e
nce
s: T
he
Ch
ap
ma
n S
ce
na
rio h
as
Osw
ald
shootin
g to
kill; th
e M
cD
on-
ald
sto
ry h
as h
im s
hootin
g to
warn
. A
cco
rdin
g to
Ch
ap
ma
n, th
e M
ag
ic
Bu
llet w
ou
nd
up
on
the
Pa
rkla
nd
stre
tch
er b
y a
ccid
en
t. Acco
rdin
g to
M
cD
onald
, it was p
lante
d b
y d
esig
n
to in
crim
inate
Osw
ald
. B
ut e
ven th
ese c
onflic
ts m
ay b
e
reso
lve
d. R
em
em
be
r tha
t "Sa
ul"
did
n't k
now
, and d
idn't
want
to
kno
w, a
ny m
ore
tha
n h
e n
ee
de
d to
fill th
e "c
ontra
ct." It is
perfe
ctly
possib
le
that, u
nknow
n to
him
, additio
nal a
r-ra
ngem
ents
were
made. In
fact., it is
p
rob
ab
le. F
urth
erm
ore
, "Sa
ul" to
ld
McD
onald
only p
art o
f what h
e kn
ew
; and w
hat h
e d
id
sa
y m
ay h
ave
in-
cluded so
me lie
s. Rem
em
ber th
at w
e
are
talk
ing
ab
ou
t a m
an
wh
o c
laim
s
FE
BR
UA
RY
, 1976
to h
ave
kille
d o
ur P
resid
en
t. Mc-
Donald
, in tu
rn, is
only
tellin
g u
s
wh
at h
e w
as to
ld.
Th
ese
po
ssibilitie
s ne
verth
ele
ss do
not p
rove th
e M
cD
onald
sto
ry tru
e.
Yo
ur re
po
rter c
an
did
ly to
ld h
im th
at
if just a
bout a
nybody e
lse's
nam
e
we
re o
n th
e c
ove
r, yo
ur re
po
rter
wo
uld
ha
ve p
rom
ptly to
ssed
his b
oo
k in
to th
e tra
sh. It d
ese
rves to
be
take
n
serio
usly
because o
f his
reputa
tion.
His
rep
uta
tion
ma
ke
s h
is s
tory
ne
ws.
Bu
t his
rep
uta
tion
isn
't pro
of. M
any
Am
eric
an
s m
ay n
ow
be
wo
nd
erin
g
wheth
er h
is ta
le is
a c
oncoctio
n —
a
concoctio
n d
esig
ned to
rake in
the
roya
lties h
e is n
ow
rakin
g in
. McD
on-
ald
an
swe
rs tha
t, asid
e fro
m th
e b
oo
k, h
e e
njo
ys a
pe
nsio
n o
f thirte
en
tho
u-
sa
nd
do
llars
; an
nu
al ro
ya
lties fro
m
Identi-K
it of tw
elv
e th
ousand d
olla
rs;
an
d, th
irty th
ou
sa
nd
do
llars
a y
ea
r fro
m H
olly
wood P
ark
for s
ecurity
w
ork d
urin
g th
e se
aso
n.
Many
A1&
SIO
CA
N O
PIN
ION
re
ad
ers
ma
y b
e w
on
de
ring
wh
eth
er h
is s
tory
is
a ty
pic
al "d
isin
form
atio
n" o
pe
ra-
tion —
part o
f the c
urre
nt fre
nzie
d
atte
mp
t to c
om
ple
te th
e d
estru
ctio
n
of o
ur in
tellig
ence c
apability
. Th
at
could
be! B
ut H
ug
h M
cD
on
ald
is d
e-
ma
nd
ing
an
inve
stiga
tion
— a real in
-ve
stigatio
n —
in w
hich
he w
ould
tes-
tify u
nder o
ath
; and w
hic
h w
ould
be
em
po
we
red
to d
ig o
ut th
e fu
ll truth
. In
such
an in
vestig
atio
n, h
e w
ould
be
puttin
g h
is fre
edom
and re
puta
tion
on
the
line
. If it de
ve
lop
s th
at h
e is
ly
ing, h
e w
ould
of c
ours
e b
e s
ent to
ja
il for p
erju
ry, a
nd th
e m
ost v
alu
-a
ble
thin
g h
e o
wn
s, h
is re
pu
tatio
n,
wo
uld
be
de
stro
ye
d. B
ut M
cD
on
ald
is
willin
g to
run
the
ga
un
tlet.
Such a
n in
vestig
atio
n s
hould
call
Dr. C
hapm
an to
testify
. And p
erm
it yo
ur re
porte
r quickly to
add th
at N
el-
son R
ocke
felle
r should
have
noth
ing
to d
o w
ith it. N
eedle
ss to
say, e
very
-th
ing R
ockefe
ller to
uches s
eem
s to
tu
rn to
frau
d, a
s wa
s the
rece
nt re
po
rt
17
f•
a
iiiktisith
iSierr.iik
irwS
w.r.:siag
iaaditiefeek
ititsiaIirOo
twA
is44
iWasiiiliecU
stAssesik
awd"
Waile:VisSarratristaaw
irlausialaiditkati
of his Com
mission O
n C.I.A
. Activi-
ties With
in T
he U
nited
States. F
or
instan
ce, Chap
man
reports th
at he
was in
terview
ed fo
r two h
ours an
d
twen
ty m
inutes b
y S
enio
r Com
mis.
sion Counsel R
obert B. O
lsen, a con-
versatio
n d
escribed
as follo
ws in
the
Rock
efeller Rep
ort: ". . . D
r. Chap
-
man
declared
that if th
ere were an
y
assassins firing at the President from
the g
rassy k
noll, 'th
ey m
ust h
ave
been
very
poor sh
ots b
ecause th
ey
did
n't h
it anyth
ing.' " T
he R
eport
neglects to mention C
hapman's find-
ing th
at two assassin
s were firin
g
from
the rear, so
the im
pressio
n is
created th
at he b
elieves th
ere was
only one shooter — w
hich as we have
seen is th
e exact rev
erse of th
e truth
.
The sam
e treatmen
t was h
anded
to
the p
restigio
us D
r. Cyril H
. Wech
t,
the P
ittsburg
h p
atholo
gist.
What w
ould
a real investigation
do? By fin
din
g th
e truth
, it would
of
course co
nfirm
or d
eny th
e vario
us
rum
ors. A
mong th
em is th
e theo
ry
that L
yndon Jo
hnso
n w
as som
ehow
involv
ed —
and it certain
ly is tru
e
that w
hen
ever Jo
hnso
n m
oved
up in
politics people developed irresistible
com
pulsio
ns to
com
mit su
icide, lik
e
the m
an w
ho "k
illed h
imself' b
y fir.
ing a
shotg
un in
to h
is ow
n b
ack.
There is also
the g
row
ing in
dicatio
n
that th
e Mob m
ay in
som
e way
hav
e
been
involv
ed. R
ecently
, we h
ave
seen the revelations that Mafia chief-
tains w
ere sounded
out b
y C
.I.A.
about th
e possib
ility o
f "wastin
g"
Castro
; and th
at at least one o
f their
a "la
dy frie
nds" w
as a
lso
"lady
friend" of John Kennedy.
What w
ould
a real investig
ation
find? More likely than anything else,
to y
our rep
orter, is th
e possib
ility
that it would find dram
atic confirma-
tion o
f the ex
istence o
f the C
onsp
ir-
18
acy to
enslav
e the w
orld
; run b
y th
e
supremely pow
erful people who dom
i-
nate the United S
tates and the Soviet
Union —
and who, even in 1963, w
ere
working to com
plete the merger of the
K.G
.B. an
d th
e C.I.A
. for p
urp
oses
ensuring their control. A real investi-
gatio
n w
ould
answ
er the q
uestio
ns
recently raised by Robert S
am A
nson,
in h
is new
book T
hey've K
illed T
he
Presid
ent!
(New
York
, Banta
m,
197b): ". . A
nd h
ow
likely
is it that
the K
GB
and C
IA w
ould
mount a
joint operation? Tacit cooperation be-
tween rival intelligence services, even
active co
operatio
n o
n a case-b
y-case
basis, is n
ot u
nheard
of . . . N
ikita
Khru
shch
ev o
nce startled
Dw
ight
Eisen
how
er with
the jo
cular su
gges-
tion th
at the S
oviets an
d A
merican
s
merg
e th
eir in
tellig
ence se
rvic
es
since, as Khrushchev slyly put it, 'w
e
are both paying the same people any.
way
.' But th
e sort o
f cooperatio
n in
-
volv
ed in
infiltra
ting th
e S
ovie
t
Union w
ith a known A
merican agent
boggles the imagination. W
hat possi-
ble targ
et would
be w
orth
the risk
?
How
would
the m
utu
al interests o
f
the U
nite
d S
tate
s and th
e S
ovie
t
Union be served?" T
he an
swer is th
at John K
enned
y
nev
er mad
e it to th
e top o
f the C
on-
spira
cy. A
nd w
e n
ow
know
that,
because
of th
e B
ay o
f Pig
s, he
was p
lannin
g to
carve u
p th
e C.I.A
.,
and h
ad o
rdered
our tro
ops to
leave
South V
ietnam —
which w
ould have
wreck
ed th
e Consp
iracy's p
lan fo
r a
ten-year no-win w
ar. M
ay y
our rep
orter su
ggest th
at
whoever k
illed Jo
hn F
. Ken
ned
y, w
e
hav
e a right to
know
— an
d th
at if
Hugh M
cDonald decides to "com
mit
suicid
e" by sh
ootin
g h
imself in
the
back
, the au
topsy
should
n't h
e con-
ducted
at Beth
esda. • •
AM
ER
ICA
N O
PIN
ION
