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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.
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ur re
po
rter, fo
r insta
nce
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em
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at h
e le
ft his
ty
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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
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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.
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en
ce o
f con
spira
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e
assa
ssina
tion
of P
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m,
THEY KILLED THE PRESIDENT
Lee H
arve
y Osw
ald
wasn
't alo
ne
Ala
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ng
is
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tho
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Sa
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91
10
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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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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B
UIL
DIN
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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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con
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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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, 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-
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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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L d■X
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S;.y
.., 24n
Idarad
aHL
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
