John Kowalski
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4 hours ago, Leslie Sharp said:
Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Red Sea?
Do not know. The source document is a book that only lists the names of directors and executives and companies they are associated with.
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21 hours ago, Leslie Sharp said:
Crichton and those he served, including the Empire Trust oil division — a primary investment of the Bronfman’s whose law firm included attorney Louis Mortimer Bloomfield, represent the micro of the macro of the Industrial leg of the Military-Industrial Complex. Obviously petroleum drove private industry in service to a military that defended private industry reliant on petroleum — entities locked in a scorpion’s embrace fearing Kennedy’s commitment to global peace and democracy worldwide represented a clear and present danger to their outdated paradigm.
Bloomfield was a director of New Continental Oil Company of Canada and Israel Continental Oil Co. and secretary of British Controlled Oilfields.
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6 hours ago, Leslie Sharp said:
Setting aside controversial representations — some of which are flagrantly antisemitic — can we agree that from these innocuous citations it's reasonable to conclude Bloomfield also provided legal services to the Bronfman empire on behalf of his firm, even if only occasionally?
Yes that would make sense, Bloomfield probably provided legal advice to the Bronfman family.
Why are you interested in Bloomfield's relationship with the Bronfman family?
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25 minutes ago, Leslie Sharp said:
John, if I can step in here to ask if you could clarify whether Bloomfield provided legal services to the Bronfman Dynasty regarding either their vast business investments or their personal affairs or both?
Leslie:
Did not find any Bronfman documents in my Bloomfield file, however when I was researching him I was focused on Permindex not the Bronfman family. Bloomfield was a well-connected lawyer and business man and am sure he knew them. His files are available online. If you want to review them I can show you how you can access them.
Found a letter in my files that was sent to Allen Dulles regarding a resume received from Bronfman's daughter, Mindy. Found this letter in Dulles' papers that are available online.
https://archive.org/details/dulles-bronfman
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2 hours ago, Robert Montenegro said:
When it comes to PERMINDEX, I would suggest the mind-numbing research of Edmund Burger and Michele Metta, then allow common sense to dictate your next move.
Bloomfield was not an attorney for Permindex, his role with this company was to represent the interests of some of its shareholders. I read Metta's book and wrote a book review. His book does not prove that Permindex had any connection to to Kennedy's assassination.
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On 3/4/2024 at 10:48 AM, Robert Montenegro said:
Louis Mortimer Bloomfield (PERMINDEX)
Robert:
What evidence do you have of his connection to Kennedy's assassination?
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James Day has written an interesting article about the 7.65 Mauser.
https://jamesfday.medium.com/the-jfk-assassination-hunting-down-the-mauser-6c30c8f6c6e5
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James Day author of The Mad Bishops: The Hunt for Earl Anglin James and his Assassin Brethren has made a video about David Ferrie that premiered at the American Documentary and Animation Film Festival.
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14 hours ago, Matt Cloud said:
As I indicated before, I think it would be helpful to have such data inserted here to the extent possible -- how lengthy and detailed could it actually be? -- along with the evidentiary materials in support of the places and dates enumerated.
You can download a copy of John Armstrong's book here.
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1 hour ago, Jim Hargrove said:
The article goes on to name agencies active in bringing WWII era children to the U.S., which included Church World Service, United States Service for New Americans, Catholic Committee for Refugees, and United States Committee for the Care of European Children. According to one organization's spokesman, “The speed with these youngsters become part of American life is amazing…. they fairly gulp the English language.” And then the article summarized the situation for war orphans coming here:
There are a lot of groups helping these children. This will provide us with a starting point for looking for Harvey.
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Jim:
Vassar College told me that they do not have Bentley's papers.
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5 hours ago, Jim Hargrove said:
A fellow has been sending me all kinds of news clippings about WWII refugees, especially involving the U.S. and organizations from the US. So far, I haven’t seen RWR named, but personnel from that committee surely ran into organizations such as “Care of European Children” (see below).
That fellow is sending you very good leads. That committee must have received many inquiries regarding the adoption of refugee children. If their records are available they may have the names of people who adopted them and the names of children who were adopted and one of them maybe Harvey.
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3 hours ago, Jim Hargrove said:
John A. just forwarded to me an email from a fellow who has been reading this thread. He included the following newspaper clip from New York Age, Jan. 6, 1945. Near the end of the short piece it mentions “Mrs. Grace Gardos, of New York Committee of Russian War Relief.”
Jim:
That is a very interesting lead. Her position on that committee could have put her in contact with refugees.
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On 3/19/2024 at 6:20 PM, John Kowalski said:
Bentley's left everything to her cousin Edwin Burdick or his descendants.
Jim:
Found some info on Edwin Burdick on Ancestry. Edwin died in 1976 and his wife died in 1991. They had a daughter named Gail who died in Tuscon, Pima Arizona in 1998. Not sure what the chances are of getting info on Bentley from people mentioned in her will. You can add it to the list for future reference.
Do you know how Margaret Fuhrman met John Pic or anything about her Hungarian background? They had a son born in 1966, he may be able to shed some light on their relationship.
Do you know when Edwin Ekdahl divorced Marguerite Oswald?
NYPL is still processing my order.
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7 hours ago, Jim Hargrove said:
In all likelihood Bentley’s Louisiana sojourn had nothing to do with LHO, but it still seems kind of odd considering she otherwise spent virtually her entire life in New England and thereabouts.
Jim:
Could be interesting to know why she was teaching there and when she was there. Maybe her teaching position was a cover job for an INS or FBI gave her assignment.
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Bentley's left everything to her cousin Edwin Burdick or his descendants.
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2 hours ago, Jim Hargrove said:
Since you’ve ordered the microfilm for the Manhattan phone books in question, I’ll hold off on ordering scans from the NYPL.
Jim:
I did not order copies of the NYC telephone directory. You can use the link I sent you to login and place your order. Provide them with the names and dates and they will tell you how much it will cost to copy them.
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51 minutes ago, Paul Jolliffe said:
It wasn't Robert Oswald's wife who had Hungarian ancestry, it was John Edward Pic's wife, Margaret Dorothy Fuhrman. For some unexplained reason, Albert Jenner was very interested in her parents. Jenner targeted John Pic's knowledge of their background with his very first questions . . .
Why?
Paul:
Jenner was very interested in her background even though it should not have been relevant to someone investigating JFK's assassination.
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1 hour ago, John Kowalski said:
NYPL have these directories on microfilm. I placed an order for them for the years 1946-1949.
Hi Jim:
Sent you a link for ordering the NYC telephone directories. You will have to login and create an account then place your order.
I ordered documents and photographs from the Louis Weinstock collection and will upload them when I receive them.
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On 3/16/2024 at 8:30 PM, Jim Hargrove said:
Fred Blair (aka Carroll Blair?)
Louis Weinstock
Edwin Ekdahl, and
Emil and/or Grace Gardos (Grace Gardos was in the 1945 directory at 217 E 86th)NYPL have these directories on microfilm. I placed an order for them for the years 1946-1949.
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1 hour ago, Jim Hargrove said:
Frank Wisner was a Wall Street lawyer and during WW II worked for the Office of Strategic Services (predecessor of the CIA). After World War II ended thousands of Eastern European refugees were brought to the United States under his supervision. National Security Council (NSC) records show that Wisner, the CIA's director of clandestine operations, oversaw the re-location of thousands of anti-Communist exiles to the United States as a means of rewarding them for conducting secret operations against the Soviets. Wisner became the CIA and State Department’s expert on European war refugees, and secretly subsidized the refugee relief organizations that brought these Eastern Bloc refugees to the United States throughout the 1940s and early 1950s.
"Wisner and his group recognized they could use these Eastern European immigrant's knowledge, customs, and familiarity with their respective homelands. Wisner asked the National Security Council (NSC) to sanction the “systematic” use of such refugees, and they (the NSC) agreed. The NSC soon issued a top-secret intelligence directive (NSCID No. 14), which even today remains "classified," that authorized both the FBI and the CIA to find and jointly exploit the knowledge, experience, and talents of well over 200,000 Eastern European refugees resettled in the USA. The CIA soon contacted the Displaced Person's Commission (DPC), which worked closely with the leaders of refugee organizations in the USA...."Jim:
Very interesting post. This could be a source for learning more about young Harvey. Have you or John A attempted to find out anything about the DPC? It should be on the list.
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On 3/16/2024 at 8:30 PM, Jim Hargrove said:
Can you think of any other relevant issues I’ve neglected to list above? I’d like to keep a running list of these issues.
MK-Ultra sub-projects 65 and 82 deal with Hungarian refugees, 89 deals with Hungarian repatriation.
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21 hours ago, Jim Hargrove said:
Can you think of any other relevant issues I’ve neglected to list above? I’d like to keep a running list of these issues.
Jim:
Was Robert Oswald's wife Hungarian? if yes add her to your list.
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20 hours ago, Jim Hargrove said:
If the only way to answer the issue immediately above involves printed Manhattan telephone directories, can we find an inexpensive NYC researcher willing to go to the NYPL and search for us? I’ll try to contact the library next week about this.
Can you think of any other relevant issues I’ve neglected to list above? I’d like to keep a running list of these issues.
Jim:
Even though we do not know his birth name I would add refugee societies to the list. These would include Hungarian immigrants providing assistance to refugees from Hungary, the American Red Cross and the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration which provided relief and resettlement camps for war victims. Their headquarters was in NYC. They are no longer in existence but their documents are at the United Nations archives.
Let me contact the NYPL before looking for a researcher. Have a list of items from the Weinstock papers that I want to review, and will add the New York telephone directory for 1945-1949 to the list. Will also inquire about Yorkville community newspapers and alternatives to the city directory.
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