Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and the JFK Assassination

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Continuing from my last post....nothing solid ever comes out, because the fraternity is durable and of long standing.....

From a thread by Douglas Caddy, 26 June 2010:

http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=16123&pid=196117&st=0entry196117

Believe it or not, the NY Times obit for this woman in July, 1973 lists her name as RS Reynolds, Sr., and in the obit itself, as Mrs. Russell S. Reynolds. I had to dig up her first name, based on date of death and location, from the Social Security death index search service.

http://www.google.com/search?q=troth+announced+virginia+d+carter+dinner+vanderlip&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a#q=troth+announced+virginia+d+carter+dinner+vanderlip&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=YRy&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial&tbm=nws&prmd=imvnso&source=lnt&tbs=ar:1&sa=X&ei=a86zTvCtAYPqtgeDn5T7Aw&ved=0CA4QpwUoBQ&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=e64197a292d99008&biw=840&bih=417

VIRGINIA D. CARTER ENGAGED tO MARRY; Her Troth to RS Reynold...

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$3.95 - New York Times - Feb 11, 1929

The announcement was made last night at a dinner given by Frank A. Vanderlip Jr. at the home of his parents, 912 Fifth Avenue. Miss Carter is the daughter...

74 Debutantes Introduced to Society At 33d Christmas...

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$3.95 - New York Times - Dec 21, 1968

... the Union Club by Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Vanderlip Jr. for Mr. Vanderlip's goddaughter, Miss Jill Quasha, and his niece, Miss Narcissa Cox Vanderlip 2d,...

http://books.google.com/books?id=mZCn-rDGRncC&pg=PA541&lpg=PA541&dq=16.+In+1989,+following+Poppy%27s+inauguration+as+president,&source=bl&ots=T0O0DpeOll&sig=EWfG-_clUsTQAHqL7CYaIQJjHTM&hl=en&ei=n8mzTtnONJGEtge00MHWAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=16.%20In%201989%2C%20following%20Poppy%27s%20inauguration%20as%20president%2C&f=false

Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, America's Invisible ... - Google Books Result

books.google.com/books?isbn=1608190064...Russ Baker - 2009 - Biography & Autobiography

16. In 1989, following Poppy's inauguration as president, and while Harvard was deeply involved with Harken and George W., Robert G. Stone was elected to the board of a large, private, Greenwich-based financial services executive recruiting firm called Russell Reynolds Associates. Another board member was W.'s uncle Jonathan Bush. And another was Landon Hilliard, a partner in Brown Brothers Harriman. Both Russell Reynolds and Jonathan Bush had been lead fundraisers for Poppy Bush's presidential campaign. Russell Reynolds Associates is not only private, but it is also unusual in the way it operates: although executive recruiting firms by definition seek to bring experienced personnel from one firm to another, and though most of its competitors seek to lure recruiters from each other, Reynolds is distinguished by its preference to recruit and train its own personnel while they are still green.

http://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/14/style/weddings-chase-reynolds-charles-ewald.html

WEDDINGS; Chase Reynolds, Charles Ewald

Published: February 14, 1993

Deborah Chase Reynolds, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell S. Reynolds Jr. of Greenwich, Conn., was married there yesterday to Charles Ross Ewald, a son of Dr. and Mrs. William B. Ewald Jr., also of Greenwich. The Rev. John Bishop officiated at Christ Episcopal Church. The Rev. Neely Towe, a Congregational minister, took part in the ceremony.

The bride is known as Chase. She is a freelance writer and photographer in Cody, Wyo., where she also is the director of the Breteche Creek Foundation, a nonprofit educational guest ranch. She graduated cum laude from Yale University and received a master's degree in journalism from the University of California at Berkeley.

Her father is the founder and chairman of Russell Reynolds Associates, the executive-recruiting company in New York.

Mr. Ewald is a corporate acquisitions specialist in New York and a principal in Investcorp International Inc., a merchant bank based in Manama, Bahrain. He graduated from Harvard University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He received a master's degree in philosophy, politics and economics from Oxford University and an M.B.A. from Stanford University.

http://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/13/style/russell-s-reynolds-3d-marries-lynda-c-low.html

Russell S. Reynolds 3d Marries Lynda C. Low - NYTimes.com

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New York Times - Jul 13, 1986

Mr. Reynolds is a senior accountant for Russell Reynolds Associates, an international executive search firm in New York, of which his father is the founder ....

RSR Partners Advisory Board:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:HGC0qKRAwWMJ:www.rsrpartners.com/about-us/advisory-board/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a

http://journal.maine.com/Obituaries/by_code.html?code=20050324029278A

James E. Walker

James Ewing Walker, 84, a former oilman, book store owner and gardener, died March 2nd after a brief illness.

Mr. Walker was raised in Philadelphia where he attended the Montgomery School before entering, and later graduating from, St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H. He graduated from Harvard College in 1942 and attended the Harvard Business School before resigning and enlisting in the U.S. Army Air Force from which he retired with the rank of Captain in 1946. During his tour in the ETO, he served as aide-de-camp to combat pilot Brig-adier General Eugene Eubank, who with his young aide, flew numerous combat missions over Germany. He was awarded the Bronze Star.

Mr. Walker was a member of the Owl Club at Harvard, the Philadelphia Club, and the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Virginia.

....Survived by his wife of 59 years, Mr. Walker also leaves three children, Kate Walker Curran of Chestnut Hill, Mass., J. Ewing Walker, Jr. of Houston, Texas, and Jane Walker McCall of New Orleans; seven

grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Marriage Announcement 13 -- No Title

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Pay-Per-View - Boston Globe - Jul 1, 1973

WalkerIhayer. Mr and Mrs Francis Thayer New Yori announce the engagement of their daughter Margot to

James Ewing Walker Ir son of Mr and Mrs ...

https://www.google.com/search?q=Maurice+Curran+3d+Chestnut+Hill+Hassan+Nemazee+Teheran+Iran+Peter+Briggs+Greenwich+and+Alan+Quasha+Manila&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=yid&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aunofficial&tbs=ar:1&tbm=nws&source=hp&q=%223d%2C+Chestnut+Hill+Hassan+Nemazee*%22+manila&psj=1&oq=%223d%2C+Chestnut+Hill+Hassan+Nemazee*%22+manila&aq=f&aqi=&aql=1&gs_sm=s&gs_upl=9522l11657l5l18032l7l7l0l7l0l0l0l0ll0l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=19423a4642e47a16&biw=840&bih=417

Marriage Announcement 3 -- No Title

Pay-Per-View - Boston Globe - Sep 16, 1973

Margot Ihayef Mr Walker wed. in Stockbridge. St Paul's Curch Stockbridge was ting on Saturdil. for the marriage. Thayet daught 6 and Mrs FranelsC. er New York and Now Marlboro iag Walker son of Mr4aid Mrs Walker Newcastie Maine . Mrs Paul Diderria and Sarah Thayer of the wire and maid of honor Other attendants were Gale Du can and Holly Mahla Ne. Yovk Mrs Maurice Curran 3d Chestnut Hill and Mrs Jonathan McCall New Orleans La both of the bridegroom Mrs Francis Thayer Jr Chapel Hill and lu Mellick Par bills Honorary bridesmaids were Mrs Alan Biqki NalroblKenya and Mri Raymond Hale Denver.

The bridegroom s father was best man Ushers were. MRS WALKER JR.

Charles Berry Oklahoma City Geoffrey Herter Cambridge Jonathan McCall New Orleans Francis Thayer Jr Chapel Hill Maurice Curran 3d Chestnut Hill Hassan Nemazee Teheran Iran Peter Briggs Greenwich and Alan Quasha Manila Honorary usher was Ed ward Reece Dedham...

http://www.yatedo.com/p/J.+Ewing+Walker,+Jr./normal/4aaaf01c817d2db469eefac5e75d246a

J. Ewing Walker, Jr.

WalkerWilson Partners,... - Owner, Partner, Director, Executive Director,...

General Summary

Locality : Houston, Texas

Professional Experience

2002 - Present

Owner - Walker Wilson Partners

Staffing and Recruiting

1994 - 1998

Partner - Ward Howell International

Staffing and Recruiting

1991 - 1994

Director - Korn/Ferry International

Staffing and Recruiting

1990 - 1991

Executive Director - Russell Reynolds Associates

Staffing and Recruiting

1983 - 1990

SVP - RepublicBank Dallas

Banking

1980 - 1983

SVP - Crocker Bank

Banking

1975 - 1980

AVP - Chemical Bank

Banking

Educational Background

1968 - 1973

AB Latin - Harvard University

Extra-activity: Owl Club, Hasty Pudding, Heavyweight crew

http://baltimorechronicle.com/092104ThomHartmann.shtml

.....Indeed, as The Wall Street Journal noted in a front-page story on December 6, 1991 ("Family Ties: How Oil Firm Linked To a Son of Bush Won Bahrain Drilling Pact"/"Harken Energy Had a Web Of Mideast Connections; In the Background: BCCI" by Thomas Petzinger Jr., Peter Truell And Jill Abramson): "The mosaic of BCCI connections surrounding Harken Energy may prove nothing more than how ubiquitous the rogue bank's ties were. But the number of BCCI-connected people who had dealings with Harken--all since George W. Bush came on board--likewise raises the question of whether they mask an effort to cozy up to a presidential son."

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In my next post, I'll put up some more background on Alan Quasha's father, Lt. Col. William H. Quasha.

I also wan to get deeper into this. I am wondering if the employment recruiting gambit is partially a front for intelligence recruiting and OPS. I've posted an outline of the background of RS Reynolds, Jr. and here is a 2007 bio of the man, born in 1932.:

http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/jan2008/ca20080110_313016.htm

What I've found below is the employment recruiting agency, Thorndike Deland, inherited by his son, Rawle Deland. Rawle's wife is Theodora Cogswell. HSCA documents describe her, in relation to "Livingston," as Jack Cogswell's sister who works for the CIA. The documents also say that Jack, aka James Kelsey Cogswell, III, put the HSCA onto Joseph F. Dryer, Jr., because of his knowledge of DeMohrenschildt. The documents also reveal that the aunt of Cogswell and his sister, Theodora, was a CIA "secretary" who retired in 1954. The documents say that Cogswell is shown drawings of "Bishop" and Cogswell said the drawings resembled a Freeport executive.

I've already posted on other threads that Jack Cogswell (and Theodora) were the fist cousins of Louisa Catherine Hull, daughter of their father's sister, Bianca Cogswell and Clarence Erskine Clement. This cousin married Harry Hull, who roomed for a two week period in DC with DeMohrenschildt in the home of Paul Joachim.

In 1954, the Cogswells' first cousin on their mother's (Hennenger) side, Susan Estabrook Lewis, marries for life, the former OSS chief secretariat, Alvah Woodbury Sulloway

Louisa Catherine Hull died earlier this year and the nice write up of her life describes her working for the Office of Strategic Service in San Francisco. Jack Cogswell was an Exeter classmate of Nicholas Katzenbach and Cogswell married Will Farish, III's first cousin Joan in 1953. he best man was George O. Walbridge, 2d, who shows up in a 1955 Havana newspaper photo posing with his boss, Lem Billings, and the former press secretary of Carlos Prio. Walbrige was a WWII PT Boat buddy, and Billings was a Princeton friend and wedding usher of their boss, the president of Emerson Drug Co. and the nephew of Nona DeMohrenschildt, Francis McAdoo.

(Cogswell, III worked for the CIA, raised money to finance at least one plot to assassinate Castro, knew and socialized with George DeM. and with DeM's other contact, Joseph F. Dryer, was a friend of AMRAZZ-1, aka Joaquin Godoy, and with Antonio Veciana, and had an only sister, Theodora, described in an HSCA report as being acquainted with "Livingston" aka Mitchell Werbell.)

http://www.google.com/search?q=troth+announced+virginia+d+carter+dinner+vanderlip&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=A7I&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aunofficial&tbs=ar:1&tbm=nws&source=hp&q=rawle+deland+thorndike&pbx=1&oq=rawle+deland+thorndike&aq=f&aqi=&aql=1&gs_sm=s&gs_upl=606194l615472l1l616848l22l9l0l0l0l0l1070l4745l5-2.3.1l7l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=e64197a292d99008&biw=840&bih=417

Miss Cogswell, Sarah Lawrence Alumna, Engaged to Rawle...

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- New York Times - Sep 29, 1946

... Theodora Lyman, to Rawle Deland, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thorndike Deland of Scarsdale. Miss Cogswell was graduated from the Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, ...

Number Of False Credentials On Rise .

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Bulletin Journal - Dec 19, 1982

A good third of them said they had encountered rising deception. we're not talking about the majority of jobhunters, however," Rawle Deland of Thorndike ...