New Book!

[Ernie Lazar]

The Radical Right hated the CIA and that's reflected in their literature and correspondence...

Bill

Bill, this reminds me of the fact that the John Birch Society's darling of the 1950's, Dan Smoot, published a book in 1960 entitled, The Invisible Government. In this book Smoot claims that the CFR (Council on Foreign Relations) was entirely a Communist Organization, and their stellar members, including President Eisenhower, were all secret Communists.

In the opinion of Dan Smoot, the CFR was really running the entire planet, and comprised the core of the Invisible Government, which was leading the USA further and further into Communism.

Among the names of the "secret Communists" named in his long list of CFR members was none other than Allen Dulles

along with his brother, John Foster Dulles.

So, yes, the Radical Right considered that the CIA was far too left-wing for their taste -- in fact it was Communist!

Regards,

--Paul Trejo

One of the most enduring principles one must remember when confronting anything written by Paul Trejo is: the more decisive and unequivocal Paul is, the more likely it is that Paul is mistaken in what be believes and writes.

1. Paul begins his message by stating that Dan Smoot "published a book in 1960 entitled, The Invisible Government."

In reality, the first printing of Smoot's book was in June 1962.

2. Then Paul tells us that "Smoot claims that the CFR (Council on Foreign Relations) was entirely a Communist Organization, and their stellar members, including President Eisenhower, were all secret Communists."

In reality, Smoot wrote no such thing but, as usual, Paul is never satisfied with literal truth so Paul inserts his own subjective beliefs into whatever an author has actually written.

For example: President Eisenhower is mentioned briefly by Smoot on the following pages:

6, 12, 37, 66, 83-84, 105, 121, 234, 140, 145, 150.

At no time does Smoot describe Eisenhower as a "secret Communist".

3. Furthermore, Smoot explicitly states the following (page 6):

"I do not intend to imply by these citations that the Council on Foreign Relations is, or ever was, a communist organization. Boasting among its members Presidents of the United States (Hoover, Eisenhower, and Kennedy), Secretaries of State, and many other high officials, both civilian and military, the Council can be termed, by those who agree with its objectives, a 'patriotic' organization."

What Smoot actually stated (as did other authors who promoted an anti-CFR argument) is that the Council on Foreign Relations made grave errors of judgment which had the effect of aligning itself with the objective of creating "a one-world socialist system" which would "make the United States an official part of it."

On page 12, Smoot wrote:

"For example, during 1960 and 1961, the three issues of major importance to both Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy were Disarmament, the declining value of the American dollar, and the tariff-and-trade problem. The Eisenhower and Kennedy positions on these three issues were virtually identical; and the solutions they urged meshed with the internationalist program of pushing America into a one-world socialist system."

Smoot also wrote:

"It is, perhaps, fruitless to question the motives of people leading the campaign to push America into world government. All organizations which have been active in this movement–--World Fellowship, Inc., Federal Union, Inc., Atlantic Union Committee, United World Federalists, and so on–have had a sprinkling of communist-fronters among their directors and members. But they have also had the official support of many prominent and respected Americans: Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Estes Kefauver, John Sparkman, Adlai Stevenson, Dean Acheson, John Foster Dulles, Christian Herter, cabinet officers; senators and congressmen; Supreme Court justices; prominent churchmen, businessmen, financiers, entertainers, judges, union officials; newspaper and magazine editors; famous columnists and radio-television commentators.

Although the cry of 'peace' is the perennial clarion call of all world-government advocates, many of them have, in recent years, added the claim that their recommendations (for converting America into a province of world government) are means of 'fighting communism.' Indeed, some of the most vigorous advocates of one-worldism have wide reputations as anti-communists–Walter Judd, a Republican Congressman from Minnesota, for example. Even Clarence Streit (leader of the now-defunct Federal Union, Inc., and father of that organization's very active and influential tax-exempt successor, Atlantic Union Committee) has ugly things to say about communism."

Paul often reminds us that we must understand "nuances" which exist in the positions or behavior or goals of people whom he brings to our attention (such as Edwin Walker). However, for some unknown reason, Paul cannot accurately and honestly summarize the actual ideas or beliefs of the people (and organizations) whom he discusses in EF. In almost every instance, Paul inserts his own idiosyncratic definitions or descriptions and Paul adamantly refuses to provide actual QUOTATIONS to substantiate whatever accusations or assertions he makes.

So, bottom-line, when reading what Paul presents ---- caveat emptor is the appropriate standard!

Edited October 7, 2015 by Ernie Lazar

[Paul Trejo]

...Maybe I misunderstood, is it your contention that LHO was a patsy and fired the Carcano or that he was just set up and took no part in the assassination?

Chris -- in my current theory -- still inconclusive -- Lee Harvey Oswald took no CONSCIOUS part in the assassination.

That said, any Patsy, by definition always plays an ACTIVE role in that plot in which he is the secondary victim.

LHO was a Patsy who was set-up for six full months. He supported the JFK Killers for six full months -- without knowing that the murder of JFK was their ultimate aim. IMHO, Oswald thought he was "best friends" with the people who were setting him up. He kept their secrets. He obeyed their orders. He would have done anything for them.

But just because LHO thought that they could do no wrong -- that is precisely why it took LHO 10 hours to figure out that he was the Patsy. He kept thinking that they were going to come to his aid and "give him legal assistance."

LHO believed so strongly in the righteousness of his Patsy-makers that he never connected the dots when GPH asked him to bring his cheap rifle to work that day. It was no big deal -- as you pointed out, only two days before the JFK murder, Warren Caster brought his weapons to the TSBD building for a show-and-tell. (The Mauser found at the TSBD is just another case in point.)

What do I think LHO believed about his Patsy-makers? My theory seems to be fairly close to that of Jeff Caufield (though we still haven't started Chapter 2), namely, LHO thought that they were Radical Right wing activists. LHO believed in them.

Now, in my specific theory, LHO thought they were plotting to assassinate Fidel Castro and to get revenge for the Bay of Pigs (in a plot similar to "Operation Mongoose"). I have no idea, yet, what Dr. Caufield will say about this in his new book.

I also think that LHO believed that his Patsy-makers had greater credentials than they actually did -- perhaps they told Oswald that they had "CIA" powers to offer him a job in the CIA if he "played ball" with them. We know from Joan Mellen, for example, that Frank Crisman, Jack S. Martin and David Ferrie were not above such lies and postures in their dealings with young, naïve mercenaries.

Regards,

--Paul Trejo

Edited October 7, 2015 by Paul Trejo

[Paul Trejo]

I gather that we may be ready to continue to the second chapter of Dr. Jeffrey Caufield's new book, General Walker and the Murder of President Kennedy: The Extensive New Evidence of a Radical Right Conspiracy. The title of Chapter Two is, Circle of Friends: David Ferrie, Kent Courtney and Delphine Roberts.

I see this as an extension of Chapter One, i.e. showing the political relationships between Lee Harvey Oswald (LHO) with the Radical Right in New Orleans. I presume that most JFK researchers are already familiar with David Ferrie (portrayed by Joe Pesci in Oliver Stone's 1991 movie, JFK) and of the sightings of LHO at 544 Camp Street by Guy Banister's secretary, Delphine Roberts.

Less well-known, however, is the position of segregationist publisher Kent Courtney in this New Orleans scenario. I'd like to highlight page 59, as a start:

Kent Courtney was a close associate of Guy Banister and there is a credible witness account that he, like Banister, was seen with Lee Harvey Oswald on numerous occasions. (Caufield, General Walker and the Murder of President Kennedy, 2015, p. 59,)

After placing Courtney and LHO together, Dr. Caufield will next shine a spotlight on Courtney in the context of the JFK murder, here on page 62:

Raymond Broshears, a close friend of David Ferrie, related that Ferrie told him that Courtney was involved in the Kennedy assassination...After Carlos Bringuier and Lee Harvey Oswald were arrested, Bringuier went to Courtney for advice on legal counsel. (Caufield, General Walker and the Murder of President Kennedy, p. 62,)

Whatever one might think of Raymond Broshears as a witness, this was the first statement that I know of in which New Orleans publisher Kent Courtney was named as a suspect in the JFK murder. So this is interesting to me.

Again, Caufield presents historical material to portray LHO moving in right-wing circles in NOLA -- despite the fact that the Warren Commission insisted forcefully insisted that LHO, the "Lone Nut," mainly moved in left-wing circles -- and that LHO knew and trusted the people who set him up as a Patsy.

Regards,
--Paul Trejo

Edited October 7, 2015 by Paul Trejo

[Ernie Lazar]

I gather that we may be ready to continue to the second chapter of Dr. Jeffrey Caufield's new book, General Walker and the Murder of President Kennedy: The Extensive New Evidence of a Radical Right Conspiracy. The title of Chapter Two is, Circle of Friends: David Ferrie, Kent Courtney and Delphine Roberts.

I see this as an extension of Chapter One, i.e. showing the political relationships between Lee Harvey Oswald (LHO) with the Radical Right in New Orleans. I presume that most JFK researchers are already familiar with David Ferrie (portrayed by Joe Pesci in Oliver Stone's 1991 movie, JFK) and of the sightings of LHO at 544 Camp Street by Guy Banister's secretary, Delphine Roberts.

Less well-known, however, is the position of segregationist publisher Kent Courtney in this New Orleans scenario. I'd like to highlight page 59, as a start:

Kent Courtney was a close associate of Guy Banister and there is a credible witness account that he, like Banister, was seen with Lee Harvey Oswald on numerous occasions. (Caufield, General Walker and the Murder of President Kennedy, 2015, p. 59,)

After placing Courtney and LHO together, Dr. Caufield will next shine a spotlight on Courtney in the context of the JFK murder, here on page 62:

Raymond Broshears, a close friend of David Ferrie, related that Ferrie told him that Courtney was involved in the Kennedy assassination...After Carlos Bringuier and Lee Harvey Oswald were arrested, Bringuier went to Courtney for advice on legal counsel. (Caufield, General Walker and the Murder of President Kennedy, p. 62,)

Whatever one might think of Raymond Broshears as a witness, this was the first statement that I know of in which New Orleans publisher Kent Courtney was named as a suspect in the JFK murder. So this is interesting to me.

Again, Caufield presents historical material to portray LHO moving in right-wing circles in NOLA -- despite the fact that the Warren Commission insisted forcefully insisted that LHO, the "Lone Nut," mainly moved in left-wing circles -- and that LHO knew and trusted the people who set him up as a Patsy.

Regards,

--Paul Trejo

In one of those accidents of history, I have some personal knowledge about Broshears. He was active in San Francisco politics during the time I lived there and he often clashed with our local police. If I recall correctly, "Reverend Ray" actually had no theological training. Instead, he was "ordained" via the Universal Life Church which sells its ordination certificates to anyone who wants one. In fact, during the 1970's, in my rebel period, I obtained one!

Edited October 7, 2015 by Ernie Lazar

[Paul Trejo]

Although Chapter 2 of Jeff Caufield's new book, General Walker and the Murder of President Kennedy: The Extensive New Evidence of a Radical Right Conspiracy, contains much material that is already well-known from Jim Garrison writings, the introduction of Kent Courtney as a major suspect in the JFK murder -- and his historical relationship with both General Walker and Guy Banister, is news to me.

Those familiar with Kent Courtney's 1960's newspaper, The Independent American, know that Courtney proposed a Third Party in politics, and that he named General Walker as his candidate for US President. His book with his wife, Phoebe, entitled, The Case of General Walker (1961), also extolled Walker for President. In its beginning stages, Courtney's proposed Third Party was simply referred to as the "New Party." Caufield writes:

On October 29, 1959, Revilo Oliver, Dan Smoot, William F. Buckley, Tom Anderson and Robert Welch spoke at Courtney's Chicago "New Party" meeting...Retired Lieutenant General Pedro Del Valle was named "Temporary Chairman" of Courtney's "New Party" at its inception. The New Party effort led to Courtney hosting an annual spring meeting in Chicago called the "Congress of Conservatives", which featured various speakers including Robert Welch of the John Birch Society and General Walker. (Caufield, General Walker and the Murder of President Kennedy, 2015, p. 60)

Yet because Kent Courtney and Guy Banister both resided in New Orleans, and because both were members of the White Citizen's Council there (as was Banister secretary Delphine Roberts), it is also relevant to add:

Courtney, like Banister, was present at the infamous Congress of Freedom (COF) meeting in April 1963 in New Orleans, a fact which is being disclosed for the first time in this work...It was estimated that the majority of attendees were members of the John Birch Society, like Courtney and Banister. An FBI informant at the meeting learned that there was a plot assassinate high-ranking members of government...as well as members of the Council on Foreign Relations. (Caufield, General Walker and the Murder of President Kennedy, 2015, p. 63)

All this speaks to the 'accidental' WC confession -- highlighted by Jim Garrison -- that Lee Harvey Oswald kept his Fake FPCC offices at 544 Camp Street, which were also the offices of Guy Banister.

Lee Oswald's Radical Right connection was completely unknown to his own brother, Robert Oswald, according to his book, Lee: A Portrait of Lee Harvey Oswald by His Brother (1967). It was also completely unknown to Marina Oswald, to Ruth Paine and perhaps also to Michael Paine, Volkmar Schmidt and to George De Mohrenschildt according to his book, I'm A Patsy! I'm A Patsy! (1978)

In other words -- Lee Harvey Oswald had a secret life. Although Jim Garrison broke this news back in 1968, Dr. Caufield now adds the names of Kent Courtney and General Walker to the name of Guy Banister at 544 Camp Street.

Regards,

--Paul Trejo

Edited October 9, 2015 by Paul Trejo

[Paul Trejo]

It seems to me that the contents of Chapter 2 of Dr. Caufield's new book are unremarkable, because the JFK research community has been long-conditioned by NOLA DA Jim Garrison to connect Lee Harvey Oswald with the rightist Guy Banister and his rightist associates at 544 Camp Street in New Orleans.

I propose that we proceed to Chapter 3 in Caufield's new book, which is entitled, Lee Harvey Oswald and the Nazis.

Regards,

--Paul Trejo

Edited October 9, 2015 by Paul Trejo

[Larry Hancock]

Paul, I would second that. There have been numerous articles and a good deal of research - a lot of it around Oswald's diary entries - about Oswald's interest in right wing organizations (for whatever reason) and definitely about Bannister's apparent anti-integration activities (for whatever reason, probably anti communism). I'm sure Dr Caulfield does well with that but it would be interesting to move on to something a bit more "remarkable" as you say.

[Jon G. Tidd]

Paul Trejo,

I start with the assumption Oswald did things that set him up; for example, FPCC leafletting in New Orleans. I believe Oswald did that because he wanted to do that. I also believe Oswald came onto the radar screen of some country's intelligence service.

Oswald was a walking, talking patsy. Ready made.

Someone latched on to Oswald.

[Paul Trejo]

Paul Trejo,

I start with the assumption Oswald did things that set him up; for example, FPCC leafletting in New Orleans. I believe Oswald did that because he wanted to do that. I also believe Oswald came onto the radar screen of some country's intelligence service.

Oswald was a walking, talking patsy. Ready made.

Someone latched on to Oswald.

All right, Jon, I can see your point. One can make that case -- and yet I propose that such a scenario plays into the mythology of a "Lone Nut" Oswald.

In your scenario, Oswald was a "Lone Nut" who arbitrarily did everything only according to his own whim. That is, he whimsically invented the alias, "Alek J. Hidell," and he whimsically purchased weapons over the mail (which he knew the FBI could trace) and he whimsically made Backyard Photograph Fakes of himself holding his weapons and leftist newspapers, and he whimsically tried to kill General Walker, and then he whimsically moved to New Orleans, where he whimsically started his own Fake FPCC chapter at 544 Camp Street, and he whimsically got himself arrested for this, with his name in the newspapers, and his name and voice on the radio, and his name and face on TV -- and then he whimsically made a Resumé of all this, and then he whimsically traveled to Mexico City to show to the Cuban Consulate his Resumé to obtain immediate passage to Cuba.

Failing in that, Oswald then whimsically moved to Dallas, where he, a whimsical "Lone Nut" could then be freshly exploited by a plot to kill JFK.

Is that how I read your current theory, Jon? As I said, I can see part of that -- because we are conditioned to think of Oswald as "Lone Nut."

The factor that breaks this theory, IMHO, is specifically the 544 Camp Street address -- which history shows clearly belonged to Guy Banister, who was admittedly an open, vocal hater of the FPCC.

The purpose of the first two chapters of Caufield's new book was to show precisely that Oswald was no "Lone Nut" but was deeply connected to active elements in the Radical Right wing while he was in New Orleans -- and therefore before and after that period as well.

Regards,

--Paul Trejo

P.S. If (and only if) it can be shown that the Walker shooting was General Walker's own stunt, then the only reason I can figure for General Walker marking Lee Harvey Oswald as the Patsy, was because Oswald had lived in the USSR, and Walker just loathed the USSR. Otherwise it makes most sense to me that Oswald's Patsy status was due to the Walker shooting.]

Edited October 10, 2015 by Paul Trejo

[Paul Trejo]

Larry Hancock agrees that we are ready to move on to Chapter 3 of Jeff Caufield's new book, General Walker and the Murder of President Kennedy: The Extensive New Evidence of a Radical Right Conspiracy. The title of Chapter 3 is, Lee Harvey Oswald and the Nazis.

Caufield begins by pointing out the Nazi connections of Guy Banister. George Lincoln Rockwell (whom his friends called "Lincoln Rockwell") was the head of the ANP (American Nazi Party) starting in 1958, and he was a personal associate of Guy Banister. When the "Hate Bus" rode in to Louisiana in 1961 to picket the Zionist movie, Exodus (1960) in New Orleans, they were arrested for appearing in their Nazi uniforms -- and it was Guy Banister who bailed them out. Later that day, "Lincoln Rockwell" paid a visit to Guy Banister's office at 544 Camp Street.

Other members of Nazi organizations in the USA who were pals with Guy Banister included Colonel Bluford Balter, and Ray James Leahart. Balter was also a landlord, and in his building at 403 Camp Street were the offices of the White Citizens Council, run by Leander Perez. But more to the point of Chapter 3, the driver of the ANP Hate Bus was a young man named "Daniel Burros," a notorious Nazi who often challenged the leadership of "Lincoln Rockwell."

What is interesting is that inside the address book of Lee Harvey Oswald, one can find the name, address and phone number of Daniel Burros. I'll reproduce the entire entry from Oswald's address book here:

--------------- BEGIN EXCEPT FROM LEE HARVEY OSWALD'S ADDRESS BOOK ----------------------

NAT. SEC. DAN BURROS

LINCOLN ROCKWELL

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

AMERICAN NAZI PARTY

(AMER. NATIONAL PARTY)

Hollis sec. of Queens, NY

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

(Newspaper)

Nat. Socialist Bulletin

-------------- END EXCEPT FROM LEE HARVEY OSWALD'S ADDRESS BOOK ----------------------

Caufield notes that Oswald used the name of "Lincoln Rockwell" which was the name by which his friends hailed him.

It may be interesting here to note another member of the ANP Hate Bus, namely, John Patler, who eventually killed George Lincoln Rockwell. He is interesting because Patler and Dan Burros published a magazine together, named KILL! Magazine, "dedicated to the annihilation of the enemies of the white people." On the back cover of this inflammatory publication was a picture of a hangman's noose, with the following caption: "Impeach the TRAITOR John F. Kennedy for giving aid and comfort to the enemies of the USA." Here is what Caufield writes:

The Hollis section of Queens, New York, was the location of Burros' Nazi group, the American Nationalist Party...Oswald's Hollis notation would serve no useful purpose as a mailing address, rather, it was a personal comment about the area that might be mentioned to someone familiar with New York...Oswald may have made the Hollis section notation because he was familiar with the area from the time he spent there as a boy. (Caufield, General Walker and the Murder of President Kennedy, 2015, p. 76)

It seems to me that Jeff Caufield is preparing the reader for an unusual experience in JFK research, namely, to comprehend Lee Harvey Oswald as an active underground member of the Radical Right wing in US politics.

This is unusual because most of the literature about Lee Oswald has portrayed him as a "Lone Nut", followed by an "FPCC Communist" followed by a "CIA operative." So this is a new and fresh perspective on the life of Lee Harvey Oswald.

Regards,

--Paul Trejo

Edited October 11, 2015 by Paul Trejo

[David Boylan]

Paul,

It's Dan Burros.

[Ernie Lazar]

With respect to the argument being proposed in Caufield's book that LHO had very strong right-wing connections and his purported communist activities or sympathies were merely theater designed to divert attention from his real beliefs and purposes -- I have this question:

This gets back to my previous comment about how reality or truth requires falsifying contradictory evidence -- not merely looking for confirmations.

Allen R. Felde (Milwaukee) served in the Marine Corps with LHO from October 1956 until September 1957. When Felde was interviewed, he stated that during his time with LHO, Oswald kept to himself, he spent a lot of time reading and he often engaged in political arguments where he expressed dislike of people of wealth. Oswald also criticized both Eisenhower and Truman and stated that we should not have defended South Korea during that war.

Given this background --- is it the general consensus here that Oswald's political beliefs in the 1956-1957 period were also kabuki theater -- i.e. designed to confuse people regarding his true convictions?

Edited October 10, 2015 by Ernie Lazar

[John Dolva]

Many of the Nazi Party seniors flirted with socialism in their formative years, The Nazi party had a clear anti "old wealth" stand. There is not necessarily a contradiction at all afa how you phrase that question here.

[Paul Trejo]

Paul,

It's Dan Burros.

Thanks, David. I made the corrections.

--Paul

[Paul Trejo]

Many of the Nazi Party seniors flirted with socialism in their formative years, The Nazi party had a clear anti "old wealth" stand. There is not necessarily a contradiction at all afa how you phrase that question here.

That's completely correct, John, not only in the USA, but even in Nazi Germany. In fact, the term Nazi means "National Socialism" and it originated as "the "German Socialist Worker's Party".

In historical fact, a Nazi is, first and foremost, a Socialist. The difference is that instead of "International Socialism" which characterized the Communist Internationale, it was Adolf Hitler himself who resented being poor, and wanted the State to control all Factories, Banks, and so on -- as long as the State was GERMAN and included zero foreigners.

Being a Nazi in Germany didn't mean being rich -- although the German wealthy class eventually became its greatest supporters because they found they could control it so easily. Nevertheless, the Nazi movement really started as a Working Class movement, with so-called Brownshirts, street thugs that transformed into the SS.

We should also remember that many of the High Command of the German Nazi Party started out as Marxists -- and one can name Joseph Goebbels, Propaganda Minister, as the main example. So -- just because a person was a Marxist didn't mean they couldn't later become a Nazi -- in fact, some of the most brutal Nazis in Germany started out as Marxists.

Remember, too, that Lee Harvey Oswald would insist that he WAS a Marxist -- but NOT a Communist!

Regards,

--Paul Trejo

Edited October 11, 2015 by Paul Trejo