James Richards

In 1968, the chairman of Bulova was Omar Bradley. The president of the company was Harry Henshel with intel connections via army intelligence back to WW2. FWIW. James I should have added the following to what I wrote above. Bradley was also chairman of the Bulova Research and Develpment Labs, Inc. Classified contracts included work on guided missiles. President of the Bulova Research and Development Labs was E.K. Patterson who was also a business associate of Roy Cohn. Executive Vice President of BRDL was Brig. Gen. Kenneth E. Fields who was also the General Manager of the Atomic Energy Commission. In 1965, LBJ appointed Fields to a commission which was to select a site for a sea-level canal between the Atlantic and Pacific. Also on this commission and friendly with Fields was R.G. Storey. There is no doubt, Bulova had many very interesting tentacles. James

Here you go Charles. James

In 1968, the chairman of Bulova was Omar Bradley. The president of the company was Harry Henshel with intel connections via army intelligence back to WW2. FWIW. James

There is a link to a filmed interview with Jerry Coley on the web page below. FWIW. http://scottmyers63.com/jfk2/media.html James

Peter, I think there might a curious aspect to this. I managed to dig up this poor quality image of Claudia Williams and her husband Ronald. FWIW. James

Sidebar on George Plimpton: I can remember reading a story penned by Nancy Smith during the early 1970's where Plimpton spent some considerable time exploring the sewer system under Dealey Plaza. I don't think Smith ever said why though. FWIW. James

Does anyone have any background on Claudia Williams and her husband Ronald? Claudia claimed that Sirhan took time to help her with firing a revolver she was given for Christmas at a shooting range the day before the RFK assassination. James

Reddin was only a broadcaster for a couple of years. After that, he became president of the American Protection Industries, a private guard agency with some 1,000 men. L.A. International Airport and the United California Bank were two of their clients. FWIW. James

Greg, Regarding Montero Diaz, that is the only name I was given. He has connections to some unfriendlies associated with the whole CIA/Cuban thing which has made me wary about any approach. James

Greg, I think Godinez lives in Miami. That aside, he was quite prominent during 1962/63 in recruiting Cubans for action against Castro. He was also quite vocal in his criticisms of the Kennedy administration. I tried to track Godinez down some time back but didn't get very far. There is a fellow Brigade 2506 member named Montero Diaz who liased with Godinez from Miami in the Dallas recruitment drive and he would definitely be worth speaking to. I suspect Diaz's connections amongst the various exile anti-Castro organizations may have been employed to get peripheral Dallas participants to Miami safe-houses. FWIW. James

James, I'm no closer to finding out. Godinez, may be a viable "suspect", but I'd really like to get a hold of a list of employees from somewhere. Never heard of Hosey McCoy. Sounds like a sidekick in an old Western! I had assumed Hosey was a surname (and indeed, there are currently people with that surname living in Dallas), but now you mention it, Mrs Abbott may only have known him by a first name. Can you provide any further info about him? Greg, I don't have a lot on him but his full name was Hosey Lee McCoy. He left Parkland not long after the assassination and got a job at the Medical Arts Hospital. In 1964, he was injured when a fuse box shorted out. From what I have been able to gather, firemen who attended the scene thought the incident was somewhat strange. Anyway, I agree that Godinez is definitely a viable 'suspect'. James

Greg, Regarding the Parkland orderly named Hosey, do you know if that is Hosey McCoy? James

Wim, Lee Echols was an OSS veteran and a very close friend of David Atlee Phillips. He was also a national shooting champion and excelled as a counter-insurgency expert in Latin America. While in the Dominican Republic, Echols handled Robert Emmett Johnson. FWIW. James

Bonnie Ray Williams was very probably on the sixth floor to within three minutes of the shooting, most likely saw the shooter(s), was seen by the shooter(s), and knew full well that Lee Oswald wasn't on the sixth floor with them. (Duke Lane) Duke, I hold the belief that Williams indeed saw both 6th floor sniper teams. I was told Williams died in 1996. Are you able to confirm that, or not? James

Wim, I don't know Custer's real name but he was closely associated with Carl Jenkins. James

FWIW. James

Hi Jack, I assume this is the image you refer to? Curious indeed. I also take it, that is the cops and Curry's car on the left of frame with the limo about to enter the underpass on the right? How do you see this in relationship to the McIntyre image as I was under the impression that was the Curry car in close proximity to the limo? Fascinating indeed. James

Mitrione was connected to the Mafia and Sinatra and Lewis had probably been asked to make him look respectable. Respectability was also on the agenda when they named a street in Brazil after Mitrione. Mitrione's intel connections began during the time he served with the U.S. Navy between 1942 and 1945. Personally, I would not 100% accept that the Tupamaros were the ones who killed Mitrione. Below is Sinatra with Mitrione's wife and two sons. James

Tim, Yes, see my post above. He died in April of 1976. I do not have the exact date but it was around the 17th. As to his death being suspicious, it is hard to make a case there. Chaney did suffer a minor heart attack in December of 1973 after participating in a motorcycle escort during the funeral of another police officer. Two days before Chaney died, he talked a neighbor out of commiting suicide. He then went back home feeling dizzy and was hit with a severe heart attack. He passed away the following day. Having a history of heart problems tends to make one think this was not suspicious. Then again, if he was targeted, his physical weakness would be an obvious place to exploit. James

Just to add some dimension to James Chaney. According to his contemporaries, Chaney was of exceptional character and quality. Capt. J.D. Squier described him as "impeccable" and "dignified" - "exactly how one would want their police officers to be". Chaney's first Sergeant and later DA investigator Calvin Jones, simply called him "the best". I find it difficult to believe Chaney would participate in any story designed to obscure the truth. The Dallas Police Department had some bad buggers amongst their ranks, Chaney was not one of them. Unfortunately, he was another important witness who passed away during the mid 1970's. He died of a heart attack in April of 1976 aged 54. FWIW. James

SO I TAKE IT THAT TOM WEBB, FORMER FBI VETERAN AND MILLIONAIRE, IS NOT THE OWNER OF WEBB'S WAFFLE SHOP AT THE SOUTHLAND HOTEL WHERE JACK RUBY HANGED OUT IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF NOV. 23RD. (Bill Kelly) Bill, I checked this out some time back. The Webb restaurant chain was founded by John Chester Webb. His restaurants were run by his sons, John, Randolph and Roland. FWIW. James

Tim, It was not the first time tradegy struck the Greenbaum family. In 1955, Charles Greenbaum's wife was suffocated to death. No one was ever brought to justice in that case. Barry Goldwater did cop some heat over his relationship with Gus Greenbaum but Robert Goldwater was savaged by the press for all sorts of shady business associations. Among them links to the Greenbaum's and Moe Dalitz. One specific charge was leveled by the Investigative Reporters and Editors Inc., and that was Robert Goldwater and Arizona businessman Joseph Martori were financially involved with the 'Hobo Joe' chain of restaurants which was run by a longtime associate of Peter Licavoli. This was one of the stories journalist Don Bolles was investigating when he was murdered. James

It will officially remain an unsolved murder, it's too long ago to care anyway. (Wim Dankbaar) I care. In 1952, two telephone company agents arrested a man as he emerged from a phone booth in Hollywood. He had just phoned Las Vegas using a handful of two-bit slugs. The man said his name was John Baker and then tried to bribe his way out of it. The agents turned him over to the police where J.E. Hamilton of the Los Angeles Intelligence Unit took over. Hamilton did a fingerprint check and discovered that the man was in fact Leo Moceri. Under questioning, Moceri finally admitted who he was and also said that he was a cousin of Peter Licavoli. Moceri was wanted for crimes in Toledo and prosecutor Joel Rhineman began the legal process to return Moceri to Ohio. After the interrogation, Hamilton was of the belief that Moceri (as a member of the Yonnie Licavoli gang) was responsible for killing four people during 1931/32, and that he was also the man who killed Bugsy Siegel in 1947. FWIW. James

A related tid bit: The 1973 film 'State Of Siege' was based on the Mitrione story. Yves Montand played the lead. James

Pseudonyms for what? What are their real names then? I think you misunderstood. In that book the author agreed to refer to Larry Downs as "Jim D". That is the pseudonym I believe. Wim Wim, I think you will find that Larry Downs is Tom Polgar, an Agency faithful with quite a history. Googling him will bring up lots of background. If you are in contact with Dan Marvin, I am sure he could provide some first hand information. Polgar below. James