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David, If nothing else, this Coyle ARRB interview shows me the disconnect between the Reserves and the Active Army. Coyle said he had never heard of Whitmeyer. Robert Jones said the same thing in his HSCA testimony. Yet Whitmeyer was supposed to be this high muckety muck in the Reserves. (Of course Coyle said he had never heard of Robert Jones either). Many of the Detectives in the DPD Special Service Bureau were in the Reserves. Steve Thomas

David, I can't be positive, but I think it was the Lawrence Miller/Donnell Whitter weapons theft they were talking about. Those two had been busted on November 18th. Frank Ellsworth was the other man in the meeting. It's pretty ominous that nobody wants to talk about that 1982 meeting. Steve Thomas

American Legion 46th National Convention Dallas, TX September 18-24, 1964 https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Harley+B.+West%22&client=firefox-b-1-d&ei=_VqBXIO1M-rVjwSmoKKoAg&start=50&sa=N&ved=0ahUKEwjDp6_1zPDgAhXq6oMKHSaQCCU4KBDw0wMIew&biw=1611&bih=944 This will give you a pdf dialog box giving you the option to open or save. Board of Directors: Harley B. West (page 47) PARADE CO-CHAIRMEN (page 71) L. A. Stewart Dallas, Texas Maj. Gen. Harley B. West Texas ARNG Comdg. Gen., 49th Arm. Div. Dallas, Texas PARADE VICE-CHAIRMEN B. B. Smith Dallas, Texas Some of the Attendees: John Connolly Waggoner Carr Public Relations Commission: Executive Section. September 18 and 19, 9:30 a.m., South Ballroom, Lobby Floor, Sheraton-Dallas Hotel. Chairman: C. D. DeLoach, Alexandria, Va. (Cartha D. of the FBI?) John W. Mayo from the Fairgrounds (1964 National Convention Corporation Executive Committee page 44) Harley B. West Commander of the 49th Armored Division (pages 47 and 71) George Lumpkin (page 50) B.B. Smith Deputy Chief of Police and Director of Civil Defense, Dallas (page 71) Interesting Steve Thomas

I ran across this quite by accident. The Eye is a non-profit website dedicated towards content archival and long-term preservation. https://the-eye.eu/ We currently host various large scale data-sets amounting to hundreds of thousands of files. These data-sets include various website and software archives. The Eye was originally created in April, 2017. The Eye started out as a side project providing a public resource for varying collections and smaller data-sets. As of October 2018, The Eye is seeing 170 million+ requests amounting to over 990 terabytes+ of content served each month. A sampling of files: 03-Nov-2017 18:13- AudioBooks/29-Sep-2018 19:47- Books/19-Feb-2019 00:33- Comics/05-Nov-2018 21:37- Games/28-Nov-2018 11:54- Icons/22-May-2018 07:47- Images/21-Jan-2018 03:21- JFK_Files/03-Nov-2017 17:03 https://the-eye.eu/public/JFK_Files/ Index of /public/JFK_Files/ audio/03-Nov-2017 17:03- documents/03-Nov-2017 17:16- JFK_Files_Archivist.torrent31-Oct-2017 14:49584K Audio: I believe that these are the declassified recordings of the interrogation of Yuri Nosenko. https://the-eye.eu/public/JFK_Files/audio/ Documents: This directory contains 6,685 items. https://the-eye.eu/public/JFK_Files/documents/ I don't know if these are searchable. This document set may just be a list of files they have. Steve Thomas

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/49th_Armored_Division “In September 1961, an executive order alerted the division for mobilization at Dallas due to the 1961 Berlin Crisis.[1] On October 15, 1961, the division entered federal service, and it subsequently deployed to Fort Polk, LA. The division was to stay there ten months. In May 1962, the division staged the large-scale Exercise Iron Dragoon, still remembered among National Guard armor exercises. Also while at Fort Polk the division's missile unit became the first Army National Guard unit to fire the Honest John nuclear-tipped surface-to-surface missile. The 49th Armored Division reverted to Texas State control in August 1962.” Steve Thomas

Cory, Which makes the removal of a machine gun-toting local police car from the motorcade at the last minute (as per Will Fritz) all the more suspicious. Steve Thomas

The two main divisions in the Texas National Guard were the 90th Infantry Division and the 49th Armored Division. The 90th Infantry had a long and storied career in WWII, taking part in many of the major campaigns. Colonel L. Robert Castorr: Would be linked to a gun running scheme to Cuba with Nancy Perrin Rich and Jack Ruby. The Mexia Daily News from Mexia, Texas · Page 1 November 7, 1957 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/11876796/ (L. Robert Castorr) “Mr. Castorr. who is now a- colonel in the Active Reserve serving as inspector and advisor to the 90th Division in Texas...” I don't know who the Inspector/Advisor to the 49th Division was, but the 49th was one of the premier National Guard units in the country. They are called Armored Divisions, but as such, they also handle land-based nuclear missiles. If my memory serves me right, they were the first unit in the country to be given "Honest Johns". http://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/49ad/49division.htm An Introduction to the history of the 49th (Lone Star) Armored Division (1947 -1963) — Brian Schenk “Soon after being designated as a "combat-ready" unit in 1955, the 49th was assigned as one of the six National Guard divisions making up the Ready Reserve Strategic Army Force, a first-priority reserve component. The designation gave the division higher priority for newer equipment and advanced training. “ “Command Post Exercises (CPX) called "Cloverleaf" became a part of the command staff's training beginning in 1957. Conducted by Headquarters, 4th U. S. Army, the Cloverleaf exercises were based at Fort Sam Houston, in San Antonio, Texas.” Brandy, Our Man in Acapulco: The Life and Times of Colonel Frank M. Brandstetter. A Biography by Rodney P. Carlisle and Dominic J. Monetta. University of North Texas Press, 1999. https://books.google.com/books?id=QLdqgDsVio4C&pg=PA122&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 121. “While at the Presidio, Brandy had prepared a draft of a Domestic Emergency Plan, which he revised and submitted in 1954 as part of the Cloverleaf I exercise, to G-2 of the Fourth Army Command in Dallas, Colonel M.H. Truly.” Posted by Tosh Plumlee in the Education Forum 11/12/2004 http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/topic/1972-felipe-vidal-santiago/?page=4 "MOS: WR Plumlee 1795, 3795 Tank Crew man Tk Comander, Sherman Tank. Cpl. Plumlee Mos 'Unknown; Unknown" Ft Bliss Texas; Texas National Guard; Unknown. OO Records at Office of Adjutant General State of Texas Camp Mabry, Texas. Texas National Guard; Texas Fourth Army Reserve; Certified Copy of Available Document By; XXX referenced doc." Posted by Rosh Plumlee in the Education Forum 11/12/2004 http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/topic/1972-felipe-vidal-santiago/?page=4 Larry: Note In 1952 Captain Seiwell went back into service with the Forth Army Reserve and was based at Dallas Love Field.. The same place as the Texas 49th Armord Div. I too was in the Texas National Guard 49th Armord Div before I went into the regular Army in 1953 at Ft Bliss Texas... I also went back into the National Guard and then transfered into the 4th Army Reserve in 1954. Dial Ryder, who did gun work for Lee Harvey Oswald, served in the 49th Division in “Armored tank training”. http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/russ/testimony/ryder.htm Mr. LIEBELER. Have you been in the military service? Mr. RYDER. Yes, sir. Mr. LIEBELER. What branch were you in? Mr. RYDER. Went in the National Guard. 49th Armored Division which I am still an active member. Mr. LIEBELER. Of the National Guard? Mr. RYDER. Yes. Mr. LIEBELER. What kind of training did you receive? Mr. RYDER. Armored tank training. Mr. LIEBELER. You served as a tanker at Fort Polk? Mr. RYDER. Yes, sir. Mr. LIEBELER. What is your rank in the National Guard? Mr. RYDER. Now? Mr. LIEBELER. Yes. Mr. RYDER. Sergeant. Mr. LIEBELER. What was it at the time you went into active duty? Mr. RYDER. It was June 11 in 1960 when I reported to Fort Leonard Wood. Mr. LIEBELER. June what? What was your rank when you went on active duty? Mr. RYDER. I was just an E-2. What do you think the chances are that Tosh Plumlee and Dial Ryder knew each other? Steve Thomas

Cory, I'm sorry, I don't have the details in front of me right now, but I looked into this in the past once before. The guy on the roof you are thinking of was part of the security detail provided by the Head of security for the Trade Mart. He posted guys on nearby rooftops; and no, it wasn't a broom. I'm sorry, I can't remember his name right now. Earlier, you had asked, " f he was the shooter, why did he not shoot from the roof?... Harder for SS to shoot back at you. Somebody, Winston Lawson or Thomas Kelley maybe, told the WC that that wasn't the SS's job. Shooting back at suspected assassins was the local police's job. Steve Thomas

Tony, Oswald said they added his face to someone else's body. I think the body came equipped with a rifle. *smile* I don't have the magazine ad in front of me, but I think if you add up the optional add-ons (like the scope), you come up with more than what Oswald supposedly paid. ($29.45 I think). Ryder said the rifle had to be drilled and tapped. That means it didn't come with a scope mounted on it. I've never seen any evidence that Oswald ordered and had a scope mounted in the week or week and a half between the time Oswald would have received the rifle he supposedly ordered on March 12th and when the pictures were taken. Of course, at one point, Marina said she first saw the rifle in January, so that really doesn't get you anywhere either. Steve Thomas

Didn't the rifle come without a scope? I mean, the scope was optional over and above the price for the rifle itself. WC testimony of Dial Ryder http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/russ/testimony/ryder.htm Mr. LIEBELER. Where are you employed, Mr. Ryder? Mr. RYDER. Irving Sports Shop. Mr. LIEBELER. Where is that? Mr. RYDER. 221 East Irving Boulevard, Irving, Tex. “Oh, I told him I had a ticket with the name Oswald, no date, no address, just for drilling and tapping and boresighting--no address, or name: he didn't say he'd like to see the ticket and was looking at the pictures, then I seen the gun. Of course, from the picture I told him as far as I could remember I told him I hadn't mounted that scope, you know.” The rifle need drilled and tapped to accomodate the scope. WC testimony of Edith Whitworth during Marina Oswald's testimony of Marina Oswald July 24, 1964. http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/russ/testimony/oswald_m2.htm Mrs. WHITWORTH. The store was known as the Furniture Mart. The name was clearly on it, and it was located at 149 East Irving Boulevard. “...previously testified that sometime in early November 1963, they saw Marina and the two children and Lee Oswald in a furniture store located on East Irving Boulevard in Irving, Tex. Mrs. Whitworth told the WC that Lee Oswald came in the furniture store looking for a gunsmith shop and he had a part for a gun that was 15-18” long and 2-3” in diameter. It was wrapped in brown paper. The two stores were located only a block apart - in Irving - not in Oak Cliif, Dallas, where Neely St. is.. Steve Thomas

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And now; I give you, "Acoustic Kitty" On its first mission, the cat made it ten feet. https://icantbelieveitsnonfiction.com/2019/02/26/acoustic-kitty/ Who needs QJWIN? Steve Thomas

Bart, Warren Commission testimony of Marina Oswald, 1964 http://jfkassassination.net/russ/testimony/oswald_m1.htm Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, Lee had a small room where he spent a great deal of time, where he read---where he kept his things, and that is where the rifle was. Mr. RANKIN. Was it out in the room at that time, as distinguished from in a closet in the room? Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, it was open, out in the open. At first I think---I saw some package up on the top shelf, and I think that that was the rifle. But I didn't know. And apparently later he assembled it and had it in the room. Mr. RANKIN. When you saw the rifle assembled in the room, did it have the scope on it? Mrs. OSWALD. No, it did not have a scope on it. Mr. RANKIN. Do you recall seeing the rifle when the telescopic lens was on it? Mrs. OSWALD. I hadn't paid any attention initially. I know a rifle was a rifle. I didn't know whether or not it had a telescope attached to it. But the first time I remember seeing it was in New Orleans, where I recognized the telescope. But probably the telescope was on before. I simply hadn't paid attention. I hope you understand. When I saw it, I thought that all rifles have that. She recognized the scope, even though the rifle didn't have a scope on it, and she hadn't paid any attention whether it did or not. Makes sense to me. Steve Thomas

Rick, In the second photo you provided (shot from where Zapruder stood), do you know what the building is that is directly across from Zapruder, the one with the clocks at the top? That's one weird looking building. I wonder who the architect was. Steve Thomas

Robert, If you look closely at the jail checkout cards, you'll notice that the checkout card for the 12:35 AM period is the only time when Oswald is not accompanied by Detectives from the Homicide and Robbery Bureau. If you change the AM to PM, this time exactly matches the time when Fritz said he brought Oswald back to the office at 12:35 and returned him to his cell at 1:10. See CD 81 pp. 460-461. https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=10483#relPageId=460&tab=page During this interview, Fritz asked Oswald about the picture of him holding the rifle. The problem here is that, officially, the picture would not be brought back to the office until four hours later at around 4:00 PM. By comparing and cross-referencing the various versions of the 12:35 Interview in the Warren Commission documents with what's in the DPD Archives, you can see where attemps were made to cover this up. There was some discussion of this 12:35 interview in the Education Forum in the thread entitled, “Fritz ADDED the part about the photos afterward...” started by David Joseph on 11/28/2011. http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/topic/18440-fritz-added-the-part-about-the-photos-afterward/ Steve Thomas

Bart, Mr. FRITZ. I believe we had another arraignment, did we not? Mr. BALL. You had an arraignment charging him with the assassination of President Kennedy, murder of President Kennedy. Mr. FRITZ. Yes, sir; I went to that arraignment. Mr. BALL. That was at what time? I believe you showed it at 1:35 a.m. in your records. Mr. FRITZ. That would be about right. Mr. BALL. 1:35? Mr. FRITZ. I will tell you in a minute to be sure. I show 1:35. Mr. BALL. That was where? Mr. FRITZ. In the identification bureau. Mr. BALL. Who was present? Mr. FRITZ. That is just outside the jail. Mr. BALL. Who was present at that time? Mr. FRITZ. Well, I show Bill Alexander of the district attorney's office, Henry Wade. That was before Judge Johnston also, and I was there, and I am sure of three or four other people that I can't name. I think Chief Curry might have gone to this, I can't answer for him, but I believe he might have. Mr. BALL. That is one, 1:35 a.m., shortly after midnight was the arraignment. Mr. FRITZ. Yes, sir. Mr. BALL. Now, your records show that he was checked in the jail at 1:10 a.m. and it doesn't show a checkout when he was taken to the arraignment. Mr. FRITZ. To the arraignment. It probably wouldn't show that. Sometimes those cards, I don't usually make cards if the man is still in the custody of the jailers, and sometimes, of course, they might miss a card anyway because we use a lot of civilian employees up there. Mr. BALL. And the jailer was there with him, wasn't he? Mr. FRITZ. Yes, sir. He brought him out. The jail checkout card does not show him as being checked out of the jail between 1:10 AM and 10:25 AM. The Lieutenant is probably Lt. Karl P. Knight, and JB is probably J.B. Hicks. DPD Archives Box 15, Folder# 1, Item# 114 http://jfk.ci.dallas.tx.us/box15.htm From Batchelor Exhibit 5002, page 19: If Oswald wasn't arraigned, and he wasn't checked out of jail, what the hell was going on at 1:35 in the morning of the 23rd? Steve Thomas

Joe, I don't know about the timing, but I had been under the impression that Lee Harvey Oswald was arraigned for the murder of JFK around 1:30 in the morning of November 23rd. However, I read in Anthony Summer's book, "Conspiracy", that he says that LHO was NOT arraigned for this crime. Sure enough, in CD 5, page 400 there is an undated FBI document that says, "No arraignment on the charges in connection with the death of President Kennedy was held inasmuch as such arraignment was not necessary in view of the previous charges filed against Oswald and for which he was arraigned." http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...p;relPageId=405 And in CD 1084, page 11 is a letter from Hoover dated June 10, 1964 with attachments that reads, "Assistant DA Alexander...authorized the filing of a complaint...however, arraignment on this latter charge was not deemed necessary in view of the previous charges against Oswald and the prior arraignment." (for Tippit's murder). http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...mp;relPageId=15 So, was he arraigned or not, and if not, what the hell was taking place around 1:30 on the morning of November 23rd? It's interesting that even though both CD 5 and the synopsis that Hoover provided with his letter in CD 1084 are both undated; in the memo that comprises CD 5, it says that the "following information was obtained by Hosty from the office of Will Fritz on November 25th. That's two days after the fact. The locals (Fritz, Curry, Wade, Johnston) are saying Oswald was arraigned. The federals are saying he was not. Steve Thomas

Gaby, I have been looking for some connection between the Miller/Whitter gunrunning case, the right wing activities of Larry Schmidt and the Joiner family, Lawrence Howard and Loren Hall running guns through Dallas, and the anti-Castro Cubans. Memorandum of D.J. Brennan to William Sullivan dated May 8, 1964. pp. 70-71 https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=61499&relPageId=70&search=%22William_H.%20Patterson%22%20%22April%2016,%201964%22 One interesting thing, Warren Commission Document #320 is a memo from SS Agent Rowley. On page 162 of that Report there is a newspaper article from October 27, 1963 issue of the Dallas Times Herald concerning the Stevenson incident. In the article, Bobbie Joiner said there was no preplanning for Stevenson incident, but that, “some of the signs used were stored at former Major General Edwin A. Walker’s headquarters on Turtle Creek Blvd.” http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...p;relPageId=162 This was the same incident that Larry Schmidt took credit for in one of his letters to Bernard Weissman. Schmidt was also quoted in the same October 27th issue see page 161. This is also CE 1371. On page 6 of Wallace Heitman’s April 29 Report, right in the middle of a discussion about the Cubans in Garland, he says that his source said that (blank) and (blank) (Quintana and Castro?) had told him that they had attended the meeting at the Dallas Municipal Auditorium in October, 1963 where Adlai Stevenson had given a speech and that they had worn placards outside the Auditorium which were anti-Stevenson in context. http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...p;relPageId=215 I'm not sure what this proves, other than these people were at the same place at the same time. Did they know each other? I don't know. Steve Thomas

Jim, I'm not sure what Mr. Rhode is referring to, but it seems to me that orders were being issued within seconds of each other. It seems like that would be kind of hard to do by writing them out beforehand. Steve Thomas

Joe, You might be interested in Peter Lempkin's 2013 reproduction of Martin Shackelford's notes from 2007 in the Deep Politics Forum. Scroll about 2/3 of the way down the page: https://deeppoliticsforum.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-11541.html Martin talked about the decision-making process some. Steve Thomas

Joe, You might be interested in this from Vol. IX of the HSCA Report (pp 139-140) https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=955&relPageId=147 Dean failed a lie detector test. Steve Thomas

Joe, Look at Patrick Dean and Burt Griffin's interactions with him. http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/russ/testimony/dean1.htm First, is there anything about what you said on the record that was not correct? Mr. DEAN - No, sir. Mr. RANKIN - And the truth? Mr. DEAN - No, sir. Well, Mr. Griffin had questioned me about 2 hours, or maybe a little longer. There was no problems at all, no difficulties. And after that length of time, a little over 2 hours, Mr. Griffin desired to get off the record, and he advised the court reporter that he would be off the record and he could go smoke a cigarette or get a Coke, and he would let him know when he wanted him to get back on the record. Well, after the court reporter left, Mr. Griffin started talking to me in a manner of gaining my confidence in that he would help me and that he felt I would probably need some help in the future. My not knowing what he was building up to, I asked Mr. Griffin to go ahead and ask me what he was going to ask me. He continued to advise me that he wanted me to listen to what he had to say before he asked me whatever question he was going to ask me. I finally told him that whatever he wanted to ask me he could just ask me, and if I knew I would tell him the truth or if I didn't know, I would tell him I didn't know. Mr. Griffin took my reports, one dated February 18, the subject of it was an interview with Jack Ruby, and one dated November 26, which was my assignment in the basement. He said there were things in these statements which were not true and, in fact, he said both these statements, he said there were particular things in there that were not true, and I asked him what portions did he consider not true, and then very dogmatically he said that, "Jack Ruby didn't tell you that he entered the basement via the Main Street ramp." Griffin pretty much told Dean that he committed perjury and could go to jail for it. It got pretty heated. Steve Thomas

Denis, It seems like you would be looking for some kind of digital asset management software. Here's a list of some: https://www.capterra.com/sem-compare/digital-asset-management-software?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIt4Oa5ePW4AIVXiCtBh1HCQGmEAAYAiAAEgKea_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds (I would think you'd want one where the images can be sorted by subject and searchable). I have no idea of the costs. Just for curiosity's sake I took a look at MediaValet and Airtable. Steve Thomas

Pamela, Your suggestion led me to ask, in my own mind, if LHO's letters from Russia to Marguerite were consistent over the years, and with each other. In asking myself that question, I happened to stumble on this site: It doesn't answer my question. I'm just including it here for curiosity's sake. I hadn't seen this before. Marguerite Oswald Reads Lee Harvey Oswald's Letters from Russia Smithsonian Folkways Recordings https://folkways.si.edu/the-oswald-case-mrs-marguerite-oswald-reads-lee-harvey-oswalds-letters-from-russia/american-history-oral-history-biography/album/smithsonian Steve Thomas

John, I guess you're referring to the Bolton Ford incident. This is from AJ Weberman's Nodule 11: AJ Weberman Nodule 11 http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/weberman/nodule11.htm The second to the last paragraph references CD 75 page 677. Here's a link to that FBI interview of Oscar Deslatte: https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=10477#relPageId=681&tab=page It doesn't look like the person presented a drivers license. BANISTER AND THE BOLTON FORD INCIDENT On January 20, 1961, the FBI generated a report that was File #2-41, subject, FRANK ANTHONY STURGIS - Neutrality Matters. This file was withheld. On January 20, 1961, two members of Friends of Democratic Cuba attempted to purchase several pickup trucks from Oscar Deslatte of Bolton Ford. One of them used the name LEE OSWALD. The FBI reported: "On November 25, 1963, Mr. William A. Watson, Vice-President, Bolton Ford Company, New Orleans, telephonically advised his truck manager informed him that the Friends of Democratic Cuba had made a bid on a truck and that the bid was signed by OSWALD. Another name appeared on the bill and believed to be Joseph Moler. He stated all information would be available through his truck manager, Fred Sewell." [NARA 124-10248-10153] FRED SEWELL Fred Sewell told an investigator for Jim Garrison: "I think that Oscar Deslatte wrote that on there, LEE OSWALD, but he didn't use the name HARVEY, just LEE OSWALD if I remember right. Yes, it's been six years of course. He represented himself as LEE OSWALD. He's the man that spoke up and said, 'I'm the man handling the money. You ought to have my name too...I would say that the men were in there that I could see them maybe an hour...So then when the President was assassinated and the name came out, Oscar come in either the next morning or the morning after and said, "Say Fred, do you remember those two guys who was in here from Cuba trying to get some buses cheap? And I said, 'Yes.' He said, 'I think that one of those men was the one who killed the President.' I said, 'Aw, you're kidding.' and he said 'We've got a piece of paper around here somewhere with a bid on it.' He went and hauled that piece of paper out and then Oscar called the FBI...The FBI come down and picked it up with two pieces of plastic. They didn't even put their fingerprints on it. And slid these two pieces of plastic on each side of it and offered us a receipt for it and took it with them." Fred Sewell was asked by Jim Garrison: "In other words they expected to find fingerprints on it?" Sewell: "Yes, but I don't think the man ever touched it, really. We did, but I don't think he did. Then Oscar come to me and he said, 'I got some kind of Freedom or Free Democrats of Cuba' or something. He had a name for it. He come in my office and he said kind of contributing to Cuba. He said they want ten buses or they want to bid on ten buses. Do you want to give them a good deal on it? Well, I said, seeing that they're having a hard time down there let's make it $50 over cost for each one of them." [James L. Alcock to Garrison 5.2.67] The files of the New Orleans FBI Office do not show that Fred Sewell was ever interviewed in regard to the Bolton Ford Incident. OSCAR DESLATTE Oscar Deslatte, another employee of Bolton Ford, confirmed the report of Fred Sewell in a conversation with the FBI: "Joseph Moore," and an unidentified Cuban male, insisted Oscar Deslatte sell them trucks at cost because they would be used against Castro. Joseph Moore said he was an ex-Marine who was involved in training the invasion brigade. He wrote his name and bid on a piece of paper and handed it to Oscar Deslatte. Joseph Moore then asked Oscar Deslatte to return the slip, and changed the name on it to "OSWALD." OSWALD was in the Soviet Union in 1961. [WCD 75 p677; FBI 67-39565-66; FBI FOIA req. Banister 105-95587-1 p10] In 1979 the FBI released copies of the records of Oscar Deslatte. To see this tag double click here. [Bolton.JPEG] The words "Friends of Democratic Cuba" and "OSWALD" appeared. [Memo 5.9.67 To: Garrison From: Alcock.] The FBI ran a file check on Joseph Moore on January 9, 1968. Most of the serials were non-identifiable. Serials 25-20038, 26-24044, 162-436 were followed by question marks. Serial 88-6623 had nothing next to it. The rest of the serial were marked "Not Identifiable." [FBI New Orleans 89-69-3730] HEMMING did not believe the Bolton Ford incident took place: "There's no logical connection at all. Nobody used any trucks during the Bay of Pigs. There were no xxxxing trucks. Maybe they were trying to con him. Sounds like some Cuban trying to get a deal. Never heard of Moore." Steve Thomas