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On 8/25/2018 at 7:57 AM, Jim Hargrove said:
This has been discussed here before, but in a WikiSpooks article presenting a 2010 COPA speech by Peter Dale Scott, Dr. Scott seems to accept the existence of the 488th MID in Dallas without offering a whole lot of proof for it. His description (please correct me if I'm wrong) seems to essentially follow Crichton’s.
The print edition of his speech includes the following:
Researcher Larry Haapanen has discovered the 488th seems to have had its own direct chain of command linking it to Washington. In an esoteric publication entitled The Military Order of World Wars (Turner Publishing Company, 1997, p. 120), he found that Crichton "commanded the 488th MID (Strategic), reporting directly to the Army Chief of Intelligence and the Defense Intelligence Agency." [56]. And in 1970 Haapanen was told by Crichton’s commander in the Texas Army Reserve, Lt. Col. Whitmeyer, that Crichton's unit did its summer training at the Pentagon.
Has anyone actually seen p. 120 of this obscure work? I know from long experience that my rural library system has essentially no chance whatsoever of having the book.
Jim,
Paul Brancato and I have collaborated on this a little.
Here is Jack Crichton's entry that is on page 87 of the MOWW:
Page 120 should have the entry for George Lumpkin, but it doesn't. At least in the 1995 edition. (The book is arranged alphabetically)
It's possible that the 1977 edition (the first edition I think) would have Lumpkin's entry.
Here's the Worldcat entry for the 1977 edition. You are right - it is a rare book. The Dallas chapter of the MOWW doesn't even have a copy.
There are a couple of Texas libraries that have a copy in their reference department, which means they won't lend it out on Interlibrary Loan, but perhaps the reference department will make a photocopy of page 120 for you.
The History of the Military Order of the World Wars: Its first fifty years Hardcover – 1977
https://www.amazon.com/History-Military-Order-World-Wars/dp/B0006X3KHQ
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Hardcover: 294 pages
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Publisher: Military Order of the World Wars; 1st edition (1977)
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Language: English
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19 minutes ago, Jim Hargrove said:
The “Study of Military Intelligence Detachments” by Thomas Cagley that Steve found seems to indicate that a 488th MID did indeed exist, even though there is not much mention of it publicly. If we accept that it probably did exist, we can then concentrate on whether it was located in Dallas and whether Crichton was really associated with it.
Is this a fair characterization of where we stand? The "Army Intelligence in Dallas" memo Steve linked us to above makes no mention of the 488th MID, which, frankly, is exactly what I'd expect from a government document if some bureaucrat knew, or suspected, the 488th had something to do with JFK's murder. Am I being too cynical?
Jim,
Consider that Cagley's Study was done in 1991. If he has the 488th reporting to the DIA, the DIA wasn't established until 1961. Depending on when the 488th was activated, it could be that the chain of command for the 488th prior to 1961 went elsewhere. Crichton was supposed to have created his 488th in 1956.
To date, I have not found a history of the 488th - that would be nice to find - preferably from a government source; but many Army domestic intelligence files were destroyed in 1971 following the Army spy trials.
One possible location might be:
Records of the Army Staff
(Record Group 319)https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/319.html#319.16
319.16 Records of the Office of Reserve Components
1956-63Another possible location would be here:
319.18 Records of the Office of the Chief, Army Reserve
1922-64https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/319.html#319.12
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47 minutes ago, Paul Brancato said:
Steve - didn’t I read that the 316th had 30 men?
Do you dismiss Brandstetter’s statement that he and ACSI Colonel Rose agreed that he should join the 488th? Have you been able to document any membership lists to other such Detachments? You’ve dug long and hard into this and have indeed found previously unknown references to the 488th. Even Cagley says 90% were no larger than a rifle squad. That leaves 10% as being out of the usual size.
Paul,
Here's what little I know:
MEMORANDUM
(Updated version as of February 21, 1997)
To:
Jeremy Gunn
cc: David Marwell; Chris Barger; Doug Horne; Brian Rosen; Joan Zimmerman
From: Tim Wray
Subject: Army Intelligence in Dallas
“Here's some of what we've learned so far about Army intelligence in Dallas”
"3. 316th INTC Detachment.
The 112th INTC Group's personnel total given above does not include members of the smaller 316th INTC Detachment, which had an authorized strength of 38 in 1963."
As far as Brandstetter goes, the question in my mind, is which 488th?
Given Brandstetter's high standing, and the upper-level kind of things he was involved with, I can believe that it was the real 488th.
Did you say that in Brandstetter's book, he never mentioned Crichton by name?
Steve Thomas
PS: The 316th was stationed in Thailand in the late 1960's.
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26 minutes ago, Jim Hargrove said:
Steve,
However, if memory serves, there are a few references to the 488th in literature available online that doesn't seem to come from Crichton, are there not? (I'm really asking, because I did a search a month or more ago and my memory isn't what it used to be and was never great to begin with.)
Jim,
The two places that I have found concrete evidence that a 488th Military Intelligence Detachment did exist are:
1. A 2012 obituary of a Jack E. Earnest that you can read here:
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/houstonchronicle/obituary.aspx?pid=160976735#sthash.mX3LJS6E.dpuf
" In June 1956, he was assigned to the 488th Strategic Intelligence Detachment until 1962, achieving the rank of Captain."
2. a 1991 Study of Military Intelligence Detachments done by a Thomas Cagley that lists a 488 MID as one of the MID's that reported to the DIA.
http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a233391.pdf
(see Table II-2 on page 14)
I just don't happen to believe that Crichton's 488th was the same. I think he appropriated the name. Military Intelligence Detachments were just that. They were Detachments; about the size of a rifle squad. In his Study, Cagley wrote that 90% of MID's consisted of 9 men. To say that you had a Detachment that had 100 men in it is just so much puffery.
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10 hours ago, Paul Brancato said:
Brandstetter doesn’t even mention Crichton in his book. However Crichton’s official bio in the Military Order of World Wars states he led a local Military Intelligence Unit without naming it. All very mysterious, but it does not smell like a disinformation rabbit hole.
Paul,
Army Regulation 135-382
Army National Guard and Army Reserve
Reserve Component Military Intelligence Units and Personnel
19 October 1992
https://fas.org/irp/doddir/army/ar135-382.htm
5.0 Military Intelligence Detachments (Strategic) (MID(S))
Subtopics
5.1 Organization
5.2 Mission
5.3 Assignment to a Strategic MI Detachment (MID(S))
5.4 MID(S) Training
5.5 Administration
5.5 Administration
a. Because MID(S) are not authorized administrative support personnel or unit equipment, MID(S) will be attached to another unit for administrative and logistical support. No other unit will be attached to a MID(S). The appropriate MUSARC commander will designate the organization to which a MID(S) is attached for administration, mess, maintenance, and supply. Each MID(S) and the organization to which it is attached for administrative and logistical support will negotiate a memorandum of understanding (MOU). The MOU will describe in sufficient detail the support to be provided the MID(S), including technical support. A copy of the attachment orders and the MOU will be forwarded to the USARC commander.
To what parent unit was Crichton's 488th attached?
If Brandstetter does not mention Crichton in his book, can you tell me any person who ever said they belonged to the 488th? I know Crichton claimed that it consisted of 100 men, half of whom were members of the Dallas Police Department, but do you know of any person who ever claimed to be one of those half?
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On 8/22/2018 at 4:43 PM, David Josephs said:
https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP57-00384R001000020006-5.pdf
https://www.maryferrell.org/php/jfkdb.php?field=recordseries&value=NARA+RG319%3A+ACSI+G2%2C+COUNTERINTELLIGENCE+ORGANIZATIONS is a list of all the records related... but no links yet to the doc
David,
Thanks.
I knew about the second site you referenced. I'm just not sure how you get from those records to the actual documents themselves. It's possible they haven't been scanned yet, and you have to go to the National Archives to get them.
Thanks for the first reference. I read through the Regulations of the CIC. I wonder how the Army kept all these intelligence groups straight - - the Army Security Agency, the Counterintelligence Corps, the INTC's... The Assistant Chief of Staff G2 must have been a very busy guy - everything seemed to flow through him.
This part of the CIC's Regulations made me shudder... I was looking at "disaffection". Talk about thought police...
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2 hours ago, James DiEugenio said:
Howard says he gave this to the FBI-- and it disappeared? To the point that no one ever mentioned it?
Oswald drew a dagger through Connally's name and then added little blood drops?
Sounds an awful lot like Sirhan Sirhan.
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Can anyone give me some advice (besides telling me where to get off *smile*)?
Let's say I have a reference to a document like this:
MISSION & EMPLOYMENT OF 316TH INTELLIGENCE CORPS DETACHMENT
Record Number: 197-10002-10218If I go this site:
https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/release
Is there any way to search that site by the record number?
If I go to the NARA site here:
https://nara.gov/cgi-bin/starfinder.exe/0?path=jfksnew.txt&id=demo&pass=&OK=OK
and run that record number through the search engine, all I get is the cover sheet.
Here's the full record in the MFF database explorer:
1. MISSION & EMPLOYMENT OF 316TH INTELLIGENCE CORPS DETACHMENT
Record Number: 197-10002-10218Record Series: NARA RG319: ACSI G2, COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATIONS Agency: USA
Agency File No.: [empty value] Originator: HQ, 112TH INTELLIGENCE CORPS GROUP, FT SAM HOUSTON
From: CO, 112TH INTELLINGENCE CORPS GR To: CO/316TH INTELLIGENCE CORPS DETACH
Date: 05/31/1963 Pages: 2
Subjects: AMENDMENTS TO 316TH INTELLIGENCE CORPS DETACHTMENT MISSION; 112TH INTELLIGENCE CORPS GROUP;
Document Type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Restrictions: OPEN IN FULL Current Status: OPEN
Date of Last Review: 07/22/1996 Opening Criteria: [empty value]
Comments: [empty value]Thanks,
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In Wray's Memorandum, he wrote, “Though spot report messages from 4th Army G2 document a regular, close working relationship between the 112th INTC Group and local , state and federal law enforcement agencies (including the Dallas police department and, especially, the FBI), they record no collaboration at all between military intelligence and the Secret Service.
Coyle had such a close relationship with Dallas FBI agent James Hosty that Coyle warmly referred to him in our initial phone interview as “Jimmy” — neither recalled any contact whatsoever with the Secret Service. Reich, who before becoming the commander of the 316th INTC Detachment in July, 1963, had been the 112th INTC Group’ s operations officer, said in his ARRB interview that while he commonly worked with other organizations, he has no recollection of ever having worked with the Secret Service.”
This dovetails what I read about in CD 852
https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=11249
DOD Bartimo Letter of 24 Apr 1964 with Attachments
Starting on about the third page or so of this document is a copy of
Army Regulation 195-10 which spells out how the Army was supposed to liaison with other agencies. It talks about the Army, Navy, Air Force and FBI, but interestingly enough, leaves out the Secret Service.
Wray's Memorandum also says, “Though the Secret Service made extensive use of local law enforcement agencies wherever the President went, it appears that military personnel regularly provided security only when Air Force One was landing at a military base or when the President was visiting a base or installation. In such cases, military personnel were included in Secret Service security arrangements while he was on military property.”
The Memorandum of Agreements are spelled out in This also dovetails with Army Regulation 195-10, beginning on page 2 and covers Military Police Criminal Investigative Activities,
https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=11249#relPageId=5&tab=page
and Army Regulation 381-115 beginning on page 27 of CD 852.
https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=11249#relPageId=30&tab=page
AR 381-115 covers Military Intelligence and Counter Intelligence Investigative Agencies.
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On 2/16/2017 at 9:22 AM, Steve Thomas said:
The cable we have on hand is a message dated November 26, 1963 from the Commanding General, U.S. Continental Army Command re-transmitting a message dated November 23, 1963 from someone at Fort Sam Houston, in San Antonio to CINC U.S. Strike Command at McDill Air Force Base in Florida. The November 23rd message summarizes a telephone conversation between a Captain Saxton in Strike Command and a Lieutenant Colonel Fons, Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence at 4th Army Headquarters at Fort Sam Houston that took place on November 23, 1963
This cable can be found in the Weisberg Collection
https://archive.org/stream/nsia-ArmyIntelligenceJFK/nsia-ArmyIntelligenceJFK/AI JFK 01#page/n0
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I was researching the 316th INTC and ran across this 1997 memo from Tim Wray to Jeremy Gunn.
He talks about the 316th and its relationship to the 112th, and whether or not military intelligence had "boots on the ground" in Dallas on the 22nd.
Among other things, he also talks about the Coyle/Hosty/Ellworth meeting on the morning of the 22nd, the CONARC/Stringfellow cable that went out to Strike Command at McDill, and Robert Jones of the 112th.
MEMORANDUM
(Updated version as of February 21, 1997)
To:
Jeremy Gunn
cc: David Marwell; Chris Barger; Doug Horne; Brian Rosen; Joan Zimmerman
From: Tim Wray
Subject: Army Intelligence in Dallas
"Here's some of what we've learned so far about Army intelligence in Dallas"
I'm still absorbing this memo, so I can't intelligently comment on it.
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1 hour ago, Douglas Caddy said:
Douglas,
See also this 2007 Education Forum thread on Malcolm Jerry Hoy:
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From Jefferson Morley:
"The QAnon conspiracy theory is a psychedelic mushroom planted in the fertile manure of the Warren Commission. This mind-altering proposition grows in the gloom of anonymous chat groups. It is then stimulated by the bright lights of social media. And finally it is harvested and ingested by Trump cultists eager to prolong the alt-reality buzz that commenced on January 20, 2017.
But it all began on November 22, 1963."
https://www.salon.com/2018/08/16/qanon-why-we-have-the-cia-partly-to-thank-for-the-craziest-conspiracy-theory-yet_partner/
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On 7/29/2018 at 2:03 AM, Mike Kilroy said:
I’m curious who the “highly productive agent” is that accepts no salary that they’re trying to do a favor for...
Mike,
And who would have a .38 special that he couldn't get ammo for down in Mexico?
It implies that he is not a local.
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On 8/10/2018 at 4:30 PM, David Josephs said:
Found this in the recent release https://www.archives.gov/files/research/jfk/releases/2018/104-10419-10076.pdf
Ozzie was never more than Private....
Pretty sure Ms Egerter would be VERY interested...
For what it's worth...
http://www.marzone.com/7thMarines/Faq0001.htm
United States Marine Corps
VietNam-era Military Occupational Specialty CodesMOS
6741
Aviation Electronics Operator
I can't read the other MOS number from 1957.
If that's a 6400 number, there are no 6400's in that list of MOS codes..
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8 hours ago, Paul Brancato said:
What is this Steve?
Paul,
It's a parody.
Steve
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http://therevolvinginternet.com/
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On 8/6/2018 at 7:07 PM, Vince Palamara said:
Hi, Paul---just seeing your comment now.
I know about Col. George Lumpkin, Lt. Col. George Whitmeyer, and Secret Service agent Winston Lawson and their Counter Intelligence background in the Army.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156778130/george-laster-lumpkin
http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/topic/25039-george-lumpkin/?page=2&_fromLogin=1ow
“I don't know if this has been discussed, but the link below is to a 1966 Richardson (Texas) Daily News article that describes George Lumpkin as “Commandant of the 4150th ARSU Dallas United States Army Reserve School”.
https://newspaperarchive.com/tags/george-lumpkin/?pc=24581&psi=94&pci=7&pt=23960&ob=1/
ARSU is Army Reserve Service Unit
With respect to George Whitmeyer, Winston Lawson told the HSCA that Whitmeyer "taught army intelligence."
There were two reserve training centers in Dallas.
Muchert Reserve Center
10031 E. Northwest Highway,
Herzog Reserve Center
at 4900 S. Lancaster.
"Mr. Lawson acknowledged
that Lt. Col. George Whitmeyer, who was part of the Dallas District U.S. Army
Command, who Lawson said "taught Army Intelligence"
1/31/78 HSCA interview of Secret Service agent Winston Lawson (RIF#18010074-10396)
Jules E. Muchert Army Reserve Center
10031 E. Northwest Highway
This Property was a part of the original boundaries of White Rock Lake Park. The City of Dallas sold the Property to the Federal Government in 1956 for an Army Reserve Training Center Site.
http://www3.dallascityhall.com/committee_briefings/briefings0607/QOL_061107_muchert.pdf
That pdf has some nice pictures in it.Steve Thomas
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12 minutes ago, Steve Thomas said:
So, in 1965 you've got a Major General commanding the Eight th Army Corps, but in 1967 it's being commanded by a Colonel?
Something's not quite right here.
Steve Thomas
Dallas Morning News 11-16-1965
10 Dallas reserve Units Included In Inactivation
By Gene Ormsby
Fourteen Army Reserve units in Dallas, including 10 in the 90th Infantry Division, are scheduled to be inactivated immediately, Major Gen. William R. Calhoun commander of the Eighth U.S. Army Corps said Monday in Austin.
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23 hours ago, Steve Thomas said:
Jim,
As far as Offer goes, I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around the idea of a Colonel being the commanding officer of an army corps. Usually that goes to a major-general or something.
Hood County News-Tablet from Granbury, Texas · Page 8
July 8, 1965
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/57597412/
“Gets Texas National Guard Commission Gary T. Grogan of Rising Star, technician with the local Soil Conservation Service office, received his commission as a second lieutenant in the Texas N'ational Guard in ceremonies at the Municipal'. Auditorium in Austin Saturday evening, June 1). He was awarded his commission at the conclusion of a Texas Officer Candidate School which he attended at Camp Mabry, Texas. He was assigned to the 1st Bn,. 142nd Inf., Brown-wood, Texas, as battalion antitank platoon leader. Presentation of the diplomas was made by Maj. Gen. Thomas S. Bishop, Texas adjutant-general, Major. Gen: .. William. R. Calhoun commanding , general of the Eighth U.S. Army Corps, was the speaker for the evening.
So, in 1965 you've got a Major General commanding the Eight th Army Corps, but in 1967 it's being commanded by a Colonel?
Something's not quite right here.
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2 hours ago, John Butler said:
Thanks for your info Denis,
John,
This is weird.
Army Intelligence?
Water cooler?
From the Weisberg Collection...
http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/E%20Disk/Ellis%20Starvis%20Major/Item%2001.pdf
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So, is it 50 radio stations, or 500 radio stations?
Or, had the number grown by that much?
Facebook posting by an unknown author.https://www.facebook.com/TexasStateGuard/posts/1576889535692221
Texas State Guard
Title: “How about a little bit of HISTORY of the Texas State Guard? “
“With the advent of the Cold War, The Texas State Guard Reserve Corps (TSGRC) was given additional duties — those specific to statewide radio communications and civil defense. By 1951, the TSGRC had 50 fixed radio stations and over 100 automobiles throughout the state – almost all were funded at the personal expense of the operators and heavily used during many natural disasters.
https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qqt01
Texas State Guard. By William C. Wilkes and Mary M. Standifer
"In the 1950s the Signal Corps of the Texas State Guard Reserve Corps embraced 500 radio stations statewide. These provided valuable communications assistance to civil authorities and the Red Cross in times of natural disaster."
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5 hours ago, Jim Hargrove said:
According to Google Books, vol 14 of Army Reserve magazine includes the following caption:
LEGION OF MERIT is presented to Colonel
Jack A. Crichton, CO, 488th MI Det
(Strat), Dallas, Tex., by Colonel Robert D.
Offer, CO, VII Corps, Houston, Tex.,
upon Col. Crichton’s recent retirement.See:
Edit:
Also, indicating that it is reproducing the following article:
Dallas Morning News, The (TX),
December 15, 2007, Author: JOE
SENNACHERIB, Page 13B;the Find A Grave entry on “John Alston ‘Jack’ Crichton” states as follows:
In December 1967, he retired from the Army Reserve after serving for 30 years. He received the Legion of Merit for his service, which included organizing the 488th Military Intelligence Detachment reserve unit in 1956.
See:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116536208/john-alston-crichton
Jim,
Thanks for the input.
As far as the Army Reserve Magazine magazine article, I think it's the VIIIth Corps, not the VIIth.
See
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal from Lubbock, Texas · December 5, 1967 Page 16
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/6092576/
DALLAS (API — "Col. Jack A.:, Crichton.) commanding officer of the 488th Military Intelligence Detachment, was awarded the Legion of Merit Monday night on' his retirement from the Army- Reserve after 30 years of service. The medal was presented in a ceremony by Col. Robert D. Of-; fer, (sic) commander of the VIII U.S. , Army Corps at Austin. An oil man and petroleum consultant, Crichton organized his Reserve unit in 1956 and has been its only commander. The award cited him for "exceptionally outstanding service" as commander and for the preparation of a series of military intelligence studies.
As far as Offer goes, I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around the idea of a Colonel being the commanding officer of an army corps. Usually that goes to a major-general or something. I'm also having trouble locating information on Offer himself. There was a Robert D. Offer, Jr. who served in Vietnam, but, so far, I haven't found anything that connects a Robert D. Offer to Texas."
It's got to be something connected to the Reserves, rather than the Active Army.
http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/512-viii-corps/
"The Eighth returned to the United States in August of 1945 after having fought in five campaigns and was inactivated on December 15th, 1945, at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma.
Post-World War II
Not long after deactivation, VIII Corps was once again slated for activation.
It was activated as part of the organized reserves. For almost the next twenty years, VIII Corps remained in the role of training soldiers for overseas deployment.
VIII Corps was deactivated in April 1, 1968."Just for the heck of it, here's a brief mention in an April 9, 1964 Longview, TX News-Journal newspaper . At that point, Crichton was running unopposed as the Republican candidate for Governor in the 1964 election. (Sorry for the OCR rendering - it was hard to make out at times).
Longview News-Journal from Longview, Texas
April 9, 1964 page 5
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/186118616/
"Crichton Blasts 'Police Power Bill During Visit Gets Award attributed widely to the oil and gas publications. Gov. George C. Wallace's heavy vote in the Wisconsin primary Tuesday showed that the people in the North as well as FORT WORTH ...
Crichton of Dallas, unopposed candidate for governor, declared Shreveport. He is a committee chairman in the Dallas County Civil defense set up and holds - - publican leaders and others. Crichton said, ' He has been active in Republican circles in Dallas many years, and he occupies downtown offices as an Independent oil executive, and engineer.
Crichton was educated at Byrd High School, Shreveport, and was awarded various petroleum and engineering degrees from Wichita Institute of Technology and SMU. His career as a geologist and engineer was interrupted by World War II, in which he served as a field artillery intelligence officer and special agent of the OSS. Now with the rank of colonel, he is commanding officer of the 488th Military Intelligence Detachment, U. S. Army Reserve."
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7 hours ago, Vince Palamara said:
They could even connect with the Dallas PD.Vince,
Notice the top right hand corner. Letter also by Boise Smith WRR transmitter building.
https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qqt01
Texas State Guard. By William C. Wilkes and Mary M. Standifer
"In the 1950s the Signal Corps of the Texas State Guard Reserve Corps embraced 500 radio stations statewide. These provided valuable communications assistance to civil authorities and the Red Cross in times of natural disaster."
Statement by Colonel John W. Mayo, Chairman of City-County Civil Defense and Disaster Commission at the Dedication of the Emergency Operations Center at Fair Park.
http://www.civildefensemuseum.com/fallout/docs/may241961a.jpg
This Statement appeared on the Civil Defense and Disaster Commission letter head co-signed by Boise Smith, WRR transmitter Building at Fair Park.
WRR was a city-owned radio station.
In the Batchelor's Exhibit CE5002 https://www.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh19/pdf/WH19_Batchelor_Ex_5002.pdf ,
Boise Smith is listed as a Deputy Chief of Police (along with Lumpkin, Stevenson and Batchelor) and as the Director of the Civil Defense and Disaster Commission. As such, he reported directly to Curry.
See this statement by Mayo decrying the artists being displayed at the Art Museum
http://washingtonbabylon.com/bunker-command-center-jfk-assassination-merely-worlds-interesting-basement/
"In March of 1955, Col. John W. Mayo, commander of the Dallas Metropolitan Post No. 581 of the American Legion, sent a communication to the Trustees of the Art Museum decrying many of the Museum’s policies and saying that the Post objected ‘to the Museum patronizing and supporting artists … whose political beliefs are dedicated to destroying our way of life."
In this same website, it says, " An online exhibit by the Dallas City Hall provides the following historical summary of WRR, the station-of-choice for Dallas-Fort Worth highbrows since 1964, when it switched to an all classical format. Until the departments had their own internal support, WRR supplied and maintained all radio equipment for Police, Fire, Park and Recreation, Water, Public Works, and the former Health Department. At its peak it furnished dispatching services for Dallas County, Cockrell Hill Police Department, and private ambulance services (in the days before 911). WRR discontinued these adjunct services in 1969."
"In his book, Family of Secrets, veteran reporter Russ Baker notes:
In April 1, 1962, Dallas Civil Defense, with Crichton heading its intelligence component, opened an elaborate underground command post under the patio of the Dallas Health and Science Museum. Because it was intended for “continuity-of-government” operations during an attack, it was fully equipped with communications equipment.
With this shelter in operation on November 22, 1963, it was possible for someone based there to communicate with police and other emergency services. There is no indication that the Warren Commission or any other investigative body or even JFK assassination researchers looked into this facility or the police and Army Intelligence figures associated with it."
Facebook posting by an unknown author.
https://www.facebook.com/TexasStateGuard/posts/1576889535692221
Texas State Guard
Title: “How about a little bit of HISTORY of the Texas State Guard? “
“With the advent of the Cold War, The Texas State Guard Reserve Corps (TSGRC) was given additional duties — those specific to statewide radio communications and civil defense. By 1951, the TSGRC had 50 fixed radio stations and over 100 automobiles throughout the state – almost all were funded at the personal expense of the operators and heavily used during many natural disasters. With the federalization of the Texas National Guard during the Berlin Crisis in 1961, 71 Texas National Guard Armories were left vacant and a great amount of state property unprotected. To address this, elements of the TSGRC were organized as Texas State Guard Security Units. These units were assigned to the 49th Armored Division and the 11014th Transportation Company, manning their respective armories until these units were returned to their state mission one year later.”
From Bill Kelly. JFK Countercoup blog July 22, 2012
http://jfkcountercoup.blogspot.com/2012/07/shenanigans-at-dallas-state-fairgrounds.html
“On April 1, 1962, Dallas Civil Defense, with Crichton heading its intelligence component, opened an elaborate underground command post under the patio of the Dallas Health and Science Museum. Because it was intended for ‘continuity-of-government’ operations during an attack, it was fully equipped with communications equipment.
Stringfellow and Biggio were working the police radio at the Fairgrounds on 11/22/63
“Army Apparently didn't tell Commission of Oswald's Alias”
Dallas Morning News March 19, 1978
in the Weisberg Collection
“However, (Bill) Biggio, who was directing police intelligence communications at the Fair Park office the day of the assassination...,” Former Dallas police Capt. W. P. Gannaway, who commanded the special service bureau in which Biggio worked, said if Army intelligence in San Antonio or Dallas "had any information pertaining to Oswald, we didn't know about it." “Don Stringfellow, a fellow police intelligence officer working with Biggio at the Fair Park office, was named as the source of information in a secret cable the night of Nov. 22 from Army intelligence in Texas to the U.S. Strike Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida. The cable said that information "obtained from Oswald revealed that he had defected to Cuba in 1959 and is a card-carrying member of the Communist Party." THIS CABLE, containing false information, was sent to an Army-Air Force operation set up three years earlier to provide a quick-reacting strike force in case of enemy attack. “
Forum Members might also be interested in perusing the Minutes of the Dallas Park Board, e.g.
[Dallas Park Board Minutes, Book 7] Page: 677
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth532599/m1/677/
Steve Thomas
Does the Cover-up Point to the Assassination Plotters?
in JFK Assassination Debate
Posted
Richard,
Looks like it could be - probably is.
I know that at the U. Texas El Paso, it's marked rare book collection, in-library use only.
Steve Thomas