Steve Thomas

Robin, I also believe that that is Larry Florer sitting in the chair next to the wall plaque. Steve Thomas

Larry, He told the FBI that he left Parkland around 2:00 PM and that his car accident was "several years ago". Steve Thomas

Antti, Okay. Thanks. Steve Thomas

Gene, On the day of JFK's assassination, Belknap was 23 andworking part time in the Dallas Morning News mail room. He lived on Ross St. in Irving. He rode the bus in to watch the motorcade. He didn't have epilepsy, but had bee in a car accident and suffered a head injury which caused him to have fainting spells if he didn't take his medication at least three times a day. Due to the excitement of JFK's visit, he had forgotten to take his medication, and had fainted. You can read his FBI interview here: http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...mp;relPageId=16 It's CD 1245 pp. 8 - 10. Steve Thomas

http://lingro.com/ Type a url or load a website into lingro's web viewer. Such as www.lemonde.fr Ask it to translate from French to English. Click on any word on the website that you don't know. Lingro provides an instant translation. Steve Thomas

Pat, No, with no From and no To, it's impossible to know. I ran the RIF number through NARA and just this one record shows up. It's signed, "S", but that could be anybody. I thought of something last night. Is there any indication that George de Mohrenshildt knew Russian? Why would somebody write a note to someone in a language they didn't know? Steve Thomas

Pat, This is from Answers.com in an article about George de Mohrenschildt: QUOTE http://www.answers.com/topic/george-de-mohrenschildt Another backyard photo Days later, on April 1 1977, Jeanne de Mohrenschildt gave the House Select Committee on Assassinations a photograph taken of Lee Harvey Oswald, by his wife Marina, standing in his Dallas backyard holding two newspapers and a rifle with a pistol on his hip. The existence of this photograph, while similar to others which had been found among Oswald's effects on November 23 1963, was previously unknown. Jeanne de Mohrenschildt said it had been kept privately for almost 14 years. On the back was written, "To my friend George from Lee Oswald, and the date “5/IV/63” [this is in Russian/European convention with day in front and month in Roman numerals, and means 5 April, 63] UNQUOTE I remember reading in the past about the date as it was written was supposed to have some significance, because it was written in the Cryllic fashion. Imagine my surprise when I ran across this little note in the CIA microfilm collection: http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...amp;relPageId=1 Steve Thomas

James, I believe that is Captain Cecil Talbert. He was a Captain in the Patrol Division. If I am reading this right, the man to his left is Captain O.A. Jones, and to Jones' left, and obscured by Will Fritz is Chief Batchelor. Here is how Talbert described it in his WC testimony: Mr. HUBERT. All right. Now, would you mark the circle where you were about the time of the event you have just described ? Captain TALBERT. This auto is angled in here. Mr. HUBERT. Maybe we had better angle it then. Captain TALBERT. Would you like that black pen ? Mr. HUBERT. You do it. We are changing the blue-pen marking because Captain Talbert indicates that the automobile was on an angle, and he is now marking it with the black pen. Would you put the word "auto," in that, please. Now, draw a circle and indicate where you were standing. Captain TALBERT. I was standing by the left front fender of the car, as I previously said. Mr. HUBERT. [Drawing a circle and indicating it number "7."] Captain TALBERT. Compared with the other, yes. And Chief Batchelor was standing just to the left front of the vehicle, and--I can't draw it in there with this circle correctly, but we'll indicate that "18," Capt. O. A. Jones was standing to my left, or to the rear of the vehicle from me. Indicating that to be "19," and at the time that vehicle was attempting to back up, we had pushed them back far enough for it to maneuver. At the time it was attempting to back up, there was a muffled report, a muffled shot and bedlam broke out in the vicinity of the jail office entry into the ramp. Talbert's Exhibit is 5070 You can see it here: http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...bsPageId=143092 If you blow it up to 200%, I think you can see where he marked his position in relation to the car. Steve Thomas

From the Raw Story http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Pres._Fords_...l_JFK_1121.html publisher appeared on Fox News today. Steve Thomas

For some reason, that is a bad link. It should be http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...amp;relPageId=1 Steve Thomas

Kathy, James, I have 2 hard drives in my computer. But I on a previous HD I had a photo -- like one taken in a booth -- of Harvey Oswald with hair bleached. Did you ever see that one? I don't know if it was trick photography or not. I think I'm going to check my pictures. Kathy Yes, I think James brought up the right picture. This is the picture that LHO? had taken in Mexico City as part of his effort to get a visa to Cuba and beyond. He is wearing a sweater vest. What I find striking is that the two pictures below were taken a month apart. One in New Orleans in August, one in Mexico in September. Are we looking at Harvey and Lee? Steve Thomas

Lee, Yes, I believe it was Bill Randle - Linnie Mae's husband. See the FBI Oswald Headquarters File, Section 84. pp98-99. http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...mp;relPageId=98 Steve Thomas

Ron, Try this: Open up a thread by someone. On the top right, you should see a button that says, "Options" Click on that and scroll down. You should see an option for viewing threads in "Standard" mode. Right now I think you are viewing threads in "Outline" mode. On the Lancer forum, select the option for viewing threads in "Linear" mode. I think that should straighten it out. Steve Thomas

Peter, From the WC testimony of Luke Mooney: Mr. BALL - When you ran across Elm, where did you go? Mr. MOONEY - Across Elm, up the embankment, which is a high terrace there, across--there is a kind of concrete building there, more or less of a little park. Jumped over the fence and went into the railroad yards. And, of course, there was other officers over there. Who they were, I don't recall at this time. But Ralph Walters and I were running together. And we jumped into the railroad yards and began to look around there. And, of course, we didn't see anything there. Of course the other officers had checked into the car there, and didn't find anything, I don't believe, but a Negro porter. Steve Thomas

I think I am getting a better picture of the dynamics here: On May 8, 1964, FBI Agent D.J. Brennan wrote a memo to W.C. Sullivan. Patterson also talks about Sylvia Odio in his memo. According to Patterson, Griffin asked Ellsworth about Cuban activity in Dallas and gun running. Griffin's memo to Slawson dated April 16th concerning this Ellsworth interview were among 23 internal Warren Commission memorandums in two file boxes that the Senate Select Committee were trying to obtain in 1975. They were noted to be "of CIA interest" and were "security classified". See here: page 5 http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...amp;relPageId=2 On April 24, 1964 SS Chief Rowley wrote a Memorandum to J. Lee Rankin of the Warren Commission. This memo is CD 853 http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...amp;relPageId=2 This memo was in response to a letter from Rankin to Rowley dated April 22, 1964. The topic was Manuel Rodriguez Orcarberro and the Cuban exile community. Some of the things in Rowley’s memo were: 1/16/64 Frank Ellsworth was interviewed about Orcarberro. Ellsworth had been working undercover gathering evidence against John Thomas Masen. Masen told Ellsworth that Orcarberro had been trying to buy guns and bazookas from Masen. Masen told Ellsworth that Rodriguez and George F. Parrel were leaders of the local DRE and also members of Alpha-66 Masen told Ellsworth that George Parrel, an associate of Orcarberro, had also been trying to buy guns from him. They had made purchases from him and that they presently have a large cache of arms located somewhere in Dallas, although he did not know the location. Parrel was a student at Dallas City College. Agent Ed Coyle was also contacted about Orcarberro. Juan Francisco Quintana Maya and Raul Castro Baile were jointly interviewed by FBI Wallace Heitman at their home in Garland on May 14, 1964. Castro owned the Rambler and Quintana picked up the Kan the Kennedy Klan bumper sticker at a meeting sponsored by the John Birch Society at which John Martino spoke in August or September, 1963. Quintana and Castro were both officials of the Dallas Chapter of the SNFE Alpha 66 and regularly attended meetings at the house on Harlandale. Warrren Commission Document# 1085 is a June 11, 1964 letter from J. Edgar Hoover with attached memoranda and reports. Included in that letter is a heavily redacted April 29, 1964 report from Dallas SA Wallace Heitman. It speaks about an automobile parked in front of a residence in Garland, Texas that displayed a bumper sticker that read, "Kill the Kennedy Klan." The names of the families who resided at the house together have been whited out. His report also says that after the assassination, efforts were made to remove this bumper sticker and that after the assassination, residents of this address began to receive a lot of mail from Miami, New York, and Mexico. His report redacts the names of people who have been receiving mail at that address. On page 5 of this Report, it says, "On April 9, 1964, SA Wallace R. Heitman observed parked on the street in front of the residence at ..... Garland, Texas a late-model, four door Rambler automobile, bearing license PD-4976." A source told Heitman that this automobile was owned by ...... See here for a Heitman interview of Raul Castro Baile: http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/....do?docId=69112 See here for an interview of Juan Quintana Maya: http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/....do?docId=69111 Castro told Heitman that he owned the Rambler and Quintana was the one who put the bumper sticker on. On May 25, 1964, Manuel Rodriguez voluntarily appeared at the Dallas FBI offices and spoke to Wallace Heitman. He told Heitman that the members of SNFE met at bi-weekly meetings at 3126 Harlandale. (Although in his Report, Heitman spelled it Hollandale.) http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...p;relPageId=222 In that interview, Orcarberro told Heitman that Ontonio Veciana had come to Dallas and given a speech on April 19, 1964. Sylvia Odio, July 22, 1964…. we did have some meetings, yes. John Martino spoke… she (Lucille Connell) went to that meeting. I did not go, because they kept it quiet from me so I would not get upset about it…. He came to Dallas and gave a talk to the Cubans about conditions in Cuba, and she was one of the ones that went to the meeting. Mr. LIEBELER. Mrs. Connell? Mrs. ODIO. Yes; and my sister Annie went, too. http://jfkassassination.net/russ/testimony/odio.htm So here we have Lucille Connell, Annie Odio and a bunch of Dallas SNFE/Alpha 66 guys who were associated with the house on Harlandale in the same room at the same time listening to Martino. Griffin's visit to Dallas in April of 1964 asking Ellsworth about Cubans and gun running must have given the CIA fits, considering how much they were involved with Alpha 66. Steve Thomas

I think I am getting a better picture of the dynamics here: On May 8, 1964, FBI Agent D.J. Brennan wrote a memo to W.C. Sullivan. Patterson also talks about Sylvia Odio in his memo. According to Patterson, Griffin asked Ellsworth about Cuban activity in Dallas and gun running. Griffin's memo to Slawson dated April 16th concerning this Ellsworth interview were among 23 internal Warren Commission memorandums in two file boxes that the Senate Select Committee were trying to obtain in 1975. They were noted to be "of CIA interest" and were "security classified". See here: page 5 http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...amp;relPageId=2 On April 24, 1964 SS Chief Rowley wrote a Memorandum to J. Lee Rankin of the Warren Commission. This memo is CD 853 http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...amp;relPageId=2 This memo was in response to a letter from Rankin to Rowley dated April 22, 1964. The topic was Manuel Rodriguez Orcarberro and the Cuban exile community. Some of the things in Rowley’s memo were: 1/16/64 Frank Ellsworth was interviewed about Orcarberro. Ellsworth had been working undercover gathering evidence against John Thomas Masen. Masen told Ellsworth that Orcarberro had been trying to buy guns and bazookas from Masen. Masen told Ellsworth that Rodriguez and George F. Parrel were leaders of the local DRE and also members of Alpha-66 Masen told Ellsworth that George Parrel, an associate of Orcarberro, had also been trying to buy guns from him. They had made purchases from him and that they presently have a large cache of arms located somewhere in Dallas, although he did not know the location. Parrel was a student at Dallas City College. Agent Ed Coyle was also contacted about Orcarberro. Juan Francisco Quintana Maya and Raul Castro Baile were jointly interviewed by FBI Wallace Heitman at their home in Garland on May 14, 1964. Castro owned the Rambler and Quintana picked up the Kan the Kennedy Klan bumper sticker at a meeting sponsored by the John Birch Society at which John Martino spoke in August or September, 1963. Quintana and Castro were both officials of the Dallas Chapter of the SNFE Alpha 66 and regularly attended meetings at the house on Harlandale. Warrren Commission Document# 1085 is a June 11, 1964 letter from J. Edgar Hoover with attached memoranda and reports. Included in that letter is a heavily redacted April 29, 1964 report from Dallas SA Wallace Heitman. It speaks about an automobile parked in front of a residence in Garland, Texas that displayed a bumper sticker that read, "Kill the Kennedy Klan." The names of the families who resided at the house together have been whited out. His report also says that after the assassination, efforts were made to remove this bumper sticker and that after the assassination, residents of this address began to receive a lot of mail from Miami, New York, and Mexico. His report redacts the names of people who have been receiving mail at that address. On page 5 of this Report, it says, "On April 9, 1964, SA Wallace R. Heitman observed parked on the street in front of the residence at ..... Garland, Texas a late-model, four door Rambler automobile, bearing license PD-4976." A source told Heitman that this automobile was owned by ...... See here for a Heitman interview of Raul Castro Baile: http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/....do?docId=69112 See here for an interview of Juan Quintana Maya: http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/....do?docId=69111 Castro told Heitman that he owned the Rambler and Quintana was the one who put the bumper sticker on. On May 25, 1964, Manuel Rodriguez voluntarily appeared at the Dallas FBI offices and spoke to Wallace Heitman. He told Heitman that the members of SNFE met at bi-weekly meetings at 3126 Harlandale. (Although in his Report, Heitman spelled it Hollandale.) http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...p;relPageId=222 In that interview, Orcarberro told Heitman that Ontonio Veciana had come to Dallas and given a speech on April 19, 1964. Sylvia Odio, July 22, 1964…. we did have some meetings, yes. John Martino spoke… she (Lucille Connell) went to that meeting. I did not go, because they kept it quiet from me so I would not get upset about it…. He came to Dallas and gave a talk to the Cubans about conditions in Cuba, and she was one of the ones that went to the meeting. Mr. LIEBELER. Mrs. Connell? Mrs. ODIO. Yes; and my sister Annie went, too. http://jfkassassination.net/russ/testimony/odio.htm So here we have Lucille Connell, Annie Odio and a bunch of Dallas SNFE/Alpha 66 guys who were associated with the house on Harlandale in the same room at the same time listening to Martino. Griffin's visit to Dallas in April of 1964 asking Ellsworth about Cubans and gun running must have given the CIA fits, considering how much they were involved with Alpha 66. Steve Thomas

Larry, There was a woman (her name escapes me right now) who said that she also saw Ruby at Parkland. She said that after revealing that, she started to get threatening phone calls "to keep her mouth shut". I think she moved out of Dallas. When do you think that happened? Steve Thomas

Griffin's memo to Slawson concerning this Ellsworth interview were among 23 internal Warren Commission memorandums in two file boxes that the Senate Select Committee were trying to obtain in 1975. They were noted to be "of CIA interest" and were "security classified". See here: page 5 http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...amp;relPageId=2 Steve Thomas

You can also find references to this Griffin/Ellsworth interview in the Warren Commission Liaison Files, Section 25 p. 183, Section 10 p. 6, and Oswald's Headquarters files, Section 136 p. 90. The FBI was more concerned about its image than what might have been learned. Steve Thomas

On May 8, 1964, FBI Agent D.J. Brennan wrote a memo to W.C. Sullivan. In his memo, Brennan talks about cooperation with the Secret Service and points to an example of good cooperation. He recounts Dallas SS Agent William H. Patterson taking Burt Griffin of the Warren Commission to the home of Frank Ellsworth on April 17, 1964. There they discussed John Thomas Masen. Brennan says that Chief Rowley requested that Patterson write a memo on this matter. Brennan also says in his memo to Sullivan that a copy of Patterson's memo is attached to his. It's not there. Patterson also talks about Sylvia Odio in his memo. You can see a copy of Brennan's memo to Sullivan in the FBI Warren Commission Liaison Files, Section 12 pp. 70 and 71 here: http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...bsPageId=746342 I believe that this cover page is the memo Brennan refers to: AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY : FBI RECORD NUMBER : 124-10042-10476 RECORDS SERIES : HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 105-82555-23RD NR 3711 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : USSS FROM : PATTERSON, WILLIAM H. TO : INSPECTOR, KELLEY TITLE : [No Title] DATE : 04/23/1964 PAGES : 1 DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT SUBJECTS : WARREN COMMISSION, INTERVIEW, ELLSWORTH, FRANK CLASSIFICATION : UNCLASSIFIED RESTRICTIONS : OPEN IN FULL CURRENT STATUS : OPEN DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 10/14/1993 Unfortunately, a search for this RIF number in the Mary Ferrel site produces no results. Has anyone ever seen this Patterson memo? Steve Thomas

Tim, At first, I did too. I speculated that safecracking was a code word for assassination, but I have been reading through dozens of cables and memos related to the ZRRIFLE project and communications dealing with QJWIN over the last several days. (You can find a bunch of them in reel 20 of the CIA's microfilm collection on the Mary Ferrel site). The candidates that QJWIN was recruiting were petty criminals, most of them having rap sheets for burglary. William Harvey's handwritten notes on the ZRRIFLE program refer to crypts and codes. Right now I believe that Harvey was putting together a team to break into foreign embassies. Do you know of anything that might have been going on in Dakar in late 1960? When QJWIN was tasked to go to Leopoldville, there was some talk about also sending him to Dakar, and whether that would confuse him or cause him to lose focus concerning the Leopoldville job. Steve Thomas

Lee, In one of those niggling little coincidences, the rifle they confiscated was a British Enfield (see Property Room Invoice in the DPD Archives, Box 1, Folder# 7, Item# 47) If Nancy Perrin Rich can be believed, the rifles Ruby and others were trying to get the Rich's to smuggle were British Enfields. Steve Thomas

Peter, I thought it was Jose Marie Mankel, but that apparently was an alias. You might be interested in this 1997 Note: http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...amp;relPageId=1 It says that Mankel's true name appears in Oliver Stone's manuscript for "Nixon" "although that has not been officially acknowledged." Steve Thomas

I think I just ran across a picture of QJWIN. It's on page 3 of a 2/2/62 memo from COS Luxembourg to Chief, KUTUBE discussing QJWIN’s upcoming move to Germany. http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/....do?docId=22276 Steve Thomas

Stephen, I believe Shackley was head of JMWAVE, which would be different from COS. Was Jim Noel the COS at one time? I seem to recall that Don Bohning mentioned the COS in his book. The testimony of this Halley is full of him being the head of JMWAVE, so I'm thinking it's Shackley. Steve Thomas