Steve Thomas

Bill, Here's the entry from Mary Ferrell's database: LAST STEELE FIRST ROBERT MID/AKA ADDRESS 316 Brayton Ave., Altoona, PA 'PHONE SOURCES CD 53, pp. 6-7; "ONI", pp. 196-197 COMMENT Brother of Mrs. Margaret Kathryn Hoover. LAST STEEL CD 53 is the FBI Report I cited above. If someone has access to the book, "ONI", maybe they could cross reference the entries. Steve Thomas

Duke, They may have been with Herbert Sawyer. Marion Baker said that he ran into Sawyer on his way back down from the roof. Said he even stopped the elevator and spoke to Sawyer. Sawyer: "And I went with a couple of officers and a man who I believed worked in the building. The elevator was just to the right of the main entrance, and we went to the top floor, which was pointed out to me by this other man as being the floor that we were talking about." I believe that the "man who worked in the building" was William Shelley. Mr. SHELLEY - "Yes; Mr. Truly left me guarding the elevator, not to let anybody up and down the elevator or stairway and some plainclothesmen came in; I don't know whether they were Secret Service or FBI or what but they wanted me to take them upstairs, so we went up and started searching the various floors. Mr. BALL - Did you go up on the sixth floor? Mr. SHELLEY - Yes, sir. I can't remember anyone saying that they accompanied Sawyer though. Steve Thomas

Bill, Robert Steel was the brother of Margaret Hoover. In the third week of October, Mrs. Hoover found an envelope in her front yard. Inside the envelope was an advertisement. On the back of the advertisement were the words Lee Oswald, Rubenstein, Jack Ruby, and Dallas, Texas. See the FBI Harris Report of December 2, 1963 pages 6-7. http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...amp;relPageId=7 Steve Thomas

Robert, This is from Batchelor's Exhibit at 19H126 http://history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/...Vol19_0072b.htm This is a listing of the Southwest Substation Second Platoon 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM I'm not sure why, but I think it was William Mentzel ? Steve Thomas

Robin, According to a June 11, 1964 memo from Forrest Sorrells to J. Lee Rankin, CD 1304 http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/....do?docId=11699 Richard Walter Borchardt was 23, 5'9" tall and 161 lbs John Thurman Horn was 18, 5'7" tall and 140 lbs. The memo has a poor photograph of Horn, but he does not look like either of the two people in your photograph. Steve Thomas

Greg, Raymond Lee Joiner was w/m/16 Black Hair, Brown Eyes, 5'2" weight 102 also arrested at the Trade Mart was Gary Dwain Joiner w/m/17 and William Lee Cummings w/m/17 DPD Archives Box 7 Folder# 7, Item# 18 At first I thought this might have been one of the lineups, but James Leavelle told the WC that: Mr. LEAVELLE. In one instance--now, I am not positive which one it was, Oswald was in a T-shirt, having the other shirt removed upstairs where they were going to send it to the FBI laboratory for tests, and the rest of them, I believe, had on shirts. He was the only one that had on a T-shirt and I recall--I am not sure but I think it was the last one where he was raising cain about being up there with a T-shirt and wouldn't be quiet Mr. BALL. What did he say? Mr. LEAVELLE. He said it wasn't fair, him being showed up in a T-shirt and being photographed in a T-shirt and all that. http://jfkassassination.net/russ/testimony/leave_j1.htm This is the lineup that involved Whaley and Scoggins at 2:00 in the afternoon of the 23rd. Whaley also mentioned the fact that Oswald was in a t-shirt Then they took me down in their room where they have their show-ups, and all, and me and this other taxi driver who was with me, sir, we sat in the room awhile and directly they brought in six men, young teenagers, and they all were handcuffed together. Well, they wanted me to pick out my passenger. At that time he had on a pair of black pants and white T-shirt, that is all he had on. But you could have picked him out without identifying him by just listening to him because he was bawling out the policeman, telling them it wasn't right to put him in line with these teenagers and all of that and they asked me which one and I told them. It was him all right, the same man. Mr. BALL. They had him in line with men much younger? Mr. WHALEY. With five others. Mr. BALL. Men much younger? Mr. WHALEY. Not much younger, but just young kids they might have got them in jail. Mr. BALL. Did he look older than those other boys? Mr. WHALEY. Yes. http://jfkassassination.net/russ/testimony/whaley1.htm At that lineup with Oswald was David Knapp, John Thurman Horn, and David Lujan. DPD Archives Box 6, Folder# 1, Item#73 Neither of the two men in the pictures looks Hispanic to me. (As an aside, this particular citation is the only place in the Archives you will find Howard Brennan's name mentioned as being present at a lineup) Steve Thomas John, The first time I saw that police artist sketch, I was struck by how much the person looked like Jean Souetre. Steve Thomas

James and Larry, The cover memo of the document I cited above: http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...mp;relPageId=12 says this: "Another CIA officer (David Morales) told Chris Hopkins in a 1972 telephone conversation that Barker was a "loudmoth" who (Morales) recommended terminating in 1962. (Morales) was concerned that as a result of Barker's Watergate involvement, he would "tell the authorities everything he knows." http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...amp;relPageId=2 Now that could be read a couple of different ways. Was Morales concerned that because Barker was in trouble, he (Barker) might be tempted to tell the authorities "everything he knows" about other things, or just about Watergate? Steve Thomas

Greg, I don't know about "Steve", but in reading through documents relating to Bernard Barker last week, I believe that he went to New York City for basic CIA type training; surveillance techniques, use of invisible ink type stuff. This is from some HSCA staff notes on Barker: July 20 - August 21 (1964) Barker in New York City receiving basic tradecraft training at the request of Desmond Fitzgerald. http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...mp;relPageId=12 Steve Thomas

Wade, I believe that's Willie Sommerset. Steve Thomas

Thanks guys. You've been really helpful. From Mary Ferrell's database: LAST SILVER FIRST ARNOLD MID/AKA M. ? Is he the Arnold Silver at 154 Chessington Rd., Richmond, VA 23236 in 1994 ? 'PHONE ? (804) 323-0041 ? SOURCES Dirty Work, Agee and Wolf, pp. 656-657 COMMENT DOB: 12/4/19. POB: Massachusetts. Wife: Annemarie. Received Masters Degree from Harvard in 1942. Chief of Station, Luxembourg, 1957-1960. He is probably the "A.S." mentioned in ZRRIFLE (WKH - AS). Steve

I've been reading some cables and dispatches relating to the ZRRIFLE program and in a memo from AMS to William K. Harvey, it says that "Skip has been given the QJWIN contract, including the extension to 1 March 1963." http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...amp;relPageId=2 Anyone know who Skip might be and whose initials would be AMS? Steve Thomas

Principal Agent QJWIN was briefed on his mission in Leopoldville in 1960 under the terms of AUDA 234. Has anyone seen this document? Also in dispatches relating to QJWIN and Jose Mankel, copies were routed to a project called ZRACORN. Does anyone know what this project was? Also, does anyone know what the CIA was doing in Dakar in 1960? QJWIN was brieffed on a mission to Dakar in November of 1960. Senegal won its independence from France in April of 1960. Any help would be appreciated. Steve Thomas

Ron, Would this be Officer Earl Brown? You can find the WC testimony of Dallas Policeman Earle Brown before the Warren Commission (vol. VI, pp. 231+). His testimony is rather confusing (or, I should say Mr. Ball's questioning is confusing), but from what I gather, Patrolman Brown was stationed in the trainyards about 100 yards southwest of the Elm and Houston intersection. When the shots were fired, Officer Brown said that 50-75 pigeons rose off the river bottom. Steve Thomas

J., Going STRICTLY by memory, I thought I had read once that it WAS a Rambler. Steve Thomas

Here's a comparison between the Maurice Bishop sketch, D.A. Phillips and Jake Esterline. To me, the Bishop sketch doesn't look too much like Esterline. Steve Thomas

Here's the sketch Greg sent me. Steve Thomas

Mark, Here is one man's take on it: http://karws.gso.uri.edu/jfk/history/the_d...eed/Holmes.html Steve Thomas

Mark, On December 9, 1963 Lt. Jack Revill and Detective H.M. Hart filed a report with Chief Curry writing that Lt. George Butler had informed them that he (Butler) had information that Jack Ruby had applied for a visa to visit Mexico at the same time Oswald traveled there. Butler suggested to Revill that Revill should contact the Mexican Consulate. They also said that Butler told them that he had information that Oswald was Ruby’s illegitimate son. DPD Archives, Box 5, Folder# 7, Item# 36 http://jfk.ci.dallas.tx.us/box5.htm I once spent some time trying to determine if Jack Ruby was in San Francisco at the same time as Marguerite Oswald. I never was able to pin it down satisfactorily. Ruby went back to Chicago in 1937 and Oswald is supposed to have been born in 1939. Steve Thomas

Oh, now this is intersting.On page 37 of his notes, Jack tells about going out to the airport with the band to meet country music star Hank Snow. He says he confided to Snow that it was Jimmie Dickens who had called him (Ruby) to look after Hank Williams. See here for a picture of Jimmie Dickens: http://nashville.about.com/library/blank/f...bldickens02.htm Jimmie Dickens is calling Jack Ruby? "We all retired at the Hotel, and Hank Williams was still asleep when I came back to the room..." Jack Ruby is sharing a hotel room with Hank Williams? He starts out, "The following morning..." and it looks like there is a paragraph whited out. Steve Thomas

Greg, Sure, you could send it to me. What file format is it in? You can get a free picture viewer/editor program called Irfanview. Once you get it installed, click on the word image and then resample/resize. You could send it to me, I'll resize it and post it on the forum. sthomas@ohio.lib.in.us Steve Thomas If nothing else, these notes put to bed the lie that Ruby only carried a gun because he carried lots of money. They also put to bed the lie that JR didn't carry his gun around with him and only kept it locked in the trunk of his car. Steve Thomas

I ran across some random notes dictated by Jack Ruby, I guess while he was in jail. They appear to run about 75 pages. I just started reading, and haven't run across any bombshells or anything, but it's facinating reading about Ruby's life in Dallas. He sure got in a lot of fights. http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...649&relPageId=1 Steve Thomas

Francesca, You might want to read Warren Commission Document 1169 starting on page 1 and FBI HSCA Administrative Folder M6 page 197. Martino said that he met Ortiz in a Cuban prison. CD 1169 p. 1 http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...565&relPageId=2 FBI HSCA Administrative Folder# M6 p. 197 http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...0&relPageId=197 Steve Thomas

Duke, You can get a list of the employees who were fingerprinted from 26H beginning at page 799 http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...2&relPageId=835 I like using this site because you can blow up the magnification of a page. It makes it much easier to read. I guess you could compare that against a list of all the employees and determine who was not fingerprinted. The list of TSBD employees is on pages 802 and 803 I think. In the back and forth between Hoover and Rankin, there is also a list of the FBI agents and DPD officers who handled the boxes. It's interesting. Truly refused to let the FBI fingerprint any female employees. Steve Thomas

Brendan, Just for curiousitity's sake, The signs carried by Bobbie S. Joiner and others from the Indignant White Citizens Council who were arrested at the Trade Mart on 11/22 read: "Kennedy, King, and Casto" "Hail Caesar" "Yankee Go Home" Steve Thomas

Stephen, Here's what I have compiled about Dinkin: Document # 104-10015-10231 is a two page cable. This is a wild one. This originates from "John Scelso" C/WH/3. It is dated November 29, 1963. It went to the White House, State Dept. and the FBI. A report alleging that there was advance knowledge on the assassination of President Kennedy. On November 4 1963 a U.S. Army PFC. Eugene B. Dinkin, went AWOL from his unit HQ Co. U.S. Army general depot, Metz, France. He was scheduled for a psychiatric examination that same day. He apparently entered Switzerland using a false Army identification card with forged travel orders. On November 6 and 7, 1963 he appeared in the press room of the United Nations office in Geneva and told reporters he was being persecuted. He voluntarily returned to his unit on November 11, 1963. On November 26, 1963 a Geneva journalist named Alex Des Fontaines who was a stringer for TIME-LIFE and was a correspondent for Radio Canada was reported to be filing a story about Dinkin's story. Dinkin said that "they" were plotting against Kennedy and that "something" would happen in Texas. The last paragraph of the cable is interesting, "All aspects of this story were known, as reported above, by U. S. Military authorities and have been reported by Military attache cable through Military channels." Lisa Pease in alt.conspiracy.jfk 1/8/97 All 2 messages in topic - view as tree Lisa Pease Jan 8 1997, 12:00 am show options Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy.jfk From: lpe...@netcom.com (Lisa Pease) - Find messages by this author Date: 1997/01/08 Subject: Pre-assassination Evidence Reply to Author | Forward | Print | Individual Message | Show original | Report Abuse I went through the FBI's reels released in 1977 and found some interesting stuff on Dinkin. It would not surprise me if he'd "mad as a hatter" NOW, because he claimed to have been mentally tortured by the Army. Those of you who order our Nagell file (available by March from CTKA) will see that that's exactly what was done to Nagell, in spades. Anyway - this is from a 9 page FBI doc on the guy, dated 4/9/64. It's in report form and looks like this was what they gave the Warren Commission. Quote on: EUGENE B. DINKIN In December, 1963, it was reported that Beth Cox, who was residing in France with an American schoolmate, had a boyfriend named Howard C. Cowen stationed in Metz, France, with the United States Army. Betch Cox was informed one of Howard C. Cowen's acquaintances "translated or decoded the G.I. paper's headlines to read 'Kennedy will be assassinated Thanksgiving Day,' and later changed it to read the very day he died.' On March 4, 1964, Lieutenant Colonel W. L. Adams, Jr., Assistand Chief of Staff, G-2, furnished the following...: Captain Howard C. Cowen, assigned to the United States Army Depot at Metz, France, advised on February 18, 1964, that during the evening of November 22, 1963, he conversed with an acquaintance named Dennis De Witt. During the conversation, De Witt said that a friend of his, Eugene Dinkin, had predicted President Kennedy's assassination for November 22, 1963. According to De Witt, Dinkin had first predicted that the assassination would take place on November 28, 1963, but later reportedly changed the date to November 22, 1963. According to Colonel Adams, Captain Cowen reported the above conversation to officials of the 766th Army Intelligence Corps Detachment at Metz. A short time later, Captain Cowen also related his conversation to a girl friend named Beth Cox. ... Colonel Adams stated that Eugene B. Dinkin was the subject of a closed investigation by the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, United States Army Communications Zone, Europe. [Lisa's note: I've also read allegations that he was NSA, detailed to Army in Europe.] He advised further that according to local Army records at Metz, France, on February 18, 1964, PFC Eugene B. Dinkin, RA 16710292, was reassigned to Walter Reed Hospital, Washington D.C., as a patient on December 3, 1963 and was ordered to proceed to that destination on or about December 4, 1963. [skipping typical diagnosis that the guy was schizophrenic, pyschotic, history of depression, delusions of persecution - the typical stuff when someone badly wants to discredit everything you say.] On April 1, 1964, Mr. Eugen B. Dinkin, ... advised Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation that he had been recently discharged from the United States Army after having been in detention for four months while undergoing psychiatric tests. Dinkin advised that while stationed in Europe with the United States Army in 1963, he had begun a review of several newspapers including the "Stars and Stripes" as an exercise in "pyschological sets". He explained that he had taken courses in psychology at college and was extremely interested in this subject matter. He advised that "psychological sets" was a term referring to a series of events, articles, et cetera which, when coupled together, set up or induce a certain frame of mind on the part of a person being exposed to this series. He stated that this method of implanting an idea was much in use by the "Madison Avenue" advertising people who attempted to influence one who was exposed to these "psychological sets" to "buy" the product being advertised, whether this product was physical or an idea. [subliminal seduction is another term for it. Such was in use here in early TV, then banned. But who checks, right?] Dinkin stated that while so reviewing the newspapers for "psychological sets", he discovered that "Stars and Stripes", as well as certain unidentified Hearst newspapers, were carrying a series of "psychological sets" which he believed were deliberately maneuvered to set up a subconscious belief on the part of one reading these papers to the effect that President John F. Kennedy was "soft on communism" or "perhaps a communist sympathizer". [Contrast that with today's line that he was a hardline Cold Warrior, ala Chris Matthews et al.] Further study of these newspapers and the "psychological sets" contained therein made it evident to Mr. Dinkin that a conspiracy was in the making by the "military" of the United Stated, perhaps combined with an "ultra-right economic group", to make the people of the United States believe that President Kennedy was, in fact, a communist sympathizer and further, that this same group planned to assassinate the President and thus was preparing these "pyschological sets" to pave the way for this assassination to the point where the average citizen might well feel that "President Kennedy was sympathetic to communism and should have been killed." In addition, Dinkin believed the "pyschological sets" were adjusted to present a subliminal predisposition to the effect that a "communist" would assassinate President Kennedy. Dinkin advised that he discussed his theories with certain individuals stationed with him in the Army, but had declined to furnish this information to persons of authority in the United States Army since he believed that the plot against President Kennedy was being set in motion by high ranking members of the military. He said that in October, 1963, his research into the "pyschological sets" appearing in "Stars and Stripes" had led him to the conclusion that the assassination of President Kennedy would occur on or about November 28, 1963. He stated that his research had not, in fact, reflected a certain date, but that he believed the assassination would take place on or about a religious or semi-religious occasion which he felt would be picked by the group behind this plot in order that the murder itself would become even more reprehensible to the average citizen because of the religious connotations. Since he believed that the plot consisted in part of throwing blame for the assassination onto "radical left-wing" or "communist" suspects, he stated that the religious tie-in would lead the average citizen to accept more readily the theory that a "communist" committed the crime since "they were an aetheist group anyway." Dinkin advised that he had been in trouble with the officers of his military group, the 599th Ordnance Group stationed in Germany, due to his refusal to purchase United States savings bonds. He stated that he was against the enforced purchase of these bonds because of his political convictions which made him believe that the United States should not spend 52 per cent of its income for materials of war, part of which would be financed by any enforced purchases made by him. He stated that he had been outspoken in his views concerning these bond purchases, and that he and others who felt that the compulsory purchase of bonds was an infringement on their civil rights, had been denied "passes" as a result of their stand. [He sounds totally sane to me!!] As a result of his opposition to the bond purchases, according to Dinkin, he was removed from his position in the code section and transferred to an Army Depot at Metz, France. On October 25, 1963, Dinkin went to the United States Embassy at Luxembourg where, he stated, he attempted for several hours to see a Mr. Cunningham, the Charge d'Affaires at the Embassy. He stated that he sent word to Mr. Cunningham by phone. He said that Cunningham refused to see him in person or to review the newspapers and research papers which Dinkin said were evidence proving his theory of the impending assassination. Dinkin advised that he spent approximately two hours with the United States Marine Corps guard at the Luxembourg Embassy and had generally set forth his theories to this individual, whose name he did not know. Following this incident, Dinkin was notified by his superiors that he was to undergo psychiatric evaluation on November 5, 1963. Due to this pending development, Dinkin said he went absent without leave to Geneva, Switzerland where he attempted to present his theory to the editor of the "Geneva Diplomat", a newspaper published in Geneva, Switzerland. In addition to this editor, Dinkin spoke to a Mr. Dewhirst, a "Newsweek" reporter based at Geneva. Dewhirst would not listen to Dinkin's theories. While in Switzerland, Dinking attempted to contact officials of "Time-Life" publication and succeeded in speaking to the secretary, name unknown, of this organization in Zurich. According to Dinkin, all of his efforts in Luxembourg and Switzerland were made to present to appropriate officials his warning of the impending assassintion of President Kennedy. He stated that he did not attempt to see these people in connection with his personal dissatisfaction with the program of the United States Army as regards to bond purchases. When he was unable to accomplish his purpose in Switzerland, Dinkin advised that he then returned to Germany where he gave himself up to the custody of the military authorities. Dinkin advised that he first became aware of this "plot" to assassinated President Kennedy in September, 1963. At first, he did not have enough facts, as taken from the newspapers, to support his theory, but as of October 16, 1963, he felt that his research into the "psychological sets" had substantiated his theory. As of October 16, 1963, he wrote a registered letter to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy [let's get the review board to look for THAT] in which letter he set forth his theory that President Kennedy would be assassinated, adding that he believed that this assassination would occur on or about November 28, 1963. He stated that he signed this letter with his own name and requested that he be interviewed by a representative of the Justice Department. He said that on the envelope, he placed the return address name of PFC Deniis De Witt, an Army friend. He said he did this to preclude anyone from intercepting this letter since he felt that Army authorities might well be censoring his mail [again, sounds very logical, very sane.] He stated that he never received any answer to this letter, nor was he ever contacted by any representative of the Justice Deparetment prior to this interview with Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Dinkin advised that the following individuals would have knowledge of his theory and predictions, having been informed of these predictions by Dinkin prior to November 22, 1963: PFC Dennis De Witt United States ARmy ... PFC Larry Pullen United States Army Headquarters Company ... Seargeant Walter Reynolds Headquarters Company, WSAGD ... Dr. Afar (phonetic), a civilian psychology teacher employed by the United States Army at Metz, France; R. THomas ...Switzerland. Thomas is an Indian student attending the University at Fribourg with whom Dinkins discussed his theories immediately prior to his return from Switzerland to France. Dinkin advised that on his return to the custody of the United States Army in November 1963, he was held in detention. While in detention, he stated he was contacted by a white male who identified himself verbally as a representative of the Defense Department. This individual asked Dinkin for the location of the newspapers which Dinkin had compiled as proof of the theory of the assassination of President Kennedy. This individual stated that he desired to obtain these proofs and would furnish Dinkin a receipt for the papers. Dinkin advised that he instructed this individual as to where the papers were located at the base, at which point this man left. Dinkin advised that on his release from detention, he discovered that all of his papers and notes were missing and presumed that the individual mentioned above had taken them. He never received any receipt for his papers. Mr. Dinkin advised that he had undergone numerous psychiatric tests at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C. He stated that he was aware that the Army psychiatrist had declared him to be "psychotic" and a "paranotic". He said that several of the tests given him were familiar to him from his studies in psychology at the University of Chicago. Because of his familiarity with these tests, and his background knowledge as to what the test answers should be, he believed it impossible that the results of these tests could have shown him to be "psychotic" and "paranotic". He stated that if he had desired, he could have "faked" the answer to prove he was sane even if he were, in fact, mentally disturbed. Mr. Dinkin stated he believed that the psychiatric evaluation given him by the Army psychiatrist was, in fact, an attempt on their part to cover up the military plot which he had attempted to expose. Dinkin advised that during his detention at Walter Reed Army Hospital, arrangements had been made through his family for him to be given a psychiatric test by a private psychiatrist chosen by his family. He stated when these arrangements were finally made, he had declined the services of this private physician. Dinkin explained that he had reached a point where his only desire was to be released from custody and discharged from the Army. He sated that in order to do this, he had felt it necessary to "go along" with the examining Army psychiatrist and pretend that he had, in fact, been suffering from delusions but was now cured. He was afraid that should an outside psychiatrist examine him and be told by Dinkin the facts as set forth herein, that this psychiatrist would probably believe Dinkin to be mentally disturbed, and this would result in further detention for Dinkin. Mr. Dinkin stated that he was well aware that his theory and the facts surrounding his attempts to bring this theory to the proper authorities was extremely "wild" and could be construed by a person untrained in psychology to be "crazy". Despite this, Mr. Dinkin advised he was still of the belief that there had been, in fact, a plot perpetrated by a "military group" in the United States and aided and abetted by newspaper personnel working with this military group, which plot had to do with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. END QUOTE, END DOCUMENT. Lee Forman in the Education Forum 12/2/05 Dinkins story, which we've probably all seen before - but I had forgotten that last piece. http://pages.prodigy.net/benede/_import/pa...ede/index4.html QUOTE Russell presented the story of Private Eugene B. Dinkin, who had been trained as a army cryptographic code operator, which in effect made him a small part of the National Security Agency. In early 1962, he had been assigned to the 529th Ordnance Company in France, where he was awarded the requisite security clearances. When Dinkin became upset during his duties, he was given a psychiatric evaluation, and his security clearance was removed. In late October of 1963, Dinkin mailed a letter to Attorney General Robert Kennedy, warning him that an attempt would be made to kill President Kennedy during the latter part of November. In the letter he revealed, that blame would be cast on a Communist, while he claimed that the conspiracy involved elements of the military, especially far right elements of the same. An FBI report of April 3, 1964 acknowledged Dinkin's warning, but made no mention of attempts made to rectify the situation. Hearing via the grape vine that he was about to be locked up as a psychotic, Private Dinkin went AWOL and tried to warn media in Switzerland and Germany without success. He also made an attempt to warn the U.S. Embassy in Bonn but was advised to return to his place of military assignment. Defeated, he returned, and was immediately "hospitalized" at Landstuhl General Hospital in a closed psychiatric ward until Kennedy had been killed, whereupon he was flown to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington D.C. There he was given therapy to help him deal with his unfortunate condition of "schizo-assassination prognostication syndrome," a decease [sic] one would normally associate only with the former Soviet Union. He was made to understand, that if his condition did not improve, he would undergo electric shock treatment, whereupon his condition dramatically "improved." He was released from Walter Reed Hospital and the U.S. Army on a medical discharge. During the trial of Clay Shaw in New Orleans, Garrison found out that Dinkin's duty had been to decipher telegraphic traffic originating with the French OAS, which was extremely close to factions of the CIA at the time. One surmises, that Dinkin caught his unfortunate decease while dealing with communications between the two venerable organizations. Steve Thomas