John Kowalski

Paz: Metta says he was the founder of Permindex. He states this a number of times in his book. Being an investor is not the same as founding the company. There are also other investors in the company, does that mean that they are founders as well? If he was an investor in the company Metta should have stated that instead of saying he was the founder. A founder of a company is someone who created the company, it was the founder's idea that the company should have been created. This is not the case. Metta offers no proof in his book that Permindex was Bloomfield's idea. And again, if he founded the company, why is he not on CMC's board of director? I am also getting tired of your rants. Your responses are defensive and angry. You need to calm down.

I can assure you that he was not a founder. I checked the documents that Paz said were CMC's board of directors, Bloomfield's name is not on it. If he founded the company, he would be on its board of directors. I also have a copy of the Financial Post's "Directory of Directors" for the years 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962 and 1963. This directory is list of business men and the companies they are directors of. There is no reference to either Permindex or CMC for Bloomfield in this directory. This belief that Bloomfield founded this company has never been supported by actual evidence.

Have not asked him for this info. Has anyone else asked for it?

Have an update on the court case. Had another tele-conference with the court regarding Bloomfield's files. They are going to review all letters they have deemed to be subject to solicitor-client privilege (SCP). If they find a letter that they believe should not be subject to SCP, it will copied and put on a disc that will be given to me. The work will be done by mid-December. If I am not satisfied with the letters that are not released, I still have the option of arguing my case in front of a judge.

They are not weird questions, those documents are written in Italian, that is why I asked. Bloomfield's name is not included in those documents, which does not surprise me because I do not believe he founded Permindex or played a management role in the operation of CMC. Until I see a document that states otherwise, Bloomfield's role, as he described it in one of his letters, was to represent the interest of someone involved with these companies. Who this is unknown.

Hi Paz: The Bloomfield court case is ongoing and I have had my first conference with the archive's lawyers, Quebec law society who have intervened in my case, and a court official. At the end of the month we will have another meeting with them to see if we can settle the issue of access to the documents with out going to court. This has been a long process but now that we have had our first meeting, there is a possibility that we can settle this issue without going to court, hopefully sometime early in 2019. On page 7 of Michele's book he states that Permindex was founded by Bloomfield, what is the source for this statement? The documents available online contain the name of different people. Do any of these documents contain the names of CMC's board of directors? Does Michele have a document that has the names of the board of directors of Permindex? John

David: Read your article about the rifle and the pistol. Excellent work. I have RCMP documents regarding their investigation of the pistol that was shipped from Canada to Seaport Traders. If you want to review them let me know and I will forward them to you. John

David: You wrote an essay about the rifle. Would like to read it, can you tell me where I can find it?

Just ordered a copy as well, thank you for letting us know about it.

The fact that there are so many theories about Kennedy's murder is not a problem. People interpret evidence differently and can arrive at different conclusions. The fact that people arrive at different conclusions has no bearing on the historical truth about what happened that day in Dallas. Whether you believe Oswald acted alone or Kennedy was killed by a conspiratorial cabal, the fact that people can't agree about what happened will not change the truth about what actually did happen.

You are allowed 3 free searches but can't download but you are allowed to print. After you locate the file, on the left hand side, there is a print button.

Michael: Thanks for the info. Always interested in documents related to Permindex and CMC. John

Michael: Thanks for the info. Always interested in documents related to Permindex and CMC. John

Bloomfield knew Stephenson and the Rockefeller. They are mentioned in his letters. He moved with the upper echelons of society in Canada, US and Europe. He was a very-well connected man. The link below is a letter written by Bloomfield in which he mentions Dulles. https://archive.org/details/Dulles_201807

I could not find the references to pages 418 and 487-491 in Dope Inc., because the copy I downloaded from internet archive only has 406 pages. It is true, Bloomfield is connected to many in power elite, he had contact with the Rothschilds, Stephenson, and other notable people. But this contact with them does not prove he was participant in the Kennedy assassination, or other deep political events. Dope inc. is written by Lyndon Larouche's North American Labour Party, and anything written by them is not supported by facts. He wrote about Permindex in Executive Intelligence Review, and it it he claimed that Bloomfield was working with Albert Osborne in the operation of a group of assassins. I never found any connection between Osborne and Bloomfield when I was researching my story about Osborne. Larouche also claims that Canada is run by the English monarchy. It is not, Canada is a democracy and the queen has no power, she is only a figurehead.

Jim: I will have a look at it. John

The research I have done shows that he does not necessarily know much about the backgrounds of the people he is working with. The letters I have read are concerned only with mundane business matters, and does not discuss the deep political activities that Permindex and CMC were accused of.

Thank you Robert, and I will keep everyone posted on the progress of my case.

I do not like conspiracy theorist either. The connotations of those words do not do justice to those people who have dedicated so much time and effort to unraveling the truth about the Kennedy assassination. I prefer the word historical researchers because that is what we are doing, conducting historical research. The legal problem does not exist; their stated reason for closing the files, which is solicitor-client privilege, is not real, and I have the proof. I believe that the archives closed certain files in the Bloomfield fond because Bloomfield's widow, or if she is no longer alive, someone else, asked for it to be closed. The reason for the closure may have been a reaction to the October 2017 file release which focused the public's attention on the Kennedy assassination.

In an earlier post, I mentioned that I have brought a lawsuit against Library and Archives Canada because they denied access to me to certain files in the Louis M. Bloomfield collection. I'm not the first person to do so, Maurice Phillips sued them in 2006 and again in 2008. At the end of the 2008 case, the court ruled that the archives could impose a restriction on some files in the collection, and what they did was to impose a 50 year restriction on those files that they believed to be subject to solicitor-client privilege. When I began my research of the Bloomfield collection years ago, I would check an online document on the archives website that would indicate which files were now 50 years old. I would then order those files and review them. In 2018 the archives informed me that those files that had the 50 year restriction i.e. those files that they deemed to be subject to solicitor-client privilege could no longer be viewed by the public. Because of this action by the archives, I brought a lawsuit against them in the Federal Court of Canada. Since bringing my court action, a new problem has arose. La Barreau du Quebec aka The Law Society of Quebec, which is one of the of the largest law societies in Canada, has intervened in my case at the request of the archives. They are intervening in my case because they want to defend solicitor-client privilege, which protects communications between a lawyer and his client from being divulged. I have informed them that the files Bloomfield donated to the archives are not protected by solicitor-client privilege because the files he donated are not related to his legal work with clients, but they still have not withdrawn their intervention. A local media outlet has written a story about my lawsuit. The story also has a comment from Harry Bloomfield, who is Louis M. Bloomfield’s nephew. Tuesday, July 10, 2018 Lawyers In JFK Archive Case One of Canada’s largest law societies is intervening in a court case over archival records linked by conspiracy theorists to the 1963 Kennedy assassination. The Québec bar association said the challenge raises important questions affecting all solicitors and clients. “We are intervening on the principle of solicitor-client confidentiality,” said Jean-Francois Del Torchio, director of communications for the Barreau du Québec. “That confidentiality doesn’t belong to the lawyer; it always belongs to the client. We have the mandate from our board of directors to protect solicitor-client confidentiality.” Library & Archives Canada in 1979 accepted a donation of 31 boxes of personal records from Louis Bloomfield, a Montréal attorney. Bloomfield from 1967 was named in unsubstantiated press reports as an agent for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency with knowledge of the JFK assassination. Bloomfield had asked that his records be released 20 years after his death; he died in 1984. However, archivists last February 21 told researchers the files would remain sealed forever since they contained confidential information. “On the advice of Department of Justice lawyers, Library & Archives Canada has closed in perpetuity records subject to client-solicitor privilege,” said the agency. John Kowalski, an Ottawa researcher, is suing for release of the Bloomfield papers in Federal Court. In an interview, Kowalski disputed claims the papers must be kept confidential in perpetuity. “To be protected by privilege, you have to be giving legal advice to a client,” said Kowalski. “The lawyer must be acting in their capacity as a lawyer. I’ve examined so many of these letters, and none of them involve legal advice – not one iota. These are general letters to many different people about business matters.” Researchers in 2006 won a Federal Court ruling Philipps v. Librarian & Archivist of Canada that there was no justification to withhold the files. Justice Simon Noël noted Bloomfield received tax credits for his donation under the Cultural Property Export And Import Act. “Once the term of 20 years is complete, the power of controlling access ends,” wrote the Court. Harry Bloomfield of Montréal, nephew of the archives donor, said in an interview his family remains baffled by claims their uncle had any connection to the CIA or Kennedy shooting. “He tried to fathom why this was happening,” said Bloomfield. “I see no reason why his files shouldn’t be completely open,” said Bloomfield. “I would like to get this whole conspiracy business cleared up, from the point of view of my late uncle. To say he would be involved in something like the Kennedy assassination is just grotesque, and if he were alive today I’m sure he would sue for defamation.” Bloomfield described his uncle as an esteemed lawyer and WWII veteran who left his papers with the national archives because “he thought his career might be interesting” for researchers. By Jason Unrau

I am looking for documents that mention Louis M. Bloomfield, Credit Suisse, Permindex, Centro Mondial Commerciale and Albert Osborne.

Here are some files I found on the McClaughry's Blog. Declassified CIA Documents: https://mikemcclaughry.wordpress.com/the-reading-library/cia-declassified-document-library/ Number 29 on the list is the Director's Log, from 1951. It is a report of events occurring in different countries that are of interest to the CIA director such as propaganda, Otto Skorzeny and the Korean war.

Michael: Just began reading this thread. Really enjoy reading all the original source material. It's a really good idea. John

Why Winnipeg? Still do not understand why they would pick this city, of all places, to hold a meeting. The purpose of the meeting is unclear to me, anyone have any idea how it relates to the assassination?

I found this report about a man, whose name is redacted, who reported to the RCMP that he saw an ad in the Winnipeg Free Press about a meeting textiles meeting at the Winnipeg airport. The meeting was to be held on February 13, 1964. The RCMP confirmed that the ad had been placed in the newspaper on 3 separate dates but decided not to investigate who placed the ad even though this lead was connected to Kennedy's assassination. First link is the RCMP report and the second one is the story about the airport meeting published in the Winnipeg Free Press on May 2, 1964. https://archive.org/download/RCMPWinnipegArticle/RCMP%20-%20Winnipeg.pdf https://archive.org/download/RCMPWinnipegArticle/RCMP%20-%20Winnipeg%20Article.pdf