David Boylan

Interesting that Hosty's notes say "left NO (New Orleans) 9/23" and "arrived from NO 9/24" That makes his visit to Silvia Odio's either the 24th or 25th.

You may have seen this before. Interesting take on the South Knoll as a point of origin if you skip over the Chauncy Holt and Tosh Plumlee bits.

I wrote this essay some 25 years ago that covers some of these guys. I guess I should update it with newer info.

I've read lots of the "newly" released docs over the years. This is from the 2018 release and one my favorites to demonstrate that they haven't released XXXXX over the years. https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=148969 Luis Angel Castillo was of interest during the Garrison investigation. https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=53243#relPageId=23&search="luis_Angel"

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Jim, Doug Valentine on Tony Po and Phoenix. Anyone read Doug's latest book? Looks interesting. The CIA: Up Close and Personal (msn.com)

Gary Murr did some excellent work on the Zap film. He has an unpublished manuscript on this subject. Here's a photo of the transmittal bag courtesy of Gary.

Great article featuring Larry Hancock!

Jim, That was from a 1980 interview of Arnesto by Earl Goltz. Courtesy of Malcolm Blunt via Bart Kamp.

I have to admit Matt, that there is a resemblance.

Thanks Tom. He was indeed working the military side in 1962. Here's some Arnesto quotes:

Hi Matt, I think the top photo is pretty old. Do you have a date for that? Also, I've seen but don't have some photos where Emilio looks more like the court appearance guy. I also remember seeing a Harold Weisberg doc that has Emilio's name listed but I can't seem to "re-find" it.

Emilio Rodriguez (AMIRE-1) was born in Cuba, moved to New Orleans and attended Tulane. He would work for his brother Arnesto at the Belitz School of Modern Languages in New Orleans before joining his father Arnesto, Sr in Havana as a salesman for various electronic companies. It was here that Emilio was recruited as an asset by Henry Hecksher in 1960. Emilio started as a contact/cutout for the CIA and anti-Castro Cubans living in and around Havana. Here he began to work closely with Tony Sforza (AMRYE-1) and David Morales in recruiting and developing Cubans who would become members of the group called AMOTS. As part of his duties working for Morales, he would supply AMOTS with wireless transmitters and communicate with Miami Station via "secret writing." After the Bay of Pigs invasion, he and Tony Sforza remained in Cuba running the "Stay Behind" network until things got a bit too hot for them. Emllio had been arrested but released. They managed to escape from Cuba early June 1961. (Emilio was debriefed in New Orleans. He thought he and Sforza had recruited Rolando Cubela (AMLASH-1) at this time, but Cubela kept stringing along the CIA for a few more years. - https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=228084) Emilio and Sforza getting Type A clearances in order to work for Zamka (David Morales) - https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=191800#relPageId=1 Emilio's main function to recruit assets for the CIA although he also worked Covert Action, Foreign Intelligence, and Counter Intelligence. Emilio was admitted to the Fairfax Hospital DOA. He had a cardiac episode at Dulles International Airport on 11/9/67 before boarding the plane to Miami, on his way back to JMWAVE. The ER doctor, of all things, was a contract employee of the CIA and he recognized some of the names in EAR's notebook: David Phillips, Jake Esterline, Rip Robertson, John Dimmer, Alan White, and more. https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=224781 EAR gets his career agent papers signed by Desmond Fitzgerald. He is assigned to JMWAVE. https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=191533#relPageId=2 Where Emilio becomes of interest to us is that his brother Arnesto was an acquaintance of Oswald's and close friends with Carlos Bringuier. Oswald had visited Arnesto's Berlitz School of Modern Languages and asked him about Spanish lessons and how to get in contact with local Cubans. Arnesto gave him Carlos Bringuier's name and where to contact him plus a few other Cuban exiles. There is another whole long story here.

Jeff Morley and our friend Johnny Cairns discuss motives and people. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/omr6x8qn7nv098sx00nzv/Morley-and-Bleau-V1.mp4?rlkey=6sw7gfqgmw9beaor526zppun4&e=1&st=zd41zgx0&dl=0

https://www.blackopradio.com/archives2024.html Scroll down to 1198. Part B 39 minutes in.