A more realistic appraisal of New Orleans before the murder is that it was used by the killers as a civilian patsy factory with a large population of compromisable male homosexuals there for recruitment. Remember: Lee Oswald wasn't the only patsy created in the conspiracy to murder the President. Include in this gallery of fronts and cutouts, Shaw and company, along with the Cubans, the mob, right wing activists, the FBI, CIA, and anything or anybody else that could plausibly be construed as civilian. In reality we know now they were simply egoistic fascist saps, used and then thrown away.
But, U.S. cmdrs and key subordinates nurtured and managed the New Orleans civilian-framing operation, make no mistake about it, as surely as they managed the killings of important liberal leaders in the period before, during, and, after the 60s. Subsequently, we now learn that the other intended targets for assassination were liberal governance and its guiding philosophy - as no one currently in business, gov, or, media, qualify as liberal, nor, will there be anyone with this political philosophy occupying an influential position in these professions anytime, soon.