Pete Mellor

Once ONI always ONI.

Agree Paul, thanks for posting. This means that not only was Friedrich Schwend's OSS counterpart James Jesus Angleton, but SS-Sturmbannführer Schwend must have had intimate knowledge of James Hugh Angleton, the owner of the National Cash Register and chief of the US Chamber of Commerce in Italy, because Schwend's responsibilities were, as the US Army intelligence router message indicates, "...directed RSHA financial operations there. Charles Siragusa was WWII veteran of OSS X-2 operations in Italy, the main focal-point officer between the Mafia-CIA for assassination plots against Castro and a QJWIN spotter! It's like old friends, sat on a park bench like bookends. Of course, James Angleton was head of X2 in Italy by the end of WWII.

Another great source of info. Thanks Larry.

Absolutely agree. Great find.

Joe, that's ironic. I recently gave a PP presentation in the local town hall where the techie connected my laptop to the VPN. After that I had problems connecting to some sites in the U.K.! My security s/w wouldn't let me get rid of this VPN setting. Well, at least I got to watch the slideshow you indicated on You Tube. Cheers.

Shucks! I just get the msg, We're sorry, but this video is not available.

Sure Joe, me too. I'm aware of all your quotes & I agree, that if I knew about some JFKA detail I'd keep my head down too. Recall the late James Tague. Victim being winged by a ricochet shot in the Plaza and months later the feebees have him under surveillance. Scary.

That's magic Steve. Should keep me busy forever!

Michael, I was answering a quote from Ben's original post in his thread, I quote once again here:- "No civilized country in the world is without a strict system for entering, much less residing, within its borders without first applying for and receiving proper permission and paperwork." My reply to that quote here:-Well then, the U.K. is completely un-civilised. My reply is based on Home Office figures that state here in the U.K. in 2022, 45,755 migrants crossed the English Channel in small boats, all without applying for and receiving proper permission and paperwork. Yes, we may have a strict system of entry, but it is being bypassed by illegal migrants.

Steve, I've attempted to log onto this Forum but keep getting error msgs. Any chance you could cut & paste this info, it sounds interesting. Also anything else you may have come across on the Anderson/McFadin story.

No civilized country in the world is without a strict system for entering, much less residing, within its borders without first applying for and receiving proper permission and paperwork. Well then, the U.K. is completely un-civilised.

Bump!

Ron, I ended up with the blues a bit later in 1968. October 26, 1968 Free Trade Hall, Manchester. Man, I was just 15yo for this American Folk Blues Festival gig with John Lee Hooker, T-Bone Walker, Big Joe Williams, Jimmy Reed, Curtis Jones & Eddie Taylor Blues Band. You've brought back lots of memories of the long gone Free Trade Hall. So many great gigs. Sadly too young for Dylan's 1966 appearance. I knew Clive Palmer (original member of Incredible String Band) & he invited me back stage when he supported Pentangle with his band COB. I picked up a guitar and sat strumming when I was aware of someone behind me. It was Bert Jansch & it was his guitar. He was great. Got invited back to their hotel after the gig & got so out of my head don't remember how I got back to my flat that night. Saw Tom Paxton too the same year as the Blues Festival. Loudon Wainwright supported Soft Machine there. One of the most memorable was the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band in '69 with exploding robots on stage! Happy daze.

It is interesting what John Whitten (WH division in charge 23.11.63-mid 1.64) stated in secret testimony in '78, "In the early stages Angleton was not able to influence the course of the investigation. He was extremely embittered that I was entrusted with the investigation, and he wasn't. Angleton then sandbagged me as quickly as he could." After the W.C.'s Lee Rankin requested copies of CIA cables relating to MC, Angleton's deputy Ray Rocca told Helms that Jim would prefer to 'wait out' the Commission! Why would a senior CIA official want to wait out the investigators of a presidential assassination?

Malcolm Blunt's Archive on William Kent, credit to Zack Robertson. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yV4rcfBdGI0zjiYzlx8tWLL7ZmO6zuH6/view

Adam, taken some days to answer your question, but I have this comment from Bart Kamp:- It is too open ended and loaded that question and I have tried this before and he will not step into that bear trap.

I'm sure we are both aware that JFKA authors have intimated that Oswald's outbursts in the Moscow embassy were for the benefit of Soviet bugs in the building. If so, that would also point towards 'intelligence backing'. Anticipating your reply, If U.S. Intelligence KNEW their embassy in Moscow was bugged by KGB, surely they would have de-bugged the premises. Who knows Jonathan?

Well, clearly we are in the territory of 'hypotheticaland' here. However, I can't see Oswald having no idea who was behind his defection. Simply because of his route through Finland. I'm not saying CIA or ONI, but it does appear to me his journey into USSR was too clever for some ex-marine private, not to mention the financial aspect. So I lean towards some kind of intelligence backing. Who was it called him "a useful idiot?" I can't recall off the top of my old head. As for your 2nd paragraph, I more or less concur. However, Popov had informed CIA that KGB had the full specifications of U2's technical data long before Oswald defected. Would KGB be that interested in a mere radar operator? They weren't as it turned out. To me, it fits Solie, to keep Oswald files away from SR & convincing Angleton that the mole was hidden in that department. “‘Tis strange—but true; for truth is always strange,—stranger than fiction” John Byrom

Many thanks Joe! That's a quite concise summation of things relating to Malcolm's work & CIA files. It's a world I don't inhabit but fascinating none the less. I'll stick to just reading books. So, one more question. Are you of the opinion that Oswald (a willing defector) was Solie's man in his being sent to USSR? I've always thought Angleton was handling Oswald as well as driving the mole hunt, but it now seems that Solie was playing Angleton like a puppet master.

Ron, I think I have read that the White House turntable was spinning a version of this 1960 Broadway hit.

More information on this concerning Hansen please Joseph. Clearly Uncle Malcolm & John Newman point towards Bruce Sollie in the Office of Security as per 'Uncovering Popov's Mole'. Although CIA is a 'wilderness of mirrors' to me per se, I've been collecting stuff on Angleton, so this reference to Robert Hansen is interesting. Don't tell me there were TWO moles!

No problem John, you're a scholar and a gentleman.

David, at this moment I'm having problems with my laptop & scanner, but your request duly noted. I'll e-mail the Osborne letter to you when things resolved.

CNN. George, you should see the tv stuff on over here! Jumpin' Jesus, I detest the whole lot of 'em. King's coronation my left foot, thankfully I'm off to watch Sale Sharks v Newcastle Falcons. A few hours relief from the insanity.