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Channel 5 in the U.K, part of Paramount Global, is a co-producer with Guy Davies, who serves as executive producer. So, looks like I'll be able to catch this one. Thanks for the heads up Vince.

& very modest. Sorry, at 70yo I've just taken up learning piano which is why I caught attention to your post.

Ha! Didn't know that James, serendipity. & along came Blakey.

According to Ruth Paine's WC testimony she stated that when she rang the TSBD to ask if there was a possibility of a job opening for Oswald, Roy Truly said he didn't know whether he had an opening, and that the young man should apply himself in person. Because Buell was working plenty of overtime at the TSBD, Linnie May Randle suggested that specific employer as a possibility to Ruth Paine. I don't see Buell Frazier being involved with any information of a job vacancy at the TSBD. Information please.

Nancy Weiford contributed a two part feature article for DPUK's 'Dealey Plaza Echo' for the 60th anniversary two part edition. (Buell Wesley Frazier: A Person of Interest.) For that article, Nancy interviewed Buell Wesley Frazier back in March 2023. On the issue of Linnie's view of Wes' car & LHO putting the package into the back seat, Nancy writes:- "She eventually made several statements about this incident. Some details did not mesh with the line of sight she would have had either from the window or from the kitchen back door. The carport had long wooden slats on the north side that hampered the view of Wesley's car she would have needed to see in order to observe Oswald actually place the sack in the car. Later, she adjusted her original statement to indicate she hadn't actually seen him do that, but she heard the sound of the rear car door which was the only one unlocked. From that sound, perhaps she assumed he had placed the long sack inside the car." Oswald then appeared at the kitchen door, minus the sack that Linnie had seen him with through her kitchen window.

In a CIA memo from the Chief of the New Orleans office, Lloyd Ray, to the Director of the DCS, Ray expressed his belief that the Garrison investigation was credible. After Garrison interviewed Carlos Bringuier on February 1st., 1967, Bringuier immediately requested an interview with Hunter Leake of the New Orleans CIA office. Bringuier informed Leake on February 2nd., that Garrison was conducting his own investigation of Oswald's role in President Kennedy's assassination and warned of the "communist propaganda" being spread that Oswald was "a pawn in a plot by U.S. rightist elements." Ray writes, "We believe that there is some truth in the allegation of the Garrison investigation and that the matter is under a discreet and sensitive investigation by the FBI. HSCA staff council Jonathan Blackmer authored a memorandum. Blackmer was the lead council for Team 3, the HSCA team responsible for the New Orleans and Cuban angles of the investigation. Blackmer concluded in his memo, "We have reason to believe Shaw was heavily involved in the anti-Castro efforts in New Orleans in the 1960's and was possibly one of the high level planners or 'cut out' to the planners of the assassination."

Too true. Well worth working through Hunt's book on Kindle.

Bart has been interviewed on a podcast of 'The Opperman Report' by Ed Opperman. (approx. 50mins.) https://www.spreaker.com/user/oppermanreport/prayer-man-more-than-a-fuzzy-picture

Tonight, Saturday 4th November at 8pm Channel Four screens Episode 1: JFK: 24 Hours That Changed the World Summary Documentary exploring the last 24 hours in President Kennedy's life through original footage and oral history, from his arrival into Dallas to his body being taken by Air Force One to Washington DC. The programme also examines the chaos and grief that swept a nation, and the subsequent arrest and murder of apparent sole gunman Lee Harvey Oswald. Channel Four follows this at 9pm with Episode 1: Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia Summary Documentary exploring the relationship between the singer and the president, and how both men's ride to success involved connections with the world of organised crime. When the two icons crossed paths, they immediately enjoyed each other's company. Sinatra became integral to the Kennedy presidential campaign - but his Mafia connections soon made Sinatra a political liability, requiring Kennedy to push him aside. Further JFKA episodes are scheduled to follow over the coming weeks as the 60th approaches.

B.C. You can say that again! Add the paper sack to the long list of C.E.'s that are, to say the least, dubious.

Oh no, not more information/disinformation. Clearly I've read in various books that the paper used was the same as the packing paper. Not wishing to hijack this rifle thread, but can Forum members clarify this?

Indeed, I recall a couple of occasions when a Carcano appeared at Canterbury. Although one year I think Peter Antill brought one. Unfortunately the D.P.U.K. website doesn't show any vids for the years Ian was in attendance there.

Happy Birthday Ron.

Oh man, what is more ridiculous is the fact that the paper bag was constructed from the TSBD paper machine! So, do we have another ridiculous scenario of LHO having this crinkly paper stuffed up his shirt on the Thursday evening ride with Frazier back to Irving?!? + his origami skills in the Paine's garage that night. Your Carcano night delivery certainly makes more sense than the W.C. fairy tales. Of course Warren & Co., never broached that idea. That would have proved a conspiracy.

B.C. You betcha! Tested out thirty years back in 1994 when D.P.U.K., was known as 'Dallas '63'. Check out this thorough report by ex-Metropolitan police detective, the late Ian Griggs. We bin there, done that. "S the MANNLICHER CARCANO --A PRACTICAL EXPERIMENT in ITS REASSEMBLY - DocsLib

Wasn't the protest from LBJ in Kennedy's suite at the Hotel Texas on the morning of the 22nd because polecat Lyndon didn't want to ride with Yarborough? When exactly did Connally protest?

Jim's excellent review of 'Prayer Man: More Than A Fuzzy Picture' on Kennedys and King here:- Prayer Man: More Than A Fuzzy Picture by Bart Kamp (kennedysandking.com)

Very best wishes for a speedy recovery Chris. Seems ages since we last met in Canterbury.

Agree, essential reading.

D.P.U.K., ahead of the game, has included a Hot Springs Village Voice article by Jeff Meek in the latest 'Dealey Plaza Echo'. Jeff uncovered a 2022 document release which covers an interview from '78 by Gaeton Fonzi with retired CIA officer Joseph Burkholder Smith. Meek's verdict on Smith's statements to Fonzi is "it's more confirmation of operations going on that connect Lee Oswald to the CIA and the cover-up that followed." (D.P.U.K. members have received a double 60th anniversary special edition with parts one & two of their excellent journal.)

Thanks David. Great to hear Evelyn Lincoln.

& there's more. From Nancy Weiford's recent 'Dealey Plaza Echo' article she quotes from Frazier's 2021 autobiography 'Steering Truth' where he tells of leaving the front steps after the shooting to follow Shelley & Lovelady toward the railroad yards along the street directly in front of the Depository. Without reaching the yards he decided to turn back, but before he could turn around, he suddenly was startled by a man walking east and holding a rifle.

I have recently become a committee member of Britain's U3A charity organisation and almost by accident gave a presentation on the JFKA, which has resulted in my name & this topic being added to the U.K. register of U3A speakers. As a result I have bookings for 2024 from local U3A groups. What books do I recommend is a question that I have been asked. As the U3A is primarily for retired members of the older generation, my talk, lasting just over an hour, features photographs and film and press reports etc., just on historical factual information, with hardly a mention of LHO or the killing of Officer Tippit. I can only include the whys of the Texas trip, the Fort Worth breakfast, the Dallas motorcade, Dealey Plaza and Parkland. I hardly have time to take a breath to fit that in inside the allotted time. However, I have been very surprised at the response, with post presentation Q & A's lasting almost as long as the presentation itself. So, for this age demographic, most like myself, alive and remember JFK as president and the event in Dallas, what further reading do I recommend. I point interest to 'Crossfire' and 'JFK & the Unspeakable' depending on their prior level of knowledge & availability of these books.

Another Jenkins statement @ Lancer 2013, "My attention was such that I had to be aware of the needs of the pathologist, that was my purpose for being there, so my attention was focussed on that table on whatever they asked for help with. At the conclusion of the autopsy, my personal ideas of the things that I said, I was sure that the entrance wound was above the right ear and that the large wound in the back of the head was an exit wound."