Guest Tom Scully Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 (edited) ...Thanks Robert, I too read the original report on Gordon by the Congressional Committee, which mentions ONI, and then read what Gus Russo says, and all of a sudden it's a RFK operation, and RFK is putting people away in mental institutions (ala Walker and Dinkin).And yes, Upper Darby is part of the city of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia, the Quaker City where Ruth Paine also lived and taught school nearby, and home to Szile, another USMC Guantamano victim, and the Man on the Motorcycle in MC, and Art Young and Michael's mom, Ruth Forbes Paine Young, and where Priscilla went to school, all within a five mile radius of each other. Tink Thompson was also teaching Philosophy nearby at the time. It seems Gus Russo got to Gordon's daughter, and she is the source of all the RFK rubbish, or as Russo would have us believe. I don't believe that Gordon and Alonzo Gonzales was an RFK operation. It was ONI/CIA, just as Gordon told the Committee. What became of Alonzo Gonzales? BK .... Guy Russo playin' "the Mighty Wurlitzer"? vs. Bill Kelly, Warren Hinckle, William W. Turner.... http://books.google.com/books?id=peALAAAAY...tion&pgis=1The fish is red By Warren Hinckle, William W. Turner - page 105 .....became doubly important as an intelligence post and clandestine staging.The CIA collaborated closely with its naval hosts, but on this assassination plot ONI appears to have been in the driver's seat. The officer in charge was a Navy lieutenant commander, and one of the assassins had long been under ONI control. His name was Luis Balbuena, a thickset man called El Gordo ("the Fat One"). Balbuena had been a theatrical booking agent in Oriente Province before taking a job on the Guantanamo base. He had joined the 26th of July Movement in the struggle against Batista. He knew Fidel and Raul personally. A Miami police detective who interviewed him in 1963 reported: "Early in 1959, he, with other top members of the revolution, started conspiring against the government. He was the contact between the United States Naval Intelligence and the Oriente underground."" Balbuena was an elected official of an anti-Castro council of Cubans employed at the Guantanamo base, which promoted counterrevolutionary activities. A second marksman was Alonzo Gonzales, about whom little is known other than that he was an Episcopalian priest who had designs on becoming bishop of Cuba once Castro was deposed, Gonzales reportedly had been trained at the CIA "academy" in Virginia known as the Farm. Balbuena admitted to a US Senate investigator that he had worked with Gonzales out of Guantanamo in 1961 and confirmed that the ambitious priest was proficient with firearms. On all other details Balbuena invoked the seal of confession." Gonzales slipped out of Guantanamo, heading for Havana. He vanished without a trace. Balbuena told the Miami police that he "was involved in an attempt to assassinate Raul Castro" which was "discovered by the Cuban Government," forcing him to take sanctuary inside the naval base (he was evacuated to Miami in 1962). How the Cubans discovered the plot has never been learned, but they evidently knew a great deal. Two weeks after the 26th of July holiday passed without incident, Industry Minister Che Guevara reeled off a list of American aggressive acts against Cuba at the hemispheric nations' conference in Uruguay. Among them was the charge that the United States had mounted an assassination attempt against Raul Castro (no mention was made of Fidel) from the Guantanamo to take place on July 26. Guevara said the plot was for the killing to be followed by a mortar shelling of the base, giving the impression that enraged Cubans were taking revenge for Raul's death at the hands of counterrevolutionaries. The shelling would give the United States a "clear-cut case" of Cuban aggression and provide a pretext for armed intervention — the old Guantanamo shell game. This scenario was an ersatz version of the abortive Santa Ana mission during the Bay of Pigs. It also resembled a number of other things, including George Smathers' suggestion to JFK during their stroll in the Rose Garden that any assassination be coupled with a staged incident at at Guantanamo to give an excuse for armed intervention. And it fit Richard Nixon's post- invasion counsel to the President that a "proper legal cover" such as "defending our base at Guantanamo" be found for "going in." http://books.google.com/books?um=1&q=%...nG=Search+Books The Episcopal Church annual - Page 558 1962 Losada, Alonzo Gonzalez (Cuba), November 29, 1960. Low, Allan Wesley (Md.), May 26, 1961. Maynard, Alan Peter (Me.). October 26. 1961. ... The Living church annual Religion - 1948 Page 209 Cienfuegos. •Santa Cruz del Norte, Santa Cruz (193). Santiago de Cuba, St. Mary's (109), JB Man- cebo. JS.in Andres, Alonzo Gonzalez (y Losada) Edited March 27, 2009 by Tom Scully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Howard Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 ...Thanks Robert, I too read the original report on Gordon by the Congressional Committee, which mentions ONI, and then read what Gus Russo says, and all of a sudden it's a RFK operation, and RFK is putting people away in mental institutions (ala Walker and Dinkin).And yes, Upper Darby is part of the city of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia, the Quaker City where Ruth Paine also lived and taught school nearby, and home to Szile, another USMC Guantamano victim, and the Man on the Motorcycle in MC, and Art Young and Michael's mom, Ruth Forbes Paine Young, and where Priscilla went to school, all within a five mile radius of each other. Tink Thompson was also teaching Philosophy nearby at the time. It seems Gus Russo got to Gordon's daughter, and she is the source of all the RFK rubbish, or as Russo would have us believe. I don't believe that Gordon and Alonzo Gonzales was an RFK operation. It was ONI/CIA, just as Gordon told the Committee. What became of Alonzo Gonzales? BK .... Guy Russo playin' "the Mighty Wurlitzer"? vs. Bill Kelly, Warren Hinckle, William W. Turner.... http://books.google.com/books?id=peALAAAAY...tion&pgis=1The fish is red By Warren Hinckle, William W. Turner - page 105 .....became doubly important as an intelligence post and clandestine staging.The CIA collaborated closely with its naval hosts, but on this assassination plot ONI appears to have been in the driver's seat. The officer in charge was a Navy lieutenant commander, and one of the assassins had long been under ONI control. His name was Luis Balbuena, a thickset man called El Gordo ("the Fat One"). Balbuena had been a theatrical booking agent in Oriente Province before taking a job on the Guantanamo base. He had joined the 26th of July Movement in the struggle against Batista. He knew Fidel and Raul personally. A Miami police detective who interviewed him in 1963 reported: "Early in 1959, he, with other top members of the revolution, started conspiring against the government. He was the contact between the United States Naval Intelligence and the Oriente underground."" Balbuena was an elected official of an anti-Castro council of Cubans employed at the Guantanamo base, which promoted counterrevolutionary activities. A second marksman was Alonzo Gonzales, about whom little is known other than that he was an Episcopalian priest who had designs on becoming bishop of Cuba once Castro was deposed, Gonzales reportedly had been trained at the CIA "academy" in Virginia known as the Farm. Balbuena admitted to a US Senate investigator that he had worked with Gonzales out of Guantanamo in 1961 and confirmed that the ambitious priest was proficient with firearms. On all other details Balbuena invoked the seal of confession." Gonzales slipped out of Guantanamo, heading for Havana. He vanished without a trace. Balbuena told the Miami police that he "was involved in an attempt to assassinate Raul Castro" which was "discovered by the Cuban Government," forcing him to take sanctuary inside the naval base (he was evacuated to Miami in 1962). How the Cubans discovered the plot has never been learned, but they evidently knew a great deal. Two weeks after the 26th of July holiday passed without incident, Industry Minister Che Guevara reeled off a list of American aggressive acts against Cuba at the hemispheric nations' conference in Uruguay. Among them was the charge that the United States had mounted an assassination attempt against Raul Castro (no mention was made of Fidel) from the Guantanamo to take place on July 26. Guevara said the plot was for the killing to be followed by a mortar shelling of the base, giving the impression that enraged Cubans were taking revenge for Raul's death at the hands of counterrevolutionaries. The shelling would give the United States a "clear-cut case" of Cuban aggression and provide a pretext for armed intervention — the old Guantanamo shell game. This scenario was an ersatz version of the abortive Santa Ana mission during the Bay of Pigs. It also resembled a number of other things, including George Smathers' suggestion to JFK during their stroll in the Rose Garden that any assassination be coupled with a staged incident at at Guantanamo to give an excuse for armed intervention. And it fit Richard Nixon's post- invasion counsel to the President that a "proper legal cover" such as "defending our base at Guantanamo" be found for "going in." http://books.google.com/books?um=1&q=%...nG=Search+Books The Episcopal Church annual - Page 558 1962 Losada, Alonzo Gonzalez (Cuba), November 29, 1960. Low, Allan Wesley (Md.), May 26, 1961. Maynard, Alan Peter (Me.). October 26. 1961. ... The Living church annual Religion - 1948 Page 209 Cienfuegos. •Santa Cruz del Norte, Santa Cruz (193). Santiago de Cuba, St. Mary's (109), JB Man- cebo. JS.in Andres, Alonzo Gonzalez (y Losada) After reaching the dubious distinction of 50 years old...lol, and not just a little of that time spent researching what was once known as the Crime Of The Century, I have reached the conclusion that arguably the most important area of the assassination, has been extremely neglected. If posting the above statement on this thread serves as a hint, I am definitely talking about the Office of Naval Intelligence...... Furthermore, to illustrate my point I have compiled an index of sorts, to a document that either has never been brought to the attention of most JFK researchers, or, is in some way incorrectly identified. I have alluded to it previously in some posts requesting some assistance, without much of a response, which I do not take personally, as active researchers have their hands all too full. As mentioned earlier, the title is called O.N.I. Archives, or, at least that is what it is referred to on maryferrell.org. Complicating matters is that whenever a reference appears on that site to said document there is no RIF number, or any explanation regarding where this illustrious document is located. For all I know it may not even be at mary ferrell's website and at College Park, Maryland or another NARA location. At any rate, at the risk of posting a long list of names that will serve as an aid for someone with insomnia, I am listing the names and a short biography of each person, as reproduced on the mary ferrell site...... Since there are so many names on this list, it will be apparent that there is no URL that a Education Forum member can click onto to view these listings, but, in spite of that I believe to those who have passed JFK 101 it will also be apparent that there is material in this index itself that should be a real meal for the senses. ABBOTT, WILLIAM ----- Sources: "ONI", pp. 19, 37, 60, 67, 71, 95; JFK Collection List, pg. 25 (AMKW 63) Mary's Comments: Department of the Navy, Office of Chief of Naval Operations. 19 Mar 1962 memo for William O. Boswell from Abbott (orig by P. W. Palmer, OP-921E). 23 Mar 1962 memo for Wm. O. Boswell from Abbott re Oswald. 15 Nov 1960 memo for J. Edgar Hoover from Abbott re Oswald. "OP-923M5" on memo of 15 Nov 1960. ANTIOCH COLLEGE CD 46, p. 15; "ONI", p. 182-183 Unconfirmed rumor that LHO attended Antioch College, using his true name, for a short period of time in 1957 and was dismissed because he could not prove his graduation from high school. (Ruth Hyde Paine graduated from Antioch, Class of 1955.) (See rumor about Pennsylvania university and Ruth Paine knowing LHO - CD 212, pp. 1-2) J. M. BARRON "ONI", p. 144 With ONI. Wrote memo for the file on 2 Nov 1959 re Oswald's defection. "No action contemplated by this office. BAY, W. R. Sources: "ONI", pp. 65, 73 Mary's Comments: "By direction" on 6 Mar 1962 memo from Director of Naval Intelligence to Commandant of the Marine Corps re Oswald. "By direction" on 23 Mar 1962 memo from Director of Naval Intelligence to Commandant of the Marine Corps re Oswald. OP-921 E2/cn on memo. (It is possible that name "Wesley" is in center of both memos.) BASIL A. BEARDSLEY Who's Who in CIA, Mader (51) DOB: 6/22/25. In U.S. Navy 1943-46. Analyst in ONI 1952-55. Assistant Attache U.S. Embassy in Havana 1958-59. Dept. of Army 1961-67. Dept of State from from 1967. BOSWELL, WILLIAM O. Sources: WC 5 (372); WC 11 (199-200); WC 18 (542-3); "ONI", pp. 52-53, 60, 67, 71, 72 Mary's Comments: Director, Office of Security, Department of State, 515 22nd Street, N.W., Room 804, Washington, D.C. 19 Mar 1962 memo for Boswell from William Abbott, orig by P. W. Palmer, OP-921E. 23 Mar 1962 memo for Boswell from Abbott re Oswald. "File charged 6 SY/E - Mr. Otepka." BROOKS JR. (CAPTAIN) JOHNSON "ONI", p. 165 Signed order on 29 Apr 1958 confining Oswald to hard labor for 20 days, $25.00 per month for 2 months, and reduced to private because Oswald had a personal weapon on 27 Oct 1957, at Atsugi, Japan. V. BUCKLER "ONI", p. 137 In Passport Office of State Department. On 11/13/59, he signed a Conference Slip re Lee Harvey Oswald for some reason, there are three separate listings for this person. LOUIS EUSEBIO BALBUENA CALZADILLA MMF 2299-2300 ONI Biographic Supplement, 20 December 1960 LUIS ----- BALBUENA CALZADILLA Base and working for ONI. Tried to kill Raul Castro. Came to U.S. in 1961. CALZADILLA, LUIS BALBUENA Sources: HSCA Vol. X (161) Mary's Comments: An associate of an unnamed anti-Castro Cuban whose identity was protected. They both gave material to the HSCA. CARRO, JOHN Sources: Warren Report (379, 381-2); WC Vol. 8 (202-14); WC Vol. 19 (Carro Exhibit); "ONI", p. 171; Legend, Epstein (59) Mary's Comments:Lee Oswald's probation officer at Youth House. (Art Ford, who wrote Were We Controlled, claims he interviewed Oswald while in Youth House.) CARSON, E. I. Sources: "ONI", p. 30; Who Was Jack Ruby, Kantor (19) Mary's Comments: Commander, Navy Discharge Review Board at Pentagon. On 23 July 1962, Director of Naval Intelligence wrote to Carson re Oswald. On 6/5/63 he wrote to LHO that his request to have his discharge changed was under review. CONNALLY, JOHN BOWDEN, JR. Sources: WC Vol. 4 (129-46); CE 3131; CD 1302; HSCA Vol. I (10-60); CIA 376-154, p. 3; "ONI" pp. 73-74; They've Killed the President, Anson (2, 6, 16, 24-6, 33, 49-52, 60, 81-8, 90-4, 100, 130-31, 140, 144, 322, 339); Plot to Kill the President, Blakey & Billings (3-6, 10-13); Coup d'Etat in America, Canfield & Weberman (148); Khrushchev Killed Kennedy, Eddowes (139, 144); Kennedy Conspiracy, Flammonde (100, 105-6, 108-9, 120, 151, 284); The Fish is Red, Hinckle & Turner (364 et al); Accessories After the Fact, Meagher (154-77); Conspiracy, Summers, 37-8, 52, 55, 446); Whitewash, Vol. I, Weisberg (31-7, 65, 106-10, 130, 281, 285, 288-92, 295-6, 299, 304-16, 321-22, 336, 342-43) Mary's Comments: DOB: 2/27/17. POB: Floresville, TX. DOD: 6/15/93, 4:15 p.m.. POD: Houston, TX. "Missing" page from Video-tape interview of Connally 11/27/63, contains "My God, they're going to kill us all," and references to bigotry and hatred. (See CD 1302) DEAN, WILLIAM MORRIS Sources: FBI portion of ONI file: 10 (1-3) C. E. (COL.) DOBSON "ONI", p. 98 From Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Intelligence, to Commandant of the Marine Corps, Attn: Col. C. E. Dobson, dated 4 Aug 1960. Re: Phonecon MSGT Emerson to Parker YN1 re Oswald's Undesirable Discharge. THOMAS B. ESTEP "ONI", p. 187 Special Agent, FBI. Wrote Internal Security - R Report on Oswald, dated Dec 5, 1963 FAIN, JOHN WYTHE Sources: Warren Report, pp. 303, 409; WC Vol 4, pp. 414-415; WC Vol 17, p. 700; WC Vol 18, p. 385; WC Vol 22, p. 98; WC Vol 26, pp. 26, 143; "ONI", pp. 6-13; "ONI", pp. 15-29, 43, 78-88; "ONI", pp. 104-117; MMF 1959-1968; Coincidence or Conspiracy, Fensterwald, pp. 262-263; Farewell America, Hepburn, p. 334; Crossfire, Marrs, pp. 225-226; Oswald and the CIA, Newman, pp. 91-92, 135, 140-141; 143, 156-159, 264-272; Dallas Morning News, May 1, 2000, p. 18-A Mary's Comments: DOB: Dec. 14, 1907; POB: Avoca, TX; DOD: Apr. 30, 2000; POD: Dallas, TX. Became FBI special agent in 1941; retired in 1963. First interviewed LHO in Ft. Worth in August 1962. In 1993 was in nursing home in Dallas. Fain's report of 5/12/60 re Funds Transmitted to Residents of Russia (MMF 1914-1923 and MMF 1959-1968) = (Bureau file 100-353496-715; Dallas file 105-976) "ONI" pp. 104-117; Fain's report of 7/3/61 = "ONI" pp. 78-88; Fain's report of 7/2/62 = "ONI", pp. 43, 47; Fain's report of 7/6/62 = "ONI", p. 29; Fain's report of 7/10/62 = "ONI" pp. 15-28 and pp. 33-48; Fain's report of 8/30/62 = "ONI", pp. 6-13. Survived by wife of 68 years, Myrna Wallace Fain; daughter and son-in-law, Janet and Keith Fuller of Plano, TX; son and daughter-in-law, John Wallace and Swanne Ruckman Fain of Houston; grandchildren: Jenny Fuller of Dallas, Jay Fuller of Brooklyn, NY, Sarah Fuller of Plano, and Nina Fain of Houston; three sisters: Mayna Fain Hoke of Sherman, Betty Fain Wright of Amarillo, and Norma Fain Braly of Houston; one brother, Dr. Robert Fain of Houston. JULIO CESAR (DR.) FERNANDEZ WC Vol 26, pp. 652-659; CD 53, pp. 1, 6-21; "ONI", pp. 191-211 DOB: 1/3/09. POB: Havana, Cuba. Cuban refugee. Teaching at Morrison Cove Junior High, Martinsburg F.O'C., FLETCHER, JR."ONI", p. 93 Captain, U.S. Navy, Officer in Charge District Intelligence Office, Eighth Naval District. Wrote 11 Jan 1961 letter to SAC, FBI, Dallas, Tx, re Oswald FUNDS TRANSMITTED TO RESIDENTS OF RUSSIA ----- "ONI", pp. 102-118 J. Edgar Hoover encloses Fain's report of 5/12/60 re Marguerite Oswald's transmittal of funds to Lee Harvey Oswald to Director of Naval Intelligence FRANCIS J. (CAPT.) GAJEWSKI "ONI", pp. 162, 168 Was a Captain at Atsugi, Japan, on 27 Oct 1957, when Oswald unlawfully had a privately owned weapon in his possession. Gajewski praised Oswald's work and conduct, giving him 3.9 for proficiency and 4.0 for conduct ("ONI", p. 168). WILLARD D. (CAPT.) GARRETT "ONI", pp. 153-161 Captain, USMC. Submitted summary of evidence in Court-Martial of Oswald re 20 June 1958 incident in Bluebird Cafe, Yamato, Japan GLENN, NORMAN D. (LT. COLONEL) Sources: CD 75, p. 397; "ONI", pp. 150, 152-153, 160 (testimony), 164-165, 167; Mary's Comments: Commander of Marine Air Group 11, First Marine Air Wing, Naval Air Station, Atsugi, Japan. Witness for Oswald in Court-Martial as result of incident on 20 June 1958 in Bluebird Cafe, Yamato, Japan, when Oswald "attacked" Miguel Rodriguez, Jr. Glenn also signed order for trial to the Summary Court-Martial of Oswald for Oct 27, 1957, incident involving a privately owned weapon in Oswald's possession (he accidentally shot himself). GORDON, HAROLD SHERWIN Sources: "ONI", p. 189 Mary's Comments: DOB: 4/14/38. POB: Chicago, IL. Entered service (Marines?) at 18, a few months before LHO entered. Out of service April 1964. Died in plane crash in Lake Michigan 8/16/65. Plane en route from New York to Chicago. No survivors. 24 passengers, 6 crew members. Gordon's second wife died in crash with him. He had been a cosmetics salesman and a Marine Reservist. First wife divorced him because "he was away for such long periods of time. Had 2 children. They live in Southern California. Mother lives in Florida. Second wife was a model. His mother remembers visiting him at Pendleton. Nothing in his records about Pendleton. He was at Parris Island. Crew: Capt. Towel; Co-pilot Whitezell; Maurice Femmer; Stewardesses: Jeneal Beaver; Sandra Fuhrer; Phyllis Richer; Passengers: Beatrice Cartwright; W. (Wm?) Chalmers; K. Cumming; Sanford Horwitz; Mrs. (B. or H.) Johnson; Martha Kuphal; F. Landstrom; Donna Miller; K. Brick (female); J.B. Caruso; F. Duluca; H. Gordon; Mrs. H. Gordon; R. Hoffman; Mrs. R. Marconi; K. Musin; Daniel Pol; Benjamin Roytman; Clarence Sayen; G. Schmid; J.H. Thomas; R.C. Zabor. DON GORHAM CD 1484, pp. 2-3 Acting Chief NCIASC-3, United States Naval CounterIntelligence Support Center, ONI HAMNER, (?) DAVID (?) Sources: WC Vol 18, p. 115 = CE 917; "ONI", pp. 136, 141 Mary's Comments: Routed Naval Message from ALUSNA Moscow to CNO on 3 Nov 1959, re AMEMB Moscow Dispatches 234 dtd 2 Nov and 224 dtd 26 Oct re Oswald, and on 13 Nov 1959, re Airgram G-184, mailed 7 Nov. H. T. HARDENBURG "ONI", pp. 52-53, 55 With Navy Department. Wrote 26 April 1962 memo to Wm O. Boswell, Director Office of Security, Department of State, re Oswald DONALD G. HARRIS "ONI", pp. 191-211 Wrote Internal Security - R Report on Oswald in Pittsburgh on 12/2/63 HEDIGER, Sources: WC Vol 18, pp. 115-116 = CE 917 and CE 918; "ONI", pp. 136, 141-2; Mary's Comments: On Nov 3, 1959, he checked Naval Message from Moscow: RE/Hediger. On 4 Nov 1959, he checked Naval Message from CNO to ALUSNA Moscow: M/Hediger. On Nov 13, 1959, he checked Naval Message from Moscow: MSG/Hediger. (In Who's Who in CIA, there is a Jean Jacques Hediger, DOB: 3/11/34, Navy Lieutenant from 1956-1959. Later served in State Department in Mexico.) HOKE, SYLVIA LUDLOW HYDE Sources: CD 205, pp. 621-622; CD 504, p. 5; CD 505; CD 506; CD 507; CD 508 (Naval intelligence!); CIA 1267-1032; CIA Box 5, Folder 13, Doc 02678 (MMF 568) Mary's Comments: DOB: 10/2/29. POB: Booth Memorial Hospital, 314 E. 15th, New York, NY. Ruth Paine's sister. Wife of John Hoke. In 1994: there is a Sylvia Hoke, 32 S. Calverton Rd., Baltimore, MD 21223 (301) 945-9033. There is also a Sylvia H. Hoke, 1107 Gregory Dr., Martinsburg, W VA 25401 (304) 263-9279. HOOVER, JOHN EDGAR Sources: CD 87 SS 104, p. 5 (11/23/63 letter to Rowley of Secret Service re recording of LHO's voice in Mexico City); CIA 107-579; CIA 128-590; CIA 141-601; HSCA Vol 3, p. 573 (June 3, 1960 letter to State Dept re possibility imposter is using LHO's birth certicicate); also see "ONI" 118; MMF 2089 Mary's Comments: DOB: Jan. 1, 1895; POB: Washington, D.C.; DOD: May 15, 1972. SS# 577-60-1114. Director of FBI. Became "mad" with Pawley (MMF 2089). MARGARET KATHRYN (MRS) HOOVER WC Vol 26, pp. 652-659; CD 53, pp. 1, 6-21; "ONI", pp. 191-211 Re Dr. Julio Fernandez, Cuban refugee, teaching at Morrison Cove Junior High School, Martinsburg, PA G. W. (MAJ.) HOUCK Marine Corps. ONI. 21 Mar 1960 memo from Commandant of Marine Corps to Chief of Naval Operations. Dept of the Navy memo to Commandant of the Marine Corps from Director of Naval Intelligence, dated 6 Mar 1962. ONI routing slip GG 104902 re Originator: FBI; addressed to DNI, dated 10 July 1962. See: P. C. Le Sourd. HYDE, CARL DUDLEY (DR.) Sources: CD 46, p. 15; CD 509; CD 510; CD 511; CD 512; CD 513; CD 514; "ONI", pp. 174-175 Mary's Comments: DOB: 12/30/37 Wife: Lorena. Brother of Mrs. Ruth Paine. Doctor at Dayton Hospital, Dayton, Ohio. In 1994, there is no listing for Carl Dudley Hyde in Yellow Springs, Ohio. However, there is a David E. Hyde at the 1963 office address of Dr. Carl Dudley Hyde. HYDE, WILLIAM AVERY Sources: CD 46, p. 15; CD 504, p. 5; "ONI", pp. 177-178; CIA 646-277; CIA 1267-1032; CIA Box 5, Folder 13, Doc 02678 (MMF 568); CIA 1551-1110 Mary's Comments: DOB: June 4, 1902. POB: Palo Alto, CA. DOD: April 1982. SS# 056-01-3462. A chemist. Had three children: Ruth Hyde Paine, Sylvia Hyde Hoke, and Carl Hyde. CIA's Office of Security "has information of possible interest concerning William A. Hyde." Hyde visited his daughter Ruth in Irving June 1963. He was divorced from Carol E. Hyde in 1961. PENETRATION FORCES (INTERPEN) INTERCONTINENTAL MMF 1924; MMF 2291; MMF 2294 31 Jul 62 ONI wrote memo to Commandant of Marine Corps re Sgt. Gerald Patrick HEMMING, Jr., USMCR, 1488247 (Inactive) attaching ONI's Secret Case History on Hemming and ONI's Case History File on INTERPEN, as well as ONI's Secret Case History File re Eloy GUTIERREZ Menoyo. JOHNSON, ARNOLD SAMUEL Sources: Warren Report, 266-267, 272, 385-386, 390-391; FBI Doc JFK 124-10184-10256; FBI Doc JFK 124-10006-10342; FBI Doc JFK 124-10035-10065; FBI Doc JFK 124-10170-10064 (DSL C-37); FBI Doc JFK 124-10232-10345 (DSL C-43); FBI Doc JFK 124-10243-10367 (DSL C-49); FBI Doc JFK 124-10244-10077 (DSL C-55); Whitewash I, Weisberg, 224; The Worker, 12/29/63 - "ONI", p. 169; New York Times, Thurs, 9/28/89; Mary's Comments: Head of Communist Party, New York City. Public relations director of the Communist Party. Died at age 84, Tues, 9/26/89 in Manhattan. GUY JOHNSON ONI in New Orleans. Attorney friend of Bud Fensterwald JOHNSON, PRISCILLA MARY POST (AKA MRS. GEO. MCMILLAN) Sources: Warren Report, pp. 242, 247-248; WC Vol 5, pp. 273, 279, 291-292, 301-302, 602, 617; WC Vol 11, pp. 442-460; CD 49, pp. 24, 26; CD 75, p. 245; CD 87, SS 345, p. 1; CD 1518, pp. 142-143; CD 1546, pp. 221, 241, 247, 249; P. Johnson Exhibits; "ONI", p. 131; FBI 105-82555-195, dated 11/23/63, from Rosen to Belmont; FBI 62-109060 unrec, dated 11/29/63, to Director, FBI, from SAC, Boston, RE WFO letters to Director, 10/25/63, 11/1, 13 and 18/63 (5 pgs); FBI 62-109060-1735, dated 11/24/63, from SAC, Boston, to Director, FBI, re Assaulting a Federal Officer (2 pgs.); CIA 634-266-A; CIA 646-266l CIA 1267-1031; CIA 1273-1027; Whitewash I, Weisberg, 230; Whitewash II, Weisberg, 45; Accessories After the Fact, Meagher, 331; HSCA Reel 9, Box 7, Folder G, H (AMKW 7); FBI JFK 124- 10027-10059, Lifton's pp. 47-48 Mary's Comments: CIA 201-102798. DOB: 7/19/28; POB: Glen Cove, Long Island, New York. Daughter of Stuart Holmes Johnson, retired cotton textile broker, and Eunice Clapp Johnson, housewife. Brothers: Stuart Holmes Johnson, Jr., employed by Rep. Emmanuel Celler; Frank Coit Johnson, employed by the Institute for Space Studies, New York. Interviewed LHO in Moscow in 1959. Her "Evening Star" (NANA) article of Nov 26, 1959 = "ONI", p. 131. In 1953, she worked for John F. Kennedy. Interviewed Stalin's daughter in 1956. In September 1964, shared cabin at Lake Texoma with Marina and collaborated with Marina on book "Marina and Lee". Married George McMillan and was living in Frogmore, North Carolina, in 1976. GEORGE M. SGT. KIDD "ONI", p. 152 "Accuser" of Oswald re incident in Bluebird Cafe at Yamato, Japan, on 20 June 1958, when Oswald "attacked" Miguel Rodriguez, Jr R. A. KLARE "ONI" p. 98 Signed memo from Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Intelligence, dated 4 Aug 1960, to the Commandant of the Marine Corps, Attn: Col. C. E. Dobson, "by direction." Re: Oswald's undesirable discharge. LANGELLE, RUSSELL AUGUST Sources: CIA 102-574 (re-released as CIA JFK 104-10015-10130, Lifton's pp. 79-87); The Circus, West, pp. 105, 167; Cold Warrior, Tom Mangold, pp. 251-253, 414; The Family Weekly; List of CIA Agents, Smith; The Mole, Hood, pp. 277-281; Molehunt, David Wise, p. 169; New York Times, Oct. 18, 1949, p. 1; State Department Biographic Register; Washington Post, 9/16/85, B13; Warriors of the Night, Volkman, 197-198; Wilderness of Mirrors, Martin, 95-96, 114; Who's Who in CIA, Mader; Who's Who in Espionage, Payne & Dobson, p. 138. Mary's Comments: DOB: October 7, 1922; 1942-1944 - Lt. Commander in ONI of U.S. Navy; 1956 - Dept.of State working for CIA; 1960 - Security Officer in Dept of State in Washington; operated in Vienna, Austria 1956-57; and in Moscow 1957-59; (expelled from USSR in 1959 for subversive activities); he was Chief of Security at Moscow Embassy on Oct. 16, 1959 (day Lee Harvey Oswald arrived in Moscow); that day, Oct 16, 1959, Russians grabbed Langelle off street and subjected him to hostile interrogation; released him 2 hours later but ordered him to leave USSR within 3 days. Received copy of transcript of Oswald's telephone conversations while in Mexico City. S. C., JR. LOOMIS "ONI", p. 92 Officer in Charge, District Intelligence Office, Ninth Naval District, Chicago 7, Illinois. Wrote 30 Nov 1960 memo to Officer in Charge, District Intelligence Office, Eighth Naval District, re Oswald. "OP921D" on memo. SS MAASDAM, Sources: CD 75, pp. 249, 461; "ONI", pp. 22, 40; CIA 231-92; CIA 339-136, p. 7; CIA 395-745; LHO's INS File (MMF 1638-1641) Mary's Comments: SS Maasdam was Holland-American line's ship LHO, wife and daughter took from Rotterdam to U.S. on June 4, 1962. L. A. MACK WC Vol 22, p. 17; "ONI", pp. 36, 89; INS File (MMF 1591) Officer in Charge of Dallas Immigration & Naturalization Office. Re: Marina Oswald's entry into U.S MARSHALL, H. R. Sources: "ONI", p. 48 Mary's Comments: "By direction" under his signature on 23 May 1962 memo from Director of Naval Intelligence to Assistant Chief of Staff G-2, Headquarters USMC, re Oswald. OP-921 E2/cn, 921 F2, 921, 921 E all on memo. (It is possible that name "Wesley" is in center of page.) MARTIN, E. B. Sources: "ONI", pp. 3, 14 Mary's Comments: Officer in Charge, District Intelligence Office, Eighth Naval District. Aug 17, 1962, memo to Dir of Naval Intelligence re LHO and (a) DIO 8ND con ltr ser 053 of 11 Jan 1961 to FBI, Dallas, and Sept. 17, 1962, memo to Director of Naval Intelligence re LHO and (a) DIO 8ND conf ltr ser 053 of 11 Jan 1961 to FBI. "Route to 921E." MASON, ARTHUR CRANDALL HAZARD Sources: CD 75, p. 572; CD 110, p. 2; "ONI", p. 185 Mary's Comments: DOB: 10/29/19 POB: Roxbury, Massachusetts. Graduate of Harvard Business School. Accountant. Divorced from Margaret Mason in Ohio. Permanently resides on yacht at Coral Gables, FL. Issued tourist card #4363760 Sept 17, 1963, to go to Mexico as tourist. U.S. Passport #2443041. Left New Orleans Sept 17, 1963, about 7:00 p.m. and flew non-stop to Mexico City where he stayed at the Monte Cassino Hotel. Son, John Mason, attending school at Interlochen, Michigan, in November 1963. ALISTAR MCDONALD WC Vol 22, p. 11; "ONI", pp. 24, 42 Asst. Manager, Cabin-Tourist Dept., Holland-American Line. Re: LHO's return from Russia GUTIERREZ MENOYO, ELOY Sources: CD 1085c3, pp. 2-3; CD 1085c6, pp. 1-2; CD 1085c7,p. 1; CIA 88-27; SSCIA 157-10003-10483 (MMF 1759-1760); ONI Secret Case History File on GUTIERREZ Menoyo (MMF 1924); New York Times, Sun, July 4, 1993, p. E-7; The Last Investigation, Fonzi, p. 132; HSCA Reel 8, Box 6, Folder E (AMKW 6); HSCA Reel 52, Box 29, Folder K, L, M (AMKW 30); MMF 2085; MMF 2298 Mary's Comments: DOB: 1935. POB: Spain. Wife: Gladys. Ally of Castro in effort to overthrow Batista. 31 Jul 62 Dir of Naval Intelligence received memo from ONI, attaching GUTIERREZ's ONI Secret Case History File. Founder of Alpha 66 to overthrow Castro. Appeared at a public meeting of Los Angeles Alpha 66 on October 11, 1963. Held prisoner 22 years by Castro. Freed in 1986. JAMES N. (S.SGT.) MILAM "ONI", pp. 150, 158-161 (testimony) Witness to incident in Bluebird Cafe, Yamato, Japan, on June 20, 1958, when Oswald became involved in argument with Tech Sgt. Miguel Rodriguez, Jr MODESETT, JACK N., JR. (LT. JG) Sources: Fensterwald notes; The Mafia, CIA & George Bush, Brewton, 53, 96; Mary's Comments: Navy Serial #637-794/1635. Former ONI at Guantanamo. Had been Naval officer at Corpus Christi Naval Air Station when an assassination plot against Castro was planned in 1961. Probably knew Lt. Commander John Gordon. See Tom M. Bush. (COMMANDER) MARVIN P. MORTON "ONI", pp. 154-155 Commander, U.S. Navy. On 7/9/1958, wrote memo of Summary Court-Martial, case of LHO MOSBY, ALINE ----- Sources: Warren Report, 238, 242, 247; WC 26, p. 708; CE 1385; CE 2716; CE 2717; CE 2719; CE 3098; FBI Exhibits Vol. 3, No. 45; CD 1240; CD 1492; "ONI", p. 149 (unnamed); HSCA Vol IV, p. 286; HSCA Vol 12, p. 454; CIA 624-823; Dallas Times Herald, 11/23/63, p. 6; Whitewash I, Weisberg, 254; Who Killed Kennedy, Buchanan, 156; Oswald: Assassin or Fall Guy, Joesten, 128; Crossfire, Marrs, p. 120; Oswald and the CIA, J. Newman, pp. 8-9, 16, 60-61, 67-70; Crime and Coverup, Scott, pp. 62-63; HSCA Reel 13, Box 9, Folder I (AMKW 9); Associated Press, Sat., Aug. 15, 1998; New York Times, Wed., August 19, 1998, p. C-23 Mary's Comments: DOB: 7/27/22. POB: Missoula, Montana. DOD: 8/7/98. POD: Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, CA. Graduate of the University of Montana. UPI reporter in Moscow. Interviewed LHO in Moscow Nov. 1959. She also interviewed Gary Powers, the downed U-2 pilot. Her story about LHO appeared in Washington Post on Sunday, Nov 1, 1959. She covered the Kremlin and later Beijing. On Thursday night, Feb 23, 1983, Aline Mosby was reporting live from Paris, France, for UPI. 201-252591. In 1998, she moved from Europe to the Silvergate retirement community in San Marcos, CA. She died of a cerebral hemorrhage Aug. 7, 1998, in Escondido, CA, at age 76. Survived by sister, Mary Jane Bader, of Escondido, CA. MURRET, MARILYN DOROTHEA Sources: WC Vol 26, pp 46, 766; CE 3119; CD 7, p. 90; CD 75, pp. 162-163; CD 87 SS 517, pp. 1-4; CD 407, p. 10; CD 942, p. 1; CD 1080; "ONI", pp. 19, 37, 70; CIA 481; CIA 1294-481 Mary's Comments: DOB: Approximately 1928. 5' 7". 120 lbs. LHO's cousin in New Orleans. Taught school in Japan in 1959. Passport #769007, issued 4-28-58. Subject of USAF intelligence report in Jan 1960. There is a a document re her and Harold R. Isaacs. Her CIA file 201-761517. In 1995, the phone is listed in the name of Mrs. C. F. Murret. NIBARGER "ONI", pp. 55, 94 "Typed by: Nibarger, YN2 5/23/62" on memo to J. Edgar Hoover from H. T. Hardenburg. "Retyped by: Nibarger, YN2 10/12/60, 10/18/60, 10/26/60, 11/4/60" on 15 Nov 1960 memo. "OP-923M on memo of 15 Nov 1960. JOHN NOONAN "ONI", pp. 49-51 With Department of State, Chief of Records and Services Branch. Letter of 10 May 1962 from Noonan to DNI transmmitted by ONI. "Route to 921E" on routing slip. "This in reply to your cited memorandum, and previous, concerning the Subject: April 26, 1962, OP-921E2/cn, SER 8128P92" in body of letter. OSWALD, LEE HARVEY Sources: CD 4, p. 799; CD 87 SS 422, pp. 1-8; "ONI", p. 97; CIA 8-4; CIA 13-1; CIA 417-170; CIA 524-221; CIA 526-223; CIA 550-237 (MMF 1989-1991); CIA 664-285; CIA 691-300 (re Atsugi, U2); CIA 776-336; CIA 796-348; CIA 903-393-A; CIA 907-396; CIA 1373-489; CIA 1378-490 (re-released as JFK 104-10015-10312, Lifton's pp. 293-296); CIA 1379-1073; CIA 1380-1073-A; CIA Box 15, Folder 15 (MMF 955); INS File (MMF 1557-1730); HSCA Reel 31, Box 22, Folder B, C, I, J, Q, R, S (AMKW 22); HSCA Reel 44, Box 23, Folder E, G, I, J (AMKW 23); HSCA Reel 45, Box 23, Folder B, K (AMKW 23); HSCA Reel 48, Box 26, Folder W (AMKW 26); HSCA Reel 55, Box 31, Folder K (AMKW 31) Mary's Comments: Military Service Number: 1653230. Social Security Number: 433-54-3937. Marine serial number: MS-1853230-6741, USMC. INS File No. A12 530 645. 201-289248; OS-351-164; Marguerite Stevens gave his file number as MS-11165. P-8593. Born October 18, 1939, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Mother: Marguerite Claverie Oswald; father: Robert Edward Lee Oswald. LHO's letters to his mother from Russia in CD 87 SS 442, pp. 1-8. New Orleans Police #112-723. Passport issued 9/10/59 at Santa Ana, CA, No. 1733242. Passport issued 6/25/63 at New Orleans, LA, No. D-092526. Re: Discharge for 'unfitness' - "ONI", p. 97; "OGC has found in Top Secret Control - get from XAAZ - 35706 - 24 Nov 63 - 201-289248... must be read in Top Secret Registry - ID 15" (MMF 955) OSWALD, (IMPOSTER) ----- Sources: WC Vol 18, p. 143; CD 964-B; CD 1115, XIII, p. 9; DBD 86527, 6/3/60, from H. Edgar Hoover to Office of Security, Department of State (also see "ONI" p. 100, 118; Coup d'etat in America, Canfield & Weberman, p. 281; MMF 1889-1998; Mary's Comments: J. Edgar Hoover letter re imposter using LHO's identification. Edward J. Hickey memo. Dean Rusk letter. OTEPKA, OTTO F. Sources: "ONI", pp. 57, 71; The Ordeal of Otto Otepka, Gill; Despoilers of Democracy, Clark Mollenhoff, p. 251 Mary's Comments:March 23, 1962, memo re Oswald, "file charged to SY/E-Mr. Otepka 3/26/62". April 4, 1962, memo re Memo dated Dec 28, 1961. Ousted from job with the State Department June 27, 1963. PIC, JOHN EDWARD Sources: Warren Report, 28-29, 353-355, 358, 360; CE 1382; CE 2683 (WC Vol 26, p. 42); Pic Exhibits; CD 1115, XIII-29-30; "ONI", pp. 70, 122-130, 133-135; The Witnesses, p. 371 Mary's Comments: AF 11313239. Half-brother of Lee Harvey and Robert Oswald. Wife: Marge. Sgt. USAF. DOB: 17 Jan 1932. Lab technician, Wilford Hall Air Force Hospital, San Antonio. Pic attempted to send message to Lee on Nov 9, 1959: "Please reconsider your intentions. Contact me if possible. Love, John." PETRULLI, NICHOLAS Sources: WC Vol 20, pp. 235, 288; CE 2685; HSCA Vol 12, pp. 436-437, 439, 445-446; CD 1066, pp. 583-384; "ONI", pp. 146-149; LHO's INS File (MMF 1711); Social Security Death Index; Washington Post, Sun, Nov 1, 1959; HSCA Reel 13, Box 9, Folder W (AMKW 9) Mary's Comments:DOB: 2/13/21. POB: Brooklyn, New York. DOD: April 1982. POD: California; defected to USSR August 10, 1959. Returned to US on September 22, 1959. PALMER, PROSS W. Sources: "ONI", pp. 30, 48, 58, 65, 67, 68, 73, 122 Mary's Comments: Director of Naval Intelligence (OP-921E). See 2 April 1962 memo from Jerry Vacek re Oswald. July 23, 1962, memo from Palmer to Secretary, Naval Discharge Review Board - Attn: CDR E. I. Carson, re Ex-PFC Lee Harvey OSWALD. "OP-921 Transmittal" May 23, 1962, memo from Palmer to Director of Naval Intelligence re Oswald. "OP-921 E2/cn, 921, 921E and 921 F2 on memo." 19 Mar 1962 memo for Wm. O. Boswell from Wm. Abbott (orig by P. W. Palmer, OP-921E - Ext 41841, pCarter 16 March 1962) SAMUEL M. REICHMAN "ONI", pp. 89, 91; LHO's INS File (MMF 1623) Investigator with United States Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service. Reviewed Visa Petition for Marina Oswald on 1/15/62. REID, DAVID C. (1994: CDR USN RET.) Sources: "ONI", pp. 76-77 Mary's Comments: Acting, District Intelligence Office, Eighth Naval District, U.S. Naval Station, Building 255, New Orleans 40, LA. Wrote 14 Jul 1961 memo From: Officer in Charge, District Intelligence Office, Eighth Naval District, To: Director of Naval Intelligence, Re: Oswald. Ref: DIO-8 conf ltr ser 053 of 11 Jan 1961 to FBI Dallas. Enclosed copy of Fain's July 3, 1961, report. CHARLES R. (FIRST LT.) RHODES "ONI", pp. 150, 160 Witness re incident on 20 June 1958 in Bluebird Cafe in Yamato, Japan, when Oswald "attacked" Miguel Rodriguez, Jr MIGUEL JR. (TECH. SGT.) RODRIGUEZ "ONI", pp. 150-151, 158-161 (testimony); Legend, Epstein, pp. 78, 338; Oswald's Game, Davison, p. 73 Became involved in argument with Oswald on 20 June 1958 in Bluebird Cafe, Yamato, Japan. In H. V. SCHULTZ Sources "ONI", p. 190 Mary'sComments: Wrote Memorandum for the File re Oswald, USMCR (Deceased), on 12/3/63. SCOTT, JOSEPH WELCH Sources: SSCIA 157-10002-10081 (MMF 1793-1796); Interim Report on Assassinations, p. 197; LHO's INS File (MMF 1727); Who's Who in CIA, Mader, p. 465; The Man Who Kept the Secrets, Powers, p. 105 Mary's Comments: DOB: Sept 15, 1911. From 1941-1945, Lt. Comdr. in ONI of U.S. Navy. Livingston Merchant's Special Assistant in January 1961. In Sept 6, 1963, memo from Gordon Chase to Bundy, Scott is mentioned as one of those in INR - liaison with CIA - who knew about the exile raids and Operation MONGOOSE. Nov 1963 he is Deputy Director for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State. PAUL W. SEABAUGH "ONI", 59 Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps. 2 April 1962 letter to Lee H. Oswald, Minsk, U.S.S.R E. W. (COLONEL) SEEDS "ONI", pp. 156, 166 Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps. Chief of Staff, 1st Marine Aircraft FMF, Pacific Supervisory Authority. Approved Court-Martial of Oswald July 14, 1958. Re incident in Bluebird Cafe Yamato, Japan, 20 June 1958. D. E. SIGSWORTH "ONI", p. 138 Lt., USN, OP-921E. On 12 Nov 1959, he drafted a Naval Message from DNI to ALUSNA Moscow re Oswald. SNYDER, RICHARD EDWARD Sources: Warren Report, pp. 262, 265, 277-278, 693-695, 701, 705-706, 747-748, 754-758; WC Vol 5, pp. 262, 265, 270, 272; Vol 18, pp. 08, 105, 109-110, 112, 160, 258; Vol 22, p. 24; CE 909; CE 914; CE 915; CE 919; CE 933; CE 938; CE 1084; CE 1085; CE 2685; CE 2756; CD 49, pp. 24-25; HSCA Report, pp. 209-210, 214-215; HSCA Vol 4, p. 3; HSCA Vol 12, pp. 367, 454-455, 459, 591, 626; "ONI", p. 145; CIA 609-786, p. 2; CIA 624-823; CIA 1273-1027; CIA Box 11, Folder 11 (MMF 1135-1137); CIA CI/R&A document dated June 25, 1973 (MMF 1736); CIA document dated 8 Sept 1964 (MMF 1740); LHO's INS File (MMF 1705); CIA JFK-104-10015-10004, Lifton's p. 7; Whitewash, Weisberg, pp. 229-230, 233-234; Mayday, Beschloss, p. 331; HSCA Reel 17, Box 11, Folder L (AMKW 12); HSCA Reel 48, Box 26, Folder G (AMKW 25) Mary's Comments: DOB: December 10, 1919. POB: Passaic, New Jersey. Applied to CIA June 1949. Hired November 8, 1949. Assigned to Tokyo. 201-748009. Was appointed Second Secretary at US Embassy in Moscow June 28, 1959. He was there when Oswald "renounced his American citizenship." He and Toumanoff from the American Embassy in Moscow monitored the Powers' U-2 Trial in August 1960. He answered LHO's letter of 3/12/61 on 3/24/61. Snyder's name appeared in Cherepanov Papers (MMF 1736). His name appeared in "Sammy" papers (MMF 1740). ROBERT STEELE CD 53, pp. 6-7; "ONI", pp. 196-197 Brother of Mrs. Margaret Kathryn Hoover VINCENT L. SULLIVAN "ONI", p. 70 Directorate of Special Investigations, Department of the Air Force, Headquarters United States Air Force, Washington, D.C. Re: John Edward Pic R. MC C. (BRIGADIER GENERAL) TOMPKINS "ONI", pp. 20, 54, 56, 61-63, 66, 69; CD 294 b and c; CIA 339-136, p. 7 Brigadier General, U.S. Marine Corps. 7 Mar 1962 letter from Tompkins to Oswald, Blind Copy to: ONO (OP-921E); on 3/22/62, LHO wrote to Tompkins, U.S.M.C., Asst. Director of Personnel, re his dishonorable discharge from Kalinina St., 4-27, Minsk, USSR. JEROME A. "JERRY" VACEK "ONI", pp. 58, 68, 190 HQMC (DK); 8 Mar 1962 memo to Pross Palmer, ONI (OP-921E); 2 April 1962 memo to Pross Palmer re Oswald FRANCES (MRS.) VAN COTT WC Vol 22, p. 11; "ONI", pp. 19, 22, 37, 40 Office of Special Consular Services USDS (Dept. of State). Re: LHO's return from Russia WATT, ----- (YN2) (EXOS) Sources: "ONI", p. 30 Re telecon between LTJG Le Sourd (ONI) and Watt, YN2 (EXOS), of 20 Jul 1962, re Lee Harvey OSWALD. WEBSTER, ROBERT EDWARD Sources: WC Vol 18, 113, 352; WC Vol 26, p. 48; CD 49, pp. 25-26; CD 370; CD 1066, pp. 583-584; CD 1114 XI 6, pp. 1-4; CD 1115 XIII, p. 54; HSCA, Vol. XII, pp. 436-39, 449-51; "ONI", pp. 149, 191, 195; CIA 297, p. 6; CIA 596-252f; CIA 599-252-I; CIA 624-823; LHO's INS File (MMF 1698); Washington Post, Sun, Nov. 1, 1959; HSCA Reel 17, Box 11, Folder S, T, U, V (AMKW 13); HSCA Reel 18, Box 12, Folder B, C (AMKW 13) Mary's Comments: DOB: 12/23/28; (Social Security Death Index shows DOB as 10/23/28; POB: Tiffin, Ohio. DOD: 11/11/99; POD: Fall River, MA; SS # 170-22-6236 Former Navy 7917938. A plastics expert employed by Rand Development Corp of Cleveland, Ohio. Defected to USSR 7/11/59; EE 18854 or EE-18852 (?) = CIA file number; returned to United States on 5/20/62. CE 917 (WC Vol 18, p. 115) has his name and number redacted: "Robert Edward Webster, 7917938." In 1992 he is in a nursing home. F. L. WELCH "ONI", p. 123 Assistant Chief, Counterintelligence Div., Dir of Special Investigations, The Inspector General, Department of the Air Force, Headquarters United States Air Force, Washington 25, D.C FREDERICK J. WIEDERSHEIM WC Vol 22, p. 11; CD 1211, pp. 1-2; "ONI", pp. 24, 42 I&NS Inspector, New York. Met LHO and Marina at pier in Hoboken, New Jersey, 6/13/62, and processed them and interviewed LHO. I apologize for the length of this index, but it is not exactly the same as flaming, as well as with the best intentions. I would especially point out the persons that were in ONI that interfaced with the Pentagon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Kelly Posted April 24, 2009 Author Share Posted April 24, 2009 Hey Robert, Many thanks for all you do! Bill Kelly ...Thanks Robert, I too read the original report on Gordon by the Congressional Committee, which mentions ONI, and then read what Gus Russo says, and all of a sudden it's a RFK operation, and RFK is putting people away in mental institutions (ala Walker and Dinkin). And yes, Upper Darby is part of the city of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia, the Quaker City where Ruth Paine also lived and taught school nearby, and home to Szile, another USMC Guantamano victim, and the Man on the Motorcycle in MC, and Art Young and Michael's mom, Ruth Forbes Paine Young, and where Priscilla went to school, all within a five mile radius of each other. Tink Thompson was also teaching Philosophy nearby at the time. It seems Gus Russo got to Gordon's daughter, and she is the source of all the RFK rubbish, or as Russo would have us believe. I don't believe that Gordon and Alonzo Gonzales was an RFK operation. It was ONI/CIA, just as Gordon told the Committee. What became of Alonzo Gonzales? BK .... Guy Russo playin' "the Mighty Wurlitzer"? vs. Bill Kelly, Warren Hinckle, William W. Turner.... http://books.google.com/books?id=peALAAAAY...tion&pgis=1The fish is red By Warren Hinckle, William W. Turner - page 105 .....became doubly important as an intelligence post and clandestine staging.The CIA collaborated closely with its naval hosts, but on this assassination plot ONI appears to have been in the driver's seat. The officer in charge was a Navy lieutenant commander, and one of the assassins had long been under ONI control. His name was Luis Balbuena, a thickset man called El Gordo ("the Fat One"). Balbuena had been a theatrical booking agent in Oriente Province before taking a job on the Guantanamo base. He had joined the 26th of July Movement in the struggle against Batista. He knew Fidel and Raul personally. A Miami police detective who interviewed him in 1963 reported: "Early in 1959, he, with other top members of the revolution, started conspiring against the government. He was the contact between the United States Naval Intelligence and the Oriente underground."" Balbuena was an elected official of an anti-Castro council of Cubans employed at the Guantanamo base, which promoted counterrevolutionary activities. A second marksman was Alonzo Gonzales, about whom little is known other than that he was an Episcopalian priest who had designs on becoming bishop of Cuba once Castro was deposed, Gonzales reportedly had been trained at the CIA "academy" in Virginia known as the Farm. Balbuena admitted to a US Senate investigator that he had worked with Gonzales out of Guantanamo in 1961 and confirmed that the ambitious priest was proficient with firearms. On all other details Balbuena invoked the seal of confession." Gonzales slipped out of Guantanamo, heading for Havana. He vanished without a trace. Balbuena told the Miami police that he "was involved in an attempt to assassinate Raul Castro" which was "discovered by the Cuban Government," forcing him to take sanctuary inside the naval base (he was evacuated to Miami in 1962). How the Cubans discovered the plot has never been learned, but they evidently knew a great deal. Two weeks after the 26th of July holiday passed without incident, Industry Minister Che Guevara reeled off a list of American aggressive acts against Cuba at the hemispheric nations' conference in Uruguay. Among them was the charge that the United States had mounted an assassination attempt against Raul Castro (no mention was made of Fidel) from the Guantanamo to take place on July 26. Guevara said the plot was for the killing to be followed by a mortar shelling of the base, giving the impression that enraged Cubans were taking revenge for Raul's death at the hands of counterrevolutionaries. The shelling would give the United States a "clear-cut case" of Cuban aggression and provide a pretext for armed intervention — the old Guantanamo shell game. This scenario was an ersatz version of the abortive Santa Ana mission during the Bay of Pigs. It also resembled a number of other things, including George Smathers' suggestion to JFK during their stroll in the Rose Garden that any assassination be coupled with a staged incident at at Guantanamo to give an excuse for armed intervention. And it fit Richard Nixon's post- invasion counsel to the President that a "proper legal cover" such as "defending our base at Guantanamo" be found for "going in." http://books.google.com/books?um=1&q=%...nG=Search+Books The Episcopal Church annual - Page 558 1962 Losada, Alonzo Gonzalez (Cuba), November 29, 1960. Low, Allan Wesley (Md.), May 26, 1961. Maynard, Alan Peter (Me.). October 26. 1961. ... The Living church annual Religion - 1948 Page 209 Cienfuegos. •Santa Cruz del Norte, Santa Cruz (193). Santiago de Cuba, St. Mary's (109), JB Man- cebo. JS.in Andres, Alonzo Gonzalez (y Losada) After reaching the dubious distinction of 50 years old...lol, and not just a little of that time spent researching what was once known as the Crime Of The Century, I have reached the conclusion that arguably the most important area of the assassination, has been extremely neglected. If posting the above statement on this thread serves as a hint, I am definitely talking about the Office of Naval Intelligence...... Furthermore, to illustrate my point I have compiled an index of sorts, to a document that either has never been brought to the attention of most JFK researchers, or, is in some way incorrectly identified. I have alluded to it previously in some posts requesting some assistance, without much of a response, which I do not take personally, as active researchers have their hands all too full. As mentioned earlier, the title is called O.N.I. Archives, or, at least that is what it is referred to on maryferrell.org. Complicating matters is that whenever a reference appears on that site to said document there is no RIF number, or any explanation regarding where this illustrious document is located. For all I know it may not even be at mary ferrell's website and at College Park, Maryland or another NARA location. At any rate, at the risk of posting a long list of names that will serve as an aid for someone with insomnia, I am listing the names and a short biography of each person, as reproduced on the mary ferrell site...... Since there are so many names on this list, it will be apparent that there is no URL that a Education Forum member can click onto to view these listings, but, in spite of that I believe to those who have passed JFK 101 it will also be apparent that there is material in this index itself that should be a real meal for the senses. ABBOTT, WILLIAM ----- Sources: "ONI", pp. 19, 37, 60, 67, 71, 95; JFK Collection List, pg. 25 (AMKW 63) Mary's Comments: Department of the Navy, Office of Chief of Naval Operations. 19 Mar 1962 memo for William O. Boswell from Abbott (orig by P. W. Palmer, OP-921E). 23 Mar 1962 memo for Wm. O. Boswell from Abbott re Oswald. 15 Nov 1960 memo for J. Edgar Hoover from Abbott re Oswald. "OP-923M5" on memo of 15 Nov 1960. ANTIOCH COLLEGE CD 46, p. 15; "ONI", p. 182-183 Unconfirmed rumor that LHO attended Antioch College, using his true name, for a short period of time in 1957 and was dismissed because he could not prove his graduation from high school. (Ruth Hyde Paine graduated from Antioch, Class of 1955.) (See rumor about Pennsylvania university and Ruth Paine knowing LHO - CD 212, pp. 1-2) J. M. BARRON "ONI", p. 144 With ONI. Wrote memo for the file on 2 Nov 1959 re Oswald's defection. "No action contemplated by this office. BAY, W. R. Sources: "ONI", pp. 65, 73 Mary's Comments: "By direction" on 6 Mar 1962 memo from Director of Naval Intelligence to Commandant of the Marine Corps re Oswald. "By direction" on 23 Mar 1962 memo from Director of Naval Intelligence to Commandant of the Marine Corps re Oswald. OP-921 E2/cn on memo. (It is possible that name "Wesley" is in center of both memos.) BASIL A. BEARDSLEY Who's Who in CIA, Mader (51) DOB: 6/22/25. In U.S. Navy 1943-46. Analyst in ONI 1952-55. Assistant Attache U.S. Embassy in Havana 1958-59. Dept. of Army 1961-67. Dept of State from from 1967. BOSWELL, WILLIAM O. Sources: WC 5 (372); WC 11 (199-200); WC 18 (542-3); "ONI", pp. 52-53, 60, 67, 71, 72 Mary's Comments: Director, Office of Security, Department of State, 515 22nd Street, N.W., Room 804, Washington, D.C. 19 Mar 1962 memo for Boswell from William Abbott, orig by P. W. Palmer, OP-921E. 23 Mar 1962 memo for Boswell from Abbott re Oswald. "File charged 6 SY/E - Mr. Otepka." BROOKS JR. (CAPTAIN) JOHNSON "ONI", p. 165 Signed order on 29 Apr 1958 confining Oswald to hard labor for 20 days, $25.00 per month for 2 months, and reduced to private because Oswald had a personal weapon on 27 Oct 1957, at Atsugi, Japan. V. BUCKLER "ONI", p. 137 In Passport Office of State Department. On 11/13/59, he signed a Conference Slip re Lee Harvey Oswald for some reason, there are three separate listings for this person. LOUIS EUSEBIO BALBUENA CALZADILLA MMF 2299-2300 ONI Biographic Supplement, 20 December 1960 LUIS ----- BALBUENA CALZADILLA Base and working for ONI. Tried to kill Raul Castro. Came to U.S. in 1961. CALZADILLA, LUIS BALBUENA Sources: HSCA Vol. X (161) Mary's Comments: An associate of an unnamed anti-Castro Cuban whose identity was protected. They both gave material to the HSCA. CARRO, JOHN Sources: Warren Report (379, 381-2); WC Vol. 8 (202-14); WC Vol. 19 (Carro Exhibit); "ONI", p. 171; Legend, Epstein (59) Mary's Comments:Lee Oswald's probation officer at Youth House. (Art Ford, who wrote Were We Controlled, claims he interviewed Oswald while in Youth House.) CARSON, E. I. Sources: "ONI", p. 30; Who Was Jack Ruby, Kantor (19) Mary's Comments: Commander, Navy Discharge Review Board at Pentagon. On 23 July 1962, Director of Naval Intelligence wrote to Carson re Oswald. On 6/5/63 he wrote to LHO that his request to have his discharge changed was under review. CONNALLY, JOHN BOWDEN, JR. Sources: WC Vol. 4 (129-46); CE 3131; CD 1302; HSCA Vol. I (10-60); CIA 376-154, p. 3; "ONI" pp. 73-74; They've Killed the President, Anson (2, 6, 16, 24-6, 33, 49-52, 60, 81-8, 90-4, 100, 130-31, 140, 144, 322, 339); Plot to Kill the President, Blakey & Billings (3-6, 10-13); Coup d'Etat in America, Canfield & Weberman (148); Khrushchev Killed Kennedy, Eddowes (139, 144); Kennedy Conspiracy, Flammonde (100, 105-6, 108-9, 120, 151, 284); The Fish is Red, Hinckle & Turner (364 et al); Accessories After the Fact, Meagher (154-77); Conspiracy, Summers, 37-8, 52, 55, 446); Whitewash, Vol. I, Weisberg (31-7, 65, 106-10, 130, 281, 285, 288-92, 295-6, 299, 304-16, 321-22, 336, 342-43) Mary's Comments: DOB: 2/27/17. POB: Floresville, TX. DOD: 6/15/93, 4:15 p.m.. POD: Houston, TX. "Missing" page from Video-tape interview of Connally 11/27/63, contains "My God, they're going to kill us all," and references to bigotry and hatred. (See CD 1302) DEAN, WILLIAM MORRIS Sources: FBI portion of ONI file: 10 (1-3) C. E. (COL.) DOBSON "ONI", p. 98 From Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Intelligence, to Commandant of the Marine Corps, Attn: Col. C. E. Dobson, dated 4 Aug 1960. Re: Phonecon MSGT Emerson to Parker YN1 re Oswald's Undesirable Discharge. THOMAS B. ESTEP "ONI", p. 187 Special Agent, FBI. Wrote Internal Security - R Report on Oswald, dated Dec 5, 1963 FAIN, JOHN WYTHE Sources: Warren Report, pp. 303, 409; WC Vol 4, pp. 414-415; WC Vol 17, p. 700; WC Vol 18, p. 385; WC Vol 22, p. 98; WC Vol 26, pp. 26, 143; "ONI", pp. 6-13; "ONI", pp. 15-29, 43, 78-88; "ONI", pp. 104-117; MMF 1959-1968; Coincidence or Conspiracy, Fensterwald, pp. 262-263; Farewell America, Hepburn, p. 334; Crossfire, Marrs, pp. 225-226; Oswald and the CIA, Newman, pp. 91-92, 135, 140-141; 143, 156-159, 264-272; Dallas Morning News, May 1, 2000, p. 18-A Mary's Comments: DOB: Dec. 14, 1907; POB: Avoca, TX; DOD: Apr. 30, 2000; POD: Dallas, TX. Became FBI special agent in 1941; retired in 1963. First interviewed LHO in Ft. Worth in August 1962. In 1993 was in nursing home in Dallas. Fain's report of 5/12/60 re Funds Transmitted to Residents of Russia (MMF 1914-1923 and MMF 1959-1968) = (Bureau file 100-353496-715; Dallas file 105-976) "ONI" pp. 104-117; Fain's report of 7/3/61 = "ONI" pp. 78-88; Fain's report of 7/2/62 = "ONI", pp. 43, 47; Fain's report of 7/6/62 = "ONI", p. 29; Fain's report of 7/10/62 = "ONI" pp. 15-28 and pp. 33-48; Fain's report of 8/30/62 = "ONI", pp. 6-13. Survived by wife of 68 years, Myrna Wallace Fain; daughter and son-in-law, Janet and Keith Fuller of Plano, TX; son and daughter-in-law, John Wallace and Swanne Ruckman Fain of Houston; grandchildren: Jenny Fuller of Dallas, Jay Fuller of Brooklyn, NY, Sarah Fuller of Plano, and Nina Fain of Houston; three sisters: Mayna Fain Hoke of Sherman, Betty Fain Wright of Amarillo, and Norma Fain Braly of Houston; one brother, Dr. Robert Fain of Houston. JULIO CESAR (DR.) FERNANDEZ WC Vol 26, pp. 652-659; CD 53, pp. 1, 6-21; "ONI", pp. 191-211 DOB: 1/3/09. POB: Havana, Cuba. Cuban refugee. Teaching at Morrison Cove Junior High, Martinsburg F.O'C., FLETCHER, JR."ONI", p. 93 Captain, U.S. Navy, Officer in Charge District Intelligence Office, Eighth Naval District. Wrote 11 Jan 1961 letter to SAC, FBI, Dallas, Tx, re Oswald FUNDS TRANSMITTED TO RESIDENTS OF RUSSIA ----- "ONI", pp. 102-118 J. Edgar Hoover encloses Fain's report of 5/12/60 re Marguerite Oswald's transmittal of funds to Lee Harvey Oswald to Director of Naval Intelligence FRANCIS J. (CAPT.) GAJEWSKI "ONI", pp. 162, 168 Was a Captain at Atsugi, Japan, on 27 Oct 1957, when Oswald unlawfully had a privately owned weapon in his possession. Gajewski praised Oswald's work and conduct, giving him 3.9 for proficiency and 4.0 for conduct ("ONI", p. 168). WILLARD D. (CAPT.) GARRETT "ONI", pp. 153-161 Captain, USMC. Submitted summary of evidence in Court-Martial of Oswald re 20 June 1958 incident in Bluebird Cafe, Yamato, Japan GLENN, NORMAN D. (LT. COLONEL) Sources: CD 75, p. 397; "ONI", pp. 150, 152-153, 160 (testimony), 164-165, 167; Mary's Comments: Commander of Marine Air Group 11, First Marine Air Wing, Naval Air Station, Atsugi, Japan. Witness for Oswald in Court-Martial as result of incident on 20 June 1958 in Bluebird Cafe, Yamato, Japan, when Oswald "attacked" Miguel Rodriguez, Jr. Glenn also signed order for trial to the Summary Court-Martial of Oswald for Oct 27, 1957, incident involving a privately owned weapon in Oswald's possession (he accidentally shot himself). GORDON, HAROLD SHERWIN Sources: "ONI", p. 189 Mary's Comments: DOB: 4/14/38. POB: Chicago, IL. Entered service (Marines?) at 18, a few months before LHO entered. Out of service April 1964. Died in plane crash in Lake Michigan 8/16/65. Plane en route from New York to Chicago. No survivors. 24 passengers, 6 crew members. Gordon's second wife died in crash with him. He had been a cosmetics salesman and a Marine Reservist. First wife divorced him because "he was away for such long periods of time. Had 2 children. They live in Southern California. Mother lives in Florida. Second wife was a model. His mother remembers visiting him at Pendleton. Nothing in his records about Pendleton. He was at Parris Island. Crew: Capt. Towel; Co-pilot Whitezell; Maurice Femmer; Stewardesses: Jeneal Beaver; Sandra Fuhrer; Phyllis Richer; Passengers: Beatrice Cartwright; W. (Wm?) Chalmers; K. Cumming; Sanford Horwitz; Mrs. (B. or H.) Johnson; Martha Kuphal; F. Landstrom; Donna Miller; K. Brick (female); J.B. Caruso; F. Duluca; H. Gordon; Mrs. H. Gordon; R. Hoffman; Mrs. R. Marconi; K. Musin; Daniel Pol; Benjamin Roytman; Clarence Sayen; G. Schmid; J.H. Thomas; R.C. Zabor. DON GORHAM CD 1484, pp. 2-3 Acting Chief NCIASC-3, United States Naval CounterIntelligence Support Center, ONI HAMNER, (?) DAVID (?) Sources: WC Vol 18, p. 115 = CE 917; "ONI", pp. 136, 141 Mary's Comments: Routed Naval Message from ALUSNA Moscow to CNO on 3 Nov 1959, re AMEMB Moscow Dispatches 234 dtd 2 Nov and 224 dtd 26 Oct re Oswald, and on 13 Nov 1959, re Airgram G-184, mailed 7 Nov. H. T. HARDENBURG "ONI", pp. 52-53, 55 With Navy Department. Wrote 26 April 1962 memo to Wm O. Boswell, Director Office of Security, Department of State, re Oswald DONALD G. HARRIS "ONI", pp. 191-211 Wrote Internal Security - R Report on Oswald in Pittsburgh on 12/2/63 HEDIGER, Sources: WC Vol 18, pp. 115-116 = CE 917 and CE 918; "ONI", pp. 136, 141-2; Mary's Comments: On Nov 3, 1959, he checked Naval Message from Moscow: RE/Hediger. On 4 Nov 1959, he checked Naval Message from CNO to ALUSNA Moscow: M/Hediger. On Nov 13, 1959, he checked Naval Message from Moscow: MSG/Hediger. (In Who's Who in CIA, there is a Jean Jacques Hediger, DOB: 3/11/34, Navy Lieutenant from 1956-1959. Later served in State Department in Mexico.) HOKE, SYLVIA LUDLOW HYDE Sources: CD 205, pp. 621-622; CD 504, p. 5; CD 505; CD 506; CD 507; CD 508 (Naval intelligence!); CIA 1267-1032; CIA Box 5, Folder 13, Doc 02678 (MMF 568) Mary's Comments: DOB: 10/2/29. POB: Booth Memorial Hospital, 314 E. 15th, New York, NY. Ruth Paine's sister. Wife of John Hoke. In 1994: there is a Sylvia Hoke, 32 S. Calverton Rd., Baltimore, MD 21223 (301) 945-9033. There is also a Sylvia H. Hoke, 1107 Gregory Dr., Martinsburg, W VA 25401 (304) 263-9279. HOOVER, JOHN EDGAR Sources: CD 87 SS 104, p. 5 (11/23/63 letter to Rowley of Secret Service re recording of LHO's voice in Mexico City); CIA 107-579; CIA 128-590; CIA 141-601; HSCA Vol 3, p. 573 (June 3, 1960 letter to State Dept re possibility imposter is using LHO's birth certicicate); also see "ONI" 118; MMF 2089 Mary's Comments: DOB: Jan. 1, 1895; POB: Washington, D.C.; DOD: May 15, 1972. SS# 577-60-1114. Director of FBI. Became "mad" with Pawley (MMF 2089). MARGARET KATHRYN (MRS) HOOVER WC Vol 26, pp. 652-659; CD 53, pp. 1, 6-21; "ONI", pp. 191-211 Re Dr. Julio Fernandez, Cuban refugee, teaching at Morrison Cove Junior High School, Martinsburg, PA G. W. (MAJ.) HOUCK Marine Corps. ONI. 21 Mar 1960 memo from Commandant of Marine Corps to Chief of Naval Operations. Dept of the Navy memo to Commandant of the Marine Corps from Director of Naval Intelligence, dated 6 Mar 1962. ONI routing slip GG 104902 re Originator: FBI; addressed to DNI, dated 10 July 1962. See: P. C. Le Sourd. HYDE, CARL DUDLEY (DR.) Sources: CD 46, p. 15; CD 509; CD 510; CD 511; CD 512; CD 513; CD 514; "ONI", pp. 174-175 Mary's Comments: DOB: 12/30/37 Wife: Lorena. Brother of Mrs. Ruth Paine. Doctor at Dayton Hospital, Dayton, Ohio. In 1994, there is no listing for Carl Dudley Hyde in Yellow Springs, Ohio. However, there is a David E. Hyde at the 1963 office address of Dr. Carl Dudley Hyde. HYDE, WILLIAM AVERY Sources: CD 46, p. 15; CD 504, p. 5; "ONI", pp. 177-178; CIA 646-277; CIA 1267-1032; CIA Box 5, Folder 13, Doc 02678 (MMF 568); CIA 1551-1110 Mary's Comments: DOB: June 4, 1902. POB: Palo Alto, CA. DOD: April 1982. SS# 056-01-3462. A chemist. Had three children: Ruth Hyde Paine, Sylvia Hyde Hoke, and Carl Hyde. CIA's Office of Security "has information of possible interest concerning William A. Hyde." Hyde visited his daughter Ruth in Irving June 1963. He was divorced from Carol E. Hyde in 1961. PENETRATION FORCES (INTERPEN) INTERCONTINENTAL MMF 1924; MMF 2291; MMF 2294 31 Jul 62 ONI wrote memo to Commandant of Marine Corps re Sgt. Gerald Patrick HEMMING, Jr., USMCR, 1488247 (Inactive) attaching ONI's Secret Case History on Hemming and ONI's Case History File on INTERPEN, as well as ONI's Secret Case History File re Eloy GUTIERREZ Menoyo. JOHNSON, ARNOLD SAMUEL Sources: Warren Report, 266-267, 272, 385-386, 390-391; FBI Doc JFK 124-10184-10256; FBI Doc JFK 124-10006-10342; FBI Doc JFK 124-10035-10065; FBI Doc JFK 124-10170-10064 (DSL C-37); FBI Doc JFK 124-10232-10345 (DSL C-43); FBI Doc JFK 124-10243-10367 (DSL C-49); FBI Doc JFK 124-10244-10077 (DSL C-55); Whitewash I, Weisberg, 224; The Worker, 12/29/63 - "ONI", p. 169; New York Times, Thurs, 9/28/89; Mary's Comments: Head of Communist Party, New York City. Public relations director of the Communist Party. Died at age 84, Tues, 9/26/89 in Manhattan. GUY JOHNSON ONI in New Orleans. Attorney friend of Bud Fensterwald JOHNSON, PRISCILLA MARY POST (AKA MRS. GEO. MCMILLAN) Sources: Warren Report, pp. 242, 247-248; WC Vol 5, pp. 273, 279, 291-292, 301-302, 602, 617; WC Vol 11, pp. 442-460; CD 49, pp. 24, 26; CD 75, p. 245; CD 87, SS 345, p. 1; CD 1518, pp. 142-143; CD 1546, pp. 221, 241, 247, 249; P. Johnson Exhibits; "ONI", p. 131; FBI 105-82555-195, dated 11/23/63, from Rosen to Belmont; FBI 62-109060 unrec, dated 11/29/63, to Director, FBI, from SAC, Boston, RE WFO letters to Director, 10/25/63, 11/1, 13 and 18/63 (5 pgs); FBI 62-109060-1735, dated 11/24/63, from SAC, Boston, to Director, FBI, re Assaulting a Federal Officer (2 pgs.); CIA 634-266-A; CIA 646-266l CIA 1267-1031; CIA 1273-1027; Whitewash I, Weisberg, 230; Whitewash II, Weisberg, 45; Accessories After the Fact, Meagher, 331; HSCA Reel 9, Box 7, Folder G, H (AMKW 7); FBI JFK 124- 10027-10059, Lifton's pp. 47-48 Mary's Comments: CIA 201-102798. DOB: 7/19/28; POB: Glen Cove, Long Island, New York. Daughter of Stuart Holmes Johnson, retired cotton textile broker, and Eunice Clapp Johnson, housewife. Brothers: Stuart Holmes Johnson, Jr., employed by Rep. Emmanuel Celler; Frank Coit Johnson, employed by the Institute for Space Studies, New York. Interviewed LHO in Moscow in 1959. Her "Evening Star" (NANA) article of Nov 26, 1959 = "ONI", p. 131. In 1953, she worked for John F. Kennedy. Interviewed Stalin's daughter in 1956. In September 1964, shared cabin at Lake Texoma with Marina and collaborated with Marina on book "Marina and Lee". Married George McMillan and was living in Frogmore, North Carolina, in 1976. GEORGE M. SGT. KIDD "ONI", p. 152 "Accuser" of Oswald re incident in Bluebird Cafe at Yamato, Japan, on 20 June 1958, when Oswald "attacked" Miguel Rodriguez, Jr R. A. KLARE "ONI" p. 98 Signed memo from Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Intelligence, dated 4 Aug 1960, to the Commandant of the Marine Corps, Attn: Col. C. E. Dobson, "by direction." Re: Oswald's undesirable discharge. LANGELLE, RUSSELL AUGUST Sources: CIA 102-574 (re-released as CIA JFK 104-10015-10130, Lifton's pp. 79-87); The Circus, West, pp. 105, 167; Cold Warrior, Tom Mangold, pp. 251-253, 414; The Family Weekly; List of CIA Agents, Smith; The Mole, Hood, pp. 277-281; Molehunt, David Wise, p. 169; New York Times, Oct. 18, 1949, p. 1; State Department Biographic Register; Washington Post, 9/16/85, B13; Warriors of the Night, Volkman, 197-198; Wilderness of Mirrors, Martin, 95-96, 114; Who's Who in CIA, Mader; Who's Who in Espionage, Payne & Dobson, p. 138. Mary's Comments: DOB: October 7, 1922; 1942-1944 - Lt. Commander in ONI of U.S. Navy; 1956 - Dept.of State working for CIA; 1960 - Security Officer in Dept of State in Washington; operated in Vienna, Austria 1956-57; and in Moscow 1957-59; (expelled from USSR in 1959 for subversive activities); he was Chief of Security at Moscow Embassy on Oct. 16, 1959 (day Lee Harvey Oswald arrived in Moscow); that day, Oct 16, 1959, Russians grabbed Langelle off street and subjected him to hostile interrogation; released him 2 hours later but ordered him to leave USSR within 3 days. Received copy of transcript of Oswald's telephone conversations while in Mexico City. S. C., JR. LOOMIS "ONI", p. 92 Officer in Charge, District Intelligence Office, Ninth Naval District, Chicago 7, Illinois. Wrote 30 Nov 1960 memo to Officer in Charge, District Intelligence Office, Eighth Naval District, re Oswald. "OP921D" on memo. SS MAASDAM, Sources: CD 75, pp. 249, 461; "ONI", pp. 22, 40; CIA 231-92; CIA 339-136, p. 7; CIA 395-745; LHO's INS File (MMF 1638-1641) Mary's Comments: SS Maasdam was Holland-American line's ship LHO, wife and daughter took from Rotterdam to U.S. on June 4, 1962. L. A. MACK WC Vol 22, p. 17; "ONI", pp. 36, 89; INS File (MMF 1591) Officer in Charge of Dallas Immigration & Naturalization Office. Re: Marina Oswald's entry into U.S MARSHALL, H. R. Sources: "ONI", p. 48 Mary's Comments: "By direction" under his signature on 23 May 1962 memo from Director of Naval Intelligence to Assistant Chief of Staff G-2, Headquarters USMC, re Oswald. OP-921 E2/cn, 921 F2, 921, 921 E all on memo. (It is possible that name "Wesley" is in center of page.) MARTIN, E. B. Sources: "ONI", pp. 3, 14 Mary's Comments: Officer in Charge, District Intelligence Office, Eighth Naval District. Aug 17, 1962, memo to Dir of Naval Intelligence re LHO and (a) DIO 8ND con ltr ser 053 of 11 Jan 1961 to FBI, Dallas, and Sept. 17, 1962, memo to Director of Naval Intelligence re LHO and (a) DIO 8ND conf ltr ser 053 of 11 Jan 1961 to FBI. "Route to 921E." MASON, ARTHUR CRANDALL HAZARD Sources: CD 75, p. 572; CD 110, p. 2; "ONI", p. 185 Mary's Comments: DOB: 10/29/19 POB: Roxbury, Massachusetts. Graduate of Harvard Business School. Accountant. Divorced from Margaret Mason in Ohio. Permanently resides on yacht at Coral Gables, FL. Issued tourist card #4363760 Sept 17, 1963, to go to Mexico as tourist. U.S. Passport #2443041. Left New Orleans Sept 17, 1963, about 7:00 p.m. and flew non-stop to Mexico City where he stayed at the Monte Cassino Hotel. Son, John Mason, attending school at Interlochen, Michigan, in November 1963. ALISTAR MCDONALD WC Vol 22, p. 11; "ONI", pp. 24, 42 Asst. Manager, Cabin-Tourist Dept., Holland-American Line. Re: LHO's return from Russia GUTIERREZ MENOYO, ELOY Sources: CD 1085c3, pp. 2-3; CD 1085c6, pp. 1-2; CD 1085c7,p. 1; CIA 88-27; SSCIA 157-10003-10483 (MMF 1759-1760); ONI Secret Case History File on GUTIERREZ Menoyo (MMF 1924); New York Times, Sun, July 4, 1993, p. E-7; The Last Investigation, Fonzi, p. 132; HSCA Reel 8, Box 6, Folder E (AMKW 6); HSCA Reel 52, Box 29, Folder K, L, M (AMKW 30); MMF 2085; MMF 2298 Mary's Comments: DOB: 1935. POB: Spain. Wife: Gladys. Ally of Castro in effort to overthrow Batista. 31 Jul 62 Dir of Naval Intelligence received memo from ONI, attaching GUTIERREZ's ONI Secret Case History File. Founder of Alpha 66 to overthrow Castro. Appeared at a public meeting of Los Angeles Alpha 66 on October 11, 1963. Held prisoner 22 years by Castro. Freed in 1986. JAMES N. (S.SGT.) MILAM "ONI", pp. 150, 158-161 (testimony) Witness to incident in Bluebird Cafe, Yamato, Japan, on June 20, 1958, when Oswald became involved in argument with Tech Sgt. Miguel Rodriguez, Jr MODESETT, JACK N., JR. (LT. JG) Sources: Fensterwald notes; The Mafia, CIA & George Bush, Brewton, 53, 96; Mary's Comments: Navy Serial #637-794/1635. Former ONI at Guantanamo. Had been Naval officer at Corpus Christi Naval Air Station when an assassination plot against Castro was planned in 1961. Probably knew Lt. Commander John Gordon. See Tom M. Bush. (COMMANDER) MARVIN P. MORTON "ONI", pp. 154-155 Commander, U.S. Navy. On 7/9/1958, wrote memo of Summary Court-Martial, case of LHO MOSBY, ALINE ----- Sources: Warren Report, 238, 242, 247; WC 26, p. 708; CE 1385; CE 2716; CE 2717; CE 2719; CE 3098; FBI Exhibits Vol. 3, No. 45; CD 1240; CD 1492; "ONI", p. 149 (unnamed); HSCA Vol IV, p. 286; HSCA Vol 12, p. 454; CIA 624-823; Dallas Times Herald, 11/23/63, p. 6; Whitewash I, Weisberg, 254; Who Killed Kennedy, Buchanan, 156; Oswald: Assassin or Fall Guy, Joesten, 128; Crossfire, Marrs, p. 120; Oswald and the CIA, J. Newman, pp. 8-9, 16, 60-61, 67-70; Crime and Coverup, Scott, pp. 62-63; HSCA Reel 13, Box 9, Folder I (AMKW 9); Associated Press, Sat., Aug. 15, 1998; New York Times, Wed., August 19, 1998, p. C-23 Mary's Comments: DOB: 7/27/22. POB: Missoula, Montana. DOD: 8/7/98. POD: Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, CA. Graduate of the University of Montana. UPI reporter in Moscow. Interviewed LHO in Moscow Nov. 1959. She also interviewed Gary Powers, the downed U-2 pilot. Her story about LHO appeared in Washington Post on Sunday, Nov 1, 1959. She covered the Kremlin and later Beijing. On Thursday night, Feb 23, 1983, Aline Mosby was reporting live from Paris, France, for UPI. 201-252591. In 1998, she moved from Europe to the Silvergate retirement community in San Marcos, CA. She died of a cerebral hemorrhage Aug. 7, 1998, in Escondido, CA, at age 76. Survived by sister, Mary Jane Bader, of Escondido, CA. MURRET, MARILYN DOROTHEA Sources: WC Vol 26, pp 46, 766; CE 3119; CD 7, p. 90; CD 75, pp. 162-163; CD 87 SS 517, pp. 1-4; CD 407, p. 10; CD 942, p. 1; CD 1080; "ONI", pp. 19, 37, 70; CIA 481; CIA 1294-481 Mary's Comments: DOB: Approximately 1928. 5' 7". 120 lbs. LHO's cousin in New Orleans. Taught school in Japan in 1959. Passport #769007, issued 4-28-58. Subject of USAF intelligence report in Jan 1960. There is a a document re her and Harold R. Isaacs. Her CIA file 201-761517. In 1995, the phone is listed in the name of Mrs. C. F. Murret. NIBARGER "ONI", pp. 55, 94 "Typed by: Nibarger, YN2 5/23/62" on memo to J. Edgar Hoover from H. T. Hardenburg. "Retyped by: Nibarger, YN2 10/12/60, 10/18/60, 10/26/60, 11/4/60" on 15 Nov 1960 memo. "OP-923M on memo of 15 Nov 1960. JOHN NOONAN "ONI", pp. 49-51 With Department of State, Chief of Records and Services Branch. Letter of 10 May 1962 from Noonan to DNI transmmitted by ONI. "Route to 921E" on routing slip. "This in reply to your cited memorandum, and previous, concerning the Subject: April 26, 1962, OP-921E2/cn, SER 8128P92" in body of letter. OSWALD, LEE HARVEY Sources: CD 4, p. 799; CD 87 SS 422, pp. 1-8; "ONI", p. 97; CIA 8-4; CIA 13-1; CIA 417-170; CIA 524-221; CIA 526-223; CIA 550-237 (MMF 1989-1991); CIA 664-285; CIA 691-300 (re Atsugi, U2); CIA 776-336; CIA 796-348; CIA 903-393-A; CIA 907-396; CIA 1373-489; CIA 1378-490 (re-released as JFK 104-10015-10312, Lifton's pp. 293-296); CIA 1379-1073; CIA 1380-1073-A; CIA Box 15, Folder 15 (MMF 955); INS File (MMF 1557-1730); HSCA Reel 31, Box 22, Folder B, C, I, J, Q, R, S (AMKW 22); HSCA Reel 44, Box 23, Folder E, G, I, J (AMKW 23); HSCA Reel 45, Box 23, Folder B, K (AMKW 23); HSCA Reel 48, Box 26, Folder W (AMKW 26); HSCA Reel 55, Box 31, Folder K (AMKW 31) Mary's Comments: Military Service Number: 1653230. Social Security Number: 433-54-3937. Marine serial number: MS-1853230-6741, USMC. INS File No. A12 530 645. 201-289248; OS-351-164; Marguerite Stevens gave his file number as MS-11165. P-8593. Born October 18, 1939, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Mother: Marguerite Claverie Oswald; father: Robert Edward Lee Oswald. LHO's letters to his mother from Russia in CD 87 SS 442, pp. 1-8. New Orleans Police #112-723. Passport issued 9/10/59 at Santa Ana, CA, No. 1733242. Passport issued 6/25/63 at New Orleans, LA, No. D-092526. Re: Discharge for 'unfitness' - "ONI", p. 97; "OGC has found in Top Secret Control - get from XAAZ - 35706 - 24 Nov 63 - 201-289248... must be read in Top Secret Registry - ID 15" (MMF 955) OSWALD, (IMPOSTER) ----- Sources: WC Vol 18, p. 143; CD 964-B; CD 1115, XIII, p. 9; DBD 86527, 6/3/60, from H. Edgar Hoover to Office of Security, Department of State (also see "ONI" p. 100, 118; Coup d'etat in America, Canfield & Weberman, p. 281; MMF 1889-1998; Mary's Comments: J. Edgar Hoover letter re imposter using LHO's identification. Edward J. Hickey memo. Dean Rusk letter. OTEPKA, OTTO F. Sources: "ONI", pp. 57, 71; The Ordeal of Otto Otepka, Gill; Despoilers of Democracy, Clark Mollenhoff, p. 251 Mary's Comments:March 23, 1962, memo re Oswald, "file charged to SY/E-Mr. Otepka 3/26/62". April 4, 1962, memo re Memo dated Dec 28, 1961. Ousted from job with the State Department June 27, 1963. PIC, JOHN EDWARD Sources: Warren Report, 28-29, 353-355, 358, 360; CE 1382; CE 2683 (WC Vol 26, p. 42); Pic Exhibits; CD 1115, XIII-29-30; "ONI", pp. 70, 122-130, 133-135; The Witnesses, p. 371 Mary's Comments: AF 11313239. Half-brother of Lee Harvey and Robert Oswald. Wife: Marge. Sgt. USAF. DOB: 17 Jan 1932. Lab technician, Wilford Hall Air Force Hospital, San Antonio. Pic attempted to send message to Lee on Nov 9, 1959: "Please reconsider your intentions. Contact me if possible. Love, John." PETRULLI, NICHOLAS Sources: WC Vol 20, pp. 235, 288; CE 2685; HSCA Vol 12, pp. 436-437, 439, 445-446; CD 1066, pp. 583-384; "ONI", pp. 146-149; LHO's INS File (MMF 1711); Social Security Death Index; Washington Post, Sun, Nov 1, 1959; HSCA Reel 13, Box 9, Folder W (AMKW 9) Mary's Comments:DOB: 2/13/21. POB: Brooklyn, New York. DOD: April 1982. POD: California; defected to USSR August 10, 1959. Returned to US on September 22, 1959. PALMER, PROSS W. Sources: "ONI", pp. 30, 48, 58, 65, 67, 68, 73, 122 Mary's Comments: Director of Naval Intelligence (OP-921E). See 2 April 1962 memo from Jerry Vacek re Oswald. July 23, 1962, memo from Palmer to Secretary, Naval Discharge Review Board - Attn: CDR E. I. Carson, re Ex-PFC Lee Harvey OSWALD. "OP-921 Transmittal" May 23, 1962, memo from Palmer to Director of Naval Intelligence re Oswald. "OP-921 E2/cn, 921, 921E and 921 F2 on memo." 19 Mar 1962 memo for Wm. O. Boswell from Wm. Abbott (orig by P. W. Palmer, OP-921E - Ext 41841, pCarter 16 March 1962) SAMUEL M. REICHMAN "ONI", pp. 89, 91; LHO's INS File (MMF 1623) Investigator with United States Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service. Reviewed Visa Petition for Marina Oswald on 1/15/62. REID, DAVID C. (1994: CDR USN RET.) Sources: "ONI", pp. 76-77 Mary's Comments: Acting, District Intelligence Office, Eighth Naval District, U.S. Naval Station, Building 255, New Orleans 40, LA. Wrote 14 Jul 1961 memo From: Officer in Charge, District Intelligence Office, Eighth Naval District, To: Director of Naval Intelligence, Re: Oswald. Ref: DIO-8 conf ltr ser 053 of 11 Jan 1961 to FBI Dallas. Enclosed copy of Fain's July 3, 1961, report. CHARLES R. (FIRST LT.) RHODES "ONI", pp. 150, 160 Witness re incident on 20 June 1958 in Bluebird Cafe in Yamato, Japan, when Oswald "attacked" Miguel Rodriguez, Jr MIGUEL JR. (TECH. SGT.) RODRIGUEZ "ONI", pp. 150-151, 158-161 (testimony); Legend, Epstein, pp. 78, 338; Oswald's Game, Davison, p. 73 Became involved in argument with Oswald on 20 June 1958 in Bluebird Cafe, Yamato, Japan. In H. V. SCHULTZ Sources "ONI", p. 190 Mary'sComments: Wrote Memorandum for the File re Oswald, USMCR (Deceased), on 12/3/63. SCOTT, JOSEPH WELCH Sources: SSCIA 157-10002-10081 (MMF 1793-1796); Interim Report on Assassinations, p. 197; LHO's INS File (MMF 1727); Who's Who in CIA, Mader, p. 465; The Man Who Kept the Secrets, Powers, p. 105 Mary's Comments: DOB: Sept 15, 1911. From 1941-1945, Lt. Comdr. in ONI of U.S. Navy. Livingston Merchant's Special Assistant in January 1961. In Sept 6, 1963, memo from Gordon Chase to Bundy, Scott is mentioned as one of those in INR - liaison with CIA - who knew about the exile raids and Operation MONGOOSE. Nov 1963 he is Deputy Director for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State. PAUL W. SEABAUGH "ONI", 59 Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps. 2 April 1962 letter to Lee H. Oswald, Minsk, U.S.S.R E. W. (COLONEL) SEEDS "ONI", pp. 156, 166 Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps. Chief of Staff, 1st Marine Aircraft FMF, Pacific Supervisory Authority. Approved Court-Martial of Oswald July 14, 1958. Re incident in Bluebird Cafe Yamato, Japan, 20 June 1958. D. E. SIGSWORTH "ONI", p. 138 Lt., USN, OP-921E. On 12 Nov 1959, he drafted a Naval Message from DNI to ALUSNA Moscow re Oswald. SNYDER, RICHARD EDWARD Sources: Warren Report, pp. 262, 265, 277-278, 693-695, 701, 705-706, 747-748, 754-758; WC Vol 5, pp. 262, 265, 270, 272; Vol 18, pp. 08, 105, 109-110, 112, 160, 258; Vol 22, p. 24; CE 909; CE 914; CE 915; CE 919; CE 933; CE 938; CE 1084; CE 1085; CE 2685; CE 2756; CD 49, pp. 24-25; HSCA Report, pp. 209-210, 214-215; HSCA Vol 4, p. 3; HSCA Vol 12, pp. 367, 454-455, 459, 591, 626; "ONI", p. 145; CIA 609-786, p. 2; CIA 624-823; CIA 1273-1027; CIA Box 11, Folder 11 (MMF 1135-1137); CIA CI/R&A document dated June 25, 1973 (MMF 1736); CIA document dated 8 Sept 1964 (MMF 1740); LHO's INS File (MMF 1705); CIA JFK-104-10015-10004, Lifton's p. 7; Whitewash, Weisberg, pp. 229-230, 233-234; Mayday, Beschloss, p. 331; HSCA Reel 17, Box 11, Folder L (AMKW 12); HSCA Reel 48, Box 26, Folder G (AMKW 25) Mary's Comments: DOB: December 10, 1919. POB: Passaic, New Jersey. Applied to CIA June 1949. Hired November 8, 1949. Assigned to Tokyo. 201-748009. Was appointed Second Secretary at US Embassy in Moscow June 28, 1959. He was there when Oswald "renounced his American citizenship." He and Toumanoff from the American Embassy in Moscow monitored the Powers' U-2 Trial in August 1960. He answered LHO's letter of 3/12/61 on 3/24/61. Snyder's name appeared in Cherepanov Papers (MMF 1736). His name appeared in "Sammy" papers (MMF 1740). ROBERT STEELE CD 53, pp. 6-7; "ONI", pp. 196-197 Brother of Mrs. Margaret Kathryn Hoover VINCENT L. SULLIVAN "ONI", p. 70 Directorate of Special Investigations, Department of the Air Force, Headquarters United States Air Force, Washington, D.C. Re: John Edward Pic R. MC C. (BRIGADIER GENERAL) TOMPKINS "ONI", pp. 20, 54, 56, 61-63, 66, 69; CD 294 b and c; CIA 339-136, p. 7 Brigadier General, U.S. Marine Corps. 7 Mar 1962 letter from Tompkins to Oswald, Blind Copy to: ONO (OP-921E); on 3/22/62, LHO wrote to Tompkins, U.S.M.C., Asst. Director of Personnel, re his dishonorable discharge from Kalinina St., 4-27, Minsk, USSR. JEROME A. "JERRY" VACEK "ONI", pp. 58, 68, 190 HQMC (DK); 8 Mar 1962 memo to Pross Palmer, ONI (OP-921E); 2 April 1962 memo to Pross Palmer re Oswald FRANCES (MRS.) VAN COTT WC Vol 22, p. 11; "ONI", pp. 19, 22, 37, 40 Office of Special Consular Services USDS (Dept. of State). Re: LHO's return from Russia WATT, ----- (YN2) (EXOS) Sources: "ONI", p. 30 Re telecon between LTJG Le Sourd (ONI) and Watt, YN2 (EXOS), of 20 Jul 1962, re Lee Harvey OSWALD. WEBSTER, ROBERT EDWARD Sources: WC Vol 18, 113, 352; WC Vol 26, p. 48; CD 49, pp. 25-26; CD 370; CD 1066, pp. 583-584; CD 1114 XI 6, pp. 1-4; CD 1115 XIII, p. 54; HSCA, Vol. XII, pp. 436-39, 449-51; "ONI", pp. 149, 191, 195; CIA 297, p. 6; CIA 596-252f; CIA 599-252-I; CIA 624-823; LHO's INS File (MMF 1698); Washington Post, Sun, Nov. 1, 1959; HSCA Reel 17, Box 11, Folder S, T, U, V (AMKW 13); HSCA Reel 18, Box 12, Folder B, C (AMKW 13) Mary's Comments: DOB: 12/23/28; (Social Security Death Index shows DOB as 10/23/28; POB: Tiffin, Ohio. DOD: 11/11/99; POD: Fall River, MA; SS # 170-22-6236 Former Navy 7917938. A plastics expert employed by Rand Development Corp of Cleveland, Ohio. Defected to USSR 7/11/59; EE 18854 or EE-18852 (?) = CIA file number; returned to United States on 5/20/62. CE 917 (WC Vol 18, p. 115) has his name and number redacted: "Robert Edward Webster, 7917938." In 1992 he is in a nursing home. F. L. WELCH "ONI", p. 123 Assistant Chief, Counterintelligence Div., Dir of Special Investigations, The Inspector General, Department of the Air Force, Headquarters United States Air Force, Washington 25, D.C FREDERICK J. WIEDERSHEIM WC Vol 22, p. 11; CD 1211, pp. 1-2; "ONI", pp. 24, 42 I&NS Inspector, New York. Met LHO and Marina at pier in Hoboken, New Jersey, 6/13/62, and processed them and interviewed LHO. I apologize for the length of this index, but it is not exactly the same as flaming, as well as with the best intentions. I would especially point out the persons that were in ONI that interfaced with the Pentagon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Kelly Posted July 18, 2009 Author Share Posted July 18, 2009 Hey Robert, Many thanks for all you do! Bill Kelly ...Thanks Robert, I too read the original report on Gordon by the Congressional Committee, which mentions ONI, and then read what Gus Russo says, and all of a sudden it's a RFK operation, and RFK is putting people away in mental institutions (ala Walker and Dinkin). And yes, Upper Darby is part of the city of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia, the Quaker City where Ruth Paine also lived and taught school nearby, and home to Szile, another USMC Guantamano victim, and the Man on the Motorcycle in MC, and Art Young and Michael's mom, Ruth Forbes Paine Young, and where Priscilla went to school, all within a five mile radius of each other. Tink Thompson was also teaching Philosophy nearby at the time. It seems Gus Russo got to Gordon's daughter, and she is the source of all the RFK rubbish, or as Russo would have us believe. I don't believe that Gordon and Alonzo Gonzales was an RFK operation. It was ONI/CIA, just as Gordon told the Committee. What became of Alonzo Gonzales? BK .... Guy Russo playin' "the Mighty Wurlitzer"? vs. Bill Kelly, Warren Hinckle, William W. Turner.... http://books.google.com/books?id=peALAAAAY...tion&pgis=1The fish is red By Warren Hinckle, William W. Turner - page 105 .....became doubly important as an intelligence post and clandestine staging.The CIA collaborated closely with its naval hosts, but on this assassination plot ONI appears to have been in the driver's seat. The officer in charge was a Navy lieutenant commander, and one of the assassins had long been under ONI control. His name was Luis Balbuena, a thickset man called El Gordo ("the Fat One"). Balbuena had been a theatrical booking agent in Oriente Province before taking a job on the Guantanamo base. He had joined the 26th of July Movement in the struggle against Batista. He knew Fidel and Raul personally. A Miami police detective who interviewed him in 1963 reported: "Early in 1959, he, with other top members of the revolution, started conspiring against the government. He was the contact between the United States Naval Intelligence and the Oriente underground."" Balbuena was an elected official of an anti-Castro council of Cubans employed at the Guantanamo base, which promoted counterrevolutionary activities. A second marksman was Alonzo Gonzales, about whom little is known other than that he was an Episcopalian priest who had designs on becoming bishop of Cuba once Castro was deposed, Gonzales reportedly had been trained at the CIA "academy" in Virginia known as the Farm. Balbuena admitted to a US Senate investigator that he had worked with Gonzales out of Guantanamo in 1961 and confirmed that the ambitious priest was proficient with firearms. On all other details Balbuena invoked the seal of confession." Gonzales slipped out of Guantanamo, heading for Havana. He vanished without a trace. Balbuena told the Miami police that he "was involved in an attempt to assassinate Raul Castro" which was "discovered by the Cuban Government," forcing him to take sanctuary inside the naval base (he was evacuated to Miami in 1962). How the Cubans discovered the plot has never been learned, but they evidently knew a great deal. Two weeks after the 26th of July holiday passed without incident, Industry Minister Che Guevara reeled off a list of American aggressive acts against Cuba at the hemispheric nations' conference in Uruguay. Among them was the charge that the United States had mounted an assassination attempt against Raul Castro (no mention was made of Fidel) from the Guantanamo to take place on July 26. Guevara said the plot was for the killing to be followed by a mortar shelling of the base, giving the impression that enraged Cubans were taking revenge for Raul's death at the hands of counterrevolutionaries. The shelling would give the United States a "clear-cut case" of Cuban aggression and provide a pretext for armed intervention — the old Guantanamo shell game. This scenario was an ersatz version of the abortive Santa Ana mission during the Bay of Pigs. It also resembled a number of other things, including George Smathers' suggestion to JFK during their stroll in the Rose Garden that any assassination be coupled with a staged incident at at Guantanamo to give an excuse for armed intervention. And it fit Richard Nixon's post- invasion counsel to the President that a "proper legal cover" such as "defending our base at Guantanamo" be found for "going in." http://books.google.com/books?um=1&q=%...nG=Search+Books The Episcopal Church annual - Page 558 1962 Losada, Alonzo Gonzalez (Cuba), November 29, 1960. Low, Allan Wesley (Md.), May 26, 1961. Maynard, Alan Peter (Me.). October 26. 1961. ... The Living church annual Religion - 1948 Page 209 Cienfuegos. •Santa Cruz del Norte, Santa Cruz (193). Santiago de Cuba, St. Mary's (109), JB Man- cebo. JS.in Andres, Alonzo Gonzalez (y Losada) After reaching the dubious distinction of 50 years old...lol, and not just a little of that time spent researching what was once known as the Crime Of The Century, I have reached the conclusion that arguably the most important area of the assassination, has been extremely neglected. If posting the above statement on this thread serves as a hint, I am definitely talking about the Office of Naval Intelligence...... Furthermore, to illustrate my point I have compiled an index of sorts, to a document that either has never been brought to the attention of most JFK researchers, or, is in some way incorrectly identified. I have alluded to it previously in some posts requesting some assistance, without much of a response, which I do not take personally, as active researchers have their hands all too full. As mentioned earlier, the title is called O.N.I. Archives, or, at least that is what it is referred to on maryferrell.org. Complicating matters is that whenever a reference appears on that site to said document there is no RIF number, or any explanation regarding where this illustrious document is located. For all I know it may not even be at mary ferrell's website and at College Park, Maryland or another NARA location. At any rate, at the risk of posting a long list of names that will serve as an aid for someone with insomnia, I am listing the names and a short biography of each person, as reproduced on the mary ferrell site...... Since there are so many names on this list, it will be apparent that there is no URL that a Education Forum member can click onto to view these listings, but, in spite of that I believe to those who have passed JFK 101 it will also be apparent that there is material in this index itself that should be a real meal for the senses. ABBOTT, WILLIAM ----- Sources: "ONI", pp. 19, 37, 60, 67, 71, 95; JFK Collection List, pg. 25 (AMKW 63) Mary's Comments: Department of the Navy, Office of Chief of Naval Operations. 19 Mar 1962 memo for William O. Boswell from Abbott (orig by P. W. Palmer, OP-921E). 23 Mar 1962 memo for Wm. O. Boswell from Abbott re Oswald. 15 Nov 1960 memo for J. Edgar Hoover from Abbott re Oswald. "OP-923M5" on memo of 15 Nov 1960. ANTIOCH COLLEGE CD 46, p. 15; "ONI", p. 182-183 Unconfirmed rumor that LHO attended Antioch College, using his true name, for a short period of time in 1957 and was dismissed because he could not prove his graduation from high school. (Ruth Hyde Paine graduated from Antioch, Class of 1955.) (See rumor about Pennsylvania university and Ruth Paine knowing LHO - CD 212, pp. 1-2) J. M. BARRON "ONI", p. 144 With ONI. Wrote memo for the file on 2 Nov 1959 re Oswald's defection. "No action contemplated by this office. BAY, W. R. Sources: "ONI", pp. 65, 73 Mary's Comments: "By direction" on 6 Mar 1962 memo from Director of Naval Intelligence to Commandant of the Marine Corps re Oswald. "By direction" on 23 Mar 1962 memo from Director of Naval Intelligence to Commandant of the Marine Corps re Oswald. OP-921 E2/cn on memo. (It is possible that name "Wesley" is in center of both memos.) BASIL A. BEARDSLEY Who's Who in CIA, Mader (51) DOB: 6/22/25. In U.S. Navy 1943-46. Analyst in ONI 1952-55. Assistant Attache U.S. Embassy in Havana 1958-59. Dept. of Army 1961-67. Dept of State from from 1967. BOSWELL, WILLIAM O. Sources: WC 5 (372); WC 11 (199-200); WC 18 (542-3); "ONI", pp. 52-53, 60, 67, 71, 72 Mary's Comments: Director, Office of Security, Department of State, 515 22nd Street, N.W., Room 804, Washington, D.C. 19 Mar 1962 memo for Boswell from William Abbott, orig by P. W. Palmer, OP-921E. 23 Mar 1962 memo for Boswell from Abbott re Oswald. "File charged 6 SY/E - Mr. Otepka." BROOKS JR. (CAPTAIN) JOHNSON "ONI", p. 165 Signed order on 29 Apr 1958 confining Oswald to hard labor for 20 days, $25.00 per month for 2 months, and reduced to private because Oswald had a personal weapon on 27 Oct 1957, at Atsugi, Japan. V. BUCKLER "ONI", p. 137 In Passport Office of State Department. On 11/13/59, he signed a Conference Slip re Lee Harvey Oswald for some reason, there are three separate listings for this person. LOUIS EUSEBIO BALBUENA CALZADILLA MMF 2299-2300 ONI Biographic Supplement, 20 December 1960 LUIS ----- BALBUENA CALZADILLA Base and working for ONI. Tried to kill Raul Castro. Came to U.S. in 1961. CALZADILLA, LUIS BALBUENA Sources: HSCA Vol. X (161) Mary's Comments: An associate of an unnamed anti-Castro Cuban whose identity was protected. They both gave material to the HSCA. CARRO, JOHN Sources: Warren Report (379, 381-2); WC Vol. 8 (202-14); WC Vol. 19 (Carro Exhibit); "ONI", p. 171; Legend, Epstein (59) Mary's Comments:Lee Oswald's probation officer at Youth House. (Art Ford, who wrote Were We Controlled, claims he interviewed Oswald while in Youth House.) CARSON, E. I. Sources: "ONI", p. 30; Who Was Jack Ruby, Kantor (19) Mary's Comments: Commander, Navy Discharge Review Board at Pentagon. On 23 July 1962, Director of Naval Intelligence wrote to Carson re Oswald. On 6/5/63 he wrote to LHO that his request to have his discharge changed was under review. CONNALLY, JOHN BOWDEN, JR. Sources: WC Vol. 4 (129-46); CE 3131; CD 1302; HSCA Vol. I (10-60); CIA 376-154, p. 3; "ONI" pp. 73-74; They've Killed the President, Anson (2, 6, 16, 24-6, 33, 49-52, 60, 81-8, 90-4, 100, 130-31, 140, 144, 322, 339); Plot to Kill the President, Blakey & Billings (3-6, 10-13); Coup d'Etat in America, Canfield & Weberman (148); Khrushchev Killed Kennedy, Eddowes (139, 144); Kennedy Conspiracy, Flammonde (100, 105-6, 108-9, 120, 151, 284); The Fish is Red, Hinckle & Turner (364 et al); Accessories After the Fact, Meagher (154-77); Conspiracy, Summers, 37-8, 52, 55, 446); Whitewash, Vol. I, Weisberg (31-7, 65, 106-10, 130, 281, 285, 288-92, 295-6, 299, 304-16, 321-22, 336, 342-43) Mary's Comments: DOB: 2/27/17. POB: Floresville, TX. DOD: 6/15/93, 4:15 p.m.. POD: Houston, TX. "Missing" page from Video-tape interview of Connally 11/27/63, contains "My God, they're going to kill us all," and references to bigotry and hatred. (See CD 1302) DEAN, WILLIAM MORRIS Sources: FBI portion of ONI file: 10 (1-3) C. E. (COL.) DOBSON "ONI", p. 98 From Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Intelligence, to Commandant of the Marine Corps, Attn: Col. C. E. Dobson, dated 4 Aug 1960. Re: Phonecon MSGT Emerson to Parker YN1 re Oswald's Undesirable Discharge. THOMAS B. ESTEP "ONI", p. 187 Special Agent, FBI. Wrote Internal Security - R Report on Oswald, dated Dec 5, 1963 FAIN, JOHN WYTHE Sources: Warren Report, pp. 303, 409; WC Vol 4, pp. 414-415; WC Vol 17, p. 700; WC Vol 18, p. 385; WC Vol 22, p. 98; WC Vol 26, pp. 26, 143; "ONI", pp. 6-13; "ONI", pp. 15-29, 43, 78-88; "ONI", pp. 104-117; MMF 1959-1968; Coincidence or Conspiracy, Fensterwald, pp. 262-263; Farewell America, Hepburn, p. 334; Crossfire, Marrs, pp. 225-226; Oswald and the CIA, Newman, pp. 91-92, 135, 140-141; 143, 156-159, 264-272; Dallas Morning News, May 1, 2000, p. 18-A Mary's Comments: DOB: Dec. 14, 1907; POB: Avoca, TX; DOD: Apr. 30, 2000; POD: Dallas, TX. Became FBI special agent in 1941; retired in 1963. First interviewed LHO in Ft. Worth in August 1962. In 1993 was in nursing home in Dallas. Fain's report of 5/12/60 re Funds Transmitted to Residents of Russia (MMF 1914-1923 and MMF 1959-1968) = (Bureau file 100-353496-715; Dallas file 105-976) "ONI" pp. 104-117; Fain's report of 7/3/61 = "ONI" pp. 78-88; Fain's report of 7/2/62 = "ONI", pp. 43, 47; Fain's report of 7/6/62 = "ONI", p. 29; Fain's report of 7/10/62 = "ONI" pp. 15-28 and pp. 33-48; Fain's report of 8/30/62 = "ONI", pp. 6-13. Survived by wife of 68 years, Myrna Wallace Fain; daughter and son-in-law, Janet and Keith Fuller of Plano, TX; son and daughter-in-law, John Wallace and Swanne Ruckman Fain of Houston; grandchildren: Jenny Fuller of Dallas, Jay Fuller of Brooklyn, NY, Sarah Fuller of Plano, and Nina Fain of Houston; three sisters: Mayna Fain Hoke of Sherman, Betty Fain Wright of Amarillo, and Norma Fain Braly of Houston; one brother, Dr. Robert Fain of Houston. JULIO CESAR (DR.) FERNANDEZ WC Vol 26, pp. 652-659; CD 53, pp. 1, 6-21; "ONI", pp. 191-211 DOB: 1/3/09. POB: Havana, Cuba. Cuban refugee. Teaching at Morrison Cove Junior High, Martinsburg F.O'C., FLETCHER, JR."ONI", p. 93 Captain, U.S. Navy, Officer in Charge District Intelligence Office, Eighth Naval District. Wrote 11 Jan 1961 letter to SAC, FBI, Dallas, Tx, re Oswald FUNDS TRANSMITTED TO RESIDENTS OF RUSSIA ----- "ONI", pp. 102-118 J. Edgar Hoover encloses Fain's report of 5/12/60 re Marguerite Oswald's transmittal of funds to Lee Harvey Oswald to Director of Naval Intelligence FRANCIS J. (CAPT.) GAJEWSKI "ONI", pp. 162, 168 Was a Captain at Atsugi, Japan, on 27 Oct 1957, when Oswald unlawfully had a privately owned weapon in his possession. Gajewski praised Oswald's work and conduct, giving him 3.9 for proficiency and 4.0 for conduct ("ONI", p. 168). WILLARD D. (CAPT.) GARRETT "ONI", pp. 153-161 Captain, USMC. Submitted summary of evidence in Court-Martial of Oswald re 20 June 1958 incident in Bluebird Cafe, Yamato, Japan GLENN, NORMAN D. (LT. COLONEL) Sources: CD 75, p. 397; "ONI", pp. 150, 152-153, 160 (testimony), 164-165, 167; Mary's Comments: Commander of Marine Air Group 11, First Marine Air Wing, Naval Air Station, Atsugi, Japan. Witness for Oswald in Court-Martial as result of incident on 20 June 1958 in Bluebird Cafe, Yamato, Japan, when Oswald "attacked" Miguel Rodriguez, Jr. Glenn also signed order for trial to the Summary Court-Martial of Oswald for Oct 27, 1957, incident involving a privately owned weapon in Oswald's possession (he accidentally shot himself). GORDON, HAROLD SHERWIN Sources: "ONI", p. 189 Mary's Comments: DOB: 4/14/38. POB: Chicago, IL. Entered service (Marines?) at 18, a few months before LHO entered. Out of service April 1964. Died in plane crash in Lake Michigan 8/16/65. Plane en route from New York to Chicago. No survivors. 24 passengers, 6 crew members. Gordon's second wife died in crash with him. He had been a cosmetics salesman and a Marine Reservist. First wife divorced him because "he was away for such long periods of time. Had 2 children. They live in Southern California. Mother lives in Florida. Second wife was a model. His mother remembers visiting him at Pendleton. Nothing in his records about Pendleton. He was at Parris Island. Crew: Capt. Towel; Co-pilot Whitezell; Maurice Femmer; Stewardesses: Jeneal Beaver; Sandra Fuhrer; Phyllis Richer; Passengers: Beatrice Cartwright; W. (Wm?) Chalmers; K. Cumming; Sanford Horwitz; Mrs. (B. or H.) Johnson; Martha Kuphal; F. Landstrom; Donna Miller; K. Brick (female); J.B. Caruso; F. Duluca; H. Gordon; Mrs. H. Gordon; R. Hoffman; Mrs. R. Marconi; K. Musin; Daniel Pol; Benjamin Roytman; Clarence Sayen; G. Schmid; J.H. Thomas; R.C. Zabor. DON GORHAM CD 1484, pp. 2-3 Acting Chief NCIASC-3, United States Naval CounterIntelligence Support Center, ONI HAMNER, (?) DAVID (?) Sources: WC Vol 18, p. 115 = CE 917; "ONI", pp. 136, 141 Mary's Comments: Routed Naval Message from ALUSNA Moscow to CNO on 3 Nov 1959, re AMEMB Moscow Dispatches 234 dtd 2 Nov and 224 dtd 26 Oct re Oswald, and on 13 Nov 1959, re Airgram G-184, mailed 7 Nov. H. T. HARDENBURG "ONI", pp. 52-53, 55 With Navy Department. Wrote 26 April 1962 memo to Wm O. Boswell, Director Office of Security, Department of State, re Oswald DONALD G. HARRIS "ONI", pp. 191-211 Wrote Internal Security - R Report on Oswald in Pittsburgh on 12/2/63 HEDIGER, Sources: WC Vol 18, pp. 115-116 = CE 917 and CE 918; "ONI", pp. 136, 141-2; Mary's Comments: On Nov 3, 1959, he checked Naval Message from Moscow: RE/Hediger. On 4 Nov 1959, he checked Naval Message from CNO to ALUSNA Moscow: M/Hediger. On Nov 13, 1959, he checked Naval Message from Moscow: MSG/Hediger. (In Who's Who in CIA, there is a Jean Jacques Hediger, DOB: 3/11/34, Navy Lieutenant from 1956-1959. Later served in State Department in Mexico.) HOKE, SYLVIA LUDLOW HYDE Sources: CD 205, pp. 621-622; CD 504, p. 5; CD 505; CD 506; CD 507; CD 508 (Naval intelligence!); CIA 1267-1032; CIA Box 5, Folder 13, Doc 02678 (MMF 568) Mary's Comments: DOB: 10/2/29. POB: Booth Memorial Hospital, 314 E. 15th, New York, NY. Ruth Paine's sister. Wife of John Hoke. In 1994: there is a Sylvia Hoke, 32 S. Calverton Rd., Baltimore, MD 21223 (301) 945-9033. There is also a Sylvia H. Hoke, 1107 Gregory Dr., Martinsburg, W VA 25401 (304) 263-9279. HOOVER, JOHN EDGAR Sources: CD 87 SS 104, p. 5 (11/23/63 letter to Rowley of Secret Service re recording of LHO's voice in Mexico City); CIA 107-579; CIA 128-590; CIA 141-601; HSCA Vol 3, p. 573 (June 3, 1960 letter to State Dept re possibility imposter is using LHO's birth certicicate); also see "ONI" 118; MMF 2089 Mary's Comments: DOB: Jan. 1, 1895; POB: Washington, D.C.; DOD: May 15, 1972. SS# 577-60-1114. Director of FBI. Became "mad" with Pawley (MMF 2089). MARGARET KATHRYN (MRS) HOOVER WC Vol 26, pp. 652-659; CD 53, pp. 1, 6-21; "ONI", pp. 191-211 Re Dr. Julio Fernandez, Cuban refugee, teaching at Morrison Cove Junior High School, Martinsburg, PA G. W. (MAJ.) HOUCK Marine Corps. ONI. 21 Mar 1960 memo from Commandant of Marine Corps to Chief of Naval Operations. Dept of the Navy memo to Commandant of the Marine Corps from Director of Naval Intelligence, dated 6 Mar 1962. ONI routing slip GG 104902 re Originator: FBI; addressed to DNI, dated 10 July 1962. See: P. C. Le Sourd. HYDE, CARL DUDLEY (DR.) Sources: CD 46, p. 15; CD 509; CD 510; CD 511; CD 512; CD 513; CD 514; "ONI", pp. 174-175 Mary's Comments: DOB: 12/30/37 Wife: Lorena. Brother of Mrs. Ruth Paine. Doctor at Dayton Hospital, Dayton, Ohio. In 1994, there is no listing for Carl Dudley Hyde in Yellow Springs, Ohio. However, there is a David E. Hyde at the 1963 office address of Dr. Carl Dudley Hyde. HYDE, WILLIAM AVERY Sources: CD 46, p. 15; CD 504, p. 5; "ONI", pp. 177-178; CIA 646-277; CIA 1267-1032; CIA Box 5, Folder 13, Doc 02678 (MMF 568); CIA 1551-1110 Mary's Comments: DOB: June 4, 1902. POB: Palo Alto, CA. DOD: April 1982. SS# 056-01-3462. A chemist. Had three children: Ruth Hyde Paine, Sylvia Hyde Hoke, and Carl Hyde. CIA's Office of Security "has information of possible interest concerning William A. Hyde." Hyde visited his daughter Ruth in Irving June 1963. He was divorced from Carol E. Hyde in 1961. PENETRATION FORCES (INTERPEN) INTERCONTINENTAL MMF 1924; MMF 2291; MMF 2294 31 Jul 62 ONI wrote memo to Commandant of Marine Corps re Sgt. Gerald Patrick HEMMING, Jr., USMCR, 1488247 (Inactive) attaching ONI's Secret Case History on Hemming and ONI's Case History File on INTERPEN, as well as ONI's Secret Case History File re Eloy GUTIERREZ Menoyo. JOHNSON, ARNOLD SAMUEL Sources: Warren Report, 266-267, 272, 385-386, 390-391; FBI Doc JFK 124-10184-10256; FBI Doc JFK 124-10006-10342; FBI Doc JFK 124-10035-10065; FBI Doc JFK 124-10170-10064 (DSL C-37); FBI Doc JFK 124-10232-10345 (DSL C-43); FBI Doc JFK 124-10243-10367 (DSL C-49); FBI Doc JFK 124-10244-10077 (DSL C-55); Whitewash I, Weisberg, 224; The Worker, 12/29/63 - "ONI", p. 169; New York Times, Thurs, 9/28/89; Mary's Comments: Head of Communist Party, New York City. Public relations director of the Communist Party. Died at age 84, Tues, 9/26/89 in Manhattan. GUY JOHNSON ONI in New Orleans. Attorney friend of Bud Fensterwald JOHNSON, PRISCILLA MARY POST (AKA MRS. GEO. MCMILLAN) Sources: Warren Report, pp. 242, 247-248; WC Vol 5, pp. 273, 279, 291-292, 301-302, 602, 617; WC Vol 11, pp. 442-460; CD 49, pp. 24, 26; CD 75, p. 245; CD 87, SS 345, p. 1; CD 1518, pp. 142-143; CD 1546, pp. 221, 241, 247, 249; P. Johnson Exhibits; "ONI", p. 131; FBI 105-82555-195, dated 11/23/63, from Rosen to Belmont; FBI 62-109060 unrec, dated 11/29/63, to Director, FBI, from SAC, Boston, RE WFO letters to Director, 10/25/63, 11/1, 13 and 18/63 (5 pgs); FBI 62-109060-1735, dated 11/24/63, from SAC, Boston, to Director, FBI, re Assaulting a Federal Officer (2 pgs.); CIA 634-266-A; CIA 646-266l CIA 1267-1031; CIA 1273-1027; Whitewash I, Weisberg, 230; Whitewash II, Weisberg, 45; Accessories After the Fact, Meagher, 331; HSCA Reel 9, Box 7, Folder G, H (AMKW 7); FBI JFK 124- 10027-10059, Lifton's pp. 47-48 Mary's Comments: CIA 201-102798. DOB: 7/19/28; POB: Glen Cove, Long Island, New York. Daughter of Stuart Holmes Johnson, retired cotton textile broker, and Eunice Clapp Johnson, housewife. Brothers: Stuart Holmes Johnson, Jr., employed by Rep. Emmanuel Celler; Frank Coit Johnson, employed by the Institute for Space Studies, New York. Interviewed LHO in Moscow in 1959. Her "Evening Star" (NANA) article of Nov 26, 1959 = "ONI", p. 131. In 1953, she worked for John F. Kennedy. Interviewed Stalin's daughter in 1956. In September 1964, shared cabin at Lake Texoma with Marina and collaborated with Marina on book "Marina and Lee". Married George McMillan and was living in Frogmore, North Carolina, in 1976. GEORGE M. SGT. KIDD "ONI", p. 152 "Accuser" of Oswald re incident in Bluebird Cafe at Yamato, Japan, on 20 June 1958, when Oswald "attacked" Miguel Rodriguez, Jr R. A. KLARE "ONI" p. 98 Signed memo from Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Intelligence, dated 4 Aug 1960, to the Commandant of the Marine Corps, Attn: Col. C. E. Dobson, "by direction." Re: Oswald's undesirable discharge. LANGELLE, RUSSELL AUGUST Sources: CIA 102-574 (re-released as CIA JFK 104-10015-10130, Lifton's pp. 79-87); The Circus, West, pp. 105, 167; Cold Warrior, Tom Mangold, pp. 251-253, 414; The Family Weekly; List of CIA Agents, Smith; The Mole, Hood, pp. 277-281; Molehunt, David Wise, p. 169; New York Times, Oct. 18, 1949, p. 1; State Department Biographic Register; Washington Post, 9/16/85, B13; Warriors of the Night, Volkman, 197-198; Wilderness of Mirrors, Martin, 95-96, 114; Who's Who in CIA, Mader; Who's Who in Espionage, Payne & Dobson, p. 138. Mary's Comments: DOB: October 7, 1922; 1942-1944 - Lt. Commander in ONI of U.S. Navy; 1956 - Dept.of State working for CIA; 1960 - Security Officer in Dept of State in Washington; operated in Vienna, Austria 1956-57; and in Moscow 1957-59; (expelled from USSR in 1959 for subversive activities); he was Chief of Security at Moscow Embassy on Oct. 16, 1959 (day Lee Harvey Oswald arrived in Moscow); that day, Oct 16, 1959, Russians grabbed Langelle off street and subjected him to hostile interrogation; released him 2 hours later but ordered him to leave USSR within 3 days. Received copy of transcript of Oswald's telephone conversations while in Mexico City. S. C., JR. LOOMIS "ONI", p. 92 Officer in Charge, District Intelligence Office, Ninth Naval District, Chicago 7, Illinois. Wrote 30 Nov 1960 memo to Officer in Charge, District Intelligence Office, Eighth Naval District, re Oswald. "OP921D" on memo. SS MAASDAM, Sources: CD 75, pp. 249, 461; "ONI", pp. 22, 40; CIA 231-92; CIA 339-136, p. 7; CIA 395-745; LHO's INS File (MMF 1638-1641) Mary's Comments: SS Maasdam was Holland-American line's ship LHO, wife and daughter took from Rotterdam to U.S. on June 4, 1962. L. A. MACK WC Vol 22, p. 17; "ONI", pp. 36, 89; INS File (MMF 1591) Officer in Charge of Dallas Immigration & Naturalization Office. Re: Marina Oswald's entry into U.S MARSHALL, H. R. Sources: "ONI", p. 48 Mary's Comments: "By direction" under his signature on 23 May 1962 memo from Director of Naval Intelligence to Assistant Chief of Staff G-2, Headquarters USMC, re Oswald. OP-921 E2/cn, 921 F2, 921, 921 E all on memo. (It is possible that name "Wesley" is in center of page.) MARTIN, E. B. Sources: "ONI", pp. 3, 14 Mary's Comments: Officer in Charge, District Intelligence Office, Eighth Naval District. Aug 17, 1962, memo to Dir of Naval Intelligence re LHO and (a) DIO 8ND con ltr ser 053 of 11 Jan 1961 to FBI, Dallas, and Sept. 17, 1962, memo to Director of Naval Intelligence re LHO and (a) DIO 8ND conf ltr ser 053 of 11 Jan 1961 to FBI. "Route to 921E." MASON, ARTHUR CRANDALL HAZARD Sources: CD 75, p. 572; CD 110, p. 2; "ONI", p. 185 Mary's Comments: DOB: 10/29/19 POB: Roxbury, Massachusetts. Graduate of Harvard Business School. Accountant. Divorced from Margaret Mason in Ohio. Permanently resides on yacht at Coral Gables, FL. Issued tourist card #4363760 Sept 17, 1963, to go to Mexico as tourist. U.S. Passport #2443041. Left New Orleans Sept 17, 1963, about 7:00 p.m. and flew non-stop to Mexico City where he stayed at the Monte Cassino Hotel. Son, John Mason, attending school at Interlochen, Michigan, in November 1963. ALISTAR MCDONALD WC Vol 22, p. 11; "ONI", pp. 24, 42 Asst. Manager, Cabin-Tourist Dept., Holland-American Line. Re: LHO's return from Russia GUTIERREZ MENOYO, ELOY Sources: CD 1085c3, pp. 2-3; CD 1085c6, pp. 1-2; CD 1085c7,p. 1; CIA 88-27; SSCIA 157-10003-10483 (MMF 1759-1760); ONI Secret Case History File on GUTIERREZ Menoyo (MMF 1924); New York Times, Sun, July 4, 1993, p. E-7; The Last Investigation, Fonzi, p. 132; HSCA Reel 8, Box 6, Folder E (AMKW 6); HSCA Reel 52, Box 29, Folder K, L, M (AMKW 30); MMF 2085; MMF 2298 Mary's Comments: DOB: 1935. POB: Spain. Wife: Gladys. Ally of Castro in effort to overthrow Batista. 31 Jul 62 Dir of Naval Intelligence received memo from ONI, attaching GUTIERREZ's ONI Secret Case History File. Founder of Alpha 66 to overthrow Castro. Appeared at a public meeting of Los Angeles Alpha 66 on October 11, 1963. Held prisoner 22 years by Castro. Freed in 1986. JAMES N. (S.SGT.) MILAM "ONI", pp. 150, 158-161 (testimony) Witness to incident in Bluebird Cafe, Yamato, Japan, on June 20, 1958, when Oswald became involved in argument with Tech Sgt. Miguel Rodriguez, Jr MODESETT, JACK N., JR. (LT. JG) Sources: Fensterwald notes; The Mafia, CIA & George Bush, Brewton, 53, 96; Mary's Comments: Navy Serial #637-794/1635. Former ONI at Guantanamo. Had been Naval officer at Corpus Christi Naval Air Station when an assassination plot against Castro was planned in 1961. Probably knew Lt. Commander John Gordon. See Tom M. Bush. (COMMANDER) MARVIN P. MORTON "ONI", pp. 154-155 Commander, U.S. Navy. On 7/9/1958, wrote memo of Summary Court-Martial, case of LHO MOSBY, ALINE ----- Sources: Warren Report, 238, 242, 247; WC 26, p. 708; CE 1385; CE 2716; CE 2717; CE 2719; CE 3098; FBI Exhibits Vol. 3, No. 45; CD 1240; CD 1492; "ONI", p. 149 (unnamed); HSCA Vol IV, p. 286; HSCA Vol 12, p. 454; CIA 624-823; Dallas Times Herald, 11/23/63, p. 6; Whitewash I, Weisberg, 254; Who Killed Kennedy, Buchanan, 156; Oswald: Assassin or Fall Guy, Joesten, 128; Crossfire, Marrs, p. 120; Oswald and the CIA, J. Newman, pp. 8-9, 16, 60-61, 67-70; Crime and Coverup, Scott, pp. 62-63; HSCA Reel 13, Box 9, Folder I (AMKW 9); Associated Press, Sat., Aug. 15, 1998; New York Times, Wed., August 19, 1998, p. C-23 Mary's Comments: DOB: 7/27/22. POB: Missoula, Montana. DOD: 8/7/98. POD: Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, CA. Graduate of the University of Montana. UPI reporter in Moscow. Interviewed LHO in Moscow Nov. 1959. She also interviewed Gary Powers, the downed U-2 pilot. Her story about LHO appeared in Washington Post on Sunday, Nov 1, 1959. She covered the Kremlin and later Beijing. On Thursday night, Feb 23, 1983, Aline Mosby was reporting live from Paris, France, for UPI. 201-252591. In 1998, she moved from Europe to the Silvergate retirement community in San Marcos, CA. She died of a cerebral hemorrhage Aug. 7, 1998, in Escondido, CA, at age 76. Survived by sister, Mary Jane Bader, of Escondido, CA. MURRET, MARILYN DOROTHEA Sources: WC Vol 26, pp 46, 766; CE 3119; CD 7, p. 90; CD 75, pp. 162-163; CD 87 SS 517, pp. 1-4; CD 407, p. 10; CD 942, p. 1; CD 1080; "ONI", pp. 19, 37, 70; CIA 481; CIA 1294-481 Mary's Comments: DOB: Approximately 1928. 5' 7". 120 lbs. LHO's cousin in New Orleans. Taught school in Japan in 1959. Passport #769007, issued 4-28-58. Subject of USAF intelligence report in Jan 1960. There is a a document re her and Harold R. Isaacs. Her CIA file 201-761517. In 1995, the phone is listed in the name of Mrs. C. F. Murret. NIBARGER "ONI", pp. 55, 94 "Typed by: Nibarger, YN2 5/23/62" on memo to J. Edgar Hoover from H. T. Hardenburg. "Retyped by: Nibarger, YN2 10/12/60, 10/18/60, 10/26/60, 11/4/60" on 15 Nov 1960 memo. "OP-923M on memo of 15 Nov 1960. JOHN NOONAN "ONI", pp. 49-51 With Department of State, Chief of Records and Services Branch. Letter of 10 May 1962 from Noonan to DNI transmmitted by ONI. "Route to 921E" on routing slip. "This in reply to your cited memorandum, and previous, concerning the Subject: April 26, 1962, OP-921E2/cn, SER 8128P92" in body of letter. OSWALD, LEE HARVEY Sources: CD 4, p. 799; CD 87 SS 422, pp. 1-8; "ONI", p. 97; CIA 8-4; CIA 13-1; CIA 417-170; CIA 524-221; CIA 526-223; CIA 550-237 (MMF 1989-1991); CIA 664-285; CIA 691-300 (re Atsugi, U2); CIA 776-336; CIA 796-348; CIA 903-393-A; CIA 907-396; CIA 1373-489; CIA 1378-490 (re-released as JFK 104-10015-10312, Lifton's pp. 293-296); CIA 1379-1073; CIA 1380-1073-A; CIA Box 15, Folder 15 (MMF 955); INS File (MMF 1557-1730); HSCA Reel 31, Box 22, Folder B, C, I, J, Q, R, S (AMKW 22); HSCA Reel 44, Box 23, Folder E, G, I, J (AMKW 23); HSCA Reel 45, Box 23, Folder B, K (AMKW 23); HSCA Reel 48, Box 26, Folder W (AMKW 26); HSCA Reel 55, Box 31, Folder K (AMKW 31) Mary's Comments: Military Service Number: 1653230. Social Security Number: 433-54-3937. Marine serial number: MS-1853230-6741, USMC. INS File No. A12 530 645. 201-289248; OS-351-164; Marguerite Stevens gave his file number as MS-11165. P-8593. Born October 18, 1939, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Mother: Marguerite Claverie Oswald; father: Robert Edward Lee Oswald. LHO's letters to his mother from Russia in CD 87 SS 442, pp. 1-8. New Orleans Police #112-723. Passport issued 9/10/59 at Santa Ana, CA, No. 1733242. Passport issued 6/25/63 at New Orleans, LA, No. D-092526. Re: Discharge for 'unfitness' - "ONI", p. 97; "OGC has found in Top Secret Control - get from XAAZ - 35706 - 24 Nov 63 - 201-289248... must be read in Top Secret Registry - ID 15" (MMF 955) OSWALD, (IMPOSTER) ----- Sources: WC Vol 18, p. 143; CD 964-B; CD 1115, XIII, p. 9; DBD 86527, 6/3/60, from H. Edgar Hoover to Office of Security, Department of State (also see "ONI" p. 100, 118; Coup d'etat in America, Canfield & Weberman, p. 281; MMF 1889-1998; Mary's Comments: J. Edgar Hoover letter re imposter using LHO's identification. Edward J. Hickey memo. Dean Rusk letter. OTEPKA, OTTO F. Sources: "ONI", pp. 57, 71; The Ordeal of Otto Otepka, Gill; Despoilers of Democracy, Clark Mollenhoff, p. 251 Mary's Comments:March 23, 1962, memo re Oswald, "file charged to SY/E-Mr. Otepka 3/26/62". April 4, 1962, memo re Memo dated Dec 28, 1961. Ousted from job with the State Department June 27, 1963. PIC, JOHN EDWARD Sources: Warren Report, 28-29, 353-355, 358, 360; CE 1382; CE 2683 (WC Vol 26, p. 42); Pic Exhibits; CD 1115, XIII-29-30; "ONI", pp. 70, 122-130, 133-135; The Witnesses, p. 371 Mary's Comments: AF 11313239. Half-brother of Lee Harvey and Robert Oswald. Wife: Marge. Sgt. USAF. DOB: 17 Jan 1932. Lab technician, Wilford Hall Air Force Hospital, San Antonio. Pic attempted to send message to Lee on Nov 9, 1959: "Please reconsider your intentions. Contact me if possible. Love, John." PETRULLI, NICHOLAS Sources: WC Vol 20, pp. 235, 288; CE 2685; HSCA Vol 12, pp. 436-437, 439, 445-446; CD 1066, pp. 583-384; "ONI", pp. 146-149; LHO's INS File (MMF 1711); Social Security Death Index; Washington Post, Sun, Nov 1, 1959; HSCA Reel 13, Box 9, Folder W (AMKW 9) Mary's Comments:DOB: 2/13/21. POB: Brooklyn, New York. DOD: April 1982. POD: California; defected to USSR August 10, 1959. Returned to US on September 22, 1959. PALMER, PROSS W. Sources: "ONI", pp. 30, 48, 58, 65, 67, 68, 73, 122 Mary's Comments: Director of Naval Intelligence (OP-921E). See 2 April 1962 memo from Jerry Vacek re Oswald. July 23, 1962, memo from Palmer to Secretary, Naval Discharge Review Board - Attn: CDR E. I. Carson, re Ex-PFC Lee Harvey OSWALD. "OP-921 Transmittal" May 23, 1962, memo from Palmer to Director of Naval Intelligence re Oswald. "OP-921 E2/cn, 921, 921E and 921 F2 on memo." 19 Mar 1962 memo for Wm. O. Boswell from Wm. Abbott (orig by P. W. Palmer, OP-921E - Ext 41841, pCarter 16 March 1962) SAMUEL M. REICHMAN "ONI", pp. 89, 91; LHO's INS File (MMF 1623) Investigator with United States Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service. Reviewed Visa Petition for Marina Oswald on 1/15/62. REID, DAVID C. (1994: CDR USN RET.) Sources: "ONI", pp. 76-77 Mary's Comments: Acting, District Intelligence Office, Eighth Naval District, U.S. Naval Station, Building 255, New Orleans 40, LA. Wrote 14 Jul 1961 memo From: Officer in Charge, District Intelligence Office, Eighth Naval District, To: Director of Naval Intelligence, Re: Oswald. Ref: DIO-8 conf ltr ser 053 of 11 Jan 1961 to FBI Dallas. Enclosed copy of Fain's July 3, 1961, report. CHARLES R. (FIRST LT.) RHODES "ONI", pp. 150, 160 Witness re incident on 20 June 1958 in Bluebird Cafe in Yamato, Japan, when Oswald "attacked" Miguel Rodriguez, Jr MIGUEL JR. (TECH. SGT.) RODRIGUEZ "ONI", pp. 150-151, 158-161 (testimony); Legend, Epstein, pp. 78, 338; Oswald's Game, Davison, p. 73 Became involved in argument with Oswald on 20 June 1958 in Bluebird Cafe, Yamato, Japan. In H. V. SCHULTZ Sources "ONI", p. 190 Mary'sComments: Wrote Memorandum for the File re Oswald, USMCR (Deceased), on 12/3/63. SCOTT, JOSEPH WELCH Sources: SSCIA 157-10002-10081 (MMF 1793-1796); Interim Report on Assassinations, p. 197; LHO's INS File (MMF 1727); Who's Who in CIA, Mader, p. 465; The Man Who Kept the Secrets, Powers, p. 105 Mary's Comments: DOB: Sept 15, 1911. From 1941-1945, Lt. Comdr. in ONI of U.S. Navy. Livingston Merchant's Special Assistant in January 1961. In Sept 6, 1963, memo from Gordon Chase to Bundy, Scott is mentioned as one of those in INR - liaison with CIA - who knew about the exile raids and Operation MONGOOSE. Nov 1963 he is Deputy Director for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State. PAUL W. SEABAUGH "ONI", 59 Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps. 2 April 1962 letter to Lee H. Oswald, Minsk, U.S.S.R E. W. (COLONEL) SEEDS "ONI", pp. 156, 166 Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps. Chief of Staff, 1st Marine Aircraft FMF, Pacific Supervisory Authority. Approved Court-Martial of Oswald July 14, 1958. Re incident in Bluebird Cafe Yamato, Japan, 20 June 1958. D. E. SIGSWORTH "ONI", p. 138 Lt., USN, OP-921E. On 12 Nov 1959, he drafted a Naval Message from DNI to ALUSNA Moscow re Oswald. SNYDER, RICHARD EDWARD Sources: Warren Report, pp. 262, 265, 277-278, 693-695, 701, 705-706, 747-748, 754-758; WC Vol 5, pp. 262, 265, 270, 272; Vol 18, pp. 08, 105, 109-110, 112, 160, 258; Vol 22, p. 24; CE 909; CE 914; CE 915; CE 919; CE 933; CE 938; CE 1084; CE 1085; CE 2685; CE 2756; CD 49, pp. 24-25; HSCA Report, pp. 209-210, 214-215; HSCA Vol 4, p. 3; HSCA Vol 12, pp. 367, 454-455, 459, 591, 626; "ONI", p. 145; CIA 609-786, p. 2; CIA 624-823; CIA 1273-1027; CIA Box 11, Folder 11 (MMF 1135-1137); CIA CI/R&A document dated June 25, 1973 (MMF 1736); CIA document dated 8 Sept 1964 (MMF 1740); LHO's INS File (MMF 1705); CIA JFK-104-10015-10004, Lifton's p. 7; Whitewash, Weisberg, pp. 229-230, 233-234; Mayday, Beschloss, p. 331; HSCA Reel 17, Box 11, Folder L (AMKW 12); HSCA Reel 48, Box 26, Folder G (AMKW 25) Mary's Comments: DOB: December 10, 1919. POB: Passaic, New Jersey. Applied to CIA June 1949. Hired November 8, 1949. Assigned to Tokyo. 201-748009. Was appointed Second Secretary at US Embassy in Moscow June 28, 1959. He was there when Oswald "renounced his American citizenship." He and Toumanoff from the American Embassy in Moscow monitored the Powers' U-2 Trial in August 1960. He answered LHO's letter of 3/12/61 on 3/24/61. Snyder's name appeared in Cherepanov Papers (MMF 1736). His name appeared in "Sammy" papers (MMF 1740). ROBERT STEELE CD 53, pp. 6-7; "ONI", pp. 196-197 Brother of Mrs. Margaret Kathryn Hoover VINCENT L. SULLIVAN "ONI", p. 70 Directorate of Special Investigations, Department of the Air Force, Headquarters United States Air Force, Washington, D.C. Re: John Edward Pic R. MC C. (BRIGADIER GENERAL) TOMPKINS "ONI", pp. 20, 54, 56, 61-63, 66, 69; CD 294 b and c; CIA 339-136, p. 7 Brigadier General, U.S. Marine Corps. 7 Mar 1962 letter from Tompkins to Oswald, Blind Copy to: ONO (OP-921E); on 3/22/62, LHO wrote to Tompkins, U.S.M.C., Asst. Director of Personnel, re his dishonorable discharge from Kalinina St., 4-27, Minsk, USSR. JEROME A. "JERRY" VACEK "ONI", pp. 58, 68, 190 HQMC (DK); 8 Mar 1962 memo to Pross Palmer, ONI (OP-921E); 2 April 1962 memo to Pross Palmer re Oswald FRANCES (MRS.) VAN COTT WC Vol 22, p. 11; "ONI", pp. 19, 22, 37, 40 Office of Special Consular Services USDS (Dept. of State). Re: LHO's return from Russia WATT, ----- (YN2) (EXOS) Sources: "ONI", p. 30 Re telecon between LTJG Le Sourd (ONI) and Watt, YN2 (EXOS), of 20 Jul 1962, re Lee Harvey OSWALD. WEBSTER, ROBERT EDWARD Sources: WC Vol 18, 113, 352; WC Vol 26, p. 48; CD 49, pp. 25-26; CD 370; CD 1066, pp. 583-584; CD 1114 XI 6, pp. 1-4; CD 1115 XIII, p. 54; HSCA, Vol. XII, pp. 436-39, 449-51; "ONI", pp. 149, 191, 195; CIA 297, p. 6; CIA 596-252f; CIA 599-252-I; CIA 624-823; LHO's INS File (MMF 1698); Washington Post, Sun, Nov. 1, 1959; HSCA Reel 17, Box 11, Folder S, T, U, V (AMKW 13); HSCA Reel 18, Box 12, Folder B, C (AMKW 13) Mary's Comments: DOB: 12/23/28; (Social Security Death Index shows DOB as 10/23/28; POB: Tiffin, Ohio. DOD: 11/11/99; POD: Fall River, MA; SS # 170-22-6236 Former Navy 7917938. A plastics expert employed by Rand Development Corp of Cleveland, Ohio. Defected to USSR 7/11/59; EE 18854 or EE-18852 (?) = CIA file number; returned to United States on 5/20/62. CE 917 (WC Vol 18, p. 115) has his name and number redacted: "Robert Edward Webster, 7917938." In 1992 he is in a nursing home. F. L. WELCH "ONI", p. 123 Assistant Chief, Counterintelligence Div., Dir of Special Investigations, The Inspector General, Department of the Air Force, Headquarters United States Air Force, Washington 25, D.C FREDERICK J. WIEDERSHEIM WC Vol 22, p. 11; CD 1211, pp. 1-2; "ONI", pp. 24, 42 I&NS Inspector, New York. Met LHO and Marina at pier in Hoboken, New Jersey, 6/13/62, and processed them and interviewed LHO. I apologize for the length of this index, but it is not exactly the same as flaming, as well as with the best intentions. I would especially point out the persons that were in ONI that interfaced with the Pentagon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Kelly Posted July 19, 2009 Author Share Posted July 19, 2009 http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/hardt...tuation3.htmThe Navy's Murderers (Statements of Lt. Commander Thomas Narut, The London Times) A U.S. Navy psychologist claims that the Office of Naval Intelligence had taken convicted murderers from military prisons, used behavior modification techniques on them, and then relocated them in American embassies throughout the world. Just prior to that time, the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee had censured the CIA for its global political assassination plots, including plots against Fidel Castro. The Navy psychologist was Lt. Commander Thomas Narut of the U.S. Regional Medical Center in Naples, Italy. The information was divulged at an Oslo NATO conference of 120 psychologists from the eleven nation alliance. According to Dr. Narut, the U.S. Navy was an excellent place for a researcher to find "captive personnel" whom they could could use as guinea pigs in experiments. The Navy provided all the funding necessary, according to Narut. Dr. Narut, in a question and answer session with reporters from many nations, revealed how the Navy was secretly programming large numbers of assassins. He said that the men he had worked with for the Navy were being prepared for commando-type operations, as well as covert operations in U.S. embassies worldwide. He described the men who went through his program as "hit men and assassins" who could kill on command. Careful screening of the subjects was accomplished by Navy psychologists through the military records, and those who actually received assignments where their training could be utilized, were drawn mainly from submarine crews, the paratroops, and many were convicted murderers serving military prison sentences. Several men who had been awarded medals for bravery were drafted into the program. The assassins were conditioned through "audio-visual desensitization". The process involved the showing of films of people being injured or killed in a variety of ways, starting with very mild depictions, leading up to the more extreme forms of mayhem. Eventually, the subjects would be able to detach their feelings even when viewing the most horrible of films. The conditioning was most successful when applied to "passive-aggressive" types, and most of these ended up being able to kill without any regrets. The prime indicator of violent tendencies was the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. Dr. Narut knew of two Navy programming centers, the neuropsychiatric laboratory in San Diego and the U.S. Regional Medical Center in Italy, where he worked. During the audio-visual desensitization programming, restraints were used to force the subject to view the films. A device was used on the subjects eyelids to prevent him from blinking. Typically, the preliminary film was on an African youth being ritualistically circumcised with a dull knife and without any anesthetic. The second film showed a sawmill scene in which a man accidentally cut off his fingers. In addition to the desensitization films, the potential assassins underwent programming to create prejudicial attitude in the men, to think of their future enemies, especially the leaders of these countries, as sub-human. Films and lectures were presented demeaning the culture and habits of the people of the countries where it had been decided they would be sent. After his NATO lecture, Dr. Narut disappeared. He could not be located. Within a week of so after the lecture, the Pentagon issued an emphatic denial that the U.S. Navy had "engaged in psychological training or other types of training of personnel as assassins." They disavowed the programming centers in San Diego and Naples and stated they were unable to locate Narut, but did provide confirmation that he was a staff member of the U.S. Regional Medical Center in Naples. Dr. Alfred Zitani, an American delegate to the Oslo conference, did verify Narut's remarks and they were published in the Sunday Times. Sometime later, Dr. Narut surfaced again in London and recanted his remarks, stating that he was "talking in theoretical and not practical terms." Shortly thereafter, the U.S. Naval headquarters in London issued a statement indicating that Dr. Narut's remarks at the NATO conference should be discounted because he had "personal problems". Dr. Narut never made any further public statements about the program. During the NATO conference in Oslo, Dr. Narut had remarked that the reason he was divulging the information was because he believed that the information was coming out anyway. The doctor was referring to the disclosure by a Congressional subcommittee which were then appearing in the press concerning various CIA assassination plots. However, what Dr. Narut had failed to realize at the time, was that the Navy's assassination plots were not destined to be revealed to the public at that time. http://www.statecraft.org/chapter15.html - 49 Instruments of Statecraft: U.S. Guerilla Warfare, Counterinsurgency, and Counterterrorism, 1940-1990 The Special Forces' Buildup The organizational response to the administration's demands for special operations forces and doctrine was in practice rather similar to that made in 1961 to President Kennedy's demands for a coordinated military response to the threat of insurgency. The manpower of elite special warfare units was rapidly built up to surpass mid-1960s levels. Special Forces personnel had peaked at some 13,000 men in seven SF Groups in 1969 dropping to three active groups in 1974. The 1980 force level of some 3,000 was less than the peak strength of just one Special Forces Group in 1968, the Vietnam-based Fifth, with 3,542 men.1 Active-duty special operations forces in the three services rose from 11,600 in 1981 to 14,900 in 1985, with force levels, including reserves, reaching some 32,000 in 1988.2 Active duty forces were scheduled to reach 20,900 by 1990, with total available forces numbering 38,400.3 Much of the buildup took place in the army's Special Forces, which the new administration tried to bring up to wartime strength. The army added 1,200 places to Special Forces in 1982, bringing its force level up to 4,000 in four active groups by 1984.4 Each group had a nominal strength of 776 men, divided into three battalions. Although all four groups are stationed within the United States, three battalions and two other Special Forces detachments are permanently based overseas. A fifth group (the Third) was scheduled to be established in 1990-1991 with special responsibilities for Sub-Saharan Africa.5Army special operations forces in July 1986 were reported to include 4,800 Special Forces, 1,500 Rangers, 800 men in a Psychological Warfare Group, 250 in a civil affairs battalion, and about 800 in the aviation section.6 By 1987, the manpower of the army's special operations forces was estimated at 9,100 on active service, with 12,400 in the reserves.7 The Reagan administration also rapidly moved to rebuild the CIA's paramilitary capability, rehiring many of those laid off by Admiral Turner in 1977. The special warfare revival was spurred on by a coordinated media offensive comparable to that of the first year of the Kennedy administration—the Green Berets were once again basking in the limelight. Not surprisingly, they benefited from a dramatic rise in the funds earmarked for special operations forces in the defense budget. From an estimated $500 million for special operations forces in 1981, funding rose to some $1.2 billion in 1987 and $1.5 billion in 1990.8 Construction projects alone for special operations facilities at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Fort Bragg, and Hunter Army Airfield in the mid-1980s were budgeted at $236 million.9The funding of the army's Special Operations Command (SOCOM), which was $250 million in 1982, its first year of operations, was projected to go to $700 million by 1990.10 Although civil affairs units were a part of the new special operations formula, they remained, as always, a minor part of special warfare. The army's 172-man 96th Civil Affairs Battalion, assigned to SOCOM in l 982, was and still is, in fact, the only active civil affairs unit in the army, and continues to provide support for the entire army. The 96th's four companies each specialize in a geographical region but work both with conventional and special operations forces. The Army's small standing force for civil affairs in the 1980s reflects the limited role for such specialists beyond the context of conventional warfare; some 97 percent of the total army civil affairs manpower is to be found in the reserves, available for call up in time of need.'' In the meantime, the full-timers were subordinated to the more arcane requirements of special warfare. A strong civil affairs component could reasonably have been encouraged as a means to temper the army's new involvement in unconventional warfare and low-intensity conflict; the civil affairs experience in postwar Europe might have offered a more promising route to counterinsurgency, for one, than the guerrilla approach associated with special operations forces. But the uneasy accommodation of a policy of galloping interventionism with the political requirement of appearing to work only at the invitation of overseas partners precluded any occupation-style approach. In practice, the chosen arrangement subordinated civil affairs more fully to the merely cosmetic needs of unconventional warfare. In Vietnam, the military's need for a strong civil a affairs role was resisted by political fiat. In the spring of 1965 the Joins Chiefs of Staff proposed, in return for the commitment of American troops to Vietnam, that the military command deploy U.S. military civil affairs teams, "as in World War II," to take charge of provincial administrations. The suggestion was shrilly opposed by American civilian agencies and firmly slapped down.12 The air force also took part in the special operations buildup, bringing most of its special operations and search and rescue units together under the 23d Air Force; in 1983, the 23d's First Special Operations Air Wing was established, and based at Eglin Air Base in Florida.13 By 1987, there were some 4,100 air force special operations forces on active duty and 2,500 reservists. Five other SOF squadrons (and three in the reserve) were based at Eglin, Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines, and Ramstein Air Force Base in West Germany. A helicopter detachment was based at Howard Air Force Base in Panama.14 By 1986 the navy's SEALs—Sea, Air, Land forces—had reached some 1,700 troops, organized into two special warfare groups based at Little Creek, Virginia, and Coronado, California, respectively. Arguably the best-trained of the elite units, SEALs continue the traditions of the underwater demolition teams (UDTs) created by the navy in 1942 to clear the way for amphibious landings; their role expanded in Korea to include reconnaissance and covert landings for deep-penetration raids.15 The SEALs, which draw recruits from underwater demolition personnel, date to 1962 and first saw action in Vietnam. The characteristic SEAL force of sixteen-man units; navy plans in 1987 reportedly aimed at increasing the number of units from forty-one to seventy over five years.16Larger units included six SEAL Teams.17 SEAL Team 6, with from 175 to 200 men, is believed to specialize in counterterrorism.18 Secret navy units like Task Force 98 reportedly work out of eight bases, including the British Royal Air Force base at Machrihanish, Scotland.19 The Multipurpose Training Mission Defense Secretary Weinberger observed in 1983 that the military skills required to meet the challenge of low-intensity conflict were found "chiefly . . . in our special operations forces." Army Special Forces took "a very large share of the burden . . . to instruct others in providing for their own defense" and to help give the people "a stake in the future" (through "civic action").20 In another statement, Weinberger explained that the special operations forces' advisory role had both a training objective—to organize counterparts and impart skills—and an operational role: "to reduce the probability that United States armed forces could be committed in foreign battles, and to demonstrate the resolve of the United States to fulfill its commitments."21 The special operations concept of the 1980s retained the full range of functions assigned to the Special Forces in Vietnam, the so-called triplex Special Forces Mission of special unit, clandestine, and paramilitary operations.22 In the 1980s,, the three functions would remain fused in the repertoire of special operations forces. The Special Forces had also acquired a major role in the training of foreign conventional forces in the 1960s—a role that would be sustained and increased. By the end of the Reagan years, Special Forces personnel had assumed most of the responsibilities for training and advising the regular forces of Third World countries, instilling conventional infantry with the skills and attitudes of the unconventional warrior. The rapid expansion of special operations forces, their increased role in foreign military training and assistance, and the vigorous promotion of overseas military assistance in potential conflict areas were similar to the ferment of activity at the height of the 1960s counterinsurgency era. Four to twelve-man Military Mobile Training Teams (MTTs), which had provided a principal vehicle of training and assistance in the 1960s, also served as the workhorses of low-intensity conflict. According to former Joint Chiefs special operations chief Colonel Roger Pezzelle, training and advisory MTTs worked with "host country regular units, militia, reserve forces, and security units" (for militia and security units one might read paramilitary forces and intelligence groups). At the same time, Colonel Pezzelle noted, "a major part of all MTT activity" was carried out by special operations units, whose training "encompasses a wide range of activity from ordinary military combat and counterguerrilla operations to building bridges and counterterrorist operations."23 The number of MTTs abroad proliferated after 1980 just as it had in 1961. Army Special Forces provided most of the trainers. Some 130 Special Forces MTTs were scheduled for deployment in 1982, up from 53 four years before.24 In 1986, 260 Special Forces MTTs provided assistance to 35 countries.25 The expansion of training activities, measured in "man-weeks, " was estimated to have been fivefold between 1 1980 and 1984, from 1,161 to 5,787.26 By comparison, in duly 1962, just eighteen months into the counterinsurgency era, the Joint Chiefs had announced that counterinsurgency MTTs comprising 1,512 men were operating in nineteen different countries.27 Special Forces' role as trainers to foreign armies and paramilitary police, whether at home or abroad, was often undertaken in the glare of publicity. The Special Forces were expected to play both the "Rambo" role and that of the consummate professional, the winner of hearts and minds. The public, fed a diet of Green Beret feature films and staged interviews with Fort Bragg's commanders, were confronted by seemingly contradictory visions of the elite force and its multiple missions: as the merciless purveyors of counterterror and as the wholesome trainers sent to "civilize" their brutal foreign counterparts. Somehow, Pentagon media managers reconcile these image shifts A Time feature, on "A Warrior Elite for the Dirty Jobs," stressed that low-intensity conflicts were more commonly known as "dirty little wars."28 The Special Forces, who are presented as ideal for the job, are characterized as ruthless commandos with no time for winning hearts and minds: "These unorthodox struggles require a special type of soldier: bold and resourceful, often trained in the black arts of stealth and sabotage, suitable for an elite unit that can vanish into alien territory or strike anywhere with speed and surprise."29 Write-ups on the role of special operations forces in countering terrorism went considerably further in stressing their bloodthirsty nature, as well as that of other elite units. A 1985 NBC television report on the 2,000-strong antiterrorist elite stated that the unit's core consisted of 160 people (presumably Delta Force) "psychiatrically screened for their willingness to kill."30" A Newsweek feature on special operations forces reported an exchange at the Los Angeles Olympics: A National Guardsmen on duty asked a Task Force 160 pilot about his mission; " 'If I tell you, I'll have to kill you,' [the pilot] replied."31 The ferocious image was by and large consciously cultivated, and matched by a set of skills and mission orders that indeed required a measure of ferocity. When that image was inconvenient however, Special Forces could be presented in a radically different light. When presented to the press in their role as trainers of regular armies (or paramilitary police), Special Forces were characterized as cosmopolitan professionals handpicked for their human rights sensitivity. A Newsweek feature on Special Forces trainers in El Salvador presented a picture of a conventional boot camp aiming to produce "tough, flexible counterinsurgency units . . . able to hit and pursue guerrillas into the hills," while also "offering lessons in humanity: how to treat civilians fairly and how to take prisoners as well as tally body counts." (The villain of the piece was "history," the Salvadoran army's traditional brutishness, which Special Forces were steadfastly fighting.32) The same themes were systematically harped upon in much of the mainstream media's reporting on American training of Salvadorans. A New York Times feature on Green Beret training for Salvadorans, "Salvador Gets Rights Lesson From the U.S.," described the training of cadets in "the rudiments of military operations, with a heavy emphasis on human rights and antiguerrilla techniques. "33 Major Roger Slaughter, a Spanish- speaking officer from the Special Forces detachment in Panama, "tapped his pointer against the chart listing the do's and don'ts of gaining the support of the people in a fight against guerrillas," and told his visitors that "an army cannot violate the individual rights of the people they are sworn to protect." And so, [w]ith that admonition, drawn from the doctrine of the United States Army, Major Slaughter summed up the message that he and other American instructors have been trying to impress on the army of El Salvador through officer candidates.... Major Slaughter said that winning the allegiance of peasants ... means respecting them.... He said that it meant avoiding what he called "indiscriminate acts of violence."34 The problem of reconciling real special warfare skills and attitudes, notably those involving illegal tactics, to the planners' multipurpose expectations is less easily managed than are public relations. Can Special Forces really be expected to switch from selective assassination one day to civic action the next while standing by to serve as light infantry in a conventional rapid deployment scenario? Should they be expected to? The special operations advocates appear to see no contradiction between the Special Forces' extralegal and unmilitary covert action role, in which military ethics and the rules of war are jettisoned, and their main role in the training of foreign military and paramilitary forces. Special Forces' heavy responsibility for advisory and training assistance to foreign forces has had some influence on the manner in which this role is seen by the institutional armed forces. A comment by General Paul F. Gorman at a 1986 symposium suggests that the traditional lack of enthusiasm of the mainstream military for unconventional warfare now also extends to advisory assistance. On the one hand, there was a "significant, largely overlooked congruence between our key cadres for Security Assistance and those for Special Operations Forces." On the other, special operations personnel and "those on Security Assistance duty abroad [largely the same people] are up against two or three times as hard a problem in obtaining recognition for their contributions."35 The implication was that this role, too, fell to Special Forces by a process of elimination—and by the trend through which advisory assistance since the 1960s had centered increasingly on counterinsurgency. Once Special Forces came to field the bulk of overseas trainers, the curriculum, perhaps naturally, became increasingly skewed toward the unconventional skills and attitudes for which Special Forces are unique. The Elite Genre The turn to the more glamorous elite special forces for counterinsurgency and unconventional warfare in the 1970s and 1980s responded in large part to the need for the appearance of tough action being taken against an increasingly ubiquitous enemy. Defense analyst Eliot Cohen identifies three motivations for the creation, support, and deployment of elite units: "The first is military utility—rational, non-political reasons for having elite units. The second. . . the irrational and romantic sources of support for elite units. The final type . . . stems from the increased politicization of war and military actions in the past half-century."36 However complex the blend of motives for their creation (or revival), elite units are powerful symbols—a means through which signals of resolution and intent can be sent both at home and abroad. In particular, governments have traditionally "sought to cultivate the heroic image of elite units to build up domestic morale."37 But, as the military is aware, this can backfire. Cohen adds two riders on the symbolic role of elite units: First, a democratic government cannot easily control the publicity that surrounds elite units; a government can initiate such publicity, but finds it hard to limit it.... Secondly, elite units may be misleadillg or ambiguous symbols, distorting serious public and governmental discussion of complex issues, encouraging instead a preoccupation with martial theatre.38 The latter concern is perhaps more important; the psychological impact of elite organizations and operations on policymakers and public alike can radically skew perceptions of a particular conflict, substituting the romance of the image-makers for the reality. Cohen cites the French paratroops ("Paras") in Algeria as a case in point; from a solution they promptly became the crux of the problem. And the public's view of the war, too, focused increasingly on whether one was for or against theParas: "[T]he paratroops were a simpler topic to deal with than the philosophical, political, and strategic complexities of the Algerian problem. The average Frenchman's feelings toward the whole Algerian problem could be reduced to his feelings toward the paratroops."39" The American equivalent was, if ultimately to less effect, to make the Green Berets (via John Wayne) a symbol of American patriotism in Vietnam; the romanticized Green Beret made disengagement just that much harder and contributed to America's feeling of betrayal by its own leaders. As a small force with a highly specialized, highly dangerous mission, the army's special warfare experts naturally developed with the characteristics of an elite, like the commandos or rangers of wartime— though with the added elements of shadow and secrecy of the intelligence operative. The characteristics of the army Special Forces were later shared by other American special warfare units, and an affinity with the elite forces of other nations developed. Modern elite military units can be distinguished by their assignment to unusual, extremely hazardous missions, their requirements for forces small in number but highly trained and physically exceptional; and their all-important image—as Cohen notes, "an elite unit becomes elite only when it achieves a reputation, justified or not—for bravura and success."40 Another traditional feature of elite units which the Special Forces embraced was the cultivation of a "hard-boiled" self-image, both through training and through public relations. Image serves an important psychological warfare function. As well as intimidating adversaries, an elite force's tough self-image, its familiarity with death and destruction, can build unit morale and remove combat inhibitions. The French Foreign Legion—"the brides of death"—and the Paras each developed a cult of death as part of their esprit de corps. The Paras' prayer illustrates their professedly abnormal mindset: Give me, my God, what you have left Give me what no one else would ever ask I don't want riches Not success, nor even health . . . I want insecurity and unquiet I want torment and chaos.41 American psy-war chief General Robert McClure, an advocate of tactical terror,42 was also aware that a ruthless reputation could backfire on a unit, perhaps inducing an adversary to fight to the death rather than to surrender to a foe not known for taking prisoners. McClure acknowledges the role of self-image as a motivator, but questions the usefulness of its public dissemination: I fully recognize that our troops must adopt a tough, hard-boiled killer attitude If they arc going to not only survive, but to win these battles I wonder, however, If that indoctrination, which, I repeat, is very necessary, needs to be widely publicized in the press and broadcast to our enemies?43 McClure's concern was prompted by the small number of prisoners taken in the Korean conflict and widespread publicity on Operation KILLER and the Hunter-killer Teams there. It might well apply to the more common scenarios in which elite units are deployed in counterinsurgency, In close contact with the civilian population. The issue of terror and elite elan is particularly relevant to counterinsurgency/counterterrorism forces, forces that are in constant contact with the public. Both the training methods of special forces (including public exercises in towns and cities) and their public image (from threatening billboards and gory regimental insignia, to the standard-issue uniforms) may serve to cultivate an aggressively antisocial orientation, such as that of the colonialist Foreign Legion. They may also prepare the ground for atrocity. Psychological Screening—and "Modeling"—for Elite Since 1961, U.S. military procedures for the selection of personnel for specialized counterinsurgency and covert action tasks have been the objects of intensive research in army, air force, and navy programs.44 In 361, an air force project was initiated to develop "psychological selection methods for dangerous counterinsurgency missions"; a similar program followed that was conducted by the U. S. Army Personnel Research Office (USAPRO) at Fort Bragg's Center for Special Warfare. The first testing of active-duty Special Forces personnel who were considered successful candidates was already under way in early 1961 and provided the basis for a profile that would be used to develop tests to determine the probable performance of Special Forces candidates. By 1962, three series of tests were in use: the "special forces suitability inventory" was designed to assess personality characteristics considered appropriate for the discipline; the "critical decisions test" measured risk-taking; and the "locations test" assessed spatial perception.45 By the 1970s, the military could count on sophisticated means to establish personality and skill profiles for the ideal counterinsurgent or covert operator. Another branch of military psychology applicable to the elite counterterrorist units was "atrocity research," studies of why atrocities occur and the personality traits associated with killers. A navy research project led by psychologist Sigmund Streufert was the subject of awkward questions in 1971 by Congressman Cornelius Gallagher, who found the research to be "designed to measure how different individuals value human life; in other words to screen for those who, attaching little value to life, might make good killers."46' More disturbing is evidence of research into means of conditioning military personnel into more efficient killers. Peter Watson, in his study of the military use of psychology, refers to a 1975 NATO-sponsored conference on stress and anxiety in which U.S. Navy doctor Thomas Narut lectured on "symbolic modeling," by which people could be taught to cope with certain stresses, techniques that he said were "being used with 'combat readiness units' to train people to cope with the stress of killing."47 The methods were reportedly used for commando teams and special navy operatives, and they involved the screening of "films specially designed to show people being killed in violent ways. By being acclimatized through these films, the men were supposed eventually to become able to disassociate their emotions from such situations. "48 Other aspects of the program included training aimed at "stress reduction" and "dehumanization of the enemy." Dr. Narut reportedly also described the screening procedure for men with "passive aggressive personalities" suitable for "commando tasks": They are people with a lot of drive, though they are well-disciplined and do not appear nervous, who periodically experience bursts of explosive energy when they can literally kill without remorse. Dr. Narut said that he and colleagues had therefore been looking for men who had shown themselves capable of killing in this premeditated way.49 The Trouble with Elites The regular military was still not prepared to open the Pandora's box of special warfare tactics to conventional American forces, and it remained largely dependent on the disciplines and elite forces of special warfare. The implication was that the regular services remained unhappy about degrading the services as a whole when the dirty work could just as well be left to the "elite" personnel of Special Forces. The alienation of the political warriors of the postwar period from the mainstream military had been a consequence of both their elite status and the professional "impropriety" of their role in special, political, or "dirty" warfare. An officer at the Army War College, writing in 1983 recounts the case of a Fifth Special Forces Group commander relieved of his command "largely because of the collision of two competing impulses: that of the Army officer who doesn't lie, cheat, or steal, and that of the intelligence operative who always has a cover story to disguise his true function or intent. Some problems refuse to go away. " In short he concludes, the U.S. Army "has demonstrated institutional antipathy to elites and continues to do so."50 The disquiet over special warfare can be traced back to the confusion of unconventional warfare with psychological warfare in postwar doctrine, and at the inception of Special Forces. Colonel Russell Volckmann in a 1969 letter concerning the Special Forces' subordination to the Psychological Warfare Center at Fort Bragg, recalled the concern of officers promoting the Special Forces concept: "Behind-the-line operations and the 'dirty-tricks game' had enough opposition amongst conventional military minds that had to be overcome without adding the additional problems inherent in Psychological Warfare. However, we lost that European experience has shown that elites need not be specialists in the clandestine aspects of warfare to engender institutional unease and to assume characteristics deemed threatening to military order and discipline. Institutional resentment and preoccupation can be stimulated by separate formations of a distinctly higher status (and potentially decisive power, on the lines of the French Paras). A second cause for institutional distrust IS quite different, and involves those special units that have been assigned roles at the bounds—or beyond the bounds—of the permissible in the laws and usages of war; the snipers, raiders, and irregulars that since the nineteenth century have pushed back the limits in modern warfare. Forces with unique, elite skills may be set apart because they are elite in status or isolated from the regular services on the grounds of military decorum and discipline. The Elite within the Elite The Fort Bragg-based Delta Force was the primary antiterrorist force for the high-profile actions of hostage rescue and terrorist interdiction. An agreement with West Germany was reported in late 1986 permitting Delta to use facilities there as a forward reconnaissance and intelligence gathering base for a twelve-man unit, and to carry out joint operations with the German GSG9 and British SAS forces.52 Delta was an elite within an elite. The existence of other secret antiterrorist units drawn from the military's elite forces would gradually be revealed over the years. The army's secret counterterror detachments were most often exposed in the 1980s when things went wrong through an excess of zeal, by military disasters that could not be hushed up, or when corruption— encouraged by the use of untraceable, unaccountable funds—became too serious to be overlooked. Delta's secret role in the Grenada invasion became known largely because of scathing critiques by military insiders of its poor planning. Intended to secure the main airstrip before the arrival of the army Rangers, Delta arrived precisely two hours late, supposedly because planners misread Grenada's time zone. Delta Force received further unwanted exposure in October 1985, in the wake of the Achille Lauro hijack. The diversion by U.S. Navy jets of an Egypt Air airliner to an airfield in Sicily had already incensed the Italian government. Delta threw relations even more out of joint by precipitating an angry, armed face-off with Italian troops on the ground after the diversion. Italian Prime Minister Bettino Craxi told the press a week later of the tense moment in which Italian troops were ready to fire on Delta Force troops who had rushed out of a C-141 transport that landed right behind the Egyptian aircraft.53 Delta's involvement had hitherto been a secret. Delta's problems were not limited to its military operations. In 1985, an army inquiry found evidence that Delta personnel had embezzled up to $500,000, with one Special Forces colonel and three associates accounting for at least $60,000.54 An internal army inquiry into the matte was put off in the fall of 1985 on the grounds that it could cripple the unit's planned operations in the Mediterranean.55 The army ultimate!, announced that eighty Delta men received "nonjudicial punishments; and seven were facing courts-martial.56 Lt. Col. Dale Duncan, who headed an army special operations proprietary, Business Security International (BSI), was charged with submitting a series of false invoices. including one bill for $56,230 in electronic equipment that had been paid for by another army intelligence unit.57 These were the first of what Newsweek called "a growing number of investigations, prosecutions and courts- martial focusing on alleged financial impropriety by members of Delta and other super-secret units spawned by the Reagan administration. "58 The prosecutions that ensued brought to light some of the contradictions between covert action accounting, where the rule of thumb was to eliminate the paper trail, and democratic accountability. Colonel James E. Noble, an army judge on the court martial which acquitted Special Forces Master Sergeant Ramon Barron of charges pertaining to his work with BSI, concluded: "The Army chose this extraordinary means to circumvent accountability for money.... By so doing they also chose to risk losing the money."59 John Prados, in commenting on the Delta Force's disdain for standard accounting procedures, observes wryly that "items procured for supposedly clandestine missions included a Rolls-Royce and a hot-air balloon."60 Two years after the Delta corruption inquiry, fresh investigations revealed more information on Business Security International, which suggested that it had operated quite apart from Delta Force. BSI was described as a front for army covert actions, set up in 1983 and code-named " Yellow Fruit, " to provide security for joint army-CIA operations in the Middle East and Central America. An April 1987 CBS News report linked " Yellow Fruit" to the covert operations of the National Security Council that were coordinated by Lt. Col. North and retired General Richard Secord.61 In its reporting on the Iran-contraaffair, CBS tied BSI (" Yellow Fruit") to a Swiss bank account used by North and Secord to lease a cargo ship for arms movements. The army halfheartedly disputed the bank account charge, but CBS stood by its story (the account number had been provided to CBS by a former member of the unit). "2 BSI / "Yellow Fruit" was most likely an operation run by the newest of the Pentagon's covert intelligence agencies, Intelligence Support Activity (ISA). The top-secret ISA was created as the army's Foreign Operations Group (FOG), in response to the crisis in Iran after the fall of the Shah. It operated over a year unbeknownst to the Secretary of Defense, the CIA, or Congress. The unit, renamed Intelligence Support Activity, was formally established in October 1980 by then-army chief of staff General Edward C. Meyer. Initially established for covert intelligence collection to support operations during the Iran crisis, ISA was subsequently employed for covert operations considered too sensitive for the army's special operations and intelligence establishment.63Although ISA was allegedly unknown to congressional intelligence oversight committees until 1982, it had already engaged in major covert operations. The first hills of ISA's existence emerged in March 1983, when Lt. Col. James "Bo" Gritz testified to a congressional subcommittee about his abortive raid into Laos early that year. Gritz said that in 1981 he had been approached by "a special intelligence (group) referred to as 'The Activity' " concerning a covert mission into Indochina aimed at freeing any American MIA's still held there.64 Although neither Congress nor the Pentagon would confirm the account—or the existence of the ISA— by May 1983, press inquiries established that Gritz had received some support in the intelligence area from a new army agency, the ISA. The New York Times concluded that the ISA had participated in the January 1982 rescue of General James Dozier from Italian Red Brigade kidnapers and was "operating missions against leftist forces in El Salvador and supporting anti-government forces in Nicaragua."65 Other sources credited ISA with unspecified operations concerning hostages in Lebanon.66 The current status of the ISA—which may now exist under another name—is unclear. Like Delta Force, some of its personnel exploited its clandestine operations for personal gain. In 1985, the ISA was reportedly disbanded after FBI investigators "discovered lavish trips being taken by some officers and their wives."67 But the Washington Post reported that in 1986 the ISA had carried out a number of classified actions in coordination with the intergovernmental "Operations Sub- Group" (OSG) set up to coordinate counterterrorist operations.68 John Prados has suggested that the Counterterrorist Joint Task Force at Fort Bragg, a unit of less than twenty men, may be "an operational component of ISA.""' Another source has suggested that ISA, rather than just a tight group of operatives, is probably "a computer data base of operatives with special skills who can be assigned for covert operations."70 In the past, special operations personnel were kept on call after their formal discharge from active duty. The army's top-secret special operations air arm, Task Force 160— or the "Night Stalkers"—was exposed to the public gradually, mainly In consequence of casualties that could not wholly be concealed. A battalion-strength unit, TF160 supported covert Special Forces and Delta operations on detail from the 101st Air Assault Division. Based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Task Force 160 crews worked in civvies and flew a range of high-tech helicopters for "black operations. " Its involvement in the Grenada invasion—as the helicopter airlift component of Delta Force—was revealed after one of the helicopters was shot down. Photographs taken of the downed chopper and of others dropping off commandos showed they were Hughes 500 models, which were not officially in use by the army.71' Authorities eventually acknowledged the death of one Task Force 160 helicopter pilot in Grenada; subsequent Defense Department budget requests for the replacement of equipment lost in the operation suggested that up to ten other helicopters, some of them Task Force 160, may have been lost.72 Investigators of the web of CIA and Defense proprietaries involved in the "Contra-gate" affair subsequently attributed the covert transport of the helicopters to Barbados—in anticipation of the invasion—to a proprietary headed by retired Air Force Lt. Col. Richard Gadd, who would also preside over the airlift of assistance to the contras in partnership with retired Gen. Richard Secord.73 Task Force 160 next appeared in the news in December 1985 after the Detroit Free Press interviewed the friends and families of sixteen army men reportedly killed in helicopter accidents in the unit.74 Although the inquiry did not tie specific deaths to covert operations, it concluded that the unit had "flown missions into Nicaragua and other hostile Central American zones, despite U. S. laws forbidding such military activity. "75 The father of Warrant Officer Donald Alvey, age 26, who was reported killed in a chopper crash off the Virginia coast on 20 March 1983, recounted his son's stories of his clandestine exploits: "Don flew a bunch of missions into Nicaragua.... He'd go somewhere and pick up a group of people in a clearing in the jungle . . . armed troops, speaking Spanish—and take them to another clearing in the jungle."76 Relatives said the unit members wore civilian clothes, flew by night, and were instructed to destroy their aircraft it they were forced down; they were also told "that the U.S. government would disavow them if captured or killed."77 A Fort Campbell spokesman responded, stating that "no Fort Campbell units have been involved in any military operations."78 The stories were consistent with the accounts from relatives of earlier U.S. covert action casualties in Nicaragua during the last years of Anastasio Somoza Debayle's regime. The secret units involved in the United States' war on Nicaragua found more comprehensive exposure in the course of the Iran-contra hearings. 1. John M. Collins, U.S. and Soviet Special Operations, Draft Committee Print for Special Operations Panel, House Armed Services Committee (Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress: Washington, D.C., 23 December 1986), p. 24; Shelby Stanton, The Green Berets at War: V. S. Army Special Forces in Southeast Asia, 1956-1975 (London: Arms and Armour Press, 1986), p. 174. 2. Stephen Goose, "Low-intensity Warfare: The Warriors and Their Weapons," in Peter Kornbloh and Michael Klare, Low Intensity Warfare: Counterinsurgency, Proinsurgency, and Antiterrorism in the Eighties (New York: Pantheon, 1988), p. 82. 3. Ibid. These projections were nearly met: see Epilogue, p. 449, in this volume. 4. Secretary of the Army John Marsh, in Frank R. Barnett, B. Hugh Tovar, and Richard H. Shultz, eds., Special Operations in U.S. Strategy (Washington, D.C.: National Defense University Press, in cooperation with National Defense Information Center, 1984), p. 19; John Prados, Presidents' Secret Wars: CIA and Pentagon Covert Operations from World War 11 through Iranscam (NCWYork: Quill/William Morrow, 1986), p. 386. The fourth was created around a nucleus comprised of one "A" Detachment hived off from each company in the three active groups (Collins. U.S. and Soviet Special Operations, p. 24). Four more reserve Special Forces groups with about the same force level provided a manpower pool for covert operations. 5 Collins, U. S. and Soviet Special Operations, p. 24. The Seventh, with a Latin American regional focus, is based at Fort Bragg. Delta, First Special Operations Operational Detachment "1)," is directed from the closed installation adjoining Fort Bragg, Pope Air Base. The Fifth (with the Middle East and Africa its regional specialties), was based at Fort Bragg until 1986, when its transfer to Fort Campbell, Kentucky, was initiated. A battalion of the Seventh operated out of Panama and provided most of the detachments detailed for training duties to Honduras. The Tenth, with an orientation toward European and Mediterranean theaters, was based at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, with a battalion stationed at Bad Tolz, West Germany. The First SF Group, oriented toward Southeast Asia and the Pacific, was based at Fort Lewis, Washington, with a battalion based on Okinawa. 5. H. Jason Brady, "US Special Forces Revamp, "Jane's Defence Weekly (26 July 1986), p. 126. 6. Lilia Bermúdez, Guerra de baja intensidad (Mexico: Siglo Veintiuno, 1987), p. 95, citing Center of Defense Information statistics. 7. James Adams, "US Plans To Add Punch," (12 October 1986). 8. Brady, "US Special Forces Revamp," p. 126: $139 million was earmarked for a five-year construction program at Fort Bragg, to include $23.5 million for facilities for the new Third Special Forces group in 1989. 9. Ibid. 10. Ibid., p. 127. That the subordination of the 96th to special operations might result in a reorientation of army civil affairs (rather than representing a change in the nature of special operations) is suggested by the requirement in 1986 that Civil Affairs personnel undergo parachute training; "Now 164 positions within the battalion are jump slots," according to Lt. Col. Rance Farrell, commander of the 96th in mid-1986. 11. Robert W. Komer, Bureaucracy at War: U.S. Performance in the Vietnam Conflict (Boulder, Col.: Westview Press, 1986), p. 117, citing the 1971 official edition of The Pentagon Papers, vol. 6.C.5, p. 20. President Johnson had himself apparently suggested that civil affairs teams "be integrated into provincial governments on an experimental basis," but he did not press the point. 12. Bermúdez, Guerra de baja intensidad, pp. 100, 102. 13. Ibid., p. 100. 14. Ian V. Hogg, "Special Forces Update," Jane's Defence Weekly (17 November 1984) 15. Bermúdez, Guerra de baja intensidad, p. 99, citing "US Special Operations Revisited, " Defense and Foreign Affairs (October 1985), p. 32. Prospective SEALs are put through a one- year course. 16. Ibid. 17. Prados, Presidents' Secret Wars, p. 392. 18. James Adams, "US Plans to Add Punch" (12 October 1986); Prados, Presidents' Secret Wars, p. 392, reports the planned deployment of SEAL teams of less than 200 men to forward bases in Puerto Rico, Scotland, and Hawaii. 19. Caspar Weinberger, "The Phenomenon of Low-Intensity Warfare, " in Department of Defense, Proceedings of the Low-Intensity Warfare Conference 14-15 January 1986, p. 16. 20. Bermúdez, Guerra de baja intensidad, p. 94, citing a statement in Col. John M. Oseth, "Intelligence and Low-Intensity Conflict,"Naval War College Review (November-December 1984), p. 21. Training was also devised to permit "foreign armies to confront instability and aggression land] to increase the capability of our friends to confront Soviet expansionism" (translation from the Spanish by the author). 22. Stanton, The Green Berets at War, p.37. Exhaustive reviews of the Special Forces role can also be found in Colonel Francis J. Kelly, U.S. Army Special Forces 1961-1971 (Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, Vietnam Studies Series, 1973).). On the prisoner rescue mission, the latter (p. 148) notes that "while several camps were overrun, they were found to be deserted. Operations to recover prisoners of war were a constant objective, even though they were unsuccessful." 21. Roger M. Pezzele, "Military Capabilities and Special Operations in the 1980s," in Barnett,, Tovar, and Shultz, Special Operations in U.S. Strategy, pp. 142-43. 22. Richard Halloran, "Army's Special Forces Try To Rebuild Image,"New York Times (21 August 1982).). 23. James Adams, "US Plans to Add Punch" (12 October 1986). 24. Bermúdez, Guerra de baja intensidad, p. 93, citing "America's Secret Soldiers: The Buildup of U.S. Special Operations Forces,"The Defense Monitor 14, no. 2 (1985; Washington, Center for Defense Information), p. 2. See also Stephen 1). Goose, "Low-Intensity Warfare," in Kornbluh and Klare, Low Intensity Warfare, pp. 8384, who adds that special operations forces operated MTTs during the same period "in over three dozen nations, including Grenada, Honduras, El Salvador,, Costa Rica, Colombia, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Tunisia, Morocco, Liberia, Zaire, the Philippines, and Thailand." Special operations forces made up "25 to 35 percent of all MTT's, including virtually all of those employed in counterinsurgency training." 25. General L. L. Lemnitzer, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 17 July 1962, "Memo for the Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs," enclosing "A Summary of US Military Counterinsurgency Accomplishments Since 1 January 1961," Carrollton Press Declassified Documents Reference System (®242C). All but nine of the teams had been working in Latin America and Southeast Asia. 26. "A Warrior Elite for the Dirty Jobs," Time (13 January 1986), pp. 16-19. 27. Ibid., p. 17. The Special Forces' training role was fairly accurately described in this account as training friendly forces "in the art of guerrilla warfare," offensive and defensive. 28. Cited in "US Said To Field Counter-Terrorist Force," Reuters (2 January 1985). 29. "America's Secret Military Forces," Newsweek (22 April 1985), p. 22. 30. "Teaching the ABC's of War," Newsweek (28 March 1983), pp. 30-31. 31. Richard Halloran, "Salvador Gets Rights Lesson from the U.S.,"New York Times (18 April 1982). 32. Ibid. 33. Gen.. Paul Gorman, "Low-intensity Warfare: American Dilemma," in DOD, Pro ceedings of the Low-Intensity Warfare Conference 14-15 January 1986, p. 26. 34. Eliot A. Cohen, Commandos and Politicians: Elite Military Units in Modem Democracies, Harvard Studies in International Affairs (Cambridge, Mass.: Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, 1978), p. 29. 35. See, in particular, ibid., pp. 60-65, "Elite units as symbols." 36. Ibid., pp. 64-65. Cohen also refers to the failures at Dieppe, Dien Bien Phu, and Amem as a consequence of generals who "thought that a quick victory could be achieved by relying on elite troops alone." The Dieppe raid, a "reconaissance in force" of some 5,000, was commemorated by awarding the commandos their first green berets. A modern equivalent is the 1980s hype over special operations forces— and the rejuvenation and perpetuation of the idea that a quick fix can be made in low-intensity conflict through the short sharp shock of elite forces. 37. Ibid., p. 63. 38. Ibid., p. 17. 39. Ibid., p. 69. 40. Alfred H. Paddock, U.S. Army Special Warfare: Its Origin (Washington, D.C./Fort McNair: National Defense University, 1982), p. 96. 41. Ibid., p. 98. 42. This is discussed at length in British psychologist Peter Watson's study War on the Mind: The Military Uses and Abuses of Psychology (Harmondsworth, Eng.: Penguin 1978; rev. ed. 1980). 43. Ibid., pp. 279-80. 44. The exact purpose of the study (and of the 135-part questionnaire produced to assess "value- of-life") was not clarified, however, and Strenfert was himself "not convinced that these questions did adequately separate the 'efficient' killers from the nonkillers" (ibid., p. 36 end pp. 179-81, citing "Gallagher proposes study of ending Navy Department's project: Group Technology," correspondence inserted in the record by Cornelius Gallagher, Congressional Record, 2 March 1971, pp. E1295— E 1202). 45. Ibid., pp. 181-82, citing statements made by Dr. Narut in the conference, in a conversation with Watson and a colleague (Dr. Alfred Zitani) and in a subsequent interview. 46. Ibid. 47. Ibid. Tests reportedly used by Dr. Narut included the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, "especially its subscales measuring hostility, depression and psychopathy, and the Rorschach...." 48. Lt. Col. Henry G. Gole, US Army War College, reviewing Paddock's U.S. Army Special Warfare: Its Origins, in Parameters(September 1983), pp. 93-94. Gole also notes the career element as an indicator: "To invest time and energy in special operations was—and continues to be—a career gamble.... Psychological operations are for the poet or career deviant; Special Forces are for hopeless romantics; long-range reconnaissance is a sideshow." 49. Volckmann, and others, were opposed to having the Special Forces brief include psychological warfare, because the behind-the-lines specialty was already a sufficient problem: "We felt that there was in general a stigma connected with Psychological Warfare, especially among combat men, that we didn't care to have 'rub off on Special Forces" (cited in Paddock, U.S. Army Special Warfare, p. 151). 50. James Adams, "Delta Force Gets Base in Europe," Sunday Times(London, 28 September 1986). Delta reportedly took part in yearly maneuvers (code-named "Flintlock") with German and Italian special forces previously; SAS reportedly demurred, despite NATO sponsorship (in keeping with its low-profile attitude). James Adams, "Delta Force: The High-tech Way To Get Behind Enemy Lines— and Back," Sunday Times (London; 14 April 1985). 51. Charles R. Babcock and Caryle Murphy, "Army Reportedly Put off Probe of Elite U. S. Unit, " Washington Post Service,International Herald Tribune (22 November 1985). 52. " 'Black' Funds; Elite Army Troops Face Charges," Time (2 December 1985). 53. Ibid. 54. Ibid. 55. Ibid.; David M. Alpern, "Delta Force under fire," Newsweek, 16 December 1985. 56. Alpern, "Delta Force," Newsweek (16 Decmber 1985), p. 31. 57. Ibid. 58. Prados, Presidents' Secret Wars, p. 391. 59. Charles R. Babcock, "Army Probe Finds No Link between Secret Unit, Swiss Account, " Washington Post (3 July 1987). A former member of the unit, William T. Golden, served as a prosecution witness in the criminal trial of leaders of the unit on corruption charges. Lt. Col. Dale C. Duncan was indicted by a federal grand jury for fiddling expense account advances; at the time of indictment he had already been court-martialed by the army. 60. Ibid. The army argued that the number had two digits too many for a Swiss account. 61. Prados, Presidents' Secret Wars, pp. 391-92, gives ISA's origins as FOG and casts General Richard Stilwell (retired), then the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, as the éminence grise of army intelligence who stimulated ISA growth. Jeff Gerth and Philip Taubman, "New Covert U.S Commando Units Said To Raise Concern in Congress,"," New York Times Service,International Herald Tribune (12 June 1984), dates Meyer's creation of ISA proper to October 1980. 62. Christopher Hanson, "Pentagon Forms New Spy Agency, " Reuters (11 May 1983). Gritz said ISA had been convinced in 1981 that there was sufficient evidence U.S. troops were still held captive in Indochina "to warrant a rescue mission, to be code-named 'Grand Eagle.' " He said planning went on for months and involved sending agents into the region to search for secret detention camps but that the official project collapsed because of a turf battle between ISA and the Defense Intelligence Agency. 63. Cited in ibid. 64. Prados, Presidents' Secret Wars, p. 392. 65. Alpern, "Delta Force," Newsweek (16 December 1985). The FBI investigation was first reported in Newsweek, 22 April 1985. 66. "Despite bad publicity in 1982 over leek of oversight and mishandling of some of its $10 million budget, the ISA continues to function throughout 1986." National Security Archive, The Chronology: The Documented Day-by-Day Account of the Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Contras (New York: Warner, 1987), p. 234, citing Washington Post (17 and 20 February 1987). 67. Prados, Presidents' Secret Wars, p. 392. 68. National Security Archive, The Chronology, p. 16, citing interviews and New York Times (11 May 1983). 69. Prados, Presidents' Secret Wars, p. 389. 70. Ibid. 71. National Security Archive, The Chronology, pp. 233-34. 72. The article, by Frank Greve and Ellen Warren, appeared on 16 December 1984 in the Detroit Free Press; it is cited in Christopher Dickey, With the Contras: A Reporter in the Wilds of Nicaragua (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1985), p. 263, and "Missions by U.S. Unit in Nicaragua Reported," International Herald Tribune (17 December 1984). 73. Ibid., citing the Detroit Free Press and AP and UPI cables. "Death Waits in the Dark, " Newsweek (22 April 1985) focused on the hazardous training drills of the unit; the cooperation of unit commander Colonel Terence Henry with Newsweek appears to have been an exercise in damage control after the Free Pressallegations. Although Henry provided details on reported training accidents said to have led to the deaths of sixteen "Night Stalkers" in 1983 (60 percent of all army helicopter fatalities in the year, although the unit fielded only 2 percent of the helicopters), the account did not wholly dispel whatNewsweek described as "speculation that some of the 1983 training accidents were staged to cover up fatalities the unit incurred in Central America. " 74. "Missions by U.S. Unit," International Herald Tribune (17December 1984). 75. Ibid. 76. Harold Jackson, "Reagan Battles for 'Contra' Funds," Guardian (London; 18 December 1984). Instruments of Statecraft: U.S. Guerilla Warfare, Counterinsurgency, and Counterterrorism, 1940-1990\ http://www.statecraft.org/chapter15.html - 49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Howard Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 (edited) One observation about the ONI related documents that have been released so far, is that they provide, at least in my view, a microcosm of a great deal of the most relevant aspects of the JFK assassination. There are exceptions, of course. ONI documents generally speaking, seem to fall under the following subject/person headings. Lee Oswald, his family, his time spent in the Soviet Union and documents which interface between Marguerite, Lee and the State Department, Richard Snyder, etc. The Paine family, Ruth, [Hyde, Hoke families] with the Paine family going back as far as the late 1950's, George Lyman Paine, and the Johnson/Forest Group. INTERPEN and related persons, as below Cuban groups and persons, especially those related to Guantanamo Naval Base; i.e. 2nd Naval Guerrilla ELOY GUTIERREZ MENOYO, Angel Santos Bush ONI Routing Slips which intertwine with CIA documents following a timeline, predominating from 1959 to after the assassination. [some of which are cited by John Newman in his book Oswald and The CIA.] John Thomas Dunkin, there are some documents on George DeMohrenschildt and even a Ku Klux Klan related document...... The following document, provides a look into Jerry Hemming, and ostensibly, how he interfaced with some of the events associated with ONI and the government, especially in the Kennedy Administration. The more familiar one is with the assassination in general, the more one can appreciate the following document.... The list of the ships and vessels involved in anti-Castro operations alone make it a very important document. NO TITLE 02/09/1977 http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...amp;relPageId=1 DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY Office of the Judge Advocate General Washington, D.C. 20370 IN REPLY REFER TO JAG:FOI: ID96:vsk Serial14L/15084 9 Feb 1977 From: Judge Advocate General To: Federal Bureau of Investigation, 10th and Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20935 Subject: Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act, Request of Mr. Gerald Patrick Hemming, Jr. Enclosure: ltr. from Gerald Patrick Hemming dtd 22 Dec. 76 1. Enclosure (1) is a copy of a Freedom of Information Act Privacy Act appeal. Mr. Hemming makes several requests for information not previously requested and not in the possession of the Judge Advocate General of the Navy. That part of the request dealing with information which may be in your possession is referred to your office for such action as may be necessary. Mr. Hemming will be notified of this referral and it is requested that you correspond directly with Mr. Hemming in connection with the enclosed documents. 2. Copies of Mr. Hemming’s letter have been forwarded to the other offices and agencies appearing in Mr. Hemming’s letter as appropriate. 3. Any questions regarding this referral may be discussed with Captain John R. Roe USMCR 694-4028/4032 W. Dean Pfaff Robert: Note page 3 is a duplicate of page 2 The Judge Advocate General (Code 14L) Department of the Navy Washington D. C. 20370 Ref. Letter from Capt. L. E. Connell, USN Director, Naval Investigative Service Dated 21 October, 1976 NIS-27Fbem; 5400; Ser U2719 Sir: Capt. Connell stated, in his cover letter referenced above, releasing some documents pursuant to my request, under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), to the FBI, of 27 August 1975, that: (a.) he was the official responsible for deletions from documents; that. (b.) such deletions represented a denial under the FOIA; and (c.) he further stated that I had 120 days to appeal this decision to the Secretary of the Navy. I, Gerald Patrick HEMMING, Jr., formerly Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, Service Number 1488247, with honorable discharge from USMCR dated 18 April 1962, do hereby state the following: (a.) This letter serves as my appeal to the denial, of my partial FOIA request, by Capt. L.E. Connell, USN. (b.) My appeal covers the documents, with portions deleted, now in my possession, described in said denial as: (i.) Memorandum for Mr. J.Edgar Hoover, Director, FBI, In Re: OP-921E2/was, Ser. 0999OP92, 23 July 1963, Ref: (a) FBI Report of 12 March 1963, Subj: EX-SGT. Gerald Patrick HEMMING, . . . DELETED . . . . ; (ii.) Memorandum for Mr. J.Edgar Hoover, Director, FBI, In Re: OP-921E2/cn Ser 28106P92 23 Oct 1961, Ref: (a) FBI (Miami) Memo . . . . DELETED . . . of 1Sept. 1961, Subj: . . . . DELETED . . .; and (iii.) Memorandum for Mr. J.Edgar Hoover, Director, FBI, In Re: OP-921E/ajd, Ser: 21251P92, 6 July 1961, Subj: HENNING, Gerald Patrick, 1488247, USMCR . . . . DELETED . . . Ref: (a) FBI MIAMI Inv Rpt . . . DELETED . . . . of May 18, 1961. Subj: Anti-Communist Legionnaires (c.) My appeal also covers documents, now held by the Naval Investigative Service, that to date, have not been sent to me, to wit: (i.) Requests from the Central Intelligence Agency to ONI, during calendar years 1959, 1960 and 1961, requesting all information regarding my participation in the Cuban Rebel Army (Parachute Regiment) and the Cuban Rebel Air Force. The request from CIA to ONI during 1961 referred to my participation, with various anti-Castro organizations, as a guerilla warfare instructor. (ii.) Requests from CIA to ONI during 1962, in reference to my activities, in obtaining missile installation intelligence, prior to, during and after the October, 1962 missile crisis, including, but not limited to: (A.) requests referring to my forwarding of this intelligence to certain members of Congress, and to then-Governor of Florida the Honorable Farris BRYANT; (B.) also included, were requests by CIA to ONI referring to my liason with certain Marine Corps and Naval Aviation officers involved in Cuban overflights during the missile crisis. (iii.) Memoranda, to and from FBI and ONI in reference to my filing of written, unsigned intelligence reports to ONI, through intermediaries, said reports including, but not limited to: (A.) a report referencing maritime infiltration operations against Communist Cuba during 1961. (B.) specifically the report forwarded to ONI, during August 1961, which report details my participation in a trip, to the north coast of Cuba on a mission to insert four Cuban CIA agents, who were on a classified mission. (iv.) Memoranda from FBI, CIA, U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Customs Bureau and DIA to ONI in reference to my conversations at the White House, during March, 1963, with General Clifton, military Aide to President John F. Kennedy. (v.) Memoranda from FBI, CIA, U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Customs Bureau and DIA to ONI in reference to my briefings at the Pentagon during March, 1963, with General Victor KRULAK, USMC. (vi.) Memoranda from FBI, CIA, State Department Intelligence and Research et al, to ONI, in reference to my meetings during March 1963, with Under-Secretary of State Sterling J. Cottrell at his offices in the State Department Building. (vii.) Memoranda from FBI, CIA, et al. in reference to any relationship from 1959 through and including 1963, between myself and Lee Harvey Oswald (deceased, EX-PFC USMC). (d.) All the foregoing, I (a) through I (e) (vii), constitutes a limited description of material denied to me, under the Freedom of Information Act, which denial I hereby appeal. II. I, Gerald Patrick HEMMING, Jr., do hereby formally request under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 USC 552, 552a, the following material, even though it may not, refer to me, or mention my name or alias GERRY PATRICK, to wit: All material held by the Department of the Navy, including any subdivisions of same, such as, but not limited to, U.S. Marine Corps, Naval Investigative Service, Naval Oceanographic Survey Service, Military Sea Transportation Service, etc., said material that refers to the following: a. Operation during April 1961, by U.S. Navy vessels, and/or U.S. Naval Ships, normally under CINCLANT, said operations conducted in support of, operations near the south coast of Cuba (Bay of Pigs), specifically the Task Force(s) or Task Group(s), involving the aircraft carrier ESSEX and other, escorting vessels, including those vessels which arrived at Roosevelt Roads and Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, during late April, 1961. b. Operation during 1962, by U.S. Navy vessels, and/or U.S. Naval Ships, normally under CINCLANT, said operations conducted in support of, and including U.S.S. Oxford, (AGR) and other USN, and/or USNS vessels or ships operating in the vicinity of the island of Cuba, for intelligence purposes, (ELINT), in particular those operations involving recovery of personnel, from smaller vessels, during extraction/insertion operations; and specifically the Memorandum request from FBI to ONI regarding one Rafael SANTANA, a Castro double-agent picked up by the (AGR) Oxford, who was later transferred to NAS, Boca Chica, Key West, Florida. (c.) Operations during 1962 through and including 1965 by U.S. Navy vessels and/or U.S. Naval ships normally under CINCLANT, said operations conducted in support of, CIA covert activities involving the following privateers: (i.) M/V JOANNE (ii.) M/V SANTA MARIA (iii.) M/V RIPTIDE (iv.) M/V BARBARA J (v.) M/V TEJANA II (vi.) M/V REX: (vii.) M/V LEDA (viii.) M/V STAR (ix. M/V FLY TIGER (x.) M/V THOR (xi.) M/V VENUS (xii.) M/V EXPLORER II (xiii.) SS MARINE SULPHUR QUEEN (xiv.) M/S FLORIDIAN (xv.) M/S J. LOUIS (xvi.) Schooner POLYNESIA; and (xvii.) Schooner CARABEE (d.) Among the types of vessels cited in (e) (i) through © (xvii) above, are ex-AKL, ex-Sub-Chaser, etc., some of which operated under the flag and/or registry of Liberia, Panama, Honduras and other “flags of convenience” nations. Operations referenced in © above will include operations in support of, the clandestine base at Biata Island, Dominican Republic and the support facility at Navassa Island near Jamaica. (e.) Operations during 1961 through and including 1965 by U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps personnel, normally under CINCLANT said operations conducted at the Naval Base and Naval Air Facility Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in support of CIA covert activities against Communist Cuba, to wit: (i.) Operation “Marte” during 1960-1961 involving former Cuban Rebel Army officers, including, but not limited to: (A) Roberto “Tico” Herrera ( Argimiro Fonseca © Anton Constanzo Palau, and others (ii) Operation “MONGOOSE” from November 1961 through and including October 1962; and (iii) Operation “ZR/RIFLE” from 1961 through and including 1965 specifically all memoranda or information that refer to the murder of a Castro Cuban spy at Guantanamo Naval Base wherein were involved the following U.S. Military personnel, including but not limited to: (A) Capt. Arthur J. Jackson, USMC. ( 1Lt. William A. Szilli, USMC and others. (f) Operations from 1963 to 1965 by USN and/or USNS vessels, aircraft and personnel, normally under CINCLANT, said operations conducted in support of, CIA covert activities involving an anti-Castro exile group, titled M.R.R. (Movimento de Recuperacion Revolucionario) and said exile sub-group Second Naval Guerilla; said group and/or sub-group operating out of, bases at Tortuguero-Costa Rica, Monkey Point-Nicaragua and facilities in the Dominican Republic. (III) All items requested in II above are formally requested under 5 USC 552, 552a, as referenced material is urgently required for use in Federal criminal cases in the Southern District of Florida, said cases entitled: (a) UNITED STATES vs. GERALD PATRICK HEMMING, ET AL.; Case No. 76-361-Cr-Ca and ( UNITED STATES vs. GERALD PATRICK HEMMING, ET AL.; Case No. FL-76-6085-Cr-JE. It is also my intention, at this time to issue Subpoenas Duces Tecum for all of the above material.Your cooperation is appreciated Respectfully submitted Gerald Patrick Hemming, Jr. 1121 Jann Avenue Opa Locka, Florida 33054 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT STATE OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF DADE Before me personally appeared Gerald Patrick HEMMING, to me well known and known to me described in and who executed the foregoing Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act of 1974 [5 USC 552, 552a] Appeal and Request Letter dated 22 December, 1976 and acknowledged to and before me that he executed said Letter for the purposes therein expressed. WITNESS my hand and official seal, this 22 day of December, A.D. 1976 Juan A. Iglesias Notary Public State of Florida at Large Edited April 10, 2010 by Robert Howard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dolva Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 ''Ku Klux Klan related document.....'' - Is there any more on that, Robert? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Howard Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 ''Ku Klux Klan related document.....'' - Is there any more on that, Robert? Haven't seen it yet, that I recall....... AGENCY : FBI RECORD NUMBER : 124-10041-10489 RECORDS SERIES : HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 105-82555-5509 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : ONI FROM : [No From] TO : [No To] TITLE : [No Title] DATE : 07/18/1966 PAGES : 1 DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT SUBJECTS : KU KLUX KLAN, ADMIN CLASSIFICATION : UNCLASSIFIED RESTRICTIONS : OPEN IN FULL CURRENT STATUS : OPEN DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 11/02/1993 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dolva Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Where was the ONI office in Dallas 63? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Howard Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Where was the ONI office in Dallas 63? According to my notes, the Dallas Naval Intelligence Office was located at 1314 Wood St. RI 9-2417, Dallas, Texas 75202. I am not sure, but there may have been a Navy office, not necessarily ONI, at 1114 Commerce Street, where the FBI office was located. Army Intelligence was located in the Rio Grande Building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dolva Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Thank you, Robert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Howard Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 Thanks to Royce Bierma for helping me find this. Miami Herald, The (FL) - August 4, 1992 JULIO CESAR FERNANDEZ JOURNALIST, TEACHER Julio Cesar Fernandez, journalist and teacher of literature, died Sunday at his Miami home, said his widow, Emma Larraz. He was 83. She said he had Parkinson's disease. During the 1930s, Fernandez founded and directed the student publication, Alma Mater, at the University of Havana. The periodical later became the official publication of the administration of Ramon Grau San Martin. Fernandez moved from his native Cuba to the United States in 1961 with his family. For 26 years he lived in New York City, where he taught Spanish literature at Marymount College. He moved to Miami in 1989. Besides his widow, Fernandez is survived by three children: Walkiria, Julio and Alexis; and four grandchildren. A funeral procession will leave at 1 p.m. today from Caballero Woodlawn Funeral Home, 1661 SW 37th Ave. Burial will be at Woodlawn Cemetery, 3260 SW Eighth St. Miami Herald, The (FL) Date: August 4, 1992 Edition: FINAL Page: 3B Copyright © 1992 The Miami Herald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dolva Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 (edited) Is anything more known about his past? Obviously it's speculation and to me of unknown value. Could he have been a Raten? : The girl's name Walkiria \wa-lki-ria, wal-kiria\ is of German origin. Mythological name; variant of Valkyrie. http://www.thinkbaby...ning/0/Walkiria ________________ (on another matter gone into previously : the oldest intelligence agency : key words: Benjamin Franklin, Committee of Secret Correspondence, Founder of the USPO ) Edit add: the Spanish Falangists were the most influential in Cuba. From memory ''Silver Shirts'', maybe ''Black Shirts. ( also Costa Rica, Nicaragua ... ) (Fascist: NAZI (Germany, Hitler), Falangist (Spain, Franco), Fascisti (Italy, Mussolini) Edited August 1, 2010 by John Dolva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Howard Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 Even more bizarre, and giving credence to the idea that some of Oswald’s circle had backgrounds as esoteric as Oswald himself, was the fact that George DeMohhrenschildt was acquainted with Robert Matsuoka, allegedly the son of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Howard Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 (edited) Even more bizarre, and giving credence to the idea that some of Oswald's circle had backgrounds as esoteric as Oswald himself, was the fact that George DeMohhrenschildt was acquainted with Robert Matsuoka, allegedly the son of Yosuke "Frank" Matsuoka, the Japanese Foreign Minister who had his moment of fame for signing the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy on behalf of the Japanese government. DeMohhrenschildt was also said to have roomed with Prince Irakle Orheliana in the summer of 1939. According to Edna Fox, who was interviewed by Detective Raymond Gill of the New York Police Department, she stated that "when Matsuoka was returning to Japan," DeMohrenschildt had "gave him a letter addressed to subjects father." It is unclear if DeMohrenschildt, whose eccentricity was a very well-known fact was attempting to expand his social register, or whether he could have actually been undertaking such activities on the behalf of a foreign government. Yosuke had lived in Oregon for some time before returning to Japan. He was truly a figure from another time. http://www.maryferre...32&relPageId=33 http://www.ohs.org/e...4DEFBFD8D67D2D6 See Warren CD 533, p. 32 And even if it is a strange similarity, See the entry for Hyman Magid of the extended Ruby family, according to mary ferrell's database Mary's Comments: Family name "Matusanko." He said he did not serve in Spanish Civil War and knew no one named Magid who did serve. (A Dr. Magid is listed in The Abraham Lincoln Brigade by Landis) His father came from Russia. See CD 1186 http://www.maryferre...wRec.do?id=6099 Although, the spelling of the names are different, the Warren Commission documents are notorious for sleights of hand regarding spelling. Edited August 1, 2010 by Robert Howard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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