Timeline after Lyndon Johnson and the CIA murdered John Kennedy

[Guest Robert Morrow]

Folks, I pulled this timeline of the aftermath of the JFK assassination off the internet. So feel free to comment, correct or add to this. What other critical things were happening during this timeline? I think it needs to mention that LBJ's closest aide Cliff Carter was making calls to Dallas district attorney Henry Wade on 11/22/63 and telling him NOT to have Oswald charged with a conspiracy. And that on 11/23 Lyndon Johnson personally called Dallas chief detective of homocide Will Fritz and told him to quit investigating other options than Oswald (source Bloody Treason). And that on 11/24 Lyndon Johnson personally calls Parkland Hospital, speaks with Dr. Charles Crenshaw, and asks him to get a confession out of the accused assassin. LBJ was not asking "who sent you" but rather just wanted a confession. Yes, it was that ugly.

TIMELINE OF JFK ASSASSINATION:

The car turned off Main Street at Dealey Plaza around 12:30 p.m. As it was passing the Texas School Book Depository gunfire suddenly reverberated in the plaza. Bullets struck the President's neck and head and he slumped over toward Mrs. Kennedy. The Governor was also hit, in the chest."

12:30:40 sec p.m. - Police Radio. Bill Decker orders officers to the “Railroad track area just North of Elm.” ref, Treachery in Dallas, p 136

12:32 p.m. - Breakdown of Washington D.C.'s telephone system for almost 1 hour. (Though Hoover's line remains fuctional?) ref. Conspiracy of Silence, p 71.

12:33 p.m. - Lee Harvey Oswald leaves Depository and boards bus ref. W.C

12:37 p.m. - Sergent Harkness reports he has a witness who had pinpointed the window. (Howard Brennan)

12:38 p.m. - JFK arrives at Parkland Hospital. ref. Best Evidence, p 710.

12:40 p.m. approx. - Police officer Roger Craig sees a white male running down the hill from the direction of the book depository and climbs into a waiting Rambler station wagon and drives off. Claims it was Oswald. ref. Crossfire, p. 329

12:40-45 p.m. - Oswald gets off bus and boards second taxi after allowing a woman to take first taxi, talls driver William Whaley, “500 North Beckley Street” ref. WC

12:45 p.m. - Description put out about suspect on Dallas police radio. "The wanted person in this is a slender white male about thirty, five feet ten, one sixty five, carrying what looked to be a 30.30 or some type of Winchester".

Officer Tippit told by H/Q dispatcher to “go to central Oakcliff area”.

ref. Rush to Judgement, p 194.

12:48 p.m. - Police Radio in refrence to the location of the assassin. “He is thought to be in the Texas School Book Depository here on the North West corner of Elm and Houston.” ref. Treachery in Dallas, p 35

12:49 p.m. - Capt Talbert giving orders on Police radio. “Have that cut off on the back side will you? Make sure nobody leaves there”. (Refering to the Depository). ref. Treachery in Dallas, p 143

12:51 p.m. - Homicide Cheif William Fritz calls in to the dispatchers office from his post at the Trade Mart to ask if JFK will still be going to the site. He is told, “It’s very doubtful.” ref. Treachery in Dallas, p 150

12:54 p.m. - Officer Tippit calls into H/Q, and is asked if he is in Oakcliff area. He replies, "Yes". ref. Rush to Judgement, p.194.

1:00 p.m. - JFK PRONOUNCED DEAD ref. Best Evidence, p 710.

Police search the bus that Oswald had boarded and recently left. ref. Treachery in Dallas, p 150

Police car no 207 stops outside Oswald's rooming house, and sounds horn twice.

Parkland hospital. Darrell Tomlinson discovers the stretcher bullet 399 which rolls out from under a mat when stretcher bumps the wall. ref. Best Evidence, p 90.

Oswald enters the Texas Theater according to theater assistant manager shortly after 1:00 p.m.. ref. Crossfire, p 353.

1:04 p.m. - Oswald seen standing at bus stop outside his rooming house by his landlady. ref. Rush to Judgement, p 159.

? p.m. - David Ferrie takes a mysterious 364 mile drive in the afternoon. ref. Treachery in Dallas, p 131

1:05 p.m. - South of Dallas three men pulled over, one identifies himself as a Secret Service agent and states "We are in a hurry to get to New Orleans to investigate part of the shooting." However there is no record of Secret Service being dispatched to New Orleans on the day of the assassination.

1:08 p.m. - Officer Tippitt makes two attempts to call H/Q, but dispatcher does not reply. ref. Rush to Judgement, p 195.

1:10 p.m. - T.F..Bewley comes upon J.D Tippit’s body in the street. As he gets out to help he looks at his watch, which reads 1:10p.m. ref. Conspiracy - Who Killed Kennedy?, p 122

1:12 p.m. - Policeman Luke Mooney finds shell casings on sixth floor of Depository. ref. Treachery in Dallas, p 143

1:15 p.m. - Oswald buys popcorn at concession stand inside Texas theatre, according to concession stand operator Boroughs ref. Crossfire, p 353.

1:16 p.m. - Police told “Officer Tippit has been shot.” by civilian Domingo Benavides using Tippit’s police car radio. ref. Crossfire, p 348.

1:20 p.m. - Jean Hill in live television report states she heard shots from the Knoll. On that day, Hill was saying she heard 4-6 shots. ref. Treachery in Dallas, p 153

1:22 p.m. - Rifle found on sixth floor of Book Depository, first identified as 7.5 German Mauser.

Police radio call goes out describing Tippit's killer as about 30, 5ft 8in black hair and slender. ref. Unanswered Questions, p 105.

1:25 p.m. approx - Capt Fritz is given Oswalds name and adress and description by Roy Truly, then later returns to police HQ without ever issuing an all-points bulletin for Oswald. When he arrives Oswald is already there. ref. Treachery in Dallas, p 153

1:25 p.m. - Police radio reports finding of a white jacket in parking lot. ref. Rush to Judgement, p 191.

1:30 p.m. - Seth Kantor encounters Jack Ruby at Parkland hospital and has brief conversation with him. ref. Crossfire, p. 366.

1:35 p.m. - Police Radio. The TSBD is mentioned, “It’s secure now.” ref. Treachery in Dallas, p 143

1:36 p.m. - Police Radio from scene of Tippit’s murder, “I got an eyeball witness to the getaway man - that suspect in this shooting. He is a white male ... apparently armed with a .32, dark finish automatic pistol...” ref. Conspiracy - Who Killed Kennedy?, p 119

1:45 p.m. - Police Radio "Have information, a suspect just went into Texas theatre on West Jefferson". ref. Unanswered Questions, p 112.

1:55 p.m. - Police arrest Oswald at Texas theater as suspect in shooting Tippit. ref. Best Evidence, p.710.

2:00 p.m. - Bullet 399 handed to SS Agent Richard Johnson at Parkland Hospital by Chief of Parkland Hospital security O.P.Wright. ref. Best Evidence, p. 591 & 652.

2:04 p.m. - Kennedy’s body leaves Parkland Hospital.

2:14 p.m. - Kennedy's body arrives at Love Field Airport

2:15 p.m. - Oswald taken into Dallas Police Dept ref. W C

2:18 p.m. - Casket placed aboard Airforce One

2:30 p.m. approx - J. Edgar Hoover calls Robert Kennedy to inform him that the killer was an ex-marine who defected to the Soviet Union and was also known to be a procommunist nut. ref. Treachery in Dallas. p 259

Lyndon Johnson takes the oath of office at 2:38 p.m. on November 22nd on Air Force One. His first message to the national is brief: "I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help, and God's." He takes firm command of the government and reverses nearly everything JFK set in motion.

2:25-4:04 p.m. - Oswald interrogation in Office of Captian Will Fritz.

2:47 p.m. - Air Force One airborne.

3:30 p.m. - Police officers arrive at the residence of Michael and Ruth Paine, Ruth indicates that she has been expecting them.

3:54 p.m. - NBC Newsman Bill Ryan announces on national television that “Lee Oswald seeems to be prime suspect in the assassination of John F. Kennedy.”

4:00 p.m. - Situation room of the White House communications center informs Lyndon Johnson that the assassination is the act of one lone individual and that no conspiracy exists.

4:45-6:30 p.m. - Second interrogation of Oswald in Captain Fritz’s Office.

5:00 p.m. (CST throughout for coordination of data) - Air Force 1 arrives Andrews Air Force base Washington D.C., total flight time 2hrs 15min. ref. Best Evidence, p 680.

Before Air Force One landed in Washington, J. Edgar Hoover made it known that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assissin and there was no conspiracy. ref. Treachery in Dallas, p 79

5:30 p.m. approx. - Deputy sheriff Roger Craig identifies Oswald as the man he saw running toward the Rambler station wagon. When asked about the station wagon Oswald replies, "That station wagon belongs to Mrs Paine, don’t try to tie her into this. She had nothing to do with it." ref. Rush to Judgement, p 159.

5:30-6:30 p.m. - SS Agent Richard Johnson hands bullet 399 to SS Chief Rowley at Executive building in Washington D.C. ref. Best Evidence, p 646.

6:20 p.m. - Oswald taken to second lineup, and yells to reporter’s in hallway, “I didn't shoot anyone.”

6:30 p.m. - Lineup for Witnesses Cecil J. McWatters, Sam Guinyard, and Ted Callaway.

7:05 p.m. - Oswald charged with Tippit's murder. ref Treachery in Dallas, p 5

7:15 p.m. - First incision at Kennedy autopsy.

7:50 p.m. - SS Chief Rowley sends bullet 399 to FBI laboratory. ref. Best Evidence, p 646.

7:50 p.m. - Oswald taken to third lineup for Witness J.D. Davies.

7:55 p.m. - Oswald yells at reporters in hallway “I’m just a patsy”.

ref, (Entry in Seth Kantor’s notebook) Treachery in Dallas, p 293

7:56 p.m. - Third interrogation of Oswald in Captain Fritz’s Office.

8:55 p.m. - Oswald’s Fingerprints, Identification, Paraffin tests - All in Fritz’s Office.

11:00 - 11:20 p.m. - Oswald “Talked to” by FBI Agent M. Clements and Police Officer John Adamcik.

11:20 - 11:25.p.m. - Oswald is taken to press conference. Oswald is asked if he is a member of The Free Cuba Committee, but before he answers, Jack Ruby standing up the back, corrects the reporter and says, "That’s The Fair Play For Cuba Committee". Oswald is asked by a reporter “Did you kill President Kennedy?” Oswald replies, “No I have not been charged with that. In fact nobody has said that to me yet. The first thing I heard about that is when the newspaper reporters asked me that question.” Oswald is told by a reporter, "That you have been charged" (with the murder of Kennedy.) Oswald looks baffled as he is lead away.

11:26 p.m. - Oswald charged with President Kennedy’s murder. (Oswald is not told of this charge).

SATURDAY 23 Nov. 1963 - Copy of Oswalds passport file is accidently destroyed while it was being Thermofaxed. ref Treachery in Dallas, p 303

12:30 - 1:00 a.m. - Darrell Thomlinson is awakened by a phone call from the FBI, and is told to keep his mouth shut about the bullet he found on the stretcher at Parkland Hospital ref. Best Evidence, p 591.

12:35 a.m. - Oswald complains, “That this is the third set of fingerprints, photographs being taken.” ref. The Peoples Almanac, p 49

1:35 a.m. - Oswald officialy told that he has been charged with J.F.K.’s murder. ref. The Peoples Almanac, p49

2:15 a.m. - Sheriff's officer Perry McCoy receives a phone call from a "white male" who says that Oswald is going to be killed during his transfer.

2:20 a.m. - Police lieutenant Billy Grammer also receives a phone call. The caller asks specifically to speak to Grammer, and says, "You know me". Describes in detail the plans to move Oswald and tells him that other arrangements should be made or, "We are going to kill Oswald right there in the basement".

3:00 a.m. - FBI Special Agent Vince Drain transports the gun and all other evidence to Washington D.C. ref Treachery in Dallas p 28

10:30 a.m. - 1:10 p.m. - Interrogation of Oswald, Capt Fritz’s office.

ref. The Peoples Almanac, p 49

1:10 - 1:30 p.m. - Oswald visited by Mother, Margurite, and Wife Marina

ref. The Peoples Almanac, p 50

2:15 p.m. - Lineup for Witness William Scoggins and William Whaley

ref. The Peoples Almanac, p 50

3:30 - 3:40 p.m. - Robert Oswald visits Lee for 10 Minutes. Lee tells Robert, “Don't believe all the so called evidence.”

3:40 p.m. - Lee Oswald calls Ruth Paine and asks her. “Would you please call John Abt (Lawyer) in New York for me after 6:00 p.m.” ref. The Peoples Almanac, p 50

4:21 p.m. - Kennedy's body returns to the White House. ref. Treachery in Dallas p 5

5:30 - 5:35 p.m. - Oswald has visit with H. Louis Nichols, President of the Dallas Bar Association.

6:00 - 6:30 p.m. - Interrogation in Capt Fritz’s Office, Oswald is shown the backyard photo of him with gun. “That picture is not my mine. The picture has been made by superimposing my face. The other part of the picture is not me at all, I have never seen this picture before. I understand photography real well, and that in time, I will be able to show you that this is not my picture and that it was made by someone else.” ref. The Peoples Almanac, p 50 - 51

SUNDAY 24 Nov. 1963, 9:30 am - Interrogation in Capt Fritz’s Office ref. The Peoples Almanac, p 51

11:00 a.m. - Regeistered Nurse Bertha Lozana recalls “At 11:00 a.m. I was informed by Jill Pomeroy, the ward clerk, that we might prepare for an emergency because there was a large crowd at city hall”. ref. Treachery in Dallas p 169

11:10 a.m. - Preparation for Oswald’s transfer to County Jail ref. The Peoples Almanac, p 52

11:15 a.m. - Inspector Thomas J. Kelly Secret Service, has final conversation with Oswald ref. The Peoples Almanac, p 52

11:17 a.m. - Jack Ruby wires money order at Western Union Office (some 350 feet from Dallas police dept, Main St. ramp.) ref. Treachery in Dallas, p 328

11:21a.m. - Jack Ruby shoots Oswald in basement carpark of Dallas police dept. ref. Treachery in Dallas, p 203

1:00 p.m. approx.- On being told that Oswald is dead, Jack Ruby calms down in his cell at Dallas Police Station ref. Framed, p 41

President Johnson signs NSAM 273, signalling a reversal to JFK's policy of withdrawing troops from Vietnam. ref. JFK, CIA and Vietnam by Prouty, p 422.

25 Nov. 1963 - FBI Agent Richard Harrison arrives at Miller’s Funeral Home with Rifle (type uknown) and finger print ink. Funeral Director would tell reaserchers that he could not understand the event and that he had a very difficult time getting the black ink off Oswald’s corpse.

ref. Treachery in Dallas, p 332

Jacqueline Kennedy carefully directs the details of her husband's funeral, consulting with historians as to the traditional burial procedures for other presidents who had died in office. The catafalque, which had borne Abraham Lincoln's casket, is used again. 220 foreign leaders walk in the procession.

29 Nov. 1963 - Warren Commission established

Gerald Ford serves as a member of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy that investigates the assassination and co-authors a book, Portrait of the Assassin (1966). Allen Dulles also serves - remember, he was the guy Kennedy fired.

Rodney Stich's book "Defrauding America" tells of a "deep-cover CIA officer" assigned to a counter-intelligence unit, code-named Pegasus. This unit "had tape-recordings of plans to assassinate Kennedy" from a tap on the phone of J. Edgar Hoover. The people on the tapes were "[Nelson] Rockefeller, Allen Dulles, [Lyndon] Johnson of Texas, George Bush and J. Edgar Hoover."

In 1963, George H. W. Bush was living in Houston, president of the Zapata Offshore oil company. He denied the existence of a note sent by the FBI's J. Edgar Hoover to "Mr. George Bush of the CIA." When news of the note surfaced, the CIA first said they never commented on employment questions, but later relented said yes, a "George Bush" was mentioned in the note, but that it was "another" George Bush, not the man who took office in the White House in 1988. Reporters tracked down the "other" George Bush and discovered that he was just a lowly clerk who had shuffled papers for the CIA for about six months. He never received any interagency messages from anybody at the FBI.

It is also worth noting that a CIA code word for Bay of Pigs was Operation Zapata, and that two of the support vessels were named Barbara and Houston.

Many say that George Bush was high up on the CIA ladder at the time, running proprietorial vehicles and placed in a position of command, responsible for many of the Cubans recruited into "service" at the time. All through the Iran-Contra affair, Felix Rodriguez, the man who captured and had Che Guevara killed for the CIA, always seemed to call Bush's office first.

From The Realist (Summer, 1991):

"Bush was working with the now-famous CIA agent, Felix Rodriguez, recruiting right-wing Cuban exiles for the invasion of Cuba. It was Bush's CIA job to organize the Cuban community in Miami for the invasion. [...] A newly discovered FBI document reveals that George Bush was directly involved in the 1963 murder of President John Kennedy. The document places marksmen by the CIA. Bush at that time lived in Texas. Hopping from Houston to Miami weekly, Bush spent 1960 and '61 recruiting Cubans in Miami for the invasion. [...]

"George Bush claims he never worked for the CIA until he was appointed Director by former Warren Commission director and then president Jerry Ford in 1976. Logic suggests that is highly unlikely. Of course, Bush has a company duty to deny being in the CIA. The CIA is a secret organization. No one ever admits to being a member. The truth is that Bush has been a top CIA official since before the 1961 invasion of Cuba, working with Felix Rodriguez. Bush may deny his actual role in the CIA in 1959, but there are records in the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba that expose Bush's role..."

On the Watergate tapes, June 23, 1972, referred to in the media as the 'smoking gun' conversation, Nixon and his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman, were discussing how to stop the FBI investigation into the CIA Watergate burglary. They were worried that the investigation would expose their connection to 'the Bay of Pigs thing.' Haldeman, in his book "The Ends of Power", reveals that Nixon always used code words when talking about the 1963 murder of JFK. Haldeman said Nixon would always refer to the assassination as 'the Bay of Pigs'. On that transcript we find Nixon discussing the role of George Bush's partner, Robert Mosbacher, as one of the Texas fundraisers for Nixon. On the tapes Nixon keeps referring to the 'Cubans' and the 'Texans.' The 'Texans' were Bush, Mosbacher and Baker. This is another direct link between Bush and evidence linking Nixon and Bush to the Kennedy assassination."

So, why would an intelligence agency/secret society want to smuggle drugs and assassinate JFK? Simple: a coup d'etat.

Robert J. Oppenheimer wins the Fermi medal.

Dominican Republic - The CIA overthrows the democratically elected Juan Bosch in a military coup. The CIA installs a repressive, right wing junta.

Ecuador - A CIA-backed military coup overthrows President Arosemana, whose independent (not socialist) policies have become unacceptable to Washington. A military junta assumes command, cancels the 1964 elections, and begins abusing human rights.