Jean Rene Souetre expelled from the US 18hrs after JFKA?!

[Roger Odisio]

29 minutes ago, Paul Brancato said:

And I believe that you or somebody here said that he was dark haired and 5’9” or thereabouts. Is that correct? 

That was what I said about Roux, Paul.  5'8" with dark hair.  And a bit pudgy.  He could have been physically mistaken for Souetre. Since Souetre told the reporter he was Roux, it was an easy step for the French to see thru that when matched with the reporter's descripton of his source

[Roger Odisio]

2 hours ago, Roger Odisio said:

That was what I said about Roux, Paul.  5'8" with dark hair.  And a bit pudgy.  He could have been physically mistaken for Souetre. Since Souetre told the reporter he was Roux, it was an easy step for the French to see thru that when matched with the reporter's descripton of his source

"He could *not* have been physically mistaken for Souetre"

[Roger Odisio]

Steve,

 

I couldn't get the link you provided last night to work, but it did this morning. Turns out it wasn't Phillips who claimed that it was Mertz, not Souetre, who was in Dallas at the time of the murder and was later expelled. It was someone calling himself The Avenger, posting two comments on Phillips' blog on Jan. 21, 2006.  Here they are.

 

"The Avenger said...

Michel Mertz was in Dallas Texas, when JFK was killed, and was arrested by the US Border Patrol within 48 hours afterwards, and thrown out of the Country.
In the opinions of many, Mertz was either
1. One of the gunmen who killed Kennedy
2. The logistics expert in charge of coordinating the Dealey Plaza execution.
Maybe, he was both.
Mertz died in 1995.

 

1:14 AM   The Avenger said...

Michel Mertz was in Dallas when JFK was killed.
He was arrested and thrown out of the country by the US Border Patrol within 48 hours after being arrested.
Mertz met with CIA agent E. Howard Hunt and General Edwin Walker just months before the murder of JFK.
Mertz was connected to New Orleans Mafia Godfather Carlos Marcello, Florida Godfather Santo Trafficante, and Chicago Godfather Sam Giancana, who had the motive, means, and opportunity to kill JFK.
Mertz is believed by many JFK assassinaton researchers to have been either:
1. One of the gunmen in Dallas (possibly the "Grassy Knoll" gunman)
or
2. The logistics expert who coordinated the execution in Dallas.
Is it a coincidence that Mertz, a professional drug smuggler, and killer, with CIA and Mafia links, was arrested after JFK was killed?
That he was in Dallas when JFK was killed?
That someone in the Justice Department let him leave the country shortly after he was arrested?
That the French Government contacted the US government and informed them of their suspicions of Mertz having possibly been involved in the JFK murder?
Mertz died in 1995."

 

Notice anything?  Change Mertz to Souetre and you have essentially the same story I posted.  Ok, we know for a fact it was Souetre, not Mertz, who the French identified in their Inquiry and asked about his expulsion.  And the expulsion was preplanned by the perps, not done by "someone in the Justice Dept."    

 

Was it Mertz who told the reporter he was Roux in telling the expulsion story?  Just like Souetre was known to do?

 

In fact, the Avenger's post is another confirmation of the basic story that the person who was expelled that weekend was the one who told the reporter about it less than two months later.  Play around with the names all you want, but we know the French thought that person was Souetre, which is why they asked about him, and only him, in their inquiry. 

[Leslie Sharp]

11 hours ago, Paul Brancato said:

And I believe that you or somebody here said that he was dark haired and 5’9” or thereabouts. Is that correct? 

The caption to the left of Souetre standing is roughly translated from French, This poor quality photograph is a unique piece. It is the agent of the DST Michel Mertz, from two difference angles, he was in Dallas November 22 where he pretended to be Souetre.  His presence in Texas is proof that the French services knew that Kennedy was going to be assassinated that day.

Obviously the standing photos are of Jean Rene Souetre.  My source for the article insisted this was pulled directly from official French files.  Unfortunately he disappeared just days after sharing it when I asked for clarification of the date of the publication, and why  a French agency would misidentify Souetre. 

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[Leslie Sharp]

14 hours ago, Steve Thomas said:

Paul,

I wondered about that.

Do you have a physical description of  Michel-Victor Mertz?

Steve Thomas

see the composite photo.

[Paul Brancato]

Leslie - that your source disappeared is unsettling. Not only are the pics clearly of two different people, but it purports to come from French files and says Mertz was impersonating Souetre in Dallas. I would think it safe to assume this did not in fact come from official French files because of the glaring discrepancy in the photos. But since the French aren’t sharing we don’t know if they ultimately concluded that Mertz was in Dallas, but if that part is true it makes it easier to understand why they wouldn’t share the info. 

[Roger Odisio]

9 minutes ago, Paul Brancato said:

Leslie - that your source disappeared is unsettling. Not only are the pics clearly of two different people, but it purports to come from French files and says Mertz was impersonating Souetre in Dallas. I would think it safe to assume this did not in fact come from official French files because of the glaring discrepancy in the photos. But since the French aren’t sharing we don’t know if they ultimately concluded that Mertz was in Dallas, but if that part is true it makes it easier to understand why they wouldn’t share the info. 

Paul,

If the French had concluded that it was Mertz in Dallas, or even if they an inkling it could have been, they wouldn't have asked only about Souetre in their inquiry to the FBI. They could easily have asked about both or just Mertz.  But they didn't.  That proves they thought it was Souetre who was expelled.

If you think Mertz, not Souetre, was the source the reporter's story, since the person that was expelled is likely to have been the  source, then it must have been Mertz who told the reporter he was Roux.  We know Souetre sometimes did that?  Did Mertz do it too?   

 

[Steve Thomas]

13 hours ago, Roger Odisio said:

That was what I said about Roux, Paul.  5'8" with dark hair.  And a bit pudgy.

Roger,

The description of Roux, as desribed to them by a man named Gachman,  comes from at least two FBI docs:

“The FBI's Michel Roux was born on August 31, 1940 at Soyaux, Charaente, France.
 In 1964, he was described as a white male, 25-27 years old, 5'8”, 148-150 pounds,
 black hair.fair to olive complexion”

https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=83399#relPageId=3
also: https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=83410#relPageId=7  page 7

Steve Thomas

Edited April 14, 2023 by Steve Thomas

[Leslie Sharp]

1 hour ago, Paul Brancato said:

Leslie - that your source disappeared is unsettling. Not only are the pics clearly of two different people, but it purports to come from French files and says Mertz was impersonating Souetre in Dallas. I would think it safe to assume this did not in fact come from official French files because of the glaring discrepancy in the photos. But since the French aren’t sharing we don’t know if they ultimately concluded that Mertz was in Dallas, but if that part is true it makes it easier to understand why they wouldn’t share the info. 

The party who shared the DST photos with caption insisted it was pulled directly from an official agency file.

When I challenged his assertion, pointing out that it appeared to me to be a commercial media publication, he became obstinate and insisted that he had been "inside" French officialdom at some point in his career so of course he knew the source.

He also claimed to know members of the Souetre family as well as Mertz's relatives, and warned me they might show up on my doorstep.  

The threat is not entirely dissimilar to recent threats I have received stating that Hungarian  Lajos Marton - who as you know Hank wrote was traveling with Jean Souetre — the subject of this very debate — might sue us. Said party who issued the threat has now contacted our publisher, so I'm in the process of determining whether his alleged credential with the University of Arizona is even valid, and why has he taken it upon himself to carry the legal mantle on behalf of an accused assassin living in Europe?

The coincidences are intriguing:  the vehement defense of Souetre on Ed Forum, and vehement defense of Lajos Marton by someone who apparently follows the forum from the shadows. 

In what Hank might refer to as High Strangeness, I received a menacing phone call within  two weeks of my posting excerpts from Coup in Dallas on the Ed Forum, many of which seem to have stirred the particular ire of a now former EF member.  Within days of his expulsion, having apparently waited some months if not a year or so of reading Coup, said ex-member posted a negative review of our book — his prerogative, obviously, but the timing suggests "revenge" might have been the motivator. Three days after the review and the menacing call, I received the Marton-related emails — the most recent of which referenced having followed Steve Thomas on Ed Forum — that threaten law suit.  High strangeness indeed.  

I determined that the best armor is sunlight so I took the string of coincidences public. The threats, legal and physical, have subsided; however, I've yet to hear directly from said ex-forum member so we will not drop our guard. 

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[Leslie Sharp]

43 minutes ago, Steve Thomas said:

Roger,

The description of Roux, as desribed to them by a man named Gachman,  comes from at least two FBI docs:

“The FBI's Michel Roux was born on August 31, 1940 at Soyaux, Charaente, France.
 In 1964, he was described as a white male, 25-27 years old, 5'8”, 148-150 pounds,
 black hair.fair to olive complexion”

https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=83399#relPageId=3
also: https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=83410#relPageId=7  page 7

Steve Thomas

It has been established with near certainty that the Michel Roux, known personally to the Gachmans of Fort Worth is not the "Roux" detained in Dallas. The "Gachman's Roux" was not a known, trained assassin. 

Without the Dallas INS reports, we have no official record that either of the two Frenchmen detained — one of whom was collected from jail and the other near Gaston Ave —  used the alias "Roux".

The operative word in this ongoing debate is, "alias."

[Leslie Sharp]

15 hours ago, Roger Odisio said:

@Roger Odisio
[see italics]
I agree. From what we know about his training, discipline, and loyalty it would be totally out of character and therefore implausible for Souetre to "get drunk" and implicate himself and those he had served and trained with for years.

 

RO:  We're talking about real people with real emotions who sometimes make mistakes. Not your idea of a toy soldier in which training and discipline eliminates all of that.

LS: We're also talking about a highly trained paramilitary leader and former OAS Captain who might prefer an American death sentence to the reprisals of, say, SS Otto Skorzeny, not to mention the far right psychopaths, Lamy, Filiol, and Litt who wouldn't hesitate to slit the throat of a rat.

 

I think the Montreal scene does however fit to a degree with what is known about Mertz.

 

RO: If you think Mertz could have been the source of the story that means you think he was expelled.  How does that work, Leslie?

 

LS: Roger, I assume that we're all engaged in this analysis with the same end goal: to resolve the numerous anomalies to finally satisfy skeptics that Souetre was an essential cog in the plot to assassinate Kennedy in Dallas.  Has it occurred to you that Mertz was a plant in Montreal?  Did you review the caption to the photos of Soutre that reads . . . It is the agent of the DST Michel Mertz, from two different angles, infiltrator of the OAS environment . . .

I also agree that the following are problematic and hint to a possible deliberate obfuscation on the part of some or all who were involved in this communique.

 

“Subject [singular] is believed to be identical with a Captain who is a deserter..."

 

If he was "well known" to the French, they would never say, "he was believed to be..."

 

If the French knew he was deported, how could they not know when or where?

 

RO:  Both of these thoughts are confused nonsense that hints at nothing of the sort. 

LS: Again, I think that relying on what the French did or did not include in the early 1964 communique could well be a distraction from what are the most essential documents — Dallas INS reports and the subsequent files fowarded to HQ in D.C. Names and descriptions should be in those reports.

I do agree that the original French inquiry leaves us clues, but as has been noted, the document  actually poses as many questions as it answers, perhaps deliberately. 

I hope you read my response to them in my comments to Steve. 

Until we establish whether the Dallas INS reports were either destroyed or remained classified for the past sixty years, we can only speculate why the French reached out in early 1964.  

 

RO: No, we know why the French inquired about Souetre to the US.  It was because they looked into the expulsion story, interviewed the reporter, and concluded both the story and the possible threat from Souetre to DeGaulle were real.

LS: Does this not beg the question why the French relied on a reporter rather than established official US channels? For example, Souetre was known to have met with reps from the agency in the spring of '63. Are you thinking the French weren't apprised?  Are you aware that Philippe de Vosjoli was still with SDECE at the time regardless of reports he had become frustrated with his own bosses?

And until we get to the bottom of the status of the files the HSCA received from Shaw/Fensterwald as well as those Blakey later referred to as "still classified so I have to be careful",  those who refuse to consider Lafitte's records will continue to shadow-box. We on the other hand are moving swiftly to determine the chain of command within INS that caused the expulsion of French citizen(s), incidents that may well have been red herrings.  We do know Souetre flew out in a plane piloted by Joseph Silverthorne. 

 

RO:  The CIA had their own planes and pilots.  You just named Silverthorne as the pilot who flew Souetre out of Dallas.  If you think Souetre was there, undoubtedly the planners would have had a plan in place to expell him after the job.  Secretly.  Without involving commercial airlines or the INS. Without any record of him having even been in Dallas.

LS: and now we arrive at the dilemma.  Was Souetre detained and expelled? If so, Lafitte does not appear to be alarmed.  He quite deliberately refers to Jean's gone out, and to Silverthorne and Red, presumably Redbird airport.  Our hypothesis is that the expulsions were red herrings.

Yet, here we are, focused on those herrings instead of the clues left by Monsieur Lafitte that lead us to who sent him to Dallas that lead us to why.

 

Aeeemit-Tessandier's reporting wouldn't and shouldn't be accepted as solid evidence on its own, and a similar standard should apply to Souetre's own claims not to mention those of his friends that he wasn't in Dallas. 

 

RO:  No one is accepting A-T's reporting on its own.  I am giving weight to the French investigation of it, including the police interviewing of A-T, which led them to send an urgent inquiry to the US about why Souetre was expelled and to where. If someone can tear the article apart, I'm all ears.

LS: I appreciate the significance of Tessandier's reporting. Similarly, I place significant value, as did Hank, on Duffy's National Enquirer exposés placing Jean Rene Souetre in Dallas; and 
Paul Gluc's letters of admonition to Dir. Hoover that Souetre was involved and his statement, 
 
 

Mr. Director, only you can clear OTTO SKORZENY of guilt

of being (an) agent in the Dallas operation with (the) passive

complicity of Allen Dulles —Paul Gluc, March 14, 1975

 

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[Leslie Sharp]

Kovacs, Ortiz and Joly

There is no clear evidence that any of these three men, or a combination of, were present in Dallas on November 22, 1963, so perhaps the reader might question why they end up in these pages. Simply put, they appear among the outstanding items for research left on the desk of author Albarelli.

       A February 26, 1962 exposé “Neo-N-azis Linked to Algeria French” by correspondent Waverley Root, then living in Paris, published in The Washington Post, reveals that European extremists—known as Ultras—in Algeria were “now tied in with the worldwide clandestine neo-National Socialist organization which has existed ever since the end of the war, built around a core of Hitlerites who escaped post war justice. The head of this international N-azi underground has always been believed to be Madrid’s man of mystery, Otto Skorzeny, the SS trooper who rescued Mussolini from his captors.” More chilling, Root continues, “Skorzeny is reported to maintain contacts with former N-azis scattered throughout the world, especially in Latin America and the Middle East. They have not given up hope that N-azism may yet triumph throughout the world, and they seem prepared to lend their aid in any desperate venture of like political ideology which might achieve a Rightest authoritarian government anywhere.” (emphasis added.)

       Root’s informed sources said that “two of four defendants in the trial escaped and made their way to Spain.” The trial he refers to was the result of the arrest of those involved in the 1957 bazooka attack on General Raoul Salan. The far-right extremists were convinced that the general wasn’t fully on their side to halt the movement toward independence from France in Algeria. All charged with the attack had been found guilty. Among them was Doctor René Kovacs, who was sentenced to death in absentia following his escape. A physician by training, Kovacs was born in Algeria of [notably for our purposes] Hungarian parents. Along with his aide, Joseph Ortiz, a restaurateur and fellow far-right extremist, the two fled to Spain. 

       Root contends that Algerian Europeans devoted to far-right politics had long been alleged to have international connections. “Thus gave birth to any imperfectly known organization called the Red Hand,” writes Root, referring to a mysterious terror group organized to counter the National Liberation Front (FLN) in Algeria. According to freelance journalist Joachim Joesten, among the earliest sleuths to arrive in Dallas in pursuit of the facts of the assassination of Kennedy, the creator of the Red Hand was none other than the head of France’s DST—a man readers are now familiar with—Roger Wybot. Author Ralph Ganis, who pursued Joesten’s findings in depth, tells us that the Red Hand operated in the manner of paramilitary groups that sprang up after WWI of which Otto Skorzeny participated. Writes Ganis, “It was also very similar to the old Cagoule, the ‘hooded ones.’ 

Waverley Root also concluded that Kovacs and Ortiz, both of whom fled to Spain, were involved in the Skorzeny ring. Rounding out the triad with Kovacs and Ortiz, Root tells us that Belgian citizen Pierre Joly, “turns up regularly in French extreme-right activities of a conspiratorial nature. Joly [whose duties appear to have included propagation of extremist ideology on the printed page] was among those who appeared in Madrid when the refugees from the revolt trial arrived there.” Root then summarizes the significance of these figures ending up in Spain:

The existence in Madrid, on territory where extreme Rightists of all countries can reasonably expect to find political refuge of the headquarters of an international neo-N-azi organization, helps to encourage a funneling of all revolutionary Rightists groups into the same conspiracy. But political kinship tends in any case to throw the like-minded of all countries together, so that even without formal organization there has been built up an intricate maze of cross-relationships among Right extremists of all countries. 

From there, the correspondent highlights the current crisis in Katanga, a break-away province from the Republic of Congo, which had contributed to the January 17, 1961 assassination of Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba. The success of the operation has been attributed to, among others, Otto Skorzeny.

      Root draws attention to the likely role played by Algerian Ultras operating outside Toulouse—long a hotbed of French Algerian activity—in delivering three French jet planes from a factory outside Toulouse to Katanga. Of note, on September 25, 1963, Pierre Lafitte writes “LeCatet”; research strongly suggests this could be a location within the commune of Montbeton, north of Toulouse where a number of airfields were located, perhaps related to training camps. 

      As we learned, the American Committee for Aid to Katanga Freedom Fighters included Jack Crichton, the Dallas oilman who had been in business with Otto Skorzeny since 1952 and served as his point man on the 22nd of November.

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[Paul Brancato]

8 hours ago, Leslie Sharp said:

Kovacs, Ortiz and Joly

There is no clear evidence that any of these three men, or a combination of, were present in Dallas on November 22, 1963, so perhaps the reader might question why they end up in these pages. Simply put, they appear among the outstanding items for research left on the desk of author Albarelli.

       A February 26, 1962 exposé “Neo-N-azis Linked to Algeria French” by correspondent Waverley Root, then living in Paris, published in The Washington Post, reveals that European extremists—known as Ultras—in Algeria were “now tied in with the worldwide clandestine neo-National Socialist organization which has existed ever since the end of the war, built around a core of Hitlerites who escaped post war justice. The head of this international N-azi underground has always been believed to be Madrid’s man of mystery, Otto Skorzeny, the SS trooper who rescued Mussolini from his captors.” More chilling, Root continues, “Skorzeny is reported to maintain contacts with former N-azis scattered throughout the world, especially in Latin America and the Middle East. They have not given up hope that N-azism may yet triumph throughout the world, and they seem prepared to lend their aid in any desperate venture of like political ideology which might achieve a Rightest authoritarian government anywhere.” (emphasis added.)

       Root’s informed sources said that “two of four defendants in the trial escaped and made their way to Spain.” The trial he refers to was the result of the arrest of those involved in the 1957 bazooka attack on General Raoul Salan. The far-right extremists were convinced that the general wasn’t fully on their side to halt the movement toward independence from France in Algeria. All charged with the attack had been found guilty. Among them was Doctor René Kovacs, who was sentenced to death in absentia following his escape. A physician by training, Kovacs was born in Algeria of [notably for our purposes] Hungarian parents. Along with his aide, Joseph Ortiz, a restaurateur and fellow far-right extremist, the two fled to Spain. 

       Root contends that Algerian Europeans devoted to far-right politics had long been alleged to have international connections. “Thus gave birth to any imperfectly known organization called the Red Hand,” writes Root, referring to a mysterious terror group organized to counter the National Liberation Front (FLN) in Algeria. According to freelance journalist Joachim Joesten, among the earliest sleuths to arrive in Dallas in pursuit of the facts of the assassination of Kennedy, the creator of the Red Hand was none other than the head of France’s DST—a man readers are now familiar with—Roger Wybot. Author Ralph Ganis, who pursued Joesten’s findings in depth, tells us that the Red Hand operated in the manner of paramilitary groups that sprang up after WWI of which Otto Skorzeny participated. Writes Ganis, “It was also very similar to the old Cagoule, the ‘hooded ones.’ 

Waverley Root also concluded that Kovacs and Ortiz, both of whom fled to Spain, were involved in the Skorzeny ring. Rounding out the triad with Kovacs and Ortiz, Root tells us that Belgian citizen Pierre Joly, “turns up regularly in French extreme-right activities of a conspiratorial nature. Joly [whose duties appear to have included propagation of extremist ideology on the printed page] was among those who appeared in Madrid when the refugees from the revolt trial arrived there.” Root then summarizes the significance of these figures ending up in Spain:

The existence in Madrid, on territory where extreme Rightists of all countries can reasonably expect to find political refuge of the headquarters of an international neo-N-azi organization, helps to encourage a funneling of all revolutionary Rightists groups into the same conspiracy. But political kinship tends in any case to throw the like-minded of all countries together, so that even without formal organization there has been built up an intricate maze of cross-relationships among Right extremists of all countries. 

From there, the correspondent highlights the current crisis in Katanga, a break-away province from the Republic of Congo, which had contributed to the January 17, 1961 assassination of Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba. The success of the operation has been attributed to, among others, Otto Skorzeny.

      Root draws attention to the likely role played by Algerian Ultras operating outside Toulouse—long a hotbed of French Algerian activity—in delivering three French jet planes from a factory outside Toulouse to Katanga. Of note, on September 25, 1963, Pierre Lafitte writes “LeCatet”; research strongly suggests this could be a location within the commune of Montbeton, north of Toulouse where a number of airfields were located, perhaps related to training camps. 

      As we learned, the American Committee for Aid to Katanga Freedom Fighters included Jack Crichton, the Dallas oilman who had been in business with Otto Skorzeny since 1952 and served as his point man on the 22nd of November.

I find it so interesting to read Waverly Root’s research, but I’m unable to find it on Google, though his long history as a food writer and historian is easy. Did Hank find his articles for WAPO and others? 
 

[Roger Odisio]

My arguments in this thread have been based on the assumption that Louis' article about the Dallas expulsion was true.  French authorities had looked into it, interviewed Louis, and found his story credible enough to inquire about it to the FBI.  They decided it was Souetre using Roux as an alias.  They didn't ask *whether* Souetre had been expelled; they asked the FBI for an explanation as to *why*, and where he was sent.  Of course, we don't know all the French knew, or thought they did, when they made the inquiry.

 

But suppose the story was a work of fiction, as Greg Parker has suggested on ROKC.

 

It wouldn't have taken any great imagination to create.  If the CIA had hired a foreign assassin, as the ZRRifle project suggested they preferred, they likely would have expelled him precisely as Louis described, and covered up any vestiges of his visit to Dallas.  They had the planes, pilots, and resources to do that.  Expulsion of foreign assassins, if hired, had to have been part of the plan as originally conceived.  Louis was probably smart enough to realize that and build his story from there. 

 

Louis didn't name the assassin in the article.  But when questioned by the police, he said his source was Michel Roux.  The French contacted Roux and he acknowledged being in Montreal at the time of the alleged interview and talking to Louis, but only over the phone, not in person. They had talked about the JFKA, he said, but he denied telling Louis any such story as had appeared in the article.  I have no reason to doubt Roux or his story of his travels thru the Dallas area beginning on Dec 19, to Canada, and back to France in late January,'64.  He was not expelled. There is nothing to connect him to the JFKA.

 

But the two stories, Louis' and Roux's, do not fit together. It's unlikely both could be true.  If both things had happened--an in-person meeting with Souetre saying he was Roux, followed by a bunch of calls from Souetre wanting another meeting, and one previous phone call from the real Roux, it's likely Louis would have known these were two different people.  Not naming his source in the article allowed Louis to obfuscate that problem for a while, but not after he named Roux as his source. This is one clue something was amiss.

There is still much we don't know.  Perhaps the MFF lawsuit can retrieve the French file on the Souetre expulsion that led to their inquiry.  The JFK Act provides for the release of records held by foreign governments.  Bud Fensterwald tried to get it 40 years ago.  The French denied him, citing privacy concerns as I recall.  Souetre died in 2001.  Maybe they will be more cooperative now.

 

To be clear, nothing in the foregoing, whether or not Louis made up the story, tells us anything about Souetre's whereabouts. If Louis concocted his expulsion story, it doesn't mean it didn't happen.  A logical part of any conspiracy using foreign components must include a plan to get rid of them before they are detected.  It's still worth pursuing whether Souetre was in Dallas and expelled after the murder. Or some other assassin.

[Steve Thomas]

1 hour ago, Roger Odisio said:

But the two stories, Louis' and Roux's, do not fit together. It's unlikely both could be true.  If both things had happened--an in-person meeting with Souetre saying he was Roux, followed by a bunch of calls from Souetre wanting another meeting, and one previous phone call from the real Roux, it's likely Louis would have known these were two different people.  Not naming his source in the article allowed Louis to obfuscate that problem for a while, but not after he named Roux as his source. This is one clue something was amiss.

 

 

Roger,

Another possibility is that it was Mertz claiming to be Roux.

The following phone calls, is there any indication if were they local or long distance? This person was requesting a follow-up meeting.

To me, that suggests someone local. Who was residing in Montreal at the time? Michel Victor Mertz.

Steve Thomas