Larry Hancock Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 Good work Steve, actually my DPUK presentation last week was about Kirknewton, the Guerini brothers, the Mondoloni network which went into the east coast via Miami and increasingly through Texas via both Loredo and Houston. Big busts in from this network were made in Loredo, Houston and interestingly enough at Fort Benning during the period of 63-65. For anyone serously wanting to follow this line of research I would definitely recommend The Strength of the Wolf, the secret history of America's war on drugs by Douglas Valentine. Published by Verso in London last year. In a chapter on the JFK assassination he speculates that the Mondoloni network might have been used to support the conspiracy. And as I pointed out last weekend, a great number of the pre-assassination leaks can be tracked to people who could well have been on the periphery of that network. -- Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Thomas Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 James, FWIW. Below is a composit photograph. Le man on the right is supposed to be a photograph of Jean Souetre. The picture on the left is a picture in the Dallas Police Department of the alleged assassination rifle. Behind the rifle, leaning up against the wall is what appears to be a police artist's sketch of someone. To me, the two pictures look remarkably similar. <img src="http://members.sigecom.net/s1thomas/souetre1.jpg" /> Steve Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Richards Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 (edited) Hi Steve, Interesting indeed. I think the one thing which stands out here is that the composite image doesn't look anything like Oswald. I believe this composite image is actually of Ronald Ponce DeLeon. (see below) FWIW. James Edited July 1, 2005 by James Richards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dolva Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 Hi Steve,Interesting indeed. I think the one thing which stands out here is that the composite image doesn't look anything like Oswald. I believe this composite image is actually of Ronald Ponce DeLeon. (see below) FWIW. James <{POST_SNAPBACK}> an attempt at comparison: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Howard Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 (edited) With the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy approaching, I have a valid reason for wanting to bring back this thread. The "interesting JFK Books thread" would have been more logical to place some of this material. But I have my own reasons for placing the aforementioned here. The "French connection" to the JFK assassination is an area where the shooters who targeted de Gaulle prior to the JFK Assassination, and afterwards were real people not shadowy figures nobody knew. Historians have documented these activities which commonly centered around members of the OAS and the Algerian crisis. The latter was to de Gaulle what the Bay of Pigs was for Kennedy. Lt. Colonel Bastien-Thiry personified the attitude of many in the French military regarding their feeling that de Gaulle sold them out [he was initially against Algerian independence, but saw the writing on the wall for the colonial rule of not just France, but for Great Britain and Belgium]. Ironically, it was my study of the Galveston heroin transaction which led me to read Target de Gaulle: The true story of the 31 Attempts on the life of the French President Pierre Demaret & Christian Plume Dial Press - 1969 This is a book which, with only a few exceptions everyone has missed the boat on, including myself. If you think you know everything about the JFK assassination and haven't read this book, you are deluding yourself. I would go as far as saying that if Demaret is alive, really don't know. The people who are at the forefront of the research community should be on the horn. Edited September 18, 2013 by Robert Howard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Howard Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 (edited) Instead of updating some of the material I have been gathering, [as I am not finished] I thought this was as topical as anything else going on around lately, no offense intended. ...See the Section Is The Union Corse Still Around These Days? http://z14.invisionfree.com/GangstersInc/ar/t24.htm Also see page 232 of the Security File on Frank Sturgis https://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/viewer/showDoc.do?docId=104140 I also have an interest..... If anyone knows more about the "Vaccaro Brothers Steamship Company" their input would be appreciated. ** Times-Picayune, The (New Orleans, LA) - March 20, 1992Deceased Name: Salvador "Tudie" CarolloSalvador "Tudie" Carollo, a retired sales manager with Vaccaro Brothers Steamship Co., died Wednesday at his home. He was 87. Mr. Carollo was born in New Orleans and lived in Arabi for many years. For 45 years before his retirement, he was employed at Vaccaro Brothers Steamship Co., which later became Standard Fruit and Steamship Co. and is now Dole Fresh Fruit Co. He is survived by his wife, Mamie Locascio Carollo; two sons, Michael and Salvador "Sammy" Carollo; a daughter, Sarah Serio; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. A Mass will be said today at 2 p.m. at St. Bernard Memorial Chapel, 3710 Paris Road in Chalmette. Burial will be in St. Bernard Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Edited September 25, 2013 by Robert Howard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Brancato Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 On June 24, 2005 at 7:37 AM, Steve Thomas said: I spent some time researching Souetre, but I didn't get very far. "(Release date: May 13, 2004. The Strength of the Wolf: The Secret History of America's War on Drugs by Douglas Valentine. London: Verso Press, 2004. ISBN: 1-85984-568-1) Consider, if you will, the JFK assassination in some ways rebounding off of the so-called French Connection. To most people, their idea of the French Connection is based upon the film, starring Gene Hackman. The film is based on a real case, handled by the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN), however Valentine suggests that the French Connection case had ramifications far deeper than shown in the movie. One tangent of the French Connection involves former French colony Algeria. French president Charles DeGaulle collided with the Organization de l'Armee Secrete (OAS), which wanted to maintain French rule in Algeria. A complex series of offshoots, painstakingly detailed by Valentine in The Strength of the Wolf, branched into the July 1961 assassination plots against DeGaulle. Reportedly, the attempted overthrow by coup d'etat of French president DeGaulle was partly financed by about $200,000 in secret funds handled by none other than Permindex. (Recall that Clay Shaw was reportedly an employee of Permindex.) Also connecting with the Organization de l'Armee Secrete (OAS) was former FBI agent Guy Banister, who reportedly sent the OAS $200,000 in 1962. That money allegedly went to Jean Rene Marie Souetre of the OAS. In early 1963, Monsieur Souetre had a sequence of clandestine meetings with, respectively, E. Howard Hunt, far-right General Edwin Walker, and Guy Banister. Souetre and unnamed Corsican assassins are shown by Valentine to have been the probable actual killers of John Kennedy. Corsican drug smugglers used as assassins were reportedly favored over U.S. Mafiosi due to ongoing Project Luciano-type entanglements between them and the CIA." From William Harvey’s handwritten notes on setting up the ZR/Rifle Program From ajweberman’s Coup d’etat in America Nodule 0 http://www.weberman.com/nodules/nodule0.htm 8. Use nobody who has never dealt with criminals; otherwise will not be aware of pitfalls or consider factors such as freedom to travel, wanted lists, etc. Exclude organization criminals, those with record of arrests, those who have engaged in several types of crime. Corsicans recommended. Sicilians lead to Mafia. Souetre reportedledy met with E. Howard Hunt in Madrid to get CIA backing for the OAS. I belive the CIA turned them down. From another 1998 posting by Stephane Risset: "for you information, Jean Souetre was not in Dallas on 22/11/63, he was in jail in Oran ( algerie ), I met sou tre 2 years ago, he is not corsican, and a gangster, he his military man, back in 1961/2 he was under the order Salan/Jouhaud ( top general in alger) later it became an O.A.S men under the direction of pierre Sergant, and after so tre took the O.A.S direction for the spain. Soutre was a specialist of terrorism, and anti-terrorism, he belonged a commando now : delta ( service action de l'O.A.S ) but the thing his this: Soutre was a friend of Michel Merzt ( died in july 1997) Merzt was military men, working for the nazi in second war.after the war, he became a spy and a gangster very dangerous,in the event of alger and O.A.S matter Merzt infiltrate the O.A.S organisation, for the french secret service. there are lots of physicals apparence between the 2 guys. Soutre tell me that it was Merzt who was in Dallas,with his passports. i see lot of document belong to Soutre, I think there is no doute that Soutre was not involving in Dallas, I can't says the same thing for Merzt. Merzt was a very dangerous person,with lot of murderer, it was also involving in drug traffic knowing at the name of " FRENCH CONNECTION " back 1970/76. for a long time ago I was very concern about this connection. Lucien Sarti died in 1973 in Mexico city. if you want more details tell me what do you about him? Stephane" Searches in the NARA database reveal about a dozen of these kind of entries: AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY : FBI RECORD NUMBER : 124-10224-10058 RECORDS SERIES : HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 105-128529-1 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : FBI FROM : LEG, PA TO : DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE : [No Title] DATE : 03/04/1964 PAGES : 1 DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT SUBJECTS : [RESTRICTED] CLASSIFICATION : CONFIDENTIAL RESTRICTIONS : 1C; 4 CURRENT STATUS : RELEASED WITH DELETIONS DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 04/09/1996 OPENING CRITERIA : INDEFINITE Steve Thomas Steve - bumping this interesting post by you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Thomas Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 3 hours ago, Paul Brancato said: Steve - bumping this interesting post by you. Paul, Thanks. One of the things I do know, is that Souetre couldn't have been mistaken for Roux, or vice versa. Roux was 23 or 24 years old and stood about 5'7". Souetre was 33 years old and stood about 6'1". If I had to bet, I'd bet it was Mertz that was in Dallas, not Souetre. Steve Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Brancato Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Does it strike you as odd that David Christ was handled in the CIA by an agent named John Michael Mertz, and that investigators questioned Christian David about the Corsican hit team? It’s the confluence of similar names. Probably means nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paz Marverde Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 On 18/9/2013 at 10:20 PM, Robert Howard said: Target de Gaulle: The true story of the 31 Attempts on the life of the French President Pierre Demaret & Christian Plume Dial Press - 1969 This is a book which, with only a few exceptions everyone has missed the boat on, including myself. If you think you know everything about the JFK assassination and haven't read this book, you are deluding yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Brancato Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 37 minutes ago, Paz Marverde said: I purchased the paperback version of the book and I’m reading it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paz Marverde Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 3 minutes ago, Paul Brancato said: I purchased the paperback version of the book and I’m reading it now. Amazon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Brancato Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 9 hours ago, Paz Marverde said: Amazon? Yes. Third party Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trygve V. Jensen Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 (edited) Semi-on-topic/relevant/irrelevant; (Just taken from the ancient disk). 1: Just posting since some of these names are mentioned in this thread. As well as old attachments being gone / links not working etc. 2: I did not make these composites. Maybe it was James Richards, - I have no idea. Just a faint sound of a bell ringing. But time makes me not trust the sounds. 3: They might very well be speculating / false / mislabeled , etc. 4: Most probably already posted at this forum,- and I suspect I got them from here also. -------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- (J.A.Lawrence). ------------------------------------------------------------ Edited April 18, 2018 by Trygve V. Jensen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Thomas Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 (edited) On 4/18/2018 at 4:12 PM, Trygve V. Jensen said: Semi-on-topic/relevant/irrelevant; (Just taken from the ancient disk). -------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- Trygve, The picture of Souetre on the right is taken from a larger picture. This picture was posted by a Michaux on 8/10/2006 in the Forum: LEGION ETRANGERE,KEPI BLANC,FORUM SCH(er)MUNCH http://www.legion-etrangere-munch.com/t11103-quel-est-le-nom-de-ce-militaire-et He said this photo was taken in Sante Prison in June of 1961. I do not not know the other man is. On his beret. he wears the insignia of the 20/541 http://www.commando-air.fr/24.html The badge was approved by Francois Coulet in 1956 and adopted by all of the 541's. On his right pocket, he wears his parachutist wings. And on his left pocket, he wears the "Sicut Aquila" badge of the "commandos de l'air" Steve Thomas Edited December 13, 2019 by Steve Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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