by Peter Janney
belief in Ray Crump’s guilt for the murder of Mary Meyer, 366
and Ben Bradlee, 70, 73–76, 187
and burning of Mary Meyer’s diary, 70, 78–79, 81–82, 440
and contents of Mary Meyer’s diary, 70, 75, 80–81
and daughter Nancy Pittman Pinchot, 366
declining interview with Leo Damore, 366
and discovery of Mary Meyer’s diary, 75, 80
and friendship with Robert Schwartz, 163
and “husband dumping trip,” 187
interview by Ron Rosenbaum, 70, 73
interview by Sally Bedell Smith, 229, 449
JFK’s faux affection for, 366
and JFK’s 46th birthday party, 231, 253, 256
and JFK’s funeral, 68, 73, 309,
and Jim Angleton, 73, 75–76, 78–79, 367
letter to Leo Damore, 366
and National Enquirer, 80, 82
and Pinchot dedication to U.S. Forestry Service, 63
relationship with Anne Truitt, 78–79, 367
sister to Mary Meyer, 1, 68
and Steuart Pittman (first husband), 366
and spiritual traditions of George Gurdjieff, 366
Bradlee, Benjamin C., 19, 30, 59, 63, 68, 72–73, 76, 78–81, 85, 113–114, 187, 221, 229, 249, 250–251, 338, 341–342, 356, 363–365, 435, 441, 454, 464, 464, 468
at D.C. Morgue to identify body of Mary Meyer, 19
and author Deborah Davis, 221, 435
and Carol Felsenthal, 251, 435
CIA relationship with, 72, 363
Conservations With Kennedy, 72–73, 454, 464, 464
and Cord Meyer, 341
courtship of Tony Pinchot Pittman, 187
and declining interview with Leo Damore, 364
Detective Sam Wallace, 59, 85, 113, 341
and diary of Mary Meyer, 74, 78–81, 113–114
Dovey Roundtree cross examination of, 113–114, 341, 365
final disposition on diary in 2007, 113–114, 229, 338
friendship with Bishop Paul Moore, 68
interview by Ron Rosenbaum, 365
interview by the author, 441, 464, 468
and Katharine Graham, 221, 365, 435
and Katharine the Great, 363, 435
knowledge of affair between Mary Meyer and JFK, 435
and Myles Lane, 363
and N St. residence of, 30
and 1995 memoir A Good Life, 72, 338
William Safire’s review of, 77–78, 330
on Phoenix, Arizona outburst of Philip Graham, 249, 250
and relationship with JFK, 249
relationship with Mary Meyer, 249
relationship with Philip L. Graham, 250
and Robert Crowley, 364
Rosenberg case, 363–364
and search for diary of Mary Meyer, 78–81
telephone call from Anne Truitt, 76
telephone call from Wistar Janney, 341, 364–365
telephone call to Alfred Hantman, 341
trial testimony of, 76, 341
United States Government Office Memorandum, 363
Washington Post, 365
Washington Post procurement of Newsweek, 356
Watergate, 342, 363
Branch, Bill (mechanic at Esso Service Station), 41–45, 48–49, 117, 121, 140, 334
and alleged coaching by Alfred Hantman, 121
Dovey Roundtree cross examination of, 140, 334
and Henry Wiggins Jr., 41–45
report to D.C. Police, 42–43
stalled Nash Rambler, 48–49
trial testimony of, 117, 121
Broadhurst, Frances L. (journalist), 23–24
author interview with, 24
book review of Leo Damore’s The Cape Cod Years of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 23
and Cape Cod Times (newspaper), 23–24
Brooks, David (journalist): commenting on Leo Damore’s book Senatorial Privilege, 23
Brown Construction Company: Ray Crump’s employer, 56
Brown, Reverend Jesse A., 89–90, 93–94, 110, 136, 444
as Ray Crump’s pastor, 89–90
and Dovey Roundtree, 90, 93–94, 110, 136, 444
and Martha Crump, 89, 93–94, 110, 136, 444
Second Baptist Church, 89
Brugioni, Dino (CIA-NPIC), 287–290, 291–292, 463, 477, 477
author interviews with, 292, 463, 477, 477
CIA’s “Hawkeye” facility, 291–292
reactions to Zapruder Film, 287–290, 477
relationship with Arthur C. Lundahl, 287–289, 289
Budd, Robert (artist), 204–206
and Dr. Charles Oller, 205–206
Ken Noland, 206
and Mary Meyer, 204–206
orgonomy, 205
Washington Color School, 204
Buehler, Frances (daughter of William Walton), 304
author interview with, 304
memory of post JFK assassination visit to Hickory Hill, 304
Bundy, Gus and Jeanne, 199–200
and Bundy Divorce Ranch, 199
and Mary Meyer, 199–200
Bundy, McGeorge (“Mac”): attending Mary Meyer’s funeral, 64
Bundy, William (“Bill”): reaction to William Sloane Coffin’s letter, 194
Bundy Divorce Ranch: (see Bundy, Gus and Jeanne)
Burleigh, Nina (author), 23, 26, 71, 86, 139, 206–207, 225, 230–231, 312, 314–315, 347, 364, 373, 379, 432, 433, 435, 459, 461
and A Very Private Woman (1998), 23, 26, 71, 347, 432, 433, 435
and dismissal of Robert Morrow, 314–315, 379
interview with Cicely Angleton, 71
interview with Dovey Roundtree, 139
interview with Jane Barnes, 379,
interview with Joanne Bross, 312, 435
interview with Ken Noland, 206–207, 459
interview with Myer Feldman, 231, 461
interview with Timothy Leary, 26, 206, 225
and Jim Angleton, 312, 364, 373, 435
knowledge of Wistar Janney’s call to Ben Bradlee, 373
Mary Meyer as “person of interest,” 311
1996 interview with Peter Janney, 373
and Ray Crump’s guilt, 23, 139
and reactions of Alexandra Truitt, 86
and reaction of Charles Bartlett, 230
reactions of John Williams to Burleigh’s call, 314–315
and Ron Rosenbaum, 71, 364, 373
Byers, Frederick (D.C. Police Harbor Precinct), 48, 129, 336–337, 437, 447
and Dovey Roundtree’s cross examination, 129, 336, 437
and Ray Crump’s jacket, 48, 129, 336–337, 447
telephone call to, 48
and time of telephone call, 48
time Crump’s jacket was found, 48, 129, 336
C&O Canal Towpath, 1, 30, 35, 42–45, 47–48, 51, 60, 71, 93, 97, 102, 106–107, 112, 116, 122, 124–130, 136, 140, 220, 320–321, 333, 336, 336, 338, 340, 357–358, 364–365, 401–402, 404, 406, 410, 414, 418, 422, 431, 432, 446
and “Bermuda shorts runner,” 35, 321
and Charles Duncan, 106–107
and Crump trial, 107
daily walking of Mary Meyer, 1, 30, 71, 97, 333
Detective Art Weber, 44–45, 47, 51, 60, 129
Detective Bernie Crooke, 44–45, 47, 51, 60, 129
and Detective John Warner, 44–47, 58, 112, 122, 124–130, 140, 336
and discovery of Ray Crump, 140
exits of, 58, 102, 111, 116–117, 122, 136
exploration of by Dovey Roundtree, 93, 102, 116, 136
and Fletcher’s Boat House, 116, 122, 320–321
and Foundry Underpass, 42–43, 48, 116, 124, 129
and H. P. Albarelli Jr., 324
and Jerry Hunter and George Knox, 102, 134, 446
and Joseph Ronsisvalle (mapmaker), 116–117, 136
and Lt. William L. Mitchell (runner), 93, 320–321
location of, 70–71, 73
and m
urder of Mary Meyer, 220
“Negro male” on, 320
and notes of Damore telephone call to attorney James H. Smith, 401–402, 404, 406, 410, 414, 418, 422, 431, 432
Park Police Officer Ray Pollan, 97
and Officer Frank Bignotti, 122–124, 135, 321
and Officer Roderick Sylvis, 43–44, 58, 112, 122–125, 128, 132, 135, 140, 321, 330, 336, 424
Ray Crump and Vivian, 94,–96, 131, 332, 334, 444
and Robert Crowley’s account of murder, 357–358
and search for murder weapon, 48, 58, 60–61, 96, 107, 112, 136
security of, 38
Sgt. Pasquale D’Ambrosio, 44, 47, 129
“Towpath Murder,” 74, 93, 326, 356
and “young white couple,” 321
and Wistar Janney’s call to Ben Bradlee, 338, 340, 364–365
Cacheris, Plato (attorney), 350–351, 353, 361, 486
Aldrich Ames, 350
author interview with, 486
and Bill Corson’s safety deposit box, 350–351, 353, 361
and Fawn Hall, 350
and J. Michael Kelly, 350–351
and John Mitchell, 350
and Joseph Trento, 350–351, 361
relationship with Bill Corson, 350
Robert Hanssen, 350
Cameron, Dr. Dale (St. Elizabeth’s Hospital), 101
and Ray Crump’s competency to stand trial, 101
Cameron, Joe (station manager of Key Bridge Esso Service Station), 117, 140
and Henry Wiggins, 117,
record of repair for Nash Rambler, 140
Cameron, Dr. John (Chestnut Lodge Sanitarium), 252
and psychiatric care of Philip L. Graham, 252
Canal Road, 41, 45–46, 114, 116–117, 121–122, 320–321, 331, 333, 336 449
and C&O towpath, 331
concrete wall on, 46
Fletcher’s Boat House, 116, 122, 320–321
4300 block of, 41, 45, 117, 449
and Henry Wiggins, 333
Officer Roderick Sylvis, 336
and tow-truck, 42, 62, 93, 99, 102, 107, 111, 114, 117, 121
Capote, Truman (author), 198
on Jackie Kennedy, 198
philandering of JFK, 198
Castaneda, Carlos, 20
Castro, Fidel, 20, 64, 149, 235, 242, 275–277, 314, 385–386, 290
and Bay of Pigs, 314, 385
and Carlos Lechuga (UN ambassador), 275, 277
CIA Mafia plot to assassinate, 20, 235
and Cuban Missle Crisis, 242, 386
and Gordon Chase, 275
impressed by JFK’s American University, 64
interviewed by Lisa Howard, 275–276
and Jack Anderson, 386
and Jean Daniel interview of, 276
Kennedy assassination plot theory, 276
and 1963 Kennedy overture, 385
Operation Mongoose, 386
rapprochement with, 149, 275–276, 290
reaction to Kennedy’s assassination, 276
Cavendish, Billy, 211
death of, 211
and Kathleen Kennedy, 211
Chamberlin, Anne, 64, 75, 77–78, 223–225, 271, 367
as friend of Mary Meyer’s, 223
friendship with Katharine Graham, 271, 367
and fourth account of discovery of Mary Meyer’s diary, 75
funeral of Mary Meyer, 64
knowledge of Mary Meyer’s murder, 367
leaving Washington for Maine, 367
letter to author, 224
and Mary Meyer’s LSD group in Washington, 367
and Mary Meyer’s use of LSD, 225
telephone interview by Leo Damore, 224–225
Truitt-Angleton letter to New York Times, 77–78
Charles, Roger (investigative author), 267, 322–323, 350
as executor to estate of Bill Corson, 267
investigation of “William L. Mitchell,” 322
as Marine Lieutenant Colonel, 267
and Plato Cacheris, 350
and quote of Bill Corson, 350
relationship with Bill Corson, 350
and quote of Bill Corson, 350
and Sea of Lies, 323
and 60 Minutes II segment “Abuse at Abu Ghraib,” 323
and Soldiers for Truth, 322
Chavchavadze, Helen: affair with JFK, 213
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal: (see also C&O Canal Towpath), 35, 501
as National Historic Monument, 35
murder of Mary Meyer, 501
and Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, 35
Chestnut Lodge (CIA-affiliated psychiatric facility), 204, 251–252, 265–266, 268–269
and Dr. John Cameron, 252
and Dr. Leslie Farber, 252
and former CIA official, 251
and Frank Olson, 204
and Katharine Graham, 251, 265–266, 269
and Operations MKULTRA, Artichoke, Paperclip, MKNAOMI, 268
and Philip L. Graham, 265, 268–269
Shepard Pratt (Baltimore), 251
utilized by CIA, 268
Chicago Assassination Plot to assassinate JFK, 282, 354
author’s interview with James Douglass, 354
cancellation of President Kennedy’s visit, 282
and destruction of Secret Service Protective Survey Reports, 354
and Thomas Arthur Vallee, 282
Church, Senator Frank, 21, 267, 342, 385
and Church Committee, 21, 342
CIA fear of, 342
and Joe Shimon, 385
and Richard Helms, 342
and Senator Richard Schweiker, 21
and Watergate, 342
and William Colby, 267
Churchill, Winston, 21, 234
and “The High Cabal,” 21
and Iran, 234
support of CIA-sponsored Iranian coup, 234
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), 1–2, 18–22, 32, 34, 54, 60–61, 64–67, 69–72, 78, 83–85, 93, 110, 112, 114, 128, 130–131, 157–164, 180–182, 184, 186, 191–195, 203–204, 218, 221, 230, 233–234, 237–238, 232–234, 236–237, 242, 246, 248, 251–252, 254, 258–259, 261, 267–268, 276–277, 282–283, 286–292, 293, 295, 300–302, 305, 308–309, 312, 314–315, 320–324, 326–327, 328–342, 345, 348, 350, 355–356, 358, 361, 363–365, 367–369, 370–373, 377–380, 382, 384–387, 389, 404, 408, 412, 420, 430, 436, 443, 463, 468, 485, 485, 488, 530, 531
and Allen Dulles, 2, 65–67, 180–181, 184, 186, 203, 233–234, 236–237, 248, 286–287, 301–301, 308, 312, 326, 363, 370, 372, 378–379
and Arthur (“Art”) Lundahl, 287–290
assassination of JFK, 110, 286, 488
assassination of Mary Meyer, 19
Atsugi Air base (Japan), 355
and Bay of Pigs, 385
and Ben Bradlee, 19
and Chestnut Lodge, 204, 251–252
and Castro assassination plots, 305
and “CIA brats,” 380
and CIA wives, 32, 184, 339, 355
and Cord Meyer, 60, 230, 248
Counterintelligence, 1–2, 65, 69–71, 78, 110, 114, 234, 237, 326, 348, 368, 372, 430
covert action arm of, 186, 230, 267, 302
and Cuban exiles, 314, 358
and David Atlee Phillips, 248, 370
and Desmond Fitzgerald, 181
and Dino Brugioni, 287–290
Directorate of Plans, 60, 65, 181, 186, 237, 338
Executive Action program, 386
and FBI, 20
and Frank Olson, 204, 324
and Frank Wisner, 34, 192, 248, 372, 384
funeral of Mary Meyer, 64
and George de Mohrenschildt, 34
and George Kennan’s mistake, 233
and Georgetown University, 322, 408
and “Hawkeye” Photographic facility, 291
and Herbert Barrows, 83
and Homer McMahon, 291
and identity of Mary Meyer, 19, 54, 72, 114, 3
31, 337–342
inception of, 22, 233, 338, 348
involvement in JFK assassination, 283, 361
and J.Edgar Hoover, 404, 412
and JFK autopsy photographs, 293, 295
and Jack Ruby, 282, 308
and James Angleton, 65, 69–71, 78, 110, 114, 234, 186, 237, 326, 348, 368, 370, 372
and John Bross, 312
and John McCone, 286–287, 289–290, 309
and Joseph Shimon, 382,
and Katharine Graham, 64, 221
and L. Fletcher Prouty, 21, 235, 237, 326–327, 329–340, 412, 420
and Lee Harvey Oswald, 21, 34, 69, 84–85, 282, 290, 308, 329, 345, 361, 367, 370, 420, 430, 488
links to anti-Castro Cuban exiles, 314, 358
and LSD and mind control, 203, 218, 268
Mafia connections, 530–531
and Marina Oswald, 157–164
and media infiltration, 270, 283
and mention of at Crump murder trial, 364
and Mexico City investigation, 370
and MKULTRA, 184, 218, 268, 324, 327, 378
and National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC), 287, 463
Nazi recruitment of, 34, 379,
and NSC 10/2, 233, 238, 254, 258–259,
Office of Current Intelligence (OCI), 67, 338
and ONI False Defector Program, 21, 468
Operation Mockingbird, 182, 191, 468
and President Dwight Eisenhower, 233
and President Harry Truman, 233
and Richard Helms, 181, 386
and Robert Crowley, 267, 358
secret war against Castro, 195, 236
and Shepard Pratt, 251, 268
and Special Investigations Group (SIG), 369
Special Operations Division (Ft. Detrick), 203
and Sidney Gottlieb, 267, 332, 378–379
and Technical Advisory Group (JTAG), 282
Technical Services Division (TSD), 332, 484
and Tracy Barnes, 181, 286, 314–315, 379–380
and U-2, 232, 242, 245, 282, 288
and Victor Marchetti, 67, 182, 322, 371, 430, 468
and Vietnam, 18, 22, 69, 193, 195, 234, 276–277
and the Washington Post, 282, 300–302, 356, 363, 365, 373, 386, 412
and William Harvey, 246, 386–387, 389
and “William L. Mitchell,” 61, 93, 112, 128, 130–131, 320–324, 328–329, 339, 350, 377, 404, 408, 412, 420, 436
and William Sloane Coffin, 193–194
and Winston Scott, 84, 443
and Wistar Janney, 3, 11, 20, 64–67, 338–343, 477, 485
and Zapruder Film, 287–292, 308, 477
Civil Rights Movement, 4, 69, 90, 105, 193, 194, 263, 264
and Civil Rights Act (1964), 105
and death of Medgar Evers, 105, 264
JFK Civil Rights Address, 105, 263, 264