Mary's Mosaic: The CIA Conspiracy to Murder John F. Kennedy, Mary Pinchot Meyer, and Their Vision for World Peace

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