McCone, John J., 52, 62, 65, 68, 70, 379, 380
McGee, Frank, 432n2
McGehee, Edward Lee, 88, 89, 185, 186, 294
McLaney, Bill, 115, 180
McLean, Virginia, 235, 262
McNamara, Robert S., 31, 42, 46, 57, 58, 63, 64, 359, 366–71, 395
McWillie, Lewis, 15
Meagher, Sylvia, 267
Melanson, Philip, 130, 137, 154, 193
Mengele, Josef, 4, 400n22
Mexico
CIA in, 71, 73–9, 196, 255, 272
Eisenhower on, 20
Oswald trip, 94–7, 156, 163, 193, 203, 204, 327, 346–54
Mexico City, 272, 273, 377, 395
Miami Herald, 37, 72
Miami, Florida, 50, 51, 59, 65, 69–73, 96, 106, 108, 112, 182, 191, 212, 227–8, 278
CIA station, 51, 227
del Valle murder, 227
micro dot technology, 154
military industrial complex, 377
Miller, George, 256
Minox camera, 207, 234
Minyard, Frank, 242, 428n19
missile “gap,” 18
Mob, the. See Mafia
Moffett, Sandra, 218, 271
Monterey School, 95, 131
Montreal, Canada, 289, 292
Moore, J. Walton, 153, 338
Moore, Joseph, 109
Morgan, Reeves, 89, 90, 186, 265, 294
Morris, William, 210, 387, 437n28
Morrison, DeLesseps, 103, 168
Morse, Wayne, 418n19
Moscow, U.S.S.R., 2, 62, 76, 96, 138–42, 144–6, 149, 159, 377, 378
Mossadegh government, 7, 14
Moyers, Bill, 368
Murret, Dutz, 340, 341
Nagell, Richard Case, 93–8, 128, 129, 131, 183, 184, 248, 272, 294
Nagy, Ferenc, 386
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), 157, 191, 323, 324, 344
National Archives, xii, xv, 189, 261, 303, 305, 315, 345, 385, 426n148, 441n45, 445n120
National Broadcasting Company. See NBC
National Guard, 168
National Review, 228
national security, 2–5, 33, 52, 158, 224, 299, 358, 388
National Security Action Memoranda (NSAMs), 52, 366, 367, 369–71, 373
National Security Agency, 71, 229, 238, 255
National Security Council, 2, 3, 49, 58, 228, 379
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), 2, 375
Navy (U.S.),
Naval Intelligence, 15, 80, 142, 165, 209, 255, 256, 279, 379
NBC (National Broadcasting Company), 229, 233, 238–41, 255, 263, 272, 288, 397, 432n2
Nebraska, 271
Netherlands, The, 2, 31–33, 149, 335, 373, 375
Neutrality Act, 115
“New Frontier” theme, 17
New Orleans, Louisiana
Airport, 82, 209, 306
Banister assault of Martin, 81, 180
Banister in police force, 103, 104
Camp Street address, 102, 110, 111, 114, 161
Cheramie case, 328
Civil Air Patrol, 81, 83, 125
Crescent City Garage, 157
Criminal Court judges, 287
Cuban exiles in, 111, 159
Cuban Revolutionary Council, 96
Fair Play for Cuba Committee, 96, 102, 118, 158, 179, 190, 332, 355, 356,
Guy Banister Associates, 104,
International Trade Mart, 91, 112, 137, 161, 183, 186, 209, 236, 294, 310, 383, 384
Katzenjammer Bar, 80,
police, 80, 81, 113, 308, 328,
Reily Coffee Company, 157
Spiesel in, 295–7,
See also Oswald, Lee Harvey: in New Orleans
New Orleans States-Item, 161, 220, 275
New Orleans Times-Picayune, 172
New Republic, The, 99, 259
New Times, 338
New York City, New York, 102, 103, 121, 123, 145, 150, 159, 161, 230, 296, 330,
police, 296
New York Council to Abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee, 162
New York Review of Books, 259
New York Times, 10, 25, 37, 50, 52, 69, 171, 261, 299, 332, 383, 387
Newman, John, 348, 355, 360, 369, 371
Newman, Samuel, 102
Newman’s office building (Camp/ Lafayette Streets), 102
Newsweek, 249–53, 259, 261, 288,
Ngo Dinh Diem, 7, 24, 30, 54, 365, 367,
Nicaragua, 44, 46, 108, 199, 384,
Nixon, Richard Milhouse, 6, 10, 16, 18, 19, 23–6, 30, 39, 44, 250, 336, 369
North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
See NATO
Novel, Gordon, 101, 105–8, 162, 191, 212, 216, 229, 232–5, 237, 239, 240, 253, 261–4, 269, 275, 279, 292, 311, 323
and Andrews, 233
and Arcacha, 105–108
explosive munitions raid, 232
extradition denied, 235
and Ferris, 216, 232, 235
Grand Jury appearance, 234
and Martens, 106
Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, 352,
OAS. See Secret Armed Organization
Ochsner, Alton, 92, 157, 188
Odio, Sylvia, 56, 96, 97, 186, 248, 265, 266, 268, 324, 350–3
Odom, Lee, 236, 282
Office of Strategic Services. See OSS
Ofstein, Dennis, 153, 154
Ohio, 82, 83, 196, 235, 263, 333, 377
On the Trail of the Assassins (Garrison), ix, xi, 209, 322, 365
opium, 399n14
O’Reilly, Bill, 428n34
Orleans Parish Grand Jury, 286
Oser, Alvin, 293, 299, 300
cross-examination of Finck, 300
O’Sullivan, Frederick, 178
OSS (Office of Strategic Services), 4, 5, 6, 76, 134, 139, 195, 196, 255
“Oswald,” 109
Oswald, June, 149
Oswald, Lee Harvey, 10, 53, 56, 76, 89, 95, 117, 118, 120, 122, 124, 164, 248, 349, 364
alias Hidell, 94, 158, 160, 254, 391
alias Leon Oswald, 97, 218, 248, 249, 309, 350, 351
Andrews and, 86–88, 93
arrest at Texas Theater, 249, 392
ballistics evidence, 343
and Banister, 116, 291, 389
and Bertrand (Shaw), 93, 294
birth, 120
birth of daughter, 149, 151, 163
and Bishop, 332
and Bringuier’s assault, 118, 161
in the Bronx, 121, 123
and brother Robert, 203,
at Camp Street address, 102
and CIA, 143
in Civil Air Patrol, 81, 125
Clinton trip, 93, 310
comparison with image of Dallas, 101
cover as leftist, 152, 250
cover as Marine, 91, 112
in custody, 205
in Dallas, 150, 153, 213
“defection,” 87, 96, 117, 124, 132, 139, 142, 143, 162, 164, 356
disturbing the peace plea, 159
diary sold, 250
doubles (See “Oswald,” “Oswald, Lee,” “Oswald, Leon”)
enlists in Marines, 125–7
and Fair Play for Cuba Committee, 96, 102, 118, 158, 179, 190, 332, 355
as FBI informant (suspected), 158
and Ferrie, 84, 85, 112, 177, 178, 248, 310
in Fort Worth, 124, 135, 136, 151, 153
hawking “Hands Off Cuba” leaflet, 102
in high school, 124
in Houston, 352
at Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall, 153, 154
killing by Ruby, 117, 156, 182, 214, 249, 330
and landlady Garner, 162, 309
and library card of Ferrie, 81, 88, 98, 310
Marine discharge, 87, 132, 135, 136, 144, 150
as Marine in Philippines, 142, 196
marksmanship, 129,131
marriage to Marina Prusakova, 147
Marxist angle, 353
“Mexico trip, 190
and Minox camera, 207
in Minsk, 151, 153, 154
and Nagell, 95
in New Orleans, 118, 119, 189, 190, 192, 256
in Nuevo Laredo, 352
as patsy, 77, 99, 185, 194, 336
and Phillips, 116
postal box link to Shaw, 236
and Raikin, 149, 150
at Reily Coffee Company, 157, 191
rifle mail order, 160
and Ruby, 79, 214, 328
Russian language fluency, 207
and security clearance, 127, 128
Seeks attorney, 87
and Shaw, 93, 294
in Soviet Union, 102, 153, 154, 187
in Texas, 94
at Texas School Book Depository, 156, 163, 206, 207, 301, 343
and Tippit, 391, 392
and uncle Murret, 340
and U–2, 127, 128, 141, 142, 143, 154
and Veciana, 332, 363
and Warren Commission, 76, 94, 102, 103, 113, 118, 119, 122, 123–5, 130, 131, 132, 134, 136, 138, 142, 147, 153, 156¬–62, 178, 179, 184–9, 193, 198, 200–4, 210, 265, 327, 331, 334, 343–353, 355, 358, 359, 392
witnesses, 84, 88, 93, 116, 125, 186, 187, 189, 190, 201, 248, 254, 294, 309, 334, 353, 392
“Oswald, Leon,” 97, 218, 248, 249, 309, 350, 351
Oswald, Marguerite, 120–126,
Oswald, Marina Prusakova, 139–140, 146–147, 149, 155, 190, 206
Paine, Michael, 155, 194, 195, 206, 343
Paine, Ruth, 148, 155–157, 163, 193–201, 343
Palmer, Henry, 90–93, 185
Panzeca, Sal, 290, 296, 308, 321, 389
Paris, 73, 107
Parker, Jessie, 211, 306, 387
Parkland Hospital, 156, 293, 334
Parmet, Herbert, 20
PBS (Public Broadcasting System), 84, 108
Permindex, 385–386
Peru, 384
Peterson, Niles, 218, 248
Phelan, James 243–248, 289–290, 309, 382–383
Phillips, David Atlee, 10, 35, 53, 69, 95, 105, 272, 332
Playboy, xi, xv, 105, 193, 213, 215, 258, 262
Plotkin, Steve, 112, 234
Poland, 63
Policoff, Jerry, 338
Powers, Gary Francis, 127, 142
prostitution, 9, 77, 87, 212
Prouty, Fletcher L., 52
Puerto Rico, 44, 113
Quemoy, 18, 20
Quiroga, Carlos, 97, 161–162, 184, 329
radio broadcasts, 19, 162, 196
Radio Free Europe, 3, 193, 255
Raikin, Spas, 149–150,
Ramparts, 230, 281
Rankin, J. Lee, 123, 131, 183
Rault, Joseph M., 321
Ray, Manolo, 39, 43, 58
Reagan, Ronald, 280
Reily, William, 157
Reily Coffee Company. See New Orleans
Republican Party, 5
Rhodes, James, 235
Rich, Nancy Perrin, 213, 279
Roberts, Delphine, 80, 110–111, 116, 341
Robertson, Willard, 233
Rodriguez, Manuel, 213
Rogers, Warren, 313
Rome, Italy, 65, 385
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 18, 202
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 4, 313
Rose, Jerry, viii, 337
Roselli, Johnny, 15, 60, 65, 188
Rubenstein, Jacob. See Ruby, Jack
Ruby, Jack
Cheramie connection, 78–79,
CIA on, 196
at Dallas Morning News, 249
Fruge on, 79
Garrison investigation, 182
House Assassinations Committee on, 78
McLaney friendship, 115
Rich connection, 279
and Tippit, 249
and Warren (Earl), 250
in Warren Report, 117
Rusk, Dean, 30, 42, 58, 369
Russell, Patrick, 338
Russell, Richard B., 64, 147, 195
Russian Civil War, 284
Russo, Perry, 217–219, 230, 237, 243, 246–249, 269, 297, 309
Ryan, George, 256
Saigon, South Vietnam, 21, 30, 365–369
Salandria, Vincent, 178, 279, 284–285, 293
San Francisco, California, 280
Santana, Emilio, 182, 216, 289
Saturday Evening Post, 243, 245, 305
Scandals, Scamps and Scoundrels(Phelan), 244
Schoener, Gary, 284
Schroder, J. Henry, 385
Schweiker, Richard, 150, 327–328
Secret Armed Organization (OAS), 27, 107, 386
Seligman, Hans, 385
Semple, Robert, 261
Senate Judiciary Committee, 261, 339
Ser Vaas, Buert, 256
Seymour, William, 266, 323
Shackley, Theodore, 51, 59, 61, 72
Shah of Iran, 7
Shaw, Clay
acquittal, 304, 311
alias Clay Bertrand, 180, 210–211, 236, 240, 242, 269, 278, 387
alias Clem Bertrand, 211, 218
and Andrews, 93, 180, 210, 236, 288, 307
in Argentina, 384
arrest, 211, 230, 236
and Banister, 15, 92
and Biddison, 297
and Brent, 231, 384
Bundy on, 237, 242, 295
and CIA, 110, 157, 166, 183, 217, 232
and Clark, 91, 261, 287
in Clinton, 93, 209, 311
death of, 321
District Court decision, 287
and Ferrie, 92, 93, 110, 185, 187, 208–210, 215–219
FBI file, 179
Habighorst on, 211, 294
and International Trade Mart, 112, 183, 209
Kirkwood on, 244
Nagell on, 183–184, 294
and Novel, 232, 240
Parker on, 211, 306, 387–388
perjury charges, xiii, 289, 312
and Permindex, 385–386
Phelan on, 244, 246–248, 289, 309
and Ruby, 217, 328
Russo on, 218, 237, 247, 309
in San Francisco, 218
and Santana, 216, 217, 328
and Sheridan, 233, 239, 269
and Spiesel, 295,
Tadins on, 311, 312
and Thrasher, 384
trial of, 93, 161, 209, 266, 270–271, 278, 286–311, 389
on Warren Report, 137
See also Garrison, Jim
Sheridan Square Press, xi
Sheridan, Walter, 229, 233, 235, 255–259, 289
Shreveport, Louisiana, 200
Shilstone, Cecil, 321
Sichell, H.M., 1
Simmons, James, 299
Sirhan, Sirhan, 244
SIS, 3, 5
Six Seconds in Dallas (Thompson), 305, 381
Sklar, Zachary, xi
Skorzeny, Otto, 254
Smathers, George, 85
Smith, Earl, 9
Smith, Walter Bedell, 4, 6
Snyder, Richard E., 141
Souetre, Jean, 27
South Africa, 386
South America, 4, 9
Southeastern Louisiana University, 218
Soviet Union, 4, 5, 7, 13, 18, 62, 128, 141, 164, 334
Spain, 98
Specter, Arlen, 300
Spiesel, Charles, 295–297
Sprague, Richard A., 326, 332, 333–334, 350
Springer, Eva, 179
Stalin, Josef, 2, 19
Standard Oil, 9, 32, 314
State Department, 6, 11, 49, 67, 124, 139, 348
Stern, Edgar, 161, 238
Stern, Edith, 161, 238
Stevenson, Adlai, 18, 24, 46, 101
Stokes, Louis, 333
Stone, Oliver, xi
Sukarno, 7, 32–33, 374
Sullivan and Cromwell, 6, 49, 385
Summers, Anthony, 111, 115, 160, 363
Supreme Court (U.S.), 171, 321
Switzerland, 133, 195, 385
Tadin, Matilda
, 292, 310
Tadin, Nicholas, 209, 292, 310
Tanenbaum, Robert, 116, 294, 326
Taylor, Gen., 31, 41, 63, 366
Teamsters union, 256
Texaco, 330
Texas School Book Depository, 156, 163, 206, 207, 343
Thailand, 29, 376
Third Reich, 385
Third World, 6, 19, 24, 365
Thrasher, Charles, 384
Tippit, J.D., 249, 391, 392
Tolstoy Foundation, 193
“Tonight Show, The,” 259, 397
Torres, Miguel, 242
Townley, Richard, 231, 239
Trafficante, Santos, 9, 15, 85, 226
Trento, Joseph, 363
Truly, Roy, 163
Truman Doctrine, 2
Truman, Harry S., 2, 3, 4, 6, 22, 48, 255, 378
Tulane University, 84, 92
Turkey, 1, 2, 65
Turner, William, 51, 280
Tyler, Texas, 182
Underhill, John Garrett (Gary), 98–100
Underhill, Patricia, 99, 100
United Fruit, 6, 7, 196
United Nations, 28, 33, 371
Varona, Antonio, 15, 51, 72
Veciana, Antonio, 10, 53, 68, 95, 331, 393
Vietnam, 20–25, 173, 366
Vietnam War, 22, 31, 370
Voebel, Edward, 83, 125, 178
Wade, Henry, 253
Walthers, Buddy, 198, 227
Ward, Charles, 236, 276
Ward, Hugh, 179, 292
Warren, Earl, 80, 250, 358
Warren Commission
Andrews testimony, 181
autopsy, 293, 300
and Aynesworth, 250
CIA and, 134, 188, 270
and DeMohrenschildt, 194
Dulles’s role, 5, 194, 195, 347
FBI’s role, ix, 94, 102, 158, 178
Ford’s role, 394
Groden on, 327
Johnson’s role, 358
Liebeler’s role, 87, 178
magic bullet theory (See Warren Commission: single bullet hypothesis)
and Marina Oswald, 147
McCloy’s role, 349, 383
perjury, 260
and Phillips, 347
Rankin’s role, 123, 131
Report; Aynsworth on, 297; and
Dymond, 287; on Ferrie, 118;
and Lewis, 327; on Oswald, 80, 102, 157, 265, 327, 353; and
Shaw, 137, 157, 287
Schweiker on, 327
single bullet hypothesis, 293, 300, 327
Specter’s role, 300
and subpoena power, 359
on Tippit, 391–392
Warren’s role, 250
and Zapruder film, 292, 301, 327
Washington, D.C., 188, 257
Washington Post, 170, 363, 378
WDSU-TV, 161
Wecht, Cyril, 326
Wegmann, Edward, 209, 241, 254, 261, 269
Wegmann, William (Bill), 209, 241, 390
Weisberg, Harold, 131, 190, 209, 274, 321
Why England Slept (Kennedy), 20
Wicker, Tom, 52
Wood, Dr., 279
World War I, 55
World War II, 3, 5, 19, 36, 63, 195, 379
Yarborough, Ralph, 160
Yugoslavia, 153, 194
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