by Gus Russo
Bay of Pigs invasion, 19–22, 164, 170
aftermath, 22–28 See also invasion plan, Cuba
Beauboeuf, Al, 144, 329, 411
Beck, Melvin, 211
Behar, Israel, 243
Behn, Jerry, 255
Belin, David, 425, 426–27, 428
on Oswald escape route, 308
Warren Commission and, 363, 365, 369–70
Belli, Melvin, 499
Bellino, Carmine, 242, 556 n 52
Belmont, Alan, 357
Bentley, Paul, 316, 317
Benton, Sam, 69–70, 184–85
Beschloss, Michael, 4, 27–28, 32, 377
Bethesda Naval Hospital, 323, 324
Bethlehem Children’s Home, 90
Billings, Dick, 142
Billings, LeMoyne “Lem,” 23, 29, 383
Billings, Warren, 406
Bird, Glen, 495
Bissell, Richard, 31, 41
awarded National Security Medal, 34–35
on Castro assassination, 49, 50, 75
CIA Cuba Project Team, 9
on Cuba point man, 37
on deniability of Cuba invasion, 18
on Dulles, CIA/Mafia plots and, 365
on Dulles, JFK, RFK connections, 31
on Edwards and FBI, 71
on JFK/RFK Cuba pressure, 38
on Kennedy family dynamic, 28
on Lansdale’s admissions, 428
on Lemnitzer invasion plan analysis, 15
on permanent assassination capability, 61
resignation, 23–24
Black Caucus, Congressional, 440
“black dog man,” 475
Blackmon, Andrew, 152
Blakey, G. Robert
on Calderon’s reaction to JFK assassination, 226
on Ferrie, 144
House Select Committee on Assassinations and, 441–45
on Oswald, 110–11, 127, 347
on RFK reaction to JFK assassination, 382 See also House Select Committee on Assassinations
Bledsoe, Mary, 256
Bobo, William. See Oswald, Lee Harvey
Boggs, Hale, 362, 371, 372, 374
Bolton, Seymour, 181, 275
Bond, James (Fleming character), 45–46, 62, 94, 120
Bongo, Rafael Garcia, 246–47
Bonsai, Philip, 9, 16
border, Texas/Mexico, Cuban exiles and, 311–12
Boring, Floyd, 255
Boswell, J. Thornton, 324, 326, 388
Botelho, James, 87–88
Botvenik, Leonid, 105
Bouck, Robert, 388
Bouhe, George, 129
Bowles, Chester, 26
Bradlee, Ben, 235
Brannon, Bob, 413
Brantly, Ray, 501
Breckinridge, Scott, 242
Brener, Milton, 412–13
Brengel, Mary, 153
Brennan, Howard, 295, 299–300, 471
Brewer, Johnny, 316
Brigade 2506, 12–13
as prisoners in Cuba, 546–47 n 7
Bay of Pigs invasion and, 19–20
Cuban exiles and, 142
RFK and, 164
slaughter of, 21
Williams containment of, 275
Bringuier, Carlos, 148, 195, 250, 294
confronts Oswald, 199–200
on Oswald, 203
Oswald seeks, 198
on Pena as pro-Castro sympathizer, 204–5
radio debate with Oswald, 201–2
suspicions of Oswald, 199
Brinkley, Anne, 274
Brownlee, Morris, 144–45, 146
on Cuban exiles’ openness in New Orleans, 195
on Ferrie, Russo, and Shaw investigation, 411
on Ferrie, Soviet missiles in Cuba and, 149
on Ferrie and MDC training camps, 187
on Ferrie reaction to stolen Garrison file, 330
Brugioni, Dino, 48, 80, 102, 339
Buchen, Phil, 374
Bueno, Luis, 53
bullet, recovered, 481–83 See also trajectory, bullet
Bullion, J. W. “Waddie,” 321
Bundy, McGeorge
amnesia, Rockefeller Commission testimony and, 427
changing combinations on JFK safes and, 323
Cuban focus, post-JFK assassination investigation and, 340
FitzGerald, Somoza plan and, 175
JFK/Castro peace talks and, 235
permanent assassination capability and, 61
on RFK memo about Cuba problem meeting, 272
Szulc, Cuba matters and, 179
burial, JFK. See funeral/burial, JFK
Burke, Arleigh, 20, 25, 38, 58
Burke, Rick, 322–23
Burkley, George, 323, 326, 328, 388, 389
Burleson, Phil, 496
Burris, Howard, 74, 282, 285
Busby, Horace, 282, 284
Bush, George, 445–46
Bushong, David, 438
Butler, Ed, 88, 201, 202–3, 450
Buznedo, Julian, 138, 187
Byelorussian Radio and Television Factory, Minsk, 103, 104–5
C
Caire, Ronnie, 142, 149, 152
Calderon, Luisa, 225–26, 353
Califano, Joseph, Jr., 163–64, 171, 237, 271, 377
Calvillo, Manuel, 344
Cambria, Joe, 4, 271
Cameron, Dale, 92
Camp Street offices. See 544 Camp Street
Campbell, Alan, 411
Campbell, Allen, 90, 103
Campbell, George, 238
Campbell, Judy, 45, 71–72, 242, 323, 435, 525 n 76
Campen, Alan D., 32
Campisi, Joe, 498
Cancio, Rene, 391
Capehart, Homer, 233
Capone, Al, 493
Carballido, Emilio, 218
Carbonell, Walterio, 223
Cardona, José Miro, 41, 63, 169, 241
Carillo, Justo, 169
Carpenter, Arthur, 136
Carr, Waggoner, 359–60
Carrico, James, 301
Carter, Tom, 114
Casas Sayez, Miguel, 310
Casasin, Thomas, 122
Cassidy, Jack, 370
Castro, Fidel, 234, 261, 458–59
AM/LASH, Cubela and, 242–45
ambassadorial pledge to assassinate U.S. leaders and, 223
American public fear of, 11
as CIA cryptonym AM/THUG, 45
concern over JFK assassination investigation scope, 346
Cubela and, 176
emergence of, 4–6
Howard’s changed opinion of RFK and, 236
intelligence operations of, 52, 53
on invasion plans, 17
JFK and, 451–53
JFK assassination plans, 59
on JFK peace speech, 160, 235
Lake Ponchartrain para-military training camps and, 183
nationalizing Hotel Nacional Casino, 68
Operation Good Times and, 162–63
plots against, in “Family Jewels” report, 425
plots to destroy character of, 54, 57
popular support for, 47
post JFK assassination interview, 223–24
Rabel Nunes (Jose “Ricardo”) and, 181, 548–49, n 73
reaction to JFK assassination, 235
reaction to U.S. invasion, 21
threatening JFK, 248–50
as U.S. assassination target, 9, 38, 41, 83–84, 166
Veciana 1961 plot to kill, 437–38
Castro, Raul, 5, 51, 310, 451
compared to RFK, 452–53
Catholic Church, 138, 144–45, 152, 169
Cavagnaro, Joe, 494, 496
CCC. See Cuban Coordinating Committee
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 4
after Bay of Pigs, 33–35
assassination, foreign, subcontractors for, 432
assassination operations cables, 53–54, 55, 56
Camp Perry, VA, training “farm,” 173
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Church Committee, code of silence and, 429–34
coverup, 352–54
Cuba group, Branch Four, 53
Cuban covert operations launch, 7
Cuban focus, post JFK assassination investigation, 340–43
Cuban intelligence agents and JFK assassination, 225
Cubela and, 176
debriefing Oswald on return to U.S., 121–22
domestic mail-opening operation of, 424
double agents, Mexico City, 211, 219–20, 229
Duran arrest and, 343–44
FBI inter-agency rivalry and, 358
Kennedys and, 35–36
Operation Ajax, 8
Oswald 201 file, clearing negligence and, 353–54
PBSUCCESS, 8
Proenza file and, 221
public mistrust of, 451
RFK, Cuba Project leadership and, 37–38
Schlumberger weapons and, 151–52
Scott files destruction and, 419–20
secrecy oath of, 430–31, 443, 454–55
Soviet Embassy watching, Mexico City, 217–18, 228, 338
Special Affairs Staff (SAS) investigation, 351–52
Technical Services Division, 52
Warren Commission evaluation, 379
Watergate, Cuba Project and, 423 See also assassinations/attempts, foreign leader; Dulles, Allen; Helms, Richard; Mexico City CIA Station
Chamberlain, Donald, 366
Cheever, Bruce, 73
Chetta, Nick, 402–3
Chiari, Roberto, 223
Chicago Junta, 185
Childs, Jack and Morris, 223–24, 249
Chomon, Faure, 227
Church, Forrester, 438
Church, Frank
on Helms’ “Potomac Two-Step” testimony, 432
JFK friendship and, 438
on watch-dog committees, CIA and, 434–35
Church Committee, 428–29, 434
Castro plots investigations, 179
CIA code of silence and, 429–34
conflicts of interest among, 438
coverup, 434–39
Cubela-AM/LASH, RFK and, 184, 272
on Dulles, CIA/Mafia plots and, 366
on FBI/CIA coordination for Warren Commission, 367
Kennedy family protection and, 439–40
Warren, anti-Castro plotting and, 375
Warren Commission evaluation, 378
CIA. See Central Intelligence Agency
Civil Air Patrol, New Orleans, 145
Clark, Comer, 224
Clark, James. See FitzGerald, Desmond
Clark, Kemp, 301
Clark, Ramsey, 389, 395, 400
Ferrie’s call for help and, 402
Garrison asks for Arcadia investigation assistance, 409
Halfen investigation and, 414
LBJ independent investigation of Oswald-Castro connection and, 377
on RFK/JFK dynamic, 29, 322
on RFK’s fears for JFK Dallas trip, 273
Clark, Tom, 284, 415
Clifford, Clark, 23, 455
Cline, Ray, 30, 44
Clines, Tom, 174–75
Clinton, Bill, 420, 447, 453
Cockburn, Alexander, 450
Cody, Jack, 268
Cody, Joe, 494, 495, 501
Coerr, Wymberley, 74
Coffey, Melvin, 329
Cogreve, Henry, 201
Cohen, Victor, 386
Colby, William, 40, 41, 404, 434
Colca, Jake, 284
Coleman, Case, 127
Coleman, William, 375–76, 420
Colson, Charles, 150
Communist Party, International, 424
Communist Party USA, 111, 115
on Castro’s personal threats toward JFK, 249
Oswald sends news-clipping on confrontation with Bringuier, 200
Oswald writes Central Committee, 203
post JFK assassination Castro interview and, 223–24
Comstock, Ray, 330
Congress
Black Caucus of, 440
foreign leader assassinations/attempts, testimony on, 52–53
on JFK peace speech, 160
Connally, John
Arcadia extradition papers and, 408
Garrison investigation developments and, 404
JFK Dallas trip concerns, 274
JFK Texas trip, Yarbrough/Johnson split and, 287, 557–58 n 2, 561 n 16
Mannlicher ammunition and, 467, 481
motorcade 11/22/63, 291–94
in Parkland emergency room, 301
reluctance to do JFK political favors, 253–54
second bullet hits, 297
security objections, JFK Texas trip, 255
trajectory from Texas School Book Depository and, 444–45, 470–71
Connally, Nellie, 292, 293
conspiracy theory, JFK assassination
bullet condition, recovered, 481–83
doctors’ head wound description vs. autopsy, 301, 468–69
FBI, Banister and, 196, 334
Ferrie, Beauboeuf, Coffey and, 329
grassy knoll gunman myth, 471–75
gunfire source and, 467–75
JFK gonorrhea infection and, 327
JFK (missing) brain and, 328, 387–90
London Sunday Times actuary report and, 444
military presence during autopsy and, 328
Oswald’s ammunition and, 466–67, 482
Oswald’s cheap rifle and, 465–66
Oswald’s escape and, 308
Oswald’s marksmanship and, 465
Oswald’s pro-Castro links, communism and, 333
“patsy” at shooting range and, 262
published versions of motorcade route and, 268–69
Redbird Field, getaway plane and, 308–10
Ruby testimony, Warren Commission, 499–500
shooting mechanics, 475–77
third bullet, jet effect and, 298, 470
trajectory, bullet, 477–81
two-shooter evidence and, 464
Zapruder film and, 468, 469–70 See also assassination, JFK; coverup, JFK assassination
Conte, Ramon, 5
contingency plans, military. See OPLAN 380–63
Contreras, Oscar, 553 n 50
Cook, Blanche, 7
Cooke, Leon, 493
Cooper, John Sherman, 362, 371
Corn, David
on Castro counterintelligence, 247–48
on Cuban exiles’ lack of secrecy, 143
on funding Cuba re-invasion, 173
on JM/WAVE reaction to Artime’s operation, 174, 175
on McCone objections to LBJ Cuba policy changes, 391
Coronevsky, Robert, 223
Corso, Philip, 9, 372, 373
Costa Rica, 172
Costello, Frank, 414
Couch, Malcolm, 299
counterinsurgency, 39–41, 347 See also Operation Mongoose
Courtney, Kent, 151
Cousins, Norman, 159–60
coverup, JFK assassination, 321–459
Castro information and, 451–52
Church Committee, 428–39
CIA, 352–54
CIA code of silence, Church Committee and, 429–34
covert operation blowback and, 347–48
Cuban exiles on Cuban Communist assassination team and, 313
FBI and, 354–59
Garrison and, 401–3, 406–13
Hoover investigates Rosselli and, 393–94
House Select Committee on Assassinations and, 440–45
JFK re-internment and, 404–6
Kennedy brothers vs. Castro brothers, 452–54
Kennedy family friends and, 454–55
Kennedy family protection, Church Committee and, 434–39
Kennedy verbal controls/pressure and, 439–40
LBJ and, 457–58
Nixon hides behind facts of, 421–23
Oswald interrogation and, 331
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RFK after LBJ/Marcello connection and, 413–17
RFK and, 322–23, 381–91, 450–51
RFK/LBJ enmity/hostility and, 395–400
Rockefeller Commission and, 423–28
Rosselli story through Jack Anderson and, 394–95, 403
Sanchez omits reporting Cubela poison pen delivery, 339
SAS and, 352
Scott’s Mexico City files disappear, 419–21
Warren Commission and, 359–80, 457 See also conspiracy theory, JFK assassination; Cuban Embassy, Mexico City
CRC. See Cuban Revolutionary Council
Crimmins, John H., 185
Cronkite, Walter, 29–30, 377
Crouse, Timothy, 431
Crozier, Ross, 5, 148
Crull, Elgin, 335
Cruz, Miguel, 200
Cuba
American business in, 4
Bay of Pigs invasion plan, 14–19
continued U.S. ill-will toward, 453
New Orleans and, 136
Platt Amendment and, 3
re-invasion planning, 1962, 77–80
simulated bombing attacks and, 163
U.S.-sponsored coup in, 177
Watergate and, 422–23, 458
Cuba Project, CIA, 9, 37–48
counterinsurgency and, 39–41
Cuban exiles and, 156
Cuban-Kennedy intimacy and, 174
Harvey and, 46–47, 62
and JFK’s obsession with Castro, 150
Lansdale picked to lead, 41–43
Mexico City operations, 220–21
Operation Mongoose and, 43–45
Oswald inspired by, 204
Oswald’s third visit to Soviet Embassy (Mexico City) and, 218
RFK and, 37–38, 47–48
Szulc updates on Cuba and, 180
warning of Soviet capabilities, 77
Williams/RFK relationship and, 165 See also Task Force W
Cuba Study Group, 25
Cuban Consulate, Oswald and, 99
Cuban Coordinating Committee (CCC), 162–64
Castro’s threats and, 249–50
Cuban Subversion subcommittee, 250
operational coordination with Castro assassination, 177
Oswald, Cuban intelligence and, 341
“Cuban Counterrevolutionaries in the United States” (Lee), 195
Cuban Embassy, Mexico City, 204
CIA double agents in, 229, 570 n 9
JFK assassination discussions, 223–24
Oswald’s visits, 213–14, 215, 222–23, 352
reaction to JFK assassination, 229–30
Cuban Embassy, Moscow, 227
Cuban exiles
Banister, dirty tricks and, 140–41
crackdown on, 241
Cuban invasions and, 14, 63, 157, 182
early awareness of Soviet missiles in Cuba and, 148–50
Hunt and, 165
on JFK abandoning Cuba to communism, 155
Latin American training camps, 17, 142, 171–72, 182
LBJ destroys McCone file about, 329
in New Orleans, 136–37
talkative nature of, 195, 243