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Live by the Sword

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by Gus Russo


  U.S. crackdown on, 161

  White House and, 164

  Williams/RFK relationship and, 165 See also Cuban Information Service

  Cuban hit men in U.S., 228

  Cuban Information Service (CIS), 172

  Cuban Intelligence, 220, 224–25, 242

  Cuban Military Intelligence, 226–27, 310, 340

  Cuban Missile Crisis, 79–80, 80–83, 155, 156, 453, 528 n 124

  Cuban Officer Training Program, 174, 182

  Cuban Revolutionary Council (CRC), 13, 138

  Caroline Kennedy kidnapping threat and, 17

  early knowledge of missiles in Cuba and, 543 n 78

  Hunt and, 165

  Lee writes against, 195

  Louisiana para-military training camps and, 185

  Martens and, 147–48

  Miro Cardona and, 241

  U.S. government and, 141

  Cuban Secret Service, 188

  Cuban Student Directorate, 195 See also Directorio Revolutionario Estudiantil

  Cubana Airlines, 309–10, 311

  Cubela Secades, Rolando

  assurances from U.S. government and, 271

  Castro intelligence infiltration of, 226

  coordinating with U.S.-sponsored Cuban coup, 177

  as double agent, 242–45

  FitzGerald and, 83

  Hernandez and, 184

  JFK assassination and, 304

  Kostikov and, 338

  organized crime connections, 245

  Phase Three assassination attempts and, 63, 175–76

  post-JFK assassination investigation and, 340–41

  Proenza and, 338

  receives poison pen device to kill Castro, 240

  RFK and, 164

  tells Sanchez he’ll assassinate JFK, 239

  unhappy with weapons choice, 290 See also AM-LASH (AM-LASH-1)

  Cunningham, Elmo, 268–69, 332, 498, 501

  Curry, Jesse, 291, 335

  Curtis, Willard C. See Scott, Winston

  Cushing, Richard Cardinal, 228, 406

  Cushman, Robert E., Jr., 9, 10

  D

  Dallas

  Alright Parking Garage, Oswald and, 266–67

  concerns about JFK trip to, 273–75

  Oswald returns to, 256–57

  public hostility toward JFK, 280, 285–86, 291–92

  Ruby’s enthusiasm for, 493–94, 498

  shooting range, Oswald and, 261–63 See also Texas School Book Depository

  Dallas Morning News

  details of motorcade route and, 265, 268–69

  on JFK insufficient opposition to communist aggression, 274

  JFK Texas trip story, 254

  on JFK trip, Yarbrough/Connally-Johnson split and, 287

  on LBJ off ticket, 281

  “Operation Midnight Ride” stories, 126

  Oswald’s ride to shooting range story, 264

  Dallas Police Department

  audio tapes analysis, conspiracy and, 445

  Curry on JFK visit, 291

  dispatching Oswald description, 300

  forensic evidence against Oswald, 332–33

  Oswald interrogation, 330–32

  Ruby affection for, 495

  subdues Oswald in Texas Theatre, 316

  Tippit murder and, 315–16

  Tippit orders to remain in Oak Cliff, 314

  Dalton, George, 322–23, 389

  Dalzell, William, 137

  Daniel, Jean, 11, 234–35

  Daniels, Mark, 59

  David, Irene, 28

  David, Lester, 28, 379, 383

  Davis, John, 273, 283, 382

  Davis, Richard, 186

  Davison, Jean, 451

  De Guire, Michael J., 343

  Dealey, E. M. “Ted,” 232

  Dealey, Joe, 293

  Dealey Plaza, 255–56, 293–94

  Dean, John, 166

  Death of a President, A (Manchester), 253, 398–99

  DeBrueys, Warren, 138, 147, 149–50, 201

  Decker, Bill, 387

  Declassified Eisenhower, The (Cook), 7

  Dejanovich, Owen, 98, 111, 127–28

  DeLaBarre, Frank, 186, 187

  DeLaBarre, Gus, 186, 187

  Delgado, Nelson, 87, 96, 98–100, 308

  DeLoach, Cartha, 72, 373, 397

  Delsa, L.J., 441

  Democratic National Committee, debt of, 253

  DeMohrenschildt, George, 87, 105, 116, 121, 124

  Denesleya, Donald, 122, 123

  deniability

  Artime’s operation and, 174

  autonomous projects and, 161–63

  Bissell on Cuba invasion and, 18

  Kennedys’ ad hoc committees/hands-on policies and, 450

  plausible, FitzGerald as envoy to Cubela and, 240

  presidential, contingency plan for, 75

  Dennison, Robert “Denny,” 77, 79, 177–78

  Devlin, Lawrence, 365

  Diaz, Nino, 13–14, 140–41, 142, 183

  Diaz Isalgue, Miguel, 181

  Diaz Ordaz, Gustavo, 378

  Diaz Verson, Salvador, 222, 345–46

  Dickerson, Willis “Dub,” 494

  Diego, Victor Paneque, 186

  Diem, Ngo Dinh, 42

  Dillon, Douglas, 278

  Directorate General of Intelligence (DGI), Cuban, 224–25, 346

  Directorio Revolutionario Estudiantil (DRE), 148, 185, 198, 199

  Dirksen, Everett, 160

  Dobbs, Farrell, 117

  Dolan, Ed, 149

  Dolan, Joe, 415

  Donahue, Howard, 476

  Donaldson, Sam, 384

  Doolittle Report, 8

  Dorman, Mike, 283

  Dorticos Armas, Osvaldo, 345–46

  Doster, George R. “Reid,” 12

  Dougherty, Jack, 288

  Downey, Morton, Sr., 4

  Downing, Thomas, 441

  Doyle, Patrick, 489

  Drain, Vincent, 387

  Draznin, Julius, 386

  DRE. See Directorio Revolutionario Estudiantil

  Dulles, Allen, 31

  appointment to Warren Commission, 362–63

  approving Castro assassination plans, 50

  Artime and, 169

  awarded National Security Medal, 34

  on Bay of Pigs operation, 22

  on Bay of Pigs “other developments,” 49

  CIA Cuba Project Team, 9

  CIA investigation of JFK, 32–33

  on CIA policy support, 433

  Cuba Study Group and, 25

  FitzGerald and, 82

  Fleming’s James Bond books and, 45–46

  Harvey and, 82

  Hunt and, 165

  JFK, RFK connections, 31–32

  on JFK inexperience, 18

  Lansdale and, 41–42

  Operation Ajax and, 8

  PBSUCCESS and, 8

  permanent assassination capability and, 61

  post-Bay of Pigs strategizing and, 58

  resignation, 23–24

  on Taylor Commission, 38, 71

  Warren Commission and, 34, 365–66

  World War II experience, 520–21 n 158

  Dulles, Avery, 169

  Dulles, John Foster, 8

  Duncan, Jerry, 269

  Dungan, Ralph, 181

  Duran, Sylvia

  car used by Oswald/Cuban Embassy officials and, 222

  caught fleeing to Havana, 346

  CIA, halting Mexican Police arrest and, 222

  in Cuban Consular office, 213, 215

  as double agent, 219–20

  Lechuga and, 220, 236

  Mexican Police arrest/interrogate, 343–44, 345

  Oswald and, 218–19, 236–37

  Proenza and, 221

  as triple agent, 220–22

  E

  Earman, Jack, 404

  Ebbitt Hotel, CIA and, 303

  Edwards, India, 396

  Edwards, Sheffield, 50, 71, 72–73, 365�
�66, 393–94

  Ehrlichman, John, 422

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 5

  Castro and, 6

  CIA Cuban covert operation and, 7–10, 21–22

  Dulles, Lumumba assassination plan and, 365

  Lansdale and, 42

  Presidential Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, 32

  signaling co-insurgents through coded speech, 276

  Elder, Walt, 57, 76, 303–4

  Elliott, Elcan, 307–8, 314

  Ellsworth, Frank, 332, 473, 497, 501

  “enhanced memory” phenomenon, 488–89

  Epstein, Edward Jay, 194, 420–21

  Escalante, Fabian, 17, 243, 245–46, 451

  Esperdy, Peter, 228

  Espinosa, Cristobal, 267

  Esterline, Jake, 63

  CIA Cuba Project Team, 9

  Cuba invasion plan and, 18

  Cuba invasion results and, 20

  on Harvey/RFK run-ins, 81

  on JFK/RFK drive against Castro, 63

  on Mafia involvement, 50

  Estes, Billie Sol, 281–82, 283, 290

  Euins, Amos L., 295, 296, 298–99

  Evans, John (pseudonym), 81–82

  Executive Action project, 61

  “Eyewitness Testimony, Memory, and Assassination Research” (Loftus/Doyle), 489

  eyewitnesses, 487–89

  gunfire source and, 298–300, 467

  F

  Fackler, Martin, 482

  Fagen, Donald, 209

  Failure Analysis Associates, 470, 478, 482

  Fain, John, 114

  Fair Play for Cuba Committee (FPCC), 116

  Cuban Embassy control of, 223

  Lopez and, 311

  mails Oswald pamphlets, 129

  Oswald in New Orleans and, 195, 198

  Oswald reveals alleged CIA plot for Castro assassination to, 223

  Oswald sends news-clipping on confrontation with Bringuier, 200

  terrorists in New York, 236

  Fallaci, Oriana, 384–85

  “Family Jewels,” CIA internal abuses report, 424, 425

  FAR (Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces) plane, 309

  Fay, Paul, 277

  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

  bugging Democratic National Convention, 1964, 398

  CIA inter-agency rivalry and, 358

  Cuba-Miami letters, Cuban JFK assassination plans, 188–89

  Cuban exiles on Cuban Communist assassination team and, 312–13

  DRE arms cache and, 185

  Ferrie seeks help from, 402

  Hoover on CIA investigation of JFK, 33

  informed of Cuban agents in Texas, 230

  interrogation of Oswald family and, 338

  interviews Oswald after Bringuier confrontation, 200

  interviews Price on Oswald at shooting range, 261

  JFK assassination conspiracy theory and, 196

  Katzenbach memo to limit investigation, 355, 356

  Keenan investigative trip to Mexico City and, 357–59

  learns of CIA/mob/Kennedy connections, 72

  learns of Phase One Castro plots, 71

  limited investigation of, 354–57

  Mexico City headquarters, 211

  monitoring Oswalds, 114–15, 201

  Morrow and Sapp statements to, 267

  Navarros on Oswald with Cuban Embassy officials and, 222

  Oswald’s funeral/burial and, 349

  raids McLaney Camp, 183–84

  on RFK’s first coverup, 73

  Rosselli surveillance, 71

  Ruby and, 493

  Walker investigation, 124 See also Hoover, J. Edgar

  Feeney, Rick, 441

  Feito, Fernandez, 346

  Felaifel, Juan, 243–14, 247

  Fenner, Nancy Lee, 259–60

  Fernandez, Fernando, 187–88, 199, 338–39

  Fernandez, Julio (pseudonym), 312

  Ferrell, Mary, 269

  Ferrer, Eduardo, 20

  Ferrie, David W., 144

  apartment weapons stash, 153

  Banister and, 141, 144

  Cuban exiles and, 144–46

  Houma weapons transfer and, 152

  Lake Ponchartrain para-military training camps and, 183

  on missiles in Cuba, 149

  Pena and, 205

  possible link to RFK and, 542 n 62

  questions about Oswald relationship, 330, 349

  training Cubans at MDC camp, 187

  Finck, Pierre, 325, 326, 327, 328

  FitzGerald, Desmond, 31, 390

  assures support of RFK to Cubela, 239–41, 244

  bet with Forrestal on Castro collapse, 251

  on coordinating CCC and Castro assassination, 177

  on exile leaders rivalry, 15

  JFK, and 82–83, 529–30 n 151

  JFK assassination investigation and, 352

  JFK Cuban coup coded speech and, 275

  news of Cubela Mexico City contacts, 338–39

  reaction to JFK assassination, 303

  reaction to Oswald’s death, 339

  sends Sanchez to meet Cubela, 238–39

  Special Affairs Staff and, 82

  Five Eyes, 406–7

  531 Lafayette Street, 197

  544 Camp Street

  Aracha Smith and, 143–44

  Cuban Revolutionary Council offices in, 147

  Garrison interest in, 402, 408

  Guy Banister and Associates and, 139–40, 196–97

  Martens and, 146

  Oswald and, 196–98

  Schlumberger munitions stored at, 152–53

  Secret Service visit after JFK assassination, 333 See also Newman Building

  5412 Committee, 8

  Flannery, Jim, 238, 438

  “flashbulb memory” phenomenon, 488–89

  Fleming, Ian

  JFK and, 45–46 See also Bond, James (Fleming character)

  Flynn, Charles, 493

  Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley, 203

  FODC (Friends of Democratic Cuba), 137

  Fonzi, Gaeton, 148, 209, 441, 442–43

  Ford, Charles, 65

  Ford, Dennis, 489

  Ford, Gerald, 362, 371, 373–74, 424–25

  Forrestal, Michael, 251

  Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce breakfast 11/22/63, 286–87

  Fortas, Abe, 321, 360, 362–63

  Frazier, Buell W., “B.W.”

  gives Oswald ride, 270, 288, 289

  meets Oliver Stone, 559 n 40

  Oswald and, 264–65

  on Oswald and children, 257

  timing of Oswald retrieving rifle and, 268

  Freeman, Orville, 284

  Frente Revolutionario Democratico (FRD), 13, 141, 169

  Friends of Democratic Cuba (FODC), 137

  Fritz, Will, 317, 331, 464

  Fugitive, The (television program), 93, 256

  Fulbright, William J., 18, 273–74

  funeral/burial, JFK, 334, 361, 389, 404–6

  G

  G-2 (Cuban Military Intelligence), 226–27, 310, 340

  Garcia Bongo, Rafael, 246–47

  Garner, Mrs. Jesse, 192

  Garrison, Jim

  character/reputation of, 401–2

  on Feme and Oswald, 330

  Ferrie investigation, 402–3

  JFK (movie) and, 446

  Kennedy investigations, 401–3, 406–13

  RFK and, 406–8

  Shaw investigation, 410–13

  Garro De Paz, Elena and Elenita, 218–19, 344

  Garwood, Darrell, 365

  Gaudin, Louis D., 309

  Gay, Donovan, 441

  Gemberling, Robert, 260, 473

  Genovese, Vito, 414

  Germann, Ella, 106, 107

  Geyer, Georgie Anne, 248

  Giancana, Sam

  Castro assassination plans and, 45, 52, 241, 523 n 19

  emissary of, meets with McLaney and JFK, 70

  Kennedy family and, 242
/>   murder of, 436

  RFK’s coverup of, 72–73

  Sinatra and, 435

  wiretapping and, 71

  Gil, G. Wray, 329

  Gilpatrick, Roswell, 231–32

  Giordano, Joseph, 389

  Gleichauf, Justin, 143

  Gobel, Merritt, 309

  Goldwater, Barry, 231, 254, 439

  Golovachev, Pavel, 103, 105, 111, 121, 205–6

  Gonzalez, Alonzo, 59, 436

  Goodpaster, Andrew, 9

  Goodpasture, Ann, 353

  Goodwin, Doris Kearns, 397

  Goodwin, Richard

  on Castro assassination plan, 75

  on Castro’s power in Cuba, 26

  Cuba Project and, 43

  Guevara and, 27, 63

  on JFK’s anti-Castro campaign, 13, 22

  on JFK’s reaction to Bay of Pigs, 27

  on Kennedy family dynamic, 28

  on Lansdale’s admissions, 428

  RFK avoiding JFK assassination questions and, 385

  writing JFK’s anti-Castro campaign speeches, 11–12

  Gordon, Caroline, 58

  Gordon, Heather, 58, 59, 437

  Gordon, John, III, 436, 437

  post-Bay of Pigs plots and, 57–60

  Gottlieb, Sidney, assassination poisons and, 61

  government, U.S.

  CIA role in, 431

  continued Cold War with Cuba and, 453–54

  Cuban Revolutionary Council and, 141

  Oswald’s inconsequence to, 455–56

  public distrust of, JFK assassination and, 451, 458

  Ruby’s patriotism and, 495–96

  GPFOCUS. See Kennedy, Robert F.

  GPIDEAL

  11/22/63, Cuban journalist reports killing of, 285 See also Kennedy, John F.

  Granello, Sal, 51

  Grant, Eva, 493, 495, 496, 499

  grassy knoll gunman, 471–75

  agents on knoll and, 472–73

  crowd on knoll and, 472

  sight lines problem, 473–75

  smoke problem, 471–72

  Graves, L. C., 335

  Great Lakes Carbon, 4, 31

  Greer, Bill, 298

  Gregory, Peter, 116

  Griffin, Burt, 362, 363, 371, 374

  Griffith, Clark, 4

  Groden, Robert, 477

  Gromyko, Andrei, 176–77

  Grose, Peter, 34, 82, 366

  Guantanamo, 58–60, 162, 436

  Guatemala, PBSUCCESS and, 8

  Guatemalan Lumber Company, 186

  Guevara, Che, 27, 51, 63

  Guin Diaz, Ramon Tomas, 247

  Guinn, Vincent, 482

  gunfire source, 467–75

  witnesses and, 298–300, 467

  wounds and, 468

  Gurvich, William, 407–8

  Guthman, Edwin, 302, 381, 390

  Gutierrez, Pedro, 222, 345

  Guy Banister and Associates, 139, 140, 142–43, 152–53 See also banister, Guy

  H

  Hackett, Dave, 382

  Haig, Alexander, Jr., 171

 

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