by Gus Russo
on Castro’s threats, 249–50, 455
on Cuba Project demise, 391
Cuban Coordinating Committee and, 162
on JFK assassination, 453
JFK funeral plans and, 341
on LBJ and Warren Commission report, 376–77
on RFK and CCC, 163–64
on RFK support of Cubela, 241
on unprovoked U.S.-supported invasion of Cuba, 182–83
Halberstam, David, 158
Haldeman, H. R. (Bob), 150, 422–23
Halfen, Jack, 283–84, 413, 414–16, 579 n 70
Hallmark, Claude, 267
Halperin, Maurice, 7
Halpern, Sam, 176
on CIA role in U.S. government, 431
on Cuba Project, 37
on Cubela antagonizing/not assassinating Castro, 240
on funding Cuba re-invasion, 173
on Harvey/Kennedy run-ins, 80, 81
on JM/WAVE reaction to Artime’s operation, 175
on Kennedy unofficial anti-Castro campaign, 65
Operation Mongoose and, 44
reaction to JFK assassination, 303
on RFK and Cuba Project, 47
on White House impatience, 46
Haltigan, Walter P., 122
Hands Off Cuba pamphlet, 196, 199–200, 205
Hardesty, Bob, 377, 566 n 34
Hargis, Billy James, 124
Hargis, Bobby, 472
Harriman, Averell, 322
Harris, Louis, 233
Harris, T. George, 497
Hartogs, Renatus, 92–93, 296
Harvey, C. G., 440
Harvey, William K., 31, 61–64, 440
Berlin tunnel and, 524 n 49
Church Committee hearings and, 433
Cuban missile crisis and, 528–29 n 143
confrontations with RFK and, 80–82
FBI’s Rosselli investigation and, 394
on FitzGerald/Kennedy relationship, 83
JFK assassination and, 304
on McCone objections to assassination, 76
Operation Mongoose and, 44, 46–47, 80
on penetration of Rosselli plot, 247
on RFK’s first coverup, 72–73
Hawkins, Jack
Bay of Pigs after-action report, 47
on Bay of Pigs plan, 14–15, 17–18
on Kennedys, 452–53
on reduced air support for Cuba invasion, 19–20
Helms, Richard, 31, 272, 289, 460
on amnesia, Rockefeller Commission testimony and, 427
assigning Harvey to Rome, 82
assigns Scelso to JFK assassination investigation, 351–52
Castro assassination plots and, 54
on CIA code of silence, Church Committee and, 429, 430
CIA coverup and, 352–53
coverup memo, CIA hiring Mafia for anti-Castro plots and, 403–4
on FitzGerald acting as RFK envoy to Cubela, 240
on JFK ordering Cuban invasion, 233
on JFK two-track strategy, 237–38
LBJ asks about Castro assassination allegations, 404
on McCone objections to assassination, 76
Nixon pressing for Castro assassination attempts information and, 423
perjury conviction, philosophy on, 364, 430–31
Prouty testifies on complicity in Castro assassination plots, 432
on RFK appointments to Warren Commission, 362
on RFK drive against Castro, 62–63
on SGA authority, 75
U-2 photos of Oswald residences in Minsk and, 340
Watergate, Cuba and, 422
White House AM/TRUNK meetings and, 181
Hemming, Gerald P. “Gerry”
on Artime/Turnure relationship, 171
on RFK provocation plans, 518 n 49
on Benton/RFK connection, 69, 184–85
CAP/New Orleans training and, 145
on McLaney’s Cuba oil refinery bombing plan, 69
on Oswald at Cuban Consulate, 99
Trafficante concern, 246, 247
Hendrix, Hal, 243, 340
Herald, Jerry, 349
Herbst, William, 326–27
Hernandez, Celso, 199–200
Hernandez, Frank, 152, 408, 409
Hernandez, Manuel, 171
Hernandez, Victor Espinoza, 184
Hernandez Armas, Joaquin, 222, 345
Hersh, Burton, 31
Hersh, Seymour, 180, 386, 424
Hidalgo, Barney, 12–13, 220
Hidell, A.J., 118, 198 See also Oswald, Lee Harvey
Hill, Clint, 297–98, 302
Hill, Gerald, 316
Hill, Jean, 472
Holland, Max, 65
Holmes, Russell, 353
Hoover, J. Edgar, 302–3
Banister and, 334
on CIA investigation of JFK, 33
coverup memo, CIA hiring Mafia for anti-Castro plots and, 403–4
dirt-digging on Banister, 196
on hearing of Crull plan to move Oswald, 335
Hosty as scapegoat of, 260
Keenan to Mexico City and, 357, 358
learns of CIA/mob/Kennedy connections, 72
learns of Phase One Castro plots, 71
on limited FBI investigation, 355
on Oswald’s guilt, 351
post JFK assassination Castro interview, 223–24
on RFK’s first coverup, 73
Rosselli investigation, 393–94
Warren Commission and, 366–67
Warren Commission report and, 393 See also Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hosty, Jim
catching Oswald lying, 332
on DeGuire cease and desist orders, 343
FBI investigation of Walker and, 124
FBI monitoring of Oswalds and, 114
on Oswald’s offer to Cuban Embassy, 223
on Redbird Field plane preparation, 308
on removing “communist conspiracy” from Oswald charge, 333
uncoordinated intelligence and, 257–60
visits Marina and Ruth Paine, 259
on Warren Commission, 359 See also Federal Bureau of Investigation; Hoover, J. Edgar
Hotel Nacional Casino, 68
Hougan, Jim, 242, 407
Houma weapons transfer, 150–53
House Select Committee on
Assassinations (HSCA), 65, 440–45
A-1 interview on Oswald/Calderon relationship, 225
accomplishments, 443–45
ballistics study, 481–82
on Batista Fallas’ MDC, 185
Blakey as Chief Counsel, 441–45
on CIA ignorance of Oswald’s Cuban Embassy visit in Mexico, 229
CIA secrecy oath and, 443
custody of JFK brain and, 388
Duran as Cuban Intelligence report, 220
Duran promiscuity reports, 220
focus of investigations, 442–43
Garro’s story of Oswald and Duran relationship, 219
on Goodpasture and CIA coverup, 353
interview with Castro, 226
Lopez, conclusions about, 311–12
on Oswald offer/declaration to Cubans to kill JFK, 224
on Oswald’s ease in returning to U.S., 110–11
on Oswald’s third visit to Soviet Embassy (Mexico City), 217–18
photos of Oswald in Mexico City, CIA and, 420
Proenza file protection and, 221
sealing of documents of, 443
Sprague as Chief Counsel, 441
Tannenbaum resigns as Deputy Counsel, 442
trajectory study, 470
Warren Commission evaluation, 379 See also Blakey, G. Robert
House Un-American Activities Committee, 202
Houston, Lawrence, 44–45, 72, 73, 423
How to Be a Spy, 94
Howard, Lisa, 234, 235–36, 398
Howard, Mike, 298, 337, 349, 473
Howard, Tom, 498
HSCA. See House Se
lect Committee on Assassinations
Hubbell, Webb, 447
Hudkins, Lonnie
Castro assassination plans and, 74, 527 n 101
on Oswald and Cuban Embassy officials, 224
on Phillips buying information from Duran, 220
Ruby and, 495
on Ruby’s move to Dallas, 493
on Ruby’s plan to kill Oswald, 497
on ushering Oswald into DPD, 317
Hughes, Howard, 374
Hughes, Sarah, 305
Humes, Ann, 323
Humes, James J., 323, 324, 326, 328, 388
Humphrey, Hubert H., 282, 435
Hundley, William, 26–27, 401
Hunt, E. Howard, 150, 390
on Bay of Pigs, CRC, JFK assassination and, 453
on CIA role in U.S. government, 431
Cuba Project officer, 9
on Dulles and Bissell resignations, 24
on JFK reaction to Bay of Pigs, 33
meeting with Williams 11/22/63, 289
Watergate, Cuba and, 422
Williams and, 165
Hunt, H. L., 138, 293, 496, 562 n 42
Hunt, Nelson Bunker, 287
Hurwitch, Robert, 180
I
I Led Three Lives (television program), 93, 197
Immigration and Naturalization Service, 257–58, 394
Information Council of the Americas (INCA), 201
International Anti-Communist Brigade, 51
interrogation, Oswald, 330–32
coverup and, 331
invasion plan, Cuba, 14–19
air support reduced for, 17–18
Castro predicting, 17
exile leaders rivalry and, 15
on funding re-invasion, 173
Kennedy macho stance in, 18–19
lack of amphibious landing training and, 14–15
media leaks regarding, 16
re-invasion planning, 1962, 77–80
tight internal security and, 15
training infiltrated by Castro spies, 16–17 See also Cuban exiles
investigations, JFK assassination, 351–80
CIA, shielding Oswald’s Cuban Embassy visit and, 352–54
CIA, Special Affairs Staff (SAS) investigation, 351–52
FBI, 354–59
Warren Commission, 359–80 See also Church Committee; coverup, JFK assassination; House Select Committee on Assassinations; JFK Review Board; Rockefeller Commission
Iran, Operation Ajax and, 8
J
Jackson, Bob, 299
Jackson, Murray, 314
Jagan, Cheddi (Guyana leader), 74
Jaggers-Chiles-Stovall, 117, 128
James, Judson, 404
James, Rosemary, 404
Janos, Leo, 328–29, 383, 400
January, Wayne, 309
Jarman, Junior, 294, 299
Jenkins, Pepper, 301
JFK Act of 1992, 60, 446
JFK (movie), 413, 446
Clinton-appointed JFK Review Board and, 420
grassy knoll theory, sight lines and, 473–74
JFK Review Board
Church Committee analysis of Gordon story and, 437
photos of Oswald in Mexico City and, 420
report on JFK adrenal glands and, 326
Jimenez, Antonio, 6
Jimenez, Vico, 172
JM/WAVE (CIA Station in Miami), 44, 174, 223, 390–91
John Birch Society, 138, 186, 187
John F. Kennedy (Presidential) Library, Oval Office tapes and, 322–23
Johns, Carlos, 4
Johnson, Charles, 81
Johnson, Guy, 60, 151
Johnson, Haynes, 303
Johnson, Loch, 54, 429, 434, 438
Johnson, Lyndon B.
anti-war movement combat, 424
awareness of RFK interest in Halfen connection, 414, 415
on Bay of Pigs failure, 24
on Castro assassination plans, 74
Church Committee, anti-Castro plotting and, 375
covert operation blowback and, 347–48
coverup benefits and, 457–58
creates Warren Commission, 359–60
Cuba policy changes and, 390–91
on Death of a President, 253
destruction of Inspector General’s working papers and, 404
on flight back to DC, 321
Garrison investigation developments and, 404
Halfen and, 414–15
halting Kennedy anti-Castro initiatives, 362
independent investigation, Oswald-Castro connection, 377
on JFK and RFK, 283
on JFK/Campbell affair, 72
on JFK Texas trip, 254
kick-back rumors about, 281–82
legal problems of, 563 n 49
McCone briefs on Castro connection, 328–29
orders JFK body onto Air Force One, 304–5
on Oswald’s foreign connections (Mexico City) and, 218, 455
Pearson checking on Morgan’s anti-Castro plots story and, 394, 395
plans for 1964, 284–85
protecting Oswald next-of-kin and, 337
RFK enmity/hostility toward, 395–400
RFK protests move into Oval Office, 383
on salacious portrayal in Death of a President, 399
sworn in as president, 305
Warren Commission report and, 376–78
withdrawing from 1964 ticket, 284–85
Yarbrough and, 280 See also Warren Commission
Johnson, Mrs. A. C., 256–57
Johnson, Rafer, 165
Johnson, Robert, 365
Johnston, James H., 311, 342, 351
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Cuba coup, 1963, and, 177
Cuba invasion planning, 1962, and, 77
Harvey, two-man subs in Cuba and, 81
invasion plan for Cuba, 41
LBJ, Cuba policy and, 390
on Soviet military in Caribbean, 178–79
timetable for Castro overthrow, 157
Jones, Dempsey, 268
Jordan, Everett, 284
Jorge, Luis, 54
Juan (MDC para-military training camps manager), 186
on Castro infiltrator, 187, 188
suspicions of Oswald, 200–201
on talkative nature of Cubans, 195
K
Kahn, Herman, 388
Kalugin, Oleg, 108
Kangles, Constantine “Gus,” 18, 66, 452
Karamessines, Thomas, 344
Karnei, Robert, 325
Karpel, Craig, 237
Katzenbach, Nicholas, 253
on LBJ and Death of a President, 399
LBJ independent investigation of Oswald-Castro connection and, 377
Mexico City development reports to, 343
on RFK and Warren Commission, 371
running Justice after assassination, 382
Keating, Charles, 359
Keating, Kenneth, 233, 235, 398
Keenan, Laurence, 220, 351, 357, 358
Kelley, Clarence, 258
Kennedy, Angelo, 170, 171
Kennedy, Caroline, 17
Kennedy, Edward M. “Ted,” 322–23, 389, 406, 426
Kennedy, Ethel Skakel, 28, 274
Kennedy, Eunice, 28
Kennedy, Jacqueline
crowd turnout, Texas trip and, 280–81
decision to do Dallas trip, 278
Hill and, 298
home movie on JFK’s assassination and, 277
on JFK and death, 276, 278
JFK autopsy and, 323
at JFK re-internment, 406
motorcade 11/22/63, 291–94
on open car, 291
puts wedding ring in JFK coffin, 301
refuses to leave Dallas without JFK body, 304
RFK edits her Warren Commission transcript, 371
security objections, Texas trip, 255
Warren and, 361
Kennedy, John F., 1–84
after Cuban missile crisis, Castro plans, 156
authorizing OPLAN 380–63, 178
autonomous projects and, 161–63, 173–74
Campbell and, 72
on Castro, 271
character of, 29–30
on CIA, 33–34
on CIA policy support, 433
compared to Fidel, 452–54
counterinsurgency and, 39–41
courage, need to show, 25–26
CRC and, 17
Cuba invasion aftermath and, 20–21, 27–28
Cuba invasion planning, 1962, and, 77
on Cuba invasion planning media leaks, 16
Cuba ties/sympathy toward, 10–11
Cuban situation meeting 11/19/63, 271–72
on Dallas Morning News anti-JFK ad, 287–88
death and, 276–78
delaying action on LBJ kick-back rumors, 281–82
Dulles (Allen) connection and, 31–32
Dulles (Allen) resignation and, 23–24
early inside information on Cuba invasion, 12
on early reports of Soviet missiles in Cuba, 149, 150
facing 1964 elections, 231–33
family ties to Cuba, 4
FBI McLaney camp raid and, 184
as “Fifth Avenue cowboy,” 31
FitzGerald and, 82–83
gonorrhea and, 326–27
home movie on his assassination, 277
inattention to Cuba, 13
inexperience/self-assurance of, 450
invasion/assassination strategy, 237–38
James Bond books and, 45–46
Lansdale’s Vietnam report and, 42–43
LBJ’s attacks on, 1960 Democratic race, 395–96
McLaney and, 67–71
meets Artime, 169
meets with Gromyko, 176–77
Morrison and, 139
motorcade 11/22/63, 291–94
Nixon and, 22
Oswald’s anger toward, 118, 119, 120
peace speech, USSR and, 157–61
peace strategy, Cuban, 234–37
possibility Cuba Project might backfire and, 249
Profiles in Courage, 194–95
re-internment, 389, 404–6
reduced Cuba invasion air support and, 17–18, 19
on RFK and CIA, 37–38
on RFK pressure to assassinate Castro, 63–64
Ruby on presidency of, 495–96
Szulc, Cuba matters and, 179
Texas trip planning and, 254
unofficial anti-Castro campaign, 64–67 See also assassination, JFK; Texas trip, JFK
Kennedy, John R, Jr., 384
Kennedy, Joseph, Sr., 28, 322
on Cuba and JFK’s presidency, 30
Cuban Coca-Cola franchise, 4
Dulles (Allen) connections and, 32
Hollywood and, 67
Mafia and, 31
on RFK/JFK dynamic, 29
Kennedy, Patrick Bouvier, 278–79
Kennedy, Regis, 149–50, 151, 544 n 85
Kennedy, Robert F., 381–91
on answering Castro, 23