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Live by the Sword

Page 93

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

 

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