C C ONSPIRACY IN AMELOT The Complete History of the Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jerry Kroth Algora Publishing New York © 2003 by Algora Publishing. All Rights Reserved www.algora.com No portion of this book (beyond what is permitted by Sections 107 or 108 of the United States Copyright Act of 1976) may be reproduced by any process, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means, without the express written permission of the publisher. ISBN: 0-87586-196-2 (ebook) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kroth, Jerome A. Conspiracy in Camelot : the complete history of the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy / by Jerry Kroth. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-87586-247-0 (alk. paper) — ISBN 0-87586-246-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 — Assassination. I. Title. E842.9.K76 2003 364.15'24'097309046—dc22 2003015447 Printed in the United States Acknowledgments I would like to thank Trudy Burrows for her inspiration and my wife Anya, Bill Burton, and Jo Ann Vasquez who were there during the darker hours, Frank Cichowicz for his support, and Maya Kroth for editorial assistance. In addition, it is necessary to mention Norman O. Brown whose text, Love’s Body, often forms the deep structure which organ- izes these thoughts, along with the insights of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis for a remark which appears as the display quote for Chapter 7. It served as an important beacon in directing this work to its inevitable conclusions. Tables, Lists and Figures Tables and Lists 1.1 Kennedy-Lincoln Correspondence 20 3.1 Autopsy evidence impugned by the following witnesses present at Kennedy's admission to Parkland Hospital in Dallas 40 3.2 Deaths associated with Kennedy assassination 49 3.3 Suspicious deaths of HSCA and Senate Intelligence Committee witnesses 67 3.4 Significant individuals named in the literature as withholding information or engaged in disinformation about the assassi- nation. 69 4.1 Individuals mentioned in conspiracy texts with respect to a Mafia aspect of the assassination 106 4.2 Jack Ruby's underworld connections and contacts 115 4.3 Important figures in the CIA assassination model 121 4.4 Eight 'soft' lines of evidence connecting Oswald to the CIA and military intelligence. 156 4.5 CIA efforts to dissociate itself from Oswald. 158 4.6 Deceptions and/or inaccuracies of Marina Oswald 172 4.7 The CIA-Mafia link 186 4.8 Summary of names in published conspiracy theories 190 6.1 Mob connections with the Kennedys 245 6.2 Chronology of events versus Bobby Kennedy's awareness 259 6.3 Kennedy's mistresses during his Presidency 263 6.4 Marilyn Monroe's lovers 269 6.5 Individuals alleged in the literature to have covered up or with- held information concerning Marilyn Monroe's death 270 6.6 Mental health status of major conspiracy school characters 302 6.7 Mental health status of more minor conspiracy school characters 302 FIGURES 1.1 Articles written about Kennedy vs. Elvis Presley five years after their respective deaths 17 1.2 Schools, hospitals and colleges named after Kennedy, Lincoln, Jefferson, and Nixon 17 3.1 Cause of death in Kennedy sample compared to national mortality norms 58 4.1 Jack Ruby’s toll calls in 1963 117 5.1 Distribution of cover-up sources (including Mafia murders) 194 5.2 Possible assassins in Dealey Plaza, Nov. 22, 1963 195 5.3 Metropolitan Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963 201 5.4 Eugene Hale Brading as a case study in guilt by association 203 5.5 Metropolitan Dallas on Nov. 21, 1963, the eve of the assassination 205 6.1 A recently released, but redacted, document about Oswald from 1959 293 7.1 Feelings of confidence versus a sense of alienation since 1960 324 7.2 Violent crimes in the United States since 1963 325 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1. JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY: INTRODUCTION TO THE DREAM 1 OSWALD 2 LUCIEN SARTI 2 CARLOS MARCELLO 3 THE CIA MONGOOSE TEAM 3 CHARLES HARRELSON 4 THE ELUSIVE PARTICLE 5 NUMINOSITY AND ARCHETYPE 7 THE KENNEDY WIT 10 A NEW IDEALISM 12 KENNEDY AND LINCOLN 18 CHAPTER 2. CASE CLOSED 23 EVIDENCE AGAINST OSWALD 24 Physical Evidence 24 Circumstantial Evidence 26 DR. PEPPER OR COCA-COLA: THE OBSESSION BEGINS 29 CHAPTER 3. REASONABLE DOUBT 33 EVIDENCE FAVORING OSWALD 34 EYEWITNESSES FAVORING OSWALD 36 BEST EVIDENCE FOR A CONSPIRACY 39 (1) A Fourth Shot 39 Exit Wound in the Back of the Head 40 Ballistics Inconsistencies 42 Ballistics/Autopsy Inconsistencies 43 Acoustic Evidence of a Fourth Shot 43 Further Evidence of a Fourth Shot: The Zapruder Film 44 Revisionism 45 XI Conspiracy in Camelot (2) Deaths of Witnesses 48 Mary Pinchot Meyer 50 Rose Cheramie 51 Jerry Wald 52 Dorothy Kilgallen 52 David Ferrie and E. del Valle 53 State Department Officer 54 Other Deaths 54 Statistical Analysis 57 Unusual Accidents 60 (3.) Death of Witnesses Prior to Government Hearings 62 George deMohrenschildt 62 Carlos Prio 63 Charles Nicoletti 63 Sam Giancana 64 Leo Moceri 64 Regis Kennedy 65 William Sullivan 65 William Pawley and John Paisley 65 John Martino 66 (4.) The Cover Up 68 How to Look at this Data 79 The Hard Evidence of a Cover-Up 80 SUMMARY 86 Physical Evidence Favoring Oswald 86 A Fourth Shot 86 Pattern of Suspicious Deaths 87 Deaths Associated with Congressional Witnesses 87 Cover-up Actions as a Predictor of Conspiracy 87 CONCLUSION 88 CHAPTER 4. CONSPIRACY 93 1. THE JOHNSON THEORY 93 Essential Ideas 94 Strongest Points 100 Weakest Points 102 2. THE MOB THEORY 103 Essential Points 103 Hoover Wiretaps 105 Marcello 109 Who Killed the President? 110 Weaker Points 118 XII Table of Contents 3. THE CIA THORY 120 Essential Points 129 The Odio Incident and Loran Hall 135 Mexico City 139 The Vietnam Connection 141 Who Killed Kennedy? 142 Clues From Oswald Himself 147 Oswald’s Dyslexia 147 Library Books 148 Oswald and Ferrie 150 “Better For You Not to Know!” 154 Strong Points in the CIA Conspiracy Model 156 Weak Elements 158 4. THE COMMUNIST CONSPIRACY 162 Oswald’s Soviet Diary 167 Marina Nikolaevna Prusakova: Suspicions Increase 169 The Yuri Nosenko Affair 173 Soviet Motives 175 Inconsistencies in Soviet Behavior 177 5. THE CUBAN COMMUNIST CONSPIRACY 179 Strong Points 183 Weak Points 183 White Hand And Black Hand: The CIA and the Mob 185 SUMMARY 190 APPENDIX 191 CHAPTER 5. PARADOX 193 INTERPRETING THE FACTS 193 The Cover Up 194 Dealey Plaza 195 Jim Braden aka Eugene Hale Brading: A Leading Suspect? 199 H.L. Hunt 204 Richard Nixon 207 Clint Murchison 208 YET-TO-BE-DEVELOPED CONSPIRACY SCENARIOS 210 Suzy Chang and Maria Novotny 210 Mary Pinchot Meyer and the CIA 211 Modern-Day Conspiracy: James E. Files 215 XIII Conspiracy in Camelot Three Interviews with Inmate N-14006 215 Eugene Hale Brading 216 Richard Cain 216 Nofio Pecora 216 Dutz Murret 217 Joseph Campisi 217 Strong Points of the Files Version 222 Weaker Points 222 The Brothers Karamazov 223 CHAPTER 6. SHADOWS AND SECRETS 227 CAMELOT VS. CONSPIRACY SCHOOLS 227 J. EDGAR HOOVER’S HOMOSEXUALITY AND PARANOIA 232 KENNEDY SILENCE AND SECRETS 237 SHADOWS OF THE FATHER 238 SEX: THE SINS OF THE FATHER PASS TO THE SON 240 SECRECY BETWEEN THE BROTHERS? 242 JUNE 1963 249 ROBERT KENNEDY’S PERSONALITY 251 REVELATIONS FROM A COLLEAGUE 255 EVEN MORE RECENT REVELATIONS 257 EVEN DEEPER SECRETS: THE SHADOW OF JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY 260 The Adventures of J.J. 260 MORE SEXUALLY DYSFUNCTIONAL PLAYERS: MARILYN MONROE 268 The Monroe Cover Up 270 Events Leading To Her Death 271 A Curious Clue 273 JACKIE KENNEDY: WIDOW, BONE-CRUSHER, ENIGMA 276 Images of Jackie 279 LEE HARVEY OSWALD: PATSY, SPY, COUNTERSPY 284 Oedipal Elements and Jealousy 286 An Unconscious Hatred Of Kennedy? 287 Oswald the Mystery 289 Oswald, on the Right 290 Oswald, the Psycho 293 Oswald, the Mafia Patsy 296 Oswald, Not Guilty 297 ‘To Kill That Sonofabitch Kennedy!’ 300 MENTAL STATUS OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS 301 CONCLUSION 303 XIV Table of Contents APPENDIX: 304 Confusion of Theory and Fact 307 The First Bullet 308 CHAPTER 7. CAMELOT AND CAROUSELS 313 COLLECTIVE DENIAL 313 SYMBOLIC DISCERNMENT 316 The Carousel 316 Dream Interpretation 317 SYMBOLS IN THE MYTH 318 Camelot 318 Passion versus the Dream 319 Abraham Lincoln 320 THE COLLECTIVE SCAPEGOAT 321 THE KENNEDY TRAGEDY AS THE FORESHADOW OF AMERICAN TRAGEDY 323 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NUMBER THREE 327 CONCLUSION 328 APPENDIX: A CHRONOLOGY OF OSWALD’S LIFE 329 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 333 PHOTO CREDITS 337 INDEX 339 XV