Judyth: From the Beginning, Part 3
Dave Reitzes
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WHICH THEN CHANGED TO THIS:
Deadly Alliance
By Judyth Vary Baker with Howard Platzman, Ph.D.
OUTLINE OF THE CONSPIRACY
nd Plan B: The Plot to Kill Castro and the Assassination of FK
In 1963, the unsuccessful CIA-Mafia alliance to kill Castro -- top-
secret
until exposed by the Church Committee in 1975 -- was directly linked
to the
JFK assassination conspiracy. APlan A@ called for Castro to be
killed
through the use of a biological weapon that would make his death
appear
natural. If he could not be killed by October 25, 1963, the same
group of
conspirators would go to APlan B@: killing Kennedy.
This is the first account of the JFK assassination that links it
directly
(in an either-or fashion) to the plot to kill Castro, and the first
time Lee
Harvey Oswald has ever been tied to the plot to kill Castro.
What this means is that the JFK assassination plot was an offshoot of
a
larger secret alliance that is already established fact. It is,
therefore,
not necessary to believe in the existence of a separate conspiracy
theory.
Note: Judyth=s knowledge of events in New Orleans is often first-
hand. What
she knows or believes about events in Dallas comes from conversations
with
Oswald or David Ferrie.
_____________________________________________________________________
Judyth is Recruited: To April 1963
By the age of 15, Judyth achieved a reputation as a science whiz kid,
having
invented a new way to extract magnesium from seawater.
Her real passion, though, was cancer research. Col. Philip Doyle set
up a
special lab for Judyth at her high school (Manatee High, in Florida),
and
introduced her to CIA asset and biological weapons expert, Dr. Canute
Michaelson, who provided financial support for her initial work.
Her appearance at an international science fair brought her to the
attention
of other medical figures with military or intelligence backgrounds, as
well
as top officials of the American Cancer Society: Dr.Harold Diehl and
Dr.
Alton Ochsner (of the famed Ochsner Cancer Clinic in New Orleans).
Ochsner
was Judyth=s principal behind-the-scenes mentor through her late teen
years.
Judyth=s lab was expanded and she received research materials from
doctors
at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Eli Lilly, Oak Ridge,
et al.
Evidence: A letter dated 9-2-60 from Dr. David Jacobus at Walter
Reed,
making specific reference to chemicals supplied her and promising
more.
She was REQUIRED to take a loyalty oath., and, while still in high
school,
was required to learn conversational Russian at a local junior college
from
a Dr. Concevitch.
Evidence: A yellowed mailing envelope with the addressee,
Concevitch.
Her work came to the attention of Florida Senator George Smathers, a
close
friend of JFK=s, who encouraged her to write to the President and
volunteer
to put her talents to work in the service of her country.
Evidence: A reply from the White House. (While not very dramatic, she
soon
received fresh supplies, as Sen. Smathers told her she would.)
She spent the summer after high school graduation working under a
National
Science Foundation grant at Roswell Park in Buffalo, NY, the world=s
oldest
cancer research center. Her studies centered on "substances which
cause
cancer to become most deadly."
Source: The Bradenton Herald, 9-6-61.
Of the 60-plus students working under a grant, she was the only member
of
the group chosen by Dr. George Moore, head of Roswell Park, to work
directly
with him -- and she was the only one forced to stay at the local
YWCA. She
was, in essence, Akidnapped@ from an off-site apartment she tried to
rent
and returned to the Y.
Evidence: BROCHURES, YWCA RECEIPT, AND FORMS. Copious newspaper
clippings
on her achievements.
Corroborating testimony: Judyth recently located DR.ROB STROM, who
also
exhibited at the science fair. He REMEMBERED HER. THOUGH HE ALSO
RECEIVED
ATTENTION FROM MANY FRONTS, HE TOLD HER HIS LEFT-WING VIEWS MADE HIM A
POOR
CANDIDATE FOR CIA RECRUITMENT.
Who Was Dr. Alton Ochsner?
Along with Judyth herself, Ochsner is the primary new figure to emerge
in
this account of Oswald=s stay in New Orleans.
Notes
Ocshner was friends with Clay Shaw, who was unsuccessfully prosecuted
by New
Orleans D.A. Jim Garrison for conspiring to assassinate JFK. Ochsner
was
director of International House at the same time Clay Shaw was a
managing
director (1961-1962). At different times, he and Shaw headed this
organization AND the International Trade Mart. The two ORGANIZATIONS
merged
some years later.
Ochsner=s biographers quote him as fearing that he would be indicted
by
Garrison (John Wilds and Ira Harkey, Surgeon of the South)
Ochsner was also friends with AWild Bill@ Donovan, head of the OSS,
the
prescursor to the CIA. Both were elected officials of the American
Cancer
Society in 1949.
Ochsner founded the virulently anti-Communist Information Council of
the
Americas (INCA), which later figured heavily into the activities of
both
Judyth and Lee.
Author Thomas Karnes (Tropical Enterprise) describes Ochsner as a
consultant
to the US Air Force Aon the medical side of subversive matters.@
_____________________________________________________________________
Lee is Groomed: To April 1963
Lee Oswald, a CIA operative, was groomed to look like a disaffected
American
for eventual use in Cuba. This was the primary reason for his fake
defection
to Russia.
Lee told Judyth that he gave the Soviets information that he believed
allowed them to shoot (REMOVE HYPHEN)down the secret U-2 spy plane (he
had
been stationed at the U-2 base in Atsugi, Japan).
Lee said that the military wanted to derail an upcoming summit in
which it
was feared that President Eisenhower, declining mentally, might be
bested by
Krushchev.
Note: Downed U-2 Pilot Gary Powers has stated his belief that Oswald
had the
information needed to bring him down.
Upon his return from Russia, the CIA arranged for Lee to take a job at
a
Dallas graphic arts firm, Jaggers-Chiles-Stovall, that was involved
in
highly classified work for the government, including the creation of
detailed maps of Cuba. His CIA assignment involved LEARNING THE
TERRAIN AND
identifying the location of safe houses.
Lee was not yet part of the CIA-Mafia plot in a concrete way, but
would be
linked to it in the spring of 1963.
_____________________________________________________________________
Judyth and Lee
When Lee was ordered to move to New Orleans in April 1963, he met
Judyth by
accident (or maybe not) at the new post office. They hit it off
immediately,
despite the fact that he was married and she was to be married in a
matter
of days.
Lee arranged for both of them to INTERVIEWED (MAY 9) AND TO be hired
(MAY
10) by the Reily Coffee Company. He ALSO got them apartments within
walking distance of each other.
Evidence: Judyth=s W-2 form and pay stubs verify her contemporaneous
employment AT THE SAME ADDRESS with Oswald. (REILY=S OPERATED AT
VARIOUS
LOCATIONS).
Evidence: Want ads for both positions in the New Orleans Times-
Picayune (to
create a Acover@ of normalcy).
EVIDENCE: JUDYTH=S CANCELED CHECKS SHOWING RENT PAYMENTS TO ASUSIE
HANOVER@ BEGAN IN MAY 1963 AT 1032 MARENGO ST. RENT WAS PAID
THROUGH
FIRST WEEK OF MAY TO AMRS. WEBBER@ FOR PRIOR RESIDENCE AT A ST.
CHARLES
STREET. ADDRESS.
Note: Both William Reily and Judyth=s boss, William Monaghan, were
active
members of INCA. Monaghan, though nominally the company=s VICE
PRESIDENT
AND credit manager, was actually ex-FBI and an expert in industrial
security.
At Reily=s, Lee interviewed Cuban women, refugees, that were cycled
thru the
factory. Winning their trust, he would extract from them the names of
safe
contacts they had left behind in Cuba.
Both Reily and Monaghan were aware of Lee=s mission and Judyth=s role
as his
Aaide.@ But Lee=s immediate supervisors were not.
Judyth covered for Lee=s activity, and for his daily absences from
work,
making sure to punch him out at 4:30PM or 5:30PM when he was no
longer
there, which was almost always.
Evidence: The Warren Report shows precise time-outs on the half-hour,
an
impossibility since there was a line to wait on and such precise time-
outs
could not occur accidentally. It didn=t occur to Judyth to vary the
time-out
stamp.
Evidence: She also wrote an obviously phony background report on Lee
for
Reily=s files. This report is also a Warren exhibit, although Judyth
insists
it has not been published in its entirety. One missing piece refers
to a
bank account; the WC reported no evidence that Lee had such an
account.
Often Lee would go through The Crescent City Garage, next door to
Reily=s,
to get UNOBTRUSIVELY to the offices of ex-FBI man, now-CIA operative,
Guy
Banister, who was deeply involved in anti-Castro causes. This
necessitated
his befriending garage owner Adrian Alba.
Note: Previous accounts have maintained that Lee whiled away time at
the
garage reading gun magazines.
Note: The garage was regularly used by FBI and CIA cars. Alba has
testified that he saw the driver of one such car pass a white envelope
to
Lee.
Lee was fired after he stole a green glass Judyth was admiring but
could not
afford.
These glasses were packed together with tea made by the company.
According
to the Warren Commission, he had been reprimanded by supervisors who
often
could not find him (as well he should have been, because he was often
not
there). The glass incident was the proximate cause of his dismissal,
but his
work at Reily=s was done anyway.
Corroborating testimony: She told her children in 1980 of this
episode.
Judyth still treasures the glass.
Judyth was fired from Reily=s on August 9, after she was seen with
Lee
leafleting on Canal Street..
Evidence: Judyth is 90% certain that Warren Commission exhibit Pizzo
453-B,
a photo of the scene, includes her standing near Lee. The picture is
blurry, but there is a resemblance between the girl in the photo and
contemporaneous photos of Judyth. The dress pattern in the picture
matches
close-up photos of a dress Judyth wore in other photos in her
possession.
The original film from which the still was made was recently sent by
TV
station WDSU, on which it aired, for archiving at the University of
New
Orleans. The last time we checked, it was still unarchived, in one of
many
unmarked boxes.
Evidence: Her last pay stub was cut that very day.
Note: The site of the leafleting USUALLY DESCRIBED AS ON CANAL STREET
IN
FRONT OF MAISON BLANCHE, was also NEXT DOOR TO the site of INCA=s
headquarters.
_____________________________________________________________________
The Noble Conspiracy
This is a totally new account of what was going on in David Ferrie=s
home-based lab.
Lee arranged for Judyth to meet David Ferrie, who she would soon learn
was
an associate of New Orleans Mafia boss Carlos Marcello. FERRIE WAS a
CIA-operative who flew missions into Castro=s Cuba, and an Aamateur
cancer
researcher.@
Note: Ferrie had lost his job as an Eastern Airlines pilot because of
his
homosexuality. The 15-year-old Lee had spurned Ferrie=s homosexual
advances
when Ferrie captained Lee=s Civil Air Patrol Unit (CAP).
Corroborating evidence: After decades of denials that Oswald and
Ferrie
were acquainted, a photo emerged showing the two at a CAP picnic.
Judyth
says there was an additional photo of the group, including Lee,
hanging on
the wall in Ferrie=s apartment.
In early May, Judyth was told Ochsner had set up both Ferrie=s home-
based
cancer lab, as well as a smaller lab in the apartment of Dr. Mary
Sherman, a
luminary at Ochsner=s Clinic. The labs were devoted to Athe medical
side of
subversive matters,@ i.e., a form of biological warfare.
Corroborating evidence: The existence of the Acancer labs@ is
documented in
an obscure book by Ed Haslam, Mary, Ferrie and the Monkey Virus.
Judyth put her extensive training in ways of speeding tumor growth in
the
service of her government. Her job, which she accepted as a patriotic
duty,
was to culture the strongest possible strains of lung cancer for
eventual
transport to medical contacts in Cuba who could arrange for their
injection
into Castro through a seemingly Ainnocuous innoculation.@
This lung cancer material would appear to kill Castro "naturally," as
a
heavy cigar smoker might be expected to develop lung cancer. This
Aassassination by natural causes@ would avert a possible confrontation
with
Russia that could ignite World War III. Judyth really believed this
was a
duty, considering the horrifying alternative.
The serum in which the cancer cells were placed included a virus that
knocks
out the immune system, thus enhancing the strength of the already
powerful
cancer cells. This material B scraped from the kidney=s of sick
monkeys B
was, in fact, the PRECURSOR OF THE AIDS virus.
Note: This material, DERIVED FROM VIRAL CONTAMINANTS FOUND in the
early
polio vaccine and other applications, is now the subject of an
important new
book on the origin of AIDS, Edward Hooper=s The River. Judyth knew of
its
deadly potential and wrote letters to have its use stopped at the same
time
as she was working with it.
..
_____________________________________________________________________
Associates
Judyth personally met other plotters, including Banister, Shaw, and
Marcello, though, as a girl of 19 or 20, she was often treated as if
she
were wallpaper. Wallpaper with ears, a 160 IQ, and the ability to do
cutting edge cancer research.
Banister
Banister used Lee to collect the names of Communist sympathizers at
area{DELETE s ] colleges.
Corroborating testimony: Prof. Michael Kurtz, an historian
specializing in
Louisiana history, personally witnessed Lee, in Banister=s company,
making
anti-integrationist remarks at Tulane. Banister was a racist. Lee,
Judyth
says, was staunchly pro-civil rights.
Lee sometimes used a work area on the second floor of the 544 Camp
building
that housed Banister=s offices.
Note: Critics of DA Jim Garrison insist there was no stairway
ALLOWING
ACCESS between the two offices.
According to Judyth, while there was no public stairway, there were
stairs
leading down from the second floor to a door inside Banister=s
private
office.
Corroborating Testimony: Anna Vincent, a new witness and ex-wife of
Banister Adetective@ David Lewis, confirms the existence of the
stairway (on
audiotape).
Judyth saw Lee sign out guns from Banister's weapons storeroom on the
third
floor of 544 Camp. Lee also kept his own guns there and, contrary to
the
belief of most conspiracy theorists, she maintains that he was an
excellent
shot. She never saw or heard of a Mannlicher-Carcano, the gun Oswald
supposedly used to kill Kennedy.
Ruby, Marcello
While Judyth was in Lee=s company, she met Jack Ruby twice, in May and
June
of 1963, once at Ferrie's apartment and once at The 500 Club, a
Marcello
hang-out. Ruby worked with Banister and Marcello in running guns to
Cuban
exiles.
Corroborating testimony: Anna Vincent: ARuby knew all of =em,@
including
Oswald. She also claims that David Lewis knew Lee before Judyth ever
met
him, she believes in 1962. It has long been suspected that Ruby and
Banister ran guns to the exiles.
Corroborating testimony: Prof. Kurtz and others claim that Ruby was
in New
Orleans on several occasions in 1963.
Corroborating testimony: Gerry Patrick Hemming, head of Interpen, a
mercenary group linked by some to the assassination, says he saw
Oswald at
the New Orleans airport in Amid-1962.@ (Actually, Hemming claims
other
members of his group were involved, but that he turned down two
contracts
from Texas money, believing he was going to be made the patsy. Hemming
is
still very much alive and talking.)
Judyth knew Ruby as "Sparky" Rubenstein. When Lee was killed, she did
not
know that Jack Ruby and Sparky Rubenstein were the same man! The shock
of
seeing Lee killed on TV, AND FEAR THAT SHE WOULD ACCIDENTALLY REVEAL
HER OWN
INVOLVEMENT IN THE MATTER, caused her to avoid all further coverage of
the
assassination, as well as the official investigations that followed.
Lee told Judyth that he first met Sparky when he was just 15, and that
he
spurned Ruby=s attempts to recruit him into Mob business. Even so, he
ran
errands for his uncle, Dutz Murrett, who ran a bookmaking operation
for
Marcello. Judyth accompanied Lee on one such errand soon after she
met him.
Lee told Judyth that he was trusted by Mob figures, up to and
including
Marcello, for his ability to keep his mouth shut. Marcello told Ruby
to
look after the boy when the family moved to Texas.
Corroborating evidence: Oswald=s ties to the Mafia came not just via
his
uncle, but from his mother, who dated a number Marcello employees,
including
Sam Termine. Oswald and his mother ONCE lived in a Mafia neighborhood
on
Exchange Alley.
CIA Work
Lee and Ferrie HELPED TEACH [taught] combat techniques to Cuban exiles
at
the CIA-established training camp NEAR [at] Lake Pontchartrain (other
camps
were in Florida), and portions of these training sessions were
filmed.
Judyth saw some of this film in Ferrie=s apartment.
Corroborating testimony: Robert Tanenbaum, Deputy Counsel of the
House
Select Committee on Assassinations, saw such a film before he quit
the
investigation in disgust.. He believed it was archived at the
Georgetown
Library, but it is no longer there. His attempts to relocate it have
proved
fruitless. Like so much other evidence (including the President=s
brain and
numerous autopsy photos!), it is missing. Tanenbaum is today a very
successful mystery writer, as well as the former mayor of Beverly
Hills.
Tanenbaum=s novel Corruption of Blood was a very thinly veiled account
of
his experience with the HSCA, and includes a description of the film.
Judyth saw Lee use an expensive Minox camera, typically used in
espionage
work.
Corroborating evidence: The FBI tried to get the Dallas police to
change
its evidence inventory from Asmall German camera@ to "light meter"
--
efforts fully documented by the officers they pressured. An FBI
document
refers to Minox film retrieved from Oswald=s possessions after the
assassination.
Lead: Where is the film today? Where is the camera or light meter?
In
fact, a Minox camera sits in the National Archives today (owner
unknown).
It is glued shut so its serial number cannot be seen. In any case, how
could
Oswald, supposedly a virtual pauper, afford a $200 spy camera?
Note: According to Judyth, Lee=s Minox was so sensitive that she never
saw
IT USED with a light meter.
To establish his pro-Castro bona fides, Lee handed out leaflets
bearing the
name of the AFair Play for Cuba Committee@ three times in August. He
got
the idea for leafleting from an episode of AI Led Three Lives,@ an
early
1950s TV show about Herbert Philbrick, an FBI man pretending to be a
Communist.
Evidence: Lee=s brother, Robert, confirms his fascination with that
show.
Note: Lee [AT SOME TIME] [later] met the real Herbert Philbrick, who
was a
consultant to Ochsner=s group, INCA. He found his boyhood hero
unimpressive
in the flesh.
Lee staged his own arrest at an August 16th leafleting. His Afight@
with
Cuban exile leader Carlos Bringuier was based on an incident he had
read
about in a local newspaper months earlier. The story concerned a
clean-cut
narcotics agent who provoked a street fight to enhance his cover as a
bad
guy.
Evidence: Judyth has the May 4, 1963 article.
Corroborating testimony: Ex-CIA agent William Gaudet said he saw
Oswald
inside the International Trade Center several times. Judyth says Lee
stored
some of his propaganda materials there. Gaudet has said the street
scuffle
was Aa sort of PR operation@ and declared his belief that Kennedy was
the
victim of an anti-Communist conspiracy. Gaudet was a friend of
Ocshner=s.
At a meeting arranged by Ochsner=s group, INCA, held to prepare for a
radio
interview of Lee, someone accidentally uttered the name [ACTUALLY,
THEY SAID
>DAVID PHILLIPS,=AND LEE RECOGNIZED THIS AS DAVID ATLEE PHILLIPS]
ADavid
Atlee Phillips.@ Lee came to believe his CIA handler, AMr. B.," was
actually
Phillips. Judyth waited in the car as the meeting took place at
Reily=s.
Lead: Phillips, propaganda specialist in Cuban affairs, denied ever
knowing
Oswald. There are reports of a death-bed confession in which he
admitted,
at the very least, that he did meet Oswald. Judyth=s source, a
national
book award winner, claimed this information came from Phillips=s
nephew,
[REMOVE a] Shawn Phillips, but THE WRITER now refuses to help us
locate this
man.
Lee then participated in a radio debate with Bringuier, also organized
by
Ochsner=s group, INCA.
Shaw and Ferrie knew each other well. Once, Judyth accompanied Lee to
an
airfield where Ferrie took the other two men on a flight to Canada.
Corroborating testimony: Others have reported on Ferrie-Shaw flights
to
Canada.
Corroborating testimony: An ex-secretary of Ochsner=s, Aura Lee,
worked at
Shaw=s Trade Mart and claimed that Ferrie, a distinctive-looking
gentleman,
was a frequent visitor to Shaw.
_____________________________________________________________________
Judyth=s Lee
Judyth portrays Oswald as a much more intelligent and charming man
than we
have seen in most previous accounts.
Although Lee confessed to her within days of their meeting that he
beat
Marina, Judyth says he never raised a hand to her. In fact, she
describes
no fights of any kind. Lee told her that Marina mercilessly
denigrated him.
Lee admitted to a mother-wife problem, which they often discussed, and
she
believes the abuse stopped (it would be interesting if Marina would
confirm
this).
Corroborating testimony: In his unpublished manuscript B I=m A Patsy,
I=m A
Patsy B the urbane George DeMohrenschildt[OMIT ,] described by some as
Lee=s
CIA Ababysitter@ in Texas, described Marina=s DEMEANING treatment of
Lee.
Although primarily self-taught, the range of Lee=s knowledge
impressed
Judyth, as did his ability to teach himself Russian despite being
dyslexic.
Corroborating evidence: Oswald=s library records show that he was an
avid
reader. They also show Judyth=s influence (anthropology and sci-fi),
as well
as books he took out for her to read (e.g., a primer on C[ O]
[u]mmunism).
Judyth says he took out more books than are shown in the Warren
Report, some
using her or Ferrie=s library cards.
Evidence: Refer to the text of a speech Lee gave to a Jesuit-
sponsored
conference in MobileYa transcript of his radio debateYa short sci-fi
story B
[>HER WAY=][NOT AHer Story@] B A 17 PAGE SCIENCE FICTION STORY he
wrote with
Judyth.
Corroborating testimony: DeMohrenschildt praised Lee=s intelligence
in his
book (a different account of the man than the one he gave to the
Warren
Commission).
Note: AThe Baron@ committed suicide just prior to meeting with House
investigator Gaeton Fonzi (The Last Investigation) B before he could
be
asked to explain these inconsistencies.
While in the company of Oswald, Judyth sometimes posed as Marina,
which was
possible because of their physical resemblance and her ability to
speak
Russian. Judyth=s husband was out of town most of their married life
in New
Orleans.
Evidence: Judyth has photos of herself at the time, some of which
show a
striking resemblance to Marina. THEY WERE ALSO THE SAME HEIGHT AND
BUILD.
In testimony, Marina said Lee was always home at night, but she never
said
by what time.
Corroborating testimony: Anna Vincent asserts that she, her husband,
Judyth
and Lee were a foursome, meeting after work on a regular basis early
that
summer, usually at Thompson=s Restaurant, where Anna worked. Lee and
Judyth
would keep company with them until 8:00-8:30 PM. Anna describes a
call from
Marina at Thompson=s. Marina wanted to know if Lee was there with
another
woman.
Although they fell in love almost immediately, Lee and Judyth
resisted
becoming lovers until the summer.
_____________________________________________________________________
Clinton/Jackson: Mystery Solved
This is a totally new account of the trip to Clinton
Judyth=s work took longer than expected, and was, to her horror,
tested on
at least one human guinea pig -- the real reason for the mysterious
trip to
Clinton, probably on August 23, by Shaw, Ferrie, and Oswald.
Note: The House Select Committee on Assassinations found the Clinton
witnesses B including John Birchers and CORE activists B credible, but
no
one has been able to come up with a coherent explanation for the
trip. All
have been sidetracked by the fact that Oswald tried to register to
vote
while in Clinton though he didn=t live there.
Lee mentioned picking up a man in white hospital garb who guided them
to the
mental hospital in Jackson, the next town over from Clinton, and to
the
PROPER BUILDING AND ENTRYWAY IN THE LARGE COMPLEX [experimental area]
there.
Note: Witnesses reported seeing a fourth man B a Aman in white@ --
emerge
from the car with Lee in Clinton.
The true reason for the long stop in Clinton was an unexpected delay:
the
prisoner(s) had not yet arrived at the hospital. Oswald got [IN][ on]
line
after betting Shaw that he could get registered just because he was
white,
EVEN THOUGH HE WAS FROM A DIFFERENT PARISH.
Lee and Judyth were heartsick over the plan to treat a prisoner/
mental
patient, but were powerless to stop it. Several days after the first
trip,
Lee took Judyth to the hospital to see the test subject. Shaw OK=d
the
trip, as he wanted her professional assessment of the patient=s
condition.
Judyth checked on the bloodwork to see if the serum Atook.@ If the
bloodwork was not conclusive, an immediate blood sample could have
been
drawn and checked while she was still there. As it turned out,
radical
changes began quickly. The only man she saw (more than one may have
been
treated) was Cuban, white, about Castro's age and physique.
They made one stop going to Jackson and another on the way home.
Judyth
stayed in the car both times.
Corroborating evidence: Despite Aslouching,,@ she was seen by at
least two
witnesses:
Edwin Lea McGehee:
An "old...battered" car drove up to his barbershop and Lee Harvey
Oswald
came inside for a haircut. "There was a woman sitting on the front
seat [of
the car]...and in the back seat what I noticed was -- looked like a
[baby]
bassinet..." (Judyth says this was a car used by the Lewis=s and that
the
bassinet was for the ever-pregnant Anna. ANNA EVENTUALLY HAD TEN
CHILDREN.).
Mary Morgan, daughter of Reeves Morgan, State Representative (and a
guard at
the Jackson hospital!):
When Oswald was in the house talking with her dad, she went onto the
porch
and Ajust casually noticed there was a dark colored car parked under a
tree
in the front of the house." She remembered "seeing a woman in the
car.@
Note: The fact that there were two trips within days of each other
explains
why some accounts say this was a three-day trip. It is unlikely that
any of
these men, and certainly not Shaw, would make a three-day trip
together.
The test was a success, as the subject died within weeks.
Lee and Judyth began to realize that they were trapped. They could not
back
out of the plot for fear they would be killed.
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Road to the Assassination
Lee and Judyth actually liked the Kennedys; in their youthful
overconfidence, they never thought they would be racing a deadline to
keep
JFK from becoming a target.
In private, Ferrie told them that he opposed the assassination; he
was only
putting on an act for Shaw, who represented Texas money in New
Orleans.
Note: Excluding comments in Banister=s company, every mention in the
historical record of Oswald talking about Kennedy is a positive one.
(We
have a compilation of his statements.)
Based on a message from AN H.L. Hunt EXECUTIVE conveyed to a Shaw
associate,
those involved with the labs had reason to fear for their lives once
they
had outlived their usefulness.
Ferrie arranged for Judyth to take a job, beginning in September, at
Peninsular Chem Research in Gaine[S]ville, Florida, which CUSTOM-made
ORGANIC AND [REMOVE highly] toxic chemicals. There she could continue
to
contribute to the project by making Acustom@ chemicals for Ferrie.
Evidence: Judyth has a read-out from a chemical analysis, marked F-1,
done
at PenChem on a rare carc[CI][en]ogenic substance.
The three understood, as early as the third week of August, that
Lee's
grooming in Russia and his [PRO-CASTRO] activities in New Orleans made
him
the perfect patsy.
Fearing he was a dead man if he tried to break with the conspirators
at this
point, he would pretend to embrace Plan B, walking with eyes wide open
into
the patsy role. He hoped to get close to the inner circle of the
conspiracy
in Dallas and stop the plot from the inside. To get further inside,
[LEE][he ] played up his connections to Marcello and revealed his
marksmanship.
At the end of August, Shaw paid for the last of several hotel trysts
for
Judyth and Lee. According to Judyth, Shaw felt sorry for them.
Judyth then left for Florida. The supposedly impoverished Lee gave
her $400
for Aemergencies@ B equal to about $2,800 in today=s dollars. Judyth
told
her family that the money fell out of an ironing board she bought at a
yard
sale. AIT BECAME A FAMILY LEGEND,= SHE SAYS.
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Mexico City: Mystery Solved
This is a totally new account of the mysterious trip to Mexico City.
In August, Judyth trained Lee to handle the deadly material. LEE, IN
TURN,
WOULD TEACH A CONTACT IN MEXICO CITY HOW TO HANDLE THE MATERIALS, AND
IN
THIS MANNER, THE MATERIALS WOULD SURVIVE TRANSFER TO A CUBAN MEDICAL
LAB..
AFTER PLEDGES TO MEET ONCE THIS MISSION WAS OVER, Judyth left for
Florida
at the end of the month.
Lee couriered the materials to Mexico City at the end of September,
expecting to meet a contact who would bring them into Cuba. He was
ordered
to make the trip by AMr. B.@
New information: Mr. B may not have been Phillips. Another CIA figure,
Frank
Bender, one alias of Gerry Droller, was known inside the agency as Mr.
B.
He was posted to Mexico City at the same time as Phillips. The record
says
that Droller worked for the OSS during the war, but there are
indications he
had actually worked on biological weapons for the Nazis.
Lee was left holding the bag -- i.e., no one was there to meet him in
Mexico
City to take the materials off his hands. So he desperately tried to
get
into Cuba himself, where his knowledge of HOW TO HANDLE THE MATERIALS,
the
language, the terrain, safe houses, and contacts might still be used.
Indeed, initially, he expected to make the entire trip himself.
He was frantic because the materials had a limited life span outside a
lab B
hence, the official reports of his erratic behavior. He was also
frantic
because he knew what failure meant. In fact, the conspirators had
already
turned to Plan B without telling him.
They were later told that Hurricane Flora had created so much
destruction
that information about safe houses, and about Castro=s routine, was
no
longer to be trusted, so Plan A had to be called off.
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Endgame
With Lee in Texas and Judyth in Florida, Ferrie arranged for about 14
back-channel phone calls through a cooperative (and well-paid-off)
operator
in Covington.
Corroborating evidence: Only one call placed to Oswald at the Book
Depository is on record. This call came from Aa lady with no accent@
The
Warren Commission tried to track the origin of the call, but couldn=t
get
past Covington. According to Judyth, the record would not even show
this
call except for the fact that the operator putting this call through
was not
their usual operator.
Note: Interpen had a presence in Covington.
Lee told Judyth that he made several unsuccessful attempts to stop
the
assassination, including calling death threats to the FBI.
Corroborating evidence: A number of anonymous threats and warnings
were
called into FBI offices prior to the assassination.
In their last conversation, on November 20th, they discussed the
option of
fleeing before the assassination. Judyth recalls Lee=s words
precisely:
Aif I stay, that will be one less bullet aimed at Kennedy.@
Lee told Judyth of his last-ditch plan: to fire a premature shot, a
warning
shot, at the motorcade, hoping to alert JFK=s Secret Service
protectors.
Corroborating Testimony: At least 5 Warren Commission witnesses
reported a
bullet hitting the pavement behind the President=s limo. This would
have
been his closest and, presumably, easiest shot.
Note: The "street shot" bullet was presumably never found, unless
that is
what is being picked up by the "mystery FBI man" photographed with
Dallas
Deputy Sheriff Buddy Walthers and Officer J.W. Foster. The photo has
long
been the subject of speculation.
Corroborating Testimony: Anna Vincent says it was open knowledge in
the
local Mafia that Lee fired a premature shot.
If he did fire a warning shot, it went unheeded by the sleepy Secret
Service
agents.
Lee and Judyth had made plans for an escape and rendezvous in Mexico.
Judyth tells of Ferrie sobbing uncontrollably during phone calls with
him
because it had all gone so wrong. His 400-mile car trip to Houston
the day
of the assassination was made in vain (he told Garrison, variously,
that he
and two friends went [ICE][roller]-skating or goose-hunting).
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Deaths After Dallas
Guy Banister died of an apparent hear[T] attack at his home in early
1964.
New Testimony: According to Anna Vincent, her husband, David Lewis,
and
fellow Banister employee, Jack Martin, went to the office immediately
upon
hearing the news, only to find the files carted off and yellow
[TAPE][ribbon] surrounding the office as if it were a crime scene.
Lewis
played a minor role in the Cuban operation and, according to Anna, was
told
to Akeep his mouth shut.@
Note: Author Ed Haslam (see above) believes he saw remnants of
Banister=s
missing files at INCA=s offices.
David Ferrie died of an apparent brain anyeurism (not cancer as he
told
those curious about his lab) in early 1964.
Note: An empty bottle of Proloid B which could kill a man suffering
from
hypertension -- and two typed Asuicide notes@ keep his death
controversial.
Mary Sherman was brutally murdered in her bed [IN JULY, 1964][just
weeks
later,] with reports of cancer cells stolen.
Corroborating testimony: Judyth has a letter from a former resident
of New
Orleans in which he recollects radio reports of stolen cancer cells.
THE NON-SMOKING Jack Ruby died of Aa galloping LUNG cancer@ in JAIL
IN
1967. When [RUBY][ he] visited Ferrie=s apartment in the summer of
1963,
Judyth showed him the lab and told him about the cancer cell
injections --
including where on the body the injections should be administered.
Note: In jail, Ruby insisted he was injected with cancer cells, but
no one
took him seriously. His mind was shot and they just assumed he was
babbling
incoherently.
Clay Shaw died suddenly of SUSPECTED LUNG cancer in 1972 after being
treated
for an undisclosed illness at Ochsner=s Hospital.
Note: Of the 8 persons Judyth knew who were connected to the New
Orelans
cancer project, 5 were dead by 1967. After 1972, only she and Ochsner
remained -- and she was in hiding.
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The Participants
Who was involved? Mafia, CIA Arogues,@ Cuban exiles, financed by
Texas oil
AND INDUSTRY B or a smaller group culled from these. When the CIA-
Mafia
alliance was established in 1959, an infrastructure was created that
could
be used by a subset of this group to put into motion the assassination
of
JFK.
Their Motives
The Mafia
JFK's failure to regain Cuba meant the permanent loss of billions of
dollars
from their casinos, HOUSES OF PROSTITUTION, AND DRUG RINGS. Also
providing
motive was Bobby Kennedy=s unprecedent assault on organized crime,
including
particularly aggressive treatment of New Orleans crime boss Carlos
Marcello.
Bobby had the proud Marecello kidnapped [WHEN MARCELLO REPORTED TO A
PAROLE
OFFICER][from his office], put on a plane, and dumped in Guatemala.
He made
it back to the US, barely surviving the wilds of Honduras. The
treatment was
no way to repay a debt, i.e., the Mob=s help in rigging 1960 election
results in Illinois and Texas.
The CIA
After the Bay of Pigs fiasco, JFK threatened to Asplit the CIA into a
thousand pieces.@ He fired CIA Director Allen Dulles (who would later
sit
on the Warren Commission!) and General George Cabell (whose brother
Earl was
Mayor of Dallas in 1963). JFK was seen as soft on Communism,
[WEAKENING][weakening] his resolve in Vietnam, and extending an olive
branch
to Castro AND KHRUSHCHEV.
Cuban Exiles
Kennedy=s betrayals: the Bay of Pigs; the deal with the Soviets that
ended
the Cuban Missile Crisis, which included a non-invasion pledge; RFK=s
dismantling of exile training camps the CIA set up for exiles; his
suppression of raids on Cuba; WITHDRAWAL OF FUNDING OF ANTI-CASTRO
EXILES,
and, finally, JFK=s attempt late in 1963 at a rapproachmant with
Castro.
Texas Money
This group B led by H.L. Hunt BOR POSSIBLY BY HIS LIEUTENANTS---
detested
JFK=s Cuba policy, as well as his integrationist stance, but mostly
they
were threatened by his vow to repeal a major tax windfall, the oil
depletion
allowance. They wanted a man in the White House they could control,
i.e.,
LBJ, and they needed to get him there fast, as the Bobby Baker and
Billy Sol
Estes scandals threatened his continuation as Vice President.
If this cabal couldn=t get to Castro, paving the way for a rebellion,
or at
least more compliant leadership, they had decided to go after
Kennedy. With
the blame pinned on Oswald, who was groomed to look like a Communist,
and
would soon be groomed to look pro-Castro, they hoped to spark a
second
invasion of Cuba.
Ironically, CIA stonewalling of the Warren Commission was almost
certainly
conducted to prevent its relationship with the Mafia from being
exposed, as
well as its surveillance operation in Mexico City. Thus, the
assassination
cover-up was thus joined by high officials in the CIA, who may not
themselves have participated in the assassination.
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On Proof and Evidence
While there is no Asmoking gun@ proof -- no government document, for
example -- for this particular plot, no such proof should be expected
for a
project kept so secret. However, the account provided by Judyth Vary
Baker
is much more detailed than any previous account by a late-emerging
witness,
and it explains [MUCH OF WHAT WAS][a lot] previously subject to wild,
and
widely divergent, speculation.
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Last Words
AThey did it too good.@
Gerry Patrick Hemming, Interpen, on why the conspirators failed:
"What backfired on the plotters was painting this picture that it was
a
Castro hit. It scared the shit out of some high-ranking people, and
they
covered it upY.How could these people [the plotters] possibly figure
out
that this scenario would scare the shit out of the people in
Washington?
Jesus Christ, the best laid plans of mice and men. They did it too
good.
They painted too clear of a picture that burned its way right back to
Fidel
Castro. It scared the fuck out of the powers that be. They wouldn't go
to
war. The American people never realized we had come so fucking close
to
nuclear holocaust."
AYWho Struck John@
James Jesus Angleton, CIA counterintelligence spymaster:
"A mansion has many rooms and there were many things going on during
the
period of the bombings. I'm not privy to who struck John." [The New
York
Times, March 1975]
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Dave