by Joan Mellen
p. 32: “nothing to it”: Investigative Report. March 23, 1967. Date of information: February 27, 1967. Reported by Aaron M. Kohn. MCC.
p. 32: he called the boys “Dad”: Interview with Alvin Beaubouef, January 4, 2000.
p. 32: Eric Michael Crouchet extortion: Police Report of the Juvenile Bureau, February 18, 1962. Item B-7904-62. To: Joseph I. Giarrusso, Superintendent of Police. From: Major Adolph Mayterhafer, Supervisor, Juvenile Bureau. Subject: Investigation of Extortion, allegedly committed by David W. Ferrie, WM, 41, of 331 Atherton Drive, Metairie, Louisiana. NARA.
p. 32: Al Landry runs away from home: See Juvenile Bureau. To: Joseph I. Giarrusso. From: August C. Lang. August 18, 1961. Item H-8307-61. Subject: Contributing to the delinquency investigation, resulting from the runaway of Alexander Landry Jr., WM, age 15, of 5221 Arts Street. The subject alleged to be contributing is Dave Ferrie, WM, adult, residing at 331 Atherton Drive in Metairie, Louisiana.
p. 32: “I wouldn’t screw her”: Interview with Morris Brownlee, June 2, 2000.
p. 32: “little swatches of carpet”: Aaron Kohn Deposition before the House Select Committee on Assassinations. November 7, 1978. 013261. NARA.
p. 33: parasites could enter: Interview with Morris Brownlee. No expertise in science: Interview with Dr. Martin Palmer, May 9, 1999.
p. 33: Ferrie a police informant: Interview with Irvin L. Magri Jr., February 17, 2002.
p. 33: Dave’s connections: Interview with Alvin Beaubouef, March 12, 2002.
p. 33: Tampa, the Keys: Memorandum. July 12, 1967. To: Jim Garrison. From: Robert E. Lee. Re: David W. Ferrie. NODA. NARA. Ferrie had honed his skills at the Sunnyside Flying School in Tampa, where years later Middle Eastern terrorists went themselves to train.
p. 33: Venice, Florida: Memorandum to Jim Garrison. From: Tom Bethell. Re: Information from Martin Waldron, New York Times. October 5, 1967. NODA. NARA.
p. 33: Del Valle set up training camps: Headquarters of the Army Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence. July 25, 1962. Memorandum for: Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation. Att’n: Mr. Patrick D. Putnam. Subject: Anti-Castro Guerrilla Training Camps in the U.S. (U). 2-1622-159. From: Claude D. Barton, Colonel, GS Chief, Security Division. Courtesy of Gordon Winslow.
p. 33: Ferrie’s missions tracked by Cuban intelligence: See Transcript of Proceedings Between Cuban Officials and JFK historians. Document 0027-4. Cuban Information Archives. Nassau Beach Hotel, 7/9 December 1996. Tape #4. Available at cuban-exile.com.
p. 33: Marchetti confirms that Ferrie was employed by CIA: Marchetti interview with Bernard Fensterwald, April 22, 1975. Papers of the Citizens’ Commission of Inquiry. AARC.
p. 33: the School of the Americas and Robert Kennedy: Richard Reeves, President Kennedy: Profile of Power (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993), p. 268.
p. 34: your security clearance was so high: Interview with E. Carl McNabb, June 13, 1999.
p. 34: a “nigger lover”: Jimmy Johnson, “New Orleans Story.” Interview with an unnamed questioner. NARA.
p. 34: screwed up the Bay of Pigs: Memorandum. To: Jim Garrison. From: Andrew J. Sciambra. Interview with Al Landry. March 23, 1967. NODA. NARA.
p. 34: Kennedy of making a deal: Interview with Alvin Beaubouef.
p. 34: a seashell rigged with explosives: See “booby-trapped sea shell”: CIA Inspector General’s Report on Attempts to Kill Fidel Castro. May 1967. p. 77.
p. 34: midget submarine: Interview with Carlos Quiroga, January 14, 2000. See also: Memorandum. To: Jim Garrison. From: Frank Klein. Re: Interview of Carlos Quiroga, January 13, 1966. Papers of Richard N. Billings, Box 2, Folder 24.
p. 34: “skinny, messy little guy”: Interview with Sharon Herkes, January 14, 2000.
p. 34: subsisted on bad coffee: Description of Jack Martin courtesy of Thomas Edward Beckham, March 30, 2002.
p. 34: intelligence ties to Latin America: Joseph A. Oster interviewed by L. J. Delsa and Robert Buras. January 27, 1978. HSCA 005207. NARA.
p. 34: a “con man”: Medical records of Jack Martin, Charity Hospital. NARA.
p. 34: “a type of Ferrie”: email from Robert Buras, September 21, 2002.
p. 34: “highly intelligent”: Interview with Robert Buras, May 23, 2002. Buras interviewed Martin for the HSCA in 1977 and 1978.
p. 35: crime against nature: Interview with Joseph A. Oster, July 3, 2000.
p. 35: first name basis: See Russell Long to J. S. Martin Sr., August 8, 1961, and September 1, 1961. NARA.
p. 35: Jack Martin has filed a petition on the instructions of Mr. Leander Perez: From: S.A.—n— 4951. Louisiana State Police. Subject: General Edward [sic] Walker. NARA.
p. 35: Dalzell a CIA operative: HSCA 180-10070-10358. Agency file: 008269. (PT 18). Memorandum: October 30, 1968. To: Jim Garrison. From: Andrew J. Sciambra. Re: Interview with Vernon Gerdes. NARA. See also: Dalzell works under cover as a petroleum consultant: FBI. To: Director. From: New Orleans. November 3, 1967. 124-10071-10326. 89-69-3575. NARA. And: William Dalzell admits he worked for the Central Intelligence Agency: Select Committee on Assassinations. Interview with William Dalzell. 064559. December 9, 1977. NARA. See also: HSCA re-interview of Dalzell, January 26, 1978, by William Brown. NARA.
p. 35: Newbrough with CIA: L. J. Delsa and Robert Buras interview with Jack S. Martin.
p. 35: supervised the clandestine services: CIA admits to the fact that the Domestic Contact Service and the clandestine services were one and the same in New Orleans. See Russ Holmes Work File, Memo Number 8. Agency: CIA. Record Number 104-10435-10009. From: DDO/ PIC. To: CI Staff. Title. Official Routing slip with Attached Resanitized Copy of Memo #8 of the Garrison Package. 26 pages. Date: January 12, 1968: “Since 19 November 1964 contacts for the DDP have been handled by the DCS.”
p. 35: Dalzell’s criminal charges: The Department of Justice does not prosecute Dalzell: FBI AIRTEL. May 22, 1967. To: Director. From: SAC, WFO. 124-10259-10090. 89-69-3103. NARA. See also: Regarding Ferrie’s acquaintance with Dalzell: see note appended to an article on cancer research found at David Ferrie’s apartment: Memorandum For: Lead File. Re: Notes Made By David Ferrie. Signed by Jim Garrison. NODA. NARA. The note reads: “man— Bill Dazell [sic]: ‘(Billie Littlehorse).’ Some of B’s microfilm was sent to Atlanta right-wingers—many of original files are at Guy Banister’s.”
p. 35: Dalzell has “top secret clearance”: Interview of William Dalzell with Robert Buras and L. J. Delsa. December 9, 1977. HSCA. 180-10103-10258. Numbered files. 004559. Tabbed CIA 94-1. Box 94. NARA.
p. 35: FBI through Warren de Brueys and CIA through Hunter Leake shared information about Dalzell: FBI teletype. To: Director. From: New Orleans. May 7, 1967. 124- 10237-10413. 89-69-2088. NARA. See also: FBI. To: Director, FBI. From: Deputy Director for Plans. Subject: Friends of Democratic Cuba. 30 March 1961. 2 pages. C.S. & I. 3/764414/.CIA immediately informed the FBI about the Friends of Democratic Cuba incorporators Grady Durham, Guy Banister, Martin L. McAuliffe, Gerard O. Tujagues and Alfred Chittenden.
p. 35: Martin served with military intelligence: Select Committee on Assassinations. Interview with Jack S. Martin by L. J. Delsa and Robert Buras. December 5, 1977. 005212. NARA.
p. 35: Jack Martin’s hidden history as a CIA operative: CIA 104-10515-10045. 80T01357A. From: Stevens, M. D. To: D/C Security Research. Memo: Joseph James Martin #43847. April 6, 1967. 8 pages. NARA. See also: CIA 104-10515-10047. Title: Processed Package on Joseph James Martin. 62 pages. NARA. This material was withheld by CIA until August 29, 2002. See also: one of Jack Martin’s CIA files is under “Suggs.” Routing Slip: CIA Title: Routing and Record Sheet: Insufficient Bio Data. Subjects: Johnson, Persac. To: CI/R & A. From: RID/201 104-10170-10225. NARA. To anyone who asked the Agency about Martin, the reply was to be “noncommittal”: Headquarters. Attn: Office of General Counsel. Title: Lawrence J. Laborde and Jack Martin. Phone Calls. 104-10189-10371. 89T01357A. NARA.
p. 36: he had asked Stanley to consecrate him as a bishop to go to C
uba: FBI. February 28, 1967. Louisville. SA George W. Hutchison. Sergeant Herman Mitchell. Detective Larry Byrd, Louisville. LS 105-620.
p. 36: “Jack” Martin took off alone for several months every year: CIA. Thru: Deputy Chief, SRS. Chief, FIOB/SRS. M. D. Stevens. The Oswald Case. Jack S. Martin aka John J. Martin (?). 5 April 1967. NARA.
p. 36: Jack Martin’s foreknowledge of the kidnapping of Carlos Marcello: Joseph Newbrough interviewed by William Davy. April 3, 1995. Courtesy of Mr. Davy.
p. 36: a crowd of spectators: “Two Police Officers Are Among 10 Arrested,” Times- Picayune, July 1, 1971, Section 1, p. 1.
p. 37: Jack Martin discredited by the FBI on purpose: Hoke May interview with Don Lee Keith, c. 1979. Papers of Don Lee Keith. Courtesy of Teresa Neaves.
p. 37: Martin told Pershing: Interview with Pershing Gervais, December 13, 1966. The next day Martin met with Jim Garrison.
p. 37: “the government” was paying for the gas: Statement of Herbert R. Wagner Jr. December 6, 1967. NODA.
p. 37: eight to ten years: United States Secret Service, Treasury Department. December 13, 1963. CO-2-34, 030. Investigation made by Special Agent Anthony E. Gerrots and Special Agent in Charge, John W. Rice. NARA.
p. 37: “in the last fifteen years”: NO 44-2064. RLK/ush. December 10, 1963. Warren Commission (WC) document #205.
p. 37: scenes of the Wilsons with Jim Lewallen and David Ferrie: Interviews with John Wilson, October 27, November 3, November 12, 2000.
p. 38: Gill instructs Ferrie to rent an airplane: Tape of L. J. Delsa and Robert Buras interview with Thomas Edward Beckham, October 7, 1977.
p. 39: Wagner was a fellow CIA asset: Interview with Wagner’s daughter, Sheila Breaux, March 6, 2002.
p. 39: Allen Campbell confirms that Ferrie flew to Dallas: Interview with Allen Campbell, June 10, 2002.
p. 39: Air Worthiness Certificate: Statement of Herbert R. Wagner Jr., President of Herb Wagner Finance Service, 1905 Airline Highway, Kenner, Louisiana. December 6, 1967. NODA. NARA.
p. 39: Ferrie admits to the FBI that the plane was not airworthy: FBI Interview with David William Ferrie. 11/27/63. By SA Ernest C. Wall Jr. & Theodore R. Vaiter. Commission Document 75. The HSCA cites the FBI Interview with Melvin Coffey, November 30, 1963, stating that the plane had not been airworthy for some time; Coffey last heard of its being used in February 1963; Ferrie told the FBI the plane had not been airworthy since the spring of 1962. Jack Martin in an FAA document insists that the plane was airworthy as of July 1963, “or, at least that a Stinson aircraft was available to Ferrie at that time,” a partial variation. See Memo to the File, July 18, 1963, FAA. Vol. 1. This is HSCA document 014904.
p. 40: “ here in front of my eyes was the proof”: Interviews with Roger Johnston, February 19 and 22, 2002.
p. 40: Gurtner: Norbert A. Gurtner flew with Ferrie and Oswald and Shaw to Dallas “approximately one week prior to the JFK assassination”: To: SAC, New Orleans. From: SA J. R. MacDonald February 17, 1984. NARA. Courtesy of Malcolm Blunt.
p. 40: Ferrie “never loaned his library card to Lee Harvey Oswald”: CD 75. 199/201. David William Ferrie. Report of Special Agent Warren C. de Brueys dated 12/2/63, at Dallas, Texas. Re: LEE HARVEY OSWALD. Agency: WC (Warren Commission). Record number: 179- 40005-10179 08: numbered Commission Documents (Interview of David Ferrie by Special Agents Ernest C. Wall Jr., and Theodore Viater. November 27, 1963. (“Ferrie stated he has never loaned his library card to LEE HARVEY OSWALD or to any other person at any time. . . .”)
p. 40: Ferrie asks Mrs. Eames “whose library card Oswald had”: Memorandum. To: Jim Garrison. From: Andrew J. Sciambra. Re: David Ferrie. March 1, 1968. NODA. NARA.
p. 40: they found my library card on Oswald: Ferrie visits Mrs. Lena Garner. Testimony before the Select Committee on Assassinations. May 5, 1978. 45 pages: 180-10104-10364. 009392. NARA.
p. 40: no evidence linking a library card: CIA. Memo: Garrison TV Interview at the Hague on 22 February 1968. March 26, 1968. Transcript. 104-10435-10004. RUSS HOLMES WORK FILE. NARA.
p. 40: “bearing the name ‘George Washington’”: Jim Garrison, A Heritage of Stone. (New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1970), p. 103.
p. 41: “it was a certainty”: Jerry Paradis: Telephone conversation with Mike Ewing. December 15, 1978.
p. 41: Ferrie told James Lewallen: Memorandum: To: Jim Garrison. From: James L. Alcock. Re: James R. Lewallen. NODA. NARA.
p. 41: “a nose too big for his face”: Interview with John Ciravolo, June 27, 2001.
p. 41: John Wilson sees Oswald at Ferrie’s apartment: Interview with John Wilson, October 31, 2000.
p. 41: Thomas Lewis Clark heard Dave talk about Oswald: Statement of Thomas Lewis Clark, March 15, 1967. Office of the District Attorney. NARA.
p. 41: September of 1959: Chronology of Lee Oswald provided by the late Mary Ferrell. Mrs. Ferrell is also the source of the Marilyn Murret quotations.
p. 42: Van Burns meets Oswald and Ferrie: Interview with Van Burns, May 23, 2001.
p. 42: Oswald bought his mother a parakeet: Jean Stafford, A Mother in History (New York: Bantam Books, 1966), p. 23. In this supercilious book, with which she was helped by FBI and CIA asset Hugh Aynesworth of the Dallas Morning News, Stafford ridicules the senior Mrs. Oswald mercilessly, to no apparent end but to undermine her character and credibility. Stafford has Mrs. Oswald saying, “On some Mother’s Day I think it would be wonderful for the United States to come out and say my son was an agent,” on p. 18. Note the acknowledgement to Aynesworth.
p. 42: Minox: Anonymous lead to Jim Garrison’s office. NODA. NARA.
p. 42: Loyola University tuition: Handwritten notes found in Sal Scalia file. Harry Connick collection of the papers of Jim Garrison. NARA.
p. 42: “secret orders”: Outside Contact Report. Interview with Mr. Robert Boylston. October 17, 1978, by L. J. Delsa and Robert Buras. HSCA. NARA.
p. 43: “taking care of something”: ibid., Delsa and Buras interview with Mr. Robert Boylston.
p. 43: “David Lee Oswald”: Historian Larry Haapanen discovered this form in the Warren Commission findings. See Warren Commission XVI. Commission Exhibit 99, p. 435. See also Patricia Johnson McMillan, Marina and Lee. (New York: Harper and Row, 1977).
p. 43: “the covert operations division of the Office of Naval Intelligence”: “Back Up Material for On the Trail.” June 27, 1989. AARC.
p. 43: “your son was working for the C. I.A.”: Jim Garrison to Marguerite Oswald, June 12, 1968. NOPL.
p. 43: David Lewis: Sworn statement of David F. Lewis Jr. December 15, 1966. NODA. NARA.
p. 43: he did not hand out any leaflets: Interview with Thomas Edward Beckham, March 31, 2002.
p. 43: Beckham and Oswald were only casually connected: Interview with Thomas Edward Beckham, March 31, 2002.
p. 43: Jack Martin immediately tells Regis Kennedy that he has been interviewed by Jim Garrison: FBI Memorandum. To: SAC. From: Regis L. Kennedy. December 24, 1966. 89-69-1484. NARA.
p. 44: Beckham “was associated with Oswald”: FBI Memorandum. To: Director. From: SAC, New Orleans. January 17, 1967. 62- 109060-4407. NARA. See also: FBI. To: Director. From: New Orleans. February 20, 1967. 124-10256-10167. 89-69-1425. NARA.
p. 44: “at least a week in advance”: Interview with Alvin Beaubouef. December 28, 1966, with Louis Ivon and John Volz. Statement of Alvin R. Beaubouef, December 28, 1966. NODA. NARA.
p. 44: “ come out publicly against anti-Castro raids”: Memorandum. To: Jim Garrison. From: John Volz. December 14, 1966. NODA. NARA.
p. 45: “acquainted with” Oswald: Interview of David Ferrie by John Volz at the District Attorney’s Office, Thursday, December 15, 1966. NODA. NARA.
p. 45: archenemy Jack Martin: David Ferrie hired Jack Martin: to contact the witnesses in the Eastern Airlines case. Southern Research Report for Eastern Airlines. November 19, 1962, p. 33.
p. 45: Chuck Rolland contradicts Ferrie’s statement that they had discussed the operation of an
iceskating rink: FBI. To: SAC, New Orleans. From: Stephen M. Callender. AFO. February 24, 1967. NARA.
p. 45: Ferrie lied to Frank Klein about the guns: Jim Garrison, Coup D’Etat, chap 1, pp. 5-6.
p. 45: Ferrie admitted to Brownlee he lied about the guns: Interview with Morris Brownlee, June 2, 2000.
p. 45: Ferrie told Beaubouef to lie: Interview with Alvin Beaubouef, January 4, 2001.
p. 45: Brownlee had broken with Ferrie: Interview with Morris Brownlee.
CHAPTER 4
p. 46: Cesario Diosdado works for both CIA and Customs, between 1957 and 1968: Memorandum. To: Robert K. Tanenbaum. From: Kenneth D. Klein. May 23, 1977. Re: Interview with Cesario Diosdado. 180-10105-10297. 014534. NARA. Diosdado had an “operational” relationship with JMWAVE, the CIA station in Miami: Lawrence R. Houston. Memorandum For: Deputy Director for Plans; Director, Domestic Contact Service; Director of Security. 2 February 1967. OGC 67-0181. Subject: Masferrer Prosecution, Miami, Florida. NARA.
p. 46: Oswald’s customs’ connections emerge at Levee Board headquarters: FBI facsimile. ARRB release of informant reports of #1309- C, Joseph A. Oster. 62-109060-4607. JFK Task Force. Courtesy of Joseph A. Oster.
p. 46: Orestes Peña testimony released in 2000: HSCA 180- 10075-10167. Agency file: 010136. Sworn testimony of Orestes Peña. June 23, 1978. 36 pages. NARA. The cancellation of the deposition: HSCA 180-10093-10004. Agency file; 008948. One page. These documents were withheld with 256 restrictions. Regarding FBI informants meeting at the Habana Bar and the Customs House, see Memorandum: To: Paul Wallach. cc: Rick Inderfurth and Elliot Maxwell. From: Dwyer/Greissing. Re: Senator Schweiker’s Review of Selected Warren Commission Archives. September 29, 1975. NARA.
p. 46: Orestes Peña’s files destroyed by the FBI: the Bureau destroyed the document irrespective of whether “identity of source will be revealed if document made public.” Federal Bureau of Investigation. Communications Section. January 15, 1976. Teletype. Marked Urgent. To Director, From Legat Rome (105- 5212). FBI 62-109060-641. NARA. Courtesy of Malcolm Blunt.
