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LBJ

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by Phillip F. Nelson


  an hour in Johnson’s life,

  462

  inside the vice presidential car, 469

  the mastermind

  back at the ranch, 44, 59, 147, 207–208, 220–221, 227, 230, 239, 257, 375, 507, 512, 609, 612–613

  “executive action” organization, 318

  “executive action plan”, 321

  “plausible deniability” as planning precept, 263, 314, 322–323, 327

  the hit and the aftershock, 372

  new presidential party escapes to Love Field, 412

  Saturday morning in the White House, 432

  takes command, 420

  watching everyone on Air Force One, 426

  the aftermath of the assassination, 373, 435, 605

  begins the cover-up,

  gamesmanship, 590

  throws a congressional hissy fit, 571

  campaign for the presidency

  1960 campaign, 195, 208, 268, 291–292, 362

  “Lyndon’s law”, 279

  preparing for the 1960 presidential election, 270

  1960 Democratic Convention, 275

  vice-presidential nomination, 596

  November dilemma, 312

  obsession to be president, xi, xv, 2, 28, 211, 334, 602

  civil rights record, 607–608

  congressman, 16–18, 20, 25, 43–44

  connection with the mob and other miscreants, 39

  depression, other mental issues, 5, 136, 268, 611–616, 621

  early criminal conduct summarized, black bag finance and political payback, 37, 168, 286, 322, 330

  final demise of, 609

  goes to college, 8

  goes to Vietnam, 108

  goes to Washington, 11

  the “Johnson Treatment,” 54, 200

  learns the art of manipulation, 6

  1964 presidential election, 354, 452, 569

  campaign begins, 255, 257, 307

  murders, 57, 151, 186, 197, 208–209, 217, 225, 228, 230–232, 245, 248–251, 253, 302, 315, 322, 596, 599–601

  the first murder, 209

  “Texas suicide,” 223

  presidency

  begins his legacy, 76, 532, 599, 605, 608–609

  efforts to manipulate gullible historians, 532

  Vietnam, xii, 15, 23, 56, 61, 68, 78, 80, 94, 105–110, 112–130, 153, 164, 168, 172–173, 180, 303, 307, 318, 372, 505–506, 510, 592, 596, 606–607, 610–612, 616, 622–625

  “rags to riches” broadcasting business, 43

  scandals related to Johson See Index Entries:

  Billie Sol Estes, v, xii, xvi–xvii, 56–57, 62, 90, 130, 187, 189, 194–195, 197, 199, 201–205, 219, 221, 225–224, 236–238, 240–241, 243, 245–251, 254, 260, 302, 308–309, 581, 596, 600–601, 627

  Bobby Baker, xii, 38, 40–42, 46–47, 56, 62–63, 90, 130, 159–161, 183, 194, 234–235, 240, 250–251, 253–263, 273–274, 283, 285, 298–299, 305, 308–309, 310, 312, 314, 373, 437, 444, 462–463, 536, 563–566, 568–571, 573, 574–578, 580–582, 596, 607, 609

  Box 13, xiii, 29–33, 219, 223–224

  murders ordered by, xiv, 197, 247,

  stolen elections

  TFX, xii, 57, 117, 157, 188, 190–194, 254, 258, 260, 262, 505–506, 563–565, 567

  Silver Star Medal, 21–23

  tirade with his pilots, 226

  World War II “service,” 19

  Johnson, Rebekah, 4, 613

  Johnson, Sam E., 7

  Johnson, Sam Houston, 3, 11, 210, 220

  Johnson, U. Alexis, 80

  Jones, Clifford (Cliff), 40, 254, 437

  Jones, Douglas, 355

  Jones, L. E., 12, 14

  Jones, Mary Kimbrough, 235

  Jones, Penn, 383, 487, 583

  Jones, Robert E., 488

  Jordan, B. Everett, 261, 563

  Jungman, J. Frank, 38

  Junta Revoluncionaria (JURE), 353

  Justice Department, The, v, 43, 46, 62, 140, 146, 151, 155, 179, 191, 243, 247, 256–258, 297, 305, 307, 309–312, 325, 361, 444, 446, 463, 539, 553, 555, 559–560, 564, 574–575, 577, 579

  Kaiser, David, 592

  Kantor, Seth, 192, 388, 407

  Karamessines, Tom, 349

  Karnow, Stanley, 110, 622

  Katzenbach, Nicholas, 299, 347, 372, 392, 417, 419, 422, 434, 439, 443, 444, 447

  Kearns, Doris, 290, 474

  See also: Goodwin, Doris Kearns-

  Keating, Kenneth, 90

  Keeler, Christine, 157

  Keenan, Lawrence, 541

  Kefauver, Estes, 39

  Kellam, Jesse, 37, 142, 189

  Kellerman, Gary, 367

  Kellerman, Roy, 397, 405, 415, 511, 513

  Kelly, Thomas, 544

  Kennan, George, 134–135

  Kennedy, Jacqueline, 170, 386, 421, 424, 512, 526, 586–587, 589

  Kennedy, John F., v, viii, ix, xi, xiii–xv, xix, 50–51, 60, 66–67, 69, 72, 77, 81, 96, 98, 125, 129–131, 133, 138, 144, 150–152, 154, 157, 161, 164, 166, 173–175, 185, 194, 247, 260, 266, 271, 275, 278, 289–290, 292, 296, 307–308, 316–318, 327, 342, 360, 362, 364

  scene at Parkland Hospital, 324, 391, 395, 403, 407, 412, 418, 420, 426, 508, 509, 519–520, 533, 560, 563, 584–585, 604

  the “killing zone,” 396, 464, 603

  the designated “Patsy”, 168, 322, 325, 330, 332, 338, 343, 347–348, 352–354, 362–363, 366, 411, 466–467, 605

  three pronged plan in the assassination of, 330

  transporting JFK’s corpse, 514

  trip to Texas, 372

  confronts the CIA, 68

  “Peace Speech”, 120, 122–123, 153, 158, 606

  vulnerabilities of

  Addison’s disease, 272, 275, 284

  cast of military men, 176

  the Mafia connections and Cuban exiles, 126

  rich Texas oilmen, and their mobster friends, 143

  Kennedy, Mylton, 10

  Kennedy, Robert, xviii, 43, 54, 58, 60, 62–63, 77, 80, 84–85, 91–92, 95, 97, 101–102, 105–107, 127–128, 139, 140, 147, 154, 156, 161, 187–188, 237, 255–256, 258, 266, 276, 286–287, 289, 300, 301, 303–307, 309, 320, 321, 361, 374, 417, 419, 423, 428, 445, 536, 538, 552, 558, 564, 575, 584, 586, 588, 591–592

  involvement with Marilyn Monroe, 94, 150–151, 154–158, 258, 372

  Kennedy, Edward M. “Ted”, 117

  Kenney, (Admiral), 528

  Kessler, Ronald, 548

  KGB, 69, 94, 134, 166, 329, 337, 348, 366

  Khrushchev, Nikita, 70, 78, 90–91, 93–95, 97, 99, 121, 169, 271

  Kilduff, Malcolm, 129, 404, 415, 418, 421–422

  Kilgallen, Dorothy, 74, 151

  Kilgore, Joe M., 23

  Kilpatrick, James J., 56

  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 259, 322, 588, 608

  Kingsbery, E. G., 44

  Kinser, John Douglas, 209–213, 215–220, 222, 227, 230, 247, 250, 589, 600

  Kinser, Winston, 209–210

  Kirkwood, W. C., 42, 187

  Kleberg, Richard, 11–13, 17, 26, 28

  Knight, John S., 284

  Korean War, 104, 179, 181

  Korshak, Sidney, 42, 179, 190

  Korth, Fred, 57, 187, 191–193, 564, 580

  Kostikov, Valery, 329, 348

  Kremlin, The, 158

  Kritzberg, Connie, v, 436

  Krock, Arthur, 66, 162

  Krulak, Victor, 127, 509

  Krutilek, George, 230, 238, 241, 247

  Kurtz, Michael, 504

  Lambert, William, 44

  Lamar Hotel (The), 145, 323

  Lane, Mark, 165, 335, 400, 451, 469, 479, 540

  Lansdale, Edward, 81, 85–86, 99, 107, 111, 165, 171–173, 183, 509–510

  Landrum-Griffin Act, 269

  Lansky, Meyer, 40, 43, 141, 147, 165, 178, 345, 437

  Lasky, Victor, 75, 294, 298, 566

  Latimer, Gene, 12, 14, 26

  Lawrence, Perdue W., 387

  Lawson, Winston C., 379

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p; Ledgerwood, Virginia, 219

  Leigh, Janet, 162

  LeMay, Curtis, 108, 176–177, 317, 505, 526

  Lemnitzer, Lyman, 76, 80

  Leopoldo, 373, 385

  Lesar, Jim, 195

  Levinson, Edward “Eddie”, 40, 42, 144, 183, 251–252, 254, 257, 437

  Lewis, Anthony, 143, 259

  Lifton, David, 417, 427, 515, 517, 523–526, 547

  limousine, presidential, 378, 385–388, 392, 396, 420–421, 450, 464, 494, 538

  Lincoln, Evelyn, xiii, 62, 131, 260, 272, 274, 277, 281, 283–284, 286, 289, 304, 313, 373–374, 536

  Ling-Temco-Vaught (LTV), 221

  Lisagor, Peter, 58

  Livingstone, Harrison, 245, 383, 621

  Lodge, Henry Cabot, 58, 119, 124, 126, 128

  Long, Robert (Bob), 214, 216, 218

  Love Field, 379, 381, 386–387, 389–390, 392–393, 398, 412–413, 415, 418–419, 421, 427, 463–464, 498–499, 513, 517–518, 520

  Lovett, Robert, 134

  Luce, Clare Boothe, 136, 266

  Luce, Henry, 137, 311, 119

  Lumumba, Patrice, 70

  Lundahl, Arthur C., 548

  Luscombe Aircraft Corporation, 221

  Lynch, Grayston, 165, 510

  MacArthur, Douglas, 20, 105, 176

  Mack, Gary, 547, 551

  Maclean, Donald, 82

  Macmillan, Harold, 158

  MAD (mutually assured destruction), 181

  Madame Nhu (wife of Diem’s brother), 119

  Mafia, 39, 41–42, 71, 74, 77, 102–103, 131, 139, 141, 144, 146, 155, 158, 165, 183, 273, 307–308, 317–318, 323–324, 329, 331, 342, 357, 362, 369, 396, 437, 469, 485, 539, 542, 554, 564, 591, 602

  magic bullet theory, 441, 459, 519, 617

  (See “single bullet theory”)

  Magruder, John, 322

  Maheu, Robert, 42, 71, 148

  Manchester, William, 83–84, 266, 379–380, 386, 391, 399, 405–406, 412–414, 416, 418–419, 421–423, 426, 428, 432, 464, 470–471, 473–475, 480, 514, 518, 523, 536–537, 562–563, 586–589, 623

  Mankel, Jose, 175

  Mann, Thomas, 540–541

  Manning, Robert, 430

  Mannlicher-Carcano rifl e, 324, 330, 408, 428–429

  Mansfield, Jayne, 162

  Mansfield, Mike, 88, 117–118, 133, 289, 299

  Mantik, David W., 397, 400, 530, 546

  Manuel, Robert E., 202

  Marcello, Carlos, 41–42, 77, 144, 146–147, 149, 155, 307–309, 317, 321, 323, 325, 331, 342, 357, 437, 539, 540, 553

  Marchetti, Victor, 337, 339, 557

  Markham, Helen, 407, 503

  Marquat, W. F., 21

  Marrs, Jim, 334, 355, 383, 411, 448, 456, 543–544, 584

  Marsh, Charles, 28, 267

  Marshall, Burke, 301–302

  Marshall Ford Dam, 18–19, 33

  Marshall, George, 83

  Marshall, Henry, xviii, 195, 199, 202, 205–206, 208, 221, 225–230, 232, 236, 241, 243–244, 246–247, 249–250, 309, 315

  Martens, Layton, 554

  Martin, B. J., 380, 387, 390, 412–413, 420, 471, 477, 487, 496–497, 602

  Martin, David C., 83, 99

  Martin, John Bartlow, 62, 99

  Martino, John, 168

  Masferrer, Rolando, 365, 367

  Mason, Bill, 223

  Masen, John Thomas, 543

  Mauser rifl e, 324, 330, 408–409, 436, 490

  McCarthy, Joseph R., 60, 135, 138, 181, 567

  McCarthy, Eugene, 592

  McClellan, Barr, xvii–xviii, 64, 199, 210, 211, 224, 230, 241, 323, 601, 609

  McClellan, John, 195, 228, 565

  McClelland, Robert, 404

  McCloskey, Matthew (Matt), 260, 556

  McCloy, John, 134, 179, 182, 317, 441, 447

  McCone, John, 80, 87, 91, 549, 592

  McCormack, John, 536, 571

  McDonnell Aircraft Company, 191

  McDonnell-Douglas Corp., 508

  McGarr, Lionel, 111, 173

  McHugh, Godfrey, 387, 415, 421–422, 513

  McIntyre, Jamie, 22

  McKnight, Gerald, v, viii, 457

  McLaney, Bill, 345

  McMahon, Homer, 547–549

  McMaster, H. R., 126–127, 623

  McNamara, Robert, 115–116, 127, 182, 191, 193

  McSpadden, Coleman, 198

  McWillie, Lewis, 345, 437

  Meagher, Sylvia, 356, 623

  Mecom, John W., 208, 239

  Melanson, Philip, 336

  Menger Hotel (The), 225

  Mercer, Julia Ann, 490

  Mertz, Victor Michael, 360

  Mesta, Pearl, 41

  Meyer, Cord, 69, 134, 136–137, 152–153, 165, 173–174, 180, 468

  Meyer, Mary Pinchot, 135, 150, 152–153, 174

  Miller, Carl J., 202, 241

  Miller, Jack, 155

  Miller, Merle, 290

  Miller, Tom, 297

  Miller, William, 568

  Millican, A. J., 456

  Mills, Randolph, 38

  Milteer, Joseph A., 368

  Minh, Ho Chi, 115

  Minutemen, The, 160, 180, 343, 543

  Mitchell, Mary, 402, 471

  MK/ULTRA, 70, 361, 521, 585

  Mohr, Charles, 120

  Mollenhoff, Clark, x, 255, 259

  Monroe, Marilyn, 94, 150–151, 154–158, 258, 372

  Monteith, Edgar, 38

  Moody Foundation, 249

  Moore, Elmer, 560

  Moore, J. Walton, 339

  Moorman, Mary, 399, 494, 552

  Morales, David Sanchez, 102, 165, 168, 331, 343, 510

  Morley, Jefferson, 100, 171, 348–351

  Morris, William E., 199, 202

  Morrow, Robert, P. v

  Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Company, 40

  Mosley, C.W., 233–234

  Moss, Jim, 220

  Mossadegh, Mohammed, 138

  Moyers, Bill, xvii, 6, 16, 19, 26, 116, 284, 287, 304, 376–377, 389–390, 393, 395, 413, 415, 424, 427, 463, 615

  Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 304

  Mundt, Karl, 568

  Murchison, Clint, 41–42, 141, 144–145, 183, 187–188, 203, 234, 254, 308, 317, 321–324, 339, 364, 375, 382–383, 539, 594

  Murphy, Charles S., 204, 232

  Murphy, Thomas J., 451

  mutually assured destruction, 181

  Nagell, Richard Case, 323, 364–365

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 299, 301

  National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC), 90, 547–549

  National Security Council, 80, 84, 100, 148

  Neutrality Act, 101, 346

  New Orleans Trade Mart, 344

  New Guinea, 20

  Newman, Bill, 496

 

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