by Gus Russo
approves exile training camps in Latin America, 171–72
Arcadia Smith and, 141, 142
autonomous projects meeting, 173–74
autopsy influence/pressure, 324–26
calls Chetta on Ferrie autopsy, 403
Castro assassination planning and, 76
CCC Cuban Subversion subcommittee and, 250
changing combinations on White House JFK safes and, 323
character change in, 384
character of, 28–29, 30
CIA, Oswald, foreign plots and, 342–43
on CIA policy support, 433
compared to Raul Castro, 452–54
concerns about Texas trip, 273, 381
confrontations with Harvey and, 80–82
on counterinsurgency, 43
covert operation blowback and, 347–48
coverup, JFK assassination, 322–23, 381–91, 450–51
coverup memo, CIA hiring Mafia for anti-Castro plots, 72–73, 403–4
criminal investigation of LBJ and, 284
Cuba invasion aftermath and, 21, 22
on Cuba Project demise, 391
Cuba Project leadership, 37–38, 43
Cuba Study Group and, 25
Cuban Coordinating Committee and, 162
Cuban exile community and, 164
Cuban exile fundraising/New Orleans and, 147–48
Cuban situation meeting 11/19/63, 271–72
custody of JFK brain and, 388
demands Oval Office tapes, 322
Diaz and, 181
Dulles (Allen) connection and, 31–32, 570–71 n 39
espionage and sabotage payoffs, 237
FBI bugs/wiretaps on Maria Oswald and, 349
FBI McLaney camp raid and, 184
Ferrie and, 145
FitzGerald and, 83
FitzGerald as envoy to Cubela for, 239–40
furious nature of, 26–27, 63
Garrison and, 406–8
Garro’s story of Oswald in Mexico City and, 219
Gordon’s opinion of, 59
Halfen and, 414, 415
Hemming training CAP/New Orleans and, 145
on Hoover’s CIA/mob memo, 71
hoping to be v-p candidate, 1964, 397
Howard’s changed opinion of, 235–36
inexperience/self-assurance of, 450, 454
JFK Dallas trip warning, 273
at JFK re-internment, 405–6
Latin American Cuban exile camps and, 142
on LBJ after assassination, 377
LBJ calls from Air Force One, 321
LBJ enmity/hostility toward, 395–400
LBJ legal problems, RFK and, 283
on Leonardo Plan, 179–80
Letter-Marque, Houma weapons transfer and, 151
McLaney and, 67–71
meets Air Force One, 324
missing JFK autopsy materials and, 389
morning of 11/22/63, 289
Morrison and, 139
New Orleans agents and, 134
Operation Mongoose and, 47–48
orders Underwood to destroy Austin speech copies, 305
Oswald’s third visit to Soviet Embassy (Mexico City) and, 218
Oval Office tapes and, 322
on paper trail, 439
post-Bay of Pigs strategizing and, 58
private investigations into JFK aassassination, 386–87, 574–75 n 35
on privileged nature of JFK health records, 327
promised assurances of Cuba invasion success and, 19
protests LBJ move into Oval Office, 383
reaction to JFK assassination, 302–3, 382–86
release of Bay of Pigs prisoners and, 170
Santa Ana mission and, 14
Szulc, Cuba matters and, 179
on Taylor Commission, 38, 71
timetable for Castro overthrow, 157
tracking Soviet missiles in Cuba, 149–50
unofficial anti-Castro campaign, 64–67
on urgency of Cuba Project, 46–47, 74–75
warned of Cuba invasion dangers, 18
Warren Commission and, 369–71
Warren Commission appointments and, 362–63
Warren Commission findings, misgivings about, 383–84
Warren Commission shortcomings and, 379–80
Williams (Harry) and, 164–65
Kennedy, Rose, 29
Kennedy family
connections, 31–33
Cuba ties, 4
dynamic, 28–30
Mafia and, 31
Kenney, Edward, 323
Kern, Montague, 232–33
KGB, Oswald file of, 102
considered as “sleeper agent,” 105
considered for recruitment, 102–3
Mexico City Soviet visa application and, 215
Khrushchev, Nikita, 6, 231
on Castro aggressiveness, 248
Cuban assistance package and, 78
on JFK peace speech, 157, 160
reaction to JFK assassination, 340
Kilduff, Malcolm, 336
King, Coretta Scott, 440
King, Eloise, 50
King, Frank, 433
King, J. C, 5, 44, 49, 58, 433
King, Marguerita, 44, 50
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 440
Kirkpatrick, Lyman, Jr., 16, 143
Kirkwood, James, 401
Kissinger, Henry, 240, 425
Kleinlerer, Alex, 128–29
Kohly, Mario, 166
Kostikov, Alexander, 205
Kostikov, Valery, 214, 216, 258–59, 338
Krandle, Robert, 419, 421
Kunkle, Charles, 337
Kurzman, Dan, 156
Kuznetsova, Vanda, 108
L
Lafayette Street. See 531 Lafayette Street
Lahey Clinic, Boston, 327
Lake Ponchartrain para-military training camps, 183, 186
Castro infiltrator in, 187, 188
McLaney and, 183–85
Oswald and, 198
Lancer. See Kennedy, John F.
Lane, Mark, 401, 474
Langosch, Joseph (pseudonym), 244
Lansdale, Edward G., 46–47
contingency plan for Castro assassination and, 74
Cuba Project coordinator, 41–43
on Kennedys’ knowledge of assassination plots, 427–28
Leonardo Plan and, 180
Operation Mongoose and, 43–45, 79, 80
on RFK reaction to Bay of Pigs, 27
warning of Soviet capabilities, 77
Lansky, Meyer, 5, 50–51, 67, 68
Lansky, Mrs. Meyer, 10
Larkin, Bob, 495
Lattimer, John, 465, 466, 470, 476, 482–83
Lauchli, Rich, 185
Lawford, Peter, 184, 435
Lawrence, David, 231
Leavelle, Jim, 491
moving Oswald to more secure cell and, 335
Oswald interrogation and, 330–32
on Oswald’s death, 336
on Ruby doing Dallas a favor, 500
Ruby interrogation and, 498
on Ruby’s plan to kill Oswald, 497
Lechuga, Carlos
Attwood, Castro, peace talks with U.S. and, 235
Duran and, 220, 236
Fernandez allegiance suspicions and, 187–88
Howard’s changed opinion of RFK and, 236
on U.S. undeclared war on Cuba, 249
Lee, Leon, 257, 264
Lee, O. H. See Oswald, Lee Harvey
Lee, Vincent T., 195, 225, 311
Legal Attaché, FBI (Legat), 211
Lemnitzer, Lyman, 15, 20
“Leonardo Plan, The,” 179
Leslie Welding Company, Fort Worth, Oswald and, 113
Letter-Marque, Houma weapons transfer and, 151
Lewallen, James, 412
Likhoy, 104–6 See also Oswald, Lee Harvey, in Minsk
Lincoln, Evelyn, 30, 293
on JFK
and death, 278
JFK (missing) brain and, 388, 389–90
on JFK peace speech, 160
on JFK v-p running mate, 282
Oval Office tapes and, 322
Lisagor, Peter, 395
Livingston, Rusty, 462
Livingstone, Harrison, 488
Loewy, Raymond, 279
Loftus, Elizabeth, 489
Long, Ed, 60
Long, Gillis, 374
Long, Russell, 401
Longley, Ken, 262
Lopez, Gilberto Policarpo, 311
Louisiana State Committee on Un-American Activities, 140
Loy, M. E., 151–52
Luce, Clare Booth, 312–13, 451
Luce, Henry, 312
Lumumba, Patrice, 9, 62, 365, 425, 523 n 1
Luna, Ernesto, 386
Lynch, Grayston, 242
Castro assassination planning and, 75–76
on Cuba as CIA priority, 64
Cuba invasion and, 20
on Operation Mongoose, 44
on RFK and Operation Mongoose, 48
M
Machado, Quinton Pino, 227–28
MacMillan, Harold, 160
Maddox, Al, 386–87, 495, 500
Mafia
Castro assassination planning and, 50, 241–42
CIA officer for RFK link with, 65
Cuban, 5
Cuban exile support and, 138
Cuba-New Orleans economy and, 136
Kennedy family, 31
as limited CIA hangout during Church Committee hearings, 431
rackets, Halfen disbursements for, 414
Ruby and, 500–501
Magsaysay, Raymond, 42
Maheu, Robert
Castro assassination planning and, 51–52
CIA intercedes with FBI for, 393–94
on CIA oath of silence, 429
Long, Boggs connection and, 374
office with Bellino, 242
wiretapping for Giancana, 71
Malcolm X, 381
Malone, W. Scott, 262, 338, 441
Manchester, William, 253, 300–301, 324, 398–99
Manchester Guardian, The, on JFK peace speech, 160
Mancuso’s restaurant, 194
Mankel, Jose, 62, 63
Mankiewicz, Frank, 389, 406
Mann, Thomas, 340, 343, 357, 378, 455
Mannarino, Gabriel, 50–51
Mannarino, Sam, 50–51
Mannlicher-Carcano rifle. See rifle, Oswald’s
Mansfield, Mike, 376
Marcello, Carlos, 283, 329, 413–16, 414
Mardi Gras, 135
Marine Corps
marksmanship ability levels of, 465
Oswald service in, 98–100
Maritima BAM, 186
Marshall, Burke, 322–23, 326, 387
Martello, Frank, 200
Martens, Layton, 147–48
awareness of Soviet missiles in Cuba, 148–49
CAP/New Orleans and, 145
on Cuban exiles in New Orleans, 136–37, 146
on Ferrie, Russo, and Shaw investigation, 411
on Ferrie’s deteriorating health, 402
on Ferrie’s photographic memory, 329
on Ferrie’s two-man subs, 145
on focus of HSCA investigations, 441
on Houma weapons transfer, 152
polygraph test and, 410
reporting Soviet missiles in Cuba, 149–50
supports Arcacha in Garrison investigation, 409
witness to Comstock burglarizing Ferrie’s apartment, 330
Martin, David C, 80
Martin, Jack, 151, 330, 376
Martin, Jim, 498
Martin, John (filmmaker), 475
Martin, John (union man), 493
Martino, John, 227
Mas-Canosa, Jorge, 518 n 49
McCarthy, Edward, 228
McCloy, John, 362–63
McCone, John
assures RFK no CIA role in JFK
assassination, 302
on Bay of Pigs operation, 22
Castro assassination planning and, 76–77
Cuban focus, CIA post-JFK assassination investigation and, 340–41
early Soviet missiles in Cuba and, 149
Ford, Cubans paying Oswald speculation and, 373
LBJ Cuba policy changes objections, 390–91
on Leonardo Plan, 179–80
RFK avoiding JFK assassination questions and, 385 See also Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
McDonald, Nick, 316
McGovern, George, 83–84, 243, 449, 451
McGuire, Phyllis, 71
McHugh, Godfrey, 253, 305, 323, 325
McLaney, Michael, 67–71
Benton and, 69–70
Carroll Rosenbloom and, 526 n 89
Castro assassination plan, 70
on continued Cold War with Cuba, 453–54
Cuba oil refinery bombing plan, 69
Hotel Nacional Casino and, 68–69
Joe Kennedy, Sr. and, 67
Lake Ponchartrain camps and, 183–85
McLaney, William, 70–71, 183–84
McLaney Camp, 183–85
FBI raid on, 183–84
Oswald and, 198
McLintock, Michael, 40
McManus, George, 76
McMillan, Priscilla
on Marina and Lee watching assassination movies, 257
on Oswald, 88
on Oswald’s funeral/burial, 348–49
on Oswald’s in New Orleans, 192
on Oswald’s plane hijacking plan, 203–4
McNamara, Robert
on Castro assassination, 75
on Cuba invasion plan, 15
JFK assassination events, amnesia regarding, 426–27
JFK brainstorming over Cuba with, 156
JFK queries on Cuban contingency invasion plans, 178
JFK re-internment and, 405
on JFK/RFK aspirations to assassinate Castro, 385
on JFK/RFK drive against Castro, 63
on report of Oswald, Cuban intelligence and, 341
on Soviet concern over Cuba invasion plan, 1962, 78
McWillie, Lewis, 501
MDC Camp, 183, 185–89
Castro infiltrator, 187, 188
Somoza and, 186
Means, Marianne, 378
Medvedev, Alexander, 107–8
“memory merge” phenomenon, 488
Mercury manned space flights, Operation Dirty Trick and, 162
Merezhinski, Yuri, 107
Messer, Nilo, 172, 186, 311, 391
Mexico City, 209–30
double agents in, 211
geography of, 210
reaction to JFK assassination, 343–44
Mexico City CIA Station, 211–12
CIA ignorance of Oswald’s Cuban Embassy visit in Mexico and, 229
INS knowledge of Oswald’s Soviet Embassy visit and, 257–58
Lopez awareness and, 311
Oswald’s Cuban/Soviet Embassy visits and, 352
Oswald’s third visit to Soviet Embassy and, 217–18
Peres on Oswald and Cuban Embassy officials, 222
Verson, Oswald and Cuban Embassy officials story and, 345–46
withholding, Oswald’s Cuban Embassy visit and, 258–59 See also Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Meyers, Lawrence, 497
MH/APRON. See AM/TRUNK
MH/CHAOS, 424
Miami Herald, JFK encouraging Cuban coup story, 275
Microtech Graphics & Animation trajectory study, 470–71, 474, 478–79, 481
Miguelito. See Casas Sayez, Miguel
Mikhailina, Lydia, 102
Mikoyan, Serge, 78
Militant, The, 115–16, 117
Miller, Jack, 322, 370
Miller, William, 438
Minsk, Soviet Union
Cuban intelligence agents trained in, 421, 453
Oswald in, 104–6
Soviet Union e
spionage school in, 122
U-2 photos of Oswald residences in, 340
Minutemen, Lauchli and, 185
Mirabel, Alfredo, 345
Miranda, Commandante, 342
Miro Cardona, José. See Cardona, José Miro
MK/ULTRA, 534–35, n 84
Modesett, Jack, 58–59, 436
Mokeen Oil, 437
Mollo, Silvio, 302
Mongoose. See Operation Mongoose
Monroe, Marilyn, 242, 323
Moreno, Nestor, 179, 180
Morgan, Edward, 394, 401
Morgan, William, 98
Morganthau, Robert, 302
Morrison, DeLessups “Chep,” 138, 139, 152, 412
Morrow, Hubert, 266
Morrow, Robert, 166
Mosby, Aline, 100
Moscow, Oswald in, 100–104
Mosley, Leonard, 431
Mossadegh, Mohammed, 8
motorcade, 291–94
Oswald’s annotated map of, 269–70
route, Dallas Morning News stories on, 265, 268–69
Movement for Revolutionary Recovery (MRR), 169
Movemiento Democratica Cristiano (MDC) Camp, 183, 185–89
Castro infiltrator, 187, 188
Somoza and, 186
Moyers, Bill, 253, 255
Mr. Ross. See Crozier, Ross
Murphey, Larry, 68
Murphy, David, 62
Murret, Joyce, 200
Murret, Lillian, 192, 200, 201
Myers, Dale, trajectory study, 471, 474, 478–79, 481
N
Nalim, 100–104 See also Oswald, Lee Harvey, in Moscow
Napoleanic Code, New Orleans and, 135
National Archives, 388, 389
National Security Act of 1947, 35
National Security Action Memorandum 2
(counterinsurgency plan), 39–40
52 (South Vietnam strategy), 40
100 (indicated contingency plan), 73–74
National Security Agency
on clearing Soviet Union of assassination involvement, 340
National Security Council
asked to support Cuban coup, 177
Belin denied access to minutes of, 1960–64, 425
CIA and, 35
Resolution 5412/2, 8
National Student Association, CIA support of, 35
Nationalities Intelligence Section, FBI, 357
Naval Intelligence, Office of (ONI), 57
Navarros, Eduardo Borell, 222
Nechiporenko, Oleg, 103, 109–10, 214–15, 216
New Orleans, 133, 134–38
nature of, 136–37
New Orleans Council for Peaceful Alternatives, 199
New Orleans Public Library, 194
New Orleans Times Picayune, 249
New Republic, 16
New York Giants, Castro and, 4
New York Times
Cuba invasion planning and, 16
demanding JFK action on Cuba, 233
on Kennedy rebuking CIA, 24
on Mexico City intelligence community, 210
New York Youth House, 92
