headshot to JFK, 46
importance of, 13
magic-bullet theory, 47–51, 71
Mannlicher-Carcano rifle, 49
memories of gunfire, 32
Tippit murder, 106
Walker shooting, 191
Zapruder film and, 45
Banister, Guy, 268, 272–284, 286, 289–290, 309, 423
Barber, Steve, 28, 29
Barger, James, 26–27, 28–29
Bartes, Frank, 281
Bashour, Fouad, 22
Batista, Fulgencio, 201, 213, 214, 355, 362, 366, 385, 386, 390, 403, 406, 433
Bay of Pigs disaster
as “Betrayal,” 205
Bissell and, 205
Castellanos and, 370–371
CIA and, 203–205
exiles and, 207–208
idea of, 203
Johnson, Haynes, and, 377
Nicaragua and, 390
RFK and, 204, 205–208
Robertson and, 430
Ruiz-Williams and, 376, 377
San Román, Pepe, and, 205–206, 298
Beard, James, 403
Beck, Dave, 222
Becker, Edward, 234–237
Belin, David, 337
Bell, Audrey, 51
Belmont, Alan, 335
Berlin, 136, 171, 172
Bethesda Naval Hospital, 15, 20, 21, 23, 24, 52
“Betrayal,” 205
Bierce, Ambrose, 345
Bishop, Maurice (alias), 301–302, 395–396, 440–442. See also Phillips, David
Bissell, Richard, 205, 215, 219
Black Star agency, 85
Blakey, Robert, 29–30, 34, 231, 236, 241–242, 245, 304, 380, 432, 435, 437, 438, 442, 444–445
Block, Captain, 138
Blodgett, Julian, 235
Boggs, Hale, 5, 49, 150
Bogus Secret Service agent, grassy knoll area, 57–59
Bolt, Beranek and Newman (firm), 26
Book cartons, 68, 89
Book Depository. See Texas School Book Depository
Boom-Boom Room, 211
Borja, Isidor, 259
Bosch, Juan, 119
Botkin Hospital records, 154–155
Bouhe, George, 181
Bowers, Lee, 42, 57
Bradlee, Ben, 229
Brain, of JFK, 8–9, 15–16, 18–19, 23–24, 25, 32, 36, 44, 45, 46, 54
Brehm, Charles, 33, 36
Brengel, Mary, 289–290
Brennan, Howard, 62, 63–64, 94–95, 96
Brewer, Johnny, 64–65
Bringuier, Carlos, 250, 252, 252–254, 257, 259, 260, 261, 263, 272, 275, 292, 305, 353, 393, 438
Brown, Earle, 43
Brown, Maggie, 40
Brown paper bag, Mannlicher-Carcano rifle and, 70, 85, 88
Bruneau, Emile, 292, 408
Bruno, Angelo, 227
Bullets/bullet fragments. See also Mannlicher-Carcano rifle; Revolvers; Shots fired
from assassination site, 14
cartridge cases, 14, 31, 33, 68, 71, 86–89
stretcher at Parkland Hospital, 14, 46, 47, 48, 50
Bundy, McGeorge, 367, 375–376
Burkley, George, 53
Burton, Joseph, 264
Butler, Edward, 252, 260, 261
Butler, George, 418–419
Byelorussian radio and television factory, 156
Cabell, Mrs., 43
Caire, Ronnie, 281
Calogero Minacore. See Marcello, Carlos
Campbell, Allen, 276, 278
Campbell, Daniel, 275–276, 279, 280
Campbell, Judith, 219–220, 225
Campisi, Joseph, 409
Camp Street offices, New Orleans, 268–284, 289, 293, 309
CAP. See Civil Air Patrol
Capone, Al, 215, 224, 401
Cardona, José Miró, 210
Carle, Glenn, 442
Cartridge cases. See also Bullets/bullet fragments; Shots fired
JFK assassination and, 14, 31, 33, 68, 71, 86–88
Tippit murder and, 107
Casasin, Thomas, 176
Case Closed (Posner), 10
Castellanos, Nestor, 370–371
Castro, Fidel. See also Anti-Castro activists; Cuban (Castro) plan; Fair Play for Cuba Committee
Daniel and, 366, 375, 381, 382
sickness of, 214–215
Vallejo and, 366, 369, 374
Castro, Raúl, 212
Castro assassination plots
Castro-U.S. secret talks and, 368
CIA and, 211–212, 214–219, 300, 311
FitzGerald and, 367, 374, 376, 377
JFK and, 217, 297–299
Mafia and, 214–219, 311
poison usage, 212, 214, 216, 217
RFK and, 217–219, 297–299
Castro revolution. See Cuban revolution
Castro-U.S. secret dialogue
Attwood and, 364–370, 374–375, 377, 378, 397
Castro assassination plots and, 368
Cubela and, 367, 368, 374, 376–377
Daniel and, 366, 375, 381, 382
Howard, Lisa, and, 365, 366, 368–369, 374, 377
Lechuga and, 365, 366, 369, 380
CBS, 44, 115, 169, 333, 377, 383
Cemeteries, 122, 445
Central Intelligence Agency. See CIA
Chaney, James, 36
Chevrolet sedan, 1957, 195, 196
Chicago. See also Giancana
JFK assassination threat, 371
Klein’s Sporting Goods Company, 68–69
Ruby and, 401–402, 445
Chile, Allende and, 147, 341
Chism, John, 40
Chism, Mary, 40
Christie, Agatha, 81
Churchill Farms, 289
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency). See also Phillips
Angleton and, 126–127, 134, 147, 170, 178, 197, 330, 331, 339, 341–342, 445
Bissell and, 205, 215, 219
Castro assassination plots and, 211–212, 214–219, 300, 311
Colby and, 125–126, 169–170, 330, 333
“The Company,” 202
Cubela and, 299–300, 367, 368, 374, 376–377, 391
destruction of Oswald tape recordings, 334–337, 341–343, 349
disclosure ethics and, 120–121
Domestic Contact Division, 118, 125, 176, 177–178, 182
DRE and, 259, 260, 271, 339, 340, 353, 354, 376, 393, 436–437, 438, 440
Dulles and, 120–121, 147–148, 150, 204, 205, 215, 378
Fontainebleau Hotel meeting, 211, 215, 216
FPCC and, 255–256, 310, 343
Gaudet and, 307–310
Harvey and, 150, 205, 216, 219
Helms and, 145–147, 161, 162, 218–219, 339, 445
Hendrix and, 119
Hoover’s dislike of, 337
Hunt, Howard, and, 202, 204, 208, 210, 259, 305, 340, 391, 440
JFK assassination files, release of, 117
JFK assassination involvement, 120, 309
JM/WAVE station, 206, 207, 219
McCone and, 145, 146, 298–299, 378
Mexico City visit, of Oswald, 320
Moore and, 118, 178, 179, 181–183
Office of Strategic Services, 180, 213
Oswald-CIA relations, 73, 125–126, 145–151, 169–170, 244
Oswald debriefing, 175–178
RFK’s anger at, 204
201 file on Oswald, 148–149, 177
Veciana and, 304
Civello, Joseph, 409, 419
Civil Air Patr
ol (CAP), 284–285, 286
Claasen, Fred, 431
Clark, Kemp, 19
Claunch, Max, 195
Clemons, Acquilla, 105–106
Clinton, Bill, 333
Coca-Cola bottle, 92, 97, 99
Cogswell, Jake, 180
COINTELPRO. See Counterintelligence Program
Colby, William, 125–126, 169–170, 330, 333
Coleman, Walter, 194–195
Coleman, William, 240, 337
Combest, Billy, 121–122, 414
Communist, Oswald as
joking of Oswald, 133
Marine Corps, 128
Marxist, 67
masquerade scenario, 82
“Communist conspiracy” theory, 117, 125, 382
Communist Party, American
Abt and, 114–115
Oswald letter to, 352–353
The Worker (newspaper), 82, 187, 248, 262, 346
Connally, John
bullet fragments recovered from, 14, 46
magic-bullet theory and, 47–51, 71
recollection of bullet shots, 33, 34, 35–36
shooting of, 8, 9, 25, 32, 47
thigh wound, 47, 48, 51
in Zapruder film, 25, 47
Connally, Nellie, 7, 8, 32, 36, 63
Connor, Pete, 142
“Connors,” 431
Constitutional Rights Subcommittee, 243
Continental Trailways, 315
Contreras, Oscar, 323–325, 394
Cooper, Sherman, 49
Counterintelligence
Angleton and, 126–127, 134, 147, 170, 178, 197, 330, 331, 339, 341–342, 445
Fox and, 151, 175
Miler and, 161
Rocca and, 197, 330, 331
Counterintelligence Program (COINTELPRO), 264–265
Court-martial offenses, 132, 144, 174
Courtship/marriage, Oswald, 66, 156–157, 338
CRC. See Cuban Revolutionary Council
Crenshaw, Charles, 53
Crime Commission
Miami, 229
New Orleans, 232–233, 273, 290, 291, 292
The Crime Against Cuba (pamphlet), 267–268
“Cross, Red,” 155, 156
Crozier, Ross, 440
Crusade to Free Cuba Committee, 272, 281
Cuba. See also Bay of Pigs disaster; Castro; Fair Play for Cuba Committee
Batista and, 201, 213, 214, 355, 362, 366, 385, 386, 390, 403, 406, 433
The Crime Against Cuba (pamphlet), 267–268
Crusade to Free Cuba Committee, 272, 281
Free Cuba Committee, 272, 411
Friends of Democratic Cuba, 274
Hotel Cuba, 316
JM/WAVE station and, 206, 207, 219
Nixon and, 202–203, 210
Shell Oil refinery, 304
Socarrás and, 213
Special Group on Cuba, 218–219, 297, 298, 368
Trescornia detention camp, 305, 362, 405, 433
Cuban Consulate, Mexico City, 134, 324, 325–327, 332, 333, 340, 388
Cuban Embassy
Durán and, 317–319, 322–323, 324, 326, 334, 392
Mexico City, 317, 323, 327, 390, 391, 394, 395
Washington, D.C., 134
Cuban Liberation Committee, 355
Cuban Missile Crisis, 6, 119, 208, 209, 295, 296, 305, 321, 379
Cuban mission, United Nations, 320, 321, 328, 331–332, 369
Cuban (Castro) plan, for JFK assassination
Castro’s denial of, 385–386
Castro’s role in, 300
Johnson, Lyndon, and, 240, 382–384
Kaiser on, 242
overview, 240–241
Schweiker on, 238
Cuban revolution (Castro revolution), 134, 217, 241, 246, 305, 319, 323, 366, 380, 420
Cuban Revolutionary Council (CRC), 202, 210, 216, 260, 263, 268, 272, 274, 281, 284, 355, 356
Cuban Revolutionary Democratic Front, 273
Cubela, Rolando, 299–300, 367, 368, 374, 376–377, 391
Cuesta, Tony, 434–436
Cummings, John, 430–431
Curb damage, Dealey Plaza, 14
Curry, Jesse, 56, 58, 71, 98, 111, 412, 417
“Curtain rods” story, 70, 71, 84–86, 98
Custer, Jerrol, 20, 24
Cyrillic script, 193
Dallas, Texas
JFK arrives in, 7
Johnson, Lyndon, in, 238
Dallas Bar Association president, 114
Dallas County Medical Examiner, 14
Dallas Morning News, 6, 40, 409, 410
Dallas police
grassy knoll theory and, 37–38
outriders, 27, 32, 36
Daltex Building, 35
Daniel, Jean, 366, 375, 381, 382
Daniels, Gene, 85
Daniels, Hawk, 228, 229
Davis, Benjamin, 248
Davison, Alexis, 170
Day, Carl, 83–84
Dealey Plaza. See also Assassination; Shots fired
acoustical reconstruction in, 27
curb damage, from bullet, 14
Dallas Morning News offices, 40, 409, 410
diagram, 39
Dictabelt recording, 26–27, 28–29, 33–34
presidential motorcade in, 7, 8
Secret Service agents in, 57
skull fragment, 18
Dean, Patrick, 416–417, 419
Debriefing, of Oswald, 175–178
De Brueys, Warren, 263
Decker, Bill, 28, 37
DEFCON, 380
Defectors
Nosenko as, 126, 160–161, 162
Oswald as, 66, 117, 118, 136–137, 151, 152, 156
State Department study, 152
Defense Department, 76, 256
Defense Intelligence Agency, 151, 175
Defense Language Institute, 141
Delgado, Nelson, 134–135, 138, 143–144, 246
de Mohrenschildt, George, 179–198
Anikeeff and, 197–198
background of, 179–180
check up on Oswald, 118, 179
friendship with Oswald, 181–187
Germany and, 183
“Hunter of fascists ha-ha-ha!!!” inscription, 193
Moore and, 181–183
State Department and, 180–181
Walker assassination attempt and, 192
Warren Commission and, 179
de Mohrenschildt, Jeanne, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 187, 192, 193
Deneselya, Donald, 177
Denials, of Oswald, 66, 67, 71–72, 77, 78, 84, 85, 89, 114
Deportation
of Marcello, 233, 234, 288, 289
of Marina Oswald, 159
Depository. See Texas School Book Depository
Destruction
of Army Intelligence file on Oswald, 75–76, 119–120, 256, 257
of Oswald’s letter to FBI, 76–77, 347–348, 350, 371
of photograph (Oswald with rifle), 79
of photographs (Oswald), by CIA, 332–333
of tape recordings (Oswald), by CIA, 334–337, 341–343, 349
Detention camp, Trescornia, 305, 362, 405, 433
de Varona, Antonio, 216, 355
Diary of Oswald, Historic, 153–156, 158, 162–163
Díaz García, Herminio, 432–433, 434, 435, 436
Díaz-Versón, Salvador, 391–392
Dictabelt recording, 26–27, 28–29, 33–34
Diem, Ngo Dinh, 371
Dillinger, John, 273
Directorio Revolucionario E
studiantil (DRE), 259, 260, 271, 339, 340, 353, 354, 376, 393, 436–437, 438, 440
Dodd, Christopher, 87
Dolan, James, 406
Domestic Contacts Division, 118, 125, 176, 177–178, 182
Dominican Republic, 119
Domino room, 90, 91
Donaldson, Ann, 40
Donovan, Charles, 131, 133, 143
Dorfman, Paul, 224
Dorticós, Osvaldo, 381
Double agent, 243, 244, 300
DRE. See Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil
Dulles, Allen, 120–121, 147–148, 150, 204, 205, 215, 378
Durán, Sylvia, 317–319, 322–323, 324, 326, 334, 392
Eastern Airlines, 282, 287
East Germany, 171
Ebbitt Hotel, 377
Echevarría , Homer, 376
Edwards, Don, 242–243
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 165, 202
Eisenhower administration, 202, 218
Eisenhower Medical Center, 24, 54
El Mundo, 325
El Toro Air Station, 132–133, 134, 144
The Enemy Within (Robert F. Kennedy), 223–224
“The Enemy Without,” 382
Epstein, Edward, 126–127
Euins, Amos, 62–63
Evans, Courtney, 93
Everglades, 298
Evidence, against Oswald, 67–68. See also Mannlicher-Carcano rifle; Tippit murder
fingerprints, 68, 70, 83, 85, 88, 122
Paine garage items, 69–71, 78
palm print, 68, 69, 70, 83–84, 85, 89
Evidence, in JFK assassination, 13–30. See also Autopsy; Ballistics evidence
acoustics evidence, 26–30, 33–35, 38, 53, 55, 87
cartridge cases, 14, 31, 33, 68, 71, 86–88
Dictabelt recording, 26–27, 28–29, 33–34
mishandling of, 13
X-rays, 17, 20, 23–24, 45, 53–54, 55
Zapruder film, 24–26, 33, 41, 44, 45, 47, 49, 53
Exner, Judith Campbell. See Campbell, Judith
Eyewitnesses. See Witnesses
Fair Play for Cuba Committee (FPCC)
Army Intelligence and, 256
Banister and, 275
Camp Street offices and, 268–276
CIA and, 255–256, 310, 343
COINTELPRO and, 264–265
director of, 247–248
FBI and, 255, 343, 349
Glenn and, 257–258, 259
Hidell alias and, 72
Liebeler on, 246
Oswald letters to, 246–247, 270
Phillips and, 340
pro-Castro leaflets, 76, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 253, 254, 267, 275, 276, 278, 393
Tilton and, 310
Fake I.D. card, 72–73
Fake Oswald, Mexico City, 316, 325, 326, 327, 370
Fake photographs, 23, 78, 81, 82, 190
Fake Secret Service agent, grassy knoll area, 57–59
Fake X-rays, 24, 54