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Did Guy Banister know Lee Harvey Oswald (LHO)?
According to Gerald Posner, author of Case Closed, no. Here is what he wrote in his book about this issue.
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There is simply no credible evidence that Oswald ever had an office at 544 Camp Street, or, much less, that he knew Guy Banister. (Gerald Posner, Case Closed, p. 141)
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Mr. Posner would admit that William Gaudet was a source for the CIA’s domestic contact division until 1961 on pages 168-169. However, he states there was no relationship between him and LHO based on the House Select Committee on Assassination’s (HSCA) comments in their report on page 219.
If you go to page 219 the HSCA Report, one finds this assertion well enough, but one also finds something else, something which should have jumped out at Mr. Posner.
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Gaudet noted that on one occasion he observed Oswald speaking to Guy Banister on a street corner. (HSCAR, p. 219, note 27)
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Since Mr. Posner cited this page as a source for his claim, why did he NOT mention the statement above? On the very SAME page we see the notation saying Gaudet observed Guy Banister and LHO speaking on a street corner. A Canadian television documentary called the Fifth Estate featured an interview with William Gaudet by researcher Peter Dale Scott. In the interview Gaudet said the following.
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Gaudet told Scott that he did indeed observe Oswald though he never spoke to him, that he did not think Oswald capable of the assassination, that he thought Oswald was being manipulated by anti-Castro Cubans and others, and that Oswald had gotten in over his head and was a fall guy.
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This interview from the 1970s was also ignored by Mr. Posner as it said things that ran counter to the theme of his book. Further evidence of Guy Banister and LHO knowing each other comes from Banister’s longtime secretary and mistress Delphine Roberts. This subject was covered in the book Let Justice Be Done by William Davy as he followed up on the investigation conducted by Jim Garrison. Here is what he wrote about this topic.
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Oswald and 544 Camp Street
Delphine Roberts, Banister’s longtime secretary, mistress and confidante, revealed to the House Select Committee on Assassinations, and later to British journalist, Anthony Summers, that Oswald walked into Banister’s office sometime in 1963. He was given a form to fill out as one of Banister’s "agents."(21) After Oswald filled out the form, he met with Banister behind closed doors. According to Roberts, "Oswald came back a number of times. He seemed to be on familiar terms with Banister and with the office. As I understood it he had use of an office on the second floor, above the main office where we worked...Roberts’ daughter, also named Delphine, told Summers that she and a photographer friend also saw Oswald at Banister’s on occasion.(23) Further corroboration of Oswald’s second floor offices comes from former Banister associate Bill Nitschke. In a 1967 interview with a New Orleans States Item reporter, Nitschke revealed that sometime before the Kennedy assassination, he visited Banister’s office and the second floor anterooms. Nitschke recalled seeing crudely lettered placards that he believed had something to do with Castro. He told the States Item that "it didn’t make any sense to me how Guy got tied up to those signs."(24)
Dan Campbell, an ex-Marine that worked for Banister infiltrating left-wing groups on college campuses confirmed the gunrunning, recalling that "Banister was a bagman for the CIA and was running guns to Alpha 66 in Miami."(26)… The Banister menagerie he added "were the worst kind of fanatics."(29) Campbell also remembered one day when he was in Banister’s office and a young man came in and used the phone. "I knew he was a Marine from his bearing and speech pattern the minute he walked into 544 Camp Street," he recalled.(30) The next time he saw this young man was when his picture was on television as the accused assassin of President Kennedy. Interestingly, Campbell also recalled seeing Oswald’s buddy from his Marine Corps days, Kerry Thornley, pop in and out of Banister’s office.(31) Strangely enough on the day Kennedy was shot Thornley was with Allen Campbell, Dan’s brother.(32) Allen, like his brother, also worked for Banister. On one of the days Oswald was handing out his leaflets, Allen remembered Delphine Roberts returning to the office and complaining to Banister that "that young man is passing out pro-Castro leaflets in the street."(33) Allen recalled Banister’s reaction was calm, "Don’t worry about him. He’s a nervous fellow, he’s confused. He’s with us, he’s associated with the office."(34) (William Davy, Let Justice Be Done, Chapter Four)
(21) Interview with Delphine Roberts, August 27,1978, HSCA document #011196 and Summers, Conspiracy, p. 324.
(22) Summers, Conspiracy, p.324.
(23) Ibid., p. 325.
(24) Hoke May’s interview of Bill Nitschke, May 11, 1967, from Hoke May’s files.
(26) James DiEugenio’s interview with Dan Campbell, September 3, 1994.
(29) Ibid.
(30) Ibid.
(31) Ibid.
(32) DiEugenio interview with Allen Campbell, September 6, 1994.
(33) Summers, Conspiracy, p. 324.
(34) Ibid.
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Based on this information there clearly was a relationship between Banister and LHO and this evidence seems very credible to me as there is NO reason for Ms. Roberts to tell the HSCA and Anthony Summers this stuff if it was NOT true. The WC of course did NOT investigate this matter and this again shows their conclusion cannot be correct since they failed once again to explore all avenues to find the truth.
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Did Guy Banister know Lee Harvey Oswald (LHO)?
According to Gerald Posner, author of Case Closed, no. Here is what he wrote in his book about this issue.
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There is simply no credible evidence that Oswald ever had an office at 544 Camp Street, or, much less, that he knew Guy Banister. (Gerald Posner, Case Closed, p. 141)
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Mr. Posner would admit that William Gaudet was a source for the CIA’s domestic contact division until 1961 on pages 168-169. However, he states there was no relationship between him and LHO based on the House Select Committee on Assassination’s (HSCA) comments in their report on page 219.
If you go to page 219 the HSCA Report, one finds this assertion well enough, but one also finds something else, something which should have jumped out at Mr. Posner.
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Gaudet noted that on one occasion he observed Oswald speaking to Guy Banister on a street corner. (HSCAR, p. 219, note 27)
www.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/hsca/report/html/HSCA_Report_0125a.htm
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Since Mr. Posner cited this page as a source for his claim, why did he NOT mention the statement above? On the very SAME page we see the notation saying Gaudet observed Guy Banister and LHO speaking on a street corner. A Canadian television documentary called the Fifth Estate featured an interview with William Gaudet by researcher Peter Dale Scott. In the interview Gaudet said the following.
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Gaudet told Scott that he did indeed observe Oswald though he never spoke to him, that he did not think Oswald capable of the assassination, that he thought Oswald was being manipulated by anti-Castro Cubans and others, and that Oswald had gotten in over his head and was a fall guy.
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This interview from the 1970s was also ignored by Mr. Posner as it said things that ran counter to the theme of his book. Further evidence of Guy Banister and LHO knowing each other comes from Banister’s longtime secretary and mistress Delphine Roberts. This subject was covered in the book Let Justice Be Done by William Davy as he followed up on the investigation conducted by Jim Garrison. Here is what he wrote about this topic.
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Oswald and 544 Camp Street
Delphine Roberts, Banister’s longtime secretary, mistress and confidante, revealed to the House Select Committee on Assassinations, and later to British journalist, Anthony Summers, that Oswald walked into Banister’s office sometime in 1963. He was given a form to fill out as one of Banister’s "agents."(21) After Oswald filled out the form, he met with Banister behind closed doors. According to Roberts, "Oswald came back a number of times. He seemed to be on familiar terms with Banister and with the office. As I understood it he had use of an office on the second floor, above the main office where we worked...Roberts’ daughter, also named Delphine, told Summers that she and a photographer friend also saw Oswald at Banister’s on occasion.(23) Further corroboration of Oswald’s second floor offices comes from former Banister associate Bill Nitschke. In a 1967 interview with a New Orleans States Item reporter, Nitschke revealed that sometime before the Kennedy assassination, he visited Banister’s office and the second floor anterooms. Nitschke recalled seeing crudely lettered placards that he believed had something to do with Castro. He told the States Item that "it didn’t make any sense to me how Guy got tied up to those signs."(24)
Dan Campbell, an ex-Marine that worked for Banister infiltrating left-wing groups on college campuses confirmed the gunrunning, recalling that "Banister was a bagman for the CIA and was running guns to Alpha 66 in Miami."(26)… The Banister menagerie he added "were the worst kind of fanatics."(29) Campbell also remembered one day when he was in Banister’s office and a young man came in and used the phone. "I knew he was a Marine from his bearing and speech pattern the minute he walked into 544 Camp Street," he recalled.(30) The next time he saw this young man was when his picture was on television as the accused assassin of President Kennedy. Interestingly, Campbell also recalled seeing Oswald’s buddy from his Marine Corps days, Kerry Thornley, pop in and out of Banister’s office.(31) Strangely enough on the day Kennedy was shot Thornley was with Allen Campbell, Dan’s brother.(32) Allen, like his brother, also worked for Banister. On one of the days Oswald was handing out his leaflets, Allen remembered Delphine Roberts returning to the office and complaining to Banister that "that young man is passing out pro-Castro leaflets in the street."(33) Allen recalled Banister’s reaction was calm, "Don’t worry about him. He’s a nervous fellow, he’s confused. He’s with us, he’s associated with the office."(34) (William Davy, Let Justice Be Done, Chapter Four)
(21) Interview with Delphine Roberts, August 27,1978, HSCA document #011196 and Summers, Conspiracy, p. 324.
(22) Summers, Conspiracy, p.324.
(23) Ibid., p. 325.
(24) Hoke May’s interview of Bill Nitschke, May 11, 1967, from Hoke May’s files.
(26) James DiEugenio’s interview with Dan Campbell, September 3, 1994.
(29) Ibid.
(30) Ibid.
(31) Ibid.
(32) DiEugenio interview with Allen Campbell, September 6, 1994.
(33) Summers, Conspiracy, p. 324.
(34) Ibid.
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Based on this information there clearly was a relationship between Banister and LHO and this evidence seems very credible to me as there is NO reason for Ms. Roberts to tell the HSCA and Anthony Summers this stuff if it was NOT true. The WC of course did NOT investigate this matter and this again shows their conclusion cannot be correct since they failed once again to explore all avenues to find the truth.