Post by John Duncan on Mar 29, 2023 19:54:21 GMT -5
Part IV: "Political Considerations"
Chief Curry was getting political pressure from Washington to expose Oswald to the press. This pressure came through City Manager Elgin Crull. Crull denied giving the Chief any orders with respect to the handling of Oswald, but admitted under oath that, "....I agreed with the Chief that we would try to cooperate with the press...that the police department not be put in a position in which later people could charge that this man had been beaten, that he had been kept under cover and had not been allowed to see him." (15 H 142)
But according to these Dallas detectives, Curry and Fritz wanted to transfer Oswald at night but pressure "from Washington" dictated that Oswald be given "world exposure".
Were those people in Washington coordinating something with their friends in Dallas? Jack Ruby seemed to think there were people in "very high positions" who had used him to kill Oswald.
Who were these people in very high positions?
"People in Very High Positions"
While he was in the County Jail, Ruby wrote several letters to fellow inmate Thomas Miller. In one of those letters Ruby may have revealed the identity of one of those "people in high places".
After mentioning Lamar Hunt, Ruby wrote, "....who would have dream (sic) that the motherf**ker was a Nazi and found me as a perfect setup for a frame. It was perfect for them. Remember, they had the President killed..."
Ruby allegedly went to the offices of Hunt Oil on the day before the assassination, November 21st, to escort a female job seeker to a job interview he had secured for her with Lamar Hunt.
How far did the corruption between Jack Ruby and the Dallas Police go and was any of the Hunts involved?
Neither of the federal investigations into this killing ever pursued this. Nor were any of the Hunts called to testify.
And Ruby wasn't the only one with a connection to Hunt. No less than Lee Harvey Oswald himself had a connection to the Hunts.
"Dear Mr. Hunt"
Oswald's "Dear Mr. Hunt", letter of November 8th is another piece of the puzzle.
According to John Currington, Head of Security for Hunt Oil, the letter actually showed up in H. L. Hunt's interoffice mail system shortly after the assassination. Curington said he turned it over to the FBI.
Currington claimed that Hunt feared that Oswald was possibly a listener to his Life Line radio program or was a reader of Facts Forum, his right wing newsletter. Both of these vehicles spread his pro-fascist and racists views as well as his hatred of Kennedy.
There is evidence that Currington had previously produced a copy of the Hunt letter, published in the National Enquirer, in the 1970's soon after Hunt's death.
If this is true, it means that the note was certainly written to H.L. Hunt and not E. Howard Hunt.
Thus it was written before the assassination and not forged later. Furthermore, it confirms that the FBI kept it secret for fourteen years!
The note was also a subject discussed between author Willem Oltmans and CIA/oil geologist George de Mohrenschildt for Oltmans' upcoming book.
In 1977, Oltmans told the HSCA that De Mohrenschildt admitted to him that he, De Mohrenschildt, was the go-between H.L. Hunt and Oswald. (3)
De Mohrenschildt was connected to the CIA through J.Walton. (4)
De Mohrenschildt joined the Dallas Petroleum Club, was a member of the Dallas Council on World Affairs and taught at a local college.
One of his longtime friends, offshore oil engineer George Kitchel, told the FBI that de Mohrenschildt counted among his good friends oil baron H.L. Hunt. (5)
De Mohrenschildt also joined the right-wing Texas Crusade for Freedom, whose members included the owner of the TSBD building David Harold Byrd. (6)
De Mohrenschildt's wife and daughter would later say that it had been he who had secured the job for Oswald at Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall. (7)
In February, 1963 George de Mohrenschildt introduced Marina Oswald and Lee Harvey Oswald to Ruth Paine. Ruth Paine was the one who called Roy Truly and got Oswald an interview at the Texas School Book Depository. (8)
Oltmans also told the HSCA that de Mohrenschildt admitted knowing Jack Ruby and stated that he had been in Jack Ruby's club. (9)
Oltmans' testimony was never published by the HSCA.
More importantly, the "Dear Mr. Hunt" letter, written on November 8th, indicates that Hunt knew Oswald prior to the assassination.
In this video, Jack Ruby implies that Kennedy was killed by Dallas right-wingers who preferred Lyndon Johnson in the White House.
According to Curington, one of those Dallas right-wingers who preferred Johnson was H.L.Hunt.
If H.L. Hunt was involved in a conspiracy to murder Oswald, the man who would have been his liason between himself and the Dallas Police would have been John Curington.
Curington claims that Hunt was behind the killing of Oswald because he was afraid of an Oswald trial, where Oswald would blame his actions on things he heard on Hunt's programs.
Hunt was also connected with Dallas Police Homicide Captain J. Will Fritz.
In this video interview with Mitchell Whitington, Curington connects Capt. Fritz with Hunt by describing him as "a good friend of Mr. Hunt's".
Curington's arrival that the DPD headquarters was around the same time Curry and Fritz decided that Oswald will be moved on Sunday around 10 am.
How much of that discussion was Curington involved in? He was never asked.
Curington says that later that evening he reported back to Hunt about the security surrounding Oswald, he was ordered by Hunt to go to mob boss Joe Civello's house and ask him to come to Hunt's house in the middle of the night.
If Curington's account is true, this evidence establishes connections which are mind-boggling.
The CIA, through De Mohrenschildt, is connected to H.L.Hunt, Oswald, Ruth Paine and Jack Ruby.
H.L. Hunt is connected to the Dallas Police, the CIA, Lee Harvey Oswald, and organized crime.
There are connections between the Dallas Police and the CIA, which I will cover in the next part.
More importantly, if Curington's account is true, the murder of Oswald was a murder-for-hire bankrolled by Hunt and with Civello providing the killer. ( Ruby )
Coming in Part V: Putting the Pieces Together
Footnotes for this part:
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(3) New York Times, 4/4/77
(4) According to a declassified CIA document, obtained by the House Select Committee on Assassinations, J. Walton Moore was an agent of the CIA's Domestic Contacts Division in Dallas.
(5) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_de_Mohrenschildt
(6) Ibid.
(7) Summers, Anthony (1998). Not in Your Lifetime. New York: Marlowe & Company. p. 154. ISBN 1-56924-739-0.
(8) spartacus-educational.com/JFKdemohrenschildt.htm
(9) www.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/hsca/unpub_testimony/Oltmans_4-1-77/html/Oltmans_0045.htm
Chief Curry was getting political pressure from Washington to expose Oswald to the press. This pressure came through City Manager Elgin Crull. Crull denied giving the Chief any orders with respect to the handling of Oswald, but admitted under oath that, "....I agreed with the Chief that we would try to cooperate with the press...that the police department not be put in a position in which later people could charge that this man had been beaten, that he had been kept under cover and had not been allowed to see him." (15 H 142)
But according to these Dallas detectives, Curry and Fritz wanted to transfer Oswald at night but pressure "from Washington" dictated that Oswald be given "world exposure".
Were those people in Washington coordinating something with their friends in Dallas? Jack Ruby seemed to think there were people in "very high positions" who had used him to kill Oswald.
Who were these people in very high positions?
"People in Very High Positions"
While he was in the County Jail, Ruby wrote several letters to fellow inmate Thomas Miller. In one of those letters Ruby may have revealed the identity of one of those "people in high places".
After mentioning Lamar Hunt, Ruby wrote, "....who would have dream (sic) that the motherf**ker was a Nazi and found me as a perfect setup for a frame. It was perfect for them. Remember, they had the President killed..."
Ruby allegedly went to the offices of Hunt Oil on the day before the assassination, November 21st, to escort a female job seeker to a job interview he had secured for her with Lamar Hunt.
How far did the corruption between Jack Ruby and the Dallas Police go and was any of the Hunts involved?
Neither of the federal investigations into this killing ever pursued this. Nor were any of the Hunts called to testify.
And Ruby wasn't the only one with a connection to Hunt. No less than Lee Harvey Oswald himself had a connection to the Hunts.
"Dear Mr. Hunt"
Oswald's "Dear Mr. Hunt", letter of November 8th is another piece of the puzzle.
According to John Currington, Head of Security for Hunt Oil, the letter actually showed up in H. L. Hunt's interoffice mail system shortly after the assassination. Curington said he turned it over to the FBI.
Currington claimed that Hunt feared that Oswald was possibly a listener to his Life Line radio program or was a reader of Facts Forum, his right wing newsletter. Both of these vehicles spread his pro-fascist and racists views as well as his hatred of Kennedy.
There is evidence that Currington had previously produced a copy of the Hunt letter, published in the National Enquirer, in the 1970's soon after Hunt's death.
If this is true, it means that the note was certainly written to H.L. Hunt and not E. Howard Hunt.
Thus it was written before the assassination and not forged later. Furthermore, it confirms that the FBI kept it secret for fourteen years!
The note was also a subject discussed between author Willem Oltmans and CIA/oil geologist George de Mohrenschildt for Oltmans' upcoming book.
In 1977, Oltmans told the HSCA that De Mohrenschildt admitted to him that he, De Mohrenschildt, was the go-between H.L. Hunt and Oswald. (3)
De Mohrenschildt was connected to the CIA through J.Walton. (4)
De Mohrenschildt joined the Dallas Petroleum Club, was a member of the Dallas Council on World Affairs and taught at a local college.
One of his longtime friends, offshore oil engineer George Kitchel, told the FBI that de Mohrenschildt counted among his good friends oil baron H.L. Hunt. (5)
De Mohrenschildt also joined the right-wing Texas Crusade for Freedom, whose members included the owner of the TSBD building David Harold Byrd. (6)
De Mohrenschildt's wife and daughter would later say that it had been he who had secured the job for Oswald at Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall. (7)
In February, 1963 George de Mohrenschildt introduced Marina Oswald and Lee Harvey Oswald to Ruth Paine. Ruth Paine was the one who called Roy Truly and got Oswald an interview at the Texas School Book Depository. (8)
Oltmans also told the HSCA that de Mohrenschildt admitted knowing Jack Ruby and stated that he had been in Jack Ruby's club. (9)
Oltmans' testimony was never published by the HSCA.
More importantly, the "Dear Mr. Hunt" letter, written on November 8th, indicates that Hunt knew Oswald prior to the assassination.
In this video, Jack Ruby implies that Kennedy was killed by Dallas right-wingers who preferred Lyndon Johnson in the White House.
According to Curington, one of those Dallas right-wingers who preferred Johnson was H.L.Hunt.
If H.L. Hunt was involved in a conspiracy to murder Oswald, the man who would have been his liason between himself and the Dallas Police would have been John Curington.
Curington claims that Hunt was behind the killing of Oswald because he was afraid of an Oswald trial, where Oswald would blame his actions on things he heard on Hunt's programs.
Hunt was also connected with Dallas Police Homicide Captain J. Will Fritz.
In this video interview with Mitchell Whitington, Curington connects Capt. Fritz with Hunt by describing him as "a good friend of Mr. Hunt's".
Curington's arrival that the DPD headquarters was around the same time Curry and Fritz decided that Oswald will be moved on Sunday around 10 am.
How much of that discussion was Curington involved in? He was never asked.
Curington says that later that evening he reported back to Hunt about the security surrounding Oswald, he was ordered by Hunt to go to mob boss Joe Civello's house and ask him to come to Hunt's house in the middle of the night.
If Curington's account is true, this evidence establishes connections which are mind-boggling.
The CIA, through De Mohrenschildt, is connected to H.L.Hunt, Oswald, Ruth Paine and Jack Ruby.
H.L. Hunt is connected to the Dallas Police, the CIA, Lee Harvey Oswald, and organized crime.
There are connections between the Dallas Police and the CIA, which I will cover in the next part.
More importantly, if Curington's account is true, the murder of Oswald was a murder-for-hire bankrolled by Hunt and with Civello providing the killer. ( Ruby )
Coming in Part V: Putting the Pieces Together
Footnotes for this part:
--------------------------------
(3) New York Times, 4/4/77
(4) According to a declassified CIA document, obtained by the House Select Committee on Assassinations, J. Walton Moore was an agent of the CIA's Domestic Contacts Division in Dallas.
(5) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_de_Mohrenschildt
(6) Ibid.
(7) Summers, Anthony (1998). Not in Your Lifetime. New York: Marlowe & Company. p. 154. ISBN 1-56924-739-0.
(8) spartacus-educational.com/JFKdemohrenschildt.htm
(9) www.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/hsca/unpub_testimony/Oltmans_4-1-77/html/Oltmans_0045.htm