Post by John Duncan on Apr 23, 2019 14:27:48 GMT -5
From Double Cross, pp. 332-333
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Mooney now confided that the dollars raised for the hit on the President-each man involved in the assassination plot received fifty thousand dollars; Mooney said he personally received "millions in oil" --had come from wealthy right-wing Texas oilmen.
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Everybody named by Giancana under the mob boss/politician level , excluding Oswald, totals 12 men.
12 men + Souetre + Holt + fire escape man + signalwoman + umbrella man + man waving next to umbrella man.
+ Braden + Wallace = 20 men x $50,000 each = $1 million -- plus the millions Mooney received in oil.
Another estimate to consider from "Farewell America" (British and French retired CIA agents working on either DeGualle's or RFK's behest) estimated it cost $5-$10 Million dollars. They said 100 people contributed between $10,000-$50,000 a piece. They outlined the sceanrio as follows:
"The attack was to be carried out by a team of 10 men, including 4 gunmen, each seconded by an assistant who would be responsible for their protection, evacuation, and radio liaison, and who would retrieve the shells. The 9th man would serve as a central radio operator, and the 10th was to create a last-minute diversion to enable the gunmen to get into position....
A few minutes before the arrival of the motorcade, a man wearing green army fatigues had a sudden fit of epilepsy in Elm Street. The attack lasted less than a minute and was over as suddenly as it had begun, but it drew the attention of the people standing around him. The police took the "epileptic" away.... "
<begin quote>
Mooney now confided that the dollars raised for the hit on the President-each man involved in the assassination plot received fifty thousand dollars; Mooney said he personally received "millions in oil" --had come from wealthy right-wing Texas oilmen.
<end quote>
Everybody named by Giancana under the mob boss/politician level , excluding Oswald, totals 12 men.
12 men + Souetre + Holt + fire escape man + signalwoman + umbrella man + man waving next to umbrella man.
+ Braden + Wallace = 20 men x $50,000 each = $1 million -- plus the millions Mooney received in oil.
Another estimate to consider from "Farewell America" (British and French retired CIA agents working on either DeGualle's or RFK's behest) estimated it cost $5-$10 Million dollars. They said 100 people contributed between $10,000-$50,000 a piece. They outlined the sceanrio as follows:
"The attack was to be carried out by a team of 10 men, including 4 gunmen, each seconded by an assistant who would be responsible for their protection, evacuation, and radio liaison, and who would retrieve the shells. The 9th man would serve as a central radio operator, and the 10th was to create a last-minute diversion to enable the gunmen to get into position....
A few minutes before the arrival of the motorcade, a man wearing green army fatigues had a sudden fit of epilepsy in Elm Street. The attack lasted less than a minute and was over as suddenly as it had begun, but it drew the attention of the people standing around him. The police took the "epileptic" away.... "