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Post by Paul Ernst on Feb 26, 2020 1:37:15 GMT -5
February 13, 1961
The U.S. embassy in Moscow receives a letter from Oswald dated February 5 , stating: “
I desire to return to the United States, that is if we could come to some agreement concerning the dropping of any legal proceedings against me.
Also on this day, CIA Support Chief James O’Connell delivers poison pills to Mob liaison
John Roselli who later claims to have given them to a Cuban official close to Castro. The pills are reportedly later returned after the official loses his position.
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Post by Paul Ernst on Mar 2, 2020 8:53:12 GMT -5
February 14, 1961:JFK’s decision to appoint Edward Lansdale as Ambassador to Vietnam is scuttled. Frederick E. Nolting is chosen instead!Note:Frederick E. Nolting Jr., who was United States Ambassador to South Vietnam from 1961 to 1963. President Kennedy named Mr. Nolting, a veteran diplomat, as Ambassador to Saigon during the administration of Ngo Dinh Diem. Mr. Nolting's tour as Ambassador ended in August 1963. In a statement when he left Saigon he praised what he called the progress made in South Vietnam in agriculture, education, health and commerce and ''in the inculcation of democratic principles.'' But critics have contended that Mr. Diem's authoritarianism undercut support for his Government and therefore hampered efforts against the Communist forces. What do you want to do ? New mail<button id="mailtovensterclipboardButtonEmailCopy">Copy</button><textarea id="mailtovenstercopyToTextArea"></textarea>
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Post by Paul Ernst on Mar 2, 2020 19:43:12 GMT -5
February 20, 1961:Johnson ’s crashed plane is reported overdue and discovered. (It has not been reported overdue for three days.) As an end result, Johnson earns $700,000 in insurance money on the lives of the two pilots and on the plane itself. Note:Thats a lot of money for the sixties!!!!! Note:The Convair CV-240, used frequently by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, departed Austin for a flight to Johnson's ranch. Around 19:30 the pilots requested the weather at the LBJ Ranch. The ceiling at the airstrip was 300 feet and the crew decided to return to Austin, but never arrived there. It was later found to have crashed in rugged hill country near the LBJ Ranch. Film/doc: texasarchive.org/2010_00017
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Post by Paul Ernst on Mar 8, 2020 22:49:08 GMT -5
February 23, 1961:
The first off the record conference between JFK. RFK and J.Edgar Hoover takes place today at the White House.
February 27, 1961
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover sends a letter to the State..
Department Office of Security about Lee Harvey Oswald, announcing a dead end in its search for an Oswald impostor in Europe.
Hoover mentions Oswald’s August 17, 1960 undesirable discharge from the Marines, his old Fort Worth address, and asks that any additional information contained in the files of the Department of State regarding subject be furnished to this Bureau.
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Post by Paul Ernst on Mar 10, 2020 18:57:25 GMT -5
So in 1961 they were already searching for a seccond Oswald/imposter!
The big question is WHY?
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Post by Paul Ernst on Mar 14, 2020 19:55:18 GMT -5
February 28, 1961:
The Second Secretary of the American Embassy in Moscow, Richard Snyder, replies to a letter from Oswald requesting that he be allowed to return to theU.S.
Snyder writes that Oswald will have to appear at the Embassy personally to discuss his plans.
Os wald’s Diary: Feb. 28th I recive letter from Embassy. Richard E. Snyder stated "I could come in for an inteview anytime I wanted."
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Post by Paul Ernst on Mar 14, 2020 20:07:57 GMT -5
March 1, 1961:
JFK today issues an executive order creating the Peace Corps on a temporary basis.
Congress passes enabling legislation six months from now. R. Sargent Shriver becomes the first director on March 4, 1961. During this month, and at JFK’s direct order, the Frente the umbrella group of anti Castro organizations organized by the CIA’s political liaison
E. Howard Hunt , is replaced by a more liberal Cuban Revolutionary Council. It now includes Manolo Ray, whom many consider a democratic socialist,
( Silvia Odio’s father was one of the key backers of Ray’s organization, called Jure. ) Hunt terms Ray’s politics Fidelissimo sin Fidel
(Fidelism without Fidel), is outraged at the appointment, and (either) resigns or is dismissed from his job as the CIA’s political action officer for the Bay of Pigs operation.
During this month through April (next month) as the time for the Cuban invasion approaches, the principal counterrevolutionary leaders are arrested in Cuba and the groups in the Escambray mountains are disbanded.
The CIA not only loses their major means of communication, but also their control over the internal networks, which increase the disorganization and shatter the parallel plans.
This information is not passed on to JFK, and emergency meetings are held among CIA officials in Florida and in Langley,
Virginia, in search of a solution. In a final attempt, the Agency decides to send a group of agents to try and rescue the detained leaders.
March 16: Oswald’s Diary:
I now live in a state of expectation about going back to the U.S.
I confided with Zeger he supports my judgment but warnes me not to tell any Russians about my desire to reture.
I understade why now.
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Post by Paul Ernst on Mar 17, 2020 21:08:58 GMT -5
March 2, 1961:
Emery J. Adams of the State Security Office (SY/E) requests several offices to “advise if the FBI is receiving information about Harvey [Oswald] on a continuing basis.
If not, please furnish this Office with the information which has not been provided the FBI so that it may be forwarded to them.
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Post by Paul Ernst on Mar 18, 2020 19:11:49 GMT -5
March 3, 1961:
General Joseph Swing of the Immigration and Naturalization Service advises the FBI that: “The Attorney General had been emphasizing the importance of taking prompt action to deport notorious hoodlums.
In this connection, the Marcello case is of particular interest. A final order of deportation has been entered against Marcello but this fact is being held in strictest confidence.”
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Post by Paul Ernst on Mar 20, 2020 17:43:10 GMT -5
March 6, 1961:
Gerald Patrick Hemming is approved as a CIA contact.
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