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Post by Paul Ernst on May 29, 2020 2:50:21 GMT -5
May 13, 1961:
U.S. agrees to increase arms to South Vietnam
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Post by Paul Ernst on May 29, 2020 2:55:03 GMT -5
May 16, 1961:
Oswald again writes the embassy.
“I wish to make it clear that I am asking not only for the right to return to the United States, but also for full guarantees that I shall not, under any circumstances, be persecuted [sic] for any act pertaining to this case.
Also on this day -- at a tree-planting ceremony in front of Government House, JFK shovels several spadesful of dirt and feels a sudden sharp pain in his back.
A camera catches him trying to conceal his agony by shielding his face with a hand as he leaves the scene.
The pain grows more severe, and White House physician Janet Travell administers hot packs and injects the area with Novocaine.
Later research will reveal that during the fall of 1961, Dr. Travell is giving the president two or three injections of procaine, a local anesthetic, daily.
Other physicians near JFK become alarmed.
JFK is also seeing Dr. Max Jacobson- receiving shots from him.
No single physician is totally in control of JFK’s treatment.
Raymond Moley of Newsweek warned Richard Nixon after the 1960 election that the new President might suffer “palpable mental lapses” that could usher in “a serious crisis.
Perhaps you know all or more than I do, butBill CaseyI went into it thoroughly. And it is frightening.
There are several contingencies which may well mean a one-term Presidency - even the succession of Johnson.”
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Post by Paul Ernst on May 31, 2020 0:02:38 GMT -5
May 19, 1961:
A Federal court in Washington rules that Carlos Marcello’s deportation is fully valid and denies a motion by his attorneys that it be declared illegal
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Post by Paul Ernst on May 31, 2020 17:08:11 GMT -5
May 21, 1961:
The National Guard is ordered into Montgomery after a black church meeting is besieged by an angry white mob
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Post by Paul Ernst on May 31, 2020 17:09:08 GMT -5
May 22, 1961J:
Edgar Hoover sends RFK a memo informing him of the fact that the CIA has enlisted members of the mob
(Sam Giancana) in plots to assassinate Fidel Castro. RFK calls for a “vigorous” follow-up on this information.
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Post by Paul Ernst on Jun 1, 2020 17:05:01 GMT -5
May 23, 1961:
A Freedom Ride from Washington, DC to New Orleans is resumed with the addition of marshals, but ends in Jackson, Mississippi, where all of the riders are arrested and jailed for entering a “white” restroom and failing to obey local police officers.
Also on this day, the special agent in charge of the FBI Washington field office sends a memorandum to the director of the FBI, summarizing the contacts made by the Oswalds (Marguerite and Lee Harvey) to government agencies since January 1961.
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Post by Paul Ernst on Jun 4, 2020 19:25:32 GMT -5
May 25, 1961:
The American Embassy in Moscow receives a letter mailed in Minsk about ten days earlier in which Oswald asks for assurances that he will not be prosecuted if he returns to the U.S..
He also informs the Embassy that he has married a Russian woman who will seek to accompany him when he returns to America.
Emery J. Adams of the State Department’s Office of Security replies to J. Edgar Hoover’s Feb. 27 request for information on LHO.
The State Department relays information provided by its passport office regarding the status of his passport and his contact with the American Embassy at Moscow.
Today, in a speech, JFK states that a goal of this country is to land a man on the moon “before the decade is out.”
He has declared that one of the objectives of Project Apollo is to beat the Russians.
He is actually talking about a plan that has already been conceived during the last years of the Eisenhower administration, when plans had been made to orbit satellites and to “beat the Russians in the space race.”
A 1958 study by the Rand Corporation has forecast that the United States will land a man on the moon.
JFK also requests a one-half billion dollar increase in the Defense Department budget.
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Post by Paul Ernst on Jun 11, 2020 17:58:58 GMT -5
May 26, 1961:
Richard Snyder sends a dispatch to the State Department from Moscow’s American Embassy containing this description of events:
“The Embassy received on May 25, 1961, an undated letter from Lee Harvey Oswald postmarked Minsk, May 16, 1961, in which he states in part that he is asking ‘full guarantees that I shall not, under any circumstances, be persecuted for any act pertaining to this case’ should he return to the United States, that if this ‘condition’ cannot be met he will ‘endeavor to use relatives in the United States to see about getting something done in Washington.’
According to the letter, Oswald is married to a Russian woman who would want to accompany him to the United States.”
The embassy sends this dispatch, Number 806, via “air pouch” to the State Department where, on June 3, the distribution center sends fifteen copies to the CIA.
Note:
And no one knew that LHO (a defector?) Worked or went to work in the TSBD and that the president passed in that place? And nobody really took action there at the FBI or Dallas?
Wasn't at least 1 copy forwarded to Dallas by the CIA?
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Post by Paul Ernst on Jun 17, 2020 15:18:27 GMT -5
May 29, 1961:
Regarding the CIA assisted plot to assassinate Rafael Trujillo, a cable is sent from the White House reflecting JFK’s desire to have the Agency pull out.
“We must not run risk of U.S. association with political assassination since the U.S. as matter of general policy cannot condone assassination.”
Also on this day, Marshal Biryuzov (code name “Petrov”) arrives in Cuba, accompanied by Rashilov, the secretary of the Soviet Communist Party in Uzbekistan, in order to present proposals to Fidel Castro for having Soviet missiles in Cuba.
The subject is not brought up immediately for fear Cuba will not accept.
Fidel Castro is finally asked hypothetically if the installation of Soviet missiles might prevent a U.S. invasion.
Castro responds: “Well, if the United States knew that this would mean a war with the Soviet Union, it would be the best way to avoid it.”
The Cubans ask what kind of missiles and how many, and are told that there would be 42 mediumrange missiles, of which 36 would be operational.
They ask for time to analyze the proposal and promptly call a meeting of the revolutionary leadership.
A protocol is signed the following month in Moscow by Raul Castro, the Cuban Minister of the Armed Forces, and Malinovsky, the Soviet Defense Minister. (Within 76 days, the missiles are installed and measures are taken to keep the operation top secret.)
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Post by Paul Ernst on Jun 18, 2020 19:35:55 GMT -5
May 30, 1961:
The Kennedys leave from Idlewild Airport for Europe, to arrive in Paris tomorrow.
The Paris visit with Gen. Charles de Gaulle will prove to be an overwhelming success.
JFK has secretly recruited Dr. Max Jacobson to join the presidential entourage.
The New York-based Jacobson is known among numerous celebrities as “Dr. Feelgood” for his willingness to inject amphetamines (laced with such things as steroids and animal cells) into wealthy clients. “Speed” is now thought to be harmless and is frequently used by entertainers.
According to evidence amassed by C. David Heymann, including Jacobson’s unpublished autobiography, the president and the first lady “had developed a strong dependence on amphetamines” by the summer of 1961.
RFK is suspicious of Jacobson and tries to discourage his brother from taking the injections.
At Bobby’s urging JFK agrees to submit all of his medications to the Food and Drug Administration for analysis.
When the FDA reports that Jacobson’s medications contain amphetamines and steroids,
JFK declares: “I don’t care if it’s horse piss. It works.”
When Jacobson writes a letter of resignation and presents it to the president, JFK tears it up and exclaims:
“That’s out of the question.”
As Rafael Trujillo is being chauffeured down the seaside highway en route to a rendezvous with his mistress, his car is overtaken and forced to a stop.
He dies fighting back. The news is relayed to JFK in Paris.
Trujillo’s son, Ramfis, is also in Paris.
He reacts to the news of his father’s death by chartering an Air France 707 and returns home.
Upon landing, he has all the known conspirators run down and executed.
One presidential assistant, Richard Goodwin, is demanding that the U.S. call out the fleet and send in the Marines.
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