Legacy of Secrecy (179 page)

216, 217, 218, 219; Miami police

Church, Frank, 732

bugging of safe houses of Cuban

and, 740; Miami station, 10, 14, 37,

Church Committee, 316–317, 320,

exiles, 306; Cain and, 771; Castro

99, 106, 128, 146–147, 164, 204, 207–

732, 733, 735–738, 740, 742

and, 270, 273, 276, 767; Castro

208, 212, 245, 268, 297, 299, 301;

CIA-DIA Task Force, 19, 224, 274

assassination plots and, 361, 704–

MLK and, 549, 550; Mullen

CIA-Mafia plots, 29, 34–36, 40, 303,

705, 723, 745; Che Guevara and,

Company and, 707; New Orleans

313, 322, 412–435, 444–445, 524,

524; Chile and, 711; Church

office of, 201–202; non-Mafia CIA

529, 534, 547, 613, 636, 664, 676,

Committee and, 735, 736;

assets, 733; Operation CHAOS,

680, 698, 704–706, 710, 713, 716–

Clandestine Services Division, 678;

523; Operation Phoenix

717, 724, 728, 733–735, 740–741,

Cold War and, 524, 549; control of

assassination program, 676;

771.
See also
JFK-Almeida Coup

all Cuban operations, 331; control

operations prohibited inside the

plan; Airtime’s participation in,

of release of books, 321;

US, 523; Oswald and, 84–85, 87–88,

330; break-ins linked to, 715;

“Countering Criticism of the

133, 137, 140–141, 161, 164, 169,

Castro-McGovern document and,

Warren Report,” 378–386; cover-up

201–202, 204–205, 213–222, 225–

717; CIA doctor that supplied

by, 214–215, 225, 266, 358–361;

226, 234, 264–265, 273, 301–302;

poisons for, 715; Helms, Richard,

Cuba and, 11–12, 15–16, 18, 19, 22–

Posada and, 549, 741; possible role

762; JFK assassination and, 54, 56,

23, 24, 29, 147, 224, 270; Cuban

in JFK assassination, 221–222, 267–

63–65, 67, 75, 88, 102–103, 106, 138,

exiles and, 10, 23–24, 27–28, 30,

268, 297–298, 301; the press and,

141–145, 151–152, 154, 159, 172,

162–165, 171, 182, 204–205, 215,

195–196; racism in the, 95, 549; Ray

193, 196, 201, 205–206, 208, 210,

222, 297–301, 523, 527, 529, 741;

and, 211–212; relationship with

223–224, 228, 245, 267–268, 277–

Cuban operations, 520, 523, 530,

press, 316–320; RFK and, 158–159,

278, 297, 299–300, 716, 740; Jimmy

548, 549, 717; Cubela and, 300;

222, 294, 296, 621; RFK assassina-

Hoffa and, 706; press coverage

declassified files of, 548, 677, 708;

tion and, 644, 650, 674, 676, 681–

and, 718; Richard Helms and, 701

DFS and, 531; Diaz and, 268;

682, 694, 697–698; Rivero and, 162;

CINCLANT OPLANS, 94, 312, 316

834

LEGACY OF SECRECY

Citizen’s Council, 510

exile attacks on, 710; gun-running

83, 119, 196, 206, 226, 455, 677

Civello, Joe, 52, 102, 104, 177, 238,

to, 5–6, 295, 296; JFK and, 175, 282,

Cuban Nationalist Movement

243

298; JFK assassination and, 170,

(CNM), 449

civil rights movement, 6–7, 75, 174,

196; Kennedy administration and,

Cuban pavilion, 450–451

263, 291–293, 487, 488, 489, 490,

275 (
see also
JFK-Almeida Coup

Cuban Revolution, 11, 12, 37, 104,

500, 509, 572, 578, 620, 681.
See also

plan); LBJ and, 224, 225–226,

165, 281, 295

King, Martin Luther, Jr.

234–235, 237, 260, 275, 282, 283–284, Cuban Revolutionary Council, 320,

Clark, Ramsey, 461, 463, 550, 574,

285–288, 298–299; May Day

688

611, 695

celebrations, 769; National

Cubela, Rolando, 19, 30, 35, 36, 38,

Clark, Tom, 622

Assembly of, 769; Oswald and, 263,

63, 67, 97–98, 136, 138, 141, 171–

Clarke, Thurston, 555, 621

270, 280; planned US invasion of,

172, 180, 202–205, 233, 268, 273,

Clemmons, Acquilla, 126

119; population with African

282, 297, 300, 358, 444, 524, 526,

Clifford, Clark, 557, 576

ancestry, 767; possible role in JFK

717, 718, 733, 740.
See also

Clines, Tom, 99

assassination, 170, 172–173,

AMLASH

CNM (Cuban Nationalist Move-

182–183, 188–189, 195, 198, 212, 213, Cubela-Artime plots, 708

ment), 449

226–227, 234, 237, 238–239, 248, 265, Cubela plot, 715, 740

Cohen, Jeff, 688

270, 274, 276–277, 278, 286; reports

Cuesta, Tony, 63

Cohen, Mickey, 44, 664, 665, 668, 671

of JFK assassination in, 201;

Cummings, John, 69, 108, 735

COINTELPRO operations (Counter-

Revolutionary Army of, 11; RFK

Curry, Bill, 115, 189, 190, 191, 195,

Intelligence Program), 521, 550,

and, 282, 285–286, 296–297, 298,

235, 262

569, 737

621; Soviet Union and, 196, 283–

Cushman, Robert, 708–709, 719

Colby, William, 38, 676, 724, 731–735

284; UN weapons inspections and,

Custer, Jerrol F., 183, 186

Cold War, 8–9, 119, 142, 166, 221, 224,

9, 10; the US and, 64–65, 104, 175,

276–277, 523, 549, 681.
See also

217, 219, 233, 238–239, 253, 260, 261, D

Cuba; Soviet Union

268, 270, 276–277, 748 (
see also

D’Agostino, Antoine, 231–232

Coleman, William, 304

JFK-Almeida Coup plan)

Dahmer, Vernon, 560

Colombo, Joseph, 362

Cuba Contingency Plans, 24–26, 31,

Daley, Richard, 6, 600

Colson, Charles, 707, 710, 713, 720

43, 74, 94, 182, 183, 184, 188, 196,

Dalitz, Moe, 368

Committee to Re-Elect the President

221, 738, 739

Dallas, Texas, 3, 44, 50, 67–68, 755;

(CREEP), 709

Cubana Airlines, 272, 298, 741, 768

assassination of JFK in, 57, 58, 62,

Communist Party, 77, 218, 263, 293

Cuban American US Army troops,

64, 100, 596, 766; Mafia in, 52;

Congress for Racial Equality, 550

297, 298, 720

police department, 105, 115–116,

Congressional witnesses, murders

Cuban Army, 283, 768

124, 152, 195, 238

of, 726

Cuban exiles, 9–10, 12, 16–17, 23–32,

Dallas Morning News
, 117

Connally, John, 113–114, 122, 123,

38, 91, 93–95, 306, 310–315, 320,

Dallas Times-Herald
, 79, 119, 190

187, 278, 307–308, 411–413, 622

327, 329, 332, 446, 453–455, 478,

Dal-Tex building, 121

Connally, Nellie, 113–114

480, 492, 508, 523, 527, 529–530,

dangles, 82–83

Connor, Bull, 7

570, 694, 698, 714, 719, 770.
See also

Daniel, Jean, 14, 144, 201

Cooper, Grant, 625, 656, 663,

DRE (CIA-backed exile group);

Davis, Ed, 625

664–665, 669–670, 673, 675–676,

JFK-Almeida coup plan; JURE

Davis, John H., 51–52, 54, 176, 248,

682–684

(Junta Revolucionaria Cubana);

255, 265–266, 462, 470, 515, 518,

Cooper, John, 277

RECE exile group; SNFE (Second

542, 624, 671, 680, 692, 701, 751,

Corn, David, 99, 146, 147, 207–208,

National Front of Escambray);

755, 757, 759, 760, 762

211

specific individuals
; anger toward

Davis, Sammy, Jr., 620

Cosa Nostra, 575, 636

the Kennedys, 76, 80, 160–161, 162; DEA, 47, 770, 771

Cosby, Bill, 620

blamed for JFK assassination, 760;

Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas, 88, 105,

Costa Rica, 271, 283

the CIA and, 162–165, 171, 182,

106, 110–113, 115, 117–118, 124, 155,

Costner, Kevin, 763

204–205, 215, 222, 297–301, 298–

261, 731

Couch, Malcolm, 119–120

299; code names and, 740; drug

Dean, John, 706, 707, 719, 725, 726

“Countering Criticism of the Warren

trafficking and, 92; the FBI and,

Dean, Patrick, 238, 239

Report” (CIA), 378–386

215, 228–229; JFK-Almeida Coup

Decker, Bill, 101–102, 115, 240

Cox, Archibald, 277

plan and, 246; JFK assassination

DEFCON, 166

Craig, Calvin, 492, 496

and, 40–41, 51, 55, 62–63, 64–65,

Defense Department, 714, 746, 767

CRC (Cuban Revolutionary

64–65, 67–69, 76, 78, 80, 86–87, 102– Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA),

Council), 27

103, 107–108, 143, 145, 147, 151,

331

Crimaldi, Charles, 734, 735

156, 158–159, 163, 178, 227–228,

de Gaulle, Charles, 33, 69, 70, 71–72,

Cronkite, Walter, 190, 464, 555, 760

268, 277–278, 300; LBJ and, 284,

108, 230, 257, 258

Crowe, Walter, 662

298–299; Oswald and, 85, 133, 228,

de la Beckwith, Byron, 263

Crozier, Ross, 87

260; possible role in JFK

de la Llana, Jack, 60–61, 62, 80, 107,

Cuba, 3–10, 42, 49, 452, 525, 527, 531,

assassination, 234; RFK and, 285;

180, 238, 509, 520, 521, 574

614, 624, 649, 710, 727, 748, 753,

in Tampa, Florida, 199; Traffican-

Delano, California, 622, 673

765–769.
See also
Castro, Fidel;

te’s heroin trafficking and, 703;

del Valle, Eladio, 63, 64, 107, 191,

Cuba; casinos in, 49, 58–59, 67;

training camps, 71, 138, 157, 161,

387–388, 391, 396–397, 402–403

change in leadership of, 768; the

287, 296–297, 298; Warren

Democratic National Committee,

CIA and, 224, 270, 446–456;

Commission and, 299–300

706, 718, 720, 721

conspiracy against Castro, 312;

Cuban Missile Crisis, 8, 9, 29, 64–65,

Democratic Party, 285, 292, 297, 496,

Index

835

715, 721

173, 245, 263, 706

James Earl Ray and, 476, 537–538,

DeMohrenschildt, George, 83–84,

Ellington, Buford, 695

544–546, 569–570, 573–574, 578–

264, 742

Ellsberg, Daniel, 714

581, 583, 589, 591, 593–594, 614,

Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Nevada, 252,

Enyart, Scott, 633, 685

621, 624; JFK assassination and, 44,

367–368, 367–368

Epstein, Edward Jay, 83, 353, 380,

46, 51, 55–56, 72, 76–78, 83, 86, 103–

DeStefano, Sam, 728

742;
Inquest
, 353, 380

104, 108, 110, 153, 157, 168, 171,

Detroit-Toronto-Montreal heroin

Ervin, Sam, 725, 726

193–194, 196, 199, 219, 227, 241–

network, 477, 538

Escalante, Fabian, 221, 768

244, 252–254, 257, 262, 273, 278,

Deutsche National Zeitung und

Evans, Courtney, 231

515, 616, 754, 760; Ku Klux Klan

Soldaten-Zeitung
, 265

Evers, Medgar, 7, 263, 292–293

and, 509; “lone assassin” scenario

DFS (Mexico), 88, 143, 214, 216, 218,

Evica, George Michael, 368

and, 174; Lopez and, 271; Los

226, 271

Ewing, Michael, 356–357, 385

Angeles office, 612; the Mafia and,

DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency),

Expo 67, 449–451, 457, 478, 483

45–46; Marcello and, 46–51, 53–54,

19, 24, 84, 93, 134, 139, 140, 157,

255, 266, 513–516, 518, 693, 747,

165, 165–166, 204, 224, 247, 274,

F

752, 761; Martino and, 260; Miami

302, 463, 717

Fair Play for Cuba Committee

office, 547, 618; Milteer and, 229–

Diaz, Herminio, 63, 64, 107, 137, 244,

(FPCC), 37, 52, 60, 72, 76, 77, 84, 86,

230, 522, 690; MLK and, 499–500,

267–268, 269, 274, 311, 516, 717

143, 160, 169, 191, 197, 199, 202,

503–505, 507–508, 511, 516, 522,

Dickerson, James, 519, 521

205, 264, 272, 306

539, 550, 573, 690, 740; MLK

Diem, 710

“The Family Jewels” (list of CIA

assassination and, 516, 537–538,

DiPianzza, Salvador ‘Sam’, 541

activities beyond its charter), 724

544–546, 569–570, 573–574, 578–

Diuguid, John, 43–44, 167, 462

Fauntroy, Walter, 573, 578

581, 583, 589, 591, 593–594, 615,

Dixie Klan of Georgia, 492

FBI Academy, 292–293

618, 621, 624, 691, 692, 737, 746;

Dixie Mafia, 506

The FBI
(TV Show), 611

New Orleans office, 101, 244, 516–

Dodd, Christopher, 84

FBN (Federal Bureau of Narcotics),

517, 616; Operation BRILAB, 730;

Dodd, Thomas J., 84

448

Oswald and, 89, 141, 164, 168–171,

Domestic Operations Division

FCC (Federal Communications

263, 301; peace movement and,

(DOD), 523

Commission), 464

550; photos of RFK assassination

domestic surveillance, 24, 521, 523,

Federal Building in Atlanta, 504–505

scene, 638; primary jurisdiction of

524, 681, 736

Federal Bureau of Investigation

JFK assassination matters, 251;

Dominican Republic, 332, 455

(FBI), 21, 24, 31–32, 39, 305–315,

racism and, 228, 292–293, 508, 522,

Donneroummas, Frank, 651, 673.

327, 446–459, 462–470, 469–470,

569, 617, 618, 619; RFK and, 231,

See also
Ramistella, Henry

491–492, 497, 520–521, 609–615,

294; RFK assassination and, 634,

Donovan, James, 36, 144

713, 716, 722, 736–737, 739, 747–