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Octafish

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51. Poppy Bush told the FBI he was in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963.
Sat Feb 9, 2013, 01:14 PM
Feb 2013

George Herbert Walker Bush was in Dallas that day, according to what he told the FBI.





Here's a transcript of the text:

TO: SAC, HOUSTON DATE: 11-22-63

FROM: SA GRAHAM W. KITCHEL

SUBJECT: UNKNOWN SUBJECT;
ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT
JOHN F. KENNEDY

At 1:45 p.m. Mr. GEORGE H. W. BUSH, President of the Zapata Off-Shore Drilling Company, Houston, Texas, residence 5525 Briar, Houston, telephonically furnished the following information to writer by long distance telephone call from Tyler, Texas.

BUSH stated that he wanted to be kept confidential but wanted to furnish hearsay that he recalled hearing in recent weeks, the day and source unknown. He stated that one JAMES PARROTT has been talking of killing the President when he comes to Houston.

BUSH stated that PARROTT is possibly a student at the University of Houston and is active in political matters in this area. He stated that he felt Mrs. FAWLEY, telephone number SU 2-5239, or ARLINE SMITH, telephone number JA 9-9194 of the Harris County Republican Party Headquarters would be able to furnish additional information regarding the identity of PARROTT.

BUSH stated that he was proceeding to Dallas, Texas, would remain in the Sheraton-Dallas Hotel and return to his residence on 11-23-63. His office telephone number is CA 2-0395.

Which, of course, makes me wonder about this memo, from a week later:




Here's a transcript of the above:


Date: November 29, 1963

To: Director
Bureau of Intelligence and Research
Department of State

From: John Edgar Hoover, Director

Subject: ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY
NOVEMBER 22, 1963

Our Miami, Florida, Office on November 23, 1963, advised that the Office of Coordinator of Cuban Affairs in Miami advised that the Department of State feels some misguided anti-Castro group might capitalize on the present situation and undertake an unauthorized raid against Cuba, believing that the assassination of President John F. Kennedy might herald a change in U. S. policy, which is not true.

Our sources and informants familiar with Cuban matters in the Miami area advise that the general feeling in the anti-Castro Cuban community is one of stunned disbelief and, even among those who did not entirely agree with the President's policy concerning Cuba, the feeling is that the President's death represents a great loss not only to the U. S. but to all of Latin America. These sources know of no plans for unauthorized action against Cuba.

An informant who has furnished reliable information in the past and who is close to a small pro-Castro group in Miami has advised that these individuals are afraid that the assassination of the President may result in strong repressive measures being taken against them and, although pro-Castro in their feelings, regret the assassination.

The substance of the foregoing information was orally furnished to Mr. George Bush of the Central Intelligence Agency and Captain William Edwards of the Defense Intelligence Agency on November 23, 1963, by Mr. W. T. Forsyth of this Bureau.

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Professor Donald E. Wilkes, Jr. has more on Milteer:

"Everything ran true to form.  I guess you thought I was kidding you when I said he (Kennedy) would be killed from a window with a high-powered rifle."

http://www.law.uga.edu/dwilkes_more/jfk_4did.html

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List a dozen to refresh my memory jberryhill Feb 2013 #1
Malcolm X, Viola Liuzzo, Fred Hampton, Mark Clark, Greensboro '79 (5 dead), plus about 50 Native leveymg Feb 2013 #5
Exactly right. cliffordu Feb 2013 #7
Frank Olson, Dorothy Lagarreta, Karen Silkwood Octafish Feb 2013 #33
As I understand it, COINTELPRO was a series of FBI operations starting in the 1950s. The victims leveymg Feb 2013 #34
Thank you for the excellent observation, leveymg. I stand corrected re COINTELPRO. Octafish Feb 2013 #36
CHAOS? Really? hootinholler Feb 2013 #40
Don Adams of the FBI deserves to be seen and heard by billions. Octafish Feb 2013 #41
This is just, just, fuck, I have no words hootinholler Feb 2013 #42
Joseph Adams Milteer Octafish Feb 2013 #45
A couple of prominent people were in Dallas that day or in the days previous.... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #49
Poppy Bush told the FBI he was in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. Octafish Feb 2013 #51
He appears to be carrying something under a white coat or towel. FBI, SS knew about his threat, leveymg Feb 2013 #54
keyword hijacking? MinM Feb 2013 #50
I've never thought that those operations were as compartmentalizes.......... socialist_n_TN Feb 2013 #44
They rarely shared info with each other unless they absolutely had to do so.... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #46
I'm sure that's true on a certain level, but remember....... socialist_n_TN Feb 2013 #53
John Huggins and Bunchy Carter NNN0LHI Feb 2013 #35
The media may not have put pieces together el_bryanto Feb 2013 #2
The media was actively complicit with the FBI. Fuddnik Feb 2013 #18
The day James Rector was killed, Reagan went on TV & said the shooting had been done by protesters NBachers Feb 2013 #26
Reagan was a very good actor and delivered his lines well.... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #47
"Richard Aoki, admits to his role" = ? richard aoki is dead, and was a panther. he 'admitted' HiPointDem Feb 2013 #56
Wasn't the covert policy to kill leftists south of the border, but not U.S. citizens? Coyotl Feb 2013 #3
The Chicago police who killed Mark Clark and Fred Hampton helped 'investigate' plot against JFK. Octafish Feb 2013 #4
Except JFK wasn't ever going to Chicago to see the Army Navy game... Historic NY Feb 2013 #9
Army-Air Force. And for some reason, SS cancelled the trip to Soldier Field. Octafish Feb 2013 #13
Yip... ReRe Feb 2013 #6
Cointelpro was made-up of "people" dotymed Feb 2013 #31
Are you talking about the Church Committee? ReRe Feb 2013 #32
Cointelpro was an FBI operation used to discredit dotymed Feb 2013 #37
It's my Seniorness... ReRe Feb 2013 #39
IMO... dotymed Jun 2013 #61
Absolutely... ReRe Jun 2013 #62
church commission was investigation of the intelligence agencies. i think you mean the HiPointDem Jun 2013 #60
I was actually targeted by Post-COINTELPRO operations justiceischeap Feb 2013 #8
Have you been formally denied a security clearance? What makes you think it was the PETA work? leveymg Feb 2013 #10
I haven't tried for any kind of security clearance justiceischeap Feb 2013 #11
Did agents ever come to your workplace and talk to your employer about you? leveymg Feb 2013 #14
seriously? agents were sent to your workplace for something you wrote at DU? If so, that is HiPointDem Feb 2013 #57
I, too, was surprised. But, it is was strangely gratifying and confirms what I already knew. leveymg Feb 2013 #58
interesting, thanks. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #59
They have been doing this for as long as I can remember. RoccoR5955 Feb 2013 #12
The War Resisters League building. Permanently bugged? Definitely. leveymg Feb 2013 #16
Yep same old shit. bemildred Feb 2013 #15
Kind of like this. Arctic Dave Feb 2013 #17
Obviously, if they hack CIA Director David Petraeus' email, EVERYONE is being watched . . . leveymg Feb 2013 #23
cispus (sp?) headquarters broken into mopinko Feb 2013 #19
CISPES. No need to break in, really, the org was penetrated at multiple levels. leveymg Feb 2013 #22
yup. mopinko Feb 2013 #24
I have a campaign ribbon from that group, too. ;-) leveymg Feb 2013 #25
uuummmm heaven05 Feb 2013 #20
not sure it matters booley Feb 2013 #21
The longest media show on TV was "60 Minutes" back then. Not the may 24 hour cable now. napi21 Feb 2013 #27
Hell yes, I remember it. Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #28
Yeah, I was old enough then to remember some of it ... I remember Joseph McCarthy and RKP5637 Feb 2013 #29
What a lot of people don't know is that they target people in business, also. loudsue Feb 2013 #30
COINTELPRO is still a dirty secret. Dash87 Feb 2013 #38
Well, sure....... socialist_n_TN Feb 2013 #43
My educated guess is that it still operates under a different name or names. nt. OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #48
Was? n/t Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #52
Kicking. n/t Hotler Feb 2013 #55
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