Oswald, Conspirators, John F. Kennedy

By Sam Dennis McDonough

This is a book that discusses the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Apr 3, 2014
• ISBN: 9781312066144

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Oswald, Conspirators, John F. Kennedy

OSWALD

CONSPIRATORS

JOHN. F. KENNEDY

The Complete Fact-

Filled Book About

The Assassination of

U. S. President

John F. Kennedy

By Sam Dennis McDonough

Clue Master S.D.M

Copyright © 2007 Sam Dennis McDonough

Oswald, Conspirators and J.F.K.:  The Assassination of John F Kennedy

3rd. Edition, Revised July, 2013

All Rights Reserved

ISBN# 978-1-304-90177-4

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NOTE:  As author and compiler, I am fully responsible for the contents in this book.  The 222 clues based on factual evidence obtained from public sources.  From these facts and strong credible clues, I have reached conclusions that are my opinion.  Feel free to disagree.

Sam Dennis McDonough, Clue Master SDM

COPYRIGHT PERMISSION: Yes, you are free to copy, distribute and remix contents of this book.  You must give credit or blame to Sam Dennis McDonough.

I have dedicated the book to everyone who searches for the truth and seeks justice.

About This Book

On the western end of downtown Dallas, at the triangular Dealey Plaza, the cheering crowd is in a celebrative mood anxious to see the president of the United States.  The motorcade slows to turn right onto Houston Street for one block; then left onto Elm…and traveling at 11 mph heads down a slight slope past the orange brick, seven-story Texas School Book Depository building.

Inside the Lincoln limo, the wife of Texas Governor Connally turns and smiles, Mr. President, you can't say Dallas doesn't love you.  Kennedy replied smiling, That is very obvious.  Second’s later shots ring out killing John F Kennedy, the President of the United States is dead. 

There are conflicting reports about the number of shots and from which direction they came.  Within the hour, a patrol officer is shot and killed, and before the day is over the Dallas Police would charge Lee Harvey Oswald with both murders. Two days later a local nightclub owner, Jack Ruby, would shoot and kill Lee Harvey Oswald.

Who Really Assassinated President John F. Kennedy?

What was the killer’s motivation?

Was it a lone gunman, a patsy, or conspirators?

Did he have assistance or encouragement from others?

Who was Lee Harvey Oswald?

Why would Oswald want President Kennedy dead? 

Why did Jack Ruby shoot Lee Oswald?

This book contains the answers, backed by credible evidence, and with 163 clues, I name the killer beyond any reasonable doubt.

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Motorcade with President John F Kennedy, Mrs. Jackie Kennedy, Governor John Connally, and Mrs. Connally

In Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963

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Chapter 1 - Conspiracy Theories

Dozens of theories regarding the assassination of United States President John F Kennedy have surfaced since his death on Nov 22, 1963.  A recent ABC News poll found that more than 70% of American respondents suspect a plot in the assassination of President Kennedy. Skeptics still have not accepted the conclusions of the Warren Commission.  Instead, they propose alternative theories asserting that Oswald conspired with others, he was not involved at all, or the government framed him.

The assassination of President Kennedy, because of its unmatched cultural impact, is one of the great unsolved mysteries of our time. For many people who were alive at the time and those not yet born, President Kennedy represented something truly larger than life.

Conspiracy theorists have bombarded the American public with more than 70- recorded theories.  Most theories propose a criminal conspiracy involving groups such as the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Mafia, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and its long-time director J. Edgar Hoover, the Russian KGB, Fidel Castro, Cuban exile groups opposed to the Castro government, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, and even military and civilian employees of the United States Government.

Consequently, it was, and remains still, nearly impossible for some to imagine that a loser with a cheap gun and scope could kill the President of the United States.  Therefore, in their view, one of the following conspiracies was responsible for the John F. Kennedy assassination.

The Conspiracies

Fidel Castro, Cuban Dictator

Theory # 1: Castro wanted the U.S. President killed in retaliation for assassination attempts plotted by Kennedy.  He believed that President Kennedy was a sworn public enemy of the Cuban Revolution. Castro had information that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) helped to train a small army of exiled Cuban nationals to invade Cuba and overthrow him and his government. His proof was the April 1961invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs’

The Bay of Pigs (Cubans call Playa Groin after the beach where the exiles landed) was not a well-kept secret and the Cubans captured or killed most of the invaders. This action accelerated a rapid deterioration in Cuban-American relations that ended in a standoff between the USSR and the USA by the Cuban Missile Crisis the following year. 

Castro wanted Kennedy dead; Russia’s KGB recommended Lee Harvey Oswald to the Cuban Intelligence Service.  Lee Oswald was an American-born, pro-Castro Marxist who left the U.S. Marines in 1959 to defect to the Soviet Union. Some Americans believe that the sole reason for Oswald’s return to the United States was to kill President John F. Kennedy.

FACT:  No one has ever presented credible evidence connecting the Kennedy assassination with Fidel Castro or any Cuban organization.  Castro has always denied any involvement and there no solid evidence that Castro ever attempted to kill Kennedy or even knew of Oswald. 

The Conspiracies

Cuban Exiles Living in the U.S

Theory # 2:  Cuban exiles living in the United States killed President Kennedy over the Bay of Pigs fiasco.  After the disastrous invasion of Cuba sponsored by the CIA, Kennedy changed his mind about an invasion, earning him the hatred of the Cuban-exile community.  President Kennedy's popularity among Cuban exiles had plunged deeply by 1963.

Theory # 3:  Cuban exiles wanted Kennedy out after his pledge during the Cuban missile crisis not to invade Cuba.

The House Select Committee on Assassinations believed that a few violent Cuban exiles might have participated in Kennedy's murder. They also believed that these exiles worked closely with CIA operatives in violent activities against Castro and other Cubans.

FACT:  No one has ever presented credible evidence connecting the Kennedy assassination with the CIA or with Cuban exiles in their attempt to regain control of the Cuban government. 

Richard Helms, CIA Director

Theory # 4: Director Helms was under pressure from the president to increase efforts to get rid of the Castro regime.  Some in the CIA believed that when Kennedy accepted the resignation of Director Allen Dulles, who was head of the CIA during the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion, he intended to reorganize or even disband the CIA.

FACT:  There is no evidence that Kennedy planned to reorganize or disband the CIA, or that Director Helms was involved in any way in the assassination. 

The Conspiracies

The Central Intelligence Agency

Theory # 5:  There were frequent rumors that the CIA was involved in plots to assassinate foreign leaders, including Fidel Castro and the leaders of Vietnam and the Dominican Republic.

Theory # 6:  Richard Helms, Director of the CIA's Office of Special Operations, had reason to be hostile to Kennedy.   At first, Kennedy supported invading Cuba, but later chose non-military means to get rid of the Castro regime, known as the Cuban Project.

In 1961, U.S. policy makers desired a Cuban government more friendly to the US.  After the Bay of Pigs disaster, the U.S. formed the Cuban Project for CIA aggressive covert operations to help Cubans overthrow the communist regime of Fidel Castro.  On November 30, 1961, President Kennedy authorized Operation Mongoose, led by Air Force General Edward Lansdale with nearly 4,000 operators involved in attacks on Cuban economic targets.  Thus began the Cuban Project and some said that in retaliation, President Kennedy was assassinated.

FACT:  There is no evidence that Richard Helms or any CIA agent was involved in any way in the assassination.  Helms became OSO Director after the Cuban invasion. 

Theory # 7:  The CIA and high South Vietnamese officials killed Kennedy because he wanted to pull the U.S. out of Vietnam. National Security Action Memorandum 263 was the first step in total U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam.

FACT:  There is no real evidence that Kennedy wanted to pull the U.S. out of Vietnam.  NSAM 263 foresaw the withdrawal of only 1000 advisors and only if the South Vietnamese took up the slack. 

The Conspiracies

Theory # 8: In 1963, the CIA provided $40,000 to a group of South Vietnamese generals to assassinate their President Ngo Dinh Diem in a coup. The United States sent CIA agent Lucien Conein to give the generals tacit approval as they planned the assassination of President, Ngo Dinh Diem in November 1963.  The coup leaders knew that US forces would not protect Diem.

FACT:  There is no evidence that President Kennedy was involved in the overthrow of the Diem regime.

Theory # 9:  Conspiracy theorists suspect Lucien Conein of working with Helms and CIA agents to kill Kennedy because of the overthrow of Diem. Official records show that John Kennedy acknowledged his role in the death of Ngo Diem in a coup that took place in November 1963, less than three weeks before his own death.  Some witnesses even claim