MacMichael, David,
author interview with, 322
interview by Leo Damore, 482
William L. Mitchell’s address as CIA; safe house, 408
Marchetti, Victor (former CIA staffer), 67, 182, 322, 381, 430, 468, 503
author’s interviews with, 67, 430, 468, 503
The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence, 322
comments regarding Wistar Janney, 67, 381
on Cord Meyer, 182
The Rope Dancer, 322
Marcus, Ray (author-assassination researcher), 300, 301, 479
Harry Truman editorial in Washington Post, 300, 301
and 1964 Allen Dulles visit to Truman, 301
Marrs, Jim (author), 384
list of individuals subsequently dying of suspicious means, 384
on Oswald in Texas movie theater, 405
Matthews, Burnita Sheldon (Federal District Court Judge), 100
McCabe, Katie (author), 92, 380, 450,
author interviews with, 380, 450
Justice Older Than the Law, 380, 450, 502
and Quentin Meyer at Georgetown book-signing event, 380
references to Dovey Roundtree, 92, 380, 450
McCone, John (CIA Director after Allen Dulles), 236, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 466
and diary entry of Arthur Schlesinger regarding multiple shooters in JFK assassination, 290
and Lundahl briefing on Zapruder Film, 287, 288, 289
meeting with Lyndon Johnson, 309
McHugh, Goddfrey: confidante to Jackie Kennedy, 252
McMahon, Homer (CIA-NPIC), 290–292
classified NPIC event involving Zapruder Film, 290–292
interview by ARRB (1997), 290–292
and Morgan Bennett Hunter, 290–292
and number of directions of shots, 292
and number of shots fired at JFK, 292
references to “Hawkeye” facility, 291
Secret Service agent “Bill Smith,” 290, 291
McMillan, Priscilla Johnston (JKF staffer and subsequent author), 207–209, 460
and author David Horowitz, 208
and author Robert Dallek, 209, 460
on JFK’s skirt-chasing, 207, 208
Mellen, Joan (author), 20, 429, 430, 465
A Farewell To Justice, 21, 430, 465
CIA’s threats to National Archives, 20, 21
Meyer, Agnes (Katharine Graham’s mother), 248, 282, 475
Meyer, Cord, Jr. (husband of Mary Meyer)
articles written by,
“On the Beaches”(1944), 169–170
“A Serviceman Looks at the Peace”(1945), 174
“Waves of Darkness” (1946),165, 166, 176
as Harvard University Lowell Fellow, 176, 178, 180
as Marine Corp Officer, 166, 169
as O’Henry Prize winner, 166, 176, 180
books written by; Facing Reality (1980), 87, 178, 345, 346; Peace or Anarchy (1947), 176
born, 167
CIA; as Deputy Director of Plans, 60, 181; “Cyclops” as nickname, 181; disenchantment with, 186; Distinguished Intelligence Medal, 182; Operation Mockingbird, 182, 191–192; Radio Free Europe, 182; Ramparts Magazine, 191–192; recruitment by Allen Dulles, 180–181
colleagues-acquaintances of; Ben Bradlee, 1, 78, 341, 373; Bishop Paul Moore, 68; Charles Bartlett, 230; David Acheson, 188; Edgar Applewhite, 192; Edward Weeks, 169, 175; James Angleton, 1, 32, 65, 78, 80, 85, 87, 181, 286, 345, 370; Merle Miller, 169; Norman Cousins, 175; Peter Janney (author), 504; Richard Helms, 181, 182, 248, 345; William Sloane Coffin, 194; Wistar Janney, 11, 65, 66, 339, 341, 371, 448
on having a poet’s temperament, 167, 168, 169, 188
pacifist beliefs of, 66, 168–169, 194
and Quentin Meyer (twin brother); death of, 167, 173
relationships with children, Mark, 182, 190; Michael (“Mikey”), 178, 182, 188; and impact of death, 190; Quentin (“Quenty”), 178, 182; Wistar Janney telephone call, 340–341, 373
relationship with Mary Meyer; alleged confrontation with after publication of Warren Report, 32, 391, 433; at Mary’s funeral, 64, 345–346; courtship, 65, 170; divorce, 189; final confrontation with, 32; marriage, 31, 171, 178; search for Mary’s diary, 1, 75, 85; unfaithfulness, 178, 187; Yale University, 65, 109, 159
Scottie Fitzgerald Lanahan’s caricature of, 192
St. Paul’s School, 168
Senator Joe McCarthy’s witch-hunt of, 185–186
UN Charter Conference (San Francisco), 171; assistant to Harold Stassen, 170, 172; confrontation with JFK, 172
United World Federalists (UWF), conference at Dublin, New Hampshire, 175; conference at Ashville, North Carolina, 176
World War II wounds of, 167, 170
Yale University, Yale Hockey Team, 169; Yale Literary Magazine, 169; Phi Beta Kappa, 169; Alpheus Henry Snow Award, 169; Yale Law School, 170
Meyer, Mark (youngest son of Mary and Cord Meyer), 12, 14, 17, 34, 182, 183, 190, 193, 347, 380, 457
at Georgetown Day School, 183
at gravesite of brother Michael Meyer, 190
at Milton Academy, 34
attendance at funeral of Mary Meyer, 68
incoming Yale freshmen, 193
and interaction with author, 12, 14, 17, 380
Letter from William Sloane Coffin to 165, 193, 457
Meyer, Mary Pinchot,
Artist and Paintings of, Clearing, 31; Fire Island II, 31; Foxglove, 31; Half Light 33; Jefferson Place Gallery, 30; Museum of Modern Art (Buenos Aires), 31; as journalist, 83, 146
autopsy of (see: autopsy of Mary Pinchot Meyer)
birth of, 147
children of,; Mark, 12, 14, 17, 34, 182, 183, 190, 193, 347, 380, 457; Michael, 9, 11–17, 19, 32, 37, 63, 178, 182, 183, 187–91, 199, 201, 206, 227; Quentin,11, 12, 68, 74, 83, 167, 168, 173, 178, 182, 183, 189, 347, 380
CIA (disaffection with), 66, 184, 312; regard for Allen Dulles, 66, 184, 302, 312; role in JFK assassination, 26, 30, 31, 34, 84, 86, 283, 284, 287, 295, 325,
Cord Meyer Jr. (see also: Cord Meyer Jr.), courtship, 156, 162, 164; divorce, 65, 66, 103, 188, 189, 312, 357; marriage, 83, 176, 178, 189, 190; separation, 65, 197, 357
Death (assassination) of, 97 333–35, 339
John F. Kennedy; Bradlee cocktail Party, 207; first meeting at Choate School (1936), 151; Joseph Alsop’s house, 226; Provincetown, Ma., 207, 256; visits to White House, 31, 218, 224, 226, 231, 303
Psychedelic explorations of, 37, 80, 157, 202, 204, 224, 358, 434, 435; James Truitt, 202; LSD group in Washington, 219; Anne Chamberlin’s alleged membership in, 80, 82, 204, 223, 271, 367; Katharine Graham’s alleged membership in, 271, 272, 367
and Timothy Leary (see Timothy Leary) 3, 26, 37, 83, 86, 204, 216, 219, 271–73, 278, 325, 373, 435
Relationships (significant) of, Anne Truitt, 30, 32, 36, 73, 79, 174, 190, 202, 218, 219, 252, 277; author’s relationship with (see also: Peter Janney); Ben Bradlee, 1, 59, 70, 75, 80, 114, 187, 228; Cicely Angleton, 1, 3, 38, 64–65, 70–73, 79, 136, 162; Jackie Kennedy, 36, 64, 144, 252, 270; James Angleton, 3, 32, 35, 65, 70, 73, 77–80, 85, 87, 370, 391; James Truitt, 1–2, 32, 70, 73–74, 83, 162, 202, 225, 250, 364; Katharine Graham, 249, 271; Ken Noland, 14, 64–65, 184, 201, 204–207; Kenneth O’Donnell, 24, 64, 228, 274, 283; Philip L. Graham, 38, 249; Robert Schwartz, 159–164, 201, 209; Scottie Fitzgerald Lanahan (Smith), 64; Tony Bradlee, 78, 80, 228, 366; William Attwood, 149–154, 156, 263, 275–276; William Walton, 31, 64, 242, 264, 302–304
Meyer, Quentin (Cord Meyer’s twin brother)
impact on Cord Meyer, 173, 178
(see also: Cord Meyer Jr.)
Miller, Merle (journalist): on Cord Meyer, 169, 195
Milton Academy: see Mark Meyer Mitchell, William L. (alleged runner on towpath), 61–62, 130–132, 320–325
alleged aliases of, 324
alleged confession to Leo Damore (1993), 328–332, 377–378, 401–424
as alleged runner on towpath, 61–62, 130–132, 320–321
as mathematics instructor at Georgetown University (see: Roberta Hornig), 131, 322
and Bermuda shorts runner, 132, 320–321, 333–336
and CIA safe-house address, 322, 329
and clothing of Ray Crump, 61–62, 128
description of “Negro male” as Ray Crump, 61–62, 93, 103, 112, 130, 135
first appearance of, 61
and Leo Damore’s search for, 321–322, 327, 328, 401–424
and Dovey Roundtree’s belief about, 320
Dovey Roundtree’s cross-examination of, 130–132
Listing in Pentagon telephone directory, 321–322
and murder of Mary Meyer, 324, 328, 329–332, 333–336, 339, 401–424
and young white couple, 132, 320–321, 424
Minturn, Gertrude (mother of Rosamund Pinchot), 153
and divorce of Amos Pinchot, 147
Monroe, Marilyn
alleged suicide of, 231
and Bobby Kennedy, 231
Moore, Bishop Paul, Jr.
Ben Bradlee, 68
officiating at Mary Meyer’s funeral, 68–69
“paranoia surrounding Mary’s murder,” 69
relationship with Cord Meyer, 68, 194
Moore, Purcell (private investigator for Dovey Roundtree)
pursuit of repair ticket for stalled Nash Rambler, 104
and Ray Crump’s girlfriend Vivian, 95
Murray, Robert V. (D.C. Police Chief)
FBI Crime Lab Report delivered to, 60, 98
Museum of Modern Art (Buenos Aires): see Pan American Union
Naftali, Timothy (author): on William Walton’s trip to Russia, 34
National Archives,
alteration of JFK autopsy photos, 293, 295
and CIA threats, 21
classified assassination documents at, 21, 293, 295
JFK’s brain photographs, 293, 295
Oswald’s phony defection to Russia, 21
NAACP,
legal team; Dovey Roundtree, 93; Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, 93
National Enquirer (newspaper),
and James Truitt, 1, 70, 80, 225, 371
1976 exposé “Former Vice President of Washington Post Reveals JFK 2-Year White House Romance,” 1–3, 18, 70, 72–3, 75, 78, 80, 82, 139, 221, 225, 365, 367, 371
National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC)
Morgan Bennett Hunter, 290–292
National Security Action Memoranda NS AM 55, 237
National Security Council (NSC)
and “Top Secret Directive 10/2” (June 18, 1948), 233
CIA’s unchecked power, 233,
meeting of July 20, 1961, 237–8
“plausible deniability,” 233
Newman, John M. (author-historian),
Angleton’s handling of Oswald, 345
author interview with, 367
on James Angleton, 345
Nixon, Richard M.,
and Arthur Lundahl briefing, 288
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, 310
and Joseph Shimon, 381
quote of, 63
and support of CIA, 234
“war on drugs,” 195
Timothy Leary’s assertions about (according to Ron Rosenbaum), 373
Nobile, Philip (coauthor with Ron Rosenbaum).
(see Ron Rosenbaum).
Noland, Ken (artist),
as champion of Reichian therapy, 206
author Nina Burleigh’s interview with, 206–207
and Bradlee cocktail party, 207; and Georgetown Day School, 14
JFK’s remark about, 207
and LSD use, 206
and Mary’s loss of son Michael, 201
and orgonomy with Dr. Charles Oller, 205–206; relationship with Mary Meyer, 14, 33, 64–65, 184, 201
and Washington Color School, 65, 184, 204-
nuclear test ban treaty (see: Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963).
O’Blazney, Mark: research assistant to
Letter from Seymour Hersh, 25
O’Donnell, Kenneth P. (“Kenny”),
alcoholism of, 328
and Bobby Kennedy’s funeral, 328,
caving to FBI pressure, 284–286
and dinner with Tip O’Neill and Dave Powers, 284–285
interviews with author Leo Damore, 24, 64, 226, 228, 284
and JFK and Vietnam, 275
and James H. Smith, Esq., 24, 328
Lyndon Johnson and trip to Dallas, 253
and Mary Meyer; confrontation with JFK, 228; and dedication of Pinchot Institute, 63; JFK’s love for, 64, 226, 230; O’Donnell’s fear of, 283, 358; post assassination visit with, 283–285, 296–297
1970 Massachusetts gubernatorial campaign, 24
Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI),
JFK as Navy ensign, 209
and Lee Harvey Oswald, 355; and author Anthony Summers, 430; author Joan Mellen, 430; Victor Marchetti, 430
and paranoia regarding JFK and Inga Arvad, 210
O’Neill, Edward [“Ted”],
contact with Dovey Roundtree, 100
Legal Aid Society of D.C., 52,
Ray Crump’s denial of bail and preliminary hearing, 53
O’Neill, Thomas (“Tip”), and Dave Powers, 284–285
Man of the House (1987), 284
references to Warren Commission, 284
Oller, Dr. Charles I.,
as protégé of Wilhelm Reich, 205
and colleague Dr. Morton Herskowitz,
Mary Meyer’s treatment with, 205–206
(see also: Ken Noland),
practitioner of orgonomy, 205
termination of treatment with Ken Noland, 206
Olson, Frank (CIA/Ft. Detrick),
and author H. P. Albarelli; A Terrible Mistake, 324
Captain Al Hubbard’s belief about, 204
CIA chemical warfare expert, 204
destabilization of via LSD, 204
and LSD experiments; Pont-Saint-Esprit experiment, 203
suicide death as disguise, 204
Operation Mockingbird (See also: Frank Wisner, Cord Meyer, Allen Dulles, and Philip L. Graham).
as CIA manipulation of media, 191–192, 234, 248
control of Life Magazine,
and Edgar Applewhite (CIA),
and Mary Meyer’s awareness of, 191
and National Student Association, 191
Ramparts Magazine, 192
and Washington Post, 192
Operation Phoenix (CIA), 195
orgonomy: as developed by Wilhelm Reich, 205–206
(See also: Dr. Charles Oller, Mary
Meyer, Ken Noland, Dr. Morton Herskowitz, Robert Budd).
Oswald, Lee Harvey, 69, 84, 292, 296–299, 329
and alleged murder of J.D. Tippit, 281, 298, 475
as “lone assassin,” 282–283, 290, 370
death of, 282
entrance into Dallas movie theater, 281
False defector program, 21, 430
and George de Mohrenschildt (CIA), 34
and James Wagenvoord, 308
and Joseph Trento, 349
manipulation of James Angleton, 2, 85, 361, 367, 370,
and Mark Lane’s “Defense Brief for Oswald,” 297–298
and Robert Crowley, 355; Atsugi air base, 355; Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), 355
and Robert Morrow, 315,
Senator Richard Schweiker’s assertion about, 21
and tirade of William Walton, 305
Texas School Book Depository (TSBD), 281
Pan American Union art exhibit (Nine Contemporary Painters: USA), 31
Museum of Modern Art (Buenos Aires), 31
and paintings of Mary Meyer, 31; Clearing, 31; Fire Island II, 31; Foxglove, 31
Parmet, Herbert (historian and JFK biographer):
on JFK’s relationship with Mary Meyer, 36, 434
Pearson, Drew (Washington Post columnist): on Jackie Kennedy’s post stillbirth recovery trip to London, 199
Perkins, Elsie (Ray Crump’s neighbor), 484
neighbor to Ray and Helena Crump,
Pall Mall cigarettes, 57
and Ray Crump’s clothes, 57, 439
Perry, Dr. Malcolm (attending physician at Parkland Memorial Hospital),
and nurse Audrey Bell, 296
press conference on wounds of JFK, 295
throat wound as entrance wound, 295–296
Phillips, David Atlee (CIA): on James Angleton as CIA’s answer to the Delphic Oracle, 370
Pickering, Ruth (mother of Mary Meyer). See: Ruth Pickering Pinchot.
Pinchot, Amos (Mary Meyer’s father), 32, 143–48, 153–55, 190, 194, 234, 443, 452
(see also: Rosamund Pinchot), 452
and American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 147
and birth of Mary Eno Pinchot (Mary Pinchot Meyer), 147
death (1944) of, 32, and Gertrude Miniturn (first marriage), 147
hysterical blindness episode of, 153
and James Pinchot (father), 145, 146
“Keep an anchor to windward in case of revolution,” 239
marriage to Ruth Pickering (1919),147
and Mary Jane Eno (mother), 145, and Norman Thomas, 147
and Roger Baldwin, 147
and Teddy Roosevelt’s inner circle, 35, 147
and William Attwood, 263, 443, 452, 472
and Yale University, 145
Pinchot, Antoinette [“Tony”]: see Antoinette (“Tony”) Bradlee
Pinchot, Cornelia Bryce, (wife of Governor Gifford Pinchot), 146, 147
also known as Lelia, 146, as ‘grand dame’ of Pinchot clan, 147
role model influence on Mary Meyer, 146
Pinchot, Gifford (brother of Amos Pinchot), 146, 239, 273, 451
influence on Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas,
as uncle of Mary Meyer, 35, 273,
Governor of Pennsylvania, 60, 103
and loss of Pennsylvania U.S. Senate race (1914), 146
and Teddy Roosevelt, 35
Pinchot, Mary (see Mary Pinchot Meyer).
Pinchot, Rosamund (half-sister to Mary Meyer), 153–55, 443
Amos Pinchot’s reaction to suicide, 153, 154
Amos Pinchot’s tribute to, 155
author Bibi Gaston, 154
and early diary of Mary Pinchot (Meyer), 154, 155
and horseback riding of, 153, 154,
and influence on Mary Pinchot (Meyer), 154
and Mary Meyer’s poem “Requiem,” 154, 155
Pinchot, Ruth Pickering (Mary Meyer’s mother), 16, 63, 68, 146–48, 187, 274, 440
as ‘grand dame’ of Pinchot clan, 147
at daughter Mary Meyer’s funeral, 68
at 1963 dedication of Pinchot Institute, 63, 274, 440
Columbia University, 146
feminist, 146-48 1954 “husband dumping trip,” 187
on Mary Meyer’s early self-worth, 148
reaction of after funeral of her grandson Michael Pinchot Meyer, 16
and Robert Schwartz,
the Masses, 146
and Vassar College, 146
Pinchot Institute for Conservation: 1963 dedication of, 63, 274, 440, 498
Pittman, Steuart (Tony Bradlee’s first husband), 182, 187, 340, 366, 448
as Cord Meyer’s attorney for 1977 negotiations with Harper & Row, 448
marriage to Tony Pinchot, 182, 340, 366
and separation from Tony, 187
Washington lawyer, 182, and Wistar Janney, 3, 11, 20, 27, 64–8, 340, 338–43, 364, 365, 371, 373, 448, 477, 485, 504
Pollan, Ray (Park Police officer): interview by author Leo Damore, 97, 445
Powers, David F.
as close aid to JFK, 24,
as witness to JFK assassination, 284, 285
at JFK Library, 284
interview by radio producer Woody Woodland, 284, 285, 476
and Kenneth (“Kenny”) P. O’Donnell, 24, 64, 226, 228, 230, 253, 274, 275, 283, 284–86, 296, 328, 358, 431–33, 435, 440, 464, 467
reference to Tip O’Neill and Man of the House,
and Secret Service entries of “Dave Powers plus one,” 226
Prouty, Colonel L. Fletcher, 21, 235, 326, 327, 349, 412, 420, 483
and alleged communication with author Leo Damore, 327–29, 412
as mentioned in notes of James H. Smith, Esq., 24, 327–29, 420, 432, 433, 436, 483
JFK: The CIA, Vietnam, and the Plot to Assassinate John F. Kennedy (1996), 420
and Joseph Trento, 349, 350, 359, 372, 379
and knowledge of “William L. Mitchell,” 420
reference to ‘shadow government,’ 21
and role in CIA, 235, 326, 327, 420
The Secret Team (1973), 21, 327, 420, 483
template for role of “Mr. X.” in the film JFK, 327, 420
Ram Dass (formerly Harvard Professor Richard Alpert), 241
and Harvard Psilocybin Project, 215–216, 258
quote of, 241
and Timothy Leary, 216
Rayford, Dr. Linwood L. (Deputy Coroner), 48, 54–55, 59, 114–115, 133, 337, 438–439
at murder scene, 48, 114, 337, 438–439
and Ben Bradlee identification, 59
gunshot wounds of Mary Meyer, 48, 55, 114–115, 133, 436
nitrates on Crump’s hands, 115
and Randolph M. Worrell (morgue technician), 54
testimony at trial, 114–115, 133, 436, 438
time of Mary Meyer’s autopsy, 54
and Dr. Charles Oller, 205–206; Mary Meyer as patient of, 205–206
and Dr. Morton Herskowitz, 206
former protégé of Sigmund Freud, 205
Ken Noland’s interest in, 205
references to orgonomy and orgone therapy, 205–206
Robertson, Julius (Dovey Roundtree’s law partner): untimely death of, 93
Robeson, Alan (part of Ray Crump’s defense team): on Crump testifying at trial, 134
Ronsisvalle, Joseph (Park Service map maker), 116–117, 136
cross-examination of Dovey Roundtree, 116–117, 136
and exits from towpath, 116, 136
Rosenbaum, Ron (author), 70–76, 78, 84–85, 144, 155, 364–365, 367–370, 372–373, 432
and Anne Truitt’s phone call, 73–74, 76–77, 85
and Ben Bradlee, 70–77, 85, 364–365, 367, 370, 373
boasting of,
“The Curious Aftermath of JFK’s Best and Brightest Affair” (1976), 70, 144, 432
diary (sketchbook) of Mary Meyer, 74–81, 85, 364
interviews conducted by, 70–71, 74–75, 144, 432
and James Angleton,70–71, 73–79, 85, 367–370
James Angleton’s hoodwinking of, 78, 367–368, 371
reference to Nina Burleigh, 71, 373
and reference to Timothy Leary, 373
and Scottie Fitzgerald Smith, 155
The Secret Parts of Fortune (2000), 372
Tony Bradlee, 70, 73–76, 78, 85, 367–368
Roselli, John (“Johnny”), 312, 386–387
and assassination of Fidel Castro, 386–387
and Joseph Shimon, 312, 386–387
Roundtree, Dovey (Ray Crump’s attorney), 26–27, 90–97, 99–104, 106–117, 119-140 267, 318, 320–321, 333–334, 336, 341, 365, 416
Alan Robeson, 134
author Katie McCabe, 444
born, 90
Allen Chapel AME Church, 90
and Detective Bernie Crooke, 101–103
Eleanor Roosevelt, 92
George Knox, 134
and Howard University, 92
interviews with Leo Damore, 93–94, 131, 140, 267, 278, 318, 321, 445, 451
and Jerry Hunter, 102
Judge Howard Corcoran, 109–110, 113, 119, 125, 135
Julius Robertson (law partner), 93
Justice Older Than the Law, 102, 380
NAACP, 93
opening statement at trial, 113, 134
Purcell Moore, 104
Rachel Bryant Graham (grandmother), 90–92, 100
Ray Crump Jr., 26–27, 93–104; and appeal of habeas corpus, 101; as scapegoat, 96, 106, 139; belief in Crump’s innocence, 93, 103–104; and Crump’s alibi, 94; first meeting with, 93–95; and formal appearance, 100; hair samples of, 103, 107; preliminary hearing of, 97–100; and prior arrests of, 95; psychiatric examination of, 101; and verdict of trial, 136; and Vivian, 94–96, 131
and Reverend Jesse A. Brown, 90, 93
and Spelman College, 92
summation to the jury, 135–136
Trial, 105–136; Bill of Particulars, 107; conflicts with Alfred Hantman, 107–108, 111–113, 116, 119, 121; cross-examination of Arthur Weber, 130; cross-examination of Ben Bradlee, 113–114, 365; cross-examination of Bill Branch, 121; cross-examination of Dr. Linwood Rayford, 115; cross-examination of Henry Wiggins, 119–121; cross-examination of John Warner, 126; cross-examination of Joseph Ronsisvalle, 116–117; cross-examination of Paul Stombaugh, 133; cross-examination of Roderick Sylvis, 124–125; cross-examination of Warren Johnson, 132–133; cross-examination of William L. Mitchell, 131–132
visits to Georgetown, 96
and William Roundtree, 92
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), 92
Ruby, Jack,
and James Wagenvoord, 308
murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, 282, 308
Russell, Dick (author), 443
Acknowledgment, 503
The Man Who Knew Too Much, 313
On The Trail of the Assassins, 5
and Robert Morrow, 314
Salinger, Pierre,
as JFK’s press secretary, 243
call to Ben Bradlee on the night of Mary Meyer’s murder, 73
and Georgi Bolshakov, 243
Salisbury School: New England prep school attended by Quentin Meyer in 1964, 34–5
Savwoir, Edward O. (jury foreman at trial): reaction to jury verdict as racially motivated, 110, 137
Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr. (historian),
and American University address, 259
attendance at Mary Meyer’s funeral, 64
Cuban Missile Crisis, 235, 247
diary of, 290
disclosure of CIA Director John McCone to Bobby Kennedy, 286
and JFK’s proposed curtailment of CIA budget, 237
and Mary Meyer’s influence on JFK, 232
reference to ‘national security people,’ 235, 465
Schorr, Daniel (journalist): on CIA’s invasion of Bay of Pigs, 236
Schwartz, Robert (“Bob”),
and approach of Cord Meyer, 163
friendship with Tony Pinchot, 163
and Liz Wheeler, 161
reaction to Grey Towers, 161
relationship with Mary Meyer, 159–64, 201
and Ruth Pinchot, 161
Schweiker, Senator Richard, 21
David Talbot’s interview with, 21
and Lee Harvey Oswald’s phony defection, 21
subcommittee of Church Committee, 21
Scott, Peter Dale (author), 301
and First Executive Session of Warren Commission, 301
influence of Allen Dulles on Warren Commission, 301–302
Scott, Winston (Mexico CIA Station Chief), 84, 443
and JFK assassination as conspiracy, 84
and James Angleton’s removal of papers, 84
Scouloukas, James (DC Police Officer), 43–44, 129
(See also: Robert Decker),
and broadcast of Henry Wiggins’s description of alleged assailant, 43–44, 129
Second Baptist Church (Washington, D.C.), 89–90, 134,
and Reverend Jesse A. Brown, 89–90
as Ray Crump’s pastor, 89, 134
Sheppard Pratt (psychiatric hospital used by CIA), 251, 268
and Philip L. Graham, 251–252, 268–269
Shimon, Joseph W. (“Joe”) 253
Allied Investigators as CIA front, 388–389
as government assassin, 389
as JFK White House adviser, 253
as Washington police inspector, 253, 312, 381, 388
daughter Toni Shimon (see also: Toni Shimon), 253, 381–389
disclosures to Jack Anderson, 386–387
Easter weekend 1963, 253
and George H.W. Bush, 388
and hatred of J. Edgar Hoover, 382–383
and inside knowledge of Mary Meyer’s murder, 312, 384
and James Angleton’s control of CIA, 312, 389
and Lyndon Johnson, 254, 381, 383
Operation Mongoose, 254, 381, 386–387
and President Roosevelt, 253, 381
references to the film Executive Action, 385, 388
testimony at Church Committee, 385–386
and U.S. Secret Service, 382
and William K. Harvey (CIA), 386–387, 389
year of birth, 381
Shimon, Toni (daughter of Joseph W. Shimon), 253, 380–390
alleged Trafficante contract on her life, 387
author interviews with, 380, 469, 481, 490, 503
and father’s confession of being a government assassin, 389
father’s love for William (“Bill”) Harvey, 386
and father’s reactions to JFK assassination, 384–385
and her mother Elizabeth, 381–382
and murder of Mary Meyer, 383–384
Sketchbook as diary (see also: diary of Mary Meyer), 70, 75–84, 87, 224, 364
and Anne Chamberlin, 79–80, 82
burning and destruction of, 79, 82
references to in National Enquirer
Smathers, Senator George, 189, 198
trip with Jack Kennedy, 189, 198
Smith, Donald (Assistant U.S. Attorney): presence at first hearing for Ray Crump, 54
Smith, James H. (“Jimmy”), Esq.,401–424, 501–502
author’s interviews with, 401
and Bobby Kennedy, 404
friendship with Leo Damore, 404
and John H. Davis, 431
and Kenneth P. O’Donnell,
and Leo Damore’s suicide, 501
and telephone call with Leo Damore on March 31, 1993, 402–424
Smith, Sally Bedell (author), 80–82, 207, 229–230, 252, 273
author interview with, 82
and Blair Clark, 252
Grace and Power (2004), 441, 442, 459, 461, 463, 466, 499
interview with Anne Truitt, 82
interview with Cicely Angleton, 207
interview with Tony Bradlee, 80–81, 229, 273
and JFK’s 46th birthday party, 227
and Mary Meyer’s relationship with JFK, 82, 207, 230–232, 253
references to sketchbook/diary of Mary Meyer, 80–82
Smith, Scottie Fitzgerald, (formerly Lanahan, and daughter of F. Scott Fitzgerald), 39, 64, 155, 156, 192
attendance at funeral, 64
caricature of Cord Meyer, 192
references to Mary Meyer, 39, 64, 155, 156
Smith, Stephen (brother-in-law of JFK),
and desire to explore LSD, 216
and Timothy Leary, 216
and Van Wolfe, 216
Spaulding, Betty Coxe, 171
references to Cord Meyer, 171
and UN Charter Conference 1945, 171
Spaulding, Chuck (friend of JFK’s), 171, 173, 208, 213
and Dr. Max Jacobson, 213
Jackie Kennedy’s attraction to dangerous men, 208
on differences between JFK and Cord Meyer, 173–174
and UN Charter Conference 1945, 171
Stahl, Peter (see Gregory Douglas). 351, 353–354, 357, 362
Starnes, Richard (reporter): as referenced by journalist Arthur Krock, 276
as delegate to 1945 UN Charter Conference, 170, 171
Stebbins, Charles (U.S. Park Police Detective), 48
Stone, Oliver (filmmaker), 258, 327, 419, 420, 470, 476
and J. Michael Kelly, 350
and L. Fletcher Prouty, 327, 420
and psychedelics, 258
and Real Time with Bill Maher (2009), 258, 470
references to film JFK, 327, 350, 420,
Storch, Walter (email alias of Gregory Douglas. See also: Gregory Douglas), 352, 357, 359, 362
Stombaugh, Paul M. (FBI Special Agent), 133
and Dovey Roundtree’s cross-examination of, 133
and Ray Crump’s hair, 133
trial testimony of, 133
Summers, Anthony (author), 83, 430, 443, 463, 503
letter of Evelyn Patterson Truitt to, 83–84, 443, 463
Sylvis, Roderick (D.C. Police Officer), 43–44, 58, 112, 122–125, 128, 132, 135, 140, 321, 330, 336, 424
at Fletcher’s Boat House, 43, 58, 122, 124, 125, 135, 321
author’s interviews with, 437, 449
and Dovey Roundtree’s cross-examination of, 124–125
and mystery “Negro male,” 44, 123–125, 128, 140, 336
and partner Frank Bignotti, 43–44, 122–123, 135, 321
and questioning of young white couple, 43, 122–123, 125, 132, 321, 330, 424
Talbot, David (author), 21, 276, 285–6, 304, 310
and Bobby Kennedy’s accusations toward CIA, 285, 286
interview with Robert McNamara, 310
interview with Senator Richard Schweiker, 21
and Kennedy family post JFK assassination, 285
references to Brothers (2007), 285, 304
and William Walton, 304
Taylor, General Maxwell: regarding
1963 Vietnam fact-finding mission, 275,
Technical Services Division of CIA (TSD),
and alleged role in murder of Mary Meyer, 332
creation of disguises, 332
and Dr. Sidney Gottlieb, 332
Texas School Book Depository, 281, 298
and conspiracy to assassinate JFK, 285,
and Lee Harvey Oswald (employee),
Thayer, Robert (CIA): regarding Ben Bradlee’s alleged CIA contact in Paris, 363
Thomas, Kenn (author): interview with Deborah Davis (1992), 273
Three Sisters Island: in Potomac River, 48, 447
Tippit, J. D. (Dallas Police Officer), alleged murder of by Lee Harvey Oswald, 281
District Attorney Henry Wade, 298
and Mark Lane, 298
Tonkin, Gulf of (incident and resolution),
as pretext for legal escalation of Vietnam War, 309
and Lyndon Johnson, 310
repeal of, 310
and Richard Nixon, 310
and US Maddox, 309
and US Turner Joy, 309
Trafficante, Santo (Mafia), see also: Joseph Shimon, 386
and Castro, 386
and contract on Joseph Shimon’s life, 386
Operation Mongoose, 386
references to by Jack Anderson, 386–7
Trento, Joseph (author),
email to and from Gregory Douglas,
and J. Michael Kelly, 350
and James Angleton, 372
and Operation Zipper, 353
and Plato Cacheris, 350
and reaction to Regicide, 353
reference to L. Fletcher Prouty, 349
and Robert Crowley, 379
The Secret History of the CIA, 359
and Thomas Kimmel, 360
and William (“Bill”) Corson, 349
Triplett, William: as investigator for Timothy Leary and Rebel Magazine, 221, 461
(see also: Timothy Leary).
Truitt, Alexandra (Anne and James Truitt’s daughter), 85
Mary Meyer’s murder as taboo, 85–6
and Nina Burleigh, 86
Truitt, Anne (sculptor/artist, and wife of James Truitt), 30
and alleged burning of Mary’s diary (sketchbook) with Tony Bradlee, 78
as close friend to Mary Meyer, 32, 36, 74
and Bradlee account of search for diary, 74
contents of Mary’s diary, 82
friendship with James Angleton, 74
alleged alerting of diary to James Angleton, 76
letter to New York Times (1995), 77
Mary Meyer’s comments to, 32
on Mary Meyer’s awareness of art and masculine character, 36
and Phoenix outburst of Philip L. Graham, 249
regarding Mary Meyer’s diary, 74
Sally Bedel Smith’s interview with, 207
telephone call to Ben and Tony Bradlee and revelation of Mary’s diary, 76
and tragedy of men of her generation, 174
Truitt, Evelyn Patterson (second wife of James Truitt),
and ex-CIA agent Herbert Barrows stealing James Truitt’s papers, 83–4
letter to author Anthony Summers (1983), 83
Truitt, James (“Jim”),
as friend to Mary Meyer, 70
as Washington Post vice president, 70
and Ben Bradlee’s firing of, 70
and break-out story to National Enquirer (1976), 70
diary and records of, 70; allegedly stolen by Herbert Barrows, 83–4; and documentation of Mary’s affair with JFK, 83–4
interest in psychedelics, 202; Mary Meyer’s use of psychedelics, 202
interviews with author Deborah Davis, 225
letter to Deborah Davis, 431, 453, 456, 458
and Mary Meyer’s confiding to, 30, 35, 36
and Mary Meyer’s towpath encounter with Jackie Kennedy, 35–6
and Mary’s affair with “an Italian noble,” 187
on Mary Meyer’s friendship to many, 140
and Phoenix outburst of Philip L. Graham, 249
Ron Rosenbaum’s interview with, 74; and location of Mary’s diary, 364
relationship with James Angleton, 1
and relationship with Philip L. Graham, 248
and second marriage to Evelyn Patterson, 83
suicide death of, 83
and Allen Dulles, 233, 234, 302, 479
and ‘Truman retraction, 301, 302
editorial in Washington Post after JFK assassination, 300, 301, 302, 478
eradication of CIA’s covert operations, 306
and Florence Kater picketing of, 201
and inception of CIA, 233
and 1948 NSC Directive 10/2, 233
1964 letter to Look Magazine, 302
Operation Ajax (Iran), 233, 234
quote of, 105
research of Ray Marcus, 300, 301
support of World Federalism, 176
Winston Churchill, 234
and Florence and Leonard Kater, 200, 201
and residence in Mary Meyer’s House, 200, 201
Twyman, Noel (author): reference to Bloody Treason: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy, 25, 26, 313
and author John H. Davis, 25, 26
U-2 Spy plane (CIA), 232, 242, 245, 282, 288
Joint Technical Advisory Group (JTAG), 282
Lee Harvey Oswald and Atsugi, 282
and National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC), 288
and Thomas Arthur Vallee, 282
use during Cuban Missile Crisis, 242, 245
United Nations, 175, 261, 274, 276, 277
and Ambassador William Attwood, 275, 276
and Carlos Lechuga (UN ambassador), 275, 277
and references to in President Kennedy’s American University Commencement Address, 261
United Nations Charter Conference (San Francisco 1945), 170, 171, 172, 173, 174
and Cord Meyer, 170, 171, 172, 174, 178
Harold Stassen, 170
and Jack Kennedy, 172
and Security Council veto power, 172
United World Federalists (UWF), 66, 176
and A. J. Priest, 176
Ashville, N.C. Conference, 176
membership of, 176
U.S. Justice Department, 104, 264
and Alfred Hantman, 107, 108, 137, 138
and Bobby Kennedy, 236
and confidential internal memo from, 108
Criminal Division of, 107, 108, 137
U. S. (National) Park Service, 38, 48, 60, 97, 116
and Detective Charles Stebbins, 48
and Joseph Ronsisvalle (map maker), 116
and officer Ray Pollan, 97
and patrol of canal towpath, 38,
and search for murder weapon, 38, 60, 97
U. S. Secret Service, 59, 283, 463
and agent “Bill Smith,” 290, 291, 292
and Chicago assassination plot, 282, 476
delivery of Zapruder Film to NPIC, 287, 289, 290, 291, 292
involvement in JFK assassination, 20, 286
and Joseph Shimon, 382
University Club of Washington, 353
(see also: Thomas Kimmel, Gregory Douglas, and William Corson)
Vallee, Arthur Thomas: reference to Chicago assassination plot, 282
Vassar College,
Anne Chamberlain, 366
Cicely d’Autremont Angleton, 64
classmates of Mary Meyer, 11, 39, 64, 156, 182, 453
and Mary Meyer, 11, 39, 64, 152, 155, 156, 158, 159, 182, 220, 366
and Mary Meyer’s short story “Futility,” 156, 281
Ruth Pinchot, 146
Scottie Fitzgerald Smith (Lanahan), 39, 64, 155
and Timothy Leary’s call to, 220
and Vassar Daisy Chain, 158
and Vassar Review and Little Magazine,156, 281
visits to by Jack Kennedy, 156
Vidal, Gore: on Jackie Kennedy’s affair with actor William Holden, 198
Vietnam, and Vietnam War, 234, 258, 282, 322–325
and Alfred McCoy,195
assassination of President Ngo Dinh Diem, 276–277, 282, 474–475
casualties of, 481, 310–311; (see also: Gulf of Tonkin incident),
and David Talbot’s interview of Robert McNamara, 310–311
and effect on Oliver Stone, 324, 350
escalation of, 18, 22, 276–277, 309–311
fact-finding mission of Robert McNamara and General Maxwell Taylor, 275
and L. Fletcher Prouty,21, 235, 237, 326–327, 329, 349, 412, 420
letter of William Sloane Coffin about,193–194
My Lai massacre,195, 323
and NSAM #273 & NSAM #288, 277
opposition to by Bishop Paul Moore, 69
and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD), 138
and President Johnson’s exposure of his penis to reporters, 311
and William R. Corson and Betrayal, 323, 349–351
“Vivian” (Ray Crump’s girlfriend),
and alibi for Ray Crump, 94–96
Dovey Roundtree’s interaction with, 95
and Martha Crump’s knowledge of, 444
and private investigator Purcell Moore, 95
tryst with Ray Crump on day of Mary Meyer’s murder, 94–96, 131, 332
Wagenvoord, James (Life Magazine), and Allen Dulles, 308
as assistant to Phil Wooten, 307
author interview with, 308
and downfall of Lyndon Johnson, 307
interview with John Simkin, 307–308
and Operation Mockingbird’s control of Life, 308
and Oswald material from FBI, 308
Wallace, Sergeant Sam (D.C. Homicide Detective),
accompanying Ben Bradlee to D.C. Morgue, 113
arrival at Ben Bradlee’s house, 59, 85, 113
Walton, Matthew (son of William Walton),
author interview with, 303
memory of Mary Meyer’s murder, 306
reaction of his father to Meyer murder, 306
reference to David Talbot’s Brothers, 304
Walton, William (“Bill”), 31, 64, 242, 264, 302–06, 479
artist-friend of Mary Meyer’s, 31, 242, 264, 302
as escort of Mary Meyer to White House, 242, 264, 302
and author David Talbot, 304
and daughter Frances Buehler, 303, 304
interview by Leo Damore, 479
and Jackie Kennedy, 242, 252, 303
meeting with Georgi Bolshakov, 304, 305
pallbearer at funeral of Mary Meyer, 64
and post JFK assassination trip to Russia, 304, 305
reaction to murder of Mary Meyer, 306
relationship with Bobby Kennedy, 304
relationship with Jack Kennedy, 242, 252, 303
and son Matthew Walton, 305, 306
view of Lyndon Johnson, 305–07
“wandering penis disease:” reference to, 208
Warner, John (D.C. Police Detective), 45–7, 112, 122, 124–26, 128, 140
discovery of Ray Crump, 46
and Dovey Roundtree’s cross-examination of, 113, 114, 131
and initial questioning of Ray Crump, 46–9
and police description of assailant, 46, 51, 52
Warren, Chief Supreme Court Justice Earl, 30, 49, 370
and Escobedo v. Illinois and the Escobedo Rule, 49
and “the Mexico City trump card,” 370
Warren Commission, and Allen Dulles, 2, 269, 370
author’s memory of in prep school, 17
and Bobby Kennedy’s belief in, 286
and David Powers response to Woody Woodland, 285
and Dr. Malcolm Perry’s testimony before, 296
first executive session of, 301
and James Angleton, 2, 65–66, 85, 370, 416
and Oswald’s alleged murder of police officer J.D. Tippit, 298, 475
Tip O’Neill’s remark to Kenny O’Donnell, 284
Warren Report (see also: Warren Commission),
as cover-up, 18
as “house of cards,” 391
challenge of Mark Lane, 297–299
and film Executive Action, 385
and guilt of Lee Harvey Oswald, 85, 110, 296, 299, 370, 475
and Jim Garrison, 18
manipulation of by Allen Dulles and James Angleton, 65–66, 301–302,
Mary Meyer’s alleged reaction to, 30, 32, 312, 329, 416, 432
and Staughton Lynd, 297. 298–299
Washington Color School, 30, 65, 184, 204, 205, 433
Robert Budd, 204
Washington Daily News (newspaper): on references to William L. Mitchell, 62
Washington National Cathedral, 63
and Mary Meyer’s funeral, 63
Michael Pinchot Meyer’s funeral, 16
Washington, George Thomas (D.C.
Circuit Court Judge), 101, 445
Washington Post (newspaper),
and Ben Bradlee, 1, 70, 71, 78
and divorce of Katharine and Philip Graham, 249, 252
and Drew Pearson (columnist), 199
and editorial of Harry S. Truman,300–302
and Eugene Meyer, 248
and Jack Anderson (columnist), 386
and James Truitt (vice president),70, 225
and Katharine Graham, 64, 248, 269
Leslie Judd Ahlander (art critic), 31
and murder of Mary Meyer, 59, 64
and Operation Mockingbird, 192, 248
Philip L. Graham,34, 192, 248,252
sale of Newsweek to, 356
and Scottie Fitzgerald Lanahan 192
caricaturing Cord Meyer,342
and Watergate crisis, 272, 342, 363
and Woodward and Bernstein, 342
Washington Evening Star (newspaper)
(see also: Roberta Hornig), 322
account of Henry Wiggins, 45, 62
and Mary Meyer’s murder, 59
pictures of Ray Crump, 62
Watergate Congressional Hearings,
and illegal CIA activities, 70
and Nixon’s 18
minute gap, 373
and Washington Post, 342
Webb, Robin (affair with Philip L. Graham),
as Newsweek reporter, 249
and documented call to JFK at White House, 251
and ending of affair with Graham, 265
and estate of Philip Graham, 252
and meltdown of Phil Graham at Associated Press board of directors’ dinner (January 1963), 249
Weber, Art (Chief D.C. Police Detective),
arrival at crime scene, 44
and assailant description, 47, 130
and Henry Wiggins, 45
and search for murder weapon, 60
testimony at trial of, 130
Wertleb, Sam (U. S. Commissioner),
as “curmudgeon,” 53
and decline of Ray Crump’s preliminary hearing, 99
and Ray Crump’s initial hearing, 99
Wheeler, Liz: (see Robert Schwartz). 161
White, Theodore (journalist), 64, 185
attendance at funeral of Mary Meyer, 64
and McCarthy Hearings, 185
Whittemore, Reed (poet): poetry reading on the evening of Mary Meyer’s murder, 73
Wiggins, Henry, Jr., 41, 50, 62, 116, 117, 318
arrival at 4300
block of Canal Road, 41, 45, 117, 449
and Briggs Elementary School, 50
clothes of “Negro male,” 62
cross-examination of Dovey Roundtree, 116
and description of “Negro male” standing over Mary Meyer’s body, 117
instructions from Detective Crooke during Ray Crump’s lineup, 50
interview by Leo Damore, 24, 86, 93, 434, 435
military service of, 41
physical description and age of, 41
and Police Form PD-251, 42
and police officers Robert Decker and James Scouloukas, 43
and Ray Crump’s jacket, 42, 50, 58, 62, 128
and Robert S. Bennett’s reaction to testimony of, 138
and screams of Mary Meyer, 41, 45, 117, 334
and service station manager Joe Cameron, 42, 48, 117
and stalled Nash Rambler, 41, 45, 48, 104, 117, 121, 140, 333, 447
testimony at Crump murder trial, 117, 119, 120
and time of murder, 45, 112, 117, 334
Western High School, 50
Winchell, Walter (New York Mirror journalist), 210–211
alleged payoff from Joseph Kennedy Sr., 211
and Inga Arvad & JFK affair, 210
Wisner, Frank (CIA), 372
and friendship with Philip Graham, 248
and Operation Mockingbird, 192
reference to by James Angleton,
Wisner, Polly (wife of Frank Wisner), 34
Woodland, Woody (WCAP radio producer),
and interview with Dave Powers, 284–285
interview with Douglas P. Horne, 476
Woodward, Bob (Washington Post reporter), 342
Woolright, Robert (Ray Crump colleague),
Brown Construction Company, 56
Worrell, Randolph M. (D.C. Morgue technician), 54
Yarborough, Senator Ralph, 285
Zapruder, Abraham (see Zapruder Film).
Zapruder Film, alteration of, 291–292
appearance in Life Magazine, 287, 308
and ARRB interviews by Douglas P. Horne, 292–293
author’s interviews with Dino Brugioni, 477
and CIA Director John McCone,
and CIA’s “Hawkeye” facility, 291
and directive from Arthur Lundahl, 288
and events at National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC), 287–292; film as 16-millimeter, 291
and Morgan Bennett Hunter, 291–292
and original 8-millimeter format, 287