From - Wed Dec 16 17:22:03 1998 Path: newsfeed.intelenet.net!lsanca1-snf1!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!newsfeed.concentric.net!newspeer1.nac.net!feed2.nntp.acc.ca!feed.nntp.acc.ca!tor-nx1.netcom.ca!news.onramp.ca!HME1-2.newsfeed.sprint.ca!hme2.newscontent-01.sprint.ca.POSTED!not-for-mail From: sirius1@sprint.ca (Jim Davies) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy.jfk Subject: FIGARO MAGAZINE ARTICLE Message-ID: <3677f703.39115755@news.sprint.ca> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.5/32.451 X-No-Archive: yes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 431 Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 18:18:25 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.103.14.4 X-Complaints-To: abuse@sprint.ca X-Trace: hme2.newscontent-01.sprint.ca 913832112 209.103.14.4 (Wed, 16 Dec 1998 13:15:12 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 13:15:12 EDT Organization: Sprint Canada Inc. Xref: newsfeed.intelenet.net alt.conspiracy.jfk:166015 JFK: Truth of a conspiracy Madeleine Brown is barely 23 when she falls for Lyndon Johnson’s charm. This Texan romance, filled with improvised meetings, unkept promises and quick but intense embrace, spanned more than two decades. But Madeleine was more than just one of the 36th president’s many conquests. In fact, on December 27, 1950, she gives birth to Steven: one more career secret for this ambitious politician. Johnson’s son died in 1990. Since, Madeleine Brown, liberated from her imposed discretion, decided to share her memories of her time spent with the president. Without anger or need for revenge, still deeply in love with her Lyndon but very aware of historical accuracy, she proves her relationship by presenting passionate love notes written by Johnson as well as the letter from a Texas lawyer confirming the continuing financial support for Steven’s education after Lyndon’s death. But a powerful man’s intimate portrait becomes a loaded testimonial when she refers to the relationship between LBJ and JFK and describes Johnson’s role in the November 1963 Kennedy Assassination. Madeleine Brown - It’s very moving for me to meet you here at the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas. It’s here that, about 50 years ago, I met Lyndon for the first time. Figaro Magazine - I imagine that this evening is forever engraved in you. MB - Oh yes I was 23 and still had my baby face. At the time I was working for the Glenn advertising agency a few steps away from the Adolphus. At the end of September 1948, Jesse Kallen, director of KTNC Radio in Austin, a close friend of Lyndon Johnson, invited me to a party given in honor of all those who had contributed to his electoral campaign. He was running for senator against Coke Stevenson. FM - It’s the ballot 13 election, right? The one that was rigged? MB - Yes that was the one. Ballot 13 gave Lyndon victory. It was rapidly noticed that even the dead had voted, but it was to late. Lyndon was already in Washington. It’s funny that Johnson made it to Washington thanks to election fraud. FM - So you met Lyndon that night for the first time? MB - Yes. When LBJ walked in the room it was so intense. He was so charismatic. The whole room gravitated towards him. I noticed him right away and I was seduced. He was a typical Texan-both feet on the ground, smiling, warm and terribly sexy. Jesse introduced us and I danced with Lyndon. It was so overwhelming to be in his arms. There was so much in the way we looked at each other. He invited me to another party at the Driskill Hotel in Austin. FM - Do you remember the date? MB - Of course. It was October 29, 1948. After two dances, he asked me to go up and wait for him in his suite. He met up with me an hour later and it’s that night that I became his mistress for the next 21 years. FM - This illicit relationship with a married man must have been hard to deal with. MB - Our relationship was hidden, no one was to know. Jesse Kellan, one of the advertising firm’s clients, was our cover-up. At a moment’s notice, he would warn me of Lyndon’s arrival and of the hotel room number where I was to meet him. I waited there to share these short moments with the man I loved. I knew always that he would never be mine. But these moments are not only nostalgic - our meetings were essentially sexual. We both enjoyed it. He was a wonderful lover. FM - What was his reaction like when he found out that you were expecting a child? MB - He was worried. He was so terribly ambitious and wanted to accede to the country’s top position. He was afraid the Mafia or someone else would find out that he was the father of my child and that this would be used against him. He asked me to keep this a secret. Even my own parents could never find out. He promised me that he would give my child whatever he needed. FM - Steven was born on December 27, 1950. For 40 years you kept silent. Why do you choose to speak now? MB - Lyndon is no longer alive and I lost my son in 1990. The circumstances of his death, the rampant cancer, caused me to speak up. I had to talk of Dallas and the power of Texas on Washington politics. Lyndon was created by two millionaires from here, H.L.Hunt and Sid Murchinson. FM - You know them? MB - Yes. You know, in the 50’s and 60’s Dallas was a small city. You just had to be part of the right crowd. I was lucky enough to be at the right place at the right time. For example, I saw Hunt every morning. We parked our cars side by side in the lot. FM - What kind of man was he? MB - Sure of himself. He knew the power of money. He believed in Lyndon even if he was himself an ultraconservative. The funniest thing is that he didn’t look like a millionaire. People who didn’t know him thought he was this poor old man. FM - What did he think of Kennedy? MB - He hated him. After Lyndon’s defeat in 1960 at the democratic convention and the choice of JFK as candidate, he said that he had lost a battle but that he was going to win the war. A few days before JFK was to come to Dallas, Hunt put up posters against the president in his car. He was proud of that and was afraid of no one. FM - Did you also know Jack Ruby? MB - Like everyone else here. It was impossible not to know him. If you met him on the street and you didn’t know him, he would come up to you and give you his club card. Often after work we would meet friends there to play cards. FM - Did Hunt go to Ruby’s club? MB - Sometimes. Hunt was an avid poker player and Jack would set up these great games for him. At the time, Jack could organize anything as long as it was illegal. He was everywhere. He knew everyone in the Dallas Police Department. He too hated Kennedy. FM - Before November 22, 1963, did he speak of Kennedy’s visit to Dallas? MB - About 10 days before it was announced in the papers, Jack came to our table. He was proud to have a map of the President’s route through Dallas. All the while, we weren’t aware that Kennedy was even coming to Dallas. He was always the first to know everything. FM - What was your reaction when Ruby killed Oswald? MB - I thought right away that he was there because someone had asked him to and he had no choice but to do it. FM - Coming back to Lyndon Johnson. What was his reaction like when he was defeated in 1960? MB - He was so disappointed. He wanted so much to become president, not to mention that he hated the Kennedy’s with a passion. It was a terrible set back. Every time he spoke of John or of his brother Bobby it was with such vehemence, calling them Irish bastards and even worse! But honestly, the Kennedy’s made his life difficult and hated Lyndon just as much. FM - What was Lyndon like in 1963? MB - He was anxious, very worried. He was involved in all kinds of business and was convinced that Kennedy would not keep him on the presidential ticket in 1964. He was afraid everything would stop. I felt that every time we met, he could escape all that for a few hours. FM - You told me you saw Lyndon on November 21, 1963. Is that right? MB - Perfectly. It was a surprise. I was invited to a party at Murchison’s Dallas residence. The party was given in honor of Edgar Hoover, the FBI’s chief. Richard Nixon was there. John McCloy, a future member of the Warren Commission was there also. Lyndon arrived late. I didn’t even know he was there. He, Hunt and others immediately locked themselves in a room for a ten minute conference. When Lyndon came out he spotted me. He seemed so angry and had a dreadful look on his face. He came up to me and whispered: "After tomorrow, those damn Kennedy’s will never stand in my way again. That’s not a threat, it’s a promise". I’ve never forgotten that. FM - What was your reaction? MB - I didn’t really react. I couldn’t imagine that his words would ever ring true. Lyndon was extremely angry with JFK. It was just one more time. The next morning, four hours before the assassination, I spoke to Lyndon on the phone at the hotel where he stayed with Kennedy. He told me the same thing again and I told him we’d see each other again and I would make him forget whatever plagued him. FM - I hope you realize the impact of what you are implying. You’re implicating the vice-president in the crime of the century. MB - I don’t know if Lyndon was the instigator of this crime. It could be. All I know is what he told me on the 21st and repeated on the 22nd. About a month after, I had wanted to know for sure so I asked him if he was involved in the Kennedy murder. He got so angry that I regretted ever bringing it up. Then he told me (You know my friends - they killed him.) He was talking of those millionaires. FM - He didn’t say anything else? MB - No and I never brought it up again. But I would like to tell you this about Hunt. A few minutes after the assassination, he went to Washington to give Lyndon a hand. When he came back a little before Christmas, he was a totally different man. Like an incredible weight was lifted off his shoulders. One day, he told me, smiling, (We’ve won the war) I’m sure he was referring to Kennedy. JFK: The Coup. 7 pieces of evidence to prove it. The Kennedy assassination could well be a conspiracy. At least seven pieces of evidence bring light today on the complicity between certain parties in the highest echelons of American politics. For William Reymond, thirty-five years after the murder, it is more than evident that Washington and the vice-president, LBJ, were directly involved in the plot that caused JFK’s death. (Captions of pictures plus descriptions) 1 - Lee Bowers, the eyewitness from his footbridge, rail employee notices on the morning of the murder, three men’s strange presence in a restricted access parking lot. He notifies the police after hearing gun shots but curiously the suspects are released. On the morning of November 22, Lee Bowers, a railway employee, at work in the switch tower overlooking the parking lot behind the Dealey Plaza. At as early as 10 A.M, the employee notices the comings and goings of cars in a restricted zone where the circulation is usually not allowed. He also realizes that all three of the cars’ plates are covered in mud and indecipherable, and that the drivers seem to be using walky-talkies to communicate. At about 12:15 P.M, Bowers sees three men, one with a gun, standing behind the wood fence looking on the presidential route. He imagines that these are Secret Service men, responsible for Kennedy’s security. At 12:30 P.M, shots coming from the trees startle him. This witness never says much more than this. In August 1966, he mysteriously dies in a car accident. 2 - The three tramps. Max, a French mercenary, is one of the three clean-shaven and shoe shined hobos called in and released by the police after the assassination. Because of Lee Bowers, the three hobos are arrested less than 40 minutes after the shooting. In fact, none of these men are vagrants. In reality, they are part of a group of paid killers lead by a French mercenary known as Max. The first clue that may lead to believe that they are not vagrants is their tidy appearance - they are clean and well groomed. Secondly, they are surprisingly released less than two hours after their arrest and extradited to Canada following an order from Washington. And at last, a photograph taken of Lee Harvey Oswald in July 1963, in the streets of New Orleans. Distributing pro-Castro pamphlets, Oswald is alongside a man that could well be Max, the French mercenary. This man had in fact left France illegally through Spain and had landed in Louisiana in June of 1963 to join the training camp at Lake Pontchartrain. JFK’s assassins will be recruited at that same camp. 3 - The uniformed sniper. Noticeable in a series of amateur photographs, a uniformed sniper behind the trees in front of the presidential car discredits the conclusions of the Warren Commission. For the last 35 years, Jack White has collected all the pictures and films that have to do with the assassination. Through his findings, we have discovered that photographs of Oswald with the firearm used in the assassination were fake. His intense examination of the Polaroid taken by Mary Moorman at the exact moment when Kennedy was being shot has led him to discover what he believes may be one of Kennedy’s assassins. In fact, after enlargement, White has discovered, hidden in the foliage, a man in a police uniform, ready to shoot. This finding confirms two essential testimonies. A few days before his death, Lee Bowers had confided in writing to a Canadian researcher that the men behind the wooden fence were wearing the Dallas Police Department uniform. Also, Mary Moorman contends that she saw, a few seconds after the gun shots, a man moving away from the wooden fence. She is convinced that the man she saw was Roscoe White, a two week old member of the DPD. White is a key player in this deal. An acquaintance of Oswald during his military service, a sharpshooter and a member of a right-wing army, the man is married to Geneva, a strip-teaser at Jack Ruby’s club. A little before his death in a mysterious explosion, Roscoe White would confess later to his involvement in the assassination of public figures. 4 - The umbrella man. Found on amateur film, a man shaking and umbrella over his head and his companion with a camera activates the second group of snipers. After the shots, the two men silently disappear. A precise analysis of the pictures taken a little after the first series of shots lets us see the behavior of the two men obviously posted to supervise the shooting. One of them, dressed in black, shakes an umbrella high over his head precisely as JFK’s Lincoln goes by. At that moment, the car stops and Kennedy is shot in the head. Next to umbrella man is a southern looking chap is the radio contact. After two shots, both men, extremely calm despite the panic around them, wait until the confusion is at its highest before leaving the scene separately. In the enlarged photograph, one can see the transistor box under his arm as he walks towards the freeway, a surprising destination for a pedestrian. 5 - The Harper fragment. Found by a student the next day, a piece of JFK’s cranium supports the thesis of a frontal shot. On November 23, 1963, Billy Harper, student, came to pay his respects at the scene of the crime, discovers on the lawn a piece of bone covered in blood. It was to the left and behind the limousine’s location at the time of crime. The fragment is photographed and analyzed by a Dallas forensic doctor. The bone fragment is part of JFK’s rear cranial box. This proves a frontal shot. The piece of evidence is sent to the White House, after which it disappears. This too is an essential element of this slight of hand. It not only confirms the existence of a second sniper but also proves that the Kennedy x-rays were falsified. These were taken in the early hours of November 23, present is the bone fragment, found hours later at Dealey Plaza. 6 - The windshield. This important piece of evidence that could have been studied for bullet impact was put under the watchful eye of the Secret Service. Despite this, the windshield was replaced three days after the assassination. The unstudied impact of the bullets on the Lincoln’s windshield proves also this power conspiracy. Doug Weldon, an independent researcher, has been able to collect a testimonial from one of the heads of the Ford shop in Michigan, responsible for the replacement of the windshield. The destruction of a piece of evidence despite the fact that the Secret Service and the Whitehouse were to keep a watchful eye only proves more strongly how far Johnson and his cohorts will go to hide the truth. A drawing done by the FBI, for the Warren Commission, but never presented as evidence, shows bullet marks that indicate a shot coming from the front. 7 - The lost bullet. Even if it was found by the police after the shooting, the forth bullet, destroying the official story, was never found later. Pictures taken minutes after the shooting show the discovery by the police of a bullet on Dealy Plaza. This proves at least the presence of a second sniper. The Warren Commission has always contended that Oswald shot three times: the first shot missed the mark, the second, called the magic bullet, caused 6 injuries and the third hit the president. This fourth bullet would have discredited this theory. It is probably why, despite the photographs, it has never been found. AUTOPSY OF A CRIME Because JFK’s fiscal policy the interests of oilmen, the Texas magnate, Haroldson L. Hunt, promises the president’s defeat. The financing is up to him and his powerful friends. It’s up to Johnson, his ally, and his buddies, to execute the plan. To understand the shooting at Dealey Plaza, one has to look at the military operations of this type. One rule is undeniable - the 3C’s - collusion - control - cash. The presidential assassination demanded collusion in the secret service, the Dallas police and incredible control over the investigation that would ultimately follow such an act. For this, enormous financial backing was needed. Even discounting Madeleine Brown’s testimony, Johnson’s presence is felt throughout the events surrounding Kennedy’s death. We feel it as early as June 5, 1963 does. That day, JFK is at El Cortic Hotel in El Paso where he participates in secret meeting with Johnson and Governor Connally. The two Texans made the president promise that he would visit Dallas that fall. Five months before the shooting, they were the only ones who knew of Kennedy’s plan. In July, Clay Shaw, a businessman from New Orleans, a former CIA agent, recruits a team of mercenaries at Pochartrain. Shaw worked for Hunt, the man who was financing Johnson’s political career. Another element that needed to be controlled was the president’s itinerary through the streets of Dallas. Overstepping his boundaries, Connally went over Jerry Bruno’s head, imposing the route to follow despite Bruno’s role as official responsible for the president’s visits. Better yet the first draft did not include the turn on Elm Street, a key turn that facilitated the snipers’ job. It was Connally’s assistant, Jake Puterbaugh that imposed the change on November 20th. In 1963, Connally was nicknamed Little Boy Johnson. As Madeleine Brown recounts, following JFK’s assassination, Johnson was deadly afraid of Connally talking. On November 22, as the procession was about to start, members of the Secret Service made last minute changes to the plan. Not only is the fleet of escorts reduced by half, but the press car that usually precedes the presidential limousine is placed at the end of the procession for the first time since 1960. That was there were no reporters or cameras on Dealey Plaza as the shooting took place. As vice-president, Lyndon Johnson controlled half of the Secret Service men on site. As future president, he promised immunity to those who took part in the crime. CONTROL Another important detail, evident on an amateur film, is the behavior of Johnson’s bodyguards a few seconds before the shooting. The doors of the car escorting LBJ opens so to protect the vice-president, Also, according to Senator Yarborough who was riding with LBJ, he would have used the portable car radio to find out how the president’s ride was going just as they were turning on to Dealey Plaza. Right after Kennedy’s death Johnson became the country’s 36th. president. He could then control the investigation and preserve his own immunity as well as that of his accomplices. According to Doug Weldon the two witnesses, Johnson would have given the order to clean the presidential car when JFK was still in intensive care. Then, Johnson would have asked his right hand man, Cliff Carter, to retrieve Connally’s blood stained clothing from the Parkland hospital and to get them cleaned thus destroying important evidence in the process. The autopsy performed on JFK is also questionable. The existing pictures and x-rays were rigged. First brought to the national archives in Washington, JFK’s brain later disappears, making it impossible to discount the autopsy findings. Under strict military control, those who performed the procedure are bound by silence. One of them, Doctor Humes, will later admit destroying his first report as well as the notes taken while examining the body. On Monday November 25th. the Lincoln’s windshield is replaced while under the Whitehouse’s responsibility. Who but Johnson had the power to give such orders and to cover up these facts? Whitehouse telephone recordings in the days following the shooting show Johnson enticing prominent figures to join the Warren Commission. Though he knew that the Soviets were not behind the assassination, Johnson used the threat of nuclear war to dissuade Earl Warren from looking for a conspiracy. According to Evelyn Lincoln, JFK’s faithful secretary, he has wanted to cut clean from Johnson because of his involvement in dubious affairs. "Johnson will not be part of the ticket" he told his secretary before leaving for Texas. During a press conference three weeks earlier, JFK would have told reporter from Washington Post that he was willing to get to the bottom of things "despite the consequences" or "whatever they would find at the end of the trail" when asked about the Bobby Baker case, an acquaintance of LBJ, accused of corruption. All criminal proceedings somehow related to LBJ were stopped after November 11, 1963. CASH From humble beginnings, Johnson became rich because of politics. Texas millionaires like Clint Murchinson but especially Haroldson Lafayette Hunt financed his career. Johnson’s mistress, Madeleine Brown, confirms that Hunt was present at the November 21st party where the attack was planned. In November 1963, Hunt, considered the richest man on earth, had his share of reasons to finance JFK’s disappearance. This man would set aside 2 million every year to finance anti-Kennedy propaganda. His immense fortune was related to the oil industry. But in October 1963, Kennedy announced that he would consider the fiscal policies surrounding oil revenues. Hunt contended that "Kennedy laws were dangerous for the American economy". If Johnson, as president, had taken up where JFK had left more than 280 million a year would have left the pockets of the Texas oil kings. END All the photographs are not new they have been available to the research community for a long time. I have not had time to study this article closely but one thing appears to be clear the Oswald letter to a Mr. Hunt was to Haroldson L. Hunt. Jim Davies