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December 30, 2005 in JFK Assassination Debate Share Followers 0 Posted December 30, 2005 I started to read through the HSCA testimony of James Wilcott on the History Matters website, and ran across this line on page 1: "Approximately April-June, 1963, Cryptonym for Oswald Project approx. Mr. WILCOTT - Yes, sir. James B. Wilcott worked for the CIA from May of 1957 to April of 1966. Roy Truly, who started working for the book depository in 1934, took a part-time job at the North American Aviation plant in Arlington, Texas during the war years. Dave -- I can't remember his last name, Deputy Chief of the China Branch; and then a person whose last name was XXXXXXXXX in the XXXXXXXXX Branch. Mr. GOLDSMITH - And when you testified earlier that you learned Oswald's cryptonym, by that do you mean that you learned both Oswald's personal cryptonym and his project cryptonym, or was it one of the two? [4] FBI report of Roy Truly interview by Nat Pinkston, November 23, 1963, File No. Mr. WILCOTT - My boss, Frank O'Connor said that this was told him by the public safety commissioner and that the FBI had told the public safety commissioner. [26] FBI report of Oswald at the police station, Warren Report, p. 619. My address is 2761 Atlantic Street, in Concord, and my occupation is electronic technician. In April of 1966, I resigned from the CIA. Mr. SCHAAP - My name is William Schaap, S - c - h - a -, a - p (spelling), and I am an Attorney here in Washington. Please publish modules in offcanvas position. In the decade following his HSCA testimony, Jim Wilcott joined Vietnam veteran Brian Willson and the Nuremberg Actions community outside the Concord Naval Weapons Station in nonviolent resistance to weapons shipments to the CIA-sponsored Contra war in Nicaragua. Whether they are there now or not is hard to say. It also analyzed reviews to verify trustworthiness. Mr. WILCOTT - Yes. Mr. DODD - It would have been a cryptonym and he was telling you, you had, in fact, made a disbursement? Mr. SAWYER - Do you distinguish between an agent and a paid informant or do you use those terms interchangeably? Mr. GOLDSMITH - Did this Case Officer tell you what Oswald's cryptonym was? Prior to this time, the building was occupied by a wholesale grocery company engaged in supplying restaurants and institutions.[4] The wholesale grocery company was the John Sexton Company. He said there were two musicians who had been with the band since the beginning and he would speak to them. Mr. GOLDSMITH - When was the first time that you alleged in public that Oswald was a CIA agent. During the period, it was unvouchered funds, and my duties were general accounting, and my rate in status was GS-5. Mr. WILCOTT - My wife and I came to believe that what CIA was doing couldn't be reconciled to basic principles of democracy or basic principles of humanism. During a follow up call, he told me that the two musicians were not in contact with former members of the band and knew nothing of their whereabouts nor of their current activities. Mr. WILCOTT - I do. In the work that Oliver Stone has done for his upcoming four-part documentary series on the JFK case, he uncovered information that Truly was not being paid directly through the Texas School Book Depository in 1963. Mr. WILCOTT - Well, from May of 1957 to January of 1960 - Mr. PREYER - It had no relation to your performance? Mr. WILCOTT - I am sorry? I think you are making some important allegations here, and you have been very helpful in giving some witnesses' names through which we might be able to corroborate it, but I think it is very important that we know clearly how much of this was cocktail party talk and how much was shop talk and how much was speculation and rumor and how much was hard fact. Mr. DODD - And your dissatisfaction with the Agency and with the course of American government preceded the actual assassination of President Kennedy? If it is true that Shelley was affiliated in some way with CIA or U.S. intelligence, that would be a disturbing and potentially significant development.[10]. She said that she had been in the personnel department since 1982, and she never knew anyone by that name. I did not pay attention to this at the time. Mr. WILCOTT - No. Did you cover this ground? Mr. WILCOTT - Yes, you did. [13], (As an aside, CIA officer William Harvey worked for Bobbs-Merrill in the last years of his life as a law editor.[14]). Mr. WILCOTT - I really don't know. Write to Editor@jfkfacts.org. I made my call and left. This was preparing and reconciling payrolls. Mr. DODD - As a point of information, are people who work within the Agency fairly careful in their language in describing what the category of certain people are who work for the Agency? She said that no one by the name of Glaze was currently working for the newspaper, nor was that name among the files of past employees. Mr. DODD - I am a little confused, I suppose, I will help any wayI just want to be forewarned. Mr. DODD - Am I to believe by that that you were not aware at the time you made the disbursement that it was, in fact, an Oswald project? And I will ask the question again, okay. Wilcott lost a good job after leaving the CIA after his employer was told he would soon be under incitement when he wasnt and never was. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. I am afraid we are going to have to leave to make this vote right now. There are photos of him getting into a police car along with Bonnie Ray Williams and Daniel Arce. Do you believe that there was such a reference to Oswald? I will give my card to the Committee. The incident interested me enough to question the F.B.I. Mr. PREYER - That was shop talk, speculation, I gather; people were saying that the CIA is somehow connected with it. Its perhaps a moot point anyway, because based on what youve told me, you now know more than I do. He said he went back inside and went into the basement for ten minutes, supposedly eating his lunch.[25]. He was in the military service over there, and so you feel be was a double agent who was trained while he was in the military by the CIA, and you mentioned he was given a Russian course. Mar 26, 2017, 6:30:52 PM to The dubious allegations of James Wilcott, a former CIA finance officer who testified before the HSCA in executive session, are still repeated by theorists promoting. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we dont use a simple average. Mr. WILCOTT - Certainly with George Breen, XXXXXXXXXXX the circle of social friends that we had. Ruffians driving by yelled derogatory things and threw objects at the house such as half-empty beer cans. James Earl Ray fired one shot at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Unknown adversaries tormented Cason so much at his home on Druid Lane, that he was forced to relocate to another part of the city. (2009), James W. Douglass explains this in detail, including the James Wilcott story. Mr. WILCOTT - Yes, you did. In addition, all of my interview notes and tapes inexplicably disappeared. Mr. DODD - In 1957? Mr. WILCOTT - They were extremely vulgar and I don't think that I should give the full context of them. Mr. WILCOTT - Yes, sir. Mr. CORNWELL - To your knowledge, when was the first point in time at which your extra-agency discussions on this subject matter came to the attention of the Agency, if ever? Mr. WILCOTT - Did you vote for President Kennedy? Here, by your own testimony, you were supportive of the President, and certainly the most significant tragedy, I think, probably in the last 15 years or 20 years was the assassination of President Kennedy, and you are told by some who worked for the Agency that Oswald was a CIA agent and you already were dissatisfied with the actions of the Agency and you are told this in 1964 and yet it takes four, years, or two years, after you had left the Agency, recognizing the tremendous import and significance of that, and I am terribly confused as to why you decided to keep that information to yourself and to your wife. Mr. WILCOTT - Most of the people were involved in the civil rights movement or in the antiwar movement in 1968. Try again. With perhaps two CIA agents on the same premises, a careful scrutiny of the company they worked for is needed to understand what happened the day President Kennedy was killed. William Weston began researching the assassination of President Kennedy in 1992, after making a comparison of Anthony Summers excellent book Conspiracy to a book defending the official version called Final Disclosure by David Belin. In late 1977, while working as a reporter for the Avalanche-Journal newspaper in Lubbock, Texas, I submitted written testimony to the United States House of Representatives newly-formed Select Committee on Assassinations. The home of Joe Bergin, Sr. and his wife seemed to have been a target for persecution, perhaps because Mrs. Bergin was strongly pro-Kennedy and actively worked for his election in 1960. He kept his pocket calendars from his years of employment, and he noted when the grocery company moved out of the building to a new facility in another part of Dallas. Mr. Shelly claims to have been an intelligence officer during World War II and thereafter joined the CIA. All I remember is that her husband was previously a member of the musical group The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. She didnt show up for work the next day and didnt pick up her final paycheck. Mr. GOLDSMITH - Do you know whether CIA Headquarters would have had either copies or originals of the cash disbursement files? Last modified on Tuesday, 21 April 2020 03:08, The JFK Assassination Decoded: Two Reviews, Malcolm X's Family to File $100 Million Wrongful Death Lawsuit, Alleging Cover-up of His Murder, A Personal Encounter with the Warren Commission, JFK Medical Betrayal: Where The Evidence Lies by Russell Kent, The CIA and the Texas School Book Depository. Mr. WILCOTT - It is a little bit east of Oakland, California. Mr. GOLDSMITH - So, is your testimony then that even though. Since then, he has written numerous articles on the subject for various periodicals, including The Fourth Decade, Dealey Plaza Echo, and Probe. For many years he assisted organizations that helped veterans, monitored the nuclear power industry, and worked to ensure basic human rights. Mr. PREYER - The Committee will resume. The search for a solution to these riddles leads into the murky world of intrigue involving the FBI and CIA dirty work. Mr. WILCOTT - Not publicly. (Whereupon, a recess was taken while the members of I the Committee went to the floor of the House for a vote.) From January of 1965 to about March of 1965, I was at Langley in the same area, in finance, policing accounts and auditing of special accounts, and I was promoted up to GS-9. Mr. WILCOTT - Well, I was on day duty for the station. Mr. CORNWELL - Did they tell you whether or not you passed the polygraphs? When, exactly, was the very first time that you heard or came across information that Oswald was an agent? Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for The Poison Patriarch : How the Betrayals of Joseph P. Kennedy Caused the. Mr. WILCOTT - Not that I know of. Fritz was on the sixth floor examining the scene when Truly told him of this. Mr. WILCOTT - Jerry Fox, SR Branch, Reid Dennis, Chief of Soviet Satellite Branch; and XXXXXXXXXX, China Branch, and he also had a cover. Mr. GOLDSMITH - And will you tell the Committee what that relationship was? Please try again. House of Representatives, Mr. WILCOTT - That is correct, sir. There is a very large spider guarding this web of secrecy. Mr. WILCOTT - Yes. Which he was allegedly working for. Mr. CORNWELL - Do you remember anything about it? Mr. GOLDSMITH - How long were these records maintained? Mr. CORNWELL - Last November? I am sorry. The Zapruder Film: An Investigative Report, Project Northwoods, Operation Mockingbird And The Assassination Of JFK MLK And RFK: An Investigative Report, JFK ASSASSINATION AND THE DAVID FERRIE FILES: - An Investigative Report With New And Related 2017/2018 JFK Document Releases, Wall Of Secrecy - Inside The JFK Assassination: - How James Angleton & William Harvey Set Up An Assassination Team Inside The CIA, Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Update your device or payment method, cancel individual pre-orders or your subscription at. Mr. GOLDSMITH - So, when the officer told you -- strike that. Mr. CORNWELL - You had signed a secrecy oath while you were employed with the Agency? He stated that he left work because, in his opinion, based upon remarks of BILL SHELLEY, he did not believe that there was going to be any more work that day due to the confusion in the building. Mr. WILCOTT - Oh, yes. Dean was the son of Elzie L. Glaze and Geneva I. Glaze and was born in Lubbock, Texas. I think, or I am certain, in my own mind, that, if these people were approached that some of these people -- I found it very, very difficult to talk about these things that I think ought to be talked about, very difficult. Its also includes links to many hours of online videos you can watch on the evidence covered. phone, and hang up, and I would get notes written in snow or my windshield and I had slips of paper left under my, windshield and this sort of thing. ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY Mr. GOLDSMITH - You have indicated that you were not inclined to go to the Warren Commission because you were concerned about their security? A huge cast of suspects. The stark contrast in the quality of scholarship between the two books was one factor convincing him that there was a huge conspiracy behind the assassination. Mr. GOLDSMITH - Was he a CIA employee? When I interviewed him, he was living alone with his three cats, depending for his income on the charity of his father and disability checks. Give as a gift or purchase for a team or group. It doesn't have every one. TESTIMONY OF JAMES B. WILCOTT, A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY: Mr. GOLDSMITH - For the record, would you please state your name and address and occupation? I apologize." James Wilcott's Testimony Intro Author: Jim Hargrove <hargrove@enteract.com> . Mr. GOLDSMITH - What is the name of the book? The John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Espaol Fall 2017, Vol. At the time he visited the place, Scott Foresman was gone, and a carpet company was occupying the building. Mr. WILCOTT - I don't understand. Joe died on August 29, 2001 at the age of 55. Mr. WILCOTT - Yes sir. Mr. GOLDSMITH - Is the answer to that "yes"? Then in 2009 I read and reviewed James Douglass's masterpiece, JFK and the Unspeakable, and my traumatic memories of 1963 and after came flooding back in full force. Many notes and gifts, often created by him, are left for us as a tribute to his kindness and love. Mr. WILCOTT - -- to the Miami Station. Mr. WILCOTT - Oh, yes. Mr. GOLDSMITH - And finally, as I said at the beginning is it fair to say that you are here voluntarily today? As a CIA employee, Wilcott stated under oath that many people told him that Lee Harvey Oswald was an agent of the CIA after the assassination had occurred. This would include things like: (1) determining lines of fire from upper story windows, (2) planning the access and escape routes for the sniper team, (3) positioning and controlling the designated patsy as a workman inside the building, (4) fabricating evidence such as rifle, cartridges, and paper bag to implicate the patsy, (5) selecting the so-called snipers nest where the ersatz evidence would be planted. Mr. GOLDSMITH - At the time you went to look at the book, Oswald was already dead is that correct? As you can well imagine, she was quite confused because the job was low-paying and involved minor duties. I remember hearing about some CIA people who had somehow helped the right-wing Minute Men in Texas to get arms, originally intended for the invasion. Among the Dallas individuals and companies engaged in supplying arms to Cuban exiles and the Minute Men might have been the ones occupying the building at 411 Elm Street. Mr. WILCOTT - No, I didn't. 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