-Caveat Lector-
an excerpt from:
Were We Controlled?
Lincoln Lawerence(C) 1967
University Books, Inc.
New Hyde Park, N. Y.
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A very interesting book. A bit of a hard read at the beginning, but then, the
author(a psuedonymn) is covering some hard to grasp subjects.One thing to
notice is that the operation( or at least parts of it ) began before even JFK
was elected. Also there are very many interesting facts and theories
presented.
This book has recently br reissued as -
MIND CONTROL, OSWALD & JFK: Were We Controlled?
by Kenn Thomas
Adventures Unlimited Press
POB 74 Kempton, IL 60946
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1
Were We Controlled?
Let us note for future generations that the whispered rumors about the
assassination of John F. Kennedy and the printed news stories differed
greatly. This book concerns itself with one of the most significant of these
rumors, one which, at the very least, deserves careful study.
In the Dallas rumors, as in all rumors, there is a kernel of truth to be
found in some. And in those which are vicious and cruel, there is a momentary
reflection of all of us . . . at our gossiping worst.
In a sense, our reflected image- how we really are is part of the reason
for what happened. Rumors and their evaluation, therefore, have a place in
the over-all historical analysis that our grandchildren will some day make of
the tragedy.
This account, by its very form, is a most unusual document. Taking the
bare threads of a rumor, we will weigh on the scholars' scale the
reputations, names and actions of real people and corporations who, before
this report, have not been associated in the public's mnind with the
assassination.
This is a very delicate matter . . . and if you read further, it must be
with the understanding on your part that you completely comprehend the fact
that scientific speculation is necessary to decide whether the rumor is
unfounded or not. Much as a major intelligence agency may explore a hundred
hypothetical "possibles" (however bizarre) to find tlhe one "definite" that
fits with the facts . . . so we are going to travel down one hypothetical
pathway.
We are therefore requesting that you read further only as if you were a
trusted, discreet, cool-headed member of an intelligence group. You are
following a hypothetical proposal dealing with the most sensitive kind of
speculation about a plot which includes perfectly respectable everyday people
who may be in no way guilty of any kind of criminal act!
At the very least . . . you are in for an exercise in deduction. You will
be given in the pages that follow . . . certain information about Behavior
Control that you have never been given before!
Many of the experts in the field believe you are not ready for this
briefing. We disagree. You will learn things about the assassination,
startling things —relvealed by three years of secret research—that you will
fInd breathtaking! We are not speaking about the endless analyses of the
trajectory of the bullets or how many were fired. We feel there is a certain
futile sadness about the well intentioned efforts that are still being made
in that direction. Much of the discussion of whether the bullets entered from
the front or the back of the President's body is point less since the passing
of time has so clouded the facts that exact evaluation is next to impossible.
Are we never going to be allowed to heal the wounds within all of us that
were made by the shock of losing John F. Kennedy? Warmed-over second guessing
about clinical details of wounds only serve to haunt and horrify—not to prove
a case.
As for Mrs. Kennedy's heroic, torturous hours, you will read no more of
them in this book. Neither for the sake of book sales nor for the sake of
legal pertinence do we believe that they have any tasteful place in an
analysis of what happened. It is well past the time when the curtain of
privacy should allow her some peace.
Time and events have shrunk the chance we had to accurately count the
bullets and probe the witnesses' minds but there are still big questions that
can be answered . . .
We believe the real challenge is to those inllelligence experts all over
the world who were left a mocking challenge as Jack Ruby's bullet found its
target.
After thorough study, it is my conclusion, the good men who labored on the
Warren Cornmission Report did a yeoman job. This, I believe, despite the fact
that they did not produce a document that eliminated all doubts.
On June 30, 1966, Chief Justice Warren made the following statement to
James Feron of The New York Times:
"We wrote our report—it was the best we could do after ten months of
intensive research —and we delivered to the National Archives every document
that we had, every working paper and the differences of opinion in staff and
ourselves as we went along.
"It would be easy for anyone who wanted to find some adverse conclusion to
find differences of opinion, but that was our conclusion, it was unanimous,
it was the best work we couId do in ten months.
“On that Commission were representatives, and very responsible
representatives, of both parties in our Government and all we can say is that
the report was the best effort we could possibly make."
Law enforcement agencies did more than capable work on many levels. I
firmly believe that this is so after applying a series of unique yardsticks
to the puzzle.
Why then the flaws in their case?
Could it be that the crime was planned and carried out using new
procedures and tools designed to withstand exactly the kind of scrutiny
applied to it? Were extraordinary, ultra-sophisticated methods utilized for a
solution-proof crime?
Is it possible that truly clever criminal minds actually were able to
obliterate the visible facts and thereby limit the judicial vision of men
like those who contributed to the Warren Report?
We humans are partly an intuitive space animal. It is not possible to
destroy the feeling that lies some times mysteriously within us—a feeling
that something happened that we can neither describe nor classify. This is
true of what happened in Dallas . . . and in this book . . . for the first
time . . . we will more in a new direction behind the surface facts of the
assassination . . . and reach briefly into the dark in an unprecedented kind
of search for the truth!
When we decided to compile the “rumors” about Dallas for later evaluation,
we frankly did not expect they would range quite as far from normal paths
as they did.
We will not insult your intelligence by wasting type on the rumors about
Those High Up in Washington who were behind it all. The Havana, Moscow,
Peking origination—we have carefully considered and have rejected. Oswald's
involvement for whatever psychological or political reasons with these three
forces, we have decided, was not the key raison d'etre of the assassination.
Amazingly enough, although we went into our investigation with, we thought,
rather cynical world-weary eyes, used to almost everything, a few of the
rumors did catch us off guard!
We must tell you about them before we get down to serious business.
We were told quite flatly that there was in existence a report that named
three men who concocted a diabolical plot to kiIl JFK. It was supposed to be
fifty-eight pages in length and was circulating in Chicago. We thought that
this was a slim lead, but decided that we must find it and read it.
In view of the fact that we devoted most of our waking hours for three
years to this investigation, perhaps it isn't surprising that we did indeed
find that ''report''!
Its author, David M. Warren, refers to it as an "explosive documentary
novel." In the early pages appears the claim that it "blows the lid off the
secrecy surrounding the facts of Kennedy's assassination."
Mr. Warren begins his strange story with these words: “Contrary to the
findings of the FBI and the Presidential Investigating Commission, there was
a plot behind the senseless slaying of President John F. Kennedy . . . The
killing was not the work of a lone assassin as most people have been led to
believe . . . A private investigating firm located in New York City have in
their possession documented evidence which backs up this charge."
Mr. Warren's cast of characters includes two directors of the plot and a
third person who was the key man in the plot. The fatal shot was fired by a
marksman other than Lee Oswald, and Oswald was merely a dupe used by the key
man.
This odd document ends with a strange statement. In the beginning of his
narrative, Warren writes, "Part of the mass of evidence unearthed by the
private investigators included a diary, a small black book that contained, in
shorthand, a detailed account of the plot to assassinate the President."
At the very end, after hinting the federal government may be ignoring the
truth and embracing an "un-Godly philosophy," he concludes with:
“. . . in the meantime, this writer's beliefs are inclined to be in rapport
with the revela tions which are contained in the little black diary.
“ And if there is anybody, or any governmental agency with evidence in
their possession which wiII refute the contents of the dialry, let them come
forward and present their case.
"The world waits."
In the thought that perhaps we did not quiee com prehend what Mr. Warren
meant when he labeled his work a “documentary novel" we went back to the
dictionary for these definitions.
“Novel"—story with characters and a plot; fictional prose.
"Documentary"—something that proves by documents.
Evidently Mr. Warren believes the “little black diary" is a document that
prolves his prose.
We concluded that Mr. Warren's fascinating account was not the one rumor we
would choose to do in-depth surgery on but we made a note to our selves to
remember to place in this book the address that would enable authorities
curious about this little document to peruse it to their heart's content. May
we suggest they visit 2715 North Pulaski Road, Chicago? ~This address was
valid in 1965).
In August of 1964, there appeared in The New York Times an arresting
advertisement that was missed by many eyes because it was rather smaII in
size and crowded with small type.
Before the paper was on the stands, we were alerted to obtain it for study.
The headline in the copy read:
WAS THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION ENGINEERED?
A printed report was offered (for about the cost of printing and postage)
by a group in Washington D. C. This and other material published by it under
the banner of L’Avant Garde Press suggested that "Psychic Displacement" was
the instrument of both the assassination and other events which have occurred
since October of 1962. After subjecting L'Avant Garde's output to close
scrutiny, we came to a personal conclusion that it was sincerely presented,
but to be polite about it, very much on the improbable side. We simply did
not find any relevance in it to the reality of the situation we were
investigating.
(L'Avant Garde and its chief researcher, William R. Smith, have
subsequently [1966] offered to a private mailing list a 240 page thesis on
the doings in Dallas entitled “Assassination by Consensus." This
mimeographed report makes a more determined effort to explain what is meant
by "psychic displacement.” Despite some incredibly wild conclusions . . .
this offering does bring out one or two minor points that so far eluded Lane,
Epstein, Sauvage et al. Smith did considerable research and per haps serious
students of Dallas should make an eflort to add his book to their files.)
The next rumor that was researched as a "possible" was the "warning" rumor.
This one was particularly fascinating!
We were told that a magazine published in August of 1961 had printed an
open letter to JFK which bore the heading,
"ATTENTION PRESIDENT KENNEDY!
Read the story MURDER IN TEXAS!"
The author of the open letter was a prominent American writer, William
Bradford Huie. It was a factual account of some dark doings of an alleged
political assassin residing in Mexico.
There were, in this tightly written account, some unfortunate and
tasteless references to a certain figure now prominent in Washington which
preclude my quoting the piece in detail. I do not mean this in any way as a
criticism of Mr. Huie's research or intent. Indeed it was a bravely written
crusading piece which cried for justice in a situation where it seemed to be
thwarted. It was a plea to Kennedy to extradite the purported assassin from
Mexico by using the power of the White House. Although the article itself
did not relate to what actually did later happen in Texas, the irony of the
title is undeniable.
Next, we came to a rumor that was so hush-hush that it barely surfaced
often enough to be grasped. This was one a few “old pros" in the intelligence
field kicked around in high circles . . . but not very often because it was
quite complicated and terribly involved. It was not something you could
speculate over while having a cocktaiI after work. It demanded hours just to
comprehend the skeleton of the rumor . . . and was therefore not often passed
from one to another.
We originally heard of it as "The Wall Street Rumor" . . . and we have
lived with it so long now that we refer to it simply as The Rumor. And that
is what it is . . . terrifyingly, incredibly . . . if you will . . complefely
unbelievable! It is though a tauntingly alive rumor that we simply could not
turn our back on.
We devoted almost three years to tracking down facts and analyzing them to
prove it out or discount it.
This book is the result.
2.
The Structure of a Rumor
At a distance they looked to the patrons of the crowded Wall Street
restaurant like simply another pair of stock brokers taking their Friday
afternoon martini-and-lunch.
Eavesdrop for a second and listen to their conversation that Friday
afternoon of just a few years ago. It was a Friday that saw the market rock
to its foundations.
The taller man leaned over his drink and ad dressed the younger man in
tones that betrayed his great strain.
"Not since '29 has there been anything like it! . . . and don't tell me
that it's all just accidental!"
The younger man reddened as if the Stock Exchange were something close to
his flesh and blood. "Of course, it's not an accident . . it's the result of
sloppy manipulation. The worst kind of fraud. It just finally blew the top
off the whole thing. Nobody expected it. Certainly none of us wanted it!"
But the older man persisted in making his violent point. "Somebody wanted
it! It couldn't be an accident. Somebody was plunging heavily short. Some
body made a half biIlion dollars and they knew what they were doing! It was
planned to dump the market today. It was planned, I tell you! American
Express might go under . . . Two of the biggest houses flattened. When you
can make all that happen in one day and when you know it’s going to happen,
you can sell short and you can clean up!"
The younger man nodded dubiously, humoring him.
“Look . . . don't doubt me! What more could any one do to knock the props
out from under the market than they've done today. What else could they pull
to get a deliberate drop?"
The younger man shrugged, "Nothing but shoot the President!"
It was exactly at this point, that the waiter deposited two martinis
nervously on their table, spilling part of one.
“Excuse me, gentlemen—but you probably haven't heard the news. It just
came over the radio in the kitchen. They've shot President Kennedy!"
There was a stunned pause and then the younger man whistled softly.
The older man reached uncertainly for his drink —suddenly pale.
3.
The Rumor
A small group of hard-as-steel international criminals (with
German-Argentine intellectual and scientific backgrounds) carefully
calculated that:
The coincidence of the assassination of a President of the United States .
. . and the simultaneous scandalizing and collapse of the commodities market
. . . would rapidly drive the stock market down at least 30 points!
Having advance knowledge of this event . . . the group would sell short on
a heavily financed scale . . . and a profit of perhaps a half-billion dollars
would be divided amongst its members !
Victims of the advanced techniques of behavior control—R.H.I.C. and
E.D.O.M.—L.ee OswaId, Jack Ruby and key figures in the commodities market
were used, without their knowledge, as the human tools by which the end
result would be achieved.. And thus . . . more money was to be accrued from
one single crime than ever before in history!
This, in effect, is The Rumor. The Job of this book is to ascertain
whether the facts support it!
In the course of examining the structure of The Rumor—we will learn just
how far advanced the art of Behavior Control is today. Is it a tool, a
weapon, or at the very worst, a scientific nightmare that threatens our
freedom and security?
pps 9-24
--cont---
Aloha, He'Ping,
Om, Shalom, Salaam.
Em Hotep, Peace Be,
Omnia Bona Bonis,
All My Relations.
Adieu, Adios, Aloha.
Amen.
Roads End
Kris
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