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The similarities between the Kennedy and King assassina-
tions -- the obviously professional marksmanship, the
prompt government announcements prior to any investiga-
tion that no conspiracy existed, the transparent use
of scapegoats and the immediate dissemination of jack-
straws of misleading data -- are too familiar to require
elaboration. In my considered judgment there is no
doubt that the murder of John Kennedy and Martin Luther
King were accomplished by the Central Intelligence Agency
of the United States an agency which specializes in
deception and is also in the business of assassination.
I would add to that observation tha t it is a probability
that Senator Robert Kennedy was removed by the same
organization although by a slightly different technique
-- this being more likely a case of instigation and
motivation rather than an apparatus project.
At the present the cold War, including the Viet Nam
conflict, is a business *grossing eighty billion dollars
a year in America. The men who profit from this business
and the men who have acquired incredible power as a
result of the perennial war tensions will not tolerate
for very long any peace talk from individuals whose
charisma or whose political power make them a threat to
the continuation of the economic and power benefits of
the Cold War. Inasmuch as this force, powerful as it is,
is not equipped to assert itself in any public forum it
must physically remove those who can in order to survive.
Furthermore this force, which presently is in control of
America, believes that violence is the ultimate solution
to any problem. This is why the present period is a
most dangerous one not merely for America but for the
world.
2.
5.
How would you have handled the investigation of the
Martin Luther King assassination, if it had occurred
within your jurisdiction?
A.
It is almost impossible to conduct an effective investi-
gation of a sophisticated intelligence operation with
ordinary law enforcement machinery. All you really see
are the results: a torn head or severed vertebrae,
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