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I also wish to add, regarding page 11, that I opposed Gary's
idea of "getting" Martin Luther King next. Gary and I disagreed
about King as much as we agreed about JFK, and it always seemed to
him to bait me on this subject. I believe I said, "What do you
want amuse to get Martin Luther King for?" in an irritated tone of voice,
and at the I think top of Gary page just 12 laughed. therefore refer Both the to Kennedy, assassination not King. suggestions
Regarding page 18: In 1964 Slim was living on Esplanade, right
next to the Quorum coffee house; my next visit to New Orleans
after that was in 1965, not 1966 (I got our two trips to Pennsylvania
mixed up) and in 1965 Slim was, I think, living on Chartres or
possibly Royal, not yet on Decatur.
Regarding page 28: the exact location of the Freedom School was
in Larkspur, Colorado, and it has since changed its name to Ramparts
College and is now located in Santa Ana, California.
I have also remembered recently that once Gary told me that in
order to take over the governnent you had to build an organization
that was "neither fish nor fowl" -- that defied ordinary categories
of classification so that it would have low visibility. To me,
who wanted to build a nass-supported grass-roots revolutionary
free enterprise movement and march on Washington, this seemed like
a rather bizarre and unattractive suggestion. Also, I cannot seem
to recall what was the "fish" and what was the "fowl" in this case,
but it seems to me that the organization which assassinated JFK,
according to most recent literature on the subject, was indeed
neither fish nor fowl with regard to organized crime and, the
intelligence community.
Shortly after the assassination I received a letter from
Marguerite Oswald requesting a copy of The Idle Warriors, and
giving the impression she thought it had been published. I did
not answer it because it struck me as a very bizarre and deranged
little note at the time, and I had enough other troubles on my
mind. Clint Bolton asked me if he could have the letter, and I
gave it to him.
It has since struck me that Clint may have passed the letter
on to Bannister or someone, who may have passed it on to Kirstein,
who may have answered it in my name, with either the Olympia
typewriter or the "controversial" typewriter which Clint loaned
me in the autumn of 1963. I seem to recall Garrison questioning
me with great suspicion regarding the letter I received from Mrs.
Oswald and how I disposed of it.
Just a possibility, but one which ought to be easy to check
out via Mrs. Oswald.
In 1966 I was associated with a Texan named Bill Manning, Jr.,
who had contacted me through Innovator with a schreme to build a
libertarian utopia in the San blas islands of Panama. Hanning
turned out to be quite a rip-off artist and finally left LoA.
bouncing checks in all directions. I doubt if he was connected
with the assassins, but it is a possibility that recently crossed
my mind. It might be worth a check to see if he was associated
with Hosty.
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