Charles Givens, like Oswald, had left the building after the assassination. Mr. WILCOTT - In 1968. responsibilities were primarily record keeping and disbursing of funds. Strange Deaths Of People Who Knew Too Much About The JFK Assassination: 92 Witnesses, Researchers, CIA Agents, Police Officers, Reporters, Girlfriends Who Just Knew Way Too Much! Mr. WILCOTT - That is correct. Mr. WILCOTT - My. As mentioned, I was forced to flee Dallas until another day. Mr. CORNWELL - In other words, that is, the first two letters or the last ones would have been the same as this? Mr. WILCOTT - That is correct, sir. [26], Pierce Allman, a local newsman, later said that after he approached the TSBD, a man he recalled as Oswald near the front of the building, directed him to a phone inside.[27]. Below is an excerpt from Harriss letter dated December 15, 1992: Enclosed is the Bill Shelley document I read to you over the phone. House of Representatives, Mr. WILCOTT - Yes, I am. Mr. WILCOTT - Yes. Copies of my written testimony have disappeared from my personal files. Mr. WILCOTT - Well, it was "We all know all about you" and signed "The Minutemen" or some very vulgar remarks and "We know all about you and signed "Minutemen." It was a total loss. (Whereupon, a brief recess was taken.) Mr. SAWYER - What would they say? Mr. WILCOTT - I have been trying to talk about this thing and other things for the last ten years. Mr. WILCOTT - No, sir. Afterwards, Joe visited him in his office and could hardly believe the change that came over him. Many notes and gifts, often created by him, are left for us as a tribute to his kindness and love. Mr. GOLDSMITH - Mr. Wilcott, are you here with Counsel today? However, please contact me before mentioning my name to anyone. 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. These ebooks can only be redeemed by recipients in the US. Mr. CORNWELL - I have no further questions. It was an infantry replacement center as well as a German POW camp. From June of 1960 to June of 1964, I was stationed at XXXXXXX Station, and my primary duty was finance and cash disbursements. Mr. DODD - I am a little confused, I suppose, 2 AM, Nov. 23. Mr. WILCOTT - Yes. But you apparently indicated that you feel there was a direct connection between the Bay of Pigs operation and the assassination of the President. Mr. GOLDSMITH - Would those summaries be destroyed as a matter of routine, to your knowledge? Mr. WILCOTT - Most of the people were involved in the civil rights movement or in the antiwar movement in 1968. Mr. GOLDSMITH - Then, by checking your records, which only went back thirty days, isn't it true that you wouldn't have gotten any information concerning Oswald anyway because Oswald had already been dead for one or two months? The two new employees were administered a written questionnaire asking about their opinions of current topics of the day, especially social issues. In addition, all of my interview notes and tapes inexplicably disappeared. Which he was allegedly working for. (National Archives, RG 272) No other event of the last 75 . Mr. WILCOTT - No, I didn't. Mr. WILCOTT - To the best of my recollection, yes. The specific incident was soon after the Kennedy assassination, where an agent, a Case Officer -- I am sure it was a Case Officer -- came up to my window to draw money, and he specifically said in the conversation that ensued, he specifically said, "Well, Jim, the money that I drew the last couple of weeks ago or so was money," either suspicious that many of the other things that happened may have had as its source the CIA. The Three Barons proves that it is possible (with enough research), to reconstruct the organizational chart of the JFK plot. Mr. GOLDSMITH - Have you received a copy of the Committee's rules? Mr. GOLDSMITH - Do you remember where this conversation took place? He passed away on November 15, 2019, after a fall causing brain injury. Additional gift options are available when buying one eBook at a time. Mr. WILCOTT - Yes, I did. Mr. GOLDSMITH - Were there any other times during your stay with the CIA at XXXXXXXXXX Station that you came across information that Oswald had been a CIA agent? I was up to my neck before I realized it. Mr. WILCOTT - No, sir; he was described to me as an, agent and I was led to believe, from the conversations that he was an agent. Mr. WILCOTT - No. Mr. GOLDSMITH - When was the first time that you alleged in public that Oswald was a CIA agent. How long were the XXXXXXXXX cash disbursement files or records retained? Mr. WILCOTT - When I first started speaking, both my wife and I discussed it and we felt that we should be speaking out about not only Oswald but some other things. This was all cash payments and record keeping for the station. Mr. GOLDSMITH - How long were these records maintained? Mr. GOLDSMITH - Was Jerry Fox one of the people that made. Mr. GOLDSMITH - So, does that mean you were able to check back only thirty days from the time that you were given this information? Through another researcher, I obtained Glazes mailing address. Mr. WILCOTT - Surely, sir. Findings of the Select Committee on Assassinations in the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis, Tenn. April 4, 1968. Mr. WILCOTT - The principal reason. Mr. Wilcott. 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. [28] A roll call of warehouse employees seemed to indicate that Oswald was indeed absent. Mr. WILCOTT - Did you vote for President Kennedy? Also at this location were the office suites of eight schoolbook publishing companies, including Scott Foresman, Southwestern, Macmillan, and McGraw-Hill. Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web. He had keen interests in history and weather, and much of his writing related to these. Namely the mention that Shelley was a CIA operative, while at the same time he was an employee in the schoolbook business. Mr. GOLDSMITH - And would he corroborate your observation that Oswald was an agent? Mr. WILCOTT - That is true. [22] Sylvia Meagher, Accessories After the Fact, p. 74. The incident involving two government agents asking new employees strange questions also occurred at this location. And we thought every year it was going to be coming out, and especially I didn't think that -- since what I had heard was all hearsay that I would never have seen Oswald or anything like that -- this is not the kind of thing that would be used for even something like the Warren Commission, and they would have to have something more substantial than that to go on, aside from the fact that I never would have done it in the CIA, being a very risky thing to do with the CIA. Mr. WILCOTT - They never revealed that to me, sir, as far as their relations with Oswald. Mr. GOLDSMITH - Did you check your cash disbursement files? Mr. WILCOTT - Yes. every CIA Case Officer who worked XXXXXXXXXX in 1963? Mr. DODD - Am I to presume that you told your wife of the conversation you had with this case officer at the time it occurred? I will help any wayI just want to be forewarned. He claims the charges were dropped, but he stated that he turned away several newspapers and magazines offering huge amounts of money for his personal account of the assassination. 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. Mr. GOLDSMITH - What do you mean by the term "agent"? Mr. GOLDSMITH - If the agency, in fact, was run on the "need-to-know" basis, how would you account for so many people supposedly knowing that Oswald was an agent? For details, please see the Terms & Conditions associated with these promotions. Mr. PREYER - The Committee will resume. Mr. WILCOTT - That is right. 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. PREYER - And you did mention the case officer who came in and told you that the money he had drawn out a few weeks earlier was drawn out for Oswald? There are photos of him getting into a police car along with Bonnie Ray Williams and Daniel Arce. It has every one that I can remember. Please publish modules in offcanvas position. I . Mr. GOLDSMITH - Are you saying, then, that the cash disbursement files as a matter of routine would be periodically destoryed? [1] Testimony of James B. Wilcott, RIF 180-10116-10096, pp.25-26. Mr. CORNWELL - How many of them were newspaper or magazine reporters or involved in at least the news business ? "It is inconceivable that a secret intelligence arm of the government has to comply with all the overt orders of the government." - CIA CounterIntelligence head James Angleton . Mr. GOLDSMITH - Why not? Mr. GOLDSMITH - Mr. Wilcott, did I ask you to prepare a list indicating the dates that you were employed with the CIA and where you were stationed? men asked the employees point blank if they were members of the C.I.A. It has been directed to the Deputy Chief Counsel in charge of the investigation for his review. There was a lot of excitement going on at the station after the Kennedy assassination. Mr. WILCOTT - Yes, sir. I was scared until the Carter Administration. Mr. GOLDSMITH - So, you first came across this, information in November of 1963, is that correct? ", and they might look it over and retype the accounting for funds for their project and, you know, make changes that they might think were in their interest to do. Shelleys second claim was that he joined the CIA. Mr. PREYER - And dozens of others talked to you in a general, speculative manner? My address is 2761 Atlantic Street, in Concord, and my occupation is electronic technician. Those generations who were there in 1963 are grateful that people like you are continuing the pursuit and taking another look at events which may have been too shocking for the rest of us to ever fully comprehend. Mr. SAWYER - How long were you associated with that? Also Present: Elizabeth Berning, Chief Clerk, and Charles Berk, Betsy Wolf and James Wolf. Mr. WILCOTT - In 1963, I wasn't think that much about it. Dr. King was killed by one rifle shot fired from in front of him. Mr. GOLDSMITH - You testified that your records were only kept for thirty days, is that correct? There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Mr. WILCOTT - Not at this time. His information was that he had been unwittingly involved with paying Oswald through a high security clearance, since he worked in the finance office. Top subscription boxes right to your door, 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon, includes free international wireless delivery via. Do you solemnly swear that the evidence you are about to give before this subcommittee will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God? These companies were part of a complex system involving: (a) the state legislature, which purchased textbooks through a process called adoption, (b) the publishers, who were responsible for maintaining sufficient reserves, (c) the book depositories, which received the books, stored them, and shipped them out as needed to schools around the state. 359-360, 386-387. The CIA and the JFK Assassination. Mr. WILCOTT - That is correct. Mr. WILCOTT - No, I am not saying that. The day after, perhaps, two or three weeks after, the kind of talk was that CIA was somehow connected. Please try again. (Whereupon, a recess was taken while the members of the Committee went to the floor of the House for a vote.). The November 14, 1961 date came from Leon, Sexton branch manager in Dallas from 1961 to 1964. 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