Should you choose to respond to my message, might I ask you to amplify on this portion of your remarks?
All of the aforementioned FBI "quotes" stand in stark contrast to what the FBI told Robert Welch and the JBS leadership in the 60s
I presume you are referring to the numerous quotes by FBI officials that I presented in my Report. Aside from Hoover, I frequently quoted Assistant Directors in Charge of FBI Divisions as well as Section Chiefs within the Bureau's Domestic Intelligence Division--its primary internal security unit.
Your comment seems to suggest that you have seen documents that contradict the substance of what I have quoted. In particular, you seem to be suggesting that you have seen FBI letters addressed to Robert Welch which contradict what I have written. Is that what you intended to say?
If so, then please share more details. Since I have every letter written by J. Edgar Hoover to Robert Welch and every letter written by Robert Welch to Hoover, I am curious, to say the least, about what your comments mean.
In closing, I wonder if you would like to comment on why Mrs. Welch withdrew her support from the Birch Society after her husband died. Also, why so many prominent JBS members (including National Council members, lifetime members, Coordinators, and authors such as Gary Allen, Alan Stang, John Rees, and even Editor Scott Stanley Jr.,) all left in droves? Is it true that Cong. Larry McDonald announced plans for a thorough housecleaning at JBS HQ just before his death?
If you prefer to send me an email to discuss this further, please do so: Ernie1241@aol.com
P.S.:
(1) Incidentally, the California Factfinding Subcommittee on Un-American Activities went out of business about 30 years ago, so anyone wanting a copy of their Reports should submit an Inter-Library loan request via their local library (if not already in their library's holdings). Aside from the 1963 and 1965 Reports, I encourage interested parties to request the 1959 Report in order to see their discussion of Dr. Harry Overstreet--who was the subject of an incredibly dishonest Birch Society hatchet job.
(2) Anyone interested in reading the most recent edition of my JBS Report (now 35 pages in length) may contact me for a copy. I've expanded it to add new material. The next edition, which should be finished in 5-7 months, will add new Chapters to discuss data never previously available including
(a) Robert Welch's use (despite his early denials) of his "private letter" The Politician as a recruitment tool for the JBS in 1959 and 1960, and,
(b) A history of critical commentary on the JBS long before the so-called "mother article" appeared in a Communist newspaper in February 1961. The JBS has always claimed that this so-called "mother article" precipitated all the attacks on the JBS--i.e. our news media was just following Communist instructions! This is only believed by people who had neither the time or inclination to do research---which probably means 99.9% of Birchers.
(c) A much-expanded Chapter on "Birch Society Experts" which will reveal, for the first time, information concerning Dan Smoot's FBI service and post-FBI anti-Communist career plus new information on Julia Brown, Delmar Dennis, and Lola Belle Holmes--all of whom gave speeches under the auspices of the Birch Society's front groups.
Again, to all readers. Please spend an equivalent amount of time reading the JBS' own printed materials, books, etc. as you do those of its detractors. Then those who are honest and objective can judge for themselves which side is telling the truth. I have no doubt there are many who are honest on this website; and many who are not.
I spent 12 years on the JBS staff and I am here to tell you that while no one - not even those who are members and staff personnel of the JBS -- are perfect [much less its detractors]; but the two aforementioned are doing all that they can to preserve liberty and the republic in conjunction with the principles of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
Thank God, Jehovah will be the ultimate Judge as to intent and actions. He, Who can read the heart will see through the dishonest and they will be judged accordingly.