Posted on 01/07/2013 3:18:34 AM PST by Tailgunner Joe
AN explosive new book by a former Foreign Service diplomat reveals evidence which proves the Soviets were behind the assassination of the US President John F Kennedy five decades ago.
Robert Holmes, who worked for the British Government in Moscow for two years in the early Sixties, claims the KGB coerced US-born Lee Harvey Oswald into committing the shooting on November 22, 1963.
Mr Holmes, from Houston, Renfrewshire, believes the Soviet Union – seeking revenge for the West’s “victory” during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis – sent officers to meet Oswald weeks before the murder.
The 72-year-old who held a number of jobs in the diplomatic services during the Cold War, said his theory is supported by “compelling circumstantial evidence” collected during three-and-a-half years of research.
His 325-page book, A Spy Like No Other, focuses on the actions of little-known Stalinist and one-time head of the KGB Ivan Serov, who Mr Holmes believes played a vital role in the assassination.
“There is no doubt in my mind that circumstantial evidence points to Serov having the right characteristics and capabilities to implement such a scheme,” he said. “I truly believe that Serov was responsible for the assassination of Kennedy.
“The book is based on my experiences working in the Foreign Office in London and the time I spent in Moscow in 1961 and 1962.
“That’s when there was a lot going on with espionage, and things were exciting in the British Foreign Service.”
Mr Holmes insists that Serov, along with Stalinist allies Yuri Andropov and Vladimir Kryuchkov, conspired behind the back of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to take revenge on Kennedy for forcing the removal of Russian weapons from Fidel Castro’s Cuba.
He surmises that Oswald was given his orders during a meeting with three Russian “diplomats” – who were, in reality, officers of the KGB – in Mexico City on a Saturday morning 55 days before the assassination.
One of those officers involved was Valery Kostikov, who was known by the CIA to be a specialist in assassination.
It was later said that the discussions were in relation to Oswald’s application for a Soviet Union visa, but Mr Holmes disagrees.
Pointing out that Serov undoubtedly would have known Kostikov, Mr Holmes said: “Three KGB officers would never give up their Saturday morning to discuss visa issues – he would have simply been handed a form and told to return on Monday.
“Immediately after the meeting, they then sent a classified telegram to Moscow – there was something special going on there.”
Serov disappeared in apparent “disgrace” in March 1963 after one of his officers, Oleg Penkovsky was unmasked as an undercover British agent. It was rumoured Serov became an alcoholic and killed himself, but he lived until 1990. However, Mr Holmes believes this was merely a front, masking his involvement in the assassination eight months later.
Providing a detailed account on what was going on behind the scenes between Stalin’s death in March 1953 and President Kennedy’s assassination 10 years later, the book reveals a web of espionage activity and throws light on the actions of the Soviet, American and British security services.
It covers incidents such as the Berlin Spy Tunnel built by US and British agents to intercept Russian phone calls; the treachery of George Blake, a Soviet spy working within MI6; the 1956 Hungarian uprising, and the CIA’s efforts to remove Castro.
Recalling his two years in Moscow, Mr Holmes admitted he had mixed memories of the time he spent in the capital.
He said: “There was very little food, especially fruit and vegetables, and we were always aware that we were constantly being followed by members of the KGB.
“We had to suspect that every room we were in, including our own personal residences, were bugged and we were not allowed to socialise with the Soviets at all.
“Security was paramount and we had to be very, very careful in Moscow. It was difficult at times, but very interesting. There was a feeling that we were part of what was happening.”
Mr Holmes was born and educated in Northern Ireland and was recruited to the British Foreign Services in 1957 as a junior before working his way up the ladder.
He held various positions, which involved consular, political, commercial and management roles, and was posted to Moscow in 1961. He also served in Budapest, Santiago, Chicago and Madrid.
After retiring in 1994 with the rank of First Secretary, he worked for the University of Glasgow for four years and then went on to set up his own consultancy company before turning to writing.
The Zapruder film makes the distance appear more than it really is, not that it was not a skilled shot.
He was standing right in the SE doorway/porch of the SBD best I can tell.
There’s no accounting for “Luck’’ — as in “Lucky Shot” either. Oswald might have just gotten off a one-in-a-thousand shot. It’s hard to accept, I know.
The same could be said of the bullet that nearly killed Ronald Reagan (although I wish I could think of a better term than "Lucky Shot.") John Hinckley did not hit Reagan directly. The bullet that struck the President ricocheted off the side of the presidential limousine, and went through the opening between the side of the car and the edge of the linousine's open door. If the bullet had been a fraction of an inch to either side, it would not have cleared the opening and struck Reagan.
The Walker shooting was at closer ranger, but he didn’t completely miss. His bullet hit the window frame, and got deflected, so Walker was only hit with fragments. That was only the first shot though, and we know the first shot at Dallas missed also. If Oswald had time for a second shot at Walker, Walker would probably be dead too.
“He was standing right in the SE doorway/porch of the SBD best I can tell.”
There was a guy photographed in that location that was a dead ringer for Oswald, however it wasn’t Oswald. That gentleman has been located, and his identity verified.
Don’t forget JFK and the issuance of silver certificates, redeemable in silver. Amazing bills. That would have been b’bye Federal Reserve.
There’s no way to say, really. There are a few witnesses who said they knew each other, but they were mostly strippers who worked for Ruby, and you can find one of those strippers who backs up nearly every conspiracy theory. So, they don’t appear to be very reliable witnesses.
There are some tantalizing connections back in New Orleans though. Ruby owned bars and strip clubs there too, and some of Oswald’s close relatives worked for the organized crime outfits that ran the vice in NO. However, as far as a photograph, phone record, or scrap of documentation that can prove they ever met each other, there is nothing.
I wouldn’t put much stock in Bringuier, because he himself was an intelligence asset. The whole encounter with Oswald on the street, followed by the media coverage of the altercation and arrest, and the radio debate between Oswald and Bringuier was a classic setup. Someone wanted to establish Communist bona fides for Oswald, and what better way to do that than to have him involved in a public altercation with anti-Communists, followed by a media spectacle documenting just how much of a Communist Oswald was?
It only adds up if it was a set-up. Oswald had already tried and failed to join many Communist organizations, including the FPCC. Yet, all of a sudden, he is trying to join anti-Communist organizations? Then, he is handing out FPCC literature, from an organization that wanted nothing to do with him, but the literature has the address of an FBI agent stamped on it? The anti-Castro Cubans, the press, and the police all just happen to show up on the one afternoon that Oswald decides to hand out pro-Castro pamphlets?
Remember, this was during the heart of the Cold War, when it was not fashionable to be a Communist. At that time, there were probably more federal, state, and local informants who were members of Communist groups than actual Communists. So, when you see someone proclaiming very publicly that they are Communist, and staging a publicity stunt along with that, but they do nothing in their day to day lives that corresponds with the activities of real Communists, then it smells like a set up.
Sorry I did not make that clear. That appears to be where Zapruder was standing.
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