T h e REALIST Issu e N um ber 117 - Summer, 1991 - P a g e 01 scans of this entire issue found at: http://www.ep.tc/realist/117 Number 117 % Realist Editor: Paul Krassner Nixon claims he read an ad in an I.. A. news­ The Role o f Richard Nixon and George Rush paper, placed by a wealthy group of business­ In the Assassination o f President Kennedy men, led by Preston Bush, the father of George Bush. They wanted a young, malle­ by Paul Kangas Cuban government under Batista. When able candidate to run for Congress. Nixon A newly discovered FBI document reveals Batista was overthrown and fled to Miami, applied for the position and won the job. that George Bush was directly involved in the Rodriguez went with him, along with Frank Nixon became a mouthpiece for the Bush 1963 murder of President John Kennedy. The Sturgis and Rafael Quintero. Officially, group. (Source: Preedotn magazine, 1986, document places Bush working with the now- Rodriguez didn’t join the CIA until 1967, after L.F. Prouty) In fact, Preston Bush is credited famous CIA agent, Felix Rodriguez, recruit­ the CIA invasion of Cuba, in which he partici­ with creating the winning ticket of Eisenhower- ing right-wing Cuban exiles for the invasion pated, and the assassination o f JFK. But rec­ Nixon in 195C. (Source: George Bush, F. o f Cuba. It was Bush’s CIA job to organize ords recently uncovered show he actually Green, Hipocrenc, 1988) the Cuban community in Miami for the inva­ joined the C IA in 1961 for the invasion of Richard Nixon was Vice President from sion. The Cubans were trained as marksmen Cuba when he was recruited by George Bush. 1956 until 1960. In fact, Nixon was given by the CIA. Bush at that time lived in Texas. That is how Rodriguez claims he became a credit for planning Operation 40, the secret H opping from Houston to Miami weekly, “close, personal friend of Bush.” 1961 invasion of Cuba, during his 1959 cam­ Bush spent 1960 and '61 recruiting Cubans in Then “officially” Rodriguez claims he quit paign for President. After Batista was kicked Miami for the invasion. That is how he met the CIA in 1976, just after he was sent to out by the starving people of Cuba, and Fidel Felix Rodriguez. prison for his role in the Watergate burglary. Castro came to power, Castro began telling You may remember Rodriguez as the Iran- Flowever, according to Rolling Stone report­ American corporations they would have to contra CIA agent who received the first phone ers Kohn & Monks (Nov. 3, 1988), Rodriguez pay Cuban employees decent wages. Even call telling the world the CIA plane flown by worse, Pepsi-Cola was told it would now have Gene Hasenfus had crashed in Nicaragua. As to pay world market prices for Cuban sugar. soon as Rodriguez heard that the plane Pepsi, Ford M otor Co., Standard O il and crashed, he called his long-time CIA super­ the Mafia drug dealers decided Fidel had to be visor, who was now Vice President, George I* removed since his policies of requiring corpo­ Bush. Bush denied being in the contra loop, rations to pay market wages was hurting their but investigators recently obtained copies of profits. So the corporations asked then-Vice Oliver North’s diary, which documents Bush’s President Nixon to remove Fidel. Nixon role as a CIA supervisor of the contra supply promised he would, just as soon as he won network. the 1960 elections against some underdog, an In 1988 Bush told Congress he knew noth­ unknown Democrat named John Kennedy. It ing about the illegal supply flights until 19S7, tf would be an easy victory for Nixon. All the yet North’s diary shows Bush at the first plan­ still goes to CIA headquarters monthly to re­ polls had Nixon winning by a landslide. Be­ ning meeting Aug. 6, 1985. Bush’s “official” ceive assignments and have his blue 1987 bul­ sides, Kennedy was a Catholic, and Americans log placed him somewhere else. Such double letproof Cadillac serviced. Rodriguez was would no more elect a Catholic President than sets of logs are intended to hide Bush’s real asked by a Rolling Stone reporter where he they would elect a woman, a black or a Jew. role in the CIA ; to provide him with “plausi­ was the day JFK was shot, and claims he can’t This was 1959. ble deniability." The problem is, it fell apart remember. Nixon told Pepsi, Standard Oil and the other because too many people, like North and George Bush claims he never worked for corporations who lost property, given back to Rodriguez, have kept records that show the CIA until he was appointed Director, by the farmers of Cuba, that if they would help Bush’s CIA role back to the 1961 invasion of former Warren Commission director and then him win, he would authorize an invasion to Cuba. (Source: The Washington Post, 7-10-90) President Jerry Ford, in 1976. Logic suggests remove Castro. To further impress contrib­ That is exactly how evidence was uncovered that is highly unlikely. O f course. Bush has a utors to his campaign, then-Vice President placing George Bush working with Felix company duty to deny being in the CIA. The Nixon asked the CIA to create Operation 40, Rodriguez when JFK was killed. A memo CIA is a secret organization. No one ever a secret plan to invade Cuba, just as soon as from FBI head J. Edgar Hoover was found, admits to being a member. The truth is that he won. stating that, “Mr. George Bush of the CIA ” Bush has been a top CIA official since before The CIA put Texas oil millionaire and CIA had been briefed on November 23rd, 1963 the 1961 invasion of Cuba, working with Felix agent George Bush in charge o f recruiting about the reaction of anti-Castro Cuban exiles Rodriguez. Bush may deny his actual role in Cuban exiles into the CIA ’s invasion army. in Miami to the assassination o f President the CIA in 1959, but there arc records in the Bush was working with another Texas oil man. Kennedy. (Source: The Nation, 8-13-88) files o f Rodriguez and others involved in the Jack Crichton, to help him with the invasion. O n the day of the assassination. Bush was Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba that expose A fellow Texan, Air Force General Charles in Texas, but he denies knowing exactly where Bush’s role. The corporations would not put Cabcl, was asked to coordinate the air cover he was. Since he had been the supervisor for som ebody in charge o f all the state secrets for the invasion. the secret Cuban teams, headed by former held by the CIA unless he was experienced Most of the CIA leadership around the in­ Cuban police commander Felix Rodriguez, and well trained in the CIA. (Source: Project vasion of Cuba seems to have been people since 1960, it is likely Bush was also in Dallas Censored Report, Feb. 1989, Dr. Carl Jensen, from Texas. A whole Texan branch of the CIA in 1963. Several o f the Cubans he was super­ Sonoma State College) is based in the oil business. If we trace Bush’s vising as dirty-tricks teams for Nixon, were According to the biography of Richard background in the Texas oil business we dis­ photographed in the Zapruder film. Nixon, his close personal and political ties cover his tw o partners in the oil-barge leasing In 1959 Rodriguez was a top cop in the with the Bush family g o back to 1941, when (Continued on Page 7) http://www.ep.tc/realist THE REALIST ARCHIVE PROJECT The REALIST Issu e N um ber 117 - Sum m er, 1991 - P a g e 02 scan s of this entire issue found at: http://www.ep.tc/realist/117 Mac, We Hardly Knew Ye coupling o f Greg Bautzer, attorney for Howard Hughes, and Jane This issue is dedicated to the memory of Mac Brusscll— extraordinary Wyman, cx-wifc of Ronald Reagan, who was then governor of Cali­ conspiracy researcher. She began her life’s work in 1963 after John F. fornia. Through my conspiratorial tunnel vision, I began to believe Kennedy was assassinated, and in 1972, when the Watergate break-in that Reagan was somehow connected with the murders, at least on a occurred, she recognized names, modus operands and cover-up efforts. metaphorical level. Recently, however, Gcraldo Rivera interviewed The Realist published her first article, delineating the patterns of that Manson, and their dialogue concluded: conspiracy and naming the names— all the way up to FBI director Manson: But where did the gun com e from that killed those people? L. Patrick Gray, Attorney General John Mitchell, President Richard Did you know that was Ronnie Reagan’s gun? You didn’t even know Nixon— while the mainstream press was still referring to the break-in that, did you? See what I’m saying. There’s a lot of it that you don’t as a “caper” and a “third-rate burglary.” understand. Among those continuing Mae’s work is the author of our cover Rivera: Thanks for your time. story, Paul Kangas, a private investigator. As we go to press, an Geraldo didn’t follow up on Charlie’s revelation, and I was left attorney for Pepsi-Cola has told him to stop claiming that Pepsi had wondering whether Ronald Reagan’s connection was more than mere anything to do with the invasion of Cuba or the assassination of JFK, metaphor? I wrote to Manson and asked specifically what he meant.