Ordered To Buy Illidnight For A 'Hit', Ex-CIA Agent Tells... VOL 23 NO. 47 MAY 10, 1977 304 How I Helped

Murder JFK Aaaaaay! It's Farrah's Fonzie's Life Wild How Marilyn Monroe Dressed Story Weeken To Woo A . ...The Bath President He Cried —sack Page Himself To With Th Alert For Sleep In Deadly ...The 'Happy Bionic Legionnaires' Days' Disease Audition —Page 34 He Almost Boy _Page , Blew 3 Can You LEE MAJORS solos in the mountains... Farrah plays dou- ...The $$ bles with Bionic Boy Vince Van Really Patten in Texas. "We heard those rumors about He Turned Farrah and some 19-year-old Cope With way down here in Houston," a Down hometown source reported. "Lee and I are living like Retirement? lt's All On Pages strangers now,- says Farrah. —Page 19 JO And 11 THE TERROR THAT WARPED PATTY NEARBY MlD N. Ex-CIA gun expert reveals more shocking details in the By J. DAVID TRUBY MIDNIGHT Contributing Editor Robert D. Morrow. Remember the name. For when the truth about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy is finally written into our history books, his name will be on Page T. By his own admission, Robert D. Morrow, acting on CIA orders, supplied the gun that killed the President. This is what he recently testified in secret hearings before the House Select Committee on Assassinations. But more than that, it is Morrow's story of a far-reaching conspiracy, in which was net up as a patsy. that led to the formation of the controversial committee in the first place. Unwittingly. Morrow played a vital pan in the successful conspiracy to kill Kennedy. From 1961 to 1964. he was employed by the CIA as a specialist in weaponry and electronic equipment. Based on his experiences during those years. and additional informa- tion supplied by CIA and FBI agents, Morrow put together a book called "Betrayal." it .21.8. that book which prompted Congressman Thomas A. Downing to push for a re- investigation into the assassination and become the commit- tee's first chairman. ow As Morrow's story goes, Jack Ruby, a group of and- . Castro Cubans and a DISPA7CH right-wing faction ra 1 ... ..,.... This firs within the CIA engi- 6A switch . Ir. :11, ona steered the assusl- CIA mem natioa. o There teams of 102, 0.• was made in sax FUN OL crtaL professional "hit" ON • INGT14. TYPE ALLEGEDLY USED BY LEE OSIALD accurate, men took up posi- i m nano dons in Dallas' Deal- the confusion describes ey Plaza on Novem- I. SHORTLY AFTER THE ASSASSINSTiON OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY ber 22, 1963, and DEFENSE MINISTER! REQUESTEVRE 1 SERVICE TO fired on the Presi- FURNISH HIM A REPORT COVERING THE CHARACTERISTICS AND POsSiBLE Manic OF TOE RIFLE ALLEGEDLY Lista iIt TliesaISASSIMATION OF PRES!. the inurde dent, says Morrow. . 'ENT KENNEDY. THIS REPORT WAS PREPARED! AND Lee Harvey Ossvald, ;MIMED? • ' . WE' HAVE BEEN UNABLE'. rifle— but who was a CIA rifle would be TO ASCERTAIN THE EXACT REASON! REQUESTE0 THIS REPORT OR set WHAT, IF ANY, DISPOSITION HE PACE OF IT , SET OUT BELOW To A agent. was up to TRANSLATION oF THE REPORT IN QuESTION.- take the rap. later the . VI sevreare isex The plan, as de- found and the tailed in "Betrayal," INFORmaxiON ON THE wEAPOWPRESISSANCY-USW evidence is sophisticated, in- IN THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY tricate —and open to real killers !. AS REGARDS ARTICLES APPEARING RECENTLY IN THE rTALIAN some question, since ANO FOREIGN PRESS CONCERNING THE FIREs..sE0 4SC D7 AN ITALIAN-MACE was it's largely based RIFLE IN THE SLATING OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY, THE FOLLOWING cOMMLB:S on ARE MADE. second-hand infor- could escapee ignored motion. But the role 2. THE WEAPON WHICH APPEARS TO HAVE SEEN EMPLOYED IN THIS that Morrow himself CR L Air= IS A MODEL .1 RIFLE 7.11 cm.icen 1'38 MODIFIGATum Played is difficult to dispute have been concurring with after the President's mur- "I bought the rifles that this assessment of Oswald chaotic days that followed the How then does Morrow 's der," Morrow continued, This is the sameClay Shaw may have been used to assassination, that description believe the weapons he inno kat rifle. They say it could not "so the Oswald rifle would be - accused by New Orleans Dis. President Kennedy because possibly have discharged was mysteriously changed to cently obtained ended up found for evidentiary pur- mitt Attorney limGarrison of fit Oswald's rifle. being used to kill President the CIA ordered me to," he three bullets in6.3 seconds — poses and the real killers being a conspirator in the says flatly. Yet that same CIA docu- Kennedy? And how were the the measured time in which could escape with the actual assassination_ He was ac- "The so-called Oswald rifle the shots were fired. And not ment states that the 6.5 mm conspirators able to incrimi- murder weapons, in all prob- quitted of this charge in 1967, was not the actual murder even expert marksmen have rifles (Oswald's) were sold to nate Lee Harvey Oswald as ability, the 7.35 mm and Garrison was held up to weapon and Lee Oswald been able to duplicate Os- American arms dealers for as the lone assassin? Mannlicher-Carcano rifles I little as 41.10 each. The wea- considerable ridicule as a didn't shoot anyone. weld's alleged accuracy using Morrow says he managed result. bought on CIA orders." pons were imported into the "Oswald's rifle was a 6.5 the clumsy outmoded to piece together the chilling "The conspiracy to murder A declassified CIA memo, U.S. classed as scrap iron. mm Mannlicher-Carcanorifle weapon. written just six days after the tale from a variety of confi- the President," Moms, goes while the ones I bought were To the layman, the num- In addition, according to a dential sources. assassination, lends strong number of gun experts, Os- on, "resolved operationally the 7.35 mm models. The tiers 6.5 mm (Oswald's rifle) "There was anon-going support to Morrow's weld's rifle was a downright around Clay Shaw. his Cu- ones I bought were selected and 7,35 mm (Morrow's conspiracy to kill President bans, plus some Americee statements., danger to anyone who fired it. specifically as rifles rifles) don't mean much. The Kennedy within a right-wing mercenaries with both and were quite excellent weapons "The weapon which ap- As the dean of arms experts are look-alikes. But Cuban exile group with and CM pears to have been employed Jack O'Connor wrote in his COOMetiOW• the difference between them, strong CIA connections," he "Jack Ruby, David Ferric in this criminal act Is a model text "The Rifle Book, we"The Oswald rifle was by all experts agree. is " the explains. and Guy Bannister, all CIA 91 rifle, 735 caliber, 1938 6.5 Mannlicher-Carcano rifle comparison, a piece of Mac- tremendous. "This group was head- agents, coordinated the ef- modification," the CL4 docu- "has a coy habit of blowing curate junk." "A switch was 'made quartered in New Orleans fort, while Ruby hand-picked meet notes. the firing pin out in the For years ballistics experts somewhere in the Confusion and was under the control of his friend Lee Oswald. an- Somewhere. somehow in the shooter's face." Clay Shaw, a CIA agent." other CIA employee, as the Experts Are Sure The Murder Weapon Wasn't The

There is a great deal of independent evi- dence to support Robert Morrow's claim that Oswald's 6.5 nun rifle was not the One Used As Evidence murder weapon — and that the lookeilike Even The 7.35 mm which he supplied was really the round front sight." probably used solely as evidence." instrument used to kill President Kennedy. Canadian firearms expert John Min- Even the FBI Is skeptical about Oswald's Consider the following: nery contributed this assessment: "The rifle. The Bureau's experts noted that the Sylvia Meagher, a scholarly researcher length and configuration of the stock ap- weapon had "wear and rust" and those FBI Was and Warren Commission critic, states: pears different in each weapon. agents who test-fired it expressed grave "The mail order rifle Oswald ordered "Also, the wooden stock of the rifle dis- concern that it might explode. from the Chicago sporting goods store was played for the prim in Dallas on November J. Edgar Hoover himself. in a memo to 1 36 inches long. The rifle the police brought 22, 196.3 is shorter than that of the weapon the Warren Commission. reported that the Skeptical out of the Texas School Book Depository the Commission claimed was Oswald's. telescopic sight on Oswald's rifle "could measured 40,2 inches long. "I am convinced," Minnery asserts, not he property aligned with the target." "Further," she says, "examination of -thet the murder weapon in Dallas that And finally, the FBI experts noted that the photographs easily shows that the front day was probably the 7.35 mm the telescopic sight on the Oswald rifle had sight of the Oswald rifle is tapered. while Maned:cher-Census° sniper model rifle. been mounted for a left-handed shooter. the rifle removed from use building has a The 6.5 mm rifle owned by Oswald was Use aid was righihanded. A POLICE PHOTOGRAPH of the rifle used as evi- dence against Oswald.

Helped To Murder Kennedy patsy for the murder. "Jack Ruby dis- covered that Oswald had purchased an ob- tI bought the rifles that solete 6.5 mm rifle through a mail order house, using may have been used to kill one of his CIA ali- ases. Ruby passed this i nfo rmation along to Shaw. Ban- President Kennedy because nister arid Ferrie when they met in the CIA ordered me to ROBERT D. MORROW, former CIA agent, with New Orleans in July one of the 7.35 min rifles he bought for the "kill of 1965. • Kennedy" conspiracy. "This is when they decided Castro. to make the hit using the They would leave Oswald's Ruby was at Parkland Hospi- "My case Meer specified rifle and cartridges as evi- Rosebud, Maryland by a Cu. conspiracy of anti-Castro highly accurate 7.35 mm rifle, the 7.35 mm sniper model. tal only minutes after the ban CIA courier. dence for the police to find. Cubans and a right-wing which looks just like the which involved nothing more President and the Governor "I gave the courier only splinter group of CIA dissi- "Then Jack Ruby would were inferior 6.5 mm version that than my selecting units for rushed in. three of the four rifles be- dents. Oswald owned. plant at least one already- There has been much con- • saperlor workManship. I ID._ fired bullet from Oswald's cause one had a defective He believes that after the "I've been told that Banni- rated the rifle at the Sunny troversy about that bullet rifle at Parkland Hospital. machine screw." he adds. "I assassination. Oswald's rifle ster got the idea of getting the Surplus Store in nearby Tow- which Ruby allegedly still have that fourth rifle in Police work and publicity did was switched with the real 7.35 mm sniper rifles, and son, Maryland, I bought four planted. It is the "magic" my possession today." the rest." murder weapon. using fragmentation ammuni- rifles, two that day and two bullet which supposedly hit Robert D. Morrow is con- Morrow's last point, that both Kennedy and Connolly And he is convinced that by tion for the murder." later. vinced that a rifle identical to following CIA orders, he un- A fragmentation bullet, it Ruby planted a on yet remained in pristine the one he owns was used to "In the meantime," Mor- an empty stretcher — the one knowingly played a key role should be noted, disinte- row continued. to get the condition. kill Kennedy. used to carry wounded Texas in the assassination of Presi- grates on contact with human 'patsy' involved, David Fer- After Morrow purchased He is convinced that Governor John Connally — is CIA dent John F. Kennedy. bone. ric had contacted Oswald. the rifles. he explains', they agent Lee Harvey Oswald at bast partially documented. were picked up at his home in Robert D. Morrow is t e "Then." Morrow contin- The two knew each other was set up as a patsy by a man who supplied the gun. ' ues, "the conspirators would from both CIA work and from plant a few bullets pre-fired being in the same Civil Air from Oswald's rifle as Patrol unit. evidence. "Ferric convinced Oswald The Accuser And The Accused "The plotters agreed and that Shaw 's CIA group Clay Shaw. as a CIA officer, wanted to have a look at contacted the Agency to re- Oswald's 6.5 mm Mann- quest 7.35 mm Mancillier- licher-Carcano rifle because Carcano rifles for a 'mission they were considering using involving his Cubans out of weapons like this on a special the country.' as he told the mission out of the country, CIA people in Washington." "Actually,- Morrow con- Morrow says. "This is cluded, "they only wanted here I became involved. My his rifle so they could fire officer called rile and some bullets into cotton for ordered me to purchase four later use as planted evidence. such rifles. I was later to learn "Their hit men would make that Clay Shaw had told the the kill with the superior 7.35 cast officer that he was going mm sniper rifles using frag- to have his Cubans hit Juan mentation bullets, which LIKE ROBERT MORROW, New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison (left) accused Clay Etosch, an old CIA enemy would shatter on impact and Shaw (center) of conspiracy to murderJFK. Now Morrow has also named David Ferrie pictured who was a close ally of Fidel he almost impossible to trace. right shortly before his death.