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JFK: The French Connection
Ten months after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the Warren Commission reported that Lee Harvey Oswald alone, killed the president on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. Oswald, had no confederates, nor did any foreign power aid him in his deadly deed. Case closed.
However, what most Americans did not know was that one day after the assassination, the FBI deported a known French assassin, and a member of the militant, anti-Charles de-Gaulle organization the OAS–Jean Souetre–to either Mexico or Canada. Souetre was involved in anti-De Gaulle terrorist activities in Europe and even tried to recruit the CIA in his efforts to oust de Gaulle. During his career, he used at least 11 aliases, including those of two real people. Why was a known French assassin in Dallas, on the exact day that the president of the United States was killed and what role, if any did he play in the monstrous deed?
This book describes the "French Connection" to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in a way that most assassination literature has failed to do. This book tells the story–using documents and other written sources that were not available years ago. The Warren Commission never fully investigated the activities of Jean Souetre, or why he was in Dallas that day.
The book delves into three major areas of the investigation of Jean Souetre and the two other men whose identities he used; the investigation of the identities of two European assassins, QJ/WIN and WI/ROUGE; their use in the CIA's assassination unit called ZR/RIFLE-Executive Action; and the role of the CIA in the drug trade after World War 2.
This book puts the entire story of the French Connection in historical perspective, as the 50th anniversary of the death of John F. Kennedy opens new interest into one of the most terrible days in American history.
However, what most Americans did not know was that one day after the assassination, the FBI deported a known French assassin, and a member of the militant, anti-Charles de-Gaulle organization the OAS–Jean Souetre–to either Mexico or Canada. Souetre was involved in anti-De Gaulle terrorist activities in Europe and even tried to recruit the CIA in his efforts to oust de Gaulle. During his career, he used at least 11 aliases, including those of two real people. Why was a known French assassin in Dallas, on the exact day that the president of the United States was killed and what role, if any did he play in the monstrous deed?
This book describes the "French Connection" to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in a way that most assassination literature has failed to do. This book tells the story–using documents and other written sources that were not available years ago. The Warren Commission never fully investigated the activities of Jean Souetre, or why he was in Dallas that day.
The book delves into three major areas of the investigation of Jean Souetre and the two other men whose identities he used; the investigation of the identities of two European assassins, QJ/WIN and WI/ROUGE; their use in the CIA's assassination unit called ZR/RIFLE-Executive Action; and the role of the CIA in the drug trade after World War 2.
This book puts the entire story of the French Connection in historical perspective, as the 50th anniversary of the death of John F. Kennedy opens new interest into one of the most terrible days in American history.
398 pages, Paperback
First published September 15, 2012
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August 10, 2020
I have to say that I was very pleasantly surprised at the level of quality research that has been documented in Peter Kross' 'JFK: The French Connection', published in 2012.
Any long term reader of Kennedy's assassination in Dallas will be aware of the mysterious French assassin Soutre/Mertz/Sarti figure reportedly deported to either Mexico or Canada from Texas in the immediate aftermath of 22nd November '63, from Fort Worth-Dallas. Yet, I have never come across such in-depth work in a comprehensive and chronological format as is available in this book. Kross has latched onto the past research of a 'French Connection' achieved in the 1980's by Steve Rivele with the assistance of such notables in this field of inquiry as Bud Fensterwald and Jim Lesar from the Assassination Archives and Research Centre in Washington D.C.
Though I was also relatively conversant with the Patrice Lumumba killing in the Congo in '61, I found the coverage of CIA's assassination agents QJ/WIN and WI/ROUGUE/1 to be original and fascinating.
There was no mention of Michael Collins Piper's assertion in his book 'Final Judgment' (2005)....."We do know that James Jesus Angleton had an interesting guest in his office at Langley on the day of the assassination. That was the Mossad's French ally SDECE Colonel Georges deLannurien."
Mention has to be made of this publications lack of a text editor. There is hardly a page in the book that does not contain spelling errors and assorted typos. It also lacks an Index, which I like to find in any book of this nature. Adventures Unlimited Press who published this, have spoiled an otherwise intriguing collection of information. The publishers also advertise other publications in their catalogue which include such topics as fake moon landings, UFO's, The Giza Death Star and more. I did get a sinking feeling when I first encountered the book, but Kross' work certainly does not stand with the others.
Any long term reader of Kennedy's assassination in Dallas will be aware of the mysterious French assassin Soutre/Mertz/Sarti figure reportedly deported to either Mexico or Canada from Texas in the immediate aftermath of 22nd November '63, from Fort Worth-Dallas. Yet, I have never come across such in-depth work in a comprehensive and chronological format as is available in this book. Kross has latched onto the past research of a 'French Connection' achieved in the 1980's by Steve Rivele with the assistance of such notables in this field of inquiry as Bud Fensterwald and Jim Lesar from the Assassination Archives and Research Centre in Washington D.C.
Though I was also relatively conversant with the Patrice Lumumba killing in the Congo in '61, I found the coverage of CIA's assassination agents QJ/WIN and WI/ROUGUE/1 to be original and fascinating.
There was no mention of Michael Collins Piper's assertion in his book 'Final Judgment' (2005)....."We do know that James Jesus Angleton had an interesting guest in his office at Langley on the day of the assassination. That was the Mossad's French ally SDECE Colonel Georges deLannurien."
Mention has to be made of this publications lack of a text editor. There is hardly a page in the book that does not contain spelling errors and assorted typos. It also lacks an Index, which I like to find in any book of this nature. Adventures Unlimited Press who published this, have spoiled an otherwise intriguing collection of information. The publishers also advertise other publications in their catalogue which include such topics as fake moon landings, UFO's, The Giza Death Star and more. I did get a sinking feeling when I first encountered the book, but Kross' work certainly does not stand with the others.
November 16, 2020
The difference between the Kennedy Assassination and the multitude of conspiracy theorists dreamt up by the rabid-right these days is that the serious works dedicated to November 22 consistently identify the Kennedy Assassination as having been a mutation of the CIA/mafia plots against Fidel Castro.
Despite my rating I would classify this book amongst the serious kind. The author simply hones in on a member of the OAS long known to have been in Dallas on the date of the Assassination identifying him as a possible gunman. I think this is a plausible position but my rating is solely due to the atrocious editing and typesetting which made this book extremely hard to understand.
Despite my rating I would classify this book amongst the serious kind. The author simply hones in on a member of the OAS long known to have been in Dallas on the date of the Assassination identifying him as a possible gunman. I think this is a plausible position but my rating is solely due to the atrocious editing and typesetting which made this book extremely hard to understand.
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