Someone Would Have Talked: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the Conspiracy to Mislead History

by Larry Hancock

Someone Would Have Talked goes beyond proving a conspiracy to murder President Kennedy. Over 14,000 documents, White House diaries, telephone logs, and executive tape recordings detail how the new president, Lyndon B. Johnson, managed a cover-up that changed the future of our country. A second conspiracy designed to mislead the nation, the world, indeed, history. Someone Would Have Talked was written to demonstrate with available information, the cover-up, the leaks, Lee Oswald, Jack Ruby and the people that did talk, providing a cohesive and coherent explanation of events. And in doing so this book gives the reader an introduction to the history of the secret war against Castro and against Communism during the 1960s, an introduction that is vital to an appreciation of the individuals, and their motivations. Someone Would Have Talked deals with specific people who talked about their personal knowledge of a conspiracy in the murder of a President. These individuals include four men associated with the CIA s JM WAVE station in Miami Florida. Two of them were senior CIA officers, one a veteran of three years of Castro assassination projects and the other a three year prisoner of Castro - and an organizer and participant, along with a former U.S. Ambassador, in one of the most potentially explosive Cuban penetration missions ever conducted.

Genres: Nonfiction

Hardcover

First published November 1, 2006

About the author

Larry is a graduate of the University of New Mexico with a BA in Education and majors in Anthropology, History and Education. Following service in the United States Air Force, he worked in the telecommunications and computer communications fields with Continental Telecom and later Hayes Microcomputer and Zoom Technologies.

During that his career he held the positions of Instructional Systems Design Manager and Engineering Training Manager at Continental Telecom, Vice President of Human Resource Dimensions (specialized in strategic business planning, disaster recovery planning and computer system conversions) and Training Manager, Marketing Manager and Marketing Director at Hayes Microcomputer and Zoom Technologies.

Reviews

[Lawrence A · Rating 2 out of 5]

Although the author is clearly an indefatigable researcher, and provides much documented detail concerning Lee Oswald's many connections among the early 1960s Cuban-exile community in the southern US, Bay of Pigs veterans, CIA contract agents, and the FBI, the book is in dire need of an editor. Numerous spelling errors, obvious typos, and misdesignations of places and persons mar this otherwise useful book (e.g., the "Pathet Lao," which was the name of the 1960s-1970s communist insurgency is Laos, is rendered as the "Pathetic Lao;" Oswald is described as having written letters of introduction suspiciously offering to join both the Communist Party USA and Socialist Party USA [which hated each other], yet only a few paragraphs later is described as having written to the Socialist Workers' Party [which is different from and hated both the CP USA and the Socialist Party USA]; a federal judge sitting on the US District Court for the Western District of Texas is first described as having been promoted to the "United States Supreme Court Fifth Circuit Court," and only paragraphs later to the "United States Fifth District Court of Appeals" [the correct designation is "United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit"]). Although the writing is clear in parts, the organization of the material makes it difficult to follow, many passages are needlessly repeated verbatim several times in the text, and the haphazard use of names and acronyms renders the book almost useless for anyone who has not already familiarized himself or herself with the cast of characters unearthed by years of assassination research. Nonetheless, Hancock does an admirable job of sticking to the theme of his work, as elucidated in the title. Thus, he manages to demonstrate that, despite the seeming disinterest of federal law enforcement and the mainstream media, many people peripherally or directly involved in the likely conspiracy against JFK have indeed talked to friends, relatives, and business acquaintances---and even journalists and law enforcement personnel---about their knowledge of the events leading up to 11/22/63, under circumstances that support their credibility. The problem, as always, is that no one in any position of authority wishes to listen or to hear those who have talked.

[Pete daPixie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I got my copy at the JFK Lancer conference in Dallas in 2003 and signed by the author. It is in binder format and was available a few years prior to the publication of the hardcover.
In the years since 2003 I have made repeated reference to Hancock's work, particularly with regard to the accompanying CD, packed with exhibits and documents gleaned from many sources and researchers.

Addendum: Seventeen years after reading the 2003 original publication, and after reading Hancock's 'Nexus' I have re-visited 'SWHT' with the 2006 edition. At the time of this re-reading the author is in preparation to publish again in this fascinating series in 2021 with his work entitled 'Tipping Point'.
'TP' is at present being uploaded onto the Mary Ferrell website, where it will be available to read free of charge.
All three of these books, along with Hancock's 'In Denial' (2020) make a compelling study of CIA's JM/Wave history, encompassing pre Bay of Pigs to post JFK assassination time period. There is no doubt that the many clandestine ops and their personalities involved, such as Phillips, Hunt, Morales, Martino, Harvey, Roselli, Helms, Angleton, Hargraves, Vidal Santiago, Diaz Garcia and Emilio Santana are all shown to be of interest in the Dallas action.

[Casey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Highly detailed work with massive online reference database make "Someone Would Have Talked" an excellent read with all the supporting documents.
Larry outdoes himself by following the leads that the FBI and Warren Commission refused to examine. Basically anything that led investigators to a Cuban or Mafia connection was passed over in the rush to seal the case against Oswald. Actions speak louder than words, has never been more valid, and this book provides evidence that those in power did not act as one would expect if unknown entities are assassinating our top leaders. No calls for military alertness, no cabinet meetings, nothing.
Larry makes a strong case that those in the know were talking about the impending 'hit' on Kennedy long before the assassination. And those that did talk did so at great risk to themselves.
This also examines how a post-cover up was initiated at the highest levels of our government.
If you thought you knew what really happened in Dallas that November afternoon you need to read this and be prepared for an shift in your thinking as the official story does not hold true.
Was Kennedy considered a traitor by the Cuban refugees(anti-castro rebels) after the failed Bay of Pigs fiasco and later diplomatic (peace) talks with Castro. This was a slap in the face of all the revolutionary groups who had been trying to overthrow or assassinate Castro for years, and those who had died or were captured.
These groups were being used by the CIA to sabotage and disrupt Castro's regime. They were trained and supplied for invasion and assassination...but did they turn (or were turned) on Kennedy by a rouge element who used their dissatisfaction and anger to kill JFK.

I highly recommend Larry's book to anyone interested in the truth about Kennedy's murder and the climate before and after his death.

Ed Ledoux

[AC · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is flawed - it is an exhaustingly exhaustive analysis of many minute facts, including a enormous prosopography of the Cuban exile Community in Little Havana. But it is quite thoroughly sourced.

[Jamey · Rating 4 out of 5]

I edited this book. Good job, Larry.

The missing star is for the missing connection to the Pentagon. Still, well worth reading, with information that you might not find anywhere else.