James McCord Threatens to Sue Paul Krassner

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H a t e r ~ a t e Conspj r a t o r James McC o rd

Thr e a te n s to Sue ~ h e Realist fo r L jb e l

On November 10, 1973 c on v ic ted ~ a t e r g a t e co n s p i r a to r

Janes NcCord sen t t he fo l l owing on h is persona l s t a t i one ry :

This i s t o p l a ce f·1ae Bru s s e l l , Pa u l Kr ass n <:r ,and The Real i s t . . . on l e ~ a l n o t i ce t h a t a c iv il su i tfo r l il.Jel i s be in r f i l e d ar ;a ins t each of y ou fo r the

a r t i c l e by Mae J3 russe 11 on page 13- 31 o f '.i'he Reel i s No .The s ta t ements a re l ib e l ous , un t ru e , and ma liciou s o ~page 14 u nder " 5. 1963 as s a s s in a t i o n of Pr e s id e n t Kenn edy

p e r t a in ing t o t he wri ter and unt ruea e ~ c n t s

rega rd inghim appear e w h e r i n t ha t i s sue o f The Real ist .

Your s t a tement in t h a t i s s ue l l g i n ~ t ha t th ell r.1i amj. men invol vc d in at e re;a t c v e r invo lved in the

J . P . Ke n nedy as s a s s in a t i o n i s a l so unt rue . They we re

n owhe r e n ~ a r Da l l a s nor in Fra nce as you h a v e a l l c c e ~an d , I had no in vo l ve 'l e n t 1Hhatever in the J . F . c n n e ~ yassas s ina t ion c onspi rac y . You r a r t i c l e i s as vic ious

as any a r t i c l e can poss ib l y be wi t h the s tatem e n t s andi n fe ren c es c a r r i e d t h a t th ese me n we r e a pa r t o f aconsp i racy to murde r a Pr es ide n t .

Yo u ma y r e s t ass ured th a t I will ca r r y t h r oug hto comp l e t i o n wi t h the l i b e l s u i t on t hi s mat t e r . Copiesof t h i s l e t t e r are going to e a c h of the men f r om flfiami

a nd t he i r l awye r .

Yo u c ould have con tac ted me , or my a t t o rn e yto t ry to v e r i f y your s t o r y pr io r to p u ll l i ca t ion .Yo u did ne i .t h e r .

[ s i gned] J a mes W. McCord, J r .

On December 7, Reali s t ed i t o r Pau l Krassner sen t

the f o l l o ~ i n g respon se :

Dea r James Mc Cord

Seve r a l ~ a r a p ; o I s tood with o th e r a n t i- war p r o t e s to r ss t i c k i n g f l owers in to t he b a r re l s of s o ld i e r s ' r i f l e s andchant in p; " To in u s . " Las t sprinr.; a t the A. J . Lieb l ing Counter Conven t io n in Washin Gton D. C. , a r n ~ award was p r esen tedto ~ e l l / York Times corresponden t Home r Bi r ;a r t . Jie i s men t i oned

in th e Pentae;on Papers as h a v i n ~ o r i g i n a l l y been g u i l t y o f

pas s i nB alon g the mis informat ion o f CIA press b r i c f i n c s from





Your :iuf;ti j cat ion oJ polj . ce s tate survf. illance has been

s ec r e t n t e l l i ~ c n c e r e p o r t s to which you hQd d u i l y a c 6 e s s ,

about nlannecl vio lence hv the peace movement, but the

f r i s h t en in g p o s s i b i l i t y i s t h a t you may not even be aware

t h a t those n ~ c r e t s a re l i e s . For exa rp le , Danie l E l l s b e rg

~ e n t i o n s in Rol l ing Stone the 0 l i ke l ihood t h a t the Whitellouse plunbers were i nvo lved in the bombing o f the C a p i t o l

buildi.n,o; in 1971 1·1hich 1·1as blamed on t h e \ · leather Underground.

The note talci.ng credi . t fo r t h a t i nc iden t was s igned \-leatherman,

althouGh they had a l read y become Weatherpeople . Th is malechauv in i s t s l i p f i r s t made me susp ic ious t ha t perhaps those

fo lks had a c t u a l l y been cap tu red and k i l l e d . \-/hen I co-ed i t ed

with Ken Kesey the Las t Supplement to the Hhole Ear th Ca ta log ,

we included a communicat ion from the V eather Underground- ~ 1 h i c·h ·r Nrot'e ·myself"-:- -uovrtfver-;--I- -clic111-'--t ·hear-from- my old -f r i ends as a r e s u l t o f t h a t p i a c t i c a l hoax.

l'llore r ecen t l y , a f t e r the f i na l \• orld S e r i e s game, b lack

b a s e b a l l s t a r Reggi.e Jackson r evea led on TV t h a t he hadbeen rece iv ing t h r e a t s aga ins t h i s l i f e from the Heathe r

Underground. This made no sense excep t to p e r p e t u a t e the

governmen t ' s s t r a t eg y of d iv ide and conquer . The same ap p l i e s

to a lonr; l e t t e r supposedly from Jane Alper t in l'lls. Magazine.But if Howard Hunt can fore;e a cab le to impl:; t h a t P re s i d e n t

Kenned:; was behind the as s a s s in a t i o n o f Diem, and if GoreVida l can contend t h a t Arth u r Bremer s diary i s a f raud ,then we can begin to unders tand the dep th o f in s id iousness .

F'or the p a s t tHo years I v e been inves t i . ga t ing the Char les

Manson crrr.e. The murders elhich a re still assoc ia t ed in the

p u b l i c s mind Hi th Pan son l· ere ac tu a l l y coJ'Ulli t t e d lJy Tex \ 2.tson,

who r ece ived a ~ e n r t e trtal 1·1hen f e d e ra l a u t h o r i t i e s \•iouldn' tp e r ~ i t his ex t r ad i t i o n from Texas to T,os Anceles . In o rd e r

to f ind f.I'J.nson g t \ i l ty , n r o s e c u t o r Vincent Du g l io s i had toconvince the , iury t h a t he made z o ~ b i e s o f Fatson and the

VJO l'en. But :i.n . a tnon s trial Buglios:L had to convince thej u ry t h a t he w a s n t a zombie 2 t a l l . The judge wouldn t

allo1·1 the ju ry to hear about t h i s sch izophren ic approach .---------·---- - · - - - ---------l ' lhat never caJ'le out was t h a t ·-' anson and ': atson had b een-- - - - - - - -

11eeting 1·;ith Char les Winans o f l'lav:v In t e l l i g a n c e , p o s in g

,as a hi ) p ie 2 . r t i s t , l·Jho orovicled the dope and the E e l t e r - S k e l t e r

n cen a r io . he Rand Corpora t ion and the Hudson I n s t i t u t e had .ex t rano la t ed on the impl i ca t ions o f a spreacl inc counter- - -cul ture ,

m·m:v from the n u c l e a r family u n i t upon 1·1hich the e n t i r e

inhumane economi.c sys tem i s based . \' hen Tim Leary was sen t to

Folsom Pr i son . thev out him in s o l i t a r y conf inement in a c e l lnex t to Char l i e M a ~ s ~ n ,

l'Ihosa id to Leary: "The:; took you o f f

the s t r e e t s so t h a t I could con t inue Vli.th : ;our v10rk."

In te rms o f an o v e r a l l co n t in u in g mot iva t ion , t hen , the Manson

case can be seen as a miss ing l i n k between the as s a s s in a t i o no f Pres iden t Kennedy and the Hatere ;a te · iceberg . Under the

heading "Knowledc;e Omit ted from the Campus," Hac B ra s se l l wrote

in the f i r s t i s sue o f her Conspiracy News le t t e r which Ip u b l i sh ed in Trie R ea l i s t :

Clandes t ine assignments are composed o f acombinat ion o f a c t s ···Those main i n g re d i e n t s a re sec recy

_,.and l j e s . Secrecy i s necesS<ti"Y because most o f . the



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a s s i ~ n ~ e n t s and methods are i l l e r a l . The o p e r a t i o n s ,when discove red , a re covered by l i e s .

The p a t t e r n s o f i l l e g a l , c r imina l spyope ra t ions , wi th c e r t a i n agents reappear ing in

~ a n y o f the same a:Jr;ignJCents, become more compl ica tedevery day, a l l CIA ope ra t ions .

.She Proceeded to list SO "e ezamples-- ·1. 1954 as s a s s in a t i o n

o f Pres iden t .Tacobo Arb en z Guzman, Guatamala; 2. Richard

qixon , 4 th C r i s i s , Lat in American t o u r , cold warp r o p a ~ a n d a ;

3. U-2 f l iR h t over USSR, to sabotage ¢ summit conference

for cold war : 4. Bay tif Pigs ; 5. 1963 as sas s ina t ion o Pres iden tKennedy; 6. Plans to as s a s s in a t e t he PresJdent of Panama

in 1971; 7. ITT, CIA, Chi le and \ · la.tergate; 8. El l sberg , Dr.··pi-eldj_nf' · r o b b e · r ; r ~ . . : a n d t l1en she··adde-d - - - - · ·-

None o f these people , i nc lud ing the ~ r e s i d e n t ,be l ieve they are break ing any laws. Cer ta in memberso f the Defense In t e l l i g e n c e Agency, CIA, Divis ion Vo f the PBI, Sec re t Serv ice , armed forces and n a t i o n a l

SecurJ ty Council have been v1arfare k i l l e r s and war

cr imina ls fo r a long t ime. They are n o ~ d conduct ing

p a r a - mi l i t a r y warfare iJ ' lside the U.S.

Murders , co n s p i r ac i e s , . entrapment , a s s a u l t s ,f a l s e imp:i?rsonments are p a r t of Narfare . Unsuspec t ing

c1 t i i en s are taken by s u r o r i s e b e c a ~ s e they did not

r e a l i z e t h a t white Amerj_ca was the e n c m ~ ' . Bi'aelt-s;, Ind ians

and Chicanos have knmm fo r a long t ime tl l e open Harfare

aga ins t t h e i r ex i s t ence . Waterga te i s an educa t ion i n t o

a c i v i l Har which i s not l i k e l y to go a ~ r a y l ·r ithout astrup;r ; le . Expect a coun te r -a t t ack by the ' ; /bite Houseand even the armed fo rces i necessary .

Under "5. 1963 as sas s ina t ion o f PreGident Kennedy," she

had vrri t t e n :was

Jose Romero, so l d i e r o f fo r tune , / approached

by hired_as.sass_;i ,nation tea.Ill. from _ h _ ~ jJ d - l'lhj_ch planned

to k: i l l Kennecly dur ing h i s 1961 v i s i t - to ·P rance · . - ·R6 iner6 · -

d e f i n i t e l y remembers Prank Sturg i s as one o f the

rep re sena t ive s from the U.S. James McCord, acco rd in g

to Louis Tackl'lood, Has in Dal las t he day Kennedy was

sho t , and flown aftervlards t o t he CarEibean. The

:-Ja: ifronal Archives ·h2.ve FBI r ep o r t s i n d i ca t i n g FrankSturp;j.s vras a f r i e n d o f Lee Harvey Oswald and DavidFerr i e . Sturg i s had a l·Iiami a rsena l o f l·reapons, ando r i g i n a l plans were to k i l l JFK in Miami in 1963.

The re fe rence to you, James McCord, a l i a s Mart in , was taken

from pages 171-2 o f The Glass House ~ a p e s by Louis Tackwood,publ i shed by Avon Press . Of course you a l l have witnesses

as to y o u ~ whereabouts , a l though i you had noth ing to hide

why would you bother to check out each o t h e r s a l i b i s ? HenryCabot Lodge d i d n t p u l l the t r i g g e r on ·Die 'l, but the re wereplans fo r h i s t ransfe rence from Vietnam vrh n the coup· wasdes igned . Richard Nixon was in Dal las on November 22, 1963

- -he a r r i v ed on a p r iv a t e plane and depar ted on a commercia la i r l i n e - - b u t he fo rgo t t h a t f a c t M when he Gignec1 adepos i t ion fo r t h e Warren Commission.



In :vears o f pt:.blishin.r : he rcc:..lis t , onl.v one l i b e l st d th a s a c t u a l l y c one to cour t . I had c a l l c <l an o t he r ed it or al i a r , in p r j n t . I prov erl to the s a t i s f a c t i on o f the j u r y

t he t r u th o f my s t a t < - ~ J l n t .• ann v a s fou11n n0t p-uil t y . In

y ou r p ro roserl J. j h r J s u i t , tru t h woulrl n o t b e ny cJe f e n sebe c a u se ( e n ~ c h a s hec: n J ocl-:crl un . o v e c o r a l t e r erl ,and t·Yi t nesse s ha ~ been bou r; h t o f f o r mu rde :re cl . You your s c lsair . y ou c r ~ a f r a i d o f r o in G t o p r i son because you w o ube ki l lcct s inc e you knm1 too nuch .

No , I w i l l defenn n y s c l f on tw o o t he r ~ u n One i sl a ck o f ma l i c i ous j n t en t . In e very th in g I ' ve ever w r i t t e no r s a id , publ i c ly anc1 p r i va t e l y , I ' ve t r iecl to b e f ree o f

h o s t i l i t y . 1 inven ted the Youth In t e rn a t i o n a l Par ty so t h a twe cou l d be c a l l e d Yippi e s , but whe n Abbie Hoffman and J e r r yRubin r:;o t cau Ght u r in t he i r ow r h e t or i c , s uch as 11 K i l l y o u r

p a re n t s , I d i s a f f i l i a t e d mysel f from t he non-or g an iza t ion .

The othe r defense i s t h a t you have not been hurt by what Ipubl i shen : you who were caught in Democratic Nat ional Headquar te r

wear ing rubber ~ l o v e s y ou who helped wri t e the plans f o r am i l i t a ry t akeover o f G r e e c e ~ you who spec ia l i zed in cen s o r s h i p

o f news necUa and mail in the United S t a t e s . I don ' t t h i n k

a ,ju ry w o u l c ~ f i .nd it r easo n ab le t h a t I have s t a ined yourr epu ta t ion . But it ' s n o t too l a t e to r e d e ~ m you r own s o u l .

In s t e a d o f su ing me, why don ' t you expose the g ame plan to

dec la re mar t i a l law u s in g the energy c r i s i s as an excuse?\Vhy don t you tell ow m i l i t a r y i n t e l l i gence i s t r y i n g to

b r i n g about a race war by ac t s o r provocat ion around the

coh nt ry? Why don ' t you e x p l a i n how x o n i s expen d ab l enow t h a t we have Pres iden t - t o - be Gerald ~ o r d who helped

c o v e ~ u p the bombin g o f Cambod i a , Spec ia l Prosecu to r LeonJaworsky 1.1 ho helped cover up Le e IJarvey Oswald ' s connec t ions

with Navy I n t e l l i g en ce 1 and At torney General Will iam Saxbewho helped cover up the Kent Sta te massacre? Why don ' t you

revea l the r e l a t i o n sh i p between Washin g ton Post pub l i sherKathar i.ne Graham d a t i n ~ Henry K i s s i n g e r and her p a r e r ' scensorsh ip o f Jack Anderson ' s November 15 column wh i ch

t o l d o f a top s ec r e t con t ingency p lan fo r c i v i l di s tu rbanc e ? WWhy don ' t you tell what re a l l y happened to J . E d ~ a r Hoove r , Georg

· and Lyndon John s on? Why don ' t you c a l l a pre ss conference

t desc r ibe the rampant exper imenta t ion in human psychosurgery

t h a t i s cur ren t ly t ak ine place in American i n s t i t u t i o n s ?

Oh, I ' m aware o f how b i z ~ r r e th i s p l ea mu s t seem to you,but as t he l a t e David n e n-Gu r ion once sa id , To be a r e a l i s t ,one must be l i eve in mirac les . Come , James fl cCord , s h a re

t h a t space between John Pr ine ' s i l l e g a l smile a nd J an i s

Jop l in ' s illeg a l t e a r s . Jo in us . Jo in u s .

Yours,

[ s igned] Paul Krassner

Ed i to r and Ze n Bas tard

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