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fact that he was also linked to French intelligence. So in light of the French
Connection that I document in Final Judgment, this, in fact, could have
brought DeMohrenschildt into the Mossad sphere of influence.
Another thing worth mentioning is that I've actually seen some JFK
"authorities" portray DeMohrenschildt as some sort of "anti-communist
extremist" because, I presume, of his White Russian background. On the
contrary, despite his background, it seems that DeMohrenschildt was
evidently not much interested in communism or anti-communism one way
or another and was actually a bit of an outcast in the White Russian
community. So those who want to make him part of some "right wing anticommunist
conspiracy" are actually way off the mark.
DeMohrenschildt wore many hats, but there's no real evidence of any
complicity by DeMohrenschildt in the JFK assassination. He may have
known something—or perhaps discovered it by accident, either before or
after the assassination or perhaps realized in retrospect that he did indeed
know something he wasn't supposed to know.
It is apparent, based upon the historical record compiled by those who
had contact with DeMohrenschildt that after the assassination
DeMohrenschildt realized that he, too, had been used in some fashion to
"control" or "handle" Oswald. Maybe DeMohrenschildt's "suicide" really
was murder. Maybe he was killed because he did "know something."
And I do have to point out that the last person who was supposed to have
seen DeMohrenschildt before his death was none other than Edward Jay
Epstein, a student-turned-journalist who was close to the Mossad's man at
the CIA, James Jesus Angleton. (Epstein, as I've noted in Final
Judgment, was the leading literary promoter of Angleton's cover story that
the Soviets were linked to the JFK assassination.)
Now rest assured that I'm not suggesting Epstein pulled the trigger on
DeMohrenschildt. But I do find it interesting that he was the last person
who has publicly admitted to having seen DeMohrenschildt. An author of
spy fiction could spin a fascinating yarn out of that scenario.
I would like to add something in closing. I think that, in the end, JFK
assassination researchers could probably find out more about who really
was manipulating Oswald by looking into Michael and Ruth Paine, the
young couple in Dallas, with whom the Oswald family lived in the period
preceding the assassination.
There have been several JFK researchers who have made noises about
the Paines, but I think if one pursued the matter further, one would find,
ultimately, that the Paines—more so in the end than the ubiquitous and
enigmatic DeMohrenschildt—were functioning as "CIA babysitters" for
Oswald. I tend to think that the Paine story is a story that does need further
exploration and I would encourage some energetic young researcher to
follow through on it.
I probably should note that biographical information about Mrs. Paine,
supplied by Priscilla Johnson McMillan in her book Marina and Lee, has
documented Mrs. Paine's involvement at one time in the activities of a
Jewish community center, so this non-Jewish Quaker woman—Mrs.