Final_Judgment

[664] Final Judgment 762
(3) and (4) The third and fourth apparent errors (which I discovered
myself) involve the statement (in the first three editions of Final Judgment)
that Texas arms dealer Thomas Eli Davis III, an associate of Jack Ruby,
was found to have documents containing the name of Lee Harvey Oswald
on his person at the time that he (Davis) was taken into custody in Algeria for
involvement in smuggling arms to the French OAS.
In fact, according to new research published in 1996 in Oswald Talked
by Ray and Mary LaFontaine, it turns out that the reference to "Oswald" in
Davis's possession was a letter of introduction to Madrid-based arms dealer
Victor Oswald. It also appears that Davis was held in a Moroccan jail,
rather than an Algerian jail, as I stated. My source for the incorrect data
regarding Davis's travails was Jim Marrs, writing in Crossfire.
The two errors notwithstanding, the fact is that Davis was connected
with Jack Ruby and was indeed involved in the Israeli-connected affairs of
the French OAS in North Africa. So, again, I will say this: these errors do
not disprove the thesis of Final Judgment. And, anyway, it was Jim Marrs'
error—not mine.
(5) In the first printing of the fourth edition I accidentally referred to
John Foster Dulles as the CIA director fired by JFK. I knew, of course, it
was his brother, Allen Dulles, who was the CIA director in question.
(6) In the first printing of the fourth edition I said that John Connally,
the former governor of Texas, died in 1995. In fact, he died in 1993.
(7) In both printings of the fourth edition I said that a scandal forced
Sen. Gary Hart to withdraw from the race for the 1984 Democratic
presidential nomination. In fact, it was the campaign for the 1988 nod.
(8) In previous editions in discussing the close relationship between
CIA contract agent Guy Banister and self-described "super communist
hunter," A. I. Botnick of the New Orleans office of the Anti-Defamation
League (ADL), I was unaware Botnick had left New Orleans to take a
position in the ADL's Atlanta office (before Oswald came to New Orleans)
and did not return to the New Orleans ADL office until 1964. One of my
critics, Jerry Shinley, brought this to my attention.
This has no bearing on the basic thesis of Final Judgment nor does it
detract from my speculation (which is clearly noted as such) that it is
possible that Lee Harvey Oswald's activities as an investigator for Banister
may have been contract work for Botnick's ADL associates by Banister
who joined the ADL in "fact finding" relative to leftist groups such as the
Fair Play for Cuba Committee with which Oswald claimed affiliation
(9) In previous editions I stated that former Los Angeles detective Gary
Wean met in Dallas with former Senator John Tower (R-Texas). The
meeting actually took place in Ruidoso, New Mexico.
(10) In the fourth edition in discussing Clay Shaw's relationship with
the CIA, I said that "inasmuch as Shaw later served, without question, as a
valued international contact for the CIA, reporting back to the agency on his
foreign ventures, it is certain that Shaw's reports would have ultimately
ended [up on] the desk of James J. Angleton."