Curtis LeMay Archives

4) Official Pentagon history: Top generals resisted JFK’s peace policies in 1963

Jefferson Morley July 21, 2019

Michael Swanson, an investment adviser turned JFK researcher, called my attention to “Council of War,” a fascinating official history of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The study documents the Pentagon’s resistance to, and resentment of, President Kennedy’s foreign policy, especially on Cuba and Vietnam.

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How JFK stood up to the military-industrial complex

Jefferson Morley May 31, 2017

Politico has a timely look back at how JFK fended off militaristic pressure. More proof that JFK was a rhetorical hawk and practical dove.

“The B-70 fight was unquestionably one of Kennedy’s finest hours,” says Brookings senior fellow and military affairs expert Michael O’Hanlon.

Source: JFK’s Forgotten Constitutional Crisis – POLITICO Magazine

Curtis LeMay to JFK during the Cuban Missile Crisis

rexbradford April 28, 2014

“This is almost as bad as the appeasement at Munich.”

— Air Force General Curtis LeMay to JFK upon being told that the U.S. would respond to Soviet missiles in Cuba with a blockade, not an invasion. …

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Where was Gen. Curtis LeMay on Nov. 22, 1963?

Jefferson Morley November 27, 2013

Doug Horne, former Chief Analyst for Military Records for the Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB), writes with a comment/correction on our Oct. 19 story, “Enhanced Air Force One tapes capture a top general’s response to JFK’s murder.”

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Audio engineer on the trail of a missing JFK tape from 50 years ago

Jefferson Morley November 10, 2013

When audio engineer Ed Primeau learned in 2011 about a previously unknown recording of radio communications to and from Air Force One on November 22, 1963, he volunteered his own time and expertise to enhance the tape for public consumption.

That was the day the President John F. Kennedy was shot dead on a Dallas street and the new President Lyndon Johnson and First Lady Jackie Kennedy flew back to Washington with JFK’s body.

“I thought this could really be exciting,” Primeau said in a phone interview. “I’ve always been fascinated by history and the JFK conspiracy questions.”

Primeau, known nationally for his work analyzing recordings heard in the Trayvon Martin murder trial, worked with JFK researcher Bill Kelly at no charge to enhance the tape.

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JFK was ‘fighting with the military on all fronts”

Jefferson Morley November 6, 2013

Oliver Stone talks to Amy Goodman of Democracy Now about JFK and the untold history of the United States.

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