Marie Fonzi and Veciana's "Revelation"

[W. Tracy Parnell]

Even for years AFTER Phillips' death in 1988, at a time when Phillips couldn't exact "revenge", e.g., defamation suit, on Veciana, he repeatedly and explicitly said that Bishop was not Phillips. Again and again and again; under oath, to Fonzi, to reporters, to, as far as I know, anyone who asked. He's simply not credible at all about this "revelation".

After you first wrote about this claim we discussed that, among other problems, it made no sense that Phillips would be able (or try) to semi-openly travel around Cuba in late 1959/1960 and recruit assets/agents. It was simply too dangerous. Castro started his major crackdown on the country in 1959; East German and other Soviet bloc security people were going to Cuba to help him cement his power. Castro's agents were everywhere. Veciana himself discusses this in his book and how he had to be extra cautious at the time. Havana was rounding up opponents, real and suspected.

As Newman pointed out, Phillips had to be withdrawn in early 1960 as the situation became increasingly precarious. Nowhere have I read in any of Fonzi's work that he tried to put the situation of Cuba at that time into his theory. As he himself said, he wasn't a conspiracy theorist; he was a conspiracy believer. Everything he did, for me, emanated from that view.

Morley's a smart man. Bill Kelly seems bright too. That these two seemingly intelligent people (among other) continue to fall for this is an interesting insight into human behavior. As the saying goes (Saul Bellow, my absolute favorite modern fiction writer), "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep." Yes, the conspiracists say the same thing about us.

Great observations Steve. The one thing Fonzi, Kelly and Morley have in common is they want to believe Veciana so they do (did in Fonzi's case).

[W. Tracy Parnell]

An extensive report. Took time to compile it and will take time to review.
As a sideline.... I am pleased to see that the Parnell 'Oswald Timeline' is back up.
http://jfkassassination.net/parnell/chrono.htm

Glad you find the timeline useful Jerry and thanks for mentioning it.