Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Jackie Kennedy to Pamela Turnure on who murdered JFK: "Lyndon Johnson did it."

Jackie Kennedy, on the flight back from Dallas, referring to the murder of her husband JFK: “Lyndon Johnson did it.”

Pamela Turnure was the press secretary for Jackie Kennedy, as well as a mistress of JFK. Later Pamela became a girlfriend of famous singer Eddie Fisher.

Eddie Fisher: 

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           Pam was with the President and Jackie on that fatal trip to Dallas. He was assassinated on a Friday, November 22, 1963. Jack Kennedy and Pam had arranged an appointment for me with Vice-President Lyndon Johnson for the following Monday to discuss an effort I was leading to change our national anthem from “The Star-Spangled Banner,” which is very difficult to sing, to “America the Beautiful.” Obviously that meeting never took place.

          On the flight back to Washington after the murder, Pam told me, Jackie Kennedy told her, “Lyndon Johnson did it.” Words I’ll never forget.”

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 [Eddie Fisher, Been There, Done That: An Autobiography, pp. 257-258] 



Jackie Kennedy to Pamela Turnure, her press secretary (and lover to JFK) on who murdered JFK: “Lyndon Johnson did it.” 

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 Many Americans immediately suspected Johnson’s involvement in the Dallas coup, especially in Texas, where his reputation for corruption and murder was well established. In 1964, James Evette Haley’s book A Texan Looks at Lyndon brought Johnson’s epic corruption to national attention. Although at that time Americans received no sign that the Kennedy family suspected Johnson, many indications have since surfaced that this was the case. Eddie Fisher mentions in his 1999 autobiography that, while flying back to Washington from Dallas the day after the assassination, together with Jackie Kennedy’s press secretary, Pamela Turnure, his then lover, “Pam told me, Jackie Kennedy told her, ‘Lyndon Johnson did it.’ Words I’ll never forget.’” Jackie never voiced her suspicion publicly, but merely mentioned in her oral history recorded in 1964 by Arthur Schlesinger Jr. (released in 2011): “Jack said it to me sometimes. He said, ‘Oh God, can you ever imagine what would happen to the country if Lyndon was president.’” What happened to the country is for Americans to see.

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 [Laurent Guyenot, The Unspoken Kennedy Truth, p. 50]

 Eddie Fisher’s revelations are in [Eddie Fisher, Been There, Done That: An Autobiography, p. 258]

 Eddie Fisher’s autobiography on Amazon:

 https://www.amazon.com/Been-There-Done-That-Autobiography/dp/031220972X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=eddie+fisher+autobiography&qid=1627459291&sr=8-1

 Eddie Fisher and Pamela Turnure – March 21, 1975, watching racing  at Gulfstream Park, Halendale, Florida https://www.pinterest.com/pin/14636767517516864/

 Pamela Turnure was on Air Force One on 11-22-63 on the trip back to Dallas. In the photo of LBJ being sworn in as President (after he had just murdered JFK), Pamela can be seen in the back right as she stood behind Cong. Jack Brooks and slightly in front of LBJ aide Bill Moyers (wearing glasses) https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/pamela-turnure-signed-jfk-fdc-kennedy-1846705859

 Partial photo of Pamela Turnure on Air Force One, standing near Bill Moyers, at the 11-22-63 swearing in of Lyndon Johnson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Lyndon_B._Johnson#/media/File:LBJ_oath_with_captions.jpg

Pamela Turnure dated both JFK (while he was married to Jackie) and Eddi Fisher: https://www.whosdatedwho.com/dating/pamela-turnure

Pamela Turnure Wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_Turnure

Pictures of Pamela Turnure - https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/pamela-turnure.html

Info on Pamela Turnure - https://peoplepill.com/people/pamela-turnure

Smoking Gun on Pamela Turnure and Florence Mary Kater: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/president-branded-debaucher

CNN 1998: https://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/05/14/kennedy/

 Florence Kater in 1959 sent out a bunch of anonymous letters to public figures alerting them to JFK’s adultery with Pamela Turnure: https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot-detail/335974104871/

 

Description

Extortion and infidelity—“Senator Kennedy’s picture at the scene of his tomcatting”

Material from Evelyn Lincoln’s ‘Secret JFK File’ concerning a extortion case concerning Kennedy’s alleged infidelity, including a letter of May 27, 1959, to Stuart Symington—JFK’s rival contending for the Democratic presidential nomination—with a candid snapshot of Kennedy in the street affixed to the upper left, with a typed caption beside it: “Here is Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts, hand hiding his face, recently snapped when leaving his girlfriend’s place at 1 o’clock in the morning. She is a ‘glamour type’ employee of his. That’s a handkerchief in the senator’s right hand. In fact, everything’s there to see but a touch of greatness.” The letter forwards a copy of one sent out to reporters in an effort to smear Kennedy’s name. The body, in part: “We are sending this to you without the knowledge of the people involved because we feel that their lofty approach—sticking only to the job-threat angle—did not show the crumminess of Senator John F. Kennedy, the man who hopes to become the next President of the United States. In her letter to about thirty-five reporters (copy of which is attached) she didn’t tell the real reason for Senator Kennedy’s vengeful threat to take her husband’s job….The fact is, of course, that snapping Senator Kennedy’s picture at the scene of his tomcatting was the reason he threatened to take her husband’s job; and, failing that, it was the reason for sending the many-hatted Mr. McInerney around. The woman who took the picture is an Irish-Catholic who had been a warm supporter of Senator Kennedy. When she observed his spicy capers very first-hand she foolishly believed that, being a middle-aged Irish lad, he was dangerously out of his depth and needed some sort of shock treatment to admit it. But Senator Kennedy thought his behavior none of her business. We think he’s wrong there; it’s part of the package when you’re a public figure running for the Presidency. We have taken a poll of a hundred people. Ninety percent of them would not vote for a philanderer to head up the First Family.”

The letter forwarded, in part: “It may or may not be newsworthy that Senator Kennedy thinks it is all right to threaten to use his political power to take away a man’s job if that man has ‘annoyed’ him personally.” She goes on to describe a personal encounter with him in the street during what sounds like a stakeout: “Senator Kennedy spoke up and said: ‘I want you to stop bothering me. If you do it again, or if either of you spread any lies about me, you will find yourself without a job…If I find you here or any other place annoying me, you won’t have a job.’ All the while the Senator used his index finger for emphasis….My husband has been a salesman for the same company for the past twelve years. He calls on the Air Force, the Marine Corps and the Office of the Secretary of Defense…He just couldn’t be more vulnerable to political pressure.” Additionally included is a slightly different second candid photo of JFK taken only moments after the first, as well as a note from Clark Clifford, reading: “Dear Jack—As per our conversation. Regards, Cliff.” Includes an envelope addressed to Senator Kennedy marked “Personal and Confidential—Eyes Only.” In very good to fine condition. Provenance: Estate of Robert White.

While these letters are anonymous, the case in question revolves around a threat by Florence M. Kater and her husband Leonard to expose an alleged affair between Kennedy and his secretary Pamela Turnure. Florence Kater, Turnure’s landlady, had spotted Kennedy leaving her residence late at night and assumed he was up to no good. On July 11, 1958, at one o’clock in the morning, Leonard snapped these photographs of Kennedy leaving yet again. The Katers supposedly then attempted to blackmail Kennedy by demanding a Modigliani painting in exchange for suppressing the story. Kennedy refused to buy their silence, and Florence Kater responded by launching a one-woman campaign to bring attention to Kennedy’s infidelity, beginning by sending a letter and the photos to fifty or so reporters. Despite the potential for juicy headlines, none of the newspapers ran with the story except for an innocuous mention in the Washington Star; between the uncertain circumstances of the photographs—they do not provide indisputable evidence of an affair—and the fact that many editors liked JFK, Kater’s efforts were ignored. Overall, this grouping represents the ultimate in JFK intrigue—the intersection of dirty campaign politics, Kennedy’s famed intimate personal life, and the way he was treated by the media.

James M. McInerney (1905 – 1963) was the man who JFK sent to try and get Florence Kater to SHUT UP about his affair with Pamela Turnure -

https://www.justice.gov/criminal/history/assistant-attorneys-general/james-m-mcinerney

 James M. McInerney (1950-1952)

Early History: James McInerney was born in New York City in 1905.  After receiving his bachelor’s and law degrees from Fordham University, he practiced law in New York City until joining the FBI in 1935 as a federal agent.  He worked on several major kidnapping cases.  In 1939, he transferred to the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.  In 1944, he was promoted to first assistant in the Division.  From 1947 to 1950, he served as assistant to the head of the Tax Division, prosecuting wartime tax frauds and black market operations.

Tenure: In 1950, Mr. McInerney was appointed head of the Criminal Division by President Harry S. Truman. During his tenure, Mr. McInerney was influential in requiring the FBI to conduct a full investigation into Ku Klux Klan activities in Myrtle Beach and the beating of the owner of a popular club there. In 1952, it was alleged that Mr. McInerney and New York City Police Commissioner George P. Monaghan made an agreement barring federal inquiries into New York City police brutality. After this accusation, Mr. McInerney was transferred from the Criminal Division to the Lands Division (later renamed the Environmental and Natural Resources Division), where he served as Assistant Attorney General and oversaw a number of cases concerning titling for public works projects.

Later Career: With the change of administration in 1953, Mr. McInerney retired from the Department of Justice and returned to private practice.  In the mid-1950s, he was chairman of the Special Committee for Legal Aid in Employee Security Matters, established by the District Bar Association to provide legal counsel to Government employees involved in security risk cases.  Mr. McInerney died in a car accident in 1963.

LBJ to John Connally on why he would not have RFK as his Vice President on the 1964 Democratic ticket: "I'm not going to let them put somebody in bed with me that'll murder me."

[Lawrence Leamer, Sons of Camelot: The Fate of an American Dynasty, p. 465]

 Also in  [Laurent Guyenot, The Unspoken Kennedy Truth, pp. 7-8]

Jackie Kennedy on her Dislike & Mistrust of Lyndon Johnson: “I did not like or trust Lyndon Johnson. Never mention his name again!” – spoken while the HSCA was in full bloom

One of JFK, Jr.'s best friends (actually a girlfriend) at the Phillips Academy was Meg Azzoni. In spring, 1977, she and John went to visit Jackie while Caroline was still at Harvard. Meg says: "Jackie told John and I at the 'break-the-fast' breakfast, 'I did not like or trust Lyndon Johnson.' No one said another word the whole meal in memorial contemplative silence."

[Meg Azzoni, "John F. Kennedy, Jr. to Meg Azzoni Eleven Letters: Memories of Kennedys & Reflections on His Quest, p. 52]

Barr McClellan (who I have spoken with many times and again on 2-24-2020) ghostwrote her book for/with Meg Azzoni and the actual quote was:

"Jackie told John and I at the 'break-the-fast' breakfast, 'I did not like or trust Lyndon Johnson. Never mention his name again!’”

Jackie on how JFK and RFK were appalled at the idea of Lyndon Johnson ever being president and there was a plan to prevent that.

Also notice what USA Today did print on Jackie’s oral history and what the NYT carefully chose NOT to print.

 

USA Today https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/LIFE/usaedition/2011-09-13-Jackie-kennedy-book-news_ST_U.htm

 

“Jackie Kennedy interviews yield surprising revelations,” Bob Minzesheimer, USA Today, 9-12-2011.

 

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•On Johnson, Kennedy's vice president who assumed the presidency after the assassination. He was elected president in 1964, but dropped out of the presidential race in 1968:

"Bobby (Kennedy) told me this later, and I know Jack said it to me sometimes. He said, 'Oh, God can you ever imagine what would happen if Lyndon was president?'

"He didn't like that idea that Lyndon would go on and be president because he was worried for the country. Bobby told me that he'd had some discussions with him. I forget exactly how they were planning or who they had in mind. It wasn't Bobby (who would, in fact, mount a presidential campaign until his assassination in 1968) but somebody. Do something to name someone else in '68."

•On King, who was secretly taped by the FBI during the civil rights movement:

"I just can't see a picture of Martin Luther King without thinking, you know, that man's terrible."

She said the president "told me of a tape that the FBI had of Martin Luther King when he was here for the Freedom March. And he said this with no bitterness or anything, how he was calling up all these girls and arranging for a party of men and women, I mean, sort of an orgy in the hotel, and everything."

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 NYT story on the Jackie Kennedy oral history: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/12/us/12jackie.html

“In Tapes, Candid Talk by Young Kennedy Widow,” Janny Scott, NYT Sept. 11, 2011.

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 She quotes Mr. Kennedy saying of Lyndon B. Johnson, his vice president, “Oh, God, can you ever imagine what would happen to the country if Lyndon was president?” And Mr. Kennedy on Franklin D. Roosevelt: “Charlatan is an unfair word,” but “he did an awful lot for effect.”

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