DATABITZ 3:
by Martin Shackelford
Through the Looking Glass: The Mysterious World of Clay Shaw
by William Davy (1995)
p. 4 The North American Newspaper Alliance was sometimes
used as a cover for CIA operatives posing as reporters;
here the example is David Baldwin in the early 1950s;
could another be Priscilla Johnson in the late 1950s?
p. 5 Texas millionaire Clint Murchison was a patient of Dr. Alton
Ochsner (founder of INCA in New Orleans). Ochsner also
treated Nicaragua's Somozas (whose agent "D" sought to
link Oswald to Cuba after the assassination of JFK). Along
with the CIA, Ochsner funded William Gaudet's weekly
journal Latin American Reports.
p. 10 Mrs. Carlos Marquez, widow of the former Cuban consul in
New Orleans, told Asst. D.A> Andrew Sciambra that Clay Shaw
temporarily allowed the consulate free space, was sympathetic
to the anti-Castro cause; she also saw Oswald pass out leaflets
at the International Trade Mart (where the consulate was); a few
days later, she saw Oswald walking through the lobby of the
Trade Mart.
The Foreign Policy Association, whose members included Shaw
and Ochsner, hosted Gen. Charles Cabell's April 1961 address in
New Orleans. Shaw introduced Cabell that day.
Guy Banister operative Joe Newbrough said Banister provided
CIA funds to the Lake Ponchartrain training camp; on one occasion
in the early 1960s, Banister had Newbrough call Shaw and hand
the phone to David Ferrie. Lawyer Jules Fontana reported often
seeing Banister in Shaw's office.
p. 27 Shaw's defense team hired, for investigative work, the
Wackenhut Corporation (see Jim Hougan, Spooks).
p. 50 note 18 Tommy Baumler reported Shaw and Banister were
close, and Oswald worked for Banister.
p. 54 note 12 Warren DeBrueys, New Orleans FBI agent transferred
to Dallas to assist in JFK assassination investigation, was (per CIA
release) part of a covert operation called Project SEAL; another
SEAL member was Sergio Arcacha Smith, former New Orleans anti-
Castro activist (with links to Banister)whom Texas refused to
extradite for Garrison.