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Dear Fair Play Magazine,

I read Mr. Bartholomew's review of The MK/ULTRA Secret [Fair Play #19, Nov.-Dec. 1997], and would like to comment. It is the first book review I've ever seen where the reviewer does not tell the reader what the book is actually about.

The MK/ULTRA Secret concerns Lee Oswald as an unwitting MK/ULTRA victim, conditioned to be a false defector to the USSR. The subject of the JFK assassination is secondary.

Bartholomew seems to believe that because I worked for US intelligence that somehow I am out to spread disinformation about the assassination. Other than the fact that I don't agree with the fatal headshot from the front, we probably don't have many differences. I believe JFK was hit in the back of the head and that a substantial portion of the right side of his head was blown open. I believe this because in researching my book, one of my sources was Jackie Kennedy herself. You may notice that the book is dedicated to the Lady In Pink. I agreed not to use her name for promotion of the book, and although she died before the book was released, I did not break my word. Jackie told me that the side of JFK's head was literally blown open, and that she closed the scalp and skull flap "to hold his head together."

I also interviewed Dr. Crenshaw, who told me that he saw no one roll JFK's head fully over to the left ear, so as to really see the extent of the apparent "hole in the back of the head." Nor did any doctor actually treat the head wound. It was given a brief examination, and left for later.

Bartholomew's piece was more of a smear than an open-minded review. I do apologize for the many editing errors, and while Bartholomew attributes them to me, he must know that the writer is at the mercy of the editor. Christopher Scott Publishing is a new publisher. In getting out their first group of books, something slipped, and my particular book suffered for it. It was a one-time error.

Lighten up, Bartholomew. I didn't footnote because I wasn't following somebody else's trail. I explained my conclusions as a backward-engineered analysis rather than a textbook.

Fletcher Prouty's researches are excellent. He is the exception to the rule of the average assassination researcher who has a more common profession. And, while I don't agree with Gerald Posner on most of his conclusions, neither am I going to berate him for having them.

I have 14 books out now nationally and internationally. My next book, MINDBENDERS, is non-fiction and is a technical examination of the MK projects and others that followed. It is due for a March release from Dunhill. The MK/ULTRA Secret movie, by the way, is bogged down in scripting.

The JFK assassination research community, I discovered, is bizarre and diversified. There are some really good, intelligent people in it, and more than a few ego maniacs. I wrote The MK/ULTRA Secret before I had met any of them. My paths to Phillips and Morales were blazed before I knew who Fonzi was, even before I had read his committee's reports.

Sincerely

Frank J Camper

Conference Coverage

Once again, a most excellent job on the new FAIR PLAY. This was the only place anywhere (other than talking to researchers) that I was able to find detailed and organized info on both the Dallas conferences and the Dealey Plaza remembrance. The material was well-presented, and you culled the important specifics and still seemed to keep the flow and "feel" of the events. There was so much information here that I doubt could be found anywhere else. This is valuable, as many of us in the research community can only get the "lowdown" from Dallas in bits and pieces, as it were, from those we know who may have attended these events. I learned a lot, and offer my sincere thanks.

Of added interest were your observations from your own personal sojourns in and around Dallas. That plus notes on the press coverage contributed a warmth and another slice of reality that helped compete the picture.

Every time I see a new issue of FAIR PLAY, I continue to be able to substantiate why we at JFK/Deep Politics Quarterly believe it is the best JFK site on the web -- and continue to say so on our own LINKS page: Quite simply, you prove it over and over again.

Great work!

Jan Stevens
JFK/DPQ
http://www.njmetronet.com/jfkdpq

More Conference Coverage (Goof Patrol)

From Part 2 of your Lancer Conference summary: "Armstrong was introduced to the audience at the Lancer conference by author Jim Marrs, who related how Armstrong had been in a class of his at the University of Texas, Austin, in the late 1980s."

I believe that should be "University of Texas, Arlington".

Thanks,

Cecil N. Jones

Whoops. You are correct. As of January 8, we have corrected this error.

ARRB Material

Just curious as to when Batches 11-13 will be posted. I've been looking every day but I keep getting a "404 - Item Not Found" message.

Thanks for your continued good work.

Mark

The material about Batches 11-13 was posted a few days after we got your email. We responded to your email to notify you, but unfortunately it bounced back to us. Sorry.

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