"eee: fer all of the stuff. Enclosed are copies of Lift^n's last twr: of which (by one day) came airmail special delive,,y, c it a secret that I am giving You his letters. T hope tc lialogue. In the present instance I told hin that I eeuLs' e- u ane Vlnce to search for info which would confirm or die'-fic course, don't believe and which I told have I didn't rel.i.eec a signifLeant point, however, and that is whethee or could be to the one Jim had. If T remeT'or -..errect2v, :Le': was a rotten copy and the color changed partway through.

. 7 t send the Palmer memc--Paul just forwarded me a copy of it. :- -.4ould like a copy of the stuff on Horsey you are getting since I am ireeree ee, he is and whit he is up to and might be able to get someone wbc, has 7)(7.

a1ready seen my letter to if I sent you a copy. If eentiv raised questions of how he was sure of those he •)ut that -even if all of thoce people were the "real" peep1e tn.' rt eeeiecale would be behind them talking or of tellies the truth. Box.ley dkesn't even necessarily rest on whet-1:r they are 'i1! major'ocint is that he didn't about other things whic.-, are 1.ee !-• :hihg together into a plot theory. This fragmentetion in the er:+ -e- 'e prevented giving some examples to Penn I think, and it i wer- .met Baxley has no haven.

ii.'2JK with the Dixiecrat. Don't forget that they all have coeie-_ of aeccrding to what we know." Or &if at least they had copies of te.e' is rg tc the Archives immediately on Hunt and Rothermel. I will l'e eiece my govt. grant of 580 must have run out by now. Maytel. i -hu:; 3oTe more into my account so I will be able to order anytnie 7 aid Marion Johnson caning in sick on a Friday, I am overkkelme Iv e un,!4served attention.

i.tleindee, my roommate (who owns our house), Freda's Aestralian A'..e; with Freda and Mike to research Malcolm X's death and see ti ,t the rereirerand and then made the mistake of mentioning .,our v'. '--'10-.4.af-Nv.ez- got to see anything, but got researchers cards. I 4 • 4, •

t 031.1 and 1.'11 write when I get tcgether with Pats! The- fcr the 20th, yre weigning heavily on me.

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Gary Schoener Box 392 Mayo Hospital Minneapolis Minn

Dear G(iry,

I am resisting the urge to call you. this afternoon, and decided

I'd save $ and put a particular matter in writing. What follows

is purely a Npothesis; I have no evidence. I have been doing a lot

of thlnkng about the Zapruder film being on . Farewell America, Jnffe'

role etc. Yesterday, I had to call Vince ever-so-briefly to discuss

something; and he told me that Time/Life did give Garrison actual

possession of the film, So now I have at least that fact straightened out.

OK. Here goes with my hypotheses. When you ut I want

your comments.

Garrison gets possession of thc0Apruder film. Dein red-bloo0e1

critic, he knows damn well he is sitting on a piece of gold. ;■ s a

critic, he'd love to see the film reproduced and-one or more copies

at out, so that researchers can get access to it, and so that 11114111

finally have been vested away from the grip of Time/Life, at least

for private research use, even if its ,7 illicit publication will

always be prevented by the US copyright laws.

What to do? That is the question.

As DA, he simply cannot afford to monkey around with 'toes

!for,to do so, he would then give the U.S. establishment a legal

levdr with which to hurt him, and badly. All that would have to happen.

Is for there to be any evidence that Garrison violated the legal

contract under which that film was made available to him, and he could

not only be prosecuted as a person, but his professional credentials

as a law'.tr could be revoked. All the. trials he has scheduled would

be risked. So he decides to let someone eJS3 do the j

ob, "the job" being,

getting that film reproduced.

; First of all, he'd need someone with a small knowled7e of

photography. You just don't make duplicates of color movies in a

home lab; you ha,re to know where to go to do that. Which brings him

immediately to the next problem: if that film is brought to a U.S.

lab, It is sure to come to the attention of the authorities.

It is clear that a lab must he chosen somewhere which can process the

film, knowing that they are dealing with the Zapruder film, and

keep mum about it. In fact, you'd want v lab that not only would

ke4um about it, but would be sympathetic to the entire project.

Th,,re is no question that any U.S. lab would just about be the

worst place to do such a thing, and that a European lab, and particul

one in France, might be about the. best. As a people, the French had

real love for JFK, have a continuing interest In the assasslistion,

believe there was a conspiracy, dislike the U.S. Government and its

Vietnam foreign policy, and don't like the CIA.

As a courier, to go to France, Garrison needs someone who knows

about photography, who can handle himself in situations that could get

tictilt_ and who has the time to make an overseas trip.

'jag: 5, 1969'

Obviously, Jaffe woad fit the bill. The older critics, like

Garrison, have families and professions that would make such an

undertaking too risky.

So Garrison settles on Jaffe.

Now, you have to realize that anyone, and I mean anyone, who has

knowledge of such an undertaking is a potential witness against Garrison in any court action instigated by Time/Life for dong such a thing. Therefore, such a thing would have to be handled between

Garrison end Jaffe, only. Garrison lets Jaffe have the film; Jaffe is the courier. And to explain Jaffe's "trip to Europk;", some sort of "cover story" is floated by Garrison for the benefit

of other critics, like Weisberg°. yourself,. Salandria etc. who sbmply

donit have to know about such an arrangement&

All tnf-ormation like this has a finite leak-time. If you want

to keep it a secret, you.juat don't tell it.Swearing 8 people to silence is not the way to keep a secret. You just don t tall them, if thetv knowledge is not necessary.

And, I'm sure you realize, no one had to know what the hell was

going on but Garrison and Jaffe.Both are in the same boat: each is 11.,17 if Time/Life finds out. So both have a common motive for keepingltum.

Ergo, Jaffe now departs to Europe, with a few insiders being

the"French Intelligence Agency" caper as a cover story. With him ,

Jaffe has a copy of the Zapruder film, THE COPY THAT LIFE GAVE

GARRISON.

Jaffe.now departs for Europe. Herepf course, the details get

fuzzy. Y1' dbn't know where he would go to do the job. I now where I'd

In 1965, wheil'I first diaeovered. "iMageb=behlnd-the-wall" in the Moorman photo, I sent the material to BuChanan, not only for safe

keeping, but for his Opinlom H.

Here are excerpts from his correspondence to me at that time:

1) Buchanan's letter to me of May 29, 1965

"I 1-i:.ve y srr cablegram, card the next clay the neg!itiv.!

print you sent to me were forwarded to me by The Express.

"As you sugge:,t, I will havc them examined by at least one pers.,-,

with enoggh professional experience to give an expert judgment As to the significance of what is found there In this examInntln,

I have access to the photographic service of some of the leadin

Paris papers. As you have reouerted, I will not release these

photographs for publication at the present time, even in the eve

than an analysis confirms your first interpretation. For that

reason, it would be more prudent if you wo ild address your future correspondence to my home, and not to the Express,. I ask

you, in return for this protection, tolkdvise me of your future findings, and to do this promptly....;hile I can help you on the

photographic evidence, and--..if your own interpretation aeeos Lo carry weight----jcan assure you that your findings will attract worldwide attention, I thirk you should also seek the assistance of other groups add individuals... "

I quoted the above letter to show how interested and excited Buchanan Was.

His next letter goes into more detail.

from his letter to me of June 8, 1965

(after his comments on the blowups) "I hove an appointment with a friend tomorrow who has access to one of the finest photographic studios in Paris. None of us, unfortunately, is an expert ovpolice investigation. If we had to count on the poli00,'hOWever, I'm afraid we'd have to wit a low time"

. fronihis letter to me of June 14, 1965

"As I adlflAedyptl. in,myletter of June 8, I made arrangments to heve enlargements p;1014:11a4'OM'y3dr:negatiVe by what is probably the best equipped vAbtbthraphit ',studio Of all the French neWeliapeid.:S oar- how give you the result of this examination...(lots of opinions)...

"I can now report to you that, through _the intervention of a friend here, I've been promised help from a completely unexpected quarter which I can't identify, except to say that If you had to pick some one to check the work of the F.B.I., these are the people best equipped to do it. I wonld like you to be extremely discreet about this, since to talk about it would jeopardize the whole operation and might get some one In trouble.

"The person to whom I refer now his the entire file of photographs (the ones I had sent Buchanan--D.L.) He has asked me whether it is possible for us to get a photograph which he could use for a control...(goes Into detail on type of control photos he would like--D.L.) ...the examination will be more than superficial, and it is of course the first thi7g a professional investigation would demand...

from his letter to me .of July 5, 1965

"I had my first interview this evening with the offial who arranged an examination of your photographs. The examination was conducted by several technicians who make similar examinations as part of their daily work. Here is a summary of their findings: (lots of comment, imageyby-image of No. 5 man, No. 2 man, etc. ---D.L.)

"This operation having been conducted on a personal and unofficial basis, the man with whom I have been in contact-, did not feel that he could show the pictures to the head of the department which conducts this sort of work (emphasis mine--D.L.) but he is willing now to do this

"I'd advise continued prudence in retard to contacts that we have here.

The above quotes show the interest that Buchanan had, and the connections he had. 'A 'eewAMonths later, in Cktrime, Magfrie Field went to Europe, met Buchanan, met with editors at Paris Match& she brow ht. a int nf 7E

214-' Jan 5, 1969

relatives that live near Paris; and the Fields' go to Europe each Christmas with the entire family, for prolonged vacations and sklinE_ Maule, by the way, is fairly close to Stephen Jaffe. There is a warm relationship there.)

Anyway, the whole point of the above quotes and discussion, is ri,)t only to show that Buchanan had very interesting contacts, but to show that Buchanan met Maggie over there, they had quite a few extended discussions onthe case, and he and she went up to Paris Match together. The net result was that by the time Maggie came beck from Europe, her in person contacts with Buchanan led to a more personal relationship than he had with me, which was all by mail.

That November, Buchanan ran a feautre story in Paris Match, and 22 other major periodicals around the world about the grassy kral as the source of shots, featuring the Moorman images.

e^••

The banner headline , plastered. across two pages of Paris Match, wris- "There was a second shooter behind the Wall". Willis five was run, with a big white arrow pointing at the ima!e at the corner of the wall. AO the article was chock full of grassy knoll quotes from Maggie s research.

(The story led to the first big fetid out her . Buchanan gave no credit for anything, and the reticle explcitbr stated how he had. discovered all these irleges.. I blew my stack, and wrote Buchanan a letter telling him what I thought; having invested hundreds of dollers in phone calls and photo bills, I was furious that that sob'

5hoy1d ..at only make a small fortune without a thought of helping with any costs, but that he should have the nerve to claim credit. When I had a lawyer write Buchanan a letter about it, nay Marcus just couldn't take it. He had been working in total anonymity, in his areas, and the idea that I wanted at least 'Intellectunl credit for what I had done, infuriated Ray., who is a professional altruist. Anyway, that is Ray's bag, but I thought I'd mention that here is where the real troubles started.' Ray counted up the column inches in Buchanan's work, and said that, by that criteria, my contribution was only 5%. It was bad enough that Ray counted wrong;what was insultirg was his attempt to measure the importance of the contribution by-the column. inches it took up. It was clear that the entire article, including the headlines that were run, and the very fact that so many periodicals ran it as they did, depended on those pictures and Was structured around the theme that new "photographic discoveries" had been made by Buchanan, of course. )

here. So much for the genisis of the dtterioration in relations out

The important point is that Jaffe and Maggie are close, that Nagrle had relatives in Europe, and that, through Buchanan, Maggie was fully introduced to all parties concerned.

kihehoshe Came back from Europe, she confirmed that Buchanan's 1\ contact 'L+ i3the Suretfi, the French egivalant of the CIA.(ev,rui.)

Having stated my hypothesis, I want to tell you what I think happened, -

I think Garrison judged terribly 'wrong when he chose Jaffe for this little mission..., I thin that. Your description of him in terms of "total incompetence, 'status and adventure-seeking" is close to the mark. He is not one whom I would trust in anything that wes sensitive, He sends out the vihvgnsti^.,. nP

without soul, and incapable of experiencing the emotion of "concern", and will 41e-polish so that he can get himself situated "where the action is". Every time he opens his mouth, he reminds me of the words Sylvia used, I believe,to describe the way the language is used in the Warren Report: "the use of the English language 1 n the service of obfuscation and guile." He's a very slippery liar: from sentence to sentence, he tells the truth, in a technical sort of way. But in spirit, be lies. I've tried to corner him a few times ?-egardingyariour matters: he is as slippery as a greased waterthelota., used in the water polo games. Furthermore, Jaffe is the only person I've met in this case, who is on the side of the critics, who radiates the vibrations of a man on an ego trip, And nothing more.

Back to my hypothesis. I don't know what happened once Jaffe got to Europe with the film. Whether, in his glory, he stupid chose to have dealings with LaMarre, who I understand is a french l'arry Schil'er, or whether things got out of control through no fault of his own, I do01:know. This whole construct is hypothetical.

But the result is clear: instead of just getting the film duplicated, and perhaps slides made, Jaffe gets involved in wheelng and dealing which results in the production of Face a11, 421=1Qp. Furthermore, wbile he is over there, Garrison can't resist telling people that "French intelligence" agrees with his, Giirrison'se theories. I am of the opinion that that statement has as its source an occurance similar to Buchanan's taking my Moorman images to someone connected with Suretg.

Now Jaffe comes home. Presumably, he has copies of t!'-,e Z film, and perhaps a slide set.

Meanwhile, the people with whom he dealt in Europe also have copiesof the Z film, pluS all sorts of re: earth and theories that Jaffe spilled while he was over there. Between the mixed bag of photo researbh, New Orleans "plOt theories", and the Zapruder film, tuaual 4aulaft is produced.

Now LaMarre comes to the U.S. with his film. Its shown to a few critics. Those who have any common sense immediately rekikze What a threat such a film is tothe Garrison investigation, and to the critics. Jaffe is called out on the carpet.

And now something very interesting happens. The material in the film that comes from New Orleans, or from the critics, is blevaad on Jaffe. Instead of apply .ng the exact same standard of reasoning to the Zaprduer film, the existence of that is turned on its ear and used to prove that Farewell America is agency inspiredL Oftr'Else how could the Zapruder YITIUi on it, the argument goes.

Which brings me to the next points there will now be two groups of people who think that Jaffe is an agent (or that the film is agency inspired) but for different reasonst

Group 1) Anybody who knows about Jaffe's true reason for going to Europe

Group 2 ) Those who 1211:t. know about the'Jaffe/(earrison arrangment to reproduce the Z film out ofthe country, but whO do not like the -,- film, Farewell AzzLeae7, and can only explain it in terms of a set-up to get Garrison and the critics in hot water. To this second group, the existance,on the Fa =g12 ADIZZ1,22. of the Zapruder film, is only further proof tatthe film la AaAmrty

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Now consider the first group. This"group" could conceivably ileluda only one person: Jim Garrison. Its possible that he might

told one other person,(besides Jaffe), of the plan, simply eeallee it Is troublesome to have anyone harbor a secret like that.

'< don't know who knows and who deosn't know; I make no claims.

But anyway, the film Farewell_ialexlczt inspires group-2 people to attack it is agency-inspired.

Meanwhile, Garrison feels personally let down (at least) and perhaps double-cinossed (at most) by Steve Jaffe. But Garrision can say nothing. His handa are tied.

For him to admit, in the process of"explaining" Farewell Americ what he had done with Jaffe and the Z-film, would be to

- expose himself to all_the'dangera of court-action that I discussed theaconet page of this letter,O;ia rhich required secrecy in the

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Therefore, if Garrison is entertaining the idea that Farewell Amerlea. is agency - inspired, he. probably does not.t:;ink so for ,

the same reasons as the "Group 2" people do.

Rather, Garrison would probably think that the hypothesis of Jaffe-as-an-agent might explain what he conceives, to be some type of "double-cross", rather than face up to his misludgement of choosing- , in Jaffe, a person who was so reckless, indiscreet, and self-sel4ng. ,

AYvgileiit on this theme would be that Garrison doesn't think of Jafte_as the agent but thinks agency-connected peopleiat the 0 Eurppean end of the line learned of Jaffe'emisaion to Eurppe, and that- Ajsf.re got: had, ''TThus,.. to,Garrispn e . the "agent-theories" whleh- explain. Farewell America '

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The above is all hypothetical.

Its my reaction to theories, which I just do not buy, that Stephen Jaffe is an agent. Its also my reaction to theories, which I bfly, th•07 maKes a trip to Europe, lots of theories to which he is privvy end up on Farewell J'anerico, but that the Zapruder film, also New Orleans based, d-Idn'_t come Trom there. Its also my r action, as a critic, to the sort of tugs my heart would experience if smmeDne gave me a copy of the Zapruder film, and then extrapolating to the situation Of Garrison.

It any of this is true, Garrison must really be off on a paranoid trip by this time, wondering just who the hell can be trusted. If tcrf-!

is any humor at all in the situation, It ;is that there probably ore . labs where the Z film could be duplicated right here in the U.S.

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I certainly know of at least one. I'm s re there are-others. But I e% easily visualize Garrison, with his love for exotica, dispatching courier-Jaffe to France, in order to do what he conceives to be "Mission Impossible".

With Vh14,1ettdri„ I feel I have saved ane small fortune in a phone call. Please let me hear your-thoughts on the hypothesis I have put forward at your earliest convenience Particularly, retlil ,lilr- events). do you find it explains certain things t-t have been puzzzlIng before: Looking forward to your reply LI

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