European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Cafes theatres left in the dark amid a a fkr Streak woman Lam. Ran guns for the mafia to anti Castro guerrillas. As the conspiracy theory goes Ruby was sent by the mob to kill Oswald before he could talk. In a polygraph test taken in prison however. Ruby denied that he was part of any conspiracy and that he knew Oswald. A there is one key fact at the Center of this a said Jonathan Kwitny an investigative reporter who said he bases his conclusions on documents gathered by the House assassinations committee. A once you learn that Jack Ruby and Lee Oswald were both working for the Marcello organization in the months before the assassination and you know that Marcello had the strongest motive for killing Kennedy it May not be proof a he said a but you have to Start Specter said he did not think it was plausible that the mob hired either Oswald or Ruby because they were a unstable and conspiracy Oswald a Shady connections extended As far As Moscow although few analysts have taken seriously the possibility that the soviet Union ordered the assassination. After serving in the Marine corps Oswald defected to the soviet Union in 1959 for two years. There he married a russian woman named Marina whose Uncle was reportedly an officer in the secret police. Disillusioned with the Wrabness of soviet life he applied for readmission to the United states with his wife. Back in the United states Oswald expressed interest in the activities of the communist party and a pro Castro Solidarity group. He passed out pro Castro literature in the streets of new Orleans and travelled to Mexico in an unsuccessful Effort to gain Entrance to Cuba. At a news conference at the brazilian embassy in Havana two months before the assassination Castro said a United states leaders should think that if they Are aiding terrorist plans to eliminate cuban leaders they themselves will not be in her Castro biography guerrilla Prince Little Brown 1991georgie Anne Geyer wrote a there Are simply too Many a accidents not to assume that there could have been some Castro involvement. Oswald was seen at private parties conversing with mexican communists and with cuban in a variation on Geyer a Contention Daniel Schorr the broadcast journalist noted in his 1977 Book Clearing the air that Oswald could have read a news dispatch in a new Orleans newspaper reporting Castro a vague threat and taken it upon himself to kill Kennedy to help Cuba. Johnson said on various occasions that he thought Castro was behind the assassination a charge the cuban Leader has repeatedly denied. Stokes who As chairman of the House assassinations committee travelled to Cuba in 1978 to ques top Gary Oldman plays Lee Harvey Oswald speaking to the press in Juk. Above the real live Oswald is shot by Jack Ruby. Tion Castro returned saying he believed Castro a disclaimers. A Castro summed it up Best himself a Stokes said. A the said a i would have to be crazy. They would blow my Little country off the a government conspiracy of All the conspiracy theories the most bizarre allege a plot that included the Fri the Cia the Pentagon or the secret service or All of the above. One variation promoted by Mark North in his new Book act of treason Carroll amp Graf 1991argues that Fri director j. Edgar Hoover Learned of the plot in Advance but did nothing to protect the president. In Juk Stone has popularized what his critics argue is the most paranoid vision of America one in which a fascistic elite murdered the president. The film dramatizes the investigations of Jim Garrison a former new Orleans District attorney who asserted that the Warren commission report was a tissue of lies a cover up for a Cia cell consisting largely of right Wing cubans who carried out the assassination. Their motive was to propel the Vietnam War and to establish a More vigorous policy to overthrow Castro. Garrisons 1967 prosecution against Clay Shaw a new Orleans businessman who he said had plotted with Oswald and others to kill the president ended when a jury found him innocent. But some conspiracy theorists continue to argue that he was on to something. They Point out that Shaw is now known to have been a Cia Contact although he had denied having any dealings with the Agency. They note that the Man Garrison accused of being shawls co conspirator David Ferric a former airline Pilot who dropped dead during the investigation had been seen consulting with Carlos Marcello shortly before the Kennedy assassination. And finally they argue that it is More than coincidence that a third Man accused of being a co con by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau bad news for those thirsting to Sec Juk on Post. The red hot film probably will not make it to military Heaters in Europe for several More months according to cafes Headquarters in Dallas. Off Post offers a better picture. English speaking theatres throughout Europe have Access to the movie. In Germany for instance Juk is playing at the kaisers Lautem arca Broadway Kino and Garmisch a Kino Center. An cafes official said the Exchange service requested the film for its a first run circuit when it opened last month but Warner bros., the distributor said director Oliver Stone did not want the film released too soon to any segment of the a non theatrical Market of which cafes is considered a part. In addition to the military Exchange services the non theatrical Market includes such venues As airline in flight movies film screenings at colleges and universities and the foreign theater Market. A this Isnit common but it happens Quot said the official who requested anonymity. Quot it keeps the profits from becoming too dispersed too such a move also has to do with prestige the official said in that limiting a films release supposedly gives it something of an Aura of exclusivity. Since the Exchange services original Effort to procure the film Juk has become caught up in the upcoming Academy awards the official said. Nominations Are due to be announced next month and the awards will be made in april. Apparently Stone and Warner Bros want to hold the film Back from widespread release to the non theatrical Market until they see How it fares in the oscars. A if the film does no twin Many awards we May get it fairly quickly a the official said. A if it docs win it May be a while before we get it because the studio might want to re release it to the theatrical the cafes movie schedule is set through mid february and beyond that the official could Only speculate. Asked to Hazard a guess he said it would probably be late Spring at the earliest before Juk makes it to cafes. Aspirator Guy w. Banister a former Fri agent and anti Castro activist had an office in the same building As that on the address of pro Castro literature passed out by Oswald months theories Are disparaged by an assortment of analysts. Kwitny said the Garrison and Stone school a convert Kennedy into a Flower child when he was really a cold Warrior. Conspiracy theories will swirl until the Cia the Fri and Congress release All files related to the assassination. The House plans to disclose All its documents Only in 2029, saying much of the information in the reports it gathered is full of rumours that will Only Muddy the matter further. Many analysts say there will be people who believe there has been a government cover up even after All the documents Are released. A there Isnit a single witness left to bring in Quot said g. Robert Blakey the chief counsel to the House assassination committee investigation. A a Hie people out there Are All people with january 19, 1992 sunday a Page 5
