From 6489mcadamsj@vms.csd.mu.edu Tue May 23 00:07:09 2000 Newsgroups: alt.assassination.jfk Subject: Early Report from Somersett From: 6489mcadamsj@vms.csd.mu.edu (John McAdams) Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 05:07:09 GMT The following is from National Archives file number 180-10123-10039. The "Orginator" is the U.S. Secret Service, and the document is from HSCA files. The first two pages are the report on Milteer, Lee MCloud, and Jessie Benjamin Stoner, saying that all were accounted for on the day of the assassination. Then the following is attached: -------------------------------------- 11-27-63 - 6 p.m. Howard Trent, FBI HQ, passed the following information to us per suggestion of Orrin Bartlett: On Nov. 10 and 11 information came to the FBI from an informant concerning J.A. Milteer, active in the Constitutional American Party, which information was furnished early the morning of Nov. 11 to Agent Scott Trundle of our Washington Field Office. Plans, he alleged, were being made to kill the President at some future date. He thought it might be done from some place near the White House with a high powered rifle. Subsequently, Mr. Trent continued, the Secret Service in Miami contacted the informant and interviewed him and had access to a recording of interview with him. The same informant has just furnished additional information which in many instances cannot be verified. In this instance he is speaking of Milteer again. Says he met Milteer in Jacksonville, Florida, November 23, at which time Milteer was jubilant over the assassination and said "everything ran true to form -- I guess you thought I was kidding you when I said he would be killed from a window with a high-powered rifle." Source then asked Milteer whether he was guessing when he gave the original information about the plan. Milteer replied "I don't do any guessing." Then Milteer allegedly said on the 23rd that he had been in Ft. Worth and Dallas, as well as other southern cities, but did not indicate the date he visited these cities. Milteer allegedly had contact with Robert Shelton who is a KKK leader but he thought Shelton could not be depended upon as he opposes violence. Milteer was quoted as saying Martin Luther King and Attorney General Kennedy are now unimportant, but the next move would be against "the big Jew." Milteer alleyed [sic] that there is a Communist conspiracy by Jews to overthrow the United States. On Nov. 24 the informant received information from Milteer that Milteer may have made a telephone call which was pertinent and that they do not have to worry about Oswald getting caught because Oswald knew nothing and the right wing was in the clear. Informant indicated Milteer while at Columbia, S.C. Nov. 24 made some notes prior to arrival of members of the Constitutional American Party who were to have a meeting there and captioned the notes "notes to all Christians --- The Zionist Jews killed Christ 2000 years ago and on Nov. 22, 1963, they killed President Kennedy. You Jews killed the President. We are going to kill you." FBI Atlanta Office determined that Milteer was, on Nov. 22, at Quitman, Georgia. FBI is in process of locating Milteer to question him because of his interest in American Constitutional Party Hate organization. FBI will furnish our office with any further pertinent information developed. Not possible to evaluate the reliability of the informant; however, he was interviewed by Secret Service Agent in Miami who may have made some comment as to his judgment of the man's veracity. ----------------------------------- Interesting to note what is *not* in this report, isn't it? It's hard to figure out how much of this is Milteer, and how much Somersett has embroidered on what Milteer said. The part about "might be done from some place near the White House with a high powered rifle" accuratedly summarizes what Milteer said in the secretly taped conversation. Interesting how it has gotten dropped out of the accounts printed in conspiracy books! Note that there is nothing here about a phone call on the morning of the assassination, and no claim that Milteer ever said he was in Dallas on the day of the assassination. That came later. That has to be presumed to be Somersett "enhancing" the story. .John The Kennedy Assassination Home Page http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/home.htm