Jan
10
The Malcolm Blunt Archives Update
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The Malcolm Blunt Archives Update.
Greetings and happy new year. Hope you have had, under these difficult circumstances, a somewhat decent X-Mas break. I know I have not posted that much and the reason for that is that the Malcolm Blunt Archives have kept me occupied for quite some time now. And especially the second half of 2020 has been a very busy period scanning tens of thousands of pages in. I have been working on this project for more than two years now.
Harry Livingstone’s Files April 2019. Click pic to enlarge.
Starting with Harry Livingstone’s material which then slowly transcended into scanning Malcolm’s files, little did I know how much there was, yet at the same time has proven to be an absolute goldmine filled with rare and never before published documents, audio & video recordings.
Documents, tapes and videos. Click pic to enlarge.
Early Dec 2020, while there was a gap in Covid 19 travel restrictions, Peter Antill and I made our way to Malcolm to see what we could get our hands on to take back with us. Peter and I offloaded the 14 bags we had brought with us, yet I managed to bring ten bags back with me and that was only with 90 minutes left to do so. Two bags fill a drawer of a filing cabinet and contain anything between 2-3,000 pages. If you are wondering what type of content there is, well…..almost anything.
This is by far one of the best document collections when it comes to the JFK Assassination, but also for Dallas matters, anti-Castro, CIA, New Orleans, the ARRB, HSCA and a handful of other commissions investigating. At this point I have created roughly 10,000 PDFs. Scanning will continue for most part of this year trying to complete the digitisation of Malcolm Blunt’s entire archive.
For the first time in 18 months I managed to get access to the files I had worked on in the first half of 2019 while in Tetbury. These files have been kept at a storage site and I was very happy being able to regain access to them. The files in here are much more within my remit.
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The coloured boxes are of course Harry Livingstone’s files. Malcolm’s materials in here refer a lot to Dallas Police and FBI. Due to some finds of great documents I am preparing a handful of articles which I will start working on more this month when I am taking a break from scanning.
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While the Covid 19 restrictions are in place I will not be able to regain access until some time in March this year. But I have plenty to get on with for now and I reckon I will be working on this archive for the rest of the year. Expect a few cool articles to come in the next six months. And of course The Papers I have been working on these past few years and which are being crammed full with not before seen material, so plenty to look out for.
Sep
15
All documents thanks to Malcolm Blunt.
These are all referring to files that have either been withdrawn or are postponed in full.
More stuff coming later this coming week.
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- Ruby file withdrawal.
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- ARRB State Records Examination.
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- Reports and Presentation on Moscow Exhibition 1959
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- Moscow files 1959.
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- Classifying CIA Relationships with whom it has had contact
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- ARRB Request for various files.
Sep
12
Some really interesting bits here, thanks to Malcolm Blunt.
Arnold Rowland handwritten statement
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- Arnold Rowland
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- Arnold Rowland
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- Arnold Rowland
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- Arnold Rowland
Hugh Aynesworth (caught in bed with someone else wife….) / Hank Farmer / Howard Brennan
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- Hugh Aynesworth
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- Hank Farmer
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- Howard Brennan
Irving Davidson
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- Irving Davidson
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- Irving Davidson
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- Irving Davidson
Jack Valenti and LBJ / Josiah Thompson / W.E. Barnett
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- Jack Valenti and LBJ Aug 11 1965
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- Josiah Thompson Nov 27 1963
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- W.E. Barnett
William S. Walter
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- William S Walter
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- William S Walter
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- William S Walter
May
22
A couple more interesting pieces, thanks to Malcolm Blunt once again.
The first one shows timings of reports just after the assassination by NBC TV, the second is on Oswald and Bringuier, the D.R.E. (which receives financing from the CIA).
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- NBC TV Timed Reports
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- Oswald, Bringuer and the DRE
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- Oswald, Bringuer and the DRE
May
10
On Fri the 27th the missus and I made our way to Canterbury to attend the 16th DPUK Canterbury seminar. I had a two hour presentation to give on the Saturday and also had scheduled two interviews, one with Malcolm Blunt and the other with John Newman on Sunday. Besides that I managed to get Jim DiEugenio to do his “JFK and his foreign policy” talk. We had some rain but other than that it was ok. Barry Keane and I shared a flat in the centre of Canterbury and we joined the rest of the posse (about a dozen at that time) in the pub for a couple of pints and from thereon we made our way to Pinocchio’s an Italian restaurant where Dealey Plaza UK has been going on the evening before the seminar ever since organising it in in Canterbury.
I myself left a bit earlier than the rest and managed to get really drunk at the flat in the time span of one hour, it took me by surprise to say the least. Waking up the next morning and not remembering how I got to bed at all was already the first indicator of a raging hangover that lasted pretty much all day. And it was not just me, Barry Keane who had the honours of doing the very first talk felt it too ;) But we managed to pull through, there was simply too much at stake. I myself felt like Richard Nixon with that sweaty patch just above my lips and had to wipe it several times while the booze was making its way out through my pores.
Professional indeed….
The whole weekend was great fun and obviously flew by rather quick. I enjoyed the entire program and could I do 4-5 days of this? Easy!
I would like to thank Stuart Galloway, DPUK’s outgoing secretary, for setting the seminar up like he has been doing for the past decade, he did a marvellous job. Thank you Stuart for everything you have done!
Thanks to all the speakers as well for sharing your time and knowledge to us.
The audio of the above interview of Malcolm can also be heard at the The Lone Gunman Podcast with an intro by yours truly.
The John Newman video will be inserted in a few days. But the Lone Gunman Podcast of the audio of this telephone interview can be listened to HERE.
Feb
22
April 28-29 at Christchurch Uni in Canterbury DPUK will hold its annual seminar.
Preliminary program (STC)
Saturday 28th April
09.40m – 09.50am Introduction to the Seminar by Stuart Galloway
09.50am – 10.50am Harold “Skip” Rydberg by Barry Keane
10.50am – 11.10am Break: Coffee/Tea
11.10am – 12.10pm Interrogations of LHO-1 by Bart Kamp
12.10pm – 1.40pm LUNCH That means of to the pub 
1.40pm – 2.40pm Interrogations of LHO-2 by Bart Kamp
2.40pm – 3.50pm ZR/RIFLE, William Harvey, & QJ WIN by Larry Hancock
3.50pm – 4.10pm Break: Tea/Coffee
4.10pm – 5.10pm Q & A with Malcolm Blunt with B Kamp
5.10pm – 6.00pm Possible Film or extend Larry’s talk from
Dinner at the Abbotts Barton Hotel – 7.30pm for 8.00pm
Sunday 29th April
09.30am – 10.30am The DPUK Auction with Mike Dworetsky
10.30am – 12.00pm Evidence of Gunmen in DP.by David Percox
12.00pm – 12.30pm The Dallas Police by Ian Griggs
12.30pm – 1.40pm LUNCH ( Buffet in the Lecture Theatre)
1.40pm – 2.40 pm Q & A with John Newman and B.Kamp
2.40pm – 3.40pm Jim Di Eugenio JFK’s foreign policy and also the recent released files. The impact of Donald Trump and how they were ignored by the media.
3:40pm – 3.50pm Closure of the Seminar by Stuart Galloway.
More info on attendance and pricing at DPUK FB Event page.
Costs for members.
Two day seminar including tea and coffee on Saturday – £35
Dinner at Best Western (Abbots Barton) – £37 (we have our own room)
Buffet lunch in The Old Sessions House on Sunday – £7
Total = £79 (£42 without Dinner)
Attendance Saturday only – £20
Attendance Sunday only – £24 (includes Buffet).
Some of the talks will be videod and shown on YouTube/Vimeo.
Jun
11
Thanks to Malcolm Blunt for handing me this document from the HSCA while at the DPUK Canterbury seminar last April. This CIA document, sadly undated, shows Lee Oswald’s activities from Nov 22nd to the 24th.
The fact that the CIA went through all the witness statements and testimony and put them in chronological order is interesting by itself. There are even two pages with diagrams of who was were.
Interesting indeed.
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- Activities Oswald, Lee Nov 22-24 1963
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- Activities Oswald, Lee Nov 22-24 1963
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- Activities Oswald, Lee Nov 22-24 1963
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- Activities Oswald, Lee Nov 22-24 1963
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- Activities Oswald, Lee Nov 22-24 1963
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- Activities Oswald, Lee Nov 22-24 1963
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- Activities Oswald, Lee Nov 22-24 1963
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- Activities Oswald, Lee Nov 22-24 1963
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- Activities Oswald, Lee Nov 22-24 1963
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- Activities Oswald, Lee Nov 22-24 1963
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- Activities Oswald, Lee Nov 22-24 1963
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- Activities Oswald, Lee Nov 22-24 1963
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- Activities Oswald, Lee Nov 22-24 1963
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- Activities Oswald, Lee Nov 22-24 1963
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- Activities Oswald, Lee Nov 22-24 1963
