Also relevant were links between the C.I.A. More a matter of style than anything else seemed pertinent then. Howard Hunt, his bald head diminished any direct physical similarity to that now-famous spy. As I was to say to Weberman in a letter two years later, this man was "a Plumbers type of guy."Īlthough he even looked something like pictures of E. That possibility brought to mind something I had almost managed to happily forget.Ī decade earlier in New Orleans I had discussed, among other things, the idea of assassinating President Kennedy with a man who in many unsettling respects bore a resemblance to the members of the Watergate break-in team. Howard Hunt and Frank Sturgis were in the immediate vicinity of Dealy Plaza in Dallas the day John Kennedy was shot. Convincing photographic evidence tends to establish that Watergate burglars E.
Weberman and Michael Canfield called Coup d'état in America. What I found there has since been published in an excellent book by A.J. A glance at the headline and cover photos convinced me it was worth the price.
At a folk concert in Washington Square I was approached by a Yippie who wanted to sell me the latest issue of The Yipster Times for a quarter.