07-04-2017, 07:38 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-04-2017, 07:57 PM by Jim DiEugenio.)
First of all, the guy's name is Willard Robertson and he was a car dealer in New Orleans.
He did not organize and fund INCA. And you can find that out by reading, among other things, the work of New Orleans historian and archivist Arthur Carpenter. Or going to the Royal New Orleans Collection and looking at the papers of Dr. Alton Ochsner.
The guy who originated INCA was former advertising executive Ed Butler. Butler was transitioning from that field to being an anti communist propaganda expert. Ochsner was a reactionary wealthy physician who was eager to enlist for such causes. He was the original funder. And if you look at those documents at the Royal New Orleans Collection, you will see that is how it got started with Butler pitching Ochsner. I was there, sitting down with boxes of that stuff. Carpenter had also done it.
Willard Robertson was not anywhere near as wealthy or influential or powerful or connected as Ochsner was. He ended up being a contributor to INCA, as did other wealthy New Orleanians--and it was at the behest of Ochsner. I have seen the letters. When Garrison began to discover the connections between Butler and Banister and Clay Shaw, Butler left New Orleans for Los Angeles. He then did propaganda work to cover up the RFK case. Meanwhile, Ochsner formed a secret group made up of media people, plus former FBI agent Aaron Kohn, that now began to target Garrison in the local press, because Ochsner feared he would be called before the grand jury.
As for Truth and Consequences, this group lasted about a month or two. Garrison was operating for months before them, and he operated for years after them. They are absolutely inconsequential to Garrison's inquiry. Tom fell for some heavy disinformation from Carpenter. About who, Wallace Milam said to me, "I knew where he was headed from the beginning." As anyone can from reading his completely obsolete and worthless article.
He did not organize and fund INCA. And you can find that out by reading, among other things, the work of New Orleans historian and archivist Arthur Carpenter. Or going to the Royal New Orleans Collection and looking at the papers of Dr. Alton Ochsner.
The guy who originated INCA was former advertising executive Ed Butler. Butler was transitioning from that field to being an anti communist propaganda expert. Ochsner was a reactionary wealthy physician who was eager to enlist for such causes. He was the original funder. And if you look at those documents at the Royal New Orleans Collection, you will see that is how it got started with Butler pitching Ochsner. I was there, sitting down with boxes of that stuff. Carpenter had also done it.
Willard Robertson was not anywhere near as wealthy or influential or powerful or connected as Ochsner was. He ended up being a contributor to INCA, as did other wealthy New Orleanians--and it was at the behest of Ochsner. I have seen the letters. When Garrison began to discover the connections between Butler and Banister and Clay Shaw, Butler left New Orleans for Los Angeles. He then did propaganda work to cover up the RFK case. Meanwhile, Ochsner formed a secret group made up of media people, plus former FBI agent Aaron Kohn, that now began to target Garrison in the local press, because Ochsner feared he would be called before the grand jury.
As for Truth and Consequences, this group lasted about a month or two. Garrison was operating for months before them, and he operated for years after them. They are absolutely inconsequential to Garrison's inquiry. Tom fell for some heavy disinformation from Carpenter. About who, Wallace Milam said to me, "I knew where he was headed from the beginning." As anyone can from reading his completely obsolete and worthless article.