The Chicago Plot: A Hypothesis

[Albert Doyle]

I don't buy the "landlady stumbling-in" plot (as in literary plot) device. For my hypothesis to work, precisely such a "discovery" had to be made.

And don't conflate the conspirators' pre-assassination needs with their post-assassination requirements. Before JFK was eliminated, they needed maximum security for their plot as it unfolded.

The ruse of Chicago was created to facilitate the elevation of the plotters to positions of strength.

I think the problem here is we are dealing with a movable plan that was, by its own nature, changeable as it went. These are highly complex plotters so it is possible the plan had a plastic nature where alternates existed at the same time and could be executed at any time. The problem we are having here could be that we are trying fix a definite strategy onto an indefinite plot that could have gone either way. In that case both sides could be right to a certain degree.


I tend to lean towards Dallas being the original plan because there were too many final arrangements set-up there before Chicago that indicated Dallas being the intended city. Dealey Plaza is a much more ideal killing zone than the Chicago ramp. Also, the rifles being carelessly left out indicates a patsy crew instead of top level shooters. The rifle mistake would never have occurred in Dallas (or did it with the men seen with a rifle at the picket fence and the stopped truck by the knoll???). Perhaps the shooters were out looking for crossfire ambush spots when the landlady found the rifles?


Another thing that should be considered is the fact 3 rifles were found in Chicago. What that tells you is there were multiple shooters in this diversion plot. We can assume these plots were tied, so it is a reasonable assumption that there were multiple rifles in Dallas as well.


Another thing that dawned on me is Oswald's "I'm a patsy" was followed by a claim that he was only being arrested because he had once defected to the Soviet Union. So if we further interpret my theory about the police station we can wonder if Oswald was induced to operate under the assumption he would eventually be cleared under this guise. Oswald is deliberately denied legal representation at his arraignment AND announces he is being arrested only because he's a defector scapegoat. In other words Oswald is going through the motions because he's confident these things will eventually be used to break the case against him and get him off. So the patsy protest is part of this Fair Play routine and Oswald maintaining cover while expecting his people to get him off.


If the Chicago plan managed to kill Kennedy we can speculate what other purposes Oswald would have served? He was still useful on many levels including possibly delivering a virus to Cuba. Although you would think Oswald was somewhat overqualified to simply deliver a virus package to Cuba. That could be done by anybody and would probably be much more effectively done by an unknown with less attention on him.