PERMINDEX

[Jan Klimkowski]

Permindex deserves its own thread for its involvement in deep political events.

Vasilios Vazakas has drawn my attention to some new documents and research into Permindex by Maurice Phillips here.

Phillips' research on Permindex is based in part on:

the Louis Mortimer Bloomfield Archives kept at Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is a unique and rich collection of documents offering a unique perspective on many historical events of the twentieth century.

One of the most original aspects of the Bloomfield Archives is that they contain numerous exclusive documents about two Italian sisters corporations named Permindex and Centro Mondiale Commerciale (CMC) that were suspected to be used as front by intelligence agencies. Since one of CMC's directors was Clay Shaw, the New Orleans businessman accused of conspiracy against President John F. Kennedy, rumours about the possible implication of Permindex in the JFK assassination have multiplied in newspapers, books and, now, on the internet.

Louis Mortimer Bloomfield, who donated its papers in 1978 to the Canadian Public Archives, under the condition that they were to be released 20 years after his death (i.e.: in 2004, since he died in 1984), was a Montreal lawyer involved in Permindex's finance and development. By consequence, his archives contain hundreds of pieces such as cables and letters documenting the activities of this organization.

There are scans of the documents at the site.

In one of his posts interpreting the documents, Mr Phillips states:

1) that the Bloomfield letters show Nagy, the CIA "cleared contact", as an autonomous Permindex decision maker in this relation with such important personality as David Rockefeller;

and

2) that the ex-Hungarian did offer the Central Intelligence Agency to use Permindex in 1959, tend to demonstrate that Nagy was in command of Permindex and willing to use it to fulfil CIA's objectives, or those of rogue CIA's officers like William Harvey.

Thus, if we give credence to E. Howard Hunt's confession to the effect that Bill Harvey planned the JFK assassination from Rome, the connexion between Clay Shaw and the Roman CMC become of the utmost interest.

According to some reports, Clay Shaw, the New Orleans businessman who was in contact with Lee Harvey Oswald and who was accused by Jim Garrison of conspiracy in the JFK assassination, only joined Rome CMC's directorship in 1962. There is a strong probability that documents from the Bloomfield Archives dating from years 1961 to 1963 can clarify the circumstances in which Shaw joined CMC and Permindex. But we won't know before a few years if the Louis Bloomfield Archives contain such information, that because Library and Archives Canada (LAC) --against its donator's will-- is actually keeping secret the Permindex documents that are less than 50 years old, on pretext that they contain information that are protected by a client-attorney privilege.

I would not use E Howard Hunt as a reliable source to support any claim. However, Hunt's "confession" can be ignored in the above excerpt, and the argument still stands.

I consider Permindex to be of significant interest - in no small part because of its ties to mainland European Gladio structures.