The Cover-Up: How Was Movement from Phase I to Phase II Justified?

[Cliff Varnell]

Cliff, John,

For the purposes of this thread, I'm not interested in the criminal acts of LBJ or Harriman or anyone else.

OF COURSE those who created Phase I of the cover-up knew it was a lie.

Don't over-complicate my question.

I'll try to ask it one more time:

How were the most powerful people in and around government who, innocent of any involvement in the conspiracy, were told and accepted as being true what today we call the Phase I story, mollified when they asked (and I believe many of them did), "If we go along with this cover-up of Cuban and Soviet complicity for the greater good, how and when will the guilty Cuban and Soviet parties be punished?"

My hope is that I've finally found the words and constructions required to make my point.

Because I'm done trying.

I don't buy it, Charles. I seriously doubt anyone in power asked that question. They were told it was a lone nut. End of discussion. The Soviet-Cuban connection to Oswald was obliterated in American public discourse.