Lyndon Johnson and Mac Wallace - by Joan Mellen

[Peter Lemkin]

No sane, well-versed, well-read researcher that I hang out with gives any credence to 'LBJ did it' - neither does Mellen, by the way; however, since the first talk about the Wallace fingerprints on a box in the TSBD, all of them thought that it was a way to control LBJ, not that Wallace was a shooter or involved in the plot. LBJ was, of course, one of those who benefited greatly, and had hated/feared JFK and his brothers anyway. However, the evidence shows others were involved and LBJ was merely controlled and used as another useful idiot. The endless tripe of 'LBJ as mastermind' is either lack of information, lack of insight of the big picture, or disinformation.

Well said, Peter, although I would tend to see the Wallace "fingerprint" as pure disinformation. LBJ was sufficiently compromised by the TFX scandal/Bobby Baker and any number of other things to render his compliance all but certain. All that the purported evidence of Wallace's involvement does is facilitate the "LBJ mastermind" false sponsorship lie.

I respectfully disagree. And more importantly J never saw LBJ as the mastermind, but involved.

Well, I don't know what part you are disagreeing with, but I never said that LBJ was NOT involved. I personally believe he was - but only a little. His main role was with the cover-up, after. It does seem to me there is evidence he knew of the plot sometime before - but it was not his plot or plotting that made it happen - and he certainly didn't 'mastermind it'. It just fit his fiddle fine and he [like Hoover and many others] did nothing to stop it, and in LBJ's case, perhaps helped it along its way in the final weeks or days. As for the fingerprints, which I still regard as 'real', I still think that that doesn't put Wallace in the TSBD. He could have been, but I doubt it. I think the placement of his fingerprints on the box, or the box with his fingerprints in the TSBD, shows the 'attention to detail' of the plotters. They had every angle covered and trusted NO ONE, unless they were totally compromised. That is why there were SO VERY MANY operatives in the Plaza. Yes, some were operational - but most were not and served to shut them and those connected to them to shut the **** up about whatever they suspected - as well as to leave another false trail, as needed. I think Darby was likely correct about who's fingerprints they were - as to the ultimate meaning of the fingerprints, I don't think we have a firm conclusion yet [whether Wallace was in the TSBD or had just one touched a box that was, or had had his fingerprints put on them - and if LBJ had been involved in that or someone had made him involved; I lean toward the latter two.]

Tosh once told me that it was common informed speculation in Dallas in certain circles he was involved with that Wallace was likely involved [or set up to be implicated] in a murder for hire in the Sportatorium some time before and apparently having nothing to do with the Assassination. It is interesting to note that in Tosh's scenario in Dallas, he and Sergio go from the Plaza to the Sportatorium to change clothes and clean up - then to the safehouse in Oak Cliff. [i.e. the Sportatorium was also a safehouse for both the Dallas Mafia and the Intelligence Community - including that connected to CIA and maybe MI]. I tried to research aspects of this. I did find the newspaper report of an unsolved murder during a wresting or boxing [forget now] match. I can also confirm that the Sportatorium was used as a safehouse. The rest of this is based on Tosh's telling of it. It may not be germane here; and it may be. This is one more item that I'm sure Tosh told Harrison, and that Harrison likely investigated.