The Cold Six Thousand - James Ellroy [194]
RFK SAYS NO PREZ’L BID IN ’68
DOCUMENT INSERT: 11/18/65. Chicago Tribune headline and subhead:
U.S. ATTORNEY CITES “BRILLIANT WORK” IN FBI HATE WAR
RECORD NUMBER OF MAIL-FRAUD INDICTMENTS
DOCUMENT INSERT: 11/20/65. Milwaukee Sentinel headline:
KING ANNOUNCES “ANTI-SLUM CAMPAIGN” IN CHICAGO
DOCUMENT INSERT: 11/26/65. Washington Post headline and subhead:
HOOVER ATTACKS KING AT AMERICAN LEGION RALLY
CALLS CIVIL-RIGHTS LEADER “DEMAGOGUE”
DOCUMENT INSERT: 11/30/65. Washington Post headline and subhead:
CRITICS DENOUNCE HOOVER ATTACK
ANTI-KING STATEMENTS CALLED “SHRILL”
AND “HYSTERICAL”
DOCUMENT INSERT: 12/5/65. Seattle Post-Intelligencer headline and subhead:
HOUSE COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING “ILLEGAL” BUGS
AND WIRETAPS
CIVIL-RIGHTS LEADERS CALL “FOUL”
DOCUMENT INSERT: 12/14/65. Los Angeles Herald-Express headline and subhead:
HOWARD HUGHES AND TWA:
BILLIONAIRE RECLUSE AGREES TO DIVEST STOCK
DOCUMENT INSERT: 12/15/65. Denver Post-Dispatch subhead:
HOFFA CONVICTION APPEALS FILED
WITH SUPREME COURT
DOCUMENT INSERT: 12/18/65. Chicago Sun-Times subhead:
KING REVEALS DETAILS OF “ANTI-SLUM CAMPAIGN”
DOCUMENT INSERT: 12/20/65. New York Times subhead:
“CITIZENS FOR RFK” GROUP ANNOUNCES EXPLORATION
OF ’68 CANDIDACY
DOCUMENT INSERT: 12/21/65. Chicago Tribune headline and subhead:
GIANCANA STILL IN JAIL
REFUSES TO TESTIFY BEFORE GRAND JURY
DOCUMENT INSERT: 1/8/66. Washington Post subhead:
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TELLS HOOVER:
REMOVE ALL BUGS AND WIRETAPS NOT VETTED BY AG
DOCUMENT INSERT: 1/14/66. Mobile Daily Journal headline and subhead:
MYSTERY CONTINUES:
WHERE IS POPULAR BON SECOUR SKIPPER?
DOCUMENT INSERT: 1/18/66. Mobile Daily Journal headline and subhead:
MYSTERY DEEPENS:
DOES SKIPPER’S DISAPPEARANCE LINK TO ’56 CHARGES
AND LONG-MISSING WIFE?
DOCUMENT INSERT: 1/19/66. Atlanta Constitution headline:
MAIL FRAUD INDICTMENTS CONTINUE
DOCUMENT INSERT: 1/26/66. Chicago Tribune headline and subhead:
BOLD WORDS FROM REV. KING:
“THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE CHICAGO FREEDOM MOVEMENT
WILL BE TO BRING ABOUT THE UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER OF FORCES
DEDICATED TO THE CREATION AND MAINTENANCE OF SLUMS”
DOCUMENT INSERT: 1/31/66. Denver Post-Dispatch headline and subhead:
JURY-TAMPERING CONVICTION UPHELD
HOFFA FACES JAIL TIME
DOCUMENT INSERT: 2/8/66. Los Angeles Herald-Express headline and subhead:
FOES DENOUNCE HOOVER
FBI BOSS CATCHES HEAT FOR ATTACKS ON KING
DOCUMENT INSERT: 2/20/66. Miami Herald subhead:
RFK STUMPS FOR NEGOTIATED VIET SETTLEMENT
ECHOES DR. KING’S PLEAS
DOCUMENT INSERT: 3/3/66. Los Angeles Times headline and subhead:
HUGHES DIVESTS TWA STOCK
6.5 MILLION SHARES NET $546,000,000
DOCUMENT INSERT: 3/29/66. Internal memorandum. To: BLUE RABBIT. From: Director. Topic: OPERATION BLACK RABBIT. Marked: “Stage-1 Covert”/“Eyes Only”/“Read and Burn.”
BLUE RABBIT,
Pull all SCLC bugs and wiretaps immediately. Implement at Stage-1 Priority. It is imperative that this be accomplished before the Judiciary Committee begins a formal inquiry.
Initiate the first stage of OPERATION BLACK RABBIT/ADJUNCT. Pick a target and assess the health of P. Bondurant, henceforth to be known as BIG RABBIT.
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(Vietnam, Laos, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Bon Secour, Bay St. Louis, Cuban Waters, 4/1/66–10/30/66)
Ghosts: Arden-Jane and Danny Bruvick.
Wayne watchdogged Danny. Danny called Arden-Jane. Arden-Jane left Ward Littell. Wayne stuck with Danny. Wayne wet-nursed Danny. Wayne worked to save Ward Littell.
Pete said guard Danny. Pete said release him. Pete said cut him two days’ slack. Call Carlos then. Say Danny booked. Cite parts unknown.
He did it. He stayed with Danny. Danny boozed. Danny reminisced.
Danny loves Arden. Arden loves Ward. Arden loves Danny half-baked. Arden works for Carlos. Arden spies on Ward. Part-time spy/full-time lover/long-distance wife.
Wayne got it:
Danny was weak. Arden was strong. Arden hooked him on the Life. It all pertained to Teamster shit—embezzlement and flight.
Wayne waited. Danny waited. Arden came by. She chain-smoked. She