her many estrangements from Oswald. According to some accounts, de
Mohrenschildt's influence on Oswald was so great during this period that he could
virtually dictate important decisions to the young ex-marine simply by making
suggestions. Oswald was in awe of de Mohrenschildt, according to some.
According to some versions, de Mohrenschildt was aware of Oswald's alleged
April 10, 1963 attempt to assassinate the well-known right-wing General Edwin
Walker. According to Marina, de Mohrenschildt once asked Oswald, "Lee, how
did you miss General Walker?" On April 19, George and Jeanne de
Mohrenschildt went to New York City, and on April 29 the CIA Office of
Security found that it had no objection to de Mohrenschildt's acceptance of a
contract with the Duvalier regime of Haiti in the field of natural resource
development. De Mohrenschildt appears to have departed for Haiti on May 1,
- In the meantime Oswald had left Dallas and traveled to New Orleans.
According to Mark Lane, "there is evidence that de Mohrenschildt served as a
CIA control officer who directed Oswald's actions." Much of the extensive
published literature on de Mohrenschildt converges on the idea that he was a baby
sitter, handler, case officer, or control agent for Oswald on behalf of some
intelligence agency. 17 De Mohrenschildt's pedigree evokes haunting parallels to
the typical figures of the PERMINDEX networks of Georges Mandel, Ferenc
Nagy, Max Hagerman, Max Seligman, Carlo d'Amelio, Lewis Mortimer
Bloomfield, and Clay Shaw, to which public attention was called during the
investigations of New Orleans district attorney James Garrison.
It is therefore highly interesting that George Bush's name turned up in the
personal address book of George de Mohrenschildt. The Warren Commission
went to absurd lengths to cover up the fact that George de Mohrenschildt was a
denizen of the world of the intelligence agencies. This included ignoring the well-
developed paper trial on de Mohrenschildt as Nazi and communist sympathizer,
and later as a US asset abroad. The Warren Commission concluded:
The Commission's investigation has developed no signs of subversive or
disloyal conduct on the part of either of the de Mohrenschildts. Neither the
FBI, CIA, nor any witnesses contacted by the Commission has provided
any information linking the de Mohrenschildts to subversive or extremist
organizations. Nor has there been any evidence linking them in any way
with the assassination of President Kennedy. 18On the day of the Kennedy assassination, FBI records show George Bush as
reporting a right-wing member of the Houston Young Republicans for making
threatening comments about President Kennedy. According to FBI documents
released under the Freedom of Information Act,
On November 22, 1963 Mr. GEORGE H.W. BUSH, 5525 Briar, Houston,
Texas, telephonically advised that he wanted to relate some hear say that