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To: Michael M who wrote (47731)	7/28/1999 9:00:00 PM
From: Father Terrence	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Supposedly Kennedy had drafted a speech with the idea to get us out. This a few days before Dallas.

To: Michael M who wrote (47731)	7/28/1999 9:17:00 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I wouldn't presume to guess what Kennedy was thinking, or what he would have done, but he had once before pulled out of an obvious losing situation, and it is worth pointing out that someone in the circle, who was professionally close to Asian affairs, did believe that. I don't really subscribe to the Oliver Stone hypothesis. Nor do I believe that the killing was the work of Lee Harvey Oswald, alone and unaided. I do suspect that we will never know the truth on that one. Have you ever read the Archimedes Patti book on the happenings in VN at the close of WW2?

To: Michael M who wrote (47731)	7/29/1999 10:36:00 AM
From: Zoltan!	Respond to of 108807

You are correct. I think someone is confusing White and Schlesinger, the "court" 'historian'. But also it should be noted that White, towards the end of his life, became increasingly embarrassed by his part in creating the artifice known as "Camelot". White was abashed not only because it was a lie but also because it compromised his reputation and work as an historian and the entire discipline itself. White did say that although he knew it was a deception, he found that he was unable to refuse the request of his friend and recent widow, Jackie Kennedy. He felt, at the time, it was a small gesture for her sacrifice - to his lasting regret as it grew out of control, fanned by the army of Kennedy PR people and their partisan sycophants. btw, "Since Kennedy's death, the army of hagiographers who have worked so hard to transform him posthumously into a liberal of their own stripe have tried to persuade the world that if he had lived, he would have pulled out of Vietnam the American troops that he himself had sent there. Yet the weight of the evidence is overwhelmingly on the other side....." Message 10705180