Ä BAD_MSGS (1:101/505) ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ BAD_MSGS Ä Msg : 2 of 68 From : Michael Swanson 1:123/71 Sun 17 Apr 94 10:13 To : All Sun 24 Apr 94 19:47 Subj : LBJ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Associated Press April 14, 1994 LBJ disagreed with same-gullet theory in JFK slaying Even while the Warren Commission was preparing its report on the assassination of President Kennedy, there were disagreements over whether the same bullet had struck Kennedy and John Connally. Among the dissenter: President Johnson. Besides, Johnson asked Warren Commission member Sen. Richard Russell, D-Ga., "What difference does it make which bullet got Connally?" Arguments over the same-bullet theory continue more than 30 years after the attack in which Kennedy was kiled and Connally, the governor of Texas, was wounded. Johnson's conversation with Russell was included among tapes released Friday by the National Archives and the Lyndon Baines Johnson library in Austin. The tapes reviewed in Austin disclosed that Connally called Johnson on March 2, 1967, to discuss claims that Cuba was involved in the assassination. In other phone conversations, Johnson told aides to keep up with New Orleans prosecutor Jim Garrison's investigation into the slaying. Garrison's theories and writings about the assassination formed the basis for Oliver Stone's 1991 movie "JFK" Johnson, however, said he didn't believe the CIA-Cuba theory. In a Feb. 18, 1967, conversation with then-acting Attorney General Ramsey Clark, Johnson said the Cuban theory was as preposterous as if he were told that his wife, Lady Bird Johnson, "was taking dope." Johnson's conversation with Russell, about the bullet that hit Connally, occurred on Sept. 18, 1964. They discussed progress in preparing the report on Kennedy's slaying. The Senator noted some members of the commission headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren believed that "the same bullet that hit Kennedy first is the one that hit Connally." Responding to Johnson's musing, Russell said "well, don't make much difference." He added: "Well, I don't believe it...." "I don't either," Johnson responded. Russell said the differences among the commission members would be noted in the report.... --- FMail 0.96â * Origin: The Chessboard, Collierville, TN, 901-854-2561 (1:123/71)