Mary's Mosaic (89 page)

I am indebted to author James W. Douglass for his valuable and indispensable work
JFK and the Unspeakable
. Mr. Douglass’s journey into the real vortex of the presidency and assassination of President John F. Kennedy is unparalleled. His willingness to take the time to explain certain minutiae has been invaluable. In addition, author Douglas P. Horne’s five-volume set,
Inside the Assassination Records Review Board
(2009), is unprecedented—not only does it further clarify the conspiracy that took place in Dallas on November 22, 1963, but also the conniving subterfuge that took place in its aftermath. As a researcher, author, and friend, Doug Horne is a true patriot and a great American.

There is a special collection of people who provided me with additional, invaluable assistance. My Princeton classmate Robert R. Cullinane freely gave me his time and some of his invaluable search resources via the Princeton University Library. I wish especially to thank Dick Russell for his stellar work
The Man Who Knew Too Much
. Dick’s seventeen-year odyssey writing his book, as well as the personal insights he shared, have been a guiding light. Toni Shimon, daughter of the late Joseph W. Shimon, took a huge risk in opening up to me about what had transpired between her and her father. Her disclosures in the Epilogue are historically important. Author Anthony Summers gave me a number of critical insights, as did others, including: Victor Marchetti, Hank Albarelli, Donald Deneselya, Tom Kimmel, J. Michael Kelly, Deborah Davis, Carol Felsenthal, Dino Brugioni, John Williams, Shelah Horvitz, Donald H. Wolfe, Bob Schwartz, Joan Mellon, Garby Leon, Joel Kabakov, Tiffany Graham, Shannon Mow, Sandy Forman, Esq., Adina Gewirtz, William Pepper, and journalist Charles Bartlett. Timothy Leary’s biographer, Robert Greenfield, shared many observations from his years of research, as did Tim Leary’s wife, Barbara, and his former colleagues Ralph Metzner and Peggy Mellon Hitchcock. In addition, my gratitude to the family of the late William (“Bill”) Attwood cannot go unmentioned. Attwood’s wife, Simone, and his daughter, Susan, graciously allowed me to examine and reference Bill’s extensive diaries.

Maintaining the discipline of writing often required a small army of ancillary health professionals to regularly step into my life (as did a certain, undisclosed quantity of Peet’s coffee). Bill Mueller of Cambridge Health Associates has intuitively known for more than twenty-five years where the acupuncture needles belong on my sometimes exhausted body. My chiropractor, Dr. Ian Boehm, always made himself available to me, sometimes on a moment’s notice. Physical therapist Connie Sardelis kept my back and shoulders from becoming frozen. When nothing else seemed to work, homeopath Begabati Lennihan found me a remedy that forged a will of steel. I will always remain eternally grateful to my dear friend and ally George Dillinger, M.D.

Last, I wish to prostrate myself before several editors, Kelly Horan and Margot White among them. Tony Lyons, the head of Skyhorse Publishing in New York, courageously stepped forward to give
Mary’s Mosaic
a home, and the entire Skyhorse team followed in an outstanding collaboration.

To all of you, and all my “ethereal friends,” I bow in gratitude and give you my deepest, heartfelt thanks.

A
BOUT THE
A
UTHOR

P
ETER
J
ANNEY GREW
up in Washington, D.C. during the Cold War era of the 1950s and 1960s. His father Wistar Janney was a senior career CIA official. The Janney family was intimately involved with many of Washington’s social and political elite that included the family of Mary and Cord Meyer as well as other high-ranking CIA officials and dignitaries such as Richard Helms, Jim Angleton, Tracy Barnes, Desmond FitzGerald, Bill Colby, and John Bross.

A graduate of Princeton, Peter completed a doctoral degree in psychology at Boston University in 1981 and has been a licensed psychologist for over 30 years. In 2002, he earned an MBA degree at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.
Mary’s Mosaic
is his first book. He currently resides by the sea in Beverly, Massachusetts.

I
NDEX

Acheson, David (U.S. Attorney):
104
,
108
–
109
,
137
,
188

and Ray Crump’s guilt,
137
,
139

relationship with Cord Meyer,
108
–
109

view of Detective Bernie Crooke,
188

Acheson, Dean (father of David Acheson),
104
,
180
,
194

and Cord Meyer,
180
,
194
,

reaction to William Sloane Coffin’s stand on Vietnam,
194

Ahlander, Leslie Judd (
Washington Post
art critic):
31
,
432

review of Mary Meyer’s show at Jefferson Place Gallery,
3

Albarelli, H. P., Jr., (author),
458
,
469

author of
A Terrible Mistake
,
324
,
458
,
469

and death of Frank Olson,
458
,
469

interviews with author,
482
,
483
,
484

and “William L. Mitchell,”
329

Alonso, Alicia: as referenced ballerina by Robert Schwartz,
164

Alpert, Richard (Harvard professor)–see Ram Dass.
216
,
241

Alphand, Madame Herve: presence at Mary Meyer’s funeral,
64

Alsop, Joseph (columnist),
226
,
263
–
264
,
443
,
452
,
472

alleged LSD trip at home of,
226

and Georgetown home of,
226

place of rendezvous for affair of Mary Meyer and JFK,
226

and JFK’s life expectancy,
264

and William Attwood,
263
,
443
,
452
,
472

and June 10, 1963 cocktail party,
263

Ames, Aldrich: client of Plato Cacheris,
350

Anderson, Aldrin (“Andy”),
430

and Lee Harvey Oswald debriefing,
430

Anderson, Jack (
Washington Post
journalist),
386

and Joseph Shimon,
386

Operation Mongoose,
386

Santo Trafficante,
386

Angleton, Cicely (wife of James Angleton),
3
,
38
,
70
,
73
,
77
,
78
,
136
,
162
,
207

and interview by Nina Burleigh,
71

letter to
New York Times
,
77
,
78

premonition of,
3
,
38

relationship with Mary Meyer,
3
,
70
,
78
,
80
,
136
,
162
,
207

Angleton, James Jesus [“Jim”] (CIA),
2
,
3
,
32
,
65
,
69
,
70
–
71
,
74
–
81
,
84
–
85
,
110
,
114
,
224
,
312
,
323
,
325
–
326
,
345
,
348
–
350
,
356
–
358
,
361
,
364
–
372
,
386
,
389
,
401
,
404
,
435
,
466
,
485
,
488

alleged wiretaps of Mary Meyer,
312

at Mary Meyer’s funeral,
345

and Bernie Yoh and AIM,
325
–
326
,
357

CIA Counterintelligence Chief,
69
,
70
–
71
,
75
,
78
,
110
,
114
,
224
,
326
,
348
,
430

and Clare Booth Luce,
370

and Clare Petty and The Petty Report,
369

colleague of Wistar Janney,
65

collusion with Bradlee on diary,
74
,
78
–
81
,
85
,
114

comments of John Williams,
358

comments of Joseph Shimon,
386
,
389

comments of Toni Shimon,
386
,
389

conspiracy in JFK assassination,
404

and David Atlee Phillips,
370

and David Martin’s
Wilderness of Mirrors
,
326
,
466

death of,
349

decision to terminate Mary Meyer,
356

and disposition of Mary Meyer’s diary and papers,
2
,
77

end of life reflections,
372

and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover,
404

friendship with Cord Meyer,
32
,
65
,
78
,
80