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Taylor Caldwell — Part 10

15 pages · May 11, 2026 · Document date: Oct 29, 1960 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Taylor Caldwell · 15 pages OCR'd
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vas Miss Kilgallen's opinio to me, that Bene Warren Commission had realy So they insisted that Oswald was "only a Marxist" and not’ a een pee a distinction which is very puzzling - and that the wh ole thing had been who ; entirely his own idea. ages Before I began to write this letter i made a wide search ‘for: z . Miss Kilgallen's letters, but I apparently threw them away as I do with ©: practically all personal mail, and I never make carbons of. personal mail. “If Il kept such things I'd have to have a warehouse of files. Besides, Miss Kilgallen asked me to keep her letters "confidential," andl usually destroy sucn letters immediately in order to preserve the writers' privacy. ~ - ' The enclosed is fot the only letter I have been receiving on the. ne . subject. Of course, I know a lot of it is inspired by malice or kooks' 28 imacination. I do know th&t-gne said that Miss’ Kilgallen had asked an °* |. expert sharpshooter, anda former Marine, if it would have been possible”: for Oswald to shoot from such a distance and such accuracy, and ina mat- ter of seconds. The Marine told her "no." Miss Kilgallen did not inform”, me of this conversation between her and the Marine. An anonymous letter . I recently spoke in Tulsa and in Wisconsin, and mentioned thai I had been disappointed that the American people hed not risen angrily and put the Communists and their yellow-traveiers out of business in the Unitec States after the assassination. Several people in Tulsa, who heard me © - speak, told me afterwards that the Warren Commission had been trying to’: protect the Communists in America and that they “feared a blood bath if the truth were known." Two men, in particular, told me that they had "infort ann to that effect, and that they were supplying it to some "well- known ewspaper people and other writers." One said that he knew Governor | Connall y very well and that tne Governor "knew the truth,” but was 4 afraid to speak out, we a & Well, it all seems very strange to me, fl get more informa tion, as the enclosed promises, I will pass it on to you. But it has seeméc to me that the FBI and the Secret Service should be exonerated for any _ alleged “carelessness,” such as that very, very “liberal” columnist, Drew Pearson, gave loud and lying publication to. ¢ ¢ : Sincerely, : PoE, (Miss) Yhijlor: P.S. I should appreciate the return of the enclosed, or at least a copy.
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