Re: IVIV (15) 273—7000 Romaine, Los Angeles 38

[Robin Landseadel]

On Nov 22, 2009, at 8:14 AM, Mark Kohut wrote:

> . . . . Hughes as himself is ALSO a near-perfect synechdoche for P's  
> themes of money and power. . .

. . . military-industrial complex [Hughes Aircraft, TRW, ] CIA  
involvement, Watergate, Aeronautic design, "The Space Race," Film Noir  
[Scarface, The Racket, ], movies in general [acquisition of RKO,  
"Hell's Angels", The Outlaw,Two Arabian Knights, The Front Page],  
Tubaholism, Obsession with privacy, crazed drug consumption, "The  
Power Behind the Power" [buying off President Nixon, derailing Nixon's  
first Presidential campaign] . . . .

And this: probable involvement in the assassination of Robert F.  
Kennedy—

	Meier worked for Hughes during the era when Robert Maheu,
	the CIA's handpicked man to plot Castro's assassination, was
	running the Howard Hughes organization. CIA money flowed
	freely through the Hughes organization, finding its way to
	political candidates that included Gerald Ford, the Warren
	Commission member who would eventually become President.

	I had gone to talk to him about Howard Hughes, about whom I
	was much interested. On the way to see him, I called Meier to
	check in. He told me he had just gotten a call from Robert
	Maheu, asking, hey John, how are you doing. Is there anything
	you need? Meier thought that was bizarre, since they hadn't
	talked in ten years. I thought it was more than sinister that the
	very day I was on my way to see Meier he would hear from
	Maheu.

	Meier showed me his city, his home, his children, and talked to
	me of some general data re his murder charge, which was
	eventually proven false. (See the book Age of Secrets for the
	full account of that horrific saga.) Meier told me near the end of
	our conversation that he and J. Edgar Hoover had discussed
	the RFK assassination at one point, and that Hoover had told
	him, look, we know this was a Maheu job, but I'm powerless
	against the CIA. At the time, that statement rang true to me
	based on the research I had done to date. In the years since, I
	continue to be persuaded that there may be much truth to that
	statement.

	For years I've been hoping Meier would tell what else he knew
	about the case. Today, he started, by releasing this statement,
	which I understand is simply the tip of the iceberg.

	I am not passing judgment on the veracity of his information
	until more of it is known. For now, I'm simply sharing this
	provocative statement and waiting for the proverbial other shoe
	to drop. I may yet have reason to rebut all of this. But I need to
	see more data first.

http://realhistoryarchives.blogspot.com/2008/06/john-meier-says-howard-hughes.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGAHYTu_6wg

http://www.johnhmeier.com/