Morrow,R. First Hand Knowledge. 1992
Morrow, Robert D. First Hand Knowledge: How I Participated in the CIA-Mafia
Murder of President Kennedy. New York: S.P.I. Books (Shapolsky Publishers),
1992. 384 pages. Introduction by John H. Davis.
In 1976 Robert Morrow wrote "Betrayal," a semi-fictionalized account of
the JFK assassination based on his own experiences as a CIA contract agent
in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Morrow then met with Thomas Downing (D-VA)
and substantiated some of the nonfiction portions of the book. Downing held
a press conference on August 2, 1976 that led the House Rules Committee to
send the bill authorizing the Select Committee on Assassinations to the full
House for a vote.
This book is nonfiction, but it is not a breakthrough for those looking
for answers. Morrow's weighty contacts included Cubans such as Mario Garcia
Kohly and CIA officials such as Tracy Barnes, both of whom were involved
with the Bay of Pigs. While there is no question that Morrow is who he
claims to be, these and other contacts were apparently only peripheral to
the JFK assassination, which is why this new book relies heavily on the work
of other researchers. The most interesting portions of "First Hand Knowledge"
are Morrow's reconstructed conversations with his contacts. If it were
possible to corroborate these conversations, they might offer some new
directions for serious researchers. But until then, a better title for this
book might be "Second Hand Knowledge."
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