Eugene Dinkin's Submissions to the HSCA

At the end of December 1976, Eugene Dinkin sent some material to the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA). Here is the draft of their letter to Dinkin acknowledging his material: (the material in this post comes from unpublished files of the HSCA)

Here are the attachments that Dinkin sent to the HSCA. There is no explanation. Clearly Dinkin felt that the gesturing of Lt. Col. Harold Dye over a "fictitious 'Colonel Done'" related to the assassination.

Dinkin did tell Dick Russell in 1975 that "Operation Big Lift, all these troops flown over to Europe, seemed very strange. I felt it was like an attack force ready for something. Strange things happening. Naval guys appearing at military bases. Something secretive going on. A training pamphlet distributed all thru European command October - Dept of Defense about understanding enemy propaganda. Denied split between Russia & China, indicated one vast propaganda network thruout the world and main theme somehow triggered Moscow. This was distributed on vast scale thru every level of command, seemed almost like Birch Society pamphlet. How would the military, after the General Walker situation, dared put out anything contradictory to the American president? They would only take that risk if Kennedy wouldn't be around."

A further clue to these attachments can be found in another letter that Dinkin sent to the HSCA in May of 1977:

Here we see Dinkin's cryptographic skills in decoding a message from the Stars and Stripes newspaper article in the first photograph above (with the Colonel Done)

What this means is beyond my comprehension.

On February 23, 1977, Dinkin wrote again to the HSCA with detailed examples of his proofs:

Dinkin included the following article excerpts:

Here are Dinkin's "demonstrations." Each demonstration is followed by the evidence supplied by Dinkin.

Here is a clear photograph of Kennedy at Love Field:

This proof was also included in Dinkin's lawsuit against the Defense Department and the CIA.

Here is a better copy of CE 751:

On March 10, 1977, Dinkin wrote again to the HSCA:

The most important part of Dinkin's letter is his last sentence:

I never decoded any illicit cryptographic message which in any way appeared to relate to the JFK assassination.

Blakey did send a form-letter reply to Dinkin.

It's not surprising that Dinkin is not mentioned in the HSCA Final Report, or in the published HSCA volumes.

After seeing all this material, I still wonder exactly what articles and photographs convinced him that JFK was going to be assassinated. A lot of the material above is from exhibits or articles from after the assassination.

We know that Dinkin was watching the John Birch Society intently, and so perhaps he paid a lot of attention to Adlai Stevenson's trip to Dallas in October 1963. Perhaps Operation Big Lift put him over the edge.

He certainly reminds me of Jack Ruby who interpreted the black border of the Bernard Weissman ad in the Dallas Morning News:

The reason I have posted all of Dinkin's ridiculous "demonstrations" is because conspiracy theorists like James DiEugenio and Vince Palamara are still writing about Dinkin and take his story seriously.

Coming in part five -- Dick Russell interviews Eugene Dinkin.

Previous Relevant Blog Posts on Eugene Dinkin

Did Eugene Dinkin Try to Stop the JFK Assassination?

Dinkin's story from 1964 about his interpretation of various newspapers.

Eugene Dinkin and Jim Garrison

A Garrison investigator spoke to Dinkin in 1968.

Eugene B. Dinkin v. The U.S. Defense Department and the CIA

Dinkin sued the U. S. government in 1975.