Affidavit of George William Bush - September 21, 1988

8/20/2019 Affidavit of George William Bush - September 21, 1988

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY,

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UNTED STATES

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FOR THE

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510

Cvi l Acti on

88-2600

GHR

FFID VIT OF GEORGEWLLI M

BUSH

I

GeorgeWl l i amBush,

a

resi dent of

Aexandri a,

V rgi nia do hereby state under oath as fol l ows

:

My name i s GEORGEWLLI MBUSH

I reside in

Aexandri a, V rginia

2

From

September

1963

unti l

February

1964

I worked at

the

CENTRAL

INTELLIGENCE AGENCY headquarters

My j ob

responsi bi l i ty was

as

a

j uni or

watch offi cer

3

As a

j uni or

watch offi cer

I

was part

of

a team

of

three

or

four

persons

on

watch

on

any parti cul ar shi ft

I

was the

j uni or

person on

duty at the

time

of

the

J ohn F

Kennedy assassinati on

I

have careful l y

revi ewed the

FBI

memorandum

to the

Drector, Bureau of I ntel l i gence

and

Research, Department

of

State dated November

29

1963

whi ch menti ons

a

M

George

Bush

of the

Central I ntel l i gence Agency

attached

hereto

as

Exhi bi t

.

I

do not recogni ze

the contents of

the

memorandumas

i nformati on

furni shed

to

me

oral l y

or

otherwse

duri ng the time I was at the C

In

fact, duri ng my time

at

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the CIA I

di d not recei ve any

oral communi cat i ons from

any

government

agency

of

any

nature

whatsoever I di d not

recei ve

any

i nformat i on

rel at i ng to the

Kennedy

assassinati on

duri ng my t i me at t he CIA f romthe FB

i

ased

on

the

above

i t

i s

my

conclusi on

that

am

not the M

George ush of

the Central

I ntel l i gence Agency

referred

to i n

the

memorandum

COMMONWE LTHOF VIRGN

COUNTY

OF ARLINGTON

SS

Before m

Barbara G Koeppen a

Notary Publ i c i n and

for

the

Commonweal th

of

V rgi ni a

and

County of

Arl i ngton

personal l y appeared

GEORGE

WLLI M

BUSH

and acknowedged the

foregoi ng ffi davi t

to

be hi s free act and deed

Taken subscri bed and sworn to before me thi s 21st day

of September

1988 by George

Wl l i amBush

My

commssi on

expi res

:

12/18/88

GE

GE

WLLI MBUS

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T i es

Bush

t o I n t e l l i g e n c e

Agency

WASHNGTON J u l y

10 ( AP)

Vi ce

Presi dent George

Bush

may

have

worked f or t he Centr al

I ntel l i gence

Agency i n 1 96 3,

mre t han adecadebe-

f o r e becomng

i t s

Di rector,

accor di ng

t o a mgazi ne

art i cle

t h a t

cit es a

r e-

centl y

discovered Federal

Bureau

of

I nvesti gati onmemorandum

M Bush deni ed the report

t hrougha

spokesmn

The

Nati on magazi ne, i n i t s

curr ent

i s s u e, quotes

amemo

of

Nov 29,

1963,

f romJ

Edgar

Hoover ,

t hebur eau' s Di -

rector at

t he

t i me, t o t he

State

Depart -

ment about t he

assassi nati on o f

Presi -

dent J ohn

F

Kennedy

I n

t he memo accor di ng t o t hemga-

z i n e , M Hoover stated that t hebureau

had

bri efed

M

George Bush of t he

Centr al I ntel l i gence Agency on t he

reacti on o f Cuban

e x i l e s i n Mam t o

t he

assassi nati on

The

mgazi nea r t i c l e , wri tt en

by J o-

seph

McBr i de,

also quoted

an uni dent i -

f i e d source

w t h

cl ose connecti ons t o

t he i ntell i gence communi ty as

sayi ng

M Bush started worki ng

f o r

t he

agency

i n

1960

or

1961,

using

hi s

oi l

busi ness as a cover for clandesti ne ac-

t i v i t i e s .

St ephen

Hart, a

spokesmn

f or

t he

Vi ce Presi dent,

s ai d t ha t

hehad tal ked

t o M Bush

about

t he story

and

that

the

Vi ce Presi dent deni ed

any

i nvolve-

ment w t h t he

agency

bef ore Presi dent

Ford

named

h m

t s

Di rector i n 1975

He

was

an

oi l man

i n

t he

earl y

1960s,

and i n 1963 hewas r unni ng f or t he Sen-

ate, M Har t sai d

B i l l

Devi ne,

a spokesmn f o r t he

i n-

tell i gence

agency, decl i ned t o comment

on t he possi bi l i ty that M

Bush,

o r

someone e l s e w t h that name worked

f o r

t he agency

i n

t he

1960s

I t s

our ' standard

pol i cy

on

all ega-

ti ons

t h a t peopl e

have worked

f or

t he

C

. A or that s or t o f

thi ng,

M

Devi ne

sai d Wnei ther conf i rmnor deny

The magazi ne

sai d

M

Hoover ' s

memo

was

recent l y

di scovered

among ,

98,755 pages

o f

bureau documents r e-

l eased

i n

1977

and

1978

i n

connecti on

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br ought under t heFreedom

f

I nf ormati onAct

At t he t i me t he memo was wri tt en,

M Bush was

runni ng

t he

Houst on-

based Zapat a

Of f - Shore

Comany

which t he magazi ne

sai d

gaveBushan

opport uni ty

t o do

extensi ve

overseas

t r a v el , i ncl uding t r i p s t hroughout

t he

Cari bbean

I n 1964, M

Bush

r an un-

successful l y

f or

t he Senate

I n hi s 1987 aut obi ogr aphy, Looki ng

Forward M Bush c al l s hi s appoi nt-

ment

t o

head t he

agency a

r e a l

shock-

er i n l i g h t o f h i s

background

as a

non- professi onal outsi der

and a

pol i t i ci an

t o boot .

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M Bush

also

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t o

t heC

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says

Bush

TheNati onmgazi ne

has

tracked

down

the

el usi ve George

Wl l i am

Bush

and

he

says

he

s

not

the

guy

who

was

bri efed by the

FBI foll owng the assassinati onof

J ohn

F

Kennedy

Th s

M

Bush

ac-

cordi ng t o The

Nati on

l i ves

i n

Al -

exandri a

and s anemloyee

of the

Soci al

Securi ty

Admni strati on

W

i dwork at the

CAat

the

tim

when according t o

a

mm

si gnedbyJ Edgar Hoover

George

Bush was bri efed But

he

t o l d TheNati onhewas a

r e-

searcher

and

never

rece ved any n

teragency bri ef i ngs

The

Nati on

contends that the

person

bri efed

was

George

Her-

bert

Wal ker

Bush currentl yvi ce

presi dent of the

Uni t ed,

St ates

The

CA

i n

a rare

publ i c comment

de-

nied

that and

put out the

nam

of

George

Wl l i amBush

whereabouts

unknown who

worked

the

night

watchat

the

agency at

t hat ti m

GHWB

who

headed

theC un-

der Gerald Ford sayshewas i n the

o l

busi ness

i n

Texas

at

the tim the

FBI

bri efed George

Bush

at the

C

He

says he

doesn t

haveany

i deawhat

The

Nati on

s

ta l ki ng

about

i n

suggesti ngthat he

had

C t ies i n the earl y 1960s

J osephMcBri de

the

author of

TheNati on

stori es,

tracked

down

GWBandchecked

out someof the

background

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hepro-

vi ded In the Al i ce i n Wonderl and

worl d of

i ntel l i gence,

there

s

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the

possi bi l i t y that

peopl e

are

not who

they say

they are,

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OF

JOHN

FITZGERALD

KENNEDY,

1_1/22/63

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Ti tl e i s marked changed

to del ete the name LEE HARVEY

.~OSWALD in

vi ew

of

the

fact

that such

report contai ns

the

resul ts

; of

i nvesti gati on wth respect

to

al l egati ons recei ved against persons

other

than

LEE

HAARVEY

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12/10/63,

capti oned,

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and

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to

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dated

12/12/63, capti oned, LEE HARVEY

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JACK

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DETAI LS

UNTED

STATES

DEPARTMENT

OF

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INVESTIGATION

SA GRAHAM

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NOVEMBER

25

1963

HOUSTON

FILE 62 2115

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ASSASSINATION

OF

PRESIDENT

JOHN

F

KENNEDY

_ NOVEMBER

22

1963

DALLAS

TEXAS

I NFORMATI ON

C014CERNNG

P

Orrcr HOUSTON

Detai l s

of numerous tel ephone

cal l s

recei ved

at

the

Houston

Ofi ce whi ch

do

not

bear

di rectl y on

the

assassinati on

of

Presi dent JOHN F KENNEDY

but mainl y rel ate

to

reports of

i ndi vi dual s

who

mght have been suspect set out Al l

suspects

i ntervi ewed and no i nformati on beari ng di rectl y

on the assassinati on

developed

Resul ts of

these

i ntervi ews

set out

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Houston on November 22 1963 advi sed that W

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W_i ~ U~H

a

reputabl e busi nessman, furni shed

i nformati on to

~heffect

that

J AMES

PARROTT has been tal ki ng of ki l l i ng

the Presi dent when he comes to Houston A check wth Secret

Servi ce at

Houston,

TrA B

reveal ed

that

agency had a report

that PARROTT

stated

i n 1961 he

woul d

l o l l Presi dent

KENNEDY

i f

he

got near

him

Re

J AMES MLTO

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On

November 3

1963 Houston

advised

of

the fol l owng

concerni ng J AMES MLTON PARROTT

J AMBS MLTON PARROTT 1711

Park

Houston Texas

i ntervi ewed

States he has never made

threats

agai nst l i f e

of

Presi dent

and

has no

knowedge

of

assassi nati on

except

what he has read

i n newspapers

and heard over radi o and

tel evi si on

PARROTTI n

l ocati on i n

Houston duri ng

perti nent

peri od veri f i ed

J AMES

MLTON

PARROTT

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On

November 22

1963 M . GEORGE

H

W

BUSH

5525

Bri ar Houston Texas

tel ephoni cal l y advi sed

that

he

wanted

to

rel ate some hear say that he had heard

i n

recent

weeks

date and source unknown He advi sed that one JAMES PARROTT

has

been tal ki ng

of ki l l ing the

Presi dent .

when

, be

comes to _

:Houston

PARROTT i s possi bl y

a

.

student

at

the Uni versi ty of

Houston and

i s

acti ve i n pol i ti cs i n

the

Houston area

The

fol l owng

i nvesti gati on

was

conducted

by

SAS

WLLIAMJ .

SCHMDT and

KENNETH

B.

J ACKSON

at

Houston

Texas

.

on

November

22

1963

. Ms

.

rETHEL NEZ PARROTT . 13A1

. Park /

advi sed

she i s

the

mother of JAMÈ ~ARROTT who

resi des

wth her at

1711

Park

.

She

advi sed J AMES was

not at home

but

was expected back short l y

.

She advi sed he had been home

al l day hel pi ng her care for her son GARY WYNE PARROTT whom

they

brought

home

from

the

hospi tal

yesterday after he had

an

operati on

Ms

.

PARROTT

.

advi sed that shortl y after ]

=00 P

. M

.

a M REYNOLDS came by thei r home to

advi se

them

of

the

death of Presi dent KENNEDY and tal ked to her-son J AMES =

PARROTT

about

pai nti ng some si gns at Republ i can Headquarters

on Wugh Dri ve

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.

On November 22 1963 J AMES MLTON/?ARROTT 1711

Park advi sed he

is

a

member

of the

Young

Republ i cans and

has been acti ve i n pi cketti ng {wmbers of

the

present

admni strati on who come to Houston He

advi sed he was

recentl y

one

of

the

pi cketts at

the

R ce

Hotel

when

Secretary

RUSK

.

was i n

town

PARROTT advi sed he

has

been i n Houston

the

enti re

day

and most of thi s ti me unti l thi s eveni ng at home

He

advi sed

at

approxi matel y

I t30

P . M ; `KERNEY REYNOLDS

who

i s

.

al so

a member

of the

Young

Republ i cans

came by hi s house to

.

tel l

hi m

about

the

death

of the

Presi dent .

He

stated

REYNOLDS

coul d

vouch for

the fact he

was

i n

Houston

at that ti me

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He

advised

i n addi ti on to

REYNOLDS, the man

who

l i ves

upstai rs from

him

possi bl y

al so

sawhim

duri ng

the

day

He

advi sed

at about 11

: 00

A

.M

, he went to hi s

next

door

nei ghbor s

and used the

tel ephone

. .

-PARROTT

advi sed

he has never

made

any

threats

3

f~

: e

agai nst the l i fe of

the Presi dent

and has no knowedge of

the

assassinati on

except what he has read i n

the papers and

heard on radi o

and tel evi si on .

t _

The

fol l owng

descri pti on of

PARROTT

was dbtai ned

through

questi oni ng

and

observati on

v

Race

:Whi te

. .

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Sex

Mal e

i

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I

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Psychi atri st _

Empl oyment

Sel f empl oyed

Conservati on Si gn Company

Rel ati ves

Mother - ETHEL

I NEZ PARROTT

1711

Park

Brother- DAVI S

LEON

PARROT

3901 M Gal veston, Texas

Brother-

GARY WAYNE

PARROTT

.

1711

Park

Brother-

RAYMOND

LEWS,PARROTT

I nmate,

Texas Department

- of Correcti ons, Huntsvi l l e

for

Burgl ary

Arrests

Admts

arrest

i n car which was

. stol en, rel eased when he

advi sed

8 PD be di d

not

knowcar

was

stol en

Date

of Bi rth

Apri l 16

1939

Place

of

Bi rth

Raton,

New

Mexi co

Height

5 9

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Uni ted States

Ai r Force .

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under honorabl e

.

.

:

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_

23

1963

;

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the

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: 30

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22

1963 he

vent

to

the

home

of

J AMES

PARROTT 1711

Park and

tal ked

to

PARROTT

for a

fewmnutes

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he coul d vouch

for PARROTT s presence

at 1711

.

~ park betvee

a

: 30

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: 45

. FM

on

November

22

1963

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