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[[C. Douglas Dillon]]: Nelson Rockefeller's confidant, Kennedy's treasury secretary, and chairman of the [[Rockefeller Foundation]] board of trustees. As undersecretary of state in the Eisenhower administration from June 1959 through January 1961, Dillon attended NSC meetings at which discussions of foreign leaders including [[Patrice Lumumba]] took place. In an affidavit submitted to the commission, Dillon stated that he had heard no discussion of assassination attempts against any foreign leader during his tenure, though he acknowledged to investigators that it was "perfectly possible" that [[Allen Dulles]] might have translated strong presidential language into operational orders.[^6]
[[General Lyman Lemnitzer]]: Former chairman of the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]], 1960-1962. Lemnitzer had actively supported the CIA's call for direct U.S. military intervention during the [[Bay of Pigs invasion]], only to be overruled by Kennedy. He also signed Operation Northwoods in March 1962, a Joint Chiefs proposal for staged false-flag terrorism on U.S. soil to justify military action against Cuba, which Kennedy rejected. Kennedy subsequently denied Lemnitzer another term as chairman, transferring him to command of U.S. [[European Command]] and NATO.[^7]
[[General Lyman Lemnitzer]]: Former chairman of the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]], 1960-1962. Lemnitzer had actively supported the CIA's call for direct U.S. military intervention during the [[Bay of Pigs invasion]], only to be overruled by Kennedy. He also signed Operation Northwoods in March 1962, a Joint Chiefs proposal for staged false-flag terrorism on U.S. soil to justify military action against Cuba. Kennedy subsequently denied Lemnitzer another term as chairman, transferring him to command of U.S. [[European Command]] and NATO.[^7]
[[Lane Kirkland]]: AFL-CIO researcher who had been a director of the CIA-funded [[AIFLD]] (American Institute for Free Labor Development) during the Kennedy-Johnson years. Kirkland had served on a Johnson administration commission that recommended continuing CIA-backed labor programs under overt funding as a workaround when CIA involvement was exposed. He was also a member of Nelson Rockefeller's Commission on Critical Choices. Kirkland was elected president of the AFL-CIO in November 1979.[^8]
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[^4]: FRUS 1969-76, Vol. XXXVIII, Part 2, Document 17, Editorial Note, covering the period December 20-22, 1974, including Colby's meeting with Hersh on December 20, 1974 and the Ford administration's response strategy coordinated by Kissinger and Rumsfeld.
[^5]: Gerard Colby and Charlotte Dennett, *Thy Will Be Done: The Conquest of the Amazon*. HarperCollins, 1995. Appendix B.
[^6]: Church Committee, "Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders," November 20, 1975, pp. 14-15. Dillon testified that while present at NSC meetings in summer 1960, he had no memory of a direct presidential order for Lumumba's assassination, but acknowledged it was "perfectly possible" that Dulles had translated strong language into operational direction.
[^7]: Lyman Lemnitzer, Operation Northwoods memorandum, Joint Chiefs of Staff, March 13, 1962, presented to Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. Kennedy rejected the proposal on March 16, 1962 and denied Lemnitzer another term as chairman.
[^7]: Lyman Lemnitzer, Operation Northwoods memorandum, Joint Chiefs of Staff, March 13, 1962, presented to Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. At a March 16, 1962 meeting on the Mongoose guidelines, Kennedy expressed skepticism that circumstances would arise that would justify overt military action, and no decision approving the use of such forces was expressed or implied (Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961-1963, Vol. X, Document 314). Kennedy denied Lemnitzer another term as chairman.
[^8]: Colby and Dennett, Appendix B. Kirkland was elected AFL-CIO president on November 19, 1979.
[^9]: Colby and Dennett, Appendix B.
[^10]: [[National Security Archive]], "Gerald Ford White House Altered Rockefeller Commission Report in 1975," NSAEBB, February 29, 2016. Griswold's footnote recommending CIA budget disclosure was among the items suppressed by the White House.