                              Introduction

This  book  is  not  about assassinations, at  least  not  solely  about
assassinations.   It  is  not  just  another  book  about  who  murdered
President  Kennedy or how or why.  It is a book about power,  about  who
really controls the United States policies, especially foreign policies.
It  is a book about the process of control through the  manipulation  of
the  American  presidency and the presidential  election  process.   The
objective  of  the  book is to expose the  clandestine,  secret,  tricky
methods and weapons used for this manipulation, and to reveal the degree
to which these have been hidden from the American public.

Assassinations  are  only one of many techniques used  in  this  control
process.   They have been important only in the sense that they are  the
ultimate method used in the control of the election process.  Viewed  in
this  way, an understanding of what happened to John or  Robert  Kennedy
becomes more important because it leads to a total understanding of what
has  happened to our country, and to us, since 1960.  But the  important
thing  to  understand  is  the control and the  power  and  all  of  the
clandestine methods put together.

Much  of  the information in the book has been published before  in  the
magazines  "Computer  and  Automation" and "People and  the  Pursuit  of
Truth,"  both edited and published by Edmund C.  Berkeley,  Newtonville,
Mass.   The material on assassination and other events covered is  based
on  evidence  collected  by  the  author  individually  or  through  the
Committee to Investigate Assassinations.  References to documentation of
this evidence are given throughout the book.

I  am  indebted to the following people for assistance in  the  research
work involved and the preparation of the book itself:

Special thanks go to Mary Ferrell who typed the original of the book.

Jerry  Policoff, Mark Lane, Ed Berkeley, Bob Cutler, Jim Garrison,  Bill
Turner,  Wayne Chastain, Bob Richter, Gary Shaw, Fletcher  Prouty,  Rush
Harp,  Jones  Harris,  Bob Saltzman, Penn Jones,  Larry  Harris,  Sylvia
Meagher, Ray Marcus, Harold Weisberg, Hal Dorland, Paris Flammonde, Tink
Thompson,  Bob  Katz, Joachim Joesten, Peter Downay, Harry  Irwin,  Dick
Billings,  Jim  Lesar, Fred Newcomb, Lillian Castellano,  Dick  Russell,
Tris  Coffin, Mae Brussell, Bill Barry, Gary Roberts and most of all  to
my  wife  Gloria  whose  hard work and infinite  patience  made  it  all
possible.

The  book  is  dedicated to Representative Henry  B.  Gonzalez  for  his
singular courage in standing against the forces of evil.

                                               Richard E. Sprague

                                               Hartsdale, New York
                                               July 4, 1976

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