Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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Is he solvent? Yes. But his wife works as a school teacher. They have a car. They pay low rent. B "Building of very mixed occupancy.His father and mother had flat in this building. The father and mother were decorators. Has office on upper ground floor and press on lower ground floor.His father dead. His mother remarried. Still a decorator.Dont know just when A started this business. He began in decorating business paper hanging, etc. Then got into poetry, etc. had a little magazine.He had some money and bought the distributorship of these publications.From that he went into publishing, *during Algerian war*.October- A and group around him, established in 1964, summer, after fiasco of the Swiss Communist Party. Extremely small group. I doubt if they love more than 30 people.Operate mainly inside of the official Communist party-Worker Party.Aim to convince the people inside of rightness of Chinese thinking and provide a rallying point for those expelled from the party. Print in Italian, French & German Swiss CP has all of 15 people.I estimate 30 to 40 people involved. Very weak organization.It might be discreetly financed by the Chinese. A little money handed over to AndersonA is obviously no longer really the center of it. He was the initiator.Fact he is not Swiss may have helped. I feel he was gradually pulling back from political involvement. Is under close surveillance by the Swiss police - has been warned what he can and can't do.People even went up to Berne and asked for his expulsion. They got very little satisfaction.There still are numbers of Spaniards-- he has Chinese and Albanian literature in Spanish.Once they get out of Spain and can get this stuff they do go and look at it. MOe no longer exists - has been fused into new Spanish CP. They are just workers. Mundo Obrero Revolucionario produced on offset or mineograph, principally by Tiafer (phon) Tagliaferro in Anderson's officeCatalan. The two leaders are out of it.Three groups: proletario, Chispa group is third. That has two people according to Valdes The leaders of the other two groups were expelled from this Lenin-Stalin party.Don't think he still has distribution of October officially.That's political This ban derived from the Revolution incident.We could stay in Switzerland if we wanted to but had to get out of all political activity.Don't know where A still acts as a contact I feel that he is much less active than he was. He was not well informed about Italian group, Nuova Unita
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He is in contact with Grippa/and with Maspero but very unhappy about the political line of Maspero's paper.Andersson's wife: a silly woman - self-dramatizes.She went to Albania (anniv of Albanian rev.) and some other people from the October group. Went to reproach them for the aid they had given Builliard-Jenvey.Guiyard. His wife does many things he can't do because he is a foreigner. She would act as his agent - did not go in her own right. He doesn't have much to do with Albanians. Her trip gave him a better impression. But she thought the Albanians bite better informed about Europe and party in Europe than the Chinese.She at one time was a member of the central committee of the Exxxck Swiss Communist Party. Maybe about 35 members. Practically anybody who joined the party was immediately on the Central Committee.Andersson is known as the man in Switz to see if you want to set up a base for any kind of a revolutionary movement. Maybe this is how he got in touch with Sepamards.- Churiel Curiel group- he had contacts with them. Rev Father Donde from Lyons, involved with FLNformer worker priest, now involved in Congolese, etc. rebel groups. Always gun-toting - with missal in one hand, sub machine gun in other. Extraordinary priest. Had high protection in the Church, with CardinalJerlic (ph) of Lyons. who recently died. When priest was arrested, money to help from Cardinal.Some left the Catholic church. I would say their Algerian generation provides the basis for the pro-Chinese element within the left-wing youths of France. The ones who saw the total ineffectiveness of the Staliniste many, disgusted with it and sought to make up for this failure on the part of the Communist Party.Spanish, Italian, Portugese workers in Switz. Many are left-oriented and interested.dax they are just workers.Tifer, Catalan.Marxist-Leninist Communist party made of the three groups- Mundo Obrero, Protetario, Chispa groups. Two members.I can perfectly believe it.cease any activities on behalf of Revolution which was felt as undesirable.Whether he is still a contact between groups on outside and Chinese Communists in Berne cannot say. He is much less active.
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all these-movements di-nishing in size-and-impor ice-.-.He may be going to Brussels. He is in contact with Grippa. I don t know about it. He is unhappy with Ma political line of Maspero's publicatiosBrilliardaid they had given guillard.Apparently that was ironed out. His wife does manythings that he can't do because he is a foreigner. She acts as his agent.But he doesn't have much to do with Albanians, but her visit has somewhat raised the prestige of Albania in their eyes.I think he would much rather deal with the Chinese.He may have come in contact with the Spaniards through the Algerians.He is known as a man in Switz to go to see if you want to set up a base for any kind of ary movement.Can give you advice,put you in touch with the right bunch of people to sell you arms, if that's what you want.There was a group called Curieri, extremely activein all sorts of things Daney Curiel group. He had contacts with them, with the Rev Father Donde, who is a former Catholic priest from Lyons, worker priests, involved with the Fli,very much on the left, now involved in various things, rebels, Congolese, with missal in one hand and machine gun in the other.always gun-running, but had very high protection in the church, bistion with Cardinal Genier of Lyons, who just died. Had ties with the Algerians.Cardinal would be informed and would the money be made available to take care of him. from theMany of people were Catholic, just Catholic, some left the church. The Com Party didn't want anything to do with the Algerians.Some are now in Algeria. Algerian gave basis for Chinese elements in leftwing youth of France generation pro-ones who saw the total ineffectiveness of the Com party in Francevere disgusted with it and sought to make up for this failureand sought to wake up for this failure of the Com party. I understand now that there is great conflict noyaith new generation in youth movement,in France. As far as Spaniards concerned, suspect it cane about that way. A's contacts with the Spaniards were extremely broad, many not even Marzists,Spanish Social Democrats, some of then. Broad left spectrum. He published a book about Spanish Workers. Bitterly attacked by Kien and Valdes. It wasn't Marxist at all.fairly easy access to Chines! Embassy. With Ambassador? No with a man named Chu, think First Secretary. He apparently is the delegated to deal with Europeans, Communists and so on.Don't know whether A has contact with other Chinese, Some Chinese ezne to him. Normally a question of publishing books. And a very modest type of thing.
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# NOVAA has nothing to do with His basically with the Embassy.He told me had an incident with the Sov First Sec. at the Cuban Embassy last Jan. The Sov heard his name. said are you Swiss English? He said, no, I'm Sundish.Sviss. You must be the Anderson. Sov. told him he couldn't get away with that sort of thing long. An emotional outburst. Tried later to leave better impression- I admire what you have been doing, etc.A is known. to the Soviets.He has been in contact with the Salad Party, with the Eritreang, Liberation movement. That was slight. He is in much with Curiel and company.I'm not certain he is in complete approval of what Curiel group doing. At one time Ciriel group interested in something in West Indies. I understand that they were ingang to send ams into roitinque and Quadelampe- which one ca get in Surtzerland.A was in contact with French West Indians. I don't know how far that went.Here in London Curiel wanted to found a magazine last summer to be devoted to West Indies.Jew publiched here,Firmingo and Daylight. Don't know whether Curiel has satat anything to do with it. There is a new one, Magnet. And said to be another one on the way. I've sun Dabois (?) in Algeria and Lausanne, 2o a courier. but I really don't know what Cutiel bs upis.The Spaniards- I had no real knowledge onthat.He is likely to keep up conects with thespaniards. Also, with the Portuguese -e.q. Funduits is causanne knows what's going on.He is mixed up with Angola, was involved with the MPLA.He was disappointed when the exaggerated claims of the MPLA vere exposed!! that they had planes, arms on the inside, etc. But they couldnt document their clerius for the OA'l.Turned out a monstrous bluff. The UPA much more conservative organization; it did have a fighting force. And cautioned mitet gunto recently to sthagfe. And that was when Vivisto da Cany and oristo switched from the MPLA.Understand Dr. Neto still running around, contact with with the Chinese.He probably is in Algiers now.A. has contacts which consist of/being there. Quezone robs come to purn comes toA. kept in contact with Verges when Verges in Algiers. He had cultivated the Andersons. Mrs. A. went down there to visit Verges. A. had full power of attorney to sign for the Verges bank account in the Lion des Bagues mica. from hafaza 1962 until probably Jan 1964. Verges claimed that A had taken money. A claimed the funds were down to 500 Swiss franes anyway.Verges sent to close the account. Behind A's back, and when A found out he was furious. Verges cianied be slas had a resud arsantAnderson & Verze haven't see each otan suice spring 1962.
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In Oct of 62 before I went to Algiers, but when I came to Paris I saw Sinet who had a large amounts of Algerian currency in his flat. the clost shelves were covered with bundles of Algerian currency:I'met Sinet in New York when he came back from Cuba. He and his wife.He came through FPCC.He asked me if I had time to help him change some of this money, which he claimed was given him by an Algerian friends who was going on a world tour, had brought it from Algiers, but banks did not want to change large amounts He was sending it by various people to airport, etc. small banks, to change a little at a time. This of course was prt of the money thatVerges got, I assume.Verges had met Finet during the Algerian war, when and how I don-t know. He was too conspicuous to do much in an open way. Certainly helped in propaganda.He knew Chandioli at the UN, and His Algerian connections very good. He was in contact with Ben Bella.The Erench govt would never allow Finet to go to see Ben Bella but did allow Finet's wife to go, It was she who took clothes to Ben Bella when he was released, and went to Cairo.In 62 I was thinking of going to Algiers. I was vague about. He told me all about Verges and someone named Maurice Masquino (ph.) who then was Editor of *El Mujahid*, weekly, official organ of the FLN.It was actually through Finet that I really got the job with Verges. I had heard of him and he apparently had heard of me, but I had never known him before. I don't know why. This was at the time between the struggle between the GRA and the Tlemcen group for power in Algeria. And I don't know where he was. Again, he played a role in the transfer of funds. They needed money for a large parade. Verges carried the money to Morocco for Khider to Algiers.My first meeting with Verges about 15 minutes. Talking about an English lang. edition then of *Revolution Africaine*.Ali Buzuren, later secy of Algierian Embassy in Leopoldville.First meeting, was in November. 1962Offices of *Journal d'Alger* had to be cleaned up. had been bombed by CAS. get staff, etc. He in meantime went to Paris, saw people connected with Maspero - Grand Chalia- to whom he proposed: running Algiers as editor. He was careful to make sure he had foreign editors not Algerian.*Revolution* lasted 18 issues. I have the full file if you are interested.
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# Verges-lost-post.The political section was breaking up. Pritat e Endil disagreed with Ben Bella.Khider was seeking to use his as secretary of the party to ensure he had some sort of hold but his middle class background used very successfully against him by Ben Bella. Since he came out of his million of small shop keepers and grocers, and there were scarcities. It was easy to blame Khider very much since it was something short. Everyone knew of Khider's speculation with money. Turned out he had $12,000,000 in Switzerland, probably much more elsewhere.Verges was originally the head of the African Section of the Algerian foreign ministry. After the clemsen group came in. Fave to his African contacts. He did not get along at all well with themisli who was his -was-Ben-Bella's foreign minister. I'm certain, He then at the same time made contacts with Bitat and Khider for money.Ben Bella never gave approval, but other members of the political bureau did. And the money came from khider - it was in blocked by Khider, finally - Fifty million francs in cash brought in to start magazine.It went behind Ben Bella's back. Once it came out it was a fait accompli, and he didn't care. Verges. He maintained later he didn't expect to hold out as long as he did.Djamila BouhiredHis wife under Moslem law, was asked by Ben Bella if she would marry him. She had ferocious animosity against Ben Bella, still has, I think. To all this bad blood - frustrated Evian came into play in the Addis Ababa confidences he was not barges in. When Verges was asked if as of the foreign ministry. He smelled something fishy, and he begged off.At 11 next morning, with Djamila Bouhireds wife, he went to Morocco and then Paris.That same evening he left by car, went to Morocco and then Paris.He has connections in Morocco. Life as the Palace, so I understand, but I don't know who.Verges always cultivated a myth of big connections. But he does circulate in worldly circles. Claims contacts in Pompidou's office. I never saw any benevolence from Pompidou's office, though.So he went to Paris and then he came to Switzerlandm and then he started to set up - he had some money, obviously in France... and then he started transferring his funds from Algiers-from Lausanne -- transferred it on his person, on my person - no he never carried any money, but I carried some, and Kessel did too. Kessel claimed that he was actually stopped and searched and that he had this money in 500 franc bills in his hip pocket and they never looked in there. Any way, he did get the money in from Fracne. And he began publication of Revolution as a monthly in September of 1963.((Had you known in advance what he was going to do?))No. In fact, it was a question for a while, whether he would do it in Switzerland.A wanted Verges to set up magazine in Switzerland. Finet was very much against it. I'm certain Verges never intended to go to SwitzerlandHarvey immediately spread story that Verges had stolen something like
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very upset when he heard that Verges was in Paris. He didn't like being connected with somebody who had stolen money. I called Verges and said he better get in touch with Andersson himself, better see him soon, because he would keep putting him off. The fact was that Andersson and I went to Paris. That's when we saw Verges. Verges placated him, said there was no truth in the charges. In fact, the charges were reduced. Harbi himself came to London. (The amount) went down, from 300 million to 200 million from 60 million to 50 million, and the whole thing was dropped. Buzerin, the business manager, was extremely indignant about the talk about misappropriation of funds and demanded an audit of the books. They found 6 million francs surplus. That was even more disturbing to them down there.Habbi is supposed to have said "this isn't swindling; this is an affair of state." Buzerin was then given his clean bill of health and he went off to be secretary (of Embassy) in the Congo, in Leopoldville. On his way back last Spring from Leopoldville -- he was no longer going to stay there; I think he is in Algeria now-- he and his wife stopped in Paris and saw Verges. He had been in contact with Verges and he was very much tried, family-wise, wife this whole Bitat - Zahra Driff codd.Our transfer/was simply that here we had been working for Verges personally. The money, there -in Switzerland, had been his money and the Algerians never made any attempt to get in touch with us. None whatsoever. There was a letter to Anderson from Chalion, who remained with the Algerians. There was an attempted phone call from them down there- probably Chalion or someone with the magazine- which Andersson refused to accept. So we really were never before the choice. In other words, he proposed (the work); we were doing what he proposed. He was going to continue and the Algerians had no coherent story about the money and what was going on. At that time they weren't interested in the English edition. Later, when it continued, they did produce in Algiers one issue of an English edition, an imitation of ours, which was very badly done. That was the last. They never did any more. That was edited by Patricia Magowan Pinheiro, a half-Anglish, half-Portuguese leader from Mozambique who allegedly--FRELIMO his group is extremely small-- He was kept going by the Jileno people from Mozambique because of the fact that they needed a European to represent the progressive European element (laughing) for when the day comes for takeover by Africans- well, Carlos was waiting for the day when Carlos will be produced as a genuine Hozambiquan of European origin. She was also involved with the Portuguese. She wrote a book about Portugal
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a man by the name of(under the name, Peter Fryer, published 1962. I can't remember the title. She speaks Portuguese. May be- apparently is connected with the Trotskyist group.The Portuguese, from what I understand is going on - I would like to get back to Algiers to see what is going on (ferment - splitting - the Eldorado business).Just part of the iceberg that stuck up above the water. She was close to the Algerians. She produced this one issue. Then that flopped. She had been asked by Verges to go with me to Lausanne to be the joint editor of the edition in English. She refused because she wanted to stay in Algiers, stay close to her Portuguese groups She didn't think very much of me simply because she had set up the publication of the English edition (which) was supposed to have been done in London. And then suddenly behind their backs Verges arranges it Switzerland. The British Communist Party was very much upset about the whole thing. They had thought that they might be able to have something to do with it, that they might take it over. They had a woman who was working for us here, named Rosalind Ainslie, South African, a European woman from South Africa, who obviously - she works for East Germ News Agency here now would have been their agent. It was even going to be incorporated here under her name. Verges was going to be the junior and silent partner abroad. Obviously he wasn't going along with that. This was the summer of 63. At the time of the break with Algiers, she was working as our correspondent here; (she) was extremely upset. She was holding £1000 of Verges' money. She didn't know which way to go. Harbi came here and talked to her. She whole thing fell through. Finally she chose the Algerians and then they dumped her. And she was forced to repay the money to Verges that she owed.And so we then stayed on in Switzerland. We were perfectly content to stay in Switzerland. Out of the - .Verges wanted to move to Paris. He had little justification for a move to Paris. He was absolutely delighted when the Swiss expelled us. They gave us three months to get out. It really wasn't any expulsion. We continued it (the magazine). The editor and publisher were out of the country.Anderssor had nothing to do with it. It was still being produced by Penguin.Only the English edition was banned. That was to prevent any further publication (in Switzerland. presumably) That's why it had to be done
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## SECOND SESSION18 February 1965
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Tape taite a little bits. C. Phat Rosenfelin found vs. of Remabertaire: -all 18 points. and we are destuse when Lafe prits ef.)18 Feb 1965 10 to 11:30It was essentially put together by Europeans, (the magazine.) The actual editor which he being Gerard Chalion and she got it from Maspero who now works for a professor Baklima Bemelhart. These are the entire issues that were put out by Verges. His (Laser than I thought) I started 2 Feb. it last issue, 18th May.I have two copies of these. I'm trying to sell these to the University Just as the best f of California. Don't know what I'll get for this, something between fall be full ect. $25 and $50.00; Verges doesn't even have this. There are three sets.Andersson has one, I have two. I'm planning to keep one. teme departed puseplanch from Algion- tidut ever take a mailing list. This I got together in Lausanne.DeeptΑχαριστίας I got them out of the binder.Andersson had a file. He distributed them.I had to take Andersson with me to the binder to get then out. He kept one.What I would like to talk to you about (is future work peribility.)The The Atlantic Monthly.Article to doThey want autobiographic atticle,I don't nied writing about Revolution,¿Y : Does this page refer only to the algiers phase?Do the / Parade, Srisues refer only to Fresh ed, only to Eng, eds, or to both?What your (2 Feb)418 May
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But what they want is a sort of autobiographical type of article.I don't mind writing about Revolution. Here's the problem. Once I write about-- it's all right for me to write about Revolution. Nobody will object about how far I go one way or the other. What I told you I could put in the public press generally, except for this about the other group but in terms of Revolution itself there's no objection. However, if I have to go any further than that, that means that as far as I'm concerned most of these people will never touch me with a ten foot pole. What contacts I have, do some are more delicate than others- - but I feel that after this trip they could be built up again, after somehow finding some means of interviewsing people relatively regularly. So what I want to ask you is, 39 what sort of ideas-if any, you in relation to me for future things; were you interested in my going, investigating anything further for you or are you satisfied with what little I know now. As I say, I don't think I know terribly much really, except incidental things which might corroborate what you know. Secondly, in terms of following up, if there's anything. For instance, I would suggest, the person to get this Algerian would be Georges Arnault, French writer who was in Algiers and worked on the first issue of Revolution Africaine, and after that never was any more, split with Verges how works in the Ministry of Information and she remains fairly friendly on a personal basis and if that's what you're interested in. who could get me a good deal of information on the Algerian side again through and the Atlantic Monthly, Secondly thereis a possibility that we might both try to cover the Second Bandung Conference., the European representative of the Atlantic Monthly, and we might cover the Second Bandung in Algiers together. That's in June if it is going to be held at all. If you're interested in other things, you know, now I have contacts