James DiEugenio on Permindex: A Case Study, Part Two
- Fred Litwin
- 3 days ago
- 3 min read
Here is another example of how James DiEugenio misinterprets documents.
In Part two of his essay on Clay Shaw and Permindex, he writes this:
Nagy then announced that Permindex would be opening up an affiliate called Centro Mondiale Commerciale in Rome. According to a Time-Life internal memo, Shaw visited their new HQ prior to its official opening. This was a 37,000 square foot office building originally constructed in 1942. Shaw was then reported by the State Department to be on the Board of Directors. (State Department cable of 11/7/58)
DiEugenio references an internal Time-Life memo.
There are, in fact, two Life memos that I know of that discuss Permindex.
Here is the first:
All of the information in this memo comes from the Paese Sera series of articles on Clay Shaw that appeared a few days after his arrest. Most of he information was made up and there were numerous errors. For instance, the crack reporters at Paese Sera couldn't even figure out that Louis Bloomfield was a lawyer in Montreal, and not a banker.
And note this sentence on page two:
Paese Sera admits that there are no proofs or evidence that Shaw has indeed been in Rome ..."
Here is another Time-Life memo:
This memo is a translation of an article that appeared in L'Humanité, the newspapers of the French communist party, and it was based on the Paese Sera series.
Here is that article from L'Humanité:
And so once again, DiEugenio tries to hide the fact that the source for another once of his allegations is Paese Sera. In this case by trying to claim the information came from a Time-Life memo.
All roads lead to Paese Sera.
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Many conspiracy books claim that Permindex moved to South Africa. There is no evidence that it did.
There is no evidence that Permindex plotted against de Gaulle.
The complete set of State Department documents on Permindex.
Chris Peeks interviews me about Permindex.
Conspiracy theorists mislead people on Permindex/CMC.
Many books maintain that the President of Permindex, Ferenc Nagy, lived in Dallas in 1963. He actually lived in Herndon, Virginia.
The book Coup in Dallas gets Permindex all wrong, and with no footnotes.
Was Montreal lawyer Louis Bloomfield running an assassination bureau?
Louis Bloomfield was a good man who raised a lot of money for Canadian charities. Unfortunately, conspiracy theorists have linked him to the JFK assassination.
The memo only quotes from Pease Sera.
The information that Shaw lived in Rome and worked for the CIA originated with Paese Sera.
Clay Shaw was on the Board of Directors of Permindex. Here is his file.
If Jim Garrison wanted to learn more about Louis Bloomfield, all he had to do was pick up the phone or go to Montreal.
Exclusive - Louis Bloomfield's Secret Correspondence with George H. W. Bush... Revealed for the first time.
Yes, a conspiracy book actually makes this claim.
Revealed for the first time.
They were involved!
George Mantello was a hero.
