Triangle of Death: The Shocking Truth About the Role of South Vietnam and the French Mafia in the Assassination of JFK [Hardcover]

Bradley S. O'Leary (Author), L. E. Seymour (Author)

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Publication Date: November 20, 2003

Here are the facts: a) President John F. Kennedy supported the coup d'etat that resulted in the assassination of Diem; b) twenty-one days later, Kennedy was assassinated; c) forty-eight hours after JFK's murder, the FBI deported a French assassin-a fact that was not reported at the time, even to the Warren Commission; d) this deportation order came from the Office of the Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy.Bradley O'Leary and L.E. Seymour present a convincing argument that implicates not Lee Harvey Oswald, but rather a conglomerate of conspirators, in the death of beloved President Kennedy. Using actual CIA documents, interviews, and evidence, Triangle of Death will alter everything you thought you knew about John F. Kennedy's death.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 264 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson (November 20, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785261532
• ISBN-13: 978-0785261537
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,606,042 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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55 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Shocking!, November 8, 2003

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Matthew DeLuca (Tulsa, OK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Triangle of Death: The Shocking Truth About the Role of South Vietnam and the French Mafia in the Assassination of JFK (Hardcover)

This book, "Triangle of death" is a shocking new book on the Assassination Conspiracy of President Kennedy.
Not many people know this, but a very dangerous assassin, who had connections to the CIA and the Mafia, was in Dallas on the afternoon that Kennedy was shot. This assassin left the country within 48 hours of the murder. The FBI was trailing this man and they lost him on the morning of the assassination of Kennedy.
Again, it cannot be overstated. Professional killer. In Dallas when Kennedy was killed. Left country very soon afterwards. The French government also admits that this man was indeed in Dallas when Kennedy was killed, and they essentially say that he was involved in the Conspiracy. This could be the key to the entire assassination Conspiracy, and this new book, "Triangle of Death" claims to present the shocking truth using actual US government documents.
I must say however, that the authors were WAY off concerning the directions from which the shots came. They dont believe that a shot came from the Grassy Knoll, and most researchers know full well that atleast two shots came from the knoll, based on the evidence. That is why I gave this book 4 stars instead of 5. But this book doesnt claim to give us expertise about the shots and from which direction they came, they only wanted to discuss the French Killer who was in Dallas when Kennedy was killed.
Was the Corsican Mafia involved with elements of the CIA in killing Kennedy?
All Americans owe it to themselves to learn as much of the truth as we can. This book is a great place to start.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Another View on the Crime of the Century, May 11, 2005

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Triangle of Death
The 'Foreword' reminds us that President Kennedy authorized the overthrow of the South Vietnamese dictator Ngo Dinh Diem, the "democratically elected, constitutional president" (p.ix). Three weeks later JFK was assassinated. The "lone gunman" theory was "designed to placate the American public and distract them from the facts of the case" (p.x). The authors use recently declassified federal documents to claim that the murder of JFK originated by "a partnership between the U.S. Mafia, the French heroin syndicate, and the government of South Vietnam" (p.xi). O'Leary was involved in politics for over 25 years, is president of Associated Television News, and a host of his own radio show. Seymour is a writer and author of fifteen novels.

John F. Kennedy never lost an election. He brought hope for a better future in a time of tumult, founded the Peace Corps, signed the first nuclear test ban treaty, cut taxes for an economic stimulus. Most of all he had charisma that few other politicians had. But Vietnam would overshadow his policies. The Vietnamese fought against foreign domination for centuries. Millions died during the WW II famine when Japan supplanted the French (p.4). But the Viet Minh were able to defeat the French and gained freedom for part of their country (p.5). Later America replaced the French as rulers of South Vietnam. Diem became the new ruler (pp. 8-9). But this new ruling class created a rebellion among the rural farmers (p.11). Ngo Dinh Diem acted like a new Hitler, persecuting the majority Buddhists using violent means (p.12). All this was possible because of American money, guns, and lawyers. Was such persecution also done by Winston Churchill (p.13)?

Chapter 5 explains how the Ngo family became important to opium exports to Marseilles, which became heroin for the U.S. Mafia. Chapter 6 explains how the turmoil in 1963 South Vietnam led to the overthrow of Ngo Dinh Diem. They were killed to silence them (p.30). Diem was put into power during Eisenhower's first term (p.39). The authors believe that JFK would have acted like LBJ (p.51). Many books, and Oliver Stone's "JFK", have educated Americans about the problems in the Warren Commission Report (p.53). This Report was "designed solely to mislead the American people" (p.55). Many, many books have been written to try to solve the assassination; some are listed in the Bibliography.

Chapter 9 starts with declassified document 632-796, about the deportation of Jean Rene Souetre, who was in Dallas on 11-22-1963. France wanted to hold Algeria and its oil fields, but was pressured by America to allow others access (p.67). De Gaulle used SDECE to neutralize the threat from the OAS (Chapter 11). Chapter 15 tells how heroin was imported by concealment in automobiles. Chapter 16 tells how a government tolerated heroin production in return for favors. Chapter 18 presents the story of Christian David: Marseilles gangsters shot JFK. Chapter 23 presents the truth about JFK and Cuba (p.145).

The authors claim of a Saigon link to the assassination is plainly wrong, and avoids the fact that JFK canceled a trip to Miami in October, before the coup in Saigon. I think it would take many months to plan a successful assassination (p.147). Blaming Saigon assumes that a puppet can pull the strings (p.150). The authors' claims are exaggerated (pp.152-153). Colonel Pavlotsky's solution doesn't explain the cover-up (pp.154-155). The 'Afterword" discusses related topics. It seems to be the best part of this book. This book is a supplement to other books that provide far more details on the case.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Some good info but the wrong conclusion, March 27, 2004

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This review is from: Triangle of Death: The Shocking Truth About the Role of South Vietnam and the French Mafia in the Assassination of JFK (Hardcover)

This book is actually worth reading, because it provides some worthwhile information about people related in one way or another to the assassination drama such as Jean Rene Souetre (sometimes accused but not actually a player in it) and Carlos Marcello (one of the players). The book is worth while for what the reader can learn about those individuals and their role (or lack thereof). But I can't give it more than two stars because the thesis of this book just isn't accurate, and there really isn't much in the way of evidence presented to support the authors' conclusions about the root cause of the conspiracy that killed President Kennedy. Nevertheless, if you'd like to know some things about Souetre and Marcello that would be hard to find elsewhere, then check out this book.