Farewell America: The Plot to Kill JFK

by James Hepburn, William Turner

Originally published in 1968 in France under the title L'Amerique Brule (America Is Burning), Farewell America quickly became a best-seller in Europe in eleven languages. It was the inside story of the assassination of President John Kennedy. Although borrowing heavily from published critics of the Warren Commission Report, the book describes the roots of the Cold War, the linkage between large corporate and banking interests, the ever-growing American intelligence apparatus, and the international petroleum cartels that were lined up with a bevy of military brass and Mafia chieftains against JFK. A combination of these powerful interests called "The Committee" coordinated all aspects of the murder, from setting the time and place of the shooting to the recruitment of the gunmen and the coverup of the conspiracy afterward. The bottom line was that enemies of JFK collaborated with the CIA to erase the perceived threat to their interests by John and Robert Kennedy. Heady stuff for 1968. So incendiary, in fact, that importation of the book through Canada was squelched, allegedly at the instigation of the FBI. Farewell America wasn't just another book about the assassination conspiracy; it bristled with restricted information about U.S. intelligence agencies, the White House, global business, and military and political affairs that had to have come from a knowlegdeable source, in this case, French intelligence. It also represented the surreptitious intrusion by those in French government circles into American politics, namely, the 1968 presidential elections.

394 pages, Paperback

First published November 22, 2002

Reviews

[Robert Kirkconnell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thought to be a product of French Intelligence, this is one of the most valuable JFK assassination resources available. I finally found an affordable copy of this book about two years ago. I was interested in it because it had been suppressed in the U.S. for decades. When I read it I found out why. This book tells in graphic detail how JFK was a threat to the elite power structure, why he had to be killed, who was behind it, who did it, and how they did it. Book contains facts and figures of how much money JFK was costing big oil, his spectacular record on minority hiring and equal rights, and his outstanding record as a peace ambassador.

In many areas of government and also government contractors he had increased hiring of African Americans by four-fold, and this made powerful forces howling mad. He was forcing big oil and the rest of corporate American to pay its fair share in taxes, which did not go over so well with the Rockefellers and those of their ilk, and we could go on...

The facts and figures presented dispel the myths created and believed to this day, such as JFK could not get civil rights legislation passed and he was all talk and no go. Not only did the elite power structure have to kill him, but more importantly they had to assassinate his legacy so he would not be a martyr. They had to kill what he stood for and bury it along with his corps. This book shows that JFK was a very effective president, and more than anything it shows that what died on November 22, 1963 was the American people's belief in their government.

It can be a bit pricy, but if you look around you can find it for as little as $31.00. We all need to click on the "want this on Kindle" button!

Robert Kirkconnell
Author of: American Heart of Darkness: Volume I: The Transformation of the American Republic into a Pathocracy (Volume 1)

[Sarah Chacon · Rating 5 out of 5]

The biggest thing I take away from all of this is that Big Government doesn't give two shits about its people. It looks after its interests alone. If its interests happen to coincide with the best interests of its people, then it's a win-win situation; it not, tough titties. If a person happens to be elected to office who honestly cares about the country at the expense of Big Government's vested interests, then that person will be assassinated. That scares the crap out of me.

[Alice · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you are a true devotee of Kennedy assassination lore, or if you simply want to know the truth, you'll want to read this book. Published in Europe in the late 1960s, it was successfully kept outside the U.S. until the 1990s. Like me, you'll likely be surprised how much was known at that time compared to what has trickled out to U.S. citizens in the intervening decades. A definite must read.

[Stuart Bramhall · Rating 5 out of 5]

Published in 1968, this was definitely the first book to discuss in detail the powerful corporate elite who - with the help of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and secretive divisions of the CIA and FBI who assisted them - murdered President John F Kennedy. As Turner explains in his introduction, the book was actually written by French intelligence. It turns out that Permindex, the Swiss shell corporation that financed the JFK assassination, also financed several assassination attempts against French president Charles DeGaulle. DeGaulle's agents had already worked out much of the detail concerning the operation and financing of Permindex. Which explains why they, in essence, were the first to crack the JFK assassination (and to hand their material over to Jim Garrison for his grand jury investigation and prosecution of Clay Shaw, one of the assassination co-conspirators). They also discovered that Permindex was operating out of NATO headquarters in Belgium, which was why DeGaulle expelled NATO from French soil in 1967.

The book contains an incredible amount of detail regarding CIA covert activities (including the overthrow of democratically elected governments in Iran and Guatemala) - as well as Oswald's intelligence assignments (it's the only book I've ever read to detail his contacts with the CIA Moscow Station when he was in the Soviet Union) in Japan, the USSR and in the US on his return. It also has the best map I've ever seen of the positions of the each of the shooters, the order in which they fired and the exact type of weapon they used.

There are also several fascinating appendices. The first is a list of classified documents on the JFK assassination, along with a code indicating why they can't be released. It's extremely enlightening to see the number of documents relating to Oswald that can't be released because they are either "Secret" or "Top Secret" for "National Security" reasons. There is also a list of unclassified documents - which include US government records, corporate records, Warren Commission testimony and what appear to be intelligence records collected by a variety of foreign governments (including Cuban intelligence). The one that really stands out is "Activities of Air America" (the notorious CIA airline that transported heroin out of Southeast Asia).

The book was initially written in 1967 - with the hope it could be used to promote Robert Kennedy's candidacy in 1968. After Bobby was assassinated, it created quite a sensation in Europe, but there was no real effort to market it in the US. In fact it was out of print for several decades. If I had read the book in 1968, I'm not sure I would have known what to make of it. From a 2010 perspective, it's pretty obvious from the level of detail that the author isn't a casual assassination buff - or even a dedicated journalist or academic. In fact I'm left wondering if French intelligence didn't have an insider in the FBI or CIA as a source.

By Dr Stuart Jeanne Bramhall, author of THE MOST REVOLUTIONARY ACT: MEMOIR OF AN AMERICAN REFUGEE

[Alessandro Amadesi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Essential to know.
Vale la pena sapere. In questa edizione italiana, alcune note spiegano anche chi è (anzi, chi non è) James Hepburn, nome di facciata dietro cui si nascondono più persone. E' un libro che va studiato e meditato, perché fa capire come stavano le cose e come, in parte stanno ancora

[Pete daPixie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Originally published in 1968 in Europe, and suppressed in the United States, (What does that tell you?) the author, James Hepburn an invented non de plume covering the real writers, intimated to be from French intelligence and Interpol.
The publishers blurb on the rear cover states, 'this is heady stuff for 1968'. First and foremost, whoever put this together has produced a sociological study of the twentieth century American political landscape, focussing on the many established powers and factions that confronted the 'New Frontier' and highlights the Kennedy administrations threat to these entities.
Although the book displays the sub-title 'The Plot to Kill JFK' the tragedy of Dallas is only really explored in the later pages. Here the authors depart from their accurate and factual content of previous chapters and delve into conjecture and assumptions. In fact, the author, or authors are peddling outright disinformation and lies.
I strongly recommend readers who have been swept along by this book to peruse the Addendum of 'Our Man in Haiti' by Joan Mellen entitled H.L. Hunt & Sons and CIA.

[Jeff Buick · Rating 3 out of 5]

So, with all the hype of "this book will expose who killed JFK", it never does. It's well written and keeps your attention, but ultimately disappoints.

[Michela Derry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not just another book about the killing of JFK! "it bristled with restricted information about U.S. intelligence agencies, the White House, global business, and military and political affairs that had to have come from a knowlegdeable source, in this case, French intelligence. It also represented the surreptitious intrusion by those in French government circles into American politics, namely, the 1968 presidential elections". Published in 1968, it was censured in the USA and became a best-seller in Europe!!!

[Hugh Kennedy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of great information form sources outside of the US.