![]() “Listen,” Rundle said, “There are rumors flying all over the place but the truth is, nobody knows who might have been behind the assassination. the afternoon shift traveled with President Johnson to the Elms at 4040fifty-second Street, just five minutes from the White House, where Agent Paul Rundle was waiting to brief them on the new security. metropolitan police, the second perimeter would be manned by the National Guard, and the third and final layer of protection would be the Secret Service agents from the presidential and vice presidential details, supplemented by agents from nearby field offices. The first, outer layer would be manned by the D.C. There would be three perimeters of security. Paul Rundle, the agent who’d come from the Denver office prior to Blaine and Hill, was put in charge of securing Johnson’s residence. Lee Harvey Oswald was in custody in Dallas, but even if he was the man who’d killed President Kennedy, there was still the very real possibility that he was part of a bigger conspiracy to eliminate other government leaders. The Elms was located in an upscale neighborhood called Spring Valley, in northwest Washington, D.C., and due to the unusual circumstances, it required an immediate upgrade in security. ![]() Kennedy had time to move out, but this created yet another urgent and unprecedented situation for the Secret Service. Johnson had decided he would stay at his home the Elms until Mrs. Johnson would meet with his staff there as soon as he arrived, but he couldn’t stay the night in the mansion. Johnson was now the President of the United States, but the White House was still the residence of the Kennedy family. Is that a Roger?įrom: The Kennedy Detail – (Gerald Blaine, Lisa McCubbin, Gallery, S&S, 2010) 256-262 That’s a Roger, Roger, cancel commercial lines at Valley, at Valley, and install blocker circuits, blocker circuits. personnel on that….do you understand? Over. That is Volunteer and Victoria’s commercial telephones at Valley should be temporarily discontinued and security lines should be put in ,… get ……land…. Request Victoria … repeat … cance l … for commercial telephones. Do you also understand that for residential purposes Volunteer will reside at Valley? Victoria will go to Valley after first going to Crown. Will you say again? Will you say again? Venus will go to Valley with agents? I repeat Volunteer will reside at Valley for an indefinite time. Volunteer will reside at Valley for an indefinite time. You are aware that we will go to Crown for meeting? This is from Volunteer and Victoria relative to activities tonight. I have Freedom …I have Witness standing by for a patch. This is Dagger on Air Force One, to Crown. Air Force Once, this is Crown, come in. 406)ĭuplex - Special Agent In Charge (SAIC) (Jerry) Behn (at the White House)ĭagger - Assistant SAIC Rufus Youngblood (aboard AF1)Īir Force One Radio Transmissions – 11/22/63 Transcript LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND CODE NAMES (The Kennedy Detail, G.Blaine, p.
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