DEDICATED TO THE CREATION AND MAINTENANCE OF SLUMS"
_DOCUMENT INSERT_: 1/31/66. Denver _Post-Dispatch_ headline and subhead:
_DOCUMENT INSERT_: 2/8/66. Los Angeles _Herald-Express_ headline and subhead:
FBI BOSS CATCHES HEAT FOR ATTACKS ON KING
_DOCUMENT INSERT_: 2/20/66. Miami _Herald_ subhead:
RFK STUMPS FOR NEGOTIATED VIET SETTLEMENT
_DOCUMENT INSERT_: 3/3/66. Los Angeles _Times_ headline and subhead:
HUGHES DIVESTS TWA STOCK
_DOCUMENT INSERT_: 3/29/66. Internal memorandum. To: BLUE RABBIT. From: Director. Topic: OPERATION BLACK RABBIT. Marked: "Stage-1 Covert" / "Eyes Only" / "Read and Burn."
Pull all SCLC bugs and wiretaps immediately. Implement at Stage-i Priority. It is imperative that this be accomplished before the Judiciary Committee begins a formal inquiry.
Initiate the first stage of OPERATION BLACK RABBIT/ADJUNCT. Pick a target and assess the health of P. Bondurant, henceforth to be known as BIG RABBIT.
(Vietnam, Laos, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Bon Secour, Bay St. Louis, Cuban Waters, 4/1/66-10/30/66)
Ghosts: Arden-Jane and Danny Bruvick.
Wayne watchdogged Danny. Danny called Arden-Jane. Arden-Jane left Ward Littell. Wayne stuck with Danny. Wayne wet-nursed Danny. Wayne worked to save Ward Littell.
Pete said guard Danny. Pete said release him. Pete said cut him two days' slack. Call Carlos then. Say Danny booked. Cite parts unknown.
He did it. He stayed with Danny. Danny boozed. Danny reminisced.
Danny loves Arden. Arden loves Ward. Arden loves Danny half-baked. Arden works for Carlos. Arden spies on Ward. Part-time spy/full-time lover/long-distance wife.
Wayne _got_ it:
Danny was weak. Arden was strong. Arden hooked him on the Life. It all pertained to Teamster shit-embezzlement and flight.
Wayne waited. Danny waited. Arden came by. She chain-smoked. She den-mothered. She fussed.
She knew it was over. She said it: "I'm tired of running-and Ward knows that."
Wayne left the boat. Danny cast sail. Wayne killed two days. Wayne called Carlos up.
He said Danny split. He said Danny took _Tiger Klaw_. Coward Danny-scared of scalp runs/scared for his life.
Carlos yelled. Carlos fumed. Carlos made vicious threats. Wayne tracked newspapers. Wayne logged updates.
_Tiger Klaw_ drifts. _Tiger Klaw_ runs aground. Danny and Jane are nowhere. Carlos stays mum. Carlos stays clueless. Carlos does not brace Pete. Carlos does not brace Wayne.
Pete clued Ward to Arden. Pete bucked Carlos. Arden ran to Danny. They ran to their death. They held in strong. They did not rat Pete and Wayne. Pete and Wayne would have heard otherwise.
Pete loves Ward. Ward loves Jane the ghost. Pete knows they're dead. Pete never says it. Dead women fuck him up.
Pete loves Barb. Pete rotates home. Pete stays off rotation. Barb lured him home. Ward licensed him in.
Pete bought the Golden Cavern. Pete bought his own hotel-casino. Eldon Peavy had syph. Eldon Peavy sold cheap. Eldon Peavy dumped his fruit bowl.
The Cavern welcomed fruits. The Cavern housed fruits. The Cavern rejoined Tiger Kab. Fruit drivers drove fruit tenants. Fred T bugged the rooms. Fruit moths were drawn to the flame.
Dirt accrued: Fruit dirt/hip dirt/pol dirt/fruit celebs/fruit hipsters/ fruit politicos.
Pete installed "Swinger Suites." Fred bugged the walls. Pete drew nonfruit biz. State legislators/junket groups/Shriners on toots.
Pete accrued dirt. Pete accrued straight dirt and fruit dirt. The word spread-the Cavern's hip-dig the straight-fruit dйtente.
Biz boomed. Pete stored dirt and made money. Pete reprised healthwise. Pete looked good now. Pete restored his bad pump.
He stopped smoking. He dumped weight. He chewed gum incessant. He worked incessant. He ran the dope biz. He ran Tiger Kab. He ran the Cavern. He refurbished the lounge. He shot Barb a permanent gig.
Milt C. gigged with her. Milt did topical shtick. Milt had a puppet. Said puppet was a hairy ape. Milt called him Junkie Monkey. Junkie Monkey ragged celebs. Junkie Monkey ragged fruits. Junkie Monkey perved on Barb B.
Barb drew biz. Milt drew biz. Pete made _more_ money.
Sonny Liston loved the Cavern. Sonny moved in. Sonny hid from his wife and helped Pete.
Sonny roamed the casino. Sonny made dope collections. Sonny muscled deadbeats. Wayne ran with Sonny. _They_ made dope collections. Their reps drew heat.
Their reps clashed. They were salt-and-pepper. They were black-black and white-white. They prowled West LV. They talked Wendell Durfee. Sonny ran riffs. Sonny ran theories. Sonny dug that nom de pimp:
Cassius Cool-the ex-Wendell Durfee. I calls him Cassius X.
Wayne rotated. Wayne ran Saigon to Vegas. Wayne ran due west.
He cruised L.A. He stalked Wendell Durfee. He prowled Watts. He drew hate vibes. Call them riot aftershocks.
He hit pimp bars. He polled pimps. He polled whores. He got zero results. He palmed cops. He bought jail checks. He logged rumors. He got zero results. He prowled south. He tooled main drags. He watched faces. He got zero results.
He braced street creeps. He passed out cards. He logged jive. He got pushed. He got shoved. He got spit on. L.A. was L.A. He had no rep.
He rotated east. He rotated south. He did kadre biz. He cooked dope in Saigon. He ran dope in Vegas. He ran guns through Mississippi.
Profits were up. Kadre kosts accrued konkurrent. Guns moved south. They lost _Tiger Klaw_. They lost Skipper Bruvick. They bought a new boat. They armored it. They bought a new skipper. Dick Wenzel-seaborne merc-tight with Laurent Guйry.
_Tiger Klaw II_. Out of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
Wenzel made Cuban runs. Wenzel brought Laurent. Wenzel brought Flash and Wayne. Wenzel was good. Wenzel was bold. Wenzel had boulder-size balls.
The runs went goooood. No glitches/no bulishit/no surprise attacks. They probed the coast. They grappled up. They met Fuentes and Arredondo.
They dispensed weaponry. They fed insurgents. The funnel moved inland. The coast fed the hills. The kadre fed fuel to _la Causa_.
The kadre was kautious. Pete said trust no one. Pete decreed poly tests. Laurent ran said tests. Laurent ran the Port Sulphur hot seats. Wayne tested clean. Flash tested clean. Ditto Fuentes and Arredondo.
The Cuban runs worked. Mucho runs with no glitches and shit. Bob worked. Laurent worked. They shagged guns. They hid their sources. They said they hit the Minutemen. They said they hit John Birch. They said they tapped Army QMs.
Bob played it close. Bob cited need-to-know laws and source restrictions. Bob shagged good guns. Bob made concessions.
His sources feared tracebacks. His sources dipped their guns. His sources burned serial numbers. Pete hated it. Pete craved confiscation. Let's tell the Beard that it's us.
Bob shagged _good_ guns. Bob shagged _dipped_ guns. Pete went along with it.
The funnel ran to Cuba. The funnel ran back. The funnel ran information. Fuentes reported. Arredondo assisted.
Dig it: Skirmishes/village raids/running fire. Varaguay/Las Tunas/Puerto Guinico. Insurgents hit. Insurgents kill. Insurgents die. Insurgents find replacements.
Good, but:
No major battles _yet_. No major progress discernible. No kadre guns thus decisive.