Claims

A June 1963 Bayo-Pawley raid targeted Castro; Life's Dick Billings was aboard and reported a kill threat

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Sheehan says the Bayo-Pawley raid (June 1963) on Pawley's yacht Flying Tiger II carried Life photographer Dick Billings, who later became HSCA staff, and that mill owner William Dully told Johnny Martinez of a plan to kill Kennedy.

Evidence

RelationRecordNote
corroboratesspartacus-educational.comRaid (June 1963, Pawley's yacht Flying Tiger II) and Billings's presence are documented; the HSCA Report itself omitted the episode though Billings (its editorial director, not chief of staff) had been a participant; the kill-threat quote is Sheehan's hearsay from Billings
reports—Source gap, not doubt: only tertiary research-site support located (spartacus-educational); needs an established or primary source.

Sources

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Sheehan on Danny Jones (2024)asserts

Ties

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Daniel SheehanspeakerStructural

Claim

Sheehan says the Bayo-Pawley raid (June 1963) on Pawley's yacht Flying Tiger II carried Life photographer Dick Billings, who later became HSCA staff, and that mill owner William Dully told Johnny Martinez of a plan to kill Kennedy.