AGENT EMORY ROBERTS -
Author William Manchester contended that agent Emory Roberts made a "switch in allegiance" to LBJ on the way to Parkland Hospital. ("Death of a President", page 165) Presidential aides Kenny O'Donnell and Dave Powers, who rode in the same car with Roberts, said in their book: "Roberts, one of President Kennedy's agents...had decided to switch to Johnson as soon as Kennedy was shot."(see "Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye", page 32) In addition, author James Hepburn reported: "...at Parkland Hospital (Kellerman's) men started taking orders from agent Emory Roberts."(see "Farewell America", page 299) Finally, Jesse Curry and Jerry ter Horst noted Roberts switch.(see "JFK Assassination File", pages 36 - 37; "The Flying White House", page 215)
In keeping with the above comments, this author had
previously traced the critical decision to have Johnson (as well as President
Kennedy's coffin) aboard Air Force One, instead of Air Force Two, back
to the primary source --- Emory Roberts ( see "The Death of a
President", pages 233 - 235; and "A Woman Called Jackie", page
403; also 18 H 736 and 2 H 152).
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