Is It True That The French Intelligence Service Wrote A Book Advancing Conspiracy Theories About The Kennedy Assassination?
Yes. The book was called “L’Amerique Brûle” – America Burns in French. It was published in France originally under the pseudonym James Hepburn and later translated into English and published under the name “Farewell America.” The book paints a conspiratorial tapestry in which Texas oilmen, religious fanatics and militarists all want to see the president killed. Aficionados of the JFK case differ in their opinion about the motive for writing and publishing this book. Some believe the French intelligence were angry about American support for anti De Gaulle forces, and wanted to get back at the American establishment. Others insist that a wing of French intelligence was pro-KGB in the Cold War and wanted to damage America; and still others believe that the book was ultimately intended to help out the CIA by throwing up a smokescreen of conspiracy theories and distracting attention from the real perpetrators of the assassination, the CIA. There are also some who believe that French intelli
