A couple of months ago I asked if anyone on the list knew
anything about Hugh C. MacDonald. I thought the name was a
pseudonym, but some of the information about his setting up
an underground organization in the USSR and working for the
CIA may be true. He now reminds me of one of Ellroy's
characters in The Big Nowhere. I received an email about him
from Bill Code who had come across my question in the Rara
Avis archives. I received his permission to forward his reply
to the list. While Hugh seems marginally hard boiled in the
books I read (all the clearly non fiction books below), he
did have a police background. Bill is now thinking about
using his show business connections to explore making a movie
about Hugh. I thought Bill's reply may be of interest(My
additions are in brackets):
----- As far as I know, Hugh C. McDonald authored 5[6]
mainstream novels. 2 of them are JFK Conspiracy based, and
(in my opinion) ultimately caused his literary
downfall.
- Appointment in Dallas: the final solution to the
Assassination of JFK
This book was written by HCMc and Geoffrey
Bocca
- LBJ and the JFK Conspiracy
Written with Robin Moore (of Green Beret
fame)
- Black Sea Caper (also written with Robin Moore)
- The Blue Fox [The Hour of the Blue Fox]
- Letter from Kiev
[Also Five Signs from Ruby]
He also wrote Police texts...
- The Investigation of Sex Crimes
- The Classification of Police Photographs
- The Psychology of Police Interrogation
Unfortunately I haven't met the man, and because he passed
away in the 80's of a heart attack, if looks like I'll never
get the chance. I assume that the Blue Wolf (or Fox as it was
published) stories died with him. I got interested in him
quite by accident. Honestly, I am more interested in a friend
of his named Herman Kimsey. Nonetheless, I have briefly
spoken with Hugh's son, Hugh Jr., some years ago, where his
was Chief of Detectives at the Peter Pitchess Honour Division
in LA. I also have briefly corresponded with Robin Moore, who
is currently (I hope) filling in some blanks about him and
Kimsey.
What I do know about Hugh C. McDonald is this:
- He was born in 1913
- In February 1967 he retired as Chief of Detectives, LA
County Sheriff's Department
- 1964 he was hired as Chief of security for Barry
Goldwater's presidential campaign
- In 1946-1954 he was 2nd in Command of the Forth McArthur
Military Intelligence School, California
- On June 7, 1961 he gratuated from the FBI National
Academy
- He was a Major in Military Intelligence between May 9, 1952
to May 9, 1957.
In Appointment in Dallas, McDonald dedicates a good part of
the book to Blue Fox and Vozrodenya. [The Soviet controlled
island he supposedly researched for the CIA] He indicates in
the writing that it is actually non-fictional and he has
(had) friends in Blue Fox.... as a matter of fact, he
indicates that he was a "Founder." Would you like me to dig
into Blue Fox a bit? Might be interesting.
If you take this text as truth, then it would seem that his
knowledge gained was first hand....
I have some other references from the National Archives that
I will look up and let you know.
-- Bill Code 1294 Gladstone Avenue, Victoria, BC Canada V8T 1G5 Ph: 250-380-9355
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