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ILY
o NE
WS
Partly an
noy. IN
. R
ain/sn
ow ton
ight.
Rain tom
orrow.
Details p
age 127.
Vol. 5
9. N
o. 1
42
New
York
, Th
ursd
ay, Decem
ber 8, 1977
Pric
e: 20 cen
ts
FBI Chief Hoover:
ACTS Feared Cuba PlottedJFKD
eath
TE NE
DA
ILY
lizfi;r4 ifvihisniksi:bre•E
mB
ET
I,
Hoover H
ad Doubts on O
swald U
PI o
no
lo
Jack Ruby (r.) shoots L
ee Harvey O
swald as he w
as bein
g tra
nsferred
from
city to
cou
nty
jail.
Lee Letter Hinted at Dark Fate
By JO
SE
PH
VO
LZ
and N
EIL
LE
WIS
Washington (N
ews B
ureau) —
The late F
BI D
irector J.
Edgar H
oover was convinced
that L
ee Harv
ey O
swald
as-sassin
ated John F. K
ennedy, but he w
as so troubled by the possibility of
a C
uban
con-
spira
ty th
at h
e u
rged th
e
Warren
Co
mm
ission
at on
e - point not to find officially the't O
swald had acted alone.
Hoover's concern about- a pos-
sible Cuban connection w
as shown
In a Dec_ 12, 1963, m
emo to his top
aides, o
ne o
f thousan
ds o
f docy
-m
ents co
ntain
ed In
the 4
0,0
00
p
ages o
f FB
I inv
estigativ
e files on th
e JF
K a
ssassin
atio
n th
at
were released
yesterd
ay u
nder
the Freedom
of Infoinuation A&
t. A
second 40.000-page installment
will be released next m
onth, "I p
erson
ally b
elieve O
swald
was th
e assassin
." Hoover w
rote in
the m
emo.
"The se
cond a
spect a
s to w
heth
er h
e
was th
e on
ly m
an g
ives m
e great co
n-
cern."
Ho
ov
er w
en
t on
to
say that "
We
(Th
e F
BI) h
av
e se
vera
l lette
rs, no
t In
the rep
ort (to
the W
arren C
om
missio
n).
becau
se we w
ere not ab
le to p
rove It,
written
to
him
(O
swald
) from
Cuba
refe
rring to
the jo
b h
e w
as g
oin
g to
do." H
e said th
e Cuban
letters praised
O
swald
's mark
sman
ship
and said
that
"when it w
as a
ll over h
e w
ould
be
brou
ght to C
ub
a and
presen
ted to
tte
chief.'
Matt B
ecam
e of L
etters! "
Rep
orters stud
ying th
e volum
inou
s "raw
" FE
U files co
uld
not learn
imm
edl-
moll- w
heth
er Hnnta, rn
ieht h
ave In
ter
By N
EIL
LE
WIS
W
ashington (New
s Bureau)—
An u
ndated
letter in R
ussian
, found in the hom
e of Lee H
arvey
17
Shoppin
g
Day
s to
Christm
as
' J\IS K 1
1
•
er!
e#6
9:
Egypt Boots Envoys of Five Red Lands
to Isra
el.
Prim
e M
iniste
r Mam
douh S
ale
m,
who an
nounced
the actio
n after a sp
e-cial cab
inet m
eeting
, sa
id
the S
ov
iet bole h
as been
recruitin
g "lo
cal agen
ts
to In
cite opp
ositio
n" to
Sad
at's driv
e for
Middle E
ast peace. T
he o
rder, w
hich
carried rid
dead
-lin
e, would
force th
e Soviet U
nio
n. E
ast G
erman
y, H
ungary
, Czech
oslo
vak
ia and
Polan
d to
close all o
f their co
nsu
lates outsid
e Cairo
and all cu
ltural cen
ters ti?relY1/11W
itt , Xrant., D
PJP1416. 134413Zia.
and Y
ugoslav
ia were ex
cluded
Irm th
e ord
er. S
alem said
that th
e So
viet-b
loc n
a-tio
ns co
uld
main
tain-co
nsu
lates in C
airo
"just as w
e hav
e consu
lates only
In th
e cap
itals of th
ese cou
ntries."
Salem
gaN
e no in
dicatio
n th
at Cairo
w
as plan
nin
g. a co
mplete b
reakin
rela-tio
ns w
ith M
icow
. Th
ose relatio
ns h
ave
been
straineiiil o
ver th
e So
viets' refu
sal to
resched
ule E
gy
ptian
war d
ebts an
d
pro
vid
e spare p
arts to E
gypt's S
oviet-
&sap
ped
.11C
.CC
W--T
ha .m
aze.. wait „seen,
how
ever, a
s hera
ldin
g tig
hte
ned
Egyptia
n-U
.S. c
oord
inatio
n in
the
search fo
r a Mid
east settlemen
t. M
eanw
hile, K
ing H
ussein
of Jo
rdan
atte
mpte
d to
ease
gro
win
g te
nsio
n
among A
rabs b
y m
akin
g a trip
to S
yria
yesterd
ay tx
try to
med
iate differen
ces b
etw
een
Sad
at a
nd
Sy
rian
Pre
siden
t H
afer Assad
. Hussein
and A
ssad m
et priv
ately fo
r about fiv
e hours y
esterday
an
d th
e kin
g rep
orted
ly u
rged
Assad
not to
carry h
is oppositio
n to
Sad
at's peace m
oves to
the p
oin
t of n
o retu
rn.
Hussein
will fly
to C
airo to
day
and th
en
go to Saudi A
rabia. S
adat o
rdere
d th
e c
losin
g o
f the
Com
munist b
loc o
ffices after warn
ing
over th
e week
end th
at the S
oviets "can
•
. -(Ce
rmn
as
d,e
ne
po
ts J
4s-
044, 1
-
Cairo
(Com
bin
ed D
ispatc
hes)—
Egypt o
rdere
d th
e S
ovie
t Unio
n
and fo
ur E
aste
rn E
uro
pean a
llies to
clo
se.m
ost o
f their o
ffices in
Egypt
yeste
rday b
ecause
the C
om
munists- w
ere
"try
ing to
pro
voke a
blo
ody
cla
ss conflic
t" a
nd
sab
ota
ge P
resid
en
t An
war S
ad
at's p
eace o
vertu
res
Se
e S
an
yo
•t ory
on
pa
ge
51
Le
tter e
lls e
lop
e fro
m M
insk
, Russia to
Marin
a Osw
ald, fro
m h
ubby L
ee Harv
ey.
Alm
anac Jack A
nderson B
est Seller
Brid
ge P
atrick Buchanan
Business
Com
ics C
rossword
Doonesbury
Ed
itorial P
age
Erstertaininent
Fam
ily/Livin
g
Sidney Fields
Horoscope
Dr. G
T. Johnson Jum
ble
127 62
109 94 62 56
86,94 113 122 63
EC, 91 68 72 86 89
89
(The I. 1
3I i h
ave se
vera
l lette
rs. not
ut th
e report (to
the W
arren C
om
missio
n)
becau
se we w
ere not ab
le to p
rove it,
writte
n to
him
(Osw
ald
) from
Cuba
refe
rring to
the jo
b h
e w
as
goin
g
to do." Ile said
the C
uban
letters praised
O
swald
's mark
sman
ship
and said
that
"when It
was a
ll over
he w
ou
ld b
e
bro
ught to
Cuba an
d p
resented
to th
e ch
ief," W
hatt B
ecame o
f Letters?
Rep
orters stu
dy
ing
the v
olu
min
ou
s "raw
" FB
I files could
not le
arn
imm
edi-ately
wheth
er Hoover m
ight h
ave later
aban
doned
his co
nsp
iracy su
spic
ions o
r w
hat b
ecame o
f som
e of th
e alleged
get-
Ken
ned
y letters th
at the d
irector
said
had b
een w
ritten to
Osw
ald fro
m C
uba.
Alth
ough th
ere was a w
ealth o
f new
m
ate
rial in
the d
ocum
ents. th
ere
ap-
peared
to b
e no d
irect new
evid
ence to
contra
dic
t the W
arre
n C
om
missio
n's
much
-disp
uted
findin
g th
at Osw
ald w
as th
e so
le a
ssassin
an
d th
at th
e e
x-m
a-
rine, w
ho d
efected to
the S
oviet U
nio
n
and th
en re
turn
ed to
the U
.S., a
cte
d
alone.
The d
isclosu
re of H
oover's d
oubts
was o
nly
one item
in an
avalan
che o
f
(Co
nt.-w
ed
on
pag
e 6
0, c
al. I)
Jack R
uby (r.) sh
oots L
ee H
arv
ey O
swald
as h
e w
as b
ein
g tra
nsfe
rred fro
m c
ity to
county
Kati.
Lee Letter Hinted at D
ark Fate
IND
EX
TO
FE
AT
UR
ES
Dr. S
aul Kane!
70 F
rank
Lom
bard
i 62
An
n L
and
ers 70
Movie T
imeta
ble
93 G
erald Nachm
an 41
New
s Briefs
50 O
bituaries 95
Shoe
109 L
iz Sm
ith
6 S
ports 104
Dining w
ith Ste
nd
ah
l 69
$u
zy
12 T
heater tist:rgs
90 T
V L
istings
125 T
V/R
ad
io
124 D
ick Young
105
e i077 N
ew V
ert Now
t Inc.
Ilke D
ail! N
owa la ovb
esherf
Can
by N
ew Y
ork
Nam
es Inc 5
10 la
ir Asti 5t,
New
Yo
rk, N
.Y, :0e17„
....rotu
nd
nisi b
eside n
eed a
faiek
eripir. N. Y
.
By
NE
IL L
EW
IS
Wash
ingto
n (N
ew
s Bure
au)—
An u
ndate
d le
tter in
Russia
n,
found in
the h
om
e o
f Lee H
arv
ey
Osw
ald' s
wife
, Marin
a, s
hortly
afte
r Pre
sident K
ennedy's a
ssassi-
natio
n, in
dic
ate
d, th
at O
swald
ex-
pecte
d sh
ortly
to b
ecom
e n
oto
rious
and p
ossib
ly a
convic
t because
of
som
eth
ing h
e p
lanned to
do.
The letter, w
hich
was tran
slated b
y
an F
BI ag
ent, ap
pears to
be fro
m O
s-w
ald to
his w
ife, assurin
g h
er she w
ill he tak
en care o
f even
if he g
oes to
jell.
Sh
e Was W
atching TV
"I
paid
the re
nt o
n th
e h
ouse
so
don't w
orry
about it," th
e letter said. "I
left y
ou a
s much m
oney a
s I could
." T
he letter also
asks th
at any in
form
a-tio
n ab
out w
hat h
appen
s to h
im, in
duct,
frig p
ossib
le new
spap
er clippin
gs,
be
sent to
"the E
mbassy
," oth
erwise u
ni-
dentifie
d, b
ut a
possilb
e re
fere
nce to
th
e local S
oviet co
nsu
late, since M
arina
was a S
oviet citizen. T
he tran
slation isco
ntaln
ed in
40,0
00
pages o
f FB
I files o
n th
e K
ennedy
assassinatio
n released
yesterd
ay. T
he
note is
referred to
in th
e Warren
- Com
-m
ission rep
ort.
When
questio
ned
about th
e apparen
t fa
rew
ell le
tter fo
und in
a c
ookbook,
Marin
a to
ld a
noth
er F
BI a
gent it fo
l-lo
wed
an assassin
ation attem
pt b
y O
s-w
ald, ag
ainst rig
ht-w
ing fo
rmer G
en.
(Co
ntin
ue
d o
n p
ag
e 6
0, e
o4
. 3)
NE
WS
, :1111:fiSE
IAlf,' D
EC
EM
BE
R: 0. 1977 •
(10
Osw
ald clen
ches m
anacled
flats as he arrives hs p
ollee station.
Osw
ald Is p
laced In
amb
ulan
ce after bein
g shot b
y Jack R
ub
y.
Hoover H
a( I Doubts That O
swald Acted Alone (C
on
tinu
ed fro
m p
age
21
pap
er and
do
cum
ents —
nearly
a half
ton
In a
floo
r.to c
eilin
g sta
ck
— m
ad
e
pu
blic
in re
spo
nse
to
a F
reedom
of
Info
rmatio
n A
ct su
it. The 2
5.0
00 in
ter-
nal m
em
os a
nd ra
w im
estig
ativ
e re
-ports
, censore
d to
dele
te s
ensitiv
e
sourc
es. ru
mors, a
nd fa
lse le
ads. in
cll
cate
d th
at d
esp
ite th
e in
itial c
onfu
sion
and ch
aos, H
oover im
med
iately d
irected
an a
ll-out p
robe a
nd w
as a
ble
to re
port
with
in h
ou
rs afte
r the D
alla
s' sho
otin
g
that O
swald
was th
e lik
ely
kille
r and
was p
rob
ab
ly "a
nu
t" from
the "e
xtre
-m
ist. pro
-Castro
crow
d."
Th
e files also sh
ow
ed th
at: •
Wh
ile the S
ecret Serv
ice CI-lief at
-the tim
e. J
am
es J
. Ro
wle
y. .s
hare
d
Hoover's e
arly
belie
f that O
swald
was
the k
iller, h
e a
lso sh
are
d H
oo
ver's c
on
-cern
over a p
ossib
le wid
er consp
iracy.
• T
he P
RI o
r” ,P
,111v -.ever cave lo
marrie
d a
Russia
n w
om
an b
efo
re re
-tu
rnin
g to
the U
.S., m
ad
e se
vera
l in-
quirie
s at th
e S
ovie
t em
bbassie
s in
Wash
ingto
n a
nd in
Mexic
o C
ity a
bout
the assassin
ation.
• M
arin
a O
swald
, the a
ssassin
's R
ussian
-born
wife. to
t dF
Bl ag
ents after
the sh
ootin
g th
at her h
usb
and h
ad tried
eig
ht m
on
ths e
arlie
r to sh
oo
t an
d k
ill fo
rmer A
rmy M
aj. G
en E
dw
in W
alk
er
in h
is Dalla
s hom
e. S
he sa
id O
swald
to
ld h
er he escap
ed o
n fo
ot an
d b
y b
us,
the sa
me m
eth
od u
sed in
the K
ennedy
assa
ssinatio
n. M
rs. Osw
ald
told
ag
en
ts th
a tw
hen
she h
eard
that K
en
ned
y h
ad
b
een sh
ot. sh
e fe
are
d th
at h
er "c
razy
" husb
and m
ight h
ave d
one it.
• A
mem
b to
Hoover d
ated N
ov. 2
7,
1963, q
uotes th
e dep
uty
attorn
ey g
ener-
al a
t the tim
, Nic
ho
las K
atz
en
bach
, as
sayin
g th
at h
e h
ad le
arn
ed th
at A
be
Fo
rtas, a
clo
se frie
nd o
f the n
ew
Pre
si-rir”
t T ',trim
R Jo
hnsn
n a
nd !ro
ar a
In 4
0,0
00
Pa
ges...
Wash
ingto
n (U
PI) —
Hig
h:ig
hts
of th
e
40,0
00 sa
gas o
f F
BI K
enn
edy
assa
ssina
tion
do
cum
ents.
• J. E
dgar H
oover h
arb
ore
d so
me d
oubts th
at L
ee H
arv
ey O
swald
acte
d
alone in
killin
g Jo
hn F
. Ken
ned
y. T
hree w
eeks after th
e Nov. 2
2. 1
963 m
urd
er, H
oover a
dvise
d a
ides th
at h
e h
ad so
me letters in
which
som
eone in
Cuba h
ad
app
arently
enco
urag
ed O
swald
to k
ill Ken
ned
y an
d u
rged
the W
arren co
mm
is-sio
n n
ot to
release an early
official fin
din
g th
at "Osw
ald w
as the o
nly
man
." •
Ho
ov
er, h
ow
ev
er. n
ev
er d
ou
bte
d th
at O
swald
was th
e trig
ger m
an
. He
advise
d P
resid
ent L
yndon Jo
hnso
n o
f that b
elie
f with
in h
ours o
f the sh
ootin
g,
desc
ribin
g O
swald
as "in
the c
ate
go
ry o
f a n
ut a
nd
the e
xtre
mist p
ro-C
astro
cro
wd
." •
In an
early in
terview
with
FB
I agen
ts, Marin
a Osw
ald said
her h
usb
and
"n
ever
ga
ve any in
dic
atio
n w
hatso
ever th
at h
e in
tended a
ny h
arm
to th
e
Presid
ent." T
he ag
ents' m
emo
raised sp
eculatio
n th
at Osw
ald m
igh
t hav
e been
aim
ing
at so
meo
ne e
lse —
pre
sum
ab
ly T
ex
as G
ov
. Joh
n C
on
nally
. wh
o w
as
ridin
g in
Kennedy's c
ar —
because
"one sh
ot w
ould
have b
een e
nough" if h
e
were firin
g o
nly
at Ken
ned
y. T
he W
arren C
om
missio
n said
Osw
ald fired
three
s.
!tutu ct .u%iseu
clues 1
11
,41
fie Ha
ll tim
e le
tters
in w
men s
om
eone in
lutte
a
pp
are
ntly
en
co
ura
ge
d O
sw
ald
to k
ill Ke
nn
ed
y a
nd
urg
ed
the
Wa
rren
co
mm
is-
sio
n n
ot to
rele
ase a
n e
arly
offic
ial fin
din
g th
at "O
sw
ald
was th
e o
nly
man."
• H
oover, h
ow
ever. n
ever d
oubte
d th
at O
sw
ald
was th
e trig
ger m
an. H
e
ad
vis
ed
Pre
sid
en
t Lyn
do
n J
oh
nso
n o
f tha
t be
lief w
ithin
ho
urs
of th
e s
ho
otin
g.
describ
ing O
sw
ald
as "in
the c
ate
gory
of a
nut a
nd th
e e
xtre
mis
t pro
-Castro
cro
wd." •
In a
n e
arly
Inte
rvie
w w
ith F
BI a
gents
, Marin
a O
sw
ald
said
her h
usband
"never g
ave a
ny in
dic
atio
n w
hats
oever th
at h
e in
tended a
ny h
arm
to th
e
Pre
sid
ent." T
he a
gents
' mem
o ra
ised s
pecula
tion th
at O
sw
ald
mig
ht h
ave b
een
aim
ing a
t som
eone e
lse —
pre
sum
ably
Texas G
ov. J
ohn C
onnally
. who w
as
ridin
g in
Kennedy's
car —
because ''o
ne s
hot w
ould
have b
een e
nough" if h
e
were
firing o
nly
at K
ennedy. T
he W
arre
n C
om
mis
sio
n s
aid
Osw
ald
fired th
ree
sho
ts. • F
BI a
gent s
aid
that O
sw
ald
"frantic
ally
denie
d" s
hootin
g e
ither K
en-
ne
dy o
r Da
llas P
atro
lma
n J
.D. T
ipp
itt. an
oth
er v
ictim
tha
t da
y, w
he
n o
ffice
rs
qu
estio
ne
d h
im b
efo
re h
is o
wn
mu
rde
r by Ja
ck R
uby. T
he W
arre
n C
om
mis
sio
n
Inclu
de
d e
xte
nsiv
e p
ara
ph
rase
d re
co
llectio
ns o
f wh
at O
sw
ald
ha
d to
ld h
is c
ap
-to
rs. s
ince n
o ta
pe re
cord
ings o
r ste
nogra
phic
transcrip
ts w
ere
kept. B
ut th
ose
rep
orts
de
scrib
ed
the
su
sp
ect a
s p
ois
ed
an
d e
ve
n d
efia
nt ra
the
r tha
n ' fra
ntic
." •
Ruhy in
sis
ted "n
o o
ne e
lse w
as in
volv
ed" in
the m
urd
er o
f Osw
ald
on
Nov. 2
4. F
BI a
gents
quote
d R
uby a
s s
ayin
g h
e h
ad s
imply
bro
oded o
ter th
e
Kennedy a
ssassin
atio
n "u
ntil h
e re
ached th
e p
oin
t of in
sanity
."
Lee's Letter to Marina
Hinted at Fateful Future
0111.1
lilalU,, ll1
/1.1
,C1
an
all-o
ut p
rob
e a
nd
wa
s a
ble
to re
po
rt w
ithin
hours
afte
r the D
alla
s' s
hootin
g
that O
sw
ald
was th
e lik
ely
kille
r and
wa
s p
rob
ab
ly "a
nu
t" from
the
"extre
-m
ist, p
ro-C
astro
cro
wd.",
The file
s a
lso s
how
ed th
at
• W
hile
the S
ecre
t Serv
ice c
hie
f at
-the tim
e, J
am
es J
. Row
ley, s
hare
d
Ho
ove
r's e
arly
be
lief th
at O
sw
ald
wa
s
the
kille
r, he
als
o s
hare
d H
oover's
con-
ce
rn o
ve
r a p
ossib
le w
ide
r co
nsp
iracy.
• T
he F
BI a
ppare
ntly
never g
ave to
th
e W
arre
n C
om
mis
sio
n s
om
e o
f the
pro
vocativ
e le
tters
supposedly
writte
n
to O
sw
ald
from
Havana, b
ecause th
e b
u-
rea
u c
ou
ld n
ot a
uth
en
tica
te th
em
o
Ho
ove
rs' s
atis
factio
n.
• H
oover b
roke th
e n
ew
s o
f the
Pre
sid
ent's
assassin
atio
n to
Atto
rney
Genera
l Robert F
. Kennedy 1
5 m
inute
s
afte
r the
sh
oo
ting
, bu
t it as R
ob
ert
Ke
nn
ed
y w
ho
late
r info
rme
d H
oo
ve
s'
stu
d th
e P
resid
ent h
ad b
een p
ro-
nounced d
ead a
t Dalla
s' P
ark
land
Ho
sp
ital.
• T
he F
BI h
ad to
cope w
ith th
ou-
sands o
f worth
less le
ads, h
oaxes, c
rank
ca
lls, le
tters
, an
d w
ild th
eo
ries, e
nd
It in
ve
stig
ate
d th
em
all. F
or in
sta
nce
, hundre
ds o
f pers
ons n
otifie
d th
e fb
i of
the id
entitie
s o
f pers
ons w
ho, e
t one
time o
r anoth
er, h
ad s
uggeste
d th
at
Kennedy s
hould
be k
illed; e
ach a
llega-
tion
wa
s m
etic
ulo
usly
ch
ecke
d o
ut.
Even s
ix m
onth
s a
fter th
e s
layin
g,
ag
en
ts w
ere
se
nt to
qu
estio
n a
Sco
tts-
da
le, A
riz., s
erv
ice
sta
tion
atte
nd
an
t w
ho fo
und "J
ohn W
ilks (s
ic) B
ooth
" and "J
ohn F
. Kennedy" s
cra
wle
d o
n th
e
front o
f a te
lephone d
irecto
ry. (B
ooth
w
as th
e a
ssassin
of A
bra
ham
Lin
coln
.) •
Rela
tions b
etw
een th
e F
BI a
nd
CIA
wo
re th
in d
urin
g th
e te
nse
da
ys
afte
k th
e a
ssassin
atio
n. A
t one p
oin
t, H
oo
ve
r accu
se
d th
e C
IA d
irecto
r at th
e
time
, Jo
hn
.1. M
cC
on
e, o
f tellin
g R
ep
. G
era
ld R
. Fo
rd (R
-Mic
h.), a
me
mb
er o
f th
e W
arre
n C
om
mis
sio
n, th
at O
sw
ald
w
as p
aid
$6,5
00 in
Mexic
o C
ity to
kill
Ke
nn
ed
y. H
oo
eve
r wa
s irk
ed
be
ca
use
th
e F
BI h
ad to
ld M
cC
one p
ers
onally
th
at th
ere
wa
s n
o tru
th to
tha
t sto
ry.
• O
sw
ald
"frantic
ally
denie
d s
hoot-
ing
Da
llas P
olic
e O
ffice
r (J.D
.) Tip
pitt
or s
hootin
g P
resid
ent J
ohn F
. Kenne-
dy" w
hen q
uestio
ned b
y D
alla
s P
olic
e
Ca
pt. J
.W. F
ritz, a
n F
BI re
po
rt sa
id.
The re
port s
aid
Osw
ald
als
o d
enie
d e
ver
ow
nin
g a
rifle. B
ut n
p s
tenogra
phic
note
s w
ere
kept o
f Fre
t' inte
rrogatio
n
of O
sw
ald
. •
Osw
ald
, who d
efe
cte
d to
the S
ovi-
et U
nio
n sisa
na—
thassa
lasissi. -C
orp
s atid
in h
is D
alla
s h
om
e. S
he
sa
id O
ssa
ld
told
her h
e e
scaped o
n fo
ot a
nd b
y b
us.
the s
am
e m
eth
od u
sed in
the K
ennedy
assassin
atio
n. M
rs. O
sw
ald
told
agents
th
a tw
he
n s
he
he
ard
tha
t Ke
nn
ed
y h
ad
been s
hot. s
he fe
are
d th
at h
er "c
razy"
husband m
ight h
ave d
one it.
• A
mem
o to
Hoover d
ate
d N
ov. 2
7,
19
63
, qu
ote
s th
e d
ep
uty
atto
rne
y g
en
er-
al a
t the lim
e. N
ichola
s K
atz
enbach, a
s
sayin
g th
at h
e h
ad le
arn
ed th
at A
be
Forte
s. a
clo
se frie
nd o
f the n
ew
Pre
si-
de
nt, L
yn
do
n B
. Jo
hn
so
n, a
nd
late
r a
Su
pre
me
Co
urt ju
stic
e, w
as o
pp
ose
d to
th
e id
ea
of a
sp
ecia
l pre
sid
en
tial c
om
-m
issio
n lo
okin
g in
to th
e a
ssassin
atio
n.
"Certa
inly
som
eth
ing s
inis
ter h
ere
," re
ad a
note
in H
oover's
handw
riting.
(Fo
rtes. c
on
tacte
d y
este
rda
y, d
en
ied
he
had e
ver o
pposed fo
rmatio
n o
f the W
ar-
ren
Co
mm
issio
n, a
nd
Ka
tze
nb
ach
sa
id
tha
t LB
J w
as n
ot a
relia
ble
su
urc
e
when it c
am
e to
quotin
g s
om
eone e
lse )
• O
n D
ec. 2
. 1963, th
e U
.S. E
mbassy
in R
om
e s
en
t Ho
ove
r a re
po
rt tha
t an
A
meric
an n
ew
spaper c
olu
mnis
t there
—th
e n
am
e w
as c
ensore
d—
said
that th
e
Spanis
h a
rnassador to
'Italy
. Sanchez
Belle
s, h
ad s
how
ed h
im a
report p
re
pa
red
by S
pa
nis
h in
tellig
en
ce
alle
gin
g
tha
t Ke
nn
ed
y's
assa
ssin
atio
n w
as th
e
work
of F
idel C
astro
. The S
tate
Depart-
ment c
able
sail in
art:
"(ce
nso
red
) sta
ted
tha
t. as h
e u
nd
er-
sto
od th
e re
port, F
idel C
astro
was v
ery
m
uch d
istu
rbed b
y th
e d
eath
s o
f the
Die
m b
roth
ers
in V
ietn
am
an
d fe
lt ce
ss
fain
that th
ese d
eath
s h
ad b
een c
aused
by th
e C
IA ... (C
astro
) had b
een m
ost
up
se
t by th
e a
pp
are
nt ra
pp
ort e
sta
blis
h-
ed
be
twe
en
Pre
sid
en
t Ke
nn
ed
y a
nd
P
rem
ier (N
ikita
) Kh
rush
ch
ev ...a
nd
fe
lt that s
om
e d
ire a
ct w
as n
eeded to
destro
y th
is ra
pport."
Four d
ays la
ter, th
e F
BI c
able
d th
e
U.S
. Em
bassy in
Madrid
askin
g It to
ch
ekk if S
pa
nis
h in
tellig
en
ce
ha
d a
ny
info
rma
tion
as to
wh
eth
er O
sw
ald
"wa
s
actin
g a
s a
Cuban a
gent."
Th
e F
BI's
ow
n e
vid
en
ce
of a
po
ssi-
ble
Cuban lin
k, re
ferre
d to
in th
e
Ho
ove
r me
mo
to h
is to
p a
ide
s, w
as
appate
ntly
a le
tter w
ith a
Havana p
ost-
ma
rk th
at w
as s
en
t to O
sw
ald
on
No
v
28, s
ix d
ays a
fter th
e a
ssassin
atio
n a
nd
four d
ays a
fter h
e w
as k
illed o
n n
atio
n-
al T
V b
y J
ack R
uby. T
hat le
tter w
as
sig
ned b
y a
"Pedro
Charle
s."
Th
e s
am
e la
st n
am
e w
as c
on
tain
ed
In
a s
econd le
tter, w
ritten o
n th
e s
am
e
da
y to
Atto
rne
y G
en
era
l Ke
nn
ed
y b
y a
"M
affe
i del R
osario
Molin
a" o
f Havana.
The 'R
osario
Molin
a le
tter a
lleged th
at
Osw
ald
had k
illed th
e P
resid
ent it
"Ch
arle
s" d
irectio
n.
- (C
on
tinu
ed
from
po
se 2
)
Ed
win
Wa
lke
r, the
pre
vio
us s
prin
g. T
he
le
tter c
onclu
des b
y te
lling h
er th
e s
ite
of th
e c
ity ja
il Inca
se
"I am
aliv
e a
nd
ta
ken p
risoner."
The file
s s
how
that M
arin
a to
ld th
e
FB
I she w
as w
atc
hin
g te
levis
ion w
ith a
frie
nd w
hen th
e b
ulle
tin a
bout th
e
Pre
sid
en
t's s
ho
otin
g w
as b
roa
dca
st th
at
Frid
ay n
oo
n. W
he
n sh
e h
ea
rd th
at th
e
shots
mig
ht h
ave c
om
e fo
rm th
e T
exas
Sch
oolb
ook D
eposito
ry, she sa
id sh
e e
x-cla
imed: "D
id m
y c
razy o
ne d
o it?
" S
he th
en ra
n to
gara
ge w
here
Os-
wald
kept h
is m
ail-o
rder Ita
lian rifle
w
rapped in
a b
lanket a
nd
sa
w th
at th
e
bla
nke
twa
s s
till the
r in its
usu
al s
ha
pe
a
nd
assu
me
d th
e rifle
wa
s s
till insid
e.
Ma
rina
Osw
ald
als
o s
aid
tha
t on
the
nig
ht b
efo
re K
ennedy w
as k
illed, h
er
estra
ng
ed
hu
sb
an
d v
isite
d h
er a
nd
sta
ye
d th
e n
igh
t, on
ce
ag
ain
we
arin
g h
is
weddin
g rin
g. A
fter th
e s
hootin
g, s
he
notic
ed th
at h
e h
ad le
ft the rin
g o
n h
er
dre
sser, s
om
eth
ing h
e n
ever d
id b
efo
re.
She s
pecula
ted th
at h
e le
ft It "because
he
tho
ug
ht h
e w
as co
min
g b
ack."
Alth
ou
gh
J. E
dg
ar H
oo
ve
r ide
ntifie
d
'Osw
ald
ho
me
aste
r the
iftioo
tetig
'at •
suspect, d
escrib
ing h
im a
s a
"leftis
t nut", th
e file
s s
how
the F
BI h
ad tro
u-
ble
at firs
t in e
valu
atin
g a
man w
ho o
ne
day w
ould
hand o
ut le
afle
ts o
n a
New
O
rlea
ns s
tree
t co
rne
r for th
e F
air P
lay
for C
ub
a C
om
mitte
e. th
en
w
alk
into
a
sto
refro
nt h
eadquarte
rs fo
r an a
nti-c
as-
tro g
roup th
e n
ext d
ay a
nd o
ffer h
is
serv
ices. H
e b
oaste
d th
at a
s a
n e
x-m
a-
rine h
e h
ad fa
milia
rity w
ith "g
uerrilla
ta
ctic
s."
- T
he
files a
lso
sh
ow
tha
t Osw
ald
an
d
his
wife
wa
nte
d to
retu
rn to
Ru
ssia
as
late
as tw
o w
ee
ks b
efo
re K
en
ne
dy's
death
. In
a N
ov. 9
note
to th
e S
ovie
t E
mb
assy in
Wa
sh
ing
ton
. Osw
ald
aske
d
to re
turn
and re
ferre
d to
his
recent trip
to
Me
xic
o C
ity w
he
re h
e h
ad
sto
pp
ed
at
the S
ovie
t Em
bassy th
ere
. H
e s
aid
they w
ere
"unpre
pare
d" fo
r h
im a
t the
em
ba
sy in
Me
xic
o C
ity a
nd
added. "H
ad I b
een a
ble
to re
ach th
e
Sovie
t Em
bassy in
Havana. a
s p
lanned,
the e
mbassy th
ere
would
have h
ad tim
e
to c
om
ple
te o
ur b
usin
ess."
It has b
een k
now
n th
at O
sw
ald
vis
ited b
oth
the C
uban a
nd
So
vie
t c
on
su
lar o
ffice
s in
Me
xic
o C
ity,
J•c
k R
ub
y
Osw
ald
sla
y.r la
t., die
d
Kennedy's Last Words?
Wash
ingto
n (U
PI)—
John F
. Ken
ned
y's last w
ord
s may
hav
e
been
either "g
et me to
a hosp
ital" or "M
y G
od, I'v
e been
hit," acco
rd.
ing to
two d
ifferent v
ersions b
y th
e chief S
ecret S
ervice a
gen
t in
Dalla
s on
Nov. 2
2, 1
963,
Roy M
erman, assistant agent In ch
arge of the W
hite H
ouse d
etail and
the ra
nkin
g S
ecre
t Serv
ice a
gent th
at d
ay, w
as rid
ing n
ext to
the d
river o
f the
pre
sidentia
l car. H
is first-perso
n a
ccounts o
f Kennedy's sh
ootin
g w
ere
conta
ined
in 4
0.0
00 p
ages o
f FB
I docum
ents
rele
ased fo
r the firs
t time y
este
rday.
Kelle
rman g
ave
two se
para
te a
ccounts to
the F
BI.
In o
ne, h
e re
calle
d th
at th
e c
ar h
ad ju
st tra
vele
d th
rough a
cro
wd o
f
250.0
00 p
erso
ns a
nd h
e h
ad "b
reath
ed a
sigh o
f relie
f" as th
ey a
ppro
ach
ed a
n
underp
ass.
He sa
id h
e then h
eard
a sh
ot, lo
bse
rved th
e P
resid
ent slu
mp fo
rward
and
heard
him
say, 'G
et m
e to
a h
osp
ital.'
Mrs. K
ennedy sa
id, "O
h, n
o!"
Kelle
rman s
aid
it took e
ight m
inute
s to
get to
the h
ospita
l, and o
n a
rrival
"the P
resid
ent w
as b
reath
ing a
nd g
aspin
g fo
r bre
ath
, but d
id n
ot a
ppear
Pik4K-A
VIvt;-ziflllisA
"Y,'136EC
E1f/4F1118' 1977
By F
RA
NK
VA
N R
IPE
R
Wash
ingto
n (N
ews B
ureau
) — A
ll Jack R
uby said
he co
uld
re-
mem
ber o
f the m
an h
e murd
ered w
as that th
e man
emerg
ed fro
m
now
here b
etween
two m
en. "T
hat's all can
remem
ber. N
aturally
, I
know
who h
e is. To m
e he h
ad th
is quirk
y, sm
ug, v
indictiv
e attitude.
Jack Ruby: I Just Lost My Senses
"I can't e
xpla
in w
hat im
pre
ssio
n h
e
gave m
e, b
ut th
at is
all I c
an ... w
ell, I
just lo
st m
y s
ense. T
he n
ext I k
new
I w
as o
n th
e g
round a
nd fiv
e o
r six
po-
licem
en w
ere
on to
p o
f me," R
uby to
ld
the F
BI.
Fro
m th
ousands o
f pages o
f new
ly
rele
ase
d F
BI d
ocu
ments, R
uby e
merg
es
as a
torm
ente
d, so
metim
es b
ellig
ere
nt,
ofte
n e
matio
nal m
an w
hose
decisio
n to
kill L
ee H
arve
y Osw
ald
appears to
have
been, m
ade o
n th
e sp
ur o
f the m
om
ent,
min
ute
s a
fter h
e m
anaged to
walk
unnotic
ed in
to th
e b
asem
ent o
f Dalla
s
Police
Headquarte
rs on N
ov. 2
4, 1
963.
"No o
ne k
new
I was g
oin
g to
shoot
him
." Ruby, a
Dalla
s n
ight-c
lub o
pera
. to
rm to
ld F
BI a
gents
. "I did
n't d
iscuss
anyth
ing w
ith a
nyone a
bout s
hootin
g
him
." A
lwas C
arrie
d a
Gun
It was e
asy, R
uby to
ld th
e a
gents
. H
e a
lways c
arrie
d a
gun. Y
ou h
ad to
in
the n
ight-c
lub b
usin
ess in
Dalla
s, h
e
said
There
were
so m
any s
tickups a
nd
he o
ften ca
rried la
rge a
mounts o
f cash
. F
or m
onth
s, th
e F
BI trie
d to
dete
r-
min
e R
uby's m
otive
s. Was th
ere
a co
n-
nectio
n b
etw
een h
im a
nd O
sw
ald
? A
one-tim
e e
mce
e in
Ruby's C
aro
use
l Clu
b,
Bill D
em
ar. in
sis
ted th
at O
sw
ald
had
been in
the c
lub th
e n
ight b
efo
re K
en-
nedy w
as k
illed. B
ut th
e b
ure
au fo
und
noth
ing to
link R
uby a
nd th
e P
resi-
dent's assassin. C
ongra
tula
tory le
tters a
nd te
legra
ms
poure
d in
to th
e ja
il where
Ruby w
as
held
. These, to
o, w
ere
pain
sta
kin
gly
checked, o
ften to
the c
hagrin
of th
e
sender. M
ove
d b
y Stro
ng E
motio
n
A P
alla
s man se
nt R
uby a
congra
tula
•
tory w
ire sa
ying. "C
ongra
tula
tions. Y
ou
kille
d a
snake. D
on't w
orry
. I'll be in
Dalla
s and h
elp
yOu g
et a
law
yer." T
he
FB
I investig
atio
n o
f this
man in
dic
ate
d
that h
e w
as "a
heavy d
rinker" w
ho
fancie
d h
imse
lf a b
ig sp
ender. T
he m
an
sheepshly
adm
itted to
the F
BI th
at h
e
had b
een d
runk w
hen h
e se
nt th
e m
es-
sage.
Oth
ers sim
ply w
ere
move
d b
y strong
em
otio
n. A
Key W
est, F
la., w
om
an w
as
in h
er d
octo
r's o
ffice, b
ein
g tre
ate
d fo
r a co
ld, w
hen sh
e a
nd h
er d
octo
r watch
-ed R
uby m
urd
er O
swald
on te
levisio
n.
She to
ld a
gents
she im
media
tely
wro
te R
uby a
warm
latte
r of p
rais
e, It
was a
spur-o
f-the m
om
ent th
ing. S
he
pro
bably
would
not h
ave d
one it h
ad
she th
ought m
ore
about it.
It mig
ht h
ave b
een th
at w
ay w
ith
the O
swald
killing, to
o.
"When h
e s
hot b
efo
re m
e lik
e h
e
did
, som
eth
ing in
my in
sides to
re o
ut,"
Ruby s
aid
. Ile s
aid
he th
ought a
bout
Osw
ald
"bein
g a
ssocia
ted w
ith co
mm
u-
nism
and h
ow
he b
lem
ished th
is beauti-
ful c
ity. a
nd M
rs. K
ennedy h
avin
g to
co
me b
ack fo
r the tria
l."
Reach
ed In
to Ills P
ocket
Than. R
uby sa
id, h
e re
ach
ed in
to h
is
pocke
t and to
ok o
ut h
is gun.
Ruby, co
nvicte
d o
f Osw
ald
's murd
er,
die
d o
f cancer th
ree y
ears
late
r, afte
r
bein
g tra
nsfe
rred fo
rm D
alla
s C
ounty
jail to
Park
land H
ospita
l. where
both
Kennedy a
nd O
sw
ald
were
als
o p
ro-
nounce
d d
ead.
Oswald Said Kennedy W
as a Good President; His W
ife Told the FBI W
ashington (U
PI)—
Portio
n
of an
FB
I report o
n a
n in
terview
with
Marin
a O
swald
, wid
ow
of P
residen
t Ken
ned
y's a
ssassin
, on
Dec.
4, 1
963:
On the m
orning of Nov. 22, 1963, th
e
ala
rm ra
ng, a
t 6:40 a.m. a
nd sh
k aw
oke
and O
swald
rem
ain
ed a
sleep. S
he b
egan
feedin
e th
e b
aby a
nd a
t about 7
o'clo
ck
Marin
a O
sw
ald
Os
wa
ld tu
rn
:, he
r
from
U
SS
R
Dalla
s on N
ov. 2
2, I.S
ui.
Roy K
ellerman
, assistant ag
ent In
charg
e of th
e White H
ouse d
etail and
the razaisin
g S
ecret Serv
ice agen
t that d
ay, w
as ridin
g n
ext to
the d
river o
f the
presid
ential car. H
is first-perso
n acco
unts o
f. Ken
ned
y's sh
ootin
g w
ere contain
ed
In 4
0,0
00 p
ages o
f FB
I docu
men
ts released fo
r the first tim
e yesterd
ay.
Kellerm
an g
ave tw
o sep
arate accou
nts to
the F
BI.
In o
ne, h
e re
calle
d th
at th
e c
ar h
ad
just tra
vele
d th
rou
gh
a c
row
d o
f 2
50
.00
0 p
erson
s and
he h
ad "b
reathed
a sigh
of relief" as th
ey ap
pro
ached
an
un
derp
ass. H
e said h
e then
heard
a shot, ''o
bserv
ed th
e Presid
ent slu
mp fo
rward
and
heard
him
say, 'G
et me to
a hosp
ital.'" M
rs. Ken
ned
y said
, "Oh, n
o!"
Kellerm
an said
it took eig
ht m
inutes to
get to
the h
osp
ital, and o
n arriv
al "th
e P
resid
ent w
as b
reath
ing a
nd g
asp
ing fo
r bre
ath
, but d
id n
ot a
ppear
conscio
us."
In a
sep
ara
te in
terv
iew
, Kelle
rman
said
he "d
istinctly
an
d p
ositiv
ely
" heard
Ken
ned
y say
, "My G
od, I'v
e been
hit."
Mrs. K
enn
edy
said: "M
y G
od
, wh
at are they
do
ing
to y
ou
?" In
this seco
nd v
ersion o
f the ev
ents, K
ellerman
said h
e was su
re of w
hat
Ken
ned
y said
becau
se he h
ad b
een "in
almost d
aily co
ntact, fo
r the p
ast three
years, w
ith th
e P
resid
ent, a
nd c
ould
pic
k h
is voic
e o
ut fro
m a
ny g
roup o
f p
eop
le."
JFK-Killing Probe Drew Tm
Out of the Woodwork
By F
RA
NK
VA
N R
IPE
R
Wash
ingto
n (N
ews B
ureau
)—O
ne w
om
an w
rote to
Atto
rney
G
eneral R
obert F
. Ken
ned
y th
at his b
roth
er, the P
residen
t, had
been
killed
by "th
e hig
hest ech
elon o
f the S
yndicate, called
'The M
embers
of th
e House o
f Ax.' " S
he said
she k
new
this b
ecause 'lem
ons an
d
werew
olves" continually spoke to her in private.
ME
NI A
nn
a a
l/ '1•1
=
"Nis.
•IN.
rt. r
His Wife Told the FBI
Wash
ingto
n (U
PI)—
Portio
n o
f an F
BI rep
ort o
n an
interv
iew
with
Marin
a Osw
ald, w
ido
w o
f Presid
ent K
enn
edy
's assassin, o
n D
ec. 4, 1
963:
On the m
orning of Nov. 22. 1963, the
alarm ran
g at 6
40 a.m
. and sh
k aw
oke
and
Osw
ald rem
ained
asleep. S
he b
egan
feed
ing
the b
aby
and
at abo
ut 7
o'clo
ck
she aw
oke O
swald
and to
ld h
im h
e had
b
ette
r get u
p o
r he w
ou
ld b
e la
te fo
r w
ork- H
e got u
p an
d as h
e finish
ed d
ress-in
g said
he w
ould
take care o
f his o
wn
break
fast. He th
en w
ent in
to th
e kitch
• en
, but sh
e does n
ot b
elieve h
e fixed
an
yth
ing b
ecause th
e coffee p
ot w
as not
warm
when sh
e w
ent in
late
r, about
7:2
0, an
d sh
e saw n
o sig
ns o
f break
fast prep
arations.
She said
the last tim
e she saw
Os.
wald
was w
hen
' he left h
er bed
room
to
go to
the k
itchen
. It W
asn't C
onven
ient
On N
ov. 2
1, 1
963. th
e p
revio
us
even
ing, O
swald
told
her th
at he w
ould
n
ot b
e able to
com
e to th
e Pain
e resi-den
ce ifamily
friends) o
n th
e com
ing
week
end, N
ov. 2
2-2
4. 1
963. S
he ask
ed
him
why an
d h
e said it w
as not co
nven
-ien
t to d
isturb
peo
ple so
often
. She also
rem
embers th
at on T
hursd
ay. N
ov. 2
1.
she cam
e run
nin
g fro
m th
e kitch
en to
se
e O
swald
in a
noth
er p
art o
f the
house, an
d ask
ed h
im h
oq it w
ould
be
to see a real liv
e Presid
ent.
Sh
e w
as re
ferrin
g to
the v
isit of
Presid
ent K
enn
edy
, sched
uled
for th
e nex
t day
. Osw
ald w
as extrem
ely sh
ort
In h
is answ
er, said so
meth
ing lik
e "I d
on
't kn
ow
," and
abru
ptly
termin
ated
the co
nversatio
n ...
She stated
she h
ad ask
ed O
swald
on
one o
ccasion w
hat k
ind o
f a Presid
ent
Mr. K
enned
y w
as and h
e had
replied
th
at Ken
ned
y w
as a good P
residen
t. She
said O
swald
nev
er gav
e any in
dicatio
n
wh
atsoev
er that h
e inten
ded
any h
arm
to th
e Presid
ent.
She said
she feels in
tuitiv
ely th
at If
Osw
ald w
as tryin
g to
kill th
e Presid
ent,
that o
ne sh
ot w
ould
hav
e been
enough,
and th
at sh
e fe
els, th
ere
fore
. that h
e
mig
ht h
av
e b
een
aim
ing
at th
e o
ther
perso
n (T
exas G
ov
. Joh
n B
. Co
nn
ally).
She said
Osw
ald n
ever m
entio
ned
any
po
ssible p
lans th
at be m
igh
t hav
e abo
ut
assassinatin
g th
e Presid
ent: S
he said
sh
e cannot u
nderstan
d th
is thin
g.
She recalled
on o
ne o
ccasion, q
uite a
While ag
o, sh
e mad
e the rem
ark to
Os-
Anoth
er le
tter-w
riter fro
m A
lbany
said sh
e had
a dream
two
week
s befo
re th
e N
ov. 2
2, 1
963, a
ssassin
atio
n in
w
hich
she saw
the lo
cal new
spap
er with
h
ead
lines o
f JFK
's death
an
d sh
e ju
st h
ad to
tell som
ebo
dy
abo
ut it
An
El P
aso. T
ex., m
an to
ld a co
mp
li-cated
story
about a M
exican
search fo
r L
ee H
arv
ey O
swald
that g
ot h
im In
to
the n
ew
spapers a
nd tie
d u
p tw
o F
BI
agents n
early
a w
eek c
heckin
g It o
ut.
His d
octo
r late
r told
agen
ts that th
e
man
"seemed
to d
eligh
t in g
etting
him
-se
lf into
diffic
ult situ
atio
ns w
ith h
is ow
n im
agin
ation."
"Exam
ine c
onte
nts o
f susp
ect O
s-w
ald sto
mach
and
intestin
es for traces
of ch
icken
," wired
a Califo
rnia m
an. In
anoth
er te
legra
m, a
New
•kork
man
said: "S
uggest an
alysis o
f faces of su
s-pect O
swald
... for traces o
f chick
en."
Th
e preo
ccup
ation w
ith ch
icken
came
from
the fact th
at chick
en h
on
es were
found n
ear the sp
ot w
here p
robers said
.
Osw
ald
was sta
nd
ing
wh
en
h
e sh
ot
Kennedy.
Th
e in
vestig
atio
n o
f the K
en
ned
y
assassinatio
n seem
ed to
attract most o
f th
e natio
n's w
eirdo
s, and
the th
ou
sand
s of d
ocu
men
ts mad
e public b
y th
e FB
I yesterd
ay sh
ow
ed th
at the b
ureau
had
to
look in
to e
very
one. T
he file
s also
sh
ow
ed th
at a
gents th
ought so
me o
f th
ese
citiz
en "tip
s" obvio
usly
did
not
warran
t a second g
lance —
a frequen
t nota
tion w
as th
at th
e tip
ster w
as "a
m
enta
l ease
" — b
ut th
ey still h
ad to
ch
eck th
em o
ut.
One N
ew Y
ork
er 'confessed
" he h
ad
som
ethin
g to
do w
ith th
e assassinatio
n
becau
se he h
ad a "fig
ht b
eam g
un
" htat
forced
Oiw
ald to
kill JF
K. H
e said h
e h
ad
told
' Ro
bert K
en
ned
y a
bo
ut th
e
"light b
eam
gun" a
nd R
FK
had d
one
noth
ing a
bout it, th
us R
FK
was to
O
hm
ic for w
hat u
ltimately
hap
pen
ed.
wald
that sh
e cou
ldn
't imag
ine o
ne p
er-so
n k
illing an
oth
er. She ask
ed h
im if h
e co
uld
kill a
no
ther p
erso
n a
nd
he
replie
d: "H
itler n
eeded k
illing," a
nd
implie
d th
at b
y k
illing H
itler, o
thers
could be saved. T
he rifle th
at w
as ow
ned
by O
swald
sh
e bad
seen m
any
times. S
he recalled
sp
ecifically seein
g it w
hen
they
lived
on
Neeley
Street ... S
he ad
vised
she d
id
no
t kn
ow
that th
e rifle had
a scope on it.
A M
oun
tain
Of E
vid
ence
Wash
ingto
n (S
pecial)—
The size
of th
e material o
n th
e Ken
ned
y assas-
sination
released
by th
e FB
I yester-
day
was m
on
um
ental-4
0,0
00
pag
es. C
opies w
ere mad
e for th
e press b
y
FB
I wo
rkers. E
ach set w
as p
arked
in
cartons-1
5 carto
ns p
er set. The to
tal package w
eighed 900 pound.
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