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31. WC, vol. XVI, CE 315, p. 871.

32. WR, p. 711; see also WC, vol. XVI, CE 193, p. 564. Researchers should note that in the retyped version of this letter, the misspelled word "forwarned" is erroneously typed as "forwarded."

33. WC, vol. XVI, CE 314, p. 865.

34. WC, vol. 1, p. 95; see also WC, vol. CE 194, p. 567; WC vol. XXII, CE 1112, p. 75, CE 1401, p. 748; and Dallas Morning News 12/2/63, p. 1-5; and Life magazine, 2/21/64, p. 74B.

35. WC, vol. XVI, CE 194, pp. 567-569.

36. WC, vol. XVI, CE 315, p. 870.

37. WC, vol. XVIII, CE 994, p. 612. Elsewhere Oswald gives the date of their return from the hospital as February 24, see WC, vol. XVI, CE 316, p. 875.

38. WC, vol. XVI, CE 316, p. 875.

39. WC, vol.XVI, CE 195, pp. 570-571.

40. WC, vol. XVI, CE 316, p. 875.

41. WR, p. 711. WC Vol. XVI, CE 316, p. 875.

42. WC, vol. XVII, CE 823, p. 722; CE 950, pp. 273-274.

43. WC, vol. XXII, CE 1093, p. 40; WC, vol. XXVI, CE 2682, p. 41; see also WC, vol. XVI, CE 248, pp. 693-695.

44. WC, vol. XXII, CE 1086, p. 35, and WR, p. 711.

45. WC, vol. XXII, CE 1058, p. 5; see also Dallas Morning New, 11/23/63, p. 1-5.

46. WC, vol. XVIII, CE 950, p. 272.

47. Laredo Times, 1 1 /24/63.

48. New York Times, 11/25/63, p. C9.

49. WC, vol. XVI, CE 191, p. 560.

50. WC, vol. XVI, CE 190, p. 558.

51. The discharge had actually been "undesirable," a less derogatory characterization than dishonorable.

52. WC, vol. XVI, CE 314, p. 865.

53. WC, vol. XVI, CE 314, p.865.

54. Then governor of Texas. It is possible that Oswald thought Connally was still Secretary of the Navy.

55. WC, vol. XIX, Folsom exhibit I. p. 713.

56. WC, vol. XIX, Folsom exhibit I, p. 711; WC, vol. XXVI, CE 2663, p. 19.

57. WC, vol. XIX, Folsom exhibit I, p. 689.

58. WC, vol. XXVI, CE 2686, p. 47.

59. WC, vol. XIX, Folsom exhibit 1, p. 695; see also WC, vol. XVII, CE 823, p. 723-724. This letter appeared to be too polished for Oswald; see WC, vol. XIX, Folsom exhibit I, p. 695. Oswald's letter to John Connally in January 1962 appeared to be ghost written.'; see WC, vol. XIX, Folsom exhibit I, p. 713; there is a 12-page opinion that Oswald was dyslexic; see WC, vol. XXVI, CE 3134, pp. 812-817.

60. WC, vol. XXVI, CE 2658, p. 12.

61. WC, vol. XXVI, CE 2661, pp. 14-16; WR, pp. 710-711.

62. WC, vol. Folsom exhibit 1, p. 693.

63. WC, vol. XVII, CE 780, p. 657.

64. WC, vol. XXII, CE 1063, p. 13. See also CE 1103, pp. 55-57; WC, vol. XVI, CE 249, pp. 697-699 and WR, p. 711.

65. WC, vol. XVI, CE 196, pp. 573-574. See also WC, vol. XXVI, CE 2653, p. 3.

66. WR, p. 711.

67. WC, vol. XXVI, CE 2653, p. 3.

68. WC, vol. XVI, CE 196, pp. 573-574.

69. WC, vol. XVI, CE 197, pp. 576-577.

70. WC, vol. XVII, CE 823, p. 724.

71. WC, vol. XVI, CE 317, p. 877.

72. WC, vol. XVI, CE 317, p. 877; WR, p. 711.

73. WC, vol. XVI, CE 249, pp. 697-699; WC, vol. XXII, CE 1083, p. 30; WC, vol. XXII, CE 1088, p. 37; WC, vol. XXVI, CE 2687, p. 47; WC, vol. XXVI, CE 2688, p. 48; WR, p. 711.

74. WC, vol. XXII, CE 1313, p.485.

75. WC, vol. XVIII, CE 985, document 9A p. 435; WC, vol. XXII, CE 1108, pp. 65-66; WC, vol. XXII, CE 1314, p. 486.

76. WC, vol. XXII, CE 1108, pp. 65-66; WC, vol. XXII, CE 1109, pp. 67-68; WC, vol. XXII, CE 1128. p. 107; WR, p. 712.

77. WC, vol. XVIII, CE 985, p. 435; see also WC, vol. XXII, CE 1108, p. 66, CE 1341, p. 486.

78. WC, vol. XVI, CE 318, p. 880.

79. WC, vol. XVI, CE 318; WR, p. 172.

80. HSCA, Vol. II, p. 317; see also Marina and Lee, MacMillan, p. 187. The Oswalds went to Moscow and stayed at the Hotel Ostankino first and then moved to the Hotel Berlin; see WC, vol. XVIII, CE 994, p. 614.

81. WC, vol. XVIII, CE 946, p. 165.

82. WC, vol. V, pp. 617-618 (Marina Oswald); see also WC, vol. XXVI, CE 2722, p. 102; and WR, p. 712.

83. WC, vol. XVIII, CE 946, pp. 164, 167; see also WC vol. XXII, CE 1070, p. 22. Note entries for July (1961) 8, 9, 10. Marina was given a visa; see WC, vol. XVII, CE 823, p. 727. In spite of her firm statement that she was not a Communist (see WC, vol. XXVI, CE 2690, p. 52) U.S. Ambassador Thompson thought the Soviet treatment of Marina noteworthy, and he said that it was unusual for the Russians to allow the baby to leave; see WC, vol. V, p. 572.

84. WC, vol. XVIII, CE 946, pp. 160-170; and see also WC, vol. XXII, CE 1401, p. 755.

85. WC, vol. XXVI, CE 2654, p. 4; CE 2662, p. 18; CE 2690, pp. 49-52; CE 2704, p. 75; and CE 2656, p. 11.

86. WC, vol. XVI, CE 29, p. 141.

87. WC, vol. XVI, CE 198, p. 578; see also Life magazine, 2/21/64, and New York Times, 12/9/63, p. C38.

88. WC, vol. XXII, CE 1098, p. 47.

89. WC, vol.XXII, CE 1099, p. 48.

90. WC, vol. XVI, CE 57, p.198

91. WR, p. 712

92. WC, vol. XVIII, CE 946, pp. 168-169; see also HSCA, vol. II, pp. 288, 310-311. When the Oswalds crossed Poland (WC, vol. XVIII, CE 946, p. 169) they stopped in somewhere "just for a few minutes"; see HSCA, vol. XII, p. 368. For Germany, see WC, vol. XVIII, CE 946 p. 168; and WC, vol. XXII, CE 1401, p. 755. The train made one or two short stops in Germany; see HSCA, vol. XII, p. 368.

93. WC, vol. XVIII, CE 946, 18, p. 166.

94. WC, vol.1, p. 100; see also WC, vol. XVIII, CE p. 615; and HSCA, Vol. II, p. 288; and Dallas Morning News, 12/2/63, p. 1-5. The Oswalds spent one night in Rotterdam; see HSCA, vol. II, p. 289. They stayed in a boardinghouse-type place, where the landlady brought meals to their room; see HSCA, vol. II, pp. 289, 310; and HSCA, vol. XII, p. 369. Lee left Marina only once "to obtain tickets for this boat"; see HSCA, vol. XII, p. 369.

95. WC, vol. XVI, CE 29, pp. 137-145, WC, vol. XVIII, CE 946, pp. 161-170; WC, vol. XXII, CE 1099, p. 48.

96. On the Maasdam, Marina met only two people-the steward at the dining table and one gentleman whose father was Russian and mother was from Holland; see HSCA, vol. XII, p. 371. The steward was Pieter Didenko; see Legend, Epstein, p. 154

97. WC, vol. 1, (Marina Oswald), p. 101.

98. W R, p. 712

99. WC, vol. XXVI, CE 2655, p. 8.

100. WC, vol. XXII, CE 1159, p. 204; see also WC, vol. XXVI, pp. 5-11; WC, vol. XVIII, CE 946, pp. 160-170.

101. WC, vol. XXVI, CE, 2655, p. 8. For more on Oswald's arrival, see WC, vol. 1, p. 3; WC, vol. XVII, CE 823, p. 727; WC, vol. XVIII, CE 946 p. 167; WC, vol. XX, Isaacs exhibit 1, pp. 216, 225; WC, vol. XXII, CE 1159, pp. 204, CE 1401. p. 755, CE 1444, p. 860; WC, vol. XXIII, CE 1778, p. 383; WC, vol. XXIV, CE 2189, p. 866; WC, vol. XXV, CE 2213, p. 106; Dallas Morning News, 12/2/63, p. 1-5; Saturday Evening Post, 12/14/63, p. 23. On 11/23/63, Oswald said that he arrived about July 1962; see WC, vol. XXIV, CE 1988, p. 19.

102. WC, vol. XXVI, CE 2655, pp. 5-10.

103. WC, vol. XXVI, CE 2655, pp. 5-10; CE, 2657, p.12.

104. WC, vol. XXII, CE 1060, p. 11; WC, vol. XXVI, CE 2718, pp. 92-93.

105. WC, vol. XXV, CE 2213, pp. 106-107.

106. WC, vol. XXVI, CE 2655, p. 8, CE 2657, p. 12.

107. WC, vol. XXV, CE 2213, p. 107.

108. WC, vol. XXVI, CE 2657, p. 12.

109. WC, vol. XXV, CE 2213, p. 109; WR, p. 713.

110. NARA, JFK files, NIS (3 boxes) 1994 release. Cable from CIA field station to headquarters. January 31, 1963. No. R 311635Z ZEA. Subject: Gerald P. Hemming.

I11. NARA, JFK files, NIS (3 boxes) 1994 release. Memorandum from Lt. R. L. Wilbar, Temple DB to Sheriff Peter J. Pitchens. January 30, 1962. File no. 3-781,031. Subject: Found gun.

112. NARA, JFK files, NIS (3 boxes) 1994 release. Cable from CIA field station to headquarters. January 31, 1963. No. R 311635Z ZEA. Subject: Gerald P. Hemming

113. NARA, JFK files, NIS (3 boxes) 1994 release. Memorandum from CIA headquarters to special agent in charge, Los Angeles Field Office, February 7, 1962. Subject: Hemming, Gerald P.

114. NARA, JFK files, NIS (3 boxes) 1994 release. Memorandum from deputy chief, Operational Support Division to chief, Support Branch, February 2, 1962. Subject: Hemming, Gerald Patrick.

115. NARA, JFK files, NIS (3 boxes) 1994 release. Memorandum from deputy chief, Operational Support Division to chief, Support Branch, February 2, 1962. Subject: Hemming, Gerald Patrick.

116. NARA, JFK files, NIS (3 boxes) 1994 release. Memorandum from CIA headquarters to special agent in charge, Los Angeles Field office, February 7, 1962. Subject: Hemming, Gerald P.

117. NARA, JFK files NIS (3 boxes) 1994 release. CIA report of February 15, 1962, on Gerald P. Hemming. File no. 29 229.

118. NARA, JFK files, NIS (3 boxes) 1994 release. CIA report of February 15, 1962, on Gerald P. Hemming. File no. 29 229. This report had a new fragment of the gun incident as well: Hemming "claimed that he left his .45-automatic pistol in Miami when he came to the Los Angeles area several weeks ago, but that one of his colleagues, who arrived in Los Angeles shortly before the police incident, had brought the gun with him. Subject had then left the gun in Dodd's Barber Shop on Valley Boulevard."

119. NARA, JFK files, 173-10011-10096. Cross-reference sheet prepared by P. Carter, Op-921E on April 24, 1962, regarding Gerald Patrick Hemming, for an FBI report of April 10, 1962, on Robert James Dwyer.

120. NARA, JFK files, NIS (3 boxes) 1994 release, box 1. Cross-reference sheet prepared by 921E/jgr on June 11, 1962, for an FBI report of May 28, 1962, regarding the 30th of November Revolutionary Movement, with serial number 105-92196.

121. HSCA, vol. X, pp. 96-97.

122. NARA, JFK files, RIF 173-10011-10086. Cross-reference sheet prepared by P. Carter, Op-921E on January 16, 1962 from an FBI report of December 6, 1961, Intercontinental Penetration Forces Interpen Neutrality Matters, ONI routing slip no. XX 152779.

123. Origin of report: FBI; serial number: 105-6010; subject of report: Larry J. Laborde (this might be Laborde's FBI number at the Miami office); see NARA, JFK files, 173-10002-10078. Cross-reference sheet prepared by 921E/jgr on September 10, 1962, for an FBI report of August 6, 1962, on Larry J. Laborde, with serial number 105-6010.

124. WR, p. 324.

125. NARA, JFK files, NIS (3 boxes) 1994 release. Cross-reference sheet prepared by 921F5 (M. Wesley) on February 6, 1962, for a case history of the Intercontinental Penetration Forces.

126. The author is appreciative of the help provided by Commander Steve Vetter, U.S. Navy, in procuring a declassified copy of Office of Naval Intelligence Sectional Organization, printed on April 15, 1957, and other unclassified notes on changes in 1958, 1959, 1960, and 1961.

127. NARA, JFK files, NIS (3 boxes) 1994 release, box 1. Cross-reference sheet prepared by 921E/jgr on June 11, 1962 for an FBI report of May 28, 1962 regarding the 30th of November Revolutionary Movement, with serial number 105-92196.

128. "Prior Reference: A memorandum from chief, New Orleans office of Domestic Contact Division, to chief, Domestic Contact Division, July 2, 1962, subject: Proposal Made to New Orleans Refugee Group for the Military Training of a Refugee Group in the State of Louisiana." See NARA, JFK files, NIS (3 boxes) 1994 release. Enclosure 14 to memorandum dated August 7, 1967, held in Garrison Investigation of Kennedy Assassination. Subject: Gerald Patrick Hemming, Jr.

129. "Prior Reference: A memorandum from chief, New Orleans office of Domestic Contact Division, to chief, Domestic Contact Division, July 2, 1962, subject: Proposal Made to New Orleans Refugee Group for the Military Training of a Refugee Group in the State of Louisiana." See NARA, JFK files, NIS (3 boxes) 1994 release. Enclosure 14 to memorandum dated August 7, 1967, held in Garrison Investigation of Kennedy Assassination. Subject: Gerald Patrick Hemming, Jr.

130. To: [CIA] "Internal Component"; Attn: [CIA] "Internal Component"; [source name redacted and original CIA components redacted, but were presumably Task Force W or Western Hemisphere Division Branch 3 or 4] Subject: Proposal Made to New Orleans Cuban Refugee Group for Military Training of a Refugee Group in the State of Louisiana. See NARA, JFK files, NIS (3 boxes) 1994 release.

131. To: [CIA] "Internal Component"; Attn: [CIA] "Internal Component"; [source name redacted and original CIA components redacted, but were presumably Task Force W or Western Hemisphere Division Branch 3 or 4] Subject: Proposal Made to New Orleans Cuban Refugee Group for Military Training of a Refugee Group in the State of Louisiana. See NARA, JFK files, NIS (3 boxes) 1994 release. At the bottom of the document it says: ["CIA Employee"] ["CIA Employee"] Encls: There is also this handwriting at the end of page 2: "Attachments filed in Laborde 201 since he is probably the leader and most important from ... [illegible]." Bartes is the source. The reviewers blacked out his name everywhere in this memo except for paragraph 5, where the name Bartes was left in the clear, apparently by mistake.

132. Request for investigation or name check, from chief, CI/Operational Approval and Support Division, to deputy director for Security January 3, 1961, subject: C:87424 (Bartes); NARA, JFK files, CIA, January 1994 (5 brown boxes) release, Bartes papers.

133. Request for investigation or name check, from chief, CI/Operational Approval and Support Division, to deputy director for Security, September 13, 1965, subject: 201-289885, SO #225714 (both for Bartes); NARA, JFK files, CIA, January 1994 (5 brown boxes) release, Bartes papers.

Chapter Fifteen

1. FBI memorandum from director (105-82555) to SAC Dallas (100-10461), May 31, 1962, NARA, JFK files, FBI, Dallas, 100-10461-20.

2. FBI airtel from director (105-82555) to SAC New York (105-38431), Lee Harvey Oswald, June 14, 1962; NARA, JFK files, RIF 124-10160-10405; see also New York FBI 105-38431, document 9; see also Paul Hoch item 485.

3. FBI memorandum from SAC New York (105-38431) to director, (10582555), Lee Harvey Oswald, June 26, 1962; NARA, JFK files, RIF 12410010-10032; for New York copy see RIF 124-10160-10406. The New York report, sent to the Bureau on June 26, also said that FBI special Agent William F. Martin had spoken with INS inspector Frederick J. Wiedersheim, who had talked with Oswald upon his arrival. Oswald said he had been a mechanic in the Soviet Union and had "threatened to renounce his US citizenship but never carried through with the threat," Wiedersheim reported.