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DA

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.