Post by Arjan Hut on Sept 19, 2019 11:57:19 GMT -5
[SSA Mike] Howard found a little green address book, and on its 17th page under the heading "I WILL KILL" Oswald listed four men: an FBI agent named James Hosty; a right-wing general, Edwin Walker; and Vice President Richard Nixon. At the top of the list was the governor of Texas, John Connally. Through Connally's name, Oswald had drawn a dagger, with blood drops dripping downward.
Special Agent Howard turned the address book over to the FBI and, ultimately, to the Warren Commission. Only some time later did he learn that the list with its hugely important insight into the killer's motive had been torn out of the book."
(jfk.boards.net/post/567/thread)
Apparently, according to Marina Oswald, eventually, her late husband wanted to kill Nixon
when Nixon came to Dallas about seven months before Kennedy. There were some problems
with that story:
Senator Cooper interviews Marina Oswald on behalf of the Warren Commission:
Sen Cooper :Mrs Oswald, will you repeat what your husband said that morning when he dressed and got the pistol?
Mrs Oswald :I asked him where he was going and why he was getting dressed. He answered, “Today Nixon is coming and I want to go out and have a look at him.” I answered, “I know how you look,” and I had in mind the fact that he was taking a pistol with him.
Sen Cooper :Did he say anything about what he intended to do with the pistol?
Mrs Oswald :No.Sen Cooper :Did you ask him if he intended to use the pistol against Mr Nixon?
Mrs Oswald :I told him that, “You have already promised me not to play any more with that thing.” Not really play, but, you know — I didn’t mean, of course, just playing but using the pistol. Then he said, “I am going to go out and find out if there will be an appropriate opportunity and if there is I will use the pistol.“ I just remembered this and maybe I didn’t say this in my first testimony and now it just has occurred to me that he said this.
Sen Cooper :Did your husband say why he wanted to use the pistol against Mr Nixon?
Mrs Oswald :No.
Sen Cooper :Did he say where he intended to see Mr Nixon?
Mrs Oswald :He didn’t say. He just said in Dallas, and since Nixon was coming to Dallas.
(Warren Commission Hearings, vol.22, p.596, Commission Exhibit 1357)
MARINA did not know who NIXON was and does not recall OSWALD ever mentioning his name. She did not care who he was but knew she had to act fast. She went to the bathroom and called OSWALD. He came to the bathroom and as he entered she quickly jumped outside the door closing it as she left the bathroom. She forcibly held the door shut by holding on to the knob and bracing her feet against the wall. OSWALD attempted to pull the door open but because of her strength she was able to keep him from leaving the bathroom for a period of about three minutes she believes.
(Warren Commission Hearings, vol.22, pp.786f, Commission Exhibit 1404)
J. Lee Rankin
Rankin doesn't believe Marina:
Mr Rankin :Do you recall the bathroom, how the door closes? Does it close into the bathroom on Neely Street or from the outside in?
Mrs Oswald :I don’t remember now. I don’t remember. I only remember that it was something to do with the bathroom.
Mr Rankin :Did you lock him into the bathroom?
Mrs Oswald :I can’t remember precisely.
Mr Rankin :Do you recall how the locks were on the bathroom door there?
Mrs Oswald :I can’t recall. We had several apartments and I might be confusing one apartment with the other.
Mr Rankin :Is it your testimony that you made it impossible for him to get out if he wanted to?
Mrs Oswald :I don’t remember.
(Warren Commission Hearings, vol.5, p.389)
Richard Nixon does not appear to have been in Dallas at the time of the alleged threat from Oswald, although he had a vague recollection of an invitation to visit Dallas “during the early part of 1963, probably in April”
(Warren Commission Hearings, Volume XXIIICurrent Section: CE 1973 - FBI report of interview conducted on February 28, 1964, of the Honorable Richard M. Nixon at New York, N.Y.)
See also:
208 Letter of FBI of June 29, 1964, concerning Richard Nixon
The Conclusion reached by the WC:
The Warren Report stated that “Mr Nixon advised the Commission that the only time he was in Dallas in 1963 was on November 20–21, 1963. An investigation failed to reveal any invitation extended to Mr Nixon during the period when Oswald’s threat reportedly occurred”
(Warren Report, p.188)
Special Agent Howard turned the address book over to the FBI and, ultimately, to the Warren Commission. Only some time later did he learn that the list with its hugely important insight into the killer's motive had been torn out of the book."
(jfk.boards.net/post/567/thread)
Apparently, according to Marina Oswald, eventually, her late husband wanted to kill Nixon
when Nixon came to Dallas about seven months before Kennedy. There were some problems
with that story:
Senator Cooper interviews Marina Oswald on behalf of the Warren Commission:
Sen Cooper :Mrs Oswald, will you repeat what your husband said that morning when he dressed and got the pistol?
Mrs Oswald :I asked him where he was going and why he was getting dressed. He answered, “Today Nixon is coming and I want to go out and have a look at him.” I answered, “I know how you look,” and I had in mind the fact that he was taking a pistol with him.
Sen Cooper :Did he say anything about what he intended to do with the pistol?
Mrs Oswald :No.Sen Cooper :Did you ask him if he intended to use the pistol against Mr Nixon?
Mrs Oswald :I told him that, “You have already promised me not to play any more with that thing.” Not really play, but, you know — I didn’t mean, of course, just playing but using the pistol. Then he said, “I am going to go out and find out if there will be an appropriate opportunity and if there is I will use the pistol.“ I just remembered this and maybe I didn’t say this in my first testimony and now it just has occurred to me that he said this.
Sen Cooper :Did your husband say why he wanted to use the pistol against Mr Nixon?
Mrs Oswald :No.
Sen Cooper :Did he say where he intended to see Mr Nixon?
Mrs Oswald :He didn’t say. He just said in Dallas, and since Nixon was coming to Dallas.
(Warren Commission Hearings, vol.22, p.596, Commission Exhibit 1357)
MARINA did not know who NIXON was and does not recall OSWALD ever mentioning his name. She did not care who he was but knew she had to act fast. She went to the bathroom and called OSWALD. He came to the bathroom and as he entered she quickly jumped outside the door closing it as she left the bathroom. She forcibly held the door shut by holding on to the knob and bracing her feet against the wall. OSWALD attempted to pull the door open but because of her strength she was able to keep him from leaving the bathroom for a period of about three minutes she believes.
(Warren Commission Hearings, vol.22, pp.786f, Commission Exhibit 1404)
J. Lee Rankin
Rankin doesn't believe Marina:
Mr Rankin :Do you recall the bathroom, how the door closes? Does it close into the bathroom on Neely Street or from the outside in?
Mrs Oswald :I don’t remember now. I don’t remember. I only remember that it was something to do with the bathroom.
Mr Rankin :Did you lock him into the bathroom?
Mrs Oswald :I can’t remember precisely.
Mr Rankin :Do you recall how the locks were on the bathroom door there?
Mrs Oswald :I can’t recall. We had several apartments and I might be confusing one apartment with the other.
Mr Rankin :Is it your testimony that you made it impossible for him to get out if he wanted to?
Mrs Oswald :I don’t remember.
(Warren Commission Hearings, vol.5, p.389)
Richard Nixon does not appear to have been in Dallas at the time of the alleged threat from Oswald, although he had a vague recollection of an invitation to visit Dallas “during the early part of 1963, probably in April”
(Warren Commission Hearings, Volume XXIIICurrent Section: CE 1973 - FBI report of interview conducted on February 28, 1964, of the Honorable Richard M. Nixon at New York, N.Y.)
See also:
208 Letter of FBI of June 29, 1964, concerning Richard Nixon
The Conclusion reached by the WC:
The Warren Report stated that “Mr Nixon advised the Commission that the only time he was in Dallas in 1963 was on November 20–21, 1963. An investigation failed to reveal any invitation extended to Mr Nixon during the period when Oswald’s threat reportedly occurred”
(Warren Report, p.188)
