Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

During the course of this examination seven (7) black and white and six (6) color 4x5 inch negatives are exposed but not developed (the cassettes containing these negatives have...

She was not asked for, nor did she volunteer, Oswald’s telephone number in Dallas, which she did know.[C6-368] She advised the Bureau agent to whom she spoke of Oswald’s periodi...

Dallas field office of the Secret Service, Lawson was responsible for working out a great many arrangements for the President’s trip. The Service prefers to have two agents perf...

[C8-32] 4 H 308-309 (Bouck); see 18 U.S.C. sec. 871. The Secret Service prepared for the Commission abstracts of several cases illustrating the achievement of the goal of elimin...

The evidence reviewed above identifies Lee Harvey Oswald as the assassin of President Kennedy and indicates that he acted alone in that event. There is no evidence that he had a...

Oswald undoubtedly satisfied the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b), since he was determined to have been a U.S. citizen at the time the loan was granted and he had been iss...

In this chapter the Commission analyzes the evidence and sets forth its conclusions concerning the source, effect, number and timing of the shots that killed President Kennedy a...

This chapter sets forth the findings of the Commission as to whether Lee Harvey Oswald had any accomplices in the planning or execution of the assassination. Particularly after...

Houston Streets,[C4-306] testified that he could not describe the man he saw in the window. According to Euins, however, as the man lowered his head in order to aim the rifle do...

[C6-98] E.g., 9 H 242-243 (George De Mohrenschildt); 11 H 172-173 (William Stuckey); 8 H 323 (Erwin Donald Lewis); 8 H 316-317 (Donald Camarata); 322-323 (Richard Call); 8 H 315...

The assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy on November 22, 1963, was a cruel and shocking act of violence directed against a man, a family, a nation, and against all mankind....

This chapter describes President Kennedy’s trip to Dallas, from its origin through its tragic conclusion. The narrative of these events is based largely on the recollections of...

The preceding chapter has established that the bullets which killed President Kennedy and wounded Governor Connally were fired from the southeast corner window of the sixth floo...

linking Jack Ruby with a conspiracy to kill the President. At this point, however, it is appropriate to consider whether there is evidence that Jack Ruby received assistance fro...

In the 100 years since 1865 four Presidents of the United States have been assassinated--Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy. During this s...

During the evening of November 22, the Dallas Police Department performed paraffin tests on Oswald’s hands and right cheek in an apparent effort to determine, by means of a scie...

Lee Harvey Oswald spent almost all of the last 48 hours of his life in the Police and Courts Building, a gray stone structure in downtown Dallas that housed the headquarters of...

[C4-161] See e.g. 6 H 383 (Eddie Piper); 3 H 164-165 (Bonnie Ray Williams); 3 H 188 (Harold Norman); 3 H 200 (James Jarman, Jr.); 3 H 218-219 (Roy Truly); 6 H 328 (William Shell...

[C7-412] See e.g. 2 H 302 (Mrs. Ford); 8 H 362 (Bouhe); 8 H 386 (Mrs. Meller); 8 H 422 (Mrs. Frank Ray); but see 9 H 153 (Paul Gregory); see also CE 1401. p. 269.

[C5-30] For testimony relating to the interrogation sessions, see 4 H 152-153, 157 (Curry); 4 H 207-211, 217, 222-231, 239-240 (Fritz); 4 H 355-357 (Winston G. Lawson); 4 H 444-...

[C3-66] See 6 H 224 (Austin L. Miller); 6 H 228 (Frank E. Reilly); 6 H 236-237 (Royce G. Skelton); 6 H 240-242 (Holland); CE 1416-1424 (statements of James L. Simmons, Walter Lu...

[C2-17] 4 H 319-325 (Winston G. Lawson); 7 H 334-341 (Forrest V. Sorrels). Governor Connally testified that he was not consulted about the security arrangements in Dallas, and t...

Situated in the posterior scalp approximately 2.5 cm. laterally to the right and slightly above the external occipital protuberance is a lacerated wound measuring 15 x 6 mm. In...

The Nature of the Protective Assignment 426 Evaluation of Presidential Protection at the Time of the Assassination of President Kennedy 428 Intelligence Functions Relating to Pr...

Ownership and Possession of Assassination Weapon 118 Purchase of Rifle by Oswald 118 Oswald’s Palmprint on Rifle Barrel 122 Fibers on Rifle 124 Photograph of Oswald With Rifle 1...

Service.[C8-153] But there was no fully adequate liaison between the two agencies. Indeed, the Commission believes that the liaison between all Federal agencies responsible for...

Planning the Texas Trip 28 Advance Preparations for the Dallas Trip 29 Preventive Intelligence Activities 29 The Luncheon Site 30 The Motorcade Route 31 Dallas Before the Visit...

Circumstances Surrounding the Assassination 245 Selection of Motorcade Route 245 Oswald’s Presence in the Depository Building 246 Bringing Rifle Into Building 247 Accomplices at...

The Witnesses 61 Near the Depository 63 On the Fifth Floor 68 At the Triple Underpass 71 The Presidential Automobile 76 Expert Examination of Rifle, Cartridge Cases, and Bullet...

The Early Years 377 New York City 378 Return to New Orleans and Joining the Marine Corps 383 Interest in Marxism 388 Defection to the Soviet Union 390 Return to the United State...

Treatment of Oswald in Custody 196 Chronology 198 Interrogation Sessions 199 Oswald’s Legal Rights 200 Activity of Newsmen 201 On the Third Floor 201 Oswald and the Press 206 Th...