Category: History - American

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

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 40 Visits to Other Texas Cities 42 Arrival at Love Field 42 Organization of the Motorcade 43 The Dri...

Chapters

23. c. From the anterior portion of the laceration in the right

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...

17. chapter VIII. She did not then know Oswald’s address in Dallas.[C6-367

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...

21. chapter II. With the assistance of Agent in Charge Sorrels of the

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...

31. CHAPTER VIII

[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...

18. CHAPTER VII

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...

24. c. Whose loyalty to the United States Government is beyond

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...

10. CHAPTER III

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...

16. CHAPTER VI

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...

12. chapter III.[C4-305] Euins, who was on the southwest corner of Elm and

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...

29. CHAPTER VI

[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...

8. CHAPTER I

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....

9. CHAPTER II

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...

11. CHAPTER IV

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...

15. chapter VI, the Commission has considered whether there is any evidence

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...

19. CHAPTER VIII

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...

13. chapter V of this report.

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...

14. CHAPTER V

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...

27. CHAPTER IV

[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...

30. CHAPTER VII

[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.

28. CHAPTER V

[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-...

26. CHAPTER III

[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...

25. CHAPTER II

[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...

22. c. From the left margin of the main defect across the midline

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...

7. CHAPTER VIII. THE PROTECTION OF THE PRESIDENT 425

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...

3. CHAPTER IV. THE ASSASSIN 118

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...

20. chapter II, some limited information was made available to the Secret

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...

1. CHAPTER II. THE ASSASSINATION 28

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...

5. CHAPTER VI. INVESTIGATION OF POSSIBLE CONSPIRACY 243

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...

2. CHAPTER III. THE SHOTS FROM THE TEXAS SCHOOL BOOK DEPOSITORY 61

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...

6. CHAPTER VII. LEE HARVEY OSWALD: BACKGROUND AND POSSIBLE MOTIVES 375

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...

4. CHAPTER V. DETENTION AND DEATH OF OSWALD 196

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...