John Barbour's Last Word On 'The Garrison Tapes'

[Peter Lemkin]

From The Garrison Tapes: Can someone clarify what they see as Oswald's role in the meeting witnessed by Perry Russo --with Shaw, Oswald and others. Is it thought that Oswald was aware of the plot, (yet obviously not his role as patsy)? Or what is believed to be Oswald's understanding of events in regard to this witnessed meeting? Any clarification appreciated

It is generally believed by better researchers, IMHO, that Oswald was told his assignment at some point and until his execution was to penetrate possible plotters against the President and report back to someone. The someone he reported back to were in on the setting up of Oswald and passed whatever he reported no further, to allow any plot to proceed.
I'd suggest reading The Man Who Knew Too Much - about Richard Case Nagell who was tasked by several entities to follow and find out who/what Oswald was and was doing.....likely a part of intelligence not in on the plot, but possibly a part that was, looking for leaks. His [Nagell's] tale is complex, but reveals much. While Nagell told later that he felt Oswald was a part of an assassination plot, I believe that Oswald had only been told to play that role partly in his penetration of the real plotters. Nagell was apparently also a double agent and also hired by the Soviets too....as they had word that a plot was afoot, and wanted information and to prevent it.
In the early period, as Jim has alluded to, the exact role of Oswald and of the plot [location, timing, details, even perhaps which patsy] had not been firmed up; but the process of setting Oswald up as a possible/the patsy was ongoing.
Garrison was well aware that the plot went well above the level of those he indited...but this was his starting point to eventually get to the real top levels...which went up to certain people in and formerly in the CIA, DIA, MI, and other Intelligence and Military organizations and individuals - and most likely well above them [i.e., right to the very highest levels of real power - nothing you'd be told about in Civics class in high school - nor in university about the real structure of American polity].