14-12-2015, 12:57 AM
Caulfield's idea was that Oswald was simply going to Russia and pretending to be a communist to build up credentials as an "expert witness" for a new "Red Scare" in the southern states to trap the segregationist and civil rights movements. All the McCarthy era ex-communist experts had lost their credibility by the late 50's. His New Orleans activities do truly seem to fit in that pattern.
The point is, if he was planning to renounce communism, and become a hero, and make a living testifying, he wouldn't need actual spy trade skills. It's also funny that this idea of a future plan is captured in a different form in O'Reilly's "Killing Kennedy."
The funny thing I just read in "Oswald's Tale" is that Oswald tells his girlfriends, who visit his apartment and see his books, want to know why he keeps (what is effectively elementary school) textbooks on Marks and Lenin. He says he hasn't studied them before, which contradicts a lot of claims he'd made both before and after his defection. It sure seems to me like Oswald's primary aim in defecting to Russia, basing on the stuff he did (and didn't do) there, and the writings in his journal, is to find a Russian wife. He wouldn't need spy skills for that either.
The point is, if he was planning to renounce communism, and become a hero, and make a living testifying, he wouldn't need actual spy trade skills. It's also funny that this idea of a future plan is captured in a different form in O'Reilly's "Killing Kennedy."
The funny thing I just read in "Oswald's Tale" is that Oswald tells his girlfriends, who visit his apartment and see his books, want to know why he keeps (what is effectively elementary school) textbooks on Marks and Lenin. He says he hasn't studied them before, which contradicts a lot of claims he'd made both before and after his defection. It sure seems to me like Oswald's primary aim in defecting to Russia, basing on the stuff he did (and didn't do) there, and the writings in his journal, is to find a Russian wife. He wouldn't need spy skills for that either.
"All that is necessary for tyranny to succeed is for good men to do nothing." (unknown)
James Tracy: "There is sometimes an undue amount of paranoia among some conspiracy researchers that can contribute to flawed observations and analysis."
Gary Cornwell (Dept. Chief Counsel HSCA): "A fact merely marks the point at which we have agreed to let investigation cease."
Alan Ford: "Just because you believe it, that doesn't make it so."
James Tracy: "There is sometimes an undue amount of paranoia among some conspiracy researchers that can contribute to flawed observations and analysis."
Gary Cornwell (Dept. Chief Counsel HSCA): "A fact merely marks the point at which we have agreed to let investigation cease."
Alan Ford: "Just because you believe it, that doesn't make it so."