Oswald in Minsk

[Peter Lemkin]

I'm likely the only person here to have been in a regular exchange of emails with Titovets. I don't believe he or his book is 'disinformation'. He is and was not at the time naive. He suspected [as did many Soviets that met Lee] that he was more likely than not a spy-like person, if not a spy. Oswald knew Russian before he got there, but pretended not to speak it..but there are many instances of him answering correctly questions posed to him in Russian, very early on. In a very similar manner, Marina was 'tasked' with being companion to both Walker and then Oswald. She had been trained in English before this, but pretended not to speak it; but again there are many instances [one Adele Edisen relates when she spoke to Marina before the events of Dallas] of Marina understanding English just fine, but responding in Russian. The 'translators' provided for Marina after the murder of JFK were to make sure that she said what was wanted to be said - not because she couldn't speak English on her own [perhaps not with perfect fluency, but fine]. I agree that Marina was likely a sleeper - mission unknown, and could have been only to keep an eye on Oswald - but could have been asked to do more, as needed. Yes, when Dallas happened, which neither could have predicted [as LHO was but a patsy, and Marina almost surely was not privy to that prior], she was 'cut loose', very vulnerable, and said [or was 'translated to say' many things she has now retracted, reversed or regretted. There is still much she could say, but she seems not to want trouble for herself or her daughters. They were both patsies in different ways....and both very low level intelligence operatives at the 'best' of times. Titovets has emailed me searching for information [and he knows my views on 'things'] on LHO's personality and past - which I've tried to supply or point to. He will be doing a presentation this year in Dallas on who the Lee he knew was and what he believes was his psychological make-up. ET and I don't see eye to eye on everything related to LHO, but I find him open to all possibilities and seeking the truth. The best thing the book does is give us a view of Lee the person - not the spy and not the picture painted of him by persons with an agenda - just how he was on a day to day basis, with a friend and at some parties and workplace situations, etc. [Even false-defectors have a personality that is their own and not a stage act]