Oswald in Minsk

[Magda Hassan]

David, I worked with several Russian and Ukrainian engineers at a company in the late 90s, and though they had taken English classes growing up in Russia (and some had lived in the US for several years), only one of them spoke English as well as Marina did in that video from January 1964. I'm not certain that Marina was a honey trap or a sleeper agent, but her apparent contact with Robert Webster, and the ease with which Soviet authorities let her marry a foreigner and leave the country, are troubling.

I don't understand why Armstrong tries so hard to convince us that LHO never spoke Russian in the USSR, since he doesn't say that Oswald couldn't speak the language. In fact, he believes that Harvey (the man who defected) was probably from an Eastern European refugee family and already knew some Russian before he joined the Marines.

I don't agree with all of Armstrong's conclusions, but he has a lot of information in his book that needs to be reckoned with.

Yes the Webster connection is intruiging.
I am not at all surprised at the Soviet authorities allowing her to leave the country regardless if she was a sleeper or not. I am surprised at the ease in which she was allowed to enter the US though. As I am amazed at the speed in which Oswald the traitor and Soviet defector was also greatly assisted in his return passage.