John Armstrong's Harvey and Lee

[David Josephs]

David: Thanks for your posting and for your detailed chronology of the New York years. Are you suggesting that the violent behavior exhibited by Lee Oswald in New York was part of a charade, and that the boy was being directed to give the impression of a personality disorder as part of the creation of the Oswald "legend"? Would this be true for the notorious knife incident when Lee apparently threatened the wife of John Pic?

Bruce: The part of Myra DaRouse's interview that I find absolutely credible is the concern that she had for a little boy who appeared to her as an underdog. Her testimony about seeing him alone on the schoolyard well beyond the school hours was the experience that a dedicated teacher would remember. She even states that she felt the boy's home life was so dreary that he preferred to wander around the playground alone after the school day. We may not get closure on such matters as the homeroom, but what is clear to me is that Myra recreated for us a profile of a young student that is at odds with the Oswald created by the Warren Commission. In his discussion of the previous years in New York, David has presented some compelling data about two contrasting Oswald personalities being developed. Do you think that the testimony of Myra DaRouse supports that of Dr. Milton Kurion, who interviewed in NYC a little boy that is a virtual match for the young Oswald described by Myra?


James

The product of many hours... thanks... as I say, I have this type of chronology thru early 62... much more work to do as I also believe that LEE was in and around DALLAS the entire time.

I am suggesting one of two things... the boy that shined on Pic and family was either LEE acting out of character, or this is now HARVEY and he is avoiding the relatives and being put into action via the REAL mother.... Evidence suggests all along that puts the real MO and Robert at the center of it the charade.... and just WHO is the caretaker of HARVEY ????

It occurs to me that Pic must know his mother at this point... 10 years have not gone by so that his mother could look so different to him...
But the boy's behavior is puzzling. And then for LEE not to be there in February 1953, during the truancy days... suggests to me that LEE is now out of the picture (or being encouraged to lash out - the "knife" incident is still no completely known imo... the story of what occurred has many POVs...


If something concrete comes up for the Summer/Fall 52 and 53... I'd love to see it.

You are aware of the TIPPIT to Tippit call about HARVEY's father and uncle being NYC communists?

DJ