John Armstrong's Harvey and Lee

[Jim Hargrove]

Hey there Jim...

The only info I can find on the IRC and the Oswalds has to do with their requests to return from Russia in 61/62. And that EKDAHL was his Stepfather for 3 years... (why include that??) and his divorce info (Fred Korth his attorney)

Are you referring to something else that suggests involvement between LHO and IRC prior to 1961 ??

http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/FBI%20Rec...05-37a.pdf
Information received re EDWINALBERT EKDAHL, subject's
stepfather, set forth.Information contained in files of International
Rescue Committee, NYC, re subjectset forth. Interview
of DORIS EBEL, whose sistermarried subject's stepbrother, and
interview of MARY FUHRMAN, motherof EBEL, set out. On 12/5/63,
JOHN J. ABT, Attorney for GUSHALL - BENJAMIN J. DAVIS Defense
Committee, NYC, furnished itemsor correspondence between subject (LHO)
and above Committee and same setout herein. Employee of General
- Services Administration, NYC,advised that one HUGO T. SEGARRA,
a co-worker, had stated to herPresident KENNEDY would probably
- be killed some day by either aCuban or a Cuban organization.
SEGARRA's interview set forth.

(DJ: This is the beginning of last of the 4 letters in the archives from the IRC....)
LEE H.OSWALD
Kalininia St.4, Apt. 24
Minsk,U.S.S.R.
[B]January 26,1962[/B]

InternationalRescue Committee
215 Park Ave South
'New York, NY

"DearSirs,

"I'dlike to request your aid in helping myself
and my wifeto get resettled in the U.S.A. I am a citizen
of theUnited States, I have lived in the Soviet Union since
October 1959.My wife is a Soviet citizen, bornin the USSR
in 1941.

Hi, David,

Megathanks for that link! I had seen just the report from O'Flaherty and not the following one in the file you linked quoting the 1/62 letter to IRC from Oswald in Minsk. That certainly could account entirely for Vanden Heuvel's FBI tip, ruining our excitement. OTOH, it could also indicate Harvey Oswald had experience(s) with IRC before, understood what they did, including with WWII orphans, and therefore contacted them in 1962. Don't have the information to prove or disprove that speculation now, though. Thanks again.

Jim