08-01-2014, 06:12 PM
came across this article on the web as well, after going through Oswald's Marine File (WCH, Volume 19, "Folsom Ex. 1") and reading the same letter to should-have-been Sec. of the Navy, John Connally.
I have to concur that the letter, not just based on the metaphoric line, but also upon the emphasis laid by Oswald toward the bottom on the supposed fact that he "always had the full sanction of the US Embassy, Moscow" must be read solely in the context of a US espionage agent asking for help from someone he must have deemed as being in a high level agent in the executive branch.
Read the entire letter, and read right near the Hemingway mention, his phrasing of his own situation as "a person who had gone to the Soviet Union to reside for a short time".
You must either conclude Oswald delusional, or rather quite savvy. In the context of his Atsugi base-mates, several of whom testify they view him as "very smart" (though I concede some claim he only "wanted to be seen as smart") I would submit the analysis in the OP article is spot on.
CIA.ORG article "Hemingway, Wartime Spy"
Oswald was a pretty sharp kid. Bit of a temper \ chip. But no dum-dum.
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Full Letter To John Connally
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I wish to call your attention to a case about which you may have personal knowledge since you are a resident of Ft. Worth as I am.
In November 1959 an event was well publicized in the Ft. Worth newspapers concerning a person who had gone to the Soviet Union to reside for a short time, (much in the same way E. Hemingway resided in Paris.) This person in answers to questions put to him by reporters in Moscow criticized certain facets of American life. The story was blown up into another "turncoat" s
sensation, with the result that the Navy department gave this person a belated dishonorable discharge, although he had received an honorable discharge after three years service on Sept. 11, 1959 at El Toro, Marine corps base in California.
These are the basic facts of my case.
I have and always had the full sanction of the U.S. Embassy, Moscow USSR and hence the U.S. government. In as much as I am returning to the U.S.A. in this year with the aid of the U.S. Embassy, bring with me my family (since I married in the USSR) I shall employ all means to right this gross mistake or injustice to a bonified U.S. citizen and ex-service man. The U.S. government has no charges or complaints against me. I ask you to look into this case and take the necessary steps to repair the damage done to me and my family. For information I would direct you to consult the American Embassy, Chikovski St. 19/21, Moscow, USSR.
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END LETTER
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I have to concur that the letter, not just based on the metaphoric line, but also upon the emphasis laid by Oswald toward the bottom on the supposed fact that he "always had the full sanction of the US Embassy, Moscow" must be read solely in the context of a US espionage agent asking for help from someone he must have deemed as being in a high level agent in the executive branch.
Read the entire letter, and read right near the Hemingway mention, his phrasing of his own situation as "a person who had gone to the Soviet Union to reside for a short time".
You must either conclude Oswald delusional, or rather quite savvy. In the context of his Atsugi base-mates, several of whom testify they view him as "very smart" (though I concede some claim he only "wanted to be seen as smart") I would submit the analysis in the OP article is spot on.
CIA.ORG article "Hemingway, Wartime Spy"
Oswald was a pretty sharp kid. Bit of a temper \ chip. But no dum-dum.
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Full Letter To John Connally
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I wish to call your attention to a case about which you may have personal knowledge since you are a resident of Ft. Worth as I am.
In November 1959 an event was well publicized in the Ft. Worth newspapers concerning a person who had gone to the Soviet Union to reside for a short time, (much in the same way E. Hemingway resided in Paris.) This person in answers to questions put to him by reporters in Moscow criticized certain facets of American life. The story was blown up into another "turncoat" s
sensation, with the result that the Navy department gave this person a belated dishonorable discharge, although he had received an honorable discharge after three years service on Sept. 11, 1959 at El Toro, Marine corps base in California.
These are the basic facts of my case.
I have and always had the full sanction of the U.S. Embassy, Moscow USSR and hence the U.S. government. In as much as I am returning to the U.S.A. in this year with the aid of the U.S. Embassy, bring with me my family (since I married in the USSR) I shall employ all means to right this gross mistake or injustice to a bonified U.S. citizen and ex-service man. The U.S. government has no charges or complaints against me. I ask you to look into this case and take the necessary steps to repair the damage done to me and my family. For information I would direct you to consult the American Embassy, Chikovski St. 19/21, Moscow, USSR.
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END LETTER
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