06-02-2015, 08:57 PM
[/FONT]Bob - I've been talking about WCD298 for a few years now, glad you are embracing it... we need to rememeber that the info in these docs is made up to confuse the issue.
They do not match with the West survey data at all... and infact the contradictions are humorous. The info in WCD298 was the FBI's first presentation of the shots and the lie they were going to stick to until Tague comes along.
The Evidence IS the Conspiracy my dear friend... and in no greater measure than the Zfilm/DP related measuremenats and conclusions...
DJ
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April27, 1964
MEMORANDUM
TO: J. Lee Rankin
FROM: Norman Redlich
The purpose of this memorandum is toexplain the reasons why
certainmembers of the staff feel that it is important to take certain
on-sitephotographs in connection with the location of the approximate
pointsat which the three bullets struck the occupants of the
Presidentiallimousine.
Our report presumably will state thatthe President was hit by
thefirst bullet, Governor Connally by the second, and the President
bythe third and fatal bullet. The reportwill also conclude that the
bulletswere fired by one person located in the sixth floor southeast
cornerwindow of the TSBD building.
As our investigation now stands,however, we have not shown
thatthese events could possibly have occurred in the manner suggested
above. All we have is a reasonable hypothesis whichappears to be
supportedby the medical testimony but which has not been checked out
againstthe physical facts at the scene of the assassination. (DJ: it's the end of April already... with the conclusion stated above, why bother checking at all?)
Our examination of the Zapruder filmsshows that the fatal
thirdshot struck the President at a point which we can locate with
reasonableaccuracy on the ground. We can do thisbecause we know the
exactframe (no. 313) in the film at which the third shot hit the
Presidentand we know the location of the photographer. By lining up
fixedobjects in the movie frame where this shot occurs we feel that
wehave determined the approximate location of this shot. This can be
verifiedby a photo of the same spot from the point where Zapruder was
standing.
We have the testimony of Governor andMrs. Connally that the
Governorwas hit with the second bullet at a point which we probably
cannotfix with precision. We feel we haveestablished, however, with
thehelp of medical testimony, that the shot which hit the Governor
didnot come after frame 240 on the Zapruder film. The governor feels
thatit came around 230, which is certainly consistent with our
observationsof the film and with the doctor's testimony. Since the
Presidentwas shot at frame 313, this would leave a time of at least 4
secondsbetween the two shots, certainly ample for even an
inexperiencedmarksman.
Prior to our last viewing of the filmswith Governor Connally
wehad assumed that the President was hit while he was concealed
behindthe sign which occurs between frames 215-225. We have expert
testimonyto the effect that a skilled marksman would require a
minimum2 seconds between shots with this rifle. Since the camera
operatesat 18 1/3 frames per second, there would have to be a minimum
of40 frames between shots. It is apparent,therefore, that if
GovernorConnally was even as late as frame 240, the President would
haveto have been hit no later than frame 190 and probably even
earlier.
Wehave not yet examined the assassination scene to determine
whetherthe assassin in fact could have shot the President prior to
frame 190. We could locate the position on the groundwhich
correspondsto this frame and it would then be our intent to establish
byphotography that the assassin would have fired the first shot at the
Presidentprior to this point. Our intention isnot to establish the
pointwith complete accuracy, but merely to substantiate the
hypothesiswhich underlies the conclusions that Oswald was the sole
assassin.
I had always assumed that our finalreport would be
accompaniedby a surveyor's diagram which would indicate the
approximatelocation of the three shots. We certainly cannot prepare
such adiagram without establishing that we are describing an
occurrencewhich is physically possible. Ourfailure to do this will,
inmy opinion, place this Report in jeopardy since it is a certainty
thatothers will examine the Zapruder films and raise the same
questionswhich have been raised by our examination of the films. If
wedo not attempt to answer these observable facts, others may answer
themwith facts which challenge our most basic assumptions, or with
fancifultheories based on our unwillingness to test our assumptions
bythe investigatory methods available to us.
I should add that the facts which we nowhave in our possession, su
bmitted to us in separate reports from the FBI and SecretService, a
re totally incorrect and, if left uncorrected, will present acompletely misleading picture.
[FONT=Times New Roman] It may well be that this project shouldbe undertaken by the
FBIand Secret Service with our assistance instead of being done as a
staffproject. The important thing is that theproject be undertaken
expeditiously.
They do not match with the West survey data at all... and infact the contradictions are humorous. The info in WCD298 was the FBI's first presentation of the shots and the lie they were going to stick to until Tague comes along.
The Evidence IS the Conspiracy my dear friend... and in no greater measure than the Zfilm/DP related measuremenats and conclusions...
DJ
April27, 1964
MEMORANDUM
TO: J. Lee Rankin
FROM: Norman Redlich
The purpose of this memorandum is toexplain the reasons why
certainmembers of the staff feel that it is important to take certain
on-sitephotographs in connection with the location of the approximate
pointsat which the three bullets struck the occupants of the
Presidentiallimousine.
Our report presumably will state thatthe President was hit by
thefirst bullet, Governor Connally by the second, and the President
bythe third and fatal bullet. The reportwill also conclude that the
bulletswere fired by one person located in the sixth floor southeast
cornerwindow of the TSBD building.
As our investigation now stands,however, we have not shown
thatthese events could possibly have occurred in the manner suggested
above. All we have is a reasonable hypothesis whichappears to be
supportedby the medical testimony but which has not been checked out
againstthe physical facts at the scene of the assassination. (DJ: it's the end of April already... with the conclusion stated above, why bother checking at all?)
Our examination of the Zapruder filmsshows that the fatal
thirdshot struck the President at a point which we can locate with
reasonableaccuracy on the ground. We can do thisbecause we know the
exactframe (no. 313) in the film at which the third shot hit the
Presidentand we know the location of the photographer. By lining up
fixedobjects in the movie frame where this shot occurs we feel that
wehave determined the approximate location of this shot. This can be
verifiedby a photo of the same spot from the point where Zapruder was
standing.
We have the testimony of Governor andMrs. Connally that the
Governorwas hit with the second bullet at a point which we probably
cannotfix with precision. We feel we haveestablished, however, with
thehelp of medical testimony, that the shot which hit the Governor
didnot come after frame 240 on the Zapruder film. The governor feels
thatit came around 230, which is certainly consistent with our
observationsof the film and with the doctor's testimony. Since the
Presidentwas shot at frame 313, this would leave a time of at least 4
secondsbetween the two shots, certainly ample for even an
inexperiencedmarksman.
Prior to our last viewing of the filmswith Governor Connally
wehad assumed that the President was hit while he was concealed
behindthe sign which occurs between frames 215-225. We have expert
testimonyto the effect that a skilled marksman would require a
minimum2 seconds between shots with this rifle. Since the camera
operatesat 18 1/3 frames per second, there would have to be a minimum
of40 frames between shots. It is apparent,therefore, that if
GovernorConnally was even as late as frame 240, the President would
haveto have been hit no later than frame 190 and probably even
earlier.
Wehave not yet examined the assassination scene to determine
whetherthe assassin in fact could have shot the President prior to
frame 190. We could locate the position on the groundwhich
correspondsto this frame and it would then be our intent to establish
byphotography that the assassin would have fired the first shot at the
Presidentprior to this point. Our intention isnot to establish the
pointwith complete accuracy, but merely to substantiate the
hypothesiswhich underlies the conclusions that Oswald was the sole
assassin.
I had always assumed that our finalreport would be
accompaniedby a surveyor's diagram which would indicate the
approximatelocation of the three shots. We certainly cannot prepare
such adiagram without establishing that we are describing an
occurrencewhich is physically possible. Ourfailure to do this will,
inmy opinion, place this Report in jeopardy since it is a certainty
thatothers will examine the Zapruder films and raise the same
questionswhich have been raised by our examination of the films. If
wedo not attempt to answer these observable facts, others may answer
themwith facts which challenge our most basic assumptions, or with
fancifultheories based on our unwillingness to test our assumptions
bythe investigatory methods available to us.
I should add that the facts which we nowhave in our possession, su
bmitted to us in separate reports from the FBI and SecretService, a
re totally incorrect and, if left uncorrected, will present acompletely misleading picture.
[FONT=Times New Roman] It may well be that this project shouldbe undertaken by the
FBIand Secret Service with our assistance instead of being done as a
staffproject. The important thing is that theproject be undertaken
expeditiously.
Once in a while you get shown the light
in the strangest of places if you look at it right..... R. Hunter
in the strangest of places if you look at it right..... R. Hunter