Oswald's tax records

[Martin White]

Well, well, well.

So it seems that Marina did authorise their release, to the Fontaines, and - crucially - "for the express purpose of making these materials available to the American public through the print and/or electronic media, and answering all questions raised about Lee Oswald's tax returns since 1963."

http://www.jfklancer.com/docs.maps/taxre...er_ltr.JPG

and

http://www.jfklancer.com/docs.maps/taxre...ltrpg2.JPG

They also featured in The Continuing Inquiry by Mary Ferrell in 1977. However, it seems that Mary only "reconstructed" his tax affairs based on income from employment declared within the 26 volumes of the WC. She finishes the article by saying that only the disclosure of hisactual tax record would settle the argument as to whether or not he received income and/or expenses from the FBI or any other agency.

http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm...es/id/1109

[Information furnished by Gary Mack via email]

I'm told that Mary Ferrell did actually see the tax return. She was given a copy by Marina and found that it was within a few dollars of the calculations mentioned in the above link. However, I am unable to verify this.

[Jim Hargrove]

Here's what I believe is the current status of Oswald's tax returns prior to the so-called "defection." To my knowledge, this hasn't changed in many years.

1955: Missing entirely. Hoover wrote a memo to the Warren Commission claiming, "The Internal Revenue Service has advised that Lee Harvey Oswald filed an income tax return for 1955 which has been destroyed but records indicate that he received a refund of $41.80."


1956: Appears to be complete and legible, but is an obvious forgery. It doesn't include his Marine Corps income (which wasn't released by the Navy Dept. until well after the document was forged), and is not included in the Social Security Administration's "Lifetime Earnings" report on Oswald. It was forged as part of the campaign to alter Oswald's early employment timeline which, if if reported honestly, would show records for two different people.


1957: Missing entirely. Hoover made no mention at all of Oswald's 1957 taxes in his 1/6/64 letter to Rankin. This is remarkable, since the IRS managed to locate 1957 returns for Marguerite Oswald, Robert Oswald, Samuel Ruby, George Senator, Ralph Paul, Michael and Ruth Paine, Robert Baker, Lewis McWillie, Andrew Armstrong, Bruce Carlin, Wm. Ryan, and others whose names came up in the so-called investigation of the murder of President Kennedy.


1958: Completely illegible, except for "Lee Harvey Oswald's" alleged signature.

Has anyone seen a legible copy of an Oswald tax return for any year prior to the "defection" other than the 1956 forgery?