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L. V

III, No

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he W

arre

n R

eport d

evote

s little

more

th

an a

page to

the in

cid

ent re

potte

d b

y

Alb

ert. G

uy B

ogard

. a c

ar s

ale

sm

an. H

is

alle

gatio

ns a

nd th

e m

anner in

whic

h th

ey

were

handle

d a

re m

ore

importa

nt th

an is

su

gg

este

d b

y the

spa

ce th

ey re

ceive

in th

e

889 p

age vo

lum

e.

Th

e R

ep

ort sta

tes th

at B

og

ard

's testim

on

y "h

as b

een c

are

fully

evalu

ate

d b

ecause it

su

gg

ests

the

po

ssib

ility th

at O

sw

ald

ma

y

ha

te b

een

a

pro

ficie

nt a

uto

mo

bile

driv

er

an

d, d

urin

g N

ove

mb

er 1

99

3. m

igh

t ha

ve

been e

xpectin

g fu

nds w

ith w

hic

h to

pus.

ch

ase

a c

ar" (W

R 3

20

). Th

e fa

cts

, as

pre

sente

d in

the R

eport (W

R s

20-5

21) a

re

that B

ogard

claim

ed th

at h

e h

ad a

custo

mer

on S

atu

rday N

ovem

ber 9

, 1963 w

hom

be

identifie

d a

s L

ee H

arv

ey O

sw

ald

. Osw

ald

h

ad

teste

d a

ca

r by d

rivin

g o

ve

r the

Ste

m-

nto

ns F

reew

ay a

t hig

h sp

eed, a

nd h

ad sa

id

that h

e w

ould

have th

e m

oney to

buy th

e

tar in

severa

l weeks. H

e g

ave h

is n

am

e

as L

ee

Osw

ald

. Bo

ga

rd w

rote

the

na

me

on

cite

back o

f a b

usin

ess o

rd. W

hen

he

hea

rd

Sylv

ia M

eag

her Is

em

erg

ing

as th

e fo

rem

ost

au

thu

rtty u

n th

e W

arre

n R

ep

ort a

nd

tie H

ear-

lag

s a

nd

Ex

hib

its. • S

he

is th

e a

nth

er art

the

Sab

le/it In

dex to

the W

arre

n R

ep

ort a

nd

tien

t-trig

sad

Vzh

ibits

(S

care

cro

w P

ress. N

ew

Yo

rk,

19

69

1. H

er o

the

r co

ntrib

utio

ns

on

the

Ke

nn

ed

y

airn

ass

itintio

n a

pp

eare

d le

t o

ur /o

ne fin

d J

uly

-- A

ug

us

t Iss

ue

s.

Th

is c

on

tribu

tion

Ia p

art o

r n

ch

ap

ter fro

m

a h

oo

k-le

ng

th m

an

uscrip

t on

the a

ssassin

atio

n

on

the

rad

io th

at O

swa

ld h

ad

be

en

arre

sted

. B

ogard

asse

rtedly th

rew

the ca

rd a

way, co

m-

me

ntin

g to

his fe

llow

em

plo

yees th

at h

e h

ad

lost h

is pro

spective

custo

mer.

The R

eport in

dic

ate

s L

ist B

ogard

's s

tory

re

ceiv

ed c

orro

bora

tion fro

m F

rank P

irzo,

assista

nt sa

les m

anager, a

nd fro

m sa

lesm

en

Ora

n B

row

n a

nd E

ugene W

ilson.

Bro

wn

als

o w

rote

rite n

am

e "O

sw

ald

" on a

paper

wh

ich

bo

th h

e a

nd

his

wife

rem

em

be

red

a

s be

ing

in h

is po

ssessio

n b

efo

re th

e a

ssas-

sina

tion

.

Ho

we

ve

r. the

Re

po

rt sa

ys, "d

ou

bts

exis

t a

bo

ut th

e a

ccura

cy of B

og

ard

's testim

on

y." H

e, P

imp, a

nd W

ilson "d

iffere

d o

n im

-p

orta

nt d

eta

ils of w

ha

t is sup

po

sed

to h

ave

occurre

d w

he

n th

e c

usto

mer w

as in

the

sh

ow

roo

m."

B

og

ard

sa

id th

at Ite

wa

nte

d to

p

ay ca

sh

Win

k P

ine

s and W

ilson s

aid

that

he w

ante

d c

redit. W

ilson c

laim

ed th

at th

e

cu

sto

me

r ma

de

a s

arc

astic

rem

ark

ab

ou

t goin

g h

ack to

Russia

. "While

it is p

ossib

le

that O

sw

ald

would

have m

ade s

uch a

re-

ma

rk" the

state

me

nt w

as n

ot co

nsiste

nt w

ith

Bo

ga

rd's sto

ry: Bo

ga

rd d

id n

ot m

en

tion

tha

t th

e cu

stom

er h

ad e

ver co

nve

rsed W

ith W

il-so

n.

"More

importa

m," th

e R

eport e

mpha-

siz

es. "o

n N

ove

mb

er 2

3, a

se

arc

h th

rou

gh

th

e

alinWr0.3111.,

refu

se w

as m

ade, b

ut n

o

paper b

earin

g O

sw

ald

's n

am

e w

as fo

und.

The p

aper o

n w

hich

Bro

wn re

porte

dly w

mte

O

swa

ld's n

am

e a

lso h

as cle

ver b

ee

n fo

un

d,"

--John Ichebio. IMO

apart fro

m th

ese

diffe

rence

s in d

eta

il, the

Re

po

rt po

ints

ou

t tha

t (a) P

ima

de

telo

pe

d

serio

us d

oubts a

bout th

e cu

stom

er's id

entity

afte

r exam

inin

g p

hoto

gra

phs o

f Osw

ald

, w

hose h

airlin

e d

id n

ot s

eem

to m

atc

h th

e

cu

sto

mer's

: (h)

Wils

on s

aid

that th

e c

us-

tom

er w

as o

nly

ah

rrill fiv

e fe

et ta

ll; and

(cl O

sw

ald

was u

nable

to d

rive, "a

lthough

Mrs

. Pa

ine

, wh

o w

as g

ivin

g h

im d

rivin

g

lesso

ns, s

tate

d th

at

Ottw

alti

wa

s sho

win

g

som

e im

pro

vem

ent b

y N

ovem

ber." M

ore

-ove

r, acco

rdin

g to

Marin

a O

swald

Rin

i Ruth

P

ain

e. "O

swald

's where

abouts n

o N

ove

mber

9 w

ould

have m

ade it im

possib

le fo

r him

to

have

visited th

e a

uto

mobile

show

room

as

Mr. B

ogard

cla

ims."

Fin

ally

, a fo

otn

ote

(WR

1140) in

dic

ate

s

that B

ogard

took a

n F

BI p

oly

gra

ph

(lie-

de

tecto

r) test. flit re

sp

on

se

s w

ere

tho

se

norm

ally

expecte

d o

f a p

ers

on te

lling th

e

truth

. Ho

we

ve

r, be

ca

use

of th

e u

nce

rtain

re

liab

ility o

f the

resu

lts o

f po

lyg

rap

h te

sts

, th

e C

om

missio

n p

lace

d n

o re

lian

ce

on

th

e

resu

lts of 1

3ogarrrs te

nt.

Th

e C

om

mis

sio

n d

oe

s n

ot s

tate

an

y e

x.

plitit co

nclu

sion

wh

ich it m

ay h

ave

rea

che

d

afte

r its "c

are

ful e

valu

atio

n" o

f Bogard

's

testim

ony. O

n th

e b

asis o

f the R

eport a

lone,

out m

ight fo

rm th

e im

pre

ssio

n th

at th

e

Co

mm

issio

n b

elie

ve

d B

og

ard

to b

e a

liar

hot w

as to

o p

olite

to s

ay s

o. In

deed, o

ne

mig

ht c

onclu

de th

at h

is s

tory

in fa

ct w

as

a fa

bric

atio

n.

It Is only

when th

e re

levant H

earin

gs

and E

xhib

its, are ex

amin

ed carefu

lly th

at W

C b

egin

to see th

at there

is more

reason to

do

ub

t the C

om

mitssio

n, an

d th

e Co

mm

is-sio

n's F

13

1 in

vestig

ato

rs. than

to d

ou

bt

Rogard

. The p

icture w

hich

emerg

es from

th

e docu

men

ts. especially

when

they

are co

nsid

ered in

terms o

f the ch

ronolo

gical

sequen

ce of ev

ents—

which

is not ev

en su

g-

gested

in th

e Rep

ort—

is consid

erably

dif-

ferent fro

m th

e pictu

re draw

n in

the o

fficial te

xt. O

nly

afte

r maste

ring th

e su

bsta

nce

and se

quence o

f the

raw

mate

rial is it

possible to

recogn

ize th

e inco

mplete an

d

mislead

ing

natu

re of th

e final p

rod

uct an

d

to ap

pteciate th

e Com

missio

n's so

phisticated

tech

niq

ue an

d ex

qu

isitely carefu

l ph

rase olo

gy. It th

en b

ecom

es a

ppare

nt th

at th

e

Rep

ort's d

iscussio

n o

f the au

to d

emonatra-

don is eo

mpoaed

of literally

truth

ful sen

-ten

ces wh

ich, in

sum

, misrep

resent th

e facts an

d ev

ade th

e real mean

ing

of th

e evid

ence.

Th

e Co

mm

ission

's dex

terity in

usin

g th

e E

nglish

languag

e and its w

icked

selectivity

in

rep

ortin

g th

e fa

cts a

re m

an

ifest in

its treatm

ent o

f the B

og

ard sto

ry. F

or ex

amp

le. the R

eport makes m

uch of Osw

ald's inability to

driv

e, while co

nced

ing th

at he w

as "show

-in

g so

me im

pro

vem

ent b

y N

ovem

ber" (W

R

321). It d

oes n

ot m

entio

n h

ere

that o

n

the v

ery

day

of th

e a

uto

dem

onstra

tion.

Nov

ember 9

. 19

63 "M

rs. Pain

e too

k h

im

to th

e Tex

as Driv

ers' Licen

se Exam

inin

g

Sta

tion" (W

R 7

40) n

ot th

at th

e sta

tion

was situ

ate

d in

Oak

Cliff (2

H 5

15

), no

t fa

r from

the sh

ow

room

where

Bogard

w

ork

ed. P

resum

ably

Osw

ald's d

rivin

g ab

ility

had

impro

ved

sufficien

tly fo

r a driver's

test o

n N

ov

emb

er 9—

mo

re imp

rov

emen

t than

one m

ight su

spect F

rom

the R

eport. A

s it hap

pen

ed, O

swald

was u

nab

le to tak

e the

driv

er's text o

n N

ovem

ber 9

, becau

se the

station

was d

osed

that d

ay. H

e mu

st hav

e b

een im

patien

t and

disap

po

inted

. He h

ad

trial to

take th

e w

heel o

f Mrs. P

ain

e's

car som

e week

s befo

re, but sh

e had

been

unw

illing to

let h

im d

rive h

er c

ar o

n th

e

street (21

-1 5

05

-50

6). P

sych

olo

gically

, it seem

s plau

sible th

at Osw

ald m

ight h

ave

visited

the sh

ow

roo

m p

retendin

g to

he in

ter estc

d in

a n

ew

C

at, fo

r th

e opportu

nity

of te

sting h

imse

lf as a

driv

er ra

ther th

an

(eating

the car, an

d if h

e had

, that h

e mig

ht

hav

e sa

id w

itho

ut a

ny

basis in

fact th

at

he ex

pected

to receiv

e money

aoon, as a

pre

text C

O e

xtric

ate

him

self fro

m h

igh-

pressure salesmanship. P

hysically, his where-

abouts o

n N

ovem

ber 9

bro

ught h

im in

to

relative p

rox

imity

to th

e sho

wro

om

, and

he

could

hav

e go

ne th

ere had

he ab

sented

him

self fro

m M

rs. Pain

e's c

ar fo

r about

an h

ou

r. Mrs. P

aine, in

an affid

avit d

ated

June 2

4, 1

964. d

enies th

at Osw

ald left h

er presen

ce durin

g th

e trip to

take a d

river's

test (11H

154

); she m

ay h

e mistak

en.

Sev

eral oth

er factors ad

d cred

ibility

to

Bogard

's allegatio

ns b

ut

are n

ot

mentioned

in th

e se

ctio

n o

f the R

ep

ort th

at d

eals

with

him

. Osw

ald

was se

riou

s ab

ou

t ob

-ta

inin

g a

driv

er's lic

en

se a

nd

he m

ad

e a

se

co

nd

atte

mp

t to ta

ke th

e d

river's te

st o

n S

aturd

ay. N

ov

emb

er 16

(WR

74

0); h

e ev

en started

to fill in

the ap

plicatio

n fo

rm

(CE

426). H

e to

ld W

esle

y F

razie

r that

he w

anted

to g

el a car (2H

221). A

nd th

e ag

ency

where B

ogard

work

ed w

as "right

ander th

e triple u

nderp

ass" (10H

345), in

sig

ht o

f the D

eposito

ry, a

nd th

ere

fore

a

log

ical place fo

r a no

vice lik

e Osw

ald to

w

indow-shop.

Arg

uin

g ag

ainst su

ch a v

isit by O

swald

, th

e Rep

ort p

oin

ts out th

at Eugen

e Wilso

n

stated that Bogard's custom

er was only about

five feet tall—w

ithout m

entio

nin

g th

at cata-racts h

ad left W

ilson w

ith n

o v

ision in

one

eye a

nd d

efe

ctiv

e sig

ht in

the o

ther (C

E

3073). T

he R

eport e

mphasiz

es th

e d

is-crep

ancies b

etween

Wilso

n's sto

ry an

d B

o-

gard

's, with

out m

entio

nin

g th

at Wilso

n d

id

no

t enter th

e scene u

ntil art F

BI in

terview

on S

eptember A

, 1964, having bailed to come

forw

ard w

ith h

is valu

able in

form

ation d

ur-

ing

the ten

preced

ing

mo

nth

s wh

en B

og

ard's

story w

as u

nd

er inv

estigatio

n. T

he C

om

. m

ission

as a

rule

deals ste

rnly

with

lag

garde:

-Mts. H

elmick

's reliability

is under-

min

ed b

y h

er failure to

repo

rt her in

form

a-tio

n to

any in

vestig

ative o

fficial until Ju

ne

9, 1

96

4," th

e Co

mm

ission

says san

ctimo

ni-

ously

(WR

359). Isn

't sauce to

Helm

ick

sauce to

Wilso

n?

The R

eport im

plie

s that it is stra

nge

that B

og

ard

did

n't m

en

tion

an

y c

on

tact

between

his c

usto

mer a

nd W

ilson, a

s if th

at auto

matically

casts do

ub

t up

on

Bo

gard

. B

ogard

had to

ld a

consiste

nt sto

ry fro

m

his first F

BI im

en iew

on N

ovem

ber 2

3.

1963. u

ntil th

e last. oil S

eptem

ber 1

7, 1

964.

In h

is second F

BI in

terview

, on D

ecember

9, 1

96

3, h

e had

been

wan

ted o

stentatio

usly

th

at h

is state

ment c

ould

be u

sed a

gain

st h

im in

is cou

rt of law

, bu

t he p

roceed

ed

to g

ive a

writte

n sta

tem

en

t main

tain

ing

th

e same sto

ry h

e had

told

befo

re and to

ld

on a

ll subse

quent o

ccasio

ns (C

E 2

969):

later he su

bm

itted to

an F

BI p

oly

grap

h test

whic

h in

dic

ate

d th

at h

e w

as te

lling th

e

truth

(WR

840); a

nd h

e re

itera

ted h

is assertio

ns an

d h

is iden

tification

of O

swald

under o

ath in

his C

om

missio

n testim

ony

(1014 352-356). B

og

ard w

as nev

er con

fron

ted w

ith W

il-san

a allegatio

ns n

or g

iven

art opportu

nity

to

defen

d h

is testimo

ny

wh

ere it differed

fro

m W

ilson's alleg

ations. W

hen

Bogard

W

as in

terview

ed b

y th

e FB

I after Wilso

n's

report, h

e was m

erely ask

ed to

nam

e those

with

whom

he h

ad d

iscussed

the p

rosp

ective

custo

mer o

n th

e d

ay o

f the e

ncounte

r. B

og

ard rep

lied th

at he h

ad d

iscussed

the

custo

mer w

ith F

rank P

iero an

d O

ran B

row

n

befo

re goin

g o

ut o

f tow

n th

e same ev

enin

g.

Indeed

, Pizzo

testified th

at O

n or sh

out

No

vem

ber 9

. 19

63 B

og

ard h

ad b

rou

gh

t to

his o

ffice a custo

mer w

ho, after th

e assas sin

atio

n. P

ies. "c

ou

ld h

av

e sw

orn

" was

Osw

ald (1

0H

34

7). (P

izzo's testim

on

y is

too len

gth

y to

repro

duce h

ere but sh

ould

b

e read in

its entirety

for an

app

reciation

of the subtlety w

ith which he w

as encouraged to

do

ub

t his o

rigin

al and

spo

ntan

eou

s iden

-tific

atio

n o

f Osw

ald

.) Ora

n B

row

n a

lso

corro

bo

rated B

og

ard's sto

ry, in

an F

BI in

ter-view

on D

ecember 1

0, 1

963 (C

Es 3

078 an

d

3091), w

hile h

is wife in

dep

enden

tly co

n

robora

ted B

row

n's sto

ry (C

Es 3

078 a

nd

3092). It is W

ilson. n

ot B

ogard

, whose

story

is u

nco

rroborated

. The R

eport h

as no b

us-

Inesa

insin

uatin

g, a

s it do

es, th

at th

eir

stories enjo

y p

arity. A

nd

if Wih

on

'a allega-

tions were n

eatly credible to the Com

missions,

it has certain

ly m

inim

ized h

is report th

at th

e custo

mer m

ade a sarcastic rem

ark ab

ou

t goin

g b

ack to

Russia. If th

e custo

mer actu

-ally m

ade such a remark

, it greatly

stiength

• ens d

ie p

robability

that Ire

was O

swald

, an

inferen

ce which

is obviously unattractive to

the C

om

missio

n—

or th

at the cu

stom

er w

as eng

aged

in a d

eliberate im

perso

natio

n

—an

un

avo

idab

le inferen

ce wh

ich th

e Re-

port n

everth

eless avoid

s com

pletely

. T

he

Com

mission

attach

es con

siderab

le sig

nifican

ce to th

e failure o

f th

e search fo

r th

e card o

n w

hich

Bo

gard

had

written

the

nam

e "O

swald

" and th

e p

aper o

n w

hic

h

Oran

Bro

wn h

ad m

ade th

e same n

otatio

n.

Apparen

tly th

e illustrio

us m

embers o

f the

Com

missio

n an

d th

eir lawyers, u

nlik

e ord

in.

an- m

ortals, n

ever ex

perien

ced th

e pecu

liar to

rment a

nd fru

stratio

n o

f huntin

g fo

r a

scrap o

f pap

er mislaid

in a larg

er collectio

n,

nev

er to

be fo

un

d. T

he a

uth

oritie

s in

Dalla

s were

no

t imm

un

e to

that fa

iling

. as th

e district atto

rney

tactlessly rev

ealed

in h

is testimo

ny

(51

1 2

42

); bu

t the C

om

-m

ission th

at w

as so

sceptic

al a

bout th

e

mysterio

us d

isappearan

ce of B

ogard

's card

and B

row

n's b

it of p

aper w

as quite n

on-

chalan

t abo

ut th

e disap

pearan

ce of a w

rit of h

abeas co

rpus fro

m th

e files of D

allas officialdom

. In any case, there Is som

e ambiguity about

the d

iligence o

f the se

arc

h fo

r Bogard

's card

. Piero

is really th

e only

auth

ority

for

the a

ssertio

n in

the R

ep

ort th

at a

searc

h

too

k p

lace. Bo

gard

him

self was n

ever q

ues-

tion

ed b

y th

e Co

mm

ission

abo

ut an

attemp

t to

find th

e card. n

or g

iven

an o

pportu

nity

to

co

mm

en

t on

the fa

ct th

at it w

as n

ot

fou

nd

(1D

H 3

52

-35

6). 'T

he F

BI ag

ents w

ho

in

terview

ed B

og

ard an

No

vem

ber 2

3, an

d

wh

o w

ere said b

y

Piano

to h

av

e m

ad

e a

th

oro

ug

h search

for

the

card, rep

orted

m

erely th

at they

had

asked

Bogard

to lo

cate th

e card an

d th

at "he stated

trash h

ad b

een

pic

ked u

p b

y th

e ja

nito

r and p

laced in

a

large recep

tacle to th

e rear of th

e bu

ildin

g,

somew

hat inaccessible for a thorough search. H

e d

id o

ut lo

cate

the c

ard

." (CE

30

71

). T

hat h

ardly

suggests th

at the F

BI ag

ents

had

mad

e a search, o

r that B

ogard

did

en.

Pin

t's account o

f the search

for th

e cad

was g

iven

in h

is testimo

ny

. on

March

31

, 1961 (W

TI 340-351).

His earlier statem

ents

on

the su

bject as w

ell as his earlier id

enti-

ficatio

n o

f the c

usto

mer a

re b

ey

on

d o

ur

reach, b

ecause th

e reports o

n h

is FB

I inter-

view

s on N

ovem

ber 2

5 o

r 26 an

d o

n jan

• terry

8 (1

01

11

35

0) h

ave b

een w

ithh

eld an

d

are no

t amo

ng

the E

xh

ibits.

Wh

y sh

ou

ld th

e Co

mm

ission

attach su

ds

importan

ce to th

e lost card

anyw

ay? T

hat

Bogard

had

a custo

mer w

ho g

ave h

is nam

e as O

swald

on N

ovem

ber 9

, 1963 is co

n-

firmed

bo

th b

y P

im, an

d O

ran B

row

n. T

hat

he to

ok

ou

t a rated an

d th

rew It aw

ay u

po

n

hearin

g o

f ()weld

's arrest is corro

bo

rated

directly

by B

row

n (C

E 3

078) an

d in

directly

b

y P

izzo h

imself, A

ccord

ing

to P

izzo's tee

timony„ h

e first learned

of th

e card at ab

out

4 or 5

o'clock On

the d

ay o

f the assasain

a-tion, w

hen he overheard some salesm

en who

were talk

ing ab

out th

e incid

ent. W

hen

Pizzo

m

ade in

quiries, th

ey to

ld h

im th

at a few

min

utes earlier B

ogard

had

thro

wn a card

aw

ay o

n h

erring o

f Osw

ald's arrest o

n th

e rad

io. T

he n

ext m

orn

ing

, "on

e of th

e bo

ys"

als

o to

ld P

izzo

the

sa

me

incid

en

t, sa

yin

g

tha

t Bo

ga

rd h

ad

lost h

is p

rosp

ectiv

e c

us-

tom

er w

ith th

e a

rrest o

f Osw

ald

(10

14

34

3-

31

6).

Th

e fa

ilure

to fin

d th

e c

ard

su

rely

fad

e'

into

rela

tive

insig

nific

an

ce in

the fa

ce

of

such

strong co

rrobora

tion, b

oth

for th

e o

rig-

ina

l vis

it by B

og

ard

's c

usto

me

r an

d th

e

subse

quent e

piso

de in

win

d' B

ogard

assu

med

from

the n

ew

s o

f Osw

ald

's a

ppre

hensio

n

that h

e h

ad lo

st th

e p

rospectiv

e s

ale

. If it is

stra

ng

e th

at th

e C

om

mis

sio

n e

x-

aggera

tes th

e lo

ss of th

e ca

rd, it is stra

nger

still a

nd c

learly

dam

nin

g th

at th

e F

Bi re

-a

cte

d to

Bo

ga

rd's

sto

ry n

n th

e c

lay a

fter

the

assa

ssina

tion

by fo

cusin

g o

n a

disca

rde

d

bit o

f pa

pe

r, as if th

is c

ard

we

re th

e c

rucia

l e

lem

en

t Th

e cru

cial e

lem

ent w

as th

e re

po

rt th

at a

ma

n w

ho

ide

ntifie

d h

imse

lf as "L

ee

O

swald

," and w

hom

Bogard

firmly b

elie

ved

to b

e O

sw

ald

afte

r seein

g h

is lik

eness o

n

tele

vis

ion a

nd in

the n

ew

spapers

, had in

. dic

ate

d o

n N

ovem

ber 9

that h

e e

xpecte

d

to re

ceiv

e e

nough m

oney s

oon to

buy a

ca

r tha

t cost fro

m 3

3.0

00

to $

3.5

00

.

Th

e F

BI re

ce

ive

d th

at in

form

atio

n b

efo

re

the a

ssassin

atio

n w

as 2

4 h

olm

old

, by m

eans

of

a te

lep

ho

ne

ca

ll at 1

1 a

.m. o

n S

atu

rda

y

mo

rnin

g (C

E 3

09

3). A

t tha

t time

, su

sp

icio

n

of co

nsp

iracy o

r atte

mp

ted

reup

cresot was

virtu

ally

univ

ers

al. O

sw

ald

ha

d b

een fo

r-m

ally ch

arg

ed

with

the

assa

ssina

tion

of th

e

Pre

sid

ent. H

e w

as u

nder in

terro

gatio

n b

y

Capta

in F

ritz o

f the D

alla

s P

olic

e, in

the

pre

sence

of F

BI a

nd

Secre

t Service

ag

en

ts.

Th

e II o

'clo

ck te

lep

ho

ne

ca

ll ca

use

d F

BI

agents

Mannin

g C

lem

ents

and W

arre

n D

c

lime

ys to g

o im

me

dia

tely to

the

auto

age

ncy

and in

terv

iew

Bogard

. They h

ad B

ogard

d

rive th

em

ove

r the

sam

e ro

ute

as "O

swa

ld,"

riotin

g in

their re

port th

at it c

oin

cid

ed

clo

se

ly w

ith th

e ro

ute

of th

e P

resid

en

t's

moto

rcade (C

E 3

071). T

he re

enactm

ent

driv

e to

ok B

ogard

and th

e tw

o F

BI a

gents

w

ithin

rela

tive p

roxim

ity to

the p

olic

e

build

ing, w

here

Osw

ald

was b

ein

g s

lum

H

on

ed

an

d a

pp

ea

ring

in id

en

tifica

tion

line

-"tn

.

FB

I agent C

lem

ents

had in

terv

iew

ed O

s-

wa

ld o

n F

rida

y n

igh

t, acco

rdin

g to

his

re

po

rt (A

YR

614.6

1g); th

e in

terv

iew

had

been In

terru

pte

d tw

ice w

hen O

sw

ald

had

be

en

take

n to

ap

pe

ar in

the

line

up

(71

1

32

0). C

lem

en

ts wa

s a se

aso

ne

d F

BI a

ge

nt

with

23

ye

ars

of s

erv

ice

. De

Bru

eys, fo

r h

is p

art. w

as a

wa

re o

f Osw

ald

be

fore

the

a

ssa

ssin

atio

n. A

n F

BI re

po

rt ind

ica

tes th

at

De

Bru

eys h

ad

giv

en

info

rma

tion

on

Os-

wa

ld's

activ

ities in

Ne

w O

rlea

ns in

a re

po

rt (n

ot fo

un

d in

the

Exh

ibits

) da

ted

Octo

be

r 25, 1

963 (C

E 8

33, q

uestio

n 1

3).

Ye

t Cle

me

nts

an

d D

e B

rue

ys d

id n

ot

take th

e e

lem

enta

ry a

nd lo

gic

al s

tep o

f b

ring

ing

Bo

ga

nf to

the p

olic

e b

uild

ing to

see O

sw

ald

in a

lineup a

nd d

ete

rmin

e

wh

eth

er o

r no

t he

wa

s in fa

ct the

custo

me

r o

f No

ve

mb

er 9

wh

o h

ad

ca

lled

him

se

lf "O

sw

ald

"! Nor d

id th

ey e

ven in

form

Cap-

tain

Fritz, a

s they sh

ould

have

done a

t ante

. of th

e v

ital in

form

atio

n o

bta

ined fro

m B

o-

gard

—in

form

atio

n w

hic

h n

ot o

nly

incrim

-in

ate

d th

e s

usp

ect b

ut w

as a

dis

tinct le

ad

to

the e

xis

tence o

f cons,d

rato

rs w

ho w

ere

to

pay h

im.

The fa

ct th

at th

ese tw

o e

xperie

nced F

BI

ag

en

ts, bo

th a

lrea

dy a

ctive a

nd

kno

wle

dg

e-

ab

le in

the

Osw

ald

case

, avo

ide

d ta

king

the

ste

ps th

at o

ne w

ould

assu

me a

ny co

mpete

nt

investig

ato

r in th

ose c

ircum

sta

nces w

ould

auto

matica

lly Irate

take

n, se

em

s inco

mpre

-hen

sible

. Th

eir fa

ilure

to ta

ke th

e n

ece

ssary

an

d e

xp

ecte

d a

ctio

n u

po

n in

terv

iew

ing

Bo

-g

ard

mu

st be

reg

ard

ed

In th

e la

rge

r con

text

of th

e o

ve

r-all a

mb

igu

ity o

f the

rela

tion

sh

ip

betw

een O

sw

ald

and th

e F

BI, a

s w

ell a

s

in te

rms o

f the s

pecific

prio

r conta

cts

be-

tween e

ach

of th

e a

gents a

nd O

swald

. T

he

rep

orts

on

the

inte

ntig

atio

n o

f Os-

wa

ld (W

it Ap

pe

nd

ix X

I) are

rem

ark

ah

le,

too; fo

r they re

flect n

o in

tensive

questio

nin

g

dire

cte

d to

uncoverin

g O

sw

ald

's fe

llow

-a

ssa

ssin

s, if h

e h

ad

them

. Even th

ough

Cle

me

nts a

nd

De

Bru

eys, b

y de

relictio

n

or

for o

the

r reaso

ns, fa

iled

to in

form

the

po

lice

of th

e in

form

atio

n g

iven b

y B

ogard

, the

circum

stan

ces a

lrea

dy kn

ow

n to

the

m b

y No

-vem

her 2

3rd

inevita

bly

should

have m

ade

that lin

e o

f questio

nin

g c

entra

l to th

e in

ter-

rogatio

n.

Ye

t it is d

ifficu

lt to fin

d

on

e d

irect q

ues-

tion to

Osw

ald

based o

n th

e p

ossib

ility

of co

nsp

iracy.

Th

e d

irectio

n o

f inte

rrog

atio

n ta

ke

s o

n

a m

ore

biz

arre

ap

pe

ara

nce

afte

r we

lea

rn

from

die

Exhib

its th

at th

e F

BI re

ceiv

ed

info

rma

tion

wh

ich co

uld

on

ly be

inte

rpre

ted

as e

vid

ence th

at O

sw

ald

mig

ht b

e a

paid

assa

ssin—

and th

e F

BI d

id n

oth

ing

, alth

ough

Osw

ald

wa

s s

till aliv

e a

nd

acce

ssib

le. T

he

in

vestig

atio

n w

as in

its in

fancy a

nd th

e

"lone a

ssassin

" thesis h

ad sca

rcely m

ate

rial-

ized, m

uch

less co

me in

to vo

gue. H

aw

could

an

exp

erie

ne

ed F

BI a

gen

t like C

lem

en

ts fail

to u

ndersta

nd th

e im

porta

nce

and u

rgency

of B

ogard

's re

port?

Why d

id h

e fa

il to

rake

the

ne

ce

ssa

ry a

ctio

n?

Wh

y d

id th

e

significa

nce

cif these

facts e

scape th

e W

arre

n

Co

mm

issio

n, If it d

id?

If it did

no

t, wh

y

wasn't C

lem

ents

cro

ss-e

xam

ined o

n h

is

handlin

g o

f the B

ogard

sto

ry? C

lem

ents

w

as d

ep

ose

d b

y Co

mm

ission

cou

nse

l on

the

sa

me

date

, in th

e sa

me

bu

ildin

g, a

nd

with

in

the s

am

e h

our a

s B

ogard

(711 3

19-3

22)

he w

as a

sked n

o q

uestio

ns a

bout B

ogard

's sto

ry a

nd h

e v

olu

nte

ere

d n

o in

form

atio

n

WI

the

sub

ject.

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om

missio

n h

as d

issolve

d. T

he m

em

-bers

and th

eir le

gal s

taff

do

n

ot d

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n to

giv

e m

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rial a

nsw

ers

to q

uestin

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r viii.

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ms a

risin

g fro

m u

gly

flaw

s in

their e

pic

w

ork

of o

bfu

scatio

n a

nd g

uile

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rob-

ab

ly, to

ste

al th

eir p

hra

se

, the

y w

ill no

t choose to

com

ment o

n th

eir p

resenta

tion

of

the in

cid

ent o

f the a

uto

dem

onstra

tion.

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t the

Fill le

as tro

t disso

lved

. T

he

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ere

fore

ow

es th

e A

me

rica

n

pe

op

le a

n im

me

dia

te e

xp

lan

atio

n o

f its

Fa

ilure

to c

on

fron

t Bo

ga

rd w

ills O

sw

ald

fo

r the s

ake o

f a firm

identifita

tinn, its

F

ailu

re to

info

rm th

e p

olic

e o

f the in

form

a-

tion o

bta

ined fro

m B

ogard

, and its

failu

re

to q

ue

stio

n O

sw

ald

or e

nsu

re th

at h

e w

as

questio

ned a

bout e

vidence

which

poin

ted like

a

n a

rrow

to th

e e

xisten

ce o

f consp

iracy.

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would

seem

to h

e n

o p

ossib

le ju

sti-fic

atio

n fo

r a d

ere

lictio

n o

f du

ty o

f su

ch

sca

nd

alo

us p

rop

ortio

ns a

nd

su

ch

sh

ockin

g

imp

lica

tion

s—

bu

t we

are

liste

nin

g. M

r. H

oove

r.

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ce

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ht e

xplo

din

g b

reaks

the fin

al s

hape o

f sound:

trapped b

eneath

falle

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ofb

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s I w

atc

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ne

wid

ow

sp

ide

r in

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wa

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on

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r m

en

din

g h

er w

eb

wh

ere

ca

ug

ht m

ea

t da

ng

led

we

avin

g

a tra

ve

sty

of s

urv

iva

l.

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rou

de

d w

ith g

ray

buria

l dust 1

clin

g

to th

e s

hatte

red n

et

of a

world

choke-c

ryin

g

hello

! hello

! hello

! in

to ca

rbo

n-b

ud

bla

ckne

ss, ear th

at o

pens o

n

dia

l-ton

e stilln

ess. '

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o is

it wh

o lis

ten

s

to n

o v

oic

e fro

m n

ow

here

to

music sto

ne-h

ound b

y sto

ne

tide

s u

nd

er a

de

af m

oo

n

to o

nce

-singin

g O

rpheus

mute

now

myth

-freed

layin

g w

ith d

imm

ing

arm

s

his

lovely

burd

en d

ow

n .

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th L

ach

lltna

r

Lin

es

for a

Ce

rtain

Yo

un

g J

ew

Yo

u w

ou

ldn

't be

s

o v

ery

po

pu

lar, B

ud

. If y

ou

sh

ow

ed

up

in th

ese

Un

ited

Sta

tes

today.

What w

ith th

at b

eatn

ik h

eard

, sandals

and

no

socks.

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lkin

g o

ff from

yo

ur c

arp

en

ter's

be

nd

s

To

be

co

nte

nte

dly

un

em

plo

ye

d.

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lkin

g

Alw

ays ta

lking;

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g G

od "O

ur F

ath

er"

When y

ou k

now

God's

white

A

nd c

ould

n't b

e th

e F

ath

er

Of a

Vie

tcong o

r a n

igger—

S

ayin

g "B

lesse

d a

re th

e p

eace

make

rs"! B

ut w

ors

t of a

ll T

ee

thin

g y

ou

r follo

we

rs

"To

sh

are

all th

ing

s in

cnnunon"

As re

porte

d in

the fo

urth

chapte

r of A

cts

. W

hic

h p

roem

the R

om

ans rig

ht;

Yo

u w

ere

just a

da

mn

Co

mm

on

ist

An

d m

tcifix

ion

wa

s to

n g

oo

d fo

r yo

u.

M. T

remsdala M

ontague

Wh

ere

We

We

re Standing

One va

guely se

en, w

as p

ose

d a

s Lib

erty

Dra

ped w

ith a

flag a

nd le

ttere

d s

igns,

"Do

n't to

uch

," In

ancie

nt c

andle

light, p

rocla

imin

g m

uch

About "tire

freedom

of o

ur L

and a

nd S

ea."

A c

row

d le

d b

y a

sh

ou

ting

jee

ring

yo

uth

A

ppro

ached h

im a

nd, th

ough fo

rced b

ack

by a

he

rd

OF

puppet so

ldie

rs, caught a

thin

g a

bird

—A

do

ve—

dro

pp

ed

; an

d h

eld

hig

h a

flash

ligh

t —

Tru

th!

Th

ey to

re a

wa

y the

symb

ol u

sed

to b

are

T

he

m w

ith. S

pre

ad

, ligh

ted

, it sh

ow

ed

sta

ins w

ar cra

zed

Me

n m

ad

e; n

ot s

tars

bu

t do

llars

so

iled

w

ith m

ud

In

field

of b

lack a

nd e

vil s

mellin

g Ila

tel

Not L

iberty

, but T

yra

nny s

tood d

azed

An

d s

tag

ge

ring

bu

ll Th

e s

tripe

s d

ripp

ed

b

loo

d!

Thelm

a K

nig

ht S

hum

ake

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