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PT
EM
BE
R 1
966 —
VO
L. V
III, No
. 9(8
2)
M
THE INORITY
OF ONE IN
DE
PE
ND
EN
T M
ON
TH
LY
FO
R A
N A
ME
RIC
AN
AL
TE
RN
AT
IVE
— D
ED
ICA
TE
D T
O T
HE
ER
AD
ICA
TIO
N O
F A
LL
RE
ST
RIC
TIO
NS
ON
TH
OU
GH
T
In T
his
issue:
WH
OS
E
HO
ST
AG
ES
?
by T
ho
mas C
. Fid
dic
k
TH
E B
AN
KR
UP
TC
Y
OF
MIL
ITA
RY
AL
LIA
NC
ES
b
y G
en
. Hu
gh
B. H
este
r
AN
AP
PE
AL
TO
TH
E
AM
ER
ICA
N C
ON
SC
IEN
CE
b
y B
ertra
nd
Ru
ssell
GU
YA
NA
—P
RO
BL
EM
A
ND
CH
AL
LE
NG
E
by R
an
ji Ch
an
dis
ing
h
CO
UL
D O
SW
AL
D D
RIV
E?
b
y S
ylv
ia M
eag
her
TH
E C
UL
T O
F T
RU
ST
b
y D
r., Arth
ur J
an
ov
LA
TT
ER
-DA
Y
ME
TT
ER
NIC
HIS
M
by P
rof. S
yd
ney S
pie
gel
AG
GR
ES
SO
RS
IN K
OR
EA
b
y P
rof. C
harle
s S
. Bu
rch
ill
AR
MS
SA
LE
CO
MP
ET
ITO
RS
b
y D
ick K
roo
th
PO
EM
S b
y A
bb
e, D
eJo
ng
, D
i Palm
a, G
eo
rgakas, L
ech
-H
iner, M
on
tag
ue &
Sh
um
ake
ED
ITO
RIA
LS
on
: C
risis
in B
ritain
W
ar C
rimes T
ribu
nal
Bla
ck P
ow
er
Excerp
ts F
rom
Fo
reig
n
Pre
ss an
d O
ther F
eatu
res
Don
ang, S
outh
Vietn
am. M
ay, 1966: W
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nded
by gocu
rn m
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:11111.111 111H1 1013110113 T
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.
The C
om
missio
n h
as d
issolve
d. T
he m
em
-bers
and th
eir le
gal s
taff
do
n
ot d
eig
n to
giv
e m
ate
rial a
nsw
ers
to q
uestin
ns o
r viii.
cla
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
. Most p
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.
Bu
t the
Fill le
as tro
t disso
lved
. T
he
Fill th
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.
There
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.
A S
ilen
ce
Lig
ht e
xplo
din
g b
reaks
the fin
al s
hape o
f sound:
trapped b
eneath
falle
n ro
ofb
earo
s I w
atc
h o
ne
wid
ow
sp
ide
r in
che
wa
il-ph
on
e co
rne
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.
Sh
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. '
Wh
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 .
Ru
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.
Wa
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.
And ta
lkin
g
Alw
ays ta
lking;
Callin
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
