A fundamental issue with “Oswald the assassin” is who was he really. He has been purported as a loner, a communist, a man who felt that he had not received the greatness he deserves. But what are the facts and how did the WC come to its conclusions? The answer is simple by putting together a jigsaw puzzle of unprecedented proportions.
But what happens to the credibility of the Warren Report if parts of the puzzle are false? That off course depends on what pieces are false. I have earlier written about the Mexico trips that Oswald allegdly made, to visit the Cuban and Soviet consulates. This is a matter thoroughly investigated by the WC, but did they get it right?
A major flaw in their report (that figures in several places) is the question of Oswald’s knowledge of the Russian language. The Warren Commission (WC) have establsihed that Oswald spoke Russian like a native (WC Report on Oswald’s foreign activities p 12; WR_A13 p 703), yet they do NOT question why the CIA reported (repeatedly) that the man who called the Soviet Consulate in Mexico, spoke broken and bad Russian! They even included it in the same report that presents Oswald as fluent in Russian (WCD-347 & WR_A13).
This is to me a significant issue and I wonder why it is not discussed more often in conspiracy circles, rather than some of the “crazy theories” like Oswald was on another floor, magic bullet etc
Because if it was not the real Oswald, then it was some one creating a Legend of an Oswald, and if so for what purpose?
Amendum: The claim that the Oswald who called the Soviet embassy in Mexico spoke no/poor Russian was reclaimed in 1978 when Boris Tarasoff testified to the HSCA. I again ask why? The WC and others have established that Oswald spoke perfect Russian, so why have this obvious error in the report
