Apparently he'd been planning this for a long time. I think he was surprised when he stepped off the plane in Dallas Field he asked me, What, no reporters? I said, Yes. He was assuming everything was being recorded, and, unfortunately, it wasn't. Did Ukraine infiltrate its own James Bond into Putin's inner circle There's a great deal of self-involvement, there's a great deal of desire to elevate himself, to become this world-historical figure. He would awaken relatively early in his apartment, and he would walk about eight minutes to the radio factory where he worked in the experimental department, and he probably would have been there until late afternoon or early evening, ate dinner, he might have read a good bit -- he was fond of reading -- visited friends, gone to the conservatory or the opera, which was a short walk away from his apartment, and he probably would have retired early. What do you mean? the best way to support us is to become a member at SGTreport.TV or become a SubscribeStar Member Thank you & God bless. She is wanting to go back to Russia. The first thing he says is and he points to it Its tapped. I tell him it may or may not be. They didn't finalize that. Lee Oswald poses with his rifle and two Communist newspapers in an infamous backyard photo unearthed in the investigation of JFK's murder. I asked him about this lawyer in New York and I told him I would get him one down here, meaning in Texas. Lee's fantasy life, to me, became apparent in the 1948, 1949, 1950 period. I think this was passed on to Lee. In 1977, McMillan wrote Marina and Lee, an intimate portrait of the Oswalds' life together. When Lee is discharged, early discharge in September 1959, he returns to Fort Worth for about three days. To try to understand why Lee did what he did on Nov. 22 is a cumulative effect of all his past plans and efforts and failures. Lee and Marina were having difficulties, just by being together I guess by being put in new circumstances and everything. He wasnt political. This is a lawyer well known for being involved in left-wing causes. In this interview, Posner talks . I couldn't believe it. What do you say to people who are so convinced or are trying to believe in his innocence? Im talking about the police officer being shot and the president. I mean, they had asked the wrong man. This interview was conducted in 1993 in conjunction with the first broadcast of FRONTLINE's "Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?". He had a rifle, he had positioned himself, he prepared in advance to take his shot, after he took the shot he left the rifle there, and then walked away and found his own way home. This was unsettling. To try to understand why Lee did what he did on Nov. 22 is a cumulative effect of all his past plans and efforts and failures. There's a logic in that. You could tell by the tone of the language, not that we could understand the Russian language, but the tone and the facial expressions that they were having an argument. What did he say, and what were you trying to get out of him? He seemed to really get involved with it and hang onto it after the programs were over. She had been overbearing or whatever. I Led Three Lives he became really engrossed in that particular TV show, and he was still watching it when I left to go in the Marine Corps in 1952. Thompson's new book, "Last Second in Dallas", comes to a startling conclusion about Lee Harvey Oswald, who . His comment was she is too much like Maw. That was our affectionate name for Mother. As chief counsel to the 1977 House Select Committee on Assassinations, Blakey led the investigation into President John F. Kennedy's assassination, reexamining the evidence with a new forensics panel. The third thing was he wanted to look into his dishonorable discharge from the Marine Corps, because he felt like that was unwarranted because, i.e., he was released with honorable conditions. But my goodness, this is completely out of the ballpark. Gerald Hill.. And not only that, but it offered immediate salvation, or immediate asylum. , Finally, I guess, I couldnt stand it anymore. In November, 1959, as a reporter in Moscow, she had interviewed a twenty-year-old ex-Marine at the Metropole Hotel in Moscow named Lee Harvey Oswald, who'd announced he wanted to defect to. While he does not see Oswald as a Soviet, CIA or FBI recruit, he is careful to point out many of the unanswered questions regarding Oswald's mysterious associations and possible ties to the mob. I mean, youre his brother; you would want to believe more than anyone. You had said that he had very much been on his own in New York. Our mother was Lees most important person in his life. To me, you can't reach but one conclusion. The Cold War was going on. Visitors can watch a large bank of television sets recalling the Kennedy assassination and Lee Harvey Oswald's capture. That was our affectionate name for Mother. Did he talk about the Russian system and the American system and comparing the two? He was using his own imagination. He wants to "do like Hemingway." Cuenta y Listas Devoluciones . But he had prepared answers and statements, anticipating reporters either at the ship or some place down the line on the return. The mind tells me one thing, and the heart tells me something else. Lee Harvey Oswald did not have any particular animus for John F. Kennedy. He imagined himself taking part in something bold and totally separate from anything he had come from. [To those who say,] He didnt own a rifle. We know he owned a rifle. While in police custody, Oswald was murdered by Jack Ruby. The fact that he could put on a facade and pretend to be somebody he wasnt to me, it gets down to what happened later on. There was always a constant move. It was always separation, separation, separation. But he had prepared answers and statements, anticipating reporters either at the ship or some place down the line on the return. She had certain characteristics that were so much like Lee: the time and circumstances always seemed to be against her; the world owed her a living; she wanted to be somebody. One was he wanted to get his manuscript typed up and written. He told me about it, and I told him Id go with him. Marina was upbeat on it. He seemed to really get involved with it. I had to ask him very serious questions. and he just laughed. Nothing illustrates the thinness, the superficiality of Oswald's ideology as his growing disillusionment with the Soviet Union. Oswald in a way sort of set up the disaster that was to come before he even arrived in Moscow. It didn't seem like a big deal. As things progressed down the line the job didn't work out. So, to me, that was his back-up plan if everything else failed. The appeal to Lee of something like that Marxism, communism, socialism, would be something unique, something different -- not [an] everyday occurrence. Lee Harvey Oswald is dragged from the Texas Theatre by Patrolman C.T. on the Internet. Fingeroth also conducted interviews with Ruby family members and associates. I didnt press it any further. Anytime they brought anything up that pertained to the assassination of the president and the shooting of the police officer, he knew nothing about it. Before JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald Tried to Assassinate a Former Army I wasnt real sure what the explanation was. He knew something they didnt know, and he would keep it to himself. LEE HARVEY OSWALD'S COMPLETE AUGUST 1963 WDSU-TV INTERVIEW David Von Pein's JFK Channel 44.3K subscribers Subscribe 415 71K views 9 years ago Three months before he assassinated President. He wants to do like Hemingway. He wants to get some experience and write about it. Tell me about his growing problems with Marina. NL. You've got the backyard picture. A Personal Remembrance Of Priscilla McMillan - WBUR One, we tend to think of Kennedy as having been so great and really all-powerful, almost mythological, and at the same time we tend to think of Oswald as so low, that it seems unfathomable that somebody so low, so inconsequential, could topple someone so great. He was ready. Marguerite Oswald, mother of slain accused presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, is shown in New York with attorney Mark Lane on February 17, 1964, after testifying in Washington before. I said, "We can look into it. What was going on there? This interview was conducted in 1993 in conjunction with Frontline's first broadcast of "Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald? John and I would be off doing other things. LEGEND: THE SECRET WORLD OF LEE HARVEY OSWALD : Epstein, Edward Jay Hola, identifcate. There is no question in my mind that he also shot Officer Tippit. JFK researcher: 'Oswald did not fire fatal shot' - ABC7 San Francisco He started teaching this mans son how to write and talk Russian. I think that, more than anything, sheds a spotlight on the one-dimensionality of his ideological commitments, as it were. I couldnt believe it. tapes & transcripts+credits+privacy policy But certainly by age three, he had the sense, "I need to be someplace else." New York City. For this 2003 publication of the interview, Mr. Blakey has added a notation to those questions touching on the CIA, and refers the reader to a long addendum at the end of the interview that reflects his opinion on the CIA in light of current revelations. So he's very upbeat up on it. That distinction belongs to my CBS colleague Bob. Theyve got the original negative. That was a training ground [for] his imagination. Pal reveals Lee Harvey Oswald's weird, paranoid life pre-JFK killing He deprived the country of its opportunity for working through all of the evidence, all of the details surrounding the assassination, so there's kind of a breathlessness, an awful void, that's left in the wake of Oswald's assassination. We were a burden. FRONTLINE: WHO WAS LEE HARVEY OSWALD? JFK Unsolved: The Real Conspiracies examines - 6abc Philadelphia Oswald never stood trial for murder, because, while being transferred after having been taken into custody, he was shot and killed by Jack Ruby, a distraught Dallas nightclub owner. Youve got all kinds of documented evidence. Hes already tried living with Mother for about a week to 10 days, and that went the way it usually goes. That was a training ground [for] his imagination. The fact that he could put on a facade and pretend to be somebody he wasn't -- to me, it gets down to what happened later on. If somebody passed out a leaflet on the street that contained a political statement for Marxism or communism or what have you, and if Lee had not run across that before, I could envision him looking at it, keeping it and saying, "Well, I wonder what this is all about." He knew something they didn't know, and he would keep it to himself. But he became disgusted with it and started rebelling against it, because he wanted to go back to a more independent attitude. He wasn't political. What do you do with his actions? But at the same time, he always was trying to get away from her. There's another seed that's planted in him that stayed there forever. We talked about this at a great length during that first week. What do you say to people who are so convinced or are trying to believe in his innocence? And this opened up certain avenues or possibilities that would not have been available to him otherwise. The big question is why. Hes failing at almost every level. Conspiracy theories point to purported inconsistencies in the events of Nov. 22, 1963, and in the evidence collected against Oswald. So youre saying, in a sense, he is the ultimate pragmatist? The two girls grew up in a small Texas town, sheltered . To me, you cant reach but one conclusion. Thats what it comes down to he wanted to be unique, by whatever it took. WDSU Archives: WDSU interview with Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963 Tell me about his interest in the television show I Led Three Lives and what that says about him and his imagination. Best Known For: Lee Harvey Oswald was a former U.S. Marine who was accused of killing President John F. Kennedy. Tell me about his growing problems with Marina. When Lee Harvey Oswald Shot the President, His Mother Tried to Take I anticipated, and I said to the family, "He'll be back within a year." We had an old black-and-white. After Lees return, approximately two weeks, in the latter part of June 1962, he gets a call from one of the FBI agents I believe that was Mr. Fain in wanting to have a meeting with him. What do you mean? But Lee had that same personality type. Daughters of Marina and Lee Harvey Oswald Come Forward web pages He never did answer. Not surprisingly, as his novelty began to wear off, his interest in Minsk began to wear thin. When Lee came back to Fort Worth, what kind of spirits was he in, and what kind of hopes did he have for his new life here? Interview: Robert Oswald | FRONTLINE It's always a friend or a woman. They wasn't going to convince him to say something. The Cold War was going on. Kennedy the discomfiture of coming back to trial.\" At the time of the shooting Ruby said he was taking phenmetrazine, a central nervous system stimulant.Ruby's explanation for killing Oswald would be \"exposed as a fabricated legal ploy\", according to the House Select Committee on Assassinations. Why was he asking for this lawyer, John Abt, up in New York? But I think he was disappointed. This was 1959. And so the Marines, and then later the Soviet Union, should be viewed as an attempt by Oswald to find structure, to find place. Consequently, people left it wide open. He's going to fit in to where he needs to fit in to accomplish what he needs to accomplish what is very essential to get by with, to be somebody. It just didnt fit. Lee would rebel against the discipline of the Marine Corps when he had the opportunity to, when the leeway was there. The National Archives released almost 1,500 documents including CIA cables and memos on Lee Harvey Oswald in the months before the JFK assassination.