Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. KennedyUnited States. Warren Commission
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Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
The investigation of the Commission has produced considerable
testimonial and documentary evidence establishing the precise time of
Oswald’s journey, his means of transportation, the hotel at which he
stayed in Mexico City, and a restaurant at which he often ate. All
known persons whom Oswald may have met while in Mexico, including
passengers on the buses he rode,[C6-552] and the employees and guests
of the hotel where he stayed,[C6-553] were interviewed. No credible
witness has been located who saw Oswald with any unidentified person
while in Mexico City; to the contrary, he was observed traveling
alone to and from Mexico City,[C6-554] at his hotel,[C6-555] and at
the nearby restaurant where he frequently ate.[C6-556] A hotel guest
stated that on one occasion he sat down at a table with Oswald at the
restaurant because no empty table was available, but that neither spoke
to the other because of the language barrier.[C6-557] Two Australian
girls who saw Oswald on the bus to Mexico City relate that he occupied
a seat next to a man who has been identified as Albert Osborne, an
elderly itinerant preacher.[C6-558] Osborne denies that Oswald was
beside him on the bus.[C6-559] To the other passengers on the bus it
appeared that Osborne and Oswald had not previously met,[C6-560] and
extensive investigation of Osborne has revealed no further contact
between him and Oswald. Osborne’s responses to Federal investigators on
matters unrelated to Oswald have proved inconsistent and unreliable,
and, therefore, based on the contrary evidence and Osborne’s lack of
reliability, the Commission has attached no credence to his denial
that Oswald was beside him on the bus. Investigation of his background
and activities, however, disclose no basis for suspecting him of any
involvement in the assassination.[C6-561]
Investigation of the hotel at which Oswald stayed has failed to uncover
any evidence that the hotel is unusual in any way that could relate to
Oswald’s visit. It is not especially popular among Cubans, and there
is no indication that it is used as a meeting place for extremist or
revolutionary organizations.[C6-562] Investigation of other guests of
the hotel who were there when Oswald was has failed to uncover anything
creating suspicion.[C6-563] Oswald’s notebook which he carried with him
to Mexico City contained the telephone number of the Cuban Airlines
Office in Mexico City;[C6-564] however, a Cuban visa is required by
Mexican authorities before an individual may enplane for Cuba,[C6-565]
and a confidential check of the Cuban Airlines Office uncovered no
evidence that Oswald visited their offices while in the city.[C6-566]
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