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
Oswald’s use of post office boxes is consistent with other information
known about him. His frequent changes of address and receipt of
Communist and other political literature would appear to have provided
Oswald reason to have rented postal boxes. These were the explanations
for his use of the boxes which he provided Postal Inspector H. D.
Holmes on November 24.[C6-600] Moreover, on October 14, 1963, he had
moved into a room on Beckley Avenue under the name of O. H. Lee[C6-601]
and it would have been extremely difficult for Oswald to have received
his mail at that address without having disclosed his true name. The
boxes cost Oswald only $1.50 or less per month.[C6-602]
Although the possibilities of investigation in this area are limited,
there is no evidence that any of the three boxes was ever used for
the surreptitious receipt of messages or was used by persons other
than Oswald or his family. No unexplainable notes were found among
Oswald’s possessions after his arrest. Oswald’s box on the day of the
assassination, No. 6225, was kept under constant personal surveillance
by postal inspectors from about 5 p.m. November 22 until midnight
November 24. A modified surveillance was maintained thereafter. No one
called for mail out of this box; indeed the only mail in the box was a
Russian magazine addressed to Oswald. The single outstanding key was
recovered from Oswald immediately after he was taken in custody.[C6-603]
In appraising the import of Oswald’s rental of post office boxes, it is
significant that he was not secretive about their use. All three boxes
were rented by Oswald using his true name.[C6-604] His application
for box No. 2915 showed his home address as that of Alexandra De
Mohrenschildt (Taylor), whose husband had agreed to allow Oswald to use
his address.[C6-605] His application for the New Orleans box listed
his address as 657 French Street; his aunt, Lillian Murret, lived at
757 French Street.[C6-606] On the application for box No. 6225, Oswald
gave an incorrect street number, though he did show Beckley Avenue,
where he was then living.[C6-607] He furnished the box numbers to
his brother, to an employer, to Texas and New Orleans unemployment
commissions, and to others.[C6-608] Based on all the facts disclosed
by its investigation, the Commission has attached no conspiratorial
significance to Oswald’s rental of post office boxes.
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