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 also used incorrect names other than Hidell, but these too
appear unconnected with any form of conspiracy. Oswald’s last name
appears as “Lee” in three places in connection with his trip to Mexico
City, discussed above. His tourist card was typed by the Mexican
consulate in New Orleans, “Lee, Harvey Oswald.”[C6-618] However, the
comma seems to have been a clerical error, since Oswald signed both
the application and the card itself, “Lee H. Oswald.” Moreover, Oswald
seems originally to have also printed his name, evenly spaced, as “Lee
H Oswald,” but, noting that the form instructed him to “Print full
name. No initials,” printed the remainder of his middle name after
the “H.” The clerk who typed the card thus saw a space after “Lee,”
followed by “Harvey Oswald” crowded together, and probably assumed
that “Lee” was the applicant’s last name. (See Commission Exhibit
2481, p. 300.) The clerk who prepared Oswald’s bus reservation for his
return trip wrote “H. O. Lee.” He stated that he did not remember the
occasion, although he was sure from the handwriting and from other
facts that he had dealt with Oswald. He surmised that he probably made
out the reservation directly from the tourist card, since Oswald spoke
no Spanish, and, seeing the comma, wrote the name “H. O. Lee.”[C6-619]
Oswald himself signed the register at the hotel in Mexico City as “Lee,
Harvey Oswald,”[C6-620] but since the error is identical to that on the
tourist card and since he revealed the remainder of his name, “Harvey
Oswald,” it is possible that Oswald inserted the comma to conform to
the tourist card, or that the earlier mistake suggested a new pseudonym
to Oswald which he decided to continue.
In any event, Oswald used his correct name in making reservations for
the trip to Mexico City, in introducing himself to passengers on the
bus, and in his dealings with the Cuban and Soviet Embassies.[C6-621]
When registering at the Beckley Avenue house in mid-October, Oswald
perpetuated the pseudonym by giving his name as “O. H. Lee,”[C6-622]
though he had given his correct name to the owner of the previous
roominghouse where he had rented a room after his return from Mexico
City.[C6-623] Investigations of the Commission have been conducted
with regard to persons using the name “Lee,” and no evidence has been
found that Oswald used this alias for the purpose of making any type of
secret contacts.
Oswald is also known to have used the surname “Osborne” in ordering
Fair Play for Cuba Committee handbills in May 1963.[C6-624] He
also used the false name D. F. Drittal as a certifying witness on
the mail-order coupon with which he purchased his Smith & Wesson
revolver.[C6-625] He used the name Lt. J. Evans as a reference on an
employment application in New Orleans.[C6-626]
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