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
(_b_) Although the evidence on Ruby’s means of entry is not
conclusive, the weight of the evidence indicates that he walked
down the ramp leading from Main Street to the basement of the
police department.
(_c_) There is no evidence to support the rumor that Ruby
may have been assisted by any members of the Dallas Police
Department in the killing of Oswald.
(_d_) The Dallas Police Department’s decision to transfer
Oswald to the county jail in full public view was unsound.
The arrangements made by the police department on Sunday
morning, only a few hours before the attempted transfer, were
inadequate. Of critical importance was the fact that news media
representatives and others were not excluded from the basement
even after the police were notified of threats to Oswald’s
life. These deficiencies contributed to the death of Lee Harvey
Oswald.
9. The Commission has found no evidence that either Lee Harvey Oswald
or Jack Ruby was part of any conspiracy, domestic or foreign, to
assassinate President Kennedy. The reasons for this conclusion are:
(_a_) The Commission has found no evidence that anyone assisted
Oswald in planning or carrying out the assassination. In this
connection it has thoroughly investigated, among other factors,
the circumstances surrounding the planning of the motorcade
route through Dallas, the hiring of Oswald by the Texas School
Book Depository Co. on October 15, 1963, the method by which
the rifle was brought into the building, the placing of cartons
of books at the window, Oswald’s escape from the building, and
the testimony of eyewitnesses to the shooting.
(_b_) The Commission has found no evidence that Oswald
was involved with any person or group in a conspiracy to
assassinate the President, although it has thoroughly
investigated, in addition to other possible leads, all facets
of Oswald’s associations, finances, and personal habits,
particularly during the period following his return from the
Soviet Union in June 1962.
(_c_) The Commission has found no evidence to show that
Oswald was employed, persuaded, or encouraged by any foreign
government to assassinate President Kennedy or that he was an
agent of any foreign government, although the Commission has
reviewed the circumstances surrounding Oswald’s defection to
the Soviet Union, his life there from October of 1959 to June
of 1962 so far as it can be reconstructed, his known contacts
with the Fair Play for Cuba Committee, and his visits to the
Cuban and Soviet Embassies in Mexico City during his trip to
Mexico from September 26 to October 3, 1963, and his known
contacts with the Soviet Embassy in the United States.
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