Ruth Paine makes a notation on her calender – 23 October LHO purchase of rifle. [ref. Treachery in Dallas, p 293.] In March 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald, alias “A. Hidell” ["Alex J. Hidell", an alias invented by Oswald], purchased a 6.5 mm caliber Carcano rifle (also improperly called Mannlicher-Carcano) by mail order. [Warren Commission Report, [...]
Tagged 1963, A Hidell, Alex J Hidell, Carcano, Lee Harvey Oswald, Revolver, Rifle, Ruth PaineLee Harvey Oswald begins job at Texas School Book Depository. He reportedly obtained it through a contact of Ruth Paine. [ref. Last Investigation, p 422]
Tagged 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald, Ruth Paine, Texas School Book DepositoryJohn F. Kennedy signs National Security Action Memorandum (NSAM) #263, signalling his intention to withdraw troops from Vietnam. [ref. JFK, CIA, Vietnam by Prouty, p xxiii]
Tagged 1963, John F Kennedy, National Security Action Memorandum 263, Vietnam WarReporter Arther Krock, citing a dispatch from Vietnam reporter Richard Starnes, writes, “The CIA’s growth was likened to a malignancy which the very high official was not sure even the White House could control any longer. If the United States ever experiences an attempt at a coup to overthrow the government it will come from [...]
Tagged 1963, Arther Krock, CIA, Pentagon, Richard Starnes