rfi" .i^E842,9,A54 "Bi t_ 3^ INVESTIGATION OF THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY HEARINGS Before the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy Pursuant to Executive Order 11130, an Executive order creating a Commission to ascertain, evaluate, and report upon the facts relating to the assassination of the late President John F. Kennedy and the subsequent violent death of the man charged with the assassination and S.J. Res. 137, 88th Congress, a concurrent resolution conferring upon the Commission the power to administer oaths and affirmations, examine witnesses, receive evidence, and issue subpenas EXHIBITS 1054 TO 1512 Volume XXII UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. ^ £ &^f a. o U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON: 1964 ForsaleincompletesetsbytheSuperintendentofDocuments,U.S.GovernmentPrintingOffice Washington,D.C.,20402 PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY Chief Justice Karl Wakren. Chairman Senator Richard B. Russell Representative Gerald R. Ford Senator John Sherman Cooper Mr. Allen W. Dulles Representative Hale Boggs Mr. John J. McCloy J. Lee Rankin, General Counsel Assistant Counsel Francis W. H. Adams Albert E. Jenner, Jr. Joseph A. Ball Wesley J. Liebeler David W. Belin Norman Redlich William T. Coleman, Jr. W. David Slawson Melvin Aron Eisenberg Arlen Specter Bltrt W. Griffin Samuel A. Stern Leon D. Hubert. Jr. Howabd P. Willens* Staff Members Phillip Barson Edward A. Conroy John Hart Ely Alfred Goldberg Murray J. Laulicht Arthur Marmor Richard M. Mosk John J. O'Brien Stuart Pollak Alfredda Scobey Charles N. Shaffer, Jr. Biographical information on the Commissioners and the staff can be found in the Commission's Report. •Mr. Wlllens also acted as liaison between the Commission and the Department of Justice. iii Contents Commission ExhibitNo. Page 1054 1-2 Photographs of individuals present in lineups with Oswald (CD 1083 and 1304). 1055 2 Internal memorandum of the Commission dated June 19, 1964, which identifies "M. M. L." as Morton M. Levine (CD 1117). 1056 3 FBI report dated November 26, 1963, concerning Lee Harvey Oswald'soriginal application for passport issued June 25, 1963, and other documents in State Department files on Oswald (CD 7, p. 322). 1057 3-4 Internal memorandum of the Commission dated May 20, 1964, re "Personal Check on State Department Files" (CD 1118). 1058 5-10 Internal memorandum of the Commission dated June 8, 1964, and attached documents, re "Senator John G. Tower's contacts with Lee Harvey Oswald" (CD 1119). 1059 11 Page from an FBI reportdated July 10, 1962, concerningdeparture of Marina, June, and Lee Harvey Oswald from Soviet Union (CD 9, p. 8). 1060 11 Page from an FBI report dated July 10, 1962, concerning arrival of Marina, June, and Lee Harvey Oswald inthe United States (CD 9, p. 10). 1061 12 Floor plan of the first floor of the Texas School Book Depository Building. 1062 12 FBI report dated December 2, 1963, concerning Lee Harvey Oswald's application for passport issued June 25, 1963 (CD 49, p. 21). 1063 13 Immigration and Naturalization Service letter dated February 28, 1962, approving visa petition for Marina Oswald (CD 363, p. 40). 1064 14 Immigration and Naturalization Service letter dated February 28, 1962, approving visa petition for Marina Oswald and denying waiver of section 243(g) sanctions (CD 363, pp. 42-43). 1065 15 Immigration and Naturalization Service memorandum dated Feb- ruary 23, 1962, approving denial of waiver of section 243(g) sanc- tions for Marina Oswald (CD 363, pp. 46-47). 1066 16 Telegram dated February 8, 1962, from Immigration and Natural- ization Service recommending section 243(g) sanctions not be waived for Marina Oswald (CD 363, p. 48). 1067 16-17 Immigration and Naturalization Service order dated January 30, 1962, denying waiver of section 243(g) for Marina Oswald (CD 363, pp. 54-55, duplicated on pp. 56-57, 57-58). V CommUtion ExhibitNo. Page 1068 17 Immigration and Naturalization Service memorandum dated Jan- uary 26, 1962, setting forth basis for denial of waiver of section 243(g) for Marina Oswald (CD 363, p. 60). 1069 18-19 Immigration and Naturalization Service memorandum dated Jan- uary 16, 1962,reportingonbackground of Lee Harvey Oswald (CD 363, pp. 67-70). 1070 20-22 Immigration and Naturalization Service investigation report dated October 17, 1961, concerning Lee Harvey Oswald (CD 363, pp. 84-88). 1071 22 Immigration and Naturalization Service memorandum dated October 10, 1961, initiating investigation of Lee Harvey Oswald (CD 363, p. 89). 1072 23 Petition by Lee Harvey Oswald to classify status of alien Marina N. Oswald for issuance ofimmigrant visa, dated July 11, 1961 (CD 363, pp. 90-91). 1073 24 Copy of a letter dated October 6, 1961, from Visa Office to Immi- gration and Naturalization Service advising that Marina Oswald is eligible for a visa (CD 363, p. 92). 1074 24 Copy of a letter dated March 24, 1961, from Richard E. Snyder, American Embassy, Moscow, to Lee Harvey Oswald, Minsk. 1075 25 Copy of a letter dated July 24, 1961, from John A. McVickar, American Embassy, Moscow, to Lee Harvey Oswald, Minsk. 1076 Copyofaletterdated November 13, 1961, from JosephB. Norbury, 25 American Embassy, Moscow, to Lee Harvey Oswald, Minsk. 1077 26 FBI report dated December 2, 1963, relatingto the preparation by the FBI of areplica paper sack (CD 7, p. 292). 1078 26 Copy of a letter dated January 5, 1962, from Samuel G. Wise, American Embassy, Moscow, to Lee Harvey Oswald, Minsk. 1079 27 Copy of a letter dated January 15, 1962, from Samuel G. Wise, American Embassy, Moscow, to Lee Harvey Oswald, Minsk. 1080 28 Copy of a letter dated January 24, 1962, from Joseph B. Norbury, American Embassy, Moscow, to Lee H. Oswald, Minsk. 1081 28 Copy of a letter dated January 31, 1962, from Joseph B. Norbury, American Embassy, Moscow, to Lee H. Oswald, Minsk. 1082 29 Copy of a letter dated February 6, 1962, from Joseph B. Norbury, American Embassy, Moscow, to Lee H. Oswald, Minsk. 1083 30 Letter dated April 24, 1962 (received by Embassy April 30, 1962), from Lee H. Oswald, Minsk, to American Embassy, Moscow, with envelope. 1084 31-32 Letter dated February 28, 1961, from Richard E. Snyder, American Embassy, Moscow, to Lee Harvey Oswald, Minsk, with envelope. 1085 33-34 Letter dated March 24, 1961, from Richard E. Snyder, American Embassy, Moscow, to Lee Harvey Oswald, Minsk, with envelope. vi