CABLE: LEE OSWALD WHO CALLED SOVEMB EMBASSY 1 OCT PROBABLY INDENTICAL LEE HENRY OSWALD
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1. LEE OSWALD WHO CALLED SOVEMB I OCT PROBABLY IDENTICAL

LEE HENRY OSWALD (201-289248) BORN 18 OCT 1939, NEW ORLEANS,

LOUISIANA, FORMER RADAR OPERATOR IN UNITED STATES MARINES

WHO DEFECTED TO USSE IN OCT 1959. OSWALD IS FIVE FEET TEN

INCHES, ONE HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE POUNDS, LIGHT BROWN WAVY HAiR,

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ON 31- OCT 1959 HS ATTEMPTED TO RENOUNCE HIS UNITED

STATES CITIZENSHIP TO THE UNITED STATES EMB IN MOSCON,

INDICATING HS HAD APPLIED FOR SOVIET CITIZENSHIP. ON 13 FEB

THE US EMB MOSCOW RECEIVED AN UNDATED LETTER FROM OSWALD

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POSTMARKED MINSK ON FIVE FEB 1961 IN WHICH SUBT INDICATED

HE DESIRED RETURN OF HIS US PPT AS WISHED TO RETURN TO USA

IF "WE COULD COME TO SOME AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE DROPPING

OF ANY LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ME. "

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APPLICATION, ACCORDING TO OSWALD, CONTAINED NO REF TO SOVIET

CITIZENSHIP. OSWALD STATED THAT HAD BEEN EMPLOYED SINCE

13 JAN 1960 IN BELORUSSIAN RADIO AND TV FACTORY IN MINSK

WHERE WORKED AS METAL WORKER IN RESEARCH SHOP. OSWALD WAS

MARRIED ON 30 APRIL 1961 TO MARINA NIKOLAEVNA PUSAKOVA"A

DENTAL TECHNICIAN BORN 17 JULY 1941 USSR. NO EDS TRACES.

HE ATTEMPTED ARRANGE FOR WIFE TO JOIN HIM IN MOSCOW SO SHE

COULD APPEAR AT EMB FOR VISA INTERVIEW. HIS AMERICAN PPT

WAS RETURNED TO HIM. US EMB MOSCOW STATED TWENTY MONTHS

OF REALITIES OF LIFE IN SOVIET UNION HAD CLEARLY HAD MATURING

EFFECT ON OSWALD.

3. LATEST HDQS INFO WAS ODACID REPORT DATED' MAY 1962

SAYING ODACID HAD DETERMINED OSWALD IS STILL US CITIZEN AND

BOTH HE AND HIS SOVIET WIFE HAVE EXIT PERMITS AND DEPT STATE

HAD GIVEN APPROVAL FOR THEIR TRAVEL WITH THEIR INFANT CHILD

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LEE OSWALD WHO CALLED SOVEMB 1 OCT PROBABLY IDENTICAL

LEE HENRY OSWALD (201-289248) BORN,18 OCT 19329

NEW ORLEANS,

¡LOUISIANA FORMER RADAR OPERATOR IN UNITED STATES MARINE.

WHO DEFECTED TO USSR IN OCT 1959%

OSWALD IS FIVE FEET TEN

BLUE EYESME HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE POUNDS, LIGHT BROWN WAVY HAIR, I

STATES CITIZENSHIP TO THE UNITED STATES

ON 31 OCT 1959 HE ATTEMPTED TO RENOUNCE MUSCUNITED

INDICATING HE HAD APPLIED FOR SOVIET CITIZENSHIP.

ON 13 FEB {

THE US EMB MOSCOW RECEIVED AN UNDATED LETTER FROM OSWALD

POSTMARKED MINSK ON FIVE FEB 1961 IN WHICH SUBJ INDICATED

•HE DESIRED. RETURN OF HIS US PPT AS WISHED TO RETURN TO USA IF "WE

COULD COME TO SOME AGREEMENT CONCERNING. THE DROPPING. --

OF ANY LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ME."

ON 8 JULY ON HIS OWN

INITIATIVE HE APPEARED AT THE EMB WITH HIS WIFE TO SEE ABOUT HIS

RETURN TO STATES.

SUBJ STATED THAT HE ACTUALLY HAD NEVER APPLIED

FOR SOVIET CITIZENSHIP AND THAT HIS APPLICATION AT

THAT TIME HAD BEEN TO REMAIN IN USSR AND FOR TEMPORARY EXTENSION

OF HIS TOURIST VISA PENDING OUTCOME OF HIS REQUEST•

APPLICATION, ACCORDING TO OSWALD, CONTAINED NO REF TO SOVIET

CITIZENSHIP• OSWALD STATED THAT

HAD BEEN EMPLOYED SINCE:"*:

13 JAN 1960 IN BELORUSSIAN RADIO AND TV FACTORY IN MINSK

WHERE WORKED AS METAL WORKER IN RESEARCH SHOP•

OSWALD WAS

MARRIED ON 30 APRIL 1961 TO MARINA NIKOLAEVNA

PUSAKOVA A

DENTAL TECHNICIAN BORN 17 JULY 1941 USSR•

NO HDQS TRACES.

HE ATTEMPTED: ARRANGE FOR WIFE TO JOIN KIM IN MOSCOW SO SHE

COULD APPEAR AT EMB FOR VISA INTERVIEW®

HIS AMERICAN PPT

WAS RETURNED TO HIM®

US EMB MOSCOW STATED TWENTY MONTHS

OF REALITIES OF LIFE IN SOVIET UNION HAD CLEARLY HAD MATURING

LATEST HDQS INFO WAS ODACID REPORT DATED MAY 1962

SAYING ODACID HAD DETERMINED OSWALD IS STILL US CITIZEN AND

BOTH HE AND HIS SOVIET WIFE HAVE EXIT PERMITS AND DEPT STATE

HAD GIVEN APPROVAL FOR THEIR TRAVEL WITH THEIR INFANT CHILD

AND ODURGE LOCALLY. INFO PARAS

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