'SECOND INSTALLMENT' OF OSWALD BIOGRAPHY
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Lee Harvey OSWALD

Biography

Appendix A

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DATE

1945

1947

1948

1953

15 December -

6 January 1953

December

Marah to January

of 1954

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REFERENCE

OSWALD attended the Lily B. Clayton

School in Fort Worth, Texas, when his

mother moved from New Orleans, Louisiana,

to Fort Worth.

New York Ilmes

L December 1963

OSWALD entered the FortiWorth School System

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on 27 January 1947.

4 December 1963

In 1948, after her divorce from Edwin A.

KDAHL, OSWALD's mother bought a hous

t 7408 Ewing Street, West Ridglea, Texas,

and OSWALD attended the West Ridglea

School.

A rent T 1983

From 15 December 1953 to 6 January 195k

New York Times

7 December 1963

to assist OSWALD. The work was terminated

when OSWALD's mother returned to New Orleans,

Louisiana with her children. OSWALD's last

day of attendance at school in New York

City was given as 12 January 1954.

tround December 1953 (sic), OSWALI

entered Beauregard Junior High School

at 4621 Canal Street, New Orleans,

Louisiana, as an eighth grade transfer

student from Public School 4l in New

York City.

From March 1953 to January 1954 John

Carro was OSWALD's probation officer.

USWALD was absent from Junhor High

School 117, for 47 days between

October 1952 and January 1953. Carro

New York Times

3 December 1963

New York Times

3 December 1963

Dr. Renatur

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March 1953 to

January 1954 cont.

EVENT

'HARTOGA, head psychiatrist at the

nstitution examined OSWALD and found him

REFERENCE

New York Times

3 December 1963

April 1953

1954

In April 1953 OSWALD was committed by the

the Bronx.

Presumably, sometime after 12 January 1954

New York Times

7 December 1963

1 July 1956

by the New York Board of Education as

12 January 1954.

On 1 July 1956 OSWALD's mother rented an

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apartment upstairs at 4936 Collington Street, 3 July 1963

Fort Worth, Texas, which she occupied with

OSWALA was a student at the Arlington Heights

High School. While resideing at this address

1959

Marine Corps commanding officer, OSWALD was

smart enough to get a G.C.I. (General

Classification Test) of 110, the same grade

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1959 conto

1959

1962

3 June 1962

7 June 1962

EVENT

required for a commission is required for

REFERENCE

On 10 and 11 October 1959 OSWALD stayed

at the Torui Hotel in Helsinki, Finland

and then moved to the Klaus Kurki Hotel

where he stayed until 15 October apparently

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27 November 1963

crossing the border at Vainikkala.

On 13 May 1962 Moscow issued OSWALD's wife

a Dutch transit visa.

Records of the office of the German Federal

Republic in Cologne, Germany show that

Marina Nikolayevna Pusakova OSWALD crossed West

Germany from East Germany to Holland by train

694/62 issued at the West German Embassy in

Moscow.

Her final destination was given as

the United States.

On ? June 1962, Marina OSWALD advised the

Soviet Embassy in washington, Do lo, to re-

gister her Residence Permit No. KY-37790,

issued 11 January 1962 by MID (Ministry of

Internal Affairs) of the USSR, in the city

of Moscow. She gave as her last place of

residence in the USSR, City of Minsk,

Kommunisticheskaya, House #4, Apt. 25.

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DIR 85817

29 November 1963

DIR 86702

I December 1963

Soviet Consular File

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1962

9 July 1962

July 1962

15 August 1962

EVENT

REFERENCE

State Airgran No.

8 December 1963

introduced to OSWALD and his wife through

friends who were interested in helping the

attorney, who had previously been a security

officer with the Convair plant, and a petroleur

On 9 July 1962 a letter was sent from the Soviet Consular File

An undated letter from OSWAID to the Seviet Soviet Consular File

your citizens, living for a time, in the USA."

On 15 August 1962 Marina OSWALD wrote to the Soviet Consular File

22 July 1963, and had had no further word

concerning it. She stated that she was

worried because they had not been acknowledged.

She gave her address as 2703 Mercedes Ave.,

Forth Worth, Texas.

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1962

6 Sept 1962

31 Dec 1962

January 1963,

17 February 1963

8 March 1963

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:

In the summer or fall of 1962 Mrs. and

Mrs. George DeMOHRENSCHILDT took OSWALD

and his wife to meet a friend, Everett

GLOVER, in Dallas,

introduced a Mrs. Ruth PAINE to the

OSWALDS.

On 6 September 1962 Marina OSWALD's

Seviet Passport was returned to her

by the Chief of the Consular Section

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State er 1962

Soviet Consular File

Texas.

On 31 December 1962, Marina OSWALD advised

the Soviet Consulate in Washington, D. C.,

that she and her husband had moved to

Dallas, Texas. She gave her address

as, P. O. Box 2915, Dallas, Texas.

Soviet Consular File

State her 1963

any people including Americans, Europeans

nd White Russians.

On 17 February 1963 Marina OSWALD wrote to Soviet Consular File

accompany her, and she added, "I beg you

once more not to refuse my request."

On 8 March 1963 the Consular Division of

the Soviet Embassy in Washington, D. C.,

Soviet Consular File

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8 March 1963

cont.

17 March 1963

17 March 1963

20 March 1963

10 Aprii 1963

18 April 1963

EVENT

forwerded Marina OSWALD applications

to complete in connection with her

request for a visa to return to the

USSR, and other instructions. She

was advised that the processing of

her application would take from 5 to 6

months.

On 17 March 1963 Marina OSWALD completed

a two page questionnaire for the Soviet

Embassy in Washington, D. C. in connection

with her request for a visa to return to

the USSR.

biographical details and a short auto-

biography.

On 17 March 1963 Marina OSWALD wrote to

the Soviet Ambassador in Washington, D. C.,

as instructed by the Consular Division

of the Embassy, requesting permission to

return to the USSR.

REFERENCE

Soviet Consular File

Soviet Consular File

Soviet Consular File

On 20 March 1963 an Italian made Mannlicher- New York Times

Carcino rifle, a 1938 model of 6.5 mm caliber, 7 Dec 1963

was received by OSWALD at his Dallas Post

Office Box. The rifle had been ordered from

Sporting Goods in the name of A. HIDELL.

On 10 April 1963 Major Gen. Edwin A, WALKER

New York Times

7 Dec 1963

that he had shot at General Walker.

On 18 April 1963 the Soviet Consulate

advised Marina OSWALD by letter that she

should come to Washington, D. C., or explain

by letter the reasons which made her start

proceedings for return to the USSR for

permanent residence.

Soviet Consular File

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5 May 1963

4 June 1963

1 July 1963

8 July 1963

5 August 1963

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EVENT

REFERENCE

On 5 May 1963 Marina OSWALD filed a

change of address notice to the

Consular Division of the Soviet Embassy

in Washington, D. C.

The old address

was given as Box 2915, Dallas, Texas,

and the new address was given as 4907

Magazine Street, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Soviet Consular File

On 4 June 1963 another letter was sent from Soviet Consular File

the Consular Division of the Soviet Embassy

in Washington, D. C., requesting Marina

OSWALD to explain her reasons for desiring

to return to the USSR by letter if she was

unable to visit Washington for that purpose.

On 1 July 1963 Lee Harvey OSWALD wrote to

he Soviet Embassy in Washington, D. C.

'equesting the Soviet Enbassy to "rush"

Marina OSWALD, because she was going to

Soviet Consular File

separately.

Soviet Consular File

beg you to facilitate the expediting of

this matter for the reason stated in a

On 5 August 1963 Marina OSWALD was advised by Soviet Consular File_

the Consular Division of the Soviet Embassy

that her request for

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25 September

1963

26 September 1963

October 1963

20 October 1963

23 October 1963

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EVENT

Mary LeeDANiELLY, assistant chief of

the administrative divison of the draft

system for Texas says that Lee Harvey

OSWALD called on her in Austin, Texas

several weeks before the assassination

in an attempt to get his discharge from

23 September and arrived in Mexico City

by bus on 26 September, he could have

REFERENCE

no beneton 1863

On 26 September 1963 a report on President

Kennedy's proposed visit was published in

the Dallas Morning News.

New York Herald Tribu ne

27 November 1963

Some time in October 1963, a gunsmith in

Irving, l'exas, mounted a telescopic sight

on a gun for a man named OSWALD."

gunsmith, Dial D. RYDER, found a receipt

showing he had mounted and adjusted a

a sight on a gun for a customer named OSWALD.

There was no date for the receipt, but RYDER

recalled that the work had been done about a

ronth ago (1. s. October).

aid $4.50 for drilling and $1.50 for bore•

sighting the weapon.

On 20 October 1963 Marina OSWALD gave birth Soviet Consular File

to a baby girl, Audrey Marina OSWALD.

On 23 October 1963 OSWALD attended a rally New York Times

formed by the U. S. Day Committee to counter- I December 1963

Speaker at the U.S. Day rally was Major

teneral Edwin A. Walker of Dallas. Robert A.

SUPREY, a WALKER aide, rented the auditorium

for the rally.

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25 October 1963

1 November 1963

1963

1 November (3)

9 November 1963

EVENT

REFERENCE

On 25 October 1963 OSWALD accompanied

Michael R. PAINE to a meeting of the

Civil Liberties Union.

New York Times

11 December 1963

On 1 November 1963 Marina OSWALD advised

the Soviet Consular Section of her new

address, P. O. Box 6225, Dallas, Texas.

Soviet Consular File

In an undated letter to the Consular Section Soviet Consular File

of the Soviet Embassy in Washington, D. C

nailed from Irving, Texas on 1 November 196:

Marina OSWALD apologized for her delay in

writing to explain her reasons for desiring

to return to the USSR.

She stated that she hac

been unable to do so for "family reasons."

Shen then stated that her husband now desired

to return to the USSR with her. She said

that she was "homesick" for the USSR, and that

her husband was frequently unemployed makin?

things very difficult for them.

On 9 November 1963 OSWALD wrote to the Consular Soviet Consular File

Division of the Soviet Embassy in washington.

D. Co, stating that he had seen "Comrade KOSTIN"

in Mexico. He explained that he was not able

o remain in Mexico indefinitely because he

e could not request a new visa without usin.

"real name."

"our business." OSWALD stated that he had been

interviewed by the FBI on 1 November in Dallas,

l'exas, and warned not to engage in any f.P.C.C.

activities. He added that the FBI agent had

stated that Marina OSWALD could remain in the

United States under FBI "protection," and that

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9 November 1963

cont.

1 December 1963

EVENT

she could "defeat" from the Soviet Union.

REFERENCE

Soviet Consular File

to a daughter, Audrey Marina OSWALD, on

20 October 1963.

On 1 December 1963 Soviet Ambassador

Anatoliy F. Dobrynin turned over to

Secretary of State Dean RUSK, a Soviet

Consular file on OSWALD.

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1961

March-April

1962

June

1963

Spring

1963

May

1963

10 May

24 October 1963

November 1963

Appendix

EVENT

Shortly after OSWALD met Marina OSWALD

in Minsk, he was hospitalized because

he had "some trouble with his ears".

Sometime in June, 1962, OSWALD visited

the Fort Worth Library where a Russian

language class is conducted as a civic

project. OSWALD sought the names of

persons he might use as references in

trying to find a job as a translator.

A Fort worth engineer who teaches the

class said that OSWALD spoke Russian

REFERENCE

FBI interview of

Marina OSWALD

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OSWALD began taking typing lessona at

the Dallas Evening School.

FBI interview of

Marina OSWALD

I Dec 1965

New York Times

1 December 1963

Sometime in the early part of May, 1963,

OSWALD approached E. H. WILLIAMS,

director of the Louisiana and Mississippi

region for the AFL-CIO office for a job.

OSWALD started work as an oiler and

maintanance man in a New Orleans

coffee warehouse on 10 May but was dismissed

on 19 July for incompetence.

New York Times

I December 1963

OSWALD attended the UN Day rally on 29

Ictober 1963 at which U. S. Ambassador

to the United Nations, Adlai STEVENSON,

spoke.

Washington Post

9 December 1963

At the time of the assassination of

FBI interview of

Presa dent Ke 102 No BaD ey treet, Dallas, 23 denber 1963

Texas, under the name of O. H. LEE,

for a period of about five weeks.

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1963

November

EVENT

At the time of his arrest OSWALD was

arrying a wallet containing

elective Service card in the name o

"Alek James HIDELL, " which bore

OSWALD's photograph

REFERENCE

EBI interview

Of OSWALD

23 Nov 1965

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