Defection to the Soviet Union
Appendix XV covers the defection (A15-1 through A15-296). Oswald applied for admission March 19, 1959 (CE 228, p. 1). His U.S. Embassy Moscow appearance was reconstructed from Richard E. Snyder (5 H 262-265, 269-270, 287-291) and John A. McVickar (5 H 300-304, 322-324) testimony, contemporaneous memoranda (CE 908, 909, 910, 941, 958), and Oswald’s notes (CE 24, 101). Legal framework: Fourteenth Amendment jurisprudence, United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649 (1898), 12 U.S.C. secs. 1481(a)(1) and 1481(a)(6), 22 CFR secs. 50.1-50.2, 8 Foreign Affairs Manual sec. 225.6. Bernice Waterman (5 H 348-349, 352-354) and Frances Knight (5 H 372-376, 379-380) testified on passport and citizenship proceedings; Abram Chayes (5 H 313, 317, 327-329, 332-335, 338-340) likewise. Constitutional precedent: Kent v. Dulles, 357 U.S. 116 (1958); Aptheker v. Secretary of State, 378 U.S. 500 (1964). FBI (CE 834) and CIA (CE 2752) communications catalogued; repatriation loan in CE 1099, 1401, with detail in CE 29, 946, and CE 950 pt. 5 referencing Foreign Affairs Manual sec. 423. Priscilla Johnson (11 H 444-447, 450-451) and Aline Mosby (256, 259, 265, 656, 694-696) gave firsthand accounts. Col. Nicolay Aksenov and Komsomol references (280, 761, 767) situated Oswald in Soviet institutional life. Return coordinated with INS (CE 944, 959); Marina’s immigration file (CE 2653 from CD 363) paralleled inquiry into Lee’s expatriation and repatriation.
Courtship and Marriage to Marina Prusakova
Appendix XIV documents this period through testimony and financial records. George H. Bouhe (8 H 372; CE 1137) testified on the Oswalds’ early days; Heinz W. Michaelis (7 H 376-378; Michaelis DE 2, 5; CE 1137) hosted them in Dallas after the USSR return. Marina’s testimony (1 H 7, 8, 11-12, 27, 29, 31, 48, 52-57, 62-66, 69-70, 89-90, 96-97), supplemented by Ilya Prusakov (657) and Klavdiya Prusakova (702). Monthly living arrangements: Marina stayed with the Halls (Elena A. Hall, 281, 329, 717-720), Mellers (Anna N. Meller, 281, 716-718, 720; 8 H 386-387), Fords (Declan P. Ford, Katherine N. Ford, 282, 394, 417, 722; 2 H 299), and Rays (8 H 416-417). Ruth Paine (2 H 457-461, 468; 3 H 9; 9 H 343-344) and Michael R. Paine (2 H 418, 508, 514; 9 H 455; 11 H 153-154) hosted the Oswalds at critical junctures, as did Lillian Murret (8 H 133, 139, 378, 383) and Charles and Eugene Murret in New Orleans. Financial records trace Marina’s movements between Fort Worth, New Orleans, and Dallas, with assistance from Alexander Kleinlerer (11 H 119-120), Clark (8 H 345-346), Mrs. Mahlon F. Tobias (10 H 238-240, 265, 274, 276; CE 1139), Mrs. Jesse Garner (10 H 265, 274, 276; CE 1139), and Chester Riggs (10 H 230; CE 1160). The de Mohrenschildt family — George S., Jeanne, Alexandra — appear as Marina’s closest Dallas friends (256, 282-283, 313, 394, 400-401, 409-401, 418, 717-722, 724); the Gregory family (Paul Roderick, Peter Paul) also supported. Paul R. Gregory testimony (9 H 143-144; 2 H 340) and M. Waldo George testimony (11 H 155) illuminate the social network. Marina’s Baby Alien registration (INS) and CE 1058, 1064-1073, 1076-1106, 1122-1124 document her legal transition; arrival of June Lee (711, 714, 721, 724-726, 730, 737) and Audrey Marina Rachel (317, 738-739) intertwined with this transition.
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