Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

FBI FD-302 Report: Biographical Data and Selective Service Card Details

Oswald was advised of his right to remain silent, that any statement could be used against him, and of his right to counsel before being asked for descriptive and biographical data. He declined to explain his possession of a Selective Service photograph card bearing the name “ALEK JAMES HIDELL.” When the interview appeared prolonged, Oswald remarked that he recognized the agent’s tactics, comparing them to a similar agency in Russia, before ultimately providing his employment information. The biographical data obtained included: white male, born October 18, 1939, in New Orleans, Louisiana; 5’9“, 140 pounds, medium brown hair, blue-gray eyes, no tattoos or scars; mother Marguerite Oswald (practical nurse in Arlington, Texas, not seen for about a year), father Robert Lee Oswald (deceased August 31, 1939), wife Marina with two infant children, and brothers John Oswald (last known in Fort Worth five or six years earlier, working in pharmaceuticals) and Robert Oswald of 7313 Davenport, Fort Worth. His wallet contained his Social Security card and a Selective Service System card photo with “Notice of Classification” in the name “ALEK JAMES HIDELL” (SSN 42-224-39-5321), classification IV____ (?), dated February 5, 1962, from Texas Local Board 400 West Vickery, Fort Worth, bearing erasures, retyped information, and the longhand signature “ALEK J. HIDELL”; the reverse side referenced Local Board 114 for LEE HARVEY OSWALD (SSN 41-114-39-532), 3124 West 5th Street, Fort Worth, registered September 14, 1959, with clerk Mrs. Zola Z. Burger.

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This chapter compiles FBI FD-302 interview reports and related inventory materials concerning Lee Harvey Oswald following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. The materials were gathered with the assistance of Special Agent in Charge Sorrels and include an itemized listing of identification and personal effects found on Oswald, multiple interview accounts conducted at the Dallas Police Homicide and Robbery Bureau, and a parallel first-interview report prepared by U.S. Secret Service Inspector Thomas J. Kelley. Together, the documents record Oswald’s statements regarding his movements, residences, employment, organizational affiliations, and his responses to evidence presented by investigators.

Lee Harvey Oswald Personal Identification Documents

This section catalogs the personal identification documents and effects found on or associated with Lee Harvey Oswald. Items include a snapshot of an apparent wife and an infant, a consular card referencing the USSR Embassy in Washington, D.C., and a Department of Defense Identification Card (No. N4,271,617) listing Oswald’s military service data. Additional items include a Dallas Public Library card, a U.S. Forces Japan identification card, a hotel complimentary card, a Certificate of Service in the U.S. Marine Corps (October 24, 1956 to September 11, 1959), and Fair Play for Cuba Committee membership cards issued in New York and New Orleans under both Oswald’s name and the alias A. T. Hidell. A Selective Service classification card (IV-A, February 2, 1960, Fort Worth) and thirteen dollars in currency are also listed. The inventory concludes with Oswald’s residential history (including 2515 West 5th Street in Irving and a room at 1026 North Beckley in Dallas) and his recent employment record at Jaggers-Chiles-Stovall, William B. Riley Company, and the Texas State Book Depository.

FBI Interview: Oswald 11/22/63 Book Depository Activity Account

This section contains an FBI FD-302 report dated November 25, 1963 (dictated November 24, 1963), documenting an interview of Oswald at the Dallas Police Homicide and Robbery Bureau conducted by Captain J. W. Fritz in the presence of Special Agent James W. Bookhout. Oswald denied owning any rifle and stated that he had seen a rifle two days earlier at the Texas School Book Depository in the possession of Mr. Truly and two other gentlemen. Oswald described his activities on November 22, 1963, claiming that at the time of the building search he was on the second floor after purchasing a Coca-cola from a soft-drink machine. He stated that after being identified to a police officer by Mr. Truly, he took his Coke to the first floor, ate lunch in the employees’ lunch room, stood outside with foreman Bill Shelly for five to ten minutes, and then went home. Oswald said he left work because, based on Shelly’s remarks, he did not expect more work that day, and he subsequently went to a movie where he was arrested. He added that his regular hours were 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. and that his duties required him to visit multiple floors of the building.