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

KAPITEL VIII.

The footnotes supporting this section reference testimony from Robert Oswald (1 H), Marina Oswald (1 H and 5 H), George De Mohrenschildt (9 H), Jeanne De Mohrenschildt (9 H), the Fords (2 H), Peter Gregory (2 H and 9 H), Paul Gregory (9 H), Meller (8 H), Bouhe (8 H), Elena Hall (8 H), Kleinlerer (11 H), the Rays (9 H), the Tobiases (10 H), and others. Commission Exhibits cited include CE 24 (Oswald’s diary entries for February–March 1962 and the “New Years” 1962 entry), CE 903, CE 1401 (with cross-references to biographical statements at pp. 267, 269, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 290), CE 1403 (pp. 725, 726, 727, 740, 745), CE 946, CE 985, CE 994, CE 1098, CE 1099, CE 1108, CE 1313, CE 2213, CE 2655–CE 2662, CE 2680, CE 2682, CE 2690, CE 2692, CE 2704, CE 2722, and CE 2731. The material covers Oswald’s loan repayments, his correspondence and writings, Marina Oswald’s accounts of daily life and family difficulties, the couple’s social relationships with members of the Dallas émigré community, and events leading to their move to New Orleans. References to Appendix XV (pp. 754, 762, 773, infra) and Chapter IV (pp. 118–121, 172–174, supra) provide cross-references to related discussion elsewhere in the report.

KAPITEL VIII.

Chapter 31 (outline index 28) titled “CHAPTER VIII”, serving as the top-level container for the chapter’s main content and associated Appendix XIV.

KAPITEL VIII.

This section contains the full set of footnotes and citations for the main body of Chapter VIII. References include witness testimony from figures such as Marina Oswald, Ruth Paine, and members of the Murret family; numbered exhibits (CE); depositions (DE); and cross-references to other chapters (e.g., Chapter IV, Chapter VI) and Appendix XIV. Brief contextual notes are included in some citations, such as references to Oswald distributing political leaflets near a U.S. naval vessel, and a documented case of mistaken identity regarding a witness who claimed to observe Oswald speaking with Cuban individuals. Citations cover topics including Oswald’s personal activities, mail records, witness accounts of his behavior, and related investigative documentation.

APPENDIX XIV

Titled “APPENDIX XIV”, this section contains the footnotes and citations for the appendix. References include depositions, numbered exhibits, and witness testimony (including from Robert Oswald, Marguerite Oswald, Marina Oswald, and others) related to financial assistance records, subscription costs, and documentation of support provided to the Oswald family during the relevant period. Contextual notes included in citations cover details such as Robert Oswald’s testimony regarding repayment of funds to Lee Oswald, records of Marina Oswald’s residence with multiple local families, and documentation that Oswald received copies of the Militant newspaper after September 1963 with no record of paid subscription.

KAPITEL VIII.

Chapter VIII, fragment 7, which opens with residual Appendix XIV footnotes (A14‑67 through A14‑98) documenting Oswald’s finances and living arrangements in New Orleans, the Murret and Paine households, his unemployment compensation, unpaid rent, and resources for the Mexican trip, and then transitions into the full body of Appendix XV.

APPENDIX XV

Appendix XV, a lengthy series of citation footnotes (A15‑1 through A15‑296) reconstructing Oswald’s contacts with the U.S. Embassy in Moscow and the Soviet regime from late 1959 through 1962, covering his visa application, the October 1959 renunciation of U.S. citizenship, the State Department’s “lookout card” and passport review procedures, the legal authorities governing loss and restoration of nationality (12 U.S.C. § 1481, 22 CFR, Foreign Affairs Manual provisions, and case law such as Kent v. Dulles, Aptheker v. Secretary of State, Wong Kim Ark, and Fletes-Mora v. Rogers), Marina Oswald’s separate immigration file and visa processing, the INS operations and regulations on misrepresentation and excludability, repatriation loan procedures, and the constitutional and statutory framework governing passport denials, travel restrictions, and proclamations 2914, 2974, and 3004.

KAPITEL VIII.

This appendix consists of an extensive sequence of numbered footnote citations and cross-references, running from entry A16-1 through A16-332, that accompany the text of Chapter VIII. The references draw heavily on Commission Exhibits (CE), deposition transcripts (DE), and hearing volumes (H), drawing testimony from a wide cast of witnesses including Hyman Rubenstein, Eva Grant, Sam Ruby, Earl Ruby, Eileen Kaminsky, Jack Ruby, Alice Nichols, C. Ray Hall, Ralph Paul, Andrew Armstrong Jr., Curtis Laverne Crafard, Thomas S. Palmer, Marjorie Richey, Joseph W. Johnson Jr., Nancy Powell, Kay Olsen, Joseph L. Peterson, Breck Wall, T.M. Hansen, William D. Crowe Jr., August M. Eberhardt, Stanley M. Kaufman, and Karen Carlin. Throughout the appendix, comparative citations (often introduced with “see,” “see also,” “cf.,” “but cf.,” or “e.g.”) link specific exhibits and testimony pages to assertions made in the surrounding chapter text, with internal cross-references directing the reader to earlier and later pages of the main work.