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

Handbill Investigation and Lack of Oswald Connection

Handbill Investigation and Lack of Oswald Connection At the start of the investigation, Klause told federal agents he did not know his customer’s name and incorrectly described the individual, but confirmed the customer did not resemble Lee Harvey Oswald or Jack Ruby. He disclosed Surrey’s identity shortly before his Commission testimony, explaining no transaction record was kept because he saw an opportunity to earn extra money on the side. Klause’s account is partially corroborated by Bernard Weissman’s testimony that he saw a copy of the “Wanted for Treason” handbill in General Walker’s station wagon shortly after November 22, and other details of the handbill’s printing process were verified. Weissman testified that neither he nor his associates had any involvement with the handbill, nor were they acquainted with Surrey, Klause, Lettercraft Printing Co., or Johnson Printing Co. Klause, Surrey, and General Walker all stated they were unacquainted with Oswald and had not heard of him prior to the afternoon of November 22, and the Commission found no evidence linking the handbill’s creators to Oswald or the assassination.

Contacts With Cuban and Soviet Embassies in Mexico City and Washington, D.C.

Contacts With Cuban and Soviet Embassies in Mexico City and Washington, D.C. Eight weeks before the assassination, Oswald traveled to Mexico City to visit both the Cuban and Soviet Embassies, a trip his wife Marina was aware of before he departed but denied knowledge of during her Commission testimony. The Commission launched an intensive investigation to determine Oswald’s purpose and activities on the trip, including evaluating reports that he was an agent of the Cuban or Soviet governments, and concluded it had reconstructed and explained most of his actions during the journey, with a full chronological account included in the report’s appendix XIII.