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

False Claim of WDSU-TV ‘Latin American Focus’ Appearance

Oswald falsely claimed in an August 17, 1963 letter to V. T. Lee that he had appeared on William Stuckey’s 15-minute WDSU-TV program “Latin American Focus,” stating this resulted in being “flooded with callers and invitations to debate’s ect. as well as people interested in joining the F.P.C.C. New Orleans branch.” In fact, WDSU had no program by that name. Stuckey had a radio program called “Latin Listening Post,” on which Oswald was heard for less than five minutes that day. Oswald apparently received only one caller in response to all his FPCC activities—an agent of Bringuier’s investigating the true nature of the alleged organization.

Soviet Defection Exposed at August 1963 WDSU Radio Debate

The WDSU radio debate on August 21, 1963, brought out the history of Oswald’s defection to the Soviet Union, which was uncovered independently by William Stuckey and Edward Butler of the Information Council of the Americas. Confronted with this at the debate’s outset, Oswald was forced onto the defensive and stated that Fair Play for Cuba was “not at all Communist controlled regardless of the fact that I had the experience of living in Russia.” Stuckey testified that publicly linking FPCC to “a fellow who had lived in Russia for 3 years and who was an admitted Marxist” effectively ended Oswald’s ability to recruit members. Nevertheless, Stuckey described Oswald as a very logical, intelligent, and clean-cut fellow who handled himself well—appearing more like a young attorney than someone associated with FPCC.