Eastland, James, 64
Eddowes, Michael, 273–74, 275
Edwards, Sheffield, 89
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 29, 87
Khrushchev’s summit meeting with, 35, 85
Korean War and, 71
Oswald’s hate of, 64, 66, 215
Rosenbergs and, 55
U-2 flights acknowledged by, 102
Ekdahl, Edwin A., 43–45, 202
El Toro Marine base, Oswald stationed at, 74–80, 85, 101
Engels, Friedrich, 176, 179
Epstein, Edward Jay, 74, 264
Evans, Myrtle, 45, 61, 139
Evers, Medgar, 255
Fain, John, 106, 107, 126
Fair Play for Cuba Committee, 107, 129, 140, 142, 143–45, 167, 168–70, 172–79, 199, 206, 228–29, 235, 256, 283
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 126–127, 141, 145, 163, 174, 229, 231–236, 244, 245, 258, 259, 264, 265–266, 279, 296
Marjory Pic interviewed by, 48
Oswald’s defection and, 32, 106, 107, 313 n. 2
returning defectors interviewed by, 106
Felde, Allen R., 71–72
Fenner, Nancy Lee, 234
Ferrie, David, 62–63, 211–12, 283–85
Finland, Oswald in, 81, 84
Fitzpatrick, Robert J., 148–49
Ford, Declan, 121
Ford, Katya, 118, 121
Formosa, Oswald stationed in, 74
Fort Worth, Tex., Oswalds in, 68–69
Fort Worth Press, 105
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 32
France, 83
Oswald in, 84
Frazier, Wesley, 220–21, 240, 246
Fritz, Will, 244–45, 247, 248, 251, 252, 258
Gandhi, Mohandas K., 127
Garfield, John, 225
Garrison, Jim, 211–12, 213–14, 216, 217, 284, 285
German, Ella, 95
Giancana, Sam, 89
Glover, Everett, 124
Gonzales, Reinaldo, 198
Grant, Eva, 286, 288
grassy knoll theory, 270–71, 283
Great Britain, 83
defectors from, 86–87
Oswald in, 84
Gregory, Paul, 108–9
Gregory, Peter, 106, 107–8, 179
Griniev, Mikhail, 103
Guatemala, 76
gun control, Oswald’s support of, 111
Gus Hall-Ben Davis Defense Committee, 115, 122, 249
Habana Bar, 178, 190
Haiti, 76
Hall, Elena, 109, 114, 117, 257
Hall, Gus, 115, 145, 249
Hall, John, 109, 117, 257
Hall, Loren, 191–92
Halperin, Maurice, 217–18
Harker, Daniel, 22, 216, 218
Hartogs, Renatus, 53–54
Helms, Richard, 90, 91–92, 212, 265
Helsinki, Finland, 81, 84
“Hero of Our Time, A” (Lermontov), 94
Hidell, Alek James, 123, 144 167, 252, 279–80
see also Oswald, Lee Harvey
Hinckley, John, 66
“Historic Diary” (Oswald), 99–100
Hoch, Paul, 197
Holmes, Harry, 252, 253
Hoover, J. Edgar, 23, 24, 112, 126, 148, 211, 266, 269, 270, 275
Hosty, James P., Jr., 126–27, 145, 231–35, 245, 266, 296
House Assassinations Committee, 21, 111, 130, 131, 178, 194, 200–201, 210, 216, 252, 259–61, 267, 280, 282
House Un-American Activities Committee, 142, 248
Houston, Lawrence, 89
Howard, Lawrence, 191
Huey Long Murder Case, The, 148
“I Led Three Lives,” 65
Immigration and Naturalization Service, 126
Implosion Conspiracy, The (Nizer), 57–58
International Trade Mart (New Orleans), 170, 173, 178
Intourist, 29–30, 84
Isle of Pines prison, 185, 187, 200
Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall, 114–15, 122, 125, 128, 180, 220
Japan, Oswald stationed in, 72–73, 84
Jarman, Junior, 247
John Birch Society, 113, 118, 227, 289
Johnson, Arnold, 169, 177, 228
Johnson, Claudia Alta (Lady Bird), 271
Johnson, Lyndon B., 22, 23, 252, 256, 289, 291
Johnson, Priscilla, 35–38, 40, 56, 85, 94–95, 99, 132, 143, 171, 232, 249, 253, 324 n. 1
Jones, Kirby, 214, 217, 218
Jones, Robert, 279
Jones Printing Company, 143
JURE (Cuban Revolutionary Junta), 186, 187, 191, 199
Kantor, Seth, 243, 247–48
Kapital, Das (Marx and Engels), 63, 64, 77
Karamessines, Thomas, 265–66
Kennedy, Jacqueline, 14, 241, 263, 271 273, 285, 290
Kennedy, John F., 148
Castro assassination plots and, 90–91, 183
Cuban exiles vs., 15, 187–93
Cuban policy of, 87–92, 135–38
Daniel and, 229–30
Orange Bowl speech of, 122
Oswald’s admiration for, 109, 113, 175
Oswald’s criticism of, 119
P. Johnson and, 35–36 in presidential race, 29
Kennedy, Joseph, 175
Kennedy, Robert F., 29
Cuban policy and, 88–91, 138, 182
KGB, 85, 86, 208, 269, 270, 274, 278
Khrushchev, Nikita, 171
Eisenhower’s summit meeting with, 35, 85 in kitchen debate, 29
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 127
Klein’s Sporting Goods, 126
Korean War, 40
Oswald on, 71–72
Kostikov, Valery Vladimirovich, 208, 209
Krystinik, Frank, 227–28, 244
Lane, Mark, 17–19, 21
Latin America:
Cuba’s role in, 87–88, 135
Oswald’s interest in, 75, 76, 174
Latin Listening Post, 171
Leavelle, J. R., 252–54
Lee, Vincent T., 140, 144 169–70
legal system, habitual criminal’s view of, 67
Lenin, V. I., 179
Lermontov, Mikhail, 94
Liebeler, Wesley J., 23–24, 190–91, 259
Lifton, David S., 23–24, 270–72, 274, 275
Literacy Campaign, Cuban, 174
Lockwood, Lee, 218
Loftus, Elizabeth, 271
Look, 212
Lord, Billy Joe, 83
Maasdam, SS, 103
McBride, Palmer, 64–65, 68
McCarren Act, 115
McCarthy, Joseph, 40, 79
McClain, John, 44
McDonald, N. M., 277
McFarland, John, 205
Machiavelli, Nicolo, 217
MacLean, Donald, 86–87, 295
McMillan, Priscilla Johnson, see Johnson, Priscilla
McNamara, Robert, 90
McVickar, John, 31–32, 36
Mafia:
Castro assassination plots and, 89, 137
Mafia (continued) J. Kennedy assassination and, 15, 25, 283, 289
Mandeville, La., 163, 164
Mankiewicz, Frank, 214, 216–17, 218
Marcello, Carlos, 283
Marina and Lee (McMillan and Oswald), 36, 38
Marion Lykes, 83
Martello, Francis L., 167–68, 245
Martin, Johnny, 199
Marx, Karl, 176, 179, 210, 295
Marxism:
Oswald’s affiliation with, 31, 34, 37, 40, 56, 57, 63, 64–65, 68–69, 73, 75–76, 104, 110, 148
racism and, 37, 111
Mathias, Charles, 91–92, 183
Matsu, 74
Meagher, Sylvia, 192–93
Means, Marianne, 22
Mechanism of Mind, The (de Bono), 272
Meller, Anna, 107–8, 109, 120
Meredith, James, 113
Metropole Hotel, 33
Mexico City, Mexico, Oswald in, 22–23, 24, 184, 205–18
microdot p
hotographs, 180
Militant, 122, 127, 136, 138, 148, 174, 223, 224
Minsk, U.S.S.R., Oswald in, 39–40, 85, 87, 99, 118
Minutemen, 212
Mirabal, Alfredo, 207, 236, 277
Mississippi, University of, 113
MONGOOSE, 89–90, 135
Monroe, Marilyn, 34
Monroe Doctrine, 88, 241
Mooney, Tom, 57–58
Morgan, William, 76, 166
Morrow, Robert D., 275–276
Mosby, Aline, 33–35, 36, 37, 40, 55, 63, 100, 248, 251
Moyers, Bill, 218
MPS 16 radar equipment, 86
Murret, Charles (uncle), 148, 168–69
Murret, Gene (cousin), 148
Murret, Joyce (cousin), 167–68
Murret, Lillian (aunt), 42–43, 61, 62, 138, 139, 148, 168
Murret, Marilyn (cousin), 61, 62, 257
National Archives, 24, 211
National Autonomous University, 210
National Enquirer, 213–16
National Opinion Research Center, 286
National Research Council, 280
National Security Council (NSC), 138, 180–81
Navasky, Victor S., 79–80
Newman, Albert H., 119, 131–32, 140–41, 167, 242
Newnam, John, 287, 288
New Orleans, La., Oswalds in, 41–43, 53, 59, 61–65, 132
New Orleans States Item, 173, 183
New Orleans Times-Picayune, 143, 146, 163, 169, 173, 181, 182–83, 197
Newsweek, 229
New York, N.Y., Oswalds in, 34, 47–59
New York Committee for Clemency for the Rosenbergs, 55
New York Review of Books, 22, 211
New York Times, 32, 55, 135, 137, 212
Nicaragua, 76, 172–73
Nichols, H. Lewis, 251
Nixon, Richard M., 137
Cuban rebellion supported by, 132
in kitchen debate, 29
Nizer, Louis, 57–58
Norman, Harold, 247
North American Newspaper Alliance, 36
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, 168, 221
O’Connor, Paul, 271
Odio, Amador, 198–200
Odio, Annie, 185, 188, 194
Odio, Sarita, 186
Odio, Sylvia, 185–89, 191–92, 193–95, 196, 197, 198–99, 200 201, 202, 203, 209, 215, 294
Office of Medical Services, CIA, 92
Office of National Estimates, CIA, 138
Office of Naval Intelligence, 32
Ofstein, Dennis Hyman, 180
Operation Morning Ride, 124
Orwell, George, 77
Oswald, Audrey Marina (daughter), 236
Oswald, June (daughter), 108, 114, 117, 120, 127, 139, 184 father’s compassion for, 55, 108, 222
Oswald, Lee Harvey:
aggressiveness of, 45–46, 48–49
arrogance of, 20, 41, 68, 109
astronomy and, 46, 64
atheism of, 77, 78, 84, 221
belligerence of, 58
birth of, 41
compassion lacking in, 55, 222
court-martials of, 73, 171
courtship of, 94–96
criminal fantasies of, 62
Cuban résumé of, 178–80
danger as enjoyed by, 96
death of, 14, 254, 273, 285–86, 296
defection of, 20, 29–40, 57, 81–87
dreams of, 52
egocentricity of, 55
evidence against, 14–15, 280–281, 282
fantasies of, 52, 56–57, 62, 64, 294
fatherlessness of, 41, 52
gratitude lacking in, 61–62, 109
in guard duty incident, 74
hardship discharge of, 82, 85
“Historic Diary” of, 99–100
history and, 46, 79, 250, 257, 295
homicidal fantasies of, 52, 56–57, 64
imagination of, 45, 294
independence of, 41, 45–46, 62
intelligence of, 20, 46, 50, 63, 71, 74, 75, 78, 113, 252–53
job instability of, 14, 128, 148
in Lillian Murret’s home, 42–43
manipulative behavior of, 72–73, 82, 84, 98–100, 121
in Marine Reserves, 81
in Marines, 31, 32, 34–35, 37, 63–64, 69–81
Marjory Pic’s clash with, 48–49, 58
military secrets possessed by, 31, 68, 72, 83, 85–86, 97, 98
mother resented by, 56, 114
at mother’s divorce trial, 45
mother’s neglect of, 41–42
motivations of, 15, 22–25, 131–132, 250, 256–258, 294–297
openness lacking in, 38, 54, 56, 110, 121
in orphanage, 43
outsider identification of, 65, 294
politicization of, 34–35, 56, 57
Oswald (continued)
postmortem of, 274
poverty of, 35, 37, 108, 109
power sought by, 52, 56, 72, 294, 296
psychiatric examination of, 53–54
psychological tests of, 50
racism rejected by, 37
repatriation of, 93–104
sadistic streak in, 132
secretiveness of, 20, 82–83, 95
sex life of, 72
social worker on childhood of, 50–53
solitary childhood of, 46, 49, 51, 52, 54, 58, 62, 293–94
Soviet citizenship denied to, 39–40
Soviet debriefing of, 86
speaking style of, 171
stubbornness of, 53, 109
suicide attempted by, 30, 84
truancy of, 49–50, 53, 54, 61
undesirable discharge of, 101–2, 178
U.S. citizenship attempt to renounce, 30–35, 85, 95
as “victim,” 56
violent fantasies of, 52, 56–57
Oswald, Marguerite (mother), 32, 83, 114
childhood of, 53
as disciplinarian, 45, 52
Ekdahl’s marriage to, 43–45, 202
first husband’s death and, 41
independence of, 42, 53
as insurance salesperson, 47, 51
Oswald neglected by, 41–42
on Oswald’s encounter with Marjory Pic, 48–49
Oswald’s Marine discharge and, 82
Oswald’s resentment of, 56
poverty of, 35, 56
Robert L. Oswald on, 42
rule-breaking encouraged by, 294
social worker on, 52–53
as victim of capitalism, 37, 56
Oswald, Marina (wife), 36, 99, 100–101, 102, 107, 108, 114, 117–18, 123–33, 239–40, 148–49, 167, 170, 175, 177, 184, 237–38, 239–40, 248, 253
adjustment of, to U.S., 105
courtship of, 94–96
before House Assassinations Committee, 259–61
on husband in Mexico City, 205–6
husband’s fights with, 117, 120, 125, 139–40
on husband’s motive for assassination, 257–58
before Warren Commission, 259, 260–261
Oswald, Robert Edward Lee (father), 37, 41
Oswald, Robert L. (brother), 81, 83, 121, 231, 250–51, 294
on brother’s defection, 32
brother’s letters to, 33, 38–39, 40, 56, 82, 96, 101, 102, 172
on brother’s military service, 71
in Marine Corps, 47–48, 68
in military school, 43, 47
in orphanage, 42
Oswald, Vada (sister-in-law), 32, 105
Oswald File, The (Eddowes), 273–74
O’Toole, George, 197
Padgett Printing Corporation, 220
Paine, Chris, 220
Paine, Michael, 124, 127–28, 147, 221–24, 226–27, 244, 257
Paine, Ruth, 124–25, 127–28, 132–33, 139, 143, 147–48, 184, 220, 222, 224, 231, 237–38, 240, 246, 248, 251, 260, 261
Palestinian cause, Sirhan’s identification
with, 65
Palmer, Henry, 284
Parkland Hospital, 281–82
Patrice Lumumba University of Friendship of Peoples, 86
Pena, Orest, 178
Pfisterer Dental Laboratory, 64
Philippines, Oswald stationed in, 73
Phillips, David, 209
Pic, John (half brother), 274 in Coast Guard, 47 in military school, 43, 47 in orphanage, 42
Oswald and mother living with, 47–49 on Oswald’s military service, 71
Pic, Marjory, Oswald’s clash with, 48–49, 58
Portrait of a Revolutionary: Mao Tsetung, 148
Powers, Daniel Patrick, 72
Powers, Francis Gary, 102–3
Pravda, 34
press:
Oswald’s defection and, 32, 33–35, 36
Oswald’s interest in, 102, 130
Progressive, 36
Prusakova, Marina, see Oswald, Marina
Quemoy, 74
Quigley, Agent, 167
Rankin, Lee J., 24, 48, 190–91, 211
Ray, Valentina, 121
Reagan, Ronald, assassination attempt on, 66
Rocca, Raymond, 183
Rodriguez, Ernesto (CIA contact), 209
Rodriguez, Ernesto (Cuban exile), 199
Rodriguez, Miguel, 73
Rosenberg, Ethel, 34, 40, 54–56, 57, 250, 253, 305 n. 2
Rosenberg, Julius, 34, 40, 54–56, 57, 250, 253, 305 n. 2 politicization of, 57–58
Rosenberg, Michael, 55
Rosenberg, Robert, 55
Ruby, Jack, 14, 18–19, 246, 254, 273, 275, 285–92, 296
Rush to Judgment, 17–19
Russian language, Oswald’s study of, 73, 106, 179
Russia Under Khrushchev (Hoover), 148
Sacco, Nicola, 253
St. Elizabeths Hospital, study of habitual criminals at, 66–68, 295
Samenow, Stanton, 66–68
Saturday Evening Post, 163–64, 197
Schorr, Daniel, 22–23, 211, 216
secrecy, habitual criminals and, 66, 67
Senator, George, 288
Seymour, William, 191
Shanklin, J. Gordon, 234
Shaw, Clay, 211–12, 284
Shirokova, Rimma, 84
Sicher, Justice, 59
Sinatra, Frank, 224–25
Sirhan, Sirhan, 65
Slawson, W. David, 24, 189–90, 211
Smathers, George, 90–91
Snyder, Richard, 30–32, 33, 37, 41, 87, 93–94, 97, 98
Socialist Party of America, Oswald’s letter to, 68–69
Socialist Workers party, 106–7, 119, 122
Sokolow, Irving, 50
Sol’s Turf Bar, 288
Soviet Union, 82, 83
Cuba and, 119, 135
defectors to, 86–87
Oswald’s defection to, 29–40
U-2 reconnaissance flights over, 31
Spanish language, Oswald’s study of, 76
Stafford, Jean, 42, 45
Standing Group (NSC), 138, 180–81
State Department, U.S., 32, 93, 98 Cuban relations and, 142, 175, 202
Stevenson, Adlai, 226, 229, 237