Marguerite Oswald Reads Lee Harvey Oswald's Letters from Russia She is convinced he was innocent of any murder The Oswald's were a Military family... Has stated her belief that "Lee was an agent of the US. Government" For 20 months Marguerite had no idea what had happened to Lee She then approached the State Department in Washington DC About 4 weeks later she received news of him in the USSR and his mailing address She hopes the reading of his letters will show Lee as a good person Lee asks for American literature, particularly magazines rather than other things He was concerned with the cost of shipping for his mother Marguerite points out that Lee wanted Marina 'to learn english' Later news reports had Lee preventing Marina from learning the language Lee sent many photos of Minsk and Leningrad Marguerite takes time to point out Lee's humanity Lee applies for exit visas for himself and Marina He only requires an affidavit of support for Marina filed from the USA He also believes he will be flying to America... An extremely expensive thing in those days He asked for 1959 newspaper clippings from Fort Worth to tell what was said about him He was easily allowed to apply for a travel loan through the American Embassy in Moscow... ... This seems strange for a defector Lee was by all accounts, an average family man Why would the Department Of State bother to give Marguerite Lee's USSR address? Rather than souvenirs of his homeland, he only wanted current news... as if he anticipated returning Lee had little trouble arranging an exit from the USSR He had little trouble arranging a loan to return... on what collateral was this loan based? Why was Lee concerned with selling his story to the papers?... Was he worried something might be said that could blow his cover? Lee was not detained upon his arrival as a suspected Russian spy... ...Why not?

[ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:00:00 -0700 ]

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