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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 the stars and stripes monday september 78, 1964 panel says Oswald alone killed Juk continued from Pant ii Nody nor in any Way participate Din any such event. I think that although Here Are grave differences betwee the communist world and the free world. That even from their Point of View there need Tobe Tome shape and form to inter National relation. That great states and particularly nuclear Powers have to be in a position to Deal with each other the Secretary Estl fied hut a certain a Luul reaped had evolved Between Kennedy an Premier Nikita s. Khrushchev despite their differences. Soviet involvement in an assassination plot would have been in act of rashness and madness flunk said adding it has not been our impression that madness has characterized the actions of the soviet leadership in recent  the commission s report was sweeping in scope and exhaustive in detail. It contained drastic recommendations for improving presidential Protection As Well a criticism of Federal agencies involved Dallas police and Law enforcement officials and news Media. And Between heavy matters of great substance the report provided history with poignant new details on the crime of the Century. At 12 30 p.m., Kennedy Washin twice with bullets from a cheap mall order Rifle with telescopic sight from the sixth floor of the Texas school boo depository. His hands jerking convulsively toward Elk Throat he was heard to say my god i am  apparently were John Fitz Gerald Kennedy s last words. As she cradled the crushed head of her husband Jacqueline Kennedy cried out of god they have shot my husband. I love you  the seven Man commission headed by Warren recommended that a committee of  or the National Security Council review and Over see Federal efforts to protect the president it also proposed the president and Congress decide whether the secret serv ice which has been charge with the Protection of the chief executive since the assassination of president Mck Llcy in 1901, yield the Job to another department or Agency. Senate democratic Leader Mike mans Field of Montana said Congress should consider the proposal promptly. Meanwhile the Secretary of the Treasury appoint a special assistant to supervise the secret service. The secret service completely overhaul its utilities for the detection of potential threats to the president be informed of All defectors add personnel an modernize its methods improve its protective measures for presidential motorcade particularly in checking buildings along the route and improve us Liaison with the Fri and other  president s physician always accompany Bun during hit travels and occupy a Post. Lion near the president where lie can be immediately available in Case of any  Ken Nedy i physician rear adm George Burkley was far Back inthe motorcade at the time of the shooting Congress pass legislation making the assassination of the president or vice president a Federal crime to avoid the con fusion which surrounded the entry of Federal agencies into the Dallas probe. The state department exer Cise great care in allowing the return to the United states of detectors who have shown disloyalty or hostility to America or who have expressed a desire to renounce american citizenship. Representatives of the bar Law enforcement associations and the news Media agree  standards to prevent interference with pending criminal or court proceedings or the right of individuals to a fab trial. What was Oswald s motive infilling the handsome 41-year-old president the commission said ii could not make any definitive  but it did noleihesi1 factors ills Diep rolled  All authority which was expressed in n hostility toward every society in which he lived ills inability to enter int meaningful relationships with people and a continuous pattern of rejecting his environment in Avor of new surroundings his urge to find a place in history and despair at limes Over failures in his various undertakings his capacity for violence As evidenced by his attempt to kill general Walker former Mai Gen Edwin a. Walker on april10. 1iu his avowed commitment to marxism and communism As he understood the terms and devel oped his own interpretation of them this was expressed by his antagonism toward the United stolen by his defection to the soviet Union by his failure to be reconciled with life in the United states even after his Dis enchantment with the soviet Union and by his efforts though frustrated to go to  was Ruby s motive in killing Oswald the commission Drew no conclusion but noted this in his Long meandering Testi Mony i saw a letter in a news paper to Caroline Kennedy the most heart breaking letter. Alongside. Was a Smull comment in the newspaper that. Mrs. Kennedy May have to come Back for the trial of Leo Harvey Oswald. Sud Denly the feeling the emotional feeling came within me that someone owed this debt to our beloved president to save her the ordeal of coming Back. Although the commission left the specific personal motive of each killer indefinite it was precisely definite on virtually allot her major Points of Contention or , throughout us deliberate and carefully reasoned report of 888 pages the panel was seek ing to separate fact from fiction to dispel or at least hold to a minimum any unresolved mys Tery clinging to the death of the youngest Man Ever elected to the White House. Again and again it repealed its conviction that Oswald a Mal Content for most of his 34 years acted on his own for reasons locked in his own tormented personality. Because of the difficulty of proving negatives to a certainly the unanimous report no Ted the possibility of others be ing involved with either Oswald or Ruby cannot be established categorically but if there is an such evidence it has been beyond the reach of All the investigative agencies and resources of the United states and has not Cometo the attention of this commis  on the evidence the commis Sion showed it was completely satisfied Hal it we Oswald who killed Potro Niin .1. D. Tipple approximately 43 minutes lifter . Aslo the  itself inc commission said the evidence establishes that ii was Oswald Rifle with Oswald at the trick or. Which killed the president Anil wounded the governor that he shots came from the sixth floor of the Book depository that there was no credible evidence that the shots were fired from the triple underpass ahead of the motor Cap or from any other  ii cited the testimony of witnesses who saw a Rifle being fired from inc sixth floor win Dow scattering pigeons fright ened from their perches. Ono wit Ness said the killer whom he later identified in the police line up As Oswald Drew the gun Back from the window. An maybe paused for another second us Hough to assure i ssh sic state dept. Is criticized cont Littard rom pane t be us Stulic and unpredictable there was no reasonable basis in 1961 and 1962 for suspecting that upon his  to the country he would resort Lovio Lence against itt Public  us criticism dealt specifically with failure of the deportment on two occasions to Post Lookout cards on Oswald s passport file. This is a system supposed to guard against routine issuing of passports to questionable per sons. While the obviously deficient operation of this system in Oswald s Case did not affect the out come the commission said the department in accordance with its own regulations should in Ull cases exercise great cure in the return to this country of defectors who have evidenced disloyalty or hostility to this country or who have expressed a desire to renounce their american  such persons Are so re turned procedures should be adopted for the better dissemination of information concerning them to inc intelligence agencies of the  state department officials said that after the assassination they adopted a special watch list sys tem on defectors exchanging this information with other gov ferment agencies. A tightening of the passport Lookout card procedures is also under study department officials  their testimony to inc com Mission department officials indicated that clerical slip  had caused the shortcomings in the Oswald file. Officials said the department is now studying the re port very carefully find will us a matter of course review departmental procedures in the Light of the commission  Senate unit checks reports of snooping by . Agencies Washington a a Senate subcommittee is checking re ports of government Agency snooping through use of monitored Telephone conversations concealed microphones two Way mirrors and other . Edward v. Long d-mo., making Public a comprehensive questionnaire sent to Federal agencies said sunday that a preliminary investigation has been under Way for several  further to dig said Long chairman of the judiciary committee s administrative prac Tice and procedure subcommittee the More disturbing in formation we  is High time that the con Gress and the Public know How much and what kind of snooping is done by our  he added. The questionnaire invasions of privacy Calls for detailed information about monitoring an tapping Telephone Calls the use of miniature recording device such As those that can be concealed in u tie clasp wrist watch or picture Frame and the employment of special observation equipment like one Way Gluss infrared cameras and two Way  questions Reule to the placement of mull covers an whether the checking of the con tents of employees desks is permitted or prohibited. Long said he questionnaire snot being sent to agencies like inc defense and slate depart ments the Fri. The Central intelligence Agency and others within the so called Security  in a letter to the  said that allegations of mis use at eavesdropping equipment arc widespread. In his statement Long said his subcommittee knows that Federal agencies Purchase much fancy electronic  we want to take a Long hard look at what it is being used for he said. Our right of privacy us americans must be zealously  commission receives thanks of president Washington a presi Dent Johnson in receiving the Warren commission report on the assassination of president Kennedy expressed his heart Felt thanks in a letter to chief Justice Earl Warren As follows in my service As president nothing has impressed me More than the readiness of outstanding americans to respond to Calls for service to their country. There has been no More striking example of this great american strength than the service of the seven extraordinarily distinguished members of your com Mission. I Send thanks to you All As i also Send thanks to your general counsel or. Lee Rankin an. To All those who have assisted in your  commission i know has been guided throughout by a de termination to find and to Tell the whole truth of these terrible events. This is our obligation to the Good name of the unite states of America and to All men everywhere who respect our nation and above All to inc Mem Ory of. President Kennedy. I have Given instructions forthe prompt publication of this report to the american people and to the world. I myself shall give it the most careful  commend it to the attention of All americans and All our Friend  me thank you again Fornall that you have done. You have earned the gratitude of  hut he hit the Mark and then  a nearly whole Bullet a found on Connally s Stretcher at the Hospital and two Bullet frag a cols in the front Seal of Tea presidential limousine. Both the Bullet and the fragments were fired from the 1.5-mm Mann Licher Curcuro Rifle found on the sixth floor of the depositor building to the exclusion of All other  commission said further the Windshield in the Prest dentine limousine was struck by. N Bullet fragment on the inside surface of the Glass but was not  the Nick in  had raised the Post Billly that another shot might have been fired from in front of the motorcade ". The nature of the Bullet wound. And inc location ofic car at the time of the shots establish that the bullets we fired from above and behind the presidential limousine., president Kennedy Wai first struck by a Bullet which enter Dat the Back of his neck and exited through the lower front portion of his neck causing a wound which would not necessarily hive been lethal. The president was struck second Lime by a Bullet which. Entered the right rear portion of his head causing a massive Anil fatal . Connelly was struck by a Bullet which entered on theri Jolil Side of his Back and trav eled downward through the right Side of his Chest exiling below his Luht nipple. This Bullet the passed through his right wrist and entered his left thigh where11 mused a superficial  while there was some differ ence of opinion As to which shot hit Connelly the commission said hero was very persuasive evidence from inc experts to had Lento that inc same Bullet which pierced the president s Throat Al so caused gov. Connally s  baseball to my major Umu  the attttlt4 prom american league u inn Dmn or Mem Ami Iai of i  ,. Ono to 010 01-3 t t . Lum. I. La Mellon hoi. A unlit ill  i Ami Al Wurl Dot flu. Kline my. Unit drum try w Kiln. Iff. U Knirr. . Saw a re of nut 94. . Lilt. Ino am ono4 i i vhf Tim Mil 000 Odd-4 t i Kol Kulm Ami la to lust work Btl w. Tin in.  to inn inn my Ouq-0 4 unit Iionionrt-3 i t . Fill nil i Millr. A Luis Iti ind Haller. . Kwnn.1-. M. 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