In a stunning revelation, US officials have concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy, was deemed a crackpot rather than a Communist by Soviet authorities during his three-year sojourn in the Soviet Union. This bombshell assessment has emerged from Soviet consular files on Oswald, which were recently handed over to Secretary of State Dean Rusk by Russian Ambassador Anatoly F. Dobrynin.
Key Facts
- State: National
- Category: Violent Crime
- Era: Historical
- Source: Library of Congress — Chronicling America ↗
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