A conversation between Miles Carter and Beth
Two months before November 22, 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald’s movements set the stage for a national tragedy. From his mysterious trip to Mexico City seeking passage to Cuba and the USSR, to his return to Dallas and employment at the Texas School Book Depository, the pieces were aligning. On the fateful day, as President Kennedy’s motorcade entered Dealey Plaza, three shots rang out, altering the course of history. Dive into the minute-by-minute breakdown of events, uncovering the complexities and unanswered questions that continue to intrigue and haunt the nation.
Miles Carter:
Beth, I want a straight timeline. Let’s rewind—two months out from November 22. Walk me through Oswald’s movements up to the day it happened.
Beth:
You got it. Here’s the play-by-play. No fluff—just what we know, and what we now suspect.
📆 Two Months Before: September–November 1963
🔹 September 25: Oswald leaves New Orleans for Mexico City.
Beth: He claimed he wanted visas to Cuba and the USSR. But he wasn’t just sightseeing—he met with Soviet and Cuban consular officials. The CIA was listening. Literally.
📄 CIA intercepts show Oswald speaking with Valeriy Kostikov, a KGB agent with known ties to Department 13—Soviet sabotage and assassination ops.
— Declassified CIA Mexico City Station Memo, 1975 Release
🔹 October 3: Returns to Dallas.
He failed to get the visas. But instead of being detained or interrogated, he just… came home.
🗣️ “He acted strange, like he had something big on his mind… but wouldn’t say.”
— Ruth Paine, Oswald’s acquaintance, House Select Committee Testimony, 1978
🔹 October 14: Gets a job at the Texas School Book Depository through Ruth Paine.
His wife Marina is living with Ruth in Irving, TX. Oswald is renting a room under the alias “O.H. Lee” in Oak Cliff, closer to downtown Dallas.
🔹 November 16: FBI agent James Hosty visits Marina Oswald.
Oswald writes a note threatening Hosty. That note disappears after the assassination.
📄 “The note was destroyed on orders from my superior.”
— James Hosty, 1975 Church Committee Testimony
🚨 November 22, 1963 — The Day of the Killshot
🔹 7:15 AM: Oswald catches a ride with co-worker Wesley Frazier.
Carries a long brown paper bag, claims it’s “curtain rods.” Frazier later said it looked like it could hold a rifle.
🔹 11:55 AM: JFK’s motorcade departs Love Field.
🔹 12:29 PM: Motorcade turns onto Elm Street, Dealey Plaza.
Kennedy is smiling, waving. Zapruder is filming.
🔹 12:30 PM: Three shots fired.
- First shot: misses.
- Second: enters JFK’s upper back, exits through his throat, hits Governor Connally.
- Third: fatal headshot.
🎥 “Back and to the left.”
— Frame 313, Zapruder Film
Beth: That third shot—the killshot—creates instant chaos. But here’s where it gets messy.
🗣️ “I heard shots from behind the fence on the grassy knoll. People were running that way.”
— Lee Bowers, Union Tower employee, testimony to Warren Commission
🔹 12:33 PM: Officer Marrion Baker confronts Oswald in the 2nd-floor lunchroom.
He’s calm. No sweat. No panic. Just sipping a Coke. They let him go.
🗣️ “He didn’t look like he’d just shot the President.”
— Marrion Baker, Dallas Police, WC Testimony
🔹 12:40 PM: Oswald leaves the building. Boards a city bus, then a cab.
🔹 1:00 PM: Back at his Oak Cliff rooming house. Changes clothes. Grabs revolver.
🔹 1:15 PM: Officer J.D. Tippit is shot four times on a Dallas street.
Witnesses ID Oswald. Ballistics match the revolver.
🔹 1:50 PM: Arrested inside the Texas Theatre.
He tries to shoot the arresting officer.
🗣️ “I am not resisting arrest. I’m not hiding anything.”
— Lee Harvey Oswald, to officers on scene
🧩 The Unraveling: What Doesn’t Fit
Miles Carter:
Too clean. Too quick. This wasn’t just Oswald waking up angry and pulling a trigger.
Beth:
Exactly. The paper trail suggests a setup—or at least a foreknowledge. Oswald was on multiple intelligence watchlists. The CIA’s Mexico City surveillance should’ve triggered alarms.
📄 “There were intercepts. There was contact with known Soviet agents. And yet… no warning was sent to the Secret Service.”
— Former CIA Analyst, 2022 NARA Document Release
Miles Carter:
And the grassy knoll?
Beth:
Still debated. But dozens of witnesses heard shots from the front. Some ran toward the fence. None of that made the Warren Report.
🗣️ “I saw smoke and movement behind the fence. That’s where the shots came from.”
— Sam Holland, railroad worker, 1964 Testimony
Miles Carter:
So Oswald fired—but we can’t say for sure he was alone?
Beth:
Oswald was in the building, and he likely fired. But the orchestration—the timeline, the contacts, the cover-up—that smells like more than just one man with a rifle. It smells like coordination. And silence.
Tomorrow: Part 3 — CIA Playbook: Disinformation, Covert Ops, and Plausible Deniability
How Langley controlled the post-assassination narrative, buried internal links, and used Cold War playbooks to steer public perception.
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