CONTENTS
Page - Summary of findings and recommendations................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
1 - Introduction................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
9 - History of the committee................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
9 - Nature and scope of the investigation................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
10 - Structure of the investigation................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
18 - I. Findings of the Select Committee on Assassinations in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
21 - Introduction: The Kennedy Presidency in perspective................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
21 - Presidential assassinations in the United States................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
21 - A new President................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
24 - Foreign affairs: A fragile peace................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
25 - The Cuban threat................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
26 - Combatting Communism in Latin America................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
27 - The arms race................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
27 - The missile crisis................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
27 - Southeast Asia................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
28 - Pledge to defend Europe................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
28 - Cold war thaw................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
29 - Growing involvement in Vietnam................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
29 - Detente................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
30 - At home: A troubled land................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
30 - Civil rights progress................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
30 - Economic policies................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
32 - Government reform................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
33 - War on organized crime................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
33 - Opposition from the far right................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
34 - November 1963 A trip to Texas................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
35 - A. Lee Harvey Oswald fired three shots at President John F. Kennedy. The second and third shots he fired struck the President The third shot he fired killed the President................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
41 - 1. President Kennedy was struck by two rifle shots fired from behind him................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
41 - (a) Reliance on scientific analysis................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
42 - (1) The medical evidence................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
42 - (2) Reaction times and alinement................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
44 - (3) Neutron activation analysis................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
45 - (4) Photographic evidence................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
45 - (5) Acoustical evidence and blur analysis................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
45 - 2. The shots that struck President Kennedy from behind the were fired from sixth floor window of the south east corner of the Texas School Book Depository building................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
47 - (a) Scientific analysis................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
47 - (1) Trajectory analysis................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
48 - (2) Photographic evidence................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
49 - (b) Witness testimony................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
49 - (c) Firearms evidence................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
50 - (d) Summary of the evidence................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
51 - 3. Lee Harvey Oswald owned the rifle that was used to fire the shots from the sixth floor window of the southeast corner of the Texas School Book Depository building................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
52 - (a) Biography of Lee Harvey Oswald................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
52 - (b) The committee's approach................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
54 - (1) Handwriting analysis................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
54 - (2) The backyard photographs................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
54
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