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Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F.…

4. The shots which killed President Kennedy and wounded Governor

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Connally were fired by Lee Harvey Oswald. This conclusion is based upon the following: (_a_) The Mannlicher-Carcano 6.5-millimeter Italian rifle from which the shots were fired was owned by and in the possession of Oswald. (_b_) Oswald carried this rifle into the Depository Building on the morning of November 22, 1963. (_c_) Oswald, at the time of the assassination, was present at the window from which the shots were fired. (_d_) Shortly after the assassination, the Mannlicher-Carcano rifle belonging to Oswald was found partially hidden between some cartons on the sixth floor and the improvised paper bag in which Oswald brought the rifle to the Depository was found close by the window from which the shots were fired. (_e_) Based on testimony of the experts and their analysis of films of the assassination, the Commission has concluded that a rifleman of Lee Harvey Oswald’s capabilities could have fired the shots from the rifle used in the assassination within the elapsed time of the shooting. The Commission has concluded further that Oswald possessed the capability with a rifle which enabled him to commit the assassination. (_f_) Oswald lied to the police after his arrest concerning important substantive matters. (_g_) Oswald had attempted to kill Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker (Resigned, U. S. Army) on April 10, 1963, thereby demonstrating his disposition to take human life.
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1. Chapter 1 2. CHAPTER I. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 1 3. CHAPTER II. THE ASSASSINATION 28 4. CHAPTER III. THE SHOTS FROM THE TEXAS SCHOOL BOOK DEPOSITORY 61 5. CHAPTER IV. THE ASSASSIN 118 6. CHAPTER V. DETENTION AND DEATH OF OSWALD 196 7. CHAPTER VI. INVESTIGATION OF POSSIBLE CONSPIRACY 243 8. CHAPTER VII. LEE HARVEY OSWALD: BACKGROUND AND POSSIBLE MOTIVES 375 9. CHAPTER VIII. THE PROTECTION OF THE PRESIDENT 425 10. CHAPTER I 11. episode and the fact that her husband still owned the rifle. She went 12. 1. The shots which killed President Kennedy and wounded Governor 13. 2. The weight of the evidence indicates that there were three shots 14. 3. Although it is not necessary to any essential findings of the 15. 4. The shots which killed President Kennedy and wounded Governor 16. 5. Oswald killed Dallas Police Patrolman J. D. Tippit approximately 45 17. 6. Within 80 minutes of the assassination and 35 minutes of the Tippit 18. 7. The Commission has reached the following conclusions concerning 19. 8. The Commission has reached the following conclusions concerning the 20. 9. The Commission has found no evidence that either Lee Harvey Oswald 21. 10. In its entire investigation the Commission has found no evidence of 22. 11. On the basis of the evidence before the Commission it concludes 23. 12. The Commission recognizes that the varied responsibilities of the 24. 1. A committee of Cabinet members including the Secretary of the 25. 2. Suggestions have been advanced to the Commission for the transfer 26. 3. Meanwhile, in order to improve daily supervision of the Secret 27. 4. The Commission recommends that the Secret Service completely 28. 5. The Commission recommends that the Secret Service improve the 29. 6. The Commission recommends that the Secret Service continue its 30. 7. The Commission believes that when the new criteria and procedures 31. 8. Even with an increase in Secret Service personnel, the protection of 32. 9. The Commission recommends that the President’s physician always 33. 10. The Commission recommends to Congress that it adopt legislation 34. 11. The Commission has examined the Department of State’s handling 35. 12. The Commission recommends that the representatives of the bar, law 36. CHAPTER II 37. 11. RAILROAD OVERPASS (TRIPLE UNDERPASS)

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