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

7. The Commission has reached the following conclusions concerning

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Oswald’s interrogation and detention by the Dallas police: (_a_) Except for the force required to effect his arrest, Oswald was not subjected to any physical coercion by any law enforcement officials. He was advised that he could not be compelled to give any information and that any statements made by him might be used against him in court. He was advised of his right to counsel. He was given the opportunity to obtain counsel of his own choice and was offered legal assistance by the Dallas Bar Association, which he rejected at that time. (_b_) Newspaper, radio, and television reporters were allowed uninhibited access to the area through which Oswald had to pass when he was moved from his cell to the interrogation room and other sections of the building, thereby subjecting Oswald to harassment and creating chaotic conditions which were not conducive to orderly interrogation or the protection of the rights of the prisoner. (_c_) The numerous statements, sometimes erroneous, made to the press by various local law enforcement officials, during this period of confusion and disorder in the police station, would have presented serious obstacles to the obtaining of a fair trial for Oswald. To the extent that the information was erroneous or misleading, it helped to create doubts, speculations, and fears in the mind of the public which might otherwise not have arisen.
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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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