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

8. The Commission has reached the following conclusions concerning the

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killing of Oswald by Jack Ruby on November 24, 1963: (_a_) Ruby entered the basement of the Dallas Police Department shortly after 11:17 a.m. and killed Lee Harvey Oswald at 11:21 a.m. (_b_) Although the evidence on Ruby’s means of entry is not conclusive, the weight of the evidence indicates that he walked down the ramp leading from Main Street to the basement of the police department. (_c_) There is no evidence to support the rumor that Ruby may have been assisted by any members of the Dallas Police Department in the killing of Oswald. (_d_) The Dallas Police Department’s decision to transfer Oswald to the county jail in full public view was unsound. The arrangements made by the police department on Sunday morning, only a few hours before the attempted transfer, were inadequate. Of critical importance was the fact that news media representatives and others were not excluded from the basement even after the police were notified of threats to Oswald’s life. These deficiencies contributed to the death of Lee Harvey Oswald.
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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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