THOROUGH REPORT BY WARREN COMMISSION

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• Document Release Date: February 18, 1999
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• Publication Date: October 1, 1964
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Thorough Report by NVarren Commission
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It has never been proved that demons do' But do one reading the commission's report
not exist. It is ,logically impossible to do so. witli an open mind can fail to be completely i
Most men, however,-have abandoned the belief convinced that Lee Harvey Oswald did shoot
in tem in favor of the more consistent explana John F. Kennedy" to death, that it was the act.,
trans of science. "of a seriously disturbed young man acting]
But there will always be some peop'Ie who alone, and that it was only as long series of
see the machinations of invisible demons behind tragic accidents and coincidences that gave;
V things that happen: Oswa-1.1 the opportunity to perfoz~m `tlhe guest
So it is with the Warren Commission report tragedy of the assassination.
on.,kie assassination of President John F. Ken ` There are thus no surprises in tht W arrcnt
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nedy. Ia is impossible to ,prove" the nonexist `' Commission's' findings. The immediate effect of'`
ence of a conspiracy against the President's life the -report is to give the lie to the myths. And.
-a conspiracy of which Lee Harvey Oswald it will undoubtedly be an invaluable document
was supposedly only the -tool, and which in- for +historians.:
} cluded his killer Jack Ruby, the Dallas police, It is to be hoped,, though, that it will have''l
the FBI, the, CIA, the Soviet government, another 'long-term, value: That it will help ip-
Texas oilmen, shadowy extremist groups and sure, so far as humanly possible, that no more'
just about anybody else imagination can con- American presidents be murdered. ?
)ure up.
Those who wash to believe in the conspiracy..' The commission has made .a number of, sec-
ornmendation?s. It criticized, for instance, the
theory, or even in Oswa+ld'a innocence, will . failure of the FBI to notify the Secret Service
continue to do so, despite an absolute lack of
substantiation and the sheer overwhelming bulk' of Oswald and his paesence in Dallasin. a
the evidence meticulous'1 building overlooking the -Presiden't's motorcade.'.
,of y assembled against.
Oswald. It is true, even as President Kennedy himself i
Experts have termed the commission's ac-.. remarked to n aide on the morning of his
complishment "the most massive 'detailed and death, that if someone really wants to kill the
convincing piece of ' detective' 'work ever President, all ' die needs is a high-powered rifle
undert:aken." with a telescopic sight and there is nothing
The commission studied the testimony of no. anyone can do to stop him.
less than 552 witnesses. The full text of their; But normal people. don't shoot. presidents.
testimony will be published in 15 thick volumes.l Of the four assassins who have succeeded, each. c
This does not close the case, of course. It was a lone psychopath and at least one of them
wiN never be closed. It contains so much of -Oswald-had a long record of irrational
drama and human pathos, is interwoven with behavior. He should have been watdhed.
i,o many unanswerable questions and was 'so If it is impossible for' society to salvage its
great, a shock to the mind and. heart that.et' Oswalds in childhood, it should at 'least prevent
,will remain a vivid national memory. them from killing any more presidents.
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