The Woods memo
An additional document from Obama Sr.’s INS file is relevant: a handwritten memo dated Aug. 31, 1961, by William Wood, as seen in Exhibit 5.
Exhibit 5: Barack Obama Sr. INS File, Woods Memo, Aug. 31, 1961. Click to enlarge.
The memo’s use of the term “claims” suggests the information came from Obama Sr., possibly at an in-person meeting with an officer at the INS office when he filled out and filed his visa extension form.
The memo confirms Dunham was leaving Hawaii to attend school in Seattle, an additional factor the INS would have examined had an investigation been undertaken into the legitimacy of the marriage and the fatherhood of the child.
In the last paragraph, the memo notes the child was living with the mother at the home of the grandparents, while the Kenyan was living at the Alencastre Street address – facts that did not need to be seriously considered if the only relevant question in extending Obama Sr.’s visa was whether or not he was then a student in good standing.
Interesting, the note appended to the memo suggests the information the Kenyan provided raised serious questions about the wife and child that would need to be answered if he were applying for more than a temporary stay.
Given that the INS was not going to conduct an investigation, the Woods memo appears to document only what the Kenyan said and did not determine whether or not the claims were true.
While Obama Sr.’s INS files do not prove he was not the father of the future president, they provide ample documentation the officer was skeptical the Kenyan was legitimately married to Dunham and/or was the biological father of Barack Obama II.
By deciding to stay with the temporary student visa status, the Kenyan obviated the need for an INS investigation that might have uncovered in 1961 that the marriage was fraudulent and the biological father of the child was someone else.
http://www.theobamafile.com/_family/senior.htm
The wife’s parents address where she lived may not have been important at that stage; it was not at a formal investigation yet... he got out before they could go after him about not supporting a wife and child.
Questions to all, for discussion purposes:
For what reason would INS be skeptical about whether Barack Obama was the father?
To what advantage would it be for BHO to admit having a wife and child in 1961?
In the post below it says ins files do not prove Obama SR was not the father of the future president
Source is at bottom of post.
(I will post later on the 1952 INA rules in effect, will shed some light on this)
“Is this really it? (re: possible Obama’s Kenyan B.C. - Attny Taitz) Click on the link Fri Apr 12 2013 01:36:12 GMT-0500 (CDT) · 10,908 of 11,021 Fred Nerks to WildHighlander57 The Woods memo
An additional document from Obama Sr.’s INS file is relevant: a handwritten memo dated Aug. 31,1961,by William Wood,as seen in Exhibit 5.
Exhibit 5: Barack Obama Sr. INS File,Woods Memo,Aug. 31,1961. Click to enlarge.
The memo’s use of the term “claims” suggests the information came from Obama Sr.,possibly at an in-person meeting with an officer at the INS office when he filled out and filed his visa extension form.
The memo confirms Dunham was leaving Hawaii to attend school in Seattle,an additional factor the INS would have examined had an investigation been undertaken into the legitimacy of the marriage and the fatherhood of the child.
In the last paragraph,the memo notes the child was living with the mother at the home of the grandparents,while the Kenyan was living at the Alencastre Street address –facts that did not need to be seriously considered if the only relevant question in extending Obama Sr.’s visa was whether or not he was then a student in good standing.
Interesting,the note appended to the memo suggests the information the Kenyan provided raised serious questions about the wife and child that would need to be answered if he were applying for more than a temporary stay.
Given that the INS was not going to conduct an investigation,the Woods memo appears to document only what the Kenyan said and did not determine whether or not the claims were true.
While Obama Sr.’s INS files do not prove he was not the father of the future president,they provide ample documentation the officer was skeptical the Kenyan was legitimately married to Dunham and/or was the biological father of Barack Obama II.
By deciding to stay with the temporary student visa status,the Kenyan obviated the need for an INS investigation that might have uncovered in 1961 that the marriage was fraudulent and the biological father of the child was someone else.
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