My word! Something I never expected to see in a birther topic after all this time: a new analysis, and one that makes a lot of sense!
Mine isn’t new. It’s been out since shortly after the presser where Zullo discussed the codes.
Bottom line for me has always been the truth, nothing else.
Do I think the codes matter at all? Only IF they have secured a genuine copy of the LOCAL/STATE codes. I have confirmed that states had their own, but not which state codes would have matched the federal codes back in 61. Of the 30+ states that I contacted, only a handful could respond with authority. They all said that they doubted any of the old state manuals remained on file, or in archives anywhere. They were discarded once revisions took place.
I have always felt that the revisions to the August ‘61 Fed VSIM would not likely have been to the race codes, but either to geo info or to add more specific wording. WHY change race coding info (the actual codes) mid year? That would result in a huge amount of down stream mess.. But Zullo and Co. got all hung up on that issue.