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To: Chainmail
"I have seen the film and it runs almost an hour. You have most likely seen a short segment of it."

There isn't an hour of it. Johann Rush filmed Oswald in the hallway of the studio when Oswald came in to be on the radio program. It was just a few minutes of him standing there.

"You obviously haven’t read Oswald’s statement about his time in the Soviet Union. It’s in the Warren Report. Read it and I think you’ll be surprised: other than a couple of misspellings, Oswald seems intelligent and articulate and not at all sympathetic to the Soviets."

The socialist paradise didn't live up to his expectations. That shouldn't be a surprise. But it's got nothing to do with him being some kind of intelligence agent.

98 posted on 10/26/2017 11:56:57 AM PDT by mlo
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To: mlo
You're wrong: he was filmed in an office and he held forth for a long time. He was unconvincing but articulate.

"The socialist paradise didn't live up to his expectations. That shouldn't be a surprise. But it's got nothing to do with him being some kind of intelligence agent. "

Methinks that you've never been in the business - so let's try a little exercise in logic: if he was unenthusiastic about the joys of the Worker's Paradise, why would he bother writing a long and descriptive and sardonic account of his experiences? Who was he writing this story for? Saturday Evening Post? His wife Marina?

Why would he allegedly continue to support the Soviets after such disillusionment?

It's a Contact Report and a pretty good one.

Add that to how readily he got permission to regain his citizenship, got to bring the 'ol Soviet missus, and even plane fare and expenses home and you've got ask yourself how wonderfully lucky he really was.

Except, of course for when they shot him.

99 posted on 10/26/2017 12:34:05 PM PDT by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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