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  • Groundbreaking document shows Oswald’s Commander went on Record to state that Oswald was in-fact Recruited by the CIA IN JAPAN

    03/19/2025 10:12:54 AM PDT · by hardspunned · 53 replies
    X ^ | 3/19/25 | MJTruthUltra
    • This declassified CIA cable from 1996 provides compelling evidence that Lee Harvey Oswald was, in fact, a CIA asset, according to his Commander at the time. • The cable’s very existence—marked “SECRET” and addressing a specific media inquiry about Oswald’s CIA ties in Japan—reveals an agency on high alert, carefully managing a narrative that threatens to expose a long-buried secret: Oswald’s recruitment • Consider the context… Oswald was stationed at Atsugi, a known CIA hub for covert operations, including U-2 spy plane missions, from 1957 to 1958. • The cable confirms that as late as 1996, a credible UPI...
  • Mortars found near Atsugi; security level raised

    12/24/2009 11:33:59 PM PST · by GATOR NAVY · 16 replies · 1,262+ views
    Stars and Stripes ^ | 26 Dec 09 | Erik Slavin and Hana Kusumoto
    TOKYO — Two homemade mortar launchers found within possible striking distance of Naval Air Facility Atsugi on Wednesday are being investigated as a planned guerrilla attack, Japanese police said. The time-triggered devices contained projectiles and were found at 10:20 a.m. in a wooded area about 500 yards north of the main base gate in Ayase City by a Japanese neighbor, a Kanagawa Prefectural Police spokesman said Wednesday. No projectiles had been launched from the devices, the spokesman said. Further details on the launchers and whether the projectiles were explosive were unavailable Wednesday, according to the spokesman. Police suspect an attack...
  • Band Everclear Plays at NAF Atsugi

    09/23/2005 7:46:14 AM PDT · by dsc · 57 replies · 903+ views
    First Hand | 23 September 05 | dsc
    Naval Air Facility Atsugi Japan held its annual Friendship Day on September 23rd. The Traditional Air Show was canceled due to complaints from local residents – all of whom had moved close to the formerly rural base long after it was established in the 1930s at the urging of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, chief architect and chief opponent of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The gates were opened to the Japanese public, but proper security procedures were observed. Various base organizations operated booths preparing American cuisine, all of which trailed long lines until late in the evening. Live music began...
  • Multiple explosions heard outside Atsugi base

    04/03/2003 3:37:45 PM PST · by GATOR NAVY · 2 replies · 108+ views
    Japan Today ^ | 04 Apr 03 | Kyodo News
    Friday, April 4, 2003 at 00:09 JST YOKOHAMA — Multiple explosions were heard outside the U.S. Atsugi naval air station Thursday night in what the Japanese police suspect was a guerrilla attack by Japanese militants opposed to the Iraq war. The explosions, which were reported at around 10:40 p.m., occurred in the neighborhood of the main gate of the base in Ayase, Kanagawa Prefecture, police officials said. There were no reports of casualties or damage to properties. One store owner outside the main gate of the base said he heard two quick explosions and described the blast as "something like...