[Sample B: Approval/Signature Sheet] - George Mason University

could have faced espionage charges, but the FBI, “which had been primed for Oswald’s
return from Russia, calmly closed the book on him in spite of his uncooperative and
obstreperous attitude, refusal to take a lie detector test, and immediate mail activities with
just about any communist or left wing organizations he could think of.” 663
In New Orleans, the FBI and CIA created more paper trails about Oswald.
Newman discussed many of the same suspicious events and people allegedly tied to
Oswald – his leaflets with the 544 Camp Street address stamped on it, his scuffle with
Bringuier, and his correspondence tying the Fair Play for Cuban Committee with a
known Soviet defector. Newman suggested that Guy Bannister, the private detective
with ties to the CIA, FBI, and anti-Castro Cubans, was “using Oswald to smoke out pro-
Castro Cuban students in local universities and to discredit local leftwing or communist
academics.” 664 The evidence also indicated Oswald was involved in a CIA program
known as AMSPELL, which was a propaganda mission on behalf for the Cuban Student
Directorate (DRE) – the anti-Castro Cuban group that Bringuier was a leader of. Oswald
activities, culminating with his radio debate with Bringuier and another anti-communist
activist, were “a bonanza for AMSPELL’s mission” by tying the FPCC to the communist
party and Soviet Union when Oswald was confronted with his defection to the Soviet
Union and his attempt to renounce his U.S. citizenship. 665
Newman also sought to untangle Oswald’s activities in Mexico City, which he
pointed out was “one of the most intensely surveilled spots on the planet” with Soviet,
663 Newman, 262.
664 Newman, 309.
665 Newman, 318.
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