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his promise, Oswald soon threatened to kill Nixon, but Marina’s testimony about this
incident was curious. She claimed she struggled with Oswald and shut him in the
bathroom to prevent him from going out to kill Nixon. However, she also acknowledged
being confused about the incident, and testified “I couldn’t keep him from going out if he
really wanted to.” Nixon was not in Dallas around the time of the alleged incident, and
the Commission concluded that whatever Oswald told his wife, “he was not actually
planning to shoot Mr. Nixon at that time in Dallas.” 77 Once again, however, the
Commission used the Nixon incident to implicate Oswald, even though there are serious
questions about the whole story. There was also a strange incident related to the attempt
on Walker’s life that indicates perhaps there was more to the story. Shortly after the
assassination attempt, the De Mohrenschildts visited the Oswalds, and Mrs. De
Mohrenschildt noticed a rifle in the closet. Mr. De Mohrenschildt asked Oswald whether
he had fired the shot at Walker. De Mohrenschildt testified that he was only joking but
that Oswald “made a peculiar face” and “sort of shriveled.” 78
On April 24, 1963, Oswald returned to his hometown, New Orleans, where the
Warren Commission claimed the alleged assassin displayed a knack for gaining attention
for himself and his leftist political views. Once again, embedded in the narrative are
suggestions that Oswald may have been playing a double game as a sort of agent
provocateur. Ostensibly, Oswald was in New Orleans to find a job, and according to
Marina, to keep a low profile after the Walker incident. He found work as a coffee
77 WC Report, 188.
78 WC Report, 282.
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