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Bringuier incident, and brushed aside any suggestion that Oswald might have staged the
event.
The Commission also downplayed suggestions that Oswald might have been
working for right-wing activists as an agent provocateur. The report noted that on one of
the pamphlets was stamped the address 544 Camp St. The Commission declared that
“extensive investigation was not able to connect Oswald with that address, although it did
develop the fact that an anti-Castro organization had maintained offices there for a period
ending early in 1962.” 81 Many conspiracy theorists have seized on this to suggest
Oswald was involved in an intelligence operation, since the building not only housed an
anti-Castro organization but also a right-wing extremist, private investigator and former
FBI agent Guy Bannister. A number of witnesses claimed to see Oswald associating with
right-wingers, including Bannister, David Ferrie, and Clay Shaw, the only man ever
brought to trial in the assassination. Shaw was acquitted.
During this time, Oswald showed his predilection to use aliases and forge
documents. Either this was a sign of Oswald’s active fantasy life as the Commission
would have it, or perhaps a sign of some sort of intelligence work. Marina testified that
Oswald was also considering leaving the United States again for the Soviet Union or
Cuba. She also said Oswald discussed hijacking an airplane to Cuba, but nothing came
of the scheme when she refused to participate.
According to the Warren Commission, before returning to Dallas, Oswald made a
trip in September 1963 to Mexico City, in which he tried to get a visa to visit Cuba and
81 WC Report, 408
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