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either meat or eggs, but refused dessert and coffee; the waitress concluded that Oswald
did not realize that the items which he refused were included in the price of the lunch. 98
A page later we find that “Marina has testified that her husband liked bananas and
frequently ate them.” 99 The Commission did identify one of the Soviets at the Mexico
City embassy he met with, Valery Vladimirovich Kostikov, as a KGB agent in addition to
serving as a consular officer. Later researchers would report the explosive information
that Kostikov was in fact involved in so-called “wet operations” such as political
assassinations. If Oswald did indeed meet with Kostikov or if an Oswald met with
Kostikov to set Oswald up, the potential for a conspiracy is apparent. Another possible
conspiratorial relationship outlined by the House Select Committee on Assassinations but
overlooked by the Commission was that Oswald’s uncle Charles Murrett was reputedly
linked to New Orleans crime boss Carlos Marcello – a target of the Kennedy Justice
Department, who may have been motivated to kill the president.
The Commission spent part of the report outlining recommendations to improve
presidential security and to make the assassination of a president or other high-ranking
officials into a federal crime. The Commission’s version of the alleged assassin’s life,
however, almost makes presidential assassinations impossible to prevent. Oswald as
“lone nut” assassin makes Kennedy’s death similar to an act of God: how can one protect
the President from a crazy man with a rifle? This largely absolved government agencies
of responsibility either directly or indirectly in the assassination.
98 WC Report, 735.
99 WC Report, 736.
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