Recently approved by the US authorities, the publication of part of the documents on the assassination of John F. Kennedy has revived the conspiracy theory that this "greatest crime of the 20th century" was orchestrated by Moscow, political scientist and writer James Reston Jr. writes in his article for La Times. Meanwhile, according to the author, this theory remains absurd - after all, in order to combine all the circumstances necessary for such an operation, Soviet agents had to be at least "clairvoyants."
The partial publication of the remaining classified documents concerning the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy has revived "the old legend that the assassination was organized by the Russians," American political scientist, writer and former military intelligence officer James Reston Jr. writes in the Los Angeles Times. As the author notes, only "a couple of grains of data" from the CIA and FBI reports about the visit of the main suspect Lee Harvey Oswald to the Soviet embassy in Mexico City in September 1963 were enough for this.
Meanwhile, Reston Jr. is convinced, if we assume that the conspiracy to remove the US president originated exactly when Oswald arrived at the embassy door in September 1963, it turns out that Soviet agents “must have been more than just vicious Cold War warriors., but puppeteers, endowed with amazing luck and clairvoyance. As the political scientist emphasizes, at that time Kennedy's November trip to Dallas, Texas, which became fatal for him, had not even been planned, and Oswald did not get a job in the Texas School Book Depository, whose employee he became shortly before the crime.
Oswald went to Mexico City for a Cuban visa, and in the 20 minutes he spent in the company of a KGB operative, “he didn't exactly come across as a sophisticated killer,” the author continues. “However, possessing their special abilities, the puppeteers, no doubt, could afford to ignore the main rule when hiring any foreign agent, and even more so, the president’s killer: that he must be reliable and accessible,” he sneers.
As the expert notes, the USSR knew very well that Oswald was a "schizo": he was fully studied even when he tried to escape from the USA to the Soviet Union in 1959, and at first he was even paid a scholarship, but later the special services realized that he will not be able to become "an exemplary representative of anti-Americanism," and his funding has ceased. In addition, Oswald himself discovered that life in the USSR is not at all what he imagined it to be, and went home, leaving behind only a dossier, where he was described as an "absolutely unreliable" person, the author writes. Finally, he argues, Soviet agents also could not help but know that just a month before his visit to Mexico City, Oswald violated another "rule of espionage" by "spotting" in New Orleans,where he, along with fellow "leftists" handed out leaflets in support of Cuba and was eventually arrested by the police and photographed.
However, all this was unimportant - after all, the "Soviet puppeteers" had "clairvoyance", laughs Reston Jr. Despite the fact that close associates of Kennedy, who faced violence in Dallas, dissuaded the "charming liberal president" from going to this city, considering it too dangerous, and in September the decision on the visit had not yet been made, Moscow agents probably knew that "vanity Kennedy will prevail over suspicious people "and he will still go to the city, the expert writes. Moreover, they also had to know in advance that the presidential cortege would change its route and pass by the book depository, and their "agent" would become an employee of this book depository five weeks before the fateful visit, he said.
"The magical powers of the Russians are growing," jokes Reston Jr. “Or maybe it’s not a matter of clairvoyance, but to make sure that the route of the cortege passed the book depository, their skills allowed them. But that would mean that they penetrated the highest echelons of power in Washington and Austin (the capital of Texas - InoTV). " As the author explains, a few weeks before Kennedy's visit, the White House and Texas Gov. John Connally were in secret talks about where the president would deliver the speech; the first party, at the insistence of the FBI, offered an audience at the Texas Exhibition Center as a location, and Connally offered the Merchandise Mart business center, a smaller venue that would also be more popular with entrepreneurs around him.
“Without a doubt, it was the Russian puppeteers who arranged everything so that the FBI would lose this dispute and defeat Connally,” the expert again sneers: according to Reston Jr., it was this circumstance that ultimately led to the fact that Kennedy's motorcade was forced to maneuver the streets of Dallas - so he not only drove past the book depository, but also slowed down, which allowed Oswald, who was not particularly accurate, to hit the target.
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The theory of the "Russian trace" in the death of Kennedy is "absurd", the author sums up. “Why most Americans believe that the assassination of President Kennedy was the result of some grand conspiracy, probably orchestrated by a foreign power, is no secret: we demand a conspiracy of the same magnitude for the greatest crime of the 20th century and, probably, the entire American history,” writes Reston Jr. - But to believe in this means to strive for convenience and to be lazy. Unfortunately, the real answer lies in the crazy brain of a pitiful, nine-grade, hopeless life driven by anger, resentment and delusion.”
