Creative Speculation
In reply to the discussion: Here's a correction OP for 50 Reasons, 50 Years OP [View all]arguille
(60 posts)In the body of a CIA document dated September 2, 1959, appearing in the video, and referred to in the Bill Simpich article on which the video is based:
"The efforts of the Clandestine Services against the Soviet target will be increased and expanded
Operations designed to monitor the activities of Soviet official personnel and installations (REDCAP)
Operations against the USSR proper
Included in this category are illegal operations mounted into the USSR (REDSOX)
" (illegal operations can be understood as including false defectors)
Oswald was on his way to the USSR within a few weeks of the above. The strange circumstances of his hardship discharge from the Marines, coupled with unlikely facts associated with his European trip, and furthered by the response of the US Embassy in Moscow - all contribute to an understanding that Oswald was involved in a covert mission.
Bill Simpich, by the way, is hardly a "conspiracist" offering "unfounded speculations". He is a careful researcher who thoroughly sources all of his information.