Thomas
L. Thomson
895045
C.I.M. East
P.O.
Box 500
Chino, Calif. 91710
Chino, Calif. 91710
September
19, 1978
The
Chairman/Committeeman
House
Committee on Assassinations
U.S.
House of Representatives
Washington,
D.C.
Dear
Chairman/Committeeman:
In
May of 1963 in Fort Worth, Texas, in the Technical Publications Office (B-58)
of General Dynamics, Conair, one James Thomas (white-early thirties) told me
that he knew an ex-marine who had “defected to Russia, returned, and was
working in a” Dallas school book store/library/warehouse (do not recall him
using the word “depository”)
I
pressed Thomas for the ex-marines name, and he said, “Oswald.”
I
once worked for a firm named Uniforms by Oswald in Staten Island, N.Y.C., and
the name “Oswald” made an indelible impression on my immediately.
I
was puzzled at the time as to why an ex-U.S. Marine would defect to Russia and
am more puzzled now as to how in the hell Thomas could place Oswald in that
bookstore in May of 1963 – when, according to the Warren Commission Report, Oswald
didn’t hire on with the Dallas School Book Depository until a month, or so,
before November 22, 1963.
So
help me God, this is the Gospel truth and my recollection is vivid, lucid,
reliable, & unequivocal on this incident.
The
following facts are corollary to afore noted revelation:
(A)
I
was an electronics engineering writer with Thomas at the time at Conair.
(B)
I
called the Ft. Worth office of the FBI and reported shortly thereafter the
information from Thomas because it seemed incongruous to me that an ex-marine
would defect to Russia.
(C)
After
President John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s assassination I called the F.B.I. on
several occasions in several different cities & most usually received a
brush-off. On one occasion I was called a “nut” by one F.B.I. agent.
(D)
I
was interviewed RE this matter by Secret Service Agent Walters in Phoenix
(Dec), 1963.
(E)
I
was interviewed by FBI agent EVANS in
the 1st qtr. Of 1964 in Phoenix, Ariz. In RE.
I reveal this information as a patriotic
American citizen & for no other purpose.
Lord knows, you guys have enough
information to sift thru without having to separate fact from fiction. I would
NOT give you bum dope – or doubtful information. I will voluntarily submit to a
polygraph – whatever.
Also, I flew a hybrid light airplane for
Thomas (I hold commercial Pilots Lic. #1307837) from Belview Airfield (near
Austin) to an unmarked Ft. Worth strip in the spring of ’63. Thomas said he had
flow the craft 1100 miles non-stop (questionable range for the bird-extra fuel
tanks?). Why? From where?
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