Now!
Prior to 19 February 2019, the only direct evidence we had of what Mr Oswald had really claimed as to his whereabouts at the time of the assassination was Mr Holmes's rather convoluted recollection.
Mr Holmes was categorical on one point:
Mr Oswald had claimed that the encounter with the police officer and Mr Truly had taken place in the vestibule:
front entrance, first floor. No doubt in Mr Holmes's mind about this.
Mr Holmes also recalled Mr Oswald's having mentioned a coke, but was far more muddled about where it fit into Mr Oswald's story:
"But he went downstairs, and as he went out the front, it seems as though he did have a coke with him, or he stopped at the coke machine, or somebody else was trying to get a coke, but there was a coke involved. He mentioned something about a coke."Thankfully------
------- the revelation on 19 February 2019 of Agent Hosty's handwritten account of what Mr Oswald had said in custody clarified the issue beyond any doubt:
------------purchased Coca Cola in 2nd fl lunchroom before the parade
------------came back down to 1st fl
------------"Then went outside to watch the P. parade".The Hosty notes could hardly have been clearer. Their revelation delivered an even worse body blow to the Anti-Prayer-Man zealots than the release of the photograph of white-haired Ms Sarah Stanton!
So!
Since 19 Feb, the primary question has moved on
from---------
Where did Mr Oswald claim to have been during the assassination?to---------
Was Mr Oswald telling the truth when he claimed to have been outside during the assassination and to have had an exchange with a police officer at the front entrance just after it?My money remains firmly on a resounding
yes as the answer to this latter question!
