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JFK Assassination Richard M. Mosk Staff Member Warren Commission Papers - Download

JFK Assassination Richard M. Mosk Staff Member Warren Commission Papers

1,769 pages of documents. These papers help give a view of the internal work done by the staff of the Warren Commission. The Richard M. Mosk papers, consist of drafts and copies of reports, correspondence between members of the Commission staff, both personal and professional, interviews and speeches all related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Richard Mosk joined The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy staff at the age of 25. As a staff member of the Warren Commission he was charged with examining the background of Lee Harvey Oswald.

This collection includes reports by Mosk covering the history of presidential protection, history of the secret service, Oswald's marksmanship, Oswald family finances, and Oswald's life in America after he returned from Russia.

Mosk wrote legal opinions on pre-assassination issues such as State Department and Immigration and Naturalization Service decisions concerning Marina and Lee Oswald's return to the United States. Whether Marina Oswald was eligible for entry into the United States; Whether Lee Harvey Oswald should have been issued a passport on June 25, 1963, and if that passport should have been revoked when the State Department received information that Lee Oswald was making inquiries about returning to Russia at the Russian Embassy in Mexico City in late September and early October.

Mosk wrote legal opinions on post-assassination issues involving Texas homicide laws, and the ability of the Commission to subpoena U.S citizens living abroad.

Mosk wrote legal opinions on legal issues faced by the Commission, such as how copyright would be applied to the Commission's final report and the use of copyright material in the report. Mosk addressed issues about the style and citation formatting of the final report.

Source: Richard M. Mosk Warren Commission papers, Collection no. 6120, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California








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