Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

by United States. Warren Commission

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Contents

  1. The Warren Commission Report
  2. President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  3. Foreword
  4. The Commission and Its Powers
  5. The Investigation
  6. Commission Hearings
  7. The Commission’s Function
  8. The Commission’s Report
  9. Chapter I. Summary and Conclusions
  10. Narrative of Events
  11. Conclusions
  12. Recommendations
  13. Chapter II. The Assassination
  14. Planning the Texas Trip
  15. Advance Preparations for the Dallas Trip
  16. Dallas Before the Visit
  17. Visits to Other Texas Cities
  18. Arrival at Love Field
  19. Organization of the Motorcade
  20. The Drive Through Dallas
  21. The Assassination
  22. Parkland Memorial Hospital
  23. The End of the Trip
  24. Chapter III. The Shots From the Texas School Book Depository
  25. The Witnesses
  26. The Presidential Automobile
  27. Expert Examination of Rifle, Cartridge Cases, and Bullet Fragments
  28. The Bullet Wounds
  29. The Trajectory
  30. Number of Shots
  31. The Shot That Missed
  32. Time Span of Shots
  33. Conclusion
  34. Chapter IV. The Assassin
  35. Ownership and Possession of Assassination Weapon
  36. Conclusion
  37. The Rifle in the Building
  38. Conclusion
  39. Oswald at Window
  40. Conclusion
  41. The Killing of Patrolman J. D. Tippit
  42. Conclusion
  43. Oswald’s Arrest
  44. Statements of Oswald During Detention
  45. Prior Attempt to Kill
  46. Oswald’s Rifle Capability
  47. Conclusion
  48. Conclusion
  49. Chapter V. Detention and Death of Oswald
  50. Treatment of Oswald in Custody
  51. Activity of Newsmen
  52. The Abortive Transfer
  53. Possible Assistance to Jack Ruby in Entering the Basement
  54. Adequacy of Security Precautions
  55. News Coverage and Police Policy
  56. Responsibility of News Media
  57. Chapter VI. Investigation of Possible Conspiracy
  58. Circumstances Surrounding the Assassination
  59. Background of Lee Harvey Oswald
  60. Possible Conspiracy Involving Jack Ruby
  61. Conclusion
  62. Chapter VII. Lee Harvey Oswald: Background and Possible Motives
  63. The Early Years
  64. New York City
  65. Return to New Orleans and Joining the Marine Corps
  66. Interest in Marxism
  67. Defection to the Soviet Union
  68. Return to the United States
  69. Personal Relations
  70. Employment
  71. Attack on General Walker
  72. Political Activities
  73. Interest in Cuba
  74. Possible Influence of Anti-Kennedy Sentiment in Dallas
  75. Relationship With Wife
  76. The Unanswered Questions
  77. Conclusion
  78. Chapter VIII. The Protection of the President
  79. The Nature of the Protective Assignment
  80. Evaluation of Presidential Protection at the Time of the Assassination of President Kennedy
  81. Recommendations
  82. Conclusion
  83. Appendix I
  84. Appendix II
  85. Appendix III
  86. Members of Commission
  87. General Counsel
  88. Assistant Counsel
  89. Staff Members
  90. Appendix V List of Witnesses
  91. Resolution Governing Questioning of Witnesses by Members of the Commission Staff
  92. Appendix VII A Brief History of Presidential Protection
  93. Before the Civil War
  94. Lincoln
  95. The Need for Protection Further Demonstrated
  96. Development of Presidential Protection
  97. Appendix VIII Medical Reports From Doctors at Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Tex
  98. Appendix IX Autopsy Report and Supplemental Report
  99. Firearms and Firearms Identification
  100. Fingerprints and Palmprints
  101. Questioned Documents
  102. Wound Ballistics Experiments
  103. Hairs and Fibers
  104. Photographs
  105. Appendix Xi Reports Relating to the Interrogation of Lee Harvey Oswald at the Dallas Police Department
  106. Report of Capt. J. W. Fritz, Dallas Police Department
  107. Reports of Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
  108. Reports of Inspector Thomas J. Kelley, U.S. Secret Service
  109. Report of U.S. Postal Inspector H. D. Holmes
  110. Appendix XII Speculations and Rumors
  111. The Source of the Shots
  112. The Assassin
  113. Oswald’s Movements Between 12:33 and 1:15 P.M
  114. Murder of Tippit
  115. Oswald After His Arrest
  116. Oswald in the Soviet Union
  117. Oswald’s Trip to Mexico City
  118. Oswald and U.S. Government Agencies
  119. Conspiratorial Relationships
  120. Other Rumors and Speculations
  121. Early Years
  122. Marines
  123. Soviet Union
  124. Fort Worth, Dallas, New Orleans
  125. Mexico City
  126. Dallas
  127. Appendix XIV Analysis of Lee Harvey Oswald’s Finances From June 13, 1962, Through November 22, 1963
  128. Lee Harvey Oswald Receipts and Expenditures June 13, 1962, to Nov. 22, 1963
  129. Appendix XV Transactions Between Lee Harvey Oswald and Marina Oswald, and the U.S. Department of State and the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the U.S. Department of Justice
  130. Issuance of Passport in 1959
  131. Oswald’s Attempts to Renounce His U.S. Citizenship
  132. Return and Renewal of Oswald’s 1959 Passport
  133. Authorization for Marina Oswald to Enter the United States
  134. Oswald’s Letter to Senator Tower
  135. The Loan from the State Department
  136. Oswald’s Return to the United States and Repayment of His Loan
  137. Issuance of a Passport in June 1963
  138. Visit to the Russian Embassy in Mexico City
  139. Conclusion
  140. Appendix XVI A Biography of Jack Ruby
  141. Family Background
  142. Childhood and Youth (1911-33)
  143. Young Manhood (1933-43)
  144. Military Activities (1943-46)
  145. Postwar Chicago (1946-47)
  146. Dallas (1947-63)
  147. Character and Interests
  148. Preliminary Arrangements
  149. Administration of the Test
  150. Interpretation of the Test

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