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In reply to the discussion: Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy believed President Kennedy was killed by a conspiracy. [View all]AntiFascist
(12,792 posts)usually point out his connections to intelligence and counter-intelligence, which likely began when he was stationed at a U-2 spy plane base in Japan.
Eventhough he was distributing pro-Castro literature in New Orleans, he may have also had contact with the anti-Castro counter-intelligence people stationed nearby.
Oswald may have been involved in gun-running and counter-intelligence activities related to anti-Castro militia groups near New Orleans.
He may have been hired to shoot at General Walker in order to scare him, due to Walker's strong pro-fascist leanings.
By the same token, there is some evidence that he was at Dealey Plaza in order to shoot at and scare JFK, due to what some may have perceived as JFK's pro-Communist leanings. This would have made him an ideal patsy for an assassination. He seemed to be genuinely surprised when authorities tried to catch him.