I have always found your posts on this topic, over the years, interesting and informative. Without a doubt you have much more information and knowledge about the assassination than I do. Your confidence in your positions and opinions bears merit due to your knowledge. To clarify, I have never come close to manifesting anything other than basically my self formed amateur opinion, but one to which I am entitled nonetheless.
From my standpoint, and my basic premise is that there are too many questions, too many coincidences, too many oddities, and too many odd characters involved in this situation to give me absolute certainty that there was not some kind of plot or manipulation, maybe not an outright far reaching consipiracy, but an orchestrated effort to have JFK killed. I could very well be wrong.
One thing that has always stood out to me, and I would value your opinion on this episode of the mystery, is Oswald's trip to Mexico City. I have read quite a bit obout this situation and have some personal knowledge, not of anything related ot Oswald, of CIA and MexGov policies and actions during those times. Due to that, I am perplexed at how Oswald flew so under the radar given his background.
My fathers family is from Mexico City, it is where I was raised through 14 years old, and my parents lived there from 1960 through 1983, save for a brief 18 month stint when I was born in Houston. Ironically my parents were married in Mexico City a few weeks after JFK was assassinated.
From the 1950's through forever anyone with any sense, especially the expat community, knew that the USSR embassy was under incredible surveillance by the CIA and the Mexican spy agencies that were run by the CIA. The CIA had 3 Mexican presidents compromised, one of which was the security chief at that time and was later to be president. Following the Cuban revolution the Cuban embassy and its personnel were basically treated the same way by the CIA, and there was a huge CIA presence there as well. (in the early 00's I found out one of my childhood friends dad was way up with the CIA in the 70's).
The Mexican government, by its own volition and also at the behest of the gringo's, has always been extremely worried about leftist movements and communists. The security, spying, monitoring, and just overall covering of the Soviet and Cuban actions and facilities was huge in Mexico City.
For instance, my pediatrician an Anglo/Mexican, dual citizen Brit/Mex, went to cuba in 61' or 62' on a medical mission. When her group returned to Mexico they were are "interned" for a couple of days and just short of outright tortured as to what they did and who they saw in Cuba. In her case, she was cut loose early as it turned out she treated one of the Mexican security guys kids and when he found out she was held, he cut her loose.
Other expats that had contact with Cubans or Russians were immediately questioned and watched, phone lines were tapped issues with the MexGov immediately arose. Everyone knew, even us kids, to avoid the Russians, Cubans, and Eastern Europeans like the plague. White Russians left Mexico because of harassment, so did many Jews. The Mexican security services never trusted them much and did not welcome them.
Thus, what did Oswald go and do in Mexico City? And how does the CIA and Mexican Security Services, who were prone to denying entry to those who had visited the USSR or Cuba, basically miss him there? How did he skate in Mexico so easily? The issues with the Winston Scott "manuscript" being taken and his and other government people, both US and Mexican, saying that Oswald was known to them and was under surveillance in CDMX has always been an oddity. But the CIA basically denies it. As you say, if there was nothing to hide why was the CIA so adamant about sealing off Winston Scott's version of events and not to mention the irony or convenience of his death shortly after retirement when he was in his mid 60's. And it was none other than Angleton that got to his home and widow before the body was even cold.
I do not think that the Russians nor the Cubans had anything to do with JFK being killed, don't get me wrong. But I do think it is an incredible coincidence that a bumbler like Oswald was able to get down to CDMX, visit the USSR and Cuban embassy, meet a few other known subversives, and basically fly under both Mexican and CIA security that was harsh as hell and then get back to the US and kill the president. Could it have happened? Absolutely, do I find it questionable? Absolutely as well.
As I said, a lot of questions for my taste.
Oh, and in regard to Walker, he was not well thought of by the administration, for reference a quote:
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In private, the president was scathing. A secret White House recording system captured Kennedy's assessment of Dallas' new resident: "General Walker. Imagine that son of a ***** having been commander of a division up till last year. And the Army promoting him?"
