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Reaction to Oswald

United States of America · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1963Date range
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Chronological records

1963

Sam Giancana25 November 1963

Chicago · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

An FBI electronic surveillance transcript recorded Sam Giancana commenting on November 25 that Oswald was a marksman who knew how to shoot after an associate described Oswald as a Marxist.

Names involved

Sam Giancana

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