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Soviet Defection Raised in Debate

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

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1963

Lee Harvey Oswald21 August 1963

New Orleans · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

During the WDSU debate, Oswald was confronted publicly with his years in the Soviet Union, weakening his effort to present the FPCC as a local political movement.

Names involved

Lee Harvey Oswald

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