Research Paper Outline
Justin Wolf 2/4/15
Mr. Wimmer US H
Research Paper Outline
I. Introduction
A. Did Lee Harvey Oswald work alone in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy or was he involved in a conspiracy?
B. Lee Harvey Oswald was the only man ever arrested for shooting President John F. Kennedy but he
C. Lee Harvey Oswald was involved in a conspiracy to assassinate President John F. Kennedy with one of the following: the Soviet Union, the CIA, or the Cubans/Fidel Castro.
II. Soviet Union Body Paragraph
A. Lee Harvey Oswald went to the Soviet Union during a time of terrorism between the Soviet Union and the United States also known as “The Cold War”.
B. Lee Harvey Oswald arrived in the Soviet Union in 1959
C. Oswald loved the Soviet Union so much that he wanted to apply for citizenship. He went to the U.S Embassy in Moscow to declare that he was surrendering his American citizenship.
D. Oswald stated in a letter to his brother less than six weeks after his arrival to the Soviet Union “These people are a good, warm, alive people…” (Savodnik, 38)
E. “In Russia, Oswald attempted to become a Soviet citizen, and he was interviewed by KGB agents before his visa expired and he was told to leave Moscow. Oswald's response was to slit his left wrist, and he was checked into a psychiatric ward for several days” (American History, “Lee Harvey Oswald”)
F. Oswald was forced to leave the Soviet Union after being denied citizenship by the Soviet government
G. “Oswald returned to the United States in 1962 as a kind of Manchurian candidate who had been programmed to spy (or kill) for the KGB” (Savodnik, 33).
H. Therefore, Lee Harvey Oswald may have been part of a conspiracy with the Soviet Union
III. CIA Body Paragraph
A. Lee Harvey Oswald had a unique relationship with the CIA that may have lead to Oswald and the CIA being co-conspirators.
B. Oswald visited Mexico City in late September, early October of 1963. He tried to obtain visas from the Cuban
Mr. Wimmer US H
Research Paper Outline
I. Introduction
A. Did Lee Harvey Oswald work alone in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy or was he involved in a conspiracy?
B. Lee Harvey Oswald was the only man ever arrested for shooting President John F. Kennedy but he
C. Lee Harvey Oswald was involved in a conspiracy to assassinate President John F. Kennedy with one of the following: the Soviet Union, the CIA, or the Cubans/Fidel Castro.
II. Soviet Union Body Paragraph
A. Lee Harvey Oswald went to the Soviet Union during a time of terrorism between the Soviet Union and the United States also known as “The Cold War”.
B. Lee Harvey Oswald arrived in the Soviet Union in 1959
C. Oswald loved the Soviet Union so much that he wanted to apply for citizenship. He went to the U.S Embassy in Moscow to declare that he was surrendering his American citizenship.
D. Oswald stated in a letter to his brother less than six weeks after his arrival to the Soviet Union “These people are a good, warm, alive people…” (Savodnik, 38)
E. “In Russia, Oswald attempted to become a Soviet citizen, and he was interviewed by KGB agents before his visa expired and he was told to leave Moscow. Oswald's response was to slit his left wrist, and he was checked into a psychiatric ward for several days” (American History, “Lee Harvey Oswald”)
F. Oswald was forced to leave the Soviet Union after being denied citizenship by the Soviet government
G. “Oswald returned to the United States in 1962 as a kind of Manchurian candidate who had been programmed to spy (or kill) for the KGB” (Savodnik, 33).
H. Therefore, Lee Harvey Oswald may have been part of a conspiracy with the Soviet Union
III. CIA Body Paragraph
A. Lee Harvey Oswald had a unique relationship with the CIA that may have lead to Oswald and the CIA being co-conspirators.
B. Oswald visited Mexico City in late September, early October of 1963. He tried to obtain visas from the Cuban