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ING from shiding CONSIGNED from n also suppose that on the basis or what it understced to be the facts, the F.B.I. should have put two and three together and come up with two or more assassins. why, indeed, was there a natural immobilization on the question two jassassins? why above all else did the idea of a of conspiracy become unthinkable in the Cold war American where for the past twenty years a virtual paranoia concerning communist plotting machinations, and conspiracy has prevailed? Why in this nation, which has lived in pathological fear of communism, and in which a climate of hysteria has (enveloped us all concerning communist ambitions for world domination, was there not any consideration given to the possibility of a communist conspiracy? Is it possible to believe our militarists; our anti-communist politicians and our communications media would have concealed evidence of a : conspirácy to kill Kennedy had such a conspiracy been or had the / slightest chance of being? Yet there was) as have seen, evi- we dence of a conspiracy and it was not acted upon. Why not? what did this nation( so deeply fear that led it to hidifrom the facts of a conspiracy? What caused our government to be immobilized when action was called for? Could it have been the concept of conspiracy would have led not in the direction of a communist plot, but rather in a direction which would have been even more shocking to our own nation? whatever is the case, where action was called for, none was taken In fact, there was very patent evidence of conspiracy Take for example the "atal head hit which must have come from in front of Kennedy and not from behind him. The Zapruder film makes that blear. There were too many shots, too many bullets, fired toorclose cogether for one assassin. There was evidence of an entrance wound -34- 34

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