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Page 18 of 4 our Government or -- nothing Socialist, mind you I never heard him in any way, shape or form confess that he was a Communist, or that he ever thought about being a Communist I never heard Oswald make any anti-American or pro-Communist statement's "Oswald never gave me any indication of favoring Communism or opposing capitalism' do not recall any remarks on his part concerning Communism, Russia or Cuba " are some of the examples cited earlier herein of the consensus of his former Marine associates). This material, consisting of depositions and affidavits. - in contrast to the inciting and incriminating testimony presented openly before the members of the Commission - was bunched in a separate volume of the Warren Report from Thornley's testimony and it appears unlikely thát most, if any, of the Commisaior members ever saw it. Oswald was met on his arrival in New York not by the F.B.I. nor any other law enforcement agencies but by Spas T. Raikin, who was the secretary-general of the American Friends of the Anti - Bolshevik Nations, Inc., an nnti-Communist operation with < extensive intelligence connections. No effort ever. was made by the government to prosecute Oswald for his alleged defection. To the contrary, as will be seen in the following chapter, when he ultimately moved from Fort Worth to Dallas he was received with open arms by the ferociously nti-communist White Russian C 1984 Jim Garrison NW 12640 DocId:59167984 Page 42

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