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Oswald looks over and spots Ruby in the back of the room, on

a table. Recognition is in his eyes. The police start to

move him out.

NEWSMAN 6

What did you do in Russia? What

happened to your eye?

TV OSWALD:

A policeman hit me.

GARRISON:

He seems pretty cool to me for a man

under pressure like that.

LIZ:

Icy, you mean.

(shudders)

He gives me the willies... come on

sugarplums, it's past your bedtimes...

(to Jim)

Come on, let's go upstairs.

(rises)

Mattie - get ahold of yourself.

MATTIE:

Why, Mr. Jim? He was a great man,

Mr. Jim, a great man...

Jim is moved by her.

TELEVISION IMAGE: Texas D.A. Henry Wade addresses the

journalists.

TV WADE:

There is no one else but him. He

has been charged in the Supreme Court

with murder with malice. We're gonna

ask for the death penalty.

Jim moves to the phone as Liz starts the kids up the stairs.

The TV cuts to stills of Oswald's life. Two newsmen sit in

a studio, smoking, sharing information.

FRANK:

(Newsman 7)

So several hours after the

assassination, a disturbed portrait

is emerging of Lee Harvey Oswald.

Described as shy and introverted, he

spent much of his childhood in New

Orleans, Louisiana and went to high

school there. After a stint in the

Marines, he apparently became

fascinated by Communism and in 1959

defected to the Soviet Union.

BOB:

(Newsman 8)

He married a Russian woman there,

Frank, had a child, and then returned

to the United States after 30 months.

But he is still believed to be a

dedicated Marxist and a fanatical

supporter of Fidel Castro and ultra

left wing causes. He spent last

summer in New Orleans and was arrested

in a brawl with anti-Castro Cuban

exiles.

FRANK:

(Newsman 7)

And apparently, Bob, Oswald had been

passing out pro-Castro pamphlets for

an organization called Fair Play for

Cuba, a Communist front he reportedly

belongs to.

BOB:

(Newsman 8)

And we have Marina Oswald, his Russian-

born wife, who has identified the

rifle found in the Book Depository

as belonging to her husband. And we

have...

TELEVISION IMAGES: Kennedy's casket coming off the plane in

Washington D.C. play under the newsman... Jackie stands there

in her blood-spotted dress... we cut to the photograph of

L.B.J. taking the oath of office earlier that day... and a

still photo of Robert Kennedy's reaction...

JIM:

(on the phone)

Lou, I'm sorry to disturb you this

late... yeah, matter of routine but

we better get on this New Orleans

connection of Oswald's right away.

Check out his record, find any friends

or associates from last summer.

Let's meet with the senior assistants

and investigators day after tomorrow,

Sunday, yeah, at 11... Thanks Lou.

GARRISON CONFERENCE ROOM - 2 DAYS LATER - DAY(1963)

Jim is with his key players: Lou Ivon, chief investigator;

Susie Cox, in her 30's, and efficient, attractive Assistant

D.A.; La Oser, Assistant D.A. in his 40's, serious,

spectacled; Bill Broussard, Assistant D.A., handsome,

volatile, in his 30's; Numa Bertell, D.A. in his 30's, chubby

and friendly, and several others. They sit around a

conference table with a black-and-white portable TV on a

side table showing the current Sunday, November 24 news from

Dallas.

MARINA OSWALD:

(on TV)

Lee good man... he not shoot anyone.

Camera moves to Lou Ivon, looking at paperwork.

LOU:

As far as Oswald's associates, boss,

the one name that keeps popping up

is David Ferrie.

Oswald was seen with him several times last summer.

JIM:

I know David - a strange character.

LOU:

He's been in trouble before. Used

to be a hot shot pilot for Eastern

Airlines, but he got canned after an

alleged homosexual incident with a

14-year old boy.

BILL:

(on phone, excited)

Get Kohlman... he told somebody the

Texas trip... yesterday mentioned to

somebody about Ferrie... find it

out.

On the TV we see the first image of the "backyard photos" of

Lee Harvey Oswald holding the rifle.

NEWSMAN 1

These backyard photos were found

yesterday among Oswald's possessions

in the garage of Janet William's

home in Riving, Texas, where Marina

Oswald and her children are living.

The picture apparently was taken

earlier this year. Police say the

rifle, a cheap World War II Italian-

made Mannlicher-Carcano, was ordered

from a Chicago mailing house and

shipped to Oswald's alias A. Hidell

at a post office box in March, 1963.

This is the same rifle that was used

to assassinate the President.

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