Why Did Lee Harvey Oswald Go to Moscow?
From 1995: Norman Mailer on the former marine’s troubled marriage and his time spent under the observation of the K.G.B. before he assassinated John F. Kennedy, in 1963.
Photographer: Various
Publisher: The New Yorker
Format: Digital
Date: 2020/04/19 (originally published 1995/04/02)
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Lee Harvey Oswald with his wife, Marina, and their daughter, June. Photograph from National Archives / GettyThe passport that Oswald handed over to the American consul on October 31, 1959. Photograph from National Archives / GettyOswald, in dark glasses, with friends from the Horizon factory. “I meet many young Russian workers,” he wrote. “All wish to know about me.” Photograph from National Archives / GettyA note, on Metropole Hotel stationery, that Lee took to the American Embassy. Photograph from National Archives / GettyMarina Oswald and her daughter, June. Photograph by National Archives / GettyLee with Ella Germann (top right) and Pavel Golovachev. Photograph from National Archives / Getty