Now!
We know from Agent Hosty's handwritten draft report that Mr Oswald--------------in that first interrogation--------------told Captain Fritz he "went outside to watch P. Parade".
However, in the first
published interrogation report-----------------the
joint report by Agents Bookhout and Hosty-----------------this fact is carefully danced around: Mr Oswald with helpful vagueness merely gave "first floor" as his location when Mr Kennedy passed the building. Furthermore, the name "
Bill Shelley" is studiously avoided. But! We see it here handwritten at the top:
Mr Shelley is
relevant to but
cannot be mentioned in this report of Mr Oswald's first interrogation.
In Agent Bookhout's subsequent
solo report, Mr Shelley's name is included but in a way that suppresses the true context in which Mr Oswald named him.
What is that true context? Why, Mr Oswald names Mr Shelley as someone who was out on the front steps at the time he (Mr Oswald) went out there-------------i.e.
at the time of the shooting.
But there were plenty of people out on those front steps at the time. So why does Mr Oswald single Mr Shelley out for special mention?
Apart from the obvious fact that Mr Shelley is his supervisor, there's also this fact to consider:
Just over an hour previously, Mr Oswald has been brought into the Homicide Office:
In this footage, we see that he is not brought straight into the back room. The reason is that there is already someone in there having their statement taken. That person we know from the documentary record to be
Mr Bill Shelley. The room must be cleared before Mr Oswald can be brought in.
Had the camera kept filming this scene a little longer, we would see Mr Shelley being brought out of the back room, right in front of Mr Oswald, and Mr Oswald then being brought in.
Mr Oswald therefore
has seen Mr Shelley at DPD HQ and now, in interrogation, is-----------sensibly enough-----------naming him as someone from whom Captain Fritz can easily ask for confirmation of Mr Oswald's whereabouts at the time of the shooting: front steps.
Small wonder Mr Shelley is designated a
Key
Person at the top of that first interrogation report!
