Charles: We can add this to the "What did Oswald tell the Soviets about the U-2?" question. It's Nechiporneko from "Passport to Assassination". He was one of the three KGB agents at the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City that met Oswald. He says that after the assassination he examined Oswald's case file. Here is what he said about the interrogation of Oswald. It supports Nosenko's view that they didn't ask Oswald about the matter.
Also this. At the time Oswald was at Atsugi, late September to October 1957, most of the U2 flights originated from US bases in Europe or Turkey. The focus/concern at that time was the Suez Crisis. As you can see below from '56 to '59 the vast number of flights were sent over the Middle East. And those were flights that took off from the US base in Turkey.
I don't have the exact number that took off from Atsugi but I think it was, at the time Oswald was there (about a month) quite small. It's conceivable to me that none of the flights took off when Oswald was assigned to radar operations. And as both Nosenko and Nechiporenko said, the KGB did not know about any U-2 flights from Atsugi. Yes, just a guess.
Thanks Steve, that's some good stuff. The Gary Powers U2 flight took off from Pakistan. That's a long long way from Japan.
It's conceivable to me that none of the flights took off when Oswald was assigned to radar operations. And as both Nosenko and Nechiporenko said, the KGB did not know about any U-2 flights from Atsugi. Yes, just a guess. I would tend to agree with that idea. I would also tend to think that, even if there were a few U2 flights from Atsugi during that time, they would have taken considerable measures to keep as many eyes as possible from actually seeing that plane. If the Soviets were unaware of it being at Atsugi, that in itself is credible evidence that it was being kept as secret as possible. And I think that a blip on a radar screen isn't likely to indicate to LHO or any of the other radar operators very much about the actual aircraft. Do you know whether or not any of LHO's coworkers have said whether or not they were aware of the U2 being at Atsugi during the time period in question?
