Where did I say that I don't accept Buell's testimony? You're being overly defensive here.
Without getting too 'pantomime' about -
I've not said that
you ever said you don't accept Frazier's testimony about the jacket.
It's just that...well...I get the strong impression (maybe I'm wrong here) that you are of the opinion Oswald wore CE 163 to work and left it behind in his rush to get out of the TSBD.
If so, by default, you do not accept Frazier's unequivocal testimony regarding what jacket Oswald wore to work that morning.
Not being defensive.
Just saying.
If you want to hands-down accept the testimony of the guy who drove the killer to work (a fact that in itself is fraught with a potential world-of-hurt for Buell) then good luck with that. By the way, Buell has said that he didn't want to be seen as the guy who drove the suspect to the scene of the crime. Or words to that effect.
It makes sense Frazier would want to diminish the size of the package Oswald was carrying as the investigating authorities would rightly find it difficult to believe Frazier didn't notice that Oswald was carrying a rifle-shaped package to work with him.
Frazier was also correct to believe that the very act of driving Oswald to work that morning was going to impact negatively on his life, and, as I understand it, it really did impact negatively on his life.
But that doesn't (IMO) extend to the description of what jacket Oswald had on that morning. And Frazier is definitive about what jacket Oswald had on that morning.
So, as far as accepting his testimony on this detail "hands-down", I don't see the problem.
And I don't see what bearing it has on Oswald's guilt as far as the assassination is concerned.
However, the fact remains that the bulkier jacket was found not only to be left behind in the TSBD, but also supported as the jacket Linnie saw Oswald wearing that AM in Irving.
The fact also remains that Frazier's testimony is definitive whilst Linnie Mae's is uncertain, to say the least.
As for CE 163 being left behind in the TSBD...it's a mystery.
All we can say, with confidence, is that it wasn't the jacket Oswald wore to work that morning.
That is, of course, if Frazier's testimony on the matter means anything.
And I believe it does.
Let's agree to disagree about it.