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• Document Release Date: February 18, 1999
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• Publication Date: July 10, 1964
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FOUGHT OSWALD-Dr..Carlos Bringuier, (right), tells why he believes
ziedy was not ' a crackpot, but a cold and dedicated servant of Fidel
is one Oswald offered. when trying to ? infiltrate the anti-Castro forces
Dr. Bringuier. is. Free, Press Reporter Conrad Jensen.
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the aissassin of President Ken-
Castro. The book before him
training in New Orleans. With
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By CONRAD JENSEN?
Fact one:
It was the bearded one,
Fidel Castro, who ordered
the assassination of Presi-
dent John F. Kennedy.
Fact two:
Lee Harvey Oswald was a cold,,
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telligent, dedicated spy foi, Ca.!-
ly brooding over his ? experience
with the Marine Corps.
? These conclusions are those of
'Dr, Carlos Bringuier, the man
Who,fought Oswald openly in New
Orleans ,three :months before Os-
wald successfully :sniped, down
President J.Cennedy. iii1as_
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insist. are correct include a cold
whatv.ver to do with ;ticiut
Inteltigenee 'Alritcy (CIA)or the
gooettift??!V4ir the J.S. Govern-
ment. "That story is one which the
Communists are trying hard to sell
the Ameriecur .people,"
D. Brin-
uier said. "Bocause,. if they. can
do it, Oswald will seem like evi-
dence that tho 'United States is cpr_j
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enough that its own
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intelli-
'dent." In addition, if possible, the
!communists wont to shoo li&t (),:?
e
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tuld dNrefore was a ma riyr, atni
therefo;e that the assassin is still,
rt1ininpAckoe under the protection
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3wa
? Ilea. eannot bone to gain new party .
members if America 'mays the ders which read, "Viva Fidel," I cago mail order house) which later
,truth as Dr. Bringuier (sees it, and as he walked he passed out ? killed Kennedy, for which he paid
$12.78.
' What are Dr. Bringuier's reasons yellow phamplets singing the
Two FBI men were there t6 ask
' praises of the Fair Play for Cuba
.for his' statements? questions with the police.
Oswald said he was chairman of
the Fair Play for Cuba organiza- ?
tion in New Orleans. His nerves
remained calm in the face of ques-
tioning.
Oswald denied being a corn- ,)
munist, said he would not fight ,
Oswald, Dr. Bringuier got mad-
cided against it. Dr. Bringuier
e.? d r by the minute.
also had the distinction of be?,
same name he used to buy the Cor-
' Street, parading up and down
a with a sign hung over his shout- cano bolt action rifle (from a 411i.
, He knew Oswald, fought with
; him by debate on a New Orleans
radio .station, opposed him in a
municipal court, saw Oswald's
pro-Castro literatlre thrown into
the air, and had the chance to put
his fist into Oswald's face but de-
organization. "I did not kno*
who I would find when we (he
took two loyal Cubans with him)
went out to have a look at this
man. I'll have to admit was not
especially surprised when saw
Lee Harvey Oswald." Watching
for Castro, but said he was carry- .
big on a demonstration because {
, -
lag attacked by none other than He found himself accusing Os-
Castro himself by way of Havana
twald of being a traitor. A crowd the ' U.S. was carrying out a I
.
, Radio, at a time when Castro was gathered. Oswald kept passing out wrong policy with Cuba.
When officers asked if there werel
literature. "Soon there were about ? -
talking fast and hard to defendothers in the organization, .i
inc. and
100 persons standing there watch-, .
'? Oswald after Kennedy's death. arphed there. were, but refused te'
ng? and very quickly I began tell-a /.
iname them in front Of Dr. Brin-I
Oswald wanted to get into the i?g them what Oswald had done,
, guier. He was taken to anotherl
underground movement against liow he tried to infiltrate into the
feral-Cast ro forces, how he had lied
(Castro, presumably as a spy.
"I was managing a store in New t? 1??.
One of the men with Dr. Brin-
!Orleans the day Oswald came in, ?
otter, also Hernandez, grabbed
Dr. Bringuier said. "He approached Oswald's literature and threw it
roe, and before' long was saying into the air. As the leaflets flut-
down, the crowd began ex-
that he was against communism terod
ressing strong feelings, shouting
and Castro." Oswald said he had
that Oswald was a communist, a
,guerilla warfare training in the traitor. "Go to Cuba," they shout-
Marine Cors and was willing to
fight Castro, and that he could
teach others how to fight, even de-
rail a train.
"I was suspicious, not only be-
cause this had never happened to
me before?a direct offer to enlist
?in the anti-Castro forces?and I was
lespecially suspicious because at
that very moment we had a secret
;anti-Castro force of 22 Cubans in
Itraining just a short distance from
New Orleans across Pontchartrain
'Lake," the doctor continued. One
;man in, this force was already
'suspected or being a spy for Castro
,?Fernando Fernandez Barcena (he
was later caught)?and Dr. Britt-
guier. as Cuban Student Director-
room.
Later, in Municipal Court, Oswald
was fined $10 for disturbance after
? the judge heard everyone speak.
The next time Dr. Bringuie
crossed with Oswald, it was throug
a man sent to feel Oswald out at
meeting of the Fair Play for Cub
ed. "Kill him!" and they 'trilled organization. This man, who Dr.
im names.
It was here that Dr. Bringuier
realized for the first time that, far
rom Leing a crackpot, the future
iller of President Kennedy was
cold and calculated in all he did.' avald where he learned it, and Os
Crossing his arms down the front y
of his body, Oswald put his face ,wald replied that he was attendin
out and said to Dr. Bringuier, ]Tulane University language school
"Okay, Carlos, if you want to hit 'But, Dr. Bringuier later learned
me, hit me." He waited, watching. Oswald .had never enrolled ther
Dr. Bringuier did not swing," ' Investigation showed further the
"because I understood Oswald ^
wanted nothing more than to look !Oswald had in fact lived in 'Russi
like a martyr, like a poor Amer- -had married a Russian girl, and r
jean attacked by refugees. This turned to the United States.
is the communist way and I . After the assassination, a diary
wanted more not to help him than of Oswald's was to reveal that h
In hit him.".' had been receiving pay from the
, ate, didn't want to chance getting Police came then. An officer Es- ! my"), Russia's secret police, it
lanother. tened to what Dr. Bringuier had to i the amount of 700 rubles a moat!
1 Oswald insisted, but didn't get say, but pointed out that: Oswald ,. while he lived in an apartmen
.anywhere. His remarks at that time had the right in America to prac- paying 60 rubles a month rent.
t were remembered by two others lice free speech. Dr. Bringuier sug- The two men, Dr. Bringuier an
I who heard it?a pair of young Cu_ gested taking them all to the police 1 Oswald, met for the last time
:bans listened, and were later to ..,,station, and that is what happened, ,Aug. 21 when they entered publ.
.testify before the 'Warren Commit- tour were taken, the angry crowd ,:debate on Radio Station WDSU .
.tee investigating Kennedy's death. , left behind.? l'New Orleans. It was on this pr
' The following day Oswald left a I At the police station, it was dis- 'gram that Oswald first admitt
41ringuier refuses to name becau,s
he still has family living in Cuba
:heard Oswald speaking to his youn
]daughter in Russian. He asked Os
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book of his, the "Guide Book for covere.
Marines," in a last effort to con-
vince Dr. Bringuier of his sincerity.
anything as to his political ties, sa
big, "Yes. 1 am a Marxist,"
Dr.. Bringuier asked Oswal
, whether he',agreecl with Castro th
Kennedy was a "ruffian" and
."thief." Oswald replied that
did not agree with that partial]
wording, but proceeded wlth a d
scription showing the Kennedy A
ministration to be the cause of tro
ble'with Cuba.
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Much later, after the death of hi;
brother, Attorney General Rober,
Kennedy was to publicly state that
Oswald was both a communist ant
an assassin. ,
Had Oswald ever been hi Cube:
!Castro himself all but said so.
t Castro, in a speech five days aft
er assassination, made a Slip am
said, ". ? .. the first time that Os
wald was ia Cuba"?then he caugh
himself and switched to somethim
else.
Castro had denied that Oswalt
had aoything to do with the .Fai
Play for Cuba organization, "an
other reason.- why we know Castri
and he communists are trying It
disclaim Oswald in spite of th,
truth which became known in Nes
Orlean." .
.? "Castro," Dr. Bringuier said
"was losing the battle in Lath
America to President Kennedy, an.
Castro knew it. This is why Ker
nedy could not be allowed to cor
-
, These are the reasons why 'Di
,)Bringuier is convinced that Fid(
Castro ordered the assassination (
t.Tohn F. Kennedy, and why Lee 0:
.wald was not the innocent ma
'Castro hopes to make him seem.
Dr. Bringuier has been makin
morning speaking appearances t
- the Christian Crusade Anti-Commi
'fist Youth University. Later th
-imonth he will speak in Greele:
Tort Collins and Cheyenne.
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