James p hosty biography

James P. Hosty

Special Agent
Personal details
Born

James Patrick Hosty


(1924-08-28)August 28, 1924

Chicago, Illinois, US

Died June 10, 2011(2011-06-10) (aged 86)
Kansas City, Missouri, US
Spouse Janet[1]
Children nine[1]
Alma mater University of Notre Dame

James Patrick Hosty Jr. (August 28, 1924 – June 10, 2011) was an American FBI agent assigned to investigate Lee Harvey Oswald upon Oswald's June 1962 return to the United States after his defection to the Soviet Union. After Hosty made contact with Marina Oswald (a Soviet citizen) in order to interview her about her recent entry into the United States, Oswald wrote him a letter to protest the "harassment" of his wife Marina, and had Hosty's name and phone number in his address book.[2] After the Kennedy assassination, Hosty did not disclose Oswald's letter about Marina to the Warren Commission and destroyed it on his superior's order. Because of this, Hosty attracted speculation as a possible conspirator in several conspiracy theories.[3]

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(1) James Hosty was interviewed by Samuel Stern on behalf of the Warren Commission on 8th April, 1964.

Samuel A. Stern: You said before that you had no further connection with the case of Oswald until October 1963.

James Hosty: That is correct.

Samuel A. Stern: Would you tell us in detail what your first contact was in October?

James Hosty: On October 3, 1963, I received a communication from our New Orleans office advising that Lee Oswald and his wife Marina Oswald had left the New Orleans area a short time before. According to the communication, Marina Oswald, who was at that time 8 months pregnant, had left New Orleans with her small child, 2-year-old child, in a station wagon with a Texas license plate driven by a woman who could speak the Russian language. Lee Oswald had remained behind and then disappeared the next day. I was requested to attempt to locate Lee and Marina Oswald.

Samuel A. Stern: Did the request come to you personally?

James Hosty:To the Dallas office, and the case was then reopened to me. Dallas was an auxiliary

  • Assignment: Oswald

  • By: James P. Hosty, Thomas Hosty
  • Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
  • Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
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