Vishnevskiy, Strelnikov in PRAVDA
Moscow TASS International Service in English 0941 GMT 26 November 1963--L
(Text) Moscow--Today's PRAVDA carries S. Vishnevskiy's
report from Washington devoted to the funeral of President John Kennedy, and an
article by B. Strelnikov entitled: "The Murderers Are Covering Up Their Traces."
Vishnevskiy notes that "Rank-and-file Americans have turned
out en masse to pay their last respects to Kennedy. This shows dramatically that
the American people are ready to support leaders who are prone to show realism
and commonsense. This is not only an assessment of the previous presidency, but
a mandate to the future one. This is an eloquent reply to the Goldwaters, who
claim that the U.S. nation is eager to risk a war to achieve 'victory over
communism' and that America is allegedly 'tired of softness toward the reds,'
displayed, they claim, by President Kennedy."
Concerning the mysterious circumstances of the assassination
of Lee Oswald, Strelnikov writes: Millions of Americans are asking today: Who
led Ruby into the prison which was so closely guarded? Who needed to liquidate
Oswald, the only man arrested on suspicion of killing the President? Why was the
case of the President's assassination closed with such indecent haste by those
whose duty it was to make a thorough investigation? There can be only one
answer: This was done by the same people who today try to put the blame for the
President's death on U.S. communists and members of the Fair Play For Cuba
Committee.
The correspondent points out that the city authorities of
Dallas, who wanted to move Oswald from one jail to another, acted is is
customary in the United States for patrons and accomplices of gangsters, who
very often have been able to cover up their traces. The plans of the jail's
corridors, along which Oswald was to be led to the armored car, Strelnikov
recalls, were shown on television in advance.
The police chief stated that an attempt on Oswald's life was
possible. The authorities even asked the local hospital to send an ambulance to
the jail, "just in case." All these preparations seem unusual and strange to
many people.
It is commonly known how closely and successfully the police
have guarded the U.S. gangster, Valachi. While here, in Dallas, the police
announced in advance the time and exact course of the prisoner. This is how the
killers have dropped the curtain over the plot which took the life of President
Kennedy.
However, it must be expected, Strelnikov continues, that they
have miscalculated this time. The case of Kennedy's murder is not ended. The
importance and scope of this case is much too great. It is just beginning. And
this will be a trial over black reaction, over the abomination of racism, and
over America's disgrace!