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59 (see attachment 2).

Lead # 2/Allegation: That the images on the original card were nearly
obliterated by FBI chemical testing.

Findings: Essentially correct, although the author would recharacterize
this description by saying that approximately 50 per cent of the card's
surface area was obliterated by FBI chemical testing, not the entire card
(see attachment 3). Archivist Steve Tilley, curator of the JFK Collection
at NARA, told the author that the dark brown stains on the I. D. card were
consistent with the stains left by fingerprint testing chemicals, and that
he has seen similar stains on many other Oswald documents which were in
the possession of the FBI. Incidentally, the original I. D. Card is stored
in an archival box labeled "RG 272" which contains numerous FBI exhibits
labeled exhibits B1 to B20; the original (stained) card itself is
identifed as exhibit "B1" and is protected by a stiff, sealed clear
plastic sleeve which protects the card from further damage. The DD 1173 I.
D. card inside the sleeve is not laminated--hence, the fingerprint
testing.

Lead # 3/Allegation: That there are no pictures of the card in its
pristine state in the National Archives.

Findings: Incorrect; attachment 2 to this memo is a photocopy of a
facsimile which can be found (along with the discolored original I. D.
card) in the single archives box labeled "RG 272, B1-B20" which is now
part of the JFK collection. The photocopy of the I. D. card in its
pristine state was apparently made by the FBI prior to applying
fingerprint powder to the original card.

Lead # 4/Allegation: That the photograph on the DD 1173 I.D. card (and on
Oswald's modified [forged] Selective Service I. D. card) is identical to
the photograph labeled by the Warren Commission as CE 2892, "Photo Taken
in Minsk."

Findings: Correct; even a brief examination by a layperson reveals that CE
2892 (attachment 4) is identical to the two photographs on Oswald's DD
1173 I. D. card and his Selective Service I. D. card (attachment 5). The
version of this photograph which appears on the DD 1173 card even exhibits
the same opaque, rounded white "mask" in the lower right corner of the
photograph which appears in CE 2892. (As an aside, proof that Oswald's
Selective Service I. D. card was forged is provided by comparing the
clearly fraudulent version found in his wallet [for "Alek James Hidell,"
with Minsk photo affixed] with the unaltered format of his Selective
Service card, to which no photograph is affixed, provided here as
attachment 6.)



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