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Related Issue:

At this juncture it is timely to point out a finding made independently by
the author while reviewing the officer service record of former 1st LT
Alexander G. Ayers, the Marine officer responsible for the processing of
Oswald's discharge paperwork. [First, in the way of background, it should
be explained that Oswald and Ayers, under normal circumstances, would not
have had any contact at MCAS El Toro up until the week prior to Oswald's
transfer. As evidence of this, Oswald's Record of Service pages from his
USMC enlisted personnel file are provided as attachment 12; Oswald is
shown therein to have transferred out of his MACS-9 unit on September 3,
1959, and into H & HS (Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron), the "admin
section" for the base which, among other duties, prepared the paperwork
necessary to discharge Marines from active duty, on September 4, 1959.1st
LT Ayers, as shown by his chronological record of duty assignments
(attachment 13), was Assistant OIC of the Separation Section for H & HS
when Oswald's discharge was processed.] Author's finding follows:

  As highlighted in 1st LT Ayers' "Administrative Remarks" page from his 
service
  record (aftachment 14), Alexander C. Ayers was granted a Secret security
  clearance on September 11, 1959, the same day that Lee Harvey Oswald was
  discharged from the United States Marine Corps.

This apparent coincidence is quite interesting, particularly when one
reviews the work assignments of 1st LT Ayers and can find no apparent
correspondence between the dates various duties were assigned, and his
receipt of a security clearance. A review of attachment 13 reveals that
Ayers, who had once been OIC of the Separation Section (serving as OIC
from March 2, 1959 through April 9, 1959), was again assigned Separation
Section duties commencing July 1, 1959, but this time in the reduced (and
less responsible) capacity as Assistant OIC (instead of OIC), serving in
that reduced role until November 21, 1959, the date he was discharged from
active duty and became a Marine Corps Reservist. Neither the nature of his
duties as Assistant OIC of the Separation Section, nor his other duties as
Administrative Officer (preparation of routine paperwork and
correspondence) or Casualty Assistance Officer (death notifications)
appear to explain the need for a Secret clearance as late in his tour of
duty as September 11, 1959; furthermore, if this were the case, one would
think that he would have been granted the Secret clearance on April 10,
1959, the same day he became Administrative Officer, or on July 1, 1959,
the same date he became Casualty Assistance Officer and Assistant OIC of
the Separation Section. In fact, Ayers' receipt of a Secret clearance on
September 11, 1959, the same day as Oswald's discharge, looks even more
anomalous due to its proximity with his own impending discharge (i.e.,
November 21, 1959), and begs explanation. The author interviewed Alexander
Ayers on behalf of


 


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