For years certain conspiracy advocates doubted whether or not Oswald wrote the letter, pointing the guilt at Ruth Paine
Recently I read this article by W. Tracy Parnell regarding Max Good's "The Assassination and Mrs. Paine" film on James DiEugenio's conspiracy-mongering against Ruth Paine. https://wtracyparnell.blogspot.com/2022/07/the-assassination-and-mrs-paine-part.html
Mr. Parnell has done a stellar job exposing the inconsistencies and deceptions of Max Good's film. In short, it's a veiled conspiracy story hidden behind a fake façade of filmmaker neutrality. Good has incessantly been Tweeting conspiracy claims and stories about his film. To date there are no Tweets to the contrary about Ruth Paine's innocence or non-conspiracy facts. James DiEugenio is happy to help spread more suspicions on film for Max Good's viewing audience.
Quoting from Mr. Parnell's blog article, DiEugenio turns on the Conspiracy Story Telling Machine again and launches into this twisted story.
Good: "Other than Marina, Ruth Paine had been history's most important witness against Lee Harvey Oswald. Ruth and her garage provided much of the incriminating evidence..."
DiEugenio: "Seven or eight days after the assassination Ruth Paine says she has to return a couple of books to Marina. Out of nowhere, in one of those books, she accidentally finds this note which the FBI turned into a piece of evidence about the [right wing General Edwin] Walker shooting. By the time that gets to the Warren Commission, this is supposed to be a precedent for Oswald shooting Kennedy."
DiEugenio: “The Secret Service returned that note to Ruth saying, This is yours, isn't it? (laughs) (laughing) That's how suspicious the Secret Service was of Ruth Paine. They thought she wrote the note!”
DiEugenio: "There were seven fingerprints taken off the so-called Walker Note. None of them match Lee. None of them match Marina."
I've seen the film and DiEugenio is giddy with delight telling this story with his nauseating giggling. Of course, it doesn't take a Harvard educated person to figure out DiEugenio is accusing Ruth Paine of fabricating this letter.
DiEugenio has a long history of planting false suspicions in people's minds.
So, let's explore and see if Ruth Paine had firsthand knowledge of all the things written in the Walker letter, item by item. Using the English Translation above in CE-1, let's go down the list.
Breaking down the letter
That Mrs. Paine knew everything! She knew that Oswald had a Post Office Box at the General Post Office on Ervay Street back in the spring of 1963. DiEugenio's secret handler knew also the drugstore where Marina waited for her husband. Then the directions! Actually, it really was the Skillern's drug store located at 1700 Main Street. That drug store is exactly 4 blocks from the Post Office on the corner of Main and South Ervay, precisely how Oswald described it. Also, Oswald did pay for his P.O. Box 2915, just as he stated.
Here Oswald is instructing Marina to send newspaper clippings, to the Soviet Embassy for assistance. Hmmm, what is Oswald implying here? Could it be the General Walker shooting? Why couldn't Mrs. Paine get more specific? Come on Ruth, you should have said General Walker for crying out loud. Now you got everyone guessing. Silly, isn't it?
This was true, Oswald did pay his rent on April 2, 1963, for the 214 West Neely apartment.
This was true, the 214 West Neely apartment had water, electricity and gas. That Mrs. Paine even knew the utilities! Amazing huh?
This refers to Oswald's last paycheck from Jaggers-Chiles-Stovall after he was terminated. Oswald did cash checks at the Mercantile National Bank, located at 106 South Ervay Street, including his last JCS check (on April 12, 1963) of $34.48. This of course after his failed murder attempt on General Walker. Assassins need money, even if they miss.
Yep, you guessed it, the Mercantile National Bank was directly across from the Skillern's Drug Store.
Here Oswald is instructing Marina to get rid of his clothes. Strange? Maybe he was referring to the black clothes that was in the backyard pictures if he was caught and went to trial. To my knowledge, those set of clothes were not in Oswald's possessions upon his capture in the Assassination. And he wanted her to keep his papers.
Here is CE-126, the blue valise (small handheld luggage) that Oswald was referring to that stored his documents.
Yes, we all know Oswald had an address book.
Oswald was familiar with Red Cross assistance. He used them to help his mother, Marguerite.
Oswald was very generous with $10 a week. Even by 1963 standards for a young mother and baby, this was nothing. But that's all he had, after blowing it on guns a month earlier.
Here Oswald tips himself off in something sinister. There can be no doubt it was referring to the planned Walker murder. He was wrong about the "city jail". His description is the County Jail, across from the Old Red Court House. The City Jail was at City Hall on the corner of Main and South Harwood.
The FBI concluded the handwriting was Oswald's, including where he wrote in English, "Red Cross" .https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=57741#relPageId=188&search=_Q207
Conclusion
As you can see, there's too much detail in the letter for Ruth Paine to even be aware of. It's a silly accusation. But conspiracy stories sell, that's why DiEugenio keeps pumping them out.
Gosh, I sure do miss A.J. Weberman. No, wait......