Wednesday, October 31, 2012

FORMER MARINE RENOUNCES US CITIZENSHIP IN MOSCOW


October 31, 1959

FORMER MARINE RENOUNCES US CITIZENSHIP IN MOSCOW


Moscow, USSR (JFKASSASSINATION) Lee Harvey Oswald, a former United States marine who arrived in Moscow on October 16, walked into the American embassy today & announced that he wanted to renounce his American citizenship & become a citizen of the Soviet Union.



Mr. Oswald's request was submitted to the proper Soviet authorities for review.

Lee Harvey Oswald, who is 20 years old, served as a radar operator at a US naval base located in Japan.

There is no information available at this time as to the reasons for Mr. Oswald's requests.*

*Lee Harvey Oswald enlisted in the USMC on Oct 24, 1956 just after he turned 17.  As a PFC, he served at Marine Corps air bases in California & Japan.  

Oswald's request to become a Soviet citizen was turned down on Oct 21, 1959 but he was allowed to continue living & working in the USSR.

He returned to the United States, along with his Russian wife, in June 1962.

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