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[46]CALL, RICHARD DENNIS
[48]06/06/1978
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[51]CALL; RICHARD, DENNIS °
[52]OSWALD, LEE HARVEY; PRE-RUSSIAN PERIOD
[53]MILITARY SERVICE
[55]SUMMARY
[56]Unclassified
[57]3
[59]Redact
[60]11/20/1997
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[66]10/14/20
[68]' KENNEDY
[70]INVESTIGATION INTERVIEW SCHEDULE. : a
[71]TAVESTIGATION INTERVIEW SCHEDULE o0sass
[73]1. ‘Identifying Information: | ee
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[75]Address (fp, Place VEN as Z, lias
[77]City/State / teal Telephone o/= Z#A— 203.2
[78]IGE
[79]". Date of Birth © cag FE Mor §S Le la
[80]Social Security Mest <BR LOSS. Spouse
[81]Children / o@=Sex__ eT bee
[83]2, Physical Description:
[85]. Height _ aan Color byes’ a Hair
[86]‘Weight ae - _ Special Characteristics —
[87]Ethnic Group , WL: ‘2 a
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[90]‘Loy
[92]3. -Personal History:
[94]a. Present Bmployment: igs Beatisso- -
[96]Address y, WASH
[98]Telephone
[99]be Criminal Record
[100]“1... Arrests
[102]2. Convictions
[104]4, Additional Personal Information: ss ae
[106]a. Relative(s): Name.
[108]Address
[110]b. Area frequented:
[112]_c. Remarks:
[114]Investigator
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[119]KENNEDY .
[121]SELECT. COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS
[123]. Name Richard Dennis Call | ; Date June 6, 1978 Time4:00 p.m.
[124]-Address Box #623.A, Route 5, Fleming- Place _ Residence
[126]ton, New Jersey 08822
[128]Interview: Mr. Call stated that in 1959-he was in the United
[130]““S- States Marine Corps and stationed at El Toro Bay Marine Air
[132]Station in Santa Anita, California. He stated that at the time
[134]he was a Sergeant in “the Marine. Corps and that his’ Marine
[136]military speciality was aeronautical electronics operator. .He
[138]stated that Lee Harvey Oswald was under his immediate supervi-..
[140]sion.
[142]Call stated that his duties and that of his unit was
[144]to track aircraft. on a radar scope. He further advised that his
[145]unit at that time only worked two or three days out of a week.
[146]He stated further that Lee Harvey Oswald's Specific duties:
[147]“involved sitting in front of a large radar- screen ‘that con-
[148]stantly “scanned certain areas for aircraft. once: the aircraft
[149]was spotted, it was his duty to track the aircraft until it.
[150]had cleared the area. Call further continued and. stated. that
[151]his unit had security clearance and he déscribed this level of
[152]clearance as being "confidential." He indicated that the secur-.
[153]ity clearance was necessary due to the nature of the work that
[155]his unit was doing and also because of the type of radar equip-
[157]Interviewer Signature
[158]Typed Signature Clarence Day
[160]Date transcribed 6-23-78
[162]By: (br
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[166]Richard Dennis Call
[167]Page 2.
[168]ment the unit used. Mr. Call stated that he was Oswald's
[169]immediate supervisor. He was not a close friend of Lee Harvey
[170]Oswald but the interest they shared was mainly the game of
[171]chess. Oswald would play chess with him quite often. He
[172]described Oswald as being quiet. He didn't talk very much.
[173]During any conversation that went on, the other person had to
[174]solicit it from him. He described him as being a loner, stay-
[175]ing off to himself, not having very many friends or having
[176]very much contact with other people in the unit. In his
[177]words, Mr. Call described Oswald as being "an oddball." Call
[178]stated that he had never gone off the base or socialized off
[179]the base with Lee Harvey Oswald. He knew of no civilian or
[180]military personnel who hewwas particularly friendly with.
[182]In regards to whether or not Mr. Call knew that LHO
[183]was studying a foreign language, Mr. Call stated that LHO was
[184]studying the Russian language. He had many books and he pur-
[185]chased Russian records, that is, records of music. Mr. Call
[186]could not recall the title of the books but he did state. that
[187]LHO subscribed to two Russian periodicals, or newspapers. He
[188]stated that the two newspapers were the two most popular Russian
[189]newspapers in circulation in the United States today. Mr. Call
[190]recalled.a particular record that he owned that was in Russian.
[191]The name of the record he said was "Russian Fireworks." He said
[192]that LHO enjoyed listening to the Russian music that he owned,
[194]that is, Mr. Calls. Mr. Call recalled to memory that on occasions
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[201]he would be playing Russian music in his quarters and if
[202]LHO heard the music he would respond to where he was and re-
[203]ply "Did you call?" Mr. Call stated that it was common know-
[204]ledge in his unit that LHO. was studying the Russian language: and
[205]that he was very interested in the Russian way of life. Mr. .
[206]Call knew of no persons that Oswald was studying Russian with.
[207]-He stated that LHO also had a security clearance, the same
[208]security clearance as everyone else in the unit. Call was not
[209]sure of what particular training LHO had had; however, he did
[210]indicate that LHO had had training in the use of radar track-
[211]ing equipment. He stated that LHO was a very tight person
[212]with money. He never knew him to have an over-abundance of
[213]money. Call stated that he had no knowledge of any military
[214]personnel who LHO had close contact with, with. the exception
[215]of a lieutenant by the name of Donavan who he used to play
[216]chess with. He also played chess with a Marine by the name
[217]«© of Botello. Call stated that he aia/know Botello's full name,
[218]but he believed he was a major in the Marine Corps, that at
[219]the present time Botello is a judge in the state of California.
[220]although he isn't certain of which state. As far as LHO's
[221]interests--personal or professional--were concerned, Call
[222]stated that he had no knowledge except that LHO was very in-
[223]terested in the Russian way of life. He was extremely interested
[224]in trying to’ learn to speak the Russian language, so much,so
[226]that it became a joke in the unit. Instead of calling LHO
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[233]_"Lee" themenin the unit would call him either "Comrade" or
[234]“"Qgwaldovitch." Lee would show his interest in the Russian
[235]way of life by, on occasion, when he was playing chess, if he
[236]was asked which men he wanted out of the set of red and black
[237]men, LHO would say "the Reds always." Mr. Call knew..of no
[238]particular military program that LHO was interested in. How-
[239]ever, he did state that.in 1959 he, LHO, and another Marine
[240]named Delgado, all qualified on the rifle range. He considered
[241]LHO a very good shot with a rifle: LHO qualified-with a
[243]. gcore of 212. He stated that he shot right alongside LHO
[244]during their qualification. This witness knew of no organiza-
[245]tions or informal groups that LHO belonged to. Mr. Call stated
[246]that LHO had never spoken to him about the U-2 program. Call
[247]further continued and stated that at that time he didn't know
[248]what the U-2 program was, that is, Mr. Call didn't know what
[249]the U-2-program was. Mr. Call stated that he knew that LHO
[250]had shot himself in the arm, or that he had been shot in the
[251]arm, that he heard from other men in the unit that Oswald had
[252]shot himself in the arm. Call did not know the particulars of
[253]the incident. Call stated that he did not know that LHO had
[255]a family until 1959 when he was about to be discharged from
[256]the service. LHO came to him and told him that his mother was
[257]ill and that he was getting a hardship discharge from the ser-
[259]vice. Call stated that before this time, LHO during the entire
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[265]time he knew him, had never spoken of any member of his fam-
[266]ily. Call indicated that he was quite shocked to learn that
[267]LHO was getting out on a hardship discharge. Call further
[268]stated that prior to his discharge from the Marine Corps, LHO
[269]told him that he had been accepted to study at a university
[270]in Switzerland. Mr. Call knew of no long extensive periods
[271]of time that LHO was separated from the unit while he was
[272]under his command. When asked if he, Mr. Call, had been ques-
[273]tioned by any federal agency after the assassination, Mr. Call
[274]responded that about a week after the assassination of President
[275]Kennedy, he was interviewed by agents of the FBI. He does
[277]- not recall the agents' names. Mr. Call further stated that
[278]about a year ago, he was contacted and interviewed by EdwardJay
[279]Epstein, the author of the book entitled, "The Legend of Lee
[280]Harvey Oswald." Mr. Call described LHO as being a person who
[281]was very discontent with the conditions in the United States at
[282]that time. Mr. Call stated that he had never heard LHO make
[283]a threat against the President or any other official. of the
[285]United States.
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