20 September 2003
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 12:10:21 EDT
Subject: Have you found J. journalist yet ?
To: jya@pipeline.com
I am working on JFK documentary right now here in London. I happened to find
your page. Have you found
this Japanese journalist ?
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Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 12:10:21 EDT
Subject: Have you found J. journalist yet ?
From: jya@pipeline.com
No, the Japanese journalist/photographer has not been identified.
It has been suggested that two notable Japanese may have information about
the identity of the person:
Nobuhiko (Nobi) Ochiai, who was in the US in the early 1960s,
attending
Albright College, and who has written on the oil business, the JFK assassination,
intelligence,
and related affairs.
Atsuyuki Sassa, who has been
linked
to the JFK assassination, and has been
involved in national
security affairs.
Any information you can provide will be most welcome.
John Young
19 September 2003.
To encourage Japanese help to a researcher in identifying a Japanese
journalist/photographer active in the mid-western United States in the early
1960s, a full photo is presented from the Warren Commission report on the
assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Exhibit No. 2424.
This photo, obtained from the National Archives and Records Administration,
is a screen shot of a video tape made on the night Kennedy was killed at
a press conference called by the Dallas District Attorney, Henry Wade. It
shows Jack Ruby as well as the Japanese journalist/photographer, whose identity
is unkown as well as his reason for being in Dallas that day. The Warren
Commission report states:
Chapter VI - Investigation of Possible Conspiracy
[Excerpt]
Video tapes confirm Ruby's statement that he was present on the third floor
when Chief Jesse E. Curry and District Attorney Henry M. Wade announced that
Oswald would be shown to the newsmen at a press conference in the basement.
Though he has said his original purpose was only to locate a KLIF employee,
Ruby has stated that while at the police station he was "carried away with
the excitement of history." He accompanied the newsmen to the basement to
observe Oswald. His presence at the midnight news conference is established
by television tapes and by at least 12 witnesses. When Oswald arrived, Ruby,
together with a number of newsmen, was standing atop a table on one side
of the room. (See Commission Exhibit No. 2424.) Oswald was taken from the
room after a brief appearance, and Ruby remained to hear reporters question
District Attorney Wade. During the press conference, Wade stated that Oswald
would probably be moved to the county jail at the beginning of the next week.
In answer to one question, Wade said that Oswald belonged to the "Free Cuba
Committee." A few reporters spoke up correcting Wade and among the voices
was that of Jack Ruby.
9 September 2003
A researcher asks for Japanese assistance in identifying the Japanese
journalist/photographer in the photo below who was active in the mid-western
United States in the early 1960s.
Send responses to:
John Young
251 West 89th Street
New York, NY 10024
Tel: 212-873-8700
Fax: 212-787-6102
E-mail: jya@pipeline.com
PGP public key:
http://cryptome.org/index.html#pk