Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F.…

1. A committee of Cabinet members including the Secretary of the

Treasury and the Attorney General, or the National Security Council, should be assigned the responsibility of reviewing and overseeing the protective activities of the Secret Service and the other Federal agencies that assist in safeguarding the President. Once given this responsibility, such a committee would insure that the maximum resources of the Federal Government are fully engaged in the task of protecting the President, and would provide guidance in defining the general nature of domestic and foreign dangers to Presidential security.

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Chapter 1 Ch.1
CHAPTER I. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 1 Ch.2
CHAPTER II. THE ASSASSINATION 28 Ch.3
CHAPTER III. THE SHOTS FROM THE TEXAS SCHOOL BOOK DEPOSITORY 61 Ch.4
CHAPTER IV. THE ASSASSIN 118 Ch.5
CHAPTER V. DETENTION AND DEATH OF OSWALD 196 Ch.6
CHAPTER VI. INVESTIGATION OF POSSIBLE CONSPIRACY 243 Ch.7
CHAPTER VII. LEE HARVEY OSWALD: BACKGROUND AND POSSIBLE MOTIVES 375 Ch.8
CHAPTER VIII. THE PROTECTION OF THE PRESIDENT 425 Ch.9
CHAPTER I Ch.10
episode and the fact that her husband still owned the rifle. She went Ch.11
1. The shots which killed President Kennedy and wounded Governor Ch.12
2. The weight of the evidence indicates that there were three shots Ch.13
3. Although it is not necessary to any essential findings of the Ch.14
4. The shots which killed President Kennedy and wounded Governor Ch.15
5. Oswald killed Dallas Police Patrolman J. D. Tippit approximately 45 Ch.16
6. Within 80 minutes of the assassination and 35 minutes of the Tippit Ch.17
7. The Commission has reached the following conclusions concerning Ch.18
8. The Commission has reached the following conclusions concerning the Ch.19
9. The Commission has found no evidence that either Lee Harvey Oswald Ch.20
10. In its entire investigation the Commission has found no evidence of Ch.21
11. On the basis of the evidence before the Commission it concludes Ch.22
12. The Commission recognizes that the varied responsibilities of the Ch.23
1. A committee of Cabinet members including the Secretary of the Ch.24
2. Suggestions have been advanced to the Commission for the transfer Ch.25
3. Meanwhile, in order to improve daily supervision of the Secret Ch.26
4. The Commission recommends that the Secret Service completely Ch.27
5. The Commission recommends that the Secret Service improve the Ch.28
6. The Commission recommends that the Secret Service continue its Ch.29
7. The Commission believes that when the new criteria and procedures Ch.30
8. Even with an increase in Secret Service personnel, the protection of Ch.31
9. The Commission recommends that the President’s physician always Ch.32
10. The Commission recommends to Congress that it adopt legislation Ch.33
11. The Commission has examined the Department of State’s handling Ch.34
12. The Commission recommends that the representatives of the bar, law Ch.35
CHAPTER II Ch.36
11. RAILROAD OVERPASS (TRIPLE UNDERPASS) Ch.37