Did you ask him how Oswald's Russian proficiency was when he left the Soviet Union? Was it the poor, halting Russian of the person who called the Cuban and Russian embassies in Mexico City in 1963, or was he fluent in the language?
Mr. Morley, you should do an extensive interview with Marina while she's still alive, preferably on film. Or maybe film Marina and Titovets together sharing stories about Oswald, perhaps filming in Russia. Maybe Oliver Stone would film it.
No chance of that I’m afraid. Marina doesn’t talk or do interviews anymore and hasn’t in a long time. At this point in her life, I think she just wants to be left alone.
I can’t speak to those specifically but given her long desire for privacy, wouldn’t surprise me. I think her last public appearance was in the early 90s after “JFK” came out.
Jeff, did you take the "I shall expose you" episode as meaning Titovets suspects LHO was indeed in Russia on CIA orders? Not having read his book (or any other source dealing with this aspect from him), it's unclear to me whether Titovets really has any clear reading on this? Or does he leave such speculation to others?
It's a tough listen with the accent and sound quality but a lot of good insight herein. Oswalk is such a mysterious figure and so veiled through decades of HH history now that reading or hearing first hand accounts of hima are more illuminating than the dogma that has followed in the wake of the assassination.
While I have not yet had a spare hour to listen to Mr. Titovets ( and I look forard to doing so), I must respond to Jeff''s comment, quoting Titovets, that "America had a history of doing away with their presidents."
I studied Russian history under the great Riasanovsky brothers (Nicholas and Alexander). They were "white Russians," like LHO's friend, George DeMorenschild. They were named after Tsars Nicholas II and Alexander II. Nick was assassinated in 1918 , along with his entire family. Alexander was assassinated by a bomb thrown into his carriage in 1881, even though he had freed the serfs.
(You would think JFK, a student of history, would have learned something from the assassinations of Tsar Alexander in 1881, Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 and Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich in 1942 : they were all killed by their enemies while riding in an open car).
Leon Trotsky was never chosen to lead the USSR, but he was an influential leader of the Menshevik wing of the party. The KGB assassinated him in Mexico City in 1940...with an ice pick.
We don't need to bring up Mr. Putin's long list of assassinations of his enemies; let's just say Mr. Titovets is in no position to lecture the USA on the problem of political assassination of the nation's leaders.
Did you ask him how Oswald's Russian proficiency was when he left the Soviet Union? Was it the poor, halting Russian of the person who called the Cuban and Russian embassies in Mexico City in 1963, or was he fluent in the language?
Mr. Morley, you should do an extensive interview with Marina while she's still alive, preferably on film. Or maybe film Marina and Titovets together sharing stories about Oswald, perhaps filming in Russia. Maybe Oliver Stone would film it.
No chance of that I’m afraid. Marina doesn’t talk or do interviews anymore and hasn’t in a long time. At this point in her life, I think she just wants to be left alone.
Sad. Wasn't she disappointed with the (two?) books which were written about her?
I can’t speak to those specifically but given her long desire for privacy, wouldn’t surprise me. I think her last public appearance was in the early 90s after “JFK” came out.
I wanted to listen. The audio quality and accent prevent me from understanding. Is there a transcript?
Jeff, did you take the "I shall expose you" episode as meaning Titovets suspects LHO was indeed in Russia on CIA orders? Not having read his book (or any other source dealing with this aspect from him), it's unclear to me whether Titovets really has any clear reading on this? Or does he leave such speculation to others?
It's a tough listen with the accent and sound quality but a lot of good insight herein. Oswalk is such a mysterious figure and so veiled through decades of HH history now that reading or hearing first hand accounts of hima are more illuminating than the dogma that has followed in the wake of the assassination.
While I have not yet had a spare hour to listen to Mr. Titovets ( and I look forard to doing so), I must respond to Jeff''s comment, quoting Titovets, that "America had a history of doing away with their presidents."
I studied Russian history under the great Riasanovsky brothers (Nicholas and Alexander). They were "white Russians," like LHO's friend, George DeMorenschild. They were named after Tsars Nicholas II and Alexander II. Nick was assassinated in 1918 , along with his entire family. Alexander was assassinated by a bomb thrown into his carriage in 1881, even though he had freed the serfs.
(You would think JFK, a student of history, would have learned something from the assassinations of Tsar Alexander in 1881, Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 and Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich in 1942 : they were all killed by their enemies while riding in an open car).
Leon Trotsky was never chosen to lead the USSR, but he was an influential leader of the Menshevik wing of the party. The KGB assassinated him in Mexico City in 1940...with an ice pick.
We don't need to bring up Mr. Putin's long list of assassinations of his enemies; let's just say Mr. Titovets is in no position to lecture the USA on the problem of political assassination of the nation's leaders.
I don't think that was the point he was making. He was describing the kind of reaction he had *at the time*, not how he thinks or feels now.
Now having heard the entire interview, I agree.