Audio recording of a WDSU debate between Lee Harvey Oswald, Ed Butler, and Carlos Bringuier regarding Oswald's involvement with the Fair Play for Cuba Committee.
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Audio recording of a WDSU debate between Lee Harvey Oswald, Ed Butler, and Carlos Bringuier regarding Oswald's involvement with the Fair Play for Cuba Committee.
The tapes within this collection cover the events and commentary of and related to the Kennedy Assassination. News outlet commentary, President Johnson's speech, interviews with Lee Harvey Oswald and his family members, coverage of the Ruby hearing, trial, and interviews are all included in this collection.
Written on Paper: "1. Fair play for Cuba Comm. In New Orleans - 3:00 2. Renounce Am. Citizenship - 1:15 3. How support self in Russia 4. Citizenship 5. Back to Committee - what hope to gain - 1:10 6. Castro on Kennedy - Ruffian - :30 7. US, Cuba originally - 1:00 8. Why Cuba starving - 1:00."
Written on Box: "WDSU, New Orleans, La. Dub: Conversation Carte Blanche - 8/21/63 Lee Oswald "Fair Play for Cuba" debates Carlos Bringuier (refugee organization)."
Preferred Citation:
WFAA John F. Kennedy Assassination Audio Tapes Collection (AR0207), University of North Texas Special Collections
Collections
This recording is part of the following collections of related materials.
John F. Kennedy Memorial Collection
This collection contains newspapers, correspondence, legal documents, police reports, photographs, and video footage documenting the weekend of President Kennedy’s assassination as well as the subsequent investigations into both Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby.
WFAA John F. Kennedy Assassination Audio Tapes Collection
This collection is entirely comprised of 32 reel-to-reel tapes in individual cases that document the events and people surrounding the Kennedy Assassination.
WDSU (Television station : New Orleans, La.).Oswald Interviews,
audio recording,
August 21, 1963;
Dallas, Texas.
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1955223/:
accessed May 9, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.