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Oswalds Soviet Citizenship Bid As Told By Moscow Correspondent
Cambridge report describes Lee Harvey Oswald in November 1959 seeking Soviet citizenship after two years of waiting. He recalls poverty and racial injustice shaping his defection plan and discusses Marine past, self taught Russian, and hope to stay in the USSR regardless of citizenship outcome. He declines contact with American reporters and ultimately leaves the Metropol hotel room.
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