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"Indeed, as if to emphasize our personal involvement ; in the tragedy of President Kennedy, we now learn that, immediately following his murder, the US military authorities, in accordance with standing instructions, ordered i a general alert of the strategic nuclear forces: and that, in the 91 minutes which elapsed between Mr Kennedy's death and the ceremony of swearing in the new President, sole responsibility for unleashing nuclear war devolved on the American Chiefs of Staff, ST tine
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ACLU ACCUSES DALLAS POLICE
With a promptness and firmness probably unprecedented in the history of the staid organization, the American Civil Liberties Union tact] on December 5 issued an indictment of the way the Dallas police handled the case of the assassination of President Kennedy The statement was symptomatic of the nation-wide feeling of he and aaa ea at the evident rule of lynch law in the municipal building of the Texas city.
The ACLU charged the Dallas police with gross violations of civil liberties, The organization said that it would have been "simply impossible" for Lee H, Oswald, the accused assassin, to get a fair trial because he had already been "tried and convicted" through declarations issued to the public by the Dallas officials.
- union, whose purpose is to. defend constitutional guarantees, raised - these questions:
ae Kennedy to also examine the treatment accorded Oswald.
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In face of the contentions of the Dallas police and District Attorney Henry Wade that Oswaldts rights were not infringed, the |
"How much time elapsed before he was advised to his right to counsel?
How rauch ‘time elapsed before he was permitted access to a telephone to call his family and an attorney?
"During what periods and for how long was Oswald interrogated?
"What methods of interrogation were used?
"Was he aivised of his right to remain silent?"
The organization extended its indictment to television, radio and the press for the "pressure" they exerted on Dallas officials.
It accused the Dallas police of responsibility for the murder of Oswald, saying that the transfer of Oswald from the city jail was "a theatrical production for the benefit of the television cameras," and that minimum security considerations were flouted by the Ngapitulation to publicity."
Eyen had Oswald lived, said the ACLU, he "would have been deprived of all opportunity to receive fair trial by the conduct of the police and prosecuting officials in Dallas.
The blistering declaration said, "From the moment of his arrest until his murder two days later, Oswald was tried and convicted many times over in the newspapers, on the radio and over television by the public statements of Dallas law enforcement officials.
"Time and again high-ranking police and prosecution officials stated their complete satisfaction that Oswald was the assassin, As their investigation uncovered one piece of evidence after another, the results were broadcast to the public.
"All this evidence was “described by the Dallas officials as authentic and incontestable proof that Oswald was the President's assassin.
"The cumulative effect of these public pronouncements was to impress indelibly on the publicts mind that Oswald was indeed the slayer,"
Under these circumstances, Oswald could not have obtained a fair trial anywhere in the country, said the report. Any trial that might have been held would have been a hollow formality.
The ACLU called on the special seven=-man panel created by | President Johnson to investigate the assassination of President