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JFK Assassination System Date: 10/14/20
Identification Form
Agency Information
AGENCY : HSCA
RECORD NUMBER 180-10078-10492
RECORD SERIES NUMBERED FILES
AGENCY FILE NUMBER 009441
Document Information
ORIGINATOR : HSCA
FROM: CALL; RICHARD DENNIS
TO
TITLE :
DATE : 06/06/1978
PAGES : 6
SUBJECTS
CALL; RICHARD, DENNIS
OSWALD, LEE HARVEY; PRE-RUSSIAN PERIOD
MILITARY SERVICE
DOCUMENT TYPE SUMMARY
CLASSIFICA TION Unclassified
RESTRICTIONS 3
CURRENT STATUS Redact
DATE OF LAST REVIEW 11/20/1997
OPENING CRITERIA
COMMENTS 173-6. Box 173_
Released under tne JohnF. Kennedy
Assassination Records CollectionAct of
992 (44USC 2107 Note); Case#:Nw
38326 Date; 2025
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KENNEDY
INVESTIGATION INTERVIEW_SCHEDULE
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b_ Criminal Record
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SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS
Name Richard Dennis Call Date June 6 _ 1978 Time4 :00 p.m_
Address Box #623 A, Route 5 , Eleming- Place Residence
ton, New Jersey 08822
Interview: Mr Call stated that in 1959 he was in the United
States Marine Corps and stationed at El Toro Bay Marine Air
Station in Santa Anita
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California_ He stated that at the time
he was a Sergeant in the Marine: Corps and that his Marine
military speciality
was aeronautical electronics operator. He
stated that Lee Harvey Oswald was under his immediate supervi-
sion.
Call stated that his duties and that of his unit was
to track aircraft on a radar scope _ He further advised that his
unit at that time only worked two or three days out of a week
He stated further that Lee Harvey Oswald' s specific duties
involved sitting in front of a large radar screen that con-
stantly scanned certain areas for aircraft_ Once the aircraft
was spotted _ it was his to track the aircraft until it
had cleared the area Call further continued and stated that
his unit had security clearance and he described this level of
clearance as being "confidential- I He indicated that the secur-
ity clearance was necessary due to the nature of the work that
his unit was doing and also because Of the type of radar equip-
Interviewer Signature
222 2
Typed Signature Clarence
Date transcribed 6-23-78
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ment the unit used _ Mr _ Call stated that he was Oswald' s
immediate supervisor He was not a close friend of Lee Harvey
Oswala but the interest they shared was mainly the game of
chess _ Oswald would play chess with him quite often_ He
described Oswald as being quiet. He didn't talk very much
During any conversation that went on , the other person had to
solicit it from him_ He described hin as being a loner stay-
off to himself , not having very many friends or having
very much contact with other people in the unit. In his
If words , Mr _ Call described Oswald as being "an oddball Call
stated that he had never gone off the base or socialized off
the base with Lee Harvey Oswald. He knew of no civilian or
military personnel who herwas particularly friendly with
In regards to whether or not Mr _ Call knew that LHO
was studying a foreign language , Mr Call stated that LHO was
studying the Russian language _ He had many books and he pur-
chased Russian records that is, records of music Mr Call
could not recall the title of the books but he did state that
LHO subscribed to two Russian periodicals , or newspapers He
stated that the two newspapers were the two most popular Russian
newspapers in circulation in the United States today _ Mr Call
recalled a particular record that he owned that was in Russian
M1 The name of the record he said was "Russian Fireworks He said
that LHO enjoyed listening to the Russian music that he owned
that Mr Calls_ Mr . Call recalled to memory that on occasions
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he would be playing Russian music in his quarters and 1f
LHO heara the music he would respond to where he was and re-
II ply Did you call?" Mr _ Call stated that it was common know-
ledge in his unit that LHO: was studying the Russian language and
that he was very interested in the Russian way of life. Mr
Call knew of no persons that Oswald was studying Russian with
He stated that LHO also had a security clearance, the same
security clearance as everyone else in the unit_ Call was not
sure of what particular training LHO had had; however , he did
indicate that LHO had had training in the use of radar track-
ing equipment_ He stated that LHO was a very tight person
with money . He never knew him to have an over-abundance of
money . Call stated that he had no knowledge of any military
personnel who LHO had close contact with; with the exception
of a lieutenant the name of Donavan who he used to play
chess with. He also played chess with a Marine by the name
not
of Botello _ Call statea that he did/know Botello' s full name
but he believed he was a major in the Marine Corps , that at
the present time Botello is a judge in the state of California
although he isn't certain' 0f which state_ As far as LHO ' s
interests--personal or professional--were concerned Call
stated that he had no knowledge except that LHO was very in-
terested in the Russian way of life_ He was extremely interested
in trying to learn to speak the Russian language , So much So
that it became a joke in the unit_ Instead of calling LHO
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I " Lee themen in the unit would call him either "Comrade or
"Oswaldovitch M Lee would show his interest in the Russian
way of life on occasion , when he was playing chess if he
was asked which men he wanted out of the set of red and black
men , LHO would say II the Reds always _ M Mr Call knew:of no
particular military program that LHO was interested in_ How-
ever, he did state that in 1959 he , LHO and another Marine
named Delgado , all qualified on the rifle range He considered
LHO a very good shot with a rifle: LHO qualified with a
score of 212 _ He stated that he shot right alongside LHO
during their qualification_ This witness knew of no organiza-
tions or informal groups that LHO belonged to Mr _ Call stated
that LHO had never spoken to him about the U-2 program Call
further continued and stated that at that time he didn t know
what the U= 2 program was , that is , Mr _ Call didn t know what
the U-2 program was:. Mr _ Call stated that he knew that LHO
had shot himself in the arm, or that he had been shot in the
arm, that he heard from other men in the' unit that Oswald had
shot himself in the arm_ Call did not know the particulars of
the incident. Call stated that he did not know that DHO had
a family until 1959 when he was about to be discharged from
the service_ LHO came to him and told him that his mother was
il1 and that he was getting a hardship discharge from the ser-
vice Call stated that before this time LHO during the entire
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time he knew him, had never spoken of any member of his fam-
Call indicated that he was te shocked to learn that
LHO was getting out on a
hardship discharge _ Call further
stated that prior to his discharge from the Marine Corps LHO
told him that he had been accepted to study at a university
in Switzerland. Mr _ Call knew of no long extensive periods
of time that LHO was _separated from the unit while he was
under his command _ When asked if he , Mr Call, had been ques-
tioned by any federal agency after the assassination , Mr Call
responded that about a week :after the assassination 0f President
Kennedy , he was interviewed by agents of the FBI _ He does
not recall the agents names Mr _ Call further stated that
about a year ago , he was contacted and interviewed by Edwardx Jay
Epstein, the author of the book entitled , "The Legend of Lee
II Harvey Oswald. Mr Call described LHO as being a person who
was very discontent with the conditions in the United States at
that time Mr Call stated that he had never heard LHO make
a threat against the President or any other official. 0f the
United States _
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