But wait. When he got there, he found out that the place was owned by his old mentor from the Civil Air Patrol, David Byrd, the big industrialist who founded it and bankrolled CAP. And do you remember who else was in the CAP with Oswald? David Ferrie and Barry Seal? So, was all this just a coincidence?
Well, I've said it before, and I'll say it again, that I don't believe in coincidences. In fact, I don't give a Kleep, and I don't give a Klopp about coincidences, especially JFK coincidences.
When Oswald got to the TSBD, he saw that Bill Shelley was a supervisor, and Shelley was CIA. There is a good chance that Oswald and Shelley knew each other prior to October 1963. Oswald was not a stupid man. He had to know that there was more to this company than just distributing "Dick and Jane" books for little kids.
When Oswald told Fritz that he was "out with Bill Shelley in front," why did he cite Shelley? He could have cited anyone. He could have cited multiple people. But, he cited Shelley, and just Shelley. Why? I think it's because he had a special connection with Shelley, one that exceeded his little role as an "order filler" at the TSBD.
Previously, he had worked for Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall, a printing and graphics company that did intelligence work for the CIA and the US Military. They provided the US government with maps of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and Oswald was reportedly involved with that. Again, Oswald wasn't stupid. He knew that that these were front companies doing top secret, clandestine work for the government.
It's obvious that Oswald was destined to wind up at the TSBD. They moved into that very building precisely for the assassination. Previously, they were in the Dal-Tex building. So, that very summer, August 1963, they moved across the street into a larger building that was actually way too big for them. They didn't need all the space. Plus, it had previously been used by a wholesale grocery and meat distributor, and the floors were wet and soggy, and it was damaging the books. That's why they were laying down plywood on the floors. But, if you lay plywood down on a wet and soggy floor, how long before it soaks through to the plywood?
So, the building wasn't really good for the school book business, and they only moved there in order to frame Oswald.
But, what does all this have to do with Ruth Paine having tea and crumpets with the neighbor ladies? Nothing. That's just the cover story. Ruth Paine was part of the conspiracy, and she was specifically involved in framing Oswald. Anyone who thinks that Oswald wound up at the TSBD acording to what Ruth Paine said about it is laughably naive. William Westin got it right. Here is his abstract to:
The Spider's Web: The TSBD and the Dallas Conspiracy
Abstract:
Journalist Elzie Glaze compared the Texas School Book Depository to a spider that can leave its web and stalk its prey. This article posits the view that behind Glaze’s metaphor was a weapons and narcotics smuggling operation moving under the guise of schoolbooks. Controlled by ultraconservatives, the depository harbored spies, who infiltrated left-wing organizations (like the GI Forum). It also had law enforcement agents, who monitored and controlled the drug traffic within the city of Dallas. These operatives acted at the instigation of the national security establishment. When President Kennedy threatened to break up that establishment, a plot developed to assassinate him. The schoolbook workers became involved in the plot, when they relocated into the seven-story building that overlooked a 120-degree turn at Elm and Houston Streets. The turn made the President an easy target, because it slowed his limousine down to a crawl. After the assassination, the victors of the coup imposed extra security measures at the schoolbook depository in order to protect ongoing smuggling activities.
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