Oswald in the doorway: the blog of the Oswald Innocence Campaign, by Ralph Cinque

OIC Senior Member Tom Rossley pointed out to me that Baker's initial statement about having encountered Oswald on the 3rd or 4th floor was made in his own handwriting on 11/22. Here it is:

I have to admit that this is disturbing. How could he not remember what floor it was? 

But, what are the alternatives? To assume that Baker was in on it? That somebody came to him in advance and said: 

"Psst. We're killing Kennedy on Friday, and we need your help."

No, I can't go there. It's too far-fetched. And just think of the danger Baker would have been to the plotters for the rest of his life. How could they know that he wasn't going to have a change of heart, a guilty conscience, and come clean? Or what if he should tell somebody, to unburden his soul, and that person went public? Wouldn't they have had to have killed him, just as they killed many others? He lived to 80 and died of natural causes. He was not like Billy Lovelady dying of a heart attack at age 41. 80 is 80. 41 is 41. 

So, if that alternative is out, what about the idea that he really did encounter someone on the 3rd or 4th floor and they got him to change it to the 2nd floor snack room? 

As I see it, there are two problems with that. The first is the same as the problem already cited: if they brought him into the conspiracy even after the shooting, they would have incurred a tremendous lifelong risk- and I mean as long as his life. And I really think they would have had to kill him. 

But, the second thing is: why would the 6th floor operator still have been on the stairs by the time Baker got to the 3rd or 4th floor? As soon as the fatal head shot occurred, driver Will Greer finally stepped on the gas and sped off to Parkland Hospital. So, the shooting was over. Theoretically, Oswald had to race down to the 2nd floor lunch room. So, the Oswald double couldn't dawdle at that window. He would have fled as fast as he could. So, how could he meet up with Baker on the stairs? Think about where Baker started and where this guy started. How could this guy have only descended two flights of stairs in the time that Baker did all that he did?

Plus, Baker referred to the guy having worn a white shirt and a light brown jacket. Well, Oswald's shirt was more like a jacket, the way it hung. I count that as an accurate description of Oswald's clothes. And, how could the conspirators have known how Oswald was going to dress that day to match his clothing?

So, despite the unsettling realization that Baker really did say it was the third or fourth floor, I still have to go with the snack room encounter being true. And a very big reason is that Oswald said "2nd floor lunch room when Officer came in". That's in the Fritz Notes. So, Oswald confirmed the snack room encounter with Truly and Baker really happened.