When the CIA in turn forwarded a copy of Duran’s statement to the Warren Commission, it had deleted her description of Oswald as blond and short (which was in conflict with the Oswald arrested in Dallas, who had brown hair and was five feet nine inches tall). It had also changed her strong statement that “he never called back” to “she does not recall whether or not Oswald later telephoned her at the Consulate number that she gave him.” When the authors of the Lopez Report noted these changes, they observed, “Had the [original] statements been included, the Warren Commission’s conclusions would
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