Commission Exhibit 1717 (paraffin test casts)
Paraffin casts taken of Lee Harvey Oswald's hands and right cheek late on November 22, 1963.
Evidence ID: CE-1717
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Paraffin casts taken of Lee Harvey Oswald's hands and right cheek late on November 22, 1963. Hand tests registered nitrates (consistent with firing a pistol or other sources); the cheek test was negative. The Warren Commission treated the results as inconclusive; the FBI noted the test is not specific to gunpowder residue.