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Paper bag ("curtain-rod package") from TSBD

A brown paper bag found near the 6th floor "sniper's nest." Buell Wesley Frazier testified that Oswald carried a package of similar size and shape to work on the morning of November 22, which Oswald described as containing curtain rods.

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A brown paper bag found near the 6th floor "sniper's nest." Buell Wesley Frazier testified that Oswald carried a package of similar size and shape to work on the morning of November 22, which Oswald described as containing curtain rods. FBI fiber analysis on the bag is discussed in the Commission record.

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