Would Kennedy have felt safe enough to go to Dallas if the security detail of "350 Dallas policemen, about a third of the force," "and this would be supplemented by forty state police and fifteen Dallas deputy sheriffs,"[1] that was promised by police chief Jesse E. Curry had been less? Dallas was full of right-wing fanatics opposed to Kennedy, and ambassador to the United Nations, Adlai Stevenson had advised Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. to discourage Kennedy from going. The security detail had been increased because of an angry demonstration earlier against Stevenson that had embarrassed the city. So would Kennedy have still felt safe enough to go to Dallas without this added security?
[1]Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy