Warren Commission (04 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (04 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. CURRY. It was reported to me, I was given a report to that effect.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you know anything about the matters described in those
letters?
Mr. CURRY. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. Will you tell us what you know about them? Do you want to
see them?
Mr. CURRY. Yes. One of the documents tells me that Lieutenant Revill
states that about 2:50 p.m. on the 22d----
Mr. RANKIN. Of what?
Mr. CURRY. November 1963, that he met Special Agent Jim Hosty of the
FBI in the basement of the city hall, and at that time Agent Hosty
related to Revill that the subject, Oswald, was a member of the
Communist Party, and that he was residing in Dallas.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you make any further inquiry after you got that
information?
Mr. CURRY. None other than I had a report from V. J. Brian, a detective
in criminal intelligence, who was present at the time this conversation
took place.
Mr. RANKIN. That later report was as of April 20?
Mr. CURRY. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. 1964?
Mr. CURRY. The last report.
Mr. RANKIN. What was the occasion for that?
Mr. CURRY. I just asked Revill if anyone was with him at the time, and
he recalled that Detective Brian was at the time.
Mr. RANKIN. Otherwise, did you know anything more about that matter?
Mr. CURRY. No, sir; I believe Captain Fritz said that he, he told me he
knew they had been out to talk to Mrs. Paine.
Mr. RANKIN. By they, who do you mean?
Mr. CURRY. Some of the FBI agents, and that he did know that Oswald
apparently knew Hosty, because Hosty was present in the interrogation
room.
Mr. RANKIN. By he there at that point who do you mean?
Mr. CURRY. Oswald.
Mr. RANKIN. Yes; but you say he knew.
Mr. CURRY. That Oswald knew Hosty.
Mr. RANKIN. Yes.
Mr. CURRY. Because according to Fritz he said that he was quite bitter,
Oswald was quite bitter toward Hosty because he had made the statement
that "you mistreated my wife."
Mr. RANKIN. Do you know how Captain Fritz learned that?
Mr. CURRY. He was in Captain Fritz's office when this statement was
made, according to Captain Fritz.
Mr. RANKIN. Now, after the assassination, did you give any orders of
your staff, making any reports about anything they knew about either
the assassination or the Tippit killing?
Mr. CURRY. Yes, sir; we had all of our officers who knew anything at
all about it to submit reports which is a normal procedure in any
unusual incident.
Mr. RANKIN. How did you direct that that be done?
Mr. CURRY. Just through my staff.
Mr. RANKIN. Was that in writing?
Mr. CURRY. No, sir.
Mr. RANKIN. You just told them?
Mr. CURRY. Yes, sir.
Mr. RANKIN. And was that direction promptly given?
Mr. CURRY. I am sure it was passed on immediately. All orders are.
Mr. RANKIN. How soon after the assassination?
Mr. CURRY. I would say probably within the next day after we met and we
decided that an investigation should be conducted into all phases of
this.
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