Warren Commission (05 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (05 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
The CHAIRMAN. It may be admitted.
(The document referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 873 for
identification, and received in evidence.)
Mr. SPECTER. I would like to mark the second photograph as Commission
Exhibit No. 874 and move, also, its admission into evidence.
The CHAIRMAN. It may be admitted.
(The document referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 874 for
identification, and received in evidence.)
Mr. SPECTER. Would you describe briefly what Exhibit No. 873 depicts,
please?
Mr. KELLEY. Exhibit No. 873 is a photograph of the interior of the
rear section of the 100-X, the President's car, showing the seating
arrangement in the car and the jump seats are in an open position.
Mr. McCLOY. As of what time were these photographs taken?
Mr. KELLEY. I am sorry, Commissioner. I don't know just when those
photographs were taken. They were taken some time in the last 2 years.
Mr. SPECTER. As to Exhibits Nos. 873 and 874, do they accurately depict
the condition of the President's car as of November 22, 1963?
Mr. KELLEY. They do, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. Would you describe briefly what Exhibit No. 874 shows?
Mr. KELLEY. Exhibit No. 874 is another photograph of the car taken from
the rear, and it shows the relative positions of the jump seats in an
open position as they relate to the back seat of the car.
Mr. SPECTER. So that the record may be clear, which Commission number
has been given to the diagram of the President's car?
Mr. KELLEY. The President's car is Exhibit No. 872.
Mr. SPECTER. And the followup car diagram is what?
Mr. KELLEY. Exhibit No. 871.
Mr. McCLOY. Do you know whether these photographs were taken before or
after the assassination?
Mr. KELLEY. Before the assassination.
Mr. DULLES. Did the car that you used for this test--did that car have
the seat lifting capacity that I understand the President's car had?
Mr. KELLEY. No; it did not, sir. I might say that there is in the
Commission's records photographs of the President's car after the
assassination, showing the condition of it after the assassination, at
the garage.
Mr. SPECTER. On the President's car itself, what is the distance on the
right edge of the right jump seat, that is to say from the right edge
of the right jump seat to the door on the right side?
Mr. KELLEY. There is 6 inches of clearance between the jump seat and
the door.
Mr. SPECTER. And what is the relative position of the jump seat to the
rear seat on the Presidential automobile?
Mr. KELLEY. There is 8-1/2 inches between the back of the jump seat and
the front of the back seat of the President's car, the rear seat.
Mr. SPECTER. And what is the relative height of the jump seat and the
rear seat?
Mr. KELLEY. The jump seat is 3 inches lower than the back seat in its
bottom position. That is, the back seat of the President's car had a
mechanism which would raise it 10-1/2 inches. But at the time of the
assassination, the seat was in its lowest position.
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