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
Mr. GAUTHIER. The data, concerning the scene of the assassination,
was developed by the Bureau's Exhibits Section, including myself, at
the site on December 2, 3, and 4, of 1963. From this data we built
a three-dimensional exhibit, one-quarter of an inch to the foot. It
contained the pertinent details of the site, including street lights,
catch basin, concrete structures in the area, including buildings,
grades, scale models of the cars that comprised the motorcade,
consisting of the police lead car, the Presidential car, the followup
car, the Lincoln open car that the Vice President was riding in, and
the followup car behind the Vice-Presidential car.
Mr. SPECTER. On the model of the scene itself, Mr. Gauthier, did you
reproduce a portion of the scene which is depicted in Commission
Exhibit No. 876?
Mr. GAUTHIER. Yes; I did.
Mr. SPECTER. Handing you that Commission Exhibit No. 876, I will ask
you to describe what it represents in toto.
Mr. GAUTHIER. This is an aerial view of the site known as Dealey Plaza,
in Dallas, Tex.
It indicates the large buildings that surround this area. They are
numbered 1 through 11. It indicates the main streets--Commerce, Main,
and Elm Streets, and the roadways through the plaza, including the
triple underpass.
Mr. SPECTER. I now hand you a document which has been marked as
Commission Exhibit No. 877 and ask you if that document was obtained by
you in connection with the survey for the model which you prepared.
Mr. GAUTHIER. Yes; this is a description of Dealey Plaza stating the
historical background and the physical description.
Mr. SPECTER. I move at this time for the admission into evidence of
Commission Exhibits Nos. 876 and 877.
The CHAIRMAN. They may be admitted.
(The documents referred to were marked Commission Exhibits Nos. 876 and
877 for identification, and received in evidence.)
Mr. SPECTER. Inspector, I now hand you two photographs marked as
Commission Exhibits Nos. 878 and 879 and ask you to state what those
depict.
(The documents referred to were marked Commission Exhibits Nos. 878 and
879 for identification.)
Mr. GAUTHIER. Commission Exhibit No. 878 is a view of the scale model
looking toward the northeast with the Texas School Book Depository
Building in the background, together with the Daltex Building, and a
portion of the Dallas County Courthouse. It includes the pergola to the
left, and the pericycle structure on the right with the reflecting pool
in the immediate background.
It also shows the roadway through the plaza, which is an extension of
Elm Street, upon which appears miniature scale models of the vehicles
in the motorcade.
Mr. DULLES. What motorcade is this?
Mr. GAUTHIER. We are depicting the Presidential motorcade at the time
of the assassination, the motorcade that passed that area.
Mr. DULLES. And this was done on what day?
Mr. GAUTHIER. Our data to build this were compiled on December 2, 3,
and 4. It took about 5 weeks to prepare this exhibit in Washington.
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