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. FRAZIER. That is right. Otherwise, you have nothing to base a
conclusion upon. If you have deviation anywhere along the line then
you both affect the position at which the Governor could have been
shot--for instance--if the bullet entered the Governor's back and
immediately took a 20° leftward angle, then the Governor could have
been shot when he was facing straightforward in the automobile.
Now, I can't tell that, and therefore I can only say that my opinion
must be based on your assumption that there was not a deviation of the
bullet through the President's body and no deviation of the bullet
through the Governor's body, no deflection. On that basis then you can
say that it is possible for both of them to have been hit with one
bullet.
Representative FORD. Does that opinion rule out the possibility or cast
doubt on the possibility of a third shot?
Mr. FRAZIER. It does not rule out the possibility of a third shot.
No, sir; because I can only base my opinion on what I saw and my own
experience, and that is that a bullet could have struck the President,
if it had deflection in the President's body it could have, and he
happened to be in a certain position in the car which would affect the
angle, the bullet may have exited from the automobile.
Representative FORD. As I understood your assumptions there was no
deviation and no deflection, and I thought I phrased my question based
on your opinion under those facts, it might rule out a third shot.
Mr. DULLES. Do you mean rule out a third shot entirely or just rule out
a third shot hitting in the car?
Representative FORD. Rule out a third shot in one instance or establish
the possibility of a third shot that missed everything.
Mr. FRAZIER. As I understand your question I am now assuming these
various factors to exist, that there was no deviation, no change in the
path of the bullet.
Representative FORD. The bullet went through the President and through
the Governor.
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes; then under that premise and the reconstruction
showing the position of the car with reference to the path of the
bullet, then it is entirely possible that these two individuals were
hit with one bullet and that there was not another bullet that struck
in the car other than the one that struck the President in the back of
the head and exited from his head.
Representative FORD. Under these assumptions there is a possibility
there was not a third shot or there was a third shot that missed
everything.
Mr. FRAZIER. That missed everything; yes, sir.
Mr. DULLES. Is there any way of correlating the time of the shot with
the position of the car so as to know whether possibly the first shot
was fired before the car was out from the tree and it might have hit a
branch of the tree and be deflected so it didn't hit the car? If he had
fired too soon. I guess it is impossible.
Mr. FRAZIER. It is possible, I don't have any evidence to support it
one way or the other.
Mr. DULLES. Yes.
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