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. RANKIN. And the particular words about Oswald being capable of
being an assassin those were told you by Agent Hosty in the elevator?
Mr. REVILL. No, sir; either just outside the elevator and as we got on.
He never mentioned this again because I guess I lost my temper at him
for withholding this type of information.
Mr. RANKIN. I see. Did you do anything about losing your temper, did
you say anything?
Mr. REVILL. No; Jim Hosty and I are friends, and this has hurt me that
I have involved Hosty into this thing, because he is a good agent, he
is one of the agents there that we can work with; that has been most
cooperative in the past, and I worked with him just like he is one of
us.
Mr. RANKIN. You went to the third floor on the elevator?
Mr. REVILL. Yes, sir.
Mr. RANKIN. Who else went with you?
Mr. REVILL. Detective Brian and Hosty, the elevator was--had several
people on it. I don't recall who they were.
Mr. RANKIN. Was Detective Brian on that elevator?
Mr. REVILL. Yes, sir; he was.
Mr. RANKIN. At that same time?
Mr. REVILL. He went to the third floor with me.
Mr. RANKIN. And you are sure Agent Hosty was on the elevator with you?
Mr. REVILL. Yes, sir; he was.
Mr. RANKIN. And you are sure you were on the elevator?
Mr. REVILL. Yes, sir.
Mr. RANKIN. Now, will you tell us exactly what you said to Hosty and
also what he said to you?
Mr. REVILL. After hearing about the information that they were
purported to have had----
Mr. RANKIN. Have you told us all the information that Hosty told you?
Mr. REVILL. As well as I recall; yes, sir.
Mr. RANKIN. Now, did you say anything to him about it?
Mr. REVILL. Yes, sir.
Mr. RANKIN. What?
Mr. REVILL. I asked him why he had not told us this, and the best, my
recollection is that he said he couldn't. Now, what he meant by that I
don't know. Because in the past our relations had been such that this
type of information, it surprised me they had not, if they had such
information he had not brought it or hadn't made it available to us.
Mr. RANKIN. And you are certain you went up there on the elevator
together?
Mr. REVILL. Yes, sir; took him to the third floor and introduced him to
Lieutenant Wells.
Mr. RANKIN. Are you sure you didn't go up the stairs together.
Mr. REVILL. No, sir; we went to the third floor on the elevator.
Mr. RANKIN. You are positive?
Mr. REVILL. Yes, sir; because we caught the elevator in the basement,
and there would have been no reason to walk up the stairs.
Mr. RANKIN. If Agent Hosty said you went up the stairs rapidly
together, that would be untrue?
Mr. REVILL. Yes, sir; this would be untrue.
Mr. DULLES. Did you go in that same driveway that the car went in that
was to take Oswald out?
Mr. REVILL. Yes, sir.
Mr. DULLES. That driveway; and you took that elevator right to the left
as you went in there?
Mr. REVILL. No, sir; we go straight into the doors into the elevator
that goes up to the third floor.
Mr. DULLES. Yes.
Mr. REVILL. Third and fourth floor.
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