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. SPECTER. Would you state what the chain of possession was from
the time of discovery of Exhibit 569 until the time it came into your
possession, based on the records of the FBI, please, if you have those
records available?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes, sir. It was delivered by Secret Service Deputy Chief
Paul Paterni, and SAC of the White House detail Floyd M. Boring of the
Secret Service again, to Special Agent Orrin Bartlett of the FBI who
delivered it to me at 11:50 p.m. on November 22, 1963.
Mr. SPECTER. Are the records which you have just referred to relating
to the chain of possession of Exhibits 567 and 569 maintained by you in
the normal course of your duties as an examiner of those items?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. Frazier, is it possible for the fragments identified
in Commission Exhibit 840 to have come from the whole bullet heretofore
identified as Commission Exhibit 399?
Mr. FRAZIER. I would say that based on weight it would be highly
improbable that that much weight could have come from the base of that
bullet since its present weight is--its weight when I first received it
was 158.6 grains.
Mr. SPECTER. Referring now to 399.
Mr. FRAZIER. Exhibit 399, and its original normal weight would be 160
to 161 grains, and those three metal fragments had a total of 2.1
grains as I recall--2.3 grains. So it is possible but not likely since
there is only a very small part of the core of the bullet 399 missing.
Mr. SPECTER. Have you now described all of the bullet fragments which
you found in the President's automobile?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. Was it your job to analyze all of the bullets or bullet
fragments which were found in the President's car?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes; it was, except for the spectrographic analysis of the
composition.
Mr. SPECTER. Have you now described all of the bullet fragments which
were brought to you by anyone else and identified as having been found
in the President's car?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes, sir; not this morning but at previous times during my
testimony I have; yes.
Mr. SPECTER. But then there is on the record now all of the
identification of the metallic or bullet fragments found in connection
with your examination of the President's car or which were examined by
you after having been found by someone else?
Mr. FRAZIER. No, sir. There is one other, it is not a metal particle
but it is a residue of metal on the inside of the windshield.
Mr. SPECTER. Aside from that residue of the windshield which I am going
to come to now, have we placed on the record a description of all of
the bullets or bullet fragments?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. Now----
Mr. DULLES. Just one moment. You mean bullet fragments related to the
car or bullet fragments found anywhere?
Mr. SPECTER. Related to the President's automobile.
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes; you have.
Mr. SPECTER. Did you have occasion then to examine the windshield of
the Presidential limousine?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes; I did.
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