Warren Commission (06 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (06 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. BELIN. Do you remember what years those would have been for?
Mrs. ROWLAND. No, sir.
Mr. BELIN. Sometimes some people are prone to exaggerate more than
others, and without in any way meaning to take away from the testimony
of your husband as to what he saw in the building at the time, just
from your general experience, do you feel you can rely on everything
that your husband says?
Mrs. ROWLAND. I don't feel that I can rely on everything anybody says.
Mr. BELIN. Well, this is really an unfair question for me to ask any
wife about her husband, and I am not asking it very correctly, but----
Mrs. ROWLAND. At times my husband is prone to exaggerate. Does that
answer it?
Mr. BELIN. I think it does.
Is there anything else you want to add to that, or not?
Mrs. ROWLAND. Usually his exaggerations are not concerned with anything
other than himself. They are usually to boast his ego. They usually say
that he is really smarter than he is, or he is a better salesman than
he is, something like that.
Mr. BELIN. Anything else you care to add?
Mrs. ROWLAND. No, sir.
Mr. BELIN. Again, I apologize for any--for in any way trying to
embarrass you or anything, but your husband did see a man on the sixth
floor and it is important for us to try and find out everything we can
to test his accuracy as to what he saw, and so this is why I have been
asking these questions.
You and I have never met before?
Mrs. ROWLAND. Not that I ever remember.
Mr. BELIN. When we did meet, I immediately brought you in here and we
started taking your deposition under oath, isn't that true?
Mrs. ROWLAND. Yes, sir.
Mr. BELIN. We didn't chat about anything before we started taking your
deposition, did we?
Mrs. ROWLAND. No.
Mr. BELIN. Now you mentioned the fact that the newspaper misquoted your
husband?
Mrs. ROWLAND. Yes, sir.
Mr. BELIN. Is there any other time when you know that he complained
about being misquoted insofar as the facts of the assassination are
concerned?
Mrs. ROWLAND. When we had our first written statement, the police
officer, I believe he was an FBI agent, restated everything we said,
and it was typed in the--in that form. But he also asked if it was,
if that was the general meaning of what we had said, so he didn't
complain. But anyway, it wasn't in his exact words, I mean.
Mr. BELIN. Was there anything inaccurate about the statement?
Mrs. ROWLAND. No; I don't think so.
Mr. BELIN. Did your husband ever make any complaints to you about
anything inaccurate in any statements that he had given?
Mrs. ROWLAND. If he did, I don't remember it.
Mr. BELIN. Is there anything else that you can think of that might in
any way be relevant to this whole area of inquiry?
Mrs. ROWLAND. No, sir.
Mr. BELIN. Let me ask you this. Did you or your husband rather, ever
see a picture of Lee Harvey Oswald on television?
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