Warren Commission (08 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (08 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. JENNER. Mr. Conway, you have the privilege of reading your
deposition after Miss Oliver has written it up and to sign it or to
waive that privilege.
Mr. CONWAY. Well, I don't care anything about reading it--I know what I
have said.
Mr. JENNER. If there is nothing else, this will conclude your
deposition. I certainly appreciate your coming in.
TESTIMONY OF MRS. LILLIAN MURRET
The testimony of Mrs. Lillian Murret was taken on April 6, 1964, at
the Old Civil Courts Building, Royal and Conti Streets, New Orleans,
La., by Mr. Albert E. Jenner, Jr., assistant counsel of the President's
Commission.
Mrs. Lillian Murret, 757 French Street, New Orleans, La., after first
being sworn by Mr. Albert E. Jenner, testified as follows:
Mr. JENNER. Mrs. Murret, you received, did you not, a letter from Mr.
Rankin, general counsel of the President's Commission?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Asking you voluntarily to appear here for the taking of
your deposition.
Mrs. MURRET. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And there was enclosed with that letter, was there not,
three documents.
Mrs. MURRET. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. One was Senate Joint Resolution No. 137, which is the
legislation authorizing the creation of the Presidential Commission
to investigate the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, our
President; another was the Executive order of President Johnson
appointing the Commission and empowering it to proceed, the Executive
Order being No. 11130, and a copy of the rules and regulations for the
taking of testimony, adopted by the Commission itself. Did you receive
those?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Now, if you can remember, Mrs. Murret--and don't feel
offended by this--but ordinarily witnesses do nod or shake their heads
and that doesn't get into the record, so if you will answer right out,
then it will be in the record. Do you understand that?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Experienced court reporters like this gentleman do catch
head nodding and head wagging, but technically they are not supposed
to interpret the intent of the witness. Do you understand that, Mrs.
Murret?
Mrs. MURRET. I understand.
Mr. JENNER. All right. I assume that you gathered from these documents
that the Commission was created and appointed to investigate all of the
facts and circumstances surrounding the tragic event of November 22,
1963, did you not?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes, sir.
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