Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. BLALOCK. Yes, sir; we went to Decatur Street, I believe it is. I am
not sure. The store is the Casa Roca.
Mr. LIEBELER. What organization was it that Bringuier was running? Do
you know?
Mr. BLALOCK. I couldn't say the Spanish name. The American name of it
is the Cuban Student Revolutionary Organization.
Mr. LIEBELER. Can you tell me approximately when that was?
Mr. BLALOCK. Last part of the summer. I couldn't----
Mr. LIEBELER. Late July or early August would it be, or some time in
August of 1963?
Mr. BLALOCK. August would be the closest I could get. I don't remember
the exact date.
Mr. LIEBELER. Tell me the conversation that you and Philip had with
Bringuier when you went into the store.
Mr. BLALOCK. Oh, we entered the store and Philip introduced me to
Carlos, and I told him--I saw the funds Philip had collected for
him, and I told him I was curious about what it was for, and then he
explained for me how the organization worked and told me he received
the funds from people in New Orleans and sent it to Florida, and that
was his total business, and he explained that Communism was where the
kids are supposed to tell everything on their parents, to obey the
State and not their parents.
Mr. LIEBELER. Present at this conversation were just you and Philip and
Carlos? Is that right?
Mr. BLALOCK. No; there was another man--must have worked at the store.
He was present.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you know what his name was?
Mr. BLALOCK. No, sir.
Mr. LIEBELER. Now while you were there in the store, did you notice
anybody else present?
Mr. BLALOCK. Well, a man from a moving company or some trucking company
came in. He had a radio that needed to be fixed, a broken radio, and
Lee Harvey Oswald came in.
Mr. LIEBELER. Tell us, to the best of your recollection, the things
that happened as far as Oswald was concerned.
Mr. BLALOCK. He walked up to us and leaned against the desk and
listened to the conversation. Then he started asking questions about
the organization, and we were talking about guerrilla warfare, just in
case the country got in war how young students could help, something in
that nature, and then he started--then Oswald, Lee Harvey Oswald, asked
Carlos Bringuier all about the organization and what part it played in
the main movement in Florida.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did they say anything else? Was there more to the
conversation?
Mr. BLALOCK. Let's see.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did this man who walked up introduce himself by name?
Mr. BLALOCK. I believe so, but I don't remember what name he gave.
Mr. LIEBELER. Are you now convinced that he was Lee Harvey Oswald?
Mr. BLALOCK. Yes, sir. I know his face. I recognized his face.
Mr. LIEBELER. But you don't remember that he mentioned the name Lee
Harvey Oswald at that time?
Mr. BLALOCK. No.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did Oswald say anything about having been a Marine?
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