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. RANKIN. Did you discuss this Exhibit 4 with anyone else at the time
you prepared your answer?
Mr. JOHNSON. When Elizabeth gave it to me, just that she indicated that
I should answer it. There was really no discussion of what the answer
would be.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you give him an answer as to whether he should remain
in the background, i.e., underground?
Mr. JOHNSON. Yes; I did.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you do that in your letter?
Mr. JOHNSON. In my letter; yes.
Mr. RANKIN. There is on the last or third page, Mr. Johnson, a
notation, "Arnold," with a line above and below that. Do you know whose
handwriting that is?
Mr. JOHNSON. Elizabeth Flynn's.
Mr. RANKIN. I hand you Exhibit 4-A and ask you if that is a reply that
you prepared to Exhibit 4.
Mr. JOHNSON. It is, but it is also to a further letter (indicating).
Mr. RANKIN. I hand you Johnson Exhibit No. 6, dated September 1, 1963,
apparently in the handwriting of Lee Harvey Oswald and consisting of
a part of one page in handwriting. Is that the other letter that you
referred to, that Exhibit 4-A is a response to?
Mr. JOHNSON. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you receive Exhibit 6 on or about the date it bears?
Mr. JOHNSON. Shortly after; yes.
Mr. RANKIN. Is it in the same form?
Mr. JOHNSON. It is.
Mr. RANKIN. So by Exhibit 4-A you tried to answer both Exhibit 4 and
Exhibit 6? Is that what you mean?
Mr. JOHNSON. And the one previous to that, too. There were three
letters that come in under this.
Mr. RANKIN. By these three, you are referring to Exhibit 3----
Mr. JOHNSON. No. 3, 4, and 6.
Mr. RANKIN. Will you initial those two as I have done, Mr. Johnson.
(Witness complies.)
Mr. RANKIN. In Exhibit 4-A, you speak about finding some way to get in
touch with Mr. Oswald in Baltimore. Can you tell us what you meant by
that?
Mr. JOHNSON. In his letter of September 1, he refers that he is going
to come to the Baltimore-Washington area and asked for information
about how to reach somebody. It is not my practice to refer them to
people until a person comes into an area, and if there is any reason
to refer them to a person, then I do so under those circumstances.
Thus, this is a simple form of simply--of just saying that when such
a circumstance arises we can make a contact, that is, look him up
wherever he is at the time.
Mr. RANKIN. After you received the letter, Exhibit 4, with regard
to Lee Harvey Oswald's trying to dissolve his American citizenship
while he was in the Soviet Union, did you make any inquiry to try to
determine whether he had taken such action?
Mr. JOHNSON. Nothing further than was in the letter itself.
Mr. RANKIN. And you said that it is often advisable for some people to
remain in the background, not underground. What did you mean by that?
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