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. JOHNSON. Only in the sense of asking whether he was sure that there
was no other communications, and I think that was really all. I mean I
didn't ask him what his reactions were or anything like that.
Mr. RANKIN. And you did not discuss the correspondence in the sense of
what it contained?
Mr. JOHNSON. No; I think I did discuss this, I asked him whether
there was any reply to it, and he said, no; that he did not reply.
And I asked him specifically as to whether--"Are you sure?" because I
wondered if there was anything further, and he said he was very sure
about that.
Mr. RANKIN. Would you initial that too, please, Mr. Johnson.
(Witness complies.)
Mr. RANKIN. Do you know the Mr. Weinstock that is referred to in this
Exhibit 5?
Mr. JOHNSON. Yes; I do.
Mr. RANKIN. Can you tell us who he is or was at that time?
Mr. JOHNSON. He was at that time the managing--the business manager of
the Worker.
Mr. RANKIN. Would you tell us where he is now?
Mr. JOHNSON. Right at the moment he is out of town. He had a heart
illness some time back.
Mr. RANKIN. Is he somewhat disabled?
Mr. JOHNSON. Yes. Well, he is not working at all now, and I--he was in
town a few days ago seeing doctors, and I told him about this request.
I asked him specifically whether he knew anything about--anything
further about this letter, and so forth. He did not recall a thing.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you ask him whether he had any other contacts with Lee
Harvey Oswald except the one that is referred to in that letter?
Mr. JOHNSON. He did not recall it. I asked him that. I also made a
search of his back files and found nothing.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you make any inquiry as to whether he knew anything
else about Lee Harvey Oswald?
Mr. JOHNSON. I inquired, I asked him that--this was all on the
telephone--and he said, no. And he went to this thing out in the
country some place, just to sort of recover from this illness.
Mr. RANKIN. And there is a Mr. Tormey that is referred to in that
letter. Do you know him too?
Mr. ABT. Mr. Tormey is here, and he is prepared to testify.
Mr. JOHNSON. Yes; I do.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you know what position he occupied about that time?
Mr. JOHNSON. About that time he was the executive secretary of the
Hall-Davis Defense Committee.
(Document marked Johnson Exhibit No. 5A.)
Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Johnson, I hand you Exhibit 5A, which I was informed
was one of the works of Lee Harvey Oswald that you turned over to the
FBI at the same time. Do you recall having seen that?
Mr. JOHNSON. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you know whether or not that was one of the pieces of
Lee Harvey Oswald's purported works that he had sent to Mr. Weinstock?
Mr. JOHNSON. Whether he had sent it to Mr. Weinstock or whether he had
sent it to Mr. Bert, I don't know. I got it at the same time as I got
the letter from Mr. Bert.
Mr. RANKIN. But you do believe that it was sent to one or the other?
Mr. JOHNSON. It was sent to one or the other. It could have been either
one.
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