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. Mr. Dobbs, we have what has been marked as Dobbs' No. 11,
which purports to be a copy, photocopy, of a carbon of your response as
of November 5, 1962, to Mr. Oswald's letter. Will you examine that and
see whether or not it is?
Mr. RANKIN. I would like to correct the record to show that this is a
typewritten copy of the original, apparently not the carbon.
Mr. WATTS. Clarify that. You are saying that it is a typewritten copy
of the original of the letter----
Mr. RANKIN. Purportedly.
Mr. WATTS. Purportedly received by Mr. Oswald?
Mr. RANKIN. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. Off the record.
(Discussion off the record.)
Mr. RANKIN. Will you first respond, Mr. Dobbs, to whether or not
this Dobbs' No. 11 appears to be a typewritten copy of a letter that
you wrote to Lee Harvey Oswald in response to his inquiry about the
Socialist Workers Party?
Mr. DOBBS. Yes, it appears to be the type of letter I would have
written.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you understand that we are going to secure the original
and submit it to you to see if it is in fact the letter that you did
write, and if you find that it is, then it will be offered as a part of
this deposition?
Mr. DOBBS. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. Will you initial now Dobbs' No. 9, please?
(Witness complies.)
Mr. WATTS. Mr. Rankin, in his responding he did not get past that
coupon.
Mr. RANKIN. Yes. Will you describe the balance of Dobbs' No. 9? I
understand you completed with the coupon but not the other two pieces.
Mr. DOBBS. The second item is a letter from Lee H. Oswald, addressed
apparently to the Socialist Workers Party and marked "Received" under
date of August 13, 1962, in which he requests information about the
nature of the party and its policies. The third is a letter to Lee H.
Oswald from the Socialist Workers Party under date of August 23, 1962,
indicating that a pamphlet is being enclosed for him entitled "The
Socialist Workers Party--What It Is, What It Stands For."
Mr. RANKIN. I asked you whether or not the Socialist Workers Party had
any organization in Dallas. What is the fact in regard to Fort Worth
and New Orleans at that time?
Mr. DOBBS. No, we had no organization anywhere in that area.
(Document marked Dobbs' Exhibit No. 10.)
Mr. RANKIN. Will you examine Dobbs' No. 10 and tell us what that
exhibit consists of.
Mr. DOBBS. A letter signed "Lee H. Oswald" to the Socialist Workers
Party, dated September 1, 1963, stating that he would like to know
if he could get in direct contact with SWP representatives in the
Washington, D.C.-Baltimore area.
Mr. RANKIN. Will you please initial that?
Mr. DOBBS. Right on the envelope?
Mr. RANKIN. That is right.
(Witness complies.)
Mr. RANKIN. I notice that Dobbs' No. 9 refers to a Sherry Finer signed
on the letter, copy of which is dated August 23, 1962.
Mr. DOBBS. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. Who is Sherry Finer?
Mr. DOBBS. She is one of the volunteer assistants that helps me
occasionally with office work.
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