Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. JENNER. So it didn't occasion any surprise on your part?
Mr. PIC. No, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Were you given any other information by Robert with respect
to Lee?
Mr. PIC. No, sir; not that I recall.
Mr. JENNER. Did you see Robert again subsequent to this pre-Christmas
Party 1962?
Mr. PIC. No, sir.
Mr. JENNER. And up to but not including November 22, 1963?
Mr. PIC. I still haven't seen him since Christmas 1962.
Mr. JENNER. Have you corresponded?
Mr. PIC. We have written a few letters, and I was permitted to make a
phone call to him right after the assassination.
Mr. JENNER. What did he say in the course of that conversation? What
did you say?
Mr. PIC. This was--I was permitted to make the phone call after Lee's
murder. The Secret Service said I could contact Robert. He had called
where I worked and left a number. I contacted the Secret Service. They
told me go ahead and call this number, call them back and tell them the
gist of the conversation.
I called him up at this number. Someone answered the phone and I asked
for Robert and they called him to the phone. He told me that he and
his--told me his wife and children were at the farm with her folks, I
believe that is what he told me. That he was--he couldn't tell me where
he was but he was in Arlington, Tex.
Mr. JENNER. Robert was?
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir; under custody of the Secret Service.
Mr. JENNER. What day of the week was this?
Mr. PIC. This was Sunday, sir.
Mr. JENNER. The day of the death of your brother?
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. The 24th of November 1963?
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. What else was said?
Mr. PIC. He told me that some local business people would make
arrangements for the funeral and there would be no expense to him. I
told him I was sorry it happened and everything.
Mr. JENNER. Did he say anything about having seen your brother at the
Dallas City Police Station prior to this telephone conversation?
Mr. PIC. No, sir; he didn't.
Mr. JENNER. Was there any discussion in this telephone conversation
about the assassination of President Kennedy?
Mr. PIC. No, sir; there wasn't.
Mr. JENNER. About the possible involvement of your brother in that
connection?
Mr. PIC. No, sir; there wasn't.
Mr. JENNER. I take it, then, it was confined largely, if not
exclusively, to the death of your brother?
Mr. PIC. The conversation was just about as I related it, sir. It was
mostly confined to the death of Lee.
Mr. JENNER. And his burial?
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Did you attend the funeral services?
Mr. PIC. No, sir; I was not permitted. In fact, the Secret Service
did not let me write Robert for, I think, 7 to 8 days after the
assassination. At that time they granted me permission to freely
correspond with him.
Mr. JENNER. And you did so?
Mr. PIC. I think we have written about two, three letters back and
forth. I am the one who fails to write. He never fails to write.
Mr. JENNER. The subject matter of these letters involved Lee; any of
them?
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