Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. HUBERT. Have you any comment to make? I would like you to express
yourself as to whether those documents represent the truth and are they
complete, or do they have omissions or should anything be deleted as
wrong or just tell me your thoughts about the documents dealing first
with the FBI report which has been marked "5114"?
Mr. BROCK. These are true, to the best of my memory.
Mr. HUBERT. Is that true of 5115, too?
Mr. BROCK. That would be the other one? Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Have you any comment to make on these? Do you think they
represent what you know?
Mr. BROCK. Yes, sir; they--I think they represent all that I know about
it.
Mr. HUBERT. Would you say that between those two documents, to wit,
5114, 5115, and the material we got on the chart and your deposition,
itself, that we now know just everything you know about the matter?
Mr. BROCK. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. All right, sir; do you care to add anything else in any way?
Mr. BROCK. No, sir; I don't know of anything else that would----
Mr. HUBERT. All right. Now, have you been interviewed by me or any
other member of the Commission staff prior to the starting of this
deposition?
Mr. BROCK. No, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. All right, that's all. Thank you.
TESTIMONY OF DETECTIVE B. H. COMBEST
The testimony of Detective B. H. Combest was taken at 9 a.m., on March
26, 1964, in the office of the U.S. attorney, 301 Post Office Building,
Bryan and Ervay Streets, Dallas, Tex., by Mr. Leon D. Hubert, Jr.,
assistant counsel of the President's Commission.
Mr. HUBERT. This is the deposition of B. H. Combest. Mr. Combest, my
name is Leon D. Hubert, and I am a member of the advisory staff of the
general counsel of the President's Commission. Under the provisions of
Executive Order 11130, dated November 29, 1963, joint resolution of
Congress No. 137, and the rules of procedure adopted by the President's
Commission in conformance with the Executive order and the joint
resolution I have been authorized to take a sworn deposition from you.
I state to you that the general nature of the Commission's inquiry
is to ascertain, evaluate, and report upon the facts relating to the
assassination of President Kennedy and the subsequent violent death of
Lee Harvey Oswald. In particular as to you, Mr. Combest, the nature of
the inquiry today is to determine what facts you know about the death
of Oswald and any other pertinent facts you may know about the general
inquiry. Mr. Combest, you appeared here today by virtue of a general
request made to your Chief Curry by Mr. J. Lee Rankin, general counsel
on the staff of the President's Commission. Under the rules adopted by
the Commission, you are entitled to a 3-day written notice prior to the
taking of the deposition, but the rules, however, also provide that a
witness may waive this notice. Are you willing now to waive the 3-day
notice?
Mr. COMBEST. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Will you raise your right hand to be sworn, please?
Mr. COMBEST. Yes, sir.
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