Warren Commission (13 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIII (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (13 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIII (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. SORRELS. I made a call. I am not sure it was to Chief Curry. It
seems to me I remember talking to Chief Batchelor on that. Now, I may
have mentioned it to Chief Curry, too. But it seems to me like I
remember talking to Chief Batchelor.
Mr. HUBERT. About the existence of some officers?
Mr. SORRELS. To find out who the uniformed officers were who were there.
Mr. HUBERT. Well, now, would that conversation with Chief Batchelor be
before the Curry conversation or afterwards?
Mr. SORRELS. I don’t recall that I made that conversation to both of
them or not. Now, I am just not positive about that. But I do recall
having made that call for the specific purpose of getting somebody that
was there, those two uniformed officers, that could have heard that
conversation, that could have testified in the case down there.
Mr. HUBERT. Is it possible that that aspect of the matter was part of
the call to Curry?
Mr. SORRELS. I just don’t remember--I just don’t remember. But I know
that I did talk to either Curry or Chief Batchelor, and I am inclined
to think it was Chief Batchelor. Now, when you mentioned awhile ago
about the call to Curry, I, of course, said “yes” on that, because I
was thinking about the call. But since thinking about it, I am not sure
that it was Chief Curry that I talked to at all about that particular
angle. But I do know that I talked to Chief Batchelor about it. I know
that.
Mr. HUBERT. Well, let’s see if we can clarify it. There is no doubt
about it that there was one telephone call made to a high police
official.
Mr. SORRELS. That is what I recall.
Mr. HUBERT. You are definite that one call was made to Batchelor.
Mr. SORRELS. If my memory serves me right, it seems that I did talk to
Batchelor.
Now, whether I talked to Chief Curry on that particular thing or not, I
am not too positive.
Mr. HUBERT. So that the matter stands that you are not certain that
there was the second telephone call with Curry at all?
Mr. SORRELS. No; I don’t----
Mr. HUBERT. Well, would you have covered with Batchelor the material
that we have talked about that you say you did cover with Curry?
Mr. SORRELS. Now, what material is that?
Mr. HUBERT. Well, such as that you were doubtful about your ability to
testify, and so forth.
Mr. SORRELS. Not necessarily. In other words, if it was Batchelor that
I called, then I would have, I think, have explained it to him. If it
had been Curry I called, I would explain it to him--as to why I was
wanting these names, or given that information to them.
Mr. HUBERT. What I am trying to get at, you see, is whether or not
there were two calls.
Mr. SORRELS. I don’t recall that there were two calls. I don’t.
Mr. HUBERT. And you are positive you spoke to Batchelor?
Mr. SORRELS. It seems that I remember talking to Chief Batchelor about
it, because it seems that I can remember that he said, “I am sure that
we can find out that information,” or words to that effect.
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