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. HUBERT. Mr. Sorrels, I call your attention to the fact that on the
exhibit which has been identified as Commission Document 354, as to
which you have already testified, there is no mention of the names of
the officers who were present, and that is dated February 3, 1964. Does
that help you to recollect whether you then got interested in who those
people were and called Batchelor or Curry, or both?
Mr. SORRELS. It probably brought it to my mind that there were other
people present there, and I think I so informed Mr. Griffin on the
telephone. But that is not what prompted me to make the call about the
two uniformed officers, because that had no bearing on what I told Mr.
Griffin. What he was asking me over the telephone is what I had heard
Ruby say. And I told him what I had heard Ruby say. And he had asked me
about certain things that I did not recall hearing Ruby say, and I told
him so at the time. And when I was in District Attorney Wade’s office,
the question was asked of me by Mr. Wade as to whether or not certain
statements alleged to have been made by Ruby were made to Officer Dean
in my presence, and I told him I did not hear anything like that.
Mr. HUBERT. Well, perhaps another approach would be this: You were
interested or became interested sometime in finding out the names of
these people. Isn’t that a fact?
Mr. SORRELS. Yes; but only for that particular purpose.
Mr. HUBERT. And you also wanted to convey the information that you
were doubtful whether you would qualify, as you put it, as a witness,
because you had failed to warn. And that that thought came into your
mind after Wade indicated that you might be a witness.
Mr. SORRELS. That is as I recall it.
Mr. HUBERT. And that, therefore, you called someone. Now, were those
two things in the same conversation?
Mr. SORRELS. You mean about----
Mr. HUBERT. The inquiry as to the names, who these people were, and
to convey the information that you were worried about your own
qualifications if you should be considered.
Mr. SORRELS. That is right.
Mr. HUBERT. You think there were two conversations?
Mr. SORRELS. No.
Mr. HUBERT. Just one?
Mr. SORRELS. As far as I know there would be one. Because that is
the only interest I had. As I recall it, I told Mr. Griffin over the
telephone that there were others present, and I could possibly find out
who they were, and for that purpose that he was trying to bring out on
the telephone conversation, and as I recall it he told me, “No; don’t
do that.”
Mr. HUBERT. Did you find out who the two people were?
Mr. SORRELS. No; I could not tell you to this day who they are.
Mr. HUBERT. In other words, whoever you spoke to, Batchelor or Curry,
who said they would let you know----
Mr. SORRELS. No; I don’t think it was my purpose in finding out
who they were for my own benefit. That wasn’t the point at all. It
was my thought that they should have information for the district
attorney--period.
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