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. All right. Now, I ask you to look at the document which has
been previously identified as Exhibit 5332, and state whether it is a
true and correct copy--report on the interview had of you by Special
Agents Pinkston and Brown on November 30, 1963?
Mr. HUFFAKER. The first sentence of the second paragraph could be
slightly misleading.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, let’s identify that sentence--it reads as follows----
Mr. HUFFAKER. I beg your pardon, it’s the third paragraph.
Mr. HUBERT. All right, the quote is as follows:
“On the morning of November 24, 1963, he was assigned to get the story
of the transfer of Lee Harvey Oswald from the Dallas City Jail to the
Dallas County Jail, and went to the Dallas Police and Courts Building
for this purpose.”
Do you wish to comment upon that sentence?
Mr. HUFFAKER. Yes; this was not the sole purpose of my being there. I
was working at the time for KRLD, my regular employer, and also for CBS
News and I was there to report, and the city hall was my assignment
from the beginning of the morning of November 23.
Mr. HUBERT. By city hall, do you mean the building in which the Dallas
police is housed?
Mr. HUFFAKER. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. You are aware that there is another building called the
Municipal Building which is a separate building?
Mr. HUFFAKER. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. So, that when you say “city hall” you don’t mean the
Municipal Building, you mean the Dallas Police Department Building?
Mr. HUFFAKER. That’s right, and from the morning of November 23, the
assignment had been given to me to cover for KRLD and to help CBS cover
anything that might happen there, and our interest on this particular
day was not necessarily focused on the transfer of Lee Oswald.
Mr. HUBERT. All right.
Mr. HUFFAKER. Let’s see--yes; this spelling of the name here of
Bob--his last name is not correct.
Mr. HUBERT. That’s in the fourth paragraph, the fourth line, and it is
shown as Bob Hinkle [spelling] H-i-n-k-l-e. You say that that spelling
is wrong?
Mr. HUFFAKER. That the spelling is incorrect.
Mr. HUBERT. What is the correct spelling?
Mr. HUFFAKER. It should be--this was the spelling I gave them, however,
on that interview. I have since discovered that it is H-a-n-k-l-e or
“e-l”--I’m still not certain.
Mr. HUBERT. I think that the man’s name is actually [spelling]
H-a-n-k-a-l.
Mr. HUFFAKER. You are right. [Spelling] H-a-n-a-k-a-l is right.
Now, I believe I did notice something in that other statement--I
thought perhaps it was in this one.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you want to finish with this one first?
Mr. HUFFAKER. I guess I had better.
Mr. HUBERT. And by this one, we mean No. 5332?
Mr. HUFFAKER. Well, again, it says I “saw them searching the cars”--I
saw them searching among the cars.
Mr. HUBERT. Then, I think we can say that Exhibit 5332, with the
corrections that have been made is a fair and correct report of the
interview of you on November 30, right?
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