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. HUFFAKER. Right, sir; with that change that I saw them searching
among the cars, rather than searching the cars themselves.
Mr. HUBERT. All right; that has gone into the record. Now, you want to
go back, I think, to Exhibit 5331?
Mr. HUFFAKER. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. There is something more you wish to say about that one?
Mr. HUFFAKER. That’s right.
Mr. HUBERT. Will you tell us what it is?
Mr. HUFFAKER. All right; it refers to this sentence----
Mr. HUBERT. All right; the sentence that the witness is referring to
is in the third paragraph--it is the third sentence and it reads as
follows:
“He had assumed a station directly in front of the doors leading from
the elevator onto the ramp in the basement and had been trying to keep
persons out of the line of the KLRD cameras in order that Oswald could
be photographed as he left the doors leading from the elevators.”
Now, do you wish to comment about that sentence?
Mr. HUFFAKER. Yes, sir; there are two discrepancies in that one. I
had assumed a station directly in front of the doors leading from the
interior basement of the Dallas Police Headquarters into the basement
parking area, rather than leading from the elevator onto the ramp.
And, I had been attempting to keep persons out of the line of the KRLD
camera, but this was not in order that Oswald could be photographed,
but it was in order that the live camera--the--because this was not
a film camera such as that that George Phenix was using, but a live
camera--so that it would enable our live cameras to pick him up as he
left the door leading from the jail office into the basement, rather
than leading from the elevator.
Mr. HUBERT. All right, sir; other than the wording of that, and other
than the corrections you have previously made as to Exhibit 5331, do
you think it is a fair statement of the interview of you on November 28?
Mr. HUFFAKER. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, I have marked for the purpose of identification a
chart of the basement which, as you can see on this FBI mockup before
you is a chart of the same object except that the map covers some area
not covered by the mockup, and for the purpose of identification, I
have marked it as “Dallas, Tex., April 16, 1964, Exhibit No. 5333,
Deposition of R. S. Huffaker, Jr.”
And I have signed my name below it. Now, I think your statements
previously given and identified as Nos. 5331 and 5332 indicate that
you had taken up a position approximately one-half an hour before the
shooting actually occurred; is that correct?
Mr. HUFFAKER. Approximately; yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, I would like you to fix that position by pointing to
it on the mockup, and then I will mark it on the chart, and if you
agree that it is correctly marked, you may say so, and thus we will
have a permanent record of exactly what position you were in?
Mr. HUFFAKER. All right, sir; approximately this position [indicating
on the mockup].
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