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. Now, could you more graphically show your position--I have
asked you previously to study this FBI mockup of the jail office,
showing also the Commerce and Main Street ramps, the ramp from the
parking area into the street ramps, and I am going to ask you if you
would show us, now, where you were when you first came into the area
that this mockup shows, and I will explain the system that I will use.
If you will point to the place on the mockup, we will then agree as to
what that point is on the chart and mark it so, and then if you change
positions from one to another, we will so indicate, so that any person
who reads your testimony with this chart before them can follow it
intelligently.
Mr. PHENIX. All right.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, in order that the chart may be properly identified, I
am marking it as follows: “Dallas, Tex., April 16, 1964, Exhibit No.
5330, Deposition of George R. Phenix.” I will sign my name below that.
Now, Mr. Phenix, at what time did you first come down into the basement
and into this area?
Mr. PHENIX. It was a little after 9 o’clock, according to that
statement, it said 9:10--it was closer to 9 o’clock.
Mr. HUBERT. You remained in the basement area the entire time until the
actual shooting?
Mr. PHENIX. Right.
Mr. HUBERT. I guess it is correct to state you didn’t stay in one
particular spot all that time?
Mr. PHENIX. Oh, I unloaded the gear from the car in the area between
the two stop signs at the level portion there where cars normally stop.
Mr. HUBERT. Will you point to that on here?
Mr. PHENIX. Right here [indicating].
Mr. HUBERT. I am marking on Exhibit 5330 the spot where Mr. Phenix has
stated that he unloaded the gear with a number one in a circle there
and drawing a line from that, and I am writing “Spot where Phenix first
unloaded gear at about 9:10 a.m.” What was that gear?
Mr. PHENIX. The camera, the unipod, a microphone, and battery pack.
Mr. HUBERT. You unloaded it from a truck?
Mr. PHENIX. The Mobile News Unit--it is a station wagon we normally
drive.
Mr. HUBERT. Have I marked the spot correctly?
Mr. PHENIX. Right, and then from there I think I milled around a little
bit and said, “Hello,” to the newsmen I recognized from the day before
on the third floor and all the available spots were taken over here at
this corner which were really the best spots.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, when you say “over here at this corner,” I am going
to put the number 2 with a circle under it and draw a line out and
indicate that you have stated that the place that I marked number 2 was
the best spot, but already taken.
Mr. PHENIX. By most of the photographers there.
Mr. HUBERT. I am writing in the words “Phenix says this number 2 spot
was already taken by other news media”----
Mr. PHENIX. Right.
Mr. HUBERT. “When he arrived.” Is that a correct statement?
Mr. PHENIX. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. All right, now you can go on?
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