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. This is a deposition of Harold Fuqua [spelling] F-u-q-u-a.
Mr. Fuqua, my name is Leon Hubert. I am a member of the advisory
staff of the General Counsel of the President’s Commission. Under the
provisions of the Executive Order 11130, dated November 29, 1963, Joint
Resolution of Congress No. 137, and the rules of procedure adopted
by the Commission in conformance with that Executive order and joint
resolution, I have been authorized to take a sworn deposition from you.
I state to you now that the general nature of the Commission’s inquiry
is to ascertain, evaluate, and report upon the facts relating to the
assassination of President Kennedy and the subsequent violent death of
Lee Harvey Oswald. In particular, as to you, Mr. Fuqua, the nature of
the inquiry today is to determine what facts you know about the death
of Oswald and any other pertinent facts you may know about the general
inquiry.
Now, I think, Mr. Fuqua, that you have appeared here today by--as
a result of an informal request made to the Dallas Public Works
Department for whom you work, and I wish to advise you that under the
rules of the Commission you would normally be entitled to a 3-day
written notice before the taking of this deposition, but the rules of
the Commission also provide that a witness may waive that 3-day notice
if he wishes to do so, and I ask you now if you are willing to have
your deposition taken now and therefore willing to waive the 3-day
written notice?
Mr. FUQUA. I’m ready now, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. All right. Will you stand and raise your right hand. Do you
solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the
truth, so help you God?
Mr. FUQUA. I do.
Mr. HUBERT. Will you state your full name?
Mr. FUQUA. Harold Rogers Fuqua.
Mr. HUBERT. And your age?
Mr. FUQUA. Thirty.
Mr. HUBERT. And where do you live, sir?
Mr. FUQUA. 4338 Penelope, Dallas.
Mr. HUBERT. What is your occupation?
Mr. FUQUA. Parking attendant, basement of city hall.
Mr. HUBERT. What?
Mr. FUQUA. Parking attendant in the basement of the city hall.
Mr. HUBERT. How long have you been so employed?
Mr. FUQUA. By the city of Dallas?
Mr. HUBERT. Yes.
Mr. FUQUA. About 6 years.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, were you on duty on the morning of November 24, 1963?
Mr. FUQUA. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. When you say you were on duty, that means you were on duty
in the parking area of the basement?
Mr. FUQUA. Right.
Mr. HUBERT. That basement is partially under the city hall, and
partially under the police building, is that correct?
Mr. FUQUA. No, sir; it is under the municipal part of it. The parking
basement, because it is right beside the jail part.
Mr. HUBERT. In other words, the parking area in the basement is really
under the municipal building?
Mr. FUQUA. That is the way I would think of it.
Mr. HUBERT. And, what--it is all connected up by the two ramps?
Mr. FUQUA. Right.
Mr. HUBERT. That go up to Main Street and Commerce Street?
Mr. FUQUA. Right.
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