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. GRIFFIN. You just don’t have any recollection of seeing it at all
that day?
Mr. McMILLON. I don’t remember seeing that armored car at all. I may
have, but I sure don’t remember.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Were the TV cameras moved while you were down there?
Mr. McMILLON. There was some TV cameras placed in position while we
were there.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Were they moved out of one position to another while you
were there?
Mr. McMILLON. I think I know what you mean. We had those people move
back over kind of in the mouthway to this deal, which would have
been in my position that I finally took up, just moments before the
shooting, the position that I was in then. Anyway, we had moved or had
instructed those people to move back over, which would have been to my
right. I will correct that. Left. This is my left hand.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Okay. Now, let me ask you this. When you walked--went down
there and were waiting before anybody gave you any instructions, did
you see a TV camera on the jail office side of the railing, anywhere
between the railing and the jail office?
Mr. McMILLON. It seems to me like I did, but I can’t be sure.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Well, do you remember whether a camera was moved from a
position somewhere near the swinging doors back away across the ramp
and behind the railing?
Mr. McMILLON. Yes; it seems to me like I do, but I wasn’t paying any
attention, because it seemed to me like there was cameras everywhere.
Mr. GRIFFIN. All right. Now, there finally came a time when somebody
gave you some instructions?
Mr. McMILLON. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Who was that?
Mr. McMILLON. Captain Jones, and, of course, Lieutenant Smart was
assisting him, but Captain Jones explained to us that, when they
brought the prisoner out, that he wanted two lines formed and we were
to keep these two lines formed, you know, a barrier on either side of
them, kind of an aisle. We were kind of to make an aisle for them to
walk through, and when they came down this aisle, we were to keep this
line intact and move along with them until the man was placed in the
car.
Mr. GRIFFIN. So you were sort of supposed to pick him up as a flanker?
Mr. McMILLON. That was my understanding.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Uh-huh. Now, did--were you assigned to any position, to
take up any particular position?
Mr. McMILLON. No; the man told us what he wanted and everybody just set
it up.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, was Detective Harrison or Blackie Harrison, was he
present when Jones gave these instructions?
Mr. McMILLON. I am sure that he was. I don’t know if he was or not.
Mr. GRIFFIN. And how about Detective L. D. Miller, was he present at
that time?
Mr. McMILLON. I don’t know at what point Miller had got there. I am
sure that he was, because Miller had taken up the position. When we set
up, Miller had taken up the position on my right.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How long did you remain--well, let me ask you this: After
Jones finished giving instructions, where did you go?
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