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. Yes, sir. Okay. Now, I am going to mark for the purposes
of identification a letter dated November 27, 1963, from you to Chief
Curry--this is a copy of a typewritten letter--and mark that, “Exhibit
5018, Dallas, Texas, Detective McMillon, 3-25-64.” Have you had a
chance to read that?
Mr. McMILLON. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. And is that a true and accurate copy of a letter which you
sent to Chief Curry on that date?
Mr. McMILLON. I have corrected this letter. It was written on the
24th. It was typed, apparently, on the 27th. I don’t recall that date.
I am sure that is right, but it was written on the 24th, and at a
departmental interview, I gave a statement correcting two or three
points in this deal. Here where it says I recognized Detective Leavelle
on the prisoner’s left----
Mr. GRIFFIN. Yes.
Mr. McMILLON. I believe that is incorrect. He was on the prisoner’s
right, his left hand, in other words.
Mr. GRIFFIN. You want to draw a line? I will draw a line here through
the word “left.” I will draw a line out.
Mr. McMILLON. Okay.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I will draw a line out to the corner. Would you put in
“right,” and then would you indicate in parentheses, would you indicate
in parentheses that this was corrected in a later interview with
whomever it was?
Mr. McMILLON. Uh-huh.
Mr. GRIFFIN. If you would, put it out in the margin right after. Now----
Mr. McMILLON. Just one second.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Okay.
Mr. McMILLON. Okay. Now, this is correct. This is the way that I wrote
it on that date.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, let me ask you a few questions, Detective McMillon,
about this letter.
Mr. McMILLON. All right.
Mr. GRIFFIN. When did you first learn that you were going to
have--going to be asked to write a letter like this?
Mr. McMILLON. It was between 3:30 and 4 o’clock, Captain Nichols,
my bureau commander, instructed everybody from the automobile theft
bureau, who was on duty in the basement at the time, to write the
special report, and that is when I wrote this, which is this.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I see. You have here what appears to be a copy----
Mr. McMILLON. This is typed.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Of a handwritten? Now, would you indicate, then, on this
typed copy, which we have, where the date is, would you cross--was the
actual copy of the letter dated November 27?
Mr. McMILLON. I wrote it on the, 24th, and apparently this is when the
girl typed it, on the 27th.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Would you circle that date, “27th,” and indicate on there
that it was actually written by hand on the 24th?
Mr. McMILLON. All right, sir.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Detective McMillon, you have been good enough to bring
here with you a copy of this original handwritten letter. Can the
commission have this copy?
Mr. McMILLON. Not that one, but I am sure that it will be available to
you.
Mr. GRIFFIN. If we made a copy of this, had this copied and gave it
back to you, could we then retain it?
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