Warren Commission (14 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIV (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (14 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIV (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mrs. NICHOLS. I had seen him on the street one time in the spring of
1963 I didn’t talk to him. He was driving the car and I was walking.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Before the time that you saw him?
Mrs. NICHOLS. And before that, it had been over a year.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Had you talked to him on the telephone?
Mrs. NICHOLS. No; he had not called me in over a year.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now you told Mr. Sayres on the 18th of January that you
remembered that Jack had called you at about 2 o’clock on the 22d. How
did you happen to remember that at that time?
Mrs. NICHOLS. He called me sometime between 1 and 2, while I was out
for lunch and left his number for me to call him. And I called him back
as soon after 2, about 10 minutes after 2.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How did you happen to know that Jack had called?
Mrs. NICHOLS. Well, I go to lunch from 1 to 2 all the time.
Mr. GRIFFIN. But the first time that you talked with Mr. Sayres, you
didn’t remember apparently that Jack had called you?
Mrs. NICHOLS. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Or did you remember at that time?
Mrs. NICHOLS. Well, he didn’t ask me about it and I didn’t think about
the importance of it until this investigation or for the defense
attorney asked me about that, if Jack had called me on that day, and I
remembered.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did this investigator or one of Jack’s lawyers suggest
that you ought to call the FBI and let them know about this?
Mrs. NICHOLS. No. I got to thinking about it myself and I thought I
wanted to keep the record straight. I wanted to let the FBI know it,
too.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did the investigator indicate to you that you might
testify for Jack at the trial?
Mrs. NICHOLS. Well, no; he didn’t say. He didn’t tell me whether he
thought they would use me.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you have some idea that you might?
Mrs. NICHOLS. Well, after I talked, after the investigator, contacted
me, I was afraid that I might be called.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Were you ever called?
Mrs. NICHOLS. I didn’t attach the importance to the telephone call at
the time.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you testify at the trial?
Mrs. NICHOLS. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Were you willing to testify?
Mrs. NICHOLS. I didn’t want to.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What was your reaction when you got this telephone call
from Jack shortly after the President had been shot?
Mrs. NICHOLS. Well, I was just, I was surprised when he—after the
President had been shot?
Mr. GRIFFIN. Yes; that Jack had called you?
Mrs. NICHOLS. Yes; I was surprised. We hadn’t been seeing each other
and I didn’t expect to ever hear from him again, and I was—he seemed to
be upset about the President’s assassination. I think everyone else was.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Why do you think Jack called you?
Mrs. NICHOLS. I don’t know why he called me.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you ever question his attorney about that?
Mrs. NICHOLS. I haven’t talked to—never did talk to his attorney.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Have you talked with Jack since then?
Mrs. NICHOLS. No; I have not.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Or any members of his family?
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