Warren Commission (15 of 26): Hearings Vol. XV (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (15 of 26): Hearings Vol. XV (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. KANTOR. I believe I did. And if I didn’t, the wire services were
doing that at the same time. But Mr. Kilduff said that he would have
further announcements to make in--I think he established the time as 10
minutes. And told us to make our phone calls or do what we had to do,
and return to this room.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you make a phone call?
Mr. KANTOR. Yes; I went down the hall. There were no phones set up for
us, of course. We were going into whatever offices we could find with
available phones. I went into an office, a large office, which had
three nurses in it, and asked if I could use one of their phones. And,
again, I had trouble getting out.
After trying over and over, I managed to talk to Mr. Egger again and
tell him. And by now he was concerned with the Vice President, what was
going to happen there, and should the office send another man down to
start following Mr. Johnson.
Mr. GRIFFIN. About how long did this telephone conversation last?
Mr. KANTOR. Probably took me 5 minutes to get out, and the conversation
was about 5 minutes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. And then did you return to Mr. Kilduff for further
announcements?
Mr. KANTOR. I returned to the room, and Mr. Kilduff, to the best of my
recollection, was not there.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How long after you made your telephone call was it before
you walked outside of Parkland Hospital again?
Mr. KANTOR. Well, upon later recollection I thought that it was about
10 to 15 minutes, because we went back into the makeshift pressroom
and--I really am not sure whether Mr. Kilduff was there or not.
But Bill Stinson, who was--who is an aide to Governor John Connally,
came in dressed in a doctor’s uniform--he had just come from the
emergency room, and was mistaken for being a doctor. And I remember
Kilduff or someone talking to him before Stinson talked to us to tell
us about the Governor’s condition. I remember Kilduff saying, “1
o’clock, 1 o’clock, 1 o’clock.” I didn’t know what significance that
had. So I guess that Malcolm Kilduff was there when we returned.
Wayne Hawks, of the transportation staff of the White House,
interrupted and said that a pool was needed immediately, and about four
or five of us, perhaps as many as seven people altogether, followed
him and ran down a stairway towards the main entranceway. I didn’t
know what a pool was needed for, and I was very reluctant to leave the
hospital. But when I got outside in the main entrance area, I saw the
Texas congressional delegation----
Mr. GRIFFIN. About where was that? Put a number on the diagram, please.
Mr. KANTOR. Yes; the sidewalk curved, somehow, like this, and the cars
were stretched along this area.
Mr. GRIFFIN. All right. Let me indicate for the record that you have
placed a No. “2” on the diagram, and that you have made a curved line
that indicates a walk, and some marks alongside it to represent the
automobiles. Go ahead.
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