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. GRIFFIN. And it has the label “EFF-JAY Notebook” and it is put
out by Fox-Jones Co., Washington 5, D.C., and No. 1419 and there is
handwritten on the front of this in pencil “President Kennedy’s Trip to
Texas, November 21–22, 1963.”
Does anything in this notebook pertain to your activities at Parkland
Hospital?
Mr. KANTOR. Yes; several pages in there.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Could you indicate, can you find in here the pages that
pertain to that Parkland Hospital episode?
Mr. KANTOR. I am going to have to apologize for the writing here. Among
other things in addition to being a bad scribbler I did much of this on
the run, these pages.
Mr. GRIFFIN. If you don’t mind I would like to look at them and see
again if I can ask some questions from them. Do the notes on the pages
which you have separated here follow in chronological order? Is there
any way you can tell from looking at these notes when, what time you
would have put it down?
Mr. KANTOR. Pretty well.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Can you?
Mr. KANTOR. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. All right. Can you tell us what portion of those notes you
made before the actual press conference with Malcolm Kilduff, if any.
Mr. KANTOR. On this page there are written some idle notes as we moved
from Love Field into the downtown area.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I am talking about notes made at Parkland Hospital.
Mr. KANTOR. Yes; and then starting here, these notes were made
immediately outside the hospital as I stood outside talking with
Senator Yarborough, and these--from this point on.
Mr. GRIFFIN. You are talking about the bottom of the page of the “Yarb”
notes?
Mr. KANTOR. Correct. From that point on--the top of that page to
the bottom of the following page I made no notes--which would be
approximately a half hour while I was on the telephone and talking in
the hallway to the Texas Congressman.
Mr. GRIFFIN. The notes which start on the page which said “JFK died at
approximately 1 p.m.” Where was that notation made?
Mr. KANTOR. It was made in the makeshift pressroom of the second floor
where Malcolm Kilduff led us.
Mr. GRIFFIN. So there is one page you refer to here which starts out,
“Yarborough--third car back” and winds up with some notes at the bottom
of page--which I won’t attempt to read, not because your writing is any
worse than mine but just to save time here for the moment, those notes
were all made before the press conference but were made at Parkland
Hospital?
Mr. KANTOR. Yes, sir.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, do they--do all of these notes represent things which
were told you while you were at Parkland Hospital or do they represent
things that you might have learned even before arriving at Parkland
Hospital?
Mr. KANTOR. No. I am reading this as you were talking, and everything
here was gained in conversation with Senator Yarborough standing
outside the emergency area of the hospital. That is true, that is right.
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