Chief STEVENSON. We met Chief Curry, I believe, one time as he drove in the basement. Mr. HUBERT. Do you recall any conversation that you or Chief Curry or Chief Batchelor had with Captain Talbert regarding what had been done securitywise to the basement or otherwise? Chief STEVENSON. No, sir; not to my knowledge. Mr. HUBERT. Do you know what security plans had been instituted prior to the time that Chief Curry spoke to Sheriff Decker? Chief STEVENSON. No, sir; not to my knowledge. Nothing more than that I had instructed my detectives to stand by for assignment. Mr. HUBERT. What assignment was it contemplated that your detectives would have? Chief STEVENSON. That they would stand by for any assignment that might be needed in the basement at the transfer of Oswald. Mr. HUBERT. That was irrespective of whether or not the sheriff moved the prisoner or your department did? Chief STEVENSON. Yes, sir. Mr. HUBERT. Now do you recall any instructions or orders with reference to the position of the press in the basement? Chief STEVENSON. Yes; I was---- Mr. HUBERT. Go ahead. Chief STEVENSON. I was present in the basement when Chief Curry arrived and said the doors would be kept clear across the driveway entering into the basement of the city hall proper. Then all photographers and pressmen would be kept back in the parking area proper, back behind the driveway line. Mr. HUBERT. In other words, they were to be on the east side of the ramp altogether, is that correct? Chief STEVENSON. Yes, sir. Mr. HUBERT. Now was there any change in that? Chief STEVENSON. Officially, Mr. Hubert, to my knowledge, there was not. Now there may have been some changes made on the scene when the decision was made to use a car instead of the truck. Since the truck was parked up on the ramp and would not come down and clear, there was possibly some changes made on the spot when we found the truck wouldn’t come down the ramp and a car would be used for the transfer, to put them as far back north of where the car would be as possible. Mr. HUBERT. You mean to put the press, to allow them to be there? Chief STEVENSON. Yes; in other words, behind the car, if possible, and up the Main Street ramp on the Main Street side. I believe there was some up there; yes, sir. Mr. HUBERT. Now you don’t know who made that on-the-spot decision, as you recall it? Chief STEVENSON. I believe possibly Captain Jones, and he talked with, I believe it was, Chief Batchelor. I am not sure as to what the last minute changes were to get them away from the immediate area there. Mr. HUBERT. In other words, all the press people prior to the change were on the east side of the railing and on the ramp down from the east-west ramp leading into the garage parking area proper? Chief STEVENSON. Yes, sir; they were all east of it, both the north and the south ramp.