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. FLEMING. It was not a question of being able to get the truck
further into the driveway. It was the fact that had it gone down the
ramp further, it would have been parked on an incline completely, and
fearing that the truck could possibly stall, by reason of letting out
the clutch too quickly. If we stalled, there might be a problem of
getting the truck started again, because we had a small problem at the
terminal in getting this truck to start initially. Just for the record,
a new battery had been placed in that truck on Saturday and was one of
these where the liquid has to be mixed up in the battery itself before
it is fully charged, and it hadn’t been moved enough and would not
fully charge. We were afraid the truck might stall on the ramp.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you have any difficulty, in fact, in starting the truck
when you left the terminal?
Mr. FLEMING. At the terminal we had to use a jump booster to get it
started there.
Mr. HUBERT. You left the same battery in the car?
Mr. FLEMING. Oh, yes; and that is why we had the second truck with us
also.
Mr. HUBERT. I gather from that, that the truck could have actually gone
down further into the basement insofar as its clearance is concerned?
Mr. FLEMING. That’s right; it could have gone in possibly 10 to 15 feet
further.
Mr. HUBERT. It is a fact, though, that it could not have gone all the
way down?
Mr. FLEMING. No; it could not, because of the pipes overhead at the
lowest point of the basement.
Mr. HUBERT. Now I notice in that same paragraph, which is the third
or middle paragraph, you have made a little mark next to a sentence
reading as follows: “He was not part of the Oswald guard force, but
was merely on duty to prevent unauthorized persons from entering and
leaving the garage.” Do you have a comment to make with reference to
that?
Mr. FLEMING. My comment is that I was not aware of what force this
officer belonged, and I am not in position to state whether he was part
of the Oswald guard force. I do know that he was on the outside of the
building at the entrance of the drive. This inferred that I assumed he
was not part of the guard force.
Mr. HUBERT. He was in uniform?
Mr. FLEMING. He was in uniform.
Mr. HUBERT. What was his position relative to the truck?
Mr. FLEMING. He was on the passenger’s side of the truck facing, with
the truck facing Commerce Street, that was parked in the driveway.
Mr. HUBERT. Was he in front of the truck, or by the side of the cab, or
where was he with reference to the truck?
Mr. FLEMING. He was at the side of the truck, opposite or near the cab
door. But he was stationed there at the time we drove the truck in.
Mr. HUBERT. So that when you backed the truck in, that policeman was
there, but you did not see him there thereafter?
Mr. FLEMING. Oh yes; he was there the whole time.
Mr. HUBERT. He was there the entire time?
Mr. FLEMING. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. He would have been rather close then to Mr. Hall sitting in
the cab?
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