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. HUBERT. Who was the call from, did you say?
Mr. HALL. Mr. Fleming.
Mr. HUBERT. What is his first name?
Mr. HALL. Harold.
Mr. HUBERT. What was the nature of the call?
Mr. HALL. We were asked to provide a truck for Chief Batchelor as soon
as possible.
Mr. HUBERT. That is Fleming told you that on the phone, is that correct?
Mr. HALL. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he tell you what the purpose for the use of the car
would be?
Mr. HALL. Of this I am not real certain, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. How long was your telephone conversation with Fleming?
Mr. HALL. Approximately a minute.
Mr. HUBERT. What did you do then?
Mr. HALL. I sat for a moment trying to reconstruct the previous
evenings arrangement to remember who would have keys to the terminal,
since there are only two sets in existence. The most logical choice
seemed to be Ed Dietrich and Don Goin. I called Ed Dietrich’s home. He
had just gone down to the corner. So I called Don Goin’s home and told
him to meet me down at the terminal.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you tell him what you wanted to meet him about?
Mr. HALL. I am not positive; sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he have a set of keys?
Mr. HALL. Yes, sir; he would have come anyway. It is fairly usual to
call one of our people and say, “I will meet you at the terminal in a
few minutes, we have a problem.”
Mr. HUBERT. How long did you speak to Goin?
Mr. HALL. Approximately a minute. Then I called Ed Dietrich’s home back
and asked him to join us.
Mr. HUBERT. You got him on the second time?
Mr. HALL. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. About what time was that?
Mr. HALL. Approximately 10 o’clock.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you then immediately leave the church?
Mr. HALL. I think I called Harold Fleming back, and I assured him that
we could produce and agreed to meet down at the terminal. When his call
first came in, there was a little bit of doubt in my mind that I could
reach anybody on a moment’s notice, afraid that every man we have would
be out of pocket as of Sunday morning.
Mr. HUBERT. So that after speaking to Dietrich, you then made a third
phone call?
Mr. HALL. I talked to Fleming twice; yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. About what time did you leave the church then?
Mr. HALL. There is a period of time of 30 minutes that I am not
real positive. The time that the first call came in at 9:45--I feel
reasonably sure that I was down at the terminal by 10:30. Exactly the
time I left the church would be close to 10:05, because my wife had
just started her Sunday school class.
Mr. HUBERT. What time did that begin?
Mr. HALL. 9:50; and I peeked into her room to quietly tell her to get
home as best she could, that I had to go to work.
Mr. HUBERT. Where is the church located?
Mr. HALL. At the corner of Colorado and Turner in Oak Cliff.
Mr. HUBERT. Where is the terminal?
Mr. HALL. 1800 Leonard.
Mr. HUBERT. How did you drive?
Mr. HALL. About a 10-minute drive?
Mr. HUBERT. How did you go down?
Mr. HALL. In the car assigned to me.
Mr. HUBERT. I mean what route did you take?
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