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
Captain TALBERT. I was curious enough to make a copy after I was here
before. No. 81 is the top figure, and the bottom is the amendment.
Not the amendment; actually it is an emphasis of No. 81 where it was
emphasized it was to be followed, with punitive measures to be taken if
it were not.
Mr. HUBERT. In connection with your present deposition, Captain
Talbert, I am going to mark as an exhibit the documents you have just
referred to, as follows: “Dallas Police Department General Order No.
81 entitled ‘Press Releases’, dated June 15, 1958.” I am marking that
for the purpose of identification as “Dallas, Texas, July 13, 1964,
Exhibit No. 1, deposition of Captain C. E. Talbert,” signing my name
below that, consisting of really about a third of the page. And the
second document you have handed me is a photostatic copy of a long memo
dated February 7, 1963, addressed to all members of the department,
apparently signed by Chief of Police J. E. Curry, that I am marking as
follows, for identification: “Dallas, Texas, July 13, 1964, Exhibit
No. 2, deposition of Captain C. E. Talbert”, and I am signing my name
below that exhibit. Now Exhibit No. 1 and Exhibit No. 2 are the police
directives or orders that you were referring to a moment ago?
Captain TALBERT. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you recall any conversations you had with Chief
Batchelor or Chief Curry or Deputy Chief Stevenson?
Captain TALBERT. Yes, sir; to some extent.
Mr. HUBERT. Will you tell us about what they were?
Captain TALBERT. Chief Stevenson and Chief Lumpkin wanted to go to the
third floor for a cup of coffee, ostensibly. I assume that the true
purpose was to tell me about the armored car transfer. And instead,
I took them to the second floor to my sergeant’s room, or conference
room where we had a pot of coffee made, and while we were drinking
coffee there they told me that the transfer would be made, that it
would be made in an armored car, and wanted me to have a man or two
men available on the Commerce Street side to assist the driver of the
armored car in backing in. At that time they were concerned about the
height of the armored car.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you know about what time that was, sir?
Captain TALBERT. Again, I am going to give you an approximation of
10:30 to 10:45.
Mr. HUBERT. That conversation on the second floor was with Chief
Batchelor?
Captain TALBERT. No, sir; Chief Stevenson and Chief Lumpkin.
Mr. HUBERT. And Lumpkin?
Captain TALBERT. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you have any conversations with Chief Batchelor or
Chief Curry at that time?
Captain TALBERT. Not with Chief Curry. When Chief Batchelor came to the
basement, we had quite a few commentaries on various parts of security,
but verbatim, I can’t recall what they were.
Mr. HUBERT. What was the general nature?
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