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. He was checking what we had done there. Chief
Batchelor came into the basement parking area, the one we had sealed
off, and had checked it, or was checking it, in the process of checking
it, and in checking it we had some brief conversation. We moved two
cars out on the Commerce Street side prior to the arrival of the
armored car, and he moved his car, and I believe Chief Curry’s car; had
them moved out, I should say. I didn’t move them myself.
Mr. HUBERT. Where were they?
Captain TALBERT. They were parked in the basement.
Mr. HUBERT. Where?
Captain TALBERT. I don’t recall, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Weren’t they by the railing?
Captain TALBERT. Oh, I am sorry, they were always parked in the same
place, so I am sure they were there. As you turn into the drive, or
rather from the drive into the parking area, the chief’s car is always
parked to the right or on the south side of the drive.
Mr. HUBERT. In other words, the cars were removed from the space that
the cameras were ultimately placed?
Captain TALBERT. No, sir; they would have been on the opposite side.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you remember the removal of the cars that were in the
spaces ultimately and later occupied by the TV cameras?
Captain TALBERT. The TV cameras were the ones that were set up as
permanent installations. They were already set up, and there were no
cars there when I arrived in the basement.
Mr. HUBERT. That was at what time?
Captain TALBERT. Again an approximation of 10 o’clock; in the vicinity
of 10.
Mr. HUBERT. You did not give orders for the clearing of that space of
automobiles so that the cameras could occupy that space?
Captain TALBERT. No, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you know who did give such orders?
Captain TALBERT. No, sir; I don’t know that they were given.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you know of any orders to the effect that the news media
were to be kept behind the railing? That is to say, on the east side of
the railing that divided the ramp from the garage area?
Captain TALBERT. No, sir. Although I was in and out of the basement, it
might have occurred, but it didn’t occur while I was in the basement.
Now Chief Batchelor did rearrange the news media, I think, on two
different times. He was trying to arrange them in a better situation
for us.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you observe that?
Captain TALBERT. No, sir; I wasn’t in the basement when either move was
made. May I inject here that I was operating a patrol platoon, and this
was extracurricular.
Mr. HUBERT. What you say is that you believe, or have learned that
Chief Batchelor made two efforts, to your knowledge, to change the
press position?
Captain TALBERT. I have been told that; yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you remember a conversation by telephone that you had
with Lieutenant Pierce at Parkland Hospital after the shooting of
Oswald?
Captain TALBERT. Not with Lieutenant Pierce; no, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you have any with anyone else?
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