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 KING. I did not.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you know if anyone else did?
Captain KING. No, sir; I don’t--I don’t know.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you know if there had been any release made by anyone in
the police department to the press that Oswald had not confessed?
Captain KING. No, I don’t. I don’t know whether there was or not--that
he had not confessed?
Mr. HUBERT. Yes.
Captain KING. I think it probably was--I think it was mentioned that
there had not been a statement--I think it was mentioned too, that he
denied knowledge of the murder, so I’m sure the statement along this
line was made to the press.
Mr. HUBERT. Perhaps by inference and implication you have already
answered the following question but I want to ask it now--is it your
thought that in this particular case more information was given to the
press and more latitude was given than would normally be given in a
murder case which did not involve the President of the United States?
Captain KING. Probably--probably more, certainly there were more people
there that were more involved in it than there would have been, I
think, under any other circumstances.
Mr. HUBERT. I would think, then, that this would be considered to be a
wholly abnormal situation, that is to say, physical conditions and the
mass of people--the importance of the case and so forth?
Captain KING. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. What was the relationship between the police department and
the district attorney’s office in handling the press, was there any
coordination of effort?
Captain KING. Mr. Wade was at the police department most of the time,
or quite a lot of the time. I think Mr. Alexander was there some. There
was discussion made of what would be released to the press whether
there was any discussion with him on the actual physical handling of
the press and permission for them to be there or not, I don’t recall.
Mr. HUBERT. Who discussed with Mr. Wade or any other member of the
district attorney’s office, what would be released to the press?
Captain KING. I did on one occasion, or at least I was present on one
occasion when a discussion was had with Mr. Wade, and this was the only
occasion that I can recall.
Mr. HUBERT. Can you tell us about it, please, sir?
Captain KING. I think it was--I’m not sure which night it was, whether
it was on Saturday night or on Sunday night--I don’t remember whether
it was before or after Oswald was killed--Chief Curry was not there,
but he had said to the press in my presence, and said to me that there
were elements of evidence that he was not going to comment on, and he
told me that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had requested that we
not comment on some of the evidence and that it was not his intention
to do so.
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