Mr. Hall, my name is Leon D. Hubert. I am a member of the advisory staff of the general counsel of the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy. Under the provisions of Executive Order 11130, dated November 29, 1963, issued by President Johnson, and the joint resolution of Congress No. 137, and the rules of procedure adopted by the President’s Commission in conformity with the Executive order and the joint resolution, I have been authorized to take a sworn deposition from you. I state to you now that the general nature of the Commission’s inquiry is to ascertain, evaluate, and report upon the facts relevant to the assassination of President Kennedy and the subsequent violent death of Lee Harvey Oswald. In particular, as to you, Mr. Hall, our inquiry today is to determine what facts you know about the death of Oswald, the interviews of Ruby, and any other pertinent facts that you may know about the general inquiry. Mr. Hall, you appear today, I think, by virtue of a request made by Mr. J. Lee Rankin, General Counsel of the staff of the President’s Commission to Mr. Hoover, and I suppose through Mr. Shanklin that you appear before me to take a deposition. Mr. HALL. Yes. Mr. HUBERT. Under the rules adopted by the Commission, all witnesses are entitled to 3 days’ written notice prior to the taking of their deposition, but the rules also provide that a witness may waive that 3-day written notice if he wishes to do so, and I ask you now--do you desire to waive that 3-day written notice? Mr. HALL. I will consent to waive the 3-day written notice for appearance before the Commission’s representative. Mr. HUBERT. Will you rise, please, so that I may administer the oath? Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you are about to give here will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? Mr. HALL. I do. Mr. HUBERT. Will you state your full name? Mr. HALL. C. Ray Hall. Mr. HUBERT. How old are you, Mr. Hall? Mr. HALL. 45. Mr. HUBERT. Where do you live? Mr. HALL. Dallas, Tex. Mr. HUBERT. What is your occupation? Mr. HALL. I am a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Mr. HUBERT. How long have you been so employed? Mr. HALL. Over 21 years. Mr. HUBERT. And how long have you been stationed in the Dallas office area? Mr. HALL. Almost 8 years. Mr. HUBERT. Did I ask you your house residence? Mr. HALL. I live at 6542 Ellsworth in Dallas, Tex. Mr. HUBERT. Mr. Hall, were you in Dallas on the 24th of November 1963? Mr. HALL. I was. Mr. HUBERT. Did you have occasion on that date to interview or speak to a man by the name of Jack Ruby? Mr. HALL. Yes, sir. Mr. HUBERT. Did you know him prior to that date? Mr. HALL. No, sir. Mr. HUBERT. Would you tell us the circumstances under which you did talk to him? That is to say, how you were assigned the place, time, and so forth?