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. And that is in accordance with the standard procedure?
Mr. HALL. That is in accordance with the standard procedure.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you know what he did with his?
Mr. HALL. No, sir; I don’t.
Mr. HUBERT. If he followed the standard practice, he would have done
the same thing too?
Mr. HALL. It is optional--he may have retained them, but it is not
necessary for him to do so.
Mr. HUBERT. But you were present when he was interviewing and he was
present when you were interviewing?
Mr. HALL. Yes; I was present--both of us were present during the entire
interview from 1:50 p.m. until 5 o’clock p.m., except for about a
minute--I stepped out to get a drink of water at the time Mr. Clements
commenced his interview--just outside--and returned immediately.
Mr. HUBERT. I notice on page 12, which I think would have been as you
described it, part of your interview, you have there what purports to
be a direct quote in the sense that the language is contained in that
middle paragraph in quotation marks?
Mr. HALL. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Does that mean that you actually wrote those words down, or
is that a paraphrase too?
Mr. HALL. I wrote his exact words down there.
Mr. HUBERT. In other words, the fact that you put them in quotation
marks in the report means you actually wrote the words down, and that
is why you put quotation marks?
Mr. HALL. That’s right; that’s why I put the quotation marks.
Mr. HUBERT. In other words, it was a paraphrase, in a sense of what he
is telling you?
Mr. HALL. It is in the third person and the others were in the first
person language; yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. When you put language in quotes that way, actually take it
down, did you or did you here read it back to him?
Mr. HALL. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. I guess he had to slow down or something so that you could
get it, or were you using shorthand?
Mr. HALL. I used some shorthand, yes, sir; but primarily I was making
actual notes. In something I thought was extremely pertinent, I took
down his exact words.
Mr. HUBERT. Was this report ever shown to him or to his attorneys later?
Mr. HALL. No, sir; not to my knowledge.
Mr. HUBERT. If you would refer to page 10 of Exhibit No. 3, that is to
say, the interview of December 21, in the middle paragraph you will
note that here Ruby does refer to a call from “Little Lynn,” who has
been identified as Karen Bennett, on the morning of November 24, and
following that, there is a statement that he told you on Friday night,
November 22, he had to give her $5 so she could get home--is that what
he told you?
Mr. HALL. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. What I’m getting at, that is not a typographical error?
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