(Testimony of Robert Edward Oswald Lee)
Mr. Jenner.
Was this document, or that of which this is a Xerox copy, executed on that date?
Mr. Oswald.
I do not have a calendar before me. If the ninth day of December was a Monday, it was signed on that date.
Mr. Jenner.
Mr. Dulles is checking the calendar.
Mr. Dulles.
I am afraid I don't have a 1963 calendar here.
Mr. Jenner.
I am observing a calendar, and the ninth was a Monday. Mr. McKenzie, does the previous document also bear a date?
Mr. Mckenzie.
It bears the date of December 6, Mr. Jenner.
Mr. Jenner.
December 6, then, was a Saturday.
Mr. Mckenzie.
If Monday was the ninth, Friday was the sixth.
Mr. Jenner.
Was the previous exhibit, which is numbered 276, executed on December 6th?
Mr. Oswald.
No, sir; it was not.
Mr. Jenner.
On what date was it executed?
Mr. Oswald.
It was executed on Monday, December 9th.
Mr. Jenner.
Despite its bearing a date of December 6th, it was actually executed on the ninth, when Commission Exhibit 277 was executed?
Mr. Oswald.
Yes, sir; that is correct.
Mr. Jenner.
Now, directing your attention to the second page of Exhibit No. 277, that likewise bears a series of signatures. I ask you first whether those signatures were affixed in your presence?
Mr. Oswald.
Yes, sir; they were.
Mr. Jenner.
Now, was the document now identified as 277, which is a Xerox copy---was the original of Exhibit 277 executed at the same time as the copy which you have produced for us executed?
Mr. Oswald.
May I have that again, please, sir? Yes, sir; that is correct.
Mr. Jenner.
That is, there were a series of papers, original and carbon copies, signed, at one and the same time?
Mr. Oswald.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
And all of them were signed in your presence?
Mr. Oswald.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
All right.
Now, there are four signatures on that page. Would you proceed to state your familiarity with those signatures and identify them?
Mr. Oswald.
All right.
Left to right, as the signatures appear--my signature, Robert L. Oswald.
Mr. Jenner.
And to the right of that?
Mr. Oswald.
And to the right of that, the signature of Mrs. Marina N. Oswald, which I am familiar with.
The next signature is Mr. John M. Thorne, attorney, and I am familiar with his signature.
And the last signature that appears on this second page, Mr. James H. Martin. I am also familiar with his signature.
Mr. Jenner.
And these persons are the same persons you have heretofore identified?
Mr. Oswald.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
And is the document of which this 277 is a Xerox copy in the same condition now as it was the time those signatures were affixed to it?
Mr. Oswald.
May I have a moment, sir?
Mr. Jenner.
Yes.
Mr. Oswald.
Yes, sir; that is correct.
Mr. Jenner.
Is that likewise true of Exhibit No. 276? Would you take a look at it, please?
Mr. Oswald.
Yes, sir; that is correct. And if I may say this about this--on page 3 of Exhibit 276, you will note that towards the upper right-hand part of this page there was--on this copy, there is a dark mark, following the word "royalties."
Representative Ford.
What page is that?
Mr. Oswald.
Page 3, the sixth line, the word that was crossed off or out of the contract was the word "gifts."
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