(Testimony of W. W. Semingsen)
Mr. Semingsen.
our employees thought he had recognized Oswald as having received a money order at our main office sometime during the dates mentioned.
Mr. Liebeler.
October through November 1963?
Mr. Semingsen.
Yes. It was thought that the money order was payable to someone at a specific address in Dallas, which was the YMCA.
Mr. Liebeler.
So when you searched .through the records indicating money orders payable during the period October through November 1963, you determined that no money order had been made payable to Lee Harvey Oswald, or to these aliases, and in addition to that• fact, that no money orders of any kind had been made payable to anyone at the YMCA in Dallas; is that correct?
Mr. Semingsen.
That is correct.
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you know where the information came from that the money order was supposed to have been payable to Oswald at the YMCA?
Mr. Semingsen.
Yes. This information came from one of our night employees, Mr. C. A. Hamblen.
Mr. Liebeler.
Before we get into Mr. Hamblen, I want to cover the rest of the statements made in your memorandum, and we will try to cover them generally. The memorandum indicates that certain money orders were received by Jack Ruby, and that certain telegrams were sent by Jack Ruby through the Dallas office; is that correct?
Mr. Semingsen.
That's correct.
Mr. Liebeler.
And that information was determined as a result of the search that you have just described?
Mr. Semingsen.
That is correct.
Mr. Liebeler.
That is, the search of the money order payable file, plus the telegrams sent file, which search was confined, as you have indicated, only to the telegrams sent cash paid or sent collect; is that correct?
Mr. Semingsen.
That is correct. With respect to the money orders, the search was made of the received money order file records of which we have. As to the telegrams filed by Mr. Ruby, knowing that he was a resident of Dallas, having a business here, we asked the FBI agent to check with the telephone company to see whether or not their records indicate any messages had been sent by Ruby and charged to his telephone. This information was secured by the FBI from the telephone company and enabled us to readily locate the messages in our files which were charged to his telephone.
Mr. Liebeler.
You indicated before that when searching for telegrams sent by Oswald, a general search was made of the chronological dates that you have described; is that correct?
Mr. Semingsen.
That's correct.
Mr. Liebeler.
You searched all the chronological records of the two classifications of telegrams that we have indicated?
Mr. Semingsen.
That's correct.
Mr. Liebeler.
During the time that search was made for telegrams sent by Oswald, did the person making that search also look for telegrams sent by Ruby?
Mr. Semingsen.
No. The search made for telegrams sent by Ruby was confined to the dates given to us by the FBI, which dates were obtained from the telephone company records showing telegrams charged to Ruby's telephone number or numbers on those dates.
Mr. Liebeler.
So, it is possible that Mr. Ruby may have sent other telegrams which were not charged to his telephone number or numbers, and of which we would not be aware as a result of the search made in connection with Mr. Ruby; is that correct?
Mr. Semingsen.
That is correct.
Mr. Liebeler.
On page 3 of your memorandum, exhibit 3001, you indicate that a telegram dated Painesville, Ohio, January 13, 1964, to Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald, was received. How did that come to your attention, Mr. Semingsen?
Mr. Semingsen.
That telegram was brought to my attention by District Manager Wilcox, it having been shown to him by one of our main office employees who handled the message.
Mr. Liebeler.
It was shown"to Mr. Wilcox because of the nature of the message which the telegram contained; is that correct?
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