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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. X - Page 47« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Carlos Bringuier)

Mr. Bringuier.
[Complying.] And you agree to send me back the original?
Mr. Liebeler.
Yes. I will take this and have a copy made, and I will send the original back to you. I have your address on my copy here of Mr. Rankin's letter, which is 107 Decatur Street, New Orleans, La. Is that correct?
Mr. Bringuier.
That is correct. That is my store. You can send the mail to there.
Mr. Liebeler.
Correct. Now "Exhibit No. 4," as I understand it, is a draft of a letter that you proposed to distribute here in New Orleans some time after the debate that you had with Oswald on August 21, 1963. Is that correct?
Mr. Bringuier.
That is correct.
Mr. Liebeler.
It, in fact, was never distributed because you----
Mr. Bringuier.
I went to the city hall, and they informed me I think the person that informed me maybe I am wrong--is Mr. Diboll--I had that name here wrote on the back---and he gave to me the information that it had to be 3 1/2 by 5 1/2 and this was not possible to distribute in that size, and I decided not to distribute.
Mr. Liebeler.
But you prepared this some time during August in 1963?
Mr. Bringuier.
That is right, that is right.
Mr. Liebeler.
That was done prior to the assassination?
Mr. Bringuier.
That is right. Do you have any information from Oswald going to Cuba?
Mr. Liebeler.
You mean--has it ever appeared that Oswald actually went to Cuba? Not as far as I know.
Mr. Bringuier.
Well [producing magazine], there is here in this magazine this is Bohemia International--this is printed in Venezuela--February 2, 1964 there is an article by Dr. Herminio Portell-Vila. He is a professor of history of Cuba, Dr. Herminio Portell-Vila, and an old diplomat from Cuba. I think he is living in Washington, D.C. And he said here [exhibiting page] that in one speech from Castro on November 27, 1963, in the University of Havana, Castro said--and I quote: "The first time that Oswald was in Cuba"--and that immediately he cut the speech, he changed and he talked of something else. Maybe you have a record of that speech delivered from Castro in the University of Havana and you could check if Castro said that 5 days after the assassination or not.
Mr. Liebeler.
And what kind of magazine is this Bohemia International?
Mr. Bringuier.
Bohemia was the biggest weekly magazine in Cuba.
Mr. Liebeler.
Prior to the Castro regime?
Mr. Bringuier.
That is right. And during the Castro regime they were defending Castro a lot of time, but in 1960 the director, the editor, went into exile, and----
Mr. Liebeler.
And he now publishes this magazine from Venezuela?
Mr. Bringuier.
That is right. He was publishing that from New York about one year, I believe, sir, and then at a later date moved to Venezuela, but that is circulating here inside the United States.
Mr. Liebeler.
You have referred to an issue of that magazine of February 2, 1964, and to an article that begins on page 16. What is the title of the article?
Mr. Bringuier.
Disfraz. That is mask, costume. That says "change of----
Mr. Liebeler.
Change of costume?
Mr. Bringuier.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
And this is an article about Lee Oswald and the Fair Play for Cuba Committee. Is that correct?
Mr. Bringuier.
That is correct.
Mr. Liebeler.
And the caption under the picture of Lee Oswald, as it appears on page 17, reads what in English? Would you translate that for us?
Mr. Bringuier.
"When Castro in his speech of November 27, 1963, at the University of Havana said literally that the first time that Oswald was in Cuba,' he went out of his tongue, that is literally, under the influence of cognac---Peralta, that is a brand of cognac--'he told something that is really important'"
Mr. Liebeler.
That is what it says?
Mr. Bringuier.
That is what it says here, and if you want to take the name of the person who wrote it----
Mr. Liebeler.
Yes. The article was written by----
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