(Testimony of Vance Blalock)
Mr. Liebeler.
Let the record show that your mother and father are here in the room with us. How old are you, Vance?
Mr. Blalock.
I am 16.
Mr. Liebeler.
Where were you born?
Mr. Blalock.
Lake Charles, La.
Mr. Liebeler.
Where do you live now?
Mr. Blalock.
Metairie, La.
Mr. Liebeler.
How long have you lived there?
Mr. Blalock.
Less than a year.
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you go to school?
Mr. Blalock.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Liebeler.
Where?
Mr. Blalock.
East Jefferson High School.
Mr. Liebeler.
What grade are you in at East Jefferson High School?
Mr. Blalock.
Tenth.
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you know Carlos Bringuier?
Mr. Blalock.
I have met him once.
Mr. Liebeler.
How did it happen that you met him?
Mr. Blalock.
I went downtown with my friend, Philip Geraci. We went to a store to return funds that Philip had collected for the organization this man had had, and while I was there I met Carlos.. That is how I met him.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you have anything to do with these funds that were collected by your friend Geraci?
Mr. Blalock.
No, sir; I didn't.
Mr. Liebeler.
That was entirely his operation?
Mr. Blalock.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you remember where you went that day with Philip?
Mr. Blalock.
Yes, sir; we went to Decatur Street, I believe it is. I am not sure. The store is the Casa Roca.
Mr. Liebeler.
What organization was it that Bringuier was running? Do you know?
Mr. Blalock.
I couldn't say the Spanish name. The American name of it is the Cuban Student Revolutionary Organization.
Mr. Liebeler.
Can you tell me approximately when that was?
Mr. Blalock.
Last part of the summer. I couldn't----
Mr. Liebeler.
Late July or early August would it. be, or some time in August of 1963?
Mr. Blalock.
August would be the closest I could get. I don't remember the exact date.
Mr. Liebeler.
Tell me the conversation that you and Philip had with Bringuier when you went into the store.
Mr. Blalock.
Oh, we entered the store and Philip introduced me to Carlos, and I told him--I saw the funds Philip had collected for him, and I told him I was curious about what it was for, and then he explained for me how the organization worked and told me he received the funds from people in New Orleans and sent it to Florida, and that was his total business, and he explained that Communism was where the kids are supposed to tell everything on their parents, to obey the State and not their parents.
Mr. Liebeler.
Present at this conversation were just you and Philip and Carlos? Is that right?
Mr. Blalock.
No; there was another man--must have worked at the store. He was present.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you know what his name was?
Mr. Blalock.
No, sir.
Mr. Liebeler.
Now while you were there in the store, did you notice anybody else present?
Mr. Blalock.
Well, a man from a moving company or some trucking company came in. He had a radio that needed to be fixed, a broken radio, and Lee Harvey Oswald came in.
Mr. Liebeler.
Tell us, to the best of your recollection, the things that happened as far as Oswald was concerned.
Mr. Blalock.
He walked up to us and leaned against the desk and listened
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