(Testimony of William Kirk Stuckey)
Mr. Stuckey.
I drew up a lengthy list of questions, and then I met him that afternoon about 5 o'clock at the studios of WDSU, 520 Royal Street, New Orleans.
Mr. Jenner.
That is in the French Quarter, is it not?
Mr. Stuckey.
In the French Quarter. He was dressed exactly as he is shown in this picture.
Mr. Jenner.
Garner Exhibit No. 1.
Mr. Stuckey.
Which is Exhibit No. 1, short-sleeved dress shirt with a tie, a black looseleaf notebook under his arm. There were no preliminary remarks particularly. We just went immediately into the studio. It was at this point that he gave me this pamphlet.
Mr. Jenner.
Stuckey Exhibit No. 1.
Mr. Stuckey.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Is that correct?
Mr. Stuckey.
That is correct. And we were seated--this conversation was witnessed or listened to by an engineer in WDSU by the name of Al Campin.
Mr. Jenner.
Was that prearranged?
Mr. Stuckey.
Well, you have to have an engineer to record it.
Mr. Jenner.
I see.
Mr. Stuckey.
He just happened to be there operating the equipment, but he was, I mean he was, there, as a witness, and was greatly interested in it, because like me he hadn't run across, too many of these birds, and we were curious to see how they thought and why.
So at that time then we began a long rambling recorded interview which lasted 37 minutes, covered a wide range of subjects.
Naturally, a lot of the subjects had to do with Cuba. We discussed the problem of the refugees leaving Cuba, we discussed as to whether or not Castro was an independent ruler of an independent nation or whether he was merely the head of a colony which was the line that I took.
Mr. Jenner.
Head of a colony?
Mr. Stuckey.
Yes; a Russian colony, Cuba. This was the line that I took in this questioning.
We discussed the economic situation in Cuba, as to what had happened to the economy since Castro took over. We discussed a few abstracts. I asked him the definition of "democracy," which was interesting to me.
Mr. Jenner.
Do you have a transcript of that interview?
Mr. Stuckey.
I do.
Mr. Jenner.
Have you brought one with you?
Mr. Stuckey.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
May I have it, please?
Mr. Stuckey.
Incidentally, I have a letter here that you may or may not be interested in. Father Clancy is the chairman of the political science department at Loyola University in New Orleans. I sent him this transcript as a Catholic and as a political science man just to see what his opinion was, and he went much stronger than I ever did after reading that, but the last paragraph, I thought, was interesting, and I thought you might be interested in reading the letter.
Mr. Jenner.
The witness has furnished me a 13-page document on light-weight, green-tinted paper. The first page is entitled "Transcript of Taped Interview Between William K. Stuckey and Lee Harvey Oswald, August 17, 1963," and the last page of which, the last three lines of which, read:
"STUCKEY: Tonight we have been talking with Lee H. Oswald, secretary of The Fair Play for Cuba Committee, New Orleans," et cetera. "(Standard close.)"
I wonder if you would be good enough, Mr. Stuckey, to initial each of these 13 pages. We will mark this as Stuckey Exhibit No. 2. I suggest you put your initials at the bottom.
(The document was marked Stuckey Exhibit No. 2 for identification.)
Mr. Jenner.
The witness has now placed his initials at the foot of each of the 13 pages of the transcript.
When and how was this document prepared, Stuckey Exhibit No. 2?
Mr. Stuckey.
I typed it.
Mr. Jenner.
You typed it as you were listening to your tape?
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