(Testimony of Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker)
Mr. Liebeler.
General WALKER. That's right. There was work on the fence in the other house and, also, the apartment building is in further advanced stage of construction.
Mr. Liebeler.
In fact, it looks to be completed in Walker Exhibit No. 4, does it not, the apartment building?
General WALKER. Yes; it does.
Mr. Liebeler.
Now, I show you a series of photographs which are copies of Commission Exhibits Nos. 998, 999, 1000, 1002, and 1004, and ask you if each and every one is not, in fact, an aerial view of the general vicinity of your home and surrounding area, and if the identification of landmarks in those pictures, insofar as you can tell, is correct.
General WALKER. 998 is identification of my home. 1000 would certainly include the area of my home. It is hard to identify the exact house marked "A".
Mr. Liebeler.
Well, that big old apartment building is in there in 1000?
General WALKER. That is correct. So it is bound to include the area of my home; 1002 is the area of my home, and it indicates my house; 1004 certainly includes the area of my home, and it would be very difficult without further study to definitely identify that as my home. They all include the area of my home. My home definitely is in those pictures.
Mr. Liebeler.
You don't see any obvious mistakes, at least, as far as the identification and the symbols on the pictures are concerned?
General WALKER. No; I don't.
Mr. Liebeler.
Going back to the record on this Klihr, it does appear, in fact, to be K-l-i-h-r.
General WALKER. Why don't we ring the house and establish that that is correct. LA 1-4415.
(General Watts called on phone and confirmed it was K-l-i-h-r.)
General WALKER. What is it?
General WATTS. K-l-i-h-r.
General WALKER. All right; .that is the original spelling you had?
Mr. Liebeler.
Yes.
General WALKER. OK; that is correct. It is Charles Klihr.
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you know Robert Surrey?
General WALKER. Yes, I do.
Mr. Liebeler.
Has Mr. Surrey discussed with you the fact that on June 3, 1964, he was interviewed by an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and shown a picture, or a copy of a picture similar to Commission Exhibit No. 5, which showed this automobile behind your house with the license plate obliterated on it? Did he tell you he had been asked about that?
General WALKER. He told me about a picture being shown to him of the back side of my house, and I believe he referred to it showing some automobile or automobiles being behind the house, but I don't remember any reference to that car or the hole in it. There wasn't any reference to that car, if that is a hole in the car.
Mr. Liebeler.
I represent to you that Commission Exhibit No. 5 that we have here is a copy of an original photograph, which in fact had a hole torn in there right where .the black part is on the car. The original picture itself has a hole right through there.
General WALKER. Then it is not a hole in the car?
Mr. Liebeler.
No; it is a hole in the original photograph, of which this thing I show you now is a copy.
General WALKER. Oh, I see.
Mr. Liebeler.
I thought exactly what you thought .the first time I looked at it; that that was a hole in the car. It is not. It is a hole in the picure.
General WALKER. He referred to being shown photographs with the back of the premises and the car or something back there.
Mr. Liebeler.
But you don't remember him tolling you that he was able to identify this as Charles Klihr's car?
General WALKER. No; I don't remember that he identified the car.
Mr. Liebeler.
Now, I understand that Mr. Surrey saw two men in the vicinity of your house shortly before April 10, 1963, acting in a manner. that he regarded as suspicious. Did he report that to you at or about that time?
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