(Testimony of Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker)
Mr. Liebeler.
General WALKER. I don't know yet.
Mr. Liebeler.
In any event, you didn't know then?
General WALKER. Certainly didn't.
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you recall speaking--pardon me, not speaking, but going to any meetings of anti-Castro Cuban groups during the month of October 1963?
General WALKER. During What month?
Mr. Liebeler.
October.
General WALKER. I don't remember a date of attendance.
Mr. Liebeler.
Isn't it a fact that there were some meetings here in Dallas sponsored by an organization known as DRE, which is a revolutionary group that is opposed to Fidel Castro? Do you remember that?
General WALKER. What does DRE stand for?
Mr. Liebeler.
It is the initials of a lot of Spanish words which stands for the Student Revolutionary Council. It is an anti-Castro organization.
General WALKER. What does DRE stand for? How would they have advertised themselves?
Mr. Liebeler.
I think it is probably DRE.
General WALKER. Meaning what?
Mr. Liebeler.
It is Spanish words I am not familiar with.
General WALKER. Well, there is a student directorate group, which I remember they call themselves, and that is the way they identified themselves. I attended a meeting sometime and listened to some speakers.
Mr. Liebeler.
They came from Miami?
General WALKER. I believe they came from Miami.
Mr. Liebeler.
And you contributed $5 to the organization that night?
General WALKER. I believe I did.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you see Lee Harvey Oswald at that meeting?
General WALKER. No; I did not.
Mr. Liebeler.
In point of fact, it would be correct to state that, to your knowledge, you never saw or heard of Lee Harvey Oswald at any time prior to the time that his name was announced after the assassination on November 22, 1963?
General WALKER. That is correct.
Mr. Liebeler.
You had no connection of any sort whatsoever with him prior to that time?
General WALKER. None at all.
Mr. Liebeler.
Or since that time?
General WALKER. Or with anybody that I ever knew that was associated with him, unless Duff turns out to be.
General WATTS. Off the record.
(Discussion off the record.)
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you know Helmet Hubert Muench?
General WALKER. That name is not familiar to me. Can you give me anything to refresh me?
Mr. Liebeler.
Yes. He is a West German journalist who wrote an article that appeared in the Deutsche Nationalzeitung und Soldatenzeitung, a Munich, Germany, newspaper.
General WALKER. No; I don't know him.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you ever talk to him?
General WALKER. Not that I know of.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you talk to him on a transatlantic telephone call in which you told him about the fact or the alleged fact that Lee Harvey Oswald was the person who made an attempt on your life?
General WALKER. I don't recall that name. Did he speak English? I don't speak German.
Mr. Liebeler.
Have you ever seen a copy of that newspaper?
General WALKER. Yes; I have.
Mr. Liebeler.
In fact, I suggest that you have seen the November 29, 1963, copy of that newspaper which had on its front page a story entitled in German "The Strange Case of Oswald", that told about how Oswald had allegedly attacked you.
General WALKER. November 29, that is correct.
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