Mr. Griffin.

Did you write that letter on the basis of any notes ?

Mr. Dean.

No, sir; from memory.

Mr. Griffin.

Now, did you prepare any prior reports to the police department or anybody else, in connection with the events that are recounted in that February 18th letter, other than the letter dated November 26, to Chief Curry, which I have marked Exhibit 5009, and this interview report, which we have designated 5008; are there any other writings that you prepared prior to February 187

Mr. Dean.

Yes, sir; there is one report that I had written regarding the article in the newspaper, that I had seen Ruby come into the basement.

Mr. Griffin.

I see.

Mr. Dean.

Do you have that?

Mr. Griffin.

I don't know if I have got that or not. Could you get us a copy of that? I don't know if we have that or not.

Mr. Dean.

Yes, sir; now, I think the FBI made several-or made a report of that, also. The investigation about the department there, I don't know

Mr. Griffin.

Well, I know they made an investigation of it, and I don't have the actual copy of the report. I have got the results of their investigation but not the report.

Mr. Dean.

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Mr. GRIFFIN. All right. Other than that report on the newspaper article and these two other exhibits that I have referred to, are there any other writings that"you made that relate to the subject matters as recounted in this February 18

Mr. Dean.

No, sir.

Mr. Griffin.

Letter. Now, how did you come to write this letter of February 18, 1964?

Mr. Dean.

Chief Stevenson called me, while I was in the office on that date, and asked me to come up to see him, and I did. And he asked me was I present during the entire interview with Ruby and Mr. Sorrels. I told him I was. And he asked me did I remember most of the interview; could I recollect most of the interview and the answers that Ruby had given and I said, "Yes, sir." Then he advised me to make a report of it, asked me would I make a report of it, recalling everything that I could of that interview. To the best of my knowledge, that's all I could remember. And I did testify to all this stuff in the trial.

Mr. Griffin.

Is this the first time that you told anyone that Ruby had told Sorrels that he thought about killing Oswald two nights prior when he saw him in the showup room?

Mr. Dean.

Well, I don't recall telling it to any particular person. I knew that this would probably be later used as testimony, I felt, since it was---did make an impression on me, that I could remember it, and it's written as I do remember, just about as it happened, it correlates pretty well, even though we didn't get together with Mr. Sorrels' report.

Mr. Griffin.

But you can't remember?

Mr. Dean.

Talking to anyone especially or specifically about what Ruby had told me, other than how he got into the basement and how long he had been there; no, sir.

Mr. Griffin.

Or of any particular reference to the statement that Ruby made to Sorrels that you have reported in here, about thinking about killing Oswald two nights before; you can't remember that you ever--

Mr. Dean.

No, sir; I did feel at the time that I would probably testify to this in court. I did witness Mr. Sorrels taking his notes, and I felt if I had to, since I did witness it, I could use the notes.

Mr. Griffin.

Now, I think there is one other exhibit that I haven't identified. We have talked about it, and that's Exhibit 5009, which is a copy of a letter which purports to have been prepared by you, addressed to Chief Curry, dated November 26, 1963. Would you look at Exhibit 5009 [indicating] ?

Mr. Dean.

Yes, sir; that's my report [indicating].

Mr. Griffin.

And you have read that over many times, have you not Mr. DEAN. Yes, sir; would you like for me to sign it?

Mr. Griffin.

Yes, sir; I would like for you to sign both 5008 and 5009.