(Testimony of Frederic Rheinstein)
Mr. Ball.
Will you state your name, please?
Mr. Rheinstein.
Frederic Rheinstein.
Mr. Ball.
And you have been requested to give your testimony in this matter, haven't you, by a letter? Did you receive a letter?
Mr. Rhenstein.
No, sir.
Mr. Ball.
You haven't been advised of the rules of the Commission?
Mr. Rheinstein.
No, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Well, you are willing to testify, though, aren't you?
Mr. Rheinstein.
I am.
Mr. Ball.
The purpose of the Commission is to investigate into the facts surrounding the assassination of President Kennedy, and in the course of that investigation there is also an investigation into the murder of Oswald at the police station in Dallas.
Now, what is your occupation?
Mr. Rheinstein.
I am a producer-director for NBC News.
Mr. Ball.
How long have you been with NBC News?
Mr. Rheinstein.
Well, I have been with NBC 15 years, and with NBC News about 8.
Mr. Ball.
And what is your age?
Mr. Rheinstein.
Thirty-six.
Mr. Ball.
What was your education before you went with NBC?
Mr. Rheinstein.
I have a bachelor of arts degree from Princeton University.
Mr. Ball.
And you went with NBC after your graduation?
Mr. Rheinstein.
Right.
Mr. Ball.
And you have been with them ever since?
Mr. Rheinstein.
Right.
Mr. Ball.
Where do you live?
Mr. Rheinstein.
4906 Encino Avenue, Encino, Calif.
Mr. Ball.
Were you in Dallas on the 22d of November 1963?
Mr. Rheinstein.
Starting at approximately 5 o'clock Dallas time.
Mr. Ball.
And that was on a Friday, was it not?
Mr. Rheinstein.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
And did you commence broadcasting about that time?
Mr. Rheinstein.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Where?
Mr. Rheinstein.
From WBAP Fort Worth, Tex., which is the NBC affiliate for the Dallas area.
Mr. Ball.
And at any time later did you go over to Dallas with a sound truck?
Mr. Rheinstein.
Very early Saturday morning we took a WBAP remote television truck to the city jail in Dallas, I would guess at approximately 7:30 in the morning.
Mr. Ball.
Where did you park the truck, just describe it in general?
Mr. Rheinstein.
Approximately in front of the entrance to the city hall and directly adjacent to the ramp to the police department basement.
Mr. Ball.
That's good enough.
Mr. Rheinstein.
With the front of the truck facing the Hilton Hotel.
Mr. Ball.
Now, it was reported that during the day a man was around your sound truck, you saw him around .there several times, and that you noticed him particularly because he was there around your sound truck three or four times; is that right?
Mr. Rheinstein.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Then later on, the next day, on Saturday when you saw his picture--
Mr. Rheinstein.
Excuse me, Sunday.
Mr. Ball.
On Sunday?
Mr. Rheinstein.
Yes.
Mr. Bail.
On Sunday when you saw his picture you thought that you identried him as the man who had been around your truck; is that right?
Mr. Rheinstein.
Right.
Mr. Ball.
And who was that?
Mr. Rheinstein.
That was Jack Ruby.
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