Mr. Hall.

and continue furnishing other information and as long as he talked. I just made notes and then asked other questions.

Mr. Hubert.

Mr. Clements was present the whole time too?

Mr. Hall.

Yes.

Mr. Hubert.

Did he make notes also?

Mr. Hall.

We actually divided up this interview. I asked the questions during the first part, and in this Exhibit No. 3, page 12, at the beginning of the last paragraph on that page, Mr. Clements asked the questions and made the notes for the rest of this. That material preceding that, I asked the questions and made the notes.

Mr. Hubert.

What happened to the notes that you made and that Mr. Clements made?

Mr. Hall.

As soon as I recorded this interview for my part of the interview on December 23, 1963, I destroyed my notes.

Mr. Hubert.

And that is in accordance with the standard procedure?

Mr. Hall.

That is in accordance with the standard procedure.

Mr. Hubert.

Do you know what he did with his?

Mr. Hall.

No, sir; I don't.

Mr. Hubert.

If he followed the standard practice, he would have done the same thing too?

Mr. Hall.

It is optional--he may have retained them, but it is not necessary for him to do so.

Mr. Hubert.

But you were present when he was interviewing and he was present when you were interviewing?

Mr. Hall.

Yes; I was present--both of us were present during the entire interview from 1:50 p.m. until 5 o'clock p.m., except for about a minute I stepped out to get a drink of water at the time Mr. Clements commenced his interview--just outside and returned immediately.

Mr. Hubert.

I notice on page 12, which I think would have been as you described it, part of your interview, you have there what purports to be a direct quote in the sense that the language is contained in that middle paragraph in quotation marks?

Mr. Hall.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Hubert.

Does that mean that you actually wrote those words down, or is that a paraphrase too?

Mr. Hall.

I wrote his exact words down there.

Mr. Hubert.

In other words, the fact that you put them in quotation marks in the report means you actually wrote the words down, and that is why you put quotation marks?

Mr. Hall.

That's right; that's why I put the quotation marks.

Mr. Hubert.

In other words, it was a paraphrase, in a sense of what he is telling you?

Mr. Hall.

It is in the third person and the others were in the first person language; yes, sir.

Mr. Hubert.

When you put language in quotes that way, actually take it down, did you or did you here read it back to him?

Mr. Hall.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Hubert.

I guess he had to slow down or something so that you could get it, or were you using shorthand?

Mr. Hall.

I used some shorthand, yes, sir; but primarily I was making actual notes. In something I thought was extremely pertinent, I took down his exact words.

Mr. Hubert.

Was this report ever shown to him or to his attorneys later?

Mr. Hall.

No, sir; not to my knowledge.

Mr. Hubert.

If you would refer to page 10 of Exhibit No. 3, that is to say, the interview of December 21, in the middle paragraph you will note that here Ruby does refer to a call from "Little Lynn," who has been identified as Karen Bennett, on the morning of November 24, and following that, there is a statement that he told you on Friday night, November 22, he had to give her $5 so she could get home is that what he told you?

Mr. Hall.

Yes, sir.