Mr. Jenner.

The Commission is interested, among other things, in obtaining from you the sources of, and the basis for, the foregoing charges and claims appearing in your article and those reported in the news media as having been made by you in lectures and speeches.
John, if you want that, there it is.

Mr. Unger.

Thank you.

Mr. Jenner.

I wanted to give you the framework of the examination.

Mr. Oliver.

May I point out that the article to which you originally referred contained no reference to a rehearsal for the funeral, and certainly contained no statement that the CIA had engineered the assassination.

Mr. Jenner.

What we will do. I will go into ,the article. I understand you brought copies of it, and we can put the article in the record and it will speak for itself.

Mr. Oliver.

The entire article will be reproduced in the record?

Mr. Jenner.

I beg your pardon?

Mr. Oliver.

Will the entire article be reproduced in the record?

Mr. Jenner.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Oliver.

All right.

Mr. Jenner.

Have I stated your name accurately, that is, Revilo Pendleton Oliver.

Mr. Oliver.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

You do reside at 710 West Ohio Street?

Mr. Oliver.

701, simply Ohio Street there being no West.

Mr. Jenner.

You are a professional man. What is your profession, sir ?

Mr. Oliver.

I am a professor of classical philology in the University of Illinois.

Mr. Jenner.

You have held that position since when?

Mr. Jenner.

held rank as a full professor, I believe, since 1953, it could be 1954.

Mr. Jenner.

You are the holder of a doctor of philosophy degree, are you not?

Mr. Oliver.

That is right.

Mr. Jenner.

From what university, sir?

Mr. Oliver.

The University of Illinois.

Mr. Jenner.

When did you receive your doctorate ?

Mr. Oliver.

To the best of my recollection, 1940.

Mr. Jenner.

Approximately?

Mr. Oliver.

1940.

Mr. Jenner.

Have you resided in Urbana or in Champaign, at least in the university area, from the time you became a member of the faculty of the University of Illinois and a professor?

Mr. Oliver.

Legally, I believe; yes.

Mr. Jenner.

Would you want to explain to me what you mean by "legally"?

Mr. Oliver.

Well, I have lived elsewhere during that time; I have been abroad, and I have lived in Washington, D.C., and in Virginia, but I maintained a legal residence in Urbana.

Mr. Jenner.

These, I take it, were either special assignments, or vacations, or sabbatical leaves to which you refer ?

Mr. Oliver.

Right, and let us say Urbana and/or Champaign, because during some of those years I lived in the adjacent town of Champaign.

Mr. Jenner.

Yes. Urbana/Champaign, they are twin cities, and the university is located in both cities, is that not correct?

Mr. Oliver.

Between the two.

Mr. Jenner.

Between the two. Although their boundaries touch?

Mr. Oliver.

Yes; in fact, their boundaries so touch they have a problem because cars parked in one city would find the parking meters on the curb of the other city.

Mr. Jenner.

Would you give me, but not in great elaboration, your career from your college days. You received a master's degree, where did you receive that?

Mr. Oliver.

Out at the University of Illinois, also. Mr. JENNER. Just tell us in summary.

Mr. Oliver.

I took my doctoral degree at the University of Illinois, under Prof. William Abbott Oldfather.
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