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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. XV - Page 713« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Prof. Revilo Pendleton Oliver)

Mr. Jenner.
about three quarters of the way through a sentence. It. would be helpful to me if you could keep it up a little.
Mr. Oliver.
Very good. I didn't want to seem to be lecturing.
Mr. Jenner.
Don't worry about it.
I see you have before you what looks like a magazine with a colored cover. Does that happen to be a copy of American Opinion ?
Mr. Oliver.
It is.
Mr. Jenner.
Would you mind if I looked at it?
Mr. Oliver.
Not at all. That is the March issue of this year.
Mr. Jenner.
I take it that the document I have in my hand and the other that you have before you contain part I and part II of the article to which I made reference in my opening statement?
Mr. Oliver.
That is right. Will these copies be returned to me ?
Mr. Jenner.
Are these the only ones you have, sir?
Mr. Oliver.
Those are my file copies.
Mr. Jenner.
May I say this to you, any witness who wants the return of his documents is entitled to them- That is our practice. If we have to return them, we duplicate them on a Xerox machine. Some of the material, like the pictures will not be as clear as you will wish. Whereas if you permit us to retain the original copy, then it win be photographed and .the photograph of the document in evidence will be quite clear. It occurred to me if acceptable to you, that for purposes of reproduction, the original is to be preferred. May I suggest that you probably will so desire, can you not obtain official copies ?
Mr. Oliver.
I will take the chance of obtaining additional copies. The issues were sold out.
Mr. Jenner.
I see.
Mr. Oliver.
But perhaps I can find extras. So you may have those.
Mr. Jenner.
Thank you.
Mr. Reporter, I will mark the copy entitled "American Opinion, An Impartial Review, March 1964," upon which appears the rubber stamp "R. P. Oliver, File copy," as Oliver Exhibit No. 1.
(The document referred to was marked Oliver Exhibit No. 1 for identification.)
Excuse me. Whose picture is that on the cover page?
Mr. Oliver.
Senator Thurmond's.
Mr. Jenner.
I mark the second document which is on its face, the February 1964 issue of America Opinion, likewise stamped "File copy, R. P. Oliver" on which appears a picture of General MacArthur.
(The document referred to was marked Oliver Exhibit No. 2 for identification )
Mr. Jenner.
I take it from the discussion we have had, Dr. Oliver, that in Oliver Exhibit No. 1 appears part I.
Mr. Oliver.
Part II.
Mr. Jenner.
Have I got them reversed?
Mr. Oliver.
I thought of interrupting at the time you marked those exhibits, and then thought perhaps I should not.
Mr. Jenner.
Well, I have got them marked so I will have to leave them that way.
In Oliver Exhibit No. 1, appears part II at pages 65 through 76 of your article entitled "Marxmanship in Dallas," and that in volume 2 appears part I of the same article at pages 13 through 28.
These two pamphlets, Doctor, are true and correct copies of the issues of American Opinion of the dates that we have described ?
Mr. Oliver.
They are the printed copies, yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Now, I will refer to Exhibits i and 2 in which are contained the parts II and I, respectively of your article. I want to ask you some questions as to the sources of some of the statements made therein.
But before I do that, I will ask whether you are the author of the article?
Mr. Oliver.
Yes, that is right.
Mr. Jenner.
Part I and part II.
Mr. Oliver.
Right.
Mr. Jenner.
The picture representation in each of those issues is your picture?
Mr. Oliver.
The picture of myself, yes. I may say I did not choose the other photographs. That was the work of the editor.
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