(Testimony of Prof. Revilo Pendleton Oliver)
Mr. Jenner.
But if we don't have it, it will amaze me. I, in my work, have not
seen it.
I take it then that the Oliver Exhibit No. 4 and the portion of Commission Exhibit No. 1015 which I have identified are the sources for your statement that Oswald was arrested as a suspect in connection with the attempt on the life of General Walker?
Mr. Oliver.
They are the sources for my statement that there was a report that that had happened.
Mr. Jenner.
All right. And that General Walker happened to turn his head and for that reason he escaped death.
Mr. Oliver.
Well, as I have said, that was based partly on statements made by General Walker.
Mr. Jenner.
And in part on the Zeitung news report, of course?
Mr. Oliver.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Also, those two sources, I take it, are the source of your statement that Oswald, "was released through the personal intervention of Robert F. Kennedy."
Mr. Oliver.
That is part of the statement in the report that I am quoting.
Mr. Jenner.
In other words, that the source upon which you base that statement was Oliver Exhibit No. 4, and its reproduction in whole or in part in Commission Exhibit No. 1015?
Mr. Oliver.
And specifically the German text.
Mr. Jenner.
Which appears in ?
Mr. Oliver.
In those.
Mr. Jenner.
In exhibit--Commission Exhibit No. 1015.
Mr. Oliver.
I may add that at my request Mr. Frank Capell ascertained that this article had actually appeared in the National Zeitung.
Mr. Jenner.
I am seeking only the sources, whether confirmed by Mr. Capell or otherwise. I now understand they consisted of Oliver Exhibit No. 4, and the reproduction in whole or in part in German in Commission Exhibit 1015.
Mr. Oliver.
Of course, subsequently to the publication of my article, confirmation of a kind became available in the reports from the committee hearings reported by Mr. Henshaw in the National Enquirer.
Mr. Jenner.
When you say committee hearings you mean the Commission hearings.
Mr. Oliver.
The Commission hearings; yes.
Mr. Jenner.
At the time you made the statement, I take it, you had no other source than the two I have indicated plus confirmation from Mr. Capell that the Zeitung article was published?
Mr. Oliver.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Would you identify more particularly the subsequent confirmation reference you just made about Mr. Henshaw ?
Mr. Oliver.
The chief of the Washington Bureau of the National Enquirer published in the issue of that newspaper for--
Mr. Jenner.
If you have a copy of it I would appreciate having it.
Mr. Oliver.
Yes; for May 17, 1964, this article with which you are doubtless familiar.
Mr. Jenner.
The document to which Dr. Oliver has reference, we will mark as Oliver Exhibit No. 5.
(The document referred to was marked Oliver Exhibit No. 5 for identification. )
Mr. Jenner.
It is entitled "National Enquirer, the World's Liveliest Newspaper," volume 38, No. 36, May 17, 1964, and as submitted to me it consists of pages 1--numbered 1 and 2, pages 15 and 18 and the reverse of those two pages which happen to be unnumbered. I take it, Doctor, that this issue of the National Enquirer dated May 17, 1964, volume 38, No. 36, was composed of additional pages but .that none of those additional pages contains any matter upon which you relied in this connection,
Mr. Oliver.
That is right.
Mr. Jenner.
Then you go on to say, "In November, Oswald was sent back to Dallas" and I take it your source of his being sent back by the Communist group or conspiracy to which you have reference, was the same as you testified
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