(Testimony of Prof. Revilo Pendleton Oliver)
Mr. Oliver.
Mr. Capell's current files which include information that he obtains from former intelligence officers and former members of the FBI. He has contacts with the Cuban underground, in fact with several Cuban undergrounds, and various other sources which enable him to obtain information which he believes to be reliable and accurate. He will indicate to me the nature of the information that he has, although over the telephone he will not usually disclose a source that he regards as confidential.
Mr. Jenner.
Do you have any other editions of his publication "The Herald of Freedom" that is, in addition to Oliver Exhibit No. 6 upon which you relied?
Mr. Oliver.
I have, in the sense that I relied on information from him, much of which appeared in various copies of his periodical. I believe I have one other issue here. Here is one dated the 6th of December, 1963.
Mr. Jenner.
Upon which you also relied?
Mr. Oliver.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
That we will mark as Oliver Exhibit No. 11.
(The document referred to was marked Oliver Exhibit No. 11 for identification.)
Mr. Jenner.
It is the Herald of Freedom issue, volume 4, No. 9, dated December 6, 1963. The first page of which is entitled "John Fitzgerald Kennedy," the second page Lee Harvey Oswald, the third page Lee Harvey Oswald, and at the bottom of the page Leon Rubenstein alias Jack Ruby. That is continued onto the fourth page, and the final heading, "The truth shall make you free," is on the fourth page. I take it you were relying upon the materials appearing in pages 1, 2, 3, and about the third of the way down on page 4.
Mr. Oliver.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
I show you a tearsheet from the Chicago Daily News, dated Wednesday, February 12, 1964, on which I have underlined in red pencil or red ink, statements attributed by the author, the reporter who authored this article, and ask you whether those staements fairly report claims, charges or statements that you made?
Mr. Oliver.
No, they certainly do not fairly report what I said. They are quoting from the article which is already in the record.
Mr. Jenner.
That is American Opinion?
Mr. Oliver.
Yes, American Opinion.
Mr. Jenner.
So that an accurate, truly accurate, representation of what you did say or you did write is the two issues of American Opinion now identified as Oliver Exhibits Nos. 1 and 2 ?
Mr. Oliver.
Precisely, and not what some malicious or careless journalist might wish to excerpt from that article for the purposes of producing a sensation or a scandal.
Mr. Jenner.
Dr. Oliver, we had a kind of hard time getting hold of Commission Exhibit 1015 and they are out of print, by the way. I would like to know--are you what Mr. Surrey testified to as a---are you on the presubscription list of the
Mr. Oliver.
American Eagle Publishing Co.
Mr. Jenner.
American Eagle Publishing Co.?
Mr. Oliver.
I may well be. I was or don't know whether there was or is a presubscription list. But I suspect that if there was or is one I may well be on it.
Mr. Jenner.
Would you be good enough to tell me how you came by one?
(Discussion off the record.)
(The document was marked 0liver Exhibit No. 12. )
Mr. Oliver.
If you want to know how I got my copy, General Walker sent it to me. Or I assume that he did; anyway, it was sent to me.
Mr. Jenner.
At least it arrived in the mail?
Mr. Oliver.
That is right. Here is the ad.
Mr. Jenner.
The advertisement to which Mr. Unger made reference appears in Oliver Exhibit No. 1, page 82.
Mr. Unger.
That is not the advertisement that I made reference to, and I am not a subscriber to that magazine. I just got an ad through the mail for that publication.
Mr. Jenner.
All right. Now, I have no further questions. Mr. Unger, you are at liberty to ask Mr. Oliver any questions you desire.
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