Mrs. Reid.

Yes.

Mr. Belin.

Which is the way Lee Harvey Oswald was walking?

Mrs. Reid.

That is right.

Mr. Belin.

Would any one way be faster than the other or not?

Mrs. Reid.

It couldn't be very much faster because it is practically the same distance here that it is here and you have got this hallway there.

Mr. Belin.

So, either "R-1" or going through the office marked 29 would be approximately the same?

Mrs. Reid.

Yes.

Mr. Belin.

Now, where you saw Lee Harvey Oswald is there kind of a pathway through there without any obstructions for desks?

Mrs. Reid.

Yes; there is, sort of a passageway.

Mr. Belin.

You passed at point what you have marked with an "X"?

Mrs. Reid.

Yes.

Mr. Belin.

Is that correct?

Mrs. Reid.

Yes.

Mr. Belin.

With an "R" and "X" to it?

Mrs. Reid.

Yes.

Mr. Belin.

Did Lee Harvey Oswald walk past you?

Mrs. Reid.

Yes; he did.

Mr. Belin.

Kept on walking in the same direction?

Mrs. Reid.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Belin.

How far did you see him go?

Mrs. Reid.

I didn't turn around to look. He went on straight, he did not go on past the back door because I was facing that way. What he did after that---

Mr. Belin.

But you know he did not go out the same back door he came in?

Mrs. Reid.

No; he did not.

Mr. Belin.

Do you know whether or not he went into the conference room?

Mrs. Reid.

Well, I wouldn't think he did because this door off here was locked and I had unlocked it for the policeman myself.

Mr. Belin.

All right, let's put an arrow here to the door that you say was locked, and we will put-do you want to put in the word "locked" in there, if you would, please?

Mrs. Reid.

All right.

Mr. Dulles.

On which side was it locked or did you take the key away, was it locked so that you----

Mrs. Reid.

I would go in from this way. I wasn't going in from our office into the conference room.

Mr. Dulles.

And you locked that door?

Mrs. Reid.

We did. They had asked me, I went in there with the policeman into the conference room.

Mr. Dulles.

Did you take the key?

Mrs. Reid.

Yes, sir; I did, I got it for Mr. Williams.

Mr. Dulles.

No; I mean after you locked the door do you leave the key in the lock?

Mrs. Reid.

No.

Mr. Belin.

What I want to know is this, Mrs. Reid. When you came back up into the building after the shooting and you walked into the conference room, at that time was the door which you have marked "locked," was it locked at that time when you came in?

Mrs. Reid.

Yes, sir; it was to---it was locked when I got to it, I will say that.

Mr. Belin.

Let me ask you this. Had you been the one who had locked it before or don't you know?

Mrs. Reid.

Oh, no, I couldn't say that because too many people used the conference room.
I would have no way of knowing who locked it or if it is left unlocked. The porter locks it in the evening.

Mr. Belin.

All right.
If one is locking that door with a key do you lock the door from the inside of the conference room?

Mrs. Reid.

Either way.